That reminds me, I should pull Celestial Nighthawk from my Collections and use Gunslinger again (I've just been using Way of a Thousand Cuts, lol)
#other-games
austere lance
brisk merlin
bruh
light cairn
rip
austere lance
Oof
echo hill
okay here
austere lance
@brisk merlin You trying to roll a better Vex scout?
brisk merlin
in the background of my activities yea
light cairn
the best part is that's only step 1 of 3
austere lance
Oh yeah, I have a catalyst in my Hard Light but keep forgetting to use the damn gun π
I think I have a Fighting Lion one too 
austere lance
glass glade
Very Lightly modded GTA:V
echo hill
?
fluid hare
I wish there was a menu that popped up that showed all the consumables that can be used in the event you currently are participating in.
Or are going to participate in.
echo hill
20% on The Vow π©
winter yew
Man
I appear to be stuck at 885
My armor is all 900
But my gun is 738 which is pulling me down.
light cairn
or y'know, just pull any y1 gun or exotic
winter yew
I'm not getting any.
I keep getting fucking boots.
I'm not getting any new pew pew guns.
light cairn
seriously just pull something from collections π
winter yew
I guess I'm just being fucking dumb.
brisk merlin
you cant pull anything the same ll from collections anymore
like im 936 rn and the ones in mine are
uhh
911
light cairn
see
winter yew
Hmmm.
brisk merlin
winter yew
O I C
brisk merlin
this is way too low ll lmao
light cairn
winter yew
winter yew
Right ok.
light cairn
that's what i was saying 
winter yew
That crossbow is fucking OP though π
light cairn
trust me it ain't
light cairn
le monarque on the other hand 
light cairn
sorry if i'm sounding too commanding, i guess the only tip i have is don't worry about your loadout too much til you're closer to max power
winter yew
Nah I need that, right now I'm just... lost.
brisk merlin
apparently the next season is ||the season of dawn||?
light cairn
yes they've said that many times before π
winter yew
There's literally nothing in game telling me WTF I need to do.
light cairn
yeah new player experience is uh, something
brisk merlin
still better than warframes
winter yew
Please believe I am trying my hardest to work shit out for myself.
light cairn
warframe is in a completely different league of "what the hell do i do"
have you done any of the campaigns?
winter yew
Yeah, base + DLC's.
but outside of that it is pretty difficult to learn wtf to do in some areas.
I did a gambit or whatever it's called. That too was super confusing.
Gambit takes a bit to get used to how it works.
"Attack this thing, now you're being invaded, now you're dead, revive and attack this thing again. Throw them things you pick up into the bank."
light cairn
gambit really needs a tutorial
winter yew
"Oh, you're being invaded again"
light cairn
little banners at the bottom are not good enough when you're tossed in with other people
winter yew
yea
But yeah, I'm fucking trash.
I'm updating my PS4 to test out how well the remote play works on local wifi on my 2017 iPad with iOS13 and a PS4 controller π
light cairn
for a single match that you're trying to figure out what to even do that doesn't seem too bad
winter yew
I'll be giving it another chance.
My team I'm pretty sure were new to it too, we were just kinda following each other.
light cairn
i would hope that it tries to match new people
winter yew
TBH yeah, me too.
iron inlet
It does, fyi
light cairn
knowing bungie matchmaking i wasn't sure
light cairn
scout rifles in general
echo hill
o
brisk merlin
d1 mida
echo hill
d1 mida π©
winter yew
π©
fluid hare
I have both MIDA.
light cairn
Dredgen ^ 3
fluid hare
And I use both MIDA.
Well, I would if I wasnβt doing a thing on Mars with that one gun.
Though I still have it on me.
austere lance
But do you have the superior Mini-Tool
winter yew
Neat
winter yew
I liked looking for the Rasputin data nodes
Was a nice break from the βgo here shoot thisβ
light cairn
calus mini tool rocks
echo hill
this dude is using mountain top + recluse and ive never wanted to punch someone irl so much before
light cairn
ah yes, the loadout
austere lance
Cheat sheet for how to get any Chalice weapon or armor piece you want
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/destiny-2-guide-walkthrough/2019/6/7/18656747/chalice-of-opulence-rune-crafting-guide-recipe-list-menagerie-guns-weapons
light cairn
even better https://braytech.org/chalice-tool
brisk merlin
if youre going to play destiny 2, you better get used to using ^
braytech and destiny sets
light cairn
if i had to pick a single tool for destiny, i'd pick braytech hands down
even over dim or any other item management app
echo hill
1912 valor π©
cinder vessel
what if i want to play as terribly as possible
echo hill
im 1/3 done with the vow 
light cairn
u crazy
austere lance
I hadn't heard of the Braytech and Destiny Sets website til today
austere lance
5 years of Destiny and I hadn't heard of em xD
light cairn
well braytech is newer with D2, but DIM has been around for a loooooong time
oh wait
destiny sets
yes
still a long time i think
echo hill
good guy CDPR
austere lance
light cairn
ok but why
echo hill
cause im sick and have nothing better to do
got the chaperone tho so thats cool
oop nvm
just got the next step for it
light cairn
yeah it's a decently long quest
austere lance
I got Enter the Gungeon π¬
Fml it's hard
The main menu music SLAPS tho
Time to test out Lord of Wolves in Crucible
rigid haven
austere lance
Me neither π
echo hill
tbh im starting to see why people dedicate their lives to destiny lol
i cant get enough of it
brisk merlin
: )
echo hill
is it weekly reset yet π©
austere lance
Lol
raven frost
I think I get that with game pass
austere lance
Yep
raven frost
Game pass, brought to you by "Wait, I get that with game pass??"
austere lance
Lol
winter yew
fluid hare
winter yew
Nice
full pivot
whats that?
iron inlet
Clan for Destiny
iron inlet
SR 73 π«
I found a method that guarantees a rank every 2-3 runs
I mean sure I have to do 150 bounties to get 10 levels but that's not the worst thing
15 minutes per season rank, I can get a 10 season ranks every 3 hours ish, so if I play for 30 hours doing just this I'd get 100 SR
But that's 1500 bounties which is uh,
4,500,000 glimmer
iron inlet
SR77, just got the cloak ornament
Happy to have a hoodless cloak in D2, missed them since D1
10 more levels for the chest piece, then 10 more for the helmet, then 3 more for SR100
winter yew
nice
iron inlet
Gotta wait for the rest of the grind though, out of glimmer and sim seeds to give to Spider
Hopefully he'll sell for something different tomorrow, something I have a lot of
crisp sparrow
@full pivot
full pivot
crisp sparrow
same
full pivot
but why tag me lol
crisp sparrow
idk made me think of u
full pivot
winter yew
lol.
brisk merlin
ahahah ron
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@plucky mesa how many times does it edit around glitches
and how much money does ingame footage cost per minute? 
full pivot
the problem here is that there's still nothing to do and SpaceEngine can produce endless planet types like this π
game shows a POI on the orange moon that disappears as he lands but it's just ignored
if that's how people always looked at games a lot more of them would get a lot less criticism π
fluid hare
I find it strange that there are seemingly no space stations in Destiny.
iron inlet
Because of the Darkness, destroyed all of our colonies
There's one ISS in orbit out past Saturn but it's derelict
You can see the ISS too from Earth sometimes apparently, all destroyed and whatnot
austere lance
You can see a wrecked space station in orbit around the moon
iron inlet
Yep there's that one too
Humanity just doesn't live outside of Earth anymore after the collapse
raven frost
Is there satellites whizzing around the moon still? I swear I've seen them
austere lance
Yeah
iron inlet
We had colonies all over, Mars has Freehold and Braytech, Venus had Ishtar, Titan had the Arcology
Yeah there's tons of satellites in the moon skybox
raven frost
I forgot about penis Venus, I want to go back
austere lance
Same
brisk merlin
i loved venus
light cairn
gib venus back
austere lance
Venus had some crazy beautiful views, I'd love to go back to a larger area on it
cinder vessel
just play destiny 1 jeez /s
austere lance
Ngl I kinda want to
brisk merlin
fortnite is dead
cinder vessel
and we have killed it
winter yew
It's killed Epic Store and Borderlands 3 too.
fiery barn
@fair glen they are gonna add a new map or something
and when season X is over they gonna call it "Chapter 2"
austere lance
Alrighty then, lol
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/10/13/fortnite-just-blew-up-the-map-and-the-entire-game-is-now-just-a-black-hole/
winter yew
yh
But it literally killed the Epic Store too and PC players cannot play Borderlands 3 right now.
I wasn't joking about that.
cinder vessel
lol
winter yew
So next season for Fortnite is gunna be a new map I guess.
winter yew
inb4 fortnite in space.
brisk merlin
hell yea
brisk merlin
nice
winter yew
Dang
iron inlet
He's a no-life though, he's disabled so he gets to play every day all day
He says it's his curse and his blessing
Crippling pain but able to play games all day
winter yew
Yeah, no thanks.
I thought I was doing ok making SR 13 π©
I'll go back to my corner.
iron inlet
SR 13 is great!
You've got the artifact and that's one of the most important things
Oh fun fact: to reach a +20 power bonus you'd need to reach SR 215 ish
And there's a triumph for it this season
winter yew
Yeah but would have been nice to get a notification of some sort letting me know I can upgrade shit though.
brisk merlin
when will someone reach 999 and solo the shattered throne
iron inlet
Not this season
winter yew
I had 5 unused Artefact points.
iron inlet
You'd need to be SR 600+
winter yew
Which I found I can use purely accidental.
meager panther
Is this Destiny 2
meager panther
Hmmm
But zelda is so much fun
I thought it would be tad ok
Plus apparently the story itself is like 40 hours of stuff
Without doing any side quests
winter yew
Breathe of The Wild?
brisk merlin
I bet someone will get 999
austere lance
I'm only SR 17, I think
brisk merlin
im,,,54
winter yew
I passed 900 which is nice. Still not great but it'll do for now.
brisk merlin
nice
austere lance
@winter yew 900 is when Powerful sources open up
winter yew
I've not seen anything different yet.
I spent most of today just switching between Mars and The Tower and doing some fountain thing there.
meager panther
Yeah zelda botw
austere lance
Have you talked to people at the Tower since you hit 900? I think the Cryptarch congratulates you and opens up Powerful sources @winter yew
Try going there and if that doesn't work go to orbit and see if you get a pop-up
winter yew
Yeah, nothing there yet. Still only the option to purchase a 750 emblem thing.
I've just taken the assumption I've hit limit for F2P
I did clear a few quests in my log today, most were the "do 2 patrol", "do 2 bounties", "do lost sectors."
austere lance
There isn't a F2P limit tho
winter yew
Skip told me what I needed to do to find Lost Sectors which is all I had left for them quests.
Welp, I'm not having anything new appear.
austere lance
Not in orbit?
winter yew
Nothing
austere lance
Check your quests, you should have had one from the Cryptarch telling you to get to 900
After you hit 900 it should have new objectives
austere lance
Talking to him at the Tower doesn't do anything?
winter yew
Nope
iron inlet
Well now you have access to milestones for powerful sources and prime engrams, so you can work your way towards the endgame
austere lance
He doesn't have the milestones tho
iron inlet
You'll have them next week probably
winter yew
I probably fucked something.
When I started playing, I didn't do campaign first. I did maybe 20 hours and got to level 880 something and then got dropped back to 750 when I eventually started base campaign.
austere lance
@winter yew Do planets/Crucible/Gambit have gold stars next to them telling you to do stuff in them for powerful rewards?
Wait, why did you drop to 750???
winter yew
I can only confirm Gambit, Gambit says I need to complete 3 to unlock something.
No idea, when I started base campaign I got dropped to 750.
austere lance
Hmm, idk why it dropped your shit but I think you're boned til you finish the campaign. I've never heard of the campaigns nerfing your level tho
iron inlet
You'll be alright once weekly reset comes
meager panther
If this happens ins real life,it would be so surreal
I will puke
And take sleeping pills and go to sleep Immediately
austere lance
@winter yew Hopefully the game fixes itself on Tuesday with the weekly reset, you'll get access to all the good loot sources then!
winter yew
Hopefully, I hit a limit before getting to 900 and folks here helped me out some and now I'm not finding shit.
TBH, even with the help from people here, I'm still only finding boots 95% of the time.
austere lance
It's just RNG tbh
winter yew
Only so many times I can roll Boots.
light cairn
now you enter the realm of "really hope i get the part i need"
it was nice with the menagerie, but that's not powerful anymore
winter yew
I don't even know what menagerie is.
austere lance
Lol. Gotta talk to the robot in the Tower next to Drifter
austere lance
I forgot what his name is but he's on your map in the Tower
light cairn
benedict
austere lance
Yeah him
winter yew
Aight, I'll be sure to.
austere lance
He'll get ya started on unlocking Menagerie
@winter yew Were you just using whatever random loot dropped for you til you hit 900? That's what I did
winter yew
Yeah
austere lance
A whoooooole lot of blue gear
That's strange you could only get boots to drop for you, the loot pool is supposed to just be random
winter yew
No joke, 9/10 drops are boots.
austere lance
light cairn
shoe time
winter yew
Then the 1/10 will be a shittier gun than I own now.
I'm at 250k shimmer.
150k is probably dismantling boots.
(Not really)
light cairn
glimmer?
light cairn
once you talk to benedict you can tank a ton of it on the nessus barge
austere lance
Well that's normal for 900, you can only get anything higher than that through Powerful drops. Were you only getting boots before you were 900, lol?
winter yew
Yep
austere lance
Wtf
winter yew
Lmao
light cairn
were they powerful drops?
winter yew
No
light cairn
that's good at least
winter yew
I love auto rifles, I did have a hand cannon that was just fucking everything up.
austere lance
I'm so confused, I've never heard of anyone having your loot issues and can't find anything on Google
austere lance
For everyone else on earth the game drops tons of random blues til you hit 900, then the game opens up Powerful sources and you grind through those til you hit 960
winter yew
I got stuck at 885, then I did the collection thing to get to 900. Got some new gear and weapons and now I'm stuck at 904.
I'm just not progressing at all.
full pivot
Iβm still trying to get to 800 xD
winter yew
I don't think I have any.
What level you at Aethena?
I'll be sure to jump on tomorrow morning before I start any work.
I must be missing something glaringly obvious.
light cairn
if you have no powerfuls you can't get any better drops 
light cairn
i mean you can get primes but they're just grind
winter yew
I'll check everywhere and then check again.
light cairn
just a quick glance for any yellow spots on the director
winter yew
Even without that, I'm having a ton of fun.
The public events and heroics are keeping me entertained.
light cairn
oh yeah there's still plenty to do
with all the quests, triumphs, and filling out collections you can make excuses to play forever
winter yew
Closing the rift things on Mars is possibly my favourite public event.
That few minutes of chaos is fucking awesome.
winter yew
Yeah, stand in a green circle and then shoot the stone things.
light cairn
yeah that'd a goodun
winter yew
Cyclops shooting lasers, witches and just madness.
full pivot
@winter yew like season rank?
winter yew
Yes
full pivot
...3
winter yew
Nice!
light cairn
bounties are where it's at for seasonal levels
winter yew
I just forget to submit them when I completed them.
cinder vessel
y'know, that quote just makes him sound like even more of a weird creep than he already tends to be π€
light cairn
nice
austere lance
There were numbers involved with the black hole too that led to a crab rave reference on Google Maps, lol
raven frost
So get me up to date with the whole fortnite stuff
brisk merlin
map gone
raven frost
Is fortnite really dead
winter yew
Event was called "The End", map got sucked into a blackhole.
raven frost
so it died
winter yew
Assumed new season will bring a new map.
light cairn
Chapter 2
winter yew
Pretty clever name if you think about it.
apparently it's already confirmed
new map will apparently have more sea based vehicles and stuff like that.
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I love how easy it is to farm bright dust via the random bounties
brisk merlin
thanks new update
echo hill
i seem to just be getting it passively
charred badge
A lot of them give dust, there's no limit to how many per activity beyond inventory space, and it spawns ones that can be completed simultaneously pretty often
I just go shopping at zavala for a ton of them and run the event strike a bunch, lol
light cairn
you can actually only hold 5 repeatables per activity type at a time
so assuming they synergize super well and all can be completed at once, you could get up to 50 bright dust per activity
austere lance
I'm saving bright dust til we start getting new finishers to buy
light cairn
now that's optimism
brisk merlin
reef storm
I'll admit, I don't follow Fortnite, but this is intriguing
End of season 10, they literally destroyed the world. Their stream just shows the black hole, same with the trello
reef storm
charred badge
@light cairn I got 200 from one bounty so vOv
reef storm
Okay, that's beautiful - anomaly detected
echo hill
So for the menagerie are the bosses random?
echo hill
how do i know which one itll be
winter yew
Trying to find good video of the Fortnite black hole event without someone screeching over it is going to be impossible
winter yew
that helps
I wanted to hear sound though π
and every video on youtube is someone going OHMAWGAIOJOISJDSOIAJDAOSIDJ
austere lance
@echo hill Random boss every run
austere lance
Idk, I've just had random bosses every time I've done it π€·
Haven't done it since before New Light tho
brisk merlin
Are you on about the encounters or the final boss
austere lance
Final boss
echo hill
final boss
brisk merlin
Yea they're set in a 4 week loop
austere lance
π€· I did it 2 or 3 times a week and had at least two different bosses. I thought that was normal
First time I've heard of a loop
brisk merlin
Did you do it before and after reset :v
austere lance
π€·
With my luck probably so, lol
I swear my phone's autocorrect is ran by a drunk pigeon
Is anyone else semi-annoyed by the new infusion system
I miss the old days where I just threw glimmer and shards at stuff to infuse it
echo hill
yeah its a tad annoying
austere lance
Then enhancement cores became a thing, now we get infusion cores π
All it does is artificially lengthen the grind, lemme throw normal currencies like shards and Glimmer at things dammit
echo hill
do you think we'll ever go inside the traveller?
austere lance
π
echo hill
smh
austere lance
Only in my dreams π© π¦ π¦
echo hill
π€
cinder vessel
...I can't tell if you've clipped through something for that shot...Or if that's just how that's supposed to look, lmao
austere lance
I remember when me and my clan used to climb all over the Tower looking for scannable things, lol
There's quite a few
I like Banshee's old shop
winter yew
I'm sad you can't jump on your ship in the hanger π¦
you can summon it, but that's it I think
austere lance
Yee
echo hill
im rly bad at parkour
austere lance
I like Hawthorne's hidey-hole with her books and stuff
Wait, is that on the Tower or the Farm
Nobody goes to the Farm anymore, smh. No more soccer matches with random people
winter yew
aw π¦
echo hill
update: i spilled water all over myself
winter yew
update : you are now wet
austere lance
Pink room is fun
cinder vessel
i mean...you're not supposed to be able to go there, right?
echo hill
correct xD
winter yew
what even is that room
echo hill
its the room where you get the new exotic bow which hasnt come out yet
im slowly falling in love with this game
xD
fluid hare
My game keeps freezing after the second wave of a Forge Ignition.
light cairn
yeah that's a known bug, affecting a lot of people apparently
fluid hare
My game is on Xbox, and the music still runs.
cinder vessel
at least you have that comfort
austere lance
Steam turned D2 into a meme, lol. People are using the best names π
echo hill
anyone done the 950 nightfall yet?
austere lance
Boi I haven't even done a normal Nightfall cuz I'm too anti-social to find people to run one with, lol
echo hill
oh lol
austere lance
Nightfalls should have matchmaking imo
austere lance
Does anyone use the matchmaking or is it like raid matchmaking and nobody's touched it in two years
austere lance
Sweet
I vaguely remember sitting in an empty lobby for 20 minutes waiting for Leviathan matchmaking
cinder vessel
Hello, the Leviathan will see you now
light cairn
the thing is it's actual matchmaking and not "guided game" nonsense
austere lance
NO SHIT???
cinder vessel
Control's a really fucking good game btw
raven frost
Oh man, I can't wait for 2007 Honda Accord to be part of our clan
echo hill
xD i saw that too
my smg can shoot through a hobgoblin's immunity π
oh and a hydra's shield
austere lance
@echo hill How'd you pull that off?
Didn't know anything slapped immune hobgoblins
echo hill
shield piercing mod
austere lance
Ah
echo hill
kinda op tbh
austere lance
Does Eriana's Vow do it?
echo hill
it should
austere lance
Twitter
austere lance
Remember, one of the exotic emotes lets you take selfies π
echo hill
yes!
austere lance
Y'all telling me Ghosts don't save a copy of that, lol?
Titan Ghosts out here taking selfies on Instaslam 
light cairn
that invite was an accident
cinder vessel
Fucking hell, finished the main story of Control & definitely one of my top games of this year
echo hill
New fav Screenie
cinder vessel
Control is just absolutely fucking phenomenal
cinder vessel
maan, can't wait till Control gets photo mode
wet warren
If only
crisp sparrow
@echo hill that's a fake screenshot then?
echo hill
yes
echo hill
no idea
reef storm
From what I saw, when you get to the character select, it gets sucked away to just show the black hole
Hah. Even their Twitter was deleted with the exception of a single tweet with a single tweet - the link to the stream
Site also shows stream. Whatever they're doing, they're all in on it
crisp sparrow
yea basically a twitch ad
reef storm
More or less lol
charred badge
Are they deleting fortnite?
charred badge
Are they releasing the sequel- Month?
winter yew
Ok that was epic.
reef storm
charred badge
Stating the obvious?
reef storm
Worthy of a pin. Nice job.
charred badge
Uh-oh. I'm famous now
winter yew
π π π
charred badge
@winter yew yes yes, we know who makes it.
winter yew
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The sad part is, I can imagine them trying to trademark the word "Month" π
grizzled pine
That Fortnite event is one of the coolest and most elaborate events i have ever seen
really cool
crisp sparrow
the bad graphics made it even more disturbing
charred badge
Knows what would be hilarious?
If an MMO would cut to GO OUTSIDE on final shutdown.
austere lance
Oof
brisk merlin
the vex portal sucks everything in
cinder vessel
just want to encourage anyone that likes unusual stories, and third-person action to pick up Control. it is so, so good
austere lance
Well damn, I'm liking this whole "Nightfalls have matchmaking" thing. Just ran one and had a blast!
willow crypt
i like the sound of that
cinder vessel
i should check out the board countermeasures at some point
austere lance
I did the Cosmodrome mission for Riskrunner, it brought back so many D1 memories π
light cairn
let me go back
full pivot
"I should play Evil Within 2 actually today... yeah" opens D2
full pivot
i have a long way to catch up too
winter yew
@austere lance I enjoy the Riskrunner
austere lance
It's a fun Exotic, I'm happy it's basically handed to new players so they can enjoy it too π
You get a lot more decently-leveled loot from The Ordeal than I was expecting
winter yew
That's a fun mission
austere lance
Is The Ordeal random or on a rotation, I've only done it once and it was Scarlet Keep
@full pivot Where you at in game?
winter yew
It was Scarlet Keep for me too
austere lance
Is anyone else kinda not impressed with Deathbringer, I still prefer Two Tailed Fox
light cairn
the ordeal is like the regular nightfall, on a rotation, except only one instead of three to pick from
winter yew
I don't think I've had the chance to try Deathbringer yet
light cairn
deathbringer is fun
austere lance
I feel like it doesn't do much damage to bosses because the dumbass orbs like to chase adds instead
austere lance
Yee
winter yew
I just hope rdr will work on my kinda dated pc.
echo hill
What're your specs?
winter yew
i5 4430, gtx950, 16 gigs of ram
Easy
technically there's no hope, but we'll see. π
echo hill
You should be okay for the most part but may have to turn settings down
winter yew
ah i don't mind turning down settings. if performance improves. even going as far as playing in windowed if needed be.
echo hill
Yeah
The game should theoretically be playable but def won't be the prettiest thing in the world
winter yew
cinder vessel
lol at another Postal, those games have not aged well
echo hill
Oh wow
winter yew
yeah recommended aren't that good for me. π
echo hill
But those are recommended so min should be much less
WAIT
150GB???
WHAT
Jesus christ
winter yew
aye, had to wipe some games. π
yup, ran some benchmarks, and apparently this shit, even tho it's older, is performs better.
winter yew
but yeah 150 gigs, i'll be zuccing that for like a week. π
@echo hill have you seen RDR2 in action? the map is massive and very detailed
raven frost
... wtf?
cinder vessel
optimize ur details big devs pls
raven frost
RDR2's recommended CPU is a cpu from several years ago?...
cinder vessel
save our hard drives
cinder vessel
well RDR2 was in development for ages
winter yew
i wonder if they are making people download the Online portion of the game
i'd rather not
cinder vessel
ugh pls no
full pivot
@austere lance jumping around between Earth and Titan
raven frost
12GB of ram is such an odd number though
winter yew
pretty sure you're zuccing the whole package, considering what online is is some settings etc, and main thing aka models map etc are there already.
raven frost
wtf
light cairn
yeah, there's not like a huge chunk of assets that are online only
winter yew
plus the reason rdr 2 is here while rdr 1 is not, is the online aspect. π
echo hill
Also RDR2 is running on the same engine at GTA V I'm pretty sure
light cairn
been the same engine since gta4 afaik
winter yew
gta v ran hella smoothly. on my old drivers that is. for some idiotic piece of shit reason once I updated my drivers, game was literally unplayable. had to revert. π
cinder vessel
sometimes drivers be fucked
winter yew
Yes to gta4
"Rockstar Advanced Game Engine"
really liked 4. city feld good, felt alive. Liked the story and protagonist aswell.
Fun fact, the first game to use the engine was table tennis.
Which ironically was fucking shit.
lol
austere lance
Was it as bad as GTA V tennis tho
winter yew
Worse!
raven frost
I hope at some point we get a GTA that allows us to travel between all the major locations in the GTA universe
winter yew
GTA V was supposed to be that.
full pivot
with Flight Simulator anything becomes possible as far as game world size yeah π
winter yew
I'm mostly looking forward to seeing RDR2 play above the crap framerate it has on PS4pro
austere lance
30 FPS?
cinder vessel
30 FPS but with dips?
cinder vessel
Because 30 FPS, if the game's built with it in mind, doesn't bother me
austere lance
Gotta get 4K 60 FPS like Gears 5 π
cinder vessel
Then again, having played more console stuff than PC stuff, I literally have no idea what framerates I'm playing at half the time as long as they don't plummet
winter yew
I remember when a mod told Gleam to stop posting screenshots of RDR2 in this channel cause they thought they was real life.
winter yew
I think Skip tbh
cinder vessel
well now you know i don't recognize mods as any different from anyone else i guess, lmao
winter yew
It's cause they're all the same person.
cinder vessel
yeah, Dr Colossus
winter yew
Good guess.
austere lance
Still my favorite screenshot from RDR 2, lol
cinder vessel
do you think mud and sand are rivals?
light cairn
cousins
cinder vessel
rival cousins?
winter yew
I like trying to get pictures of the wildlife
austere lance
I was gonna try to screenshot the massive crocodile but then I remembered I value my life too much, lol
winter yew
oh yea
austere lance
I wasn't gonna reenact Lake Placid, fuck that house π
winter yew
cinder vessel
wait a sec...Does Monster Hunter World have a photo mode?
full pivot
i remember someone actually giving me a 20 minute rant about how snow fx is just mud fx
winter yew
though it's called 'View Mode'
cinder vessel
But functionally similar enough, like freeze time or whatever?
winter yew
no
cinder vessel
oshit
austere lance
Cyberpunk devs keep teasing a photo mode
cinder vessel
i will have to take the slicing for science~
willow crypt
@cinder vessel @austere lance I rate that mud an A+ out of 10
cinder vessel
@willow crypt ty zug, sounds like good mud
willow crypt
Yeah
austere lance
CDPR seems to be convinced that Cyberpunk is gonna fly under Australia's radar and only get an R18+ rating there
winter yew
Kinda saddened by what the fuck's going on with cyberpunk as of late.
cinder vessel
uhh, there's stuff going on with it?
willow crypt
Whats going on
austere lance
I learned that they had to censor the Japanese versions of the Witcher games because apparently Japan does NOT like decapitations in games
winter yew
you know, apart from all the bullshit regarding camera, politics, sjw, and basically nothing from the demo everyone liked being in the game still?
cinder vessel
soo, game development?
winter yew
all seems fine. I guess we'll see once the product gets released, then we'll be able to judge it properly.
cinder vessel
I feel like besides people likely talking about it here, I'd be very likely to just completely forget about it even coming out until I saw it on shelves like a week or so after its release
winter yew
ye, for me it just kinda dissapeared, like, who cares. π
plenty of games releasing in the nearby future rather than whenever.
austere lance
April 2020, lol?
cinder vessel
But also there's just plenty of backlog games to go through, lol
winter yew
rdr 2 releases in november 5'th, wastelanders release in november whenever, plenty of games queued for 2019 still.
austere lance
Tbh the only things I'm interested in for this year are The Outer Worlds, Jedi Fallen Order, and Biomutant (tho I doubt that's actually releasing this year, lol)
winter yew
but outer worlds releases in a year. /s
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I'm really hoping new console generation will bring some more innovation.
I feel this generation has been a little slow and empty.
Some great games have been released but nothing like previous generations.
winter yew
RDR2 and Jedi Fallen Order for me
austere lance
Early next year has some damn fine games coming out, I can't wait π
winter yew
Yes it really does.
austere lance
Is it bad that Psychonauts 2 is one of the main ones I'm most hyped for, lol?
cinder vessel
This gen's had some good stuff but you gotta dig around for it, like usual
winter yew
Yeah, it's been a weird one for me personally.
cinder vessel
Some of the best stuff has been more mixed on reception from what I've noticed, like The Evil Within 1 is rough but solid in what it's trying to do, same with The Last Guardian, and Gravity Rush 1 & 2 deserved way more love
Then again, considering you can't seem to even find used copies of Gravity Rush 1 Remastered very easily, I guess that one may have gotten as much appreciation as one might hope, lol
austere lance
Who else thinks Biomutant is gonna under-deliver and make everyone mad then become a cult classic, lol
cinder vessel
I keep forgetting about it tbh
full pivot
i keep figuring Outer Worlds will under deliver tbh
winter yew
I kinda stopped following Biomutant when I heard the old man narration
and the 'cutey' baby talk
cinder vessel
Also it's really interesting to think about the games that don't really fit into the generation model, like with PC titles that maybe eventually make it over to consoles
Like say, Transistor, or Octodad, or whatever
winter yew
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I had too much fun with Octodad.
i mean the game itself doesn't look bad
just that narration is cringe
I'm still not sure what Biomutant is tbh
I see it's an RPG but that's as far as my knowledge goes.
cinder vessel
okay i seriously thought the choo-choo was a commentator not a narrator, lol
cinder vessel
also i thought biomutant was going for a more...serious tone?
winter yew
This is my point, what is it? π
austere lance
cinder vessel
i vaguely remember it being sort of a postapocalyptic sorta open world RPG thing?
austere lance
There's mechs involved π
cinder vessel
hmm, i should look at a list of upcoming games, because atm I can't think of many right away that I'm looking forward to
winter yew
but that old man voice has gotta go :p
Cloudpunk is another one I'm looking forward to that I forgot about.
cinder vessel
wait, that's not out? I think I keep mixing up cloud games
winter yew
Nah, assumed anytime now cause it was Q4 2019
cinder vessel
oh wait shit Outer Wilds comes out tomorrow on PS4 I think
cinder vessel
aah that's a different game entirely from what I was thinking of
I think I was thinking of like Cloudbuilt or whatever
winter yew
Ahhh
light cairn
Outer Wilds is absolutely fantastic
austere lance
Outer Wilds is weird, lol. It's unique but I got bored after like 45 minutes
Not my type of game tbh
light cairn
45 minutes!?
winter yew
I got lost and just lost track of what I needed to be doing.
austere lance
Yeah I did 3 loops and got bored
light cairn
that's what the computer is for
winter yew
Yeah but even with that I was still unsure what I needed to do.
cinder vessel
tbh I think most of the games I was looking forward to this year have just already come out and...I've gone ahead & gotten them, lol
Left Alive, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Control, Anodyne 2, Heaven's Vault, etc.
light cairn
also fair Soul
cinder vessel
The only ones I haven't are due to Epic Store exclusivity that I don't feel like being bothered with, lol
Such as Outer Wilds & Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
full pivot
what do you guys think? i find that horror games with the "not able to fight back" mechanics on average less scary than ones where you can "pitifully" fight back
light cairn
depends a lot on the context i guess
winter yew
Depends on the execution for me.
cinder vessel
Mm, yeah, I tend to agree, I don't feel as much tension knowing I can't really fight back
full pivot
i hate trying to run away especially because I always end up getting caught on level geometry and isnta-killed and im like fuck youuuu
cinder vessel
I end up just treating the horrors as moving obstacles and the game as a morbid/dark puzzle game at that point
full pivot
i was really glad RE7 wasn't "run away" type
cinder vessel
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is probably the classic example as the game that popularized that trend
full pivot
i actually disliked the "go insane in the dark" part of that
cinder vessel
It ended up just feeling like a darkly themed adventure puzzle game to me after awhile, lol
full pivot
and that new PT inspired game Visage has the "insanity in the dark" mechanic and its just as annoying in that one
i would actually enjoy it if I didn't have to basically fight the ghost turning out lights xD
cinder vessel
Yeah I honestly don't get the whole insane in the dark thing
In Amnesia it barely seemed to do anything
full pivot
i didn't play Call of Cthulu enough to see how it was executed in the game but I know the pen paper one has an interesting insanity mechanic that's tied to progression
where learning more about the old gods or w/e increased your risk of insanity
but you kinda have to do that too
so experiencing weird shit in amnesia causing sanity to drop would've been fine on its own
imo
cinder vessel
yeah, looking at the monstrosities causing it made sense
winter yew
Seeing this conversation has got me wanting to play some horror games tbh. I think last one I played was very possibly Alien Isolation.
cinder vessel
but it also never seemed to have enough of an impact to cause any ill effects from reduced sanity in my experience of the game
full pivot
yeah i keep trying to open up Evil Within 2 but I keep getting distracted π
cinder vessel
On some level I kinda feel like playing Amnesia again and letting my sanity just plummet to see what happens, but I think it's some classic auditory hallucinations that gradually ramp up into visual hallucinations?
cinder vessel
i think i remember seeing those in youtube thumbnails a lot and then just never saw it in my playthrough, lol
full pivot
its basically one painting and you have to be really low on sanity
which i think you have to try to do at that point
cuz its early
winter yew
π€
full pivot
i do really need to play some horror games this month xD
i save them all for October and then never play em in October >_>
im just hoping Evil Within 2 embraces the 'weird virtual world' aspect more than the first one
full pivot
i just watched a LP
austere lance
Oh yeah, I kinda missed the "horror games that only weakly let you fight back" part of the conversation but those games annoy the shit out of me
I like horror games where you can fight back with everything you've got and still get your limbs ripped off if you don't git gud, lol. Looking at you, Dead Space
raven frost
@full pivot have you tried antichamber yet? Might be right up your alley if you like non-euclidean geometry
full pivot
ooh searches
austere lance
Somebody in the Fable Discord is very slowly remaking Fable 2
full pivot
one of my favorite "walking simulators" that was a little creepy was NaissanceE
austere lance
RIP PT/Silent Hill
cinder vessel
spiritual successor babydadmailman will be great tho, obviously
full pivot
unfortunately i lost all the screenshots but it was black and white mostly with weird abstract spaces
anyway just on a side note I still absolutely do not give a fuck about Sebastian's character or backstory hahaha
cinder vessel
who?
cinder vessel
I'm still trying to figure out how much you may have to use both analog sticks to try and regain your balance, lol
cinder vessel
lol yeah
I mean I also for some reason seem to remember his last name...Castellanos(?) more than his first name tho
austere lance
@cinder vessel Start watching at 18:56, the next couple minutes after that are pure gold π
https://youtu.be/2Hb-axBy7c0
cinder vessel
I've seen it all, no worries, lol
austere lance
It really is Amazon Delivery Sim
He just keeps stacking shit on his backpack, it's beautiful π
My favorite part is when he finds a box and uses Container Repair Spray on it, lol
cinder vessel
Tbh I always thought Kidman might be more interesting than Sebastian, and given that the DLC followed her, it almost seems like some of the devs thought so too, lol
full pivot
i woulda been fine with Kidman
winter yew
oh my god that part when he walks off the cliff and the baby in the tank is bawling
austere lance
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
full pivot
glad im gay π
austere lance
I'm sorry, this does WHAT
winter yew
wow
full pivot
im really gonna have a hard time getting over the ridiculous backpack
its nothing like I expected the game to be >.<
austere lance
I love how you can stack more and more stuff on it, lol
winter yew
I still think this ship looks like something out of NMS
austere lance
You're not wrong, lol
Oh good, you can take baths in Death Stranding
And there's large demonic water doggos
full pivot
see i like things like this
cinder vessel
I think you might enjoy Control then
full pivot
i do enjoy Control
plucky mesa
@full pivot That does seem kinda creepy
@full pivot What is that red doorway curtain thing from?
full pivot
Evil Within 2
austere lance
Datamined Leviathan's Breath quest steps π @light cairn @echo hill
https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/leviathans-breath-quest-steps
The perks sound fun too, especially since it's a Heavy slot bow
light cairn
sounds pretty easy, huh
cinder vessel
i don't know why, but seeing that old school weaponry in a scifi oriented game still rubs me the wrong way
At least in Horizon there's the various groups' wariness of picking up the old technology again to help explain it, but in Destiny and WarFrame it's just very wut to me
jagged haven
Bows will never go out of style because they work no matter the tech level. π
austere lance
They're not just normal bows in Destiny tho, I have one that shoots three arrows at once and chains electricity to anyone hit by em @cinder vessel
cinder vessel
yeah, they're the next silly thing, magic
austere lance
Actually the guns use old (and by old I mean "really fuckin far in the future in the Golden Age") tech
cinder vessel
still, y'know what I'm getting at
I'm of that classic scifi mentality of lasers and thicc laser beams and plasma blasts and such
And the closest I'll get to an old school weapon is if you make it lasery or like accelerated plasma or whatever
So like laser swords & plasma daggers are okay but getting a little close for comfort to other old weaponry
so I guess really that bow just needs to be made of lasers and i'd probably be down, maybe, lmao
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@winter yew love the Compensator
@cinder vessel what about universes where shield tech defends well vs energy and projectiles, but sucks vs solid objects?
I'm reminded of bullets in star wars, which are a lot harder for Jedi to defend against than blasters
One reason why the author decided to make almost the entire universe look down on them for no good reason
Well, that and they're not shiny enough
Lightsabers melt bullets, but then the Jedi has a bunch of molten metal to deal with, plus dead material is harder to detect and influence via the force
...not that the movies ever explain that
cinder vessel
I don't really mind that, it makes some vague sense to me even if it's pretty close to nonsense @charred badge
On a different note, I think I've finished about 9 games this year
austere lance
grave elbow
ugggggh swat 4 is so good
austere lance
Damn straight
We need a remake or a reboot for all platforms
Fuck R6, give me a proper SWAT game
Tho Ready or Not looks like a proper successor to it
iron inlet
Divinity get
brisk merlin
took ya long enough π
winter yew
willow crypt
Wow that texture is rainbow vomit for sure
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SR 388?
fluid hare
I wish I had Forsaken.
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Forsook is pretty fun