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[–] echo64@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

it's a shame that remedy don't see any of the money if you watch the whole thing though, but yeah it's always valid to just watch a game. it's a testament to how enjoyable some games can be across all sections

i would say gameplay is the weakest part of a remedy game, with everything else pulling it along with how excellent it is

[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a really interesting concept. What if developers had paid or ad supported official streams? Sure most people would block the ads or continue to watch their favorite streamer, but a non-zero amount of players might elect to watch the devs play the game in an effort to support them directly. And this would just be additive revenue compared to the zero they are getting right now on streams. It might even be synergistic as official advertisement for the game and as a way to connect directly to their community. I could see it also as a way to play a game but with director commentary on, similar to how movies do it.

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ad supported official streams might be enough to be noticeable amount of income for one person for a few weeks, but not really for a big company that produces something like a game.

same reason you don't get movies/tv on youtube. money isn't there for a company

Good point, makes sense

[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

If you truly felt this way, you would buy it anyway and then watch the game playthrough as suggested.

The idea of watching playthough's has some controversial facets for sure but I'm not really gonna yuck someone's yum

[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Don't you need like. 4xxx GPU to run it? I think it said my 3060 wasn't good enough

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

iruno, ps5 plays it fine? i don't know what that is in pc terms tho

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Depends on if you want ray tracing, but running it is as low as a 2060 and even a 3060 is recommended without ray tracing for 1440 at medium, which is supposed to still look pretty good.

https://www.gamesradar.com/alan-wake-2-minimum-recommended-requirements-pc-specs/

Minimum
Graphics preset - Low
Resolution - 1080p
FPS - 30
GPU - GeForce RTX 2060 / Radeon RX 6600

Medium
Graphics preset - Medium
Resolution - 1440p
FPS - 30
GPU - GeForce RTX 3060 / Radeon RX 6600 XT

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m playing on my 2080 TI, it’s playable and enjoyable. Just doesn’t look as nice as it clearly has the potential to look.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Digital Foundry made a video about it. Basically, you need a card that supports new rendering technologies that only started appearing on Nvidia cards after the GTX 10XX series (not sure for AMD). The game actually looks good on lower graphics. Putting everything on low won't make it look like a PS2 game. The path tracing will absolutely demolish your performance, though, but that's to be expected because it's insane to expect real-time path tracing to do anything else with the current hardware (think of their path tracing as a tech demo more than an actual feature).