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As someone who doesn’t speak French, I really like the French voice actors, so I don’t think there’s a wrong choice.

But there’s a reason Jennifer English is winning a ton of awards. Her performance is amazing and Andy Serkis has somehow flown under the radar as maybe my favorite antagonist in games.

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Gotta be French & French for full immersion :grin:

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Thanks yall for the opinions. I get the general impression that the English version is a better English version than the French version is a French version.

I could have sworn I put “1 option max” on the poll but I guess not, haha.

Next question: has anyone played the STYX games? There’s a sequel coming out soon, I own both games on Steam but have never played them, and they’re coming free to Epic Game Store next week (grab em and forget!) … so this game is in my sights now, and from what I gather it’s fairly decent? Any lovers or haters out there?

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Guess you’ll just have to play it twice then. They say however many languages you speak, that’s how many people you are right?

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I did! They’re indeed pretty fun. Overall I probably liked the first one more than the second (mostly because of its plot twists) but they’re both worth playing if you’re into stealth games (and if you’re playing Hitman you probably are). They’re also frequently available in bundles for peanuts, but if you’re getting them for free you don’t really have to care about that.

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Stick Drift Issue

My PS5 controller is sick with some phenomenon called “Stick Drift”, some ghostly figure turns my right analog stick towards left side intermittently while gaming and misses my shots and sometimes the character rotates anticlockwise when standing still - like a dog trying to catch their tail :zany_face:

I checked on internet and it says to fix it by upgrading to Hall Effect Sensor. Maybe the Carbon Film sensor weared off.

Does anyone has faced these issues and solved this kind of issue - seems these happens in X Box too. Has anyone upgraded to Hall Effect and any feedbacks?

:zany_face: Some memes :zany_face:

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I got tired of losing controllers to drifting, sometimes in less than a year (although in my case it was always the left stick that drifted, blame third person games when you have to hold “up” pretty much all the time), so I bought a Hall effect one a couple of years ago. No drifting so far despite hundreds of hours of use in games like Hitman or Elden Ring (however, RB is kinda broken but that’s hard to avoid when you spam attacks with it :/). Why all Hall effect isn’t the standard for controllers (despite the technology being available since the 90s) is beyond me, I guess more controllers broken = more controllers sold -_-

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I had intermittent stick drift on a PS2 controller for about ten years and assumed I was the only one. I recently replayed MGS4 - a game where movement gives you away - and the left stick started to drift, causing the character to twitch about (ruining countless playthroughs).

I complained about it to a friend and she went “Oh you mean stick drift?”
"It’s a recognized phenomenon? o.O " I was suffering in silence for so longer, never buying a new controller because I’d adjusted to the problem! :smile:

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I have found a temporary fix that often works, although it seems to be a case-by-case sort of thing. If your controller allows you to pull the sticks out a little until they sort of “pop”, do that. Then push them in until they click (I believe Playstation users know this click as “pressing [L3 / R3]”). After that, flick the stick in the general direction that it is drifting, then flick it in the opposite direction. (“Flicking” here means quickly moving it in that direction, then letting go and having it snap back to the middle.)

This fix does not always work on newer controllers because many of them allow you to customize the sticks by swapping out the top section, which makes it harder to “pop” the sticks outwards. For newer controllers, I would recommend adjusting the “Analog Stick Deadzone” bit by bit until you find a good amount that stops drifting while not impairing intentional movements.

Something that is very important to keep in mind is not pulling or pressing the sticks too hard while doing this, as that could damage them and worsen the drift.

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Another thing to keep in mind is that some games will have a lot of drift, despite the controller not drifting at all in other games. For games like this, I’ve found that you can usually fix it briefly by “flicking” the stick that is drifting, without the need to “pop” or “click” it. If “flicking” does not work for these games, your best bet is adjusting the “Deadzone” of the stick, or possibly swapping controllers when playing that game.

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100 % true in all cases…. the electronics items from 90s was the best.

But then companies learned to sell multiple times - same case with modern days telivision, fridge, car etc…etc… it’s a legal scam :zany_face:

I will install hall effect at an electronic shop next month maybe.

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You certainly never owned N64 controllers. :face_with_tongue:

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Was not aware of this spaceship like controller :roll_eyes: :

was into these types back in the 90s end :100:

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The form was decent I think, depending on the game you pick which two ends you hold.

But boy the spring in the stick breaks sooo quickly. When you visited a friend with a N64 back in the days, you know your place if you get the good or the bad controller.

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That original squared Nintendo controller was crap too.

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WTF is this “game boy” bootleg console lol (it looks more like a snes?)

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Nintendo didn’t sell their consoles all over the world back in the day. As a Romanian I can tell you that they ignored Eastern Europe, so cheap knock offs were the norm. I grew with this console (bought with my hard-earned dosh from caroling :smiley: )

Also getting games for it was a crap shoot since the cover wouldn’t always match the actual game, not to mention if the game even ran properly because of a corrupted ROM or the cartridge getting defective because sellers didn’t keep them safe from direct sun, rain / snow, cold weather etc.

Also the cartridge that came with the console was awesome

It came with Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, Hogan’s Alley, Wild Gunman, Bomberman, Tank 1990 (Battle City), Galaxian and a few more that I don’t remember :grin:

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I haven’t seen either of these two machines, but I came across some of these “X in 1” cartridges in mid school, Chinese classmates had a few of them. I kinda envied them but learned later that these cartridges usually lacked saves (although it wasn’t really a problem when the games they were emulating didn’t have any in the first place).

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Yes, it was available in India probably imported from China. Which region were you at that time.

The cartridge image shared by EvilGeniousRo was the one we played.

I will soon upload some picture of my console and nes games.

The only problem was sometimes the cartridge was not fitting in so we had to remove the plastic cover and it worked. Cleaning the slots was done with some cloths or earbuds.

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Does anybody know of a way to completely block a YouTube channel from showing up in your main YouTube feed when scrolling, especially when the three dot icon next to a user handle doesn’t give you the option to do anything except report it?

There should be an option to “Don’t Recommend Channel”.

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