I went out to Sag A a few times with passengers
#other-games
idle saffron
winter yew
Oh nice, I haven't even left my spawn sector.
idle saffron
25k ly
winter yew
Just in awe at the size of the map.
idle saffron
Weeeeeee
winter yew
Wow
winter yew
😐
I've been taking missions that are in the same system so I only need to hop to a couple of stations to complete my list.
idle saffron
There you go
winter yew
I got 2 ships, Cobra mk3 and I wanna say a Dolphin but that doesn't sound right.
Dolphin is correct.
reef storm
@idle saffron Hutton is 2 hours of travel time, FYI - just did it a couple days ago.....again.
idle saffron
Oh shit
reef storm
Best way to try out the VR
idle saffron
Lol
reef storm
Hop in, straight line, throttle to full, and figure out if I can Jedi the controls w/o seeing them
idle saffron
I took a mission and didn’t really pay attention - bout 30 minutes in I said screw it let’s go ahead and finish
meager panther
If Elite had planets with biomes and eco system,it would be a instant buy for me
But till then
It's a no
winter yew
That's coming this year.
reef storm
Hopefully
winter yew
Plus the ability to leave your ship/lander and walk around.
winter yew
😩
reef storm
Legs are still speculation, same with atmospherics
However - I'd LOVE to see atmospherics first
idle saffron
Correct
reef storm
Let me land on a damn Earth like
idle saffron
Just a pair of legs running around
meager panther
Ok anyone got a link to all these planned features
reef storm
Not yet. I'm hoping their 2019 roadmap comes out soon.
meager panther
Nice
meager panther
Nice
winter yew
I also got very interested in Osiris New Dawn after seeing some recent gameplays.
I just enjoy space games. 😦
I wanna be a real life spaceman 😦
idle saffron
I tried out everspace, didn’t really get into it
meager panther
Actually Osiris new dawn has limited content now
It's only got a single solar system
I think you will get bored quickly
But yeah I am in the same boat
idle saffron
Astroneer is amusing
meager panther
I got lot of games and I can't play them at same time,so I gotta finish one game before getting the next one
idle saffron
Best terrain manipulator in a space game imo
winter yew
Same tbh
I am yet to play Astroneer
Reason I've not played yet is cause I read/heard that it's multiplayer focused.
idle saffron
Nah
winter yew
I can play solo?
idle saffron
Yep
idle saffron
It’s completely different than ED or nms
meager panther
Astroneer also gets boring too
idle saffron
All games do
meager panther
It has no ecosystem currently (it's coming later tho)
I tried it last week
It's really great for mp
For solo,it is kinda lonely
idle saffron
I pick my fat spaceman and build a new base every time I play
Then get my vehicles up and running and get lost
reef storm
Astroneer is fucking amazing @winter yew
They're coming out of early access in a month or so, I think
idle saffron
🤞
reef storm
Oh, no fingers crossed. They are. The build itself says "final early access update" or something like that.
I'm excited for the new terrain generation
idle saffron
So far the best update for me was the exotic planet not killing my FPS anymore
reef storm
Nope. I've played more single player in that game than MP.
Just gets boring as hell sometimes lol
rigid haven
I didn't even know Astroneer had multiplayer
idle saffron
It’s more like nms in that regard- you can do everything in solo or mp
reef storm
Yep. 4 player MP. Steam drop in/drop out based.
winter yew
I've played Astroneer multiplayer, pretty fun
meager panther
The game crashed on the last level
Sad
It was Nemo's reef
It was last three levels
Rip
welp its fun ,some pics
you can shoo pigeons using water
you can play in toy story world
its woody
Tpose to assert dominance
Weeeeeee
and the A113 joke is all over the place
at the TSA
trying to play finding nemo world keeps crashing
😦
rigid haven
What is this?
meager panther
its a DISNEY game
bronze wind
DISNEY
meager panther
you can play all the following worlds : finding nemo,toy story, cars,ratouitte,incredibles,UP
thats the ame
game*
@rigid haven
rigid haven
oh
meager panther
its just a childish fun game
probably fun for 5 hours
few more , you can glide
play ground
sky dive
meager panther
Infinity 3.0?
It probably has a expansion dlc for that
It got a dlc for incredibles 2
jade lake
stop with screenshots 
winter yew
🤔
meager panther
No that's not nms
jade lake
do whatever u want
winter yew
Yes you can.
jade lake
k
meager panther
austere lance
Excuse me sir, what the fuck
meager panther
Is he trying to poop in your toilet?
austere lance
Lol
idle saffron
Just a little one, no worries
austere lance
I didn't wait for textures to finish loading before taking the pic, lol. I just spawned
Plus I'm on the OG Xbone
@cinder vessel
cinder vessel
ah
i hadn't even noticed that part tho tbh
it was more the UI
and i mean also yes the general "graphics" but that's more the art style & it just makes me go, "wha, this is...'done' quality?"
austere lance
Apparently, lol. I'm only playing it cuz it's on Game Pass
cinder vessel
some friends tried to get me into picking it up on PS4 and I just couldn't be assed (albeit this was when i was w/o a job so no money to really spend like that, which made that easier)
austere lance
Honestly it just feels like Minecraft 😄
Very much so. Only difference is no creative mode, but you can change so much stuff in the settings that you can basically make your own creative mode
Like these
teal mason
Ark has that overly saturated generic UE4 graphics vibe and it's just not a good visual style to look at imo
Atlas is somewhat better at that at least
cinder vessel
yeah, i think that's the bulk of it
jade lake
atlas is just as bad if not worse
austere lance
I could care less what it looks like, I'm enjoying adult Minecraft with dinos 😄
Tho butchering my own corpse for meat is kinda fucked, lol
teal mason
only thing I like about Ark is shit dropping randomly from your asshole
austere lance
LOL
I like it with custom settings on singleplayer so I don't have to deal with random people
I have a bunch of settings that cut down on the grind a bunch but still leave it challenging
raven frost
austere lance
Now we're just down to the Respawn one, lol
winter yew
Do any of you guys know the game Megaton Rainfall?
It looks hella fun, I might get it since it's psvr compatible
cinder vessel
yeah, it looked kinda interesting
i keep forgetting to keep an eye on it during sales
austere lance
cinder vessel
hrrm
austere lance
I like the NMS aspect of being able to be off-planet from whoever you're playing with
cinder vessel
s0ul stop watching milk
winter yew
Also I just bought Megaton Rainfall
Almost done the install
For $20 canadian what's there to lose
Other than $20 I guess lol
cinder vessel
even tho it's just putting on headphones & headset i'm always super lazy about playing VR stuff, lol
jade lake
beyond 2 is gonna be too big for its own good
and its gonna bite it in the ass
calling it now
austere lance
There's only like 4 planets
cinder vessel
beyond 2 is ubi's star citizen 🤐
jade lake
interesting take
cinder vessel
the different combat system just doesn't sound interesting to me, at least not yet
reef storm
Megaton Rainfall looks pretty fun
austere lance
It's gonna attract furries by the thousands 😄
winter yew
Also I bet my life it'll be a microtransactions hell
cinder vessel
i'm still hrrm about the art style change too
jade lake
same
reef storm
You said it's PSVR capable. Wonder if its the same on Windows?
(at work, so can't check Steam)
winter yew
Yup it is
reef storm
Welp, guess I'm spending money tomorrow.
winter yew
Rift and vive from what I can tell
winter yew
Holy fuck this is awesome
cinder vessel
lmao how are you still typing here while playing, that's gotta be awkward af
winter yew
It is lmao
Im awestruck rn
You know that feeling when you know youre gonna be obsessed about a game?
Aight talk you guys later lol
cinder vessel
i know i'll get burnt out if i do that with longer games
so i'll play them in short bursts & vary it up with some other games
jade lake
thats how it is with jrpgs for me
but theres something about persona 4
i can see myself playing ONLY this for months
its weird
teal mason
my burnout time is usually 500h for most games
but for a few shooters I never get tired cos they are bangers
teal mason
I only play like, 2
jade lake
o then thats probs why lmao
teal mason
I got MoH Airborne and Payday 2 and those 2 ain't typical shooters
jade lake
payday 2 is the bomb
teal mason
but man I remember playing DQV back in the day nonstop
reef storm
Payday 2 is great
teal mason
too bad Bo had to run away because insider trading 
winter yew
This game has full land deformation 👀
And you can like fly through the whole universe and land on every planet
Obviously nowhere near NMS level but it's a great proof of concept to see what a vr NMS could be like
cinder vessel
good job @limber harness:
https://twitter.com/GamesRadar/status/1085389944808525825
limber harness
austere lance
Atlas
winter yew
Megaton Rainfall
winter yew
It's like a sandbox game where play in first person as an omnipotent being, but you get to explore planets and shit
meager panther
Oh
reef storm
@winter yew Bought it. Remote installed. Gonna play in VR as soon as I get home from work.
winter yew
Vive or oculus
reef storm
Vive
winter yew
Should be lit
winter yew
Basically you're like a superhero in first person, slog through the first few missions then it opens up to the entire universe
Jeez idk
Probably millions
Billions?
reef storm
Oh shit. Really?
meager panther
Wait what
winter yew
Yeah, think space engine in terms of detail though
meager panther
Are the planets empty?
winter yew
The exoplanets are yeah
Earth has procedural cities scattered about
And some trees and shit
reef storm
Earth is represented in full scale within the game, and although not every city is represented, it is possible to fly from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, outside of earth's atmosphere, and to leave the solar system.
winter yew
Yep, also can't varify, but i'm seeing in a few places there's 18 quintillion planets
Where have I seen that before 
reef storm
😐
winter yew
They're quite low LOD
But it's still really cool
Because the sense of scale really sells it
This is what the planets look like from space
reef storm
winter yew
I literally discovered this game tonight, bought it, and now i'm obsessed
Just exploring and shit
meager panther
What's sad is everyone either makes a good space sim and leaves planets empty,or makes good planets and leaves space empty. Which suck
winter yew
Well I imagine it can't be too detailed since it has too accommodate VR which means required high frame rates
winter yew
But yeah, the beginning forces you to do the first few missions to learn controls/combat, but within 20 minutes I was cruising the cosmic seas
😩
meager panther
This*
winter yew
NMS 1.8 💦 💦 💦
meager panther
No
winter yew
Where'd you find that screenshot
winter yew
What sub tho lol
winter yew
Could literally just be a render then
meager panther
It's tagged meme
I don't think anyone will render stuff for a meme
/r/NoMansSkyTheGame: <AngeredWolf> [Meme ] In all my time playing I have touched down on a planet this pretty ● https://redd.it/agi02v
This is the post
reef storm
I feel like I've seen something similar in a different game.
reef storm
That's the thing - I don't remember.
teal mason
Osiris maybe? Don't think it ever looked this good tho
reef storm
Nah, I thought Planet Explorers, but didn't see anything similar on a search
meager panther
Planet explorers?
meager panther
Holy shit.i remember that..I played it like few years ago
reef storm
Same
reef storm
orly
meager panther
One of the comments says so
Probably reason why they abandoned the current version
reef storm
Possibly
meager panther
When I played i was confused
I think I didn't play further since I couldn't figure out the controls
And it seems it's mp focused
Here is a comment
"Since Planet Explorers did not do as well as intended, Pathea is working towards stability of the company, as well as expanding. Thus far, the struggles are baring fruit, and Pathea has already teamed up with Team17 to develop My Time at Portia. Planet Explorers 2 will begin developement later down the road, though I couldn't say precisely when."
teal mason
trying stabilize the company while expanding sounds like a recipe for disaster
meager panther
So @brisk merlin and one more figured out where the pic is from
It's from destiny 2
winter yew
F
meager panther
Well it seems it was because it was using integrated graphics instead of and graphics
So there is still hope
meager panther
And forza starts yay
It was using my Intel graphics
So changing it to amd made it work
meager panther
Holy fuck Forza 3 is amazing
Except I don't know how to drive
I already skid and smashed 20 times
Lmao you can name yourself as bantasaurus rex
😂
Oh I didn't type it in
It's available in the options
full pivot
You gotta either slow into the turn and accelerate out or drift intentionally with a handbrake and a good angle
reef storm
@meager panther You're like a kid in a candy store
meager panther
hehe yes
i am learning how to do the turns
i am gonna try on a controller
and see if it works better than a keyboard
full pivot
Giving yourself too much power with that last car 😜
reef storm
You'll get the hang of it
full pivot
And when you do, so much fun
iron inlet
I've discovered an issue with Destiny 2, and it's that I don't have time for it anymore
today is the first time I've had chance to log in in 28 days
since literally before christmas
reef storm
Downfalls of the working man.
meager panther
I won two races yay
brisk merlin
Them hands creep me out a bit
reef storm
Excellent.
brisk merlin
reef storm
Maybe I should add them here....
brisk merlin
A
rigid haven
full pivot
My coworker is now playing Mario Kart at work haha
brisk merlin
meager panther
Marok art
full pivot
Well my coworkers already ragequit the SNES
rigid haven
KORAM
meager panther
So other than nms,most games are running great (anything released till mid 2018)
I wonder what the reason is
turbid gale
small indie company
iron inlet
it's like how I can run Witcher 3 on Ultra @ 60fps 1440p, but NMS on lowest setting barely hits 30
idle saffron
Makes total sense
iron inlet
also lmao Destiny 2 is an indie game now
winter yew
Most current games are badly optimised.
iron inlet
Bungie assumed full publishing rights, so it's now an indie game
idle saffron
Bungie counts as indie?
iron inlet
Yeah, Indie just means independent
if you're the developer & the publisher of a game, it's an Indie game
idle saffron
I thought in games it also meant a small team
idle saffron
No
iron inlet
And potentially the only AAA Indie game?
idle saffron
Forza
iron inlet
is Forza indie?
idle saffron
They didn’t buy it, they formed it
idle saffron
I always put indie with games like nms, or astroneer
Small teams
Not told what to do
By the big boys
Til today
iron inlet
Officially the definition is An independent video game (or indie game) is a video game that is often created without the financial support of a publisher, although some games funded by a publisher are still considered "indie". but there's no real, real, definition
teal mason
lmao I literally learnt about what defines an "indie" work at uni and it's all just a shitshow
iron inlet
but on Xbox it's published by 505, right?
idle saffron
Aye
iron inlet
So NMS is like, 66% indie
turbid gale
xbox offered a creator program to game designers at my university so are those not indie games?
iron inlet
did Microsoft publish their games?
turbid gale
they'll pay to get them on xbox
iron inlet
Then technically no, but they'll probably be called Indie games because of the shitshow of definitions
idle saffron
Lol
turbid gale
well i guess these teams of 5-9 student devs are AAA studios
iron inlet
Definitely not AAA
turbid gale
someone hit up blizzard and tell them there's new blood on these streets
iron inlet
but not Indie
AAA is an informal classification used for video games produced and distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, typically having higher development and marketing budgets.
turbid gale
so if microsoft is funding the development and distribution of games through the creator program...
iron inlet
but they dont have higher development and marketing budgets
and they're produced by mid-sized+ studios
Mid-sized being 100 I think?
turbid gale
it says publisher, not studio
iron inlet
produced and distributed
so it'd have to be produced by Activision, Microsoft, Sony, etc to be AAA
turbid gale
ok fair
iron inlet
I think the main difference to me would be
AAA games are games that are produced by a publisher
Indie games are games that are published by a developer
meager panther
few more pics, the world design is brilliant in this game
iron inlet
Oh is that FH4?
turbid gale
i mean respawn developed and produced titanfall which was published by ea and that's a AAA game
reef storm
FH3, i think
iron inlet
Ah
reef storm
I may be wrong though....
iron inlet
Yeah because it was published by EA @turbid gale
turbid gale
it wasn't produced by the publisher though
meager panther
my car is named elonzon
it is indeed FH3, i cant run FH4,it doesnt cut the recommended specs
iron inlet
no but it was published by a publisher
turbid gale
"AAA games are games that are produced by a publisher"
iron inlet
Yeah in the cases where it's technically an "independent game" e.g Forza
Made by a Microsoft, published by Microsoft
but since Microsoft is mainly a publisher, it'd be AAA not Indie
meager panther
i already spent past 3.5 hours in this game and only completed 2%
serene bramble
meager panther
its FH3
full pivot
They do look very similar haha
full pivot
You can also coast down to it sometimes if you want
idle saffron
You have rewind on?
idle saffron
Ya, you can disable it
idle saffron
Lol
meager panther
idle saffron
meager panther
I mean there are one hour races
If I make a small mistake I ain't gonna try it again lol
idle saffron
You could always make your own
reef storm
True
meager panther
Fh3 is having wonderful performance on a 2015 pc
I cannot recommend it more
It's that good
The scenery is great
Music is great
winter yew
I love FH3.
meager panther
I just need to find a way to get my non Xbox controller working
winter yew
PC?
meager panther
Yeah
winter yew
Obviously 🤔
meager panther
It's a Logitech controller
winter yew
I use input mapper for DS4.
It basically makes your PC think you're using an XBox controller.
meager panther
So uwp being uwp doesn't allow use of 3rd party exes for input mapping
winter yew
Oh
meager panther
Yeah I have dx360ce ,that's a application that makes Logitech controller as Xbox ones
winter yew
Excuse me yes please
full pivot
I have a ds4 and ds3 bit ive just been using my ds3 so long I haven't switched yet
teal mason
Lol reminds me of all the Kingdom Come screenshots I see
Think Rattay actually got more tourists because of the game
meager panther
Ehhhh Forza isnt working all of a sudden
reef storm
@winter yew Oh my god, dude. That game in VR is unreal
meager panther
I somehow don't think I will like it
I saw lots of videos of it
Just didn't find it appealing
winter yew
Fair enough.
For me there's something enjoyable about going to street level and throwing a car into a traffic jam before supermanning out of the area through a block of buildings.
meager panther
Oh
reef storm
throws police car "Fuck the police" flies out
reef storm
I kid. puts police car down
winter yew
Have I beaten the game now?
cinder vessel
hmm, not seeing a release form so not sure
reef storm
winter yew
How terrifying?
idle saffron
Utterly
idle saffron
Udderly
winter yew
RE7
echo hill
i want terror, not horror
winter yew
Outlast and Outlast 2
cinder vessel
:Electric SHAKEALOO
echo hill
yeah outlast is hella fun
winter yew
I never finished the first one 😦
I never played the 2nd one.
What you think of looping horror games?
echo hill
yeah same
idle saffron
Did you ever play F.E.A.R.?
winter yew
Oh man, yes I did.
cinder vessel
FEAR was funny
cinder vessel
*radio noise* i'ma spook ya, just wait *radio intensifies*
idle saffron
Lol
winter yew
Bee, Visage is supposed to be pant pissing scary.
Layers Of Fear is another weird but that's a looper.
idle saffron
Play the soul caliber 6 story, it’s terrifying
winter yew
🤔
echo hill
ill check out visage
winter yew
ur gamer
idle saffron
WHAT
bronze wind
It
austere lance
I've only played F.E.A.R 3
winter yew
@reef storm pretty fun eh?
reef storm
I haven't played too much yet, but I enjoyed the first couple missions
winter yew
Yeah it's just stupid fun
winter yew
Oh god I hated re7 in vr
glass tartan
i'm not a big fan of anything in vr, i get headaches
winter yew
It wasn't the sickness, more that it scared the living shit out of me lol
I played up to getting chased around the house near to the beginning.
Got my arm chopped off.
lol me too
Chainsaw right?
Yep and I never went back to it.
idle saffron
You can’t avoid it
idle saffron
I liked it much better than the last couple
winter yew
I played up until chainsaw in VR, pussied out, finished the game on a normal tv, then went through it again in vr after lol
meager panther
I don't play horror games
I face enough horror in real life
Like zoids beard
Gleams fishes
idle saffron
🐠
winter yew
Yes.
winter yew
It's the adrenaline rush, the experience of "real" horror without experiencing it.
winter yew
🤔
meager panther
😏
winter yew
My GF wants to do one of them real life kidnap scenarios.
It's on her bucket list.
Which obviously means it's on mine too 😩
echo hill
i like terror better than horror
idle saffron
Hope it’s the last thing
echo hill
horror is the things you can see, terror is the things you cant
winter yew
Brain is great amplifying terror too.
winter yew
I once got scared of a bush on a walk home.
echo hill
which makes it 1000x scarier
echo hill
its one of the reasons that subnautica is so scary
meager panther
You don't say Dino's horror the town
winter yew
It's why humans dislike the dark.
echo hill
yeah
winter yew
You can't see anything hiding waiting to grab you and eat your face.
echo hill
i mean, i love the dark but yeah lol
echo hill
i shower in complete darkness
meager panther
Oh I wanna see those dinos
echo hill
like i actually cant tell the difference of when my eyes are open or not
winter yew
You're crazy lmao
idle saffron
Nah, that’s called blind
echo hill
its relaxing for me 🤷
echo hill
yeah i am
glass tartan
my favorite form of horror is cosmic body horror
and by favorite form, i mean it's what i like to write about
cinder vessel
hope ya enjoy!
jade lake
no u
bronze wind
Anthem looks dope
jade lake
zogg
bronze wind
zogg
brisk merlin
zogg
winter yew
I'm finding the opposite, the more I'm seeing the less interested I am.
bronze wind
Yeah that's fair
winter yew
But I wanna play it so I can see if actually playing is the same
bronze wind
I'm def getting it at some point so if there's a simple way to share I'd be happy to
winter yew
I know I'll pick it up eventually.
bronze wind
pick me up
winter yew
😏
reef storm
I"m not sold on it yet, but I'll most likely get it after playing the open beta
bronze wind
I'd play the open beta if my internet wasn't 3mbps
winter yew
Ouch
bronze wind
It hurts
Emailed the dude and he just said "should be fast as it is cable"
u lyin
winter yew
lmao
jade lake
bruh b lyin
winter yew
y u always lying
bronze wind
probabyl paying for like the low tier $40 plan when it's barely more to get more than 10 times that speed
I can't even find a 3mbps plan
how did they accomplish this
winter yew
😐
jade lake
what
echo hill
jade lake
nut
echo hill
kek
bronze wind
fiber?
jade lake
omega zogg
bronze wind
zogg
echo hill
yeah fiber
jade lake
persona 4
bronze wind
my schools internet is like 25/35
echo hill
I wish my home internet was as good as my work
brisk merlin
my internet is 1/0.2
austere lance
@bronze wind If I can easily play stuff like Destiny with my 5 Mbps internet you can play Anthem, lol
bronze wind
It's not playing, it's downloading lol
I have a roommate and downloading things destroys his ability to use the internet
winter yew
Eh, minor detail.
bronze wind
depends on the download size
austere lance
Download overnight
cinder vessel
this is cool, speaking of download sizes:
https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/install-size-update
echo hill
holy shit
might move it to my ssd then
you ever think that the terabyte will become the new gigabyte? like how the gigabyte became the megabyte
or i should say the gigabyte became what the megabyte was
so i wonder if someday we'll have mainstream 500tb drives
glass tartan
...is that honestly a wonder?
Not if, when.
You'll be happy with your new 500tb when the new Western Digital 1pb is released.
echo hill
hah yeah thats true
winter yew
Well gb is already starting to show age on consoles
If you have a 500gb hard drive, a few games like rdr2, which is ~115gb, will eat that up in a heartbeat
echo hill
yup
teal mason
beautiful
frank stratus
I’m actually a little suspicious about some of these game sizes... if most people only have 8gb vram what else are they really storing that takes up that much space? Uncompresssed audio ?
Uncompressed textures?
Like 100 gb is a lot of data unless you are talking raw 4K video
austere lance
IT'S FRIED CHICKEN TIME
fluid hare
Hey, anyone well-versed in KSP? Trying to make a long rover with the biggest stock wheels turn. It can’t turn at all.
willow crypt
I wanna take a large dump on the face of EA
And I hope it stays there permanently
Assholes.
winter yew
@fluid hare how many sets of wheels do you have on currently?
willow crypt
Bioware should split from them.
Everyone should split from them
Except the ones who have no creative integrity.
winter yew
EA is the best bad company ever
full pivot
@fluid hare when building it right click on your wheels and make sure they have steering enabled; i'd recommend only havin it on two of them though for easier turning
fluid hare
2
winter yew
Make sure that at least the front set has steering enabled
If it's not to your satisfaction enable it on the back too for a tighter turning radius
austere lance
@willow crypt Why'd you decide this randomly, lol?
willow crypt
It's how I've felt for a long time.
Yes, every once in a while they put out a decent game, but they seem to screw up so much more often.
sleek shadow
I need fried chicken
It's probably healthier than all the ramen packets at this point because even fried chicken isn't as bad as that salt catastrophe
full pivot
yeah bioware should team up with Bethesda... wait no... they should team up with Blizzard... wait no
rigid haven
They should team up with me
teal mason
game sure looks good, if anythin
full pivot
today on Elite Dangerous I feel very Star Trek, just performing astronomical surveys haha
reef storm
I should actually try to figure out the scanning system today.
full pivot
totally dunno what the surface scanner is for
i used it and mapped a planet but it didn't seem to give me anything specific
reef storm
Although not required, it is beneficial to also have the Detailed Surface Scanner to maximise your profits as this gains additional information such as the atmosphere type and composition of the astronomical body.
idle saffron
Aye
winter yew
Shows biological matter and gives a better price when you sell the data at stations
reef storm
Basically point and scan and it gives more profit.
winter yew
Ooof, too slow
full pivot
i do have that, but it also lets me fire probes and map the surface
winter yew
yes
idle saffron
Also gives you the first mapped by for any future visitors
You do that and get it to around 90%
It will fill in the rest
full pivot
so its just a money bonus thing
reef storm
Actually, the probes comes from the new Discovery Scanner that is built into each ship
idle saffron
If there are things on the planet they will be mapped
reef storm
`The Discovery Scanner can be activated and used to scan an entire system . However, while it will uncover all stars within an uncharted system and display them on the System Map as before, uncovering any planets, moons, or asteroid belts will require use of the separate Full Spectrum System Scanner.
The Discovery Scanner needs to be assigned to a fire group and can be triggered in both super cruise and normal space. The assigned control to trigger the scanner must be held down in order to charge the unit. It will tell you when the scan is complete. In addition, if you pass extremely close to an astronomical body it will automatically discover the object.`
My biggest issue with playing ED in VR is that the Galactic Map is impossible to navigate.
idle saffron
It’s impossible out of it also
reef storm
No, like - you can't click on systems because they're not inline with the cursor
idle saffron
The only thing I like about the map is the level of detail - plotting a long course is not good
reef storm
True, but at least we can plot 20KLy now
full pivot
itd be cool if they let you have it on VR and conventional monitor at the same time
meager panther
What game is this?
reef storm
Elite Dangerous
meager panther
Oh
full pivot
then you could look at conventional to use the map as if you were actually using a console
and then put the headset back on 😛
reef storm
That would be cool, MsA
rigid haven
I'm glad Fallout 76 is sticking to 3gb updates now
I mean, the last few have been around that size, but still
brisk merlin
reef storm
oooh. I want to watch that, but not watch so I don't get spoiled.
austere lance
That's the video literally everyone's been waiting for: All Javelins, lots of customizations, how loadouts work, new enemies, and general badassery
brisk merlin
let me update that link
austere lance
If that video doesn't grab your attention then nothing will, holy fuck that was good
meager panther
Is it a single world?
brisk merlin
yes
crisp sparrow
BioWare though, best to not be too hyped
but it looks like the lovechild of warframe and destiny so aaaaaaaaaa
brisk merlin
and mass effect
crisp sparrow
oh yeah true
brisk merlin
I enjoyed ME:A (dont hurt me)
idle saffron
crisp sparrow
it got much better with the updates, so its ok
best part is that unlike those two games, Anthem looks very controlled and less chaotic
idle saffron
Not when I get it
brisk merlin
idle saffron
Give Star Wars to rocksteady
willow crypt
Or Sony.
idle saffron
Screw that, it would be one platform 0nly then
meager panther
So how big is this game gonna be?
willow crypt
True
willow crypt
Rocksteady would be a good place
brisk merlin
I dont think anyone knows the file size
wait
maybe
HARD DRIVE: At least 50 GB of free space
willow crypt
File size of what
brisk merlin
anthem
willow crypt
Ah
That's actually small compared to recent games
I wonder how many GB next gen will be
Probably like 20 tb or something
cinder vessel
too many
brisk merlin
500g
brisk merlin
2k
austere lance
@crisp sparrow It's old Bioware, not Bioware Montreal
full pivot
Bioware is the next company to screw up big time
brisk merlin
austere lance
@full pivot Judging by the hours of gameplay I've watched I'd say no, lol
crisp sparrow
exactly
bronze wind
Looks fine to me, and they've been perfectly transparent about what will and will not be in the game
cinder vessel
yeah i mean tbh the transparency is what's kinda assured me it doesn't seem like my sort of game, lol
bronze wind
Yeah and that's fair
cinder vessel
i'm really tired of min/max-esque games 😩
full pivot
i honestly just won't get hype for anything on principle
i've even avoided most press on Dreams
cinder vessel
that's what i mean Sohail, that's part of how i know it's not my thing
bronze wind
Eh it's only min max if you play that way
I don't like min maxing but I'm excited for this
But different levels of concern I guess
cinder vessel
it's not Anthem-specific as much as a general RPG trend in recent years
altho not even recent tbh
bronze wind
It's not an RPG trend as much as it's a meta trend
cinder vessel
yeah, kinda
bronze wind
Rpgs will have equipment with different stats, meaning boring people will use the same like 4 things and berate ppl who dont
It's why I stopped pvping in dark souls but still enjoy the game
cinder vessel
My concern is typically that if i don't try to optimize at least a little the game will be less fun & more tedious, but optimization itself doesn't feel fun to me so it's a double-punch of not fun for me
Online only games in particular tend to be notorious for that
bronze wind
I think my issue will be keeping up with the game when my brother inevitably just stops playing it whenever the newest Mp game comes out
You can play solo but I'm not super sure how well it goes if you do
cinder vessel
Yeaah, that's another issue for me
bronze wind
Although there's matchmaking, I generally don't like that, I wanna just play with friends
cinder vessel
I'd probably primarily be playing solo & everything they've said suggests that's not ideal
Because like you, i'd rather play with folks i know
bronze wind
Yeah I'm glad they were honest about that
I'm still going to get it cause I know I'll have at least one person to play with for a bit, then I can play with some peeps here
cinder vessel
Even at their best, randos are just this quiet efficient killing machine that just doesn't feel fun to be with
bronze wind
Yeah that was me playing destiny with nyx 😩
He joined my game and would complete a mission before I could make it to the checkpoints
cinder vessel
lol oof
cinder vessel
when i'm not running a good/great build that's how i tend to feel
winter yew
meager panther
I hate rpgs for same reason. It's basically rack.up kills to build your skill tree
cinder vessel
like i'm not even really doing anything and am just kinda moochin' off the others
austere lance
You can play however you want, that's why there's 6 difficulty levels
meager panther
Gets boring quick unless the world is great
I stopped playing GTA games because it's bleh and boring
austere lance
It's large and full of shit, I like the angry alien wildlife so far
Plus there's side-missions to do in free-roam for NPC's in Tarsis
And hidden loot
I'm excited for more of the puzzles they've shown, I wasn't expecting those
bronze wind
I paid for origin premier for a year so I get early access anyways, cause there are a few other games on that that I want to play too
crisp sparrow
yeah the puzzles stuff looks great
bronze wind
Also my internet is shit so I need to take advantage of the preload 😩
crisp sparrow
god I want a better PC now I can't even play a 3D farm sim
winter yew
🤔
crisp sparrow
My Time At Portia, new farm sim game like stardew but 3D
winter yew
Oh I see,
winter yew
Oh I see,
winter yew
Eh I'll skip I think.
reef storm
MTAP does look good.
meager panther
Etc*
meager panther
The dialogue is a bit cheesy though and funny at times
cinder vessel
planet explorers 😩
meager panther
There are dungeons too
winter yew
I still got a few games to sit through.
meager panther
You got any nice game recommends @winter yew
winter yew
Nope
I'm playing Yakuza 0, The Division, Morphite, X4, Elite Dangerous and Rebel Galaxy atm.
meager panther
Hmmm
winter yew
I got 18 days to sit through them cause after that I need to start getting some work in.
I'm not gunna manage it tbh
I also need to go back to Staxel as that got an update.
cinder vessel
well a few of those are definitely unending games so that makes sense
Yakuza 0, Morphite, & Rebel Galaxy seem to me the only ones there with something resembling an ending
winter yew
Yakuza is waaay under rated, I thought it was a joke game tbh
cinder vessel
i mean sorta? the side quests are fantastic joke fuel
winter yew
Oh for sure but the reviews seemed to focus more on that the actual story and the business management stuffs.
I didn't even know the business management stuff was even in it.
cinder vessel
eh, well i think those are what people tend to enjoy the most about it, so makes sense
sooo, uh, remember this is still a thing...coming out?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk6HmMBquV0
