#other-games

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cinder vessel
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Yeah, same

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Happy to get the Vita, very whatever about Borderlands 2

winter yew
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I just wanted portable Burnout lol

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Burnout Legends x)

cinder vessel
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I wanted Persona 4 Golden & Danganronpa & some other stuff I found out about later

winter yew
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Owned it on the psp but had to use my friends ps3 to download it to my vita

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Then Retro City Rampage and Shovel Knight got announced for vita.

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So I grabbed those and also Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012

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While it’s a poor excuse for a NFS game it was a pretty direct port of the console version

cinder vessel
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Huh

winter yew
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It’s made by Criteron

cinder vessel
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Oh duh, stupid me, I also got the Vita for Tearaway & Gravity Rush

winter yew
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And may as well be a sequel to Burnout Paradise

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Same exact game concepts

cinder vessel
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Wait, Burnout Legends, or NFS?

winter yew
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NFS

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Burnout Legends was more like a greatest hits version of the first three games on PS2

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Played exactly like Takedown

cinder vessel
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I've never really gotten into those too much, so I'm pretty clueless on'em

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I did try a few of the early Burnout games, like the first, but I'm really unclear on whether I tried the second or third game, since it was over at a friend's place

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It was whichever one introduced the wreck/crash mode, I think, where you basically tried to do as much damage as possible

winter yew
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Other vita-only titles I owned are LUMINES Electronic Symphony, Freedom Wars, Wipeout 2048, Super Stardust Delta, KILLZONE mercenary, and the vita ports of Earth Defense force 2017 and EDF 2 lol

cinder vessel
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Freedom Wars, aayyy

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I really wish they'd port that to PS4

winter yew
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Tough little game in the higher levels

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And yes

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Of course I had to have the Ratchet and Clank and Sly Cooper trilogies

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My all-time favorite platformers on PS2

cinder vessel
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Solid games, without a doubt!

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I miss the silly 3D platformer days

winter yew
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A Hat In Time is pretty good

cinder vessel
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eehh

winter yew
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Reminds me of those days

cinder vessel
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I was excited for that but pretty mixed about the way the dev is

winter yew
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I know zero about the dev

cinder vessel
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They're just kinda flaky in their community relations stuff, and hired on a sketchy YouTuber to do some VO work

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That's putting it mildly because I've been trying to forget about'em

winter yew
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I was excited for Yooka Laylee until I heard the voice acting in it

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Just super repetitive belching sounds

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Not really the kinda noise I wanna hear lol

cinder vessel
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lol

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That is kinda in the spirit of Rare stuff, tho

winter yew
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And I’m the kinda guy that put up with Okami’s dialogue

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Friggin Charlie Brown WOMP WOMP speak

cinder vessel
winter yew
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Hmmm

rigid haven
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It's odd how people had complaints about the text sounds

winter yew
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Could be neat

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There was a game on the PS2 called RUFF TRIGGER that was so god awful

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It was basically a budget knockoff of Ratchet and Clank 1

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And for some reason the character could turn into a werewolf

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Just because he drinks this random green liquid he walks up on

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Like seriously just GULP

bronze wind
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Oh just like real life

winter yew
cinder vessel
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Wait so you mean Scaler

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lol

winter yew
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Lmao

cinder vessel
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There were a bunch of weird knockoffs or knockoff-esque platformers back then, lol

winter yew
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Yeaaa

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I need to see if I still have the game A Dog’s Life

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That was so weird lmao

cinder vessel
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On one hand I don't miss it, but on the other hand, it was really great to see these weird attempts that weren't licensed games, so they were genuinely trying for...Something.

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Like Alter Echo, Metal Arms, Sphinx & the Cursed Mummy, Vexx, etc.

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wait wtf, i think i've made my thoughts semi-unconsciously alphabetize shit

winter yew
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Don’t worry I do that sometimes too

cinder vessel
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I tried a demo of that years back and it was very...What?

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At first I thought maybe it was for some silly straight to DVD pet movie

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But nooope

winter yew
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Nah it’s a full game lol

cinder vessel
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Tbh I'd be mostly down for companies making games that aren't trying to push the tech envelope but are just alright looking graphically, supposing they sold them a bit cheaper since they wouldn't have to cost as much to produce

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A step above indie, if ya will

winter yew
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Right

silent marsh
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@arctic phoenix The most realistic flying control was the PS4 game called BloodStar Arena

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It was an eye sore when I tried to fly like a pro

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Couldn’t even win the game

arctic phoenix
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I've never owned a ps4 sadly

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the only console i've had was an xbox 360 and a playstation 2

silent marsh
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I think you can own BloodStar Arena

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PC has almost everything

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Also, without VR for BloodStar Arena, it’s still hard

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Cuz it’s almost like a real life experience flying a ship in space

arctic phoenix
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sounds fun tbh

silent marsh
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Not to me 😅

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It’s frustrating to see how terrible pilot you really are in BloodStar Arena

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I always constantly lose

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To COMPUTERS!!!

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Easy computers!

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Cheese

rigid haven
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I actually have Scaler

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I'm gonna play it

austere lance
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Elite Dangerous is a hella good space sim but good lord is it boring. To be fair, space would be pretty boring

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Flying in it is hard enough that most people quit the game when they try, lol

silent marsh
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Yeah

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Too much “I wanna fly like I’m actually flying it irl”

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But it’s decent af

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So I treasured it

charred badge
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Flying is fine. Once you figure out all the things that'll get you station gun'd

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Also the 7second trick for exiting supercruise

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But there's almost no variety in activities

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So you can have fun flying around, but other than that there's not much

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Launching yourself off a quasar is a blast though

silent marsh
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Yeah

austere lance
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Since Henry Cavil is playing Geralt in the Witcher show Netflix is making somebody decided to make a mod that mixes Witcher 3 Geralt with Henry Cavil

cinder vessel
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Oh wait is that the actual casting?

austere lance
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Yee

cinder vessel
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Last I saw it was up in the air, I thought

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Huh

austere lance
cinder vessel
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Is it just me or do Anya & Freya's photos make them look way younger than they probably are?

austere lance
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The internet had a nice "reeeee" for a couple days after Fringilla's actress got announced

winter yew
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Huh, I thought X4 Foundations was releasing today but I was very wrong.
30th November, not sure where I got today from. 😐

raven frost
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gonna try booting up star citizen today

bronze wind
brisk merlin
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Yup

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It took like hours for mr

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Me

raven frost
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I wouldn't be suprised if it's uncompressed textures

bronze wind
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Mr me

raven frost
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actually, 10GB patch is impressive, though I'm not sure if I'm downloading the full game or just a patch

brisk merlin
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Yes

raven frost
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p sure a patch

brisk merlin
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You install the base game

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Then you get a seperate install

raven frost
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should note that this is the PTU because hey there's a fuckin update scheduled next month and this update brings in some huge as shit feature

silent marsh
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lol

brisk merlin
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I got the ptu

silent marsh
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Never played star citizen

raven frost
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which really isn't that huge because itsn't it backend?

silent marsh
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And won’t play it. It’ll crash my laptop

brisk merlin
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I can actually run sc on the ptu

raven frost
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object container streaming or something

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unless that got pushed back

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again

brisk merlin
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It still crashed though

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Like... idk why

silent marsh
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How was BO4?

raven frost
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just chalk it down to "it's SC"

brisk merlin
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Sure

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It is a buggy mess

raven frost
brisk merlin
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Not as buggy as it used to be

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Wow i hate you, it took so long for me

raven frost
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oh no, don't worry, I'm scared

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it doesn't usually go this fast

brisk merlin
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Damn

raven frost
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I'm getting the feeling something's not right

bronze wind
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Maybe they confused download and install 😩

raven frost
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hah

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I remember I used to white knight this game to hell and back

brisk merlin
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Why

raven frost
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because at the time I was super into it

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now I'm just bored with it

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my tastes have changed a lot since then, going from wanting deep simulations to a more casual experience

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it's why I've grown fond of NMS over time, it's a little confusing at first but once you get it all figured out it's pretty easy to get going

bronze wind
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Yeah that's what kind of got me into NMS initially, when seeing the trailers

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I didn't really see all this stuff and build it up to be an innovative space simulation or anything, like some may have. I just thought "neat, 3d space game where I can fly around and land on planets and stare at cool things, I'm in"

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Starbound was the closest thing for me but I just don't get as into it when it's sidescrolling 2d pixelart

raven frost
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I don't play games even remotely as much as I used to, and I don't have time to spend hours and hours playing one single game anymore

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hell I try and limit myself to like

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2 hours, then a 2-3 hour break

bronze wind
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I'm in the same boat

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I get home late and don't have much time to play

raven frost
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I've kinda broken that rule recently though so rip

bronze wind
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I get discouraged when I look at games that require a lot of time now, even if I love them

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Like MHW

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I want to play it on PC

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But I can't dedicate time because it'd be like 1-2 hunts then bed

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Which isn't as exciting to me

raven frost
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this is going to launch in my native res isn't it

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yes, yes it did

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fuck

brisk merlin
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YES COMPUTERMAN WHAT'S YOUR NAME ON SC NUT

raven frost
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A

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C0MPUTERMAN @brisk merlin

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welp here goes

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time for my computer to fucking explode

bronze wind
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🔥

raven frost
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wait what the fuck it actually runs great now

brisk merlin
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Yup

bronze wind
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:zoom:

raven frost
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I'm not even joking

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72 FPS in PU

bronze wind
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Would be a strange joke coolthonk

brisk merlin
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What pc you got

raven frost
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I built it like 2 years ago

brisk merlin
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I got a pc 6372 extreme edition 😩 (the weary is in the name)

raven frost
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i7-4790K, 16GB DDR3

brisk merlin
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Gpu

raven frost
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I had a 970 in there but swapped it out for a 1080ti

bronze wind
brisk merlin
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Oh

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That's why

bronze wind
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thicc card

raven frost
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I built this back when I had no priorities disposable income

bronze wind
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:smirk;

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leaving it

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too tired

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head hurty

brisk merlin
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Oh no father

bronze wind
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my grain

brisk merlin
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Fathers oats

raven frost
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note: I'd take screenshots but my sharex doesn't like sc so

bronze wind
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Can't just F12?

brisk merlin
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Same

raven frost
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1440p images are a bitch

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I don't like the look of this new suit tbh

bronze wind
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It's like they built male pattern baldness into the visor

raven frost
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oh no

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I'm just bald

brisk merlin
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Buy new suit

raven frost
bronze wind
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What can you do in the game rn?

raven frost
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afaik basic missions

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and trading

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that may have changed in the new patch though

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okay I can't do this armor anymore lmao

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aaaaaaaaaaaaand it

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crashed

austere lance
raven frost
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@brisk merlin I BROKE IT

bronze wind
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MISSING TEXT!

raven frost
bronze wind
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Wow nice

raven frost
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I think it's just putting me back in the game

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am sad, I want to go to glitch world

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It should've loaded in by now

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oh nvm it died

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that's enough for now, I'll come back in another year or two and check on progress

brisk merlin
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oh I had that bug a lot

brisk merlin
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the facial stuff is good

bronze wind
brisk merlin
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yes

raven frost
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oh god

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that's terrifying and I love it

idle saffron
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I want that in every game now

raven frost
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I was starting to believe that SC's models were starting to get past the uncanny valley but this takes that idea and shatters it

winter yew
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LMAO Robbaz

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Love his videos

silent marsh
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K

winter yew
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K

brisk merlin
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ok

austere lance
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RDR 2 should hurry tf up and come out

winter yew
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I want an R2D2 game

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Would love to just roll around beepboop at stuff and hack things

brisk merlin
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thats life

echo hill
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am i the only one enjoying tf out of bo4?

bronze wind
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never the only one

echo hill
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yae

winter yew
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In all honesty I haven’t touched a COD and since the first Modern Warfare

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I got Advanced Warfare because it was $5 on sale at my store but I just can’t get into it

echo hill
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AW sucked tho

winter yew
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Lol

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Thats probably why I can’t get into it

echo hill
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hahaha

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i highly recommend bo4

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especially on pc

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now that theyve properly made it for pc

winter yew
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Ehhh I’ll keep an eye out for a sale

brisk merlin
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mw3 is where it was at

echo hill
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instead of just porting it

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yeah dude mw3 was the shit

winter yew
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Is the campaign any good?

echo hill
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uhh

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there isnt one xD

brisk merlin
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mw3 on pc is bad because is got hackers in it

winter yew
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Oh

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So it’s always killing other players?

echo hill
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its got some lore behind it which it pretty interesting but there isnt a deliberate campaign

winter yew
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Oh

echo hill
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they focused more on the zombies story this time around

winter yew
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That’s interesting 🤔

echo hill
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which is amazing btw

winter yew
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Yeah I saw that

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They should just make a full-on stand-alone zombies

brisk merlin
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basically bo4

winter yew
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That’s all I ever hear about anymore with Call of Duty

echo hill
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haha

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yeah i agree though

winter yew
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Even my damn sister was into the zombies lol

echo hill
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if they poured all resources into zombies it would be incredible

winter yew
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Which surprised me because I didn’t see her as a gamer type

echo hill
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lol it started as an easter egg too

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they didnt even plan on going anywhere with it

winter yew
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Guys I found out something when I was Googling Sean Murray earlier

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He worked for Criterion Games

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Specifically on two of my favorite PS2 games

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BLACK and Burnout 3

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I want a BLACK remaster

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That game was way ahead of its time

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Just skim through that

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Actually fuck that video

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It’s an emulated version

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THIS is what it actually looked like ^^

winter yew
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Wow

winter yew
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Wow what

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:p

jade lake
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just wow

cinder vessel
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lol @winter yew talk about coincidences, I mentioned this over in the NMS channel a few days ago

winter yew
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Nice :3

inland grail
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I never had a chance to play one of the best ''fps'' or action game series of all time

blazing torrent
lavish obsidian
cinder vessel
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ono

lavish obsidian
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actually really well done

cinder vessel
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now that i watch it, yeah, lol

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but seeing suicide squad is just an immediate ono for me

winter yew
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This is what No Man's Sky needs in it's combat

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looooooooved this

winter yew
jade lake
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this is news apparently?

willow crypt
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Who's gonna play Starlink? going to play tonight. The planets are beautiful and the ships , weaponry and fauna look really good. I hear the story is stale, but I don't really care.

brisk merlin
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eck

jade lake
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^^

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i agree

willow crypt
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we shall see. Looks playful like Ratchet and Clank

jade lake
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but ratchet and clank is good

cinder vessel
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I'm curious @willow crypt, so if ya figure out what's up with the ship parts system, I'd be interested in reading about it

willow crypt
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I think some people need to learn not to judge a game until theyve played it.

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The ship weapons and upgrades sound cool

jade lake
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or its just not their thing? skylanders with ships and star fox, is gonna be a pass for some people

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i doubt its a bad game

willow crypt
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Playing on PlayStation, don't care for the toys

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Yep, one can look at the concept and the fact that they're selling it with toys and think it's a farce, but I think they wanted to make it a good game despite the toys.

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I like the idea of assymetrically customizing your ship with different weapons

austere lance
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I'm prepared to sell my soul to RDR 2

jade lake
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same

cinder vessel
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Tbh I've just been waiting for more info on how enjoyably you can play Starlink without dipping into paying more before writing it off, which basically means waiting on reviews/others playing it

willow crypt
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I'll try to share my opinion when I can

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So many games out and coming out. Great game year

austere lance
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Give
new
Red
Dead
Redemption

cinder vessel
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😐

jade lake
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compared to last year, not THAT great...

cinder vessel
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Just skimmed it & an ArsTechnica review, latter was more positive but didn't dig too much into the details concerning the toys/parts pack, which struck me as odd

jade lake
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they give A LOT of 7's and 8's at gamespot

cinder vessel
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That's not at all what I was looking at, lmao

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I was looking at the text itself

jade lake
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i was just saying that out of my thoughts towards gamespot

cinder vessel
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That said, the bullet point partly captures what I was getting at

jade lake
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i didnt even look at it and im guessing its a 7

cinder vessel
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Yeah, game itself doesn't sound bad, so that seems right for those sorts of scales

jade lake
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theres just other games id rather spend 60$s on tbh

cinder vessel
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Yeah, I mean, you've made your take on this game pretty clear, lol

willow crypt
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Plenty of choices

jade lake
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same to you lol

cinder vessel
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I was about to add, much like I have with RDR2, lmao

jade lake
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different tastes

cinder vessel
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if I'm gonna have tinges of Western, I'll take it in space, 😛

jade lake
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you're the kind of person that thinks the original star wars is a western lol

cinder vessel
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wha, nah

jade lake
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😐

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checks out...

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for now

cinder vessel
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yeah, i'm whooshing i take it

willow crypt
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Clint Eastwood was great in the first star wars movie

cinder vessel
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Ooh, typo, lol

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But nah when I say that I'm thinking like Firefly or Trigun

jade lake
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what typo 😳

austere lance
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Firefly 😍

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Or Cowboy Bebop

jade lake
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oh god

cinder vessel
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Despite having Cowboy in the name, I hardly think of Bebop as space Western

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It's all over the place

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lol

jade lake
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😳

bronze wind
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Bebop is more space bounty hunter

willow crypt
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Quintin Tarantino should make a game

jade lake
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nahh

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he should write one

bronze wind
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He should eat one

jade lake
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vore

willow crypt
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Oh yeah. He should write one

cinder vessel
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He should let people play him through an ARG

willow crypt
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For rockstar

jade lake
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tarantino and rockstar would be fucking bliss

willow crypt
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Or naughty dog

cinder vessel
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Rockstar and Naughty Dog should just get a room together

willow crypt
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Ye

cinder vessel
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So then I can ignore them both, lol

willow crypt
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I would go into the room with them

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Little do you know, they're just playing go fish

cinder vessel
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My favorite part of The Solus Project is that despite being able to find pipes that seem like they should be able to be used as levers for some mechanisms, you can't use them like that. Nope, that's what the swords are for.

The swords can be used to cut some stuff too, mind, but mostly? Levers.

willow crypt
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Gotta get back into that game eventually

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Quite impressive in VR

cinder vessel
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Yeah, that's mainly how I've been playing it

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There's at least a few spots where that's rough tho

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Like I get the feeling you might have a sprint button normally, but because VR they don't allow for that, so some hazards are clunky

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And this latest puzzle I encountered had me shoving some blocks to make a path, which basically had my face against the surface

willow crypt
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It can be awkward at times

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Thankfully, we're witnessing the pioneers of VR development and it's going to get way better.

cinder vessel
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Mmhm

bronze wind
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👀

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The cascade ends here

raven frost
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so turns out I've been paying for game pass since Sea of Thieves so now I'm going to use that garbage bullshit to play Forza Horizon 4

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I wonder what became of SoT

charred badge
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Like sure, you can headshot in Warframe, but the bonus is generally miniscule compared to all of the other factors in the game

raven frost
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oh ok

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🚀

charred badge
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Forza? Hmm

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And platforming is almost universally better with a handheld device designed for ergonomics and comfortable access to buttons

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And analog movement ofc

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Any need for precision hitting buttons is also negated by shotguns and the flamethrower

austere lance
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@raven frost SoT is better now. There's a whole new area on the map full of magic volcanoes that shoot flaming rocks at you

bronze wind
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So like boats with cannons but they don't move

austere lance
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No, they're legit volcanoes. They're huge and shoot rocks all over. And there's geysers to dodge while you're trying to loot stuff. If you're carrying loot and the ground starts shaking you gotta book your ass to your ship if you don't wanna die

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And there's a new voyage thing called Cargo Runs where you have to keep your cargo safe and dry while you transport it somewhere. The better condition it's in the more you get paid

raven frost
austere lance
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Is anybody else slowly dying waiting for Red Dead Redemption 2

idle saffron
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No getting excited

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Everyone is slowly dying, except people who are quickly dying.

bronze wind
light cairn
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it's all a matter of perspective 🤔

bronze wind
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Skip with the facts

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👏

charred badge
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I mean, if your perspective is Frozen in time, nobody is dying (damnit Disney)

rigid haven
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Red Dead 2 came out already here

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Don't know about you

charred badge
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What about red dead revolver 2

austere lance
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I was happy af to see Red Dead Revolver characters in Red Dead Redemption multiplayer 😄

willow crypt
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So I've put about 5 hours into Starlink: battle for atlas so far and I can say it's definitely scratching my exploration itch. The two planets I've explored some of so far are gorgeous and varied and change depending on where you are. The fauna are highly detailed, very well animated and make some awesome and strange sounds. The music and soundscapes are really nice and fit the planets. Flying is quite intuitive and satisfying, also very fun to shoot enemies and collect resources/scan objects. The story is meh but does have a few high beats so far. The teen YouTuber boy should have been removed or had his dialogue changed because he's just lame. upgrading and modding is pretty cool, making your ship/ships more powerful. I love that the planetary maps are completely hidden until you've gone there which makes exploration more meaningful. Also, the Flora and fauna on each planet seem to be connected and tell a story, very interesting to read their discovery info. The side missions on planets obtained on planets are cool, but I can see them getting tiring after a while. the good thing is you can use them to explore more of the planets. There's also buildings and their interiors that are explorable on planets and in space. The game takes place in one system but you can fly anywhere. Maybe it's not worth $60 to some, but besides NMS, there are not many games like this with this type of freedom.

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@cinder vessel

bronze wind
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@jade lake

reef storm
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Thanks for that Zug. Was checking it out myself. Might see what my kids think of it before getting it.

bronze wind
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I was sorta interested before the $60 price tag

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Not a huge deal but I have other games I'd buy before that, if I didn't already have a huge backlog

willow crypt
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there are plenty of games out and coming out, no prob

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Kids'll love this

light cairn
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did you get a physical version or just digital?

willow crypt
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digital

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one last quick note and important for explorers, you can go as slow or as fast as you want.

bronze wind
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Ah I was wondering about that. Full stop?

willow crypt
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yes

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would be very annoying if the ship was always movin

bronze wind
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That's cool

austere lance
arctic phoenix
#

has anyone played For Honor here?

austere lance
#

Wtf Taco Bell

jade lake
#

who @‘d me

austere lance
#

Ur mum

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@arctic phoenix yes?

arctic phoenix
#

the new update changed everything about how the game worked out

austere lance
#

Damn

arctic phoenix
#

since all the for honor discords im in are super dead i cant get any opinions

bronze wind
#

I @'d you @jade lake

austere lance
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Haven't tried the update, I got bored of the game like 2 weeks ago and deleted it to clear some room on my hard drive 😄

jade lake
#

o

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why

arctic phoenix
#

ive been playing it for awhile

bronze wind
#

cause I thought you were interested in hearing about Starlink blobthonkang

jade lake
#

eh

bronze wind
#

Maybe you were just there, and I misinterpreted

jade lake
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thanks tho

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it sounds interesting

austere lance
#

@jade lake 😍 😍 😍
You can hunt animals in plenty of games, their useful materials disappearing into your inventory, but here you kneel down, skin the animal, throw its pelt over your shoulder, return to your horse and strap the pelt to it, before riding into town to sell it. There are animations for all of that. Eight years’ work from hundreds of people at Rockstar’s studios was necessary to achieve this level of realism. The virtual characters are based on voice and motion capture from more than a 1,000 real-world actors.

jade lake
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god i hope it lives up to it

austere lance
#

Me too

jade lake
#

it looks like it does

austere lance
#

Yee

jade lake
#

but i just wanna play it lol

austere lance
#

People that have played 3+ hours of it got their fuckin minds blown

willow crypt
#

probably

jade lake
#

fuck

bronze wind
#

But @austere lance you can't shoot kids /s

jade lake
#

im glad they've been keeping everything under wraps

austere lance
#

Boi

jade lake
#

i want it that way lol

willow crypt
#

can you slap the bad children?

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bad child!

jade lake
#

fallout 2 had killable children

willow crypt
#

I hate all the kids in the fallout games

jade lake
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they're all assholes

willow crypt
#

their grownup voices trying to sound like kids

arctic phoenix
#

^

austere lance
#

Those damn ratings people don't let you kill kids (unless they're zombies) in any game not rated AO

jade lake
#

are kids in RDR2?

austere lance
#

I'd assume so

jade lake
#

cuz PC modz be like 😳

#

dead kids

willow crypt
#

someone should make a mod where everyone is a child

austere lance
#

The most awkward thing I've seen in people's 3 hour impressions is that you can go to a bathhouse and pay chicks to bathe you 😄

willow crypt
#

ha

bronze wind
#

Wow how can baby chickens handle sponges?

austere lance
#

Kek

bronze wind
#

I thought that up in a whole 2 seconds

willow crypt
#

they would have hands

bronze wind
#

/r/birdswitharms

jade lake
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are there whorehouses???

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lol

austere lance
#

Who tf puts this much effort into a videogame
Attracted by the lights outside an ornate theatre, I walked in and bought a ticket to a vaudeville show, and watched a virtual crowd applaud virtual actors for a good five minutes before remembering that this was a video game and I could leave at any time.

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@jade lake what is this, Witcher 3? 😄

jade lake
#

i hope cyberpunk is insanely in depth

austere lance
#

Same

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It looks like it is

willow crypt
#

might be too deep

austere lance
#

That 40 minutes of gameplay was 😍 😍 😍

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I kinda felt ill watching the player get their mechanical eye replaced in first-person, lol

willow crypt
#

lookin forward to seeing the area outside of the city

jade lake
#

im expecting an ost akin to hotline miami 2's, and an atmosphere at times like blade runner

light cairn
#

i think we all know the most important aspect of RDR2

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horse balls

austere lance
#

I can 900% guarantee you that Cyberpunk is getting banned in Australia, lol

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RIP them

jade lake
#

australia is cool sometimes

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sometimes they suck

bronze wind
#

Borse halls

jade lake
#

like the great emu war

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look that up

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please

austere lance
#

They lost a war to Emus and would have banned Fallout 3 if Bethesda hadn't changed Morphine to Med-X

jade lake
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im not kidding please look up the emu war

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its was a few dudes with machine guns and a fuck ton of emu

reef storm
#

The Emu War, also known as the Great Emu War, was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the latter part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus said to be running amok in the Campion district of Western Australia. The...

austere lance
reef storm
#

runs

jade lake
#

it was by far the most beautiful war ever witnessed to mankind

light cairn
#

i want my emu war movie/game

jade lake
#

I am genuinely surprised that the emu war hasnt been used in an indie game yet

reef storm
#
Indie DB

Emu War! is a third person shooter, set in 1930s rural Australia, deep within an epic showdown between man and bird. Based on Australia’s infamous failed campaign against an overwhelming emu force, Emu War! is a game where you play as an Australian...

austere lance
#

Omg

jade lake
#

im going to war

light cairn
#

oh my gooooooood

jade lake
#

wghat

light cairn
#

it's real

jade lake
#

what is

light cairn
#

the emu war game

austere lance
#

It's lit

jade lake
#

how is it

austere lance
#

The trailer is godly

light cairn
#

giant laser shooting emus

austere lance
#

Yep

light cairn
#

this is better than i ever could've hoped for

reef storm
#

You're welcome, Skip

cinder vessel
#

Cheers @willow crypt! Glad you're enjoying it, I might have to pick it up sometime since it sounds like it's right at that sweet spot of just enough going on to keep one interested

cinder vessel
#

red dead rodeo should have a mode where all the people are kids fighting with toy weapons

cinder vessel
light cairn
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i still can't believe that got a remaster

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wait no

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nvm confused with something else

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i have no clue what this is

cinder vessel
#

maybe you're thinking of The Last Remnant?

light cairn
#

exactly

reef storm
charred badge
#

Ugh, I haaaaate resonance of fate

cinder vessel
#

😐

charred badge
#

Action turn based combat that will turn into a curb stomp if you get dinged

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I'm sorry, but I can't stand being able to move to shoot, but having to stand still for incoming attacks

cinder vessel
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Ah, lol

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That sort of hybrid system is weird, give ya that

charred badge
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The mapping system was nice though

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Valkyria does it too, iirc

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But isn't atlus hard

raven frost
#

hey

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forza horizon 4 is hella good

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pick it up when you can

bronze wind
#

Thanks Mom

austere lance
#

The last racing game I liked was Full Auto, lol

jade lake
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last racing game i liked was MK8 on the wii u

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🙂

light cairn
#

mario kart 8 is so good

jade lake
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only good racing game

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besides other mario karts

willow crypt
#

Racing games with car weaponry and explosions are preferable.

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Even more fun when you take out the racing part

cinder vessel
#

Twisted Metal? 🤔

willow crypt
#

Yussir

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There's one coming out, can't think of the name right now. Racing game with cars with guns.

austere lance
#

Full Auto was 👌

willow crypt
#

Grip

cinder vessel
willow crypt
#

Interesting level design

cinder vessel
#

By the by, I'm not sure if this is only for folks that have purchased PSVR games or not, but you might want to check your PSN email, as I found that I'd received $10 store credit to spend however

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(PSN email=whatever email you have your PlayStation Network account registered with, to be v. clear)

light cairn
#

lucky

hybrid quest
#

anyone get starlink battle for atlas?

winter yew
#

@willow crypt there’s a really early access title on Steam called Diesel Guns if you are looking for a modern Twisted Metal clone

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It’s being developed on Unreal Engine

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@cinder vessel you should check it out too

willow crypt
#

The maps and gunplay look nice

#

@hybrid quest yes

hybrid quest
#

i got the switch verison because fox mccloud only buy digital verison

willow crypt
#

Yeah, I'm missing out on that. On ps4

#

Fun game so far

cinder vessel
#

Ooh, thanks for the heads up @winter yew!

#

So, thanks to that $10 credit from PlayStation, I went ahead and picked up No Heroes Allowed! VR. It's a charming little light strategy game!

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You play as a GOD (God of Destruction) working with Badman & his daughter Badmella to conquer the world from pesky heroes, lol

winter yew
#

Hmmmm

cinder vessel
#

Possibly a make or break thing for some folks, but if you liked Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time, Badmella's voice actress is definitely channeling her 'tude

winter yew
#

I’ll have to look into some videos of that :p

cinder vessel
#

I honestly wish they'd make a 2D version of this, because it's a lovely kid's first VR sorta game, imo, but also a good intro to some strategy style games

#

The really captivating part of it is that unit production is not a simple affair. You're having to balance out monster ecology to get better monsters.

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In other words, your own units are part of the resources you're managing

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And of course also some resources gathered from wrecking heroes, called charisma, which is used to generate your unit nests

cinder vessel
winter yew
#

anyone here from the UK

#

aware of how appalling GAME are

winter yew
#

Uhhh

brisk merlin
#

I know the pain

winter yew
#

So they are just as shitty as GAMESTOP

winter yew
#

Game bought all the Gamestop stores here.

#

Gamestop was a million times better than Game.

cinder vessel
#

gamestop's gradually transitioning into becoming a collectible junk store, lol

winter yew
#

I just saw something in my Walmart

#

I almost puked

#

An entire aisle designated for POP! Figures

cinder vessel
#

oof

#

i'm kind of amazed those sell as well as they do

#

zero points of articulation, most personality erased thanks to generalized features, you can't do anything but stuff them on a shelf. their very existence on store shelves already fulfills their ultimate purpose.

rigid haven
#

Megaman is tired

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Night night rock

winter yew
rigid haven
#

At least they're no-shit

#

I like that

winter yew
#

but

#

there is literally no reason

#

L0g!K

cinder vessel
#

go after the managers 👀

brisk merlin
#

Alin

#

What

#

That's not how you spell the namr

#

Alan

idle saffron
#

Alien

cinder vessel
#

alun

brisk merlin
#

Alen

cinder vessel
#

alyn

idle saffron
#

I like that one

brisk merlin
#

Alon

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Elon

idle saffron
#

Allin

brisk merlin
#

Aladin

cinder vessel
#

allllln

brisk merlin
#

Alll

idle saffron
#

Alllllllllllin

brisk merlin
#

All

cinder vessel
#

al

idle saffron
#

Alcohol

cinder vessel
#

algae

rigid haven
#

I don't think there is a reason

idle saffron
#

Cause I say so

rigid haven
#

Just what the people up-top say

idle saffron
#

Parent reason

brisk merlin
#

Aaaa

cinder vessel
#

we are the reason

rigid haven
#

Alin is just getting it across

idle saffron
#

We are the world

rigid haven
#

Alin might be a woman

cinder vessel
#

we are Alllllin

rigid haven
#

I'm not sure

brisk merlin
#

I am god

rigid haven
#

No you are not

idle saffron
#

Is too

cinder vessel
#

bongo witch is god

idle saffron
#

Baggy tamed goddo

cinder vessel
#

baggy tamed spooky g.o.d

winter yew
#

so yeah my conclusion

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they are a band of retards

#

I am going to use the wallet balance anyway

idle saffron
#

😱

winter yew
#

so what difference does it make

#

so I will buy from amazon instead I guess 🤷

rigid haven
#

It might be due to legal reasons?

#

Since it isn't actually physical money and maybe buying with giftcards and such requires immediate access to goods

meager panther
#

Actually gift card redeeming is kinda sketchy

#

Like

#

It's a code

#

And not physical money

#

So kinda what witch said

winter yew
#

That is bongo sans

#

not witch

meager panther
#

Witch aeyes2

winter yew
#

@rigid haven but im going to use the money anyway even if I had to buy it after release

#

woudl just mean I had to wait an extra day or 2 for the game

#

but you can do it in store with the balance

#

but not online with the balance...

rigid haven
#

Huh

#

Yeah, I would say that's a legal issue or something along those lines

#

It seems too stupid to be anything else

winter yew
#

seem illogical really

#

I dont see what the difference is between online and in store

#

I know from experience that they charge more to do it in store

#

when I got fallout 4 it was 44.99 on their website and 54.99 in store and they refused to match the price

idle saffron
#

Don’t shop there, the only way to punish a business is to withhold money

winter yew
#

that's what im doing

#

they almost collapsed recently

#

im just annoyed that I traded in god of war and NMS there for £30 so I could afford RDR2

#

but now I have effectively lost that money

meager panther
#

I mostly always buy physical copies

winter yew
#

this is a physical copy Im trying to buy

meager panther
#

Yeah just saying

#

Coz physical copies are best

#

You can stack them up

#

And make it take up space

winter yew
#

Yeah I dont like digital stuff

meager panther
#

Me neither

winter yew
#

unless its like super cheap on the PS store

meager panther
#

I like the small booklet that comes in the CD case

winter yew
#

Physical copies have a chance of not working

#

never had that issue ever

#

Both sides have disadvantages and advantages

meager panther
#

It's nice to go through the game tutorial in the booklet as the game installs

#

But that's a thing of the past apparently

#

Now most games I get

#

Don't have that booklet

idle saffron
#

I don’t even remember the last one I got that had a real instruction booklet

meager panther
#

Yeah been a few years now

winter yew
#

Knack had an instruction manual

#

That was nice

#

I guess

#

yeah they dont do those these days

#

knack was such a bad game

#

exclusives of today have become more: "lets show everyone how pretty we can makes games"

rigid haven
#

Ohh, wait, maybe it's because Game sometimes sources from other places

#

It might be different for pre-orders, but only maybe

winter yew
#

still doesnt make a real difference
it has to get delivered to the store either way

winter yew
#

I liked Knack

brisk merlin
#

I licked him

reef storm
#

Kev, we've talked about this.....you can't go around licking other users. It's just not sanitary.

brisk merlin
#

Everyone's unique

reef storm
#

True.

meager panther
#

So we can lick users then?

reef storm
winter yew
#

lmao.

sleek shadow
#

Yes please

#

licks @brisk merlin

brisk merlin
#

owo

#

this keyboard is right in my face aaaaa

idle saffron
#

👅

brisk merlin
#

i have to lran around it to see discord

limber harness
#

No licking kev.

winter yew
#

lick

sleek shadow
#

I can lick Kev

#

I tamed him

brisk merlin
#

y

sleek shadow
#

He's mine

#

You're mine

#

I tamed you

#

I'm your dragon rider now

bronze wind
#

sniffsnuff
This doesn't smell like other games blobglare

sleek shadow
#

Smh ok

bronze wind
teal mason
#

roleplaying is game too?

#

but they should still do kinky rp in they own privacy

bronze wind
#

TrueTrue

meager panther
#

Yes but you can't lick yourself

bronze wind
reef storm
#

🚶 🚪 looks around 🚪 🏃

brisk merlin
#

I can lick myself

#

my nose

limber harness
#

uh

winter yew
#

Guys get a room 🤢

winter yew
#

laffo

limber harness
winter yew
#

Apologies mr wolf

#

I have been napping and woke up to the shenanigans above and didn’t realize 😃

#

Here’s a fox I saw in Horizon Zero Dawn

reef storm
#

wild doggo.

winter yew
#

I basically had to step away from HZD the other day because I got too ahead of myself and ended up in a situation I was not prepared for

#

Spoilers aside : found a dungeon type area with a boss fight at the end, was not prepared for it at all

#

So I went back to an earlier save to get out of that situation until I feel like I’m ready for it

#

The photo mode is decent but it’s bound to the player character so you can’t get too far away from her

#

So getting photos of the wildlife can be a bit tricky because they run if you get too close

stiff kite
#

That looks great. That game is ps4 only right?

winter yew
#

Yea

#

It’s made by the same developers of the KILLZONE games

#

Guerrilla Games, which is owned solely by Sony

#

They made one multi platform game in 2004 called Shellshock: Nam ‘67 but since then all their games have only been on Sony platforms

jade lake
#

neat

winter yew
#

Yeah

jade lake
#

yeah

winter yew
#

yea-yuhhhhh

cinder vessel
#

🤔 i didn't either

jade lake
#

its also halo wars tho

#

not like

#

an actual halo game

austere lance
#

🤢 🤢 🤢

#

Jk, it's ok

idle saffron
#

Xbox is doing halo wars 2 and Conan exiles as its free play weekend

austere lance
#

Unfortunately my internet is crap and would take at least a day to download either

#

Plus I have zero interest in Conan

idle saffron
#

It coulda been good

#

It isn’t

#

But it could have been

austere lance
#

Dong Simulator, lol

idle saffron
#

Not worried about that, but for a game based on Conan lore - the fighting is fucking terrible

#

It’s like the one thing you have to get right

#

And they didn’t

austere lance
#

All I know about Conan is that Arnold Schwarzenegger played him in a movie

idle saffron
#

Lol

#

He captured the essence

austere lance
#

The game looks like a Conan expansion for Ark

idle saffron
#

Big ass barbarian that likes to fight and steal

#

That’s how it plays also

austere lance
#

Oof

idle saffron
#

Building is almost identical

#

Same engine I believe

austere lance
#

The Ark devs are making a Sea of Thieves knockoff 😄

winter yew
#

They should finish Ark first.

jade lake
#

they need to go bankrupt

#

or make ark a good game

austere lance
#

Why should they finish it when people keep buying it 😉

winter yew
#

Can't argue that.

winter yew
#

Ugh

cinder vessel
#

😒

#

Ark is just several steps above the Starforge people

idle saffron
#

Fighting looks as bad as Conan’s

austere lance
#

Looks better than SoT, sadly

cinder vessel
#

wat

winter yew
#

wut wut

cinder vessel
#

Yeah, nah, gotta disagree. It looks fine, but doesn't have the charm of Sea of Thieves to it

cinder vessel
winter yew
#

wow

winter yew
#

Starlink looks good

idle saffron
#

No u

winter yew
#

That hurt

rigid haven
#

Hahaha, more like "worst buy"

winter yew
#

Stop twerking skeleton man

rigid haven
#

No

willow crypt
#

It's twerking on its ghost

austere lance
#

There's a steampunk Diablo-like game where you play as a demon hunter and the main character is voiced by Geralt from Witcher xD

bronze wind
#

Victor Vran?

austere lance
#

Yee

#

It's weird

#

I'm playing it rn

austere lance
#

Fanatical is having an "origins" sale with a few cool games bundled for $5

cinder vessel
#

Mm, that's a mixed bag it seems

#

But definitely some good stuff in the mix

jade lake
#

its too bad rime was super meh

gaunt hare
#

How much do you guys reckon game developers play their own games?

#

Probably less and less the longer development goes on huh

teal mason
#

Oh my fucking lord Return of the Obra Dinn is finally out

#

I've waited for this for 4 fucking years

sleek shadow
#

oh ok

gaunt hare
#

I saw that. Looks cool. What is it

teal mason
#

it's the new game from the guy who made Papers Please

cinder vessel
#

murder mystery game

gaunt hare
#

It's art style is gorgeous

winter yew
#

@gaunt hare I know I’ve watched the developers of Warframe and Trailmakers livestream their own games before but they are mostly showing off the features or fan creations.

#

I’m sure plenty of others have done it

#

HG should do it too

#

Wish they would :3

#

Remember the twitch steam during Waking Titan when new things were revealed?

#

They’d probably have a much bigger following if they had taken the route of live-streaming in-progress stuff

#

Instead of silence for months at a time

#

That’s what most people are all about nowadays. They like seeing the meat being cooked so to speak

#

Yesss

#

The ARG was neat but the second part was filled with frustrated people who just wanted the reveals and didn’t care about the ARG.

#

Which basically ruined the whole fun and mystery of the first part of Waking Titan

#

Because back then we didn’t know what we were getting

#

Mhm

#

I miss ye olde arg days

cinder vessel
#

arg?

winter yew
#

Arrgghh

winter yew
#

Who knows Dark Orbit?

#

my childhood

austere lance
#

John Marsten is in the new launch trailer for RDR 2 😍

topaz wedge
#

That's the mission in the thunderstorm

reef storm
#

oooh

jade lake
#

amazon still hasnt gotten my preorder for RDR2 yet 😐

austere lance
cinder vessel
#

No Man's Sky 👍

reef storm
#

RDR2 😦

austere lance
#

Well duh, lol

cinder vessel
#

I only see NMS what r u talkin' about

#

😛

brisk merlin
#

^

reef storm
#

😛

austere lance
#

A friend just bought me RDR 2 cuz he had no idea wtf Microsoft Rewards are, checked out how many points he had, and about crapped himself when he saw he had enough for 2 $100 gift cards

reef storm
#

oh wow

jade lake
#

damn you got nice friends

cinder vessel
#

o_o

#

That's a bunch of rewards stuff

austere lance
#

I had to clear out 105 GB of friggin space for this game, it's nuts

reef storm
#

horse nuts.

cinder vessel
#

69 of those GB are horse nuts

brisk merlin
#

owo

#

waiut

jade lake
#

its been a month since my amazon order was placed, still hasnt gone through 😳

cinder vessel
#

amazon get it together

jade lake
#

ikr

austere lance
#

It says 87 GB in the pic but apparently I needed 105, cuz after I was done clearing stuff I had 110-ish clear and now I have 5.3 xD

cinder vessel
#

tbh the stupidly massive sizes of newer games drives me mad

#

Doom '16, Evil Within, Infamous Second Son, Dragon Quest XI, etc.

austere lance
#

This is insane

jade lake
#

DQXI has a needlessly large file size

#

RDR2 looks like its warranted tho

austere lance
#

My internet is shit so it's gonna take me til release to download this damn game 😂

jade lake
#

lol

cinder vessel
#

It's all these uncompressed textures on top of high poly models and all that

#

There's something to be said for figuring out great looking graphics without taking up a ton of space, which to be fair is a challenge

austere lance
#

I wanna know why it ways 88 but it's really 105

jade lake
#

i agree leon

austere lance
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@cinder vessel the friggin map has the first game's in it and more, and there's sooooooo much shit to do crammed in it

cinder vessel
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I'm kinda curious about that too S0ul, but for a variety of games

jade lake
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im gonna lol if the day one patch is giant

idle saffron
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85 gb

cinder vessel
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Lots of games say xx amount but then tend to be slightly larger, which I guess is maybe just how it goes after install for some reason

jade lake
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its kinda crazy knowing that the sequel to one of my favorite games is like a week away

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ive waited years lol

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actually fuck its more of a prequel

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but still

cinder vessel
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I think the funniest thing is, is that some of my favorite open world games have been more constrained, in part due to tech at the time. Beyond Good & Evil is pseudo-open world & loved it, but fairly limited in stuff to do. Shadow of the Colossus is literally just boss fights. Prince of Persia '08 is a tad similar but with some smaller in-between fights you can run into.

reef storm
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Shadow of the Colossus = all the boss fights

cinder vessel
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Just chillin' in dat Forbidden Land

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man i can't type today

jade lake
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open world games generally have shitty open worlds, but Red dead has been unique and this looks like no exception

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BOTW has a pretty empty world, no one likes to admit it tho

cinder vessel
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Tbh I tend to prefer more hub worlds to open worlds

austere lance
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@jade lake you get the War Horse from the first game if you pre-order 😍

jade lake
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i realize that i spend hours holding the B-button down in BOTW

cinder vessel
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Because hub has a cool set theme to it, and then the spoked levels from there can be a little of whatever and only loosely thematically related to the hub

jade lake
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ye

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hub worlds CAN work better in some cases

cinder vessel
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I tend to think they often do, due to tighter focuses

austere lance
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I get my War Horse again 😭

jade lake
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^^

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mario games have great hub worlds, i was hoping odyssey would have a hub world

cinder vessel
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What typically bums me out with a lot of open world designs is that they try to make them believable and so there tends to be a loss in environmental variety

austere lance
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I get a cash bonus and the Outlaw Survival Kit with stuff to replenish health, dead eye, "and more". I wonder what the more is 🤔

jade lake
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Ubisoft open worlds remind me of B-Movies in terms of quality

cinder vessel
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Like as sharp as the new Spider-Man looks, I know it's mostly city-city-city, with maybe some setpieces to vary it up

jade lake
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spider man just looks like a remake of those psuedo open world 2000's action games

cinder vessel
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Watch Dogs and the Infamous games were also pretty bad about that

jade lake
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infamous is very monotonous after a few hours

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it becomes infamous

cinder vessel
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Same situation with Prototype tbh

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Hulk Ultimate Destruction from way back when actually did an okay job of having a few open environments to muck about in

jade lake
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prototype was an interesting game

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albeit not a very good one

cinder vessel
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and we don't talk about the second, lol

jade lake
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oh god no lol

austere lance
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Hulk Ultimate Destruction was godly

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It was Crackdown before Crackdown 😄

jade lake
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lol]

austere lance
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Holy shit I'm so fucking excited

jade lake
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ik ik same

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its gonna be a long week

cinder vessel
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But yeah, hub worlds are tight. Spyro & Sly Cooper used them well, Vexx did too weirdly enough...Trying to think of what other games. Eternal Darkness, technically did too.

jade lake
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ahh sly cooper

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forgotten to say the least

cinder vessel
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Ooh, another silly one: Musashi: Samurai Legend. Notoriously awful voice acting, but fun gameplay

austere lance
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Vexx kicked my ass

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Cool game tho

cinder vessel
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It's really weird to go from times of your usual lava-ice-water-jungle-etc. level to a little less of that

austere lance
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I liked finding weird hidden stuff, like the painting you could go into in the first level/hub

cinder vessel
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Vexx is filled with that sorta stuff, which drew me in

austere lance
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I liked it, never got very far tho

cinder vessel
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I got way up to the last level, but never got around to the final boss

austere lance
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I don't think I even beat the first one, lol. I was like 10 and had no idea what I was doing. I got out of the hub world to the first world and got my ass kicked 😄

cinder vessel
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Aah yeah, I was older than that when I picked it up, but can see it doing that

austere lance
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I'd love to see one those cheap remasters where they clean up the graphics and sound so it looks better on newer TV's

cinder vessel
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THQ Nordic 👀

austere lance
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Or backwards compatibility on Xbox, it accomplishes the same thing xD

cinder vessel
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That reminds me, Resonance of Fate remaster's now up on the PlayStation Store

fallow yarrow
jade lake
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whats this supposed to be lol?

iron inlet
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Started playing Path of Exile

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at the recommendation of a friend

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if you like Diablo, it's like that, but more complex, and free

ruby frost
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^^^ becareful though that game can suck hours out of ur life

winter yew
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Ehhhh

austere lance
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It lags too much on my internet, lol

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It's ok, kinda 😴 tho

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I had a lvl 22 Duelist before I got bored and quit

jade lake
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in general it’s just 🤮

lavish obsidian