other-games

[wet sage]

I became obssessed with it after playing ff7 rebirth in march

I played ff15 and ff16 afterwards

Also crisis core

I started ff13 but havent got far yet

[indigo gyro]

ffxv my favorite 😳

[twilit stream]

7 days before my birthday

[indigo gyro]

wow

[wet sage]

Yep it's great although there were clearly some problems with its execution. Had a rough development from what I read.

[twilit stream]

Some old games get ps5 upgrades

Not a fan of the modern ps games

[wet sage]

I play some older titles too but mostly newer releases

[twilit stream]

Gow trilogy is unbeatBle

They should port their entire ps2 and ps3 library over, it'll make em billions

[indigo gyro]

the development was not good at all so many issues change of engine mid development
change of console
dev tems changed
so much issues
but afterall these issues they gave me a world so beautiful that i cant forget eos is my favorite video game world

[wet sage]

There was a location like Venice. Was it called Altissa something? That place was beautiful.

[indigo gyro]

altissia still looks stunning

[wet sage]

I'm done with the game and dlc. Planning to watch kingsglaive and then read the book they released which I heard has an alternate ending.

[indigo gyro]

game have some really weird looking textures but it got it moments when it can look better than some of the current day games

[inland coral]

true i guess it just depends on if they're worth the effort, i imagine jc3 is virtually ded, so

[twilit stream]

Which final fantasy had the assassin's creed collab

[indigo gyro]

i have watched the movie its a good watch and the anime

i have the book also

[indigo gyro]

xv

it had audi collab

also

[twilit stream]

Freak

[indigo gyro]

square was going full on with xv marketting

[wet sage]

Never heard of the anime. I'm kinda prioritizing ff7 content. I've been reading its book then I will watch advent children.

[indigo gyro]

but now they dont do it like xv

[indigo gyro]

anime is called ffxv brotherhood it is free on youtube on their own channel which is awesome

[twilit stream]

Xv gets delisted because of piece of shit car coloab

[indigo gyro]

regalia is like roach for me

[wet sage]

I want to go back to ff15 someday. Because the first time playing I found the story very confusing. Playing episode Ardyn made the lore make more sense.

[twilit stream]

Strangers of paradise the only ff i like

[indigo gyro]

yeah yeah ardyn dlc is very important piece of the story

[wet sage]

There was a map table in the dlc. That explained the history of Eos well and all the things I was confused about.

[indigo gyro]

the lore is very deep

[wet sage]

Yeah

What about ff7? Have you played that one?

[indigo gyro]

sad part is the dlcs were got cancelled and mod tools also

[indigo gyro]

yes waiting for rebirth on steam

[twilit stream]

Dudu u play fo74?

[wet sage]

They decided to tell the story through the book instead from what I read.

[wet sage]

It's soooo good.

[indigo gyro]

i dont like bethesda games

[twilit stream]

Its not on steam?

[indigo gyro]

it is releasing soon

[wet sage]

It'll be this month

They released a new trailer for pc today

[twilit stream]

Me neither but fo74 decent co-op game

[indigo gyro]

yeah the book has the ending which is sooo sad when you are a fan of that game 😭😭😭😂🥲

[twilit stream]

Dudydudduydy

Duududududu

[indigo gyro]

hmmm with co op it could be true
game has so many cool features but then it is bethesda game which never i liked

[wet sage]

Oh no😭 Well I'll start reading it after ff7's book.

[twilit stream]

Its good gameplay ngl i played with my friend

In fo74 they give ammo like candy

[indigo gyro]

man if only stalker ii was co op

[twilit stream]

Its the only thing i hate about stalker

Stalker is such a perfect franchise to include co-op that the absence of said game mode makes me angry

[indigo gyro]

the ai system of old game is better than new game
i want them to make the ai better than older games

[twilit stream]

Shittier gunplay though

[indigo gyro]

yeah exploring chernobyl with your friend can be amazing experience

[indigo gyro]

[twilit stream]

Theres a mod made for it

Ray of hooe

Ray of hope

[indigo gyro]

i am happy that you didnt missed one "o"

[twilit stream]

We should try the mod together

@indigo gyro called xrmpe

[charred quail]

I almost forgot jerma could actually game lol

[empty ivy]

He's ass.

I hate to say it.

But he doesn't learn.

[charred quail]

yeah I didn't mean he could game well, just that he could actually play some real video games instead of joke games I often see him do

[empty ivy]

His Gabriel v1 fight was really funny because he fucked himself.

Gianni and hakita pointing out his mistakes was really funny

"No parry gary"

I had my issues but I didn't suck that bad.

Oh fun fact. He thought the pistol on ultrakill was useless. @charred quail

Which is actually a really valuable weapon.

[charred quail]

you have to hit the coin with it right?

[empty ivy]

Yeah.

The trajectory is consistent and acts as a guaranteed hit.

Its powered hit is really valuable.

Red revolver is great for blowing shit up in enemies faces.

[charred quail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IeYOECebTA

[next rapids]

Love that guy

Meanwhile everyone is gobbling up the ai slop Nvidia is pushing

[twilit stream]

its goo

dd

[charred quail]

lossless scaling has a new update today

what's the point of dlss 4 fg

[sacred iron]

Decided to turn framegen off in stalker 2 due to how bad the generated frames feel, I dread nvidias future if they want people to actually play at 15 fps to achieve 60

[next rapids]

Lmao right on time

[next rapids]

Soon Nvidia will just generate the whole game in your mind, so you can imagine all the frames

[charred quail]

yeah just turn fg back on and pretend the horrible latency isn't there

I uninstalled stalker 2

feel like there's no enjoyment I could get from it

[next rapids]

Yeah I tried it again after a month and gave up when nothing changed, maybe in a year

[latent rock]

iim bored of games like that

[next rapids]

Such piss poor performance and state of the game in general

[latent rock]

im playing final fantasy 16 now its pretty good

[charred quail]

the only loot you can find is breads and sausages

[latent rock]

installed a bunch of older final fantasy games as well

[sacred iron]

I don’t understand these folks at nvidia, genuinely. FPS games need full clarity and no fake frames yet their entire business plan for the next 5 years seems to be adding as much visual blur as possible and generating frames with insane input lag. Even though it’s not input lag you get what I mean

People will end up complaining about how slow games feel at 60 fps and that’ll be why

[latent rock]

ill just stick to amd

[sacred iron]

Although tbf I am enjoying stalker 2 a lot

[tribal crypt]

It still needs more time to cook imo

[onyx nest]

I have the audio of that game in native Ukrainian because the voice acting is so bad in English. I deal with the subtitles. it's like B-movie action quality

[twilit stream]

Guatt

[sacred iron]

Some aren’t too bad but it’s clear they got no direction from the game directors while recording

[wet sage]

ff16 is great. I finished it a couple months ago. I will go back and play its dlcs once they go on sale.

[charred quail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrcJ8EHoTlk

[polar wren]

Now it would be really fucking dope if they make a kingdom come deliverance in Africa/middle east or in China/Japan/Korea

Honestly there should be more of these types of games for a lot of time periods. Like for the Americas both before settlers and after settlers but before the revolution

[elfin lark]

I wanna shoot people with muskets

[lost sluice]

recommended system requirements for kingdome come 2 are really high tho, i7-13700K or 7800X3D
and RTX 4070 or RX 7800 XT according to steam

[sacred iron]

Means nothing without res, preset and fps targets

[lost sluice]

ah thats for 1440p high settings 60fps. theres a more detailed list on their site

if you wanna play at 4k ultra settings you need atleast an rtx 4080 and that gives you 30fps

[sacred iron]

Is it actually 1440p 60 fps or is it upscaled

That’s pretty important info

[lost sluice]

it doesnt say

[tribal crypt]

Still using cryengine so specs make sense

Making anything run well on that engine is nothing short of a miracle

[next rapids]

my favorite is how every fancy word has like 4 different pronunciations depending on who's speaking lmao

[sacred iron]

They are incredibly funny at times

Borderline annoying though

[next rapids]

seems alright if that's native

[sacred iron]

It’s ‘Sy’, not ‘See’. The fact that one of the fundamental concepts of the stalker universe was called ‘See’ instead is what convinced me they were just told to dub with no direction or guidance

[next rapids]

yeah not ideal

[indigo gyro]

https://youtu.be/bLim7pmoAZc

[indigo gyro]

@last garnet

[indigo gyro]

it does look good

Irene korean singer?

red velvet?

[indigo gyro]

still check her out very pretty and talented

oh that much military stuff knowledge you got is insane for me

because i cant even recognize which gun is which one

like i saw screenshot of mafia sicily and there is a gun but i dont know

and i cant send the image because i dont have role

let me send the link

https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1941540/ss_8c5af3a1b47337fe9d2f4f48d21975964eb23ccb.jpg?t=1734459739

can you recognize the gun in it

wow

instantly

😳

we will be playing with very old weapons not bad

yes

Mafia: The Old Country

i cant wait for it

it wil be like a movie

yep i dont know the exact year

it would be nice if the story is about crimes and love

that is why i like john marston story

or like arno from ac unity

what is real whats not how do you tell

its a funny name

[polar wren]

That stadium map in bo6 is so ass

Hide and seek ass map

Belongs in battlefield

[charred quail]

all maps are ass

to make it not ass play SND, since it's one-life you don't get spawn camped

[polar wren]

Hacienda is pretty good

But it's not the best

[slim patrol]

[polar wren]

Second weakest black ops game

Cold war was easily forgotten

[empty ivy]

The maps are super samey.

[empty ivy]

Demo for Ratatan in February while backers will have access to a larger chunk of the game if anyone is interested.

[indigo gyro]

deleted

great

[indigo gyro]

marvel rivals - 644,269 all-time peak
i never thought it will do this well because overwatch ii is already free

wow

[elfin lark]

Boutta try modded lethal company for the first time

[latent rock]

https://www.thegamer.com/halo-the-master-chief-collection-microsoft-flight-sim-ps5-switch-2-port-rumour/

[wintry canopy]

@barren pawn @topaz night yall still play DF

havent played in almost a month

[buoyant granite]

d0k still does

[topaz night]

Ye I do but not today and tmr

Just got back home from army and need some rest

[buoyant granite]

what army

[wintry canopy]

☠️

[barren pawn]

[barren pawn]

yes

[topaz night]

💀

[wintry canopy]

wan play now

[barren pawn]

im already on bruh

[wintry canopy]

@barren pawn im on

just catching up on changes n stuff

[shut wigeon]

@latent moat I really hope the rumours are true. I think it would breathe new life into the Halo franchise if it was released on PlayStation and Nintendo.

[latent moat]

Not rumours, basically true at this point

[shut wigeon]

Is it

[latent moat]

Yeah

[shut wigeon]

Good 😊

[latent moat]

No more exclusives for Xbox lol

PS will probably fall too in the long run.

[shut wigeon]

Halo is a story that needs to be shared and experience no more hardware restrictions

[latent moat]

I hope said story is good this time and the MP launches in a good state

[shut wigeon]

From a competition standpoint I understand why exclusives exist. Also sometimes if a game is first party the quality can be exceptional because they only have to focus on making it work for one hardware. Sony exclusives are always top notch.

[shut wigeon]

Fingers and toes crossed!

[latent moat]

Major aspect of why Sony exclusives are usually always great are because of a good balance and mix of good management and great talent.

But yeah focusing on making it work on 1 platform only probably helps them too

[latent moat]

There's optimism to be had atleast, basically all the 343i leadership have been purged

[shut wigeon]

I never understood why first party Xbox games can’t be like ghost of Tsushima, horizon zero dawn, uncharted etc

Especially as of late

[latent rock]

There is basically no point to get a ps5 at this point

[onyx nest]

MSFS for PS5? Those poor Sony players

That "game" (it's not a simulator, because simulators should function properly) needed about two more years in the oven. MSFS2020 still has bugs.

How dare they.

the marketplace still doesn't work. it's been released for about two months

[sacred echo]

If console exclusivity dies I’ll probably return to being a main PC gamer. I have a PS5 not a series X.

[next rapids]

xbox lost its edge tbh

what do they even have anymore, forza?

halo is on life support, gears might be relevant again if the new game does well

no wonder they're going all out on game pass and getting as much money from as many platforms as possible

[indigo gyro]

there is only one xbox game that i really enjoyed

stalker ii

[slim patrol]

🤮

[inland coral]

I’ve never played a stalker game what’s wrong with stalker 2?

[indigo gyro]

optimization the main issue

and maine features like a life 2.0 is not working at its full potential

and balance

[charred quail]

slav far cry

[slim patrol]

Horrible graphics as well imo

[next rapids]

sometimes it looks almost photorealistic and sometimes it looks like a ps2 game

quite the feat

[charred quail]

it has that UE5 ultrarealistic look but then is devoid of any style or character

also Lumen bugging out makes the game look like ass sometimes yeah

I'm gonna wait until they add in the multiplayer mode to play it again lol

[ivory onyx]

light through solid objects is a feature bro

bless the delay

[charred quail]

[ivory onyx]

was it only 1 delay though?

[next rapids]

wasn't it like 3

[ivory onyx]

i was just assuming the smol team of indie devs delayed the game less than shadows has

[sacred iron]

Got a new Saturday evening games soundtrack power hour on classic fm for orchestral inspired pieces, while I’ve got something I wanna suggest, what good orchestral soundtracks do you have on your mind that I could just add to my repertoire?

[onyx nest]

Dante's Inferno

[pseudo flame]

https://youtu.be/jCDloxvFM1o

[empty ivy]

So on Risk of Rain 2. Don't trust anyone who builds into fireworks.

[next rapids]

i miss ror2

should get back into it

[empty ivy]

It's pretty fun.

Too bad the bosses are pretty low tier.

[rain compass]

https://youtu.be/ZE7Vo1a2IpQ?si=0uuu1B5fE0y6UFWR

[charred quail]

install the boss mods, make them uber bosses

[shut wigeon]

World of Warcraft should be free with gamepass

[empty ivy]

Voidling is pretty fucking cringe.

Nobody likes fighting it and i understand why now.

[latent moat]

isn't wow like $15/month itself though

[empty ivy]

It'd be nice if sub services paid for games that use sub services.

Getting game pass ultimate pays for your (say) swtor membership.

[idle sundial]

Anyone play escape from tarkov? Thinking about getting it

[charred quail]

Don't

[ivory onyx]

you want to play a game that has hackers, and devs that dont care?

CoD is right there already

[idle sundial]

I quit playing cod because of that

But tarkov sounds pretty cool tho

[onyx nest]

that's literally(in a figurative sense) jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire

[charred quail]

If you want an extraction shooter there's delta force. It's a cheap knockoff but it's free and actually is being worked on

[ivory onyx]

tarkov has....gotten way more dog shit as time has gone on, true/false?

[charred quail]

True

The only way to enjoy tarkov is to install the offline mod

[ivory onyx]

so youre just against ai

[idle sundial]

Honestly I hate playing against ai because….ai. They snipe you across the map with a pistol

[sacred iron]

would side with cats there, if you want an extraction game might as well play delta force

[civic halo]

If you're lucky enough to not have bought tarkov yet, then don't do it now. 1 out of 10 times you just loose to campers and players that knows the game in-and-out. The game is awful at engaging new players bases

[latent moat]

correction: the devs like the hackers

They're the largest whales in the game too

[ivory onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/wiggle-shaq-excited-gif-12524810

one hacker looking at another through 3 walls

[civic halo]

lol

[idle sundial]

I didn’t buy it yet, I’m just doing research since tarkov is a bit pricey

[sacred iron]

yeah if you're in that stage of researching whether it would be worth it, delta force is perfect as you can try its gameplay style but for free

[civic halo]

bought it 2-3 years ago, played it maybe 8 hours before i decided it wasn't worth the time and effort it would take to compete with the existing players. If you have someone willing to teach you, then maybe consider it. Otherwise you're most likely do the same thing as me tbh

[charred quail]

I had like 300 hours in tarkov pvp before the pve mode came out

It just got worse over time

Performance got worse, network got worse, gameplay got worse

[sacred iron]

wish I could enjoy it cause extraction games are all there are out now but just couldn't

[civic halo]

The game really doesn't tell you how to do anything. I remember having to watch youtube vids, to know what equipments to use to heal what wounds, what button to press, to check how many bullets you have left in the mags etc.

[charred quail]

Oh yeah other than delta force there's arena breakout which is a 1:1 copy of tarkov but free

[next rapids]

can't stand those types of games

too many games too little life to waste on games that don't respect my time

[sacred echo]

Then having to bring extra bullets that are correct for your gun or bring the wrong ones and be painfully outgunned. Having to pack your ammo mags, if you full with no space you just dump the mag on the ground if it has bullets or not. Have to manually reload also. No auto reload.

[rose furnace]

I feels like this server full of old time cod player that tired of new cod

Look very civilized , I sure hope next battlefield game still have PVE

Can't take any game today that didn't include PVE bot in multiplayer game

[indigo gyro]

can try
arena breakout it got its own issues but it is free and very similar to tarkov

it will be also easier for a new person who is trying to get into extraction shooter because arena breakout has map and it tells you where you are and where you have to go escape from tarkov will not tell you that you must have to learn the map by playing

and if you want no handholding you can remove the entire hud in arena breakout

[rose furnace]

Only downside is no PVE mode only

[pearl hawk]

dudes in don't know..... but i kinda getting into this delta force thing.

seriously a good f2p fps game in my opinion.

go ahead but right now it's my opinion. unless something is wrong about this game.

[rose furnace]

Nothing wrong about that game except the grind for ranked is abysmal for solo

Capturing 3 flag solo let's gooo

[empty ivy]

Excessive force!

[sand jackal]

https://youtu.be/3MnyyOY5ZTY?si=PUNFBMdy6nwU3oxb

Listening to Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill hits me hard.

[shut wigeon]

First look at the Miku skin in Fortnite

[tribal crypt]

L

[austere sonnet]

About time but at the same time breh

Now when genshin shit into Fortnite

[shut wigeon]

https://mp1st.com/news/the-elder-scrolls-oblivion-remake-real-gameplay-improvement-details I’m going to cry if this is true

[tribal crypt]

Rip in piss skyblivion

[empty ivy]

https://youtu.be/QLH_0T_xv3I?si=CmuA5TsdEbGN4Srv

[polar wren]

Found another game to wishlist. It's a mountain climbing game in third person

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588550/Cairn/

Steam

Cairn

REALISTIC CLIMBING SIMULATIONCairn’s realistic simulation allows intuitive climbing: find the best holds and place your hands and feet seamlessly with simple controls. Adapt your posture, effort and balance —if you're not careful, you will fall!THE ASCENT OF A LIFETIMEAs pro climber Aava, you embark on the ascent of Mount Kami, a summit that has...

Release Date

2025

▶ Play video

Demo is available

[austere sonnet]

It was in the leaks

all we need next is for the confrontation of fallout 3 remastered

[jagged dawn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1282653321471201403/1328553248294043658/image.png?ex=67871f21&is=6785cda1&hm=dc96b96fe1e15416f476fbc1d715c3c08ae81045b3b39c53b8cc1a445284408d&

2 days left 👀

[jagged dawn]

Talking about fallout and remaster, would love a fallout 4 tbh

[ivory onyx]

is that the open world version?

[jagged dawn]

Dont think soo 🤔 Had several tracks and cars, i can see if i find any info

https://www.gtplanet.net/assetto-corsa-evo-early-access-content-20250113/

[ivory onyx]

I thought that series was coming out with like a forza rival with a massive free roam world

[jagged dawn]

List of stuff

[jagged dawn]

Yeah it will have like a free roam thing

[ivory onyx]

and will include that much-heralded open-world map too.

[jagged dawn]

Soo i guess yeah

[ivory onyx]

A smaller, but undefined, area will be introduced some time in the summer of 2025, with the map expanding over time to reach the 1600 square kilometer (617 square mile) total.

[jagged dawn]

🤔

Wonder how it will be, simulation game with open world feature

[ivory onyx]

i think @latent moat was hyping it up

[latent moat]

I don't see any lies here, we're getting an open world

[austere sonnet]

Fr

Like an actual remaster if anything a remake for fallout 4 just toss in fallout 3/NV as a side piece of big dlcs and throw in a single player remake of fallout 76 as a treat in it

[jagged dawn]

[ivory onyx]

Thank god we have AI overviews…
funny reddit post

[brittle portal]

i'm so sick of AI stuff now

like it used to be funny.

but now companies are like

trying to make it a serious thing

[polar wren]

I liked the AI presidents

I'll use AI art for like my pfp but that's about it. And once I know how to draw an astronaut helmet I change the pfp. But I changed my look on AI art and information from being a cool gimmick to fucking slop garbage

Like I remember when AI art started and it was completely harmless and ugly.

[brittle portal]

like

people lose jobs over this shit.

companies are scrapping actual people for this AI generated shit because it's cheaper

[polar wren]

The moment that coca cola ad came on that made my jaw drop

[brittle portal]

oh i just can't wait to see what shit you have to say, Dudu.

[indigo gyro]

ai shouldnt be used for art but i am fine with npc and bots in games like it can make better npc conversations and all the optimization tech using ai is fine but if the devs can optimize the games to reach 60 fps without ai and for high refresh rate gameplay ai can help in it or like weaker gpus performing better because of ai there will be some latency but ai is cool imo not in art

[polar wren]

Fake frames AI optimization sure like that's harmless

Anything to boost the performance

[indigo gyro]

if you ask me i am fine with all these ai things

[brittle portal]

I disagree with it being harmless. Cause that's tech being invented to make games seem like they're running better than they actually are. Literally generating fake frames to make a game seem like it's running well when it isn't.

Like, rather than making GPU's that can actually run games well, they'll just make GPU's that can generate a lot of frames

and they'll cost more money because it's AI tech shit.

[indigo gyro]

but still devs should push the game optimizations to atleast give us 60 fps without ai

[polar wren]

Also true, they been getting fucking lazy

Just put in a unreal engine and call it a day

[indigo gyro]

or atleast try for example if i am getting 50 fps with on max settings and then turning on ai upscalers giving me 60+ i dont mind it but then game is giving me 35 fps and i have to use ai upscaling to reach 60 that is not good

[brittle portal]

Like, I fucking hate this AI tech push. I don't think it'll really benefit much at all.

it's just making things cheaper for the worst people in existence.

the nvidia CEO talks like a fucking cult leader any time it comes up.

[polar wren]

I wish it kinda stayed like a gimmick like 3d printing

[indigo gyro]

uev games need more optimization every game runs shaky

[brittle portal]

i mean, 3d printing, you're still having to actually make something. like, it takes effort to 3d model something and make it so you can print it and it actually comes out good.

I would not put 3d printing on the same level as AI shit.

hell, even if you're taking a model off the internet it still takes some effort to get it printed and looking good.

[polar wren]

I said in terms of being a gimmick

Something like vr

Like something that is no longer a push.

And usually fails when it does get push

[indigo gyro]

ai cant be a gimmick because it is the future and people are constantly developing it improving it

[polar wren]

I wish they didn't. The downside is now ai slop will incest itself, creativity will decrease in big corps, and devs are more lazy as AI does the performance enhancing for them

[indigo gyro]

man again i am not saying anything to you here i have been respectful towards you
you can talk nobody stopping you
let me say what i want because you are not a mod here

and lets not start this again

[polar wren]

Let's not crash out again

[indigo gyro]

lets be respectful and not be hostile and toxic and keep the conversation here friendly

[indigo gyro]

about laziness yes it is already happening kinda sad because ai should be enhancing the experience devs should not completely depending on it for optimization atleast try to achieve 60 fps man cmon
with games not being optimized properly and bovi has ai art

[polar wren]

I thought we were nearly on the same page. AI art garbage, so are the corps behind them, AI in tech can be bad but just enough can be helpful if the devs put in their fucking work

[brittle portal]

It can be helpful. I just don't think it will be. I think companies are just going to use this shit to make more money.

I have no faith in it. I don't like this.

[indigo gyro]

ai for bots is cool imo not for art

advanced ai bots

in rpgs they can be fun to converse with if done properly and ai behaviour can be improved

[polar wren]

If they put the programs from those AI character app that people are being emotional creeps about into the NPCs that would be goated

[indigo gyro]

like i dont want the npc to have two dialogues

so in that area ai can be helpful

[polar wren]

If they got a person to do you know what to themselves then that shit must be quality ai

[indigo gyro]

btw are you hyped for kcdii

[polar wren]

Already pre ordered

[indigo gyro]

game looking 🔥

[polar wren]

Got a bunch of games on my wishlist for this year

[indigo gyro]

is gta vi there ?

[brittle portal]

:I

[polar wren]

I know that shit is genuinely fucked and actually scared me that we are at a point where AI chat bots are nearly on par with human interaction, but I would love to dive deep into a game with NPCs that can engage with human like communication

[brittle portal]

:I

[onyx nest]

or a merchant that reacts to what you've purchased in the past

"no healing potions this time? take on the life of a pacifist since our last encounter?"

[polar wren]

Not yet

[indigo gyro]

thats what i want with npc

[indigo gyro]

[polar wren]

Mostly because I won't get it day one. (Depending on my career and if I have a home to put my PC in)

[indigo gyro]

it will be on consoles first right and you are a pc player?

we will have to wait

[silent tartan]

@ripe plinth can we get a BF1942 channel plz?

[brittle portal]

why?

[austere sonnet]

AI npc would be pog especially for radiant quest

[brittle portal]

y'know that gif of the guy looking at a giant hologram, from Blade Runner 2049?

i've been feeling like that for the last 20 minutes.

[brittle portal]

yeah.

[elfin lark]

Nearly? Brother you actually think i’m real lmao?

[brittle portal]

I've been advised by my lawyers to not say what I wanna say right about now.

[austere sonnet]

imagine being real

[polar wren]

Damn if there aren't more reasons that Elon musk is a loser. A small reason to hate him is added to the pile, he is faking his path of exile 2 character

Mf loves taking credit for shit he didn't do

[charred quail]

he loves it

did you see the video of him getting owned by a firefighter calling out his bullshit

he was so embarrassed he ended his livestream

[vestal crystal]

Don't think I've ever seen someone get embarrassed this frequently

[twilit stream]

What happened to CEO?

@vestal crystal

[charred quail]

yeah he found a white firefighter and before letting the guy speak fed him the misinfo about the cali fire trying to get him to say anything that could even suggest elon was right but that firefighter basically said nah you're wrong af and he fucking turned off his stream lmao

[twilit stream]

@lycanpropaganda

[vestal crystal]

Don't ask me

Why would I know

[empty ivy]

It's consistent with his character.

He's an actual useless little fuck.

[shut wigeon]

Yes it is. Nurburgring and the surrounding area.

[latent moat]

I'd say we need alot more powerful hardware being the standard to have such powerful models to be able to be ran locally

Or I guess you can have it be rely on being server-connected at all times or only when using that function... But I prefer the first route

I mean there's always quantisation I guess

https://medium.com/data-from-the-trenches/quantization-in-llms-why-does-it-matter-7c32d2513c9e

This where Meta can make a real comeback in gaming with Llama

[onyx nest]

when the mission objective in a game is survive and I die, it's like I failed twice

[elfin lark]

That’s very wise

[polar wren]

Already bought it

[shut wigeon]

You like her music?

[polar wren]

I found out that if you have a lobby song playing she has effects that match the beat

[polar wren]

It's alright I prefer motivational music like from "THE SCORE"

[shut wigeon]

I didnt buy any of the new stuff I’ll just save my vbucks for a collab I like

[polar wren]

They need to add songs from "THE SCORE"

Underrated

[onyx nest]

I bought a property in Egypt

[empty ivy]

[bleak viper]

Lmao how does one ascertain such tomfoolery

[empty ivy]

Old ass 2001 game.

This is the furthest I've absolutely gotten.

[valid wyvern]

like a land?

[valid wyvern]

I just want to know, tf is good about Fortnite?

[twilit stream]

Arthur sucks as a character, How'd they manage to make a 1900's cowboy more sanitised than a redditor?

[amber hinge]

g'ay

[shut wigeon]

You might be onto something. I know there are huge developments there because they’re building the new Cairo city. It’s all modern and very American looking. Looked at some of the property prices and you can find stuff for under £10k. For a brand new flat. How is that possible.

[twilit stream]

And what they do for ya,is theygiveyoutheproperty

[charred quail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb4P7V6UpRA

lmfao

steals everything
fakes reviews
profit

[buoyant granite]

china moment

[charred quail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIMwWe9Or8E

Spoiler: It was not because of Woke

[latent moat]

Lies, Sweet baby obviously has blackmail against them

[charred quail]

do you know that GamersTM are already screaming at the former CDPR devs' new game?

because the devs are not bigots

not bigoted enough for the fans

[sacred iron]

Of course not, that never was a problem

[shut wigeon]

Concord was a better game than whatever marvel rivals is

[austere sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/jeff-the-shark-curb-curb-stomp-imp-animator-gif-12734446972499278280

You can abuse a shark

that’s pretty based

[lost sluice]

apparently the shark is the most played hero in marvel rivals

lol

[charred quail]

its ultimate swallows other characters and spits them out, it's annoying

[wet sage]

The shark is so cute and actually helpful. He's kinda like Moira from OW.

[lost kelp]

https://fixupx.com/LookAtMyMeat1/status/1878918724201435556?t=TQUwSNVruhQU1pPSLPbuNw&s=19

[austere sonnet]

as much as one wants Bethesda to use a new engine it better be an improvement

[tribal crypt]

Surely the game wont run like hot garbage

[sacred iron]

I feel like the death of in house engines is on the horizon

nothing's really wrong with the idea but everybody and their mother seems to be moving to ue5

[tribal crypt]

Wouldn't be that bad if they decided to make their own forks of UE5 and not run with it's default shit

[austere sonnet]

Ngl it wouldn’t do elder scrolls or fallout any good if it does ue5

[charred quail]

yeah oblivion in ue5 is gonna look so generic and dogshit lol

[austere sonnet]

Rather have em work on creation engine 4 and actually make it run and look good

[sacred iron]

they'd all end up looking the same

These individual engines still all have unique looks that keep them fresh

[charred quail]

starfield looks good actually lol, it's just the crowd npcs looking silly that gave off the wrong impression

[austere sonnet]

Yea the npcs did looked a bit odd

[buoyant granite]

[austere sonnet]

[next rapids]

oh god

can't wait to see the gaming industry in 10 years where it's all unreal engine and everything looks the same

[latent moat]

But but.. photorealistic!!

[shut wigeon]

Reinstalling cod cos new zombie map

[charred quail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz1oMAMisgE

[ivory onyx]

4090 is an old card no wonder you only get 30 fps

[charred quail]

he called the rtx 2060 the twenty shitty

that got a chuckle out of me

[lost sluice]

I just read that 80% of nvidia gamers activate dlss in their games, i didnt know that we sent nvidia such detailed statistics

[charred quail]

the driver has analytics iirc

at least the app

[next rapids]

i wanna know the stats for frame gen specifically

need to see how many shitters are using it at 30fps

[austere sonnet]

@empty ivy

[charred quail]

what was going on lmao

[austere sonnet]

The dude is lagging hard

Tho if I had to guess it was either him or his lads stepped on a mine

[jade elk]

the fact that, for a brief moment, I couldn't discern fortnite from VRC is worrying

[charred quail]

Liberty City Preservation project is ceased-&-desisted by rockstar

can't have people stop paying for shark cards

[next rapids]

idk why people bother doing this stuff for big games anymore tbh

happened with cod multiple times

[vestal crystal]

Do these projects have donations set up

[charred quail]

most likely a patreon

[vestal crystal]

Easy grift imo

Maybe starts out genuine but I mean, kinda can see this stuff coming eventually

[charred quail]

I guess they were expecting rockstar to pick them up like that gta online roleplay mod?

[latent moat]

afaik they didn't

they worked on this since 2018

it was intended for single-player first, devs said they were thinking of integrating it with FiveM

take2 just wanted to take out potential competition

now watch them release some lazy shitty 'remaster' of IV and charge a whole $60 for it

they did the same with mods for GTA 3/sa/VC shortly before announcing the defective edition

[next rapids]

7 years only to get taken is insane

i could never put that much effort into something knowing it could be gone overnight

[woven prawn]

Anyone played rdr1?

[slim patrol]

Man that must feel horrible

[empty ivy]

Ok I have SOME progress.

[valid wyvern]

Finished 1(story only + Edgar Ross death) and 2 (86% of the game complete). Why tho?

[shut wigeon]

https://youtu.be/itpcsQQvgAQ?si=3HsiPos_hZXu9jX5

[jagged dawn]

10 minutes until unlock 👀

[ivory onyx]

annnnnd weve lost him to the sim racing nerd gods

[jagged dawn]

They did the time wrong, i am still here

It's supposed to be 15 CET which is now

[ivory onyx]

chat he didnt deny the allegations though

[next rapids]

go go go go go go

[jagged dawn]

[latent moat]

£26

I know it's EA..

oh I just learnt it's only 20 cars on 5 tracks

No wonder

[next rapids]

£26 is cheap

especially for what it'll offer later this year

[latent moat]

Yeah I suppose it's an investment

[hushed juniper]

Already tested it

Dont have much time since Iam practicing for daytona 24 hours

But game feels good. Although not many option of cars atm

[next rapids]

feels good for sure

sucks we can't do the licenses yet

loving the mx5

[charred quail]

https://fxtwitter.com/DUSKdev/status/1879593813762818200

this is peak

this looks kinda goofy lol

who is that fat little kid right in the middle

[tribal sinew]

please dont let it be a helper kid

like a side kick

[charred quail]

who made this poster and thought "hell yeah"

[lost sluice]

I want shadows to be good, and that it can bring ubisofts reputation around

[charred quail]

it probably will be good

the parkour looks good

[tribal sinew]

i just dont want that rap song they added

it was so cringe lol

rap style-ish anyway

[charred quail]

it's what happens when you give the game to two japanese dev studios to develop

have you seen all the japanese people cosplaying as cowboys?

[sacred iron]

It’s stealth has the potential to be some of the best we’ve seen, but it’s parkour just looks to be style over substance

[charred quail]

the west has weebs, japan has cowboy weebs

[sacred iron]

They’ve still stripped away all control with the aim of ‘streamlining’

But after mirage I’m glad we are heading towards something that looks good

[charred quail]

as long as it's not valhalla it will most definitely be good

[tribal sinew]

i enjoyed the idea of valhalla, like viking stuff, etc but it was just a bit too drawn out

at the end i just wanted to finish it so that iw as over 😄

[charred quail]

it's way too long and way too big

[sacred iron]

And it’s gameplay looks dull

It’s just combat

Heck I got it for free and still won’t play it

[next rapids]

the combat was at least fun

mixing and matching weapons for different combos was interesting

[tribal sinew]

same, i tried to use all the different weaps

[next rapids]

i loved dual wielding giant ass axes

[shut wigeon]

https://youtu.be/tQDU9KN2qQU?si=KJjaE0zKhuXPW5IP

[next rapids]

that's amazing

[elfin lark]

Wish those wild westaboos would start making some damn cowboy games

[tribal sinew]

nice

they even did the accent

[latent moat]

Yeah where's my cowboy Bebop open world western

[charred quail]

gotta give those westaboos more materials to work with

otherwise the only thing you'd get is ghetto rap in ass creed

[latent moat]

https://youtu.be/FA9H3snFrSQ

maybe??

[slim patrol]

its @twilit stream

[empty ivy]

PLEASE

[shut wigeon]

GTA 6 before silksong

[ivory onyx]

careful using the "i" word... cats might get interested

[vestal crystal]

I don't play runescape but the stuff they surveyed today might be the dumbest thing I've ever seen a game company try and do

They really thought introducing a membership tier with ads would go over well

And maybe I'm just not understanding it right, but they also suggested a membership tier that only gives mobile access? Does that mean you can literally only play it on mobile and not pc

Insane

And on the osrs subreddit, jmods are fairly active with responding to stuff or posting things that has their name attached to it, and the post about this shit was done by a new account that was made today, SPECIFICALLY to post about the survey

No dev wanted their name to be associated with it because it's THAT dumb

[jagged dawn]

Ah i guess you was at that event? 🤔

I haven't gotten the chance too test it much yet as i was going to sleep

[hushed juniper]

No, I bought it

[jagged dawn]

Oh saw you sent that message like few hours ago

[hushed juniper]

Check my steam

[jagged dawn]

Dm me your code, i dont have you there

[hushed juniper]

Go to my discord my.profile is there

Iam not home but will accept you

[jagged dawn]

28 minutes played

[hushed juniper]

Yes ok mao

Lmao*

[jagged dawn]

I have 30 before sleeping

Haha

[ivory onyx]

didnt know we would be entering the klikard identity of a racing sim story arc

[latent moat]

https://tenor.com/view/okand-zhongxina-johncena-john-cena-meme-gif-23571018

[jagged dawn]

[ivory onyx]

@charred quail https://ol.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1i2sw9g/assassins_creed_shadows_cast_of_characters/m7hb8jn/ theres a reference id forgotten about

[jagged dawn]

Forgot to say, GL! 😄

[latent moat]

This boomer still uses old reddit

[ivory onyx]

because im on a pc

why the fuck would i want a mobile layout on a pc

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[latent moat]

have you heard of reddit enhancer

[ivory onyx]

no im a boomer

[latent moat]

Makes the experience actually good

Can't go back to old reddit, ruins the shitposting experience

[ivory onyx]

so the dude who makes the elon is a fake w/e video doesnt get in trouble... but asmon and kripp catch strays how the fuck does that work

[latent moat]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-funny-wtf-jesse-walter-white-gif-25245234

Maybe I'm the boomer for not getting any of that

[ivory onyx]

werent you guys talking about it earlier

oh it was in general

[latent moat]

Well I certainly wasn't a part of it

[ivory onyx]

strange since you cant keep the E name out yo mouf

[latent moat]

again, I barely even acknowledge his existence

Compared to some people here

I don't browse mainstream reddit, I stay in the small game and TV show subreddits shitposting about

[ivory onyx]

im 100% profiling you into one of them

[latent moat]

[latent moat]

https://fxtwitter.com/Jorraptor/status/1880038269582234110

Another day, another announcement of cancellations for live service slop from Sony

[ivory onyx]

but sony is still superior to EA? just making sure i got the latest firmware for the hivemind

[latent moat]

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lfvfm2febc2e

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social)

BREAKING: PlayStation has canceled two more live-service games, from subsidiaries Bend and Bluepoint, Bloomberg has learned.

Fans have long wondered what Bluepoint has been working on for the last couple of years. I can report it was a live-service God of War game. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Bluesky · Jan 16, 2025, 11:09 PM

bluepoint was working on a live service GOW since Demon's souls remake

[onyx nest]

I just noticed the Wetness toggle in Fallout 4. I'm intrigued.

probably about to take a 20fps hit

[polar wren]

Live service GOW Bruh

[empty ivy]

GUYS WE'RE GOING THROUGH HARDSHIPS.

Fires hundreds of workers and increases their own bonus pay.
WE WILL TRY AGAIN.

[polar wren]

I'm trying to get into fortnite but I just cant

It's so CLUNKY

All of that cod and battlefield movement got me spoiled

Can't play a single game bro it's like playing roblox

Well no because I can actually get a grip on the Roblox movement

[latent moat]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/1i2sywc/_/

B.. Bu-but.. I thought Delta Force was the grounded and gritty BF killer!

I can't believe those devs betrayed us to pursue colourful DEI rubbish

Also wtf without the bilibili thing at the top left and the subtitle saying its DF I would've thought this was MW3

how far did they copy BF and COD

[elfin lark]

Has anyone actually said that?

[austere sonnet]

What did they even saw that made them say something similar to that

[charred quail]

https://x.com/DUSKdev/status/1879904121329013116?t=CHbrTqIZaQM56ZuCIM7n6Q&s=19

David Szymanski (@DUSKdev) on X

If your goal is to actually finish and ship games, don't listen to people who gatekeep job titles on the basis of the tools you use.

X · Jan 16, 2025, 2:50 PM

Nice to see other devs don't take this loser seriously

[austere sonnet]

that is indeed a bad take

[charred quail]

Notch and making awful takes then later on retracting them because people call him an idiot? Never seen that before

[brittle portal]

It's almost like Microsoft/Mojang scrubbed his name from Minecraft for a reason or something.

crazy how that works.

[charred quail]

oh hey welcome back

I remember him making some really shitty comments about trans people then got shidded on and started backtracking
"I'm not in their shoes so idk" then why the fuck did you make a statement

[brittle portal]

yeah, like i said, it's like they scrubbed his name from minecraft for a reason, I don't know why anyone is still listening to this guy.

[charred quail]

I'm glad we have New Blood tbh

chillest publisher ever

supports indie, not cringe

[sacred iron]

New blood are legends

Dave just asks people who are support devs or artists if they have ideas for a game, and if they do he just goes and lets them make it

The support devs just choose whatever they want to work on, they share voice actors, artists, legal teams, just a cool bunch

[tribal crypt]

That is such a bad idea to even consider making

Whoever thought of that is a genius

[sacred iron]

Maybe someone on the dev team mistook ‘GOW’ for ‘WOW’ and made an mmo instead

[latent moat]

Alot of people think that yeah

Especially some BF-focused youtubers

One such large content creator got sponsored by them and basically shilled the game for 50min how it's insane value because it's f2p

[latent moat]

https://www.androidauthority.com/nintendo-emulators-legal-3517187/

they basically admitted it out loud

They didn't want people playing their games on PC and for free

Would make selling a slightly more powerful switch alot harder

[latent moat]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1i3hqzv/_/

thank you concord

Maybe it was good for something after all

[elfin lark]

The gift that keeps on giving

[latent moat]

https://tenor.com/view/concord-rip-gif-7635504665408767257

[sacred iron]

As I’ve said prior I liked the game, but if it leads to less live service garbo maybe it will do some good in the end

[dire crag]

I felt the same way too. it feels too slow at times

phantom forces felt lot better then fortnite in movement

[shut wigeon]

I installed smite 2 about t9 try it out

[latent moat]

wtf is this

Oh so it only appears when someone ping replies you

[sacred iron]

What’s this

The buttons underneath? Never seen those before

[lost sluice]

Ive had smite 2 for ages now, bought founders edition. Its not the best game but amusing at times

[cobalt goblet]

So close to finishing another ps2 game (burnout revenge), need to go through 1 more rank and it's done.

[tribal sinew]

you got your next game planned?

[shut wigeon]

https://youtu.be/Trla1_uulPk?si=Aoir55Xwui6CJziJ

[rapid summit]

I think I should by this skin for magik in marvel rivals. I just started playing her

[latent moat]

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/genshin-impact-game-developer-will-be-banned-selling-lootboxes-teens-under-16-without-parental

B-B-based?

[ivory onyx]

i mean... csgo?

[iron mirage]

who is gambling for waifus lol

[austere sonnet]

do you know how many lads plays that game and how much they made off of them

[ivory onyx]

that game is a fucking money printer

[latent moat]

Alot of people are

They rake in billions every year

Just genshin alone makes more money than the entirety of PS Studios

[austere sonnet]

101 for weebs step 1: have “good character design”. Step 2 profit

Additional steps are make alternative skins for them and make more profit

[brittle portal]

i hate the quotation marks around good character design.

[polar wren]

With AI being improved I would expect AI in games to improve as well. But nah they are still the special Ed of AI

[ivory onyx]

'good character design'

[brittle portal]

because they're only using AI to replace human effort so they can spend less money paying people.

[ivory onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/ayydybs-what-do-you-mean-wdym-gif-26458372

[brittle portal]

They don't care about making anything better.

[polar wren]

Well if they improve it enough to a player level that you couldn't identify them from players unless you look very hard then that would be beneficial if the game is lacking in players

[brittle portal]

see: "they don't care about making anything better."

they only care about spending less money paying actual people to make things.

[polar wren]

If it can keep player retention then they can keep getting profits from the store

[brittle portal]

companies don't think that far ahead.

if it's not simple and easy to do, they're not going to give a shit.

[polar wren]

Oh they absolutely do

Mostly for pointless things

But they do hit a mark occasionally

[brittle portal]

i'm not gonna waste my time hoping on random chance that a company does something mildly cool.

literally no point in doing that.

[polar wren]

There's definitely a point when most games with AI have the biggest gamer complaint that the AI are complete dumbasses

[austere sonnet]

[polar wren]

Every single game that relys on Player to AI communication or just have AI in general, one of the big complaints and big turnoffs is the AI having a sniffing farts and eating markers levels of stupid

[indigo gyro]

i am seeing nice ai companion in inzoi

[cobalt goblet]

@indigo gyro so close to beating another ps2 game.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1325343903678992457/1330053017608913038/Screenshot_1.png?ex=678c93e6&is=678b4266&hm=b3d036caa7bf8ffd8db98ca48f4c3517ab5535f15bf575a9ed0b5e0abafca1bb&

ignore the yellow lines those are for gold medals events and challenges.

[indigo gyro]

nice nice

[cobalt goblet]

i need to finish burnout 3 next

[indigo gyro]

i am finishing the last of us part i remake

[cobalt goblet]

i have finished 50% total

on BOR

with 9 hrs playtime

nearly 10

[austere sonnet]

Iirc Skyrim has an Ai companion mod

Never got a chance to use it or seen an actual video of it

[cobalt spade]

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/new-respawn-star-wars-game-reportedly-being-revealed-soon/

[cobalt spade]

When will Valve get this treatment?

[indigo gyro]

could have been awesome

[latent moat]

I don't know man, I hope they do

[latent moat]

Well to a certain group of people it's 'good'

Also seems like the ps6's soc has finished the design stage, nearing the start of production.

PS6 could come out in 2 years in 2027 and maybe Xbox releases next year in 2026

wow what a content-filled gen for gen 9

[austere sonnet]

Would’ve used the word “personality” but “good” was somewhat alright enough

[ivory onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/cringe-anime-dies-of-cringe-dies-of-anime-cringe-dies-of-anime-cring-gif-24124595

[tribal sinew]

https://tenor.com/view/wilty-david-mitchell-whats-going-on-gif-27025759

[austere sonnet]

I believe it’s called a number one victory royale

[stiff panther]

isn't that the guy from peep show

[ivory onyx]

hes one of the baddies

[tribal sinew]

its david mitchell

https://tenor.com/view/are-we-the-baddies-bad-not-funny-police-gif-15976877

one of the funniest dudes in the uk

[latent moat]

https://tenor.com/view/link-click-qiao-ling-gif-10696577486824759484

[stiff panther]

[charred quail]

https://fxtwitter.com/IGN/status/1880729377207419100

UE slop, anyone?

[brittle portal]

One of the studios working on this is named Motion Blur

that is a horrible game studio name

why would you ever name your studio that.

[charred quail]

game looks straight out of the UE asset store

[brittle portal]

Oooh the location changes when you open the door after going in it

[latent moat]

wait this is an actual game

[brittle portal]

i remember when it was impressive that Layers of Fear did that.

[latent moat]

I thought it was a tech demo thing to 'show the incredible power' of rtx50 series

If it takes like 4-5 hours to complete I'd imagine it used to be conceptualised as one

[brittle portal]

that being said, what the fuck is going on in this game.

why should i care about any of this.

like yes it looks very pretty, good for you, but

what's going on here.

why are we a cyber soldier guy. why are rooms teleporting in.

why is the default shotgun this guy is holding a UTS-15.

[latent moat]

I wish clair obscur was some bioware-like rpg instead of being turn based

Still, that won't turn me off from playing it with how it hooked me with that incredible trailer

[brittle portal]

never heard of it

[charred quail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHqPHRAWR0
Here's the full gameplay

it looks so bad jesus

[brittle portal]

why is there a cyber demon

[latent moat]

https://youtu.be/o9KQ4rlymEQ

[charred quail]

probably what they found on the asset store

[ivory onyx]

gun shoots off at least a dozen rounds before getting taken
magically has full mag

[onyx nest]

it lieterally looks like they typed in "robot boss" and the AI that designed it went with a t-800 from Terminator and a Cyberdemon from Doom

[charred quail]

yeah this game is not serious

[onyx nest]

Temu Keanu Reeves avatar

[charred quail]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3051160/Black_State/

Steam

Black State

A secret group of scientists called the Architects summons you for a mysterious mission. Save the captives and uncover the truth behind a cataclysmic event. But none of you know what's behind the doors. Are you ready to open them?Black State opens a new door in the single-player, story-driven, action-adventure TPS genre, offering a photo-realist...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

[latent moat]

https://tenor.com/view/mads-mikkelsen-smoking-gif-24232377

budget mads mikkelson

[ivory onyx]

anyone check cats steam wishlist... does he have it on there?

[viral swift]

He's most likely inspired by Murat Arkin

[sacred iron]

Tech demo game

[charred quail]

it looks so unoriginal

no character at all

[sacred iron]

Reminds me of the matrix game

Really just made to show off tech

[latent moat]

that's what I said too

I thought this was from some partnership Nvidia made to show off the Blackwell cards

Pretty sure they did something like this for previous gens didn't they?

[charred quail]

lol delta force really do be adding a russian ops into the game at this moment in time

I remember why I hate this game

the maps are more dogshit than 2042's maps

[charred quail]

https://fxtwitter.com/k3nnyn3v/status/1880182203474395422

this image is insane

Valve should make more games

[sacred iron]

Graphics now seems to be about mimicking real life techniques in an attempt to make games look good instead of trying to make games look good by being smart about how to mimic real life

Even if you aren’t going for a realistic aesthetic, the shortcuts that got older games looking so good seem to have been mostly forgone

[polar wren]

Well the difference between that and games today is the valve game has baked or static lighting while the others have dynamic lighting

Still very impressive

[brittle portal]

maybe we don't need dynamic lighting.

[charred quail]

yeah they have been doing baked light since forever, half life 2 has baked lighting, and it still holds up

[brittle portal]

at least, we don't need it for everything.

[charred quail]

it's a rush to use new techs because new techs are sold at a premium

unoptimized software = people buy more expensive hardwares = more unoptimized software

there's literally no other game what looks like this and runs well on a 1060

the more I watch that Black State gameplay video the more digusted I get

[austere sonnet]

Should make game fun

[ivory onyx]

cats over here consuming a 10 course meal of a food he hates... "and ill keep ordering more too!!"

[charred quail]

it keeps popping up today because I clicked on that ign post

[polar wren]

Now for some drama news, Kingdome come deliverance 2 told people to stop being meanies in the steam discussions and the other annoying group are crying their balls off because of it

[charred quail]

Of course they would

Someone should take away grummz's internet access

[polar wren]

Honestly these left/right gamer groups are so fucking annoying.

Like they were funny to watch them overreact

[charred quail]

A dev called out a n*zi on twitter and they went mask off and lost their collective mind

[polar wren]

That word has definitely lost its meaning

[charred quail]

The person he called out was literally a n*zi

I would get banned sharing what they said here

[polar wren]

Maybe but the countless times I have seen it target someone who just disagreed with the person is immense

[vestal crystal]

If it walks like a duck...

[brittle portal]

and talks like a duck..

[empty ivy]

Unfortunately the waters have been muddied.

I can say though it becomes easier to identify it when you yourself understand the talking points and shit.

[brittle portal]

It hasn't lost it's meaning, people have just started trying to hide it.

[inland coral]

I’m assuming the convo is about dog whistles and no no wannabes

[brittle portal]

yes

[inland coral]

Last time I commented about it I got a 24hr mute so I’ll just say agreed with this and leave it at that

[latent moat]

The power of a in-house engine that devs fully understand and have experience with for decades and teach to the new guard

This is why I want to bang my head against a wall whenever someone has the nerve to suggest "DICE should drop Frostbite and use unreal engine"

[charred quail]

It's joever if they switch

[latent moat]

you guys really want to see what a bad BF launch would look like on top of being UE5?

[brittle portal]

i mean, if 2042 is any indication, they don't know how to use Frostbite that well either.

[latent moat]

Rushed launch, engine needed some upgrades and they didn't teach the new guys that well.

Seems pretty obvious to me.

[polar wren]

Yeah people are still talking too much about stuff they didn't need to say and getting called out.

[brittle portal]

i mean i'd rather neo-[REDACTED] expose themselves rather than continue to be tolerated.

[latent moat]

Seriously. All those huge maps

[polar wren]

But sweet heaven way to many people are calling wolf on shit that isn't a wolf

[latent moat]

Jedi Survivor still feels like it's held together by tape for me, I can't smoothly transition between the pause menu and the game

And I still stutter in some areas

Can't forget the random crashes, more than a year from launch

I can't wait for Jedi 3 on UE5

[latent moat]

Why make games when you can churn out a few gun skins and inflate their value with an artifical rarity

[brittle portal]

i mean, they also make hardware. and steamOS.

[polar wren]

Why do any of that when you have the number one game library on the planet

[latent moat]

game storefront you mean? Yeah

And your competition keep shooting themselves in the foot

let me pull out that 4chan image real quick

[charred quail]

Epic game store is just full of NFT rugpull games like wtf are they doing over there

[brittle portal]

nothing, i think

[latent moat]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fphotos%2Fimages%2Fnewsfeed%2F002%2F780%2F308%2F9f8.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=94342862b180881b6b019cc506890b76405db638c9cd6321a639d5663ae526d0&ipo=images

ah found it

[polar wren]

I find it also very funny that people are trying to shun valve for not being like other companies

[latent moat]

There's a PS launcher right?

Surprised they don't just sell games directly there for a full cut

[brittle portal]

no there isn't

[latent moat]

I guess they looked at Epic and everyone else and decided it wasn't worth the effort

[latent moat]

I thought there was, they introduced it with tsushima with the psn requirement

or gow ragnarok

[brittle portal]

i don't think they did

i think they just required a PSN account, they didn't make a launcher

[latent moat]

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-pc-games-launcher

So they're still working on this huh

[brittle portal]

apparently

because i've not heard of it actually being a thing

[latent moat]

it would be nice if they copied Xbox with play anywhere

Through this launcher

But the games sell great anyways so they won't benefit in any way from doing that I guess

[empty ivy]

https://youtu.be/MDGduBS0ePo?si=A8q3NLSsmQ4R6_91

:>

[brittle portal]

Limbo Encore, apparently coming next update.

Man's really out here remixing every level before finishing the game

[empty ivy]

They're fixing a lot of foundations with the game which will take a very long time so I think what he's doing now is just out of boredom.

[brittle portal]

I see

[empty ivy]

I wonder if 5E will be based in night.

Or in general they'll just remain cold.

[lost kelp]

Hunt Down the Freeman looks better than this

https://tenor.com/view/you-fucked-up-my-face-mitchell-hdtf-hunt-down-the-freeman-gif-14720565

You fucked up my face

[charred quail]

Kino

[lost kelp]

The guy on trailer literally looks like the guy John Hunt down freeman kills and says you fucked up my face

Pretty specific i know

[cobalt goblet]

im gonna start god of war 1 and try finishing it

[latent moat]

real ones play the psp version at 15fps

[cobalt goblet]

i forgor abt the scene

[brittle portal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYkVnxOXG4

This is...basically Reciever 3.

[onyx nest]

your fucking name

haha

I'm on another server and got to watch people have meltdowns in realtime when tiktok came down

it was glorious

[brittle portal]

I mean, I think this sucks.

The name is a sarcastic statement.

[onyx nest]

I think it will improve people's mental health

consuming media like that is not healthy

it sucks it's hurting businesses

[ivory onyx]

oh shit, we banned the wrong app

[austere sonnet]

Ngl not a bad idea it should be next

But sadly it means no more actual funnie

[onyx nest]

Yeah if Discord was illegal it probably would make me pick up a nice hobby or something

it's to murder dead time while i'm sitting here with my kid

it's brainrot

[brittle portal]

i mean, nothing stopping you from doing that.

other than money, obviously.

[onyx nest]

it's the path of least resistance, my friend.

a hobby would require effort. this is just for the lulz

[ivory onyx]

i meant fortnite needs to be banned

[onyx nest]

every screen is brainrot

[brittle portal]

alright

[onyx nest]

I'm sorry. I think I'm slowly slipping into nihilism.

don't take it the wrong way

[inland coral]

The decision was generally necessary… but TikTok’s ban alone won’t do anything with instagram, Facebook and Snapchat still around for daily doses of misinformation, fast dopamine scrolling and people comparing themselves to others

Xwitter too

[charred quail]

what ban? It's already back

[inland coral]

Dayum I didn’t expect it to happen that quick

[charred quail]

the orangutan is so far up the ccp's ass he's just following their order to a tee

[inland coral]

Manufacture the problem then pride yourself as the solution

[charred quail]

yeah literally, he called for the ban in 2020

his base cheered him on

[next rapids]

orangutan lmfao

[empty ivy]

Monkey

[ivory onyx]

government 101

[latent moat]

https://tenor.com/view/senator-armstrong-armstrong-metal-gear-rising-mgr-speech-bubble-gif-25397532

[latent moat]

gamer girl setups looking so tidy and having a strict theme they stick too. While the average guy setup is inconsistent and cable galore with expenses only spent on the PC itself.

https://www.rxddit.com/r/malelivingspace/comments/1adob8u/_/

or they might be like this

[brittle portal]

bro got put on blast on live TV

that's insane

[brittle portal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP5NYix2EvA

damn they got CS 1.6 on the Dreamcast.

and it's actually playable online.

[latent moat]

https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-says-assassins-creed-shadows-will-have-less-map-icon-hand-holding-more-player-driven-exploration

Sounds more promising by the day

[brittle portal]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxA92zBYahdzEck5pjyyvTcOfd-zt3sIsR?si=2zwKJrAFjmVlL4_q

...Okay but Squid Game would be a lot more interesting if instead of like, Korean children's games or whatever the fuck they do, they're all playing like, Quake Deathmatch.

Actually just fucking adopt like, the Quake 3 Arena lore and make that into a TV show.

I'd watch it.

Chat is literally gifting this guy bundles and he's like "I don't want any more bundles, please stop gifting me them. I'll use them in videos cause I feel legally obligated to, but I would really rather you just give me money."

"I got a weed pack, are you fuckin' kidding me?"