other-games

[misty arch]

what do you mean share storage?

[timber prism]

like if im on my ship and i have friends in my server

i can access ship inventory but they can't

this... you hit "Q" to access it on your ship

but they can't unless its a perms thing... i tried looking it up and people say you each have to own your own

[misty arch]

they are designing it for 1-4 player and each person can do everything. meaning each player needs a boat

its why the boats are easy to use by one person

[timber prism]

yeah, its a gripe i have... like why does each person need to be a captain of their own ship?

why can't we be a crew?

[misty arch]

you can, just the person captaining has to split the loot at the end

but the enemy boats wil out number just 1 boat

[timber prism]

sure but that means if someone gets full on an expedition they can't offload it anywhere

otherwise you are just a group of captains

[misty arch]

basically

[timber prism]

i just disagree with that design choice is all XD

[misty arch]

one way to split loot is to comandere other boats. pretty sure there are chests on them when you jump aboard. havent done that yet myself though

[tepid wadi]

Nah, there aren't chests on board, but I think every player who is involved in the boarding action gets rewarded when you win. I haven't done it myself though

[tranquil cove]

they announced during demo they will fix coop on ships, it's in the works.

[tranquil cove]

they aren't doing that. they will add coop options for 1 ship in the future.

Co-op on one ship — manning the cannons. We’re introducing the ability to man the ship batteries (one player per battery), so you will have more reasons to bring friends along!

they only mention this, but there is a good chance shared inventory will happen too

[tepid wadi]

I hope there's some sort of bonus for having another player man the cannons to encourage it

[tranquil cove]

imo let them cook, it's like 3 days in ea. lol try not to think the devs are forever going to keep 1 thing the same. they already announced 20 changes from demo.

[tepid wadi]

oh yeah, I'm super happy with it for an early access release

[tranquil cove]

and they are jotting down all the feedback

mind you the game is super grindy and frustrating combat for me, still loving it

upgrading all your armor to level 10 is a chore

[timber prism]

for me its currently a 6/10

[tranquil cove]

its funny i say that about all the games you like

[timber prism]

its not bad

[tranquil cove]

i must really not be impressed with triple A games lol

love me the indie rusty games

its because for companies that have 100 million dollars, i expect way better - for windrose i expected nothing, so genuinly impressed.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, my expectations were also super low

[timber prism]

aside from the ship stuff there is nothing that differentiates this from any other survival

[tepid wadi]

@timber prism just wants Archeage + Atlas, lol

Which, to be fair, I also want

[tranquil cove]

expectation is a big part of it

[tranquil cove]

combat is worse than valheim, valheim is easy, i'd say that differentiates it

lol

enshrouded also easy

i should probably just wear the tank armor, and do double handed weapons, with strength build

and combat would be easy in windrose

since i tend to want to fight everything at once and not run away

[timber prism]

im actually just using a blue one hander

and its pretty easy to take on mobs

but maybe its just the mobs but i can take like 3 boars super easy

[tranquil cove]

regular boars? depends what build you got going

[timber prism]

swing 3 times dodge.. having your swings interrupt enemy attacks makes it pretty simple

[tranquil cove]

like i said str build will be easier

[timber prism]

nah

im doing agility

im also only lvl 2

but boars are super easy to kill

[tranquil cove]

agility helps dodge

[timber prism]

i imagine other stuff will be harder

yeah

with this one hander sword

i can attack 3 times and dodge

and just reset stam

repeat

dont get hit

its pretty comfy

[tranquil cove]

i dont know exactly how agility helps dodge, maybe increase speed/reaction of it? not sure if it does distance, or invul time

[timber prism]

its just super easy to manipulate mobs with a single dodge to never get hit

so far at least

[tranquil cove]

how many times do you dodge before you kill the 3 boars

1 time, 2 times?

[timber prism]

1 time per boar so 3 total

i use this

oh wait im lvl 3

[tranquil cove]

ill show you my build hold on

[tepid wadi]

Prioritize weapon upgrades, I'm pretty sure it's just a 20% damage upgrade per level

[timber prism]

yeah, working on it haha

this thing to reduce dash stam is nice too

[tranquil cove]

i am working on getting that when i hit level 8 probably

for now i just have this rapier, waiting for something that does plague or bleeding damage.

i have all the flibustier at this level.

[tepid wadi]

I wish you got a few more skill points, 2 per level would feel so much better

Especially with how slow the leveling is

[tranquil cove]

im gonna try this and see how it feels

i just planted some farming, the farming needs snap points, and maybe multiple crop placement

i assume these will all be grown tomorrow, hopefully i get seeds back

in other news i farmed like 150 fertile soil and it ended up being nothing, because it does placements of 10 for 1 plot...

whyyyyy, so much grind

i had to kill like 20 goats and 20 wolves just do to that

[tepid wadi]

I just went for "Too angry to die", its saved my life a few times

[vague galleon]

yall ever play a little short game called grey garden? its a fascinating world.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/xdaX_OIabEM?si=rJbhKgnDg1xl5c2P

[vague galleon]

what kind of game?

[misty arch]

god game like Light and Dark but with the added bonus of being able to jump into any character and play as them.

[vague galleon]

neat

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/GsKcFE9oMFA?si=79y8SG_THGvFn76B

[tepid wadi]

Incoming wave of pirate-themed games with the success of Windrose

[vague galleon]

[ivory cove]

Yay!

My swashbuckling days are never over yee matey!

[tepid wadi]

One day a game will come out that will top Archeage's ocean experience and will reach the potential that Atlas could have. I look forward to that day.

[ivory cove]

Whats archeage??

Link

Send link

Not me tho, a different link

[tepid wadi]

Archeage is an older MMO, it died because of hyper toxic p2w mtx

[high summit]

@muted socket Hey 🙂 sorry for the ping. What do you think about Soulmask so far ? Wondering about buying it

[ivory cove]

Btw I am the cutest link

[tepid wadi]

You can apparently still play the pre-MTX version of the game. I haven't looked into it too much though: https://aa-classic.com/

It wasn't a perfect game, but the way trade packs and the ocean worked was an absolute masterclass that no one has even come close to topping.

[ivory cove]

Pre MTX

I hate MTX

They make me soooo poor

And then I starve..

[nova mango]

black desert i think is even better than AA . But i loved AA 😍

[vague galleon]

Priston Tales....

[nova mango]

and bots!

[vague galleon]

ROSE online....

[tepid wadi]

I didn't play BD enough to get to any ocean stuff, I didn't like they way they set up gear/progression and stuff and it just didn't hook me

[nova mango]

if i remember right there was a galleon that you needed like 6-9 people or npc because had also cannon, there was naval war as well. was very well done!

[ivory cove]

Is BD and CD combat similar?

The combat trailers they drop are always so awful

[tepid wadi]

🤷‍♀️

I only played BD for like 2 weeks when it launched originally, I'm sure it's changed significantly since then, lol

[muted socket]

I'm really enjoying it. It's crazy deep and complex. I need that kinda game so I don't bore easily. Lol

I'll continue playing it alongside this one.

Also ping me anytime fella! 🫡

[muted socket]

BTW, if you plan to buy you should do it fairly soon ... the DLC is free for only a limited time

[tranquil cove]

yeah you're not the only person who does that build, but intentionally wanted a precision build and to do rapiers and stay away from the op stuff

for example this build is a power build

you do this and you will be fighting 1vs 5 and tanking, and having a good time lol

[tepid wadi]

I don't know if the second and third points in Too Angry to Die are worth it. I only have one point and I rarely need it

[tranquil cove]

essentially in windrose the consensus has been that points in weapon damage stats are kind of pointless. 😛 and you really just need to dump into vitality and endurance, and go for health perks/armor

so imo the devs have some balancing to do, or tweaking

[tepid wadi]

Honestly I think enemy damage could just use a 25% nerf across the board and it would probably feel a LOT better

[undone cliff]

fishing is archeage was fun it was even better when the chill pirate players wanted to fish as well

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, Archeage's ocean experience was top notch. I was glad that Ashes of Creation tried to copy if, even if they fundamentally misunderstood what made the system good.

[undone cliff]

so you had body guards who wanted to fish and liked that you a long liner

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, my buddies and I all ended up getting fishing boats so it was cool to go out there with like 5 people and fish. And with that many, pirates usually left you alone

But every once in a while you'd get them attacking, so they'd try and kill/capture a boat and you'd all scatter at once while they tried to chase you down.

[tranquil cove]

how far are you in windrose now

im about to craft one of the brigs, and i unlocked 3rd tier on all tables

[tepid wadi]

I've almost got the material for the T2 ship, probably ~half way through the foothills biome I guess? I haven't explored it very much at all though, mostly been building my base

[tranquil cove]

i have no base 🤣

just workbenches on a beach

ive not really found a good island that satisfies me

[tepid wadi]

I found a neat little cove that spoke to me and am going to build around the edges of it

[tranquil cove]

i put a teleport on 2 islands that are maybes, holding out for a third island that is better

[tepid wadi]

I'll post a picture of my base when it's a bit further along, I just need to work on it a bit more to get there

[tranquil cove]

i am looking forward to making a base too

so i can finally stop feeling like a pirate hobo

and like i have a home in the world

also i need more than 5 minute comfort

lol

[ivory cove]

By far one of my favorite Indie games I've played

https://youtu.be/Jb05aJsLGIE

It has an amazing soundtrack, alot of secrets, really cool spells and weapons, beautiful locations, explorations to be had and some fun challenging bosses to discover!

[vague galleon]

its a neat game but i fell off it.

i tried a ton of kingsfield likes after watching a video on them but theyre not really for me.

[ivory cove]

Oh

I love them

The exploration is almost always done well!

[frank sonnet]

Did anyone see the soul reaver series came back from the dead with a new game?

[high summit]

:3

[ivory cove]

Right now there are two free Indie Horror titles you can grab on Steam until April 20th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2860410/NineHells/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3534240/Uncanny_Tales_Cold_Road/

Steam

NineHells

NINE HELLS is phychological horror game that will have your mind wandering for answers, as you walk through a series of events telling a linear mystery story.

the game has a atmospheric tension with suspense and jumpscares,

voice acting is high in this game so sounds will be very intense.…

Price

$0.49

Steam

Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the scariest things aren’t monsters or the supernatural, but people themselves. Each episode tells a new chilling story inspired by real-life fears and unsettling situations.

❄️ Uncanny Tales: Cold Road – The first episode of the series.…

Price

$0.59

Recommendations

107

I do hope it is ok to post these steam links, however if not.

The games are called "NineHells" a horror game akin to that of Slender Man from what I seen.

and the second game is called "Uncanny Tales: Cold Road" a very classic stylized horror suspense about uncovering a deep mystery more unsettling the further you go

[muted socket]

Let's goooooooo! Lol

[high summit]

Kinda overwhelming to be honest ^^

[muted socket]

There are lets plays to help you get into it.

[nova mango]

@tepid wadi will you try archeage chronicle when it's released?

[tepid wadi]

Maybe. I'm skeptical of their pivot away from a pvp MMO towards whatever they're calling it now

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/OCl2-N50QXY?si=q77aEGMs3RVJvI5o

[ivory cove]

https://fixvx.com/i/status/2045482127970484497

dashase (@dashase)

Fabulous Khezu 🌹

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Apr 18, 2026, 12:38 PM

K H E Z U

[little salmon]

Ah Khezu - a face only its mother could love. Because that mother was also blind

[ivory cove]

Happy screechy Khezu fammy

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/JHAR8YhWd_U?si=CYTTsSlhaqLlSYlV

[high summit]

My prob was wanting to rush things 😉 I've created a new game and took it slower, got my boat now, made a kinda wide one to be able to fit everything, and just installed my 1st sand gliders

[muted socket]

hey, I know this rush mentality VERY very well, lol

so are you enjoying the game now?

[high summit]

For now it's nice, having some trouble with IA pathfinding when having my base on my boat ^^

[muted socket]

yeah

it looks SUPER deep

today I am venturing also into another game, lol

Borderlands 4

[high summit]

I've kinda rushed it ^^ quite easily

[muted socket]

lol

[high summit]

For now here I am

[muted socket]

you've progressed further than I

[high summit]

^^

[muted socket]

I hear being able to fly isn't too far away

[high summit]

Nope, right after 1st boss (which is written recommended lvl 15)

but you need lvl 20 to unlock the tech

[nova mango]

@ivory cove i took a decision and pushed the MQS in crimson desert!

[ivory cove]

MQS?

Main Quest Stories?

[ivory cove]

Oh and the lightning sword, I got it off enemies

That were like.. robo mech peoples

I got a greatsword and a spear off them!

[nova mango]

yes the main quest story!

[ivory cove]

Shouldn't it be MSQ

[nova mango]

MQS main quest scenario, MSQ Main scenario quesr

[tranquil cove]

i was at HB (home base) CUAS (Crafting up a storm) when i decided i would finish out the MQS (main quest scenario).

[nova mango]

MQS is a term used in final fantasy 14 but i keep using it even outside the mmo!

[timber prism]

I am also used to seeing it as MSQ hahaha

[ivory cove]

Oh i see now

Is because Japan formats their sentences differently

Hence MQS

[muted socket]

marvelous ... how many hours in are you?

[high summit]

10 on this save, but takin my time ^^

you can clearly get this in 2 hours

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/JJOZgSTQbgg

Spuwuky

[muted socket]

yep

I am so loving Borderlands 4 ... don't see what all the fuss is about

[muted socket]

been at it for several hours ... barely touched the map, lol

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/v_Copbn4ASI?si=wPOY_bD5YyrA1RJS

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/etELYxYgNjQ?si=k9RLqPcKYCnfI4yc

[potent marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/After_the_Wane/
I'm working on this game right now and I do really need some help to get more wishlists... If you have any tips to give, please feel free to help me! ❤️

Steam

After the Wane

The new interactive graphic novel by the creators of Along the Edge and Across the Grooves.…

Release Date

To be announced

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/wTCNO27pxsM?si=iLUqyesX_8Z2d3lU

https://youtu.be/08T4AaUqqFM?si=xxGfX4d2UjD-clRi

[tepid wadi]

V Rising is a 10/10 game

Excited to see what the studio cooks up next

[lost flower]

I realise there is a certain level of maturity and decorum expected of members of this group, and this is why it is my sad duty to confess to you all that I still giggle when I am in the Nordic regions of Euro Truck Simulator 2 and see a 'Fart Kontrol' sign.

[ornate fractal]

I only recently learned what that means in not-English and am sure if I lived in such a nation I would have a higher amount of laughs than if I lived in others. XD

[lost flower]

It may, then, further amuse to know that the exit sign at a ferry dock in Sweden reads 'Utfart.'

Because you can go "out this way."

Sometimes the word means 'speed' and sometimes it means 'thoroughfare."

It seems.

[ornate fractal]

Same in English, I guess.

[lost flower]

😐

[ornate fractal]

[lost flower]

[ornate fractal]

😺

[frank sonnet]

Who us? nah not a chance

[nova mango]

I agree!

[rocky siren]

https://www.youtube.com/live/HiOb3lBi6tY?si=qrg4a6SxlsLzzyI6

[jagged tree]

Don't you dare ask Alexa How do you say a seal pushed me yesterday in French

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/TbxjRh7_bR4?si=K4p7p-iLRVFtPBpg

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Yx01DCxt418?si=I3jF_4qrD1ok1GgF

@limpid quarry

Ù nÚ) and too think, she STILL took the money.

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/urZooggl8lE?si=81aCKcneFxQ-5IdV

ruiner 1 is on sale 90% off - $1.99, also theres a bundle with hong massacre for $5.38

[ornate fractal]

I'm more into the original. 🐱 https://youtu.be/RkT-aMgZvQI

[timber prism]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3629430/DREADMOOR/

Steam

DREADMOOR

DREADMOOR is an atmospheric first-person fishing adventure game set in a flooded world. Skill-based fishing, survival crafting, real-time combat, and exploration through rotting wetlands define your journey across land claimed by sea and decay.

Take the helm of a fishing trawler and explore a world flooded by a catastrophic human mistake. C…

Release Date

Q4 2026

[cerulean grail]

https://tenor.com/view/cthulhu-illithids-gif-25485727

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/r1IdgDSZueU?si=7C-8dzDNz9vh_MBB

[fossil sparrow]

I know what I'm doing in June: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqb4pk3bkbs

[tepid wadi]

Wow, I thought it was coming sooner. But I'm hype for it.

[nimble karma]

Beautiful hands🙏🏽

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/PuxA0ig3oL0?si=oYdlmNOM99s6Oxr9

https://youtu.be/PKyZkM1bmiA?si=UwWGLGVmh55ryAfD

https://youtu.be/7tH5SA92kMM?si=tZbO2UN8Zjj24AE5

https://youtu.be/k-I0F7u_LLk?si=Pw7h6Yi_C3l1t0SG

https://youtu.be/J5HhhH03ACE?si=hpyp3Bbn3buMy2UC

[tepid wadi]

@tranquil cove the base, still WIP but further along:

[tranquil cove]

interesting concept

looks good, good design, but needs aesthetic work/detailing, but yeah it also helps if you unlock all the blocks first.

so youre probably limited by that right now

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I actually kind of hate the way that the block "styles" are unlocked. Like, no rounded buildings until the 3rd zone? What? No!

Also I've been using grass benches for like 40 hours and I hate them 😝

[tranquil cove]

im still not even done second boss so..

and im 50 hours in

just been taking my time, dropped off to playing 1-2 hours a day

[tepid wadi]

Mine says 57 hours, but it's not actually played time. Game has spent a fair bit afk.

[tranquil cove]

i dont like any of the grass stuff

[tepid wadi]

yeah, I wish you got more log furniture faster

But maybe that will come with time

[tranquil cove]

i technically could go fight the last boss

few things i think would improve the game

• up the cap from 10 portals to 15
• up the talent points from 12 to 15

[tranquil cove]

i think i showed my old house

[tranquil cove]

this was the demo house

just a rectangle, like i didn't really want to build anything yet

and even my current in game house, i made a rectangle

because i am waiting to unlock all pieces before i start getting serious

otherwise i feel like i'd be wasting time and redoing crap

but, i can show you my current rectangle too

[tepid wadi]

By the time you unlock the pieces, you'll have finished the game! And then whats the point in building a nice base?

Thats the problem I always have

In valheim, enshrouded and now windrose, lol

[tranquil cove]

that's okay lol

i still might go in the game and farm stuff

plus content updates in the future

this is my current house

it's not done, it's missing some detailing actually, and i am not sure like i the mahogany walls, and obviously just a big rectangle is boring, will change it up in the future.

but it's better than the beach and tables i had.

im thinking in the future to ideally make a chest wall, and also give a bunch of crafting tables their own rooms.

and possibly have a second floor and tower

and a balcony, and a few porches.

later could expand to add a dining room, and special smithing area

[timber prism]

Agreed. Im not a fan of this xd

Is there actually any functional point to making a base?

[tepid wadi]

A base like mine? Nah. Square house is fine.

[timber prism]

Just been throwing up platforms with a single wall and roof and throwing decors on it

To get buffs

[tepid wadi]

Yeah

[timber prism]

Does content get any harder?

Im on T2 atm but kinda bored already xd

I was taking on lvl 10s with the small ship. Made a brig and now things are just getting wrecked. Does the AI get any smarter at the higher tiers cuz I see i can make a frigate but not sure what the point is

If there was pvp I could see the point haha

[tranquil cove]

the is fun in the end game, but a struggle early on imo, i feel like progression needs balancing somehow

[timber prism]

What is the end game loop?

[tranquil cove]

end game builds come together, so everything is easier, maybe too easy, removes the challenge

but i also dont like how it feels building up to that

[tranquil cove]

no idea, i am still needing to beat second boss

[timber prism]

O

[misty arch]

they need to fix melee or give itsomething more. it is the worst part about the game so far.

[timber prism]

Once I hit t2 weapons. Leveled it to 10... everything seems pretty easy melee wise

Im using that sword I linked before that has crit + easy perfect parry and just went stam

The combat does feel super generic

There arent any interesting patterns to mobs

Swing 4 times, parry, repeat

Regen stam when you need to

[tepid wadi]

Its like valheim where when you hit a new tier, the mobs are harder, then you upgrade your gear and it gets easier.

The problem is, valheim locks the upgrades behind challenges, where in Windrose, its fairly safe to grind out resources.

[misty arch]

your geared, the grind to get geared and the corpse runs on top are what bother me.

[timber prism]

I guess after playing KMMOs and souls like it doesn't really compare in terms of fight mechanics XD

I mean gearing up wasnt hard at all

[tranquil cove]

yeah level 10, and you find a good weapon, and the game is actually fun, builds start coming together, but the fun ends up being at the expense of any challenge. i like challenge, but the challenge has to be in a way where the process of fighting is fun, i feel leading up to level 10, like 1-5 level, and eve 5-8, combat is tedious and grindy.

[misty arch]

ive played plenty of mmos and that is what im having a flash back of, corpse runs

[timber prism]

Early on it was just making sure to have two foods running, attack twice, dodge, regen stam repeat

And its super fast to get currency just doing ship battles and boarding any yellows

Im like lvl 8 right now?

Im not really doing quests where I think the bulk of the exp comes from

But leveling up your gear is super simple. Just farm mines and it resets every 6 hours or so

[tepid wadi]

Quests and POIs are the ONLY things that give xp

[timber prism]

Oh. Well that makes sense why im so low lvl then XD

I went with the stam 2 set and health 2 set in terms of armor and its pretty free right now XD

[cerulean grail]

just build a tent near where you fight for melee fights corpse is near by, now ships yeah you have to sail to post mortem cache

[tepid wadi]

Or just build a bell next to where you park your ship and pick it back up once you've completed the island

[cerulean grail]

wish you could use the bigger ships for a spawn point like tents or beds

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I dunno why spawning at your ship isn't an option

[cerulean grail]

I do put a bell but I also put a tent when near a poi or a quest so i dont have to run across the island after dying

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, makes sense. I built for full defense so it's pretty rare that I die at this point

[timber prism]

Game initially had pvp?

I cant remember if it was removed or just never a thing. I can see not spawning at boat if there was pvp

[tepid wadi]

I have no idea

[cerulean grail]

no pvp co-op only but no official servers like valheim

I guess they originally had pvp amd more mmo like in mind but they changed direction

[timber prism]

Yeah. Im just curious if the no spawning on ships was an oversight after changing directions

I dont really find an issue with it. Its super easy to set up spawn points etc. The only issue is if people die boarding XD

[misty arch]

Windrose was Crosswind and development shifted focus from a free-to-play, large-scale PvP MMO to a co-op open-world survival adventure

[timber prism]

Ahhhh

Unfortunate z.z

[misty arch]

which is odd if you think about it. the devs have said they are making it for max of 4 people but you can stretch it to 8. Makes you wonder how barren the mmo might have actually been.

[cerulean grail]

well I dont think it would have been barren, cant make that judgement on current server limitations on unofficial dedicated co-op servers. If windrose and pirates of the burning seas had a lovechild with proper funding I think it would be awesome

[tranquil cove]

yes it had pvp, but it wasn't officially design with it in mind i think. it was part of an update, and then decided to axe it after testing it, and probably had lots of feedback that was contradictory so could see what a headache it would be to get pvp added in a way that would make everyone happy, is my guess.

[tranquil cove]

a few people think so.. but there's no guarantee pvp would have made the game better or more popular. if anything its possible it could have never gotten 1.5 million wishlists, and would have been a failed launch. the majority are happy with the game being pve only.

plus the game can't support more than 10 players without lag

[cerulean grail]

potbs pvp couldve worked, they were just zones in the world you had to enter, the whole world wasnt pvp

[timber prism]

I can see why its scrapped for the game bc each player commands their own ship

[tranquil cove]

PVP is hard to get right, attracts different playerbase, creates more comparisons with other games that have more enjoyable pvp.

pvp zones is something i wouldn't have liked, unless it was done like legend of california game maybe.

[timber prism]

Atlas did it right and they probably didnt just want to copy them. The system for Windrose is way too basic

[tranquil cove]

better to make it all pvp, except in towns, or no pvp at all. and again, capped at 10 players? not much point. just turn on friendly fire.

[timber prism]

And doesnt offer a good coop experience imo

[cerulean grail]

I just hope they add more faction like brits, dons and frogs pirate vs pirate is getting old every mob looks the same

[timber prism]

Looking forward to seeing what changes they make to coop

[tranquil cove]

there is a strong chance they add friendly fire in the far future, they are interested in diving mechanic, and swimming/under water content. and they are interested in coop on 1 ship.

so i'd say these are open to happen, way to early right now though

[cerulean grail]

potbs wasnt bad it just got outdated

[timber prism]

Its also interesting you can just crash into whatever with no damage

Which would have been awful for pvp

[misty arch]

originally you didnt if i remember correctly. it took 4 people to run the entire ship.

[cerulean grail]

you can coop on 1 ship now

[tranquil cove]

can you? they said they were going to add friends control guns, while someone drives.

[timber prism]

There is no incentive to coop on a single ship

[cerulean grail]

yeah you can do that from what i hear

[misty arch]

yes 4 people can run on one ship, captain stears and 3 at the guns

[timber prism]

You cant even access the storage if yoy arent a captain

[tranquil cove]

maybe it needs more work and incentives like ticonz says

[timber prism]

My friends and I started the game as coop and it was not a good experience

Its just much better to all make your own

[cerulean grail]

unfortunately thats the only safe space for your items if you have randoms in your world, alot of irl piracy going on in servers

[tranquil cove]

i think it needs work all around, coop, and single player too

i do like the game still

[cerulean grail]

same

[timber prism]

Survival games for the longest time have perms on lockboxes

There is no reason why they couldn't code that in

[cerulean grail]

oh I am sure they are working on it, been alot of complaints

[timber prism]

Its a good foundation for a game

[ivory cove]

I was looking up Elden Ring stuff and was reminded why Elden Ring is THE most beautiful game I've ever been blessed to have played..

Look at some of these screenshots of locations, these are all jus captured in game but look like they are actual paintings

[misty arch]

will be interesting to see how the movie turns out

[ivory cove]

They're filming in London right now!

[daring wave]

They are actual paintings.
They're painted with pixels.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/1Wy-s8ps6vU?si=1d4yk8c0bMi7x4zY

[ivory cove]

Yeah but these look like actally paintings or concept art.

I almost never see a game actually look like 1/1 or better than the concept art

[timber prism]

def lvl 6 XD

[vapid tree]

Been playing some Windrose, The build system is not Enshrouded tier, but I had a lot of fun

[cerulean grail]

sure beats my square box 😉

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/N8HUyksauFY

U can tame cute lil birbies now 🥺💕

@nova mango

[nova mango]

i saw it yesterday!!!

[ivory cove]

The update broke vault in combat tho

It's been nerfed alot

So i hav to wait until that is fixed

[nova mango]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk3rfUC80DE @burnt spear

[burnt spear]

Saw it live.

[nova mango]

oh XD

slap Yoship from me thank you!

[nova mango]

i smell P2W from here!

[tepid wadi]

Probably "pay 2 wait" in this case though 😝

[nova mango]

that is a batlte bass for sure

[nova mango]

13 years later cross play!!!!!

cross server ***

😲

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/AEb7oURJz78?si=1HvaOlWZUcnLSljS

[nova mango]

OMG OMG OMG OMG @burnt spear

[burnt spear]

Yeah, the place just exploded.

[nova mango]

you didn't faint?

[burnt spear]

I did not, but then I'm not that huge of an Evangelion fan.

[timber prism]

I am so happy right now

All these changes are so huge

And EVA alliance 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[nova mango]

well, that was something unexpected!

[burnt spear]

I need to sit in the Dev panel for more on this evolved mode.

[nova mango]

yes please i did not understand a things..get some info!

[burnt spear]

None of us understand anything yet as that haven't explained anything.

[nova mango]

for me the important things is they won't touch my ley lines, the rest i don't care XD

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/n7x8ZGPlj5E

Me for real whenever i play race games

[burnt spear]

Those BRD changes for Evolved...

[timber prism]

Getting rid of the 2 minute is amazing for this game

i can't wait

[ivory cove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/sAkFao-JPsA

[nova mango]

I still don't understand the changes

[burnt spear]

None of us really do yet.

[nova mango]

I would like a fire 4 instant cast 😌

[vague galleon]

i too now have a copy of crimson desert, through my gpu/cpu! yay!

[feral lily]

Dont start it. It takes 200hrs of your life before you know it

[vague galleon]

we'll see.
right now one of my headaches is thinking about reinstalling mods in oblivion.... I wonder if its possible to port over the folder and have it all intact.

125 GIGS for desert. uhg, not yet....

[feral lily]

Its huge lol

[daring wave]

I have it, not that impressed to be honest. also, you should be able to copy Oblivion mods.

[vague galleon]

i also need to redo new vegas anyway

[daring wave]

I never finished that one. Only just started up FO4 again and was having a blast playing that.

[timber prism]

Have a great time! Love that game!

[vague galleon]

no idea when ill even try it lol, but it was free!

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/3t1WJsFXY-8?si=QR6njHBESGe_cATM

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/eT6t2whUPRM?si=nS0mh2TnphU2VQUt

[timber prism]

Non stop PVP Season lvl 1-25 in two days

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/h8wJ5nHyKEc?si=CqKL7_vvj4BwpgfB

https://youtu.be/sU-8D5SSgXg?si=Q7iyOorqbpCDbbL3

[ivory cove]

Costco is having a big sale on Nintendo Switch 2 game sales

30$ for mainstream NEW title

[timber prism]

Happening right now?

Hrmm over a week now. All the games prolly gone xd

[ivory cove]

Im late to the party

[vague galleon]

thats an expensive controller oof.

[cerulean grail]

looks like nvidia shield controller

[frank sonnet]

overpriced and awful ergonomics no thanks

[split kindle]

Dang, now I'm quickly losing hope that the steam machine will be under 1k

[jagged rapids]

Ah once again Diablo 4 proves blizzard never tests their couch coop.

[frank sonnet]

tbh multiplayer these days is a online experience

[humble parrot]

for how things have been going 100$ doesn't seem so bad but as the only option its a bit much for sure

[frank sonnet]

i mean there's other options for pc controllers

[humble parrot]

yeah i spliced a 360 madcatz controller to usb and used that

worked great til it fried xD

[inland stone]

What are those 2 square looking buttons? Touchpads like PS5?

[nova mango]

No like steam deck

I will try to get one Monday! I want to play forza Horizon 6 with that

[tranquil cove]

wait thats the plot?

This friendliness makes a bit more sense in the context of the game, because while Arc Raiders is set in a post-apocalypse, it’s a relatively hopeful one. As a Raider, you’re tasked with helping out the underground community of Speranza by going topside to battle murderous machines, taking on optional quests to help out this collective. The plot is literally about aiding others, all while battling a common threat. The game’s central looting loop has also made it a good idea to team up with strangers to take on these bots rather than to go it alone. An extra pair of eyes can help keep watch for incoming drones or a rare hostile player going Mad Max mode. The relative friendliness probably also comes from there not being quite as big a payday in gunning for other humans as in many other extraction games, as many of the easy-to-come-by starting weapons are powerful.

reminds me of this show https://youtu.be/e2ZRSwul7cE?list=RDe2ZRSwul7cE

https://www.avclub.com/arc-raiders-marathon-criminologists-player-behavior?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-ca

ultima online had similar things, not everyone was a ruthless player killer

we had multiple guilds popping up to protect people too, and even most pks would treat new players well

[tepid wadi]

It's actually one of the interesting parts of MMO development that I think about. Giving players reasons to have positive interactions with each othre creates a very different environment than the standard 'full loot sandbox' style where the only real way to interact with other players is negatively.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/Fn7aYRVyRMM?si=N2nyStJ7sEMLa2cB

[timber prism]

Archeage was also much like this. While you had the option of flagging on even your own faction there were guilds/players who would help out fellow players especially early on in progression. Sharing fishing boats or helping playing cross the sea bc they were able to get their ships first. We had a guild on our server who RP'd being a ferryman

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, Archeage is a constant example of little things that contribute to the overall whole that makes a MMO great. It's such a shame they just killed it before it could really shine.

[pure basalt]

Working on my own... 🙂

[tepid wadi]

I'm working on something quite different for the MMO space

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/DBlcH7DwGbM?si=Ujjn3NaTOfXzedIY

[high lance]

a couple of images rom the old Landmark game with circles

[tepid wadi]

F

Landmark was ahead of its time

[high lance]

I have never hid the fact tha tif they reied to reboot landmark I"d be right there lol

like in 2 minutes lol

but I also know it was riff with issues and i didn't care for the cartoony style they opted to use and how much they dummed down crafting

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/H3b_3DaZ108?si=htQHKpxZqWRLmvsO

[daring wave]

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hogwarts-legacy

Hogwarts Legacy Free on Epic.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/pTpQkLY1Tcc?si=BE16CT-GJ-mtxOwW

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/8EZhCzFaQuw?si=f1ayZJs291QbmF6-

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/H-9GmgPIiPM?si=paHZsv_QxH-0Wpsa

[misty arch]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/pirate-rpg-game-is-secretly-looting-your-ssd-lifespan-new-windrose-patch-promises-smoother-sailing-and-addresses-excessive-disk-writing

[tepid wadi]

Ruh roh

[finite saffron]

Just because I know how frustrating this kind of misinformation can be for devs, I want to point out that this headline is quite sensational. The actual non-clickbait headline is "Windrose had high harddrive usage at launch, a new patch has lowered it"

The article says that the game used 15mb/s to 30mb/s while playing. This is definitely on the high end of the spectrum, but it's not "your SSD is going to break" high. There are plenty of massive open world games or MMOs that have similar amounts of harddrive usage and nobody is printing articles saying those games are going to break your SSD.

If anything this article should have been something positive. They made a patch that makes the game easier to run. Cool. But those kind of articles don't get clicks I guess.

[misty arch]

you were one i actually wanted to hear on this being in the actual industry and knowing the numbers. Glad you said something.

[finite saffron]

The numbers are on the high end, and high disk usage does lower the lifespan of older SSDs, but that's just... how SSDs work. You buy them to use them, and games use them. Saying that it's lowering the lifespan of the SSD isn't technically wrong it's just very sensational.

And they even add at the last minute in their article that modern SSDs don't have this problem

[misty arch]

Id say the average person doesnt know if their ssd is modern or not and that is where the clarity would be needed most. Especially with how fast tech changes and comes out.

[tepid wadi]

I'd say the average person doesn't know if they have a SSD or HDD

[cerulean grail]

After this update my pc doesnt sound like a jet engine as much while playing it so gj kraken

[finite saffron]

Regardless of if it is or not this is not the kind of thing consumers should ever worry about IMO. You're just stressing yourself out and potentially scaring yourself away from playing games you would enjoy. SSDs have extremely long lifespans, and this kind of usage isn't gonna cut their lifespans in half or something, we're talking percentages

[misty arch]

exactly

[finite saffron]

In a more objective framework what the Windrose devs did was a positive thing, they optimized their game more and made it easier to run. The article frames it like the game was dangerous to run before, or something, which isn't true.

[misty arch]

agreed, them fixing the problem, and rather quickly is good on them.

in other news
https://youtu.be/x6q1UMNM9eY?si=0S7Ky8gV45-PWjkC

[finite saffron]

I hope it's good, I want to love POE2 but the leagues I've played haven't hooked me very much

played a lot of POE1

My biggest issue is that it feels like POE2 doesn't respect my time... maybe I'm just getting older, idk, but I never felt like POE1 had so many sections that felt like a slog to get through

[misty arch]

ya 2 does seem that way. Was the reason I stopped playing it.

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/uYOjouyAhy0?si=Y_BRR4YHUHDpIjqh

[tepid wadi]

I feel like when they added sprint it REALLY helped this feeling

POE2 has kinda ruined POE1 for me

[finite saffron]

They added sprint? lmao maybe I need to play this new league

I totally missed whatever update that was

I remember they added a bunch of waypoints everywhere you could teleport to, which felt like a bandaid solution for bad map design to me

[tepid wadi]

That was like... 2 updates ago, lol

You can hold dodge to sprint and it gives you a HUGE amount of speed, but if you get stunned while sprinting you fall over

I usually die once or twice a league due to that

They also reduced the size of A3 maps by like 33%, and Act 4 is a visual feast

Some of my favorite maps in A4, it's gorgeous

[timber prism]

Racing is so back https://youtu.be/v9J3Y1ypDMc?si=h7NJl_dV2BnMl3QO

[nova mango]

@ivory cove finally i learn to parry and counter attack!

[ivory cove]

Wowzers!

You kno u can parry by atking when they atk as well ya kno!

[nova mango]

yeees!

since i'm a little bit sick, i have to played from my sofa with the pad, and the combo is waaay better!

[tranquil cove]

why does the original look better?

i prefer left side over right side...

https://youtu.be/PhQ3yQjUgAc
you play as captain we make characters that make you want to vomit, and you have no love for them all. lol sorry, but game characters are 9 times out of 10 trash and not relatable, this is why i dislike so many character based games. prefer build your own character games.

this guy is statham

wow internet always fails, no gif of statham headbutting people

[tepid wadi]

AI has made gif searching WAY worse

[tranquil cove]

searching went down hill last 10 years

like browser searching etc. used to get better results in the past

but also nobody makes good gifs, i think of tons of things from movies that should be a gif, but i guess because the movie is from the 90s it's too old.

[cerulean grail]

https://tenor.com/view/crank-high-voltage-crank-2-crank-lionsgate-chev-chelios-gif-15592089312085673409

[foggy island]

https://tenor.com/view/valheim-mistlands-gif-27185332

[ivory cove]

I've played AC4 like 3 or 4 times

I'm looking forward to seeing the remake

But I am in fear they are gonna do what EA did with the remake of MW1/2

Where they cut out content that was already in base game of MW1/2 and put them into a lootbox/battlepass system and sold the maps as DLC

Ubisoft is 100% the kind of company that'd do something like this.. so I hav my hesitations-

[mild granite]

why would u support ubisoft

the remake is a cash grab hail mary before the company dies for good

let it die lmao, they ruined our boy enough

[mild granite]

other games

games to wait for

[mild granite]

also 7 days to die, palworld, ESO. probably forgetting a few.

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/_DYxcgnlgwU?si=qHFn1nw4lrltvD-k

[ivory cove]

Because idk, I jus want to play AC4 again

It all depends on how they handle it

[frank sonnet]

Ngl doesn’t look that great

[mild granite]

i understand what you're saying, but if you love the character, you wouldn't support the company actively trying to exploit them. if you want to play ac4 again, download the original game, or at least buy it at a significant sale so ubisoft gets almost no money. im not trying to rant but its very easy to look up why ubisoft should already be gone from the gaming community and people that support it either dont know or dont care, but either way it hurts everyone in the long run when bad companies are still rewarded with our cash for releasing garbage. you're obviously free to do whatever you want but it doesn't hurt to stay informed when its a community you're apart of.

[abstract ingot]

🎲 D&D 5e Campaign: When No Heroes Came

DM: A friend
Starting Level: 1
Party Size: 6 (3 seats still open)
Platform: Discord (voice + text)
Kickoff: Saturday, 23 May 2026
New players welcome

The sky is cracking open. Stars burn out mid-fall. Prayers go unanswered.

Something old is stirring the Order of the Bleeding Star and whatever kept it buried is no longer holding.

You don’t begin as heroes. You’re villagers, laborers, runaways, outcasts people who were never meant to stand against the end of the world. But now, there’s no one else.

What you do next won’t just decide who survives… it may decide what kind of world is left, if any.

Game tone & style:

• Heavy roleplay, grounded characters
• Real consequences (no easy resets)
• Character growth that’s earned, not given
• A world that changes based on your actions

If you want a story where survival matters more than glory and where becoming a hero isn’t guaranteed this is that game.

💬 Message me if you want in or have questions.

[frank bear]

If anyone wants to join a Minecraft java SMP hit me up

[indigo vessel]

H

[nocturne crane]

Hm

If there's anyone here that may be interested in the Pixel-Art 2D Post-Apocalyptic Survival Shooter MMORPG that im developing, or if anyone would just want to be directly updated on the game/engine status & development, shoot me a message for my discord link. I could really use a boost in members and eyes on my project and would really be appreciated! Its a really nice project with tons of potential, so im hoping itll be decently popular.

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/s97C9jKQjMU?si=SMO8fy8PD4UL15wL

[timber prism]

Is this about Ubisoft threatening him for breaking NDA?

[tranquil cove]

who broke nda?

[timber prism]

The actor for black flag

Thread is from about 9 months ago

[nova mango]

@burnt spear have you done the last alliance raid and the new patch dungeon/trial/extreme?

[burnt spear]

I'm still in CA until tomorrow, won't be home to do anything until Sunday.

[nova mango]

oh okay! have you recovered from covid?

[burnt spear]

Yeah, out of Quarantine as of yesterday.

[nova mango]

nice to hear, have a safe trip back home sunday

[frank sonnet]

bro is loving that chicken

[vestal wolf]

This has a cool style to it! Which game is it?

[timber prism]

Final Fantasy 14

[vestal wolf]

Huh- that does not look how I imagined it to lol

Thank you though

[timber prism]

There are tons of cosmetics in the game haha

[ivory cove]

Thats FF14

[ivory cove]

Foofy meow meow

[stray coral]

Fun so far

[tepid wadi]

They just patched in a shitload more building pieces too, right after I finished my playthrough 😢

[ivory cove]

Better jump on this now peeps :0

You got literally 1 day

[tranquil cove]

still not good enough

but the triangles help, was one of the necessary changes i was asking for

but having plaster triangles on windows and doors themes the doors and windows to only be used with plaster, and makes it hard to incorporate them into other walls unless you can stand the look or somehow hide it.

the issue with plaster right now, is it doesn't match with wood well. cold grey doesn't go with soft warm wood colours... it might be nice if they allowed us to tint plaster different colours, yellowish, brownish, white, blue, etc.

and the build system is pretty dis-harmonous right now.

• the diagonal small beams go on top of clay, but get buried in plaster and limestone.
• the diagonal big beams go over plaster and limestone.
• the diagonal big beams clip into stone.
• there are no diagonal mahogany beams.

clay walls also mismatch in some spots.

[tepid wadi]

Almost like you need some sort of dynamic voxel blending

[vestal basin]

they better give a discount for the next update

[misty arch]

https://massivelyop.com/2026/05/01/the-intrepid-boards-lawsuit-against-ashes-of-creations-steven-sharif-has-been-dropped/

[rancid relic]

Hey what game is this? Looks like pirates enshrouded lolol

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/jC0JXWH6EyA?si=EJBVJxGFwCj93b3K

[tepid wadi]

Its more like pirate valheim, but its a good time

[cerulean grail]

yes, way less tedious than valheim too

[tepid wadi]

I like the slow pace of valheim, but I know it can get boring for a lot of folks

[tranquil cove]

who plays chess?

the review on chess.com seems stupid to me

like what's the point if the bot reviewing my game is an idiot like the bot i am playing?

he wants me to move my pawn up

saying bishop move i made is inaccuracy

?!

if i move pawn up a good player would just take it, or move their bishop... there is no fork you moron

he thinks i can get into this position

LOL does this seem idiotic to anyone?

the bot is telling me i missed a 2 move future.

for the best 1 move i made

[daring wave]

Pawn up means sacrifice for bishop on bishop.

[tranquil cove]

i think this bot reviewing is just bad

only 50% of the suggestions are good

[frank sonnet]

i mean its ai so that's to be expected

[tranquil cove]

here we get into a game of castles

im the white pieces

[ivory cove]

Tonberry vs emo scythy boy!

[timber prism]

ahaha yes! My fc member just gifted me this!

[ivory cove]

Omggg da sharky 🥺💕

[tepid wadi]

This picture with no context is wild

[stray coral]

Wife and I been on a slow roll on this also . 90 ish hours and just getting into foothills just purchased second ship. Now got to gather more materials to upgrade it .

[tepid wadi]

oh wow that's a REAL slow roll

My playthrough took me about 60 hours and I felt like I was taking it slow

[tranquil cove]

you beat the game in 60?

like final boss? etc? i am at 70, didnt fight final boss yet, have a bunch of quests to do also

[tepid wadi]

Technically it says 74, but the game doesn't log you out when AFK, so a lot of my time isn't accurate.

But yeah

[tranquil cove]

same

i guess a lot of my hours were spent building too

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/chuckles-im-in-danger-ralph-wiggum-the-simpsons-gif-14149962

[nova mango]

got the new dress!

[timber prism]

Cute!!!

[ivory cove]

I took me 700hrs to beat Elden Ring, I took my time to explore and have fun

[ivory cove]

That dress is soo pretty, I luvvv the sparkles on it

[ivory cove]

Oh em gee strut dat walk girl, slayyyy 💅💕

[misty arch]

battlle against your own steam library
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3356660/Game_Quest_The_Backlog_Battler/

Steam

Game Quest: The Backlog Battler

Armed with your trusty keyboard and mouse, battle the games you never play! The more you paid for them, the more damage they will do to you (just like in real life).

Fight in an arena surrounded by your well-played spectator games, while the immortal royalty (the games you have never played) lord over you at the end of the arena.…

Release Date

2026

https://youtu.be/0oSK09JFxqM?si=KUIrRIX_Ofe89DKz

[tranquil cove]

when your character turned around and i saw the big tail, it turned from serious fashion runaway show to me laughing out loud.

good stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_mSP8Eqno

[nova mango]

It's a Maine coon tail! (MOD 🤫)

[nova mango]

https://tenor.com/view/yoship-gif-27484560

[narrow lava]

Hi everyone

I am new here

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/2FpNJRW_OiI?si=egtP5kuuMko0xL_2

[nova mango]

Got it!!!! yeees!

[misty arch]

you got lucky. it sold out in 30 minutes

[nova mango]

Germany seem you can buy but now is 6-10 days, mine is 3-5 days

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/hfCFP_rLQvk?si=w64svIfa75D4QMrG

[misty arch]

like the looks of it. almost done with Tainted Grail so will need another one to jump into soon

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/Y2CTbu-nVzM?si=O0YrMX-pGspTCxKu

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/BpuPu2glfhA?si=RsLFwPlAmFC6EAoD

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/surprise-the-studio-making-star-wars-fate-of-the-old-republic-is-full-of-former-bioware-devs/

[frank sonnet]

<@&1059853133188169910>

[merry moat]

https://tenor.com/view/trash-bin-trash-collector-fail-messy-gif-17125807

[ivory cove]

In TotK you can do anything u sent ur mind too! Anything...

[tepid wadi]

Finally relevant username?

[frank sonnet]

lol yeah

[ivory cove]

Do airships count as trains

[cerulean grail]

https://tenor.com/view/steam-train-im-coming-gif-11628432736503999411

[frank sonnet]

Nah airships are there own thing

[ivory cove]

Train no longer choo choo anymore.. the last steam train was discontinued like.. a decade ago i think

[frank sonnet]

You can still see em at museums and various tourist railroads

[ivory cove]

But they dont chuga chuga or choo choo

Not the same

[daring wave]

We still have Steam Trains here in Sydney... They take people for rides most weekends. I will often hear them chugging along on a Sunday morning, sometimes blowing their whistle... There's also a Railway museum not far down the road where the have all memorabilia and serve tea and whatnot.

[frank sonnet]

Based

[daring wave]

https://www.nswrailmuseum.com.au/

[fathom scroll]

Now I want trains in Enshrouded XD

[tepid wadi]

We have a steam train that runs on an old logging rail every Christmas season, it's a fun little attraction in my area

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/87bzUaPaamQ?si=Mqg7-Nu71jtpawuE

[tepid wadi]

Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIlORVPoVqk

Since I know a bunch of us like Force's videos

[misty arch]

ya, ive been watching him play it and its how I found out about it.

[ivory cove]

That looks like the guy from that one superhero show

[timber prism]

Im glad he is enjoying it but its a bit premature. Only played six hours... hasn't tried endgame, no idea how much content etc

[tranquil cove]

tbh it looks like a slop game to me, like i see 10 games a year that look like that, based on looks/style alone and the way combat is presented, it's not interesting to me. also mmo is a count against it for me too. the possibility that anyone makes a good mmo that i will enjoy is nearly zero. all mmos suffer from the same problems and no one solved them, and even if solved they struggle with player base or a proper way to monetize.

i might just hate gaming now 😅

been gaming all my life, the idea of spending hours in an MMO is unappealing, i just want to casual game something, and not really interested in interacting with people anymore unless it's a small coop.

[tepid wadi]

Given some of the opinions you've shared... it's possible.

I could talk a lot about MMOs, but I won't soap box too much today 😝 They're too stuck in a rut and not innovating, for some reasons that are understandable and others that aren't.

[tranquil cove]

windrose building i've decided isn't very fun or good

the demo pieces fit together better

but i don't want to be stuck using starter stone walls, wood, and thatch.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, they need a lot more building pieces and stuff, but the mechanics of the building are very good.

[tranquil cove]

imo the building needs a lot of work

[tranquil cove]

the mechanics are okay yeah

[tranquil cove]

the stair pieces dont even fit together properly

[tepid wadi]

yeah

There are lots of little things that need work, but overall it's a good spot for early access.

[tranquil cove]

its infuriating lol

[tepid wadi]

Yeah I didn't play with the spiral staircases much because there aren't the right curved walls and stuff

[tranquil cove]

my suggestions so far for the build system

• smoother clay
• thick clay wall version
• tinting plaster: blue, red, white, brown, yellow
• more arches
• more stone floor types
• more foundations
• remove the plaster triangles on windows/doors or provide the same windows with different triangle types.
• diagonal mahogany beams
• diagonal and horizontal stone beams.

clay could have been pretty

instead they made it annoying and weird

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, they made it kinda ugly

[tranquil cove]

also the mahogany beam doesnt bind right

small mahogony beam, the connection is good.

but the large mahogany beam the connection sucks

its not flush

i dunno building in games just pisses me off, and without a direct line to the devs, i can't be assed lol

i make threads or reports that seem to get ignored in every game

[tepid wadi]

I'm pretty sure they have a discord or some way to talk about this stuff to them

TBH though, this is the sort of thing that puts Enshrouded in a whole different ballgame for building. The voxel blending that Enshrouded has is an engine limitation for building systems like Windrose

[tranquil cove]

im sure there were things in enshrouded that pissed me off too, but i suppose enshrouded as a more complete build system has more work arounds to issues. and now that its been 2-3 years? the devs could have finally just fixed things i pointed out in the first week because eventually they would have gotten to it by now or more people spoke up since then.

[tepid wadi]

just a bit over 2 years since enshrouded early access, yeah. They've made a TON of upgrades.

[tranquil cove]

i want games to do doors and windows like sims does. placement on wall, erases the wall and fills it in with a door.

i dislike when doors/windows are themed, as in they have elements of marble in them for example on the border, and so that door or window can only be used with marble walls.

i consider this terrible for freedom.

make it so i can use all doors and windows with ANY wall.

enshrouded doesn't do this still, though this is more of a mechanics complaint then a snapping issue.

and a feature request was being able to swap out roof tiles, rather than having to destroy and place them again.

i didn't like the trim that came with walls in enshrouded, i think?

was with roofs or walls? the trim was annoying #the-tavern message

[tepid wadi]

Potentially both

It would be interesting tech to insert a window and have it adapt to the adjacent blocks

[frank sonnet]

maybe you need a new hobby

[tranquil cove]

i need to stop complaining maybe, believe it or not i used to be worse

i have multiple hobbies, chess, piano, photography, complain about them all. 🤣 woodworking etc.

[cerulean grail]

Sounds like you need to take a train ride

[tranquil cove]

for photography, i hate wind, too much sun, and people existing near where i want to take a photo 😛

for woodworking, i dislike sawdust

cant i cut, sand, and form wood without dust? would be ideal

[cerulean grail]

https://tenor.com/view/apocalypse-gas-mask-gif-18974322

[frank sonnet]

i read a article somewhere that complaining and venting makes things worse instead of instead of helping as people think

[tranquil cove]

yeah, i reduce stress by making everyone around me stressed 😆

but it can be negative feedback loop

it helps more to be grateful or find something to appreciate

[cerulean grail]

sharing is caring

[tepid wadi]

Misery loves company

[frank sonnet]

you need to do this to your self when you get the urge to complain or nitpick

https://giphy.com/gifs/one-direction-zayn-malik-naughty-boy-3BL45MJDZABqg

[timber prism]

@tepid wadi do you plan on playing Farever? Definitely want to know your thoughts if so once you reach endgame

[tepid wadi]

I'll probably give it a shot, unsure if I'll get to endgame 😝

[timber prism]

Haha

Between WWM, Far Far West, and FF14 i am pretty much full on games atm xd

[tranquil cove]

far far west was on my list of demos to try but never got around to trying it with my friend

apparently abiotic factor comes out with dlc in august, so i will probably buy that, and fable (if it's good).

[nova mango]

https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/837 @ivory cove

[frank sonnet]

loved the demo for far far west will probably get it......... eventually i'm such a cheepscape when it comes to video games

[tranquil cove]

i had like a physical reaction of being sick to where the winds meet as a game lol

i basically use the game to get 700 discord orbs once a week, by leaving it open for 15 minutes. and that's it. 😛

[cerulean grail]

https://www.youtube.com/live/m1h0LXh1jgE?si=QcrcLUVV6ezetYzG

[ivory cove]

This is so amazingggg whaaaat!!!

[timber prism]

Im having a blast with friends and enjoy the loop and versatility with builds so far.

I started on hard at lvl 1 joining a PUG and its been hectic from the beginning. I can only imagine what nightmare mode is like

[frank sonnet]

normal mode was quite difficult to play solo

[manic shadow]

💥

[misty arch]

https://www.youtube.com/live/ePZeyh5q9R8?si=1UhUNhzl38EhrJvV

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/QQXY04I_Q64?si=A8kLEekIZ9Nzbxt8

[tepid wadi]

I fired it up last night to play for a few hours, my initial impressions:
-Nice simple combat, generally feels pretty good but isn't super deep.
-Good build customization with the way your weapons and class skill work BUT each class has very few skills to choose from, so I'm not sure how it will feel later game.
-I don't personally love the art style, but it's nice and clean. It's a little cartoony for me, but it's a nice chill vibe
-The world is nice to explore, you get a grappling hook, glider and mounts very early on
-There are lots of activities in the world. Again they're very simple, but they're well designed and make you want to explore.
-Story is basically nonexistant. There are a few quests here an there but they're super basic.
-Crafting is exatly what you'd expect from any other crafting system
-Feels like less of a MMO, more like a Genshin-style shared world game, which is a shame

It's VERY early access, I don't think there's a ton of content right now (cap is level 20, planned eventual cap is 50), so making judgments about endgame is super premature.
I don't think it's the sort of game to hold me for very long because the world doesn't feel alive, once you clear out all the POIs in an area, there's not really any reason to revsisit that area. There's no REASON to group with other players, since any content is soloable. I don't have any impact on the world by completing activities, everything just respawns in the same place as it did before.

[timber prism]

Gotcha. Ill wait for 1.0 to check it out then

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I'll probably mess around with it through the weekend. It's got potential, but unless some big amount of content opens up at level 10, I think it'll just be a little diversion.

It doesn't do any of the things that I believe would really drive a MMO into a real next generation.

[timber prism]

Im surprised Force called it a mmo

[tepid wadi]

MMO fans are just desperate for new games 😝

[timber prism]

I have a friend playing and he said it doesn't feel a mmo at all

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, it doesn't

You see other players now and then, and there's a local/global chat, but that's it

[tepid wadi]

Overall, it's probably worth the $20 price point right now if you need something to play, but there are a LOT of good games right now

[tranquil cove]

if it was MMO it would be even worse imo

why do i want a play a game where nothing is dynamic and all combat is based on levels? with subpar crafting system, that requires 8 hours of my time a day?

[tepid wadi]

I mean... you don't. That's why current MMO projects are failing.

[tranquil cove]

level games are annoying and open up balancing issues, non dynamic 'go fetch' quests, where you beat that quest at level 10, and go back to that area, the same quest and npc is there breaking immersion. it's all trash, and instances aren't great either.

[tepid wadi]

They aren't addressing those core issues and evolving the genre into something that is actually what players today will want to play.

[tranquil cove]

and me and zerax agree on crafting being garbage in 90% of games

or at least 50% of games, and most mmos

[tepid wadi]

50% is being generous, but yeah

[tranquil cove]

i just remember in wow, going to war camp, and having to do a quest at level 40

at level 60, orcs defeated and war is over, in the story but you go back to that area for another quest, and you see the war camp still there, and the npc offering the same quest to level 40 people.

lol

obviously super understandable, but i want games to evolve

maybe pc hardware still has a long way to go though

[tepid wadi]

I've been doing a lot of design around what it takes to create a MMO that doesn't have a level/progress driven progression. It takes a fundamental reevaluation of a LOT of game mechanics to do, but I think it's possible to do it in a compelling way.

[tranquil cove]

windrose did something a bit less commonly done with the level up by visiting pois

exploration based xp IS pretty fun

[tepid wadi]

yeah

kinda proves that you don't need to get xp from picking up every plant and killing every boar

[tranquil cove]

btw that example i gave might have been neverwinter nights online

i don't know why i said wow, but also wow has a problem i dislike

animation based combat, with 1 million hit point bosses, and huge damage numbers as if i am in a japanese godzilla movie. 150k, in yellow/red text popping up on top of a boss i am hitting, to sensationalize the damage.

but this is because i dont think i like action adventure games in general

i want a simulation MMO

so more real world like combat, everything has 100hp... but maybe damage resistances or whatever.

[tepid wadi]

I mean, I don't even think the animatio based combat is what you don't like. I think it's the disconnect between the way the game plays, what it presents you with, and what it FEELs like

The number inflation with a lot of long-term MMOs is nutty

But that's a symptom of item/level based progression as the main focus

GW2 proves that you don't need level based progression to be successful. They've never raised their item power/level cap since release

[tranquil cove]

i really want to try vintage story, hopefully i can buy it soon

[tepid wadi]

And their expansions have been plenty successful

[tranquil cove]

guild war?

or god of war

lol

[tepid wadi]

Guild Wars

They have their level cap at 80, and it has been since launch. They keep releasing new mechanics, story areas, etc but player power isn't growing constantly

[tranquil cove]

i wanna see if i play vintage story if i will enjoy the crafting process, and progression, and in many ways simulation aspect of reality with it, or if it will feel too grindy, or i will die to cold, or a bear too many times and start complaining in here 🤣

its not supposed to be an easy game

80 hours to iron or something

[tepid wadi]

Grind for grind's sake is no fun for sure. Grind is a very interesting topic when it comes to MMOs because there's a point where "gameplay" becomes "grind" and it's when you stop thinking.

[tranquil cove]

bear destroys your smelter, 160 hours to iron? oh god i hope not

[tranquil cove]

i thought if you think, then you aren't enjoying the game. like if im hitting a tree and thinking what will i make for dinner? then its grind.

lol

[tepid wadi]

That's kind of the same thing. When you're playing the game but thinking about other things because you aren't engaged with the game

But that happens when you're doing content that you've "solved" and there's no challenge or anything interesting about it any more

[cerulean grail]

they have another update coming too

[tepid wadi]

Sometimes you WANT that. But it becomes a grind when it's ALL you have

[tranquil cove]

it depends on the process in vintage story i guess. one mod i really enjoyed in minecraft was the mod where you design your own weapons, make moulds for hilt, blade, etc. and build the weapon out of different materials for different damages. and you had to build the smelter block by block, and the moulds. this was a simple mod in minecraft..

vintage story is like this, just with everything, not just weapons, and it's has way more steps, which might make me feel overwhelmed.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I keep track because I worked on it, and they're one of the only MMO teams that feels like they're really trying to innovate

[cerulean grail]

I think I liked GW1 semi mmo better though

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, it'll either be overwhelming, or it'll be a ton of fun because you're engaged with the whole process. It has to do with how it presents itself and the actions you have to take

GW1 preference is kind of a hot take since it's less MMO and more co-op multiplayer game

[cerulean grail]

thats why I said semi mmo

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, it's definitely a solid game type

But very different from the potential that a MMO has

(not that we see that potentially fully realized, lol)

[cerulean grail]

A deus ex type of sci fi game in the style of gw1 wouldve been cool

[tranquil cove]

im thinking vintage story will be first time overwhelming, unless the processes for making things are intuitive.
and then once i learn how to make stuff, it could feel grindy after. since an overwhelming process once learned, becomes grindy usually because it's overwhelming in part due to a lot of steps.
but this is why i want to try vintage story. i am really curious how the game will make me feel, since it's blacksmithing, and other crafting is meant to resemble the processes in real life more.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, you might really like it.

Or you'lll absoultely hate it

[tepid wadi]

Sci-fi co-op games are a really interesting space. For RPG-type games I feel like it takes a LOT to make them feel good because sci-fi generally has so much more... freedom? than fantasy games. Like if I have a spaceship why CANT I just fly it off to some random planet instead of where the story wants me to go?

[cerulean grail]

Defiance was fun

[tranquil cove]

scifi has issues too

it's hard to make space interesting.

because it's empty space lol

and then vast distances open up conflicts sometimes between game mechanics for closing distances, and realism.

[tepid wadi]

yeah, there's a lot of challenges with it. Theyre things that I think can be interesting if approached correctly

Every challenge with game dev is also an opportunity

[tranquil cove]

and you have to make sure planets are different, if you use random gen, that it doesn't all feel the same or generic, it takes a lot of effort to have unique environments imo.

[tepid wadi]

People assume that random gen makes it so you can do less work, but in reality it makes it so you have to do more. If your player lands on a planet and sees the same temple twice, they'll feel like they've already seen all the content the game has, even if they just got unlucky and saw the same thing twice.

[cerulean grail]

not all scifi is space lol

[tranquil cove]

i would love it games started adopting realism in flora and fauna more, so animals that hunt, hide, have personalities, different life cycles, different ways of reproduction and so on.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, a survival game that has seasons, animal migrations and mating behaviors, etc would be super cool

[tranquil cove]

i want to play oregon trail in space

lol

[cerulean grail]

Aska has seasons

[tranquil cove]

man that game must be a nightmare for the devs

did you aska the dev if they added seasons?

[cerulean grail]

The npc workers actually do stuff too

[tranquil cove]

how many daily aska puns

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, Aska is probably the most interesting of that batch of releases of survival games

[cerulean grail]

It was brutal preparing for the 1st winter, though I heard they toned that down some

[tranquil cove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LCAeX06WU

better building than hytale and windrose imo and minecraft even, since (it's basically modded minecraft).

just feels like building something will feel way more satisfying

[frank sonnet]

i get the feeling you will end up changing your mind about that later down the line

[tranquil cove]

ive played hytale, and vanilla and modded minecraft with all the mods (300 something mods) before, so i'm used to that style of game/building. the main things i look for in building:

• are all the building blocks aesthetically pleasing, and not too dominantly themed?
• do a good portion of the blocks mix together in the same build and look good?
• are there any functional issues, snapping issues, qol issues?
• is there enough freedom in the build system to do what i want?
• are there enough block types?

i don't often change my mind for no reason, i'm not what i would consider flippant in my opinions lol

the only way this opinion would change is when/if hytale adds more changes and improvements to their build system. windrose by design can never have the same freedom as a block builder can.

block builders are superior games when it comes to building, voxels also

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/vxgYGGFNs98?si=AQjdNFFKu3jaQgdF

[tepid wadi]

uggggghhhh I've been in a meeting and can't watch it until later

[tranquil cove]

wasnt that game supposed to go free at some point

[tepid wadi]

It's gonna be free at 1.0

Which is estimated for this winter

[tranquil cove]

i already had 3 games i bought become free

which i feel is slightly annoying, if your game will be free in 7 years, let me know

let me have a full informed choice when i buy

[tepid wadi]

I mean, POE2 has said it since they came out that it'd be free at 1.0, so you're good there.

They've been clear that the price tag is just for early access

[tranquil cove]

yeah i just mean house flipper 1, and graveyard keeper are free now

oh maybe they just had free promotions

i see prices on the game now

[timber prism]

They were for per promotion

[timber prism]

@tepid wadi I cant wait to monk again

[tranquil cove]

im installing nobara finally to check it out

tired of bending ass backwards to all these corporations, maybe someday i will be able to have independence with cell phone too

[tepid wadi]

Its gonna be another hour or two until I can watch the reveal

[tepid wadi]

Ooo new monk ascendency. Hopefully some chalupa buffs too

[cerulean grail]

https://tenor.com/view/holy-cow-netflix-wow-gif-19915735

[timber prism]

Yeah. Looking forward to seeing actual patch notes. Overview of new stuff

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/bISGUJn3sSk?si=DNPUyh3YaowGMRRB

[tepid wadi]

Should've posted this, lol

I'm watching it now, the trailer looks rad

[timber prism]

Text is easier and straight to the point xd

[tepid wadi]

Martial artist looks kinda cool, though I might still prefer stormweaver monk

[timber prism]

I def wanna mix it up and try it

[tepid wadi]

I actually really like the manor hideout

[timber prism]

i wonder if this is gonna be the last big patch before 1.0 release at the end of the year

[misty arch]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/path-of-exile-2s-massive-return-of-the-ancients-expansion-will-be-its-last-major-update-before-it-leaves-early-access-later-this-year-i-want-to-get-this-game-finished-i-really-really-do/

[misty arch]

theres your answer

[timber prism]

oh sweet

thanks!

[tepid wadi]

They've said that not all the weapons will likely make it in before release, but my hope is that the endgame rework lands well and all they need for release is new classes and the rest of the campaign

[tranquil cove]

i doubt i will play poe2 free either

i dont like games that have season passes or events where i have to be locked in for 1 week or 1 month to not miss content, and poe will probably do that when free also. plus they have to monetize somehow, so there will be something to buy in the game.

i basically quit skatecpt, for same reason, i could farm every item, within their timelines, but its much easier to stop playing and pretend the game doesn't exist. and have my free time/schedule for gaming based on my mood and convenience.

now i dont feel like i missed anything because i am not a player of the game

[tepid wadi]

POE is full skins with no power for spending money, aside from some stash tabs that are very useful. They've had the same strategy forever and it's worked out well for them. There's usually 3-6 months between seasons so unless you absolutely MUST play the economy game, you have plenty of time to do whatever you want.

But also, after a season is over, your character gets rolled into "Standard" where you can keep playing there if you want. Usually most people do seasonal play, but there's no shame in just playing on standard as you feel like it.

The way their MTX works is also very friendly: They sell supporter packs each season, full of MTX usually with 3 tiers of various expense. But each supporter pack comes with both the items AND the pack's value in MTX currency. So instead of buying $90 of currency, you buy a $90 supporter pack, get a ton of MTX and $90 in currency.

But then if you don't want everything in the pack, all of the MTX in it go into the cash shop after a couple leagues and you can just buy bits individually

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/5kLhPAsfhrs?si=D8ktWwk_OH02wz6o

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/879TJLwIgC0?si=S79EjfDSFnIy13Xx

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/8dUJ42Q4YVU?si=lklsvnwCGGAbsx7N

[nova mango]

@burnt spear now i can play enshrouded!

[burnt spear]

Congrats. I finished the content on Sunday.

[nova mango]

i still need the variant dungeon but i have no mood for that!

[nova mango]

purple is better than black!

[ivory cove]

This is so pretty, u jus adore that vibrant sparkly glow

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/EOg8SZmYQr0?si=PHDtXgZ1SGmOzq2G

[nova mango]

my main glam still the best ,but this one is very pretty, too bad is 1 piece armor i can't change the shoes

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/sUwRJVHqBGQ?si=W1jPJHUHKC4-_xws

[stray sandal]

Someones played thief. 😉

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/dCCqHQ6Dpm4?si=nLqU5hmnM1CuXp6h

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/6t2nDHldoSk?si=SZ1-fiIkPPiS6Toe

[ivory cove]

https://youtu.be/UciAxHJj67k

@misty arch hav u seen this game yet?

It looks really good for being a solo dev indie title

[misty arch]

does look interesting. going to have to check it out

[ivory cove]

What is Soulmask?

Is it a souls like?

Oh nvm it's that pyramid game u were talking about before

[misty arch]

yes, survival builder with airships in an egyptian setting and has tribe mechanics as well

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/e9SMLd13XDA?si=acNuAGe3q_GhLxvr

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/jsp5NFH5714?si=z2MYe2LguRLNUKiA

[nova mango]

@ivory cove what you think ?

[ivory cove]

Daz spooky

Like an angel of death

Is she gonna eat my lil soul away

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/CeBC5enVgyw?si=gYtBtZW4GolBsGeJ

[nova mango]

https://tenor.com/view/shadow-hunters-clary-fray-magic-circle-gif-15205893

[forest carbon]

What game is this?

[tepid wadi]

Looks like FF14

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/86MS6GHBAOg?si=I6D_YrJDUCIIzl27

[nova mango]

Exactly Final fantasy 14

[cobalt imp]

Luckily, Enshrouded didnt end up like another germany made videogame I rly liked.. the devs try to cast necromancy every 1~2 years with like 1, maybe 2 social media posts. It just gets worse. I just want to forget, that this game ever exist

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/KhHvIPfczxY?si=-xMV7tj73aRgZnMp

[tepid wadi]

Oh man I haven't thought about cube world in a long while. That game had such good potential.

[cobalt imp]

Yeah. Alpha was SO GOOD.. 1.0 was SO BAD.. and I doubt they can make the fun anymore. Would be nice, If they would give the source code to people and others turn it into the game everyone wanted

[ivory cove]

Only Miyazaki could create a game with such deep and alluring lore that u can watch a video and learn about astrology, neurology, and psychology all at once.

Drawing in LITERALLY scientists, actual archeologists that come and dissect the ruins and landscape

https://youtu.be/bjLFrh7N_8k

And deep philosophy

[misty arch]

may 21st
https://youtu.be/46Y9LE9nXeM?si=W5SYutkrUrmVQ5lD

[silver relic]

Idk if anyone had a similar experience like this but when I heard of / found enshrouded I felt a LOT of nostalgia for the first game I really got into, Dungeon Hunter Alliance on the PS Vita. Its a very niche game that I played when it a was almost already dead game at that point (the only online multiplayer sessions I could join I would usually end up playing with Ukrainians, im Canadian, thats how little active players there was, probably around 2016?).

The game was released in 2012 and I played it religiously over and over for years. There were 3 main classes, Mage (staff, more mana skill use), Assassin (bow/daggers), and Warrior (sword/hammer). There was also a cool mechanic to merge classes, like basically making a tank mage or an assassin class that uses a lot more mana than normal (thats what I played).

The graphics were HORRIBLE, but it was so fun to play.

Enshrouded is the modern version and more of that game. Highly unlikely someone's ever heard or played DHA cuz i also have read that the other dungeon hunter games are 💩, but this one was good.

'Mini' rant/vent as i procrastinate doing more important things!! 😭

[stray coral]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3041230/view/666113645632029125

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/H2VfI3TVUG4?si=2_vLjwqiriqTByul

https://youtu.be/--vaVLITgc0?si=KpGG3hd3-s7sk8e1

they added crouching to sneak nice

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/GY0nOKbj6bs?si=azATbchpF-o508Nh

[finite barn]

Wow what a throwback! I actually remember playing DH2/3/4 on mobile for a while and really enjoying them. They were nothing special and they were solo too but there is a reason they made it to 5, they were short but for the era, they were decent (But yes dreadful graphics all round - which is why...) when DH5 came out and completely changed the graphics, changed the world, basically changed everything and monopolised it, I quit out. DH5 was indeed 💩 and I'm pretty sure gameloft deleted the other 4 off the store as soon as it came out. scum. It was the beginning of the end for the gaming world in my eyes xD
If that was 2016, then it came out a year after DH5, which means I missed it deliberately 😆🥲 Sounds like i missed a real goodun but I hope DH:A gave you as much enjoyment as the prequels gave me. I really like the classic hack'n'slash dungeon-crawler rpg genre, especially so these ones you can just pick up and put down leave and forget for a year, come back and get that dopamine hit back like it ain't no thing.

[tranquil cove]

reading that krafton may still be involved with unknown worlds, and you sign in to subnautica2 using a krafton account? and the EULA breaks established laws? you don't own the game, online play to control that you don't own the game, the game breaches privacy (they don't want you to vpn so they can track you).... annnnd you own nothing you make in game.

why is the game online only, live service? weird choice, you don't need that for coop play.

2 million copies sold? but i bet most of that is riding off the laurels of 1, i am not seeing the second game as more than a dlc/content update, rather than a proper sequel with stand out enough new mechanics.

Subnautica 2 introduces several new mechanics compared to Subnautica: Below Zero, including a DNA modification system for character progression, dynamic ocean currents that affect exploration, and a cooperative multiplayer mode for up to four players.
thats it? that's not enough to justify a sequel

the building system needs to be 3x better or something hella impressive

new monsters, areas = content update, i am already bored of subnautica 1. xD

The base building system has been completely overhauled in this new title. Where the original used bespoke attachable pieces, Subnautica 2 introduces a sculptural extrusion system inspired by how clay is manipulated in 3D modeling. Players start with a core shape and use a brush, adjustable in size, to push and pull the structure into different forms. This extends to internal walls, furniture like couches, windows, and moon pools of customizable size. The base building system took a small dedicated team over a year to build. Galagos noted that the approach was chosen specifically because it maintains structural integrity.
ahh okay that is pretty cool. if only the game companies couldnt delete the game from my library in 7 years.

[cerulean grail]

https://youtu.be/Sc8eXhC80WU?si=ASnqr4TlElSDOt8E

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/rR5czY4FktA?si=RVQCHcuRXQFpE9NX

[meager vessel]

dear fellow flameborn

I am a lecturer who currently study on player relation to emotiona content within video game, which in this case is Pragmata

please spare 3-5 minutes to fill my survey for my study. thank you for @finite saffron for the permission

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0cp7XsGp_UD5P3Fx_iSgNHWfalcExYmSmYpLpWRpdqFQkbQ/viewform?usp=dialog

thank you for noticing

[cerulean grail]

I heard that you can run over and destroy any tree but those lol

[nova mango]

Yes! Cherry blossom are sacred in Japan!

[left osprey]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604030/V_Rising/

Steam

V Rising

UPDATE 1.1: INVADERS OF OAKVEIL IS AVAILABLE NOW!…

Price

$15.74

Recommendations

108161

free weekend ongoing rn, next to that its 55% off rn oof!

[tepid wadi]

Worth every penny, V Rising is an EXCELLENT survival game.

10/10 do recommend

[nova mango]

i do agree!

[tepid wadi]

I also appreciate the devs finishing it. Like saying "ok this is the last update, we're working on our next project" instead of just trying to pump our DLC forever.

[cerulean grail]

This guy thinks they are going to do a seasons thing like PoE
https://youtu.be/ZuE-QS3huiI?si=dRBaRHiwRaI7XBfW

[tepid wadi]

That seems counter to the style of game. But 🤷‍♀️ I seem to remember them announcing the oakveil thing was the end.

[cerulean grail]

He thinks its because they said vampires will always rise in their statement

And that they didnt directly say they was doing a sequel

[nova mango]

i really love and appreciate when a company is very clear with the words. That's was our target, you get a whole game as we promise, now we move on to the new project. 10/10.