🎮│game

[frigid cove]

any chance BALL X PIT will come to android since its on iOS now?

[novel umbra]

https://www.ballxpit.com/

[frigid cove]

oh nice!

[novel umbra]

why is your first instinct instead of punching it in a search engine or the play store to ask in a discord server of an EU company

[frigid cove]

idk i just saw it and asked

havent really seen much about this game so i just asked

[novel umbra]

it is like 4am over here

[frigid cove]

sorry

[novel umbra]

[outer pollen]

@cyan pewter

https://fxtwitter.com/naruvt0/status/2026009167161704743

Naru (@Naruvt0)

Kurogames won!

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FxTwitter · Feb 23, 2026, 7:00 PM

Tuff

[cyan pewter]

huh

[outer pollen]

A Gundam illustrator did the design for the mech chick in wuwa

[cyan pewter]

ooooh

[cyan pewter]

i didnt click on it

[maiden tulip]

Epic funded the damn thing

Also game is good enough that it's worth it even on epic

I'd buy it again

I go slep now

Again

[limber carbon]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1229490/view/494969252845979970 FRAUD TOMORROW

[outer pollen]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3489420/They_Killed_Your_Cat/

Steam

They Killed Your Cat

Manually reload your weapons

Manually walk by controlling each leg…

Release Date

Feb 25, 2026

[compact oriole]

Not even Sony is keeping their games on their own platform anymore. Meanwhile epic is losing money willingly

[trim rock]

Only when Valve drops their cut to 12% or whatever it was

[compact oriole]

Only then what?

[trim rock]

Then Epic will put Fortnite and other games on Steam

[compact oriole]

Is that what they said?

[trim rock]

Yeah something like that

[compact oriole]

Cz even if valve took 60% they'd make more money than their own store probably

Btw looked it up and epic only said they'd consider putting games on steam and stop their exclusivity deals

Well they basically stopped the deals since almost noone is taking them anymore

[verbal nymph]

I mean, they can view it as 'o fuck we need money' option

[cold anvil]

I got that authentic leon experience, don't ever catch me on the road!!

https://tenor.com/view/resident-evil-9-re9-resident-evil-requiem-leon-leon-s-kennedy-gif-10948433493221529898

[hardy merlin]

Timmy Tencent has a little peepee

[fallow bronze]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2853590/Void_War/
interesting FTL clone.

Steam

Void War

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Manage Your Ship
Your starship is a mighty and terrible vessel, brimming with ar…

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

3079

there is a demo

[novel umbra]

Ngl

Kinda happy that steam singlehandedly revived demos

[hardy merlin]

Oh, the Next Fest

[fallow bronze]

oh, thats a lot of demos 😮

[compact oriole]

Demos are bis if you have a good product. it's the best advertisement

[novel umbra]

yeah especially the first couple promoted really small indy games because most games did not have demos

[outer pollen]

@bleak pike you playing marathon for the server slam?

[orchid prism]

Ah Paradox... Apparently some mods got deleted ages ago, but their launcher cannot cope with this, so it keeps trying to download them from the Workshop, causing a fun logic loop that never ends. Had to track them down manually on Steam and unsubscribe to fix it.

[vapid lintel]

I. Hate. Paradox. Mods.

[orchid prism]

This isn't even PDXM. This is Stellaris, which uses regular Steam.

As does EUV. So I guess Paradox may have...reconsidered their modding platform 😄

[vapid lintel]

Ah okay

I got a little triggered heading Paradox and Mods in the same sentence

[orchid prism]

[vapid lintel]

Sad Cities Skylines 2 noises

[orchid prism]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Castaways-cat-pet-pat-X42IAaDJ42pHqPllGk

[hardy merlin]

I have figured out math for my motor factory

[hasty belfry]

Finally arrived ordered like 9 months ago lol

[hardy merlin]

https://kotaku.com/xbox-microsoft-asha-sharma-birthrates-ai-fertility-2000672756

[narrow junco]

All these people worried about declining birth rates never want to have their own children and if they do, they dont even raise them

[hardy merlin]

They have children
OpenClaw AI agents that delete their emails

[orchid prism]

One headline says Cocaine, the other AI. Checks out.

[trim rock]

AI Cocaine children?

[ivory dune]

That's how I was conceived

[hardy merlin]

I just saw "birthrates" and completely missed cocaine

[ivory dune]

@narrow junco we hype for poe enw season?!

[narrow junco]

I think i‘ll play it

But we havent really seen anything yet

So hard to say if its worth getting hyped

[ivory dune]

I'm always hyped for the reveal haha

[narrow junco]

Oh yeah definitely

[ivory dune]

It just sucks it overlaps with WoW expansion release for me

[narrow junco]

I just cant watch it this time around

Cause i need to study

[ivory dune]

I get to watch it and near the end of the stream wow early access starts lol

Rough night thursday eve haha

[compact oriole]

Idec about the Bs she's spewing. Much worse it's yet another corpo turd that has no idea about the field she's getting employed in

[mellow garden]

Player housing

[compact oriole]

And she probably ain't even happy with this position and is only using it as a steppingstone. Similarly to 90% off gaming "journalists"

[ivory dune]

In Wow? Yes!

[mellow garden]

There's a ton of great creations already

I'm quite tempted to buy Midnight just for housing

[hardy merlin]

https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-president-sarah-bond-speaks-out-after-news-of-her-xbox-departure-ive-decided-this-is-the-right-time-for-me-to-take-my-next-step-both-personally-and-professionally/

"I’ve had the privilege of spending time with Asha over the last few weeks as we’ve planned for this transition, and I’ve seen firsthand her deep commitment to our players, developers, and brand." She adds, "Xbox deserves this."
Whooo boi

[hasty belfry]

All corpo garbage anyway, Xbox has been dead since the 360 they completely lost the plot.

[mellow garden]

Fuck it, I'm in.

[hardy merlin]

Like with everything, Micorsoft got greedy the moment they had any grasp on the market
Kinect killed a lot of momentum Xbox One had

[mellow garden]

The always online DRM is what really killed it

Although being able to freely digital games would go hard in year 2026

[hardy merlin]

I wonder how long before Game Pass becomes Copilot Pass

[small comet]

play ffxiv instead

better player housing

[mellow garden]

XIV housing is kinda ass

IMHO

[trim rock]

Yeah roll the pass into Microsoft 365

[ivory dune]

NA or EU?

[mellow garden]

EU

[ivory dune]

Oh nice

[compact oriole]

"Xbox deserves this" doesnt sound positive

[hardy merlin]

She be right though

[narrow junco]

it sounds like what you say about your old sick dog that's getting euthanized next week

[mellow garden]

[hardy merlin]

cozy

More trees, some garden and blanket and it'd be perfect

[mellow garden]

I'm working on it

I've only just unlocked my WoW house

[hardy merlin]

Wish they gave us similar homestead in GW2
There's only coast and beach island

[mellow garden]

There's only two neighbourhoods in WoW currently

One alliance, one horde

Limited housing exterior options as well

[quiet vault]

https://fixupx.com/owcavalry/status/2026302739911733407?s=46

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FixupX · Feb 24, 2026, 2:26 PM

[orchid prism]

Housing in FF is a gamble. In WoW it is for everyone.

[small comet]

i like the gamble

means not everyone has it

[mellow garden]

I don't appreciate XIV housing keeping you hostage if you otherwise wanted to take a break from the game.

[small comet]

ive been on a break for like a year almost 2 now

tbf i dont mind the 10eur or whatever a month it is to keep the sub active (as i have since years now)

[mellow garden]

Have you been logging in to visit the house? Auto-demolition has been left active for over 6 months now.

[small comet]

ye i get the mail, log in, enter the house (im logged off right infront) and then log back out

actually might consider me active i do log in for the events like valentines, easter, halloween and such

but yeah thats about it

[sinful cobalt]

after R6 mobile released

[quiet vault]

the mobile gaming money is crazy ig

atleast no fps

[mellow garden]

Mobile games print money but somehow XIV mobile is failing in China

[orchid prism]

People are too busy spending all of their money on WWM there.

[small comet]

i thought the only mobile game everyone plays if they play mobile to begin with is the horse game

[hardy merlin]

Mobile gaming is for Balatro and Baba is You

[outer pollen]

https://youtu.be/vcCspdsVSBg?

[mellow garden]

https://fixupx.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/2026296986140369132/photo/1

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN)

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FixupX · Feb 24, 2026, 2:03 PM

[hardy merlin]

These requirements are quite refreshing

[mellow garden]

Yeah, pretty reasonable overall.

[narrow junco]

modern game releasing today with reasonable performance requirements???

what the hell

[verbal nymph]

ooo yeah. 3060 12gb as medium, good to see

basically any mid tier system from 2020 should be able to run this

[serene orbit]

Seems really nice its not cpu heavy and that settings mainly rely on the gpu.

But we’ll have to see the reality, if they pop denuvo on it and shit…

[ivory dune]

Can I have some switch (1) game recommendations?

[serene orbit]

Mario party

But not jamboree

[narrow junco]

jamboree is fun

[serene orbit]

I dont like it compared to the older ones

Idk if it depends on the rules

[ivory dune]

Thank you

[scarlet marlin]

animal crossing, pokemon arceus, mario party jambo

[ivory dune]

I happen to have the first two, nice

[bleak pike]

We'll see when it comes out

[scarlet marlin]

the new pokemon is fun too

but I think I liked arceus more

[serene orbit]

But what i disliked was:

No challenges if you land on people anymore, the fact you can lose all your stars in 1 turn, not being able to save up money to buy stars on the last turn anymore, now you can end up with 0 stars and 200 coins…

[narrow junco]

sounds like

[scarlet marlin]

a true mario party experience

[narrow junco]

skill issue

[serene orbit]

I mean i generally win

[narrow junco]

hmm

[serene orbit]

But its not fun if a friend is ahead for once, then he loses all stars in 1 event lmao

[narrow junco]

doesnt sound like it

[serene orbit]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hardy merlin]

I mean
First DS work really nice on a Deck
MGSV runs on a toaster and still looks gorgeous
Kojima team does wonders when it comes to optimisation

[cold anvil]

3 days until Requiem

https://tenor.com/view/grace-ashcroft-resident-evil-resident-evil-9-resident-evil-requiem-good-morning-gif-14614656656951316785

[scarlet marlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/leon-pubg-dance-9BfkyZpfP1wibfW1Qa

[mellow garden]

Peggy dressing like a woman with Live Laugh Love signs in her house

Alfonso and Flo have been flirting with each other.

[outer pollen]

Vro @pure bear I caved and ordered this secret lair off of a scalper

[maiden tulip]

No longee the same kojima team as mgs5 tho

But yes the DS engine runs on a phone

[hardy merlin]

Core engine tech it's the same people
They did wonders with Decima too

[mellow garden]

https://x.com/i/status/2026341241936335224

Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames)

Let's cut to the chase: Marvel's Wolverine launches September 15, 2026.

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[cold anvil]

pretty difficult rhythm game

I kinda gave up at the end XD

game is called In Falsus, only the demo is available with 4 songs

[cyan pewter]

https://fixupx.com/Xbox/status/2026296901117821243?s=20

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FixupX · Feb 24, 2026, 2:03 PM

[cold anvil]

I’ve been getting into car games recently and I have been intrigued by this installment of Forza…

Is forza good?
I mostly have just been playing Gran Turismo

[cyan pewter]

people have been begging for japan map for years

[cyan pewter]

fh5 isnt as good as fh4 and that wasnt as good as fh3

[bleak pike]

UK map when

Didn't mean to reply to that

[cold anvil]

LOL

[cyan pewter]

uk was fh4

[bleak pike]

Oh really

[cyan pewter]

yeah

5 is mexico

[bleak pike]

I played and somehow didn't realize

[cyan pewter]

3 was miami(?)

[bleak pike]

Or I did but forgot

Actually Idk if I played 4

[cyan pewter]

cover car was the senna

[bleak pike]

Ah the game has sunny weather in it

Probably why I didn't recognize it

[cyan pewter]

first game with 4 seasons

[cold anvil]

Idk anything about more open races I’m very much just getting used to enclosed tracks

[bleak pike]

Weirdly I've been to the lake district many times in my life and didn't recognize any of it

[manic owl]

australia

fh2 was europe , mostly italy and france and fh1 was colorado

[bleak pike]

This is bugging me now

[cyan pewter]

the main city was edinburgh

[manic owl]

yep

[bleak pike]

Ye I definitely played it

The map is familiar but I only played for maybe 2 hours

[manic owl]

honestly if forza fixes some of the god awful car models im happy

[bleak pike]

Probably because the intro was poop

The intro is what gets me into horizon

[cyan pewter]

from what im hearing fh6 will be the best so far
but we wont know till we actually get to play it

[bleak pike]

I love them so much

[cyan pewter]

the progression is much different than previous forza games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScT-HYov4mQ&t=15s

[manic owl]

fh5 had a weak track list aswell

in terms of music

[cold anvil]

Im pretty good at driving if you couldnt tell

[cyan pewter]

ive always turned off the radio and listened to music on spotify

[bleak pike]

That's boring

[manic owl]

fh always had bangers i mean its ment to be a music festival aswell

[bleak pike]

https://youtu.be/GUegkXtLFRk

[cold anvil]

would you listen to what's on the radio or an assortment of songs you like?

[bleak pike]

I still listen to this song

A lot

[bleak pike]

Radio

I do the same on truck sim

[cold anvil]

alright

[bleak pike]

But UK radio

[cold anvil]

Ive been trying to look for a good Gran Turismo clip that I have and most of them is just me raging or showing something

[manic owl]

i mean i would listen to radio if my radio was capable of recieving german radio stations but its not so idk , fh always had a curated playlist by DJ rob da bank

like this was fh1

[cold anvil]

I got this cool car for winning a championship in game\

[cyan pewter]

send the raging one

[cyan pewter]

tldw:

[manic owl]

Vspec 2 spotted hmm

the horizon series kinda forgot that they have a festival vibe after 3

[cyan pewter]

golath race will truely be used just to drive around the map and not an actual race

[cyan pewter]

pretty much

[cyan pewter]

after that the mc (you as a player) is just a superstar racer

[cold anvil]

I tried so desperately to win in the end by cutting and it didn't work

[cyan pewter]

interesting racing lines

[manic owl]

get a attesa car then it will work

[cold anvil]

there were demons in me in the end that i had to let out

I already beat the race with the same car

[cyan pewter]

you shouldve pulled this move
https://medal.tv/games/assetto-corsa/clips/iQBNnmcqI40HcF0fo?invite=cr-MSxSY0wsMzM3MTkzMzA&v=71

[cold anvil]

dude I genuinely hate when NPC's do this it's so annoying

[cyan pewter]

skip to 1 minute in the clip

[cold anvil]

Ik it's hypocritical of me cause I highkey be doing this sometimes lmao

[cold anvil]

yeah I saw

[cyan pewter]

anyways theyre all real drivers

this is a server in assetto corsa

[cold anvil]

WHAT

That is evil LMAO

foul play

[cyan pewter]

i didnt even do nun
the guy spun on the straight on his own

[cold anvil]

assetto corsa looks a lot like gran turismo, might have to pick it up..

[cyan pewter]

im using modded huds

thats why the speedo looks like its from GT

[cold anvil]

ohh ok

GT hud is very much awesome anyways

[cyan pewter]

yeah the latest one is the one ive been using

[manic owl]

@cyan pewter is this setup immersive?

[cyan pewter]

you need a full gt cockpit

[mellow garden]

What year is it?

[cold anvil]

did you pickup one of the pieces after the vehicle crashed?

[cyan pewter]

wtf

[unique bane]

1999, diablo 2 expansion live

[cyan pewter]

i have a lot more clips on my medal account with assetto corsa

if youre more into that cutting up junk heres one
https://medal.tv/games/assetto-corsa/clips/2bfGwk_05j2XPX?invite=cr-MSw0SzAsMzM3MTkzMzA&v=82

[manic owl]

pretty much yeah

[cold anvil]

are the graphics unmodded? the game looks pretty

[cyan pewter]

no its modded

you can change the game to look however you like

[cold anvil]

how modded? and how is the variety of vehicles?

[cyan pewter]

theres filters you can download online

[cyan pewter]

vehicles are kinda infinite, just up to someone to make it

theres a mod manager for assetto called content manager

and its pretty straight forward

kinda just drag and drop the file or link and itll install it

this is where most mods are when i go to find something, of course theres other websites for this too
https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/categories/assetto-corsa.1/

[cold anvil]

how compatible are the mods with online and is there some kind of campaign?

[cyan pewter]

i havent really played assetto on its own without mods or like public lobbies

[cyan pewter]

as for mods, you need to make your own server and host it with the cars, if others want to join they have to download the cars before they can but that can be done through content manager

[manic owl]

actually bought it online from their shop for 30€ but yes its a crashed part from their 992 gt 3r loschx black falcon endurance race car

[cold anvil]

thats pretty cool

[cyan pewter]

only 30?

[cold anvil]

thought'd it be more expensive

[cold anvil]

yeah

[manic owl]

yeah its part of the rear bumper its fully plastic

[cyan pewter]

i havent played nohesi in a bit

ive just been driving around the ring

[manic owl]

the ring is eh

ive been grinding with a supra in recent times

[cyan pewter]

heres an example, im missing a few cars and i can just install it like this

[cold anvil]

Oh I see

[manic owl]

honestly i mainly use asseto corsa to design liverys

[cyan pewter]

i just play whenever i feel like it lol

[manic owl]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1309010372790980648/1361834350521618613/blitz_livery_showcase.gif

[cyan pewter]

ima js stream

[manic owl]

i made this for asseto corsa

[cold anvil]

Assetto corsa is on a really good sale rn, might pick up later today I’m just in the middle of something rn

[manic owl]

just get content manager as a launcher the stock one is eh

[cyan pewter]

this is just so nice
https://medal.tv/games/assetto-corsa/clips/lH3SsWZZ4IMLZvTlq?invite=cr-MSx4NzMsMzM3MTkzMzA&v=211

@manic owl heel + toe good?
https://medal.tv/games/assetto-corsa/clips/i3bhlRwJwdYXN-M4Y?invite=cr-MSxSdEwsMzM3MTkzMzA&v=50

[manic owl]

always

[cyan pewter]

zero experience with a manual irl

[nimble current]

I've had over a dozen cars since I first learned to drive at 16, one was automatic

[maiden tulip]

sad that everything is an automatic these days

[maiden tulip]

I mean nowadays even in the EU most cars are xoning with autos

[nimble current]

yes

[cyan pewter]

everything that i know about manual is through games

[maiden tulip]

Also how the fuck did you go through this many cars

Stop crashing them @nimble current

[nimble current]

but that wasn't the case when I was that age

[maiden tulip]

Well im talking about now

[cyan pewter]

yeah an since its EVs now that isnt gonna change

[nimble current]

I've had many shitboxes

[maiden tulip]

meanwhile me still has a truck from 2004 and a car from 2008

And they're fine

Only car i got rid of was my 1999 nissan truck

Frame snapped

[nimble current]

but also its been about 24 years since I was 16

[maiden tulip]

because rust ans offroading

[maiden tulip]

You're 40?

Damn

[nimble current]

almost

[maiden tulip]

Old man

[nimble current]

higher lvl*

[maiden tulip]

I'm 28 and i've had 3 cars in my life

[manic owl]

glorious nippon steel

[maiden tulip]

2 of them are still well alive

And well

[maiden tulip]

I loved that truck it was my first car and i had many adventures in the woods and mud with it

I miss it

I also got hit and run in it lol

[nimble current]

by the time I was 20 I had owned 5 cars and 2 motorcycles

[maiden tulip]

By some moron in a civic

[manic owl]

ehh its just a nissan thing tbh

[maiden tulip]

indeed

But honestly that truck never got me stranded once

It was bulletproof besides the frame who well didnt like canadian winters

🤣

[manic owl]

well my alternator left me stranding, got a new one in the mail today

[nimble current]

my current shitbox has a coolant leak

[maiden tulip]

Nissan cars ≠ nissan trucks

[nimble current]

once it gets a bit drier and warmer I'll try to locate it

[maiden tulip]

Thats all im gonna say

[manic owl]

its awd so it identifies as a truck

[nimble current]

in the meantime I just refill the coolant every other week

[maiden tulip]

it's not 4x4 tho

IT AINT THE SAME

[manic owl]

well technically its alltime 4x4

[maiden tulip]

well you cant put your nissan in 4low

[manic owl]

i mean no

[maiden tulip]

exactly

no mud 4 u

[manic owl]

cluster says its 4wd

[maiden tulip]

that's because it's the same cutout pattern as nissan trucks

😬

Sure i'll give you the title of... honorary truck

Just lift it a bit

[manic owl]

nah its a model specific dash.

[maiden tulip]

Its literally the same font for the 4wd logo

[cold anvil]

Yes

[manic owl]

that may be tbh but the cluster itself is model specific for one trim

[nimble current]

model specific instrument layout but those symbol cutouts for the warning lights are shared with other models

like every brand does that

[mellow garden]

@ivory dune https://www.wowhead.com/news/the-state-of-player-housing-and-upcoming-features-new-showcases-and-visitor-380523

[cyan pewter]

check engine light

[manic owl]

thats normal

[nimble current]

at least when they light up before you start the engine

[manic owl]

i had the opposite happen , had a running car and no dash, turns out the engine needs less voltage than the gauges

[grizzled quarry]

your cars auto?

or did you swap it and keep stock gauges

[manic owl]

still auto for now, im trying to figure out which gearbox works with the awd

[grizzled quarry]

ah

[grizzled quarry]

not tryna spend the absurd price of an oem r34 one i see 😭

those are NOT cheap wtf

[manic owl]

12k new for a gtr one

[grizzled quarry]

lightwork

[austere elm]

I was driving a car with the same speedometer as in this photo, so I just couldn't help but react with excitement.
I bought it when I was 23 and drove it for about 10 years.
I was really lucky.
It's a great car.

[manic owl]

it shares a lot of parts , just different price ranges, but underneath a gt four and a gtr use the same transfercase

[young hill]

well it is official, Rainbow Six Siege is on mobile

[cold anvil]

Cant wait for it to shut down a couple years from now

[young hill]

Your toaster is an Xbox, your smartwatch is an xbox

[little cape]

crazy how the original xbox and xbox 360 were such goated consoles just for them to be like this

[compact oriole]

xbox as a platform is completely dead. they lost the "console war". so shifting strategies was a great idea imo

[hardy merlin]

They were so close, Game Pass was a really powerful punch for Sony
However - Kinect for Xbox One
And for some goddamn reason limiting devs by making them run games on piece of shit toaster called Xbox Series S, instead of focusing on X

[compact oriole]

ye the S mightve been a huge mistake

its not like devs didnt still port to xbox 99.9% of the time

but devs definitely hated it

idk noone is gonna buy the next xbox so i think the everything is xbox approach is a smart idea

they might still release some hardware but they also open th gates to others doing the same and offloading it to others

[hardy merlin]

Lately most games are released on PC, PS5 and maybe Switch, Xbox you can see less and less
I think they may actually kill the hardware completely and focus on releasing games

[compact oriole]

examples of recent AAA games not releasing on xbox?

[sinful cobalt]

Its me but XBOX peaked with the 360 console

[small comet]

imo og xbox

cause 360s backwards compatibility is ass

[hardy merlin]

Pretty much everything from Sony
Point being that only AAA games release on Xbox nowadays

[compact oriole]

i think most would agree even just cz of halo 3

[sinful cobalt]

And sony peaked with PS4

[compact oriole]

well nintendo didnt release their games on ps5 or pc either. obv we were talking about games not healt by console manufacturers

[hardy merlin]

Sony does release for PC, and they were thinking about releasing older titles to Xbox too
Nintendo is famous for keeping to their own ecosystem

But AA/indies? Most of them are targeting PC and PS5, maybe Switch too, completely forgot about Xbox

[mellow garden]

Nintendo are absolutely right to keep their games exclusive, the model works.

Bonus points for not killing their legacy studios and IPs like Sony have done.

[outer pollen]

The fat PS3 with backwards compatibility was cool

[hardy merlin]

The model works because they are preying on and exploiting nostalgia

[compact oriole]

like which didnt release on xbox

[sinful cobalt]

Me who only had a PS2 console when i was 7

[mellow garden]

Hot take but the future of PlayStation and Xbox was always a ticking time bomb. Younger gamers largely don’t care about the traditional console experience and franchises that appear on them. PC and mobile is much bigger to that demographic. Nintendo have managed to stay relevant by largely keeping that clean, family friendly image.

[compact oriole]

sony is giving up their walled garden becasue their own buyers arent enough anymore

literally everything is being ported apart from demon souls, gran tourismo and astrobot

the latter 2 i could see getting pc versions at some point tho

[sinful cobalt]

I would love to see a bloodborn remake for the PS5 and PC

[compact oriole]

you and everyone else

must be some shitty licensing crap that stops em from doing it

same for demon souls

[hardy merlin]

New Kena game for example is skipping Xbox, and they are independent

[mellow garden]

Sony’s problem is that some of the largest games on the market blur the line to just being their own platform. Roblox, Fortnite, GTA Online as examples.

[hardy merlin]

Sony is giving up their walled garden because there's not that much overlap between PS5 and gaming PC owners, so it's very much worth it for them

[mellow garden]

The first two are considerably better on PC. GTA would also be much bigger on PC if they didn’t wait 12 months to release it.

Unrelated but the snow has finally melted in ACNH and my villagers are enjoying the spring

[silk estuary]

I need them to give up bloodborne asap

[hardy merlin]

At this point just use PS4 emulator

[sinful cobalt]

I mean sure using an emulator would be easier

[silk estuary]

Emulator has gotten good ngl

But I wanna put it on my steam profile

I’ve got Elden ring in my completions showcase rn and I’m working on the other souls games

[compact oriole]

their business model used to be exclusive games to drive console sales. but with how expensive game dev has become and console market shrinking unlike pc market which has been growing they have to release on pc to be sustainable

[sinful cobalt]

Im on my way to 100% the recent Maffia game

[hardy merlin]

I think they are still fine

[compact oriole]

with xbox losing the console war ages ago they changed to this a loong time go and completely stopped games being exclusive to xbox and also released everything on pc

[silk estuary]

Oh hey I still have my NDS lite, I love my R4 card

[compact oriole]

they obviously arent, else they wouldnt release on pc

theyre not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. they need the money. they even said so. i dont remember if it was an investor call or smth

[mellow garden]

Sony has benefitted from Xbox gamers switching to PlayStation because of Microsoft’s policies. The home console market hasn’t grown and broadly doesn’t appeal to younger gamers.

[hardy merlin]

They want money, and PC market doesn't really interfere with their core market, so... makes total sense

[compact oriole]

they wouldve always made money by releasing on pc. and it does interfere because now people dont need to buy ps5 to play the games they used to need a ps for

[silk estuary]

Instead they can rent the processing power over the cloud and if they own a PS5 they can now stream the textures of the game they bought from Sony to save storage

[hardy merlin]

PS5 is still significantly cheaper than a gaming PC, so for gaming it's a more appealing option
And gaming PC owners are unlikely to switch to console anyway, because they already own their game collection on PC

[ivory dune]

It's all about pc or handheld nowadays

Consoles are dedge imo

For the newest generation, I mean

[compact oriole]

ye but the pc gaming market has still grown while console market has declined. even if the ps5 sold almost 100mil units

[silk estuary]

If I want a handheld I go for a 5 minute down the street and steal borrow my friends steam deck, if I want something else I go for a 5 minute drive down the road and steal borrow my friend ROG ally or his Quest3

[sinful cobalt]

Yeah bc there where literally no ps5 exclusive games

[hardy merlin]

Deck
Perfect indie game machine

[compact oriole]

sony manufactured problem by that one idiot ceo or what ever position he held

[silk estuary]

Sadge, no decks on sale from steam rn

[ivory dune]

Honestly

[compact oriole]

they pulled all their big studios to make 12 live service games almost all of which were cancelled btw

[ivory dune]

Now that my switch has a totally legal and for backups only modchip, I feel pretty good with it

It was that or steamdeck

[compact oriole]

the only ones seeing the day of light were concord and are gonna be marathon and horizon dead on arrival or what ever its called. and that money heist game if that wasnt cancelled yet

[hardy merlin]

totally legal and for backups only modchip
Give me back my games then

[ivory dune]

There's a reason 3ds consoles have skyrocketed this year

It's just such an ease of use thing

[compact oriole]

well a big reason is nintendo sunsetting the ds shop

[ivory dune]

My name is Switserland, I know nothing

Yeah, for sure

[hardy merlin]

3DS is peak platform to play best Pokemon games

[ivory dune]

I buy cheap 3dses second hand, CFW them and resell lol

[sinful cobalt]

Eww pokemon games

[ivory dune]

For legal homebrew of course

[silk estuary]

I have my NDS lite under my bed right now with completely legal copies of pokemon games and Tetris on my R4 cards micro sd

[ivory dune]

Jeez R4 cards, that takes me back

[silk estuary]

[ivory dune]

It's all just microsd nowadays on 3ds+

[silk estuary]

I have a lil lucario theme and everything on it

I’ll find it in the morning and send a photo

[ivory dune]

I love that I can use my 3ds as a pc controller

[silk estuary]

I’m too lazy and cozy to reach under my bed

[sinful cobalt]

I would be the worst nintendo customer

[ivory dune]

I am the worst nintendo customer

[hardy merlin]

Tell me more!

[sinful cobalt]

Only 2 games interest me on nintendo and both is Zelda

[ivory dune]

There's many homebrews to use your console over wifi on other devices

So your switch/3ds

[hardy merlin]

I mean actual good Pokemon games, pre-Switch ones

[sinful cobalt]

I never liked pokemon

[ivory dune]

Pokemon emerald my beloved

[silk estuary]

I got myself a nice Hall effect controller and plugged the dongle into the back of my pc and haven’t thought abt it since, I just pick it out of my drawer, check the charge, and turn it on when I play a souls game

[silk estuary]

MY ONE TRUE POKEMON LOVE

Pokemon white was my second favorite

[ivory dune]

I'm currently playing the Pearl remake on switch

But gosh is it buggy

[hardy merlin]

Does it work with Circle Pad Pro?

[ivory dune]

Uh, I'd have to check

Ignore the mess

[hardy merlin]

I imported it from Japan solely for Monster Hunter (it was worth it )

[silk estuary]

Working on my black bolt master set

[ivory dune]

That's a lotta cards

I do want a better case for my switch

The black is boring

[sinful cobalt]

Man pokemon cards are such an American thing

[silk estuary]

And then some duplicates and extras

[sinful cobalt]

And Japanese of course

[ivory dune]

Remember...

[silk estuary]

I only have Japanese cards and one bundle of English cards

All the English booster bundles are sold out as soon as they’re on shelves near me cause of scalper and I don’t feel like spending 400 bucks on an English box when I can get a Japanese box for 95

[orchid prism]

Primal noises

[silk estuary]

The fucking MHZ counter 😭

[ivory dune]

That little beep and whirring up of the hdd

[silk estuary]

I remember my uncle getting scammed by that fuckin MHZ counter

[orchid prism]

Back then that was pretty important. Cause a lot of games weren't programmed to account for faster processors. So they would start going lightspeed on newer systems. So you had a turbo button to slow down the PC (Yes ironic naming), or using apps that would literally take up CPU cycles.

[compact oriole]

that clip reminded me why i dont have any hdds in my system anymore but only ssds

[orchid prism]

Imagine intentionally running a resource hog, just so you could play old games 😄

[ivory dune]

I tried installed my old Jurassic Park Chaos Island game the other week

[silk estuary]

I forget how

But I remember you could mess with the MHZ counter and make it higher than it was

[ivory dune]

It runs at 64*64 (exaguration) and 600 ticks/second

It's funny

[sinful cobalt]

i need to order a PS5 for myself

[mellow garden]

I have one for GTA VI but I've got major copium they'll announce a PC release for this year

[sinful cobalt]

If they did it it would be in thr trailer

[compact oriole]

pc prolly gonna be 1-2 years later as always

[fallow bronze]

tried method of milking gamers for the same game twice

[compact oriole]

especially cz if it goes anything like gta 5, the pc version will be the version to be for all that rp crap cz of mods

[bleak pike]

I don't miss floppy disks or older tech in general, even with my age I used to use a box of floppy disks for pirated games at my grandparents.

I especially don't miss CRT monitors

Hated moving it around when I was little

[scarlet marlin]

https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2026592116655165497

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

'Elden Ring' was released on this day 4 years ago

X · Feb 25, 2026, 9:36 AM

[hardy merlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T

[vapid lintel]

I should probably play that some time

[scarlet marlin]

that game consumed when it released, what a treat.
To play the game again for the first time blindly

[vapid lintel]

Started playing Expedition 33 last week instead

[scarlet marlin]

lets goooooo

hope you enjoy the game and story!

and dont get spoiled

[vapid lintel]

I normally start games on the hardest difficulty, but this one I had to scale back a bit... I suck at parrying

[scarlet marlin]

yeah everyone gets skill checked like crazy

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/ultrakill-brick-parry-gif-27597104

[vapid lintel]

[scarlet marlin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/193277318494420992/1080138875046985758/cat-chomp-fireball.gif

[orchid prism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngORPZj4wwY

[compact oriole]

the size sucked but how it made pixel games look/made devs work around how it looked was awesome. so in that case its not just that our memories are bad. they actually used to look A LOT better

[scarlet marlin]

[scarlet marlin]

[lone cosmos]

[scarlet marlin]

which is the last one you played?

[sinful cobalt]

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@cyan pewter

[outer pollen]

Arknights Endfield is so ass

From me wanting to spend money on it, to me not wanting to spend money anymore

[trim rock]

Sounds about right

[sinful cobalt]

Oof

[trim rock]

Time for the next gachawaifuslop

[outer pollen]

There’s nothing else lined up sadly

NTE looks okay

I might just buy 1 magic card instead

[novel umbra]

💀

[outer pollen]

I want this one so bad

But it’s like 450$

[hardy merlin]

[lone cosmos]

re6

[scarlet marlin]

the infamous one

[lone cosmos]

think re6 was 2012…?

[scarlet marlin]

im not sure tbh, im quite new to the franchise and I havent played that one yet

steam says 2013

[lone cosmos]

iirc re6 has 4 intersecting stories too, which is mainly why i enjoyed it

[scarlet marlin]

so far RE2 and 4 have been my favourite

[ivory dune]

@mellow garden if you have a house with a mechagnome endeavour active you can max your housing exp monthly limit in 3 hours btw

Semi afk too, just hold the walk backwards button lol

[lone cosmos]

Resident Evil resistance formely know as “project resistance” while under development was neat too, basically a spin off on the series except it was an online multiplayer horror game :p

[lone cosmos]

if you enjoy online multiplayer horrors you may like that one too, given that anyone still plays it that is

[ivory dune]

Every 24 launches you get 25 housing exp

[lone cosmos]

and as for the infamous resident evil, is it by any chance the one with uh

https://tenor.com/view/resident-evil8-resident-evil-lady-dimitrescu-gif-21476106

[mellow garden]

MMO min-maxing in a nutshell

[scarlet marlin]

yeah I feel like those are pretty dead

[ivory dune]

Dommy mommy

[mellow garden]

[scarlet marlin]

i got those in my library and im sure they came with when I bought one of the maingames

[ivory dune]

Ayup

[scarlet marlin]

I wish her part was just bigger/impactful

[lone cosmos]

Mommy Alcina Dimitrescu

[scarlet marlin]

like re8 is cool with the environments and the bosses etc (besides heisenberg, just doesnt fit the RE world imo) but everything was over so fast

[lone cosmos]

Pretty sure lots of people ended up doing challenge runs etc with re8 mainly

[scarlet marlin]

yeah I can see why

like especially her castle looks so massive etc. and then you explore like 15% of it

[lone cosmos]

mmm it would have been an amazing game if it tool towards a storyline with her and the daughters

[scarlet marlin]

being an OG royal/high society lady etc. wouldve been so cool to learn more about that and the village, how things were back then etc and how it like ended up like this

Im just a sucker for lore and exploring

[lone cosmos]

but nonetheless, they did bot disappoint with the designs n such

[scarlet marlin]

so just a few rooms and notes and then be done is just like 'oh ok'

[lone cosmos]

oh wowee, if your a lore nerd i can link you a 6-8 hour long video of destiny’s lore in its entirety

[outer pollen]

7 and 8 did disappoint imo

I hate Ethan

[scarlet marlin]

oh boy if only I cared about destiny hahah

[scarlet marlin]

he just tried to be a dad

and then got fucked over by his wife being a secret bio babysitter

[lone cosmos]

valid for that, games gone down the toilet

[lone cosmos]

i mainly just look at it from a design standpoint

[scarlet marlin]

i tried watching a kingdom hearts lore video (eventhough I never played the games) and like 2,5 hours in, they kinda lost me

[lone cosmos]

yahh Kingdom hearts gets like that

its one of those games though

[nimble current]

never understood what people saw in destiny to begin with

it was always triple A slop

[lone cosmos]

I think its mainly came from the halo side if anything

[outer pollen]

He’s so goofy though

[lone cosmos]

me personally, i fucking LOVE destinys gun play more than any other fps, just sucks they have a spaghetti code

[scarlet marlin]

his one liners dont hit the same as leon's

[outer pollen]

I swear if would have been trending when either of those games was being made, they would have given it to Ethan as a line

[scarlet marlin]

people enjoy different things

crazy right

[outer pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/leon-s-kennedy-leon-re4-resident-evil4-wheres-everyone-going-gif-21604833

[nimble current]

yeah but it got to be enjoyable to begin with

[scarlet marlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OQzpygousisFI19VzM

[lone cosmos]

Looter shooters go brrr when you throw a literal purple ball of death at the cabal

[outer pollen]

I love mindless grinding in games a lot

That’s what I used to like about Monster Hunter

[lone cosmos]

Destiny’s dying point was when they removed paid content from the game

[lone cosmos]

Warframe.

[outer pollen]

Been playing it since like 2013 I think

Not much of a grind anymore

[nimble current]

bungie couldn't figure out how to make the game work without fleecing it's players

[lone cosmos]

I still like bungie, but they dropped the ball after a bit

still some of my favourite gunplay regardless

[outer pollen]

Season of the Hunt was so ass

[lone cosmos]

PREACHHH

last season i enjoyed in destiny was the Sun dial season when they introduced the menace that is breachlight

[narrow junco]

they need to add more chase items fr fr

[lone cosmos]

if they added bunny ears it would be epic

[outer pollen]

Overguard was such a mistake imo for the game

[nimble current]

overguard, overwatch, highguard

these studios need to find a dictionary

[lone cosmos]

what even happened with highguard, did it just flop massively?

[outer pollen]

Do you think craft-able weapons killed the game a bit?

[narrow junco]

eh, its ok on warframes and a little annoying on enemies

i wish it didnt make crowd control useless tho

[lone cosmos]

uhh not really, it just gave more variety in a sense being able to pick and choose my perks at will was a nice qol for me

but thats more a personal opinion if anything

[narrow junco]

i tried destiny

and i hated the gear level grind

[serene orbit]

Black desert

[narrow junco]

whoever first came up with gear score needs to be put in a glass cell with no way to contact the outside

[lone cosmos]

yeah they still havent gotten that down even after multiple attempts of it

tbh id have just let the light level have a massive high cap and when you hit said number it just stops

we went from 500s to 1000s then to 1200-1300 then 1500-1800 and now its back to like 3 digits

[sinful cobalt]

Tbh The Division has a good gear score system

[outer pollen]

I hear the combat is fun in these

[lone cosmos]

have been meaning to try the division but i just cant get round to it

[outer pollen]

I remember playing the Division 2 and joining a “dungeon” and it was some dude playing on 2 pcs to get exotics faster

[sinful cobalt]

I put 85 hours into Div 1 and 45ish into Div 2

[lone cosmos]

Is div a looter shooter or?

[bleak pike]

Are they even called exotics in div

[bleak pike]

Looter cover shooter

[outer pollen]

I forgot the names lol

But the color was the same

Uniques??? I think

[lone cosmos]

i thought purple would have been legendary?

because exotics in destiny were yellow

[narrow junco]

i just hate the whole "bigger number better" thing where you dont even really look at the item

[outer pollen]

The Recluse in D2

[sinful cobalt]

Classifieds

[lone cosmos]

Mountain Top
Recluse
Anarchy

My GOATS.

anarchy and MTT are still peal for speedrunning content too

[outer pollen]

Birthright Militia
Recluse
Wendigo

[serene orbit]

It is

[lone cosmos]

Birthright user

[outer pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/clone-robot-gif-16129804491381586493

[outer pollen]

Everyone’s loadout during that time lol

[lone cosmos]

how long did you Farm lake of shadows for a godroll?

[serene orbit]

Its the best combat system in any mmo, pvp is super fun

[outer pollen]

Are you excited for the new game?

[serene orbit]

Yeah, played it for a few hours

[outer pollen]

I honestly don’t remember, but I used to do some crazy shit for Destiny like playing hours and hours on end

[lone cosmos]

i still remember the enchancement core glitch with recluse from shaxx, had multiple stacks of 999

[serene orbit]

Its completely different combat feeling wise, map looks amazing

[lone cosmos]

i have around 8k hours on it between ps4 and pc, i feel you

24 hour raiding was…interesting.

[serene orbit]

Ill play both crimson and black desert, bd for pvp, i do the nodewars(25v25x10) everyday ish

[sinful cobalt]

Tbh if destiny’s DLC where more accessible for everyone i would have put a few hundred hours into the game LOL

[serene orbit]

If destiny didnt delete all the old content i wouldve played a bit more

[lone cosmos]

Even if they were, they should give back the “sunset” content

[bleak pike]

I miss this combo

Before all the nerfs

[lone cosmos]

because wdym your just taking away dlcs i paid for

[bleak pike]

I didn't even use mtn on pvp much

[lone cosmos]

Anarchy used to be disgustingly OP for boss dps too

[bleak pike]

Ye

[lone cosmos]

Recluse was disgusting in pvp too because of the Master of arms perk

[bleak pike]

Understatement

Twas a shredder even after the first nerf

It's sad how useless it is now

[lone cosmos]

And then when it became useless it got a damn ornament

[outer pollen]

I played on PS4, then hopped on Battle.net, and then on STEAM. I respect Bungie they had me eating out of their hand like a chicken for years

[lone cosmos]

then Starfire protocol got the same treatment but that was a braindead meta anybow

[lone cosmos]

i occasionally redownload and do some speedruns then uninstall so i dont fall back into the abusive relationship it causes

[outer pollen]

Well
Divinity
Lunafactions

[mellow garden]

Quickly ran a benchmark of CP2077 to see a segment of the game on my new OLED. Maybe it's time to play the game again?

[lone cosmos]

I was always the Divinity player in sherpas because am i hell teaching people about shapes and symbols

[outer pollen]

I think Bungie fucked up listening to the streamers on what to nerf and shit as well “Divinity makes the game too easy it needs a nerf” then don’t use it vro tf

[lone cosmos]

but then you have tethers, tractor and various other debuffs on top of radiant which literally boosts your dps

i blame saltagreppo.

[bleak pike]

I used to do Sherpa runs A LOT

Our regular group would invite new peeps etc

[outer pollen]

The day 1 runs got sad towards the end of Destiny 2. All the streamers covering their fucking screens to stop other streamers from learning how to do the mechanics

[lone cosmos]

I loved sherpas, until it took 4 hours to do kings fall because people couldnt jump

[bleak pike]

But ive played with the same group since 2019

[lone cosmos]

yeah they took the enjoyment out of day 1s

[bleak pike]

Bungie cracked down on that

[outer pollen]

Root of Nightmares was nice as easy as it was

[lone cosmos]

Root was just a piss poor raid imo

all the hype they built for it just to be one of the faster day1 completions

[outer pollen]

Exotic was nice I got it on my 2nd run I think

[lone cosmos]

oh yeah, the exotic is BUSTED.

[outer pollen]

I never got 1K

[lone cosmos]

it was good for like… a season or so because of the Particle deconstruction perk from the artifact

[outer pollen]

Best season ever

Sleeper Simulant

I used to play a fuck load of Gambit back in the day, but if you took the last mote I needed for 15 I’d throw so hard

[bleak pike]

Vex mytho too

Was fun that season

[cyan pewter]

i posted this already

[lone cosmos]

sleeper is somewhat meta rn i think?

[bleak pike]

Nope?

Meta is mint or the other pulse rocket

[lone cosmos]

ohh, im probably thinking of speedrun meta

all i know is i have 5 timelost hezen vengeances with godrolls for speeds and just general stuff

[mellow garden]

Absolute state of this card game

[scarlet marlin]

melba is so cute

[mellow garden]

Very true

Do it for her but it’s just pictures of Melba

[cold anvil]

2 days until Requiem

https://tenor.com/view/leon-kennedy-leon-s-kennedy-resident-evil-re9-gif-10192314255161998841

So excited that I dreamt I played the game

[mellow garden]

I’m looking forward to playing the new WoW expansion this weekend.

[buoyant osprey]

It's over
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxrE_-qydqrsP_dhFQrY1zhYsHVwE15z3r

[cold anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/benjammins-idk-this-person-questioning-random-person-this-who-gif-5295285761881556675

Nothing like a new release in a big franchise and negativity from die hard fans

[maiden tulip]

who is this guy and why should i give a damn

[cold anvil]

Just wait to play it yourself jesus fucking christ Im so tired of this bullshit

[maiden tulip]

Literally the 3rd highest rated RE game atm

[buoyant osprey]

Someone I trust way more than all those constant 9/10 out of 10 big reviewers

[maiden tulip]

First video i see is silksong is a masterpiece and i disagree with that

silksong is fine at best

[cold anvil]

Dude if you base your thoughts and opinions off of one dude then I don’t think you’re steerin in the right direction. Like it’s fine to have respect for other peoples opinions and hold them in a high regard but you gotta play it yourself to form your OWN opinion to have it be justified

[maiden tulip]

not even a review a fucking community post

Lol

[cold anvil]

✌️😭

[buoyant osprey]

I do play them

[lone cosmos]

silksong difficulty is epix

[cold anvil]

Oh really, let me see your copy of resident evil 9

[buoyant osprey]

But every modern RE gets pretty high scores from the big reviewers

[lone cosmos]

as long as its not an IGN review.

[cold anvil]

I wasnt being serious btw I was being sarcastic-

[hardy merlin]

drama

[buoyant osprey]

Their opinion is worthless

[lone cosmos]

share popcorn?

[hardy merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/bumby-wool-yoshioka-popcorn-offering-gif-25857539

[cold anvil]

It’s almost like.. idk maybe the reviewers liked the game? i mean sure there are reviewer who aren’t reputable at all but generalizing it as “all the big reviewers” it’s just kind of odd

[lone cosmos]

https://tenor.com/view/fast-cat-cat-excited-jumping-gif-5054843775616689213

[buoyant osprey]

Look at what they gave RE3make. Is there a single critical bone in their bodies?

[cold anvil]

Let me look this up on the google

https://tenor.com/view/cat-discord-nerd-gif-2472859695077396998

Metacritic score 79%
User score 6.7/10

Sounds about right

[buoyant osprey]

79% Metacritic score is way too high here

[cold anvil]

I mean it’s a fine game but it isn’t a good retelling

Remake

What is autocorrect on today

[buoyant osprey]

Retelling is a good way to word it anyway

[cold anvil]

Anyways uhh there should always be a striking balance between critic reviews and user reviews. Neglecting one or the other will just show bias

I like to be very open minded about everything and try to gives things a chance even if they might not be so great

I haven’t played resident evil in a while, been trying something new

[buoyant osprey]

By in a while do you mean a few days?

[cold anvil]

Yeah

Like 4-5 days max

[acoustic rivet]

Hi :p

[cold anvil]

Gran tursimo 4 is really fun

A friend showed it to me mid playthrough of code veronica and I genuinely just dropped that game because of GT4

Not that I wasn’t enjoying code veronica I just had that fatigue setting in of beating 5 resident evil games in 8 days

Maybe just survival horror in general

Just before I started resident evil 1 HD I actually beat Signalis

Very cool indi game thats kind of a love letter to old survival horror

And it’s about lesbian robots

[buoyant osprey]

Code: Veronica is long so it can feel like it drags on

[cold anvil]

I definitely want to pick it up again I just wanna give myself some time for my brain to reset from the constant survival horror gameplay loop

The Devil May Cry franchise is actually next in my queue

Will be a nice change of pace

[maiden tulip]

Got this for 25$ off at staples

monke

• it got a free sw2 upgrade

[quiet vault]

https://fixupx.com/forzahorizon/status/2026719021840699601?s=46

Forza Horizon (@ForzaHorizon)

Could this be the perfect starter car for touge battles? The 2021 Hyundai i20 N is ready and waiting! #NewToHorizon

**💬 3 🔁 13 ❤️ 117 👁️ 937 **

▶ Play video

FixupX · Feb 25, 2026, 6:00 PM

are they making these on a console or sum

looks worse then fh5

[cyan pewter]

720p

[maiden tulip]

Fh6 just looks like fh5

Its not impressive at all

I mostly just care about having a new map to drive on

More than anything technical

[quiet vault]

some of the weather and stuff looked better

[maiden tulip]

ehhh

[quiet vault]

lighting too

[cyan pewter]

reflections + shadows dont look as blocky
maybe thats just me

[maiden tulip]

its alright i guess

[quiet vault]

hope they adjust Lod and stuff

[maiden tulip]

I just won't pay attention because i'll be busy driving

[quiet vault]

and fix anti aliasing pls

[maiden tulip]

Literally all gonna be a blur anyways

[cyan pewter]

[quiet vault]

nahh

[cyan pewter]

this is better than it is in fh5 tho by a lot

[maiden tulip]

Are you some of the wierdos who drive at like 20kph going like WOAHHH PWETTY

i'm focused on racing not looking at graphics

[maiden tulip]

turn on rt in forza 5 same shit

[quiet vault]

i get high fps and have a fast monitor so i see it all while driving fast :P

[maiden tulip]

Honestly i just hipe they're not using the engine from motorsports

[maiden tulip]

imagine driving in third person

[quiet vault]

first person looks and sounds kinda ass in forza

[maiden tulip]

And yes i have high fps and a fast monitor i even have a SUPER ULTRAWIDEEEE

[maiden tulip]

I'm on super uw its good

On a shitty 16:9 monitor it is ass

[cyan pewter]

at least steering isnt locked at 90 degrees in fh6

[quiet vault]

surely they will support vr soon

[maiden tulip]

Vr is dying

lmao

[quiet vault]

tech too advanced for us

[maiden tulip]

it's going the way of motion controls

[cyan pewter]

i dont even use my vr during my assetto sessions

[quiet vault]

we cant make good and inexpensive headsets yet

[maiden tulip]

quest disagrees

[quiet vault]

quest 3 is so ass

returned that thing after a day

[maiden tulip]

I have a quest 3s i got it for like 200cad on sale

With a free game

I dont really have complaints

[cyan pewter]

ehhhhhhhh

[maiden tulip]

most i'd pay for vr

[quiet vault]

maybe ill try a bigscreen beyond 2

[maiden tulip]

overpriced beyond ur imagination 2

you can play vr chat 18+

[quiet vault]

thats the market

[cyan pewter]

they also need to improve the paint finishes like matte and satin

[maiden tulip]

find me a game that does matte paint well

literally it always looks bad in games

Always going to be too blocky

[quiet vault]

it looks bad irl too

[maiden tulip]

yes for the most part unless its acceents

Accents

Like idk a matte stripe

[cyan pewter]

i like it on certain cars with a specific color

definitely not for every car

lighting doesnt even make sense in forza
how is this part brighter than the front bumper when the light is coming from the front in a parking lot

[cold anvil]

@maiden tulip

[orchid prism]

Tine to quarter your FPS with proper lighting.

[cold anvil]

[cyan pewter]

would do it for photos at least but there isnt a setting for that

[cold anvil]

I bought asseto corsa for 4 bucks

[cyan pewter]

download content manager

[cold anvil]

I will take a mental note of that

trying to figure out what games I should buy next.........

[cold anvil]

race sim studio right?

is that the website

[cyan pewter]

give me a second

[cyan pewter]

https://acstuff.ru/app/

youll also need this
https://acstuff.club/patch/

for custom shaders

[cold anvil]

alright thanks

@maiden tulip @ everybody who is excited for re9

[maiden tulip]

Midnight launchhh

[cold anvil]

I thought I was crazy

midnight launch is super sick

I was expecting 12pm est

[serene orbit]

Heard it’s only 9 hours of gameplay?

[cold anvil]

what?

I was hearing it'd be 16 hours

specifically 16-18

did I read misinformation online?

https://tenor.com/view/arthur-buster-baxter-bunny-you-really-think-someone-would-do-that-go-on-the-internet-and-tell-lies-gif-17527378

[serene orbit]

Idk im reading that its good but that its max 14 hrs or smth

And people finish it in 7-14

[cold anvil]

gonna take my sweet ass time that's for sure

matter of fact I think I'm gonna get all the achievments

gotta get my moneys worth

[serene orbit]

Yeah for just a normal playthrough though

[barren pewter]

first runs take a while

I mean, my first RE4R run took...almost 16 hours

second run took twelve, next took a bit over 8

[serene orbit]

Requiem is about 7.8hrs long on the 1st Casual Play-through, especially if you're playing on an easier difficulty setting.

^ internet

[barren pewter]

that's honestly still pretty good

so about comparable to 8, maybe a bit longer

[serene orbit]

100% time is apparently around 50hrs which is quite a bit more

[cold anvil]

Where do I put the shaders patch

[cyan pewter]

just drag it into content manager

theres also a bunch of guides online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22CbO5ISEGc

[sinful cobalt]

Lovely performance

[cold anvil]

I'm gonna make my rtx 3070 weep for mercy.

[barren pewter]

damn GTA IV looks good in 2026

/j

[nimble current]

what is that

[quiet vault]

https://x.com/maverickgames/status/2026720718423990298?s=46

Maverick Games (@MaverickGames)

You may have seen the news today, we’re no longer working with Amazon Games Studios. We’re grateful to Amazon Games for their partnership and collaboration. Development of our debut title continues to progress as strongly as planned.

X · Feb 25, 2026, 6:07 PM

the other forza

[serene orbit]

Tbf its path tracing and dlaa

[nimble current]

still that's sub 30fps on the worlds fastest consoomer gpu

[serene orbit]

Path tracing is next level though on hardware usage

Imo doesnt even look much better though ngl

[proper basin]

I’m interested to see crimson desert though

[serene orbit]

First game ive preordered in a while again

[mellow garden]

@scarlet marlin Renée and Alfonso are enjoying a cold one while Skye sings

[cold anvil]

@cyan pewter What filter do you use for corsa?

[cyan pewter]

i can send it later

[cold anvil]

ok 👍

[outer pollen]

Now

[cold anvil]

ngl content manager seems overwhelming but for what it offers for only $2 it seems really good..

I got a gt7 hud setup

[quiet vault]

https://x.com/owcavalry/status/2026745022146662821?s=46

Overwatch Cavalry (@OWCavalry)

New #Overwatch x @Warcraft Promo 🔮

Unlock the new Devourer Genji Legendary Skin by earning the 'Echoes of Midnight' achievement in WoW after completing Midnight's introduction questline.

🗓️ Early Access Begins: February 26

X · Feb 25, 2026, 7:44 PM

is that easy

to the wow players

[cyan pewter]

hope i dont get banished to the shadow realm for sending a file

oh wait i dont even know how to get to the file location

[mellow garden]

Not sure, but I will assume it's probably easy-ish.

[cyan pewter]

https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/c13-aegis-post-processing-filter.59979/

[cold anvil]

Im having issues

I am logged in and this still shows up

[compact oriole]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2721340/Last_Flag/ Hero shooter by imagine dragons guy who made a game dev studio

Steam

Last Flag

Last Flag is Capture the Flag, reimagined as a fun-first, fast-paced, third-person team shooter. Master powerful contestants, explore striking battlegrounds, and find your very own playstyle as you compete for glory in the world’s hottest gameshow.…

Release Date

Apr 14, 2026

[cold anvil]

nvm

i think I figured it out.. stingy site being so stingy with ad blockers

[cyan pewter]

not gonna be f2p

[maiden tulip]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/new-york-sues-video-game-developer-valve-says-its-loot-boxes-are-gambling-2026-02-25/

finally

[verbal nymph]

Nice. Cant wait for gacha game ban

[maiden tulip]

please do

Absolute slop meant to manipulate people into gambling

With no real gaming value

[trim rock]

Good riddance

[quiet vault]

wow is 137gb??

[nimble current]

ban loot boxes across the board

[maiden tulip]

My brother spend nearly 1k in one night rerolling crap on genshin

[verbal nymph]

Tbh, i hope they succeed cause their target is a bit off considering most children now play roblox gambling game and gacha games

[nimble current]

and ban the bs fomo warbond/battle pass crap while you're at it

[maiden tulip]

He's a grown ass adult

Thing is its not just kids that get sucked into it

Its adults too

[nimble current]

can't stop adults from being dumbasses

[outer pollen]

[verbal nymph]

I like the art, but not the gameplay, chill.

[maiden tulip]

But hey if at least we can stop the kids and teenagers from being stupid

[nimble current]

its for your own good son you'll be thankful when you've grown up

[outer pollen]

Not in the states with the way the right has gone after the education departments

[nimble current]

what gameplay, typing in your card details?

[maiden tulip]

Also if at least for cs it kills off the third part market

[iron oak]

Will they go after fan duel? Draft kings? Those are just as targeted. I mean Highschool kids get indoctrinated in order to gamble on college football

[maiden tulip]

That's great

[maiden tulip]

Hopefully

Legalizing online sports gambling was a mistake

[nimble current]

its like the joke we like to tell about star citizen, the most fleshed out gameplay loop is the pledge store

[mellow garden]

I wish they'd properly regulate gambling in the UK, but every town has at least one betting shop and they actually pay their taxes.

The actually paying taxes gives them huge leverage over any government.

[nimble current]

the EU at least banned the random drop lootboxes

[mellow garden]

😔

[maiden tulip]

Isn't it just belgium and the netherlands

[nimble current]

no

[maiden tulip]

And italy

[nimble current]

we have it here too

[maiden tulip]

Coulda sword i remember seeing a thing regarding belgium and the netherlands

[narrow junco]

i need to open a knife before shit gets banned

[maiden tulip]

Like some games pulled out of those countries fullu

[nimble current]

kinda want them to ban fomo/time limited availability on digital goods too

[compact oriole]

my trusty ai says its not banned in the EU

[verbal nymph]

Actually it'll be pretty funny to see gacha game companies and other that are opposed/unrelated to valve do the bribe for them

[nimble current]

there might be different regulations locally, but from what I can tell noone really does the random drop crap here these days

[outer pollen]

Aren’t TCG booster packs gambling as well?

[compact oriole]

idek what you mean by random drop lootboxes

[nimble current]

or its kept under wraps much more than places like the US

[compact oriole]

are cs cases random drop lootboxes?

[narrow junco]

ironically, i think valve's version of it has the highest likelihood of being banned while not being as bad for the consumer, cause at least if you dont get what you want (or are done playing the game) you can get some of your money back out

[outer pollen]

Bros complain about gacha games and then turn around to buy a booster pack

[nimble current]

lootboxes where you don't know its contents until you've paid

[outer pollen]

[nimble current]

the most gambling of gambling lootboxes

[compact oriole]

oh ye i guess thats probably banned

[maiden tulip]

Gatcha games are worse than that, also you're ignoring tcg products like premade competitive battle decks

[compact oriole]

kids been gambling forever but now cz its in a game its a problem

[nimble current]

when I was a kid it was hockey cards

[compact oriole]

well you dont have to spend 1000€ to reroll an anime waifu, you can use what ever you have f2p