video-games

[polar dragon]

Sir the economy is shrinking. Server maintenance costs money so please kindly go away.

[fathom juniper]

cool characters, neat, creative mechanics, great dialogue, awesome driving physics, cool dystopian setting

[signal kayak]

So an actual good game from Ubisoft?

Pinch me

[fathom juniper]

yeah - so how about we stop relying on ubishaft's servers and go back to dedicated servers?

if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it and crap the bed in just a few years

especially on pc

[fathom juniper]

🤏

i dunno - there are much older games out there that still have working multiplayer modes and thriving communities - all of that thanks to dedicated servers
and all of that for all of... 0$ spent by the publisher on server maintenance

[hybrid jetty]

turning off online for asscreed 2 is a weird choice isn't that the one everyone likes

[fathom juniper]

yup

i'm sorry mr. ubisoft for liking your older titles

i swear it won't happen again

also - how about this 😚👌 golden nugget of corporate greed?
"Additionally, the installation and access to downloadable content (DLC) will be unavailable."

as i understand it - you won't even be able to download a piece of DLC even if you bought it

also this
"Closing the online services for some older games allows us to focus our resources on delivering great experiences for players who are playing newer or more popular titles."

nah nah nah - you can't just enjoy our older games
go buy our new crap

• sigh *
  since we're talking about ubisoft again

i'm legally obligated to post this:
https://youtu.be/KwgR1DdukEE

[fathom juniper]

hey @ocean iris
you just finished MGS5, right?

[ocean iris]

yes.

(late answer)

@fathom juniper

[fathom juniper]

so 👏
are you going to play the sequel?

[ocean iris]

uhhhhhhhhh

what sequel?

[fathom juniper]

Metal Gear: Survive

[ocean iris]

https://i.redd.it/a604rad7j4651.png

[fathom juniper]

Why do all series i love have to go down the crapper so bad?
like... come on - can't i have just one that ends on a high note?

[mystic wave]

just dont love things 4head

[fathom juniper]

yeah im getting there

[polar dragon]

Step 1: Milk a series
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Kill the series when a product inevitably flops

If a series has a high note then the company would keep making sequels.
It's Peter's Principle but for vidya gaem.

[ocean iris]

the phantom pain totally didn't flop-

oh wait

i keep forgetting about survive

[fathom juniper]

well
they haven't killed doom yet

even if bethesta manages to duck up the main series it's still gonna stick around for 3 more decades due to mods and other stuff like that

but it's an exception to the rule

[ocean iris]

https://youtu.be/cpJ0jBTdP70

God I cant wait for this game.

First was System of a Down now Arch Enemy?

Dark Tranquility too my god

It's only the vocalists tho. I think.

[rancid token]

Aw man I just remembered Biomutant

[hybrid jetty]

first person in the world to remember biomutant

[hybrid jetty]

the demo was so sick

even the tutorial level's music was great I can't for it

[woven breach]

I may or may not have replayed the demo 10 times

it's just too good

[polar dragon]

HEAR MEEEE

FEEL MEEEE

is it me or the boss beat is slightly faster?

[woven breach]

it is

[polar dragon]

whats your score

[woven breach]

forgot

can't really check it now

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/993705733969416192/unknown.png

i tried my damdest

:(

[dire condor]

I think we can all agree that sonic games have the best music

[hybrid jetty]

I don't think we can

[fathom juniper]

Not unless we’re talking sonic mayhem

[woven breach]

Nier series is pretty high on that list for me

[fathom juniper]

Ye

[ocean iris]

hoo boy

https://i.imgur.com/SgrCt1B.png

ok so they DID release the lineup

god damn that's a good one

wish they got Korn's Welch too because his voice is so unique and I want more live scatting xd

[fathom juniper]

Talk about star power, holy

[sand sleet]

Heroes of the storm is a better game than league of legends and dota 2 imo

But it has such a smaller fanbase

[proven python]

Good day

https://tenor.com/view/attention-seeking-attention-please-pretty-please-attention-cat-cute-cat-gif-23608228

[wise cedar]

Yrel makes me feel good

blizzard makes me feel bad

[sand sleet]

You played heroes of the storm?

Yrel is a good character

[wise cedar]

Dota 2 hammerlady doesn't give me the same brain juices as yrel :<

she even has a lot of the same kit, just it doesn't feel right

[sand sleet]

My favorite is Zul'jin

[wise cedar]

I never played him

I forget, does he have any native mobility?

[sand sleet]

What's that I forgot

[wise cedar]

like, blinks or somethin

[sand sleet]

Oh

No

He has healing though

Really good healing

And he can switch to berserker mode

When every time he throws an axe he loses 1% of his health

But the less health he has the faster he throws and more damage he deals

High risk high reward character ig

Absolutely unusual choice for me

Also he can slow and mark enemies

[hybrid jetty]

hots is the only moba I've ever enjoyed
I used to play a lot of it

[wise cedar]

I like people that blink in, survive everything and distrupt everything

e.g. yrel and puck

Surprise!

[hybrid jetty]

spend ages playing abathur

[sand sleet]

Diablo also I think

Iirc

[wise cedar]

ooh, abby is fun

[sand sleet]

It's the spider demon with very long range abilities right

[wise cedar]

zerg dude that hides in bushes

and has full map control yeh

[sand sleet]

Oh that one

[hybrid jetty]

yeah
the slug that just plays StarCraft while everyone else plays the actual game

[sand sleet]

I also played the one of the newest characters I forgot her name

With the chain sword

And artanis

[sand sleet]

Qhira

[wise cedar]

Arty is mah boi

[hybrid jetty]

my other two highest characters are ragnaros and deathwing

I wish the game's development team was more than just a potted plant it's really the best moba

[sand sleet]

I also played diablo, lunara and fenix but not as much

They're really op

[sand sleet]

Both very

Lava

Lots of lava

[hybrid jetty]

yeah lol

[wise cedar]

I used to play Cho or Gall a lot with my gf

it was funny

[sand sleet]

Cho and gall could be fun but I never had anyone to play with

[sand sleet]

What's your level btw

[sand sleet]

And yours

[hybrid jetty]

I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it was around the high 400 range

[wise cedar]

yeah, FIIK

not installing it to find out 😛

[sand sleet]

Damn

I had around 100

[ocean iris]

im just like venom snake but instead of shrapnels in my body i have microplastics

[wraith cradle]

I was a Varian Main in HoTS

[junior crown]

I used to play Chrome,Cho'Gall with a pal, some healers, that bush starcraft character and a bunch of other easy to pick up characters.

It's sad HOTS is Blizzard related but it's without a doubt one of the more chill mobas out there.

[polar dragon]

Raynor/Valar main checking in

I love degen simple a move champs

Hit a, move back repeat

Too bad it's blizz so i stopped playing

[lusty pendant]

Just realized Thorr from FEH has the same VA as Persephone and Demeter

[ocean iris]

https://i.imgur.com/WJsWx2C.jpeg

holy crap

i won my first fall guys match

last game was hexagone

i just griefed the very last bottom section

[winged dew]

For people who played Fall Guys prior to f2p, was the game always so...Fortnite-y in its progression systems?

The game's fun, I just saw that the game only went f2p under Epic Games and immediately saw the similarities

[mystic wave]

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxmJzPzK09ZDn8O9H0W751akCsoNCwSnE8

[winged dew]

Super Lucky's Tale is one of the first times I've seen a developer actively release multiple "attempts" at the same game. Xbox Game Pass has both New Super Lucky's Tale and its predecessor, Super Lucky's Tale, and it's fascinating to play through both and see they can feel so different even though they're basically the same game

If you're the type that likes to learn about game design, playing the first few levels of the two games back to back makes you appreciate how difficult it is to get game feel right, even for professional developers. Both games' first levels are ostensibly the same, but the controls and physics are so different between the two that they feel like entirely different games.

[fathom juniper]

Oh nu
Blizzard don goofed again

[signal kayak]

Oho

With what though?

[broken smelt]

Blizzards legal division sent a C&D to the creator of a warcraft 3 fan project (that was made by reverse engineering warcraft 3) on the day of the 20th anniversary of the game

[signal kayak]

Were they gaining money in any way?

Like, donations via Patreon or something

[stable kindle]

idk which fan project this is about and google is not showing me anything recent but if its the re-reforged one by insanemonster, yes they literally have a giant patreon link that is specifically for the project

[signal kayak]

I hate that Blizzard did it, but unfortunately they could very well be in their right to do so

It's just like Nintendo and their C&Ds

[fathom juniper]

Yeah…

Still - we wouldn’t be in this situation if not for reforged

[signal kayak]

More like refunded

[fathom juniper]

See - here’s the problem

The problem is that blizzard…
Made a good game

A game that people played and enjoyed

They made a product that lasted for two decades
And we can’t have that in an age of planned obsolescence

[fathom juniper]

Don’t you just love it when your software has an expiration date cause by greed and not hardware changes ?

Oh it’s the best

[tidal minnow]

i think that's why people still love games like tf2 and fallout new vegas

they were created pretty much by video game artisans, people who loved what they did and wanted the world to enjoy it too

the "satoru iwata making games on calculators for his friends" spirit

and while plenty of modern big-name AAA games have that same charm and sincerity buried somewhere deep inside them (examples that come to mind are half life alyx, outer worlds, deathloop) it's sorta muffled and constrained by being required by shareholders to make the funny line go up

[dire warren]

i'm genuinely unsure whether i'm seeing this kinda thing more now because i'm older, or because back in the day big game companies cared about more than the money. or, more, they didn't have the big people at the top who care about nothing other than the funny numbers.

[tidal minnow]

there were plenty of terrible cash-grabs back then too, licensed games especially

but i think the modern era has put some unique stuff into the mix like live-service type games such as fortnite becoming the new meta

either way though there'll always be creative people making cool stuff for the sake of it, that's why undertale and deltarune and hades too to an extent were still the talk of the town for literal months after their release

[winged dew]

I think the difference is that the "indie scene" wasn't really a thing back in the day. The size of the dev team for something like TF2 or even WC3 was probably about the same size as your typical indie team now

Or I guess, to put it more accurately, AAA development as we know it now wasn't nearly as common. Most of the games we know and love from the era were some level of AA by today's standards

[fathom juniper]

folks

just...

https://youtu.be/9GI10jM3p9Y
just watch this

[rancid linden]

#bot-commands

[fathom juniper]

yes
henlo
this is me, the bot 🤖

what would you like to do

[ocean iris]

hey anyone got this month's humble choice?

if nobody needs it, anyone mind giving away Deep Rock Galactic lol

[rustic falcon]

speaking of, new bundle
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/play-with-pride

im a little tempted to get it even though i only want some of the games/have some of them already 🤔

[fathom juniper]

oh that's nice

also
"play with pride"
isn't that what all the twitch streamers have been telling me for years now?

oh wait, no
that's "sub with prime"

[ocean iris]

honestly selection could have been better but the monster camp and prom ones go hard

[fathom juniper]

also
nice daft punk reference in that 2064 subtitle

[stable kindle]

lost ember is pretty nice, i need to finish it some time

[mystic wave]

https://twitter.com/sassy_sony007/status/1520435130384494598

✨SassySony✨ (@sassy_sony007)

Saw this Sam and Frodo duo in #ELDENRING

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[ocean iris]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/cutting-room-floor

omg

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/780925722965311538/994528631760113724/unknown.png?width=1202&height=676

[queen carbon]

New Arcaea update is terrifying

[winged dew]

This new Cuphead DLC is the first release in a while where the spoilers popping up on my YT feed are really pissing me off

Tbf it is my fault for waiting so long to play it

[dire warren]

me with deltarune chpt. 2, i did my best to stay away from everything somewhat related to it and within the day i had been spoiled for 95% of it

...i've beaten the final boss of sunbreak, at least, so now i can let my guard down on that end.

[winged dew]

Would you have been mad over Monster Hunter spoilers? I guess MH and MMO style games I'd be a little less angry over since they're kind of built for the grindset already

But then again, not a MH guy so I could see spoilers being a big deal. I just don't know enough about the game to know what would constitute a big MH spoiler

[fathom juniper]

in today's episode of "this dumb industry doing some dumb stuff"...

https://twitter.com/TsuboiKlein/status/1544772979988520960

KleinTsuboi (@TsuboiKlein)

Thank you @BandaiNamcoUS and @ELDENRING for giving me this gift and congratulating me for being #LetMeSoloHer . I can still remember my first experience with the soulsborne series and almost quitting because of Iudex Gundyr in Dark souls 3. I'm glad I persisted and (1/3)

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89316

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14764

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an... actually nice and wholesome move?

completely unprompted?

a move that won't even make a dent in their bottom line but will improve their RP?

what is this?
someone pinch me - i must be dreaming

[stable kindle]

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1544952705524764672 yo what 😭

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

'Yu-Gi-Oh' creator Kazuki Takahashi has passed away at age 60

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83588

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Twitter · Jul 7, 2022, 7:53 AM

[winged dew]

Reading further into it, this story is crazy. He was found washed up on the shore

[dire warren]

it's more just the identity of unannounced monsters tbh. not much, it's the same as having a final boss spoiled anywhere else.

[lusty pendant]

I read he was found floating in the sea?

[fathom juniper]

not cool, my man

a tad too soon

[lofty pecan]

Read on reddit that there are usually a few Japanese tourists every year who die at sea near this island when snorkeling and end up on shore

Rip

[lusty pendant]

what even causes those deaths? I know of diving accidents but that happens way below the surface

[signal kayak]

Talking about that got me muted on another server

Just what were the mods thinking...

[ocean iris]

Time to spice things up

MGSV > MGS4

hihihihi

[rancid token]

I mean it certainly plays better imo

But V's problem isn't gameplay

[winged dew]

As someone who does not traditionally like MGS as a franchise, yeah MGSV is pretty good

[stable kindle]

klonoa is out btw 👀

[polar dragon]

who?

[junior crown]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730680/Klonoa_Phantasy_Reverie_Series/

Steam

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

KLONOA is a 3D side-scrolling action game series whose first title was released by Namco in 1997.

Price

$39.99

Recommendations

111

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[ocean iris]

I honestly dont know if MGS4's boss fights or MGSV's are worse

[fathom juniper]

Mgs5 had bossfights ?

[ocean iris]

right.

💀

[winged dew]

So it looks like Facebook Accounts are no longer going to be a requirement for using Oculus products: https://www.oculus.com/blog/meta-accounts/

I don't know if having a VR specific account is any better, but at least you don't have to tie all your personal info to your VR experience?

[ocean iris]

how about

DRM free VR????

like it's supossed to be?

VR should be nothing more than a PC extension not a console

[winged dew]

The Oculus Quest line makes up some 40% of total VR Headset market share, so I'm not sure if the VR Industry agrees with that sentiment

You can literally plug a Quest into a PC and use it as a generic VR headset, which is probably as close as you're going to get.

Heck, the thriving Beat Saber modding community, even on Quest, would indicate that there's still a lot more room for off brand modding shenanigans in VR than there are for things like the Playstation line

[fathom juniper]

I think what @ocean iris had in mind was…
Was the kind of a Microsoft Kinect kind of situation

[ocean iris]

:

[fathom juniper]

Yeah - it’s a cool piece of tech
A great peripheral

[ocean iris]

oops yeah

i just want it to be a peripheral

like wouldnt it way cheaper to make it a wired headset

[fathom juniper]

But that doesn’t really justify requiring an account at a company I do not trust AT ALL

[ocean iris]

i dont like how the cheapest alternative HAS to be online connected and wireless

like the wireless stuff just makes the costs higher imo

[fathom juniper]

There’s nothing there that really needs you to sell your soul to the zucc

[fathom juniper]

That’s how they make that money back

NOW GIMME ALL YOUR DATA

[ocean iris]

but i find it unnecessary

some may like it but for me it just makes it unnecessarily expensive

yes im a cheapskate

how could you tell

[fathom juniper]

Unnecessary?
Yes.
Profitable?
You bet.

[ocean iris]

300 dollars is alright but

idk man

it's as much as a Nintendo Switch

now think about it

which is better for 300 dollars

a fully fledged gaming device or a gaming peripheral

[fathom juniper]

Steam deck

[ocean iris]

steam deck is 300 dollars?

[fathom juniper]

I dunno
I pulled it out of my

Dunno how much it costs

I can barely afford rent anyways

[signal kayak]

Steam Deck should be more expensive

And not worth it at all if you plan to use it only for emulating Switch games, as the emulators available are still far from perfect

[ocean iris]

steam deck's pretty good so far

my sister almost would have gotten one

if it wasnt for the delays

so we just got her a pre build

and I swapped the stock PSU with an actually safe one

prebuilds literally use the least safe PSU's to drive down costs

like you never find a prebuild that has a good CPU and a good GPU

I got one for her that had a GTX 1650 and a Ryzen 3 2nd gen I think

she plays Valorant Minecraft and Roblox so im not expecting her to need more

But yeah general advice when buying a prebuild, ALWAYS, get a safe PSU from Corsair or Seasonic (2 of the best PSU manufacturers) and swap it out

imo the minimum is 500W but depends on the hardware

[gentle cloak]

What Minecraft is she playing that doesn't use infinite processing power?

...I guess probably bedrock

[ocean iris]

nah she just uses optifine

😎

[fathom juniper]

MINECRAFT!
Where benchmarks are made up and performance doesn’t matter

[winged dew]

I get where you're coming from, but, after trying both, having a VR Headset be wireless is a quality that's worth giving up a lot for

Plus, I think you're conflating the Quest with something like PSVR. The Quest is essentially a standalone VR console that you just can also coincidentally moonlight as a typical PC peripheral

Like, its main feature is that you can buy games that load directly into it and don't require a PC to run/function, and those games tend to be pretty solid ports if they have counterparts on PC VR.

Unless you're playing one of those sit down look around type VR experiences, the wireless, no PC approach works wonders for making VR a lot more accessible for the general gaming community.

[woven breach]

my friend just made and presented me a 15 slide powerpoint presentation to convince me to play maplestory

[winter mica]

is that really still around?

i remember that from like 17 or 18 years ago

[woven breach]

he told me it will be a private server

but idk

[winged dew]

How did he fill 15 slides when the only point he needed to make was "it's a cute, chill 2d mmo"?

[woven breach]

some of the sections are why he wants ME to play and not the others

the in game benefits from playing with him

what I would get if I do

it was pretty convincing

and I chocked on my food twice

from laughter

[winged dew]

Um...is there some sort of ulterior motive that's making him put all this effort into it?

[woven breach]

he really just wants me to play maplestory

[fallen sky]

that sounds funny I won't lie

[winged dew]

I feel like there has to have been some free mmo that's caught up to Maplestory by now, but I'm coming up with blanks since a bunch more of the free ones are 3d over 2d

[woven breach]

true

[stable kindle]

yes i was playing just the other day

they merged khaini server since the last i was on 😭 im so sad about losing it, but it got merged to elysium, which IS a cool name in any context so thats still a win for me i think

[winter mica]

it's always so strange to me to see the mmos of my youth. like mabinogi.

[wise cedar]

Every once in a while I'll see some screenshot of ultima online and be like, "Yeah... I played too much of that...."

[vivid mesa]

how is the Sega Genesis Power Rangers game soundtrack so bloody good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvGv-hm45GU&t=1036s

[stable kindle]

stop i feel old 😭

one of my friends started playing mabi again recently too 😭

[lusty pendant]

I want that splatoon pro controller but have no cause to buy it

[ocean iris]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/at-movies-with-lego?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_1_c_atmovieswithlego_bundle

finally

a good bundle

[untold hornet]

im um going to 100% breath of the wild.

[ocean iris]

my sis did that before you hihihi

[untold hornet]

i think a lot of people have lol

im doing it like this

[ocean iris]

once i get a wireless adapter from my friend for my 360 controller im prolly gonna mod botw on pc

[untold hornet]

all shrines, all korok seeds, all compendium entries, all recipes, all towers, and i think thats it..

oh yea

all memories

the recipes is unnecessary i just like cooking in botw

[signal kayak]

All seeds too?

That's just masochistic

[untold hornet]

i like tormenting myself haha

also any chance i get an excuse to run around doing nothing in that game ill take it

oh whoops forgot all side quests too.

im taking a break from shrines right now to work on my korok seeds and recipes

[rancid token]

I think the seeds are probably the worst bit of design in that game?

Mostly that there are way too many and the rewards for collecting them honk

Although I guess the whole game has issues with rewards not really being great

[untold hornet]

i think its fun

[dire warren]

yeah i only plan on getting all weapon slots. all koroks is ridiculous

[untold hornet]

well im gonna do it

[hybrid jetty]

i think the korok seeds are kinda good design if you ignore the urge to be a completionist

the world is so big but you'll never have be starving for seeds

[rancid token]

I think I'd feel better if getting all of them did something cool

[dire warren]

oh also there's kilton's medals. those are a thing to get as well.

[hybrid jetty]

idk i like that you get nothing
but also i hate completionism especially if its necessary for something
still have bad memories from arkham knight

[wild yarrow]

@gilded idol A bit biased, but I'd recommend Receiver 2

[ocean iris]

God I forgot about that game

[winged dew]

Dicey Dungeons on Mobile dropped a few days back: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.terrycavanaghgames.diceydungeons

[wise cedar]

I was bad at that game

On desktop

[ocean iris]

bruh MGS2 becoming more and more relevant

[polar dragon]

oh nice, another roguelite, just like XCOM

[fathom juniper]

[polar dragon]

The temptation is rising to buy StS on my phone

Someone stops me

[lusty pendant]

but why not

[polar dragon]

It would be too big of a distraction

[woven breach]

Helo, I'm here after grinding a specific monster on MHR Sunbreak for 2 days.

Finally got one of what I wanted

...out of 7

[fathom juniper]

buy it on something with a big display

trust me - there's a lot of tiny text in this game

[wild yarrow]

My Hero... Racademia.

[woven breach]

Monster Hunter Rise

[dire warren]

i mean i feel you. i need like 21 of something because about 6 weapons need multiple of it

[river blaze]

do you like hades more than fortnite

[winged dew]

Slay the Spire's mobile ports are actually kinda bad

Not game breaking, but more like "you'll accidentally play a card you didn't mean to at least once a session" kind of stuff

If you're on Android and can stomach the ads (or want to pay the one time IAP to get rid of them) you can try Rogue Adventure instead: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.sharklab.rogueadventure

It's a more...streamlined game than StS but is infinitely more playable on smaller mobile devices

[wise cedar]

Also StS ignores sound settings when loading and then loads for almost literally 5 minutes

[dire warren]

ah i love monster hunter. my friend pointed out that i am stupidly rich and we are now trying our best to work out where on earth i got all this zenny from. we have no idea

[polar dragon]

I made it to A20 so I don't really need to read. But point taken.

[polar dragon]

I do have the Pirates Outlaw game which is a simpler StS

But it's just not the same ykn

[fathom juniper]

wait
you're on ascension 20?

what sort of mathematical genius are you?

[wraith cradle]

Is there any interesting game coming soon-ish? feels like a drought lately

[mystic wave]

new utawarerumono jrpg

[junior crown]

Stray is coming out soon!

[rustic falcon]

i was just going to mention it!

:D

[junior crown]

Yeah I have been following the updates for this one. So excited for release.

[fathom juniper]

gloomwood

[wraith cradle]

Oh I forgot about it

[fathom juniper]

[wraith cradle]

Thanks for the reminder

[fathom juniper]

i didn't

i think about it erry day

... it's gonna be trash, won't it?

[junior crown]

Cult of The Lamb will release this august too

[fathom juniper]

i rarely get hyped for anything nowadays

cause every time i get hyped for something...
...it turns out to be complete garbaggio

[junior crown]

The Wandering Village might go into EA this summer

Tinykin at the end of August too.

Cuphead DLC released not so long ago.

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/995755432389918810/unknown.png

Yes sir. I actually first try A20 lol

but then i die like 10 times at A10 to Act 2

so it most likely a fluke lul

[ocean iris]

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

what the hell

[polar dragon]

Literally who asked for this?

[ocean iris]

i just want a new middle earth game

[dire warren]

at this point i'm not even suprised

[ocean iris]

i finished shadow of mordor and started shadow of war not too long ago

both are great games

why cant we get more of that

[hybrid jetty]

i remember this got announced years ago

lord of the rings video games will do everything except give us an rpg

[ocean iris]

new shadow game when 😭

[hybrid jetty]

ikr 😭

yowch this trailer has twice the number of dislikes

[ocean iris]

i wonder if the wonder woman game with feature the nemesis sysyem

[wraith cradle]

Shadow was as closed as you can be tho

[dire condor]

Now that I've defeated the slime king and the eye of cthulhu, the only bosses I had any previous knowledge on

I'm bereft of direction or objectives

[winged dew]

Klonoa Remasters?

[winter mica]

going to play stardew and i don't know if i should start over or not because it's been months and i totally forget what i was doing

but i don't think i've ever made it past the first year in that game

[woven breach]

never been hyped for a simulator game before

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1694510/Barista_Simulator/

Steam

Barista Simulator

Barista Simulator is a single player barista coffee simulation game. The game allows you to experience what Barista makes. Get ready to work with coffee machines. You can make a wide variety of coffees and you must be able to upgrade your machines to unlock new coffee recipes. Just some of the coffees you can make are Black coffee, Latte, Cappuc...

Release Date

Very Soon

[polar dragon]

omg lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7rntSmx1bU

Dunkey knocked it out of the park for this one. It's funny and oddly educational lol.

[winged dew]

The only simulator game I've been able to get into is Accounting+

[polar dragon]

Somehow dude still managed to innovate his vids. Good for him.

[winged dew]

Yeah Dunkey's gone from funny meme guy to voice of the community gaming essayist in a way that's always felt really natural

[ocean iris]

wow another reason to screw Riot games

i uninstalled valorant and their vanguard thing

then i tried uninstalling the riot client

guess what it doesnt show as an exe in the control pannel or uninstall window in settings

you uninstall it by deleting a folder

why the HELL would they do that

god i hate this company

yeah so my recommendation is not to install their invasive software

[weary echo]

Any sane person should already know that LoL and everything related to it is evil and should be avoided at all costs anyway

[ocean iris]

i just wanted to play valorant with my sister

im sticking to csgo now no thanks

[proven python]

I love valorant. Its kinda hard but you learn with time. I am playing for a year and i still enjoy it. I know riots games are kinda like drugs. You play a bit and it becames your lifes part. LoL is the best exepemple of it

[ocean iris]

eh i didnt find it hard

i just couldnt be arsed to learn it

also how intrusive it all was

vanguard and the client

[hybrid jetty]

yeah i had thought about trying valorant back when it came out until i learned about that

[winged dew]

I was writing a post defending Riot after reading this thread and then realized I didn't want to go to bat for Valorant and League of Legends of all things

I think I've grown out of the whole esports demographic honestly. I just want to play games to have fun now

Although I will say that speedrunning feels like the natural progression from esports: All the satisfaction of the esports grind without nearly as much of the weird social pressure to perform

[polar dragon]

laughs in speedrun cheating scandals

[rustic falcon]

wasnt there one just recently in sgdq

[polar dragon]

As someone who uninstalled Riot stuff 'regularly,' that's likely just a folder with shortcuts or leftover log files. They are harmless except taking up your storage space. I would chalk it up to incompetence rather than malice.

[ocean iris]

well that's reassuring

i was gone a bit cause i attempted to unrust my bike chain

[polar dragon]

I heard that if you collect the rust you can use that as seasoning

Like paprika or chili flakes

[signal kayak]

Extra source of iron, very healthy (?)

[ocean iris]

im sad

angered

and oily

aaaaaaaa

it's okay it didnt fully go away but yeah

right.

gaming.

well, uh, Rust!

[polar dragon]

People who think free choice is a gift clearly have never played Slay the Spire

[fathom juniper]

[winged dew]

Well...not nearly as much social pressure for the most part

No one's raging at your 35 minute 16 star pb

[fathom juniper]

FOLKS!

quick!

stop what you're doing and hop in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvb04gU_UmU&ab_channel=Noclip-VideoGameDocumentaries

the absolute mad lads, making the industry better, one video at a time

[polar dragon]

But but I'm working brother

[fathom juniper]

Same

[kindred herald]

anyone play Curse of the Dead Gods? Looks kind of like Hades

[fervent gyro]

I did. The gameplay is slower and less forgiving than in Hades, making it harder imo. You have to be precise with your strikes and plan attacks well, as you can get easily overwhelmed by enemies. The atmosphere is amazing, dark and dangerous, the lighting playing a big role. Fighting is quite satisfying, you can really feel landing the blows. Worth trying for sure, I dropped it after around 30 hours, conquering first full temple and reaching final bosses on the other two, a good worth for the money, I'd say.

[kindred herald]

thanks Tiank - I have trouble with Hades sometimes so I appreciate the honest info I might pass on it for now

[polar dragon]

I personally think the timing for things like parrying/perfect dodging is more lenient in Curse of the Dead Gods. However, you have to do a lot more of it because it is an essential part of the game as opposed to the fact that you can play the stay away game with ranged weapons in Hades or just hold a block button with shield in Hades and still be effective at combat.

If you have played Bloodborne, or most Soulslike games, the combat feels oddly familiar.

[kindred herald]

I have not played those type of games thank you Foxhope

sounds like a pass for me

[tidal hatch]

Remember memory cards? Feel old yet?

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/706631816399945770/996588587128721458/unknown.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/706631816399945770/996588614353965056/unknown.png

gottem

[wise cedar]

I made a train network for my 3 main production hubs in satisfactory and it took a while so I wanted to share it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dp7W1XT15Q

[ocean iris]

omg lollipop chainsaw remake announced

[signal kayak]

Whoa...Axiom Verge is the Metroidvania

[hybrid jetty]

https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/1547216944470069248

PlatinumGames Inc. (@platinumgames)

Relax, the witch is back and sexier than ever🌙

We've added the revolutionary "Naive Angel Mode" to Bayonetta 3 so more people can fully enjoy it👍

By turning it on, you can play right in the living room without having to worry about what's on screen... we think😅
#Bayonetta3

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Twitter · Jul 13, 2022, 1:50 PM

ok this is actually a really nice feature

[gentle cloak]

So is this some kind of safe for work mode?

[hybrid jetty]

yeah pretty much

i don't think it'll cut down on the uh...posing
but it gives them all some clothes lol

while I don't mind it at all it would have been nice to not have to check over my shoulder lmao

[gentle cloak]

I know very little about Bayonetta but I've been told they decided a bunch of outfits by, and I quote "spinning a wheel of fetishes". I don't know the accuracy of that statement

[hybrid jetty]

its not that accurate her outfit is mostly normal it just happens to get removed a lot

everything else though
maybe

[signal kayak]

Makes sense in context

[hybrid jetty]

trust me player it is vitally imperative that she gets naked to summon this bird demon from hell

[ocean iris]

https://i.imgur.com/l7F0nvP.png

first damned comment

twitter moment

jesus christ twitter never went out of the anti sjw 2016 phase

[fathom juniper]

wait
i don't even know who's anti who

how is an optional booba filter any worse than blood settings from other games?
oldschool shooters included

[mystic wave]

one of the replies
Me when I choose to put a shirt on before stepping outside of the house: "I can't believe I'm censoring myself like this"

[fathom juniper]

like - don't get me wrong
if it wasn't optional and bayo 3 would cut out most of the suggestive stuff i'd be angry too
even if i never played bayo - censorship in games usually makes me a bit

but as an optional feature?

double thumbs up

you wanna your bayo 3 to be as obscene as previous ones? sure - go right ahead

you wanna chill with it after work without having to worry about explaining to your kids what they just saw after running in? just flip a switch

[polar dragon]

My lord people need less free time so they don't put opinions like that on the Internet.

My man actually should go touch grass

[fathom juniper]

what?
bad takes?
on twitter, of all the places?

no way 😱

[polar dragon]

Also

Can I just say

I don't like WFH

[fathom juniper]

no

DANG IT

[polar dragon]

Well too bad

[fathom juniper]

just wasn't quick enough

also
what's WFH?

[polar dragon]

Working from home?

I get free mocha coffee, tea, snacks, AC at work

[fathom juniper]

lucky you

all i get at work is anxiety

[polar dragon]

Oh and multi monitor setup. Working on a single laptop screen is torture

[polar dragon]

Oh :(

Do you get free cold water at the cooler at least?

[fathom juniper]

water?
yes

cold?
optional

nah im joking, of course
it's not that bad

the office is nice and i'm working with a rather nice crew

it's just...
you know

sales and customer service

[polar dragon]

Neat. I want my mint tea

Ahhh

[fathom juniper]

anything goes, really
it's a coin flip

[polar dragon]

Also I made this meme
Me: A bad card doesn't become good just because it's free.
Ceramic Fish: What if I give you 9 gold to take it?

[fathom juniper]

yesterday this really nice lady told me that instead of sitting behind the desk and wasting her time i should be more productive and be sitting in church instead

[polar dragon]

Lmao

[fathom juniper]

ma'am - i'm a non-believer

YEAH I CAN SEE THAT! she shouted at me and stormed out the office

anyways
viddygaems

[signal kayak]

Smells like a Karen

[fathom juniper]

anyways
bayo 3 - i hope it sells well and keeps platinum afloat

i'd be a shame to see them go under...
...again...

after babylon's fail

fall

whatever

[polar dragon]

I oddly had a very similar experience. I'll type it out in #general later

Mayhaps I'll give Bayonetta or DMC5 a run

I usually don't like those games though

[signal kayak]

I thought Babylon's Fall was a SE title?

[fathom juniper]

funny thing
i was recently thonking quite hard about giving dmc5 a shot

cause BOI

that soundtrack hits harder than a vodka red bull on an empty stomach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LWYBy3qPrs&ab_channel=Ryan5gediche

also
DMC memes are some of the funniest stuff i've ever seen

[next patio]

Vergil dlc is so satisfying

I press buttons>instant sss and things are ded

[signal kayak]

Hold on, I can't post pics :/

[next patio]

Send to other server, copy img link

[fathom juniper]

guess you're not motivated enough

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/996868395842666628/unknown.png

[signal kayak]

Uh, wat

Well this is embarrassing

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/845986872153079828/996868112249012356/hlQLqR9Gk_u1swsmqC_PBhhg6qXOHNCcoXhAIGWBVVU.png

I'm finally motivated

[fathom juniper]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/996871057577357462/wth_is_this.mp4

nah mate
get on my level

[signal kayak]

🗿

[queen carbon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/396369575974797314/996880113935323246/unknown.png

Overpowered character in action

This is HoloCure

And the character here is Nanashi Mumei

Once you upgrade her primary weapon, you can forget about aiming

[next patio]

Fun game, tho i have to play in mute now lol

[queen carbon]

The music and sounds got too grating?

[next patio]

The same loop of the music ye

[queen carbon]

Yeah, I muted it as well

Do wish there were more music covers, but ah well, it's a fangame that's really really recent

I, for one, hope for more environment and different enemies

[next patio]

Dev is planning new update for i think august?

https://twitter.com/HoloCureGame/status/1546297091168751616

HoloCure (@HoloCureGame)

Just to keep expectations, new content update probably won't be for a little while! Aiming for August.

For now wanted to show some teasers so you can rest assured we're not stopping or slowing down any time soon. Thanks for understanding! (:

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Twitter · Jul 11, 2022, 12:55 AM

[queen carbon]

Niiiice :>

[woven breach]

understandable, I still hear the music now after not playing it for a week

[stable kindle]

squints, vampsurv game but with vtubers, yall wild

[mystic wave]

out of nowhere, after like a hundred years of not thinking about it
i thought
i wanna play tiberian sun

[polar dragon]

anyone played gordian quest before?

[polar dragon]

like the CnC one?

[mystic wave]

yeah

[polar dragon]

is Tiberian Sun considered old school RTS?

[mystic wave]

im not well versed in these terms. it old, so well duh! xD

just learned that tiberian sun is freeware now

[junior crown]

a bit a year or so ago. It feels strange? Like it feels like mechanics are just stitched together to work, but it lacks the feeling of punch when playing it. Maybe it's better, but when it was in EA, that's how I felt.

I probably should retry it now that it's out of EA

[proven python]

Enjoy

[wraith cradle]

Same, gonna replay it some day

And God, 13 Sentinels is SO good.

[mystic wave]

13 sentinels poggers

[dire warren]

wait, ea as in early access or ea as in ea. both are valid reasons

[fathom juniper]

Both are just as bad

[junior crown]

early access

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/997354026704322651/unknown.png

How many red flags do you want in your games?
This game: Yes.

Open World Survival Crafting RPG Mobile Game with Monster Hunting

[next patio]

Idk if i just suck at MGR or the camera is stopping me from parrying each time

[proven python]

You have to move your mowment Button for each attack and press parry.

[next patio]

Yeah i know how to start the parry

Sometimes it just wont get into the stance

[proven python]

Ok

[ocean iris]

wake up diamond dogs

it's friday

[winged dew]

Played through Hack 'n' Slash over an evening as a backlog cleaner, and it's actually quite a bit of fun as far as Zelda skinned educational programming games go: https://store.steampowered.com/app/246070/Hack_n_Slash/

Steam

Hack 'n' Slash

Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!The wizard has mandated that everyone confine themselves to the village, the castle armory has started to forge weapons so powerf...

Price

$13.37

Recommendations

481

Metacritic

73

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As a software engineer myself I can definitely see the game losing people by the end for how insane it eventually gets with debugging subroutines on subroutines, but for about 3/4 of the game it manages to stay mostly on the rails for programming newbies imo

[wraith cradle]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/898890/Endling__Extinction_is_Forever/

Steam

Endling - Extinction is Forever

Will a mother fox manage to keep its little cubs alive?Experience a world ravaged by mankind through the eyes of the last fox on Earth in this eco-conscious adventure.Discover the destructive force of the human race, like it, day after day corrupts, pollutes, and exploits the most precious and valuable resources of the natural environment. Explo...

Price

$26.99

Release Date

19 Jul, 2022

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Great game coming in 3 days

It has a demo

[fervent gyro]

Ooh, looks interesting! Foxes are lovely, I always felt bad for them when I used to live on London, as you could see them quite often on the streets, scavenging for food during the night and they looked as if they were starving :(

[wraith cradle]

You know? it's kinda funny both Endling and Stray come out the 19

Two games about wild animals surviving in a weird post-apocalyptic Earth

[fathom juniper]

ok, so
serious talk time now

can i get some DMC5 players in here?

i've got stuff to talk about

[polar dragon]

I am the storm that is approaching

[fathom juniper]

ok great

i... forgot what i wanted to ask about

[polar dragon]

FORSAKENED I AM AWAKENED

[fathom juniper]

[signal kayak]

I'd buy Stray but it's only for the PS5 if I go for a physical copy :/

[next patio]

fun game

[woven breach]

aww

too bad

I'm awakened

[winged dew]

I know nothing about Stray other than the fact that you play as a cat

So honestly great marketing can't wait to play

[queen carbon]

So

Time to boycott Unity I suppose

[ocean iris]

what happened

[queen carbon]

They purchased a company that made malware

[ocean iris]

well crap guess i cant play GTTOD now

[queen carbon]

Looking into it, the company that has been acquired is now producing ads for mobile

Sooooo not a good sign either way

Oh also the CEO decided to insult developers because according to him they must be dedicated to nothing except making money, only money and nothing but money

[signal kayak]

They're merging, which is even worse

Just the idea of insulting their own moneymakers is enough for me to not buy games that run on Unity

Unfortunately, that won't do crap about that CEO of garbage

[ocean iris]

looks like half the indie game scene is dead then

if people just straight up boycott games made with unity

[stable kindle]

lmao that wont happen, look at all the people who swear off epic products and dont include unreal engine in that

theres not gonna be any kind of meaningful "boycott" against unity bc the gaming community is wholly unable to commit to such a thing

no matter how old this incident gets it will always be relevant https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/331246206103584769/998281427470790687/kDPZvCdjUQRl-IkAorp5g6Lff9Jkd4LsTOU_eoeEWNs.jpg

[ocean iris]

you cant exactly just boycott unity

most indie games run off that

at least the ones i play

also how would it even work

it only affects the sales of the developer

[fervent gyro]

Head to #h1-for-new-players and/or #h1-builds-and-combat for guidance.

[stable kindle]

it doesnt, is the point

anyone talking about boycotting unity is full of it

and, to be frank, doesnt understand a single thing about game dev lol

[hybrid jetty]

yeah the worst thing that will happen is like....a handful of devs might not pick unity next time
and that's pushing it tbh learning engines is hard

[junior crown]

At most if Unity does go in direction of what people fear, developers may stick to older version of Unity instead of updating it to newer version, which has it downside of having less likely chance of working well with newer consoles or something. As of right now though, current actions shouldn't affect the ongoing developments and that's worry of whatever happens to Unity and what it comes with in much later time. But it's not like other engines don't come with their share of problems as well, just not as well covered on what they may miss in to offer during development.
Overall the whole situation is just a headache for developers to have and read what the company behind Unity or their representatives have to say about game development, with a worry of possibilities, but not certain fate of future of Unity.

[mystic wave]

dont worry about unity
they will thrive
in this timeline where mobile gaming market makes bigger profit than pc gaming
its we that are doomed

[rustic falcon]

https://deconstructeam.itch.io/de-tres-al-cuarto
de tres al cuarto released for free on itch to celebrate deconstructeam's 10 year anniversary, i highly recommend playing it if you have 90 minutes to spare. the rest of the games they have up are also really cool!

[mystic wave]

waiting for alma to play 13 sentinels

[rustic falcon]

oh my, me? 👀 but my backlog keeps getting bigger and i need to save my money now.... but my switch is a bit neglected currently....

[mystic wave]

you like vns or story heavy games dont you

[rustic falcon]

i just started playing va-11 hall-a, so i guess that answers it :D

[mystic wave]

maybe your taste is like mine

[wraith cradle]

If you are gonna play Stray

4.5 hours to finish

10 hours to 100%

Perfect for some weekend binge

Also Endling and Hazel Sky are coming this weekend

Great week for indie gamers

[signal kayak]

I bought that like a couple of weeks ago, I've gotta play it a bit more but there's so much in the backburner :/

[rustic falcon]

i relate, i still havent played most of the games i bought in the steam sale... and havent finished one from the previous one...

[wraith cradle]

I'm still with Sentinels but will leave it aside to do Stray

Gonna binge it

It's Cat Time 😎

Instead of being able to pet the cat you are the cat

[signal kayak]

I'd totally buy that game

Unfortunately, it's not on physical format for PS4

[wraith cradle]

Maybe some Limited Run in the future

The game looks is gonna be succesful so maybe you get lucky

[mystic wave]

the story is GOAT

[signal kayak]

Oh, I have a bone to pick with Limited Run releases

Not long ago I wanted to pick up One Step From Eden, I went to get the Japanese release, which was at half the price...but for some reason, the developer made it so only the Limited Run physical version can be played in English, not the Japanese release

Now it's either get it in digital format, learn Japanese or spend way more than 60€ on it

[mystic wave]

second option is the best one

[signal kayak]

Brain hurts

[wraith cradle]

I'm 24% in Sentinels

The hard part is getting track of all Japanese names

[mystic wave]

i dont have trouble with names, but i did spend quite some time in the archives, piecing things together

its great when i played it myself
then got my friend to play it and listen to them trying to puzzle out the story
was a real blast

[stable kindle]

limited run has their share of controversy, seen some people making vids the past year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS3ja5JnkAQ

i do think they have kinda lost their way nowadays compared to how they started

[signal kayak]

No wonder people groan when they hear X game is being released in physical format via Limited Run

[hybrid jetty]

can someone summarize what's wrong with limited run specifically

[winged dew]

Haven't watched the video, but from experience their runs are basically glorified commemorative status pieces since they take forever and a day to release after the actual release date

And they typically sell out too fast for it to be used as a viable alternative to buying the game digitally

i.e. I'm assuming the scalping thing will be a reasonably sized section of the video

[signal kayak]

I only caught wind of OSFE physical release six months after the Limited Run release, and copies around there cost about twice as much as the original price

[polar dragon]

my daily dose of drama. ty

[polar dragon]

I spent the hour watching the video
Basically,
Shady inventory, holding out on stock, with potential channels to resell at scalping prices on eBay. They don't explicitly do it, just enable it.
Making scummy FOMO marketing, segmenting games, arbitrary editions to lure collectors to buy multiple editions of the same game.
Terrible quality control with next to none customer support. Their ToS is also extremely anti consumer.
Reprint "limited" editions. Claim some products are limited edition but accept unlimited preorders (lol).
Potential false advertising and hypocrisy. Claim to pursue game preservation but literally selling people Steam codes. On Twitter says that there is a disc for the game but it's only the code. After the edition with only the code is released, delete said Tweet.
The CEO is a slimy dirtbag narcissist.
General unprofessionalism on Twitch and Discord.

Oh and the classic video game trick, collectors edition to catch whales with trashy and overpriced junks.

[hybrid jetty]

yikes

sucks cause there's almost never physical copies of most indie games

[polar dragon]

Honestly can't say I relate

I literally have never owned a physical copy in my life except for 2 GBA cartridges which I'm 99% sure are knock offs lol.

All of my games are digital and I can't say I hate it.

[hybrid jetty]

I mean same
I'm not that bothered by it lol almost all of my games are digital anyways except for a handful of switch titles

just neat to have

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/998825406385885244/unknown.png

what games should fill the last two slots?

[signal kayak]

Hades

[polar dragon]

Already owned :)
I'm looking for something turn based, kinda

[rustic falcon]

black book is fun but very plot heavy but its great. it does have a roguelite dlc though i havent tried it

[junior crown]

Opening my rogue vault

Wildermyth maybe?

[winged dew]

Surprised you don't have Inscryption on there considering the Darkest Dungeons and Ring of Pain picks

[junior crown]

going for wildermyth and streets of rogue. these are quite good rogues.

[winged dew]

Also Wargroove is pretty fun but is more Advanced Wars style tactics than anything you put here

[mystic wave]

lobotomy corporation is a roguelite @ fox!

[signal kayak]

Library of Ruina too, similar gameplay

[mystic wave]

ruina is GOAT
gotta do lobo corp first for the full experience

[signal kayak]

I've seen a bit of gameplay and...holy crap, are those not overwhelming to you?

[signal kayak]

Opinions on the Darksiders games?

[winged dew]

The first one is Zelda for edgelords

2 onwards trends more towards hack and slash and is infinitely less interesting imo

Honestly Darksiders 1 is pretty good from a wtf is this perspective

[signal kayak]

Can imagine 3 isn't great?

[low nymph]

https://youtu.be/2hi_9kFmguM

[wraith cradle]

Anyone playing Stray?

Is a good game, very good or a purrfect game?

[mystic wave]

i havent but i'll go with the third option

[mystic wave]

ruina? gotta admit the tutorial's a bit hard to grasp. after "just play it" for a few fights it got kinda intuitive
and when it clicks its fun. its like every fight is unique and you have to strategize for them, like solving a puzzle
quite different than say, games where you run into enemies you've fought time and again and just do the same thing every time

[wraith cradle]

Library of Ruina is one if my favourite games ever

[wraith cradle]

The game is quite generous at first, the first 4 chapters can be solved by brute forcing them so you can get a grasp into the mechanics

Lobotomy corp meanwhile is quite hard but so satisfying to get to

[stable kindle]

https://twitter.com/CanYouPetTheDog/status/1549410498726318080

Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog)

You can take a nap on the cowboy robot in Stray

Likes

41623

Retweets

5071

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Twitter · Jul 19, 2022, 3:07 PM

[queen carbon]

If you're looking for turn-based, Bug Fables would be my recommendation

[wise cedar]

This game has incredible Untitled Goose Game fan energy

[fringe valley]

did anyone say turnbased roguelike?
as of today, you can play into the breach on mobile for free with a netflix subscription, (and not at all on mobile without it) …

https://twitter.com/subsetgames/status/1549448068197654529?s=20&t=oyIM_7fZAS-ZLxveAYH6dw

Subset Games (@subsetgames)

For those having troubles finding Into the Breach in mobile stores, here are direct links until the search results improve:

https://t.co/Jok4zQbZbP

https://t.co/R1NvdQc9uf

Twitter · Jul 19, 2022, 5:36 PM

[polar dragon]

Into the Breach with Netflix subscription is not a phrase I expected to see in my lifetime.

[fringe valley]

tell me about it. someone over there must’ve put their good taste to a modicum of use

[winged dew]

Netflix powered Android ITB is almost worse than no Android ITB at all

As far as I can tell, this isn't cloud gaming. They're just locking the game behind a subscription paywall

[fringe valley]

yup

[winged dew]

And I'd like to say what my first reaction was but the bot already shot me down once

Welp, can't wait for the crack

[polar dragon]

You can crack Android games?

[hybrid jetty]

yeah lol

its part of the reason why i'd guess a lot of devs make ios ports for games but not always android ones

very common and very easy mostly

[clear pier]

Bug Fables

[polar dragon]

Fug Bables

[lusty pendant]

Pug Tables

[polar dragon]

Cat Cradles

[signal kayak]

Buf Gables

[stable kindle]

let's move on

[polar dragon]

Buffing Gabites?
So Cynthia's Garchomp can terrorize more generations?

[rustic falcon]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947160/CYCLE/
my friends video game is now on steam you should wishlist it :]

Steam

CYCLE

CYCLE is a game that follows Lana, a 22 year old woman who recently lost her mother to unknown causes. Her mother was on a journey to restore energy back to the Tower of the Stars, which provides the energy to the country they live in. After her mother did not return, Lana decides to try and find out the truth herself, and embark on the journey ...

Release Date

2023

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[winged dew]

Idk when Annapurna became the publishers to watch in the Indie Space. With Stray having just come out and Neon White before that, they seem to be going from strength to strength

[pliant pelican]

Annapurna became the best as soon as they published outer wilds

[signal kayak]

Looks like Square Enix has released their new line of figurines...with digital counterparts at higher prices than the physical ones

[dire warren]

wait those three games were all made by the same team?

[pliant pelican]

No

Annapurna interactive is the publisher

[polar dragon]

EA killed Westwood Studio.

[winged dew]

Yeah, Annapurna is Devolver Digital except less cringe imo

[true portal]

Just finished OPUS echos of starsong recently

What a game. Amazing.

[polar dragon]

Both are still pretty decent imo.

[winged dew]

Oh yeah, they both have a good eye for promising indie games. That Devolver Direct is just starting to grate a bit

[polar dragon]

I'm almost done with Iratus

It's kinda mid ngl. Not bad, but pale in comparison to Darkest Dungeon.

[fathom juniper]

why is it that every time i come here the first thing i see is something like this

something that makes me

i came here to spread the joy of viddy gaems
good viddy gaems i played recently!

not cry for westwood and red alert

anyways

DEVIL MAY CRY 5!
i finally bought it and i'm in love with it

[queen carbon]

I'll share something happy as well

I am liking Bug Fables, is good

[fathom juniper]

bug fables?

[queen carbon]

Paper Mario-esque turn-based RPG

[signal kayak]

I'd totally buy that

Big fan of Paper Mario TTYD

[queen carbon]

Then you'll probably like it

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082710/Bug_Fables_The_Everlasting_Sapling/

Steam

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is an adventure-RPG following three heroes, Vi, Kabbu, and Leif, as they embark on an epic quest in Bugaria in search of The Everlasting Sapling, a treasure that can grant immortality! Bug Fables combines colorful platforming with the heroes' unique abilities as they explore a wide variety of areas in the king...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

3058

Metacritic

86

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Here it is

[next patio]

Nice

[fathom juniper]

i mean

it's an...
abusive relationship we're in

[next patio]

I only know how to play vergil, and thats cuz he is stupid strong

[fathom juniper]

i've got a bit of a stockholm syndrome in here

cause boi - this game can piss me off like no other
like - pure, gamepad smashing, loud swearing gamer rage

[queen carbon]

Love and hate?

[fathom juniper]

but then i get an SSS rank and the vocals kick in while i'm stylin all over and i get motivated and then it's all good again

[polar dragon]

Between this and XCOM is a roguelite which one do you prefer?

[fathom juniper]

i'd rather play TLOU2 again with my hands while playing RE5 with my feet

[signal kayak]

What a power move

[polar dragon]

Damn

[fathom juniper]

it's the kind of torture on the level of...
somewhere between the chinese water torture and the oubliette

[signal kayak]

Let's not talk about Fire Emblem then

[fathom juniper]

anyways
let's have some fun with good gaems now
https://youtu.be/qN0y5PtFNis

[signal kayak]

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, I miss those games

[fathom juniper]

WOW
i just realized this thing has 3 mil views

[signal kayak]

Wow

[wraith cradle]

Man, Endling was a sad game but it was enjoyable

[hybrid jetty]

I tried iratus but the whole time I could only think about how I'd much rather be playing dd

it seemed really easy? I got through like the first two areas with barely a problem
and the narrator isn't charming enough for how chatty he is

[polar dragon]

I'm on More Pain, but I agree, I think it's an easier game, especially for DD vets. Maybe Eternal Harvest would change that.
And yeah lmao, I let the audio played for 90 mins and then play my own music playlist lol.

[woven breach]

for extra 5 dollars he better be

that being said

his DLC is the best 5 dollars I've ever spent

by far

[polar dragon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/336283305907322880/999919225332322414/Screenshot_20220722-020136.jpg

Duality of man