# I want to try some newish game with graphics **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [November 29, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356 "2018-11-29T20:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/1 "2018-11-29T20:33:19Z")
![01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/7/742643351bb45934b64a8fc150e5e076a66e8307.jpeg) (Pictured underneath my old one.) Now, what should I try it with? PS @Sushi Want to buy a used R9 270X? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/2 "2018-11-29T21:18:45Z")
No thanks. Iā€™m in the market for a cheap VHS player, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/3 "2018-11-29T21:25:03Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > I want to try some newish game **with graphics** I guess pretty much everything came out after the first text adventures like Zork will fit. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/4 "2018-11-29T21:42:59Z")
I thought exactly the same, but didnā€™t want to make the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/5 "2018-11-29T21:44:06Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Iā€™m in the market for a cheap VHS player, though. Sorry, my last VHS player broke over a decade ago. I think my wife might still have a working specimen at her momā€™s place in the US. > [@Gffp](#): > > I guess pretty much everything came out after the first text adventures like Zork will fit. True. I want to finish Costume Quest II, but that already ran in UHD on the R9 270X. Shadow of the Tomb Raider ran suboptimally, but I already finished it with toned down settings (still looked decent enough; the game itself seemed less well-endowed than its predecessor in the tomb raiding aspects though). The GPU came with two free upcoming games to play with it too: Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2 or Tom Clancyā€™s The Division 2. But those wonā€™t be out for a few months yet. It occurs to me that Iā€™ve got that free game from Blizzard, but Iā€™d have to plug in another HDD to fit those hundreds of GBs and I donā€™t really want to. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/7 "2018-11-29T21:50:44Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Iā€™m in the market for a cheap VHS player, though. ![20181129_224812](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/2/2cd264b41de8fb6cb0ee2a6912be4d2cf9c6440f.jpeg) Still workin fine and not giving it away! ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/8 "2018-11-29T22:50:36Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Iā€™m in the market for a cheap VHS player, though. Iā€™ve a very similar device as @milanfahrnholz. I remember I was stunned when I saw it costed probably less than fifty euros in the early 2000, since the previous one was considered a super-technologic device by kid-me. I think you will easily find a cheap used one, the risk is the condition of the device, that you cannot spot without testing. > [@Frenzie](#): > > True. I want to finish Costume Quest II, but that already ran in UHD on the R9 270X. Shadow of the Tomb Raider ran suboptimally, but I already finished it with toned down settings (still looked decent enough; the game itself seemed less well-endowed than its predecessor in the tomb raiding aspects though). I recently returned to play a non-point and click adventure game since years. I followed the suggestion by @sushi (I seem to remember) and I bought an Humble Bundle which included Rime together with Full Throttle and Burly Men at Sea. My laptop, the best computer I have which dates back from 2014 and serves my purposes quite well, equipped with a GeForce with 2 GB of memory, was able to run graphics for Rime with an average of 10 frames per second. It was a game in the game to try a sufficiently low setting to make it at least not a stop-motion experience. Anyway the game is good, loved the art, colors, and the significance of the story, which is touching and well written, despite the puzzles sometimes seem to pay too much homage to tradition being less in harmony with context. Puzzles and experience have something in common with Tomb Raider, which you seemed to like. Maybe you could give it a try, and be sure it will make huge use of your new purchase! https://store.steampowered.com/widget/493200 ---
**Author:** ![LogicDeLuxe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/logicdeluxe/32/15335_2.png) [@LogicDeLuxe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LogicDeLuxe)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/9 "2018-11-30T09:49:08Z")
I also immediately thought of RIME. It if is a recent graphics card, slow framerates may be due to overheating. The other demanding game I can think of is [Crash Bandicoot](https://store.steampowered.com/app/731490/Crash_Bandicoot_N_Sane_Trilogy/) Unlike the console versions, it is not capped to 30 fps. ---
**Author:** ![ideal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ideal/32/9563_2.png) [@ideal](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ideal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/10 "2018-11-30T10:55:30Z")
Maybe you could get yourself some VR googles and Beat Saber. This is a satisfying and new experience, if you arenā€™ familiar with VR yet. But beware, for mid to high end VR you need beefy GPUs. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/11 "2018-11-30T10:58:14Z")
> [@ideal](#): > > Beat Saber I saw that for PSVR. Sounds interesting. I always like it when they do something creative with the move controllers. ---
**Author:** ![ideal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ideal/32/9563_2.png) [@ideal](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ideal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/12 "2018-11-30T11:01:03Z")
The game is brilliant, it has simple mechanics but itā€™s polished to a degree, that itā€™s just insane fun. [After some practice you might even look cool but in the beginning youā€™ll most probably look like a fool, which is fun for those who are watching you playing. Inside, it feels good right from the start. Itā€™s already fun to just cross the light sabers and let the blades glide along each other.] ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/13 "2018-11-30T16:09:25Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > I thought exactly the same, but didnā€™t want to make the joke. You didnā€™t think that title was an accident, did you? šŸ™‚ > [@Gffp](#): > > Anyway the game is good, loved the art, colors, and the significance of the story, which is touching and well written, despite the puzzles sometimes seem to pay too much homage to tradition being less in harmony with context. Puzzles and experience have something in common with Tomb Raider, which you seemed to like. Maybe you could give it a try, and be sure it will make huge use of your new purchase! Thanks, Iā€™ll give it a go. GOG gave it away for free a while ago so itā€™s downloading as we speak. > [@ideal](#): > > Maybe you could get yourself some VR googles Nah. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/14 "2018-11-30T17:03:34Z")
> [@Gffp](#): > > was able to run graphics for Rime with an average of 10 frames per second. Same in UHD with ultra. UHD in high seems to be alright though, as does HD in ultra. Over 30 fps anyway. (Iā€™m not one of those 60 fps fetishists, but since Iā€™m not an AA fetishist either Iā€™d have to play around with it a little to see what I prefer in quality vs performance.) And yeah, that looks quite good! ---
**Author:** ![ideal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ideal/32/9563_2.png) [@ideal](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ideal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/15 "2018-11-30T17:05:22Z")
Maybe you could get [someone](https://78.media.tumblr.com/57bf7bd9b0bca8d23cda0f0d21a6c1d8/tumblr_p1hxaaMfDh1rw5dlyo1_1280.jpg), getting you some VR goggles. ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/16 "2018-11-30T17:28:11Z")
Some of the reviewers, besides blaming the graphical optimization (both on PC and Nintendo Switch), wrote that the game seemed to be built for Ati cards rather than nVidia cards. Iā€™m quite curious to know what kind of game experience in terms of fluidity you managed to obtain with your new card. As I said before, it was a game in the game for me to set the graphical settings, even if a frustrating one! šŸ˜› The central ā€œsquareā€ of the isle of the first chapter is the place where frame rate dropped down dramatically for the first time on my machine. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/17 "2018-11-30T18:10:33Z")
Odd. I ran the game using wine on Linux, and thought it was running pretty good considering those circumstances and my lowly GTX950. Though I obviously did not max the settings šŸ™‚. One should assume that would be possible with @Frenzieā€™s new card. If we talk about games like RIME, how about Firewatch? It has graphics too, and they are pretty atmospheric at that. Other suggestions I have not played myself might be The Witness or The Talos Principle. At any rate, I would not count either as a game with top-notch graphics (in the sense of being ultra-realistic or full of fancy effects or generally awe-inspiring.) Games with graphics that would fit that category (and would warrant a better video card) are usually accompanied by gameplay that isnā€™t my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/18 "2018-11-30T18:21:21Z")
You have also to consider that my GT 630 is a basic nVidia card compared to the GTX ones, even if equipped with 2 GB of memory. What surprised me is how much the game relied almost exclusively on GPU (in October I bought additional 4 GBytes of RAM for the CPU - that I already wanted to buy - but I noticed no differences). But thatā€™s probably due to the fact that itā€™s more than a decade since I played my last ā€œnewishā€ 3D game with graphics šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/19 "2018-11-30T18:40:39Z")
> [@kaiman](#): > > If we talk about games like RIME, how about Firewatch? It has graphics too, and they are pretty atmospheric at that. Other suggestions I have not played myself might be The Witness or The Talos Principle. Shadow of the Tomb Raider runs at ~55 fps with drops to 45ish on ultra (in HD). > [@kaiman](#): > > At any rate, I would not count either as a game with top-notch graphics (in the sense of being ultra-realistic or full of fancy effects or generally awe-inspiring.) Games with graphics that would fit that category (and would warrant a better video card) are usually accompanied by gameplay that isnā€™t my thing. Well, the R9 270X is sufficiently slow to have to lower the settings for games like Dreamfall: Chapters and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter quite a bit, and actually the Batman Telltale game doesnā€™t run that well either. Shadow of the Tomb Raider combined with a decent offer is what convinced me to take the plunge now. I never really got started on episode 2 of Batman I donā€™t think? Iā€™m bad at those episodic games unless the eps are already out. In any case, I played that in 720p. Which is _perfectly fine_, donā€™t get me wrong, but from my perspective itā€™s definitely not the case that only games like _Assassinā€™s Boredom_ and _A Couple of Weeks_ would benefit. I also want to play _Syberia 3_ in full glory. PS Should I want to, but probably not, I might be able to replay Shadow Tactics in UHD now. > [@Gffp](#): > > I bought additional 4 GBytes of RAM - that I already wanted to buy - but I noticed no differences). For games itā€™s a matter of convenience (not having to close things down) but for compiling a few things you can easily rake up 16+ GB. I have a fairly decent computer with two attachments to make it more suitable for gaming: a dedicated GPU, that also helps with encoding/decoding video, and an Xbox One controller. A ā€œgamerā€ would consider my system horribly unbalanced and overall stupid. Edit: btw, this is a useful webpage [GPU Benchmarks Hierarchy 2023 - Graphics Card Rankings | Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html) ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/20 "2018-11-30T19:07:49Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > Well, the R9 270X is sufficiently slow to have to lower the settings for games like Dreamfall: Chapters and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter quite a bit I thought it was roughly in the same league as my GTX950 (and Tomā€™s Hardware seems to confirm that). Of course, not the kind of GPU to use with high screen resolutions. > [@Frenzie](#): > > A ā€œgamerā€ would consider my system horribly unbalanced and overall stupid. A gamer would pity me for my system šŸ™‚. I usually spend around ā‚¬600 to ā‚¬700 on upgrades, the last of which was 2015. Those include Mainboard, CPU, GPU and RAM (and on that occasion also an SSD and a bigger HDD). The previous upgrade before that had been 2008. Every now and then I am tempted to buy stuff between large upgrades, but so far I did not find a true need for that. (I did get a new PSU last year, as the old one started making funny noises, though). ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356/21 "2018-11-30T19:49:29Z")
> [@kaiman](#): > > I thought it was roughly in the same league as my GTX950 (and Tomā€™s Hardware seems to confirm that). Of course, not the kind of GPU to use with high screen resolutions. Roughly, but the GTX 950 is a fair bit better for games. It competes more directly with the R7 370 and the RX 460. Also because itā€™s newer it does hardware H.265 decoding, which is nice. But also, it _is_ perfectly fine with high resolutions! Most interesting games run quite well in 2160p, not to mention most things that are slightly older, and otherwise 1080p or 720p. > [@kaiman](#): > > I usually spend around ā‚¬600 to ā‚¬700 on upgrades, the last of which was 2015. Those include Mainboard, CPU, GPU and RAM (and on that occasion also an SSD and a bigger HDD). My computer cost me ā‚¬ 450 (CPU+motherboard+RAM); I suppose you could up that to ā‚¬ 680 if you include this new GPU, though I think of that more as ā€œthe game system add-on.ā€ The old one cost me ā‚¬ 90 back in '14. I bought that so I could drive my current UHD display. I buy some other stuff occasionally but thatā€™s almost completely decoupled from the CPU+motherboard+RAM. Back in '13 I bought a 2 TB HDD, and my two SSDs are older than that. My case is from '07. My Das Keyboard from '10, good as new. My trackball from '08. My monitor from '15. I had to buy my current PSU in '10 as well because my old one broke down. I also splurged ā‚¬ 11,50 on a Windows 10 license for playing some Windows-only games. Iā€™d been using the same XP license since '04, but didnā€™t have a working Windows install for a few years after I upgraded to Debian in '11. Iā€™m not overly satisfied with the system, but for ā‚¬ 11,50 itā€™s not too bad I suppose. Right now Windows is pretty much forcing me to buy a new SSD. Even though Iā€™m using an older HDD to install my games on, itā€™s somehow always filling up the 128 GB SSD for the OS. I have another 256 GB SSD that Iā€™m using for Linux, but I canā€™t fit my programming projects back in 128 GB. So Iā€™ll have to get something like a 1 TB SSD for Linux (plus then I can properly store my Docker images, VMs, etc. without putting them in HDD space), stick Windows on that 256 GB SSD and pray that itā€™s enough. And yeah, I already deleted some 40 GB of Windows backup files so Iā€™m now back to a ā€œcomfyā€ 38.4 GB free. Meanwhile I can fit a fully decked out Linux install with all the TeX Live fixinā€™s in some 15 GB. \>\_\> I mean, I use hundreds of GBs but thatā€™s _me_. Windows just fills it all up behind my back. Edit: and yeah, I have an old 320 GB HDD lying around that I decommissioned due to being a decade old, but running Windows 10 from that would be unbearably slow. It might be acceptable from my '13 2 TB HDD which is remarkably fast, at least compared to my '07 HDD, but Iā€™m not sacrificing that to Windows. Not even a single byte. šŸ™‚ [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/i-want-to-try-some-newish-game-with-graphics/3356.md?page=2)