other-games

[marble idol]

My mind is still trying to understand why we have more than one Tetris game.

We're just paying for different UI and visual effects, aren't we?

[dry copper]

Who is we? You're alone in this calculation. I've played dozens of tetris games with slightly different rules, and most of which don't break if you never stop winning, all of which cost me nothing.

I swear the fanbois suckin the teet of Forever Winter are completely glossed. I haven't seen so much compensating since Pax Dei started failing

Instead of addressing the issue of FOMO gacha mechanics that are predatory, exploiting addictive personalities with anxiety inducing offline mechanics, they scree about how one can just build up a very large supply of water....

Completely missing the point of the contention

A game should not punish you for not playing it. Full Stop.

If the function of that feature is to encourage you to play, it is predatory

It isn't even the carrot and the stick fomo like most gacha games. It's a whip and chain.

[tranquil glen]

Agreed

[dry copper]

These gamers are so short sighted, they don't seem to understand feeding this metric as an acceptable tool for developers to use will become a testbed for future exploits.

Imagine you pay a subscription that goes up the longer you don't play.

Shit sounds insane right now...but that's the direction this bullshit is heading.

Dude talks like the video is set to 2X speed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f81qXxggo8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJx_HYw2XZs

[winter yew]

Hell yeah

[tranquil glen]

Me when i can just say: alright Palworld if Nintendo doesn’t want you to use the ball throw animation, just make it hitscan

[upper glade]

Capture the pals with your mind

[austere lance]

That's just Persona, lol

[upper glade]

Oh yeah!

Eh, they don't look like they'd sue.

[tranquil glen]

Is persona in that country as well, or would they have Fair Use?

[austere lance]

They're Japanese too

[tranquil glen]

Although isnt palworld being sued here over “new” patents on the balls?

[austere lance]

Yep

[marble idol]

They look so similar because Nintendo games look and play like they were made by 5 year olds.

Speaking of clowns...

[dry copper]

I like how they add caveats

"We're motivated to make more if...(insert your money)"

[marble idol]

I like how they know the meaning of neither profit nor taking responsibility.

[dry copper]

They should've spent some money on a good PR specialist.

Whoever is handling their PR is horrible at PR.

[marble idol]

I don't think they have any to spend this time. They made the mistake of selling their game exclusively through Steam and when things went sideways Valve just gave everyone refunds. 🤣

They're based in Singapore otherwise they'd be massively in debt due to not having any money to pay their business taxes.

[winter yew]

I'd piss myself laughing if nintendo tried to go after persona or smt

[quaint escarp]

its a scam and they are making another asset flip

[marble idol]

At least they're aiming low this time, they're making Fall Guys.

Of couse if they aimed any lower, they'd basically be shooting themselves if the foot.

They wrote a Pepsi style document for their logo:

To be fair, it looks like it was designed by the same people.

[dry copper]

A game where you shoot yourself in the foot....Sounds like an idea.

It's like Eye Spy, but setting traps that don't hurt players you think won't get to the end anyway allows those players to get points in the event they know they're going to lose to help you advance.

The objective being to strategically set traps for people you think will actually win, while helping those you think won't and hope the ones that won't win will use their bonus points to add more obstacles to your remaining competitors.

[restive tusk]

yes we are. there should be more if its high quality.
This isn't just tetris, it's a dynamic immersive experience of sounds, music and visuals. Level design is excellent, good twists on mechanics too.
And the multiplayer play is 🤌

you sound like me before i first played it tho

[mellow dune]

hooray now I feel right at home with my Cadian Helldiver

[dry copper]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1581490/The_Phantom_Fellows/

Steam

The Phantom Fellows

Oliver Cobblestone can see and communicate with a dead. Not the dead, just a one Englebert Picklebender who has been in an ethereal entanglement with Oliver for many years. Together they run The Phantom Fellows, a paranormal investigation service that provides the breathers that hire them peace from hauntings, while bringing closure and rest to ...

Price

$13.49

▶ Play video

One of the things I like about steam's Queue system, it introduces you to gems.

Games that don't hit the front page right away even on launch day

So I regularly search their queue system

[rugged mountain]

Remnant 2 is a great game and the latest dlc is incredible

[mental rose]

Fntastic... why is that name familiar?

Ohh! They did The Day Before scam

[rotund cosmos]

The studio so lazy, they couldn't even be bothered to change their name

[marble idol]

They are the studio behind Prop Hunt.

[charred badge]

Just change it to cards, obv

[silver sparrow]

worth playing? looking for independent verification 😄

[inland oasis]

I never knew there was a sparring arena in the HUB on SM2 😮 wtf LOL

[charred badge]

I thought the pvp mode was only in super Mario arcade?

[wheat zenith]

Anyone play risk of rain 2?

[inland oasis]

i have it 😄

and randomly here n there

[wheat zenith]

I love it

[inland oasis]

issa good roguelite

[wheat zenith]

I 100% it and ror1 and ror returns

It’s my fave game

I play it on the play station vita some times

[charred badge]

The actual intent of the thing!

[dry copper]

Started playing Nightingale to see how the new rollout is.

So far, not horrible.

It feels like a first person shooter game the amount of action that goes on...the range at which enemies spawn in....

and that's a bad thing

I don't believe a game touted as a survival game should feel like an action game in the same breath. Those two game archetypes fly in the face of one-another

[orchid fox]

remnant?

a wholeheartged yes

but gl finding everythiong

[silver sparrow]

that's what the internet is for i guess 😄

[silver sparrow]

ty ty
dl now
may get space marine on sale later

[orchid fox]

be aware that its a small campain as in very small but ur INTENDED TO REPEAT IT for all unlocks. the entire game memo is secrets

and im not talking small

gunfire games does everything secret layered

even if u think something is irrelevant it has a secret somwhere

thats all ill comment

like i speak hundreds of stuff like these examples

[silver sparrow]

cool thanks

[inland oasis]

Re watching the castlevania anime. I wish it were longer 💀

[tame cairn]

fr

[plucky mesa]

Fugl

[restive tusk]

itºs 2024 why are we still getting end of game unskippable credits

[shadow temple]

the planet fell before the guard did 🫡

[mellow dune]

we fight on even as Cadia fell to the forces of chaos

[upper glade]

I'll be damned. The publishers won.

I never thought they'd get gamers to accept $70 as the new norm.

[untold axle]

Meh
I don't like it but I only buy like 1 triple a game per year so it doesn't matter
40$ expansions should be criminal unless they add a ton. Not one little set of side quests. For instance MHW's expansion Iceborne added two more huge maps, a brand new story (and when I say story I mean a full game story, as in equivalent to the story of base game) and more monsters (bosses) than were in the original game. And it was like 35$. The expansions I see coming out today outside of shadow of the erdtree and stuff from the monster hunter team are just not even close to the price value

[upper glade]

Yeah, the next expac for SW: Outlaws is a card tournament featuring a character that was better in Colt 45 ads.

Can't even get anything on the new characters. Some of them were great.

[untold axle]

Wait what
So it's additions to an in-game card game
For how much?

I mean Ubi is a fast sinking ship that's punching new holes in itself all the time but that's not something you should charge for

[upper glade]

$40, but there'll be sales I'm sure since they gave up and decided to bring it to Steam.

[untold axle]

That's outrageous 💀

I wouldn't pay 40$ for the game

[silver sparrow]

Zambrony

[austere lance]

Remnant 2? One of my favorite games of all time, lol. The amount of secrets in it is insane, and I love mixing classes to make OP builds 😌

[austere lance]

They just added it with the new update!

[silver sparrow]

I’m still in the intro mission

[austere lance]

Beat the shit out of that centipede monster, he deserves it 😆

[silver sparrow]

Yeah I got the ultimate bundle for 35

[austere lance]

Oh hell yeah

[silver sparrow]

I’m in the weird castle? Through the first portal

[untold axle]

Honestly I can't think of a game that isn't from a Japanese dev that I would pay 70$ for.

[austere lance]

Hmm. Are you on the forest planet or the Bloodborne planet? 😆

[silver sparrow]

Erm

Castle planet

Idk

[austere lance]

Wait. Are you fighting fae enemies

[silver sparrow]

Two people got sucked into the big gem

[austere lance]

Yee

[silver sparrow]

And yes I am fighting bad fairies

[austere lance]

Fuck yeah, that's my favorite campaign

[silver sparrow]

It’s just the first thing unless I missed something

[austere lance]

It's completely random which campaigns you'll get and which order you'll get them in

There's three campaigns on each planet (if you have the DLC), and the main story you're playing right now will take you through one from each

There's uh, a lot of content in the game. Each planet has three campaigns, each campaign has alternate endings, and each one has a selection of dungeons that it'll randomly choose from to spawn for you (dungeons are gold fog doors with a white diamond over them on your map)

[restive tusk]

welp the Outer Worlds is feeling a bit too easy so far.
I regret not going with the survival difficulty. too late to restart now

[dry copper]

It's never too late to give up and start over.

Apparently Facebook's Threads is directly competing with and hitting hard, the X metric

[dry copper]

Threads went up like 30million inside of a month

[drifting compass]

Wasn't that because Brazil banned twitter?

[restive tusk]

ye but i honestly so far don't feel like this is a game i get excited for the start over.
it doesn't have a great start tbh.

feels i might just do one single run and be done with it

[dry copper]

Then you're going to love the middle and the end. They are also not great.

[restive tusk]

yea, right on point when people said the game is bland

[dry copper]

I couldn't be bothered to finish the game.

[restive tusk]

although so much potential it had

[dry copper]

The writing is horrible

[restive tusk]

yup. pretty shallow, un-engaging

[dry copper]

The voice acting is the only thing going for it

[restive tusk]

i mean, a nice concept for a story, tbf

just the execution failed somewhere

[dry copper]

The word you're looking for is "conception"

[restive tusk]

i wouldn't go that far. the premise is good

[dry copper]

I occasionally play Fenyx Rising....and as I'm playing it am immediately discouraged by the piss poor narration

Graphics good. Gameplay okay. World building, meh. Writing good. Narration....aggrivating as f

I wish there was an LA Noire 2

I liked that game.

[restive tusk]

same

actually i saw rumours of a Outer worlds 2

not sure where that's at, given Obsidian stretching out

Avowed and all that

[dry copper]

The shit you could get away with in LA Noire introduced a lot of hilarious moments

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

[restive tusk]

btw the 3D project zomboid is on sale

[dry copper]

What do you mean? Project Zomboid is already 3D

[restive tusk]

more of a 2.75 D

characters are 3D yes, that's about it

[untold axle]

Didn't threads like
Die on arrival

[restive tusk]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1766060/HumanitZ/

Steam

HumanitZ

A zombie outbreak wiped out civilization as we know it. Hordes of zeeks gnawed their way to the top becoming the world’s apex predator. A few years later, regular humans are an endangered species, with isolated pockets struggling to survive in this new, unwelcoming world. Welcome to HumanitZ, an isometric, open-world survival game, where you can...

Price

$13.39

Recommendations

2808

▶ Play video

[dry copper]

Active users over 200million

X active users after all these years is still only 550million

[untold axle]

Impressive

[dry copper]

Threads is growing faster than ChatGPT userbase did

[restive tusk]

and this is with mark zerg going on boat rides for the 4th of july 😂

[untold axle]

Id put money on it being half bots like insta tho

[dry copper]

I have only one issue with Humanitz and one reason I won't play it.

They programmed the NPC to cheat. They spawn around you and walk straight toward you whether you make noise or do not.

I did an extensive test on the NPC behaviour and then quit the game because fuck that bs

[restive tusk]

you sure?
the game has received some quite overhauling updates

[dry copper]

It might have changed since last I played.

[restive tusk]

it's not like it was on launch at least'

[dry copper]

I enjoyed the game. I just hated the spawn mechanism actively deployed in it, when I played

I am a stealth player. I shouldn't have zombies hunting me out of the blue because the game decided to shit them into existence 20 yards away from me, walking in my direction

[restive tusk]

you should have taken a shower

[mellow dune]

Hooray the mod works!!!

the only appropriate theme to dive to

[dry copper]

Becauze zombies are always sensitive to bad smells but somehow miss their own decaying corpse in the stankfest

[restive tusk]

ye or maybe you shoulda smeared yourself in entrails

wasn't that how Smith did it in I am legend

[dry copper]

I thought he kidnapped a female zombie and abused her for days on end

Then come to find out he's the monster

The zombies are sentient

[restive tusk]

that happen too

his crying for the dog was some of the best single acting scenes ive seen

[dry copper]

Must've missed that episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueR0lJzIxWo

This?

I stopped taking will smith as an actor seriously when he did After Earth

He has been a joke ever since

[restive tusk]

uh? it's not like he's really had much on big spotlight movies since then though

except for bad boys

i didn't even watch the bad boys that came out couple years ago

[austere lance]

Rick did that in The Walking Dead, lol

[restive tusk]

that's right! i knew it was somewhere

[austere lance]

Also they weren't zombies in I Am Legend, they were basically mutant vampires

[restive tusk]

meh. i've learned over the years to not be too strict with the definition of zombie. seeing every author has their take

for what is worth they behave more like literary zombies than literary vampires

[austere lance]

They weren't ever dead tho, they were literally just mutated humans who took a vaccine and turned into vampire creatures

[restive tusk]

i guess in a way they're similar to the more feral Blade vampires

OH that reeminds me, they were making a Blade game

[austere lance]

They weren't all fully feral tho, he learned that towards the end of the movie when he stole the leader's mate and he started hunting him with tactics

Cool movie, not at all like the book tho from what I've heard

[restive tusk]

they did demonstrate some rationality, but still behaved quite feral

I never read the book

I think the movie was great back then.
Maybe it didn't age that well, or not as impressive these days at least

[austere lance]

In the book they're straight up just vampires. Weak to garlic and crucifixes, can only be killed with a stake to the heart, etc

And not mutants, they more or less just look like pale people

[restive tusk]

ah here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=basLDO2bj2k

i think the game art direction is going to be a bit too cartoonish for me but we'll see

[untold axle]

Do we have any news on it at all?

[restive tusk]

beyond the trailer not really. afaik it's still in very early stages

all you can expect is it's gonna be in paris, has a character that resembles blade, and the gameplay probably gonna have a lot of vertical traverssing the city

[inland oasis]

I am legend is one of those movies where I found out there was a second “secret” ending. Or something like that

Or like, something about the movie was different

https://screenrant.com/i-am-legend-movie-alternate-ending-changes-explained/

[dry copper]

You can get Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for $25 Canadian when using the promo code "autumn24" for $20 on games that cost over $39.

You can get AC Mirage for $20, same deal

I lied to myself. I told myself that if I could find Pandora frontiers of tomorrow for under $30, I'd buy it...but the more I think about it the less I want it.

[marble idol]

Redfall 2

[austere lance]

They're making a sequel, and the alternate ending to the first movie is now the canon ending 😆

[inland oasis]

Oh good lord 😂💀

As long as they keep his wife’s name out they mouth

[austere lance]

[restive tusk]

Outlaws still too fresh in memory?

[austere lance]

Avatar game is literally just a screenshot simulator with shitty knockoff Far Cry gameplay

[restive tusk]

where'd you find this code anyways? and i assume it's for steam

[tame cairn]

my new arisen

[untold axle]

The blade movies are in Paris? Damn I never knew that
Why vertical travel? Blade can't fly or swing that I recall?

[untold axle]

Looks better than anything the dragon age lmao

[restive tusk]

we're talking about the game?

weird comments

[untold axle]

Huh
I just didn't know blade had any association to Paris
I think I watched like two of the blade movies but most of the marvel comic heroes are from the US (like specifically New York) so I guessed

[tame cairn]

true

[restive tusk]

i watched the blade movies as they were coming out back in the day and did not even know it had anything to do with Marvel.
I never saw in the movies any association with Paris, that is just the take their going with for the game it seems

my comment on vertical traverse gameplay was more about the studio's previous games, if they follow pattern we could expect similarities

[untold axle]

I know it's arcane, what other games has that arcane made?

Cuz there's two right

[restive tusk]

dishonered and that other action one hm

ultrakill?

[untold axle]

Nah ultrakill is a different studio
Deathloop what you're thinking of?

[restive tusk]

ah thats the one

[untold axle]

See the weird thing is they have two technically
One made dishonored and prey (and red fall) iirc, and the other one made deathloop and hasnt been real active

I forget which but I don't think it's the red fall ones that are doing blade

[orchid fox]

i maaaaaay or may not have booted my wow trial against my better judgement. hope i wont regret it too much despite already knowing what awaits me post tutorial lol

[untold axle]

We've lost another one boys

[orchid fox]

stares blankly not like i will play it much anyway

im on 14 like 90% of the week

[restive tusk]

ah two like major teams you mean.
Besides the teaser trailer there was some few more seconds of footage that was shown somewhere in passing.
It did show the MC standing on top of a building. i do hinge on it probably having that verticality to the map

[orchid fox]

i have literally 14 on all day even if im not even playing

lol

the emphasis of

https://tenor.com/brpF1.gif

i aint paying them shit til im fully aware if ill like it

cuz i got past tutorial last time and got thrown into bfa and as a ff player that was followed by IMMEDIATE UNINSTALL

[untold axle]

Wait really? Somehow never saw that. Then again
Didn't pay a whole lot of attention since I assumed it was far out

[restive tusk]

yea, it seems to be quite far out

[untold axle]

There wasn't even a date right 💀

Wait a minute

LNF didn't have one either

😔

[restive tusk]

Well big difference, LNF was already in development for like 6 years before the trailer.

This one got a trailer before they probably even had an internal alpha to play lol

[untold axle]

True

[restive tusk]

I bet that trailer was made as concept pilot investment farming, before they even fully conceptualized it

[dry copper]

Found it on ubisofts launcher.

Ubisoft is having some sort of sale rn. The price points are bullshit, but the discount code is nice.

Unfortunately, because it only applies to games 39 and over, the least you can pay for a game is like 20 bucks assuming it's already insanely discounted and exactly 39.99

AC Mirage is listed for 50% off and is 39.99, which is the absolute min you need for price to use the coupon

I would like it if starbound got an update where they let you land your space ship on a planet.

Kind of turn it into a portable home you don't have to teleport up to.

[restive tusk]

wow so this just happened. They released a demo preview for Mandragora
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1721060/Mandragora/

Steam

Mandragora

Mankind has surrendered the world to the monsters. The people of Faelduum hide away behind walls of brick and palisades of ignorance, constructed by their leaders. Joy and delight are coveted jewels, out of reach of the masses. This is not the world you were promised. Travel by night and take it back.Journey through a world in decline, slowly fa...

Release Date

Coming soon

▶ Play video

[silver sparrow]

@austere lance @inland oasis
i have apparently been playing remnant 2 wrong? idk
i am ~4 hours in and only just returned to ward 13
i thought i had to complete a mission in the first "world" (losomn, ironborough, beatific palace, etc.)
and have done no upgrades other than trait tomes
i found the ||orphanage?|| but with no quest line
and then i realized that at the checkpoint stones you can go back to the home base
so i was like
ok w/e yeet
and now i need to figure out what to buy/upgrade/etc

[inland oasis]

i do not have remnant 2. only the first, ive been really on the egde of getting it however since ive talked about it before

also, sometimes i actually like when games give you that type of freedom, even if its a detriment to yourself, eventually when ya learn you can easily fix it and feel silly about it xD

[silver sparrow]

oh i must have been talking to someone else 😄

it was @orchid fox

you guys look very similar

[orchid fox]

i have plain text what are u smoking lol

[orchid fox]

i did fucking warn u the layers is worse than the matrix nothing is explicitly told unless u pull a wiki or a guide

and there is literal hundreds

or have correct items on ur person equipped

so on and hencefourth

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/hit-punch-aliceinwonderland-twins-tweedledum-gif-8100930225828422494

[tranquil glen]

So um yall know that steam updated their tos or something and opened a window on my steam app to let me know such with an account alert but my steam is bugged and cannot actually see any info on that window

[silver sparrow]

u did fucking warn me 😂 😭 🫠

i did figure out the ||magic quill|| tho

[austere lance]

You can go quite a few places with that quill, lol

[charred badge]

I love unintentional hard mode

[austere lance]

Oh god, don't even talk about hard mode. I played through Remnant 2 on Apocalypse difficulty once to unlock the badass sword and gun, never again 💀

[austere lance]

2 makes 1 look like a cheap tech demo, lol

[orchid fox]

its not even hard. some shgit need such long process items to even be allowed TO ENTER THE DAMN ROOM through seveal campains

|| archon was a prick to get ||

[silver sparrow]

lmao rip

[inland oasis]

games so purty

[upper glade]

Valheim is a very good game.

[marble idol]

Be even better if they ever finish it.

[coarse swift]

Eh I didn't take to it

[marble idol]

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/russia-gears-up-to-ban-discord-in-the-coming-days/

Half the modding servers soon:

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-infinity-gauntlet-snap-finger-snap-gif-12502580

[charred badge]

Russian citizens are pretty used to avoiding restrictions, afaik

[marble idol]

Might be hard for the layman in this case, VPNs are also banned in Russia. I guess it really depends on how zealous they are about enforcing it, whether you can actually go to jail or if it's just piracy-level of enforcement.

I have a friend in the UAE who was nearly sued for using a VPN, IDK how Russia handles it though.

[charred badge]

Hmm. I might be conflating with Chinese citizens

[edgy viper]

I hope steam will be banned in russia. Like 70% of cheaters would be gone.

[tranquil glen]

feel like thats 50%, considerin USA has a majority on the rest

[quaint escarp]

hilarious thinking banning steam would do something steam is technically banned in china

[restive tusk]

uh? steam not banned in there.
A lot of games are restricted yea but not steam itself

[quaint escarp]

its basically not the global steam and steam china with like 50 official games

so "steam" is technically banned

[restive tusk]

yea they restricted the global version and basically any of the community features

[quaint escarp]

which doesnt really matter when people just bypass and get the global version

[restive tusk]

yea is what i was gonna say

same will happen in here

what it does is simply restrict things to those not so versed or willing to put in the effort / risk

[quaint escarp]

tbf i dont think it will matter in russia they are used to sanctions and having to circumvent stuff

[restive tusk]

idk i do worry about the slow closing off from the world, fomenting the indoctrination and making it easier to imbue specific propaganda.

but that's more of a sociological concern than anything to do with games

[primal loom]

The Division 2, Coney Island in Brooklyn NYC

[inland oasis]

Having been to both NY and Washington DC Irl, it’s so surreal walking thru the ACTUAL STREETS and by the monuments in game

Probably how people in LA feel playing gtaV

[winter yew]

Russia gears up to ban Discord 'in the coming days' https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/russia-gears-up-to-ban-discord-in-the-coming-days/

[hybrid badge]

He's pointing at the cost of Nitro and commenting his disbelief.

[orchid fox]

Is 10 euro that much or isvthisca regional situartion? (Idk os transaction ban is still in effect)

[hybrid badge]

I think they'd probably do better if they dropped the price a little. I don't think the benefits are $10 a month of value. I'd definitely have bought Nitro just for the animated avatars and profile customisation but it's not worth $10 a month for me.

[orchid fox]

am i only one that dont consider 10 euro that much.

[hybrid badge]

It's not that much but the value of what is offered with Nitro isn't 10 a month. I'd get more joy if I bought £10 of matches of fireworks and set fire tot hem.

[orchid fox]

there is services offering way less

for that price

[winter yew]

Nitro should be the price of a pop tbh
Omg I can send movie emojis take all my money!

Server owners get majority of benefits

[orchid fox]

i m not even argujng the emote part. yes they are getting more restrictive but eeeeh its still sufficient features imo AND im not talking emotes for once

[hybrid badge]

If the service is of value I'd be happy to spend money on it. The first thing I did when I got a Discord account was to check out the customisation option. I don't want to spend money just to use extra emojis, I don't stream so I don't need the extra quality on video and voice streaming and I don't share images so I don't need the higher upload file size.

[orchid fox]

its not even excusively emojis but ok

[hybrid badge]

I don't know what server boosting is or what benefit that serves me.

[winter yew]

Server boosting usually benefits the server owners if enough people boost you can send bigger file sizes ect

End users just get moving emojis and profile customization

[hybrid badge]

Unfortunately in this instance, Discord Nitro for me is not worth the £10 a month value. I spend less on PS Plus and they give me 3 games a month.

If they shuffled their packages around, I'd spend money on Nitro immediately.

[orchid fox]

u do realize the emojis aside ur basically doubling ur allowed data on their servers all this shit server creations and data styorage u hold on ur servers etc be it private or public no matter free service that cant be upheld without a sub im being devils advocate here

[restive tusk]

you can actually get the Light nitro and get some of the nitro benefits fro the price of a coffee

[orchid fox]

investors or not will not matter for servers upholding billions.

[winter yew]

The price of cheap nitro is still over a hundred bucks for me

[orchid fox]

also late eve freak o/

[restive tusk]

hey crow 👋

[orchid fox]

we talking per month or year one?

[hybrid badge]

It's a shame really.

[restive tusk]

you can get just the basic nitro though.
The only thing is you don't get the more important stuff. Like half a gigabyte file upload, HD streaming, posts over 4000 characters

[orchid fox]

also im not bashing regional differences just the concept as to why they are charging FOR THE RECORD

[restive tusk]

is there even much regional pricing?
i thought it was only currency conversion

i pay more than 10 but that's because it's CAD

[orchid fox]

server data endpoints is not cheap no matter how many fucking investors discord has console/tencent idc is gonna save em from 200+ million active users using free servers with 0 compensation no matter if u approve of it or not im not arguing about regional differtences.

[hybrid badge]

What value do you get from Nitro each month?

[orchid fox]

u mean pay or use

[hybrid badge]

And the follow up question is what would change for you if you stopped paying for Nitro?

[restive tusk]

I do agree that discord provides quite a bit even for free.
Chargging extra for super large files, high quality streaming, etc, only makes sense.
They need to maintain infrastructure

even google only gives you a limited amount of free storage

we've gotten accustomed to free internet services.

I remember when i had to pay a subscription for internet, and then pay per minute call for as long as the modem was connected.
Couldn't even make a phone call at the same time

old man yelling at the cloud

[hybrid badge]

Get off the internet I'm expecting a phone call. >_>

My teenage years summarised.

[orchid fox]

ok i need to disable shit again hardware accel is kinda killing mpc managing like 4 consequtive downloads

lol

[tranquil glen]

😆

[orchid fox]

good self insert sony lol

[tranquil glen]

indeed

[silver sparrow]

oh i started playing DS again 😄

better repair that container before you return it!

[tranquil glen]

nuh uh, i just export it to others bc i raid the mule/terrorist camps mostly so idc about returns, and game apparently doesnt either so instead of iving it to others it just destroys em

after i entrust it

bc apparently theres an entrust cap

[restive tusk]

https://youtu.be/s8dsvpPTVKs?si=UIAGox5ejTW6m2zo

[marble idol]

What's a pop

[upper glade]

His memes didn't get reactions, I bet.

[balmy plaza]

Hearing good things about shattered space

Apparently the world is a massive step up

[restive tusk]

@coarse swift i got a mod (actually just an unreal engine .ini config file) that completely fixes the blurriness in TOW.

switches off DoF and motion blur, optimizes the texture filtering.
And suddenly the game looks great and enjoyable 👍

[coarse swift]

Oh neat

[balmy plaza]

What's TOW?

[restive tusk]

The Oligarch Outer Worlds

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/B4tmmzh2PfA?si=rUolk9vvpo8H9zFB

[balmy plaza]

Aaaaah

I always get mixed up between outer wilds and outer worlds

Outer worlds is absolutely beautiful BTW if you've never played it

[restive tusk]

it is beautiful now, it was a blurry mess of 180p textures before i installed the mod 😄

there's just some weird choices they did on rendering, and it was really killing my enjoyement / giving me headaches.
now it's 🤌

The outer wilds is also a great game

[balmy plaza]

I meant to say wilds 😂😂

[restive tusk]

lmao

[balmy plaza]

But yeah I also like how outer worlds looks

[restive tusk]

yea im not usually into the whole low poly art direction in games. but Outer wilds is pretty decent

[balmy plaza]

Only game to make me cry in quite a long time

Only time since was destiny 2 with the final shape

[winter yew]

What you mean what's a pop

[restive tusk]

what about Firewatch?

[balmy plaza]

Been meaning to play that tbf

[restive tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/popcat-gif-12554602264403577414

[untold axle]

Ain't no way mans getting emotional over destiny

[balmy plaza]

As bad as the story usually is, TFS was genuinely well written and emotional at times. No need to tag me just to shit on the media I consume ✌️

[upper glade]

They mean a soda pop

[restive tusk]

i've gotten emoptional over the witcher 3. RDR 2, KCD 1... firewatch, outerwilds..

don't think there are many more tbh

oh Road 96 was good on that too

[balmy plaza]

Tbf I mainly cry at movies

Have you ever seen Arrival?

[restive tusk]

yea same. it's proper acting too.
a game needs to have really good story telling, or be nicely VA'ed / animated to really get the same immersion

sometimes it can be donw really well, but the game presentation can ruin it

[marble idol]

You crazy Americans.

Anyway yeah I agree, this shit's overpriced.

[upper glade]

I think I pay $65/mo so far, with all the boosts and stuff. So far, I'm not displeased.

The service works, and I have no ads. I don't ask for much more than that.

I still won't get Youtube Premium though. They leverage ads to make you pay for the peace of mind of not having ads.

I don't negotiate with content terrorists. 😛

[marble idol]

$65 a month for Nitro?

[austere lance]

I just get the $3 Nitro 😆

[marble idol]

Where does Nitro cost $65 a month? Premium is $10 a month.

(and yes I think it's overpriced)

[balmy plaza]

Okay so far shattered space is exactly the vibe that was missing from starfield imo

It almost has the feeling of the daedric stuff in TES

[marble idol]

Starfield is missing a lot more than vibe...

[balmy plaza]

I know

It doesn't mean there isn't a worthwhile experience to be had, though

[coarse swift]

Forgot that came out today

Not ready to dig into it yet

[restive tusk]

💸

[charred badge]

I'm just playing RF3:S

[coarse swift]

Warframe update hits in a couple days and I'm still busy with Satisfactory lol

Least I got the dlc for free

[austere lance]

The new frame is cool af @coarse swift

[coarse swift]

Seems alright, not my style tbh

More interested in the new cosmetics

That Volt ephemera goes so fuckin hard

[austere lance]

I'm interested in the Caliban rework that's dropping with the update, he's gonna be a monster now

[coarse swift]

Yea that too, might actually use Caliban now

[marble idol]

That's exactly what it means :)

But to each their own.

[charred badge]

Voidshell goes too hard to play with other skins

[upper glade]

I have 17 boosts out, mostly to help a few streamer friends keep a vanity URL for their invites.

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677110/Lightyear_Frontier/

Steam

Lightyear Frontier

Start your interstellar homestead in this peaceful open-world farming adventure!Build your sustainable exofarm, grow alien crops, customize your mech, and explore a new world full of mystery with up to three friends!Live the quiet life as you take in the sights and sounds of your new home. Enjoy a low-stress, combat-free experience without the n...

Price

$17.49

Recommendations

1447

▶ Play video

@primal loom MP out now

All they really need for me to bite now are house interiors

building interiors pls

[marble idol]

Boosts are sold separately? Didn't know that.

Yeah, definitely overpriced then.

[balmy plaza]

Okay so ngl, after a really strong start I think Shattered Space has finally made me give up on starfield

On paper it has everything the game needs. There's an area dense with POIs, it's got a way more interesting vibe etc

But it still feels weird and hollow

And it might be the worst looking planet in the game

[silver sparrow]

thanks for doing this so i don't have to

[restive tusk]

i been saying it and and trying not to be unfair, but the game doesn't need DLCs, it needs a revamp of the core

[coarse swift]

Most of the reviews are saying its just the same Starfield

[balmy plaza]

It's a shame because the world structure of the dlc is how the game should have been from the beginning. A big handcrafted region with side stuff across the rest of the planet if you want to go there

My biggest issue with it really is that it's missing that feeling of care and love that's been put into the world, like skyrim has

The dlc is a similar size and price point to something like dragonborn but it's just so soulless

[quaint escarp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76pSntZqot4 favorite forza horizon 5 song

[primal loom]

MP?

[dry copper]

multiplayer

Last I checked the game was single player. Now I see it's online co-op

[dry copper]

I don't even know what games I like anymore

I'm not feeling any

After the water situation with Forever Winter, I don't even know if they fixed it, that would be enough for me to give it a go

[restive tusk]

it's got those annoying little loot goblins that run away too 😭

imagine if dark souls was nintendo.
they'd be going after this game too

[dry copper]

Metroidvania game?

[restive tusk]

dark souls platformer

[tame cairn]

ive been playing dragon's dogma 2 again

[dry copper]

I like the dodge mechanic.

Roll right through em

[dry copper]

They had something similar in blackthorne

You could dodge into the background to avoid dmg

[restive tusk]

only good way to represent it in a 2D view

i should pick up DD2 as well

when i get the time

[tame cairn]

it's fun, thinking about doing 100%

[dry copper]

Throwing children is the most hilarious part of DD2 I've ever heard tell of

[tame cairn]

haha

u can throw anyone and just about anything

its fun

[dry copper]

Is the story of Dragons Dogma 2 any good?

[balmy plaza]

No, it just kinda stops half way through

[dry copper]

Damn. That sucks. Not spending $70 on a limp noodle

[balmy plaza]

Yeah it's not really worth it imo. Though I've heard the original game with the dlc is basically better in every way

[restive tusk]

you missed the sale

throwing people is now reminding me of playing barbarian in BG3

throwing my own friends at enemies all day

[dry copper]

I might get Fae Farm

That looks interesting

[tranquil glen]

Name that Game

[coarse swift]

Death Stranding but with a HZD robot in it

[dry copper]

Horizon Zero Death Stranding

[winter yew]

Psn is down and I am about to lose my mind

I'm sorry to hear that

[dry copper]

If it's any consolation, the PSN is down.

Apparently a lot of people are upset right now

That's Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax ...every major hub in Canada

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24258989/ps5-ps4-playstation-network-down-outage-offline

Even the verge are losing their shit

Imagine being a gaming journalist. You can't log into playstation to fort your nite away....Losing your shit you just start rambling incoherently about the network

I bet Sony fucked up with an update that they now have to roll back

I wonder how many systems are going to get bricked by this fuck up

According to fox the outtage is global

At least decentralized PC gaming, when one network is down you can usually get on another one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuvckBQ1bME

[winter yew]

PlayStation hates Canada ☹️

[dry copper]

No. Sony hates updates.

You should eat your PS5 in protest.

[winter yew]

Already did so

Unfortunately, it needed some salt

[dry copper]

Just add your tears

"Tastes like Sony network down"

[restive tusk]

just play offline?

[dry copper]

I like Kevin's antics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCRmS32llk8

[restive tusk]

is he like the spiffing brit? or more like josh let's game it out

[dry copper]

He's like Josh but with less purpose.

He's not gaming it out. He's just incompetent.

[restive tusk]

LOL

[marble idol]

https://tenor.com/view/seen-it-marty-back-to-the-future-ive-seen-this-one-gif-5960361

[untold axle]

Doesn't everyone lol

[winter yew]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/Darkest_Dungeon/

Steam

Darkest Dungeon®

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.Reclaim Your Ancestor's EstateRecruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-...

Price

$3.74

Recommendations

121600

Metacritic

84

▶ Play video

https://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/XCOM_2/

Steam

XCOM® 2

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces. XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule Earth, building shining citie...

Price

$2.99

Recommendations

69955

Metacritic

88

▶ Play video

[rotund cosmos]

You know, this with the recent "must require PSN to play GOW" controversy. I'm not really surprised this happened.

They have been having issues with their internal system when STARS was out for 3 months with no retroactive recording of purchases.

[marble idol]

Word "based" is blocked?

Huh, guess not.

[mellow dune]

level 10 defend mission VS 3 crackheads running sentries only

[hybrid badge]

Looks so much fun really. I don't like playing co-op games with randoms, kind of shooting myself in the foot cause I miss out.

[mellow dune]

Pandemonium

Obrital Napalm, Orbital 380mm, Orbital 120mm

all in 1 area

[hybrid badge]

Looks like a scene from a movie.

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iN21BwZxYCMs94DtW/d1337IGRY7MK?invite=cr-MSxYckcsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Ugh this was chaotic. i shouldnt even of lived xD

[mellow dune]

laser cannon strat user

instand respect

[inland oasis]

infinite ammo is nothing to sleep on

quasar is fun for that reason too wheni feel like using a cannon

[mellow dune]

I use the Las-16 tbf

love the Sickle

even got it modded to look like a Lasgun to go with my Kasrkin B-01 mod

[inland oasis]

i dont even have up to the sickle unlocked yet

1000 prem creds doesnt sound like alot until u only got 200...

[mellow dune]

theres a farming technique you can do with lvl 1 missions where you can just, load in. clear all POIs and quit missions

SCs will save

missions only take like 3-5m each

took me an hour or so to get 600 super creds (luck dependent)

to buy the warbond

[inland oasis]

sheeeit imma do that rq

https://tenor.com/view/sheeeeeit-gif-14618048145949655995

[mellow dune]

Adding onto this

things that will save when you quit mission

Super Credits
Requisition Slips
Medals

Things that wont
Samples

[inland oasis]

idgaf bout samples. if i need them ill run hard stuff

i got most the cheaper ones

only lvl 25

[mellow dune]

lvl 24 rn

cant wait to get the mechs

https://tenor.com/view/imperial-knight-warhhammer40k-cannon-imperial-knights-imperium-gif-17876382

[orchid fox]

https://youtu.be/Z8Bq9Xa7Goc?si=86pdDK7oGQWj5GyV please do not fuck this up. lol

[mellow dune]

if they do not make Majima batshit insane like he is in game I will riot

[orchid fox]

i think hollywood wont

lol

[inland oasis]

some things should just stay games...

[mellow dune]

https://tenor.com/view/snake-anger-mgsv-gif-12596324

curse thee holywood

[inland oasis]

k so i load into a easy mission, what pois?

[mellow dune]

if you run light armour, hold right click and skim the map, it should reveal POI locations with a tag

even if it hasnt been discovered

[finite hazel]

looks like a good place to stop for a bite

[inland oasis]

OHHH

it even says minor place of interest

[mellow dune]

yep

[inland oasis]

i NEVER knew it did that

[mellow dune]

only issue with it is

if you play solo then buddy bunkers are off limit

[inland oasis]

yeaa theres a way to get in em still

but u get stuck

[mellow dune]

they patched the EXO-45 clip

[inland oasis]

aw fuck

nvm

[orchid fox]

espcially when it comes to live actions ie movies and television there is heavy rules of how insane ur allowed to act cuz theres rules of what line u cant cross which games doesnt really have as heavy rules afaik

[mellow dune]

I yearn for a Metro TV show but at the same time I see them heavily fucking it up

😔

[orchid fox]

if im spewing bullshit someone please correct me

lol

[mellow dune]

idk how much of it is rules and how much of it is also just society today

[dry copper]

You know what I want to see....A game that is ridiculously gorgeous, like way beyond its needs...overblown beautiful....with a really stupid premise; like newspaper boy.

[mellow dune]

Boy do I have a game for you

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1910580?snr=5000_5100__

Steam

click to ten

click to ten is an interactive clicking game where you click it and you get it to go up there.

▶ Play video

everyone likes it, espcially this guy

[fallen pelican]

Anyone playing any good gb/gbc/gba games? I want to try something different than Metroid/Castlevania/Final Fantasy/Pokemon/Tetris

[inland oasis]

silent desert ambiance

[winter yew]

Does anyone play Techtonica?

[mental rose]

Is that the one where actors were specifically forbidden to play Yakuza games, because it would "taint" the experience when they're trying to do their own thing?

[tranquil glen]

wow new world getting new dungeon looks awesome as fuck especially with continued 10 raid player support

[inland oasis]

new world is that game by amazon studios right?

if its what i think, i used to play the shit out of it for a while

[mental rose]

They did New World and Lost Ark, no?

Didn't the former get shut down, or am I thinking of something else...?

[craggy crag]

First thing I can think of is the Golden Sun series? Depending on how you're playing your games, then MOTHER 3 is right there as well

[shadow tartan]

XBOX Controllers from 39.99 to 44.99
https://amzn.eu/d/j6RfAas

[tranquil glen]

nope and no

Lost Arc is someone else and New World still has servers and some population

around 4500-5k

on steam alone

[mental rose]

Then what was it about New World that made the whole community throw a fit...?

Way back...

Was it that instead of fixing the bugs, they announced a console release?

[shadow tartan]

First game of FC24, had to pick Manchester Ridiculous

@sleek cloud

[sleek cloud]

Haaland is like a train when he gets going

[shadow tartan]

Him and De Bruyne are fucking ridiculous

[sleek cloud]

Yeah

[tame cairn]

https://youtu.be/3Mls_B19sTc?si=_Fyj_JlmV04VLl_j

looks interesting

[balmy plaza]

The art looks really cool

[inland oasis]

ouch...

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iN99FdHeUsLEBfMdb/d1337HgPbdlx?invite=cr-MSxjeDMsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Helldivers NEVER die! >:D xD

dude got folded like a fuggin lawnchair xD

[shadow tartan]

@sleek cloud @inner copper Glorious QPR

[upper glade]

This is good, but it's nothing compared to Nothing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2696480/Nothing/

Steam

Nothing

The hardest game you're ever going to play. Or is it?

▶ Play video

[sleek cloud]

Easy win

[inland oasis]

ok no way this is quite literally impossible for my loadout solo

only like 100+ hunters...

[austere lance]

Is that Helldivers?

[inland oasis]

ye dude its so good now

i used to suck

now i can do difficulty 7-8 no prob like averagely

[austere lance]

I don't think you're supposed to solo that game, lol

[inland oasis]

SOS beacon was out

no one connecting :/

[austere lance]

Oof

[inland oasis]

i can actually solo 1-6 now tho.

7 gets a lil tough

but not with a group its still super fun overall

8-9 tough. for me, and i havent unlocked 10 yet

[mellow dune]

https://tenor.com/view/tts-fanatical-chanting-chant-sisters-of-battle-gif-18626363

[inland oasis]

right now it kinda feels like you can run basically anything and pull your weight as long as your not afk lmao.
Some probably think that its too easy now tho

[mellow dune]

cowabunga it is

what planet and difficulty

[inland oasis]

oh idk. i just pick random shit most the time

just never automatons

[mellow dune]

ok so bugs

[inland oasis]

i know the difficulty was 8 - impossible. and well, it was correct

forget what planet tho

i been on since like 2 AM xD. its 1:01pm now....i need a break

[inner copper]

What was the final score, did it stay 6-0?

[mellow dune]

couldn't even find you 😔

[inland oasis]

You mean to add on HD2? Lol cuz I think there’s a friend code needed too not just username

[inland oasis]

but im off for the day sinc i gota work tonight. prolly on tomorrow a bit, day off again

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iN9kUmwb08V8SN_OA/d1337dNVMt5T?invite=cr-MSxDaUssMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

But, this was the MOST OP ive ever felt.

[shadow tartan]

7-0 in the end

[restive tusk]

PSN still out?

[inland oasis]

I don’t know for certain, but it has cross plat anyways iirc

[inner copper]

Nice. Good going

[inland oasis]

I feel like I most definitely played with a PlayStation user at some point in that session

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iN5NOiTAue1nxurYS

[mellow dune]

what was gonna be a close exfil turned into an unfortunate team kill

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iN5OFFucRRSRFAns2

Flamethrower deff gets some love now too. And the screaming 😂 we need more screaming!

[winter yew]

https://x.com/REALMadMax1960/status/1841187111984099701

A Mudkip (@REALMadMax1960) on X

Rip Ryujinx

Twitter · Oct 1, 2024, 6:43 PM

Palworld is next

[dry copper]

No idea who gdkchan is

Oh. This post is about a Nintendo Emulator

[coarse swift]

Nothing's gonna happen with Palworld tbh

Bare minimum pay a fee if that patent suit goes anywhere

[cloud jay]

Need a break from NMS, but still looking to scratch the open-world survivalcraft itch...thoughts? (no to subnautica/minecraft)

[dry copper]

Nintendo are just waving their fat ass around trying to push people around expecting nobody to spank them for sticking their ass where it does not belong

I hope Palworld challenges their patent, tbh

[coarse swift]

Nintendo usually wins their lawsuits, but there's a first time for everything right?

Slap em on the wrist, Japanese courts

[winter yew]

Nintendo lost once against game shark already

[dry copper]

Nintendo also loses lawsuits. I don't see the relevance of the statement.

[winter yew]

Only lost one major lawsuit their track record is like 80/20

[cloud jay]

Nintendo has enough money to effectively not care about lawsuits outside of going through the motions.

[coarse swift]

Sorry meant to say usually wins

Dyslexia got to me

[inland oasis]

Enough money to use it to silence smaller developers 😂 win or lose

[cloud jay]

I mean, that's business 101.

[winter yew]

I'm sure it's because they a rip off studio not because they small but there's a good point there they didn't go after Ubisoft for ifr

[mental rose]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/

Steam

Forever Skies

BUILD & CONTROL YOUR AIRSHIPYou will build and customize a high-tech airship. It will be your home, workshop, laboratory and more while flying above the surface of Earth. Control and steer it towards the ruins of our civilization and mysterious anomalies. Manage your airship hull and its integrity. Extract and gather resources to improve your ai...

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

3827

▶ Play video

[cloud jay]

I'll go take a peek.

[dry copper]

This hits so hard rn

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

[quaint escarp]

why do people have such a hard on for nintendo, u dont need to defend a multimillion dollar company

[cloud jay]

Who's defending them?

[winter yew]

Most of Japanese twitter agrees with Nintendo and is against rip off games in general

I shared a tweet while ago

[cloud jay]

Anyone have some gametime into Icarus? Seems to be a love it or hate it from the reviews.

[inland oasis]

Love it. But hate the “restart” for every mission unless your doing the free mode

But in order to lvl up quickly n shit you have to do missions this restarting over n over

But there is stuff that carries with

[cloud jay]

Oh, that's right. That's why I haven't pulled the trigger...the whole start-over is a turn-off.

It's like a survival rogue-like.

[inland oasis]

For me too. I LOVE getting deep into a build and relaxing. It’s gorgeous and peaceful

Outposts mode I think is the chill mode

There’s three modes. The missions, outposts, and.. I can’t even remember the third

[mental rose]

@cloud jay Also this exists, could also buy it's remaster, but it's more expensive. https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/

Steam

ARK: Survival Evolved

Çıplak bir adam veya kadın olarak üşüdüğün ve acıktığın ARK isimli gizemli bir adada mahsur kalıyorsun, avlanmalı, kaynak toplamalı, eşya üretmeli, bitki büyütmeli, teknolojiler araştırmalı ve dayanıklı elementlerle sığınak yapmalısın. Kurnazlığını ve kaynaklarını öldürmek veya dev dinazorları ve adada dolaşan diğer ilkel yaratıkları evcilleştir...

Price

$14.79

Recommendations

528580

Metacritic

70

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[cloud jay]

I was into Planet Crafter for a bit, but that just turns into an idler for the most part.

[mental rose]

The heck is that language in the preview??

[inland oasis]

Isn’t ark like 300+ gigs…

[dry copper]

Turkish detected

[mental rose]

Correct. It's uhh.... it's pretty massive, even if you exclude the fanmade maps 😅

But I'm just throwing these out here, since Phospho was asking for survivalcraft alternatives

[inland oasis]

Valheim

^_^

[cloud jay]

Steam says Ark needs 60GB...I remember building my first computer...the HDD was a whopping 128MB.

[dry copper]

Steam is having a stroke

"Since you wish for Forgotten Anne"
HERE'S GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK!

[inland oasis]

They spelled forgotten wrong

[coarse swift]

Anything that's a creature catcher is apparently a Pokemon ripoff so the white knights gotta come in and shit on it

These same dipshits will eat anything Gamefreak feeds them, which is why we don't get good Pokemon games

I love the franchise itself but man is it just not the same anymore

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIVxfSkJRg0

[quaint escarp]

surprised nintendo didnt go after cassette beasts

[dry copper]

Surprised Nintendo never went after VHS

[quaint escarp]

only nintendo can do creature turn based battlers

this just makes people not want to pay for nintendo games

[dry copper]

but does it really...I'm guessing not.

Nintendo isn't going to suffer sales losses

[quaint escarp]

never a lot

but i stopped buying nintendo games

so theres one less customer

[cloud jay]

The LotR survival game looks interesting...but not sure if I want to drop $25 on it yet.

[dry copper]

Does it? Looks dumb to me

I don't wanna be a dwarf

Being a dwarf is the second worst race to choose in lotr

Second only to hobbit

[cloud jay]

I think it's more of a game to stroke those with a deep appreciation of the tolkien-verse

Anyone have any gametime in on Stranded: Alien Dawn? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324130/Stranded_Alien_Dawn/

Steam

Stranded: Alien Dawn

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors from starvation, disease, extreme weather and more. From basic camps to fortified bases, create a str...

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

7731

Metacritic

81

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[cloud jay]

Guess I'll fire up Astroneer until I get bored/stumble upon something..."fresh".

[primal loom]

Lightyear Frontier has always had multiplayer since entering early access

The demo is singleplayer only, though

I've played the multiplayer myself before this update came out

The Division 2

[winter yew]

Simple stealing is wrong and ripping off games is lazy

[coarse swift]

As if Nintendo didn't ripoff Dragon Quest

Wait till you see what real-life concepts and objects Pokemon are ripped off from

[winter yew]

Dragon quest is welcome to see if they have a case

[coarse swift]

This kind of comic has never been more relevant

[silver sparrow]

Yup

3d rimworld

[frigid jolt]

Anyone play core keeper? Any opinions?

[restive tusk]

TL is pretty and seems polished but it aint pulling me in

bland loot system, bland class system

[winter yew]

https://youtu.be/5HiAtYcnDq8?si=HgZHEEofuRA40_Ko

[quaint escarp]

its like 3d terraria its pretty good, think it shines more with other players

[frigid jolt]

But it can be played solo?

[austere lance]

Yeah

[quaint escarp]

yeah u can play it solo

theres also good progression

[tranquil glen]

👋🏼

[restive tusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKJTufdwzU

[prime pivot]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/doom-can-now-run-on-a-quantum-computer-with-quandoom-port-seminal-fps-blood-and-gore-mixed-with-spooky-action

[echo hill]

why games not give dopamine like they used to 😦

[marble idol]

Because they're trash.

[tranquil glen]

real, 🥹

what if helldivers had the invasion shit that warframe has, bugs vs bots

[austere lance]

Gotta find the right games, brother

[echo hill]

Guess I'm just in a rut for games

Nothins holding my attention

[austere lance]

Right now for me it's Space Marine 2 and Hardspace: Shipbreaker

I think you'd love Hardspace, it's quite relaxing to play as an engineer dude tearing apart ships 😆 @echo hill

[echo hill]

Dope lemme check it out

[austere lance]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161580/Hardspace_Shipbreaker/

Steam

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Welcome to LYNX, the solar system’s leader in spaceship salvaging!We offer you the privilege of helping turn humanity’s past into its future by salvaging ships in zero-g. Each one is a puzzle, and how you solve it is up to you! Carve your way in, salvage everything, and maximize your profit.Our cutting-edge LYNX tech helps you do the job. Slice ...

Price

$34.99

Recommendations

17033

Metacritic

83

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[marble idol]

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

[echo hill]

Huh, looks neat

Does it get repetitive?

[marble idol]

Yes.

But if that doesn't bother you in No Man's Sky it won't bother you in that game.

[austere lance]

Nah, every ship is built differently and as you earn better certifications you get to work on more and more dangerous ones. Gotta learn to do stuff like pull massive fusion reactors out safely without setting them off, or get into a pressurized ship with its power still on without killing yourself or breaking things by explosive depressurization 😆

[silver sparrow]

I played this on game pass. Not bad

[inland oasis]

That game made me become a human ping pong ball

I loved it

[coarse swift]

tbh it looks exactly like the kinda game I would think @echo hill would get into

[echo hill]

Okay yeah that sounds sick I'll try it out

[echo hill]

Shit it's on game pass?

[austere lance]

It's dope, especially when you're working on huge ships with giant engines and reactors that'll nuke if you don't turn em off correctly 😆

[austere lance]

Not anymore, was a while ago

[echo hill]

Ah gotcha

[austere lance]

It's like $10 on Xbox rn

[echo hill]

Oh that's way better than $30 on steam

[shadow temple]

this will do nothing

it takes years and years for anything to happen and this wont stop people from buying

[silver sparrow]

Oh

[winter yew]

But at the end of the day I was right, gog simply peak lol

[shadow temple]

steam is goat

[winter yew]

Unfortunately gog is the only one the new law dont apply ro

[tranquil glen]

if only people didnt shit on this as walking simulator

there is literally a reference to it

to actual walking sim

[dry copper]

A walking simulator isn't insulting.

I know very few games that have earned that title of which are considered bad games.

They're often more cerebral, reflective and emotive.

See: Firewatch

See: The Remains of Edith Finch

See: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

[tranquil glen]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214280/Walking_Simulator/

Steam

Walking Simulator

The year is 2020, world war III destroyed the civilized world.

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[dry copper]

Abzu, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons, Cloudpunk, Dear Esther....

The list goes on and on

[marble idol]

Wouldn't be a bad game if they had put any effort into the walking part.

Or the driving.

[tranquil glen]

they did? its all about traversal

[dry copper]

Death Stranding's walking mechanic is fine

The driving is fine, too

But then, I'm the kind of person who spent hours building a road up from one side of the game to the other.

[tranquil glen]

the cars are a bit buggy even on DSDC but still

otherwise fine

[marble idol]

When I heard you were going to play as a post-apocalyptic Amazon courier I was expecting a lot of physics heavy gameplay, but this game has worse physics than GTA 3.

Even the vehicle mod for New Vegas has better physics.

Hell, No Man's Sky has better physics.

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/death-stranding-hideo-kojima-kojipro-kojima-productions-bike-gif-24378387

Physics are fine

I had fun.

[tranquil glen]

neither of them have the walking endurance though, nor "what you carry is physically what you see" nor the fact that shit decays

[runic marten]

I may have to get this game

[dry copper]

I killed a wasp tonight. I'm not proud of it.

[tranquil glen]

am close to 100%ing the steam version of DSDC wish the basic didnt download the DC achievments

[marble idol]

Look, I'ma try to keep it simple.

These are good physics:
https://youtu.be/1KdfWUJlTQI

These, are not good physics:
https://youtu.be/31oRTG6hrmw

[dry copper]

Maaan. I inserted "walking simulator" into my games listing on steam to see how many were tagged as such, that I purchased....

I have a lot

[runic marten]

You should be. Well done soldier o7

[dry copper]

A lot of walking simulators.

[tranquil glen]

not that many for me

two of which have 1 variants

[dry copper]

You should get Lifeless Planet. It's a pretty sick short story game.

I beat it in 5 hrs.

[runic marten]

I am googling that as we speak

[tranquil glen]

im a big consumed atm lol

[dry copper]

Get it for under $10 if you're worried about the cost. It's not on sale rn

It's worth $10 at least for the story alone.

It is what I would call a mind-f*ck

[tranquil glen]

have you played Ashwalkers?

[austere lance]

Warframe gets a dank update tomorrow 👀

[runic marten]

Sounds like it. Sounds like my kinda thing

[tranquil glen]

yea ik too bad i am already working on other warframe things and have work most of the week

[tranquil glen]

want another walker?

[dry copper]

Sure

[tranquil glen]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1273690/Ashwalkers/

Steam

Ashwalkers

From the co-founder of Dontnod (Life is Strange) Hervé Bonin’s new studio Nameless XIII. Face the dark corners of your humanity and find out what lurks in the shadows.The non-linear story challenges players to make meaningful choices in complex moral dilemmas.Feature ListMake meaningful choices in a non-linear narrativeDifferent paths to take wi...

Price

$11.99

Recommendations

117

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[dry copper]

I prob own it

[tranquil glen]

not technically walking akin to like Abzu, but walking survival

[dry copper]

Point and click or wasd?

[tranquil glen]

point click

[dry copper]

....that ...I don't know if I can do point and click simulators

[tranquil glen]

squad based npc survival shit kinda like if BG3 was set in an ashy apocalytpic frostpunk

[dry copper]

I have almost all the dlc for sims 4 if I want to point and click simulate

[tranquil glen]

cept alot less BG3 graphics/mechanics

[dry copper]

Sims 4 made me hate point and click navigation

thanks for the link

[tranquil glen]

its not navigation in that way its navigation in like a question way from the olden games

"left or right caves" etc iirc

nvm its item to item

nvm u right lol

em there was another point and click survival, but it was like 2d sims/ house based

named This War of Mine

[inland oasis]

https://youtu.be/rfC3wkZ43Jg?si=2mxv6lD32wmIY0gu

Playing this the next time I’m on HD2

[tranquil glen]

thanks Hideo

[austere lance]

Sony and these dudes are really banking on Nintendo failing their lawsuit, lol
https://x.com/Wario64/status/1841353778185875795?t=MjPuQmiqG9D2yUpXmJZoRw&s=19

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Krafton has signed a licensing agreement with Pocketpair to expand the Palworld IP to mobile.

PUBG Studios will develop a Palworld game that reimagines and adapts the core gameplay elements of Palworld for a mobile environment.

https://t.co/Sr7OgRmlX7

Twitter · Oct 2, 2024, 5:45 AM

[untold axle]

NGL I don't think I've ever seen someone as pretentious in game design as kojima. I don't hate him for it but damn

[winter yew]

Sony prolly funding palworlds ability to fight nintendo

[inland oasis]

DOOM guy is one of the characters in another game universe that not only I think would survive 40k, but he’d thrive in it

[pseudo lodge]

Minecraft is trolling again

[mellow dune]

Doom guy has balls big enough they emit their own Gellar field to protect him from the warp

Not that he needs it

[inland oasis]

the entire tyranid HIVE MIND is just his little pet puppy

[mental rose]

Him and Malum Caedo would definitely be bros. 😁

[mellow dune]

Malun Caedo, Rylanor the Unyielding, Captain Titus, Commissar Sebastian Yarrick and DOOM guy all walk into a bar

[mental rose]

Wish we could get a version of this meme, where it's those guys and instead a Daemon kicks the door. 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCyvgcyj6Ak

[dry copper]

Sony has probably seen the statement of claim and reviewed the patents so would have insider info.

Nintendo does not want to get into a back and forth on patent law with Sony

Sony has been fighting patent lawsuits its entire existence

[inland oasis]

have you seen the meme of caedo on a leash with titus saying "dont make me release caedo..." XD

[mental rose]

The textless version is on the 2nd row when you do an image search, so yea. 😄

[inland oasis]

YES

[silver sparrow]

Dankframe ™️

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/malum-caedo-malum-caedo-warhammer-40k-space-marine-gif-494563405176942733

[inland oasis]

the lil angry stance xD i love it

"sick em boi"

[inland oasis]

if caedo says it isnt heresy, IT ISNT HERESY. that is ABSOLUTE

[shadow tartan]

Heh heh

[orchid fox]

game?

[inland oasis]

helldivers 2 😄

[dry copper]

Rock Paper Scissors

[dry copper]

Paper. I win

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mek0qHEfmJQ

I haven't seen the movie "Being John Malkovich"

I just learned about the 7 1/2 floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Weeix7gQQ

[tame cairn]

LOL accidentally slamming a child into stone

thought she died

[inland oasis]

ive thrown em off the bridge xD

Brinefood 😄

[dry copper]

It's too bad the story sucks

[tame cairn]

DD2?

[inland oasis]

stories wonderful

[tame cairn]

i like it more than the first one personally

i like the whole conflict with the fake arisen

all dd2 needs now is the everfall

[balmy plaza]

Saw the new season for destiny 2

[dry copper]

You told me yesterday DD2 story just ends midroll

[junior elk]

fun fact if nintendo wins that means any game company could patent any game mechanic which could practically ruin innovation in games so its much bigger than that unfortunatly

[dry copper]

Funner fact: They can do that anyway.

...and have

Namco used to own the patent rights to mini games on loading screens. Not a single game could have the feature without paying Namco. The patent didn't expire until 2015.

[junior elk]

yes but it will encourage more companys to do it for sure

[dry copper]

Warner Brothers currently holds the patent on the nemesis system and all systems like it, used in Shadow of Mordor. That won't expire for another 17 years.

[junior elk]

patents on game engines i understand but actual mechanics like the one nintendo filed in may in spite of palworld is really dangerous

[dry copper]

They've always existed and will always exist until patent offices are held to a higher standard in the granting of patents.

Look how long epipens were patented

Literally the mechanism used for delivering the injection...the pen itself, a simple autoinjector

[junior elk]

capitalism was part of that tbh

[dry copper]

You can't blame capitalism for the conduct of greedy motherfuckers looking to get a leg up on the desperate. Commies do that kind of shit too.

Hell. The entire government of russia is built on the bloody remains of commies doing that kind of shit

Their entire oligarchy

[junior elk]

its an American company that hold the patent because to them its something they can easily capitalise on

[dry copper]

So what?

I expect Nintendo to lose.

Actually no...I expect nintendo to give up

I fully expect them to pull their lawsuit before it hits the fan

[junior elk]

they more than likely will because the patent was filed after the games release

[dry copper]

They can not afford their loss to become a precedent

It would have a chilling effect on their entire patent infrastructure

...and I have no doubt Sony would love for Nintendo to lose....

and lose their exclusive patents

Sony signalling that they're sticking with palworld is more of a warning to nintendo than anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-447NaiBJs

@cursive mist

Greatest San Francisco song ever made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRvr7nQE7xM

[tame cairn]

me?

i dont remember that tbh

[balmy plaza]

Twas me

Ngl it's really really nice to see elite dangerous getting revitalised recently

It's looking like it will probably get base building at some point soon

[dry copper]

I hope not.....

The last thing that unstable game needs is player generated content

[balmy plaza]

It already has a lot of player generated content

Fleet carriers are essentially player owned stations

[dry copper]

Do they persist with the player offline?

Woo. Just thought of an idea for a game.

[silver sparrow]

Angry goose game

[dry copper]

Ninja+Wizard=Ninzard
Thinking Batman Arkham Asylum with magic and bullet time and obviously not in gotham or with batman

[silver sparrow]

Winja

Aka whinger

Aka Nate

[dry copper]

Too meta

[balmy plaza]

They appear in solo play yeah

Tbh they're a pretty good addition for the most part

One cool thing I've seen people do with them is run long distance transport services for other players

They'll have set departure times and they travel between the two main inhabited regions of the galaxy. That kinda distance isn't really doable with a beginner ship so it's nice to have that

Though there was a slight forced labour scandal

Iirc some new players got tricked into boarding a carrier and ended up getting kidnapped and taken to some remote region of space with no way back, and had to mine asteroids 😭

[dry copper]

Yeah I remember hearing about that and about the developers nailing people doing it

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/players-enslaved-by-scammers-in-elite-dangerous/ze2cde

[balmy plaza]

Yeah that's it

I feel like if bases go well it could add a bit more to the community side of the game

Which is already pretty strong with the taxi services, fuel rats etc

But yeah there's a chance it could be super buggy too lol

[dry copper]

https://www.frontier.co.uk/legal/modern-slavery

The developers came out and said it's basically griefing and treat it as such

[inland oasis]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3156770/Witchfire/

This is tempting

Steam

Witchfire

Witchfire is a single-player RPG shooter from the creative minds behind Painkiller and Bulletstorm. Embark on perilous expeditions, vanquishing foes to enhance your powers and arsenal. Scavenge valuable resources and retreat to your sanctuary, or push your luck by confronting Familiars— the powerful guardians of the witch.Skill and knowledge are...

Price

$35.99

Recommendations

1876

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[balmy plaza]

I've heard good things about that

[austere lance]

That finally exists? I've been waiting for years, lol

[balmy plaza]

One thing I can't tell is if the levels are handmade or if they're proc gen

[inland oasis]

I’m watching Mr. Fruit play it. He dropped 3 vids so far I think

It looks rly cool

[inland oasis]

I think hand made, maybe poi’s are proc gen?

Being a roguelite

He edits the vids a bit so u don’t see what he does in the downtime

[dry copper]

Early Access PC only

[austere lance]

I've been waiting 6 years 💀
https://youtu.be/-zqjNkdXT94?si=vLcYnnsnidDqGgMi

[inland oasis]

Dayum 💀

[dry copper]

looks like someone dropped duke nukem into the middle ages

[inland oasis]

Apperently the combat is like destiny

Similar to

I can kinda see it.

[austere lance]

Wait, it came out in early access last year?

Gud, they should be close to finishing it then

[inland oasis]

It’s still early access in steam page

[dry copper]

Sep 23 2024

[balmy plaza]

So apparently it's a handmade map, but enemy spawns, your spawn point, and events are all random

[inland oasis]

I like dat