but yeah - using that thing didn't feel like using a PC
it felt more like... using a machine that was a physical manifestation of all OSHA violations
#video-games
fathom juniper
that was sometimes booting to windows 95
like - i had no speakers for it, but i got one from a
and get this - a crashed car 
so it was just literally a speaker with two wires coming out of it that i had to twist with other two wires coming out from a cut 3,5mm jack
and that somehow produced sound
polar dragon
I miss Windows XP man
And then I saw Vista on a PC shop and thought it was the most futuristic thing ever
Also my first smartphone
fathom juniper
HURRRRRRRRRRRRR
get that thing away from me!
seriously - Lumias trigger some... irrational PTSD in me
my mom had one of those and it was the worst phone i've ever used
and i've had some real black and white bricks back in the day
to this day microsoft is convinced that this phone was mine only because i logged into it with my microsfot account only to download... calculator and calendar apps for my mom
and there's no way to log out
seriously - any time i see one of those phones i'm like
https://youtu.be/pLHDuZSImwA?t=16
polar dragon
seriously - ***Lumia***s trigger some... irrational PTSD in me
Hey man they look hella chic
fathom juniper
goddamn houseplant of a phone
sure it may look nice, but there isn't much you can do with it besides watching it slowly die from lack of support
bleh 
OH THIS REMINDS ME
i've had like...
hang on - lemme count...
around 12 different phones in my life
and you know which one i'm the most nostalgic about?
polar dragon
Ngage
fathom juniper
sony ericson p800
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1032016924672004126/unknown.png
this absolute CHUNGUS
the absolute UNIT
i used to run doom on it
fathom juniper
and man - playing an honest to god first person shooter...
on a phone from 2002
in landscape mode ||using that scroll wheel on the left to look around ||
polar dragon
They should return to that aesthetic
fathom juniper
felt like some sci-fi future
polar dragon
Instead of the black glass boxes we have
fathom juniper
yeah modern phones are boring as all hell
polar dragon
Idk what phone to upgrade to nowadays
I'm waiting for under screen cameras for 3 years now
Anytime now literally any phone manufacturers
fathom juniper
i sleep
like - if they're so boring, they might as well go all the way
just a black square with no notch for a front facing camera...
actually - no front facing camera at all
polar dragon
Me too bro, me too
fathom juniper
just a 16/9 slab of metal and glass that's all screen
no curved edges, no nothing
running stock android - that's it
polar dragon
The pixel line could have looked kinda chic
IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STUPID CAMERA BAR
Like, whyyyy
fathom juniper
honestly?
i'd rather take the bar that goes across over those comically large camera bumps everyone has
at least it won't rock back and forth when i put it down
sure it's one bar away from looking like it was designed by adidas
but 
at least it's more stable
polar dragon
Or, hear me out, just make the phone slightly thicker and put a massive battery in there
polar dragon
I feel like anything would fall short of my current OP6T lol
fathom juniper
this thing is... borderline lethal
polar dragon
***THE DURACEL PHONE***
Wtf.lmao
What a bad boy
You use your laptop to charge your phone? Forget that
Use your phone to charge your laptop
fathom juniper
this thing is considered a weapon of mass destruction in 40 states and you can't take it on international flights
dude this thing could power a tesla
BIDEO GAEMS! 
how did we get here? 
fathom juniper
and old tech, yeah
polar dragon
And then reflect back to current devices
Real talk, is there a future for gaming on Chromebook
I'm talking light indie titles
Not just phone apps ported over
I can see Hades running on a Chromebook tbh
fathom juniper
how long till someone figures out a way to run doom in hades?
polar dragon
Be the change you want to see in the world
woven breach
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1032019749326032996/un...
You can use it as a weapon
radiant loom
You can use it as a weapon
I think you mean “you can use it as a phone”
As it’s clearly already a weapon
woven breach
gentle cloak
Real talk, is there a future for gaming on Chromebook
I hope not
fathom juniper
Lol
gentle cloak
Who's that in your pfp?
signal kayak
Looks like DMC5 Dante with sunglasses, inside a recycle bin
gentle cloak
Oh, I thought it was "random white male brown haired YouTuber #50" tbh
woven breach
...that's James May
gentle cloak
Is James May a random white male brown haired gaming YouTuber?
gentle cloak
Top gear?
ocean iris
TONIGHT ON TOP GEAR
Richard consumes high doses of alcohol and drives
James commits vehicular manglsaughter
and Jeremy is convicted for tax evasion
fathom juniper
Its James may
Aka. Bim
In Jc Dentons sunglasses
Aka. Deus specks
In a trash can
Aka. A recycle bim
signal kayak
I didn't even recognize James May 
woven breach
Kraja gradually added something to his James May pfp
ocean iris
Top gear?
british tv program about cars which used to be about 3 guys doing stuff together
fathom juniper
It’s more of a…
Comedy show about three dingdongs doing silly stuff that sometimes features cars that go vroom
polar dragon
Sometimes my genius is almost frightening
ocean iris
hybrid jetty
that is a horrific necktie
ocean iris
god i wish i had facial hair
well my twenties are only 2 years away soooo
god i love the photo mode in this game
sand sleet
Anybody else play otherworld legends?
fathom juniper
ok so this trailer does look neat, but...
what's... really... silent hill about it?
this looks and feel more like siren or fatal frame
woven breach
yea was about to say tht
same goes to the remake
it looks... too good
not enough rust
like I'm happy it got a remake, and maybe it does good for the fans
but
I'm a bit skeptical
fathom juniper
it looks too... AAA?
like... first of all - good job on turning james - the regular joe schmoe no-one into this scruffy looking, deep voiced badass who we're going to control in AN OVER THE SHOULDER CONTROL SCHEME AND CAMERA!?
keep in mind - bloober team is making it
their last game literally had fixed on rails cameras like old silent hill games
but this one is a regular TPS? wtf
fathom juniper
which is a bad thing
especially for a silent hill game
woven breach
ikr
fathom juniper
the only good news is that...
well - there's two
first one is bloober team
konami could've picked a worse developer for that
and second is that masahiro ito is back - so that's at least one person from the OG team silent
doesn't change the fact that this remake is pointless
sh2 doesn't need a remake, it needs a port to modern hardware
woven breach
true
fathom juniper
oh hey
yamaoka is back too
he was the last one to go - stayed up to like...
sh downpour i think?
wait wait wait
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1032536568180785183/unknown.png
who are you?
that's not guy cihi
woven breach
is that the new james?
fathom juniper
yeah
like - i don't want to throw any shade
i'm sure he's a pretty good actor and that's why he was picked
probably, hopefully
b-but
but...
i just want my squeeky voiced james back
silent hill just can't catch a break, can it?
ocean iris
mfw the new silent hill is ps5 exclusive
fathom juniper
no way
woven breach
it's said it's coming to PC too
ocean iris
Im still not gonna buy it soooo
fathom juniper
timed on what?
woven breach
it's gonna release on PS5 first, then PC later
fathom juniper
see
i really want this remake to be good
im still gonna play it, but...
let's be honest here - AT BEST this game is going to be just a flashy imitation of the original
with less ambiguity and subtlety than the original
judging by the trailer
and there's basically no legal way to get the original
besides hunting down a seriously hard to get copy on ebay AND having a working 22 years old console ready to play it
broken smelt
There is the pc port
fathom juniper
point me to a store where i can but the working pc port
broken smelt
The game is also abandonware at this point
broken smelt
I do get what you mean
Any of the first 4 SH games are hard to find
4 is on gog, and 1 is on the ps3 psn store
fathom juniper
which is on it's way out anyway
i mean - how many years does the ps3 have in it?
months?
they tried to shut it down once already
broken smelt
12 months maybe??
unless they keep the ps3 psn store up indefinitely (doubtful)
fathom juniper
exactly
there's basically no way to experience the original unless you're willing to resort to piracy on just one platform - pc
like - don't get me wrong
I think bloober team is currently the most capable dev of delivering a good silent hill game
fathom juniper
Wait
I just realized
So this sh2 remake is going to be a timed exclusive on ps5, right ?
What… other noteworthy games does this console even have?
Two years in and it’s got a…
Remake of a ps3 game
Another remake of another ps3 game
An upcoming remake of a ps2 game
And a remake of horizon: zero yawn
The absolute state 
I’ve got things in my fridge older than that horizon game
gentle cloak
Did the problem of "scalpers buy them all to sell at inflated prices" ever stop? I think that was why it was so hard to get, I don't remember
fathom juniper
Iunno
signal kayak
I don't think it's stopped
Also, Sony made it worse by increasing its price everywhere but in the USA because why wouldn't they
hybrid jetty
see
i really want this remake to be good
bloober team lol
fathom juniper
i mean
they're fit for making the jankiest combat out there, just the way it was in the OG
nah but seriously - give them a chance
by the looks of it they got the...
well - the looks of SH2 down (besides james looking 20 years older but whatever)
the story already is there
there isn't much they can screw up with that, besides the overacted, over dramatic presentation
also
i like the name - boober team 
anywhoo
there are some red flags in that trailer
and there's no way in hell it's gonna stack up to the OG
BUT
if they get at least... 80% there - i'm still gonna call it a success
and hey - at least they're not doing anything drastic like GIVING A MUTE PROTAG A VOICE
YEAH IM LOOKING AT YOU, DEAD SPACE REMAKE! 
WAIT
HOLD UP
HWAT?
wtf
gentle cloak
A lot of streamers are just like that tbh
fathom juniper
yeah but they turned it into a game
so the point of this whole thing was to not play green - play against green
then green screen some adult videos onto your enemy's ink and cover it as fast as you can with your ink before you get banned 
polar dragon
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/226831135802392577/1032467572483948654/Sc...
Lmao
Well that will certainly motivate streamers to win
signal kayak
LMAO
stable kindle
welp thats 1.0 release of the game, well played https://gyazo.com/b9fc551420cb6133a7aa8ca1af3625cf
fallen sky
fallout 3 for free on epic games, if anyone is interested
i have to remember what my login for epic games is lmao 
granite shuttle
Well... Looks like these game devs were hugely inspired by Hades, lol!
Can't wait to see a finished product on this. Free trial coming in a few weeks on Steam
lofty pecan
looks way more diablo like than hades tbh
just wrapped in a roguelite and mythology skin
hybrid jetty
resident evil 4 remake looks sooo good
woven breach
Me: hmmm why are my hands always sore?
Also me: https://streamable.com/82husl
dire condor
Winding off a few really salty failed runs with old Telltale games, The Wolf Among Us is pretty cool
Brought it on spesh and it's just as good as the first Telltale TWD
Murder mystery noir with fairytale characters and stuff
Idk if anyone here's into interactive story games, but this one's pretty cool. Detroit: Become Human and Until Dawn are my faves for that
Gonna try and nab The Quarry if it's on spesh for halloween
hidden zephyr
Hello, i am looking for a loot based and tiny bit addicting game which is also relaxing and not stressful.
hidden zephyr
yes, very relaxing
fathom juniper
Or basically any recent Ubisoft game or… hell - half of Recent AAA games
Cause they all seem to have random loot with different rarity
Even dad of boi for some reason
twin yarrow
what about Deep Rock Galactic?
personally i find it kinda relaxing if it's not tryharded
although.. im not sure if it's suggested kind of looting
signal kayak
Oh no, Mr. Kamiya now blocks anybody who tweets or quote retweets him 🤡
fathom juniper
wasn't his account just straight up 
?
or closed or whatever
i don't do drugs so i don't know the correct term
and by drugs i mean twitter
fathom juniper
so, uh
welp that sh2 remake ain't looking too good
the more i look into it
and the more i compare it to the original
the less confident i feel about it
woven breach
I started Elden Ring
the dodge input lag is really weird
been a while since I fought a boss and went "LET'S TRY IT AGAIN"
x10
stable kindle
wasn't his account just straight up <:feelsBanned:757314160584556625> ?
no he deactivated. a deactivated account remains on twitter's servers for 30 days before actually being deleted, if you log back into it at any point within those 30 days the account is restored, but while its deactivated the account is essentially "deleted" and cant be interacted with or searched. all he did was deactivate a couple times to stop the tide of people jumping on him
the first day he was blocking so many accounts that he got auto pinged as a spam bot and his account access was limited briefly, so then he swapped to deactivating so he wouldnt get hit with that again
fathom juniper
mystic wave
been a while since I fought a boss and went "LET'S TRY IT AGAIN"
is it tree sentinel? i just started again. being stubborn and wont proceed until i beat him lmao. i got so rusty
woven breach
margit
I haven't beaten tree sentinel
I got margit to one hit away then he proceeded to uninstall me
mystic wave
classic!
woven breach
after 15 tries
or so
I decided to explore a bit
found a boss
summoned wolves
then the wolves ignored the boss cause I aggro everything behind the fog
mystic wave
lmao
mystic wave
nice. everyone quits game at margit
woven breach
the soundtrack did it for me
I'm a sucker for boss theme
it doesn't scream "YOU'RE GONNA DIE". It screams "This is your first challenge, overcome it."
rustic falcon
Tree sentinel was harder for me than margit loll I also kinda stopped playing a bit after I beat margit, I really need to pick it back up. I just have a difficult time with big open world games
woven breach
I set myself to a very low expectation cause I'm just not good with Souls game. I'm just a tourist in The Lands Between
Oh look, the inhabitants are killing each other
fascinating
mystic wave
Tree sentinel was harder for me than margit loll I also kinda stopped playing a ...
in my first time around, margit was super tough, and then a lot of things after him were not as tough. until much later
woven breach
I just killed Godrick
my head hurts
ow
till now bash em with jumping attack still works
junior crown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz3Ko0td45w&ab_channel=Crowbcat
If only Crowbcat videos were actually informative or useful, but not just "oh look i agree that things are bad in industry :)"
polar dragon
I watch it to confirm my biases
wise cedar
If only Crowbcat videos were actually informative or useful, but not just "oh lo...
why I stopped watching James Stephanie Sterling
stable kindle
🤨
and what do you all propose we as consumers do about the things that are bad in the industry, pray tell
its very easy to talk big and say whether something is "useful" or not if you do not do anything yourself
wise cedar
I don't got nothing to say about it, and I'm glad JSS is stll out there making videos, last I checked, but I don't have the emotional energy to get enraged about it every 2 days
stable kindle
and this is why these issues persist
because gamers as a whole hate being reminded that these things are still a problem and tune them out
stable kindle
don't be snarky, your specific interaction does not do that. what I'm saying is that complacency helps these things continue to exist
if people continuing to talk about these things tires you out, thats fine. we're at a point where we're all just kinda like. tired of everything i guess?
wise cedar
By technicality I'm Not 100% complacent tho as I have stopped purchasing games from known bad companies.
stable kindle
but its not a bad thing for people, whoever is doing so, to keep reminding us that these things are still a problem
wise cedar
but listening to JSS talk about it for half an hour isn't helping me at all
stable kindle
then dont watch those sort of videos
i'm not even talking about jss in specific but that mindset in general
junior crown
I mean honestly crowbcat's video aren't really insightful on why the issues are still existing, they take a lot of what others say and compile, but not exactly go over the stuff proper. I should say I only take issue with them specifically since they are just grifting mostly since I sure do agree with person who went on to shill a vr game and the moment they realised the video isn't doing too hot they delete it and continue putting on the mask of "I know what will be good for the industry, I hear what others state".
But also since I just don't like the way channel operates. It doesn't really have its own persona or opinion, it's open to post any video, but deletes the moment the opinion they are going for isn't agreed upon by many in the gamer™️ sphere.
And the whole way it frames developers as like they aren't trying hard enough in the industry even though most of them end up overworked and crunched while making these games.
There are certain problems with the industry, a lot of them, the presentation style is nice, but that's it really. There is no exact value of be to given to actually promote and talk about problems with the industry as a whole, just a collection of videos that don't exactly have much else to say besides "yeah I agree with what people are currently saying".
Also, I would like to say that assumptions aren't really nice, I do voluntary QA so I have some experience in the industry and the way how the process goes.
tame veldt
By technicality I'm _Not_ 100% complacent tho as I have stopped purchasing games...
the little guy pirating or just not buying a game literally does nothing against the company unless they're a smaller indie dev
triple aaa devs are loaded
play the game if it makes you happy
signal kayak
I'm buying the games that I want, but only if they're cheap, and if the company that developed or published it is bad, I'll get it from a second hand shop like Cex so they don't get my money
hybrid jetty
i always got the impression that crowbcat videos aren't trying to be insightful about why actual shady industry practices exist and focus more on game marketing vs the actual release
at least the ones i've watched, haven't seen the halo one because i'm not a halo fan
junior crown
I dunno there is also a trend in them of "LOOK at these small details are not good enough" kind of stuff
which can be a bit eeh, since like who cares about such stuff, at least on bigger level of thought. When like people love Arcaneum, Fallout New Vegas, Souls Series, Disco Elysium.
They hold on ducktape and bandages yet I don't see people complain about it on such scale.
But that could be just me not being big AAA person, I don't really care for such details, I care about the gameplay and story, graphics while ARE important, I don't bet an eye for them since I also recognise like a SMALL amount of players will actually even look into them sadly.
tame veldt
signal kayak
Smh
Still not buying the game, because I really don't like Mr. Blocker up there on the studio
ocean iris
Wasnt gonna buy it anyway because i love doing illegal things
clear python
time for me to shift my entire opinion again after one week; about a game i never played involving people i have never heard of
fallen sky
https://twitter.com/NinWire/status/1584590887601963011
Does anyone know if $15k is a decent amount for voice acting?
I looked into it a little and apparently $15k is about 4x more than the union standard pay
She wanted even more than that
If nothing else, this situation has raised further awareness about the pay issues within voice acting
fathom juniper
this just show how quick and willing we've all been to jump to conclusions and pick a side while knowing only one side of the story
myself included
aaaaaaanywhoo
let's talk something positive for a change
oh yeah that's the stuff right there
🎺
it was only a matter of time
tame veldt
Does anyone know if $15k is a decent amount for voice acting?
yeah idk, i've never even seen 15k so it seems like a lot but yeah what do i know
signal kayak
For what she was going to do, it was alright
twin yarrow
i've used to have 15k once, it was all my life savings
however, i'd say it'll be acceptable nonetheless
it's not the fault of well-known talented people that am living in this heckhole of a country
gentle cloak
New Pokemon game spoilers: ||Litwick got robbed really badly by this new Pokemon.||
||Literally took it's entire concept but on a dog, including the candle bit||
signal kayak
||Do they count as spoilers though?||
gentle cloak
||An entire new Pokemon sounds spoilery given that's one of the main reasons people play.||
signal kayak
||Fair, I guess, I mean, the overworld certainly isn't the one reason to play it||
ocean iris
wow the new tales from the borderlands game sucks, who would have thought
like totally no one saw this coming
looks like i gotta replay the TRUE tales from the borderlands again, which I wont regret
hybrid jetty
its really depressing how terribly written most of borderlands is because they've shown brief moments where they can make something actually good
ocean iris
the 3rd game made every prior game look like a masterpiece
which IVE ALWAYS BEEN CORRECT ABOUT
fathom juniper
pro tip
if you're struggling with borderlands and looking for an easy mode - just turn the dialogue volume all the way down to 0
and i am not joking now
i tried it when i was playing the pre-sequel with my buddy and it actually worked
also - i know it goes against my general rule, but...
i think borderlands series is long overdue for a reboot
enough with this heroic crap where vault hunters are those shiny beacons of virtue, sticking it to the man, FIGHTING THE POWER!
let's go back to BL1s dusty, rusty, crusty mad-max space cowboys stuff where you're playing as bad guys that are there just to get rich by selling weapons they got from killing poor locals of pandora
it sounds... kinda bad when i put it like that, but you know what i mean
it was a simple premise, it worked
a bunch of bad people doing bad things just for money
ocean iris
i enjoy the pre 3 borderlands dialogue
fathom juniper
i don't
ocean iris
what do you mean you dont like corny humour and sex jokes
fathom juniper
i do, but...
what else is there?
ocean iris
(and proper boss fights)
gentle cloak
I liked the dialogue for as much of 2 as I've played
Most of what I remember is connected to claptrap though, and I can't help but find him endearing.
stable kindle
age of mythology remake pog
ocean iris
Most of what I remember is connected to claptrap though, and I can't help but fi...
my beloved
rancid token
Yeah I didn't really think the writing was unbearable until 3
ocean iris
Also killing off or downgrading fan favorites
signal kayak
Looks at GTA 3, all delisted and replaced with...that
fathom juniper
Yeah I didn't really think the writing was unbearable until 3
have you played the presequel?
or have you thought about BL2s story for more than...
iunno - the time it takes to bore the bunker boss to death
which is - a single trigger pull
the story falls down the stairs in the most painful way right in the first cutscene
breaks it's back and can't get up and doesn't bother to get any therapy to even get back anytime soon
and that was just down a single flight of stairs
and there's like 4 more to go till the credits roll all the way at the bottom
clear python
Only played 2 and Pre-Sequel, not my kind of humor. Just one of the games where you know you can ignore the story and you can do it early
fathom juniper
yeah
my point exactly
the presequel was the first game where turning off the VO made the game objectively better
clear python
Entertaining enough for me to have like 400 hours in? Still atrocious balancing. Only thing Pre-Sequel does better is having the more fun movement system
It's really hard to make humorous game tbh
fathom juniper
i mean - credit where credit is due
it has some of the best couch co-op implementations i've ever seen in a console FPS
sure that wasn't a... particularly high bar to pass, but still
runs well, floaty jumping physics work well with console aiming and you can crank up your FOV to ridiculous levels
clear python
In contrast to BL1 HAHA
fathom juniper
like - you're basically playing in an 32:9 aspect ratio and can still do 150 FOV
it's absurd
clear python
I tried playing that one and actually felt uneasy because of the like 65° POV or whatever, what the hell
fathom juniper
oh yeah
BL1 was BORKED
one of the worst pc ports i've ever seen
and then BL2 came out and it had one of the best PC ports
like - BL2 is such a weird beast
on paper it's better than 1 in every single aspect
clear python
Didn't finish it either, BL1 is just more usable in every way, a straight upgrade - and as the artistic value of BL is limited in general, no reason to play 1
fathom juniper
but the more i played it the more i noticed that...
they didn't make the same mistakes as 1...
clear python
lmao yea
fathom juniper
they just...
made a whole bunch of new ones 
clear python
I bought the two level cap DLCs for BL2 and then never touched the game again
true value
fathom juniper
it's like...
BL2 was dead set on changing everything that it went and changed things that didn't even need changing just for the sake of change
and was worse off for it
WHY ARE REVOLVERS GONE!?
they're all just... pistols now
not that it matters because gun proficiency is gone now
until IT DOES MATTER at some points because some skills make the distinction between pistols and revolvers
like wtf i just wanna be a space cowboy
oh the UI changed too
sure it looks nice
clear python
i have like three profiles as zero and every time i forget that they never fixed the bunker boss
fathom juniper
but it's downright painful to use on PC
sure BL1 just had a list of names, but it was super easy to sort all those piles of guns you had
car handling is improved - great
but why is there just... two cars?
where BL1 had like 4
and then in the DLC you had the APC that fit 4 players and each one of them had a different gun to use and you could upgrade it with a radar
clear python
chad mouse-controlled driving 💪
fathom juniper
yo i still prefer BL1s janky car physics over 2s
you could do some mad barrel rolls with that
now you can't even flip this car over
why are eridian guns gone too?
like - finding one in BL1 was such an event
you find it by accident and it's a completely new and alien thing and you can't even make out what it does cause it's described in binary
doesn't use any ammo - it just has a cooldown
and it's a separate class
and the scaling
DEAR GOD - that god awful scaling
you think our current inflation is bad?
just look up at how BL2 inflates all it's numbers on higher difficulties
christ almighty
it's like watching fabooks stock market value but upside down
on anything above TVHM you can forget about getting stronger the normal way because there's no way in hell your increase in damage output will ever keep up with enemy increase in health
you just have to use broken strats and exploits
and the grog nozzle, because this new element - slag - is their answer to everything
or game economy is broken?
introduce a new currency made out of slag
player damage scaling is broken? - slag
feature creep made our enemies borderline broken? - slag
glitchy floor in moxxis bar just ate that legendary gun you won by dumping milions into the slot machine and you can't get it back?
just jump into a pit of slag
WHICH IS A THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME AND THEY STILL DIDN'T FIX THAT BUG!
clear python
I have to check back again, I was mainly a sniper/zero main - what annoyed me the most was actually the enemy's damage - any half-boss fires literally one shot, breaks your shield and gets you to < 2000 health, gl hf
fathom juniper
i quit the game for years after it happened
clear python
never used slag
fathom juniper
yup - case and point
that's the broken BL2 scaling
hang on lemme show you something
@clear python just... look at this mess
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1034876268904190022/unknown.png
wtf is this
clear python
Yeah again can't say I've notived most enemies not dying as quickly, but just the player dying...
i have to choose so many boss battles
fathom juniper
now i can't use any gordon ramsay reaction clips for that cause he swears in most of them, but...
clear python
like the one in the dam with the drain at the bottom, where one rocket-shooting guy spawns at the top
fathom juniper
it's raw!
clear python
or the saturn(?) (the robot thing) fight
fathom juniper
the dam at the bottom...
rocket shooting guy 
OOOOH RIGHT
yeah i remember
although it wasn't at the dam (that was rolands quest - and BOI don't even get me started on flipping roland )
it was at fyrestone
firestone, fyrestone...
the BL1 town
or did i just mix them up...
nevermind
also - the guns...
oh sure they're neat, i like how every company has a style and a gimmick now, but...
why in the name of John Romero is it so hard to find a decent full auto rifle?
and i'm not talking miniguns here - god forbid we let the player have some fun
i just want... a rifle
a proper workhorse of a weapon, moderate damage and accuracy, decent sights
BL1 got that figured out but in 2 all i get is either crappy miniguns with a wind up time measured with a calendar instead of a stopwatch and bullet spread that makes Doom 2s supershotgun look like a sniper rifle
or some boring semi auto Jackobs stuff
like - what the hell guys i just want some dakka
hybrid jetty
well yeah because borderlands is a game with 1,0000,00000 guns and you only use 4
so out of those 4
i had 1
fathom juniper
i mean - if i had one i'd keep it too
hybrid jetty
i was also playing anarchy gaige so really it didn't matter what i was using i just shot at a wall and hoped everything died
fathom juniper
let me put it this way - this random weapon generation seems to be stacked against you in 2
where in 1 it felt like it was more lenient
in 1 i had a single, white rarity double barrel shotgun that was just 
perfect for my lilith build
it was so good, in fact
and i got so used to it
i finished the game twice with it - using a third character to transfer it back to my second lilith build
hybrid jetty
its been so long since i played 1 that i don't remember much about my loadout except i played lilith
bl2 was definitely really stingy with legendaries though and then 3 went the complete opposite direction
fathom juniper
in BL2 i had legendaries that got outclassed by blues after mere hours
my point exactly
like - guys
randy, buddy - come here
put that grease down and listen for a moment
you had this stuff figured out 15 years ago!
you don't have to reinvent the wheel with every release, seriously
if it ain't broken, don't fix it
hybrid jetty
idk the games have mostly been direct upgrades gameplay i'd rather see them actually get a writing team that isn't an AI trained on the humor of 12 year olds
and also maybe throw randy pitchford off a cliff
preferably multiple cliffs
fathom juniper
randy didn't write squat there
hell - if anything, he played one of the funnier characters in 1
hybrid jetty
those two statements are independent of each other I hate randy
fathom juniper
most of the stuff from 2 onwards was written by anthony burch
who never played 1 and just read up on it on the wiki and BOI
it shows
just...
next time - less memes, more space cowboys
less twitter-quirky style of characters, and more madmax-crazy style of characters
hybrid jetty
anthony burch only wrote 2 and pre sequel (and some of tales)
which are basically universally agreed to be the only mostly well written ones
fathom juniper
and a plot that at least tries to make a lick of sense
i'm not asking for much
hybrid jetty
bl1 infamously had basically no story at all lol
fathom juniper
actually - he wrote episode 3
and i think a bit of 5?
which are the worse of season 1
but nevermind about that
fathom juniper
bl1 infamously had basically no story at all lol
and you know what?
it was better off for it i'd say
hybrid jetty
nah
tales showed that they can do something if they try
the issue is that gearbox never tries
fathom juniper
sure
but what's the gameplay of tales?
there's almost none
so the whole experience is carried by characters and dialogue
and it's good 
i like it
however
bl1 was carried mostly by gameplay
doubly so in co-op
it didn't need a grand story about vault hunters being... heroes now?
who weren't there to just get rich or die trying but to fight a corporation that...
still... directly... helped them...
it's a mess
it's a huge mess and all those dumb illogical moments distracted me way more from the game than bl1s lack of story
hybrid jetty
who weren't there to just get rich or die trying but to fight a corporation that...
this is exactly what happens in the last moments of bl1 when they remember they needed a third act lmao
fathom juniper
oh im not saying bl1 was perfect
but it was way better than 2 in that regard
at least it was consistent 3/4 of the game
let's be honest here
handsome jack carried any redeeming qualities BL2s writing ever had
he carried that game so hard Dameon Clarke's paycheck went for his back surgery
hybrid jetty
i mean yeah he's the standout character
my point is that tales showed that borderlands can be written well they just never even try lol
i have a fun relationship with borderlands where i hate it so much because it could be really good and isn't
fathom juniper
oh i'm not against that - that world is perfect for telling cool stories
hybrid jetty
i wonder how the tiny tina game did i forgot that came out
fathom juniper
what im saying is that in full borderlands games - gameplay is king
and i'd rather have almost no story, than have a nonsensical story that detracts from the game, you know what i mean?
also - i'd like to have consistent characters too
they don't have to be complex, just don't change their traits i enjoyed every 10 hours or so
i can literally go down the list of all recurring characters and how they were just 
in 2
hybrid jetty
2 was fairly consistent 3 is the one that butchered every character
mostly because characters barely had any traits in 1 aside from insane or dead
fathom juniper
OH REALLY? 
alright then - let's go down the list
lilith went from being somewhat mysterious in 1 to being bland in 2 while still taking most of the screentime with nothing to show for it
roland did a complete 180 from this cool, chill rebel to being a strict army-general-dude-man
brick somewhat gained around 80 extra iq points between games - going from HURRR HULK SMASH in 1 to being the smartest person in his gang in 2 - calling them dumb and treating them like cannon fodder
and mordecai went from this calm, stoic sniper to a constantly drunk goof who thinks about just 4 things- booze, birds, bullets and firing bullets while getting drunk with his bird friend
AND THEN!
and then... there's the worst offender - Patricia Tannis.
who went from being super smart but still somewhat... and how shall i put it lightly...
"mentally unwell" - in borderlands 1 (due to some truly horrific stuff that happened to her in probably the darkest piece of borderlands lore out there... which left her scarred for life)
to just "lol she's just so quirky and random and she's in a relationship with her office chair lol" in borderlands 2
like... what the hell happened here?
i could go on like this for hours
and trust me - i've done it multiple times in different places
i've dumped over 1000 hours in both of those games
and after all this time... i still think BL1 is a better experience
BL2 might be more polished and there's more of it
but BL1 was more focused and consistent, you know what i mean?
hybrid jetty
I'll admit tannis
but none of the rest are even accurate cause you're lucky if they ever speak more than 7 words in a play session
like I'm not even exaggerating half their lines are slight variations on "I am so awesome for killing that guy" and "I love finding loot"
fathom juniper
sure - i'll give you that
hybrid jetty
until basically the dlc for 2 vault hunters weren't characters until the next game
fathom juniper
but why not stick to that?
and write their dialogue in 2 around those really simple traits from 1?
like - you're right - it's just a handfull of lines per character
in a game that goes on for hundreds of hours
we've heard their dialogue lines milions of times - they live rent free in our heads
so why change it?
hybrid jetty
cause there was nothing to change
even then it's not a change it's just giving the characters more depth
fathom juniper
exactly
they didn't really go anywhere with it
it's just jarring
they're totally different people
ok then - how about a different character then - athena
who went from this strict, down to earth spy that just wants to get stuff done to this... super wholesome and heroic character
like... ey?
who are you?
hybrid jetty
yeah it's called character development
she's mostly the same in presequel she just retires after that
fathom juniper
she didn't develop, she just changed completely
and it happened off screen so i can't really relate to that
ah, who cares
it's all about the gameplay - surely it has to be better in 2 so let's talk about that, right?
hybrid jetty
wdym it happened off screen it's literally the ending of the game 😭
fathom juniper
oh wait - we already did
and it's borked
what?
what game are we talking now, im confused
hybrid jetty
presequel
that's when she stops being a mercenary
fathom juniper
im talking about how she changed since her first apperance in 1
hybrid jetty
yes
fathom juniper
and there was nothing like that in 1
at least - i don't remember
hybrid jetty
the change happens over the course of the presequel
fathom juniper
she already starts off completely different in presequel
when compared to 1
what you're saying is completely missing my point
hybrid jetty
fathom juniper
how athena changed between 1 and presequel was just as jarring as...
well - imagine booting up Transistor 2 and suddenly realizing that Red changed from being... well - Red to being just... Ron
bah, why do i even bother
like - who the hell cares?
well - me, obviously
even though i shouldn't
sometimes i feel like i care about old borderlands more than randy does
i've got better things to do
it's been over a decade - it's time to move on 
hybrid jetty
she's really not that different lmao
characters having more depth to them beyond their one introductory personality trait is not changing the character or even a bad thing
fathom juniper
it's not - sure
but...
ok - let me give you a good example
a sequel that does this kind of thing right
half life and half life 2
HL2 took those copy-pasted NPCs with barely any dialogue and developed them into fully rounded characters that still felt consistent
borderlands sequels tried to do the same but missed a step
like half life - it took characters that barely had any writing to them
and gave them more dialogue and screentime
but they're completely different people
you know what i mean?
hybrid jetty
half life made new characters and then said "oh yeah also i was that npc" in like one line of dialogue
not really comparable imo
fathom juniper
not really
they still show the same character traits in both games - even if they're just CTRL+V'd all over the place in HL1
barney is still this chill dude that might get scared but still can rise up to the challenge and show some courage - in both games
klainer is still this stereotypical super smart scientist that gets spooked easily - in both games
athena is a stone cold assassin spy... person - in just one game
tannis is a seriously mentally scarred person... - in just one game
there is a clear difference
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
bah - why do i bother
it's not like the two hours we just wasted is going to make any of those games any better
or give me back the time i wasted playing them
it's hardly character development if we don't see them - you know - actually develop
we just saw them after they completely changed
let's just shake hands and agree that they're all bad games
there - that would've saved us an afternoon of arguing
hybrid jetty
fair enough lmao
fathom juniper
IN OTHER NEWS!
we've got...
yet another big remake coming up 
time is a flat circle and i've been on this loop one too many times
signal kayak
What remake?
fathom juniper
CDPR is remaking The Glitcher
they had it in this red cabin with "in case of financial trouble - break glass" written on it
so they did
just... enough with all those goddamn remakes, please
hybrid jetty
honestly of any game to get a remake I'll let the witcher 1 get one
cause if you've played the first one it's uh
yeah
fathom juniper
true
but how about...
and hear me out now
how about - instead of re-making an already finished game
how about they finish a game they've been making for almost a decade now?
just a thought 
hybrid jetty
it's not them remaking it
hybrid jetty
fool's theory
it has some veteran cdpr devs but they're independent from them
fathom juniper
touche
still don't care tho
and im tired of it all 
i'm just...
mentally bracing myself for the inivetable
inevi...
inv...
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
unavoidable mirror's edge remake
hybrid jetty
that'd first require dice remembering mirror's edge
fathom juniper
that'd first require dice remembering mirror's edge <:ron:459075377906712586>
do you remember this glorious period from around...
oh let's say 2006 to 2009 where EA kickstarted all those cool new IPs?
your dad spaces, your spores, your brutal: shadow legends, your dragon edges and mirror's ages and what not?
hybrid jetty
was brutal legend ea I forgot
fathom juniper
riddle me this
is there a single IP from that period that EA didn't either kill or screw up in some hilariously ass-backwards way?
yup
developed by double fine, published by EA
i know - it sounds weird - but it's true
mass effect!
there's another one that met a...
terrible, terrible fate
hybrid jetty
I think dragon age is still alive
idk if anything went badly with that series though aside from bioware itself
haven't gotten around to playing em yet
fathom juniper
remind me - what are bioware's latest two games?
hybrid jetty
yeah like I said aside from bioware itself lol
fathom juniper
wake up
Stray 2 just dropped
https://youtu.be/HFIUi9aSh3A
this... makes me feel like im 14, watching dumb gmod stuff
oh, the memories
ocean iris
cant wait to play Signalis
and kinda excited for all this new survival horror stuff
Silent Hill 2 remake is kind of on my list
hybrid jetty
woah system shock finally got a release window for March
and no one told me smh
untold hornet
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/805671432041529345/1035048350527008798/Screenshot_2022-10-12_212528.png old photo but recreating debug buildings has really helped me with building in the sims
so
heres the very first ever one i built
winter mica
twin yarrow
some things are popular, like all that remakes and AAA titles which turn out to be more and more disappointing
some things are forgotten, like Mirror's edge, Dead space 4, Spore, Titanfall series and other things killed by EA
and some things are forever
like Heroes of Might and Magic 3
fathom juniper
some things are forgotten, like Mirror's edge, Dead space 4, Spore, Titanfall se...
some things are forgotten like mirrors edge
Oh you take that back right now!
twin yarrow
😶🌫️
clear python
I wanted to play Catalyst so bad, but then never got around to it, mainly because it was said that it‘s terrible
Original ME still a comfort game
fathom juniper
It’s not terrible
It’s alright, I guess
twin yarrow
still it was a unique experience
fathom juniper
But it completely misses the point in basically every aspect
twin yarrow
they care about same [soccer simulator name] and [multiplayer first person shooter name] much more
u2 m8
these days it's just better not to hope for anything, you'll be less disappointed
(sigh)
ocean iris
they didnt even do *[multiplayer first person shooter name] * any justice too
to be fair 2042 was doomed from the start
- it was futuristic
- that means ugly design language and lazier textures
- Previous entries looked so much better
- Insanely mid destruction parameters just like V (at least that one was beautiful and pretty fun)
- Just remake 2142 already
fathom juniper
Dear lord
I’ve had slow days at work
But this one … takes the cake
Should’ve stayed up longer and play some giddy
Viddy
Dang phone 
ocean iris
I friggin love masked video game characters!!!!
woven breach
do hooded characters count?
dire condor
masked characters with hoods 
hidden zephyr
Hello, i am looking for a loot based game, which is also relaxing. Like Stardew Valley meets Diablo. ^_^
ocean iris
masked characters with hoods <:gilmanlove:456913427340722209>
Presenting you, Kapkan.
fathom juniper
Hello, i am looking for a loot based game, which is also relaxing. Like Stardew ...
Thief
It’s about looting
hybrid jetty
not sure how relaxing I'd call thief lol i remember some of those missions being tense
think they mean more like diablo or borderlands type lootsplosion stuff
i think minecraft dungeons might fit the bill? not sure i never played it myself
this does remind me i should go back and replay thief after i finish system shock 2
signal kayak
I was about to look whether Celeste has a physical release or not...and it does!
...except it's a Limited Run Games edition 
woven breach
"Let's do 30 mins elden ring session" I said to myself
Not only have I well passed that
I also am traumatised by lobsters
hybrid jetty
fathom juniper
Most butt clenching game ever
nah
title goes to master levels of doom eternal played on nightmare...
... ON A CONSOLE
GOOD LORD
ocean iris
fathom juniper
that's a weird looking steam skin
polar dragon
Yeah what is that
Also Payday 2 full game with DLCs is like $20 on Humble Bundle
Is it worth it?
fathom juniper
that depends
if you have a co-op buddy who never played it either - then go for it
learning all the dumb stuff this game has to offer together with someone is a one of a kind experience
especially once you get kinda-sorta good and start experimenting and coming up with your own dumb strats
and then it turns out they work
but if you don't have anyone to tie down to a chair in front of an RGB keyboard and want to play with randos...
don't bother
this stuff makes MW2 lobbys on 360 look like daycare
this game has this sort of...
and the bot might get mad at me for saying that so better be quick...
payday 2 has this manic crackhead energy about it and i love it for that
oh hey - it didn't
anywhoo @polar dragon
it gets CHAOTIC and it's best to experience this sort of chaos with a buddy or two who never played it either
shame about their DLC model though 
it was messed up
wise cedar
Unrelatedly
It turns out that, ignoring literally all the other physics issues that the premise of Grounded brings into question
the teens would not be able to see visible light
if they were able to see light at all, it would likely have to be ultraviolet or more energetic
because the light receptor cones in the back of their eyes would have been shrunk down to smaller than the wavelength of most visible light.
wise cedar
Wolf spiders can go to hell though
Be Me
get startled every gorram time by the friggin spiders
Maybe I have arachnophobia?
turn up the arachnophobia slider to 11
Still let a little pee out every time two cojoined oblate spheroids jump on me out of nowhere
rancid token
It'll be fine once I kill 10 and can just be immune to poison but like
Yeah hate getting hit once and ticked down to zero
stable kindle
cojoined oblate spheroids did me in 😭😭
woven breach
Be me
actually scared of frogs
started first boss of Witcher 3: Heart of Stone
squeeling and squinting all the way through the fight
unfortunately died
have to do it again
also
soundtrack so epic, even Trombone Champ doesn't hold back the epicness
wise cedar
It'll be fine once I kill 10 and can just be immune to poison but like
You can cheese them pretty easily by shooting the sleeping ones with an arrow and then running to just inside the oak lab front door. You need like, 120 arrows though.
This is how I learned arrows will bounce off or other arrows
So mix it up a bit
rancid token
I'm at 6 through that method so far
wise cedar
`cojoined oblate spheroids` did me in 😭😭
https://assets.reedpopcdn.com/-1596028142622.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1200x900/quality/100/-1596028142622.jpg in case you, or others, haven't seen the arachnophobia mode
gentle cloak
Apparently this new COD game ships with only 72mb on the disk, leaving you to download the other 150+gb
rustic falcon
how is a game even that big
gentle cloak
To my understanding there's more than 150gb of space on the disk
They just kinda decided to do it this way. To spite people with bad Internet? Or pirates? Or archivist? I'm genuinely unsure why
gentle cloak
how is a game even that big
I'd guess extremely subpar optimization and going for the super realistic graphics again
clear python
Warzone takes up 100 GB and is the ugliest and clunkiest thing you‘ll ever see
gentle cloak
Even more subpar optimization ig. Or just actual content, but I doubt that from COD
woven breach
Cosmetics are content
I reckon they have a crap ton of them
Tanking the storage
Does it work like that?
gentle cloak
They have to have textures and stuff, so yes
gentle cloak
Cosmetics are content
"content"
clear python
Team Fortress, that is. Dunno about Titanfall hehe
gentle cloak
TF2 is big as well
It's 10gb as of last month
clear python
Oh dang, must be all the custom maps and demos in my installation then
gentle cloak
Actually it might be 15. Not sure if the "recommended storage space" is the full size of the game or includes extra space
Regardless, 10/15 times smaller
clear python
At some point I‘ll install Borderlands 3 and try to visually see where the 100GB of storage are being used
gentle cloak
Oh dang, must be all the custom maps and demos in my installation then
Terrified of what your tf2 looks like if it's 150gb
clear python
oh no not THAT big hahaha
gentle cloak
Okay good
ocean iris
man i really wanna get death stranding
mystic wave
i like death stranding. very chill
ironically i built lots of stuff to make convenient routes and it becomes ...unfun lmao
woven breach
After I beat Rennala, I went on and beat 2 other bosses, blocked by handsy enemies, surviving with HP 3 hits away from dying
I think I need to sleep
woven breach
Oh no, I don't think I can drink another coffee
woven breach
~~isnt 3 hits = full hp in that game~~
also yes
ocean iris
i like death stranding. very chill
ironically i built lots of stuff to make conv...
the game is a social commentary on car centric infrastructure and destroying nature with human buildings
😎
hybrid jetty
how is a game even that big
my conspiracy theory is they do it so you only have space to play cod/warzone
even the most unoptimized games don't need that much space
signal kayak
good news!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL1u3zzjXq4
I wish I could post pics here, because then I'd post... RIPBOZO
fathom juniper
well then
a channel i follow has a great vid about this very topic @hybrid jetty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaSF3YyqLfE
ocean iris
Payday 2 is 80 friggin GB
rustic falcon
I’m not at my pc so I’m not sure but I think the largest game I have installed is final fantasy 15 with all dlc
it’s a lot
fathom juniper
how about KF2?
i don't know how big it is, but...
with years of regular thicc content updates
and the fact that it's a game running on a heavily modified UE3...
i was literally watching it deteriorate in real time
like - with every update it was getting bigger and bigger and bigger
while framerate was getting lower and lower and lower
the load times went from being ok to "i've got enough times to do my taxes"
and booting it up is a coinflip between "it might boot to the main menu in about 10 minutes... or it might crash and i won't even know it"
this is one of the main reasons i stopped playing this game
what once ran at 60, 1080p (keep in mind it started in 2014) with maxxed out settings on my old laptop...
around 2020 it became borderline unplayable
and it's all because of the bloat
clear python
well then
a channel i follow has a great vid about this very topic <@24858830178...
almost thought the vid would be 40 mins long
fathom juniper
it's called "why games are massive" and not "why youtube felietons about some old games are massive"
"mirror's edge catalyst is akhchuallhly good - and here's why"
8 hours later
ocean iris
well it's actually good
just not 8 hours worth of saying how good it is with little to no substance
wish gamers would actually play games again
mint steppe
Is this MW2 steam release a remake or something?
I am not hip with call of duty stuff I just know I played mw2 in like 2012 or something
ocean iris
it's more of a sequel to the 2019 reboot
fathom juniper
well it's actually good
it's actually good
you just made yourself a new mortal enemy, bucko
ocean iris
i think i already did when i said borderlands was great pre 3
fathom juniper
it's... ok
i've dumped more hours into that series than i'm willing to admit
though i still think 1 is a better overall experience than 2
technical hiccups aside
ocean iris
time to get Severed Steel
i got Severed Steel
it's titanfall, fear and destructible enviroment combined
lofty pecan
should i get into mirrors edge catalyst?
i tried it for a few hours but it didnt seem the same as the original
for some reason
lofty pecan
i got Severed Steel
great game!! i got bored of it a bit after i finished the campaign but i cant wait to try out the vr mod when it comes out
feels like a videogame version of matrix combat
ocean iris
doesnt it have a workshop?
lofty pecan
well yah but i kinda got bored of the gameplay
clear python
"mirror's edge catalyst is ***akhchuallhly*** good - and here's why"
>*8 hours l...
I really truly dislike all the pretentious >30 mins video game 'essay' youtubers. I can get behind creators like hbomb who are on the entertaining side (I watched the sherlock holmes one for example, having never watched the show) but then again his deus ex vid has a title that, I think, nobody has ever disagreed with?
ocean iris
just have the true empiric experience and play the game yourself
not every game needs an essay
like i guess essays for death stranding or metal gear solid are justified, or many other thought provoking and deep games, i dunno, disco elysium, all that, but for stuff like friggin pokemon or fallout
fathom juniper
I really truly dislike all the pretentious >30 mins video game 'essay' youtubers...
i mean
30 minutes? i can take
an hour or two? there's gotta be something more there than just three wikipedia articles filtered through thesaurus
fathom juniper
there are some creators out there that make some really, really interesting points and put a lot of effort into those meaty and long deep dives into some series
clear python
I would be alright with essays if they were like high-brow film and music critiques: Give people who played the game an insight on how the story behind its development relates to its themes, how it fits in the current or initial landscape, make references to current themes in the real world. Not 'lol the boss fights are bad!!'
ocean iris
or if it's anything Pyrocynical makes Im not complaining
his essays are actually nice and gets people into obscure games though i knew most of them
fathom juniper
like - one of my faves - truly underrated noah gervais
i've been following him from his earliest days of crappy mics
clear python
Generally speaking I'd say if you're unable to make your point under 30 minutes, you're babbling
fathom juniper
he just has a way of looking deeply into pieces of media and seeing stuff some people never thought are there
and all of that comes with a genuine passion of a lifelong gamer ||in a "positive" sense of that word|| and a boatload of experiences
ocean iris
i mean some have to get through the game and explain stuff about it along the way
ocean iris
I wonder what obscure indie game that only a cult following knew about will Pyrocynical popularise (it's a good thing btw)
fathom juniper
and they all just reiterate the same points while blindly following a script
and that ain't it, chief
fathom juniper
Generally speaking I'd say if you're unable to make your point under 30 minutes,...
exactly
clear python
writes 2h video script
slaps random unrelated game footage under it
it's video essaying timee
fathom juniper
*writes 2h video script*
like - time itself isn't that much of an issue
it's more about content
ocean iris
this felt like 2018 I swear
2 hour video on far cry 3, what a video
it was actually a nice video but 2 hours is too much for me
anything under 1 hour is just fine
fathom juniper
like - Noah Caldwell-Gervais i mentioned earlier not too long ago released a FIVE HOURS LONG VIDEO about the dark souls series
which at first glance - is nuts
absurd, even
but if you watch it one part at a day - it makes sense
and he still can get his point across about a certain topic in a rather short manner
he just goes through a lot of them
it's good stuff
clear python
like - time itself isn't that much of an issue
it's more about content
Nah I think both. I know that podcast culture is there, and you wanna have some random content streaming into your ears for two hours straight while you're doing dailies in genshin but I truly dislike it. Of course you can have lengthy histories of a topic but ehhhhhh. Would call them podcasts instead of essays
fathom juniper
i get what you mean
but my point is that...
that dude makes long videos - sure
but each one of them feels more like...
a series
clear python
Oh you can definitely have someone with long and good videos haha
clear python
Would be the equivalent of a book where you can read each chapter individually, pondering over everyting
ocean iris
like watching neon genesis evangelion in one sitting
a fate worse than death
ocean iris
i deeply apologise
fathom juniper
i enjoyed the experience
fathom juniper
and i finished it off with getting drunk while watching end of eva after a particularly hard and infuriating day at work
i mead inside now
i mean dead
mead is good too
yo i wish i was mead inside
ocean iris
and i finished it off with getting drunk while watching end of eva after a parti...
i think you would have gotten into cardiac arrest if you were under the influence of other substances of herbal origin while watching that
fathom juniper
i mean
clear python
idk i can never get behind shows i just like movies
hell yeah
fathom juniper
you're talking to a person who listens to the downward spiral on a daily basis
just for fun
i think i can handle it
clear python
Tried to watch three different non-comedy shows and quit after ten episodes usually
clear python
vibeo gane
and as always, the mandatory games to play for everyone are, in order, 1) transistor 2) naissancee
fathom juniper
- resident evil 6
which is still better than 5 AND I'LL DIE ON THAT GODDAMN HILL
TAKE ME GOD!!!
clear python
damn i have that one in my library
fathom juniper
it's...
clear python
i have no idea about re, does it make sense to play it out of order or just a single one
fathom juniper
sheesh, where do i even begin with that garbage fire?
oh you never played any RE game?
clear python
nah
clear python
B-)
fathom juniper
cause there's A LOT of RE there
and it comes in all shapes and sizes and different flavors
and it's continuity and lore is insane already
so you don't have to worry about it too much
ok so here are some recommendations
if you wanna go for this super slick AAA horror experience - play RE2 remake
if you're willing to put up with older games and their tank controls - either go for remake 1 or just play the OG trilogy
HOWEVER
wait what
what did i say?
hang on - lemme ask the good ol thesaurus for help 
anyways @clear python
if you wanna play one of the best games ever made
if you want to enjoy this delightful mixed drink ||(yeah - the c-tail word for that apparently got the bot mad lmao)|| of camp and horror and action with a big side of cheese
play resident evil 4
it's... amazing
clear python
i'll note it down - unfortunately i'm bundle driving atm and only got 5 & 6 and random stuff looool
fathom juniper
BOI i sure would love to know how much of a fever dream 6 would be for someone who never played any resi
actually - i do - i played co-op with a buddy who never played any resi and he, uh...
he never recovered from that experience
he was never the same after resi6...
also - resident evil - as a series is weirdly... horny
for some reason
like - it's a series that's soon gonna hit 30 with constantly recurring characters and they're all super attractive, and yet...
no one has any kids
well - mostly, anyway
clear python
damn
fathom juniper
and then literal no-one ethan comes around and makes a baby despite being made out of 90% mold and 10% cheesy oneliners WHILE BEING LITERALLY DEAD
like... wtf is this series?
and why do people there age in reverse?
and we've got vampires now
and werewolves
and zombies, we've had ghosts at one point or another
three different kinds of parasites
like... what
clear python
damn is it a parasite that makes a human breathe through their skin????
fathom juniper
i love this series
i've finished 12 different resi games - most of them multiple times, and yet...
this universe STILL makes no sense to me
and i love it for that
fathom juniper
damn is it a parasite that makes a human breathe through their skin????
no it's dumber than that
clear python
hell yea
fathom juniper
it's the kind of a parasite that turns you into this giant blob monster at the most dramatic moment
the kind of you don't have control over and yet all the villains still somehow manage to activate them right after explaining how they're going to take over the world, but...
mate - you're a ship-sized blobfish, tf are you going to do?
how are you going to take over the world?
ocean iris
Im installing XCom 2
fathom juniper
ah, xcom
firaxis still owes me 60 bucks for that keyboard i smashed to pieces for that classic ironman run in xcom 1
modded
with enemy within
i... smashed that thing like
https://youtu.be/6FHJkHdZ_tg?t=525
and never played any xcom ever since 
oh wait, the embed got blocked
polar dragon
Im installing XCom 2
heckyeah
polar dragon
firaxis still owes me 60 bucks for that keyboard i smashed to pieces for that cl...
you need to understand that this is a roguelite
failure is normal
fathom juniper
you need to understand that this is a roguelite
ocean iris
Let's see what steam forums have in store for us with my aquisition of this game
OH
fathom juniper
signal kayak
Severed Steel?
clear python
Damn
That game‘s awesome
cant imagine the pain of hearing female sfx (unrealistic) while double jumping, wallrunning, health-regenerating, shooting with all the guns, shooting with a prototype arm cannon on my missing arm, and slowing down time (realistic, immersive)
signal kayak
https://i.imgur.com/AoisFT2.png
Imagine asking specifically for a male protagonist when there are billions of them as it is, and where that really doesn't make much of a difference
clear python
But yeah play severed steel, feels like an upgrade from superhot to me
Not just one (1) HP (though you can still enable it), generally more interesting levels and movement, and I feel like the time dilation you can activate whenever just feels better
ocean iris
yeah it's really fun
but it's really confusing at first
some of the stunts get me very very slightly motion sick
maybe i just dont know what im doing
but yeah it's awesome
clear python
I can get behind that
ocean iris
it looks like doing some stunt flips or something
i wasnt exactly explained how to do those
clear python
Oh I haven't done flips I think, those should just be for challenges
Did my first playthrough without using lunges lol
fathom juniper
Lol
Imagine skipping amazing boom shoots like severed steel, bright memories, ion fury, viscera fest and many other just because…
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twin yarrow
...Portal
fathom juniper
Nightmare reaper
twin yarrow
Tomb raider
twin yarrow
player A: my god, the protagonist has green eyes instead of brown, I literally can't relate to the main character
player B, playing as alien furry cyborg: lol that's literally me
also.. several (dozens) of hours played as Scout in DRG made me realise, how i've missed first person games with extended mobility options
like back in the Titanfall
or as Lucio in Overwatch, back when it was sorta tolerable
also i miss mechs
woven breach
armored core
I remember sucking at the game
but still play it cause the mechs are cool
clear python
rocket jumping my beloved
wise cedar
literally my experience with armored core
it was realy pretty
and I loved the mechs
but I sucked so bad at it
I remember playing for answer and inviting a friend of mine to help me beat a boss and then I apparently had to pay for their ammo and I ended up bankrupt because he had a super missile spam mech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_FBFkSU90 Just look at those high-fidelity warcrimes from 2008
