other-games

[trail kelp]

When I was younger I'd freak if I was the only one in the deep end.

[subtle folio]

God damn it my hands are getting sweaty just by talking bout it

[upbeat bolt]

Play Mario 64 sunken map with the eel

[subtle folio]

Brother when I was younger I didn’t even get in the water

My pops had to outright throw me in

[trail kelp]

Thalassophobia! Let's goooo!

[subtle folio]

😂😂😂

[dry copper]

3 hours to the EGS christmas day freebie

[subtle folio]

Excited?

Feels like it’ll be big

At least I hope it is

[barren sparrow]

Iirc one of batman games has Batmobile that harmlessly stuns criminals when it hits them

[subtle folio]

Won’t have time to play it tho

Heading on a trip tomorrow

[dry copper]

Not really excited. I got nothing for christmas. I mean...I'm lying. I got two pairs of slippers

My expectations are low.

[subtle folio]

Damn dude, hey if it makes you feel better I don’t even celebrate Christmas

So we both ain’t got no gifts

😂😂😂😭😭😭

[barren sparrow]

I doubt it would anything better for anyone

[dry copper]

I probably won't celebrate it after my mum dies.

[subtle folio]

Yeah I can imagine it’d be hard

I’m Muslim so our equivalent is Eid

But we don’t celebrate it much anymore

Especially since we are in Sweden, I just sit and play some RDR2, GTAV or NMS

[dry copper]

Eid. The end of ramadan

[subtle folio]

Indeed indeed

Coming up soon actually

Some few months left

[dry copper]

I would've thought Ramadan more celebratory than Eid

[subtle folio]

Somewhat, if you’re an adult then yeah

Kids love Eid

Like LOVE Eid

[dry copper]

Here, the Islamic peoples spend Ramadan giving away food and helping food security

[trail kelp]

A friend of mine said her biggest gripe with Harry Potter's setting is "it's okay to use magic to remove all the bones from someone's body. But willing them to die? That's evil!"

[subtle folio]

That’s exactly the point of it

And it feels awesome

Sharing what you have makes you feel good

[trail kelp]

I celebrate Hanukkah, so I feel you there 😂

[subtle folio]

😂😂😂

Man it feels awesome being here

People from all walks of life

Different places

Just all getting along

Feels like one big family

[dry copper]

My biggest gripe with Harry Potter is the author is a transphobe that attacks people who don't identify with a specific house...Like...wtf. She's got no hufflepuff.

[trail kelp]

Though I think we're getting dangerously close to #off-topic-bond-james-bond territory here. We gotta stop bouncing from chatroom to chatroom 😂

[dry copper]

I try to explain to religious people that for someone that does not adhere to a religion, one can also derive pleasure in helping others for the act alone.

[subtle folio]

Yeah that’s true my friend

[dry copper]

Humanitarianism is huge

[subtle folio]

That too as well

Ok this may seem weird, but what’s the best game yall have played that makes you feel good in that way like helping others

[dry copper]

Does rating matter? In terms of age

[subtle folio]

Don’t wanna swing off topic too quick but idk I want to see what’s out there

Other than killing people

[subtle folio]

Nah shoot at it

Whatever

[dry copper]

Grow: Song of the Evertree

[trail kelp]

I dunno, really that's any MMO for me because I always wind up mentoring newbies at some point.

[thorny python]

Might be a bit surprising, but Sea Of Thieves. Randomly giving and receiving gifts is always nice.

[subtle folio]

Gotta check that one out seems like a casual one

[subtle folio]

I haven’t thought of that actually

Played it a while ago

[dry copper]

I spent a lot of time researching games for their narrative design structure to find a game that was earnestly safe for kids and didn't plug adult jokes (for example) in their child tempered universes, hiding inside jokes in the writing. Grow: Song of the Evertree was the first game I ever played that had it all.

[subtle folio]

Yeah I feel ya, played some and I definitely did the same thing

[subtle folio]

That’s awesome actually, seems like way too many kids nowadays play games like Fortnite or call of duty and learn nothing but killing

[trail kelp]

I'm checking my steam library to find an actual answer. If it takes me more than 45 minutes, send help

[subtle folio]

Hey I’ll be honest I played those too

But it wasn’t so bad

Not like this generation

[subtle folio]

Will do 😂😂

[dry copper]

I get games being for kids that aren't all soft and squishy, but I absolutely hate games that are aimed for a child audience that hide jokes intended for an older audience in the writing and game design.

To me that's lying to the consumer

It's hard enough trying to find a game to get a kid without having to worry about it being used as a prop to push some meme agenda.

[subtle folio]

Yeah man I feel ya

I’m still in school

So I see a ton of kids

And man have they changed from when I was kid

Issue is that they learn from these games

[trail kelp]

Yeah, so it sounds like all I've got that I can suggest is like... Harvest Moon 😂

[subtle folio]

So they take it with them when talking to others

[subtle folio]

Wasn’t that a game on the 3ds

Feels like I’ve played it long ago

[trail kelp]

It had a 3ds game yeah, but it goes all the way back to the SNES

I think

[subtle folio]

Goodness gracious

Got my 3ds right here actually

Think I’ll install it

[trail kelp]

If I recall correctly, the 3ds one was bad. =[

[subtle folio]

Hey at least I’ll have it with me on my trip

It’s only a week so I won’t have my Mac

[trail kelp]

I had it, and it had like... two towns. And the game was very likely to crash if you tried to travel between them.

[subtle folio]

Ah damn

I’ll install it on Mac too then

Even if it ain’t supported I can run crossover

Running RDR2 at the moment

Can’t run high graphics but runs smooth

[trail kelp]

Oh! It sounds like there was more than just the bad one on the 3ds.

Just don't get Tale of Two Towns and you're set. That was the broken one.

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/snoop-dogg-rap-hip-hop-west-coast-crips-gif-24898891

[pulsar edge]

Glories destruction!!!! lol

[verbal plume]

guys would buying a used CPU be a bad idea

even if it's from newegg

it'll take about $60 off the cpu i want is why im wondering

[prime pivot]

Depending on the seller I would recommend it

I think Newegg is a third party here🤔

[supple glen]

I never buy anything tech used you just never kno

[verbal plume]

They are, but they usually check everything

[prime pivot]

I have all the time

I got my motherboard of Ebay

[supple glen]

Hmmm 🤔

[prime pivot]

Works like a champ

[verbal plume]

sick yea, ill probably do that

it comes from somewhere in hong kong, looks legit

[prime pivot]

[verbal plume]

the new one is like $218, the used it about $135

[prime pivot]

👀

Be careful with things from China

They often fake what it actually is

[verbal plume]

yea i'm looking at reviews and stuff for sure

alright, probably this one

still cheap and shipped by newegg

and the 100+ bought in the past month looks good lol

[prime pivot]

[dry copper]

I think Nvidia is going to destroy itself with the path it's taking on chip utility

Marketing toward generative scripted algorithms is going to alienate their entire non-commercial consumer base. They are riding a high on something new for now so it looks like profits, but once quantum computing is in play - The need for so many chips will drop significantly. I don't know how Nvidia will get its consumer base back after this scorched earth approach to product design.

Perhaps they are hoping to secure enough of the market share to squeeze Microsoft out of the quantum computational market

At this rate, I've given up on Nvidia for future builds and am looking at the b580

[prime pivot]

So Intel

Bold choice

[verbal plume]

fallout season 2 is pretty sick so far

[verbal plume]

them radscorpions lol

fuck that

[tranquil glen]

Dont they also get a deathclaw

[verbal plume]

Later in the season i believe, yes

only 2 episodes out right now

[tranquil glen]

Aight

[verbal plume]

the radscorpions look perfect man

[supple glen]

Disco Elysium free on Epic

Cool game some may find boring

[edgy viper]

Free is good price

[tranquil glen]

Its a great price but the company paying you (which dont happen to many) is better

[formal canopy]

Enjoying all 4 of these so far

[supple glen]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/292030/The_Witcher_3_Wild_Hunt/

Steam

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Price

$3.99

Recommendations

798503

Metacritic

93

[austere lance]

Hell yeah

[hoary remnant]

Just got Sea of Thieves, anyone else playing it?

[sage ore]

I want to get a game but can't decide which. I want to get one as soon as possible before the sales are over.

[split ridge]

Portal 1 & 2 are fantastic games. I would recommend those to everyone.

[austere lance]

E33

[tranquil glen]

is WWZ crossplay betwix Steam and EGS

[austere lance]

Both of the Portal games, Expedition 33, and Arc Raiders are

[tranquil glen]

ive yet to [play ex33 ngl, and arc eh its close to chef kiss but extractors arent something id rate that ngl comes close but nah

[austere lance]

As someone who really isn't into pvp games, even I have 195 hours in it and play it daily. It's a helluva game, for sure

[frigid jolt]

So helldivers 2 what makes it a great game?

[tranquil glen]

Ahh ok goes i needa play more then kinda dropped back to wf a bout 2week after release

[tranquil glen]

Imo the fun that comes with the high of pve combat in horde games while also (often to me atleast) not having to concern myself with the real increased difficulty threats, also good squads or pre fab make it much better to

Even in a single instance of four solos its still fun

[inland oasis]

the unpredictable hilarious cinematic moments. the adrenaline rushes. the sheer chaos that can happen lol

[inland oasis]

so, playing Dying light: The beast. Ngl i cant complain. feels like dying light again. little fresher and idk how to explain but physics feel a bit better. stories got me pulled in already.

Also, LOVE kyle crane as a character so being him again is so nice

[verbal plume]

mann

im really liking percy jackson season 2 so far

episode 4 was good i thought

they revealed who nico is gonna be

[hoary remnant]

Like the actor?? I use to ADORE the books, havent watched it yet

Besides percy jackson fun, anyone play Sea of Thieves? Its on sale, so i snagged it, and could use some help

[verbal plume]

Yep!

He's not in season 2 (the sea of monsters) but the Percy Jackson actor said who Nico will be

[hoary remnant]

Oooo very cool very cool

[upper glade]

Forget all of these, and go with a game called Jump Space, little indie title in early access at the moment.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1757300/Jump_Space/

Steam

Jump Space

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for up to 4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Engage in intense battles both on the ground and in space, and always keep your ship upgraded and intact. Teamwork is key for survival…

Price

$15.99

Recommendations

7541

[supple glen]

Witcher 3 is $3 too

[dry copper]

My only issue with Jump Space is the MP system, you only get one of two types of players

Someone who doesn't do jack shit or someone that just plays mp like it's sp and runs around expecting everyone else to know what they know.

They should have made it easier to specify what kind of mp experience one is looking to queue up for so players can choose to join with others that are in the same bag or don't mind playing the game like it's grindr

I finally beat Frontiers of Pandora. While I have both the DLC and the game recommends doing them after finishing the story, I can not help but feel grossly underwhelmed by the ending to the point - If the DLC is the same as the main game, it feels like a waste of time.

[steel grail]

I highly doubt especially considering the recent partnership with palantir

[dry copper]

I refuse to even buy the latest DLC. It's not my bag.

[dry copper]

I'm not talking in the immediate future. I'm talking in the next decade.

Nvidia opted to take a run on the bank by drop swapping commercial consumers in favor of industrial consumers.

That bank has limits.

Nvidia is burning bridges it can not afford to long term

[steel grail]

Consider its success in last decade and dethroning of AMD to begin with. All they have to do now is secure govt projects while working with companies like palantir and we'll have another company like fb. It'll just be there forever 😂

[dry copper]

Dethroning? AMD has never had the throne.

If anyone shook the chip market, it wasn't Nvidia oversaturating the market with cheap chips. It was Intel entering the market.

[steel grail]

Im pretty sure my entire teenage period revolved around AMD and the hype it got and Nvidia was the riskier option

[dry copper]

Palantir is already painting itself into a corner with its marketing.

Palantir will go the way of McAfee.

When someone pretends to be trust worthy for security and then openly admits to exploiting it, they deserve to be dismantled.

They're just a glorified data analytics company

[steel grail]

I agree they do deserve to be dismantled but would they be tho? 😂
U have to consider the source of flow of money here. If its coming from ppl who have established roots in market that run too deep, the project likely wont fail. Cuz they wont let it fail

[dry copper]

Yes, they would be and they are already replaced in any organization interested in keeping its analytics under wraps.

Palantir is too forward facing for security

It's like a security guard walking in with his dick out

It might not be on paper, but they're going to disappear from the front pages into obscurity. Their work with Nvidia is a hail mary.

Nvidia will be lucky if they don't go to jail for some of the shit they did this last quarter.

They are lying to consumers to over inflate the value of their chips, while at the same time oversaturating the market to devalue them

That's real time felony fraud and embezzlement

With Google and Intel working together to develop SoCs for datacenters, it's going to completely cripple the GPU industry

[mellow dune]

I can see this happening

[dry copper]

At least the GPU industry relying on selling to industry data centers

Nvidia is playing checkers with companies playing chess.

When Nvidia rolls, it's going to take out a lot of 401ks

[mellow dune]

Micron and Samsung exiting the DRAM market to focus on A.I

And now Asus are thinking on slotting in

[upper glade]

Oh yeah, it's definitely one of those games that you just play with your friends.

Solo's not bad at all though.

[dry copper]

Nvidia pushing to get contracts early means they're desperate to secure the market before technology renders them obsolete...and I find it amusing to watch

[mellow dune]

Seeing NVIDIA implode would be funny considering the state of their software rn lmao

[dry copper]

A few more data centers drop like the ones that errored out at AWS, and people will start looking for more secure options

[mellow dune]

Half of its windows tbf but man NVIDIA drivers on Win11 are hilariously unstable

[dry copper]

I hate cloud computing

[dry copper]

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[boreal arch]

Did anyone have a Sega or Sega CD and rember some games from back in the early 90s?

i've been searching for a game that I played and i can't find it

i only remember a few things about it

i've looked at every list that I can find

nothing really seems to be getting me any clues

It was a japanese type game with a small party of characters in the art style of almost like South Park characters?

you went around a town and shopping was a major part of the game

but it was like a turn based RPG

i think the dialouge was in japanese and it was translated to English by the game

I can't remember if it was Sega or Sega CD

[boreal arch]

a top down RPG?

[verbal plume]

last fionna and cake s2 episode

pretty cool

[upbeat bolt]

It's so nice after you're finally done lol

[dry copper]

Are you sure it wasn't for Nintendo?

I was just thinking of a game that had a lot of exploration and exposition in its narrative that was top down rpg from the 90s...Called Earthbound

It wasn't for sega tho

[boreal arch]

No, I can't remember 😭 I'm old

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcezxUzg_s8

[austere lance]

Fuck this looks cool, basically Blasphemous but Mexican folklore and you play as a cursed mariachi
https://youtu.be/HC_zzEbK_lE?si=G1zXd9p1RcjXpH8C

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZBSIUMX-Y

[dry copper]

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

[thorny storm]

That looks sick. Unique color palette.

[tranquil glen]

https://youtube.com/shorts/i_9lTlnH-pw?si=bqFsfeXuev4qXYhW

[neat crescent]

There's so much glow ✨

[rocky vine]

is this the same bk201 from here?

[verbal plume]

beyond good and evil 2 is never coming out right

[feral ginkgo]

A trailer in a “gameshow”, after that more than 10 years of nothing, i let that go after 3 years of nothingness.

[verbal plume]

sadness

[wary river]

I found No Man's Sky in Different Strokes

[supple glen]

Oh yes, the legendary Netflix set as the legends foretold

[steel grail]

This UI alone makes it look like an entirely different game

[pearl kite]

What do u guys think of Death Stranding? Should I get it

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O-2HWo7ok1g

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/oxygen-not-included-cleaning-oxygen-gif-4559181789058528099 BE us be one

[dry copper]

You wanna know something really fucked up about the use of scripted algorithms for data mining?

It's not getting more accurate. It's getting better at lying.

That's the most fucked up evolution of script I've ever seen.

Some day we're going to hate it, because the script will guide people into making decisions that actively hurt them after trusting the feedback from these machines.

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/pip-cute-creature-oxygen-not-included-nature-gif-16409086276477288246

[split ridge]

Has anyone here played the game Keeper? If so, would you recommend? It's on sale for 24 bucks right now

[austere lance]

Played it for an hour and got bored

[sage ore]

Snake eater was my old college nickname

[barren sparrow]

I am speed

-# Edit: Game - Armored Core VI

[pulsar edge]

what game is this?

[barren sparrow]

Armored Core VI
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888160/ARMORED_CORE_VI_FIRES_OF_RUBICON/

Steam

ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

Combining FromSoftware’s longstanding expertise in mech games with their signature action gameplay, ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON brings a brand-new action experience to the series.

Dynamic, Omni-directional Battles
Players will pilot their mech in fast-paced, omni-directional battles, taking advantage of massive stages and their mech…

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

63325

Metacritic

86

Got it on current sale

[split trout]

30 bucks….

[barren sparrow]

That's 50% off

It's a game from 2023 and a solid one at that, it ain't going for cents anytime soon

50% is a good deal

[pulsar edge]

nice it looks nice to game need to buy it my eyes right now are in 7 day to die DLCs but this one looks good to get too

[supple glen]

Its not a real steam sale unless there's a 75% discount of more - gabeanomics 3:17

[trim topaz]

Who plays subnatica?

[pulsar edge]

KRONOS

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/tytf-gif-9928805959647303626

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/get-on-subnautica-hop-on-subnautica-nitrox-subnautica-gif-7125953974545026883

[steel grail]

https://tenor.com/view/joey-joey-tribbiani-it-was-me-it's-me-friends-gif-16459238154669060766

[trim topaz]

I see we have people of culture here

[steel grail]

Loved subnautica, was disappointed by BZ, both excited and scared for subnautica 2

[dry copper]

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

She was pregnant doing this music video. Crazy vigor

[supple glen]

Didn't 2 already release they pulled a Canadian/ ice sequel right

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdKa2JieoYI

[steel grail]

Subnautica Below Zero?

Thats a stand alone game. Sequel is set to release in 2026 iirc

[tranquil glen]

Below Zero is not 2, and 2 is under some flak rn between the dev founders and the publisher iirc

[steel grail]

And that drama is exactly why im scared for that game. Krafton doesn't really have a good reputation in the market so im worried what it might do to the game

[tranquil glen]

The drama isnt a about the content of the game its about whether the dev leads were getting the quarter billion bonus this year or not iirc

[supple glen]

I hate when mfs do that it's the next game released in the series but it's not a sequel

Some punk behavior

[steel grail]

U misunderstand. Krafton has a reputation to meddle with games. Im aware of the whole payout drama but thats something suits will deal with and nothing gamers can do about

But the game itself tho..not sure how that'll play out, if at all

Look at Last Epoch. Krafton bought the game and months later devs announced paid classes will be a thing in future

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/oxygennotincluded-oxygen-oni-printingpod-gif-12190665843494927697

[steel grail]

Apparently it was supposed to be dlc but got too big so they released it as stand alone game. Ironically, it was considered too small for a game 😂

[pulsar edge]

still one of the best solo games to reealx and watch strees kill dupes lol t get to space lol

[steel grail]

I personally couldn't enjoy the game but maybe cuz I was expecting the original game's level of excitement from it

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/klei-oni-oxygen-not-included-dupe-stinky-gif-19457008

[chilly scaffold]

DLCs turning into full priced games is my favorite genre I loved spending $70 on totk.

[austere lance]

DLCs that have more content than most full price games (Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty, both of the Witcher 3 DLCs)>DLCs getting turned into full price games

[steel grail]

Hearts of stone could be considered a dlc but Blood and wine could have been its own stand alone game

[austere lance]

God I love them both so much

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/subnautica-subnautica-below-zero-iceworm-gaming-gif-17048337

[supple glen]

I would of paid just for the ice powers in witcher 3 amazing idea

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/back4blood-back-for-blood-gif-24035751

https://tenor.com/view/back4blood-ogre-gif-19824511

[inland oasis]

I frew up 🥺

[formal canopy]

Aw they’re cute together

[austere lance]

This cursed ass clip is gonna singlehandedly ruin Summer Games Fest and next year's Game Awards, lol. I've been seeing it everywhere and people keep fighting over which popular game it's representing 😆
https://vxtwitter.com/i/status/2002854369369452879

Ryan Stewart (@RyanStewartVO)

I had no idea AAA Mario would be so popular. I had to make some more. 🍄
ft. @ArielHck as Peach

QRT: RyanStewartVO
Probably been done before, but I had to. 🍄

▶ Play video

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[formal canopy]

Beat the game. Solid 9/10 really confused on why it gets so much hate

[idle saffron]

Haven't played yet, so please don't spoil - but how do you think it compares to the first? All the trailers and bits of gameplay I have seen look amazing

[balmy minnow]

New Metroid graphics are quite nice for the switch

[inland oasis]

looks like halo lmao

[idle saffron]

Nah, Halo looks like Metroid

[inland oasis]

i thought that was the "acension" map at first

[formal canopy]

Better than the first

[idle saffron]

Sweeeeet

[formal canopy]

I thought that was Halo lmao

[formal canopy]

Question have you played Miles morales?

[idle saffron]

Ya I played 1.5

Liked it

[formal canopy]

You remember how Peter gets his ass kicked at the start of the game? Even tho he fought and beat the sinister six in the first game?

[idle saffron]

Aye

[formal canopy]

That happens a lot in the third game

He gets his ass beat a lot

It pisses me off

That’s my only complaint

[idle saffron]

Spidey gets his butt kicked pretty often in the comics, I'll probably be ok with it

Im looking forward to swinging around some more, hopefully soon

[balmy minnow]

Tbh kinda feels like halo too

[muted cairn]

Why does that look like the bridge from Sovngarde? Lol

[verbal plume]

because people suck

Spiderman 2 is a fine sequel

the only thing i actually don't like is Miles' original suit made for Spiderman 2

that shit sucks

https://youtu.be/h6ziN3wRvL0?si=YvECn6ZtgRi4NB_i

[tranquil glen]

Ngl when i started halo i was wondering why it looked like metroid

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-the-dark-ages-doom-dark-ages-doom-dark-ages-doomguy-gif-11726272134147936219

tiME FOR ADVENTURE TIME!!

[supple glen]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/578650/The_Outer_Worlds/
Deal

Steam

The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.…

Price

$7.49

Recommendations

23729

Metacritic

82

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1393111/The_Outer_Worlds_Murder_on_Eridanos/ better deal

Steam

The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos

The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos is the second narrative expansion to the critically acclaimed and award-winning sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.

Venture to the skies of Eridanos and unravel the grandest murder mystery in the Halcyon colony! Everyone is a suspect in this peculiar whodunit after Rizzo’s hired…

Price

$3.74

Recommendations

239

[dry copper]

Only thing this is missing is screaming, blood and pleas for mercy

Reminded me of a song I made on suno about Mario being a genocidal maniac.

[dry copper]

Hes not wrong. The anti-woke movement has largely been co-opted by bigots and racists trying to create a boogeyman of the terminology so they can more easily dehumanize people.

This has been the case for nearly ten years now

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/7dtd-7daystodie-7-days-to-die-gif-8550872118682391952

[regal yew]

WAIT IVE SEEN THIS GUY IN MY MEDIA CLASS

Anyway, asphalt LU is buns

[chilly scaffold]

I'm a gay female and I'd definitely say woke exists but normally it's falsely given.
Easiest example to point out is :
Dragon age 4.

You aren't getting gamers on your side by preaching at them (there is a full scene in da4 that's just preaching at the player) nor should your game be a vehicle for therapy.

Nearly every single conversation could reasonably take place in a therapist office that's terrible, especially for dragon age.
Why especially for dragon age? Dragon age claims it's dark fantasy like witcher 3 and it was, mostly the first two games but three had it's moments.

It would still be off for regular fantasy even if dragon age wasn't dark fantasy aswell

[steel grail]

You aren't getting gamers on your side by preaching at them (there is a full scene in da4 that's just preaching at the player) nor should your game be a vehicle for therapy.
This is my only issue with any "woke" subjects in games. Write a good story, a good character and i'll enjoy the game for it. But when they go out of their way to include a "message" that messes with the story or the character or the set up, thats when I lose interest

All in all its a serious issue and if not presented properly it does more harm than good to the cause

[chilly scaffold]

I'd normally defend that kinda stuff being in games but da4 goes overboard the whole cast is healing their trauma and you're invited

Again it's dark fantasy
Go make fun of a dwarf or a elf something please god

DND has a whole has slowly been becoming more "woke" too if another example is needed
Look up DND 2,3,4 2.5 3.5 ect
Racial differences are disappearing, lore is being changed and/or removed , changing alignments ect.
There's a whole seperate yet related issue of all races slowly becoming more human / equal with humans.

Now if you wanted to use woke in bad faith you would say that race being changed to species is a problem on its own/ within itself.

[tranquil glen]

I thought the point of huamn amomg other races is we do average at everything and tho shorter lives often we pass more on
(Atleast in comparison to orcs, elves and dwarves)

[chilly scaffold]

Human was vanilla ice cream and all the other races were chocolate strawberry, ect but overtime someone's been mixing vanilla into the other ice creams

[tranquil glen]

I see

[chilly scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/bluey-bandit-heeler-ive-got-a-problem-gif-23460218

[regal yew]

Watered down races is cringe

[chilly scaffold]

true hard to find people who will go by 2.5 or 3.5 rules over 5 or 5.5 tho

[austere lance]

The Christmas noobs have arrived

[chilly scaffold]

I've been interested in trying that game but ratting is too popular for me I'd rage

Can't even lie I'd rage lol

[austere lance]

The game matchmakes you depending on your play style and your answers in the optional little after-match surveys you can do. If you don't do PvP, give matches where you got ratted a bad rating, and give matches where you only met friendly people a good rating it'll start sticking you in friendly lobbies

I've done over 20 extractions in a row without getting shot at once, because I put in the work and fixed my matchmaking

[ruby mesa]

I asked CoPilot to help me find a video game to play. I asked it for the open world of skyrim, parkour/combat of Star Wars Jedi, and story/character depth of Cyberpunk....
It suggested Dragon's Dogma 2. What do y'all think?

like Avowed was ok, but waaaay too linear, there was no flexibility about where to go or what to do

[austere lance]

One of the worst optimized games ever made, and if it's anything like the first one it has the stupidest difficulty curve you'll ever witness

[ruby mesa]

it also suggested AC;Ody, but I don't wanna start that over again. Ubisoft has no idea what fun combat looks like

[austere lance]

Don't bother touching any AC games released between Origins and Shadows. Shadows is good, the three RPGs before it are not

[ruby mesa]

Ody was ok, but I've already done it like 4 times, and the DLCs at least twice... I think

Valhalla I got, but holy heck is it boring and repetitive even for an AC game

I was also suggest Dying Light, but I'm not so fond of zombies

[austere lance]

I've tried playing Dying Light three times but I get bored within an hour every time, lol

[chilly scaffold]

Shadows bless its heart had the decency to add ejects back in only reason I even touch it

Rpg assassin's Creed bah humbug

[ruby mesa]

I kinda miss Infamous from back when I had a PS

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/aloy-gif-19648845

Perhaps?

[ruby mesa]

What's that?

[tranquil glen]

Horizon Zero Dawn, ive only played the first one, but the pc port for the second comes sometime in 2026

I find it fun

[ruby mesa]

I guess I should go get the i7-7850/Nv2080 set up on the TV, since Xbox gaming seems to be lacking these days

[chilly scaffold]

Play ow2

[supple glen]

I was too busy to reply earlier but I'd play dragons dogma just not 2

[austere lance]

One of the games that makes me wish I had a PS5 😔

[tranquil glen]

The first is on pc btw

[austere lance]

Don't have one

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/steam-logo-train-arm-load4-gif-27126525

[austere lance]

https://tenor.com/view/xbox-ashtrey-ashtreygaming-xbox-series-xbox-series-x-gif-16552141848437595116

[barren sparrow]

Forbidden west? It already has PC port

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420110/Horizon_Forbidden_West_Complete_Edition/

Steam

Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

Join Aloy as she braves a majestic but dangerous new frontier that holds mysterious new threats. This Complete Edition allows you to enjoy the critically acclaimed Horizon Forbidden West on PC in its entirety with bonus content, including the Burning Shores story expansion that picks up after the main game.

Explore distant lands, fight bigger…

Price

$35.99

Recommendations

17657

[tranquil glen]

Oh, when was it? I thought it was next yr

Dam ok last year?

[barren sparrow]

That's complete edition

Unless it launched as only complete edition on PC

[tranquil glen]

Iirc the firstgame launched only as ultimate

On pc

Oh its also complete yea

[barren sparrow]

according to wiki page and I can't find any other PC edition

So nvm

[tranquil glen]

🤔 alrighty guess my timing js off

I still wish Horizon 3 was not vr

[barren sparrow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Horizon_Adventures

No way

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2428810/LEGO_Horizon_Adventures/

Steam

LEGO® Horizon Adventures™

Edition includes:

LEGO® Horizon Adventures™…

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

348

[supple glen]

that game looks like it's pretty good I watched my kids play it they Said Lego star wars better tho

[mellow dune]

cooked...

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/7-days-to-die-gif-539922097018515015

7 DAY to die DLCS ARE FUN

[ruby mesa]

I thought about installing Linux for about 30s again today, but too many games don't work

[ivory nimbus]

I got astroneer and subnautica for Christmas. I've been enjoying both, especially astroneer.

[split ridge]

I like Astroneer. Been a couple years since I've played it but it has a beautiful environment.

[verbal plume]

da4 sucks in general so i mean

im not surprised they did that wrong

da hasn't been good for a while sadly

[verbal plume]

DD2 is peak

(my pfp is dd2)

[ruby mesa]

but if it has a high skill floor, it's probably not for me

I like games with an easy mode, it helps me relax

[verbal plume]

i think it's pretty easy, fairly chill RPG

it can be hard like just about any game, of course

[ruby mesa]

well, some people say Dark Souls 3 is a pretty easy, fairly chill game too

[verbal plume]

the hardest part is probably managing your health in the open world because your max health does get capped lower, but you can counter that with a potion of sorts or by camping. it has a pseudo-survival aspect to it.

[verbal plume]

yeah dd2 is nothing like dark souls lol

it's fun, you can also switch your "class" (it's vocation in dragon's dogma) whenever you want

and the pawn system helps, too

you make your own pawn, which is basically your sidekick for the whole game and you can choose 2 other pawns. and every pawn is created by another player that you can use. along with players using your pawn.

up to 3 pawns in a party, it's neat

[ruby mesa]

oh wow, they really improved the astroneer onboarding experience since I last tried it

[austere lance]

As someone who's a big fan of difficult games, especially Souls games/Souls-likes, the first Dragons Dogma kicked my shit in and felt like I was fighting an uphill battle with every enemy encounter. I didn't bother trying the second one, especially after seeing how unoptimized it is

[verbal plume]

that's pretty wild

i beat dragons dogma 1 before i could get passed anything dark souls related

unless you never found the port crystals

then i understand

[austere lance]

I played the first three Dragon Age games for the first time in preparation for Veilguard cuz I thought it looked cool and ended up enjoying Veilguard more than Inquisition (Inquisition just felt like an annoying grind and I dropped it not long after unlocking the cool mountain base)

[verbal plume]

and dd2 runs fine on console, at least ps5

[austere lance]

Everything in DD1 was an obnoxious walking/flying health damage sponge, even when I was using cool mixed classes like the mage archer

[verbal plume]

i guess we just had different experiences

[austere lance]

Especially that fucking griffin you find outside the first actual city

[verbal plume]

yea idk dd1 is pretty easy compared to anything dark souls related

and 2

people complained in fact about dd2 being too easy

[austere lance]

Dog I took a left turn outside the starter town in DD1 and ran into three bandits that took ten minutes of constant damage from my party before finally dying

That game is fuckin wack

[verbal plume]

idk what to say besides you're in the minority of opinions on that one

[austere lance]

Literally just walked outside the intro town, walked up the hill, took a left turn cuz I wanted to explore a bit, found two dipshit bandits led by an armored one, and proceeded to fight the stupidest fuckin battle of attrition I'd witnessed in a while

This was the Dark Arisen edition too, which I guess is the better version?

[verbal plume]

that's like saying elden ring is bad because the tree sentinel is at the beginning

lmao

just, don't fight it

[austere lance]

Elden Ring at least gives you a phat open world. DD1 is literally just starts with "Go up the hill then walk in a straight line, if you turn left you're gonna get fucked"

Zero other options

[verbal plume]

im convinced you didn't even play it

[austere lance]

I've tried multiple times

[verbal plume]

just go around 😭😭

you're genuinely the first person i've seen complain about things being damage sponges

i mostly see complaints about walking taking forever or something like that

[austere lance]

How would I know the exact descriptions of those enemies and the fact that one of the first missions in the big castle city is to fight a damage sponge griffin if I didn't play it

I even had a turbo high level sorceress puppet from another player on my team 😆

It didn't matter, she did dick for damage against anything besides trash mobs. Just like the rest of my team, lol

[verbal plume]

i don't think killing a griffin is supposed to be easy, the same way it wasn't exactly easy in the witcher 3 (if your difficulty was turned up anyways its just more health and that's it)

[verbal plume]

yea tbh i feel sorry about your experience

dd1 was fun and made me feel powerful so i don't get it

[austere lance]

Not just one experience. I tried playing it three different times years apart from each other, all three attempts were the same

[verbal plume]

sucks for you i guess

[austere lance]

Furthest I got was 12 hours in, apparently

[verbal plume]

dragon's dogma is still really easy compared to dark souls

i mean, i literally couldn't beat dark souls by the time i beat dd1 and 2

[daring pumice]

Play wo long fallen dynasty

[rare garden]

@brisk trellis @daring pumice

[verbal plume]

i'm bad at any parry soulslike

wo long and sekiro are not for me

[rare garden]

IWATE is a really good story game. The gameplay is light and its..... kinda VN-adjacent so if youre not a VN kinnie you probably wont be able to power through it but if youre cool with reading and lore its peak

[rare garden]

bruh I hate parry games I couldnt do expedition 33

like im sure its a good game and all but I will NOT do that shit

[austere lance]

That's why E33 has an Easy difficulty with wider parry windows

[daring pumice]

I like parry souls like game

Not sure if you’ve tired hollow knight, or any other kinda game

[brisk trellis]

I don't have anything against it but looking at screenshots of IWATE I am utterly astonished at how queer this game and all it's characters are

[verbal plume]

i'm sure e33 is fun, that kinda game isn't for me though

[rare garden]

Its not a difficulty thing I CAN do it just like I CAN dig trenches for my job

But good lord do I not wanna fuckin do it

[daring pumice]

Wo long’s parry window is very tiny

[brisk trellis]

expedition 33 is a souls like?

are you fucking kidding me?

[rare garden]

It doesnt insist upon itself IMO but im also a queer person.

That said the majority of the plot is a more eldritch horror/ supernatural space romp so if you are even a little interested its really good

[verbal plume]

No

[daring pumice]

Why am I here, yall don’t even respond to me

[brisk trellis]

I do like eldritch horror though

[rare garden]

I havent played Wo long sorry

[brisk trellis]

and considering I'm an avid Suzerain player I could get behind an interactive story

[rare garden]

well less eldritch more cosmic tbh

[brisk trellis]

I dunno how much money is it

[rare garden]

now if you want a game that IS insist-upon-itself queer Our Life Beginnings and Always is peak and free

[brisk trellis]

I love my queer folks but I don't think I'm down for that

[rare garden]

on sale for $13 rn

[daring pumice]

I’ll buy it for you

[brisk trellis]

I'm bi but I don't walk around practically shirtless with dyed hair and subtle makeup like a couple of the IWATE characters do

I don't think I could handle that

[verbal plume]

🏅

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/willem-dafoe-laugh-crazy-car-gif-22580177

Destruction For Democracy!!

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/ttt-mrk-hh-gif-2906602148530644876

[ruby mesa]

Why in the fluffing fluff does Epic Games think my account is in the Russian Federation?

[daring pumice]

Time to play assassins creed unity

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/helldiver-helldivers-helldivers-2-frogglish-gif-5004274130855941472

SAVING PPL LEFT TO RIGHT

[steel grail]

VPN?

[ruby mesa]

Not on the POS Windows box

and I'd hope a VPN in the US didn't register itself as one of our public enemies

[daring pumice]

Wait anyone wanna play hell divers?

[ruby mesa]

I'm so sad the companion apps and online features are dead. The game is pretty limited without them

[pulsar edge]

One brave men play that game lol

[daring pumice]

Uhm yeah, I tried unity, wtf it’s dog shit ngl

[ruby mesa]

it relied too heavily on online/multiplayer interactions

[daring pumice]

It looks terrible as well graphics are bad

[ruby mesa]

they were decent at the time, the number of people actively rendered in the city was revolutionary

[daring pumice]

I tried the first mission

It’s just slow, and lagg

Laggy

I’m on wo long rn

[ruby mesa]

but with Ubi killing off most of their Connect stuff, it's just crap

[daring pumice]

Yeah yeah

I’m on wo long rn

It’s so hard

[pulsar edge]

te new trerminator game looks fun

[verbal plume]

What

[daring pumice]

Never played it

[daring pumice]

AC unity

[verbal plume]

ac unity looks great

[daring pumice]

Ehh

[supple glen]

I've been animal crossing lately
The game looks so silly and like a "girl game" decorating and stuff but it's fun lol

[verbal plume]

AC unity can still be played online

[verbal plume]

AC Unity is top 3 AC for me

1. AC3
2. AC2-Revelations
3. Unity

[daring pumice]

Lmao

Who wanna watch me die to a boss

For the 14th time

(Wo long)

[verbal plume]

Just send a vid

i do it all the time and nobody watches but it doesnt really matter lmao

[daring pumice]

Where do I send a video too

[verbal plume]

oh

!familiarrole

[stray flume]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

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[daring pumice]

Idk if I’m level five yet

[verbal plume]

nah you'd be orange

[daring pumice]

Yeah…

Welp

I’ve died to this boss like 14 times

Idk why I’m here, I already beat it but it made me restart

[verbal plume]

im taking a break from lies of p because it frustrated me

im 100%ing spiderman remastered since i already have 2 platinum'd

so why not

[daring pumice]

Hah I just played spider man remastered

[torpid lynx]

huh

[verbal plume]

playing spiderman remastered makes me miss 2's movement so much though

so much better in 2

[daring pumice]

Oh yeah fs

[austere lance]

I need the DLC

Also, they put difficulty options in the game semi-recently

[ruby mesa]

ORLY

[austere lance]

In Lies of P? Yee

[ruby mesa]

Lies is one of the Souls-Likes I quite enjoyed until I go to this boss who kept hiding behind shields

[austere lance]

Which boss, lol

[ruby mesa]

I keep being tempted to buy it, but the DLC isn't included in the sales yet

I think he's considered a miniboss

[austere lance]

Is it one of these

[ruby mesa]

it was a boss version of that I think

in the cathedral iirc

[austere lance]

If it was in the Cathedral it was this fucker, lol

He's a bitch, dude folded me a few times before I figured out he really doesn't like fire (none of the infected enemies do)

[verbal plume]

yea i saw that and i didnt remember it before

[austere lance]

It was either when they released the DLC or soon after, I can't remember

[verbal plume]

it's funny how easy spiderman is compared to arkham

even on the hardest difficulty

there's not even any difficulty achievements

Also

James Gunn knows

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/creedarno-assassins-creed-unity-steady-not-moving-gif-12565471

whyd that not embed?

[tranquil glen]

unity hard? are you new to melee combat in that style?

ac2 was harder imo and brotherhood

[verbal plume]

unity is definitely harder than ac1-3 because of the enemy pistols/rifles being really good, imo

there's no human shields

besides that, the melee combat is a bit slower in unity i think

[daring pumice]

No , im talking about wo long

[tranquil glen]

So Snipe from farther away and Dodge better 😂 , Game About loud Stealth LOL

[tranquil glen]

Ohh ok game topic Switch my bad didn’t catch that correctly

[tranquil glen]

I have yet to play revelations and 3, but i still want to say Unity is far easier
Than many of its predecessors

And imo melee Combat i dont think slower just, gives the player more awareness of who’s next direct attacking

[verbal plume]

removing a whole mechanic already makes it harder

human shields is a big part of 1-3

when dealing with guns

[tranquil glen]

When was human shields part of 1-2?

Like what

Are you Sure your remeber altair dealing with that and guns?
And young ezio

[verbal plume]

guns aren't in 1 and 2 but in brotherhood-4

and have human shields

there's more ac games with human shields than not, is the thing

[tranquil glen]

Yes they are actually, though altair doesn’t have One you literally get one for young ezio

[verbal plume]

i mean sure just smoke bomb everything and win, but that's not really fun

[verbal plume]

i mean that enemies use, obviously

i know altair made the hidden gun

and ezio found out how in 2

[tranquil glen]

So on whos side in Are the human shields then?

[verbal plume]

brotherhood-4 which is 4 games, have human shields

[tranquil glen]

Cause i thought this whole discussion was Player actionable guns

[verbal plume]

no this discussion is about human shields being really useful when dealing with enemies that use guns

at least, that's what i was talking about

and how unity removing human shields makes it harder

[tranquil glen]

Sounds Like you cant learn to dodge imo, Be it running round corners, climbing or like idk range kill the gunner

[verbal plume]

bro i've beaten that game 10 times over

lmao

my skill level has nothing to do with a mechanic being removed from the game

[tranquil glen]

Kinda does If you Are complaining about getting shot

[verbal plume]

im not

im complaining about human shields being removed from ac unity

ac unity is easy, just smoke bomb everything and use the shapeshift ability

im saying removing a whole mechanic in the open combat makes it harder.

its easy to just fly through to game stealthily because its broken

open combat is not as easy as the previous games.

[tranquil glen]

Ehh i finds it easier than 2 and Brotherhood

[verbal plume]

all you have to do is spam b and x in the old games

unity you fr cant in open combat

[tranquil glen]

Can literally wait for Enemy encircle and bash one until another allows for execution animation in Unity kinda fuckin easy

[verbal plume]

😭😭

[steel grail]

I'll be honest, I was a big fanboy of the first 3 games including ezio trilogy...but I never really paid that much attention to 'human shields' aspect so as to call it a big part of them

[austere lance]

Can't wait for the Black Flag remake that's gonna needlessly add gear levels to the game 💀

[tranquil glen]

Which is also what i do in Brotherhood, 1& 2

[verbal plume]

i mean that's understandable because it's all about stealth

im specifically talking about open combat

[tranquil glen]

But fuck the goat he deserved to be shot at his uncles estate imo

Not due to combat

[austere lance]

Human shields didn't matter til AC 3 and Black Flag, when guns were hella prevalent

[tranquil glen]

Guns were prevalent as early as Brotherhood

[austere lance]

"were hella prevalent"

[verbal plume]

which is why it was crazy to remove in unity

during the time it was in

[steel grail]

I lost friends when I said AC Black flag is an amazing game, its just not an AC game 😂

[tranquil glen]

Honestly from what I’ve seen kinda agree tho

[austere lance]

Guns existed in Brotherhood but you weren't constantly fighting dudes with pistols and rifles like you do in 3 and Black Flag, lol

[verbal plume]

black flag is so overrated

[tranquil glen]

I was certainly fucking trying

[austere lance]

Surely the remake of Black Flag adding the newer RPG combat isn't gonna ruin the game completely

[tranquil glen]

Also the fuck counts as human shields in this context, capturing an enemy or sumthin ?

[verbal plume]

meh i dont really care

i just want ac1

[austere lance]

Fighting *against dudes with pistols and rifles

Not you using them, lol

[verbal plume]

a human shield

using a person as a shield when getting shot at

[tranquil glen]

Ok fair they were crossbows and handcannons at the time

[austere lance]

After playing their dumbass prequel to AC1 (Mirage) I don't want a remake 💀

[tranquil glen]

I know the fucking basic shit Sherlock, in this context as stated

[verbal plume]

..im telling you

[tranquil glen]

Not really you Just told me the basic shit

Which isn’t what i asked

[verbal plume]

that's literally what the fuck it is in the game

😭😭

[austere lance]

I personally count the "hit Y to grab a dude to block an incoming shot" as using a human shield, lol

[tranquil glen]

“Uhh durr a human shield is a human shield” is what you basically told me

[verbal plume]

holy shit

[tranquil glen]

So like the capture target missions in syndicate?

[verbal plume]

No

[tranquil glen]

Did i ask you the follow up question or ducklord?

[verbal plume]

You can legitimately grab any enemy while being shot at and use them as a shield

i wasnt being sarcastic

that's just how it is

why are u so mad

[tranquil glen]

Because you did literally tell me how a human shield works not that u can? Cause ive not seen fucking once in brotherhood thats possible

[verbal plume]

😭

[onyx mulch]

Let's calm down now

[verbal plume]

Well im not making something up, you don't need to act like im stupid

that's odd

[tranquil glen]

All i have done in open combat in all ac games ive played when “alerted” is either book it to a hide point which ezio does suck at, or weapon bash when fully encircled till i can get a block and execute

[verbal plume]

https://youtu.be/DGmRv8NBU_s?si=_6a-Op5Wg3ttKqLn

https://youtu.be/_8B6TnULZHQ?si=wH2dOVk2FVyUuUAK

https://youtu.be/pz1-qncJCKo?si=mmkNMkIPnm9PFau7

[tranquil glen]

Ah yea the two games i explicitly stated prior i had not played

[austere lance]

Oh yeah, forgot about those. Nah, I meant the thing in AC3 and AC4 where the camera highlights someone about to shoot you and gives you a chance to hit Y and grab a nearby dude so he catches the bullet instead 😆

[verbal plume]

okay i don't know why that voids anything i say

stop being weird

[tranquil glen]

Its not being weird im pointing out that i wouldn’t know if i didn’t play them yet

[austere lance]

Strangest argument I've seen in a minute, lol

[verbal plume]

im just confused atp

[steel grail]

All this talk about AC is making me want to download the game again but Idk if its even possible. Last I heard that ppl had their steam keys invalidated for AC 2

[austere lance]

https://tenor.com/view/mecha-senku-dr-stone-scanning-searching-gif-2973224484173157571

[verbal plume]

why does dr stein look like that

[tranquil glen]

Ahh, kinda funny to have argued something for games Ive never played or played long enough to know of that mechanic

[austere lance]

That's why the Ezio Collection exists, lol

[tranquil glen]

Ive played * maybe 30 min of ac3

[austere lance]

Senku? He randomly has a little android version of himself pop up and drop scientific knowledge 😆

[verbal plume]

bro all i was saying is that human shields not being in unity makes it more "difficult" than the games where enemies have guns...

imagine if ac3 didnt have human shields

when ur facing multiple firing lines

[tranquil glen]

Imagine me having played more than 30m of ac3

[austere lance]

The first two hours of 3 suck dong, idk what they were thinking when they made it

[verbal plume]

this is fr why i dont go online

some of the worst takes imaginable

[tranquil glen]

Ngl i kinda agree i think Unity had more action in the first half hour than ac3 did

[steel grail]

No as in they did something with discontinuing services for AC 2 which in turn invalidated game..idk its been a while since I heard about the drama

[onyx mulch]

if i go to sleep now can y'all promise to not light the place on fire

[verbal plume]

action = not sucking

[inland oasis]

I hate when a normal conversation ends up feeling all argumentative when you’re just trying to converse 😭😂

[tranquil glen]

Player interaction of doing combat or smthn yes

[austere lance]

"We're gonna give you the slowest, most boring intro in the series and not turn you loose til you finally get full map access as Connor 2+ hours into the game"
(I just played the remaster recently and did not remember the intro being that much of a slog when I was a kid, lol)

[verbal plume]

it's supposed to be a twist

[steel grail]

Bet

[verbal plume]

i guess already knowing ruins it

[tranquil glen]

I never reached Connor the male templar bored me too much

[verbal plume]

it was a good twist.

[austere lance]

The first plot twist is cool, the hour or more of monotonous crap after it til you finally play as 18 year old Connor is not

[tranquil glen]

The prologue rescue alone kinda enraged me LOL

[verbal plume]

but people glaze ac 4 for sailing across the ocean doing nothing

[verbal plume]

like i said

[inland oasis]

Black flag sea shanties went hard tho

[austere lance]

Huge fan of the actual plot of 3 (except the ending), my god they drip feed the actual game to you for way too long tho

[tranquil glen]

Dont people also glaze the ac Vikings for the same shit tho?

[verbal plume]

that game also sucks

[tranquil glen]

Was a yes or no but aight

[verbal plume]

ac valhalla sold a lot but that shit isn't an ac game

it's not good lmao

[inland oasis]

There was stuff to do while sailing tho. The whole broadside fighting with cannons was cool if you ask me. But I won’t claim black flag as an “of all time” AC game. It was just fun for me

[austere lance]

There's a ton of stuff to do, lol. I was constantly fighting other ships for supplies to upgrade things, exploring islands for loot, and doing side missions or main missions. The map actually felt alive, and it didn't take hours to do so

[verbal plume]

ac 4 is overrated as shit

[steel grail]

AC 2 and AC 3 are the only 2 games which at the time showed character growth in accordance with societal change and how the whole theme of assassins/templar fit in. Everything after that was anything but

[austere lance]

Valhalla is the worst one in the series, fuck that game

[tranquil glen]

Ive yet to Play it ngl

[austere lance]

I'd rather play Mirage, which is a damn sin to say in any other context 🤣

[inland oasis]

Origins was bayek right? Then odyssey?

[verbal plume]

i actually can't stand ac4, i'd rather take the ezio glazers over them

[tranquil glen]

Got the ultimate tip Edition for almost $50(down from 120 or so)

[verbal plume]

Origins was fun, but damn imagine if it had the old system

bayek would be insane.

they nerfed him

[inland oasis]

Yea that is how I felt

I didn’t like the rpg gear system

[tranquil glen]

Good ezio fucking sucks imo both in retreat and parkour due to janky engine i think

[verbal plume]

which is why ac3 is my favorite

[inland oasis]

I remember unitys MP assasination mode

[tranquil glen]

Didnt they have rpg gear since syndicate/unity tho? Or that still linear gearing

[austere lance]

Yep. Really solid action-RPGs that I love, absolutely terrible AC games 😆
(Tho Origins at least has the Assassins vs Templars plot and explores how they both spread across the globe. Odyssey is just bizarre sci fi shit that barely mentions Assassins or Templars)

[verbal plume]

Origins at least has assassins stuff AND great acting

Baykes actor is great

[austere lance]

Bayek, my 🐐

[inland oasis]

I always rocked the Anubis armor

Just for the drip

[tranquil glen]

Sorry to say but evie and arno are my goats 🐐 🐐

[austere lance]

The DLCs for Origins slapped

[inland oasis]

I think there was a sekmuht set too?

I remember the gold and blue Egyptian head stripe things

[austere lance]

DLCs for Odyssey were fun but again, had zero shit to do with anything but ancient aliens 🤣

They really really leaned too hard into the alien shit in Odyssey and its DLCs

[tranquil glen]

Was Syndicate/Unity still linear gearing or rpg based?
Syndicate kinda has odd gearing imo

Not really either

[austere lance]

Not RPG like Origins and Odyssey

[tranquil glen]

Ah

[inland oasis]

I like situational gear systems

Where you adapt and bring what you’d need

Not based off just a bigger number

[tranquil glen]

Ok tenno 😉

[verbal plume]

Unity fr had a good armor system too

the only thing is that you couldn't change the look without the stats

[austere lance]

In Syndicate you didn't have to grind endless materials and xp to level up enough to fight people, lol. There was a bit of it but even at level 1 if you were crazy good at stealth you could still assassinate people. In Origins and Odyssey it's either grind or deal with damage sponges

[tranquil glen]

I didn’t really enjoy cross set builds for unity but i got what was great for me at 5 gold stars

[verbal plume]

i still can't get over how they took a whole movement system away though

it's sad

[austere lance]

Gear level is what really ruined the series

That wannabe RPG shit

[tranquil glen]

Wdym movement system, like breaking through crowds or the parkour?

[verbal plume]

i don't like riding the horses, i did that as least as possible in any AC game. these rpg's encourage using the horse as a self driving vehicle and it sucks.

[inland oasis]

I loved Autotravel lmao

I’m lazy af

[tranquil glen]

As did some side missions in Brotherhood

[inland oasis]

And it’s not fast travel so it was balanced to me

[austere lance]

At least Odyssey was an actual RPG with dialogue options and multiple endings and whatnot. Origins just had gear level to pad play time

[austere lance]

The RPGs have autodrive and fast travel 😆

[verbal plume]

its sad they removed a whole beloved system just to add tesla horses lmfao

[austere lance]

Oh god, the mtx in the RPGs are horrendous

[inland oasis]

They coulda went the dragons dogma route and made cart rides lol

[verbal plume]

removes any of the fun of traversing

[inland oasis]

Or did they?

[tranquil glen]

Barb…

[verbal plume]

the freerunning, yes

[austere lance]

Traveling in the RPGs=fast travel to nearest spot to quest zone, put a marker on quest on your map, tell your horse to autodrive you 🤣

[tranquil glen]

That’s been gone tho for awhile tho

[ruby mesa]

Yeah, there was some weird fluff around the licensing of that one due to the studio changing hands or something

[verbal plume]

yes and i still hate it

🙏

[austere lance]

Mirage and Shadows both requiring months of updates to add back ejects and better parkour is funny af to me, lol

[verbal plume]

and it still sucks

[inland oasis]

When you say free running removed whatcha mean? Like nowadays how the ledges and stuff feel really magnetic and attractive? Or? I’m not understanding the change is all. I barely played ac games much

[verbal plume]

ah.

[austere lance]

At least Shadows finally added back ejects and whatnot

[steel grail]

So ppl who bought it on steam cant play now?

[ruby mesa]

One of the best free-run/parkour I've played lately is the Star Wars Jedi games

[inland oasis]

I like how the dying light series does parkour albeit that’s first person

[verbal plume]

i'll send a video

[ruby mesa]

I wanted to try Dying Light (or really 2 for more RPG), but no zombiez

[tranquil glen]

I had originally asked parkour (climbing sys) Vs breaking through the crowds and i think its crowds breaking in the very early acs

[inland oasis]

I’ve been playing “the beast” the new one I never expected

I love it so far

[steel grail]

I really really realllly want to play that game cuz it has parkour and zombies. But that first person aspect messed up in the very first hour

[inland oasis]

But feels fairly same-y

[tranquil glen]

From what Ive seen of dying light I’ll never buy in ngl

[austere lance]

I've tried playing Dying Light multiple times but I get bored within a couple hours, the parkour ain't good enough to save the gameplay loop 💀

[verbal plume]

freerunning is about getting from point a to point b as fast as possible, that name has been in ac since ac1 when you held down right trigger and has been taken out since origins

sure you can do the same thing, just not as fast

and more importantly, the ejects

[austere lance]

Didn't use a flower pot corner, 0/10 🤣

[verbal plume]

it's not me im just showing what i mean

[austere lance]

Flower pot best parkour mechanic in the games, for sure

[verbal plume]

parkour down is the best tbh

https://youtu.be/BEFZ-C2aL6A?si=tcSoNJ_EhKKLq_KG

[austere lance]

Apparently there's mods for Unity that make the parkour even better

https://youtu.be/2c0f8a2kFH4?si=qNMQWIJFc2FwfdAJ

[verbal plume]

only thing about unity parkour is that you have 0 weight

the animations are very nice, but probably too long

arno kinda floats sometimes

[ruby mesa]

Black Flag parkour was decent for its time

CP77 just needed wall running

[tranquil glen]

Cp77 would fuck fun with the reality stone

Lets just bend the buildings Shall we

[austere lance]

Ugh, I remember the Cyberpunk gameplay reveal where they showed Mantis Blades letting you hang on walls

Then that uh, wasn't in the game

[inland oasis]

I had it in mine lmao

Modders, gotta love em

I also had both the gorilla arm, blades, and grenade launcher arm mount all at one time to use 😂

Being a literal cyber psycho ☺️

I played on hard, so max tac still basically wiped the floor with me 😭 they do not mess around

[austere lance]

I want Witcher 4 😭

[steel grail]

Anyone here play v-rising?

[quick leaf]

Yo yo yo

Damn i didn't know that Hell let loose is such a peak

1-2 bullets to kill, and for the same reason realistic tactics. Not just running and shooting

[inland oasis]

I love being kyle crane 😄

[verbal plume]

i need to play the beast

[inland oasis]

so far its pretty enjoyable

https://medal.tv/games/dying-light-the-beast/clips/lNZXPTw5dGJvSL3uU?invite=cr-MSx5T1EsMTY4MzE4NDcx&v=60|

JESUS!!! Bout gave me a heart attack....
Shat myself XD

[balmy minnow]

I was when it first released on ps5. Addictive af game but also grindy

[onyx mulch]

how do i invade paraguay easier (in a video game)

[muted cairn]

What game is that?

[onyx mulch]

hearts of iron IV

[muted cairn]

Ohh

[obtuse reef]

Can’t help you with the video game part, but I know a bunch of unemployed wannabe mercenaries if you want to actually invade Paraguay

[onyx mulch]

[barren sparrow]

Go on

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

[obtuse reef]

I don’t actually, I just wanted to make a joke about invading Paraguay

I know maybe one guy who’d be down to try that

[barren sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/disappointment-immeasurable-day-ruined-my-disappointment-is-immeasurable-and-my-day-is-ruined-gif-25049040

[steel grail]

It is a bit grindy, isn't it..but what annoys me the most about that it is that once u kill dracula there's nothing else left to do

But there's also no NG cycle so starting over doesn't feel organic

[onyx mulch]

Brazil up next 😋

[feral ginkgo]

You taken over Chile…..

[thick wren]

america rn:

[onyx mulch]

no you see, i am chile

i took argentina

[feral ginkgo]

Well then go for it make it bigger, better.

Whale shark POG

[sage ore]

Unrelated, but does anyone know how to invade Paraguay irl?

[plucky mesa]

Playing some Wipeout with the NeGcon analog racing controller on the recently-repaired Playstation - quick and dirty vid.

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

[formal canopy]

One of the best games I’ve played

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/no-not-in-my-house-dog-shake-head-nope-gif-20870595

[pulsar edge]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-pet-animal-rodent-giggling-gif-4828893065260467370

nice

[split ridge]

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

[formal canopy]

12 of my most anticipated games rn

[split ridge]

Super excited for the new lego batman game.

[pulsar edge]

the citizen of this city will thank you

[lament cypress]

Anyone played starfield?

[lament cypress]

Te recently got hd2 on ps5, quite fun

[split ridge]

I did a little over 2 years ago. Probably have around 160 hours in the game.

[lament cypress]

Better than nms or just different?

[split ridge]

I would say it's different. Starfield has the same formula all their other games have. The ships are worse compared to no man's sky especially after they added corvettes. The ships in starfield is just a glorified loading screen. The planets lack variation. I think the story in starfield is better than NMS.

I thought it was a fun game when I played it.

[pulsar edge]

its super fun stress relife and the best thing we all die in one shot lol

[balmy minnow]

It’s bad I really don’t like it.

[stable swallow]

Anyone here also played planet crafter?

[mental rose]

...That tooltip looks awfully familiar.

Or the font does at least

[onyx mulch]

hoi4

[mental rose]

Oh that's why. It's from the same devs who made Stellaris

[thorny storm]

I finished the first chapter, but got distracted by other games. I should return to it at some point.

[maiden compass]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOi8HIwZ-M

omgg new elite dangerous update that you can now land on earth-like planets

[tranquil glen]

I have crafted a planet or two aye

[rare garden]

yall got some good game recs while the sales still on

[supple glen]

Outer worlds
Disco elysium
Witcher 3
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

[rare garden]

played the first 3, bought SMT V the other day

[rare garden]

I thought I knew what dragons dogma was and I was very wrong I thought it was like a fighting game what was I thinking of

what is raidou it looks interesting

[rare garden]

I was not thinking of yakuza like a dragon I know what that is

[supple glen]

It like smtvv but action rpg

[verbal plume]

Outward

[surreal crypt]

MegaTen mentioned

[supple glen]

https://tenor.com/view/acnh-animal-crossing-animal-crossing-new-horizons-hello-hi-gif-26734046

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/arc-raiders-gif-12268578682245060161

[dry copper]

Do robots dream of electric sheep?

[rare garden]

is that what arc raiders is?>

[tranquil glen]

arc raiders is a looter extraction, a more friendly version of tarkov

[rare garden]

Problem tho: I hate people

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/blade-runner-tears-in-rain-gif-6049070

[rare garden]

I like the idea of playing together with people but actually doing it is a pain in the ass

hence NMS

[dry copper]

embrace the ass pain

[steel grail]

Do u like roguelites? Cuz i got a few good recs

[rare garden]

I highly doubt you could recommend a rougelike I havent at least tried

[dry copper]

fortnite

[steel grail]

Oh! Okay then..hf

[rare garden]

No i wasnt being mean i was joking no

Nooo my words were misinterpreted online I have been hoisted by my own petard

[rare garden]

no but in all seriousness I have played A LOT of roguelikes so if you take a shot in the dark theres a solid 80% chance ive played it

[steel grail]

Lol...I just saw u asking for recommendations and I wanted to mention a couple I played and enjoyed, thats it

But if u're an avid enjoyer of roguelites then I didn't have anything to mention in that regard, is what I meant

[rare garden]

I mean you can still name them

[supple glen]

Darkest dungeon 2

[rare garden]

Ive played a LOT of darkest dungeon

2 was ok

[steel grail]

Shape of dreams, Megabonk and though the community doesn't call it a roguelite, Witchfire was fun too

[rare garden]

I think I still have some save copies of those cool character mods for darkest dungeon that were deleted from the steam workshop after some drama with the creators

[rare garden]

Witchfires really good I played it when it first dropped in EA I should redowload it

[dry copper]

Just play Children of Morta until your eyes bleed.

[rare garden]

Shape of Dreams keeps appearing on my recommended steam page and while I like it in concept I was worried it would be too similar to, say, hades

[rare garden]

Children of Morta's fucking peak absolute banger

we love familial bonds in gaming

romance is nice but a strong bond between people? peak

[dry copper]

or Hades

[rare garden]

thats why I like Our Life

[rare garden]

I mean yeah hades is peak ive logged my share of hours into it and 2

[dry copper]

I don't play visual novels

[steel grail]

Not hades but Gunfire Reborn if it was isometeric and with animals/beings then haven't included yet

[rare garden]

Im hit or miss on VNs but Our Life made me sob its like top 10 games

its also kinda otome/ BL so its specific but hoah boy if youre in that specific genre it is the best of that genre

though I play as a femc cause girl IRL

well....not a boy IRL

[rare garden]

gunfire reborns good I liked it. Wasnt, like, my favorite roguelike or anything but it was fun

[dry copper]

I'm not against a visual novel necessarily, but it would need to mix in 3D and exploration to even interest me...A game like "What remains of Edith Finch" is a visual novel I can appreciate

"The Vanishing of Ethan Carter"

"Home"

[rare garden]

havent played it but AFAIK I wouldnt call that a VN

Buttt if you like stuff like that I recommend IWATE

I was a teenage Exocolonist

which is a game I recommend to everyone at all times

[rare garden]

ok ill give arc raiders a shot my bro played it and liked it

and my bro doesnt play too many games anymore hes more of a manga bro

[dry copper]

weird alternative

Manga and Video games aren't mutually exclusive

[rare garden]

true but he doesnt play games anymore or even really watch anime? he just reads a ton of manga

[tranquil glen]

ngl may want to pop on before jan 13 as well btw devs are giving out cosmetic currency to use for the holidays

[rare garden]

and mahwa ext

[rare garden]

I mean we're talking, like, "Buying today"

[rare garden]

is the deluxe edition worth it

it has 2400 thingies and I need thingies to buy stuff I assume

[tranquil glen]

i did do delux, but i think its just cosmetics and cosmetic money

[rare garden]

I have accepted microtransactions in my soul

[rare garden]

I do like cosmetics even if the game gaslights me into spending dosh for it

cant be more than ive spent on the horse racing gacha game

[steel grail]

Tell that to all the manga writers and ISEKAI enjoyers and an entire community of asian market that revolves around those 2 being mutual even if its in some regards

[rare garden]

isekai enjoyers

thats an oxymoron

no one enjoys isekai

-signed an isekai enjoyer

[steel grail]

No one that u know of. I know for a fact that theres not only a community that enjoys that genre but also in some weird way geek out about it

[rare garden]

no im making a joke like saying no one "enjoys" beer

[steel grail]

Damn! Thats 2 of ur jokes that didnt land with me 😂

[rare garden]

yknow like

[steel grail]

Im sorry i just woke up

[rare garden]

"Man this would be so good if it was good"

mushoku tensei be like

[rare garden]

its like danganronpa

danganronpa sucks so much its like my favorite series

[eternal root]

Maybe they do... and maybe I just found where those sheep live

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/lee-pace-foundation-gif-23938623

[tranquil glen]

U mean isekai watcher if u just said u dont enjoy it

[rare garden]

yes that was the joke

[verbal plume]

What is this?

[verbal plume]

Outward!!

second game coming soon!

[rare garden]

oh hey its $5

but also its a survival craft and im notoriously bad at actually playing those