BNR: I have a special appreciation for FTL: Faster Than Light- it's one of the games I played plenty of during an Internet outage which left me with far too much free time- I explored galaxies and discovered civilizations, fought epic space battles and saved worlds. For those who don't know, FTL: Faster Than Light is an incredibly entertaining roguelike set in space that gives you control of a ship and some crew members. Your mission is to deliver incredibly important information across the stars. You can jump instantly through space at certain points- beacons that allow for faster-than-light travel. The trouble is, there are all kinds of things at these beacons- space pirates, members of militant factions, giant cosmic eyes, psychic interstellar slugs- you get the idea. Death can come to all in an instant, and you may encounter the same situation several times, and yet get a different outcome with each new meeting.
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From Xfire: "PC exclusives might not get as much of the limelight as their console counterparts, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of your attention. PC exclusive games are often just as good if not better than console exclusives. Some even go on to win multiple gaming awards despite being made by relatively unknown studios."
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From Xfire: "Gaming desktops are more powerful than they've ever been. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to get themselves the latest and most powerful graphics card right now. Not especially given the current situation, with cryptocurrency miners driving up the prices of even entry-level gaming graphics cards like the GTX 1050 ti.
With that said, not every game out there demands a powerful PC. In fact, in this day and age, some of the best games on PC can be played even if your desktop doesn't have a graphics card."
It's not just miners driving up prices, but the fact that there's a global semiconductor shortage. It's hitting everything hard, from GPUs, to cars, to mobile SoCs.
But I've noted a similar thing to the author, in that many of the games I play don't even require the hardware I've got. Still nice to have, still want to get a RTX 30XX series card for the graphics heavy games I do end up playing, but some of the best games I've played don't require beefy hardware to run or enjoy.
