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Storm 1 is like a legend.
The mythical what might've been a single person.. might've been a team.. nobody knows
nobody alive remembers
so you, storm 1, ofcourse are mute
so nobody knows, which is actually a really silly cute thing i think
the first mission starts as what HQ thinks was just a prank call about giant insects
they send you, a lowly platoon just in case
would you believe it
there are insects.
And a LOT of them.
An entire horde.
If it wasn't for the armored tank support you would've probably died... if you weren't extremely good at darksouls obviously
EDF also does rolling pfsh. best dodging method ever
After some battles the mothership comes back.. a new one...
With a whole flotila ready to drop insects over everyone
EDF 2017 and 4.1 have these silly robot enemies too
THE HECTORS!!! as seen in 2017
they look so goofy i love them
Bro have you been talking nothing but edf for the past few minutes
the only way to avoid getting hit by their big explosive cannons is by shooting at them so much their jiggle physics make them aim in a different direction
yeah you should join me
Yeah no I'll go back to struggling to sleeo
after many attempts and hard work you eventually destroy the first mothership ...
and behold...
there's more
that was just the alien forces testing if they needed to pull out the full forces.
The sky.. starts darkening
the world eaters have arrived.
Massive metal plates with mounted weapons which cover the sky, and shoot down at the people below
slowly as you play more and more of the earth is covered until it's left essentially in total darkness
and that is when... the Brain is found
A super powered tower in the middle of the beams. the one computer controlling the whole new roof above earth
You, along with the rest of the EDF are sent out to destroy it. No matter the costs.
the firepower is just too much
all your allies are dying.. morale is low and everyone is scared... but then
watch from 1 minute
All the EDF sounds I could find in the game. This is why EDF is a good game.
Individual voices can be found here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J-9gYZ2IwY
that will set the mood well
They remember
they remember about storm one. about YOU
What you've done in the past motivates the remaining troops to run in and help you in battle
MAINLY BECAUSE
WHILE EVERYONE WAS DYING
AND WHILE HQ WAS SCREAMING that everyone is doomed
youve singlehandedly rolled and shot your way trough 30% of the sky barrier with just a lowly rocket launcher
everyone has seen you just REFUSING to die and holy hell are they motivated
with the remaints of the EDF at your disposal you DESTROY the brain... and allas.. one by one.. the world eaters leave earth
there is no more control unit.
youve won... they're gone for good.
THAT'S JUST EDF 4.1
Kiwi drink up we'll be here for a while
all i can think of is how much exp you've been getting
IM HERE HI DONT CANCEL HIM !!!!!!!!!
so this is how EDF 5 starts 
You are a basic civilian in a EDF Base.
A generic ex-police tour guide if you're a Ranger
a airshow Performer if you're wingdiver
just a technican that is a LITTLE too much into secret military codes as Air Raider
or a worksman working on carrying shit if you're the Fencer
Except uh oh!
While you're being given the tour, the lights cut out, your instructor tells you to come with him to the security room
OOPS!
ALL ANTS!
he gets gobbled up, and a squadron runs by and shoots the ants to smithereens
Since they can't have an unarmed civilian running around, they gave you some basic EDF weaponry
for Ranger it's a rifle and a rocket launcher
for Windiver it's whatever nobody plays wingdiver first pfsh
For Air Raider it's a limplet gun, a turret, and a healing machine
And for fencer it's a bigass sword and shield and two miniguns
obviously.
standard equipment
i should mention Fencer has a mobilty assistant system, basically a mini mech suit
ANYWAYS you painstakingly fight your way out of the base
and you find out that the top of the base is just getting OVERRUN to hell and back
not to mention the ACTUAL mechs
are out of commision!
somebody forgot the fucking keys!!!!
so you need to do your best to protect the base from the swarm while everyone else helps
My favorite thing about the Pre-EDF section of EDF 5
picks up @bitter barn gently and puts them in a blanket
Is that as Air Raider, if you use an actual air strike
everyone is baffled that a civilian ID code is asking for airstrikes.
BUT EVERYONE JUST ACCEPTS IT-
Just like:
"why is a civilian asking us to do 30 bombing runs over our base?"
funny firework gameโฆโฆ
"Eh who cares he's got the radio he probably knows what he's doing"
vwry funny :3
ehm ehm
So after you clear the first wave... UH OH
Explo grinding the fuck out of amari
IT'S A FULL ARMADA!!! THERE'S LIKE 40 SHIPS PASSING JUST OVER YOUR LOCATION, AND THIS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE
xoxo
NOT TO MENTION, UH OH
YOU JUST STARTED GETTING SHELLED WITH TOWERS THAT TELEPORT MORE ANTS DIRECTLY ABOVE YOU
So ofcourse- YOU BOOK IT
there's no way you'd survive that
Sarge and his squadron take over care of you,
I'm okay since it isn't really spam, but if people start citing soulslike lore to grind exp I'mma lose it
They try to get you to a "safe place" as he says it.
Sarge is a special boy, he has a experimental laser gun :3
hes's pretty good at helping out in these levels
you go trough like 13 before he officially declares.
"Well shoot.. looks like no place is safe anymore.. but you probably figured that out already"
So ofcourse-
you enlist in the EDF!
I mean you're pretty good at it
you already have a higher kill count than everyone else in your defacto squad
it's joever
so off you go. 6 months if training, and you're back. the war is still on.
Nobody has yet been able to destroy a ship.. their armor is too strong
the only one that the EDF managed to destroy so far was with an actual NUKE.
Have you seen the snoop dog and 21svg
cod has officially lost it
So ofcourse-, they send you. the NEWBIE
i can at least see snoop dogg playing the game
as everyone loves calling you..
directly on the first offensive from below!
why no BTS
You, being no pushover.
Find out you can shoot the big glowing teleportation crystal when the hatch of the ship is open
BOOM goes the ship!
People keep calling you a newbie.. despite your tough work..
but whatever, you just pushed the EDF forward a ton
After a lot more battles
you kill godzilla.
like an actual godzilla
he's fine.. i promise
they stop calling you newbie after that
anyways! after a lot more war-ing
OH NO.
the primers (aliens) just dropped a whole-ass CITY
DIRECTLY. ON TOP OF ANOTHER CITY...
and even bigger uh oh
IT'S ARMED WITH LIKE 50 BAJJILION CANNONS
IT HAS COMPLETE AIR AND GROUND DOMINATION
ofcourse we run.
WE GET KNOCKED DOWN
BUT WE GET UP AGAIN
AIN'T NOTHING GONNA KEEP US DOWN
so we launch like... three offensives on this thing
during the third one the fuckin city
guess what guess what
IT. STANDS. UP.
THE CITY WALKS.
but guess what Storm 1 (not yet titled storm 1) does.
OFCOURSE we just simply shoot it till it's deadโข
we're storm 1 afterall
"you know what'd be funny" says one alien to another
"what?"
"lets do the mothership thing"
alas. mothership.
then an edf commander says
"hey you know what we should do?"
"storm 1?" "storm 1."
they both mutter in unison
and so ofcourse after a long battle with massive tanks and all that good stuff the mothership falls
"you know what'd be funny?"
"what?* asks the other alien
"let's send 8 more."
SO THEY DO.
let me remind you a mothership
Is about EY BIG
A REAL CHONKER THAT ONE
don't mind the Minecraft hud It's a work in progress
or the fact the air raider has a poorly wrapped creeper texture
ehm
so the EDF goes into panic mode
mind you about 60% of all people are dead at this point
that's gonna be important later
well the EDF goes crazy figuring out how to destroy all these, apparently indestructible, UFOs
that only ONE team has been able to destroy
nay.
one. MEMBER. of the EDF has been able to destroy.
Everyone is dying rapidly, those motherships dont fuck about
and so comes along this crazed woman
previously EDF HQ assistant
yelling about eggs
yes @bitter barn , NamaTama is canon to the EDF universe
and guess what's supposed to be inside the egg.

GOD.
GOD. IS INSIDE NAMATAMA.
And god is angry
you ofcourse start feeling the story is a bit silly at this point
but it gets better.
you go to fight mothership number 9
personally, you. and the entierity of the EDF
go. and attack Mothership No.9
guess what it does Kiwii
please. Guess. genuenly Guess.
or if kiwii is not here then you @rough steeple
BGHJGGK WAIT
GUESS
OKAY IM GOING TO SAY IT FUCKING EXPLODES
nuh uh
IT GOES TROUGH A FULL-ASS GUNDAM TYPE TRANSFORMATION AND TURNS INTO A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE SHIP
it is now a golden egg.. with layers of protection and many. many turrets
this is just phase 2 of the fight
you eventually fry the egg. and it opens up
inside. behold. God.
so guess what.
@bitter barn EARTH DEFENSE FORCE.
TRIES TO
ARREST. GOD.
God fights back
You kill god.
And that's how EDF 5 ends
ignoring the fact that uhh . operation final stand was initiated
during the fight with god... which made every civilian a official soldier of the EDF
90% of people are dead. you dissapear. the end :3
One last thing before I go rest
Oh we are the valiant Infantrie - We are the Alpha Team with passion and comraderie
Hear us as we shout at the top of our Lungs - Be calm, be bold and raise your gun!
Yo just some EDF 5 Gameplays
EDF 5 Missions Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO7nBBiYUOSdNjG8QhiAZxATCjrKQqWeW
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhdfY3...
Plains of Conflict is my favorite mission.
It has so much air support.
Okay xoxo goodnight thanks for listening to my wall paintings goodnight everyone and you Kiwii 
EDF Rant starts here, 1 and a half hours ago
I'd go for longer but Kiwii is about to pinch me in DMs xoxo
Jrpg moment
I mean it kinda is a JRPG.
Japanese? Check
RPG? well it has progression via grinding
civilian and EDF airraider @static apex
civvie and EDF wingdiver @static apex
civvie EDF fencer @static apex
So it's like... 21,646-43,000 i assume
and the boy of the hour.
ranger
that's all :3
Around 15 to 25K for civilian models.
Around 30 to 40K for EDF models.
Why the first image black air raider is 43,000 tris? Helmet?
vertices get turned into tris to close gaps. simple as.
ah yeah, true
I thought more polygons have been used on the helmet to make it more round ๐
also probably true!
but also lots of extra features too.
armor plates etc
Yeah got me confused for a sec like can that still use that much polygons ๐
you can use as many as you can handle
of course you can, i was just wondering is it that round (complex) that they had to use that many polygons that it jumps from avg. 20k-30k tris to 43k ๐
every square you add to a model will give you an extra 4 polys minimum. and 10 tris
mmh yeah, you are right. can't even think or argue with that. i'm too tired for it ๐
that took a long time to write w
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not sure can i call this a win but it's something ๐
im just laughing in grass speech
Now i just feel myself bullied ๐
aww pat pat
no bulli in THE FINALS
discord server
wow thank XD and true, but this is other-games with other-rules
first rule of the finals: Miss the finals
So that's what the Follow Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines means
Now i understand why Kiwii hates me when i say ''I don't miss the finals'' ๐
Wha
Things are gonna be awkward for Blizzard once this releases
THE FINALS
In EDF 5 that is
ironically enough BRUTE FORCE
is my favorite in EDF 4.1
Why?
Because the air support gets cut off
There's literally too many enemies for the air force to be able to help you without risking being shot down
this is super panic inducing as air raider since all your support weapons just get completely disabled
||But they do come in again eventually, breaking trough to help you against HQ orders||
@void smelt Basically when your health falls below 50% you have a small chance of getting injured from each hit, once you drop below 25% it's a great chance.
What happens if you get injured?
Dragon Age had a nice mechanic for this, in DAO you literally get broken bones and such for when you get knocked out
Later on it's just a HP cap lol
Health Regen gets capped to 50% of it's normal value. When you get an infection your health gets dropped.
Critical Injuries and Infections mean you can't regen health and I think you lose 100 health lol
I love when games mess with you more than normal... This should be a basic feature tbh
rate my drip, currently trying to farm money and materials for grandmaster gear
I see you've lost at cards
on purpose, I always do
I can't
Darksouls 2 did the funny on death
Beautiful view
Who will win the dance-off?
Hmm
Clearly all the boys practiced together for the big finals
Hard decision
I like the antenna
Very hard
it's trying it's best to stay focused on the sattelites
Drippiest outfit
Why does he look like he would sell overpriced clocks
It's from a quest where he had to dress up for a party
My bird that's how you dress up for a murder ๐ญ
Here's the actual armor I had around endgame
I also had one set that was entirely pink for fun
Any pictures of that?
who's data
It's nana
those glasses are the finest touch ๐
Sadly it's not a barbie pink, it just looks red most of the time
I'm a barbie girl. In a barbie wooorld
But it is full of swag
Bro is fly
why does searching for witcher in gif search show so much men
Number 2
Why he looks like Geddy Lee
burgerking foot lettuce
oh boy
so lets start with the basic boy @static apex
The Ranger is the average footsoldier of the EDF, and possesses mostly standard human weaponry
Among those fit rifles, shotguns, snipers, that kinda stuff
But he does have his funny weapons too
He has both rocket AND missile launchers
aswell as many types of grenade launchers, grenades, and support utilities.
Like Arcane 6?
Some of the Rangers funnier weapons are the Turtle missile launcher and the DNG grenade
What's arcane 6
The turtle missile launcher is a shoulder mounted ICBM launch platform.
it's like a human metal gear... except
the missile it fires, it flies at like 5km/h-
not sure, i'm looking some kind of yt video about it
it's called DFE 5 Test all weapons fencer missile something something..

I have no idea
The DNG series grenades are football sized grenades that you can yeet up to about 2km.
they are stronger than most others weapons in the game.. silly :>
The wing diver..
I don't like the wing diver it's ewy..
Ewy
IT'S weapons don't go kaboom enough
I'm trying my best to keep up ๐
No big boom?
it has silly energy weapons and they're all just different spray patterns really
aaah okay!
only blue boom 
:screamingcrying:
jesus there is a lot of weapons what the heck ๐
There's alooot
sorry my internet got murdered
No worries man
should check those, i tried to watch these EDF 5 videos
EDF
loool XD
anyways where was i again
Oh yeah, Ranger, also gets some heavy weapons in EDFs 2 and 3
this is because well
.. fencer didn't exist yet
Why the ants so big, jesus
Aliens
He has to carry around a big backpack that gives everything ice physics in order to use them sjisehshsjsb
keymash
Thats hes ability?
what i mean is he starts slipping a lot
he also gets a lower roll distance
His ability is having bones made out of titanium and being able to roll trough trucks
roll? like a dodge?
yes.
that sounds fun!
what more?
For the. flamethrower branch of weapons
It just starts with a standard blowtorch-
it's useless on EVERY difficulty and it's kinda funny
What why XD what he can even do with that
i tried fixing a car with it and it just exploded
haha so it is useless ๐
why would you ever pick that then?
or like use
just a meme?
there are infact just meme weapons
one of them is firecrackers.
just a standard box of firecrackers.
it upgrades into one of the strongest weapons in the game 
fencer gets a whole lotta swords and megasized axes in the new games
as well as being the only class with the ability to parry
WHAT, how ๐
the shields literally allow you to deflect entire swaths of projectiles back at the enemy
anything that has a hitbox can be deflected back
it's especially strong against hordes since parrying also protects the people behind you
He's the most versatile
Witcher 3 ๐
Very colourful
Yeah, B&W is a beautiful DLC
Toussant is on another level of beautiful
jag saknar ARC Raiders 
time for more game rantingโฆ..

im here fgor it ngl
FUN
FACT OF THE DAY
What is it
EVERYONE IN EDF 5 THINKS THESE FROGS LOOK JUST LIKE HUMANS
BUT THINKS THE ALIENS DON'T -
VERY SILLY FACT.
Why that man leaning on the building
photoshoot for Vogue
EDF EDF EDF EDF
EDF!!!
edf
edf
Eduardo
Edd
I once again come to this channel to inform people of this server that i have 6 more s&box keys to give out
6?!?!
why do you have so manyyy
also i already got S&BOX :3
secret :3
good developer spotted
What are these keys?
You redeem a said key on a website to get access to a game called s&box
If you know what Garry's Mod is, s&box is basically an official sequel for it made on Source 2 that will allow for even more freedom with creating content, maps, scripts, gamemodes ect, getting access to it is extremely hard though, Garry himself and Facepunch are making this game.
If anyone wants a s&box key i still have 3 to give out
aye sure why not
1 s&box key remaining, if anyone wants it ask for it
i need to learn lua
lua errors, my favourite meal of the day
i once made a jet in Minecraft
mm yumby
mmm kerbal
kerbol
if we can have Kerbal Space Program, then we can also have Kerbal Ground Program
we have wheels
im playing ksp 1 not 2 because 2 is a buggy mess
this is the ksp 2
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/433970277634932736/1134796313549090887/Roblox_VR_2023.07.29_-_17.23.21.23.DVR.mp4 how did the grenade balanced perfectly
playing fps games on ultrawide is so fucking wierd
like, you have to physically look arounmd left and right to actually see anything
just found out that if someone were to buy all sims4 dlcs on full price, they had to pay 955 euros lol
imagine
I am once again here to inform people of this server that i have 1 more s&box key to give out
thanks
Alright, im out of keys now
i will inform this server again if i get more
๐ thanks for spreading keys for s&box, although you guys must known that you may have your access revoked if you haven't played once in 6 months, I don't know if that is still the case but I believe it is
i will be a skibidi toilet maker
skibidi bop bop bop yes yes
tbf yes
I have never seen a full episode of that sh*** but jesus it looks horrible
Already gave out 9 keys, i will see if i can get more
I bet my left elbow that there is at least 5 people in this world that bought everything before even launching the game
next key goes to whoever can say -welcome before magica does to the next newcomer
imagine spending money on sims 4 bruh
sure there are some ppl
key begging continued
skibidiskibidiskibidi
egg
what i like thsi
bet
here we go
@balmy imp Just out of curiosity, do you have any official info on how often is the s&box updated? or is it completely random?
I present to you Joseph
As far as i know its up to the people currently adding improvements
after all the game is in a heavy pre-release state
I mean, yeah I know that, but I was just wondering about f Facepunch/Garry have some more or less strict timelines when they release core-game improvement like fixes, improvements to the codebase/netcode ect
aight then so any official updates are gonna be there when they're gonna be there
You can watch youtube videos without downloading any mods in s&box
no audio recorded (amd issue sorry)
that's a lie.
you do need the tv addon.
Yeah but you dont have to download it, its in the game by default
so it is not a lie, i said without downloading any mod
watching CB2 highlights in s&box, thats some meta shit
Yeah
hmm
I was watching my THE FINALS clips video on youtube
ngl the quality is not bad, its better on the small TV tho
This summer update seems good
you know, currently in s&box most fun games are TTT, TF2S2, Sanbox itself and maybe that Tycoon game I forgot the name of
I can see myself killing time with it from time to time
sounds annoying
for todays short EDF fact of the day:
In EDF 4.1,
the air force gets REALLY upset
because they can't break trough the shield bearer barriers
on the shield bearer introduction they bring out more airstrikes than on any other mission, second only to the BRUTE FORCE mission
That was today's fun EDF fact @static apex
THE E D F DEPLOOOOOYS
PS:
Yes these airstrikes can kill you.
Has anyone here played the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R game recently,? I'm enjoying into the radius and S.T.A.L.K.E.R seems like a good game to play after I finish into the radius but want to get some opinions before I buy.
The Ascent still looks amazing
how does the game run now? I remember it being a bit glitchy/pc intensive when it released
runs fine for me (3060) , fps top left, sometimes the game jsut crashes though but its not often at all
Damn that game looks kinda awesome
A perfect example of looks are deceiving
why does this game looks like rougelike Cyberpunk 2077
Because the setting is cyberpunk with aliens
And the isometric view makes you think of hades or something idk
I mean, even the hud and UI is similar, what's this game called?
@storm lynx
ok thanks
from what i see the overall looks of the Ascent game seems fun and all, but people say that it's way too short, too expensive for the content it provides and it's kinda boring with both the story and gameplay
there's always the choice of getting it at a lower price
or wait for it to eventually be free on epic lol
and seeing how the game's performance overall - it is high chance
wait what the hell, it's noon in my county and there are no mods or CMs active
Mods should be on and off all day though
well where are they now smh
well its sunday so they aren't obligated to
well technically they are never obligated but you catch my drift
its a voluntary position
I WONDER IF YOU KNOW
HOW THEY LIVE IN TOKYO
IF YOU SEE ME THEN YOU MEAN IT
Mods like sleep
mods awake time to behave
No sleep you gotta stay up 24/7 
man , The Ascent is 29 euro, half of what triple A games usually are , game gave me about 24h gameplay without the dlc
its a good game
I need to play it again. it was super buggy and crashed a lot when it released so I never finished it
I liked the game tho it was fun
jsut gotta accept that some enemy types will wipe you if you got the wrong setup and weapon type
crashes still happen now and then , but its not that frequent for me
its not a mindless top down shooter
Hey there Hi, thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Tonight we will be talking about the hit game franchise EARTH DEFENSE FORCE,
also often shortened to just E D F.
Can't wait!
Want to see my favourite vehicles within the EDF?!
YES!
YES
Okay okay let me get the images
Basically just to give you some background
until EDF 4 nobody could summon vehicles into battle
Even in EDF 3 you only have access to one of the five types of vehicles placed in the mission by the devs
okay opkay
But from 4 onwards you can spawn a bunch of funny ones
Like so?
oh boy
It's a big ol tank thats about 5 sizes of a regular tank
At 25 metres long, this gargantuan super-tank is one of the largest vehicles in the EDF's arsenal.
It has a battleship cannon on the front and two seperate turrets that can be controlled by your teammates
those turrets can also shoot whole volleys of GRENADES at the ants
so it's like slow but heavy hitter?
EXTREMELY heavy hitter. and they can do one funny thing
Whats that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNT4SdnAu0
This is what happens when you increase the pushback on the main cannon
They are literally glued to the ground.
they have a script attached to them that forces them to be upright up
so if the cannon is strong enough to flip them they just start spinning
funny tank, definitely one of my favourites
Next up is the tiny tiny AVG
Armored Vehicle Grape
It's a tiny ACP thats comedically fast and REALLY good at drifting
its main cannon is somewhat weak but its great at doing hit and runs
And then theres the SDL 1.
THE SDL1 has a very funny tag next to it on the wiki
its... a bike... with a little kart next to it
it CANNOT drive straight because the kart is too heavy
so it always goes a little bit to the left
and the only way to drive straight is by driving right
it drives the best when going backwards
WTF XD
witness the strategy page
the vehicle is so bullied the wiki mods just let you write anything actually its kinda funny
hahahaha XDD very practical vehicle
''if the player suddenly acquires wizard powers'' got me
hi dyno what do you want
i think he tried to show arc raiders but failed successfully ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
good ol' dyno
Hey @static apex , what do you think about BF2042?
Oh, hmm.. i think it's fine. I would say it's a good FPS game but not like good Battlefield game.
i've still played it for 1700 hours tho ๐
Just take a look at what Source 2 is capable of
All screenshots are taken from one map in s&box
pretty af
Valve is truly WASTING themselves not using it for their games, I would even accept remasters of their old games to work on Source 2, screw HL1 because we have Black Mesa, imagine Half Life 2, especially the City17, coast and that entire ride towards White Forest with such high fidelity
I really do hope that HL Alyx's success and TF2s recent record break will make them rethink about getting back into making games instead of just counting dollars made from cases
isn't CS2 in source 2
it is, but dont expect much fireworks since it is a competetive shooter
game balance, visibility and easy readability (is that even a word lol?) is a priority
plus, CS2 is basically CSGO with fresh coat of paint and few major changes to how game operates, this ain't a fully-fledged new game like Alyx, Deck Job and such
yeah
but who knows, maybe after release of CS2 Valve will take their asses (and desks, they are still on wheels) and will think about AT LEAST remastering their older titles to Source 2, I don't even care for a new game from them at this point, I just want to see Source 2 in proper action, not just a demo version of it in a game that will not use most of it's potential anyways
and if they do indeed think about remastering their games - they should start with Portal 1 and 2
well it'd be odd for them to make a whole new engine for only a couple games
wouldn't be the first time
goldscr was used in four games made officialy by Valve - HL1, TFC, DoD and Ricochet
Source 1 was used a bit more by Valve because only 9 games use it
that's of cource if we count only official valve games and not third party games too
and i counted HL2 + Episodes as one game, since they basically are one game
However Source 2 is only used by Dota 2 and now CS2, even though it was created back in 2014, thats a lot of time spent on basically nothing, although, the Source 2 we know today is a bit different than this from 2014, so in reality Source 2 is only like 2-3 years old now since it's "complete state" was released.
Alyx was source 2 ?
yes it uses S2
Valve have a couple projects going apparently, but not close to showcasing
they work on stuff but scrap it all the time i think lol
before alyx, they scrapped like 10 games, two of which was HL3 and L4D3
HL3 didn't work because Valve wasn't satisfied with it and L4D3 was too amitious for then "current" state of Source 2
Valve is working on something called Neon Prime so there's that
think gabe said something about not releasing half-life game if they dont bring anything new to the table
well I agree with him on that, every Half Life title is revolutionary in some way
yeah, i have huge respect for valve , just annoying we dont get more games
HL1 - games can tell deep story
HL2 - physics are fun
Alyx - VR can to be used to create fully fledged singleplayer games
patience brother
wait better
get a better waiting chair
i wonder if devs just arnt interested in S2 or if Valve doesnt license it out to other devs
both
Will this finally remove heavy class from THE FINALS
new game these days are usually just = UE5
valve is a company like any other - everyone is equally placed in there
Titanfall was/is a heavily modified source engine i think
if you want your idea to pass - you gotta convince other devs that its gonna be worth it, then collectively you all gotta convince higherups that it's gonna be profitable and only after than you can actually start working on it, at any point of it's developement however it can be scrapped if ANYTHING, even the littliest of things wont click with Valve
thats why its so hard for them to create games
and that is also the reason why i have a spark of hope that the latest peak in TF2s popularity thanks to the summer update will shake valve internally
andthey will finally see it is worth investing their time into it, who knows - maybe even porting it to S2
i've played TF2 in s&box and can confirm first hand - it works, looks and plays good
What ive heard from like some Japanese devs , Embark/Dice a project usually starts with someone pitching an idea to the higher ups, if you get approved you get a set of people on your project , then comes a second stage of approval before real work
but valve is more free? like you gotta convince people to jump on your project and no need to get approval at early stage?
yeah
so yeah get a bunch of half assed projects that never gets approved to be pushed further to second stage
valve has the most unique structure of all companies, and the most hardest to work in
but that in the end makes them one of the most reliable companies - there is a 90% chance that the thing they release will not be of poor quality, that 10% was lost with artifact, even Gabe himself confirmed was a deserved failure
heard that since artifact its even harder to get greenlit
so if we ever gonna get another half life, portal, left 4 dead or anything else - it's gonna be top fucking notch
left 4 dead 2 in source 2 
artifact was approved because higherups smelled easy money
and hopefull that was the wakeup call of them (higherups) that money isn't everything, quality is also important
Alien Swarm 2
god imagine
back 4 blood
i cant remember if back 4 blood was jsut a few from the l4d team , or if it was l4d team that failed without valves backing
the 2nd
like 5 people that made l4d was from turtle rock
they tried - they failed, valve carried l4d, they couldn't carry their own project based on it
hmm Evolve isnt on steam anymore
cause they dropped support/servers?
no idea
weird how it failed, mby it was to shallow and never go any additional content
anyway, next title im going to spend cash on without waiting for sale prob. going to be Helldivers 2
It released at a bad time and was monotized badly
Evolve failed because it was boring, unbalanced and eventually filled with predatory microtransactions
shame
Which EDF should I learn about next @static apex 
i dont think i can give a lecture on the military companies
watching a recap of path of exile con, man devs seem nervous
Do the military ๐
The European Defense Fund is a component of the European Union which's main job is to increase the interoperability of UN armed forces.
It was established in 2017, which is actually pretty recent
There's two strands, Research and Aquisition
Most of the cash goes to Aquisition.
EDFs budget for 2021 to 2027 is a whopping 13 Billion Euro.
Final Fantasy 16 spoilers: || HOLY SHIT THIS IFRIT FIGHT ||
Can't wait for Helldivers 2
I was so upset cause I wanted this game to be good but it was just so ass
Also gonna start Baldur's gate 3 this week ๐ค
Can't wait to spend 200+ hours in a coop run.
that looks dope
SPAAAAAAAAACE
mmm that new zelda game looking pretty good
Some more Beuclair beauty for y'all

@versed cradle no other people as reserves?
no im in a drought man it sucks
we lost both tanks last week so gotta recruit again...
damn, content draught as well?
i just cbf with people dropping
well we have shit to be doing but meh
doesnt help that the next exp is in a year..
reminds me hella of the last raid tier in mists of pandaria
it was on for 10 months, we got nothing inbetween for the next exp
we will get shit but dunno what
its first time that there is a gap like this
with normal exp planning, usually one would drop end of year
but i think with the whole arc of the story ending, there will be some like "filler" to migrate to a new story
oof... hopefully there's an influx of peeps returning when new content drops at least
our guild disbanded because of lack of content
didn't help when the next exp was bad
joined a guild with some uni classmates when the next exp dropped. first raid content was bad, we disbanded again
yikes
and then i realised that i was just logging in to take care of my garrisson, which essentially was glorified farmville in WoW

unsubbed too and never got back into WoW for long periods of time
thats understandable if the content was shit
ive high hopes for ours tho cos usually not a let down and i can enjoy most things
yeah ff14 has had bangers of expansions except stormblood i heard
and the nier collab looks so good
dude
its insane ๐ like actually
ive never played nier games (but bought them after i played the raids)
and they are the ONLY alliance raid that I will actually just queue just because fun/cool
and im someone who literally never evervevrver runs dailies/dungeons/alliances
they even made 2P canon to the nier story and that honestly made me chuckle. (2P is the name of the alternative 2B if the second opponent picks 2B in soul calibur 6 the fighting game, where she is a guest character)
yoko taro is crazy it's insane. let me link a video as example
id only ever heard good things about nier prior too (aside from the booba fanboys)
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this is the man who created the nier universe 
another fun fact is that no one knows how he looks like. he wears that mask in open offices
this is yoshi p 
and now combine yoko taro with yoshi p
really? wtf
you get an alternative character, canonized 
thats funny
yup, he even went on his knees when he saw a 2B cosplayer and asked if he could sign her thigh
LOL
that's the kind of guy yoko taro is haahhahaha
they did this kinda cool event in game not that long ago
and it was yoshi P's character talking to u in a cutscene and shit
was wholesome af
goes to show how some really love their work hahaha
ye he plays in his freetime
one of my friends in my fc used to live in japan with her husband so they played on JP servers for a while and the husband was raiding with yoshi p once 
id be shittin bricks bro
that's so sick
he said he kept dying cos he couldnt believe it ๐คฃ
i remember having a pug raiding with us. when we cleared he started teleporting, hovering and even changed race on the spot (no cosmetic items)
it was a GM all along
he then gave us all 10k gold and left LOL
was friends with a GM and he would go invis and troll me almost every fucking day
teleporting me to like the weirdest places
and doing weird effects invis
caught me off guard so fucking often
LMAO
i was once farming a specific hide and killing goats in an area. one of them stopped respawning and the corpse wouldn't fade away. filed a GM ticket and the next day i got a message back saying they managed to clear it. i got the hides 

thats something that kinda sucks in ff, theres no like experiences like that
theyre not visible etc
or rather have no presence
only time u see them is if youve fucked up
in gm jail 
they're also invisible in WoW, and can't be seen even if you have a live chat with them through your GM ticket. only time they will show up is if they're allowed to I think
and if they do, they're not allowed to use their admin powers to help with progression etc
at least that's how it was in mists, 9 years ago
yeah thats fair enough
makes me curious, which school gear are you aiming for?
i already have everything grandmaster fro wolf school
apart from swords becaue i prefer to use iris and aerondight
ah. i went with school of the cat which gave me a big boost in crit
took me many crowns and time to craft all of it lol
wolf is for bleed, cat is for crit and light attacks, gryph is for signs, manticore for potions, bear is for adrenaline buildup and there is also viper school but since they dont have their own grandmaster version - it doesnt count
yeah, i know
and gotta say that if you build your geralt the right way - you dont even have to fight, just hit everyone once and wait for them to bleed out lol
man, i still need to play nier
same
goated games
Fun fact: Splitgate died because of connectivity issues and competetion in the mainstream FPS
So fun
THE FINALS is more than a 10/10
TRUE

what I think I look like in my head while playing swords with friends when I was a kid
it's only without a well designed skybox people would start notice that something ain't right
the game can have beutiful textures, amazing facial animations, beautifully designed world, but if the sky is boring and without any life in it - the entire "canvas" gets ruined
Very very pretty screenshots there. <3
Anyone play paladins?
So how do you flip the house? And how many times do you need to flip it to win?
You clean, paint and furnish it.... And you have "jobs" to complete, or you can buy houses to do as you wish (and sell for profit)
Yeah but how do you flip the house
Do you use your hands to flip it? It must be quite heavy

fully black dyed grandmaster wolf armor goes hard
Nice! I was in light armor all the time, maybe cat's? Who even knows what the schools are
i do lol
School of the cat > The rest
in terms of being overpowered if Geralt is built the right way? 100%
Feels like a heavy build makes no sense when most fights require agility
It's a singleplayer game so there's no competitive advantage to anything
Medium is the most 'canon' buuuut
The game isn't even canon nate
None of the games are, they're all OC and happen after the books 
officially the games aren't canon, but since they're are happening after the books - they can be if you want them to
They're canon to ME (happy ending in Toussaint)
Head canon doesn't count
It's not real anyways so whatever is released with the official trademark can be canon 
Which is why it doesn't matter. So let Geralt change his mind and go with a bulky heavy build 
bear armor only makes sense if you decide to go full vitality and healing potions which makes bear gear one of if not the worst choice since you're essencially killing off most of the fun stuff to do in the name of swinging your sword and healing yourself from time to time, completely ignoring the signs or any other potions
i like the way bear looks but the way it is designed in terms of stats completely ruins the fun experience witcher 3 offers
"most of the fun" is subjectively defined by you. As I said, there is no right way. There's only a fun way and that differs from player to player
otoh playing the witches like assassin's creed is, hmm.... 
Ngl I used the bow maybe three times
I think I might go back playing it now. never completed it
If people wanna chug a ton of health and use the bear armor and play as brutes, they can
I'm still annoyed they released the new gen update soon after I finished it
I don't replay games but it IS tempting
You weren't missing out, the game was already drop dead gorgeous before it
True true
You should replay witcher 3 NOW
same. I really don't like replaying or rewatching movies/series
Most of TW characters are super boring to me but B&W was really fun and special
BnW was amazing yeah
I have only ever replayed Dragon Age games 
MR GREY WARDEN
replaying W3 is worth it because you can always choose other dialogue options, build yourself differently or just simply relive the experience over again in one of the best designed and written worlds
maybe even discover some new stuff, only after i started playing it for the 3rd time i discovered that quest with talking roach and crafter grandmaster gear for the first time
I always 100% games for the best ending I can, so it's just always a bother to go back to them and re-do fetch quests, unless it has been years haha
Oh I did all the quests
so i assume your save has like 120-150 hours on it? ๐
I tend to check those 'quests you missed' lists after
Yeah around that
100 or so on the main game and 30 on B&W (the other DLC I was just doing along the way)
Hearts of stone
That one, good DLC

I hated it
I hated the fact that nothing you do in main game carries over and vice versa
your choices carry over
from W1 to W2 and from W2 to W3
then you get some special dialogues if you beat the W3 first and then started doing the expansions
Still haven't played W1, I got bored after a while because the mechanics are clunky
TW2 is a damn good game though
cant blame you, i dont mind clunky but this shit aged like opened cow milk that was standing in the sun for two years
Not for hearts of stone
And the characters there are forgotten as soon as you beat it
im glad they're remaking W1, people will finally be able to see how it all started witout needing to torture themselves through the mechanics of this game
Compare the tie ins to BnW
what do you mean forget? all of the major plot characters you meet just leave or die, depending on your choices
Exactly my point. They're never seen again outside hearts of stone
And that expansion, confirmed by CDPR is supposed to be played before skelige
plus HoS is way smaller expansion is size and scope than B&W, Blood and Wine was a final sendoff and a gift from CDPR to close the trilogy so no wonder it is so beautifully crafted in detail and all, HoS is just a contract with more lore to it honestly
Which is my point I'm trying to make gnome,,,,
And it's the reason I hated it
All the characters there, their actions, their meaning to the story and the choices you've made. Gone as soon as || you kill the demon||
I know you're a big CDPR fan but please try to see it from an objective point of view as well
i like Hos, it's may not be big or important to overall story but in the end it is a fun experience witj well designed quests, dialogue and story overall, plus you can optain Iris which one of the two swords with unique abilities
I like it when game fun
It doesn't matter to me in the end if nothing I do matters
Very fun when grey warden
Reminder: you have 2 days to claim Severed Steel for free on Epic Games store 
Ok sure - Objectively both expansions are great and well designed although both of them have flaws like anything in this world:
HoS is a small, short and simple expansion that adds ~2h of story and ~1.5h of side content, it was never meant to be anything else but an extra chunk of the story and stuff to experience.
B&W is way bigger in scope hence it's high quality and massive amounts of stuff to do, it was supposed to be a massive "thank you" to the fans and seeing how everyone treats and feels about B&W - they delivered.
Now, few words about the issues with both expansions:
HoS doesn't add literally nothing to the main game in terms of story, apart from few dialogues that are there just for the fun of it so you can just literally beat through the main game without missing out on anything, rewards from this expansion are also pretty boring because apart from the Iris sword (that isn't even that strong to begin with) rest of the stuff is basically worthless.
Blood and Wine has this god forsaken contract where you have to run around the entire Toussaint and kill dozens of bandits just to recieve a really small reward of 1500 crowns, sure you can get even more money just by selling the stuff looted from those bandits but this correlates to another big issue in BoW that is a really small amount of contracts in comparasion to main or side quests which makes money/xp making fully dependent on looting, doing sidequests and progressing main story, and even if you manage to find a contract - it pays pretty poorly. There is also a lot of waiting for stuff to actually happend - wait a week to recieve 500 crowns from bank, three days to get daily supplies of wine with your name on it ect...
I may be a little fanboy towards CDPR but that doesnt mean I will defend them no matter what
he asked for objective point of view - i provided objective point of view
๐
Tbf when you get to B&W you should be super rich already
true, but the amount of money you get for the work you have to do is not even small - you're being robbed lol
Youre completely missing my point. HoS being small, short and simple means people were lied to. The expansion pass promised full fledged expansions, if all I get is one and a third of one then I won't be happy. With the fact that what you did in velen has so much consequence to the whole main story, having an isolated event called HoS felt like a kick in the teeth that you paid extra for
hos expanded velen, added some new stuff to do and it's not expensive at all to buy
I might as well have paid only for BnW and watched HoS on YouTube if the experiences are going to be the same thing
cdpr never stated how big exactly the expansions will be
how can you lie about something that wasn't known to the public
They did, with the announcement of the expansion pass before the games release
Again. Missing my point
Cyberpunk says hi
But as I said. You're completely missing my point and have done so 3 times now, I'm just gonna move on
source
show me the source where they said in detail that expansions will add more than it was promised
because all i can recall were some tweets, teasers and official posts stating that HoS will add a new contracts, expand velen and add a new story to follow
The gog store itself is your source. It states a 10 hour adventure, which is very long for an expansion. That shit was shorter
on the 10 august ther is a cozy mmo soft launch
were u can build ur own houses cook etc
Yes and none of it matters which is my point, all I'm getting is more xp and an item. The story is thrown out the window when you move on to skelige
How much?
i've managed to beat through HoS in about 5-6h
free
DAMN OK
im just playing it untill finals comesout
Imma check that out
One of nioh 2 dlcs are as long as that and it has 5 of them
Nioh is definitely not a souls like
And even if it was, so what
I got my moneyโs worth unlike HoS which didnโt provide anything that stuck
why does this game look like it will have drama about underpaying workers
always seems to be the jazz with these 
It is a SoulsLike in second to second gameplay
But its definitely much more lax with the player
well that's on you, literally everyone i've talked to enjoyed and had their money's worth in that expansion
including myself
Duh. Thatโs my point, my argument Iโm trying to make. That I hated it because it didnโt give me anything to continue my journey with. It was a filler episode on a running anime series and I could have saved money by just buying BnW had I known. Like geez, even the love interest in that expansion is gone
HoS is literally 10$ without a sale
Wasnโt 10 on release, and the expansion pass was expensive on release. I played it in 2015 dude
bruh
it was 10 on release
took me like 5 seconds to check
polygon article, october 8th 2015
Fair enough then. I bought the pass anyway
Could have saved that 10 on some delicious kebab
saved youself 5$, would've do the same lol
Thatโs a trip to the shop for some nice candy instead of wasted time on HoS if I say so myself
if you hated HoS then that's on you, I have no right to judge you for your personal opinions
I also regret buying some stuff that majority of people consider "good"
Iโm glad you finally understood my point
Iโm dropping this now, have a good rest of the day
you too, good talk
Someone really liked heartstone the cardgame huh
If this is "heated" 
well i doubt we will start throwing slurs or insults at each other so yeah i'd call it heated ๐
whoa I was going through my stuff and managed to dig out a screnshot from Elite where I arrived at crab nebula pulsar, I even found a video of it spinning
oh wait, that screenshot is in bmp format lol, gimmie a sec
now it works
God DAMN, I found an entire folder with screenshots from elite, I thought I lost it and it was just chilling in my meme folder ๐
here, grab some of my favorite ones
That looks pretty
Ooohh, this one's interesting, a 3.5h timelapse sped up to make it a 30sec video
I truly have found a lost archive, now all those memories of exploring are coming back to me
whoa
ya know for as much shit as elite gets it really is beautiful
Someone teach this man how to record game only
i didnt want to bother setting up OBS, ill record the next one properly mbnmbh
Space ants
Space ants getting shot by a SPACE laser!!
uhhhhhhhhhh
because....
because medal doesnt allow videos over 5 minutes ofcourse 
But doesn't it record for more than 10 minutes
it does
wait.. oh right.. i can just.. take the raw file 
i didnt realize that till now 
I got you
What a surprise ๐
:3
elite gets so much shit because it is heavily mismanaged and has horrendous microtransactions, game overall is fun as hell and i'm totally recommending giving it a try whenever it goes on sale, unless you claimed it's free copy from Epic
oh trust me I've had it for a long time, I've seen the shit it's gone through lol. I just get reminded every now and again how gorgeous it is
i love that claiming the free games from epic still supports the creators, so cool
it does?
epic literally pays them so that their games can be free to claim for a week so yeah, it does indeed support creators that either struggle with sales or just want to boost up game's popularity
huh
and after that their games are on epic store for purchase where epic grabs only like 12% cut from the sales
in comparasion - steam takes 30%
maybe that'll explain why many devs are so eager for exclusivity deal
apparently the rtx 3080 can get 70-80fps in portal rtx ultra settings
portal aint that demanding to begin with, try using RT in games like Cyberpunk
dont have cyberpunk
well you know what game you're buying next then
