other-games

[ivory cove]

F-Zero GX is still too this day renowned as the hardest racing game of all time

I think the Wipeout games are a close second

@tepid wadi @nova mango Are u two still playing CD?? Where r u at in progression, the detailss, I needs ittt!

Did u fight the drill guy?

❓ ❔ ❓

[tepid wadi]

I've only played like an hour 😝

[ivory cove]

Ohhh so thats why the camera bullies u so much!!

It was so definitely a learning experience tho

But as a veteran super professional Nonster Hunter player since Monster Hunter 3 on Wii U.. I am an expert at adapting to combative cameras

[vague galleon]

i like diddy kong racing, sonic all stars transformed, fuel, and NFS carbon.
but generally im not huge into racing games. they're fun casually but the worst thing is soooooooooo many of them straight up cheat with rubberbanding.

[ivory cove]

[ivory cove]

Even F-Zero GX has rubberbanding but only during it Story Mode, but it's weak rubberbanding. Kinda depends on the difficulty i think

[vague galleon]

no surprise.

racing games always cheat.

and dont get me started on the ATV game I bought

or ratchet and clank

[ivory cove]

But then again on the hardest difficulty the AI basically move nearly top speed anyways.

So unless u know the advanced speed techs the rubberbanding will never play a role

[ivory cove]

Are u starting to understand the camera better now tho? Daz been ur only gripe right? Well that and picking up the stoopid lil items >.<

[umbral meadow]

Türk oyuncu var mı ya varsa bana bir konuda yardımcı olabilir mi ulaşabilirse sevinirim

[ivory cove]

Yeah this gets me the most, also Double jumping.

I am actually glad the game has pretty precise input windows like a fighting game.

But it's been so long that i've played a game with very little input buffering

Double jumping is hard

[tranquil cove]

is that poo or potatoes

[tepid wadi]

pootatoes

[ivory cove]

@tepid wadi @nova mango So like.. I figured out some stuffs!

Whenever ur free roaming, look for cut down tree stumps, usually like 2 close together as they usually hav a good amount of free timber around em to pick up.

Also while free roaming if u look at ur map you will see [White dots] occasionally if u go to them they're likely NPC's that if u talk to them they will tell u of locations, recipes or other random facts that will then be added either to ur map or compendium page.

If u press and hold [△+ ○ ] right after roll you can do a grabbing tackling that will let u pin an enemy down and either beat em up, stab them or tie them up!

[nova mango]

Soo many combo!!! I really enjoyed the game!

[ivory cove]

Enjoyed?

Did u beat it already?

Am almost done with Chapter 3

[nova mango]

Enjoy*** miss typing while walking at the airport

[ivory cove]

I am enjoying too

[ivory cove]

Is so hard to figure out the button timings tho

[umbral meadow]

tr oyuncusu var mı ya bana ulaşbilecek bir kaç sorum olacak

[obtuse scroll]

This is an English server, please only use English here

[nova mango]

I just press random button 😂

[ivory cove]

But I wanna do all the cool combo stuffs tho >.<

But my hands don't wanna do the stuff when I'm in combat, I just end up panicking T^T

[ivory cove]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-fight-genshin-impact-keqing-gif-25980255

https://youtu.be/xpI_v2S-jPY?si=HH2SQD1rj-Ao0FgS

I never ever thought I would see Fortnite start too fall off-

Its like.. THE Gen Z game.

[vague galleon]

[tepid wadi]

Thing is... I'm not totally sure it's falling off, it's just not growing hard enough for the 'infinite growth' capitalism that we see with megacorps.

Or at least, not falling off hard enough for it to actually matter

[finite saffron]

I know devs who are from epic, and yeah, pretty much this. It has "fallen off" in the sense that it is no longer making unfathomable amounts of money, it's making slightly less than it was at its peak, but yeah, it's still making an ungodly amount of money. Epic laid off like... what, 10% of their workforce over this? A lot of extremely talented devs who helped make Fortnite what it is, too, from what I've heard. It's obviously corporate greed.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah exactly.

If success wasn't defined as making all the money forever, then they wouldn't have had to lay anyone off at all.

But ALSO it's a terrible long-term business strategy because I bet you ANYTHING if you took that 1000 devs they laid off and put them on like... 20 different prototype projects, they could EASILY come up with some absolute bangers. Now they're just cut all that talent.

[vague galleon]

yup. that doesnt surprise me.

[little salmon]

Corporate being shortsighted and greedy just seems par for the course - not just in the gaming industry either

[tepid wadi]

Unfortunately, yeah

[vague galleon]

still mad about save the world being abandoned. even if it was an obvious micotransaction hell

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, it was really fun and had a lot of potential. I remember when BR came out they were like "STW is going to fully teamed and funded, don't worry" and that lasted like... 3 weeks before the shift started,lol

[vague galleon]

yuuuuuup

[finite saffron]

Yeah, if they weren't chasing quarterly profits this is objectively like... the right thing to do if you can afford it. Constantly doing mass layoffs even while you're making money only makes sense if you want to make the line go up in the short term (at the cost of long term company health)

[tepid wadi]

yeah

It also annihilates morale with anyone not laid off. Ask me how I know 😝

[finite saffron]

Yeah I can confirm that as well lol, the things I've heard from people who are in the know about Epic are... not good, when it comes to morale

It's a lot harder to be passionate about a project when your company has made it abundantly clear that they might boot you out at any moment, regardless of how well you have been performing.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, like how can you expect people feeling like that to do their best work? Especially right after you forced them back into the office, as well.

[nova mango]

I'm to drunk to understand now 😂 i will answer tomorrow if i survive the night

[ivory cove]

Can we get this level of combat in Enshrouded with the combat revamp update

https://youtube.com/shorts/iLMw9pXgUt8

[tranquil cove]

the idea that they don't have money, is basically a joke and a lie. most companies i've seen lay off people don't need to lay off anyone. in fact most companies i see doing this are incompetent, they literally bleed money left and right due to incompetence, poor management decisions, trying to cut corners, even with trying to implement "AI", they lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. literally the dumbest people in management, everywhere. and it annoys me, because this is money that could have went to paying workers. but also if they were smart and saved this money, they would still lay off workers.

and then it even goes further than this because companies often lay off their best workers, and then later down the line literally need to pay 3 people to do the same job that 1 skilled worker was doing... that's like 3x the salary... instead of just giving the original worker a proper salary and what they deserve. it boggles the mind how idiotic it all is.

meanwhile the idiot manager gets 80k bonus, on top of 150k salary. 🤣

i've yet to meet a manager who was smarter than me, in any area, even i can bullshit better than they can.

[nova mango]

Well i don't know how is the feeling with the controller, but i can say that on the keyboard once you learn how to position your hand, it's quite simple doing some pretty combo.
Also the button can be remapped!

[tranquil cove]

brought my wishlist down to 90 games from 125?

i think majority of the games there are games i will only get if they are $5

down from the $40 they asking for 🤣

i need ability to make a list for clearance games, maybe a clearance list. only buy if the game is less than a coffee

im glad i let games die in my wishlist

there were about 20 games that looked okay at the time, but 3-4 years later no updates, ea access still, and lots of negative reviews. that's exactly why i let things sit in my wishlist sometimes. anyway, i deleted all of those games from the wishlist now.

[timber prism]

<@&1059853133188169910>

one slipped through the cracks haha

ty ❤️

@ivory cove I love how this is a thing.. it has now become my long term goal

[burnt spear]

The bot takes a little bit to get through all the channels, especially when they post in a lot of them

[tranquil cove]

the isle and starbase, stranded deep, were some of the games that looked like they could go somewhere, but so many years later nothing came of them.

so im glad i kept them in wishlist and didn't buy

[tranquil cove]

would only be worth it if 1 of the cities was overrun with rats

should have been a sidequest, devs obviously don't have my brilliant mind

if i made a game where i knew you could collect cats, i would have put 2 and 2 together

[timber prism]

no one cares about your shit tier opinions

[tranquil cove]

march with your cats into the city and save the city

my opinion is amazing

you are just bias against me, i know you would like the idea if someone else said it though

[ornate fractal]

Y'all two fight like brothers.

So I'm headcanoning that you are.

[timber prism]

No, its totally worth having an army of cats just to have it

[tranquil cove]

the game leans into fantasy, so i could see there being a cat god, and depending on how you treated cats; if well you get a reward, if badly, you have to fight the cat god and they are incredibly difficult to beat.

[timber prism]

i dont need them to do anything for me.. im their slave

[tranquil cove]

the cat god asks your cats how good you've been to them

[timber prism]

Fortunately, my sibling isn't delusional like Val.. cuz having them as a sibling would be so awful

[tranquil cove]

it's actually not an original idea, i think it's been thought up in science fiction/fantasy before. especially because cats go back pretty far in history and Egyptians used to admire them. and there is the whole myth that cats can protect you from other worlds/portals, and mirrors can become portals.

[ivory cove]

Quality gaming!!!

Crimson Desert is my game of the year

[timber prism]

I hear we can have up to 30 lmao

[ivory cove]

Idk if anything will beat it this year

[tranquil cove]

in star trek they basically did the same idea with whales, and the alien that came to earth to talk to the whale, but there were barely any whales left. so the alien was ready to destroy earth.

[timber prism]

Yeah, i am having an absolute blast

[ivory cove]

They just need to add a proper house building/decorating homeowner stuffs

If I can get my own house and decorate with all the random dtuffs they have u can borrow from peoples

[timber prism]

i was hoping for more bare handed tech but the grappling is amazing

im doing a combo of 2 handed sword + grappling

[ivory cove]

There is alot of hidden combo paths u can do with barehanded

[timber prism]

i wasn't feeling barehanded at all after looking through the tree

[ivory cove]

Like did u kno u can do the giant swing grapple out of the dashing clothesline move!

[timber prism]

i did figure that out!

[ivory cove]

Or if u do a grapple out if crouch or dodge u xan tackle enemies like u do catching the bandits

[timber prism]

but both of those are grappling lmao

[tranquil cove]

maybe fable will add ability to collect cats, its probably the only triple A game i will buy in 10 years, if it is actually good when it comes out. i have to see.

[ivory cove]

And then u can beat em up, tie em up, stab them ect.

[timber prism]

im curious if we can tame more than just cats n dogs

like birb trust

haha

[tranquil cove]

stray has been on wishlist forever, it's just so pricey though

[ivory cove]

I dont think so, but they apparently plan to add a ton more

[timber prism]

i would do 25 cats and 5 birbs

dang!

[tranquil cove]

maybe if stray was $10

[ivory cove]

U can have a raptor as a mount tho apparently

[timber prism]

i saw people asking about the different mounts which makes sense

[ivory cove]

Dino horse!

[timber prism]

i feel like it could be an easy fix or a mod at least

[ivory cove]

Mods wont be coming anytime soon

[timber prism]

oh?!

[ivory cove]

Its the same as Enshrouded, the engine they use is handmade just for the game.

So it will probably take time.before people can figure out and make modding software gor the game

[timber prism]

there's some stuff up on nexus but i haven't gone through it yet

i was debating about doing a reshade

[ivory cove]

Oh!

Nvm that was fast

Reshade?

[timber prism]

Yah, change the colors etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxAx1IKHJaM

[ivory cove]

If u do the claw grabby thing right after u throw or launch an enemy, it was auto claw them and u can pull em back in

Or teleport to em with that one skill

[timber prism]

this particularly one makes it just a tad bit more natural

haha

[ivory cove]

But thats so many tightly precised inputs

[timber prism]

instead of GREEEEEEEEEEEEN

haha

[ivory cove]

I havent been able to pull it off yet

[timber prism]

oh!

that sounds siiiick

[ivory cove]

Riiiight!

Imagine doing the suplex or stab grab combo after the teleport

Gosh the combo system sounds like it can be so heckin cool!

[timber prism]

yeah, they knocked it out the park with the combo system

[ivory cove]

But the area I am at the enemies all die too fast

[timber prism]

i remember seeing previews and they were describing the combat to be like fighter inputs.... and they weren't wrong haha

[ivory cove]

I am refraining from leavimg Hernand until i unlocl the storage chest thingy

[timber prism]

yeah, same.. im literally three shotting with the 2hander

XD

[ivory cove]

I luv it tbh tho because bullet sponges are the absolute worst.

Thats one thing I hated about Ghost of Tsushima were the ronin deuls because they are bullet sponges that can 2 tap u

Makes zero sense

[timber prism]

I really enjoyed those fights for that challenge

[ivory cove]

I enjoyed the fights but they didn't have to make them so bullet spongey.

Those fights are the complete opposite of the highest difficulties fundamentals.

You and every enemy are always 1-2 hits away from death

But the deuls.. UGHHH

You are still 1-2 hits from death, and the enemy has like.. twice as much health as the previous difficulties

Felt like I was hutting them will a wet noodle :c

Never bring a pool noodle to a sword fight I guess.

[timber prism]

i understand where they are coming from for those ronin fights.. they really wanted them to make them epic

i played GoT on Lethal so it was as close to one hit as it could get haha

[ivory cove]

They could've had small HP pool but jist add many phases

[ivory cove]

Yea daz wat i was doing

But i didnt finished that playthrough tho.

Jus the one on the difficulty before Lethal, cause Lethal was added post-launch after i was like 80hrs in

[timber prism]

I think it was even worse on Yotei which legitimately had the hardest duel lmao

[ivory cove]

I didnt play Yotei

[timber prism]

its great

i def recommend if you ever get the chance!

[ivory cove]

I have the game.

I jus didnt get far

I even pre-ordered it

I do wanna pick up the multiplayer tho

I luvd the multi-player in Tsushima

Tho I always had to Ronin because of how toxic the community was.

They'd always leave match right away if there was no Ronin.

The devs gating off in-session re-queueing for harder difficulties was the dumbest thing I ever seen in a game.

I lost so many runs cause people would jus abort and leave if they got downed if I wasn't a Ronin-

[timber prism]

i haven't tried the multiplayer for Yotei yet

it was fun for GoT though

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/jTvAXl10xEQ?si=8ThoZm5_Mb90u4o8

This is like a Artistic breakdown? Of the game

I like when guys can talk smart about stuff like this

I dunno what they are ralking about but I can for sure see it in action and have been cherishing the beauty of it

[tranquil cove]

crimson desert has a good world/level design. more games need to design their worlds around curiosity and detail. i think it was said that kingdom come series basically does the same thing, where you can enter a mine for example and the mine doesn't exist for any particular reason or even with the player in mind really. nothing about the mine tells you where you to go or how to traverse it. it exists irrespective of the player.

but yeah i just can't get into crimson desert, i am not a fan of the game style from eastern based companies ie the more anime style kind of games to me. (despite the fact that i like some anime). not a huge fan of how much it leans into fantasy. and the fact that it's a big gaming company and not a small one? somehow puts me off it too. pretty wary to give anyone money today. if i'm going to buy games it will be from somewhat poor people lol.

[ivory cove]

Anime style? It's primarily European Midevil fantasy themed, with only a slight emphasis in asian architectural themes in a specific region/villages. It's like akin to something like Game of Thrones or something.

With hyper-realistic graphics.

Are we thinking of two different games?

[tranquil cove]

really? it doesn't feel medieval to me at all

mid-evil 😛

it's medieval fantasy themed, in the towns, but arguably when you throw fantasy into that, it feels more fantasy than medieval, even if you can logically say the theming is there.

we can even use windrose as an example, their character design is different because they are a gaming studio based in Uzbekistan. The characters just seems very different. So I still think there is something subliminal passed on in the design of the games from other countries that infuses their style and perception of the world into the game design. Must be weird being from south korea and playing any games made in north america.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/5Yn_c-ly6Ts?si=-18x1895M7-0P0qE

[keen violet]

Not gonna lie, I've been so focused on Enshrouded lately that when I saw the Valheim Build of the Month, my first thought was "Oh wow, they added flame altars to Valheim??" ... no, that's just The Elder's summoning location 🤦‍♀️ 😂

[vague galleon]

i dont think im ever playing valheim again without at least 2 other players AND 1 of them being experienced and knowledgable.

[keen violet]

Did you have significant difficulty playing it solo?

[frank sonnet]

tried playing valheim solo it kind of sucks ngl

[vague galleon]

oh ya, couldnt even solo the dear boss.

got a friend to help but we've drifted apart.

when i first played I had managed a base and gear and all that but wasnt interested in it enough to keep playing solo.

a webcomic discord I was in a bunch of us were playing it but didnt really group up much.

i recently tried playing with a friend who usually gets frustrated with odd things, but not entirely unreasable things to be annoyed at, but that time I was getting annoyed at how litle I could flatten the ground and at how annoying building a base was. and needing to have a frigging roof over my worktable!!!

with a very cooperative group of 3-5 or more people i'd probably have a blast.

95% of the time I struggle to play games for very long solo, the only exception these days is enshrouded, probably cause I can actually take down bosses AND the option to co-op is always there.

[keen violet]

That's fair. It's definitely a lot more work solo, but it's doable. I've gotten pretty far on a solo world. The real difficulty for me was once I hit the Ashlands. Those are miserable solo.

[vague galleon]

my favorite thing about valheim that i forgot to mention. How the trees try to kill you. love that unironically.

second favorite thing: spears.

[frank sonnet]

also the building system is terrible

[vague galleon]

its certainly not great.

i dont haaaaaaaaate it but i really dont like it.

it COULD be good too.

[frank sonnet]

case in point behold my "glorious" crap shack

[tranquil cove]

i like to joke that valheim is a game designed to troll players by troll devs. they even made it so trolls can come to your base and smash it to pieces. terraforming is pretty bad in the game. but building is decently easy once you learn a consistent method. i don't mind roof/worktable requirements. you can mod a lot of annoying things away in valheim though.

bosses in valheim are easy, maybe when i began the game they were hard? but after hours and hours of playing, there is basically a strategy to solo everything and it's not that hard to do from a skill perspective. i think anyone could do it.

[tranquil cove]

they added some stuff there, the doors are new, the roofing, the windows etc. the wood panels? all the amazing things i could have made with those materials when i was playing. too bad it takes the devs 2.5 years to release things.

yeah those are all the ashland build pieces, that i never got into.

waiting for them to release their frozen north before i seriously play again

[keen violet]

I would not consider the building system terrible, but it is different from Enshrouded and more limited. I appreciate that you don't have to permanently transform resources into furniture, that you then can't turn back into resources.

I should load Valheim back up and show some of my builds there. I have a glorious portal cathedral I want to share lol

[tranquil cove]

i'm a very good builder in valheim, but i am also very lazy to farm mats

and i am not the creative/admin mode type for that game

[keen violet]

Yeahhhhh that was the problem I ran into with my portal cathedral. It's mostly finished, but not quite. I need so, so much Grausten lol

I'm too prideful to turn on creative mode and build without resource cost 😂

You can build pretty spectacular things in Valheim. This build is a little, uh, marred by the giant stone wall around it to protect it from raids lmao 😂

Don't mind the scaffolding. I was working on the roof last time I played in this world.

It's also missing a lot of portals because those require materials that are difficult to farm lol

(the stone ones do, anyway)

I've also got a nice little build over in a solo world. It's a small wood building. I had raids turned off in this world, so I didn't have to worry about defenses.

[tranquil cove]

looks good

i've done really impressive builds, before ashlands

with ashlands i am sure i could do stuff to the rival that image you posted

but also i did small scale stuff, no castles, no time

and i didnt take many screenshots

for some reason

[keen violet]

Totally. I'm pretty amateur, to be honest. That cathedral is the best I've ever done, and to be honest, I was actually having trouble making sure the top of the roof was fully supported, haha. I might have built it just a tad too high.

[tranquil cove]

i have a picture of my potion shelf

but a lot of my stuff was made on other peoples worlds

i have some previous coop saves, but i dont have my last save with the coop i did, which had the best builds

[tranquil cove]

i learned by looking at other peoples builds

like this isnt mine, but i save images of other peoples stuff

whatever i like, to i get ideas

[keen violet]

I'm excited for the super steep roofs we're gonna get in the Frozen North.

[tranquil cove]

i have my honey setup

too bad it's night time

but i liked putting them in the floor

[tranquil cove]

oh here was some stuff i did, if you keep scrolling down from here #other-games message

but yeah, mostly unfinished stuff, i wish i had pictures of the docks i made, and the other house. i also have a actual aesthetic house i was in the middle of building, but kept running out of stone, so never finished rofl

[keen violet]

Oh my god the ravens holding the hanging braziers is genius

[tranquil cove]

the houses i have pictures of were all coop houses that housed everything, so not really aesthetic houses, more than DO everything in 1 room type of places.

but they were nice, cause i fixed them up over time.

[keen violet]

But yeah, this is what I mean when I say that the building system in Valheim isn't bad; it's just different. You can build some spectacular stuff in Valheim.

[tranquil cove]

i like the valheim build system, i hate the terrain editing

[keen violet]

It would be nice to be able to dig caves... but, well, that's just not how the terrain works. 🤷‍♀️

[limpid quarry]

click on one to swap between full sets/gear

[ivory cove]

What game is this? O.O

Is that Valheim?

[tranquil cove]

yeah

things you can make in valheim if you're very good and have the materials lol

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, the building in valheim is great

[ivory cove]

I keep getting wanted level because my PS5 trigger button keeps bumping my thigh or couch and it makes my character shoot a random NPC person

They're jus impulsive criminals

I've had to pay up like 30 silver alone because of misclicks like these

[vague galleon]

maybe stop doing that then.

😮

ha ha

[ivory cove]

I can't DX

One time I accidentally shot a merchant trying to pick something up and then next minute later I have a wanted level 100 silver and I've murdered a towns worth of guards and landed myself in prison

Good thing I saved before that had happened

[vague galleon]

lol

[undone cliff]

I had that problem too in eso but mine was because i got bored went on a a steal and kill spree and eventually got caught

[ivory cove]

You CAN decorate ur own house :0

This game has everything in it!

[lost flower]

My daughter and I play Minecraft together on a private server. She's 1138.....

[vague galleon]

neat reference

[nova mango]

@ivory cove got tons of new cards, my friend gift them to me!

[timber prism]

I dont even play MTG but I bought two booster boxes to collect the FF cards

The Vivi ones are my favorites

[undone cliff]

I saw people do this for the other universes beyond sets

[timber prism]

Yeah. It seems that is what their plan is to make money these days. They got Marvel Super Heroes (they already did spiderman), Star Trek, and the Hobbit coming this year

Speculation has really taken over hobbies... there are some comics that I got for $35 that are already 200+ not even a week later

[undone cliff]

I might get the star trek set

but right now I'm trying to ease my wat back into mtg

[vague galleon]

Universes Beyond has me like

it would be fine if it wasnt the majority of product.
it would be fine if the in universe sets werent suffering for it.

but noo.......

[nova mango]

except Sephirot i got all of them as well!

from what my friend told me, the Y'shtola i have is worth like 30 euro!

[ivory cove]

I am so overwhelmed by all the MTG collab stuff, gosh I wish I had the movie to invest into collecting MTG cards again

They're so pretty

And the guys are mmph, hot hot man

[tranquil cove]

i wish i had money to buy comics, and space

but probably not anymore, just when i was growing up

comics don't look that appealing today

i never got into MTG, everyone at my school who was into it were kind of terrible people, so i stayed away from the things they liked. 😆

[vague galleon]

assholes are why i quit going every friday night after 5 years. my space got invaded. i left.

[timber prism]

They are! I really enjoy the art.. its also why I really love modern comics

My recent pick ups!

[frank sonnet]

Absolute wonder women’s new look is a bit of a down grade from the last one

[timber prism]

huh?

you mean this cover????

or in general?

cuz if you mean that cover... that's not Wonder Woman :d

thats Zatanna

[frank sonnet]

Oh lol

It is a bit confusing for someone not familiar with absolute universe

[timber prism]

yeah

i dont think they will do a redesign on any absolute characters mid series

i highly recommend checking out both Batman and Wonder woman. Their absolute series has been fantastic

Wonder Woman being my fav

Im not really into her other books but this one is really good

[timber prism]

This is AWW by the same artist. He has been hitting home runs lately

[jagged nexus]

@full acorn https://youtu.be/n_lCO9BLj24?si=WMfEqjrHSmeQqTNO

[frank sonnet]

Definitely most interested in absolute Wonder Woman

[timber prism]

I really like his Ab Poison Ivy too

[full acorn]

Shame it's not a co-op

[timber prism]

They are supposed to come out with coop later

Curious what it will be like and how bad it'll be in terms of performance xd

[tepid wadi]

I'd be 100x more into it if it was co-op

I could see cruising around that world with a friend being a ton of fun

[nova mango]

Not yet, it will be a dlc

[nova mango]

Multiplayer will be a DLC is what the dev said

[nova mango]

@ivory cove https://youtu.be/LOKPMm7_y-E?si=Yx6FXfQnelXRnX0Z this is the song i was talking about on snowy mountain 😍

[worthy hemlock]

hello is there players for split fiction ??

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/p540bCD_Hac?si=PloF5bxaJfgvwiRg

[ornate fractal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZK4Gci0CNM

[tranquil cove]

this game is horrible https://store.steampowered.com/app/2643390/Star_Trek_Voyager__Across_the_Unknown/

Steam

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Price

$34.99

Recommendations

3242

because of this reason

they brought in tuvix, what were they thinking?!

next you're going to tell me that tom paris is a salamander

or that harry has self esteem issues

if they port these two things, it would be funny

i want every other decision to be vision quest or mind meld

or nano probes

and side mission to build harry's self esteem

[undone cliff]

man you could write an ethics dissertation on the whole tuvix thing

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/jVjE88kBxwk?si=fBzmMR0eKVXpV2aS

[humble parrot]

there were two rikers is all im sayin

[undone cliff]

the two rikers is its own problem

[tranquil cove]

there were funny 1 off episodes

data has an android mother you never see again etc.

some other characters who are introduced to be important to other characters and never seen again. i cant remember the details

worf failing at all his relationships, kern, alexander etc. also a lot of them never seen again.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/KtsUVpnBFg0?si=AwiSfminTP4FGGP-

[obtuse scroll]

More than just pals - - - yep, you are food too, cause if they get hungry they will eat you.

Not my game lol

[obtuse scroll]

Yeah right, they're not gonna piss off so many people with April fools jokes

[tranquil cove]

they post that with 1 shitty picture not even in the game

probabaly an april fools joke

[bronze topaz]

I generated it bros ;D

not an official one 😄

got my girlfriend as well

thought I'd go ahead and piss some more people off 😄

[tranquil cove]

as long as you tell people after

[tepid wadi]

Valheim's actual april fools joke was a "date the bosses" joke

[bronze topaz]

fr? they had something this year?

[tranquil cove]

so they learn to verify stuff, and learn that AI can spread misinformation

[ornate fractal]

Santa Claus is the zone boss.

[bronze topaz]

yup. scary stuff

[tranquil cove]

i would date the boss, i need a sugar momma

or whatever the term is

there was a reverse term

[ornate fractal]

Vinegar Parent.

[tranquil cove]

where the woman spoils the man

with gifts, because shes rich

they should have renamed no mans sky

to noob man try

for today

[ornate fractal]

Gnome Anne's Guy

[tranquil cove]

im trying to play all the flipping games i own

but they are long and annoying

and ive decided i actually dislike long games now

games seem so long that i get bored of them and never finish lol

i want to get more prefect games going

i have like 5 more games close to perfect games, but the last achievements are annoying time consuming.

retro rewind will undoubtebly get updates that extend the achievements and add content to the game, i am sure...

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/JyohMcAT8no?si=5QQRI01KCzI-tExY

https://youtu.be/qpkGGA_TJ3Q?si=oBBNVTdvHSHYyupb

[vague galleon]

dlc? for a 12 year old game?

[misty arch]

ya but its the first time you get to BE Roach. Couldnt do that 12 years ago.

[vague galleon]

hmmm

i assume this is an AF thing but my cell reception sucks at work

[misty arch]

it is

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/zhG_2aOIGQA?si=LktpUVKNYtFEkdgC

[tranquil cove]

i only care about 2 games

windrose and fable

i think windrose might come out end of april

https://youtu.be/r-vsKE1D6Nw

did this guy really advertise the game as packed with british humor?

[jaunty solstice]

i cant get my loot. when i was press e than i fell and die

[tranquil cove]

the joke being that british humor is dry and not good, but actually some of the best comedians are british

[tranquil cove]

post in #enshrouded-chat maybe?

all i would say is try and climb up another way

[jaunty solstice]

oh sorry i didnt saw that chat

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/qFIyB1-Yczw?si=YH3u64SXalBmjqZZ

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/anton-ego-ratatouille-shocked-nostalgic-gif-5579926

[vague galleon]

i still dont get why HEROES is where you control an army, i assume it's because it's a spin off series.

shame we dont get those mainline games anymore. I kind of want to replay 1-2 of them.

there's also an SNES or a Genisis game i played on an emulator once that my brother had downloaded, i thought it was a might and magic game but im not sure.

[tepid wadi]

At this point, other Might and Magic games are probably a spinoff of HOMM

[vague galleon]

heroes just sounds like the one to focus on specific people.

[keen violet]

Moder is in tears! After what Fader just told her!

[keen violet]

Man... I'm 🤏 this close to going on a rant about how negative everyone has been about the development timeline of the Deep North. It hasn't been uncharacteristically long for how long this team has taken to release biomes. Yes, it's a relatively longer time than some other dev teams have taken, but people are talking like they're gonna drag this out until the 2030s, when it's more likely going to be this summer.

[tepid wadi]

I mean, it makes sense as a joke. Every release has taken significantly longer than the previous. I dont think its said with malace, everyone I know is excited for when it (eventually) comes out.

[tranquil cove]

look what people did with windrose demo

they literally built their own world while waiting for devs to do it

lol

[obtuse scroll]

With Valheim it's more of a many factor thing, but they said this year for deep north, I'm just hoping they aren't rushing it because Ashlands was a buggy mess, I really don't want to see that with deep north too.

Also, they do take significantly longer, but the thing that annoys me lately on them, is they don't listen to the feedback of a lot of their playerbase. Ashlands was such a mess and overly hard in comparison to other zones, that it's hard to get any replayability out of it.

[tranquil cove]

too bad prison architect sucks

very buggy game, bad UI, bad AI for the npcs, lots of things just dont function or work

<@&1059853133188169910>

oh because prison architect is a Paradox Interactive game 🙁

[tepid wadi]

I was literally typing when it popped up, lol

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I'd rather wait another year or two for it than get an early release that's buggy.

[tranquil cove]

literally the game is broken, prisoners not being put in cells, i say do a drug search and 5 hours later, no guards are doing searches.. lots of tasks not being done. this game would actually be so good if it worked.

[obtuse scroll]

Same. Valheim needs to do better on Deep North than they did with Ashlands. I get some bugs here and there, but they released more than a couple bugs on it. Deep North can't have the same big issue if they don't want to start getting tanked on reviews

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, even bugs aside Ashlands just... isn't fun.

[tranquil cove]

is paradox a scam company?

we need official government labelling of some game companies as scammers

[obtuse scroll]

It was more chore than fun. Even Fader was a horrible fight

[tranquil cove]

no wonder their game is full of bugs and basically trash unplayable, they are busy pumping out DLC

they want you to spend 72$ on unusable trash

paradox publisher and introversion software and double eleven are the developers

im pissed because it would be a fun game if it worked. aside from not working, i had to research everything i wanted to do because it was hard and not intuitive. so it took a long time to understand and do things, and then when i finally get going i see the AI is trash and nothing is really functional.

[obtuse scroll]

People paid $70 and a monthly sub for Pax Dei which was basically late alpha gameplay and unsatisfying crafting. Some people don't mind the bugs and play what is released because they have hope.

[tranquil cove]

this like rimworld

bugs = you can't enjoy the core concept of the game

it's not just something that annoys you like valheim

it's a colony sim but with prisons

1 bug is bad enough, but it seems there are multiple AI issues

all of these apparently are years old, over 5-7 years old

the devs are pumping DLC and ignoring core gameplay issues, extremely bad devs.

in a prison game, guards not moving prisoners, stops your game, prisoners not moving to do jobs, stops your game... doors remaining open? wtf its a prison game

how can i colony sim a prison with doors staying open

[tepid wadi]

oh man, Pax Dei. That game...

[tranquil cove]

Oh yeah?? I have an incapacitated guard that's been lying on the floor of my infirmary since time began and no one will help him. And he won't die and can't be fired.

just reading all the bugs in this game, is mind boggling

lol since time began

yeah i think with RDR2 this is a regret purchase, i almost want to contact steam and have them delete a bunch of games off my account and let them be write offs

this is also the 4th time i've tried to play prison architect 😆

i keep trying. but damn...

[tranquil cove]

the funny thing about prison architect, is even the mods are broken

and the mods to fix problems are broken

and the mods to fix problems that aren't broken, don't actually fix the problem, they just make it so you can ignore a whole mechanic of the game, and fix that problem that way. for example laundry room fix, fixes laundry room issues by allow you to not build a laundry room at all, and your prisoners do their laundry on their own at a sink.

that's quite the work around. for a broken game.

because the mods can't even fix the problems in the game. the devs are supposed to do it.

We all know the game's quality was... less than ideal under the new management, to say the least. I am not gonna give you false promises and say this fixes everything. In fact, a lot of the worst bugs are not fixable in any sensible manner by modders. But this mod does indeed aim to solve as many issues as possible.

they do have a mod that fixes 1000 bugs

when the modder bug fixes your game for you 🤦

lol the comment section

i just never came across a game in such a state in a long time

lol

apparently this guys mod fixes poor performance in the game too

yeah see how every mod is broken too, except for the basically 1 mod that works and is keeping the game alive currently.

so i guess i gotta install this mod and hopefully my problems playing the game go away

LOL the sheer amount of bugs, and one of these are github links

GITHUB LINKS, he wants me to github things into my game folder

to fix the game 😭

omg and the install for the steam linked one, is also not easy and unsubscribing wont remove the mod. since it requires a more technical install i guess?

Thank you for the kind words but unfortunately many major issues remain unfixed and will remain unfixable through the official modding API. The potential you refer to is not something that can reached through mods alone.

i should go back to playing megaquarium

[jagged tree]

I'm playing the Project Gorgan demo , undecided yet wether to buy into it

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/hXNYuMCjx4c?si=1M6GEymGOdGMIHLX

[tranquil cove]

update with the mod installed the game actually works now. everything was frozen before. no one going to cafeteria, or yard, or doing jobs. now things seem to mostly work? still not perfect.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/Lr_dGWiEbJg?si=rCMWPrROyrABD60i

[subtle storm]

Anyone playing Dune Awakening while waiting for the next Update?

[tepid wadi]

Dune is on my "Check back once they've had some updates" list and I've been hearing pretty good things lately

[tranquil cove]

im waiting for dune asleepening

[faint tusk]

im enjoying this non-steam-yet / alpha-version SOULFRAME game...

[faint tusk]

@jaunty solstice i believe that if you die somewhere else nearby (AWAY FROM HOOK "E" ACTION) the RIP loot will re-gather there, on new spot... did you solve it in meantime ?

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/jl3ydMxlzck?si=6YWEYB78tJ2rhsjZ

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/soL28EutsNU?si=4scohMvHDSRK80vZ

https://youtu.be/cBbQGc4S7ss?si=j1G7Ie9YGBaICtvX

[undone cliff]

damn it now i want to play this

[misty arch]

its a lot of fun. when it launches it will have 2 full maps, with the new one being bigger, and so much more.

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/XtCS5tuvCKs?si=PkjdetOeKztW4Eqz

[ivory cove]

^

[stray sandal]

was good until I heard the word "political"

[stray sandal]

I didn't know the Egyptians could fly. 🤯

[tranquil cove]

the problem with this video is it doesn't make me know if i want to buy the game

all devs gotta do is release 5 hour gameplay video of their best streamer playing the game

that trailer literally tells me nothing

or release a demo, demo is more work and requires different kind of investment from the player

https://youtu.be/LdwApH42-6s

no demo for this game is a bit insane

because they basically have a tutorial set up in game, and can package that into a demo.

[timber prism]

There was a demo for this game. If you look at steam reviews.. people said they put in 120 hours into the demo

It was probably for a steam fest or something

[tranquil cove]

aww dang i missed it

i dont get why not have the demo up during ea too?

[timber prism]

Its not in EA

its fully released

[tranquil cove]

if it was me i'd keep a demo up for all time

pretty sure you can't reverse engineer full content into a demo if you remove the scenarios.

[timber prism]

Could be a reason why it was removed

if you can put in 120 hours into a demo you might not buy a game

im curious how much was available during the demo for them to remove it

[tranquil cove]

lol that's not how it works, i feel like this is a logical fallacy, it comes up in other ways too.

someone who plays 120 hours and doesnt buy the game, probably would never buy the game to begin with.

might have money issues or something

i'm not sure if you can enforce a demo to only allow a certain amount of hours

[timber prism]

we will never know

you can

there are plenty of timed demos

[tranquil cove]

i know you can do it, i am not sure if it can be enforced

as in not bypassed

[timber prism]

regardless.. there was a demo

and now its gone XD

[tranquil cove]

yeah it makes it slightly less likely i will buy the game

but the gameplay video i linked i am watching seems fun

[timber prism]

yeah well

they probably dont care XD

oh

there is a demo

its still there

[tranquil cove]

yeah??

[timber prism]

it would help if either of us could actually read

[tranquil cove]

OH SWEET

it's pretty obscure lol

buttons, who reads those

lol

[timber prism]

people looking for demos XD

but any case.. there ya go

[tranquil cove]

sweet ty

[timber prism]

yw

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/g8DljVXnQ48?si=n1sqlI6X3cumKQcv

This mus be why people keep asking about "add weather storms that can destroy ur bases to Enshrouded"

[vague galleon]

no thanks.

[misty arch]

look up The Front and its NPC raiding system. That is something I would love to see in Enshrouded.

[vague galleon]

If Sun Sets is another one that might have a good base raid system but i havent tried it yet cause it wants you to have an epic account despite buying it on steam.

[frank sonnet]

Tornado comes in and wrecks your hard work

[ivory cove]

Daz not nice at all

Wat a mean tornado

[nova mango]

@ivory cove

[frank sonnet]

bruh

[ivory cove]

So prettyyyy

[undone cliff]

I bought a thing yesterday day

[vague galleon]

nice.

looks expensive.

[ornate fractal]

To my dumb brain that price tag looks like a math problem.

[vague galleon]

gosh, crystal is worth a lot, but when i sent it in for a new battery they said no good so i wonder how much my copy is worth.
sadly i lost my original copy of yellow, got a new one but, same issue I think.
wont sell them either way, even if they're just collecting dust.

[undone cliff]

i wouldn't sell them eaither I would get display cases for them

[vague galleon]

I got a bunch of old games worth quite a bit, but wouldnt get full value selling to a store and ebay would be a headache.

plus i like having a collection.

[frank sonnet]

there's something to be said about enjoying the stuff you own instead of viewing them them with dollar signs

[tranquil cove]

prison architect, you dont have solitary cells setup yet, but prisoners can be punished in solitary, and therefore they are given shackles in their own cell, and a timer for solitary. the timer never goes down because you dont have a solitary cell... then why are you shackling them in their prison cell? if it wont be a temporary solitary cell? so dumb.

i could just disable the mechanic to punish prisoners with solitary until i have solitary cells i guess.

but i figure the devs could have make it QOL somehow and not annoying

[tepid wadi]

Dammit Sean, we need info!

[ornate fractal]

Clearly he's indicating that people playing NMS will be the halftime show next Superbowl.

[tepid wadi]

His PR team probably wont let him post more so he doesnt overpromise 😝

[misty arch]

I think it means No Mans Sky will be at the FIFA World Cup

[undone cliff]

lol

[tranquil cove]

i always boycotted world world cup even though i like soccer, that business always seemed corrupt, and referees on the take etc.

the hell would i give them money or views for

[tranquil cove]

probably succeeding at the buggy game

i left it on high speed for 2 hours come back to 800k cash

expanding prison now

[frank sonnet]

stonks

[tranquil cove]

im adding more medium security and high security section finally

the high security is the square in bottom left

i made it so its separate from the rest of the prison

and hopefully i can get it self sustaining

i planned it so it has rooms for everything required

i can probably start investing in literally everything now

since i have cash, i was playing on the edge of 1$ this whole time

like between 2k up and -2k down

but fixing up the workshop and forestry and figuring out how to set it up, which was not intuitive at all, enabled me to make money, and setting up 2 parole rooms

max sec is coming, but i also need death row, and super max security

med/minimum security have about 100 prisoners each, max has 25, and supermax... has... 5

so i dont technically need a lot of room for supermax sec

deathrow will be fun... i'm against the idea.. especially because the game adds innocent counter lol

but whatever it's a game, i'll do it for the game

im actually not sure why health is low

i'll have to research that

12 escapes because i was doing crap... and not caring absolutely at all about escapes. and also because escapes helped me make more money by allowing me to intake prisoners again, since every intake pays you.

i was like moving buildings, and walls, and didnt have money for guards etc.

escapes will definitely go down or be zero when i am done

18% reoffend rate is actually very good, in real life only happens in one of the nordic countries

USA is like 80% reoffend

lol

my prisoner needs is all good, so not sure what health -2 rating is for.

[tranquil cove]

one of the still bad bugs in prison architect is that visitors go wherever they want.

it doesn't matter if you set a walking path for visitors only, ignored.
it doesn't matter if you zone off areas for visitors only, and other areas for staff only, ignored.

so basically if you designed a prison to separate vistors from prison inmates, good luck getting it work.

the visitors will ignore the areas/doors for them, and walk among the prisoners to get where they need to go. it's really sad.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/cAFlVrKeIyE?si=aeH33YFzzn-o5svx

[sweet patrol]

crimson desert has some cool swag

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/I0pzvZ-8yIs?si=sJjE9k5YiiX_rxIc

[vague galleon]

no way

[round beacon]

this... is the worst ever existing april fools - not april fools ever. that update is not just a joke but an entire comedy show - a bad one

[tranquil cove]

nms should stop adding bs and focus on bug fixes, and quality updates, and improving building system.

and expanding the systems they already added

they gonna end up like paradox with prison architect

need like 1 major update in between addressing issues at least

similar to how they did planet overhaul

need building overhaul

looks like they were able to do this because of light no fire mechanics probably

seems like adding things between games, is not that difficult

[tepid wadi]

Most of the stuff they've added in the last couple years has been "This is a clear step towards LNF"

[tranquil cove]

if i was them i would improve building across bases, ship customization, and capital ships - those are the three areas.

and then address long standing bugs, or issues, there are a few

everything in building could be 10x better, it feels 10 years old

they have issues with clipping on capital ships, non customization issues, 10+ ships to choose from but everyone chooses the same one because the customization is worse for the others. only 1 main bridge design... in building issues with lighting big time, issues with wiring even existing or being a mechanic, issues with power creation, issues with misaligned blocks, issues with unmatched textures between walls.. not a wide selection of things to choose from. in ship building, all their parts suck, and they could improve everything there to make it more cutomizable and less purely module/part based, a more free system.

this alone could be 1 year of overhaul work

and i think it's needed despartely for the last 7 years lol

only thing i could guess is they have engine limitations, and they are taking care of nms at a certain level of care, which is still nice. but their main focus is light no fire and improving all those things in the new game.

[ivory cove]

Furry

https://tenor.com/view/wolf-hi-hi-wolf-soph-gif-9592211902792150721

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/TPo3oZ71EXw

https://youtu.be/_mAdwKWT4F0

https://youtu.be/JDW7lFhQlSw

https://youtu.be/Oc5nu5g5rBk

[tepid wadi]

I need to play it more 😝 I've enjoyed it so far but haven't gone super deep.

[ivory cove]

@nova mango @sweet patrol @round beacon

I forget who else plays it here..

[ivory cove]

Watch the videos they really show off just how much hidden depth the combat has going for it!

It might also help u find ways to enjoy the combat more

[nova mango]

Oh thank you! I will take a look tomorrow when i wake up!

[ivory cove]

You best not forget >.<

[nova mango]

Promise I won't! Now my eyes are closing 😴

[ivory cove]

Nighty nighttt!! (ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡

[timber prism]

If playing you mean raising cat and doggo army... then yes.

[ivory cove]

Yush data exactly what I mean

Did u kno if u farm a bunch of bees u can release them and they will atk the enemies for u

Create a bee army!!

Spmeone gotta do a final boss bee only run

[misty arch]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/project-zomboid-identifies-and-bans-over-a-dozen-steam-workshop-mods-containing-heavily-obfuscated-code-that-was-creating-malicious-files/

[tranquil cove]

not a problem

i rarely download mods, and the mods i download are usually big things probably vetted by thousands of people, that only add qol updates or specific things that keep the game vanilla still.. i don't download weird 1 day old OST mods lol, or huge modification mods that change the entire game.

it does remind me of this video though https://youtu.be/OpcuqePIL7k

how USB keys, and even a usb cable can be dangerous

don't plug anything into your PC that you didnt buy yourself basically, or have a scrap PC on the side for opening up usb's from friends etc. a PC where you dont use it for anything else, no emails, logins, or banking. etc. technically the expert in the video recommends you also keep gaming on separate computer.

the gaming computer, only used for gaming. not for banking etc or emails or social media or anything else 😄 probably this mod example is a good reason why. but also freeware programs... even things like discord, all potentially reading what you are doing. better to decentralize gaming from other tasks.

[frank sonnet]

<@&1059853133188169910>

[ivory cove]

L I N E

[frank sonnet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/496325967883534337/1491624016438366268/2026-04-08_17.53.00.png?ex=69d85e9e&is=69d70d1e&hm=09abc0871c0371fccafc3f68b2c3d45a651a1e13bd9413c5b2f7b97b0ae1625f& do hickey

[ivory cove]

Gud meowning!

[nova mango]

I will watching it 100%!

[ivory cove]

You don't havs too if u dun wanna

But my motivation to play Crimson Desert is driven purely on watching people do fancy combo stuffs

[nova mango]

I want, i just had not much time yesterday and now I'm at work 😂 at 21:25 i was already in bed 😬

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/HNJ2phg_RmY?si=d4nMVJjAM_sqmXI9

[ivory cove]

:x

I am sending u brainrot

Fancy brainrot

I guess back to workies for chu neow

[nova mango]

@ivory cove once i lay on my sofa, your video has the priority!

[nova mango]

I want to learn sword and shield and 2H sword! I got a very cool greatersword so i want to use it!

I also like how the shield work in this game!

[ivory cove]

I never tried the spear or twin blades style yet, that might be fun!

I just love having a shield to stand behind

And then u get some different moves to use if ur using one of the really chonky shields

[nova mango]

love the shield yes yes, but i got the very good g2Hsword , i just need copper to upgrade it 😄

[stray coral]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3041230/view/509610386809422782

[vague galleon]

spear?!

👀

[ivory cove]

Spear!

For making enemy kabobs

[vague galleon]

not enough games have spear weapons!!!!!!!

[misty arch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxoaJzX9fU

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/XD0nRuq0CxE?si=aSkAnmAlqg5Zl48y

https://youtu.be/o8LVHFMpNF8?si=ZdYt9lN-tkDWY0BG

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/1mf3jR-kWvE?si=QWHhuZLMriH6O4b4

[nova mango]

@ivory cove hope CD will bring some transmog in the future update!

[ivory cove]

What is this?

That character and her outfit is sooo cuuuuutee!!!

[nova mango]

this is final fantasy14, is my character yes. Transmog is the customize appearance!

[ivory cove]

I wish I enjoyed MMOs

FF14 character are literally so heckin pretty

[nova mango]

oh yes i agree!

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/KZ6VRXqGEws?si=L1GnuaR4u3OVH0ZK

[vague galleon]

same

[timber prism]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/599140/Graveyard_Keeper/

Steam

Graveyard Keeper

Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of all time. Build and manage your own graveyard, and expand into other ventures, while finding shortcuts to cut costs. Use all the resources you can find. After all, this is a game about the spirit of capitalism, and doing whatever it takes to build a thriving business. A…

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

37744

Metacritic

69

Free.. probably bc of the announcement of the 2nd game

[ivory cove]

100% off might actually fit within my budget rn

😿

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/u5aIg3Xnj60?si=937z4EpNCbBgZyOH

[tranquil cove]

i bought this game a long time ago, it's pretty good

people complained you have to walk too much

i was like wtf, complaining about walking.

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/3knhvJ6-vJE?si=FcmxFLHQkgTi73Qu

[misty arch]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-is-finally-making-deep-desert-and-shipwreck-pvp-fully-optional/

[tranquil cove]

when you separate pvp from pve, you usually end up killing pvp in games. that's not to say good pvp design relies on PVE players being victims and suffering. it's quite the opposite idea. a good pvp game will make it so PVE is incorporated into their pvp in such a way where everyone has to participate in PVE no matter what. this is contrary to the idea that pvp players just have to kill PVE'ers and steal their loot to continue to pvping... that method is actually a terrible way to combine pve/pvp into one system. it relies on victimizing pve players, and it fully disengages pvpers from PVE entirely in most cases. horrible system.

i think from what i understand of legend of california? they understand this, so their PVP design seems to be done the way i am suggesting.

basically in legend of california, you cant lose anything looted outside pvp areas

so it reduces the risk investment for engaging in pvp in the first place. if all i risk in pvp, is what i stand to gain from it? then why wouldn't i pvp? because i can basically risk nothing and gain something.

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/2NGHapelL9Q?si=E0Pk03Sac7s7ZM96

He did a dual blade guide here now @nova mango

[nova mango]

Oh that's good one!
At the beginning people complaining that combat system was too easy and simple... There is so many combo to learn!

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/vKi7uYDWcpg?si=4r0D7agUoF8Vuit_

Theres an item that completely removes the Dragon mount cooldown

Permanently

[ivory cove]

I think.. I accidentally discovered a nee form of fast travel in Crimson Desert 😭

[ivory cove]

Ok I am multitasking too much, I am sending message here in my friends DMs and DMs here-

I jus did a puzzle that had me do a christmas song

Spoilers I guess if u dont wanna see puzzles being done-

[ivory cove]

I dont think this poor archer deserved this

[nova mango]

https://crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com/en-US/News/Notice/Detail?_boardNo=82

@ivory cove

[tranquil cove]

Pywel, what a name.. lol

even the naming of the world/cities throws me off in fantasy games

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/tRT8C39Kj8g?si=Zf7E_T6S-BwSSQ9j

[tranquil cove]

what a try hard

me = build square, can it fit all crafting tables? put a roof on it, done.
very pretty build though!

[sweet patrol]

Oh this is fun it works far a few of the larger items

[nova mango]

@ivory cove 😲

[ivory cove]

Is it rare for it to give u a negative return?

I wanted to try that one but since I have extremely bad luck I have never bothered since money is so hard to get u.u

Tho i do have 4 Gold bars in my bank

About to have a 5th soon

[nova mango]

very goooood!

[ivory cove]

So like.. is the odds of positive returns higher than the negative ones?

Cause I feel like i'm jus gonna get a triple negative return and lose all my gold bars immediately

😭

-15 to 20% range is not something I can confidently risk

[nova mango]

to be honest i didn't know, i just choose the middle option

[ornate fractal]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832490/Antivirus_Survivors_2003_Professional/

Steam

Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional

Boot up, log on and prepare for intense double-clicking action.

In Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional, double-click into folders as you dodge voids, fight viruses, and evade spam pop-ups. Search for XP and open files to develop your best build - exploiting weapons, upgrades and plug-ins.  …

Release Date

Q2 2026

[tranquil cove]

would be funny if the game disclaimer was: a game that adds real viruses on your computer, while mining bitcoin — developed entirely by AI.

[misty arch]

that is not far fetched since an AI actually tried mining bitcoin on its own

[timber prism]

@ivory cove

[ivory cove]

Heh, time to kermit mass genocide and spend 20hrs in a wooden prison cage, ribbit

[ornate fractal]

Now do Tonberry.

[ivory cove]

Holds lantern Bam, done!

[ivory cove]

^

[vague galleon]

i need to find time for runescape again. that music is peak.

[ivory cove]

I domt think i ever heard Runescapes music before

[vague galleon]

Sea Shanty 2 is an absolute classic

but it's just a lot of fun video game music vibes. not peak or anything but sooo good.

[tepid wadi]

You should have named him Wharf, c'mon

[merry citrus]

Hey ratjam should gdy pc ?

What do u think ?

[nova mango]

@ivory cove

[ivory cove]

Wats dat!

[tranquil cove]

lol paradox at it again

what they did with prison architect isn't great either

lol so its still paradox's fault, they abandoned yet another game.

an essay on paradox, so long i skimmed some parts https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/the-dark-age-of-paradox-interactive-what-exactly-happened-to-one-of-pc-gamings-best-publishers/

when a game goes free to play i should get refunded

lol

recently learned that graveyard keeper, house flipper, and crusader kings 2 are free to play now! WTF that's like $100 of my money.

maybe i really need to follow my 7 year plan for buying games

i didn't wait 7 years when i bought those games

[nova mango]

the abyss portal!

[vague galleon]

https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2043688455192850443?s=20

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

The CEO of failed MMO Ashes of Creation reportedly spent over $40,000 of Kickstarter funds on Magic: The Gathering cards and private chefs

X · Apr 13, 2026, 1:51 PM

[nova mango]

the 1st time i saw the kickstarter for this game i said it was a huge scam, but whoever i was talking too was said nooo it will be a good game!

[tranquil cove]

for which game

crimson desert?

aren't you playing it/own it?

oh you mean ashes of creation

[rocky steeple]

dang. i was hoping it wouldnt turn out to be a failure... oh well hope what ever next mmo shows up it becomes worth a reality

[round beacon]

awesome bones - sadly sucks in a whole lot of very very basic regions it shouldnt - EVEN as a super early access - its combat is very much clunky, unfair, and straight up boring tbh.
that aspect is a major turn off pretty much right from the start.

REALY hope they adress this, because as stated, has some super nice bones to build upon.

[nova mango]

yes!

[tranquil cove]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2943280/Dustland_Delivery/

Steam

Dustland Delivery

Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands.

Dustland Delivery 1.0 features an all new map—Twilight Valley—with tons of new main story and side…

Price

$3.99

Recommendations

1136

50% off, might be good

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/yL_AtmFXfNM?si=E6aTgQg5edaTGtA_

[ivory cove]

A hidden magically magical portal! :0

[undone cliff]

I played the demo I'm hoping to get it at launch

[ornate fractal]

I'll be finally dipping my toes into Horizon: Zero Dawn (Complete Edition) soon. Any suggestions, tips, recommendations or thoughts to share?

[tepid wadi]

Have fun! I love the world and story of HZD

[ivory cove]

@nova mango can u not go to the Crimson Desert place without comepleting certain parts of the story?

[nova mango]

I have no idea I'm still on the first village

[misty arch]

Windrose is out

[round beacon]

combat still bad

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/jC0JXWH6EyA?si=yb_ZX4bbVyqrh_Cc

[nova mango]

i think you can go to the desert even without the story. you could try!

[nova mango]

@ivory cove 😱

[ivory cove]

I found me a lightningy weapon!

[nova mango]

now i can use teh ability from the boss !!! i didn't know that!

[nova mango]

show meee!

[high lance]

So, wind rose had pvp and griefing got so bad, they pulled it all out

Doesn't bode well for suggestions of adding in pvp for enshrouded

( which is fine with me)

I'm sure there are successful pvp games out there but all I ever hear are it's toxic side

[timber prism]

That sucks. Wish there was pvp options for those who want to participate

[undone cliff]

The only game that i ha e played that does pvp well is Eve Online and I think that's because it's hardwired into the game

[ivory cove]

Eve Online is scary

[tranquil cove]

thats cause they have no clue how to implement pvp

good system is hard to grief

[ivory cove]

Did they try to go rust but without the dedicated servers

[timber prism]

I have played many games were the pvp was enjoyable enough for my friends and I

it doesn't have to be perfect

i dont care about griefing though... its part of the experience

[tranquil cove]

i think you're confusing pvp with griefing

pvp/player killing is part of the experience

greifing would even halt pvp from happening if done badly enough

[timber prism]

No, i acknowledge that griefing has been part of pvp games for decades

it doesn't deter me from enjoying pvp aspects of a game

[tranquil cove]

probably because you were never spawn killed 100 times in 1 hour

[timber prism]

No, i would never let myself into that situation

i have been on the opposite side of that though

[tranquil cove]

no surprise there

[timber prism]

yeah, i have no problems with griefing whatsoever

get good

[tranquil cove]

play a game where i can steal your house you put all 160 hours in, and i will grief to take it from you. and you will suddenly start having a problem with griefing

[timber prism]

nope

[tranquil cove]

get good is addressed to who?

[timber prism]

its addressed to the person getting griefed

spawn camped whatever it may be

get organized, ask for help.. do anything to get out of that situation

[tranquil cove]

griefing is not limited to harassment

[timber prism]

there are obviously levels to griefing

[tranquil cove]

it can involve game exploits

[timber prism]

but overall, i have no issue with it

if it involves exploits, its on the dev to fix it

[tranquil cove]

thats what i said, good pvp design wont have griefing, would also reduce harassment probably

[timber prism]

I never said anythign against what you said

you are the one telling me that im confusing pvp with griefing

[tranquil cove]

why would you spawn kill a player btw?

[timber prism]

i wasn't even talking to you lmao

to prevent them from any progression

so that my allies and I can progress freely

[tranquil cove]

so if they dont give up, you will do it all night XD

because i wouldnt give up

[timber prism]

until i get bored yeah

[tranquil cove]

it's boring after 3rd time

[timber prism]

i literally spawn camped a whole guild in archeage for weeks until they uprooted their homes and moved to a pve only zone

[tranquil cove]

i guess im a better pvper than you, i seek challenge, not boring repetitive gameplay

[timber prism]

in which my guild took over that whole spot

you are not a better pvp

i can guarantee that lmao

[tranquil cove]

i already know i am, based on character

[timber prism]

thats laughable at best

i know skill wise you are not a good player

just from past convos

[tranquil cove]

i dont spawn kill, its boring, it's not fun, winning too easily is boring. i am the person who fights 1 vs 20 man guild.

[timber prism]

lol

[tranquil cove]

maybe because i was 1vs20 and so you think me dying a lot is lack of skill

[timber prism]

XD

I would also say that lacks judgemental skills too

but im not interested in arguing how bad of a player you are

[tranquil cove]

bad player, but good human

killing people over and over = unfun, boring, and contrary to what you want in pvp, i want people geared up and ready to fight me, not naked and never able to start. seems like coward strategy

but i get that all these pvp games promote that type of opportunist gameplay

and then people think they are good because they can camp or gank 1 guy 1vs5

[timber prism]

the best is actually starting naked and taking everyone's gear which is what my guild and I would do in survival games

killing people over and over is a means to an end of having your guild be able to progress more than another.. which is super useful in games where holding territory is key. Same reason why you would try to hold key locations for resources and locking your enemy out of areas.

Spawn camping doesn't mean they are naked especially in MMOs where you dont lose loot

[tranquil cove]

how many territory pvps are there

where you actually have territory on a map

not just a clan runs around and pretends it's their area

[timber prism]

Archeage, Atlas, Last Oasis, New World Alpha.. off the top of my head

the name escapes me atm but there was another big one that had a ton of chinese, brazillian, and NA guilds as well

it was asian themed

[tepid wadi]

So many games with so much potential, killed before their time 😢

Atlas could have been really good

[timber prism]

Atlas definitely had some really cool stuff

[misty arch]

Myth of Empires

[frank sonnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGj6Lf_dyqk&t=135s

[lost flower]

Are you SURE you want me to DPS on your raids?

[ivory cove]

Yes!

[tranquil cove]

good game

• buried treasures
• gold, blue, white ocean salvage (easily got over 1000 wood this way)
• 3 ship types, with 3 variations, with 10+ customizations. (so 12 ships really)
• ship upgrades as well.
• fishing (didnt try it yet)
• you can buy blueprints for clothing
• you can buy 20+ building piece blue prints, each blueprint has 10-20 new build pieces unlocked with it.
• you can buy merchant deeds, which allows you to place stalls in your base, from these stalls you can order goods using silver (20/50x 10, so 200 to 500 of that good, between 100/400 silver) and the goods take a few days to arrive.
• you can hire workers for your base, to cook, craft etc. (haven't tried it yet).

[ebon hedge]

Heard the combat is pretty mid

[tranquil cove]

melee combat is difficult, with a high learning curve on normal, ship combat is very easy so far.

[tranquil cove]

basically things do a lot of damage, and you can even get staggered, if your stamina runs out you are in trouble. there is a lot of running away and attacking once or twice, and repeat. multiple enemies is not worth the hassle, i would assume because switching target lock would be annoying.

healing, and bandages have a pause while you use them, making you vulnerable, so you basically need to run away and use them, and time the use or the distance properly, so the enemy doesn't reach you and 1 shot during the process...

even after you are done drinking a potion or using a bandage, you cant run for 2 seconds? so if you try to run away from an attack, you will get hit and die... the thing you're supposed to do is dodge, dodging cancels everything and works in that situation. it's just i typically try and run in games after i apply something so i kept getting killed until i learned to dodge to avoid that weird run penalty. lots of timing and hard to predict enemy attacks

[tight pendant]

Are you thinking of Black Desert?

[timber prism]

No

Tobruk said it earlier. Myth of Enpires

[timber prism]

There are some interesting design choices from what I read. I hear its much better to just dodge than block which makes me wonder why blocking is even a thing. Im sure they'll make adjustments. Two attack and dodge pattern seems like an interesting choice at low levels and it sounds very tedious when fighting multiple mobs. Having to single them out one by one doesn't sound like fun to me but ima try the game out when I get time and the urge to play a pve survival game.

[tranquil cove]

it's just tanky fighting, not really my favourite thing

30 bullets to kill 1 boss

imagine any human character taking 30 bullets lol

must be magical being

it's not better to dodge than block, it's just harder to block sometimes, because you typically want the parry, which sometimes stun locks them for 3-5 seconds

enemies have a red signal light that happens when they are about to do a special non-blockable move. you must dodge that move.

its sort of like... some anime battle effect lol

like when someone raises a sword, and hits the light just right, and reflects a star of that light back into your eyes

that's the effect when enemies will do an unblockable move

you have posture points, which grants you shields across your character, for how many times you can block an attack

presumably these regenerate. and maybe some attacks drain more shields?

i didn't really pay attention

[frank sonnet]

i played the demo yeah the combat kind of sucks long ranged weapons are your best friend

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/nEp_VDxs71I?si=FYR_dQFodeGgiuqk

[frank sonnet]

puts a new meaning to boot to the head

[ivory cove]

B o 0 T

[frank sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/das-boot-beer-gif-6462093227466570386

[tranquil cove]

the windrose review

[round beacon]

dont like it.

but happy for people who do

[nova mango]

Is funny how 3 weeks ago people say "there is nothing to do in this game11111!!!"

[timber prism]

I never heard that from anyone. It was more like... this story sucks lmao

Its good that they are listening to people to and making changes

A big complaint people were having was transforming the world led to less enemies

[nova mango]

The story even the director say is a flop, but you don't play CD for the story

[timber prism]

So now enemies can take back territories

I mean.. you could play it for the story if it wasnt trash

XD

People played Witcher 3 for the story

[nova mango]

Even the story of black desert was trash XD

[timber prism]

Yeah but its also a MMO

Which generally has bad stories

[nova mango]

They don't know how to write a story and a tutorial lol

[timber prism]

I personally expected more since it is single player

[nova mango]

Is more a game "find it yourself" 😄

[timber prism]

Luckily its just a fun sandbox

[nova mango]

You done the story/main quest?

[tranquil cove]

that's okay i dont like crimson desert, but happy for people who do

i can tell it's still a fun game for people

[round beacon]

same. happy for everyone who enjoys WR. realy am. its just sad for myself since i was also super hyped for it and then... jeah.. fell into a bit of a hole when i realised what it does.

[timber prism]

Nope, im too busy doing side stuff lmao

i haven't even left the starter area

im on Chapter 3 atm

im more interested in finding chonky cats for my army

[tepid wadi]

I've been enjoying Windrose, it's not anything that is spectacularly new, but it's a fun pirate survival game

I could see it getting really good with some early access love

[nova mango]

eheh i decide do to a bit of the main quest!

[misty arch]

https://www.youtube.com/live/2sNT2q4jgQw?si=q9BdnqkS4CUSgPKi

[tranquil cove]

it's not new, but the combination of elements is imo

plus i've stayed away from other survival games that had workers at base, so this is new to me really.

automation/colony sim in a survival isn't usually a draw for me

[tepid wadi]

I haven't hired any workers yet so I dunno how good that part feels, heh

[ivory cove]

My friend keeps saying this even now.

I'm almost disappointed in them

They've fought 3 bosses so far and said they were all trash, therefore the rest are all trash to him too.

Even tho there's 85 unique bosses.

[tranquil cove]

same

[tranquil cove]

i've yet to build a base

i just have tables on a beach

lol

this was cool

[timber prism]

I really need to see what the ship battles are like.. if they differetiate itself from Atlas in a meaningful way

so far the combat is exactly what i thought it would be early game... I dont see any point to actually blocking atm when fighting multiple mobs

like fighting 5 dodo's atm... it is much more efficient to just swing this halberd and dodge back to stay out of hit range vs trying to force a parry

[tepid wadi]

Compared to atlas they feel more... arcadey? Less nuanced, the ship building isn't as nice as atlas but the combat is easier

I find them quite fun

[timber prism]

maybe like Pirate of teh Carribean XD

i already have a pet peeve about this game

tells you can craft any melee weapon to satisfy this.. but in actuality.. it has to be a new saber...

same for upgrading the weapon... halberd doesn't count either XD

oh.. i guess its just buggy lmao.. cuz my friend just tried making a saber and it didnt work XD

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, theres definitely some early access jank in there.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/FCJKmmZsalI?si=KaJhMLzonr5jnWL4

[timber prism]

https://youtu.be/xDRTXScvcA0

[tranquil cove]

it tells you to craft, so upgrading wont work. i didnt notice any issue when i did it.

i think it just wants you to do that so you understand where/how to make weapons

the tutorial tasks are a bit annoying

but later on you can also destroy the weapon and get materials back

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/B_UhbUeOtSA?si=Px_ven2bNV1D3Cif

[ivory cove]

2039 is not that far away-

Should I be concerned?

[timber prism]

depends if you live in the US or not XD

[ivory cove]

So if I do?

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/IeDHtbQjBfs?si=Aez5iXDzh0N54DD3

[timber prism]

possible outcome XD

[ivory cove]

Oh gosh time to buy all the toilet paper again

Weirdest trend i ever seen during a pandemic btw-

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/c44Z55KzjCc?si=toPS9DU5PKW_ieXj

[timber prism]

@tepid wadi coop in windrose is so dumb.. like what is the point of being in a large boat if you can even share storage????? 8 players... 8 ships????