It isn't technically a rap battle
Just basically the time equivalent
#other-games
daring spear
bronze wind
I thought godfall looked really boring but watching someone stream it it actually looks decent. I might give that a try next
only worry is combos look really repetitive
austere lance
I guarantee you if you thought Valhalla has a boring story and whatnot you're gonna literally take a nap playing Godfall, it's a looter ffs 🤣
dry copper
bronze wind
I didn't say it had a boring story, just didn't like the combat lol
and we have different opinions on looters, I kinda like them but I'm really just abusing the Epic stores easy refund policy with new games to give em a shot
austere lance
Twitter
full pivot
Oh so it was fake
I had a feeling
The smoke didn't behave correctly; and the one time I ever saw a PC actually heat up enough to catch fire and smoke it tripped the breaker for the entire section of a house
glass plinth
Oh bloody hell
I cant believe it had to be stated. Then again, I had friends put water on electric fires lol
Truck batteries went BOOOM!
full pivot
The bigger question is why fake that
glass plinth
I think the question is, what wont be faked?
full pivot
the only motivation would be if you could keep the faulty one and get a new one to replace it
glass plinth
People do it for attention, thats all
full pivot
then supposing you could make it so your vape "smoke" didn't affect the "faulty" one you would be able to get a free series X
glass plinth
Although in ths case...
Everytime i see your profile pic, I want to pop that bubble...
thorn dawn
It's a good pfp
also people changing pfp confuses me
I have to go figure out who they are again
full pivot
couldn't stay halloween themed forever though
full pivot
everyone surely knows me for joy and happiness 😛
fleet moat
full pivot
i like your new pfp red
broken prairie
Clip that Clip that
fleet moat
I'm enjoying the new abilities. 
full pivot
destiny 2?
fleet moat
Yeah. New DLC came out. Free on Game Pass.
austere lance
I'll still hacking off heads and limbs in Valhalla, lol
jagged kayak
Fuuuck man
full pivot
I had fun with D2 when I played it; it just requires too much time investment from me like a lot of games 😛
jagged kayak
I been replaying so many of my favorite sonic games
Such good quality for being early 2000s
And Excalibur sonic was such a cool concept
fleet moat
Mannn, so jelly about Valhalla, Soul. I'm so happy you're enjoying it. @austere lance
@full pivot Soooo true re: time investment. A bit over the top. I definitely don't recommend it to many players and that'd be one of the reasons.
full pivot
I def played it for a week non-stop but then I got put on long hours and had to stop 😭
fleet moat
I feel a game should be funnn. Not become another job.
charred badge
I'll probably never change my pfp
fleet moat
Good. I like your pfp 
broken prairie
destiny was great but the dlc payments + the massive grind was too much for me
broken prairie
ESO?
broken prairie
ah
charred badge
Paid:
Base game
Expansions
Premium sub
Dungeons
Cosmetics
Lootboxes
Services
Worth noting that the premium sub rents access to the other stuff, and has a premium currency allowance
jagged kayak
when you got gamepass deals for destiny
charred badge
But does it let me play on steam after getting the dlc
fleet moat
What ya mean, Ghost?
wet warren
keen dome
couldn't stay halloween themed forever though
@full pivot Yes you can! Halloween every day!
full pivot
Well its too late red has spoken 😜
keen dome
T.T
Also, not sure if Steam will do it, they do in some cases. I requested a refund on Avengers because its just.. well bad. Still horribly optimized. I actually wish I didn't spend 80 on it 😒
But the issue is, its been over 14 days and I have 58 hours in it. Its rare but they do sometimes refund if its bad enough
charred badge
@fleet moat I'm wondering whether I can claim the new Des2ny dlc from gamepass and have the content on steam
I hate the m$ store for large games
fleet moat
@charred badge Apparently it's not part of PC 
I’m sorry fellow PC guardians, but if you were hoping your Xbox Game Pass subscription would net you access to Destiny 2: Beyond Light then you’re out of luck.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/guides/is-destiny-2-beyond-light-on-xbox-game-pass/
fleet moat
Just saw a weapon perk that cracked me up. "Killing Wind" 
charred badge
@fleet moat 🌬️
fleet moat
Quest said "Attune the Splinter: Embrace the darkness within." I read Sphincter.
full pivot
😔
fleet moat
Holy smokes! Amanda Holliday looks prettier this season. 
full pivot
Who? :S
fleet moat
Oh an NPC in D2. She's in charge of ships, sparrows, and Twitch Prime rewards.
full pivot
Oh! I've seen her then but idr
full pivot
Wai
austere lance
I hath learned that Viking cats were fucking monstrously large and that I can pick them up and cuddle them In Valhalla, lol
It's adorable when you cuddle a giant cat and I love it 😆
full pivot
Can I... Also cuddle a Viking woman? Maybe both 
fleet moat
I loved the wild animal taming in AC Odyssey. Super badass you can cuddle the cats in Valhalla. Way cool.
Thena, have you watched Norsemen?
full pivot
Nope! I haven't watched any shows since like... Idk when
fleet moat
There's a female character in it who'd be nice to cuddle with. Lol
full pivot
😳
fleet moat
I'll find a picture.
austere lance
Can I... Also cuddle a Viking woman? Maybe both
@full pivot
Possibly 👀
full pivot
fleet moat
It's Norwegian. Although filmed both in English and Norwegian. And it's a comedy. And gotta expect gore cuz Vikings lol
full pivot
I can handle gore
fleet moat
Soul loved it. But I know the comedy style may not be for everyone.
full pivot
I mean American comedy isn't for me
austere lance
It's like Monty Python decided to make a rated R Viking show, lol
full pivot
Cool! I love Monty python
full pivot
I mean my character is clearly the best looking but very nice 😊
meager panther
@austere lance how is valhalla
full pivot
Should show my XCOM 2 ladies sometime haha
meager panther
Is it repetitive like Odyssey
meager panther
Does it feel like you are forced to do quests?
I got bored few hours in Odyssey and only continued due to pretty world
austere lance
You don't have a massive dumb checklist of side quests anymore, you discover most of them through exploring
austere lance
It very much wants you to explore more than Odyssey did. Most of your abilities and gear are found through exploration
It goes for quality over quantity, no more getting 500 of the same weapon. Each weapon is unique and upgradable
meager panther
Ok
austere lance
It has waaaaay better voice acting, bar a couple side characters. I personally think it's better than Odyssey
Rn it has bugs tho, should probably wait for a patch or two
meager panther
I will wait anyway because i need a new hdd
Can't get anynore games because no space
full pivot
I was looking for XCOM screens thru my history and found this thing I made in Dreams haha
It was based on a dream I actually had
raven frost
Exos or GTFO
fleet moat
Here we go. Valhala kitty video from tweet above.
charred badge
glossy kestrel
@full pivot I started playing Elite again... been doing some capitalism with my carrier buying ppls minerals then reselling them for profit
Its keeping me busy... gives me something to do 😄
full pivot
Yeah I'm still gonna wait till odyssey
glossy kestrel
yeah Odyssey will be its own seperate thing
according to Frontier ull be able to play Odyssey only without ever needing to get into ur ship
full pivot
If I wanted to start over which I don't haha
glossy kestrel
yeah they are also making Odyssey have its own currency
meaning we cant just use our "space credits" to buy combat suits and weps and SRV's and upgrades
they also announced that the FPS combat will be something between Arma 3 and COD
full pivot
I have no idea what that means though
glossy kestrel
if thats all true... Scam Citizens will be out of a job Soon™ lol
full pivot
Between arcade and realistic? Cuz that's almost everything else
glossy kestrel
yeah something like that... a simpler form of realistic gunplay id guess
like how Elite flight is simulation and NMS flight is arcade
full pivot
Well Star Citizen already lost the race but I still hope they can scrounge a game together in the end; they just need to pick up the pace badly
glossy kestrel
As an EVE Player since 2009 (and stil lgoing)... I wish Scam Citizens would actually become a game
theres nothing tht would make me more happy...
I love space games in General...
its their fking terrible business decisions that did this to SC
But yeah... Elite Dangerous Odyssey will be the thing tbh... dont need to wory more about Scam Citizens!
@full pivot by any chance... did you have the oportunity to play HELION???
before they stoped its development
full pivot
I wasn't really worried about SC to begin with I just dont mind more space games
And I played it once but it immediately came across as obnoxious
glossy kestrel
I for one enjoyed the Neutonic Physics in space in that game
and find it a shame no one else is doing the same in their game 😛
was a terrible shame when they announced bankruptcy
im still following Osiris New Dawn aswell... another Early access will great promisse
sage shadow
@full pivot Dreams is amazing! I built a NMS fangame in it during the Beta called Beyond (I swear I chose that name before HG announced the update lol) but unfortunately it broke after Dreams left Early access. Happy to see more people talking about Dreams!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOQfPPf1UKw&t=6s Luckily Elca archived the entire game so I can still look back every now and again lmao
full pivot
I would love to play more with it if I had the time; idk if you've seen things done by "Badrobo?" I think the name is on YT
full pivot
I did see the NMS recreation and loved it! 
sage shadow
lol ty, Badrobo makes some incredibly realistic things!
full pivot
Indeed I don't think I could get that good
sage shadow
Same. He's too talented.
full pivot
I would likely just end up using it to create static images; I'm not good at programming things
Never was in LBP either
rigid haven
LBP I only usually made weapons and shit but never anything too big
full pivot
I could create level geometry but not much else
sage shadow
Yeah I develop in UE4 and luckily the programming is mostly visual in the form of BPs but still can't see myself becoming too advanced w it. I mostly focus on level design tbh
Programming and I do not go together
crisp sparrow
@charred badge https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/jmc18n/so_i_get_that_the_traveler_isnt_generally/
full pivot
That's breaking the rules of anime you can't attack during exposition 😠
crisp sparrow
hahaha
keen dome
Well crap steam denied my refund request. Looks like I'm stuck with a crap game lol
full pivot
😔
winter yew
Dude that’s like interrupting Goku when he’s charging up - it’s totally illegal
dry copper
@austere lance Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Yay or Nay?
bronze wind
I'd say yes honestly, though combat and movement feels clunky
I returned it but only cause I didn't want to spend the money now. I think I would've enjoyed it further once I got used to it
charred badge
Its probably worth mentioning that you'll still be able to play ED Odyssey as part of the main game.
Everyone is emphasizing how playing completely shipless is possible so much that I worry people are getting confused.
bronze wind
If you play shipless how do you travel to other planets?
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taxis
bronze wind
Like NPCs or players
charred badge
yes
bronze wind
gotcha
I personally enjoy flying my own ship but not with the flight model they have
I bring this up every time so i won't get into it again lol
charred badge
they're calling it "physical multicrew", heh
you can hop in a ship's extra seat and control turrets/power settings in normal multicrew, but you return to where you started when it ends
I assume physical does the same, except your position moves with the host ship
finally
bronze wind
chonky
austere lance
@dry copper Fuck yeah, boi
wide kestrel
There’s this game called “The Last Campfire” and I think Hello Games should buy the rights to it.
wet warren
I agree. Would be a smart move because of all the cash they can earn from it
winter yew
I just hope if they do they don't do something stupid like lock The Last Campfire to an exclusive store or anything.
charred badge
Nobody played it because the warframe fanbase cares about one thing
And the market saturation of pvp shooters is pretty high
winter yew
Remember when the warframe devs tried to make a pvp shooter?
@charred badge I remembered Keystone. The name they came out with later was DUMB.
“The Amazing Eternals”
coarse swift
Keystone had an interesting aesthetic for a moba
Wasn't my thing, dont care for mobas
I refuse to call it the later name 
winter yew
Yea but the characters were very unbalanced. Soon as everyone figured out how to dominate as Bristle-Not-Groot, every match was a guaranteed win.
charred badge
DE isn't very good at pvp
coarse swift
DE isn't very good at pvp
You don't say?
winter yew
Lol
winter yew
pvp modes are dead in Warframe. In the early days you used to be able to get a match going in minutes.
coarse swift
Shame Lunaro never took off
winter yew
Now you only get a match if you’re partied up and wanna kill your friends
charred badge
If you turn off the match ranking limiter you can find opponents... to get constantly instakilled by
winter yew
Then probably get banned for ‘suspicious activity’ for grinding out standing to get the pvp-only mods and cosmetics.
coarse swift
psh
charred badge
Getting constantly killed also gives standing at a decent rate, but it's not super fun
coarse swift
I'm shameless enough to admit I farmed out standing in conclave 
Grabbed a friend, did the dailies and weeklies on eachother
winter yew
Good
coarse swift
Wasn't bothering with trying to "git gud" at a game where pvp isnt the focal point.
Let the 5 conclave-lifers do their thing
shadow tartan
DE did some really good work on some UT games
charred badge
That was a very long time ago
charred badge
I do like noticing reference weapons
Quanta is obviously a beam version of the shock rifle
shadow tartan
Is Redeemer in there?
shadow tartan
Oh wow
charred badge
I don't think UT had gunblades
coarse swift
Its a gunblade
winter yew
There’s a shotgun in Ratchet and Clank that reminds me of the the Drakgoon
With all that shrapnel spread
charred badge
Oh, a saw gun? Yeah, wf has two
charred badge
One horizontal and one vertical
coarse swift
"no healthy upstream"
charred badge
The vertical one has a chainsaw mode
coarse swift
The domain name for tab showed "Omnivore Walmart" at some point.
charred badge
Omnomnom
austere lance
This is the best description of Godfall that I've ever seen 🤣
bronze wind
yeah can def agree with that after 1.5 hours of actually playing it lol
The combat was pretty fun but there was just nothing to make it feel interesting, all weapons of a certain type have identical combos/movesets with the only difference being appearance and stats
austere lance
#looter
bronze wind
watched someone playing high level stuff and the enemies were literally identical but just higher level
nah most looters do that much better
Like in Destiny at least guns actually feel different between models and some even have unique mechanics
Not being able to customize my character was kinda lame in Godfall too. Like unlocking the base plates was cool but not being able to swap pieces makes it feel boring
Destiny does it right but unfortunately ruins it for me with seasonal content and FOMO mechanics
austere lance
Godfall and Avengers immediately looked like cash-grab bs when gameplay for em got shown, good to know my guesses were correct 😆
bronze wind
Borderlands is probably the best in terms of looter games
Yeah I wasn't interested in the gameplay of Godfall the devs showed, but watching other people play it did actualy look fun. And it was, just not something that would stay fun lol
jagged kayak
Avengers is literally a cash grab
bronze wind
I just want a ps5 so I can play the demon souls remake 😩
sucks cause the gameplay was fun af in Avengers
like combat-wise
austere lance
Looks like they didn't grab much cash 😎
winter yew
Hahahaha
bronze wind
Wish it was identical minus the paid content
and no loot except maybe cosmetic unlockables (not paid, like easter eggs)
Like aside from that stuff I really enjoyed what I tried
austere lance
If a cash-grab game fails miserably does it get called a cash-drop 
winter yew
bronze wind
Maybe someone will make a decent Avengers game with similar combat in the future
Not really holding out hope though lol
I like the idea of DC Universe Online where you build up a custom hero and earn upgrade your powers over time, would love to see a concept like that made into a single player RPG
willow crypt
mmmmm
austere lance
X-Men Legends was 👌
bronze wind
yeah played a lot of that with my brother
austere lance
I was hoping that Avengers would be like that
willow crypt
x-men game on sega genesis
bronze wind
oh man i just remembered the marvel nemesis fighting game
a lot of angry brotherly screaming/bonding over that game
willow crypt
ha
charred badge
@bronze wind so godfall sounds like melee anthem
willow crypt
i hear it has really good combat
charred badge
I think they missed why people were asking for different melee weapons
They said "ok, you can have stats on your melee weapon"
Instead of "here's variety"
willow crypt
hmm
i don’t mind if there’s a lack of weapon variety as long as the upgrade system is deep enough
charred badge
I like how their damage algorithm was so broken that the starter gun killed everything at higher levels almost instantly
I assume it rolled under
bronze wind
Anthem was much better than Godfall
Also if you're talking about Anthem with the damage algo? If anything enemies were too bullet spongey, never encountered anything OP
But yeah it's no where near the level of fun that Anthem was. Like there is more "content" but it's all the same but with a slightly different skin. And it all gets buried under the massive amount of particles that spew from literally anything you touch
just way too busy
willow crypt
one of those launch games that wanna shove its graphics in your face i guess
winter yew
I can't wait to play Anthem tbh. I've been waiting for a long while.
winter yew
It'll be DoA if they do that.
I believe it'll be an update to current game at no cost.
That's just my speculation, I've seen nothing to say that.
crisp sparrow
just call it Anthem NEXT
willow crypt
people think it’d be worse for them to just release it as an update to the existing game
winter yew
Oh really? Interesting.
bronze wind
I don't think there's a best way to do it but I wouldn't want them to release it under a new title
willow crypt
would be weird to make players who were disappointed with it at first to buy a new overhauled version, yeah
bronze wind
Either way I'm excited for the changes. Wonder if it'll come out in 2021
willow crypt
would be a nice holiday launch for next year
winter yew
It'll be where I jump in for sure.
bronze wind
you can jump into me anytime 
willow crypt
willow crypt
i love her
glossy kestrel
ehh we got some news again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUPWNqj7sY8
ohh boy... im already seeing COD Style Arena mode...
cinder vessel
Normally not one to mention Early Access stuff but still keeping an eye on this despite that:
https://twitter.com/PhantomBrigade_/status/1325879623087960064
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@bronze wind no no, it was a specific issue with the calculations.
The enemies were plenty spongy, but the gun you start with somehow ignored health scaling
also hey, ED gonna be free on epic
i assume just the base game, which means everything currently in
cinder vessel
oh neat, i can try it without buying it i guess, lol
The World Next Door is probably more enjoyable tho
Tried a demo of it and found it pretty cool anyway
shadow tartan
I hope there are SOCOM and Splinter Cell remasters one day
jagged kayak
Man why did sega have to ruin the egg dragoon from sonic unleashed? :/
HOLY SHIT THIS ROBOT IS COOL ASF EGGMAN WENT ALL OUT
Hm the egg dragoon again? Well its a cool robot ill like fighting it
sigh oh look the egg dragoon again... so menacing
winter yew
Huh, guess I might jump in for a day or 2.
crimson kelp
@fleet moat I have tomorrow off. If you're not ODing on Destiny :p
glass plinth
Sound like me on genshin
Lol, every night, i come home and just cram in as much as I can
winter yew
I'm on PC.
raven frost
A
we should do races
or
things
I've been looking for a group to do GTA with for forever now
winter yew
I'd be down for that. Could be a reason for me to actually play again. I was high level on PS4 but just can't motivate myself to grind through again on PC.
raven frost
can we invite @cedar ingot
glass plinth
Id love to social game, if I was social.
I love multiplayer games, loathe playing with people while i play though. Im more into trade and such.
Now cyberpunk, mite be another story. I could totally see rping together with someone.
jagged kayak
I stopped playing gta after the gold glitch got patched tbh
You gotta have money to survive in the game with the other players but everything that's even decent is a million and they didn't even raise the payout when prices started going up in the game
Money exploits were like the only way to get enough money to have fun without it taking forever
charred badge
What is it? https://youtu.be/ZG_k5CSYKhg
glass plinth
never really got into GTA, played it a few mins and realized, I didnt really enjoy it
charred badge
GTA is fun in single player
glass plinth
At least as a multiplayer, didnt mind the main story
charred badge
I don't get the point of an open world MP mode
shadow tartan
My crew and I used to fuck people up on Free Aim servers on PS4
winter yew
It felt like you could be who you wanted, but it lacked direction tbh
The story's probably better, but I wanted to make my own character
because I honestly don't like any of the ones you can play as in GTA
glass plinth
Frankly thats where i expect Cyberpunk to be a bit like gta in multiplayer. Since youll be able to do heists and such. I didnt mind gta persay, i just didnt like the setting much
Cyberpunks just got more... pop
Then again, who knows we dont know what multiplayer will be in that game lol, we do know itll be out awhile after release though. So not like i need to worry about mp
glass plinth
I know I have a few people here I expect ill play with.
winter yew
I don't care much for mp, though coop would be nice
Like playing in groups rather than mmo
glass plinth
I think the only game I did play a lot of group content was swtor
Not a bad game for that
Right now, I play genshin and Minecraft, neither are really mp centric
I guess Overwatch s my sold place I play with 2 friends.
I have been doing 40 mins of ow every day since it came out. Its just.. a routine.
Im sure plenty of you have games like that, you get off work and just chill in it for a bit to cool off from work.
winter yew
For me, it's Mordhau
I like to lob off a few heads after work, but I have to keep from playing too long or else I get toxic lol
austere lance
Never had a steady game like that tbh. Just whatever game I'm currently into
cinder vessel
because I honestly don't like any of the ones you can play as in GTA
@winter yew that's why Saints Row is better tbh
austere lance
Saints Row lets you be an 8 foot tall purple lady with giant knockers and Nolan North's voice, GTA V wishes it was anywhere close to that level of awesome
@echo hill Halo 4 hits pc in 5 days
echo hill
Hypehypehype
willow crypt
cinder vessel
Cloudpunk?
silver sparrow
@charred badge i'm easy like sunday morning 🎵
how is halo 4 not just destiny with different character skins?
cinder vessel
lol
scifi fantasy with convoluted lore but decent gunplay, from far enough away, checks out 
balmy plaza
@shadow tartan I really like it
cedar ingot
can we invite @cedar ingot
@raven frost not installed :P
but let me know when, and I can install
shadow tartan
@balmy plaza https://youtu.be/3_L2654ai4o
austere lance
I love the intro for this show
https://youtu.be/6onwcVx8BDg
charred badge
@cinder vessel halo is sci-fi like star wars is.
Destiny is sci-fi like phantasy Star is
Halo doesn't have a magical death star granting immortality and magic to squeakers
But gameplay wise? Yeah they're not very different.
Because bungie does one thing
And honestly? I'll take one thing done well.
balmy plaza
@shadow tartan ill have to give the whole thing a watch
loud slate
NMS may have weird names sometimes, but it doesn't have this gem
balmy plaza
Love me some elite dangerous faction names
willow crypt
oh nice i’m a member of that society
balmy plaza
Irl I'm technically a member of the telegraph pole appreciation society
My friend got me a membership as a birthday gift lmao
willow crypt
nice.
cinder vessel
NMS may have weird names sometimes, but it doesn't have this gem
@loud slate tbh if you do some of the secondary missions you may see some group/organization names like that putting out the missions
cinder vessel
I'm still not sure after all this time if Life is Strange 1 is worth playing
cinder vessel
If you liked/loved Doom '16 or even original Doom, go ahead and get Prodeus. It's 100% that vibe.
oh, no fuckin' wonder, the team's previous work? Doom '16, lmao
long mural
I just remembered that I had the Bioshock Collection due to it being free for PS Plus users at one point, so I decided to play the OG Bioshock in the collection for a bit today.
long mural
Thinking about playing the other games in the collection if given the chance and after beating the OG game, which difficulty I beat them on doesn’t really matter.
austere lance
2 is my favorite of the trilogy
charred badge
oh man, this is... I think it's a game I played as a kid.
Co-op was fun! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_(video_game)
full pivot
@charred badge yeah! Me and my brother used to play this! Its still my favorite top down shmup of this type
full pivot
Oh goddammit
Bugsnax is on EGS
Not going on that particular rant but EGS was bugged for me (no pun intended) and I couldn't access the store
cinder vessel
oof
full pivot
I wamt BUGSNAX DAMN IT
cinder vessel
The Pathless also just came out and is Epic Store exclusive for the moment too
shadow tartan
cinder vessel
Can't tell whether it has their DRM involved or not so kinda blegh about it
full pivot
I'm gonna try to get it after work anyway and hopefully an update fixed the store
cinder vessel
yeah, may have just been a networking hiccup
full pivot
No ones talking about bugsnax on the servers I'm on 
Watch it become one of my favorite games haha
cinder vessel
I sorta background watched/listened to a quick look of it, and it sounded alright. They seemed to underplay the, "You can make the NPCs into weird monsters" a bit to my surprise, lol
finite hazel
ps5 supposedly doesn't have a web browser. sony considered enabling it like on ps4, but probably won't happen. however, twitter login backdoor lets you hop around to any site with a convenient link. could lead to exploits.
well done sony
full pivot
People say PC too complex and yet console users seem to be capable enough haha
finite hazel
considering other consoles before it have been exploited to run homebrew via their browser implementations, lacking both maintenance and features, i'd say this is a smart move for them
sony will probably patch any vulnerabilities they find on the console's early OS builds, locking the browser even further. however, if they didn't plan on making it a feature, why would there be settings to allow javascript, etc in the console menus?
😄
full pivot
Seems like companies constantly underestimate their customers haha
finite hazel
at least some of the customers, yeah, they do 😄
full pivot
Well yeah
I mean like when devs put in mechanics in mp games that will obviously get exploited
As if they ain't seen every mp game ever
finite hazel
isn't there some sort of game dev database/wiki where they can share these things?
😄
full pivot
I mean they really just have to look at any game haha
Videogame reviews and things are everywhere
Never starved for info
shadow tartan
isn't there some sort of game dev database/wiki where they can share these things?
@finite hazel that's what GDC is for 🤣
shadow tartan
There are some groups on LinkedIn, Slack and FB too
But they're shit if I'm honest
finite hazel
right, videogame reviews are pretty much everywhere, and they could invest more in testers i guess, but i really feel the industry would benefit if such knowledge was spread between companies.
but it's a jungle out there, every dev house for themselves
shadow tartan
There is a certain level of arrogance that stops some of that from happening
And NDA
It's why I only talk about things I did up to two years ago because I can't get in shit for it
finite hazel
yeah, i can understand that
finite hazel
right, that's not good either
shadow tartan
Insomniac basically ripped off a whole game and set it in the daytime
And people treat it as something new
Pure bullshit
finite hazel
i can't believe there isn't enough "room" for everybody to make a living.
without stealing, ripping each other off, etc
shadow tartan
Maybe stealing is strong
I understand why because some mechanics can apply to other games and nobody truly owns anything
finite hazel
right
shadow tartan
It's like saying any platformer is a ripoff of Mario
In the case of Insomniac there are far too many similarities though
finite hazel
i wouldn't mind if someone took something i did in my game, made it better, and then shared it back with me
shadow tartan
Send it to me 🤣
I'm actually trying to push out a prototype atm with someone
I'll send you some stuff
shadow tartan
I only recently got back into messing around with things but it's because I had spare time
By no means am I designing anything that's going to blow people's minds
finite hazel
and what will it be about? 🙂
shadow tartan
Basic ass hack and slash
finite hazel
👍
shadow tartan
It's been 12 years since I worked on any combat or design
Unfortunately sometimes you get pushed into a role because it's needed
finite hazel
yeah
shadow tartan
And I lost touch with things
shadow tartan
Bruh
That would be the highest honour
I'll actually be looking for some feedback on a few things when they are ready if people are interested
Not my stuff, mine is shit
But stuff I am helping publish
finite hazel
we're always willing to help
🙂
even when devs talk #### about us 😛
(some devs did)
shadow tartan
Are you QA?
finite hazel
most of the older Linux users have some degree of knowledge/advanced knowledge with the OS and it's inner workings, so in truth i was never payed for QA
😄
but have helped with bug reports, stack traces, etc
shadow tartan
Stack traces...
Fuck man
I remember that
I don't delve deeply into it but having to show people how to extract them or highlight the correct information from then is something I've had to do
shadow tartan
balmy plaza
Without spoilers, how was Mando S2 e3?
bronze wind
"Next February" makes it sounds so far away lol, but it's really just 3 months
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...I read that as "Mario S2"
shadow tartan
pseudo crystal
austere lance
Wow, I joined some moron playing as a Gunner in Deep Rock Galactic who somehow managed to go through two ammo resupply drops by himself and still had no ammo when I joined. We got annihilated cuz I was the only one shooting anything 😭
cinder vessel
These are the Race the Sun devs, for those unfamiliar, and they do cool work!
oh mentions that in the first article snippet, my bad, lol
shadow tartan
Yeah they are awesome!
oh mentions that in the first article snippet, my bad, lol
@cinder vessel no bad, it's good
Berry good
glass plinth
Oh man, I need to watch discovery tonight, i forgot it came out yesterday!
shadow tartan
winter yew
dead by daylight is the worst game for my mouse to not work on
daring spear
silver sparrow
winter yew
cinder vessel
lol
wet warren
Ngl these next gen consoles are really going to shake up the gaming community
winter yew
I'm all about that
I think we might have talked about this before but it was nearly a family tradition at my grandmother's house during big get-togethers to play Atari and compete in certain games :p
wet warren
That sounds nice
austere lance
LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOO
https://twitter.com/SeriousSamIAm/status/1326557702726758402?s=19
Twitter
glossy kestrel
yey Elite News! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNAaeIWEVHs
@full pivot @ripe frost @inland grail @cinder vessel @undone lotus @plucky mesa
this is how much the Galaxy in Elite Dangerous has been Explored since the games release... these numbers came from the Dev's lol
Also... its not for lack of trying lol
its just that its trully big... Elites Galaxy is real Scale with the Milky Way
inland grail
glossy kestrel
ripe frost
If only ED planets had anything on them XD
winter yew
Yeah is there like ANYTHING going on in this universe.
Cause sure, we have milky way.
if it's the quality of our own milky way, then no wonder nobody's exploring. 😄
ripe frost
Our own milky way likely has millions of living planets and all manner of insane worlds with sideways mach 20 glass rain n shit
winter yew
End we've seen and potentially identified... half a dozen?
after years upon years of search?
and it's surely not because of lack of trying.
ripe frost
Telescopes have verified several thousand exoplanets at this point
winter yew
Turns out space is a big fuck off empty mess of nothing. 😄
ripe frost
I dont think you heard me lol
winter yew
With sprinkles here an there.
ripe frost
Uh
Current scientists say that every single star observed so far has had at least one planet
Ever heard of Trappist?
winter yew
Cool. What's on those planets. Oh rocks? Dust?
ripe frost
Most of those are fiery gas giants in the single-planet case
winter yew
Don't think we can endless space it up and colonise those. or visit even.
ripe frost
Many have atmospheres. Their detailed content is unknown, a few have been spotted with water in their atmospheres
One of the closest stars to us has a planet that is believed to be capable of having life
But still, we're talking ED, and the discovered exoplanets so far have proven themselves far more interesting than the bulk of ED worlds
winter yew
Well Guess I'll have my opportunity to check for myself.
glossy kestrel
the "Living Planets" in the Elite Galaxy we cant land on... so saying "theres only dust and rocks" isnt very fair...
also Odyssey will be a step in the right direction of "Living planets"
winter yew
Mostly calling normal milky way that.
Cause sure, I'm glad there's "thousands of planets having atmospheres and whatnot", (like venus or mars), that vast majority is just flying rocks.
glossy kestrel
yup we can even go to SOL
and even visit the probes voyager among other things which have the real message sent IRL
winter yew
That is cool to see, yeah.
undone lotus
once mankind graduates from planet-based to asteroid-based to raw-space-based, we can explore more freely 😉
"dust and rocks" can be useful to a space-based life form XD
shadow tartan
I've been playing Hyperforma a little, artwork is really nice and has some breakout type gameplay
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herocraft.game.hyperforma.cyber.hack.arcade
long mural
And just like that, OG Bioshock has been beaten
tiny otter
This was so god damn satisfying https://youtu.be/TLp5tUuHULY
He speed runs it fast enough that he beats the levels before all voice lines can complete
balmy plaza
Been playing beyond light
Definitely not as good as Forsaken
But it's so so much better than shadowkeep
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Trappist? Is that like a Trapper-Keeper?
fading sonnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDQ3nfBbPWM please yall, go and just drop a like on the stream, the year is almost over, the channel will be deleted in just under 2 hours, you dont need to stay and keep watching if you dont want but they bought a custom casket earlier this year and they said if they get 1 mil likes on the stream they will show the inside, they only need about another 110k
cinder vessel
🤷♀️
solid wharf
anyone here play ark on xbox or windows 10?
wet warren
Yes
solid wharf
do you have any rexes or theri eggs that i could have for a boss fight?
i'd obviously trade for them
ascended blueprints and saddles
wet warren
Nope. Haven't really made it that far and my saves are gone right now
Sorry about that
crisp sparrow
its gon
shame I never knew about it until it ended
looked up "unus annus archive" and experienced this dichotomy
shadow tartan
They didn't add it to PS5 yet so no doubt some smartarses are going to say something
full pivot
Ofc they are gamers are fuckin whiners
full pivot
If there's any solid foundation to the world its gamers complaining 😛
full pivot
Yeah I didn't talk to many people
shadow tartan
I got used to it, I had abuse hurled at me at a pub over a game
Bad idea when I have glass in my hand
I'm still a twat
full pivot
I also got a bit of negativity
shadow tartan
It's that bubble
full pivot
Doesnt do much good being the only person who knows its kindness day too
shadow tartan
Like when you see bubble wrap and you can't help wanting to pop it
Well I tried Aethena!
Fuck em if they don't know
full pivot
I try every day c:
shadow tartan
Lots of my friends have left FB, Twitter and other social media because they expect backlash from some things
full pivot
Not a fan of conflict myself makes me feel gross
shadow tartan
I can be confrontational
But that's usually to some racist prick
I don't beg, but I'll ask them nicely to punch me in the face
full pivot
Terrible people also make me feel gross I think its an empathic thing
I dont like the vibes I get
full pivot
Well maybe I'm just a wuss who knows
full pivot
True
full pivot
I do like the cold
full pivot
Can't wait for tonite imma get to play ME2, Bugsnax, NMS, Bannerlord, Manifold Garden, and whatever else!!! Gaming marathon!!
finite hazel
hehehe
full pivot
Btw I know this will be an unpopular comment
EGS store has improved drastically since I last used it
Mostly basic features right? They have bandwith allocation and the storefront works much smoother
Bandwith one is huge for me if I wanna be able to do anything else as a game downloads
shadow tartan
fast plaza
winter yew
It’s gonna be posted a lot lol
Good ol metalcore. Listened to the new album last night and it’s 🔥🔥
stray fractal
Has anyone here listened to everywhere at the end of time?
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that sounds like it would take a while
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Only six hours to the end of time? Rip
shadow tartan
loud slate
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/ju0mti/defending_the_new_cmdrs_whos_with_me/
This is a good point, I'm heading back to the bubble later today, buying a Vulture or something, and going ganker hunting
nvm, pvp is overly competitive and expensive
cinder vessel
lol
loud slate
ED pvp is cutthroat, has a definite set meta, and has crazy entry requirements to even have a chance
cinder vessel
sounds like most PvP
which is why i usually don't bother, not interested in committing to getting good at any one game that much
austere lance
Arena-style pvp games>
Also, Gears Tactics is basically an Xcom player's wet dream
cinder vessel
big buff bois bashing slim chitinous bois?
austere lance
I meant the actual tactical part, but there's quite a bit of mutilating aliens with big guns 😆
willow crypt
woulda been better as a single player game 🤷
cinder vessel
but also just being technically more stable & less buggy
austere lance
-Live service
-Online only
-Looter
-Locked Spider-Man to PS4
It was dead from the start, lol
I'd bet money on the servers getting shut down before summer
willow crypt
or an overhaul
then an overhaul to overhaul the overhaul
then a relaunch in 2022
then a few more overhauls
austere lance
Nah, Square Enix doesn't do that shit
At least as far as I'm aware
They're smart and will probably cut their losses
willow crypt
Best to move on unless you feel really strongly about your vision
acoustic solar
D:
quick crane
cinder vessel
Yooo GOG is giving away Teleglitch: Die More Edition!
Really good, quirky topdown scifi roguelike
cinder vessel
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@quick crane I got the first iteration of GPD's Win line. They're a relatively recent revival of the palmtop form factor
It's a shame that the first iteration has horrible thermals due to a poor layout
loud slate
I just had a mini panic attack, but thankfully the Thargoids don't bother you unless you bother them or have their stuff
winter yew
ohh
loud slate
ohh what?
loud slate
ya' need AX or guardian weapons to fight them
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Yeah. They don't mess with you unless you mess with them first
Aside from the occasional interdiction
I still need to figure out my hosas setup to be comfortable for cruising
loud slate
I was worried, bc I'm transporting a meta-alloy, which is vaguely Thargoid in origin, back to the bubble to unlock Felicity Farseer
they don't care about meta-alloy, thankfully
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Supercruise not using thrusters control for speed is aggravating
loud slate
it does for KB+M, so that's nice
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Hm
loud slate
wish I had a HOTAS though, then FA-off would be doable
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Also need an easy 75% throttle button that isn't overridden when moving the stick
loud slate
lol I don't have anything bound to the throttle percents, except x to zero it
loud slate
then on final approach, keep it at 0:06 time to arrival
or just get a Supercruise Assist Module
dry copper
Is this song in Valhalla? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64CACoHNBEI
winter yew
Heilung ❤️
Unfortunately it doesn't look like they are in the soundtrack for Valhalla.
I'm curious if their music will be in Hellblade 2, since they used the one song for the trailer last year.
I just learned that Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist wrote the soundtrack for the first Hellblade.
That's kinda cool considering he worked with Ninja Theory before on DMC's soundrack 🙂
https://youtu.be/aruPNpVKZY4?list=PLPJBdev1gjXejk__OL8woT9bkF09rR7Ec pretty sure that's Andy's voice on this
ok that's DEFINETELY ANDY on "Deeper"
cinder vessel
oh hey, Grounded is running a free weekend on Steam, for anyone interested in giving it a try
austere lance
Now is a very good time to try it, btw
winter yew
@winter yew HELLLLL YEAAAAH
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES MY MUSICAL TASTES
Heilung fuckin rocks
glass plinth
If you realized just how nuts some of hellblades artists were, it would scare you.
Of course given the studios focus on mental illness in their games, its no surprise how supportive of them they are
crimson kelp
shadow tartan
Hard to believe this game is almost ten years old.
Easily one of the best shooters I played in my life.
https://youtu.be/KtC6XmH_19o
winter yew
agreed
shadow tartan
Updated weekly for all your Bassilicious needs 💦 👹😱😵🤯
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1GsaLyyUiVN8Hk0bdgI4HLm4rlA6gOm7
tiny otter
I do not fish.
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Des2ny is really bad about recapping events
winter yew
what do you mean
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The game always assumes you're up to date on everything that has happened
winter yew
well i mean.. lots of mmo games do that too
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Most of them don't treat a new player character as if they've been a main part of events for years.
I walk into destiny and I'm suddenly bombarded with "Oh no, these guys died. I'm glad you're ok, though. Thank you for saving who you could.
These planets are gone. The ships were scary.
The Traveler has reformed, but until it acts we need to study the Darkness."
It doesn't give context
Plus the strikes playlist always spoils quests
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I got a strike that spoils Cayde like a day into Forsaken, lol
Not that it wasn't shouted to the world via the marketing
Like, what happened to Saint-44?
brisk merlin
Saint or bamshee
willow crypt
i wish Grip servers weren’t dead on PS4
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The racing game?
willow crypt
yuh
was looking for a game like Twisted Metal, since....they won’t make a new Twisted Metal game, and this game gives off a similar gameplay feeling
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Sort of, as long as you don't want a dedicated battle mode
willow crypt
of course it’s more about racing, but it’s got the weaponry and the arena mode which is just about destruction
hoping a new Twisted Metal game will be announced for next gen
shadow tartan
hoping a new Twisted Metal game will be announced for next gen
@willow crypt I miss Twisted Metal
willow crypt
wait that’s batman not twisted metal lol
crystal gyro
Anybody here play Outer Wilds?
I have a question but want to avoid spoilers
shadow tartan
Sorry Zug I was sharing links to multiple servers
Last Twisted Metal I played briefly was World Tour
Or was it Black
The PS2 one
My brain is dying of old
willow crypt
twisted metal 2 was my favorite
blowing up the eiffel tower
the last twisted metal game was on ps3
ever play small brawl? that was fun
winter yew
Anyone play Elite Dangerous?
shadow tartan
Never played small brawl dude
I haven't had much time for gaming as I would like to
It's very frustrating
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@winter yew yes
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Most people in the US remember where they were in 2001
willow crypt
it will rub off on you
crystal gyro
Got buried, gonna ask again.
Anybody here play Outer Wilds?
I have a question but want to avoid spoilers
willow crypt
Nate, i will climb onto your shoulders and we'll go get icecream
shadow tartan
Sweeeet
We're gonna scare the shit out of people though
How tall are you?
Waist up
willow crypt
there are a few people here who have played Outerwilds but they're not here at the moment
crystal gyro
ah k, will check back later then.
Just trying to figure out if there's any cadence to the alien language and how its supposed to be read.
willow crypt
waist up....uuuhhhhhh....what's half of 5'9''
willow crypt
yussssssss
shadow tartan
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@crystal gyro I've played, but haven't left the intro map after finishing it
loud slate
anyone know which is more discovered? Euclid from NMS, or the Milky Way from ED?
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Probably euclid
loud slate
I know ED is like less than 1% discovered
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Hmm. I reflexively thought warp is more costly in ED, but is it really?
Can't go as far, but can skim stars to gas up
loud slate
yeah
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ED also has more players
By a bit
Lower distance means more points hit along the way
loud slate
but also a smaller percentage of the ED playerbase explores the black than NMS, where everyone is
ah, but Euclid is like bigger than the biggest galaxy we know of IRL
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The playerbase in ED is an order of magnitude larger, at least
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A lower percentage of a much higher number stands good odds of being larger
And it's been out for a lot longer
loud slate
yeah
austere lance
Twitter
bronze wind
So happy for Ubi, they were really struggling for cash 😔
shadow tartan
austere lance
Amazon Prime Gaming (the thing that replaced Twitch Prime) has a full set of Valhalla gear you can claim rn, btw
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For?
cinder vessel
New AssCreed probably
shadow tartan
@fleet moat https://youtu.be/lf_OPDvX7Jk
@austere lance https://youtu.be/uxlyTItYS-E
austere lance
I finally got a Sniper in Gears Tactics, let's see how she compares to Xcom snipers 😆
cinder vessel
95% chance
Miss
austere lance
Actually I always have the opposite luck, hitting people with a 45% chance 😆
cinder vessel
that's the joke
the low chance shots somehow often hit while the high chance shots often miss
willow crypt
finally finishing Grow Up after having not played it for almost 3 years.
austere lance
Dunkey hath reviewed Bugsnax, there truly is a God 🙏
long mural
I currently have 8 slots for Warframes, 2 being filled by Mirage and Ivara, Nyx currently being built, and plans to get Rhino, Mesa, Nova, and Wisp, but I’m not sure what fill in for that last slot, with Gauss, Nekros, Titania, or Valkyr to fill in the spot.
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Nezha is a beast and pretty balanced
That is, he's good for almost everything
Valkyr has been feature creeped, sadly
winter yew
yeah that last rework of her 4 kinda ruined her a tiny bit
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Now that anyone can use warcry, she's uh, not left with much
winter yew
well from the sounds of it, they probably don't have [redacted] unlocked yet
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Titania is fantastic, but is almost completely reliant on an energy supply and her exalted mode
I always find exalted loadouts boring, but that's just me
winter yew
I've mostly run around as Harrow or Chroma
but anyway if I have to pick between the 4 in that list above, I'd probably go with Nekros for his Desecrate ability. Good for the resource grind.
and Shadows of the Dead is a cool ability too, your own little shadow army.
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...that block view and bullets
winter yew
doesnt bother me as a melee-mostly player lol
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Heh
winter yew
my guns exist but
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Nekros does prefer to be in melee range
winter yew
I wreck with my melee x)
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I have several stupid gun rivens
winter yew
I don't have many gun rivens
I have a Pyrana Prime and a Baza Prime riven that are pretty nice
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I can never sell the damned things, so I'm perpetually at cap
And throw kuva at them randomly when I have a pile
winter yew
the Baza riven is hilarious
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On prime?
winter yew
yea
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The split disposition thing has led to more Hek situations, lol