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[storm lynx]

Meanwhile my other friend can do shit like that:

[abstract walrus]

WHAT A FUCKING DRIVE

WOOOOOOOAAHH
HELL YEAH

this is the power of the UPS!

the United Postal Service deploys

[abstract walrus]

Man I used to love siege but dear lord the new season makes me wonder

I always liked the game due to how diverse it could be. Each match plays a bit differently. Anyway, they're making it so your reinforcements and rotates are preplaced in Quickmatch and Unranked.

NOOOOOO

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THATT

THAT JUST MAKES IT A SHOOTER WITH NO TACTICS

gahhh

im glad i left siege. it just gets worse with every season

S0 was still the best

[lean hazel]

The new training is actually insane

operator changes are also quite good

https://youtu.be/8QqyLz57W8M

[abstract walrus]

I hate how ubi balances by making everything weaker

[lean hazel]

but they haven’t

[abstract walrus]

compare S0 and newer season running speeds

I don't mind them slowing the game back down, which is what they've been doing.

you really can't do anything other than camp now

it's just hoping you get the peek at somebody before they get a peek at you

and with how pinpoint accurate everyone is even in the lowest ranks that's really all you can hope to do

It's a game about defending a objective I wouldn't call it camping when the point is to defend lol

[abstract walrus]

you can actively defend, that's what roaming is, but right now roaming is a death sentence

there's being able to reposition without killing yourself

but when everyone moves at the speed of my grandpa you really just can't

i swear R6 players are a whole new breed of tryhard

compared to CSGO right? in CS you atleast get like a second to aim while in the low ranks (silver below)

in R6S even the lowest copper ranks like copper 5 will just tap you once in the head from 130m across the hallway the moment you turn a corner

[lean hazel]

Attackers in Quick Match will no longer have to worry about possible spawn peaks or runouts at the beginning of the round as we are implementing 10 seconds of invulnerability at the start of the Action Phase (for attackers only). An attacker will become vulnerable again after those 10 seconds or if that attacker enters the building. This way, attackers will be able to approach the building without having to check every window.

We are also extending the already known "Red Walls" for 10 additional seconds to keep defenders from exiting the building while the attackers are making their approach.

I don’t know how i feel about this change

you know what it’s actually a good change

i always felt like siege was a bit defensive

[abstract walrus]

well that just killed the point of having windows on the buildings in the first place

[lean hazel]

that’s only in quick play though

[abstract walrus]

this is what i mean when i say they're balancing the game by nerfing everything

[lean hazel]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/rainbow-six/siege/news-updates/2Btj0mP7e7gVKIODGSLuiX/y8s3-designers-notes

Competitive remains untouched

[abstract walrus]

because pros would complain

and as we know ubi only listens to the pros

aka the 0.2% of players

i wanted to love R6 i really did but it just keeps being dulled

from a sharp knife it went to a spoon and now they're flattening the spoon too

[lone stone]

thanks for the perfect timing spotify

he thinks im insane

[gusty basin]

I met the most dedicated gamer a few days ago. He was called "UPS Delivery guy", and he was only driving the DLC UPS Van in the game, Wreckfest. I checked his Steam and name history but apparently he has never changed his name, so... This guy only been driving UPS in Wreckfest to live up to his nickname 🤣 Didn't see how many hours he had because it was set to private.

[abstract walrus]

Oh my god i love goofy heads like this

that's lovely

[gusty basin]

Yeah, i was impressed. He probably has alt accounts tho :P

[lone stone]

dum

[balmy imp]

I still have 9 s&box keys to give out
if you want one: just tell me (ping/reply/DM)
if you dont know what s&box is: google it

[warm temple]

(it’s basically gmod 2) ;)

[frosty zinc]

bought command & conquer ultimate collection lol

pretty funny review of red alert 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmhkIWX4IC8

[quartz perch]

Can we talk bout other games rumors/leaks?

[limpid plinth]

As long as it's not like NDA type thing

[hearty spire]

Go read the rules and find out lol

The answer is no to leaks

[lean hazel]

god damn mw3 with map voting, all mw2 2009 maps but remastered and 150hp, red dots on mini map and a tactical sprint that regenerates during normal sprint, classic mini map and mw19 movement on steroids

are we gonna finally get a playable cod again

[livid scarab]

unlikely icl

[limpid plinth]

I'm not buying into their bs. Also I am just not a fan of remakes of maps. To me that is just lazy development.

[livid scarab]

honestly i agree, all they are doing is riding off of success and making it all progressively worse with no self awareness

[limpid plinth]

They are just trying to bank off of fans nostalgia and it's just so annoying cause people obviously are gonna buy into so they can "relive the good ol days" when it's just the same map with shittier gameplay.

[shrewd onyx]

what's the bet they redo black ops after this

[limpid plinth]

Wouldn't doubt it. They've run out of ideas so they gotta reuse what they have.

[shrewd onyx]

I mean they kinda did with cold war

[limpid plinth]

They could definitely redo ghosts.

Or Advance Warfare.

Both of those had potential.

Plus everyone is bitching about how bad movement is now even though they wanted a boots on the ground experience.

[shrewd onyx]

or maybe finally put the series to rest

try something new

[limpid plinth]

But money

COD but it's the revolutionary war. You have to stand in a line and shoot at each other.

[shrewd onyx]

pretty sure that's call of juarez

[limpid plinth]

Never tried those games so I wouldn't know

[shrewd onyx]

one of them has a couple flashbacks in the civil war

but like activision definitely has the player retention and the brand recognition to try something out that would probably not cost them too much even if it fails

[limpid plinth]

Yeah I think they could but seeing how bad the community is now. Idk I think everyone is just wanting something new.

[shrewd onyx]

I mean enough AAA devs are starting their own stuff like the finals

as well as the sucess of BG3 might put it into perspective

[limpid plinth]

I'm really hoping The finals has a strong playerbase when it comes out.

It's definitely deserving of one. I'll definitely be playing for a good while.

[shrewd onyx]

well seeing as it got a large amount of support with little advertising I'm optimistic

[limpid plinth]

https://x.com/kineticgame/status/1691407479119192065?s=46

Spooky game getting updated.

[limpid plinth]

Same but I really hope they advertise it more. Get more of a wider audience to try it. I know I was able to get a good amount of friends into the beta and they all loved it.

[dawn acorn]

I'm hoping Starfield becomes my main waiting room squeeze for all the cool stuff coming in the next year.

[abstract walrus]

as a wise man once said
"its bethesda we're talking about here. they'll find some way to fuck it up"

[scarlet jay]

yeah until i see how good that game is by reviewers i ain't buying it

[dawn acorn]

I'm a 41 year old space game junkie, there's no combination of circumstances where I don't get my $1 per hour played value out of that game.

[hearty spire]

i'm playing orwell

funny fbi man simulator

[abstract walrus]

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/battlefield-briefing-development-update-august-2023

[fallow sequoia]

No

https://tenor.com/view/godfather-massacre-sad-gif-16810633

[glacial skiff]

I need to ask

who needs to touch grass more? Genshin/honkai players or Soulsbourne/Soulslike players

Help me end a debate

[fallow sequoia]

Both since it’s a fight/debate about it

[abstract walrus]

The new map for S6 looks interesting though

[shrewd onyx]

at least soulsborne players have skill

[hearty spire]

real

[zealous hawk]

for a sec I thought this was a seperate game but no the 2044 is just super hidden for some reason

[shrewd onyx]

wait so they're just repackaging the old seasons?

[abstract walrus]

I imagine they just got greenlit for Season 6 in the middle of Season 4. SO they're redoing some of the past events to make up for the delay until S6 in October

[shrewd onyx]

hmm

I'm a bit confused, are the skins going to be free or just part of the paid battlepass

[abstract walrus]

No battlepass for a month

They're putting out the skins again in the store, and then free skins through the event tracker

[storm lynx]

A quick Anvil Pisces C8X from Star Citizen (don't mind the lag spikes, my CPU hates when I record SC lol)

And here is RSI Constellation Taurus

[lean hazel]

this is so far one of the best looking games i have ever seen

[storm lynx]

Yeah, I agree

Here, grab a flyby above microTech, I've got just one more clip to show after this one

And here is the last clip - EVA on microTech's orbit

[shrewd onyx]

is it worth getting?

[frosty zinc]

Star Citizen , the game that never comes out

[lean hazel]

i would definitely wait, but if you’re okay with playing a game with the same level of development as cyberpunk post-launch (maybe even worse) but with an absolutely beautiful scenery then get it

[shrewd onyx]

like release version cyberpunk?

[storm lynx]

worse

[lean hazel]

yes

at least like a year maybe longer till it becomes playable for most people

[storm lynx]

SC is fun but it has absolutely enormous issues

bugs, glitches, server stability, optimization

I personally don't mind them but it can be very frustrating at times to deal with all of it

[frosty zinc]

i wouldnt touch Star Citizen even if its out, i find the whole project to fishy.

[shrewd onyx]

it sits in with tarkov as a shady project

[hearty spire]

Worst kind of early access

[zealous hawk]

the fact you can record at all is amazing from what I've heard about performance yo must have a beast of a machine

[zealous hawk]

the kind that releases broken with predatory/scummy MTX might be up there tbh

[storm lynx]

I5-8400, GTX 1060 6GB, Win11 and 16gb RAM on a 500gb SSD

[hearty spire]

Not that beasty

[storm lynx]

the problem with SC is that CIG's management is abysmal

game itself and devs are cool but the reason why game takes so long to develop is the management of the project
There's also the fact that most of the CIG is focused on Squadron 42, SC is being developed by what is essencially a skeleton crew rn

But i do agree with ka9n that there is one particularly fishy thing - pricetags for all MTX stuff
I mean who in their right mind buys a ship for 600$ or even 2000$? or a bundle consisting of a cool looking space suit and few guns that you can lose after 10min and wont get them back until the next wipe?
And there are people in this world that do this shit

I am not even kidding, you can buy a carrier-class ship named "Kraken" that costs around 2000$, funny thing is that this ship is still in concept, so what you are actually paying for is a jpeg image

[fallow sequoia]

the earliest version of NFT lmao

[storm lynx]

And I get it, both SQ42 and SC are crowdfunded projects but holy shit half a billion dollars later and SC is still in Alpha with one system out of 100 promised and SQ42 is nowhere to be seen

[fallow sequoia]

the whole project is a scam imo

[hearty spire]

Real

[storm lynx]

Worst part of all of this is that SC actually gets few major updates per year that contain new stuff like ships, missions, POIs, stuff to do and experience ingame overall, so it's not like the game is frozen with content and we saw and experienced the same shit over and over again for 10 years

Recently, with 3.18 update we recieved first iteration of a really important tech called "PES" (Persistent Entity Streaming) which in human language means - you drop the gun under a certain tree, leave it for a week there, come back and it's still there. All of it on live multiplayer servers which was never done before on that scale if at all.
Now 3.20 will overhaul a space station, update and improve arena gamemode, add long awaited physicalized cargo that will make cargo hauling more immersive and will come in handy further down developement and improve ground vehicle handling.

So yeah, SC is a scam stuck in alpha for 10 years that is constantly being worked on, Schrödinger's cat really.

[storm lynx]

If a person asks me "Is it worth buying SC?" then I always reply with "Watch some videos on it, get your facts straight about it, see in what state the game is currently and answer to yourself if you are ready and 100% sure that you wanna spend 50$ on this game in it's current state despite it's issues"

I bought SC and don't regret it at all, it is a mesmerizing and entertaining experience even though it is a buggy mess

[fallow sequoia]

My answer would be "would you like to be scammed?" 🙂

[tranquil mist]

Maybe look into Frontier Developments' Elite Dangerous instead?

[zealous hawk]

elite's in a bit of a weird spot rn so idk about that

[storm lynx]

We touched on Elite's topic recently, ozzi bought it but idk if he played it yet.

Imo choosing between SC and Elite is like choosing between a buggati without an engine that will be delivered within next few years or fully functional 60s era tow truck with parts no longer manufactured - either you get something you will need to wait some time until it starts working properly or you get something that eventually will break down and you wont be able to use it anymore

and seeing the state of Elite - grim reaper of video games is knocking on its doors already, and it's only Frontiers' fault

[storm lynx]

my body is a machine that turns food into bodyfat

[tranquil mist]

https://twitter.com/DestinyBulletn/status/1691482202507534336

Destiny Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn)

Description for The Final Shape showcase on the official Destiny website.

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Twitter · Aug 15, 2023, 4:09 PM

Make what you will of this

[uneven urchin]

Back to the farm?

[balmy imp]

WZ2 gets updates that are like 10GB big and dont include anything

[fallow sequoia]

that's still not the point though

you getting 70gb on wz2 alone is false

[balmy imp]

point is the game is getting bigger and what came as a really accessible 25GB on launch is now 50+ and still going to be filled with updates

[fallow sequoia]

not really, we're on our last season

mw3 is coming out this november so

[balmy imp]

ah, so the CoD cycle continues

[fallow sequoia]

as it always does

[balmy imp]

the reason i never spent money on CoD is the cycle

[fallow sequoia]

and it will never stop

[hearty spire]

activision moment

[fallow sequoia]

Dual wielding is nice

[balmy imp]

I have 8 s&box keys left to give out

[shell stream]

What game is that?

[kind silo]

guys do not ever open cases in cs go

[shell stream]

Been there done that

[craggy echo]

ooh

[lean hazel]

All map remakes for mw3

[fallow sequoia]

game is great. just unfortunate about shitty optimization

[hearty spire]

is this a leak or?

[lean hazel]

no

a gimmick by activision

you talk to a phone number

[hearty spire]

bruh

[obtuse oak]

[lean hazel]

you start texting stuff and it confirms

it literally spammed my whatsapp

imagine teasing your new games features via whatsapp

[obtuse oak]

🤖

[fallow sequoia]

ozzi it seems like you're hella hyped for it hahaha

[lean hazel]

not hella hyped i just want to play a good cod

[fallow sequoia]

but it's boots on the ground, will you like it

[lean hazel]

i never said i disliked that

[fallow sequoia]

i know im messing

https://twitter.com/TheGhostOfHope/status/1691581985137828281?s=20

Hope (@TheGhostOfHope)

Guy who buys MWIII Vault Edition and Blackcell for all 6 seasons cause game has red dots on minimap and ninja perk.

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Twitter · Aug 15, 2023, 10:45 PM

[lean hazel]

LMAO

[ocean osprey]

i've once wasted 5 euros and decided never to open one again

[hearty spire]

@fossil talon

[fossil talon]

https://tenor.com/view/dirty-docks-shawty-triflin-shawty-triflin-she-gif-22455514

[lean hazel]

Mw3 also seems to have zombies and it’s made by treyarch

[storm lynx]

doesnt matter, they sell a dlc map pack for 70$

[fallow sequoia]

guess what also was made by treyarch? vanguard zombies

[lean hazel]

also the 16 maps here are releasing on day 1

[lean hazel]

vanguard itself was trash the game didn’t even allow to have a somewhat playable zombies experience

[fallow sequoia]

sure but don't deny that zombies was ass and treyarch made it

[lean hazel]

it’s not always gonna be a hit

[fallow sequoia]

yeah like blops 3, I agree

[lean hazel]

they also made bo2, bo3 zombies

[fallow sequoia]

yeah they did, but they also made cold war zombies

and that sucked

and before that was vanguard, which also sucked

they need to take time and make their own game

cold war had 1.5 years of development

[lean hazel]

way less than 1.5

[fallow sequoia]

there you go

[lean hazel]

the next 2024 one is gonna be on 3 years +

[storm lynx]

let's just be real - every single cod game since BOIII sucked, end of story

[lean hazel]

this better be the next hit

[fallow sequoia]

gnome, how about you stop that negativity and let us have a cod discussion in peace lol

[storm lynx]

It's not like your discussion is full of negativity lol

[lean hazel]

I mean i know that mw3 is all about recycling old content and brining back things that we should have always had, but it’s gonna finally be playable again

[fallow sequoia]

every time cod is mentioned, you always bring up the fact that cod after this title is bad

like, provide something meaningful at least

it's obvious me and ozzi are playing the latest ones, shitting on anyone's parade like that is odd

[lean hazel]

Activision itself can’t provide meaningful things

[storm lynx]

lack of any creativity, chasing trends, greed, underdelivery on every front, out of touch with what consumers want...

[fallow sequoia]

yes and it's already known, because you've already recycled these points of discussion. what more are you trying to prove?

and yes, it's not like we don't agree

[lean hazel]

Oh i also forgot, one of sledgehammer leads said mw3 is made to be a nostalgic experience, the closest thing to a mw2 remaster multiplayer (they are definitely not out of content)

[storm lynx]

That MW3 and every single CoD after this will be exactly the same - overpriced dlc that should've been a free update to it's predecessor

[fallow sequoia]

which we're already aware of, what's next?

I literally said I'm not gonna buy it

[storm lynx]

well then good for you saving yourself 70$

[lean hazel]

there are better games releasing at the same time to invest in

[storm lynx]

like the finals?

[lean hazel]

i usually buy cods in like march when there is a 40% sale (except for cold war cus im a big treyarch fan)

[fallow sequoia]

im gonna see if they fix the performance issues too

[lean hazel]

yeah and some others as well

[fallow sequoia]

had constant crashes during season 1

[lean hazel]

first 2 months of mw2 were literally crash.exe

[fallow sequoia]

for real. latest nvidia drivers even crashed it more

[storm lynx]

the problem is that there arent too many good fps games currently on the market

[fallow sequoia]

but im curious to see how they implement the perk system this time

[lean hazel]

2042 is decent now if you’re into battlefields, battle bit is the block version (better), cs2 releasing during a month, xdefiant same as cs2, R6S is also quite alive again

[lean hazel]

just like classic cods but it’s now called "gears"

innovation

[fallow sequoia]

yeah i wonder if they will modify the looks of operators

if not then it's just perks

[lean hazel]

also literally same operator looks like mw2 just a bit of a graphical improvement

[fallow sequoia]

well yeah, it was supposed to be an expansio nafter all

[storm lynx]

2042 is still a big acid stain on Battlefield's legacy, battlebit, cs2 are okay, xdefiant has potential but knowing ubisoft it wont last long and R6 is still a videogame where you can instantly die by getting shot in the left pinky toe so i'd pass on that

[fallow sequoia]

that's why the equipment and cosmetics moving to mw3 from mw2 is a thing

[lean hazel]

ubisoft have been trying to redeem themselves so hard with xdefiant and the recent r6 updates to be fair

r6 is one of those games that you will really love when you get good at it

[storm lynx]

I'm still angry about Activision not giving MW2 owners a massive discount on MW3

[lean hazel]

yeah that’s a main reason im waiting for at least 30% sale

[fallow sequoia]

2024 is when I will buy it

[lean hazel]

im better off buying like 4 different story games on sale instead

[fallow sequoia]

or maybe christmas sale

[lean hazel]

christmas sale is for 35% so probably 50-55$

[storm lynx]

still a bit much for a map dlc

[fallow sequoia]

we'll see how badly it sells first

[lean hazel]

haha badly

it will literally be a top seller (the damn 100$ one) for months

that’s the cod cycle

the amount of people making fun of black cell including me, it literally is a top 5 sellers globally each season

we are the 1%

99% of cod players are just people who don’t really care about anything they turn on their console and hop on

[storm lynx]

I doubt it will happend but it would be hilarious if The Finals outsold MW3 in terms of active players

[fallow sequoia]

im one of those cod players, i turn off my brain and pew pew. i still get that feeling since 2007

[lean hazel]

the finals i think is in the top 10 most wishlisted games on steam

[storm lynx]

I think all of us are like this in here, sometimes you just wanna run around and press one button to kill some other guy, die, respawn and repreat the entire process over again

[lean hazel]

but let’s not forget the cod pc community is still the minority

consoles have so much more players since it’s a console game

[fallow sequoia]

and the pc community died with OG mw2

no dedicated server on there

[lean hazel]

that’s something i haven’t experienced in any other game, you just hop on shipment and hear all their voice chat screams

[fallow sequoia]

exactly

that's my serotonin

[lean hazel]

im still actually surprised of the people who spent 70$ while it’s gonna be free on game pass

[storm lynx]

Their money - their business how they spend it, even if it's idiotic in our eyes

[fallow sequoia]

people don't want to download the ms store version. that platform is garbage

[storm lynx]

I bought Vbucks for Fortnite and opened few crates in TF2 so what do I know 😂

[lean hazel]

I like to try them on game pass first, if i like it i buy it on steam since ms is fucking trash

[storm lynx]

Either refund it within 2h (which is way too less to decide if Starfield's worth it imo) or buy game pass and struggle with MSS

[lean hazel]

you deal with the xbox app but its still bad ngl

[storm lynx]

I'd still choose game pass simply because I rather get frustrated with the way the MSS works (or rather doesn't work) than be stuck with a shitty game I wont ever play and wasted 70$ on

[lean hazel]

agreed

but if the game is fire (which i highly doubt on release) i will just wait for a sale and buy it

[storm lynx]

As my friend said - there's nothing in this world modders wouldn't fix

even if that argument is as shitty as Activision's practice of yearly releases

[lean hazel]

wise words

[storm lynx]

ARC Raiders is #34 on wishlist leaderboards btw

55.1k people following

[lean hazel]

i want these 2 games to release as late as they possibly can and take as much time as they need

im absolutely fine with even a mid 2024 release

[fallow sequoia]

same

[storm lynx]

Imagine an alternate universe where Half Life 3 gets listed on steam - I'd expect over 1mil people wishlisting it

[lean hazel]

Original half life was my first game ever

god damn it HL 1 and 2 were absolute peak

also cs 1.6

[fallow sequoia]

1.6, condition zero, source

goated cs games

also the orange box on 360 was really nice

[storm lynx]

I slept on the entire Half Life and Valve-hype unfortunately, I only figured out that Valve exists when back in 2015 I was searching through youtube and saw TF2 gameplay, it took me another year before I figured out the game is free on Steam and that was the time where I realized what Steam is.
In like 2017 I bought and played every single Half Life game excluding opposing force and blue shift

But ever since then I researched and watched countless videos, essays, read posts, articles, basically everything to catch up with the news about Valve, Half Life, CS and TF2

[lean hazel]

I just realized that all that time mw2 was made as like a "beta" now with mw3 it’s a full game 😐

[warm temple]

and that shit was still £50

[lean hazel]

70**

[warm temple]

even worse

[zealous hawk]

bro what

how
explain

[lean hazel]

mw3 added everything missing in mw2 (literally core features) so mw2 was basically a beta cod all that time and now with its mw3 that I would still call an expansion and not a full game, you can say it’s complete now

[frosty zinc]

If you like RTS games , like SC2 and C&C. Tempest Rising currently has a playtest.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920/Tempest_Rising/

Steam

Tempest Rising

Classic RTS action meets modern production and performance in Tempest Rising. Inspired by RTS greats of the 90s and 2000s, Tempest Rising is a classic, base-building real time strategy game set in a modern day alternative history war scenario. It features 3 unique factions, each with its own approach to combat and economy and offering a variety ...

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a dying breed of games

[versed cradle]

it started as dlc

[storm lynx]

Starfield and TCM went gold 👀

[lean hazel]

4 stack comp queuing in cs is no more

[versed cradle]

what is it now

[lean hazel]

you either play 3 or 5 stacks now, they made it better for solo queuers who get in with 4 stacks and get voted out

they also removed short comp matches

[versed cradle]

but why

zzzzzz

instead of punishing people who abuse vote kicks they punish people who have 4 man groups

short matches always made no sense to me tbh

theres no room for recovery from shit start

and prob way easier to boost people

[lean hazel]

agreeable

[versed cradle]

what a beautiful day outside

[fallow sequoia]

to shoot some scavs, extract some l00ts

[versed cradle]

to crash 3 times but somehow still make it out alive despite spending 20 minutes loading in over and over

[fallow sequoia]

actual chad

[frosty zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21fzUk6mSZE

[frosty zinc]

wow, never played C&C 3 before, its good

[iron perch]

Nba street vol 2 was fun.

[gusty cairn]

working on a valheim bar

[void smelt]

Niiice, my fav thing was always when people would trap a greydwarf inside to pretend to be a bartender

[limpid plinth]

I moved my PC to the living room to play games on my couch and TV. It's pretty nice.

[lean hazel]

Oh my god starfield is 140gb

[sacred pewter]

Im so happy to see halo pick up popularity again and the devs actively have been working on making it a better experience

[lean hazel]

Yeah i have recently played infinite for the first time, wasn’t a bad experience

[sacred pewter]

Cant wait for forgable fire fight

Also love watching summit top frag with a pro player on his team lmao

[abstract walrus]

HYENAS is a hero-based, multiplayer extraction shooter where you play as misfit anti-heroes competing against other squads and security forces to steal valuable merch with epic zero-G combat.
@feral heart

[feral heart]

I just look on Steam, it verry look like a cheap version of the finals but in Space

[sacred pewter]

Its last beta was a lil boring imo

[kind lark]

how could i get finals beta

[versed cradle]

just sign up for it and pray, the beta isnt live atm though

[kind lark]

ok thanks

[versed cradle]

ez 2 tap

[uneven urchin]

So violent

[frosty zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ddJ1OKV63Q

[versed cradle]

every pmc for himself out here

[storm lynx]

the new italy in cs2 looks gorgeous

[tranquil mist]

Wait... this is an Extraction shooter???

[lean hazel]

in mw3 ghost perk will be active only when moving and not stationary

stay mad campers

[abstract walrus]

THE FINALS isn't a extraction shooter

[tranquil mist]

I was talking about HYNEAS

I wasn't referring to The Finals

[abstract walrus]

Ah

Yes HYENAS is a extration shooter

[frosty zinc]

every cashout is a mini extraction...

[uneven urchin]

Make love not war :c

[versed cradle]

tell that to the bois shooting me

[limpid plinth]

Ew I thought it was something different.

Extraction shooters seem so meh of a concept imo. I can see how people enjoy em but it's not my cup of tea.

[versed cradle]

cries in tarkov

[fallow sequoia]

i'm with you there jimmy. i just can't handle the extraction stress lol

flashback to when I lost everything by going to wildy in runescape

[limpid plinth]

THOSE DAMN REVENANTS WOULD JUST SNEAK UP ON YOU AND JUST INSTAKILL YOU

[fallow sequoia]

for me it was the PK that got me LOL

i got ganged up on

[limpid plinth]

I played back in middle school and they didn't have PK in wildy anymore for a while. Or it was like a members only type deal.

So it was always the revs that just merked me and ruined my nights

[fallow sequoia]

yeah i played before they removed the wildy

[limpid plinth]

u old old

[fallow sequoia]

nah you're just 12

[limpid plinth]

I'm actually old tyvm

I'm 13

[fallow sequoia]

old enough to ride a bike without the support wheels, yes

now scoot before I launch you over a fence, kid

[limpid plinth]

I will destroy your elderly soul

[versed cradle]

comedy

[limpid plinth]

I am getting old tho. I bought alcohol and they didn't card me 😭 I do not look 30 yet 😤

[storm lynx]

my mother was carded once even though she's in her 40s now lol

[tranquil mist]

Apparently Hyenas is a hero-based extraction shooter

So... it seems CA is mixing the hero shooter genre into this.

...weird choice but okay?

[grand ember]

doesn't your account get suspended if you say that..

[versed cradle]

no lol

13+ = discord tos

[bitter barn]

Different countries have different age requirements, I'm guessing Discord just went with one of the lowest denominators

plus at least we actually have moderation tools here and a report team, unlike Skype or other forums young people might end up at

[grand ember]

if you say that in twitch chat, you will get suspended 😆

[bitter barn]

fair point, i think it should depend on the stream since streamers can set it to display that adult/sensitive content message

might also just be mods not knowing the minimum age for twitch?

[storm lynx]

Me and my friend's drivatar have good taste in cars

[limpid plinth]

Im still here 😤 I'm old tho like high 20s almost 30

[limpid plinth]

Truly an end of an era.

[storm lynx]

this took them a while

i was expecting it to close back in 2018

[obtuse oak]

to be fair I didn't expect it to be still open lol

also RIP Games for Windows Live

[frosty zinc]

rip ps store on my vita

[storm lynx]

that shit sucked more than NMS on launch

worst thing MS ever developed

[obtuse oak]

I mean it wasn't too bad I think, but I slightly remember having issues here and there

and being a pain to deal with

[warm temple]

gameplay trailer for MWIII is out

[grand ember]

💤

[shrewd onyx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtZ8LsbFNIk

[frosty zinc]

donnu man, i could barely take MW2 campaign serious, all the characters were so macho i started laughing

[hearty spire]

Just play the original instead

[shrewd onyx]

honestly the only thing that looks interesting is the no russian bit

[lean hazel]

the price increased by 40% for turkish steam users wtf

mw2 was 1099
mw3 2000

jesus

i ain't buying that

[gusty cairn]

that's the final phase lol

[frosty zinc]

lol, Holocure looks fun

[hearty spire]

One of the better survivor likes

[fallow sequoia]

@lean hazel

insane

[versed cradle]

nice, save up your pennis for linnie

[fallow sequoia]

GO AWAY

[versed cradle]

[fallow sequoia]

how about YOU buy it for me 🙂

[versed cradle]

HA i dont even buy them for myself, let alone for others

[fallow sequoia]

be the change I want to see 🙂

[versed cradle]

[fallow sequoia]

ok no new pc for u

[versed cradle]

i trade u, cod for new pc

https://tenor.com/view/tradeoffer-gif-25994298

[fallow sequoia]

you also give me your cool zelda egg thingy

[versed cradle]

NOH

that baby is mine

[fallow sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/deals-off-homelander-antony-starr-the-boys-no-deal-gif-26043520

[versed cradle]

unbelievable

[fallow sequoia]

give me egg or no deal

[lean hazel]

lin will gift us

[fallow sequoia]

praise be lin

[versed cradle]

[lean hazel]

Just 140€ cmon

[fallow sequoia]

[lean hazel]

for a reboot game

[fallow sequoia]

a glorified DLC

[storm lynx]

Certified greed moment

i'd be negatively surprised if that game sells in more than 100 thousand copies

[storm lynx]

Damn, PGG/T10 did a solid job on that new main menu this series, I haven't been expcting that at all

I wish we could have an option to choose between the menus, now we could have up to three - default, 10 year anniversarry and now Italian Motorsports or whatever this series was called

[lean hazel]

Almost happening now

cod will always sell

[storm lynx]

yeah, unfortuantely, it seems that activision will never have that hard reality check they needed since BOIII

simply because people are willing to pour their cash into these games

[fallow sequoia]

oh yeah horizon 5 has always nailed it with presentation. it's insane

[storm lynx]

imagine we had a menu like that for the finals 😳

and it would change every season

[fallow sequoia]

shouldn't be a difficult task. even cod has it

[storm lynx]

I mean, it is a looped pre-rendered video on top of a game logo with prompt to access the real main menu so...

the only issue would be to animate and edit the video itself

[fallow sequoia]

most of the trailer and UI/UX editors at embark are ex-dice from what i've heard. ez pz task

[storm lynx]

I still think that Half Life games and Black Mesa have best main menus, you never feel disconnected with the world of the game, not even in main menu

[fallow sequoia]

trailers from bf1 and earlier are top notch

[storm lynx]

oh yeeee, the 7 nation army trailer is still the best bf trailer i saw

[fallow sequoia]

i still think run this town from bf4 is the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztygmWtWCjQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9fK77eE7fs

[storm lynx]

It is iconic and most memorable but imo not as good as BF1 gets

but i like the way they mixed BF-synth with original track

[fallow sequoia]

i felt like the 7 nations army video didn't use an original remix, it was just traight up by The Glitch Mob

bf4 had an inhouse remix which is why I like it more

[storm lynx]

glitch mob got some extra recognition for that which is good imo

[fallow sequoia]

for sure, just sucks that they don't do much music as they used to

[storm lynx]

bf2042 hardly had any music, just noise

[fallow sequoia]

i get what they were trying to do with it on 2042. the world is turning to shit, so gritty and "rusty" fit the theme. if the game was good it would have been accepted

[storm lynx]

yeah probably

but even that wouldn't save that "music" simply because it just hurts

[fallow sequoia]

bf3 was also criticised for its music style. lemme show you a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHayCz9__c

[storm lynx]

BF4 is noisy too BF3 even more but you can at least hear some harmony in that

[fallow sequoia]

loud warning

[storm lynx]

oh shit, bf2 theme 😭

This is the best theme, hands down, no competition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6cRoAffCck

[fallow sequoia]

ehhh as much as i loved bc1 and 2, they didn't have the feeling of battlefield in their themes

[storm lynx]

doesn't matter, it's a beautiful piece of music

[fallow sequoia]

you did state it's the best theme hands down, no competition. as much as i loved it, it never gives off the battlefield vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_6ZCZM8VY

i knew how to play this on the piano at one point

(because it was freaking easy)

[storm lynx]

well if we consider "battlefield vibe" then probably BF4 takes the prize, but overall BFBC2 had the best theme simply because how much effort and originality is in there and it sound really amazing, no earpiercing synths or chalkboard scratching but instead a pure harmony

[fallow sequoia]

i really didn't think that anything would top the wubwubz of battlefield 3, then came 2042

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOTIl4UEkI

if, and this is a big if, 2042 was good, this would have been accepted

[storm lynx]

highly doubt it, really
but we will never know that

[fallow sequoia]

oh trust, bf3 and 4 were accepted

[limpid plinth]

2042 is still doodoo

[fallow sequoia]

yes we got memes out of it but they were praised

[storm lynx]

because they sound epic, people hated them at first because it was the era where dubstep and all these wubwubz were memed all over the place

[fallow sequoia]

yes exactly, same would have been for 2042. people would accept it but not praise it fully i guess

[limpid plinth]

Bf3 intro was when I was like I fw bass heavy type beats.

[fallow sequoia]

either way, i love the bf3 theme the most

and for bf4 it's the tv spot rihanna remix

the main theme itself has a very big windup which is somehow imo a watered down version of bf3's

[storm lynx]

What about this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyh28QuX-OI

[fallow sequoia]

yeah that's nice

not the main theme though

[storm lynx]

oh man that just reminded me of something

gimmie sec to find it

Oh yeah, MoH European Assault theme will be stuck with me to the end of time, first real fps I've played, shortly after I got my first PC and bought CoD 1 that was my 2nd fps, after that it just snowballed itself more and more into more fps games joining my collection
All thanks to sadly forgotten MoH European Assault.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USahlXwUjmo

[fallow sequoia]

i will forver hate what they did to medal of honor

[storm lynx]

if not for those games we wouldnt have cod or maybe even battlefield so there that at least

but yeah, MoH deserved better

[fallow sequoia]

nono i meant the modern ones

[storm lynx]

killed off by chasing trends and competition

[fallow sequoia]

the one that came out in 2010 and 2012

[storm lynx]

yeah ik

trenchasing was the reason why they even exist, EA searched competition with Activision and failed miserably

[fallow sequoia]

when EA was slapping multiplayer on every game they wanted to release, MoH and dead space felt the lashing the most

[storm lynx]

at least we have tha VR MoH now

so the ip is still alive, somewhat

damn I'm on such a massive nostalgia trip that i have to reinstall cod 1 again and beat through it 😂

1.15gb only, a lot for a game from 2003

[fallow sequoia]

that one is a disgrace

over 100gb, very short and awful VR controls

[storm lynx]

look at the bright side - EA still keeps MoH alive, even though Above and Beyond sucks ass

and that simply means - there is a slim chance

same goes for Mirror's Edge - there are few easter eggs in 2042 with ME so there is still hope for next game to come out

[fallow sequoia]

i have absolutely no faith in nuDICE

[storm lynx]

so, which one should I choose then? 😂

[fallow sequoia]

veteran is the only choice

[bitter barn]

Damn, end of the gameplay reveal for MW3 and it's buy vault edition for 30 benefits

[fallow sequoia]

kiwii if I give you 🍼 will you buy me vault edition

[storm lynx]

I'd like to survive tyvm, cod 1 is nutoriously hard already on hardened

[bitter barn]

not even for 🍼

[fallow sequoia]

what about 2

🍼 🍼

[bitter barn]

i don't think there's an amount of 🍼 that would convince me to buy it

[fallow sequoia]

ok ok ok, 4!

🍼 🍼 🍼 🍼

[bitter barn]

I know how Lin feels now

[fallow sequoia]

excuse me, she tries to make ME buy HER, stuff

[bitter barn]

How much is the Vault edition in EU?

[fallow sequoia]

100 euros lol, what a scam

[bitter barn]

It's 50 EUR in SA lol

[fallow sequoia]

standard or vault?

[bitter barn]

vault

[fallow sequoia]

you're joking

show me a SC rn

[bitter barn]

I was checking for BRL and ARS, BRL is more expensive

https://steamdb.info/app/2519060/

ARS is cheaper, then you just convert to EUR

BRL is more expensive
it's still 70 EUR

[fallow sequoia]

ah i see

time to vpn travel to argentina

[bitter barn]

Great country tbh

[fallow sequoia]

yeah i wanna visit sometime

[bitter barn]

Also I think the VPN thing, if you were to hypothetically do it, doesn't work anymore

[fallow sequoia]

how is SA around december - january?

[bitter barn]

Hot

But I wouldn't say a lot of rain

[uneven urchin]

Kiwii send us copies and we paypal it back

Not that I am interested in MWIII but stillll

[bitter barn]

Wait, how come I never asked my friends that

[uneven urchin]

Idk… xD

[bitter barn]

now I feel like I've wasted money

[fallow sequoia]

yes yes, kiwii gift me gaem i will paypal money yes yes

im jk

🍼

[frosty zinc]

ive heard that Medal of Honor Warfighter is pretty good online

[fallow sequoia]

the online is unfortunately dead. i tried playing it in 2018 and all i heard was cricket noises. also saw tumbleweed

[frosty zinc]

apperently servers shut down erlier this year

[fallow sequoia]

oh... it's dead dead

[frosty zinc]

uber dead

anyone play Ready or not?

[storm lynx]

that abandonware swat wanabee?

[frosty zinc]

oh, the early access syndrome

lol

[storm lynx]

I ain't gonna touch that game until devs finally deliver on what was promised, game was supposed to be in EA for 12 months, to this day it says like that on steam page and VOID stays silent about it - still far away from being done

I am hugely disappointed with management of this game

[frosty zinc]

seems to be a trend with early access games

[storm lynx]

apparently devs are on hard rush to 1.0 release but that doesnt justify lack of any updates whatsoever

best we get are some community highlists and content promos

and sometimes once per few months a new screenshot from the yet to be released map

it's ridiculous, i could rant about RoN for hours for how wasted this games' potential is due to lack of any proper management

and i've spent good chunk of my time in there

[frosty zinc]

guess the CEO is happy with the money he got from EA

[storm lynx]

just look at the price tag for both standard and supporters edition

i am more than sure he's happy

scam and nothing else in my eyes, maybe i will change my opinion on that after the next update or 1.0 release, whatever comes first but for now - it's an abandonware made to milk some cash from the fans of SWAT game series

[frosty zinc]

hes like, well i dont care anymore, rest of you guys finish the game, you can manage your selfs right?

lest talk about "The day before" game lol

[storm lynx]

game? lol

[frosty zinc]

hah

[fallow sequoia]

oh wayfinder is now out on early access let's see OH MY GOD WHAT ARE THESE PRICE TAGS

[storm lynx]

JESUS WHAT?

nah fam stay away from that

or maybe not? 18 euro for base pack?

[frosty zinc]

speaking od DLC and packs, i was thinking of getting back into Dawn of war 2 or Company of Heros 2, and just lost my apetite att all the DLC you can buy for it

[fallow sequoia]

it will be free 2 play when out of EA so that's one thing. this is an mmo i've kept my eyes on because of its combat

the highest price bundle is basically all bundles in one, ok makes sense

[storm lynx]

wierd

usually you'd pay less in a bundle than separately but ok

you know, basic marketing tactic

[fallow sequoia]

exalted founder's pack is the extra if you buy this bundle

wait a minute

ok so base pack is the game, and then the other stuff is the DLC

[storm lynx]

i'd skip on being a founder for wayfinder tho, i don't see the point in being one honestly

[fallow sequoia]

yeah im grinding ff14 right now

but when this comes out, imma try it because free

[storm lynx]

free is good

Man I really wanna go back to playing Squad but I dont really see the point before infantry overhaul gets released

[obtuse oak]

[storm lynx]

I just realized that Heavy from TF2 is richer than any richest person on earth combined

1960s dollar value is now over 10 dollars, shooting heavy's minigun for 12 seconds costs him 400.000$ which is around 4mil dollars today

[frosty zinc]

reshade is great to use on old games

never used it before lol

[storm lynx]

a good config can really refresh a game

i used it for a long time in ETS2

[grand ember]

bf4 with nvidia filters 😮

[storm lynx]

bro no offense but it looks trash

cant see anything but red

[grand ember]

😆

[frosty zinc]

Mby you can notice the difference, has has alot more clarity after the transition. But it also makes the wierd reflection glow around units alot more sharper and visible

[storm lynx]

you gotta play with the settings to find a perfect sweet spot for the game

[frosty zinc]

seems to be related to the games owns shader setting , turning it from ultra to high helps

[storm lynx]

when you install reshade for a game you can also insstall some additional configs for even more freedom with configuration

this only works when installing the reshade tho, so first you gotta uninstall it from the game and then reinstall again

also careful with using it in MP games, you can get banned for using reshade since some settings can give you actual advantage

[grand ember]

😆

[frosty zinc]

yeah im only using it for old single player games

i wonder if it can do anything with duke3d/doom2 etc

[storm lynx]

probably but idk how well it will integrate itself with a game that runs on dos

[timber wing]

been playing honkai star rail

lot more fun than when I had first played

[hearty spire]

My reaction as well lmao

[sacred pewter]

Saturation too high

Reshade would work better imo

[frosty zinc]

Hmmm , whats this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxO8uDaHNT8

[snow flicker]

BOMB RUSH CYBERFUNK

ITS FINALLY HERE

[frosty zinc]

Jet set radio?

[limpid plinth]

Its out!?

[frosty zinc]

um man some stage even look like a exakt copy of jet set radio stage

[limpid plinth]

Tbh it just looks like a different Jet Set Radio lmao

[fallow sequoia]

because it's a spiritual successor

the guy behind the JsR OST does the ost for bombrush as well

[limpid plinth]

I like how I bought Turbo Overkill and it immediately gave me an achievement for beating every level on easy mode.

Haven't touched the game since the gamefest demo lol

[frosty zinc]

oh yeah i need to start playing that again

stopped playing it because of cb1

[limpid plinth]

It just got the full release and it's pretty gr8

Love how fast it plays

Wish we had a MP shooter like this 😔

[frosty zinc]

only complaint i had when playing EA was a little to much platforming for my taste, also while movement is top notch it wierdly felt to good , like sterile. I think i like a little wonk/float in movement

[abstract walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/i-dont-think-players-expect-this-warhammer-40k-darktide-is-adding-rpg-style-skill-trees-full-of-new-abilities-to-its-4-classes/

[fallow sequoia]

hold on, now hold on

[fallow sequoia]

@hasty heath HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK

[abstract walrus]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNKKK

Why are we screaming

[hasty heath]

Hello

[void smelt]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkkk

[hasty heath]

Oh yes that news. Looks good, doesn't it?

[void smelt]

Hello

[hasty heath]

I've playtested the class rework and it's very lit.

[abstract walrus]

Are you allowed to say that lmao

[fallow sequoia]

[fallow sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-walter-hank-walter-screaming-walter-yelling-gif-26473309

[hearty spire]

now if only this was here on release

[fallow sequoia]

a reference to this

[hasty heath]

Yes

[fallow sequoia]

how are you hank 😭

we miss you my friend

[hasty heath]

It's pretty easy, I just do it tbh.

[fallow sequoia]

that's the hank i know

[hasty heath]

I'm good! Completely obsessed with BG3

[void smelt]

Ah hell yeah

[fallow sequoia]

fr fr?

[void smelt]

All my friends are betraying me and running away from our other game sessions to play BG3

[fallow sequoia]

then you know what to do nate

[shrewd onyx]

ogryn still best class

[fallow sequoia]

(just get the game damnit lmao)

[void smelt]

I will when it's cheaper than 60 bucks

Or they fix all the bugs

[fallow sequoia]

what bugs nate, I already told you it's in a good state

@hasty heath please agree on this

[shrewd onyx]

oh yeah the weird thing with BG3 is that you can't find any steam keys for it

[fallow sequoia]

because it's only being sold on steam, no resellers

[void smelt]

Some of the steam reviews say otherwise haha

[abstract walrus]

It gets worse the more you go through it

[fallow sequoia]

oh for real?

[abstract walrus]

But I think that's also people not taking long rests enough since the story progression for it depends on those rests.

[fallow sequoia]

ah fair enough, I'm still on act 1

[void smelt]

Yeah, I love a lot of games with mid opinions, but if I spend this much I prefer to wait until the game is actually finished-finished

[fallow sequoia]

it has been in early access for 3 years

[void smelt]

And there will be a GOTY edition, probably

[abstract walrus]

I hold it gets a epilogue

Hope*

[void smelt]

I love that two chats are discussing BG3 now

[shrewd onyx]

it's on gog

and you can buy steam accounts with it on

[fallow sequoia]

oh. that's still not a reseller

[fallow sequoia]

yeah but that's an illegal way of doing it. (also let's not continue on this point since one of the server rules forbids it)

[shrewd onyx]

oop

[tame parrot]

If I have the choice to play a video game about as much as I want I feel like I'd dip an entire week on a game easily which is why I'm scared of buying BG3

I'm amazing at procrastinating

[fallow sequoia]

as I said, treat is as DnD sessions as it is a DnD game

[tame parrot]

I should but I don't think I'd have the self discipline lol

[fallow sequoia]

rip

[tame parrot]

Easier to run a tabletop campaign since it's not up to you when you get to play

[fallow sequoia]

unless you're the GM

[tame parrot]

Well yeah but I haven't done that yet lol

[hasty heath]

Absolutely. It does get a bit buggier and less polished near the end of the game but that is absolutely no reason not to play it.

[fallow sequoia]

[hasty heath]

And Larian are pumping out hotfixes at a rapid pace

[void smelt]

As someone who only plays games once I really think waiting for the best possible experience is good for me despite the fomo

[fallow sequoia]

it's alright nate, im just pulling your leg

[hasty heath]

You really shouldn't play BG3 only once.

You can't see all the content in one playthrough

Lots of it is mutually exclusive based on choices you make

[void smelt]

Interesting

I'll see about it! Heard it's really long to finish anyways

[hasty heath]

You also have a completely unique storyline for the Dark Urge origin, which is a custom character afflicted by an undeniable urge to slaughter and maim

[void smelt]

One point of criticism I heard is you get better interactions playing an origin character but it's more fun to get to know them as your companions

Which is something that was true of Div 2 as well

[hasty heath]

So if you want to see it all you have to do a Good playthrough, an Evil playthrough, and then also a Dark Urge playthrough, not to mention the unique stuff the other Origin characters (i.e. the companions) get when you play as them

And you can't do all the romances at once

Yadda yadda. Big game. Huge even.

Deserves its current standing as the most critically acclaimed PC game of all time

[void smelt]

Interesting I guess most games I played didn't have such a huge replayability because I don't super care for different endings if it's pretty linear, which is most cases. But if BG3 does split into a lot of ways I might replay indeed

Do share your character and drip, heard the fashion is good

[hasty heath]

Oh yeah

High Elf Warlock/Paladin

[void smelt]

Nice, good class combo

[hasty heath]

I'm gonna try to finish my playthrough tonight and immediately make a new character

Have a super cute half-elf Bard girl lined up, or an evil drow ranger, or another Paladin but one afflicted by the Dark Urge so his body makes him commit atrocities against his will

[fallow sequoia]

im just a rogue

🙂

[shrewd onyx]

I'm playing a half elf bard rn

[hasty heath]

Bard sounds fun

Also monk is insane in this game, gotta play that too

[fallow sequoia]

my friend is a warlock and is able to give me sneak attack + opportunity buffs. im an assassin as sub-class so i almost one shot everything hahahaha

also having +10 on initiative rolls is amazing

[hasty heath]

Assassin with something to give you advantage is great yeah

[fallow sequoia]

and i get my action use back, it's amazing

double sneak attacks babyyyyy

[shrewd onyx]

basically, do you enjoy getting buffs on every skill check ever

[lean hazel]

oh no

[abstract walrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DVApk5s7qo

[shrewd onyx]

HECKIN ARC RAIDERS REFERENCE?!?!?

[storm lynx]

why does hyenas looks like budget the finals

[frosty zinc]

such a good case cover

[lean hazel]

yeah with that cheap goo gun 💀

[storm lynx]

bro no way sega is publishing this 😭

[hearty spire]

i mean, it has sonic

[storm lynx]

spitting facts @lean hazel

[shrewd onyx]

lmao

[storm lynx]

😂

[fallow sequoia]

Ok which one of you did this LOL

[storm lynx]

that goo gun looks terrible, a wall made up by copy pasted prop with the same texture

[shrewd onyx]

the thing is the zero-g stuff actually looks interesting

[hearty spire]

wait what
developed by the same guys who did alien isolation?

[storm lynx]

yes

how? i have no idea

[fallow sequoia]

Wait they also made total war Warhammer 3

THESE ARE THE SAME DEVS WTF

[shrewd onyx]

most of the total wars they made

[hearty spire]

so confuse

[storm lynx]

seeing the like to disliker ratio under this trailer this game wont survive a week after it gets released

[warm temple]

no
your joking oh my god how do you produce a master piece like that and then create this

[storm lynx]

people literally buried this game

[abstract walrus]

Creative Assembly is currently having a minor to serious issue with PR

[shrewd onyx]

damn

[storm lynx]

well that explains some things

[abstract walrus]

They increased the prices of their DLCs for Warhammer 3 to try to make up for I think the projected losses of Hyenas.

[warm temple]

sad

[storm lynx]

this is disgusting

[abstract walrus]

When people called them out for it they said they won't be lowering the cost and vaugely threatened to cut support if people don't buy it.

[hearty spire]

projected losses
why even make it then

[abstract walrus]

Which is a absolutely brilliant move

[storm lynx]

greed and stupidity

thats my guess at least

maybe they made a deal with investors before thinking about if this game will even be a good idea in the first place

[abstract walrus]

The trailers for the new DLCs keep getting battered into the ground

[fallow sequoia]

Well this is a total mess, lmao

Didn't think Sega could go any lower

[abstract walrus]

This is right off the back of them cancelling support for Three Kingdoms because the DLCs didn't sell well enough

(This is in my wheelhouse because uh...)

I am a long time TW fan lol

[shrewd onyx]

you missed the best part

[warm temple]

dear god

[abstract walrus]

I'm not gonna show the cost of DLCS from a trilogy of games that started in 2016

[shrewd onyx]

don't forget needing all three games to actually be able to play all the races

[fallow sequoia]

Excuse me WHAT

[abstract walrus]

I mean yes

I don't see how that's a problem tbh

[fallow sequoia]

Please explain how that works

[storm lynx]

And people say EA or Activision is bad

[warm temple]

i mean they are

but like

it seems you can have worse

[abstract walrus]

Warhammer 3 has a Immortal Empires map that combines all the factions from Warhammer 1, 2, and 3, and if you have the games in your library you can play any of the races.

[storm lynx]

I gotta put Sega on the top of my tier list of worst companies ever to exist

[shrewd onyx]

so you can't play as the humans, dwarves, orks and a couple others

[fallow sequoia]

I see. Is that map only accessible on the third game?

[abstract walrus]

WH1 has the old world, WH2 has the New World & Old World, WH3 has the entire map.

[fallow sequoia]

Ah ok

[abstract walrus]

WH2 Map

WH3 Map

I have my reservations about the game

So far the only DLC worth it for WH3 is the Chaos Dwarfs, and that's only if you really like them lol

[hearty spire]

sims 4 dlc looking ass list

[storm lynx]

I can't even tell if the people in these comments are excited for real or just trolling

[fallow sequoia]

Tbf nothing beats crusader kings 2

[storm lynx]

I also love it how people compare hyenas to lawbreakers

[fallow sequoia]

Oh God lawbreakers

[storm lynx]

also, psa for every cyberpunk fan out there

next gameplay showcase on 24th during gamescom

[lean hazel]

oh mai gah

[shrewd onyx]

what's being shown at gamescon

[storm lynx]

boring stuff really

these companies will show up during gamescom

[fallow sequoia]

bandai namco

definitely not boring for me

[storm lynx]

which isn't everyone of course, there isn't a cdpr or valve on that list

unless that leak of valve attending gamescom is fake

[fallow sequoia]

potential elden ring DLC, tekken 8 news, i'm hyped

[storm lynx]

i bet they will show at least a teaser of that dlc

teaser or trailer

[fallow sequoia]

yes, and tekken 8 news 🙂

bandai namco being there is all i need

nexon being there also means embark games news

[hearty spire]

You don't know that

It could be maple story 3

[fallow sequoia]

i'd be so hyped for that ngl

but yeah true, not guaranteed that we'll see embark. but there's a chance

[storm lynx]

who tf plays maple story these days

[fallow sequoia]

is good nostalgia game

i grew up with it

[storm lynx]

I'd be surprised to see MS3

like, geniuinely surprised

[fallow sequoia]

why? maplestory actually has a playerbase still. it's insane

[storm lynx]

idk, for me maplestory is like a support ip that just sits on a bench and waits for it to be used as an easy cash (but in a good way)

[fallow sequoia]

i think it's one of nexon's big revenue earners

[storm lynx]

this might change with the finals lol

[fallow sequoia]

one of, gnome, one of. not the only one

[storm lynx]

plus, why make another game when previoust one is still making cash?

[fallow sequoia]

because at one point it's gonna die out

[storm lynx]

i mean, yeah, but as you said - MS is one of the biggest cash cows nexon has

and is still alive and well

[frosty zinc]

people going to try out Warhaven?

[storm lynx]

nah not me, i'll skip on that one

[fallow sequoia]

yes but a new entry in the series = more cash

[storm lynx]

tell that to valve lol

[fallow sequoia]

unless they completely change the formula and make a shallow game that only is maplestory in its name (the second one)

let me tell you right now, cs2 is gonna top the steam charts so high, number 2 on the list will be off by a HUGE difference

[storm lynx]

i think it is a baasic knowledge that more games = more cash, but first these games must sell and ideally - make money after they get released (e,g. MTX)

and not every company is willing to gamble their millions on a project that may fail spectacularily

apart from maybe sega 😂

or blizzard

I wonder how many active players will there be in CS2

[rugged aurora]

Cities: Skylines 2? 😍

[storm lynx]

I mean, surely it will break any CSGO's records but I wonder how big that gap will be

[rugged aurora]

WHOOPS NEVER MIND LOL

[storm lynx]

bruh

We gotta start using CS2 and C:S2 to distinguish these games

[hearty spire]

At least it ain't tf2 or AC

[rugged aurora]

Tru, tru. Sorry, I’m just extremely hyped for C:S2 🌇

[storm lynx]

yeah me too, but my money has been already put on Phantom Liberty, i'll buy C:S2 later

[frosty zinc]

CS2 is loooking great

not mindblowing, but it looks good

[storm lynx]

first proper game that uses Source 2 isn't mindblowing to you?

imo CS2 is the key for valve to finally do something more interesting like remastering all portal and half life games into source 2

[frosty zinc]

its great in some ways, when talking just "looks" its good

but its also limited to its competitive setting

and heritage

[storm lynx]

yeah that's true

[frosty zinc]

hammer2 looks great

i used to do maps in old hammer

[knotty viper]

I just logged on the texas chainsaw massacre game

intense as fuck

[hearty spire]

Anyone play that bomb rush game yet

[storm lynx]

I only did one map which took me like a week of working on it for few hours per day

[frosty zinc]

something fun to play around with, kinda the same thing with photoshop , slap on some good music and make something

[storm lynx]

@frosty zinc found a screenshot of it lol

first and only map i did in hammer

[shrewd onyx]

nexon
perhaps?

[frosty zinc]

looks great, i dont think i have anything left. Did you do your own textures?

[storm lynx]

everything you see here are TF2 assets only

[frosty zinc]

ah thats why i dont recognize it, i mostly was making a small campaign for hl2

[storm lynx]

I actually may even still have an old bsp file with the map, the newest and most complete one was lost unfortunately but nothing really changed between them, I gotta look around and if I find it i'll send a walkthrough clip

so brb i guess while i search though my archive files lol

[frosty zinc]

i wonder how many self learned people get recruited in the industry today

[storm lynx]

So yes I do have a map file, got myself a walkthrough clip but i gotta compress it cuz its over 100mb so gimmie sec

[storm lynx]

probably a lot

unless it is a big studio that requires years of experience from you

I bet I could learn UE5 rn and send job application to embark and could get hired if i showed off my skills

[frosty zinc]

kinda feel like thats one of the reasons valve is a good guy in many eyes , the picking up on mod teams

[storm lynx]

yeah but working at valve is pretty wierd

[frosty zinc]

yeah we had that talk already lol

[storm lynx]

you gotta keep up with so many things at the same time, a lot of projects just get scrapped ect.

working at valve is a dream job for many but at the same time you're just better off searching another company if you wanna evolve as a game designer and learn new things

best you can learn at valve is how to make a case and animate it 😂

[frosty zinc]

i heard you make a pretty big chunk of money if your get your skin into CS

[storm lynx]

70%-ish iirc

of all steam market sales

but i aint sure

@abstract walrus here's the walkthrough clip

[frosty zinc]

is that like a easter egg area at the end?

[storm lynx]

yeah, never finished it really

plus it had shitload of clipping issues where you could just get stuck

i remember that in the finished version i added some railings, interior of that hut was improved and lit up properly

[frosty zinc]

didnt look all to janky , mby the glass wall in the middle was weird

[storm lynx]

there was also a big portal that sent you back to middle of the map

[storm lynx]

This was the first iteration of the map, maybe that is janky enough for you 😂

[frosty zinc]

i mean its a craft, like everything , you get visions what you want to try out and create etc etc

mby its the polishing up part that kills the fun, so you move onto something else etc

[storm lynx]

I never lost the fun of making that map, even if it was hard and frustrating at times , i do not regret wasting entire week on it

it was a refreshing experience to put myself in the shoes of a map maker

[frosty zinc]

is UE the same, it has a dedicated map making tool?

[storm lynx]

UE is the entire engine but yes, you can make maps in there too

you can even port assets, for instance if you create a building, prop ect. in blender you can easily port it to UE and use it there

[frosty zinc]

tried to make my own props and models back in the days but kinda gave up

might be more easy today, or harder lol

[storm lynx]

it aint easy to make your own assets

but when you go into a creative frenzy then stuff happends by themselves

you just need an idea for something and some motivation

[frosty zinc]

you think map makers at studios today are assigned to make their own props , or do they have a "prop maker" position as well?

[storm lynx]

idk, maybe somebody who's lurking at us from embark can answer that, if there is anyone of course

[frosty zinc]

im guessing its a "map team"

[storm lynx]

I do not have the texture files unfortunately but this is something I did out of boredom, took me like two days maybe
It's blender obvoiusly

[frosty zinc]

if i wanted a 3d model made and printed out on the workplace 3d printer , id usually sketch something up and providing measurements, bake a pie or buy some cakes, go into a girls office who worked as a product designer and tell her i brought sweets today and also if you have some time over i have this little sketch here....

[storm lynx]

I really enjoyed making the table, props on it and the cannon itself, like playing with a lego set that you yourself create
I can even take the cannon apart and put it back together because it has so many separate parts, even the small screws on the sides you can barely see on the rendered image

this is probably most detailed prop i've ever done in blender

actually, I should've posted it all on off topic art, apologies

[frosty zinc]

yeah were really going OT now heh

(just say its pictures from an upcoming game)

[storm lynx]

seeing my props in a videogame? please...

[frosty zinc]

Ah , the new pictures from " Cannons and boxes" is looking great, very hype

[storm lynx]

coming 2035

a long awaited Sea of Thieves sequel

[frosty zinc]

ive heard good things about Blood Bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvrJ5xO_qw

[shrewd onyx]

the second one is good

the third one not so much

[frosty zinc]

looks like XCOM , and i loved XCOM 2

loosing one of your soldiers in those games...

[shrewd onyx]

yeah I'm bad at it

[fallow sequoia]

I feel so bad about the wayfinder discord

game is going through a very rough EA launch and it's being filled with negativity

[shrewd onyx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tk5YA4WRrg

[fringe rapids]

World Greatest Wallbang?

[frosty zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBV6uBmGRNI

[fringe rapids]

is it coming out this 21st, right? the internet talked too much.

[frosty zinc]

i have no idea

[frosty zinc]

Franchise back from the grave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ck8hTeBvg

[hasty heath]

It is time

[chrome creek]

anyone bullying themselves on new wipe tarkov?

[hearty spire]

@fossil talon

[fossil talon]

Crying

[chrome creek]

how are things for you so far? 🤣

[fossil talon]

crying

[chrome creek]

understandable i only have 80k left 🥲

[mild sequoia]

skill issue

[fossil talon]

it do be like that

[versed cradle]

looks nice af

[uneven urchin]

looks alright.. almost overwatch-y with the amount of color

[knotty viper]

have any of you guys played texas chainsaw massacre yet

[uneven urchin]

There is a game of that!?

[warm temple]

saw that and translated it into Nun Massacre

[knotty viper]

realeased yesterday

[abstract walrus]

Guys guys

A game to surpass THE FINALS just got announced. It might be the best game ever made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PY-_1LSeF4

[hearty spire]

silly internet meme
roguelike
aight fuck i'm buying this game

[abstract walrus]

Are you telling me

Killer Bean is a internet meme?

It is a cultural classic

[hearty spire]

that's literally what a meme is

[fringe rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/micheal-jackson-is-back-hey-michael-jackson-pouting-gif-12965404

[storm lynx]

The immortal man himself

[timber wing]

i was about to finish World 2 in the Simulated Universe, and then the bosses fucking revive as “phase 2”

wtf is this bull?? there was no warning too 😦