other-games

[verbal plume]

its literally all cosmetic though, just don't buy any of the terrible outfits

cuz they all suck anyways

i don't think there will be any p2w stuff, i think it'll be the way it has been for years now.

[mellow torrent]

then il prwsent to you issue two

overprizing the game for what they give

wich they been doing a sizeable ammount

and leaving the game on a near unplayable stage

due to 9 quintillion bugs

what else
oh yeah they are capable of placing actual gameplay affecting things to micro

[tranquil glen]

black flag og is still on expensive side imo atleast via steam

[steel grail]

...what?

[tranquil glen]

they also started the actual gameplay microtransactions all the way back in AC Unity so that i would not be surprised with

[verbal plume]

i mean, this just seems like a what if situation

[mellow torrent]

the gols edition is sum 40 euros

wich id the game plus the customization bullshit

[verbal plume]

wut

[mellow torrent]

and the second story

all in all blackflag og

[reef mountain]

Scroll up for context

[mellow torrent]

id reasonable ammount of time and content to play
for the 40 ish euros of pay

it certainly could be cheaper

[tranquil glen]

some of the things to 100% the game were unlike prior ones locked behind paywalls

[mellow torrent]

specially for a game its age

[verbal plume]

i don't think it'll be a full $60 priced game but i don't know

i doubt it

[tranquil glen]

also the steam page does not state when it was originally released on the platform or its first publication date ever (for the BF OG)

[verbal plume]

like what?

ive never bought shit to 100% ac

[tranquil glen]

maps for chests

[verbal plume]

😭🙏

[tranquil glen]

and other miscellanious

[verbal plume]

you can buy those in shops

[tranquil glen]

not all of them

[verbal plume]

bro what?

[mellow torrent]

ubisofts doing

[tranquil glen]

yea funny that.. had to spend whatever the fuck hex currency was to get two map display for chests and maybe another thing, cause the miscellanous wasnt all via vendor shops

[mellow torrent]

anyway latest assasing creed

wich is shadows

[verbal plume]

i think you did an optional thing

[mellow torrent]

the usual price

is 70 euros

for base gsme

[verbal plume]

(Any game, actually)

besides smaller ones

[mellow torrent]

idk chief i am not keen on corporation slop

i prefer gsmes that dont scam me

[verbal plume]

yapping man

just dont play the remake then

🙏

[mellow torrent]

i wont

[verbal plume]

so you really are yapping about nothing

sick

[mellow torrent]

like what gave you the impresion i wilk be paying over 70 euros for s game

do i look made out of gold

but its a game i cherris and wish to see done good

[verbal plume]

that's the triple a standard now lol

acting like it's some new thing.

[mellow torrent]

and they wonder why piracy is rising

i feel you are being a bit condescending

so if you excuse me i will not continue

have a nice day

[verbal plume]

you're quite literally just making up what-if scenarios about something that just got announced with 1 concept art picture

i mean whatever bro

[mellow torrent]

im making assumptions based on proven behavior of a corporstiob

[verbal plume]

okay

[mellow torrent]

with their own numbers used as of the course of thw last 10 years

there is a difference between what if and stating a pattern of decline

but i digress

have a nice day or evening

[verbal plume]

i hope they make it into an rpg ac

just to see people even more people mad at black flag remake

that game is, incredibly overrated anyways

[mellow torrent]

oh jeez what a thing to say

this game that is liked by people is overrated

how about we loose thst concept and just look at the concpe tof let people enjoy what they enjoy

[verbal plume]

almost every game is liked by somebody lol.

[mellow torrent]

instead of trying to turn it into a popularity contest

[verbal plume]

hey man, people can like what they like

i can still say BF is overated as hell though.

neat game, not REALLY an ac game

the ship combat isn't good enough for me to sail for 70% of the game

that's my opinion anyways

[inland oasis]

If you sailed 70% of it you played it wrong tbf

[verbal plume]

i hated the sailing is ac3

and they made a game centered around it

lame

[mellow torrent]

you sail 70% of the time if you trying to do everything on the game

and even then

[inland oasis]

It felt like an addition to me. Not focused on it at all

[mellow torrent]

thats exagerstion

[verbal plume]

well, that's just wrong

but alright

[mellow torrent]

but the thing of the matter is that it was an enjoyable gsme

[verbal plume]

about 30% of it

[mellow torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-shrug-dexter-dexter-morgan-dexter-meme-shrug-gif-10663109702520140606

[split ridge]

Anyone here excited about forza 6?

[inland oasis]

horizon 6? yea, going to japan gonna be sweet

[verbal plume]

can't wait to see 100 ferraris again

taking up space of actual good cars

[inland oasis]

ferrarri and ford i think are the 2 biggest contributors lol.. then a shitload of hypercars. i like when they focus on street cars tbh

i will say each one feels like basically a reskin however its not that anything is wrong with it, but i can see where some more innovation could be really nice too

car selection and map are always the 2 biggest changes. as well as the campaign story kinda. aside that you kinda know what to expect.

[verbal plume]

fifa but with cars

[verbal plume]

car selection is almost the same every single game

Lol

they don't even have a normal honda civic coupe

hatchback ONLY

just play nfs for better street stuff

[inland oasis]

Meh I’m still looking forward to it

[formal canopy]

Yea boiiii

[tranquil glen]

how bout AAA companies just leave gaming

let the AA and A companies/devs rise up due to enshitification of AAAs since 2015

[barren sparrow]

I mean

[steel grail]

AAA titles aren't inherently bad tho

[barren sparrow]

Where will they go?

You can't exactly throw out the window, in some cases, decades of projects, pipelines, and marketing of a AAA game studio and suddenly switch to doing...

What even would be the next thing?

Say pottery

I wouldn't trust Bethesda brand clay pots.

[inland oasis]

Triple B games

[barren sparrow]

🧠

[inland oasis]

Not to be confused with the better business bureau

[steel grail]

First time I heard such a bureau exists unironically was because of discord and how many reported it 😂

[tranquil glen]

ngl that was legit an anakin thought where he says a poltical statement but then doesnt think the rest of the way through bout the connecting points to changing such thing he wanted to change

this scene right here

[mental rose]

Resident Evil Requiem has sold 5 million units, in 5 days since launch.
Holy moley.

[turbid scarab]

i'm definitely getting it on summer sale or whenever it dips below $70, really not a fan of this price creep

i'm glad to hear it's good, i still love re2 and re4 remake so much

[formal canopy]

https://x.com/jakesucky/status/2029281977174577326?s=46 first I’ve seen a open world medieval fantasy with actually good combat

Jake Lucky 🔜 GDC (@JakeSucky)

Some more on Crimson Desert combat

- Very high skill ceiling/learning curve for all abilities
- Similar to fighting game combos, this game has A LOT
- You learn different abilities by fighting different people (i.e. jump kick here)
- Wouldn't recommend fighting all the guards

▶ Play video

X · Mar 4, 2026, 7:45 PM

[steel grail]

a open world medieval fantasy with actually good combat

Is witcher 3 considered medieval fantasy? Cuz that game has good combat too

So does ds3 but its not open world fortunately

[mental rose]

I'm surprised Crimson Desert isn't a too-good-to-be-true kinda game.

I was worried the promises were too ambitious.

What with the dragon riding and steampunk-mechsuits

[steel grail]

I'll be honest I still think it is simply because i've been burnt by korean titles in the past

But I am hopeful

And eager to be proven wrong this time

[formal canopy]

Stop the cap that game has the worst combat I’ve ever played with

[mental rose]

It's back, baby! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3897800/Poker_Night_at_the_Inventory/

Steam

Poker Night at the Inventory

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From the archives of Telltale Games, this jokey poker game pits iconi…

Price

$9.99

[steel grail]

Thats an opinion

[austere lance]

https://x.com/asha_shar/status/2029645713962156149?s=46

Asha (@asha_shar)

Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the return of Xbox including Project Helix, the code name for our next generation console.

Project Helix will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games. Looking forward to chatting about

X · Mar 5, 2026, 7:50 PM

[dry copper]

Original looking game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1983260/Dungeons_of_Hinterberg/

Steam

Dungeons of Hinterberg

Welcome to Hinterberg, a new tourist hotspot in the idyllic Austrian Alps! As Luisa, you escape from the treadmill of corporate life to go on a dungeon exploring vacation. However, you soon discover that not everything is as it seems. Will you restore peace to this once-serene alpine paradise, or be sent straight back to your humdrum life back…

Price

$7.81

Recommendations

2104

Metacritic

80

Good reviews. 66% off

[dry copper]

"Where'd ya learn to do that?"
"I got knee'd in the face"

[dry copper]

I made the mistake of thinking it was multiplayer.

[split ridge]

Should be interesting lol
Lots of the people I've talked to feels like the series x/ps5 era is just getting started despite it being here for years
A lot of people probably won't feel the need to upgrade considering the games coming out in the foreseeable future will come out on series x/ps5.

[verbal plume]

Yo

What

https://youtu.be/Z1jcPlGXnMo?si=2IwDp2LqxSa_WIuh

@austere lance

Didnt even see this

[austere lance]

Yep. People are unhappy, lol

[verbal plume]

why

probably a big load of nothing

[tranquil glen]

started watching just anime recently instead of live actions not gonna deal with "is this good, maybe shit or just shit" anymore

[verbal plume]

anime is the same way lol

well, every piece of media ever

from the trailer though, i have nothing but excitement

[steel grail]

What are u watching

[tranquil glen]

one piece mostly atm tho my sister has gotten me to put some isekais on my to watch list

[steel grail]

Oh so u're booked for next couple of years then

[tranquil glen]

doubt ngl

[steel grail]

Wdym! I was a literal kid when i first saw one piece

And its still going lol

[tranquil glen]

if i keep the consistency itll be less than 2 years

to catch up

if crunchyroll has 1100 episodes.. and my next one is 178 and i watch 2 a day... i can catch up in 1-2 years

[verbal plume]

yea ngl i dont think i'll ever watch one piece because of how long it is

Lol

[tranquil glen]

thats also if i keep up 2 episdoes a day, will roughly be just over 1 and a quarter yera

[dry copper]

https://klipy.com/gifs/deadpool-coffee

[verbal plume]

I'm sorry but his GL was so bad.

[austere lance]

Not enough green power stuff

[tranquil glen]

his hair is GREY/AY??

[verbal plume]

People can see the future?

[austere lance]

People think this is gonna happen
https://x.com/topherflorence/status/1446151707029917697?lang=en

Topher Florence (@topherflorence)

back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale

X · Oct 7, 2021, 4:33 PM

[verbal plume]

did they not watch the trailer?

lol

obviously powers are gonna be used.

John is just gonna survive the cliff fall

No powers

dude's a trooper

[austere lance]

I'm annoyed by John having to earn the right from Hal to wear his ring, which makes zero sense considering the ring chooses the wearer @verbal plume

Plus we already have the template for how a new Lantern should be trained, lol

[verbal plume]

Did you watch the trailer?

It's not when Hal says he can wear it.

It's still the ring.

The ring didn't choose John, Hal is retiring. He's training John to BE chosen.

I'm assuming the cliff drop is that moment.

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-lifting-weights-gif-10496282963550197752

[austere lance]

That's not a thing tho, lol. There's no "training to be chosen", the rings choose you when you're needed

You don't get it beforehand and prove yourself worthy

[verbal plume]

Ok

He didn't get it beforehand

He said this in the trailer

Bro

please watch it again

people just gotta hate on literally anything

[austere lance]

I've watched it three times, none of it makes sense

[verbal plume]

😭

He literally said he hasn't used the ring at all. Hal says ok and jumps out. I'm assuming that's when the ring saves him.

[austere lance]

-The Guardians choose you
-The ring flies out of the giant lantern core on Oa
-The ring lands in front of you, you grab it, it yeets your shit to Oa, you begin your training with an experienced Lantern
In the First Flight movie Hal's mentor was ironically Sinestro, lol

[steel grail]

Thats how I remember it too. Also i remember some story about ring leaving or not working as intended when the wearer loses confidence. Which only supports the concept that ring chooses only those who are already worthy

[verbal plume]

so wait

how did hal jordan get chosen again?

lol

[austere lance]

By a dying alien landing in front of him and giving him his ring, and the ring went "Hell, he's worthy"

[verbal plume]

damn

doesn't sound too far off from the cliff jump.

y'all makin up anything

anyways

[daring spear]

"y'all" making up anything "
When it's literally how it worked in the source material

[verbal plume]

I'm saying the same way Hal got his is the same way John will, in a different format.

Because it is.

[austere lance]

That is the exact opposite of "Good luck nerd, have fun surviving this car crash by using a ring that you just...have but can't use?"

[verbal plume]

You're joking, right?

[steel grail]

It kinda does. The ring chose Hal after its previous owner's death

[verbal plume]

Might as well just stop now

Lol

Abin Sur quite literally chose Hal.

Please stop acting like he didn't

Abin Sur asked Superman, who declined.

Then went for Hal.

[austere lance]

Dog there are over 20 planets in the Green Lantern sector Earth is part of, I promise you there wouldn't be some dumbass prove it or lose it shit in New Mexico as "training" for John to "earn" the ring. The fact that he has the ring means he doesn't have to prove shit. The show should be about Hal introducing him to his patrol sector and showing him what their job entails

That's how new Lanterns are trained

[steel grail]

I mean its the internet and this is a multiverse scenario and there are many wiki entries like this 😂

[verbal plume]

how are people this disappointed when we knew months ago it would be on earth

[verbal plume]

So from this, we can just say

Both can exist 🙂

It's not a big deal.

[tranquil glen]

iirc DC had multiverse shit long before Marv

thanks Owlman

[verbal plume]

DC in general.

[steel grail]

Sure but the concept is the same tho. Ring chooses its owner. Owner doesn't get to "give it away", assuming thats what happened in that trailer

[verbal plume]

But yeah.

[verbal plume]

You're wrong and that's okay.

[austere lance]

I thought part of it was gonna be on earth at most, lol. Like, "Hal and John find Apokolips tech smugglers on Earth then do space stuff to stop them while John gets trained"

[tranquil glen]

isnt most of DC trainings newcomers just like "welcome in, come help us fight one of our BBEGs"

[austere lance]

Not friggin True Detective in New Mexico with an ugly suit hanging on a coat rack
The rings also make the suits, so that makes even less sense

[verbal plume]

Then you didn't listen.

Gunn has said for MONTHS that it was True Detective but GL.

Oh well bro, idk what to say

[tranquil glen]

what is true detective

[austere lance]

In First Flight Hal's first couple days lead to the creation of the Yellow Lanterns, them almost wiping out Oa and killing thousands of Green Lanterns, and Hal having to save everyone 🤣

[verbal plume]

Did we already forget Guy doesn't have a suit like that?

Lol

If you paid attention, you'd know that's not how it works in this universe.

That's the beauty of comics and comic book movies

They're almost always different from one another

[tranquil glen]

mm... didnt DC also recently have a universe merger ?

[austere lance]

DC rebooted

With James Gunn running the new universe

[steel grail]

????
I literally just pointed what the comics say. Its the guardians and/or the ring that decides who gets to wear it. I don't understand how I am wrong for citing source material 😂

[verbal plume]

People are already suspecting the Red Lanterns are in it beacuse someone mentioned something about hate.

[verbal plume]

the comics have also said the other way, the one i sent

welcome to comics bud

[tranquil glen]

thought arrowverse also had a whole arc just to merge the multiverse to one universe

unless thats not cannon

canon*

[austere lance]

If there were Red Lanterns we wouldn't have to guess if they're there or not, they don't really do subtle 🤣

[verbal plume]

Arrowverse been gone since Superman & Lois

Great show btw

[verbal plume]

me when i don't understand teasers

[austere lance]

Arrowverse was the crap TV show universe, wasn't related to Snyder's shit universe

[tranquil glen]

ah

[verbal plume]

i need SPOILERS in every second of my teaser trailer, please.

[austere lance]

Superman & Lois was the best part of it, fr

[verbal plume]

True.

And Flash.

Up until a certain point.

[tranquil glen]

I need teasers to stop being teasers and actually fuckin be good trailers from a decade ago

[verbal plume]

I thought it was a good trailer.

Subjective and all that.

[austere lance]

👇

[verbal plume]

I'm confused, I thought there wasn't gonna be green magic stuff in this show?

[tranquil glen]

if u dont want green magic then just go watch whatever the DC version of punisher is

[verbal plume]

I love it when people just make up stuff about a potentially 8 hour long series based off 2 minutes.

[tranquil glen]

an 8 hour long series?

[daring spear]

Based on the provided information, that's what it implies

[tranquil glen]

short as fuck

[verbal plume]

As far as we know, Hal trained John WITHOUT the ring.

Does nobody listen...?

Literally making shit up.

[austere lance]

That's the part we think is stupid and doesn't make sense
This isn't Tony Stark telling Peter "If you're nothing without the suit then you shouldn't have it", the fact that John has that ring means he earned it and is beyond doing dumbass True Detective shit in a small town on Earth

[verbal plume]

I'll never get over people trying to be comic book purists even though there's multiple origin stories for DC characters.

Becuase that's just how DC works.

Just let the media be media

[tranquil glen]

i still dont exactly get why that sector ring just KEEPS CHOSING EARTH

like theres 20+ systems in the sector

why 2 people from earth

in a row

1 was rare enough even a surprise for the Masters of Oa themselves

[austere lance]

That's two rings actually, they both have theirs 🤣

[verbal plume]

Earth is just goated...

tbf, proabably also has to do with our sector not having much life, but idk how the solar system in DC works exactly

I mean we have martians?

martian GL when?

[obtuse reef]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-gif-5127111251718073750

[tranquil glen]

once again all these (recent) fucking sci fi and fantasy shows all taking place on earth often in cities, not some more "alien" places.. would be nice if we cared to PAY FOR EXOTIC for actually good shit, early doctor who / first Na'vi did really well for that.. hell even city of 100 planets did well

[austere lance]

In First Flight it's kinda implied that humans are super creative with how they use rings compared to other races, lol. Hal makes wack ass constructs in his fights while everyone else just does generic energy blasts and orbs, except for Kiliwog (he's my boi and does goofy shit like make giant fans to air blast Hal and save him 😆)

[verbal plume]

True actually, yeah

[tranquil glen]

even in the animated show kiliwog is cool

[verbal plume]

Forgot about that

[obtuse reef]

The problem with trying to make environments feel alien is that we’re going off of our ideas of what we think aliens are, meaning those environments will always have some degree of familiarity to them

[steel grail]

Its not about purism as much as its about fundamentals. If the guardians chose John because Guy's out of commission or something and Hal decides to train John, then that makes perfect sense and ppl wouldn't mind whatever was gonna happen next

[austere lance]

That continues with subsequent human Lanterns. Kyle is known galaxy-wide for making the most batshit constructs imaginable 😂

[obtuse reef]

Like with the Avatar example, Pandora is just a fucking jungle with some glowy bits

[verbal plume]

The show's not out yet

so lowkey

i don't care

[obtuse reef]

The main aliens have similarities to life on earth in ways that are incredibly unlikely

[verbal plume]

talk to me when it's out

[austere lance]

God I love him so much, lol

[tranquil glen]

that is true yea, but if we are able to simulate both Pandora, and Dune, and SPACE SHIPS (interiors)... then why not, aside ofc from hollygreed

[austere lance]

"Poozer"

[tranquil glen]

like even what Dr Peter Capaldi, was more often on earth than out exploring unlike doctor whos before him

(and it gets worse for staying on earth after him)

[verbal plume]

If people cared this much, they'd be pissed about Lobo in Supergirl

[obtuse reef]

Because cities are easier to set up and there’s a bit more you can do with them. You can easily make a city feel diverse and teeming with life, but you have to go the extra mile with alien environments

[verbal plume]

it's selective

[obtuse reef]

You can’t really interact with an alien world outside of exploring and dying on it

[austere lance]

The other two Avatar movies show way more of the planet, lol. The seas have their own wacky shit

[steel grail]

Jeez! Mb man. I didn't see u start the convo by saying lets not talk about the show until its out 😂

[obtuse reef]

But they still have a great deal of similarities to earth

[tranquil glen]

thats not entirely the case tho, see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets for "alien world" with somewhat more alien than "basic earth" even if it is "super earth"

atleast for filiming

[obtuse reef]

That’s a good example of an alien-feeling city (although the plot was a pretty eh)

[tranquil glen]

its not but "sure kip" is all i got to say to that

[obtuse reef]

The two memorable parts of that movie for me were the environments and the fact that the projector caught fire when I tried to see it in theater

[tranquil glen]

The only part i vividly remeber is dimensional hand box

[obtuse reef]

I know there’s more to it than that, but my point still stands. It’s, at its core, a human idea of an alien world based off of what we deem an exotic environment

[tranquil glen]

from a rough desert area dimensioning into a heavy courscant like city

[austere lance]

Kinda?

[obtuse reef]

The dragon-like aliens are probably the one thing with the least similarities to anything on earth

[austere lance]

It's cooler when you learn the planet is sentient and all living things are literally connected

[tranquil glen]

well yea cause we've never "seen" dragons

[verbal plume]

Still need to watch 3

[tranquil glen]

atleast not with a modern accurate description

[obtuse reef]

Oh I know they are, but I’m going more off of visual elements. There are obviously a few more unique ideas stuck in there that add to the alien feeling, but visually there are some pretty obvious comparisons to what’s on Earth

[austere lance]

Waddya mean, we got a whole movie about modern dragons fucking up everything

[tranquil glen]

also for scifi vs fantasy, i do think fantasy is SOMEWHAT easier, even if its still expensive.. see LOTR, King Arthur etc

[obtuse reef]

Fantasy is easier because you can explain weird shit away with magic

[tranquil glen]

again thats imagination based on what we've though we have no true description

[verbal plume]

Well, there's definitely old descriptions on dragons.

[obtuse reef]

Science fiction has that really annoying “science” part to it, which means some jackass online with a PhD and too much time on their hands will easily tear it apart if you’re not careful

[verbal plume]

But they don't exist, yea lol

[austere lance]

Oddly enough the plant life is where Pandora's alien-ness really shines, you see some bizarre NMS worthy shit in the new game

[tranquil glen]

princess and the bride..

[verbal plume]

the princess bride is so good

[tranquil glen]

cant even say the shit movie Artemis Fowl 🤣

[obtuse reef]

I’d say the Avatar movies do a decent job at showing just how dangerous of a planet (moon, technically) Pandora really is, but it’s still dangerous in a very familiar way. The most exotic hazard on Pandora is the atmosphere, which is a lot more than most sci-fi movies go for but still not alien enough

[austere lance]

I have no idea what you're talking about, the books were never adapted 😌

[obtuse reef]

Humanity has spent a very good chunk of its time getting eaten alive, drowning, and dying of unknown diseases in jungles. Dying on a jungle planet is just par for the course for mankind really

[austere lance]

The entire planet is a borderline hive mind full of wack creatures and insane plants and fungi

[obtuse reef]

Nobody melts alive from intense radiation, or gets killed by the seismic activity of a moon that should be experiencing a lot more tidal forces from the gas giant it’s orbiting

[tranquil glen]

i just realized theres so many fuckin "fantasy" movies that are actually current day set, than like before 1900

[obtuse reef]

I feel like for how exotic the planet is meant to be, the hazards are kinda mundane. Yeah, the hyper aggressive wildlife and the blue man group are pretty stand out features, but that’s still in a similar vein to shit mankind has already experienced

[austere lance]

You also become part of it when you die if you're buried or dropped in the ocean. You can talk to a dead ancestor through connecting to a funky tree in the game, and in the second movie the one Na'vi visits their dead family sometimes iirc

[obtuse reef]

My point is, I guess, that for how many bizarre and exciting ways you can die in space, very few people seem interested in exploring them in movies and other media

[austere lance]

Jake's Na'vi daughter can connect to all life on the planet

Pandora is weird af

[tranquil glen]

also the human we never see correctly establish dominance on her avatar, is absorbed by the trees

[dry copper]

It's pretty sad. She abuses that power to turn animals into savage weapons against humans instead of fighting her own battles.

[obtuse reef]

I also just hate the general message of the Avatar movies

[austere lance]

The humans are actively killing life on the planet, the whole point is she's working with Eywa

[obtuse reef]

I am a firm believer that nihilism just makes problems worse

[dry copper]

Nihilism is a self defeating philosophy

It's like erecting a building for antidisestablishmentarianism.

[tranquil glen]

ITS FACTORIO FROM THE NATIVE PERSPECTIVES

[obtuse reef]

Which is why Avatar irritates me so much. A lot of people seem to think that mankind deserves to die out, without realizing that we actually have the potential to do more good than harm, they just choose to think that an entire species dying out for the actions of relatively few is a better cause than trying to resolve any problems

[dry copper]

mankind does not die out in avatar.

[obtuse reef]

No, but that’s kinda the theme

[austere lance]

There's plenty of good humans in the Avatar movies

The RDA is not all of humanity

[tranquil glen]

the 2-3 helpful male medic/techs on Johns side

[dry copper]

Avatar is a rip off of pocahontas. It just establishes a violant narrative between colonials and natives.

[obtuse reef]

Yes, I am well aware, which is part of my point

Humanity should not be doomed because the RDA decided to fuck around and find out

[dry copper]

Humanity isn't.

[obtuse reef]

Humanity has every right to survival as anyone else

[tranquil glen]

Mumbles, its literally just factorio from the native perspective

[dry copper]

humanity does not have every right to survive though...If that's your argument to justify what it did on pandora.

[obtuse reef]

Wasn’t the whole reason humans were attempting to take Pandora because Earth was dying and Pandora was the next best thing?

[dry copper]

no

Humans discovered shit that gives them immortality on pandora

[obtuse reef]

Is that what that funny rock did?

[austere lance]

The Na'vi are perfectly happy to live with non-violent humans, to the point where they raise the son of the worst RDA member after he gets killed by Jake

[dry copper]

It's the shit inside the whales that they steal

[obtuse reef]

Oooooh

Wait, then what the hell was the point of the rock?

[dry copper]

Humans on pandora did everything they possibly could to feed a corporate agenda, not save humanity

[austere lance]

Technically it's both. Earth is shit so humans found Pandora, and some of said humans found out that the whale brains have immortality liquid

[dry copper]

8million dollars an ounce

[austere lance]

To help with the energy crisis on earth

[obtuse reef]

At that point, yeah, that’s just corporate greed. I’m not saying the RDA was justified in their actions (quite the opposite in fact), I must have just been misremembering the movies

[dry copper]

To quote the RDA: That greed paid for their trip

[obtuse reef]

The plots aren’t terribly memorable

[dry copper]

Jake sulley was the brother of a soldier who was supposed to act as support for the scientists by puppeteering a navi husk....I don't know how the na'vi don't see that debauchery as stealing life and kill jake as a demon for stealing the life of another

He literally operates as a mind flayer

Dude's the bad guy in D&D

[obtuse reef]

I know enough of the basics

[dry copper]

Why they gave Jake's avatar four fingers and thumbs I will never understand

[obtuse reef]

I think the na’vi actually do take issue with the whole avatar project

[dry copper]

It just made him look like a freak

Na'vi only have 3 fingers and a thumb.

[obtuse reef]

iirc there was a cut scene or something where a na’vi was talking about how weird the avatars were

[dry copper]

the water people think he's a freak and they're right

[obtuse reef]

They think he’s a freak because they have different adaptations and physical traits

…and because he’s, you know, a human consciousness tied to a cloned alien body through black magic

[dry copper]

and apparently his husks fingers were genetically engineered that way because his children were born with four fingers and thumbs, too

[obtuse reef]

My big question is why the hell didn’t the RDA just use robots and drones

They clearly had the tech for semi-autonomous vehicles and advanced robotics

Just stick a big ole space station in orbit and manufacture drones in automated factories on the surface that are deployed from orbit

[dry copper]

How do you do that long term without resources?

They were gathering resources for manufacturing from the planet itself.

[obtuse reef]

Just ship everything in to get started

[dry copper]

It costs a fortune to launch resources into space.

[obtuse reef]

They were also making a fortune shipping resources out

Hell, they could’ve set up manufacturing plants on the Moon, brought in asteroids for raw resources to refine into prefabricated structures and machinery, and send them on their merry way for a fraction of the fuel cost

[dry copper]

Or grab an asteroid on the way in and send it to the planet to introduce itself and solve their problems easier

[obtuse reef]

That stuff couldn’t have costed more than sending several expeditionary and colonization teams, losing to a bunch of blue aliens with sharpened sticks (seriously how did the RDA fumble that badly), redeploying to the same planet, and losing again.

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, but that removes like all of the fauna and flora that could be potentially valuable

[dry copper]

Good idea

[obtuse reef]

Actually, you know what? You have a very good point

The RDA spent way too long getting their shit rocked by the wildlife, it would definitely be more viable to just nuke the planet from orbit

[tranquil glen]

wouldnt that cause them to lose whatever theyd get from whaling?

or atlest limit its supply

[dry copper]

Without the na'vi, give it ten years and the population of whales will rebound

[obtuse reef]

Yes, but they’d also lose less manpower and resources than they would from attempting to manually extract it

Mind you, freezing and shipping in fresh people can not be cheap, especially if they’re well trained and equipped soldiers.

It’s a miracle the RDA was actually making any money from this whole operation

They must’ve had excellent PR teams to explain how a veritable army of some of the best soldiers humanity had got killed by a bunch of aliens using primitive weaponry

[formal canopy]

It’s time to stop

[formal canopy]

Enjoy slop ig

[tranquil glen]

man i just hit a part in a game im playing where holy shit i need like 10x my dps

[steel grail]

?????

[dry copper]

glass ceiling. Yas queen. Slay

[steel grail]

Is it just me or are we just not respecting ppl's opinions in this channel anymore?

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-blink-steve-harvey-confused-not-sure-gif-15495627

[tranquil glen]

wdym, u didnt even start with your opinion of it? and got a comment back near instantly even if its negative

[steel grail]

Idk man

[tranquil glen]

not everyone likes WWE and thats fine, no reason to start getting mad about what could be thought of a good ip as slop from someone who thinks otherwise

[steel grail]

Tbf, I dont think that was about WWE. But still tho...

[tranquil glen]

tbf it is also 2k, which has often nowadays become more niche

[steel grail]

It was about witcher 3. I said the game had good combat to which they responded with that. And this comes literal hours after someone said I was wrong for literally citing a comic book??

[tranquil glen]

ah

[steel grail]

I just come around here to enjoy a decent discussion every now n then...idk whats up anymore 😂

[austere lance]

Me earlier today in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 when I learned my stats and armor are not up to snuff for the second map, lol

[tranquil glen]

was playing the first descendant

had the survival not the output

[mental rose]

Anyone here played Diablo II?

[verbal plume]

https://youtu.be/XNQbH1SDPRk?si=jzMJ2VMqhzunhLo1

Oh

[formal canopy]

Anyone buying Marathon?

[tranquil glen]

Nah not getting another pvpve

[dawn scaffold]

another game I am playing again and I am going to attempt to beat is KOTOR

[dry copper]

I hate pvp

[tranquil glen]

Hehe https://youtube.com/shorts/B3d8vvDsyzk?si=QHQQx9YGqnPT3LNB

[mental rose]

sigh... of course. 🙄 https://youtu.be/TnMH3ig3PRY?si=T5tGgv5BB-m7QVNz&t=111

Doing a Doom crossover

[austere lance]

Hell yeah

[formal canopy]

Yeeee I got my first paycheck, now I will start going down my wishlist

[formal canopy]

I forgot this game existed

[supple glen]

The best diablo

3 is technically better but it will never be accepted as better with its art style

[verbal plume]

kotor 2 🙏

[supple glen]

love kotor it has a bad case of bad sequel good game but what sequel don't really unless you're a king like me2

They should of went all in bad Kotor 1 ending canon

[chilly scaffold]

I cried real tears when totk was more like a nuts and bolts spin off than a botw sequel

Not literally but I was quite peeved

Totk 🤝bknb build hovercraft to void challenge

[supple glen]

how you gunna say real tears then not literally

[supple glen]

https://skibidix.com/Wario64/status/2029987435036438870?s=20

Wario64 (@Wario64)

Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs aftermath.site/nintendo-tariffs-sue/
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FxTwitter · Mar 6, 2026, 6:28 PM

[inland oasis]

https://medal.tv/games/incursion-red-river/clips/mfEDPbE4gXL-woZkD?invite=cr-MSw0eDgsMTY4MzE4NDcx

What a vibe

[pseudo wharf]

if anyone's up for it, I got one person already for a game of stellaris. I can host and I got all the DLC

Stellaris*

https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/

Steam

Stellaris

Get ready to explore, discover and interact with a multitude of species as you journey among the stars. Forge a galactic empire by sending out science ships to survey and explore, while construction ships build stations around newly discovered planets. Discover buried treasures and galactic wonders as you spin a direction for your society, creati…

Price

$39.99

Recommendations

138104

Metacritic

78

something to do while you wait for your daylies again

just at me

again, I can host and I got all the DLC

only the host needs the dlc for the game

[turbid scarab]

it also wasn't made by the same dev team. there were plans for a diablo 3 with the blizzard north devs, but it got cancelled, which makes me sad. it feels like the d3 we got was already infected with the greed we'd see in immortal

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/journey-game-ps3-ps4-sunken-city-gif-25196855

if i were to be forced into a game... I'm thinking gta (not in the "main" city, but say like springfield US) or Journey

[turbid scarab]

that's awesome

quite a few people on my steam friends list are playing it

[mental rose]

Are there any non-beam energy weapons in HD2?
Pretty sure I've seen someone use one that's like an assault rifle

Also I got a personal order to kill 20 "Watchers" 🤨

[inland oasis]

thatd be the sickle, or the DE sickle.

and watchers are those illuminate flying triangle things that spot you

[verbal plume]

GoW live action looks pretty bad i can't lie to ya

[neat crescent]

This level's song makes me wanna start a 2017 yt gaming channel
-# ⚠️ Pretty epileptic near the end nvm this whole level may be epileptic

[split ridge]

Finally did it!

[feral ginkgo]

https://tenor.com/view/horrified-funny-face-dang-ice-cube-gif-12839544880309883282

[split ridge]

It's not that hard compared to the complete saga

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/minecraft-minecraft-movie-a-minecraft-movie-steve-jack-black-gif-17997916878979753001

[tranquil glen]

💀 on my list to do...

then agin 2 of them dont have achievements via steam

[split ridge]

City undercover is considered by a lot of people to be one of the best lego games

[tranquil glen]

aye oddly i dont remember completing it, everything but the end fight and therafter

well all but the end fight, everything before everything after

[tranquil glen]

this reminds me to finish a good show i never completed

https://tenor.com/view/ninjago-spinjutzu-solo-your-verse-gif-23468511

[mental rose]

"Lookie what I got!" (RE9)
He's posing for the camera. 😄

[muted cairn]

Kind of looks like Grindcraft

[tranquil glen]

it is

[muted cairn]

Ooh! I loved that game

[tranquil glen]

https://grindcraft.com/game.html

WE GAMING

[muted cairn]

Ooh! I didn't know there was an official website for that game!

I always played it on some place like Y8 or Kongregate or wherever. 😄

[tranquil glen]

sorry i mean,WE GRINDING

[tranquil glen]

its on several other sites but there be the main aye

[tranquil glen]

in First Descendant

[plucky mesa]

Playign some DOOM II + the RTGL raytracing mod lately, to check out the GPU feature. A nice vibe.

[split ridge]

Doom

[prime pivot]

It's older than some people on this server

[split ridge]

Probably older than most people here

I still regularly play doom 1 + 2 lol

[prime pivot]

Easy

But fair

[split ridge]

Easily one of my all time favorite games

[prime pivot]

Same

[split ridge]

I saw someone working on a lego bionicle mod for doom

[prime pivot]

👀

[split ridge]

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

[prime pivot]

❤️

[plucky mesa]

I remember first downloading DOOM shortly after getting my 486 66 in March 1994.

It came out in late '93.

I was 22.

Finishing college.

[prime pivot]

I wasn't even 1 years old when it came out

[plucky mesa]

I am older, now.

[prime pivot]

How is 50 treating you now?

[plucky mesa]

I am overdue for my colonoscopy, I can tell you.

[prime pivot]

Did you see someone made the original Xbox Prototype but functional?

[plucky mesa]

Of DOOM?

[prime pivot]

Lol, no the one they showed off at it's launch

[plucky mesa]

The Xbox hardware prototype?

[feral ginkgo]

I hope the environment will be Lego with Doom’s style, but other than that it’s perfect.

[prime pivot]

Same

[tranquil glen]

Doom isnt even GenZ (before 1997)

yes i mean the original

[prime pivot]

Thanks for telling me I am old ||jk||

[tranquil glen]

You're welcome 🗿

so much stuff in first descendant

[twilit topaz]

You know, if it were any other server or game, I would believe that faster. But this playerbase seems to be older than most I know of.

I bet a lot of us had a 2600.

[prime pivot]

You do realize I also work as a Cabbie in PGSC

I interact with a lot of players

[twilit topaz]

It was just an observation.

[prime pivot]

Fair

[twilit topaz]

And no, I didn't know that.

[prime pivot]

A good assessment would be 14-50 age range

With some out liers of course

[twilit topaz]

I expect I'll be gaming in the nursing home. And blasting music.

[prime pivot]

💯

They will have to pry it off of me

Funny enough I believe the Wii is still popular among the old generation

[twilit topaz]

Wow really?

[twilit topaz]

Meanwhile, I'll have just installed my 9080 super and am loading up Cyberpunk 2 which just came out.

[prime pivot]

Wild

I play on a tablet now

[split ridge]

I have noticed a lot more older people here compared to the other guilds I hang out in.
met a decent amount of people here who have children

[mellow dune]

Attempting to homebrew my own Space Marine chapter using Space Marine 2

Not the best work but they're a Wales themed Dark Angels successor chapter called "Wardens of Yr Tan"

They're kinda made up of what's left of the Dark Angels Nightwings + new recruits in my own headcanon

Tbf I think I'm cooking

[prime pivot]

Same, we(PGSC) get a few that mention having children or a wife

[tranquil glen]

ok took me a few hours, but i beat it again

[inland oasis]

Primarch mobius dickens 😂

[mellow dune]

TRUE

Mobius Dickens aboard battlebarge Prydwen

[inland oasis]

Brother mobius actually sounds pretty sweet outloud 😂

It’s mobian time!

[supple glen]

https://tenor.com/view/daemon-targaryen-house-of-the-dragon-matt-smith-letter-mail-gif-26921562

I love this show but I can't stop thinking of him acting in Mobius

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/morbius-morbin-time-jared-leto-gif-25812014

[formal canopy]

https://x.com/fortunateramen/status/2030309183606665701?s=46 same

fortunate ramen (@FortunateRamen)

i love when a game’s sequel is straight up just the last game but better in every way

X · Mar 7, 2026, 3:46 PM

[tranquil glen]

I prefered bio 1 ngl

And hitman 2 was good in its own way on par not better

[idle saffron]

3 was better

[supple glen]

not to be cheeky but I preferred dishonoured 1
It almost made me keep upgrading my pc and stick to pc gaming it was so sweet

[idle saffron]

I'm one of the ones that doesn't like Dishonored, just didn't get into the gameplay

[supple glen]

damn thats a shame i liked both the choice to be quiet or loud & what happens if you commit too many murders vs none

[wraith horizon]

Wtf is this new gamemode in clash royale bruh

[idle saffron]

What's clash royale

[muted cairn]

I also beat it! Didn't know you could play on the mobile version of the website.

[verbal plume]

Dishonored 1 is deifnitely better

Story-wise

and so is watchdogs 1 lol

their sequels just have kinda updated gameplay so it's all a bit smoother

[verbal plume]

it's like a stealth "sandbox"

great games.

[formal canopy]

Never preordered a game but I’m very tempted with this one…

[verbal plume]

https://tenor.com/view/remember-no-russian-remember-no-preorder-pre-order-russian-gif-15843695476718227409

[supple glen]

Pokopia is pretty much "completed" it's so similar to dragon quest builders but instantly more popular just by being pokemon themed over dragon quest themed

Imo should of been more of a focus on combat I mean the pokemon are already there and you can create environments for them to spawn in let's battle em

[tranquil glen]

quickplay version of clash clans kinda

cept instead of a "village" its just three towers in a deck builder

[tranquil glen]

also imma make u feel old

CLASH ROYALE released in 2016

Clash CLans released in 2012

[steep badger]

https://youtu.be/R1VbbpjYkc4?is=CeWqyBm6vd-zU5dk

@native parrot this is where the World of Glass is

[native parrot]

Not sure how to answer tbh, I dont have time to watch the video rn, lol

[steep badger]

watch it later hehe

actually read up on North Sentinel Island if you are free. It is a very interesting case of a group of humans still living in the Iron Age in 2026

[native parrot]

I mean its an actual culture so idk about saying much relating to the world of glass here

[steep badger]

loll I was just making a small joke on how both of them are named Sentinels (though I suppose a lot of things are named so), but it showed up on my FYP sooo hehe

[tranquil glen]

thought it was before iron, interesting

but yea its illegal to go within like 10mi of that island to both protect them and us lol

[steep badger]

They were, but then a ship ran aground in 1981 and the tribe was observed making weapons out of the broken shards of metal. So they are inadvertently in the Iron Age now 😂

Cause of a shipwreck

I wonder whether Earth has been isolated by superior alien civilizations for the same reason

[tranquil glen]

ah

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlqLaaPbB1c

[dry copper]

What created that island, volcano or impact crater?

[steep badger]

Volcanic activity, followed by additional changes in sea level due to the 2004 earthquake and tsunami

[dry copper]

Why was this airline flying over the island?

[steel grail]

If im not wrong the island is pretty close to Andaman islands and any flights on the way to Andaman, especially from India fly over that island

[granite salmon]

Hi guys, I'm looking for a new space adventure game and star citizen looks like fun. Anyone here have any experience and be willing to give me their opinion?

I'm probably buying the Drake cutter as my starter if I get it

[tranquil glen]

have you thought of Elite Dangerous, or No Mans Sky 🤣 or maybe Astroneer

[granite salmon]

Kinda burnt out on nms and didn't really like the stuck in your ship timing that's ED

Astroneer sounds interesting, let me see what that is

[split ridge]

I've played astroneer before, it's pretty fun but at least back when I played it, the environment felt lonely because the only hostile thing was flora.

[tranquil glen]

when did u ast play, since 2025 i been thinking aboutr returning to it

[split ridge]

The last time I played was in 2023

[tranquil glen]

should prolly check in again then, i think theyve added some more story and more automation

[supple glen]

Have you tried no man's sky

[granite salmon]

🤣

too much that's why I was asking

[dry copper]

Spacebourne 2

[tranquil glen]

stellaris 🤣

[dry copper]

Asking the important questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIjLsnLib9E

[austere lance]

https://x.com/i/status/2030539636154810711

Riloe (@RiloeGaming)

Marathon this. ARC Raiders that.
Y’all are sleeping on the REAL best game out right now:
The wikipedia page gacha card game

X · Mar 8, 2026, 7:02 AM

[ripe sandal]

do you guys play games to get frustrated or to vent frustration?

[austere lance]

I play them for enjoyment

[tranquil glen]

both, and enjoyment 🤣 depends on the game

[ripe sandal]

I play games to vent irl frustration

To have power where I ordinarily have none

To leave this planet and be wherever i wanna be

[supple glen]

That depends do you like xcom

[austere lance]

Xcom Enemy Within was awesome, never finished Xcom 2 tho

[supple glen]

It do be a frustration inducing game lol
2 had balls the bad ending won in 1 more games should take notes

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-2-helldivers-laugh-enthusiastic-mirth-gif-7918232604944289462

https://tenor.com/view/risk-of-rain-engineer-jo-jo-dance-gif-17794493

[obtuse reef]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1363725089119408282/1474998965513748592/rapidsave.com_3jlz25d55fxf1.gif

[tranquil glen]

wth is that gif

[obtuse reef]

That’s not the weirdest use of the car rolling thing I’ve seen

[tranquil glen]

wait that

i know that move

movie

its M3GAN

[inland oasis]

There’s something therapeutic about playing gtaV and hearing some npc talk shit, and while irl I wouldn’t do anything since it a game, I teach em a lesson 😂

Or when they swerve out in front of you. Sometimes a magdump just feels necessary

[formal canopy]

Someone on reddit gifted me a code to play Sote, ig the souls community CAN be nice

[tranquil glen]

Sote?

[formal canopy]

Shadow of the Erdtree. The Elden ring dlc

The dlc that was nominated for goty for some reason

“Dlc nominated for goty”

[tranquil glen]

ah

[formal canopy]

Both. I’ll get on Doom eternal or Warframe to vent frustration and then later hop on Dead by daylight or Overwatch to get frustrated

[tranquil glen]

why the other first?

[verbal plume]

cuz sote is that good

🙏

[tranquil glen]

… i didn’t mean sote then

[idle saffron]

Life does that

[steep badger]

Meanwhile me

[supple glen]

I can almost see the dragon quest islands from here

[mystic turtle]

Happy Miku Day

[formal canopy]

https://x.com/culturecrave/status/2031045094858788967?s=46

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

EA is laying off staff across all Battlefield studios

‘Battlefield 6’ was the highest-selling game in the US in 2025

X · Mar 9, 2026, 4:31 PM

[primal willow]

This makes no sense

Game make no profit = layoffs

Game make profit = layoffs

Wth

[idle saffron]

Too much missing info

Just because you made money doesn't equal everyone's job is safe, maybe some of them sucked or called in too much, who knows

Need the missing info as to why

[primal willow]

I think they said AI good. AI replace human AI cheap human bad

[idle saffron]

Humans are bad, so I can see their point

[primal willow]

Not all human bad maybe some of them also human are the ones who came up with those masterpieces not the “ revolutionary artificial intelligence”

[supple glen]

Not to be contrarian but battlefield has always been second fiddle to cod it's like seeing saints row die like damn sucks but you know it's not gta

I prefer battlefield and saints row to be clear aha

[austere lance]

https://x.com/i/status/2031055863860048264

Legendary Drops (@ALegendaryDrops)

If you're wondering why, this is it.

X · Mar 9, 2026, 5:13 PM

[idle saffron]

https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-lays-off-staff-across-all-battlefield-studios-following-record-breaking-battlefield-6-launch

[primal willow]

So it “realignment”

[edgy viper]

Often pepole where hired for this one specific project. They are not permament EA staff. Its common in gaming. After their job is done they go bye bye.

[primal willow]

Is that called contractors ?

Were people work on a specific thing then once they are done they move on

[tranquil glen]

theres a saying in my family atm, The Public is bad, humanity is quite often on the fence itself and keeps flipping coins to see which side it is

[tranquil glen]

not neceesarily, iirc some may get full time positions but then secretly actually only have X days working toward Y project

[dry copper]

I don't know that I'd call the general public bad. There are thousands of people all living their own lives in the immediate public that risk their lives to protect the public from harm.

Most of the public have no say in how much power specific individuals claim by way of corporate capture strategies.

It takes revolutionary levels of force to fight corporations.

There is no fence. There is no them. There's you...and you together.

[austere lance]

Oh this is gonna be an industry-rocking success or one of the biggest nukes we've seen in a long time, lol
https://vxtwitter.com/i/status/2031110053995098628

GermanStrands (@GermanStrands)

Digital Foundry had no idea the level of expectation for Crimson Desert was that high:

"The level of expectation and excitement for the game is something I haven't seen for a long, long time.

Last week we put out 3 really good Resident Evil Requiem videos, all of which did really, really well for us.

The very next day, Alex put out his video on Crimson Desert and in terms of view counts and excitement level, it was basically like a 2x multiplier on the best of what we'd done with RE Requiem.

I knew it was going to be hot, right? But I had no idea the level of expectation for this game was that high."

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 9, 2026, 8:49 PM

[dry copper]

Watch it flop out like a flaccid shit into a plugged toilet overflowing with "expectations".

[idle saffron]

I haven't paid any attention to it, which do you think it will be?

[dry copper]

The studio working on Crimson Desert has a history of making decent games, but not great games.

Black Desert was okay.

[idle saffron]

How many deserts they got?

I like orange

[dry copper]

The studio is very slow moving.

[austere lance]

It's the biggest game I've ever seen, in every way possible. I've watched a couple hours of various videos over the last year and it easily has the most gameplay mechanics, the largest open world, the most interactive open world, and the craziest combat controls I've ever seen (it literally has fighting game combos, it's wild)

[dry copper]

Ryu Vs Ken

[idle saffron]

Alright, that peaks my interest - I'll have to check it out

[austere lance]

@idle saffron Go through these and you'll see what I mean
https://youtu.be/MfZCV8EySac?si=iwduOyPaFWQr0Vql
https://youtu.be/srQ-NtGNBpY?si=KGDvhNMmIqRKEwhi
https://youtu.be/BOy81crUgtw?si=OV9H2FADZV6SZEa7

[idle saffron]

Thank you

[tranquil glen]

What is the combat era

Fantasy and medevil, or scifi and contemporary

[dry copper]

Yes

[austere lance]

@tranquil glen It's a Fantasy game

[tranquil glen]

kk

Another game i will likely ignore

[dry copper]

Alters on sale 50% off on Fanatical

[mystic turtle]

Hired unpaid interns, once they stay long enough to become paid interns, fire em and hire more unpaid interns

[dry copper]

Strategic firing is a part of many corporate structures designed to encourage managers to fire by quota. It's called URA or Unregretted Attrition.

This is what happens when corporate interests with investors to answer to overrule the interests of the business itself.

Companies do it to avoid paying long term commitments and weed out individuals that they decide aren't "hungry" enough.

Welcome to the reason corporations should not run video game publication and development studios.

[fallen notch]

Or anything much, really

[dry copper]

Agreed. A company that does not actually make anything, but buys up companies that do and influences their financial decisions should not imo exist.

The decisions of companies to use URA is largely to benefit asset management firms and corporations with a majority stake in a board.

It sours a business's pool of workers, forces high turnover costs and ruins long term business stability

When things get bad, they just move the business around to refresh the workers

Meanwhile, hundreds even thousands of people get laid off in the turn over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbN99f9esS4

Time to go back to simpler times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1RrZEd8rw

I can't even see how this could turn into a game, but it would be epic af if it could. You're playing with time not to give you more lives or secure some skills/abilities, but to maximize your performance

It's tenet

If I haven't already promoted it:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/AETHUS/

Steam

AETHUS

About AETHUS
You are Maeve, ex-mining engineer for the Astral Resource Corporation - ARC - a galactic megacorp that profits by draining entire planets of their resources.…

Price

$15.99

Recommendations

304

It's pretty good.

Very chill. The clicky sounds while gathering give the feeling one might get, if they enjoy the clackity of their keyboard when typing

[tranquil glen]

another factory builder? nice?

[dry copper]

It's a bit more storied and I think that lends to it feeling more compelling to push through.

Good voice acting, a solid story and challenging mechanics to overcome.

[dry copper]

I played Tin Can yesterday....That game hates me lol

I don't understand why a space capsule would not have supplies in the supply bay in the capsule itself.

I did appreciate all the mechanics of the game and maintaining the capsule for rescue, but I did not appreciate the missing parts. Shit didn't make any sense to me.

[obtuse reef]

It’s because the capsule is literally stated to not likely be used

[dry copper]

I likened the game to what would happen if a for profit company running out of money operated NASA's budget

[obtuse reef]

It’s called a tin can for a reason: it’s worthless and gonna take a lot of effort to keep it in one piece long enough for rescue

[dry copper]

I was hot swapping parts the whole time just to keep systems operational

[obtuse reef]

That’s the point

You’re supposed to scrounge and carefully decide what systems to cannibalize

[dry copper]

I wanted to play more, but when I saw the inevitable coming, I lost interest.

Is there a mode where you can play with properly maintained supplies ? I wonder how long things would operate in an ideal state.

Hitting rocks in space wasn't fun

Almost freezing, not fun

The cosmic events are cool

I gave it a positive review because for what it is, it is done well. I enjoyed space mechanic and felt teased to death.

Learning the error codes was interesting

Some errors you could even predict coming

[wraith horizon]

Helldivers was nominated for best community support

Yeah i love it when the community supports a player's doxxing and misery

[dry copper]

Hot take ^

I think you're the skeleton from that game Undertale

Did I dox you?

[wraith horizon]

Ssshhhh

[dry copper]

Helldivers2 should suspend game access for a week and put the whole community in a time out, laying the blame squarely on the shoulders of those willing to doxx the community

Anyone with respect for the damage this caused will understand and those who don't or won't can eat a dick

[wraith horizon]

I never played helldivers but from what i understood, the game is mostly ez with a few elden ring level difficulty places making a sort of imbalance
The dude tried to call this imbalance out through a charity bet and got doxxed and threatened

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, the people who doxxed him are the lowest of the low

[dry copper]

I know. I read the reddit posts. He made the mistake of revealing his info in a video he made to prove he was going to donate the money and people pulled his personal deets off it.

[wraith horizon]

What sort of dumb patrick aaahh dumb people are playing this game bruh

[dry copper]

They are also harassing an animal sanctuary he volunteers at.

[wraith horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-stupid-patrick-patrick-star-gif-14657656412172056045

[obtuse reef]

Apparently a couple of the devs were actually open to trying the challenge, it’s just a couple of basement bound degenerates misinterpreted what the terms of the challenge were and took justice into their own hands

[wraith horizon]

Nah someone call john wick

[obtuse reef]

Supposedly they thought that he wouldn’t donate money to charity if the devs didn’t partake in the challenge (which, btw, he is totally allowed to do, and the poor guy actually seemed like a genuine saint)

[wraith horizon]

A community support nominee game btw

[obtuse reef]

Listen, I love the game (plentiful balance problems and bugs aside), but fuck those people who doxxed him

[wraith horizon]

I never considered donating to someone's go fund me but if this guy got one imma consider

[dry copper]

This is why I don't have a real identity on the internet. People are fucking monsters when they're allowed to be.

[obtuse reef]

I pray the people who doxxed him receive the same degree of harassment, if not more

[wraith horizon]

Agree on the more part

[obtuse reef]

He just seemed like an amazing person who wanted to try to change something while doing good, and he got fucked over because some slimy troglodytes who forgot what the sun is decided he wasn’t doing what they wanted him to

His life was just straight up ruined, fyi

[wraith horizon]

Wait a min, there is a helldivers discord right

[dry copper]

Yes

[wraith horizon]

Lemme go check it out
It gonna be blowing up rn
Maybe
Perhaps

[dry copper]

lol

[obtuse reef]

Yeah, but I doubt the mods there would be too jazzed about discussing it

[wraith horizon]

If nothing imma go ragebait them for sum giggles

[dry copper]

Guaranteed they will shut you down if you bring it up

[wraith horizon]

Successful bait opportunity

Dont mind if i do

[obtuse reef]

I don’t think they’re involved at all in this fiasco

[dry copper]

They aren't

[obtuse reef]

Probably better to avoid pissing off more people and making this situation any more unpleasant

[dry copper]

They spoke out in defense of the guy who got doxxed initially, but can't really do anything

They should be shutting down the game for a time to force attention to this issue

[wraith horizon]

Fair point

[obtuse reef]

Or at least give a better condemnation of the doxxers than “hey, don’t do that”

Communication was never really AH’s strong suit

[dry copper]

Someone needs to be put in a time out. If that means everyone needs a time out because they won't sound off then they should all suffer

[wraith horizon]

Fair point
Imma go observe then

[obtuse reef]

Just don’t go stirring this pot of shit

[dry copper]

It's almost like HD2 deserves to be crushed for its "community support"

[obtuse reef]

The problem is that HD2 is a very fun game, and it sucks that it’s managed to find itself in this much controversy

[tranquil glen]

thats cause people like and dont like "hard"

[wraith horizon]

Nah i just checked it out
Ppl there are like

Ew redditors

[obtuse reef]

I dunno, AH (more specifically the one dude they made responsible for balancing, who sucks at his job) have made some very questionable balancing choices

[wraith horizon]

I didnt stir anything
Didnt say
Cuz i didnt need to

Ppl there consider themselves to be almost superior

[obtuse reef]

The HD2 discord has always been a little bit of a cesspit from what I’ve heard

[dry copper]

That's called shifting attention away from the issue by turning the very platform its published on into a pariah.

[wraith horizon]

Redditors vs discord users

Ts peak
Gojo vs sukuna ah moment

[dry copper]

Doesn't HD2 discord require phone confirmation to use?

[tranquil glen]

not that i know of?

[wraith horizon]

Nah i joined regardless

[dry copper]

I don't have a cell phone

I remember not joining the server for a reason

That was it.

No cell phone. Can't verify.

[wraith horizon]

Dang
Idk if i verified this discord acc or not
I guess i did

[ripe sandal]

is half life alyx a good game?

[dawn scaffold]

Funny how I've been playing HL2 again as you ask that

[ripe sandal]

i would join the combine tbh

[dawn scaffold]

but while I've not played Half Life Alyx myself it is regarded as one of the best VR games to ever exist period

[dawn scaffold]

play Entropy Zero and Entropy Zero 2 then

you'll get your wish there

also idk if I actually would or not

[ripe sandal]

being a metro cop one would suck tho

[dawn scaffold]

honestly idk

also funny how you mention it. Entropy Zero you actually play as a Metro Cop

[ripe sandal]

id not wanna go against gordon freeman tho

hes got hacks

[dawn scaffold]

oh defineltly not

alright although seriously you have to play Entropy Zero and Entropy Zero 2 if you are thinking like that

if you have steam download them and play them as they are completely free

[ripe sandal]

wow

[dawn scaffold]

they're half life 2 mods

[ripe sandal]

i used to mod half life 2

by that i mean like make maps

they sucked kind of

[dawn scaffold]

these mods are great

Entropy Zero 2 from my understanding is regarded as one of the best if not the best Half Life 2 mod ever made

[ripe sandal]

i wish source engine could handle open world stuff

[dawn scaffold]

same

although the source enigne can give some other game enignes a run for their money

[ripe sandal]

the engine is versatile to this day

even if it is 22+ years old

[dawn scaffold]

agreed

it is great

alright though I've played through Entropy Zero 2 multiple times and honestly in some areas I liked it even more than Half Life 2 itself

PLUS what if I were to mention that it actually ties pretty well into the lore if you were to consider it canon

[ripe sandal]

it handles physics objects and models less glitchy then bethesda games

[dawn scaffold]

it is problay the closest thing we have to a HL3

[dawn scaffold]

funny enough I am also rebuilding yet another Skyrim modlist as well

but I do agree

[ripe sandal]

what i mean is the models dont have so much dynamic flex bones

nor as many polygons

[dawn scaffold]

it is a lot easier on the device you are running it on as well

[ripe sandal]

so the models arent going to clip thru the ground

and morph

although they can do that first thing

[dawn scaffold]

plus physics are actually somewhat fundemental to how Half Life 2 even works

[ripe sandal]

yeah the puzzles

[dawn scaffold]

I mean the freaking gravity gun exists and we problay wouldn't have the one that we do in NMS without it

[ripe sandal]

i do wish the gravity gun could be upgraded and used like a weapon

in here

in nms

[tranquil glen]

https://tenor.com/view/interloper-half-life-2-lost-coast-searching-griddy-gif-15115186362636198469

love lost coast

[ripe sandal]

plus idk a whole lot of other games where the environment objects are weaoonized

[tranquil glen]

short, no told lore, shoot hostiles

[dawn scaffold]

I never really saw the need to play it but I understand why people love it

[ripe sandal]

and not just a stick

[dawn scaffold]

agreed

@tranquil glen as a fellow Half Life fan I also must ask if you have also played the Half Life 2 mods Entropy Zero and Entropy Zero 2

[tranquil glen]

iirc HL2 completly changed FPS at the time

nope

[ripe sandal]

hl2 must have blown peoples minds

[dawn scaffold]

agreed

[ripe sandal]

back when it came out

[dawn scaffold]

dude you have to play them

[tranquil glen]

i play through games like that once, maybe twice and fucked off

tho i do own Hunt The Freeman

[ripe sandal]

like people played hl2 for the first time in 2004 and went, yeah this is the future now

[dawn scaffold]

I've done some reaserch on Hunt down the Freeman and from what i've heard it's not that good

I've seen some gameplay of it

[ripe sandal]

i have the orange box

[tranquil glen]

ngl i prefer doom

[dawn scaffold]

Entropy Zero 2 is basically Hunt down the Freeman although one it's actually good, 2 it's free, 3 it also techicnally kind of his HL3

[tranquil glen]

enough of these puzzle and combat games can we fucking split the two

[dawn scaffold]

which Doom game?

[ripe sandal]

the orange box has old tf2 on it and it still runs online

*for xbox 360

tf2 without cosmetics

[tranquil glen]

only played eternal, and i still hate the parkour bs

even if rage at actuial combat difficulty

[dawn scaffold]

I've played Doom 2016, Eternal, and Dark Ages

honestly I prefer Dark Ages but I will admit that Eternal is the better game

[ripe sandal]

did you ever make any doom mods

[tranquil glen]

nope..

only made an MC mod once

[dawn scaffold]

I've never even messed around with modding Doom yet

Minecraft mod, how interesting

[ripe sandal]

if doom can have elevators whats stopping no mans sky

dumb statement

[dawn scaffold]

we have teleporters?

[ripe sandal]

try teleporter up 200 strory building

[tranquil glen]

and literally weeks later i lost the logins to download the software to continue modding

[ripe sandal]

i tried to make a 1:1 citadel

[tranquil glen]

NMS has teleporters...

[ripe sandal]

it does yes

[dawn scaffold]

HL2 citadel in NMS?

[ripe sandal]

yes

[dawn scaffold]

how far did you get?

[ripe sandal]

i tried to build 1:1 scale

the skeleton of it

aka, none

[dawn scaffold]

ah

well I know some guys who could possibly make it by using Blender

[ripe sandal]

i make my buildings by making the skeleton ofthe building first

not floor by floor

[dawn scaffold]

I think the Citidal would be far too big to realistically build within NMS tbh

[ripe sandal]

its gigantic internally

and goes deep underground

not just tall

[dawn scaffold]

you sure I remeber it being extremely tall ingame

[ripe sandal]

citadel is about a mile tall

[dawn scaffold]

it was at least tall enough to pierce the clouds

but I do agree it was big underground as well

it LITERALLY HAD A DARK FUSION REACTOR

it makes nuclear reactors look like jokes by comparison

[ripe sandal]

its maintained by the stalkers

poor things

[tranquil glen]

imo citadel kinda lame

[ripe sandal]

i kill the stalkers to put them out of their misery

[dawn scaffold]

what's your reasoning for that?

[ripe sandal]

probably because its just a tower

[dawn scaffold]

personally I loved the Citidal at least in level design

[tranquil glen]

confusing as fuck, barely necessary, and was very high risk

[ripe sandal]

falling to ones death yeah

[dawn scaffold]

lore wise that thing is very scary

[dawn scaffold]

fair enough

[ripe sandal]

it was scarier in beta

[dawn scaffold]

from what I've seen and heard, yes it was

[ripe sandal]

whole city 17 was more dystopian

dystopian , polluted, depressing

the atmosphere was being harvested

[dawn scaffold]

well from my understanding Valve went with more of a grounded approach to doing it rather than the classic dystopian seen in other works

[dawn scaffold]

still would've been really cool to see

[ripe sandal]

the oceans were being drained

[dawn scaffold]

the rumored Half Life: Beta

[ripe sandal]

i mean you can just find it anywhere

[dawn scaffold]

they were being drained even in the retail verison

[dawn scaffold]

I know

but few have successfully been able to recreate it entirely

[ripe sandal]

but you mean in a fully playable state

[dawn scaffold]

yeah

[ripe sandal]

there was going to be a "cremator" enemy

[dawn scaffold]

I think someone will eventually do it

[dawn scaffold]

funny how there is a mention of it in the retail verison as well

[ripe sandal]

and a combine assassin

[dawn scaffold]

The Combine assassin would've been cool to see

[ripe sandal]

it would have been a miniboss

considering it has so many gadgets

[dawn scaffold]

which I believe "Pregenitors" is actually doing something with the "Combine Assassin" in their mod. basically a prequal to the Entropy Mods

I really do not want to spoil the Entropy mods if you do play them

[ripe sandal]

i am going to start half life alyx today i bought it

but my headset is kinda old

[dawn scaffold]

let me know how it is

all I have is my brother's VR headset but I've yet to do anything with it

do you know the story of what happens in Half Life: Alyx?

[ripe sandal]

probably he used it for vrchat i presume

oh you want spoilers for half life alyx?

i already seen the game i just dont know firsthand how it plays if its easy or difficult

[dawn scaffold]

I didn't say I did

[ripe sandal]

vr is buggy sometimes

[dawn scaffold]

I know what happens in it

[dawn scaffold]

He does not actually use it belive it or not he is a War Thunder player

[dawn scaffold]

So I've headd

[ripe sandal]

he doesnt also haver a flight stick?

[dawn scaffold]

I've never even used a VR headset before

[dawn scaffold]

Yes he does have one

[ripe sandal]

nms with a flight stick , would be good if we had stuff to actually fight shipwise

[dawn scaffold]

Yeah

[ripe sandal]

the stuff we fight in nms in space is same shit differrent planet

[dawn scaffold]

True I bet though in an update there will be more enemies to fight

At least more variety

[ripe sandal]

anyways, i am not looking forward to light no fire in honesty, its not a space game, i like space games

this is the best one ive played

[dawn scaffold]

fair enough I am sckeptial of it at best but we will see

[dawn scaffold]

agreed

there are some other decent ones like Void Crew and Jump Space

[ripe sandal]

i dont play games to challenge myself i get angry easily, i play them for stress relief

[dawn scaffold]

same

although I should clarify I do not play competive games

[ripe sandal]

i dont either

[dawn scaffold]

I do like to challenge myself to a degree

[ripe sandal]

and i dont like that there is pvp in nms