sk-discussion

[rustic ore]

Sorry in advance for being so uncultured

[last shale]

This is just a list of games

[lament lotus]

bros kids will be finishing this list

[last shale]

Most of them aren’t worth playing compared to some of the absolute bangers on there

[rustic ore]

Yes a list of games I simply MUST play at least once

[heavy magnet]

SotC rules, I like darkest dungeon also

dunno about all Gods of Wars

[trim estuary]

Where is the entire SteamWorld franchise

[last shale]

Definitely not

[rustic ore]

Nope, all of them
I grew up watching my dad play them so I’m playing all of em

I still have the PS2 and GOW I and II

[heavy magnet]

well, if they speak to your heart

[carmine island]

Just because you guys don’t see yourself enjoying them doenst mean ennea won’t

Let the man have his massive list of games he’s interested in

[rustic ore]

I also took into account whether or not I could see myself playing these games at all

[fiery burrow]

Who invited nine sols

[tired oyster]

if these are games you intend to play i think you should clear some out before adding more lol

[rustic ore]

Me, personally

[carmine island]

I woudk hope?

[last shale]

Actually everything I enjoy is good and if you think differently then your takes probably STINK

[rustic ore]

I am a very forgetful man. The list is long for a reason

[mighty crest]

I would recommend Little Nightmares but they are VERY jank so idk if you’d like them

[fiery burrow]

uhh is hyper light drifter on the list

[last shale]

Only play games I specifically like

[fiery burrow]

One of my favorite games

[mighty crest]

Also play the Pathless

[rustic ore]

A lot of these are recommendations from friends cus I made this list in-call last night

[fiery burrow]

Also Chicory

[mighty crest]

I really enjoyed it

[heavy magnet]

i just see a number i've played, and i'd certainly recommend those to anyone

[rustic ore]

BASTION

Bastion is going on the list

[lament lotus]

semi related but do you guys feel like theres no good games for you to play, like i feel like for alot of games i wouldve loved them if i played it earlier but now it just feels like every game sucks

[rustic ore]

That’s called depression and/or burnout, astro

[mighty crest]

https://tenor.com/view/godslayer-orangesavannah-pathless-gif-6821923590147601664

[last shale]

I do not feel that way whatsoever

[lament lotus]

dudes tgheres no way im getting burnout from fucking playing games 😭

[last shale]

The 2 most recent games I played were Khazan and Expedition 33 which are 9/10 and 10/10 respectively

[rustic ore]

You can in fact get burnout from anything you can do

If you do something you enjoy, you can burn out

[lament lotus]

and i hope i do not have depression

[tired oyster]

i think cyberpunk 2077 is worth adding to that list especially at the point it's at after years of being out. it's like pretty much fully pulled itself back up from the myriad issues it had at launch (other than some of the problems that are just inherent to parts of its design)

[last shale]

You don’t have depression because you’re not having fun playing games

[rustic ore]

This looks like a Hyper Light character

[lament lotus]

yeah lmao 😭 😭 😭

[carmine island]

Probably just burnout I’m guessing

[rustic ore]

I said and/or

[mighty crest]

If you remember the game Abzū it’s from the same devs

[last shale]

Maybe just like don’t play games if you don’t have fun with them. Get another hobby

[mighty crest]

Very good game

[last shale]

I personally have a really fun hobby that isn’t playing video games

[lament lotus]

i guess ill stop playiong games

[last shale]

Working

Fr though if you like your job then you don’t even need a hobby

[rustic ore]

I played Cyberpunk since launch and had fun every minute of it

The only reason I haven’t played it in a long time is bc I don’t have it on Steam (no mods)

[tired oyster]

if you had a depressive disorder of any sort there would be more signs than you just no longer enjoying games very much

[lament lotus]

yes

getting depression from playing too much games would be funny

[tired oyster]

not that those things don't correlate at all, like during my worst depressive episode i stopped enjoying games but that was along with a lot of other problems lmao

[last shale]

Also be physically active

[rustic ore]

||Considering depression is a chemical dopamine imbalance/deficiency, it’s not out of the realm of possibility tbf||
||you already said this when i was in the middle of typing ||

[last shale]

Because I know some of y’all mfs do barely any exercise or workouts and you need to be on that to keep your mental health good

[tired oyster]

not even working out is necessary, just like. go outside and/or go for a walk for any amount of time (ideally at the very least like 20-30 minutes) as often as you can

ideally every day but sometimes stuff like weather and your personal schedule gets in the way of that

just as long as you're not completely physically stagnant

[rustic ore]

https://tenor.com/view/chuck-charles-mcgill-better-call-saul-gif-26024391

[last shale]

If you’re doing workouts, not every day

Gotta have days to rest

[tired oyster]

yeah workouts you need to give your body a break

[last shale]

Like 5-6 days a week is a good schedule to have

[tired oyster]

but if you're just going for walks you can easily do that every day whenever possible

[kindred viper]

I haven't been following Silksong's development that closely, but have they confirmed it this is a prequel or a sequel to the events in Hollow Knight?

Or is that still up in the air?

[last shale]

Doesn’t matter. Just wait for a good HK spinoff comes out like Zoteboat

[tame marten]

Does this frame of Hornet from the Nintendo Direct show up in the sprite sheet

[south bison]

Wait zoteboat is real?

[last shale]

Yes

It’s a real thing

Team Cherry told me at the bar

[trim estuary]

Sequel. They actively removed translations that implied it was a prequel

[tame marten]

It's the only sprite of Hornet not using a weapon or tool that I can't seem to find in the spritesheet atm

[marsh ibex]

not confirmed but currently sequel makes the most sense with what we know

[tame marten]

Be odd for it to be a prequel I think

[marsh ibex]

also yknow what
fuck it we ball

[tame marten]

I don't see much evidence for it aside from an unused line of dialogue that got removed in like the first major update

And which was ambiguous in its meaning in the first place

[alpine owl]

Hornet talking to the final boss like
"I fought the hollow knight, and now I shall play the silk song"

[last shale]

Hornet should have DMC style one liners

[tame marten]

I also think it would be really dumb for Hornet to have spent any considerable portion of time outside of Hallownest before Hollow Knight

[trim estuary]

She can only say that if EtV/DNM/Sealed Siblings are the only canon endings though

[kindred viper]

Cool
I personally hope it's a sequel
Would be nice to see what comes after instead of what came before Hollow Knight

[heavy magnet]

it would explain why she never used her drone army and portable buzzsaws in our fights with her

[tame marten]

Imagine if it was a prequel and the entirety of Silksong is canonically less powerful than like. A midgame Hollow Knight boss

[kindred viper]

Yeah that's the part that makes me doubt it is a prequel
But at the same time they could very well explain why she doesn't have any of her stuff from Silksong after it's ending

[trim estuary]

well you see Silksong takes place before, during, and after HK

[tame marten]

https://tenor.com/view/quickster-spongebob-meme-gif-12947536

This was Hornet for the whole game apparently

[trim estuary]

Yes exactly!

[last shale]

Silksong actually is just fan fiction by a Team Cherry B team

And won’t make any sense

[kindred viper]

She got help moving around Hallownest with that big Deepnest bug we see in some trailers

Stag but not as cool

[trim estuary]

Ignoring Bell Beast in the big 2025 💔

[last shale]

Stags aren’t very cool anyways

[kindred viper]

[Loud incorrect buzzer]

[marsh ibex]

oh wait I forgot
timeline wise it also makes more sense for it to be a sequel as we’re told deepnest’s infection is recent/weavers left to their old home

[tame marten]

My goat 🧡

[last shale]

They’re just horses but without anything that makes horses cool or interesting

[kindred viper]

I personally think horses are terrifying and confusing

[opaque sigil]

Don’t forget the power wipe

[last shale]

https://tenor.com/view/horse-cat-grab-horse-grabs-cat-horse-pull-gif-7160692898640032130

[marsh ibex]

hornet’s gonna learn stuff on her past which wouldn’t happen unless the weavers who raised her went back to their old crib + it’s also unironically more stringent to make it a prequel with that

[kindred viper]

So Stags are superior
They get you from point A to point B
Simple as

Horses are the prime evidence that god was a maniac and remains in heaven out of fear of his creations

[tame marten]

https://tenor.com/view/horse-andrew-hussie-horsie-gif-7580124306439846894

[last shale]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-gif-17006273006060164916

[tame marten]

I wonder if the bell beast will talk to Hornet

She doesn't seem like the verbose type

[last shale]

I wonder if Silksong will be better than Hollow Knight

The bar is 4.5/10

[opaque sigil]

Almost certainly

[trim estuary]

Graig said it is and he only tells truths

[marsh ibex]

hey can someone do something for me real quick

[tame marten]

There's a million things Silksong can and, I am confident in saying, WILL improve on

[trim estuary]

@marsh ibex

[last shale]

Graig is like me then

[kindred viper]

Can't imagine how much of a nightmare it must be to have to live up to one of the biggest indie titles of all time

[marsh ibex]

Yknow what
That works

[last shale]

You’re welcome

[kindred viper]

If Silksong is anything short of a 11/10 my life is ruined

[marsh ibex]

thanks ramlethal

[tame marten]

Look as long as the combat is as fun as it looks and the story is good I have no problems here

[last shale]

[last shale]

If Hollow Knight is not 10X better than the current best game ever, then I WILL be mad and I WILL make it everyone else’s problem

[tame marten]

My main hope is just that they there's more crests than they've shown in the promotional stuff

[lament lotus]

what a masterful doctor

[tame marten]

But like. I have no idea how much more they'll do with crests because I don't even know what other cool effects they could have

[carmine island]

I know right

[last shale]

The main thing I want from Silksong is an improvement on the bosses

[tame marten]

I am confident that the bosses in Silksong will be bangers

[last shale]

HK had a handful of pretty mediocre bosses, and after Nine Sols, the bar is much higher

[tame marten]

Seth especially looks SO fun

[coarse leaf]

cool bug

[tame marten]

I love shielded enemies I'm so excited that they'll be more prominent in Silksong

[midnight trout]

Silksong before song

[last shale]

I’m talking like wanting actual combo mixups, more positioning based shit, cool attacks that maybe require you to parry if that’s a mechanic again, and bosses which require you to dodge attacks in very different and unique ways

[last shale]

Also Prince of Persia the Lost Crown helped raise the bar too

[tame marten]

First two are a lock, the others are kind of iffy and I'm not sure how well they'd even work in Silksong's engine

[last shale]

They seem very dynamic in how they fight too

[tame marten]

Yeah Silksong's enemies look amazing

[last shale]

It’s in Hollow Knight

So I’d imagine it’d return in Silksong

PV uses parries very well

[tame marten]

I mean yes the parrying works fine mechanically but REQUIRING it is where I have issues

[last shale]

I want more of that but on a boss with combos that can actually change

[tame marten]

We see from the uh

[stark estuary]

WHAT

[tame marten]

Sizzle Reel
A basic enemy with a parry

[stark estuary]

Nine Sols has maybe two good bosses

90% of the Nine Sols bosses are just “regular enemy but big”

[tame marten]

Bro what are you on
Nine Sols' bosses are fucking amazing

[stark estuary]

???

[tame marten]

There's like. One bad boss (Goumang)

[last shale]

Goumang is decent

[tame marten]

I really had no fun with Goumang

[last shale]

The final boss is the best final boss in any 2D game

[stark estuary]

Yeah that’s one of the two

But holy glaze

[tame marten]

Hang on who's your other

[stark estuary]

Lady Ethereal

[coarse leaf]

have u guys considered playing a good game like skylanders swap force

[tame marten]

Because all of the main bosses except Goumang are peak in my book

[last shale]

Lady Ethereal, twins, Jiquan

All S tier (Jiquan arguably A)

[stark estuary]

Twins and Jiquan are hella mid

[opaque sigil]

Prince of Persia the lost crown bosses clear nine snores so hard it’s not even funny

[tame marten]

Jiequan is awesome his one annoying attack is the phase 1 shield

[stark estuary]

LC has some mid bosses too

[tame marten]

I've been meaning to play this one

[stark estuary]

But its combat is better then Nine Sols in general

[coarse leaf]

@stark estuary nice pfp

[opaque sigil]

The mini bosses are whatever

[oblique musk]

Some mid bosses > all mid bosses

[last shale]

If you think they’re mid and a majority of HK bosses are better than you’re delusional

[coarse leaf]

u people just make fake games up everytime i open this chat to confuse me

tf is nine sols

[stark estuary]

Don’t put words in my mouth

[tame marten]

Nine Sols is amazing you should play it

[stark estuary]

I think most of HK’s bosses are dogshit

[tame marten]

It's like the Sekiro-borne of Cybersilksong (I stole that line from Andrew Cunningham

It's a great game

[coarse leaf]

what could these words mean

[stark estuary]

It’s Sekiro + HK without the good parts of either game

[last shale]

If you don’t think that then my point still stands. Nine Sols definitely raised the bar for high quality 2D bosses and I think that Silksong could really use some top tier 2D bosses as well

[coarse leaf]

is it better or worse than skylanders giants

[tame marten]

Literally what

[coarse leaf]

Nine sols is if hollow knight and Sekiro conceived a child

[last shale]

What

[tame marten]

It's not a perfect game but it's a really good one

[oblique musk]

Does it have the Headless?

[opaque sigil]

And it inherited a recessive genetic disorder from both

[last shale]

No so it’s a better game

[oblique musk]

One bad mini boss does not a bad game make

[stark estuary]

Dead Cells is also mid wow this chat really loves their mid games

[opaque sigil]

Dead cells is better than nine sold at least

[tame marten]

I think you're just a hater (I don't like Dead Cells that much

[oblique musk]

Speaking of which, I started playing DS1.

[coarse leaf]

i played dead cells cos of the hype that shit got old after half an hour

[stark estuary]

Yeah that sounds about right

[tame marten]

But like Nine Sols is genuinely really good what's the issue with it

[stark estuary]

Nine Sols combat is like HK combat if you had Shade Cloak from the very start the parry mechanic is so ridiculously broken it’s not even funny

Enemy variety is somehow bad by MV standards

[tame marten]

That's crazy man

[stark estuary]

Even most of the bosses are just big enemies with like one extra move

[last shale]

Enemy variety is bad?

[last shale]

Now we’re just lying

[stark estuary]

Sorry “minibosses”

Because there are only 8 main bosses

[last shale]

Hollow Knight is literally no better btw

[tame marten]

"""""Only"""""""

And they're all really good bosses (Except the one that sucks)

[stark estuary]

Yes because HK is a flawless game and the gold standard for what every game should be

[young saffron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P60ujV_t6Zo

[coarse leaf]

massive moss charger clears nine sols whole roster 🤦‍♀️

[young saffron]

ts is so cute

[stark estuary]

I challenge you to say something good about the game without comparing it to HK in the same sentence

[last shale]

True

[stark estuary]

Yes HK also has shit enemy variety yes that’s kind of an issue with the genre

[last shale]

Eigong is good

[stark estuary]

But Nine Sols takes it to a level beyond

[last shale]

Literally what

Name me a game with good enemy variety

[stark estuary]

Pokemon

[last shale]

If you think HK doesn’t have good enemy variety

[last shale]

A game in the same genre please

[tame marten]

The parrying is really satisfying and combat has an incredibly satisfying rhythm
The story is amazing and deep
The world design and art style are both extremely well designed and thought out

[stark estuary]

Castlevania Symphony of the Night

[coarse leaf]

disney infinity 2.0

[opaque sigil]

Nine sols story ain’t allat

[tame marten]

The story's great

[stark estuary]

The parrying makes the game piss easy every encounter is the same the story is whatever the world design? lmao what world design there’s no puzzles or platforming

[last shale]

That’s maybe the best answer you could give, and it’s still wrong because HK enemy variety to begin with is amazing

[coarse leaf]

is the story nuanced tho 🤔

[opaque sigil]

No

[last shale]

Every area has its own unique enemies

[coarse leaf]

does it offer nuanced perspectives matched with philosophical themes 🤔

[stark estuary]

That are nearly identical to enemies found in other areas

[last shale]

Literally don’t know what more you want from the game

[tame marten]

Man did you play the game on story mode or some shit

[coarse leaf]

wheres the metaphor for grief in all this 🤔

[stark estuary]

“HK has good enemy variety because every area has enemies”

[tame marten]

The game's not exactly easy

[stark estuary]

It is very easy

Except Eigong who is kind of bullshit

[tame marten]

LMAO

[heady iron]

If there's no modern political allegory in my indie metroidvania I don't want it

[last shale]

Lol

[tame marten]

Eigong is like incredibly well designed

[oblique musk]

The enemy variety is, on paper, unique. It becomes less so when a solid 80% of those enemies’ behavior can be described as either “it walks toward you and you hit it” or “it flies and/or shoots”.

[coarse leaf]

how can i play this game if theres no meta commentary

[last shale]

“Eigong kinda bullshit” and “the game is too easy”

[stark estuary]

It’s a fine boss and by the time I beat her I did it hitless

[carmine island]

@rustic ore

[full tiger]

anyone knows a good controller/gamepad that supports rumble in hollow knight(like on switch and i suppose ps/xbox)? i wanna grab one for when silksong comes out (if it's even gonna have rumble support on pc)

[last shale]

Do I even continue this convo?

[stark estuary]

But the first time I got to the third phase was kinda bullshit

[tame marten]

Ok so she's not bullshit

[last shale]

This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about

[marsh ibex]

Not particularly? Their behavior is kinda samey

[opaque sigil]

those are not in fact mutually exclusive, one is a general trait and one is about a specific boss

[stark estuary]

The rest of the game is piss

[coarse leaf]

when youre watching one piece and suddenly realise its ass 🤔

[young saffron]

did that at ep 2

[stark estuary]

Eigong is bullshit because she’s a huge step up the game doesn’t prepare you for

[opaque sigil]

a game can be generally very easy but have one hard thing, in fact that's probably worse

[stark estuary]

You spend most of the game steamrolling everyone and now you have to match the boss’ tempo instead

[oblique musk]

To add on, a boss can be simultaneously bullshit and easy.

[last shale]

Eigong is bullshit because she’s too hard

So true

[rapid abyss]

Holy shit 😭 i cant stand twitter why the fuck does everything always have to go from sucky to way worse

[stark estuary]

Yes it’s almost like the game being incredibly easy aside from one challenging boss is bad game design

[oblique musk]

Then leave twitter? Simple as.

[coarse leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/not-happy-jk-simmons-fletcher-whiplash-trying-not-to-explode-gif-18304699

[last shale]

This is the same as “Allmind is the worst boss in the game because he took me longer than 2 tries like all other bosses”

[tame marten]

It feels like we played completely different games here 😭
What are you talking about

[last shale]

Get real man

[stark estuary]

Am I going insane

[opaque sigil]

it really isn't and it's not even that complicated to understand why it isn't

[coarse leaf]

just play peak like Destiny 2 instead

[tame marten]

Yeah Eigong's a bit of a difficulty jump but the rest of the game isn't exactly easy and she's not some absurd unprecedented challenge the game didn't prepare you for

[rapid abyss]

Ok but its not twitters fault that everything sucks its just the deliverer of bad news

[coarse leaf]

what a nuanced and deep game destiny 2 is

[rapid abyss]

I suppose id rather be informed

[stark estuary]

Eigong is the only boss you have to fight in a specific way

[marsh ibex]

then curate your feed so you don’t get delivered bad news through it all the time

[tame marten]

Not really
I see people fighting her loads of different ways

[rapid abyss]

True cus i got these lined up BACK TO BACK

[last shale]

This is just the boss being hard and you not having trouble with anything before, and you think that’s unfair. That’s not the games fault

[tame marten]

Oh no you can only beat the boss with your sword, your talisman, or your bow
The uh. Three damage sources in the game

[stark estuary]

Those “very different ways” are actually not different because the play styles in nine sols are incredibly poorly differentiated

[last shale]

Any boss you die to can be called unfair by this logic

[tame marten]

💀

[stark estuary]

Wow you beat me to it

[tame marten]

What's the issue

There's three primary weapons you can spec into and all three are viable

[last shale]

How I fight Eigong is incredibly different from almost everyone else’s though

[coarse leaf]

WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN

[last shale]

You are just wrong bro

[tame marten]

And there's plenty of build variety between those as well

Like you're kinda just wrong here lol

[gray parcel]

Someone throw him in

[coarse leaf]

movies made in France are lowk an attack on western values and democracy as a whole 🤔

im starting to get it

[last shale]

When I played Khazan, I also only had trouble with 1 boss who killed me like 30 times

[stark estuary]

I like how before this convo I admitted Eigong was one of the~2 bosses in the game I actually liked and now I’m being told that actually it’s not a problem that Eigong is the only boss in the game who presents any kind of meaningful challenge

[last shale]

Because the rest of the game wasn’t that challenging, is that boss bullshit?

[marsh ibex]

We already knew about alcatraz being reopened

[last shale]

Even though I could have beaten him if I was more skilled

[tame marten]

Because you're just wrong about that lmfao
All the main bosses are decently challenging

[last shale]

The answer is no and if you think differently then there is a slight chance you are just bad at the boss and don’t want to admit it

[stark estuary]

I mean yes the point of the final boss is to act as a final test of your skills if your skills have never been tested up to that point and suddenly you’re thrown in the grinder that’s not exactly good design

[rapid abyss]

Only trump would open up evil ass death prison

[opaque sigil]

wow some people genuinely cannot read shit's crazy

[rapid abyss]

As an internment camp no less

[marsh ibex]

You’d be surprised

[stark estuary]

They’re all incredibly easy compared to Eigong

[last shale]

The boss tests your parrying skills, use of Tai Chi Kicks, unbounded counters, and dodging. All this is taught previously what

Also mixups as all the other bosses have mixups

[stark estuary]

Ok so you can’t read that’s ok

[coarse leaf]

u should check up on el salvador dawg

[tame marten]

Wow the final boss is harder than the rest of the game. Holy fucking shit what an unheard of concept
It's still not so much harder than the rest of the game as to be unreasonable

[last shale]

I think your point just doesn’t make sense

[oblique musk]

I mean, if we look at approval ratings, a solid 39% of the country’s population would open up evil ass death prison

[tame marten]

Cool that you found the rest of the game "Too easy" but you are by no means in the majority there

[heavy magnet]

onion knight, but not that onion knight

[last shale]

Which is why we can’t understand it

[stark estuary]

Massive difficulty spike for the final boss, with an indiscernible, nonsense attack that appears in its 3rd phase, completely unlike anything else in the entire game but it’s ok because “it tests counters guys”

[last shale]

Because you are literally spouting nonsense

[heady iron]

Can we just agree together that people who make nine sols take up much of their identity are lame

[last shale]

Try parrying the attack

Hope this helps

[opaque sigil]

💀

[rapid abyss]

Sigh

[tame marten]

😭 what is this gif

Very awesome though

[heady iron]

hng

[last shale]

It’s peak

[stark estuary]

Look the fight is a joke, it might be fair in a vacuum but when put into context with the rest of the game it's a badly designed fight. Getting through the game with a few tries at most on most bosses only to be faced with that fight? C’mon stop kidding yourselves

[tame marten]

I think that's a you problem man

Stop pretending it's widespread because it's not

[last shale]

Sounds like you’re just unwilling to learn the boss

[heady iron]

Just wait until Imake any eigong

[tame marten]

The rest of the bosses are plenty well balanced

[stark estuary]

Ok you can’t read oh my god

[last shale]

Your point just makes no sense

I know you’re making excuses that the rest of the game is too easy

[stark estuary]

It’s almost like the DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME it takes to learn the boss vs every other boss is the PROBLEM

[last shale]

That doesn’t stop what I said from being true

[tame marten]

Zote they're talking about the rest of the game being "Too easy", not Eigong being too hard

Which is still bullshit but you're misinterpreting why it's bullshit

[last shale]

You can always switch the game to easy if it’s too hard

[stark estuary]

[last shale]

I am aware

[tame marten]

So actually address that

[last shale]

But that also is stupid anyways

[tame marten]

It is

[stark estuary]

I never said it was too hard nor did I say I was unwilling to learn it in fact I said that once I did learn it I came to enjoy the fight and found it to be one of the few I actually enjoyed

[last shale]

Stop being good at the game

[tame marten]

😭

[last shale]

Then swap the game to easy at Eigong

Idk this isn’t an issue anyone else has

[stark estuary]

Reading comprehension devil

[last shale]

Because it isn’t an issue. It’s a you problem

[tame marten]

Neither of you have brains I'm sorry

[stark estuary]

This is actually a very common criticism of Eigong

[tame marten]

Good bye

[last shale]

Clearly not because I haven’t seen anyone else say this

Or at least not that the rest of the game is too easy. Just Eigong is too hard

[stark estuary]

You do realize that’s fundamentally the same complaint right

[last shale]

Yes. Both are bullshit complaints

They’re fundamentally the same

[stark estuary]

Eigong is a massive difficulty spike you refusing to acknowledge that is bullshit

Unless you’re simultaneously way worse and way better than everyone else who plays the game

[last shale]

She is a difficulty spike yeah, but that doesn’t matter because she’s fair

None of her mechanics are bullshit

[stark estuary]

The difficulty spike is what’s bullshit

Idk how you can in good faith argue that’s good game design

[heady iron]

https://tenor.com/view/skill-issue-urge-resist-cat-gif-25536160

[last shale]

You can’t because difficulty is subjective

[stark estuary]

Anyone can put time into a fight and beat it. But having the last boss fight be such a huge difficulty spike is not good boss design no matter what you try to say. It's just objectively wrong lmao

[last shale]

What you can argue is bullshit or not is something specific like an attack you can’t consistently dodge or mechanics that aren’t fair

[stark estuary]

😐

[last shale]

A boss being harder than the rest by a lot isn’t something you can really call fair because I haven’t seen anyone else have the same issue as you

[stark estuary]

😐

[opaque sigil]

You don’t understand what a difficulty curve is we get it

[heady iron]

This whole argument is worthless, here's a sweet ass clip

[last shale]

I do, but my point is that literally nobody else has this issue, so it’s not a boss issue

[viscid wind]

The Team Cherry situation is beyond insane

[stark estuary]

The reading level seems very low in this channel lmao

I can and have admitted that it's a good fight in a VACUUM, everything you said about it being fair and demanding you dedicate time to learning it is true but nothing you said meaningfully addressed the issue of the difficulty spike and the game not really preparing you for the fight. Jiequan was a joke comparatively. Lady Ethereal was good but didn't exactly prepare you for her either because you were either playing super aggressively or waiting forever to attack (neither of which is a viable strategy against Eigong). The Twins were just a "let's throw unnecessary bullshit out the same time and call it difficult”

Either you just don't know what I'm saying or you think the spike in difficulty is ok which might be fine but at least say that and not do some random "counterargument” about nobody else having this problem (which is untrue) that doesn't address anything I said

[viscid wind]

The Team Cherry situation is crazy

The Team Cherry controversy is mind boggling

[quartz lynx]

iysmaqsh biymmatciatg

[heady iron]

ain readin allat

[viscid wind]

ok but the sweet ass clip in question is pressing rmb 4 times

[quartz lynx]

"The Twins"
Terrairia refrence⁉️ ⁉️

[heady iron]

me when I don't understand what modding is

[last shale]

Twins were just a “let’s throw unnecessary bullshit out at the same time and call it difficult”

[viscid wind]

is that a modded fight? wtf

[last shale]

Not even gonna get into that

[quartz lynx]

What game are yall yapping about

[last shale]

Nine Sols final boss

[viscid wind]

terraria apparently

[quartz lynx]

Never heard of it, sick

[quartz lynx]

Never heard of it, sick

[viscid wind]

idk i think the bird lady was pretty difficult

[heady iron]

bird lady is hot

[midnight trout]

Would you rather 2 week minecraft phase or one month terraria phase

[viscid wind]

unfortunately she's been basically crucified

[quartz lynx]

Lemme google bird lady to confirm

[last shale]

But anyways, I think most people have not had this issue where Eigong is this huge difficulty spike that the game doesn’t prepare you for, and it wasn’t like that for me (the whole game was easy for me) but even if she was the only hard part of the game, then I still don’t see the issue since she’s designed perfectly fine

[viscid wind]

2 weeks of bad game or 4 weeks of worse game,,,,,,,,, difficult decision..........

[quartz lynx]

Confirmed ⭐

[last shale]

I’ve played other games with only 1 really hard section and it’s fine

Just get good at it

[viscid wind]

what was her name even

[quartz lynx]

2/10 bait

[last shale]

If you don’t want to or don’t like the then idk what to tell you

[viscid wind]

goumang?

[stark estuary]

😐

[midnight trout]

9 sols was peak but that stupid corridor scene near the end of the game was straight up unfair

[nimble raptor]

https://tenor.com/view/penguinz0-yeah-baby-meme-gif-18635064

[viscid wind]

game called 9 sols
there's actually 10 sols
bullshit

[last shale]

That part was kinda silly

[tame marten]

Game called 9 souls
There's actually 8 bosses

[quartz lynx]

Dark souls

[tame marten]

Completely unplayable

[quartz lynx]

Love me some bloodborne

[viscid wind]

one of the sols is 2 bossfights, nay?

the war machine and the claw digamabob

[last shale]

There’s 10 sols not 9

[tame marten]

Xingtian isn't a main boss

[last shale]

This is bullshit!

[midnight trout]

To be fair I was forced to play keyboard because gamepass sucks

[quartz lynx]

There'll be 11 after I'm done with em

[tame marten]

It's not in the boss rush and it doesn't get a cool flashy second phase

[stark estuary]

No, two of the sols are one boss fight, that’s why there are eight bosses and not nine

[last shale]

So me

[stark estuary]

(you play as the (former) tenth sol)

[tame marten]

Anyway uh can I get back to asking the question I came to this channel with

[quartz lynx]

Sols rng roblox

[tame marten]

Does the Hornet sliding frame from the sizzle reel show up in her spritesheet

[viscid wind]

shouldnt there be 7 bosses since you befriend the fatass actually

[tame marten]

I can't seem to find it

[midnight trout]

https://tenor.com/view/how-bro-felt-saying-that-gif-4176371803490991421

[last shale]

Yes but you fight his robot guy

[surreal knot]

Just realized it's already been more than a month since silksong got announced for 2025 wtf

[tame marten]

You only do that after fighting a boss

[stark estuary]

There’s still a bossfight that precedes that

[viscid wind]

that felt more like a miniboss

[stark estuary]

General Yingzhao

[quartz lynx]

Hornet plummet

[tame marten]

Uh
That's her flip sprite man

[stark estuary]

It’s a main boss it has two phases

[tame marten]

Fucking obviously that's in the sheet it's used everywhere 😭

[viscid wind]

the spritesheet isnt full

[stark estuary]

All of the main bosses have two phases except the final boss which has three

[quartz lynx]

Prove it

[last shale]

Maybe compared to the rest of the late game bosses, but early game he’s the first real boss

[quartz lynx]

Source

[tame marten]

https://tenor.com/view/plink-cat-plink-cat-gif-1794292671885121408

Just answer the question man

[viscid wind]

goumang?

[stark estuary]

And Goumang lol

[last shale]

Ethereal has 3 phases

[stark estuary]

Oh right Ethereal has a third phase forgor

[heady iron]

everyone freaking about silksong having a protagonist that takes off their clothes when nine sols was first

[quartz lynx]

No clue lmao I don't look at spirte sheets that's nerd behaviour

[stark estuary]

Ethereal’s third phase is more of a desperation move than a real phase

[last shale]

All these games suck anyways. Play Khazan

[quartz lynx]

When was this announced

[viscid wind]

i deleted nine sols after the stealth section because i realised what i was doing

(playing a metroidvania before silkslop)

[tame marten]

Really her third phase is more of a second phase tbh

[last shale]

Khazan has Ozma who is a better boss than Eigong anyways

[tame marten]

And her "First" phase is just a warmup

[last shale]

And he’s a hot twink

[stark estuary]

That’s true of every boss to varying degrees

[quartz lynx]

Why was 6 sols afraid of 7 sols

[tame marten]

It's a hell of a lot less true for the other bosses

[quartz lynx]

Because 7 sols 8 sols 9 sols

[viscid wind]

same people who say absrad has less than 7 phases

[tame marten]

Whose first phases actually have a chance of killing you

[quartz lynx]

😆 😂

[cunning geode]

y’all can run with this as a legitimate prediction if you want

[viscid wind]

the claw was so boring

[quartz lynx]

I'm gonna eat ur preidction

Monch

[cerulean sable]

the team cherry controversy running out of their bodies the moment some semblance of news comes out :

[cunning geode]

https://tenor.com/view/heavy-heavy-tf2-team-fortress2-tf2-sandwich-gif-20233452

[quartz lynx]

There's a controversy :0

[cerulean sable]

no not really

[viscid wind]

not only did the game lag like shit at the moment causing the speed to slow down to like 0.5x i was happy to finally kill it then it just got it's health back again while the fight not really becoming any more difficult

[cerulean sable]

its mostly localized to the most annoying part of the fandom

[queen kayak]

playing pale court mod and ive liked every fight but isma so far

[stark estuary]

tbf that’s the first boss of the game depending on which order you do the first three sols

[queen kayak]

why does ismas suck so hard 😔 did they playtest this with anyone but hitless speedrunners

[cunning geode]

something something parasocialism

[quartz lynx]

Lovely

[last shale]

I hope Silksong has an Erlang type boss with 60 different moves with the ability to combo most of them together in combos they can make on their own with a really good AI

[heady iron]

did you even playtest radiant isma

[viscid wind]

TW: psycho asylum ||r/silksong||

[cerulean sable]

but outside of that, everytime they try putting that shit outside of their bubbles suddenly everyone gives them a "bruh its a just game cant you play smoething else"

which ive seen enough times when r/silksong tries to do it lol

[cunning geode]

i hope silksong has an arch-vile enemy

[viscid wind]

dont you get tai chi kick in the power area, then shield break in the goumang area

[cerulean sable]

wpb,at wombat

[quartz lynx]

Silksong fans when silksong doesn't stop all war, famine, and illness

[viscid wind]

do you just get those from the teacher person at the root node and backtrack

[cunning geode]

scotland is not a real country

[mighty crest]

It will

[opaque sigil]

expedition 33 is an infinitely better parry game anyways

[quartz lynx]

Keep faith

[last shale]

Silksong could be twice as good as Hollow Knight (8/10) and the fans still wouldn’t be happy about it

[viscid wind]

16/10

[cunning geode]

is the 10/10 system linear or exponential

[quartz lynx]

16/10 is like "solved my marriage" level rating

[fiery burrow]

I mean from the looks of the trailer it looks too alive and colorful

[last shale]

Expedition 33 is my favourite parry slop turn based game of all time now

[viscid wind]

I wholeheartedly expect silksong to be the best game of all time

[opaque sigil]

a secret third worse option
vibes based

[cunning geode]

dear god

[last shale]

Besides Elden Ring

[last shale]

It’s got tough competition with E33 tbh

[quartz lynx]

It's an e function

[last shale]

It’s my GOTY so far

[viscid wind]

triple a slop

[opaque sigil]

e33 barely reaches outer wilds' toes

[heady iron]

e33 is good because it isn't woke or something

[fiery burrow]

Me when I've never played Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2

[warped prairie]

Rain World spotted!!! deployed

[last shale]

Its the studios first game. I don’t think it’s even AAA

[viscid wind]

indie slop

[opaque sigil]

which is high praise in fact

[cunning geode]

is this game mechanic, a parry, that the player uses to directly interact with the world… slop?

[fiery burrow]

indie game brainrot

[viscid wind]

first game
the expidition is apparently the 33rd one......

[quartz lynx]

Chat hear me out, lego city undercover is lowkey 🔥

[opaque sigil]

it's the 67th

[cunning geode]

is classic doom shooter slop because you… shoot a lot?

[warped prairie]

No no cook

[last shale]

I’ve never played Outer Wilds but I dislike it because the people who play it are really annoying about it

Looks cool still I guess

[viscid wind]

doomslop is a separate genre

[last shale]

But not for me

[quartz lynx]

The graphics hold up incredibly well

[warped prairie]

What are y’alls opinions on the new sprites

[cunning geode]

that’s reddit posts

[opaque sigil]

fucking
play eote

[quartz lynx]

The character interactions are genuine and funny

[fiery burrow]

There's good reason for the no spoiler policy though. Will I tell you why? No

[warped prairie]

I like the sprite with hornet

[viscid wind]

play eaw

[quartz lynx]

The comedy is well thought out

[quartz lynx]

It has an emotional storyline

[fiery burrow]

Playing EOTE is like a powerdrill to the heart

[cunning geode]

if i want someone to play a game ill explain a little of what the gameplay is like and why i think they might find it enjoyable

just kidding i destroy their hard drive and download it forcefully and they can only play that

[heady iron]

everyone who asks whether they should play outer wilds I make sure to let them know to read synopses and footage of important moments so they get an idea of whether they'd like it

[viscid wind]

oh also nine sols is unoptimized slop

[quartz lynx]

Why no spoil every single story point of the game >:(

[warped prairie]

I’ve heard nine (six) sols is good

[last shale]

If I want someone to play a game, I tell them about it and why it would interest them, and then don’t mention it again if they don’t wanna play it

[fiery burrow]

anyone got song recs

[cunning geode]

https://tenor.com/view/wheatley-sarcasm-that-was-sarcastic-portal-2-gif-1573209109043648078

[last shale]

I don’t wanna be an outer wilds fan

So I respect other people not wanting to play what I like

[quartz lynx]

What's ur vibe

[warped prairie]

uprising by muse

[fiery burrow]

Real music only.

[quartz lynx]

2000s white girl music it is

[alpine owl]

We simply bite non-outer wilds fans on the neck to make them play outer wilds and become outer wilds fans

[fiery burrow]

That's the spirit

[harsh vector]

just fishin by trace adkins

[quartz lynx]

"Shut up and dance"

[heady iron]

outer wilds fans when you ask them what the name of a rear automobile attachment that can prevent its front from lifting off the ground at high speeds is

[warped prairie]

rain world fans when a rainstorm approaches and they haven’t reached a shelter

[opaque sigil]

rain world fans when animals don't kill them on sight

[quartz lynx]

Who wins 100 elderbugs or 1 husk guard

[warped prairie]

Elderbug soloes ez

[viscid wind]

if i want a person to play a game i recommend it to them every waking hour for one or two weeks, alternatively bribe them

[warped prairie]

rain world fans when their cat doesn’t do a triple backflip slide

[last shale]

Are the elderbugs willing to die for the cause?

[fiery burrow]

Rain World fans when they realize they can't kill animals on sight (They do not have a hunting permit)

[quartz lynx]

Always

[viscid wind]

i never learned movement tech

[last shale]

I think so

[viscid wind]

i never learned killing tech

[quartz lynx]

100 elderbugs is a lot of elderbugs after all

[fiery burrow]

fym killing tech

[warped prairie]

Rain World fans when they end up in a desert

[cunning geode]

https://tenor.com/view/district9-d9-wikus-slap-gif-27427985

[viscid wind]

x to throw spear is as far as my smarts go

[fiery burrow]

That is how you hunt

[warped prairie]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/291184728944410624/1350886880522010786/ezgif-69b7a696e9fd5f.gif

[fiery burrow]

Anyone who doesn't throw the spear regularly is a weirdo

[warped prairie]

I love killing

[last shale]

I think more communities need to be like the souls community

[fiery burrow]

This includes Artificer players

[last shale]

I do NOT want you playing my game and we don’t want new people

[warped prairie]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1094741201623720058/1368598148779606236/heartattack.gif

[viscid wind]

killing tech is like backflip over lizard throw spear down and then immediately take it back and immediately spear the lizard again upon landing

also whatever the fuck a mouthspear is

[inland violet]

Welp day three of doing hornet sentinel and protector radiant bc i see naked hornet in chat

[quartz lynx]

Rain world fans when you mention how their game gets repetitive and boring after 3 cycles

[viscid wind]

it does

[fiery burrow]

game gets good in the third intended region

then it gets bad in the 5th region

[viscid wind]

game gets linearly worse after outskirts

[warped prairie]

Krill issue, shrimply

[last shale]

I tried Rain World and got kinda bored, but I know I’ll get eaten alive by some Rain World fan if I say that too often

[warped prairie]

I love rain world cus the gameplay is always fun

[viscid wind]

is that 5p

[fiery burrow]

Give me a rain world clone without karma and with better executed environments

[last shale]

I shouldn’t be worried actually. I could beat like 5 rain world fans in a fight irl

[fiery burrow]

SC

[warped prairie]

wdym better executed environments

also karma gates can be turned off

[fiery burrow]

Industrial Complex
Shaded Citadel
Drainage System
Farm Arrays

[viscid wind]

one of the only fun parts of the game

[fiery burrow]

I know karma gates can be turned off that doesn't stop the system from sucking

[warped prairie]

Yeaahhh?? Thsoe areas look cool

[warped prairie]

It doesn’t suck, you just suck… /srs /silly /j

[fiery burrow]

Every area in RW looks cool

I'm talking gameplay

[warped prairie]

Sounds like a you issue I’m ngl

If you can’t make do after the first region that’s a problem for you

[viscid wind]

i think every slug should move like wet mouse ( i dont remember its name )

[fiery burrow]

What?

[quartz lynx]

Fish

[warped prairie]

The game isn’t badly designed if you’re bad at the game

[fiery burrow]

Reading comprehension devil

[opaque sigil]

ah yes a classic nonargument when people criticize something

[fiery burrow]

I never mentioned me struggling with those areas I simply stated they were bad

[cunning geode]

https://youtu.be/jTZD-dRqOzE

[quartz lynx]

The game is badly designed because it has an uninteresting gameplay loop

[warped prairie]

Why are they bad

[last shale]

Maybe they would be better if you weren’t BAD at the game

[warped prairie]

I have a feeling its because you got stuck from you mentioning karma

[opaque sigil]

[quartz lynx]

Rain world is known for the ai of the creatures more than from the gameplay

[fiery burrow]

Industrial and Drainage are boring and have pretty much nothing of interest, Shaded Citadel has the spiders and darkness, Farm Arrays is Farm Arrays (We both know what's wrong with that area)

[cunning geode]

ive criticized this system too. not because i got stuck and fed up with it, but because ive seen how my friends have struggled with it

[viscid wind]

wait whats wrong with that area

[fiery burrow]

Rain Deer, Worm Grass.

[cunning geode]

and even if someone struggles with a game mechanic that doesnt mean they cant criticize it

[fiery burrow]

It has Distance and Emotion Thread though

[opaque sigil]

"It's inappropriate to punish players for dying when a large part of the game is trial and error"
"wElL yOu'Re jUsT bAD"

[viscid wind]

FUCK RAIN DEER

ME WHEN IT GETS STUCK FOR THE 7TH FUCKING TIME AND I LOSE KARMA WHILE WAITING FOR IT TO MOVE

[cunning geode]

my cat is very happy

lap cat

[quartz lynx]

Rudolph the red nosed rain deer

[last shale]

I like how punishing Rain World is. Too bad I don’t care about the gameplay or world like I do other very punishing games so I have no reason to push through to the end!

[cunning geode]

anyways check that song out when you can starpengu

[fiery burrow]

Yes and it was also completely unrelated to what I said about the regions

Oh right I was listening to music

[cunning geode]

spoke too soon. she left me for hallway carpet

[fiery burrow]

good song

[cunning geode]

oh uprising is a classic

[shell yacht]

🔥

Next up supermassive black hole by uhhhh

Um

[cunning geode]

muse

[shell yacht]

Wait is that also their song

It's been so long

[cunning geode]

ye

[opaque sigil]

was that not the joke

[shell yacht]

I literally own that CD

No I'm just stupid

[last shale]

Blackhole by Architects

[cunning geode]

you're amusing

[cunning geode]

👹

[viscid wind]

hi powdered

[fiery burrow]

is architects the band that made the yogurt male song

[warped prairie]

Since the last I seen my

[warped prairie]

fire

[shell yacht]

The joke was another song from that era but I forgot who sang it

[cunning geode]

was the song knights of cydonia

[last shale]

I should know what you’re talking about but I don’t and I feel like a fake fan now

[fiery burrow]

Outclassed by someone who doesn't even listen to them

[shell yacht]

The era when 30 seconds to Mars was barely still making good music, and the Twilight movies were in theaters...

I should dig out my old CDs

[fiery burrow]

Yeah Discourse is Dead

[cunning geode]

the 1970s

[last shale]

That’s not even an Architects song

Nevermind

Genuinely no clue what you mean

[fiery burrow]

So peak

[last shale]

How many of you are Outkast fans

[cunning geode]

nop

[last shale]

Sad

Was hoping to find some real ones here

[cunning geode]

if you're a gizzhead you're real...

[last shale]

I would ask if anyone’s a fan of some of my favourite rock or metal bands, but I know what the answer is already gonna be

[cunning geode]

the answer is "some people" prolly

[shell yacht]

I know like three of their songs, and I'm pretty sure it's just the popular ones

[last shale]

Nobody in this convo I’d guess

[cunning geode]

well why not ask

[shell yacht]

Yes I love Alestorm

[last shale]

Silent Planet

[woeful matrix]

im not

[last shale]

Know that one?

[viscid wind]

the steam tags update is crazy

[cunning geode]

sounds familiar but i dont listen to em

im not really into metalcore

[last shale]

That’s my favourite genre

[cunning geode]

respect

[last shale]

Architects is that too

You listen to System of a Down?

[cunning geode]

im more into doom and stoner but i love lots of varieties of metal

mmm occasionally i listen to soad

not often

[last shale]

Never heard of stoner as a genre

[cunning geode]

you want an obvious example or a more obscure one

[last shale]

Either is fine

[fiery burrow]

Had to give that two listens its great

[cunning geode]

it's specifically stoner metal btw

[opaque sigil]

more like rock and stoner
https://youtu.be/hJxOamTjjUk

[viscid wind]

listening to music people reccomend you is insane to me

[last shale]

Figured it was some kinda obscure rock or metal thing

[cunning geode]

its def not mainstream, even by metal standards

[serene chasm]

I agree. Im sure its nice to find people who share the things you like, but idk, music is too personal.

[last shale]

Listen to this fr https://open.spotify.com/track/1Chjeu7itQhIgeL1HpVDuN?si=yH4MQBH0S5G9d8KVJ5FpCw

[cunning geode]

https://youtu.be/PRFEQfi5Auw

[viscid wind]

Spotify is streamslop

[cunning geode]

the song was Antimatter by Silent Planet

[last shale]

It’s on YouTube too

[viscid wind]

all streaming services are streamslop

[last shale]

Look it up

[last shale]

I listen to a lot of TOOL and NIN (still kinda mainstream but also kinda not) so I would probably like it

[cunning geode]

mmmm idk if you would

but tool and nin are cool

[last shale]

Is this all instrumental?

[fiery burrow]

any other good songs by softcult

[viscid wind]

what if instead of nin it was eight inch nails

[cunning geode]

no its just fucking long

[cunning geode]

all

[last shale]

Ah. Was wondering cause on Spotify no lyrics showed up

[cunning geode]

too obscure for lyrics

[viscid wind]

i hate listening to music because i suck at literatury analysis

[cunning geode]

https://softcult.bandcamp.com/album/year-of-the-snake here star

[fiery burrow]

listening to uzumaki

[last shale]

No idea what that means

[serene chasm]

most music isnt that deep

[cunning geode]

wilbo is lying. music is all lore

[viscid wind]

my friend makes fun of me after not understanding what "literally the simplest fucking shit in the entire album" song means after 2 hours of trying to figure out

[cunning geode]

song takes 3 minutes 20 seconds before vocals 👹 song is 11 and a half minutes long 👹👹👹👹👹

now thats the real shit

[last shale]

Perform a literature analysis on Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen

[fiery burrow]

whats the longest buildup you guys are willing to sit through

[nimble raptor]

yeah

[last shale]

You don’t need to even understand any of it. Just don’t make an attempt at all and just enjoy the music

[viscid wind]

I wonder if i'll ever finish this album

[last shale]

3-4 minutes

[cunning geode]

entirely depends on if i wanted to sit down and listen in the first place

theoretically forever

[viscid wind]

it's a concept album I HAVE TO

[nimble raptor]

like 2 minutes if it gets to a part I really like

[last shale]

Well then don’t listen to it. Listen to something else

[last shale]

It’s good so far

[lament lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-gif-25536065

[viscid wind]

im too invested in the story

[fiery burrow]

My child will analyze the lyrics and come to his own conclusions

Opening Genius.com:

[viscid wind]

but wheres the fun in that

[last shale]

A story you don’t understand after 2 hours? I doubt that

[viscid wind]

i've been listening to the same 5 songs for the last 2 months

[last shale]

[viscid wind]

for example i still have no fucking idea what the fuck is going on in cascade

[nimble raptor]

same but with 30 instead of 5

[rustic ore]

ay uh what happened to the rest of chat

[viscid wind]

the previous 4 albums

[fiery burrow]

I love this site 😭

[lament lotus]

i love ravenball

[viscid wind]

gone 🙏

[cunning geode]

that was all that needed to be said

[lament lotus]

LMAOO

[last shale]

[lament lotus]

new balls are kinda mid tbh

[cunning geode]

NOOO HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE WOULD NEVER

[last shale]

Pot ball is kino

[viscid wind]

rune shard

[lament lotus]

TRUE, leo too

[last shale]

I like Leo

Ram likes him after all

[cunning geode]

this song is quintessential stoner metal to me because, although its not anymore enjoyable than while sober, the experience of listening to it high is... authentic, in the same way a lobotomy is when done via icepick

[last shale]

So stoner metal is like meant for when you’re high then? Neat

Maybe I should give this a listen next time I’m high

[viscid wind]

who are these people

[cunning geode]

more or less

[lament lotus]

who is who

[cunning geode]

its doom metal but psychedelic

[viscid wind]

ram pot and leo

[last shale]

Canadians fr (I am at least)

[viscid wind]

how is stoner mettle made

[lament lotus]

oh theyre guilty gear characters

[last shale]

Oh, you mean those. They’re guilty gear characters

[lament lotus]

guilty gear is a fighting game

[viscid wind]

is it also made while hi

[viscid wind]

fightslop

[last shale]

Ramlethal is my favourite character of all time, and Leo is the character she likes

[cunning geode]

its made by uh... do i dare say...

[viscid wind]

what the fuck is sludge metal

[lament lotus]

eh, its good just uh could use some work

[cunning geode]

sludge metal is like doom metal with hardcore punk styles and vocals mixed together

[viscid wind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imxSXI1IYVs this?

[nimble raptor]

slopdge metal

[last shale]

According to the legendary song Third Eye by Tool, all that great music that has enhanced your lives throughout the years were real fucking high on drugs

[cunning geode]

thats slop, not sludge nor metal

[cunning geode]

yup

same with Yes

[viscid wind]

i know nothing about genres

[cunning geode]

dats ok

[cunning geode]

https://youtu.be/aN82lx1jYSM eh i think i can share this here

[last shale]

I don’t know a lot of the sub genres of most of the genres I listen to, just the main genres all the stuff I listen to is part of

And I listen to just whatever sounds good as well

[cunning geode]

its really just ways to talk about music and where music styles come from

if you listen to what you like genres shouldnt get in the way of that

be your truth etc

[last shale]

Yeah

My playlist is over 70 hours long

[cunning geode]

byup

[last shale]

I listen to a lot of stuff

[cunning geode]

my music player has 900 albums in it rn

[viscid wind]

ok but what if i dont know if i like whatever i listen to

[cunning geode]

its now time to really dig in and find out which ones i can get rid of

[cunning geode]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/397062813949886466/1236468077802160188/IMG_3763.gif

[last shale]

Does your brain produce dopamine when listening to certain music?

Chances are you like that song

[cunning geode]

estrogen

[viscid wind]

idk

[last shale]

Hope this helps!

[viscid wind]

how do i detect dopamine in my brain

[last shale]

When you feel happy

Or positive about the music you’re hearing

[viscid wind]

not sure

[last shale]

If you can’t do that then either you just dislike music, or you don’t know what being happy feels like

Neither of which seem probable

[cunning geode]

i have met one person in this channel who explicitly did not like music period

[lament lotus]

HE TURNED INTO A THUMB TACK NOOOO

[cunning geode]

animorph style

[last shale]

A genre I wanna get into more is rap/hip hop. The only ones I really actively listen to are Kendrick (obviously) and Outkast

[lament lotus]

i do like music, but i do not like hearing it while doing stuff

[cunning geode]

yeah i dont really listen to those either

[viscid wind]

not liking music straight up sounds like the lamest shit ever

[cunning geode]

im missing out

[viscid wind]

so i would rather like music than not like music

[last shale]

It’s a very diverse genre, so there’s music for everyone to enjoy in the genre

[cunning geode]

yeah

[last shale]

Also why I need to look more into finding good hip hop artists

Outkast by far is my favourite though

They’re goated and one of my favourite bands of all time

[viscid wind]

i am strongly biased against new things

[cunning geode]

been thinkin of exploring hip hop every now and then

like i wanted to check out early Public Enemy

[last shale]

I don’t understand that

It’s just another chance to potentially find something you really like

If I had that attitude, I’d hate everything everyone sent me

Gotta try new things y’know

Maybe you’ll find something you love

Btw this isn’t a band, but Guilty Gear has my favourite soundtrack in any game ever

That form of rock is just so good and suited for my taste

It has some of my favourite songs of all time

[cunning geode]

now here's the question of all time

which guilty gear

there is a correct answer

[opaque sigil]

the metal one
metal gear rising

[last shale]

I mean, Strive has the best obviously, but the others aren’t lacking either

[cunning geode]

thats it

[last shale]

All are great

[cunning geode]

deleting the server

[last shale]

Sad

Other Guilty Gears don’t have Drift or Symohony though

Xrd has Freesia though I guess

[last shale]

Also a pretty goated ost

[cunning geode]

XX and the korean soundtracks are my fav

i like most of xrd

[smoky nebula]

I've only played strive

[cunning geode]

strive............ no

i really wanna like it

i cant

[last shale]

I’ve played +r, Xrd, and Strive

[lament lotus]

FREESSSIAA

[last shale]

Also Blazblue

[last shale]

Sad

[cunning geode]

im sorry. its not peam

[viscid wind]

im scared to listen to the second half of the album i started listening to ~2 months ago

[last shale]

You’re scared to start an album?

My friend, my pal, my homie

What are we doing

[fiery burrow]

Replaying MGRR

[smoky nebula]

Be not afraid

[fiery burrow]

I think something about the game that bothers me is how long it takes sometimes for the barrier that surrounds you during battles to disable

[last shale]

I hope Silksong has a few all timer tracks

[fiery burrow]

That coupled with the slow phone walks and stuff like that falling elevator in Chapter 3 makes the game feel (very slightly) annoying to play

[opaque sigil]

you can skip the codec calls can't you

[fiery burrow]

You can skip the lines one at a time by holding Z

Unfortunately when there's good gameplay I want to get too 7 seconds of slow walking is torture

[opaque sigil]

actually star have you played vanquish

[fiery burrow]

Nope

[opaque sigil]

you should check it out

[fiery burrow]

What's it about

[opaque sigil]

apparently it's 70% off now too

[fiery burrow]

MGRR devs :D
Nier automata devs :C

[opaque sigil]

it

it's closer to mgr

though there are one or two qtes that really suck on keyboard

[fiery burrow]

oh 6 dollars heck yeah

When has that ever stopped me

[formal marsh]

is the nier automata disapproval because of the fanservice or is the gameplay bad

[fiery burrow]

Idk I've never played it

[formal marsh]

[rocky flicker]

Is mgrr the funny one with the guy who talks about memes

[formal marsh]

why'd you frown at it

[opaque sigil]

nier gameplay is fine

[lament lotus]

im personally interested in the game but a friend of mine who has played it says its bad, thats just him though

[rocky flicker]

With my goat senator armstrong

[fiery burrow]

Well I've been disliking Nier for fun for like a year can't stop now

[formal marsh]

[opaque sigil]

respect the grind

[fiery burrow]

Director seems based though

[opaque sigil]

they would probably like expedition 33

[lament lotus]

this shit so peak

[fiery burrow]

why the heck does he wear this freaky mask

?

[lament lotus]

yoko freako

[opaque sigil]

it's something a character from replicant has

[cunning geode]

if i could make my entire public image me with a mask on i would

[fiery burrow]

It'd have to be a good mask though

[cunning geode]

https://tenor.com/view/momotaros-gif-22150771

[fiery burrow]

unless you're constantly changing them.. peak

[formal marsh]

the weird ass tomato girl from hundred line

i looked up why she wears a tomato mask and the only thing i could find was a response for when you ask her that in-game
and she's mad that you asked and doesnt tell you

[cunning geode]

its so she looks cooler than every other danganronpa ass character in that lineup

[queen kayak]

my search history 😭 😭

i am desperate indeed

[shell salmon]

[formal marsh]

but the appeal is that theyre danganronpa-y 🥺

[iron fable]

hey gang, what day is skong

[formal marsh]

soon

[iron fable]

fr?

[shell yacht]

Danganronpa is just Homestuck 2.0

[cunning geode]

https://tenor.com/view/gman-half-life-half-life2-valve-tf2-gif-23714862

[iron fable]

hear me out
pink electric energy stuff

[formal marsh]

What

dont mess with us danganronpa fans. we will cry

[viscid wind]

Balatro is fucking awesome

How do you fit a game like that in 100 megabytes

[opaque sigil]

I will get around to balatro One Day™️

[south vigil]

frrr

[south vigil]

do it today

[viscid wind]

jimbo pfp

[south vigil]

yee i made it yesterday

[viscid wind]

I got absolutely mogged by the wall today

[south vigil]

rip

[opaque sigil]

not really in a spending money mood

[viscid wind]

After making the dumbest decisions of my life

[south vigil]

bbut balatro though

[south vigil]

what did you do 😭

[opaque sigil]

I have plenty of monsters to hunt

[south vigil]

thats wild
haha get it im so funny right

[viscid wind]

after getting a combo of
every card counts as a face card
each face card scored is +5 mult

[opaque sigil]

can't wait for master rank to make 80+% of my gameplay irrelevant for progression 🔥

[viscid wind]

discarded a straight flush

[south vigil]

LOL

RIPP

[viscid wind]

and i got a royal flush while playing the tutorial

[zinc ginkgo]

Chat is this real

[zinc pond]

?

[gray parcel]

wth is that

[viscid wind]

discord game bots are stupid

i hate them

[fallow tusk]

Unbelievaboat or something

[lament lotus]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1356765177298817105/1358436093338452228/Snapinsta.app_video_AQNBEf-uNlRLoaYOgO4eg0Ve3MOUl4vX8_XXqsA0exTugOYKpeJo9idVFNIQdLllmt1RG1icbpi2liEwcEaQgfJ0wHVLt_eNRVssVJo.mov?ex=68196873&is=681816f3&hm=4b3aba1160b1eeac0fad1d3be094e14a896ff86bbcc856e5a12c6d5a427d8fa6&

[topaz totem]

Welcome to club ||your never leaving||

[warped umbra]

yooo cool finding

the charged hornet seems to be an upgraded version of this ability