other-games

[restive current]

SLR wasn't in HP 2.

Only from MW 2005.

[sonic sonnet]

It wasn't?

[restive current]

No shit.

[sonic sonnet]

💯 agreed

[restive current]

Hot Pursuit 2010, not the original HP, nor HP2.

[willow crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/look-holy-moly-omg-whoa-gif-22960590

[restive current]

Original SLR was in Most Wanted and Carbon. Undercover and later games had the 722 Edition.

[sonic sonnet]

SLR is on my credit card...
They allowed me to have custom card...
So I got one

[sonic sonnet]

Yeah

One with those turbine wings....is my favorite

[restive current]

Turbine wings?

[inland oasis]

The rims look like jet turbines lol

[restive current]

Ah, the original.

Yea, that's the original.

Technically, an European Ford GT.

[sonic sonnet]

Yes

But looks wayyy cooler

[restive current]

5.4L super-charged V8.

[restive current]

Performs as good too, even with just 5 gears.

Heavy, though.

[sonic sonnet]

Tuned by McLaren I think....or maybe made by McLaren?

[restive current]

It was a collaboration between both.

50-50.

617 HP in the original, 641 HP in the 722.

[restive current]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Mercedes-Benz_SLR-McLaren_722.JPG

For comparison, the 722.

[sonic sonnet]

Yes I know

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/mercedes-benz-slr-mc-laren-mercedes-benz-mclaren-slr-white-gif-16211288

Beast mode version

[silver sparrow]

beeps mode 📯

[restive current]

WTF?

[sonic sonnet]

Also a secret collaboration...

[restive current]

I swear, people customizing their high-end cars don't know to customize them.

[sonic sonnet]

Although not intended

[sonic sonnet]

Yes

[restive current]

McLaren didn't seem to be satisfied by the original SLR, so they made another...

[inland oasis]

Wide body kits look badass

[restive current]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Mercedes-Benz_SLR_McLaren_Edition_MSO.jpg

'McLaren Special Operations' edition.

[obtuse reef]

That car looks so stupid

[restive current]

2010, I think.

[restive current]

CLK-GTR...technically, won the DTM, I think.

[sonic sonnet]

Scpd SPEED ENFORCEMENT UNIT

[restive current]

TBH, the McLaren version looks worse than the original.

[sonic sonnet]

I won too much....and killed the DTM

🤣

[restive current]

Heh.

[sonic sonnet]

The underbody shares design from a secretly disassembled McLaren f1

[restive current]

Makes sense.

[sonic sonnet]

Underbody is more or less the same

Skewed on more side

[restive current]

You know, I can't say about the CLK-GTR's Strassenversion, but I do love the Strassenversions of other 2 cars.

The Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion and the Maserati MC12.

[sonic sonnet]

And then the took the leap...
And the car took off...

Well Mercedes STRASSed it too much

🤣

[restive current]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Porsche_911_GT1_street_version_1997_frontleft_2010-03-12_A.jpg

[inland oasis]

Ew

[restive current]

911 GT1's.

[restive current]

Are you for real?

How can you 'ew' such a beautiful car?

[inland oasis]

Looks like a it’s trying to be that Jaguar XJ200 or whatever it’s called

[restive current]

Damn...

Too much lift.

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/forza-horizon-4-jaguar-xj220-driving-highway-fast-car-gif-2911539475272629913

[restive current]

XJ220...

[inland oasis]

This thing

[restive current]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Rennsport_Reunion_V_(21613520228).jpg

This is the race version from which it was made.

[inland oasis]

I like NSX’s

[restive current]

I'll be honest, kind of looks weird.

[sonic sonnet]

It's one of THE fastest Porsche...I have heard about those

They were killing it on tracks

[inland oasis]

Big old oval with wheels lol

[restive current]

Yea, and then Porsche axed BMW in the foot for the M3 GTR.

'The 4-litre V8 is illegal!'

'Cause BMW beat them.

[sonic sonnet]

Yep ..

[restive current]

Yep.

[sonic sonnet]

💀

[restive current]

Shame BMW axed it.

Rather than make it available.

OTOH, I heard the M3 E92's engine is a derivative.

[inland oasis]

The day I learned what the number meant on bmw names cleared up so much

For example a 318i. Simply means it’s a 3 series, 1.8 liter engine

[restive current]

I never understood that, TBH.

Also, only ever bothered with M cars, which are simple.

[restive current]

The other Strassenversion...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Maserati_MC12_(8675041842).jpg

Maserati made beautiful cars.

Literally made the Ferrari Enzo look like garbage.

[restive current]

And the 'i'?

[sonic sonnet]

Meanwhile i refers to fuel injector for petrol...
320d means
3 series
2 litre
Diesel

[inland oasis]

In-line I believe

[restive current]

Ah, fair.

I've seen a bunch of 320d's around here...

And a 540d, I think.

Don't get much European cars here, mostly Japanese.

[restive current]

Technically, they did switch to in-line for a few, now, like the 3-series.

Not sure, but the new M3/M4 is inline-6.

AFAIK.

Twin-scroll turbo-chargers.

[inland oasis]

I typically figure muricans use the V and mostly anyone else uses inline 😂

[restive current]

America's all about the 'bigger's better'.

Monstrous V8s...

[inland oasis]

My cubic centimeters of freedom power!

[restive current]

covers ears.

[sonic sonnet]

Bmw i is for fuel injectors in petrol cars
d for diesel
X for awd
E for hybrid or electric

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/car-gif-9237329

[sonic sonnet]

Our country is all about small engines

[inland oasis]

Ours is about killing the planet

[restive current]

So 320dX = 3-series, 2-litres, AWD diesel?

[sonic sonnet]

America....using 100cc to blow leaves...or as kids bike...
Me using that engine for daily travel

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/com-razoroil-climateclaire-diesel-gif-25804355

[restive current]

Same, but mostly due to Japanese cars.

Or Japanese/Indian collaborations.

[inland oasis]

I hate when people do this btw

[restive current]

Like the Maruti Suzuki.

[sonic sonnet]

I don't think it goes like that

X1...X3...

[restive current]

Eh, don't Americans get vast amounts of land areas in such rural places?

Enough to disperse the pollution and make them do it to show off...

[inland oasis]

It never disperses

[restive current]

Urban areas not counted + would probably be in prison instantly.

[inland oasis]

It goes into the atmosphere lol

[sonic sonnet]

Toyota maruti Suzuki you mean

[restive current]

Those are SUVs, though.

[sonic sonnet]

🤣

[restive current]

How do you denote AWD in sedans?

[inland oasis]

AWD

[restive current]

Nah, just Maruti Suzuki.

[restive current]

I mean BMW nomenclature.

[restive current]

I know.

Some do it 'cause they don't know better. Some do it to spite.

Also, that's too big a pick-up truck.

[sonic sonnet]

320i X-drive

[inland oasis]

SO NGL, I hate the new forza Motorsports car leveling system

I just wanna upgrade my cars but no gotta level them up now to do so…. Who’s dumb idea

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-hello-chat-hihi-racing-kei-truck-honda-acty-gif-26432344

I miss when pick-up trucks were this small.

[restive current]

Oh...right...I forgot that.

[inland oasis]

I want a small Chevy s10

[silver sparrow]

if that truck was any smaller it would be a tuktuk

[restive current]

Probably some accountant's.

[sonic sonnet]

@restive current

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/bajaj-bajai-kendaraan-gif-10687583

There's your tuk-tuk.

[sonic sonnet]

That's your awd bmw

[inland oasis]

Still a 3 series 2.0 liter tho lol

[restive current]

Yea, I didn't think they'd use a separate 'X-Drive' label.

[inland oasis]

2.0 seems small cuz that car looks big

[restive current]

Still a single-exhaust, though.

Single-exhausts = ugly.

[restive current]

Eh, probably turbo-charged.

[inland oasis]

Side port exhaust 😍

[restive current]

Pushing more power through less cylinders = worth it.

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/forza-horizon-4-shelby-cobra-427-sc-driving-roadster-convertible-gif-9962188377029119377

[dreamy zinc]

don't care still sounds great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQmXueWIio

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/viper-gif-22509370

[sonic sonnet]

TukTuK busa .

[restive current]

Too loud for my taste. Even inside.

And I've heard the M3 GTR without the commentary.

[restive current]

Drag racer...

[dreamy zinc]

well it's the race version so of course there is no sound isolation 😄

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/honda-acty-honda-acty-kei-truck-kei-gif-24553718

This is what pick-ups are supposed to be, Mr. Tuk-Tuk.

Small.

[restive current]

I know, but the engine is too loud.

Way too loud.

I prefer something smoother.

[sonic sonnet]

Omni BUSA

[restive current]

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/inline-6-engines-coming-every-straight-6-2023/

[restive current]

Damn, the Maruti Omni is a regular van here.

Well, was.

Can't believe that's been upgraded.

Center-of-gravity go brr...

[sonic sonnet]

It's goes....
Brrrrrrrr.... ⚙️
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... ⚙️
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....until 250kmph

I think it goes more

[inland oasis]

Well my Supra goes

Stututututuuu

[restive current]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6n86ddlcN0

Check that.

[sonic sonnet]

And if that wasn't enough
https://youtube.com/shorts/AV-A9Cowdjg?si=IV7ydEby0y2a4nMi

30 minutes cargo delivery

🤣

Amazon would love it

[restive current]

I've seen that.

[inland oasis]

https://youtu.be/pvbF6kDhWyU?si=K5h_zYsOQCYZfLf9

[sonic sonnet]

I wonder...

[inland oasis]

Smart car with a hyabusa engine smokes a mustang 😂

[restive current]

I'm surprised the Smart didn't flip over without a wheelie bar.

Also, the Shelby = heavy POS.

[sonic sonnet]

Yeah me too

[restive current]

Never stood a chance.

[inland oasis]

I’m shook it even did that wheelie. It like happened in slowmo

[sonic sonnet]

But as usual....USA car people...
Bigger is better...
Well not in this it wasn't

[restive current]

Eh, it's just torque. Normal.

Especially due to lack of weight + over-grippy rear tyres.

[inland oasis]

With such a short wheelbase I expected it to be a bit jerky. Lol but that was such a smooth wheelie

Fly up and slam down

But no

[restive current]

That's the thing...I expected it to flip-over... 😆

But yea, too smooth.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OV8R2v5A7B0

That deformation...

[inland oasis]

Drag tires are unreal

[sonic sonnet]

https://youtu.be/jM27fujbiXs?si=t8X4ZglpaR6MxPBp

Very old video but it's nice...

No riders were hurt during this

😂

[restive current]

I love how those motor-cycles literally flail around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_r5oXQ4B8U

Check this.

Bugatti's over-rated, but man...

That's some metal-working going on.

[orchid fox]

im loosing my god damn mind in this early fight

lol

[tame cairn]

https://youtu.be/r4tvOAOyPJw?si=cQ-WB_upkdLJ79z5

I don’t usually like videos like this

but man I want Robin and a good one at that

“Clayface to be involved”

yo.

[tame cairn]

sad

[sonic sonnet]

Well it's titanium
https://youtu.be/QIc-9UuLSmg?si=pB-2dQ_quFCdj2um

[tame cairn]

i can’t sleep in my own bed in DD?

odd

[austere lance]

https://vxtwitter.com/shinobi602/status/1727050016735572469?t=g_mMSmHptZoLD6ku6yzrOA&s=19

[mental rose]

Speaking of 40K, Daemonhunters is -50% right now
Been thinking of getting that

The XCOM-like

Heck, Grey Knights in general are pretty interesting, if you read into it 😄

[frigid yarrow]

AAAAAAAAA

[restive current]

Yea, I know.

But that heat...

[restive current]

Dead Space Remake?

[frigid yarrow]

GMOD

[restive current]

Oh...yea, I'm wondering why it's so bright.

Makes more sense now.

[frigid yarrow]

although i love how dead space i made it feel

[thorn dawn]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/17-years-after-release-star-wars-empire-at-war-just-got-patched-to-support-64-bit

[dry copper]

holy smokes...playing sims 4....It has first person mode. Total game changer!

Now I can waste my life wasting my life in third person in first person!

[stark rapids]

Is Starfield worth trying?

[final willow]

For laughs yes

[stark rapids]

I bought the XBX with the Diablo 4 game to try Starfield.....then read about the bugs that Starfield has, and found NMS

Maybe in a few years, Starfield might be up there with NMS

[dry copper]

If you have a decent computer and you don't mind small glitches on occasion, absolutely. I paid full price at $89.99 and got 423 hours out of it, in side quests and exploration. I could've found more if I'd explored the player base component of the game further but I saw absolutely no need to dig into the shallow puddle of content that is starfield player bases.

I ran into a very rare number of serious bugs playing.

[stark rapids]

I've been so out of the gaming computer scene for awhile that I'm still amazed at the prices for graphics cards now. lol

It's the whole reason why I bought the Xbox Series X....why worry about stuff when it's all encased in a little box. And! I can play with my daughter, who lives far away from me, from time to time 🙂

By the time my grandchildren are of gaming age, and their dad allows them to have a console, I'm going to hand this down to them

[thorn dawn]

Wait for starfield tbh

Either for a big patch or a sale

[orchid fox]

its bethesda. how can people NOT expect bugs

lol

[stark rapids]

I wouldn't know 😭 I have not gamed in quite a long time 😞

[orchid fox]

oh im not making fun of u dont worry but usually with bethesda expect bugs and the inevitable modders patching it lol

[stark rapids]

well, I'm glad I made the right choice in NMS 🙂 Now if I can just only deal with these pesky Sentinels

[orchid fox]

to be fair my tollerance for bugs is extremely high ive played way more bug ridden games than bethesda lol

in launch state not even beta

[willow crypt]

I’ve gotten some enjoyment out of Starfield, but I pretty much agree with Obsidianant on planets and points of interest

I think 1000 planets is unnecessary

[long beacon]

20 with Skyrim detail would’ve been cool with 3-4 systems and space to planet flight

[willow crypt]

Bethesda’s so great a making meaningful, handcrafted environments, and the procedural generation kills the immersion for me. It can be good at times, but I think their other games do a way better job with exploration

[long beacon]

I stopped playing about 2 days into gameplay after 4th cave with same layout, the proc gen is too much with detailed stuff you’ll remember

[willow crypt]

hope they do more handcrafted stuff in story dlc

yeah the caves get on my nerves

[long beacon]

There was a mod that randomized poi and made the procgen feel more real

[willow crypt]

hope the mods come to xbox

unless the devs improve the generation and variety, which i don’t expect

[long beacon]

Should next spring

I’m hoping they do the fallout 4 update for Xbox, it’s unplayable with the crashing and it’s only with Xbox version

Ps doesn’t complain nearly as much

[willow crypt]

hmm. I played FO4 on ps4, really can’t remember what issues i experienced but they weren’t too bad

[long beacon]

Something with Xbox has a bad memory leak in areas, especially downtown causing crashes

Hell I bought far harbor but never played it, bc crashes

[willow crypt]

that’s too bad

it’s a great dlc

[long beacon]

Il probably rebuy dirt cheap on my pc and finally properly play

[dry copper]

By that time they won't want it 😛

[stark rapids]

😭

[charred badge]

Meanwhile I'm over here obsessing over a 7 year old game

This portmaster framework is pretty nice
https://retrogamecorps.com/2021/11/30/stardew-valley-on-retro-handhelds/

[silver sparrow]

Samies bro

[tranquil glen]

do people forget that skyrim dungeons are duplicated with slight variations?

[long beacon]

The world space it’s self ain’t tho

The Starfield caves have shit in exact same place

Skulls etc

[abstract belfry]

Just beat Arkham Asylum it was fun the first one I played was Arkham Knight

[tame cairn]

All of them are great.

Asylum was my first

[restive current]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1039232986274594877/1176787015807807488/image.png

Yes, we need 1000 different launchers and DRMs.

Because CP2077 and BG3 didn't sell just fine while being on GOG and a lot more accessible that way, right?

[orchid fox]

For the record im just gonna correct one thing here. Bg3 has absolute ZERO DRM not even steam drm. U can straight up launch it via install folders u dont even need to launch steam for it

Like yes more storefronts the better but still. It has no drm

[orchid fox]

Also im still wholeheartedly on team steam i have 0 care if games need additional launchers

[restive current]

That makes it an exception, not the norm.

The point is that Steam itself is a DRM.

And the fact that being on more launchers makes it more accessible.

But no, they just want more launchers, more DRM.

Someone on another server said, "There should be a launcher for every game" as a sarcastic response to that image.

The fact that people can't demand a single portal for gaming and are willing to put up with all this makes it mind-bogglingly nonsensical.

[rigid gale]

Forza be like:

[orchid fox]

Its not that people dont demand it, its that companies dont fucking care and rather force u onto their platform for entire cut

Theres a difference

[orchid fox]

Also regarding that it has been stated many times by gabe citations if steam ever need to die (which i doubt) gabe can just switch off the native restriction stuff

[restive current]

Yea, but then people can just not buy their games?

If their demands don't work, maybe they can vote with their wallets?

[restive current]

'Can' doesn't mean 'will'.

[orchid fox]

fair enough

[inland oasis]

this only works when the amount of wallets actually effects the profit margin

and typically whales make up for any lost customers

[orchid fox]

also ive thrown "vote with wallet" out the window cuz vast majority dont give a shit

the ones that actually do is miniscule

[inland oasis]

yea you have to unionize everyone

[restive current]

That's my point...Crow said that people do demand, but then still buy the game.

If you're buying the game, then your demand becomes invalid.

People still buy CoD, even with BattleNET involved.

[inland oasis]

if u bought the game your demand should matter

[restive current]

They can't just say, "I can live without CoD".

[restive current]

No, but demand doesn't change anything.

Cutting off their money supply does.

[orchid fox]

i mean is my statement false? im pretty sure i am correct

[inland oasis]

high enough demand does

[restive current]

I'm not saying you're wrong.

[inland oasis]

which as i said, enough people have to make the difference

[restive current]

I'm saying that even if people demand a single launcher, the fact that they buy games with individual launchers invalidates their demand.

[inland oasis]

id hate for a bunch of people who dont own it to get any demand in it..

[restive current]

Because they're supporting the mindset.

[restive current]

Yes, except the bunch of people who don't own it also get affected.

People buying CoD enable BattleNET.

Which means that encourages other companies to make their own launchers.

[inland oasis]

well battlenet just sucks

[restive current]

Which means that even if I don't buy CoD, I get shafted.

Because the games I do buy now depend on launchers, inspired by BattleNET.

Domino effect or whatever.

[orchid fox]

its not even battlenet exclusive for the record

[inland oasis]

i have all my games "nonsteam" and steam all on my steam list. multi launchers is an issue of the past

[quaint escarp]

"why cant all games be on steam" well all games dont want to give 30% of their profits

kinda dumb point to make for every game to be on steam

[orchid fox]

honestly i never was against bein on several launchers. i still find the violently argued 30% cut argument fucking stupid cuz if they just release it on all platforms overall networth will outweigh the cut

by a pretty fucking big margin

wellp time to be fucking murdered by spider matriarch again

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/jenga-jenga-blocks-playing-im-done-with-this-game-game-over-gif-17573935

A seven year old game

I'm over here giggling at the image of you obsessing over a kids game

And all the other kids are like....It's my tuuuuuurn

shaaaaaaaaaaaaare

https://tenor.com/view/not-sharing-mine-dont-touch-share-food-gif-12269503

Stardew is the perfect game to have on a portable device

It's the kind of game you can pick up, life sim, pause and set down and come back to whenever

and multiple saves means nobody else better touch my fucking characters

Get your own worlds, Dave...It's not my fault you haven't learned patience.

I'm not projecting! You are!

[languid oriole]

[dry copper]

Morning

[frigid yarrow]

if dead space was first person

[earnest hatch]

I just got sea of stars

It's pretty god damn good

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7S7CwkttV0

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZdW1heGWFw

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/casey-mcintyre-cancer-medical-debt.html

https://ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/andrewrosegregory-47569/?

Wanna know what's fucked up? In Canada we have free healthcare and it's still too expensive and time consuming to properly treat medical conditions when you're poor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gBAa7CzIc

[dry copper]

This is hilarious. Simlish songs are almost all (if not all) some variation of a real song parodied into Sims

[austere lance]

Ready to get my shit kicked in by leviathans for a third time, LET'S GET THIS BREAD
https://vxtwitter.com/IGN/status/1727348988418900130?t=DfOKP-UoWKsndplMQqGdhA&s=19

[orchid fox]

sa third subnautica?

[dry copper]

Shocked sims 4 feels so different from sims 3

It's functionally 10X smoother...less lag, higher resolution everything...

The only real downside is the lack of broader content.

They've been nickel and diming their fans, taking what were entire expansions of content and tossing them into bits and pieces of packs and kits ontop of expansions

Loving the outfit customization, even though the colors are super limited by comparison

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/session/clips/1Fe9RAXuhplxRj/d1337iy1yaG3?invite=cr-MSxkOGcsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

This game takes me back to me SKATE 1-3 days

[earnest hatch]

Let's goooo hopefully they bring in monster sized leviathans like the gargantuan leviathan

[inland path]

https://youtu.be/TbZ3HzvFEto?si=iAgjHxRE612e0qsZ

amazing docu

[jagged ether]

im in debt now

[tame cairn]

so happy

one of my favorite survivals ever

[inland oasis]

Real life simulator 😅

[jagged ether]

I literally bough random stuff for 1750 funds and I'm now in debt

Even though I had 1950

[tame cairn]

https://youtu.be/c6oSqBly2ho?feature=shared

err..

looks like they’re kinda going with the invincible artstyle

or a take on it anyways lol

[dreamy zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/the-summoning-bad-cat-hitting-broom-gif-10352523

[dull tulip]

I had an amazing moment while playing IB

Perfection

[dull tulip]

https://youtu.be/DZCbyzoNi3E?feature=shared

[dry copper]

Did you notice in Senua's Sacrifice the tutorial lies to you specifically to make you more stressed? The tutorial informs you that if you die too much the game deletes your save and you have to start over from the beginning.

This is not true and it's intentional - to fuck with your head.

[primal loom]

Great game

@idle saffron introduced me

[dry copper]

Huge sales on sims 4 shit...and me with no money

[inland grail]

damn that last star citizen video

[dry copper]

I wanna get the cats and dogs expansion and the university expansion and dream home decorator....

Maybe next month with the for rent expansion

[inland grail]

i need to get back to the sims one day

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De4QjH9fpgo

[idle saffron]

Love Senua

[shadow tartan]

Cruel

[orchid fox]

game?

[snow zenith]

Senua

[tame cairn]

Dragon’s Dogma is kinda hard too

[inland oasis]

theres times where yea itll feel impossible. especially when u get toward endgame.

[tame cairn]

walking simulator

[inland oasis]

i always make my pawns healers lol

[tame cairn]

these objectives are all so far apart lol

[inland oasis]

its usually, run here, run all the way back. get used to that haha

[tame cairn]

yay

i just encountered my first dragon

do not want to fight that guy

[inland oasis]

im bout to switch over n play it again now. i forget where i left off or what my character was

[tame cairn]

i’m still pretty early in the morning think, just got to gran soren and did a few things

rn im escorting someone to get a sword because this one is not cutting it

[inland oasis]

ahhh yea. i forget when but the shops will usually have something decent. then not for a while. then suddenly theyll have a tier that wasnt there before. at least that happend to me

• upgrading your stuff

[tame cairn]

bro what

i was fighting the lizard things

smacked one into the water

[inland oasis]

saurians 😄

[tame cairn]

and the guy i was escorting just yeeted himself

what the hell

[inland oasis]

was he attacking the one u threw maybe

AI pretty dumb sometimes

[tame cairn]

well yeah, but that’s just sad

[inland oasis]

it has a few frustrating moments like that. i never do the escorts cuz of it

bahahaha i look like a bafoon! xD what was i doing

[tame cairn]

yeah im not redoing that again for the 3rd time

woulda been a good sword tho

[inland oasis]

eventually ull find better.

[tame cairn]

what’s even worse

im basically at the obj, was like 200 feet from it

[inland oasis]

ouch...

[tame cairn]

yeah what’s funny is the black market has good stuff but it’s all like 100k+

well the black cat

idk seems sketchy so

[inland oasis]

yea i cant say i ever got anything from there i dont think

ive only fully played thru like once before lol

[tame cairn]

seems like a big and time consuming game so understandable

[inland oasis]

it is alot of wandering around and walking. but the story was something i genuinely enjoyed too

[tame cairn]

so far it’s pretty interesting, the story

[tame cairn]

okay one thing this game is missing

a dang horse

[inland oasis]

eventually you get to use portcrystals and ferrystones.

bascially teleports

but thatd be nice too lol yea

[reef mountain]

I don't normally play mobile games because they're ad ridden pay to win messes, but if you want a good mobile watermelon game, I highly suggest:

The only ads are a small banner at the bottom. There are no interrupting ads, not even when the game starts or ends. It's also not pay to win.

[prime pivot]

Um.....
Link?

[reef mountain]

the only time there is an interrupting ad is when you want to do a shake and don't want to wait; basically you can shake your fruits around every few minutes after you get a certain amount of points, but you don't even have to watch the ad: it has a timer (that's a few minutes) and you can just wait

[reef mountain]

it's on the android store so not sure how to link it

[prime pivot]

You can go to a browser for the play store

[reef mountain]

oh; here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lazycell.watermelon&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1

this is the only one I've found that has no store (so it's not pay to win) and no interrupting ads; sometimes the ads at the bottom don't even display

[prime pivot]

Thank you

[reef mountain]

the rest I've tried are all trash and overflooding with ads

it seems like the trend is that the ones with the least amount of downloads tend to be the best lol

the dev is also fairly active and will reply to questions, suggestions, etc.

[prime pivot]

That's always good

[reef mountain]

again, I don't normally play mobile games at all, but sometimes you do find gems, it just takes forever to find them

the only thing I wish is that there were more powers other than just shaking your phone, but adding those would probably turn it into a pay to win mess so probably best to just leave it as is lol

[prime pivot]

I agree

[reef mountain]

like I said, the one power there is requires you score x amount of points to appear (I don't know the amount) and then it's on a timer that is no more than 5 minutes max (usually is between 1 and 3 minutes though); you can watch an ad to skip the timer or you can just wait

[prime pivot]

I will find out

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/fBJ0ifVtK5c

[languid oriole]

[tranquil glen]

well this is sad, I never really got to play much of Dread Hunger, but now the official servers for the game are shutting down come next year https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1418630/view/3807291311738330199?l=english

[inland path]

https://youtu.be/cbYY_scp3HY?si=dXuPAAIXZsvk3El2

💤

[weak tiger]

Anything y’all are getting in the steam sale?

[thorn dawn]

Poorer

[weak tiger]

hell yeah

[austere lance]

Haven't bought anything on Steam but I got Remnant 2 on Xbox cuz it's half off, lol

[weak tiger]

Remnant 2 looks so up my alley

Remnant From the Ashes was awesome but we didn’t get very far before we moved onto other games

I am getting the control + alan wake bundle on steam

Played Control on game pass, loved it, never played Alan Wake

[primal loom]

Same 👀

[weak tiger]

I looove the lovecraft sci fi/cosmic horror aesthetic in games like remnant so if anyone has recommendations

[strange dune]

Umm… hellblade isn’t being sold on my PlayStation… wtf is happening?

[silver sparrow]

Parental controls

[inland oasis]

Ngl, Omni man would wipe the floor with the MK universe 😂

[dry copper]

Murder in the bedroom eyes

I started watching schitts creek. No laugh tracks...every episode so far has scored at least one chuckle.

@hollow violet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvRod-AfQww

Looks like a cool way to sign a signature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3JE4TGTO7I

That album "Speak for yourself" was my introduction to Imogen Heap. I don't think I'm exaggerating to say, her music is culturally transcendental.

A grossly underrated artist

[idle saffron]

Lol

[hollow violet]

Oh hey cylinder seals, yea I know about those

[dry copper]

Don't have any?

I imagine they'd be so popular that everyone would have one back then so they'd be cheap for a historical item; today.

[strange dune]

I don’t have any

Also took a picture of Spider-Man 2

[hollow violet]

not exactly

don't forget, most cylinder seals are at least 3000+ years old. While they were relatively popular in Sumerian times, that doesnt make them necessarily common

It's very difficult to obtain something like that

[shadow tartan]

Have to buy a fuckin XBOX again

Ugh wallet

[lusty relic]

New character

[dry copper]

I wish I could change the autonomy of a single sim instead of all sims in sims 4

I don't plan on simultaneously being everyone. My main focus is a primary sim, whose autonomy sometimes flies in the face of the character I'm building...

and I'm not convinced it's based on proper design, but rather - the game is trying to throw wrenches into the mix to make things interesting

So my otherwise, pure boy-scout-kind-wouldn't say shit with a mouth full of it-salt of the earth simpleton shouldn't randomly tell someone to fuck off

The amount of work I had to put into building this characters personality, these deliberate miscarriages piss me off

[restive current]

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/apparently-ubisoft-is-experimenting-with-pop-up-ads-in-the-middle-of-video-games-now-no-thanks

https://vxtwitter.com/Fab_XS_/status/1727800156077060156

[frigid yarrow]

Star Wars: Empire at war Halo Mod

[snow zenith]

Joan playing unmodded games, challenge: impossible

(tbf why would you play EAW unmodded)

(tbf 2: why would you play a Halo mod for EAW when a better, Halo RTS exists)

Oh the space part

I saw the videos after ok

[frigid yarrow]

Quite literally

All games ive been playing lately have been modded xD

Got L4D2 yesterday and i already have a Mod that brings a whole campaign in the city of Barcelona

I can literally kill zombies with a ham leg, it's so funny

[frigid yarrow]

Yeah, space + original halo wars felt a bit lacking for me, here i have even mongoose units xD

[snow zenith]

L4D2 has to be played with mods

[frigid yarrow]

But its a Shame you cannot have a halo galaxy conquest campaign due to the fact all halo mods for EAW are either in ground or space

No Mod for both things at the same time

The original authors of the halo mods for EAW were all planning to make their mods both ground and space

2011

all of them either stopped their projects or straight up left modding completly

[frigid yarrow]

One thing i can't get over is why they didnt add a pack loader like there is in GMOD

[snow zenith]

Suggest playing the very good Thrawn and Republic mods (don't member the names now), crème de lá crème of EAW mods

[frigid yarrow]

In GMOD you can install all mods you like, while inside the game you can add those mods to "packs" to have some activated and others in other packs, turned off in the one you're using

In L4D2 all i saw is that you can tick and untick mods, no way to make groups

[frigid yarrow]

If i have the time-
I bought sins of a solar empire aswell

And that means

Sins of the prophets

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/halo2-halo2anniversary-halo-arbiter-halo-elite-halo-sangheili-gif-24966346

[snow zenith]

Tbf I just use Workshop

[frigid yarrow]

Its funny times for me when each time i want to change the theme of my L4D2 playthrough i have to install a whole pack and uninstall the one im using at that time xD

[snow zenith]

Oh ye that's annoying

[frigid yarrow]

I prefer having all of them installed and disable some in game (while still installed, but set in packs to avoid the whole ticking each single one to play them)

I know there has to be a Mod to allow me to activate and deactivate Mod packs in game but well

[quaint escarp]

wanted to buy the last zombies maps for bo3 and its still $25

[frigid yarrow]

Do maps cost money in BO3?

[quaint escarp]

the game is 8 years old 3arch

season pass

dlc maps

[frigid yarrow]

Jesus, i just mod them straight away

[snow zenith]

Base game is still 60 dollars

Hell they're selling even older ones at 40

[quaint escarp]

nah its still on sale for $20

[snow zenith]

Like 2 and WaW

Well off sale

[frigid yarrow]

Had the same issue when playing stellaris, a Mod i wanted to have was behind a dlc

I went inside the files to change the line of code that alligned the whole Mod to said dlc and turned it into basic stellaris content

Fun times

[quaint escarp]

the season pass is on sale for more than the base game

[snow zenith]

I bought 2019 MW, played the campaign, tried MW and got frd up with all the sliding and jumping

Still worth the 20 euros for the enjoyable campaign

[quaint escarp]

yeah its more of the same in the new one

[snow zenith]

Tried MP*

I'm not touching MW3 with a 10 foot pole

[quaint escarp]

but the campaign is trash this time and only 4 hours

[snow zenith]

Didn't play MW2 but don't think I will

Back to BF1 for me

[quaint escarp]

next year should be good treyarch has had 4 years to develop this next title

black ops gulf war

[austere lance]

It's the only recent CoD that isn't full of dumbass sliding and jumping mechanics, so of course all the weird children who are addicted to le funny movement mechanics hated it and complained and now Activision brought that shit back for MW3 💀

MW2 was the closest to the fun OG CoDs I've played in a long time, but fuck me I guess cuz now we're back to bunny hopping sliding crap because the children yearn for Titanfall

[tame cairn]

the only good mw is the first one

out of the new ones

cold war was being held up by its zombies
and that’s not saying much since it wasn’t that good of a zombies

this my my opinion ofc

but anyways DD is fun, i tried to be a sorcerer first, switched to warrior, now im a mystic knight

probably gonna go back to warrior

why is the combat so dang fun

lol

[grand mica]

No self-promotion here @mortal drift

[snow zenith]

The frame pauses irk me

Also damn, those be some spongey enemies

[tame cairn]

i think it’s to like, show that it has weight ig

doesn’t happen often when i’m using a smaller sword

[inland path]

can I promote you as fav mod?

[inland oasis]

Cuz you picked a super fun class

I went full mage this playthrough

[inland oasis]

i gotta show you what some of the "high/Grand" lvl spells can do. theyre nuts

[strange dune]

Really wishing now that ghost recon wildlands and breakpoint were first person. 😭

That would be awesome.

[tame cairn]

send videos

[inland oasis]

can do. i just wish i could find a better lookin outfit xD

https://medal.tv/games/dragons-dogma/clips/1FznZhuZRaCDPY/d13372Oi1qhK?invite=cr-MSx0OVQsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Ill have to get some combat with stuff. but this is what each spell does that i have picked

[grand mica]

lol

[snow zenith]

A myff

[grand mica]

A myff?

[inland oasis]

the man, the myff, the wegend

[edgy prairie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CqNbcZfLXo

good jams for nms

tho it feels a bit strange to listen to only BoC beats/melodies without their ambient tracks in between

[dry copper]

If you didn't need another reason to not buy a ubisoft title, they just keep making them - Like they're a new iteration of AC or something.

[weak tiger]

Omg, absolutely not 🫠

[restive current]

Good thing I never bought anything then.

[restive current]

Just wait till it's the norm.

[dry copper]

If they were going to succeed with injecting ads into video games, it would've been in a game like Watchdogs with in game signs...Not so on the nose as in an AC title

At least for Watchdogs, it would've also served as commentary

For AC it's just ubisoft whacking you with their junk

[obtuse reef]

I don't think I'll ever buy a Ubisoft game anyways

[weak tiger]

That’s so bad 😂 imagine paying for the initial cost of the game, plus season pass or DLC, then still getting ridiculous intrusive pop ups mid-gameplay

[dry copper]

and by that, literally garbage

[tame cairn]

that’s insane

[weak tiger]

Back to Skyrim

[restive current]

Well...live-service is already similar.

And micro-transactions.

[dry copper]

Live service minus the actual service.

Shit is broken af

[weak tiger]

That’s true, there’s so many money sinks in live service games

[obtuse reef]

I have no clue what to build in Space Engineers

[dreamy zinc]

ships

drilling platform

seeker missles

[dry copper]

A rotating spiral staircase that speaks with the voice of Optimus Prime and introduces you exclusively to Dodge brand vehicles and nothing else.

[obtuse reef]

I... I don't think that's possible

[tame cairn]

that’s an idea

[dry copper]

I never question the power of Space Engineers.

[mental rose]

Unskippable ads already exist in sports games.... now Ubisoft is testing the waters and trying to seep them into other games...
Just as Angry Joe warned

[dreamy zinc]

made thise once

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2780465567

[restive current]

Always remember...everything is just a cash cow.

[obtuse reef]

mining platforms are easy enough

[dreamy zinc]

yes it flies

[dry copper]

I once used to question what people could make in space engineers...Then I saw what people could make in space engineers. I don't question it anymore.

[restive current]

EA moment.

[dreamy zinc]

i forgot how deep it could dig

[obtuse reef]

I have a mech I downloaded off the Steam Workshop

[tame cairn]

it’s in the ads

[obtuse reef]

it walks pretty well

[restive current]

'Electronic Arts Of Advertising'.

Noobisoft following in their lead.

As if Google wasn't enough with the recent war against people.

[dry copper]

Would be hilarious if the inventor of the game pitfall decided to retroactively claim the copyright for the ability to grab ledges and everyone lost their minds.

[restive current]

As Louis Rossman always says: The internet always wins.

[weak tiger]

I buy most of my games on steam sales when they go for like 50%-75% off, so at least it stings a little less when it starts feeling like extortion or harassment 😂

[mental rose]

Especially minors
So exploitable...

[restive current]

Yea, but it's still a rip-off.

Imagine paying $60 for a 'whole' game that's got a massive hole in it.

[restive current]

TBH, that's a parenting thing.

If parents refused to buy things for their kids in such cases, it'd sort itself out.

[dry copper]

Maybe if your parents kept you in a bubble that argument would hold water

[weak tiger]

I thought $60 was already a ridiculous standard for a lot of games that should’ve been like 20-30 tops. And it’s only getting more expensive, of course, like everything else

[restive current]

I don't get it.

[dry copper]

Kids have friends

[restive current]

My parents didn't buy every thing I demanded.

Hell, I never even got to touch money.

Much less an open CC.

[dry copper]

The argument that kids being exploited by games is a parent thing denies the reality that kids live in today

[restive current]

Welcome to inflation.

[mental rose]

It just sucks so bad reading news about kids draining their parent's entire bank account and still not get Messi, or whoever their soccer idol is

[restive current]

Spending money...is not something kids can do without parental access.

[weak tiger]

unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE

[dry copper]

You'd be surprised

[restive current]

For that, you need to replace the economic system.

[restive current]

I guess I'm too old for that shit.

[mental rose]

Paradox Games in a nutshell

[restive current]

True.

[weak tiger]

Mobile games are suuuper bad about it. Only mobile game I can tolerate now is iOS Stardew Valley

[restive current]

Paradox DLC strategy = best to make money with.

[mental rose]

I want to get Stellaris... but the fact you need to fork extra for DLC to make it "a complete experience" is just... 😒

[dry copper]

Paradox DLC?

[dry copper]

gugh, sims 4 is the same way

[obtuse reef]

I am a pretty big Stellaris fan, but I completely agree, especially with the new content

[dry copper]

You can literally fork over $50 in DLC and it breaks your save

[obtuse reef]

I have the Overlord DLC, and it's just, why?

[mental rose]

It's a game publisher.
Basically ship a game that's lacking content, then later on release a ton of DLC to "improve the experience"

[dry copper]

If you don't have the shit before the save, you're starting over

[weak tiger]

Popular strategy seems to be market the absolute hell out of an incomplete game, fix it a year later and charge people more for it 😂

lol exactly ^

[restive current]

Also, you mentioned reality...if my hypothetical kids have free access to money, yea, I failed.

Hell, I didn't even get a phone till I was in the last year of school.

[restive current]

Developer too, AFAIK.

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/owlkitty-pirates-pirates-of-the-caribbean-jack-sparrow-captain-jack-sparrow-gif-26780511

Be 👆

[obtuse reef]

I also own all of the Space Engineers DLC, which both makes sense considering how all of it is just cosmetic and none of the game is locked away and it doesn't, because as much as I like the devs, I would rather they fix the game

[dry copper]

It starts with allowance and progresses to either work, extortion or stealing. It's easy to blame the parents when kids do stupid shit, but kids are people too and on some level they have ownership in what choices they make and to that end influences upon them play a role in those choices - beyond the parents control. In a world where kids are demanding autonomy and rights and freedom and in extreme cases even emancipation...shit gets real muddy in the responsibility department.

[restive current]

Honestly...they bank on people having FOMO.

[mental rose]

Surviving Mars is another game that I very much enjoy.... just that... yea...

[restive current]

Sounds like entitlement.

Me, I'm definitely never buying my hypothetical kids anything. If they want it, it'll be with their own money and not mine.

[dry copper]

Yeah...let those fuckers starve

[restive current]

You know that's not what I meant.

[dry copper]

Bitch. Get a job. I ain't buyin you formula

[obtuse reef]

the children yearn for the mines

[restive current]

Also, 'starve'?

WTF?

[dry copper]

I know what you meant but you understand that's a slippery slope, right?

[obtuse reef]

xD

[weak tiger]

[restive current]

No, it isn't.

'Cause that's how I grew up.

I didn't starve because I didn't have money.

I wasn't clamouring for more because I didn't have money.

I don't even get where you get it from...

[dry copper]

I didn't have money, and I grew up in a neighborhood of kids with no money in a gang that stole things. I didn't necessarily agree with the practice, but I also didn't have a concept of the impact of stealing to the stores that have a bottom line.

This is weird.....

I got dogs and cats on sims 4...

It didn't download anything....

Was this shit already in the game and just needed an unlock?

[restive current]

Welcome to modern 'DLC'.

'Downloadable Content', more like 'Downloadable Code', amirite?

[dry copper]

Literally what I bought

A code.

"Redeem Code"

On the plus side, I can recreate my dog and cry my fucking head off every time I turn the game on, now

and then again when I turn it off

Yaaay for emotional trauma

I would have added Discover University to my wishlist if I hadn't learned that when you go to class in the game your char goes into a rabbithole

There are no actual classes

Like.....wtf

There are literally mods that do a better job of university than Discover university

[modern panther]

Reminder that Fortnite added a skin that is a literally trans e-girl during a season about sentient evil metal

[obtuse reef]

I finally figured out what to make in space engineers

it's slow as hell, but it has six large cargo containers and twelve hydrogen tanks, so it can move a lot of shit

[tame cairn]

a daedalus would look good in that game

probably

[dry copper]

Spaaaaaaaaaaace batmaaan

[tame cairn]

mm yes i agree

make a batwing

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZ2N-HJbwA

This is what AI should be used for.

[silent anchor]

What are some gothic-themed games, modern ones? (PC only)

Please don't mention bloodborne

[dry copper]

Dark Souls

If you don't get more specific, you don't deserve the leg work :p

[silent anchor]

Like fantasy games with the typical gothic themes such as Hogwarts Castle, Van Helsing, etc. There are so few games that I don't know many examples but bloodborne and lies of P are ones

[dry copper]

What good does a theme do if you don't specify the genre of game?

You can always get sims 4 and add gothic to it

[silent anchor]

I said fantasy

[dry copper]

So....RPG?

[silent anchor]

Like open world action rpg games

[dry copper]

Action rpg ....hmm. How new is new?

In terms of modern

[silent anchor]

2015 and newer, cause most games resembling gothic is so old

[dry copper]

How do you feel about early access titles?

Games that are released and not finished yet

[silent anchor]

Hmm, I'll check them out and wait for their release ig

[frigid yarrow]

sins of the prophets - UNSC engagement

[dry copper]

Top down or FPS perspective?

[silent anchor]

doesn't actually matter than much

preferablly third person, but anything is fine

[dry copper]

Have you played V Rising?

It's a bit of a sandbox

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

Steam

V Rising

A Vampire Survival ExperienceAwaken as a weakened vampire after centuries of slumber. Hunt for blood to regain your strength while hiding from the scorching sun to survive. Rebuild your castle and convert humans into your loyal servants in a quest to raise your vampire empire. Make allies or enemies online or play solo locally, fend off holy sol...

Price

$15.99

Recommendations

65609

▶ Play video

You're a vampire. It's got some survival, building, story combined...set in a gothic fantasy genre

[silent anchor]

This seems very interesting

Is it good?

[dry copper]

Medieval Dynasty, again survival...action RPG. You're literally building a dynasty in a gothic old world

Medieval Dynasty is more of a management game than fighting though. A lot of shit can kill you.

V Rising I haven't played. It's collecting dust in my steam library.

Rave reviews though and the devs are very engaged with the fans

So it's looking solid all around

[silent anchor]

Hmm, I'll keep it on my radar until its released

[dry copper]

New World is okay if you don't care about a long game play. It has a decent story, action RPG...very Pocahontas meets smallpox

[silent anchor]

wasnt this the one that melted gpu's?

[dry copper]

I doubt it? The game looks like a fat turd after thanksgiving dinner.

but it's decent

[silent anchor]

lol

[dry copper]

Fantasy Blacksmith. You live in a gothic era making swords and shit...It's less actiony than I would like.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/959520/Fantasy_Blacksmith/

Steam

Fantasy Blacksmith

You are a blacksmith in the world of the sword, magic and war, in which any blacksmith who knows how to make even the simplest swords is in demand. You start off as a poor unskilled blacksmith, but in time you will gain experience and improve to achieve wealth, fame and power, and change this world!Fantasy Blacksmith is a magically realistic bla...

Price

$6.69

Recommendations

907

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but a really cool concept

[silent anchor]

lol, mixed reviews

[dry copper]

well duh. It's a game mechanic that deserves to be part of a game...not the whole game

We Happy Few. It's less gothic as is it is victorian, but it is action RPG and you're addicted to drugs...

[silent anchor]

Victorian?

Isn't it Elizabethian?

cause its 1960 lol

[dry copper]

AC Syndicate. I refuse to expand on that. Ubisoft is the asshole of the industry and their titles are now just crap you can't complete wipe

[broken prairie]

V Rising is dope af

[dry copper]

Path of Exile is an awesome top down isometric game with a huge following and tons of customization

For an action RPG slash dungeon crawling rogue it's kicking the shit out of titles that cost ten times more to make and maintain

[silent anchor]

whoa

Path of Exile looks pretty

[dry copper]

They even named one of their expansions in honor of mocking Diablo

[silent anchor]

wait

its a roguelike?

[dry copper]

That expansion was called "Immortal"

Diablo's developers tried to sue and lost

[silent anchor]

Immortal lol

[dry copper]

Path of Exile is the greatest isometric free to play action RPG I have honestly ever touched

[silent anchor]

it looks really good for a free to play

[dry copper]

By the time I finished playing the game, I was running an archer who could fire arrows that made clones and dropped landmines that created clones of me and ended with turning me from 1 person against dozens into dozens of my clones all over the map

[silent anchor]

lmao, that sounds really cool

How long does it last?

[dry copper]

On top of that because the arrows also teleported me, the enemy never knew which was the real me

It's a dungeon crawler...How long does what last?

I met people who have been playing the game since it's launch, still playing it

[silent anchor]

to beat it

[dry copper]

There's a customization system for personal base and guild bases that drives people to keep going

I never beat it. I gave up after a time.

115+ hours if you just focus on the stories

[silent anchor]

damn that sounds cool

[dry copper]

30 hours for just main story

600+ hours for everything else

[silent anchor]

I should defenitatly give it a try

Damn, and its free

[dry copper]

Path of Exile has a cult following

[silent anchor]

how have I not heard of this

[dry copper]

It has a micro store if you wanna look pretty but the amount of shit you get in the game almost eliminates any greed based desire to do that

First microstore I ever saw that I bought clothes from because I wanted the developers to have some money for the great job

[silent anchor]

lol

[dry copper]

and it has a following of fans that do the same...because it's a passion project

This is what the character build screen looked like back when I used to play it

You put points into skills that branched into others

You slotted mutations into gear to change or enhance them

There was no real character type...You were able to create the most wildly insane builds with creative manipulation of the network of skill chains

[silent anchor]

That is so massive

[dry copper]

Like a fire loving paladin that heals when doing damage with a massive damage buff

teleporting archer clone...Or a necromancer with a literal army

[silent anchor]

like each individual section of that skill tree could suit an entire game

[dry copper]

That's one player's necro summons

1 million dps

Path of Exile is to Diablo what Warframe is to Destiny

The kind of spit in the face one appreciates

[silent anchor]

Doesn't this all make the game too easy

[dry copper]

The game is as easy or hard as you want it to be. There's a literal difficulty slider.

It's a dungeon crawler

[silent anchor]

I've never really played dungeon crawler games before

[dry copper]

Basically you have your stories you can do, and then you have dungeons you can redo over and over and over...and the meat of the fun is the dungeons where anything can happen...

and you can join others in dungeons or do them solo

They're beautifully designed too.

I got lost in them most of the time

[silent anchor]

can't wait to play it

Also, have you heard of a game called Elder Scrolls?

cause it looks pretty cool, but its a bit dated

so im wondering if it is still good

[broken prairie]

Have you heard of Elder Scrolls

That is not a question I thought anyone would ask anyone

[silent anchor]

i'm not really into old games

[broken prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-hamster-my-reaction-to-that-information-my-reaction-to-that-information-meme-my-reaction-gif-25863470

[silent anchor]

i really only play games 2015 and newer

Like, you know

NMS

[dry copper]

It's elder scrolls...because it's for elders.

[silent anchor]

ohhhh

[dry copper]

The only thing keeping elder scrolls alive is the modding community. The game would've been played out years ago were it not for awesome modders moddering mods moddingly.

but I love skyrim

It has a special place in my heart. It was the first RPG I ever played fully in VR

[weak tiger]

I don’t even mod outside of a couple Skyrim saves and TES will always be my absolute favorite game series

I can’t do VR but skyrim would be my first move

[dry copper]

...and I made that VR headset so sweaty I had to buy a new face mask to sell it.

With VRIK, physics in the game were very...ah...interactive

[silent anchor]

I only know about Skyrim cause there was Starfield

[dry copper]

Starfield can't hold a candle to Skyrim

Entirely different experiences

[silent anchor]

Also, oblivion looks really cool, but it looks really old

[weak tiger]

Agreeed. Not to be a “back in my day” gamer but seriously I will always play Skyrim and Oblivion and Morrowind until I die

Maybe Daggerfall someday but I’ve heard it’s less than user friendly

[dry copper]

I already know what Sims 5 is going to focus on...based on how Sims 4 interactions are designed

[silent anchor]

They should remake Oblivion

[weak tiger]

Skyblivion is a thing you might look into. I haven’t kept up on its progress in a while though, no idea how that project’s going

It’s a fan remake project, basically

[silent anchor]

Damn

[dry copper]

They are using a new lighting engine for the game and focusing more on individual experiences over entire households, with a focus less on managing feelings and more on responding to them...The whole first person perspective in the sims changes things dramatically

[silent anchor]

That looks soooo awesome

Why can't more modern games look like that

[dry copper]

I thought Sims didn't stand a chance with Paralives coming and now Inzoi

Now I'm not so sure

What Sims has these other games don't is a pre-existing audience full of modders willing to work on the title out of the box free

So that following will create a fan base in and of itself

Even if the game isn't great

The mods save it

[silent anchor]

Also, dumb question

Okay, I don't want to be executed for this
But what are the best rpg's on ios
Story/Mechanically dense/driven role playing games with great graphics and thematic vibes

[dry copper]

ios?

Apple?

[silent anchor]

yes

like mobile

[dry copper]

Depends on what you consider great.

[silent anchor]

Games like Skyrim/Paths of Exile/Pillars/BG3

Witcher 3, DA Inquisition

God of War

[dry copper]

Stardew Valley is on Apple, isn't it?

[silent anchor]

Fantasy RPG that are on those levels

[silent anchor]

Stardew's not really my thing lol

[dry copper]

Incidentally apple isn't my thing

[silent anchor]

lol

[dry copper]

I am not qualified

[weak tiger]

I’ve never used apple for gaming

sorry lol

[silent anchor]

Cause I heard that it could run RE Village

[weak tiger]

Ooh

I like watching people play it but I don’t know if I’d have fun playing it

I’m playing RE for the first time since RE2 and others are on sale

[silent anchor]

i heard RE4 remake is Very Good

[weak tiger]

I’m excited to try it!

[dry copper]

I can't play scary games.

My nerves are shot as is

[weak tiger]

I need friends to make fun of me while I play so I go out and do things 😂

[dry copper]

I tried playing "Outlast" and I threw my mouse across the room at the first jump scare...which was a body falling from a ceiling that didn't even hit me...

[silent anchor]

RE isn't really scary

Its just a shooter

A shooter with severe lighting issues

[dry copper]

I decided...I don't wanna break my computer or mouse and I'm going to die trying not to...so...rather not play jump scare games. I hate cheap scares anyway

[weak tiger]

It’s high tension

Resident Evil I mean, usually 😂

[dry copper]

Giant man chasing you around teleporting all over the place...Not scary at all

https://tenor.com/view/resident-evil-village-re8-tall-lady-resident-evil-gif-20052595

[silent anchor]

that's basically cyberpunk

[dry copper]

Or giant woman if you're into that

[silent anchor]

also, No Man's Sky is also very scary

[silent anchor]

That's supposed to be scary?

[dry copper]

Depends on your kink I suppose

I don't kink shame

I'm a fool still waiting for free disney dreamlight valley to be released

[dry copper]

I'm thinking I want some tea

https://tenor.com/view/tom-holland-gif-19322704

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoRI3B57_sw

[dry copper]

Valheim?

The textures and shaders suggest valheim

[broken prairie]

Well yes

[broken prairie]

Heavy breathing

[primal loom]

Helium Rain, free open-source space game on Steam

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[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4swdGWL8QfQ

[willow crypt]

i’m glad the puppy got to have a good time in the end

[jagged ether]

my nitro is out but i still have a nitro booster badge in my profile

i didnt even boost any server

[languid oriole]

[silver sparrow]

That emoji and your nick lol

[edgy prairie]

man thats adorable

hey any music suggestions for background in NMS?

[languid oriole]

[silver sparrow]

no uwu

[languid oriole]

[silent anchor]

No Man Sky Ost

[edgy prairie]

hahaha well yeah but 300 hours later id like to expand my musical horizons

like check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zKARkpDW4

great vid and song by BoC

[silent anchor]

listen to some silence to set that lonliness mood

lol

[edgy prairie]

haha hard pass, i gotta feed my musical mind

[silent anchor]

Maybe try the first song from Metro Exodus's soundtrack

Overture, I think

Or Exodus

It's really cool to set the mood

Don't execute me, but for some reason, OK computer seems pretty cool with NMS

If you like orchestral stuff, Planets is really nice

Or, don't execute me again, Starfield's ost

[edgy prairie]

oh heck yeah ok computer is a great album, would love to listen to planets again (thanks for reminder of that historical masterpiece)

[languid oriole]

@edgy prairie https://open.spotify.com/track/3I6mlb3kwpZ7wwlO6SqHnm?si=73c7960a2cb14273

[edgy prairie]

i really do love this song and vid, feels perfect for nms community

[languid oriole]

you mentioning metro exodus reminded me of metro 2033's ost

xD

I love it

[silent anchor]

lol

I haven't played the previous metro games

Personally, I don't like splunking

[languid oriole]

I've completeld metro 2033 and last light, but have barely played exodus

i really wanna finish exodus though

[silent anchor]

Exodus is soo vibe

[tame cairn]

i have a feeling i am going to spend many hours on dragon’s dogma

i already have 23 hours

[silent anchor]

Can't wait for 2

[silent anchor]

It's one of the longer RPGs

[tame cairn]

looks so good

[silent anchor]

Have you played Dragon Age?

More specifically, inquisition

[silent anchor]

what game is that?

[austere lance]

Remnant 2

[weak tiger]

It’s on my wishlist how are you liking it?

[austere lance]

It's fuckin insane how much stuff is in it

[tame cairn]

all of them yes

haven’t completed inquisition fully, but yes

[silent anchor]

Does it have ray tracing

[silent anchor]

Are you excited for Dreadwolf?

[weak tiger]

Niiiice, have you done the co-op? or is it only co-op? I haven’t played the first one in years

[tame cairn]

skeptical but hopeful

[weak tiger]

dragon age <33

[austere lance]

There's five worlds, and three of them have two campaigns each on them that are VERY different. And you don't know which campaign you'll get til you start up one on that world. And the map layouts, dungeon locations, loot tables, and bosses (besides the World Boss) are randomly generated

[austere lance]

I've been mostly playing co op, single player is very viable tho

[weak tiger]

DAYUM

Okay, that’s sick lol

If I can bully my friends into playing it with me I’ll snag it when it’s on sale later

I did a lot of shopping this time around

[austere lance]

Once you do a run of a world in the full Campaign Mode it unlocks the world in Adventure Mode, and Adventure Mode just lets you choose the world you want and roll it as many times as you want til you're happy with it

I've played one of the world's 4x now, done each campaign on it twice, and had completely different experiences

[mental rose]

Remnant 2 is the L4D-like, but fantasy?

[orchid fox]

i may have played game " a bit" i think only achieves i have left is dlc ones

[orchid fox]

not really not similar imo

[dreamy zinc]

@snow zenith just cuase i can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlbA-gn0V6c

[sonic sonnet]

@restive current how to take in game piks in NFS rivals