Some Highlights of My Recent Playthroughs of Various Games

[Frag Maniac]

Doom 2016 on Nightmare

Advanced Research Complex - Access the Lazarus Elevator

This is a fairly tough battle with everything from Imps to an Arch-vile, and throws two Barons of Hell at you at the end. I like to save the Quad Damage powerup for the end.

Lazarus Labs - Access the Helix Stone

This fight is not quite as tough, but can get out of hand since it has Hell Knights and Mancubuses, and also takes place in tighter spaces than the previous one. I find it's best to hang back and use the portals when necessary.

Dying Light 2 on Hard

Military Airdrops - Skull

These are some of the Military Airdrops I managed to do that were skull rated due to not having much stamina.

Nightrunner's Hideout with Military Airdrop

One of the trickier Nightrunner's Hideouts to get to that's high on a destroyed raised freeway. It also has a Military Airdrop near it.

Something Big Has Been Here Parts 1,2

This is the first two parts of a mission early in the game to kill Goons. I was experimenting with efficient ways to do it since I lacked resources.

Carnage Hall - Running Up That Tower

This is a parkour obstacle course that has some monsters (mostly Exploders) in the way.

Treasure Hunt - Like The Wind (Gold)

These are 2 of a 3 part challenge where you need to get all 3 at Gold status in order to be able to get training from a Master at Carnage Hall. I know I got all 3 because I remember fighting the Master, but something must have gone wrong capturing the 3rd challenge, which is a crossbow battle called Between Two Fires.

Wolfenstein: The New Order on Uber

U-Boat - Locate the Radio Room

This is a very hard fight just after dropping down from a vent where you're about to approach the Radio Room. It requires some quick thinking on your feet, careful cover, and keeping your head on a swivel.

Return to London Nautica

An even tougher fight that happens after you crash land the space shuttle from Venus, which usually scares me into staying at the entry point of the room due to very limited ammo.

London Monitor Fight

This is a fairly easy fight once you know the rinse and repeat procedure, but took longer than it should have the first couple minutes due to not having played the game in a long time and forgetting the process of stunning it's eye when it's charging up to fire.

Wolfenstein: The New Colossus on I Am Death Incarnate

Penthouse Fight

Another fairly tough fight where I like to pick a fairly defensible spot, duck in and out of cover, and keep my head a swivelin'.

Überkommandant Friedrich Baumgartner​

One of the tougher Überkommandants to dispatch. Truth be told the only hard part if you're careful with the stealth, is the final approach to take him out.

Wolfenstein Youngblood on Challenging

Steigturm - Final Battle

I experimented a bit haphazardly here, as it had ben a long while since playing it and I forgot the tower elevators only work one way and that their upper level is NOT a safe place to do the final phase of the battle from. That said, I DID find a bit quicker way to dispatch Lothar in the 2nd phase by circling around a tower vs the smaller structure in the center.

Far Cry 6 on Guerilla

McKay Global Acid Plant

I decided to take a stealthy wingsuit approach to utilize a very handy vantage point.

The Battle of Eseranza

One of my speedier runs of this mission after I got to know it well, but as you can see by the vid's thumbnail, I pushed the pace a bit too much at one point.

 

[punkncat]

I picked a pack of older Wolfenstein games free (or really cheap, I can't recall) off Epic not long ago. I have started the first one but have to take it in small doses. For some reason I get motion sickness after playing it about 30 mins. Sucks because it is a really fun title.

I haven't played any of those other titles....yet...

 

[Frag Maniac]

I picked a pack of older Wolfenstein games free (or really cheap, I can't recall) off Epic not long ago. I have started the first one but have to take it in small doses. For some reason I get motion sickness after playing it about 30 mins. Sucks because it is a really fun title.

I haven't played any of those other titles....yet...

Have you tried increasing FOV?

 

[punkncat]

Have you tried increasing FOV?

Tell me more, maestro....?

 

[Frag Maniac]

Tell me more, maestro....?

If you're on the first one in the Machine Games series, which is The New Order, go to Options/Video/FOV. I have mine set to 80, don't recall what the default is, but if it looks too narrow in the two TNO vids I posted above, try 90 and go from there.

I don't know what your spec is, but wider FOVs, especially if considerably wider than default, can make distant enemies harder to see, and lower performance. Raising a low FOV (60 or lower) has been known to minimize or even eliminate motion sickness for some though.

As for the other titles, there's some good stuff in Dying Light 2 and Far Cry 6, but I did not enjoy them as much as the new Doom and Wolfenstein series.

 

[punkncat]

Thanks, I will be happy to give it a go. Do you know 'why' it eliminates the motion sickness?

I figured it was some weirdness going on about the framerate due to the age of the game and v sync. My system is well beyond capable of the title, but if I don't turn on v sync it acts really cra-cray.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Do you know 'why' it eliminates the motion sickness?

Well, I don't know why lower FOVs cause it, so in turn I don't know why higher ones can eliminate it. Some have speculated extremely high ones (which can cause it too) make you feel like you're in the scene, while lower ones can make you feel like you're looking in a window. I suppose the narrow end of the FOV spectrum might induce a feeling of claustrophobia, which is my only theory, but I've seen no official study done on it. If you can manage to find one, I'd enjoy reading it though.

 

[Frag Maniac]

BTW, since you mentioned frame rates above, have you checked what refresh the game is set at or monitored FPS? I ask because I've had some games revert refresh to 30 after changing some of the graphics settings.

 

[TifeVep]

These are 2 of a 3 part challenge where you need to get all 3 at Gold status in order to be able to get training from a Master at Carnage Hall. I know I got all 3 because I remember fighting the Master, but something must have gone wrong capturing the 3rd challenge, which is a crossbow battle called Between Two Fires.

tell me more about Dying Light 2 on Hard

 

[Frag Maniac]

tell me more about Dying Light 2 on Hard

I wouldn't recommend it unless you do it via New Game +. Otherwise you have to grind through getting your stamina up all over again, which can be a real pain. If it were a game I was more interested in, I'd have not minded it, but I wasn't looking to spend such a huge amount of time on it. However, NG+ does NOT make the game easier, quite the opposite, so you need to know and play the game well to play on that mode.

To put it in detail, NG+ tweaks enemy AI to be tougher, challenges to be more difficult, and enemy placement to be more obstructive. It also adds Legendary level weapons, and 30 more inhibitors to find to increase your stamina, health, and immunity. It also adds special challenges highlighted with a bright orange marker where you have to battle several tough enemies to get those Legendary weapons.