general-chat

[halcyon stratus]

Tron life for the npcs was also just basically going to work every day

[limpid flicker]

Genuinely wish I could find the bot name I had for a while.

[merry palm]

True true

Just a mo, sol

[dark sparrow]

Moo

[bleak robin]

AI is good as a tool, not as a replacement

Cause quite frankly, I don't really need it in my day to day except for specific instances

[merry palm]

GiftedMermaid

[sage ice]

if AI gets me through traffic faster, all for it

[bleak robin]

It would if all cars were self-driving and aware of each other 🤣

[sage ice]

I am all for that

[bleak robin]

That... is not what I meant to put. I meant to put

[merry palm]

I would like to not have to be the driver

[limpid flicker]

Thank you.

[sage ice]

#MinorityReport

[bleak robin]

I would, but I like driving too much

[merry palm]

I would also like lots of other people to not be the drivers

[sage ice]

Driving is overrated lol

[bleak robin]

I find it very fun

[merry palm]

Getting to look around at stuff while driving rocks

[bleak robin]

I mean... I intentionally got a manual car with less features than most modern cars

[merry palm]

But apparently you have to watch the road if you are in charge of the vehicle

[limpid flicker]

You're driving a rock? Cool!

[bleak robin]

You do right now, because it's not quite to the level for full autonomous driving

[merry palm]

https://tenor.com/view/drifting-girl-gif-25205502

[bleak robin]

And neither are the laws, really

[limpid flicker]

Is your rock cooking anything?

[merry palm]

Pizza

[sage ice]

I could have had self driving in my car, but it was an extra 2k so I didnt get it

[merry palm]

I feel that amount is a sketchily low amount

[bleak robin]

While it would be nice, sure, I like the act of driving too much :/

[merry palm]

_tap Ethan as a chauffeur _

Got it

[bleak robin]

I mean... just wear brown pants if you hire me

[sage ice]

the tech is in the car, it is just enabling the software.

[bleak robin]

Because yay modern capitalism :)

[limpid flicker]

Is "self driving" sold on the basis that you should expect to take over at any second?

[merry palm]

I mean... just wear brown pants if you hire me

Yeeeep

😂

[bleak robin]

[merry palm]

Yes, I believe so

[sage ice]

yes, you need to be ready to take over at any time

[bleak robin]

While I occasionally drive as a maniac, I at least do it safely and with regard to others

[merry palm]

That would be too stressful for me. I just need a driver 😂

Not a self driving car that may be unreliable

[halcyon stratus]

Driving is one of the few joys in my life, i don't want to pawn that off wholesale to an AI.
Stop & go traffic during rush hour? sure, if it was optional I might turn it on in those cases occasionally

[bleak robin]

To be fair, they're pretty solid right now, and it will only get better. But it's still a machine. It's still an A/B type choice it makes

It's like cruise control. I have it but I hardly use it

Didn't even have it at all in my last car!

[halcyon stratus]

i literally forgot that i had cruise control in my car. i had to go and check when someone asked awhile back lmao

[merry palm]

Rush hour traffic is the worst. I'd totally opt out of city driving altogether tbh

[bleak robin]

(Which is funny cause it's from 2015)

[halcyon stratus]

i do use the cruise control in my jeep if i'm going ot be driving a long way, but basically not ever if the trip is less than 2 or 3 hours

[gray latch]

driving here is so much better than in the Seattle area. there's hardly ever traffic

[merry palm]

You have so many more road options there

[gray latch]

yeah there's more open land, but also less cars I think

our road trip south was interesting. people drive super polite in Oklahoma. and then as soon as you cross into Texas it's a whole different story 😄

[merry palm]

Huh that's funny lol

[halcyon stratus]

the 'polite' drivers in the seattle area are the dangerous ones

you never know what they're gonna do becuase they never do what they're supposed to!

[gray latch]

lol

people here drive about 70% nice, 25% clueless, and 5% batpoo insane

[trail harness]

When Ryzen 9000 series comes out its meme time lol. The over 9000 jokes will be upon AMD.

[limpid flicker]

Y'all if my PC is quieter on HDMI than everything else AND my receiver doesn't have different volume levels per input is there anything I can do to equalise those? Something I can do on the PC, maybe?

[halcyon stratus]

they already had a "9000" model number card years ago and the internet didn't melt down

[limpid flicker]

I had a GeForce 9800 so yes. I still have it. After all, it's over nine thousand!!

[halcyon stratus]

my windows machine isn't up and running but doesn't its volume control have a lot of optiosn nowadays?

there certainly would be 3rd party software eq's that you coudl use on windows to do a blanket boost too

[lunar tartan]

The clueless ones always come out after a snowstorm or when it’s snowing/raining

[tired hare]

Evening

[gray latch]

happens in Seattle too, which is hilarious since it rains often enough

[lunar tartan]

Yeah doesn’t it rain more than it doesn’t? 😅

[trail harness]

That sounds about right for upstate NY too

but way lower on the nice

[tired hare]

That reminds me, it's been raining all week for the past few weeks, and on my commute home a guy passed me and was flipping me off. Found him 5 miles down flipped over in a ditch for hydroplaning

[limpid flicker]

Actually not sure. I am definitely tired of risking waking the neigbours when switching devices though. To achieve similar subjective sound, I go between 18-24 for everything else to mid-40s for PC. 😫

[tired hare]

There are times where "when it rains it pours" goes into motion

Anyway, today's been a bit busy I haven't had a moment to myself

[halcyon stratus]

If the windows built in own doesn’t do it eartrumpet probably does. If that doesn’t let me know and I’ll go try and remember what I ended up installing

There is nothing on windows that even comes close to the capabilities and user friendliness of the rogue ameoba suite of Mac tools including the basic SoundSource 😦 😦

[merry palm]

Yay Pacific northwest 😂

[limpid flicker]

I use Eartrumpet, didn't think it had preamp but maybe I need to screw with it more.

[halcyon stratus]

To get the same capabilities you need this incredibly stupid windows set of apps called like sound banana or something but rather than be user friendly it is so bad that there are literally hundreds of YouTube videos on how to use a volume control mixer app lmao

[limpid flicker]

Ehh, I feel like it's not a clear win for either, personally. There's nothing quite as effective and lightweight as Eartrumpet that I could find on Mac for changing relative volume levels between apps.

[halcyon stratus]

SoundSource

It literally does what eartrumpet does and then like 100x more

[limpid flicker]

Eartrumpet is free though right? I know, good software is something you have to pay for, but...

[halcyon stratus]

dunno. i paid for soundsource on one of my machines and then just bought the whole rogue amoeba suite for my main machine and my work laptop. i use soundsource and loopback every day, farrago (a soundboard app) a few times a week at work, and then fission and audio hijack maybe monthly. it is a great set of tools

[limpid flicker]

NGL those seem like some nice tools.

[halcyon stratus]

but even if you aren't doing recording or meetings where i need to mix audio, just having soundsource by itself is a huge win

[limpid flicker]

Not sure if I can remember the name of the one I tried using for a while, but it sometimes seemed to corrupt the audio, putting some weird artifacts into it.
What was that one called...?

I think it was called BackgroundMusic?

[ripe grotto]

Worst part about New York is the smell tho

[halcyon stratus]

worst part of new york is that they never figured out how to actually make a safe and stable dirigible docking point at the top of any of those skyscrapers 😦

[short mantle]

Damn, that's a great deal. I can't pass it up for $1.50.

[ripe grotto]

Why would you wanna kill the floor what did the floor do to you

[ripe grotto]

You mean for blimps I see

I had to look it up

[halcyon stratus]

it would have been more zeppelins than blimps really.

[ripe grotto]

Blimps and Zeppelins look cool but planes are far faster in travel

Planes are quite cool to fly on

[fluid loom]

how many hours left for hellblade 2 idk why I'm asking haven't even play 1

[desert sonnet]

[fluid loom]

is this pic fanmade? Cuz if not that's embarrassing the did they arabic letters dirty😂

[short mantle]

No

[limpid flicker]

It is an incredible deal. I don't think I'd ever play that one, but damn.

[coarse valley]

It says I’m disconnected from Xbox live on a 360 game

[coarse valley]

Anyone know what to try?? Sonic adventure btw

[desert sonnet]

Killing Floor 2 gave me hundreds of hours of entertainment. But I'm a sucker for pve horde games

[pure ravine]

Oh

[desert sonnet]

Can't wait to hear more about Killing Floor 3 next month

That controversy with the 2nd one's OST got bizarre though

[boreal quartz]

It is for 360?

[short mantle]

No

[desert sonnet]

Now I'm curious if the 3rd one was confirmed for gamepass.. lemme just take a quick look here..

[tired hare]

been playing that, finally. ran really badly on my pc back then

xbox version is great

[halcyon stratus]

I can't tell if they just totally destroyed some of those letters with their font choice or if they actualyl misspelled the city of Riyadh...

[lunar panther]

shoulda did Papyrus

[halcyon stratus]

they got tokyo and hong kong solid, but i've got no idea what that indian city is supposed to be... hyderabad and bangalore are way lower, delhi is in that dot area but... that's not how to you write it...

[leaden copper]

.

[brazen adder]

Bro, why did the story end after killing Micah???

Is there free roam after?

[fallow moat]

Pretty exciting - did one of Destiny 2’s raid bosses the intended way tonight. It’s all about remembering eye rotations, slam symbols, stuns, claw baits.

[halcyon stratus]

speaking of which... the hyderabad airport had these ... butterscotch!
i love butterscotch so much but all I every find here is american-style caramel.... I'm trying to wait until lunch tomorrow to eat it, but it might not make it through the night

[limpid flicker]

You uh... you read Arabic?

OMG Snickers Butterscotch, need it!!!

[halcyon stratus]

<a slab of butterscotch> on the label? yes. absolutely. in my mouth now please.

[fallow moat]

I bet that’s real good.

[leaden copper]

what y'all talking about.

[limpid flicker]

Butterscotch.

So you're saying people sell things as butterscotch when it's actually squishy rather than hard?

[halcyon stratus]

brown sugar > white processed sugar
butterscotch > caramel

well we have a lot of 'butterscotch flavored' things, like 'butterscotch ice cream topping' which is caramel consistency but 'slightly different taste' but definitely not butterscotch

[fluid loom]

this what happens when u don't have arabic language installed on a the operating system they show up as separate letters it's supposed to be like this
الرياض
Instead they got
ا ل ر ى اض

[halcyon stratus]

ohhh that's how they got the ى in there...
i coudln't figure that out... I have the right things installed so it shows up as الرياض for me the way it shoudl be

[dark sparrow]

That's not how birds work

[vital cedar]

Yet here we are. DayZ come and days go. Oh well.

[halcyon stratus]

James Cameron can retcon it all he wants, but you can't erase history

[limpid flicker]

As far as I know I have nothing specific installed on my computer, but that Arabic text "looks right" to me, in both discord and if I paste it into other apps.

Oh actually never mind it looks wrong in TextEdit.

[halcyon stratus]

it is all about ligatures and the automatic processing of them when you type them in with/without the correct fonts / font hints installed.

once a glyph has been made you can sometimes copy/paste it without losing the merged ligature but not always. it depends on if the input box converts it to a single unicode character or if it keeps it as the discrete characters and expects the processor to merge them

see: zalgo

[limpid flicker]

Very inconsistent, yes. I've tried it with more apps and it's completely unpredictable what handles it well.

[somber scaffold]

Why isnt discord showing the game im playing?

[dark sparrow]

Ah yes, the #x4496e50ccddabc9b7 grip

[merry palm]

Bc discord is unreliable with that feature

It's a them thing

[desert sonnet]

Dangit. Killing Floor 3 not confirmed yet for gamepass

[hoary echo]

whatsup peoples

[merry palm]

atm not much

just getting food and a drink

[short mantle]

I don't know if I'll ever play 2, but it's too good of a deal to pass up.

[foggy skiff]

challenge accepted

[desert sonnet]

The first one was scarier. 2nd one was more like a cyber zombie-punk vibe to it. Looks like they're going all in on zombie robots for the 3rd one

[tired hare]

for some reason i assumed it had some deep mechanics, but its casual super basic classic cod zombies with minor class leveling perks

[fallow moat]

https://tenor.com/view/destiny-final-shape-gif-13132177004382436171

GIF goes hard… 14 days to go

[desert sonnet]

Yep. Sounds about right. Idk about it being a "super basic classic cod zombie" though. It's definitely more complex than that

Also, looks like NBA jam lives on y'all 😯https://vxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1792743488578269536?t=5MSih0sG3-qjnGZuzbkTew&s=19

[tired hare]

Would play

[desert sonnet]

Trailer makes the game looks hella fun

[warped pivot]

Bro those smack. I want one.

[tired hare]

Wonder if they will have the vancouver grizzles

hes on fire! no good!

[warped pivot]

Butterfingers or PayDays.

[merry palm]

https://tenor.com/view/safiya-nygaard-yes-both-is-gif-19101356

[warped pivot]

Hell yes.

[merry palm]

https://tenor.com/view/candy-vintage-panic-eat-chocolate-gif-17229905

actually me ^ 😂

[tired hare]

Great scene

[merry palm]

100%

[tired hare]

I have the i love lucy box set so funny

[tepid quarry]

My wife does as well

[desert sonnet]

Oh god this night is dragging

I need it to end or die

[dark sparrow]

Is it as dragging as my cat's claws in my skin rn?

[desert sonnet]

Or it needs to have a midlife crisis and do something wildly exciting

Idk if a cat sinking its claws into someone is dragging. That sounds painful

[dark sparrow]

She loves flexing her claws in my skin

[foggy skiff]

I miss my cat, he's been gone 2 weeks now

[silk mountain]

I think that’s called kneeding biscuits or sumthin

[bleak robin]

Kneading

[fiery python]

Agh, why must Hellblade be a 9am release.

[odd galleon]

Doesn't reviews drop one hour before release?

[fiery python]

Yep

[odd galleon]

Damn

[desert sonnet]

I'm excited for the people excited for it. Based on first impressions/previews, it's looking like it could be a landmark for photorealism in games

[merry palm]

release time here is 1 am ouch

i hope you all enjoy the game while i am sleeping

[odd galleon]

Wow... Infinite Wealth is on sale finally

$46 atm

[clever sable]

can i sell nitro and other stuff here without getting banned

[fiery python]

No

If you want to know whether you can do something or not, checking the server rules is a good start.

[odd galleon]

What if I can't read?

[fiery python]

Then there's no point in asking the question

[gray latch]

it's very stormy out

[fiery python]

Second rule you've checked off the list. I suggest you read them before you make it a hat trick

[clever sable]

what the heck did i get warned for

[odd galleon]

Yeah. Been getting thunder and lighting here.

[fiery python]

Read the warning to find out.

[gray latch]

thunderstorms still make me nervous

[fiery python]

I love a good thunderstorm

[gray latch]

the ones we got back home were hardly anything compared to these massive midwest ones

[odd galleon]

Hmmmm... CO I'm guessing? lol

[gray latch]

Minneapolis

[odd galleon]

Ah

[foggy skiff]

Mickeyapolis

[gray latch]

lol

[lunar panther]

Is heckblade out yet

[fiery python]

2 hours

[foggy skiff]

heckblade?

[lunar panther]

I believe in you coffee

[limpid flicker]

The filter has been upgraded. XD

[lunar panther]

You can figure this out

🤣

[foggy skiff]

deekblade

[frail nimbus]

GM

[fiery python]

Hell used to be filtered in here. That would have made today a bit chaotic.

[foggy skiff]

not to mention a certain city in Michigan

[limpid flicker]

There's a Hell, Michigan?

[foggy skiff]

yes

[lunar panther]

Not to mention I sometimes say what the hell

[foggy skiff]

h-e-double hockey sticks

[limpid flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/wth-what-the-hell-what-the-damn-hell-how-i-met-your-mother-sherri-shepard-gif-5627685

[lunar panther]

Heck word in my server?? Straight to jail

[gray latch]

h*ck

[foggy skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/hela-gif-19100859

[limpid flicker]

Who you callin' a hick! I'm as sophistipated as all you city folks.

(I'm also a city folk, that was just for the bit.)

[gray latch]

yes lol

[hallow arrow]

Stay up all night and go to work with no sleep or get 5 hours of sleep

[fiery python]

Oh yes, got it in one today!
https://guessthe.game/

[steady saffron]

Hey heyyyy. 2 more hours to Hellblade 2!!!!!!!

[tiny sail]

There's a new pen made by the company apple it has sensors it also charges with iPad pro magnet

[steady saffron]

Review embargo lifts for Hellblade 2 lifts in an hour right?

[fiery python]

Yes

[limpid flicker]

Nicely done, I didn't get close.

[fiery python]

I played that game so much and it's still my favourite one of the franchise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NebqFm0PoVw&ab_channel=HeinekenUSA

[steady saffron]

Thank you. Trying my best to avoid it. But still so excited for the game

[tiny sail]

I thought it was the new deadpool

[acoustic sun]

Question, the 1440p mode, will games downscale from 4K or will they upscale from 1080p?

[fiery python]

Depends what the game renders in

[acoustic sun]

why is hdr restricted to 4K resolution

I have a 1440p hdr monitor and y'all won't let me use it unless I use 4K, my monitor does have console mode so it accepts a 4K signal, but that means I can't use 120 fps

[fiery python]

Monitor HDR sucks any way in 99% of monitors

[sonic ember]

ya'll? No one here is out to make things hard for you

[acoustic sun]

Not my monitor it's OLED

But 1440p

[bleak robin]

Funk is so good

Well hemc. Now I want to go skating

[river birch]

I dont even have HD

[limpid flicker]

To run XBOX games on something that doesn't "have HD" would be quite a challenge.

[river birch]

Yah it would

[limpid flicker]

You'd need an HDMI convertor to something like component or composite.

[vocal gorge]

one of the recent OLED monitors? if so I think it is a console limitation as I'm not sure the Series X recognizes HDR outside of 4K but on a PC you would be able to use it. Windows can even detect the DisplayHDR400 True Black - which is not to be mistaken for the DisplayHDR400 spec that is often labelled as "fake HDR". Optimal spec for HDR on a monitor however would be DisplayHDR1000 seeing as that is when full array local dimming gets put to use but that is also where monitors can become pretty expensive too. OLED is different as every pixel is like its own local dimming zone since they are self lit.

[river birch]

Good thing I do

[vocal gorge]

I'm considering getting an OLED monitor but going for one of the 4K ones Me being me though I am so indecisive about it haha. So many to choose from now it is hard to pick the right one 😄

[acoustic sun]

Any Xbox staff here

[fiery python]

Yes

[bleak robin]

Reject OLED monitors. Return to funk

[acoustic sun]

Please allow 1440p resolution to use HDR

[tame vortex]

Still waiting for Hellblade II embargo to lift so I can read reviews.

[fiery python]

If you have requests/suggestions, post them in the reddit thread over at https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxinsiders/

[tame vortex]

Because I love reading.

[fiery python]

Not long to wait.

[acoustic sun]

My Reddit account is permanently banned

[fiery python]

Shocking

[bleak robin]

Dang Rhinne

[tame vortex]

Sup Seb

[acoustic sun]

May I ping the Xbox staff

[fiery python]

No

[lapis bison]

what time does the hellblade review embargo lift? people are saying in 15 minutes, others in an hour 15

[tame vortex]

Know you somewhere else.

[acoustic sun]

Yo

[dusk lagoon]

Hello everyone

[acoustic sun]

Pcmr yh?

[fiery python]

You've been here long enough to know the rules by now. You've broken enough of them and had time to read them.

[dusk lagoon]

I might be buying a series X soon, I'm excited

[bleak robin]

Woo!

[acoustic sun]

Its just dumb asf how hdr isn't allowed on 1440p resolutions like cmon it's 2024

[dusk lagoon]

Gonna buy a series X, an Xbox wireless headset, and a powerA dock and rechargeable battery

[tame vortex]

Correct but let's keep that on the low, staff don't like it when we talk about other places.

[acoustic sun]

true

[tame vortex]

And I'd like to stick to rules.

[fiery python]

Okay, but that doesn't mean the staff here can do anything about it.

[dusk lagoon]

I can't wait to play the new halo, it looks so good

[acoustic sun]

There's a new halo

[dusk lagoon]

I also can't wait for GTA 6

[dusk lagoon]

The last halo game I played was on the Xbox 360 in 2012

[acoustic sun]

You do know halo infinite is out

[bleak robin]

Ah yes. I’ll take an Xbox Series X for $45

[dusk lagoon]

What is that?

[acoustic sun]

The newest halo

[dusk lagoon]

Nice, it looks good!

[acoustic sun]

It's been out for like 3 years

[dusk lagoon]

I saw a YouTube short about it I think, didn't remember the name

[fiery python]

It's still new to them

[dusk lagoon]

I don't know much about modern gaming tbh

[tame vortex]

Infinite isn't my cup of tea. It's one of the games that had so much potential.

[dusk lagoon]

I still consider the Xbox 360 modern

[bleak robin]

You know what always capitalizes on its potential?

[tame vortex]

But wasted, it's still good though don't get me wrong.

[bleak robin]

Funk always does

[dusk lagoon]

It just feels modern to me, the design, the UI, the aesthetic, etc

[bleak robin]

Can you tell I’m on a funk binge tonight?

[tame vortex]

I just think Infinite could've done way better.

[dusk lagoon]

Anyway, does anyone here have that 8bitdo arcade stick?

Is it any good? I wanna get it to play street fighter and capcom arcade

[desert sonnet]

Ooo only 7 min till Hellblade 2 reviews are out

[tame vortex]

Seven minutes.

[bleak robin]

Reject Hellblade. Embrace funk

[acoustic sun]

I used to fw street fighter daily when I was a kid

[dusk lagoon]

Are the diablo games any good?

[desert sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/sitting-on-couch-al-bundy-married-with-children-couch-potato-kick-back-gif-22342814

[bleak robin]

I liked Diablo 3

[tame vortex]

Think all the review outlets got their reviews ready.

[dusk lagoon]

I swear, street fighter is one of the most generational games at this point

[bleak robin]

Not funky enough. Rejected

[dusk lagoon]

My dad grew up with it, I grew up with it, and now my nephew is growing up with it

[desert sonnet]

They're gonna drop at the same time. Like a big deuce at halftime of superbowl

[acoustic sun]

It is lol

[tame vortex]

Well anyways good luck to those playing. I'll be gone, going to the mall.

[dusk lagoon]

When did GTA 5 come out?

[bleak robin]

Like 2015 I think

[dusk lagoon]

Wow, there are middle schoolers younger than GTA 5

[bleak robin]

2013. I stand corrected

[desert sonnet]

How could you. We trusted you

[dusk lagoon]

That's insane ngl

[bleak robin]

HA! It made it a list number

[dusk lagoon]

It came out on steam in 2015 lol

[bleak robin]

Pc release dates are always late for GTA

(And dang I really nailed that on the dot didn’t I? )

[dusk lagoon]

Microsoft bought so many studios and yet our only good exclusive is halo

[desert sonnet]

GTA VI gonna move aloooot of consoles

[dusk lagoon]

That's wild, we need a racing game franchise ngl

[bleak robin]

That’s not true! Gears of war was good! Or so I’m told

[fiery python]

Yeah, that will be the push for a lot of people that are holding off upgrading to current gen, for sure.

[dusk lagoon]

Gears of war is meh, but Def not even close to any of sony's exclusives

[desert sonnet]

I imagine even PC players will buy a console just to play it since a PC version likely won't come for a year

[bleak robin]

To be fair, only one of the racing franchises is console-exclusive

[dusk lagoon]

It's the main reason I'm buying my series X 🤣

[bleak robin]

WAIT! I’m forgetting forza

[dusk lagoon]

That, and I finally have enough money

[bleak robin]

Forza is MS’s racing franchise lol

[dusk lagoon]

FORZA IS AN EXCLUSIVE?

[desert sonnet]

Only 2 minutes now

[bleak robin]

Well it’s not on PlayStation, so yeah

[dusk lagoon]

Dang

[bleak robin]

Personally, I think console exclusives are a bit dumb. At least permanent ones

[dusk lagoon]

Well, it's confirmed, Microsoft has better exclusives, fight me

Forza is fire

[bleak robin]

I don’t think it matters :T
(Nothing should be exclusive forever)

[dusk lagoon]

Nah. If halo comes to playstation I'm getting a pc

[bleak robin]

Well it’s already on PC so

[dusk lagoon]

I'm fine with Nintendo, but not playstation

[desert sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/the-dark-knight-joker-batman-here-we-go-gif-3430376

[bleak robin]

I like both lol

[dusk lagoon]

Damn, it's already midnight. I should sleep but I don't feel like it rn

A exclusive call of duty game would be fire

[bleak robin]

And I don’t even have an Xbox! Then again, the newest console I have from the others is a PS3 and an OG switch

[weak kiln]

Hey who likes metal gear ?

[bleak robin]

What would be fire about it being an exclusive? If it’s a good game (nondescript deity I hope it will be for once) wouldn’t it be better to share it with everyone?

Sharing is caring

[dusk lagoon]

No

I'm fine with sharing with pc or switch gamers, just not playstation users

They have god of war and Spiderman, they'll be fine

[bleak robin]

This is why console exclusives are bad

[limpid flicker]

A lot of XBOX users are also Playstation users. This attitude makes no sense.

[bleak robin]

It creates elitism

[dusk lagoon]

(and gran turismo)

[desert sonnet]

No reviews just yet looks like.

[dusk lagoon]

Why is it fair that Sony gets to have exclusives, but Microsoft doest?

[bleak robin]

And I want to play the console exclusives, but I don’t want to buy a console from Xbox or Sony

[desert sonnet]

So now, we wait

[short mantle]

Oh nice, Xbox added a Hellblade 2 profile background and a dynamic theme.

[bleak robin]

Microsoft does. But they realized that they can make more money if they release them on other platforms

[desert sonnet]

Dude Louie that dynamic theme scares the crap out of me. I'm afraid she's gonna open her eyes eventually

[bleak robin]

MSFS, Forza, Halo, and some others. Those are all console exclusives

[dusk lagoon]

None of those three are console ezclusives

[bleak robin]

[dusk lagoon]

Maybe Forza, but the other two are on pc

[bleak robin]

Yes they are. I’m not including PC cause it’s not really a “console”

[magic axle]

not long now

[bleak robin]

So is god of war and spiderman

[cursive raptor]

Less than an hour to go until Hellblade 2 😩

[bleak robin]

And the last of us and ghost of Tsushima

And both horizon games

Sony has previously console-exclusives on PC too lol

[desert sonnet]

Happy Hellblade 2 day y'all 🥳

[bleak robin]

Imo having console exclusives in this day and age is archaic

[desert sonnet]

If only Nintendo could see that

[cursive raptor]

Is Hellblade 2 achievement list out yet?

[short mantle]

Not officially, but you can find a list if you look it up.

[cursive raptor]

Ah ok 👍

[bleak robin]

Truth. But a lot of their stuff has a big motion component so :/

[magic axle]

like 11 achievements if i remember

[acoustic sun]

Can my friends view my Spotify status so they know what songs i fw?

[bleak robin]

Like imagine if Nintendo released BOTW on modern hardware and allowed it to fully stretch its legs

[weak kiln]

Will the game bring back the kinda parry attack combat from the first?… it was cool but got repetitive

[bleak robin]

I already think it’s an absolutely gorgeous game on its own on the switch. Imagine if it were on pc

[magic axle]

im not a fan of the modern zelda games

[fiery python]

Nor me

[weak kiln]

Idk legend of Zelda link between the dress was pretty fun! Dressing up as a femboy brings new depth to a stoic self insert character lol

[cursive raptor]

XDefiant comes out too later today May 21st is stacked

[idle spear]

System shock console release also out today

[short mantle]

If you're in the US, Dune 2 gets added to Max today, too. I've already seen it in theaters, but I'll probably end up watching it again.

[neon flower]

Where are these reviews

[desert sonnet]

So no reviews up yet. So I guess they're gonna go up exactly on launch time

[night rapids]

Embargo is launch time

[neon flower]

Terrible sign

[desert sonnet]

We're resetting the clock y'all. Going back in time baybeee ⏰

[night rapids]

Not uncommon, if theyvare confident in the game

[desert sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/reset-reset-the-clock-start-over-start-again-start-new-gif-5333106

[fiery python]

Not sure where the hour before launch thing came from then.

[acoustic sun]

Anyone else from the eu don't bother wearing a helmet whilst cycling? Free healthcare is brilliant

[desert sonnet]

I forget who said it originally here but I thought I heard the same thing too

[fiery python]

Free healthcare aint gonna help you if the contents of your skull are on the road.

But it's explaining a lot.

[acoustic sun]

That's if I crash, with me, never

And even if I do crash I mostly land on my arms or leg

[radiant cliff]

Anyone on Fortnite?

[acoustic sun]

Literally no point of a helmet, unless you're mountain biking then it's very important

[fiery python]

I'm hoping Hellblade is available dead on 9am. Recently Game Pass titles have taken a while to be live for me and keep kicking me out asking if I own it. I've got to get the most of the day playing before Lucy gets hom.

[weary solar]

If you're looking for someone to play with, please go to #1094715375884697600

[desert sonnet]

Ooo that's right Rhinne. I remember Starfield was like that at launch

[bleak robin]

Helmets are always important. What’s the use of having a brain if you can’t use it?

[fiery python]

I had the same issue with Little Kitty, Big City and Another Crab's Treasure.

[fiery python]

They're already not using it by making that statement.

[night rapids]

Me either. I've seen lots of accounts talking about it but my press kit said embargo lifts at launch

[desert sonnet]

It gave me slight anxiety with Starfield since I went through the trouble of getting their physical version

[fiery python]

Time to make sure my headphones are working on the PC. I had to switch the receiver over from my Xbox.

[night rapids]

For those interested in accessibility options https://twitter.com/NinjaTheory/status/1792571130651312154?t=3VmhZosZjMdk7kBztm--gg&s=19

Ninja Theory (@NinjaTheory) on X

Here’s an overview of the accessibility settings available in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

Twitter · May 20, 2024, 3:00 PM

[bleak robin]

Honestly I love the modern push toward more accessibility options in games. Makes a grown man cry

[fiery python]

Right, headphones are working. They didn't at first and the sound started coming out of the speaker on my Dual Sense controller 😂

[late carbon]

I like Xbox

[short mantle]

I really dislike the mic on the dualsense. I always forget to turn it off.

[fiery python]

Hurry up and be 9am already!

https://tenor.com/view/cartman-cmon-cmon-cmon-cartman-cmon-south-park-gif-16343913

[dense current]

how much fps can i get on witcher 3 on series s

[late carbon]

Who is team pc 🗿

[bleak robin]

I’m team everything

[night rapids]

I'm sure this server will be reasonable and calm, especially if it doesn't drop right on time on game pass. Good luck mods

[fiery python]

Team gaming

[bleak robin]

They don’t need luck

They need a massive prayer

[fiery python]

That aint gonna do anything

[bleak robin]

Sure it is

It means I get to watch the fire and eat popcorn 🍿

Except I can’t make popcorn cause it’s 1:37AM and I don’t live alone yet

[night rapids]

Almost 2am here right now, I'll see the choas when I return. Night all. Have fun

[fiery python]

G'night

[bleak robin]

Toodles!

[tidal topaz]

I'm so glad I'll be at work if there's any issues

[vocal gorge]

can't wait to play Hellblade II. Audio going to be quite an experience again I'm sure

[bleak robin]

I’ve never played Hellblade

[short mantle]

Damn, I was hoping 2 wouldn't be a play anywhere title, but I was expecting it. I wanted to 100% both versions like I did with the first game.

[bleak robin]

Also TIL there’s a VR version of the first one

Is the first one good?

What game does it play like for reference?

[young fog]

In The Netherlands almost nobody wears a helmet while biking, but our biking infrastructure is so good that you are on a seperate bike lane 95% of the time. Very safe. People who bike faster (amateur cyclists or electric bikes) generally do wear helmets.

[cerulean basin]

Nintendo bought... the company that made the Mortal Kombat 1 and Hogwarts Legacy ports for Switch? Of all the companies, why that one? o_0

[fiery python]

Wasn't the port of MK1 awful? 😄

[young fog]

Shockingly so

[short mantle]

Almost no one here wears a helmet when riding a motorcycle. Texas is one of the few states that allows someone to ride without a helmet. It’s dumb, imo.

[cerulean basin]

Precisely

[fiery python]

https://youtu.be/wgCy3FINeGU

trailer for the Dead Cells animated series.

Audio is in French, but has English subs.

[desert sonnet]

Oooooo only 1 min left

[short mantle]

https://www.powerpyx.com/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-achievement-guide-roadmap/

[desert sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-farley-tommy-boy-its-go-time-lets-do-it-gif-15258843

[fiery python]

Okay, good to know there's nothing missable. That's all I wanted to check for now.

[neon flower]

First review

[fiery python]

I'm doing a blind playthrough to enjoy it, then I'll mop up later.

[neon flower]

9/10 pixel arts

[short mantle]

The collectibles are missable.

[desert sonnet]

Ign gave it an 8. Classic

[fiery python]

They are, but there's chapter select

[meager yacht]

how is there full gameplay videos already out for this game ?

[fiery python]

Because people get early access.

[meager yacht]

oh didnt know there was early acceess

[desert sonnet]

Ooooof.. that Gamespot review

[fiery python]

Press, YouTubers etc will get early access to it, so they can have content ready to go as soon as embargo lifts.

[vocal gorge]

I'm surprised the game is only around 48GB (what it shows on my PC at least). Wasn't the first larger?

[desert sonnet]

6 from Gamespot 👀

[fiery python]

I'm glad I have a fast PC because the PC version needs to unpack before playing.

3/5 from VGC

Alright, here we go!

[meager yacht]

people are saying its too long ?

[neon flower]

Gg

[fiery python]

It's 8 hours. Who is saying that's too long?

[meager yacht]

i heard someone call it a slog

[long maple]

hmm might have to reboot. mine says Installed nothing is showing up

[meager yacht]

A joyless slog of barely interactive entertainment and a muddled portrayal of mental illness… that just so happens to have the best graphics ever on a video game console.

[fiery python]

Calling it a slog doesn't mean it's too long. That just means it's a chore to play and not fun.

[short mantle]

It's go time!

[long maple]

yep same working now

855G remains lets see how long it takes for me to get the 1 mill. will it be today or tomorrow

[fiery python]

So glad I booked most of this week off work.

[vocal gorge]

I've already cranked all the graphics settings to max though it looks like there is no way to turn off upscaling as TSR is the default option 🤔

[meager yacht]

well no ones saying anything bad about the graphics thats for sure

[short mantle]

I'm off until Saturday.

[fiery python]

I'm sure some moron fanboy is going to say it looks worse than a 360 game.

[vocal gorge]

[fiery python]

I'm off every day but Friday. There's only two of us on my shift and the other person is off on Fridays so I need to work that day.

[short mantle]

The audio is ridiculous

[meager yacht]

😂 no chance if its as good as people say

[fiery python]

There's never a shortage of idiots who make comments like that.

[meager yacht]

pc 82%
xsx 81%

[neon flower]

Knew it'd be a flop

[meager yacht]

the 30/60 fps thing is worse

[fiery python]

Ah, speaking of ridiculous comments.

[meager yacht]

like it would matter for this game

[desert sonnet]

Today is gonna be a hell of a day

[short mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/madmax-what-a-lovely-day-valhalla-lovely-beautiful-gif-5607069

[meager yacht]

whats a flop ???? and when did good games become flops ?

[long maple]

I never look at reviews anyway. know what games I will like.

[fiery python]

If a game doesn't get 90% plus too many fools think that's a flop.

[meager yacht]

so they think only about 1% of games are good ?

[fiery python]

Precisely.

[meager yacht]

idiots

one think ill never look at is user scores gonna be so much biased lol

[neon flower]

When I say flop I'm obviously being a little facetious. But it's obviously not the Sony exclusive killer they wanted it to be. And this is coming from an Xbox player who wants exclusives of that quality. It's a shame this will be laughed at now. At least it's got the visuals going for it

[meager yacht]

stay of twitter and utube

[cerulean basin]

I don't think anyone was expecting Spider-Man levels of success out of Hellblade 2

[meager yacht]

both are full of trolls than u wont have to worry about that

[fiery python]

The audio really does send shivers down your spine. It's so good.

[desert sonnet]

That's not being facetious. What 😂

[fiery python]

Got it fully maxed out on PC and hitting a fairly steady 120fps. A few dips to around 100, but only noticeable from the in-game counter.

[meager yacht]

sadly i wont play it not really my type of game but im happy it got around the 80s

i did try and play 1 the other day but i didnt like the puzzles but loved the combat

[neon flower]

Yes it is. I was basically saying something not to be taken too seriously

[desert sonnet]

No it's not. 😆

[meager yacht]

maybe u could of said u were hopeing the reviews would be a tad higher

[desert sonnet]

Anyways, I hope Ninja Theory's next game after this is Kung Fu Chaos 2 baybeeeee

Things got wild in that game

[wind adder]

Hellblade 2 proved that there's no such thing as an xbox tax

[cerulean basin]

What is an xbox tax even?

[meager yacht]

xbox games get lower scores than ps

[long maple]

oh the lorestone thingies actually track in this one, they didnt in the last game

[desert sonnet]

It's when they lower the review score by 1 or .5 cause it's on Xbox

[meager yacht]

even if its the same game

[wind adder]

Will play the game tonight after work

Although I'm still stuck in final boss of sekiro

[meager yacht]

xbox version is going down 80 now

[wind adder]

Understandably because performance

[meager yacht]

its bad on xbox ?

surley the fps wont matter in a game like this ?

[desert sonnet]

Eh depends on the person playing

[neon flower]

Apparently it's 900p on Xbox ..

[fiery python]

On Series S maybe, but it tends to hover near 1440p on Series X

[long maple]

I am playing it rn, looks amazing.

[wind adder]

Then it's kind of a good thing
Edit: that ping was accidental

[desert sonnet]

Nice. I'm looking forward to trying it out on my tv eventually. I finally got my glasses fixed 😄

[fiery python]

Looks great on PC

Not as dark when playing though. That's the HDR doing funky things with the screenshots. The lighter one is in a format that Discord won't preview.

[short mantle]

You can brighten up screenshots with photo mode.

[fiery python]

It's a PC issue with HDR. You get two screenshots, one lighter and one darker, but Discord doesn't like the lighter one.

[steady saffron]

I just played 30 minutes of it. Heading to work now. Graphics is already truly next gen and audio is amazing. Can’t wait to play it more after work tonight.

Ignore the reviews and experience it yourself with a headset. The graphics made my jaw drop at the start

[idle spear]

I’m interested to see what it takes to get 60fps out of this game

Will test it out later

[dense current]

its not that hard bruh

[steady saffron]

Personally feel like the 30 fps gives a more cinematic feel to it. Almost don’t need a 60 fps. Can’t even notice it

[idle spear]

I’m going to play it on pc for the 60 assuming I can get there.

Seems like more of a GPU heavy game

[tired hare]

How is hellblade 2 bros

[fiery python]

I'm mostly hovering around 90fps with a 4090

[idle spear]

Nice

[vocal gorge]

I'm below 60 FPS at 4K maxed settings and upscaling off. Seeing it drop below 40 FPS even at times and this is on a 7900 XTX

[idle spear]

What about with FSR?

[vocal gorge]

it will obviously improve performance depending on what it is set to quality would be somewhere between 4K and 1440p internally with balanced being 1440p, performance 1080p and ultra performance (usually optional iirc) being 720p internally

[idle spear]

Yeah just wondering if it’s enough for stable 60

[desert sonnet]

Whelp that was a fun past 50 min. I haven't really been glued to reviews with any other game as much as this one. Probably cause I'm trying to kill time at work

Looks like reviews are bouncing up and down all over the place

[steady saffron]

Don’t worry about the reviews

[desert sonnet]

Too late I worried.

[vocal gorge]

I'll check it out a little later. Going to get breakfast and then get back to the game. There is also a native AA mode which removes the upscaling part of FSR but at the cost of a small performance hit

[wind adder]

Even the second phase of him where he uses the spear?

[brazen adder]

So much hate already in the reviews. Sheesh

[wind adder]

I remember Starfield reviews went down and it's not GOTY nominee like xbox users predict it would be

[idle spear]

It’s got good reviews hasn’t it? 80 on Metacritic

[fiery python]

Aside from what people posted in here, I've seen one review score online and that's only because it happened to show up on my Twitter feed.

I'm not paying any attention to what is said online and just playing it for myself. Reading reviews just highlights things you may not have noticed yourself and makes them more noticeable affecting your enjoyment.

Just play it and have fun.

If you have Game Pass it's costing you nothing but time and it's not a long game.

[wind adder]

True

[fiery python]

If anything, it's a visual treat and nice to see what we could be looking forward to with UE5

[wind adder]

I just hope ninja theory doesn't get taken down like tango did.

[desert sonnet]

Ohhh I can't wait to see what Undead Labs does with UE5

[long maple]

they already have another game coming out, Project Mara.

[idle spear]

Gears 6 will be a good showcase of it

[wind adder]

Well RedFall was supposed to have a DLC

[idle spear]

Coalition seems to be the masters of unreal engine

[brazen adder]

Didn't they already shutter the studio?

[desert sonnet]

I think their point was that even if a studio has something cooking (red fall dlc) that doesn't necessarily guarantee they won't shut you down (redfall dev still getting shut down)

[meager yacht]

esp when they go off and make a new one shortly after

[wind adder]

That's what I'm talking about. You never know when studios will get shut down

[idle spear]

With Redfall it wasn’t devs fault either. Poor decision from management to get single player devs to work on multiplayer games. Has been an issue with others as well recently like suicide squad and Marvel avengers that were also failed projects.

[steady saffron]

I understand the importance of the reviews. I guess we all want Ninja Theory to do well especially with the latest health of Xbox. But I will still do my best to experience it without the review bias

[meager yacht]

but i am seriously thinking of getting rid of game pass since maybe game pass is the course of the problem

[wind adder]

I played RedFall and Starfield

[steady saffron]

Tho can’t avoid it. Everyone has shared the scores haha

[meager yacht]

tango is too loved by a lot of people to just be folded

[desert sonnet]

I remember reading somewhere that it was Rocksteady devs themselves who wanted Suicide Squad to be live service and not upper management. Lemme double check on that though

[steady saffron]

If you went through that then we can go through Hellblade

[wind adder]

I won't take a risk unsubscribing to gamepass tho. It saved my money

I'm still buying third party games because they're not permanent on gamepass (except for EA)

[meager yacht]

it does but it may be the course of ur fave dev not exsisting anymore

[wind adder]

Like I bought sekiro

[steady saffron]

I will always be consumer first. Gamepass has benefited me more. Yes there are business impacts towards the industry but as a consumer is there really a negative towards you getting games on GamePass? Especially the amount of my money we save

[desert sonnet]

Ahh yea. Looks like it was Rocksteady management that wanted it live service and not WB

[wind adder]

Well I can play EA games and Halo infinite tho

[short mantle]

That's enough Hellblade 2 for now. I'll play some more when I wake up. It looks fantastic, and the audio is incredible.

[fiery python]

I've just finished chapter one.

[steady saffron]

Same for me. But I gotta work now lol. I played a bit just now and graphics was wild

[steady saffron]

That was quick!

[short mantle]

I'm midway through chapter 2.

[long maple]

yep also on Chapter2

[steady saffron]

How do we know we completed a chapter? I didn’t remember this in the first Hellblade

[idle spear]

WB now mandated all games to be live service as well anyway if I remember

[fiery python]

You'll earn an achievement

[idle spear]

Ironically Hogwarts legacy sold very well for them

[meager yacht]

well i guess u can always support the devs u like and stay on game pass

[steady saffron]

Ah okay. Thanks

[short mantle]

Hogwarts did huge numbers

[meager yacht]

so buy good games

[wind adder]

You're still paying Microsoft tho. It's not that you're stealing a game lol

[idle spear]

This obsession with everything being live service is not sustainable

[meager yacht]

i'm kinda guity ill wait for game pass than buy the game when theres a special

[steady saffron]

The devs and games I really like, I’ll try to purchase it. But Xbox gave us this new method of gaming and it has helped with my finances.

[short mantle]

I still need to finish SS. I got bored after a while.

[wind adder]

I confess I made a mistake buying the premium upgrade for Starfield. Should've only played the base game a call it a day

[fiery python]

I finished Suicide Squad and haven't touched it since. I've not even tried season 1.

[meager yacht]

but it still confusing why tango was shut down

[wind adder]

I'm not dissing or anything but Starfield is a play once and forget kinda game.

[cerulean basin]

You and most of the 3 people who bought the game 😢

[steady saffron]

I would disagree with this. But maybe I could understand if you’ve never played Bethesda games before

[cerulean basin]

I forced myself to unlock the Joker as a playable character a couple weeks ago, but haven't even used him yet

[meager yacht]

i bought suicide squad played it once than was like naaaaaaaaa

[steady saffron]

Bethesda games for me probably has a really high replayability rate

[wind adder]

I'm actively playing Skyrim and fallout 3 but Starfield my least favourite among the three.
It's a good game with a boring NG+

[cerulean basin]

It's even worse that the next chapter is barely introducing anything new compared to the first chapter of Season 1

[short mantle]

The last thing I remember doing is rescuing ||Poison Ivy||.

[meager yacht]

if the heroes were alt universe ill be ok with it

[steady saffron]

Yeah in comparison to Skyrim and Fallout, I get where you’re coming from. The tone of Starfield is very different and niche in my opinion

[meager yacht]

but i do not want to be killing my fave dc heroes

[fiery python]

I think it's just on life support now. Giving it the bare minimum they're contractually obliged to give and then they'll switch it off once that's done.

[wind adder]

Anchel, since you're a ubisoft dev I'd tell you

I hope AC shadows is good because I'm looking forward for another samurai/shinobi game😭

[cerulean basin]

They ARE in an alternate universe. It's the Arkham-verse.

I'm quite confident that AC Shadows will do fantastic

[steady saffron]

Legit so excited. We need an AC game that we can connect with the character like Ezio

[desert sonnet]

I'm glad I bought Avengers before it was delisted. Having all characters and skins is awesome 😎

[wind adder]

I'm glad I bought the last physical copy of NFS the run

[idle spear]

I might do that spiderman dlc in avengers at some point

[meager yacht]

That means we are killing batman from the arkham series ?

[cerulean basin]

People seriously underestimate just how many players the AC series has. Valhalla's numbers were impressive.

[meager yacht]

whyyyyyyyy would we ever wanna do that

[steady saffron]

Don’t spoilll

[cerulean basin]

I mean... the game is called "Kill the Justice League", you'd think people would have known already haha

[fiery python]

It's called 'Kill the Justice League'. What else do you think you'll be doing?

[steady saffron]

Haha we had this same conversation yesterday. I was referring to that

[short mantle]

The best thing about Avengers, imo, was the final boss fight. Other than that, I didn't think it was a very good game.

[desert sonnet]

The next big comicbook game looks to be Marvel Rivals and that also is on track to having great skins and cosmetics 👀

[meager yacht]

this one looks good

[idle spear]

Story was ok in avengers. Gameplay pretty average.

[steady saffron]

I don’t know maybe they become good guys and have shawarma with the JL after 😭

[meager yacht]

is there a release date ?

[uneven river]

My cache's not in main story don't count so I have to restart game to get that achievement

[meager yacht]

i was a big fan of the story in avengers but yeh mp was horrible
i didnt mind the gameplay

[fiery python]

The single player campaign sections were the best part of Avengers.

[desert sonnet]

For me it was amazing up till they forced using their awful mission selection map. It was around when you recruit Iron Man and Black Widow. Then the story got a little wonky and it just didn't improve from there up till the boss fight

[idle spear]

And to be fair at least avengers got some decent dlc over time. Not sure if they will bother with suicide squad

[uneven river]

I still have like 30 hives

[meager yacht]

what about gotham knights ?

[short mantle]

The fact that they got their butts kicked by robots was dumb, too. They made the characters seem weak, especially Hulk.

[fiery python]

Hulk needing armour was stupid

[idle spear]

I thought it was alright

[meager yacht]

i need to replay it i was falling asleep it might have been cause i was tired

[idle spear]

Gotham knights, decent story and fun enough gameplay

But not at the same level as Arkham games

[meager yacht]

did u play the marvel rts ?

[desert sonnet]

Avengers had one of the worst mission selection screens I've ever seen. There was almost no explanation to what the symbols on top of each mission meant, you couldn't tell if you were playing a dlc mission or following the mp storyline correctly, everyone had to agree on a mission by voting but then when you start the mission, it doesn't start and instead drops you to another screen where you gotta vote again. It was a mess

[idle spear]

Yeah I think I remember that

[meager yacht]

midnight suns

[short mantle]

Spider-Man being a PS4 exclusive also sucked.

[fiery python]

Yeah, but then they released him and his gameplay was terrible.

[desert sonnet]

I love how even the PlayStation Avengers community hated that he was locked to them

[idle spear]

Yeah need to try it out at some point

[meager yacht]

i still got to play marvel ult alliance 3 yet i bought it when it came out on switch and never got around to playing it

[idle spear]

Those games are a lot of fun

[short mantle]

Guardians of the Galaxy was excellent. I hope we’ll get a sequel someday, but I remember reading that it didn't sell well.

[idle spear]

Like Marvel Diablo

[meager yacht]

yeah i played the first on my 360 with a friend and loved it

[desert sonnet]

Ahh Im still sad that Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 was for Switch only. I loved those games

[meager yacht]

xmen games were like that too

[idle spear]

Ultimate alliance 3 on PS5 or series would be nice. I guess Nintendo has some hold over it

[meager yacht]

it didnt do well i dont think

[idle spear]

And such a shame ultimate alliance 1 and 2 got delisted.

[desert sonnet]

At this point, id take a half-baked port over not having it all on Xbox. 🥺

[meager yacht]

maybe a double switch re release ?

[idle spear]

Maybe Microsoft can relist them one day as they were activision published

[short mantle]

I bought both MUA games before they were delisted, same with both Prototype’s.

[meager yacht]

i have the psyical 😄

[desert sonnet]

Could happen. After seeing Scott Pilgrim return after being delisted, I think anything's possible

[meager yacht]

not 2 though just 1 and 3

[idle spear]

I got the gold edition for ultimate alliance 1 for very cheap this year. Was a great find

[desert sonnet]

Tell me X-Men Legends 1 and 2 are still up 🥺. Lie to me if you have to

[idle spear]

Don’t think xmen legends were BC or ported were they?

[cerulean basin]

More like it got remastered and re-released on new platforms

[meager yacht]

i hope one day we get all the arcade games for xmen on a compliation

[short mantle]

Wolverine Origins was a fun game.

[meager yacht]

give me more compilations

[desert sonnet]

You're most likely right 😔

[idle spear]

Wolverine origins was pretty good yeah

Another one published by activision

[meager yacht]

simpsons one
x-men

[desert sonnet]

I'm hoping James Gunn follows through with his comment on a bigger focus on DC properties in video gaming too. Would be nice to see things from DC besides Batman

[meager yacht]

a flash game 😄

[cerulean basin]

It'd be over too fast

[idle spear]

New Spawn game would be cool

[short mantle]

Monolith is working on a Wonder Woman game. They made FEAR and the Mordor games.

[alpine cave]

Are xbox game pass prices actually going to increase?

[cerulean basin]

We don't know

[fiery python]

Prices for anything will always increase. We just don't know when.

[tired hare]

Hello

[meager yacht]

of cause they are everything increases

[idle spear]

That punisher game on ps2 was brutal I remember playing that. Was fun though

[cerulean basin]

I want a good Green Lantern Corps game

[tired hare]

Why is hellblade 2 so much walking around and so short

I don't mind it's increasing because of a poor person I can afford to play these games

[alpine cave]

Even hellblade 1 was like that. Did you already complete it?

[meager yacht]

i got it on xbox

[tired hare]

Yo vibez

[idle spear]

Yeah I have it on Xbox now

[alpine cave]

Yo

[tired hare]

Are you in the anime discord?

[tired hare]

Not yet I just watched reviews on YouTube I'll play later this week

[fiery python]

It's been out for less than 2 hours, so no one - other than those who got early access - could have finished it yet

[alpine cave]

I am

[tired hare]

I think I've seen you there

[alpine cave]

Oh yeah? I chat here and there

[tired hare]

Yes mate

[long maple]

yeah I can only play alittle longer. my son doesnt have his exam till afternoon I thought it was a morning one. Wife gone back to sleep so got to remind him to get ready soon.

[alpine cave]

Ah yes it's been 100 minutes since its release, you're right.

[tired hare]

7 years to make a 5 hour game is hilarious
45 minute of game per year of development

[short mantle]

I've always wanted to play the Manhunt games. I doubt they'll ever make another one, and if they do, it definitely won't be AO.

[alpine cave]

I ask for recommendation here and there iykyk

[tired hare]

Too gore imo

[fiery python]

Yeah I don't think we're seeing any more Manhunt games.

They were certainly something.

[alpine cave]

I have no idea what are manhunt games. Which ones are you exactly talking about?

[tired hare]

When it's £98 in my local cex

[desert sonnet]

I played the first one. That thing was brutal

[meager yacht]

wtf theres a rocket knight adv games coming out in a compilation

[short mantle]

Look it up on youtube

[alpine cave]

It's an immersive game imp

[meager yacht]

i love manhunt i got it before it was banned in australia 😄

[desert sonnet]

And apparently there was a Punisher game for PS2 or PS3 that was just as brutal with his "interrogation" techniques

[tired hare]

Fallout 3 was banned in Australia because of morphine'

[meager yacht]

still have my original copy too

[cerulean basin]

Don't take a look then at Playdead's games... They take over 7 years to make 2-3 hour long indie games.

[meager yacht]

we got it though did they take it out ?

[tired hare]

I don't know

[meager yacht]

i know manhunt lasted 1 week on the shelfs before they took it away

[tired hare]

Apparently you can see the brotherhood of steel slave deathclaws on fallout 3

[desert sonnet]

The only other game I think that's on my radar that reminds me of Manhunt is this one on PC about a but I heavily doubt it'll ever be released on consoles

[short mantle]

Huh, you can buy the first Manhunt through the Xbox store. $9 isn't too bad.

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/manhunt/9nn3vx0l45vl

[tired hare]

Isn't outlast the port of manhunt

It feels the same game

[fiery python]

Outlast is nothing like Manhunt

[tired hare]

Oh

It's set in an insane asylum manhunt?

[fiery python]

Manhunt was super violent and you were the one committing the violent acts. Super brutal execution killings.

[cerulean basin]

I love bad UX battles 😛

[tired hare]

What on earth

Is that hacking ? 🤔😲😳

[cerulean basin]

Nothing even remotely close to hacking in there

[tired hare]

I am joking

[cerulean basin]

It's just a group of designers competing to make the worst possible UI or user experience

[fiery python]

Did you try Neal's password game, Anchel?

[cerulean basin]

Yuuup

[short mantle]

This is cool

[tired hare]

Worst user experience? Had an job and on my first day my manager didn't show up for 5 hours

[meager yacht]

so looking forward to MultiVersus coming back

[tired hare]

I'm watching madmax later

[fiery python]

😄

[cerulean basin]

It is so delightfully infuriating haha

[tired hare]

Shell oil pepsi drink and Starbucks

[lapis bison]

yeah me too.

[cerulean basin]

Same! I've been following the developer diary updates and it really seems like they took improving the game quite seriously

[meager yacht]

it was fun to begin with

[cerulean basin]

Really enjoyed the original game

[tired hare]

I'm thinking about downloading dev mode on Xbox is it safe to mess around?

[cerulean basin]

It's useless unless you're a developer

[meager yacht]

i got to get back into disney speedstorm

[restive plover]

Hello

[weary solar]

#rules 🚨 12. Certain topics are not appropriate for discussion, such as: game sharing outside of your household, self-repair and disassembly of hardware, piracy, emulation, violating Xbox policies or Terms of Service, explicit material, not-safe-for-work topics, discussion of leaks, and questionable or illegal activities. Other topics are subject to moderator discretion.

NOTE: Even though Xbox is offering controller repair kits for sale now, self-repair discussion in this server beyond linking to said kits is still not allowed. Self-repair requires a moderate level of skill and knowledge to do and any errors in doing self-repair can result in damage that is not covered under any warranty. If you have questions that are not answered by the guides linked off the controller parts pages in the store, you likely do not posses the skills or knowledge for performing the self-repair and should seek out a repair shop to perform your repair.

[meager yacht]

oh what did i say ?

[fiery python]

@tired hare If you know you can't use the word, don't try to bypass the filter to say it

[tired hare]

Oh sorry

[meager yacht]

oh it wasnt me ?

[fluid loom]

I'm evading hellblade 2 spoilers

[tired hare]

I don't mean to break the rules I just want you understanding what I am saying

[fiery python]

We know exactly what you want dev mode for, so you should move on from the topic

[tired hare]

Ok

Viva pitta is ok to play ?

For autism or nah

[fluid loom]

I know this login page, is it jetpunk ?

[meager yacht]

cant believe jason is gonna be in multiversus

[warm hedge]

Hi

I play alone Fortnite

[fiery python]

Hi

Hellblade is great with TV backlighting on too. Really adds to the atmosphere of it.

[warm hedge]

I don't know, I haven't played it, I will probably play it in 2025 when I get a 4k TV

[long maple]

hm may have to get a 5G achievement to make Hellblade hit better with the score I have leftover

[warm hedge]

I have 10G🥲

[tired hare]

Frrfrfr

Been enjoying the game so far

Ninja theory cooked

[warm hedge]

I'll probably switch consoles because I can't play cyberpunk 😭

[cinder veldt]

Fun fact, someone could spend hundreds of hours on games like warzone and Fortnite and still have 0GS on Xbox, but they still had fun

[warm hedge]

The Fortnite It is fun

[cinder veldt]

It is

[warm hedge]

I've been playing for 5 years and haven't played any other games

[fluid loom]

sad

[warm hedge]

No

[fiery python]

Nothing sad about it. If they're having fun, that's all that matters.

[long maple]

I am getting hungry again, might have to order something

[north kestrel]

how much MBPS do you guys get while downloading games?

[fluid loom]

They have helldivers 2 as pfp

[fiery python]

Judging other people's fun is the sad part.

[stray beacon]

Around 150

[fiery python]

That's Helldivers, not Hellblade

[fluid loom]

Yeah ik it's just stuck with me

[long maple]

50, they havent upgraded our Internet here. and its anywhere from now to end of 2026.

[cinder veldt]

Fortnite is quite fun, played like 93 days total on Xbox

[cinder veldt]

20Mbps on a good day

[warm hedge]

I don't play because it's not free cyberpunk 😆

[cinder veldt]

To think about it, that's 2232 hours

And my friends ask why I have basically no hours on steam

[warm hedge]

I'll play until I'm old Fortnite 😌

[idle spear]

Looking like 2026 for here

Apparently we already have “fast” internet so are low on the list

[cinder veldt]

I will too if I plan on getting all STW achievements

[fluid loom]

Crazy how countries struggle with fiber installation

Even the UK is at 60~% with a fairly small area

[cinder veldt]

It's expensive

[tired hare]

100-120 on good days and 20-40 on normal days

[idle spear]

60-72 for me

[tired hare]

Damn

[tired hare]

Ic cool

[brazen wolf]

Damn

[stray beacon]

My launch Xbox one did like 5mbps lol

[tired hare]

Tough

[dark yoke]

I got fairly decent speeds off mine like over 100Mb if I remember

[fluid loom]

I guess not that much, I'm originally Algerian they now have probably the world biggest fiber installation campaign, from just 200k subscribes in the start of 2022 to 1.3m in start of 2024 offering a free modem+ a 300 mbps speed for the first month for just 15$ 💀 that's a bad idea if they think they'll get the profit back from subscriptions in a short while

[tired hare]

I'd wish to have that on an average

[stray beacon]

Still have the same internet and my series s does upwards of 150

[dark yoke]

Highest I got was 920Mb

[tired hare]

💀🥲

[dark yoke]

I got a picture of 870 I think

847 *

[stray beacon]

Beat pontiff in dark souls 3 while on a zoom call with my therapist 💀

[cinder veldt]

Here in Sweden it's very common that there is a lot of places that maybe don't use internet, or use it enough. And if there is enough people in that area that want it it costs like $5000 installation still

[dark yoke]

@tired hare PC Xbox App

[fluid loom]

and i thought 15 was alot

It doesn't make sense though 5k ???

[cinder veldt]

15 is a monthly payment

[fluid loom]

For just some cabling

[cinder veldt]

There is a fee for installing the fiberoptic cables into your house which includes digging up a ton of ground and then putting material back

[dark yoke]

That was 1.08Gb on PC

1080 Mb

[tired hare]

Whaaaa😔

[tired hare]

🙏🙏

[fluid loom]

Maybe ours are only ones in the world doing it for free put on the side, but doesn't explain why it would cost that much I'd say 300$ max , it's not even that ton of digging

[dark yoke]

Steam Was a bit faster at 143 MB/s

[fluid loom]

They have that machine digging for them literally not lifting a finger only to put the cable in

[cinder veldt]

Everything economics where you live is probably very different, it's done by a private company here, and running all the equipment and such is more expensive than you think, but as I said the fee is one time then its like maybe a $30 monthly depending on the plan you have. Also I forgot to mention that the $5000 is a worse case scenario if you live quite far away like I do from a town. But it may be as low as $1500 for some

[tired hare]

But the one close to 1gb/s is wild for me

Envi are you mainly on console or pc

[fiery python]

The only cable provider in our area refuses to service our building. I'm guessing they don't want to deal with the long driveway and digging it up to link up the building.

If they told me they'd do it for £1,500, I'd pay it.

[cinder veldt]

£1500 would be a good price tbh

[fiery python]

I'd see if the neighbours wanted to chip in, but if not I'd pay it. because our internet sucks right now.

It maxes out at 70mb, but with multiple devices connected it struggles. If one device starts to download something, everything else slows to a crawl. It's like being back on dial up.

[fluid loom]

Left sadly :/gotta embrace supercapitalism now

[cinder veldt]

Wherever you live is just super generous, or you aren't actually paying the whole fee

[tired hare]

Try reaching out to them again

[fiery python]

I did

They said to not bother asking again because the building is on a no supply list.

[tired hare]

🥲that sucks maybe in the near future they will do it

[idle spear]

I’m just hoping it’s not extended beyond 2026

[tired hare]

True

I got so many good games to play that I don't even know if I want to play idk what's wrong with me now

[fluid loom]

yeah that was my country i moved out now, they have everything run by the state, no competition whatsoever only one ISP. Works well in this case ig competition doesn't always bring good

[idle spear]

I have enough games to take me into the after life already so just playing what I feel like

[cinder veldt]

Without going to much political, that ISP is most likely run with the tax money compared to people paying directly

[fiery python]

So far the collectbles in Hellblade aren't very hidden and I've managed to find them all fairly easily up to now without a guide.

[dark yoke]

Both, but PC is my main as for me it’s a better experience

[dark yoke]

Well that’s over 1Gb - it’s like 1.1-1.2Gb

[tame vortex]

Nicely done Ninja Theory, game is superb.

[tired hare]

What do you think about the game so far ,I am still in the prologue

[fiery python]

Very good so far.

[tired hare]

Fair

[long maple]

yeah enjoying very much. nearly finished chapter 3

[fiery python]

Visually stunning, amazing audio and brutal combat.

[tired hare]

That's crazy

[tired hare]

Indeed the soundtracks are good . The game is just perfect and immersive

No hud ,no healthbar just overall great

[fluid loom]

what's considered hard cuz if it's like plague tale requiem type of collectibles definitely not

[fiery python]

Well, I've found them all so far without any real effort.

Just a matter of paying attention to the environment and voices to see the extra paths.

[stray beacon]

Another crabs treasure is brutal. Way harder than I ever thought it would be

I love it

[fiery python]

I enjoyed that game

[stray beacon]

Kril is so cute 😭

[fiery python]

These arrived yesterday

[stray beacon]

I saw that, I went to the merch store hoping they had the kril plush still in stock and they didn't unfortunately

I am also patiently waiting to see what the lies of p devs are cooking up, they announced a dlc and sequel like a month after the game came out

I'm going to try out lords of the fallen when it hits gamepass

[open chasm]

who has the highest gamerscore on Xbox?

[fiery python]

RedmptionDenied

They have just under 4.7 mil

[tepid cave]

how does HBII performs on series s?

[fiery python]

I think Digital Foundry have a video up on it

[tepid cave]

nope they havent made one yet

i just want to know the res as i know it will be 30 fps ofc

[steady pilot]

I’ll have to try hb2 on my series s to test

If you have gamepass you can try it out

[fiery python]

It uses a dynamic resolution

Who cares, just play it.

[tepid cave]

yeah i do but i need to uninstall a game to make space for it

[fiery python]

If you care that much about the resolution a game runs at, don't buy the cheapest lower spec console ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[open chasm]

Dang, fastest response in the west. Wonder what their game library looks like.

[tepid cave]

i really dont but it shouldnt be 720p

[steady pilot]

I’m sure it looks great. It’s not some twitch shooter you need 60fps for

[open chasm]

Bro it won't be THAT bad lol, probably 1080p

On Series S anyway

[tame vortex]

Just shy by 3,324

[tepid cave]

im fine with 30 fps

[long maple]

yeah I am gonna take a break from Hellblade 2. chapter 4 though. very fun game

I need food

[tame vortex]

Nearly 4.7mil though, probably might reach that shortly.

[tepid cave]

i havent played 60 fps on these great looking games like rdr2 so i dont even know how it feels like

[fiery python]

I'll be stopping when Lucy gets home from work. I can't be sitting here with headphones on while she's home 😄

[tame vortex]

Hellblade II is the first Xbox game I've played in a while and I'm lovin it.

Last was Starfield and got that done very quickly, might revisit thanks to 60fps patch.

[open chasm]

I built a PC and immediately decided to try Starfield on it. It somehow just feels way, WAY better with 60FPS and the dialogue camera off.

[tame vortex]

I've been told by others that it would never get the patch and I kept telling them it would, just give it time.

Guess I proved them all wrong.

[open chasm]

I wish it was there from the getgo, but better late than never

[tame vortex]

Can't complain now, just enjoy that it's there.

[open chasm]

Still enjoy it on my new home theater PC though 😁 I can run the game at 2K 60FPS with dynamic res

Very lovely visuals. The game is underrated.

[tame vortex]

Can it go higher or is it locked to just 60?

[open chasm]

I locked it to 60 because none of my displays go higher than 60Hz

Well, I think my wife's computer monitor goes to 144 but I'm not tearing it down to check 😂

I have a Radeon RX 7600XT with 16 GB of VRAM if you want to check it :)

[tame vortex]

My partner just got their upgraded gaming PC, bit jealous but they said we can both use it when I move over to the US.

[open chasm]

Yeah I actually built my own game "console," even used an open source program called Playnite to make my own custom interface

[open chasm]

Nice, what are the specs?

[fiery python]

https://vxtwitter.com/ELDENRING/status/1792888227138769243

[tame vortex]

i7-13700, 16GB DDR4, 3060

[open chasm]

Nice, those parts are still pretty good in 2024 especially to save a few bucks

[tame vortex]

Cost them $690 open-box.

Same PC retails for $1000 on Amazon.

[tough hemlock]

Hi people

[tough hemlock]

I’m still using a core2 duo for my CD burning laptop

It works well for what I need it to do

[open chasm]

That's amazing. Yeah really the most important part of a gaming PC is the graphics card 😂 Processors can actually be dialed back as long as you have a good GPU

Saw someone turn a $99 Dell optiplex used in a school library into a competent gaming machine just by putting a good GPU in it

[tough hemlock]

I still have space cadet pinball

[young fog]

I dont think I would even have a way to play CD's anymore lol

[fiery python]

The only thing I have that can play CDs is my Xbox

[young fog]

Ah can it? Then I do!

[fiery python]

Xbox can, PlayStation can't.

[young fog]

My PC hasnt had a CD/DVD drive for the last 8+ years, my car hasnt for the last 4 years either

[cinder veldt]

My school PC is specced opposite, good CPU, less good GPU. It works surprisingly good for many games that balance load well

[young fog]

Really depends on the game, some games are very CPU hungry

[idle spear]

My 2012 build was last time I used a dvd drive I think

Back then still some things the drive was useful for.

[magic axle]

im running ryzen 9 7950X with RTX 4090 hellblade 2 looks insane

[idle spear]

Yeah it looks great

[stray beacon]

My laptop still just has an IGPU, I only play older games on it though so it's okay

[magic axle]

why i keep older computers is really great ones even have ms dos machine

[open chasm]

My PC has a CD/DVD drive that I ripped from a pre-built lol

Why buy a bluray when I have two consoles that can run it?

[magic axle]

most of us just uses usb disc drives now

[open chasm]

same lol

[idle spear]

Yeah mostly legacy stuff for the dvds and cds

Installing windows xp was still a common thing up until 2014 and a lot of motherboards didn’t support boot from usb

[tough hemlock]

Any DVD player in general can play audio CDs

[magic axle]

the pain i had trying to install xp on a i7 machine

[tough hemlock]

I have 3 Blu-ray players

[tired hare]

Is xbox really limited to just 1min screen record?

[dull karma]

guys

[fiery python]

You can record longer if you connect a USB drive

[idle spear]

Not too bad on the 3770K I use it on but that was the last supported CPU generation with mobo drivers

[stray beacon]

Up to an hour with an external drive