#the-dark-ages
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dw plenty of big things coming for sure
No I know I'm sure to be impressed but I like fixating on this one enemy
Cuz he's so cool
When I saw the imp stalker and classic soul I got a rush of nostalgia so I want to feel that one more time
Idc if the caco is lovecraftian or the archie's gone
But at least one more
It's the little things
Probably bc they fit the setting and such
Do you really think a classic baron wouldn't fit the aesthetic
Just look at the gladiator
the demons are still there we just got double the trouble with the lovecraft monsters now
it’s like how Halo has the covenant but also the Flood
That's what I'm hoping for
That they're variants
I mean we can already see that it’s that way, we have gameplay footage lol
That was a mix of both hell knight and baron bc the size of a baron but color of a knight so idk
cyberdemon looks more demonic than ever
the demons look more demony and less alieny and the lovecraft monsters have the more scifi look in contrast
Iamfozziebear drew concept art of a modern classic baron that was literally perfect
and I’m also biased since like Hugo I love Lovecraft
So I’m ecstatic at the decision
demons and lovecraft? based?
It’s a fresh cross-over
and makes sense, lovecraft’s universe also deals with hellish stuff
just a unique scifi spin on it
which Doom was already doing anyway
Hugo knows what’s good
tasteful man
Even if they won’t have a classic Baron I’m still gonna have fun
I would have been disappointed if it was just more of the same fighting same demons with different skins
with predictable lava environments all the time
We’ve already explored Hell in the last 6 Doom games
lovecraft-verse is creepy and interesting and mysterious
I'm nto against the cosmic realm as an addition for enemy variants, for replacements I am. But I'll hold out hope that they included both
If we had a classic demon it would be a copy of the cosmic barons attacks
I think some will be replacements like cacodemon but others will have 2 varients
Ye hugo confirmed the caco would be replaced
Says who, you? The classic one would be a slow lumbering tank like the originals
So
Have a fast cosmic variant and a slow hell variant
Maybe give it a melee weapon
Just modernize the design but make it's functionality different
Bro just wants a big imp like classic doom
Yes
Dude that would be so lame
seems new cyberdemon with wings will be like the hell version of baron
I’m just not holding out hope for a old design and idc it’s a game not like they can’t eventually
It's lame to replace demons and say you have the biggest roster
I can have both
lol not really
they have that in this
No I mean like classic doom
Where he just walks around and throws fireballs
Classic Baron of hell
Again I'm asking for a classic baron, idc what moveset he has, maybe he can have melee like a flail
like the gladiator
Idk why you are so hung up on this
He was the same when it came to the archville
frankly the lovecraft monsters look like demons to me anyway
Mancubus in 2016 was just some alien looking cyclops and people talk about that game like it had no scifi
Cuz it's cool, I'm not saying they're a bad team but they took out the archie, redesigned 2 demons with no chaingunner in sight. During earlier months I presumed that they would have all the demons from the previous doom games and add new enemies but by the sounds of it, they are replacing demons and taking some away
I’m sure there will be an archville type demon
It’s medieval doom how u gonna have a chain gunner
What do you mean, there are two enemies with a chain gun just have a sentinel grunt with a chaingun
A lot of the demons have equivalents or new designs, the baron is in the game, it just looks different.
My guy they are demon soliders not sentinel soliders
WHERE IS THE HIGH TECH MARS BASE THIS IS NOT DOOM
The chaingunners were commanders turned into demon, so do the same for the sentinels, it's not a hard concept to understand
Hebeth
The cosmic baron is the baron of this game
WHERE IS SAMUEL HAYDEN THE ROBOT GUY WTF WHY HE NOT HERE
My guy chain gunner wouldn’t fit in this type of doom
How?
Maybe there is a heavy soldier enemy 🤷
WHO IS THIS SAMUR MAYKR DUDE I ONLY PLAYED 2016 WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT WTF
You just can’t tell because it doesn’t look exactly like a classic chaingunner
We can use our creative minds to figute out why he wouldn't work
It’s a bullet hell doom there projectiles wouldn’t work well
Really, cuz the baron looks absolutely nothing like a baron
Fires fast moving bullets and there would be to many
He has some of the design elements of the baron
It’s just a new direction 🤷
Imo redesigns aren’t the same as replacements
They are just redesigning the same monster
I'm not against new direction, but why can't they include both they have the budget
They have like 15 variants but that's not design clutter?
Mind you they have only 20 base enemies so far, less than eternal
HOW COME YOU CANt AIM DOWN SIGHTS WHAT KIND OF CALL OF DUTY IS THJS
In what universe is 20 enemy types not acceptable anyway, despite the fact there are definitely enemies we haven’t seen yet
They had promised the "largest roster in any doom game" which is funny cuz they would have to beat doom 3 in that case
Then clearly we haven’t see everything
people when they enter the cosmic land and geometry doesn’t make sense
Tbf where did they say that
They should put the commandos from doom 3 in
With the tentacle arms
Would fit, obviously would need a new design
I got the info from horde who got that info from an interview but he hasen't lied yet
they should put general grievous in from star wars
Then everything hasn’t been revealed yet
Hell probably prioritized production of demons that filled roles that cthulhu monsters couldn’t
Ok, I'll wait
while their alliance was ongoing
lore in doom 2016/eternal says barons evolved from normal hellknights
cacodemons probably evolved from something also given their vestigial legs
But don’t be pissy when the classic Baron doesn’t show plz
I'll be dissapointed
Wonder if a cyber demon gonna use those wings to fly or just for show
later hell evolved the hell knights into barons once they didn’t have access to lovecraft army
this is a prequel ‘member?
Do you have the page
Cuz I don't remember that
UAC REPORT FILE: I2CN5KMB The Baron of Hell is the highest demon among the order of the Hell Knights. They rarely leave Hell, and no Baron of Hell has yet been captured by any of the Tethering Operations. Details regarding their behavior and physiology are therefore limited.
Baron of Hell are a type of Hell Knight
I see
I just want to see the archvile replacement
I think the archvilles in doom eternal are evolved forms of the imp stalkers also
Seems likely, the imp stalkers make the classic archvile death sound
Oh yeah forgot about that
Archviles are pretty old anyways so that means impstalkers are even older
Or y'know they share a common ancestor
this game takes place in ancient times
archvilles are said to descend from ancient demons probably referencing imp stalkers
Must be alot of time
hell knights->barons
???->modern cacos
imp stalkers->arch-villes
idk
We don’t even know if he is returning yet
they don’t want to spoil everything before release
Ya for sure
Hm
also lesser imps->summoners according to lore
demons are like pokemon
and dark lords prioritize demon production/evolution depending on what they want/need, they can only create finite demons that’s why they recycle them when their bodies burn up
they need to collect more biomass to make more hence gore nests and soul harvesting
M0no would be proud
Makes sense
after Slayer foils the alliance between Hell and cthulhuverse Hell probably has amassed more biomass and thus is able to evolve and produce new demons to replace the roles previously held by their allied faction.
All I want is to cook noodles, is that so much to ask?
I go to grill my shoulder roast, grill wasn't even plugged in, I plug it in, put on the timer again, it's not even turned on
guys how can i unsee all the trailers and reveal stuff theyve shown for this game so that i can be surprised when the game comes out
They said that they have so much other stuff to show us
So if they keep their word then we'll be surprised
Yea, we'll probably get loads of new content
The ai sludge encroaches....
Discover the chilling new dimension in DOOM: The Dark Ages as Bethesda and id Software unveil the Lovecraftian Cosmic Realm. This medieval FPS campaign for PS5 Pro features 22 intense levels of combat and exploration, powered by idTech 8 engine.
Face terrifying enemies like the psionic Cosmic Baron and telepathic Cacodemon while wielding brutal...
Pls delete it, it's takin up precious chat space
May you pleeaaasee
This AI filter hurts my eyes
No, I had to suffer this affront to my eyes and now you do too.
At least it's not HordeGaming
I don't hate him, his voice just grates on my nerves
He's workin on it
Good for him
Gta 6 before Horde mode gaming voice update?
Probably
Lol
Can't wait to see Dean Takahashi's dark ages gameplay
I'm sure it'll be.... something
Well don't tell him he can slow things down, otherwise we wouldn't have fun
Ye
who?
do you mean that shitty "gaming" journalist from a while back
hell yeah get him on there that shit was funny
Yea
I just got the Doom The Dark Ages controller and it came with a code for the game
How do I get it into my Steam library?
Do I have to wait for it to RELEASE 🌊🌊🌊?
So why did Mick Gordon leave doom?
Not this again
m*rty str#tton
Something with the contract and he apparently still hasn’t been paid completely for Doom Eternal
I see
I don’t know a lot about it
it's just what ID does with its composers
Hm
Farty strap-on is the name
yk like how trent reznor left cause of "management" in Doom 3
and mick gordon left cause of management in Doom Eternal
and the ancient gods composers aren't allowed to release the ost because of management
Explains why doom 2016 kept using the same 4 tracks for the game
no it definitely uses a lot more than that 😭
If I buy the Doom 2016 soundtrack on vinyl who gets the money?
You mean combat tracks
Yea
Ye they do repeat, like rip and tear, bfg division
I see
I don't think the others do tho
I like "I sawed the demons"
The same with eternal, it had meathook played twice
I see
Not a big deal
Rust, Dust and Guts for Missions 1 and 3
Flesh and Metal for Mission 2
Harbinger for Mission 4
BFG Division for Missions 5 and 7
Damnation for Missions 6 and 9
SkullHacker for Mission 8
Rip and Tear for Mission 11 and 13
VEGA Core for Mission 12
it isn't just "the same few tracks" lol
I like a lot of the old tracks
I never said that I'm just saying some of them do infact repeat
Like waltz of the imps, Sandy's city, sawed the demons
You have to eat your vegetables
was talking abt tipsyturtle's statements
just replied to u with the list cause u mentioned some examples, sorry if it was confusing
I know, I didn't mean all the time,just frequently
I just got the Doom The Dark Ages controller and it came with a code for the game. Do I have to wait for it to RELEASE 🌊🌊🌊?
yeah probs i think
Yea
yeah ever since doom 3 theyve just been historically pretty bad to their composers
which sucks i hope finishing move are being treated well
Now I have a controller from the 4 major console makers. Valve, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft.
🔥
Ye I hope the same, they do seem happy but I never know
is there gonna be some kind of other thing for finding 1 ups when youre at max? if anyone knows
100% agree. Room for both. But the cosmic baron, is the baron ranked demon of that realm, not the baron of hell.
Haven’t used an Xbox controller since like 2018
Thank you zemini I knew you'd agree
I love this dpad
more demons to kill the better
I don’t like the placement but it’s so clicky
always
So far they have 20 base enemies
Alr here's a list of base enemies with their variants
[1]Imp stalker(classic): Nightmare variant
[2]Pinky Rider: leader variant
[3]Titan: cyclops, armored variants
[4]Mancubus: armored, leader variant
[5]Agaddon hunter
[6]Soldier: normal, plasma shield, metal shield, hellish shield variants
[7]Zombie
[8]Revenant
[9]Arachnotron
[10]Cacodemon
[11]Hellknight: battleknight, leader variants
[12]Cyberdemon
[13]Imp: stone variant
[14]Vagary
[15]Classic lost soul
[16]Komodo: gold variant?
[17]Cosmic Baron
[18]Serfs
[19]Acolytes
[20]Archvile stand-in
It’s like the PSVita dpad but loud
I want to add more to the list
there will be bossfights and shit
But Imma have to wait my turn
not to mention dlc enemies
i think the acolyte is the archvile stand in
And there is a demon called enforcers that act as a buff totem, whatever that is
Eh they're just buff effects on already existing demons
Like that shield soldier buffing two hell knights
he was a flag carrier
How do the Xbox Series controllers deal with drift?
we see a few of them in the footage
Idk it's confusing
Like is it Switch where they drift in a few seconds or Wii U Gamepad where they’re practically [TITLE CARD]
But the enforcer gives off the red buff, so yah that is kinda confusing ... does it stack with blue? If it stacks it should turn purple
I'm not sure but the general concept is that it's an improvement over buff totems in eternal so that's good
am i tripping or will the shield block the red projectiles and parry the green ones? i feel like in some of the footage im seeing people are getting damaged by red projectiles even while blocking
Maybe the shield is low health or they're taking damage from behind but that footage is too early to tell from
As it was an early build itself
"Just parry bro skibidi"
@patent robin
But ye they parry the green attacks
Anyways, the ost track that plays during the dev direct when the armored titan rises, it might be the combat track for the cosmic realm
Cuz I hear it in the cosmic realm vid
Where the hell is this clip from
i think i vaguely remember seeing it somewhere
Where is this from
but i have no memory when or where
Me neither
it was revealed to me in a dream
It’s in one of those pods like the flail was in those gameplay vids
and it looks very sandy and orange around
Has to be hebeth
so maybe in hebeth but that makes zero sense since theres footage of the shield used in khalim
aka first level
And the shield and shotgun sequence from trailers
Unless it’s a shield upgrade
Wait a minute
That’s a shield upgrade
aaaah
ur right its just the metal parts with the chainsaw
i assume then u dont have the shieldsaw in the first level at least
That’s why it has that clipping type behind it
U get the shield but u probably can’t throw it
yep
Honestly I like that
oh shit
I guess we are starting out with a normal shield?
want to know something interesting
maybe its an upgrade??
Hm
We figured that’s the case
in trailer 1 the shield in the opening scene has a chainsaw in it
in trailer 2 it does not
hMmMmM
hmmm
Ya but so was the super shotgun to normal shotgun
I doubt bc it’s the saw part
weird
Huh?
just showing what i said
Oh shit ur right
I like that change bc it’s to show that what u have is the standard and u have the sense of having a small not as great arsenal
Now we know where the rev animation comes from
what rev animation?
no way 😭
The animation that revs up the saw shield
It's an under the mayo referenece dw
ahhhh
oh you know what fellas?
Huh
what if the saw part is the upgrade that starts sawing demons and takes their health slowly
like like
you can only take off their armor by the start
That’s exactly what we saying
i also absolutely love the newer version of the plasma rifle in the 2nd trailer #screenshots
compared to the first trailer
looks way more brand new as well
reminds me of the doom 3 plasma rifle
i doubt its upgrades
ive seen no other gameplay of it lately apart from this version of it
I wish we get like the unmaker as an actual good weapon
the copper tube is diff color in previews but ye
not the unmaykr, THE unmaker
i love they are still sitting and changing small details to make them look even cooler
Well that screen wasn’t there until I saw the overcharge upgrade
wait, if we are getting the saw upgrade to the shield
would hebeth be an early level then?
one more question out of curiousity, do we have any theories for how deaths will work? im hearing that the extra life system is going to respawn you at your last checkpoint, but if you choose not to use an extra life, will you restart the entire level?
it is an early lvl cuz of the mech
i feel like taras nabad is gonna be level 1
its khalim
where in the events would we think?
after siege?
Confirmed to
last checkpoint ofc
before
oh before siege?
oh damn i thought it wouldve been taras nabad, from what i know it was the first demon invasion of argent d'nur and it was where the slayer gained his legendary title
so it would be khalim, hebeth, siege?
unless the order of the levels from the previews isnt the real order i suppose?
i dont think so
cuz in the previews it was khalim - hebeth - dragon segment (part of its own level i think) - siege
huh
siege is really the only one that the previews were able to record too
hebeth also was not played fully, only a mech part
atleast from the videos ive been watching
huh
also i’m really curious about the night level where its raining
it looks very cool
and believe it or not, hebeth is the level where u get the plasma rifle xd
im 95% sure
im so curious about the cosmic realm
Doom, the dork ages
its khalim
THATS KHALIM?
yep
thats the first mission?
yep
shit thats cool
Khajit has wares, if you have coin
2 weeks and a day huh, time flies
…
im so excited bro
my bday is literally 5 days before dark ages
cant wait to spend fk knows how much if they release a life size shield saw this week
i wouldnt be surprised if its more than 300
im a lore nerd and ik that TDA is gonna have so much lore bro
Now way they will
man can only hope
I’m interested in the toys like
how big is the cthulhu toy gonna be?
icon of sin size??
I’m assuming its gonna be like the icon of sin toy in eternal
u mean in game collectable?
yeah yeah
ah probably
exactly
so is the cosmic realm where the wraiths come from
Probably
for the Cthulhu toy, you get to build it like exodia from yugi-oh
maybe it be like parts of a statue if we wanna get more creative
Ohh i hope we get a Ahzrak one
yeah, and it has a big forehead
Good >:3
literally funko pop styled lmao
I'd buy that actually
and they all better be real life toys as well or ill riot
I'm so sad we don't have a khan maykr one yk? Why couldn't we get the full set 
imagine how funny it would be they put a straight up shambler from quake as a secret in the dark ages
Yooo
A lot are saying that quake is canon to doom now
I don't, I'm just saying that's what some say
Give
A lot are saying and Hugo denied it
You
So glhf
Hm?
You lost the game
Dammit.
I lost the game.
Yes, I did too
You too also lost it then
Yes, double edged sword, telling people they lost, because then you lose
its 2025 man
So?
do we know when collectors edition is shipping out?
hugo says doom and quake aren’t connected
for now...
then you have people claiming that tda is related to hexen/heretic, atleast quake one is believable
Quake has been more about the Strogg than it has anything Lovecraftian, and it’s been that way for decades now. Heretic and Hexen have had a consistent medieval motif since their inception, so comparisons to those games will, understandably, be drawn
It kinda ends on the medieval motif part as well
I think they’re definitely maybe a little bit inspired by Quake
Wonder what beast the cape came from
I mean it could be from one of the demons we fight. Like the one that is suppose to counter the Slayer
I shouldn't buy this game.
I probably can't afford this game.
I suck at run 'n gun style games
But by God
Come May
I will Rip and Tear 
May 9 😭✨
Just keep playing, you will eventually get better
I started playing shooters with Counter-Strike 1.6
The first Quake was very Lovecraftian, in aesthetic appearances and names at least, but unfortunately the sequels didn't follow, as Quake 2 was originally not planned as a Quake sequel, but was relabelled shortly before release.
CS was very popular. My first FPS was Catacomb Abyss, although it's not a gun game, so to speak.
I recall having a Heretic post of mine deleted from a Retro FPS Facebook group because the Admins didn't consider Heretic to be an FPS game. 🤦
Yeah, I remember hearing it was originally going to be titled Wor before that was thrown out. QC has done wonders for connecting Quake to Quake 2 and its world, but ultimately, the Strogg have had a stronger focus on Quake than the Lovecraftian elements
Yeah, I love Quake 2, but it still doesn't compare to the OG Quake. Quake was also my first expo to anything Lovecraftian too.
But honestly, I never got into Quake 3 or Quake Champions because I was playing UT around the time of Q3 and COD around the time of QC.
When everyone else was playing Half Life, I was playing Kingpin.
They best not be using fedex or ups they gonna take way longer than may 13
As long as it gets to me by may 13 before 3pm I’m happy
Do they by any chance consider Amid Evil a soulslike lmao
Honestly, with the new remaster I think I prefer Quake 2, but if we’re talking the original release, I prefer Quake 1
hey lads, do we know if there will be a VR mode for TDA?
Probably not
Out of every single Doom game that has released, a single one has gotten an official VR port
No, I am not counting VFR, as that’s not a port, it’s a game.
also vfr is dog arse
I find it fun
Well, unfortunately I'm waiting in Hungary, so it'll be a bit of a drag.
I had one experience with UPS in Romania and it was really fast. That package left czech republic on 8th of january and it arrived on 13th or smth like that.
mmmm that sounds good
My GoPro arrived quickly from America
In EU, the collectors edition will come from Germany. So it will get to you fast in Hungary as well
I'm really looking forward to it🥹I just need to prepare my pc for it🤣
See, I doubt that it'll arrive on time here in Australia, so I think I was justified in buying the digital copy
oof
Yeah. I feel the same. Sometimes digital copies are justified. And if we want the statue, we could, I dunno, dig on ebay? Shipping wasn't even available where I'm from. Tried over friends in Norway but turns out it would've cost A LOT MORE due to the customs and all. But like I said some days earlier, turned out it was a good decision to give up that statue. Made a friend and a cousin happy with their early bday presents. ^^ And I also dont feel bad giving such amount on myself, cuz I had to cover some funeral expenses the same month so... I would really feel shitty if I proceeded with my original plan.
#screenshots why man 😭
WHAT THE FUCK??
IS THAT. IS THAT REAL.
IM NOT BUYIN A GRAPHICS CARD MY ASS DOESNT NEED 😭
i upgraded to a 5070 ti a month ago for this
Oh... oh but the yellow key card....
but really? is this where the yellow keycard goes to 
i expected a collectors item
not a graphics card
and a 30 dollar shirt randomly as well
I'm actually gonna bite someone
very random
apparently also u get this skin #screenshots
the skin looks fkin sick xd
2000 dollar bundle tho for sure lmao
I'm fucking sorry but it's a 5080, that shits gonna be at least 2 grand for me 😭
so im gucci
I ain't even gonna use the fucker! What the actual shit dawg 
and i was hoping for a life size shieldsaw
set expectations and get dissapointed!
same
i’m happy with my controller
no but its just kinda random
I was maybe hoping for maybe a replica of the shotgun or smthn but holy fuck.
the whole bundle is random asf
Who tf wants that skin on a gpu like that 😭
yeah
yeah it doesnt look good tbh, reminds me of the hoodie they released like bro 😭
Honestly tho the slayer symbol on the fan is so iconic
might be the worst hoodie merch ive seen
£87 for a plain black hoodie with the concept art png slapped on
no disrespect to the concept art but that hoodie is so bad
literally
Genuinely it makes me weep.
where you get the pic btw?
Still would lowkey buy it but you ain't seeing me wear it outside the house
YAY. VEGA ISNT BEING A DICK.
the shirt is better than the hoodie
so like
it would sell better if it was a standalone product
do you get the gold skin with the premium edition or
I'm still so upset the yellow card goes to a fucking GPU BUNDLE.
i would literally get the shirt
is it gonna be a code thing or like
ye thats the one thing i dont like
cuz u would reserve it for a collectors item, not a 2k dollar gpu bundle xd
I mean. At least folk can now upgrade their pc to play TDA and get the game all at once 😭
well im fine with what i paid cuz this shit is gonna be expensive
id rather pay 1k for my 5070 ti than pay 2k for this
i’ll just build own computer man
Please please todd howard's gear store please sell the yellow card by itself I'm fucking begging you.
thanks
Ima bite whoever made that choice.
imma bite whoever is making these choices
they even have a "trailer" for the gpu and its so badly edited 😭
You got the feral doomcord chatters out
bfgpu is hard though 🔥
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Genuinely fuck this tho 😭
might be the worst thing ive seen what is this edit
yeah no actually fuck this
that line of text is the only good thing yes
lots of doom licensing this time around
I hope the backlash is bad enough for them to not be a dick and have the yellow keycard in another bundle.
yeah like
bethesda gear store has always been shit
not sure if they will get backlash really
some people will be happy and thats not us
I gotta pay 2k for a fucking yellow key card?
I hope they get hit w pocket sand 420 times.
mind u u have to buy the bundle which HAS THE PREMIUM GAME AS WELL to add up so u pay MORE
whatever, drive them insane my cosmic realm demon
so u buy the game AGAIN
BULLSHIT MAN
which is so stupid
I mean, only hardcore collectors are going to go for all 3 keys, and hardcore collectors are usually the type to spend absurd amount of money lol
yeah no
Not really 😭
yeeeaaah nah
u gotta understand what the bundle has and then u see why its so bad
listen, I pre-ordered the game and got a cool controller
i am content
I'm a baby collector and for me the main pain for price has been the shipping 😭
I am content with what I have
I am just getting the game :p
PLUS LIKE LIKE
2 grand for you is like uhh 10-15-20 grand for me
120 dollars for basic shipping 💔
120 LOL
I can legit build me a computer and play the dark ages the amount that bundle is
same + collectors edition just for the statue, i dont want to buy anything else and im definitely not dropping another whatever amount for a gpu 💀 id probably have to upgrade my cpu with it too so like im good fr
ough the yellow keycard is very tempting
i already have that classic keycard collection thingy though so i can do without it :P
DO NOT FALL FOR IT
i think it would be way more acceptable if the bundle didnt have the game as well on it lmao
and no keycard
Its tempting
this is your trial to see if you get corrupted
I would want that bundle but I’d need to get new stuff for every part if my PC, which sucks
I don’t have the money for THAT bundle
okay good
when it comes to physical collectibles I think the most I'd be willing to spend is like 150
and I would have to be feeling financially stable
so random they just add a golden skin
put that shit in game dawg
Make it a reward for beating pandemonium or sumn
collectors edition should have come with that legionary skin 😔
look, its cool
but i’m already getting like 3 skins for less
the skin is cool tho
but like, buying the game again???
the slayer statue would be neat but I'm not dropping another cent on this game after spending 105 dollars for the premium edition
I don't need it
ye i bought the CE and upgraded my gpu for this game
yeah I'm not spending that much for a video game lol
controller is neat, but I don't need one
i was very close to getting it
thats funny, I treat my laptop very bad
but i dont need it either
I wanted to get this Ellie statue from TLOU part 2 but its not in stock anymore 😦
it was pretty reasonably priced too
eh, I needed a controller anyways
so yknow
yeah if you need it that's fine, or if you just want it and are okay with spending that much
but personally, I think games are already expensive and I only have one shelf for nerd shit
It's that for any international order, I hate being Australian 
oh wait
I don't care for that color scheme
I don't like how the brown is the primary color and the secondary is so bright
you can get it without game
in game it looks better for sure but either way
its cool
O
but, eh
i don’t really hit as nice tho
I'm always gonna prefer the default color scheme
The executioner skin looks cooler in my opinion
skins that are actually new models instead of just color schemes are cool, but when it comes to just different colors, I think the old school green is the best
yeah
thats why I liked the skins in eternal
it was literally different models
we might get those kinds of skins still, I mean Eternal had both
i wonder if they will do another battlepass system thing in this one
I don’t think
but I wouldn't be too upset if they didn't, if that dev time was instead put into making the singleplayer as good as it can possibly be
maybe they do something for it like horde mode again
this time is called “invasion” or something
how much is a 5080 anyways?
the free skins will def be 100x cooler than than the three we have rn lets be fr lets forget that disappointing gpu bundle 💀
like 2000 dollars
jesus-
the msrp is 1000
oh thats good
yeah looking at the legionary skin
well no its not, because that's not how much its being sold for lol
seeing it range from £900 to £1.6k on this website
shit
the gold helmet could have looked cooler it was red instead
or yknow
actually be legionare themed
ah
thats not good

in a perfect world, the msrp would be its going price all the time
but because of stock and demand, the price is much higher
i already bet u the only reason they put a couple more random 30 dollar products in the bundle is to make it seem like the 2k price tag or whatever it will be is "worth it"
"look we give u so many different things come buy"
it might be even more actually
thats definitely the reason
msrp of the RX 9070XT is 600 dollars, but its going for 700 to over 1000
it was really bad when it first launched, but its going down I think
it is apparently selling 10 times what the last gen equivilent for AMD
which is good news for everyone
is the yellow key card just for decoration or csn you insert it into your pc
they're just decoration
just decoration
basically: its a piece of plastic
metal*
whoops, sorry

question is: are you spending $2000 for a yellow plate of metal
me? no
there are hardcore collectors that will
I am not willing to spend another cent on this game
and unless there is a second DLC, I probably won't ever
id been fine spending 400 for a life size shield saw or smth
but this bundle is literally an illusion for value
its manipulating u into thinking u are paying a good price just cuz the mousepad and the shirt arent for sale, but they are literally 35 dollar products
collectors editions are kinda always that though
this is something else imo
its never actually worth what it is
huge recent example is the 666 dollar big box Doom release
that is 100 percent not worth nearly that much
It'd say its that much bcs it's the will it run edition 😭
more like the "who will buy" edition
A lot of folk 
yep when i heard that i lost my marbles
Will It Sell edition
“will they buy it?” edition
Will We Go Bankrupt edition
how many times are we going to reiterate the joke I just made 💀
i have no idea i'm just bored
when i’m in a most expensive competition and my opponent is nvidia
NVIDIA needs proper competition, its cool to see Intel finally showing up with their more affordable GPUs, and AMD is also doing better
blackwell is pretty unpopular rn
oke i saw ur thing now about selecting if u want to include the game or not
but lots of people will buy it because its NVIDIA
yee
i "guess" its slightly more acceptable now? but not really
I don’t think
oh well it is what it is
crazy
but im good with my 4080 super
4070 ti super was what I was looking at before deciding to go for the 9070xt
4080 super is a great card, not that I know from experience :p my last card was a 2070 super
i played indiana jones on my 3070 and thats the game where i realised yeah this vram aint enough brother
i got my 4080 super for like 800 bucks cuz some retail store close to me had some crazy sales
so i went and bought a 5070 ti
fuuuuck
I need to install Indiana jones, it’ll probably give me a good idea of how TDA will run
not really
TDA might even run better
ye for sure
but the vram thing still stands i think
the game was crashing on boot if i changed settings to high or above
The texture cache setting was bugged maybe that’s the issue you had?
Would it be enough for dark ages?
i got 16 now so im good for hopefully 2 years 
Because 8 is pretty low
I think dark ages takes 16gb
12 should be minimum nowadays
ye thats why i went for a 5070 ti over a 5070 actually
Yeah so why would you assume it runs better than Indiana jones besides the fact the engine was built for TDA
just to be safe, even if it hurt my wallet like a mf
exactly for that fact
I was surprised it ran as well as it did on my 2070s :p
id knows how to optimize their game
one day till collectors edition get shipped, even if i saw some people getting their shipping info already 🙃
Like it was 60 fps
Indiana Jones was praised for being more optimized than most triple a releases these days
flabbergasted aswell?
it was yes, but it requires a way better pc than most ppl have
I assume TDA will run better because the engine is built just for it, instead of being a modified Eternal engine
But the reason I think it will give me a good gauge for how TDA will run is because of the forced RT
So I know if it runs pretty great for me here then TDA is likely to run a bit better
And if there’s anything I’m concerned about it’s AMDs RT performance, though the 9070xt is their best rt card, it’s NVIDIA’s tech and they have a stranglehold on it
and for that reason i dont understand getting an amd gpu
amd will always be behind nvidia, nvidia adds something new and then amd adds it in a waaay worse form
So we’ll see, so far I’m happy with how it performs but I’ve only played TLOU part 2
No one seems particularly happy with this gen for nvidia
And I wanted something current, and high vram cards were pretty unavailable in prebuilts
Thusly
That was the sticking point for me, the 5070 has 12 gigs of vram
yeah but they almost trick u with "better specs" and "lower prices" while also giving u a noticeably worse product
Morning
wasnt that an issue with founder cards only
my 5070 ti has been nothing but perfect either way
The product nvidia produces themselves?
Idk I don’t regret my purchase, but give me a few months and I’ll give you an update
This is the first time I’ve tried AMD
as long as it satisfies you im sure u'll be fine
165 fps in TLOU part 2 at native 2k is pretty sick
And like you said, Id’s optimization is on point, so it’ll likely run better than that
Thanks I think the only reason I’m being defensive is because I want to internally justify my purchase lol
Making coffee
I’m not an AMD or NVIDIA Stan
How do you like it?
yeah i can imagine being on ur end lol sorry if i seemed a lil idk
I’m curious about computers, thats why I ask so much about components
It's pretty good, I have a Keurig but I miss my filter
not how i meant it
You’re good boss haha
Hato has been helping me here with some info about GPU when I ask
so its appreciated
Computers can be intimidating
Indeed
My last two I put together but I kinda decided I didn’t feel like it this time and did a prebuilt
And wouldn’t you know they fucked it in shipping and I had to return it and get another lmao
I always get shat on for liking prebuilts, I genuinely don't know why 😭
i dont think i went more nerd mode on stuff than before i built my first pc 3 years ago
uh oh
not this discussion 
If it works it works, I think you just have to know what to look for.
Also, curious about something with AMD
I heard the the amd motherboards can use both old and new cpus
is that true or am I misremembering?
NO BUT LIKE. THE SHIPPING DAMAGE ISNT THE MAKERS FAULT 
thats the last of ur worries
its the maykrs fault
Building is always a better value
ill see myself out
No but i default to spelling maykr now and it's so bad 😭
and its fun
its like building a very expensive (lol) lego set
But it used to be a much larger gap of difference
The tism is too bad. 
building a pc urself ur not cheaping out on parts that shouldnt be cheaped out on and u get a better pc for the same value or less sometimes
I know that burden
well, not burden
its quite fun
PSU and motherboard for example yeah
prebuilts have been getting better but i still think its not worth
and ram as well even
Building anything yourself costs less
ive seen so many bad prebuilts everywhere
I wanna build a pc myself so I can feel the satisfaction I built something for myself
and yes, you also pay for the service
and yknow games lol
Well if you're buying off a random dude on ebay then that's kinda your fault 😭 bigger companies usually are better for it, for some reason aftershock pcs
I do too but I’m broke as hell lul
literally gonna get a summer job so I can just get started lol
im not talking about used prebuilts lol
Me too, that’s what I’m planning
im talking about any prebuilts on any marketplace
smart minds think alike
Idk dawg I'm not American we have like. 2 stores that do prebuilt and they're all in Melbourne

not to mention the zero effort airflow they have sometimes
I think you should at least know a bit about computers before buying a prebuilt
I do know a decent amount
Like do some research because they can fuck you if you aren’t paying attention
The basics mainly, but enough
Plus if I'm buying a pc I'll ask around on forums or ask nyx
I don’t recall if I posted the computer I returned where they drop kicked the package
Because that shit was disheartening
W h a t.
for pcs
which on would be better? liquid cooled or air cooled
Depends on what you're doing
what.
air can be enough depending on how powerful the pc is and what it is ur doing
Liquid cooling is often superior, but more expensive
ah I see
hell, i have an aircooler in my pc and its been fine
ahhh
i upgraded it a year ago but still
oh also, hato
Most of the time it's fine, but if you're doing real intensive shit, you might want to get a better cooling unit
Slayer, the holy cow. Gives holy milk.
just needed clarification on this
i do 3d stuff and my air cooler been serving me fine, but i also dont have the craziest cpu out there
I draw a lot, and sometimes my shitty little laptop gets hot so there's a fan constantly at it lmao
i think so but sadly amd cpus is the thing i might know the least about 
LMAO
dude the package looked like someone punched it
Fucker really got his ass beat jfc
Get vega'd
ah shit, got vega'd
HOLY SHIT, THAT THING BIT THE CURB
careful if u do it 3 times u get an hr ban like i did
post pics in screenshots maybe
It's literally that one zombie glory kill
first thing I did when I brough it inside was take a picture because this shit has happened to me before
It's not even 10pm what the shit
check screenshots.
B o n k
I am so sorry.
crazy
We need more Bonk glory kills
crazy work
yeah dude, this happened to me with a monitor last year
package looked like a dog took a bit out of it
Oof
plug it in, its all fucked
Maybe one did
Actually. I had my own experience w a shitty courier service
The ps5 disk drive's pin was bent :]
I was so pissed lmao
I had to go to the local store and get them to do a refund, and they didn't even refund the shipping I paid
which, fair, cuz the thing actually got here BUT STILL
Anger.
if I were to build my own pc
I feel the cpu part would make me tweak out so bad
those pins look so delicate
Same, my hands are super shaky so I'm scared of breaking anything lmao
@harsh egret I hate the bundle
same
damn discord keeps getting all locked up on my phone
Why couldn’t it be something cooler
i wouldve paid 400 for a life size shieldsaw
I gotta say, seeing the GPU, that thing is ugly haha
i actually dont dislike it
Oh it's fugly as shit.
see how the bottom fan has a shieldsaw in the middle
I dislike how it’s just the key art
I did not see it, let me check it out rq
The mouse pad is fine
adding cheap products to add the illusion that u are getting value out of it :p
I think the key art is a bit too busy to look good printed on a gpu like that
the shirt and the mousepad would be 35 dollars separately
I'd rather buy the $95aud UAC hoodie lowkey
depends, its a 3d render
could look better OR worse irl so who knows
gotta love the concept art just slapped on the back and calling it a day
And the skin
Don’t get me wrong, I like the key art
hoodie is so bad imo
as long as no internal shit got hurt its fine
Nup, it's a different one
there's a UAC hoodie on the international store lmao
I’m sure we will get a fully golden skin for ultra nightmare but why’d they cook with the exclusive skin
Oh you missed the story lol
I had to send it back and get a new one
dropkicked package
ah that one
I have a bad feeling about all this...
:D this shit is better than the TDA one lmao
Yeah the psu started making this horrific sound, I check it and it’s warped in the exact spot the damage is in
i still dont like it either, but sure its better

ok yeah the PSU is suppsoed to be silent
I think it looks neat :[
eh, looks kinda fugly to me
it fucks
but its kinda ugly
Ok, the gpu is ugly asf
i dont like the grey on gray detailing
Fugly 💔
Yeah it was a wood chipper sound, not even, like a hum
Fair fair
H u h.
The sound the psu made
What the shit was going on in there 😭
Before I returned it
lmao wtf
No I know but jfc.
but yeah, the bundle ain’t worth it man
my cpu fan made a little tictictictictic sound when i used cinebench, it seems that the wire got in front of the fan thats in the middle
The damage probably moved an internal part to run up against the fan
Causing a really loud noise
the cooler is also pretty damn good, it costs 27 bucks and cools a ryzen 9 5900x with a max temp at full power of 90C
The general rule of thumb for me is that a computer should be at most as loud as a fridge running idle, if it's any louder check that shit out
Here’s the thing, you do not want to fuck around with a psu
well yeah
Imo returning it and getting a new one was the proper call
but also the cpu
It's a transformer, yeah? Or am I bein dumb
but yeah psu might fuckin blow up or something idk
so what you’re saying is that my computer should sound like a fridge at 3 am
It can kill you
The capacitors
hm
I use a gaming laptop so I don't question the heat or the noise, as I should
maybe blow your legs off
At its loudest, generally
or like shoot a shrapnel into your chest
Basically they are filled with electricity, even after you turn it off
oh
And it will electrocute you
oh
It hasn't been quiet enough to hear my fridge so I don't have a great comparison
Yeah psu is like, the most dangerous part of a computer
ahhhh, beautiful 600 watts running through my body
just dont touch the ground smhhhhh
I also have mild hearing issues so I ain't the best person to ask 
It’s not really dangerous unless you open it up and fuck around tho
Which most people would never have a reason to
Did... did you know car batteries loose their power if they're stored on a concrete floor... I think...
Mines 850 haha
keyword: most
Tbf who tf is putting car batteries on the floor but yk
like more than 95% of people
Yeah it’s work for professionals
I am not putting my life at risk when I can just return the thing
99 times out of 100 its best to just get a replacement of the psu or the pc
depending on what u got
mhm
Well I sent the whole pc back and got a new one
good customer support
It was Amazon
good customer support
Shits insured, I had pictures
If they didn’t accept the return I would have been appalled.
bro had reciepts ready
bro didn’t want no funny business
you can probably issue a report to the actual place u got the pc from
like their name or profile is on amazon
For 2200? Yeah I’m not messing around
unless it’s a very resource heavy game (newer DOOM games)
But the replacement arrived and it has not had a single issue yet
I think going through Amazon was the right move, got the pc now and it’s great
yeah no one wants to say "erm actually" to a company like amazon
My refund took less than a week
Tbf once the seller ships out the item, the damages are caused by customs or postal workers ect
Yeah it was clearly damage from the delivery
well they always do here too
but one timei think i bought something and cancelled the order too fast, so it took the money and i never got it back
it was just a 20 dollar mic tho, i rebought it so no big deal
Ah yeah at least it wasn’t something expensive
I don’t really blame anyone, because you know, usps has so many packages and shit happens
nah if im buying something expensive i will make sure it is the best deal i can fuckin find
if im buying a gpu i will 500% be sure i want that gpu in particular
And it was all made well to me
You get a computer in a truck riding around bumping and yeah, there’s a chance something will fuck up, even components arrive doa (though that’s not usually a shipping thing)
meanwhile i got a 3060 with 12 gigs that i might take to some shop to sort of uhh, reflow it
like the gpu boots, but it seems somehting wit the vram is fucked
I’m glad I was able to get a replacement before tda released
gpu z detects the gpu, so its not broken or anything
so baically one of the little solder points might be a little off or something
Is that your main card?
nno, it only boots to the screen with your motherboard's logo and it has alot of artifacting on it, artifacting from vram specifically
my current gpu is a 2060 with 6 gigs, so double the vram and a more powerful chip is much appreciated
ooh, found a 5070 at 500 that a best buy near me is selling
Dang 2060