other-games

[tame cairn]

yoo

finally!

[dry copper]

It's funny how gaga went from a star is born to the joker

[tame cairn]

wow it looks amazing

[tame cairn]

ever seen american horror story?

shes a great actress honestly

i knew she would be a good pick

[dry copper]

This could be game changing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbjZW1jF7fY

Incorporating learning into the driving algorithm of driving by NPC, a games traffic can be both dynamic and look incredibly organic in behavior

It would render navmesh pathing completely obsolete if it didn't have too much processing overhead

[primal loom]

I'm excited for this

Mobile touch controls are uncomfy for me so I'm happy I can play it on pc

Same devs as Journey, which I loved

[eager bronze]

The only true way to play helldivers tbh

[orchid fox]

@coarse swift contemplating if i want final shape or not cuz i barely finished lightfall before i quit. Have they stated if game gets content after final shape?

[coarse swift]

yes

[tame cairn]

ooo

Jedi: Survivor ||has High Republic stuff in it||

neat

[austere lance]

I thought you knew that, lol

[austere lance]

I'm actually about to dive in today for the first time in years, lol. I've been clean of Bungie's bullshit for so long, but lord I'm probably gonna relapse hard 💀

[tame cairn]

only knew about the clone war stuff being more prevalent

like the droids and such

[austere lance]

Nah, Survivor has all kinds of crazy shit. Damn good game

[tame cairn]

i already am loving it more than the first and I just met Zee

Lol

[austere lance]

I should play more of my NG+ playthrough one of these days, shit was fun af 😆

[tame cairn]

Full beard Cal is amazing haha

[austere lance]

Having uh, access to certain things at the beginning of the game in NG+ is busted af and stupid fun 🤣

[tame cairn]

hes got the obi wan beard

i need the jedi mullet to make this look complete..

[tame cairn]

oh i believe it

LOL

I love Zee

"Humble servant of the Jedi Order!"

bows

[austere lance]

Also NG+ gives you access to modifiers, like a "realism" modifier that makes you and everyone else take hella damage from all sources so it's more like a movie 😆

Like, even bosses die in a couple hits

[tame cairn]

That's awesome

slicing droids has never been more satisfying..

i imagine

[austere lance]

Slicing a very particular type of droid is fun af in the game, especially since I didn't know they were in it 👀

[tame cairn]

hmm

Droideka?

[austere lance]

You'll see, lol. There's waaaaay more enemy variety in Survivor than the first game, that's for sure

[tame cairn]

Either that or the commando droid is all I can guess lol

Well no I already saw a commando droid..

[austere lance]

Survivor makes Fallen Order feel like a tech demo

[tame cairn]

Awesome, awesome

[tame cairn]

thats good

sign of a great sequel

[austere lance]

-More lightsaber stances
-Multiple large open worlds full of shit to do and collect
-A longer (and deeper) story
-Way more enemy variety
-Better graphics and sound
-More characters
So yeah, it makes the first game feel small and cheap 😆

Also more Force abilities

[tame cairn]

yesss

Mind Trick reveal was awesome

[austere lance]

Also more boss fights, some of which are insane and make the hardest boss in the first game feel like an appetizer 🤣

[tame cairn]

just ran into the rancor lol

Under Greez

[austere lance]

How'd that go for ya

[tame cairn]

death

i'll come back later 😂

[austere lance]

Sounds about right, lol. I hate myself so I struggle-bussed my way through the fight waaaaay earlier than I should have, especially on Jedi Knight difficulty 💀

My brilliant ass thought "Knight was nothing in the first game, surely it'll be an easy warm up difficulty for Survivor"
Boi did I learn quick 💀

I can't even fathom how hard Grandmaster must be

[tame cairn]

Dual Wield is something I wanted in the first game so bad and I was sad it was stuck to like 2 moves, so glad they added it (along with others) but that bothered me

[austere lance]

Yee

[tame cairn]

don't even wanna think about it

[austere lance]

Dual wield+Double blade was my go to for most of Survivor, at least up to a certain point

[tame cairn]

Probably gonna keep Dual Wield in at all times

at least until I get the "greatsword"

[austere lance]

Lol

[tame cairn]

long saber fr

[austere lance]

Double blade+big sword is solid, cuz one's for groups and the other is for large damage on single targets

[tame cairn]

I'm so glad they let you keep all the colors for the lightsaber

if only the parts stayed too..

[austere lance]

There's so many new parts in Survivor, it's ridiculous 💀

[tame cairn]

good

let me make darth mauls double

[austere lance]

Between clothes and saber parts you can spend days just exploring open worlds and dungeons 😆

[tame cairn]

i doubt thats possible but it'd be cool

[tame cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/welcome-dark-side-evil-happy-evil-smile-emperor-good-gif-7511205043893163190

[austere lance]

There's actually some good guides on YouTube for making famous sabers, the devs put damn near everything you need in the game

Somebody even made the little Wookie youngling's saber from Clone Wars, iirc 😆

[tame cairn]

Nice nice

[tame cairn]

holy shit you actually can?!

oh damn im gonna spend way more time on this than i should

also coruscant is awesome

[mental rose]

@tame cairn How's the performance? I was skeptical getting it, because of mixed review score

And it was recently -50%...

[tame cairn]

For me it's fine, mostly because I'm used to 30FPS

my TV can't even reach higher than that lol

So I can't say

Will be buying a better one soon though!

Like I can switch performance modes and it doesn't change the look at all lol

[mental rose]

Oh you're on console

[austere lance]

They did big performance overhauls for the next gen version, I was playing at a solid 60 FPS with visuals like this

[tame cairn]

gorgeous

[austere lance]

https://twitter.com/HazzadorGamin/status/1778088516003475640?t=Afi_FxrsmxWyPTL_CEYM4g&s=19

HazzadorGamin, Dragon of Dojima (@HazzadorGamin) on X

As per Jeff Grubb EA Motive was working on a Dead Space 2 Remake but now it has been cancelled

It was shelved due to lackluster sales of the first Dead Space Remake, recently Motive Studios joined Battlefield for future development.

Twitter · Apr 10, 2024, 3:51 PM

[coarse swift]

lackluster sales per EA's standard

If it's not a live service multiplayer or a Jedi game, EA hates it

[earnest hatch]

im gonna cry

F U C K EA

[obtuse reef]

EA sucks

First they stole Titanfall 3 from us, now Dead Space 2 remake?

This is inhumane

[mental rose]

Well to be fair... the timing was kind of bad. Look what came 2 months after Dead Space. 😅

Sold 6.48mil copies by the end of the year 2023, according to Google

[shadow tartan]

@inland oasis https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/8gh7TMMcqs

[obtuse reef]

I was so ready to be annoyed at that but then I actually looked closer

[inland oasis]

I’d be impressed if I found someone without those

[shadow tartan]

Check the comments

[inland oasis]

Ewwww Reddit tho

[shadow tartan]

I see people getting annoyed at shit that's always been out of their control or beyond their understanding

[inland oasis]

Wow lol second person/comment

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I know but I use all social media for memes and jokes now

[shadow tartan]

Exactly 😂

[inland oasis]

Mf’rs that couldn’t pass basic helldiver training 😂😂

[obtuse reef]

I get annoyed when I get kicked for no reason, because it means I have to queue up again, or if it’s at the end I wasted a good 10-20 minutes with no reward

[inland oasis]

Imagine getting kicked.
-kicked

[obtuse reef]

Imagine imagining getting kicked

[shadow tartan]

You said you only play with people you know. I didn't know your friends kick you.
Damn

[obtuse reef]

None of my friends play Helldivers

Also, my reasons are my reasons

[mental rose]

Just like none of my friends play Barotrauma...

[shadow tartan]

I get kicked now and again

Even at level 141

But only in lobby

[inland oasis]

Imagine being triple digit level.
-kicked

[shadow tartan]

Never mind match or at the end

[shadow tartan]

All day

[obtuse reef]

Barotrauma is fun. Although, full of trolls

[coarse swift]

Barotrauma

Baro

Baro Ki Teer

[mental rose]

I need to get back to Warframe at some point

So much new stuff that I haven't seen yet

[ruby mesa]

#1137135463283576963 , FYI

[coarse swift]

https://youtu.be/VHtW6pQksM8?si=xarDvYfwXMhOuH67

[fleet moat]

Ty for sharing the link, Saucy

I hope it actually works for anyone who's not subscribed to the thread. Discord implements some of their features in such weird ways...

https://discord.com/channels/146101654981312513/1137135463283576963

Just in case Warframe

[shadow tartan]

@primal loom yeeeeee, just beakin' around

Has anyone seen Last and First Men?

[tranquil glen]

DUCKKKK

[tranquil glen]

indeed

aint no one tellin me what to have on a helldive

[sage locust]

link works for me fwiw

[tranquil glen]

yey i get to kill a man twice in hitman

[primal loom]

lmao

[thorn dawn]

wasn't fallout supposed to be available 3 minutes ago

Coming soon – April 11, 2:00 am BST

https://tenor.com/view/judge-judy-time-hurry-come-on-times-up-gif-7242002

[quaint escarp]

in 30 mins

630 pst

[thorn dawn]

thousands of people tweeting at amazon complaining lol

they botched it

[quaint escarp]

nah its out

@thorn dawn

refresh

[thorn dawn]

there it is

yeah, it's just popped up

[thorn dawn]

like I'm not sat here mashing refresh

[tame cairn]

successfully ended the dragons dogma cycle

wooo

after 52 hours

great game

[thorn dawn]

I can hear the nerds updating the fallout wiki as I'm watching

[quaint escarp]

is it canon tho

i was pinging a friend to see if they wanted to watch it together

[thorn dawn]

should be

almost everything is canon

smh you can't just bust out ||the prydwen|| 1/3 though episode 1

[thorn dawn]

deffo canon we gettin' an origin story

[coarse swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/helldivers2/comments/1c0g304/saw_this_scenario_playing_differently_in_my_head/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[fleet moat]

Mostly sharing cuz the headline threw me off for a second "AI existed 2000 years ago?!?"
https://youtu.be/AAa5zGM_rzg?si=PblzTYCkvO6CTRmK

[shadow tartan]

@idle saffron https://youtu.be/fdUHCfCw680

[tranquil glen]

Helldivers 2 is pretty, even if it is hell at times (second image is like my first mission)

[thin owl]

Anyone here play payday 3?

[edgy viper]

https://youtu.be/XNf5MdFw5cU?feature=shared

Always online 🤮
3 day early access 🤢
DLC missions in better editions meaning they cuted out content and sell it seperatly 🤮
130$ 🤮
Sometimes i want that someone already buyed ubisoft.

[thin owl]

130 for the game and dlc's on top of that?

Thats insane

Time to get a pc and pirate i guess

[edgy viper]

Dlc included but still crazy

[thin owl]

Ahh okay yeah thats still a LOT

[edgy viper]

Intentionaly cuting out content and marking it as dlcs

[thin owl]

Bruh

[edgy viper]

And always onlie reqirement is like wtf. If server goes down for sone reason Noone can play lol

And it does not look like multiplayer game

[thin owl]

They are forcing us into this bs of only having a certain time to have a game n be okay with it, we really need to start pirating more

Game companies dont deserve our money anymore

[edgy viper]

Or when ubi decides to close servers even your physical copy becomes paperweight

[thin owl]

Exactly

[inland oasis]

Lmao it’s an octuple A game 😂

[thin owl]

Lmaooo

[edgy viper]

I can see why ubi is doing this. They are barely holding on above surface. Most of their recent games didint sell well. Fans Most desired IP is in dev hell. They are strugling hard and trying get money from everywhere they can.

[inland oasis]

There needs to be new laws introduced about owning game “licenses” sure we can’t ever OWN the game since that’s the companies, but you’d think after this much time they’d of come up with something better

When I buy a game I wanna be ensured I can play anytime

[edgy viper]

Games preservation is a thing and i think u can send petition to your local gov about it.

[inland oasis]

True. I just miss when game companies fought for players TIME. If the game was most played, it spoke for itself and didn’t need to compete

Now it’s all about the wallet.

[edgy viper]

Not only owning but games should be more law regulated in general. In terms of gambling for example (its totaly not regulated atm) Its too big industry to not do it.

[inland oasis]

HG is the epitome of a perfect example of HOW TO do it correctly

Oh yea gambling in games is a whole nother story.

I don’t mind gambling when it doesn’t involve real money

Like I’ll waste in game credits to play mini games or stuff like that. But never would outright pay for access to

I love random chance but not at the cost of additional funds going into the game

Like a slot based rng reward system could get banned if we ban gambling

But what we want actually banned is the predatory monetary type

[edgy viper]

Gambling mechanics with fictional currency are one thing . But puting it in 3+ pegi or E for all game is diffrent story.

[inland oasis]

Also a good point

That’s the predatory side I mention

Even if they state and somehow make it so kids can’t be affected by that, I’m still even not rly okay with it. Anyone is suseptible to gambling addiction

If there’s real world cash influx going into it

That’s my catch

[edgy viper]

Its basicaly gambing for miniors and it develops gambling behaviors. All games with gambling should be 18+

[inland oasis]

If people wanna waste in game currency fine but don’t make the currency purchasable then

Or we get back to the loop of gambling real cash

[edgy viper]

Making multipe curreny and exchanges between them is law loophole "you dont spend real cash"

[inland oasis]

Perfect example is what happened with RuneScape tbh

[inland oasis]

Precisely

It’s considered all “in game acquirable”

By legal jargon

Hense like you said the need for newer laws

Modernization

I’d make a shittt lawyer but Yaknow, a gamer lawyer kinda sounds like a niche to be filled

Would be fun to crack down on ceos in lawsuits lmao

[edgy viper]

Its just because in gov there are too much old pepole that dont understand the mechanics and probably dont know they even exist.

[inland oasis]

Yea it’s like trying to teach a plumber how to be an electrician

[edgy viper]

Best thing to do now is rise awernes and inform gov on whats going on in this games ,explain the predatory mechanic, tell about risk dangers and tell it needs to be regulated. Maybe propose solutions to the problems.

[inland oasis]

They just need new folks

[edgy viper]

Every politician loves to wave a "we protect kids flag" in public for more party support so i think they will cooperate if showed how big problem it is.

[edgy viper]

Recent trend is adding shop to the game after game release and reviews 🤮

[inland oasis]

Oorrrrr the lack there of any mention at all until AFTER people find it themselves. “Lookin at you Dragons dogma 2”

However, in defense, they’re highly non aggregious, or predatory. But still, scummy to intentionally not tell anyone

It’s almost like they’re always one step ahead like cheaters with the loopholes

[edgy viper]

Some of them are pay to progress mtx. Or like apperance editor cut content.

[inland oasis]

False

I’ve played it thru 3x you don’t need any of that

It comes naturally in game

Ohhh you mean in general 😂😂

Yea there’s alot of ways games do it

[edgy viper]

In general yes

[inland oasis]

Putting arbitrary prices on virtually worthless pixels

Or systems

Oh you wanna use a map? 1.99$

Like clearly your game can just INCLUDE that if you’ve already developed it….

It’s just scummy

[edgy viper]

If u can get it without paying that does not mean that mtx dont meet requrements for the mtx type criteria for it.

[inland oasis]

I’m okay with optional MTX’s though. Especially when with or without it your experience doesn’t change.

But then charging 40$ a skin, I’m not so… yea I get ya

Unless that 40$ item is obtainable in game by gameplay

Then back to it being okay (for me)

P2w and “skipping” mtx’s are two diff realms on there own

[edgy viper]

Both scammy.

Because games are often intentionaly designed to use and exploit these mechanics.

[mental rose]

And then there's this...

[dry copper]

What is the date of that statement?

I'm seeing january

A picture of their stock evaluation since

The jump in stock value was the release of skull and bones which tanked immediately after.

Basically some fat asshole thought the stock values would go up with skull and bought up stock which raised its value

[mental rose]

Yea, January is when it was written by multiple authors

[dry copper]

Then it tanked and they lost millions

[obtuse reef]

Who would’ve thunk it, when you actively attempt to fuck with your player base, people don’t want to invest in your company because chances are, that player base will become very irate and leave.

[mental rose]

Also let's not forget Ubisoft was legally obligated to put it out. They had a deal with Singapore government after all 😄

[dry copper]

Here's their stock evaluation over 5 years. They've lost 74% of their stock value

[obtuse reef]

I think just about the only people left playing Ubisoft games are the ones playing R6

[dry copper]

Ubisoft stocks are currently trading at $20 a share

It costs less to own part of ubisoft than it does to buy their video games

[obtuse reef]

And R6, just about their biggest money maker, goes on sale on steam really frequently

[mental rose]

Is For Honor still relevant?

[dry copper]

I suspect that Ubisoft is burning itself down for insurance money

[obtuse reef]

Probably not

[dry copper]

That is to say, Ubisoft execs I have no doubt are likely guilty of insider trading.

Deliberately tanking and inflating their values to fuck stocks

Skim the difference

Lets see what Philippe Tremblay's investment portfolio looks like...

Looks like this guy is Canadian

I think anyone that sells stock on the exchange should be required to publically declare their own stock purchases and sales.

[shadow tartan]

@dry copper unfortunately without people like Ubi, WB and EA in your country there wouldn't be much of an industry.
Go ask people in Montreal. Where your country's games industry hub is.

[silver sparrow]

@dry copper my favorite vocalist style is slightly different lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-0FB68LoQ

@shadow tartan

[shadow tartan]

Even if I don't like Ubi games anymore they hire a lot of people and give Canadians jobs, even foreigners too

And then those people get their permits and can move to other companies

[dry copper]

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

Lego House!

[austere lance]

Bungie deleted the first two years of Destiny 2, including the DLCs people had paid for. These companies don't give a shit and can somehow get away with anything

[obtuse reef]

Deleting paid content without compensation is like you buying a car, then two years later the car salesman tosses a Molotov at it and getting away with it

Maybe not as extreme, but still shitty

[dry copper]

This won't change until there's a class action lawsuit against companies guilty of violating consumer rights by using exploitative practices....which will never see the light of day thanks to lobbies.

[obtuse reef]

Funny thing about lobbying, it’s hard to make illegal because it relies on a legal loophole for a law designed to prevent corporations bribing politicians

[austere lance]

They deleted the first two years of content, which cost a couple hundred dollars if you bought it all at release ($60 game+a few $40 DLCs) and did nothing to compensate those of us who'd paid for that stuff

[dry copper]

I wish they'd make ESO subscription included with Gamepass.

[austere lance]

Their excuse was basically "Our game is held together by duct tape and super glue and falls apart if we try adding more content, so we're gonna delete the first two years of content because there's little player interaction with said content anymore anyway and it'll clear up room for new stuff"

[obtuse reef]

And how many people got that content at launch?

[austere lance]

A LOT

Destiny 2 was huge

[obtuse reef]

Soooo, like 50,000 players sounds reasonable?

Probably not

[austere lance]

LOL
More than that, lol. Destiny 2 sold crazy well, it was damn near as popular as CoD and Battlefield

[obtuse reef]

Sooooo, I’m going to assume 75,000 players got the content. I’m also going to interpret “a few” as three $40 DLCs

[dry copper]

This year in ESO they're adding (for the first time in Elder Scrolls) a new Daedra

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ithelia

[austere lance]

This is just on Steam, it had waaaaay larger playerbases on consoles. And yeah, $60 (unless you got more expensive deluxe edition) base game with three $40 DLCs (each of which had more expensive deluxe editions too)

All of which got deleted in year 3

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXdLX7yrZsY

[obtuse reef]

For 75k players going with the most expensive copy of the game with the three DLCs, the deleted DLCs come out to about $9,000,000, not including the deluxe edition, which knowing Destiny, probably came with a dungeon key or two, silver, and maybe some unique cosmetics that probably have the same value as a freshly pissed on steak today

Now I see why Bungie deleted the DLCs

From an ethics standpoint, they are shitty people. From a business standpoint, they’re geniuses

[dry copper]

This video argues Ithelia may become the antagonist of a future Elder Scrolls title. That this whole shpiel is a build up to the release of Elder Scrolls 6, that the player becomes Ithelia.

[austere lance]

A helluva lot more than 75k people bought all that stuff, lol

[obtuse reef]

Goddammit, you’re not helping here

[austere lance]

Bungie is shit in every way, there's no defending them

There's a reason half their staff got fired and they've been bleeding money for a couple years now

Ok maybe only a year, but still

[earnest hatch]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[obtuse reef]

Well, they managed to scam tens of, if not hundreds of thousands of people out of $120 of content and then still get a good chunk of them to cough up some more

[earnest hatch]

I still like destiny but bungie kinda fucked up so much

well

[obtuse reef]

So they did something right at some point

[earnest hatch]

Upper Management fucked up a lot

[mental rose]

everybody's losing staff

In 4 months we've already broken the record for 2023 layoffs

[shadow tartan]

I hope that you find work soon

It's extremely rough out there right now for people

[mental rose]

Oh... crap.
I'M not in the games industry. Sorry, should've said that immediately 😄

[shadow tartan]

Oh

Right then

[mental rose]

Anyway, what I was trying to say is that games industry in 4 months of 2024 has already broken the layoffs record for entire 2023

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, indie studios with like 10-20 people are doing better than triple A developers with large amounts of support staff, so the AAA folks are shitting themselves

[shadow tartan]

Anyway, it's easy for a bunch of people to talk about something they're not directly involved in or doesn't affect them directly

It only affects what you consume not how you live

[dry copper]

Until a conglomerate buys the indie and tanks it....Thanks Embracer

[shadow tartan]

It's extremely disrespectful

Do you realise in situations like this that people consider things like ending it all because they might lose their homes or livelihoods?

[obtuse reef]

Yes, as a matter of fact I do

I’m not intentionally disrespecting anyone by discussing the situation, and I wouldn’t do that even if I was being threatened

[dry copper]

I like Canada has government funding for small indie studios, but I hate how little it's funded and how much it's exploited by studios that never produce

[shadow tartan]

Gotta love subsidies

They opened the door for that to happen

[obtuse reef]

The road to hell is paved with government funding

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I took Canada's government money

[dry copper]

So...tax payers

[shadow tartan]

Apparently 60-70% of my salary was subsidised by the government

[shadow tartan]

Yup

[obtuse reef]

Fight against the machine, commit tax fraud

[shadow tartan]

They wanted people to love there with experience, have to pay for that if you want an industry to flourish

[mental rose]

Games industry as a whole is just a mess right now and it makes me sad...

[tranquil glen]

hi hi

[shadow tartan]

New Zealand might do something similar soon

[shadow tartan]

It will bounce back like it did in 2009

It looks bad because they hired too many people and it wasn't sustainable

[dry copper]

Right now I'm just watching the smaller studios, investing in kickstarters and patreon games where a plan is laid out and the studio isn't just asking for funding, but engaging with their community and producing something.

So many empty promises, but the thing about these investment paths...I can stop at any time and they fail on their own if they never produce.

[shadow tartan]

People with less experience are going to feel the brunt of it.

It was only bad for the first couple of months for me personally but I've seen this happen before and it may happen again

[dry copper]

Reminds me of something the developer of baldurs gate 3 said about bad investments

[shadow tartan]

That's how migration has worked since I can remember.
People leave big studio, hire talent with experience, big studio is left with less talent and experience.
The people from the bigger studios often go back to "Indie" but it's not truly Indie because they're being invested in.

[shadow tartan]

I can tell you some shit about what happens when you get into a deal with the wrong people and IPs

[dry copper]

https://gamerant.com/larian-studios-laid-off-developers-applications/

[shadow tartan]

Causes job losses and studio closures

Funnily enough same as 15 years ago

Not much has changed

[dry copper]

Larian is hiring 😛

[shadow tartan]

Nah I'm good, I might be going to Square Enix

They need an open world person

And I've already worked with them so pretty good fit

I'm not rushing into anything with what's going on and after making the mistake of working for WB

I'm older and wiser now

I've been supporting Indies since I came home and I wanted to continue doing that

But bills need to get paid and my government shafts us for tax

[obtuse reef]

I’m a combination of amused and depressed at how indie studios consistently do better than AAA devs

[shadow tartan]

Less red tape?

[obtuse reef]

I’m amused that a furry who learned game design from Roblox can out perform a AAA studio

I’m depressed that that’s a sentence I can say with high accuracy. Big studios used to be the best ones around

[shadow tartan]

That does happen

It comes down to what consumers want

Studio I worked for a long time ago released a game that did better than a bunch of bigger studios. Including Platinum Games.

That's just how it is

You can't always predict consumers

[dry copper]

Unless you're selling boobs and butts, you can't always predict consumers.

[shadow tartan]

Just put boobs and butts in the game

[silver sparrow]

i'm depressed that fortnite is still a thing

[dry copper]

They tried that....with character creators

[shadow tartan]

So many hidden penises in games

[dry copper]

Those are called argonians

been playing too much elder scrolls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLoB2FmRRQ

[shadow tartan]

The bright side is getting paid and living your life happily

[austere lance]

https://vxtwitter.com/Remnant_Game/status/1778453294597243173?t=U2U4J5GciPasZ7zg5vuMsA&s=19

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1778449706772820025?t=vgU0FGfA8bwy6iUykyodgw&s=19

Klobrille (@klobrille) on X

Fallout 4 | Next-Gen Update is coming April 25.

Includes native Xbox Series X|S support, Performance mode and Quality mode settings, as well as stability improvements and fixes. Experience up to 60 FPS and increased resolutions.

https://t.co/DOx9WaWgdz

Twitter · Apr 11, 2024, 3:47 PM

[tame cairn]

@austere lance was Dagan Gera ||the first time we see a Jedi turn their crystal red?||

Like literally saw it happen

besides a comic or something

that was sick.

[willow crypt]

Fallout 3 remaster when?

[silver sparrow]

zachary hunt remaster when

[willow crypt]

no that happens at an appointed time in the future

[edgy viper]

It only shows that fihting for game preservation is right direction.

[quaint escarp]

https://twitter.com/Dezinuh/status/1778470928105533825?t=bq3uLMMliVNld2Zcn3cCPg&s=19

Emil Pagliarulo (@Dezinuh) on X

Seen it come up a couple of times, so here's a helpful little Fallout timeline!

• Bombs drop - 2077
• Fallout 76 - 2102
• Fallout 1 – 2161
• Fallout Tactics - 2197
• Fallout 2 – 2241
• Fallout 3 – 2277
• Fallout: New Vegas – 2281
• Fallout 4 – 2287
• Fallout TV show – 2296

Twitter · Apr 11, 2024, 5:11 PM

@thorn dawn found the official timeline

[tame cairn]

oh okay nice

was wondering when the show took place

only seen the first episode so far

[thorn dawn]

nicely sidestepping any continuity issues

[quaint escarp]

also just found out that the fallout new vegas reddit is toxic

[thorn dawn]

reddit? toxic? nowai

[quaint escarp]

they hate every other game

so with this timeline the ncr can realistically be gone

wait its 15 years

hmm

[mental rose]

Wait, so Legion canonically won the war for Hoover Dam? 🤨

[tame cairn]

Hopefully not lol

(i fought for the legion)

[tame cairn]

fallout new vegas fans toxic? 🤯

new vegas is indeed the best one imo but they're just another level of crazy

[dry copper]

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

[obtuse reef]

I know NV is Obsidian, but Bethesda fanboys (and fallout fanboys by extension) are just the weirdest people

[dry copper]

Insert HellDivers 2 fans

[obtuse reef]

Helldivers fans are either really good or really awful

PvE games have a shocking amount of toxicity

[dry copper]

That's because of the government, says the bug

[shadow tartan]

I'm an arsehole but I help a lot of people

Helpful arsehole

[dry copper]

All arseholes are helpful. Without arseholes, where would the shits go?

[shadow tartan]

It regularly comes out of mouths

[obtuse reef]

I can somewhat understand the justification behind PvP toxicity, since PvP is by nature competitive. But PvE is usually meant for a coop play style

[dry copper]

...Two words

Min Maxing

[obtuse reef]

There’s an urban dictionary definition for people who like to see numbers go up

[dry copper]

Minmaxers are the douche bags that make pve toxic

[obtuse reef]

Sometimes you can tell when a nerd didn’t get bullied

[dry copper]

Theyre the people who bitch about meta so much that developers end up nerfing entire builds to appease

[obtuse reef]

HD2 handled it better than most games with a meta

[dry copper]

Yeah. They threw bullets at it.

"I'm not a big fan of the government"-Bug

[mental rose]

Pretty sure that's synonymous with sweats and tryhards, but I digress.
Isn't HD2 at max difficulty crazy hard?

[dry copper]

It's not hard. It's best described as sadistic madness

[obtuse reef]

Bots yes. Bugs, no

The bugs are Weenie Hut Jrs compared to the robots

I actually prefer to fight bots because the bugs are too easy

The bugs are more annoying than actually hard

The Bile Titans are easy enough to run from, although they will chase you to the ends of the earth

[shadow tartan]

Nah it's easy

[inland oasis]

Fucking….hunters

sigh

https://tenor.com/view/thurston-waffles-meow-scream-glowing-eyes-cat-gif-15740056

[obtuse reef]

The hunters can go the hell, with the fucking bile spewers

[mental rose]

And the factory walker got recently added? That makes me think of the Necron Monoliths 😄

[inland oasis]

Nothing more annoying than a simple “rank n file” enemy being such a pain in the ass. At least bile speeders are considered a moderate enemy type

It’s the mental part that ruins it for me

Cuz I don’t mind stalkers

[obtuse reef]

I’m annoyed at the fact that bile spewers are faster than the player

[inland oasis]

Not with the armor I run

[shadow tartan]

Guard dog makes light work

[inland oasis]

It’s like dark green looks like fallout Vegas armor kinda

[obtuse reef]

I run light armor too, they’re too fast for a bug that big

[shadow tartan]

They have giant legs

Big strides

[obtuse reef]

So do the titans

[shadow tartan]

But I outrun all the shit

[inland oasis]

I outrun everything nearly except hunters

They just leap

No matter how fkin far

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, the robots hear that and raise you fucking wall of plasma

[shadow tartan]

Laser Dog came back into play when they balanced enemies couple patches ago

[inland oasis]

cuts off own head …
thx rover

[mental rose]

So like these bastards?

God the Antlions were so annoying...

[inland oasis]

That’s basically a hunter

[coarse swift]

Poor Lazlo

[shadow tartan]

That's what Hunters look like

[obtuse reef]

Was doing a bug mission, I no shit took more damage from my own guard dog than I took from the actual enemies

[inland oasis]

Hunter/ normal grunt unit

[mental rose]

What a coincidence, that's an Antlion from Half Life 2 😄

[shadow tartan]

I remember these badboys

[mental rose]

They sprout from the ground

[inland oasis]

I caught myself calling the terminids tyranids before

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2-RTPMcG-4

[obtuse reef]

I thought Industrial Sabotage missions from Deep Rock gave me PTSD, and then I landed on the Creek

[inland oasis]

Ahhhh he said creek

[obtuse reef]

I always manage to catch myself before I do that

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/embarrassed-sad-cry-smile-im-fine-gif-14251203

Me thinking about helldivers. Then remembering creek

[restive current]

https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/1778320075516424638

Eurogamer (@eurogamer) on X

EA Play is getting a price increase, with annual subscriptions rising from £19.99 to £35.99 https://t.co/NiLIzRZaBp

Twitter · Apr 11, 2024, 7:12 AM

[silver sparrow]

Ma Lebbalonne

[obtuse reef]

I unfortunately don’t have max difficulty unlocked because I almost never hang around in a lobby for longer than a single mission

[mental rose]

Imagine seeing a Hierophant in Helldivers 😄

[inland oasis]

Bile titan

[obtuse reef]

Today’s a good day to hate EA

[shadow tartan]

I think even bigger than Bile Titan is coming

So yeeeeeee

[inland oasis]

The brood lord.

[restive current]

Were any previous days not good enough?

[obtuse reef]

We’re going to need a bigger rocket launcher

[inland oasis]

Hive queen

[shadow tartan]

Tanks will come too

[obtuse reef]

No, but now it’s funnier to laugh at EA fanboys

[inland oasis]

I need a tank, that fires tanks!

[restive current]

Do it in EA's own server, then I'll believe you. 😏

[mental rose]

Do you know Minsc from Baldur's Gate?

[shadow tartan]

This thing was pretty badass

[mental rose]

"Uhh... there's no shame in retreating for now, then coming back with bigger guns!"

[obtuse reef]

Wonder if we can convince the gunners on the destroyer to operate the 380mm cannon without downing 56 beers

[shadow tartan]

They've likely made a better one

[shadow tartan]

New ship module makes the area smaller

[obtuse reef]

I’ve had a jackass only use 380mm cannon

[inland oasis]

Excuse me?! I’ll knuckle up with a charger if It comes down to it

[obtuse reef]

Safe to say, HE is good at ruining someone’s good mood

[inland oasis]

Ole charger can catch this Muhammad shuffle

[shadow tartan]

Mortar kills me more depending on the map but meh, shit happens

[obtuse reef]

I have a full auto pistol, a laser rifle, and a complete disregard for my own life

[shadow tartan]

If people are actually being dumb I leave

[obtuse reef]

Oh, I wasn’t mad at him. Someone else was though

[inland oasis]

giggles in “diving into a bug hole grenade cooked in hand”

For democracy

[obtuse reef]

I didn’t actually get caught by the bombardment

The other guy did

I always end up separating from the group and either immediately dying or spending half the mission going on my own little side story

[inland oasis]

I always end up being leader cuz I’m quick wit da pings lol

Even if it’s unintentionally

[obtuse reef]

I see the little yellow beacons and my magpie brain takes over

[shadow tartan]

Same, better that I go clear objectives without calling enemy reinforcements

[inland oasis]

Like moths to a lamp, helldivers love a ping

[shadow tartan]

Everyone should ping

[inland oasis]

“Oooo an obj? ON IT SIR!”

Immediately B lines to ping

-kicked

[shadow tartan]

🤣

[obtuse reef]

My desire for shiny things is bigger than my desire to help my teammates. On the bright side, they can complete the objective while I go do a lot of the side shit

[shadow tartan]

I saw someone get kicked today actually, they threw a grenade into the pelican and killed someone

Instantly gone

[inland oasis]

I wish we got a more detailed performance scoring like bugs killed mattering etc

Imagine They killed the pilot lmaooo

[shadow tartan]

I have some funny recordings now

[obtuse reef]

I use impact grenades because my timing is shit, but now my ability to kill fabricators is nonexistent

Which is why I use the grenade launcher

I’m… I’m still shit at killing fabricators

[inland oasis]

I get so pissed off how inconsistent impacts destroy bug holes at least in my case

[shadow tartan]

Quasar in the hole

[inland oasis]

I throw it 100% down in the hole

But no

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, it clips the edge of the hole before it can get all the way down

[inland oasis]

Something yea

[obtuse reef]

I’d do that if I fucking had it

[shadow tartan]

Air strike that shit too

[shadow tartan]

What level are you

[inland oasis]

Wasted 4 nades on a single hole like wtf non of the throws coulda been better

[obtuse reef]

18-19 iirc

[obtuse reef]

That’s a waste

[inland oasis]

Holy Shit thought you played more than me

Shinto lol

[obtuse reef]

I don’t play a whole lot

[inland oasis]

Me either that’s my point

Like once A week

I’m like 26? I think

[shadow tartan]

If there are multiple holes and enemies it's good, you get three of them and eagle rearms pretty quick

[obtuse reef]

I have like 16 hours

[shadow tartan]

I play a lot obviously, I've been waiting for this game

[inland oasis]

I run 1-2 difficulty bug missions with randoms a lot

Just for shits n giggles

But that is why hunters make me ragequit

I expect ease, and then there’s THEM

[obtuse reef]

I run bots almost exclusively

[inland oasis]

ICK 😂

[shadow tartan]

I play with some people on lower difficulty too if they need help

Even if @dry copper thinks I'm toxic

[obtuse reef]

Yes, I do hate myself, why do you ask?

[inland oasis]

I do it just cuz that’s where most people goof off

Like, imma smack ya just before gettin in the pelican. Hands down

Kill me if you want

[shadow tartan]

@primal loom and I goof off in Helldive

[inland oasis]

But imma laugh my ass off watching you rag doll

Or pushin people off edges 😂😅

[obtuse reef]

I don’t have helldive difficulty unlocked, since I don’t stick around for the end of operations

[inland oasis]

I’d never INTENTIONALLY just shoot someone tho.

Unless deserved comedically

I have up to suicide difficuly

[obtuse reef]

Either I get kicked or the next mission is something I really don’t want to do

[inland oasis]

Helldive only cuz of Nate

[shadow tartan]

I do

[inland oasis]

Lmao

[shadow tartan]

If someone is being a dick

[inland oasis]

That’s comedically timed

Nothing funnier than reverse karma

[obtuse reef]

I’ve also been busy because I’ve discovered the wonder that is laying in my bed and using my steam deck. My bed is waaaaay too comfy

I’d rather be goofing off in NMS than giving myself PTSD by fighting robots and then getting kicked a billion times

[solid lynx]

I may be losing my mind

[dry copper]

I think you're toxic?

[shadow tartan]

I'm a bit of a min maxer

But only for myself

Get shit done in the time I have

Before I die

[dry copper]

Holy shit...EA play is getting a price increase that almost doubles the cost per month

[shadow tartan]

Min max life

Do people actually pay for that?

[dry copper]

No idea. I've never had it.

[shadow tartan]

Isn't it included in some tiers of console subs?

[dry copper]

The fact they're getting a price increase that's going to easily split their revenue in half says no

[shadow tartan]

Maybe they're raising the prices to have a bullshit sale

[dry copper]

They might as well be telling folks its going to cost you rent to play

Damn near $40 a month is highway robbery

[shadow tartan]

Oh yeah it was only those free weekends for subs

[shadow tartan]

That's a lot

Might as well buy the games

[tame cairn]

holy wow yea

just buy one a month lol

[primal loom]

[shadow tartan]

Not even enough games for one a month bro

[orchid fox]

i have a question to god. who tf buys almost max upgraded junk gear from daily rift bosses for 2 bil. and why have they bought FIVE OF MY WARES

lol

[stark spoke]

cant relate

[inland oasis]

My only guess, they resell it higher price. If people are buying it from you, surely people are buying it from them then too after

Idk enough about BDO tbh though

[tranquil glen]

my question is wth is that game

[orchid fox]

bdo

aka black desert

its heavy rng/timesink game dont waste ur money lol

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/warframe-gif-26569189

[orchid fox]

i know its ironic given my 4k hours in warframe but this game is literally an online idle game

wish i was joking

lol

[tranquil glen]

wow

[orchid fox]

everything is realtime as well sooooooo

[orchid fox]

also yall think thats bad. weekly quest shared between 6 zones for 5 pity tokens of ur choice for that week. u can only accept if u havent accepted or completed any of the 6 alternatives for that week and can only choose 1 of the 6 for that week. u need 100 pity for the relic token. and u need 20 weeks PER relic token. so thats 20x6 120 weeks for infinite pots. so either do that in long run or grind mobs endlessly and hold u balls and pray for the direct drop x_x

dou this is like an item u will never need crafted or bought pots after getting this family (account) wide

[tranquil glen]

oof and here i was never thinking of playing anyway now it gives me a reason not to

[orchid fox]

yep lol

i miss warframe i should get back to it but dunno

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/warframe-warframe-bnp-grineer-thinking-loading-gif-17500844

[orchid fox]

i miss ma boi clem 😦

[tranquil glen]

like kahl better ngl

[broken prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/warframe-clem-yellow-eyes-gif-14862662

[dry copper]

"In the future half of the internet will be automated p*4n0bots generating fake images of fake people that never existed for fake people who never existed trying to sell you their onlyfans" - Thor predicts the future

"The future is skynut"-Thor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjHtjT7GO1c

[orchid fox]

https://youtu.be/FNTQuLNL8W8?si=U2CGKJn1pwHoTmLc yaesha alignment lets go

[inland oasis]

I forgot all bout remnant 2 might have to try it soon

[thorn dawn]

@quaint escarp https://old.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/comments/1c1xub6/ultrawide_rimworld/

[mental rose]

Meanwhile I've gotten a lot of AFK Journey ads on youtube... and I don't even know wth it is 😄

[quaint escarp]

think i might have a mod for it already but the vanilla layout is pretty good for ultrawide for me

i have ui mods so might be that

[obtuse reef]

Same, I keep getting shitty mobile game ads and all I think is “these ads just make me want to not download them”

[mental rose]

Idle games feel so alien... but if devs make them, then there's gotta be a market, right?

[tame cairn]

@austere lance the crossguard stance is very fun

i like that he holds it like someone would hold a greatsword lol

Goofy pic

Last one..

Beskar lightsaber

because yes

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/26Po3pqvMaJD1D/d1337AMvyDWo?invite=cr-MSxEVU4sMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Im soooooo Shneaky xD

[tranquil glen]

literally just saw that an hour ago lol

[shadow tartan]

Gullible people have always existed and been expolited

[shadow tartan]

Sneaking around

• you know

[tranquil glen]

"Hey whats that over there"

[tranquil glen]

me when sneaky past bots with SSSD

[inland oasis]

😄

[shadow tartan]

Is that a group of people that doesn't want to be bothered that I think I should spread religion to

Those teeth look sharp maybe it wants to help me

Someone on YouTube told me this thing was good so I spent money on it

I read some articles about some things from people that don't do the thing, it's definitely not speculation or bullshit

[tranquil glen]

video game article writers..

[shadow tartan]

The list goes on

[shadow tartan]

And a lot of you fall for it

[tranquil glen]

certainly true which is why i dont read video game articles anymore (aside those written direct by the devs)

[shadow tartan]

I read them to see how gullible people are

But beyond that

Those people over there have weapons and we need to make sure they don't have weapons (even though we have stockpiles of worse weapons and continually harm people)

Oh, they didn't actually have the weapons we said they had

Let's just fuck the place up anyway, we're already here, might as well

[tranquil glen]

Im not furthering that convo

[shadow tartan]

Why doesn't anybody like us anymore

Humans in a nutshell rn

[long beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-political-gif-21438301

[silver sparrow]

https://tenor.com/tvti.gif

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/tayo-tayo-meme-tayo-the-little-bus-tayo-life-in-nutshell-tayo-life-in-a-nutshell-gif-24339196

[dry copper]

Watched ep 1 and 2 of fallout.

Not impressed

It's not bad, but it's not great

Character introductions have been very shallow and surface level

[quaint escarp]

@thorn dawn are you getting the new rimworld dlc

[austere lance]

It's accurate to the games, I see 🤣

[thorn dawn]

getting? got

haven't played it though, I just approve of supporting the developer

[weak tiger]

If nick valentine is in there might watch it idk

[austere lance]

I think it takes place after Fallout 4. And it's set in LA, so it's got all new characters

[silver sparrow]

are either of you playing stranded alien dawn? did we already have this convo?
@quaint escarp

[austere lance]

@weak tiger

[thorn dawn]

I have it - it's really good but shallow. It's doesn't really support huge sprawling colonies, you can only have ~8 colonists so you have to make sure things are close together otherwise they spend 6 hours a day walking.

up on sale for $15, definitely worth that much

[silver sparrow]

interesting
i've never played past ~6 colonists per run, just because i start to lose the thread

on rimworld i mean

on stranded i am stuck on 4 for this run but i am also playing in chill mode

[thorn dawn]

rimworld I aim for around 50-100 colonists

[silver sparrow]

omgg

[thorn dawn]

modded game needed for that tho

[silver sparrow]

ah

am console rip me

[mental rose]

San Fran and Las Vegas aren't too far off. Could get some Fallout 2 or New Vegas references

One can hope

Marcus could make a cameo. That would be nice 😄

[weak tiger]

Nah I don’t have the brain capacity for new characters

[weak tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/sushichaeng-reaction-drinking-drinking-wine-shade-gif-20924464

[quaint escarp]

https://twitter.com/Dezinuh/status/1778470928105533825?t=6z7laqF7CGG1l1Xt6R8dEQ&s=19

Emil Pagliarulo (@Dezinuh) on X

Seen it come up a couple of times, so here's a helpful little Fallout timeline!

• Bombs drop - 2077
• Fallout 76 - 2102
• Fallout 1 – 2161
• Fallout Tactics - 2197
• Fallout 2 – 2241
• Fallout 3 – 2277
• Fallout: New Vegas – 2281
• Fallout 4 – 2287
• Fallout TV show – 2296

Twitter · Apr 11, 2024, 5:11 PM

heres the official timeline

looks good but i have too many games already lol

[quaint escarp]

meant to respond to this

[shadow tartan]

I remembered the name!
https://youtu.be/use58jhL-vE

This game was wicked

1990 EA

The cool old logo

[restive current]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/tekken-8s-steam-rating-takes-a-dive-as-fans-lament-scummy-monetisation-and-battle-pass/

[silver sparrow]

1980s arcade game cabinets had a built-in monetization model 🤔

unless you had a quarter on a string 😛

[fallen notch]

I recently discovered they still use a similar logo in some places, https://www.ea.com/news/continuing-to-evolve-our-business-and-teams

[quaint escarp]

https://twitter.com/sweetpotatoes/status/1778837645797335183?t=7evxR0rbU8qxO31r6Ttp-A&s=19

Nicole Carpenter (@sweetpotatoes) on X

In a bizarre studio closure and layoff message to staff, Possibility Space owner Jeff Strain blamed the studio closure on employees leaking information to the press.

Twitter · Apr 12, 2024, 5:28 PM

the article thats mentioned wasnt even published yet

[shadow tartan]

Nostalgic vibes
Back in the day when you saw that logo it was a good thing

[mental rose]

I remember this one fondly

[willow crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-hanks-dance-dancing-piano-keys-gif-8455528

[fleet moat]

Loved that movie so much. Nostalgia level: high

[thorn dawn]

If you're not watching fallout with subtitles you're missing out

One of the characters was just referred to as 'brain-on-a-roomba:'

[willow crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/diplein-open-close-swallow-open-your-mouth-zoltar-gif-21173862

i need to rewatch soon

[fleet moat]

Good idea Me too

[shadow tartan]

THIS

One of my favourite games

[shadow tartan]

This was sick too
And G Police

[mental rose]

Ohh man, G-Police...
As a kid, I fell in love with the designs of those futuristic aircraft

[shadow tartan]

Same here!
That's one of the reasons why I love the design in Helldivers so much

Also reminded me of Space: Above and Beyond

[mental rose]

Oh, this is interesting.
Psygnosis also made the Colony Wars series. Explains why I loved those too as a kid

Mostly missions were in space, but there were few on planets and it felt so revolutionary at the time

Man, the nostalgia's real...

[shadow tartan]

Psygnosis and Bullfrog

[mental rose]

Someone mentions Bullfrog, this pops up first in my head

[shadow tartan]

YES

I worked with a dude that made the art for the lasers

And it was his first ever job

One of his crowning achievements

[mental rose]

Ooh

[shadow tartan]

Syndicate Wars was sick af too

Then one of the guys we worked with went off to EA to make that new Syndicate game....

[mental rose]

That's the sequel right? Never actually got to play that

[shadow tartan]

Yeah, if you can get it on Steam check it out

I still have it on a disc that came with Ultima VIII and Wing Commander II

@mental rose it came with one of my sound blasters

All four of these games on one disc, for free

All great

[mental rose]

4 games for buying a sound card. Dang 😄

[shadow tartan]

Syndicate Wars came on separate disc with it sorry

[shadow tartan]

Like when they bundle 4-6 discs with graphics cards or 3D accelerators

Even @thorn dawn might remember this shit

[celest fern]

but dose anyone know any more co ops/survival like nms, ark and rust that are crossplay

[mental rose]

Is Wing Commander 4 the one I'm remembering... one sec

[shadow tartan]

Is Valheim kinda like that?

[shadow tartan]

The one with Mark Hamill
And those amazing live action FMVs at low resolution

[celest fern]

not sure ill check tho thanks

[shadow tartan]

@celest fern this is exactly the right channel to ask in, loads of nerds that play too many games in here

[celest fern]

ya thanks

[celest fern]

if anyone else knows anyone please tell me thanks

[mental rose]

Holy shit, I remember this! My brother owned it for PS1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqrb--1GfzY

[shadow tartan]

This is why I wanted Star Citizen to be good

[quaint escarp]

@thorn dawn i have constant rimworld updates now bc everyone is updating their mods for new expansion

[mental rose]

And why I wanted a new Freelancer.
Everspace 2 comes closest currently

[shadow tartan]

Volition is another casualty unfortunately

But still hope

[inland oasis]

How it feels to chew 5 gum

[primal loom]

🥊

[primal loom]

https://tenor.com/view/mary-poppins-gif-18018550

[shadow tartan]

Naaaaah ahahahahaha

[frigid jolt]

Having fun in sea of thieves can’t wait for the full release

[dreamy zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/fatality-mortal-kombat-mk-shang-tsung-gif-17458050

[shadow tartan]

For a second I thought it was a new Land Before Time

[dry copper]

lol. Musk is being sued for what he said on Twitter

Apparently there's a line-up of lawsuits

XKCD

[worldly vector]

oh that book i have it

theres an unopened one in my room

[gleaming plinth]

he owns it no?

so he can say whatever

makes sence what your saying tho

[dry copper]

You can say whatever you want. Doesn't shield you from libel lawsuits

Lying is an offense you can be sued for

[gleaming plinth]

oh he lied

[dry copper]

In a nut shell, he called someone a nazi who was not.

A hololcaust survivor iirc

Something in that ballpark

Ah here it is. He's not a survivor

It was a conspiracy theory musk supported

Hes not the only one being sued

Tim Pool, Steven Crowder and Owen Shroyer have as well

All for spreading this conspiracy

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/20/business/brody-musk-lawsuit-invs/index.html

His lawyer is the guy who sued and won against Alex Jones on the sandy hook conspiracy

[dry copper]

"It's better to be wrong and righteous than right and impotent"

Esp when you're playing to an audience that paid for it

[shadow tartan]

https://signup.buildbox.com/

Interesting
https://youtu.be/powDcdl7KJw

[tranquil glen]

Oop? Ai game engine?

[restive current]

Anyone here played Callisto Protocol?

[austere lance]

Just play Dead Space remake, lol. Callisto is an embarrassment in comparison

[mental rose]

Which is especially sad, considering it was made by the original DS devs...

[quaint escarp]

people say that callisto isnt horrible

[austere lance]

*One original DS dev, and he was the director iirc

[mental rose]

Oh

[restive current]

Callisto doesn't have Denuvo anymore.

[long beacon]

Shame they stopped the second remake because first didn’t sell enough

I found it odd it was going on 80% sale under a year after it dropped

[restive current]

I watched the whole game on YT, wasn't horrible at all.

Though the combat might be considered janky.

[restive current]

Classic move.

[quaint escarp]

same with forspoken

[inland oasis]

Callisto got slammed by people having performance issues afaik. Otherwise the game itself was never rly a big issue

[quaint escarp]

games not bad but not great

mediocre

[restive current]

Yea. People will just hate; we play what we like.

People hate Doom 3, I always have a blast with it.

[restive current]

That and janky combat.

Dead Space is janky too, but it still flows smoothly (original; haven't played remake).

[dry copper]

Callisto looks like an attempt at capturing the same lightning in a bottle dead space got

I'm surprised these business sim games like Supermarket Simulator don't let you choose a role to play in a job, instead of making you the boss

[tame cairn]

for sure

[dry copper]

I wanna play a job simulator that includes the "Your boss is a pervert that only hired you for your looks" dlc

[tame cairn]

don't know why they would basically make the same game

[dry copper]

Then purchase the "Customers think they are entitled to abuse you because you're paid to provide for them" expansion pack

Customer Service: Putting the face back on facetious.

[tame cairn]

Merrin tried

[dry copper]

Are you excited to play the star wars survival game?

[tame cairn]

Hm?

yellow lightsaber because temple guards are cool

i made my double-blade try to look like one of theirs

[dry copper]

Picture looks like he has long boots and no pants on

[tame cairn]

hahaha

its armor over the pants

[dry copper]

I bet

[tame cairn]

looks like that for sure lol

Probably the only pants I'll be using in the game

gives me clone wars vibes

[dry copper]

Sorry it was not survivor it was called outlaws...and I don't know when its coming out

[tame cairn]

If only they added the top to it, it would be perfect...

https://tenor.com/view/obi-wan-using-force-cute-cool-obi-wan-clone-wars-gif-11698864180074772260

[dry copper]

Forbes is not pulling any punches
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2024/04/10/the-new-star-wars-outlaws-trailer-looks-shockingly-bad/?sh=47be03aa7544

[tame cairn]

Yeah I don't know, it's Ubisoft

We'll see when it comes out but the idea is neat.

[mental rose]

August, this year

[tame cairn]

me personally, i really want an open world star wars game

but i don't know if i want it like this

really, i'm tired of normal peoples stories

I want more Jedi and Sith stuff

Mostly Old Republic stuff in a game that isn't KOTOR or the MMO

[dry copper]

The exposition in the trailer reminds me of Saints Row remake

[mental rose]

You know, with the recent Dark Forces remaster by Nightdive. We might actually see Jedi Academy 1 and 2 remaster

That would be epic

[tame cairn]

Or, if they don't wanna do the Old Republic they can do the High Republic, which I'd be fine with.
Still a few hundred years ago and the Jedi were at their height of power

That'd be nice.

[dry copper]

I am a little excited for the star trek space ship sim game

I mean it's not star trek but...really

It feels star trek

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332100/Starship_Simulator/

Steam

Starship Simulator

Starship Simulator is a space exploration sandbox, where you serve as a crewmember aboard mankind's first experimental deep space exploration vessel. Your ship is tasked with the mission of exploring the galaxy beyond Sol to seek out habitable worlds, with standing orders to conduct science and make successful first contact with any alien sp...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

[tame cairn]

That looks sweet

[dry copper]

I've always wanted to play as a character on the ship as shit goes down

Kinda play a role and watch the story unfold

[inland oasis]

Ubisoft just gonna make an “open world game” with shit loads of random collectibles all scattered thru out, a mediocre story, and theyll call it done

[tame cairn]

I'm just glad EA doesn't have Star Wars anymore lol!

[inland oasis]

“Hours of content” cuz it just takes that long to collect it not actually meaningful lmao

[mental rose]

Also I'm surprised there's still a mainstream media outlet speaking stuff like it is.
Every other games media outlet seems hellbent to sink to the bottom for the sake of W crowd

[tame cairn]

Make all the Star Wars games you want, I might not buy all of them

but at least they're gonna be a thing more

[inland oasis]

I usually used to enjoy Ubisoft games. But the farcry gameloop formula has been reused so often now they need to change it up. The assassins creeds they made had the same conceptual feel to me too

[tame cairn]

Cuz they do

[dry copper]

Ubisoft exploited their game mechanics rather than make them better.

[tame cairn]

especially the assassins creeds

[dry copper]

The only Ubisoft game to improve on AC was Unity

[tame cairn]

this is so real

[dry copper]

Introducing the far more engaging parkour

[inland oasis]

Yea, I just didn’t want it to sound like I was calling them the same game. But they function identically

[tame cairn]

and combat

[inland oasis]

I personally loved black flag. Was that ubi?

[tame cairn]

with some actual difficulty, but that was mostly because you couldnt body shield people in this one lol!

[dry copper]

yes and its combat was pretty sweet

Parkour less so

[mental rose]

I find it funny people are saying Black Flag is infinitely superior to Skull & Bones 😄

[inland oasis]

I loved ship combat too

[mental rose]

Which it is

[tame cairn]

Black Flag was great, amazing story obviously

[inland oasis]

The world was so immersive

[dry copper]

I don't even know if I beat black flag.

[inland oasis]

I never did 😅

[dry copper]

I played it a bit

[inland oasis]

The map was huge

[tame cairn]

I did maybe 3 times

[mental rose]

I still hold my opinion that Sid Meier's Pirates! is the best pirate game out there

[tame cairn]

AC games were my lifeblood (when they were good)

lol

[inland oasis]

Ezio and Altair

Icons

[tame cairn]

my favorite is easily Altair

[dry copper]

I'm check see if Saints Row is still shit

[inland oasis]

Origins was the beginning of the downfall in my opinion

[tame cairn]

Ezio close second and Connor third

in order

how funny

[mental rose]

The OG or the reboot?

[tame cairn]

Well yes it was

But I actually enjoyed that one

the story I mean

[inland oasis]

Idk why one of the coolest facts I learned about assassins creed that stuck with me is that in the first ones you sacrificed your finger to become an assassin for the blade

[tame cairn]

That one made sense because Bayek was literally starting the Order

[mental rose]

Because Saints Row 2 and The Third were fun AF! Many fond memories

[tame cairn]

Odyssey didn't make sense because it had nothing to do with the order

why make it an ac game

just to see more boring ISU stuff

[inland oasis]

Wait origins was the one just before odyssey right?

[tame cairn]

mb i meant odyssey

[inland oasis]

Cuz I liked origins, but it was the last one I liked

Yea

Lmao

Bagel of siwa was badass

LO

Bagel 😂

[tame cairn]

this is why it made sense for no assassins to be there

[inland oasis]

Bayek *

[tame cairn]

odyssey just didn't have them because

?

[inland oasis]

Origins did that mysterious “who’s next” with the pyramid boss thing they did

I loved that

[mental rose]

I'm no history expert, but I'm pretty sure Ancient Egypt is older than Ancient Greece...

[tame cairn]

Yes exactly

so if bayek made the order, they should be spread out

they should be in odyssey

they only are in the dlc

to try to salvage something from that game

[inland oasis]

Best part of origins was hunting the phylaktyres or whatever they were called

[mental rose]

Ok, so I'm like 90% sure Ubisoft has no control over their own franchise's timeline, or don't give a crap at this point 😄

Just like Blizzard with Overwatch 2

[tame cairn]

Definitely not which is why I probably won't be buying the rest that come out

[dry copper]

reboot

[inland oasis]

I’ve regretted buying Valhalla

[tame cairn]

Japan AC sounds so awesome..if only it was using Mirage's system...

[dry copper]

I don't regret valhalla but I don't like that the DLC is so expensive for an old game that by all accounts barely succeeded

[inland oasis]

I skipped odyssey thinking maybe it got a lil better

[tame cairn]

It's using Valhalla's...

So I won't be buying that

[tame cairn]

nope just got worse

valhalla easily the WORST

[shadow tartan]

Using prompts to make it easier to use a tool

[mental rose]

Valhalla lost me when they did that God of War-inspired DLC pack
And you cannot convince me otherwise.

[inland oasis]

Wasn’t unity the one that had the multiplayer assassin mode?

God that was unique

[tame cairn]

Valhalla lost me when the Gods started to be a thing

[shadow tartan]

Tenchu

[tame cairn]

It had co-op

[shadow tartan]

We need new Tenchu

[inland oasis]

Bless you

[shadow tartan]

I know Aragami exists @heady shore

[tame cairn]

Don't know why they didn't use Co-op again, I loved it

Aragami is great

[shadow tartan]

Tenchu 2 was one of the best things about PS One

[shadow tartan]

Bought it because of Gas Lord

And the second one

[tame cairn]

good game

very fun

[inland oasis]

Ps1 is a system I never had. Brother did, and that’s what started me off with the ps2

[shadow tartan]

Still remember buying the first Analog and Dual Shock controllers

[tame cairn]

I was getting a PS2 when the 3 was already out lol

[shadow tartan]

They bloody made us wait for rumble

[tame cairn]

My first console

[mental rose]

PS1, PSX, PSone.
So many names

[tranquil glen]

so its definitly more like a engine mod for assistance than an engine itself?

[shadow tartan]

PS2 was wicked, Ridge Racer V got worked hard

[mental rose]

I remember when MGS1 came out and me and my friend would skip school to play it day 1 😄

[tame cairn]

pretty sure thats why its called unity so i doubt they'll ever do it again

[mental rose]

Final Fantasy X

[tame cairn]

but i wish

[inland oasis]

Wasn’t twisted metal ps1?