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.

  • JohnnyWanker@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    4 days ago

    It’s not just insane power requirements. It’s putting graphics bling ahead of playability and fun.

    I recently bought Doom 2016 and Mosa Lina. I’ve had more fun with the latter than the former, even if I’ve been a Doom and Doom II player all my life.

    • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.worldOP
      111·
      4 days ago

      Ita fucking insanity. I got a great deal on 2 4k monitors from Facebook marketplace (I’ve edited the post for more context) and now I can’t play anything. :/

        • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.worldOP
          42·
          4 days ago

          That’s all I can afford. And there was no way I’d pass those monitors. Everything is good when emulating, though. This post was more of a venting/ranting post.

          • Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish
            24·
            4 days ago

            I mean you probably are just going to have to run the games at 1080p instead of 4k until you can afford a better gpu

          • fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
            10·
            4 days ago

            Sounds like you don’t understand how demanding it is for a graphics card to run at 4K. Like trying booting up the same game 4 times at 1080p. You expect your graphics card to be able to handle that?

          • deepfriedchril @lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            4 days ago

            That’s certainly fair, however it’s unrealistic to expect a card to perform the same while doing +4x the work, all else being equal.

            Have you tried playing at non-native resolutions?

    • gogu@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      for me many old games are just that, old. some have still great modern gameplay and just as good music as back then. if the artstyle is nice then i play them and dont think they are ugly.

      some games i really think are fucking ugly like the when the textures are verw low blurry and low resolution.

      and these 2d games or games with sprites (how to call them? like age of empires 1 or 2. for me they dont age, its their artstyle and if you make it 3d then its not nive anymore.

      what game i cant play are these, that are 3d but something makes it that the picture is all so flat and confusing. metal gear solid 3, as an example.