I must find it one day and conquer it... for closure...
#other-games
gaunt hare
gaunt hare
Haha
cinder vessel
o_O
winter yew
lol.
cinder vessel
huh
visual snow
Has any of you played Axiom Verge?
visual snow
IDK this game is kind of emotional for me
Its got a really powerful story at least to me
Its got a great ost
winter yew
yeah it does have a pretty good soundtrack
winter yew
then again I'm pretty biased toward chiptunes
this is the direct link if you'd rather use that
visual snow
Something in spotify bugged idk thx i guess
cinder vessel
so, uh, have any of you played Nightmare of Druaga? It's an older game (PS2), but dude, it seems ahead of its time now, at least in some respects
winter yew
Never heard of it
idle saffron
Randomly generated loot and monsters
visual snow
@cinder vessel i guess its not so popular eh but you got my interest
idle saffron
Death was punished harshly
cinder vessel
it was basically a roguelike before roguelikes were as popular as they are now
idle saffron
Your weapons actually made a difference in your speed and range
cinder vessel
it reviewed poorly when it released, which was a time when its type of game wasn't too popular
visual snow
@cinder vessel i figured it might be the case. But is it actually any good?
idle saffron
Now?
idle saffron
Not in my opinion
Not that I didn't like it, but there are others that do it all better for sure now
visual snow
Speakimg of rouglikes have any of you played enter the gungeon?
idle saffron
Not me
visual snow
Highly recommend it
Excellent pixel art
Charmimg style
And many different guns
Many pop culture references
Just a jolly game
Just a really solid title i guess
austere lance
I'll show you a solid title 😏
visual snow
Please do XD
cinder vessel
@visual snow i don't know, i just picked it up used today because i've been eyeballing it for awhile now
i'm going in with a super fresh perspective i guess one could say, lol
visual snow
@cinder vessel you mean the game?
winter yew
Enter the Gungeon is intense
jade lake
yup
visual snow
@winter yew yeah its pretty tough
But its so good
Like there is love leakimg from it
visual snow
Yell me another game that has bullets that shoot guns out of bullets
winter yew
yeah
its like if Oregon Trail happened in the zombie apocalypse or something
You create a character and meet other survivors along the way, and context menus will pop up during the trip and things change depending on the choices you make
visual snow
Sound hella fun
winter yew
I haven't made it to Canada yet but I've gotten close x)
cinder vessel
Salad, yeah, just picked up Nightmare of Druaga
visual snow
Oh dishonored
bronze wind
?
bronze wind
That's alien vs predator, 2010
visual snow
Oh
bronze wind
alien stealth kill with its tail
visual snow
Goyta go i guess...
bronze wind
and harvesting a scientist
visual snow
Yummy
reef storm
reef storm
Agreed, though the no Play Anywhere option might be a bit of a roadblock
echo hill
A minor hiccup. Though it's good that they are looking into options for people who already own it
And it kinda makes sense though with it being on steam
reef storm
Yeah, but I'm more curious how a discount might apply unless they find a way to link xbox and steam accounts.
echo hill
🤷
austere lance
AvP 👌
winter yew
I need dis https://youtu.be/PUTAJkd2iCg?t=217
winter yew
my first time seeing them 😄
jade lake
but why
visual snow
I decides to support them
reef storm
Sometimes you just want to support someone. Nothing wrong with that. I follow a couple Patreons that release free content regularly.
visual snow
I think they are a different kind of a deal for me
reef storm
If it's content I enjoy, I'll throw a few dollars or a basic sub.
visual snow
They produce high quality content. And i just really like how passionate they are about games
cinder vessel
Nightmare of Druaga is a pretty decent turn-based roguelike! Really enjoy the 3D look of it
Running it through PCSX2 at 2x resolution makes it much sharper
tbh i think if they rereleased it it might do fairly well, with some obvious adjustments such as a light polish pass to the visuals and maybe some form of quick select for frequently used items/abilities
zenith night
Anyone here playing no Mans Sky
full pivot
im not; but i also don't play it online haha
the channels off of #roles are used to find other players but i don't think they're usually super active either
full pivot
at least PC isnt 😛
rigid haven
PS4 neither
Well, people are usually looking for game but it's a shame that not many people play
full pivot
for being a game that people complained wasn't online to begin with; once online came no one plays together 
gotta love that fanbase
cinder vessel
Left Alive: "gotta grand theft dat mech, enemy soldiers surrounding it, wat to do, wat to do"
*check inventory, see fireworks and smoke grenade*
"oh now there's an idea..."
*fireworks left & right & center, wait a seeeecc...smoke grenade...DASH AND GRAB*
"take my giant machine gun fire you bastaaarddsss!"
austere lance
I'd never heard of Left Alive til you started talking about it, I just Googled it and saw the reviews 😬
full pivot
i mean tbh i'd throw out the reviews on that
if the person who is so critical they drive me into a blood rage says fuck the reviews and its enjoyable; im sold
cinder vessel
but also there's basically no other third-person stealth shooters out right now, so it's filling that little niche for me
austere lance
Bring back Splinter Cell 😭
cinder vessel
I got Left Alive on a whim after I basically got the sense no one was gonna fuckin' review it until it'd been out for like 2 to 3 weeks and I didn't feel like waiting that long, lmao
full pivot
Hitman 2 exists
cinder vessel
always online garbage puts me offa the latest ones
fine games, i'm sure, but having to be online to progress is wtf gtfo
austere lance
Fuck, I might have to install Splinter Cell Blacklist on my Xbone. Forgot it was backwards compatible
cinder vessel
👍
full pivot
so do you disable your internet connection when not using it?
cinder vessel
i don't expect to need an internet connection to play a single-player game
full pivot
that's not an answer but ok 
cinder vessel
your question's just wanting to fuck with me
full pivot
my question is trying to make a point
austere lance
Is it bad that Hitman Absolution is the only Hitman game I've played more than 20 minutes of
full pivot
the real question is 'what's the difference'
cinder vessel
next you'll ask if i switch off the electricity when not using it, lmao
full pivot
actually no but be as hostile as you want i guess
cinder vessel
says the person that somehow i send into blood rages 👀
austere lance
I tried Hitman Blood Money but good lord it has NOT aged well
full pivot
cinder vessel
hitman games are all over the place in terms of quality tbh
full pivot
yeah i'm just gonna drop it
cinder vessel
but largely due to weird aging issues
austere lance
Absolution was a lot more linear than I was expecting
Their attempt to mainstream-ise Hitman failed, lol
cinder vessel
is that what that was...?
austere lance
Yeah, you could tell by the big flashy "helicopter shooting you across the rooftops" stuff 😄
cinder vessel
i'm honestly still amazed the new hitman took off at all, between the always online nonsense and the clumsy af episodic model that made it a pain in the ass to follow
full pivot
i enjoyed it
cinder vessel
moreso the latter than anything else
it's good that 2 just rolled it all into one, at least if i'm not mistaken
full pivot
i found nothing about it to be a pain in the ass
austere lance
I haven't played either of the new online ones, just Absolution in 2012 or whenever it dropped
cinder vessel
neither have i, due to aforementioned nagging issues to me
started to try it out via a demo or weekend thing but found my PC couldn't handle it so was like 🤷
full pivot
i had quite an enjoyable time playing it and showing it to my classmates
cinder vessel
and I don't think PS4 had a demo available...At least not at first
austere lance
I remember Absolution releasing close to Splinter Cell Blacklist and getting severely outclassed by my boi Sam Fisher, lol
full pivot
couldn't even tell that it was online at all tbh
full pivot
its rare that a game can get me to play the same scenario several times just to see the different options
cinder vessel
I stopped caring about Splinter Cell after...Probably the second or third, I think? The main character did nothin' to keep my interest
full pivot
austere lance
People were mad that Blacklist was kind of a soft reboot with a new voice actor but I liked it
cinder vessel
Sam Fisher is a less bizarre and interesting Snake to me, lol
austere lance
It had damn good gameplay, the final boss was a weak-boi tho
And multiplayer was hella fun, especially the horde mode
austere lance
Spies vs Mercs was a bit biased towards Spies but still fun
Cuz any moron could play as a Spy and melee your shit, compared to Mercs having to unlock good equipment and guns to be any use
I had some fun af matches with friends tho, we were Mercs and kicked ass with teamwork
And horde mode was fun cuz you could stealth the first couple rounds if you were careful
I miss that game 😢
I must have replayed the campaign 4 or 5 times, lol
austere lance
It let you replay missions with all the equipment you've currently unlocked, so I'd do ridiculously OP stealth playthroughs for a couple missions then switch to Rambo gear and go wild on others 😄
cinder vessel
ooohhh, makes it a bit better then
if it was a straight-up linear replay i'd be ded
austere lance
Sometimes I felt like playing it like Splinter Cell, sometimes I felt like playing it like Rainbow Six Vegas and doing door breaches with plastic explosives and LMG's xD
I COULD spend 15 minutes clearing rooms silently like a badass.........or I could wear heavy armor and blow up damn near everything
Added a lot more replayability than I expected tbh. You got multiple ways to go through levels for either playstyle
cinder vessel
perks of the ol' mission structure to games
austere lance
It had campaign missions, the Spies vs Mercs mode, horde mode missions, and cool co-op missions, and money you earned in one carried to the others. So I could earn money in the horde mode for campaign stuff
reef storm
Oi - thoughts on a community MC server? Focus would be on building design and not too much in the way of machinery or magic.
idle saffron
Is that a server where we are responsible for the proper and smooth conduct of the elegant and elaborate rituals involving the Pope and the sacred liturgy?
reef storm
It will be modded.
brisk merlin
I mean I like doing things like exploring or working towards an objective more than building
reef storm
Like what? (still in planning stages)
brisk merlin
Maybe get a mod pack that has quests?
idle saffron
1:1 replica of Euclid
winter yew
Shouldn't take too long.
idle saffron
Nah
reef storm
I'll look into a quest one.
meager panther
Is this for Minecraft?
reef storm
Yeah
reef storm
Correct
winter yew
Nice, nice.
austere lance
Why in the sweet fuck does Destiny 2 have such terrible load times
teal mason
just do all your inventory management in the loading screens
at least it's not Anthem
austere lance
Y'all ever walk into a room full of Hive with the wrong gun equipped, try to shoot a Thrall, then go "Well I just picked a whole fuckin bouquet of whoopsie-daisies"? Cuz I just did
austere lance
These javelin things Rasputin gives out are fun af, lol
meager panther
So Andromeda won't launch
No idea why
It starts a process in the task manager
But wount actually run
winter yew
That's the problem I have with launching ME1 😩
winter yew
I didn't.
meager panther
So?
winter yew
I skipped it and started ME2.
meager panther
Lmao
winter yew
Hahaha
idle saffron
Then you don't need it now, toss it
winter yew
😐
meager panther
Oh
winter yew
One of my favourite games.
idle saffron
Play nms
bronze wind
Join vc I'll help
meager panther
austere lance
@winter yew If you really can't get ME 1 to work there's a cheap add-on for ME 2 you can get that's basically an interactive video that lets you make important ME 1 choices
winter yew
Ok that could work I guess.
austere lance
Mass Effect: Genesis
winter yew
I'd have to restart ME2 right?
winter yew
I can do that, I'm only around 13 hours in.
austere lance
I wonder why ME 1 won't work. Google doesn't know?
winter yew
Nope, fixes I've seen are for stuck load screens.
It's literally the same problem gamer is having with ME:A.
It shows in Task Manager but doesn't actually appear on screen anywhere.
So it's loading but not loading.
meager panther
Yep
If anyone finds a solution
Pls ping me
I will give u zoids secret stash
As a reward
meager panther
Maybe
idle saffron
Did you guys try this ?
The game doesn’t launch, but it triggers a process in Task Manager
Your firewall or antivirus may be blocking ActivationUI.exe which is needed to start the game for the first time.
Add it (default location C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect Andromeda\core\ActivationUI.exe) to your firewall or antivirus whitelist and try launching the game again
@winter yew @meager panther
idle saffron
💔
idle saffron
Tali is saved!
winter yew
I just rescued her on ME2 too 😩
winter yew
😢
austere lance
@winter yew Play the game! Don't bother using a sniper til you've put a ton of points into it tho, Shepard has worse aim than a drunk penguin til you upgrade his skills
Also, I recommend playing on casual cuz the combat is poop. ME 1 is definitely supposed to be played for the story and nothing else, lol
It's a damn good story at least
winter yew
Thanks for the heads up, I got a little bit of work to do this week that could easily squeeze into a couple days if I don't get distracted.
Think I'm gunna get it done so I can ME for the rest of the week.
austere lance
👌
@winter yew I must warn you, I've been playing nothing but the ME trilogy for over a month now. The games are a phat time-sink
winter yew
Good, that's what I like to hear.
I got a couple weeks with no work beginning of April, I'm hoping to sink a good chunk of time then too.
Although, my GF is talking about a holiday so I dunno if that'll come true yet.
winter yew
Hahaha
I love ME:A so much so thought I should at least play through the others.
Season 1 of Apex Legends tomorrow. 😩
visual snow
austere lance
@winter yew. The original trilogy has a waaaaaaay better story and way better characters (and more of them, lol)
You're in for a treat
cinder vessel
that's easy when you actually get a full trilogy to develop each of them 🤐
cinder vessel
that was the intent tho...had they not rushed the first to release right off a cliff
jade lake
lmao
gaunt hare
And had they had better writers
and had they not changed direction of the game three times
Had they not hired a separate team to do animation in one short crunch period
cinder vessel
i half-wonder if the writers were decent but had basically zero time to edit and so we maybe ended up seeing a rough draft even they were like, "oh fuck me"
gaunt hare
I really don't think so from my time with Andromeda
cinder vessel
tbh i feel like that entire team's sentiment at the end was that: "oh fucking hell"
gaunt hare
The story came across as really, really bad to me and downright confusing and uninspired.
The whole plot doesn't make sense
cinder vessel
which makes sense if basically nobody had time to review and edit it to where it might make sense
but who even knows, that game was a mess, the team said as much
i don't think anyone involved in its development ended up happy with what resulted
gaunt hare
The writing was the most indefensible part of the game, I thought.
A lot of the gameplay (obviously the bugs) could have been fixed with time but I don't know if you could take a bad story and those same people could make it good
I'm not saying it's impossible but wow
So many quips
So many bad jokes
cinder vessel
i dunno either, i just like to imagine they were talented but rushed folks that could have done better given more time and consistent/better leadership
gaunt hare
A plot about going to a new place in the Andromeda Galaxy but it has the same alien races
And then about making planets habitable but... there's already people living on all the planets
cinder vessel
if memory serves there were heads of the team as they kept shuffling them about?
well the entire point as i understand it for the section of Andromeda they went to was that the planets were supposed to be habitable
but that turned out not entirely right but technically right just that events had fucked them up or something
gaunt hare
Also they went from the paragon/renegade system (which obviously has its own issues) to just having your main character be completely non-committal and uninteresting
cinder vessel
which is also just like, okay you estimated that it would take centuries to reach these planets and you didn't try to forecast whether anything might happen in the intervening time that might wreck the planets...?
gaunt hare
Plus it might seem like nitpicking with one example but there's just constantly this strange dialogue
"corrects on grammar and you're goddamn father I'm sorry my face is tired from... everything"
People use that as a joke for the bad animation but damn
The writing just seems so bad to me
They got screwed. The team making that game.
cinder vessel
not like i'm saying it's good, just that given the state of the game at release, i could see it being another casualty of the, "oh shit we gotta ship in like a year"
so yeah, team got totally screwed on that
gaunt hare
I see it as a casualty of using the frostbite engine
cinder vessel
that's been killing bioware lately tbh
gaunt hare
Did you know they were going to try and make procedural generation work?
In the beginning, that was the goal
cinder vessel
then again, who the fuck had the bright idea to use an engine seemingly developed primarily for first-person shooters and practically only first-person shooters, for RPGs
gaunt hare
A more exploration focused Mass effect dealing with space politics
so they were trying to make a procedural generation game with the frostbite engine
And not just any game, a bioware style story game... with procedurally generation... using frostbite
cinder vessel
i like how once they scale up proc-gen to larger spaces devs seem to just completely lose it and the games implode from an inability to translate things to proc-gen
gaunt hare
I just think it was too ambitious and EA made them (or they both made) the bad decision to use an engine that couldn't give them the performance they needed. Apparently they spent years working on a game that just had to be basically scrapped
cinder vessel
think it was mix of ambition, engine, and leadership struggling
cinder vessel
🤷
idle saffron
It didn't break my heart, but it wasn't nice feeling either
bronze wind
gameplay was very fun, i skipped most of the cutscenes tho cause the dialogue wasn't great
idle saffron
Although I didn't really like the last bit of 3 either
That's probably me not wanting specific things to happen though
gaunt hare
The fact that a lot of people found it was more fun to skip cutscenes in a mass effect game
bronze wind
I mean I don't really play games for cutscenes anyway
echo hill
firewatch
cinder vessel
virtual keyboards are death
austere lance
Andromeda has horrendously 😴 characters, the characters in Mass Effect 1-3 were good within the first games they showed up in. Tali and Garrus and Wrex were everyone's favorite characters before the end of ME 1, same with Thane and Legion in ME 2. Andromeda had zero excuse for not having good characters
austere lance
I mean, the writing team was kinda new in ME 1
austere lance
Tho they might have tossed a team with zero writing credits at Andromeda, lol. ME 1 team had noob writers mixed with experienced one
cinder vessel
mass effect still feels so dry and drab to me from what i've played of it
austere lance
First game has 😬 😬 😬 gameplay, characters and story are good tho
The gameplay is so bad that people haven't figured out how to mod it to make it better, lol
2 and 3 did a much better job with everything
cinder vessel
i don't know why i keep talking about this, other than that it keeps coming up, lol
my take hasn't really changed in that i don't care for even the parts ya call good about the first one
austere lance
I mean, it's not just me that calls em good. It won ungodly amounts of awards for a reason 😄
cinder vessel
gonna put some stuff away and maybe give one some more time, maybe see if i can push through a mission or so
because the games industry has low standards? 😏
austere lance
Not in '07 it didn't
cinder vessel
lmao
austere lance
'07 was smack dab in the glory days
cinder vessel
now that's funny
austere lance
So many big series either started around then or had huge highs
cinder vessel
the further back ya go, the lower the standards get for the games industry, which makes sense given young industry and all
bronze wind
have you considered that your standards are just very specific
because I think that's more accurate lol
cinder vessel
yes, but i also know that the games industry is really up its own ass about things
cinder vessel
not an uncommon one for some critics of the games industry tho
austere lance
If you ever do feel like playing ME 1 don't even bother with the sniper til you level it about 3/4 of the way, Shepard has worse aim than a drunk penguin xD
cinder vessel
there's the whole fixation on player agency and interactivity and how games are the best/most exceptional medium among some figureheads of the industry and all that
tbh i never felt like any of the spaces were even open enough to bother with sniping in ME1
austere lance
Just blow through ME 1 with a Soldier, it'll lower the frustration level with weapon-handling and you can change your class in ME 2 and 3 (plus they refined the classes in both games)
cinder vessel
would probably be better off watching a playthrough at that point, lol
austere lance
When I first played ME 1 back in '08 I was coming right off of Halo 3, so I picked Soldier and didn't have any gun problems
cinder vessel
i distinctly remember my first impression of ME1 being, "what's with the power ranger?" about whatsherface, Ashley?
austere lance
The problem is that the trilogy is, well, a trilogy. Stuff in 1 affects 3
cinder vessel
i also remember my first impression of KotOR being like, "do they ever stop talking?" lol
ME1 gets points for upping the convo pacing a bit
austere lance
Tho you can cover the main choices by getting the $3 interactive video thing for ME 2 that lets you pick most of the important choices from 1
austere lance
They knew damn well ME 2 was 18x better than one and didn't want people to have to play 1 😄
cinder vessel
🙄
see by the time i finish 1 and maybe finish 2 i'm almost certain i'd have the opposite opinion, lol
unless 2 just sheds dumb grindy RPG stuff
in which case well fuck me okay it may be
austere lance
2 is sooooooo much better in every way
It gets rid of the fuckin stupid Charm skill tree, lol
And the Renegade version of Charm, whatever that was
austere lance
Lol
jade lake
has anyone here played SMT IV
austere lance
Charm and the opposite thing are just built into your Paragon and Renegade bars now, so it's all about choices instead of wasting tons of points of two dumbass trees
cinder vessel
boo, what if i want to be wasteful
@jade lake supposedly Apocalypse is a better version of it in every respect
jade lake
after finishing persona 3 and persona 4 ive been looking to get into the megaten games
SMT IV looks dope
cinder vessel
albeit there's some narrative connections since it's a sequel of sorts that retreads a lot of its ground
jade lake
i heard apocalypse was like a sequel
cinder vessel
it is, but it also reuses a lot from IV as a result
jade lake
ah
if i may point out here, the soundtrack is fucking killer, its honestly is whats making me want to buy it lol
cinder vessel
so in a lot of what i skimmed about it it sounded like it'd be sorta weird to play them in "quick" succession
well not weird so much as potentially dull, despite story differences
jade lake
huh
cinder vessel
considering same environments & such
jade lake
yee
cinder vessel
but if that's whatever then may still enjoy both regardless
jade lake
it wont fill the persona 3 shaped hole in my heart, but im def gonna give the games a try
cinder vessel
i picked up Apocalypse and just haven't gotten around to it yet
snagged it for super cheap
jade lake
nice
as a big 3ds guy im surprised im just now finding out about this game
it looks sweet
cinder vessel
so, uh, i don't know how i last modified my Mass Effect files, but something's changed and it does not like my system config anymore, lol
so i'm nuking the install and reinstalling then gonna apply some user patches & texture mods to maybe hopefully sort it out
austere lance
So uh, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is weird
cinder vessel
that's the metal gear series in a nutshell
also btw @winter yew for whenever you get around to playing ME1, if launching through Origin, do not enable its overlay. Apparently this just fucking wrecks the game's performance for some reason
jade lake
first time? @austere lance
austere lance
@jade lake Yee
I just sliced a Metal Gear in half and jumped on a train
The only other Metal Gear game I've played was MGS V, lol. This is a little different
cinder vessel
wat
idle saffron
Lol, just a bit
cinder vessel
you jumped from the very start to the very end, lmao
jade lake
well the very start would be mgs3 timeline wise
cinder vessel
owait yeah
jade lake
im sorry
idle saffron
Rip boss
austere lance
I wanna see Raiden slaughter those stupid Skulls from MGS V
cinder vessel
slipped my brain goo
cinder vessel
i didn't like MGS3 very much
idle saffron
.mute @cinder vessel snake eater
cinder vessel
lol
cinder vessel
MGS2 was the peak for me
jade lake
see we agree on that
austere lance
I liked MGS V and this one is wild, chopping up giant robots is always Gucci in my book xD
cinder vessel
i enjoyed MGS3, but it didn't click with me as much
idle saffron
Yeah
jade lake
it was boring as hell
austere lance
I liked the stealth and collecting animals for my zoo in V, lol
cinder vessel
i started peace walker but at a bad time when i was busy so never finished it
austere lance
And abducting people with black holes
idle saffron
Lol
cinder vessel
Peace Walker laid the groundwork for V as i understand it tho
well, the base part, i mean
cinder vessel
eh
jade lake
and no ending
cinder vessel
lmao
austere lance
And replaying Skull levels with all my upgraded gear so I could fucking slaughter them for torturing me in my first playthrough 😈
idle saffron
I love the crazy storylines
cinder vessel
time to tune ouut
austere lance
Capturing Skulls and the flaming dude alive was fun, lol
cinder vessel
i haven't gotten around to..."finishing"...? V
cinder vessel
like with no ending can u even
idle saffron
Give me over the top action characters and silly plot, and I'm in video game heaven
jade lake
yeah but that ending sucks
cinder vessel
i've been meaning to finish peace walker before playing V
austere lance
Isn't that the ending
jade lake
no
austere lance
Or does he mean the "replay the first level" ending
jade lake
yeah
austere lance
Ah
I hated the first level, I was NOT happy that I had to redo it 😄
I had to know tho
idle saffron
The final boss in 4 was probably my favorite last fight in any video game
austere lance
Idk why I bothered doing the dumbass "get Quiet back" thing, she's only useful if you're doing loud stuff in levels. She's godawful at stealth compared to D-Dog
idle saffron
Flowers are cool
idle saffron
Epic
cinder vessel
i basically don't remember much of MGS4, not that i disliked it i just, i dunno, only a few spots stuck with me
jade lake
the parts with big boss had to
austere lance
I basically ignored Quiet, the robot companion, and the horse. D-Dog was too OP for me not to use
cinder vessel
The Eva troll, burning the body
idle saffron
Lmao
cinder vessel
which of course those i'll remember since they happened around the same time
austere lance
I remember running around a base body slamming people while my helicopter blasted it and blared Final Countdown, lol. Good times
idle saffron
Lol
austere lance
I think doing that is some sort of MGS V initiation 😄
cinder vessel
nah, cartwheeling naked is
idle saffron
Those silly box pickup points cracked me up
cinder vessel
well, a general MGS initiation that is
idle saffron
Yep, and hearing Snaaaake
cinder vessel
i'm so bummed Koshka in Left Alive doesn't yell the names of the characters you're playing if you die
it would fit so damn well
austere lance
I used the box like twice in MGS V, I had much more fun freaking people out with decoys xD
Or kidnapping entire bases
That was fun, lol
idle saffron
OLLLGAAA
austere lance
Going through 8 billion names and getting rid of the people that spoke the one language was fuckin obnoxious
idle saffron
Lol
cinder vessel
MIIKKHAAAAILLLL
austere lance
Oof, RIP my arm
idle saffron
You are filled to the brim with milk, you will be ok
idle saffron
Kojima
austere lance
Bruh the little arm-ball things can fuck right off
Well that's unexpected
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/18/18272003/system-shock-3-teaser-trailer-gdc-2019-unity
jade lake
hold the phone
reef storm
📱
austere lance
It's made with Unity, apparently @jade lake
teal mason
shodan's face looks weird in 3D and animated
I'd prefer if the face is kinda hologram-y but I guess that's up to taste
full pivot
Just look at the chain ya numpty
visual snow
@full pivot ikr
visual snow
MG2 IS SOSO GOOD
fiery fog
so in the void between now and the release of Beyond, any game yall waiting for?
full pivot
Dreams
winter yew
Naw, I'm gunna sit through the Mass Effect series and play some games sitting in my library.
fiery fog
Satisfactory is releasing today and im waiting oh so patiently for it
ive been meaning to play mass effect tbh
reef storm
fiery fog
like, the first game. my ex gifted it to me and i really liked the introduction but i never picked it up again after that? i feel really bad too lol
hnnng... 5 hours..
idle saffron
I'm playing Division 2, and seikiro,comes out Friday
bronze wind
Probably either gonna pick up sekiro or division 2
teal mason
I been playing The Hunter Call of the wild
reef storm
D2 is great. Satisfactory is my next buy, then Sekiro later on
idle saffron
And then days gone and rage 2
winter yew
I can't wait to play The Division 2 😩
bronze wind
Rage 2 looks dope
teal mason
Rage 2 YYEESSS
bronze wind
When is days gone out?
winter yew
Friday
fiery fog
hot damn, lots of new things comin out then haha
bronze wind
Didn't realize it was that soon
idle saffron
Weeee
reef storm
Rage 2 comes out then?
bronze wind
Nah days gone
idle saffron
Nah rage is may
idle saffron
5/14
bronze wind
I hope I can land a job before I graduate
reef storm
Endgame and Days Gone - both on my B'day. Sweet.
winter yew
Hmmm, I might have to add Rage 2 to my list.
idle saffron
Of you hadn't bought 85 copies of nms, maybe you could now
winter yew
Hahahaha
bronze wind
fiery fog
i never played the original rage, whats it like?
bronze wind
Good but short
bronze wind
That was my only gripe
winter yew
I never played it either.
bronze wind
Started getting into it and then it ended
winter yew
Rage 2 looks hella fun though.
fiery fog
genre? i tend to be more into building games but like, fps open world is also a fun jam
bronze wind
It's like borderlands meets mad max
bronze wind
I haven't
fiery fog
my interests mainly revolve around robots and space. and building things
very little leeway there
bronze wind
Satisfactory does seem right up your alley then haha
idle saffron
Play the Talos principle
full pivot
Kerbal Space Program
fiery fog
honestly weird statement but the protag has like, my fave bodytype in the fucking world? not in a weird way at all, just like That Is My Favourite
and the robots are really cool and cute... and the aliens... my favourite has to be the giant mantaray things
i wanna ride one
full pivot
fiery fog
😉
visual snow
Are you talking about doom?
fiery fog
no, satisfactory
fiery fog
i really wanna play doom though
i tendnt play superfast superviolent shooters just as a taste thing and i tend to get shaky during fast action but like, damn that looks fun
full pivot
DOOM 1993?
fiery fog
modern doom
full pivot
fiery fog
forget the year, 2016?
bronze wind
Yeah
fiery fog
yeh
i so need to play that but ive never had the money for it
bronze wind
Wait until the new one is out haha
visual snow
Doom 1993 is fun tho
bronze wind
It'll probably be super cheap
visual snow
Holds up
fiery fog
i need to play both then..... 😩
fiery fog
i have only listened to one track from 2016, and that was BFG Division
that one song was enough to make me go "well, i need this now"
meager panther
Ok I need to redownload most games now.. apparently my games hdd is kinda corrupted..so need to know what to download
- Andromeda
- rotr 2015
- assassin's Creed origins/Odyssey
- far cry 5/4
- some other game
What do
bronze wind
I liked Andromeda and fc4/5
winter yew
Thanks for reminding me.
bronze wind
Haven't played the others
winter yew
Andromeda and FC5.
fiery fog
andromeda? ME?
fiery fog
nooo i mean mass effect lol
bronze wind
Lmao
bronze wind
winter yew
ME:A is a ton of fun to play.
fiery fog
still, really? ME Andromeda is good? i know that the game had a whole host of technical issues but like, the gameplay was middling and the story was apparently better written than 3
winter yew
I've sat through ME:A maybe 5 times now.
bronze wind
I liked it a lot
meager panther
I can't believe the story is so bad..like mass effect 3 had the most engaging story for me
I hate the ending tho
bronze wind
I don't like the dialogue but I like to play it
meager panther
Yeah I wanna pew pew some aliens
fiery fog
my face is tired... my finger points
meager panther
And Andromeda seems best
bronze wind
But it's not a huge loss for me cause I don't really sit through cut scenes that often anymore
fiery fog
still though its nice to see some people are enjoying a game i didnt know was pretty good
Informative
fiery fog
tru lmao
fiery fog
😂 😭
winter yew
😩
The reason I've not played NMS lately is because my time just disappears stupidly fast.
bronze wind
Yeah same
That's the exact reason I don't watch cutscenes much anymore either lol
I don't have as much time to play so I want to actually play
fiery fog
the way things work in the game currently ends up with some very watney-esque scenarios
like, i crashed my tractor into a ravine, watched as it helplessly slipped into a cave, then built an oxygenator in the middle of a field after using up half of my local resin on filters and now im just basing there
ive lost my old base completely, its buried in a mountain
i still find it so impressive that incredibly little in Astroneer uses textures
idle saffron
fiery fog
like, its all clever use of shaders and colours
idle saffron
Good game - I want storms back though
fiery fog
yeah same, id even be happy if it just rained or something
fiery fog
like, say you cant launch ships in rainstorms but thats it lol
and wind turbines generate max energy
rain in astroneer would be something id very much
love
HHHH LESS THAN 5 HOURS TIL SATISFACTORY LAUNCHES YO
im so excited Damm
visual snow
Whats so exciting about satisfactory?
fiery fog
its a game im excited about
winter yew
im not sure
visual snow
So its like factorio?
idle saffron
🤷
I just googled satisfactory gameplay
I was expecting Destiny
OOOOOOO
Shots fired
visual snow
Fired Indeed
visual snow
Yeah!
idle saffron
Good idea
winter yew
giant bugs need squashin
idle saffron
Always
visual snow
Id rather metroid
idle saffron
😡
idle saffron
I'm not big on the gameplay formula
I don't like finding things I have to wait to be able to unlock, and then backtrack all the time
I can't deny their level of quality though
winter yew
(if anyone asks, I had an encounter with an online co-op player who was using a hack to unlock high level weapons, so I had OP weapons long before i ever shouldve had access to them lol)
visual snow
@idle saffron i get it just not your type. I like the vibes and how you can just totally get lost.
idle saffron
There you go, world would be boring if we all liked the same stuff
visual snow
We both like metal gear tho XD
idle saffron
Oh yes!
winter yew
idk, I just get bored if the cutscenes go longer than 5 minutes
visual snow
I get ya
Its like when i get invested it doesnt really matter to me anymore
Altho some codec convos in mgs2 were pretty annoying
winter yew
yeah especially when you got to the part where it started bugging out
winter yew
yea
visual snow
I need scissors!61!
fiery fog
its... 2 hours til satisfactory launches... im gonna explode
idle saffron
💥
visual snow
Its going to blow
reef storm
uncut bramble
Thanks Joe - nearly forgot about this
Seen some leaks so not getting myself too hype
reef storm
Same. I'm more curious than anything
If they can actually make a streaming box that works....
meager panther
It's probably the console thing right?
reef storm
yeah
uncut bramble
Yeah exactly! It doesn't sound like this is gonna be a competitor for something else - but more just a new niche - which is great. The more options the better
reef storm
Agreed
meager panther
So like they provide a online service for gamers? Like the Nvidia one
To play games
reef storm
BUT - it can be competition at the same time since MSFT is saying they're making one too
uncut bramble
It sounds that way Thanos - but with some AR type games
Yeah definitely
What I wanted to avoid was AAA games having to dev for more platforms and me having to watch LONGER Digital Foundry episodes of which will play my fav game best 😂
meager panther
Interesting .
echo hill
Dude I'm gonna be playing that shit all fucking day
reef storm
😢
fiery fog
ITS OUT!! ready for download
fiery fog
probably gonna be playing alone for a bit but feel free to shoot me an add on epic, SentinelDuality
winter yew
Hmmmm
meager panther
What
winter yew
Googles new thing.
meager panther
Link pls
gaunt hare
What the heck that game looks awesome
uncut bramble
gaunt hare
I want to play satisfactory :(
uncut bramble
His Division T-shirt ❤
reef storm
I saw that!
uncut bramble
😮
full pivot
i dont wanna interrupt you guys but i have to ask: are inklings just mutant bloopers or something that pretend to be humanoid?
gaunt hare
I bet they aren't free.
reef storm
mutant bloopers. Possibly humanoid?
gaunt hare
That's insane tho
uncut bramble
They won't be free - it'll be subscription based I imagine
full pivot
itd be nice if you could stream for a while for free, yknow a legit demo style thing
gaunt hare
I'm super skeptical
reef storm
Has to be sub based.
gaunt hare
About them running games well this way
winter yew
There's a 1 sec lag.
uncut bramble
No good for Multiplayer games really unless you're only matched with Stadia players
full pivot
well idc about mp games personally
austere lance
The demo section on the Xbox store has a really weird selection, lol. Stuff like Watch Dogs 2 and Ark
winter yew
The feedback lag is exactly why game streaming services don't gain traction.
I am very sceptical and very certain this is DoA.
I want that controller though.
meager panther
This looks amazing
uncut bramble
Tbh, I've been in the beta for Nvidia now and it has been outstanding for the most part
uncut bramble
Time will tell - patience young padwan
reef storm
I use Steam Link Anywhere to play from my phone. I don't think the tech is DoA at all
gaunt hare
Google is a private NSA
fallen notch
Is that on your local network, or over the internet?
meager panther
But it's fucking amazing
winter yew
I mean, Steam abandoned the Steam link cause they couldn't perfect it so it is DoA and that was only local network.
winter yew
Input lag needs to be exactly zero to be successful.
reef storm
I can play off my phone data plan
fallen notch
And that isn't laggy?
reef storm
Nope.
winter yew
On Live was the closest I saw to zero input lag and they went bust.
meager panther
I think we need to pay three times-one for the subscription,one for the game if you buy and one for the internet plan
winter yew
Sony is struggling with PS Now and Microsoft hasn't released theirs yet.
reef storm
I played about 15 minutes of NMS with very little, if any lag.
winter yew
The internet genuinely is not ready for reliable game streaming yet.
uncut bramble
PS Now is a joke. It's not throttled by user internet - it's throttled by their servers
Google seem to have it worked out
gaunt hare
EVIL
meager panther
I just wanna know the price and how it works.if it's subscription ,I will definitely get it
reef storm
`The Steam Link Anywhere program, launched in beta today, lets users stream games from "any computer running Steam" to:
Any other computer running Steam (even on a different network)
Any mobile device running the Steam Link app`
winter yew
I think this is going to be great honestly.
Microsoft are struggling to zero input lag with their streaming platform.
winter yew
It will be great for those with super fast internet that's for sure.
meager panther
I need to get a 100 Mbps soon
winter yew
No cable here 😦
meager panther
winter yew
80mbps max
uncut bramble
That was just a recent upgrade! I'm super grateful for it
winter yew
Nice!
meager panther
winter yew
Yeah but you're gunna be sending data to Google to perform and send data back to you.
meager panther
Yeah that's fine I guess. It kinda works
winter yew
Up speed will be as important as down speed.
reef storm
Doooooooooooooom
winter yew
😩
reef storm
Give me some streaming Doom
winter yew
I sincerely hope this works as we're hoping.
meager panther
If they announce the subscription/pay details ping me
reef storm
will do
meager panther
Thx
reef storm
yw bb
uncut bramble
I'm waiting for "And you can access Stadia NOW"
meager panther
I think with the players it will bring it,you won't have to buy the games
uncut bramble
meager panther
I wanna know how mods work
Would be amazing if they allow to choose mods and stuff
uncut bramble
Probably not possible. They aren't possible on Nvidia Now
uncut bramble
Unless they're inbuilt like they are with console games
meager panther
Makes sense
Maybe in a decade we can get a file explorer to install mods ourselves
😏
uncut bramble
Haha I figured it might be there for Next Gen but not sure. Farming Simulator handle it pretty well. Only script mods aren't allowed on the console
meager panther
Gotta say..this is going to at least bring in a 1.5 to 2 billion more players
If it's only subscription based
reef storm
MP info time
uncut bramble
I bet people will be able to hack it to work with PS4 controllers/Xbox controllers too
brisk merlin
I think it does work with them
reef storm
I believe he said it's already able to work with them
reef storm
already owned hardware or something like that
gaunt hare
Thousands of players for battle Royale haha
uncut bramble
But obviously that's not where the money is
reef storm
Give me destructible environs any day.
gaunt hare
Oh dang
winter yew
Nothing.
reef storm
R&D talk
meager panther
Oh
reef storm
Showing some MP aspects
gaunt hare
They talking about split screen
meager panther
So like they link steam to access the games?
austere lance
I'm not watching the stream, is this some kind of "stream games to mobile" thing
reef storm
Stream games to any compatible devices
meager panther
Yep
austere lance
Ah
meager panther
It's magic
reef storm
Wizards.
winter yew
Any compatible device so far has been "anything that can run Chrome"
reef storm
Which is most devices
meager panther
I mean that pretty much anything
winter yew
I don't use Chrome 😩
austere lance
The Xbox thing?