🎮│game

[small comet]

you can certainly spam abilities but will die rather quick

[autumn depot]

combat is spamming or not up to you

you die pretty quickly tho yeah

cant just focus on one enemy

[narrow epoch]

It can be hard

[autumn depot]

this game is obviously heavily inspired from assassins creed

[narrow epoch]

On hard mode for sure it's not the easiest game

[small comet]

i think you mean game mechanics

[narrow epoch]

Combat is fun, I really like it

[small comet]

the game is inspired by harry potter

[autumn depot]

Hogwarts Creed

[autumn depot]

yeah thats what I meant

[narrow epoch]

Yeah the map is similar ish to AC

[autumn depot]

skill thingy is basically the same as the one in syndicate

[small comet]

its the whole AC/shadow of mordor stuff

[narrow epoch]

The modding community is gonna go nuts on this game

Full rebuilds like Skyrim and stuff

[small comet]

have map, do enemy camps, do some puzzles, defeat bosses

the only thing you dont have is the leap of faith and towers to climb onto to uncover the map

[autumn depot]

are there any good gear items? seems that all you get is just garbage

[small comet]

they all get replaced constantly

[autumn depot]

yeah I noticed

[narrow epoch]

eventually you can put perks on gear yourself

and upgrade them

So just find the highest number gear with gold and go from there

[autumn depot]

yeah I saw that but didnt have the option to do so

[small comet]

i personally will probably farm the best lvl 40 gear later

cause that has the best base stats then

as they seem to scale with lvl

[narrow epoch]

Yeah all the gear you find is based on your current level

[small comet]

unlocked later

so upgrading is borderline worth before lvl 40

i only upgraded for the quest

same for setting traits

[narrow epoch]

So if you open a chest at level 20 but don't have space, then go sell your stuff and go back to the chest at level 30 you will pick up a level 20 piece xD

[small comet]

i also didnt buy more spellcrafts than needed yet

[autumn depot]

do you need much money later on in the game

[small comet]

also i somehow had 2 sidequests show up... and they vanished after a season change

[narrow epoch]

You'll be rich by the end of the game

[small comet]

so now idk if im locked out of those

[narrow epoch]

Yeah some quests are locked to seasons

[small comet]

frick

here goes my 100% completition run

should have accepted them and left them for later

[narrow epoch]

well you can replay as hufflepuff for the full experience 😂

[small comet]

no

i wont subject myself to this spiel again

[autumn depot]

are you guys playing on pc or console

[small comet]

pc

[autumn depot]

or rather kbm or controller

[narrow epoch]

PC

[small comet]

controller

[autumn depot]

ah im playing kbm

[narrow epoch]

I find kbm easier than controller

[autumn depot]

im terrible at playing with a controller

[small comet]

it seemed like a controller game but now im stuck on it

now kbm feels weird

[autumn depot]

is this game as hard to 100% as the lego ones

[narrow epoch]

idk how hard the lego game is to 100% 😂

But it's not hard to 100%

[autumn depot]

not at all id say😂

just the annoyiance of having 99% and one student in peril missing

dont feel like going through the entire school to find that one specific student when you got no clue where it is

youd have to find a yt tutorial or something and check every location

[autumn depot]

which achievements are you missing

[autumn depot]

holy shit

every enemy in the game

how many are there

[narrow epoch]

😂

[autumn depot]

is that even possible to complete

[small comet]

complete all collections is evil

[narrow epoch]

It'd be a hard one for sure

[narrow epoch]

yeah lol

[small comet]

only works on collectors edition id assume

cause of the kelpie robe

[autumn depot]

all enemies? Including the ones you fight in the quests that you cant repeat?

[orchid prism]

Replayability

[autumn depot]

oh is there

i wasnt aware

[small comet]

no

mansen means from 0

[autumn depot]

ahh right

that reminded me

[orchid prism]

Yeah it wouldn't be the first game to assume you do multiple playthroughs for a few achievements - Assuming here of course.

[autumn depot]

when you finish ac rogue main story you get a huge cash bonus but the game is not playable anymore when you complete the last main story mission😂

or was it blackflag

or revelations

revelations or rogue

[small comet]

if you read the achievement list first you could get them on the first playthrough except collectors edition

as previously mentioned idk if you need the kelpie robe for it

if you do only people who bought the collectors edition could ever get it unless they release it as DLC at some point

[autumn depot]

why doesnt this game have sectumsempra

wait it does but its called diffindo?

[narrow epoch]

I assume that's the collector's edition item

[small comet]

yes

[silent moth]

ohno i think ive done something bad.. Ive installed Genshin Impact, and loving it. xD

FML and my bank now xD

[small comet]

diffindo is its own spell

[orchid prism]

Wait - There's an achievement that's exclusive to owning a collector's edition? That sounds... anti-TOS 😄

[small comet]

thats why i said idk

[autumn depot]

oh

[small comet]

sectumsempra was invented by snape

whos not alive yet in legacy

[narrow epoch]

I think there is a collector's edition achievement on playstation

Not PC

[autumn depot]

oh i thought this was aftermath

idk why

[small comet]

but the achievement text only says complete all collections in steam

which would include the attire collection

[narrow epoch]

Yeah

[small comet]

id hope in general that the DLC stuff isnt required

[small comet]

steam has TOS disallowing that?

[narrow epoch]

It's possible that the additional content isn't required for the achievement

I don't have all the other items

[small comet]

you can do it alan

you got more time than me to play the game

[narrow epoch]

😂

[autumn depot]

loving it or the characters?

[small comet]

even if it was only harry and snape know it

even worse only snape knows the spell to reverse it

[small comet]

the "plot"

[autumn depot]

ahh yes

malfoy vibes

how do you make this guy happy

[small comet]

u dont if you wanna learn the unforgiveables

[autumn depot]

that I want to do

[silent moth]

@autumn depot im lovin the game itself. Dont care much about the look of chars. How its built, the gameplay 🙂

[small comet]

i loved it until i couldnt find the last earth geo

[silent moth]

i dunno, i enjoy it anyway, maybe comes a time when i put it down but it aint now 😛

[small comet]

ya no for me it was that the item to locate geos broke all of the sudden when all internet souRces at the time claimed its unbreakable

[young hill]

https://youtu.be/JxgPRaF_Xk0

[bleak pike]

@fading spade

[orchid prism]

[fading spade]

hhhhmmmmm

[nimble current]

ahh yes, generic anime assets in every game

[fading spade]

https://youtu.be/ZWZI3CKlByc

great video :D

shows performance / battery gains in some games between 40 and 60FPS

[fringe salmon]

oh god

I thought we were finally past the time of 60fps not being the minimum

[fading spade]

on a tiny handheld device on battery power, yeah....battery life matters slightly more

[fringe salmon]

isn't the switch running 60hz already?

on a budget tegra chip from 8 years ago

[small comet]

yes

[rancid hearth]

Personally I'd rather not use 40 fps even if it did give more battery

[young hill]

50 would be fine so long as no framedrops

Or just very rarely

[fringe salmon]

I do not believe there is any reason for basically any gaming device in the current time to run anything below 60

[young hill]

I mean I still do not mind console game running at 30

[rancid hearth]

Depending on what game you're playing even 60fps can look choppy so it really depends on that

But for normal titles I'd say 60 is the minimum for me

[fringe salmon]

yes I think 60fps is thus a minimum for current gen anything, for some it will still feel bad but the minimum cant be great for everything

[young hill]

At least for shooter games or lots on screen yes at least 60hz makes a ton of sense

Halo 5 guardians did it on Xbox one and it really made it better experience

[rancid hearth]

Even for games like botw or the tomb raider games benefit from 60hz

[nimble current]

gaming already feels stuttery on 60hz after being used to 100+ hz

[young hill]

I think I can only see that when scrolling

[rancid hearth]

I can't imagine playing botw at 30 fps since I tried it at 60

[nimble current]

especially in fast paced fps 60hz is horrible imo

[young hill]

Depends on what it is

If you are a sweaty Fortniter I can agree

But for a cutscenes 30fps can look great

[fading spade]

The Deck runs most games at 60

but 40 saves battery life

and doesnt feel much worse than 60

[fringe salmon]

yes 10fps also saves battery life

[fading spade]

too low

30 is lowest for me

[fringe salmon]

yes I think 50 fps is also too low

[fading spade]

id not go lower

but this is minimum... on a handheld id go

i dont want below 60 on desktop

but 30 is fine on handheld

[fringe salmon]

what I'm saying is the switch can do 60 fps on a comparatively ancient SoC

[young hill]

Optimization

[fringe salmon]

so there is no technical reason to advocate to lower fps on anything new

[fading spade]

I never said that the Deck cannot do 60

The Deck does 60 on most games

the Switch can barely do 30 on some games

cough cough pokemon and Zelda

[young hill]

Battlefield 2042, cyberpunk, crisis?

[rancid hearth]

Yea the gameplay definitely would feel longer when you're constantly noticing the frame rate looking choppy

[fading spade]

idk about BF2024 but it can do 60 on cyberpunk at the right settings

[young hill]

Okay

[fringe salmon]

because its an over 8 year old chip inside, that is my argument

[nimble current]

"the right settings" everything on low

[young hill]

No mo

[fading spade]

and FSR

[young hill]

Everything on potato with graphic utility

[fading spade]

I usually run Cyberpunk at 30FPS, my gameplay style is quick hacking people to death so I dont need 60FPS for shooting people xd

[nimble current]

"yeah cyberpunk will run att 60fps on steam deck but will look like GTA3 graphically"

[fading spade]

Yeah

xd

Cyberpunk cannot run on Switch though ;)

so this game is not a good example

[young hill]

Actually that would be an incorrect argument

You can game stream

It cannot run natively on the switch though

[fading spade]

yeah, but then the hardware of the device dont matter cause can game stream to Deck too

[nimble current]

a TI calculator has more processing oomph than a nintendo switch

[young hill]

[fading spade]

so, the Switch is NOT playing Cyberpunk, its streaming it

not good example

[young hill]

Would be cool if Nintendo could do a console generation upgrade but let the user just swap some hardware

[fading spade]

then devs would need to account for 4 graphics profiles

[nimble current]

nintendo be even worse than apple when it comes to locking their shit down in that regard

[orchid prism]

It would also be a first for Nintendo.

[fading spade]

original : Handheld + Docked
new: Handheld + Docked

[nimble current]

you get one option for hardware and that is "15 year old bargain bin hardware"-tier

[young hill]

Itz okay I am sure there $3739405505 device to open the switch will be very hooman

[young hill]

It is just there are these good amd chips that have been proven and tested

And they fit in the switch form factor

[bleak pike]

You'd be surprised how smooth 40hz feels on the deck, especially if you trade for fedility and battery

[rancid hearth]

.

[fringe salmon]

I dont even think 60hz feels smooth anymore

on desktop

[rancid hearth]

Same here

[fringe salmon]

so no I would not be surprised

[bleak pike]

Oh I'm the same mate

I can't stand 60hz on my desktop

But for some reason on the deck it feels decent

Probably because small screen

[rancid hearth]

Probably that vsync

[fringe salmon]

if I can notice it on a phone I am certain I can notice it on a steam deck

[young hill]

It does not can confirm running at 75

[rancid hearth]

Yeah, once I got 90hz on my phone it became immediately noticable

[young hill]

90hz is a good step from 60, make the scrolling micrstutter lack frames vanish

[rancid hearth]

120hz also can look a bit stuttery if you really pay attention to it, for games like arcaea which have fast scrolling notes

[young hill]

Inb4 physics are tied to framerate

Anyways I think terraria has the same issue

The game breaks if you push the framerate

[fading spade]

Split Second is the only game I am ok with being locked to 30....

cause it works, you forget after playing a super chaotic race

and all the explosions and car crashes and buoldings and dams collapsing

[fringe salmon]

in any case I think if there is a device on the market that doesnt do 60hz it should be shamed for it or pushed back against, nobody should advocate to run it at a lower framerate

[young hill]

Sad eink display sounds

[rancid hearth]

1hz damn

https://youtu.be/itslPozUkx0

[storm anchor]

random question but anyone have any success making wooting analog input work in dolphin? interested in trying to see if i can get it working in melee

[fringe salmon]

if a regular controller works, a wooting should work

since its just emulates the xbox controller inputs

[young hill]

Or directinput

[fringe salmon]

but mostly that is when docked and in 1080p right?

yeah

yeah but that's because even for the time the SoC wasnt impressive

deck is like 5x the power of a switch

should've done better bins or bigger battery then I guess

its nice that it is an option, I just dont like it being advertised as something useable instead of some clutch

but saying 40fps is the new 60fps when we finally got away from 30 being the minimum is just so disheartening for me to see

[bleak pike]

oh

[trim rock]

oh

[young hill]

I want the sword that is it

[young hill]

Imagine actually putting some effort into games, result is that

[orchid prism]

Good lord that looks dumb. Pirate marine armor 😄

[young hill]

Yep that does

But the sword looks good

Wish they had no hat

[orchid prism]

I mean... if it wasn't a game about pirates? Eh sure? Completely out of place in the Carib though 🙂

[young hill]

Destiny did the same thing not too long ago

I still want the sword at the very least

[bleak pike]

omg

[young hill]

It is real close your mouth

[bleak pike]

i want the sword

[young hill]

See

Callum gets it

[autumn depot]

I want an anime wizard😭

[young hill]

Youra Loli harry

[autumn depot]

Yes sir, gameplay is really smooth and nice.

[nimble current]

why don't you take a seat...in the sorting hat chair

[young hill]

[bleak pike]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

this looks familiar @orchid prism

[orchid prism]

Wouldn't know.

[young hill]

Destiny player fighting vexxys?

[fading spade]

Fucking hell
50gb ram assigned to Minecraft and even then it crashed often...
https://youtu.be/4XiJxSQiHVU

[bleak pike]

AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A FAN

[orchid prism]

Of DESTINY?

[bleak pike]

https://tenor.com/view/titanfall-gif-20921271

[orchid prism]

You know how people always complain those red circles people put on memes? This one needed it. No way I was looking at the TARGETTING RETICLES of all things on that random photo.

[bleak pike]

@orchid prism

[feral ferry]

Fuck yeah, GSC vs 4A wars are beginning

GSC gave us the timeless classics

4A popularized the genre in western world

GSC came back from its grave to deliver us the next gen STALKER, meaning the parent and its insubordinate child will have a fight to the death on which is the ultimate post-apo sci fi producer

[barren pewter]

wait
wut
there's a metro exodus sequel???????????????????????????????

I hope it also gets a perfect mac port

[feral ferry]

Anyways

[young hill]

They said a while back they were working on the next version

[feral ferry]

Anyone remember survarium?

What a sad state of affairs that game has been in

[bleak pike]

empress got banned from reddit lol

[feral ferry]

What now

Unfortunate but then again, illegal

Can't wait for the telegram rant from her

[fading spade]

Isn't there other illegal shit on Reddit?

[bleak pike]

she did

[feral ferry]

Yeah Empress doing what empress does is the least of the worst

[feral ferry]

I guess Irdeto personally got her ass out

[fringe salmon]

crack still not done?

[feral ferry]

Anyone actually believed empress to crack it within 10 days?

We'll prolly see it by the end of the month

Supposedly she's near done cracking it

[fringe salmon]

no I am making fun of the crack being done but not public yet allegedly

[bleak pike]

She always does this though

Every single crack

[fringe salmon]

wouldn't know because I dont follow the scene I just think its ridiculous lol

[bleak pike]

https://youtu.be/Hcfbg994fu4

“Based on the true story” xD maybe like 1% of if

[orchid prism]

At least it isn't a Pixels style movie.

I was entirely expecting to see literal tetris bricks attack or something shit when I heard of the trailer.

[young hill]

Inb4 the movie is just about a guy who plays Tetris on his colored Nokia 3310 and most of the movie is just about him getting up in life and it falling apart just like his ability to play Tetris

[autumn depot]

best girl in the game?

[young crow]

more like “our lawyers know smart words and judge don’t”

barely illegal

for some reason it is engrained in americans’ minds that russians just punch each other at any point if they are at least somewhat in disagreement

can’t wait to look at typical western propaganda ussr depiction 😋

[fading spade]

Got some Fishermen selling cod in The End now
Etho - 2023

Whys he got Villagers selling cod in The End??

[fringe salmon]

if they do it like ben brodes team they wont

just get a big licensing deal, make marvel snap or similar big hit and you're safe and can do what you wanted when making your own place

[fading spade]

Damn this game looks good at night

[autumn depot]

How do I get percival rackhams trials I already found the map chamber

[fading spade]

Uh....

Oooo.....hekin cheap

[nimble current]

fun game

[nimble current]

true I've only played borderlands in coop

[bleak pike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmpressEvolution/comments/11470zy/choose_the_next_nfo_style/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

@fringe salmon

[autumn depot]

How the hell do you defeat the guagmire troll at level 19

[bleak pike]

https://tenor.com/view/imagination-spongebob-squarepants-dreams-magic-gif-12725683

[autumn depot]

I used maxima and spammed all my offensive spells and dealt maybe 5% damage and got one shot

[young hill]

Turn him into a woman I am guesing

Then his house will turn on him

[autumn depot]

🧌

[young hill]

Find the weak spot

Or whatever it is in Hogwarts legacy

[autumn depot]

does this game have weak spots?

[young hill]

Bro I do not know

You are the one playing it

[autumn depot]

well theres no point in fighting it anyway since I can do 0 damage

[young hill]

What lvl are you

[autumn depot]

18

the troll is over 30

[young hill]

Bro

Lol

[autumn depot]

😂

[young hill]

Get to level 22

Then you probably do something

[autumn depot]

yeah much more than currently

BRO I CANT EVEN STAND A CHANCE AGAINST A LEVEL 23 TROLL

the game wants me to fight one

ahh i defeated it

[young hill]

Do more dodging practice

Or get a rhythm

By playing the same troll over and over

Just saying

[autumn depot]

oh yeah dodging in essential the troll starts rushing at you and does like a combination attack than is extremely hard to dodge

omg big kitty cats

[young hill]

So this is what is distracting you from killing the lvl 30

Pussy

Smh

[autumn depot]

😂

[barren pewter]

yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

that's one of my favourite games

it has a really fucking good mac port btw

for a game from 2015, it's aged like the finest of wines

[autumn depot]

I love this

[autumn depot]

AHHH I abandoned a quest and now its not showing up

wait it bugged out

i need to talk to gladwin moon but I CANT

my game is fucking broken guys help

https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterGame/comments/10wd4r0/gamebreaking_progress_glitch/

this is the issue im habing

are you fucking serious

literally

CANT

progress

pro tip: dont abandon quests

THANK GOD I FOUND A FIX

[bleak pike]

https://www.nexusmods.com/hogwartslegacy/mods/218?tab=description

[small comet]

see this why i just dont abandon them

[fading spade]

.... They have broom flying BUT NOT QUIDDITCH?????

[orchid prism]

Broom flying is also nerfed. Can't land in so many places.

[fading spade]

O.o

Ew

[fading spade]

NINTENDO
ADD HAT KID TO SMASH BROS PLZ

https://www.reddit.com/r/AHatInTime/comments/1149s7i/hat_kid_amiibo/

💜💜 it's beautiful

I want one

[bleak pike]

Is it bad i wanna watch Mario

[fading spade]

Just got an email from Xbox promoting their "next gen" Xbox Series S!

As if that thing hasn't been out for a few years already by now xf

[autumn depot]

movement/parkour very nerded too, cant climb or jump over all small ledges or fences, kinda annoying but nothing too crazy

I downloaded WeMod to ease up the game a bit🧌

[small comet]

ease up what

the game is already playable while sleeping

[autumn depot]

also I noticed that beating the leaderboard number 1 time in the broom flight thing is nigh impossible

[autumn depot]

money😂

[small comet]

i never even tried beating the number 1 as its not needed i think

[small comet]

ngl the only time i had money problems was when the game wanted me to buy more spellcrafts to grow bigger plants. other than that idk where to spend my money as i swim in it

now if wemod game me the ability to filter map icons

that would be a game changer

[autumn depot]

I tried but came to the conclusion that its kinda impossible, the top time is half a second better than mine. I did cheese one of them with unlimited boost but that only made me beat it by like 100ms. No rewards from it either

[autumn depot]

Yea the room of requirement potting stations are expensive

[autumn depot]

true

[small comet]

thats the only time i had issues but a quick round of poaching rescuing animals helped

[autumn depot]

oh you can do that?

[small comet]

you can sell them

easy money

[autumn depot]

how much

[small comet]

120 gold

[autumn depot]

not too bad

[small comet]

now doesnt sound like much until you realize that the small furballs near the forbidden forest entrance are easy to catch with only 1 dot AND all animals respawn after a fast travel and wait for night/day

so while deek was like i got this from poachers but we can use it to rescue them i just poached them all while he congratulated and thanked me

[autumn depot]

Imo the most useful feature in wemod is the unlock all floo flame locations

or add talent points i guess

[autumn depot]

😂

[small comet]

when i get lvl 34 later today ill get the last talent point i even know how to spend

after that ill probably not put any talent points down anymore

[autumn depot]

how many points do u get in total?

40?

[small comet]

38 i believe

or 36

12 less than all points you can spend

[autumn depot]

hmm

that leaves room of requirements and stealth

[small comet]

which idc really cause the room of requirements tree is completely useless imo

and the spells tree is also borderline useless

stealth and dark arts are by far the most useful trees

[autumn depot]

I forgot what it has but some where pretty useful

stealth huh

I havent needed much stealth yet

[small comet]

i am glad i skilled it

made me able to clear goblin rooms without fighting the troll in it

although i wouldnt be opposed to that either anymore now that i have avada kedavra

[autumn depot]

figting trolls is a pain

[small comet]

imperio the troll to kill everyone

then kill the troll with avada

[autumn depot]

ez

[small comet]

literally most my troll fights now

[autumn depot]

i tried fighting the quagmire troll at level 18, didnt go well

[small comet]

i put the troll den and absconder quest to the side until i had avada

cause i didnt wanna deal with the 20hr long fight

[autumn depot]

good idea

[small comet]

the only regret i have

is not accepting 2 quest in the fall season

they disappeared when it switched to winter

while accepted quests never vanish

[autumn depot]

which quests

how can you tell the seasons

[small comet]

i dont even know their names

[small comet]

by the state of the map

[autumn depot]

how often do they change

[small comet]

i think after the second and third repository

[autumn depot]

winter? does the map have snow

[small comet]

yes

fall the trees are in fall colors and leaves on the roads

also the seasons change in a cutscene that basically holds it right in your face

aka you will know and cant miss it

[autumn depot]

ohhh

Im in fall season I believe

[small comet]

so according to online quests shouldnt disappear

makes me wonder why mine did

[fading spade]

https://youtu.be/VdqJxMQnay4

up to her shenanigans again :)

[bleak pike]

Just got out of watching the new ant man

And I have to say

Why the fuck wasn't Kathryn Newton cast as Ellie

https://64.media.tumblr.com/8058d419316d5cb0a4f6b8a58f7d500b/39ac84fca6a04a80-7e/s400x600/8984faf6dc89463f2e96d8dbcb0cc472fe1eb49d.gif

Every time I saw her on the screen she reminded me of the perfect Ellie

[orchid prism]

Is the big baddie* from Loki in it? The trailer I skimmed sounds like he's narrating.

[bleak pike]

Yesnt

The version from Loki no

A version yes

[orchid prism]

Ah.

I only ask because Loki just ended the season without really introducing that character properly beyond a big cliffhanger. So wondering if MCU is doing the MCU thing by having him IN it as a way to promote the story for Loki S2 😄

[bleak pike]

The movie goes deep into Kang etc

Explains it more.

They aren't promoting season 2

Kang is the next big villain

Either way, decent watch but nothing special

[nimble current]

looks a bit old for whatever ellie is

[slim token]

young teen

[bleak pike]

Still would have been better

[nimble current]

it always kinda irked me when they make a show where the characters are ment to be like highschool teens and they're played by actors in their 30s or something

[fading spade]

I heard good things about this game
Tempted to get it but I'm not a total fan of this genre

[nimble current]

I watched a friend play it and felt like having an epileptic seizure

[fading spade]

O.o

What

[small comet]

friggin finally

the boss fight in hogwash is so god damn long

99% dodging and blocking

1% actual fight

[bleak pike]

As in the final big bad?

Haven't played but I'm playing on hard mode so that sounds interesting

[orchid prism]

So it's the Dark Souls of child books?

[bleak pike]

Did you play Jedi fallen order on grandmaster

Hue

I did

Hue

[small comet]

not really... its still the same

took me 25mins to complete the fight

most of that was dodging and gaining ancient shit stains

[bleak pike]

I do suck at rythm games

[orchid prism]

Some of the lead Firaxis folks left. So it's definitely going to be different

[vapid lintel]

You know it will be

Some corporate shmuck will look at the total addressable market of mobile versus sweaty gamers

"We already made the last one mobile, it would be wasteful to not tap into that market"

and it will be garbage

[/rant]

[orchid prism]

Oh boye

[feral ferry]

Oi oi oi

When does this launch

[bleak pike]

3080?!?!?!

[orchid prism]

They did the same thing as that other game - Recommended means 1440P at High. Minimum is 1080 at low.

[fading spade]

These are different games ?
Just making sure

[nimble current]

yes

if you look at release dates you'll see that doom is a 2016 game and eternal is a 2020 one

[fading spade]

Ook

[fringe salmon]

scroll up and its already talked about

recommend is 1440p high

[rigid veldt]

Oh wow, my bad

But like, I was lucky to get the most high end card 2 years ago at a somewhat reasonable price but its barely the recommended* for this game, I've never seen anything like this...

[fringe salmon]

what

how is it barely the minimum

if they recommend it that means you could just play at 1080p or not set it to high and a lower card would reach the 60fps (I assume thats what they target)

[true aurora]

hi guys

[rigid veldt]

I meant barely the recommended

[fringe salmon]

I mean that's nothing new, most games just didnt list recommended as 1440p high in the past

recommended for 1080p would be a lot lower

[hollow zephyr]

I’ve done actual aerospace engineering before, and the system requirement’s for those simulators are much much more demanding.

It would take 3 hours to finish a study on a supercomputer across the country.

[pastel crystal]

Doom eternal is peak

Ultra nightmare is too easy

[hot spire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bRi1ykIeHg

[autumn depot]

what are these?

[narrow epoch]

A side quest should show you how to do the first one

[orchid prism]

@ember rose We've stopped developing our Double Movement app since Epic added it to the game itself.

[fringe salmon]

any non indie game wont use the basic character controller of any engine so wont apply to any game really

[small comet]

so maxing my character gear yesterday was fun

a good hr of skipping time right infront of the vendor

now i just gotta find all chest, trials, ancient reserves, landing platforms, pages and 2 side quests im not seeing anywhere on the map

[fading spade]

Any Mariokart 8 Deluxe physics experts here??

I wanna know HOW TF he dodged a blue shell

[slim token]

only mario kart wii expert sorry

my expertise from that game tells me that bowser used a red mushroom the moment before impact

[novel umbra]

used the mushroom with the right timing lol

[fading spade]

purely by accident also xd

[hot spire]

Nah

He got triple mushrooms

And popped them all

You get invincibility frames when you use a mushroom

So he just spammed it when the blue shell fired

[orchid prism]

It's never been a secret that you can dodge the blue shell.

[hot spire]

He didn't dodge

[nimble current]

the blue shell is also bullshit

[hot spire]

It hit

[slim token]

hit behind him

[fading spade]

hhmm

[slim token]

it's been a thing since at least mkw

[hot spire]

Nah you can dodge it and it won't do the spin above animation

If it does the spin above thing, it's hit you

[slim token]

no, actually

[hot spire]

Yeah you can have it miss your completely and it just keeps going

[slim token]

you can pop a mushroom right after it stops spinning, before it comes down, and dodge

it's how i dodged many blue shells on the wii

[hot spire]

The mushrooms make you invulnerable for a few frames when you use them

It's not a dodge

[fading spade]

oo

[slim token]

if you avoid getting affected, you have effectively dodged it

[hot spire]

You can use triple mushrooms to have bullets pass though you too

Same for someone hitting you with star power

[orchid prism]

The pedantry is off the charts.

[hot spire]

Yes

[fading spade]

Docm giving out Ender Dragon pets to other Hermits is great xd

He gave one to Scar after obliterating him with a supersonic arrow triggered by wireless redstone from 3,000 blocks away

https://youtu.be/_Ar7gk84DM8

I want these for the Deck <3

[orchid prism]

That looks painful.

[bleak pike]

And probably doesn't look that good

720p stretched alone would look so bad

[bleak pike]

idk why

but i love this

[bleak pike]

@ashen lark do you get your broom via main story

or side?

[ashen lark]

Main I think

It’s not too far

[wheat kraken]

Main and it gives you access to purchase a broom

[nimble current]

games that use comic sans

[nimble current]

the analog movement is super useful in this game

[autumn depot]

Glacius and diffindo are ancient magic spells right?

[small comet]

no

why would you think that?

[young hill]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZBUVUNsCv2A?feature=share

[young hill]

Why is this even possible

[neat crypt]

pull ups while watching ur favorite hit tv shows

[mortal linden]

sigma grindset never stops

[willow quiver]

any rust gamers

[feral ferry]

@bleak pike

Looks like FitGirl will be going at it again over encrypted files

Who knows what kind of bs did Empress code in there

Then again she did crack Denuvo 17 in record time, no way she wants them to know how

[fading spade]

wait

FitGirl is trying to crack Empress' crack? xd

[feral ferry]

What part of that sentence made you come to that conclusion

Fitgirl repacks, nothing more

But she does have the tools to peek into the files or at least attempt to, and see if they are "clean"

That's why FitGirl doesn't repack Empress cracks anymore

[vapid lintel]

What happened to within 10 days of release lol

[feral ferry]

Empress just encrypts the cracks so that you have no clue if there's malicious code in there

[fringe salmon]

Isn’t this also missing the day one patch?

[feral ferry]

Yes iirc

[fringe salmon]

Lol

[small comet]

empress never cracks updates or dlc

so you only get the basegame

[feral ferry]

That's iirc not fully true

[fading spade]

Empress has viruses added?

[feral ferry]

She did re-crack some kind of game

[small comet]

i only know she recracks if the crack is shit

[feral ferry]

Was a little while ago

[small comet]

as in a fix

[fringe salmon]

I mean I do kinda consider day one patched as the basegame

[feral ferry]

Again, where are you coming to that conclusion from

It's encrypted, nobody knows what's in there

[small comet]

depending on what changes in the patches and what she had to crack you might be able to update

[feral ferry]

Nobody got their shit destroyed cause of an empress crack yet

[fringe salmon]

I mean I’m just here to make fun of her for the cringe speak, the not met promise of within 10 days and all

[feral ferry]

Empress says it's for security, so Irdeto has no clue how she bypassed the DRM

Fitgirl says it's unsafe so she doesn't use the cracks

Dodi says fuck it and just leeches off empress

[vapid lintel]

If I were a videogame cracker then I would absolutely install Monero miners on all my cracks

Fuck your frames, all about that cash

[feral ferry]

That'd get caught within like 10 mins of that crack coming to light

Peeps just use wireshark nowadays on borderline everything to see what's up with the traffic

[vapid lintel]

You misunderstand

I wouldn't hide it

[feral ferry]

Hmm

https://tenor.com/view/i-couldnt-agree-more-john-krasinski-saturday-night-live-youre-absolutely-correct-thats-right-gif-20212746

[vapid lintel]

"If you want to use my crack, then you will be mining monero for me. That's your payment."

https://tenor.com/view/crack-head-crack-head-tweaker-jonesing-gif-15081415

[feral ferry]

I mean, that's superstonk for you

[strange aspen]

how much has the wooting helped you with movement for all my fellow valorant players

[feral ferry]

Seems atomic heart leaked early

Debug build

[bleak pike]

She annoys the fuck out of me tbh

[bleak pike]

Aka no denuvo

[feral ferry]

Yep

[feral ferry]

Nerd

Empress is love

Her NFOs are god

Schizo rambles are fun to read

[deft bloom]

I wonder if all this crack-talk is okay to have in a company's public discord coming from a business and legality perspective

[fading spade]

:')

[orchid prism]

I mean I've made my position on it known many times over the years - But even I have to admit no one's actively encouraging or sharing links to anything. And hell I too join in on the debate of heavyhanded DRM on occasion too.

[fading spade]

If the DRM is pretty much invisible and doesn't affect game performance and such for people who legitimately bought the game then I have no issues with DRM

But when it hurts performance and cracking the game to remove the DRM gives a much better experience and better performance
Then I have an issue with the DRM

[deft bloom]

it's not always about how it is but how it looks, I don't really care about it but was just wondering if it could do some damage if somebody got up your asses about it

I was interested in cracking and shit 20 years ago and I get the appeal to some extent. copyright laws are kinda stupid and DRM is usually bad, hard agree on that

[fading spade]

DRM ruins performance
Impacts the FPS you end up getting
Adding that on top of poorly optimised AAA games releasing these days
It's horrible

And cracks of those games run better typically cause the performance gains without this heavy DRM are so great
Mainly it seems Denuvo is the heaviest DRM rn

[deft bloom]

yes I agree with all that, that's not what I was saying tho

[orchid prism]

Trouble is - Without a comparison to say... GOG release without Denuvo, you can never truly tell.

[fringe salmon]

DRM is not inherently ruining performance, denuvo does not inherently ruin performance

[orchid prism]

Depends on how it is implemented. Once on startup? No. Constant checks back and forth? Impossible to say without a proper comparison.

[fringe salmon]

badly implemented denuvo/other drm makes it bad and we have examples of it

we also had examples of denuvo basically making no difference

and we do know that because we have had games that have denuvo and the crack/later version with it removed performance was withing margin of error

[orchid prism]

Can't rely on those, because you don't know if the crack was done properly.

Nature of literally cracking something. You're going at it with a sledgehammer blindly and see what works.

[fringe salmon]

yes but its unlikely a crack also optimizes something else, hence I added teh comparison for games that removed it after a while

[orchid prism]

But even on principle I am against it, because publishers and game devs have shown time and time again that longevity and posterity are just not profitable, even from a PR standpoint.

Any game with some kind of authentication risks getting shut down at some point.

[fringe salmon]

oh sure, being for or against it is another point

[orchid prism]

So in conclusion - While I can't argue that there may be merit for a 1-3month lockdown of a game, DRM should be purged after a while for posterity - within the shelf life of the game to ensure publishers actually follow through.

[fringe salmon]

ya

[hot spire]

this happened to doom

and they were able to fix the later exes using the dev one

so it made the drm moot

[hot spire]

denuvo has always killed 10+% performance

[fringe salmon]

nah

when alder lake first came out it didnt work with E cores so some games had it removed and people comapred it

[hot spire]

im talking about cracked games

when it could be cracked

it made a measurable difference

[fringe salmon]

I mean I kinda doubt they would remove denuvo entirely and then somewhow retaining the same performance deficit

[small comet]

still missing 10 field guide pages in hogwarts

and i have no idea where

[fading spade]

Epic launcher be like this for quite a while now

[vapid lintel]

Working precisely as one would want it to, I don't see anything wrong with this picture 😛

[fading spade]

:P

[bleak pike]

Yes you can?

Denuvo gets removed in a lot of cracks

[orchid prism]

"removed" - Or bypassed but is still there.

[bleak pike]

No

[orchid prism]

You need a proper, first party clean copy.

[bleak pike]

Removed in quite a few cases my dude.

That's why specific games are used to test denuvo Vs none denuvo

The denuvo bypasses aren't classed as cracks...

[orchid prism]

That is literally not how cracking works. But you do you.

[bleak pike]

Empress literally releases clean files and applies her encrypted shit after it.

Which is why fitgirl gets annoyed

But regardless there's still been tests of denuvo Vs no denuvo

As there's been cases of Devs releases none denuvo files by accident etc

[fading spade]

Spoopy!

[feral ferry]

Empress has in some cases completely cleaned up the executables off of denuvo

And those few cases were where the performance difference was pretty massive

Wasn't last time that happened with Resident Evil 8

[orchid prism]

Again back to my point - You can't trust they did it properly, since they are literally going in blind hacking away at things with reverse engineering.

If you want a reliable, provable comparison you need two copies FROM the first party. One with and one without Denuvo. Otherwise you have a verification problem.

[small comet]

capitalized the wrong word there

think you wanted to capitalized first and party

[orchid prism]

[small comet]

idk what emphasizing from does

[feral ferry]

Beta is out

No links, go find it yourselves wherever

Or just wait for repacks cause those are bound to come out

Oh shit

The crack is a hoax

"For all of you asking to get the crack, it is HWID locked. For explanation
What is a lock?
Most hacks "lock" into your HWID. It means when the first time you activate your key, your HWID is "saved".
Each time the key is used, it will check if the HWID matches the saved one. If it matches, the hack will work, if it does not, then the hack will give an error."

I heard of this today, apparently Denuvo 17 is ridiculously obtrusive with HWID

[fringe salmon]

ahahahahaha

[feral ferry]

Some peeps are running the crack already

So, about the HWID thing

Seems Empress has figured out how to spoof it in a weird way, but you have to create a custom file that'll hook with the crack

And currently it seems the only way to get that file is... to sent your system info to Empress who will send the file back

[hot spire]

lmao she is 100% faking it

and just using real keys to generate hwids

which you can do alreayd

[vapid lintel]

I'm sure that link was fine but I can't be bothered to verify that to be true and therefore I deleted it

[small comet]

it was a video

of gameplay

not even showing any cracking

[hot spire]

tyhere is a why to bypass the hwid limit

[vapid lintel]

No ragrets

[small comet]

so im confused how youd know its the crack and not an official copy anyway

[hot spire]

so she 100% just got a bunch of keys with the donations is is diving them out

she just patched the game to no check online

[vapid lintel]

That'll teach 'em 😂

[hot spire]

you can already get this service from crackers

[small comet]

imagine

you have to get a file from her

and just her according to her

and you dont even get dlc or updates

lol

[hot spire]

i mean it already exists as a service for sp games

you can get gamepass ones too

they mod the exe to not check online and give you a real vaild unlock key

with denvo if you never go online with a hwid key they dont count for your limit

[bleak pike]

Source?

[fading spade]

Is fanatical a safe site for steam keys?

There is a bundle im tempted to get

OMFH IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

LOCAL NETWORK GAME TRANSFER

[ornate cedar]

@barren pewter I did it

@young hill

[hot spire]

its not good lol

as far as ive played

[young hill]

Less goooolo

[young hill]

It does not have Russian lore or so the reviews said

But still an action packed interest

[hot spire]

it has crap vo

no paceing

bad combat

[ornate cedar]

Vo?

[young hill]

Voice over

[hot spire]

the ai is 100% ripped off cncs cabal lol

[ornate cedar]

hehehehe it sounds he got vatnik edition

[young hill]

Leaked build?

[hot spire]

yeah but its the same as the relase game

[young hill]

Combat did not look too amazing anyways

But I am sure the game still looks good

[hot spire]

yeah its the enemy glows

you dodge

trhen you hit

i made it to the first boss

[young hill]

Alright well thanks for heads up

[hot spire]

and its meh

[young hill]

Keeping my preorder

I paid only $42.15

[hot spire]

its like knock off bioshock

with none of the actual lore

or goodness

[young hill]

Yep no dohbg

I know the story is non-existent

[hot spire]

like an hour in

[ornate cedar]

Besides 2 hours try-out

[hot spire]

and you have less lore than the intro for bioshock

[ornate cedar]

[young hill]

Tis okay

Break stuff make grog happy

The people who did expect otherwise will be disappointed though

But regardless should have some skepticism for a new game out the blue

[hot spire]

you dont break anyhthing

atleast in the first 2 hours

lol

[young hill]

Eh alright

[hot spire]

counting the like unskippable 10 min intro

[young hill]

Well if you got anything else negative to say please go ahead

[nimble current]

the environments and props look really good and interesting imo

but a bit skeptical about the gameplay

[hot spire]

they dont do anyhting lol

[young hill]

Only thing cool about gameplay I imagined with abilities

And probably the first time usdd

[hot spire]

2 hours in and all you have is a axe and a shotgun with 10 shots

lol

[young hill]

Cool

Gonna be fun to play on hardest difficulty

[hot spire]

doubt

[young hill]

I played prey on nightmare

[hot spire]

on midium youre 2 hit ko

[young hill]

Twas fun

[hot spire]

and the emenys can do unblockable 2 hit combos

you have to dodge

so missing one kills you

[young hill]

Realism

But anyways thanks for the heads up ionstorm

[nimble current]

muh female sexbots tho

[young hill]

I find that part weird

Why are they so jiggly

[ornate cedar]

My brother in christ, Rander Hardcore is too easy in Metro Exodus

[nimble current]

I mean its kinda obvious thirstbait

[fading spade]

I've started playing Prey
It runs like a charm on the Deck but I feel it's a game id rather play with keyboard and mouse on a big screen

[young hill]

Yes

[ornate cedar]

I played death march! on my first playthough of Witcher 3

[fading spade]

So imma move it to my desktop

[young hill]

Just do not put difficultly on nightmare on deck

You will get wiped easily

[hot spire]

only saw them once

[young hill]

Like next two rooms

Nightmares shoes up

[ornate cedar]

Noice

[young hill]

Were you drooling?

[nimble current]

I think they're mostly in there for the trailers/marketing tbh

[ornate cedar]

Sadge

I guess the internet will add them

[mortal linden]

because you know what the internet is going to do to them

[young hill]

Secyalize

Whatever just feels weird for machine to be so human

Uncanny valley be like

[nimble current]

they're probably in the game to some extent, but doubt they have any significant role in the plot/gameplay

could be wrong tho

[young hill]

Inb4 protagonist

Falls in love them

[young hill]

Will you be active tomorrow?

[barren pewter]

my brother in christ

it's just abusing the AI

and throwing knife

my beloved

[ornate cedar]

Not even using the suppressors

[barren pewter]

honestly, one part of Ranger Hardcore I find difficult is that fucking heavily armoured cannibal

in Yamantau

with the gatling

plenty of places to hide behind but the initial spray is what gets me

[unkempt halo]

I cannot wait to try mine

is there a list of compatible games anywhere

[young hill]

@ornate cedar

[barren pewter]

heh

I'm going to bet no

same as myself

Final Fantasy crossover car in FH4

[barren pewter]

...and due to licencing issues

they replaced the offroader version you could get

from the skill tree

with a fuckin generic '98 supra

that you could get on the autoshow

for 250k credits

couldn't even throw in a nice offroader of comparable quality

just a FUCKIN GENERIC SUPRA

FUCKIN GENERIC SUPRA MY ASS
I DON'T WANT NO STINKIN SUPRA

IT CAN'T HANDLE GRAVEL

[young hill]

Tf

[barren pewter]

IT CAN'T HANDLE MUD

[barren pewter]

hi

[young hill]

Hello

And I was wondering since I need him present one more day

To ease quintoshs concerns

[barren pewter]

right

probably the wrong place to talk about it

let's move to #staff-feet-pics

[young hill]

Bro that does not exist

[barren pewter]

believe me, it does

[young hill]

Probably only members are you and violet

[barren pewter]

...why are yáll so mean to vio

[young hill]

Bro what

[barren pewter]

it seems vio is the butt of almost any joke

other than lanaposting, but that is fucking deserved

[late bloom]

wooting car

rapid trigger suspension

[unkempt halo]

hi, hello, you dont know me but I demand information

will I be able to use my wooting in FO76 and Crossout?

[nimble current]

you can use your wooting for everything you do on your computer including games

just like any keyboard

[barren pewter]

yes
without a doubt
in digital mode
for analog mode, depends on the game

[nimble current]

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/comments/vo3dll/keyboardmouse_and_controller_at_the_same_time/

according to reddit FO76 does not support gamepad and mouse/kb simultaneously so you won't be able to use the wooting analog gamepad emulation

[barren pewter]

iirc it took mods to get it to work for fallout new vegas and 4

since modding isn't an option with 76, you're shit out of luck

[hot spire]

i mean it is

but no one will make a script extender becuase it will be used for hacks

[autumn depot]

the way the wrote isidora is bad

Ive seen this before

powers that shouldnt be tampered with that seemingly do good but after all it destroys everything

[small comet]

nice spoilers

[autumn depot]

oops right

[small comet]

basically the plot of all assassins creed games

[autumn depot]

apple of eden

[feral ferry]

It is as safe as any grey market is

[autumn depot]

I wonder if ubisoft will be mad when they see how damm much hogwarts legacy resembles ac gameplay

[small comet]

the only safe key sites are humble and greenmangaming iirc

they actually work with publishers

the others all get their keys via methods usually not allowed by steam,epic,ubi,whoever tos

like stolen credit cards, straight up stolen accounts/keys what not

[fallow bronze]

how about any of the ones on https://isthereanydeal.com/ ?

[small comet]

id not trust all stores on there

[fringe salmon]

Fanatical is done rebranded Name but they also work with publishers like gmg, last I checked

But idk if that’s still true

[fallow bronze]

i've had good experiences with gamesplanet, goodmangaming, humble, gog, gamersgate and wingamestore

[fringe salmon]

But aside from Humble I basically don’t use any key site because cba

[wheat kraken]

^

I use humble due to humble choice giving me an up to 20% off deal

[ornate cedar]

Perhaps

[ornate cedar]

Hyped for tomorrow

13 hours till I enjoy myself or die in a blaze of glory

[feral ferry]

Add G2A, Eneba, HRK to the mix

Most grey marketplaces are "legit" and you prolly won't get scammed

Just look into the transaction ratings of the person you are buying from

[fringe salmon]

yeah you are just a bad person if you use them knowingly

[feral ferry]

Most of the sellers are typically selling tens of thousands of keys and will have a high 99% score, those are most likely trustable

It's always a risk to get either your steam account banned or losing your money though

[fringe salmon]

but unlike g2a and other shit stains humble and co have actual deals with publishers

[feral ferry]

The game's the game

Not everyone's rich enough to buy games

[fringe salmon]

if you genuinely cant afford it pirate it instead of giving money to scams

everyone will tell you that

[feral ferry]

Multiplayer and steam workshop are precious enough to give money to scams

[small comet]

which is

[feral ferry]

Atomic heart release date

[small comet]

?

[feral ferry]

I'm more interested in this

[feral ferry]

Very funni, good animu

[small comet]

id love to read the manga tbh

but its sold out everywhere

[feral ferry]

LN is the one that's the main source

Manga iirc is a bit out of date

[small comet]

i dont wanna just read though

i need picture books

[feral ferry]

Fair enough honestly

LN's do have some illustrations at times

[fringe salmon]

does look a bit weird where atomic heart got funding from, ex gazpom people, had the russian text on their website and all, so I'm happy to sit that one out since I was only barely interrested anyway

[feral ferry]

Or.. just pay 1$ for gamepass and play it borderline free?

Don't have to spend 60$ on it

[small comet]

lol

[fringe salmon]

it is still relevant for payouts and metrics how many people download it from gamepass

that doesnt really change much

[feral ferry]

There's still the leaked build that got released yesterday, never a bad day to pirate

[fringe salmon]

or I just dont touch it at all because I can just do something else

[ornate cedar]

A game

[rancid hearth]

There's always mangadex

[feral ferry]

Mangadex is where I read most of my manga

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I feel really sorry for most manga authors ;-;

they dont get the money for making them

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What

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i mean the ones that dont get an anime version

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??

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how do they make money?

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You think manga authors are just doing it as a hobby??

Lana what are you on

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a lot do

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Publications pay them

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Any licensed merchandise they sell

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Merch

Manga authors literally get a salary

Contracted to a weekly/bi-weekly/monthly publication means they pay you

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If you want to complain complain about the industry complain about animators not making living wages

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They aren't as rich as others, but they aren't bad by any means