other-games

[pure zinc]

Black and gold ultramarine

[mental rose]

Oh

[pure zinc]

Custom thing

[mental rose]

Don't really expect custom skins in a game like SM2.
Always assume people are doing their favorite chapter cosplays.

[pure zinc]

Honestly I can’t choose a favorite

They’re all so fucking cool TwT

[dry copper]

Aooooooooahahha!

Tabani took a shot at Paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uWajBVFf3o

"The oldest men alive say they wanna fight. Hey you're up Jake!"

[shadow tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/conor-mcgregor-who-the-fuck-is-that-guy-stanthesmog-gif-19537928

[dry copper]

I like to consume my news in the form of bars.

[shadow tartan]

Put him in with Froch or Usyk

[dry copper]

Be funny if he couldn't get another professional fight

Because he's a clown and nobody respects him

I wonder if lunchables was advertised at the fight

[shadow tartan]

Don't think that matters when you're that rich giving fighters a pay day

The only people that really deeply care have some other issues

I just wanted to see a mouthy dude get banged in his chops

[winter yew]

https://youtu.be/-3vNs-fKhiA?si=2Cn-1PH8Obxzfazn

[dry copper]

Imagine spending YEARS training for a race for it to end your entire career racing because of asshole fans deliberately getting in the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQRFFlt2K0A

omg I found the perfect video to feed someone that says uwu to you

https://www.tiktok.com/@yuddygangtv/video/7233502406846188842

I hate uwu so much

[tranquil glen]

and I hate tiktok and uwu

[dry copper]

I have had a bean burrito thick like that. It's fantastic.

Though dipping it in sauce is gross

Get the sauce inside or gtfo

[tranquil glen]

what

[dry copper]

1lb beef and bean burrito. You can have the sour cream put inside

[tranquil glen]

oh referencing just the preview ohhh

[dry copper]

but I may be a monster because I eat my giant beef and bean burrito with a fork and knife

It has rice as a filler too

[quartz ferry]

It depends sometimes a burrito is too much to be held it must be cut

[dry copper]

Sometimes? I don't eat burritos where that's not the case.

If I eat a burrito, it's to live in ruin for 12 hours

A lb of beef with beans and rice and tomato and sour cream

I'm sad to see surroundead never added mp in early access

I'd love to see that game with mp co-op servers

[winter yew]

https://youtu.be/h2zpZfCNR5s?si=L4ciWoIlIBhBikug

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBZc2BNlMXw

[coarse swift]

mobile 🚮

prefer the main game

[orchid fox]

10min til scam awards

[austere lance]

Ubi being random af, lol
https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lbahw6e3iu2x

[dry copper]

scam awards?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16203Tks_0I

Hank is so excited about small things

I think I could lower my power costs if I bought a battery and just drained the grid when power was cheaper, then drained my battery when it was more expensive.

It would also improve the integrity of the grid

[orchid fox]

game awards

[shadow temple]

Uh...

[mental rose]

Surprised DA Veilguard isn't on there. 😄

[coarse swift]

For what

[shadow temple]

Maybe worst game?

[coarse swift]

Eh I mean it's serviceable and can still be fun, but award winning? No

It'd win an award for the most reviews that say "return to form"

[shadow temple]

How is this best ongoing game? It hasn't even been out a year and the updates ruined the game.

[coarse swift]

Because they fixed what made the game not fun

[shadow temple]

No it's still bad

[coarse swift]

That's entirely your opinion

I like the changes they made, the game is fun again

[shadow temple]

Plus the delisted it in half the world

[coarse swift]

That's on Sony

Arrowhead could use the win tho

[shadow temple]

Sony pays off the game awards

[shadow tartan]

You're fun again

[shadow temple]

They have destiny as a best ongoing game lol

[shadow tartan]

@coarse swift you been playing Soulframe?

[shadow temple]

Game awards are a joke

[coarse swift]

Fuck them lol, Pete Parsons can fuck right off

[coarse swift]

No, busy with other games

[mental rose]

The fact Geoff Keighley wants to trademark the word Game Awards is sus af

[shadow temple]

Sea of thievs snubbed again

[shadow tartan]

I need to get back on it

[shadow temple]

At least no man sky was nominated for something

[coarse swift]

Remember when a couple guys tried to trademark the term "react"
That sure went well

[shadow temple]

Every content creator who has met him has said he's a jerk

[mental rose]

For once I'm glad the Fair Use law exists.

[mental rose]

Are Space Marine 2, or Black Myth Wukong there?
I don't feel like watching it.

[shadow temple]

Space marine for best action

[shadow tartan]

Awards are cringe

[shadow temple]

They nominated a card game for goty and a dlc

[shadow tartan]

Nice

[mental rose]

There's been a card game this year? 🤨

Can't be Hearthstone

[shadow temple]

Ya never heard of it

Baldero or something

[coarse swift]

Think I saw something where the audience vote is only gonna account for 10% this time, the rest will be review platforms

[shadow temple]

Its always 10%

Its why everyone hates the game awards

Its voted by the industry

[coarse swift]

Makes sense to have the people actually playing the games be only 10% right

[mental rose]

Platforms like IGN, Kotaku and PCgamer have 90% voting power...

[shadow temple]

Zenles zone zero got snubbed for best soundtrack

[shadow temple]

Ign owns half the gaming outlets now

[coarse swift]

All this is to me is depending on what wins it means possible free shit for the respective game

And there might be sales

[shadow temple]

Need to drive now

[shadow tartan]

Do people realise they're watching an awards show?
Have they forgotten the Oscars?

[mental rose]

I don't care enough about movies to watch Oscars. 😄

[inland oasis]

who the hell is oscar! and why is he a reward to people!? xD

[shadow tartan]

It's the same shit as the game awards

It's just something that ends up in a cabinet or a room

And then you see it on the tour and never again

[mental rose]

tbf, I only care about Steam Awards.
Because that's decided by Steam users. (I think at least, haven't delved into the details)

[inland oasis]

as eminem said, award shows are a parasite, thats why they need a host

[shadow tartan]

Shame it doesn't cover how broad things actually are

Blinkered

Metacritic isn't much to go by either anymore

That used to be something

[mental rose]

It's sad isn't it? Can't even trust game by it's reviews because you can't tell if they're filtered...

[shadow tartan]

That's why it's something I don't go by anymore

Previous remit was to beat the previous game's metascore or a similar game

And if you're already in the 90s that's a lot of pressure

Whilst you already have enough pressure because you're usually making something bigger and improving old features

Maybe that's why people are talking about AAA/blockbuster games not being a thing for much longer

[obtuse reef]

AAA games are only a thing because fanboys keep buying them for some damn reason

[shadow tartan]

Stuff that is gonna be announced over the next year will be interesting considering migration

[shadow tartan]

I play them, some good stuff in there

Fuck, I've even worked on them

It's just what it is

[obtuse reef]

But is it worth the $60 price tag for every AAA release?

[shadow tartan]

I still play Indie stuff all the time

[shadow tartan]

Games were more expensive when I was a kid so I'll say yeah

Paid up to 80 for carts

Sometimes more

[coarse swift]

Lego Horizon is less than 10 hours long and is $60

[shadow tartan]

Wait for sales

Unless you're a victim of FOMO

[obtuse reef]

That goes without saying though

[shadow tartan]

Nobody needs to buy games at release

[obtuse reef]

Just wait for a sale for any AAA game

[shadow tartan]

Same as you don't need a Rolex

You're still going to get the same personal experience as you would if you buy it a year or two later

Or just be like me and get shit for free

[winter yew]

Not always darkest dungeon plays differently depending on when you play it for one quick example

The witch hunter is pretty unrecognizable from launch

[shadow tartan]

Handful of games have that as an example, if people really want to they can find the first version and play it

[mental rose]

My last day 1 AAA purchase was Armored Core 6.

[shadow tartan]

Sick game

[mental rose]

Since then It's been older games or new indies or DLC

[shadow tartan]

I think I've had every AAA release the past few years, but I kinda need to

[winter yew]

My last aaa day one was some years ago assassins creed vahalla

[shadow tartan]

Best game I've played recently is Tiny Glade

Plinky plonky building

Waiting for some new features but it's really good

Even some current mobile releases show promise

[austere lance]

Best game I've played in a while is Veilguard, ngl

[dry copper]

Like Dinkum?

[coarse swift]

Factorio

[dry copper]

I'm tempted to get Dinkum

[coarse swift]

It's pretty good for an Animal Crossing type game

[dry copper]

Does the town change? Is there a town? The trailers make it look very indepth

[coarse swift]

You build the town

[dry copper]

Have you played Staxel? Does it compare?

[coarse swift]

Block by block

[coarse swift]

Don't know what that is

[dry copper]

Can you modify individual stores after they've been established?

[coarse swift]

Modify as in?

[dry copper]

Expand

[coarse swift]

I haven't gotten that far if it's possible

If its truly like Animal Crossing then I'd believe so

[dry copper]

I take it, based on that comparison, they took animal crossing as inspiration?

I haven't played Animal Crossing. I've only ever seen it on youtube

Online co-op...I wonder if there are servers

[coarse swift]

It's very similar

But its all humans, no anthro villagers

And free camera movement unlike Animal Crossing

[dry copper]

I hate that locked camera. It especially sucks if you drop something and can't see it behind the environment

[coarse swift]

Prime 4 been anticipated longer than GTA6 but will probably still lose

[dry copper]

I wonder how they got that list.

[orchid fox]

oh will it 100% will loose

[dry copper]

Did they do a survey?

[orchid fox]

most likely legacy games media

💀

[dry copper]

NGL, but none of those games are on my list

I stopped caring about GTA after GTA Online

[orchid fox]

gta online the killer of new gta entries

u can bet ur pants gta6 online will be all their focus

💀

[dry copper]

Light No Fire is on my most anticipated list.

Witchbrook

[orchid fox]

hellogames bias?

[dry copper]

Nah. I'm hot for Sean Murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL4CIRygoH0

(Not related to the above comment)

[shadow tartan]

GTA Online had great moments

Fucking hilarious moments actually

In a firefight on a hill, buddy comes driving over the crest, catches some air and flies into the people we're in a gunfight with

BLAM

[frigid yarrow]

space.

[shadow tartan]

What's this?!?!

[frigid yarrow]

space engine

20 bucks or so in steam

it's mandatory to experience it at least once in your life.

[shadow tartan]

Did you add your own music or is that included?

[shadow tartan]

Agreed

[frigid yarrow]

added it, but the game itself comes with themed music for space travel

[shadow tartan]

You have good taste then

[frigid yarrow]

XD thanks!

[shadow tartan]

@frigid yarrow is the Pro DLC worth it?

[dry copper]

Long time no see

[frigid yarrow]

it comes with added features for people who is into doing stuff with advanced tools, such as exporting a skybox you liked to another program

[frigid yarrow]

hey!

[frigid yarrow]

personally, no, the price is too high for what it offers, but hey, more features are more features

[shadow tartan]

Might have to grab that and message around with it, friend of mine is gonna buy it too

Got him this for his birthday

[frigid yarrow]

100% worth it

[dry copper]

What's that bpm 175?

[frigid yarrow]

bpm 175?

[dry copper]

speed of the music

[frigid yarrow]

ahhhh

https://youtu.be/9RGQPOy7uug?si=2lSpA-OutLrHD89Q

that's the song

[dry copper]

Trying to figure out how to get suno to register bpm properly.

This I thought was 175, but only because I told suno to beat in 175, but hearing that which online says is 140...no idea.

[shadow tartan]

Download a separate bpm counter

[frigid yarrow]

and this is my city in Dystopika

[dry copper]

I hope they one day add simulated people in that engine

Maybe the ability to follow their day to day and watch the world build its own work and social systems

Instead of asking you to make things work, the world responds to your building and makes it work anyway

[shadow tartan]

Yo I was telling bk how I'd been streaming it over discord for my mates, I got the mods for the new signs and stuff

[orchid fox]

seems korea expo has helldivers devs

comments on possible helldivers warhammer collab

lol

thats one collab idea thats caught my attention

[dry copper]

Did they add the corporate advertising or did you?

[shadow tartan]

ModsMalarky

[dry copper]

I'm not against it. I think if a game developer gets paid, they should be able to add any corporate ad asset they want

It's their game. I just wanted to know if it was an asset or custom made.

[shadow tartan]

https://www.nexusmods.com/dystopika/mods/2

Dunno if this is the one Joan uses

But I grabbed a few

[frigid yarrow]

fall of Reach.

[dry copper]

Mandalorian made me want to play swtor again. Then I remember the bank limit on free accounts and no option to buy out of it short of subscribing......and I didn't want to again

[charred badge]

would be nice if I could save these cars somehow

stealing the ncp car was just funny

[dry copper]

What about mods?

Could prob spawn them in 😛

Though, riding around in a cop car should by rights raise some alarms

[winter yew]

I liked the first and last ten hours

[dry copper]

Haven't played it yet

[winter yew]

Apparently darkest dungeon 2 has a physical now

Looks like getting bought out was a good thing for them, so far

[winter yew]

Dragon age 4? It starts and ends strong but it's not really a rpg so the name of the series is just wrong ya know

[dry copper]

You don't role play?

[winter yew]

You role play in the sense of a action rpg

Arpg

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/magic-missile-gif-18505051

[winter yew]

Holy shit it's Harry potter

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/voldemort-cheer-gif-840867336644224569

Shitting all over the place this week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFzvL693lY

[teal basin]

[primal loom]

Yoooo, Dystopika is cool

[tranquil glen]

did anyone use to play hello neighbor, cause theres an animated ceries on YT from tinyBuildGames?

[dry copper]

Soggy destroys almost every single major complaint levied against MrBeast and he doesn't even like the guy

He hates dogpack even more

[glad tide]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hddDm0WM9lQ&ab_channel=N4me1ess

[winter yew]

Dogpack looked good for his first video but then the holes started to show in his second then the third video seemed made up

[dry copper]

I wouldn't be surprised to hear about lawsuits next.

Jimmy may be required to go after Dawson if Dawson doesn't rescind his bs or stfu

[winter yew]

Rosie has been more vocal and consistent but dogs videos got more views

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-neighbor-cartoon-hello-neighbor-hello-neighbor2-secret-neighbor-theodore-peterson-gif-27254351

[shadow tartan]

Aged like fine wine

9 month old wine would be shit though

[dry copper]

Not if properly stored and not made using vinegar

I have no wine tho. I'm not a big drinker

[shadow tartan]

I still don't keep alcohol in the house

But they keep them at bars!

[dry copper]

I have some gin. I have some whiskey. I have a bottle of crown royal

[shadow tartan]

Of course you have Crown Royal

What flavour?

[dry copper]

I take a sip once a year for new years

[shadow tartan]

The apple one was alright

[dry copper]

I got my crown bottle almost twenty years ago. I am pretty sure it didn't have a flavor profile.

It tastes like warm going down 😛

If I had to give it a distinct flavor, I'd say oak and black berries

[shadow tartan]

They had some other flavours that I tried

Not too shabby

[dry copper]

hahaha, I complained about SWTOR doing this....

So what do they do?

THEY DOUBLE FUCKING DOWN

[winter yew]

Most conflicting news I've seen all year

The guy who hasn't played in 6 years sont really need that name but they could always come back too

[coarse swift]

o no, the names I had since I last played

which was when it was pay to play

what will I do

idk if I can handle losing reservations to the names I chose in a game I havent played for over 10 years

[lunar kernel]

@wind grail Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qGJmgBx6zc

[wind grail]

This is what we need in NMS fr

[lunar kernel]

No kidding! I know. Now, go to that link that you were able to conjure up, and leave them the same kind of suggestion that I left them. They get enough interest shown in this, we will get what we want.

[wind grail]

On it

[austere lance]

https://wccftech.com/dark-souls-3-remaster/

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/destiny-2/clips/j7ereBcn8e6mzX7A7?invite=cr-MSxvRk0sMTY4MzE4NDcxLA

I love throwing my grape around and gettin 4k's xD

[mental rose]

How much did that setup cost, I wonder.

[dry copper]

NMS doesn't even support HOTAS. Good luck getting it to support a full board of individually programmed buttons and scripted commands to do everything control wise in your ship.

That isn't to say one can not get a HOTAS almost functioning in NMS..There are work arounds to try and get it to work properly by substituting the Xbox controller with HOTAS, but I don't consider that support for HOTAS.

[dry copper]

More than it was worth

Look at the game he's playing

Vintage story are adding boats in 1.20...nice

Boathouse for life

[inland oasis]

i love 1:10 ish in, you see the mouse and table/stand slowly pan its way in.

I only find it funny cuz im picturing a spacecraft still running on mouse n kbm inputs instead of being yaknow, its own thing, A SPACESHIP xD

and yes i get its for the -on foot- controls lol

[dry copper]

Ugh. I thought the boat was going to be something I could live on. It's just a prettier looking raft. In fact it's less useful than the raft in one main aspect. You can't walk around on it.

[edgy viper]

We just want bloodborn 2 and bloodborn pc port

[dry copper]

A boat you can't even fish on isn't worth being a boat

[tranquil glen]

No boat is worth being boat tbf imo

Especially for space games

[dry copper]

Vintage Story is a block game

[winter yew]

Idk what hotas is but NMS works with my Mario Kart steering wheel lol

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck2yrNKjo_Q

[dry copper]

hands on throttle-and-stick

[upper glade]

We're speculating that this is due to a potential server merge.

I used to work CSR on that game, way back during its launch. XD Good times.

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxB4TDU829c

[dry copper]

I hope nobody like me who used to play and had a legacy account comes back to see all their shit changed and their name stripped.

The developers didn't even need to do it. If they cared about the option of letting players choose whatever name they wanted, they could have just as easily added a discriminator to every account and just hidden it from view for the players.

Hell. An account name is a discriminator in and of itself. It's not the same as the character name.

Imagine a whole star wars universe and only one person named Fett

[shadow temple]

cant wait for concord to win all those game of the year awards

i really should have bought a copy as a collectors item

[mental rose]

But did you know they had merch ready for it, and they revealed it to the public AFTER the game got cancelled? 😄

[shadow temple]

they still have that show coming on amazon lol

[dry copper]

Probably because it's done filming and they already paid for it

[shadow temple]

has to be one of the funniest gaming disasters in years

[dry copper]

....

No it isn't

People lost their jobs. It's not funny.

I don't believe for one second that they wanted the game to fail. They made a huge sacrifice offering people refunds to try and rebrand, relaunch and make things feel right with consumers.

They didn't have to offer refunds to people that played more than 2 hrs even if the game sucked.

They pulled the game though. They had a plan.

They got screwed by a quarterly report

[shadow temple]

if they didnt offer refunds sony would have been sued

[dry copper]

Nope

[shadow temple]

ok lol

[dry copper]

Game was finished even if it wasn't fun. Anyone over 2hrs played wasn't eligible

They could've kept the game on steam and never tried to make it better.

[upper glade]

The problem there is the server mergers themselves. The servers were the discriminators. That's the best path as far as the game engine is concerned. That was a common ticket I had to answer when people moved to another server and found out they had to change their name on arrival because someone there had it.

Hero Engine is not a good engine from an administrative standpoint.

[dry copper]

That might be justification for the first time it happened but this time it's on purpose.

Doing it originally was on purpose as well

There's no way the team didn't know that mergers would create that problem

Guaranteed team members even mentioned it

Someone decided it wasn't worth adding additional discriminators after the servers were no longer going to do it

Now it's just being done to try and drum up more users interested in trying to get a unique name that was abandoned.

What it's going to do is see current users deleting characters or creating new characters to take those names.

So no new users and fewer names available

Scraping the bottom of the barrel

It kind of makes sense now why so many of the functions of paid subscriptions are for sale in the item store

[charred badge]

I prefer Hosas, except e:d has way more cruising at speed than maneuvering, so I regret not getting a matching throttle while they were cheaper

[dry copper]

Hosas? Who is Hosas?

[charred badge]

Hands on stick and stick!

Aka twin sticking

[dry copper]

Interesting

I hadn't even considered that as an option

[charred badge]

Never seen it before?
Works well for 3d maneuvering

[dry copper]

I can imagine

The HOTAS I have can be moved in all angles, even twisted to rotate in place

But

I technically used HOSAS in NMS with VR

You need to control the stick with both of your controls and while ingame it only shows the one stick, irl you're using two

I would say HOSAS would be funner

Controlling rotation, straffing, turning...I miss dogfighting in VR

It was so cool looking up and seeing out of your canopy while turning to attack a target

Made you feel like you were the machine

[drowsy aspen]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363006294

[dry copper]

@obtuse reef This might make you feel better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mnrlK8gdfY

I always feel better after watching a child suffer

jk

[dry copper]

This is what suno 4.0 can do with a song using two different rhyming schemes

[charred badge]

Weird
I remember this having two sticks.
https://primetimeamusements.com/product/tsumo-multi-game-motion-system/

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-gif-24535420

[winter yew]

Cons they got bought out and are no longer indie
Pros the physical release comes in a sleeve

[dry copper]

@fleet moat I hear you like Onions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5bzRyjP9HI

[fleet moat]

Lol they're awesome. i wonder if they borrowed the idea from the infamous ashley madison scandal

[drowsy aspen]

https://youtu.be/BY5LHQeWE24

[tranquil glen]

Hey

https://youtu.be/oJdqI8KdmZo?si=dgB0dkPxW6TknUUI

[mellow dune]

"One last logi run before bed, lets keep it short"
The Logi run from Howl County to Endless Shore:

[obtuse reef]

That would have been good information to have before I uninstalled it

[dry copper]

Just finished Mandalorian season 3.

Meh ending

I wouldn't say it ruined the show for me, but it didn't really end on any high note.

It was a waste of literature

Someone spent time and money on that shitty script

I don't know why I was expecting the force powers yoda clone used to be better, but I did...

[austere lance]

Yeah uh, the fact that you have to watch Book of Boba Fett before it didn't help

[dry copper]

I never watched book of boba fett

Of all classes in Star Wars, Mandalorians were my least favorite

[shadow tartan]

Having some fun with people on this game, simple but gets hectic
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2904000/The_Spell_Brigade/

Steam

The Spell Brigade

The Spell Brigade is an online co-op survivors-like for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!1-4 PLAYER CO-OPThe Spell Brigade combines the survivors-like ...

Price

$9.99

Recommendations

1795

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[dry copper]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/the-telltale-collection?

[winter yew]

https://youtu.be/6OQhuo03Dsw?si=--NarQw6k3OU_9mx

[shadow tartan]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2386720/STRAFTAT/

Steam

STRAFTAT

Straftat is a free to play, online, proximity chat enabled, 1v1 first person shooter taking place in a wide variety of maps with a large choice of firearms, explosives and melee weapons. A match is composed of a number rounds. A round ends when only one survivor remains. Each round takes place in a different environment.Straftat features 70 ar...

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[pure zinc]

Are they ever gonna add any difficulties over super helldive? Is kinda easy with a full team ngl

[obtuse reef]

Super helldive is easy with a competent full team

I’ve failed difficulty 7 missions because my two teammates (my friends) couldn’t kill a cockroach with a predator missile

[tame cairn]

this is true

third season was probably the worst, sadly

[inland oasis]

speaking of...not a good day to helldive. i swear to god everyone im matching with is a polished smoothbrain moron today. every damn dive

that and the game is just serving up alot of absolute BS today...

i swear at times it just knows...
"yea this isnt possible, LETS DO IT" and then throws 100+ hunters at one time. after just me

like reloading the goddamn grenade pistol 30x times cuz for some reason it keeps cancelling a second too damn early. im raging today

[obtuse reef]

I do wish that starting to sprint didn’t cancel your reload animations, because you can reload most weapons while sprinting anyways

[inland oasis]

its not even sprinting its pulling the trigger too early assuming its reloaded cuz yaknow...chaos of a firefight

so stupid to design it that way when its 1 shot

[obtuse reef]

That’s the reason I use energy weapons

[inland oasis]

i just got it so i was trying to have fun with it

[obtuse reef]

Or flamethrowers

[inland oasis]

i almost clipped like 4 absolute horseshit moments, but i forgot i closed my recording software for better fps

[obtuse reef]

The flamethrowers are actually pretty good, you’re going to be constantly reloading them (at least the primary flamethrower) anyways, so if you run out of fuel that’s on you

[inland oasis]

i been using the new shotgun

with the stun/flechettes

its hella nice

yep game hates me today. just got stuck in the infinite after mission loading screen :/ thats a wrap for this game today

[obtuse reef]

My main gripe is that the bugs are capable of cancelling your stim animation

The bots are as well, but you can at least take cover from the bots

If you are going to have a group of enemies capable of rapidly closing distance and attacking with little to no cooldown while dealing stupid amounts of damage, do not let them prevent the player from saving themselves

[inland oasis]

do not get me started on my hunter rants

[obtuse reef]

Man, fuck the hunters

Sometimes I melee them just because I hate them so much

[inland oasis]

those moments where its just like "well, im fucked no matter what i do".... suck. cuz no matter how much skill or stratgem you have, the moments happen.

whether it be getting trapped by the map topography

[obtuse reef]

Whenever that happens, I just throw as many grenades as I can before dying at my feet and hope those bugs get dragged to hell with me

[inland oasis]

or absolute INSANE range of the jump attack

thats the worst part for me. is even when i wanna do something out of malice to them while accepting my death, they even screw that up 😭 xD

[obtuse reef]

The only thing I don’t hate about the hunters is the fact that they’re weak enough to die to just about any gun at the range they tend to hang out at

They also flank you slowly enough to notice them in time

[inland oasis]

oh they aint flanking, theyre just jumping cross the map xD

i also hate when your in a clearly elevated spot where they shouldnt be able to get you but nah, they just spawn at your feet

[obtuse reef]

I have actually seen them trying to flank me

[inland oasis]

well the goal of them is to surround you lol

[obtuse reef]

They tend to hop to the side while maintaining line of sight, and they’re not very fast while doing that

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMN9845zU_M

[inland oasis]

there are times where the lunge forwards they do ill be predicting and ready, and my barrel gets stuffed into its face, yet, i still miss or it still hits me before dying

[obtuse reef]

If I’m not running flamethrowers, I usually run shield backpack to give me more time to deal with hunters before they kill me

[inland oasis]

and the cone radius of the acid spitters. all of em, you can WATCH the projectile go by you, BUT if your within 3 ft of it for some ungodly reason it feels like 75% of the times it hits me when i see it no where near

[obtuse reef]

Oh yeah, it can feel pretty janky sometimes

[inland oasis]

like i dont think a singular dive gets you out of the range

gotta run a few steps then dive

of the big ones at least

[obtuse reef]

You’re not supposed to go away from the cone, you’re supposed to go to the side

[inland oasis]

isnt the side not directly avoiding the cone?

[obtuse reef]

It gets you away from it faster

[inland oasis]

thats what i mean tho. one dive to the side usually ends up in me getting hit still

i like have to running start dive

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, sprint to the side while it’s preparing to spew acid and then dive once it starts to actually spray acid

[inland oasis]

which is what i mean when i say i clearly see it go past me yet it still connects

so much chaos to be sittin there watching the thing for a spit animation lol.

[obtuse reef]

Not really

[inland oasis]

i didnt touch it it shouldnt harm me.

[dry copper]

I have a feeling stalker 2 is going to become a special callback that's going to burn slow this year

[obtuse reef]

I’m not disagreeing with that, but those attacks are possible to dodge

[inland oasis]

and youd think diving to the side alone could do it

[obtuse reef]

You would, but it also makes sense why it wouldn’t

[inland oasis]

kinda my whole purpose of diving lol

[dry copper]

Daves diving?

[obtuse reef]

I don’t have a problem with the acid enemies, outside of how damn frequently bile spewers spawn

[inland oasis]

not really lol. especially if your gonna program the particles and effects. why have the damage range larger than the visual effect

[obtuse reef]

I think it’s an issue of janky hitboxes

[inland oasis]

whether the player hitbox is too big or the cone of the spew, my point is they should refine the meshes out some

match the sizes or something

i hate getting hit with invisible spew

[obtuse reef]

Or expand the visual effect to accurately match the cone of damage

[inland oasis]

or that yea

even better tbh

i have no issue with how to avoid it,

its just yea, when "nothing" hits you

its almost as annoying to me as someone chewing xD

like...WTF GAME

meanwhile other times identically i was fine

[obtuse reef]

My biggest complaint about HD in general is a lack of mission variety, although they’re probably working on expanding what missions are available, or at least new content

[dry copper]

HD?

[inland oasis]

helldivers

yea some mission types would be nice instead of modifiers, or guns n armor. maybe even some new stratagems

[obtuse reef]

I would love a bot shipyard sabotage mission, where you have to plant explosive charges at certain areas

Like the nursery missions, but less painful

[inland oasis]

i heard speculation of urban style maps coming into HD2

id LOVE a city type map

not neccesarily full scale interiors of skyscrapers or anything but maybe a few eneterable ones and such

[obtuse reef]

It would make sense, given how all of the planets we’re fighting on are presumably frontier colonies, while the larger cities are too well defended for the current enemies to invade

[inland oasis]

I’m sure the toughest part would be deciding on and programming all the destructible stuff lol

[obtuse reef]

I want a map that takes place onboard an automaton starship or in a terminid hive

[inland oasis]

Hellboarders

It’s like diving but, into your ship ^_^

[dry copper]

Would be hilarious if they added a launch pad to get back to your ship and you literally had to be jettisoned like artillery to get to your ship and hope you aimed straight

Oops went passed the ship and are drifting into space

Oops missed the docking bay and crashed into the forward operating bridge

[obtuse reef]

I would imagine the pelican dropship would be able to land on the ship

I also don’t think the hellpods would be well suited for boarding operations

Given the whole “person comes out of the top” thing

[inland oasis]

just get hydraulically smashed into the wreckaged roof xD

[obtuse reef]

Or the hellpod doesn’t breach the hull fully, meaning you get dropped out into space

Or it does breach the hull fully but it violently depressurizes, sucking you out into the vacuum

[mental rose]

Or you could do it like Doomslayer. 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymftVwsYZ4c

[obtuse reef]

The doom slayer is a god who is too angry to die

The average Helldiver doesn’t know what end the bullets come out of

[inland oasis]

accidentally licks arc thrower

[dry copper]

accidentally

[obtuse reef]

Yes, it’s a good idea to lick the infinite lightning gun capable of causing organic matter to spontaneously combust

[inland oasis]

its almost like a 9v battery

[obtuse reef]

That’s like taking a bath with a car battery. In other words, a great way to end up a statistic

[inland oasis]

staticstic

[dry copper]

I kinda feel like making a burger, but it's 11am

[inland oasis]

burger for lunch isnt strange

[mental rose]

relatable? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z2WY8T9H5M

[obtuse reef]

Why is it using a red doom slayer model and an AI TF2 Soldier voice

[dry copper]

You're going to pretend you don't know why?

[obtuse reef]

My best guess is a lazy animator

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/ytp-youtube-logo-youtube-poop-youtube-poop-intro-youtube-red-gif-14538748414172922220

[mental rose]

I tried looking for TF2 x Helldivers stuff, but it seems people don't combine those communities.

[obtuse reef]

They are very different games

[mental rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Es6iB_aTDA

[dry copper]

Youtube poop is a genre of animation that mocks everything it covers

It started with the release of the Source Filmmaker

[obtuse reef]

I am aware of what a YouTube poop is

And I am aware of the reputation of SFM animations

[dry copper]

I don't see a single video from Kapu Krew Studios that doesn't use SFM

[mental rose]

If there's a game that I enjoy, I'm gonna look if someone's made a (potentially) cursed video about it using TF2 stuff.

I'm immature like that. 😄

[dry copper]

Sims 4?

[mental rose]

I'm 100% sure there is, just that Sims games aren't really my genre anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXkRj-UcWVM

[obtuse reef]

I’ve heard sentence mixing that’s extremely good, although I’ve also heard AI that’s good as well

[mental rose]

Then there's vids that mix both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mb-KuwWxrQ

[obtuse reef]

I think AI should be used to make sentence mixing sound a lot less jarring, but then again, I just really dislike modern AI

[dry copper]

So....grammarly

[austere lance]

I read through the review and the game sounds like Metro Exodus 2.0, which I'm hella here for 👀
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/stalker-2-review

I have it installed and waiting for me after work 😫

[pure zinc]

I hate it when I reload my primary (usually the liberator) and when I do, if I dive immediately afterwards, my character auto discards the new mag, and reloads again for no reason. It is pretty much the only thing that really pisses me off on that game

[mental rose]

Mad props for the devs. Managing to release the game in the midst of what their country is going through.

[pure zinc]

True

[mental rose]

Do let me know what the performance is like, when you get to play it.
I'm somewhat concerned of those reqs, even though I game in 2k

[austere lance]

I'm on Xbox, where it's apparently a solid 60 FPS

[inland oasis]

Yea I’m torn between the call of duty reload where you keep your ammo, and the way it is now where you have to actually think about when to reload

I like both but idk which more

[pure zinc]

I prefer the way it is now, I just wish that glitch wasn’t present

[inland oasis]

Yea, I do it with the explosive crossbow. I ALWAYS forget it gets more than one shot

End up wasting a whole 5 mag

[mental rose]

The latter imo. is more suited for the slower-paced milsims.
And from what I've heard, HD2 is anything but slow-paced

[pure zinc]

It ends up having me auto reload in the worst of times

[obtuse reef]

For the gameplay style that HD2 is going for, which is semi-realistic, I think it fits really well.

[inland oasis]

Yea it’s not that it doesn’t work but leads to a lot of shitty situations that sometimes can’t be helped

Mid reload ragdolling especially

[obtuse reef]

I don’t think it slows down the pacing of HD2, it just means you have to be a bit more careful about picking engagements

[inland oasis]

Tbh it motivates me to just magdump

I won’t waste democracy

[obtuse reef]

My solution to the problem is just use energy weapons. Can’t run out of democracy if the democracy recharges

Or in the case of the arc thrower and blitzer, simply just have infinite democracy

[inland oasis]

Even on super helldive im nearly never running out of ammo. They nailed the ammo economy for the guns I own at least

I typically don’t use the low ammo count stratagems tho

[obtuse reef]

I definitely think it helps that your resupplies are infinite with a pretty short cooldown

[obtuse reef]

Oh yeah, I only run the orbital laser on exterminate missions

[inland oasis]

Laser is my FAVE

[pure zinc]

Orbital laser is clutch

[obtuse reef]

I don’t run any other limited ammo stratagems

I usually run orbital railcannon and airstrike

[inland oasis]

Laser, jump pack maybe shield, mortar turret, rocket turret.

So fun

[obtuse reef]

Oh yeah, I run turrets on defense missions

Mortar and gatling are my favorites

[inland oasis]

I got a 65 kill streak with one mortar sentry 😂

I like mixing both the mortars

Even the mines are funny to use

And the shock tower

[obtuse reef]

Otherwise I run shield pack or resupply pack (if I’m running flamethrowers) and a quasar cannon (bugs)/commando (bots)/ flamethrower (if I have a resupply pack)

[inland oasis]

The only things I never use cuz I never rly fight bots is the smokescreen stuff

[obtuse reef]

I fight bots a lot, it’s pretty useless

[inland oasis]

And even if I did I wouldn’t use smoke

I use EMP mortar

[obtuse reef]

They still shoot through it and they have a decent idea of where you are through the smoke

[inland oasis]

lol emo mortar

[obtuse reef]

I’ve actually used flamethrowers only on bot missions before

It’s both really good and really bad

[mental rose]

Well duh, I'd think it's given that robots have thermal vision on demand. 😄

Unless it's IR smoke

That's an idea for new support power

[austere lance]

Nvm, it's apparently a shit show on console and idk how it runs on pc but after seeing the recommended specs I doubt it's any better there 💀

[obtuse reef]

On one hand, flamethrowers can penetrate medium armor and still deal weak spot damage, meaning the low health pool bots are pretty vulnerable, even hulks. On the other hand, you have to get close to the walking machine gun that has been hardwired to kill you on sight.

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-automaton-ko-punch-devastator-gif-17309311234866658824

BONK

[obtuse reef]

I once got into a fist fight with a devastator and somehow didn’t die

I think it’s AI bugged out, so it couldn’t punch me

[inland oasis]

I think I did that with a hunter before

[obtuse reef]

I don’t know what roided up hunters you’re fighting, but I can pretty easily take down a hunter with two melee hits

[mental rose]

Concentrated heat weapon could still be effective against Automatons.
Something like the Meltagun from 40k. 😏

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/heavy-flamer-heresy-purge-warhammer40k-lightning-claws-gif-16488791

[mental rose]

You know what would be hilarious? If flamethrowers could stun Automatons after hosing them for a while.

Because they overheat

[obtuse reef]

They usually die pretty quickly to the fire anyways

Again, they have a really low health pool, so they have to rely on their armor, which can be easily penetrated by a flamethrower

And once again, the flamethrowers somehow manage to deal weak spot damage, so you can headshot a devastator with one

[mental rose]

Ook...

[obtuse reef]

Flamethrowers only against bots is viable, although you’d need to bring a shield pack with you in order to be able to close the distance

Unless you think your skin is resistant to superheated plasma fired at high speeds

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/iPUwsmgNAcgCfXEF9

I found my little fit of melee rage 😂😅

[dry copper]

I've only heard good things so far. Never played stalker....and this one might be a purchase later on.

[mental rose]

Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl was a tad janky, even when it was new.
But it popularized the FPS/Survival genre in the Post-apocalyptic setting. Even before Fallout 3 came out.

And I have good memories of it.

Also as any slav will tell you, Vodka cures radiation poisoning. 😆

[inland oasis]

Stalker has a huge niche as well I think due to the DayZ games. I found stalker because of dayz

[dry copper]

As an irishman will tell you, Potato cures everything

Vodka is made with potato

[inland oasis]

Don’t dayz/ stalker kinda share universes?

[dry copper]

Because they're both baltic?

[inland oasis]

No I’m actually realizing I think those were just mods in dayz

[mental rose]

Stalker also introduced me to one of the weirdest firearms to come out of Russia, that is actually real. OTS-14 Groza.

[obtuse reef]

That looks like a FAMAS

Actually, they look almost identical outside of a few differences

Although apparently they have very different histories

[mental rose]

Compared to Famas tho, the Groza is TINY.
Intended for counter-terrorist units, and highly modular. Yet never got adopted.

[inland oasis]

Ughh I’m tryna remember this one gun. It’s ugly, bulky, and blocky, and the magazine is one of a kind, it’s like a top mount stick mag

[obtuse reef]

The groza was also designed like 30 years after the FAMAS

[inland oasis]

It fires bursts

[mental rose]

The Owen?

[inland oasis]

Not that, it’s an assault rifle that’s trying to be futuristic

[mental rose]

Ahh

P90?

No wait, you said assault rifle

[shadow tartan]

These look like toys

[obtuse reef]

Yeah that one, I forgot what it was called

[shadow tartan]

F2000

[inland oasis]

Not a bullpup, the magazine is a literal like stick, or bar

It goes in like the top

Slides in the middle of some spot

3 round bursts iirc

It was in cod black ops I think

[mental rose]

G11?

[inland oasis]

The G 11

YES

Ugly ass thing

[shadow tartan]

I just want a briefcase with a gun in it

Pew pew business

[inland oasis]

I kept looking up g18 g 34 g this g that

But not g 11 😂😂

[shadow tartan]

Executive pew pew

[shadow tartan]

Top G

[mental rose]

Burst + Black Ops 1 is what gave it away finally. 😁

[inland oasis]

Gotchu dawg

[inland oasis]

I just remember how ugly the scope and boxiness of it

[mental rose]

Oh yea, that weird folding SMG that was in Modern Warfare 3

[shadow tartan]

I'm just going to check on the shed
BRRRRRRR

[inland oasis]

And the weirdest magazine function ever

FMG9

[obtuse reef]

There’s also this thing. No clue what it’s called or what it was designed for, but it’s dumb as hell

[tranquil glen]

I just wish for people to become automatically better grouping, so yk SMGs and shotguns work better faster

[inland oasis]

I wish gyrojets got a resurgence

We were so close to having bolter technology 😂

[obtuse reef]

Apparently that triple barrel pistol is a Spanish pistol known as Pistola con caricato

Not much is known about it

[tranquil glen]

dont we already have close tech to lato

we have magnums, so make bigger, we have those, make faster, I think we have those

[mental rose]

That looks like it could be related to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gyV8SYkGU

[tranquil glen]

why does that seem like something TF2 spy would have

[obtuse reef]

Apparently the biggest issue with the ones made and tested were that the vents could let in humidity or get clogged, making ignition unreliable. They were also very inaccurate and just overall very unreliable

[austere lance]

https://x.com/ShirrakoGaming/status/1859295484302487968

Shirrako (@ShirrakoGaming) on X

Stalker 2 is the most broken game since Cyberpunk 2077.

In fact, it's worse and playing it at launch feels like role-playing as a QA Tester.

I cannot recommend this game right now.

Twitter · Nov 20, 2024, 5:59 PM

[obtuse reef]

Is it because it’s from France?

[tranquil glen]

no

[inland oasis]

Yea, trying to mash rocket science into a bullet isn’t exactly the greatest idea. But it is cool! :p

[obtuse reef]

Apparently the gyrojet project was rushed as well

The idea was to make the ports angled to let the projectile spin, stabilizing it gyroscopically

[inland oasis]

The one issue is by the time the rocket would’ve reached an optimum speed to matter, you’d of had to been so far away you’d nearly never land said shot

[obtuse reef]

The creator wanted to have extra time to perfect the system, but it was rushed regardless

[mental rose]

I'm pretty sure the big selling point was that gyrojets have almost zero recoil

Everything else was worse than existing guns

[obtuse reef]

Apparently the bullets accelerated pretty quickly, reaching 380m/s at only 9.1 meters

Yes

[inland oasis]

In comparison to an average, let’s say, 9mm?

[obtuse reef]

They had virtually no recoil and could be very lightly constructed

[mental rose]

But the cost of the ammo itself was astronomical

[obtuse reef]

I’d imagine with modern propellants and construction methods the gyrojet could become a reality

[inland oasis]

9mm is 370 m/s so about even

[shadow tartan]

Bro I'm sorry, 9mm isn't average

🫂

[inland oasis]

Tic tacs still freshen breathe

I love the orange ones

[obtuse reef]

Yes, although I think part of it is the fact that the ammo wasn’t mass produced

Today a gyrojet round can cost over $200

[inland oasis]

Bonkers when a .50 cal is $100, 50 if ya know a guy

[obtuse reef]

Apparently the initial design of the projectile had retractable fins, but those proved too expensive

[mental rose]

Lightly constructed can also mean it's not gonna be very durable in field conditions.

[obtuse reef]

Also, apparently there was a manufacturing flaw in later iterations that caused one of the ports to be blocked, making the rocket extremely unstable

But it was still more inaccurate than most pistols

[inland oasis]

But but…. No recoil!

[obtuse reef]

Do you know what else has almost no recoil, is extremely light weight but is more accurate? A bow.

[mental rose]

Also can't forget the other type of gun that got birthed from the same principle of "shoot more than your enemy with greater accuracy and from farther away"

Flechette guns

[obtuse reef]

You could make a rocket powered arrow that would be more effective than a gyrojet

[mental rose]

Ahh, see what you just did there? 😁

[obtuse reef]

Reinvent the gyrojet?

[mental rose]

You basically described the original idea behind flechette rifles

Gunpowder propelled darts

[obtuse reef]

Crossbows are also extremely accurate and are much more effective than a regular recurve bow, although they’re heavier and you have to spend a good amount of time reloading one

I’d love to see a Gauss rifle that’s more effective than a BB gun

[inland oasis]

Slingshot

Cheapest guass rifle you can get

[obtuse reef]

Now, I may be misremembering, but aren’t Gauss rifles supposed to be electromagnetic rifles?

I don’t think a slingshot uses electromagnets to throw rocks

I’d imagine what’s essentially a handheld railgun would have a shit ton of recoil though, so it’d probably hurt to fire

[mental rose]

I think the current issue is that battery tech is just not at that level yet

[obtuse reef]

Single use battery packs? Like, fire a round and swap out the battery?

I feel like that could work

[mental rose]

USA allegedly has railguns, but those are on navy ships fueled by their engines

[obtuse reef]

It would be super ineffective, but I’d imagine most Gauss rifles would be anti-tank rifles

[obtuse reef]

The Navy also tried putting lasers on their ships. It didn’t work because the higher concentration of water vapor dispersed the laser faster

They also tried lasers on planes. That didn’t work because the laser setup required to produce a beam powerful enough to be useful made the plane unstable

[dry copper]

Funny how much he bitches. I watched his 4k gameplay for a bit and didn't find a single bug displayed.

[inland oasis]

https://youtube.com/shorts/r9Q64HDwGNs?si=tbwuf944YhDwA15t

[mental rose]

Meanwhile Israel doesn't have either of those issues, and they've apparently perfected the anti-drone laser weapon

Or are close to it

[obtuse reef]

I mean, isn’t Israel in a desert?

[mental rose]

Mhm

[obtuse reef]

Lasers would be the perfect weapon out there

Especially for defensive purposes

[inland oasis]

Mirrors

Lenses

Weaponized magnifying glass. Archimedes would be proud

[obtuse reef]

I’d imagine most Gauss rifles would either be anti-tank weapons or single shot anti-infantry rifles.

[inland oasis]

I would imagine gauss could get into the sniper regiment

Massive range

[obtuse reef]

It’d probably be more effective to fire a normal-ish sized bullet so you’re not wasting all of your power on accelerating a tiny projectile

[mental rose]

Also gauss projectile velocity is in the thousands m/s, if not tens of thousands.
pinpoint accuracy

[obtuse reef]

And you could fill the projectiles with high explosives

Use the mass as efficiently as possible

[inland oasis]

Or conversely, reinforce your projectile with tungsten and have an ultimate bunker buster shot

[obtuse reef]

Yup

And the cool thing about it being magnetic, you could just find an iron pipe of the right diameter and cut it down to the right size and boom, you have some (albeit shitty) ammo!

[mental rose]

It wouldn't even need a payload, the velocity alone would be enough

[inland oasis]

Now who’s gonna create the suppressor for it, so they don’t hear us

💀

[mental rose]

Railgun projectile has the explosive yield of a cruise missile on velocity alone

[obtuse reef]

You could add a payload to reduce the amount of energy you’d need to use to pack the same punch

[inland oasis]

Just add more mass

[dry copper]

What have I walked in on? This is like a D&D session of Helldivers with no GM

[obtuse reef]

You can’t really suppress a railgun because of how fast the projectiles are.

[obtuse reef]

Speculation on near-future weaponry

[inland oasis]

The brown note raygun

[winter yew]

https://x.com/nsupergamerguy/status/1859128909939281975?s=46&t=s6KTdjA-EsxhR-LHpGEcmQ

Nathan (@NSuperGamerGuy) on X

ATLUS' Black Friday Sale is now live on the Nintendo eShop for the next 2 weeks!

These prices are INSANELY CHEAP so grab them while you can. (All DLC and Bundles are included in this sale besides Nocturne HD)

Twitter · Nov 20, 2024, 6:57 AM

[dry copper]

Oh. Forget ballistic lol....We're going sonic and deconstruction at a molecular level.

[inland oasis]

Microwave cannon!

[dry copper]

Mass LRADs

[obtuse reef]

I dunno, I can’t think of a better (practical) way to deconstruct a person than by firing a 20kg chunk of steel and tungsten going at supersonic speeds in their direction

[dry copper]

Speech jammers to silence dissent

A device that literally feeds your own words back at you with a timed differential making it nigh impossible to form a complete sentence without feeling disoriented

[inland oasis]

A weapon that causes full body “arm fell asleep” feeling

But, everywhere

[dry copper]

That feeling is the result of blood circulation returning after being cut off....

[obtuse reef]

Fill a dart with fast-acting anesthetics

[dry copper]

Or do you mean just the neural sense?

Pins and needles

[inland oasis]

So a blood uncirculator blaster

Set to pulse mode

[dry copper]

Can't fire something meant to be non-lethal that is equally likely to kill as to disorient 😛

[inland oasis]

Either, the idea itself is Moreso just wanted to be out there

[obtuse reef]

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer war crimes that go “bang”

[inland oasis]

Explosive pufferfish

Can’t disarm it, or you get poisoned

[obtuse reef]

I think you could just wear gloves thick enough to not get pricked by it

[dry copper]

If you can't think straight you can't do much

[inland oasis]

It’s uh… EXPLOSIVE

[obtuse reef]

The gloves would allow it to be disarmed

[inland oasis]

Tell me how you disarm a fish

Please

[obtuse reef]

Or do what every law enforcement agency does and use a robot

[inland oasis]

Fish don’t have arms

[dry copper]

Also the use of chemical weapons is a war crime.

[obtuse reef]

Dammit, I was just about to make that joke

[inland oasis]

+1 for me

I’m just tryna do as he said

[obtuse reef]

Yes, it is. But last time I checked, those usually don’t go bang, at least not on purpose

[dry copper]

I didn't know bang was required

[inland oasis]

The bang is when your body hits the floor paralyzed

[dry copper]

Mustard gas didn't always go bang either

[inland oasis]

🙃

[obtuse reef]

I said I prefer my war crimes to go bang

[mental rose]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-microwave-hallway-heat-heatwave-gif-14318141686934751026

[dry copper]

ic

If you're gunna do chemical warfare, just do an ecstacy bomb

Discharge gas form ecstacy and nobody will do their jobs or feel bad about it

[inland oasis]

My biggest fear is anything that attacks the electrical grid

[mental rose]

Directed energy weapons already exist for riot suppression afaik

I can imagine getting bombarded with microwaves would not be pleasant

[obtuse reef]

At bare minimum it’d give you cancer

[dry copper]

Kinda like those cables that were cut not long ago

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undersea-cables-cut-europe-finland-germany-hint-russia-sabotage/

[inland oasis]

Oof yikes

I didn’t even know bout that 😂

Now I’m a suspect

[obtuse reef]

I don’t think you could cut an under sea cable

[dry copper]

That's why it's being called intentional

That's how hard it is to damage them

They are HUGE

Reinforced

[inland oasis]

Yea and try to explain the “accident” or animal that did it. NOT

Strange

[mental rose]

The incident before this one was caused by a Chinese ship that was (for whatever reason) dragging it's anchor along the sea floor.

Pretty sus

[inland oasis]

If it was a legit accident imagine being that poor sob that forgot the anchor being accused of national security

[obtuse reef]

You’d think they would notice that the anchor was down because of how slow the boat would be going

[austere lance]

He's by far not the only person complaining about bugs, lol
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/Stalker-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl-review/

[inland oasis]

Nowadays it’s typical and expected for a game to just be okay with releasing with bugs to patch out rather than making solid first impressions. Besides they already got your money whatever state it’s in

[austere lance]

I'm seeing an alarming amount of comparisons to Cyberpunk's level of bugs

[mental rose]

Everyone at this point knows that it was most likely a "hybrid operation" attack from Russia.
And this most recent one stinks the exact same MO.

But that is all I will say on this, because politics give me depression

[austere lance]

If any studio on the planet gets a pass it's these devs, seeing as they made the game in a literal war zone and lost devs on the front lines. But it's still sad to see how rough the game is

[shadow tartan]

Poland wasn't at war then dude

I mean

Gotta give people a break sometimes surely

[inland oasis]

Idk enough to know anything about the devs but I know stalker is one of those cult niche beloved games.

[dry copper]

That article is supposed to be a complaint? He talks about bugs in the headline and doesn't barely touch the subject once in the entire article.

[mental rose]

The devs are Ukrainian. Now you know

[shadow tartan]

It's a great achievement that it's come out and some of those devs were modders from the first game

[inland oasis]

Stalker GAMMA mod

Anomaly mod

😅🥵

[dry copper]

Sound issues plagued my playthrough, as footsteps would disappear, noises would clip in and out of existence, and my guns constantly stopped making any sound whatsoever. Bodies and loose clutter often clip noisily around buildings, killing any tension you're meant to feel. Enemies would teleport around shootouts or freeze upright and wait for me to shoot them, sometimes spawning beneath the earth or within inaccessible buildings. The latter issue broke several quests for me, as tasks to kill everything in an area were impossible to finish and required frequent reloads to try and work around.

Issues with AI became more prominent the further into Stalker I got, as many enemies seemingly forgot they were meant to be killing me. These bugs also make it hard to tell when something is working: is there still a killable enemy I haven't found for this quest, or has Mr Stalker decided to become one with the concrete wall again? Likewise, AI detection fluctuates between hawkish vigilance and willful ignorance, which makes relying on stealth pointless.

Hadn't even considered some of these anomalies are intentional

[austere lance]

They're Ukrainian and at one point were working on the game in a literal warzone. They evacuated, but some of their devs stayed behind to fight on the front lines

[shadow tartan]

Yeah like two of my mates

It's kinda fucked up

Game devs piloting drones...

Big up to those people

[inland oasis]

Flight simulator

[shadow tartan]

Probably great training

Fkn content creators eh

Shall we go onto their channel and remind them?

"Hey btw, you're dumb"

[austere lance]

Threaten to shit their entire ass

[dry copper]

I feel torn. I want to share this hilarious video. It's not about politics, but it does have politicians in it. It's not targeting any party and basically it's statements without context....that on their own sound HILARIOUS

[winter yew]

I only like Luke Stephens but he's kinda a flip flopper lol

[mental rose]

Also, a little story.
After the Stalker devs announced the game would not be releasing in Russia, they got hacked from said country and demanded the devs reverse their decision or they'll release the hacked data.

Their response was "Our people are getting killed every day. Your threats are hollow and empty by comparison"

Mega-based

[winter yew]

Is stalker Ukrainian?

[dry copper]

yes

The developers are.

[winter yew]

Oh damn that devs hardcore

[dry copper]

Hell. Russian developers don't even want to be associated with Russia rn

I hope things improve.

[shadow tartan]

Wanna risk it for the biscuit?

[dry copper]

I want to see Redruin Softworks succeed.

Loved their game

Breathedge

[mental rose]

Only ones I know are Gaijin (War Thunder and Master of Orion remake) and Wargaming inc. (World of Tanks)

[shadow tartan]

The Day Before

[dry copper]

Redruin are a russian game developer but they moved everything that labelled them as Russian to offshore entities and foreign allies

[shadow tartan]

Well, after the stuff I'm seeing today, might be game over

@dry copper gonna miss ya toots

[dry copper]

What stuff?

The cables happened last month....

Well....maybe not

[shadow tartan]

DMd you

https://tenor.com/view/rage-broccoli-nuke-gachibrocc-gachi-gif-21547004

[dry copper]

Anyway, this is not about politics. It's about no context which makes it funny...so ignore the politicians and stick to the subject

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXuW7F0eKU

"What is the nature of your thoughts gentlemen, when you say you move your lips in a particular way?"

[winter yew]

Duality of man

[dry copper]

No idea why people that do reviews even bother making those posts

"Nobody gave me something for free so I didn't do something faster."

[winter yew]

My wife didn't get stalkers 2 early either I think they didn't really send codes out

[dry copper]

Ignoring that the video out sooner gets them more money

I honestly wish developers would stop giving out keys to larger reviewers

If you're turning 3k a month in video reviews, you can buy your own key

[winter yew]

I gotta agree with you there, especially with the reviewers who admit to pirating anyway

[dry copper]

...and I find it petty when a video game reviewer even mentions not getting a key for free with their passive aggressive bullshit

Like...grow the fuck up

First world problems

[winter yew]

I can't really say anything bad about reviewers since I'm married to one but I agree the poor me posts are silly

[dry copper]

I completely understand the desire to give a free key to a reviewer like "worth a buy", because more views blah blah blah, more bang for their buck...The mentality makes sense, but at some point they're just prostituting their brand and reviewers are their johns at a walmart parking lot.

The whole process jerrymanders streaming sites that are struggling to give everyone a fair chance at success and leads the streaming site to create incentive programs for new creators because these larger ones are taking up all the oxygen and as a result content stagnates.

I almost got into streaming, but I couldn't find the time to schedule and seeing how much time people had to spend just to make a name in streaming felt like torture.

I wonder if Twitch has brand channels, like youtube

Youtube's brand channels let multiple people stream on the same channel, like network television

Obviously not at the same time, but it would be easier to set up time slots for a group rather than an individual carry an entire channel

4playerpodcast was great for that.

[winter yew]

Streaming kinda easy to get into just play games like normal and stream it ya know

[dry copper]

I'm surprised that individual platforms like GOG or Steam don't do sponsorships for their stores

[orchid fox]

In all fairness i do t think they need more advertisement given they are the biggest member on pc ecosystem Steam wise

[dry copper]

Maybe not, but it builds infrastructure to branch out

[austere lance]

STALKER 2 feels like Fallout 4 with a bunch of hardcore survival mods, lol

[dry copper]

How many bugs you hit?

[austere lance]

The game's so fuckin janky and runs so badly that I can't even tell if I've hit bugs or actual gameplay mechanics, lol

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/hololive-egg-dance-dancing-eggura-guregg-gif-25104065

[austere lance]

I'm just gonna wait a year for the inevitable 2.0 release

[dry copper]

When the mods start coming out the jank will disappear and the developers will release a stability patch.

Modders always fix the game first.

[austere lance]

I'm really not a fan, lol. It's some bizarre Frankenstein mix of cringe Fallout dialogue+eating 38 loafs of bread to heal yourself and worse versions of Metro's gunplay and animations

Soooooo many people are gonna bounce off of it within the first hour

[dry copper]

I thought it was drink vodka to heal everything

[winter yew]

I've always felt metro was better but I bought a copy to support anyway

[dry copper]

I never played through the last metro game very far.

Not a fan of jump scares.

The cheapest disingenuous game mechanic pretending to be horror

[winter yew]

You play first 2?

[dry copper]

Beat them both

[winter yew]

I felt they were better

[dry copper]

They were more on rails and it was easier to identify your role in them

In the open world one it was very relaxed and didn't feel like a metro game.

I feel almost bad thinking Skyrim is the best game I have in my steam library in terms of getting my money's worth out of it as a product.

[austere lance]

I love Exodus, I think the second game is the one I put the most time into tho

[winter yew]

If you never read the books exodus is like wait wtf

Sorta like the witcher 3 when yen was actually in the game

I get liking it less

[winter yew]

Damn Skyrim over no man's sky lol

[dry copper]

Yeah...If NMS let me wear more clothes I'd be more into it. Fashion frame is endgame.

[winter yew]

Well idk if you still play NMS but they've added cool outfits in the expeditions

Fishing update added cool armor

[dry copper]

Clothes you can only get if you play during certain times of the year aren't my idea of any kind of reward.

[winter yew]

Oh ok fair enough

[dry copper]

I avoid most expeditions because of that practice.

Shooting myself in the foot maybe, but in the end it discourages me playing at all...so, it doesn't just hurt me.

[winter yew]

Its an understandable stance
I expect them to eventually be playable anytime
Maybe once light no fire takes off

[dry copper]

I love the game. It's in the top 3 for sure.

I like HG more than I like their games

They help restore my faith in the industry

[winter yew]

I like them too but they kinda made the finish it later trend popular

[dry copper]

I don't think they did. Sure, they did "finish" later, by virtue of their initial failure, but that label hasn't suited them for years and over half a dozen expansions since

I don't believe any one company started that trend. That was a common issue with early access games.

It just trickled into non-early access games over time.

[barren sparrow]

I mean, the moment updating a game after release was an option the practice of finishing games after launch became a possibility

[dry copper]

Then you have games with literal day one DLC, which is double dipping consumers and that is finishing later

Publishers have too much control over the development of titles.

[winter yew]

Legendary level up message btw

[barren sparrow]

Gunter knows what's good

[winter yew]

Mass effect 3 was on that bullshit with a whole companion

[dry copper]

I wonder how expensive LNF is going to be

[winter yew]

Probably standard msrp

[shadow tartan]

How are your kidneys?

Just need one

[dry copper]

I don't know. They don't really talk to me.

[shadow tartan]

Well, have a word then

[dry copper]

Kidney stones run in the family though

[shadow tartan]

No time like the present

[dry copper]

I had a galstone once...that was unpleasant.

The pain was so bad, I threw up. It was a pain impossible to flex against. You just felt it, like a knife slowly turning inside of you.

[winter yew]

I'm sorry yoy went through that
I got my gallbladder removed had to wait because they wouldn't do it when I was pregnant

[shadow tartan]

Cat had them too

Cities Skylines, now that's an expensive game

[winter yew]

The most expensive game i own on a ratio basis is either stardew or hollow knight
10 bucks digital 60 physical lol

[dry copper]

I got the bundle from humble bundle years back

For like....30 bucks

I'm hoping cities skylines 2 gets a bundle discount soon

[shadow tartan]

This ain't even the whole thing though bud, it's more if you want absolutely everything.
Humble Bundles rocks though.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah same

Scratches the SimCity itch

[dry copper]

Make sure you grab the free updates

[shadow tartan]

Carols, Candles and Candy

[dry copper]

wow they added a lot since the bundle was on humble

I have yet to buy Cities Skylines 2.

[shadow tartan]

Yeah, if people missed that deal it costs an arm n a leg

Maybe a kidney

[dry copper]

@austere lance Have you played Chernobylite?

[austere lance]

No

[dry copper]

It's got some great reviews. I've played it a bit until it scared me and I stopped....

I'm not great with scary environments.

It gave me the same vibes as stalker 2 that I saw on youtube.

It's more RPG survival

Also it looks like Chernobylite is on gamepass

More problems with Stalker 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAoWRJ27S7E

[austere lance]

Nope

[dry copper]

Oh okay. I see. I thought the thing saying get free trial on the game @ gamepass meant it was on gamepass

Apparently if it's on gamepass it says on gamepass

This will cheer you up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxYM4nMlcSM

What happens if you let Obiwan Kenobe too much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl3fOAmLnxg

[marble idol]

Nice to see they're getting their money's worth.

[rotund cosmos]

What language is this?

[orchid fox]

Dont mean to assume but i guess Russian?

Or least looks to me

I still find that meme funny as blind paladin takes justice is blind to the extreme

[fleet moat]

You should ask @idle saffron how making assumptions about them Russian looking characters* can go

[orchid fox]

If i offended or broke rules i apologize :x

There wasnt much to the guess

😅