#other-games
winter yew
😐
willow crypt
I've never heard of ars(e) Technica
white token
Well, it's arse Technica
austere lance
"I like spamming Force Push and knocking enemies off ledges, why did Respawn limit my Force use?!?!"
He's lying through his teeth when he says you can spam the light attack and get away with it, lol. That'll get you killed quick on any difficulty besides the easy one, and even on easy you're gonna get walloped
reef storm
Yeah, I don't put much into ArsTechnica's gaming section, more just for tech shit
austere lance
That entire review is false, I'm impressed
😆
An actual person with at least two brain cells wrote this, LMAO
Again, everything in that is false
austere lance
I'm over 3 hours in and have done everything he says, none of it plays out like that 😆
reef storm
Good to know
austere lance
Contrary to what he says, if you try to run around spamming the light attack you're gonna get your cheeks clapped by anything besides basic Stormtroopers 
This ain't Force Unleashed
willow crypt
Force unleashed was basically light saber god mode
winter yew
lmfao hell yes it was
austere lance
@reef storm Explore everything and scan everything, including dead enemies. Scanned things give you xp
willow crypt
EVERYTHING
austere lance
Yep, lol
reef storm
Nice
willow crypt
I don't understand
reef storm
The Duck Army has been activated
willow crypt
austere lance
Rubber ducky BT's gonna smite everyone in Death Stranding
bronze wind
Clearly our iq isn't high enough to comprehend kojimas advanced intellect spoken via duck tweet
truly profound
willow crypt
i found the pro
bronze wind
pro duck
willow crypt
tony kojima's pro ducker 3
bronze wind
Rick and Morty X Kojima: High IQSkater 4
willow crypt
😍
daring spear
I found a bunch of warpers
cinder vessel
So that delivery request where I thought the guy was being an ass? Well, he was but it was more of a breeze than I expected
I think it may have expected me to take a more indirect route than I did, but I was just like, "BT territory, path to my left and right are probably easier but...This wall isn't that high and I've got a ladder and some climbing anchors."
Although, I think they either anticipated that, because I didn't necessarily need the climbing anchor, and also it didn't want to let me use the climbing anchor on the wall, but I found a workable spot and used it anyway, lol
austere lance
winter yew
@cinder vessel pizza delivery lmao
willow crypt
flyyyy like an eagle
raven frost
they're really fucking well implemented actually
The earlier tier solid thruster boosters allow for a small burst of thrust but the later tier allow for indefinite flight as long as you have the hydrazine to fuel them
willow crypt
I believe it. They dedicated a whole update to it
raven frost
they did?
I haven't payed any attention to astroneer's development in the last like year or so
willow crypt
It was titled the 'Exploration' update
reef storm
not how SpaceX designed it
I do like the fact that you can open up the booster and fire it off without being in the rocket
raven frost
aw man
those thrusters are going on my fuckin priority list of things to research on my main save
flying those felt fantastic
cinder vessel
@winter yew just got the email for that, haven't taken it on yet because uh...That route looks like a pain for sure
Although some of us that have happened into each other have been laying down a smoother route some of the way there...Not sure how the game handles that but it works surprisingly well
daring spear
I made a bedroom in Subnautica and added a table and two chairs, and put a stuffed dinosur I found in the Aurora on one of the chairs. Sad boi days
plucky quartz
Have you played ark or atlas @daring spear
daring spear
Ark, yes
plucky quartz
Is subnautica better put together and more fluid than ark in your opinion ?
daring spear
I would say so
Sand sharks like to get stuck in things. But that's entertaining and kinda helpful
austere lance
Ark runs like garbage compared to Subnautica @plucky quartz
plucky quartz
I'm sold!
reef storm
I second what they both said.
charred badge
Ark is a Minecraft with dinosaurs, added tech, and more griefers.
Subnautica is a more linear experience that's loads more polished and not split into 10 payments or whatever it is.
Sub is also single player
wet warren
That sums those two up well
You cant forget the poor optimization of Ark and the crazy amount of bugs it has
cinder vessel
I seem to have gotten a little lucky in Death Stranding, had to make a delivery to distro center south of Port Knot City and a bunch of industrious folks had thrown together enough resources to pave roads about 70-80~% of the way to it
Last little bit of distance to it I just had to cross some small streams that weren't too deep or rapidly flowing
Btw, little protip in case ya haven't figured it out yet for anyone else playing, but if you slow down on your bike, you can ride over ladders same as walking over them, making for precarious but workable bridges even for bikes
plucky quartz
Wait, that game isn’t out yet I didn’t think
wet warren
It is now
cinder vessel
yeah
plucky quartz
Lucky!
cinder vessel
PC next year tho, if memory serves
cinder vessel
so, uh, Yoku's Island Express is amazing. Just tried a demo of it and the artwork is fantastic
crisp sparrow
yooo wtf Pokemon Sword/Shield have a Galarian form of Corsola and it's ||literally dead coral||
crisp sparrow
Man I remember having 40+ hour playthrough of pokemon emerald
got about 12 in Omega ruby thanks to exp share removing any need to grind
I loved it
cinder vessel
Pokémon story compared against Death Stranding story would be more apt, and also just show how little story Pokémon has, lol
austere lance
Yeah I hit 30+ hours in Platinum, it was fun 💕
crisp sparrow
tbh never cared for story in pokemon and sword/shield is likely the dullest this time around
(maybe its good because no OMG WORLD ABOUT TO END bullshit)
cinder vessel
which also cuts to why that comparison is just silly af too
next to nobody i know of plays Pokémon for story stuff
crisp sparrow
whoever complained about pokemon black/white's story is a crook in my book
for once the game had a plot I was invested in 😦
cinder vessel
That was 3DS, wasn't it?
crisp sparrow
DS
cinder vessel
oh, huh
crisp sparrow
3DS is X/Y
austere lance
I didn't play any between Platinum and Ultra Sun, lol
cinder vessel
Although that may be on eshop these days... 🤔
crisp sparrow
play black/white and then the sequel, its pretty satisfying
one of my most fav pokemon games
austere lance
Was a helluva jump going from Platinum's gameplay to Sun's 😆
austere lance
Luckily Nintendo never changes and I can still 100% brute force my way through the game with the Fire starter xD
crisp sparrow
ikr
I'm playing omega ruby again but with grass starter
sceptile is the coolest starter imo
austere lance
Emerald will forever be my fave
austere lance
I uh, might have gone through the entirety of the Elite Four and half of the Champion's team just with Rayquaza 😆
Dragon type too OP
crisp sparrow
kek I did mine with blaziken, I had a really wide covering movepool
flamethrower, earthquake, aerial ace, sky uppercut
it was like level 70 something because I never used other pokemon
its why I low key like exp share, I dont have to grind to have a mixed party
idle saffron
Straaaand
visual snow
Is new pokemon worth it?
Any pokemon enthusiasts here?
Cuz its like they cut half of the pokemon in this game...
And is it still worth it
?
iron inlet
Yeah it's good still
It's Pokémon so it's worth it
But they did remove the national Dex so yeah half the Pokémon are gonezo
First ever Pokémon main series game where you cannot intact catch 'em all
winter yew
I'm liking the chapter 3 less and less.
Rdr didn't crash through prologue, 1 and 2 like, ONCE, and through chapter 3 I experienced 3 so far, and I'm confident it'll happen more. 😄
Dunno, maybe my pc doesn't like Saint Denis.
Oh well, apparently it's chapter 4, not 3. So even better. 😄
crisp sparrow
@visual snow imo its not worth it, dexit aside the game just does not have that polish and interest that they hyped up for, it has nothing new and interesting to offer aside from just a new setting, some of the new pokemon and new forms to old pokemon are cool but no way I'd pay full price for half a game of yesteryears
people wouldnt be so mad about dexit if the actual game was really good, and its not, its pretty much your typical pokemon game
Tbh I didn't really like sun/moon and the ultras all that much, but after sword and shield I really appreciate those games now
idle saffron
Anthem Stranding
plucky quartz
@inland grail I never really got into minecrack to be honest. My kids love the heck outta it. But just wasn't for me. So I honestly don't know what the community is like over there
inland grail
hmm ok
plucky quartz
Pretty good community?
full pivot
Someone needs to tell bioware its not April yet
plucky quartz
Good morning @full pivot! Hope you're finally out of that dark stinky dungeon!
full pivot
Yeah it was only 2 hours
idle saffron
You were stranded
full pivot
I have the weekend!
idle saffron
Nice!
full pivot
So ||if you collect all 12 inch worms in the basement it creates a foot that sends you to the Forbidden Pyramid.||
plucky quartz
Wait, the basement you were in for two hours has a portal to a forbidden pyramid? Awesome!!!
😉
full pivot
Its from a game but its prolly not to well known; its from my childhood
Ppl been almost spoiling modern games here so I figured id start throwing in DOS game spoilers
idle saffron
Same, but stranding
full pivot
Not on switch sadly 😔
plucky quartz
Sigh,nor on PC till next summer
charred badge
Is that a zork reference?
wary crag
Why is fallout 4 £50 on xbox store for the game of the year edition 😭
Yet its £14.99 for a CD
Stupid digital only xbox
full pivot
is the CD goty? i know thats a silly reason but I could see it
plucky quartz
It's an amazing game! Like Minecraft on crack...with an economy. And 255 different colors to build with haha! And the developers are active on forums and talking with people everyday! Small team like HG, but they pump stuff out at insane speeds
Boundless👆
If I'm not mistaken, both boundless and NMS have studios in the same building.
And over 50 different planets to travel to
wary crag
@full pivot yea
austere lance
I fuckin love all the games coming to/recently added to Game Pass, I gotta install Remnant and Age of Wonders: Planetfall
full pivot
i have those tho
rigid haven
I only care for RED STRINGS CLUB
Game pass has a bunch of indies which is great, just hope they're getting paid well for being there
full pivot
i have that too
wary crag
What's that game?
austere lance
@rigid haven Idk about being paid well but they get to use the ID@Xbox program to make games for it
cinder vessel
Decided to scout out the path to my next destination in Death Stranding and of course the more direct route has you going through BTs
Easy enough to sneak by, except I forgot to bring anything to clear them out, so I said screw it closer to where I was going and threw down some ladders to scale up the cliffs and get out of the area
Almost got grabbed a couple times but still made it through
winter yew
OOO
I get three months of Xbox Game pass on pc for having Nitro 😄
Besides The Outer Worlds, I wonder what I should play :V
rigid haven
Red Strings Club
winter yew
time to go deliver some more packages :V
austere lance
Wookies look weird on this game, lol
tame coral
Wookies look weird in general
willow crypt
I hope they can eliminate loading time in games on next gen. Some of em are kinda ridiculous
willow crypt
I could take a framerate cut
austere lance
PS5 apparently loads current gen games in like a second, I assume the next Xbox does too
Seeing how they both have SSD's
willow crypt
That's good to hear
cinder vessel
if they'd stop going for effects like crazy and realism we'd probably have minimal load times by now, but noo, gotta have that thicc fog and visible skin pores
willow crypt
I love fog
But yeah, graphics don't need to be super duper hyper realistic
Have always appreciated stylized games more anyways
cinder vessel
tbh though it's not just realism, effects heavy games can be stylized and just as rough in terms of performance/load time
austere lance
Ooooooor you can have damn good graphics and somehow run really well on old consoles (RDR 2)
willow crypt
Oh I know, but you can get away with a lot more and use a lot more tricks if you aren't going for realism
austere lance
I feel really really dumb for having to look up how to solve this puzzle, lol. It's definitely a forehead moment once you see the solution
austere lance
Wtf is up with the Mongolian band in the game 😆
austere lance
So uh, I officially had a massive Star Wars fangasm and my life is complete 😩 💦 💦
austere lance
I keep reenacting ||Darth Maul|| scenes in Jedi Fallen Order now and it's funny af 😂
tender fiber
Anyone else feel like Destiny has a severe lacking visual cohesion, at least nowadays?
like, especially compared to the early concept art
like in the early "Creating a Brave New World" GDC presentation they talked about a color palette that would unify the game but it's... just not in the game
brisk merlin
I liked destiny 1's style
austere lance
HOLY SHIT
charred badge
Where's the gek?
tender fiber
What was Destiny 1's style?
charred badge
D2 color palettes are mostly tied to destination/faction
echo hill
well this was a nice surprise! (Nitro subs get 3 months of Xbox Game pass and get to choose between an Xbox code or a PC code)
raven frost
There are particular areas in both D1 and D2 I enjoyed very much and like to see more stuff like it, particularly the cosmodrome, the moon (which has sorta been answered?) and Titan
Also, venus I think
I don't remember much of venus sadly
echo hill
😦 im burnt out again
i feel like my periods of not being burnt out get shorter and shorter each time
crisp sparrow
Same
bold plinth
all I remember about venus was me and a few buddies doing the garden of glass and me hitting my head on a rock after a mis-angled double jump and dying instantly. I was last alive so it made us fail the boss.
but soaring through the air, in that blissful moment, I remember making mental note of how beautiful the area was.
idle saffron
Straaaanding
winter yew
On the eeeeeeeedge...
viral token
@echo hill the shorter periods.... welcome to getting older 😉
echo hill
im not a fan tbh
viral token
me neither, but what can you do....
crisp sparrow
I'm running out of things to do because I'm too lazy
echo hill
its currently 4am...
winter yew
crisp sparrow
Damn I've never beat the game
meager panther
I still don't know what the game even is
echo hill
yall what are some brainless games that i can play just using my mouse?
idle saffron
🤷 find the cheese?
echo hill
what about tower defense games?
idle saffron
Go for it
I can't stand them personally
I'm going to walk the dog, and then STRAND
Strandering
Strandiferous
silver sparrow
Mine stranding
idle saffron
Strand sweeper
rigid haven
That's one defensive fuckin mew
winter yew
Warframe aka bugframe @winter yew
crisp sparrow
man I remember when those clan leaders in PoGo wouldnt say shit about your pokemon and you had to rely on external tools to see if what you caught was good or nah
good of devs to listen in on feedback and implement them
iron inlet
Dude my Mew is ready to protecc me @rigid haven
willow crypt
Outer Worlds Dialogue spoiler
crisp sparrow
oh fuck I laughed so hard at that
but it seemed pretty plausible too
I had Max and Ellis with me and they both were like "yo she is def crazy you can't be serious too right, captain??"
willow crypt
same but with Ellie and Felix
crisp sparrow
yeah I guess any crew member would be like that but still
willow crypt
i'm wondering which ones would think opposite. I definitely think there will be. || we already have alien creatures on the planets ||
crisp sparrow
lmfao wtf
willow crypt
he likes his games to be virgins
crisp sparrow
Jim Ryan is TI?
austere lance
LMFAOOOOOO 😂
willow crypt
I think I remember finding a bobblehead of Markiplier
crisp sparrow
wow u decorated the base
willow crypt
But I think I lost it
crisp sparrow
jacksepticeye
willow crypt
Makes sense
crisp sparrow
dont remember anyone else
@willow crypt ok yep it was just that bobble head and then a diff decoration for jacksepticeye
nothing else apart from some badges in a collector's edition version of the game
willow crypt
Ah okay. Collectibles are quite hard to find in that game. Which is kinda cool
crisp sparrow
also lmao the game has a bunch of weird easter eggs, including ||Donald Trump saying China in one of the game's background music||
willow crypt
Whuuut
willow crypt
I can't believe they've done this
winter yew
I'm going to lose my fkn mind.
willow crypt
Don't
crisp sparrow
is this about red ded rededption
winter yew
First 3 chapters I haven't crashed fucking once, 4'th chapter, 3 fucking ctd's per mission, if game's feeling compassionate.
sure is
austere lance
Lol
crisp sparrow
oof
willow crypt
Read dead or Stranding
crisp sparrow
in fact play them simultaneously
austere lance
I can't believe that game runs so well on the crappy base Xbone but can't run on good PC's 😆
willow crypt
Cannot don't have 4 arma
crisp sparrow
ya because they have a history of messing up when it comes to PC
winter yew
oh it runs fine, just fucking crashes like a motherfucker for no reason, and SUDDENLY is what triggers the shit out of me.
crisp sparrow
does it happen when you're loading in a new area (regardless of if you were just there or not)
austere lance
It runs insanely well on base consoles, it's wild. With zero crashes too, lol
winter yew
nope, seemingly at random, and mostly during missions. IT fucking crashed twice when escaping from the galleria ffs.
you know side mission for the artist guy.
like it's a fucking 2 minute mission and I had to start it 3 times.
crisp sparrow
lmao damn
winter yew
fkn saint denis is the problem I bet.
yup
just crashed again
like what the fucking fuck I went to clean up my gun cause it's dirty af for some reason, poof. reason enough.
fkn idk, let's test this emergency mode then.
oh for fucking fucks sake I need to ride with the fucking gang for the 4'th time again.
Cool for the first time, not 4'th.
unskippable of course, cause it's in game not a cutscene.
austere lance
Welcome to the game, lol
winter yew
thank fuck movie camera is a thing
full pivot
Mudraptor
willow crypt
Scary
brisk merlin
hot
idle saffron
willow crypt
In that one you're floating
idle saffron
Oh this isn't off topic
I haven't played subnautica in awhile - does the sub still float to the top gradually?
That was annoying
austere lance
Idk if the sub does but the Moth doesn't
willow crypt
That would SUCK!
Imagine taking that out to explore somewhere dangerous and the seamoth floats up
idle saffron
Yuck
winter yew
I've been playing GTA5
willow crypt
Uhoh
winter yew
👌
willow crypt
Strands
winter yew
Only 7 more months for PC. 😩
full pivot
i got caught up in Barotrauma for way too long today
idle saffron
I am an expert strander now
winter yew
willow crypt
I wouldn't doubt that
winter yew
Gleam is the best strander.
willow crypt
That's what the weather is like today
winter yew
I now actually have a legit version on PC.
willow crypt
Hard to type outside cause fingers cold
winter yew
I bought GTA5 on X360, PS3, PS4, XB1 and now PC.
willow crypt
Wowee
winter yew
Trying to mimic you.
willow crypt
Haha
idle saffron
THAT TALLNECK IS IN THE WRONG GAME
winter yew
Get back in HZO stupid tallneck.
idle saffron
Yeah!
winter yew
How're you liking the game Gleam?
idle saffron
I'm addicted
winter yew
I know I'm going to be when I get the chance to play.
idle saffron
It is hard to explain, but it definitely isn't a walking sim
winter yew
I see Leon saying something about a bridge he built getting recognition until someone came along and built a super bridge and now his bridge is being ignored.
idle saffron
Lol
winter yew
I'm super intrigued and am trying SO hard to ignore all videos and articles.
idle saffron
Do it, the game is waayyy deeper than I thought
Not the plot - I knew that would be whacked, the gameplay
winter yew
I will be for sure. PC is summer release. 😭
willow crypt
Ooch
winter yew
7 months maybe
winter yew
I take a couple weeks in June so I am absolutely keeping my fingers crossed it falls into there somewhere.
TBH, I may just work around it and hold fire until a release date is given.
GF is hinting at booking a holiday though.
That may win.
idle saffron
DAMN HER
winter yew
I should just fire her temporarily.
winter yew
Despicable right?
willow crypt
Yes
idle saffron
raven frost
@winter yew infinite oxygen, infinite power, or flight
raven frost
winter yew
Flight, without a doubt.
idle saffron
Xbox is giving 3 months
raven frost
Gotcha
winter yew
I'd fly away as soon as a problem started to arise.
idle saffron
Power, so I can punch things
winter yew
GOOD point.
winter yew
💪
idle saffron
Mobile got the giant emote update
They are a good 3 times bigger when done alone like that
winter yew
I hate them
idle saffron
winter yew
:Hexagonal:
raven frost
that emote always hurts my head
idle saffron
😭
winter yew
That's cause I hurt peoples head. It's only fair my emoti matches.
idle saffron
GOOD point.
winter yew
:dance:
idle saffron
There are apparently a bunch of celebrities in death stranding - I found one so far, outside of the main cast
raven frost
Norman Reedus
austere lance
There's certainly a few, lol
idle saffron
I'm not looking up a list, it was a nice surprise
winter yew
I love that Monster energy drinks survived though.
austere lance
Nuka Monster Quantum
Can't collect bottle caps cuz they're cans tho, what would you use as currency? 
raven frost
hmmm
I'll tell you what, once I reach 35,000 bits, I'll research the jetpack thrusters
idle saffron
Ok, deal
raven frost
I'm at 25K now, all I need to do is find some more of those little research samples underground
idle saffron
Ok, I'm going to harass some MULEs and BTs
austere lance
I think I need to have a talk with my friend, lol
full pivot
It's a long shot but there was a game I was looking at once that had you controlling a non-human submarine in order to survive; the controls were all funky and it was like trying to figure out the controls while navigating to safety or something. I was hoping maybe someone remembers what it was called? I apparently didn't wishlist it
It's on steam though
winter yew
Can’t say I’ve heard of it
full pivot
so i gotta add J:FO to my list of games ughhh its also fun 😭 but im gonna actually try to progress in Death Stranding now
idle saffron
Straaandinggg
full pivot
im still on episode 2 😅
full pivot
you've really gone all in 😛
idle saffron
No
meager panther
If i hadn't bought forza i would have bought jfo
crisp sparrow
Tfw JFO won't get fitgirl repack
meager panther
On the bright side i won't have time to play till Christmas.by that time i would get it
I have been seeing death stranding everywhere
Is it that good
What do you do in it?
crisp sparrow
It's a movie with some game elements
Think undertale but longer cutscenes
it being good or bad is pretty subjective as its not your typical AAA formulaic game, and is very slow paced so that can be a real turn off for a lot of people
but its still been so hyped up because the man behind the game is an absolute meme (in a good way)
meager panther
Its a movie?
idle saffron
Nah
full pivot
just fucked up against my first BT 
idle saffron
And everything is subjective as far as games go
Look at all of the people loving nms, and then the ones that don't
This is one of those games that doesn't have a middle ground imo - you either like it or don't
full pivot
okie dokie ❤️
tame coral
@meager panther it's about delivering packages and making terminals to connect America with long and amazing cutscenes with a great story
crisp sparrow
Ya, it can get pretty slow and boring but if you're immersed in the game you might not feel it
meager panther
Sadly no time to be immersed
crisp sparrow
I have time but not the game 😓
fallen notch
@full pivot https://store.steampowered.com/app/922100/
charred badge
I love how they gave the Spyro remaster a Warframe loading screen gimmick
And Spyro makes grabby hands at the treasure when you lean towards it
austere lance
Imma play more Jedi Fallen Order today, according to my friend I'm not as close to the end of the game as I thought I was 👀
cinder vessel
So the other day I figured out what's up with Death Stranding's pacing...It's basically JRPG pacing with a little less filler chatter and BS random battles
winter yew
@charred badge I can’t get over how smooth Spyro plays on pc
charred badge
yeah, I was surprised too
I wasn't expecting to really enjoy it, but it's butter smooth
and spyro's run-hop is great, haha
cinder vessel
is this your first time playing any of the Spyro games?
cinder vessel
ah
charred badge
enter the dragonfly was... how long ago?
Enter the dragonfly was 2002, and killed my interest in the series
the last good one was Year of The Dragon in 2000
hah
I didn't have a PS1. I just got to enjoy it when visiting family
so nice associations
that and legend of dragoon
a criminally unremastered game
it just needs some polish and it'll rival the rest of the big ticket remasters easily
this system was so fun, and nicely rewarding https://youtu.be/G5aNG1_OBR0
pretty up the graphics, speed up battle loading and animation start/end like they do for FF, reduce the encounter rate a tad, and modernize inventory a bit and the game would be great.
spyro is basically the successful 3d mascot in the same niche as sonic
that is, snarky coolbro 90s mascot, lol
cinder vessel
RPGs are such a tricky beast to remaster depending on the approach taken
raven frost
Is it a pistachio or cashew
full pivot
what happened?
crisp sparrow
I assume he's enjoying the star wars game
austere lance
You don't even KNOW
cinder vessel
is there a demo out for it by any chance?
full pivot
2 fuel rods left x.x
austere lance
There's a ridiculous amount of material from all eras of Star Wars, it's bonkers!
If you've watched Clone Wars you're gonna have some fangasms, lol
charred badge
But does it have luuuuke
willow crypt
Problem with RPGs
They start off hard
Then they get really easy
And then all of a sudden they become very difficult
I don't even know I would consider that an rpg
But one things for sure, it remains difficult
austere lance
It has stats like Strength and Intelligence and stuff
austere lance
And gear to upgrade and collect
willow crypt
Yuh
cinder vessel
Souls games are action RPGs, basically
full pivot
it is
full pivot
i mean you can
full pivot
there's a dark spell called "dark bead" that's pretty broken in Dark Souls 1
you can get it to almost 1 shot every boss
full pivot
its garbage against Manus ofc
and you won't have any options outside of it at that point
willow crypt
austere lance
Just finished Jedi Fallen Order, HOLY SHIT
willow crypt
It's astonishing, the lack of interest in Half Life here
cinder vessel
🤷 Half-Life's just eh anymore
It was impressive at the time but we've surpassed it at this point
willow crypt
U gotsta remember the glory days
Hopefully they're able to wow the audience once again
cinder vessel
And it's not like whatever this is is going to move past the eternal cliffhanger
that's what we said ten years ago, lmao
crisp sparrow
ok dead space is longer than I thought
willow crypt
I just want to hear of new stories in the same world
crisp sparrow
I'm on the 8th chapter, 4 more to go
willow crypt
I honestly don't think 3 will come out, but we'll still get new games in the same world of HL
cinder vessel
the only way to achieve true photorealistic immersion is if you turn reality into the game you're trying to make, it all makes sense!
said as if it isn't already
willow crypt
4ever
cinder vessel
we're all stranding here
cinder vessel
strands
willow crypt
Mmmmm
.................................................... ⚾
Oh nice,
A locust bat
winter yew
Thanks
raven frost
winter yew
Arousing
cinder vessel
do you feel under a lot of pressure to support the units?
u n i t s r e c e i v e d
willow crypt
RETRACTED
willow crypt
Oh cannnada
cinder vessel
🍁
willow crypt
🍀
cinder vessel
did you know there's a small game series where Canada goes totalitarian and joins forces with a Ninja Empire to try and destroy the US?
cinder vessel
willow crypt
The Texas man is typing
raven frost
Canadanadanadanadanadanadanadanadamdnsjxndnsjjieimeudme
cinder vessel
Remember to get some maple syrup
raven frost
This is #other-games
willow crypt
Cannot
raven frost
F U C K
cinder vessel
WUT
willow crypt
No this is gif spam
raven frost
atomic oxide
any other game is better\
willow crypt
Outer worlds update?
atomic oxide
nah nomansky
winter yew
k
atomic oxide
@eternal heart
eternal heart
what
cinder vessel
yeah, Outer Worlds update was set for last week and delayed to this week, seems like it might get delayed again, which all good, just wanna be able to read stuff without straining my eyes
winter yew
😩
tame coral
willow crypt
So is death stranding the type of game where if you start playing it too late the map is going to be covered by player objects?
cinder vessel
oh huh, Death Stranding has a little notice if your controller is disconnected, lol
Nah Zug
willow crypt
Good
cinder vessel
Stuff deteriorates over time
willow crypt
👌
cinder vessel
And you can always opt to play offline
idle saffron
And they introduce it only as you become able to make it and see it
And still, you will have to build your own things
willow crypt
Good features
cinder vessel
Yeah, your first run through an area without the chiral network hooked up forces you to figure out your way on your own at first
winter yew
I'm swaying towards waiting for PC release. Only because I have a backlog of games already and RDR2 + Cyberpunk happening before DS PC release.
cinder vessel
You literally set up the internet in regions area by area, lol
winter yew
I saw Conan Obrien is in the game.
raven frost
cinder vessel
btw Gleam, did I read right from other folks that facility materials are mostly gained by knocking out some MULEs?
raven frost
😬
winter yew
Ouch, that lag is exactly what everyone said it would be.
idle saffron
That is what I do, strand them right up
cinder vessel
even setting aside the latency issues, Stadia's lacking in a lot of basic features, many of which people have complained at length about Epic Store not having, lol
idle saffron
Once you get a few facilities up and going well, you can just claim materials there for what you need. The mule camps have a ton of materials though, easily enough for any big project
They tend to have a preference though
More of "X"material than anything else
It varies, even per camp
winter yew
I love stealing from the MULEs
cinder vessel
Yeah, I've made the mistake of trying to help maybe a little too much, so have run down some facility resources a little
idle saffron
They recover over time, and lots of them have specific missions you can do over, to replenish the materials
cinder vessel
Oh? That first part I didn't realize, I suspected they might but wasn't sure
idle saffron
Takes a bit, I haven't timed it - gotta be a few hours though at least
austere lance
I can't check how much time I've put into Jedi Fallen Order cuz it's one of the strange games that doesn't have stats to check, smh. I'd say that playthrough was a good 15 hours tho
Now I'm gonna explore a bit before starting my second playthrough on a harder difficulty 😬
idle saffron
austere lance
I'm bad at Souls-type combat, I had to play through the game on the ez difficulty 😆
I decided to do an optional dungeon-ish area on the normal difficulty and almost died as soon as I fought a Purge Trooper, they too OP 😢
idle saffron
I'm installing it now, not sure when I will start it though.. too many games is a pretty nice problem to have though
And they added The Talos Principle to gamepass
Unpopular opinion: It is better than Portal
winter yew
I want to agree tbh
idle saffron
To be clear, I love portal
austere lance
J: FO isn't a massive game, it's 12-18 hours depending on how much you explore. I explored 80+ percent of every planet and finished the story and I'm probably in the 16 hour range. Definitely recommend playing it, it has a helluva story
Dank singleplayer games that aren't full of filler are making a comeback 😩 💦 💦
idle saffron
🤞
austere lance
So far the two big ones that came out recently are hella popular, hopefully studios notice that this is a thing lots of people want 👀
austere lance
Cyberpunk has an ungodly amount of hype too, and that Vampire the Masquerade game seems to be drawing a decent amount of interest. Bring back the golden age of singleplayer games!!!
austere lance
Praise Cthulhu 🙌
cinder vessel
I think my favorite part of Death Stranding is that while the multiplayer is kinda in your face, it's also indirect
If more games did that optional async, indirect MP stuff, I don't think I'd mind too much
crisp sparrow
I don't get DS multiplayer
Apparently you can like someone's contruct, more than once
I think about 20+ likes
Won't that just make the game a troll haven
cinder vessel
Nah, just kinda goes to show how worthless likes are ultimately
austere lance
@cinder vessel Ashen does it
cinder vessel
Souls games in general do it a lot, always liked it
The asynchronous part is probably what I like most about it, 'cause coordinated schedules is oof more often than not
austere lance
Ashen basically has the same multiplayer as Journey
crisp sparrow
@cinder vessel so even if a construct got next to no likes it will still appear in your game?
austere lance
It's kinda cool, you just play and sometimes your AI companion becomes a player companion
I feel like Death Stranding has a bunch of servers, cuz millions of people's stuff all showing up for everyone would be chaos 😆
cinder vessel
@crisp sparrow I think so, yeah, I've come across some structures with zero likes whatsoever
cinder vessel
But then, I also go out of my way to take less traveled routes, so those may be some of the only ones the game can even bring me, lol
austere lance
I wonder how many servers Kojima bought
crisp sparrow
I don't think you need a beefy server for async mp
cinder vessel
I suspect it doesn't need a ton of servers, given the nature of what's being handled
Yeah
austere lance
There's a ton of people playing it tho, wouldn't there be ungodly amounts of player-built stuff everywhere if there weren't many servers?
crisp sparrow
Wait ashen has actual mp too
austere lance
Ashen has async but if you want you can play it privately with a friend
crisp sparrow
@austere lance no, it's like NMS
Whenever you play the game you're in a lobby of other players
From what I read in a review
cinder vessel
Thing is, larger structures are stupid costly to set up, the bulk of objects are smol, and a few signs strewn about here & there
crisp sparrow
I don't think you change that lobby each time you fire up the game
And you can still report objects
cinder vessel
gleam what cursed server have you wandered into
that created that last emote
is that the subreddit discord?
cinder vessel
of course, lmao
tame coral
idle saffron
So like 89 more dancing babies
tame coral
Oh god
idle saffron
cinder vessel
there's something i can't put into words about the game feel of Kojima's work that is borderline clunky yet strangely appealing
idle saffron
He is a weirdo, and I like it
cinder vessel
I think it's mostly in the sound design, at a quick thought on it
Like if you muted his games, it would feel really off, at least to me
idle saffron
I have been caught up in maxing each locations affinity - it is producing mass amounts of oxytocin in my body
cinder vessel
lol
idle saffron
Pretty sure I'm just another MULE at this point
cinder vessel
Btw, have you noticed if you leave the game on the start screen there's subtle ocean tide coming in sounds?
cinder vessel
I put on my glasses before I start, and if I notice smudges or something, I clean them off, so I leave it sitting there every now & then, lol
idle saffron
I have been so busy delivering and building I haven't stopped much to chill
I think I used the rest option like one time
Private room quite a few times of course
austere lance
He watch
reef storm
I tried to get over there and touch it. Couldn't do it yet.
austere lance
My friend says you can go under it and it pops its head through a hole to say hi like a cat, lol
reef storm
lol
austere lance
@reef storm I beat it today, fantastic game. Imma do a second playthrough on a harder difficulty and do certain things differently 👀
reef storm
Nice
austere lance
To uh, acquire something
austere lance
Also, when your crew off-handedly mentions to go back to previous planets and check out loot it's usually worth doing so
You only get the starting two colors (3 if you pre-ordered) til a certain point in the story
cinder vessel
I only just rested between places the other day Gleam, after scouting a path to my next destination
austere lance
You find cosmetics for your clothes, your lightsaber casing, BD, and the ship in chests
There's 3 outfits I'm missing 😩
austere lance
cinder vessel
reminds me, -checks outer worlds-
Hmm, still nothin' about update...Probably coming later this week then at this point
austere lance
People are WEAK and getting their asses whipped by Ogdo Bogden, smh
cinder vessel
Btw @idle saffron, if memory serves you enjoyed Days Gone a fair bit, yeah? Probably like this news then, albeit who knows if it amounts to anything:
https://www.gamesradar.com/days-gone-2-sequel-tease/
idle saffron
It is wide open for it - even hints quite a few times
cinder vessel
I've been tempted to pick it up on sale sometime
idle saffron
It is a solid game
cinder vessel
There's just been so many good games this year 😩
idle saffron
Pretty fun time
cinder vessel
mmhmm
austere lance
It looked good at XO19
Some interesting games were there. Ohshit, just remembered I downloaded the West of Dead open beta
So uh @echo hill
https://youtu.be/HuG-e50QGKg
winter yew
ikr
I purposely got attacked by a BT earlier to show a friend how scary it was lol.
||what's the point of peeing? does it mark a space that keeps BT's away temporarily???||
you get a shroom, and you regen stamina faster or something like that.
dunno don't own the game, just saw a lot of angry comments on some vids.
Don't forget to take a shit once in a while too.
oh yea i know
pretty much do all the things in the shower after ive made a few lengthy deliveries.
Wish I wasn't so broke, this game looks like the exact my cup of tea, just wasting away, traversing the world, looking, chilling, delivering.
Hopefully pc controls won't be completely unbearable.
There's a couple mechanics that won't seem as 'cool' on PC, I imagine, like the whole 'shake the controller' thing to soothe the baby.
but I'm sure it'll be changed to like... just holding a button down or something
yeah, motion controls to calm the bb, waving it around like a maniac, vibrations, controller screaming at you.
yeaa
i can see the movement being a little awkward with a keyboard
but we'll see later next summer I guess
I recently was gifted the Spyro collection on steam and I can't get over how smooth it plays in comparison to the ps4 version.
I love it...
austere lance
West of Dead is alright, very much in the beta stage tho
austere lance
Kek
winter yew
goes away in menu apparently, all menus, then zooms back up
some fucking piece of shit ui element?
I have a feeling that your pc just doesn't like RDR2
You think. Graphics card just melts as we speak. xD
out of 2 gigs promised now I have 1.3gig, and that's normal apparently.
which card you got?
so I can't even play with settings because this fucking cunt of a game whines about video memory all the time.
gtx950
should add it to my nick, like that fkn matters.
lol
no
I'm just going to say this as plainly as possible : Your card doesn't have enough VRAM
you think. 😄
works perfectly tho, see it's smooth, just artifacts all over the place, and this shit, that's not even the graphics.
that's rockstar shitting on my fun with their 16:9 or bust.
hmmm
ok
brisk merlin
winter yew
ye, "flagship"
sounds good, but you just wonder, is it like a proper game, or another aperture labs type thing.
yup alt f4'd the browser, managed to scrub some more vram, changed the resolution to nothing, left it as it was, accepted, and suddenly the puke rainbow is gone.
Yeaaaaa
i think in your case you're going to need to do every little bit you can to get as much memory available to you as possible
yeah ds eats up to 200 mb's for some reason too. 😄
YES, PERFECT.
oh, I think I see it now, like 4'th time I see that clip.
There was a dude standing there, nevermind. 😄
Thought I clipped his leg on a fence or smth, that's why it failed me.
winter yew
hope it's worth a darn. 😄
it's been a while, bout time they returned to the franchise.
winter yew
I was playing RDR2 earlier and had some funny moments, I really should've been recording. I was trying to spot a 3 star buck and another one comes out of nowhere in the bushes and charges me.
willow crypt
even if it's smaller scale, this means they're probably ramping up for bigger HL games
winter yew
Then I nearly got into a duel with some drunk in the saloon in Valentine and when we set up to draw, the dude passed out lol
willow crypt
gotta get back into that game.
winter yew
Then I decided to try to show some friends of mine what robbing a train was like... got interrupted by bounty hunters that caused an explosion in front of me which spooked my damn horse and he threw me off.
any good spots to hunt for foxes?
just run around and listen for this sound https://youtu.be/zk1mAd77Hr4
but really
Cumberland Forest is a good spot
but I'd recommend putting on some cover scent before doing that
they run if they smell you
oh fucking perfect, this vid crashed my browser for some fuck knows reason.
also
The darkness is back.
epilepsy warning
oh god
yeah, that's the most annoying shit that happens sometimes. xD
austere lance
Maybe don't play it til you get better hardware, lol
winter yew
austere lance
To be fair, us console lads don't gotta worry about games not being compatible with our hardware 😆
winter yew
fucking fixed it. I'm glad that random youtube vid crashed the living shit out of my browser, and completely broke everything. 😄
missing few panels, but I'll get em once I remember what I even lost. 😄
had to re-download all addons, reconfigure everything, download the custom theme again, fix the icon layout, button layout, like fuck.
I just can't get a break.
what even is all that
this for example new tab tools, cause default tab is a fucking eyesore to look at.
this one's fully customizable, the amount of panels, the size of em, position, custom background, custom pictures and names for panels if I could ever be arsed to do it
good shit.
user agent so I can revert this horrible fucking new twitter to old twitter, old youtube addon, auto site translator, if I'm off to some russian site, ultimate adblocker, auto refresh tool cause I needed one once, smashcast addon that adds dark theme cause this thing white as shit, you know
that sort of stuff
oh and youtube proxy, cause sometimes vids are blocked, and fuck that.
yeah that's pretty helpful
WAIT
I'm YELLOW
WAT
willow crypt
Congrats Garfield
winter yew
i do hate mondays
willow crypt
Ha
cinder vessel
lmao, I finished this delivery awhile ago and was thinking, "They're not really going to make this a system in the game, right?" and of course they do, why wouldn't they...This is Kojima, he makes a system out of nearly every damn thing
||Talking about weather forecasts on the map||
winter yew
oh yes
||i got that yesterday and actually used it to show a friend of mine what getting 'caught' by a BT was like.||
fluid hare
Kojima, you crazy crazy SOB.
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@plucky quartz other games are fun
plucky quartz
Hahaha bobb Ross! What's that last pic
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One of the service stations in Star citizen, if you got the same order I see
plucky quartz
How do you like start citizen so far?
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So many funny bugs
Which is what I bought in for
Anyone actually trying to play it for progression is going to be pretty frustrated
My ship airlock has munched off my legs about 3 times now
The fact that you can EVA whenever you want, and ships will just hovver where you leave them has led to some good ones too
plucky quartz
Hahaha!
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Like accidentally hitting eject while in warp and being left behind
plucky quartz
Hahaha! That could make for some funny memes
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Or accidentally hitting self destruct right before getting up from the pilot seat, and not having enough time to sit back down and cancel it
Both because the timer on hold actions vs tap actions is hilariously short
I left my ship like this and couldn't get back in because there's no jetpack lol
plucky quartz
Oh no! Haha!
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Hit the suicide button and came back to see it like this
plucky quartz
Wow those landscapes are beautiful
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Yeah it's a pretty game
NMS could pick up a thing or two on the graphical side.
This is just my laptop too
A uh
MSI G62 with upgraded RAM and an SSD
Oh yeah, and I bumped my old ship off with my replacement and decided to fly it back to the station since it had my cargo crates already in it
Guess what
plucky quartz
I'm jealous haha!
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The station said it was stolen
I guess my insurance company had claimed it lmao
Hi leon
cinder vessel
is that second shot up above from Warframe or somesuch?
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I need to poke around with the new filters and see if I could make NMS a bit less of a ocular assault
Bobb Ross?
cinder vessel
yeah
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Yeah. That's the new kuva lich ststem
cinder vessel
also what, is NMS still not toned down enough for you? lmao
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DE decided to make their own version of Shadow of Mordor
Because Warframe can never have too many ideas shoved into it
cinder vessel
ah, from a new WF expansion thing i take it?
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Well, an update
When they say it's free to play, they mean it's free to play everything in the game
cinder vessel
right, expansion update sorta thing
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Although the grind for things to sell to other players for plat can get a bit tedious
cinder vessel
but the grind is the g a m e p l a y ~ 🙄 🤮
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There's enough of a market in things late game players don't feel like farming that it's manageable
And of course there are some late game things that sell for a buttload if you feel like putting the effort in to finding buyers
Anyway, gotta drive
also what, is NMS still not toned down enough for you? lmao
Might change after I get glasses, but it's currently too... Round and colorful
cinder vessel
the fu-? even after Next gutted the colors?
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RE: DE adding random features.
I think everyone here knows what it's like to be at the whims of a Dev on a passion project 
cinder vessel
lol
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"Why haven't you fixed this bug?"
"We're completely revamping the entire melee combat system and adding in a team space ship piloting mode!"
Because Guns of Icarus is fun obviously
willow crypt
Thursday is gonna be fun
cinder vessel
what's then
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The day after humpday
willow crypt
Half Life reveal
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Oh! HL3 is that?