#other-games
winter yew
safe forge
Damn you, Civvie!
cinder vessel
Any of you happen to see the movie Underwater?
austere lance
austere lance
willow crypt
Looks fun
wet warren
That looks nice. It gave me a few BTW vibes
austere lance
I'm interested, looks like a fun world to explore!
raven frost
starbound, windbound
austere lance
raven frost
earthbound, all we need is firebound and waterbound and the elements shall be complete
winter yew
There is Skybound
safe forge
The Dark Souls trilogy is on heavy discount on PSN. Should I buy them?
austere lance
Depends on how well you deal with extreme anger, lol
safe forge
I know I should save up for PS5 and CP2077 but I love Soulsborne games and never played DS3
austere lance
3 is the best one!
vestal wren
3 just refined the best parts of the previous ones for the most part
except for sorta meaningless poise
idk what fan service would mean for those games tbh
safe forge
References to the previous games
That's what I meant about fanservice, not anime type of fanservice
Sorry if I didn't conveyed it better
willow crypt
Flashback to horrible 'save my balloon' missions in spiderman 2
cunning pewter
oh thank god anime-style fanservice is genuinely horrifying
looks a bit like zug's drawing, in fact.
anyway, was gonna say, Ark is free on the epic games store!!!
if anyone is interested in grabbing it
I'm very glad I didn't buy it, tho it's been on my Steam wishlist FOREVER.
daring spear
It was free on Steam for a bit a month or two ago
vestal wren
@safe forge ah i get it now. it does do that but it's in a cool way. i ddidn't know people viewed the references negatively
safe forge
I saw some people saying they were too on the nose
vestal wren
hm, idk what that would be referring to
ds2 has a literal dragon slayer that you fight which is basically ornstein
vestal wren
yeah 3 doesn't have nearly as many bosses but they are all pretty cool
some lame ones but thats true of all games
safe forge
I think Bloodborne had the best bosses
vestal wren
i agree
in terms of consistency at least
if you like dark souls i think you'll definitely like ds3 though
safe forge
You expecting Elden Ring?
vestal wren
expecting for what?
charred badge
I believe 3 was... streamlined. More easily understood or something.
charred badge
I need to get sekiro sometime
safe forge
@charred badge There is a difference between streamlined and dumbed down
charred badge
I'm a much bigger fan of aggressive parry gameplay vs careful guarding.
vestal wren
yeah it allows for both. i think a complaint I see about 3 is its easy to just roll and win
cause the i frames are pretty generous around rolling
charred badge
I'm used to MH iframes so...
vestal wren
at least for the main game, but even then you still need to learn timings pretty well
in pvp spamming the roll only works if people dont know how to roll-catch
charred badge
Not much beats the feeling of rolling through a tigrex charge
safe forge
People say Sekiro is Souls and Bloodborne on steroids
vestal wren
i cant say id really compare them honestly
aside from the "bonfire" mechanics
combat is extremely different
winter yew
Lets Play and Streamers are saying to stay away from it.
Graphically looks great.
vestal wren
i tried that right after announced/came out
i will refund it soon
it looks very beautiful but the gameplay is very boring so far. it is pre-alpha though so if the gameplay gets better it will be great
there is no customization for the house though as far as i could tell
dry copper
No customization...whats the point of building if there's no customization
vestal wren
you build it and then there are walls with recipes on them for the rooms, but they are static so the storage room and crafting room are always the same spot
you can make little decorations but the layout is the same
i don't mind lack of customization if the rest is interesting but it was just walking around looking for stuff and none of ti was unique, except for boxes you need lockpicks for or boxes you break with an axe
super pretty and nice soundtrack so i hope they add a lot more to do. unfortunately they might have ruined things with such an early release build
charred badge
That's not customization. That's upgrading.
Not necessarily bad. Story of Seasons/Harvest moon handle it well
vestal wren
i know, i said there wasnt customization
but yeah it would be ok if there was other stuff to work to
its understandable for pre-alpha but idk why they are charging for stuff in its current state
austere lance
brisk merlin
oooo
wet warren
Well hopefully that Among Trees game gets more fun since it looked good. I have no doubts it will be improved since it is in pre-alpha like Kiwi said
vestal wren
yeah i am keeping an eye on it
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cinder vessel
@charred badge they also made 20XX which is sorta similar and out now if you want something like this
Tactical space game update:
https://twitter.com/CryingSuns/status/1272587212601921536
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@cinder vessel i know
The 30XX demo released today
I've played a lot more than that, but mostly offline
silver sparrow
viral token
proper drift
WTH? Is that a carrier?
proper drift
Wow!
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Tactical 💤
cinder vessel
I'm confused Among Trees isn't just a pretty walking game
Wait, nevermind, I mistook it for the game where you play as a deer or something
vestal wren
yeah it's pretty much just a walking game with light crafting right now. i wouldn't even call it grindy, just boring. but we'll see where it's at in a few months
cinder vessel
I think I'd like it as just a chill walking game, simply add more sights & sounds to take in
vestal wren
i'd be cool w that too. all of the sights are the same right now which is why i refunded
just the same trees and hills with an occasional stream
cinder vessel
safe forge
If there's a game I will never play is Subnautica
I have a crippling fear of the deep sea
cinder vessel
Yeah
rigid haven
Hell yeah
Might pick it up at some point
Oh there's this one game that's coming out Thursday
Beta's available to play for free
It has dead cells mechanics like the collector and the stats, but it's an isometric shooter
austere lance
Played that for like a week when the beta went live, wonder how much it's changed
rigid haven
I played it for like an hour and it's SO GOOD
Only saw it today from the Guerrilla stream
austere lance
It was very very bare-bones when I played it, lol
Back in November
I'm excited for Weird West, looks cool
west pollen
subnautica isnt scary
but sometimes i get a tight feeling when i go really deep and see smething that can kill me in a second
daring spear
I survived a reaper leviathan attack in Subnautica... I think it ran into a sand hill. But like. Aa
austere lance
static trellis
https://youtu.be/nlXYsKCU818 It's here.
frank sierra
Evil genius 2 looked pretty cool
cinder vessel
smh, folks in the comments of that Empyrion video wanting it to go MMO
Feel like I'm crazy, but having played a number of MMOs, having a bunch more players on-screen doesn't really add that much to the experience...
More often than not it means some damage spongey enemies to justify having more players around, lol
wet warren
So anyway I was able to kill the enderdragon legit but it was such a pain in the ass
Since the fight is still busted on bedrock I had to make copies of my world and go into those everytime I died
west pollen
oof
wet warren
Because I wasn't going to lose my second set of diamond gear
west pollen
yeah lol
also
i see how the time zone chaneg works
so it goes by my regions time
and when i get into after midnight
it says i discovered this yesterday but it was17 minutes ago is
ish
they should make it so that there is an in game time that cant be changed
like eve
it has an in game time setup so that players cant do that to speed up the prodution of items
cinder vessel
I'm kinda stuck on Mu Cartographer. I've unlocked some new options for the machine & different ways to view the environment but none seem to be getting me anywhere
wet warren
@glossy kestrel So the traveling is not so bad then. That was my main concern. I guess I’ll consider buying it then
I’ll also buy the dlc so I can have proper access to certain things
glossy kestrel
watch tht for a min
this is a brand new player
i can see hes brand new
im watching to btw
wet warren
Also the landing thing. Is there an option for auto?
winter yew
Autodock is default for new game now.
Got changed in a recent update.
You used to have to buy the module to enable it.
glossy kestrel
oof hes brand brand new lol @wet warren
ill try looking for a better one for u to see some jumping
wet warren
Nah it’s good. I need to go to bed anyway
glossy kestrel
@wet warren this ones doing some planetary landing stuff https://www.twitch.tv/shiftiemover
wet warren
Man the landing thing seemed obvious. There was literally a green marker
wet warren
Battery about do die. It’s at 1 percent
wet warren
@glossy kestrel Also about auto landing. Is that a thing
glossy kestrel
using ur lapy without being plugged in 😄
wet warren
No this is a different device
glossy kestrel
yes... you can buy a docking computer tht lands for you
wet warren
Cool
glossy kestrel
NMS has an integraded one in the game mechanic itself
while Elite doesnt
your the one tht needs to fly the ship
winter yew
Elite does now for new game.
glossy kestrel
but a docking computer can help you
wet warren
Goodnight Z. Thanks for answering my questions about ED. Now I’ll consider getting it
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New ships come with docking computers, but they take an equipment slot and are kind of stupid
They have a habit of scraping large ships against the mail slot, and waiting in imaginary queues sometimes.
Fun trick for easier docking: the mail slot almost always faces the planet it's orbitting, and where you approach it in supercruise affects your orientation when you drop in
austere lance
I just realized Star Wars Squadrons is in the right time period for Mando to be in it 👀
Lemme fly the Razor Crest, dammit
cinder vessel
I still need to set up my hosas
@charred badge hands on snake and stick
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Pft
austere lance
I might have to kill Ubisoft
Painfully
Apparently after two years this fuckin game still has a game-breaking bug that doesn't even let you start the damn thing
cinder vessel
lol
gotta love that crap...
reminds me i still don't understand people diving into Early Access games that will be buggy
silver sparrow
yeah i am going to wait on among trees for that reason
plus i don't have a gaming rig 😄
cinder vessel
I get being excited for the games, but not enough to play them when they're unfinished & broken, lol
wet warren
I don’t really mind diving into early access. I’m more annoyed when people complain about how buggy it is. What did you think was going to happen? Just report the bug and move on
rigid haven
Thankfully most EA games are nice and somewhat polished
silver sparrow
free beta testers and hipster cred "i liked planetside2 before it was cool"
rigid haven
HADES is fucking GREAT
But yeah only MOST are good, like just over half
The rest are messy
wet warren
I remember playing Subnautica early access. There were some bad bugs. Worst part is that it still took like half an hour to load in
cinder vessel
I just feel like playing games in that state would give you bad vibes for the rest of your time with them, or burn you out before they were even finished
wet warren
Fair point
rigid haven
Games with stories that are in EA are really weird to me
cinder vessel
Like will people interested in Star Citizen even want to bother with the finished version whenever, if ever, it happens?
rigid haven
Like you'd have to run through it at least twice, once in EA and once on release
wet warren
But on the other hand you would both be supporting them during its development and making sure bugs don’t go unnoticed
cinder vessel
For the latter, I'd rather be paid as a tester than pay to be a tester
rigid haven
Hades is smooth as shit but yeah I would've liked to wait until the full release
But it's too good to pass up man I can't NOT get a super giant game
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@cinder vessel personally, I enjoy ridiculous bugs
austere lance
Subnautica legit takes 15 minutes to load up if you have a save with more than 10 hours on it, lol
brisk merlin
i have a save with 24 hours on
brisk merlin
just t o o k my time and stuff
love subnautica tho
and that save was start to finish
austere lance
Well damn, Disintegration devs put the mod team from their Discord in the credits of the game
brisk merlin
austere lance
brisk merlin
25 hours
dry copper
That's sweet. Adding discord mods to credits. Can't see it sticking around long.
I once did credits for a game and within a year all of the people in the credits were no longer with the project....So the credits were old hat
static trellis
I'll be playing some Empyrion again with a friend from Britain.
And yeah @cinder vessel I don't like the MMO idea for any space game, that's why I don't like them pushing it in NMS. I love multiplayer, but I love single player games with multiplayer if it makes sense. EGS used to be single player possible and you invite your buddies, now you gotta run a server for it. Can still host single player saves I believe but I'll double check. I just like the option of being on or offline, and NMS has that option kind of but the execution is subpar at best. Would rather they finish making the whole experience good.
charred badge
NMS is still very much a single player game with multiplayer
There's just... more options for multiplayer now
static trellis
Yeah but the challenge is low, growth generally feels pointless even on the hardest of difficulties if the most fun parts for almost everyone is early or mid game.. if mid game even exists for some people since market manipulating, AI farms and resources in general are so plentiful as well as save editing. Wonder if save editor people can still gift void eggs like candy to console players and crash their markets too with two billion quicksilver.
charred badge
It's an exploration and building game. Not sure where difficulty would really fit in.
static trellis
They literally advertised Permadeath as the ultimate challenge in Atlas Rises do you not remember when they had space battles far and away in the NPCs favor?
raven frost
OH
static trellis
Unfortunate, felt like growth and upgrades at least had a point back then.
raven frost
Hardspace: shipbreaker is out on EA
austere lance
Wow, when you assassinate people in AC Odyssey you certainly make sure they're dead 😬
Did I have to stab someone in the throat with a spear head then snap their neck for good measure? No. Was it highly entertaining and gross? Very much so, lol
winter yew
lol
raven frost
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161580/Hardspace_Shipbreaker/ I forgot to post the link
for people that like to play space engineers but only for blowing shit up strategically cutting up ships
raven frost
dunno
charred badge
Or Palm?
austere lance
Basically the videogame equivalent of the beginning of Titan AE, lol. Looks fuckin good
deep mulch
raven frost
I haven't tried it out yet, so I'll give my views on it once I actually get my hands on it
daring spear
@brisk merlin i have a Subnautica save with over 2 days of play time on it. And holy shit, the loading takes forever. I could probably make and eat a meal while it's loading up the save
brisk merlin
put it on ssd
daring spear
I have no means to do that right now .-.
cinder vessel
@charred badge when i mention bugs in games I'm typically meaning the crashing, progress-blocking, play disrupting type rather than the lol horse fly into space! type
daring spear
Not sure how much good it would do on an Xbox One-S anyway. The thing is sup-par at running stuff anyway
cinder vessel
bug the devs to make it better, lol
hey i love your game but i'd like to not wait minutes to jump back into it
daring spear
SN should just have a sequel that fixes all the things. There's broken enemies and the environment occasionally doesn't load in either
Maybe on a new planet, or with a different crew. Because
Well, just because
silver sparrow
nvm on subn i deleted it to install other games smh
save files are in the cloud
raven frost
iirc subnautica does NOT run well
like, at all
that's my only major complaint about it
vestal wren
it ran ok for me but yeah the loading takes a long time
winter yew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHHhG89NCP8 holy cow
@silver sparrow I’ll have to watch that, I enjoyed the movie tbh
vestal wren
also @daring spear there is a sequel in early access right now. i havent tried it so idk if it fixes that stuff though
daring spear
Is it a sequel, or Sub Zero? Sub Zero is an add-on
Below Zero, sorry
Okay so it is a sequel.never mind
I'm sorry, I thought it was just a DLC. That's my bd
Bad*
silver sparrow
@winter yew i did not watch the movie yet but it is imminent
austere lance
Subnautica: Below Zero is a game in development by Unknown Worlds Entertainment that acts as a stand-alone expansion to the story of Subnautica.
silver sparrow
@daring spear and not on ps4 😦
grizzled gate
Hey everyone! I'm making a procedurally generated universe, ispired by NMS and made a vid about my procedural tech i developed to try to achieve variety in my game. Here it is. I hope you'll find time to hare your thoughts or suggestions!
https://youtu.be/Yf1_MYaqGys
dry copper
@grizzled gate Are you planning on making the universe destroy itself over time?
I know in the lore you say that everything is doomed, but I wonder if it is from a game mechanic point of view
Will the game eventually destroy all of the universe naturally or is that just an element of lore?
grizzled gate
@dry copper from a game mechanic point of view, right now, in 5 years of real gameplay time the universe will not have the same items and locations in it. Everything will fall into the black edge. but new matter will be emitted from the while hole.
i'm not decided on whether i want to actually contract the ring of black holes and actually destroy the universe.
that station you are on - in 5 years it most likely will be destroyed, even if this station was near a white hole.
winter yew
@silver sparrow loved the Fury Road vid
daring spear
Is this about Matter Flow?
Imma go with "yes"
Been following it
Well. Not the most recent video. Haven't watched that one yet
We had a cult of the ugly bench here for a bit
winter yew
I miss Cult of Chirpy 😦
cinder vessel
So I got unstuck in Mu Cartographer. I kept thinking I had to follow some coordinates when really all I needed to do was keep exploring
cinder vessel
lmao, so that Itch bundle was so massive someone made this to help sort through it:
https://randombundlegame.com/
winter yew
lmao.
wet warren
Jeez that is a huge bundle. And for just $5? Pretty great
winter yew
Sky Rogue is good
support the dev and artist, he got screwed pretty hard by another programmer for a game that never got fully realized. Drift Stage
(the artist anyway)
dry copper
@charred badge You would think after yelling "Do a barrel roll" a hundred thousand times, dude might get tired of seeing Fox doing aileron rolls and just set the ship to self destruct.
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@wet warren there are so many games the UI can't handle it, and someone made a website
tf
idgi
cinder vessel
lol
wet warren
Oh wow it has Celeste. Nice
I'm probably going to buy this bundle lol. Not only would I get a massive amount of stuff, but it would also be supporting a good cause
winter yew
Hidden Folk's great, same can be said about A Short Hike.
rigid haven
The bundle's expired as of a while ago unfortunately
wet warren
Oh really? Dang
😔 If they would have extended the deadline or if I knew about it sooner then I would have bought it
rigid haven
It was a VERY GOOD bundle but thankfully some of the games were free
Not quite the big names but still neat games scattered around Itchio
cinder vessel
Star, we were talking about it for a few days, and you were around, how u miss it?
cinder vessel
smh
wet warren
Tell me about it
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@winter yew wow I was joking, but it's literally star fox with the name filed off. Even has barrel rolls!
worldly roost
I just had it gifted to me like 2-3 days ago @wet warren 🙃
wet warren
Oh
worldly roost
I didn't recall them saying it was going down anytime soon? But could be wrong.
wet warren
Are you talking about the bundle?
worldly roost
Yeah, let me see where they got it from. 👍
worldly roost
Yeah, literally last night. 😭
wet warren
winter yew
Yooo they put a prototype demo of EVERSPACE 2 out on Steam! 🤟 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128920/EVERSPACE_2/
winter yew
Some lil Polish cross between fallout and metro called Paradise Lost, Obsidians Grounded too.
Good stuff.
tropic knoll
Omfg I wanna scream. I just found out that someone flew through the system Raxxla was in... And didn't scan
winter yew
I've been around here for awhile haha
tropic knoll
I go in and out
I'm flighty with games but the two I keep coming back to is nms and elite
winter yew
Since March 2017 wow
I've been bouncing between Warframe and Crossout for the past couple weeks
but might dig back in to NMS
tropic knoll
I hop in when some new content catches my eye
glossy kestrel
Warframe Good game... Crossout not so much...
tropic knoll
I was interested in the living ship but I don't wanna derp about getting the quicksilver
winter yew
Crossout is pretty rough but it's been an interesting distraction.
tropic knoll
Oof boy is it rough as hell. I didn't know there was a PC version tho
winter yew
I've spent nearly 2000 hours on Warframe so I'm kinda burned out on it currently. The new quest and new Protea frame are cool but the grind to get her is fucking rough.
tropic knoll
I gave up on Warframe after my first prime. Nobody plays the game like a game, they instead Speedrun it for material.
And while the ninja running shenanigans are fun, I wanna just chill man
winter yew
The newest updates slowed a lot of people down.
new melee system definitely cut down on the speed-runners but there are still people who rush. I typically play solo or friends-only nowadays.
I go pub when I really need to.
Anyway I'm off to work, I'll be around later yapping about the Everspace 2 demo once I get to play with it.
tropic knoll
Alright fam, see ya
west pollen
warframe is fun
ionic umbra
yo this game looks interesting
https://store.steampowered.com/app/396750/EVERSPACE/
vestal wren
it is fun, there is a second one coming out that has a small demo available now
i have not tried it though
winter yew
It is one of them games that has been on my to playlist for such a long time now. I just haven't gotten around to purchasing yet...
Maybe one day I will lol
vestal wren
it can be a little repetitive because it is a roguelike, but it looks cool
the second one is gonna be like an RPG with a lot more flexibility so im very excited to hear more about it
they described it as a looter shooter in space
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Everspace 2 demo is kinda fun so far. Has multiple systems, three ships, and little quests and stuff
I found a little shadow critter ||that I needed to bring to another shadow critter without getting into bright light. Dropped antimatter, lol||
finite hazel
was just trying out the demo for https://store.steampowered.com/app/773840/DRAG/
just awesome, can't wait for the game to release and for driving wheel support to be added in
very very promising
austere lance
Lol Pokémon Snap coming to Switch
vestal wren
yeah kinda cool
charred badge
The non mainline pokemon are so much better than the main ones
austere lance
austere lance
Was NOT expecting this to get a remaster
https://youtu.be/aO-Q21ZquBA
willow crypt
Overhead stealth combat used in games like Batman and Spider-Man are overused and boring.
willow crypt
wh o ops
raven frost
dude I got to play at one of those cabinets a while back before the pandemic started here in the US
it was a bit worse for wear but still fucking awesome to try out
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@raven frost RED FIGHTER NEEDS FOOD BADLY
raven frost
war flashbacks
oh yeah I remember playing it on a gamecube disk a loooooong time ago
gotta find it
charred badge
Was it a password save unit?
I loved the idea of going back to the arcade repeatedly to level up, but arcade owners usually turn off the power overnight
charred badge
And they were saved in volatile memory
raven frost
THAT WAS THE NAME
it wasn't iirc
and if it was I only went to the arcade once before covid impacted the US
I hope to go back once all this is cleared up
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The best time is when they put it into Freeplay mode or pull out the coin button
raven frost
yeah the one I played it on was Midway Arcade Treasures 1
GOD I gotta find that disc
or an image
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winter yew
ok this Everspace 2 demo is pretty good
winter yew
same
charred badge
The starfox itch hasn't been scratched in like a decade
I had 64 mastered just so I could unlock the tank and rocket launcher quickly
winter yew
did you ever play X4? @glossy kestrel
winter yew
oh wow
safe forge
I completely suck at Soulsborne(including Sekiro) but at least I'm not as bad as DSP
winter yew
oh look
another Starfox-like https://store.steampowered.com/app/1301230/Astrodogs/
@charred badge
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Nice!
glossy kestrel
6nipsniwTYesterday at 8:15 PM
did you ever play X4? @[ zmaster ]™
@winter yew I have played all X series games yes...
some say the X series are just EVE but Singleplayer 😛
its not a very accurate comment... but i see where they coming from... not a bad game!
EVE Online and Elite Dangerous are still my 2 favorite space games of all times...
I do play loads of Space games... but EVE and ED are my 2 most favorites!
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Oh yeah, the sugru on my hosas dried
The trouble with flight games is the effort needed to really wet up my sticks
I'm constantly discovering new bindings I need
And ones other people make never use features to condense inputs
glossy kestrel
EVERPSACE 2 is looking really really good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcPM-7U250
I also like the Fact the developers didnt accept EPIC exclusivity deal and stayed loyal to their playerbase and STEAM!
Really good stuff...
@inland grail @wet warren @ripe frost
wet warren
Nice
willow crypt
Aight this looks cool https://youtu.be/52O9ZpCEruY
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willow crypt
Lol
charred badge
If we get another stimulus, I think I'm going to invest in a basic but upgradeable desktop box to start things off with
I'm discovering the joys of having a home for my PC
willow crypt
Might one day, but I really don't care about being able to play games at their highest graphics settings.
charred badge
I'm excited for having cheaper parts and future upgrades
willow crypt
That would be fun tbh
charred badge
It's also safer from prying child
cinder vessel
The trouble with flight games is the effort needed to really wet up my sticks
@charred badge "flight games"
cinder vessel
lmao
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cute spooders
willow crypt
Ah cool. I stopped playing having not explored all of that world. Really neat
dry copper
@austere lance Ubisoft reusing old art assets? No way...
XIII Vs Splinter Cell Conviction
austere lance
@dry copper Ubi isn't making or publishing the XIII remake that has the cover art 😬
dry copper
woo, a new remake?
austere lance
dry copper
My guess is they have the same licensed art that ubisoft sold in a package for the remake. Though, using that...does not bode well for how much talent the studio has to make an original work
Or maybe they don't care about being original since it's a remake
They'll just repackage the original game with updated graphics
More cel. more shaded
daring spear
I don't understand why they would sell the art from a splinter cell game with the rights for the game
dry copper
$
Save money on art assets, make money on art assets, don't have to pay an artist to make new stuff and can repackage the same shit over and over
daring spear
little bit of a strange choice there
dry copper
Welcome to splinter cell shaded graphics 13.
I dunno. I've stopped caring about corporate contracts on remakes. They just piss me off now
Too many studios in every industry focusing on remakes
daring spear
I have pretty much no interest or care about what studios are doing
but copied art bothers me. I get saving time and stuff but it's just so damn lazy
dry copper
It's bolstering indie studios, but then an indie studio gets traction and some giant conglomerate comes in and fucks their entire studio into bankruptcy, poaching their staff for a half assed ripoff
daring spear
Disney did it for their movies when they were completely hand-drawn animation. that makes more sense. but when your remake of something is copying an image almost completely from something not related, and you use computers to make this stuff happen...
dry copper
Thats why I'm saying they aren't even hiring artists anymore
They're just hiring assholes that can photoshop
daring spear
yeah
dry copper
I'm miffed. I bought these high-lighters for my Human Relations book to help study and they have no smell.
Can't even sniff markers while learning about humans
I read left to right, but I can't high-light left to right.
I have to highlight right to left.
I can't see the edge of the highlighter to stop otherwise
daring spear
bleh
cinder vessel
It's bolstering indie studios, but then an indie studio gets traction and some giant conglomerate comes in and fucks their entire studio into bankruptcy, poaching their staff for a half assed ripoff
@dry copper kerbal space program 2...?
dry copper
Someone's been keeping up on the news
It's also the standard operating procedure for EA from as far back as Westwood studios.
willow crypt
Random but I'm enjoying Minecraft Dungeons much more than Spider-Man
And I'm not even that into Minecraft
dry copper
It looks interesting, but I don't know if I can play minecraft without the crafting or the mining
Making a house and survival was the only thing I liked about Minecraft
wet warren
Fair. But if your into dungeon crawlers then this is pretty good
wet warren
And it does get pretty challenging to
dry copper
I wonder if it would be conceivable that it might one day lead to an isometric topdown minecraft with building elements
wet warren
That would be cool
dry copper
Honestly I don't think it would be the same necessarily as the original minecraft and in many ways, would open up procedural generation to elements the original game couldn't due to rendering overhead, like much more complex renderings.
willow crypt
Honestly just needed a hack n slash game with very little story and dialogue.
After finishing the Witcher 3, I need a break from big games. Partially why im not really enjoying spiderman
Also, not having to worry about building and crafting is a plus
I bet there's a mod for topdown gameplay
wet warren
More than likely
static trellis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix5wNkj5p3k hype intensifies
Idk why I like builder games so much when I'm SO trash at it.. but I do lol.
(I think I like seeing the crazy awesome creations of others in a survival game atmosphere)
(or the possibility of getting help making really cool things I want to see a reality)
Okay done.
Off to Empyrion.
cinder vessel
Oh shit that reminds me it's on sale
static trellis
I'm considering switching to a vanilla server with a bigger galaxy with more systems, the server I'm on (most populated currently) runs a more dense and few systems style. Not a big fan of it but just testing waters.
Think my buddy was looking just for a US server with decent ping since he's in the UK/Britain but I'll see how he feels about it later.
cinder vessel
For $8 US I'm kinda like I probably should just pick it up in the hopes it eventually becomes even better, but then I kinda look at it as-is and I'm not sure how much I could enjoy it that way, in the event something happens & it's never properly completed
static trellis
Yeah it's not very well optimized, and for as long as it's been going crazy to think it's in alpha still haha.
But as I said that's a problem for every space voxel game I know.
cinder vessel
Yeah, same
static trellis
Let alone survival space games.
cinder vessel
And then part of me is in this weird space where I'm like, "What do I even like about these individual builder style games anyway?"
static trellis
A constant problem I have too lol.. I do stuff and wonder to myself.. what is there to even do? 😂
cinder vessel
Like, why would I play them vs. a basebuilder or something, where I can have multiple units building for me
Some of it's made better when the game has some slick QOL building features to make building as an individual less tedious, but not as many as I would like tbh
static trellis
Yeah I guess it's the customization aspect for me.. option to build underground or underwater bunkers, VTOL locations or garages, whatever you want basically.. there's that scary phrase again. Whatever you want.
cinder vessel
Right, that's the only part I can think of to it, but I'm still left thinking, "But what if I could do this more efficiently with better tools/more than just me building it (& not other players for that)?"
static trellis
Yeah I do gotta admit, I like some small features in EGS.. their blueprint system is nice. It's its own factory.. throw mats in to get a build time, throw completed mats in to go towards the mats and reduce build time.. pop the blueprint when it's done. Insta-base.
Or can save the blueprint for the next planet when you need it which is cool.
cinder vessel
...This sounds like the base design feature I've been suggesting for the past few months for NMS if I'm understanding you right...
static trellis
If you're not a builder can start from pre-fabs, or make your own from scratch, or change one and make your own new bp. All within that same bp feature of being able to run a factory and pop when they're done.
Yeah like if you really can't have room for say a vehicle to take with you.. save blueprint, break down, put mats into the bp, pop later.
You basically just brought it with you.
austere lance
Can vouch for Minecraft Dungeons being a damn good (and surprisingly large) dungeon crawler
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance games ran on the same engine, maybe they'll get remastered 👀
static trellis
Omg don't tell me about BGDA I LOVED those kinds of games.
austere lance
They exist because of that ☝️
static trellis
I have the best memories of playing it with my brother in law in co-op lol.
Lighting did jack to the boss lol, built his sorceress all around it.
Was left as the archer to do the heavy lifting lol.
dry copper
Sorcerer fights boss. You have died of diss entry
austere lance
Heh, Cary Elwes is the Bard
cinder vessel
Hmm, any of ya here play Kenshi?
lavish obsidian
cinder vessel
👀
dry copper
kenshi isn't a game you play
You live it....it scars you.
Then it ends.
You're over.
cinder vessel
lol
static trellis
Why did I watch the whole video lol.. was great gotta say.
winter yew
@winter yew I have played all X series games yes...
@glossy kestrel because i started playing X4 and its really good
winter yew
oh ok
glossy kestrel
did they add MP to X4 yet?
i know its a future update... just dont knwo when cuz im not following tht game lately
winter yew
they made a weird kind of portal for multiplayer
winter yew
like you can enter it and you land in a random player game
winter yew
sth like this
glossy kestrel
why u troll me?
winter yew
i think that got implemented if not im surprised
glossy kestrel
thts fking terrible
ur trolling arent you?
u just trolling cuz its the same as NMS was in the begining
u trolling right??
they cant be tht dumb...
winter yew
i will look at the update again
well it seems they made sth different you can assign ships to fly in other universes but not yourself
not exactly what i said but it was a long time since i played X4 last
winter yew
👀
austere lance
EA event is in 8 hours 30 min, hopefully they show Mass Effect remasters 😭
meager panther
Mass effect 5 would be better
austere lance
Yeah, and I don't want a sequel 🤢
willow crypt
Maybe a bit of news on the state of Anthem
safe forge
Is it just me who wants a new Armored Core game?
austere lance
@willow crypt Already confirmed no Anthem news, unfortunately
austere lance
winter yew
Not this year
brisk merlin
next year
austere lance
Mass Effect remasters or gtfo
safe forge
The real question is how cringe it will be
raven frost
anthem is ded
safe forge
Do you think EA is going to pull the plug or is it going to go full FFXIV?
raven frost
I'm not sure
rigid haven
Holy fuck that link
safe forge
I can't upload images yet
willow crypt
When studios remaster/remake old games, I feel they're usually big hints at future sequels.
rigid haven
BOTH
willow crypt
And that sometimes too
rigid haven
Anyway the fucking the BANDICOOT MAN might be getting another game I'm very pleased
Reviewers and youtubers have been getting a jigsaw puzzle with a picture of a mask from Crash Bandicoot
The puzzle is from crash, not the mask, YET
charred badge
Anthem 2.0 would be nice
charred badge
You had to be there
willow crypt
like....in the game physicaly?
actually be crash bandicoot, feeling the wind in your hair?
actually looking over your shoulder, seeing a large boulder approaching you?
feeling the crunch of wood beneath your feet?
charred badge
No no.
Not having experienced games with more freedom of movement.
plucky mesa
Everspace 2 now has a free demo on Steam
cinder vessel
Thanks for the heads up!
static trellis
I'm looking forward to it! Loved the first game.
austere lance
Oh damn, game reviewers have preview builds of Cyberpunk rn and their early reviews will go out after the Cyberpunk Live Wire event on the 25th
@willow crypt You were the one who finished TW3, right?
austere lance
If the size and scale of it was a bit too much for you then don't touch AC Odyssey, lol. I'm 10 hours into Odyssey and I've barely scratched the surface of a small corner of the map 😬
willow crypt
ha that's kinda why I avoid em
austere lance
How is the map so friggin big with no loading screens
I thought Origins was massive (took me 80+ hours to complete a good 70+ percent of everything) but this is ridiculous
willow crypt
it's said that games with huge, empty open worlds are a weak point, and I can usually agree, but sometimes it makes me sigh in relief. That feeling of travelling across a desert and not being bombarded by side quests is sort of a good thing
like Shadow of the Colossus
that's a big map
austere lance
There's so many question marks to investigate in Odyssey, it's horrifying 😱
austere lance
I thought Witcher 3 was big with a ton of stuff crammed into it but fml this is insane
willow crypt
good luck discovering it all
austere lance
Fuck that, that would legit take months
willow crypt
if it's multiplayer, you can have someone join and have them only work on sidequests while you work on the main storyline and you can complete it faster
austere lance
It's Assasins Creed, no multiplayer 🤣
I thought people were weird for dropping this game after getting far enough to unlock the whole map but I sorta understand now 😬
What mad bastard decides to make a game this large with this much stuff crammed into it
brisk merlin
william dafoe? william dafriend
winter yew
Anthem 2.0 would be nice
@charred badge Yes please
silver sparrow
odyssey is massive
60 hours for the main storyline and i hadn't even touched any of the dlc's
i'm happy with hzd sized map 😛
w/f hzd2 huzzah
willow crypt
that was a good sized world
safe forge
I really wonder if Anthem 2.0 is going to redeem Anthem
If Battlefront 2 eventually got great, I have high hopes for it
raven frost
@austere lance the only thing that bothers me about that map is that what is the actual map size that isn't water
people brag about huge fuckin maps but a lot of it is just water
brisk merlin
willow crypt
the bigger and more realistic games get, the more I yearn for smaller, simpler experiences
austere lance
Titanfall 2 😍
willow crypt
spent some time in mp, it was fun.
it has some sorta connection with Valve/half-life
can't remember
austere lance
@raven frost The water is full of islands, pirates, enemy faction ships, sunken temples, and shipwrecks
willow crypt
mMm
brisk merlin
apex too
winter yew
Oh I didn't know Apex was also
willow crypt
would make sense since they're the same universe
austere lance
What's the point of releasing it on Steam, doesn't it still require Origin
winter yew
Yup
rose bobcat
silver sparrow
meh
i lost my fire when i heard "genital customization" but it's still a bummer
no pun intended
rose bobcat
Eh, people made sex mods of Witcher 3, they're just beating them to the punch. I don't care about that. I'm excited.
silver sparrow
maybe i will be re-excited in november
depending on which way the console wars blow
austere lance
New gameplay for it later this month
silver sparrow
and i wonder how much footage reviewers can release
rose bobcat
I haven't played a console since the 360.
wet warren
What’s this about “genital customization” lol
rose bobcat
rofl
austere lance
👀
rose bobcat
Apparently you can completely customize your character. Right down to the bits?
austere lance
CDPR doing their thing, lol
rose bobcat
Character customization is half the fun. So, it'll be fun
wet warren
Haha that’s crazy
austere lance
I think it's gonna be like Saints Row.......bits customization, lol
rose bobcat
lol
wet warren
But that customization implies...
rose bobcat
Just like Witcher 3, there will be mature scenes
safe forge
In first person!
rose bobcat
bois and their perspective requirements 🙄
safe forge
Apparentely we can put any junk we want regardless of gender
austere lance
Yep
rose bobcat
yis
safe forge
Makes sense in universe
wet warren
Here’s the hilarious part
Im sure there will be people who would mod the game so you can go beyond the limitations in base game
rose bobcat
I can't wait to see mods people come up with. It's going to be insane
safe forge
makes FemV with a footlong
austere lance
Imagine the horrid characters people will make in the game. Like Jimmy Neutron 😆 (you know damn well someone will do it, lol)
After seeing the characters people made in Fallout 4 I'm terrified of what they'll make in something as detailed as Cyberpunk
rose bobcat
I ignore troll mods, so pointless. But it does show how much you can push a particular game.
coarse swift
Cyberpunk totally gonna be a PS5 game.
willow crypt
kinda should be anyway
coarse swift
^
willow crypt
i mean next gen and pc only
austere lance
It's gonna be on both gens
willow crypt
yar
austere lance
Hence it having Smart Delivery on Xbox
cinder vessel
is dumb delivery where it sends the game to another person?
the bigger and more realistic games get, the more I yearn for smaller, simpler experiences
@willow crypt https://adamgryu.itch.io/a-short-hike
cinder vessel
np
cinder vessel
Outer Wilds is out now on Steam in case any of ya were waiting for it on there
charred badge
@cinder vessel dumb delivery is EGS
cinder vessel
Final stretch for funky robot smashing game Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/miketiv/rainbow-laser-disco-dungeon
static trellis
Most devs just let modders add things so they don't have to do the work lol.
cinder vessel
It looks like Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon's been fully funded 😮
winter yew
I forgot the game was almost 50gb
austere lance
Protect the pilot
winter yew
RIP BT
austere lance
😭
winter yew
at least he gets a new chassis
winter yew
Thank you for the linky 😄
brisk merlin
nop problem for the linky
rose bobcat
He's either fake, or he's got a LOT of studio makeup on
I blinked and missed the first letter, FFS
rose bobcat
There's a giveaway, and you have to collect the letters. So shrugs
winter yew
oh
cinder vessel
the last part of EA's announcements: "And with that, we are shutting down Origin" lol
(not really, but honestly, with stuff going to Steam, it almost feels that way)
rose bobcat
Origin's a pain in the butt,, but I can't mod SPORE without Origin. It poops itself in Steam.
cinder vessel
wut
rose bobcat
Yeh, I know
cinder vessel
I wonder if the GOG version handles that stuff better
rose bobcat
I couldn't figure out why half the major mods refused to work in Steam, installed into origin and loaded up the mods, worked perfectly
cinder vessel
Are the mods through Nexus or...?
rose bobcat
I installed/uninstalled and poked at it for DAYS before finding a few small threads that had the same issues.
willow crypt
Yaaaaaay
wet warren
Hooooorrrraaaaaay
cinder vessel
Depending on the sorta mod I might try running them via GOG version
willow crypt
New Hazelight game
cinder vessel
lol same
wet warren
Fill us in Zug
rose bobcat
It looks fun
cinder vessel
Hazelight should be called Locoop Studios
wet warren
That’s pretty cool
cinder vessel
So far all their games seem to be local coop, lol
willow crypt
Oh yeah
cinder vessel
Which means I know them from art style/story praise and then otherwise forget'em
willow crypt
I don't care about the coop
cinder vessel
But don't you kinda have to to play'em?
rose bobcat
I think it had more to do with the dark injections mod. and I got them all from Davoonline.
willow crypt
You dont have to do coop in brothers a tale of two sons
You control the brothers with left and right analog sticks
rose bobcat
Isn't that the whole point of that game though?
willow crypt
I feel it's more impactful playing solo
Because of what happens
With a certain mechanic
cinder vessel
Yeah, I knew Brothers let you play solo, but not sure about A Way Out
rose bobcat
I don't understand why some games look like they're walking backwards in terms of graphics yet are 10x harder on the PC than the style they're depicting.
Also, EA wants some of that TF2 and Overwatch action.
willow crypt
They want whatever sells the most tbh
winter yew
You mean like A Hat In Time?
cinder vessel
Some devs just don't care to optimize or somesuch when it comes to seemingly less demanding graphics
rose bobcat
Guessing the secret letters are EAPLAYLIVE
cinder vessel
That or it's the classic config problem where they've optimized for a certain set of hardware at the expense of everything else
willow crypt
Just ate an extra thick cheez-it
rose bobcat
Boyfriend and I are having a debate whether the bookcase is greenscreen or not
rose bobcat
he's saying the tie fighter helmet is too glossy but I dunno.
willow crypt
Look at his reflection on helmet when moving arms
willow crypt
Lol
rose bobcat
I win!
willow crypt
Nice me too
willow crypt
Yay I'm glad there's single player
rose bobcat
But is it fully single player?
gotta love the ewok bobblehead
So there's single player story and when you're done with that, you can multiplayer.
Fleet mode has AI option.
This looks insane. Question is, it's EA, so how unfinished is this going to be at launch.
rose bobcat
That's a lot of people https://gyazo.com/ec71c5f1cae2bb1033bd1c375bf33e52
raven frost
I picked up titanfall 2 on the cheap and oh my GOD I should've picked this up earlier
this is so fucking fun
austere lance
Yes? There's a reason so many people love it 😆
Damn good campaign and phenomenal multiplayer
charred badge
Why optimize when people can just buy bigger rigs
cinder vessel
y'know, supposing the image I saw of the PS5's size is real, that seems to be Sony's philosophy, lmao
austere lance
LMAO
crisp sparrow
how's the early gameplay
I thought of trying but I assumed since its an early demo its probably not optimized for budget hardware
cinder vessel
i just thought early gameplay might give a poor impression so haven't tried it either, lol
austere lance
raven frost
I finished Titanfall 2's campaign
and god damnit, ||why did they fucking have to kill BT, I fucking loved him||
austere lance
@raven frost You're like 4 years late on joining in the sadness 😭
raven frost
||genuinely one of my favorite AIs in games, they somehow managed to give him so much character all while sounding completely monotonous||
||I fucking cried||
austere lance
He was voiced by Optimus Prime
austere lance
Like, legit. They got Optimus Prime's VA
raven frost
||BUT FUCKING SHIT HEAD WHEATLEY GETS TO LIVE||
austere lance
Lol
raven frost
||GOD I hate Wheatley||
daring spear
cries in GoW
raven frost
fuck it, I'm not even gonna spoiler the next part, Portal 2 is nearly a decade old at this point and if you haven't played it yet shame on you
I fucking HATE wheatley
hated him from the beginning, all the way up to the end
austere lance
Lol
raven frost
such an annoying shithead character and I wish I could've crushed the little shit under my fucking BOOT instead of sending him to space
he is the cause of just about EVERY fucking problem in portal 2, intentional or not
fluid hare
@austere lance Peter Cullen is Prime’s VA’s name. He based the voice and personality off his brother, a Marine.
raven frost
technically it fucking is because he's designed to be fucking stupid as shit
and it fucking works
austere lance
@fluid hare Yee
fluid hare
He’s like Guilty Spark if he were awful.
raven frost
NO NOT EVEN
fluid hare
And not floaty.
raven frost
HE'S JUST FUCKING SHIT
fluid hare
And idiotic.
fluid hare
Yes, he was.
raven frost
WHEATLEY IS A FUCKING SHITHEAD
WHO CAN'T EVEN DO HIS JOB RIGHT
WAIT NO HE DOES
AND THAT'S THE WORST FUCKING PART
HE'S DESIGNED TO BE A FUCKING SHITHEAD
raven frost
I just find him to be SUCH an unlikeable character and I can't fucking figure out if that was their intention or not
fluid hare
50.5
raven frost
because people really fucking like him
fluid hare
It probably was.
For most of the time, he’s just a goofy sidekick.
Then he goes rampant.
Basically.
raven frost
HE WASN'T EVEN FUNNY
fluid hare
Is it the accent?
fluid hare
I don’t get why people like him.
Maybe it’s the “He’s doing his best!” sort of feeling.
He’s at least trying to help out.
austere lance
dry copper
@raven frost Fuck wheatley and the whole wheats he came from. Pasty ass vegetable brained starch addled sad hand job.
@austere lance Do you think Spiderman that was released on PS4 will ever be on PC?
safe forge
Anyone heard the new Run The Jewels album? It's super good
charred badge
How's Starship Evo. Has anyone here tried it?
silver sparrow
chillhop is the 2020s equivalent of smooth jazz
austere lance
Installing West of Dead rn
raven frost
the new boneworks update is fun
also they reworked jumping and it feels SO much better now
though I can't play VR games nearly as long as I used to be able to, the vive's resolution is starting to get to me
austere lance
Be undead Ron Perlman cowboy, I must
willow crypt
I feel I'll be able to spend more time in longer VR games/experiences once resolution is improved for next gen. Hopefully Sony can get rid of screen door effect for psvr 2
Looks like West of Dead doesn't release on PS4 until August
austere lance
Bruh, Star Wars Squadrons in VR gonna be lit af
I didn't even know it was releasing on PS4, lol
willow crypt
I didn't until just now
willow crypt
Yup, doesn't look too graphics heavy