other-games

[austere lance]

I want a sequel to Mankind Divided

I've played 6 hours of Cyberpunk after 2.0 and I like Deus Ex waaaaaaay more. No matter how much shit they cram into Cyberpunk it still feels soulless and like a weird tech demo. Not even a good tech demo on consoles, it still looks like shit on Performance Mode 💀

[mental rose]

Well we might see a new Deus Ex game soon. Since Square sold the dev studio for basically pennies

They're under new publisher now

[austere lance]

Good

[safe sparrow]

Now there's a game that is worthy of a remake. Instead of all these remakes of shit from 10 years ago that you can still easily play just fine

[winter yew]

Honestly agreed. It feels like red dead 2 if all the immersive stuff was moved to scripted story moments

[austere lance]

I'm trying to play Cyberpunk rn and it just feels like a massive clunky jumbled mess of half-baked ideas and gameplay

[strange dune]

Small fish

BIG FISH

[pure zinc]

Something died in my ship

[charred badge]

Worth mentioning that there's a revamp mod called Deus Ex:revision with a steam listing.

[mental rose]

So it begins... (Phantom Liberty spoilers)

[subtle tinsel]

In the year 2077 we will look on what actually happens

I will live to see it

[winter yew]

Yeah I'm finding it super clunky too. I kinda want to stick with it to at least give it another chance but Starfield is looking inviting rn lol

[austere lance]

I dislike them both equally

[mental rose]

Starfield's worse from what I hear, at least storytelling-wise 😄

[strange dune]

I’ll be 70 years old 👴

[winter yew]

Yeah the story telling is worse and it's more dated overall tbf

I just find it a lot more pleasent and a fun time

[winter yew]

I do also think NMS could learn from its planet generation in terms of how the same biome can look very different between planets

[snow zenith]

If I make it there, I'll be 78

[charred badge]

I'm just toodling around the city in 2077 as a break from bg3

It's a good steam deck game

Draws less power than bg3

I swear bg3 flat lines my battery in just over a half hour

Mentally treating it like GTA sets expectations appropriately, it seems

[mental rose]

Well that was.... epic. ||Just finished beating a giant spider mech boss||

[mortal drift]

New World (mmo) is looking good now and servers are populated, time to jump in

[broken prairie]

X

[silver sparrow]

Twitter

[charred badge]

Have they fixed the "drag the window for invulnerability" feature?

The OG New World.
Kinda intensely disliked that game, too.
Different reasons, though. Forced RP server, but has no-spoilers rules that includes dungeon locations and hazards
http://www.ateraan.com/overview.html

Of course they let the security cert drop. -.-

[earnest hatch]

Honestly after finishing BG3

It definitely lost points

It went from a 9.5/10

To a 8/10

The third act is sloppy and the ending(s) are super underwhelming. Unfortunately it crumples under the weight of the 1st act

And it's upsetting

Because it was so good in the first 2 acts and it fumbles in the end unfortunately

Especially with the companions

Like half of them have super unsatisfying and unfinished endings

Honestly this year Phantom Liberty has been awesome

By far my favorite RPG esque thing this year

[dry copper]

welcome to cyberpunk

https://tenor.com/view/power-rangers-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-gif-20573732

Between the ninjas and the mutants...You're not even sure who the bad guys are

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8feRgGhcFOk

Oooch

[mental rose]

No idea who that is

[dry copper]

No idea who Mutahar is? Basically a social media tech security guru and hardcore linux user.

Glad I don't use 23andMe.

[mental rose]

Oh 23andMe is software. I thought it was someone's account

[placid blaze]

Has anyone here played subnautica?
If so would you say it’s worth it?

[mental rose]

Definitely worth it for the underwater survival aspect, the exploration and story

Just don't play it if you thalassophobia 😄

[placid blaze]

I also heard there’s a sequel, is that worth it?

[mental rose]

I actually haven't played Below Zero yet, so I can't say

[placid blaze]

Ok

[dry copper]

If you have Humble Choice, make sure you go back and claim all the games you never claimed before. If you do not claim them and get the key, they can disappear

All you'll see is the title no longer available.

I have had choice since 2019 and I lost about a half dozen to a dozen games because I never claimed the keys.

[mental rose]

Oof 😄

[dry copper]

Basically they gave away my key to someone else who claimed from a pool of keys and when I claimed there were no keys and they were no longer available on the platform

To me it's fraud but w/e...I didn't read the details of the account agreement and got more than my money's worth

[quaint escarp]

https://fxtwitter.com/VGC_News/status/1710971304277430554?s=19

[mental rose]

bruh...

[timid sonnet]

meanwhile, in no man's sky

rimworld is just too funny and relatable

[quaint escarp]

as long as they arent your social pawn being ugly is fine

also works irl

[timid sonnet]

him and his brother were both ugly. good genes 😂

[quaint escarp]

are you getting the dlcs?

[timid sonnet]

got them! and 7 mods so i'm basically a pro

[quaint escarp]

using rimpy?

the built in autosort works pretty well if you arent going to add a lot of mods

[timid sonnet]

yeah! trying out two extra mods today. they're very basic i don't want content just some QOL

[quaint escarp]

theres rimthemes if you want to change the colors of the game

[timid sonnet]

nahh i'm okie just making lil colonies and watching as raiders kidnap my best pawns. every time :D

[dreamy zinc]

The perfect darth vader

[quaint escarp]

hey he looked good until he got put into an air fryer

[austere lance]

Tfw you buy Cyberpunk cuz you heard the 2.0 update made it amazing but after 8 hours of playing it all you've gotten out of it is that it's forever gonna be a mess. I've already put more time into Darktide than it, lol. Darktide is fun af btw, defo recommend

[quaint escarp]

it was never going to make it amazing lol, if you liked the base game and just wanted it fine tuned then it is good

i found the story super boring

update cant fix the base story

[earnest hatch]

Darktide was a mess lmao

it still is

just less

[austere lance]

Haven't had any issues with it so far after the big update

It just released on Xbox so I finally started playing it, it's damn good so far but needs more content

[earnest hatch]

the game is just boring it has so little content

[dry copper]

...by ChatGPT.
ChatGPT could not be reached for comment.

[earnest hatch]

I have 100 hrs on it and I dont think I will go back

I played the new update and it was better

it is still a worse vermintide imo

[earnest hatch]

Gollum ChatGPT profile coming soon

[dry copper]

I've used ChatGPT. It's not a great writer. It rips off others. It's a great assistant though. If you just want to adjust a writing or you want to get a concept off of the ground, it's great...but it's not even a good writer - Anymore than Grammarly is.

[earnest hatch]

I actually like Grammarly

[dry copper]

I do too

[earnest hatch]

it is very useful

I dont use ChatGPT

[barren sable]

Used it for my covering letters and c.v for gaining a head chef job. Haven't used it for anything else but it made my poor writing and layout so much better.

[earnest hatch]

I think its good for certian things like helping with coding

[dry copper]

ChatGPT is a free more versatile version of Grammarly.

[earnest hatch]

Agreed

[dry copper]

Calling the iteration of this learned code intelligence does not bolster the reputation of its conception and really to me; it only serves to denigrate human intelligence, creating a narrow definition of intelligence that makes all human intellect a simple measure of binary code.

When did we call spell check artificial intelligence?

Who ascribed intelligence to this process?

[quaint escarp]

thats why apple calls it machine learning

[dry copper]

All of the featured articles I've seen keep referring to it as AI

[quaint escarp]

artificial intelligence is the same made up marketing term as metaverse

[dry copper]

So AI is just a buzzword

[quaint escarp]

yes

its just advanced machine learning

well more complicated and at a larger scale

[dry copper]

Is Dogma free now? Somehow a 4k version of the entire movie is being promoted on the front page of Youtube and it hasn't been taken down. I haven't watched it so I can't confirm it's legitimacy, but...I'm confused.

It's been up for 10 months if the upload history is true

Oh I see what's happening

https://screenrant.com/kevin-smith-dogma-streaming-rights-weinstein-details-explained/

[quaint escarp]

opengl rendering makes ds games look much better but now floor textures have black lines, sad

[dry copper]

How dare they have lines.

Those are the worst angles of floor.

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOS9m2MKZDs

There was a contest for fans to write the line Optimus would say at the end of the movie

The winning line "I am going to turn into a truck now"

It's boaty mcboatface all over again

Cowards!

[austere lance]

The boltgun in Darktide is absolutely beautiful 😫💦

[quaint escarp]

i mean

they made a whole game about it

[dreamy zinc]

It feels great too

Should be able to oroperly use it asan ogryn tho

[dry copper]

I look forward to seeing how well aptera functions on launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAjlskP8gs4

[austere lance]

Right? My friend is an Ogryn main and pissed that my Zealot gets the cool big weapons 😆

[dreamy zinc]

Zealot is fun

their taunts are the best

btw how's the flamer lately

as they nerfed it way back

loved that thing

[austere lance]

The wot

[dreamy zinc]

Flamer

flame thrower

https://tenor.com/view/hans-flammenwerfer-get-ze-gif-15834368

[dry copper]

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

You're a gaussian now.

This is going to change things.

[dry copper]

That or it's an AI generated paper with no substantive content.

Euclideon 2.0

[austere lance]

It slaps, lol

[charred badge]

Because flamesquirter just doesn't have the same ring to it

And fire hose would just confuse people

[dreamy zinc]

udk i loved it

BUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRN

[charred badge]

Wouldn't want to mix those up

[dreamy zinc]

can't count how many times i kept hordes at bay with that thing

[charred badge]

The joke is that's basically what flamethrowers are. Hoses that have a lighter on the end and spray flammable gel

[broken plaza]

Anybody here play In Silence?

It's literally impossible to find someone to play with

[noble plank]

what is it about? sounds interesting.

[broken plaza]

It's a horror game

Lemme find the Steam link rq

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361000/In_Silence/

Steam

In Silence

A New ExperienceIn Silence is being developed in order to provide a different online horror experience. You can hunt survivors as Rake by using your hypersensitive senses or play as a survivor yourself, use proximity voice chat and work together with other survivors to either escape Rake, or fight back.A Blind Monster... Rake! Rake’s vision depe...

Price

$9.99

Recommendations

8850

▶ Play video

@noble plank

So basically you're trying to escape a monster with hypersensitive hearing

And it is abso-fuckin-lutely-terrifying

Or you can play as the monster

[noble plank]

oh, damn this looks interesting.

[broken plaza]

It is, and absolutely horrifying

[noble plank]

the monster’s the Rake. that makes it more terrifying

[broken plaza]

This iteration of the Rake is even scarier

The normal iterations of The Rake are scary, but not THAT scary

Like imagine that thing running at you in pitch-black darkness

While letting out a blood-curdling scream

[noble plank]

I saw the picture. damn I got goosebumps 🤣

[broken plaza]

And that actually happens

All the time

[noble plank]

sheesh. I cannot play that at night 🤣😭

but very nice indeed. seeing mostly positive reviews

[broken plaza]

You should buy it

I'll totally play it with you

[noble plank]

I’ll wait for payday to buy it!

[broken plaza]

Sounds good

[noble plank]

very cheap for me too.

[dry copper]

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

[modern panther]

Istg going through vault 81 makes me feel like I'm in that one Warhammer game with the Tyranids

Doors are my best friend and exterminatus is the only option

[dry copper]

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

[inland oasis]

https://youtu.be/XnL4dwx4bRw?si=0kpShdN1GTbPiMPe

This song I swear belongs in a cinematic of some kind of training montage lmao it’s so good

[weak tiger]

Ooh, I love Jericho too!

Haven’t heard this remix

[inland oasis]

I love anything orchestral. It’s just so dramatic

Gave me chills first time I heard it lol

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booKP974B0k

[inland oasis]

Sooo cyberpunk 2.0, pretty wild. Like a new game. And, it’s optimized now. Used to get like 38-40 fps, now getting 42-60

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/cyberpunk-2077/clips/1xPlDO-YmNeZkm/d1337ZDZhag3?invite=cr-MSxjSzcsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

[signal forum]

I've read the 300+ novels Disney arrogantly retconned as "Legends" in the SW universe - multiple times XD

[placid blaze]

@signal forum Jesus that’s a fucking Rancor

[signal forum]

Stupidest decision they ever made - they had over a century's worth of material to use that fans woulda loved.

[charred badge]

It's aggravating, but makes sense. The EU had a lot of contradictory or nonsensical entries.
A new content direction team would need years just to organize it all to work with.
Now that they're reintegrating things as they proceed, I'm less upset.
Besides, removing it from the current iteration of canon may make it more appealing for some fans.

How many space zombie outbreaks did r2 and 3po foil? At least two.
The emperor kept randomly coming back, and there were at least three Luke clones

[timid sonnet]

star wars <3 <3

rn i'm reading a book from the new-canon high republic series, but i alternate between those and reading legends stuff. some of them i read growing up, but certainly not all of them!

[glossy kestrel]

most hilarious shit iv ever heard lol https://youtu.be/8YMg4ehhCgU?si=4sdT7RjifwfaWQrW

[austere lance]

Darktide got me in the mood for more Warhammer stuff and Boltgun is on sale rn, I had to buy it 😆

[obtuse reef]

I managed to snag Mechanicus for a dollar less than the sale

I love how fucking horrible the Necrons are to fight

[austere lance]

I'm here to purge heretics with very large guns 😌

[obtuse reef]

Im here for the funny IT guys

[inland oasis]

lookin like such a goon xD

[austere lance]

The tech priest lady in Darktide is the most obnoxious person to ever live, lol

[obtuse reef]

I find some of her voice lines entertaining

And how pissed off she is all the time

[austere lance]

On one hand, she blessed my two handed chainsword and Bolter. On the other hand, she hates me and is quite vocal about it for someone who usually only speaks in Binary 🤣

[obtuse reef]

I hate the fucking religious guy in Mechanicus because he’s very much unlike a tech priest

Instead of trying to learn and research he exclusively wants to kill the things you’re supposed to study

Needless to say, I don’t want to do his missions

[austere lance]

-The religious guy
Young grasshopper, you just described all of the Imperium

[obtuse reef]

The rest aren’t fucken “kill the science, we’re better off dead, sacrifice the techpriests to get rid of them”

They’re “yeah, this shit sucks but it’s also really cool and I want to use it”

He’d be better off serving as a chaplain on some damned rock than as a Magos on one of the largest ships in the Imperium

[strange dune]

Anyone here played Skylanders: Giants?

Fun game

[quaint escarp]

played it when i was a kid but yeah

[strange dune]

I think I played it when I was 5 with my dad. Super fun. Especially the card mini games. Those were neat too.

[quaint escarp]

i have the game on my steam deck tho

virtual figures and all

[strange dune]

I think I might play it again over the summer break. Then I’ll just use all the giants and see which one I like best.

But for now… back to frontier defence (titan fall 2)!

Ever since my brother had me play it more often… I’ve been addicted to that mode.

Especially with a 7 health bar monarch 💪 🤖

[obtuse reef]

My friend plays scorch and I played legion for awhile, it’s fun as hell

Legion is the most fun, but it’s not the best compared to monarch

[strange dune]

Yes I was about to say that scorch is insanely good in frontier defence. Since the ai suck at aiming you can get close up to them and use the heat shield even when the map doesn’t have choke points.

[strange dune]

Legion is crazy good with the double power shot

I’m assuming it’s still good in PvP too

[obtuse reef]

Scorch is okay in PvP from what I’ve seen, but my friend and I mainly do frontier defense

Legion is pretty good in PvP

Especially against other pilots

[strange dune]

But yeah if you get both the health upgrades for monarch in frontier defence and the energy steal, you’re unstoppable.

[obtuse reef]

Not the titans

[strange dune]

I suck at titan PvP

[obtuse reef]

Legion is excellent for sustained and suppressing fire

[strange dune]

I’m good at pilot vs pilot…. But not titan vs titan

[obtuse reef]

I’ve tried Ronin before. Don’t play ronin btw

[strange dune]

LOL.

IK

[obtuse reef]

My friend tried Northstar and really liked it

Or liked it at least

Northstar does massive amounts of damage, but the projectile is slow

[strange dune]

I have never played north star in multiplayer

[strange dune]

Yeah crazy damage

[obtuse reef]

I’ve never played Ion or Tone

But monarch is by far my favorite

[strange dune]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-11089763073877756455

BT is a badass

[obtuse reef]

I never figured out why the titans have genders, but then I realized it’s the AI

[strange dune]

I’d love a BT skin in multiplayer

[strange dune]

Yeah just different people voicing them

[obtuse reef]

Yeah

You know EA would make you spend like $10 for a BT skin

[strange dune]

Yes

Which is why I’m surprised they didn’t do that

Especially as a prime skin

Since BT is so cool they could probably have tons of people buy a skin of him

[obtuse reef]

Yeah

[strange dune]

Or at the very least make it a challenge in order to get him

Like get a killing spree 100 times

[obtuse reef]

Yeah. It’d be even cooler if there was an expedition class

For MP

[strange dune]

I think I’m going to replace energy thief with rapid rearm

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/titanfall-titanfall2-titanfall-bread-cooper-jack-cooper-gif-24660089

[strange dune]

But idk because energy thief is a life saver

[strange dune]

nom

[obtuse reef]

Bread

[strange dune]

Bread 👍

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/titanfall-gif-18828547

[strange dune]

RRRAAAAHHHHHH

[obtuse reef]

Legion has the best execution

[strange dune]

This is why I don’t have a gf. I always do the legion execution on them

[obtuse reef]

Also, melee only is a surprisingly effective method for killing grunts

[austere lance]

Ion and Tone are monsters in pvp, especially if you put the 5 way splitter upgrade on Ion's gun

[strange dune]

Yup. Or crushing them with your feet 🤣

[obtuse reef]

Counterpoint: monarch has 7 health bars and legion has a minigun

[strange dune]

Yeah i heard ion is insanely good if you can balance your energy well

[obtuse reef]

Im talking about outside the titan

[strange dune]

Oh yes 😂

Send them flying too lol

[obtuse reef]

Grapple stalkers and kick the shit out of them

[strange dune]

I accidentally grappled a plasma drone once

[obtuse reef]

Because stalkers make me sad

Ticks make me mad

[strange dune]

Ticks are annoying af

[obtuse reef]

They’re slow enough to be noticeable but fast enough to be impossible to dodge

[austere lance]

You've never had an upgraded Ion get up close and personal with your Monarch, have you
My Monarch is Gen 3 and my Ion is almost there, I love them both 😌

[strange dune]

I should use ion with the 5 splitter riffle

[austere lance]

It's terrifying

[strange dune]

But also I love doing this

Finding a doomed titan and stealing their battery

[obtuse reef]

I might try Ion, but Monarch is just better for survivability

[strange dune]

I think I’m going to use ion this match

[obtuse reef]

The fact that you just get health whenever you want is amazing

[strange dune]

Loading in right now

Yeah I already have refraction lens

But I don’t think I used ion after I equipped it

[strange dune]

Faster rearm paired with the healing smoke and the energy siphon upgrade core 😳

Although rearm doesn’t give you smoke

[obtuse reef]

Healing smoke is cool

I got rid of rapid rearm, I don’t recall what I replaced it with, but I just know it was more useful to me

[strange dune]

Gtg battery is low

I’ll be back

https://tenor.com/view/exterminador-do-futuro-gif-20118743

[strange dune]

Ion 👍

[livid axle]

Are you guys excited for Ghostrunner 2?

[dreamy zinc]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition/

Steam

Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Relive the glory of Stronghold, the original BAFTA-nominated real-time strategy game, with this new definitive edition of the classic 'castle sim'. Witness the game that started it all, carefully rebuilt using the source artwork, remastered music, returning voice talent and veteran developers of the first entry in this legendary series.UNITE A B...

Release Date

Nov 7, 2023

▶ Play video

[austere lance]

Didn't it already get remastered at least once, lol?

Apparently yes 😆
https://store.steampowered.com/app/40950/Stronghold_HD/

Steam

Stronghold HD

Want more? Check out our latest Stronghold game, Stronghold: Definitive Edition!https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition/The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with ...

Price

$3.29

Recommendations

7296

Metacritic

81

▶ Play video

[modern panther]

Neat

[inland oasis]

https://youtu.be/A8hJx9EStow?si=JH80oEfeUl-gGQfT

Catchy 🙂

[austere lance]

343 finally let you put AI Banished enemies in Halo Infinite Forge and level battle passes using custom games, lol. And added Flood armor. And removed helmets from that dumbass armor core shit so you can use any helmet on any armor

[crystal gyro]

Any ttrpg nerds here?
There's a game by Indigenous creatives called Coyote & Crow that's pretty highly rated from what I'm reading.

Anyways, the publisher is giving out the core rulebook pdf for free today to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day.
https://shop.coyoteandcrow.net/products/coyote-crow-core-rulebook-pdf

[true herald]

Anyone play Techtonica?

[austere lance]

https://www.ign.com/articles/new-report-makes-disturbing-allegations-against-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-developer

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iwBM_YB1sE

@shadow tartan

[dry copper]

Unless they eat human skin and work in closets the size of outhouses, nothing would surprise me about Daedalic

I don't understand the economics of video game development. Millions of dollars for a game that I've seen better made for free.

I can understand a video game costing maybe half a million to develop from start to finish

A LOTR title has huge licensing costs.

Could've made a whole new game with those assets and removed LOTR from the branding and done a better job selling it.

[austere lance]

Could have done literally any of the remasters people have wanted instead, lol

Like Battle For Middle Earth 1 and 2

[shadow tartan]

I played this earlier
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZw2DW-DLM&si=GksYVSRP6U6qTVCA

Even got some big hair in the thumbnail for you

@dry copper and this
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq7ddhSGOSE&si=Xu-mv2T30cL6wfve

[earnest hatch]

Damn

343 actually doing something cool with Halo

To bad infinite kinda blows

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28syNShynJw

Kyle Hill reveals how low tier research scientists drum up millions in funding to confuse people for profit.

[snow zenith]

don't member if i posted this here or not, if I did have a repost

AC Mirage

[austere lance]

Thought it was Origins cuz of the camel, lol

[dry copper]

"...because of the camel" should be a commercial tag line for AC

[austere lance]

I ride around on a camel-chocobo hybrid abomination in Origins, lol

[dry copper]

Because of the implication

[austere lance]

Proof that there is no God

The chocobamel

[noble plank]

oh. look at that.

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPOYKW9RnMA

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAdDkFx0_6o

[dry copper]

ahahahaha, the CEO of Unity "Retired" after the revolt on Unity

[dreamy zinc]

I hope no-one hires this fcker again

Domehow he keeps lanfing CEO jobs

He's to greedy for EA

[dreamy zinc]

How's mirage?

[snow zenith]

Ye pretty good

Enjoying it so far

[noble plank]

loving Mirage so far too!

[inland oasis]

did you play/enjoy valhalla? personally, i had it for so long and barely played it, seemed mediocre. is it similar to that or would u say better in comparison?

personal fave was black flag of the whoel series

[tame cairn]

Better, I haven’t even played it but I would say that not that it matters

Just watched

I played all of Valhalla, wasn’t that good

[inland oasis]

yea it looks interesting thats for sure

[snow zenith]

Only played the beginning , didn't like it

[inland oasis]

yea valhalla lacked the "assassin" feel cuz i mean, your a viking too

[tame cairn]

this

Mirage seems very heavy on assassin

[inland oasis]

not that the assassins cant BE something, but mirage seems to go back to its roots

[tame cairn]

I’m liking how it looks. Map isn’t that big, Baghdad seems very made for parkour and the parkour itself seems alright

better than the last 3 anyways

i like the assassin stories tbh

like unity, where it’s somewhat deep in the brotherhood

[inland oasis]

100% i loved 1-3, black flag, and even origins. oddysey was a no go. valhalla was bad imo, and now mirage wouldnt shock me if its rly good

which one was syndicate lool

i mix em all up so much

[tame cairn]

syndicate was the london one

unity, france

[inland oasis]

chronologically i mean, like we got 1-2 then ... thats where i lose track cuz they start changin up names

[tame cairn]

oh

tbh i can’t remember which

[inland oasis]

xD

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/cyberpunk-2077/clips/1xY4R0eTLtcEYo/d1337LMP521C?invite=cr-MSw1VkksMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

cyberpunk 2.0 now introduces bethesda type high quality high humor bugs in 2.0

[inland oasis]

this makes me laugh so much idk why xD

[dry copper]

That looks like something a zoomer would do...the 80s equivalent of a SHWING

"THIS VIEW IS RANDY SAVAGE!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szkgylvDYA4

[dreamy zinc]

Yeah but DE will upgrade it even more add even more stuff to it

Kinda how AOE2 hd != AOE2 DE

[dry copper]

high on life almost half off this week

Oop nm I read that wrong...that's only 34%

Half off on the DLC bundle

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/34209/High_On_Life_DLC_Bundle/

[dreamy zinc]

Marketing

[noble plank]

took a break from AC: Mirage to be with this man yet again

[primal loom]

Starfield has given me the Bethesda game itch again

[quaint escarp]

a new hand touches the beacon

[primal loom]

Arachnophobia warning

[inland oasis]

Gawt any skooma mate? 😂

[primal loom]

Lol

I prefer moon sugar myself

🌛

[inland oasis]

My beloved cheesewheel

[primal loom]

Yesss

I'm trying out the survival mode they added

It's pretty brutal

I'm feeling burned out on survival-type games in general, but I don't mind this for some reason

I like that it can be toggled off at any time if you wish, though

[inland oasis]

That’s how I’ve been playing cyberpunk lately. I’m a menace like I was in starfield but it feels way less punishing in CP

[quaint escarp]

i still need to figure out my skyrim crash

[snow zenith]

Where's the Sheogorath mode

[quaint escarp]

and also update all my other mods

[snow zenith]

Also are you playing

In AE or SE

[quaint escarp]

survival

so most likely ae

[snow zenith]

Oe

I was gonna be lawful evil

[quaint escarp]

i need to update all my skyrim mods on se without updating it to ae accidentally

[snow zenith]

Gift Beak AE, watch it break all her mods
insert wahluigi laugh

[quaint escarp]

i should honestly buy ae and start mods from scratch

but

600 mods....

[primal loom]

SE v1.6.640.0.8, which is the same version as AE, just without most of the CC content

[snow zenith]

No butts

[primal loom]

I tried to set up a new mod list but it was just too much effort for me currently

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/dumb-and-dumber-lloyd-theres-a-chance-jim-carrey-gif-11098164

[quaint escarp]

i should prob remove the 50 armor mods i have bc i will never wear all of them LOL

[primal loom]

Lmao

[snow zenith]

And the anime mods

[primal loom]

I do the same thing

must have all the fashion

[snow zenith]

Crucial improvement

[quaint escarp]

yeah have a bunch of collections from other games

bdo tera genshin etc

[primal loom]

Didn't Tera shut down?

[quaint escarp]

yeah

[primal loom]

F

I played it some back in the day

[quaint escarp]

same

[primal loom]

I still miss Battlestar Galactica Online, LEGO Universe, and Firefall

[quaint escarp]

wish with my mods i can just press update but cant since some have switched to ae

[primal loom]

LU had such a good soundtrack they still use the theme song in Legoland

[snow zenith]

BSGO beloved

My

[primal loom]

Good times getting into fleet battles against the Cylons

[snow zenith]

Disgusting humans

[inland oasis]

I hate those things

The humans I mean

[primal loom]

Strange and squishy meatbags

My Raptor FR was a menace to Raiders

I'd use its long sensors to track em down, debuff their engines and weapons as they dove in for an attack run

They'd be left dead in the water, a sitting duck in the middle of the Colonial fleet

Poof

Then I'd screen for missiles between the raider attacks

[snow zenith]

If you're charging with a fighter into the middle of a fleet, you kinda deserve the poof

[primal loom]

You'd be surpised, some of those raiders were crazy good

[snow zenith]

(me)

No jk

[primal loom]

Lol

Some of 'em would do nuke runs

[snow zenith]

I mostly just launched missiles from several football parks away

[primal loom]

so I would try to stop them before they got in range

[primal loom]

A true Cylon

[snow zenith]

Bet

Fuck point defence

[primal loom]

I also enjoyed flying a Vanir capital ship with tons of flak and point defense

lmao

[snow zenith]

Did you ever fly the Pegasus

[primal loom]

My beloved

[snow zenith]

That shit decimated fleets

[primal loom]

Sadly no

I flew with the Peggy a bunch though

[dreamy zinc]

Firefall now that's something i haven't heared in a long while

[snow zenith]

I with base star

[snow zenith]

She pegged good

xdd

[dreamy zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/simon-pegg-smile-cup-cheers-wink-gif-17668327

[quaint escarp]

code pls

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/10/10/new-look-for-ps5-console-this-holiday-season/?sf269561474=1

new slim playstation

disc drive can be sold separately

[dreamy zinc]

Well if the price is better who cares?

A standalone blueray player is quite cheap XD

[quaint escarp]

its $450 without

[dreamy zinc]

But pretty sure they'll pull an Apple and you have to use their blueray player

[dreamy zinc]

Compared to how much?

[timid sonnet]

we already got the ps5 without a disc thingy because it was cheaper, not sure it was worth it tbh because now we need to crack out the ps2 to watch dvds

[dreamy zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/kronk-skyrim-sneaking-gif-4796916

[dreamy zinc]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153410?snr=1_614_615_nextfest_100713

Steam

Japanese Drift Master

Experience the automotive culture of Japan and discover the roads where drift was born.Open world with miles of contentGet into the atmosphere of small towns in Japan with traffic, dynamic day and night cycles, and weather system. Kilometers of different roads inspired by real and well-known locations await you - explore the touristy areas of La...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

[dry copper]

Drift was born in japan?

Next you'll be saying Basketball was born in Canada

[dreamy zinc]

they still missed adding eurobeat in their trailer tho

XD

[dry copper]

Did they at least use the cartwheeling michael bolton dressed as a pirate?

Imagine a star in the ocean

[orchid fox]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1868140/view/3717216145580639084 kinda spontaneous dave update lol

[dry copper]

Dave is kinda spontaneous

I wonder if they'll expand on the Dave-Lore

Dave The Tax-Accountant

Dave The Part-Time Deli Clerk

[dry copper]

Now you know, said the wizard.....🎶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV__C64Ni50

[upbeat bolt]

Game (Who's your daddy)
When mommy is talking to the neighbor & you find kool-aid under the sink.

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/chug-fight-cheer-gif-12356407

[dry copper]

Dumb babies drinking bleach

[obtuse reef]

The funny stinky water

Not piss

[dry copper]

Speaking from experience?

"No. I definitely didn't accidentally drink piss"

[obtuse reef]

I was saying piss could be mistaken as funny stinky water for some people

[dry copper]

Some people and their stinky water

[obtuse reef]

I haven’t drank piss before

At least, I hope not

[noble plank]

the forbidden Kool Aid

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHZB112xPcI

I wonder how Amy Lee is doing

She hasn't been running in the band for a year now

She could sing a phone book with her vocal range

[inland oasis]

https://youtu.be/Mf1OaWzC42Q?si=h6Bkze7Jum08PghP

I get spooky Halloween vibes from this song. :3

[placid blaze]

I think I’ve almost beaten Jedi academy

[inland oasis]

i think i like the photomode more in this than i do in Starfield xD

[charred badge]

Does anyone know a good place to compare 3ds batterymark ratings? Got a few batteries that claim higher capacity and I want to find out how accurate that claim is.

[charred badge]

I should try that out. It's been a nice steam deck game for me. Runs great!

Doesn't slurp battery like BG3, too

[inland oasis]

2.0 has gotten extremely optimized, im running max graphics with only the AMD fidelityFX super resolution, and i get 50-60 average fps, on just a gtx 1660. and i5 9400F. no raytracing tho. that CHUGS my pc... lol

[charred badge]

Nice! I haven't had time/energy for using my desktop for a couple years now, so having another Deck game is nice. It even has a named preset!

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/cyberpunk-2077/clips/1xSi8GZ1MkIdyC/d1337T3QATsT?invite=cr-MSxkNkcsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

I look away for LITERALLY a second....

[charred badge]

I like how cars don't just stop now

Walking on a road still doesn't feel as dangerous as it should, tho

[inland oasis]

yeaahh few things could still be a bit better

[charred badge]

I was walking down the street, and found a car happily stopped on top of a garbage pile, with the driver just sitting there like it's perfectly normal

[inland oasis]

i have (what i would imagine) the bonk hammer for mods xD in game

[charred badge]

I've found cars pretty useful for dealing with cyberpsychos. Just keep running them over until they're low health, and then short circuit

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/cyberpunk-2077/clips/1y76AzfuVTv6o_/d1337j3je64I?invite=cr-MSx0RWosMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Melee combat is the way these days 😄

[charred badge]

Why is overheat basically always a ohko?

[inland oasis]

mines not but its the most basic tier of it

[charred badge]

I point, enemy dies in about five seconds. Bit silly.

[inland oasis]

i have my deck replaced with a sevenstan implant for now

that thing

[charred badge]

Oh wow

[inland oasis]

i cant do any of the quickhacks or anything tho.

replaces em

[charred badge]

Yeah, I wanted to be a stealth infiltrator/hacker, but now I can just walk around using melee to bonk off rushes and zapping everyone

Trying to find where to buy healing items now

[inland oasis]

theyre infinite now

unless u mean better ones.

[charred badge]

Ahh. I see. They went DS style?

[inland oasis]

u get 2 charges, then they go on like a 30 sec cooldown

same with nades now

[charred badge]

Ahh, perks make more sense now

[inland oasis]

afaik skills can probably make that stuff better sometime

[charred badge]

Yeah, tech tree, afaik

Some "with one charge left/on first charge" stuff

[inland oasis]

yeaaa those 😛

im only lvl 19 rn lol. hardly rly got a build going on.

still just tryna unlock trees

i just found a very...big...gun

[charred badge]

Ahh, finally got syncthing going

I like how waterfront seating is this desirable

[charred badge]

Site of a mass murder that resolved literally 40 seconds ago. "Do you have any porch seating?"

[mental rose]

Short circ is non-lethal?

[inland oasis]

Wood flooring was recently “stained”

[mental rose]

I'm conflicted on them removing body level requirement on some weapons.... They just slow you down slightly now

Carnage would kick your aim to the sky after just one shot 😄

[charred badge]

It still does

But my noodle-armed (5) body character may be effecting that

I picked up gorilla arms just to help with doors, lol

[winter yew]

Darn it man I can't send pictures

[mental rose]

!familiarrole

[stray flume]

to view, enable Link Preview

• 🔓 Unlock uploads, link embeds, reactions, and #memes🤡 with <@&337090468900765706> role (Xp Level 5).
• Chat to gain Xp (except #bot-spam where you run commands). Don't spam, there's a cooldown. Run !Xp to check level & !RoleHelp for more info.
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[winter yew]

Thank you

I really need to be more active in the 9 different [𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥] servers I'm in

8 sorry

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3Gk8Z6b2w

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

[dreamy zinc]

Teens and their practicaal jokes

[charred badge]

Explicitly

[dry copper]

@worthy pivot I figured your trick out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVzaaC8GMQI

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swAicg0GjNg

[dry copper]

Thoughts on "Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor"?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2321470/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Survivor/

Steam

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Welcome, MinerDEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic, take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!REVERSE BULLET HELL, WITH MININGKill bugs, upgrade your gear, and delve ever deeper into th...

Release Date

Q1 2024

▶ Play video

That Robocop game looks pretty good. Almost too good to be true.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681430/RoboCop_Rogue_City/

Steam

RoboCop: Rogue City

Become the iconic part man, part machine, all cop hero and bring justice to the dangerous, crime-ridden streets of Old Detroit.Uphold the law by any means necessary:With your powerful Auto-9 or one of the other 20 weapons available, eradicate criminals throughout an explosive first-person adventure. Thanks to your robotic strength and cybernetic...

Price

$49.99

Release Date

Nov 2, 2023

▶ Play video

So many cool looking games on the fest this year

All those people that thought that pressure washing wasn't exciting enough

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040200/Crime_Scene_Cleaner/

Steam

Crime Scene Cleaner

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2540100/Crime_Scene_Cleaner_Prologue/When insurance companies dodge the responsibility, it’s up to you to save your daughter’s life. This will require some dirty work and shady clientele, but you have no other choice, right? When the big boss calls once again, bring a bucket and a mop cause you will really need...

Release Date

2024

▶ Play video

I'm kinda excited to see this narrative revisited

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008420/Flashback_2/

Steam

Flashback 2

TOTAL WAR HAS BEGUN... RISE TO THE CHALLENGE!In 1992, Flashback revolutionized action gaming and gained legendary status, ranking among the 100 best video games in history.Today, Paul Cuisset, the creator of the original game, invites you to play again as Conrad B. Hart, the young agent of the GBI (Galactic Bureau of Investigation).In the 22nd c...

Price

$35.99

Release Date

Nov 16, 2023

▶ Play video

[mental rose]

Oh damn, ok.
The original game had rather creative and gruesome ways to die iirc

Not something I'd expect someone to make a remake of

[dry copper]

I don't recall the original game being super gorey like that

Perhaps a remake of it?

You could die from falling or being vaporized

Dunno what else...

The monster at the start gets you and you just fall over dead

Or wait nm

I'm thinking "Another World"

I can't remember flashback, now

[mental rose]

Then there was this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Wlb9bitsQ

[dry copper]

Oooooooooh

That's fade to black....

[mental rose]

It's a sequel of the original Flashback from Amiga, just renamed for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNTnRM77XuE

Wait... the heck is this? 🤨 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-9GQTO0KHw

So the new one is a remake of a remake?

[dreamy zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmjgAm3cYYU

[long beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/what-is-wrong-with-you-why-are-you-blue-what-is-wrong-with-you-why-are-you-blue-why-are-you-true-true-gif-7146941674716739711

[dreamy zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/eminem-rapper-beanie-im-pretty-awesome-im-awesome-gif-17528672

[dreamy zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5yQUU0iFIY

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ScTb6_KHg

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCXu8Ju_fdY

Roboforming could save a fortune in manufacturing metallurgy

[dry copper]

I look forward to seeing how forges change in response to this change to stamping.

Would be really nice to see some of the technology that 3D printers use, put into forges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnE1om0KM5c

[dry copper]

ahahahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YMg4ehhCgU

"Can you imagine 16 times the loading screens?" - Hodd Toward

[dreamy zinc]

lol

[glossy kestrel]

this is absolutely the best https://youtu.be/js5sX5oKPTA?si=I236PJaLN41E7f50

[signal forum]

@granite pebble
https://youtu.be/3_RB0tRI624?si=s9MubaijPEsiqVYD

[granite pebble]

sleep? who is that?>

[signal forum]

@granite pebble A band out of Brazil(?) I love, my response to your comment, "be the danger" - this is the theme song for that sentiment. 😉

[winter yew]

Okay so I think I'm done giving cyberpunk a second chance

I genuinely don't get why people say it's good

The graphics are neat, but the world feels like a static theme park. The story swings between dry af and upsetting (not in a compelling way), and the combat feels absolutely terrible imo

[austere lance]

☝️

You can get a similar-ish story told better by playing the two newer Deus Ex games, and can get the vibe of Night City by watching Altered Carbon

[winter yew]

Yeah my thoughts exactly, aside from altered carbon which I still wanna see

[austere lance]

Please do, it's the same concept of Cyberpunk but with better characters and a much more terrifying world

[winter yew]

Plus I feel like the game spends a lot of time trying to look cool with how adult it is, without putting the mature themes to good use mostly

[austere lance]

Altered Carbon does, btw

It means way more into the whole "rich people gaining immortality through fucked up ways" thing

[winter yew]

Yeah it sounds like I'll enjoy that show

Never thought I'd drop cyberpunk for Halo infinite in 2023 ngl lol

[austere lance]

I dropped it for Warhammer 40k: Darktide and Jedi Survivor 😆

[winter yew]

Jedi survivor is honestly great

Main reason I wanna get back into infinite is the forge PVE stuff

[dry copper]

Altered Carbon Season 1 was the bomb...

The second one....less so

[fast badger]

I can't for the life of me keep playing Warhammer 40k

I already tried to do more than 5 missions and my teammates just die to the most stupid shit

"Oh look a Demon host let's shot it"

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kl-ljsL8I

Epic cuts 16% of their staff

Allegedly because of lack of profits in the fortnite market

[inland oasis]

caught ya smilin johnny 😉 xD

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/keanu-keanu-reeves-smile-wicked-smile-twisted-gif-26792517

[mental rose]

Could also be because of the fact they're pouring buckets of money into paying devs for exclusivity deals, or that their storefront is ASS and people avoid it 😄

[inland oasis]

this scared the absolute shit out of me! .... -.-

https://medal.tv/games/cyberpunk-2077/clips/1yfB5FVdUHDkeE/d1337rQvlaIF?invite=cr-MSxac3AsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

also, dont ask...

[silver sparrow]

I can’t wait for Fortnite to die a slow painful death

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2VtrsgdaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-UIU1Gkgc

[dusk lantern]

DCS

[fluid hare]

?

[grim relic]

https://spotify.link/zVPZhqAZPDb

playlist I use for playing with bg music

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjuBbMW3FN4

[austere lance]

It gets better once you're higher level and playing on at least lvl 2 difficulty, the matchmaking will stick you with more experienced people

[fast badger]

man I just dropped it cause I literally couldn't beat 1 mission

its a harder how are these kinda games called, l4d co-op shooters

[austere lance]

Surprisingly so, yeah. I've got a friend who's into it and we've been playing the shit outta it, once you hit like lvl 7 on a character and start doing the second difficulty missions the matchmaking gets a lot better

[austere lance]

@fast badger I'm down to play it with you whenever, lol

[fast badger]

uhh I am in a different region I think

It would be brazil or latin america

[austere lance]

Doesn't matter, would just have to find a good time to play cuz timezones 😆

[fast badger]

oh cool then maybe afternoon or at night

[dry copper]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/949230/Cities_Skylines_II/

Steam

Cities: Skylines II

Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into the thriving metropolis only you can imagine. You've never experienced building on this scale. With deep simulation and a living economy, Cities: Skylines II delivers world-building without limits. Lay the foundations for your city to begin. Create the roads, infrastructure, and systems that ...

Price

$49.99

Release Date

Oct 24, 2023

▶ Play video

[raven frost]

$50?

I'll wait for a sale

[obtuse reef]

They have good marketing. That whole thing with all those streamers on a crane? Yeah, I’d wonder about what that game is too

[torpid lynx]

TO SAVE OUR MOTHER EARTH FROM ANY ALIEN ATTACK https://youtu.be/HwtaYENREEY

[primal loom]

FROM VICIOUS GIANT INSECTS WHO HAVE ONCE AGAIN COME BACK

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/know-more-desire-to-know-more-intesifies-gif-9636468

[torpid lynx]

😄

[dry copper]

AMOS!

Dude looks so similar

[dreamy zinc]

https://youtu.be/j8E98AnN8D4

[dreamy zinc]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1202130/Starship_Troopers_Terran_Command/

Steam

Starship Troopers: Terran Command

Starship Troopers: Terran Command is a thrilling real-time strategy game set in the Starship Troopers movies universe. Take command of the Mobile Infantry and do your part in the war against the Arachnid threat. Build, develop and control your armies to strike an effective balance between tactical superiority and strength in numbers. Ensure that...

Price

$23.99

Recommendations

6792

▶ Play video

[obtuse reef]

Hey, guess what game I have. That one

[dreamy zinc]

me too

[jagged ether]

mmm

[dreamy zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otC76cnY2Oo

[glossy kestrel]

whts funny to me... is tht theres still ppl tht think this game isnt a scam! https://youtu.be/UCVBljtI7Vc?si=uyxvoi_0Aotrs7l6

[dreamy zinc]

that nothing new

that game was supposidly to come out 10 years ago

[jagged ether]

i play this game nearly from its release in july 2020, and i had alot of issues such as this

[charred badge]

Ehh. Remember Destiny's "You win, here's a link to buy a pin/model!"?

[dry copper]

Even if the game were launched today with all of its promised systems, it would still be a scam.

It is a system that is built with pay to win in it

If they build it up with a player run economy, it will be corrupted. If they build it up with a stabilized and company controlled economy, it is corrupted from the onset.

There was no way to build Star Citizen in any way that wasn't a scam.

If they were honest, they'd make it free to play on launch until the hundreds of millions poured into it was expended.

and if by the time that's done they aren't able to earn any money with the games systems, it was never going to succeed.

[charred badge]

I dislike the use of "scam", there. It's definitely poorly managed and has somewhat abusive pricing options, but it sure seems like a genuine effort to create something awesome, without anyone on hand to reign in the Creator's enthusiasm

[winter yew]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nirvanagames.nexuswar

Great game

Highly recommend it it's huge

[obtuse reef]

Built a little scout ship in Space Engineers

Retracting landing gear and a ramp that covers the door

cockpit view

[winter yew]

Haven't heard that name in a long time

[obtuse reef]

well, whaddya think of the ship itself

[winter yew]

Looks bland

But

I'm sure you will expand

And add some decorative stuff

[obtuse reef]

I'm still bad at aesthetics lol

It's essentially a blank slate, but it's relatively functional. It's slow because I had to find areas to put the thrusters without making it look bad

[winter yew]

Me in Minecraft

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1131163809839583282.png?quality=lossless&size=80

[obtuse reef]

I forgor batteries

lol

time to fill every available space with small batteries

[winter yew]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1085292303628910723.png?quality=lossless&size=80

[hollow violet]

WIP new minecraft build

[obtuse reef]

ooooooooooooh

[obtuse reef]

nice

[hollow violet]

When finished its going to be my best approximation of what the former Byzantine Palace at Mystras would've looked like

[obtuse reef]

Oh yeah, I've been putting running lights on every ship I make. I think it looks nice, and I think it adds a decent amount to the ship

[hollow violet]

I'm using references like historian illustrations of other Byzantine palaces

[winter yew]

I am jealous of everyone that can make such good looking builds especially greian

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/859801246105600010.png?quality=lossless&size=80

[hollow violet]

most notably the Great Palace of Constantinople

[obtuse reef]

I mean, I can't really decorate the interior. This is the space I have to work with

[winter yew]

Bro your door is open I hope you are wearing your suit

[obtuse reef]

It's creative

I design all my ships in creative

makes it pretty easy

and there's also no oxygen in the ship. I have no clue why, but there's some random ass hole into space

[winter yew]

Find it

Lol

[obtuse reef]

no

There's a survival kit, that's all you need

[dreamy zinc]

All you need is these 😄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVGnl1DVhrw

[dreamy zinc]

no it has become a scam

ther pricing on their ships should tell you enough

you can say whatever about mismanagement

but even the most hyped creative developer wants to see thier work in the field

otherwise why are you even making it?

btw @snow zenith did you check the new skilltree in darktide

it's pretty juicy

[obtuse reef]

I think it looks a little better and less bland now

[charred badge]

As long as ships are earnable in game, i don't really care how much they milk the whales, beyond the usual moral concern with feeding destructive spending habits

[dry copper]

I don't know if it's just me, but when I see youtube videos that talk about the future and its promise or investments and technology - I mouse over the thumbnail to see what the intro is and if I see Elon Musk I don't even bother watching them.

Any video that carries that leech as a paragon of futurism is delusional.

[dusk lantern]

I like him

[charred badge]

Are we talking about twitter or Star citizen?
You know SC is led by an idea guy, not an idea theft guy

[dry copper]

Neither. I don't use twitter and never watch star citizen. I do get piqued by the occasional tech video on youtube though and check the thumb for trending frames

I don't find hearing about Elon Musk worth my time

I see that face, I don't even bother watching.

[charred badge]

It's good to stay aware of what industry he's planning to fumble around with next

[austere lance]

Only good thing he's done lately is Starlink, he's a clown otherwise

[charred badge]

Even that isn't necessarily good. He's really crowding up orbit space, and apparently making planning launches and keeping the ISS safe harder

[obtuse reef]

elon should pay taxes for the amount of orbital space he takes up, have it go straight to NASA to fund future missions

although, it'd need to be an international agreement

[charred badge]

There are other space agencies

I think people forget that

[fluid hare]

ESA, for example.

[obtuse reef]

yeah, I forgor when I typed that sentence

I remembered that it's also against international law to claim a specific portion of space for one country after I hit enter

[dry copper]

lol...international law in space

When we've a solid foothold in space exploration, international law will be worth shit.

[obtuse reef]

obviously

[shadow tartan]

https://www.pcgamer.com/trackmania-changes-its-subs-model-after-belatedly-realising-it-was-too-generous-dev-says-it-has-to-be-realistic/

[charred badge]

Cp77: I'm doing the delamain quest line, and I did not expect that

[hollow violet]

Update to the Palace

[next iron]

Looks really nice

[hollow violet]

its been really annoying to build

idk what the Byzantine Empire was thinking when they designed the windows on this thing

because NONE OF THEM LINE UP RIGHT

[charred badge]

Ask the romans, idk

Maybe they're not supposed to line up?

[dry copper]

Perhaps they felt that holes in their walls which were used to support their floors should be staggered to ensure more stability long term

[hollow violet]

thing is, because the real life thing is in ruins

I have no idea what the interior looked like

[dry copper]

really?

lol

[hollow violet]

who knows, maybe there was a purpose but I cant figure it out

[obtuse reef]

I made a little docking bay for my boats in space engineers

has a disclaimer as well

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okTH5dFeQoM

[calm bone]

https://open.spotify.com/track/18K3S73vV1vYvcR8Owpg81?si=25c39bcc78484ba3 one of the best songs ive ever heard

okay spotify be like that

[dry copper]

never could link spotify on discord

I think it's an api thing

[fallen notch]

https://open.spotify.com/track/18K3S73vV1vYvcR8Owpg81?si=25c39bcc78484ba3

[dry copper]

Niice

Maybe link permissions?

[weak tiger]

They have familiar role, embed should work odd

[dry copper]

holy shit that robocop demo is overkill

kid says crime in the basement, robocop breaks into the basement, kills a guy by incidentally throwing him off a high ledge and then proceeds to murder a basement of people defending themselves from a murderer that just charged into the room without announcing himself or his intentions

[obtuse reef]

Is this like that robot that consumes humans for fuel?

[fallen notch]

Yeah I'm not sure how well a shooter really fits... Unless there's some shenanigans they've invented, surely you'd not really have any challenge?

[obtuse reef]

I mean robocop is supposed to be pretty much invincible

At least the space marine games make sense within the universe because space marines do struggle against xenos

But robocop is supposed to be unkillable via conventional means

[dry copper]

The robocop game looks beautiful but the story looks forced and you're following a narrative that doesn't even fit with the character. You're basically a psychopath version of the robot man who isn't supposed to have emotions...but the way the game rewards you through gore and violence begs you to be more and more inhumane

Now I'm not against gore.

but I wanna feel like there's more to the story than a remake of the game Hatred

[dry copper]

I wonder if the youtube algorithm is rigged to promote shit that streaming services don't have anymore. I'm seeing a weird number of things getting recycled on my feeds that used to be on amazon or netflix but aren't anymore or are but are for rent

and it's not as if youtube gets a cut but if the algorithm feeds the search preferences it creates residuals that way

So if I were a company that wanted my shit rented more, I'd promote it more where it gets traffic regardless of whether that service offered it

[long knot]

Anyone here play Battelfield 5 or 1? They're on sale on Steam and I wanted to buy but I'm hesitant due to a lot of reviews saying its not worth it because all the lobbies are filled with cheaters?

[dry copper]

Nope. I don't play war games with no single player story and iirc that was removed from bf1

If I want a battle royale, I'll get pubg

Or even Rust, before I'd get bf1

The only war game that caught my eye lately was Modern Warfare

[austere lance]

BF1 campaign is still playable, surprisingly good too

[obtuse reef]

Best robot game about killing people is Ultrakill. It’s supposed to be about feeding on blood

[dry copper]

Modern Warfare is still disgustingly expensive

[austere lance]

BF1 campaign has a helluva soundtrack

[long knot]

Battlefield 5 has a story mode split into 4 or 5 different episodes, but I'm mainly interested in the multiplayer aspect but I have no idea if I should buy it or not if the devs have completely given up on moderation.

[obtuse reef]

I ain’t spending $60 to be called racial slurs by 9yr olds

[dry copper]

Battlefield 5 looks nice

[obtuse reef]

Which is why I don’t play Battlefield or Call of Duty

[dry copper]

The price for both games is less than a good pizza

[austere lance]

I tried getting into Battlefield 5 but it was nowhere near as good as Battlefield 1

1 was peak Battlefield, multiplayer and campaign

[dry copper]

Like $10 for one and $13 for the other

[obtuse reef]

The modern games are fucking expensive

[austere lance]

Get BF 1, the campaign is good and the soundtrack is @dry copper

[dry copper]

Realistically if you're worried about the cost, and you can't afford to throw away $10 on a game that might suck....You got more to worry about than whether the reviews are good...and shouldn't be buying a game

[austere lance]

Battlefield 1 is the only game I've played that was exactly like its trailers, shit was wild

[dry copper]

and yes, cheaters....

everywhere

[obtuse reef]

I’m not worried about the cost, I’m just not spending that much money to be called racial slurs by 9yr olds

[long beacon]

I always be deal hunting, il wait 3 years if it means I can grab it for $15 lol

[dry copper]

I've never seen a bf game that didn't have cheaters

I don't pvp in those games because they're too easy to cheat in

[obtuse reef]

I got the best fucking deal on Mechanicus

[dry copper]

I don't trust the numbers and I don't trust sweat lords

[long knot]

I mean, money isn't the issue. The issue is giving any amount of money to a company that doesn't care enough to moderate their games. Especially if that company is EA.

[long beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/credit-card-smacking-credit-card-on-table-gif-21340324

[obtuse reef]

Caught it during a sale when I happened to own Gladius

[austere lance]

The game actually played like this too 😫💦 https://youtu.be/c7nRTF2SowQ?si=ObCYdCKYvwhluJyG

[dry copper]

EA could easily absolve themselves of the issue by giving server controls to players for black and white lists

Are you saying this isn't possible now?

Battlefield is Dawids favorite game to test new computers with

"Dawid does tech"

https://www.youtube.com/@DawidDoesTechStuff

[austere lance]

Battlefield 1 is worth it just for the campaign, even though it's pretty short. The multiplayer was damn good but idk how many people still play it

[dry copper]

"Shopping for PCs in 2023 is a complete minefield"...Yeah no duh. Thanks for the 40 series garbage pile, Nvidia...ya really set the bar low for AMD

[obtuse reef]

I like AMD. I thought they sucked but then I realized that my card was just fucked

[dry copper]

AMD doesn't suck. I just hate easy bake computers

and Nvidia didn't make a case for their 40 series with a card that had such a shitty design that it was melting its connectors

[obtuse reef]

AMD makes pretty decent stuff. I don’t think I could really say anything really negative about them, their customer support is actually pretty useful and responds relatively quickly and they do provide valid suggestions

[dry copper]

If their customer service is better than Nvidia (and that's not a high bar), that's definitely a bonus

All I've heard from Nvidia where customer service is a concern has only ever been to send shit in for replacement or repair

[obtuse reef]

No, AMD support was pretty nice and they gave me legitimate solutions that probably fixed something, just not the issue I had

[dry copper]

Not surprisingly, the 3060 seems to be the most used GPU on steam right now

Nvidia ripping out a quarter of their ram while increasing the iteration of their card, only to throw the ram back into that later iteration at a higher price point and cuda core....stupid move

I wonder what the benefits are to going with DX12 vs DX9

The % of users on steam for example that use DX9 is magnitudes higher

For obvious reasons

but it makes me wonder if it's even worth breaking out of that demographic with such a larger following inside of it to go DX12

[inland oasis]

Just wait, we’re due for the new 5090 cards soon I’ll bet

[obtuse reef]

I botched a ship in space engineers so bad that I need to go to the deepest darkest pits of aerospace engineering hell for somehow shutting off all thrust because something was disconnected

[pure zinc]

This gun is genuinely so fun to use

[obtuse reef]

Is that just a trench gun

[pure zinc]

It’s a double barrel shotgun

The m30 drilling to be specific

It’s got 2 shells and a rifle round

And can have changed fire modes

One for close

One for long

It’s super powerful

[obtuse reef]

well, I fixed my ship

[pure zinc]

Super fun to use

[obtuse reef]

it's a troop transport

I had to remove all the thrusters on the ship

[hollow violet]

Update on the Palace at Mystras

[tropic knoll]

Anyone here play modern warfare 2? I'm having a hell of a time finding people to play with

I mean the games got a squad finder but literally nobody uses it

[dry copper]

So news today says Microsoft has been greenlit across the board to take over activision

[dry copper]

Isn't that game ancient?

[tropic knoll]

No the remake

It literally just got replaced with modern warfare 3 beta lol

[dry copper]

No wonder nobody plays it

[tropic knoll]

It's pretty active. The only reason I am having trouble finding people is because other people have friends to play with so nobody uses the squad finder

And with randoms it's a new squad every match so there's no time to build a rapport

[dry copper]

I can't even find the game amidst the bargain bin of dlc bullshit that comes from searching for modern warfare 2 on steam

[tropic knoll]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1962660/Call_of_Duty_Modern_Warfare_II/&ved=2ahUKEwiom7vY8fKBAxX3mGoFHRIJC_UQjjh6BAgfEAE&usg=AOvVaw31GrMhGVKf6fy5Zh4MLWqj

First result

[dry copper]

That's google....Lets see

Is that modern warfare 2?

[tropic knoll]

It's a link directly to steam I just hit copy link address on google

[dry copper]

I remember seeing that a few weeks ago with the spawn promo

Holy shit those reviews

[tropic knoll]

Idk why, it's the least crappy cod I've played since og black ops

[dry copper]

Looks like a lot of people pissed off the game didn't get enough support

Guess monetization was the focus on development instead of fixes?

no idea

[tropic knoll]

Idk, again it's the best cod experience I've had in over a decade

[inland oasis]

isnt it like 200+ gigs too?

[dry copper]

and $90

[tropic knoll]

If you install literally everything yeah

I got it for 20 ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[inland oasis]

sheesh. thats massive

[dry copper]

$90 for a video game that's full of microtransactions?

[tropic knoll]

I mean if you give a crap about skins

Unlike black ops 2 I didn't have to buy 37 map packs to keep playing with the community and not get cut off entirely

[inland oasis]

nicki minaj skin. nuff said. and people actually buy it lol

[tropic knoll]

Funny thing is you're braindead if you use it

It's all pink

It's like being a walking target

[dry copper]

wtf

[tropic knoll]

I see SNIPERS use it most...

[inland oasis]

i agree but having ANYTHING like that in the game whatsoever shows how out of touch and greedy they are

[tropic knoll]

I mean they also gave us this gem... One sec

[dry copper]

Realistically people use skins like that just to flex

[dry copper]

Prob some e-gamer that plays at a competitive level

[tropic knoll]

My weeb ass has trouble saying no to alucard skin

Crazy thing is for some reason he's hard to see

He's all friggin red

[inland oasis]

dont get me wrong its all good to get a skin YOU enjoy, its your game. but having a skin as bonkers as NICKI MINAJ...in my military, realistic, first person shooter, is NOT something thats okay to me xD

[tropic knoll]

I mean there's snoop dogg in a white and metallic gold...plant themed tracksuit

[inland oasis]

i mean hell why not just add goddamn sonic the hedgehog next

[tropic knoll]

And a literal...plant monster

[dry copper]

pew pew

[tropic knoll]

Oh theres actual cats too. Just a cat

[inland oasis]

STAHP

[inland oasis]

kamikazi kitty 😄

[tropic knoll]

Not even normal furries, just bipedal cats

[dry copper]

I like how discord after I accidentally moused over the image knew exactly what it was and prompted the little trash icon on the top right

[tropic knoll]

Lol

[inland oasis]

when we can do this in COD....THEN ive had too much

some of the finishers too tho omg xD bonkers.

[dry copper]

Fortnite?

[inland oasis]

the forbidden word

[dry copper]

I'm almost glad I never got into those sort of games, because I'd quit over the shit

[inland oasis]

XD

[dry copper]

I wonder when Microsoft will buy Electronic Arts and dissolve the company

It is only a matter of time

[tropic knoll]

I mean I was a huge Fortnite hater mainly for the community and the building. But I was forced to try it when it was pointed out that there's an extremely active no build mode, and I was forced to reevaluate. It's just the community lol

[dry copper]

screams in 9 year old

[tropic knoll]

That being said, you snipe at someone and suddenly a 12 story mansion fortress teleports around them, its frigging psycho

[dry copper]

Should just make shots count more

No shields. Single shots can kill. Headshots do kill.

Turn Fortnite into Dayz

[tropic knoll]

I mean in those people's defense, I've watched that from the players point of view and I've seen speed runners make less rapid and precise inputs. I gotta give em credit for skill

And headshots with a heavy sniper is an instant down, admittedly

[dry copper]

I mean...sure. Lets call it skill.

[tropic knoll]

Pretty sure even with full shield but I could be wrong

[tropic knoll]

I mean in the literal use of the word anyways. Not my cuppa but it's nevertheless impressive

[dry copper]

I don't call things skills that you can nail in a few hours of practice or using a macro.

[tropic knoll]

Crazy thing about cod is they leaned hard into the "we are just gonna steal your game" thing
You know how warzone is just another battle royale like Fortnite etc?
Well they also have Battlefield - Ground War mode
They got Enlisted - Invasion mode
And they got Tarkov - DMZ mode

[dry copper]

Is bobby the ea exec that wanted to charge people to reload their guns?

[inland oasis]

im heavily interested in the DMZ mode, but never will get the game for only that. cuz its the only thing i like in it

[tropic knoll]

I'm a console gamer so it's the closest I'm gonna get to tarkov

What's bizarre is crossplay is optional on PlayStation but it's full on mandatory on xbox

[dry copper]

Never played Tarkov.

It looks okay

[inland oasis]

its brutal

[tropic knoll]

Imagine punching yourself in the sensitive bits repeatedly on purpose. That's the Tarkov experience.

[inland oasis]

if youve spent like 2-3 months "getting used" to it. then, it STARTS to KINDA get fun....

[tropic knoll]

You play it to hate yourself lol

[inland oasis]

in a sadistic masochistic way

[dusk lantern]

This is way

[inland oasis]

it will run you over, look back, back up, and run you over again, leave, while running you over one last time, and not look back to care

[dry copper]

Then you have a whole population of 30-40 year old incels screaming in russian at you..."CYKA BLYAT!"

[tropic knoll]

It's an escalation. You know how drug users sometimes get resistant and need to increase dose or get something harder? That's Tarkov. It's for when the normal shooter suffering isn't enough to get the adrenaline pumping anymore so you gotta add in the gambling fix too

[dry copper]

All of the Russian I learned was from watching Tarkov gameplay

[inland oasis]

i used to play the SP tarkov mod, cuz i got sick of running into chads or cheaters. funnily enough, its my most viewed vid on YT with like 11k views 😄

[tropic knoll]

In games like battlefield and cod there's no punishment for death
In tarkov, depending on what you bring and how you die you can lose hours worth of loot

[dusk lantern]

Took me way to long to eventually learn what blyat meant.
First time I listened to Russian vc all I understood was expletives

[dry copper]

Some people play Tarkov with a disgusting level of patience

[tropic knoll]

Sounds about right. It was like that for me with stalker

[inland oasis]

classic

[dry copper]

I've heard of people spending hours on a map sitting still just to avoid making noise so they could get the drop on someone they knew was nearby

[tropic knoll]

An unsurprisingly large portion of the Tarkov fan base are just people looking for more stalker or multiplayer stalker