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raven frost
austere lance
Fuckin what
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21354593/mulan-release-date-disney-earnings-warner-bros-tenet-theaters
So you have to buy the subscription and shell out $30? 🤣
willow crypt
Herpteeeederrrrr live action bullshit
balmy plaza
Halo reach is the best halo so far dont @ me
willow crypt
@balmy plaza
balmy plaza
austere lance
@balmy plaza yOuR oPiNiOn Is bAd
fluid hare
lavish obsidian
austere lance
winter yew
had almost 300 pop town. Loved it, had that beautiful squad of absolute wreckers.
We produced everything, could sustain ourselves just fine, noone could invade us, those who could tear our gates down, were chopped up soon after. Plenty of good memories, even had a screenshot diary, aka steam library, but most weren't uploaded to cloud, and when I had to restart my system, it all went bye bye.
I'm still sad about that every time I remember.
So much history, first steps, first companions, first base, first raid, first defeat, first win.
Now my first ever screen's this: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/998016940157015499/F1195386F434CEF037E09D52C08719A9D276DF38/
Glad this shot's saved.
Started at the bottom, ended an empire.
btw, quality, short let's play if anyone's interested. Nope, not mine, just great.
full pivot
i tried out SoT for the first time this morning and really enjoyed myself 😄
daring spear
full pivot
Dont read the comments if you aint played it obvs
But great track imo 
That second embed tho
Its just the credits music for HL:Alyx
cedar ingot
God the ending was so good
full pivot
Yes!!! I cried haha
finite hazel
every day is a new day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qWcsGC_Khk
winter yew
Lol
@balmy plaza https://youtu.be/LSvSxlOv6F4
A band I saw last October, a good majority of their songs are about Satan in some form or another 🤟
And they were surprisingly good live
winter yew
Nuclear Blast has a ton of good acts signed
balmy plaza
@winter yew I quite like that! You might like the Cult; they're not as heavy but they have the same 80s hard Rock sound
balmy plaza
😂😂
silver sparrow
love a good rock ballad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRwlSIn918
tbh the singer looks like a diet glenn danzig
balmy plaza
Really nice song
silver sparrow
i probably still favor Winds of Change as far as rankings go 🙂
dry copper
I think the developers of Rage 2 have lost touch with reality. On Steam for "controversial" games, generally, a developer will describe the controversial content for people concerned about exposing their kids to it....
The rage2 developers must've seen this as an opportunity to upsell
This is what they wrote
The developers describe the content like this:
“Contains, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes RAGE 2 is a first-person shooter in an open-world, post-apocalyptic setting. Players assume the role of Walker, one of the last survivors of an attack on the secluded enclave known as Vineland. Players have control over some of Walker's characteristics such as their gender, skills and attire. Walker wields various firearms and tools to fight against enemies, including traditional guns like a shotgun and pistol, the boomerang-like Wingstick and sci-fi weapons like the Grav-Dart Launcher. Over the course of the game, players will acquire new skills and abilities, like Overdrive, which significantly increases the power and effectiveness of their attacks, Shatter, which pushes back enemies, and Slam, which propels Walker in the air before slamming down onto enemies, dealing damage and throwing them back. Enemies in RAGE 2 consist of different types of human bandits, human-sized mutants, cyborg mutants and enormous super mutants. RAGE 2 also features vehicular combat and racing, with the player being able to drive any vehicle in the game world. ”
It's no wonder the game's reviews and sales are shit atm
The price point even with 80% off doesn't look inviting.
Woo microtransactions. Goodie
....I'm still gunna buy it :/
silver sparrow
doh
dry copper
I can afford to burn $20 and I've wanted the game since before launch. It's something I'd rather play and be disappointed in than never play and know for certain.
bronze wind
It is pretty fun but definitely has the same open world problem as a lot of games. Following the story helps but every missions is pretty much "shoot guys". The gunplay is fun and solid and it is actually difficult at times instead of just being shoot-and-win, but def not a masterpiece lol
I will say I don't even know what the mtx are for, never interacted with them. No where near required or recommended
balmy plaza
It sounds like it would be better as a linear game
But then again it'd probably end up as a worse doom eternal
bronze wind
It is more or less linear, you have to do missions to unlock certain upgrades and weapons and all that. But in general the open world at least has little waypoints where you can screw with enemies
silver sparrow
willow crypt
I want to play this
willow crypt
Same
winter yew
Story ending was bullshit
willow crypt
I quit early on
winter yew
Literally ‘fight a bigger version of the same bosses you fight in literally every other mission’
willow crypt
And a very boring empty useless open world
winter yew
Takin down the convoys was kinda fun
But I think I enjoyed the car combat more in Mad Max
At least it had momentum and the explosions ROCKED you
willow crypt
That's true, but not enough to keep me invested
winter yew
The gunplay and powers were a nice touch but literally Rage2 just felt like one of those cheap budget titles you’d grab as a rental from Blockbuster
willow crypt
Yep
winter yew
Like the game LEGENDARY for ps3
Nobody has heard of it because it was awful but the concept was neat, it came out around the time all those other Bioshock-clones came out, where you had a plot device that did something to you and your hand was always on screen showing the power or ability you had or whatever
willow crypt
Never played it, but I remember the cover art
winter yew
Yeah. I can’t remember the plot at ALL
I just remember something about Pandora’s box and this part where I couldn’t get past a giant golem made of floating metal chunks, smashing a shitload of cars in the street and my ps3 crying with major FPS drops from all the physics and particle effects during that sequence
Go like 10 minutes in to see the chaos that is the intro
willow crypt
Looks like it would crash the ps3
austere lance
It ran fine on my 360, I had a blast with it! (Even tho griffins were humongous damage-sponges)
I've wanted a remake for years 😭
There's one mission that starts in a lab and it's stupidly fun because the lab is full of creatures getting experimented on, so you can go to different test chambers and do stuff like make different creatures fight each other 😆
The mission with the metal golem was wild, you had to run through buildings full of pissed off pixies (those little bastards were so fast you had to freeze groups of em with your Pandora powers) and activate huge magnets to take down the golem
charred badge
:D
bronze wind
that UI looks like a weird third party program you install to scan your PC for viruses but it implants its own
charred badge
Heh
Instead it fixes sega's shitty launcher
Has better access to preferences, too
And has a lot of debugging tools
Also manages the English patch for the jpn version
...its original function
bronze wind
Neato
civic fiber
austere lance
bronze wind
I played a bit of the beta and some of the combat was just annoying and clunky, I hope they improve it
cinder vessel
Pikmin 3 yooo
willow crypt
Looks fun. I need to get a switch
austere lance
That's one HELL of a trailer, they seriously shoulda used that one earlier
winter yew
Yeah the combat was a tad too slow
bronze wind
it was mostly that I was slow, and it would often send like 3 or 4 enemies at me at the same time
the combat one on one was fun, which is what they show in the trailer lol
also being mostly locked into attack animations when the enemy doesn't flinch kinda sucks
wide kestrel
coarse swift
Oh my god.
I forgot about Powder Toy
That was the best idle game of my mid-high school days.
charred badge
some of the combat was clunky and annoying
Literally a base soulslike feature.
bronze wind
eh souls combat is more fluid typically. felt kinda rigid and not balanced well in terms of speed and mechanics
bronze wind
yikes
raven frost
harsh ferry
coarse swift
Yea it'll be ||eventually||
harsh ferry
NO NO NO ||its 100% sure it will come||
coarse swift
harsh ferry
||21 march 1999||
raven frost
is that a
coarse swift
its b
harsh ferry
yup for nintendo 64
willow crypt
c
austere lance
@coarse swift Behold, Japanese MMO's 🤣
charred badge
@bronze wind it took a few installments to get there
bronze wind
That's true, ds1 was a bit rough lol
But they've got a nice groove now with the past 3 or 4
i.e. bloodborne, ds3, sekiro, arguably ds2
charred badge
it's like going into god eater 1/2 and expecting the polish that even MHP2/2ndG had
Lord of arcana had no excuse, though. Squeenix dropped the standards hard for it
bronze wind
Well I'm not expecting it to be as good, I'm just expecting it to not be annoying to play, which it did feel like sometimes
dry copper
That is one elaborate sex toy
I like your space suit
It looks piratey
You're a space pirate
harsh ferry
lol use medium silo !
harsh ferry
i seem a large silo on the right 😄
dry copper
@daring spear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwczZS-mgNc
daring spear
Oooo
dry copper
Mosquitos coming to Grounded
daring spear
I guessed They would tbh
dry copper
Motherfucking flying spiders they be
I can't wait to see Moths
They aren't in that video but I expect them
daring spear
Yeah
dry copper
Would be interesting if they had event creatures like, fire ants enter the yard and you can eliminate them before they replace the existing ant colonies
daring spear
Whoa
dry copper
This video confirms Frogs, Koi fish and leeches being added to the lake
slash pond
Though for frogs it really only says "tadpoles"
Which are frog fetuses
daring spear
I love the absolute shit out of Grounded as is, so more stuff is just bonus amazingness
Theres a thing where the ladybug faceplate just looks like the clover one but shaped different. I hope that's fixed in the update
Aaaa
Beesbeesbeesbeesbeesssss
Yess
daring spear
It kinda maybe knocked Subnautica out of the top spot in my favorite survival games
acoustic solar
I wonder when this is all coming out. I'd like to wait for a bit more content before starting the game
willow crypt
The thumbnail is dumb
unique lark
dry copper
cinder vessel
@unique lark watdis
unique lark
Planetside 2 ss
cinder vessel
aahh
cinder vessel
dry copper
Alright I just had the WEIRDEST ant experience in Grounded
The ant was able to raid my bin from the ground when it was up in a stack
err stock
Though and get this...the ant GAVE me things!
Specifically, the ant gave me food
Apple bits
I hadn't even discovered apple bits till this ant dropped it for me
wet warren
Makes me think of that ant friend from Honey I Shrunk the Kids
dry copper
Alright...Now I haven't seen a mite buzzing around in three ingame days....I need that crap to make arrows
I wish the developers of The Long Dark would finish the fucking game.
It's not a triple A title. It never will be.
They keep dragging their feet on this project.
They've remade the game AT LEAST twice
It's not like they're adding a polish worthy of competing with Cyberpunk 2077
Hell...They can update survival until they're blue in the face. I'd be happy if they'd just FINISH the campaign
The story is solid.
Or at least conceptually it is
cinder vessel
...do planets in Empyrion orbit & rotate around stars...?
cinder vessel
I don't think so
dry copper
bleh
daring spear
I had an ant glitches into my house. Inside a chest. And it wasnt one with food in it
Glitched*
dry copper
I remember when games being released with no story was considered developer suicide
cinder vessel
I think at most it has a very rudimentary tutorial-ish story thing
I remember when games being released without story was the norm, lol
dry copper
...Welcome to Cubert
Or Donkey Kong...Tho even that tried to have a story
I don't understand why his name was Donkey
cinder vessel
The infamous quote:
Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important.
-John Carmack
dry copper
John Carmack made horrible stories. He's not exactly a credit to writing
daring spear
It sorta seems like Donkey Kong was a translation issue that stuck
cinder vessel
Well he also clearly didn't value writing in games so didn't put much into them, lol
daring spear
Oh I seeee
daring spear
It was meant in the "stubborn" sense
cinder vessel
Not so much Rage 2
dry copper
Rage 1 had a better story than Rage 2
daring spear
"Stubborn ape"
Then the donkey kong name stuck
cinder vessel
That's when he was still there, lol
dry copper
I didn't say it was good. I just said it was better.
cinder vessel
KONG
cinder vessel
for a number of reasons, lol
daring spear
Miyamoto used "donkey" to convey "stubborn" in English; the name Donkey Kong was intended to convey "stubborn ape" to the American audience. When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, people laughed, but the name stuck.
dry copper
heh
Doom 3 had a decent story. Probably the best of the entire Doom franchise.
I haven't tried the last 2 Doom though
Doom and Doom Eternal
But Doom 3 was horrifying
wet warren
Doom Eternal is good
dry copper
It went lengths above and beyond to instill fear
Atmosphere etc
The environment told a story
I wonder how much of that was Carmack.
I doubt much of it was inspired by his attitude toward writing integrity
Ah I see.
He's in the credits as "Technical director"
So....Coding.
cinder vessel
Sorry, meant to timestamp it:
https://youtu.be/jFePMuJNz9s?t=732
dry copper
Doom Eternal looks like the best of the entire franchise in terms of gameplay
I wonder if you can mod it
cinder vessel
They do that annoying youtube thing of faffing about before getting to the interesting stuff
dry copper
One complaint I've heard about it was the story content is almost entirely reading...which is fine but lacks any real convention. I would think in this day and age they could at least afford to hire someone to do voice acting and read it to you.
cinder vessel
But yeah, most interesting Empyrion video I've seen given the rest I've tried to watch are the most mindnumbing getting started survival game stuff
Going to Doom for story is...A choice...
full pivot
I was a little upset they put story and cutscenes in Doom ever; imo I still enjoy the original and Doom 2 most gameplaywise
And Eternal has yet to grab me
crisp sparrow
how is Empyrion doing now
charred badge
According to reviews, the 1.0 status is name-only
I've been meaning to check back in starship EVO/starwanderers. They added more systems, like ship to ship docking
Flight model someday
@daring spear the best part about those old janky games was how easy it apparently was to make legally distinct clones
Donkey Monkey was my wife's favorite game
raven frost
I bought empyrion and played it for like 2 minutes before refunding it
early game turned me off pretty quicklyqa
bronze wind
It looks promising I just don't wanna learn another survival game all over again, especially given how the UI looks like it's a pain in the ass and the animations don't look very high quality
spark wharf
I just got dayz in humblebundle if anyone has it and likes carrying a noob @ me
willow crypt
State of Play today at 4pm EST for those who might have missed it.
raven frost
I think I'm just done with survival games in general tbh
give me more parkour games dammit
charred badge
I don't think I like anything in this month's humble choice
bronze wind
yeah can't wait for bomb rush cyberfunk
charred badge
Which means next months will likely be pretty good
Except metal unit
I'm having fun with it
It's close enough to a MMZ style roguelite to be fun
charred badge
Funny thing is that I got a key from a giveaway like a day before
Guess I know where it came from 
willow crypt
Nothing new with ps5 announcements though
bronze wind
no hardware things, they said already announced ps5 games could have some news I thought though
charred badge
PSVR announcement: an obscure PS3 controller still best for it
willow crypt
Yeah already announced
Thankfully psvr 2 will be getting new motion controllers
WITH analog sticks
charred badge
😲
Once in a while I use psnavs as nunchuks for pc
But the buttons are so unpleasantly creaky
willow crypt
hMm
I really hope they'll give us next gen vr news soon after ps5 launch. Hopefully first quarter of 2021
dry copper
Only PS news I want is a new handheld.
raven frost
ps vita 2
bronze wind
ps vitwo
raven frost
PSPs are fucking fascinating pieces of tech tbh
like seriously for their time they were some next level shit
dry copper
PSIn-vitro
raven frost
🅱️s 🅱️ita
cinder vessel
I bought empyrion and played it for like 2 minutes before refunding it
@raven frost i think i did similar with the free weekend, but more like 5-10 minutes
willow crypt
Insomniac
constantly tweeting Resistance 'remember this?' pics
they are definitely working on Resistance 4.
stop working on spider-man games
work on something better, like Resistance.
i no longer get the same joy I got from super hero games once.
cinder vessel
warm take, the new Spider-Man game was well received largely because of the drought of Spider-Man games done with its graphical style
bronze wind
I enjoyed it, felt similar to older spidey games which was a nice thing
I miss Ultimate Spiderman though
that game was so good
willow crypt
lost interest a few hours in
austere lance
It was well-received because it felt like Spider-Man 2, lol
bronze wind
It is a good game, but I just don't think it brought enough new stuff to keep people interested if they just wanted completely new stuff
I didnt' finish it but that's just because I don't really ever play my PS4 anymore
Unlocking suits and stuff was very fun and they are all pretty unique though
Was my favorite part of ultimate spiderman
willow crypt
just hoping they take a break from the spider-man franchise to work on their own projects (besides R&C)
bronze wind
I think the miles stuff might be their last touch on it for a bit
austere lance
It looked like HD Spider-Man 2 with Warner Bros combat (Arkham, Mad Max, Mordor, etc)
willow crypt
hopefully
cinder vessel
I didn't want completely new stuff, but just enough to set it apart from the Ubi open world style or the general open world style that's been beaten to death since the older open world Spidey games came out
bronze wind
calling it warner bros combat kinda ignores the fact that older spiderman games had that combat lol
austere lance
😆
bronze wind
like spidey senses were in older ones
willow crypt
i liked the alternate dimensions one
cinder vessel
The little I played of it just felt like open world old hat that was impressive years ago but not so much anymore
willow crypt
yes
austere lance
Doesn't it have "hang from gargoyles and grab people" stuff like Arkham?
willow crypt
yeah. that gameplay mechanic is OVERUSED
bronze wind
It has "web people up" like other spiderman games
willow crypt
i'm tired of it
cinder vessel
A nice switch off your brain romp for sure, but that's about it to me
bronze wind
what were you expecting from a spiderman game lol
willow crypt
banana peels
bronze wind
also some of the combat you will get screwed if you just button mash
willow crypt
to make enemies slip
cinder vessel
slippy web bananas
austere lance
I saw a looooooot of people unhappy with the Arkham-ish combat and stealth, lol
willow crypt
yeah.
cinder vessel
everyone was really just mad at the puddles
willow crypt
i'm not saying it's all bad, but some games just feel like reskins of others
with generic storytelling
bronze wind
Well, I enjoyed it, and I think if there's a place for the "Arkham" style of combat, it's spiderman
because he literally has actual senses for it lol
and the webbing for stealth makes sense
austere lance
Ngl last time they tried being innovative they made Sunset Overdrive which was......less than impressive
silver sparrow
cofnirmed
bronze wind
but any stealth in any game isn't my favorite so i just enjoy when mechanics make it simpler
willow crypt
too much stealth gameplay becomes repetitive
austere lance
I loved Dishonored's stealth
Cuz it was actually innovative and let you be creative
austere lance
Yee
The stealth was top tier tho, none of that "hide in the bushes and grab people" crap
cinder vessel
hide up on the bookshelf and ambush
bronze wind
Any forced stealth is garbage imo
Unless the game is literally a stealth game lol, but in that cas eI just know I won't enjoy it so I can't judge it
willow crypt
while i love Uncharted games, you kinda had to be stealthy in them most of the time
cinder vessel
splinter cell 1 was the worst for the most particular stealth conditions of any stealth game I've played
bronze wind
The only games I really enjoyed being sort of stealthy were Far Cry games, cause I could take out settlements by just being good at aiming a bow, and that was very satisfying
willow crypt
similar in ghost of tsushima
austere lance
The stealth was actually fun. I loved slowing time, darting 3 people, choking out another and hiding him, then canceling the spell and watching everyone drop 😆
bronze wind
but having shit go fully south and failing a mission because an NPC happened to flip around erraticly at the last second is annoying
willow crypt
i loved the rat mechanic
austere lance
Splinter Cell 1 tried being realistic waaaaaaay before games were ready for that shit, the lockpicking 😬
willow crypt
never really got into those games.
bronze wind
Another game/set of games I enjoyed stealth in were the Middle Earth Shadow games
cinder vessel
Splinter Cell 1 tried being realistic waaaaaaay before games were ready for that shit, the lockpicking 😬
@austere lance for me it was the small spaces and body finding
austere lance
Stealth was so linear that you basically had to imagine a little path to follow if you wanted to do it
bronze wind
taking our an ecampment of orcs by walking around along the rafters and setting of hazards or diving on top of them to kill them was satisfying
willow crypt
ooch i couldn't finish middle earth, or whatever that first game was
bronze wind
on top of being able to just drop, kill one to surprise the others, and wipe all of them
cinder vessel
every fucking time some jerk would find at least one body i hid
bronze wind
the new Hitman games would be more fun if they were more sandboxy, but I get why they aren't
willow crypt
i am interested in the Gollem game, where we play as Gollem
austere lance
Splinter Cell Blacklist was fun cuz the stealth wasn't forced and you could equip Sam with anything from full body armor and an LMG to a fancy stealth suit that made zero noise and a taser crossbow
cinder vessel
New Hitman games would also be more fun if they didn't decide to go always online for...Assassinstion leaderboards or something?
bronze wind
That doens't take the "fun" out of it for me but I can see why people would dislike it
austere lance
Game literally just said "Fuck it, play Sam your way" and gave you options for any play style
bronze wind
I just ignored it completely
cinder vessel
It's a very dumb thing for a game that's historically been single-player, offline
bronze wind
yeah but does not affect stealth gameplay which is what I was tlaking about lol
austere lance
Last Hitman I played was Absolution, wasn't a fan
bronze wind
I just hate how realistic the new ones try to be
cinder vessel
It makes some people min/max it I imagine
austere lance
Idk, the Hitman formula just doesn't do it for me
bronze wind
I can't step two steps into an area without people shitting on me and I don't feel satisfied by throwing a coin behind a bush
cinder vessel
Hitman has had weird ups & downs
bronze wind
And sure some people might min max but you can completely ignore all of that extremely easily
willow crypt
the whole realism thing with Hitman does not capture my imagination
austere lance
I like new Splinter Cell cuz it sacrifices realism for fun
bronze wind
YOu don't get popups like "See what ProGamer47 did on this level! They got it done in 0.5 seconds 😎 "
cinder vessel
like up until the latest two games I don't think many were enjoying the series
bronze wind
I get more fun out of watching youtube videos of people tossing fire extinguishers at civilians heads in Hitman
cause they cut the part where you then get chased by everyone on the map at once and shot/killed in 4 seconds then have to wait for the loading screen to restart the mission
cinder vessel
Because the recent games (e.g. Absolution) were less sandboxy prior to the new Hitman games if I'm not mistaken
lol
bronze wind
There was a game that pretty much captured what I would like out of a Hitman game, and I think it was a flash game
Basically you were just a sniper overlooking a crime scene or something and you had specific goals to make and clues to who the target was, but sometimes misleading people would walk into view so you had to kinda wait sometimes
Tried sniper elite thinking it would be nice like that but it ended up being annoying to play cause the moment you're found it's just work to try and get rid of people
austere lance
The last Splinter Cell did Hitman better than Hitman
Minus the disguise stuff that I dislike in Hitman
bronze wind
I think Hitman does what it tries to do well, it's good for the people that want that more realistic experience. Just no where near what I'm looking for in a game lol
cinder vessel
Basically you were just a sniper overlooking a crime scene or something and you had specific goals to make and clues to who the target was, but sometimes misleading people would walk into view so you had to kinda wait sometimes
@bronze wind this sounds very much like SpyParty
bronze wind
I've seen that game, it looks kinda fun but I think it required co-op or something?
cinder vessel
yeah, multiplayer
bronze wind
think the game I played was just called sniper assassin on addicting games lol
austere lance
I raided the Western Ant Hill, wiped out every ugly ant bastard in it 
For some reason it's full of hot dog bits, lol
daring spear
Why would it not be
cinder vessel
ants really into hotdogs tbh
bronze wind
like 15 minutes
showed some Crash 4 stuff, then new Hitman announcement with VR support
and now some game called The Pathless that looks kinda neat
silver sparrow
i will likely buy hitman 3 just for new missions
i have spent a lot of time in hokkaido
bronze wind
I can see VR support actually being kinda fun
cinder vessel
The Pathless has been shown before, looks wicked
Release date announce or just showing again?
cinder vessel
Guessed as much
Spelunky 2, September 15, 2020
also ngl i'd much prefer this as a blog post instead of video but 🤷♀️
bronze wind
I'm sure there will be accompanying blog posts lol
silver sparrow
(multiply by most of internet)
bronze wind
Just act like you missed the video.
cinder vessel
Genshin Impact looks kinda interesting
civic fiber
Anime moment
cinder vessel
lmao the narrative for this seems dumb but like the art style
bronze wind
sounds like carpenter brut music
or magic sword
good stuff
idk about the gameplay though
civic fiber
Damn what's this
cinder vessel
Aeon Must Die!
bronze wind
very similar to Furi
cinder vessel
Anno Mutationem, hmm
bronze wind
finally, bugsnax
cinder vessel
looks like Anno Mutationem could be fun
bronze wind
not really into the anime style much anymore
cinder vessel
I'm kinda less charmed by Bugsnax seeing the potential gameplay, lol
civic fiber
WOAH
bronze wind
There wasn't ever much to be charming about it other than the voice acting which seems ok
cinder vessel
I mean the art style, at least for me, was charming
Still is, but the gameplay seems pretty standard
bronze wind
Eh it kinda looked like default assets to some degree, with googly eyes
ohhh
more Control stuff
cinder vessel
yeeesss
bronze wind
very nice
cinder vessel
August 22, 👀
bronze wind
27th
cinder vessel
Thought I messed it up, was glancing back & forth
bronze wind
yeah you had me double checking haha
cinder vessel
oh, that was battle chess just now wasn't it
bronze wind
this looks cool but tedious to play with a controller lol
cinder vessel
Kinda yeah
The Pedestrian...I've seen this style done before, still looks neat but that's about it
Hood: Outlaws & Legends...
Definitely not my sorta thing
bronze wind
Looked kinda interesting until it turned into basically Battle Royale
TemTem on PS5 I guess
cinder vessel
Once I saw the squad stuff it seemed pretty obvious where it was going, lol
yup, looks like it
bronze wind
Eh
cinder vessel
TemTem is like a strictly MMO poké-like, yeah?
bronze wind
Yeah, kinda stupid that it requires servers being functional
worn jacinth
lol perfectly timed as the guy on the stream said hello
bronze wind
Godfall looks so bad
cinder vessel
yeah, TemTem would interest me if there was a solo option but that's redundant coming from me
Godfall just looks really...Generic
cinder vessel
I bet there's mtx for cosmetics tho 
They always do that, where they say there aren't any, but then there are for looks
bronze wind
That would seem odd as armor is loot
unless it's skins or something, but that would be lame
If it's cosmetic and I can ignore it I don't care at all though
cinder vessel
Ah, well, hopefully I'm wrong
silver sparrow
bronze wind
I don't think so?
cinder vessel
For some reason I thought it was
cinder vessel
Maybe that's it
bronze wind
it's gearbox too so that would make sense
cinder vessel
...who gave them all this time, lmao
this seems like something you'd watch on their channel
bronze wind
also what was that giant dude with the laser knuckles doing that entire fight
he was just watching, why have so many enemies on screen if they aren't going to engage at the same time
cinder vessel
lol
i know it doesn't help that i'm not interested in this, but this seems boring even for folks interested?
bronze wind
It would be better if they didn't somehow find a way to make it bullet spongey with a sword
Not satisfying at all to see a giant sword hit flesh with a tiny little sound
civic fiber
I sleep
cinder vessel
Yeah there's a fine balance to be had with melee/sword combat...
bronze wind
doesn't help that the dude is like 10x louder than the gameplay
cinder vessel
Like it should take somewhat longer to fight, but there needs to be accompanying feedback for each hit to make it feel good
bronze wind
it sounds like they're hitting the guy with a plastic stick
cinder vessel
lol and in this fight it sounds like nothing at all
bronze wind
his hammer makes so much impact and then you hit him and it's just like "ding"
cinder vessel
it's like the sword is whispering
cinder vessel
yeah
bronze wind
more games need demos
cinder vessel
hmm, guess the PS5 is coming out maybe shortly before/around the holidays given some of these titles' release windows
also yeah i love demos
bronze wind
I think it's just holiday 2020
so all the games are just saying the same thing to line up witht aht
cinder vessel
At the rate they're going it may be, yeah
probably wait awhile before picking up a PS5 this time around, if I even go for one
bronze wind
doesn't seem worth it when I have a PC
willow crypt
as of now, pc better
bronze wind
I think ti's probably a lot of people thinking that lol
willow crypt
and most of the games announced before console launch tend to be a bit underwhelming and generic
that one hood game
meh
when's the next game event
lol
bronze wind
August 27th is Gamescon/Gameawards I think
worn jacinth
God Fall feels like a generic tech demo yeah
willow crypt
OH YEAH. quake con starts tomorrow!
i totally forgot
oh nice. gameawards is always good.
worn jacinth
is quake con Bethesda?
worn jacinth
interesting
cinder vessel
My PC isn't stronk enough and I'd basically be weighing between a console upgrade or PC upgrade at this point, lol
willow crypt
i'm sure better ps5 games are awaiting announcment
i'm sure there'll be good reason to have a PS5.
i'm sure.
cinder vessel
I basically need to upgrade my motherboard to get a properly better processor & such~ 😩
The one thing I like about consoles is them being sorta reliable no upgrade faffing about purchases
But they've been undermining themselves in that regard lately
silver sparrow
i assume hzd2 will be ps5 not ps4
silver sparrow
b/c i can get 2077 and tlou2 on ps4
bronze wind
I imagine they just don't want the next gen stuff to be hindered by having to maintain it for the old hardware
willow crypt
yeah.
silver sparrow
yeah
cinder vessel
tbh i'm surprised more third-party studios don't do that asap
willow crypt
i dislike the idea of devs having to hold back their ideas and their game's potential for weaker hardware.
silver sparrow
i haven't heard of a xbsx exclusive that is a must-have for me
cinder vessel
like I think Ubisoft's doing that again with their upcoming stuff like WD: Legion, right?
willow crypt
what, only doing next gen?
cinder vessel
it seems like it would save their devs a lot of headaches to just push ahead to the new hardware
No no, doing both PS5 & PS4 versions
They've done that the past few console gens and it always seems like a miserable idea
willow crypt
the rise of iron dlc or whatever
was the 'in-between' dlc
at that point they stopped supporting ps3
cinder vessel
tbh tho
i sometimes wish devs had to learn to work with constraints to make less bloated stuff
because i feel like some of the current cutting edge stuff is only as massive as it is because they have the space & overhead to be "sloppy" so to speak
willow crypt
BIG and EMPTY
cinder vessel
ALL THE POLYGONS
ALL THE EFFECTS
THE GAME ISN'T GOOD IF THE FANS AREN'T SCREAMING
willow crypt
IF CHAT SAY CRINGE IT MEAANS GAME IS BAD!
willow crypt
uhhh didn't they just show that in the state of play?
bronze wind
yeah
willow crypt
that really blows for them
cinder vessel
just flipped over to twitter and that was right there, talk about whiplash
cinder vessel
that one had the most eyecatching artstyle
@willow crypt The Pathless & Anno Mutationem still look sharp to me
bronze wind
The latter just looked like anime game but low res
cinder vessel
🤷♀️
bronze wind
Not that low res is bad but it looked kinda weird to me
Pathless did look cool though, seemed Zelda ish
cinder vessel
It stood out to me a bit more
But it's definitely going for a niche
pixel art x anime
cinder vessel
I've been keeping an eye out for The Pathless since it was announced
What struck me with Anno Mutationem is that the sidescrolling combat looked like it may be fun, and there's a nod to maybe 2.5D navigation going on
coarse swift
Pathless looks like a nice world that got randomly filled a bunch of markers you have to shoot to move faster
austere lance
The not-Pokémon MMO?
coarse swift
Yea
Not like it was bad by any means, gave me a brief fix for when Sword n Shield released since I didn't get those
But with the announce of a battle pass system and their constant focus on ranked pvp for a bit before this Kisiwa update, I stopped caring about it
I'll probably dig into it more when its fully released and on PS5 so I can at least then play with my wife
cinder vessel
yokai watch in the meantime? lol
coarse swift
I don't need a poke-like that badly
Besides I'm sure that Ultra Sword n Shield is down the line somewhere
Including all DLC with the full pokedex
Alongside the eventual release of the Switch Pro
austere lance
Didn't happen with Sun and Moon, I wouldn't get my hopes up. They apparently stopped doing a Crystal/Platinum/Emerald release that combines the other games a while ago
austere lance
No Pokémon Star or Galaxy or whatever 😔
coarse swift
I knew they stopped doing that third game of each generation
austere lance
No, I meant they don't do "third game that combines the other two" versions anymore
coarse swift
Back when I was patiently waiting for Pokemon Z to touch on the unused features of X and Y.
Which... never happened.
If it don't happen with Sword and Shield, not too upset.
austere lance
Sword and Shield 2
coarse swift
I can just wait for 9th gen and see if they decide to put in the full pokedex yet.
I know they said that future titles wont have it
But
People can change their minds
austere lance
-Nintendo
-Changing their minds in a beneficial way
Pick one
austere lance
The Darkness III when
raven frost
yeeeeee
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💸
main pasture
austere lance
Not a bad little patch for only a week in
https://grounded.obsidian.net/news/grounded/patch-0-1-1-will-be-released-soon
cinder vessel
daring spear
Soul killed a wolf spider. Grounded intensifies
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what, he got grounded for killing a spiderbro?
dry copper
@raven frost I hope the index is even better than you expect
@cinder vessel What a weird sounding game. Even the sales pitch sounds like a thousand loose threads
winter yew
It kinda looks appealing, while also lighting up ALL the red flags.
austere lance
Wolf spiders in Grounded can righteously fuck off
cinder vessel
Just finished playing couple hours of Thousand Threads, it's pretty good, definitely a niche game.
It's a super chill open world game, roam around and explore, talk to folks, see if they want help...A bunch of them dislike each other and want to pay you to knock the person out that they dislike, lol
Then there's the usual fetch quest stuff, but I've been declining a bunch of those since I don't have enough of what they want and don't feel like gathering it for them.
You basically end up being a delivery person anyway what with the mail or taking objects to friends/family since the person doesn't have the time to do so themselves
Also somehow you can snoop on the mail you're delivering seemingly without the recipients noticing/caring that you've read their mail
That's where some of the meat of the narrative is tbh
so yeah, if you like the pitch of just exploring a nice looking environment while delivering stuff but don't want to deal with weird weight balancing as in Death Stranding, then Thousand Threads might be up your alley
cinder vessel
Can't wait till this comes out to give me somethin' to scratch that Sea of Thieves itch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfcxpb5kTR8
Almost forgot it comes out at the end of the month 😮
crisp sparrow
oh nice
full pivot
Nice
crisp sparrow
wow I totally forgot about PSO2
cinder vessel
(so did microsoft)
cinder vessel
😴 i could do that for free with Code Vein
well, after initial purchase anyway
or just via the demo 
crisp sparrow
this is gonna be my first anime game tbh
unless fire emblem 7 on the GBA counts as one too
cinder vessel
probably
i'd say keep in mind it's a MMO so excessive grind isn't representative of other anime-style games, but tbh it unfortunately tends to be
crisp sparrow
see as long as I dont have to watch a bunch of tutorials on youtube to fit in, I dont mind the grind etc
cinder vessel
i mind it mostly because it's basically the whole of the gameplay which is 😴 to me
crisp sparrow
I dont mind grinding because when I start doing that Eye of the Tiger starts playing in my head and makes it feel better
cinder vessel
I'm p. sure the only reason I tolerate it in stuff like Monster Hunter or Souls games is because the combat is interesting
crisp sparrow
unless its purely single button mashing like old pokemon titles
crisp sparrow
heard the combat is pretty good
cinder vessel
I know with FFXIV combat just felt like a huge drag from what I tried of it
Maybe just a fault in trying to play a magic class or something but sucks if so, 'cause magic is cool
crisp sparrow
love spamming magic in Kingdoms of Amalur
cinder vessel
gonna be cool when Noita leaves Early Access. Think it's one of the few games lately to really let you toy with blending together magic if I'm not mistaken
dry copper
Seven hours and thirteen minutes.
Installation of Horizon Zero Dawn on PC.
Christ...my internet sucks
67 gigs
Noita looks amazing.
I'm not a fan of platformers, but if I was into platformers, that would be my jam
spiral pulsar
humble trout
Started playing Civ5 recently and next thing I know it's already 3am in the morning damn
crisp sparrow
unless its purely single button mashing like old pokemon titles
well at least now I'm mashing TWO buttons!
probably too early to say but I'm really not feeling PSO2
austere lance
acoustic solar
Noita is a great game. Just really challenging and sometimes unpredictable
If you can get on the good side of it, it's very satisfying and fun
full pivot
dry copper
They couldn't possibly do worse on the game than the movie
@austere lance Sorry I meant, responding to suicidesquad comment
austere lance
Lol
daring spear
Dont jinx it
dry copper
Honestly I hope it succeeds. We need something to redeem DC for Batfleck
austere lance
I have hope, especially since suicidesquadkillsthejusticeleague web domain got bought by them a couple months ago 👀
And it's made by Arkham devs
dry copper
That is promising. Every fight in an Arkham game is like Live Action QTE, but it's smooth like butter and feels dynamic...So I can't fault that
dry copper
Arkham City wasn't bad. It had too much dependent on verticality though.
willow crypt
Wasn't bad, but it was bloated
dry copper
The whole Schtick with verticality is that Batman has an advantage, not that he is REQUIRED to
That picture...
That's Superman.
...In suicidesquad?
willow crypt
I do want to play as Superman
Over Batman
Or maybe he'll be the 'villian'
We still haven't gotten a good Superman game
daring spear
Looks like the suicide squad thing is literally a target on his head. And it says "target locked"
With that logic, he's an enemy
willow crypt
True that.
If they could draw similarities from this character, I would definitely want to kill superman
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@cinder vessel pso2 is standard attack + something like 4 customizable special attack buttons
and skill bars for spells and items
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PSNova is pretty fun
JPN only though
but all of the titles post- 1-4 are focused on multiplayer
and 1-4 are old
cinder vessel
yeeaahh
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At the very least, pso2 has pretty decent auto-matchmaking configuration
cinder vessel
Could've swore there was a more recent one that wasn't though
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None that I've heard of, but I haven't paying too much attention lately
cinder vessel
Phantasy Star Universe? 🤔
cinder vessel
Probably
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Even Zero on DS was MP focused
cinder vessel
I remember seeing one of the 3D ones being played more solo I thought though
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Oh you can totally play the multiplayer ones solo
There's just gonna be some bits that are a pain solo
Think MH, but a bit more stats-focused
Similar benefits to being solo, incidentally.
The enemy AI is dumber, and built more for mob fights, but it's still helpful to know it'll always be focused on you.
cinder vessel
Yeah, but it also seemed offline or something, probably misread what was going on tbh
V. easy to do with MMOs sometimes
dry copper
@willow crypt That would be a brilliant move from a writing standpoint. Surely superman has made mistakes that he can't undo...and many of them unforgivable.
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Umm. PSNova and all of the other portables function fine offline
cinder vessel
hrrmm
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I imagine Blue Burst also
cinder vessel
damn it video people this is why u tag the game being shown, lol
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Heh. Link it and I can probably ID it
dry copper
8 minutes to Horizon Zero Dawn installation complete
cinder vessel
i don't have it right here otherwise i would
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Ah
Any notable game mechanics that seem unusual?
How were the special attacks arranged?
What did the character look like?
willow crypt
HZD has a very lovely open world that you sorta feel comfortable in
dry copper
@charred badge I always grab the image thumbnail using the same algorithm most online videos do and use that to search online for thumbnails.
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There are some game/series-specific races and ability setups
Like, if the player turned into an ogre type thing, it was definitely one of the PSP games
cinder vessel
It literally just looked like anime character smashing bots kinda stuff, lol
Nothing particularly standout
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If the player pulled an anime absurd transformation that summoned energy weapons to run around slashing things, it was either portable 2 infinite, Nova, or pso2
dry copper
Neir Automata?
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If there were no fancy moves in addition to basic attacks, it was one of the gcn/Dreamcast ones
cinder vessel
Nah, more colorful 😛
dry copper
So lets summarize this experience. Colorful anime video game that's offline singleplayer with a sword smashing robots
cinder vessel
See, I think it may have been one of the GameCube/Dreamcast ones, but I thought those couldn't still be played today
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Those have had a lot of modding work put into them
cinder vessel
I know it was for sure Phantasy Star tho, for what it's worth
dry copper
Did the game have shadows or textures that looked like shadows? That is, were shadows dynamic or static?
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Including fan servers for online play
cinder vessel
Aah, maybe that's how
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The main one I know about made the interesting choice to implement their own DRM
cinder vessel
because I think it may have been Universe or Online 1(if that was a thing?)
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Possibly as a way to appease big bad SEGA
Sega has a bad habit of having no chill with regards to phantasy star existing outside their control
cinder vessel
Sega is such an inconsistent dork when it comes to DRM
dry copper
Phantasy Star Universe had a singleplayer mode.
crisp sparrow
well so far I've been playing solo anyway
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They randomly decide to go nuts enforcing region locking with bans
crisp sparrow
there's things happening, I get things, I sell the things, and its very colourful and pretty
this is my review of PSO2 so far
dry copper
crisp sparrow
also apparently there were some login bonuses or something
and I skipped 20 levels
cinder vessel
Like most of the PSO titles, PSU was playable in both a persistent online network mode and a fully featured, single-player story mode.
wait what
bronze wind
ah yes internet man telling me why I shouldn't do something
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Huh,neat
cinder vessel
phantasy star this is why u confuse me so~
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I'll admit that I only got to play PSU for a short time due to the sub fee
dry copper
In Phantasy Star, you can't have the name WinnieThePooh, but you can have the name "Eatmyass"
crisp sparrow
I feel like that labrador at a lab going "I dont know what I'm doing"
cinder vessel
me with monster hunter
winter yew
Lol
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It's one of those series where you can just do whatever
cinder vessel
I should look up the Grandia HD collection, see if it changes more than I'd care for, or if it's pretty close to the original material
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Aha
crisp sparrow
also this guy has a cheesy australian accent
austere lance
I feel like that labrador at a lab going "I dont know what I'm doing"
Me with any Japanese game besides Pokémon
cinder vessel
Thanks to Square Enix I never know whether old RPGs are being brought back faithfully or with weird art changes
cinder vessel
mmhmm
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The DS versions are generally the best
Hah
I haven't opened this thing in ages
willow crypt
Disks
crisp sparrow
so that's what I got lmao
dry copper
This is not a good sign. Game already has a day 1 patch.
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HZD?
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surprising nobody
dry copper
I went to launch it and it went into Update right away
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it's a lot easier to push a patch than an install update
dry copper
and it ain't no subtle update either
bronze wind
it's time to panic
dry copper
I'm confused by it tbh
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how big?
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I swear they use day-1 patches as an anti-shenanigans thing a lot
dry copper
Maybe the game isn't released yet here?
cinder vessel
there was chatter about optimization issues before release
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oh, is it a preload type thing?
I did that once. That unpacking phase took hours
meanwhile 💤
dry copper
It's nuts. It says released...but w/e. I hope it's fun.
cinder vessel
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the funny thing is that I'm only doing this for native support
I already have it set up to toggle between steam and M$ via Tweaker
dry copper
@charred badge Ugh...I'd kill the installation if it said more than 15 hours
cinder vessel
Hopefully it's since been further smoothed out
bronze wind
it's weird cause I saw pretty good and pretty bad reviews about the optimization. I guess it's up to the standards of the reviewer
cinder vessel
May be, yeah
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Tweaker is able to use the M$ install for both
bronze wind
I know Digital Foundry had kind of a lot of issues with it but every single one of their tests was using 4k 60fps as the baseline lol
except for dynamic res stuff
I've played about 30 mins and had to slightly adjust the settings from what it recommended but it's run well for me after tht
dry copper
I wish people would stop trying to make 4k the standard. I get 4k is good and all, but that standard is wiitarded
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who else is more aggravated by inconsistent resolution than inconsistent framerate?
bronze wind
Me, that's why I'm happy with the port so far
dry copper
I'd lower the graphics before I'd accept dynamic resolution
bronze wind
I can set it to what my PC can handle and I get nice framerate which is very much not what I exprienced on PS4 lol
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it's why I wish consoles would give more graphics options
bronze wind
Well that was the issue that DF had, they had it set to 4k and turned on dynamic res and it immediately hit 60FPS but dropped to 1080p. Seems a little rigid but I never use dynamic res anyways so i didn't care about that
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I get that devs like to make a game as shiny as possible for sales/demos, but I'd love to be able to scale things down for smoothness
cinder vessel
Problem with that is how it's implemented Ghostcart, looked like there was some detail loss from however the dynamic resolution was being handled & not in the cleanest of ways, but 🤷♀️
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Meanwhile nintendo builds as potato as possible to maintain framerate, usually 😄
cinder vessel
I have the game on PS4 already so not super concerned all that much
dry copper
I remember when Dynamic resolution was first added to watchdogs 2....What a god damn nightmare that was
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The only one of the big three to still reliably stress playability over appearance
dry copper
Texture res popin all the time
bronze wind
yeah same, it was so painful to play on PS4, I couldn't finish it.
Base PS4 that is
sucked cause the gameplay was so fun
cinder vessel
I must not have hit the rough spots 🤔
cinder vessel
MMO
dry copper
@crisp sparrow Looks like VR Chat for the Oculus Rift
crisp sparrow
but
bronze wind
My PS4 for some reason just shits itself, I bought it used to maybe the person who had it before me didn't take super good care of it
cinder vessel
Don't get me wrong, HZD makes my PS4 fans whirrr, but yeah
crisp sparrow
"yo xXBigTiddiesXx I caught a rare one"
bronze wind
It was mostly when I would try to do anything more involved than run around
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The fishing is all flashy too
crisp sparrow
gotta try this
bronze wind
it's a fast paced game when you get into certain type of combat so the frame drops made that pretty unenjoyable
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They went with casino-style aesthetics for the gathering
cinder vessel
Weird, was it before patches dropped?
bronze wind
I picked it up very late lol
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With fevers and ringing and happy sounfs
cinder vessel
huh
bronze wind
I'm also used to 60FPS on PC for most things so it was just much more apparent for me.
dry copper
I got this interesting injury on my hand that didn't heal properly. It was a surface injury, but became infected so I peeled off the scab and kept it regularly cleaned with peroxide, but that seemed to create some level of scarring...So now I have an interesting looking circular scar on my hand where the minor injury was.
bronze wind
I have that on the back of my arm
cut myself somehow and didn't notice for a bit, picked at it once and now it's just a dark mark even though the cut wasn't deep
cinder vessel
Maybe that's it Zoid, I'm used to a weird range of framerates
bronze wind
yeah probabyl just a difference of experiences
crisp sparrow
there was a live concert holy what
is this an RPG game or straight up Second Life 2
cinder vessel
lol
dry copper
Second Life is....creepy
crisp sparrow
WH
cinder vessel
Is Second Life even still going?
dry copper
No idea.
crisp sparrow
yes
cinder vessel
lol
crisp sparrow
wow the balls dont move, disappointing
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second life is on furry/edgelord life support
dry copper
I used to play Second Life to discuss philosophy design.
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I really think that if they can afford it, they should relaunch as a VR app
dry copper
The only online community where I've been solicited for virtual sex.....Second Life.
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if second life had dropped now, with VR support, it would have been pretty popular
dry copper
I'm like...Dude, I'm an anime character not a prostitute.
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you must not have hung out much in visual chatrooms
dry copper
Can honestly say I've never
cinder vessel
I really think that if they can afford it, they should relaunch as a VR app
@charred badge VR Chat already ahead of them
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it's not the same
dry copper
I tried that chatroulette once but it didn't end well.
bronze wind
I fucking love Beach House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuvWc3ToDHg
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the weird independent currency, the focus on business and supporting things like online shopping, and the scripting support