Forager
#video-games
hybrid jetty
these were all ports of non mobile games
fathom juniper
says a lot about the mobile game market, doesn't it?
there is one game, however, that's been designed from ground up for ios which i think it's just 
amazing
infinity blade
and it's slightly bloated sequel IB2
junior crown
dire condor
infinity blade
and it's slightly bloated sequel IB2
I heard of that old game from a video essay
Looked pretty cool
But it's only on iOS
dire condor
these were all ports of non mobile games
Pascal's wager is a mobile game
Geometry dash
Unruly heroes
Among us
Opus : rocket of Whispers
Opus : the day we found earth
Sky children of light
fringe valley
infinity blade
and it's slightly bloated sequel IB2
don’t exist anymore (since 2018)
fathom juniper
yeah...
such a shame too cause IB1 still holds up
i remember playing it on my old jailbroken iphone 4 like... 2 years ago?
found it in my old room
great game
dire condor
The game is almost exactly 12 years old
fathom juniper
yeah that doesn't mean it's old
dire condor
12 years is long for a mobile game
fathom juniper
especially considering how stagnant videogame industry has gotten in the last decade or two
dire condor
Old ≠ bad
fathom juniper
i mean
sure, i guess - it's a lot for a mobile game
but what really got old about it?
it sure as sith didn't age in presentation
not one bit
gameplay was cool too and it fit the mobile screen perfectly
fathom juniper
yeah
because it was made by a dev studio called Chair
which was... an offshoot of epic games
and this was their showcase for their fork of UE3 running on mobile
dire condor
Unreal engine?
fathom juniper
yup
dire condor
Nice
dire condor
Yup
fathom juniper
but yeah - infinity blade 1 aged like fine wine
dire condor
Are they still making games
fathom juniper
it has this great minimalistic approach of less is more
fathom juniper
Are they still making games
not that i know of
dire condor
it has this great minimalistic approach of less is more
Minimalism in games really help in letting a game age well
Less mechanics to become archaic
fathom juniper
kinda?
what i meant was that...
there's a lot of lore in that IB universe and they... don't waste time on over-explaining it
they just hint at it
the overall experience doesn't feel padded
it's tight
same with graphics - sure it may be running on unreal engine 3
but there isn't much in terms of post processing
your screen isn't smeared with vaseline what not
it's clean, sharp
and it really lets the artstyle take center stage
dire condor
What was wrong with the sequel?
fathom juniper
it just went with the MOAR approach
it had MOAR of everything, but it wasn't really better
it was a bit bloated
like - that cool universe the first game hinted at?
well it suddenly got much, much bigger and convoluted leaving little to imagination this time around
dialogue that was recorded in a made up language in the first one made way to just...
generic action dudes no. 631 voiced by - of course - troy baker
maps were bigger - sure
but the exploration was a bit of a pain in the butt
we've got more weapons now
cool, i guess
three different fighting styles now
that's neat
but weapon progression was tied to a gem system
with gems that came mostly from...
...random loot boxes...
...which you could buy with MTX... 
the entire game in general got way more grindy with any reasonable item drops being completely random
so the difficulty curve was all over the place - you could either get lucky with one of those lootboxes ||which here looked like slot machines, but the mechanic was the same|| and make the next few hours a complete snorefest with no challenge
or get unlucky, get a few bad drops and get stuck getting your butt kicked by basic enemies forcing you to restart a few dozen runs
also - music in IB1 was just objectively better 
dire condor
"objectively better music" lmao
fathom juniper
dire condor
Couldn't have been that bad
fathom juniper
this is not a debate
i mean - i'm kinda joking here
but IB1's music left a much bigger impact on me
i can't remember a single tune from 2
fathom juniper
oh hey look what i found
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmPABmlbyq8
this could be interesting
oh christ this vid made me realize...
this game is older than skyrim 
OOOOOOH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD i can just feel my bones turning to ash
where's my hearing aid?
fathom juniper
but yeah - games like this one are why i keep screeching about game preservation
cause infinity blade was a pretty important milestone in vidja history, like it or not
but you can't play it anymore
can buy it anywhere, modern ios doesn't support it
the only way is to have an old apple device stashed somewhere (and we all know about planned obsolescence especially in mobile devices), dust it off, downgrade to an old, unsupported version of ios (which is hard to get legally anyway), jailbreak it and then sideload a pirated .apk file onto it
good luck 
ocean iris
Pro tip: Emulate PSP games on your phone instead of playing half assed mobile games
fathom juniper
isaac, buddy
please just stfu
dire warren
oh god ign playing a game 
watched them play the remake for a series they reviewbombed to death for dumb reasons, and it's like. you know those mobile ads where the person is doing everything as obviously completely wrong as possible
fathom juniper
god this is...
wrong on so many levels
it's cursed
like sure - it does look pretty
but everything else is just... ducked
woven breach
OH GOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTY5zsxG6Y
Hey... at least it doesn't stutter...
ocean iris
pro tip: don't play half assed mobile games, instead emulate PSP games
twin yarrow
how did they managed to make Nicole twice older smh
fathom juniper
they gave her isaacs years cause now he looks 10 years younger
twin yarrow
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/253591305781903360/1049623389540712508/...
Miata my beloved
ocean iris
This game is so awesome
ocean iris
Bloodborne fans vs Metal Gear fans for who can have more false hope
dire condor
dire warren
do you ever wonder what goes through someone's head
hybrid jetty
kojima you genius
fathom juniper
oooooooffff
i almost managed to erase this line from my memory
why did you have to remind me of it's existence?
ocean iris
Unironically love this game
fathom juniper
yeah
not my thing, but i get why someone would love it
there's nothing quite like it
ocean iris
Tbh it's like one of the first games that actually is like a movie, like a proper cast from the big movie industry
fathom juniper
also
place your bets on what is going to be The Dumbest Name in kojimas next game
cause it seems like he has one in every release
ocean iris
Rambo-Man
fathom juniper
HOT-COLDMAN
oh wait that already exists
Die-Hard-Man
a die hard fan of die hard
oh wait that exists too
ocean iris
Yes. Look on the wiki
Kojima was right when he said his body is made 70% of movies
the rest is 80's and 90's postpunk
fathom juniper
oh my god IT'S REAL
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1049754297648287936/image.png
you did it again, you absolute mad lad
ocean iris
Also the next game with those 2 actresses might not be Overdose but DS2, since the knot city logo on Elle's post.
fathom juniper
wot
ocean iris
Elle Fanning is most likely gonna play Louise, Sam's baby
Which he carries around all game
That might be awesome
Sam would make a great father
fathom juniper
iunno im lost already
i grew tired of kojima's pre-launch wild rides
the ruise cruise
fathom juniper
s'cool
i guess
vague wording, leaks and speculations aren't enough to get me hyped
even for a kojima game
i mean - it's a part of the course with him
i've been on this ride one too many times to get hyped
ocean iris
I am starved for actually good games these days so yeah
fathom juniper
lemme see some gameplay first
ocean iris
Also the cosmetics in DS are awesome
Otter timefall-proof hood from a cosplayer :3
Best cosmetic
ocean iris
Also since it's on PC, you can earn half life cosmetics and cyberpunk ones
Gravity Gloves from Alyx, Johnny Silverhand's arm, glasses, Kusanagi bike, Gordon's glasses, V's face pattern etc.
This game hasn't any MTX, like at all which I took it for granted but yeah
fathom juniper
good jorb
ocean iris
The pole is pleased
fathom juniper
this kinda reminds me of the pc-exclusive cometics that nier automata got
have you seen that?
twin yarrow
i don't want gameplay
i want an overcomplicated trailer with oil, crabs, crying Reedus and what not, where you can't understand a thing, after which internet will be exploded with speculations and theories
ocean iris
True. That's the best you can go for a reveal
fathom juniper
Do tell me
so
there's this valve logo which is a red... well - valve, right?
ocean iris
Yes
fathom juniper
and you can just stick it in your eye
and apparently...
you can dual wield them
https://www.gamesear.com/images/2017/3/nier-automata-valve-easter-egg.jpg
ocean iris
Ohhhh here in DS there's a valve you can wear on the back of your neck
Didnt unlock it yet though
fathom juniper
ocean iris
i don't want gameplay
i want an overcomplicated trailer with oil, crabs, crying ...
"Ummmm actually that isn't oil, it's called tar" 🤓 🤓
fathom juniper
this is the best way of doing crossovers like that
just gimme the dumbest crap you have
ocean iris
Japanese games x Valve
Ỳes.
I wonder who will they cast in DS2 as well
I expect another big unconfirmed name
ocean iris
We literally had Mads Mikkelsen, Norman Reedus, Lea Seydoux, Troy Baker (Yes I know), Guillermo Del Toro (Yes I know)
fathom juniper
man
wot
what did i say?
oooh - right
it's the one game this bot really doesn't want me to talk about
twin yarrow
I want Nathan Fillion
fathom juniper
i've gotten away with a dozen swear words here and it didn't say a word
but talk about the best movie tie-in ever made?
naaaaah
that's too much
ocean iris
Christian Bale as a new villain hmmmmm
Nah jk I just want a proper villain even though Higgs was great
Nothing like good ol' Troy Baker licking Reedus' face
fathom juniper
who could play a good villain...
ocean iris
I dont know if they actually mocapped that but Id be dying of laughter if they did
fathom juniper
they probably did
fathom juniper
i have a bit of an issue with videos like this one
on one hand - it's nice to see and what not
but it kinda paints this false picture for a lot of people that this... is what making video games is
fathom juniper
a bunch of hollywood actors in latex suits
it isn't that much different from how they're doing most of marvel stuff
ocean iris
Also you gotta really foolish to think this is what making video games is like
fathom juniper
and other aspects of game dev just get completely ignored
i'd rather want to see people prototyping and testing gameplay
greyboxing levels
ocean iris
But that's boriiiing
fathom juniper
not for me it ain't
you know what's boring for me?
hollywood actors i've seen 20 times already in other places
ocean iris
Tbh the cast wasn't insanely overrated
fathom juniper
true
fathom juniper
but their recognisable faces make videos like this one way more marketable for people who don't really know - or care - about the complex process of actually making - you know - the rest of the damn game
show me level designers
show me early alphas
ocean iris
Kojima's early alphas 
fathom juniper
i wanna see stuff glitching tf out and i wanna see the creative process behind fixing that
ocean iris
Oh boy those are fun
fathom juniper
yeah
that was fun
remember MGS1?
ocean iris
MGS series try not to have half of it's content cut out challenge
fathom juniper
there's a handfull of videos where they're prototyping levels using legos
cause mgs1 levels are already blocky enough
ocean iris
Yes and that is epic.
fathom juniper
that's cool!
lemme see that - i wanna see the creative process of gamedev instead of the same actors who i've seen enough times already
am i crazy here?
ocean iris
Troy Baker was the go-to VA for white guy protagonist but he broke the typecasting by playing Higgs
fathom juniper
oh yay
there was barely any difference
you know when he really played a unique role for him?
when he played a proper goofball in tales from the borderlands
which still is to this day my fave role of his
ocean iris
Uhhh Rhys?
fathom juniper
ye
ocean iris
The final season?
fathom juniper
hwat
ocean iris
It was the best way to end Clem's saga
Actually kinda teared up a little
But in a good way
fathom juniper
you know what was the best way to end this?
ocean iris
And Im not one to get emotional responses from vibby games mind you
ocean iris
S2 was alright, skip S3 and you're done
Tbh the thing is people got attached to Clem
you couldnt just abruptly end it like that
fathom juniper
oh really?
fathom juniper
cause people got attached to lee just as much
and he's ducking dead
super dead
couldn't get more dead than that
ocean iris
We all miss him but Clem is a reminder of the good he did
He really might have been the purest TWD character
I just rlly enjoyed Clem's growth
And at that point the games were better than the TV show
fathom juniper
that's... not really a high bar to pass
ocean iris
True it got rlly bad after S3
fathom juniper
i can name you a dozen of things better than the TV show
including my last visit to the dentist
ocean iris
Imagine Mads Mikkelsen as your dentist
fathom juniper
although that one actually had the decency to actually freaking end after doing it's job
unlike the tv show
ocean iris
Biddy gaem.
Speaking of which the only games that got an emotional response out of me were TWD S1 and S2, RDR2, The Last of Us and Death Stranding (dat ending)
Let's just say it defies the entire logic of the game and leaves it up for interpretation
And it's a really beautiful one while at that
fathom juniper
oh yeah those games got some emotional responses out of me too
somewhere between and 
nah im just kidding
yeah twd1 was nice
2 was
RDR2 i still haven't played
TLOU 1 was nice
TLOU 2 was
ocean iris
RDR2 is amazing you gotta play it when you get the chance
Of course if you got the time
fathom juniper
i just don't have the time for those big ass open world games like that one
ocean iris
I understand
fathom juniper
i like my games short and concise
do what you're aiming to do
tell your story
bow down and get tf off the stage
i don't like padding
ocean iris
Actually Im not gonna say anything about RDR2's story
fathom juniper
oh i know it's story already
i know that you catch Total Biscuit while beating a man close to death for money
that was...
ocean iris
H U H
fathom juniper
ok that wasn't funny
i mean TB as in turbo-whatevertitscalled
dire warren
TurBo
wispy sand
should i play pyre transistor or bastion first i am to indecisive someone pick for me
clear python
all are good. only general recommendation is to play chronologically by their release, so starting with bastion
wispy sand
ok got it thanks
acoustic jacinth
sent off my MA paper proposal for my supervisor to sign and Sealed Vessel pooped up on the shuffle - unnecessarily dramatic, that
junior crown
mystic wave
that title still goes to the croc cap from MGS3 <:PES_Lul:643782649013338122>
that thing was hilarious
put it on and crawl out of a corner
and the guards run away screaming lmao
dire condor
It has jiggle physics?
Oh right Eva
I remember
I don't remember if the boss had it tho
mystic wave
oh we also get this gem to go with it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpsyVVZxvY
winged dew
fathom juniper
Oh right Eva
no i mean - the croc cap has jiggle physics
ocean iris
wot: https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2022/12/microsoft-nintendo-strike-10...
let's goooo 10 years secured of state mandated propaganda 💪 💪
gray ocean
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hybrid jetty
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/779360354885959690/1049948788892119081/Cl...
the more things change the more they stay the same
dire condor
Too harsh
fathom juniper
It doesn’t have the hilarious 10/10 borderlands writing so
lofty pecan
has anyone played solar ash? just found out its releasing on steam tmr
looks visually cool but i do recall some reviewers' criticisms about the combat/traversal
dire condor
looks visually cool but i do recall some reviewers' criticisms about the combat/...
It's not on the level of hld but it's definitely a great game
fallen sky
So! I've got a question for this chat
I'm gonna need to get a new laptop/PC next year. Most importantly, it needs to run programs like the Adobe Suite. However, I also enjoy playing indie games
Is there anything I should look for in monitors if I go that route?
sand sleet
It doesn’t have the hilarious 10/10 borderlands writing so <:PES_SadShrug:646092...
Or 10/10 simple and fun borderlands gameplay or 100000000000/10 unique borderlands visual style
In evil west I don't even feel in control of the gameplay
ocean iris
Aint no way
rustic falcon
Aint no way
please remember to keep it clean, and if a link doesnt fit with the rules, refrain from sharing it
broken smelt
Is there anything I should look for in monitors if I go that route?
High colour accuracy is the main one if you're mainly gonna be using the adobe suite and a side of indie gaming
I should note, high colour accuracy in the adobe rgb colour space, since you'll be using the adobe product suite
There's a few other things to pay attention too like peak brighness, sustained brightness, resolution, a tiny bit for response time (will be marketed as gray to gray average and are largely misleading)
Also if the marketing or specificans mention something about high dynamic range be wary of hdr400 and even hdr600 in a lot of instances.
This is because it's not really a hdr monitor in functionality with those two hdr specs just hdr in name only and if it's something you care about I'd avoid those monitors entirely.
arctic compass
Does anyone know if wasteland remastered/2/3 are any good?
In total they’re only like $30
Granted some of that is really old
ocean iris
i finished Death Stranding at last
god. i got an emotional response out of this game too 😢
also tfw dat CHVRCHES song in the ending credits
GOD. What a game.
wise cedar
fathom juniper
ok, so
uh
i've got a link here
and it's about video games, i swear
but before i post it
i gotta ask @ocean iris about what he posted earlier
rustic falcon
it was recent ultrakill news
rustic falcon
sorry, its not for this server 
fathom juniper
it is absolutely hilarious though
polar dragon
it is absolutely hilarious though <a:keksplosion:587089051920760832>
Dm me bro
tame veldt
i was tempted to buy ultrakill once i saw the news
fathom juniper
just don't let bethesta see it
they're gonna steal this idea and put it in their game and it's gonna be as glitchy as always and send someone to ER
dire condor
it is absolutely hilarious though <a:keksplosion:587089051920760832>
What is
I wanna see
Where can I find it
lofty pecan
im glad someone modded in integrated haptic technology for ultrakill now 😏
should make playing more
fun
dire condor
Just did
Damn
That's wild
Very immersive
The game is so good it just invokes this feeling deep inside of you when you play it
fathom juniper
dire condor
😏
fathom juniper
imma just
fathom juniper
this whole server is animu af
OH GOD i just realized
people are gonna make a speedrun category for this OH NOOOOOOO
ok i'm done for real now
fallen sky
I should note, high colour accuracy in the adobe rgb colour space, since you'll ...
Thank you Aggy!! I'll look into those suggestions ✨
Hmm I'm still tempted to get a gAmInG laptop only because I'm not sure where life will take me over the next three years
A PC isn't easily portable
lavish jolt
looking for other game suggestions for switch:
What are you thoughts on
- Shovel Knight
- Cyber Shadow
- Katana Zero
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Master Blaster Zero 3
Anything else I should be considering?
wise cedar
I hear good things about celeste
fickle dawn
Crypt of the necrodancer
Cadence of Hyrule as well, if you end up liking Necrodancer and you enjoy Zelda games :3c
broken smelt
Celeste is a top tier game :3
It's also nowhere near as punishing as crypt of the necrodancer. The ost is a banger as well
untold hornet
Cadence of Hyrule as well, if you end up liking Necrodancer and you enjoy Zelda ...
Literally! Cadence of Hyrule got me into Necrodancer
stable kindle
best mobile game! what are our nominees [diablo immortal is named] [immediate booing in audience]
love that
calm veldt
😄
fallen sky
girl sit down
LOL
Love adore worship this response to TGA
Can be applied to every second thing they do tbh
stable kindle
dksjhgs i tuned in and it was like all grand and dramatic and just. why!! theres nothing going on yet!!!
winter mica
was a major announcement just made
tga, sgg dropped a trailer for their new game
fallen sky
YESSSSSS
AAAAAAAKDKCKKFNVKLDLDL
Okay freakout over 
and I gotta say I'm so grateful to have friend/s in life that see anything Supergiant related and like tell me about it asap lmfao
Looooove this community love u all etc etc
winter mica
a good friend of mine messaged me immediately bc i wasnt watching tga so i was like "huh whats happening"
fallen sky
Love that for you!
I can see gen chat freaking out too lmfao huge wubbleyous for this sever rn
ocean iris
HOLY CRAP DS2
tribal lotus
Is it going to be The Godofwar Awards?
magic hull
HOLY CRAP DS2
I LOVE IT SO MUCH
ocean iris
Im beyond excited
magic hull
same rgnjkfg
ocean iris
Reedus and Lea look gorgeous aaaa
And Troy Baker is back, that means....HIGGS IS BACK BABY
magic hull
game awards are like stealing all my money
magic hull
And Troy Baker is back, that means....HIGGS IS BACK BABY
HIGGS MY LOVE
ocean iris
Cant wait to see more mocap of him licking people's faces
My biggest question is....How did Fragile get her body fixed?
magic hull
My biggest question is....How did Fragile get her body fixed?
magic i guess?
im really curious about the story
ocean iris
Timefall reversal tech, or some kind of stuff relating to the physics of that game
Also I was right about the Sam v Bridges plotline heheh
Cant wait for all this Yoji Shinkawa mech goodness
magic hull
i hope they keep the same gameplay, i actually loved it
ocean iris
I think it's gonna be that, but turned up to 11
But doubt it would be that focused on deliveries
Im guessing more stealth
magic hull
probably, wonder if they will keep the connection between players world (i actually played without and loved it like this)
ocean iris
Will it have the Pee Standing or the Poo Sitting mechanics? (pun intended)
polar dragon
any tga watcher?
acoustic jacinth
the game awards?
magic hull
AH
yes i thought you talked about a perticular game
but yes!
im currently watching it
ocean iris
I only watched for DS2
Was not disappointed
Time for me to sleep
abuenos adios master
slowly fades out with PS2 intro sound
lofty pecan
did the person on the goty stage just say bill clinton ??
hybrid jetty
dire condor
Dead cells is officially number one indie game in crossovers
Shovel knight has probably crossed over to other games more but dead cells has more cross overs in the game
lofty pecan
did the person on the goty stage just say bill clinton ??
oh shooot this guy got arrested apparently
opal pumice
And Troy Baker is back, that means....HIGGS IS BACK BABY
I cant wait to punch him again
fossil notch
the bill clinton guy was hilarious LMAO
I was just dying after watching the clip
I didn't even notice the dude at the end of the stream
thought he was like an actor from another game and I paid no mind
opal pumice
Didnt he say like "I want to nominate Bill Clinton" or something?
lofty pecan
apparently he just snuck up with the elden ring people lol
then said "i thank my reformed rabbi bill clinton"
ocean iris
I cant wait to punch him *again*
That boss fight was such a callback to Snake v Ocelot
opal pumice
That boss fight was such a callback to Snake v Ocelot
It was my 2nd favorite part of the game
My favorite was when I got the lethal assault rifle >:)
lofty pecan
oh shooot armored core got a trailer
fathom juniper
so, uh
wtf just happened?
i know the trailer awards were yesterday
i skipped it and went to 
i ain't gonna waste my time watching 3 hours of ads interrupted by some completely nonsensical awards
anyways - i just woke up
and the first thing i saw was ha-deez-nuts twice
which is nice
excited for that
and then i saw...
this?
https://twitter.com/TurbosnipeOne/status/1601064382813057024
wtf
hwat
teal shoal
elden ring goty
hades 2
kid crashed ER’s speech and praise a rabbi bill clinton
fossil notch
perhaps just a troll
nothing more than that I bet
plus he did say his speech after Miyazaki finished
teal shoal
atleast he waited till he finished
fossil notch
yeah LOL
any other scenario would've been A LOT worse and darker
but in the end
just a troll
teal shoal
yeah i feel like the security could’ve been better and im thankful it was nothing more than this, but it definitely could’ve been worse
fathom juniper
god - the sheer confidence of that kid
he just walks up there like he owns the place and no one dares to ask him any questions
fossil notch
i find it hilarious
and honestly it took balls to get up there
despite being very interrupting lol
fathom juniper
yeah - on one hand, kinda ruins the moment
on the other, however
no one reasonable cares about those awards anyway
not even jeff
lofty pecan
miyazaki prolly wondering "who tf is that kid" lol
fathom juniper
they're just there so that they don't have to call this show "the videogame trailers awards" or whatever
lofty pecan
i mean im sure the indie games that get featured get some revenue boost thru exposure
fathom juniper
fathom juniper
wait
what tf was al pachino doing on stage?
what does he have to do with viddy gaems?
tribal lotus
he in a game with way more names than good ideas.
fathom juniper
oh so that narrows it down to just about 23453345 titles
tribal lotus
never mind i am confused.
stable kindle
that kid is antisemitic btw he was on infowars and everything lol maybe dont meme about him
people dug up the dirt pretty quickly after it happened, fastest milkshake duck ever
fossil notch
oh dang, fr?
stable kindle
ya
fossil notch
welp thanks for the info
fathom juniper
wars
lofty pecan
welp good thing hes arrested then
signal kayak
Yeah, good riddance
fathom juniper
so i just saw the DS2 trailer
man - i can't believe nintendo switch was such a flop they had to make nintendo DS2 
but i digress
i was kinda for most of it
like - whatever, lemme see some gameplay first
but then they dropped this shot
https://youtu.be/krnQLJYjMXo?t=206
Troy Baker reprising his prime obnoxious a-hole villain so full of himself he's rocking a new design inspired by eighties glam rock stars?
which were full of a-hole stage divas anyway
with guts and stuff in that jar thingy and a guitar he stole from jonny silverhand
yo im into this
probably because troy baker was one of the really few people who actually seemed like they had fun in this comatosed game
signal kayak
Troy Baker as a villain...where have I seen that before...ah, yeah, in real life, with Voiceverse
Good thing that only lasted for two weeks
fathom juniper
the hwat
so hades 2 is already getting... questionable fan art
it's been a few hours, slow your horses
i'm out...
ocean iris
Troy Baker reprising his prime obnoxious a-hole villain so full of himself he's ...
Bro is cosplaying Amelie
I wonder what role will Elle and Shioli would play
fathom juniper
Bro is cosplaying Amelie
With the mask - yeah
But look at everything else
signal kayak
so hades 2 is already getting... questionable fan art
ALREADY? 
fathom juniper
fossil notch
fathom juniper
Oh god
So I’m watching the vee gee ayys now
And …
oof
The cringe
That whole Al pachinko thing is just
ocean iris
Ah yes
Was kinda awkward but he had a great spirit
Not as awkward as Judge's speech tho
ALSO DID YOU SEE KOJIMA'S DRIP
fathom juniper
ALSO DID YOU SEE KOJIMA'S DRIP
Not yet
I’m at work so I’m watching it in small chunks
Cause there ain’t no way I’m gonna watch three hours of adverts for crap I don’t care about without getting paid 
polar dragon
At this rate Hades 2 will come out before Silksong has a press conference lmao
signal kayak
Add Blasphemous II to the list
fathom juniper
I hope hades 2 has twice the doggos to pet
signal kayak
It has a froggo so far
ocean iris
Dusa Stranding
dire warren
orthrus, two-headed dog of the cattle dude
steep drum
Oh. Cerberus is best doggo.
proper bolt
Thrilled with the announcement. I still do runs through the underworld at least once a week.
steep drum
I plan to play more over the weekend
polar dragon
The Game Awards take away for me, in order of excitement:
Hades 2 announcement
Returnal coming to PC - This along with TLoU P1 coming to PC surely means that the next logical step is Bloodborne for PC, right? Right?
Earthblade announcement - The game looks fun but I haven't truly enjoyed a Metroidvania in my time except for Ori and the Blind Forest so we will see.
The rest are games that I honestly don't care that much about, I guess Diablo 4 is cool but then again, Blizzard.
lofty pecan
armored core is pretty hype too
wise cedar
god I would love a good mech fighting game that wasn't battletech
polar dragon
Titanfall?
fathom juniper
The Game Awards take away for me, in order of excitement:
Hades 2 announcement
R...
“Bloodborne” coming to pc has been a logical next step since 2014
It’s been 8 years
It’s time to let it go
polar dragon
Surely this time 🤡
polar dragon
Thanks for the support fam 🤡
fathom juniper
ocean iris
armored core is pretty hype too
hope the souls fans dont taint this, IT'S MINE, IT'S MINE
fathom juniper
oh you know it ain't gonna happen
fromsoft used to have a really wide and varied catalogue of games back in the day
but for the last...
pshhhh....
14 years?
they've been making souls games and souls games only
you know every 2 bit journo is going to compare it to dark souls
i can already see the headlines
"armored core is the dark souls of mecha"
and you can PIN this damn post and then ping me in a few months when it turns out i nailed it
fathom juniper
aight
stable kindle
fromsoft used to have a really wide and varied catalogue of games back in the da...
lost kingdom 1 + 2 on the gamecube my beloveds 😔 i miss you so much
cunning smelt
@steel compass sorry for the ping, just don't wanna derail the chat for slime rancher 2, i just wish the title were co-op, otherwise i have no interest in playing it myself
fathom juniper
lost kingdom 1 + 2 on the gamecube my beloveds 😔 i miss you so much
bah
how about...
NINJA BLADE 2!
stable kindle
you dont get it man everyone was all YEAH BATEN KAITOS on gamecube but lost kingdoms gamecube..... they may have been janky card games but by god they were MY janky card games, why dont more card games let me summon creatures to battle as things that actually roam the field, and let me turn into other creatures for utility ):
fromsoft please can you come back to this
dire condor
They revealed tezca's signatures
fathom juniper
i wish fromsoft went back to their old style in general
as in - doing whatever tf they want, no matter how weird or janky it is
cause - i'll be honest - i missed their "good old days"
the first FS game i played was actually ninja blade
and then demons souls and dark souls happened and they absolutely exploded
and now - after all those years
with the souls series seemingly behind them
stable kindle
weird souls fanboys are some of the worst kinds of fans in gaming too 😭 yall annoying fr god bless (derogatory)
fathom juniper
they could really benefit from this new, huge fanbase and start doing whacky stuff again
it might actually sell this time around :LUL
i mean - don't get me wrong
it's not really that dark souls psychofans are bad
any extreme psychofans are bad
stable kindle
i never really got a chance to invest in armored core but i was def aware of the series when they came out but i hope some other old stuff has a chance to return 😔
fathom juniper
i like me some souls
ds1, 3, bb, not 2
dire condor
Ds2 is bomb
fathom juniper
but let's be honest here
they've been doing one thing and one thing only for over a decade
a good thing - sure
but other devs get ridiculed for stuff like this
it's time to move on
it's been fun, let them do something else
fathom juniper
Ds2 is bomb
dark souls 2 is the first game to feature real time travel
dire condor
Exactly what I was saying
fathom juniper
i played it for 30 hours but it felt like 100
and i sure want those 100 hours of my life back
fathom juniper
scholar of the first bim, yes
i played the OG too
on pc, soon after release
and wasn't a big fan of it back then either
dire condor
But za game is good
A little lacking in level design
But everything else is solid in softs at least
fathom juniper
iunno - maybe i played it with my eyes closed or something or someone switched the disks and i played something else
cause i ain't seeing it
if you like ds2 then that's fine
we don't have to be friends, after all
nah jk
steel compass
<@494456898838593537> sorry for the ping, just don't wanna derail the chat for s...
I don't mind pings lol but yeah it's a bit of a shame I guess, I'm just not used to playing games with people so I don't mind it personally
dire condor
we don't have to be friends, after all <:DogKek:709974110188339220>
Rip
Imma go cry in the corner and play ds2
I probably liked it because it was my first souls game
Most people have their first as their favourite
steel compass
at one point monomi park did say "multiplayer requires ground-up planning, we can't just add this into a game as an update" so yeah the 2nd one is kinda a letdown in that fact, in the light of the community asking for it
dire condor
But Bloodborne is still the goat
fathom juniper
well - "running" isn't really a proper word
it's more like it's... walking, stumbling and tripping over it's own legs every few minutes
dire condor
Port that shii to PC for heaven's sake sony
fathom juniper
i can still hear my hard drive dry heave every time i get to old yharnam
you get on that bridge and the whole console goes HURRRGHHHH
dire condor
The fans sound like a jet engine
dire condor
Lmao
Fromsoft fans are great just git gud
Maybe the fans just aren't for you
I wonder, could my ps5 play PS4 games
fathom juniper
it's the only thing this console does
it sure as sith ain't playing any ps5 games
ocean iris
Gran Turismo 7 is the only reason I'd get a PS5
and even that might come to PC sometime soon, confirmed by the devs that they want to get into PC too
fathom juniper
a realistic Ford Fiesta Go Vroom game number 69
eh
where's my arcade racers?
here's my burnout?
muh split second?
muh carmageddon, destruction derby?
WHERE
IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD RON JOMERO
IS THE NEXT DRIVER GAME!?
signal kayak
here's my burnout?
muh split second?
muh carmageddon, destruction derby?
I've got the first two, absolute must haves
But not the other two :/
Already miss them
polar dragon
Wtf is DS?
Dark Souls?
Demon's Souls?
Don't Starve?
Dead Space?
Death Stranding?
Nintendo DS?
signal kayak
If you've seen DS2, it's likely Death Stranding 2
polar dragon
Anymore DS I didn't think of?
polar dragon
Say it coward
stable kindle
hybrid jetty
as a reluctant fromsoft fan i can safely say fromsoft fans are the worst
gaunt thorn
as a reluctant fromsoft fan i can safely say fromsoft fans are the worst
😔
They are tho I am the lone exception
fathom juniper
jesus christ
CEASE FIRE!
stable kindle
haha get friendly fired nerd
hybrid jetty
now - see this, kids?
this is what we call *friendly fire*
its more like i didnt like them before but then finally played the games and enjoyed those lol
some of them are fine its the ones that use "git gud 4head" as a way to deflect criticism of the games that aggravate me
fathom juniper
now you're just farming for a 25 kill streak
gaunt thorn
its more like i didnt like them before but then finally played the games and enj...
I think theres just a subset of souls fans who embrace every level of insane gameplay masochism that just make me question things.
not even boss difficulty, for me its ds1 level design feels like its made to torture me in agonizing ways on purpose 😭
hybrid jetty
yeah like
the entire second half of ds1 mostly sucks! a lot!
fathom juniper
wot
hybrid jetty
still enjoy it but lmao
fathom juniper
the level design is god tier in ds1
gaunt thorn
i am currently stuck right before tomb of giants.
hybrid jetty
for the first half its arguably the best in the series
fathom juniper
and the second half... it ain't bad
sure the lost izalith it's more undercooked than an average bethesta game
ironic, considering all the lava
gaunt thorn
I have to trek all the way through the catacombs, then struggle to find the first tomb of giants bonfire, die, clutch my face in pure agony, and repeat
fathom juniper
but everything else is super nito
shhhhh....
shush
hold on a second
can you hear it?
hybrid jetty
second half has lost izaltih, tomb of the giants, the 4 kings fight
fathom juniper
can you hear that sound?
hybrid jetty
he's gonna say it
gaunt thorn
anyway i really really liked everything before this part fwiw
but catacombs + tomb of the giants is actually
so bad
hybrid jetty
yeah everything prior to that point is considered the best part of the game
and the rest ranges from good to unfinished
fathom juniper
tomb of the giants is actually great if you wanna do some dumb invasions
like - the dumbest stuff you can pull off in this game
happens in the tomb of the giants
gaunt thorn
i dont have a light source 😔
fathom juniper
oooooh
gaunt thorn
havent found the first bonfire
fathom juniper
ok then
hybrid jetty
funnily enough however
despite being pretty bad those areas are more memorable to me
they're part of the experience I think ds3 is largely a much better game but there's very few areas I can remember off the top of my head
gaunt thorn
and i have to trek all the way from the bonfire in catacombs
fathom juniper
here's a little friendly advice
and i'm not being cheeky right now @gaunt thorn
don't bother with the tomb until you get a decent light source
gaunt thorn
all the way to pinwheels arena and then to find the bonfire in tomb of the giants
fathom juniper
just leave it and do something else and come back later
hybrid jetty
is there a light source outside of the tomb? i forget
i only remember the skull lantern being there
gaunt thorn
i think the only light source is some head lantern thing in lost izalith
and a torch thats i ntomb of the giants or msth
fathom juniper
there's a miracle
ze bug
and some other stuff
gaunt thorn
its like the one thing i looked up abt the game lol
hybrid jetty
oh yeah the necromancers in the catacombs can drop one if you haven't killed all of them already
gaunt thorn
the only other place i know where to go is new londo so ig
i will go there
i killed them all 😔
gaunt thorn
i have to find a merchant that sells
that one item i need
to hit things
😔
these are some horrible mechanics i swear
fathom juniper
what item
gaunt thorn
idk what its called
gaunt thorn
oh her
fathom juniper
she's got all the stuff you need
gaunt thorn
🫡
fathom juniper
big lumps of moss
small lumps of moss
a thing for curses which - hopefully - you'll never need
the other thing for curses which you - apparently - really need
and shiny little pebbles
gaunt thorn
idk my ds1 path is just bizarre, i made it to anor londo at lvl 30 with a +5 weapon cuz i skipped capra demon
etc.
so many strange experiences
fathom juniper
- but maybe we're all the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame *
gaunt thorn
i had to figure out where i missed the path and go and kill capra demon so that i can upgrade to +10
bizarre
ocean iris
it hasnt even been a month and Warzone 2.0 DMZ is insanely sweaty
gaunt thorn
i remember the good warzone times
long since past
all in all i am a fromsoft fan tho
goated stuff
tbh
fathom juniper
it hasnt even been a month and Warzone 2.0 DMZ is insanely sweaty
i mean
isn't that always the case with cowadooties?
ocean iris
yes but it pissed me and my friend off so much
fathom juniper
again
isn't that always the case with those games?
god i'm such a smug ahole today
ocean iris
i dunno 😭
ocean iris
i said f it and went back to building roads in Death Stranding
gaunt thorn
sweatiness being bad depends on if its people who have like hyper omega aim cuz its all they practice, or people who abuse cringe strategies that are optimal
fathom juniper
sweatiness is good
if you're up for such a thing
but not when you're in for just some casual fun
this is why dedicated servers are ALWAYS better than modern lobby solutions for multiplayer and i'll die on that hill
alone, probably
gaunt thorn
my take: why not both
fathom juniper
because we can't have both
because videogaes are dead and we have killed them
it's a lawless land where standards are made up and quality doesn't matter
a land where everything good goes to die and no good deed goes unpunished
fathom juniper
yeah viddy is fun
i just watched someone playing my tc and just that warm fuzzy feeling i got when i heard them go like "whooooooo! that was tricky... but fun!" at the end was just
good stuff
they still died like 6 times at the last boss 
young kiln
Why I can't play big run? Wasn't supposed to be today at 4 p.m
dire warren
its in an hour or so
that being said the reward quality is decided by some sorta ranking system. so i'm not looking forwards to it 
no point trying when i know i won't get past participation-award rank
steep drum
I found a copy of Hades for PS5, but brother has the Ps4. 😐
Will have to check Best Buy
broken smelt
the game by the celeste dev
earthblade
ocean iris
Anything else that I should know about?
DEATH. FRICKING. STRANDING 2
fathom juniper
I’m kinda wondering about DS2
So - DS1 spanned across all of US, right?
I mean - the whole map was shrunken down, obviously
But the concept was there
Where’s DS2 going to take place ?
ocean iris
Uhhhhhhhh
Probably the same map but bigger, and underwater/tar exploration sections
Or just visit other places with that ship, idfk
ocean iris
True
whole bay
Didn't play it but bf did, I won't lie my attention span went out on that like air from an untied balloon
Might try it eventually
ocean iris
whole bay
😆
fathom juniper
I’d like to see them go to Europe
With a map of roughly the same size they cold cover more varied terrain and remains of old cities
frozen marlin
I watched like half a playthrough of it but the game requires people with higher attention spans 😭
ocean iris
Nah you just have to play it tbh
whole bay
ocean iris
Dont worry Im also ND and have the attention span of a fish at high school
But here it just works
idk why
ocean iris
the cargo management clicks my all my buttons, and the traversal mechanic and route planning, highway rebuilding and zipline network building
whole bay
Todd howard principal, also same!
frozen marlin
Yeah might be better with actually playing it, but I'm more interested in the story than the gameplay so skffgj
frozen marlin
The aesthetics are oddly similar to what my girlfriend and I write, it's what brought me in originally
ocean iris
You got ladders, climbing anchors, base building boxes (you get postboxes, bridges, safehouses, generators, ziplines, shelters etc.), rifles, non lethal rifles, anti bt guns, handgun, non lethal handgun, power skeleton, speed skeleton, all terrain skeleton, armor plates, heating plates, power gloves, johnny silverhand's arm, half life alyx's gravity gloves, sticky gun, bola gun (can throw ropes that immobilize targets), backpack attachments (those are a whole rabbithole)
I cant name everything
Also each thing has a side gimmick too and these can be upgraded
frozen marlin
I like that you can upvote structures that people build, it's hilarious
ocean iris
Yes. The like system
You can like everything at no cost
the catch is that it has a timer and you gotta spam that like button
frozen marlin
Yeah I find it so funny 😭there's like no point for multiple likes but it's there
ocean iris
It's a token of grattitude for other players
frozen marlin
well yeah yeah but like it could just be one like for everyone
ocean iris
But that wouldnt be cool!
frozen marlin
that's true!
ocean iris
I finished the story 2 days ago, now Im just trying to u lock half the gadgets I dont have and build highways
this really will just end up like my almost 100%'d MGSV save 😭
frozen marlin
I get that
ocean iris
Aint no way
He got Al Pacino
Now he is posting his filmography
This means...Al Pacino role in Death Stranding 2
More than likely
wet thorn
Pacino in a Kojima game. That would be something
ocean iris
God I hope so
Usually when Kojima posts a picture with someone then media that features them then that means they really got along and are willing to collaborate
His Instagram is cryptic af he has no captions, just pictures 90% of the times
polar dragon
I wanna play viddy games but just <:PES_Hands:493362859653333022>
play Darktide with me
it's a hot steaming pile of mess
but like
urban elk
How so? It's fun
fathom juniper
play Darktide with me
I’m at work
It’s Saturday and I’m doing 12 hours and there’s heck all going on today
polar dragon
How so? It's fun
it is fun but very unfinished and buggy
i will keep playing it, doesn't mean that im totally happy with it haha
signal kayak
https://twitter.com/Toadsanime/status/1601382467742699520
This, good riddance
fathom juniper
folks
the most important vidya event of the year just dropped
the 2022 Cacowards
https://www.doomworld.com/cacowards/2022/
it's a good read
voxel doom made it in
mystic wave
So - DS1 spanned across all of US, right?
I mean - the whole map was shrunken do...
its supposed to be US yup. but they didnt try to make the landscape look like america at all. kojima just wanted it to look like iceland lmao
looks nice though
fathom juniper
well, yeah
but since it's a sequel that takes place... in the same place
what are they gonna do with it?
make it more like iceland?
put even more moss?
shoot LOTR there?
come on
yes im aware im nitpicking a game that has just a single trailer
it is my favourite pastime, thank you
but im just curious
hybrid jetty
they're going to strand....in SPACE!
fathom juniper
Don’t you mean strand
twin yarrow
maybe throw some ropes across the ocean or something
underwater tunnels, ferryboats, you know
ocean iris
Soma vibes
fathom juniper
soooooo...
hmmmm...
my laptops GPU exploded a while back
ain't gonna play any viddy on that
but i have pyre on my ps4 and i'm about to boot it up again
since it's the SGG game i played the least
i'm just worried that...
i might make the same choices i made on my first run
cause every time i replay a game that gives you some choices that change the story and what not...
i never can't force myself to do something differently cause... well - it's not a choice i'd make
it's one of the reasons i can't force myself to replay fallout: new vegan
am i the only one like that? 
ocean iris
fathom juniper
yo this new saints row looks sick
sand sleet
I have tried warframe
4/10
story is boring visual design is very bland nothing to play for at all pretty good gameplay though
clear python
i played warframe in like 2014 because it was free. ran through bug levels, killed things and ran to the end. didn‘t really get it. I will now base all of my reviews of that game on that experience
rancid token
Huh, generally it's the gameplay I see people down on
That, and the free to play choices like having to wait for things to craft in real time
fathom juniper
That, and the free to play choices like having to wait for things to craft in re...
having to wait for things to craft in real time
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh 
rancid token
I played for a good couple years and there's a decent story in there but it's super not presented to you to start with, I personally really liked the Solaris United arc
fathom juniper
i was actually chatting with some warframe fans on a different server cause i was thinking about getting into it
cause - you know
robutts
rancid token
Yeah that's the big super understandable roadblock
fathom juniper
but god
that this is such a massive red flag for me
rancid token
I honestly didn't quite mind it but it is pretty egregious
12 hours per part, 3 parts per frame, and then 3 more days for the frame itself, and all the parts are generally rare drops themselves
(You can craft more than one thing at a time but that's not really a good excuse lol)
fathom juniper
christ
that sounds absurd
call me oldschool, but...
i like when i buy a game
i have the game
and when i want a thing in the game
i go and get the ducking thing in the game
like sure - in case of games like borderlands 2 that sometimes requires some grinding
but it's like...
you go and kill a dude
he doesn't drop the thing
so you restart and do it again
and you get the thing
rancid token
Like I said, I didn't really run into any issues chafing with it myself, but I was more engaged in the actual gameplay to not really care
fathom juniper
10 attempts, 20 minutes of grinding in total (which still includes gameplay) and you're done
this is why - when it comes to multiplayer games - i like stuff like KF2
rancid token
It has a lot of the standard F2P mechanics
fathom juniper
you play the game...
for the sake of playing the game
the only thing that's there is the experience for all the classes
and guess what - you're leveling them all at the same time, all the time
rancid token
I mean that's why I played Warframe lol, the goodies were just icing
fathom juniper
fair enough
but my point is - i don't have to go through this kind of crap in kf to get the goodies
i want a goodie... so i just play the game and it really, really quickly unlocks itself
rancid token
You also paid money to play KF, to be fair
fathom juniper
and if i don't want to do that
i just go to the steam market place and get one for free by selling some pointless crap i got from kf2 and other games
fathom juniper
You also paid money to play KF, to be fair
fair enough
rancid token
Warframe's bigger issue is that the power level between frames is like, kinda bonkers
Not super well balanced last time I checked
rancid token
Ones like Nova can just wipe entire levels of enemies by pressing a button
fathom juniper
like - is the "destroyer of worlds" skill in kf2 broken?
absolutely, beyond reason
is it fun?
V E R Y
rancid token
That kind of wraps into the whole grinding thing, if I'm going to run the same mission a bunch of times for materials or trying to get a drop, it's less interesting having an I Win button