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Message |
 Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 13
Views: 312
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 Forum: General chatter Posted: Sat, 10th Jan 2026 14:19 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
In the end you're gonna need a VPN and things will be fine.
Not so easy, UK is already calling for VPN bans:
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-lords-propose-ban-on-vpns-fo ... |
| Topic: Steam |
friketje
Replies: 18949
Views: 1746990
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 10th Jan 2026 09:13 Subject: Steam |
I don't think so.
Performance wise it's a PS5 pro. Those cost 800 euro's for th 2 tb edition.
This is a bit more expensive, but it's also a more versatile machine that can be used as a PC. And steam ... |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 13
Views: 312
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 9th Jan 2026 13:03 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
Yes, total censorship is the plan.
In the end you're gonna need a VPN and things will be fine.
But the masses will just be fine with the restrictions and will be easily influenced media parroting ... |
| Topic: Screamer [March 26th] |
friketje
Replies: 7
Views: 510
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 6th Jan 2026 20:35 Subject: Screamer [March 26th] |
https://youtu.be/52aakISv2KU
Wut, 40 FPS with an 50xx card. For this. A car driving in a mostly black enviroment.
And this is supposed to sell them GPU's.  |
| Topic: The GPU Discussion thread! |
friketje
Replies: 23280
Views: 1524938
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Mon, 5th Jan 2026 16:06 Subject: The GPU Discussion thread! |
Not a big issue. Those things will be too costly for mass production for a long time.
50k? To replace 4fte?
And perhaps other things are gonna happen. No one has forseen the ram shortage cause by ... |
| Topic: The GPU Discussion thread! |
friketje
Replies: 23280
Views: 1524938
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Mon, 5th Jan 2026 14:50 Subject: The GPU Discussion thread! |
Imho the end of PC gaming.Nigga please.
All it takes is for the new chinese AI iteration to leapfrog whatever the retarded americans are doing at a fraction of the cost/resources and both demand and ... |
| Topic: The GPU Discussion thread! |
friketje
Replies: 23280
Views: 1524938
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Thu, 1st Jan 2026 14:52 Subject: The GPU Discussion thread! |
Me postponing my planned early 2025 new rig cause I believed the mid range GPU's lacked VRAM  .
It's the covid GPU shortage all over. And GPU prices have never fully recovered since then.
I thin ... |
| Topic: =GAME DEALS= |
friketje
Replies: 29973
Views: 2641559
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 24th Dec 2025 09:02 Subject: =GAME DEALS= |
https://store.epicgames.com/nl/p/bloodstained-f3f575
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for free.
Imho they are doing a pretty good giveaway this year, all are 85% + rating decent indy titles.
... |
| Topic: Terminator 2D: No Fate |
friketje
Replies: 33
Views: 4044
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 20th Dec 2025 11:37 Subject: Terminator 2D: No Fate |
29,99 is realy expensive for 2 hours. It's not a cheap game.
Reminds me of the good old days with my sega 16 bit. Ask for a game based on the cover for my parents. That shit costed 50 euro's (100 g ... |
| Topic: =GAME DEALS= |
friketje
Replies: 29973
Views: 2641559
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2025 10:18 Subject: =GAME DEALS= |
Today's freebie on EGS (thus, the list a few posts above is fake indeed):
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/jotunnslayer-hordes-of-hel-3579b3
And here we thought there was still hope for the hol ... |
| Topic: Unreal Angina 5.x |
friketje
Replies: 52
Views: 2959
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2025 08:00 Subject: Unreal Angina 5.x |
So how does it matter if the engine is old or new? If tech is old or new? Old tech looks better in my eyes, while new Angine tech is terrible. I agree that Cyberpunk looks good. Does it look so go ... |
| Topic: Unreal Angina 5.x |
friketje
Replies: 52
Views: 2959
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2025 23:57 Subject: Unreal Angina 5.x |
And it's all relative. KCD2 with it's 100FPS but delivering 10 year old graphics isn't great either. But people considered that game "well optimised".
So I finally had a chance to play KCD2 on a mode ... |
| Topic: Unreal Angina 5.x |
friketje
Replies: 52
Views: 2959
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 16th Dec 2025 19:42 Subject: Unreal Angina 5.x |
Clair obscure is one of the worst looking and worst running games on UE5, I don't what you're talking about. Unless they changed something after release or you're running with framegen.
It's not gr ... |
| Topic: Unreal Angina 5.x |
friketje
Replies: 52
Views: 2959
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 16th Dec 2025 18:42 Subject: Unreal Angina 5.x |
| It's more a case of poor game desing and bad choices considering performance then the engine itself imho. Most of the poorly running UE5 games are by big bloated devs. The better games are made by sma ... |
| Topic: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
friketje
Replies: 68
Views: 2283
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 19:52 Subject: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
But you should be able to pick your one role to play.
And a female Aloy type of character is not the role I want to play. |
| Topic: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
friketje
Replies: 68
Views: 2283
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 13th Dec 2025 17:32 Subject: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
Curious how they are gonna fund this.
It's basically an indie game now but people expect AAA production values. |
| Topic: Investment Topic.- |
friketje
Replies: 8
Views: 358
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 12th Dec 2025 17:46 Subject: Investment Topic.- |
| Investing in the market now seems risky, with the AI bubble having its effects on practically everything. Then again, the correction has been predicted for a while now and the party is still going. So ... |
| Topic: Investment Topic.- |
friketje
Replies: 8
Views: 358
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 12th Dec 2025 13:27 Subject: Investment Topic.- |
Just do monthly purchases in a world ETF. Pick a low cost world ETF. Do some fun stuff with if you like. Most money is in new tech, but this is also the highest risk.
Don't go in the market all in no ... |
| Topic: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
friketje
Replies: 68
Views: 2283
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 12th Dec 2025 10:50 Subject: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
Bodes ill tbh. After all the shite games and series lately, i'd think they make a male oriented one (as is natural) and be proud of it.
Not yours? Almost every Star Wars game except Outlaws has bee ... |
| Topic: Diablo IV |
friketje
Replies: 1937
Views: 250840
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 12th Dec 2025 10:40 Subject: Diablo IV |
| Still, why pay for D4 expensions while POE2 is the superior game. |
| Topic: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
friketje
Replies: 68
Views: 2283
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 12th Dec 2025 10:08 Subject: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic [TBA] |
| Still early days though and nothing is certain. A customisable silent hero type makes the most sense for a AAA kotor RPG, there is still a good chance that that's gonna be the design. |
| Topic: Queen’s Domain [TBA] |
friketje
Replies: 1
Views: 256
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2025 16:04 Subject: Queen’s Domain [TBA] |
| I realy don't like these kind of "retro" 3d graphics. 90's 3d graphics sucked, it was ugly, it still is. It's imho the worst era of gaming from an aesthetic point of view. 2d was so much nicer in tha ... |
| Topic: Total War Medieval III [pre-production ~2030] |
friketje
Replies: 4
Views: 385
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 5th Dec 2025 08:49 Subject: Total War Medieval III [pre-production ~2030] |
| Whatever. This studio is so bad now, doubt this will be any good. |
| Topic: Carmageddon: Rogue Shift [TBA] |
friketje
Replies: 13
Views: 701
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 5th Dec 2025 08:46 Subject: Carmageddon: Rogue Shift [TBA] |
Roguelite with zombie hordes and mounted weapons - practically a game that has very little in common with Carmageddon but we gotta use that dormant licence somehow(tm)
You can't release a game ... |
| Topic: [OTHER] [SWITCH] Metroid Prime 4 |
friketje
Replies: 77
Views: 10024
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Forum: Console Arena Posted: Wed, 3rd Dec 2025 15:15 Subject: [OTHER] [SWITCH] Metroid Prime 4 |
If you still play games on the Switch once in a while and are planning to buy the Switch 2 just do it: most Switch games have serious perfomance problems that are fixed with the Switch 2.
For this ... |
| Topic: Europa Universalis V |
friketje
Replies: 18
Views: 1919
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 29th Nov 2025 07:26 Subject: Europa Universalis V |
| True, the AI is very poor in this one. And at first glance for instance fighting a war seems fair and balanced, but that's cause you don't know the mechanics. And they have designed this game is such ... |
| Topic: Europa Universalis V |
friketje
Replies: 18
Views: 1919
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 28th Nov 2025 11:27 Subject: Europa Universalis V |
After putting some hours in it imho the best Paradox has ever made.
Still need some patching, but the potential is there and it's allready a lot of fun.
Basicaly EU4 mixed with Victoria so you have ... |
| Topic: Project Motor Racing [Early Access] |
friketje
Replies: 56
Views: 10359
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 26th Nov 2025 08:32 Subject: Project Motor Racing [Early Access] |
| Why bother with this dev, their games have the worst in physics in the sim genre. |
| Topic: Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes |
friketje
Replies: 4
Views: 365
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 20th Nov 2025 19:55 Subject: Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes |
| I realy don't understand the appeal of batting games. I just don't get it. It's so boring to play. We always had to play softball at school a couple of times in summer at school. 95% didn't knew how t ... |
| Topic: Assetto Corsa / Competizione / EVO / Rally [Early Access] |
friketje
Replies: 435
Views: 76410
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 14th Nov 2025 08:06 Subject: Assetto Corsa / Competizione / EVO / Rally [Early Access] |
| Lack of stages is always a problem with rally games. Perhaps in the future with the help of AI devs can finally make complete events and championships. |
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