other-games

[mental rose]

Silent Hill is known the deal with pretty dark topics though.

[dry copper]

and sexy dark topics

https://tenor.com/view/creepy-horror-hi-wave-nurse-gif-5606796

@Freakshow Make sure you check the ingame shop. You can get free server transfer tickets rn

@restive tusk See above

[inland oasis]

SO FUN

https://medal.tv/games/sifu/clips/i4h8jb4yU-U133FNG?invite=cr-MSxJRzUsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

https://medal.tv/games/destiny-2/clips/iPc4QMkg7Ts0MTgiH?invite=cr-MSxRb0gsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

This has gotta be like my fave boss xD

[austere lance]

I've played Dark Souls and Elden Ring and a lot of Souls-likes, but that game is the only one that's made me feel too old and slow to play it 💀

[sleek cloud]

lol

[tranquil glen]

So um many psn exclusives come to pc a year later, and psn getting several in 2025..

[sleek cloud]

played the first 20 minutes and i think i'm doing ok, hard to say as it's early on

set the difficulty to its default

[austere lance]

The museum is what put me through the wringer, I barely beat it and decided I'm too fuckin slow for the game and haven't touched it since 😭

[tame cairn]

getting closer to gta 6

[inland oasis]

how in the hell is it that THAT (sifu) is one i can play but souls games rip me a new one xD

[inland oasis]

wait till you try doing the pacifist mode on bosses

well, "sparing" them. theres alternate endings

i love they let you choose

[austere lance]

In Dark Souls you just have to know when to roll and when to hit, in Sifu you have to know combos and specific dodges and parries and the timings for all of them 😭

[inland oasis]

spam duck dodge (no pun intended) it literally blocks every attack except unblockable iirc

just time it

i think leg sweeps are an exception too

i also played on controller btw

[austere lance]

I'm on console, so me too 💀

[inland oasis]

also, if theres ONE huge peice of advice. the game is meant to be played defensively. if your patient, block on time calmly and relaxed, youll be fine the whole game. but it has a way of amping you up and making you get greedy for combat. at least im guilty of it when i catch myself button spamming rather than thinking about a plan of attack

secondly, avoid being surrounded at all costs. pretty obvious but easy to end up in that situation

face to face fights the whole time, and your golden

[tame cairn]

there's gonna be a good amount of games next year ngl

[winter yew]

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100904/sega-and-sonic-team-will-continue-supporting-ps4-to-ensure-higher-sales-potential/index.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR05xwiWiProlCR0aep2QeR0WLOoZIkpC4VU49ssNbU2vVmY12PrIoSY_tM_aem_6s92yWdCfDRiMvTqI1p_0Q

[tame cairn]

Ghost of Yotei, Fable, Doom: The Dark Ages, Death Stranding 2, Avowed, GTA 6, Hell is us, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Little Nightmares 3 and Marvel 1943 could be fun too

probably more

[tranquil glen]

erm, what (Factorio stuff)

[untold axle]

What else is on PlayStation next year?

[untold axle]

Oh yeah I forgot about the marvel game.

[tranquil glen]

Shadows, MHWilds, DS2,

i hope to buy Horizin Forbidden West on pc this winter

[mental rose]

Dead Space 2 remake??

Oh, you meant Death Stranding 2.

Both have same abbreviation

[tranquil glen]

ACS, MHW, DS2

[untold axle]

Yes but
Wilds is on all platforms day 1
WITH CROSS PLAY BABYYYY

I forgot forbidden West was still exclusive

[tranquil glen]

its not still wdym

[winter yew]

It tew much

[dry copper]

I am prob going to not get HZD FW just because of the sony requirement. I already have PSN, but I have no desire for the game. I never even beat the first HZD and Sony is really sucking an egg this time

[tranquil glen]

too much u say? these games are mostly a decade old..

[tranquil glen]

fair point in not linking but it doesnt require it

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2420110/discussions/0/4358998466167144565/

[winter yew]

Honestly atp it's a not yet
The first hzd will be requiring psn now

[marble idol]

There's only one game in that screenshot what are you talking about

[winter yew]

I am so shocked and surprised there's no real difference outside of Ray tracing

[marble idol]

I'm more shocked and surprised that you see any difference.

[winter yew]

I've seen differences in almost every presentation but you gotta really look
The average guy either won't care of their TV won't be good enough to show it

Just being fair about both sides

[marble idol]

Something tells me that any differences in this case were just down to rendering inconsistencies. But I have no interest in the game so I haven't really looked.

We'll see when the Days Gone ramster comes out.

[tranquil glen]

thats three separate games wdym (I have no care for that sarcasm if that is)

[pure zinc]

Dark souls 2?

[tranquil glen]

death stranding 2

[pure zinc]

What

They’re making a sequel to drink monster, take shower, and walk 100 miles???

Also people in ranked think that the other team is full of bots for some reason. Bro really thought he could just sneak up behind all of us

[tranquil glen]

probably not drink monster but yea

[winter yew]

https://youtu.be/-wyEB8aKcg4?si=Bzhk78KssE_qrrF_

[shadow tartan]

I had diarrhoea today.
I also decided to not eat a burger.

[winter yew]

https://www.torquenews.com/11826/geico-terminating-insurance-coverage-tesla-cybertrucks-says-type-vehicle-doesnt-meet-our/

[rocky vine]

goodbye ballistic

[silver sparrow]

Bummer

For your bum bum

[shadow tartan]

Had to hose it down

[dry copper]

Ray William Johnson tracing

[dry copper]

Translation: This vehicle should not be on the road, much less be called a truck.

[winter yew]

Honestly most luxury cars youd die if you crashed in which is the primary issue of how it dispensers kenetic tension seems like just a anti musk issue

[dry copper]

Maybe Musk can recover the loss by getting Trump to insure the electric garbage can.

Pretty sure he's on a campaign leg with trump in pennsylvania

[winter yew]

Lol maybe but does this discord have a anti politics rule before I reply?

[barren sparrow]

We do

[dry copper]

I'm not talking about politics. I'm talking about Musk being a tool.

[barren sparrow]

And I just answered a question about server rules :v

[winter yew]

Maybe but any reply would edge it into politics so I'll have to refrain
Bringing up musk supporting Trump and trumps campaign leg is also basically politics

[barren sparrow]

Maybe lets just move on

@winter yewyou play owlcats games right?

Played rogue trader?

[winter yew]

Hell yah & yes rogue trader is good

[dry copper]

I really hate that Jared Leto is in Tron

Talk about marrying a dirty hobo

[barren sparrow]

DLC dropped and I started new playthrough with that new class and its been fun so far, new content

[shadow tartan]

This is what I tell all my ex's

[dry copper]

This is what I tell my poos

[shadow tartan]

Welcome to the downward spiral

[dry copper]

I have a toilet flusher music playlist with only one song on it. "Like a prayer" by Madonna

[silver sparrow]

Bidet all day

[shadow tartan]

Redneck bidet

[dry copper]

Hose in a bucket

Hoseina Bucket sounds both fancy and hillbilly at the same time.

I wish companies would invest more into their localization when making games from other countries.

Jodi is a brave journalist going on her way to find the legendary antidote and she is in danger!

:gasp:

[dry copper]

Ooooh, this is not good. I like playing healer. Looks like the game is dead to me, now.

Review of "Throne and Liberty"

Some of the cosmetics are like $50 to buy.

No fucking way a new outfit should cost you the price of a brand new game

They'd get more money if they lowered their prices.

[tame cairn]

i uhh

got on the sphinx

[charred badge]

Lmao

[shadow temple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtHZlb5KCNA

HA BYE 343

let the door hit you on the way out

[shadow tartan]

Hmm, that's not very nice
If I wasn't very nice I would tell people that I hope they lose their jobs, become destitute and turn to drugs and prostitution

Wait a second

Oh shit I do hope that

[inland oasis]

Next step, try to turn an ogre into a permanent bridge. Make them stone when they fall and become one. I never tried 😂 think I mentioned it once before

Or cyclops. Whichever I think either do it

[shadow tartan]

Yo, we need that 50 Cent Diddy Documentary ASAP

[tame cairn]

ASAP Rocky isn't in this server Nate

[shadow tartan]

WE NEED IT

[tame cairn]

lol

[shadow tartan]

@tame cairn Yamborghini high, Lambo by the crib

This is how we live

[tame cairn]

I just need to find a Medusa first but I do need that trophy for walking over one

[shadow tartan]

Bitches, bitches, bitches, bitches

[tame cairn]

so true

guys

i watched deadpool and wolverine finally

[obtuse reef]

I spent two hours on a mission in GTFO because I thought secondary objectives would give you additional rewards. Turns out they don’t. I’m not gonna get those back

[tame cairn]

very worth it

[obtuse reef]

How was it?

[tame cairn]

easily the best marvel movie recently

[obtuse reef]

That’s not a high bar

[tame cairn]

yea but thats why i said easily

[obtuse reef]

Good point

[tame cairn]

if you liked the previous 2 deadpools you'll like it

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePao0cTGG-o

[dry copper]

Silicon Valley is definitely the redemption arc of Martin Starr

He is a geeky version of Nick Offerman

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

[pure zinc]

Why nots

[dreamy zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSM7AF2Rvbc

[inland oasis]

drip drip

[inland oasis]

purty planets

[balmy plaza]

Pls let this mean there's a CE remake on the way

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/sifu/clips/iPBa3iomKzjSQopAN?invite=cr-MSxZdlosMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Im by no means good at sifu, but goddamn this fight was fun 😄

[tranquil glen]

The collab thing ended

Still get beer tho

[austere lance]

https://x.com/Wario64/status/1843306427529699681?t=4jEi_HNr4JRVN6qvrTP-TQ&s=19

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Alien: Isolation sequel is in early development

Twitter · Oct 7, 2024, 3:04 PM

[balmy plaza]

Omg finally!

BTW did you see the halo announcement

[austere lance]

Yee

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/sifu/clips/iPC5NfmK7SPBWjstI?invite=cr-MSx4RHAsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

goddamn im a sucker for these hallway fight scenes

[plucky mesa]

What happaned re: Switch emulation? I keep seeing headlines.

[inland oasis]

woo im on a roll. spared every boss so far. 2 to go

[winter yew]

https://x.com/HaberReport/status/1843033330411004026?t=Y8uDFTaf2am33PJcfGuvzw&s=19
Turkey banning discord Russia has already been considering it

Haber Report (@HaberReport) on X

#ÖZELHABER Discord'a erişim engeli geliyor.

Twitter · Oct 6, 2024, 8:59 PM

[dry copper]

Sweet. Now we don't have to listen to cyka blyats.

[barren sparrow]

Nature always finds a way

[pure zinc]

I have no hope after the shit show that was infinite

Also, when two players are in sync

[pure zinc]

Especially since they’re putting halo in unreal

Unreal engine doesn’t seem like it’d be a halo engine tbh

Even if “ooh good graphics”

That’s not what halos about

[tame cairn]

me too lmao

i literally have no cares for halo at this point

besides a yearly red vs blue rewatch

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/sifu/clips/iPDjxj6vTxPnquEEs?invite=cr-MSxFeEIsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

Bullied this dude xD

[tranquil glen]

Yes just separate the peoples of the earth like normal government things

[copper knoll]

FRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[balmy plaza]

Tbf they're not just a new studio in name. Basically everyone in charge has been replaced

The main draw of unreal is how accessible it is tbh. Like it does look nice but it's a relatively intuitive piece of kit

That's the main change really, it's way more stable and has a much better pipeline, which is what made infinite crash and burn

[pure zinc]

Well yea, but I’m sure if 343 fucked up halo 3 different times, these new guys won’t be able to capture the essence, atmosphere and uniqueness halo had either

[balmy plaza]

I'd argue infinite mostly did that, at least in terms of gameplay style and tone. The actual content was lacking but that was a huge management mess up which is why they bought back Staten. The guy in charge now is the one that was in charge of turning MCC around

Plus most of the tone decisions can be traced back to people like Frank

[pure zinc]

I just miss old halo 3 days tbh

I don’t think that energy will ever be recaptured

[balmy plaza]

That's fair, but I also feel like that's more of an industry thing overall. Like I don't think we're ever going to have that halo 3 era ever again, but at the same time halo is a great universe with a load of potential still

The change to unreal opens up the possibilities of spinoffs and smaller side games which is what I'm mainly interested in atm

Iirc they have multiple games in development rn, not just the next mainline game

[pure zinc]

As a hardcore halo fan, imma be as real as I can with you, but I 100% disagree Halo has a load of potential still. Halo 4 put a bad taste in my mouth, halo 5 slapped me in the face harder than the ‘Joel’ moment, and halo infinite drove that knife deep into the heart of my love for halo. It’s like someone just threw my favorite franchise in a dumpster fire, and now they’re trying to justify it with “a new and prettier engine”
All my hope was lost as soon as infinites creative director got fired, and infinite stopped gaining new weapons. It’s just kinda sad tbh. The way most games have turned out nowadays is equally as sad. Some Roblox games have better systems in place than most triple a games, and it’s probably one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time, but also the saddest because it just shows how careless gamers have gotten with the quality of the games they invest in

[coarse swift]

Just doesn't have the same love that classic Bungie put in

[pure zinc]

All games nowadays are made for is a quick dollar, and that seems to be what a lot of media is becoming tbh. Just shitty cash grabs under brand / franchise names we know and love

[pure zinc]

Exactly. Bungie Built halo 1-3 with nothing but sticks and stones like cave men in the office. Even if they didn’t know how to code things exactly, they’d work around it and make it work regardless, while also being pressured under time restrictions. It was true care and love put into a game series that wasn’t expected to blow up as big as it did

And even with the limited time they had to work on the games, they still added secrets and cool shit for us to find

It truly was the golden age of gaming

I played mw3 the other day, and I played bad business on Roblox, and I laughed because the Roblox game ngl is kinda better

And has cooler customization features, and free customization

Like… this is Roblox. This has more soul than mw3 and it’s fucking sad 😭

Or frontlines too

[austere lance]

I've basically given up on AAA shooters at this point, lol. I'd rather just beat the shit out of things as a Space Marine and play other games that have actual soul to them, like Remnant 2

[pure zinc]

Same

Every triple a shooter I’ve played in the past 3 years has been utter dog shit

Besides Cold War kinda

But even still, tainted by the current evils of the gaming market

Unfortunate

I wanna make a shooter that will trump most triple a shooters, while having the essence of absolute indie just to piss the triple a devs off even more

No micro transactions, no limited access content, no bullshit

Just fun gameplay

Enough customization for anyone to express themselves

And a map builder and weapon designer for anti boredom :3

Absolute epicness

I just need to learn how to do all the things to do that TwT

[balmy plaza]

Idk I still have hope

I've loved the franchise for decades, even though the recent games have been pretty rough

The extended universe alone is brimming with corners I'd love to see explored in a game

[pure zinc]

From what I’ve seen from the new interviews, most people seem to only be concerned with the new graphics

With unreal

Which, tbf I really don’t care about graphics

[balmy plaza]

That's the public facing selling point ofc but if you look behind the scenes the amount of benefit the switch will provide is insane

[pure zinc]

They could do a n64 style halo game, as long as the game plays good, I’d play the fuck outta it

[balmy plaza]

Ofc the vidoc won't talk about dev pipelines in depth

But the primary reason is 100% the efficiency and flexibility of the engine

[pure zinc]

They should tho, because that’s what the people (like me) wanna hear

[balmy plaza]

That's fair, but at the same time the vidoc was 99% a big "we're hiring" banner

No one in their right mind would join a team as a contractor to use their in house engine

Again the difference between unreal and what they were using before is night and day, in terms of actually being able to make stuff and provide content

It's industry standard too so new hires will be able to get to work right away instead of spending 6 months learning the software

[austere lance]

Them completely dropping the 20 years of tech debt that came with being forced to use Slipspace Engine is gonna be a game changer. Half the reason the games have been getting worse as they go is that they spent most of their time fighting a shitty old engine and not enough time actually developing the damn games

[pure zinc]

Fighting the engine has nothing to do with master chief isekai

[quaint escarp]

sucks that bethesda is pretty much locked to creation

[austere lance]

And most of the industry knows how to use Unreal at this point, so new hires hopping on new Halo stuff will be able to immediately get to work instead of wasting time fighting a bullshit engine

[pure zinc]

Well I think the engine is half of what made halo halo

[quaint escarp]

most of microsoft's studios are shifting to ue5

[austere lance]

Plus, you know, Epic themselves is helping Halo Studios use UE5

[quaint escarp]

which is good

[balmy plaza]

If infinite used unreal, the game would probably have been hugely better

Like it probably wouldn't even be comparable to the product we got

[pure zinc]

So halo can become a fortnite mode?

[austere lance]

They had to cut soooooo much content from Infinite because it wouldn't work in the engine, it's painful to think about 💀

[austere lance]

UE5=/=Fortnite, lol

[tame cairn]

the next witcher being on unreal engine 5, i can't wait for

[pure zinc]

I know, I was mostly joking

[balmy plaza]

Yeah it's nuts. It's a shame too because they nailed a lot with both the campaign an multiplayer

[inland oasis]

There being a next Witcher at all is so exciting

[tame cairn]

for real

[balmy plaza]

Had it been a less hellish dev cycle it would have turned out so much better

[pure zinc]

I just remember seeing fanmade halo games on unreal, and they looked so weird

So thinking about actual halo on unreal is also as weird to me

[inland oasis]

I have high expectations though for it with how good Witcher 3 was

[balmy plaza]

Have you seen the shaping sickness?

[tame cairn]

definitely

[pure zinc]

What

[tame cairn]

hoping it won't be another cyperpunk situation

but i dont think it will be

[inland oasis]

That’s why I have high expectations. Lol, they’ve tasted what “fuckup” feels like lmaooo

Not that they haven’t fixed it

[balmy plaza]

Sorry I meant branching sickness

https://youtu.be/lkfxucpMpI0?feature=shared

[tame cairn]

iirc most of the problems were redengine
so hopefully this switch to ue5 is better

[balmy plaza]

It's a fan made halo flood game on unreal

It looks like it's nailed the feel ngl, from the short clips in the video

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

This has better footage

[inland oasis]

Yea not to mention going back to something they’ve got passion in 3 previous games for to further write upon. Vs cyberpunk being like one of its kind afaik

[pure zinc]

I can’t explain why it looks weird, but it just does

https://youtu.be/YFrNJ207rp0?si=qENIkJS6JPjTu9-O

This takes on a halo 5 inspiration, but I think that looks weird for the same reason this looks weird too

I can’t put my finger on why, but it just looks like a off brand halo

It doesn’t feel authentic

[inland oasis]

I think it’s “too” authentic lol. And the older versions give more of the “video game” look/feel

I like the realism

Better lighting n such

[pure zinc]

It’s not about the lighting

[balmy plaza]

Tbf they're both literally off brand

[pure zinc]

It’s the view model

I think

[balmy plaza]

The flood one I think specifically is made to be a bit more grounded so it kinda suits being a marine more

But the other one does look off

But stuff like the view model can be changed

The installation 01 ar looks super dodgy ngl

[inland oasis]

Looks like solid plastic to me 💀

[balmy plaza]

Yeah

[pure zinc]

I think they both look off

[balmy plaza]

The branching sickness to me looks pretty accurate to what playing as a marine would be like tbh

[pure zinc]

Both for similar reasons

[balmy plaza]

It's not totally there but it's pretty good for a small team

[inland oasis]

It looks like everything was polished too much lol

It’s all super shiny

[pure zinc]

True

[balmy plaza]

One thing for sure is that the physics will definitely be able to be ported over

Iirc halos physics are just havok

And that works with unreal

Tbh I'm more interested in what non mainline games they might end up doing

[inland oasis]

I just want a game with some seriously good weighty ragdoll effects 😂 or body deformation like when being shot lmao

[balmy plaza]

This art design is impeccable ngl

[pure zinc]

Main things I’m concerned about, free customization, atmosphere, physics, blood being added back to halo, content, and the same halo feel

[winter yew]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sued-switch-modchip-seller-denies-claims-will-seemingly-take-on-nintendo-without-a-lawyer/

[balmy plaza]

I mean they've got the style and atmosphere on point here but yeah they have a lot of stuff to do

Though I think we might start seeing some single player only halo games

[pure zinc]

I fucking hope not 😭

[balmy plaza]

They have several games in development so I doubt they'll all have mp

[pure zinc]

I only really play multiplayer

[inland oasis]

Better have co op at least lol

[balmy plaza]

I have a feeling that the CE remake won't have pvp

But they're defo not leaving mp behind

[inland oasis]

Halo without pvp

[balmy plaza]

I just think that if they do a side game or something it shouldn't need mp necessarily

[inland oasis]

That doesn’t even sound right

[coarse swift]

I don't like PVP but I know that's a big core part of the Halo experience

[balmy plaza]

I kinda feel like some of the new games might be a departure from the typical halo gameplay

[pure zinc]

And firefight

[balmy plaza]

In genre and in pacing etc

Not the mainline games but I'd really love to see a different genre of game in the halo universe

[inland oasis]

That departure is quite literally the problem lol

Bring back good halo

[pure zinc]

Exactly

[coarse swift]

Would new games still be about Halo? Are the rings still around?

[balmy plaza]

Yeah

Most of them

[mental rose]

Ever tried Halo Wars?

[balmy plaza]

Loved it

We need more stuff like it imo

[pure zinc]

Ever try fireteam Raven?

[balmy plaza]

I've seen it

Not keen on that one though

[pure zinc]

I’ve tried it

[balmy plaza]

Would love something like an adventure game in the universe or something like that

[inland oasis]

Halo 1-3 GOATED cuz my childhood. And the last one I remember trying was gaurdians. Which I think was technically 5?

[coarse swift]

https://tenor.com/view/colin-farrell-speechless-walk-away-walking-away-disgusted-gif-24677209

[inland oasis]

That was so long ago

[coarse swift]

I love a good RTS but Halo Wars wasn't it

To each their own

[pure zinc]

I loved halo 2-reach

After that everything has been super meh…

[inland oasis]

I remember a majority of practically everyone I knew hating wars cuz it was such a massively different approach to halo 😂💀

[pure zinc]

I loved halo reach for customization. I regret buying infinite stuff, but I also enjoyed some of its customization too, just wish it wasn’t paywalled

Also limited

[coarse swift]

I just didn't like it because I was already accustomed to other RTS games like Dawn of War and Supreme Commander

[balmy plaza]

I just think halo as a universe has so much more potential than being an fps. Like I think the mainline games should have that classic gameplay and setup but I don't think they should limit themselves to mainline games

[inland oasis]

Command and conquer Yuris revenge ! 💀

[mental rose]

Never played it myself, actually. I've just seen the name getting thrown around.

[coarse swift]

Red Alert 2

[balmy plaza]

Like there was a concept of a halo sabre pilot game that got floated at 343

Stuff like that

[pure zinc]

I wish we just had access to all the halo customization ever, all the halo weapons, and all the maps and a forge mode that compliments the game well too.

In one game

Like halo infinite

But not ass

[inland oasis]

Something about that game was so satisfying have a massive PILE of soldiers just trudge thru a map

[mental rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAMcOJuhBA

C&C remastered. Best purchase I've ever made

[balmy plaza]

There's soo many spinoff games that halo could do so well

[inland oasis]

StarCraft was my go to also

[balmy plaza]

Dogfighting, survival horror, adventure

[mental rose]

Turn-based squad game, XCOM-style?

Would that work? 😄

[tranquil glen]

death stranding vehicles

[pure zinc]

And free cosmetics, no micro transaction nickel and diming bullshit

[balmy plaza]

I'd play the hell out of that ngl

Especially if you could outfit your spartan fireteam with different equipment, weapons, gear etc like in xcom

There's halo mods for xcom actually iirc

[winter yew]

Valkirya chronicles

[dry copper]

I can't not see John Travolta in that role

https://tenor.com/view/john-travolta-frompariswithlove-travoltafunny-gif-25065467

[dry copper]

That's called world war

[shadow tartan]

Great series

[austere lance]

Halo Wars is peak, I re-downloaded the Definitive Edition of HW1 last night to play after work today 😆

I like HW2 but I had waaaaay more fun in 1

[balmy plaza]

Honestly the AA game needs to come back

Ig it is already, especially this year

[shadow tartan]

You mean that game that they stole credit for in front of the designers

[balmy plaza]

I think a lot of people would rather a lower price point game which is less ambitious but nails what it's doing

[shadow tartan]

At an event too...

[balmy plaza]

Over another 100hr slog

[shadow tartan]

I just hope people are aware that it's the same politics and people that surround HALO

And it takes more than moving engines

[balmy plaza]

Tbf the entire management is new

[shadow tartan]

Fan made stuff is great but it doesn't have to got through the ringer

[balmy plaza]

Like every single big decision maker from halo 4- infinite is gone

[shadow tartan]

Nah that's just all the creative staff that they keep having to rehire due to bad turnover

It goes beyond creative direction

There is more red tape than most people would care to understand

[balmy plaza]

The layoffs got rid of all the top directors that had been there since 343 started

[shadow tartan]

You need to look beyond 343

343/Halo studios is just a studio

[balmy plaza]

Oh ofc ms is still terrible

But the actual studio is essentially new

[shadow tartan]

I get where people are coming from and in not trying to discourage things, would be great for Halo to come back

But this is the same thing that happened with Starfield

From a consumer perspective

They've run through so many people now that it's not an attractive position

They were in that position in the first place due to politics

[balmy plaza]

I think with halo specifically, most of the bad decisions are pretty traceable to specific directors and other higher ups which were recently fired. Franchise directors, producers etc

[shadow tartan]

Not from what I heard

And what I heard lines up with what I'm used to dealing with in regard to big IPs

And came as no surprise

Too much red tape and then they play the blame game with a specific set of people

Even though the issues are underlying before and after those people were there

There's a term for that but I can't remember it

[balmy plaza]

At least most of the weird story stuff, halo infinite dev hell was down to the people who are gone

Specifically infinite iirc

[shadow tartan]

Nope

That's something I know from one to one conversations, hands were tied

And I knew that well before alpha

I just didn't ruin it for the fanboys

I only mentioned something to @echo hill

[balmy plaza]

The franchise was horrendously mismanaged by Frank O Connor, Kiki Wolfkill etc either way. No matter what their poor direction did a lot of damage

Also some weird stuff came out about Frank but I can't remember exactly what

There's a lot of factors at play behind how bad things got with infinite and I'm just glad that at least some of the major areas where bad stuff happened have changed

[shadow tartan]

A lot of this is rather speculative considering they have so many gates to go through in regards to that in the franchise, if the ideas were wrong they would have been shot down earlier. Blame game

Not the first time I've seen it either

Even people here do it

Like automatically blaming a publisher for bad developer decision making

[balmy plaza]

From all the stuff insiders have said, those people specifically did make terrible decisions

[shadow tartan]

Yeah tit for tat

But what we can see is that Halo had suffered

And people will always blame someone

[balmy plaza]

Oh for sure

[shadow tartan]

There is blame to be laid but it's down to how MS runs as a business

They're great at some things

Managing game studios in not their strength

Let's take a look at the last year shall we

[balmy plaza]

As an aside I can't understand how Frank ever got hired. Like he's a known racist, disliked Halo (!?) etc

That's squarely on MS

Either way it's been a big refresh so we'll see what comes of it

Iirc his personal takes on the setting were singlehandedly responsible for the butchering of a lot of the lore

[shadow tartan]

I don't get involved in that too much considering it takes a lot of different types of minds to make games

Even I don't like people or disagree with them

Nobody will ever be on the same page

But then tarnishing their name afterwards is like something governments and other massive corps do

[balmy plaza]

It just strikes me as odd that they managed to put a guy who disliked Bungie's story in control of Bungie's story

[shadow tartan]

That's where politics gets involved and muddies the water

[shadow tartan]

This is what I mean about looking beyond 343

343 wasn't really the problem

Or whatever they want to call themselves now

Because all they ever make is Halo

Oni was a long time ago

That was a good game but I don't see anyone going on about a sequel or remaster

[balmy plaza]

Another thing is how all team got split into silos, with the campaign getting 0 focus testing

[shadow tartan]

Yup

And guess what

Creative people don't have control over that a lot of the time

They can make demands

But it's always down to money men and management

[balmy plaza]

Fair

[shadow tartan]

This is why I'm such a c#nt

[balmy plaza]

I wonder how much damage Slipspace did to it

[balmy plaza]

You're not lol

[shadow tartan]

If you get walked over and then blame everyone else you're a lil bitch

And I smell a lot of lil bitch

[shadow tartan]

Definitely am, gets mentioned at work too

But someone has to do it

That's why I stuck with contracting for a while

People need a c#nt sometimes, not all of the time

[balmy plaza]

I mean there's you can be one in the good or bad sense tbf

My geography teacher was one in the good sense, scared me into wanting a geology degree

The guy who robbed my housemate, not so good

[shadow tartan]

This is why I like knowing people

Someone took my phone once, once. Got it back within 2 hours

With an apology

[balmy plaza]

Unfortunately this guy was a drug dealer iirc so I'm not sure how many people he knows in turn

Couldn't have been a great one considering he lived with us I guess lol

[shadow tartan]

I should not comment

I've been a bad boy

Dealers know people but they always have people that don't like them

[balmy plaza]

7 degrees of separation is such a weird concept especially when you realise it applies to basically everyone is some crazy way

[upper glade]

But it applies best to Kevin Bacon.

[balmy plaza]

Lol

[shadow tartan]

Shit I forgot I got Rebirth today

Gave my original one to that fuckwit @thorn dawn

[balmy plaza]

The time it applied to me I ended up in Reese Shearsmith's house

[shadow tartan]

I wonder if Adam is dead or has been kidnapped

[balmy plaza]

He has a secret door on the third floor

Not even joking

[upper glade]

Does it lead to the local pub?

[shadow tartan]

It's fucked

Everytime I go out for drinks

Someone knows someone that knows me

I'm like

[balmy plaza]

No but it has a weird stain

[upper glade]

I withdraw further questions.

[shadow tartan]

Fuck off you don't know me get whiskey

[pure zinc]

Chat

I’m gonna break a rule of mine today

That’s the pre order rule

[upper glade]

Preorders are fine if you know the dev, I'd say

[echo hill]

I think the bigger issue is Microsoft's refusal to hire anyone long term. They just hire contractors and can them when they've finished their project, making continuity nearly impossible

[pure zinc]

Im still cautious tbh nowadays

But I will be preordering wilds

[shadow tartan]

I don't preorder anymore

My games are free

[balmy plaza]

My housemate last year knew some random guy who I gave my number to who ended up being an absolute menace loo

[shadow tartan]

Fap fap fap

[echo hill]

@shadow tartan did you watch the doc about the stalker 2 devs

[shadow tartan]

I'm coming down your way

With the van

[echo hill]

Came out a few days ago, I think you'd like it

[shadow tartan]

And some boys

[shadow tartan]

I saw that it came out but not watched it

[echo hill]

Highly recommend

[shadow tartan]

Feel bad for them sometimes

It's all those awesome modders from Stalker 1

I should reinstall Stalker

[echo hill]

The modding for stalker is incredible

[shadow tartan]

When shits done properly eh

[echo hill]

Check out GAMMA

[balmy plaza]

The fact it's a free standalone thing is nuts

[echo hill]

It's what I'm playing right now and it's incredible

[balmy plaza]

I expected it to require the other games but yeah

[shadow tartan]

That looks sick

[echo hill]

dude its so fun. its very different from the og games but i fuckin love it

im on like my 3rd playthrough rn

[shadow tartan]

It's kinda close to how you live in rl, being close to the Springfield Power Plant n all that

Surviving

[echo hill]

can confirm. springtucky we call it

[balmy plaza]

I really want to make something small in unreal

[shadow tartan]

Just do it, if the concept is good you could just start a company

[echo hill]

make a little cube

[shadow tartan]

So many people restart their shit so often

Might as well

[shadow tartan]

There's only one thing smaller than that cube

[balmy plaza]

I mainly need to get better at 3d modelling first

Like I'm good at making cool renders but I suck at hard surface modelling

And UVs

[shadow tartan]

Nobody you still know from Uni that might want to do stuff?

[balmy plaza]

No 😭

[shadow tartan]

I can get you in touch with someone that can help you out with stuff if you need to

He's up in Scotland atm but maybe moving back down here

And he knows all about that stuff

[balmy plaza]

Ah thanks! I'll let you know. I mainly bash my head against the task at hand until it miraculously works

[shadow tartan]

I'm considering branching out in the next couple of years

[balmy plaza]

UE has node based scripting right?

[balmy plaza]

Oooo what to?

[shadow tartan]

Can't remember if Blueprint is node based

[shadow tartan]

Been doing this for ages now, started a small company to do some prototypes back in 2018 when I came home so now thinking of creating a team and hiring people to make something, get a loan etc

It was just 3 of us, me and two other industry mates

[balmy plaza]

That honestly sounds really fulfilling ngl

[shadow tartan]

In for a penny, in for a pound

@balmy plaza in the real world I'm actually quite respected, slightly less of a troll but that's helped make me want to continue doing this

I forgot that people had that for me till recently

Contract after contract hearing the same shit

Some people just hire me for the names on my CV

Fuck all of that

Time to do it myself

[balmy plaza]

Honestly go for it, it sounds fantastic

In the industry I've gone into it's not as much of a possibility. Or at least there's less of a pull to do that kinda thing

[grand mica]

This is so oddly timed by discord… lol!

[shadow tartan]

Hurry up and get some stuff done and maybe you'll get dragged back in

I always get dragged back in

[shadow tartan]

Still applies out of context 😂

[balmy plaza]

Guess I know what I'm starting this weekend lol

[shadow tartan]

I felt bad because I hadn't designed anything in years and then going back to Indie, first thing I had to do was ship all the backlog and help design a game with two other people

Was so refreshing

Time to retire everything else for a while

Also this was good news

Always bright things on the horizon

[tranquil glen]

ngl this shot kinda reminds me of NMS

[obtuse reef]

behold: the drip

[silver sparrow]

I’m building the snow roads
Which I did not do last play through

[silver sparrow]

also is it wrong that i am playing most of this game without the baby

[shadow tartan]

No comment

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOllF3TgAsM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2e0t8s3sWM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbN99f9esS4

[dry copper]

Detroit Become Human 70% off

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222140/Detroit_Become_Human/

Steam

Detroit: Become Human

Detroit: Become Human, the award-winning video game production from Quantic Dream, is finally available on Steam! Featuring world-renowned actors including Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Clancy Brown (Carnivale), Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Bryan Dechart (True Blood) and Valorie Curry (Twilight).WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?Detroit 2038. Technology has e...

Price

$11.99

Recommendations

107378

Metacritic

80

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[tranquil glen]

theres a free demo too

(but id rather buy the heartbound demo)

(for those who know yk

[shadow tartan]

Quantic Dream bundle was on sale too

[dry copper]

Why would you ever buy a demo

It's free....

[dry copper]

Oh. You're deliberately being obtuse. I get it :P....FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHYKAY!

[tranquil glen]

community meme

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

dev's dad^

[dry copper]

Community, the show?

[tranquil glen]

says pay full price for demo

(the community of heartbound)

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/sorry-not-sorry-i-didnt-know-options-keegan-michael-key-key-peele-gif-11781410

[mellow dune]

New favourite gun in the division 2

[dry copper]

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

This songs lyrical process sounds like the transient thoughts of a comic book nerd that really hates the concept of tarzan as a hero. I'm surprised he never wrote lyrics about animal abuse and environmental catastrophe in the wake of tarzans influence.

"Look. It's Tarzan, but he's no Superman."

[shadow tartan]

I didn't think you could buy a demo for full price

I'm probably wrong

[dry copper]

Tell me, where is Gandalf? - For I much desire to speak with him.

[shadow tartan]

Hand to hand with Balrog

[dry copper]

You don't want to play with Balrogs hands

[winter yew]

https://x.com/NbergWX/status/1843444771135861007?t=AcI_AUvUcAAbAGZbwrX34Q&s=19
The news is acting like Florida might just sink, hope anyone there stays safe

Noah Bergren (@NbergWX) on X

8PM EDT: This is nothing short of astronomical. I am at a loss for words to meteorologically describe you the storms small eye and intensity. 897mb pressure with 180 MPH max sustained winds and gusts 200+ MPH. This is now the 4th strongest hurricane ever recorded by pressure on

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 12:14 AM

[dry copper]

I think it's kinda fucked up that it's not on the news

The news prob won't talk about it until there are dead bodies on the roll call

[winter yew]

The news is talking about it, I know a whole town got wiped out from tv

[dry copper]

but then I'm Canadian...maybe it's on American news

The news here is all about Israel's memorial bs

[winter yew]

When I was a kid growing up I was taught Florida floods abit every year and now as a adult all these bad storms in such a short time crazy

[tame cairn]

uhm

what does dogma even mean?

[dry copper]

What context are you using it?

A dogma generally speaking are the principles of an authority they establish as incontrovertibly true.

[tame cairn]

i see

just the title of something i saw "dogma society"

[dry copper]

The band?

[modern panther]

so fun thing

people aren't going into bunkers or anything

they're running

[winter yew]

The storm came over Pittsburgh yesterday delayed the game a whole 2h

[austere lance]

Dogma is a funny movie, lol

[winter yew]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/Stardew_Valley/
Stardew vally 50% off
https://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/
Alien isolation 85%

Steam

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Metacritic

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41193

Metacritic

81

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Alien isolation extremely goated game, main complaint from reviewers is its too long

[austere lance]

I've tried getting into it multiple times and always end up getting bored after a couple hours tbh

[winter yew]

I'm sorry to hear that, preys another good imserive sim game if isolation is too boring

[shadow tartan]

Good practice for hiding in cupboards at work to avoid the Xeno, I mean shift manager

[austere lance]

I love Prey, the Bioshock trilogy, Dishonored 1 and 2, and both of the Adam Jensen Deus Ex games. Alien Isolation just doesn't do it for me for some reason

[winter yew]

Maybe the sequel will be better for you just got confirmed like earlier today or something like that

[austere lance]

It feels kinda clunky? Idk how to describe it

[pure zinc]

It’s kinda fun ngl

[balmy plaza]

Alien isolation is the only game that makes me feel terror ngl

[upper glade]

For me it's games with very deep oceans, esp. if vision is obscured.

[shadow tartan]

Good friend of mine has this fear, we were near a body of water and I didn't know, dude was clutching on to me and in full on panic

[dry copper]

...running where? Do they think they only have to get 3.8 miles to avoid the eye and the storm will miss em? The storm is the size of Louisiana

[inland oasis]

EPIC SHOT

[dry copper]

Also, Milton was the name of my neighbors adolescent child when I was a kid and he pissed the bed. It was horrible sleeping in the same room as him.

[balmy plaza]

I've been getting something similar playing elite dangerous lately

I'm exploring outside of populated space and found a planet in the outer areas of a system and it was so dim you could barely see it and I just thought "nope" and moved along lol

[charred badge]

Expect more. The climate shifting is really amping them up. Companies that don't want to change their practices have been doing their best to keep it out of public view

[tame cairn]

interesting

[tame cairn]

huh..

my reaction

[dry copper]

Wait until we get the dry winters

Bitter, dry, freezing...black ice and hail

[marble idol]

"special AU edition"

🤣

[dry copper]

What's special about it? The australians?

[marble idol]

Censored.

lol

It's missing a mission where you get high on space drugs.

As well as the uhh...

I'm trying to figure out a way to say it without triggering the moderators.

The "probe" weapon.

And a few other things.

Basically GOG turned game censorship into a selling point.

[dry copper]

I mean...the game doesn't exactly have any artistic investment in these particular elements so re-releasing a version that doesn't have them doesn't hurt the game.

It's kind of hard for the developer to argue that these elements are what make the game

[marble idol]

That's a slipperly slope but that's not the point.

They're trying to sell a version if fewer features as a "special edition".

[dry copper]

Any significant modification that allows it to be legally sold in Australia automatically makes it special. Australians are special folk.

[shadow tartan]

Re-elected is just the one with all the DLC

[marble idol]

I guess, especially since GOG has no issue selling uncensored games in Germany.

[shadow tartan]

Where does it say special though?

[marble idol]

Not exactly, Re-Elected is the "remaster" for PS4/XB1.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I've seen some things replace the blood with green

[austere lance]

https://x.com/Wario64/status/1843638228722823354?t=iIvIq5GrRxZqALz4am5f7A&s=19

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare coming to PC on October 29th (Steam/Rockstar Store/EGS) https://t.co/aJRSt1rJLD

https://t.co/XekNJz4dYD

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 1:03 PM

[inland oasis]

NO FUCKING WAY

[marble idol]

Boring, where's Midnight Club LA?

[inland oasis]

oh wait i thought that was rdr2 undead nightmare

dammit

[marble idol]

Nah RDR2 is a failure in Rockstar's eyes.

[shadow tartan]

That's just telling them that they finally have a version that won't get banned there

[marble idol]

They already had it I think, let me check.

[inland oasis]

the online imo is truly just a waste of potential. if they left it as the singleplayer world just with multiple people in it (us players) it of been better

the game itself is a masterpiece not a failure whatsoever

its an example of got tooo greedy which, is to be expected. but even worse so than gtaV was. i thought

[marble idol]

Ah nevermind, I can't check, I forgot they delisted the previous version when they released the Re-Elected one.

[shadow tartan]

Doesn't matter if it was there before, games have been recalled for that reason

[marble idol]

Dumb GOG.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah GOG will do that but then it's on them as the distributor

[marble idol]

When?

[shadow tartan]

It's such a minor amount of changes for German versions anyway

[marble idol]

German version is uncensored on GOG I think.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah they can chase GOG for that

[marble idol]

The GOG version even has the TF2 promo items that were exclusive to Steam. Though I think they might've removed them from the Re-Elected one.

They didn't really put in much throught into releasing it on this platform.

Which is fine by me.

[shadow tartan]

Sonic Rush Adventure was recalled for something I can't mention. All regions.

[shadow tartan]

They rarely do

There was another game that got some shit and got recalled because of a character in the game

With regional issues you usually find them when you apply for all the multiple boards

[marble idol]

The GOG vresion of SR2 is the only playable one, CD Projekt patched it to fix some of the worst bugs. Probably because they were the ones who botched the port in the first place.

[inland oasis]

rockstars "MANHUNT"

[shadow tartan]

But GOG circumventing that is just GOG distributing a game somewhere that is from a different region

[marble idol]

Steam had many games that were recalled for all sorts of reasons, but I don't recall a GOG release ever getting pulled because of censorship.

[shadow tartan]

Loads of stuff like that flies under the radar

[marble idol]

Anyway, I can't check if SR4 was available on GOG in Australia before. I think they never got Re-Elected until now, but they had the original release.

So yeah, enjoy a worse version of the game Australians.

[shadow tartan]

They probably wouldn't even get in any shit, just get asked to stop distributing

[marble idol]

Yeah I guess being niche has it's benefits.

[shadow tartan]

They can just buy from a different region, they're on PAL too

So the UK or European versions would still work if they can purchase it

[marble idol]

Huh, I'm curious if Postal 2 is available in Australia...

[shadow tartan]

So that would work even for a region locked console

[marble idol]

It is :|

They had issues getting SR4 past Australian censorship but not this game apparently...

[shadow tartan]

They can't expect a game from 2003 to change

[inland oasis]

oh but they can

[shadow tartan]

It'll be for newer stuff that goes through rating boards after

[marble idol]

But it did change, it's still being updated.

SR4 hasn't been updated since Re-Elected came out on PC.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah but they're not gonna hold a game from 2003 that already got a rating to a newer standard

If that was the case we would seen a bunch of recalls since around that time

Like all the games in Germany that already had rating before their changes

[marble idol]

Wolfenstein is also uncensored in Germany btw, on GOG.

[shadow tartan]

If they want to do something about it they can just stop them distributing it but that's long

[marble idol]

The thing is, RWS actually re-released Postal 2 on GOG fairly recently, long after SR4 came out on GOG anyway.

[austere lance]

https://x.com/Focus_entmt/status/1843597964184342842?t=5o-EJV1edCksUg5htn6m_A&s=19

Focus Entertainment (@Focus_entmt) on X

A new hotfix is live for #SpaceMarine2!

It brings various fixes for Linux and Steam Deck, Ultrawide screens, CPUs stutters, crashes, and more. 🛠️

Make sure you read the patch note here: https://t.co/iB6mYCAjVx

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 10:23 AM

[shadow tartan]

Yeah this is just a GOG specific issue

[marble idol]

Hope they release this on GOG, I want to play with Henry Cavill.

[inland oasis]

i actually did once. funny thing is, what he said to me..."go ahead n tell em, they wont believe you"

but i swear!

[dry copper]

aww, shit. I forgot I was going to install detroit become human yesterday

meh

[marble idol]

Is that on GOG

No, no it's not.

I bought all David Cage games for nostalgia's sake, I'll probably never play them.

https://youtu.be/Yy44s_de15Y

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iPVuueGOq9UiSKb_Q?invite=cr-MSx6VkcsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

this dude took one for the team

[austere lance]

https://x.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1843652568389480651?t=CO_6N8dvzWjowmJgr1QAcQ&s=19

Sackboy: A Big Adventure | LittleBigPlanet (@LittleBigPlanet) on X

An important update on LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) and LittleBigPlanet DLC on the PlayStation Store:

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 2:00 PM

[dry copper]

I want to see a cyberpunk expansion that more specifically only covers the time right after meeting Jackie and before the whole events of the main game...Something to better appreciate their relationship.

[austere lance]

Does GOG sell multiplayer games?

[dry copper]

That whole fast track story bs really robbed the main player of the best part of the game.

The most significant relationship they have in the story....and keanu isn't it.

I'm betting a more invested relationship with jackies character would've really made selling johnny as your partner in crime a hard sell

[marble idol]

Yes, if the developers can be arsed to implement it.

No Man's Sky multiplayer works fine on GOG.

Was actually impressed the first time I tried it, with how seamless it is.

[dry copper]

The baddies lobotomized jackies consciousness after he died, only able to pull snippets of his personality out using that virus...I wanna play a cyberpunk that saves jackie

[marble idol]

Also the first one is on GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/warhammer_40000_space_marine

[modern panther]

Running up state mainly

[winter yew]

Damn bruh

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/forrest-gump-running-me-when-im-late-tom-hanks-gif-5144739

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PdffUfoF0

[dry copper]

@shadow tartan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoIxkPjRts

[shadow tartan]

You know it's a banger when there's a line like
"And I know just where to touch you"

[dry copper]

and the backup singers sound like women but look like

[inland oasis]

is that the "Full House" cast? XD

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/alex-jones-gay-frogs-gif-13621889

[shadow tartan]

He's the Rancor Keeper from Star Wars

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/sound-like-anchorman-paul-rudd-mental-problems-losing-gif-3523624

[tranquil glen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOMhUJitBD4

relaunch

for console

holy shit they started with archtypes now?!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0DRS99ELNE

Fre for pc rise of angy earth owners

[quaint escarp]

im waiting for that dlc to go on sale

to even consider junping back in

mounts being locked to dlc

[tranquil glen]

100%ing is hard bc u need a squad basically always and alot of time crafting n shit

[quaint escarp]

yeah u need a guild

[dry copper]

I think D2 has lost the plot

Installing

[winter yew]

https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-hiding-skip-button-mobile/

[dry copper]

What an empty vacuous experience.

Kind words 2 is basically kind words 1 but you can now walk in circles around what are essentially empty vessels pretending to be people

They're a facsimile of people whose only actual response is fed through a mailing system, because the avatars very rarely interact in any real time.

[kind wolf]

Youtube try not to make the most pointless updates ever (Impossible)

[dry copper]

Epic kicks Google in the balls

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/07/google-ordered-to-open-android-app-store-in-epic-games-case.html

[charred badge]

Kindly kick Amazon now

Would be kinda funny if someone were to push this back on epic

[winter yew]

Hell yeah
The switch port was very good

[upper glade]

What the hell is this, even? XD

[charred badge]

Epic successfully sued Google to stop it from paying devs not to use or make competitor stores

Also force it to show alternative stores, I guess

[balmy plaza]

Damn the new destiny season looks truly irredeemable

This is coming from someone who's enjoyed most content for the game over the years

[coarse swift]

I ain't thrilled with Bungie right now but I don't get where the "wow this looks ass" responses are coming from

[coarse swift]

Armors a witch hunter theme this time to go with the episode, and hard-light projections as emotes have been a thing since the beginning

[coarse swift]

Looks fine to me, assuming the writing holds up

Just can't say I feel like giving Pete more money to buy classic cars

[balmy plaza]

Act 1 is 15-30 mins long

Like, not just this week but that's it for another 5 weeks

[coarse swift]

Good, would give me time to do anything else

Also I thought they were releasing all acts at once this time?

[balmy plaza]

Nah it's each act is released in full instead of week by week

[coarse swift]

That's how it was before tho wasn't it

I don't recall them doing a weekly thing in echoes

[balmy plaza]

It was a weekly time gate before

Weekly story for 3 weeks, 3 weeks with nothing, repeat

[coarse swift]

I do know that they wanted you to run Encore like 6 times

Didnt like that

[balmy plaza]

Ngl from the leaks I'm really really interested in Frontiers/ Apollo so I guess I'll sit out until then lol

[coarse swift]

I don't think I'll continue that far without being certain of the future following

If they end at Behemoth and pull a Destiny 3 for the sake of next gen consoles or something, then there's no point in continuing

[balmy plaza]

Nah it's 2 medium dlcs a year for the next saga

[coarse swift]

If they even get that far since Sony's been stepping in

[balmy plaza]

Unless the lights go out that is ig

[coarse swift]

The plan was episodes at first and got changed to medium dlcs, could change again next year

I'm all for them giving me less incentive to play tho, I want to play other games. Had my fun

[balmy plaza]

Tbf the episodes thing was never stated to be permanent. They were also never supposed to replace dlcs

[coarse swift]

It's just premium seasons

[runic marten]

How to dispose of Toxic Wastepacks: Sweep it under the rug and pretend it never existed, just like the government!

[balmy plaza]

From what I've seen of the Apollo story they do at least have a good idea of where they specifically want to take it

And tbh it's a lot less nebulous than light vs dark

[charred badge]

Act 1 of destiny 2 no longer exists

[runic marten]

Just wait until I start shipping it to the enemy wasters. They'll love it

[balmy plaza]

Not what I'm referring to?

[charred badge]

Sure, but I'm not going to forget they deleted half the game

[balmy plaza]

I'm not either dw 🙂

[charred badge]

Including the character the next expansion was built on

Why are we avenging this "cayde" guy?

[balmy plaza]

Beyond light had nothing to do with cayde

[charred badge]

Also, I just started the game. Why does everyone think I've time traveled and beaten tons of evil things and saved the world dozens of times?

[balmy plaza]

This entire conversation is done to death.

[charred badge]

Iirc the part remaining started at the space jail avenging cayde.
Could be wrong, ofc

[marble idol]

Where's MCLA

[winter yew]

Wtf is mcla

[marble idol]

https://youtu.be/LfSvMW7PJnk

Made by the same studio as RDR.

[dry copper]

Is that the theme? I thought it was electro-punk randy savage pimp.

[inland oasis]

Send it as a “gift” to other factions for “-relations” lmao

Oh wait you said that just after

💀 rimworld economics 101

My waste is your treasure

I said MY WASTE…IS… YOUR TREASURE

[runic marten]

Lol

[dry copper]

Rimworld? That used to be the waste disposal (mostly ewaste) policy of every major G7 nation on earth thanks to very relaxed importing laws in parts of China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1nYtX-NUsc

[coarse swift]

Objectively false ngl

[charred badge]

What percentage of the game did they delete?

[coarse swift]

Mercury, Mars, and Tangled Shore destinations are gone, plus Forsaken campaign
but theres still multiple expansions of content still around

[dry copper]

The content that was removed from the game included Destiny 2's original base campaign, The Red War (which was replaced by a new player quest), the Curse of Osiris and Warmind expansions, and the content of Year Two's Annual Pass (with the small exception of Gambit Prime from Season of the Drifter, which was slightly tweaked and replaced the three-round Gambit and also renamed as Gambit).

[charred badge]

How many destinations and activities remained?
If we're bothering to be objective about it

[dry copper]

Beyond Light's release has thus far had the largest effect on the game, as nearly half of the game's content was removed from the game and placed into what Bungie calls the Destiny Content Vault (DCV), which also includes all content from the original Destiny

[coarse swift]

Yea this isn't worth my effort lol
Feel free to make that statement on Reddit, you'll find plenty others willing to argue and ratio

[dry copper]

Ngl, this is kinda makin me wanna play Destiny 2

[coarse swift]

At the end of the day I'm not upset about what they removed. I had my fun with it, and am not worried about not going back.
It's a license to play the game online anyways. You didn't own shit

It'd be one thing if it was a disc copy of something that's not always-online only

[dry copper]

True. It is admittedly a live-service product.

Being online only, the shape of it is theirs to make.

[coarse swift]

the final shape, if you will

[dry copper]

Woo. Story of seasons ...on sale...wtf I saw what you did there

https://tenor.com/view/i-saw-that-gif-14729957

[charred badge]

I wouldn't be so disgruntled if they didn't sell the game again a couple times a year

A f2p can be forgiven more easily

[coarse swift]

It is f2p, technically

In the same manner as TF2

You had to buy it years ago, but now its free

[charred badge]

Nah. It's a free trial

[coarse swift]

Had they launched it as f2p, it'd be received better

[charred badge]

Unless they went and updated to have the whole thing be free while I wasn't looking?

[dry copper]

I almost bought that New World DLC...but then I noticed it's not on sale.

It's not worth full price...and they're relaunching in like 7 days

[coarse swift]

Werent you just getting technical with percentage earlier?

Call it what it is

[dry copper]

More importantly Destiny 3

Destin3

[coarse swift]

Its free to access, free to play. You're encouraged to buy the expansions however to get the full experience, same as Final Fantasy 14

[dry copper]

Final Destination

[coarse swift]

Beyond Light is free to all players too, same as how Final Fantasy 14 did with one of their first expansions

[dry copper]

Final Fantasy 14 is free to play?

[coarse swift]

It is, but that ones arguably on more of the free trial side since there's a level cap
Course, level cap is a norm with WoW-like mmos

[dry copper]

Can the cap be raised by buying shit or are you locked out of that character once you go over the cap and sub ends?

[coarse swift]

Stormblood is included with the free version too

[coarse swift]

Pretty sure you just dont level anymore

[dry copper]

So, you could just power level to cap on a sub, let the sub end and you get all the benefits?

[charred badge]

I'm still annoyed at ff14 for locking accounts out of the free trial if they make the mistake of buying the game

[coarse swift]

Oh thats right, its sub based as well

The full experience of FF14 being behind a sub is what stops me from playing it

[charred badge]

Can't play for free with a game key applied, even in the usual free trial areas/levels

[coarse swift]

The model clearly works, and there's definitely quality, but I already play enough games. I wouldnt have time

[charred badge]

Same. I could pay per hour, but not per month

[dry copper]

Doraemon Story of Seasons on sale at gamesplanet

[charred badge]

Rather play shin Chan story of seasons

[dry copper]

That game looks like a brain aneurism

[charred badge]

It's shin chan

[coarse swift]

Shin Chan is a fever dream

[charred badge]

Seen any Minecraft deals? My gremlin wants the game, and $50 is a bit much

[coarse swift]

It was $20 back in the day 💀

[dry copper]

console or pc?

[charred badge]

PC

Saw a nice price on cdkeys, but PayPal apparently doesn't like them atm

[dry copper]

I see it listed for $30

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-java-bedrock-edition-pc

[dry copper]

Thing about Minecraft...You gotta attach it to a microsoft account to play it, so it has that added security, but that's also an additional requirement to play the game and a lot of discount vendors don't want to touch that process with a ten foot pole

...Because Microsoft requires you to sign in just to buy it.

lol, Charlie reviewing joker 2 is funny

"Joker 2 is doing worse than morbius"

[austere lance]

He likes Transformers One, as he should

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRKviUgMP4o

[austere lance]

Shame that Pacific Rim never got a sequel 😔

[dry copper]

Pacific Rim was the first movie that ever did the robots vs monsters movies any justice in the modern age

[dry copper]

That was robot v robot tho

[shadow tartan]

Yeah it's kinda like a prequel to Pacific Rim

And it had the Vulcan guy in it

[dry copper]

Leonard Nimoy

[shadow tartan]

Nah the other one

[dry copper]

Oooh riiiight

Gary Graham was a vulcan

Forgot all about that

[shadow tartan]

Yeeee

Gary Graham was a lot of things

[dry copper]

He died this year

[shadow tartan]

Did you watch Alien Nation?

[dry copper]

no

[shadow tartan]

To my memory it was pretty good

[upper glade]

That Russian bot though

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/jyyQ_PITasg?si=ON2JmLz07QpUlLzi

Real Steel will forever be peak robot vs robot

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/ryNj821535c

The outfits were so cool

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iPTEpLbvxhR-Kyix4

[silver sparrow]

I only have like five segments of road left in the middle game of death stranding, meaning everything east of mountain knot

Feels good

I ignored the southerly mountain route and the route to south knot last time

[primal loom]

The road building is so satisfying

[finite hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-cyberpunk-2077-night-city-gif-19591988

i wonder if that was like "goooood morning vietnam" inspired

[marble idol]

People never said good morning before Vietnam?

Also that's what I named my Flamethrower in Fallout 4.

[inland oasis]

Posted up like the god emperor

[rotund cosmos]

Probably

[rotund cosmos]

You trolling right?

[marble idol]

If it makes you feel better. The underlying point is that someone saying "good morning [place]" is way too generic of a phrase to be a reference to anything.

[tranquil glen]

Gooood morning America

[marble idol]

Cam think of at least 4 movies I've heard that in.

[coarse swift]

So turns out Revenant Act 1 is not only 30 minutes long, it asks you to do a buncha busywork to progress

And it's not clear about it either

[austere lance]

Can vouch, unfortunately

[coarse swift]

Echoes wanted you to do Encore like 500 times but at least the story progression felt alright

[austere lance]

I bought the annual pass thing when Final Shape dropped, so I get to personally witness the next year's worth of Bungie shooting themselves in the foot 😆😭

[coarse swift]

They need to do away with the "go here and come right back" quest steps

[austere lance]

The potions, exotic grenade launcher, and new Onslaught stuff are fun but I think I'm close to done and I've only played for less than an hour, lol

[coarse swift]

Over 100 days in the season left, plenty of time for me to fuck right off and play something else

I'll dig in once everything's out

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/ylreFrrXbOo?si=nqBb_01pTxjqCv4l

[tranquil glen]

no ive actually used to hear that in the morning when being taken to school

via radio

[inland oasis]

30 mins is a stretch lmao. i thought it was like 10-15. go here, talk, go here 2 steps away, do this, now talk, now do this, now talk. like...wtf. waste of development

week timegated story for fucking 10 mins of content per week

yea, backburner for this season for sure

the onslaught changes are nice but, its still onslaught...was never really fun imo

[dry copper]

Played some detroit become human. I didn't become human....a bunch of androids died.

One might say, I detroited.

The game annoys me when it forces you down paths, but tries to give you the illusion of choice when the only choices you get are the consequences of the decisions thrown against you.

[upper glade]

This was a big, big problem with SW: Outlaws. Don't tell me it's an open world if I gotta proceed in certain ways.

[tame cairn]

ive never heard someone give detroit the criticism that it's illusion of choice

though i guess im not online enough

[dry copper]

All you need to do, to feel the illusion of choice is play the game determined to represent calculators for the beep boops they are.

The game almost immediately kicks you in the nuts with a great big "Hell nah"

I thought I'd follow the narrative to its natural conclusion as a beep boop and then the game killed me for it

It didn't even have the courtesy of really giving me any end...Just a disapointed blonde on the splash screen going "YOU COULD HAVE SAVED THEM YOU MONSTER"

Worst write your own conclusion story ever.

I just wanted to beep boop.

It was a little disturbing though how many people in the games survey outright said they'd let an android take care of their children.

Like..dude...You're a bad parent.

I don't care if you love robots. I don't care if you trust them to do your heart surgery. Those are things that only really impact you directly...but trusting a robot with the welfare of your children....That is an indictment of humanity that humanity has lowered the task of raising their kids to a line-item on a robots checklist

[tame cairn]

mars needs moms

[dry copper]

Mars is my favorite chocolate bar.

https://tenor.com/view/malcolm-in-the-middle-lois-mom-mom-life-smile-gif-16642673

[tame cairn]

yup

i don't live far from each really

south carolina

[obtuse reef]

Goddammit, not again

[raven frost]

building

[shadow tartan]

You must proceed in certain ways.
You want to go home and rethink your life.

[upper glade]

Oh. These aren't the droids I'm looking for. Move along.

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/bd1-droids-happy-dance-mandalorian-gif-24729728

[shadow tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/watto-star-wars-chefs-kiss-exquisite-i-need-money-gif-26964793

True mind powers

[restive tusk]

Thanks! That was for T&L right?
Ye I got some, but theyre like 24hrs expiry or something.

And I'm overseas on vacation now haven't played since then

[orchid fox]

this took way longer than i fucking dare to admit

lol

[merry bough]

I'm really not getting lucky with the planets

[shadow temple]

cant belive that game had such a turn around

it was fun when it first came out but lacked content

[merry bough]

It's nice that when I'm "colonizing" a planet the habitability goes up because I turn it all into living goo

[dry copper]

Oh wow. I didn't even realize Planet Crafter hit 1.0 in April

I didn't realize it until I got an update they have another planet as DLC

[winter yew]

https://www.ign.com/articles/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-has-microphone-noise-detection-that-lets-the-monsters-hear-you-in-real-life?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2sozLqblJGthwoUi0FX6zphmfpsRJo9pxuK_lk0eJrz2nVYwEXXcGdbiE_aem_gG8UUyqfJi-6S0Xc_7bbIw

Was great when it was used in alien isolation

[obtuse reef]

Now forgive me if this sounds like a stupid statement, but I’m pretty sure mic detection isn’t a new concept for horror games.

[winter yew]

Prolly lol

[obtuse reef]

I’ve played quite a few games where enemies could detect your mic audio. I’d imagine that having your mic audio being able to be heard by enemies is somewhat expected of a game set in a world where the monsters hunt primarily through sound.

[dry copper]

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

[runic marten]

Insult to injury

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/destiny-2/clips/iQGi7AgBbbl-MGUIx?invite=cr-MSx0U2IsMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

I became a frog :3

[austere lance]

I got turned into a chicken at least four times, lol

[inland oasis]

lmaooo

i love how crow just dips out on us after the cutscene of him trying to "compromise" with fikrul

like straight up transmats out as we get lit up

[mellow dune]

We are Greyhound Goblin

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1175859830989271171/1293743795262984263/2024-10-10_02-04-21.mp4?ex=67087c4d&is=67072acd&hm=ad22773b4afc2365436ec0e352ea1b7036f676d52778d5537320335ea152d902&

[winter yew]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/metaphor-refantazio/free-games

[winter yew]

https://80.lv/articles/sega-warns-players-they-can-t-own-metaphor-refantazio/

[abstract turret]

https://youtu.be/cTyeAb-zoVA?si=5RL9fnPKr2-Akpyr

[orchid fox]

Uknow its bad when they sell u+ subscriber data to meta just to survive especially cuz their games full package is 140+ just to force our hand to sub https://youtu.be/G543BV9zzrM?si=LCOVM6rag-TcZE4L

[dry copper]

The picture the author of that article used for that page looks like he's proud of his feet picture "collection"

[upper glade]

Joke's on them. I don't have a Facebook page or Instagram account.