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#other-games
bronze wind
reef storm
unless they fell off
bronze wind
fuck
reef storm
fck
winter yew
ono
bronze wind
i hate when my i's fall off
reef storm
n
winter yew
too hate t when my 's fall off.
jade lake
ah sht my i
bronze wind
's
winter yew
h gd h fucc
jade lake
o god o fuc
austere lance
There's a LOT of stuff to do in this game, damn
bronze wind
austere lance
Nah, it's hella fun
cinder vessel
@bronze wind it's more about when i watch other people's recorded play sessions, i just find it clutters up the screen. ppl can play however but if i was watching someone stream i'd be like, pls could you switch them off, lol
if you're not showing your gameplay to others then y'know, do whatevs ya feel like idgaf
bronze wind
I mean they can still play how they want if they stream
But difference of opinion I guess
cinder vessel
Oh they can too, but if i'm watching i'll request they disable it or just tune out so eh
Tbh even ignoring the look of them I just don't find them all that useful, and kind of a dull way to convey damage from a design perspective
bronze wind
Yeah they literally don't bother me at all so def just a difference of opinion
cinder vessel
but i know that trying to do it other ways is much more work
like even just retexture with lower health percentages would be a bunch more than just hey show the big numbies
and yeah ultimately it's a diff. of opinion that probably most people don't give a fuck about
jade lake
more like a nitpick
cinder vessel
it's kinda hilarious to me to see in games that strive after high fidelity tho and then fuckin' break it with big numbies
austere lance
Wise games let you turn them off, lol
Nothing is funnier than games that let you make the numbers bigger 😂
jade lake
donut drake from uncharted 2 anyone?
austere lance
Fuck, I can't remember which game I just played that lets you crank the number size up
cinder vessel
...anthem? 🤔
jade lake
you are always talking about it
austere lance
Probably? I'm definitely gonna try that out later, make MAXIMUM NUMBERS 😂
cinder vessel
i felt so much better when i switched them off in the demo, lol
austere lance
If the 0's aren't big enough for enemies to walk through you're not playing it right xD
God I hope they get that big, I'll die laughing
We need the next Borderlands to make fun of damage numbers and make them tangible objects that you can use as cover, lol
Or as weapons
Drops a giant 35 on a Psycho
cinder vessel
pls, no more 😩
austere lance
A gun that makes damage numbers fall on the ground after a second and turn into ammo
BL 3 has so much shit to make fun of, it's gonna be ridiculous
cinder vessel
a spreadsheet that has you playing as a gun cursor that leaps through the sheets dropping numbers to 0
austere lance
Fidget spinner cannon better be a thing
austere lance
Or a small orange Midget Psycho with a tiny wall that dares you to cross it
cinder vessel
tfw borderlands 3 accidentally becomes a duke nukem style game where all the humor is incredibly dated
austere lance
Tbh I can see the orange Midget Psycho being a thing, lol
cinder vessel
or would it just be an orange psycho with tiny hands?
austere lance
It's too perfect for them to not do
austere lance
austere lance
Don't forget to appreciate the beauty of the Halo 2 Anniversary Hunter
austere lance
Chain letters in Anthem LMAO
cinder vessel
starlink's fun
trying to figure out where the side-missions are tho, or if there are any
lots of little fetch style tasks atm
or like rescue the outposts, which are alright
cinder vessel
😮 you get to build outposts
austere lance
You also do that in Andromeda
cinder vessel
true, but no starship dogfighting, so
teal mason
tbh non numbered Far Crys recently has been p underwhelming to say the least
Blood Dragon was $20 and has a far more unique map and actual different gameplay
now it's just like they shoved a bottle of paint down the Far Cry machine and then a new, more coloured Far Cry shits out the other end
austere lance
I refuse to play any after Primal, it was fun af and a good finale for the series for me 😂
Then again, I managed to skip 4
teal mason
I mean, even primal has the animal stuff
New Dawn has like, "match the pattern" puzzles
austere lance
Primal was a helluva lot more R rated than the other games, lol
Jesus fuck on a unicycle, a guy I know in another server hasn't slept in two days and has been playing Apex Legends non-stop the whole time
teal mason
weird flex but ok
austere lance
Yep
cinder vessel
oh hey, for any of the Monster Hunter folks around, can you play that game enjoyably enough with folks that are higher level, or is it basically like they smash through everything and you just kinda sit back as a low level player?
teal mason
should've streamed the whole thing so at least he could get some of those sweet twitch money
cinder vessel
can't get twitch money if ya die of exhaustion tho
austere lance
Ah yes, the "Smack enemies 600 times til they die" game. I've never been a big MH fan, lol
cinder vessel
but you like anthem where it's spray a thousand bullets till they die game when it comes to bosses? 🤔
teal mason
but if you die without the Twitch money how do you pay for cremation
laughs in Payday 2
cinder vessel
you put it in your will or whatever to stream the cremation but only if you get enough subscribers & donations
austere lance
Anthem has difficulties, lol. How many bullets it takes depends solely on you 😄
cinder vessel
extra sub goal: underground cremation
austere lance
HIS FRIEND IS LEVEL 80
cinder vessel
wat
no wonder he's been playing nonstop, he's in an unhealthy relationship with the other person
austere lance
The friend he plays with non-stop is 80
Ok, maybe it's not his friend. Hopefully
meager panther
Actually
I wanna know why the Military doesn't have exosuits
Or why they don't give soldiers any armor for their head (the face)
Even in medieval times ,knights had full body armor
teal mason
it's mostly just a balance between weight, mobility and protection capabilities
and effectiveness and all that
millitaries don't usually like things that has many possible points of breakdown, the simpler the better
meager panther
But what if he gets shot in their noggin?
I think full body armor will prevent so many limb injuries,etc
Amputation
Etc
teal mason
afaik some special forces wear face masks but in the military sense I think it might just be because of the visibility reduction it induces
yeah the kind of full body armor we have currently are also so bulky they reduce mobility a lot
meager panther
I am actually going to ask a military friend of mine
teal mason
yeah do that lol
meager panther
This seems so counter producive
Like it will avoid so many limb and head injuries
teal mason
well the H&K G11 was made to be a miracle gun, and at the end it didn't even get to what it aims to do
a lotta things we probably won't see until in hindsight lol
austere lance
We don't have exosuits because we have nothing to efficiently power them with
cinder vessel
also that^
austere lance
And we have helmets rated for small caliber rounds already
meager panther
No we have body armor
Aka chest armour
Why not just have similar stuff but for limbs and head
austere lance
Because our body armor is thick af Kevlar, which would limit the hell out of your mobility if it was on your arms 😂
teal mason
yep basically my point there
cinder vessel
buut yeah, what Joe was saying, Starlink was always pitched towards children, so enjoying it depends a lot on one's level of tolerance for that sort of thing
cinder vessel
Since I sorted out my hard drive issues and had some time away from work I've been digging into it some more
reef storm
Nice. I'll probably take it to Atlanta with me tomorrow
cinder vessel
Really surprised at some of the systems at play here
cinder vessel
lol
reef storm
I don't know what to do with myself dude. I've got the rest of my work week off after I leave the office
cinder vessel
I honestly thought the systems went about as far as different ship parts have different stats, combine to find preferred setups
reef storm
Closest thing.
cinder vessel
So when suddenly there's all these mods you can install in the ship, and the weapons, and you can fuse the mods to make better mods, and then there's outposts to produce said mods and feed you resources to set up more outposts, like holy shit what
reef storm
I agree Leon. It's an extensive system
cinder vessel
also wait what rest of the work week off? lucky 😩
my schedule's a funky mess of in a couple days, off a day, in a day, off a couple more, and it's like make up your minds
reef storm
I don't take much time off, so this is nice.
reef storm
If I weren't going to ATL to see family, I would.
reef storm
Nice
gaunt hare
Man I would love to play that game...
Souls is my favorite series. Ashen looks really cool.
At least until Sekiro
reef storm
Patiently waiting for Sekiro
iron inlet
Ashen is awesome
It gets less and less souls-y though
It's pretty easy towards the end
And honestly the bosses are the easiest part of the game
gaunt hare
I think it would be really cool if they let you play Sekiro with the Japanese voice cast because the actors in the trailers were 👌
reef storm
I hope that's an option.
gaunt hare
reef storm
Ohhhhh
gaunt hare
:D
I just googled that. It's not a definite yes, but at least they are aware we want it
reef storm
I hope it happens.
blazing torrent
hello
willow crypt
Metro has a nice photo mode and an apocalypse filter
light cairn
isn't the entire game an apocalypse filter? 🤔
willow crypt
Yes, but this filter makes EVEN MORE apocalypsy!!
full pivot
i like how devs realized that due to the blockbuster cinematic nature of games these days they should prolly put in a photo mode so their work gets fully appreciated haha
otherwise it can be like blam blam done
willow crypt
It's a great way to allow players to appreciate the finer details
full pivot
there was SO much detail in SOMA for example that you just lose because you're avoiding a monster or something
full pivot
i cried at the end
cinder vessel
the monsters don't really add much to it, lol
The story stands on its own just as well
willow crypt
They are pretty terrifying though
That one level in that building with all those dark hallways and multiple rooms
😢
humble mural
full pivot
i suppose it was the only thing separating it from one of those walking sim games haha
i feel also like it was meant to be horror straight up
and they discovered a better idea mid-development
monsters were left over
full pivot
you have an xbox don't you?
full pivot
cinder vessel
can't remember, logitech controller, right?
meager panther
Yeah
austere lance
jade lake
@winter yew so thats where the art style came from
well not directly
but some traces are in there
winter yew
Most likely lol
I’m curious as to how some of the things are gonna look in the new art style
Like the dog in the village you start in looks like a fox in the new art style
austere lance
Started Mass Effect 2, haven't played it in 9 years 😄
ripe frost
These guys ripped off pokemon so hard they probably gon get sued
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cremagames/temtem-massively-multiplayer-creature-collection-a
Kickstarter
winter yew
Lol
I saw that game on Kickstarter awhile back
And game mechanics can not be copyrighted or whatever
That’s why there’s tons of Pokémon clones
For example https://youtu.be/WeS2Ru1mI-c
rigid haven
Providing it doesn't say "Pokemon" or include any pokemon, it's fine
cinder vessel
what if you poke monsters tho, or stuff them in your pocket
rigid haven
Oh yeah, they're called "pocket monsters" fully
Though some of them are too big to put in your pocket
Then there are some that people want in their pants as a whole
Pokemon has really evolved since the beginning
austere lance
We talking about the people that wanna fuck Gardevoir
ripe frost
I feel like the vast bulk of the pokemon clones all tend to clone pokemon in its gen 3 - ish stages
rigid haven
gardevore
austere lance
I'll gardevore you
fluid hare
And Lucario.
ripe frost
Earliest gen pokemon felt very very different. I like both
but Gen 1, was so much about morals and nature and peace an shit
fluid hare
I guess so.
ripe frost
The pokemon were mostly real animals with a mild fantasy twist
fluid hare
Your profile picture is Pluto!
ripe frost
although im pretty sure nobody ever figured out what Bulbasaur is supposed to be
YES IT IS lol
fluid hare
Turtle with a gourd shell?
ripe frost
Its like a shell-less turtle / stout dinosaur growing flowers and vines from its back
austere lance
They explained it in the cartoon, lol
ripe frost
Like, We can plainly see that Growlithe is a fluffy dog
fluid hare
That’s fiery.
ripe frost
The art style was even really different
I mean in the shape and design Growlithe is like a dog, a fluffy breed
I know he's fire lol
fluid hare
Like maybe a Chow Chow?
bronze wind
the only thing that really annoys me with all the pokemon clones is they all have basically the same art style
fluid hare
Yeah.
ripe frost
RIGHT thats what I was saying earlier they all seem to rip off almost the exact same era of pokemon
bronze wind
i don't mind clones but the creatures always look the same and the eyes never work
ripe frost
seems to be gen 3 / 4
bronze wind
it's not even the designs, just the actual style they use
Like the weird glossy look and oversaturated colors
ripe frost
Well the original 150 were in design for like 6 years before they were actually a game
I bet if any of the clones took six years in creature design they would look far better
bronze wind
Yeah I shouldn't be expecting too much originality from people basically copying an entire set of game mechanics
ripe frost
Yup
bronze wind
Although the creatures do look alright in some, they're just always mobile games too lol
bronze wind
I'm indifferent but I never want to play a game on my phone
ripe frost
Phones were not built for that sort of use
bronze wind
I wish more games would focus on the aspect of evolution like Pokemon and Digimon do
fluid hare
They just want money.
bronze wind
That's the main reason Ilove those games
ripe frost
Now if it had two more inches off the bottom edge just committed to gaming buttons, maybe lol
Well evolution really is just simplified maturity in most cases
Ive always thought it would be cool if a given species of whatever creature starts as its child form like a Charmander, and gradually transitions to its adult over time like an actual animal, not in sudden flashes like pokemon evolution
bronze wind
Yeah I meant aht concept is cool but I enjoy the Pokemon way of doing it as well
ripe frost
Obviously thats an insane concept for a gameboy but its 2019, who knows if a pokemon imitator qwill do something cool one day
bronze wind
I actually like the Digimon way a lot more, in the games where evolution is consistent rather than temporary
ripe frost
IIRC digimon had a blend, some forms tempo, some permanent
bronze wind
With branching evolutions and reverting
ripe frost
pokemon did that way later with the mega evos
bronze wind
Well it depends on the game with Digimon
Some games have temp
Others are permanent
Regardless of type
ripe frost
Temp or perma, you gotta stick with a choice, as someone acting as an authority over something like that
bronze wind
The cyber sleuth games do it well, although I imagine people might not enjoy the grindiness
I like Digimon designs much more than Pokemon in a lot of cases too lol
The games just usually aren't as good 😩
I actually attempted to do a romhack of fire red and replace all of the pokemon with digimon
ripe frost
This shiny-ish watercolor art style
bronze wind
yeah I enjoy that
I mean I like the new style too
I feel like clones just try so hard to make the creatures interesting and it's always over the top
ripe frost
When I was about ten and I got the first gameboy game, I also had a little book with all the pokemon and their basics, that had this art style, too.
bronze wind
Like even the lame Pokemon have nice art styles
bronze wind
And that's cool
bronze wind
Yep
It doesn't have to look like someone made a bubble gum sculpture of a cloud and stuck it to a cat
ripe frost
I think the fact that the pokemon "world" both in the games and in the show early on, were very much just the regular world, no flashy supercharged fantasy and godlike monsters, just some little creatures, some of whom have elemental powers, but even then, rarely over the top
cinder vessel
exo computers were made for accounting not games /s
ripe frost
remember squirtle trying to put out a medium fire with his water couldn't even do that solo
Computers were made for porn. Get your facts straight
cinder vessel
no that's what paint and canvas were made for
ripe frost
Also, other that being cartoonified, Squirtle is a REGULAR turtle
cinder vessel
that SQUIRTS JETS OF WATER
ripe frost
He doesnt have big frilly gold blades coming off his head or crazy stripes
We have a real-world fish that shoots jets of water
wh
BTW if you dont recognize what a pokemon is, usually you just uneducated 😛
Like this Wooper here
fluid hare
Squirtle has a tail like a squirrel.
ripe frost
Squirrels are real tho 😄
bronze wind
u tellin me squirtles aren't real 😟
ripe frost
"fraid not, son
But they SHOULD BE
Thats why Im devoting my life to genetic engineering
charred badge
My favorite part of Gen I pokemon is that the actual mew glitch sounds so much sketchier than all the fake rumors
fluid hare
Yeah.
jade lake
yeah
bronze wind
ya
jade lake
zogg
bronze wind
butch
jade lake
Zoid
bronze wind
Abutchera
jade lake
Dan
meager panther
Yeah
jade lake
😐👊
meager panther
Andrew
bronze wind
Gamer
meager panther
Robert
jade lake
that’s me punching @bronze wind
meager panther
Oh
bronze wind
yes harder
meager panther
Yeah
bronze wind
Ok this is literally me when I punch abutchera
jade lake
This is so me when I’m driving
bronze wind
💪 😤
jade lake
ouch bro you hit me in the zogg
bronze wind
woah
meager panther
bronze wind
that's epic bro
jade lake
gamers only 😎
bronze wind
🇵 🇵 🍑
meager panther
Wait
jade lake
pp peach
meager panther
That's illegal
bronze wind
pp
meager panther
bronze wind
yo wanna stimulate my frenulum before u go
bronze wind
dope thanks
jade lake
np
bronze wind
😮
meager panther
bronze wind
😨
meager panther
This is a Christmas server
austere lance
Fuck I forgot how good Mass Effect 2 is
meager panther
I only uninstalled mass effect Andromeda yesterday to make way for ace combat 7
It was apparently installed and there for 1.5 years without me playing it
Just hogging space
meager panther
Felt good to get back 51 gb space
brisk merlin
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/354311908540678144/547096153347457044/20190218_164336.jpg im cool
meager panther
Probably people will get stuck in it?
Like that movie
What's that
Ready player one
Or something
winter yew
what happened to elder scrolls blades
echo hill
SAO
winter yew
I've been thinking about it a lot recently
it got delayed like twice... and now has no release date
echo hill
winter yew
people getting stuck in headsets? sounds like something named walking tilted or something like that?
oh, I got it... walking titan!
meager panther
Oh
winter yew
no but seriously do you guys think we'll ever get a season three
I keep thinking it's just wishful thinking but I'm actually really curious
meager panther
Just make the game good
Also they gotta make the game good before stuff like star field or sq42 gets revealed
I think both will get trailers after ps5 launch event
raven frost
sq42 
eh wait nevermind
I have more faith that sq42 will come out okay than SC itself will
meager panther
They said it's probably q2 2020 release
There was a roadmap shown December 2018 for that
winter yew
oh fuck how did i miss this footage being released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTca9fM95vU
austere lance
Spaceship BR when
regal pulsar
Yo jump force is actually insane
winter yew
is it a fighting tame
brisk merlin
Does it have Jimmy neutron
winter yew
lol
willow crypt
Looks like im gonna avoid Anthem for a while after launch. https://youtu.be/Z-TuQGbXm3w
Hope we don't end up with another Destiny, but that's what it looks like it's shaping up to be.
willow crypt
Hmm probably justs differs from person to person
I just hope it's not one of those scenarios where, once the game is released, they have to schedule monthly updates to revamp systems and stuff. That got tiresome with D1 and D2
austere lance
Yeah the tombs mission takes like an hour, lol. Definitely not the horrific thing YouTube is making it out to be @willow crypt
austere lance
Plus Destiny had DLC pay-walls separating the playerbase, Anthem won't
brisk merlin
Yea
Only DLC pay thing is optional
Idk about javelins actually
Neither do the devs
So that's fine
austere lance
Important stuff like more strongholds and story will be free 👌
willow crypt
I respect that they're making the content free.
I just hope one of their goals has been to deliver us a strong, compelling story in combination with good combat.
looks a bit generic right now
light cairn
the combat is like the one good part of it right now
so they got that goin on at least
winter yew
Probably gonna cancel my preorder
The reviews aren’t looking too sharp. I have to admit, even for a game that claims not to inherit any of Destiny, it surely sounds like it has most of its issues
Thankfully not annoying DLC barriers though
light cairn
who claimed it doesn't inherit destiny?
winter yew
I’ve seen some people mention how the game isn’t like Destiny and won’t have many of its issues iirc. Mainly when people talk about what the game insists on
light cairn
it's actually kind of the opposite imo, a lot of the destiny aspects would fit it really well
austere lance
-Was being worked on before Destiny
-Inherits Destiny
Pick one
light cairn
this was being worked on since before 2014?
austere lance
Yes
light cairn
that's...really sad
austere lance
Since Mass Effect 3
light cairn
i think the frostbite engine really screwed up development
austere lance
It screwed up Andromeda's development too
winter yew
Either way they have similar attributes and unfortunately of these similar elements remains a few issues (not enough compelling endgame content is the primary one or a narrative that is fully fleshed out, but that’s just what I’ve heard).
light cairn
pretty much the reason i got it through origin access instead of outright buying atm
austere lance
complaining about endgame in a looter-shooter (the genre as a whole has problems with endgame) that technically hasn't even been fully released yet
Full release is on the 22nd
They'll also have a patch on the 22nd, btw
winter yew
If I’m not mistaken, the PC version has no time barrier or any kind of lock of content. It’s about the same game just without any fixes, isn’t it...?
My problems aren’t with bugs
light cairn
it's kind of funny that they bothered doing this whole early access thing that doesn't even have the day one patch
austere lance
Yeah, but it's early access for Origin Premier
winter yew
Also the genre having issues isn’t an excuse for this game not doing anything to fix them
austere lance
Idk why they did it but 🤷 @light cairn
light cairn
"publish game now pls" - ea probably
winter yew
Personally it seems like the genre’s issue stems from a developer who’s rushed by a corporate entity but that’s just theories. Look at Bungie and Activision. Now it’s BioWare and EA
light cairn
i'm so glad that Bungie got away from Activision
jade lake
anthem at first looked like multiplayer andromeda
austere lance
It has more content than Destiny, Destiny 2, and Warframe did when they released 😄
light cairn
Warframe is f2p tho, not a fair comparison. Destiny though, yes.
winter yew
But from what people are saying online, it still has issues with giving people things to do that aren’t repetitive after the story mode. Even if it’s better than those games, how much is it really?
austere lance
Plus it has a unique mix of gameplay. The flying and shooting and combo system are 😍
winter yew
Also I cancelled my preorder for Destiny as well back when the first was releasing
Eerie callback
light cairn
i hope Bioware actually keeps at it, because there's a lot of promise in it
but y publishers gotta not give studios time
(assuming this wasn't all on Bioware themselves)
winter yew
That’s probably why I’m gonna pick it up a couple of months after Friday
I’m eyeballing Spider-Man right now though. Might pick that up instead
light cairn
Spider Man is amazing 👌
jade lake
no U
light cairn
i wish
winter yew
When I was younger I’d go ham on all the Spider-Man games
austere lance
Anthem has the bonus of active devs that communicate with the community and listen
winter yew
Never played the new one though
Yeah I will definitely vouch for that. BioWare is being super active communicatively speaking
willow crypt
thats good
light cairn
yee
austere lance
They had a roadmap up already like a week ago, lol. Plus there's at least 12 devs in the Discord talking to everyone
light cairn
the only roadmap i saw was super vague
willow crypt
i wonder if they'll be able to keep players in the game with consistent content
better than Bungie
willow crypt
how long do strongholds last?
light cairn
i hope they can push out patches faster than Bungie does
austere lance
Hell, they added a social area like a month before release because people wanted one
light cairn
the social area isn't great though 😛
austere lance
Wot
light cairn
but still good in regards to response
willow crypt
sometimes i'm a little iffy on the whole live service genre.
winter yew
Me too. It feels more like a disguise for broken games
willow crypt
Developers constantly listening to players to create what the players want
austere lance
It has a Forge, contracts, challenges, and ways to communicate with randoms and make friends
light cairn
what ways to communicate?
willow crypt
instead of what the devs want
austere lance
Sort of a ping thing, you hit a button and it gives you options to talk to people, add them as a friend, and I think block them
light cairn
all i've seen is a friend option, no way to actually communicate with words directly
you can do a few preset messages but thats it
hopefully that's improved in the day one patch
willow crypt
Apex is a good example on how to do communication without talking
not construct, legends
😁
light cairn
i just don't get why text chat is apparently a weird thing for some devs to implement
hell, it took ages for destiny 2 to get a Local area chat, and even then they have it disabled by default...
willow crypt
yep don't know. Warframe allows it. maybe to prevent cyberbullying/toxicity? idk
We may be getting Borderlands 3 news next month
jade lake
i dont think that game exists anymore
willow crypt
HmmmhmmMMm
?
willow crypt
but we'll see. might be annouced by Randy at Pax east end of March
ripe frost
light cairn
🤔
ripe frost
because they know Everyone will be trashing Anthem??
light cairn
pardon?
winter yew
Exosolar Today at 9:47 PM
because they know Everyone will be trashing Anthem??
ripe frost
I only barely know what Anthem is, lol
light cairn
what regulations 
winter yew
Regulation 401 section 2.
brisk merlin
the FCC
austere lance
winter yew
Errrrrr
That's a pretty stupid rule, I don't think there will be many visually impaired (not colorblind) people playing FPS games,
Well, not just FPS but shooters in general.
Apex Legends has a text to voice and voice to text option, why not just do that?
light cairn
i feel like this wasn't thoroughly thought out (nvm misunderstood what exactly this meant before reading it)
i mean i like the idea of all games having tts for text chat
austere lance
Because they couldn't implement it before release
brisk merlin
something to do with prices in changing that
ripe frost
More like "Politicians aren't special superhumans who can see the entire universe and every consequence of everything they do"
and also aren't typically on our side to begin with
light cairn
weird that i've never heard of this until now, but it makes sense
this feels like it's gonna be hard to regulate
winter yew
There are two extra requirements that don’t apply to chat itself but do apply to any information needed to use the functionality (instructions, prompts, button labels etc):
Avoidance of common epilepsy triggers
Ability to pause any moving text
I also see why Microsoft jumped on the disability friendly inputs.
light cairn
i was wondering why apex had the extra option for prompts to show how to use chat, now it makes sense
winter yew
I've been saying how great I think the chat and ping system is, now I'm curious if that had been implemented if they didn't need to.
austere lance
God I love playing as Ranger
They did a helluva job making the Javs play differently, I love it
light cairn
i remember seeing a thing saying they tried to make it as easy possible to play solo by obscuring their own names in playtests
might uh, not want to abbreviate them like that
fluid hare
I’M GETTING THE MCC!!!
brisk merlin
nice
fluid hare
It’s awesome!
austere lance
Atta boi
fluid hare
I already played H2 on my PC.
austere lance
@willow crypt They noticed everybody doesn't like the Tombs part of the story so they fixed it
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGame/comments/as4lkv/changes_to_tomb_of_the_legionnaires_challenges/
willow crypt
That's good
austere lance
There are DAMN GOOD Day 1 patch details
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGame/comments/as5jnd/day_one_update_details/
cinder vessel
Improved load times 👍
Hopefully it resolves some of the reported HDD vs. SSD issues, i.e. the latter was way faster
like, to the point HDD folks came in mid-mission of SSD folks, lol
cinder vessel
Hmm, can't tell from these notes if it maybe resolves the Milestone awkward spot in the campaign some reviewers mentioned
That is, where everything just kinda stalls out to push you to do some random activities or something for a bit before being able to go forward, at least if I understood correctly
austere lance
Yeah, the Tombs. They patched it. And now you get progress from anyone on your team opening Tomb cheats
So now it goes by even faster
cinder vessel
Aah, that's what it was? I hadn't read too closely
austere lance
Colossus can revive allies while shielding, sweet lord
And he can deploy it faster
cinder vessel
Colossus is now Gibraltar x Lifeline? 🤔
light cairn
that would imply that either of them could take a beating like the Colossus can 😛
rigid haven
It's weird that Colossus doesn't have a passive shield considering he's the tank
cinder vessel
Gibraltar played well probably could
austere lance
Colossus was a bit weak in the demos, they said he's much more tanky now
He's actually playable with the day one patch, lol. It was horrific trying to use him when there was like a two second window after shooting or landing where he couldn't use his shield
rigid haven
Landing lag ftw
austere lance
Shit, I have Storm and Ranger unlocked and I was gonna go Inty next but now I'm thinking Colossus
I have like 8 levels til then tho
It takes MUCH longer to level up than it does in stuff like Destiny, feels like proper RPG leveling now
light cairn
i mean, in the end the levels don't mean anything it's all just about power level
but yes
willow crypt
I like when leveling takes longer and feels more meaningful
ripe frost
I always just want games that dont exist or are impossible and therefore don't exist
austere lance
You don't unlock Javs and component slots til certain levels tho
So I'd say levels mean something, lol
I just wanna be 30 so I can have max component slots
That's where the real Javelin building is
The edge of the compass will now pulse to show enemy locations
Thank you Bioware 😩💦💦
And they made the teammate tethering more lenient
I just got to Thane in Mass Effect 2, he's still my favorite Bioware character ever
light cairn
oh duh, totally forgot about the unlocking stuff. i was too engrained with destiny and the actual leveling not meaning much.
austere lance
LOL
Hell, you can't carry a second weapon til I think lvl 4
And you don't get a support slot til 5(?)
ripe frost
Just play a female character. They start with a support slot
austere lance
Um
cinder vessel
you...like leveling when it takes longer...despite it gating like, different "classes" so to speak? ick
cinder vessel
wait you have to level to carry a second weapon? 😩
austere lance
You pick them in whatever order you want
cinder vessel
i don't trust leveling systems, we have a bad relationship
austere lance
I picked Ranger for my first and Storm for my second
cinder vessel
why even have to pick tho
like you already have to pick in general when choosing which to play, lol
light cairn
to make you feel good
cinder vessel
it makes me feel bad tho so it fails 😩
austere lance
If everyone had access to all 4 at the start there'd be some dumb meta that everyone would use, now you learn each one til you unlock the next
Varies up teams
cinder vessel
all this does is basically delay meta development by a brief moment, lol
if you were really set on varying up the teams you'd make it a permachoice 😈
austere lance
They're gating them for the same reason that using specific Javs makes loot drop for them more.
Everyone has to learn their Jav and has a bunch of levels to master it
cinder vessel
it would be way cooler locked behind a puzzle is all i'll say to it
austere lance
Lol
cinder vessel
gib puzzles
light cairn
the only puzzle is figuring out how to not crash the game 😎
cinder vessel
to professor layton!
austere lance
Luckily that day one patch fixes crashing issues, lol. And refines pc controls
cinder vessel
speaking of crashing games i tried to play some more of Apex Legends the other night and one round it just flat out denied me by crashing to the desktop
austere lance
Oof
cinder vessel
i don't really know what went wrong there because heyo who needs error codes or logs (maybe there's a log buried somewhere, i haven't checked)
I feel like maybe i'll be more interested in Anthem after it's seen a year's worth of additional development, tbh
austere lance
Can't say I've had it crash on me yet. Lost connection to the servers once or twice
cinder vessel
All the patch notes at least suggest a positive trend with its support, so long as EA doesn't pull an Andromeda on it
austere lance
You don't need a year, Act 1 of their roadmap starts in March and ends with a Cataclysm
full pivot
Isnt this game free?
full pivot
I mean theres nothing to lose even if it gets ruined
austere lance
@full pivot We're talking about Anthem, lol. Tho Apex having a roadmap would be cool 🤔
Then I could see WHEN THEY'RE ADDING NEW LEGENDS
cinder vessel
Apex does have a roadmap, lol
austere lance
I'm scared that I'm gonna save up for Caustic, get him, then die inside cuz they release new Legends two days later xD
WHAT
full pivot
I mean youre talking about both
cinder vessel
Anthem is paid, Apex is free, to be clear
Altho both are EA so, uh, kinda still applies even to Apex, lol
austere lance
Dammit
light cairn
?
austere lance
GIVE ME ASH
Pathfinder is fun and all but I need my scary Simulacrum character
I bet we get an ex-Pilot
ripe frost
I swear I was just following instructions
cinder vessel
that's what they all say
cinder vessel
B&B
ripe frost
I often use docks in place of decouplers because the weight is similar but the functionality is far superior
fluid hare
I’d just use a decoupler when I need one.
ripe frost
You can build however you want. 😄
iron inlet
Oh god the final achievement in Ashen is brutal
It's to beat the whole game in Children of Sissna mode, where you have 50% less health and stamina and the enemies all do double damage. Yowch
0.05% of people have unlocked it
jade lake
ez
meager panther
Nice
Looks interesting
Hopefully it doesn't get delayed or dropped by the devs
Also got my controller working with ace 7 using x360ce
And it's so great
willow crypt
Looks neat
It's apparently been in development for quite a while. Don't think they're going to give up on it
meager panther
It's two guys tho
meager panther
No no..just not being 100% optimistic
But this is the best teaser of a game I have seen in the past few months
willow crypt
Yep. Looks very unique and fun
austere lance
@iron inlet Sissna can fuck off, lol. Took me two tries to beat her
willow crypt
Bioware/EA should delay Anthem. I would have a ton more respect for them if they did.
brisk merlin
why
willow crypt
simply because it's not ready
and even if it still gets better months later, we'll always remember the disaster of a launch that happened.
it probably will get much better.
fallen notch
Although NMS kind of goes against that 
willow crypt
HG unfortunately did this as well, although there was a delay
cinder vessel
people hated when I said like, right before release, that they should delay again, but lmao i was right
willow crypt
yes you were
although watching HG evolve the game has been a really cool experience
cinder vessel
a lil' bittersweet
rigid haven
Last year?
willow crypt
hmmm?
willow crypt
you mean anthem?
willow crypt
oh
it's good they're allowing people to experience early access so more issues can be squashed at launch, but that's hardly enough time
cinder vessel
thanks EA
cinder vessel
I'd play it if it was free to play probably
willow crypt
doing a similar model to Warframe would appeal to me. Do javelins and weapons the way Warframe does Frames/weapons/cosmetics etc
although that's basically what Apex is doing
cinder vessel
it's also a live service/always online game anyway, which I'm increasingly of the view that you shouldn't have to buy into
austere lance
Jedi Academy is sooooo bad but so fun, lol
fallen notch
I liked it... But that was a long time ago.
reef storm
In a galaxy far, far away.
austere lance
It's still fun, especially when you use a Bowcaster and force lightning 😈
2003 (with cleaned up graphics and sound+wide-screen) be like
I was like 8 when this came out and it was the coolest shit ever, lol
cinder vessel
their clothing looks slightly damp
austere lance
Oops, wrong chat
echo hill
is the new metro game any good?
jade lake
i heard it was p great
willow crypt
@echo hill it's freaking incredible
And I'm saying that after completing Subnautica which is some of the most fun I've had in a game.
echo hill
do i need to play the first two before playing exodus?
jade lake
i dont think so
austere lance
Probably helps understand everything, lol. The Metro Redux bundle is usually cheap and has both game's remasters in it
willow crypt
Hope you enjoy.
cinder vessel
Can't remember, @austere lance did you end up getting Darksiders 3?
austere lance
Nyet
cinder vessel
Mm, just saw where they apparently introduced a classic control mode to it to make it play like the first couple games
austere lance
Did they remove the Dark Souls shit, lol
cinder vessel
No, they just made it optional
ripe frost
Just sent a six-Kerbal tourist group up, was re-entering before I realized there were no parachutes
Went for a powered landing with excess fuel and only killed one Kerbal of the sic
Overestimated the Poodle's muscle
echo hill
btw if you have twitch prime, you get a free skin for pathfinder and 5 apex packs on Apex Legends.
winter yew
Playing through God of War and Spider-Man at the same time. They’re both extremely well done
Also, yeah, I need to do that
echo hill
omfg spiderman and GOW are so goooddd
cinder vessel
eh
winter yew
God of War constantly puts a smile on my face
Kratos is so awesome. The story works well with the dynamic of subtly knowing who he is through context clues or realizing from older games how much of a power he is
I’m in between that. I know of his origin and some of his key factors but I haven’t played any of the originals save for some online game called ascension
cinder vessel
lol
That's more towards thinking Ascension was an online game, when it did have some light campaign to it if I'm not mistaken
winter yew
I played the beta and that was it I think
meager panther
Hey @idle saffron ,you ever use laser in ace combat 7
full pivot
Reading articles on Elite is ridiculous sometimes; a 600 hour rescue mission to save a stranded pilot 😅
reef storm
And it's being streamed on Twitch also.
winter yew
Can't the person just reset?
winter yew
No
He would lose a lot of money and all his discoveries along the way
I didn’t read into it too much but I took a similar journey on a much smaller scale and it took me a week to get back to the bubble from where I went lol
Of just straight jumping
full pivot
yeah its why i quit the game for a year because i had been exploring for like 6 months and died from a neutron star
cinder vessel
oof
austere lance
This isn't the first time the Fuel Rats have spent a week rescuing someone, lol
full pivot
i think its really cool actually
austere lance
It's what they do, I like em
full pivot
i just think a lot of the MP stuff in Elite is cool sounding
even though i don't really wanna involve myself in the online aspect
cinder vessel
travel times & MP kinda put me off it personally, but if others enjoy it 🤷
full pivot
i mean the exploration aspect is what i like; i don't want anything to really happen except enjoying the scenery
cinder vessel
i like exploring, but not when it feels like i have to wait a long time to get to the point i want to explore
full pivot
that's not really exploring then; its not an instant gratification thing
cinder vessel
What I mean is I explore specific locales vs. just aimlessly roaming an empty space hoping there's something when there typically isn't
full pivot
well i too could be disappointed in something if i expected something to be there that wasn't nor was ever meant to be 🤔
the space they show in Elite is the most realistic they have in a game atm; space is pretty devoid of stuff
cinder vessel
I'm not disappointed because I just don't waste my time in those spots tho so it's usually all good
Yeah, but then: why bother, and I know "immersion" and all but I don't buy into that mentality personally
full pivot
for people like me
i mean i've spent hours in Space Engine which isn't even a game exploring space
cinder vessel
On a different note tho, this is apparently a thing now:
https://www.pcgamer.com/paradox-has-launched-its-own-modding-platform-with-microsoft/
Yeah, but Space Engine is like the only place I'd want that, myself, and not in a game, lol
brisk merlin
space engineers
cinder vessel
Exploration without uncovering anything is just wandering, and that's cool, but not what I think of as exploration
full pivot
i mean this could easily slip into a semantics discussion on the comparison between wandering and exploration but i don't really wanna go there
the reality is no one actually has to like it so its no biggie
cinder vessel
Yeah, for sure, we each enjoy what we enjoy and as long as we're not trying to make each other do as we do we good
austere lance
Well shit, Bioware just keeps impressing me
`- Day One patch will be going live in ~4 to 6 hours
- Next content patch in March, you can earn vanity items by earning a key through completing dailies. All members with a key unlock a chest for everyone. Four chests per stronghold, with approximately 100 items to collect. No duplicates.
- Next content patch, introducing replaying story missions on a highly increased difficulty, and more, with new enemies balanced for level 30 on all six difficulty levels.
- Very detailed 90 day calendar scheduled to post next week, detailing content drops and quality of life fixes.
- Vanity store selection will refresh every 2 to 4 days, instead of the original 10+ days at launch.`
brisk merlin
yea
winter yew
I had to take a break from playing it, I've had dreams about it 3 nights in a row.
I'll be back to it tomorrow.
austere lance
I need to figure out what kind of brain-crack they put in the fuckin game to make it so addictive, lol
winter yew
It's ridiculous tbh
That ping system is a huge help, I hate interacting with other players but this lets me do it without doing it.
austere lance
I like the part where it's free and takes a bunch of concepts from PUBG but does them better 😂
Imagine having a free game do the stuff you did but better
The only games that have stopped me from solely playing Apex are Anthem and Mass Effect 2, lol
winter yew
I jumped on FO: NV today for the first time ever.
winter yew
Wow
I'm loving it.
I just done an 11 hour session.
Thought I should stop before I look at the clock and it's early morning.
acoustic shale
Damn that's sad that it makes you bored, New Vegas is incredible
austere lance
Meh
acoustic shale
lol
austere lance
I put waaaaaaay more time into 3
winter yew
FO4 was the first FO game I played.
jade lake
@winter yew new Vegas is the schnizzle man
the soundtrack is just 👌😩
outer worlds seems to be similar to it, which is probably the only reason I’m looking forward to it
if obsidian wasn’t making it I probs wouldn’t care tbh
winter yew
I can't wait tbh, it's a day one purchase for me.
I don't buy day one much at all anymore.
jade lake
the way the devs are so open about it, and how much they care about it makes me wanna pre order it
and i hate preordering stuff
austere lance
^ me with Anthem
jade lake
and I’m just glad the single player RPG isn’t dead yet
winter yew
I can't wait to play Anthem tbh
But games as a service model I leave alone for 6-12 months before I purchase.
austere lance
The devs being so open about things and their obvious love for the players is 😍
Why wait 6 months, they're releasing a detailed 90 day roadmap next week 😄
winter yew
I hate waiting for events, when I purchase there'll be a decent amount of content to get sunk into.
willow crypt
honestly no reason to preorder anymore, aside from stuff you can get. only games i'll preorder are single player games with little to no focus on multiplayer developed by devs I can trust that aren't under publishers who i don't trust
EA: its in the game
jade lake
the only games I would bother pre ordering anymore are indie games that are 10-20$ that piqued my interest
so if it sucks
not much harm
willow crypt
those games, you usually know what you're gonna get
jade lake
yee
willow crypt
and there are probably only a few issues that can be nailed out quickly
jade lake
take the messenger for example, pre ordered and when it came out I knew what I was getting
and I loved it
winter yew
I feel the same way hexagonal
Games as a service have a nasty habit of releasing only subpar foundations that I feel like I play too much of at the start to really want to come back to it and give it another shot. No Man’s Sky managed to release groundbreaking updates, Anthem I'm worried about.
I bought Destiny at release only to feel ripped off at the lack of gameplay. I gave it a few years, and I got the game back for cheaper than its initial release with all DLC content and it was way more packed
willow crypt
Yep
winter yew
Seems like these games as a service are basically recruiting early adopters only to fund the next few years in which they finally fix their games. Certainly sounds like a viable, if annoyingly repetitive business model. They definitely don’t tell people that directly though
As in the case of Anthem, I’m not entirely certain what all will go down. But I can definitely tell I’m gonna wait. Endgame is sparse, and it’ll likely get better in the future (as will the other issues with the game). Also, price will go down.
Everyone who wants to support it can get it now. I’m just gonna stop supporting and do a stake out. Right now I’m actually playing through Spider-Man. I literally just beat God of War, too.
willow crypt
Those are the top 2 I want to play after metro.
willow crypt
For games like Anthem, I can understand people's love for games like it. Sometimes they have a positive element that outweighs the negatives for them. Same for me with certain games
I believe you
winter yew
Also, I’m using the twenty extra dollars I didn’t use for Anthem (Spider-Man was only forty now) to put towards the Dreams Early Access
willow crypt
Plus it's fantastic for people who like to consistently play with their friends
winter yew
Which means I’m only ten dollars away
jade lake
duddeee
winter yew
Yeah
jade lake
dreams looks so good
willow crypt
Dreams will be great
willow crypt
I look forward to playing people's creations in vr
jade lake
super excited
winter yew
I grew up on LBP. Hopefully the cycle returns anew
jade lake
LBP2 is a masterpiece
willow crypt
I hope it has a decently lengthy story
jade lake
im sure they will deliver
willow crypt
Lbp games all had about 6 or so hour campaigns
willow crypt
Yuh
winter yew
LBP3 has a good OST at least. It just had some critical issues and a few nitpicks. It was a solid, if a bit underdone effort.
It was kinda gimmicky with the extra characters though.
jade lake
LBP3 wasnt bad at all, but LBP1 and 2 man, it just doesnt compare
winter yew
Yeah. 2 was an absolute joy to play
I remember watching all the beta videos and being devastated when it was delayed
Also there’s Karting but nobody really speaks of it
jade lake
yeah we dont talk about that lmao
jade lake
so u arent getting anthem
austere lance
Skill Up 😂😂😂😂😂😂
jade lake
skill up does have good reviews
willow crypt
I think I'll get Anthem one day down the line though
It'll make a comeback and bring back in all the sceptics
Like me
austere lance
I liked it when one of the devs in the Discord listed stuff Skill Up was wrong about in one of his videos, lol
I need to screenshot shit like that more, it was gold xD
willow crypt
What was he wrong about
austere lance
Fuck if I know, I just saw one of the devs laughing at his bullshit like a week ago 😂
jade lake
🤔
willow crypt
Hmm
austere lance
Maybe that was two weeks ago 🤔
willow crypt
The thing is, he's not biased. He plays a game and gives his honest opinions
So a lot of it is his own opinions
austere lance
I can tell, lol. "worst shooting I've seen in a looter shooter" LMAO
Armor is hidden behind monetization 😂
"I was stuck in Fort Tarsis for 30 minutes talking to NPC's between missions"
Anyone feel like telling him you don't have to talk to every NPC on your map xD
rigid haven
I hate the fort
I really hate the fort
If it's anything like the demo I really hate the fort
agile tinsel
I heard that they added running in the fort, so can actually get around fast
willow crypt
That's not the point, the point is they haven't seemed to integrate the story into the gameplay well
rigid haven
It's not really the speed that gets me, it's how dumb it is
If I had to equate it to something I'd sayyy, hmm
Yeah I got nothing
willow crypt
Destiny tower npcs
rigid haven
It's like an interactive menu