other-games

[split ridge]

Do you like Dawn of War?

[shadow tartan]

Shouldn't be straining your eyes like that at your age

[idle saffron]

Just for the screenshot

[shadow tartan]

Light mode is more than a Gleam

[tranquil glen]

I need to grt that horse 🐴 riding game that i keep gettin told about

Its apparently iconically famous for being so environmentally telling

[barren sparrow]

never played it tbh

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/shadow-of-the-colossus-sotc-cinematic-platformer-giant-sword-fantasy-gif-8381855117428027525

The colossus rises, and in its shadow i ride

[snow zenith]

Okay, my favourite remembrance so far

[snow zenith]

Why do you do this to me

[idle saffron]

Yw

[dry copper]

I think my favorite thing about Dune is that even replaying it from the start over and over, it doesn't feel as repetitive as I thought it would

[tranquil glen]

which dune

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/dune-dune-awakening-gif-8624641550982472278

[tranquil glen]

ah shoulda known ngl, but why start over tho

unless u spedran

[dry copper]

I am an altaholic.

[tranquil glen]

stop that, get some help

[dry copper]

I haven't figured out how to change my appearance.

[tranquil glen]

far right menu on inventory, customization if u mean like skins/colors etc

[dry copper]

That's for gear

I'm talking change my face and hair

[tranquil glen]

maybe in a settlement ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dry copper]

It's not available yet

[tranquil glen]

so is facial custom not available yet or have u actualy just not figured it out

[winter yew]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-outer-worlds-2-has-a-bad-knees-perk-that-makes-your-old-man-legs-pop-and-alert-enemies-when-you-stand-and-another-that-obsidian-fully-admits-makes-the-game-pretty-unplayable/

[inland oasis]

I just saw a FB reel on this 💀

Dude stood up n got caught lmao

[tranquil glen]

https://youtube.com/shorts/fH8ryRndUNY?si=c_sZzPr9sVoCqgL7

Titanfall merged with Finals destructive environ

[winter yew]

Flaw system neat
Was a bright part of ow
Wish you couldn't decline them lol

[austere lance]

This one will be funny af 🤣
We also got a look at a few of the game's other potential flaws for your character. One of them makes you kleptomaniacal: the advantage is that you can sell the things you steal for more money than usual. The drawback? Sometimes your character will just pick up something that belongs to someone else when you're looking at it in the world. Which is great. That's actually great.

[inland oasis]

Holy shit that would be annoying but funny

[austere lance]

They had a clip of during the reveal trailer, it was great 😆

[inland oasis]

You have to kinda “think about it” too for it to happen cuz you gotta look at it

I love that

It’s not just randomly picking up from anywhere

[austere lance]

They show some funny ones in this, I like the useless one that gives you cataracts from staring at the sun too long 🤣
https://youtu.be/jjzWwXTL2LU?si=rcQKLYyqyjRo08zF

[chilly scaffold]

I liked outer worlds one alot
I know it got alot of hate but it's a good old school rpg

Obsidian making its own fallout 😄
Obsidian making its own Oblivion 😠

[inland oasis]

There has to be one like glutton where you eat too much and end up farting when sneaking

[chilly scaffold]

https://youtu.be/vBhUyRNS-FY?si=uQIQK7aMY-I8ZJel

[rotund cosmos]

You mean i get an extra perk for what I was gonna do anyway?

[verbal plume]

i like survival games

is dune awakening fun?

[orchid fox]

so i tried stellar blade demo and genuinly am amazed

ultrawide ultra quality dlss qualkity constant 60 fps mid hectic bossfight

dropped like most

1fps

i am actually shocked on pc perf

[abstract turret]

Just starting...

https://youtu.be/NXaDgU72gRI?si=RMbuZHEExkejmXnG

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/PsOmrb9k7Pc?si=YBFgUAgS5BCr2GO3

[feral ginkgo]

Oh, finally after the 2 this was needed!

If they’re give that much love to the 1 what they’re given the 2 (or more) this game is gonna be perfect too!

[mental rose]

But is it gonna be made for the "modern audience" I wonder...

[feral ginkgo]

Good question, i hope not!

[inland oasis]

guh theyre so adorable 😄

[carmine marlin]

gacha dopamine increased by 10k fold now

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/d1nDafqdH9o

All that truly matters about Silent Hill

[austere lance]

Oh shit, this releases tomorrow
https://youtu.be/965Km7t6KwM?si=9WKlgPXQ67JKrJHo

[shadow tartan]

@silver sparrow was chatting about this

I really want to play it

[austere lance]

I'm defo playing it tomorrow, hope it's good

[silver sparrow]

i learned there's no combat and i'm talking to myself about if i'm okay with that

[shadow tartan]

I'm alright with no combat if the narrative and puzzles are good

One of the more intriguing games I saw recently

[silver sparrow]

well you've got the experience to know

[shadow tartan]

Sometimes people mention that everything is the same and boring but when something different comes along they don't even talk about it or play it

[shadow tartan]

Nah I'm the same as everyone else

I just want to see things that aren't just a generic shooter with some bits slapped on to it or with a slight change in perspective

[silver sparrow]

don't want anyone slapping your bits eh

[shadow tartan]

I still play some every mainstream things but mostly to see what their offering of a story and art style is like

[shadow tartan]

Might be into that

@silver sparrow stuff like this makes my nipples hard though

It's so weird and European

The same dude reimagining himself to construct some weird thing

Like the Dark TV series

[tranquil glen]

Yes

[silver sparrow]

did you already watch mickey 17

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I liked that

[silver sparrow]

it's not fun for me

[shadow tartan]

Because you don't have it

[silver sparrow]

parasite was better but m17 was ok

[silver sparrow]

exactement

[shadow tartan]

I need to watch Parasite, that's the Korean one right?

I might have watched a bit of it

[silver sparrow]

yeah but still bong joon ho

snowpiercer guy

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I was about to say

Snowpiercer was pretty good

[silver sparrow]

i would rate them 1 parasite 2 snowpiercer 3 m17

[shadow tartan]

You might have to remind me to watch Parasite

@silver sparrow I need DS2 in my veins

@inland oasis oi Skenks, did Warbond drop today?

[inland oasis]

Idk if it was today but yea the new bond dropped

[silver sparrow]

right??

[shadow tartan]

Wicked

[inland oasis]

Probably today, early morning for me I’d bet

[shadow tartan]

I've waited patiently

[inland oasis]

I never got a announcement from the discord this time

[shadow tartan]

Yeah it only showed me one for a patch

[inland oasis]

Oh they didn’t even announce it

Wow

That’s why my mods broke I think yesterday omg

[shadow tartan]

Good

Cheating mofo

[inland oasis]

I had to update my two reticle change mods today cuz it was bugging tf out all yesterday

[shadow tartan]

[silver sparrow]

here's what i'll say and hopefully it makes sense

parasite was so good that i don't want to watch it again
it so well captured avoidable tragedy that it's too painful for me to re-watch
i feel similarly about other movies like
mystic river
and
no country for old men
if that helps to make sense of my point

[shadow tartan]

Yes

Dude

I totally forgot about Mystic River

[shadow tartan]

That weapon menu "fix" from few days ago made the crashing worse for me

[inland oasis]

Haven’t had any crashes luckily myself

[quartz ferry]

Greatest game ending ever

[shadow tartan]

The most logical ending of all time

[silver sparrow]

i never did watch this

[quartz ferry]

Phenomenal tv show

[shadow tartan]

I really liked the first two seasons

3rd was weird but needed to explain why all the stuff existed

Visually it was awesome

I tried watching it dubbed after and it was....nah

Like old ladies used for the voices of the kids

[quartz ferry]

Oh yeah the dub was awful

[shadow tartan]

Off-putting

[quartz ferry]

Very

[tranquil glen]

You’re one person

As Ive said once before in this server, games arent made for everyone, if its not for you its not for you

[coarse swift]

That's a weirdly passive aggressive response to someone who doesn't find the game fun

Could've went with my trademark "sorry to hear that" response to everything

[tranquil glen]

True i coulda just replied with “ok who asked you”

[shadow tartan]

@inland oasis eh erm the lerr

[coarse swift]

That's worse tho

[tranquil glen]

Yea ik

[inland oasis]

A simple “ah well” lol

[shadow tartan]

Dude was literally joking because he doesn't have the game and wants it

[tranquil glen]

Well, you ain’t surviving on the dunes

[coarse swift]

I wanna like the game but I heard it's pvp focused and doesn't have solo servers

[tranquil glen]

I just saw the reply ping and nothing else from keen

[silver sparrow]

the joke is that it's not fun because i have to wait a year for the ps5 release 😉

[tranquil glen]

Endgame is pvp focus

[coarse swift]

Rip

Not a game for me then

[tranquil glen]

Yea too bad they NEED PVERS

[shadow tartan]

I'm PvP focused

[coarse swift]

Same but only when in a game with Nate

[shadow tartan]

Sunova

[inland oasis]

I like being a resource farmer

[tranquil glen]

Yea but you can run as the devs have said like 50-70 hours before even heading into pvp area

Aight gotta drive home, ttyl

[coarse swift]

HD2 discord was a fun read once that warbond dropped

"wow this looks immediately bad"
"new pistol sucks"
"video on new guard dog is wrong this is so bad"

These kids eat rage content on YT for breakfast

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/8LR-_8l47w4

Err urr huerr err urrr

[shadow tartan]

Same as here

@coarse swift @inland oasis When you're pushed, killin is as easy as breathin

Eurrr

[coarse swift]

https://tenor.com/view/судья-дредд-judge-dredd-фильм-1995-фантастика-gif-1678416020870873939

[tranquil glen]

Before breakfast… breakfast would cleanse the palate if they had one

[tranquil glen]

https://youtube.com/shorts/tzOZUNEuVmw?si=_iDsGKp41BScfeiA

[shadow tartan]

@coarse swift dude the pistol is cool, it's more RoboCop than Dredd though

@idle saffron check it out

[feral ginkgo]

Test if i can send pictures here too, ||a DC comics fan here!||

[shadow tartan]

Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh

[feral ginkgo]

Here it’s working!

Why is that?!

[shadow tartan]

It's working in other places for me

Just not the ones that got sent before the issue that give you the retry prompt

[shadow tartan]

Black Mask?

@feral ginkgo so first of all, Deathstroke is one of my favourite characters from DC, second, I gave this to one of my team members before I moved back home

Black Mask statue from Arkham Origins I think

There's only 6 of them or something I think

[feral ginkgo]

Deathstroke is my second favourite!

[shadow tartan]

@austere lance look at his cool af Doom statue, Erik down there too

[chilly scaffold]

https://youtu.be/nHDtwtWeRbc?si=2uPKSJVuLpQTBSyq

[austere lance]

Doom is aura farming, as usual 😆

Where the hell are these studios getting the money for all these famous voice actors, the game's IMDB page has damn near every famous game and animation voice actor of the last 20 years! 😆
https://youtu.be/h5K_NewDcyY?si=7-Pwlt2pFrX4uaxa

Ashley Johnson, Troy Baker, Ben Starr, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Grey DeLisle, Roger Craig Smith, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Felicia Day, Neil Newbon, Dante Basco, Travis Willingham, and Liam O'Brien are the voice actors I recognize but there's a LOT more in there. What was the budget for this???

[mental rose]

"Concurrent" players?

[austere lance]

No, just players. Number is still climbing, apparently

[split ridge]

I just finished through with the campaign for space marine 1.

[dry copper]

This game looks like a mockumentary of the dating game genre

[winter yew]

Xenoblade x good game
More news at 7 lol

[chilly scaffold]

It be like that occasionally

[austere lance]

It's defo a spoof of dating sims as a genre, but a really expensive spoof 😆

[orchid fox]

Surprised to not read cy yu whatever his proper irl actor name was that dude and Gianni is in fucking every game feels like

Alejandro saab in that list? @austere lance

[neat crescent]

🌙

[sinful echo]

any one play Jump Ship and got NMS vibes?

[dusty swan]

Guild Base in Dune (no i didnt build it, i still build box bases)

[shadow tartan]

@silver sparrow @austere lance let's go

[silver sparrow]

I preordered yesterday but I’m about to go on a two hour hike

#naturegame
#touchgrass

[abstract turret]

Gamepass later today...
(Space sci-fi exploration, base building, cloning self)

[quartz ferry]

This is a dating game I could get behind

[shadow tartan]

Lucky you
I'll be out with the dogs in a bit

Maybe I need an Alter to do stuff for me

[shadow tartan]

@silver sparrow glad you're enjoying your hike and that you found dinner

[abstract turret]

@inland oasis 😎

[shadow tartan]

Gonna play it after walking the doggos

Looks awesome

[abstract turret]

Definitely

I miss my doggo... passed away a week ago at 14

[shadow tartan]

Mate I'm sorry to hear that

[abstract turret]

Tnx mate

[shadow tartan]

Friend of mine is spending one last week with his old dog now too

[abstract turret]

Enjoy the walk and the game

[shadow tartan]

You too bruvva

[inland oasis]

condolences :/ that always sucks

[shadow tartan]

Sure we'll all have some screenshots to share

[abstract turret]

We did this

[shadow tartan]

I'm gonna get emotional

Still not over losing my first dog 😂

[abstract turret]

Yeah they are fur family

[inland oasis]

same with the cat in my pfp. xD

[abstract turret]

Animals are more reliable than humans

[snow zenith]

Humans are animals

[abstract turret]

Doggo & Cats are more reliable than humans...

[shadow tartan]

Things that walk on 4 legs

Because I want a donkey

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/gta-v/clips/ku4jlX2QoeUN8i_X5?invite=cr-MSwxZTgsMTY4MzE4NDcx

Allow this to lighten the mood XD

[mellow dune]

I want a donkey but I replace its legs with tank tracks

[shadow tartan]

A Tankey

[shadow tartan]

So much gangsta shit going on here

[mellow dune]

Trapper getting slapped to death

[shadow tartan]

The Bludgeoning

[silver sparrow]

Ugh
Super sucks
One of my dogs is 14

Not sure how long he has

[tranquil glen]

Doomguy will appear on any device at this point just to harvest the demonkind

https://youtube.com/shorts/vAw72R80nEg?si=XSZDucZvPb8kd_NK

hey gamers

https://youtube.com/shorts/fH8ryRndUNY?si=c_sZzPr9sVoCqgL7

titanfall meets the destructive environ of finals

[inland oasis]

ahhh, life be good

[dry copper]

Have they improved the logic of the NPC yet?

When I played, NPC did shit for no good reason...My house members never went to bed at a reasonable time...ate sporadically....

It was like wrestling with fish

[inland oasis]

house members?

[dry copper]

Yes. You can make a family in inzoi at the very start.

[inland oasis]

thats gtaV

LMAO

[dry copper]

Oh. I thought it was Inzoi. It looks similar.

[inland oasis]

thats why i was so confused lmao

like who are you controlling?

[dry copper]

lol I didn't notice the UI hud

Inzoi is nothing like GTAV for the record.

The AI is best described as stupid.

To the point it should be earning welfare checks for being disabled.

[inland oasis]

lol never played. assumed it was more of a hyperrealistic sims. or along those lines

[inland oasis]

@shadow tartan Should i save up for the new bond, or get the senator pistol with SC

[shadow tartan]

Hmmm

How much is Senator?

[inland oasis]

dont remember exactly like 300

[shadow tartan]

Isn't that from the Super Citizen bundle?

Ah ok

Well if you buy the WB then you have something to sink medals into

[inland oasis]

oh so it is in the bond

[shadow tartan]

Can always grind some SC for the Senator

Yeah I thought it was

Was it the first one?

[inland oasis]

thats not a biggie then if so. the smart pistol

i havent looked in the bond

[shadow tartan]

It's in Steeled Veterans @inland oasis

[shadow tartan]

That new pistol is pretty fun dude

Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh

[inland oasis]

thats an old af bond lol

[shadow tartan]

Yeah

One of the best ones

[tranquil glen]

anyone else duning

[shadow tartan]

@inland oasis how many credits you got right now and which Warbonds do you have outstanding?

Time for some Korean level SC grinding

[inland oasis]

i only need the new one. i ont want the viper one.

[shadow tartan]

KK

[inland oasis]

been using the deadeye since im just running hella easy stuff for bonds

[shadow tartan]

I need to finish up this Warbond so I can try out Alters

[inland oasis]

i dont rly "farm" sc. that comes over time quick enough. its the bonds. i can burn thru a cap of em in no time

250 is so little

[obtuse reef]

The new AR is pretty entertaining. It hits about as hard as a nerf gun, but it stuns enemies so quickly that you can actually stop a charger in its tracks

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I thought it was pretty fun

Felt useless against bugs on 10 though

[inland oasis]

im @ 295 sc, 56 bonds atm

OMG i can get lockstep

oh we ballin

[shadow tartan]

Game Over

[obtuse reef]

The new pistol is also very entertaining. Most people are under the impression that “guided” means “homing”, but the weapon basically just tries its best to compensate for the user’s shitty aim, rather than doing 90 degree turns to hit something you were barely aiming at

It deals like no damage, so it’s only really good for hitting the little shits (also, it can’t lock onto heavy targets)

[austere lance]

They should put the Titanfall Smart Pistol in it, lol

[obtuse reef]

I’d kill for a smart gun like in Cyberpunk

[shadow tartan]

It's almost that just not as powerful

klak klak klak

[obtuse reef]

The armor is also pretty mediocre. Like, it’s not totally worthless, but I barely notice the damage reduction to any chest hits I take

[inland oasis]

i feel stupid i meant the warrant pistol not senator xD

ive had that

cuz thats only in the Superstore

vs 1000 for a bond

[shadow tartan]

Only one I notice is the one that had a chance to stop instant death

[inland oasis]

extra meds cant be slept on

[shadow tartan]

Yeah that and the extra grenades are good
Been trying out the reload speed ones and they're pretty good

[obtuse reef]

The extra padding is pretty noticeable when you can face tank a charger

[dry copper]

Happy Friday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNRKX8GwPo

[quartz ferry]

ITS SO FUN

I love the warrant it is so fun to mess with

[tranquil glen]

LETS GOO DIVERS
https://x.com/PirateSoftware/status/1933602609098789139

Pirate Software (@PirateSoftware)

Sony has removed nearly 130 countries from the purchase restriction list on Helldivers 2. They also removed them for God of War Ragnarök which is good to see.

I never thought I would see this day.
All Helldivers can now dive.

I stated that I would return to playing the game if

X · Jun 13, 2025, 7:09 PM

[dry copper]

That leaves nearly 57 more countries to go

[tranquil glen]

the one who needs to dive, once again can ala le popa

[dry copper]

Apparently sony restricts the network in many countries because of legal limitations respecting gaming platforms as well as being unable to adapt to local laws, political pressures and unable to justify its services in regions with low consumer demand and poor bandwidth access

[dry copper]

ROFL

Also, 30 mins ago

[coarse swift]

What

[tranquil glen]

removed their own country?

why

[coarse swift]

[tranquil glen]

sony is japanese, removed japan, removed own country... why tho

[coarse swift]

Something fucky going on

[dry copper]

No idea. I don't work for sony. It can't be added because of the PSN issue.

Maybe they're going to build a game specifically for japanese players

[coarse swift]

This meaning the game can't be accessed by JP players now outta nowhere right?

That's a massive market to accidentally cut out because there's no way that was deliberate

[dry copper]

The game is also being removed in Japan, but for a different reason: it's simply being replaced by a different localised version. - GosuGamers

[tranquil glen]

bruh

[coarse swift]

[tranquil glen]

JapanDivers

not helldivers.. JapanDivers

[dry copper]

Japandivers...aka Starship Troopers

[coarse swift]

Jigokudivers

[tranquil glen]

GogetaDivers

[coarse swift]

-# Jigoku is Japanese for hell

[austere lance]

Gears of War Reloaded multiplayer beta is out with full crossplay

[snow zenith]

Don't threaten me with a good time

[austere lance]

https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lrj3gsdkr22v

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

Sony appears to be removing regional restrictions on their Steam/PC games

God of War Ragnarok steamdb.info/sub/833972/h...
The Last of Us Part II Remastered steamdb.info/sub/1219787/...
Spider-Man 2 steamdb.info/sub/1219797/...
Helldivers 2 steamdb.info/sub/137730/h...

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Bluesky · Jun 13, 2025, 6:38 PM

[idle saffron]

Someone checked their balance

[shadow tartan]

Japan is usually a separate SKU

Global version is what the gaijin get

[shadow tartan]

That's the case for a lot of games

Sometimes they're separated due to ratings systems

Thought you guys knew all of this

[tranquil glen]

ehh no

why do people presume other people know stuff

I could literally say I dont know math and yall would have already assumed i did

[obtuse reef]

but is it not a logical assumption to assume that you know how to breathe?

[tranquil glen]

though yes there are medical issues in which some have to be taught, usually the case is one need not be taught to breath because thats just nature, different from nuture

[shadow tartan]

@idle saffron knows the answer to that

[tranquil glen]

the question isnt to Gleam though, its to you Nickname

[idle saffron]

Typically everyone knows everything on discord

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/xGFjna8tN8c?si=eIG1A3g7I4XYWshy

[idle saffron]

That's soon isn't it?

[obtuse reef]

or they're at least really good at pretending they are

[shadow tartan]

My guy

[austere lance]

It's out rn

[idle saffron]

Ok bye

[austere lance]

I just started it

[tranquil glen]

similar games "DUNE and Planet Crafter" how

how is it similar to DUNE Awakening

The alters

[austere lance]

Idk, you're trying to survive on an alien planet by cloning yourself through some weird alien tech and building a funky Fallout Shelter style made

[tranquil glen]

yea hows taht similar to survival 3rd person mmo

[snow zenith]

Why does it matter mate, Steam lists similar games sometimes purely based on the theme or genre they're set

[tranquil glen]

true

[obtuse reef]

I believe it's done off of user tags, which are not exactly known for being super accurate

[austere lance]

Oh you Astroneer nerds are in for a treat with this, holy shit

[split ridge]

I like Astroneer.

[shadow tartan]

If I wasn't at Hip Hop Karaoke I'd be playing it
#other-games message

[snow zenith]

For feck's save, Soul, I'm trying to save money

Lmao

[austere lance]

It's so much cooler than Astroneer, this game is gonna hit the "survive on a weird alien planet with a cool existential story" community like crack hit the 1980s 😂

[split ridge]

what game is this? The Alters?

[austere lance]

Yee

[shadow tartan]

Dude it's worth it just for seeing something a little different imo

[livid axle]

so, R6 internal career menu says that since year 7 i played 366 matches... R6tracker says over 500

who's to trust

[shadow tartan]

Has some XCOM base vibes too

[austere lance]

More like Fallout Shelter, lol

Oh you guys are gonna SHIT when you first experience a certain game mechanic

[dry copper]

No. Breathing is an autonomic system. You know you do it, but most don't know how. The system is a lot more involved than inhale and exhale.

[dry copper]

Is it using the bathroom?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXT8Sv1yzGA

Looks pretty sick

Not sure how much spoilery this is

[austere lance]

THIS IS SO COOL

[shadow tartan]

I can't talk about that

Westworld

[plucky mesa]

https://narwhal-productions.itch.io/two-friends-in-the-woods-one-of-whom-is-dying?ref=warpdoor.com

[tropic knoll]

Never thought I'd see Doom running in AIX. I used to have an old IBM POWER server (not to be confused with PowerPC) that I'd be trying to run that on if I still had access to it

[plucky mesa]

When I first saw that headline, I thought they had it running on the status LCD on the front of the tower case.

That would have been next, next level.

[tropic knoll]

I mean... I'm certain the right person could get that working

[plucky mesa]

That would be awesome.

They got it running on a pregnancy test.

[tropic knoll]

My question about that would be like... Locally? Or just as a display?

[plucky mesa]

Locally.

[tropic knoll]

Where in God's name is a pregnancy test getting something even vaguely resembling a processing unit

The display was wild enough

[plucky mesa]

Oh.

It seems it's not the native hardware.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33957256/this-programmer-figured-out-how-to-play-doom-on-a-pregnancy-test/

[tropic knoll]

Bah id contest that changing the hardware is cheating in the context

[plucky mesa]

Yea

[tropic knoll]

Lord that little display is trying real hard tho

Crazy that I can recognize the room

[trim mantle]

Imagine actually playing💀

[plucky mesa]

https://hackaday.com/2023/08/09/running-doom-in-a-keycap-takes-careful-work

Tho ^ was powered by a RPi Pico

[tropic knoll]

I didn't know they made screens that small that look that nice tbh

You'd never be able to read the data but someone aughta make the lights in PlayStation controllers into a display for doom lol

"you've got 4 controllers, 4 colors, 4 lights. good luck."

https://media.tenor.com/aAj5SI46eiAAAAAM/picard-what.gif

Daaaaamn the rolls for sigil stones in oblivion are so cursed sometimes. It's supposed to be flat chances, 21 items, and I've been rolling for 45 minutes trying to get shock shield

This whole playthrough, I've seen basically everything in the pool except shock shield

My maps got so many gates on it, it looks like it's got acne

[frigid yarrow]

VRchat is the only place i've seen where some random dude translates a wild west town into a Halo theme

[tropic knoll]

Trying to get the right sigil stones and manipulate rng in ANY way without any clue what it's based on
https://media.tenor.com/wg-8Y0CCGmkAAAAM/bop-bop-bop-shoebody-bop.gif

I'm like waiting different times before grabbing em, I'm doing little dances, everything lol

[coarse swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373630/Moonring/

Steam

Moonring

A free game by the co-creator of the XBox's Fable series.

Five hundred years ago, the land of Caldera was plunged into endless darkness. Decades later, five moons rose in the sky, bringing light to the world and strange Gods with it. With them came the Dreams: calls to Devotion promising supernatural Gifts.

Thus, the new Calderan civilisati…

▶ Play video

[split ridge]

thanks for sharing this!

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/kun7IhIzVI-Pv_jS_?invite=cr-MSxzMnAsMTY4MzE4NDcx

My life is complete 😄

[kind wolf]

BoredDivers

[kind wolf]

I should’ve gotten the warbond for that emote alone tbh

[inland oasis]

damn, enhanced edition is pretty asf. they NAILED reflections and lighting. those are the two biggest significant improvements ive seen, as well as performance

[mental rose]

GTA?

[inland oasis]

yea

[pure zinc]

Foliage as well is pretty nice in enhanced

[inland oasis]

bro, i got a clip of me walking thru grass

its like a literal cusion

[pure zinc]

This game is working perfectly fine, as intended

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/gta-v/clips/ku52vSkusFirGopME?invite=cr-MSwxQm0sMTY4MzE4NDcx

Idk if itll show as well in this

but u can like see the individual blades somewhat

[pure zinc]

Yea

It’s easier to see the foliage changes on the mountains tbh

[inland oasis]

also, when walking on it you leave behind slight shiny foortprints like u smushed the grass down and its reflecting the light

[pure zinc]

We went from none on Xbox 360, to foliage everywhere

[pure zinc]

That’s pretty cool ngl

[inland oasis]

it blew me away

its how i noticed reflections were amped up

like in windows, i can see clear reflections, not just simplified colors of a reflection

the heli window lol

practically a mirror there lol

[pure zinc]

Ye

[inland oasis]

one thing i do hate is it makes my characters lips super shiny like hes got permanent lipgloss on xD

shimmer shimmer 🌟

holy hell the pizza minigame, gave me 24k for runnin 5 pizzas XD worth it

[pure zinc]

Wish it was like that in real life 😭

[inland oasis]

wed have plenty of pizza deliverers 😄

[pure zinc]

True

[dry copper]

I like the character creator

[frigid yarrow]

call to arms

wave 2!

[pure zinc]

Evolution

Each game got darker lol

Except in the newest one you can use all the old colors and more

There’s like 300 colors in the game I believe

I might be wrong

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/perry-the-platypus-perry-the-platypus-p-i-love-you-gif-3171743751664562468

Evolution

[pure zinc]

Perrywinkle the platipussy

Why is he terkin it

[pure zinc]

That’s a cute snoc

Snoc da hawg

[austere lance]

So uh, if y'all are looking for a funky "survive on an alien planet full of radiation storms and freaky time anomalies by using the element that causes said time anomalies to clone yourself while also trying to figure out a way home" game definitely try out The Alters

https://youtu.be/xGFjna8tN8c?si=5y4wB5o4Xn1o-wA_

[tranquil glen]

I thought the alters was gonna be more akin to deathloop ngl

[austere lance]

Nope

It gets uh, existential

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/dune-2021-desert-power-timothee-chalamet-paul-atreides-zendaya-chani-gif-14085656076762374579

the spice must flow

[shadow tartan]

I don't know if @inland oasis likes butts but he definitely likes a

[austere lance]

🤣

[upbeat bolt]

@pure zinc There you are. Try Valheim while baked it's nice

The forest colors are nice

[snow zenith]

Bro, you got the whole Combine laughing.

[verbal plume]

i am really enjoying nightreign

[tranquil glen]

Legit thought this meant like blender/game engine baking not high LOL, designer brain be like

[upbeat bolt]

Why do players in gta online panick or leave when I snap my pyro around up in orbit lol

[frigid yarrow]

how the center of a CTA map looks after 2 hours of warfare. before

after

[tranquil glen]

Because many playas scared of all aircraft

[upbeat bolt]

Wha. I mean I usually get orbed when I'm in a pyro. Guess that's just how it is.
Landed under Rockford plaza & hoped in a guys suv & just turned on his radio.

[tranquil glen]

I find it odd that you find orbing frequent

[upbeat bolt]

Always when in in the avenger or pyro. I play in freeaim & you tend to come across the same players here & there. Some hold grudges for months it's sad.

[obtuse reef]

Turns out, neither factory striders nor the laws of physics like 500kg bombs

in other news, we made a friend (who was then executed via orbital railcannon)

[tranquil glen]

Sleepers, may your knives stay sharp and true

[noble merlin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FF5p0sEI5Y
@echo hill

[toxic field]

Gd players?

[split ridge]

I think I might be burning myself out with video games. Having a hard time finding something that I enjoy.

is farming simulator 22 one of those wiki games?

[austere lance]

I recently started Cyberpunk and uh, it has definitely filled the void Expedition 33 left in me 😆

[split ridge]

Lmao

[austere lance]

Yeah it's insanely good, holy shit

The Alters is also hella good, I'm beating Cyberpunk before I dive into it more tho because I do not have the time for being hooked on two thicc games rn 😆

[split ridge]

Has anyone here played roboquest?

[mental rose]

I recently picked up Dark Souls series again, after being inspired by a friend who's playing them.

Surprisingly enjoyable after all this time

Heh...

[obtuse reef]

Ah... I love the smell of fresh napalm in the morning

[mental rose]

Insert Sabaton - Into the Fire.

[split ridge]

omg another sabaton fan!!

[shadow tartan]

Show us Tanker

[shadow tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/ralph-wiggum-taste-like-burning-dying-food-poison-the-simpsons-gif-8656424

[split ridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/754710836261552193/1121488265153871893/20200322102753Dramatic_Look_Gopher.gif

[shadow tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/zoolander-blue-steel-ben-stiller-duck-face-gif-8425169

[barren sparrow]

I saw The Alters on Game Pass and thought of checking it out

Pretty cool game, partying with my clones implanted with fake memories generated by a quantum computer generating alternative paths my life could take based on mind scan acquired in a morally grey and ethically questionable way felt awesome

[split ridge]

I'm debating on playing it

[shadow tartan]

Bruh it's so close to DS2 release I don't know if I should save it to enjoy it after the emotional rollercoaster of another Death Stranding game or just get it out the way

And I also have this

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/elden-ring-snail-scream-gif-25061218

[shadow tartan]

The obsession runs deep

[mental rose]

Hold on a moment... wat?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs6TLEVNYf4

SS2 remastered getting Co-op mode. I missed this the first time.

[snow zenith]

I saw that

[patent idol]

Im bored

And sad

[barren sparrow]

I kinda expected it, but now I know || The cloning made them short lived, they are going to die ||

[split ridge]

I always forget how much I love the soundtracks for the Ori games:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3xi2OTo7NcuXeOAadk7Uy3

[shadow tartan]

@primal loom

[primal loom]

I played the demo and it was awesome

[shadow tartan]

That's a lot of medals

[neat crescent]

I got a new best! Mental torture will be over soon! 🙏🏻

[tranquil glen]

I think i have that laptop

[idle saffron]

You stole their laptop?!

[tranquil glen]

no i have that exact model and type LOL

Asus tuf gaming f17

[rotund cosmos]

Borderlands 4 isnt $80 for base... im so happy

[pure zinc]

Is it $70?

If so, that’s no better

[chilly scaffold]

After tax it's 100 for me (Australia) which means same for Canadians

[shadow tartan]

That's not a lot for someone that goes on confidential missions, people I know that do similar get paid a packet

@idle saffron you're a veteran, I know you're pretty comfy

Pittance for people such as yourselves

Just be glad you're not old like Gleam

His paper round didn't cut it back then

[chilly scaffold]

I seen from other chats you're a dev so are you sure you can talk about the price of gaming and stuff without bias?

[shadow tartan]

No bias, I don't get paid any royalties from these games

It's just cost of luxuries

[idle saffron]

Cost of everything has gone up, not sure why games would be impervious to this

[shadow tartan]

I do feel bad for people like Basil though

Even if inflation goes up doesn't mean wages do

But with your job it's not an issue

[chilly scaffold]

Alright then yeah
For most countries outside of the USA and UK gaming has been made crazy expensive, regardless of your income

Atleast Xbox can say, hey just use gamepass (outer worlds 2)

[shadow tartan]

Nah even here

It's the same

[idle saffron]

Cost of everything

[shadow tartan]

We have had VAT on everything for decades

Not just luxuries

[chilly scaffold]

Yeah but if it's still under $100 for a game in your local currency consider me a jelly belly

[shadow tartan]

House prices are ridiculous, rent is expensive

[shadow tartan]

That's only 50 quid here, games cost more than that

So it's actually more expensive I think

Plus cost of living is high

Especially in London

Shit, works out around 140 AUD

[chilly scaffold]

It's not that simple though each country functions as a local ecosystem

$15 in Buffalo (New York state) will get you alot farther than $15 in Niagara falls (Ontario)

[shadow tartan]

Yeah money doesn't go far where I live

Walk outside the front door and drop about £30 minimum

At 100 AUD you're getting a sweet deal

I should move

[chilly scaffold]

It's not a sweet deal if you live in Australia though
If you took your money and moved to Taiwan you'd be rich too

[shadow tartan]

If I moved to Aus too I would be

[chilly scaffold]

I believe it I had extra USD from a work trip
$200 usd I got $268 aus after conversion

[shadow tartan]

Depends on salary

When I moved before I didn't get my UK/European wage

They pay me their equivalent and I pay their taxes

Don't get paid into a UK account, had to set one up there

Plus to my knowledge, if you're in the military and you're moving around they set you up, not always like that for my jobs

[chilly scaffold]

Application based and it takes time
Alot of the national guard in LA I imagine is working unpaid rn

They were rapidly placed there no way paperwork went through

[shadow tartan]

That's a lot different to the big money missions though

I always thought national guard was more like volunteers

[chilly scaffold]

It's all the same stuff though the military runs on Duncan donuts (paperwork)

And classified don't always mean big missions I'm not some war hero lol

[shadow tartan]

Yeah but the pay must be good

People I know are very comfortable

Always buying me drinks

Usually it's the other way around

[pure zinc]

Because most games are digital goods, and digital goods don’t have stock, because they’re infinite

Digital games were supposed to be a way to make games cheaper

But a lot of companies have taken it as a way to be more greedy

Increasing price because everything else is going up isn’t an excuse either when they’re making money hand over fist

It’s literally just greed

The more we buy these games or give them money too

The more they think it’s ok

Until games will be nothing more than a shell of what they used to be

Made as cheap as possible for as much of a profit as possible

Not meant to be an escape anymore

Not meant to be a hidden art form, or a way to experience stories from different angles

But instead, solely a way for companies to make big money

[idle saffron]

Wait, you think the cost of developing games has stayed the same?

[shadow tartan]

👀

https://tenor.com/view/terry-crews-negro-please-mad-gif-14065944

[pure zinc]

Price of game development also takes into account the game scope

Many companies have way too big of scopes than they have money for

[shadow tartan]

Yeah and wages go up dude, they don't stay the same

[pure zinc]

It’s not a matter of cost

It’s a matter of making something unreasonable

[pure zinc]

Companies make more than enough

[shadow tartan]

So all other salaries go up and not these ones?

[pure zinc]

Without microtransactions

Fromsoft, saber, and many other companies prove this

Capcom

[shadow tartan]

Capcom...

[pure zinc]

The ceo salaries go up

[shadow tartan]

Charging people for stuff on the disc and characters

[shadow tartan]

So do mine

Wouldn't keep doing something if they didn't

That's dumb

[pure zinc]

It’s better than the item shop systems we’ve been getting

I’d rather spend $10 on a character dlc than have Ltm items and over priced skins

[shadow tartan]

And I've had multiple raises within a year sometimes depending on how much more responsibility I take on

[pure zinc]

Usually only the ceo salary goes up lol

[idle saffron]

Micro transactions are optional and shouldn't be a part of the conversation of the base cost of a game

[shadow tartan]

Because I have to work lots of hours

[shadow tartan]

No that's what you read on the internet

[pure zinc]

They shouldn’t be in a game that has a base cost period

Unless they’re seasonal dlc

[idle saffron]

You don't have to buy them

[pure zinc]

Like they used to do

[idle saffron]

Meaningless point

[pure zinc]

They don’t have to make them either

[pure zinc]

Meaningless counterpoint

[shadow tartan]

Companies make products, they're not essential ones like diapers and baby formula

Or food

[idle saffron]

So ignore them, serves no purpose to get mad at something existing if you don't have to do anything with it

[shadow tartan]

Yeah

[pure zinc]

Ignore the companies shittifying things I love

[shadow tartan]

Plus imagine being a dumb fuck and taking the same salary for two decades

[pure zinc]

That makes total sense

[shadow tartan]

Do your parents do that?

[idle saffron]

That implies every micro transaction is shit

[shadow tartan]

Does anyone do that?

[idle saffron]

Which is ridiculous

[pure zinc]

Most are

[shadow tartan]

Does anyone here actually have the same salary as a decade ago?

[idle saffron]

So don't buy them

[pure zinc]

And it’s not that ridiculous

[idle saffron]

It doesn't affect you

Wild

[pure zinc]

Horrible argument

Me not buying them doesn’t stop whales

[idle saffron]

No, it isn't

[shadow tartan]

But seriously

[idle saffron]

It's a consumer product

Consumers don't buy

[pure zinc]

Yes it is, and I just explained how it is

[idle saffron]

Easy

[pure zinc]

Whales make it worse for the average player

[idle saffron]

What whales

[shadow tartan]

Nothing stops whales, same as nothing stops gamblers

[pure zinc]

Cosmetics are also important parts of games

[idle saffron]

You think a few hundred idiots are keeping any game afloat beside scam citizen?

[pure zinc]

You’re lying if you say otherwise

[shadow tartan]

And that's only in some P2W games

[idle saffron]

You are acting like each game that has micro transactions gets whales to continuously buy them

Cmon

[pure zinc]

Making cosmetics earnable does ^^

[shadow tartan]

No whales buy items that fast track shit do then don't have to grind

Cosmetics are just clothing

[pure zinc]

And you act like it isn’t an active plague on the gaming industry

[pure zinc]

And?

It’s just a game

[idle saffron]

Because it isn't

[pure zinc]

Why are you defending greed in gaming

[idle saffron]

You don't have to buy them

[pure zinc]

Something that’s supposed to be fun

Not greed ridden

[shadow tartan]

Because one gives you a boost and the other doesn't, whales go for things that boost them

[pure zinc]

Y’all make no sense lmao

[idle saffron]

Why are so angry at something you don't have to do or buy

[shadow tartan]

It always has been

[idle saffron]

Wild

[pure zinc]

Because it’s in everything I used to love

[shadow tartan]

Before you were even born it was like that

[idle saffron]

No, it isn't

[pure zinc]

Because it’s ruined franchises i used to want to die for

[pure zinc]

Ok bud

[idle saffron]

You are prone to exaggeration, im good with the convo

[shadow tartan]

Why would you die for that shit

Even I won't and I get paid

https://tenor.com/view/terry-crews-negro-please-mad-gif-14065944

Don't die over games!

[barren sparrow]

Idk, cosmetics can be important in some games

Games I play get solid DLC with actual content, microtransactions just don't work for the most part in my niche

You vote with your wallet

If I don't like how a company operates or what puts in their games I don't pay them

I move on

[shadow tartan]

MTX is broad, the subject of whales is people that spend money on something that isn't just cosmetic

And in the same breath as people saying they suck they still support products that have them

[barren sparrow]

It can hurt that your beloved franchise ended up that or the other way, but at the end of the day there are many games out there

[shadow tartan]

Who the fuck dies for a franchise

That's some obsession kinda shit

Unhealthy

Slot machines existed way before most of us were even conceived

[barren sparrow]

Sunk cost fallacy, you feel that after you spent a lot of time on something then you have to stick with it

Not you specifically I mean

Many people in general

[shadow tartan]

Yeah I get you
I don't think people actually have the slightest idea about how bad job security was

And then they claim to be there for the people

Which is bullshit

They're all there for themselves

@idle saffron that's why I called people scumbags before 😉

Pretending to give a shit but when they lose jobs and it puts pressure on other services they talk mad shit

As if they're going to replace the people that have been fired...

Jobs are jobs

If people lose jobs it doesn't look good

Reminds me of all the bullshitters talking about crunch when they have no idea about that either

[inland oasis]

i might be that person cuz i think crunch is bad

[shadow tartan]

Yeah it is

I've done it

A lot

So that a bunch of people in their bedrooms can have some hot takes

Others do the hard work and make the sacrifice, words don't mean shit

You know the icing on the cake though
People talking about the difference between higher and lower budget games and not realising how much actual work is involved when you don't have the resources

[inland oasis]

I drew a few tic tac toe boards in my life. I’m a bit of a game dev tycoon myself

[shadow tartan]

When you have to perform multiple roles

[barren sparrow]

E.g. To me Biowere is dead, people who made Mass Effect what it was are no longer there, but the company still owns the IP

That's just how things are I moved on, Owlcat is making the Expanse RPG, there is also another RPG Exodus which iirc has some writers who worked on mass effect lore. We will see how it all turns out

[shadow tartan]

Market that shit with Waifus

[inland oasis]

I was in charge of the vertical lines

Never could get the horizontal lines

[shadow tartan]

Cram it full of Waifus for money

Get rich bruv

[shadow tartan]

Bunch of the Andromeda team ended up being absorbed at the studio I was at

They were fucked a long time ago

They still got paid a good salary though

[barren sparrow]

Yeah, Iirc Adromeda was pretty much restarted or something like that

Game we saw was made in really short time

Avowed had development hell problems too if memory serves right and the person who directed game we got left the studio some time after release

[shadow tartan]

I'm still wondering if people are dumb enough to take the same salary after years of work

In a private sector like entertainment is

Gaining more experience

If anyone is that dumb I feel bad for them

[split ridge]

I remember looking at the prices of old games and comparing it adjusted to inflation to modern games and when you look deep at it, game prices really haven't changed that much. At least from what I've seen.

[barren sparrow]

But it's not like your average gamer is getting more money either

Spending on games is not growing, there is only so much money people collectively spend on games

[shadow tartan]

I tease @idle saffron with this kind of shit

[barren sparrow]

When you have other important things to spend on entertainment isnt a priority

[shadow tartan]

People's game libraries are stocked up in comparison to back then

Even compared to just 20 years ago

[shadow tartan]

Food, water and shelter
All expensive
Don't need video games to live

[inland oasis]

Speak for yourself

💀

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-meme-i-need-it-gif-14006288

[barren sparrow]

Yeah, crank prices too high and people will reconsider whether it's worth it at all

[shadow tartan]

Is it worth eating

Sometimes it isn't

[shadow tartan]

Bro I live and breathe that shit but I have to know when to put the crack pipe down

Have to go outside

My OF would be crap if I didn't

[shadow tartan]

Nobody has piped up about this though

Would be interested to see who the martyrs or morons are

[split ridge]

Lmao I love that. Consoles are so cheap these days.

[chilly scaffold]

Whales can be good for gaming too
Lots of games fund free content off whales
You probably heard about Assassin's Creed Valhalla

[inland oasis]

Star citizen

LOL

[chilly scaffold]

River raids, extra dlc, a dlc connecting it to Assassin's Creed mirage

[shadow tartan]

Bruv I had Spectrum, when I got my SNES I knew my dad had to have a good job and work hard to provide things like that

[pure zinc]

Because it was good. Games used to be good. Halo trilogy, gears of war trilogy, cod, and so many other games. Having a conversation about microtransactions here is about as effective as saying “just don’t buy them” so I will not be talking about it further, other than saying it is the plague that is making video games objectively worse. PlayStation trying to make 10 live service games at once, Xbox butchering their exclusives and also turning them live service, and Nintendo price gouging the shit out of players now because they’ve seen every other company do it with mtx’s that now they have to get in on the action first serve with a design that will guarantee them money. It’s all greed, it’s all maximized profits, and it’s all anti consumer, period. And I’m tired of those who defend it, “because everyone else is” doesn’t make it ok.

[shadow tartan]

Kept it all in good condition because I'm not ungrateful and I have respect

[shadow tartan]

Why would you die for it though

I wouldn't die for any of this shit

[pure zinc]

Because no other media is as quality or has as much heart poored into it as they do

[shadow tartan]

And I've worked thousands of hours on the shit

[shadow tartan]

Yeah and that still gets poured in regardless of your opinion, you just don't know or can't accept it, I see it

I even went back to Indie knowing that it's more work

Less resources to support things

I've had to be a machine

[pure zinc]

I went back to indie because every other game is a waste of my time

[shadow tartan]

And I definitely put my heart into it

Every time

[shadow tartan]

I'm talking about work

You're talking about playtime

I get less of that because of work

[chilly scaffold]

I find indie games annoying as heck
They always put out a good original game, then the sequel is way more easy and stuff

Like quickest example darkest dungeon

[shadow tartan]

Indie is where ingenuity comes from

But ignorant or naive people seem to think that it's not the same people that have been around bigger environments too

It's the same fucking people

[pure zinc]

I have work too?

I’m literally working as we speak

[shadow tartan]

I'm talking about working in Indie

[pure zinc]

Doesn’t make triple a any less of a waste of time or money

[barren sparrow]

They get away with it bc of 2 factors:

1. It's unregulated so e.g. lootboxes are a "suprise mechanic" not gambling kids can partake in

2. People pay for it. That means there is incentive. Most people aren't particularly resistant to manipulation and publicly traded corpos are soulless entities with Duty to the Shareholders* who will employ behavioral psychologists to make their tactics more effective. But again see point 1.

*Duty to the Shareholders means that the board of directors has to put interests of Shareholders first and foremost. Said Shareholders rarely care about long-term sustainability of the company.

[shadow tartan]

You work for your parents Basil

[pure zinc]

I’m tired of spending $80 on unfinished games

With battlepasses and itemshops

[shadow tartan]

Buy the ones without

There's loads

There's more choice than ever before

[barren sparrow]

Yeah

[shadow tartan]

You can even do what I do and play GBA games

[pure zinc]

I don’t work on my own time, and it’s pretty much exactly like an actual job, so that’s not anything of importance

[barren sparrow]

But it's not going to be halo or gears of war brand

[pure zinc]

That doesn’t change the fact that that system has ruined games and franchises that I love

Such as halo infinite

[shadow tartan]

There is no MTX in any of my GBA games that are SNES ports the games are fantastic

[shadow tartan]

Things get ruined, look at what they did to Miami Vice

[pure zinc]

Things get ruined because of what I’m saying tho

Y’all play it off like it’s not the reason

[shadow tartan]

No they get ruined because people keep wanting to flog a dead horse, consumerism

[barren sparrow]

If they ruined your game then don't support them

Move on, keep good times in memory and find something else to play. You aren't honour bound to a franchise

[pure zinc]

Consumers aren’t to blame

[shadow tartan]

Almost like they don't have the capacity to want something new until they're told it's good

Look at Claire Obscure, Alters

[pure zinc]

CEOs and shareholders want you to think that so that they can keep their ego when they release shitty projects

[chilly scaffold]

I'm a simple man I just dislike when my favorite games get easier to let more casual gamers in.

[shadow tartan]

They are partly

[pure zinc]

Not really

[shadow tartan]

Franchises are like TV series

[pure zinc]

I mean they are for buying the shit

[shadow tartan]

Drag them out for too long

Because people keep wanting more

[pure zinc]

But the people who add the shit to buy are at fault

[shadow tartan]

Remember LOST

US Office

[inland oasis]

Companies have an advantage. You’re never gonna convince everyone or even enough people to change the industry. People will always buy and that’s not the companies fault. If people want it then they’re doing something right. How it’s monetized however is a big tipping point as to what gains respect for the company

[shadow tartan]

Dragged out because of ratings, due to consumers

Same happens to games

Assassins Creed

👀

[split ridge]

Needed some popcorn for this lol

[pure zinc]

I’m sorry but this has to be the funniest thing I’ve read this month

And also the farthest from the truth

[shadow tartan]

So why would they make more Halo games?

You're just naive dude

[pure zinc]

It’s shareholders looking at other marketing practices, seeing which ones are the most successful, and leading and or forcing their devs to align to that marketing scheme

[shadow tartan]

The best Halo games they keep re-releasing and people keep buying them

[pure zinc]

These guys don’t play video games

They don’t watch tv

They don’t interact with any of what they invest in

[shadow tartan]

Sure about that?

[pure zinc]

They just try to make the most money possible

[inland oasis]

And yet….people buy them

[pure zinc]

100%

[split ridge]

Look at the oblivion remaster. It sold extremely well.

[pure zinc]

Activision blizzard is the most pure and prime example

[shadow tartan]

How do you know for sure?
You are at home all the time and you work for your parents, how do you know this for sure

[shadow tartan]

Exactly this

[pure zinc]

Think about it this way. How wouldn’t it?

They’re marketing on nostalgia now because everything else they’ve tried hasn’t worked

They need to recoup their losses

[shadow tartan]

They sold people the same shit with similar bugs

[pure zinc]

It’s so obvious

And y’all are so oblivious

It’s sad

[inland oasis]

Ah yes your the high n mighty we forgot

[pure zinc]

We will start seeing nostalgia releases next

And then we’ll see a comeback of shitty marketing

Ads in games

I promise

[shadow tartan]

What?
Like RoboCop?

[barren sparrow]

They have been around for some time

[pure zinc]

CEOs have literally been talking about ads in games for a while now

[shadow tartan]

Dude you're not saying anything new

[pure zinc]

They’re all waiting on gta 6 to release to start their schemes

[shadow tartan]

You just read shit on the internet

And everyone else is oblivious?

[pure zinc]

The people who say “just don’t buy it” are oblivious

Because it’s not a reasonable argument

[limber dew]

Blizzard was having issues before Activision came swooping in...
.. they were losing major teams before that, like Blizzard North, the team who made the first two Diablo games..

[split ridge]

Just don't buy is good advice though...
If you don't like something, don't waste your money on it.

[shadow tartan]

Why isn't it when you have ample choice, you're just going for a brand and a name like it isn't going to get diluted over time

[pure zinc]

It’s not tho, because it doesn’t stop whales from doing it anyways

Ruining beloved franchises

[shadow tartan]

That happens to chocolate bars

[barren sparrow]

I don't play CODs, battlefields, fifas, hero shooters or live service games

Studios I support provide me with what I like and when they stop I'll just walk

[pure zinc]

Because a lot of these games meant something to us

Halo especially

[shadow tartan]

You need to let go or get therapy dude

Things die

[limber dew]

That is exactly why I stopped using Windows/Microsoft and went to a different OS.

[inland oasis]

Expecting devs from over a decade ago to be the same people in the same position in the same company they were in just cuz of a successful game is impossible

[barren sparrow]

There is plenty of awsome games out there but if your genre is "franchise with decades of presence in the industry and large cult following" then too bad

[shadow tartan]

What do whales have to do with big budget single player games?

[inland oasis]

People have life to do

[pure zinc]

Great argument, I guess I shouldn’t care about the thing that helped me escape my trauma and abuse

[shadow tartan]

Migration is real

[shadow tartan]

There are other games that are just as good that can do the same

[pure zinc]

Yet I’ve found none

No story has grasped me as hard as halo’s has

Well

[winter yew]

Companies consider people who buy every microtransaction whales too

[pure zinc]

40k

[shadow tartan]

Haven't looked hard enough, maybe you're stuck on reading the things an algorithm pushes to you

[pure zinc]

But

[inland oasis]

The only way you can keep quality in the company is if the veterans TEACH what they know when they’re still good, to the interns and people who will be there in the future. Lack of that leads to poor mismanagement, then into making shit choices for games

[pure zinc]

Eh

[limber dew]

$80 Games. Pre-Order bonuses. Ultimate 100$ editions.. etc.

[pure zinc]

I don’t interact with algorithm based platforms

[shadow tartan]

I'm talking about big budget games without MTX, DLC exists but they don't all have MTX

[pure zinc]

I’m missing a pvp shooter in my roster tho

[shadow tartan]

That's not large sums, we're talking about thousands

[pure zinc]

I don’t think anything will sufficiently fill that halo void

[shadow tartan]

Thousands in one game

[shadow tartan]

Try Splitgate

[pure zinc]

No

It’s ass

Splitgate 1 is dead, splitgate 2 is f2p slop

[shadow tartan]

But have you played it?

[pure zinc]

They tried dogging on cod with $80 skins

[barren sparrow]

Owlcat offers you 10$ off from the final price and digital goodies + access to beta if you preorder founders editions for their newly announced games

[pure zinc]

Yes

[shadow tartan]

Show me how many hours

[pure zinc]

And the hit registration is not that great

Nor is the game feel

[barren sparrow]

Founders bc games don't have a release date yet, but that's something they have been doing for years now

[shadow tartan]

Should we mention the other people that say fuck this and fuck that but then spend $90 for 4 days early access like it's not the same as anything else, it just fits their preference and narrative

[inland oasis]

Splitgates amazing for being free

[pure zinc]

1 yea

2 nah

[inland oasis]

Dead? Tho what

[pure zinc]

I wasn’t able to find splitgate one matches

[inland oasis]

I get matches no issue.

[pure zinc]

I re-downloaded it last weekend

Also not to mention sweats

[split ridge]

Then do what I do and just replay the old ones? Like what others have said, franchises will never remain the same. Move on from old franchises that have turned into shit lmao. Money is purchasing power, use it for the good stuff like indies or the few triple A's that end up being good.

[inland oasis]

That can be said in any shooter

[pure zinc]

If they still play sg1 they prolly sweaty asf

[pure zinc]

Not cod

Or halo

Or any game with sbmm

Because that shit intentionally keeps you at a specific skill level and doesn’t let you improve

[inland oasis]

WHAT? no sweats in cod? That’s the most opposite thing I’ve ever heard

There’s smurfs everywhere

[pure zinc]

That take 10-15 games to train the sbmm

[inland oasis]

You can play bad while being a pro to trick sbmm

[pure zinc]

I’m not scared of smurfs

[pure zinc]

Or pros

[shadow tartan]

It exists

[pure zinc]

I just don’t wanna have to play against them every time I play a game

I play gears 5 for that reason

To get my ass handed to me

[shadow tartan]

The people move to

I've dropped hints

Of what to look at

Company names still exist doesn't mean the people are still there

[pure zinc]

Also Replaying the old ones doesn’t nullify the wasted potential that infinite had. It’s sad to see them almost perfect the formula, but then skimp out on a decent weapon roster, and exclude iconic ones as well… like, it sucks hard :/

[shadow tartan]

Just have to do a bit of research

[pure zinc]

And that’s the only problem infinite really has too, is that it’s lacking weapons

And the monetization, but that’s not too bad of an issue as it used to be

[split ridge]

Yep, bungie is a good example lol

[shadow tartan]

They're remaking the first Halo, people can buy it all over again 25 years later

[shadow tartan]

Yeah and the rest dude

[pure zinc]

343 again, they fired all the people that cared too

[inland oasis]

I can’t wait till we get remakes of remakes

[pure zinc]

Halo is a dead franchise

Which is sad because it used to be my favorite sci-fi franchise

[split ridge]

I agree it sucks but things change. I consider myself a huge halo fan and I've literally moved on from the franchise because I don't like the new ones. I've found other stuff to spend my money on.

[pure zinc]

It’s not even about money anymore

Just quality has gone out the window

I don’t even like spending money anymore

Like

I used to want all the games

Now I don’t even wanna buy one

[shadow tartan]

Just play the original I guess

You get the nostalgia and a game that was originally good

Don't see a downside

[pure zinc]

Dead multiplayer

[shadow tartan]

That's one aspect, the game is still there

The core design of what made it good is accessible

[pure zinc]

I guess

That’s not the point tho

[shadow tartan]

It's why I play on my GBA

[pure zinc]

I’ve been playing one game that has been an escape from all shitty games

But

I have no one to help me with a part I can’t do by myself

Co-op levels

[barren sparrow]

Man, now I really feel like replaying Crysis series for some reason

I barely remember anything but I think that I liked its campaigns

[pure zinc]

Because no one in my house is interested in the same game

[shadow tartan]

Warhead

It wasn't that bad

I know the writer of Crysis

And I used to rip him for it

OMG it's Koreans, OH NO FUCKING ALIENS

[pure zinc]

Crysis wasn’t even bad

I think it was just the stigma of the hardware requirements lmao

[shadow tartan]

It wasn't I built a new rig for it

Doesn't stop me ripping on a mate though

[pure zinc]

Fair lol

[shadow tartan]

Especially after we've all been drinking

He was one of the writers for Guerilla games too

Killzone mostly

And I think Horizon can't remember

[pure zinc]

Killzone was good too

[shadow tartan]

People move around

[pure zinc]

Used to be a halo competitor

[mental rose]

Crysis 2 had one of the wackiest stories I've ever played.