My monitor is 27" and 4K, and it’s a stark difference. I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be at 40, let alone 43, but nobody (except like one model of Vizio) makes a 40" that does 4K. Going much larger would be ridiculously huge and excessive for my little 1BR apartment. And a lot pricier. And, y’know, not fit in my TV stand.
(And 720 to 1080, being a much lower jump, is not worth me upgrading something I already don’t use because I have better.)
I have a 720p monitor that must be about 13" plugged into the same computer as another that’s slightly smaller and ‘HD Ready’.
The difference is -err- many.
You are a Bad Person and this is one of the few games I’ve bought on Steam. Experience tells me I will need to set hard play time limits.
May have also bought on steam… but I get graphics errors that have kept me from playing after the first… 80 minute session.
I was able to fix the shapez.io issues with re-installing only to have the same thing happen again. Now that I have all of the basic building blocks maybe I won’t have to re-install for every new level.
Anyway. Mars Horizon … my partner said I had to play this (it released today) because Mars and space and race and… it’s a small indie game about the space race that reminds me an awful lot of Leaving Earth–if Leaving Earth was a computer game 
The graphics is a bit less retro than Leaving Earth–but nothing fancy and it doesn’t appear to be too difficult in “normal” mode. Nothing like KSP or Surviving Mars but I couldn’t stop doing just one more mission. I keep naming my rockets “Fireballs”–it works only the one I didn’t name Fireballs exploded.
Some of you get $10 because I just send an astronaut into space 
Baba is You is excellent, my game of last year.
I’m currently playing The Outer Wilds on the new Xbox, and it is my most hated loved game. I love it and hate it. So much ingenuity, creativity and bravery, whilst I waste 22 minutes shuffling around in the dark or being unable to pilot a ship. It also utterly terrifies me- I was gliding through dark bramble and shifted my entire body away from the things in there. And my nightmare of drowning out in the rough sea isn’t helped by Giant’s Deep. In fact, every single planet fills me with terror in some way, and a supernova ends up being of great comfort when floating in deep space low on oxeygen. Love/hate it.
Sorry, looking for parental advice again.
Looking for an Xbox One game for each of my kids for Xmas.
Oldest is 13
He loves Minecraft, Jedi Fallen Order, Star Wars Squadrons, Titanfall 2 and the recommendation on here of Just Cause 4. He’s got Madden 25 as well which he doesn’t like as much as I do. Ditto Forza Horizon 3. He’s played Star Wars Battlefront to death
He loves card tricks and NASA if that’s any help. And Gloomhaven and 2 player card battlers like Innovation. He’s a skateboarder but never clicked with Tony Hawk.
Wouldn’t want to go any more violent than TF or JC
Youngest is 11
He likes Minecraft, Terraria and Roblox. Quite likes Titanfall, but I think that is more about playing with his brother.
He likes Gloomhaven, D&D.
They both love Star Wars and Harry Potter. The Lego xbox games were big hits.
Happy to buy them both the same game if there is online multiplayer
Thanks in advance
With all the kids I’ve known into gaming, the Lego Games always hit the spot (Star Wars, Batman, Harry Potter, Marvel, you name it), but I haven’t played with consoles for a few years now, I don’t know where are they at these days.
I think they’ve played them all. Really good though
If they’re fans of playing together then Overcooked 2 is very good and kid-friendly. You can even get involved and play with them if you like (it allows you to “split” each controller to share it between 2 people if you need to, up to 4 player)
I think they’ll probably enjoy Minecraft Dungeons if they haven’t already played it, which takes the Minecraft aesthetic and applies it to a diablo-like, like a slightly more advanced Lego game.
Your oldest might enjoy Halo The Master Chief Collection, which is a collection of the first 4 Halo games plus 2 spin offs, of which Titanfall is a descendant in a way. I haven’t played all of them but I think they’re all less violent than Titanfall.
Might also be worth looking into Lego Worlds which is like Lego Minecraft. I don’t think it’s as good as Minecraft but if your kids want more of the building genre, it seems similarly creative.
Edit: if they’re into exploration and survival, No Man’s Sky is a more mature take on the sandbox survival game but perhaps better appreciated when they’re a bit older.
All these have muliplayer options, and I think all bar No Man’s Sky work with splitscreen
Brilliant. Thank you
If you can get them to see past the title and the wall of pink, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is well worth a look. There’s some risk it’ll be a tad challenging for the younger, making it frustrating for the senior, but you’ve got a game they could potentially really enjoy together in that one.
I’ve decided to destroy my life with Dark Souls!
I struggled with Bloodborne, so I figured I should go right back to the beginning to see if it’s easier to learn the From software gameplay style from the beginning.
So far! So good! I got past the tutorial section. Great success!
I am more than happy to help with basically anything you might need to know about Dark Souls (some of the more opaque elements, etc.) and might just do a solidarity run for kicks.
In that case, you are playing the wrong game. Demon’s Souls was the first From Software game in this style.
I think going in blind is the best way to experience Dark Souls. Or at least, I did (enjoy it).
I wholeheartedly agree, but that’s why I tried to specify the opaque stuff. I don’t think a new player really gains anything by discovering certain elements of the gameplay organically (being vague on purpose here). Other than that I was thinking more general tips, etc. There’s no shortage of comprehensive material online for those that want to spoil that precious first run.
Isn’t there a recent remake of this one?
And are these games really that difficult?
Also are they brain or hand difficult ? I can deal with brain but my manual dexterity… I was incredibly surprised when I managed an evade maneuver in Zelda yesterday (I usually win fights because I bring a lot of food and have a bigger sword)
I went through the demon souls character creator then stopped. Still need to get a good batch of time to play it.
I loved Bloodborne but struggled with dark souls. I found I had to get a bit grindy to get good enough at Bloodborne (I think I played for about 3 hours before beating the first boss).
I think these games were made for wikis and cheap kills but just incase If I remember dark souls right there is a dragon sword you can get early on by shooting a dragons tail using the exploding/fire arrows. That made a massive difference in terms of my stats.
That looks incredible. Good price as well