Terrain is, location not really. Unless it's some parallel universe USA.
#other-games
winter yew
full pivot
its complicated
unique lark
Iceland is in USA....
winter yew
Aka kojima does stuff because it's cool. 😄
unique lark
Did I read that right?
winter yew
Sure, but it's not all of usa.
unique lark
Confirmed in US?
winter yew
Oh yeah, you travel through the entire states, and it's all iceland.
unique lark
What about Maryland
winter yew
President's named America Strand, It's about united cities of america, yadda yadda.
silver sparrow
The thing I appreciated about death stranding was the gravity in the ambience
It always felt a little moody
Up in muh feels
full pivot
soundtrack hits that right off too
silver sparrow
Omg I listened to low roar for like a month after I finished the game
austere lance
Bioshock Infinite is really really fucked up, I forgot how disturbing this shit got
silver sparrow
Sup comstock
willow crypt
you should see some of the concept art, soul
full pivot
i hope i get this weekend fully off so i can play weird bullshit games on my steam all night and order Denny's XD
winter yew
Can recommend Bioshock Infinite, cannot recommend the horseshit ending. 😄
silver sparrow
@full pivot life goals
full pivot
last time i also had Jameson but i wanna keep my streak going
austere lance
I just got to the part where you first enter Elizabeth's tower, the room where guards had a projector just to watch stuff she did that day is wrong. So is the room full of pictures of her half-dressed to do laundry......
Totally not creepy that random grown men spied on a girl for every moment of her life 😬
winter yew
Half the point of her escape, and seeing her enjoy life is also big part of it.
see her interact with the environment, people, dance to the music, that sort of stuff.
And then it all goes to shit...
Then it REALLY goes to shit.
austere lance
Uh, just found popcorn next to the guard chair and one-way glass that spies on her dressing room......
winter yew
What flavour?
silver sparrow
Chicago style
winter yew
I love Bioshock.
austere lance
There's apparently a one way mirror for her bathroom.....
Fuck these guys were creepy
winter yew
😫
austere lance
Dudes sat in these chairs with popcorn when she was fuckin 12
Jesus
I don't feel bad about having an ability that makes crows eat them alive anymore
winter yew
Tell me once you get through the first half of the game. 😄
austere lance
I've beaten it before, lol. That was years ago tho
And I never had the DLC's, so I'm excited to finally try those
winter yew
Burials at sea matter, rest not so much.
I think there's one more in fact, but it's this kind of fighting arena stuff where you earn cash buy guns, and go back to fighting. arcade stuff.
silver sparrow
Yeah clash in the clouds is pvp
full pivot
my mind goes to playing Star Citizen and if i could actually manage to do anything this time
willow crypt
@austere lance
austere lance
Holy shit
winter yew
rofl amazing
silver sparrow
I never saw the halfinator
willow crypt
lotsa concept art that never got implemented
charred badge
@winter yew Then it REALLY goes to shit
And then it goes to DLC
I had nightmares of that one scene, and I'm hard to push
austere lance
So it's Pokémon GO+Elder Scrolls Blades 
austere lance
cinder vessel
gimme the choice to defect and not get killed right away
unique lark
If that is an In engine picture idc what the game feels like I'm all for that engine
stuck geyser
So many good games. So little non-adulting time.
crisp sparrow
I have all the time and I'm still overwhelmed
unique lark
It says "for the first time players can customize their characters in single player" but BO3 had this
dry copper
@austere lance Your above statements make me think you're playing bioshock infinite
austere lance
Yes, lol
dry copper
I played that for a little bit but I couldn't get into it. Felt like a linear game pretending to be open.
and sucking at the pretense
Linear games are okay I find, if the story is compelling...but I found it a little too wacky to follow.
I can understand why some could forgive that though. That's a culture of linear story telling where nonsense is entertaining....coming from MumblesMalarky
I bought into "We happy few" for that nonsensical whimsy
Now I'm overwhelmed by it.
I need my joy
austere lance
Infinite is really good, insanely well-written. Explore everything and when you reach the end it'll all make sense @dry copper
fluid hare
I always mix Bioshock Infinite up with Halo Infinite.
austere lance
Lol
fluid hare
Aaand I missed my chance for a, "S0ul, are you from the future?" joke.
dry copper
Having worked in customer service: I can't believe I've seen this sort of situation irl...
People are fucking monsters.
You want to believe that the strange things you see in customer service are rare...one offs etc.
If anything they're the norm
daring spear
cinder vessel
Infinite is really good, insanely well-written. Explore everything and when you reach the end it'll all make sense
@austere lance not really well-written imo tbh, lol
austere lance
It is with the DLC fleshing out certain things 👀
winter yew
cave fishing
austere lance
bronze wind
not online-only which is nice
winter yew
For all my fellow Warframe peeps
willow crypt
How's the new location?
winter yew
pretty sweet
they did something different with the wildlife this time around, you can actually encounter most of them without special aid
and the day/night cycle is badass
I won't spoil it but it's really cool how it goes down
willow crypt
Ohh yeah I hear it's caused by ||giant creatures||
winter yew
the new scenery is gross and i love it
austere lance
I haven't played since Plains of Eidolon, please tell me the game is better than it was back then 😆
sand marsh
willow crypt
I only played some of the other cold location
austere lance
I wish I could start over 😔
dry copper
This would be the perfect time to release Dying Light 2. A lull in gaming releases...a AAA studio...A loyal following....Tons of replay
winter yew
and uhhh
you can 'build' a companion if you catch certain wildlife and combine them with things you get from one of the vendors in the new location
they look like infested foxes/wolves
winter yew
Sentinels, Moas (walking robots), Kubrows (dogs) Kavats (cats), a Helminth Charger (basically an infested Kubrow)
and now these Deimos wildlife things
winter yew
I like
I'm just overwhelmed
but I'm 'getting it'
and the amount of hotfixes they are having to do is expected
winter yew
true
coarse swift
I'd be impressed if there weren't hotfixes
winter yew
I've been in 'hunt' mode, gathering resources and such.
and I think something is bugged with fishing part because I caught like 20 of those fish that I need the spine segments from
and I've only gotten 2 😦
austere lance
dry copper
The price of lone echo, the VR game - after three years is damn near still full at no discount. I wonder if it's ever been discounted.
One of the "benefits" of limited availability.
cinder vessel
checked isthereanydeal? That would potentially tell if you there's ever been a sale/discount on it
crimson kelp
@full pivot another band like GSYBE I adore https://youtu.be/85blcsevfvI
fluid hare
@austere lance https://twitter.com/joestaten/status/1298822686420819968
Twitter
GRUNTY LAUGHTER ENSUES!
raven frost
Genuinely thought his name was Joeseph Stallin for a hot second
fluid hare
Puterman...
glossy kestrel
fluid hare
This guy voiced the Grunts in Halo without any external modifications.
fluid hare
That’s all him when you send those terrified, adorable “little” face-masked aliens skittering about because you wasted their Elite or Brute leader.
Why the quotations? They’re about 5 feet tall.
And you’re a 7-foot-10 SPARTAN supersoldier.
So: buck up, ladies and gents, we’re real lucky to have him back in the fold!
raven frost
I will fuck the covenant
full pivot
@crimson kelp Love it! I swear ive heard of mogwai before but I think I'm just mixing up the fact that ive watched Gremlins haha
crisp sparrow
ok done another colour challenge
full pivot
What are you on now?
dry copper
Damn. I think I want to install my Skyrim non-vr and play that instead of VR...This is a sweaty game now
full pivot
Green should be the easiest
crisp sparrow
yooooo this is amazing
full pivot
Sohail has a future in goblin tribal
crisp sparrow
but other colours must be having enchantment cards too no?
full pivot
All of them do
Red and black have more of the "whenever X happens deal 1 damage to each/target opponent"
Each > target btw
The status called "hexproof" prevents being targeted by a spell
Each doesn't target 😉
Same as "all"
dry copper
lol. I already have skyrim installed for VR, but damn if I just wanna play skyrim without sweating my balls off swinging swords and dodging arrows
So...time to install one of the four other copies of the game I have.
lol
I have more copies of skyrim than any other game in my steam library
cinder vessel
dry copper
cinder vessel
yeah except it's not that good vanilla
dry copper
Oh for sure. I never play vanilla....ever
winter yew
I got Special Edition and I can't fault it at all.
dry copper
First thing I do is download mods.
Special Edition is what I'm installing rn. It's the same version used in VR
Cept VR is...well...VR
winter yew
I haven't had any issues. No bugs, no jank.
Oh no. Tell a lie. One of my followers was headless for a while.
Serena, the vampire.
full pivot
Seven releases and I still can't get into it 😔
dry copper
I saw some AI mods I wanna install that make AI have more dynamic lifestyles so that they're less blaaugh
full pivot
I even made all the chicks super hot and made them marriable and still nothing
winter yew
😔
dry copper
I tried the hot shit for a while, but it got old fast. I think I'm getting old.
winter yew
TBH, I pirated it a couple times before purchasing and couldn't get in to it. This time round it's clicked properly with me and I'm loving it.
I did 74 hours in a week.
Which I know isn't huge numbers but 🤷♂️
full pivot
I still like pretty characters
I also modded it to be insanely difficult
Like you could get hypothermia by swimming in cold rivers at night and wearing the soaked clothes
full pivot
You could basically always die in one hit
cinder vessel
I just can't get into it without maybe some art style overhaul or something but at that point why even play it, right?
full pivot
But so did enemies
dry copper
Capitals at the start of sentences with an exclamation mark!
dry copper
In VR, a shield is OP af
You can basically block everything.
Arrow comes at your face, blocked. Arrow comes at you from behind, swing arm behind you, block
full pivot
Blade and sorcery is like that too
crisp sparrow
my first pvp loss finally
wasnt even dealt a bad hand or anything, they were just good
full pivot
It happens, just ask Kai haha
crisp sparrow
ok done with all the challenges
full pivot
Now to build a deck 😜
cinder vessel
somehow the MTG Arena game seems clunky in performance and i have zero idea how they managed that
At first it seemed to be some background processes on my PC, but even after that it was running weirdly
silver sparrow
$3432 later.....
full pivot
I have a scarab god deck yes
faint fjord
@waxen crane i present the parrot moon lander
waxen crane
Nice one
faint fjord
ill update you on mission progress
@waxen crane
landing time
heres launch also
pog
poggers
faint fjord
kerbal space program
waxen crane
Alright
silver sparrow
silver sparrow
they have a space program
silver sparrow
and their space program is...not very good
full pivot
Maybe yours isn't 😎
faint fjord
re entry
mission succesfull
now just waiting for touch down
yessss
now to use the same rocket to go to minmus
winter yew
Heard big part of campaign is now saving your parts for future use. True? Always wondered if slapping parachutes to fuel tanks a viable strategy or not. 😄
bronze wind
full pivot
spiral pulsar
let's begin enter the gungeon
winter yew
gotta love building up your audience on steam, and then dicking people over at the last second. 😄
bronze wind
$5 for what?
winter yew
Last Campfire I imagine.
winter yew
fucking hell it's like 15 for me.
bronze wind
Yeah that's the standard US price
winter yew
Unless he's like, russian or something, I can't see it being 5 dallaz like anywhere.
bronze wind
India I believe
winter yew
could be a typo too.
rigid haven
Or maybe the cool epic coupon
silver sparrow
lol the sequel was the funniest vg news i heard that week
crisp sparrow
So probably for sohail
so they have regional pricing for me but still in USD? how Epic
could be a typo too.
bronze wind
Yeah it's like that for most games so you don't pay some crazy inflated price to keep the USD at $15
arctic thistle
omg the famous sand snake in Last Campfire
willow crypt
S🅱️ oilers
meager panther
Sean be the ultimate troll
Community: give back the sand worm
Sean: here have the sand worm. || Puts it in campfire||
Community: shocked Pikachu
willow crypt
Maybe it'll make its way out of the last campfire and into a nms update
spiral pulsar
what is this pile of pixels
charred badge
A miserable pile of secrets
winter yew
Warframe
I’m still working on ranking up @charred badge , when I get home I’ll be hunting/fishing/mining my butt off for tokens
agile raven
I haven't played Warframe in years. I heard it just got a big World Map update?
charred badge
@agile raven they released the third open world map, the infested.
Now there's one for each main faction.
agile raven
Ooooh sick
charred badge
This one came with mechsuits and custom animal pets
charred badge
and the weird system where you feed frames to your ship to get one of their abilities to use on your other frames
which is the main thing I'm farming for
oh yeah, warframe has had pets for ages, but rarely adds new ones
the corpus (tech guys) open world introduced custom robot pets and guns
the grineer (low tech grunts) one introduced custom melee
acoustic solar
The sand worms are in the game, they were just put into the sky instead
charred badge
And ocean
winter yew
My friend called the new custom pet feature ‘Build a Bear’
austere lance
wide kestrel
isn't it 4:30 GMT right now?
crisp sparrow
oh yeah lol
willow crypt
That's actually a good idea and something I may one day partake in
wet warren
It fun. Not a fan of most of the drawing games with the exception of that invention one
stuck geyser
Jackbox?
crisp sparrow
only one person needs to own the game, other participants can join in through the web browser
thorny grove
Ty sohail
thorny grove
6 hours from now?
spiral pulsar
Well I eat at 19h then i hang out til 1 am min
I suppose
I often blackout anyway
😔
thorny grove
I don’t know the best way to find a convenient time for something like this for the biggest turnout. Spur of the moment idea from last night. Lmao
spiral pulsar
Well that time is good
thorny grove
Maybe planning it ahead by a couple days might be best?
Possibly getting a temporary channel in the server
Well I mean, all that’s needed is you plooty ❤️
I might actually do that. Maybe for this Sunday. More people take Sunday as their “do fuck all” day.
crisp sparrow
yes give it a couple days
spiral pulsar
That's better planning it ahead
thorny grove
Agreed
Last night after a few glasses of scotch I decided HEY LETS PLAY GAMES
RIGHT NOW
rigid haven
I wonder if you can drink so much that spitting in someone's mouth gets them wasted
Jack box will be fun
thorny grove
Want to try? I only drink hard liquor so the chances are in your favour.
I’m thinking Sunday “night”
For jackbox
Gonna kindly ask for a temp channel for organizing
spiral pulsar
What is jackbox btw
spiral pulsar
Ye i have it
thorny grove
Quirky adlib games
willow crypt
I keep large PVC pipe in anus so everything flows through quicker
thorny grove
This is what I’m talking about ^
willow crypt
Where
willow crypt
Just a waterfall
thorny grove
phase beam
willow crypt
Yes
west pier
The last campfire tho.... Is it good?
crisp sparrow
do you like puzzle platformer games
if yes then I doubt you won't like this one
has all the charm and also quite a few detailed emotional animations I don't see in most games
thorny grove
Still waiting for it to release onto PlayStation store 😞
willow crypt
Same
wide kestrel
mood
rigid haven
Part of me hopes its something like Outer Wilds but I doubt it
The puzzle aspect I mean, not the space
rigid haven
Wonder why it's so late on PS4
It's out pretty much everywhere else
Ah unless they have to go through certification or something
thorny grove
Probably. Sony can be dumb like that.
So many layers of approval before releasing anything to the public
austere lance
My base got wrecked by the Grounded update cuz there's a giant footprint where it was 🤣
Also, the crow keeps eyeballing my smol base and I'm pretty sure it thinks I'm food
daring spear
Lol
cinder vessel
Out There: Oceans of Time alpha demo later today:
https://twitter.com/mi_clos/status/1298965875756797961
austere lance
Oh shit, completely forgot about Gamescom starting an hour ago 🤣
willow crypt
The last campfire is finally on psn
agile plume
Anyone play Diablo 3
willow crypt
Lol
cinder vessel
thanks for your sacrifice
cinder vessel
Demo is out now:
https://twitter.com/Mi_Clos/status/1299060065131995136
willow crypt
Oh hey this looks cool https://youtu.be/gnRy-waJBjA
willow crypt
They just showed a quick NMS clip on the gamescom stream
Oh it's a gamepass ad
Ugh Bungie repurposing the same damn Destiny 2 enemies as always
Like playing the same thing over and over again since 2014
Yay new Ratchet and Clank gameplay
willow crypt
Yeah I've only played a few of em, but love the remake and am looking forward to a beautiful next gen sequel
willow crypt
Woowoo
thorny grove
An end of an era
Remember the days of interactive loading screens in ps1 and 2
Rip my childhood
thorny grove
I remember one of the dragon ball game’s load screens let you grow saibamen
Probably. But I get the feeling they’ll soon be a thing of the past.
willow crypt
We are gettin there
daring spear
Okami loading screen let you do footprints that occasionally got you demon fangs
thorny grove
I’ve heard so much about that game. Never had the chance to play it myself though 😔
daring spear
They took that out in the HD remaster...
It's cool. I love the art style especially
thorny grove
Yeah I’ve seen much gameplay and it looks so visually pleasing
daring spear
Yeah
thorny grove
The new Medal of Honor looks okay
I’ve always been a fan of the series
Footage of this one reminds of old James Bond movies though
austere lance
People really do be salty about Ratchet and Clank being 30 FPS
bronze wind
is it capped at that or was it just the footage?
bronze wind
it's also pulled from the reveal which may not have been the final build. Wonder what sort of modes they might ship with some of the games
austere lance
Half the people complaining don't even have a PC that can do that, lol
bronze wind
either way it doesn't really bother me, though idek if I'm gonna buy a ps5 for a while lol
thorny grove
Is there a price released?
austere lance
@lime pike
lime pike
I know right
wide kestrel
Does anyone want to tell Yerts that the PS5 is gonna have 120FPS?
lime pike
Half the people complaining don’t even have a pc that can do 30
120 FPS is still lower than the refresh rate of my monitors
consoles..... meh
wide kestrel
lime pike
It looked like it was 30
dude exactly nobody cares
we are trying to have a conversation here and you’re spamming memes
wide kestrel
Mate, I'm not insulting you.
lime pike
this is convo about ratchet and clank
so either go to #401847751249362945 or bring it back to the convo
daring spear
Stop mini modding, if you'd be so kind
daring spear
You act like I haven't been here this whole time lol
daring spear
I meant You but alright
lime pike
nah I’m on topic
daring spear
thorny grove
I take it yerts has entered this channel?
lime pike
marvelous thanks for understanding that this channel is not for memes and harassing others
daring spear
It's also not for random users to pretend to be mods but here we are
wide kestrel
I must tell you that I am having a hard time honoring my decision not to humor trolls.
lime pike
nobody is pretending to be a mod
We have a channel for #nms-modding
if you’re interested
daring spear
lime pike
wide kestrel
Yeah I know.
lime pike
frickniskie and me go way back
wide kestrel
I clicked on show message because I am weak.
thorny grove
The fuck is the point of blocking?!
wide kestrel
So you have a choice ig.
lime pike
frickniskie has said this about 4 times already ^
if you search his previous typing history
thorny grove
But now I’m reminded why I blocked them. I have a strong enough willpower to avoid opening up a can of steaming hot garbage.
lime pike
Looked pretty good
I think that since I’m the good pillar of this community
I’ll keep this channel on topic
thorny grove
Wait, can they see my messages???
lime pike
I have to ask the mods to keep people on topic
wide kestrel
I just want to be an annoying prick.
thorny grove
Lame
lime pike
Because #other-games
thorny grove
!slap marm
lime pike
Ratchet and clank is one my old favorite games
I had it on
I think it was
The PlayStation 2
Yeah
There were a couple games
But one would like
Was
daring spear
It's a group chat, one topic isn't required to be adhered to
lime pike
Dreadlocked
thorny grove
Almost home so I can get up on that TLC
raven frost
whud I miss
thorny grove
Gunter hypetrain
thorny grove
Gunter?
lime pike
I suggest you read this
thorny grove
GUNTEEER
wide kestrel
frick you're not in #bot-spam
thorny grove
He works in some channels
wide kestrel
join me
raven frost
gunter died in the war, you gotta let go man
thorny grove
Never
winter yew
F
thorny grove
But his soul is forever immortalized in this server, puter
austere lance
I played Up Your Arsenal at a friend's house when I was a wee lad 😆
lime pike
Deadlocked
thorny grove
I was going to say arsenal comes to mind
raven frost
wow, I know nothing about R&C but these names sure are a bit RACHET don't ya think?
austere lance
Size Matters had the FUCKING PLANE BOSS
raven frost
🚪 🏃♂️
thorny grove
The whole concept of upgrading guns and unlocking perks in them was such a chaotic system.
Loved it
lime pike
Nope
thorny grove
puter begins to fade into non existence
coarse swift
I think that since I’m the good pillar of this community
@lime pike After the stint you pulled a while back with gloating about your fortune, and now with suggesting the mod you pinged learn what this channel is, that's bs.
coarse swift
You did supposedly make 70k off of dead, whatever that is.
coarse swift
daring spear
Stop pretending to be a mod. Seriously
coarse swift
^
lime pike
I’m suggesting that this is the wrong channel and #off-topic-bond-james-bond suits it better
if I’m wrong then I should re read the rules ?
daring spear
A few messages that don't fit the channel are fine. Once it turns into full discussions is when it is needing to be in off-topic
winter yew
lime pike
🥴
thorny grove
👋 🌙
lime pike
daring spear
cinder vessel
@willow crypt https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004330/My_Exercise/
cinder vessel
Just finished the Out There: Oceans of Time demo and it's solid. Definitely clear it needs some more work to explain the expedition side of things, but it's fun
faint fjord
Ok.
willow crypt
Does it have a mac version?
faint fjord
Whomst game on mac?
willow crypt
I don't, but sometimes it's my only option to play specific games
faint fjord
Thou hath sinned -god
stuck geyser
Dragon Age 4 looks good so far
faint fjord
Thou shal not game on mac -also god
willow crypt
it doesn't matter what you game on
faint fjord
Its in the bible
willow crypt
-god
willow crypt
Ah tru
lime pike
So anyway
faint fjord
No
lime pike
I started blasting
cinder vessel
Does it have a mac version?
@willow crypt Can't really tell unfortunately, system reqs still only say Win 7 or later, so presumably no
It's very much an alpha demo tho, so there's a load of things without descriptions or details, but the basics already look pretty promising
I went ahead and gave them a bunch of feedback in their discord. I suspect a lot of what I pointed out they already have marked down to work on, but feel like it never hurts to highlight some stuff in case it's not
raven frost
THUNDER FORCE IV
cinder vessel
speaking of annoying Epic Store stuff @neat yew, apparently Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is now on Steam.
faint fjord
Lit
hybrid granite
they ever plan on releasing it on Xbox? Lol
thorny grove
@arctic thistle I noticed that too 😅
neat yew
@cinder vessel so is outer wilds but that didn't sway me! :p
dry copper
lol I am such a child. Finally got skyrim working as I wanted to ...First thing I do: Spend twenty minutes finding buckets and just putting buckets on everyone's heads. Kids in riverwood like..."Don't get me mad or I'll prank ya hard..." with a bucket on his head
sigh I amuse me.
winter yew
nice
thorny grove
Ziggy, how you liking tlc so far?
dry copper
The Last Campfire?
willow crypt
Both
thorny grove
^
dry copper
Tender love and campfire
cinder vessel
Ticklish lobster cuddles
willow crypt
Sounds nice
dry copper
Sounds like an uncommon ....idiom?
Are you trying to get Zoid in on this campfire?
Is that zoidberg character a lobster?
dry copper
It's only on epic, atm yes?
willow crypt
I believe so
cinder vessel
on PC yeah
willow crypt
As far as PC goes
cinder vessel
how far can the PC travel
willow crypt
3
cinder vessel
mm
thorn dawn
I don 't like the voice
thorny grove
No?
thorn dawn
it's... whispery
thorny grove
That’s what makes it even better
thorn dawn
noooo
thorny grove
Seducing
willow crypt
It bothers me that Appa is dead in Korra
thorn dawn
I hate that ASMR whisper voice stuff
willow crypt
That's good Frick
thorn dawn
makes me cringe
cinder vessel
What Remains of Edith Finch
thorny grove
Ty
willow crypt
Yes was good
thorn dawn
I've not
thorny grove
I really liked that as well
thorny grove
Adam, if you’re enjoying tlc. I recommend that game
willow crypt
And everybody's gone to the rapture
thorn dawn
I'll take a look
willow crypt
Oh nice
thorn dawn
unless epic give them a sack o'cash
charred badge
30XX made a new prealpha demo :D
silver sparrow
why do i own so many ubisoft games
what kind of sucker am i
i even played Uru...try to find that game anywhere
winter yew
I can't even think of one that I like
I'd say prince of persia, but I dont think they had anything to do with the originals
Just that 2008 one that I never bothered playing
silver sparrow
i know it's a different dev but it makes me wonder if i will be disappointed by 2077
meager notch
Just finished my first run or until dawn
thorny grove
TLC has really brought some zen into my life. It’s been some tome since I’ve enjoyed a game like this. Pairs well with a nice single malt. 👍🏼
lime pike
advocating alcoholism
charred badge
TLC?
You should watch the history channel instead.
It's got more doped up people than MTV
daring spear
lime pike
TLC is a tv channel that isnt very good
daring spear
yeah, people know that
I think they were talking about the last campfire
and I was responding to the history channel thing because it seemed like maybe a joke
bronze wind
I just finished it, it was a very nice game
charred badge
yes\
charred badge
short and sweet?
crisp sparrow
well they did say it was
charred badge
it's nice to have games that aren't 50-10000 hours slogs
stuck geyser
@bronze wind How many hours did it take?
bronze wind
pretty much exactly 5 hours. I missed like 6 collectible things but those would have maybe taken another 20-30 minutes to find
crisp sparrow
oh 5 hours is decent
bronze wind
I also played kind of speedily
crisp sparrow
I was thinking 2-3
bronze wind
If I'm being honest, I was worried I wouldn't like it when I started playing
felt off for about a half hour. then I settled in and just kept playing. puzzles were never overly challenging. Some are very easy, some are mildly difficult. Just enough to not get me frustrated with the game though
Usually I drop hard puzzle games, so having it be more story oriented with some lightly engaging puzzles was very nice
cinder vessel
Did you ever play The Last Guardian? Totally different art style, but it sounds kinda similar
In terms of puzzle difficulty, that is
bronze wind
I didn't, my PS4 kinda always struggled so I only got games for it if I really wanted them lol
was kind of hoping windbound would release at midnight but PC storefronts kinda suck at doing that lol
cinder vessel
Ah yeah...It's probably gonna be few to several hours out
Speaking of, I haven't checked its requirements
Oh nice, looks to be pretty light
bronze wind
Steam says about 7 hours, well-timed for when I start work lol
cinder vessel
Yeaaah. 😑
bronze wind
So by the time I'm off work there might be some opinions online I can check out
cinder vessel
There's one review up already somehow, but it's mostly someone not into survival gameplay
bronze wind
I'd sorta be interested in that review, just to see if they explain the survival stuff
cinder vessel
So the bulk of its criticism is: "i don't like survival and it bums me out"
bronze wind
I don't mind survival-lite, but if there's like constant hunger and thirst like I'm exercising under a heat lamp, that annoys me
cinder vessel
It doesn't go into much detail beyond you having a hunger meter or something and when it goes down you start losing health
crisp sparrow
which game is this now
cinder vessel
And because it's proc-gen, sometimes islands don't have food and that makes it a bit rough
Windbound
bronze wind
windwaker of the wild
crisp sparrow
oh that PC zelda
bronze wind
but with hunger
cinder vessel
bronze wind
yeah they did sort of shamelessly copy some BOTW stuff but idrc
charred badge
reminds me of oceanhorn
austere lance
Grounded has food and thirst but on the easiest difficulty your meters last a whole day, so it ain't stressful at all
bronze wind
Grounded does the survival well but I don't feel interested in exploration in its current state. Windbound seems like it would be fun to explore but that review mentions the main thing I'm worried about which is feeling rushed to do so
charred badge
Couple this with a procedurally generated world – where the randomly generated islands you come across might not even have food on them, and Windbound gets frustrating fast
oh, they took a bit from mystery dungeon, too
cinder vessel
Yeah tbh the proc-gen islands part alongside sorta Windwaker-esque sailing is what has me most interested in this
bronze wind
I agree, maybe they'll have a mode post-release
cinder vessel
If they maybe patch it after release, or if story mode is more lax than that review sounds like, could be a bunch of fun
bronze wind
true
cinder vessel
Because the reviewer mighta just had the worst luck
bronze wind
i'll check out some early game gameplay or something to see how annoying it looks
austere lance
Stranded Deep made me very very wary of proc-gen islands with survival mechanics 😤
bronze wind
the losing your boat when you die makes me want to cut my feet off already though
cinder vessel
Oh hey, a couple more reviews popped up since last I looked
bronze wind
any better?
austere lance
I'm loving the roadmap for Grounded. They're gonna have powered buildings and defense stuff like turrets closer to full release of the game
The next bug update is gonna add one hostile bug (mosquitoes) and one neutral bug (bees)
bronze wind
I think I'm just sorta burnt out on survival games tbh. Grounded was fun and I probably would've loved it like a year or two ago. Just such a saturated genre. I'll def play it more when it is further along though, cause it's not as much of a pain in the ass as some others
cinder vessel
This one's more detailed, and more positive, but is similar insofar as it notes rough edges: https://www.ladbible.com/technology/gaming-windbound-review-20200820
The expected bummer here is some bugginess, but hopefully that will be patched up ASAP
daring spear
Grounded is exactly the type of game I can play for endless amounts of time
bronze wind
honestly thinking i'll pass now. sounds way more intense on the survival than I enjoy typically
unless there ends up being a demo or something, or it goes on sale lol. not that it's exactly expensive now
austere lance
This is everything currently in progress rn, they have a lot more stuff planned for afterwards
bronze wind
it'll be really cool to revisit it in 6 months or so for sure
dry copper
I honestly question how good the story is going to be based on how much time they're spending on the bells and whistles.
bronze wind
i very much enjoy that the bee is neutral lol
Depends on the kind of length they're going for with the full release
daring spear
there's eventually going to be wasps. not looking forward to that
bronze wind
The trend for a lot of survival games is to pad story stuff with grinding for resources or recipes so I expect some of thaT
dry copper
...but I'm kinda burned on devs going nuts on bells and whistles while story lags...(LOOKING AT YOU "THE LONG DARK")
bronze wind
and yeah i'd pee my pants with wasps
almost shit myself the first time I was killed by a tarantula
dry copper
Tarantula probably would've appreciated that.
bronze wind
there was one at the entrance to the lab but i thought it was scripted
daring spear
there's already small story pieces you can find. like background via recordings you can find
dry copper
Less shit it has to eat
cinder vessel
That's fair Zoid, I may wait a bit for Windbound too after reading these reviews. Not due to genre burnout tho so much as letting them get rough edges sorted out.
I think I'd enjoy it with its current difficulty, but I'd be super put off if boat handling glitches made me start a chapter over
bronze wind
so i tried to sleep outside after doing stuff in the lab and it came up behind me basically silently and killed me
austere lance
Story is fun, from everything dataminers have dug up. Discover the labs and what the Doctor whose name I forgot was doing in them then learn how you and the others kids got shrunk. With some spectacular boss fights thrown in, of course
dry copper
That's the wolf spider
Loves wolfing
There are two or three up there
At least a half dozen orb weavers too
bronze wind
tbh Leon I could try it for an hour and just return it, would probably give me a better idea
cinder vessel
Btw Zoid, there's demos up for Out There: Oceans of Time (scifi space exploration game) & Tunic (Legend of Zelda-like)
austere lance
There's a pair of wolf spiders that live underneath the oak tree and like patrolling around it, one is asleep during the day tho
cinder vessel
In case you were in the mindset of checking stuff out in general
Tunic has ya playing a cute lil' fox warrior guy
bronze wind
How much does that Oceans of Time change? I tried so many times and failed to get into Out There
daring spear
one of the cans has a wolf spider living near it too
austere lance
Then there's a third wolf spider who lives in a hole in the ground
bronze wind
too many spidos
dry copper
You turn on the arachnophobia filter? It's not less terrifying. I don't know what the name is for the phobia of murder blobs with glowing eyeballs.
daring spear
orb weavers were easy to kill
cinder vessel
So, Oceans of Time lets you go on expeditions on the planets now, and there are points of interest with little interactions like you'd sometimes get in the original Out There
bronze wind
i didn't even try lol, just ran
daring spear
well. easier anyway
daring spear
they're still not terrible but they have a new combo attack
dry copper
c-c-c-c-comb-o
austere lance
I turned up the arachnophobia setting to 1 so the damn things have less legs and slightly less scary faces, lol
bronze wind
oh it's a scale? that's interesting
cinder vessel
It's topdown like XCOM, but not clear if there's going to be combat
winter yew
Spiders are so cute tho.....
dry copper
I used to love the game "Killer Instinct" for the audio queues it gives in combat for combo triggers
cinder vessel
In the demo none of the crew had attacks so far as I noticed, so I think it's taking an interesting, different direction with that
austere lance
Yeah, I think it goes up to 5? It just removes scary parts of the spider in increments til you're left with a floating grey blob, lol @bronze wind
cinder vessel
At its core though, besides the planet expeditions and crew management, it feels pretty similar to the original Out There, Zoid
winter yew
Tbh I feel like that would freak me out more
daring spear
I don't mind spiders. I just don't like dying. so I don't mess with aracnophobia settings. but I still don't like dealing with wolfies
winter yew
I'm interested in playing but no xbox 
daring spear
do you have PC?
dry copper
He's talking to us on his cell phone
cinder vessel
I feel like I'll really enjoy Grounded when it has a full release
winter yew
Yeah but Arc uses it while he's homemade so I'm stuck on consoles
dry copper
Do people install discord on their cell phones? lol
dry copper
I didn't think that was a thing.
daring spear
it's the main place people talk really
cinder vessel
yeah i use you all to get out of awkward conversations tbh
dry copper
I have no idea. I don't have a cell phone.
austere lance
I'm only on Discord mobile, lol
cinder vessel
"sorry i'm, uhh, talking to someone atm"
daring spear
I'm on mobile most of the time
daring spear
I'm always either on my laptop or phone. phone most of the time
dry copper
I installed a bunch of aesthetic mods for Skyrim. I've spent two days just installing mods and working on compatibility issues and I'm not sure I will like the game more playing it than I do fixing it.
I get a kick out of making shit work.
Whether it should or not.
dry copper
You get so into the modding you forget there's a game
austere lance
Are you even playing Skyrim right if you don't have a massive pirate ship that lets you build stuffed enemies and display them all over it, lol?
dry copper
I haven't installed the base building stuff.
austere lance
Oh it's a literal pirate ship that counts as its own guild, lol. It even comes with a pirate bay town you can visit
With questlines, of course
dry copper
Sounds ambitious
The developers of one of my favorite fresh start mods Realm of Lorkhan added a guild system
You can join NPC factions, like the forsworn.
They won't attack you
austere lance
It's not really ambitious, the mod was made for PS4 (which has a very very strict mod system) and got ported to Xbox later 😆
dry copper
So strict.
I noticed on SSE I installed there's a mod sign in for some shit.
I never signed in. I install via nexus
austere lance
I have the one super popular fresh start mod that gives you a stupid amount of origin options for your character, lol. I think on my current one I picked a weary traveler waking up in his forest camp
dry copper
Oooh I think I've seen that.
austere lance
Or did I pick the traveling bard waking up in a tavern
dry copper
Is that the one where you can randomly spawn anywhere in the world?
austere lance
Depending on what origins you pick. If you choose to start as a newly arrived Dark Brotherhood initiate you'll obviously start near there, lol
dry copper
So I was just like...k...this is my life now
austere lance
Same with starting as a Companion or Thieves guild initiate
agile raven
Something I wonder about is, how long will it take for TES6 to reach the level of Skyrim in terms of modding freedom
dry copper
I get the impression you're A) Excited about Batman and B) A fan of the riddler
agile raven
Skyrim got in ahead of the Creation Club bullshit and some of Bethesda's shittier developments. But TES6 will probably have plenty of paid mod drama attached
dry copper
I don't know that TES6 ever will. If they try to do with TES6 what they tried to do with Skyrim via that subscription based for profit modding system...I honestly think TES6 is gunna struggle to find solid modding until they release a mod editer
austere lance
You don't have to use Creation Club. It has an entirely separate section for fan-made mods, even on the console version
cinder vessel
I'm probably being dumb here, but I also wonder if the setting, story, and combat don't do much for people...Will it still be popular?
agile raven
I know, but that's as far from modding freedom as you can get
cinder vessel
Probably, just by sheer franchise momentum or something, but...
agile raven
It's all aggressively filtered
Uhh
I'm not sure
If you asked me that 6 or so years ago
I'd have said certainly
austere lance
No? You obviously haven't seen the.......questionable mods you can get right in the fan-made section
agile raven
At this point, gamers have gotten decently savvy
cinder vessel
But also, there are still people playing Fallout 76
agile raven
I'm meaning in terms of the extent a mod can actually, you know, modify the game
austere lance
Fallout 76 is actually popular somehow, which greatly disturbs me
dry copper
The modding scene has a lot of tools. It didn't always and it won't necessarily be the same for TES6 unless it's on the same engine?
agile raven
Because I'm pretty sure you're limited to their own mod kit yes?
It will be on the same engine I think
dry copper
Ugh
austere lance
@agile raven I can download a Macho Man Randy Savage Dragon mod that makes all dragons have his head and yell weird shit, lol
dry copper
Using the 2001 engine for TES6?
agile raven
Gamebryo will never leave us alone
Sorry, "Creation Engine"
Or whatever it's called
dry copper
If they use the same engine, I'm sure blade and friends will have a working injector near day one
bronze wind
@cinder vessel tried the out there demo, not rly my thing but it's a cool expansion on the concept of the original. Tunic demo was amazing.
agile raven
I suppose there's always going to be holes in that engine, mod filtering or no.
It's a leaky boat for sure
austere lance
I'm meaning in terms of the extent a mod can actually, you know, modify the game
Not sure what you mean by this, I can download a stupid amount of entirely new dragon breeds for the game that have new attacks and magic and looks 😆
dry copper
I can import a Lamborghini into skyrim.
cinder vessel
Yeah, was kinda thinkin' Out There still wouldn't be up your alley, since it's a kinda slight expansion rather than a complete overhaul
austere lance
Bless the man who actually added Bard spells, he's a legend
agile raven
I haven't played the game in a few years, so you're the subject expert dude. I just know that a few years back, Bethesda was really trying to limit modders
cinder vessel
But was p. sure Tunic would hit ya right given ya enjoyed The Last Campfire
agile raven
I know we'll get a decent market for them on PC in any case
But it's something they're going to try again. Limit creators to a mod kit or something
austere lance
Bethesda limited mods on Playstation (or Playstation limited themselves) so mods can't use outside resources on that platform, Xbox and obviously PC don't have that issue tho
agile raven
They tried it too late for it to work on Skyrim.
cinder vessel
Best way to shoot themselves in the foot would be to just...Not release modding tools, lol
bronze wind
def felt the zelda influences in Tunic, in the best ways with their own unique art style and stuff
austere lance
Tunic looks good 👀
austere lance
Oof 😆
bronze wind
I also sorta speedran tho cause it's 1AM
cinder vessel
Hrrm. I feel like playing this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Did_I_Do_to_Deserve_This,_My_Lord%3F but I also feel like playing a variation on it...It's sorta a bio-strategy basebuilder-ish game.
You basically create a vicious ecosystem to defend your demon lord
So instead of classic Dungeon Keeper spawn minions kinda stuff, you have to carve out a maze that sustains a monstrous ecosystem to kill heroes, lol
charred badge
mmm, love that series
the short-mission action rpg by them is pretty fun, too... Cladun
half minute hero is ridiculous
cinder vessel
what's silly is the VR entry in the series is what got me into it, despite it not being the same style
still have to get an ecosystem going, but no more of the dungeon carveout stuff
raven frost
dude that looks fun as hell
willow crypt
Watching the Windbound dev diary video. I like how he calls the raft 'your base'
See, this is so fucking important in an exploration game
It allows you to explore and not settle down in one location.
bronze wind
Fact -> ship?
willow crypt
Oh raft
bronze wind
Oh lmao gotcha
willow crypt
Edited
willow crypt
Mhm was a good call on their part
bronze wind
Still don't know if I'm interested just based on how short it can be and how annoying the survival mechanics sound, but hope other enjoy
willow crypt
Yeah I don't know much about it. The world seems interesting enough to explore
bronze wind
I was sorta content with toughing out the annoying sounding survival parts but I was expecting a longer game I guess
willow crypt
How long is it supposed to be?
bronze wind
Honestly you can probably stretch a run out, but it's sorta roguelike, and someone on reddit said they completed a run in 5 hours
Which isn't really that bad, I just had this idea of a more in depth story in my mind for some reason.
willow crypt
Ooohh... Hmm
bronze wind
the roguelike part depends on the mode though. if you play story mode it doesn't reset you, but if you play survivalist it sends you back to chapter 1 of 5 on death. You keep your inventory though apparently
austere lance
So all 5 chapters only take 5 hours to do in total......?
bronze wind
I guess the person was kind of speeding thru
their friend spent 3 hours in the chapter 1 area just exploring
willow crypt
I did enjoy the game Rad though. The progression was enjoyable.
bronze wind
but it's not a "settle down and grind" game. It's an "explore to find stuff so you don't die and then move on" game, I think
willow crypt
Yeah that's good. I suppose I like roguelikes when they're more forgiving
bronze wind
idk how much variety there is in the islands though, like if they're all tan sand with palm trees and the same enemies I don't see why I'd ever want to do more than one run
austere lance
The only rogue-like I've ever enjoyed was Void Bastards, lol
willow crypt
Would get boring fast
wet warren
^ Same
willow crypt
DC us fun and satisfying
bronze wind
never got super far in that though
wet warren
The farthest I’ve gotten in DC was the castle with 1 boss cell
bronze wind
I think I had 1 boss cell, don't think I got very far with it though
willow crypt
I recommend this https://youtu.be/41fQ1dE4jg8
wet warren
The challenge definitely starts to pick up after the first one. Whenever I do play I spend time grinding cells while getting as far as I can so I can increase the chance for ++ weapons
austere lance
I liked Void Bastards cuz the guns and equipment were ridiculous, lol. The enemy-seeking cat bomb 😆
bronze wind
i have rad on switch, I played a bit of it but never got hooked