r/gamingadvice

Hi! I'm in a bit of a situation rn.

So a few months ago I got a Xbox series X with 2 year subscription of gamepass ultimate, that still has 1 and a half year left. Now, with the release of GTA 6, most of my friends have/Will get a PS5 to play the game.

I know that we dont have a lot of info about GTA 6 being crossplay, but right now I can swap the Xbox for a PS5 with my only cost being the PS plus subscription (i can still use my gamepass ultimate on PC)

What would you do if you were me and why?

i got a new pc about half a month ago and since then i wasnt able to play any game, for example: Valorant doesnt start, roblox crashes about every 7 minutes, geometry dash started 1 time and since then it hasnt, and fortnite doesnt even download. I have an AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6 Core Processor, and a 5060 Ti. Can anyone please help? Btw chatgpt wasnt able to help after i tried asking it for like 4 hours.

I'm new to pc gaming and recently build a pc for my work and for my gaming passion and i installed PUBG PC and that game is so hard to play like i have to control everything from that keyboard and beside that how do you control recoil? I'm daily trying to enjoy but end up getting frustrated in the end.. Help me plsssss

Hi, I’ve always played multiplayer games and honestly just a lot of Roblox cus it’s always been easy to mindlessly play. But I’m looking to get more into the solo player scene. For context I’m 19 and have been playing games since I was 4 so I’ve definitely played for a long time I’ve just always felt like solo player games looked boring or just didn’t know where to start. Any advice for someone looking to get more into these games? I have RDR2 that I need to redownload and try. Also bonus if anyone can pick games that are currently on steam sale that’d be awesome! Even if it’s not solo tbh any games I need to try as someone who’s never branched off from mainstream games.

Hello guys whenever playing valorant on low settings I am barely getting around 250-270 FPS no matter what mode I’m in. Using a 240Hz Monitor, My Specifications Are:
Ryzen 7 5700X
ASUS Radeon 6600
Asus Prime B450M
2*8GB RAM
1TB SSD yet still
My other games still give me better FPS idk what’s up with valorant, also I’m using global setting in the adrenaline app and both CPU GPU Drivers are updated

Hi guys. I'm sad. Very sad. So sad that I replay RPGs that I like over and over. Right now I'm on blue dragon. Many RPGs, as you will know I'm sure, have "new game plus" modes. Blue dragon has this. Blue dragons, however, is a bit different in that it offers a downloadable add on called "ultra hard mod" and allows you to choose 3 difficulties; these are normal, hard and impossible. Now I'm not a fan of starting a new game with everything already, so I have started a new game (I haven't clicked on new game plus - just new game) with hard mode - NOT IMPOSSIBLE - selected. Hard mode, when you don't load in with everything by clicking new game plus, is very fucking hard. Yes, it's so hard that I had to do a swear :O

ANYWAYS, there is not a Walkthrough anywhere that I can find and all the FAQs are from 2009 and most people aren't THAT helpful. Hopefully I can be a bit more helpful. The only motivation I have for this Walkthrough of a game that is probably entirely dead is that if there is someone out there like me who wants an immersive experience in a game that they like by making it harder than the first time - they hopefully won't cry themselves to sleep whilst doing so.

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME AREAS DON'T HAVE SHOPS, YOU CAN'T BUY ITEMS, YOU CAN'T FIND THEM. SOME AREAS OR PLACES BEFORE BOSS FIGHTS DONT HAVE SAVE POINTS. TREAT EVERY SECOND AS IF IT'S YOUR LAST IN THIS MODE. KEEP SEPERATE SAVES IN CASE YOU MESS ONE UP. ALSO, YOU WILL NEED TO BE HIGHLY LEVELLED UP COMPARED TO A NORMAL RUN THROUGH THIS GAME. An example of this would be me being at talta village at level 16 or 17 normally on a normal mode play through. I am level 21 there on hard mode.

I was very shocked by how hard this mode is. If you've played this game more than once or have a good memory then you will remember what I am about to tell you. When you first get marumaro you are told to go right. If you go left over to the gul mountains where the lazy bears are, that is meant to be where you go after going right. Usually, for me at least, I go there first. I get those nice accessories and some nice exp and then I continue the story by going right to the undersea cavern. When I tried to do that on hard mode, the last encounter of lazy bears (where there are 2 lazy bears) I got a game over. I even tried again. Both failures. This is where I will start my Walkthrough. I am doing this with the belief that the person(s) reading this will already know the game well, if not inside out.

So, go do the forest of the dead, make sure the get all the chests (you need level 4 - shina) and BEFORE YOU FIGHT THAT KING GHOST SAVE YOUR GAME JUST SAVE YOUR GAME. Keep switching all your classes around, don't do any hard fights on a low level OR ANY LEVEL WITH GENERALIST CLASS BECAUSE GENERALIST CLASS IS THE WORST ONE FOR STATS.

I've never done a Walkthrough before and I am lazy. This will not be in depth for chests and nothings and 10 golds. If you have DLC then go for those accessories (I am using them) and if you're sad like me get the nothings and search everywhere because when you get to jibral you will reap the rewards from the nothing man.

You need to ensure when you get to level 20,you have access to all classes from your characters. What I mean is DO NOT MAKE THEM ALL LEARN SUPPORT CLASS. EVERYONE NEEDS GENERALIST, EVERYONE NEEDS WHITE MAGIC. The rest is your choice, assassin is good for negotiate and control, guardian is not the best early on but still useful. BARRIER AND SUPPORT CLASS ARE A MUST FOR AT LEAST 1. ALL PHYSICAL FIGHTERS NEED LEVEL 13 MONK CLASS FOR CHARGED ATTACK.

At the time of writing this, I am only at talta village. I am guessing that when zola comes in, she is best as a mage and on the back row for most of the story. FOR NOW, YOU NEED SHU AND MARUMARO ON THE FRONT LINE AS PHYSICAL ATTACKERS BUT WITH WHITE MAGIC EQUIPPED, JIRO AND KLUKE MUST BE ON THE BACK LINE AS MAGES. REGENERATE MP IS A MUST FOR MAGES. Now I myself have been using wind on everything. Just charging wind up time after time so it hits all enemies, even with my physical attackers. I don't mind chipping away with 60 damage with shu and marumaro. You need to heal a lot, you'll find all this out in the semi-easy start of the game.

After that horrible boss fight with the king ghost (did anyone else know he could summon? I've never even seen that) you'll be back at talta village. Get all the spells and stock up on items and even try get the best accessories if there are upgrades available and check all the chests too. There are side quests available sometimes (now is one) but it is minor and I do not care for it. The reward is not that good and even if it was its only good for another 2 areas. If you didn't get all the chests on the way to the gul mountains, go do that. This is an open area so you can save at any time before gul mountains, so please do that. Lazy bears are hard, if you can make a monster fight happen with the shooter ghosts then do that. Their attacks against the bears are even stronger in hard mode. The ghosts in the gul mountains are hard so try and get a hermit crab thing to have a monster fight with them and have shina and/or shina sword ready. No boss fight here, so just fight all enemies for levels, keep switching classes for essentials skills like charged attack, negotiate, mow down 2 and all the level magics you have (level 4 is ideal right now.) Yes this is horrible painful, it's going to be until rank 50 on barrier class. You could prioritise that if you wanted but if you don't mind the grind keep getting into encounters for exp. Levels make a big difference once added up.

Get the chests and search around talta village, get Heala in jiros house before going to the inn for the boss fight. This boss fight is not that hard, keep all of your characters at full HP, patience is key in hard mode. When all the summons are done and you've beaten the skeletons, the boss will stop defending and eventually get weak. This is why you've all got full HP (everyone needs 160+ with good equipment for defense and magic defense) cos he's gonna use tempest and try to team wipe you. Yes it hurts but you should all have turns after. Rest at the inn, STOCK UP ON ITEMS and grind like crazy.

Surely you remember the tigers at the end of disc 1? I'll not forget them. This is why you've got control from assassin class, you can stop them one shotting you with this. If you're like me and have no life you'll be rank 20 ish with every class you've got. You NEED level 3 everything but level 4 is better to have. I'd try not to use field barrier too much if you have that because you need exp. Trust me, when you're in generalist class levelling you're gonna wish you had a lot more levels because ranks are useless. Grinding is annoying, enemies stop spawning in areas and you've go to leave and go back. There's no shame in going back to gul mountains to grind as well as talta and the surrounding area.

Mural valley is self explanatory until you get to the boss. Get everything you can find and get the best equipment. Honestly it'd be good to keep the good equipments you've been getting like the wind ones for agility. If a certain boss doesn't use magic, you could take less magic defense for that battle in exchange for 5 agility. Now for the boss battle, normally without hard mode you'd just use wind or winda and winda sword. He'd get stronger but you'd be fine. Now, you cannot do that. DO NOT DO IT. Just use water and water sword instead. Keep your characters at full HP (hopefully you'll all be near 200 by now) at all times and you should be fine. Keep being patient and you will succeed. At least I did. Another thing to note is that bosses will have some decent steals. Steal is very easy to get from assassin class and although the RNG is never in your favour, some of the steals will help. I am being brave and not save scumming for rare steals. Honestly I do not know all of the steals on the bosses of this game, I only really know final fantasy 12 inside and out because, as noted at the start, I am so very sad. Time for the hard part now and the final part of disc 1. Hopefully you got the warp machine at mural valley and everywhere else so you can go back and level and buy items and just grind grind grind.

The tigers will probably kill your front line of shu and marumaro. That's fine, just have double item from white magic class equipped on everyone. This allows for 2 revives per turn using phoenix talons. They'll go down eventually, there is no need to heal as they're always gonna one shot you unless you grinded loads like I advised; its so painful fighting the same enemies again and again but I promise it is for your own good. MAYBE TRY NOT TO OVERDO IT AS YOU'VE GOT ZOLA COMING IN SOON AND SHE'S GONNA NEED EVEN MORE.

Dullahan isn't that bad really (the big horse sword thing.) I had a chance to steal from him. Keeping everyone at HP just in case is pretty much always pivotal (apart from the tigers we just did.... Erm anyways) and shine works well. YOU NEED TO START WITH A GROUND THOUGH AS THAT WEAKENS HIM AND KEEP USING IT EVERY COUPLE OF TURNS. He is going to mess up your formation and that is probably a good thing. You can use wall from barrier magic as that is effective. Don't be a sicko and attempt to keep everyone alive, its not worth the risk. I haven't had a game over yet (apart from when I first got to the drill machine and tried to fight the green giant for the magic crystal ring or necklace or whatever it was) but this was one was very close. Just beat him and get on with it,you can make up for xp loss later. What's that? You did it first try? Congratulations. I knew you could do it.

Search around for nothings if you're sad like me, SAVE INTO A DIFFERENT SAVE SPACE JUST IN CASE, and protect the caravans. Don't want to fight the tigers and rats? Me neither, good job we've both GOT FIELD BARRIER 2 AT LEAST RIGHT??? Just use that and it's nice and easy. Heyyyy... Nice achievement! Save your game into the slot you just saved in and let's go, end of disc 1.

All 3 of your front line gone, before you got a turn. Hi zola! Haha. You've got double item so start with a sleep power (you just got one from the last chests at mural valley) and start reviving. Yet again, don't worry about healing just attack and attack. Items work well, especially flawless ones. Zola will need to use one or use a phoenix talon. Not so bad, right?

I had 600 nothings getting to jibral, well I had 597 to be precise but it was easy to get 600. Make sure you go to the garden in the castle from the 2nd floor and check out all the gardens and plants there. You can get attribute elixirs. 600 nothings got me lots of accessories, increasing health and agility (maybe not needed but a massive help.

I just bought the new dmc hd collection pack on steam and one of my friends told me it’s very hard to play without a controller and I don’t have one. Should I be worried?

So I am having a bit of an identity crisis in terms of gaming and not only is it causing me confusion etc in terms of what to play and where but it is also costing me a lot of money. Growing up I always loved gaming but was too poor and now I have money I own pretty much every console and a PC, however, here comes the issue. I am constantly conflicted on where to play my games which usually ends up in me purchasing and half playing games on multiple platforms - the choice is actually becoming my downfall now. I am just looking to know if people also feel this way and for advise on what maybe I should settle on. I have a PC that is probably low-mid tier nowadays (3060ti and ryzen 5 3600) and a PS5 in which I play most my games. I love playing MMORPG Games, League of Legends (disgusting i know) but also love playing story games etc but my PC cannot run these (hence the PS5). I have debated sending it, selling my PC and PS5 and investing in a new very good up to date PC but then get conflicted and constantly doubt and debate that decision. Again, just any input, similar stories, advice is welcome. Just a hopeless gamer trying to find a home to settle down in XD

Hello!

I am a 39 years old pc gamer. I had a desktop computer ever since I was a kid. I had to give up my desktop pc at home to make some space.

I got a gaming laptop instead but playing on a laptop is not the same as having a big screen and I also dont have a chair. I have to use a coffee table and play on the couch.

So my back has been killing me! :D

I was wondering ıf I could get like an x-box controller hook my laptop to a big screen tv and play?

Getting a gaming console is out of the question due to price tags.

Is there anybody gaming like that? Which games are good to play like this?

I am into rts,city building games they mostly require a mouse and a keyboard though.

Thoughts?

TL;DR

I haven't played console shooters without auto aim for a good while and realized that I'm ass at aiming and shooting, so I'm looking for any tips or advice to improve my gaming skills. Single player, not competitive multiplayer PVP.

Hey there,

I've loved video games for a big chunk of my life, but fell off them because of school and because I felt guilty, like I always felt that I should be doing something more "productive" instead, even if there wasn't anything else I actually had to do.

Fast forward to now: I'm about to start a new career and I have my first daughter on the way, so I wanted to work on myself before she gets here and rediscover the stuff that made me happy. This is partly therapeutic for me, and partly work I'm putting in so my family can enjoy a more vibrant husband and father more often.

With the life story out of the way, I've been getting back into casual gaming and separating that guilt from something I love by buying new games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on Steam and 007 First Light on my PS5. After playing 007, I realized I've gotten really bad at aiming and shooting using analog sticks, along with my reflexes going down the shitter when it comes to timing counters in combat.

I've been working on my reflexes with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, but I'm also hoping to ask: any tips and/or advice for a returning gamer who wants to get better at single player shooters, and beat them with relative ease, besides just adjusting controller sensitivity or lowering the difficulty level?

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Its dam annoying how i have bought such an expensive pc and this game isnt running how its supposed to so much stuttering lag it used to say the same stats for cpu but it never stuttered this much. While launching it says 120fps and after i get into the specific zombies or multiplayer the game starts lagging and getting stuck I alt tab out and back and it continues working. Really damn annoying. Doesnt happen with anyother games not even at high settings I usually get 100 frames minimum on heavy games full maxed out graphics.

so I got this game on steam and when i try to play it, it lags sooooo badly. None of the other games i have installed do anything like this, so i am very confused and i'm not sure how to remedy it. The game keeps prompting me to install a driver, but with and without it the lag is egregious. I have a windows surface laptop, but I have more than enough storage for the game and haven't even gotten to any save files. does anyone have any idea what to do?