I am looking for games that are visually impressive and make use of my 5090 so I can get more use out of it before it becomes second place (though I guess technically its second place to the RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell).
I have already played Cyberpunk 2077, played the heck out of it, very fun, though it has some annoyances so on subsequent playthroughs mods removed those annoyances for me which was great. This game really had a lovely skill tree customization which let you have many different play styles and the free form missions were excellent for letting you complete them in all sorts of ways.
I have also played Atomfall and just have the new DLC left to play through. Its not really that graphically challenging. It was an OK game.
I have also played Split Fiction, which is probably the absolute most fun anyone can have with another person in video game form, especially if one is used to games and the other isnt, but in other cases as well. Very relaxing and high fun to down time ratio.
Played both Robocop games as well. Ok, but not that graphically challenging.
Sort of the big thing I want to avoid is MTXs and marketing dark patterns like FOMO and especially Monetary Dark Patterns. Basically things listed on this website are things I want to avoid
For the record I play on a 4k 144hz monitor and prefer higher frame rates, like 100 ish for comfortable play without eye strain.
I actually started playing control, and it is indeed the first game that regularly has my GPU pulling > than 600W, but the narrative (I feel like the world itself is made out of contrivances like they took too much freedoms even within a supernatural fictional world) and gameplay so far have left me wanting and I’ve kinda soft dropped the game, as in I havent made the active decision to drop it, but haven’t felt like playing it in weeks.
As for AW2, epic store exclusive makes me 🤢🤮 tbh.
I don’t want to install the epic store just for 1 game.
Ill look into all the others though; thanks!
I thought Control was great, I really enjoyed the gameplay - particularly when you start getting more abilities and weapons - but I agree that the main plot and also to some extent the main character isn’t the best part. For me though I really loved the world building and all the little SCP style stuff, so that kept me hooked. Plus I was already deep into the Remedyverse 😄
If you are determined to never install Epic Launcher then I recommend just pirating Alan Wake 2. YMMV if you haven’t played AW1 and the rest of the Remedy catalogue but for me AW2 was not only gorgeous but in general one of the best games I’ve ever played. Or at least one of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had. I’m actually in the middle of a replay of it right now, it’s phenomenal.