other-games

[restive tusk]

yea, they were... usually i can scare them easy, not this ones.
bait was that good.

[dry copper]

Yell at them and they just sit there

[restive tusk]

while i was dealing with the ones in the bushes behind me, i heard one was already on the tree above me

scary shit lmao

i had to close up shop and go home

ruined my fishing night

[dry copper]

I knew at least the racoons wouldn't stick around long after I left. They kept moving away from me, but not too far....mostly because one was trapped on the roof

I left for 30 mins and the one on the roof got down

[restive tusk]

moms are stubborn. it's pretty cool

[dry copper]

I read online that they are sensitive to green light

So I got a green laser to temporarily blind them rather than hurt them physically.

Hoping the shock of temporary blindness will scare them away

[restive tusk]

only pest problem i have now is the rats in the backyard

not a huge deal, it's just a backyard

[dry copper]

I had a mouse

Last weekend

Killed it inside of a day with traps

I'd rather mice to racoons

[restive tusk]

yea and mice are less destructive than rats

[dry copper]

I had a rat once in my life...things are fucking horrifying

[restive tusk]

they freakin are lol

[winter yew]

I hate mice and rats lol
They both raid your bread and covert

[restive tusk]

my little dashound everytime i let her out at the back, goes crazy with the scnet, looking for rats everywhere

[dry copper]

I had to get giant traps and this rat was not scared at all...It avoided me but I know if I got it in a corner we'd be fighting

[restive tusk]

one time she actually managed to catch one

[dry copper]

The blood was everywhere after the rat was killed by the trap. I think it exploded the rats skull

What a cleanup job that was

[restive tusk]

they get big too. harder to have traps for the large ones

[dry copper]

Yeah. I had to study the rats pathing before ever setting it

[restive tusk]

the plexiglass contraption i made can fit them, but buying those huge ones is costly

[dry copper]

It's rare for a rat to be alone.

I thought there would be a second one, but nothing

[shadow tartan]

@restive tusk exposed

[restive tusk]

if only you had seen me in certain servers you'd understand the name

[austere lance]

Putting the freak in freakshow

[restive tusk]

ffs i thought this was offtopic channel

[dry copper]

I make that mistake all the time.

[shadow tartan]

You expose yourself in any channel

Mod fail

[restive tusk]

terrible mod

[shadow tartan]

Absolutely

Time to demote

[austere lance]

The Codex Astartes does not condone this behavior, brother

[shadow tartan]

You're so in your element right now aren't you

You're probably squealing at work too

[dry copper]

The Duck Lord hath spoken

[winter yew]

Gog is having a crpg sale
Like everything from Baldur's Gate to Neverwinter is on sale

[dry copper]

playstation sale too

Woo. I got it, but if you don't Days Gone is a steal at 10 bucks

[winter yew]

Does days gone require psn?

[dry copper]

no

[winter yew]

Pleasant surprise I'll probably grab it

[dry copper]

I wish that they'd say something about the gothic remake

Shits been in the dark for years

I played the demo...now I want the game

[winter yew]

They got ported to switch last year

[restive tusk]

what?

they literally spoke about it recently

i think just 2 days ago was watching a vid hmm

[dry copper]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1297900/Gothic_1_Remake/

Steam

Gothic 1 Remake

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Gothic Playable Teaser

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Been waiting since 2019

[restive tusk]

Okay but they literally showed stuff recently

ah yes this is the one i played too

in about 2020 or so

[shadow tartan]

My laptop might play that so I'll jump on it if you're down

No specs on graphics so let's see

The tease only requires a 970 but want to know for sure

[dry copper]

I haven't played a game all day. Never have enough time to sit down at the computer for long enough. I sit down, watch news, read stories, check techie shit, emails, then go do something else

[shadow tartan]

We can chart our single player journeys

[shadow tartan]

Same, I'm busy till 3-4am for the next couple of weeks

[restive tusk]

yea the teaser was pretty low on fidelity. but the recent gameplay may indicate it's gonna require a bit more

https://youtu.be/3pZ4nJSErrE

[shadow tartan]

Might have to trade in all my laptops

[restive tusk]

This silly thing still dont have a release date and it's september

[shadow tartan]

Just make one up yourself

[restive tusk]

what will that do

[shadow tartan]

Might make you feel better

[shadow tartan]

Just had a flashback of when I first saw this meme

[silver sparrow]

After you listened to chocolate rain

[shadow tartan]

Schoolbook says it can't be here again

[tranquil glen]

even if it is an MMO that gets shit on, its pretty as fcuk

[shadow tartan]

@coarse swift finished what I was doing, decided to buy SC for Warbond so I can play SM with you whenever you're done with work

[silver sparrow]

You bought Star citizen

[shadow tartan]

Yeah you want to play?

[silver sparrow]

feck no

i don't even have a gaming pc

[austere lance]

You doing campaign or Operations 👀

[shadow tartan]

Just finished a campaign mission, haven't been able to play till just now

[austere lance]

👀

[shadow tartan]

Plus I have company

[austere lance]

Do you need a third for campaign, lol

[shadow tartan]

Yeah bruv why not, not sure when Ceryn is off work though

Waiting for @coarse swift be like

[austere lance]

[coarse swift]

Titus when he takes a shit

[shadow tartan]

Or smells S0ul farts

How do space marines poop

[inland oasis]

Ashartes

Of the astra toiletarum

[shadow tartan]

Goddam nerds 💜

[coarse swift]

Codex Asstartes

[shadow tartan]

This pleases the Emperor

[inland oasis]

Which legion is the cleptomaniacs again? I was introduced to the memes of them today

My fave one was “brother that’s not supported in the codex ast-“

“BROTHER THEY STOLE THE CODEX”

[shadow tartan]

They steal stuff?

[inland oasis]

Fuck yea

[shadow tartan]

What's the penalty?

[inland oasis]

Blood ravens

They steal and well by the emperor your not to waste his gifts

However, stealing is very heretical

So they steal, honorably 😂💀 is kinda the meme

[shadow tartan]

Get your hands chopped off

As long as it pleases the Emperor I guess

[inland oasis]

Punishments can be so varying in the ways of warhammer lmao

[shadow tartan]

Turning your spine into a bracelet, shit like that

[austere lance]

Bloody Magpies, you mean

[inland oasis]

We’re not “stealing” tbh that gear is considered relics. It must be “collected”

[austere lance]

The OG space magpie Trazyn must be proud, lol

[shadow tartan]

They're sdealing the codex

[austere lance]

The OG space magpie Trazyn stole an entire company of Space Marines, put them in his pocket in suspended animation, then 10k years later pulled them out to randomly help a bunch of Cadians fight demons 🤣

[inland oasis]

Ok last one lol

[austere lance]

Trazyn also uh, stole at least one Custode. He has them in his pocket too

[inland oasis]

Legend

[austere lance]

Read through his list of things he stole, it gets more ridiculous the further down the list you go 🤣
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Trazyn

[inland oasis]

I’ll have to on break.

Currently listening to https://youtu.be/MISWUdwvdog?si=oCHKAxe905kU5diz to pass time

I wish more warhammer audio lore had this level of production quality

[austere lance]

"A device containing the entire hive fleet that launched the Tyranid invasion of the world of Vuros, which Trazyn himself had sparked in an effort to add a Tyranid exhibit to his collection"

Yes he had a whole Tyranid fleet in a space jar, lol

[inland oasis]

It’s just a little terrarium 💀😭

Dude just wanted a cool version of an aquarium. Cant blame him

[austere lance]

"A perfect clone of the Primarch Fulgrim, which he received in exchange for providing 18,000 samples of pure Emperor's Children gene-seed in a deal with Fabius Bile"

[inland oasis]

Mans got big pockets

[austere lance]

Technically he keeps them all in a bizzare museum, lol. But he can pull some things out of his pockets if he needs to, like a company of Space Marines he kinda just plopped into a warzone to fight demons 😆

[inland oasis]

Dudes prolly stolen a warp portal to keep in his pockets and that’s how he does it

“The warp? What is this warp? GIVE!”

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juQASG4Jy-E

Yesh. Minecraft maps are 60,000 square kilometers

Translated to earth based on the size of your avatar, that makes the minecraft map seven times larger than planet earth

[inland oasis]

It’s true I explored it all

[dry copper]

I wish they'd consolidate the minecraft bedrock and java already

checking to see if they did and I missed it

Meh they didn't

[inland oasis]

https://youtu.be/2qO0klW7i2o?si=EcX6vPpAy9PKJjwn

Ahhh papa nurgle

[glossy kestrel]

actually not bad... https://youtu.be/Emne5ZkCwz0?si=nKFJ0zr5ShuJDDBX
My main complaint about this game is really the loading screens... tht aside the games not actually tht bad!

[dry copper]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2102450/Enotria_The_Last_Song/

Steam

Enotria: The Last Song

"Enotria: The Last Song" is a thrilling Soulsike set in a sun-lit land inspired by Italian folklore and filled with danger.The world has been gripped by the Canovaccio - a twisted eternal play that keeps everything in an unnatural stasis. You, Maskless One, are the only one without a given role and master of your destiny. Defeat the fearsome Aut...

Price

$49.99

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[shadow tartan]

@austere lance @coarse swift what are you two nerds doing

[austere lance]

Barely being awake cuz I'm old and it's 9 PM 🤣

[barren sparrow]

I got to play Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous again
I forgot how eventful start is

City has a festival, you are injured. One named NPC cannot help you, its serious so they call for another named NPC that turns out is a dragon in human form. You are stabilised but not fully healed, you will have to talk to that second NPC again but for now you can enjoy the festivities

Couple of minutes later ||City is overrun by demons, everyone is dead. Dragon turn into their true form and gets decapitated, Demon Lord splits the ground open and you fall. ||

Literally first 5 min of gameplay

[shadow tartan]

I'll get on earlier tomorrow so we can jump on, I'm purple now

With gold bits

[austere lance]

Not the Hawk Tuah Lords colors 💀

[inland oasis]

Ya just gotta spit on them tyranids. Hawk tuah

[coarse swift]

you could've been there

it was hell

We made it out ok but you couldve been there

[shadow tartan]

I look like a toy

[restive tusk]

better a toy than a tool

[shadow tartan]

Not the kind of toy I mean

[shadow tartan]

I'm definitely a tool, affirmative action tool

[restive tusk]

imagine merit smh

[inland oasis]

I’m a tool that pleases the emperor!

wink

[restive tusk]

no that's Nate

you just saw it lol

[inland oasis]

Then I’m the toy

[restive tusk]

the game is that weird eh

[shadow tartan]

Ewww

[shadow tartan]

It's so weird

I get why people like it though

[inland oasis]

PUSH TITUS! For your brothers! For the emperor! PUSHHH

[shadow tartan]

Backsplash does not please the Emperor

[inland oasis]

Wait till the emperor finds out it’s a bidet

[shadow tartan]

They're cleaning the butts

[inland oasis]

Power armor prolly got built in Buttwipes too

[abstract turret]

https://youtu.be/2UqRxFLOG68?si=2djQiM13NNIB_XTb

https://youtu.be/6uFt1877WWU?si=cMH9ioLSpKls0_6Z

[orchid fox]

@austere lance i may have watched brickys video on sm2 campain and the moment || the warp/immarerium || happened/got mention he lost his fucking marbles (click spoil at own risk)

Lol

Lore speaking as the adeptus host

[inland oasis]

My sniper boi

[rotund cosmos]

CHONK

What does he shoot? Artillery guns?

[inland oasis]

wait till u see bulwark

[rotund cosmos]

Man, shoulders a m777 howitzer artillery gun

[rotund cosmos]

The WALL

[mental rose]

You a Emperor's Children loyalist? 😄

[orchid fox]

the only shit i see in that color pattern is unironically calus faction d2 >_>

does pve and pvp share progression btw or nah @inland oasis

[inland oasis]

i havent done pvp. im avoiding it. i hate pvp lol

[marble idol]

nfs underground 2

[inland oasis]

Da Bulwark

[mental rose]

And allegedly there's hackers already too.

[inland oasis]

there is

even in ops

i see people throwin inf grenades

it not a game ruiner for me personally

but would be in pvp

like i know for a fact, 100% you only get 1 melta bomb per pickup. unless theres some perk somewhere with a class i aint using. its ONE. and some dude took a carnifex down in 1 shot by planting 3 back to back to back

im ngl it was pretty cool XD

[rotund cosmos]

HEFTY CHONK

[obtuse reef]

I’ve been looking at the balance changes for HD2, they’re not bad. I would rather some of them didn’t have to be made, but I’ll take what I can get

I’m just happy the flamethrowers got fixed

[shadow tartan]

Bruv I'm purple, I just wanted to be Space Grimace and hunt down Ronald

[obtuse reef]

“You’re up against the wall, and I AM THE WALL”

Fun fact about the dozers in PAYDAY, despite wearing a bomb disposal suit, they have one of the lowest explosive resistances in the game

[quaint escarp]

Red dead Redemption 1 is coming to Steam (TBA)

[obtuse reef]

In TF2, I need to rename my medigun “stop pressing E”, because I’ve have people call for a medic while they can see me heading over to them

[coarse swift]

Lol they added battleeye to GTAV

[obtuse reef]

Ain’t that that shitty anticheat?

[quaint escarp]

yes now they just screwed over anyone that plays on linux or steam deck that wants to play gtao

[obtuse reef]

Well that’s a bit of an asshole move

[tranquil glen]

me with it on Epic

😆

[obtuse reef]

It’s a good thing I don’t play GTA nor have any interest in playing it

[quaint escarp]

retroactively adding anticheat but not putting any work into making sure ur buyers can still play it

[obtuse reef]

Especially on Steam Deck

A lot of anti cheats don’t work that well

Either they’re way too reactive or they don’t do shit

[austere lance]

Is this gonna be another monkey's paw moment where I get hyped that it's remastered only for it to be a buggy mess that rarely hits 30 FPS, or did they actually do it right this time
https://x.com/darksiders/status/1836042872144994619?t=Sn7I4l6-YUpGWoajZZRkAw&s=19

Darksiders (@darksiders) on X

The war between Heaven and Hell continues!

#Darksiders II: #Deathinitive Editionis coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on October 15th!

Twitter · Sep 17, 2024, 2:01 PM

[coarse swift]

Helldivers buffs looking good

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, I’m excited to get yelled at for using flamethrowers on the bots

They’re actually not that bad, the only downside is that you have to get close to the hulking murder machines

[rotund cosmos]

For real

Makes me want to play again

[obtuse reef]

I also can’t wait to forget that 500kg bombs are actually dangerous now

[rotund cosmos]

Sucks to be a hulk

[coarse swift]

Gas confuses the enemies now

[rotund cosmos]

WOOO

AND the Recoiless Rifle can 2 shot a bile titan on the side

[coarse swift]

Thermite actually kills shit

[rotund cosmos]

The pretty much upped the damage on the Liberator and Liberator Carbine

[obtuse reef]

Flamethrowers pierce more armor now!

Now I can burn chargers to death!

[rotund cosmos]

burn the chargers

[obtuse reef]

Stupid bugs

[coarse swift]

I'm most excited for the arc buffs

[obtuse reef]

Hyper efficient living weapon, meet napalm

[rotund cosmos]

Now can Stun Chargers

[austere lance]

-Introduce Melta weapons to Helldivers
-War ends within a week
Ez win, lol

[coarse swift]

Arc Thrower already could, but briefly
It did slow them down during a charge

[rotund cosmos]

Look my metric is "how well can I bully chargers"

[obtuse reef]

Well, that’s good news for me, since I use the blitzer on bugs

[rotund cosmos]

I know, but now the primary arc weaponry can

[coarse swift]

oops all high difficulty chaos

[rotund cosmos]

Either the war ends, or all helldivers die via Friendly Fire

[obtuse reef]

“Oops, all greater daemons!”

[coarse swift]

What wins, a melta known for shredding everything or one shieldy boi

[rotund cosmos]

Winner: someone who lived to tell the results

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/1ZxKqBVWGm-0f_

I’ll never forget

[coarse swift]

Speaking of shields
Seems there's a melee bug when using shield backpack, you can't be damaged by melee

[obtuse reef]

What wins, a living tank that has been engineered over centuries of complex evolution to be the perfect killing machine OR a fucking lightning shotgun

[austere lance]

Simply introduce the business end of a Melta to robo bois

[grand mica]

Lightning shotgun.

[rotund cosmos]

ah good times

I got em good

[obtuse reef]

Correct

Have you ever gotten so pissed off at the hunters that you just start smacking them? I have.

[rotund cosmos]

Absolutely

[grand mica]

Common knowledge bro, every doom guy knows. 😉

[inland oasis]

Hunters… the one thing that genuinely keeps me from wanting to even play

They’re too annoying

[obtuse reef]

I think their AI is way too aggressive

[rotund cosmos]

Now, weapons actually do damage to kill them

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbvAaDN1bpE

[mental rose]

Well, whether it's via accident or intent, purple and gold are the colors of the Emperor's Children legion. 😉
It's a shame they turned traitor... purple is also my favorite color...

[inland oasis]

Too much aggro, too much range, too much damage, too much slow effect

Too fast

[austere lance]

The Helldivers R&D people are so close with the lightning shotgun, just give them more resources til they make le funny nuclear shotgun

[coarse swift]

However, despite everything

No changes to Purifier

[inland oasis]

Too much jump range

[austere lance]

Now it's the color of the Hawk Tuah Lords tho, lol

[grand mica]

For a moment I thought you meant FriendlyFire the person in this server. Lol

[coarse swift]

At the very least armor got reworked and nerfed a bit so it should actually kill more stuff

[rotund cosmos]

Noooooo.. well maybe

[shadow tartan]

I did it by accident, I lean towards this colour scheme in real life along with monochrome

[inland oasis]

Yea my one armor set with 100 armor says it’s less than my other set with 70 lol

[rotund cosmos]

Purifier? Picture?

[inland oasis]

Like the numbers red

[obtuse reef]

Do you use that one light armor set?

[rotund cosmos]

Gotta get that fortified

[inland oasis]

I use the tan light armor. Not the forest green one

[rotund cosmos]

I use fortified medium. Until I earn enough for the electric and fire resistant ones

[obtuse reef]

I usually run engineering kit or democracy protects

The extra two grenades is absurdly valuable

[inland oasis]

I’m just mentioning a visual bug lol. It shows 70 as a green number as if it’s higher than 100 when THATS my equipped armor

[coarse swift]

My beloved hard to use gun

[obtuse reef]

Oh that one

I just use the laser assault rifle

[coarse swift]

I haven't used that in ages

[obtuse reef]

The sickle is amazing, especially against bots

[coarse swift]

Blitzer, Purifier, and Sickle are where it's at

[rotund cosmos]

Duuuude, did it need a buff???

[obtuse reef]

The flamethrowers are really fun to use too

[mental rose]

Oh, there's even plasma weapons in HD universe? Interesting

[obtuse reef]

There’s like two

[rotund cosmos]

I still vibe with my jar dominator

My skill cannon

[inland oasis]

I still rock the goddamn breaker shotgun

[austere lance]

Double its size, then we'll be getting somewhere 😌

[obtuse reef]

A plasma shotgun (it’s essentially a grenade launcher) and the purifier, that I used like twice before switching out

[rotund cosmos]

Should get more when illuminate comes

[coarse swift]

Yes and no
It needs a gameplay adjustment because the firing feedback just sucks. Charging for that shot doesn't feel great.
That said, with how much more stuff can now be damaged by medium armor penetration, I think it'll shine some more

[obtuse reef]

In a world of complex problems, the simplest solution is sometimes the best

[rotund cosmos]

Oh, laser weapons no longer have recoil

[austere lance]

Does the shotgun shoot slugs

[dry copper]

Oncolytic viruses

[rotund cosmos]

Some do

[obtuse reef]

There is a slug shotgun, yes

[dry copper]

Viruses that hunt down cancer

[rotund cosmos]

The slugger

[rotund cosmos]

Imma watch that video... in a moment

[austere lance]

Shouldn't they all shoot slugs? Not like scattershot would pierce a robot or giant armored bug, lol

[rotund cosmos]

Nah

[obtuse reef]

The buckshot is absurdly good against the bugs. It breaks armor, can hit gaps between the plates, and does stupid damage

[inland oasis]

Birdshot? No, BUCKshot? Yes

[rotund cosmos]

Some are better used for crowd control. Like the breaker now has a duckbill for horizontal

[obtuse reef]

Not to mention, you can’t beat the pure stopping power of a 12g shell to the forehead

You can stunlock stalkers with the pump action shotgun

[inland oasis]

I’d like to use flachette rounds against bugs 💀

[rotund cosmos]

Never met a stalker huh?

[obtuse reef]

Oh I have

The pump action shotgun is really good against them

[rotund cosmos]

They eat a buckshot and keep moving

[austere lance]

You can if your target is high tech armored war bot, lol. That would require slugs for sure

[rotund cosmos]

They have weakspots

Like the waist

Just blast the waist

[obtuse reef]

The robots are more so about precision and not armor penetration

You can one shot giant walkers if you have good enough aim

Those bigass factory striders can be one shot with the commando if you hit them in the eye

[rotund cosmos]

The clankers, you need to have more of a tactical mindset with. Use cover, take aim, target weakspots, etc

[rotund cosmos]

Autocannon richochet to the vents

[inland oasis]

I hate the bots

Don’t even play that half of the game

[obtuse reef]

I actually have more fun with them than the bugs

[coarse swift]

Curious how well the spray n pray does now

[rotund cosmos]

I made poor Jenks' heart race playing against bots

[obtuse reef]

The bugs are just way too aggressive imo

[rotund cosmos]

I want to see if the breaker incendiary sets things on fire easier

[obtuse reef]

I’ve been chased across the map by two Bile Titans before

[rotund cosmos]

These can now die easier

[inland oasis]

Everything except hunters can be outran with light armor lol

Can’t outrun damn bullets tho

[obtuse reef]

Except I run medium armor for the survivability

[inland oasis]

Don’t get hit

[rotund cosmos]

Also, it was the spray and pray with the duckbill choke. My bad

[rotund cosmos]

Can too

Zig zag

[austere lance]

Lol
https://x.com/Helldiversmedia/status/1836015147640402090?t=GWzP4rHVLsJ2IKtpICEWyQ&s=19

Helldivers 2 Media (@Helldiversmedia) on X

Please tell me that I was not the only one who thought the GLOWING RED abdomen was a weak point.

Twitter · Sep 17, 2024, 12:11 PM

[coarse swift]

I can't wait for Illuminate to show up and scare both the bugs and bots fighters

[inland oasis]

That’s not outRUNNING lol

That’s tactically evading

[rotund cosmos]

these bastard fly now and TELEPORT

Can't wait for more PTSD

[obtuse reef]

Advanced alien race, meet my good friends Smith and Wesson

[rotund cosmos]

Now just hold still so you can shake their hand

[shadow tartan]

Bruv if it's anything like the first game I don't think people are ready
But it might just involve air striking everything

[rotund cosmos]

With enough 500kg munitions, they'll die eventually

[austere lance]

Simply throw big rock

[shadow tartan]

Shields, teleporting, mind control

[obtuse reef]

Guns just throw really small rocks really really fast

[rotund cosmos]

So, lightning to destroy shields?

[obtuse reef]

Lightning machine gun when?

[austere lance]

We've seen in a certain other game recently that big rock thrown by an old man can wipe out a giant flying monstrosity, I see no reason it won't work in Helldivers 🤣

[rotund cosmos]

Need to play again

[coarse swift]

Nah, id win

[inland oasis]

Give em telekinesis and let em ragdoll throw us around 😂

[rotund cosmos]

Mind control

You mean, I get a reason to execute a helldiver?

Oh happy days

[mental rose]

So just like the aliens from XCOM/Ufo series. 😄

[shadow tartan]

You know that's actually Magicka

[shadow tartan]

I just do it anyway, fuck em

[rotund cosmos]

When i get back home, I'm definitely playing.

[rotund cosmos]

My cluster strike be like

[shadow tartan]

Shoot people in the head

[austere lance]

I don't think the Illuminate have snake women designed by very questionable devs tho, lol

[rotund cosmos]

Say they got in my way

[austere lance]

https://tenor.com/view/viper-xcom2-gif-22293901

[rotund cosmos]

A good time eh?

[mental rose]

Surprised nobody in universe has come up with a lightning/EMP gun yet. Feels like it would be very effective against automatons.

[rotund cosmos]

We have

[mental rose]

Hell, or an orbital EMP strike

[shadow tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/aesthetic-anime-snake-open-mouth-gif-17314252

[rotund cosmos]

We have emp, and emp mortars. Orbital strikes, air strafes

[mental rose]

Ah.

I stand corrected

[rotund cosmos]

Imma go get something to eat. Cya

[mental rose]

Man... Fallout Tactics was so good...

[shadow tartan]

Bon Appetit Muzz

[obtuse reef]

The issue with the EMP stuff is that not only would the automatons likely have some protection against that, but it could potentially fry HD equipment. The current EMP stuff slows enemies to a crawl

[shadow tartan]

Stops them firing too

If arc weapons rebound off shields, it's gonna be fun

[inland oasis]

Good thing I won’t have friends to ricochet arc kill me

[shadow tartan]

Your own arc, dingdong

@inland oasis you're gonna get surrounded like that couch meme

[inland oasis]

MISSION OBJECTIVE: SURVIVE

[obtuse reef]

Oh god not that one

[austere lance]

The mighty arc dingdong strikes fear into its enemies, lol

[obtuse reef]

Well that’s a shocking sentence

[shadow tartan]

My dingdong jumps between my enemies

Electricity in the air

[obtuse reef]

I doubt that very much

[shadow tartan]

Not allowed to share pics here

[obtuse reef]

Also, isn’t electricity just subatomic particles? Bit of a self own there

[tranquil glen]

Can someone throw me the store page for the following yt link, preferably from steam: https://youtu.be/wLXizxVIu6k?si=3BpOy3L99Efi_TOu

[coarse swift]

Oh this is wonderful

This is exactly how a laser should be against chitinous armor

[tranquil glen]

Wish that worked in skyrim against the charus

[shadow tartan]

Terminids getting BUN

[tranquil glen]

Got it: turns out alredy wishlisted: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601570/The_Alters/

Steam

The Alters

From the creators of This War of MineFEATURES:Take the role of Jan Dolski, an everyday man facing impossible odds on a distant planet.Face important choices from the past in order to save yourself in the present.Create new versions of yourself to complete tasks impossible to tackle on your own.Build relationships with the alters and try to influ...

Release Date

2024

▶ Play video

[dry copper]

Don't you hate it when you've already done the thing you want to do? 😛

[tranquil glen]

Don’t you hate it When you speak in a chat but get pile rolled by the already on going conversation

[dry copper]

I don't recall that happening in a very long time. Can't say I hate it.

[rotund cosmos]

Oh yeah. Lasers set things on fire now

[coarse swift]

Already did before

[dry copper]

Lasers: It's what's for dinner.

[rotund cosmos]

Yes, but now it's faster

[rotund cosmos]

They deserve it

[tranquil glen]

Well yea everyone needs dinner..(-_-)

[dry copper]

I can't even count the number of times I've not gotten dinner

[tranquil glen]

Obtaining something is different from that of requiring it

[dry copper]

Frontpunk2 on GOG. If you buy deluxe edition apparently it has early access to the game available immediately

https://tenor.com/view/rolling-stone-rolling-stones-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-you-cant-always-get-you-cat-always-get-gif-17697028

[tranquil glen]

I don’t particularly like the look of fp2

Would prefer fp1 endless

Its looks cool seeing a take on astroneer glacio / Surviving Mars, but not my cup of coffee

[dry copper]

nice book bundle for Warhammer fans
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/tales-space-marine-chapters-2024-black-library-books

[austere lance]

Deathwatch go brrrrrr

[austere lance]

If you want a good intro to 40k that's got some humor to it and shows everything from a more grounded level you should get this. It's the first three books about Ciaphus Cain, a Commissar in the Imperium

[obtuse reef]

Oh, that guy

[inland oasis]

My fave commissar is yarrick. The one humey Orks actually respect

And potentially fear

[austere lance]

Is he the one who lost a hand to an ork, cut the ork's hand off, and uses it as a prosthetic? 😆

[obtuse reef]

I think he’s got some sort of Ork power claw as a prosthetic

[austere lance]

Lol

[inland oasis]

It was during a brutal hand-to-hand duel with the hulking Warboss Ugulhard in the final battle for Hades Hive that Yarrick lost an arm. He took the Ork's head in return, replacing his severed limb with Ugulhard's own Power Klaw.

[obtuse reef]

Imagine being some basic heretic and you see a commissar wielding an Ork power claw, cutting your buddies in half. It’d probably be a bad day to be a heretic

I’m a bit surprised that thing fit on a human

Ork warbosses get big

[inland oasis]

Yarrick ain’t no humey, ee bloody green loike us!

[obtuse reef]

Orks surprisingly enough don’t entirely hate humans

[inland oasis]

They love us

[obtuse reef]

That is, assuming you give them a good fight

[inland oasis]

Were fun

They don’t fight out of hate with us

Plus it’s there nature to just conquer

[obtuse reef]

The space marines are fun, it depends on the guard regiment if they’re fun or not

[inland oasis]

True, you better be a fighter

[obtuse reef]

The Orks hate the Eldar and Tau. They do think they’ve got some good shinies though

They also like the Necrons

The Orks don’t understand fighting out of hate. Their word for “friend” is the same as “greatest rival”. So naturally, they’re a bit confused by why the Imperium hates them so much

[inland oasis]

We jus wanna proppa KRUMPIN!

[obtuse reef]

Them bloody umies don’t know how to have a proppa good toime.

[dry copper]

Greatest zombie movie ever made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j69OPw9nFHw

Second greatest zombie movie ever made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7suz9ndPBHg

[obtuse reef]

You’re probably gonna piss a few people off that way

At least gimme enough time to get some popcorn

[dry copper]

The next My Time At video game, from the developers of My Time at Portia and My Time At Sandrock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e25cvdRjzwI

[austere lance]

Chaos and demons in general are where the real fun is tho, lol. Hence there being a bunch of orks trapped in the Warp endlessly fighting for the entertainment of Khorne 😆

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/mad-max-fury-road-witness-gif-24567135

[obtuse reef]

Khorne is pissy that the Orks like Gork and Mork more

[austere lance]

One of said orks crushing the balls of a blood prince with his power claw is peak 40k 😆

[obtuse reef]

Now the question is, how many Orks does it take to kill Fulgrim…

[austere lance]

The only orks I know of who have lead a WAAAAAGH into the Warp, lol. The absolute madlads 🫡

[obtuse reef]

If they were anything but Orks, I’d say they’re either absurdly brave or absurdly stupid, but since they are Orks, they’re both

[austere lance]

Trazyn could easily answer this question, lol. He has lots of orks and a perfect clone of pre-Heresy Fulgrim in his museum 😌

[inland oasis]

goddamnit blood ravens get back here with the question!

[austere lance]

Trazyn has to love the Blood Ravens, lol

[obtuse reef]

Oh, I meant post heresy. That bastard needs a good krumpin

[obtuse reef]

Trazyn’s probably an inspiration to them all

[mental rose]

I think the better question is how many it would take to kill Angron.
Orks are pretty pissed at him ever since he killed that commissar they liked

[shadow tartan]

@dry copper best post apocalypse movie

[obtuse reef]

Probably a lot more, since Fulgrim is a cocky asshole who could easily be taken down if enough Orks show up.

[mental rose]

Yarrick. That was the name.

[inland oasis]

some speculate hes not rly dead

[obtuse reef]

Yes, we were talking about him earlier

[dry copper]

Greatest post apocalyptic movie ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO8EqMsxOiU

[austere lance]

Trazyn simply needs to put Fulgrim in a jar (tesseract labyrinth) 😌

[inland oasis]

Some say blood ravens just cannot lose cuz they’d even steal the victory

[obtuse reef]

They’d steal the defeat too

And the battlefield in most cases

[austere lance]

I need the Trazyn book about him and his boyfriend feuding for millenia and making/breaking civilizations in the process, lol

[inland oasis]

“Waste not the gifts of our emperor”

[obtuse reef]

More like “fuck you, no ground for you disgusting heretics/xenos”

[austere lance]

Left is Trazyn, right is his boyfriend

I'm not even joking about that book description, lol

[obtuse reef]

Trazyn isn’t even a chaotic neutral character, he defies all attempts at categorizing his morals

[inland oasis]

Oh wtf I feel stupid as fuck. I thought trazyn was like the elite chapter master of blood ravens. Like end all be all theif. Lol. It’s a necron…. Now it’s not as funny 😂

[obtuse reef]

Oh it is funny

You know how I joked about the blood ravens stealing battlefields? Trazyn has actually done that

[inland oasis]

Oh he’s stolen a lot

[obtuse reef]

He’s got a collection of pre-Heresy marines, various powerful artifacts, bits and bobs and all the odds and ends you could think of

[inland oasis]

I just can’t believe I’ve always associated him as a blood raven leader/ chapter master

Omg

[obtuse reef]

I think he’s got a god or two

[inland oasis]

The theif of thieves among thieves

[obtuse reef]

If you can comprehend it, he’s stolen it

He was also helping the humans during the fall of Cadia

[shadow tartan]

Yeah it's pretty good actually
Not much head exploding though

[obtuse reef]

Not because he likes humans, but because he was smart enough to realize that if Cadia fell it was pretty much over

[inland oasis]

I’m shocked he hasn’t stolen the celestial orrery yet

[austere lance]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1836116179989229606?t=3o5sfLO8zZvxFGXWL-g5tg&s=19

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) on X

EA confirms the next ‘Star Wars: Jedi’ game is the ‘final chapter’ in the series 🎮

Twitter · Sep 17, 2024, 6:53 PM

[coarse swift]

500kg closes a whole medium bug nest now

[shadow shadow]

Whats a good space RTS that doesnt have hundreds of dollars worth of dlc?

[shadow tartan]

The fuck

[coarse swift]

As in space battles specifically or takes place in space across multiple planets

[shadow shadow]

space battles

[coarse swift]

Maybe Sins of a Solar Empire?

[shadow shadow]

Stellaris seems interesting but Im never gonna buy it when theres $300 of dlc

[shadow tartan]

@coarse swift have they made 380 obsolete jk

[coarse swift]

Gas confuses, lighting stuns, 500kg clears, and brother

I hurt people

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-scout-tf2-cool-meme-room-gif-5937742832738595863

[shadow tartan]

That was before patch too

[coarse swift]

It's true

I always broke legs before

[obtuse reef]

Oooooooh, I hate scouts

[coarse swift]

Don't worry, I'm an engineer

I solve practical problems

Ones that exist outside the purview of the conundrum of your philosophy

[obtuse reef]

I am heavy weapons guy, and this is my weapon

[shadow shadow]

Looks awesome, thanks for the suggestion

[obtuse reef]

Anyvay, zats how I lost my medical license

[shadow shadow]

mild concern

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-medic-tf2medic-tf2meet-the-medic-birds-gif-23358692

[coarse swift]

Who needs a medical license when you can give medical suggestions

[winter yew]

Hell yeah

[orchid fox]

Like. All of them. Or do u still need to chuck grenades and precision strikes for the motherland

?

[orchid fox]

Still cant get over how overdramatic that intro is in a official class trailer afaik

[coarse swift]

All of them

Toss it in the center and watch it all go away

[obtuse reef]

That’s the point. Medic is a megalomaniac who thinks he’s a god, so the trailer represents that

Just like how scouts trailer represents how he’s an overconfident asshole

[orchid fox]

I just play tf2 seen trailers i know fuck all of their fundamental character personality traits outside big dude literally eating bullets on his sandwiches

The latter half was a joke fyi

But ye dunno any of their personality traits

Or rather "key" traits if thats more accurate

[obtuse reef]

I mean, medic has a voice line where he says “I AM ZE UBERMENSCH” that translates literally to “overlord/superman”

[austere lance]

Not the Black Templar medic 💀

[obtuse reef]

I’m talking about the TF2 medic

[orchid fox]

Lol oop

[austere lance]

I know 🤣

[obtuse reef]

Medic is unjustifiably psychotic, given how he’s one of the weakest classes in terms of actual combat ability

Sure, he’s got natural regeneration, something other classes don’t have without special items, but that’s at a rate of about 4 hp a second

And I guess his saws are pretty powerful too, given their absurd crit rate, but there’s the inherent issue of having to run up to considerably more well armed classes with only 150 hp and none of scouts mobility

[orchid fox]

I havent played tf2 in a millenia. I think i remember all crits being random entirely

[obtuse reef]

There are methods to get guaranteed crits (medic has a medigun that has guaranteed crits for its ubercharge), but they are mostly random

It’s just melee weapons seem to have more common crits

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rH_e4CiIU20

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVwY_3eAiM

[tranquil glen]

Funniest random comment i pop in on

[idle saffron]

@shadow tartan We gonna shoot some stuff or what

[austere lance]

Shooting things, you say

[shadow tartan]

Yeah just gonna eat and then I'll jump on

[austere lance]

[shadow tartan]

Gimme 30 or so

Please massa Gleam don beat me

[idle saffron]

Aye

[austere lance]

Smacking things with chainswords, you say

[idle saffron]

Also yes

Or a combat knife for the sniper I suppose

[austere lance]

Hmm. Do I bring lvl 10 Tactical or lvl 15 Sniper

[idle saffron]

I plan on leading with my face

[winter yew]

https://vxtwitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1836193518672347496

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYpGSz_0i4

[austere lance]

A true Bulwark 🫡

[idle saffron]

Lol

[austere lance]

Space Wolf go brrrrrrrrr

[idle saffron]

Nice

[dry copper]

That's hilarious

[tranquil glen]

didnt th ink they had added to EA am cry

[dry copper]

Epic owns Easy Anti Cheat and they'd use Battleeye before they'd use EAC

hilarious

[tranquil glen]

wtf just a bit of invasiveness for security

[dry copper]

At least it's not vanguard

[tranquil glen]

wdymbt?

[dry copper]

The vanguard anticheat runs even when the game isn't at a rootkit level

Windows actually detects vanguard as a virus because of how invasive it is

[tranquil glen]

i thought u were referencing the financial site Vanguard lol

[dry copper]

Vanguard is the anti-cheat used by Riot Games

[tranquil glen]

ah

[quaint escarp]

windows is not detecting vanguard as a virus stop spreading misinfo lol

[tranquil glen]

does vanguard install from other games aside from riot?

like do other games use vanguard aside from those published/dev'd by riot?

[quaint escarp]

vanguard is the same level anticheat as every other anticheat all thats different is that its persistent

meaning it has the same access as all the othwr anticheats

so if u allow the other ones complaining about vanguard is stupid

[dry copper]

Tell that to the CPU

[quaint escarp]

no its riots proprietary anticheat

[dry copper]

Vanguard accesses areas of the CPU no other anticheat does.

I shouldn't say no other...None that invasive.

Rootkit anticheats are shit

They can be bypassed and have access to your cpu they should not have.

[quaint escarp]

the only part it does different is launch on boot

all of them have ring 0 access

its not like its perfect ive had a bsod from it

[dry copper]

It's not like it blocks basic shit like notepad from running

[quaint escarp]

this is the same bs that reddit spewed when vanguard first game out

[tranquil glen]

i posted this somewhere else and ultimately did not install the game, but are trojans worse?

[quaint escarp]

its been pretty normal for 4 years

[dry copper]

That's from riotgames, not reddit.

[quaint escarp]

like i said its not perfect

[dry copper]

The argument that it's not more invasive than other anticheats is moot then

[quaint escarp]

it has the same ring 0 access lol

its all invasive

[dry copper]

Not relevant when it's abusing it

[quaint escarp]

its not?

[dry copper]

It makes a system unstable. I'd say that's abusive.

It runs when the game isn't. That's invasive

and no they don't all do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwzIq04vd0M

[quaint escarp]

then dont install it, its been out 4 years

bug bounty is up for those that want to hack it

its not chinese spyware

[dry copper]

chinese spyware? Where did that come from?

What is bug bounty?

[quaint escarp]

thats what a majority of the anti vanguard people bring up

[dry copper]

A company offering money?

[quaint escarp]

program that offers money to find vulnerabilities in the software

[restive tusk]

yea you cna get paid if you find and bypass vulnerabilities in the program

[quaint escarp]

im pretty sure its set at $100k or more for vanguard

[restive tusk]

that's.. sounds outlandish

but possible

[dry copper]

Almost like a marketing price point

Argue it's secure by never paying out

[quaint escarp]

i like how u showed one of their screenshots but didnt post the text that went with it

We're also addressing some of the compatibility issues players may have had with Vanguard initially. We've automatically enabled similar security standards to Windows Secure Boot while Vanguard is on. These standards were previously addressed through not being able to connect to Vanguard. Vanguard will also inform you what vulnerable vectors are being affected through a Windows notification

To ensure the integrity of players’ games, Riot Vanguard must be active during VALORANT gameplay. However, unexpected interactions with either the Vanguard client or the Vanguard driver on your device may impact your ability to play.

[dry copper]

That's just a sample. Not the only fuck up.

You said it yourself

[quaint escarp]

there hasnt been a security fuck up with vanguard

[dry copper]

Ah. I see. The BSOD you said you got was operating as expected.

[quaint escarp]

This starts at $25,000 for a bug that allows outside entities to access users’ private information all the way to $100,000 for “code execution on the kernel level,” which would let a hacker compromise the most fundamental parts of a computer

[tranquil glen]

dam

[quaint escarp]

so yeah they are offering up to $100k

[quaint escarp]

and games dont bsod?

[dry copper]

So now it's not vanguard that caused your BSOD?

[quaint escarp]

its a program, it fucks up u start in secure boot and fix the issue

not that hard

idk why im even arguing about this, u sound like all the other redditors that fearmongered the anticheat when it came out

millions have installed it since it was released 4 years ago

[restive tusk]

is denuvo okay?

[quaint escarp]

its fine

drm sucks

[dry copper]

Anti-cheats that are designed to punish people who pay for games deserve to be criticized.

The only people suffering are the ones who don't cheat, in the end

[restive tusk]

that is pretty true in the end

several of the people i know who still play GTAO daily, always use cheats

using anticheats becomes kinda pointless

[quaint escarp]

this is all moot anyway since microsoft is working towards ending kernel level access for anticheats and stuff

[restive tusk]

good

[dry copper]

That's interesting

[restive tusk]

shoulda never been a thing

[dry copper]

Do you have more info on that?

That's prob only going to be on windows 11

[quaint escarp]

look it up? its one of the big microsoft announcements

[dry copper]

Woo. I like this copilot

[tranquil glen]

ok about copilot, if its on my pc I OWN THIS SHIT

[dry copper]

you own this shity? what?

[tranquil glen]

yet its still restricted and i kinda wanna now how to jaibreak it

[dry copper]

Do you not actually have it? Maybe it came with windows but requires a separate license

[tranquil glen]

yea i have it on system but idk if i need a license, i just wanna make pictures n shit man

[dry copper]

This is what I could find from Microsoft on it
https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/Copilot-for-Security-Coverage-and-capabilities-infographic-FINAL.pdf

[tranquil glen]

idc if i have to cut the cord between copilot and MC HQ

[quaint escarp]

i uninstalled copilot

i dont want ai features when i know how to use a search engine

[dry copper]

It looks like a full suite designed to assess a lot of data for security

[quaint escarp]

one drive and copilot are uninstalled

[dry copper]

ugh don't even remind me of one drive

[quaint escarp]

the less microsoft bloatware the better

[tranquil glen]

thats fair to uninstall one drive

[dry copper]

I have never used it. Never will.

[tranquil glen]

have u thought of getting tiny11 Shira?

[dry copper]

Why would Shira get Tiny?

They're already pretty tiny

Only five letters long.

[quaint escarp]

is that the unbloated win11 os?

[tranquil glen]

yea

[dry copper]

Is it legal?

[quaint escarp]

i would only install linux os, i dont think its that secure having windows stripped down and done thru a 3rd party

[tranquil glen]

fair

[quaint escarp]

also have no idea what will break if u have some stuff removed

[dry copper]

and what about updates

[tranquil glen]

would likely also eventually get linux but atm i dont have the dam knowledge to customize it yet

[quaint escarp]

im waiting for steamos to officially be downloadable

i do want to debloat my pc even more soon

[shadow tartan]

I need to debloat pp

[austere lance]

[quaint escarp]

there would be nothing left then

[restive tusk]

oh wow it got an update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAMRq6zaE6g&t=1s

[dry copper]

On my wish list. Eventually

I hope that these presets can be saved and shared

[restive tusk]

it's really good. wasn't expecting an update at this point

[dry copper]

This would lead to a lot of preset sharing on nexus

[restive tusk]

given that customizing everything gets so personal idk if much use

with them adding so many more is prolly redundant

[dry copper]

Depends. Some people don't wanna struggle with settings and just want to play, so having them all done to a specific playstyle saves a lot of annoyance

[restive tusk]

i guess that's what they're trying to do with these

[dry copper]

I can totally see hard mode settings becoming a challenge mode

[restive tusk]

though we already had a handful, can't remember the the number.
I only played on the default mode, but didn't get to the end of campaing

it can become a bit more stressful, so if you're into chilling and exploring, you ddefinitely need to tweak

[silver sparrow]

Is there an end game? I got bored about five hours in

[dry copper]

Marry your car?

[restive tusk]

you don't wanna do that

not sure bout end game i was way past half.
you keep unlocking different content in the zone and upgrades. The end is pretty much on the story side from what i gather

[silver sparrow]

OK thanks

[coarse swift]

ok so if yall needed the gist of how good these buffs are in Helldivers

I killed a charger with 1 clip of the Crisper

[shadow tartan]

@coarse swift I tried joining your game

[tranquil glen]

love how starfield CC is so shitted on, yet thers so many mods with many bookmarks and many that revamp alot for no CC content

[modern panther]

hey just as an fyi that nexus may be having a malicious redirect situation

this pops up occasionally when I move my mouse near where that scan button would be when I'm on a nexus mods tab

I've already checked for any kind of adware and couldn't find anything so it isn't me

[tranquil glen]

theres even a minecraft CC

okcomon tho

[merry bough]

Is that a paid mod by Bethesda?

[winter yew]

https://gamingbolt.com/red-dead-redemption-1-seemingly-added-to-steam-backend-hinting-at-imminent-pc-release?fbclid=IwY2xjawFXLp9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTgwP0MRX6i88R3hZrH2jMay58mDH5pI4625nVoDqbWT9RiHqk0KQGR2TQ_aem_yoaYCqTn8tO3-p8nHSZd_Q

Bethesdas version of console mods are so silly
Borderline scams

The gun from their one dlc pack for starfield ain't even work

[tranquil glen]

its CC content but i dont see it ask for the creation coins

there is also a starfield community patch, akin to skyrims community patch

[merry bough]

Still paid mods are a dumb idea

[tranquil glen]

theres actually like i wanna say double the free mods than there are paid

most of which are better since paid is imo shit content

so theres mods that are free, mods with checks from akin to X verified mod devs, and mods that are paid, and mods that are paid and verified

example

[winter yew]

Don't worry everyone who bought paid mods for skyrim had to pay for them again to play the anniversary edition

[tranquil glen]

im not worried as i dont give a fuck to buy more stuff for starfield

[winter yew]

Larian gave mods for free in dos 2

[tranquil glen]

im just bookmarking stuff for now, will see the update dates tomorrow to see what mods actually still function, and what dont

even a free star station player home mod

yal may want to try https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10935

theres actually quite alot of mods that utterly full rework many systems within starfield

jemison to coruscant mod heh

[marble idol]

Hearing "nasapunk" makes me cringe almost as hard at this point as hearing "skibidi toilet".

[marble idol]

Speaking of punks

What the fukk

[winter yew]

https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/ps5/respawn-and-battlefield-boss-says-the-ps5-pros-dollar700-price-tag-is-actually-not-that-bad-and-if-you-get-a-dollar700-pc-youre-not-getting-the-same-performance/

[orchid fox]

i call

fucking bullshit

[marble idol]

It's not bullshit.

A $700 PC can run games from 10 years ago at 4K 60 FPS.

It's already been confirmed the PS5 Pro won't do 60 FPS.

[winter yew]

Playstation already admitted in investor meetings the price is comphy to them because no real competition, it has nothing to do with pc in reality. even though they should consider nintendo and pc competition as it's other places people can spend money

[orchid fox]

https://youtu.be/s1Fsh2brPlM? wish i could still play the game but eh

[silver sparrow]

https://www.inverse.com/gaming/ps5-pro-pc-gaming-opinion

[inland oasis]

im waiting for them to make a "PS5 Pro SLIM" model next for 899$ XD

[mental rose]

Why can't you?

[winter yew]

Isn't the new helldivers warbond supposed to release today?

[obtuse reef]

Tomorrow

I find it funny how the chemical Guard Dog variant is named “Dog Breath”

[tame cairn]

yeah i mean idk how people are that surprised, when you look at the prices of PC's

im perfectly fine with my $300 PS5

[quaint escarp]

New Switch 2 looks basically like a Switch 1 lol

they beefed up the specs considerably tho

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iHJmmyVW3yv7dcNa7/d1337qtbtC6E?invite=cr-MSxCcFksMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Bruh my luck

[shadow tartan]

Skill issue

[inland oasis]

yea, im better at pleasing the emperor anyways

[shadow tartan]

Tight-us

[inland oasis]

yaknow i wish we could dual wield melee weapons

or at least the knives/swords

[inner copper]

I don’t mind the way the switch is to be honest, I heard one rumour about more ergonomic joy cons but it seems they have not gone for that in the end.

[quaint escarp]

its is sort of

the full thing was leaked specs and design

[mental rose]

Dual swords are cool, ngl.

[rotund cosmos]

Like a glove

[mental rose]

Sadly, it seems very few people in the setting use them.

[inland oasis]

i really want dual power fists

lemme go gunless

wait. we CAN dual swords?

[inner copper]

Yeah I was looking here

https://insider-gaming.com/nintendo-switch-2-prototype-designs-seemingly-leak/

[mental rose]

Nah, dude. That screenshot is from Daemonhunters.

[inland oasis]

oh i was gonna say xD how the fuck! i neeeeed

[mental rose]

Interceptors are so hilariously busted in Daemonhunters when leveled and you give them mastercrafted dual falchions.

They're teleporting whirlwinds of death. 😄

[quaint escarp]

its basically a portable ps4 specs wise

[inner copper]

I heard that this was anticipated

[mental rose]

On the plus side, Lightning Claws are most definitely paired melee weapons when they'll get added.
It's almost guaranteed

Night Lords feel naked without them

[inner copper]

It’s pretty decent. Wonder what will be in the dock though, there was speculation of further tech in there

[inland oasis]

yea i wish there was more open weapon variety, i understand they want classes to perform there role but, then make class based weapons, but more

[quaint escarp]

nope nothing with dock

but it looks like u can connect 2 of the screens

possibly since theres a usb c port on the top and bottom

[inner copper]

Nothing thats been leaked or you know that there’s nothing really significant that will change?

[quaint escarp]

the kickstand possibly doubles as a handle but thats about it

it looks like a sleeker switch

they couldve called it a switch pro and it wouldve worked

[inner copper]

It said the kickstand was same as the OLED model, which isn’t really that much like a handle tbh

Have Nintendo officially called it Switch 2? Maybe they will designate it the Pro

[quaint escarp]

switch successor would mean a 2 or different name

pro would be an upgrade

this is new hardware all around

its nvidia

kinda ass to still only include 256gb of storage

but

nintendo games arent huge

[shadow tartan]

Super Switch

[quaint escarp]

its basically a ps4 handheld and ps4 pro in docked mode

before dlss*

[inner copper]

supercalifragilisticswitchialidocious

[quaint escarp]

would be shocked if this retails for no less than $400

[shadow tartan]

Get a Japanese person to say that

[quaint escarp]

prob $500

[inner copper]

The starting is meant to be $399

[quaint escarp]

its a lot of hardware

[inner copper]

This was “leaked” / predicted the other week

[orchid fox]

not a case of "cant" more a case of "after 5 years+ i literally cant stomach anything related to the game be it game itseklf or whatever choices they have made over the years after contemplation"

[quaint escarp]

maybe we can finally have a graphically intense pokemon game 😭

[inner copper]

https://tenor.com/view/kékécrossing-pokémon-salamèche-gif-13693457

[shadow tartan]

Pokémon Stadium was the peak

[quaint escarp]

but yeah looks like switch 2 can run rdr2 pretty well

so now they have no excuse to still be using gamecube graphics

[shadow tartan]

Not really an excuse, games were just better then

Games are so boring now

[quaint escarp]

ur boring

[shadow tartan]

Your face is boring

[quaint escarp]

nate now, "back in my day"

[inner copper]

That was also Nate ten years ago

[quaint escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/old-man-yells-at-cloud-yelling-old-man-news-the-simpsons-gif-17741451

[inner copper]

At least I was like that ten years ago so I can only assume he was also

[shadow tartan]

We need a new Pikmin game

For the new Switch

[quaint escarp]

honestly tho i think the game carts will still be the limiting factor

unless they go like every other console manufacturer and ditch physical

[inner copper]

That would be sad IMO

[quaint escarp]

ps6 and xbox xyz will prob come discless by default

its going to happen sadly

[inner copper]

I like having the cartridges

Cause… old

[quaint escarp]

i bet u still have floppy disks

[shadow tartan]

Oi

Listen kid

Don't fuck with our floppys

[quaint escarp]

sounds like someone with floppy disks

[inner copper]

I got some blue pills for… oh wait you said disks

[shadow tartan]

Do you have the original MS Flight Simulator on floppy disk?
No

Back in our day
They were floppy, all you yunguns get a hard one by default

[obtuse reef]

New drinking game idea: take a shot every time Nate makes a poorly disguised innuendo

[shadow tartan]

Save your liver boyo

[quaint escarp]

i bet u have cassette tapes

[inner copper]

Innurendo

[shadow tartan]

Only some rare original ones I kept

I have computing and gaming things from the late 70s onwards
Personal museum

Not as cool as blakespot

And my last Studio Head has one of the biggest SEGA collections in the world
Owns every single Mega Drive game

Pays to know history sometimes

[inner copper]

This is quite an achievement

[shadow tartan]

@inner copper we're gonna play some Quake 2

[inner copper]

Classic

I remember convincing the school head of IT to let us install a couple games back in the day to play networked ones during lunch break. He was cool like that.

[shadow tartan]

Ours was pretty cool too, he was also the science technician

[inner copper]

Nice

[shadow tartan]

We got away with murder

[obtuse reef]

That’s a bit too chill

[inner copper]

Yeah at one point myself and some mates did a spot of lite hacking and locked out all the admins and gave ourselves elevated privileges

[quaint escarp]

we used to use google translate to bypass the school filter

but then the school it guy just told us the password

[inner copper]

I got yoinked out of class and nearly suspended for the third time until he stepped in and said “actually I asked the boys to do this to demonstrate we need to improve our security”

Legend 😂

[shadow tartan]

@inner copper our IT teacher was a bitch, she treated me like a fucking idiot so I called her mutton dressed as lamb

[inner copper]

Haha

[shadow tartan]

https://www.gog.com/en/game/flashback

Less than a quid for one of the coolest games of all time

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/blurring-lines-how-aaa-and-indies-can-benefit-each-other-opinion

Very interesting article for anyone that wants some understanding from someone with experience.

[austere lance]

That Guardians of the Galaxy game was great and didn't deserve the hate it got

[shadow tartan]

I didn't actually pay attention to any of that.
Better to support people you know and how much work and time they put in instead of being trash.

Only thing I remember was people saying it doesn't do anything new but it does all the things it does well

[austere lance]

Everyone hated on it before it even released because they associated it with the Avengers game

[shadow tartan]

Read that article though dude

Very similar experience and understanding of how broad the industry is

Silos and vacuums are an issue and only a minority discuss and share to try and improve things

[obtuse reef]

I actually hadn’t heard anything about that game, probably because I don’t pay any attention to those sorts of games

[austere lance]

It's not even a superhero game, it's just four assholes who fuck up an easy (illegal) job looting something from a wack trash planet getting arrested and having to figure out how to pay their enormous fine from the space cops before their ship gets impounded 😆

[mental rose]

So like that Suicide Squad game, except it's actually good and well-written.

[austere lance]

Things spiral out of control, of course. The characters and dialogue are damn good, especially if you spend time between missions interacting with the crew on your ship and learning more about them

[austere lance]

It's not even remotely like that crap, lol

There's no crazy superhero combat, it's more in the style of the new God of War games. Third person, slower with a focus on close range combat, and having you or the other members of your team use cool abilities

It's damn good and I hate how much it got trashed on for no reason

[shadow tartan]

It only got trashed by some opinionated morons, it was still objectively a successful game

If you focus on negativity, all you will see is negativity

[quaint escarp]

u get paid more

[shadow tartan]

Opinions are the grey area, stick to black and white

[shadow tartan]

?

[inland oasis]

negativity sells

[shadow tartan]

Yeah but that's just clickbait

[inland oasis]

but it works

[shadow tartan]

You can choose to expand your mind

[shadow tartan]

Works with who?

😉

[inland oasis]

the people who fall for it

[shadow tartan]

There ya go

[inner copper]

https://tenor.com/view/abell46s-reface-bebe-on-ta-bebe-chucky-gif-18770856

[shadow tartan]

Free Mars

[inland oasis]

ive learned after several inaccurate reviews to just make my own

[shadow tartan]

There is so much shit out there that isn't even close to accurate

Or doesn't tell a full story

That's what keeps people ignorant

That's why I shared the article above

[obtuse reef]

I try to read multiple reviews from players, just to get an idea on what the game is like, but never from any major gaming magazines. I’ve learned that they don’t know jack shit about what they’re reviewing

[shadow tartan]

Most of you would rather read something from publications than people with experience

Guarantee nobody reads that article but will go looking at some rumour mill bullshit

I share stuff like that knowing that this is the case

[obtuse reef]

I prefer to get multiple perspectives on stuff, purely because I think it’s a good way to get a better idea of what something is like.

[restive tusk]

nah it still works with all the others who still click it and watch bits, just to share and complain how much they hate it

clicks are clicks. negative marketing is still marketing'

[obtuse reef]

I’ve been playing some Helldivers with my friends, those balance changes are great. I can now go full flamethrower for any mission and it’s not considered a horrible idea

Although the increased damage is pretty noticeable

[shadow tartan]

People would rather stay in the dark and fan the flames.
Then they wonder why their opinions aren't heard or respected.

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/on-fire-walking-gif-5114625

I bet

[shadow tartan]

It's basically the ISIS of gaming

[obtuse reef]

I have also lit my friends on fire. Twice.

They don’t have the fire proof armor, I do

My tactical genius isn’t exactly appreciated, if you can’t tell

Despite all their complaints and cries of “don’t use a flamethrower against a giant mech”, I still end up getting arguably too many kills

[dry copper]

Maybe one of these AAA studios will try to make a better version of Project Zomboid, which has a smaller scale by its definition - Yet it does not. I don't believe the scale of a game is defined by how long it takes to beat or how good the graphics are.

Project Zomboid is the perfect example of an indie game taking its time with its scale, by letting the customer define the ending

[obtuse reef]

I hate people who think graphics are an important factor in what makes a game good

Graphics can certainly enhance or harm an experience, but they shouldn’t dictate if a game is good or not

[dry copper]

The easier a customer can define the end, the more willing they will be to accept it

[shadow tartan]

People move around and share ideas, all it takes is someone to make a decision on that.
If you read the article I shared, you could just start a studio yourself and do it.

[dry copper]

I didn't know the article was giving out starter money

[obtuse reef]

Caves of Qud, a game that uses very primitive graphics with minimal animations is one of the best games I have ever played. There is so much effort and depth put into that game, I definitely recommend checking it out

[shadow tartan]

Has hints in there about starting a business

Plus he even mentions how you can do it with next to nothing

Which is correct in some cases

[dry copper]

We used to have businesses here that were literally companies on the cutting room floor. You rented a cubicle on a floor with a dozen other indies and exchanged professional skills with other indies of entirely different companies

[shadow tartan]

That's what Guildford was like

Still kinda is

As I said people still share information and ideas but it's a minority

[dry copper]

Might be worried about poaching and competition

[shadow tartan]

Nah, people are gonna leave anyway
Games share ideas plenty, most people just either don't realise or blindly talk about ideas being stolen without realising that it's because a handful of mates that talk to each other while they're at different studios.

The article kinda covers some of that too

🤣

[restive tusk]

Quebec has some nice grants and subsidies for indie game projects

IIRC, The Long Dark was possible due to one of those

[dry copper]

You couldn't pay me to move to Quebec

[shadow tartan]

Ahahahahaha they paid me to move there

[restive tusk]

don't move. stay here

[dry copper]

The Long Dark got a grant from the Canadian government

[shadow tartan]

Fucking crackhead central

All of them do

[restive tusk]

ah it might have been federal yea

[dry copper]

And the Long Dark shouldn't have

[shadow tartan]

Even my salary was subsidised

[dry copper]

They had already got their money from kickstarter campaigns

[shadow tartan]

All they had to do was sort out my work permit

[dry copper]

They were double dipping

On top of that they didn't even finish the fkin game

[shadow tartan]

Ouch

[dry copper]

Hinterland is ruined for me

[restive tusk]

idk what you mean. Game was pretty good

Don't play hinterland then

wtf that's a paid DLC totally a diff thing

[dry copper]

Hinterland is the developer of the long dark

[shadow tartan]

The amount of money the industry makes as a whole that one probably didn't even matter

Not in the long run anyway

Go look at Unity

They squandered money

Canadian tax money

[dry copper]

I've been waiting over a decade for the game to finish. They've remade the game in its entirety almost three times and didn't even start writing the last chapter until a couple years ago.

which is still not done

[restive tusk]

I loved TLD mostly for the sandbox experience, before even having looked at the story mode

the game was great and pushed concepts when it came out

[dry copper]

and by the time they finish the story those concepts will be dead

[restive tusk]

it's not the same to play it today, there are other choices.. there's a bloat of choices, but when it came it got the fame on its own merit

[austere lance]

But why
https://twistedvoxel.com/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-for-pc-and-ps5-leaked-by-esrb/

[shadow tartan]

@austere lance I was looking at that, if my original save works that'd be cool

Not this article but the remaster

It's probably because it's an easy one

[inland oasis]

i thought the OG was great. doesnt need a remaster imo

already looked damn good imo

[austere lance]

In the seven years since it came out it has had/will have:
-The original release
-The PS5 upgraded version
-A Lego game
-A movie
-A multiplayer game
-A sequel
-A remaster

[shadow tartan]

@inland oasis Could say the same about Control

But I still played it again because game was fantastic

[shadow tartan]

Minimal work while they're possibly not doing much

[austere lance]

Control needed that tho, it ran like ass on last gen and getting a smooth upgrade for current gen was

[shadow tartan]

All these things you've mentioned are already done and dusted

Can't have people twiddling their thumbs

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/money-money-money-gif-3641396535535975514

[shadow tartan]

Better than pissing money away surely