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Anyone sick of these new games requiring so much power to run? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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This is getting out of hand. The other day I saw the requirements for "Hell is Us" game and it's ridiculous. My RX6600 can't play anything anymore. I've downloaded several PS3 ROMs and now I'm playing old games. So much better than this insanity. This is probably what I'm going to be doing now, play old games.

Edit: I wanted to edit the post for more context and to vent/rant a little.

I don't want to say I made a mistake, but I buy everything used, and I have scored a good deal on two 27" 4k monitors from Facebook marketplace. Got both monitors for $120.

They're $800 on Amazon used. Great monitors and I love 4k. I also bought an RX6600 AMD GPU for $100 from Facebook. It was almost new. The owner upgraded and wanted to get rid of it. My whole build was very cheap compared to what I see some folks get (genuinely happy for those who can afford it. Life is too short. Enjoy it while you can).

I can't afford these high end GPUs, but now very few games work on low settings and I'd get something like 20 FPS max. My friend gave me access to his steam library and I wanted to play Indiana Jones the other day, and it was an "omfg, wtf is this horrible shit" moment.
I'm so sick of this shit!

I don't regret buying any of these, but man it sucks that the games I want to play barely even work.
So, now I'm emulating and it's actually pretty awesome. I've missed out on so many games in my youth so now I'm just going to catch up on what I've missed out on. Everything works in 4k now and I'm getting my full 60FPS and I'm having so much fun.

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't do much gaming these days, so my hardware isn't appropriate and this likely wasn't going to go anywhere anyways, but yesterday I had a quick thought whether I should buy Blue Prince and play it myself, before I watch someone else play it. And I kid you not, my first thought why I shouldn't buy it was "Nah, it's got 3D graphics, it's probably not going to run well".

I genuinely have no idea, if that even makes sense. The game uses cell-shaded graphics, so you probably could've implemented it on the PS1.
Well, except that it needs a fairly high resolution to be able to see some of the puzzle clues. And it's got soft lighting and whatnot. And the solo dev probably didn't spend their entire dev time optimizing for hardware as weak as mine.

I just thought it was funny that we've been doing 3D for 3 decades and somehow it's still relevant for my judgement how a game will run. 🫠

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

100%. And this is my whole point. Why is it OUR problem not the devs problem? Why do I have to buy into expensive shit?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Games should be easier to run, with better modding tools. Simple as that, Morrowind with mods is still a fantastic time and it runs well on a Steam Deck, something we can carry around with us.

[–] Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

people out here really refusing to compress, compile, and optimize their work

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's my whole point. Why are we fsulting ourselves and defending big studios who got greedy and lazy? Games used to look good and play good on shit hardware because developers had no choice. Now, you get downvoted a berated if you say that. It's not a hardware issue, it's a game industry issue. They are lazy. They don't give a shit. They release shit half baked and broken then "fix" it later.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

just replay Deus Ex forever lol

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Might as well. lol. I've started with uncharted 1 and I've forgotten how amazing that game is. Running at 4k 60fps no problem. I'm having a great time.

[–] Goten@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

play on low?

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Try playing Indiana Jones and the great circle on low.

[–] Goten@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

is that not possible?

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've edited my post for more context. It is not possible in my case. I use all AMD and this game forces DLSS. Setting the game to low at 1080p barely gives me 20 fps and even that is unstable. Going lower res than that makes the game look like absolute dogshit. So I just gave up. I now play everything at 4k 60fps on rpcs3 no problem.

[–] Goten@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

wow shit game then. but not the rule. still i think more and more devs think we have so powerful gpus, well looking at steam hardware we do. cant stop progress.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=Indiana+Jones+great+circle+disable+dlss

Seems to be a known, common issue. I see a bunch of pages that could help you out, since it sounds like it's just this game that you're having trouble with.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Bro what are you smoking. You can run PS3 games, but can't play cutting edge PC games?

That's insanity.

I just upgraded my CPU from a 2700X to a 9800X3D and can finally play PS3 games emulated, my performance in AAA games hasn't changed but then again I don't use AMD GPUs which are basically productivity cards at this point that can run some games as a coincidence, nor do I try my luck at 4K.

1440p, RTX 3090, path tracing in CP2077, even with DLSS is barely playable at 30 FPS.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't smoke. Also, playing PS3 games on RPCS3 has very little to do with my GPU, it's mostly the CPU, and I have a decent CPU, Ryzen 7 5700G. Also, your comment has some contradictions and doesn't make much sense, no offense. lol

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'd like to know what those contradictions are, if you'll indulge me. Sorry if my comment was confusing, I added some paragraph breaks to make it easier to read and fixed a typo.

What I don't get about your setup is how you have such a powerful CPU, but don't get an equally powerful GPU?

It seems more than anything your system just isn't balanced for demands of modern gaming (very GPU centric).

My old PC with a Ryzen 2700X, or hell - even a Ryzen 1600 that I originally built it with, but paired with an RTX 3090 instead of an AMD GPU, would handily outdo yours at most gaming tasks, even 4K gaming is just about doable on such a setup.

I understand that GPU prices are shit, but in light of that the best approach is to spend as little as possible on everything else.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

What I don't get about your setup is how you have such a powerful CPU, but don't get an equally powerful GPU?

That's the part that cleared everything up for me (it could be me as English isn't my first language lol). I apologize. As for my CPU, I got it on sale for $120 and ran it for around 6 months without a dGPU, until I got an RX580 for free from a friend for around half a year then "upgraded" to my RX6600 that I got from Facebook for $100. That's why I have a weaker GPU and a decent CPU. Hope that clears things up now. 😅

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t worry - once you’ve upgraded everything the games are still the same yellow-markings-mean-climbable, branching-skill-tree, press-Y-to-Parry, level-gated-fetch-quests, enemies-drop-loot-that-is-not-as-good-as-what-you-already-have, collect-all-the-orbs nonsense your computer could already play.

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[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Devs want realism, complex logic, etc. and that needs a good pc.

Only thing you can do is to play older games. ...or try to force the game to run at the expense of very low fps

Edit: It's all cosmetics, actually

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