video-games

[fathom juniper]

i felt great disturbance in the force

as if milions of voices suddenly cried out in terror about TLOU2...

[clear python]

I think that wasn‘t as strong a problem though, mainly because the execution of the outcomes was lacking. Effectively just more rats and stuff and three different end cutscenes, which is absolutely underwhelming considering the loading screen tips saying ‚your choices change everything!!!‘. I also got a bit tired while playing and killed a lot more people and still got best ending, isk

[fathom juniper]

anyways
@ocean iris
put your tin hat on cause i've got a theory for you

what if...
the only reason they didn't tell us who's making the MGS3 remake is because kojipro is on board and they're saving it for a big reveal?

[ocean iris]

you know

the fact the helping studio is called Virtuos

oh right

I meant

moby d

moby d studios for phantom pain

this is truly an r/neverbegameover moment

[fathom juniper]

ah jeez

the wild ride never ends

[ocean iris]

by the way one more year until that subreddit sees if the 9 years conspiracy will be real

[fathom juniper]

maybe im getting old
but im getting kinda sick of those games

[ocean iris]

it will either end up in a mass culling or the tin hats won

[fathom juniper]

i want concrete information

who's making this
what tech is it running
what's the platform, what's the pricing, how much are you going to change about it

[ocean iris]

i saw the levels looked almost identic

i think it's really just a remaster with quality of life addons

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah the level geo is there

[ocean iris]

i wouldnt be mad

[fathom juniper]

colors aren't but that was to be expected

[ocean iris]

maybe they're going to add some XOF lore

[fathom juniper]

im just waiting for some concrete information

NO!

[ocean iris]

and see Skullface wipe clean our fecces

bahahaha

[fathom juniper]

jesu

[ocean iris]

Skullface being Snake's janny is the funniest thing ever

they clearly meant XOF as a back up team not literal jannies

but everyone misunderstood it

[fathom juniper]

god can we stop with the constant rewrites and retcons?

[ocean iris]

it spawned a whole lot of edits

[fathom juniper]

the best thing about MGS3 is that it separates itself from all those years of convoluted junk lore and is a mostly self-contained story

mostly

[ocean iris]

https://external-preview.redd.it/Ty1SAF02ZuOzuh6VgmpDgouZiglKFxwQmrEvEZ49ZsY.jpg?auto=webp&s=edf9e622757d71435a11eaf52bbccbcb5522fae1

heh

[fathom juniper]

you're not gonna make MGS5's story better by rewriting 3
you're just gonna make 3 worse

[ocean iris]

I was born in a small village

[fathom juniper]

it's like with christian metal
you're not gonna make christianity look any better, you're just making metal worse

piss off

[ocean iris]

Such a lust for revenge?! WHOOOOO

[fathom juniper]

oooooooooooooooo

i'll give mgs5 one thing
skullface was delightfully cheesy

[ocean iris]

"FOX's first mission. Any mess you made, I was there to clean up. You completed your task - and admirably."

What did they mean by this

Skullface janitor confirmed ⁉️

[fathom juniper]

anyways

if that ign or whatever comes true and that MGS3 remake actually starts taking cues from tlou and stuff...

if i see it using that generic "white lines and blurry backgrounds" UI (like - the one in resi 4 remake might as well be interchangible with tlou)...

well - i won't say im gonna be disappointed because i lost all hope for AAA a decade ago already

but im gonna be very sad

[ocean iris]

nah they wont

it's just a stupid thegamer article

at least you can go non lethal in MGS3

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/421176827403304982/1111950915038085141/image.png?width=540&height=676

CHAT IS THIS REAL ⁉️

[fathom juniper]

last time i checked kojima is real, yes

he even has his own cult!

and im not talking about kojipro here

anyways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uxC8IMo4V0&ab_channel=Etheo

[ocean iris]

im just hoping the remake keeps those insane details

[fathom juniper]

tell me @ocean iris
is that OG mgs3 re-release-whatever-collection going to be on ps5 only or is it coming to pc ?

[ocean iris]

it's coming to PC

xbox confirmed it

[fathom juniper]

YO

SAUCE ME UP

i wanna see the receipts

[ocean iris]

wait a bit

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/778518436828807181/1111951786912264212/image.png

Well it only says the Remake

But it's obvious they will be on Steam and Xbox too

[fathom juniper]

ok, slow down

i'm not getting hyped until i get some concrete information

if they actually release the OG on pc then...
screw the remake

honestly

[ocean iris]

well it said coming to PS5 but not only on PS5

like there's a difference

since it's a sony showcase

[fathom juniper]

it implies that

[ocean iris]

they can't just show steam and xbox logos

if you noticed

[fathom juniper]

see this is what i hate about those shows

[ocean iris]

yeah i know it sucks

[fathom juniper]

they can

night in the woods said the footage was captured on PC

and i'm pretty sure i saw epic and steam and xbox logos on some other games on that playstation shows

[ocean iris]

hmmm interesting

i didn't notice many tbh

but there's loads of games that are coming to PC eitherway

like sony said themselves

Live service games will both come to PC and PS5 same day as release

while singleplayer games will come later to PC

[fathom juniper]

live service

[ocean iris]

talking about exclusives now

[fathom juniper]

[ocean iris]

Also yeah I know

Im disappointed

but Helldivers 2 looks sick

[fathom juniper]

im disgusted

[ocean iris]

idk if helldivers will be live service

but it's totally coming to pc

also Marathon

people are now acting like they ruined Marathon but like

Im sorry but it was We have Doom at home

it sucked as a game only the concept art was good

[fathom juniper]

man...
marathon

i was actually excited to see that trailer
and i was hoping it's gonna be a proper, long singleplayer campaign that actually makes that concept are come to life while still keeping it's old writing and weirdness

my mind was running wild

i was happy to see bungiee leaving all that live service crap behind and finally...
FINALLY going back to its roots - what made them special....

....and then i learned it's a PVP shooter

[ocean iris]

PVPVE *

which is even worse

the only extraction shooters that I love are Tarkov and Hunt Showdown

[fathom juniper]

it can be PVPVEVESRB for all i care

just... no

please

is there nothing sacred anymore?

[ocean iris]

yeah i know waste of an interesting artstyle

i was intrigued by the artstyle to be honest

[fathom juniper]

i'd be disappointed if i didn't lose all hope back in 2013

[ocean iris]

biopunk type of stuff

[fathom juniper]

now all i can feel is this emptiness inside me getting bigger

[ocean iris]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxG-vvgXwAAdKcR?format=jpg&name=large

A bit off topic

but how do they make these screenshots good lord

god damn it I want to play death stranding again now

[fathom juniper]

you wanna know how?

gran turismo figured it out back on the ps2

[ocean iris]

actually knowing how to use the photo mode

or yeah modding the camera

[fathom juniper]

well that, yes

but also - the game, behind the scenes, cranks everything all the way up to render just one, very pretty frame when you snap a photo

instead of making sure it has to consistently render 60 of them each second

it's not much different than rendering a scene in blender

[ocean iris]

https://is2.4chan.org/v/1685175166183269.png

Horse approaches
Now you will learn the true meaning of CQC mastery.

[mystic wave]

finally, a good introduction! play this game guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3MsjyUcp14

[rustic falcon]

i need to continue it... limbus is taking all of my time lol

i decided belatedly that i want to complete the season pass, so im grinding mirror dungeons like no tomorrow

[mystic wave]

ah...take it easy okay

[rustic falcon]

but i have 4 days to get 40 tiers ...

help

[mystic wave]

you want that gregor announcer dont you

[rustic falcon]

...

yeah...

[mystic wave]

they prob will bring it back later. like many patches later

do you even have enough green boxes to complete it

[rustic falcon]

we'll find out, i have like 15 still i think

i could also use lunacy

[mystic wave]

could just chill and see what the next season have. save lunacy for it. you might like them even better!

[woven breach]

I watched someone got perfect score on really hard song in my rhythm game and I went "hey I can do that"

And it took me 5 days just to beat it

[sand sleet]

I have over 10k attempts on a level in geometry dash
My record in it is 52%

[woven breach]

it do be like that

4 days out of 5 was getting myself to 47%

passing 50%, the whole song becomes really catchy (but real easy) and feels like a reward

which what motivated me in the first place

if I didn't like the song, I'd probably put it under a rug

[sand sleet]

The best geometry dash players are insane
Beating a level with several dozens of frame perfects and pretty high cps with only around 25k attempts? Like bruh

[sand sleet]

Yeah when you learn the clicks it feels real nice to play even when you fail

[woven breach]

funnily enough recent Karl Jobst's vid cover GD. Can't fathom the best players accuracy

[tame sundial]

I found yet another game with a fun fishing mini game

[sand sleet]

Funnily enough I learned about karl jobst existence from gd community talking about that video and turns out my favorite speedrun covering youtuber naritsa is basically copying karl jobst? But whatever, I like naritsa a lot more

[woven breach]

I think "inspired" is a better word for that

[sand sleet]

Well maybe but I mean the thumbnails are almost the same and the videos are about the same games and are released later except that not all games that karl jobst covers naritsa covers just some
I have only watched a couple videos of karl jobst so far but it seems the difference is that naritsa has less clickbaity thumbnails and what's inside the video while the same content and speedrun it's just made better and more interesting and he talks with more than one tone

Like two days ago naritsa released a video about spaceuk also

[woven breach]

huh

odd

strange

other adjective

[sand sleet]

I mean probably inspired is the better word because he copies only ideas for videos and because there's not really any original content involved just explanation of the speedrun and background of speedrun and the game and the community etc there isn't really any plagiarism so yeah

[sand sleet]

What's the your rhythm game btw

[woven breach]

It's Project Diva Megamix+

it has been long abandoned by the dev, but the community is still alive

[sand sleet]

Bruh I literally just tried opening gd and my computer gave me the blue screen

[woven breach]

oh no

[sand sleet]

ah I see it's not free

I wanted to maybe try it but you can't buy things from russia online rn

[woven breach]

I do recommend emulating the previous entries on PS3 emulator, if you want to give it a try

Project Diva F and F2nd are my favs in the series

[fathom juniper]

whenever someone here mentions Project Diva my mind always goes to bethesta games

cause they can be some real fussy divas to get to run properly

[woven breach]

vvat

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/it-just-works-gif-13181297

50% of the time they just work 100% of the time

[signal kayak]

Todd "it just works" Howard

[twin yarrow]

not only that, this product, Project Diva, is also blocked in this region
..are we in different countries now?

[twin yarrow]

man. i remember the times when emulating PS2 was a real pain, and one couldn't even dream about emulating PS3.. maybe it's time to get back to this

[rustic falcon]

i never played project diva it seems hard

the extent of rhythm games i play is probably thumper and thats it. though recently i bought a game for switch called "loud", but i wouldnt... recommend it... lol

also i played llsif ages ago, the rhythm game aspect was fun. it recently-ish got shut down though, not that i would play it again tbh

[ocean iris]

MGS2 is like TLOU2 except Joel stuck around in the background and kept calling you an amateur

would have been cool if it was like that have Joel called Jaqueivius Sprinkledinkle

[sand sleet]

a rhythm game is only as hard as big and old the community is

[next patio]

Only rhythm game I actually played a lot is prob muse dash

[rustic falcon]

my friend plays it often and it does seem very fun and colorful

the selection of songs is cool too

[woven breach]

well... the first time I got into it, it took me 10 tries to beat a song on normal. Apart being the first exposure to rhythm game, it does have a very little margin of error.

I should play muse dash again

[rustic falcon]

im just not into button mashing too much when i play rhythm games which is kind of what it seems to be?

not that its nonsensical button mashing

but still

the way you can dress up and replace the characters in every mv is so cool too

[woven breach]

yep, that's the best part. You can mod in Walter White and Jesse Pinkman to the MV

it sounds cursed

cause it is

I've tried it and couldn't beat a song with that on

[sand sleet]

visuals are very important in rhythm games and alike

[twin yarrow]

in some games visual input is pretty clear, like Geometry dash.. in some the input have to be converted from arrows or symbols, which is much harder

well.. for me there is a high difficulty gap in those kinds of rhythm games..
there are acceptable, with one-two inputs
barely playable, with four inputs or some kind of switch command
and osu!

[sand sleet]

"in geometry dash visual input is pretty clear"
killbot, requiem, limbo and etc: https://tenor.com/view/mikeohearn-gif-9467924472242763968

anything in difficulty above hard demon is unsightreadable and has to be memorised tbh

especially nine circles levels and of course memory levels are literally based on the concept of not seeing the gameplay

[twin yarrow]

• installed one of the rhythm games
• failed tutorial horribly
• tried to look into options, found calibration of visual hints
• learned that there is almost 0.1 second delay between headset and display, making it impossible to play with audio on
• deleted one of the rhythm games

i guess, the fate is sealed

[sand sleet]

Wrong visual input is worse than none

[rustic falcon]

so close yet so far...

im trying to get to 60 and i have 3 days

me grinding this season pass

[mystic wave]

holy

[rustic falcon]

im at 41 now, and i am aiming to get to 50 today

[mystic wave]

sounds like youre gonna make it!

unless you actually have been in same spot for 3 days then you prob kick the bucket lmao

[woven breach]

Me: my forearms are really sore
My brother: Well... if only you didn't beat the controller like an egg
Me:

[mystic wave]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/512790960816783363/1112636526367625276/image.png

[rustic falcon]

[ocean iris]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/421176827403304982/1112668864208179210/image.png

i hate it when ecelebs buy crappy games on purpose then keep going how bad they are without refunding them and financing the studios to make more games like this because people like this keep buying them

[sand sleet]

I hate celebrities

I'm extremely against the concept of worshipping people

Anyway, iron harvest is now my uhh don't know precisely well in top 10 favourite games

[sand sleet]

Or anything really but that's probably not server appropriate

[sand sleet]

It's just sooo good

And impressive physics model for an rts

[woven breach]

oh boi poly bridge 3 is coming out tomorrow

[sand sleet]

Poly bridge seems fun

[signal kayak]

Gungrave G.O.R.E., yay or nay?

[sand sleet]

Damn iron harvest campaign just keeps going on

wait I think it's the dlc

yeah that makes sense

[mystic wave]

find review by Electric Underground on youtube

[sand sleet]

hhehe https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/827190621218668605/1112797271298412554/Screenshot_421.png

[ocean iris]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQ4bs_1MRE&ab_channel=GmanLives

IT'S OUT?!

@fathom juniper opinions?

i've been eyeing this remake for quite a long time and it's finally done

[serene delta]

Where is this from?

[mystic wave]

Limbus Company

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/loadsamoney-gif-18858431

H W A T ! ?

[ocean iris]

SYSTEM SHOCK REMAKE DUH

[rustic falcon]

i got to 51

[mystic wave]

wow you got this

[next patio]

idk what you got but cong🐀s

[gentle cloak]

Hades might not be the game for you then

[fathom juniper]

i'm genuinely surprised this game came out
and it came out good!

i am going to miss one thing tho
those super-scuffed midified renditions of nine inch nails with random notes and sounds sprinkled in willy-nilly by some background script

like...
there's one track in the OG that's just straight up Head Like a Hole

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there goes the bot

hang on lemme try that again

listen to this bit first:
https://youtu.be/b_nQF5gEzV4?t=415

and now listen to this
https://youtu.be/ghIRu6UvQPc?list=PL6vwnon3sINp9CY7z_R0-6Y3jp7OelIx7&t=22

im gonna miss that now that the game goes for a more ambient-y soundtrack

[hybrid jetty]

woah awesome it's good
I liked the demo

just replayed ss2 recently I forgot it released this month

[fathom juniper]

oh system shock 2 is just

have you tried the co-op mod @hybrid jetty ?

[hybrid jetty]

I think once many years ago

[fathom juniper]

oh it's so good

a bit buggy, but once it gets going
BOYE

there's nothing quite like it

[sand sleet]

firstly, there's not any worshipping present in hades, secondly, it's a game, I'm against tyranny but I still play mengsk is sc2 coop, I think you don't have a clear line between games and real life, work on that

[gentle cloak]

It was a joke

[sand sleet]

ok sorry

[fallen sky]

https://youtu.be/JGIGA8taN-M

Folks

[ocean iris]

2023 is the year of broken ass games, Nightdive did a much better job than AAA devs lol

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/421176827403304982/1112809772396326963/image.png

also enjoy :3

at this point I don't even know if it's modded

[wise cedar]

wew lad, 2 and a half hour video

[fallen sky]

First 10-20 mins are good at least

Gonna continue watching it later

That channel produces excellent quality and nuances vids

[hybrid jetty]

watched it
honestly while I found parts of it interesting a hefty chunk seems to be yet more distracting from the actual issue of the ip being stolen from them by the money people

[ocean iris]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/421176827403304982/1112965653461217320/1685386872742773.jpg

[fathom juniper]

nah
2023 is the year of goddamn remakes and that's still exactly what nightdive did

a good effort, i'll admit
but im just so tired of remakes already

[hybrid jetty]

that's all they do tbf

five minutes trying to play the original system shock is a fast way to realize why we needed this one lol

[woven breach]

I'm proud and not proud to say that i beat it again after a morning worth of retries

and a high score

I'm proud cause I beat it

I'm not proud cause saying my arms are sore is an understatement

Take rest from gaeming everybody

[sand sleet]

https://youtu.be/T1Q-G6Cs4SI

I'm really excited for stormgate

[rustic falcon]

they said it couldnt be done

[mystic wave]

i kneel!

you got charon too

vroom vroom

https://media.tenor.com/r5bQbZlI0JcAAAAC/charon-limbus-company.gif

[hybrid jetty]

yeah after further contemplation this video is about the wrong story

all the stuff about kurvitz maybe being an ass to work with is completely irrelevant and disingenuous

[hybrid jetty]

https://twitter.com/pixelsbyphil/status/1662189983539822592?s=20

Philtacular (@pixelsbyphil)

So @Blizzard_Ent and @FutureGamesShow put out a "Diablo 4 Devs Answer YOUR Questions" video, but the questions seem... off. Luckily, they included the handles of the "people" asking these questions so we can easily verify them! SURELY nothing wack is going on... 🧵

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Twitter · May 26, 2023, 8:12 PM

lmao

[woven breach]

Lol, reminds me of genshin stream on lunar new year. I couldn't send a chat on stream. I looked at it closely and found out that the chat isn't real. There's a pattern to them.

I've never seen anyone talked about it funnily enough

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah i heard about that

and BOI does this kind of stuff make me happy

i like outdoors
i like BBQs and bonefires and camping

and let me tell you - i've never had a bonefire that burned half as well as blizzard's reputation right now

it's burning brighter than the hinderburg

[hybrid jetty]

it is kinda crazy to think about right around overwatch's release they were basically on top of the world

and now..

[fathom juniper]

no they weren't

they were doing "okay" at best
i remember people saying that overwatch shows blizzard going back to the levels of quality from earlier years

[hybrid jetty]

nah they were
blizz had maybe a few detractors from stuff like Diablo 3 but those were seen as momentary stumbles at best
they still had a great reputation for the most part

[fathom juniper]

like - what was going on right before overwatch?
diablo 3 was a crapshow, starcraft 2 was doing alright, and WOW was going through a REALLY rough patch

[rotund umbra]

I mean Overwatch effin exploded when it released

it was insanely popular

[fathom juniper]

diablo 3 being a "momentary stumble"
a game that got completely scrapped once in 2005, dissolved blizzard north, launched in a borderline unplayable state while being always online, completely changed the artstyle from this dark, borderline horror-y gothic aesthetic to a more cartoony WOW-like pg13 with a little bit of blood AND it introduced the auction house while being generally the worst in the series in terms of gameplay, story and even music

[hybrid jetty]

yeah the problems with d3 and wow were generally perceived as just a misstep not as the start of the downfall of the company lol
which they still weren't

[fathom juniper]

that's a bit more than a "momentary stumble"
and it wasn't a one-and-done thing too, they struggled with it a lot to the point that they had to basically patch it all up in that other release
whatever it was called

[fathom juniper]

oh no - they weren't

[hybrid jetty]

like I've played d3 when it got a switch port it's Fine™️
as developers blizz was still one of the most respected which is why I said its funny to think about how low they are now

[fathom juniper]

the downfall started back in 2005

and it was all downhill from there, mate

slowly at first - sure

but they kept gaining speed and now they're doing mach 1 on the race to the bottom

at this point i think overwatch porn gets more views and respect than... overwatch in general

oh, blizzard

i hope you never change

lets see how low a company can get

hope all that tencent money cushions the fall

[sand sleet]

one of my favorite things in iron harvest is The Catterpillar Artillery https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/870680987208667187/1113182771486134382/Screenshot_455.png?width=1247&height=701

it's not called that but it has cute smol legs lots of them

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ironharvest/images/0/07/Attucks_Default_Skin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20210708000227

[mystic wave]

you and your mortars again!

[hybrid jetty]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1663559927389122560?s=20

Wario64 (@Wario64)

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart coming to Steam on July 26th https://t.co/TWcv2DG2ZT

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Twitter · May 30, 2023, 2:56 PM

oh huh

glad to see more of these getting ported

[fathom juniper]

Ratchet & Clank: Rip aFart

nice

[ocean iris]

THE MODS

THE MOOOOOODS

[fathom juniper]

for what

no im genuinely asking
i don't know much about those games

[hybrid jetty]

i have zero interest in ratchet and clank but every ps5 game that gets put on steam is a step closer to the games i care about

[fathom juniper]

every ps5 game that gets put on pc is a one step closer to consoles being irrelevant

[hybrid jetty]

cool

[junior crown]

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1663543807949029379 the story is so

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier)

This story is so insignificant but also so weird. GamesRadar's "Future Games Show" did a Q&A with the developers of Diablo and got caught faking Twitter handles with anodyne questions. The outlet now says those handles were "randomly generated" so people could be anonymous (???)

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Twitter · May 30, 2023, 1:52 PM

strange

to say the least lmao

[rotund umbra]

lmao what a bunch of bs, even if that were true why would you randomly generate usernames instead of just saying they're censored/anonymous

[twin yarrow]

Rivet: (sweats nervously 😰 )

[fathom juniper]

oh of course blizzard is going all like right now

they tried to avoid having another "out of season april fools joke" moment

got caught red handed

[sand sleet]

this bridge is the only exit for the enemy https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/827190621218668605/1113193687195844709/Screenshot_465.png

and I have exactly 108 barrels pointed on it https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/827190621218668605/1113194304278626404/Screenshot_466.png

so far there isn't a single scratch on my front mechs because the artillery has enough range to cover the entire bridge

looks like this in action https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/827190621218668605/1113196886631927878/Screenshot_469.png?width=1247&height=701

[sand sleet]

wait no I miscalculated, 124

[twin yarrow]

are those tsar-tank launchers on the backline?

this setting is crazy

[sand sleet]

yeah lol

a mix between a hwacha and a katyusha

there's also a giant mech with giant sickles

[mystic wave]

its the panjandrum!

[sand sleet]

no but there's a mech that looks like da vinci tank that launches remote controlled wheels with explosives

[hybrid jetty]

more overwatch characters will be announced as gay before the week is done

[twin yarrow]

do they really believe it's gonna improve their reputation in the eyes of community

[hybrid jetty]

huh didnt know dyno could hit me for posting links too fast oops
makes sense

[woven breach]

I just bought Poly Bridge 3

finished chapter 1 with some corruption on the side like a true civil engineer

[mystic wave]

whats that mean? theres bribery in the game?

[woven breach]

Make the bridge cheaper, pocket the rest of budget

[mystic wave]

lmao

[woven breach]

And this is why our infrastructure sucks

[mystic wave]

good job

[ocean iris]

https://is2.4chan.org/v/1685527485941773.png

well into the trash it goes

[twin yarrow]

ah, how i want to come back
ah, how i want to rush in
the little town

on our street with just three houses
where things simple and familiar
for a day

[woven breach]

Silent Hill HURK Ascension sounds pretty uninspired

[signal kayak]

a streaming series
survival game
What is it then?

[twin yarrow]

an utter disgrace, that's what

i guess, it'll be supposed to be played by streamers only, while all the controls are handed over to the chat

[signal kayak]

I mean, that's a given
But I was asking, what does this pretend to be? Metal Gear Survive but with """FOMO"""?

[mystic wave]

people who proposed this idea, and those who approved it...

are they even human?

[ocean iris]

any fallout 4 officionados here

I was searching for Kellogg and heard a weird crashing sound and Cait commented on it and apparently it's a crashed thing but where the hell is it

nvm it was an UFO

[fathom juniper]

wait
there's still some left?

[ocean iris]

I wonder if they accidentally wrote The Replicated Man quest for Fallout 3 or they actually thought of Fallout 4's plot while making the game

[fathom juniper]

they didn't even think of 4's plot while making fallout 4

let alone 3

[ocean iris]

In all fairness

Fallout 4 was more sound story wise than 3

[fathom juniper]

well yeah, i'll give you that

but new vegas still exists and it wipes the floor with both 3 and 4

[ocean iris]

4 factions to join, not bad bethesda

[fathom juniper]

especially when modded

[ocean iris]

The game was not that satisfying to play to begin with even modded but it's very well written

[twin yarrow]

tbh, i found the main plot of the game while pretty interesting, but not too catching

[ocean iris]

Im gonna be real I forgot I was supossed to search Shaun

I literally did so much stuff before even finding Kellogg

[fathom juniper]

SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUN

[twin yarrow]

at the same time, the story of the far harbor dlc seemed to me much better

factions you'd like to choose from, conflict you'd like to solve

[ocean iris]

Cure Cait's addiction, become the Silver Shroud, help some settlements, find some frequencies, work on my power armors, etc.

[fathom juniper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnczZfolKs&ab_channel=THErealmrluke

[twin yarrow]

while in the main game there're bad guys, worse guys, meh guys and more meh guys

[fathom juniper]

after heavy rain no videogame character can be named shaun or jason

none

[ocean iris]

Right Vault 81 too

[fathom juniper]

thank you, david cage

[ocean iris]

I randomly found Vault 81 and helped them too sooo I'm already a messiah

[twin yarrow]

^this.

[fathom juniper]

No Gods Or Kings...

ONLY JASON!

[twin yarrow]

81.. isn't that the only vault that was working as a vault without any shenanigans?

and where you find Curie

[ocean iris]

Well yes

except there were vault tec shenanigans

but the dwellers were lucky enough to get through it

they wanted to experiment on them enough to find an universal cure

feels great to find a vault that still works

[twin yarrow]

yeah

then you try to build your own one, get lost in the creative process and put the game away for years

son? what son? i had a son?

[fathom juniper]

so 👏

today i saw the tetris movie

the docu-biography-whatever

[twin yarrow]

(korobeiniki intensifies)

[fathom juniper]

it's... ok?

it's fine

good, even?

like - the story behind how tetris got out of the ussr iss actually really interesting
and this movie does this story justice... mostly

it kinda goes overboard with making it way more dramatic just for show

so we of course have a car chase at the end
and a subplot about some KGB spies and one completely made up career politician that was abusing his power

it's more... fun and lighthearted take on the story and less of a docummentary

it's good
7/10

also it slaps some bonnie tyler... IN RUSSIAN during the climax and i just... couldn't stop thinking about shrek 2

[twin yarrow]

[fathom juniper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zVB9Z9TM4&ab_channel=RaheemShah

and it's chip-tuned a bit too

it's...
the movie completely loses the plot and goes full scott pilgrim here

it's adorable

so yeah - if anyone here is unfortunate enough to have an apple device and pay their monthly ransom...
...you might as well go and watch it on apple tv

[signal kayak]

Ransom
I mean, you're not wrong

[hybrid jetty]

most bethesda games have at least one quest that hints to the next one

iirc

[ocean iris]

I finally got why switching weapons in MGS2 and 3 was so weird

Us XPlebs360 controller users dont have pressure sensitive buttons

[ocean iris]

Also why is the stealth genre a goldmine of innovating game design

[vale root]

new humble bundle

and it has rain world

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/must-play-metroidvania?view=2EXjJEtYK7wg

[tame veldt]

just started rain world

its cool

[vale root]

i love it tbh

[woven breach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_Lskv6ZjQ

the tone whiplash is a bit hilarious

[wise cedar]

That tall person in the intro gives me gender envy

[ocean iris]

We're getting aztec assassin's creed

but the city looks so boring like the ruins while the actual cities were described even by the spanish as some of the most colourful and beautiful they've ever seen

[ocean iris]

gonna try system shock remake on gog soon

Wish older games like System Shock 1 got remade instead of PS2-PS3 era games that can be played just fine

How about some game preservation

I think Metal Gear 1 and 2 need remakes as 3D games or at best 2.5D since it's so jarring to finish V and start MG1 lol

[fathom juniper]

How about
And hear me out here

Enough with the goddamn remakes?

I’d rather have old titles easily available

But that’s not where the money is so

[ocean iris]

Am I the only one person who likes first person immersive animation like in Metro or Fallout when it comes to Power Armor. They did it nicely in SSR

[twin yarrow]

Sonic and the Secret Rings?

[fathom juniper]

YES oh my god I love this stuff

If you’re looking for a game that’s all about it

Oh come on

Play the “vin diesel game that makes the profanity bot amgry”

The chronicles of ridd

Ick

There we go

[ocean iris]

I saw people complain about the SSR animations but like

Isn't the point of immerssive sims to seamlessly immerse you

I think people from 1994 DREAMED of this level of animation

[signal kayak]

Looks like Yuji Naka has been jailed

Insider trading cost him two and a half years on the slammer

[fathom juniper]

People will always find a way to complain something

I know
I’m one of them

I think this remake looks sweet

Not enough Pretty Hate Machine though

[woven breach]

should've done The Chronicles of Rid-richard

[mystic wave]

@rustic falcon do you get to do hell's chicken?

[rustic falcon]

wait is it going to return?

i started playing right at the end of it so i basically missed all of it 😔

[mystic wave]

im just wondering if the stages and cutscenes can be viewed

[rustic falcon]

let me see

wow like 4 of my steam friends are playing it rn LOL

like at once

[mystic wave]

i just started the new chapter and our bus ppl are saying the chicken thing just happened

have you cleared chapter 3?

[rustic falcon]

not yet, im in the middle of it

then the great mirror dungeon grind began

[mystic wave]

ah

im curious if they let you play the chicken stages even if the event ended. see if its there after chapter 3 and lmk!

[rustic falcon]

oh it seems that i can play it! hell yeah

[mystic wave]

awesome!

[ocean iris]

@fathom juniper Stalker 2 devbuild leaked

Yeah it's literally Stalker with slightly more modern graphics lmao

[fathom juniper]

ah jeez

hang on - let me dress up for the occasion

there we go

now i can go and look it up

[ocean iris]

You got a nice suit pepe for when Dragon's Dogma 2 releases?

[fathom juniper]

um

uh....

[fathom juniper]

@ocean iris look at this
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VGxWybeIubQ

this is some borderlands crap right there

[ocean iris]

oh yes

Moxxi's slots be like

[fathom juniper]

THE GODDAMN THING ATE MY LEGENDARY RIFLE BACK IN BL2

i am... still salty about it

it's been over 10 years and that glitch is still there

have i told you the story of how moxxi scammed me of all my life savings @ocean iris ?

[ocean iris]

nope

but im not surprised

[fathom juniper]

ok so there's 2 slot machines there, right?
usually they're kinda crap - they're only good for getting eridium

but - i wasn't really aware of that back when i played it for the first time (which was shortly after launch)

i was doing co-op with a buddy and we've spent HOURS on those things

one time i dumped literally all money i had - i didn't know where to get some good weapons and - let's be honest here - early drops in bl2 were utter garbage

so i was just going at it on both of those machines at the same time

my buddy went out to run some errands around the sanctuary at one point and then
suddenly
i got a legendary

which is like a 0.02% chance or something like that

FINALLY!

my buddy went all like "yo can i see it?"
"sure"

so i dropped the weapon for him to pick it up (instead of using that clunky trade menu)

he just went "cool"
dropped the gun back...

and the bloody thing clipped through the floor and fell out of bounds of the map
never to be seen again

and that bug
IS
STILL
THERE

to this day

cause i managed to replicate it again like... 2 years ago
but with a gargbage weapon this time

[ocean iris]

amazing

i wept.

[fathom juniper]

me too

i wrote a letter to randy demanding my money back
but i haven't heard from him since

guess 37.4 mil borderbucks doesn't translate well to dollars

[ocean iris]

HOLY CRAP

MGS3 Remake Steam Page is up

[fathom juniper]

yeyeye
i slep

wake me up when the OG shows up on steam

you know what i'd like to see instead of this remake?

a new MGS
with a similar approach to MGS3

as in - not a yet another pointless story of Big Boss
but a prequel that leaves all the sequel baggage of other games behind and starts fresh

a game...
about THE Boss and her Cobra unit during world war 2

with a heavy focus on survival aspects

now how awesome would that be @ocean iris ?

[ocean iris]

well seems like you and Kojima think alike

[fathom juniper]

dude

[ocean iris]

since that's what he wanted to do lol

[fathom juniper]

who wouldn't like to play as THE boss

arguably... the best female character of the entire 6th gen

[ocean iris]

True but it wouldnt be as Kojima intended it but I think someone can pull it off

[fathom juniper]

one of the best characters of the entire goddamn series

dude imagine it ending on D-Day

actually, no
that would be kinda stupid because the boss was 8 months pregnant during d-day...
...and they send her there anyway

wtf was that subplot anyway

it just came out of nowhere and made me go

but yeah - i'd love to play that
proper, slow stealth
survival viewer, food, camo index, guards that aren't short-sighted

[ocean iris]

You know MG1 and 2 in 3D would be sick

[fathom juniper]

sae the world by throwing dead frogs at nazis

[ocean iris]

Though MG1 should just be a short animation but fans did it already

[fathom juniper]

would they?
not only mg1 were really simple both in terms of story and gameplay

[ocean iris]

MG2 sounds great for a 3D complete makeover

[fathom juniper]

but - you know - they'd be yet another goddam remakes

can we have like...
new games?

[ocean iris]

Frank Jaeger needs more exposure

Like a full on 3D modern MGS game in the jungle sounds great

[fathom juniper]

oh they milked frank harder than bethesta milks skyrim

he was in MG1, MGS1, MGS2... kinda
and then in 4 raiden turns into grey fox 2.0 anyway

[ocean iris]

What the

MGS2 is Olga tho

[fathom juniper]

yeah but the point of that was to make you think it's grey fox for the longest time

right down to using the same codename

[ocean iris]

That's a stretch

Im talking Frank Jaeger not Gray Fox since that's kind of a stage a person is just like being a Big Boss/Snake

It's an identity one assumes

[hybrid jetty]

learned the very hard way that among the modern improvements system shock remake has, autosave is not one of them

whoops

[fathom juniper]

good

[hybrid jetty]

yeah lol the remake's great so far had to take a break after that though i didn't want to run through those 2 hours again

[sand sleet]

companies try to make anything new instead of remaking the same things for the twelfth time challenge

[rustic falcon]

D:

new indie games come out all the time

its AAA games that are insistent on remaking and remastering for the most part

[sand sleet]

excuse me, *large companies

[rustic falcon]

sometimes remakes/remasters are necessary to bring the game to modern consoles or pc

like nier replicant

or welcome more audience that has not been able to play it beforehand for one reason or another

[hybrid jetty]

yeah i don't care about remakes as long as they don't remove the old game from existence, which they usually don't

and most of them tend to be pretty good!

[rancid token]

Or they're different enough to be fresh

[hybrid jetty]

most of the time when people say "ugh everything's just a remake nowadays" they aren't looking at enough games imo

[ocean iris]

dead space really didnt need the remake

at least it got a 90 min demo

[rancid token]

I like remakes when they put new takes on old material

[hybrid jetty]

ff7r my beloved

although I do hope the next one cuts a bit of the padding that the first one had...

[rustic falcon]

pathologic 2 is a very new take on the original

for example

[hybrid jetty]

pathologic 2 is a remake? i had no idea

[ocean iris]

pathologic 2 is pathologic but good

hope it makes it clear

[hybrid jetty]

interesting
one day I'll get to playing it, always been a game that seems like my kinda thing

[rustic falcon]

yeah its a remake of pathologic (though that also got a "remaster" in the form of classic hd) but tinybuild insisted on adding 2 to the name

[hybrid jetty]

lmao that's kinda funny

https://twitter.com/GameSpot/status/1664334259690278912?s=20

GameSpot (@GameSpot)

The Xbox 360 Controller Is Making A Comeback For Xbox Series X https://t.co/VYOggCbDLS

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Twitter · Jun 1, 2023, 6:13 PM

big news for me (I don't own an xbox but the 360 is the only controller I've liked for pc)

[ocean iris]

i got a 360 controller but it's on life support

im using tape to hold the battery pack in place

maybe i can get a new battery pack from ali express

but i cant justify that much of a hassle

[twin yarrow]

in such case, we with my friend could use a save editor, and not feel bad about it

game scammed us in an unintended way, but we scammed it back

[jagged halo]

Been playing Hall of Torment and some of these new bullet heaven games, really noticing a lack of interesting builds in them. Are there any of these games that have more involved builds? I heard Soulstone survivor was pretty good. Hades has spoiled me.

[ocean iris]

i wish product placements were done as nicely as Metal Gear

apparently KojiPro wasnt paid for it but they just wanted to make the games a bit more immersive

[fallen sky]

https://twitter.com/ChristinaTasty/status/1664261396966588416?t=ENnkwh9k3ms3QEnpBrtECA&s=19

Christina Tasty (@ChristinaTasty)

WHOOP, THERE IT IS

WHOOP, THERE IT IS

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Twitter · Jun 1, 2023, 1:23 PM

Like clockwork

[clear python]

holy hell i love blizzard now

[hybrid jetty]

my powers of prophecy

[wise cedar]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/cadaee4f2d23df952f04e623a59662e1/0b13c77aa0733d0b-33/s640x960/3df5a4851895f474940fea5cf113765f2f2f343c.jpg

[twin yarrow]

so it just makes a good chunk of ..artwork canon now

community always knows better

[wise cedar]

its nice that we live in an age where gay community ships can get traction

particularly given the "media creators just scrape what's popular/interesting off of fan sites" is something that happens a lot more these days than it used to

[twin yarrow]

wish to believe it's done out of caring about loyal playerbase's interests, and not as a desperate effort of reputation saving

[wise cedar]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/516763813790482464/1114013448259510362/image.png

[twin yarrow]

next we'll have to see bi Genji and the Man With No Name

[hybrid jetty]

its never part of the actual game or even has something meaningful to do with the character
like the only time it wasn't damage control was when they first revealed tracer to be a lesbian (which was cool! at the time at least)

overwatch 2

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/894257906885746731/1113225507048259701/20230530_173613.jpg?width=729&height=456

[gentle cloak]

the one actually based pride thing overwatch 2 did was remove the cop cars from the pride map. Supposedly, I don't play it so I don't know if that actually happened

[fathom juniper]

oh it is

it totally is

i just learned about blizzards diversity charts where they assigned points to their characters based on their skin color, ethnicity, body type and sexual orientation

which basically created a tier list... for races

i just learned about it a few minutes ago and i'm gonna study this when i get back from work just so i could crap on blizzard harder and more accurately

but i'm just gonna leave a link to a podcast where they discuss it
https://youtu.be/2rW7boetFM4

it's...
if that's true then i just...
i don't even know what to say

[signal kayak]

It's the latter
They always do so every time they're in the middle of controversy

[fathom juniper]

which is all the time

this is absolutely insane

go listen to that podcast

i'm gonna look up that GDC later

[twin yarrow]

yeah. i wish to believe, but i don't

[hybrid jetty]

this is old news and iirc even the art team on overwatch came out and said "yeah we've never used this idk what they're talking about"

it was just some weird pr attempt

[fathom juniper]

God I hope so

I only just learned about this

And that still doesn’t change the fact that higher levels at blizzard had this tool and used it
Even if it didn’t translate directly into the game itself

Although I doubt this thing didn’t affect the decision making process in the slightest

It had to have at least some influence

Man
What a crapshow

[signal kayak]

I wonder what they'll do when they run out of characters to Rowlingfy

Do that to the players themselves...?

[fathom juniper]

Probably because statistically a half of their player base scores below their average diversity score

God this is outrageous

And I don’t buy that they never used it when making their characters

[ocean iris]

South East Asian representation in games:
Symmetra and uhhhh

Symmetra?

Also mfw the only romanian character I know in vidya is literally Vamp

[woven breach]

Symmetra is Indian

[ocean iris]

Well isn't India in that area or is it just straight up South asia

Well if so that's even worse because I don't know any actual SEA characters then so ye SEA representation NOW

[woven breach]

India is South Asia, not SEA geographically. The one that is from SEA is Echo

she talks in singlish

[fathom juniper]

I guess South Asia is too low on blizzards tier list to matter

[woven breach]

but... that's it?

[fathom juniper]

Unless you have e a robot arm then that bumps you up a few points

[ocean iris]

It isnt about blizzard anymore tbh

We just need non american representation

America sure is diverse but there so many other nations too

Im satisfied with eastern europeans and slavs tho cause STALKER and Metro exist

[fathom juniper]

Sure - I agree
But the way blizzard is doing this is just…
Absurd

[ocean iris]

Out of all the games Siege does it right

Cause Ubisoft is european after all

[fathom juniper]

Yeah

Credit where credit is due - siege actually does this whole “international cast” thing well

[ocean iris]

We got baguette operatives, cooka da meatball operatives, bratwurst operatives, etc
etc. AND STILL NO ROMANIAN OPERATIVE WHEN THEY GOT A STUDIO THERE

[fathom juniper]

But we’ve got two vodka operatives

[ocean iris]

Frikin Poland but no Romania, CROATIA TOO WHAT

[fathom juniper]

Get rekt

[ocean iris]

😔

I love Ela tho so it gets a pass

[ocean iris]

Only 2?

heh

Tachanka, Kapkan, Glaz, Fuze, and Finka

[fathom juniper]

Oh right

Well I meant and I wanted to use the most popular polish word, but

[ocean iris]

I love playing then except Finka cause Doc is much better

[fathom juniper]

It would make the profanity filter angy

[ocean iris]

heh

[fathom juniper]

So I just said vodka

[ocean iris]

xd

Just say wodka

:P

[fathom juniper]

With an ó

Anyways

Get bent, blizzard

Thanks for handing me another reason to crap on you

On a silver goddamn platter

[ocean iris]

I wanna play Siege now ugh

it's so fun cause I never main and always use different operatives

[fathom juniper]

I wanted to play siege
But at this point I’m too scared of getting completely rekt 24/7

[twin yarrow]

i'll be honest here, on the start it was more interesting to watch than over-watch

but now idk if it's manageable to play on PC without cheaters

[mystic wave]

speaking of SEA in games, No Straight Roads included this little boss fight themed with dikir barat which was super poggers

[rustic falcon]

mojiken studio are based in indonesia, their most recent game "a space for the unbound" is set there

[signal kayak]

Been hearing about No Straight Roads for a while
Is it really good?

[sand sleet]

are the roads gay

[signal kayak]

That do be a good question

[rustic falcon]

btw to the conversation earlier about pride and games, apparently DBD added like every flag to the game... except for the lesbian one...

[fathom juniper]

And if yes then how many points do those roads get on the blizzard tier list?

[sand sleet]

What did blizzard do btw I'm the outest of loops

[mystic wave]

it has its problems, but i recommend it
the issues are like, the gameplay doesnt feel very polished. like, theres platforming parts but the jumping dont feel very good
its a pretty unique experience though, one that made me feel glad i experienced it
like, watch this boss fight where you...being rock stars....
hijack a concert!
...of a child piano prodigy. yeah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkxmOBrEp4M

[signal kayak]

I have heard that it's got pretty good OST and bosses, but the rest not so much

[rancid token]

NSR is really cool and has lot of heart

But kinda suffers from HiFi Rush coming and eating its lunch a bit

[signal kayak]

🤷‍♂️

[mystic wave]

yeah accurate. 'the rest' isnt too much though. boss fights arent too far apart

[rancid token]

Although NSR is more like Psychonauts than DMC

[signal kayak]

Eh, I'll find a copy for cheap later
Plenty of stuff on my plate right now

Had Risk of Rain 2 on my Switch, had a blast with it, and just bought it again on PS4 for just 10€
Difference is night and day, damn

[broken smelt]

I thought NSR was already out for at least 12 months by the time hifi rush released

[woven breach]

uh

NSR was released back in 2020

[broken smelt]

gdi, I thought we were still in 2021

[rancid token]

Yeah, but HFR is basically the same concept but better and with more marketing

[signal kayak]

Released out of nowhere

[woven breach]

and isn't epic exclusive first year it released

dk if that affected things but hey

prob

[rustic falcon]

how much is too much

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/rookie-numbers-gif-26135237

[rustic falcon]

i have a steam friend who has almost 300 so maybe, maybe

[polar dragon]

Any Darkest Dungeon 2 enjoyer here?

[fathom juniper]

I mean - you’re the local rogueLITE guy here

[mystic wave]

fulltime hours

[wise cedar]

its a company and you're working part time

gotta get those up to 80 hours

[dire condor]

best game without story please

[fathom juniper]

if you wanna make me do stuff for a company you better get me on a goddamn payroll

[fathom juniper]

MGS5

[dire condor]

noooooooo

[mystic wave]

chess

[fathom juniper]

[amazing] [chess ahead]

[dire condor]

nnnnnoooo

[fathom juniper]

ok then

doom
and doom 2

arguably doom64

[lofty pecan]

https://www.dexerto.com/overwatch/overwatch-2s-opt-in-pride-event-content-will-be-blocked-for-some-players-2160100/ 🫢

[fathom juniper]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1114243105047203941/6e579f7c716550728e679a70d23518ec.png

it's all so tiresome...

i don't think blizzard is even capable of not ducking things up anymore

[ocean iris]

Spiderman 2099 game when

[fathom juniper]

when my vacuum cleaner breaks i'll call it blizzard and it surely will start sucking again

[lofty pecan]

they didnt even block it in only countries in which it would be illegal, but also other countries in the eu https://old.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/13yamby/blizzard_should_unlock_the_pride_event_in_central/ 🙄

[fathom juniper]

first comment
you need to buy the lgbt battlepass

oh you know blizzard would monetize the hell out of it if it didn't cause a massive crapstorm

[ocean iris]

so poland and romania dont get these apparently

well that's a shame too bad Im busy playing games that are actually good

[fathom juniper]

overwatch is getting 👌 this close to topping fallout76 as my favourite game that i never played

the game may be utter garbage
but the headlines it's generating?

grade A entertainment

[rustic falcon]

i think its fun to play but its such a mess

blizz-wise

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah i can see that

[rustic falcon]

even still some characters being explicitly lgbt means something if only for 16 year old me who was hoping

[fathom juniper]

like - in a hands of a... actually competent developer this coudl've been an awesome piece of runnin and gunnin

[ocean iris]

i actually got fallout 76 installed

[fathom juniper]

rip

[ocean iris]

but im having way more fun with fallout 4 lmao

i cant be arsed to play unless some friends install it too

[fathom juniper]

dude i was working retail when 76 came out and it distinctively remember those boxxed coppies just... not moving an inch the entire time we had them in stock

[ocean iris]

HOLY CRAP

BREAKING NEWS

GRAN TURISMO 4 AND 5 PLAYABLE ON RPCS3 FINALLY

now this is insane

[fathom juniper]

oh hell

[ocean iris]

but playable Midnight Club LA when

i cant run it for the life of it on RPCS3

[fathom juniper]

playable burnout 4 pretty pls

and black too

thank

[ocean iris]

Ah yes

PS2 emulation

[fathom juniper]

the holy grail of emulation

fun fact
the first time i played mgs3 was on an emulator...

...on a dinky old laptop

it ran like a jet ski on gravel
i've seen senate hearings moving at a faster pace

but i still finished it

had to stare down at the ground through the entire bike chase scene

[mystic wave]

wheres your ps2!

[fathom juniper]

in my heart

[sand sleet]

tried might and magic heroes 7

definition of meh

also the board is squares instead of hexagons like it was in the third one

third one is way better

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah

HOMM3 is one of the best games ever
and i'm not even a strategy nerd

[fathom juniper]

what's your main town ?

[sand sleet]

not sure last time I played it was like a thousand years ago

orks I think

wait no I think lizards

[fathom juniper]

oh so the stronghold then

wait

oh that's the fortress
which i always call the swamp

well - at least you didn't say "necro"

if that were the case...
i'd have to get my shotgun

[mystic wave]

im playing Wanted:Dead. actually feels like playing a janky ps2 game. in a fun way

[ocean iris]

of course the polish person likes HOMM

https://tenor.com/view/troll-face-creepy-smile-gif-18297390

[ocean iris]

STEPHANIE JOOSTEN is in it

[fathom juniper]

dude HOMM3 is for us what...
what starcraft is for south korea

it's like a national sport

[ocean iris]

so the joke about Malina from Helltaker playing HOMM a ton is real

I am glad to learn about polish culture from Helltaker

[fathom juniper]

the what from what

[ocean iris]

BRO

[fathom juniper]

what

[ocean iris]

Helltaker is poland's national treasure

[fathom juniper]

ey?

[ocean iris]

man makes a game by himself just so the internet can make fan art of his chracters instead of him

demon girls in nice suits

[fathom juniper]

[ocean iris]

it worked

now there's a whole ass subculture of russian artists making Metal Gear x Helltaker fan art

[ocean iris]

https://cdn.donmai.us/sample/e8/31/__malina_helltaker_and_2_more_drawn_by_vanripper__sample-e8315f435934c96f5acb43a222aa62c4.jpg

[fathom juniper]

oh no what have you done

you have no idea what you just unleashed upon this server

[ocean iris]

https://cdn.donmai.us/original/9b/81/9b81dd3e3ea1af570e2652f70e50f260.jpg

[fathom juniper]

there's...
there's xcom on that pic

you better take that down before foxhope gets in here

[ocean iris]

sorry i like showing good games here

also yes her name is

Malina the Sour Demon

peak character design

https://cdn.donmai.us/original/1f/ee/1fee920871b00005b8615a7345789101.jpg

Her main prop is a vodka bottle

[fathom juniper]

hates necro

[ocean iris]

truly poland at it's finest

[fathom juniper]

ok now you had my curiosity

now you have my attention

SCREW
N E C R O

[ocean iris]

what's wrong with it never played it

is it like

some annoying faction

like the zerg?

[sand sleet]

Zerg aren't annoying

Skill issue

[fathom juniper]

so each town has a certain set of units, right?
usually each player can grind out hundreds of the most basic units during a campaign and use them as cannon fodder

[ocean iris]

Ah yes the no skill defense force is here

[fathom juniper]

well - necro has some of the best level 1 units

a simple

a skeleton

and then they get a skill where they can turn any dead unit...
into a skeleton
that fights for them

and then another one that is even more bonkers

[ocean iris]

ah christ

[fathom juniper]

playing against a necro player is kinda like...

[ocean iris]

already sounds as bad as Magic the gathering blue decks

[fathom juniper]

like boiling milk

it's all fine and dandy one second

you turn around for a bit

and then suddently it's OVERFLOWING EVERYWHERE

you got 200 gremlins?
that's cute

that bastard over there has 2736423875 skeletons

oh you got 600?
that dude just went over the intereger limit and wrapped all the way around it so the amount of the skeletons in a single stack doesn't even fit in a vanilla window and glitches out the entire goddamn game

the amount of skeletons in his army grows exponentially

[hybrid jetty]

hey respect blue its just haughty djinn decks that are miserable

[ocean iris]

fair fair

I got a tezereth deck soooo

playing against a red deck is an insane task

[hybrid jetty]

i love tezzeret

my favorite planeswalker

[ocean iris]

agreed

[sand sleet]

Terran is the annoying one

[hybrid jetty]

the annoying faction is whichever one I'm losing against

[sand sleet]

Started metro last light

no gameplay starting sections suck

[fathom juniper]

is that the one with the awkward sex scene?

[sand sleet]

No idea

[ocean iris]

yes.

[fathom juniper]

guess we'll find out in a few hours

ah

well that was fast

[sand sleet]

this is bs I read the first book I remember you can't go outside in the day how are they alive

[hybrid jetty]

just built different

[sand sleet]

so far really enjoying it tbh

didn't make it to the uh abovementioned scene yet

[sand sleet]

Tbh I have expected it to be scarier

Being a metro 2033 game after all

Is it just not a horror game

[wise cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oSZOt5ROEo

[dire condor]

Damn seeing ffxvi ads in youtube makes me ......

I dont have ps5

[sand sleet]

just killed a boss and I have one throwing knife left and a single round

because instead of buying ammo I bought the next gen bullpup rifle

typical me

it's not even good

5,45 caliber always sucks in games

why isn't there an ak 47

[sand sleet]

nvm it's very good against humans

oh and of course I get 2 free ones off enemies with addons in 5 minutes

smh

Oh no the uh the scene started I think

Nah nvm

the two reoccurring themes in metro universe is:

• humans are worse than mutants
• protagonist is tripping af

[sand sleet]

no way

I just finished it

it's so short

good game

anyway

[mystic wave]

now metro exodus

[feral holly]

Just got RDR2 on sale for $20

[woven breach]

Nice

[fathom juniper]

oh so a dollar for a minute of solid gameplay

neat

@ocean iris !!!

GET IN HERE RIGHT NOW!

i'm about to make a fatal mistake...

[ocean iris]

what.

[ocean iris]

WHAT IS IT ⁉️

[fathom juniper]

im about to make a serious mistake...

i...

Sir Dingus the First
Scholar of the first Bim

am about to give MGS 5 another shot

is there anything i should keep in mind to not have as much of a miserable time as i did the first time?

well - miserable is a bad word

"disappointing" i should say

[ocean iris]

i mean

if you try to actually play creatively

and not end up sniping everyone

then yes it's going to be a good time

[fathom juniper]

first things first - i'm gonna turn off that goddamn reflex mode

and own up to my mistakes and commit to finding weird and dumb solutions to messes i get myself into

[ocean iris]

yeah reflex mode is an insane crutch

total stealth and subsistence are when the game shines the most

but you can do on site procural for yourself too

or literally just equip the tranq pistol

and use CQC only and tranq only when needed

[fathom juniper]

i wanted to play mgs3, but...
since i have no way to play it...

mgs 5 will have to suffice

it's the mirror's edge situation all over again

i wanted to play the original
my beloved

but since i have no ways to play it despite having more than capable hardware cause screw games preservation buy our subscription service

i had to settle for...
catalyst

eh

[ocean iris]

bro

RPCS3

EASY.

[fathom juniper]

you want me to turn on my cam and show you my apartment?

you could help me and look for a PC capable of running RPCS3

cause i can't see any

all i can see are empty beer bottles and a bunch of pizza boxes

[ocean iris]

my bad

[fathom juniper]

oh look!
a pack of marlboro gold

man there's some cool loot here

[ocean iris]

mom's gonna bring some loot too

since here we sometimes celebrate the dead by giving away packs of stuff and food to strangers at the graveyard

aka literal loot

[fathom juniper]

what do you mean you give food to strangers at the graveyard ?

they're already fkn dead, mate

[ocean iris]

no idea mate

[mystic wave]

@rustic falcon help! go to your limbus profile and set up your strongest company. first time i felt i need to use the support feature lmao

[rustic falcon]

Oh is that what that tab is for?