🎮│game

[outer pollen]

give it to me

https://tenor.com/view/burnt-peanut-side-eye-the-burnt-peanut-gif-6339277251445282356

[narrow junco]

hmmm

no

[outer pollen]

Or sell it and give me 50% of whatever you make

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1330893988726575166/1481097297692725319/temp.webp

[narrow junco]

Hmmmmmm

No

I might just keep it tbh

[outer pollen]

Honestly

[cyan pewter]

@manic owl https://medal.tv/games/assetto-corsa-competizione/clips/mBUlX3ATCk0istd6_?

[orchid prism]

Apparently the humor and vibes are there. UI, UX and controls are... jarring.

Peter truly has mastered the "might be good one day" formula (and has failed to deliver repeatedly)

[orchid prism]

Oh my. Paradox finally decided to do the Quarian style gameplay with nomad empires.

omg you can do a wall-e playthrough

[mellow garden]

968,000 bells profit from 4000 turnips

[outer pollen]

@cyan pewter idk if true

[trim rock]

Nothing but the best

[small comet]

i mean i cant even get the orbs quest reward for nte lol

[outer pollen]

I don’t think I’ve done that one

[quiet vault]

15 days

[buoyant osprey]

Amazing how many of the Gmod 2 games are just Roblox game knock-offs in every way

They even have the big scoreboards

This is 100% just a shitty Roblox game

[fervent shell]

looks like roblox lol

[hardy merlin]

It won't be as popular though, there's no monetization yet
You can spend Robux in Roblox and V-Bucks in Fortnite, but nothing in S&box yet

[buoyant osprey]

I'm amazed that Garry went through with the disgusting sausage characters despite years of backlash. It's almost respectable

[hardy merlin]

[fervent shell]

right, i was just pointing out that theyre at least doing something

[buoyant osprey]

I have long considered making a shitty but easily monetisable game on Roblox as a source of income

[fervent shell]

i would be interested in trying something like that too

[vapid lintel]

This sentence has a misplaced modified that makes it seem more impressive than it is

[small comet]

well depends. given they wanna allow publishing s&box gamemodes as standalone games one could implement steam stuff themselves

[small comet]

i mean there is a choice.

you can be either the sausage people or realistic human models

[compact oriole]

well the point of sandbox is making actual games to sell not shitty ingame experiences like roblox from what i gather

[small comet]

well yes but what works and what doesnt is regulated by the market

if its shit it wouldnt get players

[compact oriole]

ofc. im just saying the focus isnt monetizing an experience in sandbox through sandbox like roblox does it with robux

[small comet]

oh yeah

the endgoal is publishing the experiences as standalone games

[compact oriole]

[small comet]

i do think they need an AI filter or smth though to filter out games assisted/made with AI

[compact oriole]

well thats a hard topic. more and more tools will include ai so at what point has it stopped being this new tech and becomes just a part of every day dev

not counting gen ai

[small comet]

not saying to block ai just give a filter for people who dont want AI stuff

i agree with garry that AI is inevitable at this point

[compact oriole]

its just beccoming the next tool in any kind of production

i agree gen ai should be classified. at least for now

[orchid prism]

[hardy merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/slavery-meme-subject-today's-lesson-gif-11704151051587905508

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/administratorio

[cyan pewter]

[hardy merlin]

[scarlet marlin]

so what if you fail the online check?

I dont get it

[fervent shell]

me neither

[small comet]

you cant play until you go online

the game is still yours in the account

[scarlet marlin]

even if the game doesnt require you to be online?

[small comet]

yes this is about licenses to run the game

[scarlet marlin]

[small comet]

and as the image explains its to prevent refund abuse specifically for hacked consoles that can dump permanent licenses otherwise

[hardy merlin]

Yup, you have to go online once after refund period
There was a lot of people who were abusing refunds

[scarlet marlin]

Ah I see

so its a one-time go online again and then youre good?

[small comet]

yes

[hardy merlin]

Yup

[small comet]

after the 2 weeks you get the usual permanent game license

[scarlet marlin]

thanks for explaining guys

seems a bit annoying but I can understand where theyre coming from if its to prevent refund abuse

[small comet]

well people online will say its greed and trying to see if people are ok with checking in online after a period of time to renew a license

[scarlet marlin]

[compact oriole]

well you boil frogs slowly, else they jump out

[fervent shell]

[compact oriole]

what was the refund abuse? i dont get it

[serene orbit]

buy all the games u want

refund

[hardy merlin]

Download a game, go offline, refund game, play on offline console

[compact oriole]

ah ok

so because the console was in offline mode they couldnt take away the license cz the console didnt know it was taken away?

[hardy merlin]

Exactly

[fervent shell]

id assume so

[scarlet marlin]

thats a crazy loophole

[small comet]

well

technically works on xbox and switch as well

[scarlet marlin]

yeah I mean not sony specific

its more like, I wouldnt think doing something like that

[small comet]

oh

yeah well welcome to the internet

btw you can do the same on steam

but you didnt hear that from me

[vapid lintel]

[small comet]

lol im on invis so im actually online

[vapid lintel]

I'm not actually offline though, just invisible

[hardy merlin]

https://tenor.com/gSckyVWjOn0.gif

[compact oriole]

hmmmm

on steam its probably pretty rare since piracy exists

[scarlet marlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/arnold-schwarzenegger-predator-pHb82xtBPfqEg

invis mode

[compact oriole]

the only games it could be interesting for would be not yet cracked denuvo games but i think you gotta go online to be able to play em in the first place

[hardy merlin]

you mean stalker mode

[scarlet marlin]

too busy gaming to look at what other people are doing

[compact oriole]

"im so famous i stay offline to not get dmed mode "

[hardy merlin]

https://tenor.com/j0nqhtGCl9f.gif

[vapid lintel]

Damn Raquel is a professional

[scarlet marlin]

it sucks when a game forces you to go online if you wanna play with others, otherwise it would be even longer

[vapid lintel]

Mhmm

Arc is like that...

[compact oriole]

why are you hiding in the first place

[vapid lintel]

Trying to summon Liam Neeson

[hardy merlin]

[scarlet marlin]

just bad experience people harassing me/annoying me while I just try to play games

yeah these 3 games are all related

[hardy merlin]

That's an MMO?

[nimble current]

why would you have people who would do that on your friends list

[compact oriole]

time to ignore/block or even just delete em. if theyre that unpleasant that youd just completely hide all the time, doesnt seem like good people to have on the list

[scarlet marlin]

well I dont anymore :D

its just out of habit atm

[compact oriole]

https://tenor.com/view/chester-bennington-linkin-park-gif-9317325

[scarlet marlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pokemon-1GKkUiE0FSVt7mAhXg

[fallow bronze]

cant have your boss see that youre gaming

[red bronze]

change your pfp to this hehehe

[hardy merlin]

My previous boss would steal my Steam Deck to play Stardew Valley on it

[red bronze]

you can even play stardew valley on the phone xd

[hardy merlin]

I will not partake in playing games on touchscreen
The only exception is Balatro

[red bronze]

dredge is super chill to play on phone aswell

but yeah having two thumbs in the way doesn't help with competitive games

[scarlet marlin]

what the hell?

cause I play not online?

[red bronze]

People would leave you alone that way :>

[scarlet marlin]

who uses an IRL picture on steam hahaha

[red bronze]

I don’t think many people would in general

this was my steam pfp for ages

[scarlet marlin]

I just look for cute avatars in the pointshop

[mellow garden]

Mine is Eve from Stellar Blade

[fervent shell]

i only want cute stuff too

[hardy merlin]

coot is best

[scarlet marlin]

im excited if theres ever a story dlc or a new game

[mellow garden]

Stellar Blade 2, probably.

[vapid lintel]

I do

This is a real picture

[scarlet marlin]

yeah I meant more like a selfie, but youre right

[vapid lintel]

Granted that cat has been dead for almost 15 years now

[nimble current]

rip king

[vapid lintel]

I've never changed my Steam profile picture in the 18 years I've had the account

[nimble current]

think mines been the same since 2016 at least

[small comet]

i had to change from my cringy past

[scarlet marlin]

redemption arc

[hardy merlin]

I change my avatar every several months

[frosty dew]

dont think i changed my picture in a while now

previously i used a variety of anime girls portraits of whatever show i currently enjoyed the most. or band logos. and i guess i once used a pic of my ex actually. lol.

[scarlet marlin]

just upgraded mine since we started to talk about it heheh

[hardy merlin]

funny
I like it

[mellow garden]

I'm only friends with Cals, from the people here anyway.

Oh, Dashi as well.

[scarlet marlin]

WHY FUNNI

[vapid lintel]

Sassy

[frosty dew]

oh well. i just came online again after 3 months on steam like a few days ago...

[hardy merlin]

cute

[vapid lintel]

[frosty dew]

i have this to offer tho

[buoyant osprey]

I only have the clown one

[mellow garden]

I've hidden those on my profile, I think.

[frosty dew]

i got these

[fervent shell]

i dont think i have any

[hardy merlin]

you do

[fervent shell]

oh where do i see them?

[frosty dew]

ya steam profile

[proper basin]

Oh woe is me I have none o silly steam awards

[fervent shell]

i just checked my steam profile and i had none-

[vapid lintel]

Is there a crunch award?

[fervent shell]

awww no way

[frosty dew]

awwwwww

[fervent shell]

[proper basin]

Unfortunately no not officially from steam

[scarlet marlin]

[scarlet marlin]

[compact oriole]

wish you could use your own gifs on steam for pfps

[proper basin]

https://tenor.com/view/laika-aged-through-blood-laika-motorcycle-drive-coyote-gif-17443700473975185479

[mellow garden]

I've been jested

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

Time to consume more XIV merch

[bleak pike]

I don't even remember

I gave you one cals

[scarlet marlin]

we out here award farming

[trim rock]

Damn, you guys getting awards

[mellow garden]

No, I don't get awards.

[bleak pike]

I have 41k on one account and 58k on another

Never really figured out how to use the points

[serene orbit]

😄

[bleak pike]

How many steam decks

[serene orbit]

0

[bleak pike]

Damn

[serene orbit]

I personally dont see the use of a steamdeck outside of going to the gym with it

[stiff fiber]

ok it is odd

when I play pragmata my cpu goes to 95 degree when I play marathon it stays between 80 85

[novel estuary]

Different games have different CPU usage... what's odd about it?

[pure bear]

nothing

[serene orbit]

the oddest part is you still having the cpu in this state

[bleak pike]

https://fxtwitter.com/lenaglitchFN/status/2049208482763550897

LENAGLITCH (@lenaglitchFN)

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This is awesome

[vapid lintel]

That's certainly an opinion

The fact that they didn't release it 3 days later is cringe

[iron oak]

WAIT YEAH, WHY NOT MAY THE FOURTH?

[bleak pike]

Lol true

[fervent shell]

True

[compact oriole]

didnt even switch off the sound visualization bullshit for the video

[orchid prism]

5...4...3...2... (Mickey Mouse suing noises)

[small comet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpejN5lBKSQ

good game

[stiff fiber]

I have to change the paste next week

[bleak pike]

It's literally Disney who made this possible

https://youtu.be/9J9kP4VIAI0

[vapid lintel]

Disney spent a billion dollars on OpenAI to use Sora and implement VaderAI

[orchid prism]

Well... it sure as hell doesn't sound like it, judging by the contextless tweet you shared 😛

[bleak pike]

Disney has a huge agreement with fortnite.

[orchid prism]

So you'll have to forgive me for now knowing intimate Fortnite knowledge, princess.

[bleak pike]

That's fair

Most of the assets are from fortnite itself

[orchid prism]

From the context (or lack thereof) provided, I assumed this was some kind of fan project, built (poorly) within the game engine 😄

[bleak pike]

The star wars events in fortnite were so good

[vapid lintel]

The bar is low

[bleak pike]

You're just a negative Nancy

[vapid lintel]

To Fortnite? Absolutely

[bleak pike]

https://youtu.be/dRJ2z07dpoc

[orchid prism]

That's irrelevant. You posted what looked like an easy target for Disney lawyers 😛

[bleak pike]

It was so cool

[bleak pike]

Talking to Mark

He seems to have a grudge against fortnite XD

[orchid prism]

I mean... so do I. But for Unreal reasons.

[vapid lintel]

Sure do

[orchid prism]

And for making "hurr durr build like you're on cocaine" a genuine gameplay concept 😛

[bleak pike]

Well that's why I only started playing during no build

I hate the building too 😅

[cold anvil]

Awesome

Why is Fish Stick getting the han solo treatment

[ivory dune]

I remember when Fortnite was practically dead on open beta

And then they rebranded to a battle royale

[bleak pike]

Another back bling made into pet?

[cold anvil]

yes

[cold anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/now-old-man-the-future-is-now-old-man-gif-9677657

[mellow garden]

They've added Easy Anti-Cheat to Rocket League

[cold anvil]

if rocket league wasn't as popular as it was it would 100% be part of the fortnite merge and become a different gamemode within fortnite

[hot spire]

i alpha tested fornite when it was only a wave defence mobile game

and all i got was a bad back and a dog tag

that was only 13 years ago XD

[bleak pike]

You have the founder edition?

[hot spire]

i was an alpha and beta tester

for EGS and fornite

[bleak pike]

Ah

[hot spire]

the og EGS client

[hot spire]

i think i have that in game

i havent plated in a long time, and im not downloading just for that

[bleak pike]

If you did you have a treasure trove

[hot spire]

i know i have like more in game money then i couild spend

and every unlockable item

[trim rock]

Lucky you

[hot spire]

thats what game testing is

[trim rock]

I never got into any of the Fortnite tests so I had to wait until they released it just a few weeks ago

[hot spire]

released what?

[trim rock]

Fortnite

[hot spire]

did they add more shit?

[trim rock]

Dunno, was my first time experiencing it. Certainly didn't look like something that had 12+ years of polish

[hot spire]

it has been out for like a decade fam

you didnt ahve to wait

[trim rock]

Yeah I guess if you paid but I held them to their word that it would be free to play

[hot spire]

oh the pve mode yeah

[bleak pike]

The pve mode got some updates recently

[outer pollen]

I wish paragon could have survived Fortnite

[trim rock]

Yeah that was sad

Although they kinda did it themselves with those goofy changes to the game

[bleak pike]

GTA 6 marketing has begun

[mellow garden]

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

[compact oriole]

are these voices actually part of the game?

[mellow garden]

The TTS? Yes

[compact oriole]

why does it sound like that

[cold anvil]

It just does

It always has since the original japanese release on the DS

It’s part of the quirky charm of the game

@outer pollen did you see

[outer pollen]

That pomni looks really cute lol

[cold anvil]

I added ENA too hold on lemme open up the game rq

[cold anvil]

Thanks!!

She was really difficult to make I tried my best

https://tenor.com/view/ena-ena-dream-bbq-ena-joel-g-gif-17812607023560437303

Might adjust her face paint later on but Im pretty happy with how she turned out with the limited tools at my disposal

My camera is foggy too lazy to wipe it

@outer pollen do you have anyone in particular on your island is it just IRL’s?

[outer pollen]

I was gonna make Teto

And I haven’t played since

[cold anvil]

I really wanna make Miku and Teto but I’m so afraid to tackle on the mantle TwT

I’ll probably look at other people’s miis for inspiration

[bleak pike]

Hype

[cold anvil]

I still have OG mando from chapter 2 season 5 BP with all the beskar pieces of armor aswell as the rare beskar umbrella

[outer pollen]

I wish I had secret agent peely completely gold

[cold anvil]

I would’ve grinded that season if I knew hew wouldve been rare cause I was playing hella around that time

[outer pollen]

My little brother only got the top gold

[cold anvil]

I think the farthest I got was like slightly gold meowscles and a fully gold brutus 😭

[proper basin]

They need more deer skins

Dolph is lonely

[cold anvil]

All they got is the reindeer

Yeah

[proper basin]

And he has no tail

[cold anvil]

Recently they added a Shiba Inu pet into the game and that has me pissed because I really want it but vbuck prices are so unreasonable ☹️☹️☹️

[proper basin]

Shouldve been a stw founder

I got 3 100 vbuck challenges

[cold anvil]

Funnily enough my older brother’s account has founders

I should ask for his account so I could grind it and gift myself the things I want

[manic owl]

im a bit confused like a nyc taxi for germany?

[bleak pike]

Its marketing for GTA 6

So its a nyc cab

[compact oriole]

https://img.pr0gramm.com/2026/04/30/d5b8137f7018e1e4.jpg im in this picture and i dont like it

[manic owl]

but isnt that set in a fictional miami?

[outer pollen]

https://youtu.be/3mRg9SpdO6E?

Soon been waiting 2 years for this

[cold anvil]

I feel you ;(

[bleak pike]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2049851679604957470

This looks awesome

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First look at ‘ESCAPE FROM VADER’, a co-op horror game made by Beyond Creative for Fortnite.

The game follows 4 players as they complete quests while attempting to escape & survive Darth Vader.

Releasing on May 1.

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X · Apr 30, 2026, 2:01 PM

[compact oriole]

last flag

[bleak pike]

Whoo

[orchid prism]

Kind of digging the Earthern Shaman look 😄

[quiet vault]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/04/30/xbox-mode-pc-windows-11/

[outer pollen]

It’s not steam

[quiet vault]

thank god

[outer pollen]

I’m actually debating if to get Forza on Steam or MS store for my sibling

[outer pollen]

@maiden tulip

[maiden tulip]

?

[outer pollen]

gave it to you

[manic owl]

genuinely you can get the ms store version cheaper so i tend to get that one

[autumn depot]

hogwarts legacy free on epic games

[little cape]

thats cap

[little cape]

ty i just wanted proof

[autumn depot]

its real🔥

[outer pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-one-piece-movie-9-op-movie-9-episode-of-chopper-episode-of-drum-kingdom-gif-1162977917055939915

[sinful cobalt]

fun fact its the 2nd time

i already have the game

xD

[manic owl]

yeah same , interesting i guess they work on a second game? and want folks to get hooked

[bleak pike]

Wasn't it free before

[manic owl]

yeah last christmas iirc

[maiden tulip]

on what game

[outer pollen]

Mafia the old country

@cold anvil you can’t draw on the hair on tomodachi right?

[proper basin]

you cant

it goes under it

[outer pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/gugugaga-penguin-gif-10788944442414898204

[outer pollen]

Just finished

[cyan pewter]

steam because fuck ms store and launching the game using xbox app

https://tenor.com/view/staringsoldiercatok-gif-2130370366885478984

[ivory dune]

haha cute

[fathom swift]

Who really cares about hogwarts legacy when subnautica 2 early access comes out in 2 weeks

[scarlet sail]

who really cares about either of them xD

[fathom swift]

Who really cares about gaming, overrated tbh

[orchid prism]

I'm still playing through "old" expansions in WoW.

https://giphy.com/gifs/myemotionalsupportanimal-gratitude-wholesome-enjoy-the-little-things-sEYt0N8JqnHvEeZtno

[scarlet sail]

meanwhile i recently started my own ultima online (well, actually offline) server to scratch some nostalgia and tinker around a lil with the systems etc 😄

[outer pollen]

@cold anvil Saw someone made Astolfo so I borrowed how their Mii looked, took me like 2 hours

[orchid prism]

Listen... in my defense the NPC moved in front of me. And I am a short guy. Don't cancel me

[scarlet sail]

is it just me or are his eyes pointing upwards?

[orchid prism]

It does look like it a little. But I have no irises. It's just a uniform glow.

No thoughts, only rock.

[scarlet sail]

hmm, guess that's a part of the sunglasses then😅

[outer pollen]

[small comet]

no import from mii on console?

[outer pollen]

I think so let me check

[small comet]

ez to share then some would say

[outer pollen]

I don’t think the shading would transfer over sadly

[quiet vault]

2 weeks

[frosty hawk]

i am sarting to make progress so i can play WoW again :D

[narrow junco]

Wow does seem like the type of game you can play with a broken arm

[orchid prism]

Depends on the content and class. But it's definitely less intensive, as long as you can rest your hand and click buttons.

[frosty hawk]

shadow and sv hunter m+ is working but need atleast 15min rest afther key

i can use a controler to for some games :D

[serene orbit]

Why not play with controller

Its doable with 1 btn rotation now no?

[orchid prism]

It dramatically lowers your DPS.

[outer pollen]

FFXIV outdid themselves with their control layout

[mellow garden]

But that DPS decrease doesn't matter in the majority of content

Unless you're Mythic raiding or clearing high M+ keys, you can one button rotation the entire game.

[orchid prism]

But you'll know you're actively doing 30-60% less damage than you could by using your regular rotation even without locking in.

And you're rewiring your brain to get used to a slower cool down, which is just foul in my opinion.

[mellow garden]

The solution is to play Ret Paladin, it has like 4 real buttons.

[orchid prism]

Or beastman hunter.

[scarlet sail]

pfft, just play retardin on classic vanilla and your damage rotation will boil down to white hits and 1 button every 10 seconds

[serene orbit]

I mean does having 0 fingers/apm increase dps over single btn rotation?

[orchid prism]

If you have that, a single click rotation isn't going to save you.

[serene orbit]

Isnt this the gpu we were looking for from the bad screenshot

[serene orbit]

Idk i dont play wow

[frosty hawk]

Its a 3060ti

Yea the pic is a bit meh

[orchid prism]

God... this brings me back. I had a friend who I'd visit every so often to play Warhammer. We'd go to the local supermarket and buy one of these each, and just eat them throughout a whole day with soda and snacks, while moving plastic pieces around from morning till evening.

[long coral]

Now I'm hungry

[serene orbit]

I get that every so often on thursday for like 7 euros

[orchid prism]

[fallow bronze]

I have never gotten one 😮

[cold anvil]

Peak

[cold anvil]

@buoyant osprey I watched the teaser trailer for RE 2026
I am more hopeful about it. Seeing how the trailer is we can assume the movie will progress like how the games do

The MC BETTER be in a random umbrella facility by the end of the movie

Also that too I like how the MC is original from the looks of it

[fading spade]

Am I insane for watching a 45 minute review of the Steam Controller?

[hot spire]

remids me of that post of the dude who ate an entire one on the way home, forgot his buddy was gonna share it. so they bought a entire new chicken and ate half XD

[mellow garden]

No

[cyan pewter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkl4RBiKxlY

[mellow garden]

https://youtu.be/817lxO6xBRs

[fading spade]

https://youtu.be/n4MivhL4ruY

OOOOOOOOO you can enable Grip Sense for ANY INPUT not just to toggle Gyro when holding the grips
you can make it so that it runs any action you want when you let go or grab the controller

[bleak pike]

https://tenor.com/view/tiny-bit-more-seth-meyers-late-night-with-seth-meyers-a-little-bit-just-a-little-gif-10084249161597469232

[lapis kernel]

fyi it always said so on the product page

[fading spade]

I REALLLYYYYYYY hope it works in desktop mode like on the Steam Deck on other Linux distros

Cause I wanna use the Steam Controller to navigate my Fedora install like I can navigate desktop on my Deck

On Stream Deck desktop mode, The left pad scrolls up and down and left and right, and my right pad is the cursor, and left and right triggers are left and right mouse clicks

basically feels as native as a touchpad and mouse combo to me after a few minutes to get used to it first

Then if I need to type, I press Steam + X and the virtual keyboard opens up and i can use both touchpads to use two fingers to type faster
like typing on a phone with both thumbs on each half of the keyboard

[hardy merlin]

That's new

[fading spade]

Huh?

[buoyant osprey]

Not sure how I feel. It needs something Resident Evil to justify its name. So yeah I hope there's an underground facility like in 90% of RE games

[hardy merlin]

That's how it used to look like, with picker on top

[fading spade]

Oooohhhh

[cold anvil]

Yeah I get that, I think they’re trying not too reveal to much so all the cool stuff can be seen in the actual film

[sinful cobalt]

[hardy merlin]

I think it'd be better if they named new one Steam Pad, so there's no confusion between v1 and v2

[mellow garden]

Or flag the old one as Steam Controller (Legacy)

[hot spire]

i mean (2015) isnt enogh XD

[sinful cobalt]

or just Steam Controller (2015) and Steam Controller (2026)

[hot spire]

why name them both?

the number of people using both is low

and calling one (2015) is enough for them to know thats the old one

[fading spade]

OK I KINDA LOVE THIS

[hot spire]

eh it needs a thing around the controller?

[lapis kernel]

yeah it will

[proper basin]

It already has the puck lol

[fading spade]

no, thats one of their other accessories

[lapis kernel]

that's just how all controllers work through steam input api with steam open in the background

you can do the same stuff with practically any controller

[fading spade]

yeh, this just takes the puck and raises it so your controller is presented nicely

🤔

[lapis kernel]

the thing around it looks like a bracket to add compatability to deckmate accessories

[fading spade]

yeh its not part of that dock I showed

you just plug the puck into that dock, and the pucks cable into the base and plop the controller onto it

[hot spire]

that seems wild

[lapis kernel]

it's just like any other controller dock

[hardy merlin]

Given Valve released CAD files you can 3d print such dock yourself already

[lapis kernel]

definitely

expecting everyone to have a 3d printer is dumb though so i dislike it when people just says to print it

i'll probably print some stick extensions to see if the new tmr sticks are fpv capable lol

[charred rain]

O MY GOD

[bleak pike]

That looks annoying to use

[safe wren]

is this good for an top 10 megacollab?

[sinful cobalt]

this looks funny

[vapid lintel]

nos.nl

[safe wren]

dutch human being?

[vapid lintel]

Half right

I'm actually three wasberen in a trenchcoat

[cold anvil]

I see the vision but the case colors are horrid

Looks like a hippie threw up all over it

[frosty orchid]

fake news, we all know the only trustable news sources are random people on twitter and tiktok videos

[orchid prism]

What a weird build. The CPU is custom water cooled, but the GPU is on air?

Oh it's AI. Of course.

[hardy merlin]

[cold anvil]

This is just the wii u pro controller

With the touchpads

[cold anvil]

Ah.. makes so much more sense now…

[hardy merlin]

Yes, peak controller

[mellow garden]

lol

[nimble current]

oh dear

meanwhile 8 year old indie game

[verbal nymph]

Not even their average, it's usually above 10k

[frosty orchid]

the more i look at it the less the tubing makes sense

[stiff fiber]

I played all day 😭

I really hope marathon wont die but I am pessimistic

Love the game

[frosty orchid]

yeah same

[stiff fiber]

It is quite sad honestly

Bungie did a bad job in attracting casuals (I am casuals)

[nimble current]

yeah with numbers like these its pretty doomed by triple A live service standards

[stiff fiber]

I wonder if sony will let the game live for at least 1 year

[frosty orchid]

everyone that i know that actually played it seem to like it but go on twitter and all you see is people calling it DEI woke slop or some bullshit

legit these people have more time on the marathon steamchart than i have in the game

[stiff fiber]

It is more that the game is extremely difficult

[nimble current]

these people have brainrot they're not worth anyones time

[stiff fiber]

Seriously the difficulty is too much for keeping casuals around

[verbal nymph]

Not to mention the dev cost, unless they managed to recoup with the initial sale alone, I don't think they're willing to sustain it further.

[stiff fiber]

They need to rework the onboarding completely and do free week end

[nimble current]

they haven't even come near recouping developing costs, I think a generous estimate of what they've made so far was like 80 mil

[stiff fiber]

Yeah the game cost 250 millions

To me it is a gem

I have 100 hours now

But wow the difficulty

I understand people dont stick around

[hardy merlin]

PlAyeR couNt dOesn't matTEr, MOsT PEople ARe On coNSolEs ANyWay
I saw some people doing Payday 3 defense

[stiff fiber]

In the game I always try to be friendly I talk to other people

Today in solo I told a guy I was friendly we did pinwheel on outpost where there are good loot

We meet another guy he joins

We meet another guy he joined

At the exfil one of them asked if solo was always like this I was like wtf no unfortunatly

It is what this game is missing incentive to coop

Because honestly 90% of the game is shoot on sight

And it is a miserable experience for beginners

Bungie did everything right apart making a game welcoming for everyone

[hardy merlin]

I mean - that's the reality of extraction shooters, it's maybe one of the most competitive genre of game there is

[stiff fiber]

Well it can be competitive and it can also be cooperative

In marathon the maps are small so a lot of friction between players

I noticed that when I talk to people they tend to be civil

Sometime even cooperate

But without mic it is like a battle royale tbh

[frosty orchid]

i think having gear limits on the starter maps and a small solo map with a few tutorial missions could fix this

like perimeter but only 1 area and you get some missions that explain some of the basics of the game like the TAD and bosses

[stiff fiber]

Yeah I agree

Whatever they do they need to hold the hand of beginner

I almost stopped playing the game several times out of frustration

Now I just integrated that if I am killed it doesnt matter

I have no gear fear at all I view gear as something I borrow not mine

I dont keep any gear from fear of losing it

I just play with the guns I like and if I lose whatever

But marathon is really a special game

If it closes I am sure the game will stick around as a legendary game with people regretting they didnt play enough or people regretting they werent there when it came out

[placid grail]

the general public seems to not care about it at all or hate it outright without ever having played it

[stiff fiber]

If it was the only issue

Even played who bought it dropped it

Because it is really too extreme in how difficult it is

[frosty orchid]

also maybe people don't agree but i think free kits should be perimiter only. a lot of what people experience is that they lose because of gear because they take free kits only but they're too scared to bring in real gear because they get matched with free kit teammates

[placid grail]

Free kits should be all maps aside cryo, but you should have matchmaking for your team so that if you bring gear your team does as well

But the entire lobby should have more random matchmaking

[stiff fiber]

Also people dont understand how to get shield for free. Factions should be better explained

[frosty orchid]

and some kind of claim all button for consumables from the free rewards

[stiff fiber]

It tooks me a while to realize I could trade stuff for shield

[small comet]

what if im a god with free kit and absolute shit without

[placid grail]

bring a white gun no shield and 5k worth of attachments and run cryo

[stiff fiber]

Btw I dont think perimeter is the easiest map call me crazy but I think outpost is easier

More loot more weapon more shield everywhere

[small comet]

i have no idea what that means. i just posed a hypothetical

[stiff fiber]

On perimeter imagine being a beginner and going to haul 😵‍💫

[placid grail]

if you’re a god with free kit then you’d have nothing to worry about at any point until you try to play the end game map which you cannot bring a free kit to

[stiff fiber]

Imagine @small comet doing cryo against gold with free kit

[small comet]

i have no idea what this is even about lol

[stiff fiber]

Wtf 😂

[small comet]

youre just posting word salad to me

[stiff fiber]

Just play marathon

[placid grail]

i’ve never had issues at hauler but I tend to avoid it so I don’t get one shot by someone sitting in a corner. only been there when I had a key, otherwise I go around

[small comet]

oh god no

why would i degrade myself to play marathon of all things

[placid grail]

because it’s fun and the game is good

[small comet]

tomodachi life is fun and good

[stiff fiber]

Also the game need bigger maps, eventually with building for making the game more vertical and allowing new players to learn without too much friction with other players. Allow new player to experience the game with a good exfil rate

[placid grail]

different strokes for different folks

[stiff fiber]

Both are not incompatible

[placid grail]

if you get new players used to a high exfil rate as soon as they hit the real game they’re going to be very frustrated

[stiff fiber]

Yeah but at least you dont start the game with a miserable exfil rate. I am sure many people dropped after being killed 10 times without being able to exfil

[placid grail]

they do need better onboarding as the tutorial doesn’t prepare you for any sort of pvp, but they should not give you the expectation of getting out at a high rate

[stiff fiber]

The way bungie tries things with carrie is the way to go the friction in this game is fine at higher level, but for beginner it is too much

[placid grail]

they need a better tutorial that sets the expectation of pvp happening in almost every game, and maybe keep beginner perimeter around until your vault hits a certain value whilst allowing you to play the regular maps if you would like

[stiff fiber]

Also why not having coop contract

Arachne contract are pushing toward pvp

Why not having a faction pushing toward coop

Like carrie but with contract

[placid grail]

The game is still heavily weighted towards pvp, I really would not want them to force co-op past the occasional mercy kit or whatever else happens

[stiff fiber]

I kinda agree with this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/1t0xcdc/easy_way_to_encourage_more_looting_of_points_of/

[placid grail]

It feels like most of the frustration coming from the pvp is people expecting to come in and the game be friendly, then being angry when it isn’t.

[vapid lintel]

I told you to stop spamming this

[stiff fiber]

Yeah sure but the issue is the meta of the game leans too much toward PvP and nor enough around looting

And I think it comes from the design of the map, and it is the reason I prefer outpost

Outpost is fun because it pushes to focus less on other players and more on getting keys… to interact with the map and get some good loot

It is a nice balance between PvP and looting

[placid grail]

I believe a lot of containers already have a small chance to spawn golds

[stiff fiber]

On which map?

Never seen gold anywhere apart cryo

[placid grail]

It’s extremely low afaik

[placid grail]

Though, I could be lying. I’ve only gotten golds off bodies, cryo, or key rooms.

[stiff fiber]

I really wish this game could stay around for at least 1 year

[placid grail]

I don’t think it’s going to get shut down for a long time

[scarlet sail]

most of the frustration most likely comes from the ages old problem of game devs simply deciding to force pvp on everyone and people simply hoping to have a chill experience without tryhards, like would it be that hard to have 2 separate modes? 1 for pvp and one for pve... the 2 modes could be completely locked away from each other so people can't farm gear in pve just to then hop on pvp with the best gear and there's be a decent experience for everyone. just gotta look at how it went with tarkov and when they finally decided to listen to people asking for a pve mode for ages, even tho they charge nearly the base games price for that dlc they quickly had more pve players than pvp ones and were utterly surprised by it

[stiff fiber]

Hope you are right

[frosty orchid]

You can get guaranteed golds at level 75+ in marsh if you do anomaly event

[placid grail]

Did they change it to be guaranteed? Afaik it was just a chance from anomaly.

[stiff fiber]

Some people are really against a PvE mode I am not. A PvE mode could be an introduction to the full game and anyway I prefer people playing PvE than not playing at all

[stiff fiber]

Oh never did anomaly

[placid grail]

Strange that the game envisioned from the ground up to be a PvPve shooter would encourage you to pvp instead of being an entirely different game!

[stiff fiber]

Some people dont like PvP. What I think is that it is better if they enjoy marathon with a PvE mode rather than not playing at all

[scarlet sail]

the funny thing is, those people that are against a pve mode (even if totally separate) are exactly the types of a-holes that most people are complaining about ruining their games, low backbone exit lurkers etc, since if people would get the choice of either playing pvp or pve those turds would lose their victims and would have to play with their own kind or actual pvpers with skill that would simply curbstomp them without batting an eye

[frosty orchid]

it always rolls a random number of gold drops (between 0 and 2) so you're guaranteed on average 1 per run per player on your team

also you get like 4 purple on top of that

[fading spade]

OOOOOOOOOO IDLES IN A GAME OST
FUCK YEAH

[scarlet sail]

same thing was true with tarkov and look at it now, more pve players than pvp ones and the game is flourishing, big surprise, eh?

oh and here comes the big challenge, name one, JUST ONE thing that the pvp players would lose when a game like marathon would have 2 distinctive modes instead of just enforced pvp (and don't even try to suggest it's the easy to pick victims that aren't interested in pvp, that's not a valid loss at all since those will quite the game sooner or later anyways)

[placid grail]

I’m not even against a pve mode eventually so long as it does not detract from the intended way to play the game. For the record

[scarlet sail]

i mean how would it detract from the pvp side of things? all it would do is give the people that aren't interested in pvp something to play and in turn grow the overall playerbase and money the studio can spend on further developing it^^

[placid grail]

However, they should focus on the audience they currently have (however small) rather than diverting a ton a resources towards making a pve mode that isn’t half baked

[scarlet sail]

i mean just having pvp disabled would be suffice for starters and is quite easy to implement and separate from the pvp side of things, then they could keep an eye on where the playerbase forms higher and focus more on that side while still keeping both modes attractive

[proper harbor]

I got a wooting uwu for geometry dash

[stiff fiber]

You can see it another way. People will first play PvE mode, then when bored move to PvPvE

And the player base is going to increase

But if it happens I dont see it happening until several months

[scarlet sail]

that as well, fresh people would have a chance at learning the lay of the maps and the general gameplay mechanics in a safe environment instead of being thrown together with vets and smurfs that just curbstomp them from the getgo

[stiff fiber]

Honestly bungie could do that

[scarlet sail]

every one of those extraction shooter companies could do that and it would instantly increase their playerbases, they just refuse to do it because of some twisted visions and then complain about losing player numbers faster than they can lure in new ones

just looking at ark raiders, most of the playerbase apparently only playes peaceful in the first place, yet those idiots outright refuse to implement a definite pve mode (which keeps me and most likely quite a lot of others away from it)

[stiff fiber]

Honestly you can play arc as a PvE game

Noone will attack you given abmm

Dont randomly attack other people and you will end up in peaceful lobbies

[scarlet sail]

there's always the chance of getting ratted and yea, not gonna try my luck with a game that costs over 30€ to mabe be the experience i expect while there's literally 0 guarantee that i won't get ratted constantly

[stiff fiber]

Listen I have 250 hours in arc

I tell you you are not going to get ratted in peaceful lobbies

[scarlet sail]

doesn't matter, they don't offer a definite pve mode -> i'm not getting it, end of story

[stiff fiber]

🤷‍♂️

[cyan pewter]

@manic owl did my first 45min race on the nordschleife and i feel like i (normally i do the 25 min races)
secured p2 tho

i also raced in the lambo evo2 and man the steering is heavier than the other gt3 cars

[manic owl]

Lowkey gonna go there this month

[cyan pewter]

was battling this porsche for a good 70% of the race

[small comet]

so there is a new dlc for pd2 after almost 3years... holy

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4543600/PAYDAY_2_Espionage_Weapon_Pack/

Steam

PAYDAY 2: Espionage Weapon Pack

Perfect for the undercover heister and secret agent alike, the Espionage Weapon Pack adds five brand new tools to your arsenal. Compact, quiet, and adaptable, these tools ensure the job is done right while maintaining their punch if the situation gets out of hand.

Strix Pistol
This Soviet-era pistol continues to see combat around the world to t…

Price

$2.99

Recommendations

131

[trim rock]

Dead game

[scarlet sail]

pfft, guess they accepted that PD3 was a total failure and went back to milking PD2 instead, despite claiming there won't be any more paid DLC for it after the ultimate edition (a promise they literally broke just a few weeks after making that statement)

[small comet]

no another dev team is working on pd2

[scarlet sail]

still funny that they show their colors once again, as in of being incompetent and greedy liars

[small comet]

pd2 wasnt really dead before and its weird to me how they try to keep pd3 alive

[scarlet sail]

i'm seriously just hoping for the day that studio will kick the bucket to come soon, like no matter what they touched during the past 5-10 years it was either a massive flop or a slap across the faces of their playerbase

[small comet]

pd2 had more players on average in thew last 6 years than a lot of games on steam (or pd3 for most of its existence)

[proper basin]

They should have cooked pd3 for a few more years

[small comet]

literally 3 weeks in or so pd3 dropped below pd2 average

[small comet]

idk if that would have helped tbh

[scarlet sail]

sure, but every update they did during that time was still a massive slap across the face for the community, like it's sure nice to have it remain alive, if it wasn't for the constant fuck-ups they'd introduce or them breaking their own promises, while never actually fixing issues that existed for over a decade at this point 😮‍💨

[small comet]

https://payday.fandom.com/wiki/Sidetrack_Games

the new devs seem to not just be a studio of money grabs but mainly community members/modders

[scarlet sail]

o_O

guess the old devs drove it so far into the gutters that i didn't even care enough to notice a studio change then

[small comet]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/218620/view/528734197434548839

their first changelog

[small comet]

depends on if you mean starbreeze or overkill

they are trying (and n o i wont put even more cool stuff they did from changelogs here just read them starting from the first one i linked

theres also been some updates to what files mods can override etc

[scarlet sail]

by how things went i blacklisted both of them since neither of them have any kind of competence to show off, they were literally just lucky with PD1&2 and that's it, everything else they did just like the long term evolution of PD2 was just an utter disgrace

but yea, guess i'll have to check back with PD2 if there's really a new team behind it that is motivated in fixing it instead of just milking it more and more by piling crap on top of crap with no fixes ever being in sight

[small comet]

i can already tell you theres also new weapons they added without dlc

[scarlet sail]

well, i don't really care about new weapons much, since i'm a 99% stealther, i care about them fixing the desyncs and other glitches that made stealthing near impossible for the bigger half of the games existence

at least in terms of stealthing with friends instead of going solo

[fringe salmon]

they arent going to fix the engine

its going to be updates not a new game

[small comet]

idk how much of the desync issues is engine related and how much is bad gamecode

[fringe salmon]

almost everything is client side anyway so unless you have really bad pcs you can do coop stealth with no issues

issues like camera beeps on the wrong client etc. has had fixes with mods since forever

[fringe salmon]

same thing as its their internal engine

[cyan pewter]

@manic owl thoughts?

[manic owl]

damn good settings i wonder if they translate well

[cyan pewter]

i should mix in some vertical pictures

[cyan pewter]

lets hope the paint in fh6 gives better reflections

[young hill]

Nubsautica
https://youtu.be/rIDazkP95SE

[manic owl]

oh yeah fh5 tape is hit or miss

[cyan pewter]

tape?

anyways yeah the matte coating is very plastic looking

[manic owl]

paint , bro typing on a bicycle is not ideal

[manic owl]

also the whole sides beeing broken etc ... genuinely txr is better which uhh is something

[outer pollen]

@cyan pewter

[cyan pewter]

what in the fuck-

this is not a gacha game

[little cape]

https://youtu.be/M1Lc8b4xl6c?si=AIbHN5r1l1lShDsU

[outer pollen]

So many people have been getting hit with that Mr Beast thing

[young hill]

tunneling Dredge player

[frosty orchid]

The what?

[outer pollen]

Having their accounts highjacked and then spamming the Mr Beast giveaway pictures

[frosty orchid]

Who the fuck falls for that

[outer pollen]

Plenty of people if not we wouldn’t see the pictures getting spammed in here

We’ve even been having malware installed into official updates for things people trust so

[frosty orchid]

Oh no they got me too

[little cape]

let me guess someone dms the person with the mr beast pics

and then the hacker sends a link huh

our only hope is to send them aerobrake

aerobrake is the hero wooting deserves, but not the one it needs right now

https://tenor.com/view/batman-caped-crusader-caped-crusader-batman-batman-pose-gif-12537728247115118999

[outer pollen]

@mellow garden Woaw

[stiff fiber]

guys I tried titanfall 2 wtf how could I didnt play this game before

it is amazing

[orchid prism]

[compact oriole]

some peopleare making a spiritual successor

shatterrush open

[bleak pike]

https://youtu.be/Lxg8dWgFU9A?si=oj-hp-JZzW6X-o10

[stiff fiber]

Just checked it seems good

[small comet]

ok cat lady

[orchid prism]

The new studio in charge of CS2 are... having a bit of a hard time 😄

Imagine waiting almost half an hour for your game to load up. 😄

[small comet]

i mean i read that as almost 22hrs

since fractions of seconds usually use a period after the seconds

[autumn depot]

siege videos might have the worst clickbait for idiots ever

[fading spade]

YESSSSS FINALLY
SUCH A GREAT GAME 💜

[buoyant osprey]

I always wonder how that happens. Do they click on a bad link and enter their password/username? Do they download something? I really wonder what the source of it is

[fringe salmon]

depends there’s multiple ways, an exe is the least likely one since you could get so much more than just discord that way

Often links to websites that hijack your token if you login there or authenticate on the site

[compact oriole]

the shit theyre advertising and posting might be part of it

[outer pollen]

https://cybernews.com/security/cpuid-hwmonitor-hwinfo-cpuz-deliver-malware/

I think this was a big one recently

[trim rock]

Surely it's just people telling others about free money, damn that beast sure is generous huh

[hardy merlin]

@fading spade

[outer pollen]

@sinful cobalt filian purged accounts?

[small comet]

guess theyd had enough being edgy

[mellow garden]

I don’t even know who they are

[small comet]

edgy vtuber known for doing backflips with bodytracking as well as dumping their headset/trackers when "raging"

and sex ofc but i didnt think i need to mention it

[sinful cobalt]

i know

[hot spire]

model maker finally sued prob

[little cape]

iirc hackers stole the source code and the game was unplayable for years

[hot spire]

one hacker got in to the system

and blacklisted players they didnt like

[sinful cobalt]

its indeed a hidden gem

[stiff fiber]

Yeah I missed this one

It is quite amazing to discover this kind of game long time after they come out

[hardy merlin]

You can thank EA for that
Week earlier released BF1, week later - CoD Infinite Warfare

[proper basin]

Won’t stop preaching bout laika aged through blood

[sinful cobalt]

tho BF1 was soo good as well

and Infinite Warfare's Campaign is a hidden gem

[stiff fiber]

Never played any BF game

[sinful cobalt]

multiplayer is pretty much p2w

[stiff fiber]

I have a like 15 years blind spot in video game

[sinful cobalt]

Battlefield 3-4, bad company 1-2 and hardline has an okay campaign

[barren pewter]

still occasionally play multiplayer BF1

underrated gem

[hardy merlin]

BFV was my favourite from new ones for only one reason
LUNGE MINE Ultimate troll weapon

[barren pewter]

Cals
I raise you the kolibri

[fading spade]

LOL WHAT DOES IT SAY? XD

[stiff fiber]

I stopped playing video game after starcraft 2. I used to play a lot of wow and sc2 and I almost failed a year in college then didnt play video game for like 10 years or more. So there are a lot of good games I missed

[barren pewter]

fun fact, it does something like 5x headshot damage, so it's actually not completely shit

even if it does a staggering
4 damage a shot to the body at point blank

[hardy merlin]

It's https://store.steampowered.com/app/4511490/Hole_Is_Mine_Prologue/, your minions are named after Steam friends

Steam

Hole Is Mine Prologue

Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying the Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!

Break the Hole to extract its impurities while managing and caring…

[barren pewter]

but as a scout, I'd rather the mars or like
one of the spamfire guns with 450rpm

just to finish anything my ross didn't

[fading spade]

Oh xdd I thought it was that game you can voice the animals on xd

[mellow garden]

https://x.com/tomshardware/status/2050592585727823894

Tom's Hardware (@tomshardware)

Sony increases prices for refurbished PS5 slims by $100 — PS5 Fortnite bundle is out of stock, marking the end of new $399 consoles https://t.co/Zf4j6Obq7j

X · May 2, 2026, 3:05 PM

[orchid prism]

Uh oh... the local vampire cosplay club found me.

[cold anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/aniyabea-yt-man-stare-ab-yt-man-stare-aniyab-gif-10494397403125281154

can't believe console gaming isn't as accessible anymore

[mellow garden]

Still cheaper than a gaming PC

[cold anvil]

I mean if it were between a ps5 pro and a low end mid ranged build I would much rather have the pc for the long term benefit and sustainability

[mellow garden]

I'd get the PS5 Pro for the best GTA VI experience

But I've already done that

Soon™

[novel umbra]

anyone else here played the wreck runners playtest?

[cold anvil]

I'm lucky enough to have boughten my ps5 in 2022, got that THICC model

in a bundle with 3 games and a bunch of accessories

[mellow garden]

I got a PS5 Pro on sale for £600

[cold anvil]

thats sweet

[mellow garden]

I'll probably get Saros and Marvel's Wolverine on the PS5 as well

[novel umbra]

I'd unironcially rather have the 7900gre 5600x PC one of my friends got for 600€

[mellow garden]

Seeing as Sony are likely scaling back their PC ports

[cold anvil]

honestly just upgrade the cpu to one of the x3D models and it'd be good

[novel umbra]

tbh, not worth it with how pricy they are

yes, they are faster, but prices are stupid and it's not thaaat important most of the time

[cold anvil]

oh I didn't know, thought they would go down over time

[novel umbra]

nice joke

[mellow garden]

Hardware? Getting cheaper?

lol, lmao, omegalul

[cold anvil]

Im rockin a 5800x3D that I got around $300??? I believe in 2023

[novel umbra]

yea uhh, those went up to like 450 until supplies ran out

[cold anvil]

oh

[novel umbra]

you can get a used 5700x3d for like 200

but really, why are you spending an extra 200€ on a 600€ build just to upgrade the CPU which more often than not is not your bottleneck

[cold anvil]

dude they're selling 7800x3D's for $290 at my local walmart

[novel umbra]

yes

but a 7800x3d does not work in your old am4 build and needs new ram

[cold anvil]

so why is am4 still expensive

ohhh wait.........

[novel umbra]

cause it's limited supply

[cold anvil]

yeah

you right

[novel umbra]

and you don't need ddr5 but can just use your old ddr4

[stiff fiber]

Because people cannot upgrade to am5 because of ram prices and now everyone want a x3d processor

Like 5800x3d

[cold anvil]

yeah I have 3800 mt/s ram rn

32 gigs with 3070 and 5800x3D

[stiff fiber]

Apparently amd is going to relaunch 5800x3d btw

[cold anvil]

been thinking on a gpu upgrade for a long whiler now

[stiff fiber]

Gpu upgrade make more sense in your case

[little cape]

watch it be hella expensive

[cold anvil]

lowkey thinking about balling with some government college money and bottlenecking my cpu with a 5080

[stiff fiber]

Yeah me I am on 5600x but I prefer to save for a either am5 or something else in the future

[cold anvil]

ooo new switchy emotes!!

[manic hearth]

do it

[little cape]

yeah i had a 5800x and it was horrible. Then i upgraded to 9800x3d....its like night and day

[stiff fiber]

If you are still able to play your favorite game why not waiting

[cold anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/green-goblin-green-goblin-mask-mask-scene-reject-urge-gif-2558149218007024011

[little cape]

wouldnt go higher than 9070xt or 5070ti

[stiff fiber]

If ram was not so expensive…

[little cape]

unless you go for 5090 house fire starter kit

[cold anvil]

8gb vram is a struggle to play the games I am interested in currently which is why I was thinking about it

[stiff fiber]

Go 5090 astral

[little cape]

yeah i upgraded just before the huge increase

now ram is like 600 cad

[stiff fiber]

Then maybe a 9070xt or even a 9060xt make sense

[cold anvil]

I dont want it to be a slight perf increase but something worth while, at minimum a 5070 Im thinkin

I don't have the money for it now but I can plan on it in the future

[stiff fiber]

Yeah

But next gen will eventually be more interesting

I dont know when the new gpu are supposed to come out next year?

[cold anvil]

yeah Ig, I just don't like gpu launches since they're always under stocked

then it takes like half a year to stabilize

[stiff fiber]

Yeah well nvidia rarely stabilize

[cold anvil]

I mean they kinda did until they AI crisis they CONTRIBUTED TO happened

[stiff fiber]

They are the main beneficiary

[cold anvil]

yeah it really sucks

just hate the constant need to appeal to investors

[stiff fiber]

I built in 2022

I was thinking oh I will build again in 5 years

But I cant even change platform

[cold anvil]

I built in oct 2023, am5 and ddr5 was new by then so it was pretty costly

[stiff fiber]

Oh yeah I remember me in december 2022

I dont think am5 was out

[cold anvil]

its really annoying too cause I wouldn't really benefit much from the change other than better cpu's

[sinful cobalt]

it was

[cold anvil]

and ram is ass expensive for a minor upgrade

[stiff fiber]

Issue is constrain are adding

First it was gpu, then it became ram, now apparently it is even ssd

[sinful cobalt]

AMD Ryzen 7000 series released in 2022 September

[stiff fiber]

Yeah then it was out

[cold anvil]

it's fine though I can just continue being a big fat nintendo chud and clap everytime the big corporation does something very minor

pfft who even needs a good pc anyways

[sinful cobalt]

me with a pretty decent pc who bored and can't decide what to play

[cold anvil]

Im honestly just really annoyed though with my build cause Ik if I had like an extra 2 gigs of vram I would keep the same build unchanged for another 3 years

[sinful cobalt]

i mean you could just sell your 3070 and get a 4070 or 5070

[cold anvil]

Yes.. very true..

[sinful cobalt]

a friend of mine did that tho he just went and got himself a 3080

[stiff fiber]

It makes sense

I wonder if we will ever see normal ram price

[sinful cobalt]

nah

we gonna see cheaper ram but not normal prices

[stiff fiber]

I wish we could have 32 for 200 euros max

It would already be an improvment

[mellow garden]

[fading spade]

Id love to see a steam controller without the touchpads

So, literally any other controller that has gyro also?!

[orchid prism]

Just sitting there, enjoying the raid drama tea while waiting to be ressed

[fading spade]

TIL that Valve implements an offset in their Steam Controller firmware to account for the magnetic interference between the TMR sticks and the puck when the puck is attached to the controller

The software will ignore magnetic interference by how much the puck interferes with the stick sensors so that when gaming with the puck attached, everything will feel the same as normal

[fringe salmon]

@sinful cobalt I suppose I have to widen the window, maybe 4-96 hours later covers it better than my 48hours estimate

[sinful cobalt]

i mean she only watches Steam Controller stuff soo

she just slow at discovering stuff

[fading spade]

BRUH WTF

why is frame gen needed to hit 30FPS?!

[fringe salmon]

have you looked at the gpu requirement for that...

the gpu in question is over 11 years old

[fading spade]

yeh but why is framegen a REQUIREMENT at all?!
Its framegen meant to be an optional thing if you wanna squeeze more performance from an aging GPU?

[fringe salmon]

the gpu in question is over 11 years old

[fading spade]

RTX 4070 is not 11 years old

[proper basin]

what

[fading spade]

nor the 2070

[fringe salmon]

the 4070 is listed for 4k and not at 30fps either

[fading spade]

to play this game at 1080p60, you need framegen
Which is fucking stupid

[proper basin]

no?

[sinful cobalt]

but the GTX 960 is

[fringe salmon]

oh my god can you please stop and just fucking read the specs table

[fading spade]

yeh

[fringe salmon]

you do not need frame gen to play this game at 108060

you need frame gen on a >11 year old gpu, that isnt even supported by nvidia anymore

even the 10 series got dropped last year

[fading spade]

yeh the low spec makes sense that you need it
but why must that be required for mid and high end too???

[fringe salmon]

neither of them are 1080p...

and the 20 series is also now older than the current console gen that came out when ps4 was peak performance target

[serene orbit]

I think 4k 60fps with frame gen on a non super non ti 4070 is quite decent

[verbal nymph]

Spec seems reasonable imo, 1440p medium 30fps on an old gpu or a low end 2 year old card. I don't know how it looks though.

[cyan pewter]

install size for fh6 is almost 160gbs

[cold anvil]

Gonna check it out

Not my preorder btw 2 of my friends bought it

[cyan pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-handshake-deal-agree-gif-7134721403924803840

less than 2 weeks

[cold anvil]

I didn’t realize it was so soon dang

[cyan pewter]

yeah fr the next 2 weeks of waiting is gonna be hell

and esp with finals coming up for the semester

[manic owl]

yeah you can already preload

[cyan pewter]

not on steam

[manic owl]

my issue is it drops the weekend the 24 hours of the nürburgring are

[cyan pewter]

i think its a bit later

[manic owl]

15th and 14th the race starts or at least the pre race stuff

[cyan pewter]

i meant preloading for steam

[cyan pewter]

will max versid finally win a race?

[manic owl]

likely

if his mates pull through i do not see why not

[frosty dew]

since when does steam go on a cooldown if you redeem like 3 already used codes

really takes the wind out of my sails

[little cape]

@proper basin sonic frontier has multiplayer mod

https://tenor.com/view/gotta-go-fast-got-to-go-fast-pikachu-gotta-go-fast-pikachu-got-to-go-fast-pikachu-in-sonic-frontiers-gif-27114511

[cyan pewter]

@coarse copper https://medal.tv/games/assetto-corsa-competizione/clips/mssRmbs2Ihv-IsdeV

[outer pollen]

https://fxtwitter.com/ninjago9101/status/2050617227624460497

Ninjago (@Ninjago9101)

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@cold anvil crazy how long it can take to make 1 mii ok tomodachi

[cold anvil]

Yeah it is

but tis so worth itttt

[outer pollen]

I’m working on my 3rd

[cold anvil]

Ive mostly been working in developing my miis

Trying to get certain ones to move in with eachother to have more space on the island

[outer pollen]

Damn this month is pretty stacked

Subnautica 2, then a day later Forza 6, then Deep Rock Rogue Core, after that is LEGO Batman, and finally 007

[fallow bronze]

Subnautica 2 early access

[vapid lintel]

What's the keyboard warrior ethicist angle here? Are we hating the game because of the shit Krafton pulled or are we loving the game because the original devs got their payday in the end?

[ivory dune]

I think it'll just be a shit game unfortunately

[ivory dune]

Weee

[outer pollen]

People just be typing anything huh

[buoyant osprey]

Replace MGS there with Dark Souls and it feels almost entirely accurate

[outer pollen]

Slop Souls 2

[buoyant osprey]

Calling things for slop has become its own form of slop

[outer pollen]

[orchid prism]

You won't take my alive, pig.

[outer pollen]

He got away

[green dune]

If anyone cares: Nethack 5.0.0 https://nethack.org/v500/release.html

[serene orbit]

I dont think ppl will hate the game due to krafton because the devs were genuine right? They just got screwed over

[vapid lintel]

I don't remember the details, but someone didn't get their payment of a quarter billion dollars and made a stink about it

[serene orbit]

Iirc:

bonus for finishing game before xx date

Krafton artificially slows down development

When they still reach it, they fire the people who would get the bonus due to them “going against krafton and actively ruining the game” or something

Angy

[hasty belfry]

https://youtu.be/Dn9zNs0XZDk

Is this the first of a new plague expecting us to use framgen to even reach 30fps?

[fathom swift]

Rivals matchmaking got me with an eternity player on my team. I'm mid GM for reference

[outer pollen]

wtf

[fringe salmon]

no we dont know how the performance will turn out and the 30fps framegen is on hardware thats literally not even getting drivers anymore

the 960 is 2 hardware generations behind cards that are in support

[hasty belfry]

But even the 4K is 60fps with framgen so 30fps is still bad

[orchid prism]

Don't forget Krafton CEO tries to use ChatGPT to get out of paying said bonus, get sued, lose in court and literally forced to let devs keep working.

[fringe salmon]

yea but its still just a 4070 non super for 4k to not reach 60

[fathom swift]

Even chatgpt said bro was cooked trying to avoid the bonus

[fringe salmon]

so, the thumbnail is definitely misleading a bit, we'll have to wait and see how the game actually runs

[orchid prism]

Shadowlands has good story. Glad I don't have to deal with Roguelike - I mean Thorghast 😄

[serene orbit]

Yep

[hasty belfry]

Intel ARC A580 is in the same category.

[fringe salmon]

probably just because they had no lower tier arc card

the 6400 is like half the 580s performance

very rough TPU comparison

so uh, either they just dont have any lower cards and just put intel on it or its just broken on intel lmao

[hasty belfry]

Wouldn't be the first game broken on Intel

[fringe salmon]

yup but also means the specs dont really say anything

because an out of support card as min spec is really min spec lol

[ivory dune]

Thorghast so bad

[orchid prism]

I just need to unlock all of the Vampire drip 😄

[mellow garden]

Choregast

[frosty orchid]

the thing that worries me is that it recommends framegen for 60fps on CPU's specifically that should definitely be able to do more than 30fps native. input lag with a base framerate of 30 would be pretty much unplayable

[fringe salmon]

I assume you meant to write gpu not cpu

but even then, no not really, the 2070 super is a 7 year old not high end gpu, it not hitting more on 2k seems totally fine depending on the game

[outer pollen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqYa4Tb3U2g

bruh I didn't know he had been hyping up ashes of creation

[hasty belfry]

Asmondog has been hyping it for years as well.

[stiff fiber]

Do you guys think subnautica 2 will be good?

[outer pollen]

my sibling is excited for it

I feel like if you like the ocean you'll enjoy it

[stiff fiber]

I loved the first one

But I heard there were some issues during the development of the game

So I dont know I will probably wait for the 1.0

[ivory dune]

You can purchase a renown boost from some npc in oribos

Where the flightpoints are

Insteant Renonm 50

Renown

[orchid prism]

OwO?

[ivory dune]

Yeah

[sinful cobalt]

wait like 3-4 months before buying the game

[outer pollen]

peak arknights gameplay

[fading spade]

You can now attach your system specs to your Steam Reviews to give people a hint of how well the game actually runs on their system relative to yours

still in beta though

[orchid prism]

Looks like you need to have done it once before at least - Which I obviously haven't. Ah well 😄

[fading spade]

ooo linux user spotted

[sinful cobalt]

its been a thing for like a month or almost 2

[fading spade]

ggoooodddddd

[sinful cobalt]

so its in steam since february

[autumn depot]

is his downfall still going on

[stiff fiber]

Well eventually end of the year

But subnautica is a good game for relaxing

[fading spade]

I really hope that games target the Steam Machine as the like "baseline" specs for their games to look and run good on

cause hardware requirements are getting out of hand :/

[outer pollen]

yeah was hyping up ashes of creation and then after it failed he basically said "Of course it was gonna fail"

[fringe salmon]

not happening

baselines are and will be consoles