other-games

[weak tiger]

He’s as good as you make him and I think he’s cool

[restive tusk]

oh looky survivor is on 60% off

[worldly vector]

The guys an asshole

Dude he literally calls you poor

[weak tiger]

That’s nothing new

[restive tusk]

maybe he's just too honest

[worldly vector]

The guys a stone heart one of the richest people in the hsr universe and he calls a nameless poor

That’s just bad sportsmanship

[restive tusk]

so like Nazeem? in skyrim

a couple arrows to the knee and he goes quiet

[worldly vector]

Eh doesn’t matter anymore cause he’s currently “dead”

[inland oasis]

“Gawt any skooma mayte?” 😂

[coarse swift]

you trolling or being serious

[worldly vector]

He needs skill points which means he doesn’t synergize well with my dhil sparkle huohuo team that’s already very skill point consuming

[coarse swift]

oh you're serious, oof

He doesn't need skill points, rather sp positive tbh

Usually replenishes shield thru followup, might do it thru skill if you've got the spare SP

Plus why are you putting him in a team with Huohuo?

You need only 1 sustain

[worldly vector]

I can’t bother leveling up another harmony

lol

[coarse swift]

skill issue

[worldly vector]

The only other 5 star harmony character I have is bronya and sparkle is just her but better

[coarse swift]

I'm guessing you dont run MoC

[worldly vector]

I never really tried moc true

[coarse swift]

[worldly vector]

Personally more of a conundrum gng kinda guy

[coarse swift]

Missing out on free jades not doing MoC

[worldly vector]

I do like 6 stars and give up

[weak tiger]

I just thought he was pretty

[coarse swift]

Its smart to level 2 different teams instead of relying on only one

[worldly vector]

My second team is Acheron and black swan but they die too quickly

[coarse swift]

Who's your sustain

[worldly vector]

Ghallager

[coarse swift]

... any other options?

[worldly vector]

No.

[coarse swift]

[worldly vector]

… does welt count as a sustain?

[coarse swift]

Gallagher is ok, best at E6, but there's better options like Luocha or Fu Xuan

or Aventurine

[coarse swift]

If you have Ruan Mei

[worldly vector]

I don’t have her either

I’m planning on e6ing firefly if ship gets powercrept too much by 2.2 and never pulling for anyone ever again

But if dhil ends up fine I’ll e6 screwllum to replace my gepard

[coarse swift]

You really should pull for more supports. Gonna hurt yourself relying on only dps

Robin's coming up and she's gonna be really good

[worldly vector]

Must not be tempted

[modern panther]

@weak tiger have this

[thorn dawn]

Take2 are closing their Seattle studio
https://old.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/1chgbzl/2024_take_2_layoffs_megathread/

Unless they move KSP2 to another studio, this presumably ends development

[austere lance]

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1785691748846465035?t=yIQMTr8Bge-mSS_6XJfWEw&s=19

Klobrille (@klobrille) on X

Starfield’s largest update since launch is coming on May 15! Includes 40 and 60 FPS modes on Xbox Series X(!!), more detailed surface maps, new gameplay difficulty options, new features for ship customization, & more!

Land vehicle is now in development.

https://t.co/y12kSDrLoC

Twitter · May 1, 2024, 3:24 PM

[reef mountain]

https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/s/hjJQQjwECt

[static plume]

Elite Dangerous finally getting new ship after 6 years

[dry copper]

Do you have to buy it with real money like in Star Citizen?

[static plume]

No, you can buy it with ingame credits like any other ship

but they do give people early access to this ship for an earnable premium currency

[dry copper]

Are there any planets with atmospheres you have to land on? I don't understand the need for aerodynamics in a spaceship

[static plume]

nah, the most we can land on now is planet with thin atmosphere

theres even this chonky ship with giant spoilers

I choose to not think about it too much

but lorewise these ships are capable of atmospheric flight

just we can't do it in-game

[austere lance]

Sea of Thieves is out on PS now, and it has a ton of new content

[idle saffron]

Adding a new ship but based on an already existing model 😦

Gimmie a new new one

Was cool when we got the passenger liners

[mental rose]

Wow, ok. So Helldivers discord was an absolute mess... no help there

I want to try it, but I'm not 100% if it's a game for me

[shadow tartan]

@mental rose most of the people on that discord are a bunch of weird or dumb as fuck kids/people in their 20s

There's some helpful ones though

[obtuse reef]

Given how their admin banned everyone who said “F” to I believe Malevelon Creek resetting.

It makes sense why you’d be unnerved by that

[shadow tartan]

They did that?

[idle saffron]

[obtuse reef]

Or they put the server on hold until people told the guy to get off his high horse

[mental rose]

To be fair, most coop shooters that I've played (and come close) and are similar to it are;
Warframe and Killing Floor... so basically horde shooters

[shadow tartan]

I didn't see that, I get away with saying a bunch of shit

[shadow tartan]

Yeah kinda similar, I find it fun

Put a few hundred hours in

[mental rose]

I listed the coop shooters that I played in the past. People responded with their opinions, fair enough

[obtuse reef]

I play deep rock and payday, this game has a similar gameplay loop to that

[mental rose]

They seemed obsessed with "have I played DRG" for some reason I didn't understand... 🤨

[obtuse reef]

Just with more PTSD

[mental rose]

No. I haven't even touched DRG, for the record

[obtuse reef]

It is literally the same thing from the surface. Deep Rock has you play in a team of four, facing off against bugs and robots

[mental rose]

Don't even know the game

[shadow tartan]

Lots of them everywhere

@mental rose

[obtuse reef]

Helldivers has you play in a team of four, facing off against bugs or robots

[shadow tartan]

But this is how funny it can be when you encounter bugs

[mental rose]

Mhm. Literally every coop shooter out there

[obtuse reef]

As someone who’s played both, I can say they are very similar

[shadow tartan]

It's very similar but different enough

[obtuse reef]

It’d take too long to explain all the similarities and differences, but if you played DRG you would be familiar with the gameplay loop

[mental rose]

Again, I don't know what DRG even is like...

[shadow tartan]

You just complete sub objectives/main objective and clear other stuff on the map with explosions or guns

Stuff falls from the sky

Things die

Some minor puzzles involved with some objectives

Nothing too crazy

[obtuse reef]

Funny short men beat up local wildlife in a sci fi lithium mine, also while enforcing their monopoly on the region

Oh, beer and heavy machinery is involved

[shadow tartan]

I played it for a couple of hours

[obtuse reef]

I’ve played for a few hours as well

Deep Rock is fun, with a pretty positive community, but HD2 gets more public attention

[mental rose]

How similar is it to L4D/2?

[obtuse reef]

Decently similar I’d say

It’s a horde shooter

[shadow tartan]

I'd say it's different

[obtuse reef]

I haven’t played L4D though

[thorny python]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-and-stone-deep-rock-galactic-gif-25114877

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/if-you-don't-rock-and-stone-you-ain't-comin'-home-deep-rock-galactic-rock-and-stone-run-ganondorf-gif-6106180493101324670

Deep rock is fun, especially with friends

[mental rose]

Ok, no. Not convinced...

I'll try it, when it goes on sale

And that is all

[idle saffron]

Not very patriotic 😦

[obtuse reef]

Traitor, abandoning Super Earth like that

[mental rose]

Cry me a river... 😒
I just got done refusing a real estate agent to not buy an apartment irl. NOT getting baited again! 😠

[obtuse reef]

I do highly recommend DRG though

[mental rose]

"Easily influenced" is one of my personal flaws, but here's where I draw the line

[obtuse reef]

Helldivers is certainly an experience. Deep Rock is something that most people should experience at some point, however. Helldivers is… well, let’s just say it’s shockingly similar an old man’s stories about the war in ‘Nam.

[mental rose]

Not paying 40€ for a game whose developer I don't even know

[obtuse reef]

I don’t care about specific developers. Give me a game, if I enjoy it and it’s not fucking Ubisoft then I’ll play it

[thorny python]

DRG is made by ghost ship games. The only in game purchases that use real money are cosmetics.

[obtuse reef]

And even then those don’t go away

And unlike HD2, they have zero affect on gameplay

GSG hasn’t done anything shitty, and they’ve been pretty consistent about making good content

[shadow tartan]

You get different enemy types that have different effects which is similar but gunplay is different and calling in stratagems makes it more interesting

[shadow tartan]

Yeah tbf that's what a lot of other people are waiting for

Don't blame you

Probably have 10-20% off during summer but it's popular so might have to wait for winter sales

[tame cairn]

NATE LOL

is that fr?

[shadow tartan]

I can't use Photoshop

[tame cairn]

lord

i have like 30?

[shadow tartan]

I beadidup

[tame cairn]

airburst is alright

but i wouldve used the mines less honestly

i'm one level away from 500kg

[shadow tartan]

I just wanted to see some variety, so many support weapons

[shadow tartan]

Wooo fuck yeah, I'll be on later if you're down

[tame cairn]

true

[tame cairn]

at work atm, but i'm off in about 5 hours
just DM me or message me on PS when you can

[shadow tartan]

Will do bro

[coarse swift]

https://youtu.be/uNIgtbfYiEg?si=HIqjn8d4IDp2025h

[obtuse reef]

Hooray for capitalism and marketing!

[restive tusk]

[winter yew]

Huh

[restive tusk]

what is this shit i can't build any type of wall without buying it for cash

i may be starting to remember why i didn't play more than a few minutes in the past

[fleet cedar]

Hehe she's so pretty

[dry copper]

press Q

Only display items you can make instead of seeing all items you can build

I am happy they added this from the fallout show to FO76

[coarse swift]

@shadow tartan punisher plasma and personal shield goes hard, give it a try

[restive tusk]

https://www.gamingbible.com/news/the-witcher-3-free-download-love-letter-fans-374209-20240429

Boy oh boy I didn't know we were getting a modkit

[restive tusk]

Ty. I then figured out that yea, the unlocked free ones were all the way at the bottom

[shadow tartan]

On it boss

[shadow tartan]

Is that thumbnail a Ceryncross Funko?

[coarse swift]

thats not even my hair tf you mean

[tame cairn]

cool

if only console could have mods 😦

thats one great thing bethesda has, that more games should do

singleplayer games with mods is great

most should, for console i mean

minecraft is finally starting it too

instead of buying worlds from the marketplace they have

[restive tusk]

I suspect it isnt easy due to console policies maybe? I suspect Bethesda controls the mods in creation club pretty heavyli

[tame cairn]

they are legit "add-ons" that you can put into any world

[tame cairn]

ah, probably
i mean i know there's a lot more mods on pc compared to console with skyrim and fallout

[worldly vector]

Just watched someone play Elden ring

It physically pained me to see that they never thought of rolling sideways instead of forwards or backwards

[shadow tartan]

You have hair?

[coarse swift]

[restive tusk]

my party's been getting smoked in DOS2 tactitian 😂

i tried to warn them about tactitian...

now they're so frustrated they just wanna read some guides and metagame 😆

[worldly vector]

How delightful

[restive tusk]

Anyone seen any news or rumours if the people responsible intend to update FOSE for the new version ??

[coarse swift]

Why would they not?

You can just safely assume it'll happen tbh, just gotta wait.

[restive tusk]

for a very long time there was issues when Skyrim AE came out, and the person kinda hinted they weren't gonna update the SE

it even spawned at least one alternative to it that i saw

but yea might just be a matter of time

[glossy kestrel]

Theres hope for this game yet 👍 https://youtu.be/nL1BwtMWhrQ?si=egT0KqJN62L05wHm

[restive tusk]

if they pull a Sean on that thing, then yea. I;m not holding my breath tho

[glossy kestrel]

you totally made tht comment without even looking at the video I linked

[restive tusk]

what if i told you i saw the vid earlier? 😄

[glossy kestrel]

if u had, u wouldnt have made tht comment

[restive tusk]

it's not enough to pull me back in, not even close.
not even that little glimpse at upcoming

[restive tusk]

🤷‍♂️ alright

[orchid fox]

I have absolutely no remorse nor intent to return for starfield. It deserved the massive critisicm it got

[glossy kestrel]

Agreed... I never bought it... still havent... played around 300 hours tho!
I been waiting to see where the development goes and if its worth buying in the future. Did the same exact thing with Cyberpunk and finally bought CP77 + expansion last year when they announced the expansion! so yeah... I dont easely fall for scams!

[dry copper]

Does it just work?

[glossy kestrel]

I dont understand the question

[dry copper]

Starfield is dead to me until the release of Creation Kit 2

[restive tusk]

thats the only thing holding it back rn.
If it does we may eventually get the whole dull quests thing fixed.
a whole overhaul, is what it needs

[inland oasis]

At that point just make a new game lol

The foundation needs so much rework modders themselves said itd be like building a new game

[restive tusk]

You can't just wait for bethesda to overhaul their game in its roots.
never happened with skyrim, even after special editions and all, none of the core problems get fixed.
same with fallout

what bethesda is decent at is making a good foundation game lol

but that's precisely why im not having high hopes for Starfield

[dry copper]

See total reworks of skyrim

I've seen more mods for Skyrim than I have the entire game

Actual content mods

[restive tusk]

there is another upcoming overhaul to get Morrowind in skyrim

im mildly excited for that one

[dry copper]

To think, we almost got the same posh treatment in GTA5

Until the game devs sued the modders

[restive tusk]

Also let's consider Enderall here for a moment.
It is basically a standalone mod of Skyrim engine

[edgy viper]

When modders did better job than devs...

[restive tusk]

It's an entire new game and in some ways as much if not more polished game than skyrim itself
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976620/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories_Special_Edition/

Steam

Enderal: Forgotten Stories (Special Edition)

Enderal: Forgotten Stories (Special Edition) is a total conversion mod for Skyrim SE, which is now running on the 64 bit version of the TES V: Skyrim Special Edition. This version benefits heavily from the new rendering engine and features improved lighting effects, smoother image quality and the best possible performance & stability.Enderal is ...

▶ Play video

I still can't believe Bethesda agreed to free distribution of this as standalone game

[inland oasis]

As astaroth said, I’m not saying modders can’t I’m saying however they probably wont because they’re doing the devs jobs. And better

[quaint escarp]

https://fxtwitter.com/InsiderGamingIG/status/1785915221741060594?t=4Tbh9Zh0Z09oLMAfIo0ZAQ&s=19

[inland oasis]

time to cancel...

[orchid fox]

I still find it kinda telling how bad u fucked up when the tech wizards that is the modding community goes and straight up gives up

[primal loom]

Speaking of Bethesda

Some Fallout 76 screenies

[solid lynx]

Still don’t know who thought it was necessary to provide Mr. Handys with massive buzzsaws and literal flamethrowers

[thorn dawn]

Trimming hedges and making crème brûlée

[primal loom]

lol

[primal loom]

Rate my new PC setup

@idle saffron You think it can run NMS 5.0?

[idle saffron]

Yeah for sure

[primal loom]

Sweet 😎

[silver sparrow]

Ris of the Tapper

[inland oasis]

But can it run CRYSIS?

[primal loom]

The ultimate trial

Only those worthy may pass

[obtuse reef]

Can it run DOOM though?

[coarse swift]

https://youtu.be/jcnzI0gN7z4?si=zcmD3EyrZ6KsbJWH

[obtuse reef]

Now I can freeze my balls off in style

[shadow tartan]

Purifier

[tame cairn]

rimworld looks neat

but not $40 neat

[tame cairn]

ooo

[inland oasis]

Rimworld is awesome! Takes a bit to get used to. HIGHLY moddable. Extremely player customizable. Has I think like 3-4 DLCSs already

[obtuse reef]

I think dwarf fortress is cheaper, and rimworld is inspired by DF

[tame cairn]

I've heard good things about that too, sadly I am on console though
Don't think DF is on PS 😦

[obtuse reef]

DF is also a game about learning. You learn fast, or you don’t live long enough to learn

Damn

[inland oasis]

Ohhhh console rimworld..

[tame cairn]

yeah, i would definitely get it if it was on sale
might get something like Hell Let Loose or Isonzo

[inland oasis]

Not worth 40$ on a console imo. I know it doesn’t have to be a Pc game, but id only pay that much for the pc version

[obtuse reef]

Stellaris of all games can be played on console

[inland oasis]

You’d be missing 2 of the DLCS right off the gate

[tame cairn]

yeah i imagine there's no mods on console

[inland oasis]

Uhhh, that I’m not sure. I doubt it.

[tame cairn]

sometimes i forget stellaris exists

[inland oasis]

My friend has it on console and we argue all the time about settings in the game cuz it’s just so different in certain ways

Rimworld I mean

[obtuse reef]

I will forever be a PC gamer

[inland oasis]

I’ve been converted also lol

[tame cairn]

might save up for a pc, just out of my price range atm

[inland oasis]

Tho more expensive it’ll last you far longer

Very worth it investment

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, PCs can be pretty pricey, but they have a lot more utility outside of gaming

[inland oasis]

True then there’s the utility side too

[tame cairn]

i mean, i used my original xbox one until a few months ago, i can make it last

but i see what youre saying

[inland oasis]

I ONLY use my Xbox anymore for Netflix and YouTube

Which I could do at my Pc

[obtuse reef]

Also, a $100 graphics card can get you farther than you’d think

[inland oasis]

But I like laying down watching it on my tv too

[obtuse reef]

I had to replace a $300 graphics card with a $100 one, I could still play most of the games I could on my $300 one, albeit with shittier graphics

[tame cairn]

eventually, just not this year probably

[inland oasis]

I always treat my pc like the little engine that could. Running games I’d of assumed it had no business running as gorgeously as it can.

[obtuse reef]

I prefer AMD, but there isn’t a particular reason to choose one or the other

[obtuse reef]

I treat my PC like everything it does it to spite me specifically

(Probably because I had a pen jammed in it for who knows how long to keep one of the wires from rubbing against a fan)

[inland oasis]

I would to if I had to put up with me everyday haha

Mine has a tiiiinyyyy little fan rattle, I just started having to give it the tiniest bump, n it stops

[obtuse reef]

My dumbass didn’t realize that I can adjust the graphics card so it doesn’t do that

As in, move it

[inland oasis]

My excuse, too fucking lazy to open n dust it out

So yuppp

I wish I had an “on my desk” pc setup

[obtuse reef]

Cosmos climbed onto my desk once and started climbing on my monitor and I told him “if you break that, it’s coming out of your food”

[inland oasis]

And then I wouldn’t mind

[obtuse reef]

As you can imagine, having cats that like climbing on shit can make games really annoying

Something I do to my cats is I grab them, flip them over and aggressively rub their bellies. They hate it, but I feed them and house them, so they don’t get a say

[inland oasis]

I’ll stick em straight up in the air like “hey you look at me you little shit, quit that.” 😂

You go to sky Jail

[obtuse reef]

Everytime I put a fresh roll of toilet paper up and forget to close the door, I sometimes audibly say “nooooooo” when those little shits put it all on the floor

[inland oasis]

That would drive me mad. Fortunately mine nearly never do anything wrong, but the one 1% thing they always do that bugs me, is literally them shoveling litter out of the box.

[obtuse reef]

They also make gaming hard. Either Cosmos is yelling his head off or Onyx is biting the shit out of his brother

Cosmos gets mad when I’m paying attention to my PC and not him. He could lay in my lap and get attention that way, without annoying me, but noooo, apparently the entire world needs to hear about how abused and neglected he is, in his warm home with toys, soft beds, and lots of affection and free food

He also likes sitting just out of reach of my hand, so I can’t pet him

[inland oasis]

YEESS this one

i sit with my chair low enough so i can reach down easily

but noooo, lets sit just 2 ft away

[obtuse reef]

Like, you little bastard, you were just crying about how I don’t love you and don’t pay attention to you, don’t start with this bullshit

[inland oasis]

felt

[obtuse reef]

My friends have stated that they can hear my cats through my mic

And my mic is ass, if that tells you anything about how loud they are

[inland oasis]

lol noise cancellation gets cancelled cuz its registered as another "voice"

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, because it’s loud enough and distinct enough for it to register

I love the little bastards, but man are they awful

Background noise really pisses me off when I’m trying to concentrate on something

The cats aren’t the worst, because they eventually realize that I’m not putting up with their shit

[inland oasis]

honestly, id take that over any tiny ass little rat dog like the one im stuck with. (not my dog just fyi, they live with us and its someone elses)

Holy Fk. its tiny and gets away with everything over the excuse of being cute. like barking 100x times in a row before anyone does shit about it. i dont have the pacience for that shit.

Meanwhile our dogs are always getting instigated and all hyper'd up cuz of it. when theyre typically extremely well behaved.

having to walk around like im on ice all the time being fragile cuz i dont wanna step on the damn thing. when its always under your feet. also so annoying.

i like small dogs. not teacup terriers....

[obtuse reef]

I swear Onyx has taken out a life insurance policy on me, because he’s walked out in front of me in the dark. He’s a black cat

And I know he does this intentionally

[inland oasis]

heres a random but dumb question. so i use alt+prntscreen to take a screenshot. is there any quicker way to automatically save that besides opening paint, pasting it in there, then saving that? lol

nvm i figured out another way xD

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LVgBiOXHs

[weak tiger]

I started ffxiv

[inland oasis]

RDR2 Photodump for the day ^_^

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXulsCU1geg

My favorite new mod for fo76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKYjNpvs9Ik

[austere lance]

I've only played F76 for an hour so far and somebody already launched a nuke, lol

[coarse swift]

I would but subscription

[tame cairn]

worst thing about ps5 is i don't have all my games, one of them being rdr2
i have to plug my xbox one back in to play

[coarse swift]

Oh and time too I guess

I have a backlog

[tame cairn]

and its $60, maybe one day

just not for now

[coarse swift]

I think a trial is on gamepass? Unsure

Unrelated but shader icons are changing

[weak tiger]

I’m just chillin with the base game, no expansions yet

[inland oasis]

As if the first shader system made any sense anyways 😂 at least to me half the time I’d love colors it’d have, but then it’d use the other half of the colors I didn’t like in it 😂

[coarse swift]

Yea that's the point behind the redesign

The intent is to show all 6 colors + lighting/glow

[inland oasis]

Yea it’s deff easier to see the pattern

[coarse swift]

Side by side comparison of old and new Gambit Jadestone

[inland oasis]

Somewhat. The stuff under the diamond still doesn’t mention where on your gear it’s being applied lol

[coarse swift]

Difference is wild, old Jadestone doesn't even have the white metal part

So new look better reflects

[coarse swift]

That seems like it'd be complicated to address

Warframe has different color sections identified by primary/accent/etc

But destiny is another ballpark

[inland oasis]

Warframe has a highlight preview

As to where your colors going to affect

But yea

Destiny would need a complete redo

I mean I’m not complaining either we have the preview button

One press is literally showing me how it looks

I’ve just had shaders with rly cool colors, but the way it applies them then is shitty

For example

[coarse swift]

Least you can mix n match

[inland oasis]

Deff has saved me many times keeping that drip lol

Like one shader makes everything I have solid white like except for the arms. 😅 like damnnnnnn, but then luckily I have a diff one to fit

[coarse swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/983870/FOUNDRY/

Steam

FOUNDRY

FOUNDRY is a first-person (first-robot?) factory builder with complete creative freedom set in a procedurally generated and infinite voxel world.Land on an unexplored planet and design a giant automated robot production facility under the watchful direction of your AI friend, Carl.Progress from manual resource extraction to a fully automated and...

Price

$26.99

▶ Play video

Finally out in early access, mixed reviews tho

Negatives seem mostly about a launcher asking for a paradox account

Which can be bypassed

[inland oasis]

I hate everything about it

Coming soon: AI terms and services 😂

[coarse swift]

Kinda reaching there

The AI stuff they used is specifically voiceover in different languages

[inland oasis]

It sounds like AI generated the disclosure

[coarse swift]

For the sake of localization

[inland oasis]

Oh, oh wow. I read ai generated content disclosure as like the disclosure itself being AI generated.

Ai generated content, disclosure. That’s fine, telling people that’s what it is

Hense my reach at terms n services 😂

[coarse swift]

This kinda leans into my opinions on how AI is utilized
I hate using it to create art or writing and then just adjusting to your standards or publishing as is. It's fake and an excuse. People with disabilities will still find ways to express themselves without the need for AI so these fucks calling themselves "AI artists" and making portfolios have no excuse not to pick up the pencil or start a rough draft of their story.

That said, I'm fine with using it for localization. Many things can get lost in translation from different languages or straight up omitted by human localizers, especially in anime, so I'm fine with ai doing it assuming it's done right.

[rotund cosmos]

Oh, heavy emphasis on the done right part.

At least in the Academic scene. Researchers using Chat GPT for different papers have happened, more commonly with translations.

With... Not the best results

[inland oasis]

I’ve seen lawyers use AI for a case

[coarse swift]

delve

[inland oasis]

Disaster

Absolute shit show

AI references made up fake court cases

[thorn dawn]

@shadow tartan about to see another iconic scene

Let's see if they changed it

[rotund cosmos]

I remember seeing a video on the aftermath. Had a really good chuckle

[coarse swift]

How to put yourself in jail alongside your client: falsifying evidence with ai

[rotund cosmos]

How to get Disbarred 101

[inland oasis]

Best part was iirc the judge didn’t understand what AI was making it further harder to explain why he couldn’t find sources to the cases the AI referenced. 😂

It gave me second hand embarrassment

[thorn dawn]

The cable car to the gold saucer is not rocket powered 😦

[rotund cosmos]

Gave me full confidence that AI won't be coming for these kinds of jobs

[shadow tartan]

BOOOO SAdam B

[rotund cosmos]

especially with quality research. Even though, that's being tested...

[thorn dawn]

masssive bullshit minigame fatigue

[inland oasis]

Iirc I think it was “legaleagle’s” channel

[rotund cosmos]

It was

[shadow tartan]

Original or new one?

[thorn dawn]

new

Costa del sol had 4

Now onto gold saucer

I'm going to take a break or I'm going to start hating the game

Might play some NMS, controversially

[silver sparrow]

that IS controversial

[weak tiger]

https://youtu.be/4VJt7ky542M?si=5z53lQVxBmavqLPF

[dry copper]

I miss that man

[tame cairn]

the hound vs brienne of tarth is like the best fight in the show

love both of those tanks

and seeing them fight is just brutal lol

[restive tusk]

https://youtu.be/DuGX1XJKv9Q?si=GOUUmx6IT_0Amwni

Starting at halfway through the vid, it's a pretty good discussion worth watching

[primal loom]

There's this new tv show called Orb, it's really good

I just binged the first season

[plucky mesa]

Fugl (Steam)

[primal loom]

That looks awesome

[plucky mesa]

It is. Worth the $9.99. Esp w/ the VR support.

[pure zinc]

Hype or ass?

[pure zinc]

Also I wish this game was better :((

It’s literally just this

[primal loom]

Looks good

[pure zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/tarjeta-de-credito-credit-card-gif-19426010

[primal loom]

wym?

[pure zinc]

Credit card simulator

[primal loom]

Gotcha

[pure zinc]

I loved the original game

Journey

It was so gooddd

[primal loom]

Same

[pure zinc]

One of my absolute favorites

And sky was nice

But the predatory mtx’s were not very nice ;-;

[primal loom]

Yeah

I largely ignore that stuff and just enjoy what's there

[pure zinc]

I spent roughly $200 on that game alone

[primal loom]

Dang

I also am not a fan of the heavy use of FOMO

[pure zinc]

Me either

It’s out on steam, right?

[primal loom]

Yeah

That's where I've been playing it

I held off on it till the PC port becaue mobile touch controls are very uncomfortable for my chronic joint pain

Controller much cozier

[pure zinc]

I was hoping it would’ve gotten review bombed to open the CEO’s eyes that these issues exist :/

[primal loom]

I imagine the CEO would already know precisely how the monetization is set up

[shadow tartan]

It's been out for 4 years, most MTX for a free to play game is planned.
The game is free.

I just played it casually with my ex anyway

Already spent enough money in F2P games

[shadow tartan]

@primal loom you see this?
https://youtu.be/9Phn_GLvhaI

[coarse swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1ciwjs7/helldivers_2_to_require_linking_steam_account_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

well that sure aint a good thing

[shadow tartan]

I'm loving the tears and rage on their Discord

[coarse swift]

From my perspective having a PlayStation account isn't terrible, it's easy to make one

But to play a game you already bought? Nah

It also screws over Philippines players

[shadow tartan]

@coarse swift this will be their argument
#1102970376805417114 message

If it was planned and broken yadda yadda

I just love salty gamer tears mate

Tastiest of all tears

[dull tulip]

Nate

You just made me join the Helldiver community

Oh nvm, I'm just being a creep n viewing it

Didn't know you could do that

[dull tulip]

He sleeping

[shadow tartan]

Give him a kiss on the head from me

Just a lil one don't want him getting any ideas

[dull tulip]

Yeah but he might, sometimes he's super out of it and like "oh wife" grabby hands

Sometimes he says weird stuff and I'm like shhhhh go back to sleep

I'm glad he doesn't sleep walk

He just sleep spasms, like every 5-10 mins

Blabber blabber

[dull tulip]

Are people really raging about making a psn account lol

silly

[shadow tartan]

Yeah and I'm trolling the living shit out of them, their rage is filling me with joy

[idle saffron]

Nate trolling Helldivers

[shadow tartan]

@idle saffron @dull tulip I can't believe you both joined to see me being a prick

[idle saffron]

Lol

Believe it

[shadow tartan]

The sensitivity is fucking beyoooond

I relish in this

The tears

They're so damn tasty

Uuuuugh

[dull tulip]

Lol I even boosted the server so I can be pink-ish

Is the server ever hospitable?

Cause it would be kind of sad if the Helldivers community wasn't cute

[shadow tartan]

Most of the time it's ok but tbh I chat to a mod and couple of players and that's it

[idle saffron]

Seems like a bunch of whiners

[shadow tartan]

It's just funny because people are dumb as shit

And it's like the dumb people here but exponentially larger

Sorry for being blunt

[idle saffron]

OMG I GOTTA TAKE 2 MINUTES AND MAKE AN ACCOUNT FOR FREE

[shadow tartan]

Tis the same shit different day

[shadow tartan]

Dude I've been laughing my arse off

I get why people are pissed but fuck me

[idle saffron]

Blowing it up, gamerstyle

[shadow tartan]

Love it

[idle saffron]

Worst day evaaaaa

Lolol

[shadow tartan]

In THEIR life

Not mine bruuuuv

[idle saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/rainbow-spongebob-imagination-gif-13686991207914570269

[shadow tartan]

You're taking my game away
The game is still there
But but but but

[inland oasis]

The irony that they had to do the same fuckin thing to have the discord ACCOUNT they’re crying with

[shadow tartan]

Jenks

Don't talk sense or...

You know

[inland oasis]

Uh oh, logic

[shadow tartan]

We don't play on NMS Discord son

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/im-out-im-done-gone-bye-gif-14331061352776093889

[shadow tartan]

Gonna get kicked bro

[inland oasis]

Can’t kick me if I return to civilian life

[shadow tartan]

Get in the sea Jenks

[inland oasis]

Forgot citizens served

[shadow tartan]

Sacrificial lambs

If the blood and tears mix...
I have a cocktail

[idle saffron]

So, these are the Helldivers eh?

Expected a rougher crowd tbh

[shadow tartan]

As per usual I'm one of the biggest dickheads

@idle saffron somebody called me a dickrider and apologised

It was quite funny

I mentioned nothing about Sony

Only my love of tears

[idle saffron]

Do they not know this is a Sony game?

[shadow tartan]

Dude you think these morons read or see splash screens?

[idle saffron]

Not now I don't

[shadow tartan]

They just believe anything that makes them feel like they're not alone

[inland oasis]

Don’t knock being alone 😅

[shadow tartan]

Instead of real cuddles or having a dog or normal shit

[shadow tartan]

I love being solitary

But you know what I mean

Mentally they are imprisoned by their own self entitlement

And fuck em, give me the tears

[inland oasis]

They the type to give themselves a high five and feel good about it

[shadow tartan]

Bro they were reacting to their own messages

How much of a clown do you need to be

[inland oasis]

I’m sorry but that’s something that makes me unironically cringe

[shadow tartan]

Hahahahahaha

[kind swan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FnJRe4N64

sony rejects you from playing the game with just steam account.

[inland oasis]

I bet this is all the automatons doing

[shadow tartan]

Oh God

They shared Asmongold...

[inland oasis]

I enjoy asmon, but good lord he runs a cult following 😂

[shadow tartan]

@idle saffron this comment will age well

[idle saffron]

Most of yours do

[shadow tartan]

People make a name for themselves based on content they couldn't create themselves 😬

[shadow tartan]

Don't make me screenshot this

[idle saffron]

Ok

[shadow tartan]

FFS

It's you, shoulda known

[inland oasis]

pins message

[idle saffron]

Lolol

[shadow tartan]

🤣

It's times like these when I appreciate being an arsehole

Grandma raised me right

[idle saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/grandma-sari-gif-14510159

[shadow tartan]

I actually used to watch Golden Girls with her, show was hilarious

[idle saffron]

Thank you for being a friend

[shadow tartan]

@dull tulip when all the idiots call down and shut up you can see the nice people

[idle saffron]

Travel down the road and back again

Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant

[shadow tartan]

I'm gonna cry

[idle saffron]

AND OF YOU THREW A PARTY

AND INVITED EVERYONE YOU KNEW

YOU WOULD SEE THE BIGGEST GIFT WOULD BE FROM ME

AND THE CARD ATTACHED WOULD SAY

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEEEEND

I may have watched it a few times

[shadow tartan]

They were hilarious and taught us about racism n stuff

Plus grumpy old women are great

They take zero shit

[idle saffron]

Lol yes

[shadow tartan]

@idle saffron #1102970376805417114 message

There ya go that will give you a chuckle

[idle saffron]

NO TAKE BACKS

[shadow tartan]

Hahahahahaha

@idle saffron bruv you know what I'm like, as if that is gonna do anything but make me laugh or smile

[idle saffron]

Lol ya

[dull tulip]

Peeked at the main Helldiver chats. They're passionately trying to use past data breaches to justify their anger.

[idle saffron]

They need to get more mods, their team is hot garbage

[dull tulip]

Are there even mods lol? Don't think I've seen any

[idle saffron]

Ya, and exactly

[dull tulip]

If region complications are an actual problem, I can completely understand the current frustration. I saw couple people claiming they're unable to create Playstation accounts, not sure if that's true.

If it is and they get locked out of Helldivers, that's quite unfortunate and I hope a solution is created for them.

[idle saffron]

Those are the people that have a legitimate complaint ya

But they aren't the ones spamming and crying lol

[dull tulip]

Probably review bombing too

[idle saffron]

Oh for sure

[inland oasis]

dude is SO lucky they added the no instant death on impacts mechanic in place. only reason he survived this GIGA BONK

https://medal.tv/games/destiny-2/clips/2aUtzP9VknNYhe/d1337ohX13zz?invite=cr-MSxhc2YsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

[rotund cosmos]

It sucks Sony is requiring it. But, it sounds like Microsoft to me

[mental rose]

Ok, seems I am late to the HD2 controversy.

Well it seems they've decided for me... I'm skipping that game

[earnest hatch]

Honestly regional frustration is completely understandable

Its a really shitty thing to do

PSN only supports 69 countries

Honestly its not gonna stop me from playing the game

but Massive Sony L

[coarse swift]

If not for the regional lockout it wouldn't be a big deal

People would blow up about having to make a Sony account but it still wouldn't be a big deal

[earnest hatch]

I hope either this doesnt go through (Net Zero Chance) or they refund the people who cant

because playing 40$ for a game only to not be able to get in or just straight up banned

is pretty absurd

[tame cairn]

yeah i would've requested a refund as soon as that happened, if it did

[austere lance]

Could pull a Ubisoft and delete a game ten years after people bought it, lol

The Crew intensifies

[earnest hatch]

I mean I wouldnt put it past Sony

they are a pretty shitty company

[tame cairn]

so the problem is having to link a PSN account?

or what

[earnest hatch]

yep if you cant link you cant play the game

[obtuse reef]

If you’re on PC you can just ignore it

At least I could

[earnest hatch]

Nope

[tame cairn]

whys that a problem anyways

lol

[earnest hatch]

there is a grace period until may 30th

[obtuse reef]

Oh goddammit

[earnest hatch]

then you need an account

[tame cairn]

so just make an account? 😭

[earnest hatch]

because several countries (Basically all of Africa and A few European countries dont have PSN)

and if they dont have it the game is completely null

[obtuse reef]

It’s annoying having to have accounts other than my Steam account

[austere lance]

According to the devs it's because they need (or have to use, seeing as it's a Sony game) Sony's online resources to stop hackers and whatnot

[tame cairn]

Is that PSN's fault?

if it is then i understand, if theyre doing it on purpose

[earnest hatch]

Ah yes PSN the Safest online service lmao

[tame cairn]

that's just...lol

[austere lance]

Wait, that post isn't from the devs. It's signed by SIE

[obtuse reef]

Call me what you will, I dislike being forced to go through multiple different logins in order to play a game I own on Steam. The Steam login is annoying as is

[austere lance]

At least now y'all know who to aim your anger at, lol

[tame cairn]

that's not really a big deal though, making a fuckin account lol

[mental rose]

Not to mention you're basically giving Sony full access to your Steam data...

[tame cairn]

do you even need to login every time you wanna play the game?

or would it be just the one time?

[idle saffron]

You aren't

[obtuse reef]

Sometimes yeah

[idle saffron]

Same way you aren't giving discord all your Steam data if you link accounts

[obtuse reef]

Especially if it’s a login for a service that you don’t use that often

[tame cairn]

Meh, just seems like laziness

not a big deal at all

[mental rose]

This too, having to make PSN account just to play one game, when you don't even own a playstation

[tame cairn]

but not being able to use PSN in certain countries, thats a problem

for people who've bought the game

[tame cairn]

playing a game published by playstation will do that

[austere lance]

Inb4 PS launcher on pc

[obtuse reef]

I know I’m a lazy bastard, but I know what I mean when I’m saying stuff like this

[tame cairn]

i mean, you could more then likely just make the same email and password as ur steam account,
sure it'd be annoying to put it in again but bro thats such a small problem.

[obtuse reef]

It’s a small problem that every publisher wants you to do

[tame cairn]

pc problems

[inland oasis]

Ugh I’m so angry at manufacturers. You mean I have to PRESS A BUTTON to turn my monitor on? I’m too lazy to do that.

[mental rose]

Oh, Sony actually gives you the option to delete your PSN account later on.
Surprising, but good to know

[dull tulip]

At first I didn't think it was a big deal. I'm a longterm PSN user and never encountered problems. So I'm heavily biased.

However the regional lockout is extremely problematic. They need to address that and offer a solution.

I didn't read any other comments atm, so if yall already blabbered about that my bad

[rotund cosmos]

Regional lockout does suck majorly

[tame cairn]

watching sandland overview

looks neat

dabura is in it lol

this looks heavily influenced by dragon ball

the art style

[crisp sparrow]

well its the same artist, its the artists style for all his work

RIP the 🐐

[mental rose]

Toriyama personally had a hand in the game??

Didn't know that. Just that it was inspired from his work

[crisp sparrow]

the game is based on his manga

but unsure how much he was involved for the game, considering its hype I think he might have had some executive involvement

[tame cairn]

ah makes sense...

thats awesome

r.i.p

https://youtu.be/uLN9qrJ8ESs?si=NLEVQxHqlIuFtqMw

darude sandstorm

[mental rose]

I swear that song is immortal at this point... 😄

[crisp sparrow]

the anime is on hulu in the US

[tame cairn]

i'll have to watch it

[tame cairn]

it is

[tame cairn]

dabura has a cool design so i see why he would use it again

https://tenor.com/view/dabra-gif-19616150

[austere lance]

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1786411412069179779?t=MoFTeKAhEHUd8Vvj2ifpuQ&s=19

Klobrille (@klobrille) on X

Ninja Theory shares the official Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II PC system requirements.

The game supports DLSS 3, FSR3, and XESS 1.3.

Twitter · May 3, 2024, 3:04 PM

[tame cairn]

when is this game out?

if you know

i liked the first

[austere lance]

The 21st @tame cairn

[tame cairn]

sick

looking forward to it

lokking

[austere lance]

I hope you have a beefy pc or Series X, lol

[tame cairn]

i forgot its exclusive

well

i'll go back to playing daryl simulator for now..

(days gone)

[winter yew]

funny meme

[sleek cloud]

Wtf are they thinking

[tame cairn]

protection

[obtuse reef]

I don’t think they were

[rotund cosmos]

It's from Sony, I doubt the devs were holding the cards for this one

Sony still thinks the console wars are going on so.

[mental rose]

Can't really forget this leaked document from few years ago, on just what Sony thinks of cross-platform.
I can only assume that HD2 was probably doing better on PC than Playstation. 😄

[obtuse reef]

No, they weren’t. And they shot themselves in the foot, since players in countries without PSN will more than likely demand a refund

[rotund cosmos]

That's if they can even get a refund.

Sony has an INCREDIBLY anti-consumer refund policy. Sometimes not even offering it.

And through steam, These players already played for more than 2 hours

It's anti-consumer all around

[obtuse reef]

It’s unfortunate that a game that is as good as HD2 is getting shut down by a greedy publisher

[rotund cosmos]

And the devs are going to catch most of the flak

Not Sony themselves

[obtuse reef]

It was even praised for not being as scummy as a lot of recent titles

And then Sony had to fuck it all up

[coarse swift]

Doesn't take a genius to see this decision is a bad one tho
Sure HD2's numbers are mostly coming from PC, but PC players don't like making more accounts to play a game. The bigger issue is that it will lock people out of the game in some countries, so you're forced to violate ToS to try and play
Really unfortunate that Arrowhead is getting shit for Sony's fuckery. Sony owns the IP, not Arrowhead

[mental rose]

When Sony offers refunds for a game... you know it's BAD 😄

Only times they did that recently was with Cyberpunk and that Suicide Squad game

[rotund cosmos]

In recent memory at least

[obtuse reef]

I didn’t fight on the Creek for this shit

[rotund cosmos]

Geniuses don't run publishing businesses tho

[coarse swift]

Some people will be fine making a PSN account but ultimately the anti consumer practice of this decision is just gonna lose numbers and upset the shareholders

Absolutely stupid decision

Someone will probably get fired over this

[rotund cosmos]

Doubt it

[crisp sparrow]

sign up for democracy

[obtuse reef]

Every publisher has done some form of this limit testing and they get away with it every damn time

[rotund cosmos]

They do it periodically

I wouldn't even say this is a written warning in the Sony office

[obtuse reef]

They’re not trying to be smart, they’re trying to see how far they can take this shit without any real consequences

Every time this happens there’s “outrage” and then it goes back to business as usual

[crisp sparrow]

dunno whats such a big deal just takes 2 minutes to make an account with your biometric data being periodically leaked to other countries to make sleeper agents out of you its just part of the immersion

[rotund cosmos]

Reminds me of any publisher. Pardon my French: Fuck the creative liberty, of it doesn't make computer number bigger, it's not worth

[austere lance]

Stonks must go higher, fuck the consumer

[obtuse reef]

I’m a little sick of there not being any real consequences for this shit. Sure, everyone throws mud at the publishers and calls them mean names but then that’s the extent of it

[coarse swift]

The consequence being a decision that locks people out of a product they purchased because the service isn't available in their country after already being able to use the product

Something smells illegal

[obtuse reef]

It probably is, and if it isn’t, it should be

[crisp sparrow]

maybe those countries are not legal, sony has good reason to not let every country access its rich database

[rotund cosmos]

They hold the keys. Don't like the publisher? Just stop practicing your hobby, easy/s

[austere lance]

Unfortunately they did warn everyone at release that not requiring a PS profile was temporary, so they'll get away with it

[coarse swift]

Well actually it wasn't in the EULA, theres just a binding agreement that Sony can change it at any time so as soon as that starts blowing up then the EULA will get fixed

[obtuse reef]

The irony of a game that pokes fun at capitalism getting fucked over by a greedy publisher is not lost on me

[rotund cosmos]

That's the issue... It's 100% legal. The publisher/owner can choose what markets their product is in, and who they sell to. It's the Country to determine how far that goes. And Seeing as this is Japan, with non-existent copyright laws or consumer protection laws (that I know of). There isn't an international law for this kind of thing

[crisp sparrow]

seen that irony play out multiple times though

Disco Elysium was my favourite

[rotund cosmos]

It ends badly every time

Always a hit to the reputation... But not their pockets

[coarse swift]

Heh and now there's this

Completely relevant

[crisp sparrow]

this is why I mostly prefer playing lowkey single player games

[rotund cosmos]

Tarkov: paywalls PvE
Helldivers: Region restricts because you need more account logins

[obtuse reef]

One criticism, it wasn’t the devs. Funny, but the wrong people are getting hate

[coarse swift]

Ok, meme doesn't say it's the devs tho

[obtuse reef]

I suppose it’s up to interpretation

[rotund cosmos]

Just the name of the game

[coarse swift]

[crisp sparrow]

well the CEO is still at fault to some degree, technically no but morally yes because that's how they get you with fine print

"easy home loan!" *with high interest but you cannot read this

[obtuse reef]

Why does every game have to try and steal my goddamn wallet

[coarse swift]

Lolno, this is something that was sprung on them according to statements on Discord

[crisp sparrow]

really doubt it

[coarse swift]

They're trying to get more info from Sony

[crisp sparrow]

I remember the psn requirement being there in the steam page when it had recently launched which is partly why I didnt bother

[coarse swift]

Feel free to ask the CEO yourself
He's rather engaging with the community

[rotund cosmos]

There are fine print laws too

Like, it's ironic every game makes sure you sign a ToS but people under 18 cannot legally sign contracts, and a ToS is like a contract so

[crisp sparrow]

yeah I saw and he keeps reiterating that they could have communicated it better but they did have the disclaimer since day 1

[austere lance]

https://vxtwitter.com/Ocfos/status/1786438790023709114?t=pDOqoyxW5RosL85p4Pc3IQ&s=19

[rotund cosmos]

They knew about the account, not the region locks

That's believable honestly. Why should Sony or the devs think to disclose that information

[coarse swift]

If not for the region locks it would basically be a non issue

[crisp sparrow]

they just specifically didnt know that 90 countries cant use PSN and that some countries require signing up with their personal details like biometrics

which is so fucking absurd

[coarse swift]

Just make the account, forget about it, play the game

[rotund cosmos]

That's the root of the issue

But a Sony issue

[crisp sparrow]

and also PSN just being really sketch considering the multiple times theyve had data breaches

[coarse swift]

Seems like very Super Earth behavior

[rotund cosmos]

Honestly, I'd expect data breaches to be more common as things go on

[coarse swift]

Every time I see this I laugh; Sony is far from the only big tech company that suffers from data breaches 🗿
Just adding irrelevant information to the current issue

[rotund cosmos]

Companies don't really care about consumer safety... They care enough to be in legal parameters

[obtuse reef]

Ironic how someone said this whole ordeal is about security too

[crisp sparrow]

the CEO did

[rotund cosmos]

If your info is on the internet, just expect it to not be safe. But yeah, not the issue at hand

[obtuse reef]

This whole situation is just ironic

I hate it

[austere lance]

-Get tons of pc people hooked on your game
-Force them all to make PS accounts a few months later
-Show high stonk numbers to investors to get more money
Ez win, don't all corporate execs deserve more yachts? 😌

[rotund cosmos]

It's depressing

Watch them require the PC accounts to pay for PS+ to use online features... On their pcs

$60 min

[austere lance]

Lol, they can't do that one yet

[rotund cosmos]

They'll try

[obtuse reef]

If that happens I’m sending the Sony CEO a 97 petabyte zip bomb (for legal reasons that is a joke)

[austere lance]

Unless we start eating billionaires

[rotund cosmos]

If you want to play a Sony published game, you must use a Sony account... Thereby must abide by Sony's internet use by paying a subscription

The exact same they required ps4

[obtuse reef]

Probably taste like plastic, Botox and the crushed lower class

Although Mark Suckerburg probably tastes like iguana

[austere lance]

That'll happen in a year or so when they have the brilliant idea of making their own launcher with all their exclusives on it, and if you want to play online stuff like Helldivers you'll have to use said launcher

[rotund cosmos]

They are moving lots of Sony exclusives to PC

So..

[obtuse reef]

“Man, I love Helldivers, lemme just open Twitter to see the news about the g- Sony did fucking what!?”- unfortunate HD2 player, 2024

[mental rose]

Ghost of Tsushima is also gonna require PSN account apparently
So that at least makes 2 pc ports that require it.

[austere lance]

Ghost of Tsushima also has co-op 👀

[rotund cosmos]

Limited co-op, but yes

I'm willing to bet Horizon will need a Sony account too

[austere lance]

Inb4 they start putting co-op in all their games once they release their launcher

[obtuse reef]

Man, between Nintendo and Sony, it’s never been a better time to pirate their shit

[austere lance]

To justify forcing people to use it, of course

[rotund cosmos]

Why use a launcher, when you force an account

[austere lance]

Can't pirate Helldivers tho, cuz it's an online multiplayer game

[rotund cosmos]

Let another company do that

Let steam handle game launchers, and you force the accounts

[obtuse reef]

I was making a shitty joke that I still don’t really know how to execute

[coarse swift]

@shadow tartan what's your status bro

[mental rose]

Bethesda had their own launcher for a while, but since they're only one studio, it sizzled out

[obtuse reef]

KSP had a launcher. Or has. I dunno, been a while since I played

[rotund cosmos]

Sony to Arrowhead and game positivity

[austere lance]

Oh I wasn't, lol. Can't pirate their games when they're all live service
https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-commits-to-launch-just-six-of-playstations-12-live-service-games-by-march-2026

[obtuse reef]

I was trying to connect the fact that both Nintendo and Sony are Japanese companies and how Nintendo gets a lot of their shit pirated despite their anti consumer practices

[rotund cosmos]

Most of what Nintendo makes is Single player.

Makes it easier... Sony, not so much

[obtuse reef]

Here’s a reminder, it’s not a crime to fry a billionaires computer if nobody knows it was you that did it

[austere lance]

Sony knows exactly what they're doing
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/days-gone-devs-are-getting-back-in-the-saddle-and-hiring-someone-with-live-service-experience

[obtuse reef]

Again, its limit testing

They’re trying to see how far they can go before serious consequences

[rotund cosmos]

And once the rage dies down, it'll be implemented

Just like GTA+ by Take Two

A subscription for GTA online

[obtuse reef]

These people need to pay more taxes, because they’re not even trying to make money at this point, they’re just spitting on us

[mental rose]

"Gamers should get comfortable not owning their games"

[austere lance]

AAAA gaming at its finest

[rotund cosmos]

A Ubisoft Classic

[obtuse reef]

The person who coined the phrase AAAA game needs to get kicked in the balls.

[rotund cosmos]

StarField?

[mental rose]

https://tenor.com/view/dbz-abridge-frieza-stupid-gif-7338709

[austere lance]

Just like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, which they've been failing to remake for at least 5 years now 🤣

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-stupid-georgetakei-takei-insult-gif-4762099

[rotund cosmos]

That IP died in the PS2 era

[austere lance]

Send a zip bomb that's just that GIF in 8K resolution a zillion times

[mental rose]

"Just... one... more... delay..."

[obtuse reef]

I’m just going to turn that gif into a massive video file and put that in a zip bomb

[austere lance]

[rotund cosmos]

With enough id spoofing, they won't even know

[obtuse reef]

Once they unbrick their PC they’ll have a zip file of just a 28 year video of simply just “you are made of stupid”

28 years long, that is

[rotund cosmos]

Unbrick their servers most likely

[obtuse reef]

Servers are temporary, shame is eternal

[rotund cosmos]

They are corporate executives. They can't feel shame

[obtuse reef]

Not yet they can’t

[rotund cosmos]

Have they ever?

[obtuse reef]

Not until someone sends them a 900 zettabyte zip bomb of that

[austere lance]

From the CEO of Arrowhead
https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1786454659256758447?t=35RMKZUUEw1WSgEXv1vkeQ&s=19

Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) on X

Ouch, right in the review score 😢🤕

Well, I guess it's warranted. Sorry everyone for how this all transpired. I hope we will make it up and regain the trust by providing a continued great game experience.

I just want to make great games!

Twitter · May 3, 2024, 5:55 PM

[rotund cosmos]

Unless it makes a black number red, I don't think they feel shame

[rotund cosmos]

Sad to see honestly

[obtuse reef]

Yikes

[rotund cosmos]

It's a fantastic game but fucked by a publisher

[obtuse reef]

And they made such a good game to have some greedy corporate (pardon my French) fucks take it all away

[mental rose]

Ok, that's actually based. Coming forward and aknowledging the fact your beloved game is getting review-bombed because of your publisher

[obtuse reef]

Normally I’d just accept it for what it is, but someone needs to be punished for this crime against art

[rotund cosmos]

The CEO is absolutely fantastic. Been pretty transparent with everything

[obtuse reef]

Get the chopping blocks out

[rotund cosmos]

But, when there is a good thing. Corporatism decides to take a shit on a flower

[obtuse reef]

If it’s not spitting on poor people then they don’t like it

[rotund cosmos]

We need to do what the French did

[obtuse reef]

This is downright upsetting how someone could ruin something this good because they want a little more cash

[coarse swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/GGJNRYNuMD
Pirate is washing his hands of this now after a comment from the community manager dissing on a player

[austere lance]

I love the CEO, he's been saying since day one that he just wants a fun game that doesn't rob you blind and constantly has entertaining content

[obtuse reef]

It’d be nice if there was some way to resolve this, but Sony isn’t going to get any consequences

[mental rose]

Unlike Larian with BG3 though, Arrowhead couldn't choose to self-publish

Both CEOs had the same mindset

[austere lance]

Oh boi

[coarse swift]

Wouldn't be surprised if Pilestedt walks that guy out the door today

[austere lance]

Same

"You're exactly what I don't want in my company and you're just making a bad situation worse, goodbye"
-Pilestedt, probably

[rotund cosmos]

There is gonna be another "comment correction" situation

[coarse swift]

Community managers are quite replaceable lol

[obtuse reef]

They’re practically a dime a dozen

[rotund cosmos]

Where someone got something wrong, and had to rectify

[austere lance]

I like how one CM is on Twitter trying to do damage control while another is doing the exact opposite, lol

[obtuse reef]

Well, shitty community managers are a dime a dozen

[rotund cosmos]

I havent went into their discord yet, my hazmat suit isn't up to code

[obtuse reef]

Hm, might have to check it out and see how long until I die of radiation poisoning

[rotund cosmos]

I stay in mission tactics where the toxicity is relatively low

[rotund cosmos]

Bring a Geiger counter so you both can collectively scream

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/juggling-homer-simpson-plutonium-dangerous-loop-gif-20403491

[austere lance]

Bring enough Rad-X to stop a Glowing One in its tracks, lol

[rotund cosmos]

That community manager right now without the glass

[obtuse reef]

Eat the lead to block the radiation

[winter yew]

can someone explain the tdlr to me rq 💀

[austere lance]

Full Power Armor and tons of Rad-X required 🤣

[obtuse reef]

TL;DR, Sony fumbled the bag so fucking hard that this is one for the history books.

They basically pissed on the Mona Lisa

[rotund cosmos]

Sony pushed all PC users to have a PS account for Helldivers and a few other games

Community is outraged for a plethora of reasons, main issue - Playstation isn't in every region and excludes some PC players.
Arrowhead is taking the flak of this and a community manager poured jet fuel on a forest fire

[obtuse reef]

And the forest is full of Russian bears, the ones that get high off of jet fuel

[coarse swift]

By the end of the month a PSN account is required to play HD2
Not a big deal right? Just make the account and forget about it

Issue is putting your info into another company
Bigger issue is if you bought the game in one of the many countries where PSN isn't available, you're now locked out of the game

[rotund cosmos]

All the while, Sony execs are roasting marshmallows while counting money by said fire

[quaint escarp]

the 3rd party account thing is a dumb thing to cry about

[rotund cosmos]

Nailed it

[quaint escarp]

the region issue is the actual problem

[coarse swift]

It's really only an issue because of the regional lockout

[obtuse reef]

Indeed, but it’s still an annoying situation

[quaint escarp]

yeah

[obtuse reef]

I forgot how many different accounts I’ve had to make

[rotund cosmos]

I think it's mostly agreed it's because of region locks. And risk of ban if you use VPN

[winter yew]

at this point i might just refund on steam and buy a playstation

[coarse swift]

I'm just used to having to make new accounts for shit that I turn my brain off to it.
At the very least I keep track of it all

[winter yew]

wait no, 10 hours of failed start ups

[coarse swift]

Huh?

[rotund cosmos]

If you're not in the region to do so. I don't even think it'll connect to the website to even sign up

[winter yew]

I am in a region to do so, but im concerned for those that arent

[rotund cosmos]

It's annoying... But expected in the modern internet age

Actually, is there even cross progression for Helldivers? I don't think there is

Quick Google yields: No

[coarse swift]

Nah, which would make some people quite cross

[rotund cosmos]

That just another tick on the shit stick

You can save trophies I guess

Even less reason to have 2 accounts

[winter yew]

still my biggest issue: Gameguard

[rotund cosmos]

Anti cheat?

[winter yew]

only thing stopping me from playing it separate from windows

my laptop isnt capable of running it, so i tried to use Wine on Mac

wine and gameguard conflict

[rotund cosmos]

Ooh

[coarse swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/FOocfckvEs

Forgot some places require biometrics for PSN

[winter yew]

what the fuck

[rotund cosmos]

The only time you could use throw away was pre 2018

[winter yew]

i made a PSN account but it didnt require all of that

it was before i even got my license

[rotund cosmos]

Since there are more data breaches, pretty much every damn country requires 2 proof of identity

[rotund cosmos]

When did you make your account?

[winter yew]

idk, like a month after HD2 release

[rotund cosmos]

Strange

[winter yew]

when i first tried to play the game

[rotund cosmos]

It's only for the UK and Ireland

Did some digging

i summoned the Brits

[shadow tartan]

Back is fucked after work last night so was laying down, got drunk on the tears earlier and gonna get Chinese to celebrate

Tell me Oh Ceryncross

Is it still a glorious day

[rotund cosmos]

Drunk on tears?

[shadow tartan]

Are they still crying?

[coarse swift]

Everything up in flames tbh, issue wouldn't be so bad if it not for regional lockout

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I love salty gamer tears, they been a delicacy for me since I was fucking people up in tournaments

[rotund cosmos]

Makes sense, makes sense

[shadow tartan]

Yeah kinda sucks but I'm pretty sure there will be some work around

Also

[coarse swift]

People who bought the game in countries where PSN isn't available will get locked out, that's the only real issue

[shadow tartan]

Their bad planning

[fleet moat]

I don't know why YouTube is recommending this but it's refreshing having seen it Definitely an uplifting story https://youtu.be/uvHwyrem24M

@idle saffron check it

[shadow tartan]

I laughed at that too

[rotund cosmos]

That's if Sony cooperates

[shadow tartan]

Because this kinda shit is just part of work and they slipped

Womp womp

[rotund cosmos]

I'd still blame Sony really, not Arrowhead.

[rotund cosmos]

They also don't have a hiring issue either so strange

[coarse swift]

This is exactly the kinda guy id wanna be if I went executive or management, glad to see it can work

[rotund cosmos]

Sucks its a unicorn situation

[fleet moat]

hope your back's feeling better btw. highly recommend a massage gun for back issues btw

also, how did you get drunk on tears? ... altho Chinese food celeb sounds nom

[shadow tartan]

Angry gamers expelling hatred, Gleam and Knova came to fan the flames and it was hilarious

My tear jar got filled so quickly I had to go find a bathtub

[fleet moat]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-alice-in-wonderland-tears-gif-25677729

[shadow tartan]

I know there are issues but I love seeing how illiterate people are

For months they never saw the PlayStation branding in the game

But today they hate and despise Sony and would never buy their products

[fleet moat]

[shadow tartan]

After buying one of their products

Gold

I think I was aroused at one point

Games, the gift that keeps on giving

[fleet moat]

https://tenor.com/view/sweeettails-sweettails-girl-gamer-twitch-streamer-laughing-gif-26428105

[idle saffron]

Awesome

[mental rose]

So never touch Sony products, got it.
Too bad though... I was actually excited for Ghost of Tsushima...

[shadow tartan]

Hahahahahahaha

@idle saffron 🤣😂

[quaint escarp]

the issue was selling it in regions that dont have psn, the other points are kinda moot

those that cant make a psn account without a vpn could skip over the account thing and still play

[idle saffron]

Lmao

[shadow tartan]

Selective Reading

[quaint escarp]

idc about another account

[shadow tartan]

Shira nobody wants your data

[idle saffron]

I love chaos as long as I don't have to be in charge of it lol

[shadow tartan]

@quaint escarp actually changed my mind, I want your data

[idle saffron]

Oh we got that long ago from Discord

[fleet moat]

what's the current tally of those regions btw? i'd be curious to see the list, how long it is. are those players users are really unable to create a PSN account via Sony's website when accessing it from said regions?

[shadow tartan]

Damn, really

Oh no

You mean all this time I've been talking here they sold my data

[fleet moat]

[mental rose]

But hey, at least Sony is courteus enough to allow you to delete your PSN account later on

[idle saffron]

A number mentioned was over 4million - but I have no idea if that's accurate

[fleet moat]

4 million regions?

[idle saffron]

Ya

[quaint escarp]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1cj3gez/because_people_ask_why_some_others_complain_about/

[fleet moat]

i'm curious about the region count, i wanna see the list

[idle saffron]

Players that are in regions that can't

[shadow tartan]

Allow me to complain about what companies do with data on a platform that sold my data

[shadow tartan]

Sony cover around 90 out of 140 counties or something

Give or take

[fleet moat]

PSN is available in 69 countries around the world.
does this apply to the PSN website actually being inaccessible outside of those countries though?

[shadow tartan]

69

[idle saffron]

Here is what they are spamming now @fleet moat No clue of the veracity:

List of countries where people cant make PSN accounts:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville),Djibouti Dominica, Dominican Republic East Timor (Timor-Leste), Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini(Swaziland), Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts, Nevis Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenadines Samoa, San Marino, Sao, Tome, Principe Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Suriname

[shadow tartan]

Yeeeeeee