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maiden crown
twilit mountain
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@potent dew we got some nonsense links again in a few channels

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Thanks

gusty aurora
worldly adder
proven eagle
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I got it for free from a friend, I keep hearing good things

proven eagle
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And I finished Doom Eternal

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so I am actually gonna play some DRG today !

hard imp
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Not my type of game but multiversus character design is so good.

proven eagle
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Oh it's good

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DRG is nice, I am gonna get a supporter package

gusty aurora
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Dont let the mactera get you

proven eagle
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I am honestly a bit afraid of the game cause it looks like what a AAA studio would make, content wise, but then forget to monetize it

shy orchid
junior oyster
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Not enough interest for me but maybe with some mods in the future and a cheaper price I might check it out

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I've seen some gameplay of it though

shy orchid
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I find those kinds of games to be very relaxing... but I prefer not to jump on EA this early - even if its Crate...

junior oyster
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There are some bad reviews

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But I prefer planet coaster type of games (yes I know roller coaster tycoon 2 exists but PC is better)

shy orchid
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RailRoad Tycoon used to be my guilty pleasure...

south ocean
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I'm not going to play farthest frontier because it's single player. I tend to stay away from those games

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I think it looks fun though

rustic meteor
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And how would you implement it?

south ocean
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kingdoms reborn did it fine as did anno. there are several ways of doing it, but i just dont like playing games alone

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just a me thing

tame bough
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Track record is too good.

modest sentinel
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Well, CDprojekt had good track record, look where they ended up

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survival city builder looks promising though

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it seems to be early access on steam

gusty aurora
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Remind me of uber entertainment, they had a pretty good online game that they just half ignore to push out other games that did really bad sale wise.

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They made super monday night combat and honestly it felt closer to tf2 than overwatch (not being too relaint on your team)

solar tiger
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I have gift beta keys to super monday night combat that I'm unable to get rid of because the game no long exists...

gusty aurora
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I probably have 2k hours on it

rustic meteor
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I love crate but i don't like city builders

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Since caesar 3 in the 90s

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It's a genre i find boring

shy orchid
# rustic meteor What mp would add to a city builder?

Factorio (similar kind of factory/survival/builder game) has multiplayer - for someone who isnt interested in MP, it actually worked out quite well playing co-op with like minded friends. So I can see the appeal of MP in a city builder, I just dont personally like multiplayer in general...

south ocean
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oh god...

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im being judged

rustic meteor
south ocean
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@shy orchid so to confirm, when multiplayer releases next patch, i shouldnt hit you up?

shy orchid
south ocean
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one day, ill get to be a cool kid

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but for now, i'll happily get blocked

gusty aurora
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I should try a factorio challenge where I dont use trains for cheesing a mega base.

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Belt only mega base.

warm hollow
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2 tps base

shy orchid
gusty aurora
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I guess the hardest part is figuring out how to deal with the logistic of belts and makes it expandable.

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Trains is pretty easy on that but not belt.

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🤔

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A bus will choke itself fairly quick. I could have a mega bus belt that split into regular bus.

shy orchid
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In a perfect world (without trains), the mega belt concept is the way to go... but it can be hard later in the game due to space and planning as you go.... I have ended up creating temporary base(s) to level up/research etc, then when ready, I create the mega belt and base separately to get by the spaghetti factory of trying to expand a smaller setup... Completed the game twice using this approach, takes longer but runs really smoothly... and then of course Robots are a joy to watch swarm around and pick up the slack everywhere....

gusty aurora
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I remember someone doing a train only transportation, cargo is pretty opie for local transfer

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Train only meaning no belts or bots

gusty aurora
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Dumb idea: square bus. Have a big square shape bus that allows furnace to throw plates at the bus at any point. This will solve the resource choking issue and if I need more, make another square bus.

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The center is where resource will get processed

south ocean
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@gloomy vault I'd argue D3 doesnt have many combinations. the addition of legacy of dreams helped, but not many builds make it to the top. 2-3 tops for each class

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@torpid musk

torpid musk
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D3 is just get the strongest current set with all required uniques and farm for better versions of it. There is no deep character progression (paragon is bland) and hardly any custom builds. its fun for a week but after that i cant stomach to play it anymore

gloomy vault
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That's true, it's why I'd like a game similar, but without all the sets.

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Less sets, more immersion, more tweaks so weird talents are seen more

south ocean
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oh, i missed that part

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mb

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D3's sets are too powerful for typical builds to be powerful, yers. on the other hand, if the sets were removed right now, you'd just drop how high players are currently pushing

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maybe down to 120

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actually, legacy exists...

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145?

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legacy is now mandatory though...

gloomy vault
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I think if they added max hp damage somewhere that it might help move things along a bit.

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But they'd likely have to remove sets, add new abilities, and add stuff that allows different abilities to work with each other.
Like for example if multishot were to be used after strafe, lightning might fall and deal massive damage or something

south ocean
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at the high level of greater rifts, its not surviving that is inhibiting pushing, but the timer. people aren't killing mobs fast enough, so I dont see adding health being too useful. the combinations would, but then you can't really play solo anymore

gloomy vault
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Max health damage...
You'd basically get confirmed kills with lots of hits, so you can specialise with doing as many hits per second as possible.

south ocean
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and again, didnt read 🙂

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whoops

gloomy vault
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No problem ;p

south ocean
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the only issue with that approach is at higher levels of GR, any ability that doesnt deal % max hp is bad and any build that doesnt have a high rate of attack is bad. you go back tot he problem of limited builds.

gloomy vault
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That's where you put it as a limited affix, maybe mainly on rings.
As for attackspeed, some abilities just have lots higher attack speed than others, you don't need to boost those, and the ones that need it you can just up them. It's like a bridge.
Strafe for example, although it does scale with AS, it already attacks a lot.

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Bad abilities you just up the attackspeed and now they can somewhat compete with other abilities. It doesn't fix the problem but it's a decent bandaid

hard imp
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Heh Unrailed! Is pretty fun/hectic co-op

south ocean
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@potent dew

opal flower
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Hunt Showdown is really awesome, anyone else play?

proven eagle
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I wanted to but the problem is that it's Vermintide levels of punishing and with randoms, eveyrthing falls apart

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DRG solves so many of the problems that randoms create that I won't bother going to any other coop game, for a long long time

opal flower
proven eagle
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No idea about Hunt Showdown but Vermintide tainted coop games for a good long while for me

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friendly fire in that game combined with the amount of awareness I need to have makes for a very bad time

opal flower
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friendly fire is pretty normal for FPS games outside of CoD

proven eagle
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not the way Vermintide is doing it

gentle harness
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Vermintide's friendly fire was awesome

proven eagle
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if it's normal for teammates to be as much of a threat to you as the enemies, then I'm in the wrong genre

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except, as Deep Rock Galactic shows, there is a right way to do friendly fire

gentle harness
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and especially never go AFK in Dread Fortress, they'll punt you into the explosive robots.

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The other rule (for healers) was "big heals on Llama".

proven eagle
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I didn't know getting an anal rupture from going to the toilet for number 2 and doing it too fast was a perquisite for playing with squads online

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some things like doorbells, visits, food and nature come calling regardless of time

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as for healing, I like being a medic in these types of games so killing me is a bad idea for EVERYONE

gentle harness
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Given Vermintide 2 (the only one I played) had hordes of rats/etc appear if you took too long, going AFK in that game wasn't something you'd want to do anyway.

proven eagle
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regardless

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I never thought of gaming as serious enough for me to have to say to my friends 'if you afk, we'll kill you', that's new for me

gentle harness
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It wasn't "serious", they'd res you afterwards, they just enjoyed killing each other. Especially if they could friendly-pull you into some #### on the floor & get you killed.

south ocean
gentle harness
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or drag some mobs to you & then drop aggro

south ocean
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@gentle harness exactly that

vague osprey
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V2 FF is not that bad: no FF on melee, range has FF but not something you can spam all the time, no FF at all in the first difficulties, then FF starts with 10% of damage then increase slowly with difficulties (once you have learned to play a bit and don't take as much "normal" damage)

eager ridge
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@gentle harness you didnt truely enjoy a co-op halo campaign with friends unless you were trying to kill each other the entire time

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The amount of intentional friendly fire plasma grenades purely because they stick

gentle harness
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And my mates complaining about being shot in the back 'cause they ran past me while I was firing. "Friendly fire has right of way"

south ocean
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mine went similar... except i headshot them on purpose

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HONESTLY

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its not my fault

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they showed their back to me

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its like begging for it

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"please kill me now"

junior oyster
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I missed out on halo and I'm glad that I did

opal flower
eager ridge
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Especially in a game where melees kill in 2-3 hits, but back hits are an instant kill that also applies to teammates

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How can you not

vague osprey
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most fun I had in a game with things like this was in killing floor 2: you wait for someone to take a step too much, you close the door behind them and weld it shut

opal flower
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One time I was playing Fuze in R6S and lit up a room where the last enemy was in at the same time my whole team ran in. Everyone died.

twilit mountain
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Fuze and Kapkan are the best operators and you cannot change my mind.

opal flower
twilit mountain
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Yeah but what's funnier than putting all of his traps on one door and waiting for the least suspecting player to walk into it?

gusty aurora
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If you didnt c4 a scout then you are not a real drg player.

gentle harness
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Does nuking them count?

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Obviously with bonus points for getting them killed by a golden detonator mob as they try to use their travel ability to get out.

gusty aurora
unreal pagoda
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guys what happened on POE they are all pissed but I couldn't figure out why!

twilit mountain
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Alright time to mute this channel too before it devolves into constant bashing

hot crown
untold crow
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Very good roguelite shooter

hot crown
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I see. Might take a look at it later then. 🙂

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Do you think that GW2's combo field system could work in LE?

untold crow
hot crown
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There's no more Retaliation, btw.

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It's been replaced by Resolution which dampens damaging conditions on players while it's up.

untold crow
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Ah, I haven't played since uh... Path of Fire

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As for if it would work? Not really... GW2 was designed ground up for that, and for cooperation

hot crown
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Makes sense, I guess.

untold crow
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I could see something like Runemaster having a system that integrated with other classes like that with their specific skills, but not a system that covered every class

hot crown
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About that sort of interaction I mentioned... That kinda popped up in my head at random.

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Just now, I tried imagining Puncture causing a massive stutter by igniting a pack on its own and sending the flood of sparks flying around xD

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...Probably not a good idea after all. 😄

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I can tell that a piercing fireball is only gonna make it exponentially worse...

untold crow
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If you lose a bunch of FPS by doing something awesome, that's just the game working as intended

hot crown
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I mean, Twisted Mire (a zone in LE) already throws my FPS all the way down to whopping 7... 😄

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So much for a 10+yo laptop.

winged kelp
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I threw down the gauntlet and bought Loot River. Killsquad is next! xD

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Btw, if anybody plays Hero Siege, lemme know.

junior oyster
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Unfortunately I uninstalled it as I found it a little too boring. HS I mean.

eager ridge
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Horrible ass game

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and i dropped 60 hours into it too

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Literally any other arpg you can get loot pretty on that can change up a build or help define it

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You dont see stuff like that till very very late into the game

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Its got like what 20 seasons or something? And they havent bothered adding anything unique like other arpgs

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It feels more basic than old diablo

junior oyster
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The satanic gear that never dropped cuz I couldn't be bothered to past normal difficulty cuz going through the same acts was so boring?

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I can do the same almost comfortably in GD but not in HS

eager ridge
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Theres like 10 quality tiers to gear and you dont get anything build defining that can change the way skills work or add extra modifiers till like the 8th or 9th tier

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And i had gotten to like the 5th or 6th tier 60 hours in

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In my review i recommended people play Chronicon instead

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Literally any other arpg is better than hero siege

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Mobile arpgs are better than hero siege

junior oyster
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I have so far recommended The Slormancer to my friends who are interested in arpgs (they've already played GD/PoE/D2/D3)

eager ridge
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Slormancer was honestly decent

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And has elements/gear that changes up how abilities work

round pebble
junior oyster
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Yea

gloomy vault
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Hero surge kind of got worse after the start.
The ui feels worse, the starting location as well, it feels more streamlined, but characters just feel weaker.

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Siege *

proven eagle
hot crown
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I freaking hate myself. There's a Mafia giveaway on Steam, and I can't redeem it because I live in a literal concentrational camp that Steam has shadow-banned as a collateral.

shy orchid
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went down a rabbit warren... saw something on GGG corporate website - they are looking for mobile game programmer and mobile UI dev... wouldnt it be funny if PoE2 has a D:I money grabbing mobile component... honestly wouldnt put it past GGG all things considered...

opal flower
shy orchid
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ah... havent cared enough to notice... just found myself on their site and wondered...

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its quite interesting - I left PoE long ago after a good few k hours of play - but way before all the crap that exists now... and I have zero interest in anything GGG or PoE anymore... which is odd, because GD i dont want to play anymore but I am still interested what Crate is developing and will probably buy their next game...

granite monolith
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isnt their next game already out

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I wishlisted it but idk, price is on the upper end for an indie and the reviews are middling

tender echo
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Farthest Frontier (the new game from Crate) is shaping up to be an excellent game, as expected. Most of the bad reviews I’ve seen are from people who don’t realize that Crate is using EA as intended and are fixing bugs rather quickly. It is beta. There are bugs. Plenty of them. But it’s quite enjoyable already.

junior oyster
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I won't buy FF even though it's from crate as its simply not my kinda game but we'll see about their next game. If good I'll quite probably buy it.

rustic meteor
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Y i never liked city builders

opal flower
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hunt showdown on sale if you like shooters

winged kelp
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Gloomwood in Early Access if anyone likes Thief... With guns!

gentle harness
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Thieving with guns you say? So I can steal everything that's not nailed down then shot people in the face?

shy orchid
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Tried to post a funny quote I found on one of the reviews of Gloomwood but it wont make it through the censorship here... worth a giggle if you find it on Steam... Odd looking game, reminds me of the old school 3d graphics from a decade or two ago... actually reminded me of Morrowind a little..

winged kelp
winged kelp
gentle harness
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So it's not an ultra-violent blood-splatter fest with a dash of five-fingered discount?

swift zodiac
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here we go, devil daggers 2 on acids

granite monolith
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wtf am I even watching

south ocean
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mostly the acid

swift zodiac
swift zodiac
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new blood interactive doesn't make every game they publish, but there's a lot of idea exchange between people under em so it's half right

proven eagle
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sekiro is a 3 year game and it costs around 40 euros 2nd hand

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freakin activision, I swear

hearty crater
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Get it on sale, it goes often down to 50%

ancient fjord
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evergreen digital media prices were a mistake

proven eagle
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I have demon's souls for ps5 and I wanna play sekiro, freaking tenchu in disguise

eager ridge
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https://youtu.be/vxmFaBAPWj4
a private wow server in the making, they have a certain system that is a lot like last epochs

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junior oyster
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Is posting that even legal?

eager ridge
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against blizzards tos maybe, against the laws of the world? no

vague osprey
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copyright infringement is not only in blizzard tos, it's also part of the laws of the world though

eager ridge
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gray area

modest sentinel
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Only in case of abandonware

vague osprey
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definitely not gray

modest sentinel
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otherwise it is illegal

eager ridge
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meh

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if you like private servers, there ye go

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though project ascension is generally better

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here we go, playing on a private server isnt illegal, hosting/creating one is

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there, go have fun playing on it when it releases

junior oyster
eager ridge
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which is completely fine

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i was just pointing out how this one is doing a system where skills have their own talent trees

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and i was like oh hey cool thats like last epoch

gusty aurora
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So I can play wow without giving blizzard money. heavybreathing

proven eagle
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wish there was something similar for diablo 2 resurrected

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I will probably buy it once the sale goes through and kotick gets the boot

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them two events will probably be apart from each other

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for a while

eager ridge
proven eagle
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I've played GD way too much at this point

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like my Fallout 3 binge, it made me wait 10 yrs to try NV

eager ridge
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reign of terror is vastly different

proven eagle
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I was under the impression the map and monsters were the same so I passed

eager ridge
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the entire map is diablo 2's map, it even has diablo 1 in it, with diablo 1/2 monsters

proven eagle
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the visuals of GD are pretty signature for me and my eye has gotten a bit tired of them after playing the game so much

eager ridge
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all diablo 1/2 acts

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classes

proven eagle
fervent hazel
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God bless, sup?
Man trying to find a cool jrpg

void halo
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637730/Crystal_Project/

Steam
Crystal Project

Explore the world, find Crystals, and fulfill the prophecy to bring balance to the land of Sequoia....Or maybe you'd rather spend your time collecting neat equipment and artifacts? Or tame strange creatures and fill out all the entries in your archive? Or perhaps you'd rather hunt down every monster and conquer the world's toughest bosses. Or ma...

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Also got a 10h demo

quartz furnace
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!multiplayer

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unique dawn
shy orchid
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While real life parkour athelets are amazing, I honestly loathe parkour in games but thats just me. Seems like a serviceable console/controller kinda game. Probably have a lot of time and effort into it so far. One observation, the hands , the vid didnt show any interaction with game objects (beyond the chains which i didnt get) nor doing the parkour hand movements i would’ve expected .. i.e the hands just look like they are flopping around distracting the actual forward movement. If there is to be more interaction, then ok, but if not, imho it would be better if they were not visible or at least not so ‘dead’?

unique dawn
# shy orchid While real life parkour athelets are amazing, I honestly loathe parkour in games...

Thanks a lot man. Yeah body system only exist like recently and trying to make it work. Hopefully hands gonna be more interactive with environment like walls. Also in later chapters there gonna be another skill unlocked probablly gonna be called "telekinesis" or something that you gonna able to hold projectiles in front of you to reditect them to do stuff that also gonna be interactive with left hand probably. It gonna become our first pc game so we wanna make sure it is the best we can do in our limitations.
Chain thingy is hookshot where you aim toward dots that pull you toward them. It also need to be better for sure 😄

modest sentinel
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It do have lots of emphasis on horizontal obstacles like small grounds
it would be nice if there were some vertical obstacles like cliffs, otherwise it may feel pretty monotonous both gameplaywise and scenery wise

unique dawn
modest sentinel
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Sounds good!

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though the hand being infront kinda feels weird

unique dawn
bitter river
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I feel roguelikes and survivor games try to condense that experience as well into a small time frame. I would like to see a roguelike go into arpg influence further though, like getting good build depth yet also keep it more simple.

stone arch
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nova drift is pretty good but at same time very hard, for me at least. people create some amazing builds there.

modest sentinel
modest sentinel
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Wait, tbh, Hades comes close to that concept

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found one interesting mix

eager ridge
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"Shared skilltree and resources for an intense and strategic coop experience" woah woah woah woah, the hell?

modest sentinel
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this feels similar to darksiders genesis

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enjoying this atm, tight gameplay loop and variety so far: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088570/Tiny_Rogues/

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eager ridge
eager ridge
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Ive been playing Shatterline which is a free to play fps hero arena shooter sort of like Valorant, but plays like call of duty. It has a pve mode thats actually crazy intense that works like a rogue-like and has little buffs you can gain for completing areas

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Disgustingly hard pve though, gotta really learn mechanics

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The pvp is great though with class abilities and everyone can revive everyone with 2 classes as dedicated supports

bitter river
modest sentinel
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true

warm hollow
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its neat but i dont really think i can say much for its depth yet

modest sentinel
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I have looked into, it legit looks nice, gameplay is fun as well, but atm just a demo

unique dawn
grave meteor
fervent hazel
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God bless, sup?

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Any tips for sóme fun jrpgs?

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Gota thaty weird itch right now

fervent hazel
modest sentinel
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fire emblem series i good as well

fervent hazel
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seems tales is on sale

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Fire emblem seems a bit memeish

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@modest sentinel which one is the first?

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modest sentinel
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in tales games, those 3 are the actual lit ones

junior oyster
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I only played Zesteria and won't be trying out any other tales of games

fervent hazel
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was that

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traumatic?

junior oyster
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Huh nah I just didn't like it

modest sentinel
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Zestria is boring af

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I played 30% and fell asleep

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vesperia is pretty fun, and story is nice as well

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Symphonia has nice story

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Berseria has nice character arcs

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of Tales games
I would suggest atleast vesperia, Berseria and Arise
Symphonia may feel bit dated

junior oyster
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I have Berseria but honestly I have another reason I am not interested: MMO anime style with first/third person view. It's why I don't like BOTW but love Link to the past.

eager ridge
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Everytime i get a tales game it has like 500 costume packs and 5000 free levelups and i cant control myself enough to not use them

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Ive never liked any tales games, they all feel slow af at the beginning and just feel like genshin impact anime weeb games

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The most recent one that plays like a soulslike seemed cool though, think i refunded it though cause more fun games came out at the time

modest sentinel
eager ridge
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Welp, tried to get Darktide to run on my steam deck, but no success

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Guess i'll just make some LE builds instead

maiden widget
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yep darktide isnt very optimized yet

eager ridge
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Naaa its more so that ub

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Uh

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The launcher requires microsoft edge webview2

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And that requires the microsoft store

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And steam deck is well

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Yea

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Though most games can be run if you set compatibility to proton

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Like LE

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I run LE with 0 problems

maiden widget
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well on high my 2070s didnt get above 60fps, had to optimize it a lot so its probably both

eager ridge
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Really? Weird

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Im on a 2060super and run the game maxed out with 144fps

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On my pc

maiden widget
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2700x 2070s and 1440p

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might just need to update drivers

eager ridge
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2060 super, 1440p

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And my cpu is uhhh

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Amd ryzen 5600x

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Or 5650x? I cant remember

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It was actually funny for a while, pc wouldnt overheat at all but pc kept crashing

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I upgraded so much that i neglected my 650w psu

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Overupgraded to an 850w, no more problems

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Im surprised how well steamdeck runs LE

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Of course im on all low at 40fps (i googled this and found someone else recommending these settings) but it runs ultra smooth now

maiden widget
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i was waiting for something a bit smaller than a steamdeck for a comparable price but i might buy one

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everything else is so much more expensive

eager ridge
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Yea theres 3 versions of steam deck you can get

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The only real difference between them is starting memory

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But i bought the most expensive $650 anyways

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You could totally put in a better ssd for cheaper

maiden widget
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i'd prolly get the low tier and upgrade myself

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but apparently the sd slot is pretty good alreeady

eager ridge
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Like my pc i run EVERYTHING on a samsung evo 970 nvme ssd

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2 tb

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I'd like to get an nvme or some form of one for my steamdeck

eager ridge
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Hell ive played Cyberpunk 2077 on all high with 60fps on my steamdeck

maiden widget
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did you try d2r by any chance?

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i think that'd be my main use case

eager ridge
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Diablo 2? Naaa i play Grim Dawn and it has a mod called Reign of Terror which transforms the entire game world as well as classes and items into Diablo 2's world, it was basically the Diablo 2 remake before the Diablo 2 remake came out

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Im a big grim dawn fan, and not much of a diablo 2 fan (i dont really like classes abilities) so this mod came in clutch because my buddies all love diablo 2 and somewhat like grim dawn, so this was a great way for us all to enjoy D2

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They've even added Diablo 1 to it, so when you complete a difficulty, you can go through the entire diablo 1 story and world before going to the next difficulty

maiden widget
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yep played it but i play d2r in MP with a friend and RoT didnt work out well

eager ridge
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Weird

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Havent had problems with RoT yet

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Ive sunk hundreds of hours into it with friends

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And then away from ARPG's for a sec, Skyrim Together is also great

maiden widget
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singleplayer was fine but in MP we desynced a lot

eager ridge
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Truth be told, i had 3000 hours in skyrim and had never beaten the main story/campaign, then i ran it with 7 other friends and finally beat it

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With 0 crashes, very little desync, we each had 50 mods

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Likewise, i have 600 hours on Cyberpunk 2077 and have never beaten it

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Just like making builds too much

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Its funny, cause i love making builds here on Last Epoch as well, so you would think i cant sit on 1 character too long, but i have a level 100 for every sentinel, primalist, and mage mastery

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As well as a 100 rogue bladedancer, but i just deleted my 100 necro acolyte, wasnt really a fan of acolytes but now that ive gotten more into making builds i kinds regret doing that

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A lich with wings of arg and the movespeed damage boots wouldve been fun

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I have multiples of every unique and set piece in the game (most without LP, as i had gotten them before that change)

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So making and then running a build is easy to do

gentle harness
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@potent dew @mortal cape Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

modest sentinel
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That moment Llama became the one Llama hoped to destroy

wooden wing
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Would you guys buy a game if it's on sale for $16 but it hasn't gotten a great update since it launched in early access earlier this year??
The game is V Rising

elfin stream
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that would depend on the game

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v rising me personally maybe

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(I'm gonna check it out actually)

wooden wing
# elfin stream v rising me personally maybe

I'm thinking the same thing cuz it seems like a interesting idea mixing ARPG with survival.

But I just don't want it to be in dev hell like Valhiem turned out to be ( no content update in over a year now )

elfin stream
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dealbreaker for me is it seems shallow without friends to play with and I'm not sure many of my friends do

wooden wing
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Like this streamer played solo and did everything in the game and it took him 50hrs

modest sentinel
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If the game has lots of good solo content and we can finish the game solo, then even without much updates the game becomes something I want to purchase

eager ridge
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V rising is very soloable, fun with friends too, i Initially did it with 1 buddy and we completed everything available within like 15 hours, but it was a super fun and solid 15 hours that I heavily recommend

modest sentinel
modest sentinel
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it is more of free weekend, so those who are going to buy, can try first before buying

cedar lily
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I think it's the right move to hold free weekend as promotion

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also arguably it's the right type of game for stunlock studio in order to keep making games

stone arch
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how does it feel? good, ok, bad? i read that people compare it to something between d2 and d3

vagrant topaz
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I can't believe wolcen is going to have a new "big" patch

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I am kinda hyped about it

ancient fjord
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tes daggerfall is free on steam

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warhammer 40k: mechanicus free on epic

rustic meteor
rustic meteor
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Are you shady?

radiant comet
modest sentinel
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Maybe they are asking if Human being is named Shady

rustic meteor
dreamy scaffold
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Slim Shady?

rustic meteor
gentle harness
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Please stand up?

vagrant topaz
wooden wing
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part of me wants to buy RDR2 for $30 BUT i still have CP2077, and expansion for W3 to play sooooo hmmmm

maiden widget
misty nymph
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My girlfriend and I hit masters in TFT's Double-Up mode last night.

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Was so incredibly difficult but so much fun and satisfaction from it all

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And just wanted to share

formal monolith
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@potent dew spam

modest sentinel
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these spammers has become a daily quest for Kain

gentle harness
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Kain does need to get his dailies in....

maiden crown
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Darktide environment looks so good. This one object alone could be an entire portfolio it's so good.

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gentle harness
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Is the entire game as grey/dark though? I've been looking at it for a while & used to play Vermintide 2 a lot with one of my mates but he's put off by the aesthetic.

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Or gameplay, or something.

gentle harness
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@maiden crown

cedar lily
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Im excited to see darktide on release

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are you talking about the color scheme/atmosphere?

granite monolith
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I've been playing the shit out of darktide, the visibility (or lack thereof) feels intended

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there's a fog hazard that just fucks with your ability to see shit, and some guns have flashlight perks to counteract it

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imo Darktide core game is far superior to VT2

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toughness system feels significantly better than THP and having class-based grenades with more charges is far more consistent than RNG grenades

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plus since VT2 is made for melee, they had a lot of trouble up balancing higher difficulties - my Leg/Cata squad success was 90% contingent on the skill level of the elf player; and Leg/Cata CW was 90% contingent on the skill level of the elf and RV players. Not having or having a weaker player on said classes was suicide

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Darktide doesnt really have those balance issues because all classes have access to special removal that doesnt stink

cedar lily
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darktide is the l4d-like coop games contender this year fosho

granite monolith
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they just need to work on the gearing and the performance

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all fixable, bit confusing why fatshark would make the gear this poor when theres already good systems in VT2 but its whatever if they improve upon it

cedar lily
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ig they want to give different feel and mechanics regarding gear system

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they seems to not want to deliver more of the same gear experience to vt2

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some players already feel comfortable with old gear system in vt2 and they want more of the same overall experience, and I get that

gentle harness
gentle harness
maiden crown
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As stated above, yeah the game is really grim-dark and there are plenty of times I've missed enemies because I couldn't see them in the dark areas they were coming from. Flashlights are almost mandatory gun attachment imo and I can see why some people might have an issue with the aesthetic.

gentle harness
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Yeah, I don't have much of an issue with the grimdark, but the zone I played through was pretty monochrome unlike most VT2 maps.

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How does the gearing work? Vis-a-vis VT2.

maiden crown
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You get credits from each run and you can use them at a vendor on the main ship to buy/upgrade items

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The zones definitely haven't been as colourful as VT2 by any stretch.

gentle harness
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Which is a pity 'cause some splashes of colour can emphasise the grimdark-ness elsewhere.

maiden crown
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The bosses have been colourful though. So there is at least that, it provides a really good indication of what needs to be shot/stabbed

maiden crown
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The main quest hub is colourful at least 😛

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gentle harness
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Well, it's grey & green.

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Reminds me of old green screen monitors.

granite monolith
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yeah its like the D2 shop, except...only the shop

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once you hit level 11, your character unlocks a weekly point system, and you spent points on...a second shop

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not the best but its not the part I'm particularly dissatisfied with

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the real problem is the stat tooltips are clear as mud, there's basically no telling what / how much the weapon actually does until you bring it to the psykanium

cedar lily
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are there plans for new contents release in short and long term?

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like how often they will add new stuff

granite monolith
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fatshark is not known to be fast. certainly not a Riot/DE/GGG speed pipeline

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but this is the LE server so it's probably fine by most people here

ancient fjord
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"GGG speed pipeline", on what, nerfing shit?

cedar lily
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ahh understood. they are not being fast at releasing contents is not a bad thing either for its type of game and pace of development imho

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I dun think it's right to compare fatshark to riot/ggg/de/tencent coz they all sell mtx as the main revenue streams which is constantly promoted and updated

granite monolith
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it's probably a key reason why they're facing their current issues, I'm not a fan of this style of development and believe it's unsustainable

flat idol
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Someone has to write the text for skills thats so long that i have to read it 3 times and still dont have any really clue what that new skill does 😄

unique dawn
#

I finally released my first pc game on steam as early access and be avalible on december. It is a fps 3d platformer parkour game. If you like don't forget to add whishlist and share with yout friends ^^
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2213450/Hell_Runner/

Steam
Hell Runner

Hell Runner is a fast Paced first person platformer game where you try to beat each level as fast as possible. Current early access have 2 chapter and 18 level to play and more is on the way.Go through eight chapters to deliver the necklace to its rightful owner. Go through each level and try to beat it fast as you can. ChaptersEight chapters: H...

Release Date

Dec 5, 2022

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hot crown
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@stone kelp DMV is a gacha hellscape. Essentially, you can get characters from crystals you buy, and some crystals are similar to banners in Genshin, except there's no pity mechanism per se. Characters' stats and skillsets are star-gated, and there's no other way to bump the star rating other than repeatedly getting copies of said characters. Signature abilities unlock at 4-stars, which in itself requires a heavy investment.

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Crystals themselves are RNG-layered. Either you get something wtfrandom (which happens almost every time), or you get a lower-rate copy of a featured character.

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That, plus you're essentially time- or pay-gated (there's a variation of an anti-poop-socking system in place which you can swipe around, plus the game spams paid offers at every single goddamn opportunity).

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Also, some optional encounters require certain characters you might have no way of obtaining.

stone kelp
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when Blizzard and Disney eventually join up I'd like to see the monetization they will come up with

hot crown
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But the most ridiculous one is their economy. I call it "linear gains, quadratic costs". XP motes are divided into 5 types (melee, ranged, tank, support, universal) and 3 tiers (minor for Lv1-20, major for 21-50, superior for 51-100), and they're EXTREMELY FUCKING SCARCE the further into character development you get.

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Case in point: it took me two full months to get a SINGLE character to Lv60.

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And the worst part here is, you can't cross-convert or upgrade said motes.

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Meaning you cap out on minor motes rather quickly (I'm currently capped on two types, the cap is 10k), but never get enough of what you actually need.

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Same deal with secondaries like gemstones and gold, but gemstones have it much worse (specifically diamonds).

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I have no idea whom the devs had in mind when they designed this.

reef edge
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the idea is to make you swipe

hot crown
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That almost brings me back to Lineage2's "golden" days.

stone kelp
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ah they're using the same exp model as the vampire survivor clones on mobile

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but in that game when you try to level something, its rng

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your +1 will randomly go to melee, ranged, rank, support or whatever

icy linden
rustic meteor
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I'm lazy learner , just gimme those 70k

rustic meteor
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Damn moderators. Now my joke makes no sense 😒

lethal bane
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Bad mods!

flat idol
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im looking for any kid friendly uncharted / tomb raider game ... my son loves all the climbing part and sneaking is fun too, i just dont want to murder half armies with him on my lap 😛

vague osprey
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the 3D zelda games have similar elements (action, puzzle, some infiltration...) and are more family friendly

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there is horizon, with less puzzles and also less skulls and bones than tomb raider, and many fights against robot dinosaurs (but still some fights against humans)

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in the same direction, there are jedi: fallen order (and maybe also the force unleashed) or guardians of the galaxy, both adding a fantasy dimension (less real) and "clean" violence (no blood, etc), the second with more focus on story

flat idol
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Ah thank you i own horizon ... but that doesnt have a lot of climbing afair

gentle harness
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@ionic osprey spam!

icy linden
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For all the sports ball fans, if you happen to be a 1% like me who enjoys last epoch, call of duty and football, Warzone 2 has a weird promotional skin where you can look like Lionel Messi ⚽️

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Now that's a micro-transaction!

eager ridge
junior oyster
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I much prefer last epoch. Not for me 😄

gentle harness
eager ridge
rustic meteor
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There is no such thing as soccer

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It's football

lethal bane
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We already got a game called Football

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We don't need two

gentle harness
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Yeah, but you don't use your feet, you should really call it handball

icy linden
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On the other hand, we could rename all sports to football instead.

In Australia, we have at least 4 national leagues all referred to as football by some group of people. It makes for interesting conversations 😀

nova kayak
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Foozeball.

maiden crown
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Handegg

cedar lily
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kickball

modest sentinel
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Ball Tacklers

rustic meteor
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Where you can kick players too!

icy linden
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The very best

rustic meteor
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Fun facts : here in this peninsula they call italy there is an ancient medieval sport in Florence. It's called calcio fiorentino and you can beat the shit out of players.

gentle harness
rustic meteor
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Young padawan

junior oyster
rustic meteor
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The very word "soccer" has no meaning

vagrant topaz
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It means they play with socks

gentle harness
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Grasshopper.

icy linden
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Ah, but which rugby 😉

rustic meteor
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Nice distinctive element

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Could as well call it "ball"

shy orchid
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Lets just compromise and call it "Battle" and be done with it.

a few hundred years ago we'd all just be doing the same pastime with a lot more metal & blood and a warm beer after (bleugh!) for the survivors.

😵‍💫

eager ridge
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Oh whoops, elden rings technically an ARPG

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Better put this in the other channel

gentle harness
shy orchid
gentle harness
eager ridge
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imagine not drinking your beer warm

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couldnt be me

lethal bane
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Some beer is nice warm

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I recall a few stouts that took on some nice toned when room temperature

cedar lily
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beers are like coffees

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they don't particularly taste good but they're common go to drinks over talks or hangouts imho

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I prefer strawberry milkshake they're delicious (childlike me) 🤣

lethal bane
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I genuinely enjoy beer

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Probably more than the buzz it gives

cedar lily
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hey as long we have drinks to enjoy. then all good

eager ridge
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I generally dislike hard liquor, but i enjoy Midori which is a japanese melon liquor

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I was mixing it with apple juice, orange juice, and cranberry juice earlier, you mix enough fruit juices and it tastes like skittles

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I feel like mountain dew mixed in would turn it into crack cocaine

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Mountain dew is also great with skittles, you mix a couple bags in and let it sit for a few days, a few sips will give you a sugar rush + diabetus

cedar lily
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alcohol or liquor that don't taste like piss but instead like delicious fruits (or potentially other desireable food items)

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are drinks Im going for

gentle harness
unique dawn
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2213450/Hell_Runner
Finally our game released on Steam. 3D First person perspective platformer. Please check it out ^^

Steam
Hell Runner

Hell Runner is a fast Paced first person platformer game where you try to beat each level as fast as possible. Current early access have 2 chapter and 18 level to play and more is on the way.Go through eight chapters to deliver the necklace to its rightful owner. Go through each level and try to beat it fast as you can.ChaptersEight chapters: He...

Price

$5.39

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icy linden
kindred basin
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@rustic holly moving this here incase we go on for too long

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Ive been kinda itchin to get back on Gw2, new E-specs have me very intrigued

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dont like that they removed most of the class specific group buffs

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but a lot of nice changes since i last played

rustic holly
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And I currently play only one spec, and from HoT at that

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And since I played a bit after the original launch and stopped due to content drough, now I just the amount of stuff to do.

kindred basin
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By unique buffs, just to list a couple examples
Warrior's Banner of discipline used to give the group Precision, now it gives fury
Ranger's Spotter used to give precision, now it does something with fury i think
Ranger's frost spirit gave %damage now it does some type of boon

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all the classes had some kind of unique buff, all of em seem to have been changed

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very unfortunate

rustic holly
# kindred basin very unfortunate

Druid has been axed somewhat too. I'm not in place to speak about nerfs, I'm just honestly rad my Reaper have capabilities to be in Raid meta due to dps increase on bosses

kindred basin
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oh im not talking general balance

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just kinda sad that all the class specific buffs were made to be generic

cedar lily
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I think this is one of the changes that make some hardcore players unsatisfied rather than average players

kindred basin
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on one hand
you dont have to have a banner warrior anymore, a ranger for spotter and frost spirit

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etc

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so other classes might earn a spot when they otherwise wouldnt

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but on the other hand, if a class was weaker at the time, their unique buff could be enough to warrant them a spot

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ill probably enjoy not having 2 of my utilities occupied by banner at all times now

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but its still a bit sad

cedar lily
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right. just to be clear

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this is first impressions right?

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coz you might think differently after you spend few hours or enough time

kindred basin
junior oyster
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Saw the Hades 2 trailer and ngl I wish it was it was Bastion 2. Oh well it is what it is...

cedar lily
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I'd like to play bastion 2 too

junior oyster
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I know Hades is super popular but my fav game from them is Bastion

cedar lily
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speaking of callisto protocol, I switch here to stay on topic @eager ridge

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Ive only heard from u the complaints that people have

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what I heard before is the game actually has serious performance issues, simply put unplayable

eager ridge
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Yea, and its issues that literally get fixed in a few clicks

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Which is hilariously astounding to me

cedar lily
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what platform do you play the game on?

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I read there are different issues on different platforms

eager ridge
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I havent gotten it yet, but a bud has it, showed me the issues everyone has, did the fix which takes less than 10s on pc, and the game ran smooth as butter

cedar lily
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ahh okay. then it's go time

eager ridge
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Its like 2-3 settings that have to be turned off or changed

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Im sure as more people play it we'll learn of additional settings you can tinker with, like going into the games ini files and tinkering stuff

cedar lily
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I think the phenomenon which was likely happened

eager ridge
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If at first you dont succeed, fuck with the .ini

cedar lily
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is players just think the game does not work as intended and/or out of the box

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they are easily frustrated and exaggerated their feelings, then lash out on socials/reviews

eager ridge
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Which is hilarious to me, cause don't like 90% of players look at settings first and turn off shit like depth of field and motion blur

cedar lily
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I get. it's hysterical coz it's a small thing

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in terms of performance, it's still problem to be fixed. and on the players side, it's unavoidable complaints/reactions

eager ridge
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Though, to be fair, the game could also just require a stronger rig

cedar lily
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what u said is true, don't get me wrong

eager ridge
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Ive never looked at its system requirements

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I just recently upgraded my 2060super to a ryzen amd 6800xt, so i should be fine

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6800xt is inbetween a 3080 and 3080ti

cedar lily
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I see, if you think it'll be fine, then trust

eager ridge
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And it was only $500

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Which is hilarious

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Because nvidia is so popular

cedar lily
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I dunno much about the graphics cards' performance and its comparison haha

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also get this, not only average players are impatient, probably they just upset after spent premium $ on a game and it just don't work smoothly

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it's one of the probabilities that is likely happened on their minds/thought process imho

kindred basin
rustic tundra
formal monolith
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@potent dew Spam

ancient fjord
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Ascend: Reborn came out a while ago, it's basically Ascend: Hand of Kul but with a much smaller team in charge these days

frozen spear
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@potent dew

warm hollow
flat idol
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I guess you underestimate the ammount of potatoe PCs running games that have such low framrates that you need motion blur to have a somewhat moving image 😉

cedar lily
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and enabling a certain setting by default which causes the performance problem on launch could ruin expectations met and thus the users' reception or in general

eager ridge
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1008080/SYNCED/

Steam
SYNCED

SYNCED is a match-based Rogue-Looter Shooter developed by NExT Studios. In a techno-apocalyptic future, you are a Runner who joins the war with deadly techno-creatures called Nanos inside the sealed exclusion zone known as the Meridian. Choose your Runner and team up in PvE and PvP matches, defeat the Nanos, and even tame and weaponize them aga...

Release Date

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Can request access, immediate access

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Apparently plays a lot like Shatterline, which is cool

cedar lily
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shatterline is pretty good

eager ridge
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So i'll def give this game, which looks like it has similar elements, a try

flat idol
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did anyone test the "new" witcher 3 yet? Performance really seems to be n issue -.- maybe i will hold back with this replay of my beloved game till i got a 4090 (or something around that range) and an oled monitor -.-

modest sentinel
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Well, I would wait until a week or two, until devs patch these issues

flat idol
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watching a video on a 4090 reaching like 40fps on 4k is not very promising for a 3080 and 1440 ultrawide 😉

shy orchid
# flat idol did anyone test the "new" witcher 3 yet? Performance really seems to be n issue ...

My kid tested it out a little on his new laptop with a 3070 Ti (mobile) and it brought it to its knees on RTX Ultra, 1080p - Looked pretty good tho, no doubt about that - raytracing is obvious and the details even on the relatively low res is noticeable. BUT I dont think that many people are going to be in a position to really appreciate it in all its glory @4k without some serious $$$ hardware.

flat idol
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So ill wait and hope to hit a great year 2023 for some entertainment budget 😂

shy orchid
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I am in the same boat but I am expecting a little windfall in Jan that I am thinking of splurging on a full system upgrade - I feel I deserve it after not having upgraded in 7 years - it would be a luxury no doubt about it, but I am in the f it mindset right now. need to treat myself.

tender pewter
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I saw someone mention tiny Tinas wonderlands in here the other day, it looks cool and is on sale on epic games store, Does anyone have an example of what it plays like ?

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Didnt realize its a borderlands game, or something like that. Interesting.

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So i assume it plays like borderlands lul

flat idol
tender pewter
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I remember hearing that borderlands isnt that great, and they seem to get old quickly, not sure if thats true or just one guys opinion or whatever

flat idol
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its basicly a repainted borderlands ... not the greatest game on earth but if you can buy it for some dollars on sale it will entertain you long enough for sub 1 dollar per hour 😄

tender pewter
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Seems like just playing Vermintide 2 again is probably better idk

flat idol
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shoot, loot, shoot more ... its an arpg painted FPS

gentle harness
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Borderlands 2 was awesome, 3 not so much.

tender pewter
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Im trying to find an interesting character building game that i havent played before

gentle harness
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There's not so much of that in any of the borderlands games

tender pewter
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YEah i just want something where i can like level or customize a character preferably with items as well as skills/etc. But it doesnt need to be a game like LE or Diablo exactly

gentle harness
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BL2 is a good "lootershooter" with some awesome quests, voice work & humour.

tender pewter
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Ive never played elden ring, Ive heard that is good.

tender echo
eager ridge
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Borderlands 2 is the best yes, but my god i love 3's Moze

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Bringing mechwarrior into borderlands was fan fucking tastic

eager ridge
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Borderlands like, diablo loot, can be fast paced like doom if you decide to go that way

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Has its builds as well

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Shadow warrior 3 is piss poor trash compared to it

gentle harness
modest sentinel
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BL3 everything was better than BL2 except the story and characters

flat idol
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can you finally skip all the stupic cut scenes and videos in the story?

cedar lily
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I wanna switch channel so the convo stays on topic, what's the big changes happened to new world and darktide midway development? @granite monolith

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I did not follow both games

granite monolith
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new world was originally much heavier on the survival craft elements and less on the mmo elements

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the original pitch to investors wasnt so much of an mmo as it was a ‘mmo/survival hybrid’ and the earliest alpha was also a lot closer to that vision

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darktide I’m not sure but they’ve admitted to reworking a majority of the game partway through development

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suspect the game was originally intended to be a lot more story driven, similar to vermintide

eager ridge
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Only reason i didnt want to keep playing new world was because of always running everywhere

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Its fucking death stranding

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I remember people mainly ran what, the healing staff? Just cause it had a long dash for getting around quicker

granite monolith
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coz I used to follow gw2 and their lead designer moved over to amazon for new world

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so I read the initial investor pitch around 2015 ish? when they first started amazon games

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I think when the game came out for alpha it was already on its mmo phase

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or rather, pivoted to its current mmo design

eager ridge
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Heres to hoping ashes of creation is good

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I need a new mmo besides WoW private servers

granite monolith
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I’m kinda done with mmos

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the model doesnt suit modern industry imo

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my belief is 4-8-man squad roguelite stuff like warframe, borderlands, xtide is the way forward

cedar lily
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yeah mmo is more complex to make and require more resources thus making them harder proposition imho

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only few mmos succeed (commercially) such as retail wow, ff xiv, eso, and gw2

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I think retail wow and eso are particularly disliked by general mmo players or average players but they still make tons of money coz they already found their market/hardcore fans

unique dawn
icy linden
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Thought experiment:

  • pick your favourite game
  • how much money would somebody need to give you to walk away and never play it again (assume it is income and taxation applies)?
ancient fjord
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that's easy, been doing it for free ever since 3.14

modest sentinel
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I dunno, I don't technically have a favourite game

modest sentinel
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Death stranding freebie in epic

viral galleon
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I hate epic games but death stranding was one of the more unique experiences I've had in gaming

viscid grail
cedar lily
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number 3 is a myth for gaben 🤣

eager ridge
teal flame
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post apocalyptic amazon delivery simulator

vagrant topaz
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@potent dew spam

stone arch
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death stranding is really underrated game

cedar lily
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what do u like about death stranding?

stone arch
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art direction, music choice or rather lack of music most of the time, so when it is it is chosen in specific time and place and generally good tracks, story is pretty interesting and whole worldbuilding, generally interesting mix of takes on possible technologies, though generally may be seen as boring concept of delivering package from point a to point b it is made to be exciting by need to plan, prepare and overcome difficulties on road, lots of interesting details in gameplay mechanics that are not really needed but make whole experience better. it is game at end though, it has some shortcomings of course, it may be not even that hard to some people after you get to understand how some things work but first time experience was really exciting and fresh compared to big game scenes (because pretty much only indies are brave enough to challenge new concepts and genres), it has simple concept at bottom but whole thing around how it is made, what it is about makes it interesting

viral galleon
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Yeah basically it's a big budget indie game

hot crown
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Dishonored is given away on EGS. Predictably, "this product is unavailable in your region". Again.

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Somebody, please, end me already...

maiden widget
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dishonored 2 is available via amazon prime gaming thingy (gog version)

unique dawn
hot crown
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Battle Breakers is gone...

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RIP, Legend.

eager ridge
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Some random generic lookin mobile game got shut off? Eh

cedar lily
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too many mobile games which results to too many end of service... or deaths

junior oyster
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Honestly the only mobile game I was ever sad to see go was Tetris by EA.

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It was a fairly nice game with microtransactions that were only to get music tracks or something iirc.

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I 100% completed the game without spending a penny. Probably why they closed the game.

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Not making enough money I guess.

eager ridge
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Who knew

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Isnt there a tetris battle royale?

cedar lily
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the psychological tricks ain't working 🤣

junior oyster
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Yep

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Or rather giving infinite chances/clearing the lines with special boosters or w/e.

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Basically little to no p2w iirc

gentle harness
hot crown
# eager ridge Some random generic lookin mobile game got shut off? Eh

Well, to be completely fair, its selling point was 'no paywalls whatsoever', complete with no energy and other anti-poop-socking 'measures'. The game was awesome in that while it did have a couple of 'paid' options, the player was completely fine ignoring them, plus it enforced players down to Lv1 across the board for duels and some other challenges to keep things fair.

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So as generic looking or whatnot the game seemed to be, it still was great to tinker with nonetheless.

junior oyster
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@fervent hazel ^^^^^

hot crown
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Having a sudden urge to playtest a Dualshock 4 ended up in me unearthing MGRR again. THE MEMES

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Monsoon is as challenging as ever, lol 😄

lusty fiber
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that speech has been ruined by the internet for real

gentle harness
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I'm not sure it's even speech, just a random collection of letters.

hot crown
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Well, they wanted to break Raiden with it, but it backfired spectacularly xD

lusty fiber
viral galleon
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jokes and memes aside they use the definition of meme from when it was first coined by richard dawkins in his book "the selfish gene"

eager ridge
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I just got unfriended by someone for buying hogwarts legacy lmao

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I guess jk rowling is bad?

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No idea who they are though other than they made the harry potter universe

icy linden
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JK Rowling has taken a position on transgender rights which many find extremely distasteful. As such, a number of people are boycotting.
FWIW - just clarifying why - I have no interest in discussing it further on the internet 🙂

modest sentinel
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oof

eager ridge
lusty fiber
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For what it's worth

viral galleon
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"trans women are not the same as biological women" is an extremely distasteful opinion. thanks world

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people act like what rowling said is a call for a "genocide" against trans people. if anyone wants to distance themselves from you for hogwarts legacy then just let those people go, they aren't worth it.

lusty fiber
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ah yes, let's just disregard every other take she's felt the need to blast out on twitter as well.

eager ridge
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Fuck twitter

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Lmao

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Everyone on that platform is a heathen

junior oyster
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We just can't get away from politics no matter what eh xD

rustic meteor
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Good old times when ppl could have opinions

cedar lily
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hey me on twitter as well 😢

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just make sure to interact with the non toxic accounts and community

hot crown
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...ok, after like a hundred of retries I've finally S-ranked no-damage-taken Monsoon fight in MGRR... on normal. (embarrassed laughter)

junior oyster
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No idea what that is but gg

cedar lily
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metal gear rising revengeance?

junior oyster
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Oh I see.

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Thanks

eager ridge
eager ridge
stone dragon
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hmm gatewalkers just released on steam. Not sure if waste of 30$ or I would actually enjoy it enough.

eager ridge
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yea it is

eager ridge
stone dragon
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maybe ill wait until reviews are in. Im tied up dragging myself through titans quest so slowly for first time right now anyways.

eager ridge
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I've got $20 in my steam wallet, i'll give it a shot

eager ridge
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all they've done is add more content to it, but im not going to deal with that content if the controls are abyssmal

stone dragon
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Do they force you to use wasd for movement?

eager ridge
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yes, but wasd is fine, ive played plenty of solid, hell even worse games that used wasd, its just everything else feels extremely rough around the edges

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it feels like nothing about it control wise has been polished since alpha

stone dragon
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Oh I cant do wasd. Hades and the ascent hurt my feelings.

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I even bought a controller for them but never got around to learning it.

eager ridge
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ive played other top downs that were wasd and had far worse content available than this game, but the movement and controls were far more fluid and easily got a couple of hours out of me

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controls mean everything to me

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if the controls arent good, i wont even bother, even if its well loved by the entire world

teal flame
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Hmm that's too bad. Gatewalkers seemed like it had some good potential. I guess we wait for Nightingale, which has a similar idea.

eager ridge
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Wait yea it is a first person

teal flame
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Yeah, it's more of a survival game, but it has similar ideas to gatewalkers, with the different worlds and stuff

eager ridge
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My bud and i discussed exactly that earlier and i was like wouldnt it basically be no mans sky as well? No mans sky has portals to other universes n shit, and you can set up portal systems between bases

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Craftopia also has portals between worlds

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Its the kinda games where you'll be setting up bases on mulitple worlds while having a main base on 1 world

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Which im fine with

teal flame
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Yeah, I guess it could be kind of NMS-y, but the problem I always have with NMS is that everything feels so generic. I definitely want more of the "Home base + explore" games, and the sort of victorian/steampunky theme is one I always really enjoy

eager ridge
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Lotta good games coming out in next few months

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Buddy and i looking forward to The Day Before, which is like DayZ mixed with The Division

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Big sprawling city, pvpve shooter

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Zombies can quickly overwhelm players

teal flame
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Yeah, 2023 is looking to be a pretty good year, assuming the games don't get pushed to 2024 😝

modest sentinel
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even if some gets pushed, we still have many to play

vale iron
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If you are in the tried it once category protect your Steam account being tarnished by a VAC ban by using Help -> Steam Support to select the game and remove it from your library.

eager ridge
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I already have a vac ban, TIME TO COLLECT MORE

cedar lily
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bots are everywhere, especially too many in F2P games

opal flower
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Forspoken seems fun at least in the demo. Reminds me of Infamous more than anything.

eager ridge
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I went into it reading people say it was horribly unoptimized and unfun

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Its not horribly unoptimized

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Its not even remotely unoptimized

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Unless your rig is absolute horseshit

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Then thats on you

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And its fun af

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The bosses are fun af, feels like arpg combat, like witcher and latest assassins creeds

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Sorta soulslike

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Dodgin and weavin in and out of the boss while spewing out spell combos

opal flower
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I'm playing at 1440p max settings at just over 100 fps. That's pretty rough compared to most games. It looks pretty and there's nothing wrong with a new game pushing the limits. But I do play other pretty games that don't come close to pushing my system like this.

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You can play most games max settings on a 3070 so I understand why many would be upset by the performance. I always tell people not to bother with 4k gaming if you want good performance.

junior oyster
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Honestly the fact they gave us a demo is pretty good in my books. I won't play it but even that is a reason for those who haven't tried it and jumping on the bandwagon to at least give it a go.

eager ridge
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Combat and gameplay just feels action rpg/soulslike except you're insanely mobile

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Its pretty fun

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And exploration is fun too

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And theres a crapton of customizable settings for a lot of things

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like autopickup items

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You just vacuum up loot while running by

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God i love it so much

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That kinda shits a modded in thing in other games

opal flower
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I just don't know if it has enough depth for me.

viral galleon
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The character is really off putting in the dialog and how she talks

opal flower
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Dialogue never bothered me in the demo

eager ridge
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shes seemed completely fine for me so far

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like any character in any other video game

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game feels like a spellcasters playground, and i love it because of that

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its going to be hard af to play hogwarts legacy after this, with how mobile you are as a spellcaster

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and then harry potter ass sittin there wandin out spells

viral galleon
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because she is a new yorker in a fantasy world slinging spells and saying things like "THAT just happened!"

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there's been a recent slew of fantasy series where it seems they just pluck teens out of the real world and drop them into fantasy settings and its really annoying to me.

opal flower
viral galleon
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no it hasn't

opal flower
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It makes it more relatable

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It has been a normal thing for longer than you have been alive

viral galleon
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i don't watch fantasy hoping that the characters are #relatable

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how old do you think i am

opal flower
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How old do you think Narnia is?

viral galleon
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the dialogue in narnia doesn't sound like they dropped teenagers from new york and california into a fantasy world

opal flower
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No it sounds like they dropped British children into a fantasy world

opal flower
eager ridge
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like pretty much anyone would say

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weirdo

viral galleon
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the rest of the world doesn't talk like new york

viral galleon
eager ridge
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oh no one of those people

viral galleon
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oops i dropped my /s

eager ridge
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i just find it funny lol

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hogwarts legacy does look like it'll be great though

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i preordered the deluxe edition

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it looks like a good game, and im here to play good games, politics can fuck right off

viral galleon
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same

opal flower
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I have a backlog to deal with so no new games for a little while for me

eager ridge
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yea with recent steam sales i picked up Days Gone and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

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those 2 + Forspoken and Hogwarts Legacy should keep me busy for a while

viral galleon
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days gone has been alright

eager ridge
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good chunk of games also dropping in march and may

opal flower
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I'm ready for the UE5 games but I really gotta finish a couple other games first... also Cyberpunk DLC at some point coming

viral galleon
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i don't really pay much attention to new releases, at least not at the AAA level

eager ridge
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1817230/HiFi_RUSH/
hmmm this just popped up on my steam recommendeds, looks pretty good

Steam
Hi-Fi RUSH

Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team of allies rebel against an evil tech megacorp with raucous rhythm combat! From Tango Gameworks, the studio that brought you The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo (no, really) comes Hi-Fi RUSH, an all-new action game where the characters, world and combat stylishly sync to the music!Chai V...

Price

$29.99

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Superfuse drops in 6 days

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hope the controls arent still dogshit

lusty fiber
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grats to the both of you for getting added to the blocked pile.

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can't stand these people "only MY opinion is right and screw everyone else"

viral galleon
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thanks! thats another one

tender echo
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I think I missed a few messages here…

icy linden
opal flower
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I don't even know who @lusty fiber is talking about

junior oyster
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Only reason I'm not buying Hogwarts Legacy is because I never liked Harry Potter (the entire series) other than a tiny bit of the first movie.

opal flower
junior oyster
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Nah

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I mean the movies

opal flower
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Wait you watched all the movies and only liked the first one?

junior oyster
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If books don't have lots of pictures in them I'm not interested in reading. (There maybe some exceptions though)

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I watched upto movie 4 I believe. Lost interest since 2 but watched the rest because of school taking us there.

opal flower
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If I feel like watching the movies I skip the first 3 entirely

icy linden
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I never read the books. I watched parts of some of thw movies. I think I even watched the entirety of one. I believe a chap with red hair saves the world.

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I have friends who are super-amped for the game though. Fandom is strong in those ones.

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Bring on any one of those cancelled Stargate MMOs, I say 😄

opal flower
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I'm a Marvel fan but I'm definitely not jumping on any games just because they are Marvel. I do enjoy Marvel Snap though...

eager ridge
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I watch all the harry potter movies once a year, im not a massive harry potter fan, i just like movies that work in a trilogy or a series and watch them all once each year

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Harry potter, lord of the rings, twilight, jurassic park/world, indiana jones, star wars, any big movie trilogies or series

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Alot of the marvel and dc movie series are good too, some i cant stand because they feel unnecessarily drawn out and lots of talking like im watching dragon ball z, mainly the avengers

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Avengers is good at the start but i never watched the last movie

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I got like an hour in and gave up cause i got bored

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Buddy told me it doesnt get good till the last half hour, and im like, im not sitting through 2-3 hours of bullshit dialogue to get to the meat

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I think there was only one really long dc or marvel movie i enjoyed and it was that one zack snyder one

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Cant remember if it was justice league or something?

junior oyster
junior oyster
eager ridge
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Apokalips war or whatever its called

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Jesus fuck i gotta watch that sometime, its absolutely brutal

solar tiger
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those arent shorts, they are full movies

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the dc animated universe is really good

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way better than the live action movies they've been doing

junior oyster
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Those movies are insane lol and I love them

eager ridge
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Yea i started getting batman and justice league shorts and it started off pretty light hearted and tame then it started doing apokalips war? (I cant remember how they spell it, its some dumbfuck way)

solar tiger
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i think they are all on hbo now

junior oyster
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Though I do like the new Superman animated movie

eager ridge
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Hbo

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Ha

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I use 123movies for everything

junior oyster
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No hbo here unfortunately so gotta sail the high seas

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Or buy on amazon but I only do that for movies I like

eager ridge
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Just dl ublock origin, then go look up any random movie watching site, with ublock original all the bad ads go bye bye and they turn into completely normal movie watching sites

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I love it lmao

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I just explained it all to my dad too

junior oyster
eager ridge
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As well as free book reading sites, for like full on books

junior oyster
eager ridge
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When my sister starts up college courses, she goes through me first because i can usually find free 🏴‍☠️ versions of her textbooks online for her to digitally download. Then i have her show her professors and most will show their class too, cause the professors dont get anything for students buying textbooks, and if students can get them free, most professors will actually encourage it

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The only tricky part are the textbooks that release new versions often

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My pops lives up in the mountains and doesnt make much money, hes been studying to become a forest ranger so its been especially helpful getting him free textbooks online

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On and i bought him the game Firewatch, it just seemed perfect for him haha, if anyone knows any forest ranger like games lemme know

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Got him The Long Dark as well

opal flower
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Green Lantern would actually make a great MMO concept, DC should get on that.

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One of the few source materials where it makes sense to have new characters and already lots of factions available.

viral galleon
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And you can make your guy look like Ryan Reynolds

cedar lily
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am not sure people want more MMO coz it's harder proposition than other live service games

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maybe a live service ARPG DC license game is possible as it is, imo, more viable

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personally don't want RPG collector gacha game, for obvious reason

viral galleon
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How about we don't do live service games and just let me buy and enjoy a game

icy linden
vale iron
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Oh, you're going to stream Lost Ark instead of Last Epoch? Unsub. Too harsh?

viral galleon
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yeah i feel like theres a bit of context missing

cedar lily
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yeah it happens

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more DC heroes premium model game is good. multiplayer as additional/optional feature

viral galleon
cedar lily
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yeah I thought it would be a slam dunk release. turns out it has mixed and bad reviews, and other issues

teal flame
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Traaaap

formal monolith
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@potent dew spam

hearty crater
#

Metroid Prime remastered looking good

eager ridge
eager ridge
# hearty crater Metroid Prime remastered looking good

https://youtu.be/48LzZEG2Pck
Oooo yes looks nice, but i don't know why its hyping the alternate control scheme, didnt the prime trilogy already have that control scheme?

YouTube
Nintendo UK
Metroid Prime Remastered – Out now! (Nintendo Switch)

Step back into the suit.

Metroid Prime Remastered is out now on Nintendo eShop!

Facebook Nintendo Switch: https://facebook.com/NintendoSwitchUK
Twitter Nintendo UK: https://twitter.com/NintendoUK
Instagram Nintendo UK: https://www.instagram.com/nintendouk/
YouTube Nintendo UK: https://bit.ly/2cREWfu
Twitch Nintendo UK: https://twitch.tv/Ninten...

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hearty crater
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I haven't played any Metroid in like 15 years other than Dread, so I don't remember much of that stuff

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I want to use this one to get back into it a bit

eager ridge
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reminds me of the time i played breath of the wild on pc, and the mouse and keyboard controls actually felt like the game was made for pc

gusty aurora
#

Time for factorio until multiplayer 😔

icy linden
#

I played Cosmoteer starship architect with friends last night. That was a pretty good ride if you're looking for stuff to play. If you want more details, need to wait till I'm at lunch 😄

deep vale
#

I really wish they had just taken the Bruce Timm universe and just made them live action movies.

slender sequoia
icy linden
hot crown
#

@twilit mountain (continuing) Bonus points for me not owning EoD at all (deliberately so).

twilit mountain
hot crown
#

Relatable. I quit WoW for good because of abandonment issues, so to speak.

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Monthly sub fee is another can of worms, but it's a lesser evil in my book compared to total zero people to even chat with, much less do some activities together.

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As for EoD, I refuse getting it because (a) my country of origin is a monumental nested clusterfuck which prevents me from paying for anything abroad and (b) Untamed is a flipping DISAPPOINTMENT right off the bat (I'm a ranger main so that means a LOT to me).

twilit mountain
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Yeeeeeah. My group quit because my guild leader is an immature manchild who couldn't accept the fact that sometimes patches have balance problems and it takes time to sort out how to shift the power without breaking things more

hot crown
#

I'm aware that I'm losing a metric fuckton of story additions along with the newest LW chapter, but it is what it is.

twilit mountain
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See, I don't actually care about keeping up with LW chapters. I play what I want when I want :P

hot crown
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Good. 🙂

twilit mountain
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And that's why I sold like 40 hours to gold farming Drizzlewood KEKL

hot crown
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Anyway, 'abandonment issues', compounded by my previous run-ins in Lineage 2 from ages ago (my account got hacked and I lost all the gear gifted to me prior; long story) and the trAIDS clusterfuck back in FortniteSTW, just made me omit any and all interactions with other players in any online projects I took part in, cranking self-reliance all the way up to eleven.

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I even managed to max out Chef while f2p in GW2 😄

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Along with other crafting disciplines save for scribe to boot.

twilit mountain
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I've maxed the ones I use and crafted two full sets of ascended gear, other than that I just sell my mats because I like watching the gold counter go up

hot crown
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Ranger is what clicks the most with all my default playstyles (either a ranged DPS or a support; power soulbeast and boon support druid check those boxes nicely).

twilit mountain
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I play condi Deadeye :P

hot crown
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I used to main a MM hunter and a holy/disc priest back in WoW.

eager ridge
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the unit models...... i mean.... ehhhhhhhhh. BUT THE STAT SYSTEM ON EVERYTHING JEESE

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Dwarven Realms looks ok, too bad its only single player though

eager ridge
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oooo hell yea, looks like it'd be a lot of fun with co-op

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reminds me of Rune Knights, which has co-op

sand wigeon
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i just want normal excal for mr purposes

lusty fiber
#

yea

peak birch
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then hf

lusty fiber
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i think its just the marketplace

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for like 30k creds

sand wigeon
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oh? i will look after this farm

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i wonder who i'm playing with

lusty fiber
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i kinda wanna play

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but i dunno

sand wigeon
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i mean lucy and i are free

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we're just farming early game

lusty fiber
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🐦

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freebird

peak birch
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go play with ur friend nerd

sand wigeon
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i am?

lusty fiber
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i could bring the bone daddy

peak birch
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not you him lol

sand wigeon
#

oh

hasty grove
#

Still better MP Launch then Diablo 3 😛

silver basin
#

Kleine Gemeinschaft sucht noch Mitspieler die kein bock haben alleine zu spielen oder einfach nur gemeinsam im discord abhängen wollen beim zocken. Wer bock hat kann sich gern bei mir melden für ein Discordlink. 🇩🇪

twilit hare
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Hey community, what is best dot in the game right now? ignite, cold, bleed, poison any others ? And what pros and cons of each

waxen sonnet
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They are all good. Try them out

amber tree
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I play a melee bm type deal in gw2 currently, it seems perfect mechanically but I've never heard anything performance wise

hot crown
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Not to mention the sheer amount of micromanagement CLUNK involved.

amber tree
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Those don't really seem like problems

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Unless the micro is not pet related

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As a pet focused spec in any game should have pet micro

wooden wing
#

The more I learn about the D4 combat system the more I love it. I love how it seems like Rouge is forced to use multiple abilities cuz of the combo system and they can be hybrid melee and ranged in one.

I also love the fact that every class is getting ultimate moves. Can't believe that didn't make it to arpgs awhile ago.

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im just so sick and tired of arpgs only having 1-2 skills people specialize in talk about boring combat imo. i want to be able to use all my skills depending on the situation im in or just setting up combos and focus more on dodging attacks thats why i LOVED Lost Arks combat system

amber tree
#

ooh didnt know that about the rogue

brittle kettle
#

If a skill has "Minion Tags: Fire, Buff" does that mean any increase in fire dmg I have it will also have or does only increased minion fire damage count for that?

copper pawn
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the affix must have the word minion before anything else

brave whale
#

Is trading ever going to be a thing?

rustic meteor
brave whale
# rustic meteor Yes

When can I trade someone. I just want to trade freinds. Like without playing withthem

rustic meteor
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It will be in a future patch

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You will be able to choose between 2 paths

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1 will give you boost to mf 2 will give you access to trade

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(To make it short)

stone arch
#

but i think both will give you access to trade with friends, right?

amber tree
#

You will always have access to gifting, and playing with people can give you an item make an item giftable

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Trading without playing with someone at all will be done through the bazaar AFAIK, once it and it's faction is available

copper pawn
#

actually I'm not so sure about gifting after the new faction system is implemented, we know that 1 faction cannot wear items dropped by another faction, thus cross-faction gifting basically bypass this faction limit, allowing serious exploitation

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so I believe the limit to gifting is that both players have to be in the same faction

teal flame
#

If I recall correctly, you can gift items to the other faction, but they will have a faction rank requirement to equip. So if you're the Merchant faction, you won't be able to equip gear dropped by the Fortune faction. But if you later swap faction to Fortune, you'll be able to equip it.

verbal violet
#

does someone has also log in problems atm? i cant join online game

sudden depot
tawny sand
karmic nimbus
#

all that for 1 weak healing potion?

#

nvm misread

teal flame
#

I wonder if those are permanent upgrades to the healing potions you find, that would kinda justify the expense

karmic nimbus
#

it is

tawny sand
teal flame
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For some reason I've always hated gold values that are so crazy like that