other-games

[dry copper]

No free games.

PRESS ENTER ALREADY

[quiet hamlet]

i was looking at factorio, they released a paid DLC when they said they never would do that. and i recently discovered on top of never having a sale price for their game, they have now increased the price twice for the game, from 25$ originally, to $45. and their reason stated was inflation lol. Imagine if all game developers increased the price of their game based on inflation or simply because they added content to the game? No mans sky would be $600 right now if they upped the price every update. 😅 Also one of the reason they said they never do a sale price, is because they think it would be unfair that people buy the game at full price, while others buy it at a reduced price. Never mind the fact that some people wait 7 years to buy a game on sale, and therefore they kind of earned the reduced price by not jumping on the hype train, and waiting so many years to enjoy the game. But also their whole logic contradicts with their current game price increase... like now some people bought the game at 25$ while others will be buying it at 45$ isn't this exactly what they said they wanted to avoid with sales? LOL. But I guess they want to reward early buyers maybe. It just seems kind of disingenuous to me.

[shadow tartan]

Usual course of action should be account ban, otherwise it's dumb

[dry copper]

Thing is, lower price=more sales, offsets losses

They can earn a lot more money selling for less

[inland oasis]

Not to mention pushing volume over value spreads a good reputation thus buffing any future projects rapport with players

[dry copper]

I saw some pretty cool competitors to factorio recently

[inland oasis]

Satisfactory is a good game

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKqJ0nm6mfg

[quiet hamlet]

i saw foundry, think i like them best for now because they have snapping and satisfactory doesnt

[shadow tartan]

@dry copper after playing Tiny Glade a bit I don't think I want to play other builders

[dry copper]

Think they'll add more functions to tiny glade?

[shadow tartan]

Sim City stressed me out because I wanted to be a good mayor

[dry copper]

Are there tiny people in tiny glade doing tiny things?

[shadow tartan]

I hope so, maybe just some improvements

[shadow tartan]

There were no tiny people when I played, that is the kind of improvement I would like to see

It's fine the way it is though

You can build cute stuff and walk around

Wouldn't mind a mix of Dystopika and Tiny Glade

[dry copper]

I like the way the game handles manipulating the ground

It reminds me of Unreal Engine world building

[shadow tartan]

Like how they make paths to doors and stuff?

[dry copper]

Paths and topography.

I think they will add human characters eventually

They already have animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP8Q1WVP9S4

Watching the workflow

[shadow tartan]

It's very cozy

[dry copper]

Wise words from Thor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTxyu_p1qkc

[shadow tartan]

@dry copper are you gonna get Tiny Glade?

It's therapeutic

[silver sparrow]

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/tiny-glade-console-ps5-ps4-switch-xbox-release/z6729d

[shadow tartan]

I'm probably gonna buy it on PS5 too

[primal loom]

The Talos Principle 2

[obtuse reef]

fishie

[tranquil glen]

where was it 45..

i see on steam its $35

[quiet hamlet]

must be canadian dollar

originally it was on sale for 25$ us though, so they already raised it to 30, and now 35 i guess

but their DLC is worth the same as the base game too

and they left early access in 2020

[tranquil glen]

yea google converter says 25 usd is 48 cad so

i mean 35*

complain about a $10 price increase though? for dlc meh, look at astroneer they buffed theirs $10 for basically addng a RPG part to their lil factory building game yet wasnt a dlc was base game

[silver sparrow]

RPG?

[quiet hamlet]

its just because they say they didnt want to put their game on sale ever, because its not fair for someone to pay full price for the game and the other person to get it cheaper

but by raising the price, they basically did what they said they are against

$25 was the sale price 🤣

and now the game is $35

[tranquil glen]

meant story more than rpg but ye

[tranquil glen]

ah yea contradicting self is worse than just increasing it

[quiet hamlet]

plus lets say someone does wait 5 years for a game to go on sale, i dont see why the devs feel they don't deserve the game at a sale price, the waiting was already a sacrifice really.

people pay right away the full price because they don't want to wait for sales

for some reason factorio devs are very against sales, but then increase the price of their game. and also said they wont have a paid dlc, then have one that is the cost of their base game. i've read that when games have paid DLC it often should drive the cost of the base game a bit lower.

but instead factorio devs raised base game cost to match DLC price 😄

it just seems like weird marketing to me

[silver sparrow]

Ah ok thanks

[shadow temple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcTV5EVeVrc

they made it into a music video

[coarse swift]

didnt expect to see HSR here

[orchid fox]

https://youtu.be/fx2bdi1RA-s?si=pFCvGvyEoDSjZqxK ok thats way sooner than i expexcted
YouTube

[inland oasis]

goddamnit. im at the point in rdr2. everyone knows it... its THAT point. this playthrough has gone on for nearly a year or two as i intentionally just played when i wanted instead of doing the story, and now, ||Arthurs diagnosed with TB, and on his way to callout dutch n micah|| all the memories of all my screenshots and the gang, clips, etc, all flooded back to me and im tempted to start a new game again already xD i dont want this one to end 🥲 lmao

[inland oasis]

😭 😢

[silver sparrow]

Nap time

[inland oasis]

fuggin ||dirt nap|| 💀

XD

"Ah shit, here we go again" Type moment

[dry copper]

Honestly, never felt much for that scene.

It certainly was no Aerith

https://tenor.com/view/final-fantasy-vii-aerith-sephiroth-praying-kill-gif-22862096

[inland oasis]

worst part is when we lose lenny xD

[dry copper]

That's what you get for robbing a bank in broad daylight

You can save lenny, but it's bugged

[inland oasis]

I’ve always wondered, was the whole getting sent to guarma and the shitty conditions there the lead up/cause of him ||contracting tuberculosis||? Idk much about it. Or was it just a thing that happened at random for the sake of story and character development? Not like they had the best living conditions either exactly so..

[dry copper]

If you throw a stick of dynamite ahead of lenny far enough it doesn't kill him but knocks him over, you can kill the two dudes before they ever get him

He gets up while you're saying he's dead lol

This scene made me want to watch the entire show...and also lead to my hatred of Crave for stealing HBO from me

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

[tranquil glen]

Skyrim child? Ayo?

“Can’t kill him”

[mental rose]

Thought why Bjorn sounded familiar, then I remembered this guy. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/46FbqgJv290

[inland oasis]

im the most annoying person to fish with. he was all by his lonesome so i decided, im gonna fish right next to em. :3

[dry copper]

Cool concept for a game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016080/A_Heros_Rest_An_RPG_Town_Simulator/

Steam

A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator

In a world abounding with monsters, His Majesty The King tasks you with warding off the threats that surround the land. For this, you are given the role of the proprietor of a fantasy town where you will recruit Heroes, manage your resources and supply your shops with the wares that your Heroes need for their adventures.A Hero's Rest will put yo...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

115

▶ Play video

You're not the hero. You're the town

[dry copper]

Happening way too often in Ontario
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/i-regret-leaving-my-cat-there-eastern-ontario-cat-rescue-under-investigation-allegations-of-abuse-neglect-1.7081029

[shadow tartan]

Reminds me of moving day in Montreal, pieces of shit

[dry copper]

Bank mortgage rates finally starting to fall

Down from 6.5% to 4.74%

I expect the rates to drop below 4% by next year.

I'm not even trying to get a better rate than I have. Just break even.

According to ratehub there's a lender offering 3.9% today

5 year fixed

[wind grail]

For me it's the honor ending with the horse that guts me

[coarse swift]

I wanna be home for Factorio

[dry copper]

Isn't it possible to swap out the horse?

[coarse swift]

Diabolical to release Space Age at the start of a work week

Wube laughing at us

[wind grail]

It is, but doesn't matter at the end

[mental rose]

I don't understand why the DLC is the same price as the base game...

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/crab-gif-26300412

The only way it changes is if the sales start failing

They use metrics to determine if the price change was worth it

[wind grail]

People still buying = worth it

[dry copper]

Not really

The metric is more nuanced

They measure sales over a period of time.

[wind grail]

True. Volume over time is a key metric

[dry copper]

Profit don't mean shit if it still falls below a threshold earned the previous quarter that had more individual sales at a lower price.

I think they are playing with fire if they feel their fans don't see what they are doing.

It's much harder to earn trust back once it's lost

They could be ruining their entire studio

[wind grail]

NMS hit 10mil in sales 2 years ago. I wonder where they're at now

[dry copper]

Depends on which platform you mean

[mental rose]

Well if the game's never gonna go on sale, then there's no reason for me to hurry to buy it, even if Factorio does look interesting.

[wind grail]

10mil was the combined total iirc

[dry copper]

I have their financials from 2022 if that helps...Is that what you are referring to?

[mental rose]

However, that price increase after game had already released and blaming it on "inflation" was a bit sus...

[wind grail]

It might be? It was a couple of years ago so I'm probably forgetting some detail in there

[dry copper]

In 2022, HG posted an operating profit of 102%, with earnings of over 40mil

[wind grail]

Nice

[dry copper]

The profit almost doubled year over year.

[dry copper]

They know inflation is a lie. They know everyone knows their lie is a lie. They don't care.

It won't matter if it doesn't hurt their direct sales because they aren't going to remain a studio for long

Someone in that company is gunna sell them

That is the conduct of a company trying to raise its profit margins for a profile to sell

[coarse swift]

Wow that's a lotta negativity for a game that's doing exceptionally well, why are y'all yapping like this?

No sale thing doesn't matter, the game is still under $40 and you get a shitload of time out of it. It's well worth the price.
The DLC is effectively a whole new game on top of that. Also well worth the price

[dry copper]

Has their price ever changed?

[coarse swift]

$30 to $35

[dry copper]

I'm looking at their steamdb...

That's it?

[coarse swift]

That's all

It's only $5 too

[mental rose]

20€ during early access. 25€ after 1.0 and 32€ after.... I forgot when

[coarse swift]

Early access price makes sense, wasn't aware of that

[dry copper]

EA is always cheaper tho

If this high price isn't an actual increase...maybe they're not trying to raise their profile. They feel they are worth it.

Not sure about the DLC.

[mental rose]

Ah, sorry. I might be misremembering these numbers.
Anyway bottom line, one price during EA. Increased for 1.0, then increased again later

[coarse swift]

Rightfully so

[dry copper]

A DLC that's priced a full game would have to be incredible

[coarse swift]

Great game with a ton of care, lots of communication and mod support

[coarse swift]

It's basically the base game content x3

That's times 3, not doing some emoji face

[dry copper]

Wonder why they did a DLC instead of a new game.

[coarse swift]

Base game was also updated to 2.0

[coarse swift]

I believe they have a blog post about that somewhere

[mental rose]

If it has enough new content to justify the price, then I can sort of understand

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiczN-8QKDA

Three more planets and space.

[coarse swift]

4 more

[inland oasis]

i been gettin cravings to play rimworld again i think

[dry copper]

Factorio isn't my jam, but I can see how this increase in variety might interest some people

[coarse swift]

On top of that, a big hand in the development of Space Age was a modder that did Space Exploration for Factorio: Earendel

[mental rose]

Earendel? Sounds Elvish. 😄

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ZULBqNTKI

[silver sparrow]

Did you try alien dawn yet

[inland oasis]

nope last dlc i did was the mechanator one

biotech? i cant remember the name of that one

[dry copper]

Speaking of, Alien dawn was added to the septembers choice bundle

[silver sparrow]

https://www.strandedaliendawn.com/en-US

[shadow tartan]

Because someone might say why did you make a new game instead of some DLC

[charred badge]

Aww yeah. 2nd gauntlet of ||sharr|| trial done. Party hit level 9!
Starting to unlock the crazy toys

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYp0nP8eEQ

[dry copper]

Elon Musk is dumb. He thinks his AI is conscious.

[pure zinc]

Golden deathwatch

[charred badge]

He also thinks he's popular

And funny

[obtuse reef]

Is the knowledge that Elon is dumb new? I mean, I've encountered more intelligent clumps of algae

[orchid fox]

yoo my boi charon looks fucking rad tbh lol

[oak geyser]

Anyone play Phoenix Point?

[orchid fox]

[pure zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/full-moon-bloodborne-gif-13663686

[charred badge]

The trouble is that he's very good at speaking techish to investors

Somehow

[dry copper]

That original image is so old. It was true when the image was first made.

Exclusivity is the bane of gaming

[charred badge]

Dangerous combo of able to solicit crazy amounts of investments, being very gullible, and having a very good eye for the types of projects that excite people

[winter yew]

Exclusivity good for gaming if done properly unique experiences as incentive to buy your console

Only Nintendo can handle this task though

[charred badge]

Only Nintendo can, because only Nintendo makes whatever the hell they feel like making for devices

[dry copper]

Even more dangerous as he's wading into technology he understands nothing about, such that he can confidently argue the basis of using philosophy rather than actual science, while in the same breath claim to believe in the scientific method.

[charred badge]

Input scheme conventions be damned

[winter yew]

If we get into devices themselves Nintendo tries something new every gen lol

Switch was genius

[charred badge]

3ds did a lot more than 3d, too

Gyro input, full featured Street pass, digital retro games

Street pass is a super fun feature

[dry copper]

I watched Musks interview with Lex Fridman...It was like watching a child spitting the lyrics to their favorite song about ghost busters.

[obtuse reef]

This is why I think the government should be in charge of space agencies and not some random jackass with a bigger ego than his bank account

[dry copper]

No offense Ghostcart 😛

[charred badge]

Goddamn government contractor that can't shut up

Hah

[obtuse reef]

Elon is showing himself to be increasingly more unstable and incapable of actual complex thought

[charred badge]

If musk played an online military game, he'd totally leak classified info in arguments

[dry copper]

On Discord

Then he'd rip off their technology to profit commercially off other peoples ideas

[shadow tartan]

Mate why do you even bother smh

[dry copper]

Bother to...?

I just don't think it's fair to shit on Sony doing what they should've done to begin with

[charred badge]

Nah, on X. Where he's trying to make it impossible to block him

[dry copper]

Exclusivity is garbage

Sony is slowly learning.

That's a credit to them

[shadow tartan]

Waste your time on somebody that misinforms everybody based on made up stories in their head

[winter yew]

Sounds like you should be reporting me to moderation if you feel like I'm doing that instead of flame baiting my friend

[shadow tartan]

Nah I can just laugh at you

[charred badge]

Google AI?

[shadow tartan]

EH OH!

[winter yew]

That's fine but it's clear flame baiting lol
I've been misinformed one time and accepted I was wrong lol

[dry copper]

Speaking of Google AI...I swear, I think they're pumping that AI into their backend (don't read into that)

[shadow tartan]

Too late

Get out of my backend

Gemini is infecting more of my device as we speak

[dry copper]

The way their engine seems to be generating search results, sometimes I swear it is so much smarter than a simple boolean engine

[shadow tartan]

It's pretty good at times

[dry copper]

I don't even have to search what I want. All I have to do is describe it

[shadow tartan]

I'm trying to live it with it and see how useful it is

[dry copper]

Which is what the current ChatGPT 3.5 can do

[shadow tartan]

I have a Google device so might as well

[obtuse reef]

You really picked the worst combination of words to use to express your thoughts

[charred badge]

Ehhh. It won't shut up with unrelated content for me

[winter yew]

@fleet moat I don't really want to make a big deal about it and make a mod report but would flame baiting like this not violate the rules?

[shadow tartan]

It's a fact and you've been called out on it previously

[dry copper]

Correction: Chaptgpt 4.0. Chatgpt corrected me.

[shadow tartan]

No point in asking a moderator with no experience on the matter, there are numerous people with actual experience here and you've been caught lying

Straight up

[winter yew]

Once and I accepted I was wrong
No need to flame bait please

What's the point?

[shadow tartan]

Flame baiting?

[dry copper]

You're interacting with ChatGPT, specifically the version known as GPT-4 Turbo. This version is designed for more interactive and dynamic conversations, with improved memory and reasoning capabilities compared to previous iterations like GPT-3 or GPT-4. It's part of the broader GPT-4 family, which has advanced natural language processing abilities to assist with a wide range of tasks.

[charred badge]

So, when will the LLM bubble burst?

[shadow tartan]

I asked somebody why they bother answering someone trying to bait

[shadow tartan]

When we get the needles out

[dry copper]

Limited Liability Mumbles?

[winter yew]

You're intentionally baiting toxic responses by being toxic yourself
Then when I respond in kind I'm being toxic it's flame baiting

[charred badge]

Language learning model

Lol

[obtuse reef]

This conversation appears to have degraded greatly

[shadow tartan]

Zero Liability

[dry copper]

Steal your robots pants quick!

FREE PANTS

[shadow tartan]

I'll take free pants

I'll send you my address

[coarse swift]

The dead horse was beaten long ago

Best to block n move on like I did

[shadow tartan]

Somebody killed a horse and didn't give me any meat

[shadow tartan]

I'm allowed to point out facts though

[charred badge]

It's cathartic to express frustrations

[dry copper]

I don't even like the idea of eating a horse.

[shadow tartan]

Just to keep people informed, I think being informed is important

[shadow tartan]

Bruv I ate horse in your country

Quite a bit too

[dry copper]

Quebec is about as Canadian as France

[shadow tartan]

LOL

[winter yew]

Both times mods got involved they sided with what I said actually three if you count the guy that tagged mods on himself
I haven't done anything wrong

[coarse swift]

Oh absolutely

[shadow tartan]

And?

[coarse swift]

Just not worth the effort with someone like that tbh

[winter yew]

Its pointless flame baiting
Don't confuse dislike with wrongdoing

[coarse swift]

@idle saffron what are we thinkin

[shadow tartan]

I'm talking about misinformation

[winter yew]

No misinformation was said

[dry copper]

Don't accuse Gleam of thinking.

[obtuse reef]

What the hell is happening

I look away for three minutes and then this happens

[dry copper]

I'm drinking coffee and listening to news podcasts

[coarse swift]

Unfortunately you gotta agree with misinformation otherwise you're just mad or flame baiting
Make sure you never express humility either, really gets to people's heads sometimes

[winter yew]

I think it's time to re read the rules of the server and if you have a issue make a mod report

[charred badge]

Idk. I'm griping about tech influencers and annoying false results from google

[dry copper]

aka glue pizza

[shadow tartan]

MKBHD and MrWhosTheBoss?

[dry copper]

Or was that the microsoft one?

[charred badge]

That one was admittedly funny, but it also gives health results

[charred badge]

Musk

[dry copper]

Musk is such a stinky name

[shadow tartan]

Not the worst fragrance

[coarse swift]

It's a musky name

[shadow tartan]

NO

[dry copper]

"What were you named after?"
"I was named after stink"

[coarse swift]

Take a big whiff of Elon's musk

[shadow tartan]

Hahahahaha, imagine I believed in that bollocks

[charred badge]

Guy got lucky with PayPal before getting kicked off, and was admittedly very very good at selling companies from there

[dry copper]

"Elon Musk. Meet Carao Burp"

[coarse swift]

Oof reminded me of a story somewhere of a young adult who wanted to buy into Tesla before it took off but his parents wouldn't let him
Poor fucker would've been a millionaire

[shadow tartan]

What's the solution

[charred badge]

A lot of those around, like google and amazon

[charred badge]

NaCl

[shadow tartan]

😂

[dry copper]

That's....too much

Speaking off, I used that to make my spaghetti sauce perfect.

I watched more Flash second season...

It's getting very "same hat"

[charred badge]

Yep

[shadow tartan]

I watched S3 of Lincoln Lawyer and I can't believe all the shit that happens in that guy's life

And while we're on the subject of TV shows

Tulsa King

[charred badge]

It's all "How can we challenge the guy that casually moves faster than thought"

[dry copper]

Wasn't Matthew McConnaHEY HEY HEY, in Lincoln Lawyer?

[shadow tartan]

The film

[charred badge]

More flash villains should operate blimps

[dry copper]

He can throw himself like a rag doll tho

He'd just throw himself at the blimp

[charred badge]

Sure, but it would be more interesting than "oops they run faster, gotta go faster"

[dry copper]

I'd like to see the guy that can see alternate dimensions be able to see the future and then get into a fight with the flash and basically beat him by predicting everywhere he goes

At super speed

[charred badge]

Batman does that

[winter yew]

I liked the flash series but it was a constant whiplash of downgrade and upgrade of his powers

[charred badge]

Because the batplotarmor

[winter yew]

Season 3 was my favorite

[dry copper]

I wish the flash would stop waving his arms at fire. There's so many more cool things they could've done to illustrate fanning flames at super speed.

[charred badge]

Or, an in canon explanation:

[dry copper]

Waving your hands like it's a black and white sitcom....

Not entertaining

[charred badge]

Billion claps per second sonic clap

[dry copper]

Feels like the three stooges

[winter yew]

His ||lightsaber power|| was my favorite
Minior spoiler avoid a power he has

[charred badge]

At least they did something new, yeah

[dry copper]

He should have super speed farts

Farts that vibrate the very fabric of reality

An air horn level fart

[winter yew]

I think you're joking but they could probably make a decent comic off of super flash farts

Maybe he'd troll the justice league with his gas

Like hmm what was that smell ect

[dry copper]

They don't even use the bathroom on that show

They say they are, but they never do

[winter yew]

What season are you on?

[dry copper]

Not that I want to see them use the bathroom. I just want a proof of concept that they even have intestines.

2

[winter yew]

Awesome that's a good one

[dry copper]

So far it's ass

It's like they are playing house with all the trash characters they ever conceptualized in the comic series and throwing them into the season for shits and giggles.

[winter yew]

Aw man

[dry copper]

They bastardized Grodd. I don't even know why they bothered having the character at all but maybe to pay tribute to the character existing

[charred badge]

Better than foil vest cyborg

[dry copper]

like...wtf @firestorm

That comic was awesome.

That show did the character nasty

[winter yew]

My main early season issue is my favorite character||leaves|| and goes to the ||DC heros show||

Its a cool little tv multiverse tho you're supposed to watch a couple seasons of this then that, then one episode of this show then another of that

[dry copper]

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

Thor does not like Tiktok lol

[shadow tartan]

Did you see the story of the intern they fired?

[dry copper]

story of the intent?

no idea what that means

[shadow tartan]

Corrected it

[dry copper]

tiktok fired an intern or thor did?

[shadow tartan]

TikTok/ByteDance

[dry copper]

no didn't see that

[shadow tartan]

@dry copper https://youtu.be/MJvfz4cNWWA

[shadow tartan]

Internal sabotage

Of AI!!!!

They don't want Skynet to become real

[dry copper]

Where in this video does it talk about tiktok?

[shadow tartan]

I'll find that in a minute, just doing a couple of things

@dry copper https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v62gg49zro

[winter yew]

https://youtu.be/fx2bdi1RA-s?si=ZK6kQZ-s1Yap4agj

[dry copper]

It won't be long before AI are sabotaging other peoples AI

Algorithm wars

Like hacking with more stupidity

[shadow tartan]

This is it!

Geometry Wars but with algorithms

Love this
https://youtu.be/2qM0Ss7cO5w

[winter yew]

Canadian Amazon has the new Mario for cheap

[dry copper]

Yep

It even says "Canadian Version"

Assuming that is Canadian and not just....like...a can of soup

Who knows with scammers on Amazon

Can version...You get a can of soup

[winter yew]

Lol Amazon has really good customer service I've gotten partial refunds just for plastic seals being broken so you'd be able to get refunded if you got a soup

[dry copper]

I'm getting Diapers. I don't need soup.

Super Mario Brothers Wonder Diapers

[dry copper]

I love the title of this game. It's offensively long

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2956040/PVKK_Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/

Steam

PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant

In PVKK, you step into the role of a cannon pilot for an autocratic regime, confined to a defense bunker. Your mission: manually control a massive planetary defense cannon to fend off an ongoing interplanetary invasion. Master the various systems to protect your home world.Core GameplayInteract with a retro-tech cockpit filled with satisfying bu...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant

[coarse swift]

average German word

[barren sparrow]

👉 #memes🤡

[winter yew]

Bjørn just that quick to a rule break lol

[dry copper]

More crypto shits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQTndM7RdGE

Coffeezilla is the hero

[orchid fox]

please be clickbait

oh god its nopt

[dry copper]

This looks like the gumbiest version of GTA5 I've ever seen

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1415220/Its_Only_Money/

Steam

It's Only Money

It's Only Money is a 3rd person open world simulation game where you take the role of an Undercity resident – someone forced to live amongst the sewers and subways by the newly elected evil Mayor. Along with other Undercity residents, you will venture to the surface to steal, fight and destroy. Take down corporations owned by the Mayor’s corrup...

Price

$17.49

Recommendations

289

▶ Play video

I love the presentation

The game looks like Goat Simulator took over Saints Row

[winter yew]

Damn where's the sale 😂

[orchid fox]

https://tenor.com/w6TQ.gif

if anyone have played bdo and are aware of what these are i can just buy both from market lol

[covert mauve]

FALLOUT 3 IS TWO DOLLARS TODAAAAY

[winter yew]

Hell yeah

[oak geyser]

Which game is this?

[finite hazel]

Tiny Glade

[balmy plaza]

Alan wake 2 dlc day 🎉🎉

[inland oasis]

so, i recently learned how to swordskate in destiny 2. ik its nothing new but to me it is xD
Also, i may be a warlock, but I tank like a titan 😛
https://medal.tv/games/destiny-2/clips/iVJiczaPTuCfYZsGc?invite=cr-MSxHTXosMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

[oak geyser]

On Switch?

[finite hazel]

on pc

[oak geyser]

Ah ok.

[finite hazel]

very pretty game

[charred badge]

Why wouldn't it be?
Remember all the "This will be legal tender when he's elected" coins/cash they sold?

[shadow tartan]

Yessssss
bkVille is alive

bkTown is somewhere everyone should visit

[finite hazel]

😄

[charred badge]

Burger King??

[shadow tartan]

Better, but there will be burgers

[silver sparrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ESbtYg055M

[tame cairn]

got a new job at a gas station

pretty chill

[coarse swift]

I'm gettin pretty tired of games following a trope with names

"Project: _____"
"_____fall"
"_____born(e)"

Just gives me a lack of creativity vibe

Maybe it's shareholder influence or something

"This type of name resonates with players and makes them remember Titanfall and Bloodborne, use it somehow"

Greedfall did decently
Titanfall is the only major hit
Godfall flopped
Matterfall flopped
Redfall flopped
Firefall was shut down

[shadow tartan]

Godfall wasn't even that bad ya know

Just not a high amount of players

[mental rose]

The heck is Matterfall?

[shadow tartan]

I didn't go back for the last big update

[coarse swift]

Old PS4 game from 2017

[mental rose]

Ah. Explains why I've never heard of it

[shadow tartan]

When I get you involved with the thing I was telling you about I can help explain a bit more about crap like that

Positive and negative sides to it

It's marketing mumbo jumbo

[coarse swift]

Then we've got Borne

[shadow tartan]

Battleborn

A Star is Born

[coarse swift]

Bloodborne being the start of it all and the only major hit
Battleborn had so much potential but released at a bad time
Dustborn isn't worth mentioning
Towerborne flew under the radar a bit

I'm sure there's others in the same name fashion

[austere lance]

I really wish Greedfall was better than it is, it's almost good and it really wouldn't take much to fix it. But instead they made that dumbass French robot Soulslike and are making a Greedfall sequel

[coarse swift]

And the project thing I only knew of at first from Project: Warlock. I thought it was a neat at first since it seemed like a name for an fps attempt someone was making, and it turned out to be a great game

Then we got into Project Triangle Strategy n whatnot

[shadow tartan]

Depends what people think sound or look cool and maybe appear good to focus groups

[coarse swift]

Might work better if more than one game actually becomes a hit

[shadow tartan]

If you're not an amateur then you go find some metric or analytics to measure it

Best example to look at is mobile games

[coarse swift]

When everyone starts following the same trope in naming it just comes off as trying too hard to grab the same audience

[shadow tartan]

Trends mate

One issue with doing that on console/PC is because of release windows and longer development time, sometimes you can't be quick enough to get on a trend at the right time

[coarse swift]

HZD shoulda been Horizonborne

[shadow tartan]

Mobile though

https://tenor.com/view/sheit-well-damn-shoot-gif-14886314

It's mad watching it

[coarse swift]

I really can't speak for trends as I'm in the niche category
I avoid mobile games and veer towards factory games n boomer shooters

[shadow tartan]

Genshin

[coarse swift]

Well that too

I enjoy a good jrpg

Or rpg

[austere lance]

The last mobile game I paid attention to was Marvel Snap, lol

[shadow tartan]

Look at all the trends around Genshin and also when they release updates

[austere lance]

Speaking of, imma say it: the new Dragon Age actually looks fun af

[coarse swift]

Idk how Hoyo is able to consistently able to put out what it does. These people have commitment

[shadow tartan]

Competition, remember then and the CoDM Devs were vying for top spot

Ridiculous income

[coarse swift]

Eh, I prefer Origins/Inquisition combat

I just hope the writing is still good

[shadow tartan]

I think new Dragon Age might still be worth a play

[coarse swift]

Those darkspawn look uncanny as hell tho

[shadow tartan]

I'm gonna check it out later

[austere lance]

Inquisition combat was just glorified Mass Effect 3 combat but Fantasy

[shadow tartan]

Dragons Dogma 2 and a few other things like that on the back burner

[coarse swift]

I want what you're smoking dude

Those two are so incredibly different in combat

[austere lance]

I tried to like Inquisition, I really did. But it was just lots of walking around and comboing statuses for funny magic explosions, which Bioware has done for every game since ME3

ME3 had it, Andromeda had it, Inquisition had it, Anthem had it

[coarse swift]

There's more than one type of playstyle

[austere lance]

The new one has it too but it's at least faster paced, thank god

[austere lance]

Not really? Comboing statuses (Bioware has a name for it, but I can't remember it right now) is the most efficient way to fight in any of those games. Especially Dragon Age, where the combat is slow af if you don't do it

[coarse swift]

But semi open world RPG following traditional RPG elements: surprise surprise, you're gonna walk a lot
I didn't get many magic explosions off of my rogue build ngl, more a lot of slowed down time

[coarse swift]

Sounds like a personal skill issue to me

[shadow tartan]

Worth to look at what they've been focusing on though

[austere lance]

Combos and Detonators, apparently

[shadow tartan]

If they've tried something new and it pays off then it's something positive

Otherwise things are boring and you're just making the same thing again and again until people start quitting

[coarse swift]

So long as people aren't walking in expecting the next Baldurs Gate I'm sure it'll do alright

[shadow tartan]

Baldurs Gate 2

I still remember playing the first Dragon Age when it came out

Was so cool

[austere lance]

They are trying something new with faster paced combat and a more aggressive magic system (which looks damn cool btw) but old DA fans hate change

[mental rose]

Played Dragon Age Origins and 2. Had a blast with both.
Never tried Inquisition tho.

[coarse swift]

Inquisition got me to try Origins since it was my introduction to the series, enjoyed both thoroughly
Never got to play 2

[shadow tartan]

They're allowed to, I get why from a FF fan perspective

[mental rose]

Origins with the unique prologues for each character type blew my mind the first time. ❤️

[shadow tartan]

But I also have to embrace and analyse things

Because ya never know

[dry copper]

YA NEVER KNOW

[shadow tartan]

Always a gem in there @dry copper

You know it too

A diamond in the rough

[dry copper]

Free pants

[shadow tartan]

No

Pay for your goddamn pants

[dry copper]

fuck you robots!!

Robots do not need pants.

wtf game is "The Lake House"?

Is that a romance game?

It's listed as one of the games this new geforce ready driver is for

Finally Keanu gets the game he always wanted

[coarse swift]

Simplifying combat isn't gonna sit right with everyone tbh
You're going from near isometric positioning combat to over the shoulder hack n slash

[shadow tartan]

Alan Wake 2 DLC?

[dry copper]

Oh. Weird twist in a horror game...veering sharply into Sandra Bullock

[shadow tartan]

That kinda slipped my mind till Lazarou reminded me

[austere lance]

Alan Wake 2 DLC

[mental rose]

Ok, that makes sense.

[shadow tartan]

It's like Twin Peaks and SCP

[mental rose]

Sure as heck can't be this. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1702770/Lakehouse/

Steam

Lakehouse

Spend a year at Stowford!In Lakehouse, you spend a year studying at the remote Stowford College in rural England, circa 2004.What follows a bumpy train ride across the southwest is a year of slice-of-life adventures amongst the new friends you'll make at the college, and the chance at a meaningful relationship with one of them.LAKEHOUSE Features...

Release Date

To be announced

[austere lance]

Peak gaming

I'm gonna attempt to play DA Origins again, let's see how this goes

[winter yew]

That didn't last long

[shadow tartan]

Should we all go back and play Origins again @austere lance @coarse swift

I have it on PS now too

And Inquisition

[coarse swift]

I gotta replay Inquisition again sometime, never did play Trespasser

[shadow tartan]

Same, I didn't get to finish Inquisition

[coarse swift]

Oh and then I gotta play 2

That way I can hate the Veilguard qunari

[shadow tartan]

I need to check if I have 2 on something

[dry copper]

Didn't even know netflix was trying to get into gaming

Isn't veil whatever available now?

That nvidia update said it was for that, too

[coarse swift]

On the 31st

[dry copper]

well thats dumb. All the kids will be out trick or treating

The adults will have to give out candy

The only ones playing it will be degenerate basement dwellers 😛

[coarse swift]

Or people with no kids and adults with no kids in the neighborhood. Weird thing to say

[dry copper]

Almost apocalyptic

[austere lance]

Bold of you to assume kids trick or treat anymore. Now they trunk or treat with their crunchy granola parents

[shadow tartan]

They put me in the attic tyvm

[dry copper]

trunk or treat? Is that like...Get in the trunk or you don't get a treat?

The white van is really devolving

[shadow tartan]

MumblesKidnapy

[austere lance]

No, it's everyone bringing their cars together in one big Karen group and having kids just...take candy from the trunks

Very popular in the suburbs

[shadow tartan]

Circle the wagons

[austere lance]

I blame the existence of HOAs

[shadow tartan]

I would hate that shit

[dry copper]

Ya mean ghettos don't do it?

It sounds weird and culty

[coarse swift]

Yea that's what HOAs are

[dry copper]

How are HOA legal?

[shadow tartan]

@finite hazel @primal loom do either do you play Assetto Corsa?

[dry copper]

Steam sometimes I don't know if it's broken or corrupt...."So, you like Dragon Age The Veilguard? I saw you looked at it once....ever. MORE LIKE THIS!!!: Starfield!!!"

I already own starfield.
"...WHY NOT SECOND STARFIELD!?"

Stupid algorithm is smart enough to compare games across markets but not smart enough to remove the ones displayed that I already own.

[primal loom]

https://tenor.com/view/breakfast-secondbreakfast-lotr-peregrin-took-billy-boyd-gif-4522185

[primal loom]

I own it but haven't actually played

I've played Automobilista 2 though

[finite hazel]

i don't own it ✅

[finite hazel]

yo, is there a chair for me?

😄

[dry copper]

A part of me hopes Squadron 42 is shit and drives RSI to downsize the SC project entirely

[finite hazel]

the other part of you wishes them to succeed ofc

[dry copper]

They released a gameplay reveal today

[finite hazel]

oh really

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjju3L3XDoQ

[finite hazel]

i was reading an article that supposedly 2026 is now the release date

[dry copper]

I wouldn't be surprised if the release date was 2954

[shadow tartan]

So we will be alive for it

[primal loom]

The first target release window was 2014, then 2016 😅

[dry copper]

I think they might be late

[finite hazel]

10y late

hey, better late than never

[dry copper]

Not sure I'd agree.

At some point late might as well be never.

Ask any child abandoned by a parent that wanted to come back onto the scene

You put your hopes and trust into a bottle....late doesn't cut it

Late is just delayed betrayal

[finite hazel]

idk - i'd prefer to get something done right, than filled with bugs

they probably could have called it a day already with "1.0" i guess

release it as is

[dry copper]

If it took ten years to do it right, I'd prefer they gave the task to more capable hands

[finite hazel]

then fix it

i mean, they had to be doing something lol

what they have rn, i mean, i haven't really seen anything in terms of trailers and such, but i've seen lots of buggy games

if this is going to be the space sim, then i'm not super surprised it took 10y

[shadow tartan]

In the grand scheme of things 10 years for building on an engine and developing game content in tandem with it at that scope isn't actually that bad

I just joke about it

They have people investing and playing so it's whatever it is

[finite hazel]

from what i've seen, it looks gorgeous, straight up

[shadow tartan]

Yeah

It's just not in line with what people's expectations are

I think it looks cool af

[finite hazel]

i think i'll keep my current stance on it - release it to the masses, then we'll see

[finite hazel]

is that from the game yeah?

dangg

[shadow tartan]

Let's go mining together

[finite hazel]

yeaah

[shadow tartan]

@sleek cloud you still playing it?

[finite hazel]

i'm more of an explorer/cataloger myself

but asteroid mining is cool too

[shadow tartan]

Same and a hoarder

[dry copper]

I like building

[primal loom]

Star Citizen's many issues do not include their art department, that's for sure

[sleek cloud]

Not much recently

[finite hazel]

so good

[shadow tartan]

The ships look so sick

[dry copper]

esp the 40k dollar ones

[finite hazel]

so yeah, release the game, then we'll see: the pricing, the min/rec pc specs, and we'll see

[primal loom]

Insane

[shadow tartan]

It's not that big size wise, hopefully console gets it at some point too

[dry copper]

The word is shameful.

Game has enough money to give that shit away for free and they are charging a fortune literally for it

[coarse swift]

Worse is that people will still buy it

[primal loom]

Indeed

[dry copper]

Because the devs know who their whalers are

These whales aren't subtle about having more money than brains.

[primal loom]

https://tenor.com/view/captain-ahab-ahab-moby-dick-gif-2322517327829924066

[shadow tartan]

Rich people shit

[coarse swift]

Thats usually the case with most rich people

[primal loom]

@finite hazel Outpost

[shadow tartan]

Oh wow

[shadow tartan]

Have they made those procedural cities? @primal loom

[finite hazel]

that right there, looks like a movie

[primal loom]

They have, they are mostly facades though

[coarse swift]

This lamp doesn't cast a shadow for itself

[shadow tartan]

Ah

[primal loom]

Unplayable

Real talk though, the tech debt with Star Citizen is a big problem since it's taking so long to create

[dry copper]

They are taking so long that it's going to be obsolete on launch

[shadow tartan]

Well, won't it just be a game on mainstream stores for people to purchase?

It's a space sim, people that like space sims will see it and buy it

[coarse swift]

I like space sims, yet I haven't bought it

[dry copper]

I hope their networking technology is highly adaptable and capable of dynamically merging servers as the population jumps and plummets

[primal loom]

Welllll....

[shadow tartan]

Would you if it's in a releasable state and price?

[primal loom]

That's been one of the major snags for the past decade

[shadow tartan]

And if others are playing it

[coarse swift]

Depends on if I can turn off the pvp and it runs at a stable 60 on current gen

[primal loom]

Their server tech isn't there for what they want to do, and it has a cascading effect on everything else

[dry copper]

Once the population hits a low, that low population will turn the game into a ghost town

[orchid fox]

Is it bad i genuinly cant tell if this is wf or sone other stuff as i frequent operator a lot

Editors note: im on phone atm

[primal loom]

Lol not at all, this is Star Citizen

[dry copper]

Not a lot of people enjoy playing a single player mmo

[coarse swift]

Also not sure what exactly you can do in Star Citizen

I've only seen that it's apparently a pretty game

[orchid fox]

Not muvh seen beta lol

[dry copper]

In Star Citizen you can mine and walk around and mine and walk around and kill people and walk around and fly a pew pew

[orchid fox]

Pretty literally no substance what so evee

[coarse swift]

So you're telling me Starfield has more content...?

[shadow tartan]

You want fishing and horse riding don't you

[dry copper]

I like building.

[orchid fox]

But anyway wanna buy digital fomo ownership for a 10y beta for several million for a product that literally fucking dont work anyhow?

[charred badge]

what game is this?

[orchid fox]

For a grand each 💀

[dry copper]

I don't believe Star Citizen will ever properly be able to handle the networking necessary to avoid the cascade effect of population change

[primal loom]

It actually has a decently wide variety of activities (mining in space/land vehicles/on-foot, bounties, zero-g EVA combat, dogfighting, cargo hauling, etc.)

The problem is the constant barrage of game-breaking issues, mostly due to server architecture being a placeholder that is unlikely to be properly overhauled anytime soon

[primal loom]

Star Citizen

Pretty but wildly unfinished

[charred badge]

Oh. it looked like a nms hallway

[primal loom]

High praise for NMS's graphical improvements over the years, ha

[coarse swift]

Is there story behind any of this or is it sandbox, like E:D?

[orchid fox]

Dont get me started on the backend shit when the front is malfuctioning with no substance as is already ill be here all day

Its pretty but thats where benefits fucking end lol

[charred badge]

the problem is the entire dev team apparently has ADD and can't focus on refining anything they add once it's in

[primal loom]

It is mostly like E:D in the story sense

[charred badge]

supposedly the single player story campaign is WIP

[primal loom]

Squadron 42 will allegedly be a singleplayer story campaign set in the same universe, whenever and if ever it releases

[orchid fox]

Doesnt help i hear pretty mich community dontvwant em tobee beta or something

[primal loom]

Current release date for Squadron 42 is 2026, but the first one was 2014, lmao

[charred badge]

If you ask me, they should get it working in single player before trying to perfect networking

Like, maybe make it so we don't die in the subway on the way to our ships

[coarse swift]

So basically I would play Star Citizen to unwind in the same sense as playing GTAV, which is just to fuck around or roleplay

[orchid fox]

Sorry risbeak if im too pecimistic but the shit they have pulled wity their funding does not fucking pleasevme with the tine they are given and not even a consumer of theirs @primal loom

[inland oasis]

thats how i played it lol

[primal loom]

Lol we are in agreement

[charred badge]

I've given them $60, and been content to wait

[inland oasis]

they can be terrible AND have a product thats really well done.

[primal loom]

Pretty much, though it is not enjoyable to do so in its present state due to so many bugs

Space GTA is a good way to describe it honestly

Just more tedious in most interactions than most games are

[inland oasis]

i paid 48$ and its impressive how much detail and shit to do there is, all be it really hard for me to get into since its so overwhelming.

it does not hold your hand

[coarse swift]

Sounds like it's not for me then lol
Might be fun with friends for a bit but I like either getting immersed in a good story or working towards a big goal in a sandbox

[shadow tartan]

Roblox

[coarse swift]

The big goal also allowing me to see my work do its thing, so factory games

[coarse swift]

Ew

[orchid fox]

Im not speaking of the individual but everyone that ever consumedvthe game thats not even developed forbpretty much s decade bar graphics. Ive seen footage its not even a product that feasibly can be consumed in current state in the traditional sense so im just fucking lost tbh

[coarse swift]

I haven't touched Roblox since 2006

[inland oasis]

go home, youre drunk

[primal loom]

Yep, and they really like making even simple interactions more complicated than they need to be - with that design philosophy it will always be a niche product

[orchid fox]

Am i making sense?

It doesnt have substance in most footage i see

[primal loom]

It depends, the parts that are actually finished are truly impressive

[coarse swift]

I feel like you could piss off so many SC fans if you told them Starfield had more substance

[inland oasis]

just starting a ship is a process
Find out how to get in ship
find the pilot seat
Press button to start engines,
request docking/undocking doors
Engage thrusters
Take off
Landing gear
Lights/extras you prefer
Etc.
and im sure there even more cuz this was with the MOST BASIC ship you are given with the most BASIC package of the game i had

[primal loom]

Yeah, very sim-like

[inland oasis]

it was awesome the first few times

[primal loom]

And sims are a niche genre for a reason

Most people don't want to deal with all the tedium after going about their day

[orchid fox]

Im notvsaying some fields isnt finished but overall package but W/e u are aware what i try to convey

[primal loom]

I 100% get what you're sayin

[orchid fox]

But ill shut it i feel im geniounly pissing myself off just speaking on subject

Ttyl

[primal loom]

Take care friend

I'll take this moment to plug Lightyear Frontier

Mech-based farming simulator set on another planet (There is no flying though), handcrafted but sizeable world

[coarse swift]

Been meaning to play that again

[primal loom]

Very cute and relaxing, they just had an update that adds animals and some NPC neighbor friends

There's somethin' about being a farmer in space that just hits right for me

https://tenor.com/view/binary-sunset-new-hope-kick-gif-17099270

[inland oasis]

thats why idk why slime rancher hit for me. i had fun with that for surprisingly alot longer than i expected

[shadow tartan]

Beak Skywalker

You played HD2 recently? @primal loom

[primal loom]

I haven't played Slime Rancher but I've been meaning to! Looks fun

[coarse swift]

My purifier is good now

[primal loom]

Not much in a while but I did two ops yesterday 🫡

[primal loom]

Yess, I tried it out

[shadow tartan]

That's what I want to hear, for democracy

[fleet moat]

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-emperor-warhammer40000-warhammer40k-astartes-gif-14334202

[primal loom]

So many good rebalancing changes

Now I'm just waiting for them to add even higher difficulties

[inland oasis]

above lethal? :3

[coarse swift]

Need to fix the gas drone tho

By the time it goes after an enemy, if at all, it fires too late to make it worthwhile

[inland oasis]

@shadow tartan oh yea i tried the auto scorcher mode now, love it, but fallen in love with the explosive crossbow now xD

[shadow tartan]

Loads of weapons are viable now

[inland oasis]

saving for the one weapon thats a flamethrower, but not the stratagem

and the pistol

[primal loom]

If I ain't fighting Illuminates on Squ'bai Shrine on the Inner Circle of Hell, I'm not really Helldivin'

[shadow tartan]

Maybe it's good on extermination

[shadow tartan]

Yeeeeee let's go

[coarse swift]

Can't wait to be an illuminate diver

[primal loom]

I'm so hyped for them

[coarse swift]

I'm gonna get so good at killing those

[shadow tartan]

They're fuckers

[primal loom]

My beloved Protoss-adjacent squidbois

[shadow tartan]

But it's the coolest shit you fight in the first game

[inland oasis]

unstratagizes your stratagem

[primal loom]

I fear the ||energy walls that can rip you in half instantly||

[coarse swift]

They might be hard but if I can be a menace to my team then I can be a menace to the squids

[shadow tartan]

Imagine the Eye Boss in this game

Fucking terrifying

[inland oasis]

i wanna pet the hive lord when they drop it.

can i pet dat dawg

[primal loom]

you can pet dat dawg

For anyone curious of the Helldivers 1 galactic map view

Note that there is a massive empty space in the south of the Helldivers 2 map 😏

[inland oasis]

theres so many times i tell myself i wish i could just land on ANY planet, just to see them. feels like so much wasted development

[primal loom]

Shore leave

With fishing minigame

[inland oasis]

heres 40 planets. u fight on 10 of them....

like uhhh welp

[primal loom]

You can leave the Creek, but the Creek doesn't leave you

[shadow tartan]

Just some biomes innit

[primal loom]

innit is

[inland oasis]

i would get marked AWOL for my inability to stop fishing

[primal loom]

[shadow tartan]

Maybe at the one year mark we'll see a boss

[primal loom]

Origins of SEAF's Singularity WMD used on Meridia

Lightyear Frontier is so pretty n' chill

Already a very well polished and complete feeling game despite being in early access

Essentially all that is left is to add some more story content and areas to explore + progression tiers to go along with those areas

Function and aesthetics of the rest of the game are in a mostly finalized state

[dry copper]

I wanna go into a house and decorate it.

I don't wanna click a house and automatically sleep

[primal loom]

True, I want house interiors too

Devs expressed an interest in doing it if they manage to find the time to do it properly

That and some sort of irrigation system are the last things on my pie in the sky wishlist for it

Now that they've added critters and all

Lumblooms

Lumblooms in bloom

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nCSnoIfXE

[inland oasis]

its so perfectly grid patterned looking. is that inentional?

[primal loom]

Yep, seeds are planted with a mostly even spacing

[inland oasis]

sheesh XD tedious

[primal loom]

There's an upgrade on the mech to auto-aim and plant in bulk which is helpful

[dry copper]

More like automatic

[inland oasis]

ahhh vry nice

[primal loom]

Very tedious at first though, lol

But fun

[inland oasis]

thats how farming in valheim is

1 by one

[primal loom]

You shoot the seeds into the ground with a gun on your mech tractor

[inland oasis]

no snapping

[primal loom]

Ye

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/bikerfox-crow-pet-beak-bird-gif-17790156

[primal loom]

Lightyear Frontier has a grid to snap to though, even when manually aiming

[dry copper]

There's definitely snapping

[inland oasis]

i gotta reinstall farming sim 2022 sometime. thats another game that has so much freedom and not enough "tell me" what to do to it that i just end up overwhelmed or bored cuz im not creative enough to think of what i need or wanna do

[primal loom]

I have planted many a carrot and onion in Valheim, it is second only to Life is Feudal to tedious peasant farming simulator 😅

[inland oasis]

turnips ftw

[primal loom]

Ah that's right, it was turnips lol

[dry copper]

Life is feudal isn't what I'd call tedious. It's a buggy mess

[primal loom]

It can be both

Like Star Citizen 🤭

[dry copper]

If it wasn't a buggy mess, it wouldn't be tedious

I liked the grind. I hated the bugs ruining my progress.

I hated the bugs so much I quit

[primal loom]

It's been a long time since I've tried it but I recall the UX being clunky

[dry copper]

hahaha, IGN firing shots at GamePass

Here's the link if anyone was interested in the story
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-pulls-1-game-pass-trial-ahead-of-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-launch-as-it-did-for-starfield?

[orchid fox]

illuminates actually got added or this is hd1

[primal loom]

It is Helldivers 1

But this, is Lightyear Frontier. Ain't no place like home

[kind mica]

hi, is there any shooter mmorpg game like planetside 2 but with way better graphics?

[dry copper]

planetside is not a mmorpg

Planetside 2 is a mmofps

[coarse swift]

They were asking for other games, not to get a pedantic correction

[dry copper]

It matters if you want other games that fit a specific narrative

[coarse swift]

Probably FOXHOLE, but I can't speak for if the graphics are better. I don't think it's fps either

Planetside has kinda been a one of a kind type of game for a long time

[dry copper]

plus...does it have to be free, too?

Because PS2 I think is free no?

[coarse swift]

Yea looks like FOXHOLE is the same open war MMO type but it's isometric

Also has some factory building elements

But lol, to put it into perspective, the reason there's still so many PS2 players is because there's no alternative

[dry copper]

Foxhole is very logistics heavy. It def doesn't hold your hand. I think it's cool conceptually, but I also see it having a big problem

The game is full of gun suckers who bitch about their being no bullets but treat the players who make the bullets like shit

Then act surprised when they say fuck you

[coarse swift]

They need more boolets

https://tenor.com/view/i-need-more-bullets-gif-6493979152995335147

[dry copper]

https://www.nme.com/news/foxhole-logistics-union-ends-49-day-strike-after-demands-met-3173270

A literal strike in a video game

Battlefield 2042 looks like it might be okay

I haven't played it but the setting looks fun

[austere lance]

Fuck that, play Battlefield One. It just got anti-cheat (it was desperately needed, that game was full of hackers) and the servers are starting to pop off again

[dry copper]

The newer bf1 or the original bf1?

[austere lance]

The WW1 game

[mental rose]

I miss BF2142 and it's sci-fi setting

[coarse swift]

Same

[charred badge]

Milsims getting real

[dry copper]

I mean....not really. If that happened irl and the workers were in the military they'd just be court marshalled

It's an active warzone and they're bitching about work conditions.

[charred badge]

Sure, but if they're suppliers they'd likely be contractors

Contracted factories/etc.

[dry copper]

Yeah. Too bad they don't have that in foxhole.

Everyone's basically on or close to the front lines.

[charred badge]

Nature of the game scope

[dry copper]

Logistics is basically a role people play rather than actual shipping from out of the war into it

Anvil looks equally ambitious

[charred badge]

It's like people playing Freelancer Disco and needing to RP meetings and such with everyone in a personal ship "docked" around stations

[dry copper]

Anvil Empires is the same engine and concept as Foxhole but set pre-guns

You're set in a massive world map with medieval technology

[charred badge]

Longbow supremacy or more game balanced?

[dry copper]

I'd say good luck getting supremacy with a long bow with how limited range you can see away

It's isometric

[charred badge]

Knights walking like tanks, or slightly encumbered guys?

Ahh

[dry copper]

The developers seem to have built a strategic advantage for actual wars. You have a stability stat that increases when you're beside a comrad.

[charred badge]

It was funny to learn than modern soldiers haul more gear weight than knights in full plate

[dry copper]

So a wall of soldiers has a lot more stability and is harder to break through than one person

I saw one fight where the soldiers were using phalanx strategies in battle

[charred badge]

Nice

Individual players, all?

[dry copper]

yes

It was like 30 dudes

[charred badge]

Alright, that's cool

[dry copper]

Shields up 300 style

[charred badge]

As long as the population holds

[wind grail]

It was not funny to be the dude carrying it all. Can confirm.

[tranquil glen]

hi

[charred badge]

Yeah. Dudes in plate with zweihanders can still dance around.

Too much media playing up their mass to encourage other playstyles, I think

Or make it believable that the single plucky farmboy with a magic sword can go toe to toe?

[wind grail]

😂 basically yes

At least that suit prob has some movement assistance tech in it

[charred badge]

Yeah. Powered by a nuclear battery that lasts about an hour

[dry copper]

That's because dude never specced the perks

[charred badge]

I understand the entire supporting economy of "There is literally no oil", but nuclear batteries?

[dry copper]

I hated needing to spec into power armor.

It drove me away from playing fo76

[austere lance]

Yep

[dry copper]

Power Armor was supposed to be fun. Not a chore you needed to build around.

[austere lance]

That and the fusion core economy being dogshit

[dry copper]

I don't know about any fusion core economy. I had a fusion core recharging station.

I just recharged my shit

They need to make a swap out hotkey for fusion cores in weapons though...manually swapping fusion cores before your ammo blows the whole core is fucking stupid

[austere lance]

Which cost premium currency

So I didn't bother

[dry copper]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244950/Battletoads/

Steam

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[junior elk]

Fun fact the brotherhood dude has the idiot savant perk

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/math-genius-smart-brain-calculate-gif-7317450

https://tenor.com/view/applause-applaud-clap-clapping-proud-gif-17643063

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzlQK9SDP84

I don't know if this is hyperbole. I don't trust bellular to not be hyperbolic...but I can't find this story anywhere else.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/humble-games-devs-told-company-is-shutting-down

Good news apparently

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ex-humble-games-staff-form-new-publisher-good-games-group

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/humble-games-recent-restructure-is-hurting-devs-and-their-games

https://www.goodgamesgroup.com/

[tranquil glen]

Ive never heard of bellular

[dry copper]

He always says things with a negative slant

So very pessimistic

[tranquil glen]

Least i wont get emails from HG anymore

[orchid fox]

ive heard from skillup in like 3 seaprate vids

[orchid fox]

hell a fair bit of his is either straight up misleading or several weeks late after it happened
plus his company is listed with sweet baby afaik news or not i usually avoid him

let me not even start on the fact he was gonna experience other games and mmos and that channel has been dead since endwalker ffxiv as he crawled back to wow where 90% of his vids is mianly positive almost no citisicm is layered so avoid^2

[dry copper]

@rapid viper I've been keeping an eye out for ya....FO4 GOTY edition on Gog, $9 right now, on sale

So you can play the london thing and not have to deal with steam

https://www.gog.com/en/game/fallout_4_game_of_the_year_edition?

[rapid viper]

Damn, I almost forgot that whole conversation. It’s been a hot minute.

[dry copper]

Wouldn't want you to miss a huge discount on GOG

I know I'm getting it.

My luck the next free distro on prime gaming will include FO4 GOTY edition

After I already bought it

Skyrim is on sale too

[charred badge]

And Bethesda can't delist it from your hard drive when they drop FO4:Remastered

I hear the public opinion wave is trending upward again on fo4?

[cloud jay]

Anyone here?

[dry copper]

no

[charred badge]

Nobody

https://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/odysseus.jpg

[shadow tartan]

Who's that?

[charred badge]

Nobody

[shadow tartan]

I kinda resemble nobody, I like it

https://www.fangamer.com/collections/outer-wilds/products/outer-wilds-scale-model-hearthian-lander

[charred badge]

More seriously - it's Odysseus trolling a cyclops.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/znknxyc

[inland oasis]

Monster Hunter Wilds Beta dates

[orchid fox]

wilds beta in a week good fucking luck avoiding media for ones that decide to do so

[mental rose]

Oh. First time I'm seeing them do an open beta for MH

Neat.

[cloud jay]

Hey I need a robust jrpg-like game to play in the vein of the FF-series, CT, DQ..."traditional" I guess, but with substance. I'm plodding through Octopath 1/2, but the combat system just seems a little forced. I get it's a huge part of the game, but not my favorite feature ever. Preferably a game available on PC, but I can fire up "old systems."

[dry copper]

It's funny how you name these giant games and pretend they have no substance

Like saying to a bar of people, "I want a hot girl like your gf but with more substance"

[coarse swift]

https://tenor.com/view/robust-precise-john-wick2somellier-shopping-gun-gif-23490367

it was so much of a specific ask that I ignored it

[winter yew]

Darkest dungeon

[dry copper]

I don't play JRPG myself...I'd be a bad suggestion. Maybe Persona 5

[coarse swift]

What I'm taking from "needs substance" and "combat feels forced" is they dont like turn-based rpgs but still want it to feel like a classic rpg

jrpg specifically

Which the classics were always turn based

Too much of a conditional thing as whether or not a game has substance is dependent on the player

[shadow tartan]

Have you tried any Fire Emblem or Xenosaga?

[dry copper]

What about second breakfast?

[shadow tartan]

I haven't even had first breakfast or first lunch today

[austere lance]

I was pretty neutral towards this cuz I've seen basically nothing about it but fml that combat movement is cool as hell
https://youtu.be/0slqwUiDU5o?si=T11j5Fmbe7UeCeqL

https://x.com/Focus_entmt/status/1849123167752642608?t=ykJYNfSAF-0qclogP37hoA&s=19

Focus Entertainment (@Focus_entmt) on X

We've heard your feedback on #SpaceMarine2's 4.0 patch, and 4.1 will implement it tomorrow.

It'll bring key balancing changes: enemy spawns and difficulty tweaks are rolled back, Bolt weapons get buffs and more.

📝 Read our Game Director's notes here: https://t.co/kNxvzmiRhv

Twitter · Oct 23, 2024, 4:18 PM

[shadow tartan]

Looking forward to this, Black Desert was cool

If I still collected stuff I'd totally buy this
https://gear.bethesda.net/products/doom-anthology

What the fuck am I saying

I still might buy this

[mental rose]

If I was a hardcore Doom fan (I only dabble with the games) I'd buy it instantly for that BFG model.

[shadow tartan]

My inner child is wide eyed rn

I wasn't hardcore enough to buy this

[austere lance]

I got it free with Amazon Prime when the game released, lol

[tranquil glen]

whats wit the contrast tho it looks so even

[mental rose]

Ah yes, the infamous Doomicorn.
I think you needed to be a Twitch Prime user to get it originally.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I have that, I mean the figure

[cloud jay]

Neither. Isn't Fire Emblem FFT-esque?

[shadow tartan]

Similar, might be worth a try if you like that kinda stuff, they've been around a long while

[austere lance]

Just played the demo for this, it feels like a grimdark Oblivion and I hope it ends up being good 👀
https://youtu.be/71yylhaMCzA?si=MQGeWOKtwtgIgFFj

[balmy plaza]

Damn, star citizen 1.0 sounds rough

Basically a survival game take on eve with 100% player generated content

[cloud jay]

Oh, I didn't mean it to come across that those series/games have no substance. I grew up on them and they are pillars of the genre. I worded my request horrible. I guess I'm running into the problem where games just aren't made in like those classics anymore.

The industry has evolved and moved on.

I like OT 1&2, but I'm just not crazy about their specific combat mechanics.

A fool's hope, I guess, that I may have missed some games out there. I'm looking for games like those that I haven't played yet. They just don't really exist.

[mental rose]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/613830/CHRONO_TRIGGER/

Steam

CHRONO TRIGGER®

The timeless RPG classic returns loaded with upgrades! Journey to the forgotten past, to the far future, and to the end of time. A big adventure to save the planet, now begins…CHRONO TRIGGER is the timeless role-playing classic developed by the ‘Dream Team’ of DRAGON QUEST creator Yuji Horii, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, and the creators ...

Price

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[cloud jay]

Yeah, I listed CT. But it's a perfect suggestion. I have the original SNES cartridge next to me, actually.

[mental rose]

@cloud jay I can also recommend this, if you don't mind the fact it's basically a jrpg parody game. 😄 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020470/Evoland_Legendary_Edition/

Steam

Evoland Legendary Edition

Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game. Inspired by many cult series that have left their mark in the RPG video gaming culture, Evoland takes you from monochrome to full 3D graphics and from active time ba...

Price

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You start at GBC-era, then throughout the game you go through the evolution of the genre

[cloud jay]

Ha! That sounds interesting.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah Evoland looked super cool

[shadow tartan]

Did you play the DS/updated version with the extra content?

[cloud jay]

I have not. I emulate the SNES version whenever I feel like a playthrough.

[mental rose]

Nothing against the OG, but I think the PS1 version is superior simply because you get those cool anime cutscenes by Akira Toriyama (God rest his soul)

[shadow tartan]

I ended up buying it on mobile aswell 😬

[cloud jay]

I picked up the Steam version on sale a while ago. I couldn't get past the tweaks to the script. They changed bits of conversations for reasons that are beyond me aside from maybe trying to remain PC.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah that's the same as the newer DS version

[cloud jay]

Like, they changed calling johnny "the Man" to boss or something. Things like that. It stuck out to me because of the shear number of playthroughs I've amassed. I "get" it, but it felt overly done and forced. You wouldn't go in and paint over the Mona Lisa...

[shadow tartan]

I think they still sell the OG version because of that

Ah, not on the store anymore

Boooo

I love Chrono Trigger

Ayla is the ideal woman imo

[cloud jay]

Like, what projects like 7th Heaven have done for games like FF7 with fixing translations and stuff. I can accept that more than trying to pigeon-hole a 1995 game in 2020.

CT and FF6/7 are my top 3 from the genre.

[shadow tartan]

Have you played Remake and Rebirth?

[shadow tartan]

Some of my faves too

[cloud jay]

I remain on the fence. FF7 blew my mind when it came out. I was 13 and swimming in titles like the early legend of zeldas, FF, Secret of Mana...

I haven't tried them...I look at them periodically.

[shadow tartan]

We're around the same age then

I still have all those carts

We'd be kicking ourselves now if we sold them

[cloud jay]

The black-backed discs from FF7... 🤤