Woah, a PCE for $50 CAD is like 2021 Japan prices territory, I'd have bought it in a heartbeat!
Really nice pickups! I wish I could have gone this year, but I'm out of town.
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I've had great results with a newer emulator (Citron).
It's not perfect, but I can play almost all of my games at full speed, Docked mode, and with few stutters. It runs about on par with my modded Switch, but in Docked mode, so that's a real advantage imo.
Like the week before, I can't settle on one game.
I've been playing Death Stranding quite a bit, but then got to setting up switch emulation on my Steam Deck again, so Ive been juggling between Xenoblade Chronicles, Fire Emblem: Engage and Astral Chain.
I'll be travelling for a bit, so it's likely going to be one of those for the next couple of weeks.
What does that even mean? And what do you consider "full price worthy" in that case?
Excerpt from the dev's website (very bottom of the page):
This game is a work of NON-FICTION. Any similarity to actual agencies, policies or ethnic groups of the PRC in this game is INTENTIONAL.
Oh, TIL - I'll have to try that, thank you!
Setting a high refresh rate is somewhat of a given, but won't negate anything which VRR helps with - screen tearing. If you're always playing with VSync on and getting constant frame rates, that's not an issue, but that's also far from the usual experience.
Yes, I've been bothered by VRR flicker on my OLED monitor (LG 27GR95QE) since I started actively gaming on it with my Linux build a couple months ago, it was never an issue with consoles for me.
I'm on KDE FWIW, and the flicker is more pronounced during games with mouse cursor on screen afaict. I can't compare to Windows.
I think VRR flicker is less of an issue when running games within a gamescope session, but it's not ideal either.
Backloggd works great for me because I want both game/library tracking and user reviews, including my own once I finish a game. If someone only cares about the former, backloggery.com is probably just as good.
I'm finding it hard to stick to one game in particular these past few days (weeks?).
I've been going back to my play through of Divinity: Original Sin 2 and I find the story is getting somewhat less interesting after reaching the second to last act/location (and fights are less challenging now, which isn't as fun imo).
I've also been playing a bit of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and it's more appealing than I anticipated - I'm just annoyed by recurring shader comp and loading stutters on PC...
I'm kind of in the mood for a shorter game, but my backlog is far too dense to pick anything easily.
Congrats! That's absolutely what I found most exhilarating with Expedition 33 gameplay-wise, being able to defeat much tougher enemies with a mix of persistence and parrying/dodging - that was really rewarding imo.
Hey, I thought I'd share some sort of a review of the Pulse Elite, now that I've had it for a week - I'm honestly really happy with the headset for the most part!
Background: I'm not an audiophile. I've had a Sony WH-1000XM3 as my sole headset for 4+ years (but it recently gave up on me, so I was looking for a replacement). I also briefly tried the Audeze Maxwell last year, and although sound quality was spectacular, comfort was abysmal, so I ended up getting rid of it.
Pros:
- Sound quality - obviously a step-down from the Maxwell, but otherwise nothing to complain about. Imaging is especially great.
- Comfort - entirely subjective, but as someone with (relatively) thick-framed glasses (~3mm temples), comfort is a non-issue. I can wear it for hours at a time without any fatigue or pressure. It might get a bit warm, if that's a concern for you.
- Sound isolation - No ANC, which I was used to, but passive isolation is good.
- Multi-device use - I've been able to use it on PS5, Switch, PC via the PS Link adapter with no issues whatsoever (I've actually been using it mostly on Switch this past week) and mobile/tablet via Bluetooth (simultaneously). No hiccups or disconnections, latency is on-point with the adapter. As long as you have a 3.5mm TRRS cable, you can use it with any other device.
- Mic - Noise cancellation is incredible and sound quality is completely fine. I've used it for work and some gaming sessions, without any complaints.
Cons:
- Design - entirely subjective again, but my partner jokingly mentioned I looked like Lord Farquaad with it on and that's pretty much on point, haha. I find the headset pretty ugly tbh.
- Build quality concerns - it feels pretty flimsy and I have some concerns with long-term durability. More importantly, the fact that earpads are glued on is a huge drawback repairability-wise (that's what failed first on my WH-1000XM3s and I was glad to replace those instead of the whole headset...).
UPDATE: the earpads are removable, so that's great news. - Potential firmware issues? - there's a slight, but very noticeable, high-pitch noise whenever the headset is connected but idle, which could be a firmware issue. I've seen other reports of that issue, so it's not isolated to my headset.
As I said in the beginning, I'm overall really happy with the headset, especially given its pricepoint of $150 USD / $200 CAD, but I'm not entirely convinced or sure I'll keep it because of my concerns around build quality and repairability issues in the future.
Happy to answer any questions or provide more info!
I'm usually not one to splurge for collector's editions of games, let alone controllers, and I never bought any console covers, but I couldn't pass up on the FF XVI limited edition controller / covers (at a very close to MSRP price).
Needless to say I'm super happy with my purchases, haha :)
I really hope we'll see more limited edition console covers in the future (provided they don't all get scalped in a matter of minutes...).
I would rank episode 3 (much) higher, otherwise I pretty much agree with that list.