With the new PC, I dabbled in a lot of stuff lately, mostly just to try out games I had more issues with in the past or wanted to see how much better it runs.
Call of Duty: Warzone - Warzone from the start always ran poorly for me, all the way back to when it came out, and it only got worse with the next version of Warzone. Buttery smooth now, but unfortunately, coming into it a few years later, with there being a ton of guns and gadgets, and special kits, it's hard to figure out what is good and combine it with what feels like a wildly high TTK, nothing but sweats in the solo mode, and I think what might be really terrible footstep audio, it made for kind of an unfun time. Like I'm not expecting to dominate a game right away, but it was a rough experience lol That Black Ops 6 doesn't have like a bigger play game mode like Modern Warfare with Ground War means I'll probably be done with trying CoD again unless something like Warzone gets some big overhaul.
Fallout 76 - I have such a need to play this game I hate because I am that desperate for new Fallout content lol. I forced myself to beat the original awful story like 3 years ago, it was bad, but I got through it. I know the game did improve and get alot more content, but the game still doesn't run super great even on just high settings, not maxed out. Newer games like CoD, Battlefield, Helldivers 2, Cyberpunk 2077, look fantastic and run great. This game on its dumpy old engine? Better than I had it before, but a lot less smooth than any of those games. Also it's still so bad. It's Fallout bugs combined with online network bugs, some of which have been around since the game first came out. I played for a half hour and got swamped because my melee was struggling to connect with a group of ghouls, and I instantly uninstalled the game. I'm probably done trying with this game unless they give me a completely offline version of the game that runs just like Fallout 4 did lol
The Finals - I wanted to like this game, I played it abit before, but wanted to see it with all the destruction running smoothly and that stuff is still great, but I played some rounds and I think the game is kinda boring. It's flashy and the action can get abit hype, but I find a lot of the gameplay aspects really unexciting with like the the hero shooter abilities. I wish this sort of action wasn't in some small scale, game show themed arena game. Got these ex-Dice/Battlefield devs in multiple companies that just seem to be all making the same type of game that I don't want lol
DayZ - This was just because I could, but the most consistent thing I've loved, not just from improved visuals with the new PC, is consistency. I got use to a lot of games having stuttering and such, it was normal, but now a lot of games just run smoother. Like DayZ didn't get significantly better visually, it's an old game at this point, but it runs much more smoothly and you can feel that. Still will get some stutters and frame drops when you go into a city or a modded maps city like the big one on Deer Isle, but this sort of stuff is even unavoidable on the best systems.
Hell Let Loose - That being said, this game was having some stuttering moments for me, not tons, but more than I'd expect even when not even maxing out my settings. This is a game I tried to like more in the past, it does have great elements with its scale, but with some performance issues, it could be a struggle. There's less of that now, but damn, this game is rough lol I'm not against hardcore shooters, but there is so much long, boring, runs to get back to where you died, even with good outpost support, just to get one shot by someone you could never see, and then have to make the run all over again after 30 seconds of waiting to redeploy lol
Battlefield 1/2042 - Had to see Battlefield maxed out and while 2042 isn't anything great, it's nice to see it running nicely for once, even on 128 player maps. It's amazing how good BF1 looks though, had a few stuttering moments here, but this game looks so much better than BF2042 and it's still a really good game. Been running the rounds on this one and might go and check out Battlefield V too as that's another looker.
