easter-eggs

[cursive orchid]

Nice

[slender lodge]

oooh nice pick

true true but battle royale games/ extraction based games are also pretty long

but yeah im feeling not-one-life

btu i dont wana assume

[molten wedge]

I'm gonna run away to play epic video games now and leave you all to spend half you life searching for binary on a wall

[slender lodge]

i really hate one-life games cuz i like going rambo and dyin and respawning

thats the reason i hate br and extraction

[worthy gyro]

where does it say only 1 life?

[mortal ivy]

Thank you, you'll know where to find me. Pixel deep with a blank stare

[mortal ivy]

Nowhere, we were only speculating

[opaque zenith]

There will be multiple rounds as well (3 I believe) so that means 3x8 min roughly right?

[worthy gyro]

ah ok, mb

[worthy gyro]

yeah 24 minutes max, 8 minutes minimum

[cursive orchid]

Same here, I love feeling like god getting a 25 kill streak in 3 seconds and then immediately losing it

[mental dew]

Nah we're just talking about it and speculating

[cursive orchid]

My favorite games have that

[slender lodge]

yeahh

[mortal ivy]

Red ballon is indeed explosives

[cursive orchid]

DIY grenades 😂

[slender lodge]

also, when will we see when and if we've gotten into the platest?

cuz the playtest starts on 29th 2pm CEST, i wonder if theres a little bit of time ahead where we can see and donwload the game

[cursive orchid]

I think they email you

[fair wraith]

Steam does

[cursive orchid]

And either way if you have steam notifications on your email I'm sure it'll say

[slender lodge]

oh shit i just realised i got an email from steam

[fair wraith]

Huh

[cursive orchid]

no way

[slender lodge]

🙂

[cursive orchid]

Wait it's too early

[slender lodge]

lmfao

[fair wraith]

fak off

[cursive orchid]

LOL

[fallen jasper]

fak

[cursive orchid]

don't tempt us

[fair wraith]

I was already like

Oh ffs didn't get it

[slender lodge]

u thought i was kidding

:)

[cursive orchid]

Woah woah woah

[slender lodge]

yes i am

ok im done

[opaque zenith]

@slender lodge is a jokster, don't ever fall into his traps

[cursive orchid]

Please

[slender lodge]

hahahha

master jebaiter

[cursive orchid]

You're toying with my emotions

[slender lodge]

[cursive orchid]

😭

Wait log into embark?

Are there accounts?

YES

Thank you

[slender lodge]

there we go hahah

[cursive orchid]

You've done an excellent job

10/10

It looks so perfect too

[opaque zenith]

EGGcellent

[slender lodge]

yoo no way

jackfrags

is in the finals

ah fuck

i didnt realise rock hound actually mentioned it

im no longer coool

😂

[mortal ivy]

xXMim_Master_69Xx

[fallen jasper]

Jackfrags is a sponsor for the finals :3

[opaque zenith]

Do you believe that we'll be able to join some YouTuber "brands" as sponsors?

[slender lodge]

hahah

[opaque zenith]

That would be dope

[slender lodge]

i wouldnt be surprised

[fair wraith]

yo can we get the full soundtrack for the trailer?

[fallen jasper]

Jackfrags as a voice announcer.

[fair wraith]

banger

[mortal ivy]

Embarkers, if I casually stroll by your office at Kungsträgården, can I also get a cool cap like this one?

[opaque zenith]

And then ranking the leaderboards with these brands

[slender lodge]

is that a pug

wearing an embark cap lmao

[mortal ivy]

Something along those lines, yes!

[cursive orchid]

The moment I get access to a computer I am watching the trailer frame by frame three times

I've already seen it 5 times it's so amazing

[opaque zenith]

Do not hesitate to share any discovery you make 🙂

[cursive orchid]

👍

[opaque zenith]

BUT GUYS! One important question we need to answer right now...is Easter Hunt Level 2 officially started with this trailer?? 👀

[slender lodge]

if u ever think your discovery isnt worthy here

just know that we spent a few hours figuring out if it was "OG" or "OC" or "OQ"

[slender lodge]

we dunno, i doubnt they'd tell us

but im guessing yes

[cursive orchid]

I would think so

We could just ask them lmao

[slender lodge]

hahahah

[opaque zenith]

Don't worry, they're often watching haha

[mortal ivy]

I would say so. At least Rob said "The counters are not what you should be focusing on" (paraphrased)

[cursive orchid]

Oh yea true

[mortal ivy]

#easter-eggs message

"Partikel is correct... The timer is nothing you should focus on, sometimes we play with unlimited time.. so don't fall down that rabbit hole... ._."

[opaque zenith]

Well, that's it, level 2 officially started 🥳

[fair wraith]

btw can we agree that the "goo gun" will be and should be instantly adopted as the "[redacted] gun"?

[slender lodge]

well then what're we waiting for

[mortal ivy]

"Shoot your load... today!"

[fair wraith]

[slender lodge]

yeye

[fair wraith]

friendly outline

[cursive orchid]

It's too sticky it got stuck in the barrel

[slender lodge]

no hud tho

[cursive orchid]

😔

[opaque zenith]

friends i'd say 🙂

[mental dew]

This is pov of an enemy though

[mortal ivy]

But yellow is running with his teammate besides and infron of it. The viewer is an enemy

[keen river]

hi#

how are u

guys

[opaque zenith]

Imagine if all people that don't have friends started to be friends...they would have more friends than everybody 🙂

[slender lodge]

a nice attention to detail

the screen gets all glitchy when its shot

[opaque zenith]

Yup had no doubt about it!

[slender lodge]

me casually waiting for the playtest

[mortal ivy]

If anyone wants the trailer as an mp4 instead of rewatching it on youtube, i've shared it here https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Z3DBHbLXnktPkppFKioKziS3TsEzrmd/view?usp=sharing
Opening it with VLC, PotPlayer or whatever media player you like is much easier to jump frames without having youtube lag out / buffer

[slender lodge]

thank you<3

is that an old weapon?

like an m2 carbine or m1 g

yess

and ducks!!

i think it might be a metaphor to show how we're playing in a sandbox

or like a pool party

[sterile depot]

live weather display on the ring lol

[cursive orchid]

gg we did it, 2nd level done

[slender lodge]

oooh

[mortal ivy]

nice spot!

[slender lodge]

nice!

[slender lodge]

time for level 4

[sterile depot]

lmaoooo

[slender lodge]

"SUSSY, LIGHT CLOUDS, 29c"

[cursive orchid]

29c(*

[spare steppe]

🌦️

[cursive orchid]

QUICK SOMEONE CHECK /SUSSY

[sharp flame]

lmfao

[slender lodge]

lmfao

the rabbit holes never end

in the midst of WW3, MW2 and road to vostok

this one looks the more unique of them all

also is it still coming out this year? any news on that?

[opaque zenith]

00:17 - pink balloon?
(also look at the background 😮 I'm from France and I can certify this is spot on)

[mortal ivy]

It annoys me that https://www.reachthefinals.com/holtow isn't working 🤔

[opaque zenith]

Tried with volpe and vaiiya as well, no chance

[mortal ivy]

Volpe means fox, but vaiiya and holtow seems like just made up words/names

[weary coyote]

so you got pink balloons in france everywhere? cool! :D

[slender lodge]

imagine u shoot those balloons and they're filled with paint

splatoon x the finals

[molten wedge]

I know right

[opaque zenith]

Exactly! I bet these are raw on-location photogrammetry and absolutely not added by the art dept.!

As a game anim I have to say that I really like the way characters are holding their guns in relation to the action they are doing 🙂 I'm curious to experience how it feels in-game!

[slender lodge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/770301378148827176/903217408800620544/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif

they said US/EU

does that include Canada

🤞

[molten wedge]

Must do

[slender lodge]

I hope so

😭

[opaque zenith]

Okay pink is foam. I guess if you shoot the ballons, some foam explodes and it creates a zone

[mental dew]

This one in particular was a barrel right

[mortal ivy]

Pink ballons can be foam, but there is a gun that creates foam as well.

[worthy gyro]

GOO GUN

[molten wedge]

Yuh gooooo gun

[opaque zenith]

Yup absolutely 🙂 Gun should give players more creative freedom because of how much we can manipulate the shape of the...goo.

[molten wedge]

The Goo Moulder Clan

[opaque zenith]

bright flash at 00:23, seems like the yellow electric bloc can be damanged and have some gameplay usage

Sidenote: this is effin beautiful ❤️

[molten wedge]

Yuh damn straight

Cant wait to play it

And see it in 10 fps

[slender lodge]

mann i cant wait either haha

[mortal ivy]

This is what i've stitched together so far of the korean maps thrown about in the trailer.

[slender lodge]

ooh nice work!

[granite walrus]

It's built on UE4, so maybe it won't be that taxing

[molten wedge]

Oh noice

[opaque zenith]

the "dissolve" effect looks insane. If this is real in-game footage then boiii is it nice

[slender lodge]

oh i thought it was ue5

[granite walrus]

some Embark employee here confirmed it's UE4

[mortal ivy]

#⚡┇the-finals-chat message meant to @slender lodge

[granite walrus]

yeah that message

[slender lodge]

ahh alright

[opaque zenith]

Brilliant 🙂 Could we try to translate what's on the sign?

[slender lodge]

thanks :))

[opaque zenith]

I guess this is smoking-related but by any chance 👀

[mortal ivy]

Working on it, but it's too fuzzy. Seems like a no smoking sign on first glance

[molten wedge]

Pretty sure they said UE 9

[mortal ivy]

The characters on the image doesn't line up with korean no smoking signs

[slender lodge]

guys idk about u but i think this frame goes the hardest out of anyone

[mortal ivy]

Iconic Eggy moment

[granite walrus]

I heard Rocket League will switch, but it still hasn't happened. And it's epic games btw

[opaque zenith]

interesting 🤔

[slender lodge]

its already on steam B)

jk

[mortal ivy]

nvm i found it

No smoking area

[ember trail]

love that the bullets are actually inside the chambers

[molten wedge]

Does the smoke from my gun count as smoking?

[slender lodge]

is that sign exclusive to a certain region of korea?

because if so, we could try and pinpont the general location of the next map

[slender lodge]

yesss

[granite walrus]

Seoul Crossing

[opaque zenith]

00:27, nice work to the devs for the signs! (maybe you have french lads in your ranks 😉 )
First says toilets (duh)
Second says "square hotel" or smth like that
I put a picture of what it's like in real monaco 🙂

[ember trail]

are those in game sponsors or what is this thing?

[molten wedge]

We have no idea

[opaque zenith]

Flying heater 😳

[ember trail]

and thats the last one

[opaque zenith]

yup seems like it

[slender lodge]

L7?

[ember trail]

the jackfrags one is the last faction i think

[molten wedge]

Each of the 3 new names seem to match the colour of 3 of the teams that are shown?

[ember trail]

wait

[slender lodge]

the flying squirrel

[ember trail]

so would that be 5 factions?

[granite walrus]

JackFrags acting like he hasn't played The Finals 2?

[slender lodge]

lmfao

[granite walrus]

Anyone know that meme?

[slender lodge]

yes ofc

[ember trail]

red white green yellow blue

[slender lodge]

Wiat so what are the names of all factions so far?

[granite walrus]

Maybe we can use it on @pure loom now too 🤔 😂

[slender lodge]

Iseult
OSPUZE
Jackfrags logo
HOLTOW

52

wait theres too much shit here idek at this point

[ember trail]

ngl reference is too big like you guys mentioned KEKW

[mortal ivy]

The finals one looks like it says "Jr" though 🤷

[slender lodge]

tru

[molten wedge]

Here are the 3 screenshots of the new names

[ember trail]

ah shit im late then

sorry for same shit

[slender lodge]

dont worry

[opaque zenith]

no worries at all 🙂

[mortal ivy]

Why is Mickey Mouse saying "They are firing at all cylinders" on this timestamp? 🤔 https://youtu.be/uxloMQgfoYI?t=38

[sharp flame]

All the logos are super cool looking

[molten wedge]

Just below the 3 names Giriko managed to get screens of 8 new logos (I think 8)

[opaque zenith]

Going frame by frame, I'm spotting some really amusing stuff that really show it's gameplay x)

[lucid pebble]

yooo i thought this scene looks familiar

[mortal ivy]

Yes, 8 of them

[molten wedge]

Would be nice if a certain someone could pin this..

[mortal ivy]

At least let me clean up the image before that 😂

[opaque zenith]

like the rocket sliding in the RLauncher here 👀
Smoke seems to be volumetric also? What black magic is that.

[ember trail]

let it breethe? what?

[molten wedge]

Is let it breath new?

[molten wedge]

I swear if the devs go down the road of slightly changing old things I will go insane

Ok good

[ember trail]

okay

[slender lodge]

i added a few more

from older logos too

sorry i didnt know u were also doing it, i swear i wasnt trying to copy off of ur idea 😂

[mortal ivy]

Haha no worries! That's great 😄

I did mine right after the trailer came out, just had the photoshop tab open to go back to

[ember trail]

are thoe real street names?

[slender lodge]

😮

[slender lodge]

you were READY

[ember trail]

i know the quality is shit tho

[mortal ivy]

@pliant grotto can we pin this 🙏

[opaque zenith]

L'estaminet! Super cool name, you have my approval

[slender lodge]

hmm i dunno, the 52 one maybe?

all look cool tho

[ember trail]

real gun names?!

[molten wedge]

Maybe try that in the url?

[slender lodge]

wait no, i know that was a trick question @prisma stump the real answer is: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1024401520248225913/unknown.png

[mortal ivy]

IO (Moneyrain logo) > Vaiiya > blue ball/volpe is my top three (four)

[opaque zenith]

Yeah I tried to read it but can't, there are other place where we can see some signs, Imma try to get at least one 🙂

[slender lodge]

hahaha

[fallen jasper]

Jackfrags is a sponsor.

[ember trail]

@opaque zenith

[mortal ivy]

Found the hidden clue / _ 4 8 A cased closed 🧑‍⚖️

[slender lodge]

here's a little small detail /theory i have:
The 'INSERT COIN' in the beginning is actually for the sponsors and people watching. The announcer says "If you can see it, our contestants can probably destroy it" It's like a marketing and hype tool for the announcer or the game-master/maker to hype up the sponsors in the game. There's also cheering you can hear in the middle of the gameplay trailer and the announcer screaming in hype (I can't make out the words apart from "OH YEAH")

[slender lodge]

yoooo

wait which time

[slender lodge]

i cant make out ;/

[opaque zenith]

Turrets can be stuck on doors and doors can be interacted it seems!! Pretty fun!!

[slender lodge]

the camper squad

[slender lodge]

could u outline it for me

[slender lodge]

ahhh

interesitng

[floral plover]

the rage will be real when this happens

[sharp flame]

yknow, I spotted a few of these in earlier clips. People called me crazy

[slender lodge]

oh 😂

we'll never do that again

[sharp flame]

unless they just changed them

here was one from way back

[opaque zenith]

wait wait we called you crazy on easter egg channel? 😲

[molten wedge]

Is anyone else getting this if the URL doesnt work on the website?

[opaque zenith]

That's when you put things like a dot after the "/" I reckon

[molten wedge]

I actually cant get back to that error page no matter what I do

Oh well probs something to do with my awful internet

[sharp flame]

okay new brand

says "Tiger"

[slender lodge]

yeye

something below that as well

[sharp flame]

or am I late to the party

[slender lodge]

not at all

4/5 lettrs below it cant make out tho

OG tiger

the suppressor looks like a pop canm

[slender lodge]

-OAS-

?

[sharp flame]

give me a sec

[molten wedge]

Is the last letter a y or t?

[molten wedge]

Yeah I see that

Does it maybe say ROAST?

[slender lodge]

i think ur rite

[ember trail]

i thought that this "tiger" word was a bunny at the start KEKW

[opaque zenith]

"roary"?

Like a roar?

[sharp flame]

cool balloons hanging from everywhere

[ember trail]

yeah the one with foam

love that the big samurai guy will be able to dash trough buildings

[molten wedge]

There are 2 others one thats green and most likely some kind of poison and a red one thats some kind of explosive

[candid sandal]

lol

[sharp flame]

I don't think the samurai factor has anything to do with the dash factor

one is cosmetic, the other a body build

[ember trail]

i think that each character will have ability tho

[sharp flame]

unless they lock cosmetics to body builds

[sharp flame]

no characters

[ember trail]

Oh

okay

[slender lodge]

i think the body builds have exclusive abilities

[ember trail]

i somehow missed that intel

[slender lodge]

idk tho

[ember trail]

thats most likely the thing

[sharp flame]

The Finals, said Embark Studios creative director Gustav Tilleby, is “a hero builder, not a hero shooter.”

As shown in a debut trailer, players will have access to a variety of weapons and their tactical uses, from a katana and other melee weapons, to rocket launchers, and even a foam gun that can reinforce crumbling walls or build a bridge to higher ground.

why not

[slender lodge]

so you can customize your hero?

oh right

makes sense

[candid sandal]

nice

[sharp flame]

the foam gun reinforcing walls is a genius idea

[slender lodge]

maybe the bigger guy has more hp?

idk how they would balance it

bigger hitbox
more HP
slower movement??

[sharp flame]

I think they were being deliberate with their wording

[slender lodge]

guess we'll have to wait 😉

[sharp flame]

"With different skills across body builds"

unless the body builds are just inverse relations between health and speed

[slender lodge]

i think that may be the case

[sharp flame]

which would be relatively simple to implement

[slender lodge]

and would make sense

[valid lake]

i do hope it's on a slider or triangle of some sort instead of preset bodies

[sharp flame]

but who knows, maybe after a bit of comparison there are different run animations

I could go check

[sharp flame]

kinda reminds me of Bonelabs, which just showcased basically that

[ember trail]

i didnt see any big buy having a grappling hook

[sharp flame]

I mean physically it may not make sense

[ember trail]

but all the small ones either have extremely high jumps or/and grapling hook

[sharp flame]

but it also would make sense, cause it's.. virtual

aka not real, (in lore)

[ember trail]

yeah

[sharp flame]

that's what I'm saying

in game, it's in game

[molten wedge]

Is anything really real?

[ember trail]

the game lore is literally that its a game in real world

[sharp flame]

so really they could do anything

[ember trail]

tru

[sharp flame]

as in, people have no basis to complain about "realism"

like other shooters

[ember trail]

yup

[sharp flame]

“We want The Finals to be a game about intuitiveness; wherever you think something should work, it probably will,” Tilleby said. Hence the comprehensive destruction players can wreak all over the map. A standard match in The Finals will feature four teams of three players each. It is “not a battle royale, it’s not a military sim,” Tilleby emphasized.

• that final quote sums it up pretty nice

[ember trail]

kay guys im dropping off, its been a pleasure talking stuff with u guys, cya later <3

[sharp flame]

👋

well there are loads of non-br shooters on the market

like just as much

[molten wedge]

I am going to join you

[slender lodge]

clenching my cheeks and hoping this isnt a one life per round gmae

not confirmed yet officially so it bothers me 😂

[elder grotto]

Same

[sharp flame]

It's literally not, there's no way

it's points based to win

[mortal ivy]

people people, time to put your tired eyes to watch the video frame-by-frame front and back over and over ❤️

[slender lodge]

im 99% sure its respawn

but like it hasnt been officially said

[sharp flame]

so why would permadeath be a thing

[slender lodge]

and it's got influences from the extraction basd gmaes

and extraction based games are usually one life

[sharp flame]

only cause it's so obvious

but you never know

[slender lodge]

lol yeah

2 days to figure it out

[sharp flame]

it's about killing people to get points, and dropping off boxes loaded with points

[slender lodge]

hmmmm yeah

that already implies its respawn

[sharp flame]

Imagine rocket league, but you die permanently when exploded 💀

[mental dew]

In rockhounds vid he said more boxes spawn after you deposit one, which probably means you’re fighting throughout the 8 minutes to get as many as possible

So probably respawn

[sharp flame]

exactly

[slender lodge]

ahhahah

[sharp flame]

I love the sandbox-style ethos they have in mind

[slender lodge]

ok yeah its like 8+ mins matches

imagine everyone dies in 20s

[sharp flame]

it's one of the best they could possibly have for this kind of game

there is loads of evidence in-game of this already too

the drop off points have physics, and can be moved around 💀

Your team has the Dropoff Point, while the team with the box is chasing after you 🗿

[slender lodge]

yesssss

[sharp flame]

I don't unfortunately

yeah I figured

but imagine the lucrative gameplay which would come from all of this physics

your team is leading in points, so you bury the Dropoff under a building 😭

[slender lodge]

we saw that in the trailer haha

[sharp flame]

exactly

which makes me believe there'll be more than one of each

also probably why they had to give points to getting kills too

mfw the timer runs out and nobody has managed to get to the point alive

would be anticlimactic if a draw imo

overtime can be super cool

[slender lodge]

newb fest

[slender lodge]

the sponsors leave

[sharp flame]

there's a massive viewcount floating above the arena

you can see the number go down as the crowd realise you suck 😭

[slender lodge]

hahahhahaha

that would be amazing

[mortal ivy]

I found a 4th piece of the korean image

[slender lodge]

lesgoo!

ur a god

[spring pollen]

in case people don't know, you can frame-by-frame youtube videos with the < and > keys

should make egg hunting a little easier ;)

[cursive orchid]

Noticed this a while ago in case nobody saw it yet, at 1:01 it looks like the person is using an ability to charge forwards or something like that

[slender lodge]

ye

[floral plover]

A ton of gameplay stuff. If it is longer than 2 frames. we caught it

[tranquil ivy]

Oh yeah saw that now

Maybe a ability special to larger contestants

[floral plover]

👀 like quick list of things I saw
Flame throwing
lmg
uzi
ak variant
pistol
charge ability
telepathy to grab and throw items
ziplines
grapple hooks
sliding
climbing
turrets
goo gun
a ton of explosives
melee
what looked like 2 different map varieties.
rain
night and day
different body types
a ton of cosmetics

[floral plover]

oh yes. I forgot about the balloons

[slender lodge]

real

[sharp flame]

Honestly reminds me a lot of an Arkane game

[blazing void]

this is a certified arson frog type of game.

[sharp flame]

arkane being the guys behind Dishonored and Prey

it has a lot of immersive sim DNA

[floral plover]

oh also buildings and your player catch on fire yes yes

[sharp flame]

also tree destruction looking good

[tranquil ivy]

Oh wow

[opaque zenith]

You know lossy on YouTube right?

[tranquil ivy]

Can't wait to commit arson 😫

[sharp flame]

vaguely similar in direction

[sharp flame]

literally me

[slender lodge]

omg i thought so too haha

i went on his channel to see if he made a video but i guess not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E0o_WUHTu0&ab_channel=MathChief-TheBestofGaming!

also this guy

he said that it's "free for everybody to try out"

the pre alpha

[tranquil ivy]

False info oh no

[sharp flame]

well the game is free

[slender lodge]

he was referring to the pre alpha

[sharp flame]

I don't think "free for only some people to try out" rolls off the tongue quite as well

[slender lodge]

tru

[sharp flame]

it's supposed to make them want to sign up

[tranquil ivy]

Only to than crush their hearts haha

[granite walrus]

I think there is no pre alpha. The trailer said closed alpha.

[slender lodge]

closed alpha*

idk i didnt exactly word that right

[sharp flame]

I'd assume the gaps between tests will be only a few weeks

[sharp flame]

similar things

[tranquil ivy]

How long do they plan to run the tests for?

[sharp flame]

this honestly wouldn't really be called an alpha

[slender lodge]

almost 4 days

[sharp flame]

more a beta

[slender lodge]

closed beta yeah

[sharp flame]

the literal definition really

[slender lodge]

alpha's used to be internal only

[tranquil ivy]

Pre-beta

[slender lodge]

in software dev terms

[tranquil ivy]

only 4 days?

[slender lodge]

yep

[tranquil ivy]

I thought they'd do it for longer

[slender lodge]

i honestly thought they'd do like 2 days haha

[blazing void]

1:02 bruh drops a fire extinguisher im crying

[sharp flame]

clear your schedule I guess

[slender lodge]

i wonder if theres any snipers

or any sniping related guns

[sharp flame]

I've played some games for shorter times and decided to drop them

[floral plover]

sadly beta is now a marketing term saying come stress test the servers

[tranquil ivy]

I didn't see any but i'd say there would be

[slender lodge]

hasnt it always been

[sharp flame]

isn't that what this is

[slender lodge]

who doesn't like to test out interesting stuff early

[floral plover]

👀 yes

[sharp flame]

like what else is a beta for

it's to test the game out

[mortal ivy]

No, this is a game test, checking for bugs and leaving feedback. Open betas aren't gathering any feedback more or less

[floral plover]

it use to have real substance though. You would give feedback and they would be like.. yo here is the problem here is suggestions gimme feedback

[sharp flame]

I suppose it being alpha, they can still change core things about the game

[slender lodge]

this is like that tho

[sharp flame]

like people per match, objective style

[slender lodge]

they said this playtest is boudn to many bugs

[sharp flame]

if the feedback was strong enough they could change a lot of things

[unkempt crypt]

Its an alpha

So I can’t expect much different

[sharp flame]

bugs are fine

[slender lodge]

"dynamic weather system and dynamic time of day" - jackfrags talkign about what the devs ssaid

poggies

[sharp flame]

yep, as I guessed

since we saw the same map night/day

[unkempt crypt]

Makes sense

Monaco

Was an example right?

I am curious how its all gonna run on mixed systems

My gpu is showing its age but I got 12 cores and 32 GB ram to spend haha

[tranquil ivy]

yep

[unkempt crypt]

Alrighty

[sharp flame]

god I hope I can run this well

[slender lodge]

i feel like this game wont be 2022

< 3 months to get it from pre-alpha to final release while being their debut game

[tranquil ivy]

hey it shows that they are quick

[mortal ivy]

Well the quick 7s clip from nov 2021 with the scooter looked a lot like the game we saw today

[unkempt crypt]

Well its an alpha simply because they haven’t settled on core mechanics

So technically it can be a deceiving term

If they settle on it and just go bugfixing it could be in EA before the end of the year

Who says they go straight to full release 😉

[sharp flame]

okay but you can probably get in a playtest near the end of this year

[slender lodge]

i think alpha is very vague nowadays
def as you said @unkempt crypt it can be that core mechanicss are still changing or it can also mean they're almost done with alpha and ready for bigger things and almost ready for release

[tranquil ivy]

Hope not

[sharp flame]

yep, like I said

they could still change core aspects of the game

with enough incentive

[slender lodge]

yeah

[unkempt crypt]

Not all Early access titles are bad

[slender lodge]

ofc

valheim for example

[unkempt crypt]

HUNT (broken record sorry) was EA for a time and the game was already very good before the 1.0 launch

[slender lodge]

i feel like manyyyy studios abuse the 'ea' feature in steam

excuses for stuff = "its in early access"

[tranquil ivy]

I think the Dev's at embark know what to do and what not to

[slender lodge]

im sure

i aint gonna judge lol

[unkempt crypt]

Like I said.. if they do the core mechanics it can qualify as alpha while also being in a near perfect state

So who cares 😉

[tranquil ivy]

From what we saw from the trailer they seem to have a lot done animation wise and rlly just need to polish it up

[unkempt crypt]

I’m sure they have a rough estimate and since they managed to have this closed alpha out in september they might have a lot of stuff in the pipeline already

[sharp flame]

there are certainly a few bits needing polish

but the polish stage isn't even here yet

that can come later

[mortal ivy]

Reposting my stitched image of the korean area/map along with the No Smoking Area image from earlier.

[tranquil ivy]

No smoking damn

unfair

[unkempt crypt]

Point is.. it might be a fairly abstract development process and for all we know they got this in the bag 😉

[candid sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/jonah-hill-yay-african-child-screaming-shouting-gif-7212866

[sharp flame]

this is most likely the rooftop one seen earlier

the skyscraper map

[unkempt crypt]

I was already dreaming of my city in the game

[mortal ivy]

That shares the visuals from Shanghai, as seen in the Bond movie thought 🤔

[sharp flame]

bruh, skyscrapers with billboards aren't unique to one country

[tranquil ivy]

OH i forgot it was real world

[sharp flame]

also they're relatively close in urban development

[unkempt crypt]

I know the perfect but that has the right density, horizontal and vertical potential and lots of very iconic buildings

[tranquil ivy]

I know my house won't be there but omg i have hoope

[mortal ivy]

Skyscrapers with LEDs picturing jellyfishes, just as in the movie

[sharp flame]

yes, an easter egg

you think they thought, "ah but ours takes place in Korea, so we shouldn't reference Bond"

[mortal ivy]

But all the arenas are based on real locations

[sharp flame]

????

Korea is real

Bond is literally not real 💀

[mortal ivy]

Not what I meant.... but 😄

[sharp flame]

there are skyscrapers with billboards in Korea

which could display jellyfishes

and definitely do, because there wouldn't be two skyscraper maps

yep

China would've been my first choice

if not for the sign

which is in Korean

definitely fits

[mortal ivy]

That's Tokyo tower, is it not? 🤔

[tranquil ivy]

I was gonna say

[sharp flame]

I'm so fucking stupid

here

I genuinely thought that was in Korea

[candid sandal]

me to

[slender lodge]

yo its france

[sharp flame]

lmao

maybe one day Paris will look like that

[candid sandal]

nope xd

[slender lodge]

it is

le coin cafe

[sharp flame]

monaco is basically french

[slender lodge]

i know haha

i just joke

[sharp flame]

One thing that intrigues me

is how that insane destruction would work

on a skyscraper

[slender lodge]

its gonna be

omg

[unkempt crypt]

Wait

[slender lodge]

seige of shanghai

lmfao

[unkempt crypt]

Korea is real?

👀

[slender lodge]

[sharp flame]

I'd assume you can destroy multiple floors downwards

[unkempt crypt]

Nobody tells my anything anmore

[sharp flame]

but that's a pretty big assumption

[slender lodge]

What are you referring to tho

[slender lodge]

1 day 13 hours to check it out

[unkempt crypt]

They told me that Luxemburg is a real country too

[slender lodge]

https://countingdownto.com/?c=4336118

idk if its accurate

[sharp flame]

just realised lmao

[slender lodge]

i did 8am cest

[unkempt crypt]

Thats not right

[slender lodge]

what was it

[unkempt crypt]

Its 1 or 2 pm cest

[mortal ivy]

2pm uk time

[unkempt crypt]

Nope..

[slender lodge]

what

[sharp flame]

1pm uk time

[mortal ivy]

yeah, sorry, i remembered wrong

[slender lodge]

LMFAO

no way

[sharp flame]

literally heard rockhound saying that as I was reading the message

LMFAOOOO

[slender lodge]

goofy chat

[mortal ivy]

yours is when it ENDs

[slender lodge]

mine was here

[sharp flame]

nah there's no way we all have that open💀

[slender lodge]

5:22PM

[slender lodge]

fr brooo

hahahha

thats actually pretty funny

[sharp flame]

Rockhound carrying us all 🙏

[mortal ivy]

I had it open in the background, switched tab and sanic my way to the timestamp

[sharp flame]

mine was literally playing as we were talking

[mortal ivy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sanic-77er1c9H3KJnq

[slender lodge]

i literally typed it out

and found the video

made it to the time

and took a screenshot

[sharp flame]

and we all did it at the same time

[slender lodge]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[tranquil ivy]

Our lord

[sharp flame]

Our saviour

[slender lodge]

Gday rockhound heeeeeeeer

[sharp flame]

love that

anyway just noticed

I think there are player-placeable planks you can put down

[unkempt crypt]

Ah yeah

Damn they be right

Yeah nah yeah nah yeah nah

[novel verge]

Nah yeah

[unkempt crypt]

So 2 pm cest

Boom

[sharp flame]

love the visual language so far

makes it clear what is usable

[mortal ivy]

This logo has been overlooked, I believe
It seems to be a play on HPs current logo
Also... there's a cute frog!

[slender lodge]

https://countingdownto.com/?c=4336118

updated

1d 9h 30m

[slender lodge]

broooo

i swearrrr

hp haha

dude perfect

[unkempt crypt]

Haha I got an hp for work and I literally wanted to smash it with my macbook.. anyway

[slender lodge]

we're all in sync today

[mellow rover]

Local: <t:1664452800:F>

[unkempt crypt]

I like the vibrant colour trend yeah

[sharp flame]

just noticed le coin cafe lmao

[unkempt crypt]

Gives games great modern atmosphere

[slender lodge]

haha yeah

[slender lodge]

ikr

[unkempt crypt]

Its also the one thing about star field that interested me

Its a lil remnants from mirror’s edge innit

[sharp flame]

destructible crates maybe?

okay definitely destructible, but maybe containing something?

[unkempt crypt]

For sure

[sharp flame]

here's the plank

I mean realistically anyone could make that jump, but I guess it could be useful in larger gaps

[cursive orchid]

looks like winter maybe?

[mortal ivy]

that's inverted

[cursive orchid]

oh rip lol

[pulsar ibex]

box

[sharp flame]

also, I can't really post a picture of it

but when it falls, it literally stands upright off the floor

[primal kernel]

box

[sharp flame]

watch the clip and you'll understand

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

53secs

[pulsar ibex]

icl i watched it all in .25 to understand it all

[cursive orchid]

theres a lot of characters being shown damn

[pulsar ibex]

it was so fast and i was still pausing lmao

[mortal ivy]

thank you so much, i think i saw that before but didn't care for it. It's part of the korean map picture! 😄

[pulsar ibex]

the samurai outfit guy looks dope af

[mortal ivy]

inverted and flipped horizontally

[cursive orchid]

oh sweet

[sharp flame]

oh my god that makes total sense

[cursive orchid]

woooo i did something

[slender lodge]

i thought this was the extraction box

[cursive orchid]

well now im gonna post all of the characters i see :P

[sharp flame]

yes

it is

[slender lodge]

what flag is that

[sharp flame]

bruh

💀 🗿

[slender lodge]

oh abhahahahahahah

[mortal ivy]

it's a wind control thingy

[slender lodge]

im so fucking stupid lol

[cursive orchid]

wait what media player can i play the video in? yt is being super duper laggy

[mortal ivy]

time for bed 😪 💤

[sharp flame]

ayy just like me

[cursive orchid]

thats just a clip from mario maker wdym

[mortal ivy]

i shared an mp4 of it here https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Z3DBHbLXnktPkppFKioKziS3TsEzrmd/view?usp=sharing

[sharp flame]

yo guys I'm glad to see my country getting represented ❤️ 😍

[cursive orchid]

thanks

[slender lodge]

🤝

[cursive orchid]

what media player should i use to go frame by frame

[slender lodge]

lesssgoo

wheres waldo

[cursive orchid]

is windows media player enough

[sharp flame]

behind you

[slender lodge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1024434336327544962/unknown.png

[cursive orchid]

😳

[sharp flame]

idk max res youtube is good for me

they skinned him 🥹

yknow what would be awesome

[cursive orchid]

i need access lmao

[sharp flame]

if the windsock actually changed with the weather

(windsock is the "flag")

[sharp flame]

same

[cursive orchid]

i can just download with youtube-dl its fine

[sharp flame]

just imagining the skyscraper map at night 😍

[cursive orchid]

james bond

[slender lodge]

which country

[sharp flame]

dynamic weather is super cool

rainy versions of every map

[cursive orchid]

ye

[slender lodge]

i love rain so much

[sharp flame]

agreed

[slender lodge]

its like my personal comfort

[sharp flame]

unless I'm in it

[slender lodge]

hahahha

[sharp flame]

was trying to get home in the rain today

[slender lodge]

imagine you're in a tent and there's medium rain falling over the tent

[sharp flame]

hell

[slender lodge]

are you near florida

theres a typoon no?

[slender lodge]

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/campingRainNoiseGenerator.php?l=14142334233423342314

heres my preset 😂

if you're into this

[cursive orchid]

im in it lol

[sharp flame]

close

[cursive orchid]

not directly in the hurricane though

perfectly fine

[slender lodge]

oh ripppppp

[slender lodge]

hahaha

kinda

[sharp flame]

not typhoon material, but still soaked

[slender lodge]

😏

[sharp flame]

okay damn you know what I mean

I was left super wet

nvm

[cursive orchid]

also heres the video if anyone didnt get it from the google drive thing https://www.mediafire.com/file/o10i219bjvm01pp/THE_FINALS_Pre-Alpha_Gameplay_Trailer.mp4/file

[tranquil ivy]

Lightning in the maps could be crazy fun

[cursive orchid]

just finished downloading

[tranquil ivy]

Like having your whole squad instantly destroyed by one bolt

[sharp flame]

ty

floating platforms

[tulip matrix]

Just got home from work. What have you guys discovered in the trailer so far?

[sharp flame]

oh, a lot

but probably nothing Rockhound hasn't covered

check his vid

[tulip matrix]

Yeah I'm watching it now

About to scrub through the video fille

[pulsar ibex]

what is the ospuze drink??

[pure loom]

How many images to make this? I saw one of these and decided to "ignore" it for the sake of time

Easter eggs bog you down

https://tenor.com/view/mud-dirt-in-the-face-mud-in-my-face-dirty-job-gif-24761171

^ me reporting on the game when EEs turn up

[cursive orchid]

a little something extra?

trying to gauge characters right now, got about 20 but theres some i couldnt really make out

let me finish the video rq

[tulip matrix]

coffee

[pure loom]

Eggnog?

Eggnog with caffeine and taurine

[cursive orchid]

could anyone make out the top word? maybe another bias wrecker?

[tulip matrix]

Energy Nog?

oh my

[tulip matrix]

Pretty sure it's Bias wrecker

[sharp flame]

it is

iseul-t branding

[pure loom]

yeah

[tulip matrix]

My theory is that the bias wrecker is whomever takes out the current top scoring player of the match. Like a Kingslayer in other shooters

[slender lodge]

oooh thats a nice theory

[pure loom]

You know it's a K-pop reference?

[sharp flame]

would be cool, but I think it's just a slogan

like a branding thing

[slender lodge]

my theory was that someone who isn't 1st place in the firsst 2 rounds but then won the 3rd round

[sharp flame]

yeah, K-pop

[tulip matrix]

Yeah

[pure loom]

I've never listened to K-pop - I'm gonna try right now

[tulip matrix]

This is going in the #no-context channel

[slender lodge]

hahaha

rock suddenly becomingg a kpop fan

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-improbable-surlatable-impossibleh-gif-19879071

[tulip matrix]

Improbable!

I was trying to think of the name of that company earlier

you just reminded me

[pure loom]

oh lol

that takes me back

[tulip matrix]

Now I just need to remember why I was trying to remember

[cursive orchid]

dont know if thats anything

[tulip matrix]

[cursive orchid]

looks a little bit like text

[slender lodge]

take a ss zoomed out as well

[tulip matrix]

Where it aaaall started wavy flashback vision

speaking of fancy server tech

[pure loom]

yeah

[cursive orchid]

WOAH WOAH WOAH

[tulip matrix]

large scale server side destruction ,eh?

[tulip matrix]

pretty cooll

[cursive orchid]

THEYRE ON WALLS

1:05

[tulip matrix]

"If you think you can, you probably can." -Rob probably

[cursive orchid]

so interactive objects because they opened the crate door

looks like they placed down something

on the bottom

and of course the man sticking to the wall

unless thats another object they placed down

[tulip matrix]

I think that's a turret

[cursive orchid]

cant see very well lmao

[pure loom]

“I think that many other studios that are working on dynamic shooters will panic now.” That’s what art director Rob Runesson confidentially told the press at a preview event I can confirm this is accurate.

[cursive orchid]

yea

[slender lodge]

i liek that

we need change

[tulip matrix]

Good

[pure loom]

From this article: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/the-finals-preview-destruction-will-make-developers-panic/

[tulip matrix]

[cursive orchid]

1. bias wrecker(skeleton gloves)
2. kitsune
3. golden mask
4. gas mask
5. samurai
6. cowboy
7. jason mask
8. military cap
9. bald man(?)
10. red hair
11. EGG MASKeafgeaegag(??)
12. horned mask (huge)
13. horned mask 2 (a different guy :11)
14. suit bald man (huge btw)
15. hood
16. yellow coat
17. pants guy(:23 on truck)
18. big thick black coat
19. white hair (:48 ground right)
20. white mask

done

ok so a few things

[slender lodge]

wow

[cursive orchid]

i missed maybe 2-4 people

because really hard to spot

secondly i may have some duplicate spots

and also i know i know the descriptions are shit

but just to gauge character count

but thats about it

didnt see anything super special except for that crate thing lol

? means i could barely tell

idk if thatll help but yea

my work here is done

for now

[cursive orchid]

a work of art

[tulip matrix]

Not to diminish your observations but I think they just intended to showcase the level of customizability for the players

[cursive orchid]

👉 👈

well uh

idk lol

[tulip matrix]

I mean I could absolutely be wrong

[cursive orchid]

maybe itll be something like siege where theres different characters that have different abilities

[sharp flame]

wait are you counting the unique people in the trailer?

[cursive orchid]

yea

[tulip matrix]

just what It seems like to me is all

[sharp flame]

but they're from clearly different rounds

the timers are 10s of hours apart

[cursive orchid]

im just counting the different looking characters

so if it ends up being like

choose your character

or whatever

[sharp flame]

sure, sure, but it won't be

[cursive orchid]

lmao ok

maybe

[sharp flame]

I think it's confirmed by how they've worded it at least

[cursive orchid]

but hey maybe itll be separate characters

[cursive orchid]

how did they word it

[sharp flame]

"Gather fans and fame as you craft a unique avatar with the help of our generous sponsors and dazzling customization options!"

[cursive orchid]

interesting

[sharp flame]

craft a unique avatar

[cursive orchid]

ignore the fact that i never read that

[sharp flame]

can't see that as pick a character imo

[cursive orchid]

true true

but

possibly

[sharp flame]

yes possible

I hope not

but possible

[slender lodge]

imagine loadout creator from cod but its character

thats what im thinking

[cursive orchid]

the unique avatar is referring to the abilities instead of appearance

[tulip matrix]

Over ONE HUNDRED different "Specialists" to choose from!

[slender lodge]

uhhhh

[cursive orchid]

but either way

[slender lodge]

[cursive orchid]

ignore

everything

and focus on the fact

that THE FINALS CLOSED ALPHA IS IN TWO DAYS WOOOOO 🥳

[pure loom]

= 101

[slender lodge]

the fact is that it was indeed not a Q or C

[sharp flame]

1 and a bit!!

[cursive orchid]

YAY WOOOOO

[slender lodge]

https://countingdownto.com/?c=4336118

[tulip matrix]

Still factual!

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/this-much-very-little-barely-so-close-seeker-gif-14552783

[cursive orchid]

i will cry in my closet if i dont get into the playtest

i will record it

[slender lodge]

record ur tears?

i hope they're not under NDA

[sharp flame]

I'll put that on while I sleep

[tulip matrix]

macro lens

[cursive orchid]

my sorrow in liters

[pure loom]

No recording the missed-out-Closed-Alpha!!

[tulip matrix]

I wanna hear the drips

[sharp flame]

NDA tears lmfao

[slender lodge]

bass boosted

[sharp flame]

plopplop

[slender lodge]

i wanna feel ur pain

must be palpable

[cursive orchid]

lmao

[sharp flame]

damn you guys are sadists

[slender lodge]

lmfaooooo

[sharp flame]

just to rub it in

[cursive orchid]

best game

[slender lodge]

it be funni

cuz i know i wont get in

[sharp flame]

yes

[slender lodge]

so

[sharp flame]

unless I don't make it in too

[cursive orchid]

i am going to cry

[sharp flame]

then I cry

[slender lodge]

same

i cry like a lil b aby

[tulip matrix]

[cursive orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-meme-black-guy-cries-sad-man-thank-god-for-my-reefer-hood-news-gif-24902056

pov no finals playtest

[sharp flame]

and since no footage is released, I wouldn't be able to see any for another few weeks :)

[slender lodge]

https://tenor.com/byM4g.gif

[tranquil ivy]

[sharp flame]

or months

[slender lodge]

EXACTLY

unless

[cursive orchid]

exactly it makes it even worse

[timid solstice]

YIKES WHERE EGGS

[slender lodge]

unless embark shows some official clips

[sharp flame]

imagine not seeing Finals Gameplay for months

[slender lodge]

[cursive orchid]

i feel like the devs are just doing the no recording thing to mess with the people that dont get in

[sharp flame]

ofc they will

[cursive orchid]

and then no updates on the game for another month

:(

i was going crazy until i heard the gameplay

[sharp flame]

or maybe it's cause a clip of a bug could get negative attention or something

[cursive orchid]

i was so happy

[cursive orchid]

true true true that makes sense

[tulip matrix]

playtest is supposed to expand over time

[slender lodge]

if ur making something that is 3+ months from release, you dont want to show unfinished products because that actually affects their portfolio

[sharp flame]

or that the actual released game has different gameplay/objectives to the actual game

[tulip matrix]

so even if you are not first you may still get in a bit later

[slender lodge]

thats is why open betas are a thing

cuz that represents more of the final release

than a closed playtest

[sharp flame]

so it doesn't reflect what people think they would be buying after watching that video

[cursive orchid]

i did see a funny little clip in the trailer where when someone fell off a crumbling building they clipped through the ground for a sec

no biggie though

[cursive orchid]

🙏

[slender lodge]

wow

bad game