Any game with a fictional universe is fantasy.
#other-games
cinder vessel
You're just being overly literal
teal trench
@rigid haven
rigid haven
I don't understand, but I'm still extremely intrigued
teal trench
@rigid haven In Rs, 99 is the max level in a skill. Since the experience curve is exponential rather than linear, the amount of experience required to reach the next level, every time you level up, becomes greater, and greater. At level 92, the gap is so large that to reach level 99, you'd have to gain the same amount of experience you earned from 1 - 92, to reach 92 - 99.
So in a sense, level 92 is half of 99.
rigid haven
Good god
teal trench
Here we go:
Lvl 1 to 99.
The full curve.
The numbers on the left are in millions.
rigid haven
...
cinder vessel
no
cinder vessel
what i mean is, at those amounts, i would say no
teal trench
Oh, okay.
cinder vessel
those are abusive >_>
teal trench
Well, my end-game goal is obtaining 200m exp in each skill.
I've two at 200m already.
There are a good ~20 pages of people with 200m exp in all skills.
On the high scores.
rigid haven
Level 2000 holy shit
teal trench
o.O?
rigid haven
Oh, the first few are apparently level 2000
teal trench
That's total level - all skills combined.
rigid haven
Ah, right
rigid haven
teal trench
The max "physical" level is 99, at 13m exp. You can attain level 120 "virtually", at 104m exp. This is for normal skills.
Slayer, and Dungeoneering max out at 120.
Invention maxes out at 120 as well, but has a max virtual level of 150.
This is due to the different experience curve it has.
The gold/orange flame icon you see on two of my skills, indicate a lvl 120 of at least 104m exp. The blue fire icon, means that skill is 200m exp.
rigid haven
Ah, I see
teal trench
Also, I was wrong - there isn't 20 pages yet, only 13.
5,4b is the max exp.
It indicates 200m in all skills.
So, there are currently 318 players in the game with max exp.
rigid haven
Wow, That's some rock hard commitment
teal trench
Yup lol.
Mind you, since roughly 2009 or so, the game has been getting progressively "easier". Quality of life features, and ease of access to stuff, as well as better, and better training methods and tools. Today, many - if not all skills - have training methods that can reach over 400k exp an hour.
This is for Rs3.
In Osrs, the story is quite different and it's much more grindy.
http://services.runescape.com/m=hiscore_oldschool/overall.ws
No one has max exp in Osrs yet.
rigid haven
Huh, Are people pissed about that? It seems like something that would be like that
teal trench
Yup.
A lot of the older players are pretty peeved about how easy the game is; as such, they left to osrs.
rigid haven
Ouch
teal trench
Once I attain 200m in all skills, I'll be heading to Osrs full time, too.
rigid haven
Ah. I'll have to have a little play around on it
teal trench
rigid haven
Oh shit
teal trench
Edited GoT scene, with Rs references lol.
lavish obsidian
Thought it was Planet of the Apes for a second
cinder vessel
lol
rigid haven
I have zero idea what this is 😅
teal trench
It's a joke, based on the fact that if you use an ability called "Asphyxiate" on the end-game boss called "Yakamaru", it will enrage him, and kill the entire team.
The Asphyxiate animation is just like Darth Vader's "force choke" thing.
brisk merlin
Lmao
rigid haven
I need large amounts of potatoes
brisk merlin
Same
teal trench
Raw, or baked?
cinder vessel
yes
rigid haven
Wait, baked are cheaper?
teal trench
Yup.
rigid haven
Huh, weird
cinder vessel
they don't value bakers much
teal trench
Prices are decided by players.
rigid haven
Interesting
brisk merlin
Hmmm
cinder vessel
my statement stands, lol
teal trench
Raw potato price history: https://i.imgur.com/jsbwc7U.png
brisk merlin
Can I become a millionaire with potatoes
teal trench
Baked potato price history: https://i.imgur.com/jFAqf7x.png
@rigid haven http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Grand_Exchange
Jagex has never published the Grand Exchange's exact pricing algorithms, although there are some reasonable guesses. By using the laws of supply and demand, the prices of items are updated depending on its recently traded prices and volume. For items with low volume such as partyhats, their prices update every few days or even once a week. Jagex can also intervene and set the prices themselves, and they reserve the right to intervene when they believe price manipulation is occurring on an inexcusable scale.
Oh, neat
knotty osprey
i spent too long on this
mainly because i had to figure out how to use a drawing tablet and pen
its based on Slipways
cinder vessel
fwoosh!
knotty osprey
rigid haven
Oh wow, I just fought this weird crab squid boss in Runescape and it was a bit more interactive than I thought bosses would be
cinder vessel
Oooh hot damn: http://www.capcom-unity.com/capkel/blog/2018/04/10/mega-man-x-legacy-collection-1-and-2-launch-july-24th
rigid haven
Oh shit
light cairn
who cares about NEXT when we have MEGAMAN
cinder vessel
Get ready to roll out, Maverick hunters! Join X, Zero, and Axl in eight incredible adventures when Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2 bring the future of 21XX to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC this July!
The best part is it's on all the things
cinder vessel
What I don't fully understand is why they're not bundling the digital versions... 🤔
Aah yeah, that's a miss...
light cairn
i have the first legacy collection on 3ds and it's such a good platform for it
though now with Switch 😏
cinder vessel
oooh:
If you’re in the mood for the wailing 16-bit guitars of Mega Man X, X2, and X3, you’re in luck – both collections will include a full soundtrack for all four games included in each one. There are even brand-new tracks created just for Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2 to check out, and incredible remixes of memorable music from each game.
light cairn
interesting 🤔
light cairn
new 3ds has a ton of snes games though 
winter yew
And they all run just fine
light cairn
Can personally confirm Radical Heights is bad
primal inlet
damn, who'd've thunk it
rigid haven
It's just more Battle Royale stuff, right?
rigid haven
I appreciate everyone trying to have their take on the genre but at some point they need for realise that it's a saturated market as is
It's like Lets plays on youtube
light cairn
it's a repeat of LawBreakers, i don't know what they were thinking
they literally did the same thing before
rigid haven
Hmm, Bosskey, right?
light cairn
yep
primal inlet
at least make a BR that has more interesting and novel mechanics than "you can save money for future matches, and it's bad 80s themed"
rigid haven
Poor them, they might suffer quite a bit from this 😓
light cairn
also you can pay $15 for a distinct advantage!
light cairn
the founders pack gives you a straight up 10% boost to "off shore" cash
unless they actually did change it
either way it's in early alpha at best
certainly not something people should be spending money on at this point
rigid haven
The idea behind it is kinda good
Doing a whole gameshow take on the Battle Royale genre
light cairn
Darwin Project came first and is much better
rigid haven
Oh? Hmm
light cairn
there's a few more
rigid haven
Oh
primal inlet
Darwin's unique in that it has a foraging/crafting system, small matches, and (sometimes) a human game director
It's kinda unfair to call it BR tbh
rigid haven
The Culling did the game show thing
light cairn
and guess what, that flopped too
as much as I hate to admit, darwin is probably gonna fail too
primal inlet
Darwin at least has private matches, although I don't know if those work should their servers go down
light cairn
the only reason that PUBG and Fortnite are so big is because
- PUBG was just the first big one so people bandwagoned onto it
- fortnite is free
- they're both big streamer games
rigid haven
But, like, why not make a Battle Royale game with a story?
light cairn
because that's not particularly conducive to store-telling?
at least not multiplayer
hell, Darwin Project has the best "lore" out of all of them imo
rigid haven
I mean, there would have to be bot matches because people do want to play the story without other people
primal inlet
IIRC Culling was big briefly before PUBG was even whispered about, but they did a lot of stuff that got people angry at the devs
like lootboxes
light cairn
nobody is playing battle royale for story
rigid haven
Wait, PUBG doesn't have lootboxes?
primal inlet
It does...
rigid haven
Oh
primal inlet
Culling also did a lot of other bad stuff, but there's an interesting point you've just accidentally made
rigid haven
Also, no one plays Battle Royale games for the story because there IS no Battle Royale game with a story
light cairn
how would you tell a story with the genre that's not entirely scripted?
rigid haven
I've never seen The Hunger Games, But I'm sure that has a story
Just do it like that
light cairn
hunger games isn't even about the survival
primal inlet
That's kinda the thing though, BR matches are their own self-contained story already
One told in many different parts but
light cairn
yeah, it has its own natural flow
rigid haven
Oh cool, each map could have it's own little arc where all the players can either work together or kill eachother, But in the end, a small group has to do something
Like taking down a dictator or, uh, hmm
Other things
light cairn
that's not a battle royale game then
rigid haven
...but who set the rules for a battle Royale game...
rigid haven
How about one based in hell, But you have to ascend back onto earth to win
Or, wait
On where you ascend to earth and then to heaven
I'm thinking into this too much and none of it is making sense 😅
light cairn
how does that change any gameplay though?
primal inlet
Alternate failure scenarios besides "someone else saw you and shot you"
light cairn
i mean, there's not that much you can do without it being a different genre
light cairn
probably more streamer bait or games as a service type stuff
light cairn
i mean, they are
hollow knight, celeste, the end is nigh
shantae, owlboy
fe, shovel knight, gonner, steamworld dig
mario odyssey
kirby
flinthook, snakepass, bleed, typoman, torquel, xeodrifter
how many do you want me to list
light cairn
vr chat
light cairn
yes
rigid haven
No
light cairn
primal inlet
how good are the endless games for someone who's only played Civ, because that's 99% of the bundle and I like Tooth and Tail but I don't want to buy only that for $12
rigid haven
Planetary Annihilation for $1? Wow
Dungeon of Endless is pretty good I think
How much is tooth and tail on its own?
rich cargo
Tooth and Tail looks like a game version of Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice...
rich cargo
3 games for 73p can't be bad 😃
teal trench
@rigid haven, I'm 4 hours late, but yup. All of the bosses made after 2012 or so, have mildly complex mechanics. Some of the highest-end bosses have extremely punishing, extremely complex mechanics - such as Yakamaru, Telos, and Vorago.
rigid haven
Ooo, that's something to look forward to
teal trench
The oldest bosses, like Corp, General Graardor, and the King Black Dragon, are super simple with no mechanics at all.
You just click on them and wait.
Well, to be fair... Corp does have this "dark core" thing, that you have to take a step away from, to avoid. That's it, though.
rigid haven
Hmm
teal trench
They were all made before 2012.
rigid haven
So all the bosses pre-2012 are fairly simple, after that they get slightly less so
teal trench
2012 is kinda the deciding factor between old and new content, when stuff kinda changed a lot.
Yeah.
2012 was the year of EoC.
Evolution of Combat.
As such, a lot of the newest bosses will be extremely difficult to fight, if you use Legacy combat.
They rely on some abilities.
rigid haven
Ohhh, so that's what Gallicien meant
teal trench
@rigid haven https://i.imgur.com/xl3PV97.png
(reposting here, because #other-games.)
Another thing, @rigid haven: https://i.imgur.com/9QNNF9t.png
So, whilst a lot of the more complex bosses might call for ability usage, you can power through them with Legacy's raw damage.
rigid haven
Huh, that's a pretty neat little thing
teal trench
Telos is a minor exception to that rule, at higher enrages. You can kill him at low enrages in Legacy, but the higher ones absolutely require the usage of defence abilities to block/reflect incoming damage that would otherwise kill you.
The "enrage mechanic" is a thing used by three bosses, that I'm aware of. Telos, Vorago, and Araxxor.
In a nutshell, it means the more you kill it, the more enraged it gets.
The higher its enrage, the higher its stats are.
So it does more damage to you, and also has higher defence.
This means you hit less on it.
rigid haven
Ah, so kinda like some of the Terraria bosses but in a 3d mmo
teal trench
Telos's version of Enrage, is a bit different - you can choose how angry you want him to be, before the fight.
So you can force him to be at 0% enrage forever.
Making him viable in Legacy.
rigid haven
Oh, really? That's..odd
teal trench
Yup. I think the reasoning behind that, is he's a forced solo-only boss.
You can't bring a team to him.
When Telos is fought for the first time, he will have 0% enrage and 400,000 life points (4 phases of 100,000 life points each). Unlike the fight with Araxxor and Araxxi, Telos's rage does not necessarily increase after each kill. Upon defeating Telos and getting potential rewards, the player has the option to either claim their reward immediately (which resets the killstreak and enrage) or continue the challenge. If the player continues without claiming their rewards, Telos's enrage will increase anywhere from 5% to 20% after each kill (an average of 12.5%).
When starting a new killstreak, players can customise Telos's enrage, anywhere from 0 to their current highest enrage. There are also pre-set enrage fights at 0%, 50%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 250%, and 300%. A final option is available for players to fight Telos at their current highest enrage + 5%.
Every 1% of enrage will affect the fight by a slight amount. While not much of an issue on low enrages, the changes will become more noticeable on higher enrage.
As the enrage increases, these new/modified mechanics get added: https://i.imgur.com/g6wQ2QJ.png
^ These are what make certain abilities required.
rigid haven
Oh right, So the enrage for him is more of a risk/reward thing
teal trench
Yup!
There was recently a thing where Jagex released the drop-rates and explained the loot mechanics of all requested bosses. Telos was on the list, and we learned that a high killstreak increases your chance at better loot, far, far greater than high enrage.
So there's that to note, too.
rigid haven
Ooo
teal trench
rigid haven
If there's one thing in the world that I adore, it's copious amounts of sweet, sweet loot
teal trench
One question that we see a lot is this: "Which is better for me to get a unique drop, a higher enrage or a better streak?"
Streak is a much greater modifier than enrage is in the Telos formula meaning that if you wanted to get unique drops then the best thing to do is to get a higher streak. A greater streak will give you a better chance than a high enrage, low streak kill.
That's actually really good to know
cinder vessel
@primal inlet The Endless series of games are absolutely fantastic.
The developers seem to be really cool too, trying to involve the community in each game's development & updates. All the while retaining their original aims for the most part.
primal inlet
glad I skipped on the Endless Space Collection for $5 during the winter sale
however, this is why I now have trust issues when buying any game on Steam
light cairn
if you buy a game and play it before it goes on sale anywhere else, it wasn't a waste
teal trench
This is what it looks like, when a player base retaliates on social media:
657 comments, and mass downvoted.
light cairn
see that all the time on the destiny subreddit 😛
lavish obsidian
ouch
primal inlet
who never bothered to tell me that watch_dogs multiplayer is actually fun
cause it is
cinder vessel
Which?
A fellow I know told me that WD1's multi was fun, but I never bothered with it because fuck Aiden Pearce
winter yew
Lol
I loved the ‘hide while being hacked’ mode
Or ‘find the hacker’
Or whatever it was
Did anyone ever play the mobile app where you hack players in-game from your iPhone or Android phone?
They would have to go through a route while being chased by a helicopter and you could hack things along the way to try to disrupt them or make them crash
lavish obsidian
That sounds fun
winter yew
winter yew
Mmhm
lavish obsidian
*Mhmm
winter yew
Wildlands has a similar app where you can hire and send out agents for missions
primal inlet
the CTOS app is broken now I think
on ios
But I spent a good two hours playing Online Decryption with randos, which is basically King of the Hill except progress is shared between teams and you carry the hill with you
it's weird
But with the open world spaces it just kinda works
yeah, it won't even download on iOS 11 because it's not been updated for 64-bit
shame
cinder vessel
I take it you were thinking of Watch Dogs 1 then, maybe Dog?
winter yew
:/
That sucks
At least the Wildlands app still seems to work
Won’t know for sure until I get home and sync the game
primal inlet
Oh, yeah I'm definitely talking about WD1
Waiting until WD2 gets a major sale before getting it
cinder vessel
Aside from tossing the best parts of WD1 (those weird ass AR games), WD2 is apparently much better
cinder vessel
lol
winter yew
Isn’t there a list on reddit of games where you can pet the dog?
cinder vessel
Wouldn't shock me
brisk merlin
Wd2 is so much better
turbid gale
so the minecraft server is down
uncut bramble
Hey Armok, unfortunately the Minecraft server host (KazWolfe) isn't a member of this server at the minute. You might be able to reach out to him directly though 😃
tough heron
well great work ybm!
lavish obsidian
👏
uncut bramble
he gets the aesthetics of that style really well. How the M goes into the A like an upside down V lol
royal tendon
Nice 😮
teal trench
Another new 1.13 snapshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTGFLxXKEA
This time, dolphins.
teal trench
You can blame modded minecraft for that. They are the majority of the playerbase.
rigid haven
Well, you can still play old versions of Minecraft if you wanted to
teal trench
^
brisk merlin
s e r v e r s
teal trench
Yes, modded servers exist.
FTB, Tekkit, etc.
They're far more popular than vanilla, or semi-vanilla servers.
teal trench
That fragment makes zero sense in this context. >.>
Modded servers tend to be version 1.7.10, whereas most vanilla or semi-vanilla servers tend to update to the latest possible version of MineCraft. They're currently at 1.12.2, with some snapshot servers already popping up.
Is that what you're asking?
rigid haven
Hold on, Snapshot is actually out?
Wait, something tells me it's not actually called snapshot and I'm just an idiot
teal trench
@rigid haven, a minecraft "snapshot" is a beta version of an upcoming version. For example, the current most up-to-date version, is "snapshot 18w15a". This is the one, which is described in the video I linked above. It is a snapshot of the 1.13 version of minecraft.
The final version of 1.13, when it's released, is called "Update Aquatic".
rigid haven
Ah, I see
teal trench
@rigid haven Here, this lists all currently known, planned, and released features of 1.13: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.13
rigid haven
Ooo, that trident doesn't sound half bad
teal trench
On a different note, someone paid over 5k irl for a unique title ingame: http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
teal trench
Yup, lol.
teal trench
@rigid haven https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/8bcsrf/spotted_the_winner_of_the_gameblast_2018_charity/
It's only missing an r, in front.
rigid haven
This is the finest use of the letter E in existence
teal trench
When someone tries to explain RuneScape stuff to me, like I'm a new player:
rigid haven
I, meanwhile, am quite the opposite
teal trench
Yup, we need more new players. Far too many are old returning players, and people like me who have literally spent their entire life playing it.
Genuinely new players are an extreme rarity.
teal trench
Yup, you'd be classified as a returning player.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen you login once yet.
Do you have me added?
rigid haven
Oh, yup
I played Osrs earlier today and I'm gonna make myself a bronze helmet when I get on again
teal trench
Well, I'm happy to answer any questions if you need help with anything. Having me added ingame, would make that easier.
I'm just afk'ing the thieving skill, as per usual.
This equipment set makes thieving so much easier, in Rs3: https://i.imgur.com/1ohyw8q.png
It requires at least lvl 70 thieving, and lvl 28(?) invention to create.
"They may be combined at an inventor's workbench at level 80 Thieving, and level 20 Invention."
rigid haven
Hmm, so can all the armour be created with materials you find around?
teal trench
Yup!
With the exception of some special things, such as GWD equipment.
The "unique" equipment can't be created from scratch.
rigid haven
That's great. I don't think I've seen it before in an MMO
teal trench
Honestly, Osrs is missing a fair bit of crafting/creating of equipment. They have a lot of it, but Rs3 went about fixing that and filled out the equipment tables for all three styles.
You can create a lot of ranged and melee armour in Osrs, but magic equipment has a huge gaping hole.
rigid haven
Ouch. Luckily I don't intend to use magic 😅
teal trench
I'm sure at some point, they'll fix that.
They're actively updating the game and adding new features at the request of the community.
Every Osrs update is polled, before it gets added.
So there's that, too.
rigid haven
I saw that, yeah
teal trench
I will say that the Osrs developers and whatever, aren't as actively "vocal" in communicating with the playerbase, as Rs3's devs are.
They tend to just sit back, and watch, and only respond if they're needed.
Like, the current drama about pricing going on right now.
Have you seen that?
It's on both subs:
https://reddit.com/r/RuneScape
https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/
rigid haven
Oh, that's news to me
rigid haven
God damn
teal trench
Mind you, it's just a vocal minority.
A very vocal minority.
The reasonable ones get mass-downvoted and insults hurled at them.
So they - along with Jagex - are being kinda quiet, and letting the nutjobs rant.
rigid haven
I suppose that's the only thing you can do
teal trench
For example, here's one of the reasonable ones: https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/8biqh2/next_promo_genies_gift_because_of_course_the_best/dx7055a/?context=3
(The comment, not the post.)
His flair, is spot on.
"angry reddit noises"
rigid haven
Haha
turbid gale
@uncut bramble What happened to Kaz
teal trench
He left during the @someone april fools spam.
@turbid gale
Hasn't come back since.
turbid gale
does anyone have his #
teal trench
@turbid gale You could just click on the pin: https://i.imgur.com/E7UxT95.png
@turbid gale https://i.imgur.com/IPuwXzz.png
turbid gale
Danke
smoky forge
Dank mormons.
winter yew
40 hours in on warframe and I just learnt that I can increase the mods capacity .-.
brisk merlin
Cool
primal inlet
mod capacity increases as the item levels up...?
do you mean upgrading mods, because THAT took me forever to figure out
brisk merlin
Ohno it's him
warm holly
How many people here have seen the new 'roadmap' for Destiny 2?
brisk merlin
The dead meme boy
primal inlet
The D2 roadmap is...interesting
warm holly
It needs more solid info
brisk merlin
It's called a tease
primal inlet
agreed, I like the Crucible DLC changes but that's literally all they covered
warm holly
That's a major change for how Bungie do things, they never give free things out
primal inlet
and I'd agree with you Kev if it was on the DLC, the parts I'm thinking of aren't
warm holly
I know that the September changes are far away, but surely they could tell us about the Summer things
primal inlet
like how new bounties are going to work, or private matches
I mean maybe the answer's just "exactly like D1" but that should be said, not left as an exercise to the reader
warm holly
If bounties are D1 bounties, that's a change I'll welcome with open arms
brisk merlin
Destiny 1 bounties were special
warm holly
I just hope that these big changes are going to be what we want, not the roundabout solutions they keep doing
primal inlet
Bounties actually really confuse me because where the heck are they going to be stored
there's no quests tab or anything
primal inlet
If they're an item...ok but disappointing
primal inlet
the fact that D2 apparently has to go through the exact same shit as D1, likely including the Comet that fixes everything, is depressing
brisk merlin
Are you going by the base name?
warm holly
It seems as if D2 was made in Y1 and then put in stasis
brisk merlin
Like when they called ttk comet
primal inlet
yeah
that's still their internal name for the big, non-shit DLCs after the first two for each game
brisk merlin
CoO wasn't worth it... I hope this rasputin one is
primal inlet
inb4 you have to go through another vanilla strike for the DLC campaign and it's Exodus Crash
primal inlet
have fun with disappeary boi
brisk merlin
Siva version
primal inlet
siva hasn't even been mentioned in D2, has it?
warm holly
I wouldn't mind seeing SIVA, just not SIVA fallen
maybe pure SIVA or SIVA frames/constructs
It was mentioned early on in a screenshot of Exodus Crash, but it was about SIVA instead
brisk merlin
I'm thinking that our good friend rasputin is gonna use it or perhaps failsafe
primal inlet
Oh god, I could see failsafe being pertinent to the plot in some convoluted manner...in which case Exodus Crash makes sense
warm holly
That screenshot looks like it has 4 big guns. Maybe the orange circle is Rasputin targeting the Traveller?
warm holly
There was that leak about The Fallen Warmind
primal inlet
I can't tell whether they're guns or pylons of some sort
warm holly
Maybe that was semi-legit
primal inlet
That would legitimately be interesting
brisk merlin
The warming probably sees the traveller as a threat
primal inlet
Ok but why
brisk merlin
We dont know if it was actually rasputin who destroyed part of the traveller as we've heard
In the grimore
teal trench
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin?
primal inlet
well technically
winter yew
Destiny 1 was really good after ttk
primal inlet
It's a big AI in the Destiny franchise named after him
brisk merlin
He is Russian...
winter yew
I hope D2 gets better
brisk merlin
Yes
teal trench
warm holly
Maybe because the Darkness caused the Collapse, and the Traveller and Darkness is like Yin-Yang. It would make sense if he tries to destroy the Traveller to stop the Darkness from coming. Destroy the beacon to stop what's seen it
brisk merlin
Yes that is what some people think
That rasputin was protecting by destroying the traveller
warm holly
I just hope Bungie can pull off a decent story
primal inlet
we shall see...it's likely that Warmind was in development way before CoO came out, so...
warm holly
If the community can come up with a good basis for a storyline, then why can't they?
primal inlet
because they're aiming for 7-year-olds
brisk merlin
Lmao
teal trench
Huh, I got Destiny mixed up with "Nier: Automata". Never played either of them, but I see people bring them up a lot.
brisk merlin
How
warm holly
How?
winter yew
D2 story is really childish but I still liked it
It should've been more darker though
brisk merlin
Yes
primal inlet
The plot is fine, the dialogue/interactions aren't
brisk merlin
I mean, that speaker part 😏
primal inlet
although the Speaker parts - yeah
winter yew
Why couldn't they show the speaker getting killed
teal trench
That lady with the white hair in Nier: Automata, is how. Idk why, but when y'all said Destiny 2, that's immediately who I thought of.
primal inlet
because T rating
winter yew
Damn it
brisk merlin
Nier is a w e e b game
warm holly
The fact that Ghaul was meant to be this big bad, but we only ever saw him monologuing and not killing people really annoys me
primal inlet
Nier is a g o o d game
warm holly
I've never played it
brisk merlin
IT'S A W E E B GAME
primal inlet
yeah I wanted to see him crush his adviser's skull
winter yew
I wanted to see ghaul in a raid
teal trench
Cory in the House is best weeb game.
warm holly
That's a weeb game
winter yew
Not in a stupid story mission
primal inlet
Leviathan's an interesting content structure though
winter yew
The raid boss is stronger and much more annoying than ghaul
brisk merlin
I hate the leviathan
teal trench
winter yew
Ghaul is a weak ass pussy
brisk merlin
I want a different raid environment
primal inlet
It's a story entirely self-contained within raids, meaning people who have no friends don't need to worry about it
warm holly
That's me then
primal inlet
Also yeah Ghaul's a coward I thought the campaign established that
brisk merlin
I hate having to go in the leviathan to do all the raids
winter yew
I want another VOG
brisk merlin
Yes
winter yew
VOG was so much fun
brisk merlin
I want VOG
teal trench
Here we go, this person:
primal inlet
the uh
brisk merlin
Weknow
primal inlet
2B?
teal trench
Idk lol.
brisk merlin
Weeb
winter yew
2B!==D2
primal inlet
🅱2 (i'm so sorry)
teal trench
Like I said:
Never played either of them, but I see people bring them up a lot.
NieR Automata is not a weeb game :p
brisk merlin
Itis
winter yew
No u
brisk merlin
banned
winter yew
X3
winter yew
YES
primal inlet
Not this "underbelly" crap
winter yew
Like VOG
teal trench
It'd be nice if consoles fell off the face of the earth, and game developers focused solely on pc.
primal inlet
my secret hope is that destiny 1 comes to pc in some way
brisk merlin
I want that
winter yew
me too
primal inlet
D2 being on pc was literally the only reason I picked it up
brisk merlin
DROP D2 AND PORT D1 TO PC
primal inlet
well
winter yew
Don't drop D2
primal inlet
How hard d'you think it'd be to port D1 content into D2's modified engine?
winter yew
it has potential
teal trench
This pretty much sums it up: https://i.imgur.com/nT4LOdw.png
primal inlet
like what
primal inlet
uh
winter yew
but there are people like that I know
teal trench
It's not satire.
lavish obsidian
Disses consoles but praises old consoles
cough
primal inlet
I mean I would argue that modern console manufacturers are being a bit stupid with their exclusives and all, considering that the Xbone and PS4 are literally just Windows and Linux PCs, respectively
teal trench
^
lavish obsidian
Mhmm.
winter yew
I like the ease use of consoles
primal inlet
I'm just an armchair dev at this point so
teal trench
I liked consoles when they were consoles, not computers - which is my point.
brisk merlin
'New games and new consoles REEEEEEEEE-" is how im taking some things
lavish obsidian
This kind of nitpicking is ridiculous though
Not a very strong piece of writing to come foward with
primal inlet
New games can be good, but plenty aren't because of corporate meddling and lowest common denominator and all that
re: D2
teal trench
It's called an opinion, you don't have to agree with it or like it.
winter yew
Consoles=Ease of Use
PC's=great for everything
teal trench
Yup, I just screenshotted it from a collection of random rubbish I've collected in my pastebin.
lavish obsidian
Okay then.
winter yew
huh
brisk merlin
Tbh buying the new Xbox is a waste of money... buy a pc, it'll last longer than 2 years before having to be replaced by the next console
lavish obsidian
Just saying that this isn't really a strong piece of writing that's all
teal trench
Yup, I know lol.
I was making it clear that it was an opinion
A rather biased one, mind you.
primal inlet
I mean considering that graphics aren't everything anymore I wouldn't be surprised if current GPUs and CPUs will have less trouble catching up to newer ones
As long as devs don't get even more lazy with optimization <.<
brisk merlin
Lmao
teal trench
^
primal inlet
.>
teal trench
Good optimisation can go a loooong way.
winter yew
my fucking 960 can't run it, but it can run other games fine
lavish obsidian
I mean, I love retro games too (mind you that my first game was Starflight) but I value how games PRESENT the story or experience, whether it be with additional features or etc. Graphical eye candy is a bonus
teal trench
Yeah, it's a bias I have - I believe that PCs should have that eye-candy stuff, whereas consoles should stick with the arcade stuff.
primal inlet
define "eye candy" - in my opinion, a really nice style can make something look amazing without serious rendering effects or anything
Like, uhhh....
one sec
winter yew
Games with amazing art style is what I think of
primal inlet
mmm, Far Cry 5 does look nice
lavish obsidian
I personally don't mind the graphical style as long as it's not intrusive (low quality textures, unintentionally poor lighting and etc)
winter yew
art style>realism
lavish obsidian
^
brisk merlin
Ye
winter yew
games such as borderlands
lavish obsidian
^^
teal trench
Someone mentioned that the other day; borderlands is one of my most disliked graphical styles.
winter yew
warframe,starbound... etc
primal inlet
Warframe's heavily stylized, dunno if you'd call it "realistic
teal trench
The um.. cell shading thing.
winter yew
rocket league
brisk merlin
I'm like "eh, I've seen this before" when I see realistic artstyles, it's like real life... It dosent feel unique
teal trench
I'd call that realistic, yeah.
brisk merlin
Iwouldnt
winter yew
that is not realistic at all, I'm just saying
primal inlet
It's a realistic art style in an unrealistic universe?
lavish obsidian
I just don't care for realism.. Stylized games can be even more effective than your average run-of-the-mill gritty FPS
teal trench
High resolution textures, high res shadows, great lighting, etc. That's what I mean by realistic.
primal inlet
Factorio though
brisk merlin
The enemies have a weird art style
lavish obsidian
The reason that BoTW has cell shading doesn't mean it should be off the table for good games
brisk merlin
Botw is nice
primal inlet
BOTW's cel shading is done better than Borderlands' IMO
winter yew
cell shading, if done well, can look really good
brisk merlin
Yes dogggg
brisk merlin
Hmmm
brisk merlin
Portal is nice I guess
lavish obsidian
Mhmm.
teal trench
Tf2 has some decent scenery/maps/whatever. I can agree with that.
I don't like the characters.
brisk merlin
Portal is a realistic art style
winter yew
portal is cartoonish fam
brisk merlin
Ohno
teal trench
googles "superhot"
primal inlet
yeah yeah meme
teal trench
Huh, it's an fps. No wonder I didn't know about it.
winter yew
not that kind of fps
primal inlet
I will say it plays more like a puzzle game than an FPS
winter yew
don't just look at the genre and assume its bad
lavish obsidian
Hit a person with a sword, grab the gun in mid-air, shoot him with the gun and watch his face shatter
primal inlet
except you plan all that out, because you have all the time in the world to do so
winter yew
throw a gun at him and then pick up the katana to cut him up
teal trench
Yeah, I kinda avoid anything remotely connected to PvP. That's what I look at genres for, and why I nope out with fps games.
lavish obsidian
Unique mechanics
warm holly
It's the most innovative shooter I've played in years
winter yew
yes
primal inlet
don't
winter yew
I agree
lavish obsidian
👍
brisk merlin
PvP? Superior isnt close to pvp
primal inlet
I can tell you're on a phone
lavish obsidian
"Yeq"
lavish obsidian
👍
brisk merlin
SUPER hot
lavish obsidian
Don't Starve is a horribly twisted game
lavish obsidian
Leaves your stomach with butterflies when you reach the ending
brisk merlin
What reminds you of dont starve?
lavish obsidian
🤔
winter yew
unturned is meh
teal trench
Unturned's graphics remind me of Superhot.
winter yew
isn't that good and isn't that bad
brisk merlin
Bad
primal inlet
the low poly style?
lavish obsidian
mhmm.
teal trench
The um.. empty white walls/room thing
brisk merlin
Hmm
brisk merlin
Cool
primal inlet
completely monochrome puzzle game
teal trench
o_o
brisk merlin
Reminded me of the turing test for a second
lavish obsidian
Haha
brisk merlin
Uhhhhhh
primal inlet
also it was short
brisk merlin
Oh
lavish obsidian
Yes
brisk merlin
Yea that's why I recommend a sale
lavish obsidian
Mhmm.
lavish obsidian
I liked the ending
primal inlet
I still haven't finished it
lavish obsidian
Thought-provoking
primal inlet
the secret twist is cool though
the one that you know if you know and don't if you don't
brisk merlin
Never played the witness
brisk merlin
What
teal trench
Cities: Skylines is the only Steam game I've played for more than a few hundred hours. I was so addicted to it, I started seeing city grids in my sleep...
warm holly
I think my most played game is CS:GO
lavish obsidian
Braid was a good game
rain flicker
I got over a hundred hours on portal 2
primal inlet
We doing this thing?
Warframe 173, Portal 2 148, NMS 135, Terraria 127, GMod 113
lmao fris
lavish obsidian
😮
teal trench
RuneScape is definitely my most played game; just over 32k hours.
rain flicker
I know literally every voice line by hard and can tell you exactly when they play... Which I'm not entirely proud of
brisk merlin
How do you have over 100 in portal
primal inlet
I think Minecraft's probably my most played game of all time but there's no way of tracking that
rain flicker
I also got 100% achievements on it
primal inlet
also user maps
primal inlet
Even before workshop there were user maps
rain flicker
And the coop maps with a friend
brisk merlin
Destiny 1 is one of tmf most played games
primal inlet
"tmf"
rain flicker
I also got 100% achievements on every half life game
primal inlet
oof
brisk merlin
Ew
rain flicker
And too many hours on em aswell
primal inlet
including that one "Single Bullet" cheev?
rain flicker
Mhm
primal inlet
oof
brisk merlin
What
teal trench
1487 days, 4 hours: https://i.imgur.com/2I2uRzH.png
warm holly
That seems like maybe too much time
brisk merlin
Yes
lavish obsidian
👺
primal inlet
Includes AFK?
teal trench
I started in 2004, and play ~7+ hours a day.
brisk merlin
WHY and how
rain flicker
On half life 2 episode 1 there is an achievement for firing exactly 1 bullet during the whole game @brisk merlin
lavish obsidian
Ah found it
primal inlet
and that bullet's required for a lock IIRC
warm holly
How is that even possible
primal inlet
Crowbar
lavish obsidian
Portal Stories Mel
rain flicker
You can use the gravity gun
warm holly
But surely using the crowbar for the whole game is hard
winter yew
1450 hours in Warframe
warm holly
Like really hard
winter yew
:3
teal trench
RuneScape has existed since 1998. I started in 2004, and I play 7+ hours a day on average. My playtime is nothing, compared to most hardcore players. I'm considered a "casual" 'Scaper.
lavish obsidian
:)
rain flicker
What was harder imo was the gnome in episode 2
brisk merlin
Wtf
lavish obsidian
and here i am just melting away at these numbers
winter yew
Melting? 😮
lavish obsidian
*blubber
brisk merlin
What
rain flicker
Also, there was an achievement for killing literally every larve in episode 2 which was insane @primal inlet
teal trench
Here, if you want a full explanation as to why/how I've played 1487 days in RuneScape, this is the best explanation I've given: https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/7wcfml/just_curious_who_here_has_logged_1_year_of_game/dtzj4km/?context=3
rain flicker
I assume you are aware of the infamous gnome achievement?
lavish obsidian
Yes?
rain flicker
You have to carry a gnome statue from literally the start of the game till the end and put it in the rocket
lavish obsidian
yee
teal trench
rain flicker
Known as the hardest achievement in video games..
Even tho I disagree
I've had more difficulty with others
(still it was hard!)
brisk merlin
Nome
lavish obsidian
seems like the kind of achievement Keemstar would make
teal trench
That actually exists.
rain flicker
Little Rocketman
teal trench
has derailed and monopolised the conversation again
Okay, back to RuneScape and watching this Daredevil tv show.
Sorry for being annoying.
rain flicker
I also got the CS:GO achievement for winning an arms race match without dying
I don't even have a csgo rank, I literally only played arms race with a friend, nothing else
I also only played with knife 90% of the time (and won)
winter yew
There’s a level mod called Suicide Blitz 2 for Left4dead2 that references the gnome
You have to carry this gnome and I forget how but you end up unlocking a secret Portal level
(Corrected)
brisk merlin
Wh
rain flicker
L4D2 is 4 player coop so way easier to carry something trough the level
Still, that's funny
warm holly
wtf is that
rain flicker
Ehhhh
In other news
Lizard Run now got Cave Mode 😅
Rock sprites are made by Kev
lavish obsidian
👍
rigid haven
Today I learned this comes from Runescape
sleek shadow
Lmao
rigid haven
Yeah, that's what I saw. Now I'm super glad I tuned into discord today
brisk merlin
How didnt you know it was from runescape? Lmao
teal trench
They've never played Rs before.
brisk merlin
Haven't you seen the "meme" before?
rigid haven
I have seen it, but I didn't know 🤷
teal trench
Contrary to popular belief, not everyone likes memes, or tries to dig up where one comes from. >.>
Some of us just see them, laugh, and move on.
rigid haven
Yup
brisk merlin
I never try to find out where they come from... except this Wal-Mart kid... I want to know his story
teal trench
That "four horsemen of the apocalypse" thing interested me enough to dig up a few of them.
brisk merlin
What? The iron board thing I sent?
teal trench
brisk merlin
Oh no
rigid haven
Good God
rigid haven
I think the Wal-Mart kid just wanted to sing, so he did
You really have to admire🥑 his confidence
brisk merlin
Good kid
cinder vessel
it's a good avocado
teal trench
Here, have something stupid I combined, out of boredom:
(Took the .svg files of the emotes off discord, and then converted them into .png, and combined them into one image.)
cinder vessel
lol
teal trench
It's 04:48 in the morning, I'm braindead, and obviously not thinking clearly.
So don't mind me.
On that note, I'm off to bed to pretend like I can actually sleep. G'night.
rigid haven
Alright, Good Night!
lavish obsidian
👋
winter yew
@hidden falcon yes that was a real Hunter ID for Monster Hunter World
hidden falcon
wow
sleek shadow
Yeeeeeeet Steins;Gate 0 comes out today
winter yew
brisk merlin
nice colour nerd
cinder vessel
i kept thinking the same @primal inlet
winter yew
Lol
Though I will be honest
If not for my curiosity I would’ve never discovered Earth Defense Force
red mantle
Owlboy is better
winter yew
I rented Bullet Witch and EDF from a Blockbuster in like... 2007?
Both games were so bad they were good
EDF has at least spawned several sequels since its debut on the ps2
And I love EDF 4.1 Shadow of New Despair
royal tendon
Hmm
rigid haven
I've never heard of either of them
Though that does remind me of the really bad indie games on Xbox 360
The ones that were 69p and usually used the avatar
cinder vessel
check my big bot head
rigid haven
Hello big bot head
brisk merlin
whatsthat
hidden falcon
big
rigid haven
Right, Cuphead done, Now to play more Runescape
brisk merlin
k
rigid haven
Deed
silver garnet
I wish my stellaris worked