other-games

[shadow tartan]

My favourite thing was finishing it and having a fat spliff

https://tenor.com/view/elon-musk-smoking-gif-12477079

[mental rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm3Chp2u7HY

This movie's so good

[shadow tartan]

Joker is my guy

[chilly scaffold]

Fuck it I'm downloading knight again
And I'm going right to the construction zone predator map
Best one like 4 levels and it was very open

[shadow tartan]

Batman as a character is bullshit imo

That's maybe why I can't relate

Rich guy beating up thugs and dealers while rich people do worse

Except for when he goes after Stagg

Joker game would be good, pure violence

Banned within a week

[mental rose]

One. Bad. Day! 😆 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqK4UOMha2Q

[chilly scaffold]

Ivs always thought it was funny nightwing would be a better batman then batman but he's like I don't want to be batman fhck that guy

I've *

[shadow tartan]

Teenage heartthrob

The thing that interested me when I first saw it was fear takedowns because of the new suit

[chilly scaffold]

On switch nightwing is purple in alot of lightning
Consider that a pro or con if you wish I like it alot

[shadow tartan]

🍆

Purple

I've seen some things come out with worse bugs over the last few years though

Ghost of Tsushima sticks in my mind because they didn't seem to have that issue

Things that break the immersion or flow of gameplay

Things that float in mid air during an animation and things like that

[chilly scaffold]

I never really had bugs playing the batman games, eveything would be switch related from porting

[shadow tartan]

And seeing that kind of bug often brings overall quality down

[shadow tartan]

Unfortunately I see bugs in everything

But I don't let them ruin the experience for the most part

Unless they actually ruin the experience

Like Jedi Survivor

Game was awesome but some bugs got on my nerves a tad

Combat in that game was serious business

But it's all a lot of work for a small amount of people usually so I don't criticise

[austere lance]

I'm very surprised how little bugs I've found in my 28 hours of Expedition 33, especially with that small of a studio

[chilly scaffold]

I've only been disappointed with one game and it broke my heart lol

Avowed, played it as a pillars fan

[austere lance]

Oof

[austere lance]

Yeah uh, I still haven't finished that and probably won't

[austere lance]

Not with good shit like Oblivion Remastered and Expedition 33 to play rn

[chilly scaffold]

I don't want to be too much of a downer, if I wasn't a pillars of eternity fan I wouldn't of had specific expectations but it was sure something

[austere lance]

I haven't even played Pillars and think it's kinda crap, lol

[chilly scaffold]

Ah well fair enough then
Pillars is worth a play I think it's cheap right now actually

[shadow tartan]

All I've heard is amazing things, I just want the time to play it 😞

[winter yew]

33 is great
Looks alot like vampyr

[austere lance]

It's peak

And plays absolutely nothing like Vampyr, lol

[shadow tartan]

A lot of people (including @austere lance ) have told me it reminds them of Legends of Dragoon

[austere lance]

Way cooler version of Paper Mario combat 😆

[winter yew]

Plays == looks

[austere lance]

Like, graphics wise?

[proper anchor]

muahaha sorry kids! https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-delayed-to-may-2026

[orchid fox]

1. surporised absolutely fucking no one as waited 10 years whats another 1 or 2. of course thats the thunmbnail 3. i am not gonna lie. every parent buying r18 games for their kids pre teens and teens i have a personal grudge to for several reasons lol

[coarse swift]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

I haven't felt anything for GTA6 tbh

[austere lance]

It'll be mtx hell that runs like shit

[split ridge]

I've never been a fan of the gta series

[austere lance]

And costs $80+

[split ridge]

for me, I'm not a fan of playing as a criminal lol

[austere lance]

You would not like how I play Elder Scrolls games, LMFAOOOOOOO

[inland oasis]

Blud follows traffic laws in GTAV 💀

[split ridge]

Lmao

If I play a game with gun violence, I usually like playing as military.

[river prairie]

Anyone here play arma reforger? I just purchased 3 & reforger. Just wondering if reforger has any single player stuff or at least pve. I’m getting too old for PvP 😄

I tried looking it up but can’t find any definitive info covering it

[dusty swan]

Not afaik, as its not a full game, it's basically a showcase/testing platform for arma 4. If you don't like pvp, I believe there are pve stuff.

Such as coop

The only content for reforger is player made, or at least it was the last time I looked when it came out.

[tranquil glen]

Considering nintendo prices probably over 100

[tranquil glen]

Either steal the money, or spend the “tax payer dollar”

Or just like have the massive number of people to throw at combat like 40k, and hd2

[austere lance]

No wonder this was taking so long to develop, there were only two people working on it til very recently when they managed to hire a couple dozen more 💀
https://youtu.be/GGXdfBC-VxM?si=P2KLjnLkZIVrzCYq

[dry copper]

There are so many bugs in Oblivion Remastered that it's legitimately funner because of it

It's like adding farts to a royal procession

[chilly scaffold]

As long as you're not in the open world it's very good I can't ignore all the fps lag

[shadow tartan]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2766880/Meowingtons_Simulator/

Steam

Meowingtons Simulator

Game Overview:
Get ready to take control of the most unique dance party ever with Meowingtons and pals! In this ragdoll dancing simulator, you’ll use intuitive controls to move Meowingtons to the beat of the music. Create hilariously chaotic dance routines, time your moves with the rhythm, and make that goofy cat bounce around.

Key Features…

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/6e-k9I94JLs

[shadow tartan]

Still has the RC of one of the things and some unreleased things

Not for resale

[inland oasis]

im always the nice gaurdian 😄

[prime pivot]

D2 has changed a lot since I last played it

What is the current power cap?

[inland oasis]

i think the base is like 2019-20? then + artifact.

im 2032 atm, says max @ 2019, then +13 on my artifact

[prime pivot]

Dame, I remember when it was 1350

The last few point were always the hardest to get imo

[frigid yarrow]

war is hell

[mental rose]

Oh goody... here we go again.

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA

[barren sparrow]

Damn another service that appeared out of nowhere, paid every YouTuber out there and their gradma to promote it turns out to not deliver anything it promised?

What a suprise

Haven't even watched the video yet, but it appeared in my recommendations

[dry copper]

I wouldn't say they don't deliver. There are just limits to what they can actually get deleted.

...and that's not something they can use as a sales pitch, so they don't tell you that there's a lot of data they can't help you with

[orchid fox]

find it funny wwere recommended the same stuff

[austere lance]

But he's one of the fast ways to level Sneak, lol

[shadow tartan]

Did you see this too?
https://youtu.be/K6BRDOxZqDs

Looking pretty good

Both have RE4 vibes

[austere lance]

Yee

[shadow tartan]

It's like they made a whole game around the Clifford Unger sections of Death Stranding

[austere lance]

LOL

[torpid lynx]

why's everything exploding

dude kicks a door and an entire wall EXPLODES

[shadow tartan]

Michael Bay effect eh Acey

[torpid lynx]

indeed

[mental rose]

fr? Do enlighten me

Leveling Sneak tends to be annoying

Granted I didn't do much cheesing during the OG days

[austere lance]

Just take him anywhere out of sight of guards, tell him to stay there, then crouch behind him and go in and out of his pocket inventory repeatedly

[mental rose]

And that's it? 🤨

[austere lance]

Power leveling lockpicking is easier, you can get that to 100 in five minutes 😆

[mental rose]

Dang...

Also I can't decide if I like Oblivion or Skyrim Orcish armor better...

Oblivion's Dwarven tho... 🌬️

[austere lance]

I like the amber armor

[mental rose]

Won't lie, that still looks cool. Orange Glass Armor

How do you access Shivering Isles content again?

[austere lance]

There's an island in the middle of the lake next to Bruma

[mental rose]

The island with the 3-faces-looking portal?
I remember that, but it's just that easy?

[austere lance]

Yep

[mental rose]

Huh...

[austere lance]

Time to try out Arc Raiders. I've been told it's a way better Marathon 😆

[split ridge]

is the new marathon bad? lol

[austere lance]

It's trash

[split ridge]

I had a feeling it would be trash.

[tranquil glen]

STRAFTAT

[stuck star]

anyone play the SAO games 🤔

[tranquil glen]

looks like a fun 1v1 game (sorry mods about the warning, was trying to link store page for it

[dry copper]

Ikea walls

[dry copper]

I leveled sneak by just walking into a corner for hours crouched in the first dungeon you appear in (in oblivion). There's a rat spawned in there who does a circle around a pillar in there and so you can literally grind sneak afk on it.

[chilly scaffold]

I need the oblivion dodge to be modded into Skyrim

[dry copper]

hold block and jump to the side?

[chilly scaffold]

The oblivion version just feels better to use

Level up acrobatics if you don't know what I mean I think it's at 25 in the remaster

[dry copper]

lol...My acrobatics is 100.

Can't level it any higher.

First two skills I maxxed were acrobatics and athletics.

Don't even have to exit the first area of the game to max that up. Just run around jumping for a considerable amount of time.

[chilly scaffold]

Normally people never even heard of the oblivion dodge but that's my bad for assuming aha

[dry copper]

The only thing that irritates me about Oblivion remastered is the random fps hiccups

My fps says 120 consistently and I still get random hiccups

[chilly scaffold]

I'd agree the fps is an issue hopefully patches come soon

[austere lance]

Arc Raiders is cool af so far, holy shit

[dusty swan]

https://youtu.be/O0OsUJOT-1s?si=C_tyCXZ2STsNPhqf

I so need to play this game, getting burnt out on nms

[chilly scaffold]

Getting burnt out on NMS is possible?

[inland oasis]

Too much of a good thing :p

[split ridge]

I got burnt out on in for a while as well.

[chilly scaffold]

I got burnt out on bg3 once lol
I sorta just snapped.
I tried to light a poison puddle on fire and when it didn't catch flames I was like man fuck this game

For context old larian games the poison would of caught fire, aha

[mental rose]

The more I play Oblivion Remaster, the more I'm starting to miss the features that were in Skyrim.
And the more I miss the things that weren't in Skyrim...

Such a strange feeling...

[chilly scaffold]

I understand that pov
I keep thinking these nice environments would be good for a survival mode and fishing

[mental rose]

More than that, I miss having companions who sometimes voice their thoughts while adventuring, and have your back in a fight.

Skyrim has spoiled me with all the companion mods, some of them even having custom voices.

Meanwhile replacing attributes with skill levels and Perks feels like Skyrim was oversimplified in retrospect...

[chilly scaffold]

I don't really use mods I'm a weirdo who likes vanillia
Granted I'm hypocritical when I say that because I like survival

Camping , backpack, cloaks
It feels like vanillia Skyrim

There's a modder who made frost fall and that don't really feel like vanillia Skyrim but it's still a cool survival mod

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Creation_Club
Alot of the creation club mods feel like they could be vanillia they fix the necromancy tree, adds horse armor, gives spell arrows

[dusty swan]

With over 3000 hours in nms, yes.

[chilly scaffold]

Oh my that is alot

[austere lance]

Fuck. I um, beat Expedition 33. It's getting GOTY. That's all

[shadow tartan]

I started playing it to avoid the Oblivion hype and now it is the hype

[dry copper]

Jesus. A lot of volcanoes are going off.

Etna, then kilauea and now Fuego

Less of a surprise from fuego tho mind you.

Fuego is an incontinent shit disturber.

Must be the two year peak of Kilauea or something and they just so happen to all coincide at the same time.

We're close to the record for the highest number of simultaneous volcanoes erupting at the same time! yay

Record is 50. We're at 45 presently.

[shadow tartan]

@dry copper probably blame the next financial crisis on volcanoes

[dry copper]

Kinda hard to blame the crisis on a volcano when they defunded FEMA

Not like they're spending more on emergency relief

You hear the new talking points? The United States is really excited about a recession now, trying desperately to rebrand the economic collapse as anything but devastating. It's now being called "short-term" to downplay the impact it's going to have....Like a short term bullet to the brain.

[shadow tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/jeff-goldblum-jeff-goldblum-life-finds-a-way-gif-8405245

[dry copper]

Oblivion gives me this annoying micro stutter every once in a while and it's enough to make me not want to play

[winter yew]

Damn oblivion remastered been out for a week the Skyrim better talk already started

[dry copper]

I honestly think after playing oblivion remastered, skyblivion would've been better.

The performance of this remaster is dogshit. I don't remember skyrim at launch having this many performance issues.

[shadow tartan]

Had one of the worst bugs at launch that I can remember, was surprised it even passed cert tbh

Frame rate issues are minor in comparison to that

[dry copper]

Frame rate issues are just the easier to deal with problems. If you paralyze someone and interact with their body in any way while it's paralyzed (attack it or force it to move in any way), the entire client crashes.

If you level up your marksman ability (which levels automatically on use), that ends up being every one.

Master marksman grants paralysis on shot

[shadow tartan]

Hope you click on the option to send your bug reports

Skyrim had an issue that caused one version to drop in price to bargain basement levels

Also made the game unplayable

But this is tradition

I'm sure those will get fixed in an update as it's so commonly known and reported now

If they don't then you can get a refund

Flushing out crashes is usually a priority for most

Top of the priority list for some of us

[chilly scaffold]

I played through dos and tw at launch I've seen some bugs

Worse than any Bethesda release

[coarse swift]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-aww-toilet-flush-gif-16016834

[neat crescent]

I might have a shot at this difficult level !!
Time to go through human torture 🤣

[sleek wren]

Yo I just read that paradox increased the price for crusader kings dlc

True?

[shadow tartan]

McDonalds increased the price of a large toffee latte

They did it 4 times last year too

[dry copper]

@stray flume This is for you because SPACE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d87NF8cKm8

[regal yew]

Epilepsy

[inland oasis]

space marines party too 😄

[tranquil glen]

far over the hellzone mountains to holes in deep and friend doors old, we must away ere call of reinforcing bots

[dry copper]

I just had a horrifying vision of the future

Morrowind Remaster

Daggerfall remaster

[inland oasis]

skyrim remaster remastered

[dry copper]

Then as technology develops further and Skyrim is old hat....new Skyrim Remaster Remaster>Oblivion Remaster Remaster>Morrowind Remaster Remaster>Daggerfall Remaster Remaster

[coarse swift]

Morrowind Remaster, but its this quality

[mental rose]

Oh ya mean mostly done with AI-upscaling?
"Taste the real man's heat"

[inland oasis]

base update 😄

[tranquil glen]

Arena: Remaster

The Elder Scrolls: Arena, REMASTER

[dry copper]

"We heard you like sequels, so we remade sequels of your sequels of your sequels of your sequels - Give money"

[violet wigeon]

And I can fully vouch for the reliability of this retailer. I have purchase many things from them without ever a problem. So it's legit. Ever since discovering the site, I've found it's usually always the cheapest out of all the ones I check, which are Humble, Green Man Gaming, Fanatical, Instant-Gaming, HRK Game, G2A, Gamivo, and a few others. Gamivo was always the cheaptest before I discovered Instant-Gaming, so I would recommend always checking those 2 websites for the cheapest deals.

[violet wigeon]

Which game is this from ?

[inland oasis]

rimworld

[tranquil glen]

ha sanyone raided thy arc?

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0rCA1vpgSw

I hate ray tracing

[tranquil glen]

Only thing i hate is having the default MOTION BLURR

To ON

[pure zinc]

This is the truth

Especially in first person games

Motion blur makes it look like shit lmfao

[fallen notch]

https://i.imgur.com/f7LguGg.jpeg

Ah, that's the one I was looking for

[quaint escarp]

jiggle physics has been made for oblivion remaster

[dry copper]

That's called frame rate hitching, not jiggle physics.

https://tenor.com/view/30fps-gif-21823477

[tranquil glen]

any game anywhere aside from flat games like factorio or um, no oxygen

[haughty rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/lag-gaming-door-gif-17974671

[sleek wren]

Yeah I've used instant gaming before too. Too bad they don't have regional pricing or else it would be my go to store to get games. As it stands now, I only buy the cheap games like 1-5 usd games

[split ridge]

expedition 33 doesn't really seem like my kind of game but I'm seriously thinking about shooting the gun and installing it.

[austere lance]

It's incredible

And this is coming from somebody who's hated every turn based game I've tried since Pokémon Platinum

E33 is just so fuckin good that I didn't care

[barren sparrow]

After playing i can say that's not my type of a game, but it was decently fun

[split ridge]

oh nice

[split ridge]

oh no it's turn-based?

[barren sparrow]

It's turn-based with QuickTime events

[austere lance]

Yes, but it's incredibly interactive turn based. You can parry and dodge enemy attacks and during your turn you can freely aim ranged attacks like a third person shooter

[split ridge]

I've heard that the game's sold really good.

[austere lance]

See above

E33 has the only turn based combat I've ever liked (besides 15 year old Pokémon games, lol) and probably ever will like. It's

[split ridge]

I have xbox gamepass so I don't really have anything to lose except my precious time lol

[barren sparrow]

You are paying for game pass either way so trying it out doesn't hurt

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[split ridge]

yeah that's true

although there are other stuff I could play lol

[austere lance]

Try the first hour of E33, you owe it to yourself to experience it

[barren sparrow]

Combat can be fun though it feels like balance is all over the place at times

I either wiped the floor with enemies or they wiped the floor using my face if I went in a wrong direction.

Dialogues feel... theatrical I guess, depends on you whether you like it or not

What I take a bit of a gripe is that story sets a serious tone at the start but in the first act you meet characters and see things that are just comedic.

Forshadowing is a bit obvious, but that's not a bad thing as suspecting the outcome doesn't always take enjoyment from the journey if done right

World-building seems interesting, but imo game suffers from not having some lore to look for or a codex. You hear about events, things, elements and you can't get deeper into what they mean. It's annoying.

Note that I'm still in Act 1 so idk how it goes further down the line

[upper glade]

I picked this up for May 4th too -- found a legally distinct chocobo

[austere lance]

Gotta have comedy to offset the tragedy, especially with the shit the characters go through 💀
If they didn't find sparks of joy and hope here and there they'd have no reason to continue. Their motto, "For those who come after", emphasizes that

And the lore gets explained as you go. You'll meet characters and do things that shine a light on the world around you

And I guarantee you you don't know the outcome, lol. The writers are Remedy worthy and will fuck up every theory you make, it's wild

[barren sparrow]

I recruited Esquie and got tired of comedy ( || going from a village of funny doll people to a guy sending me on a perilous mission to fight François, his neighbour || ), that's when I stopped playing, I want to get back to it as worlds seems interesting and combat is pretty fun. I also want to see how the journey goes.

I wouldn't call what I have a theory but || the old guy from the start seems to be Gustav, or some version of him. The broken doll girl is some version of girl from our party. In one of nightmares I saw them standing in front of the number 33 and the next frame has 100 so there might be some repeating cycle. Also in the prologue the girlfriend showed sympathy for the Paintress so I'm assuming she isn't doing whatever she is doing out of malevolence ||

[split ridge]

is it another one of those open world games?

[barren sparrow]

Nah

There are locations and an "overworld" map

Locations are more complex and you travel the world map with the characters

The world map has more bird view perspective

[split ridge]

Sweet

[barren sparrow]

So not theory but I suspect some things

[austere lance]

Aaaaaaah, there's so much I want to say about all of that but I can't 😆

Just...there's reasons for the funny characters, they're not just there comedic relief

[barren sparrow]

I dont necessarily have issues with funny characters, a funny/silly characters in circumstances can give a certain vibe

Create grotesque as an example

It's just meeting one after another what i find tiresome

[austere lance]

It's one cave with two goofy morons, lol. They're not gonna drag it on for hours

[tranquil glen]

anyone gonna Awaken them Dunes?

cause the community had wanted Directional Melee combat iirc (something akin to melee hitman) ithink

[coarse swift]

if I'm able to try it for free

[idle saffron]

No photomode.

NO PHOTOMODE

Whyyyy

[inland oasis]

if your seeing this: Youre awesome. :3

[tranquil glen]

Theres a free beta demo next weekend (9th-12th)

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Rvqs94u1M

Notice the clock ticking is in days and nights.

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5g4JUqssM

[quick leaf]

I haven't mounted one yet But i knew it's possible based on one of the available achievements

I'm playing on highest difficulty to get as much souls like experience as possible 🥲

[dry copper]

If you wanted a real souls like experience you'd just rage quit and stop playing.

That's what the souls like experience aims for.

It's like getting over it, but with rolling

[quick leaf]

Took me around hour yesterday to kill this Rencarn

[dry copper]

Doesn't that thing only have like three moves?

[quick leaf]

Nooo i have patience 😄 luckily

[quick leaf]

But it did 1 hit me

Only one of his attacks killed me with 2 hits

[dry copper]

One expects to be one hit by that thing

Fractured Malice pits you up against 2 of those rancors at the same time.

[quick leaf]

When I'm stuck at some boss i don't usually sit hours trying to hill him/ them, i open game, try to kill him/ them 5-10 and close the game. And keep doing it time to time untill eventually kill him/ them

And from my experience, when you try to defeat boss after taking the break, it's bigger chance to defeat him

[dry copper]

There's also a double oggdo bogdo challenge

[quick leaf]

I also have heard there's gonna be "frog"

[dry copper]

oggdo bogdo is the frog

[fallen notch]

Don't you mean "frogdo"?

[obtuse reef]

I picked up the game Vintage Story over the weekend and I’m having a lot of fun with it

It’s got a shit ton of mechanical depth that I’m really enjoying

[dry copper]

It is a nice game. Very challenging on a fundamental level.

A bit too much for me, but I appreciate the depth of crafting.

It's a great game for servers that engage with trading

[obtuse reef]

I love the attention to detail the devs added. I actually had a ceramic mold shatter because I was trying to pour the metal in the rain

[dry copper]

Unfortunately, the games difficult has resulted in most servers having admin that just cheat to get ahead

[obtuse reef]

I haven’t gotten too far, mostly been restarting a lot of worlds due to various issues, but I’ve managed to get into metal working a fair amount

I find the rifts kind of annoying though

Like, cool, I can’t do anything outside of my base for a day, amazing

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnlPCnb1hrI

[shadow tartan]

@austere lance you getting GoW reloaded?

[dry copper]

reloaded?

Sounds like a skidrow god of war knockoff lol

[inland oasis]

the matrix: reloaded xD

[shadow tartan]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/05/05/gears-of-war-reloaded-release-date/

[shadow tartan]

Nope

Just now we can play across platforms

So Ducky can call me a bitch in another game

[dry copper]

In dutch even

TEEF!

[austere lance]

Microsoft simply can't stop taking L's. They really decided to remaster a remaster instead of the WHOLE FUCKING TRILOGY like literally everyone has been asking for 🤣

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I know what you mean, don't know if they could have added crossplay to the last one and re-released it but from what I've read quite a bit of work has gone into this.
It's probably on GP anyway so you won't have to pay

And you don't want to turn down the chance of calling me a bitch soooo

MS's biggest L is making people unemployed so any work going on is a positive imo

[chilly scaffold]

I'm not even mad it's on ps5 we know Xbox ain't about that life anymore but just the first game you serious atleast do the trilogy

[austere lance]

I'd commit sins if they remastered the trilogy. 2 and 3 are fuckin peak, I've replayed them dozens of times. 1 is old clunky ass, no better how many fresh coats of paint they put on it

[shadow tartan]

I played 2 quite a bit with my mate

I'm sure they'll end up releasing them all when the work is done

And then bundle them as a trilogy

So people can wait if that's what they want

Time eh

Terminology and buzz words seem to detract from the work involved though

[chilly scaffold]

I wonder if it's an attempt to fix their sales problem
Surely they know ps5 has a low player base and lower game sales tho

[shadow tartan]

I said a while back that MS was poised to be one of the best game publishers of all time if they played their cards right

[mental rose]

@austere lance You seem to know your Oblivion stuff.
Can you rejoin factions later on if I do DB last?

Because you know, murder gets you kicked out.

[chilly scaffold]

Don't doing the optinal objectives stop it from counting as murder like the bruma head falling onto the guy chilling

[mental rose]

Oh yea, that one's hilarious.
Drop a whole candelabra on the guy. 😄

[austere lance]

I think murder against Guild members is the issue. Idk, Dark Brotherhood is always my first cuz of all the dank gear you get

[mental rose]

+Shadowmere

[austere lance]

Oh my Speed is so high that I'm faster than him, LMAO

[mental rose]

Ok, I might do Fighter's Guild next then. 🙂

[dusty swan]

Preordered and hoping for a beta key 🤞

[austere lance]

I think I'm at 70+ Acrobatics, lol

[mental rose]

Also I just learned 3x Minotaur Lords actually pack a punch... 😅

[austere lance]

But you get so much gold for killing them, lol

[mental rose]

Yea, 2,5k

However I seem to recall it was close to 4k at level cap or smth.

[austere lance]

My Speed is at like 80, so I just nyoom around them filling them full of stupidly powerful arrows from my bow that does 15 damage, lol

[mental rose]

But I'm not complaining

[austere lance]

I've got a Grand Amber Bow that does 15 damage and Grand Amber Arrows for it that also do that much, most things die pretty quick 😆

[dry copper]

but nobody wants to ride you in Cyrodil.

https://tenor.com/view/adoring-fan-adoring-fan-oblivion-gif-12220577

Almost no one

The adoring fan kinda looks like todd howard with his eyebrows raised up

[split ridge]

dang I literally just finished playing gears of war lol
Haven't they already remastered the first game?

with gears of war ultimate addition?

[shadow tartan]

@primal loom @dry copper dunno if you've checked out Hawthorn yet

http://www.PlayHawthorn.com/crowdfunding

https://youtu.be/UtqUwQ38Atc

[chilly scaffold]

Which BioWare devs we talking Baldur's Gate , Kotor , dragon age

[reef mountain]

https://www.reddit.com/r/OblivionAbominations/s/tMEdDUn6Sv

[obtuse reef]

Well this is less than ideal

I'm just trying to forge a hammer, man, I don't need four rifts literally right next to my base

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/jhgVu2lsi_k

[chilly scaffold]

BioWare devs mean so many different things lol

[shadow tartan]

Yeah, doesn't matter though

[chilly scaffold]

We can agree to disagree there I'd play a game by crpg BioWare or even origins BioWare

[shadow tartan]

I have no idea what that means

If someone can translate it would help

[winter yew]

It pretty much means old devs who worked on Baldur's Gate jade empire and so forth are superior to new devs and it's not the same dev work and quality between games id assume

I can't say I disagree old BioWare made far superior products

[shadow tartan]

Nah still don't get it

[winter yew]

Looks like a refusal to get it then lol
I'm guessing on the basis of all dev work equal even if the games themselves aren't

I got no horse in the race but I'd agree old BioWare was better

[shadow tartan]

If I was to judge either of you (or anyone for that matter) based on the companies you work for it would be moronic.

I highly doubt you would want to divulge 😉

[chilly scaffold]

Pretty much I didn't feel a need to respond because it's self explanatory

[chilly scaffold]

I'm a vet with classified missions judge away I'm not a good person xD

[winter yew]

https://tenor.com/view/plot-twist-gif-20369693

[shadow tartan]

As long as you're not a child predator, I don't really care

You just do your thing and I do mine

Hopefully you're somebody that excels at what you do

People that have classified jobs have it easy

[winter yew]

How we go from BioWare devs to I kill people I'm calling the mods lol (jk)

[shadow tartan]

Who kills people?

[winter yew]

Apparently Cinder 🫥

[shadow tartan]

That's their job at the end of the day

Same as some of my friends

Protecting freedom n stuff

Or oil

[charred badge]

Do you take care of Spy Fox?

[dry copper]

What military missions aren't classified at some point?

"Sarge! Your mission is to scrub the latrine! It's classified"

[obtuse reef]

I mean, I doubt you'd really want to recount that experience to anyone

[dry copper]

You'd probably tell people your missions were classified...

[obtuse reef]

yeah, probably

[dry copper]

Star Trek Resurgence on sale 50% off

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653940/Star_Trek_Resurgence/

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[charred badge]

Just make sure to use telegram

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/tapping-message-morse-code-fax-type-writer-gif-13768255

[charred badge]

Yes, that type. Definitely not some app.

[dry copper]

Are you sure you're not thinking Signal?

https://tenor.com/view/signals-hand-signals-signaling-hand-signal-signalling-gif-6210625434039373235

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HZwzo7E3gs

[charred badge]

Nope. Definitely not

[chilly scaffold]

Microsofts high on life is on switch today

[inland oasis]

this be looking like a cover photo for an album hes boutta drop xD

[dry copper]

Decided to purge my entire Skyrim mod library and start over. Part of the fun of the game, I find is getting mods to work together to do hilarious shit

It's not even worth keeping mods long term because modders don't maintain them

So cycling the library while it ruins saves, preserves integrity

[inland oasis]

me with rimworld

i rly need to do a purge but the game functions 98% of the time so it just doesnt seem worth it lol.

[abstract turret]

https://youtu.be/qeurNpMkA3c?si=CmUmT29WCxOiacAW

[abstract turret]

Internet melting

[tranquil glen]

Looks kinda lame Ngl

Standardized stereotypical florida??

[dry copper]

Not even close.

Florida is trash

That looks more like a cross between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

[tranquil glen]

😂 i call actuall bs on that

Yea well it is set in the keys

In miami

So

[dry copper]

Surprised the republicans didn't shit their britches screeing about that.

"How dare you represent the great state of florida as a debauchery of criminal enterprise. We got crypto!"

Welcome to Miami...eats your face with bathsalts

[tranquil glen]

Crocs but yea

[dry copper]

Does this mean that Dead Island 2 is based on Florida, too?

Google says Los Angeles

[tranquil glen]

Bruh its literally set in vice city which is based on Miami

Just like V was based on LA

[dry copper]

I just don't picture Florida being as liberal as that game looks

[tranquil glen]

And i dont think LA is a fucking island

Think people forget about creative liberties that separate fiction from realism fact that makes “video game look alikes” separately

Like comon you really think people in 3rd crusade looked like Ezio auditore? Maybe clothing wise but not in 360p

Sorry Not Ezio , Altair

[dry copper]

You seem really invested in your love of Florida.

[tranquil glen]

Grew up here and have lived here most of life

[obtuse reef]

Florida would be such a great place if it wasn’t for a good 98% of the population in that state

[tranquil glen]

Not gonna say i love it But from what i know of other states it’s much better financially and i think law wise as well

[dry copper]

I purged most of my old mods from skyrim and started a fresh updated installation without mods...and this stupid special edition comes with so much crap it's taking forever to download the extras

[inland oasis]

Florida gets a bad wrap because it participates in the sunshine law

Every and any crazy story from Florida can go public

[tranquil glen]

Half our population is from Penn to Maine

Or was

[obtuse reef]

Okay, counterpoint, there’s also a shit ton of meth and alligator related crimes (usually in tandem)

[dry copper]

Alligator meth

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/umm-wait-never-mind-gif-9467929

[tranquil glen]

We also had the most school violence issues i know of out of all the states

[obtuse reef]

Colorado also has a shit ton of really crazy crimes, but usually leaning more on the serious side

[tranquil glen]

They also dont have hurricanes and gators& crocs

Yes we have both

[brave trail]

Now released
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525310/Drop_Duchy/

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[inland oasis]

I’m in PA so I hear about Philly, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Harrisburg horror stories as much as I do Florida. It balances out 😅💀

[tranquil glen]

He a city boi

[obtuse reef]

Okay, but a good 75% of Colorado is mindnumbingly boring, crime is about the only thing to do down in the plains

[inland oasis]

I really am but live out in farmland

[tranquil glen]

Am suburbiboi

[inland oasis]

Bingo

Rural tbh

[tranquil glen]

Thats not suburbia

[mental rose]

PA was what? Pennsylvania?

[inland oasis]

I know I’m correcting myself

[tranquil glen]

Yeaa

[tranquil glen]

He did also go on to list their main cities as well..

philly pitsburg..

[inland oasis]

That’s NY obviously 💀

[mental rose]

That's a lot of P's in a state. 😄

[obtuse reef]

If y’all ever go to Colorado, do yourselves a favor and stay in the mountains

[tranquil glen]

nope

Idc if u joke

[inland oasis]

I would hope you didn’t take it seriously

[mental rose]

Isn't Colorado where Skynet was housed in the movies?
Mount... something

Some secret mountain base

[tranquil glen]

Considering i dont give a rats ass about northern states and their cities how should I know what ones part of what state (aside from Nyny and a few others that are most iconic)

[obtuse reef]

I mean, Colorado is a great place to hide shit

[tranquil glen]

Philly, albana, baltimore, etc

Albana? Albany*

[dry copper]

Hide shit in colorado. Everything's shit there so it will blend in 😛

[inland oasis]

Albany is in NY

[tranquil glen]

Ik

I said northern states

[obtuse reef]

That’s true for the plains. The mountains are fucking amazing though

[inland oasis]

You named PA cities tho

[dry copper]

Pro-Tip: Don't hide shit in the mountains.

[inland oasis]

Philly and Baltimore

[dry copper]

Bears

[tranquil glen]

And ny ones..

[obtuse reef]

Elk are actually a bigger problem in the mountains, at least in Colorado. Bears are rare up there

Seen more bears here in NC

[tranquil glen]

Montpieler, bar harbor
Manchester, providence, newport…

I dont personally know many more just iconic ones and ones with family

Doesnt really matter tho as i still dont care what state their in LOL

I know what their in but i dont care to remeber t their in i know reference pointd (family lives in X state in X city hey that sounds familiar, etc) but not hey city is in Y state

[winter yew]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-gamestop-canada-bought-by-quebec-toy-maker-to-be-rebranded-eb-games/
They just switched their stores from eb games to gamestop recently too in Canada lol

[inland oasis]

We had a mall where GameStop took over all the EBgamestores lol. Even tho they’re literally picture perfect identical stores haha

[coarse swift]

They are not serious right now

Ah that explains it

Renegades is just fully leaning into Star Wars

[balmy plaza]

Really struggling to find a positive in this one ngl 😂

It's even officially lisenced

So it's not just aesthetic inspiration, it's actual Star Wars

[coarse swift]

This is so fucking ass lol

[balmy plaza]

Yeah ngl, I think that's the final straw for me

Okay so apparently it's just the aesthetics

Which is still gross af

But not as terrible

[coarse swift]

Creative bankruptcy tho

[inland oasis]

i think its fucking stupid lmao.

they dipped into star wars already now theyre just plunging right into it

[coarse swift]

Also

[quartz ferry]

I love destiny but like after the final shape there is little to no reason to play

The story was basically 100% wrapped up

They built like a huge big bad that basically caused almost everything

[inland oasis]

who is that?

i didnt watch the stream on twitch

[quartz ferry]

If I'm not wrong he a guardian from the collapse

[coarse swift]

Some guardian guy that'll be with us on Kepler during Edge of Fate

[inland oasis]

looks like an aaron

[coarse swift]

Least he ain't Shaw

[inland oasis]

xD who?

useless ass in the EDZ XD

[inland oasis]

when you accidentally put your hoodie on backwards 💀

[balmy plaza]

For sure. And if it isn't a crossover story this time, there's a good chance it will be eventually

I love the Nine but I have 0 interest in this new dlc/ saga

[inland oasis]

only good part

[nova eagle]

Yesterday I got my Star overdrive, and today I get to play it.

[balmy plaza]

Edge of fate looks semi decent, not sure why that guy left his new garage though

[inland oasis]

to seek more Knowledge

[balmy plaza]

Tru

I'm at least happy there seems to be a decent amount of new units to fight

And the loot changes look good

[inland oasis]

im currently bout to try out rite of the nine for the first time

[balmy plaza]

But oh god renegades makes my skin crawl lol

[inland oasis]

still wandering the first non combat room

im so mad every weapon there is i think can be attuned to, except a sword. which is what i wanted

they even got a glaive....but no sword like cmon

[balmy plaza]

I'm honestly not sure which dungeons have swords

I think it's just the castle one iirc?

[inland oasis]

whats dungeons gotta do with it? lol

wait nvm

i like this, also, i wonder if the attuneable loot is the loot from the dungeon thats in the new mode

[tranquil glen]

darth vader dont look like a darth in that

[coarse swift]

Even Lord Helmet wore it better

[abstract turret]

UK Manchester & Newport very different 😆

[tranquil glen]

and I wonder rhetorically why its named NEW England

[abstract turret]

Coming from Wales the UK can keep England 😆 😲

[tranquil glen]

bro didnt get it then

[late plinth]

My sister and brother in law gifted me the Final Fantasy 1-6 pixel remaster. I'm going to attempt a chronological playthrough of all of them.

[dry copper]

Humble Bundle for may

[sleek wren]

It's so good

I would've bought this month's bundle of only they had regional currencies

Like the value is fucking insane

Eiyuden chronicles- jrpg
Evil West - action rpg
Thaumaturge - crpg
Ultros - metroidvania
Shadow gambit - amazing game

ITTS SO GOOOODDDD

If any of you want me to help you get those keys off your hands 😉

[dull lintel]

What do y'all think of the new GTA VI Teaser?

[dry copper]

Who cares about pre-rendered CG videos? I'll care when I see gameplay.

[dull lintel]

I care a bit I'd say. Based on the trailer it looks like a very boring and foreseeable story. And the characters look so uncanny 👀

[tranquil glen]

Well yea no big company apparently can make actually unique stories nowdays

[mellow dune]

I Disagree

Last 2 Black Ops games have had quite fun stories

I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Black Ops 6 and Black Ops Cold War

[split ridge]

Has anyone here played a game called Foxhole?

[mellow dune]

Hello logal logistics main here

[split ridge]

nice

[tranquil glen]

treyarch aint that big

and the fact there can be outliers

[dry copper]

There hasn't been an original story since Homer's Odyssey.

The classic heroes story

[tranquil glen]

isnt homer's odyssey realy just ET GO HOME?

[dry copper]

Isn't ET GET LOST just Oedipus with extra steps?

[tranquil glen]

was saying that bc i dont recall all of odyssey

[dry copper]

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

[mellow dune]

Still doesn't mean that they can't put out a good story for the fact they're big in their industry

[dry copper]

I saw the official reveal of CoD modern warfare and it made me want to buy the game

I never did tho

[split ridge]

I liked the older cod games. COD World at War is still one of my favorites.

[tranquil glen]

heres me rockin that bo3 campaign

which is probably the most confusing of the 5*

[dry copper]

Baldur's Ops 3

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/bo3-black-ops3-black-ops-cod-call-of-duty-gif-22751592

[split ridge]

Any mass effect fans?

[austere lance]

Hell yeah

[tranquil glen]

i have one never played oit

[austere lance]

Get the Legendary Edition of the trilogy, it's

[split ridge]

It's worth a try.

[dry copper]

I wonder when they hire key to do oblivion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEW6dX_BmU

[tranquil glen]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ORnacJ_zEFQ?si=uF_qeUR4lehCAGLz

[pure zinc]

Anyone here played tlou 2?

Or seen those aggressive gameplay videos for it?

Would that kind of combat style even work irl?

https://youtu.be/5xfzDURNYK0?si=MjXfJR_xMzGFMjKn
example

Some of it is fast paced, but also grounded at the same time, and ngl it all looks achievable irl, so long as you don’t shoot yourself while diving or something

[abstract turret]

https://youtu.be/nDbQTc3Tzdw?si=y1jhwzvCVwoZjaj-

[dusty swan]

Got my Beta key for this weekends Dune Awakening 😮 🥳 🥳 🥳

[idle saffron]

Which one is that?

[dusty swan]

https://x.com/Razer/status/1919905093073113591

R Λ Z Ξ R (@Razer) on X

Join the large-scale @DuneAwakening BETA Weekend, starting in less than a week! Can you survive Arrakis? Grab your BETA key now from Razer's Discord channel at: https://t.co/yebrsqRILx

BETA game access commences on May 9 and ends on May 12, so act fast!

#RazerPAX

X · May 7, 2025, 12:00 AM

[idle saffron]

MMO?

[dusty swan]

Yes

Mainly pve, 1 pvp zone

Jason and Xaine have a video on it from last weekend

https://youtu.be/sBNOxNrMdZs?si=n-tEWrXA23ehSRXk

[idle saffron]

Oh interesting. Similar to the Division in that respect

[dusty swan]

Yes, been obsessed with it since watching streamers beta test a week or so ago

Vehicles, survival, crafting

Base building

[idle saffron]

Sweet you got in the Beta then!

[dusty swan]

They are having a server load test, so can sign up for chance on steam, also streamers etc are gonna be giving keys away

[idle saffron]

I'm interested now, I like the PVE aspects

And the duneverse is terrific

[dusty swan]

I always wanted to explore the duneverse more, star wars been done to death

Main survival thing seems to be collecting water, staying in shade so you don't overheat and expend water fast, and avoiding sand worms

[idle saffron]

Makes sense for Dune!

[dusty swan]

Basically story is an alternative universe to movies n books, where if Paul wasn't born, and they had a female child instead. The Atredis survived the battle cause of changes to timeline, fremen were all but wiped out. House atredis and harkononen going at it on arakis

[idle saffron]

Oooh nice, so they can use more freedom in their storyline

[dusty swan]

Cause Paul has the power to see future timeliness etc

And this is one of them

Basically you crash land on Arakis, with nothing so you have to scavenge for clothes, weapons, water, build a base etc

I just suggest watching some videos, maybe not Jason and xaines, a lot of streamers, just streamed for hours so you get a better idea of gameplay etc

[idle saffron]

Thank you, I shall do that

[dusty swan]

Vehicle wise you can make bikes, buggies and the flying dragonfly things

Comes out June 10th, or 5th if you pay more, which is like 4 weeks away

[idle saffron]

I can use those dragonfly ships? That's very nice

[tranquil glen]

Yea orinthopters

Cant wait for the beta test this weekend

[dry copper]

Hopefully they don't do dirty like Forever Winter water had

[idle saffron]

I'd assume you are able to get tech at some point that recycles your sweat - and maybe those whatever's that drain the water from bodies?

Would make PvP funny - Not only did I kill you, now I'm taking your water and I'm going to drink you later

[dusty swan]

You drain blood off enemies, then purify it to water, later you can get stuff on base that extracts water from air

[idle saffron]

Yessss

Drink the water of your victims!

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BjBQxWhBXg

love this ingenuity

We're closer today than we have ever been to kessler syndrome.

[idle saffron]

Fire from the sky

Not good enough to pollute the planet, gotta get space too

https://x.com/nomanssky/status/1920076344760598922?s=61

Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) on X

is this why they delayed it

X · May 7, 2025, 11:20 AM

Sean trolling lol

[dry copper]

Because they can't handle sandle

It starts with the sandles and then you realize that your horses can fly and none of your pedestrians care about traffic laws.

[idle saffron]

Lol

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/vampire-cartoon-marshall-lee-adventure-gif-25481059

[idle saffron]

Lmao

[mental rose]

So long as you don't lose water, while offline.
cough Forever Winter cough

Oh. Mumbles beat me to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2KQJhCNfJo

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/easy-allies-eza-ez-giffin-easy-livin-isla-and-don-hit-the-beach-gif-26128550

Plenty of room to beat the sea

[tranquil glen]

From what i saw via content created u start with dew harvesting

[dusty swan]

No however you do have a base that needs fuel, to power the shield. The fuel is used realtime when and when not playing. When your base has no shield, it then can be damaged by Sand Storms until eventually it is wrecked. This is a mechanic that if people dont play for a while, then they lose their bases, so servers are not littered with bases that are owned by players who no longer play. A fully fueled base lasts for 20 ish real time days

The shield also stops players who dont have access privilidges to your base from entering it

[mental rose]

Ok, interesting.

[obtuse reef]

Honestly that’s a pretty fair mechanic, assuming fuel isn’t too difficult to obtain. It sounds like even if your base is unfuelled, it’s not like it instantly gets destroyed

[dusty swan]

From the beta stream I saw, it seems easy to get

[mental rose]

Already getting ARK Scorched Earth vibes. Bases in there would decay after 30 days after which anyone could claim them for free.

[obtuse reef]

I think I remember reading a review for Forever Winter that said that if you ran out of water, you lost a shit ton of progress instantly

Apparently they removed that, but I’m not too sure

[mental rose]

The Deathworms are even inspired by Sandworms.

[dusty swan]

For me, it has enough in common with nms for me to be interested, ie the survival, collecting, crafting and making bases

[obtuse reef]

I’m curious if there’s spice harvesting

Like, would you get to have one of those bigass spice harvesters and operate it

[mental rose]

Spice is toxic to humans, right?

I'm not too familiar with Dune-verse

[obtuse reef]

No, spice is what allows humans to use FTL travel in high doses

[dusty swan]

https://youtube.com/shorts/8_jfdaXsDRE?si=B5kOksW_VDxxvKiq

bit of a poop video, but gives an idea, "small sand worm"

[mental rose]

Ok, so not at all like Tiberium like I imagined

[obtuse reef]

Spice can heavily mutate those who use it for FTL travel, however, those people become dependent on spice iirc and it allows them to basically transcend the limits of the human brain

[mental rose]

And get blue eyes, apparently

[obtuse reef]

In small doses over an extended period of time, yes

That’s why Arakkis is such a huge deal, because it’s the only planet with spice on it. Whoever controls the spice, controls humanity

[inland oasis]

lmao meanwhile my dumbass thought that they were just calling salt spice since they were in a desert any sort of condiment would be sacred xD

[mental rose]

And the Emperor basically lets the Houses duke it out for control.

[obtuse reef]

It’s just it’s such a harsh environment that large scale spice harvesting operations aren’t really viable

[obtuse reef]

I think the House Atreides and House Harkonnen were his favorites, iirc Harkonnen controlled Arakkis for quite a while

[mental rose]

Or was it that the House that gathers most spice earns the right of ownership to Arrakis? 🤔

[obtuse reef]

Spice is basically a tithe

It’s actually mentioned in the movie that the Harkonnens left a bunch of shitty equipment, meaning spice couldn’t be harvested efficiently enough

I think it’s a combination of who the Emperor likes and who can actually produce enough spice. If the Emperor likes you but you can’t make enough spice, he’ll probably back another House to kick you off Arakkis

[mental rose]

"The House which produces the most Spice, controls Dune." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_N1zkgwLTY

[obtuse reef]

I think spice is actually used as seasoning

[obtuse reef]

Yeeees, but you have to be given Arakkis first. From what I can tell, kicking a House off of their planet without Imperial support is generally frowned upon

[verbal plume]

today is a happy day for minecraft bedrock players

[mental rose]

True, but I think in the case of the game, whoever harvests the most spice earns the right of absolute control for Arrakis.
A type of total victory for whichever house you play as

[obtuse reef]

The politics are really complicated and annoying. At first, I think the Harkonnens were having their spice harvesting operations sabotaged, so control of Arakkis was given to the Atreides. Then, butthurt over the whole thing, the Harkonnens used their favor with the Emperor to bring in his personal elite shock troops to do a coup

[mental rose]

It's unfortunate tho that House Ordos isn't canon...

[verbal plume]

looks great

[obtuse reef]

Another reason spice harvesting is such a huge pain in the ass is that the vibrations of the equipment is basically telling every sandworm within 100 miles “hey, there’s a big snack here”, and they’re actually large enough to swallow a harvester whole

[mental rose]

"Worm attack!"

[obtuse reef]

Not to mention that the locals are usually really unhappy with a giant fucking sandcrawler being parked right in their territory, especially because it’s enriching the occupiers of the planet

[mental rose]

Was it that the Sandworms are what produces Spice and keeps it renewable?

[obtuse reef]

My memory’s a bit hazy on this, but I know that the worms are connected to the spice.

Spice comes from, iirc, subterranean pockets of gas (don’t ask me how those gasses come about, I don’t remember lol)

In any case, the spice isn’t actually in deposits, it’s usually really mixed in with the sand

The harvesters are basically just really big strainers

[mental rose]

But anyway, if there is gonna be Spice harvesting in Dune Awakening, it could either;
A) Be a highly rare and valuable trade commodity.
B) Multipurpose-resource.

[obtuse reef]

It’d probably be A

It’s always hyped up as this super exotic resource that can allow humans to use some absurdly advanced technology and give superhuman abilities to the right people

I doubt you can really justify using it as a general purpose resource

[dusty swan]

From what I can gather there are objectives to complete in the Landraad, that give a guild votes, and I think most points for a house wins, then they can decide policys for server

[mental rose]

Ooh

[obtuse reef]

Well that’s interesting

I can see that generating a good amount of competition

[dusty swan]

like an objective for that week might be supply 200 bikes

[mental rose]

And it keeps the theme that Houses contest for Arrakis on the regular.

[dusty swan]

some of it will be pvp related and some pve related

[obtuse reef]

I’d just want to be a spice magnate. Not even for my own use, just because my brain gets happy when money number get big

[dusty swan]

https://www.youtube.com/live/_k0389iSNIw?si=b5RyMJ1q8w7Emgyi

[mental rose]

Wouldn't that be something. Being a small time Spice trader/warlord.
Claim a slice of Arrakis for yourself, at the risk of angering the great Houses. 😄

[dusty swan]

Landsraad stuff starts at 1 hr 50

[mental rose]

Ooh! Or even a Spice smuggler

[obtuse reef]

I’m thinking more being an independent contractor sort of deal. A House could pay me a shit ton of money, I’d essentially work as a spice harvester for them

[dusty swan]

I was thinking of selling gear at edge of pvp zone 🙂

[obtuse reef]

Well, the people who got rich from gold rushes were typically those selling supplies

[mental rose]

I could see the person who manufactures Harvesters being pretty big shot

Resource-gathering vehicles are on the expensive side in strategy games

[obtuse reef]

Vehicles in general would probably be exceptionally valuable

Ornithopters are absurdly fast and good for transporting small amounts of personnel or supplies safely

[dusty swan]

probably take a lot of water, I know iron and steel take loads of water to make

[obtuse reef]

Or you’d probably need to spend a good amount of time prospecting and harvesting

[mental rose]

So that's what they look like... huh

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, they’re massive

[dusty swan]

but thats where friends/MP come in, help each other gather stuff, share at bases

[obtuse reef]

And remember: worms are big enough to swallow multiple harvesters whole

[idle saffron]

Hard to get the size context there

Where is the banana

[obtuse reef]

The movie shows how big an older model is. They’re titanic

[mental rose]

I meant that they look like a rectangle on tracks. 😄

[idle saffron]

Yep!

[mental rose]

Lemme see if I can find a scale

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, cause they’re basically just giant sifters with a bunch of spice storage attached

Their goal is to harvest as much spice in as little time as possible before they get wormed

[mental rose]

Right, because you don't refine Spice. You just collect and send.
And get credits in return

In strategy games

[obtuse reef]

I think there may be some refining involved, but it probably isn’t anything super complex like smelting ores

Just really basic stuff

[mental rose]

I think someone took these pics from the movie and calculated the size compared to a human(?) https://www.reddit.com/r/dune/comments/qu1x8s/rough_approximation_of_shaihulud_diameter_in/

A track segment is 6.5m

[obtuse reef]

That’s just tall, too. The harvesters are much longer and wider than they are tall

[dusty swan]

Yer I saw one streamer, just built his base just too far onto sand, 5 seconds later, without warning, that thing rose up, swallowed him and his base, was funny/shocking

been trying to find the clip

[obtuse reef]

This is why you build on rocks

[dusty swan]

Ill probably do an nms special, a box

at least 1st base

[obtuse reef]

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

[dusty swan]

I like how you can blueprint bases

[obtuse reef]

You know, I wonder if the game will simulate what happens if a laser hits a shield

I can’t imagine shields will see too much use, though. From what I gather, the game seems to mostly focus on being in worm territory

[dusty swan]

Ive no clue, I know there are the player hubs in the cities

The only shields I know are base ones and personal shields

[obtuse reef]

In other news, I survived my first temporal storm in Vintage Story. It was really underwhelming, funnily enough. It was only a light storm, but even then I still just sat on my roof while watching the drifters try and throw rocks at me

[tranquil glen]

And share em with others

So they can auto build prefab holos of it

[dusty swan]

Not just that, but also easy base when you start a new area

[tranquil glen]

Mmm wonder how many people gonna be on this weekend for the beta playtest

[dry copper]

At least 1

[tranquil glen]

yes, me

[dusty swan]

2 me as well

NipNip is better than Spice

[mental rose]

Well that's odd... I've been paralyzed twice now in my Oblivion playthrough and the game didn't crash... 🤨

[dry copper]

You have to paralyze others

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2353250/Astrometica/ 20% off

Steam

Astrometica

Immerse yourself in Astrometica, a space exploration and base-building survival game.…

Price

$15.99

Recommendations

1758

▶ Play video

https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-monster-hunter-bundle

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOs4YGKVXoE

[verbal plume]

minecraft bedrock now has native shaders

[tranquil glen]

That second image really reminds me of oldcraft

[dry copper]

Do you enjoy reading legal documents? THEN BOY DO I HAVE A CASE FOR YOU! This 102 page summary judgement is a work of art.
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/beryl-howell-perkins-coie-summary-judgment-opinion.pdf

[tranquil glen]

tosses to GPT

[dry copper]

Just flip to the last page if you're just gunna TLDR it. The conclusion is the last part.

It summarizes the final statements of the judgement

[tranquil glen]

Was making a funny, but nah i honestly dont care for legal documentation

Guys there gonna be a pvp DUNE tournament at PAX

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1009531104660819998/1369724972649549844/Dune_Awakening_-_Team_Atreides_16_9.jpg?ex=681ce749&is=681b95c9&hm=8f77207f636beeca8afbbab0f63bab60718270805a02873cd0a810894ab277cc&

[charred badge]

This is abandonware, right?

Or would it be vaporware?
... What do you call a game that hit alpha and went on sale, then abandoned?

[dry copper]

Not abandoned but heavily sidelined

https://massivelyop.com/2024/10/25/trine-studio-frozenbyte-is-still-working-on-2021-sci-fi-sandbox-starbase/

Unfortunately, Frozenbyte sidelining this title with the hype it had could easily ruin the title they're working on instead (Trine 5)

I mean...

It didn't help its sales.

[tranquil glen]

I wonder how big the area will be

[verbal plume]

what did yall think of the gta 6 trailer?

the website gives off a lot more info

there's 6 regions in the game

[dry copper]

Didn't move the needle for me one bit. Stop showing me pre-rendered footage and gimme gameplay.

Rockstar has a history of releasing games that perform like dogshit on PC and taking everyone's money before they ever release performance fixes, if ever they do...I'm not even sure they released performance fixes for the remasters.

[verbal plume]

interesting, as a console person ive never really had a problem with rdr2, i didnt play gta 5 early enough though

i agree i do wanna see gameplay though

[dry copper]

Console is easier to release for than PC.

[verbal plume]

yea, i imagine thats why they wait usually about a year

but even still i guess

lol

[charred badge]

Easier, at least when they don't put much effort into storage optimization

[inland oasis]

100% still need some kinda gameplay trailer indeed. However rockstar in terms of quality in my opinion hasn’t been bad. Greedy? Yea sure. But you can’t tell me the world building and story of rdr2( then gta6) potentially being even better isn’t gonna be good. Delaying another year sucks but isn’t a big deal to me cuz if they wanna get it right, fine, do you rockstar. It’s just gotta be that good when it comes out tho then

[dry copper]

I don't think anyone mentioned the delay.

RDR2 likely happened in spite of rockstar. Might explain why Rockstar did so little to expand on it while milking GTA5 like a cash cow, instead.

Right from the get go, RDR2's Online community were asking for the kind of love GTA5 got

[inland oasis]

Damn I’m still waking up I read gameplay and delay mixed up

[dry copper]

What's the strongest earthquake mankind has ever known?

[inland oasis]

Goog says tambora

Damn I rly am just waking up

That’s a fucking volcano

Valdivia earthquake

[inland oasis]

9.5 in chile

[dry copper]

Ah I see

[fleet moat]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-cute-angry-annoyed-stressed-stressed-out-gif-1293145075621922395

[dry copper]

xkcd said to get a magnitude 10, the faultline that ruptured would need to be 3500km long

Magnitude 11 would require a faultline rupture half the length of the planet's circumference.

[inland oasis]

Imagine the tsunami

If it took place in the right conditions

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuf7uLujKDs

[pure zinc]

I kitbashed this guy

He’s not anyone specific

I might make lore for him

Ex returning black Templar coming to absolutely decimate the enemy lines

Originally left the black Templars because he was upset the bt’s took breaks at all

Bloodlusted, he left to kill things on his own accord

And only came back in dire times

He will be an extra for my survivor squad grimaldus

[pure zinc]

What I have

Vs what’s left

I’m also very likely going to get more black Templars to fill all my optional weapon slots for kill team, and make custom characters with lore for my survivor squad grimaldus

I also just realized what channel this is

[inland oasis]

He is alpharius

[pure zinc]

If I could learn how to do alpha legion conversions I may do a BT alpha legion mix

[tranquil glen]

Hehehe

https://youtube.com/shorts/-OqDnxhhm94?si=mEiY8JUxnOvV92li

[inland oasis]

Shredded lol

https://medal.tv/games/destiny-2/clips/kenS4t0LYdTi029fG

[coarse swift]

Palworld gettin fucked by Nintendo some more

thats sad

also confirmed these changes are a result of the patent lawsuit

[shadow tartan]

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/05/07/welcome-teamlfg-to-the-playstation-studios-family/

Sounds interesting

[shadow tartan]

Pal Around And Find Out

Feel bad for them

Only one company is allowed to capture brain damaged animals and make them fight

[coarse swift]

wish Japan enforced fair use laws

but I know they all love their Nintendo

[shadow tartan]

Not just Japan

Laws are weird

Fuck it

[inland oasis]

That case would get shot down here

[shadow tartan]

Probably why NOA didn't bring it up there

[inland oasis]

Oh for sure

[shadow tartan]

It's not the first time they've been in trouble for monopoly

[inland oasis]

If they can’t win outright they’re still just gonna try to be the biggest hassle they can be

[austere lance]

Obligatory "Fuck Nintendo"

[shadow tartan]

But I'd be lying if I didn't think Palworld wasn't a bit of a Pokémon rip-off, looks like Pokémon to me

Glad I never liked Pokémon to being with

Too much drama and obsession

So many other great things that people are making

Drop in the ocean

[inland oasis]

I wouldn’t say rip off cuz it does it better

[coarse swift]

if it weren't for Gamefreak being lazy little shits about making a good Pokemon game, I'd feel the same

[inland oasis]

It’s a mimicry for sure

[coarse swift]

but because Gamefreak sucks ass, I wanna align with Palworld

[inland oasis]

Rip offs usually tend to ride the popularity wave and don’t actually succeed

[austere lance]

I'll buy Expedition 33 66 fuckin times before I buy a Nintendo product, lol

[shadow tartan]

This is kinda why I wanted to stay away from big IPs

[coarse swift]

Usually yea

Palworld's still top 3 all time on Steam

[shadow tartan]

I wouldn't say that but 33 is a great example of something outside of the norm that I'd rather play

[inland oasis]

Exactly how doesnsomething that’s better than the OG be a rip off

It’s an improvement

But it is similar

No denying that

[shadow tartan]

All they had to do was appease their Pokéoverlords

[austere lance]

Palworld has equal amounts of Ark or Conan Exiles gameplay in it as it does Pokémon, complete with the same damn UI. But those studios don't care

More like Ark tbh, cuz guns

[shadow tartan]

Yeah

I still remember us nabbing a feature from a popular Nintendo game and nothing happening

[coarse swift]

Nintendo is like the bitchy mom at a PTA meeting defending their bad behavior Gamefreak child, who actually did come up with some cool stuff but doesn't want any of the other kids to do it too

[shadow tartan]

It's only when you get popular

Or make money

Pokémon Company wants their pound of Pokéflesh

[shadow tartan]

This
But at the same time if you've mashed together features and ideas from a bunch of popular games they're not very original.
There's a bunch of people trying to make things new or exciting that don't get the attention they deserve.

Expedition 33 is cleaning up though booooeeey

They got a 9.8

Ok it went down 0.1

But that's fuckin serious

[coarse swift]

Is it really that good?

[shadow tartan]

From what I've seen all over my feeds from people, yeah

[coarse swift]

Just looked a lot like Honkai Star Rail but in Forspoken to me

[shadow tartan]

It seems to deliver what some people were missing

There's an element of nostalgia in there too which people oil up like P Diddy

[inland oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/diddy-baby-oil-fast-and-furious-p-diddy-cristi-gif-15582457187702743866

The rock saying “better hide that bigass forehead” was unscripted but kept in 💀

[shadow tartan]

Whilst I agree with that from personal experience it's just a hot take.
Even if I don't like it I can't be ungrateful for some of the things I've learnt at bigger companies.

[shadow tartan]

Image isn't showing, was it the Tyrese bit?

He rinsed Tyrese man

[austere lance]

Yes

It's my game of the decade, easily

[shadow tartan]

Fapedition 33 for Ducky

[coarse swift]

spose if I can snag it on sale someday I'll try it

[brave trail]

It is a real typical JRPG with great graphics and a near perfect narrative part.
There is a real lack of JRPG games right now on the market so when one is released, especially one of this quality, it is a sure hit.

It proves open-world and refusal of turn-based mechanics doesn't make a better

[austere lance]

All I'm saying is someone from one of my other servers who had basically given up on gaming and only bought them anymore to take pretty screenshots and test out his PC bought E33 because we were all praising it then put 12 hours into it in his first sitting, lol

Then he had to cut back a little so he didn't turn into that World of Warcraft South Park episode, but he still did well over 30 hours in four days while working full time 😆

[inland oasis]

That’s peak performance

[shadow tartan]

@austere lance @primal loom @idle saffron
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/05/08/revealing-the-dualsense-wireless-controller-death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-limited-edition/

Not as cool as the piss coloured PS4 one but still

[idle saffron]

Badass

[inland oasis]

i did a thing...

[idle saffron]

Very fun

[inland oasis]

downloaded fast as shit too its already done xD

[idle saffron]

And just so you know, you have no idea what is happening even once you think you do. (Presuming you haven't spoiled yourself)

[inland oasis]

im goin in blind. didnt even watch the steam trailer

[idle saffron]

Great twists

Enjoy

[inland oasis]

you mean to say its......im gonna say it...

Obscure?

[idle saffron]

[inland oasis]

i need a better pc. :/ even on all low i get lik 23-27 fps.

still tweakin a bit

[inland oasis]

roughly as good as i can get it. 34-37 fps in just this first area alone.

while still looking pretty, and not super pixely and grainy

now the game really begins ^_^

[idle saffron]

Quick Tutorial Time!

[inland oasis]

god i wish i could play this at max. its already pretty

and no photo mode D: but ugh ❤️

[idle saffron]

That lack of photomode is brutal

I'm hoping with their sales numbers they will have funding to add one

And want to

[inland oasis]

yea it looks phenomenal enviromental wise so far

[inland oasis]

ugh that cutscene 😭 🥺 💔 ...so good tho

and like u said idek wtf happened xD

[idle saffron]

[inland oasis]

what do these letters mean? is it like a grade of what there proficient with?

nvm figured it out lol

[mental rose]

Hehe, I like how they reworded Strength to Might. 🙂

[fiery gale]

https://youtu.be/6va1hQxqkLA?si=Drx4nUQd1FbkbUsh

any timberborn gamers here?

[inland oasis]

1st boss boss, down :3

im SO bad at getting the damn reaction timing down. some attacks have the weird slowdown so you can time it, but then when i go to parry its too early like theres still a little delay ontop of the slowmo. im horrible at it.

ok, game was listening to me

[chilly scaffold]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/05/palworld-dev-announces-disappointing-game-changes-resulting-from-nintendos-lawsuit?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6GnCfecveg2Mq_tTCVGNbo-_cGm7Rffsc3IuwWV-XjZP9A4ZviTBd6DFFp0g_aem_IypLMV74loA0Zvpfg2m4Ag
Idk if yall keeping up with palworld but gliding is the next victim

[inland oasis]

I am BLOWN away

[idle saffron]

Just dipping a toe also

Just wait

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/load-blow-gif-27480509

[dry copper]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/science/underwater-volcano-erupt-oregon-coast

https://novae.ocean.washington.edu/story/Ashes_CAMHD_Live

[austere lance]

It's simply peak

[austere lance]

Gotta use the old Souls parry logic of "Watch their elbow, not their weapon"

Also lots of enemies will make a noise when they're gonna do their real swing at you

[dry copper]

ahahaha, fuck you Apple
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/business/apple-seeks-pause-on-epic-games-contempt-ruling-that-could-cost-app-store-billions/

Get fucked

Apple gon FAFO

[idle saffron]

The gestrals still hit me with the swing after the feint, at least first time fighting them after a bit

One for flinching

[proven pilot]

My Skyrim character 💀

[austere lance]

They go "Wuh!" before their actual swing, lol

Sound is a big part of parrying

I recommend going to the Gestral Arena near their sanctuary and practicing

[torpid lynx]

Any fans of twin-stick shooter games here?

[idle saffron]

I have their pattern memorized, I just forget that first time back

One of the chroma mini bosses I found had a couple gestrals

[torpid linden]

any nms fans that also play star citizen?

[quaint escarp]

no bc we dont support shitty scams

[dry copper]

Technically we do. We've been supporting the fractional monetary system for over a century.

[coarse swift]

Difference between having to be part of it versus actually supporting something

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/aliens-duh-gif-13158262

[tranquil glen]

Store Citizen? Nah unless they basically just let it go
#abandonwareplease

[charred badge]

Screenshots

[charred badge]

Incompetent != Scam

[idle saffron]

Almost a billion dollars and still an alpha does though

[prime pivot]

That's super sus

[idle saffron]

cough money laundry cough

[charred badge]

vOv
Inability to stop runaway scope creep is definitely in character for the guy

[prime pivot]

Are you sure?

[idle saffron]

I'll pick it up in a humble bundle for 10 bucks in 10 years

[prime pivot]

Lol

[charred badge]

Yeah? He was always reined in by publishers before

It's why his games always come out rather unfinished

[prime pivot]

Sounds like EA