3DS has an activity log
#other-games
cinder vessel
winter yew
my most played game is New Leaf for sure
cinder vessel
I haven't checked how it's formatted yet tho
winter yew
lemme see
cinder vessel
ah, no worries
light cairn
yeah definitely familar
cinder vessel
It's, uh, interesting
Because it was sat on for a few years before being published then they seemingly rushed Wii U & 3DS ports of it
winter yew
ports of what
light cairn
it's so weird
winter yew
cinder vessel
Or at least, I think? Either way the Wii U & 3DS versions weren't well received
light cairn
the game was done, but they didn't release it until they made supposedly inferior wii u and 3ds versions of an originally wii game
cinder vessel
And Acey, Rodea The Sky Soldier
winter yew
hmm ok
light cairn
i think there were versions of the wii u copy that literally came with a wii copy too
cinder vessel
Also nice, wasn't sure if the 3DS activity log would let you show playtimes like that
light cairn
a feature that the switch needs ๐ซ
winter yew
even shows you how many times youve played a game
cinder vessel
There were Skip, that's what made me ask ya, as I picked up that version
winter yew
cinder vessel
niice
cinder vessel
i'm such a sucker for stats like that
winter yew
all the sorting options
im surprised they didnt keep streetpass with the Switch
considering how much of a push they were for making it a portable
cinder vessel
yeah, wat?
winter yew
cinder vessel
so good
cinder vessel
but yeah no street pass on Switch is weird af
oh nice
I picked up a New 3DS only a few years ago
winter yew
well technically this isn't the original unit, because i got a new3DSXL when those came out and i transferred my stuff over to it. The backplate has been replaced on this one once because it cracked by one of the screw holes ๐
Need to get a new battery some day lol
cinder vessel
oof on the crack
I sorta think maybe I should have gotten an XL, but they struck me as way too awkward to keep in a pocket
light cairn
do people actually keep them in pockets!?
cinder vessel
I have no idea, I wouldn't
winter yew
the new3DS might have fit comfortably
cinder vessel
But a standard 3DS, sure
winter yew
but not the new3DSXL
cinder vessel
New 3DS fits nicely in a pocket for sure
winter yew
i had the new3DS for like a week but it caused my hands to cramp
cinder vessel
See that's what makes me think I should have gone with the XL
winter yew
didn't have that problem with the DS-lite because it was just the dpad
also my home screen x)
Monster Hunter palico stickers everywhere
cinder vessel
lol, nice
light cairn
both the nn3dsxl and psvita cramp my hands when i'm playing in bed (when i have to hold it above instead of from underneath)
winter yew
i miss the dslite
light cairn
like really really bad, to the point where i have to stop almost
winter yew
could play that thing for hours
light cairn
๐ค
winter yew
only game that wrecked my hands while playing on dslite was MechAssault
cinder vessel
Mega Man Zero is toouggghhh
But damn if i don't love its look & animations & slicing up enemies
it's so satisfying
winter yew
lol
just found this
miss this game, despite how clunky it's controls were
did he just shoot the fucking cadet.
LOL
winter yew
yea that was fun
Titanfall 2 kinda brought back that fun
but you didn't hijack the other players titans, just damaged them
cinder vessel
speaking of Titanfall 2, hear about Apex Legends or whatever that studio's new thing is supposed to be?
winter yew
yeah im not sure how i feel about it
reef storm
Titanfall BATTLE ROYALE WITH CHEESE
winter yew
we'll see tomorrow at least
reef storm
cough
cinder vessel
yeah
winter yew
no titans are going to be in it allegedly
cinder vessel
i'm curious, to say the least
reef storm
So.... just Fall?
winter yew
lmao.
reef storm
lol
cinder vessel
it's a game literally about who can fall on everyone else first
light cairn
i'm still interested since the movement is so good
cinder vessel
last person to squash the others wins
winter yew
yes
cinder vessel
oh yeah speaking of falling, Skip, Rodea is really wild...You just kinda...Flick the character around from spot to spot flying from point to point
it feels really weird because your character always flies in an arc to the point for some reason
winter yew
that sounds kinda like another game i played on my phone once
light cairn
i'm only just finally watching gameplay and it's almost like it's a railshooter but you're the bullet
light cairn
oo that looks fun
winter yew
gameplay trailer for Rodea makes me think someone decided to make a game solely out of Sonic The Hedgehog's lock-on lol.
cinder vessel
Hopiko is sorta like just a flat version...Yeah
light cairn
is the trailer for the wii or wii u version though?
cinder vessel
Also Rodea was made by one of the old Sonic devs, so yeah
light cairn
cause they're completely different apparently
cinder vessel
Yes & no, the Wii U & 3DS versions just made it more cumbersome. You still target spot & press button to go to spot
But in the Wii U version there's fuel & junk
light cairn
there were the controls and more grind yeah
cinder vessel
And you use the sticks to aim the reticle & it seems like that is...Maybe a bit awkward
light cairn
the controls is a huge issue though, pointing is so much faster than slowly draging a cursor destiny ui style
cinder vessel
I just popped in the Wii version because I was like...How's this play to begin with
light cairn
holy shit seriously the wii u version looks like garbage what did they do
cinder vessel
wait the Wii U Version? lmao i can't wait to see
echo hill
im watching a speed run of RE7 and its very interesting xD
light cairn
Wii has this nice Sonic-y style
Wii U looks like hot trash
and yes i think those are the same level
winter yew
wow
cinder vessel
you have me so curious i'm loading it up to see
the good thing is i didn't spend a bunch for it, lol
light cairn
the wii version looks worth it at least
cinder vessel
omg
okay so the Wii U gamepad has two analog sticks, but
but they have the reticle control on the left stick because ???
light cairn
trying to get fancy huh
cinder vessel
i mean so far this looks about the same but more GUI all over the tutorial
somewhat higher res textures but also kinda darker?
light cairn
i think the comparison i posted above explains itself
cinder vessel
do u like gui?
we got gui
omg fuuueeell
the last thing the game needed was a fuel system
light cairn
more mechanics = better
cinder vessel
attacking in the air consumes more fuel ๐ฉ
light cairn
isn't that the entire point of the game
cinder vessel
part of me sorta wonders if the fuel was in the first game but wasn't highlighted because it seems entirely negligible so far?
light cairn
good point
cinder vessel
lol the Wii U version does a textdump lore thing
light cairn
f o u r years
cinder vessel
wha...wtf
i...what
so right after the intro sequence it had me facing a giant enemy, but...I couldn't do much of anything?
then it went back to what i know from the wii version
light cairn
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
cinder vessel
huh...so i feel like they maybe just sorta sloppily upressed the textures & tried to apply some effects over them to seem HD but...It definitely doesn't look that great.
Structurally it appears more or less the same tho
light cairn
the power up thing is the biggest difference besides the controls, but i don't think that rears it's head until later in the game based on what i saw
and now i must be off for i need to awake at a semi-decent time tomorrow ๐
cinder vessel
heh, gotcha! later!
cinder vessel
sooo uh, Titanfall dev's new game is apparently out now, called Apex Legends, another shot at battle royale
winter yew
Fucking Microsoft Store.
cinder vessel
It also reads like you pick from characters with different abilities?
also wat Hex?
brisk merlin
its on origin pc
winter yew
Then what did I just see?
brisk merlin
idk
winter yew
I'll use Origin.
cinder vessel
lol yeah i dunno what ya saw about it being on Microsoft Store
I can't decide if i wanna try it on console or PC atm
winter yew
cinder vessel
The specs aren't too demanding from the looks of it, lots of leeway
Oh weird, is that what pops up on first google?
winter yew
Yes
cinder vessel
oof
winter yew
I hope others don't make the assumption I just did.
brisk merlin
wth are these prices
winter yew
A joke
cinder vessel
EA being typical greedy assholes
brisk merlin
was it a bad choice for them to bring this game out so close to anthem?
cinder vessel
Feel sorry for Respawn
Yes
A ton of people will probably overlook it because they're focused on Anthem
Or if they do notice it, they'll get bad vibes lookin' at those prices, anticipating that they'll be carried over to Anthem
Which with EA, isn't wrong of anyone
brisk merlin
jade lake
ew
bronze wind
hot
austere lance
I'm downloading Apex Legends rn, lol
brisk merlin
same
jade lake
- Leon Kowalski (Blade Runner)
austere lance
gilded jackal
Apex Legends
cinder vessel
i'm an Apex Failure ๐
gilded jackal
bronze wind
I too hate when people enjoy games
light cairn
how dare they
teal mason
I just dislike people who support games with shitty practices cos it encourages devs to continue and expand on their shitty practices
also a Titanfall battle royale with actual Titans could've had really good mechanics that improve the dynamics of the battle royale mode imo
maybe finding tokens on the map that let you do a Titanfall but people can hijack your Titan
balance around that and you can have a new spin on the genre
cinder vessel
i mean this isn't the typical battle royale all things considering
you're automatically grouped in squads, you pick from characters with unique abilities that when used well with your squad can push you to victory
it's sorta like overwatch x battle royale
bronze wind
I just dislike people who think it's their duty to tell people what types of games they are or aren't allowed to like, as well as instruct or demand developers to make a different game as if they aren't companies that ultimately do things for profit
And a developer taking time to make a game of a specific genre isn't a shitty practice - it just doens't align with what people wanted them to do so people yell and whine.
winter yew
Agreed
teal mason
I was talking more along the lines of "sense of pride and accomplishment" and "nylon bags" in terms of shitty practices
But some people think they're alright so who am I to judge 
cinder vessel
so far we haven't seen that with Apex Legends tho, so until then...
winter yew
Respawn are also "not currently" working on development for Titanfall 3 and focusing on Apex Legends.
Apex Legends is also only temporarily free to play.
I really wanna play Apex Legends but it's looking like I've lost access to my Origin account. ๐คท
Actually, ignore what I said about temporarily free to play, the source I read that from has changed it.
(Was IGN)
meager panther
Honestly ,the whole battle royale thing is ruining SP games
winter yew
Same thing happened with zombies though, a couple games sold really well so everyone jumped on it.
Now it's non existent again.
winter yew
Naw but the market got flooded with cheap cash grabs.
It's happening again now with BR.
meager panther
Well horror is not my genre. so I probably didn't put much attention to it
brisk merlin
Hey, some cod zombie stories were ok
winter yew
Of course but then on the cash grab end of that spectrum is the likes of Day Z.
It's happening now, a couple of really nice BR games with more on the end of cash grab.
I myself do think Apex Legends is gunna be a successful BR game.
But gamer is right on the sense that the downside is that BR is the main focus right now which is not what "most" of the gamers are asking for.
But also saying that, it opens up a new market for upcoming game devs/studios.
meager panther
I thought anthem was this nice single player rpg game
.but it had to be mp focused
winter yew
I don't care much for multiplayer games so I'll always be biased on this view.
But I absolutely appreciate that there's a huge market for them.
winter yew
I actually like Apex Legends
:sadcat:
I'm gunna give it a chance.
I enjoyed PUBG.
Just awaiting for a response to see if I can get my Origin account back ๐คท
winter yew
No
meager panther
That's so unlike you
winter yew
I do not play PUBG.
meager panther
But you literally said it above 
winter yew
Not missing anything tbh.
meager panther
Yeah just waiting to get ace combat 7
winter yew
I'll grab it in a month or 2 maybe.
I got a list of games to sit through before I even think about buying more.
mighty token
like?
winter yew
Yakuza 0, The Division, Beat Cop, Super Daryl Deluxe, Fractured But Whole, The Crew 2, X4, Elite.
Errrr
meager panther
Same.i need to finish Forza and a bunch of other games
winter yew
I got a habit of buying games without completing the ones I already got.
It's not that I get bored of playing them half way through either.
winter yew
@winter yew I do the same thing :>
teal mason
same tbh
I just get too tired to play anything adrenaline-inducing by the time I finish work
brisk merlin
smaee!
winter yew
willow crypt
Don't try to stop me shmee try to stop me shmee
cinder rock
btw guys 11 hours till ASTRONEER 1.0 comes out
austere lance
AC Rogue is fucking good, holy shit. It's like they combined the best parts of III and IV and added new ship mechanics. And they added assassins that try to hunt you, which is cool af
winter yew
I don't like the new assassins creed games. The fully fledged rpg mechanics is such a far cry from the story mission based games
It just doesn't feel like ac, especially considering I enjoyed the series since ac1, but with origins and later? Idk
Good games just not ac
willow crypt
The only assassin's Creed game I've played was Black flag which is pretty awesome. If they're going to continue making assassin's creed games, they need to evolve. With that said, sometimes series need to end.
plucky mesa
austere lance
Any AC after Syndicate is garbo, lol
jade lake
any AC after 3 is garbo
buoyant mesa
I'm so cool, I play text based Muds still.
austere lance
Fake-ass RPG's
buoyant mesa
Any AC is garbo
jade lake
i kinda hated those ones
austere lance
From what I've heard Unity is fun nowadays after they patched the bugs
jade lake
i dont really like AC that much anyways
AC 1 is one of the worst games i have ever played
austere lance
I've been playing since AC II, it's one of my favorite series
1 was cool for its time but it's ๐ฌ now
rigid haven
I like Syndicate
austere lance
Syndicate was fun af, it felt like the older ones
cinder vessel
AC1 wasn't even cool for its time, lol
People criticized it even then as being a tad too repetitive
Which is part of why 2 was so widely praised, it improved on so many of the parts that fell short in the first
jade lake
i played ac1 a few years ago for about 10 hours
i have never hated everything about a game so much
its just an abysmal experience
cinder vessel
I didn't hate it, but i wasn't overly impressed either
which is why i've never finished it after a bug fucked over my save
jade lake
the thought of touching a KH game makes me want to puke
jade lake
its the nostalgia gmr
cinder vessel
the best part of KH is letting Disney characters die
it's the soundtrack probably more than anything tbh
like remove the music and i'd probably hate that game
everything about that game relies on the strength of the art direction and music, probably more than anything else
jade lake
the dialogue is
erm
the voice acting is
uhhhh
but the music
the music looks nice
rigid haven
kh1 is bad
jade lake
i dont doubt it
cinder vessel
KH1 isn't great, and hasn't aged super well, but you're fucked if you try to jump into the series elsewhere
that's a pretty cold take tbh Abutchera
lots of people don't like KH
jade lake
kh3 is for the fans
iron inlet
or why it's a thing
jade lake
no one else
iron inlet
at all
cinder vessel
an accidental encounter on an elevator
and then someone telling Nomura his story was too simple
jade lake
should i play p3 gmr
rigid haven
kh1 was so fucking easy to understand
cinder vessel
the first is how the Disney crossover happened, the second is how the rest happened
rigid haven
I can vouch for that story
cinder vessel
i just treat the entire series' story as a long as fuck reunion trip
three kids just wanna get back together and then bullshit keeps happening
rigid haven
Everything is actually pretty simple up until 3D
cinder vessel
you say that but then Nobodies and Organization XIII
rigid haven
kh1 is ez, kh2 is uhhhh, kh3d is what the fuck
jade lake
should i play persona 3
cinder vessel
for some reason i thought you had
rigid haven
p5
cinder vessel
pq
jade lake
im waiting until the switch port is unveiled
cinder vessel
lol i was half-hoping you'd just be like, wtf is that
jade lake
kanji dancing is enough for me to at least want to buy it
rigid haven
What?
cinder vessel
Persona 4 Dancing All Night: A port for the PlayStation 4 was included with a limited edition bundle of Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight.
rigid haven
Oh yeah
cinder vessel
JUST SELL IT U BASTARDS
cinder vessel
gaaah
also speaking of limited production, sony should fuckin' print more copies of Gravity Rush Remastered
or fuck it lemme send money for a print
albeit that probably wouldn't be any cheaper for'em, lol
cinder vessel
oh wait shit that's right
i could still buy it digitally, and probably somewhat cheaper at that
i hardly think of buying games digitally on console, lol
rigid haven
Hahahaha
That's the way things are going, sadly
Hopefully they decide to increase hard drive size
1tb is not enough these days
cinder vessel
i genuinely can't stand the DL times compared to installing from disc
depends on the game, ofc, but i can typically install a game from disc in like under 5 minutes or so, and it's always the patches that take longer
rigid haven
I can feel that
Especially so since, for me, a 2gb thing will take over 2 hours to download
cinder vessel
mmhmm
austere lance
I was NOT expecting Apex to play like PUBG, lol
cinder vessel
more or less
austere lance
Yeah you can tell your teammates to fuck off and fly solo at the start of the match if you want, lol
But if you stay close to them they can revive you when you get downed or snag your ID card if you die so they can summon you at a terminal
I think this game has a good chance at getting huge, I'm surprised
Like, this might tie with Fortnite and PUBG
rigid haven
PUBG is popular?
jade lake
it hasnt been for at least a year
cinder vessel
Apex is already ahead of PUBG in my book by simply being free, lol
cinder vessel
In terms of design, aesthetic, & general stability, Apex also already seems way ahead of PUBG, despite having only just released
jade lake
titan fall battle royale yay we wanted this
cinder vessel
๐คท i didn't not want it?
jade lake
titan fall 3 was canceled for this
rigid haven
Anyway, Streets of Rogue hit alpha 69, woo
And I really wanna try Apex but 26 gb takes long time
cinder vessel
I mean Titanfall 2's multiplayer is console paywalled so i can't really get into it
and i don't think it'd play as smoothly on my PC
consoles fuck over online multiplayer so hard
rigid haven
It's a real shame
austere lance
I love Titanfall and I'm on Xbox ๐คท
rigid haven
Buy a game that's online only? Better buy that sub, kiddo, or you're not playing it!
jade lake
so tomorrow there should be some news for outer worlds
rigid haven
Ooo
jade lake
so im p interested
cinder vessel
tentatively curious
jade lake
oooohh i see what it is
its a rapid fire question thing
from game informer
if any of you remember that sean murray one ๐ฌ
austere lance
God I want a solo mode, lol
cinder vessel
play titanfall 2 campaign
brisk merlin
I want titanfall parkour
brisk merlin
What's the point of the jump packs when you cant use them
austere lance
You can run up walls, just not along them ๐
jade lake
smiley emoji
brisk merlin
And you cant double jump
rigid haven
I want to run into them
jade lake
irl*
austere lance
The lack of double jump hurts, ngl
rigid haven
Triple jump is dumb
There's a point where you have to ask how many jumps is too many
austere lance
Why do a couple of these heroes feel like they're from Evolve
rigid haven
3
brisk merlin
Bones of eao
brisk merlin
Excuse
rigid haven
Wait what triple jump
I was just talking triple jumps in general
They make you feel invincible
austere lance
@rigid haven The one in Destiny
rigid haven
Isn't destiny a kind of floaty jump thing?
brisk merlin
Destiny has different types of jump
rigid haven
Is there one that isn't a jump but a hefty lunge?
echo hill
kev what class do you play
austere lance
@rigid haven Is your profile pic the gay reaper from Black Butler, lol?
brisk merlin
Warlock
rigid haven
Why do you know that
echo hill
aye warlock squad rise up
brisk merlin
Lmao
jade lake
black butler good
austere lance
Because it's one of the few anime I liked, lol
rigid haven
Holy shit we're all gay asf
brisk merlin
I'm gayer
jade lake
is that a problem
brisk merlin
And yes
echo hill
noice
rigid haven
Kev go watch Black Butler
brisk merlin
Why
echo hill
i just got mine last night
rigid haven
It's shockingly gay
jade lake
join us kev
austere lance
I'm ready to die now, this shotgun takes 4 shots to down someone
It's a lever action too ๐ญ
brisk merlin
I'm ready for anthem now
rigid haven
There's this hot demon butler who looks after this kid and it's kinda weird but there's this red reaper guy who's just a joy and I love him
Good ol' Grell
brisk merlin
It's ok to be gay
brisk merlin
?
austere lance
Apex
rigid haven
can't you just like
rigid haven
Replay the tutorial
austere lance
I want a solo mode
brisk merlin
Give me solo
rigid haven
Is there a shooting range where you can test out each person?
brisk merlin
I want to grapple everywhere
brisk merlin
someone else picks pathfinder before me
I scream
rigid haven
Out of how many total?
echo hill
wait is weekly reset still on tuesdays?
rigid haven
For what?
echo hill
destiny
rigid haven
oh
austere lance
I still haven't managed to kill anyone in 4 matches, lol
And yeah, there's 8 Legends
I like Gibraltar
And Bloodhound
Bangalore's ult is fucking wild
Oh shit, somebody on my squad has Caustic
@brisk merlin
brisk merlin
Huh?
austere lance
Caustic, the dude with poison gas? I had one on my squad ๐
rigid haven
cinder vessel
i still can't get into that game's look
cinder vessel
Sea of Thieves really wants your love:
https://www.seaofthieves.com/friends-play-free
cinder vessel
if everyone's into it go ahead?
jade lake
^^
austere lance
Tripletake is a stupidly powerful sniper that shoots three bullets at a time, lol
teal mason
sounds like the G11
austere lance
It's heinous, especially if you've found scope and stock upgrades for it
austere lance
Ohshit, Shadow of the Tomb Raider coming to Game Pass in a couple days
cinder vessel
that reminds me...the new tomb raider games definitely give the new planet of the apes movie titles a run for their money
austere lance
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - February 7
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season - February 7
Pumped BMX Pro - February 7
de Blob - February 14
Crackdown 3 - February 15 (Also on PC via Play Anywhere)
Batman: Return to Arkham - February 21
cinder vessel
de Blob is the real secret highlight there
austere lance
I watched my gf play some of de Blob 2, lol
crisp sparrow
@austere lance I'm so bad at apex Legends I've not even been in top 10 squads yet
teal mason
have you tried hiding while your teammate do all the work
teal mason
Oohhh I just got an email for Division 2 beta
rigid haven
It's apparently a remaster of the first two
mighty token
aw man
teal mason
why the fuck does steam show unbuyable games at the front page
it just showed me bannerlord again and I'm sad cos I ain't gonna be able to play it in my lifetime
rigid haven
Probably because it's recommended to you
teal mason
I already have it in my wishlist I don't need reminding how much I want it but can't 
austere lance
vestal raptor
Release Trailer / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KXQZG7riEs
austere lance
winter yew
Astroneer removed the storms ๐
willow crypt
Too buggy?
winter yew
something about them not being challenging enough beyond 'storm shows up, hide in hole until it passes'
limber thorn
would it be rude for a comparison between nms and astoneer? I have astroneer but never really played it much... my kids didn't get into it either
rigid haven
I mean, if the storms were like in NMS, it's probably good that they removed them
NMS storms are weird and just make you drop everything
winter yew
well the thing with Astroneer's storms is
they perpetually existed
they didn't just become an all-planet condition like in NMS, they were contained moments of chaos that roamed planets
so you could see the clouds as they were heading your way
and you could also hear them
Getting smashed by the debris was almost always a guaranteed death
winter yew
lol
though they both have a mysterious 'end game' i suspect that Astroneer has some kind of loop.
just like NMS
NMS trumps Astroneer in the aspect that there's creatures and the starships. Astroneer isn't too complicated, it's less risky and more about researching and building a base.
limber thorn
a much smaller base right? thats about what I took away from it was it was pretty simple.
winter yew
yes
like you cant really walk around inside the base, its all mostly modules and equipment you are building
limber thorn
ok great... thats about as far as I got playing it before I started questioning playing it at all... I wanna say we picked up subnautica at the same time and that was waaaay cooler.
winter yew
yeah its nice
austere lance
The story for AC Rogue is good af, how have I slept on this for so long???
full beacon
Astroneer is gorgeous
winter yew
It is a very pretty game
Iโll be playing it this weekend
Cuz itโs a game I want to sink proper hours into
Instead of โoh shit I gotta go to bed cuz I have to be at work in a few hoursโ
austere lance
Fml, AC Rogue has me hooked hard
cinder vessel
@austere lance you slept on Rogue because Ubisoft sucks at marketing. You may have paid a little more attention if it wasn't within the Assassin's Creed series/franchise
austere lance
It's good af, I love the ship combat and hunting assassins
cinder vessel
I keep thinking about picking it up at some point because it's such a standout in the series
austere lance
It's definitely interesting using assassin techniques to hunt assassins, lol
cinder vessel
also because i'm a dumbass that likes odd shit i picked up Sonic Forces tonight
austere lance
If you spot the buggers hiding in hay bales you can air assassinate em ๐
Or dart em, pistol em, grenade them, and any other assassin techniques you can think of, lol
I personally like hanging assassin fort leaders from trees with my rope darts ๐
cinder vessel
was trying to remember the name of AC: Syndicate and all i could think of was AC: London Edition, lmao
austere lance
Teach em to fear my angry Irish Templar ass ๐
Syndicate is also fun af, I spent a solid two weeks having a blast with it
Stealthing gang forts as Evie was ๐
The big story assassinations were damn fun too, you could do em in ridiculous ways
cinder vessel
it's kind of hilarious to me how many decent AC games there are, but they're buried under the weight of AC
austere lance
Syndicate felt the closest to the Ezio trilogy imo
winter yew
I suck at Apex lol
austere lance
Same
cinder vessel
same
teal mason
You won't suck at it if you never play it
Also AC Bros is the best AC game as an AC game
frank stratus
winter yew
@frank stratus itโs drop-in multiplayer similar to Minecraft
They donโt have servers yet but whatever players do on your save is saved to your computer and not theirs
austere lance
Still not a huge fan of The Division, this one is definitely better than the first tho
cinder vessel
make it offline with online capability and local coop and it would be better.
this applies to nearly all live service games to my mind, lol
uncut bramble
The first Division didn't do much for me (similar reasons for Leon).
Then I rebought it cause they improved it. Didn't play it.
Now I'm in the Beta for the second one and it's not for me either. It's not a bad game - it's just not pushing my buttons lol
cinder vessel
odamn, not sure if i just haven't been around when you have lately, but long time no see Matthew!
uncut bramble
Haha hey!! I haven't really been on here much! I've been on Discord alot but mostly over at the Dreams server!
I keep my nose in here and #off-topic-bond-james-bond though for anything I can weigh in on! ๐
But Dreams was under NDA for so long so I was playing this amazing game and couldn't discuss it with anyone lol
cinder vessel
ohwaityeah i forgot Dreams had a discord, lol
uncut bramble
Haha some real cool people there! And a handful of NMS guys too ๐
cinder vessel
I wasn't able to get through the tutorials during the beta thanks to work & stuff
But what I did see looks super promising
uncut bramble
Oh no! ๐ฆ That sucks - they were so so good. I'm having massive with drawl lol
cinder vessel
I could have if I just took the time, but I was like, "Play a tutorial..." or "Play a game" and the latter won out, lol
uncut bramble
Haha!! I am glad the beta is over now so I can play KH3.
But seriously, I was sinking hours in every night. I may no longer have a life in the first few months of release lol
Though because the beta was time restricted it felt much more like "I need to play it all the time" way
cinder vessel
Yeeaahh
I wanted to make stuff & just concluded the beta was not a great time to try due to the time constraints stuff
uncut bramble
Yeah I think that was a fair conclusion to come to. Plus there's so many more tutorials etc they're gonna add.
With that said, the beta was super polished. And all creations from beta are being carried over to the main game which is real nice
cinder vessel
Mmhm!
Although there's a chance those creations may pale compared to what's possible in the final release
uncut bramble
Oh for sure! There's so much they learned from the beta in terms of QoL stuff.
The stuff might be comparable - but just much easier to make than those who slogged the "long way" in the beta haha
I stuck to pretty basic stuff - assets I could reuse in the main game
This was probably my proudest creation lol
I popped it into a "short" and animated it so it comes flying out of a box and whizzes around with the camera following it
And this is a video of the thing i posted in #no-mans-art which showcases the time of day changes (on a button push) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bo4zQylS8
cinder vessel
Oh nice!
I saw that inspired scene on the subreddit I think, didn't realize ya made it tho!
uncut bramble
I can't take credit for the Portal itself - I pulled that in and tweaked about with it. But the landscaping, composition, lighting, logic elements, cameras etc were all mine
cinder vessel
Aaah, gotcha
uncut bramble
Granted, I could probably have sculpted the Portal. But the essence through beta was "if someone else has made it, and you like it, why make it again?"
I'm a fan of that mantra. But I understand people wanting levels with 100% their own assets
cinder vessel
Tbh I was really impressed with even the existing QoL stuff in the beta
Like the copy & paste but like...Filling in the gaps stuff, that's ace
uncut bramble
YES! I love that feature so so much
cinder vessel
And for objects given some extra logic, having that copy over when you copy that element...Soo good
uncut bramble
Yeah definitely! There's actually another thing I learned about but only at the very end of the beta - they didn't describe it so well but it's "Live clone" which basically means if you made a ball, and made 100 copies of it, then went back and turned that ball into a cube - all 100 elements would change
Where with normal cloning, only the one you are focussing on would be effected, no matter what the source of it was
cinder vessel
Oh wait, did it auto-group them by default? I thought it would only do that if you specifically grouped them? ๐ค
uncut bramble
When you clone a load, it auto-selects them, but not auto-group them. You can group anything though.
But regardless of that, at the end of it all - changing one would never change any others in the scene.
Unless you use live clone, which I never knew about ๐ข haha
cinder vessel
Ooh, hrrm, I may not have run into that due to limited play
seeing Dreams for real honestly just made me wonder why the fuck they're not just like...Making cross-platform engines or something, but I'm guessing being able to focus on one hardware set enables a lot of what they're doing
meager panther
Seems like a huge time sink making your own levels
I will probably play others levels
uncut bramble
Yeah I think so Leon!
There's loads more in dreams too than making full levels. You might just design an asset - like a tree, that people can then use in their levels (and you get credited for)
Or you might make sound effects/music
Or you might create collections of assets to make it easier for other people to find stuff
Theres so much going on in it
meager panther
Oh
I might like the asset creation part
How do you create those?
Like say a tree?
uncut bramble
So say you want to make a tree. You just go into the create mode and sculpt it using primative shapes and paint tools.
Then you can just save it as a tree - so other people can use it.
Or maybe you end up putting a fence beside it. And then you build a shed. And then you build something else, and you end up with a scene lol
So you can build
Elements - one thing people can "stamp" into their creations
Scene - a collection of elements, static or animated
Dream - a collection of scenes, making a game/movie short etc
austere lance
Fourth time I've been kicked from the beta in an hour, lol
bronze wind
oof
austere lance
The bullet-sponge on bosses is ridiculous
cinder vessel
Sonic Forces is fun
austere lance
Lol, I uninstalled TD2 beta for Shadow of the Tomb Raider cuz it's on Game Pass now
crisp sparrow
Axiom Verge is the next game to be free on Epic Store
but the game is broken lol
crashes after leaving the first "world"
cinder vessel
o h
Sonic Forces is pretty good, tbh
It's not stupid hard or anything, but I can easily see a load of replayability in checking out the different paths in the stages
cinder vessel
?
austere lance
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
cinder vessel
aah
jade lake
great game
but i dont see why you are posting pics of it
not sure what you want us to say
cinder vessel
clearly after, "what's that?"
bronze wind
that's soul's entire brand ab
austere lance
Lol
Was just seeing if y'all had played it, I know a couple of you like indie games
Played for 30 minutes yesterday and got my ass kicked ๐
bronze wind
I haven't, been thinking about it for a bit tho
I always see it on the eshop and consider buying it
austere lance
It's free with Gold so I figured I'd try it. It plays almost exactly like old Castlevania-type games and takes no prisoners, I died so many times xD
jade lake
i thought it was p easy
austere lance
I'm a sad casual nowadays, I mostly play stuff like Assassins Creed
cinder vessel
Sea of Thieves is cool but ya definitely fucked if you don't have at least one other person to play with
austere lance
Lol
cinder vessel
Thanks to one of the Galactic Hub folks sharing some free with a friend codes i finally got to try it
austere lance
Poor solo sloops
cinder vessel
I really like the sailing, but man, trying to angle the ship around to take down cannons on the islands alone is a fuckin' pain
austere lance
^ me in the alpha and betas
cinder vessel
favorite thing was going to...Shipwreck Bay, I think? And just adding to the shipwrecks
austere lance
Level 20+ Order of Souls voyages are not a solo sloop's friend
cinder vessel
I literally got into the bay and accidentally unfurled my sail when I meant to draw it up, so next thing I know I've beached my ship
echo hill
oh shit i see we're talking about SoT
austere lance
Yee
echo hill
its so fucking fun
cinder vessel
And for the first time playing I saw some other folks sail up, and all I could really say as I was trying to figure out how to shove my ship off the shore was: "thisisfine.jpg"
austere lance
Your ship flips around when you beach it, lol. Just gotta patch the holes
echo hill
^^
austere lance
LMAO
cinder vessel
So i was like, "uhhh"
austere lance
Try turning the wheel
cinder vessel
I did
echo hill
my favorite thing in that whole game is stowing away on an unsuspecting ship and just trolling the fuck outta them while they have no idea where i am
cinder vessel
I tried reangling the sails, everything I could think of
cinder vessel
Eventually it just fucked off and the merperson popped up
austere lance
Welp
cinder vessel
Look, if anyone's gonna find yer bugs, it's gonna be me
echo hill
god damn now i wanna play again lol
austere lance
It used to launch into orbit when that happened, so at least that's fixed
echo hill
it still does that from time to time
austere lance
Ffs
cinder vessel
I can't decide based off of this if I wanna pick it up, since I know I'd mostly be playing solo and it just...Isn't really built with that in mind
echo hill
its really fun solo if you know how to play it right
cinder vessel
I've got a week to play some more & decide, so there's that
austere lance
I got bored within a month of release, thankfully I was playing with Game Pass
cinder vessel
But if I'm already hitting rough waters taking out cannon towers solo...Ehh
Plus it's not like there's really a story going on to get invested in
austere lance
The game literally has no point
cinder vessel
If there were some magic ruins or something to puzzle through and plunder that'd be one thing...
austere lance
You do voyages to get all the factions to level 50 and become a Pirate Legend so you can do Athena voyages (which are like a 2 hour mix of a bunch of random faction voyages) just so you can hit Athena level 10
cinder vessel
But none of the updates have added that so far
austere lance
Then when you hit Athena level 10 there's nothing else to do (not that there really was to begin with, lol)
To recap: You grind forever to get the chance to grind even more
cinder vessel
but...what does leveling even...get?
like...is it literally just number go up, or does it unlock tiers of cosmetics?
echo hill
cosmetics ๐
austere lance
Cosmetics, lol
cinder vessel
so, it does unlock tiers of them or just...flat out hey here's some more cosmetic things? lol
austere lance
Most cosmetics require you to be certain levels and pay a lot of gold to unlock them
cinder vessel
aah
cinder vessel
kev, do u like Sonic?
cinder vessel
๐
fluid hare
jade lake
i aint judgin ๐ณ
austere lance
cinder vessel
sonic's good
jade lake
no
austere lance
Yo momma so fat Jabba the Hutt said DAYUUUUUM
raven frost
Yo momma so fat when she gets in the car they have to get a whole wide load convoy to follow her
austere lance
Yo momma is so stupid she thought Jar Jar came with Pickles Pickles!
rigid haven
your mother is so dumb she laughed at one of my jokes
austere lance
Oof
cinder vessel
@brisk merlin sonic forces has vore with a snek!
austere lance
Gears of War 2 had the best vore
bronze wind
yo mama is a wonderful woman and I respect her
austere lance
๐
rigid haven
gears of vore holy shit
teal mason
man I remember that shit
austere lance
Gears of Vore xD
iron inlet
it would appear that Apex: Legends is looking to dethrone fortnite
iron inlet
10 million players in three days, and yesterday it had more viewers than fortnite on twitch
nearly 4x the viewers
fallen notch
Or just new?
meager panther
Nah it's got everything adult gamers prefer
Big mechs
Big guns
Idk the environment it's set in,but I guess it's more realistic and has post apocalyptic vibes
teal mason
I don't think this one has the titans in but it got good guns cos Respawn
more importantly, it ain't fortnite 
idle saffron
Nah - just another game with no substance behind it
I didn't like fortnite or pubg either
I liked for honor a bit
meager panther
I haven't played any fps games
idle saffron
I just need more story to my games, even a crappy story would be ok - battle royale isn't for me
meager panther
Other than mass effect series,I can't think of any fps games I have played
teal mason
I don't think I ever played a battle royale game afaik
idle saffron
Apex has good controls and responsiveness- just not into it personally
teal mason
does staying alive in a last team standing match in GTAV count
idle saffron
Nah, just a match type - not the focus of the whole game
To be clear, I'm not hating those that like battle royale - it just isn't for me
iron inlet
brisk merlin
Mass effect isnt fps ajajaja
idle saffron
I mean, cool - but isn't this like 5 years too late?
iron inlet
nah dude, I think this could breathe life back in to Skyrim
it's compatible with other mods too
blazing torrent
anyone here wanna play apex
willow crypt
You guys should play the Titanfall 2 campaign
meager panther
Wait isn't Titanfall the new Apex?
willow crypt
One of the best fps campaigns we've gotten in years
willow crypt
It's in the Titanfall universe
teal mason
^
just no titans
and battle royale
but as I said few days back a battle royale with properly balanced titan mechanics would be fucking sick
willow crypt
It would
I'm not a big battle Royale player, but it piques my interest when a studio takes the concept and innovates.
teal mason
p much why I play so many indie games
willow crypt
Same
Weird coincidence. I'm here mentioning Titanfall, then get on Facebook and see one of those "Your memories on Facebook" things and see this :
winter yew
I wish there were titans ๐
willow crypt
It'll be an evolving game, so who's to say they won't add something similar in the future? Seems like they'll add vehicles, so why not titans
winter yew
ohh ok
winter yew
for anyone who liked the Galaxy on Fire games
it looks to be a remake of the game by the same name that's on iOS/Android
jade lake
hmm
austere lance
Apex is good af, and this is from somebody that hates BR
willow crypt
The world building and consistency seems a lot stronger than others like Fortnite.
austere lance
That's because it takes place in an already-established universe (Titanfall)
cinder vessel
delayed response but, uh, sorry Skyrim is still bad, it's from the desaturated era of games so the color palette is bland.
it also features classic Bethesda doesn't know how to combat so while the combat is functional it's inconsistently satisfying.
anyway, Apex Legends is fun
bronze wind
I like Skyrim
willow crypt
I like Skyrim
cinder vessel
so do many
bronze wind
Yes
austere lance
And it takes the good things from other BR games and brings them together+adds Titanfall stuff. And the ping system makes it so you can easily win matches without using a mic
willow crypt
I hate mic
austere lance
I put a questionable amount of time into Oblivion and Skyrim, lol
cinder vessel
Also the VOIP quality or people's mics, one of those two if not both, just suck
austere lance
@willow crypt I've yet to plug in my mic when I play it and I've been in 4 teams that got to the final two
The ping system makes it sooooo easy to communicate, I love it
meager panther
Enemy ping
willow crypt
austere lance
Lol
austere lance
You can ping enemies for your team in Apex Legends @meager panther
austere lance
You aim at them, hit a button, then they get a marker over their head and your hero says "enemy here"
meager panther
Do they extend their pinky while drinking tea
willow crypt
And you feed the tea to their heads
meager panther
austere lance
They literally get a marker on your screen
meager panther
I see
willow crypt
๐ค
austere lance
It's pretty damn cool
I like pinging equipment for my team, it's great that your hero says the name of the weapon
cinder vessel
ooh fuck, imagine having to record all those lines
austere lance
And we wonder why there's only 8 heroes ๐
willow crypt
8 is a good number
austere lance
I've found some phat whales playing the game btw. People with both locked characters and a LOT of cosmetics already
I think it's gonna make hella $$$, which I'm definitely ok with
I've seen paid games with much worse quality (looking at you PUBG)
willow crypt
Yep, we should support game devs that make quality ftp games
austere lance
As far as I'm aware it's optimized pretty damn well too, it runs great on my OG Xbone and doesn't have annoying pop-in like most BR games
raven frost
I C O S A H E D R O N
brisk merlin
kinky
rigid haven
Oh my god look at that thicc boy
raven frost
time to mess with character customization
rigid haven
Thicc, now available in vanilla
raven frost
EXTRA THICC
rigid haven
STRAWBERRY THICC 
cinder vessel
gonna monch that thicc strawbewwy
raven frost
oooh this one's weird
raven frost
oh shet
wait a sec I just figured out what the I C O S A H E D R O N is for
oh FUCK
bronze wind
It's for my butt
brisk merlin
owo
cinder vessel
speaking of bums, had a bummer squad in Apex just now. The lead quit right away and the other guy just kinda seemed to expect me to follow'em around
bronze wind
yeah that's what I'm not a huge fan of cooperative random games
although anthem to me did a good job of making it more or less possible with or without solid cooperation
aside from people taking 5 minutes to revive lol
cinder vessel
i'm concerned anthem will have the typical issue with its type of game having bullet-spongy enemies that take forever without everyone focusing it down
bronze wind
The only ones I really don't like are the enemies that have shields. It seems like it takes unreasonably longer.
Bosses don't bother me as much cause it's a boss.
rigid haven
Enemy shields seem beefier than the enemies themselves
cinder vessel
i like my bosses' with shiny weak spots
bronze wind
But when there's like 5 dudes with shields and the shields start regenerating by the time I've started reloading, it's annoying
The boss in the stronghold has a weak spot
cinder vessel
but also yeah the shields were rough
bronze wind
several large ones actually
cinder vessel
i never even tried the stronghold since no team to play with
bronze wind
it's easy enough with random, if you ever decide to try
cinder vessel
i don't like randos
rigid haven
It's easy, just dodge around and it's all good
cinder vessel
i don't like playing MP that way tho
rigid haven
Obviously a team that works as one is better than one that works as many
bronze wind
You don't really have to just dodge around
rigid haven
I was doing that, otherwise I would've been very dead
bronze wind
oh i mean you can work with them, just doesn't require VC
I never used VC with randoms
basically just fighting stuff at the same time makes it fun/easy
cinder vessel
gib text chat
cinder vessel
i can always find time to shitpost between blasting enemies
bronze wind
"selling 3 grabbit skins 1400g"
bronze wind
it was a joke 
rigid haven
you're a joke
bronze wind
yes but that's not relevant here
rigid haven
But yeah Anthem is fun but I hope it gets a difficulty boost in the full release
I died a bit but it's still too easy
bronze wind
The higher difficulties are pretty rough
Hard is, at least, unless you have a full team
They didn't expose the higher difficulties in the demo though, might be worth trying those
rigid haven
Hard is the one I failed on, in a normal mission
And yeah, those look nice and hard
Just how I like things
bronze wind
:smrik: