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PC gaming is mainstream. Now what? (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Veraxus 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

As long as major games like Elden Ring are shipping without basic PC features/settings, I would say the industry is definitely not treating it as mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I disagree with this sentiment because many major games ship without some basic features in consoles too.

[–] Veraxus 3 points 3 days ago

That’s a defining characteristic of console gaming, though. Even things like performance vs quality modes didn’t exist until this generation. It’s one of the reasons most PC gamers aren’t also console gamers.

[–] ciwolsey 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Like what?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

60fps cap and no ultrawide support without mods, I believe

[–] Dagnet 8 points 4 days ago

Best part was the DLC patch making the game forget it doesn't have ultrawide support for 20s, letting me use ultrawide and giving me hope until it finishes loading and adds the black bars again. What the actual fuck fromsoft

[–] Veraxus 10 points 4 days ago

Those are big ones. Also, no way to disable chromatic aberration (a known migraine trigger), no DLSS/FSR, and broken anticheat that blocks online play if you dare to fix those problems yourself.

[–] CookieOfFortune 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I’d also say weapon/spell/tool selection as well. They just don’t really care about their UI.

[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lords of the fallen had a really nice spell / ranged select system, I would love for fromsoft to implement something similar in the future, but we will see

[–] Veraxus 1 points 3 days ago

I need to go back and play that. I put it on hold shortly after release in the hopes they’d polish it up. I’ve heard they did, but I haven’t gone back.

[–] Veraxus 1 points 3 days ago

I was about to say “hey, I like their UI”… but then I remembered by I generally don’t play casters. It’s because you are right.