other-games

[winter yew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZC1Jcv0dw

(2019 called I know, it's still a bop.)

[kind wadi]

lowkey was hoping for NMS on switch

[winter yew]

Can barely run on PS4 and you want it on Switch? 😛

[kind wadi]

yes

gotta get that 4 fps

[winter yew]

Hahaha

Switch Pro is rumored to have hardware DLSS so maybe then we could see NMS on Switch.

[winter yew]

Fucking Switch Pro is a wives tale at this point.

[austere lance]

Oh shid, Tunic demo is up for Xbox rn 😍

And Sable

And Lawnmowing Sim

[winter yew]

ahh, classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgUdVnJZTfk

[fast isle]

Anyone here played the final fantasy origin demo yet

[dry copper]

EEEYS IN THE BACK A YER FOCKING 'EAD

[winter yew]

Surprise patch for L4D2
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/550/view/4625740823862061051

Linux support mostly which is cool.

Vulkan API.

Oh damn, that's big.

[cinder vessel]

yo so what demos we checkin' out

[winter yew]

Waiting for you tbh. You give the best recommendations.

[thorn dawn]

oh right, I was gonna give the devil may fantasy game a go

let's get the ol' ps5 on then

[willow crypt]

amazing how little I play demos nowadays

was one of the greatest things ever 20 years ago

[winter yew]

Magazine with demo disc included 👌

[cinder vessel]

reminder that there's a Sable demo available atm

it's goood

[thorn dawn]

box of cereal with a demo disk included 👌

[dry copper]

I don't like demos.

[willow crypt]

biscuits and gravy with a coffee 👌

[dry copper]

I also don't like samples of food.

or grapes

[thorn dawn]

12 GB

[willow crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-dang-it-willy-wonka-johnny-depp-annoyed-gif-17510962

[thorn dawn]

6 minutes left

[winter yew]

I wish I was Willy Wonka. 😔

[cinder vessel]

which Wonka

[dry copper]

I gotta say, Johnny Depps portrayal of Willy Wonka is rather transformative

[winter yew]

Either Willy Wonka will be fine with me.

[cinder vessel]

how about both

[dry copper]

I imagine he realized he couldn't do a Wonka like Gene Wilder

You're either all in or out

[winter yew]

I'd love to legally own dwarf slaves and pay them in chocolate 👌
I can all but dream.

[willow crypt]

even though i didn't have a high opinion of the new one, I thought he did a decent job. As an isolated chocolate factory owner, he'd probably lose his mind

[dry copper]

The Oompa Loompa's aren't slaves.

[willow crypt]

Gene was a kind, warm wonka

Johnny was a cold, strange wonka

[winter yew]

Mummy issues

[willow crypt]

dad issues

[austere lance]

Gene was a psychopath, LMAO

[willow crypt]

the dentist back story was DUMB

[winter yew]

His mum is the dentist no?

[willow crypt]

papa

[winter yew]

Ohhh

Oh yeah!

[willow crypt]

why did they add that?

it is not in the book

[winter yew]

To make owning dward slaves acceptable

[austere lance]

Wait, we're talking Willy Wonka. Therefore my favorite theory must be posted again

[willow crypt]

makes sense

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/jEX52h1TvuA

[dry copper]

These oompa's look sus

[winter yew]

Wait a fucking minute

[thorn dawn]

hm, I better eat while I play this demo

time is getting on

[willow crypt]

i want a willy wonka rpg where i play as wonka and recruit the perfect child to run the factory

[winter yew]

👌

[dry copper]

and murder the rest

[willow crypt]

yes

[winter yew]

👌

[willow crypt]

with chocolate

[idle saffron]

No

[thorn dawn]

The FBI want to know your location

[dry copper]

With ceiling fans and soda pop floaters

Fizzy lifting drinks

[willow crypt]

333 balloon train plaza, puerto vallarta, mexico 11111

[austere lance]

Gene's Wonka killed kids, let's be real

Johnny Depp's didn't

[willow crypt]

it's a mini game and you have control over how powerful the fan blows

[winter yew]

"Eat whatver you like!"
"Fuck you fat shit, you drank out of a chocolate river lmao"

[willow crypt]

the kids don't actually die

read the book

[winter yew]

Mike TV kinda did

[willow crypt]

he got stretched

[thorn dawn]

the book is a retelling of a true story made appropriate for children

[winter yew]

Like Hansel and Gretel

[willow crypt]

Dahl has an adult version?

[thorn dawn]

Augstus drowned, violet was rolled off and burst by the oompa loompas, verucca was ruthlessly murdered by trained attack squirels, and mike was disintegrated - what was left was a poor copy

[winter yew]

Charlie was always going to win.

[willow crypt]

oh charlie

https://tenor.com/view/tupac-sad-sigh-gif-13059499

[charred badge]

there's a lot of places to botw

[austere lance]

Was gonna say, doesn't Wonka tell Charlie the others will be "recovered" in the original movie?

[charred badge]

yeah, it shows them later

[austere lance]

In the OG movie? I thought was only the Depp one

[willow crypt]

i think it's mentioned at the end that the other kids are alive in the original

but not shown

[dry copper]

"Alive"

https://tenor.com/view/freaky-face-freaky-hand-face-hands-special-effect-gif-4781993

[willow crypt]

thank you

[winter yew]

I hate it when my face turns in to hands.

[dry copper]

Don't drink the lifeblood of Wonka's institution

[austere lance]

After seeing everything in that Saw-worthy factory do you really believe Wonka, lol?

[willow crypt]

you're right, he probably invited more groups of people in the past

many rooms...

[winter yew]

Nah he turned them in to taffy and flavoured wallpaper.

[willow crypt]

that's what she was licking at the beginning

little cannibal child

smh

[winter yew]

The remains of a child who didn't say thank you.

[shadow tartan]

Tales of the Unexpected

Roald Dahl was amazing

[willow crypt]

WILLY WONKA. WILLY WONKA. HES THE CHOCOLATEER

i read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny the Champion of the World

[winter yew]

All great stories.

We have Roald Dahl world in the UK.

Nice day out.

[shadow tartan]

I need to go there

Let's take zug

[willow crypt]

that sounds fun!

i need to read one of his adult novels

I hear he's gruesome

coo, will check it out in a bit

[shadow tartan]

Wait

I found a better one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7arSbzjcuo&list=PLlAEIKfmljp5MIINHXr4oB8LKiEqtB7fy

[willow crypt]

hey

the guy from twin peaks

[shadow tartan]

Dude you will see some famous faces

Like we used to see in Midsomer Murders

Orlando Bloom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsl7Sqt655Y

[willow crypt]

noice

[thorn dawn]

ok, so AdamB review of the stranger game

It's clearly based on the FFVII engine

not even in game yet, and the menu layouts are identical

has a hard mode

Starts off in an open area

invisible walls, boo

combat is hack and slash

successful use of abilities grants 'soul points'. 'soul points' can be used to roflstomp enemies

If you roflstomp enough enemies, you can use other abilities

[idle saffron]

Is it fun?

[thorn dawn]

idk yet this is just the tutorial

oh fuck one of the characters has an annoying voice

think prompto

saving the game respawns enemies

this feels very souls like

[winter yew]

Hmmm

[thorn dawn]

I should have got some booze and taken a shot every time they said chaos

character progression is very similar to ffxv - like, practically identical

are assignable jobs tho

combat is getting very complex, I've now been told another way to trigger a different set of abilities

[winter yew]

Good complex or bad complex?

[idle saffron]

Sounds ok so far

[thorn dawn]

like, I'm struggling to remember it all

[winter yew]

Hmm

I hoped you was going to say holding R2 would bring up secondary abilities or something.

[thorn dawn]

nope, so you have:
evade/block/guard/absorb, all single buttons
sword techniques, up slashes, down slashes, using directional stick
soul abilties, recharged with soul points, executed using a combo
instant abilties, gained from enemies, activated with square
mp abiltiies, gained from MP, activated holding a key and selecting from a grid

[winter yew]

Oh ok. I see why they've chosen this route, an effective way to allow combo chains.

[thorn dawn]

yup, it's very fast paced

and getting hit fucks you up

you can tap X within a fraction of a second of getting hit to tuck and roll

[austere lance]

Ugh, I'm so bad at Perfect Blocks or Deflections or whatever in games 😆

[thorn dawn]

same

[winter yew]

Me too

[thorn dawn]

I'm getting hit a lot

potions tho

[winter yew]

Sleeping Dogs though, I was a boss. That super short slowdown to let me keep up I was very thankful for.

[thorn dawn]

So I guess that counts as another set of abilties, items

[austere lance]

Precisely why I only played up to Jedi Knight 😆

[thorn dawn]

can't jump

[austere lance]

0/10, you can jump in Elden Ring

[thorn dawn]

breakable crates and barrels

openable chests

gotta use the right sort of defense as well

[shadow tartan]

Would you be fucked rn?

[thorn dawn]

tried to absorb the wrong attack and got fucked, have to guard it instead

[thorn dawn]

not yet

x2

[shadow tartan]

I read what you were saying earlier. Apparently it's the team that made Nioh so I would kinda expect parrying and dodging.

[thorn dawn]

Levelling up and getting new gear fast too

[austere lance]

Y'all I'm fuckin howling, Bandai only showed that House of Ash game and that's it 🤣

[dry copper]

First world problems

Poor Bandai

[thorn dawn]

@shadow tartan @winter yew I think it's a good hack and slash. Quite brutal. Story is a bit hrm. Protagonists are ugh. I'll be giving it a miss, but if you like chopping through things and final fantasy, it's probably 'aight

[thorn dawn]

not surprising, it took them nearly a year to get a single dlc for ni no kuni 2 out

[shadow tartan]

I'm gonna check it out because it might have some interesting stuff in the story and it will likely be short

[earnest hatch]

Wow E3 has been a kick in the balls this year

Besides like 4-6 games

[glacial ridge]

What was announced at e3 today?

[thorn dawn]

botw2

[glacial ridge]

Anything about Canu?

[earnest hatch]

Nope

[earnest hatch]

Now that was hype

[glacial ridge]

Damn I thought they would have started talking about it by today

[idle saffron]

I have been attacked

@willow crypt

Is a monster

Lmao

[earnest hatch]

Yeah bumbed me out

[austere lance]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-bioware-boss-wants-to-rebuild-the-studios-reputation/

[cinder vessel]

they just need to make a dating sim with the characters from ME and DA, ezwin

that's not a joke either, dead serious

considering some folks only play those games for the romances or relationships in general

[austere lance]

@echo hill 😩
https://youtu.be/JNhrhYRRUO8

[echo hill]

i cannot fucking wait dude

[austere lance]

The part with the dead Marine 😭

[balmy plaza]

It looks soo gooood

The dialogue is straight up bungie era halo

With Chief's reassuring tones, and the cortana quotes in his head

And the new AI is great! I didn't expect to like one if they did that but I can see them having a great chemistry

Chief with an AI who's on her first mission. She can do all the stuff cortana could but she's inexperienced and might get stuff wrong

Almost god of war esque, with the son

Also looking at how they're monetising the multiplayer, it looks as if some paid games are more aggressively monetised

[austere lance]

Lol

Yeah the multiplayer just has a battle pass for cosmetic stuff, that's it

[austere lance]

Yeah people keep joking about how Chief finally has a kid 😆

[cinder vessel]

gonna get real weird if they develop that into something more...intimate

[balmy plaza]

The battle passes don't expire either, so less FOMO

[cinder vessel]

wait were spartans reprogrammed to basically be sociopathic killing machines so romance is outta the question anyway

[austere lance]

They won't, lol. The Weapon is an experimental AI that's supposed to capture Cortana then delete her and itself

[cinder vessel]

wat

i take it The Weapon is the new AI chief's carrying

[austere lance]

Yeah

[cinder vessel]

lmao

[shadow tartan]

SPOILERS

jk

[balmy plaza]

It seems like it'll be a team of 3

[cinder vessel]

"we didn't want to give u a name so...u're The Weapon"

[balmy plaza]

Because brohammer too

[shadow tartan]

I'm gonna play with @echo hill

And we will stream our faces

[echo hill]

Yessirybob

Are we needing out about halo

Nerding*

Cause holy fuck infinite looks good

[balmy plaza]

Everything is spot on

[shadow tartan]

😆

[balmy plaza]

The dialogue

The music

Wiw

[echo hill]

I'm really happy it was well received this time around too. They really needed it

[shadow tartan]

Yeah they did

[echo hill]

Seems like the majority of the fanbase is very pleased

[shadow tartan]

They've had hell man

[austere lance]

I mean, it's just a barebones "smart" AI (there's "dumb" and "smart" AI's in Halo, but I ain't gonna get into that rn) with I'm assuming basic suit interface stuff to help Chief in a fight and give him directions. It's purpose is to nab Cortana then delete

[shadow tartan]

This is why I didn't spoil anything for you

[echo hill]

From a lore standpoint it actually makes a lot of sense

[cinder vessel]

so then is the weapon not clothed cortana in that shot above?

[balmy plaza]

I'm super happy with how well the new AI is going down

[echo hill]

Also @austere lance tell me the weapon isn't offensive bias

[balmy plaza]

I think they'll make a really wholesome team

[austere lance]

It's not Cortana, it just looks like Halsey cuz Halsey made it

[cinder vessel]

'cause like if the weapon is so barebones why even give it a form

[echo hill]

Cortana 2 electric boogaloo

[cinder vessel]

y'know what i mean tho

[balmy plaza]

Did you see the three lights reflected in Chief's visor in last year's trailer?

[echo hill]

No?!?

[balmy plaza]

Mendicant bias?

[echo hill]

What?!?

[cinder vessel]

Ashamed Cortana is my new nickname for The Weapon

Or perhaps Modest Cortana would be better, i dunno

[balmy plaza]

May I post it here

[austere lance]

Cuz it's still a "smart" AI, even if most of its structure is dedicated to being able to hold Cortana long enough to delete her. It's still better than any supercomputer we have irl 😆

[balmy plaza]

Because I definitely think it's mendicant bias

[austere lance]

Also, it might be a Monitor

[cinder vessel]

sure i guess, just seems silly to have an avatar

[austere lance]

Or at least part of one

[balmy plaza]

Monitors have one eye

[austere lance]

Isn't Mendicant ded

[cinder vessel]

they should partner up with Rampant Cortana and rock the universe tbh

[echo hill]

"dead"

[austere lance]

Speaking of dead, where's Spark at

[balmy plaza]

Imprisoned last I heard. He had a role in helping chief off that Ark iirc

[balmy plaza]

Still alive oddly enough

[austere lance]

Honestly Spark is a bastard but I'd be happy to see him again 😆

[balmy plaza]

He's in a lot of the new books so we might

[cinder vessel]

Halo Reunion Tour

[austere lance]

I'd turn Spark loose on Cortana and let em kill each other over the ring, LMAO

[balmy plaza]

Honestly the forerunner saga was great as an insight into the deep lore

[cinder vessel]

...is there only the one halo? i thought there were several

[austere lance]

She's AI Satan, he's a possessive asshole who wants his own ring cuz we blew up his last one, it'd be great 😌

[echo hill]

shiiittt dude i missed this

thats fucking cool

[austere lance]

There's a couple left, only one feisty one tho

And that's where we'll be

[echo hill]

spooky halo

which still has flood on it supposedly...

[austere lance]

The rest are boring UNSC labs

[balmy plaza]

Isn't the ring in infinite the same ring as from the forerunner books? Pretty sure that's the Palace of pain in the old (and maybe new) cover art @echo hill

[echo hill]

🤞

[austere lance]

I thought it was the new one from HW2

[echo hill]

hw2 is on the ark

[austere lance]

Cuz in the legendary ending of HW2 Cortana has a ring

[echo hill]

[balmy plaza]

Did anyone here read the forerunner book trilogy

[echo hill]

ive not

[balmy plaza]

does anyone mind if I mention spoilers

Because there's some cool cool details

[echo hill]

nah ur good

[austere lance]

Aaaaah, I'm dumb. In HW2 ending the doctor takes the newly-made ring away from the Ark and it gets captured by a Guardian. Then in H5 Legendary ending we see Cortana has it

[balmy plaza]

OK, so the ring featured in the book is almost certainly the ring in infinite. Which means it's contains the Palace of pain, where forerunners took ancient human inhabitants of the ring to get experimented on with the flood.

It's also where the didact went with guilty spark before he was a monitor, and when he was a human called Chakas

Pretty sure the ring has also played host to the primordial but I could be wrong

[echo hill]

😳

[austere lance]

I mean, there were Flood in HW2

And the Banished fought them

[charred badge]

Ordis is ang... Happy!

[balmy plaza]

@echo hill have you heard of the primordial

[austere lance]

Flood are Flood and get everywhere, and there's obviously Banished on the Infinite ring. So they easily coulda came with the Banished

[charred badge]

Forerunners are forerunners and keep flood around

[echo hill]

this absolute lad

oh fuck what

[charred badge]

Because ancient space civilizations are universally idiots

[echo hill]

explicit??

there we go

yes

[balmy plaza]

Yeah that boi

Last precursor, first gravemind

[echo hill]

i hopeso

[balmy plaza]

Kinda where the line between the precursors and the flood started to blend

[echo hill]

yeah, it may be farfetched but i really hope hes somehow in infinite

[balmy plaza]

I just want to see precursor technology in the games too

Or go to Charum Hakkor

It's supposed to by crystalline

[austere lance]

I mean, there's probably gonna be Flood on the ring. And Flood aren't independent, they're part of a network. So something will be controlling them

[echo hill]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-laugh-rub-hands-patrick-star-evil-plan-gif-15072939

did you guys know 343 used to be human

[balmy plaza]

Yeah

Chakas

[austere lance]

I just want lines as good as the ones the Gravemind said, fuckin loved that thing

[balmy plaza]

Not sure what happened to riser tho

[echo hill]

https://tenor.com/view/slither-halo-gravemind-video-game-gif-17762286

[austere lance]

Where's the other Didact? Mfer kinda ran and hid somewhere

And has been hiding for a very long time

[echo hill]

what would we call this era of halo?

cause its after the human covenant war

the uh

the adventures of Jonathan and Brohammer

[balmy plaza]

Ooo so I think the gravemind is the primordial

As in its a different organism but the same mind

So it's literally a mind of the species that came before the forerunners

[echo hill]

kinda...?

yeah i guess thats true

[balmy plaza]

"We are the Flood. There is no difference. Until all space and time are rolled up and life is crushed in the folds ... no end to war, grief, or pain. In a hundred and one thousand centuries ... unity again, and wisdom. Until then -sweetness."

This quote from the primordial is very gravemind esque, and they say they're the flood

[charred badge]

I thought that each time the flood in the area were eradicated, the gravemind would have to rebuild itself and have a different "self"

[echo hill]

i feel like the gravemind would more be "a" primordial rather than a part of one primordial

[echo hill]

exactly

tho he does have a point, cause all flood are technically slivers of primordials

[balmy plaza]

The primordial transferred his consciousness into the flood before he died

So the flood is the primordial

Whether they made the flood, then transferred or just turned into the flood I don't know

[charred badge]

So every spore carries a part of his mind and simply pieces back together with enough mass?

[balmy plaza]

I think so? Or maybe the brains of hosts act as nodes in a network

All I know is that all the hosts' collective knowledge is assimilated too

[austere lance]

One of the mods in the r/Halo Discord noticed that in multiplayer you can see enemy shields only flare around the point you get shot, not just all over like they used to 👀

Much nicer visual feedback for your hits

@echo hill

[echo hill]

yeah i'm surprised more people arent talking about that

[austere lance]

Speaking of, I signed up for the Insider thing cuz I wanna get picked to test multiplayer 😌

[echo hill]

yuh me too

i hope they start sending invites soon

[willow crypt]

@shadow tartan @thorn dawn https://youtu.be/bS-EQG0C1sM

mod btw

[shadow tartan]

That's just London matey

[charred badge]

Considering I didn't even get around to playing MCC, I won't take a beta slot

[thorn dawn]

Noice

[willow crypt]

pretty neat trailer

[shadow tartan]

Bollocks, you don't like real or virtual London

[thorn dawn]

Can shoot people there tho

[shadow tartan]

Real or virtual?

[thorn dawn]

Yes officer

[shadow tartan]

I'm the Commissioner of Toast now Adam

[willow crypt]

wonder how worthy these big mods are of playing

[shadow tartan]

Mods are good

Modders have freedom that designers don't have

[charred badge]

Idk, @keen dome how worthy are you of playing

[willow crypt]

i would if the storyline and voice acting was solid

[charred badge]

It's fallout. There's five voice actors

[shadow tartan]

Dude

[charred badge]

Maybe

[shadow tartan]

This trailer has "Ave a butchers me old China"

It's 10/10

[willow crypt]

is Natani playing it?

[echo hill]

why am i sitting here watching someone smoke weed

and its really entertaining

[charred badge]

What they do while high, or just smoking?

[echo hill]

hes literally reviewing different flowers and dabs

[charred badge]

Haha

[echo hill]

hes a weed "connoisseur"

[shadow tartan]

@willow crypt this is happening now

[willow crypt]

i’ll play as the dog

[shadow tartan]

I will craft treats

[willow crypt]

yaaaaaay

[echo hill]

i will stand there awkwardly

[willow crypt]

no

[echo hill]

[willow crypt]

you will feed me treats as well

[shadow tartan]

nah I'll pass you a spliff

we can blow smoke at zug pup

[willow crypt]

no me gusta solo treatos

[echo hill]

yessir

[willow crypt]

https://youtu.be/k85mRPqvMbE

[charred badge]

I think I got a fake ticket

[charred badge]

https://youtu.be/astISOttCQ0

[austere lance]

Play it, boi

[charred badge]

Busy with ngs

[keen dome]

hmm??

[charred badge]

Three lines above my ping

Sorry, I thought you were active atm

[keen dome]

All good! Playing God of War 4 lol

just beat my first valkeryie

[charred badge]

Nice, I think?

[keen dome]

yeah one of the hardest enemies in game imho

like I had to turn the difficulty down to do it lol

and there are 9 of them

[charred badge]

Hah, nice. Wait, Valkyries in pre-Dad Of War?

[keen dome]

no in the 2018 game

in norse stuff

[willow crypt]

i loved this, but preferred the non english version

[inland grail]

welp

time to do all the metroid to Dread release

i hope Metroid Dread sells well

[willow crypt]

@charred badge woooow after all these years, i actually took the time to find out which version i remember. The Hungarian version, of all languages! https://youtu.be/RpVqM2TGhiE

[charred badge]

⁉️

[inland grail]

metroid games dont really sell well

its kinda an underatted series

[charred badge]

Yes, but do we have new news?

[inland grail]

well u saw the trailer?

[charred badge]

Noa

[austere lance]

It's cool af

[inland grail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NjCICl7dDo

its Metroid 5

it might be the last 2D Metroid because in the arc timeline its after Fusion

it looks good tho

[austere lance]

I've never gotten more than an hour into a Metroid game

[charred badge]

Niiiice. I assume the federation is sending killbots now

[inland grail]

@austere lance its good

super metroid is maybe the best 2D metroid

some prefer the Prime games

[charred badge]

Super is pretty clunky for someone new

Samus is a tank in that game

[inland grail]

i found it quite intuitive to know where to go

maybe samus returns is a good game to start playing metroid

[charred badge]

Except for ||meridia||, yesh

[austere lance]

I have uh, Fusion and another GBA one on my phone

[charred badge]

I see a lot of Returns in that trailer. Like the melee counter

[inland grail]

its normal

its made by the same developer

Mercury steam

and when nintendo saw what they did with samus return they saw they can do a new 2D metroid

and here we are

[charred badge]

I'll get it eventually

[inland grail]

yeah i hope this metroid will be sold a lot

[austere lance]

Special Edition already sold out, lol

[inland grail]

i think dread and Prime 4 will be maybe the most sold metroid games

wow that soo low

i checked

[cinder vessel]

Sephonie is cool

Has a demo on Steam, recommend checking it out for another different kinda game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1248840/Sephonie/

Steam

Sephonie

Coming this year. Wishlist today!Memories linger across time, deep beneath the island’s surface...In this story-driven 3D platformer, explore Sephonie Island's massive cave network, and link with unidentified species using the novel Puzzle Grid system. Explore the island's depths as shipwrecked biologists Amy, Ing-wen, and Riyou, unravelling mys...

Release Date

2021

▶ Play video

[austere lance]

Ah yes, the internet already got a hold of the personal AI in Halo Infinite multiplayer

I hate gamers 💀

[cinder vessel]

lol

reminds me of the folks i know in RL that play games, but only AAA stuff and say there's nothing coming out or nothing else to play, smh

it's like folks that only ever watch Disney/Marvel movies or somethin'

[austere lance]

@echo hill The skull in Oddball do be lookin slick

[cinder vessel]

yo that's a weird mirror

[echo hill]

yeah dude its so fucking sick

[austere lance]

Also, they found a less-annoying replacement for H4 Promethean Vision 😆

[cinder vessel]

promeat vision

see the meat, pursue the meat

[cinder vessel]

btw, any of you check out Severed Steel?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690/Severed_Steel/

Steam

Severed Steel

Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist. It's you, your trigger finger, and a steel-toed boot against a superstructure full of bad guys. Chain together wall runs, dives, flips, and slides to take every last enemy down.A unique f...

Release Date

Coming Soon

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[austere lance]

That looks cool af

[spiral shell]

re-watching supernatural, - Season 5 really is the best imho

plus eye-candy

[austere lance]

@echo hill Difference a year makes, lol. Ignore bad resolution 😆

[echo hill]

Hhhnnnngggg

[austere lance]

Look at the shield effect on the hand 😩

[cinder vessel]

Severed Steel seems like it'll be wild af to see others play

[austere lance]

It looks like it's made by fans of the first FEAR

[cinder vessel]

It's kinda tough to get a handle on but I can see how others that get into it will do crazy stuff

[austere lance]

Also has a Superhot vibe, which I dig

[cinder vessel]

Pretty sure there's not really much if any of a story to speak of, so it's more of just a run'n'gun thing, so might catch it on sale or somethin'

Also there's some kinda arcade mode to it that might be cool for a quick dive

[austere lance]

Idk if you've played/watched the first FEAR but you'll understand what I meant after watching this
https://youtu.be/XlgsmZHVXt4

[cinder vessel]

oh nah, yeah, first FEAR was great nonsense

[austere lance]

The whole time I watched that Severed Steel gameplay I was thinking of FEAR 😆

[cinder vessel]

I never dug into the wilder stuff you could do 'cause I was focusing on getting through the campaign, but I knew ya could get crazy with it

[austere lance]

Kinda surprised the IP died after 3. Like, not even a reboot?

[cinder vessel]

I think besides just focusing through the campaign another reason I didn't was just that these games seem to love to make you fragile for some reason

Although that's probably also me not getting into a good rhythm of how to use the bullet time and such

Like in Severed Steel you're invincible while doing stunts, but that demands that you constantly be like sliding around, wall running, vaulting through the air stuff that's cool af but makes targeting enemies a bit harder

[austere lance]

There's some fun mid 2000's-2010ish FPS's out there with goofy bullet time nonsense that nobody talks about, like Singularity or Syndicate

[cinder vessel]

yeah Syndicate's one I only later heard some talk about secretly being kinda sick af

Singularity seemed cool but I didn't hear/read much about how it got goofy

[austere lance]

It had a ridiculous rifle that let you control the bullet 😆

And it was a 2010-ish shooter, so of course it blasted limbs off 🤣

Was dumb fun game, still looks good on pc too

Had wacky time mutants and whatnot

I loved that era of funky shooters nobody else played, I gave up trying to discuss them with friends when they came out cuz nobody had even heard of em 💀

[cinder vessel]

reminds me a lil' of TimeShift which had some whacky time-manipulating grenades or somesuch if memory serves

[austere lance]

TimeShift walked so wacky shooters could run, lol

[cinder vessel]

that was...not a particularly great game tho tbh

It was very much of that era of gray shooters

Some interesting ideas sprinkled throughout tho

You ever check out...Fracture, I think it was?

Had you manipulating the environment raising/lowering terrain to mess with enemies or something

[austere lance]

Exactly 😆

It walked so 2009/2010 could do the same thing better

https://youtu.be/DiHQbyqThaI

Fracture was stupid fun, I blew through it in an afternoon and had a blast 😆

Honestly I had given up on anyone making fun wacky FPS's anymore til Bulletstorm came out

[cinder vessel]

Syndicate is particularly baffling considering it had a major studio behind it...Like wtf happened with it that it seemingly got minimal marketing?

I mean I vaguely remember it may have been on the cover of GameInformer, but past that I think I saw/heard nothing of it

[austere lance]

Yep

[willow crypt]

https://youtu.be/ZsbwAGZHybA

[charred badge]

I kinda want a sequel to Dex

https://store.steampowered.com/app/269650/Dex/

Steam

Dex

Explore, fight, talk and hack your way through a rich cyberpunk world in this 2D action-RPG!Wanted dead by a mysterious and far-reaching organization, you will traverse the futuristic city of Harbor Prime and make unexpected allies on your quest to bring down the system! In this cyberpunk adventure inspired by Blade Runner and Neuromancer, you a...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

2235

Metacritic

62

▶ Play video

[dry copper]

Syndicate 1 was an isometric shooter

It was fun tho

[cinder vessel]

there was a context there

[idle saffron]

@wary rapids

Lmao

Need to find that video and delete

[wary rapids]

Uhhh

[idle saffron]

All nms

[wary rapids]

What are those pictures of-

Omg stop

Delete

[idle saffron]

NO

[wary rapids]

Exterminate

[idle saffron]

MOAR

[wary rapids]

pls delet

[full pivot]

Not a fan of judgemental

[shadow tartan]

@winter yew https://youtu.be/b-xBdxAsAgI

[shadow tartan]

LOL this emoji

[tardy burrow]

How the hell do you play farming simulator 19?

[full pivot]

You start by opening the game making a profile and starting a new save file

[shadow tartan]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=n_A-OFdNpqQ&feature=share

[winter yew]

Start small, don't rush in to it.
Setup your farm and whilst it's growing, do jobs for other peoples so you're still earning money.

[full pivot]

Don't buy a massive tractor out of the gate

[shadow tartan]

Always close the gate

Sheep have a habit of escaping

[full pivot]

Wheat is easy

[shadow tartan]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yxnUFapWpc8&feature=share

[winter yew]

Listening to the new Fear Factory to drown out the shitty pop music on the work radio

[inland grail]

still need to finish super metroid 😦

[shadow tartan]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-_iHONHwY2Q&feature=share

[winter yew]

I'm currently listening to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGdTZ3MuPFg

[shadow tartan]

Love Metalheadz bruv

[silver sparrow]

bought risk of rain 1&2 😛

[dry copper]

I'm currently listening on repeat in my mind to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiiebNenB0k

[thorn dawn]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22457000/cd-projekt-red-cyberpunk-2077-playstation-store-return-bug-fixes

Broken the silence finally

[full pivot]

Needs so much more than bug fixes

[thorn dawn]

"Sony confirmed the news but said that it still doesn’t recommend playing the game on PlayStation 4"

That's an interesting take from Sony

[full pivot]

Should just let it die

[willow crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/ps4-smash-gif-12960036

[thorn dawn]

If they let it die that's the end of CDPR though

[willow crypt]

@CDProjekt move on and focus on pc and next gen

[full pivot]

Well its the end then cuz it ain't coming back as a game

They'd have to redo too much

[willow crypt]

imagine futuristic games utilizing futuristic tech

[thorn dawn]

Will have been nearly 3 months since the last major patch

Have to see what they've managed to pull together

I bet they don't do the cutesy previews either this time cause they got dragged for that

[tardy burrow]

Wargame is really hard

[full pivot]

I mean CDPR earned their bad reputation from more than just their game

[willow crypt]

@cinder vessel Sable demo out now https://twitter.com/shedworksgreg/status/1405136012561498114?s=21

Gregorios Kythreotis (@ShedworksGreg)

The Sable demo is out now on Xbox and Steam, go drive your sandcutter and explore crashed ships and crumbly ruins https://t.co/uCMqO3re7z

Retweets

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Likes

852

Twitter · Jun 16, 2021, 12:11 PM

[crisp sparrow]

ok checked out the demo

I cant play this

12-15fps

[winter yew]

😔

[crisp sparrow]

at 720p

looks neat though

[winter yew]

The art style is real nice.

[willow crypt]

the frame rate is that bad? that sucks

yeah

[crisp sparrow]

yeah I guess its not optimized yet

[austere lance]

Oh yeah, I still gotta download that and Tunic demo

If I get crap framerate on Sable then it's got definite issues, LMAO

[winter yew]

Strange really, doesn't seem overly heavy.

[austere lance]

Yeah I shouldn't have any issues, unless something's severely busted with the game

We'll see

[charred badge]

Are we sure CP77 didn't steal star citizen's engine?

[vestal wren]

def seems like the sable demo is pre-optimization for some stuff

it ran ok for me but i have an ok pc

was a lot of fun, really looking forward to the full release

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPbP-9aaaNA

[broken prairie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUNl87K-NVM&list=RDK5U0P31F0a0&index=11

[austere lance]

https://twitter.com/NinjaTheory/status/1405179720317157376?s=19

Ninja Theory (@NinjaTheory)

Tune in tomorrow for a behind the scenes update on the development of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

Thursday June 17 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST

https://t.co/7wNnrFkg3s

Twitter · Jun 16, 2021, 3:05 PM

[austere lance]

Starting the Tunic demo

[charred badge]

yes plz

[winter yew]

I love watching Shad.

[charred badge]

he's so excited by his job

[winter yew]

He really is passionate. I learned about him via Lindy Beige and really wish I had learned about him sooner.

Annoyingly, my Wife is subbed to Shad's brother so I did know about him before hand but failed to connect the dots on his type of content.

[cinder vessel]

it wasn't for me but there are some rough edges. Still none, like crashes or such at least on my end, that prevented my enjoyment of it

[austere lance]

Tunic is cool but surprisingly hard. Aaaaand it's a Souls-like

Just figured I'd warn y'all, lol

[charred badge]

at this point it's the default

[cinder vessel]

i thought the default was ubi open world tbh

[charred badge]

only for ubi

[cinder vessel]

or FPS corridor shooter

[charred badge]

two current defaults: soulslike or botwlike

[cinder vessel]

oh see what you call botwlike i call ubi open world

because even botw drew from their stuff

[charred badge]

botw added things like actual exploration and gliding/climbing anywhere

[cinder vessel]

maybe, i still need to play more. i got to the first tower and went ono

no fear of heights, just tower exhaustion thanks to ubi 😂

[charred badge]

also a sense of wonder instead of a sense of struggling not to pay mtx to skip the tedium

[austere lance]

Yeah fuck Tunic, it's hard as shit and the demo has no save points so if you accidentally back out of the game you reset

[charred badge]

ah, a true roguelike

[austere lance]

Onward to Sable

It's not supposed to be a rogue-like, lol

[winter yew]

The towers in BoTW do give you new upgrades tbf. It's worth climbing the towers just for that.

[austere lance]

It's just the demo being shit

[charred badge]

I can get an upgrade to be frank?

neat

[winter yew]

😌

[austere lance]

Yeah uh, I had an easier time with the first Dark Souls than Tunic. Be arsed with that

[thorn dawn]

FF8 did it first

[cinder vessel]

if you're playing on console i'd imagine the Sable demo may run much better for you

[willow crypt]

wish they had a Mac build

[thorn dawn]

Everything needs a mac build

Also who is spying on my location RN...

[cinder vessel]

comes with a sandwich

[thorn dawn]

Time to go check my privacy settings

[willow crypt]

ok ttyl

i'm learning about narcissists

[winter yew]

An interesting subject to study.

[willow crypt]

seems so

[thorn dawn]

Thermostat

Thermostat is spying on me

[winter yew]

🤔

wtf

[thorn dawn]

Wants to know when I leave home so it can save energy

[winter yew]

Hm

I see the logic I guess.

[thorn dawn]

Makes a change from it trying to kill me in my sleep

Woke up the other week and it had set itself to 24

[winter yew]

😐

[thorn dawn]

Smart devices are fun

[winter yew]

I didn't see the point in them so left them alone.

I see the use case in general.

[thorn dawn]

It's nice when it works good. Coming home to a heated house when I leave work.

Or when I used to leave work

[shadow tartan]

Renzokuken OP

[winter yew]

Actually I lie, my washing machine is smart but that is all.

That's cause my Wife picked it.

[thorn dawn]

Washing machines and fridges I really don't see thr value

Since you have to interact with them anyway

Having a single button to push to turn on my amp, tv and ps and have it all set to the right modes is nice too

Instead of rifling through the pile of remotes and controllers

[winter yew]

PS should do that itself though, my PS turns my TV on.

[thorn dawn]

It's the amp tho

[winter yew]

Ah!

[shadow tartan]

What remote do you use?

[thorn dawn]

Gotta have the amp get set to Blu ray and set back to surround sound, if something non-surround was used last

[shadow tartan]

I had a Logitech Harmony before for my stuff

[thorn dawn]

Cause stereo upmix is a separate setting

[thorn dawn]

iPhone 🙂

Homebridge, supports ps my amp and tv

Ps support is a little fiddly, you have to sign in using a tool on a computer, then copy the cookie over to the home bridge config

But it works reliably once running

[winter yew]

Imagine believing we'd be able to use our phones to control our other gadgets just 10 years ago.

[thorn dawn]

Ikr

[shadow tartan]

Ah nice

[winter yew]

I know IR blaster was a thing then but that didn't touch what is capable now.

[cinder vessel]

and the accidental sharing of certain videos 😏

[thorn dawn]

I have an alarm system too, so in theory I could have it setup so I could say "hey Siri I'm leaving" and have it turn everything off, turn down the heating, and arm the alarm system.

[shadow tartan]

That's what I need to do when I refurbish this place

Smart everything

Except me obviously

[silver sparrow]

Furbish once more

[thorn dawn]

Smart bulbs so you can be all "ok google red alert"

[shadow tartan]

Furby as a guard dog

[winter yew]

Ferociously claiming how hungry it is at a burglar.

[cinder vessel]

furby and this time it really learns

[shadow tartan]

Exactly this and also, "it's sexy time"

[thorn dawn]

Fun fact, the National Security Agency of the United States banned Furbies from entering NSA's property due to concerns that they may be used to record and repeat classified information, advising those that see any on NSA property to "contact their Staff Security Officer for guidance."

Which means

[shadow tartan]

They are sentient now

[thorn dawn]

The NSA had a furby bonfire

[winter yew]

The new ones had a demon mode and I hate it.

They went angry and possessed.

[shadow tartan]

How do you know this?

Did you actually buy one?

[winter yew]

My Wife and children have/had Furby's.

[cinder vessel]

they were possessed

[thorn dawn]

Some people have kids

Who knew

[winter yew]

They talk to each other.

[shadow tartan]

Poor Ditto

[thorn dawn]

I just assumed eventually I'd split in half and there'd be two me's

[shadow tartan]

Did you want to smash them with a bat

[cinder vessel]

we are speaking with a furby possessed individual in @winter yew

[winter yew]

Me hungry

[shadow tartan]

You were born a moderator so you will

[austere lance]

Sable is alright so far, the lighting is borked and the hand-drawn animation+bad lighting is kinda hard on the eyes tho

[shadow tartan]

Shit imagine two Adams

[thorn dawn]

Shit would get done

[shadow tartan]

Would one become AdamC

[thorn dawn]

Nate

[shadow tartan]

Where is AdamA

Adam

[austere lance]

It's supposed to be like that, it's the animation style

[thorn dawn]

I smell petrichor

[shadow tartan]

Did it rain?

It's been 28 degrees here all day

[austere lance]

Like, Sable looks fine during the day but at night everything gets kinda 😬

[thorn dawn]

It's raining

Slightly

[cinder vessel]

looked okay to me?

[thorn dawn]

Few drops

[winter yew]

Oh God yes. Send it my way please.

Can't be long till it reaches me tbh since you live next door.

[shadow tartan]

Why do you smell petrichor already

Sensitive Adam senses

[winter yew]

Sensitive Adam, awww bless him. So sensitive.

[shadow tartan]

That word is giving me childhood flashbacks now...

[winter yew]

"You're too sensitive, this isn't going to work."
"You're a lovely sensitive boy. I would love a boyfriend like you."

[shadow tartan]

LOL

Who wouldn't want an AdamB in their life

[cinder vessel]

AdamA

[thorn dawn]

Petrichor is the smell of rain evaporating with contaminants from the ground

[austere lance]

Lol, my Navigator doesn't work

[vestal wren]

is that the thing you use to pin locations

i forget if it's that or the compass

[cinder vessel]

think it's to mark locations, it works kinda weird

[vestal wren]

i didnt bother cause it sucked to use

everything was like right next to me anyways

hopefulyl they make it better on release though

[cinder vessel]

i used it because why not but also didn't really have to rely on it since everything was nearby

[vestal wren]

i tried to use it but the interface didn't make any sense so i gave up lol

i wonder if the tunic demo on xbox is the same as the one that was on steam a while ago

[crisp sparrow]

how much were you getting? around the same?

[cinder vessel]

you drag markers out from yourself to the distant location you want to mark @vestal wren

[crisp sparrow]

because it was really low for me, to the point that there was input lag

hard to control the char

[vestal wren]

i know, it was just not nice to use

[sharp granite]

Does anyone here play D&D?

[vestal wren]

i used to

[sharp granite]

Wotc is a bitch, but I still play

[cinder vessel]

oh, well you said it didn't make sense so i read that as not figuring it out

my bad

[vestal wren]

i guess i just didn't wanna be mean and say it was poorly designed cause realistically it could just be slightly bugged

for me it was just that the camera auto adjustments made it unenjoyable, could've been something with where i was standing or how far away the thing was (it was fairly close)

maybe ill try it again

[cinder vessel]

yeah i had to reposition myself so stuff didn't get in the way of marking things so it's a bit of both, awkward design & slight learning curve

[austere lance]

I'm on Xbox so idk, the animation itself is just a bit choppy so I figured that'd what your issue was

[crisp sparrow]

it wasnt a bit choppy, I can handle that

[austere lance]

I'm not getting input lag tho

[crisp sparrow]

it was too low to the point I couldnt play the game properly

[austere lance]

Also, Navigator is trash and my compass now has a bunch of waypoints I can't use 😆

[crisp sparrow]

oh nice there's already playthroughs on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRWV2xBjQjw

yeah no my game was nowhere this smooth

[austere lance]

My bike broke and I can't use it, LMAO

[cinder vessel]

Sable is like Abzu, 100% a game i would not watch others play without muting them, lol

[austere lance]

Yeah this is pretty and buggy tbh

This is the exact same spot, I just moved the camera an inch for the bottom pic 😆

And my bike won't let me on anymore

[cinder vessel]

bummer, I didn't have that or other issues you ran into

[willow crypt]

fixy fixy time!

[austere lance]

I'm pissed about Tunic, I was hyped

Time to try The Tale of Bistun

Tunic looked so good, then I tried it just for it to be a stupidly hard Souls-like

[cinder vessel]

probably the worst issue i had with Sable was mouse sensitivity was default crap and demo wouldn't save changes but i just switched to controller

[austere lance]

Narrator in Tale of Bistun is annoying

Lol, Persian mythology but a middle aged white dude is narrating

[vestal wren]

ok @cinder vessel i played thru quickly to the navigator part again and i didn't have the issues i had before. i think maybe it was wher ei was standing, might have had a wall behind me

the UI is still kinda hard to parse at first but having the camera not fighting against me helped

also @austere lance i dont remember tunic being hard at all, maybe the xbox demo is different somehow?

[austere lance]

I suck at Souls-likes, lol

And you die stupidly fast

[thorn dawn]

Dude just told you to git gud

You gonna stand for that

Fisticuffs

[vestal wren]

no im wathcing a video now and the new demo has more than the one that was on steam a while ago

i dont know if id call it a soulslike though

just cause it has a dodge

looks more like zelda but with better enemy AI

[austere lance]

Yeah, they made it a Souls-like. You save at statues, if you die you lose all your gems and go back to the last statue. Combat is hella punishing once you get to bigger creatures too

If you can avoid dying long enough to get to your old body you can recover your gems

Sound familiar?

[vestal wren]

still looks nice to me, they may adjust hte difficulty between now and release like they did between demos

[cinder vessel]

oh, yeah, camera fighting would make using it infinitely worse. It's still definitely not the most intuitive either way tho, so i get the dislike of it

[vestal wren]

a lot of the coments mention it being hard and i think they probably adjusted it this way cause they got a lot of feedback about it being too easy with the first demo

[austere lance]

Maybe uh, add difficulties pls

[vestal wren]

i think it's actually nice but if they just made a better distinction between the edge of the circle and the vertical line up to the marker symbol it'd make more sense @cinder vessel

cause initially it looks like it's a vertical line from the center of the circle that never moves

[cinder vessel]

kinda cracks me up how we've gotten to this weird point where games seem to go to the extremes of Souls-like or just flat out nah to combat

[austere lance]

Oh yeah, did I mention the health bottles you refill at campfires statues, lol

Oh yeah, and enemies respawn when you use a statue

[vestal wren]

yeah i think this is the demo i played
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kL1_YnKbOI

you can tell it's way easier

[cinder vessel]

Souls-like stuff doesn't bug me as much, at least when it's actually Souls-like, e.g. learning enemy patterns & responding accordingly

If it's just big guy hit hard git gud with no observable patterns then yeah fuck that

[austere lance]

So we have:
-Statues are your only checkpoints
-Using a statue respawns all enemies
-Health being replenished by little health bottles you refill at statues
-Getting killed making you drop all your currency, but you can get it back if you get to your body before your next death
-Enemies being able to wreck you if you don't learn their behavior
-Slow, stamina-based combat

[vestal wren]

they're still observable patterns but i dont think it translates well to simple combat like isometric zelda style stuff

[austere lance]

The health bottles are a joke, they barely replenish anything

[thorn dawn]

Based on that, stranger in paradise is absolutely a souls like

Until I'd got a level or two on the enemies I was getting slaughtered by even goblins

[vestal wren]

i wish they released the new demo on pc too

not sure why they didnt

[austere lance]

They did, it's part of the Summer of Gaming demo batch they just dropped

[vestal wren]

if you have a link that'd be helpful, ive searched for it multiple times on multiple storefronts

[winter yew]

Hi there - thanks for your question. The current TUNIC demo is available exclusively on Xbox consoles from now until June 21.

[vestal wren]

yeah that's what i thought

maybe they missed the on pc part of my message

[austere lance]

Oh

I thought it was on pc too

The other demos are

[cinder vessel]

ergh, steam next fest page sucks a bunch. Broadcast junk at the top then lots of images for the games with demos, but when you hover over them, no descriptions, just video

[vestal wren]

there are some others on PC yeah, unfortunately they limited the tunic one to xbox for some random reason

[austere lance]

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-game-festival-summer-edition-puts-dozens-of-free-demos-at-your-fingertips/

I downloaded the first-person cat game demo 🤣

[cinder vessel]

did ya see Catie and Meowmeowland? lmao

[austere lance]

Time for Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

[long mural]

Chroma has begun crafting

[austere lance]

Bruh you gotta play this 🤣 @cinder vessel

This is way more fun than it has any right to be, LMAO

[rugged mason]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280190/Falling_Frontier/

Steam

Falling Frontier

Falling Frontier is a revolutionary sci-fi RTS where ship design, recon, and logistics are critical elements. Your expeditionary force has just completed construction of its first space port in orbit of a new world, but you are not alone. Rivals from the old colonial wars between Earth, Titan, Venus, and the other lineages that divide humankind ...

Release Date

2021

▶ Play video

[long mural]

In three days, I will have the Warframe that wanted to cosplay as a dragon

[cinder vessel]

it takes three actual days just to get a suit? ffs

[long mural]

These crafting times are ridiculous

[austere lance]

Time for Trigger Witch

[long mural]

But you get used to it

[cinder vessel]

you shouldn't

[crisp sparrow]

pretty much why I didnt play warframe

took me a shit ton of time to get one part of a warframe

crafting time, literal 3 days

can be made instant by mtx

[cinder vessel]

ofc

[crisp sparrow]

[cinder vessel]

the only stupid reason it's that way

[long mural]

It takes 12 hours to make components (neuroptics, chassis, and systems), and 72 to make the frame itself
It can be a fun game when it wants to be, but yeah, these times are ridiculous

Though I don’t really touch the Microtransactions it has

[austere lance]

R-Type Final 2 demo time

Also, I highly recommend Trigger Witch and Clone Drone in the Danger Zone 😆

This'll be my first R-Type game besides the one tactics game on PSP

[balmy plaza]

Really loving loki so far

Probably my favourite of the Disney+ marvel series so far

Episode 2 is really getting interesting

[glass plinth]

Agreed. Super well written

[austere lance]

https://gamingroute.com/demon-souls-remake-playstation-4-version-found-in-playstation-database/

[cinder vessel]

-looks at game-
"oh, interesting..."
-looks closer, sees VR or MP-only-
"oh..."

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/3CNFJgIGVEg

Splitgate demo is live on console 👀

[cinder vessel]

bright memory cracks me up

looks like a dumb fun game but devoid of any personality to help it along beyond graphics

[austere lance]

It's a too-serious version of Shadow Warrior, lol

[cinder vessel]

i didn't realize it tried to be serious at all, lol

[austere lance]

Idk why but Bright Memory just looks like a waaaaay too serious version of Shadow Warrior

https://youtu.be/o_6JYKLMbj0

[austere lance]

@echo hill Download Splitgate, it's literally Halo+Portal and it's LIT

[cinder vessel]

found a game called Sea of Craft and honestly, if that game's bad, the name only makes it worse and easier to pick on

[echo hill]

Bro I used to play that a ton

[austere lance]

It finally has a demo on console and holy shit it's good af

[cinder vessel]

there's a game called The Last Cube, so no one else can have cubes in games sorry to say

[austere lance]

I think the devs like Halo, lol. Battle Rifle go brrrrrrr

[lost nebula]

I’ve been playing way too much subnautica, my companion teleported to me on the anomaly and my first thought was “WARPER!! RUN!”

[cinder vessel]

this is a really silly fun game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1503280/Octarina/

Steam

Octarina

Octarina is a physics-based 3D puzzle platformer featuring a trapped little octopus who must find a way out and escape out of a sushi factory site.You play as an adorable little octopus, which is trapped inside an aquarium for its whole life. Not as a pet, but rather as a sushi ingredient. Escape your captivity and find a way out before it's too...

Release Date

Jun 24, 2021

▶ Play video

[silver sparrow]

The Octarina of Time

[winter yew]

I'm super late to this but welcome to one of the best Warframes in the game 😄

[shadow tartan]

https://youtu.be/8xdiIA-O1ro

[dry copper]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585440/They_Always_Run/

Steam

They Always Run

The galaxy's inhabitants have been swamped by crime since the fall of the empire. Being able to find anyone, anywhere has become a highly prized skill.Aidan is a three-armed bounty hunter who must hunt down the most dangerous and elusive cutthroats in the galaxy.Some bounties are rewarded with money, others with valuable information that Aidan c...

Release Date

TBA 2021. Wishlist and follow!

▶ Play video

omg I want this

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466640/Road_96/

Steam

Road 96 🛣️

Summer 1996, Today is the day!You hit the road. Adventure. Freedom. Escape. Run. Flee the Regime. Try to survive.On this risky road trip to the border, you’ll meet incredible characters, and discover their intertwined stories and secrets in an ever-evolving adventure.But every mile opens up a choice to make. Your decisions will change your adven...

Release Date

Summer 2021

▶ Play video

The same developers of Valiant Hearts

[tardy burrow]

@dry copper the terrorist group that is mentioned in the game pics is real , is it based off that?

[dry copper]

What game?

[tardy burrow]

Road 96

[dry copper]

I see no terrorist group mentioned.

[tardy burrow]

It's the last pic on the store page

[dry copper]

In Road 96 you play a kid on a road trip. The path to get to your destination is procedural and any number of things can change your story

You can go from hitching a ride with a trucker on his way to the border, to getting roped into a heist by robbers

Your decisions have a strong impact on the narrative presented

[long mural]

How is he one of the best?

[austere lance]

https://youtu.be/vFsjJWX3TRo

[tardy burrow]

Fucken hell red dragon was hard

[cinder vessel]

Sail Forth is pretty cool! Definitely recommend giving it a try:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1031460/Sail_Forth/

Steam

Sail Forth

Experience the Deepblue!Put the wind to your back and cast out into High Adventure over a vast ocean spanning numerous unique regions, each packed to bursting with its own flora, fauna, and ambient music.Make chase with a pod of curious dolphins, watch the sun sink into an icy horizon, run down a clutch of cowardly privateers and accept their ap...

Release Date

✨Eventually✨

▶ Play video

[tardy burrow]

Only managed to score 500 points in 10v10 lol

[cinder vessel]

@willow crypt bug's life spiritual successor?
https://twitter.com/rubna_/status/1370158075798294532

rub 👀🧤 (@rubna_)

bug game https://t.co/MQq4XMNWmA

Retweets

3636

Likes

22293

Twitter · Mar 11, 2021, 11:41 PM

[winter yew]

forgot the summer fest's a thing

found this cute thingy https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/

Steam

Terra Nil

Terra Nil, from eco-warriors Free Lives (Broforce) and recycled publisher Devolver Digital, presents players with the task of environmental rejuvenation.The phases of wasteland reclamationBegin with the water system, slowly purify the soil, and cultivate pioneer greenery. Embark on more ambitious tasks, restore biodiversity, fix the climate, int...

Release Date

TBA

▶ Play video

[willow crypt]

hehehe the character animation is fun

hey holy crap i called it

When that Somerville trailer was shown, it was very reminiscent of Inside by Playdead

turns out…

[cinder vessel]

lol

[winter yew]

He jumped ship did he.

[willow crypt]

hehe

[cinder vessel]

This looks nice & plays pretty well too!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1554970/Rogue_Spirit/

Steam

Rogue Spirit

Reality and the spirit world are now intertwined: defeat the armies of Chaos to save the people of the Kingdom of Midra from demonic invaders.Rogue Spirit is a 3D rogue-lite action game with light stealth elements. Play as the Ghost of the Prince of the Kingdom of Midra, possess enemy characters and absorb their unique skills to fight the evil p...

Release Date

25 Aug 2021

▶ Play video

[winter yew]

huh, it's a puzzle game after all.

This Terra Nil that is.

Kinda like Dorfromantik.

[cinder vessel]

tho in a way aren't all citybuilders/strategy games

[plucky mesa]

$19 plane I just bought for FS2020

(Flying over Sedona, Arizona)

[tardy burrow]

@plucky mesa could it run on intel hd 620?

[plucky mesa]

Maybe? It's harder on my PC than No Man's Sky, def.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Requirements: Minimum configuration to play the game

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
VIDEO CARD: Radeon RX 570 or GeForce GTX 770
PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

[tardy burrow]

Yeah well shit , guess to sadness i go

[cinder vessel]

wat? like in-game or actual cashmoneys?

[plucky mesa]

$

3rd party

MS has a plane store in the game tho also

[cinder vessel]

ew

[plucky mesa]

The detail and flight modelling on the planes is incredible

It's for gamers but also for hardcore flight sim people

The full version with all planes etc. is $160

3 versions

3 levels of $

[tardy burrow]

At least it's not star citizen money lol

[cinder vessel]

yep, that's a microsoft product alright

i'm surprised there's not a Microsoft Flight Sim 365 😂

pay monthly to keep playing but hey u get some planes on top

[plucky mesa]

Well, they've been making the best flight sims (more or less) since 1982.

I made this little silly video about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dakScZahmiQ

Watch some of beginning then at least scrub past the middle point

[cinder vessel]

well on the plus side i'm not much for flight sims, so at least the skeevy biz model doesn't hit me, but bummed for folks that enjoy them

[plucky mesa]

Your video would handle this no sweat no sweat:

Awesome sim

[tardy burrow]

The old one?

[plucky mesa]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDrySWiUCbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kR_ESGuJ8o

Aerofly -- I have Aerofly 5 and 7

I tihnk 8 is the latest

On my 2011 iMac i7-2600 it used low CPU, low GPU

[austere lance]

The final nail in the coffin of Back 4 Blood 😌
https://twitter.com/TurtleRock/status/1404209609733283845?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Turtle Rock Studios is Hiring (@TurtleRock)

@PhoenixKa1 We're looking into ways we could support offline for the future but you will need an internet connection to play at launch.

Twitter · Jun 13, 2021, 10:50 PM

[balmy plaza]

@crystal gyro i found mech jeb fun if I was doing bigger missions or playing the management side more tbh

I think it'll come in KSP 2 vanilla in some capacity since it'll have shipping stuff from a to b

On like a regular basis

[crystal gyro]

I used mechjeb for telemetry and nothing else. I dont like the hit button and watch game do stuff style of gameplay. Also, i played on pre 1.3(?) I believe, which still had the absurdly evil reentry heat model. Making an ssto spaceplane was damn near impossible back then

[balmy plaza]

I remember reentry being pretty nasty

That reminds me of the old aerodynamics model where you'd just do your whole gravity turn at 10km

[idle saffron]

@willow crypt good books imo

Never seen the movie, never gonna

[willow crypt]

i will also never watch that movie

i hope someone who cares about it does it justice eventually though

didn’t realize you’ve read them

wait maybe it came up ways back

[idle saffron]

I always thought that would be better in a game of thrones or band of brothers setting - long term

[willow crypt]

definitely, possibly a mini series

[idle saffron]

Not sure if we talked about it or not, but I read a ton - horror, mystery and sci-fi mainly

Read all of king

The horror and non fiction anyways

We

Fixtion*

Jesus

[willow crypt]

lol

[idle saffron]

Autocorrect has failed me

[willow crypt]

yeah, i need to read another King book soon

got a short story collection with one of his in it

[balmy plaza]

https://open.spotify.com/track/5TNhjanmvwvmjCz2WYwSAv?si=6Gkwrf25TgG6M02aTqdiXQ&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Some good fun Satan music

[idle saffron]

Nice

[cinder vessel]

i need to finish The Left Hand of Darkness by Le Guin

[idle saffron]

He has a ton of short stories

Hainish

[cinder vessel]

i think i got around halfway through and just...Stopped, for no good reason

[willow crypt]

King?

[idle saffron]

Hainish was at Leon

[willow crypt]

any good Leon?

[cinder vessel]

yeah i did like it, not sure why i stopped

just do that from time to time

[willow crypt]

i’m the same way

[idle saffron]

It's part of a cycle

[willow crypt]

me too

i want to read more

[cinder vessel]

I started Neuromancer and stopped around halfway through as well, lmao

[willow crypt]

The games with a lot of story and reading usually take away my enjoyment of reading books

ha

feels good to finish a book