Since you get markers for the dreamers on the map
#video-games
dire saffron
sand sleet
yeah and the map is very big and going like in a circle checking every corner for somewhere where something could be that you gotta get to is very very annoying for me
dire saffron
Ahh yea i get that :3
Kinda just a metroidvania thing
Tbh I need to finish blasphemous 2 and learn it's speedrun route
sand sleet
maybe metroidvanias just aren't my thing, the only other I remember playing was ori and the blind forest, I enjoyed it but stopped playing cuz at the time my pc was too bad for it and it lagged too much
dire saffron
I have mostly positive things abt ori to say having played 1 and 2 but I have my issues with it
Lowkey would've wished the combat just didn't exist or like it doesn't need to be as deep as they wanted to make it
The weapons in 2 were cool for skips but like otherwise kinda eh
rancid token
They mark where do go next on your map when you first visit the Black Egg, I thought
sand sleet
dunno I liked combat in ori
twin yarrow
both for pc gamers, and ps4 owners. since, it's like "the last straw that keeps the device worthy to have"
fathom juniper
i actually bought my ps4 second hand as a bloodborne machine
ocean iris
why tf are 2 nintendo games nominated for GOTY
twin yarrow
maybe metroidvanias just aren't my thing, the only other I remember playing was ...
in the later patches, btw, they added custom pins that can be added anywhere on the map to keep track of points of possible interest, like holes you can't reach, cracks you can't break etc
back when i played the first time, there were no such thing
also, i kinda can understand that finding Cornifer is pretty hard in some places. they figured so as well, so they added paper sheets spread on the path to him
such little details, but they show how the devs care
twin yarrow
why tf are 2 nintendo games nominated for GOTY
im trying to recall what was released by nin this year and finding it hard to
well, except another mario
dire saffron
They mark where do go next on your map when you first visit the Black Egg, I tho...
Nope :3
fathom juniper
im trying to recall what was released by nin this year and finding it hard to
yeah im also trying to recall what was released by nin this year and can't think of anything
jagged tide
Tears of the kingdom?
fathom juniper
i didn't know trent reznor liked to rehash old games 
dire saffron
Totk v baldurs gate is the goty thing
Like we all know that yea
No way anything else competes in that category
jagged tide
You forgot starfield
fathom juniper
jagged tide
Starfield should’ve taken another 4 years, even tho I doubt anything would’ve changed
dire saffron
I'm curious if they're gonna let the cyberpunk dlc to run for anything
Probably not since it's dlc but still
twin yarrow
star citizen is taking decades.. and even if i can see that things are changing, it'll take centuries till the release
rotund umbra
starfield apparently has less players than skyrim now
so I don't see it winning anything
fathom juniper
less quests too
broken smelt
yeah and the map is very big and going like in a circle checking every corner fo...
If you don't mind using mods, I'd reccomend downloading the lumafly mod manager.
From there install compass always on and the vanilla map mod mods
ocean iris
TOTK I guess is okay, idk it felt like an expansion that's all
hybrid jetty
i loved totk
before baldur's gate 3 released i thought it was pretty much a lock for goty
hybrid jetty
I'm curious if they're gonna let the cyberpunk dlc to run for anything
its up for best narrative
ocean iris
sven coop unironically
rose vortex
That just sounds sweedish
ocean iris
Not necessarily
You dont need the half life games
Unless you wanna play them in coop fully but the fun is with custom maps
rose vortex
Sounds fun
I also like that it is old
Because i have a 32 bit operating system
On my laptop
polar dragon
Or just multiplayer games
Have you heard of erm... League of Legends?
rose vortex
Have you heard of erm... League of Legends?
What's your main
ocean iris
I also like that it is old
Yeah, I got like 80+ hours in it, used to play it big time on my old laptop
ocean iris
It plays like half life
But modded servers have custom maps, sometimes custom guns too
ocean iris
I finished it so many times
sand sleet
I tried half life but it was too scawy :(
Half life 2 was good tho
Low poly long bloody fingers are terrifying as hell
potent hollow
anyone here play hollow knight and just waiting for silk song?
toxic cosmos
Tho just waiting for Silksong is not quite accurate. There are plenty of games out there to try in the meantime
dire saffron
anyone here play hollow knight and just waiting for silk song?
Me
Please
I've been playing so much hk
mystic wave
Tho just waiting for Silksong is not quite accurate. There are plenty of games o...
such as Rusted Moss
broken smelt
Tho just waiting for Silksong is not quite accurate. There are plenty of games o...
Definitely not me looking at my 500+ hours in HK
broken smelt
largely rando 
sand sleet
Ac6 not nominated for goty, total scam
The only game on the list with the same quality level is bg3
Ac6 is only in "best action game" category
What the hell
ocean iris
rancid token
I think this year is the first year I'm not annoyed at any of the goty noms
rancid token
Meaning I don't think I'd be upset no matter what ends up taking it home
Like, maybe Spiderman or Wonder? But it's still a banger list
twin yarrow
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/421176827403304982/1173917339876602036/...
another day of yandex.delivery guy in Saint-Petersburg
twin yarrow
Ac6 is only in "best action game" category
at least, that's fair
out of everything, there is plenty of action there
to think of it, when you have only 1050ti and also broke, you pretty much miss the major releases of the year.. now looking at nominated games, i realize i forgot most of them already
ocean iris
I just realised how many cameos there are
The Engineer is Junji Ito
Ludens fan is obviously Geoff Keighley
Old Porter is Sam Lake
etc.
The cosplayer as conan o brien
The musician as Daichi Miura
Hell we got Edgar Wright, too and lots of other directors
I actually didnt even notice
clear python
<@&456908176877551658>
supple abyss
<@&456908176877551658>
I gotchu
ocean iris
@fathom juniper
when you finish death stranding on director's cut you get a very MGS-esque mission
so freakin cool
Man I love this game
fathom juniper
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1052279756667748393/1174059992412856442...
ooooohhh
this one gives me strong Fuel vibes
you ever played Fuel?
also
ocean iris
you ever played Fuel?
nah but i heard it was boring
fathom juniper
i actually quite enjoyed it
i wouldn't call it boring
but it's close to like...
well - death stranding on wheels
fathom juniper
i dunno man
exploring the world, enjoying the views, meeting other players online on the road
it was pretty fun
also - those rare moments when wather goes absolutely crazy are just 
ocean iris
Im so close to 100%ing death stranding
I have like 8 more orders for misc. objectives to complete the final achievement
But Im so tired Im doing it tomorrow
clear python
In a perfect world, games with very slow push box animations would not exist
but this is not a perfect world
clear python
backloggd asking me to vote for goty while i have 0 2023 titles played and 4 from 2022 (one of which is postal 4) 💀
rustic falcon
I yeah I don’t think I played much that released this year or played much at all
I played the cosmic wheel sisterhood which was great
but I can’t remember any other ones
fathom juniper
backloggd asking me to vote for goty while i have 0 2023 titles played and 4 fro...
seems like you regert it 
fathom juniper
ah jeez 
i ain't doing so hot today fam
recommend me a comfy game that requires 0 braincells to play
cause right now i feel like i have only 1 working braincell left and its in charge of making me reach for tissues when sneezing
rustic falcon
I’ve been playing luck be a landlord and it’s funny and pretty mindless
fathom juniper
ok i think i found my entertainment for now
i'm reading steam reviews for The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
i don't know much about the game but the reviews are absolutely hilarious
oh jesus
rustic falcon
Ngl I would rather eat nails than do that 
fathom juniper
yeah no kidding
twin yarrow
i know about that game only from memes and fanart
kinda can figure what kind of reviews can be there
usually when i have to unload the data from the brain, i watch speedruns of 2d games
twin yarrow
kinda satisfying to watch
fathom juniper
have i ever told you about my fave speedrun ever?
fathom juniper
the og deus ex ran at agdq like
ah jeez
10 years ago?
it's so delightfully scuffed
twin yarrow
oh
fathom juniper
i should play the deus ex randomizer
fathom juniper
ocean iris
never been so proud
fathom juniper
Boss! Your princess is in another compound!
I marked it on your iDroid.
ocean iris
dude
the never be game over community is either gonna commit a Waco or just peacefully resign if nothing happens to MGSV on it's 9th anniversary
ocean iris
It's been 9 years....
it's crazy how MGSV became such a cult classic but I think it was loved at launch too
rotund umbra
the never be game over community is either gonna commit a Waco or just peacefull...
are they still coping?
I'd figure now even they must be done
ocean iris
Lemme check their sub
fathom juniper
do you seriously think that Konami
a publisher that hasn't released a good game in like 15 years
a publisher that killed all its IPs and is now in the process of desecrating their mutilated corpses
a company that's bleeding money due to moving their resources to gambling while lobbying to have it legalized in japan (which apparently failed)
a company which let go of their last, best studio along with its boss
a company that * blah blah blah *
do you seriously think that after all of this AND MORE they will suddenly...
make peace with kojima, convince him and his entire studio to come back to konami just to...
...finish work on a decade old game that already was a bunch of unnecessary filler at its best?
ocean iris
and they say r/BatmanArkham is the madhouse of the internet
that's a fun madhouse at least
never be game over is just.....crushingly depressing
fathom juniper
lethal amounts of copium
ocean iris
clear python
hey that's the nft
ocean iris
shame they didnt put king kong there
fathom juniper
byac?
ocean iris
this reminds me
clear python
*bayc whoops, the nft monkeys
ocean iris
Kojima put the director of Kong Skull Island in Death Stranding as a cameo cause he is directing the Metal Gear Solid movie
fathom juniper
ah
ocean iris
Kojima put the director of Kong Skull Island in Death Stranding as a cameo cause...
tho idk what's happening with that movie
fathom juniper
*bayc whoops, the nft monkeys
i thought you wanted to swear in russian but skipped a letter
clear python
i would never swear!
fathom juniper
clear python
fr*ick
ocean iris
i genuinely have more faith in mgs delta than sh2 remake
clear python
mw III remake when
fathom juniper
they're both gonna suck
ocean iris
sh2 is 100% gonna make pyramid head an actual villain and not creation of James' mind
fathom juniper
mw III remake when
it just released
ocean iris
they're both gonna suck
cant make MGS3 that bad
worst that can happen is optimization
clear python
it just released <:dusa:522248771409543188>
why should that stop them
ocean iris
im semi-coping but I got faith
fathom juniper
cant make MGS3 that bad
god i wish i shared your blind optimism
gentle cloak
WITH THE GODDAMN REMAKES
You'll need to dismantle capitalism for that I'm afraid
ocean iris
unlike the SH2 remake which I know is gonna be butchered
ocean iris
god i wish i shared your blind optimism
on the other spectrum there's koji production
which i eagerly await at the game awards
ocean iris
the game awards for me is literally the annual kojima announcement event with some game announcements inbetween
i literally dont give a crap about the other stuff
in 2022 i stayed up late to 3 AM just to see the reveal trailer for DS2 which were it not for the late hour I was at, would got me screaming
fathom juniper
the cult is real
ocean iris
okay but like
im sorry for liking avantgarde games 🙄
i literally was never this excited for a game series
that is ongoing
fathom juniper
nah mate that's ok, it's just
sometimes it comes off like you're madly in love with the guy
you do realize he's not the only one working there, right?
ocean iris
i love anyone who was behind death stranding
believe me im not praising him THAT much
(and of course there's the actors)
also NO DLC
the only thing was director's cut which was mostly a Sony thing
fathom juniper
yeah cause the last thing this game needs is more padding
ocean iris
they added some great missions
a starter skeleton for the first area to make the game more bearable
back in my day you had to do it without any skeletons!
a starter non lethal weapon, and more customization
the extra missions were fun, they were stealth focused
and had obvious MGS refferences
like I posted yesterday
now that I 100%'d it Im super burned out
I will reinstall it someday to complete all 512? orders with Legends of Legends of Legends rating
I just love how much of a cooperative effort this game was to make
it's awesome when games unite talents from so many fields
stable kindle
@polar dragon DID YOU GET YOUR DECK MINE JUST CAME IN
rustic falcon
me with my now outdated deck
that i got for full price 
but hey it has a hades startup movie now
polar dragon
me with my now outdated deck
My friend we ordered the old refurbished deck haha
stable kindle
"outdated" theyre not even 2 years old 😭
polar dragon
At least I did
stable kindle
i got a brand new one bc i was feeling spicy
rustic falcon
outdated.... Obsolete....
polar dragon
Old
stable kindle
the keyboard is pretty cute :3
rustic falcon
jk it works just fine its awesome
stable kindle
i did see people were having trouble getting their oled orders to go through lmao which is exactly why i didnt want to bother
stable kindle
check your tracking
stable kindle
but hey it has a hades startup movie now
tru
rustic falcon
You own Hades.
stable kindle
outer wadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFTndGLNjaw was watching a streamer and this Dota custom game looks like it's using some of Hades artwork for its UI?
stable kindle
yeah it is lmao
outer wadi
pretty lame
tame veldt
i think the only game i've played thats come out this year is risk of rain returns soooo uh yeah that
woven breach
Hi-Fi Rush
polar dragon
i think the only game i've played thats come out this year is risk of rain retur...
Have you beaten it?
polar dragon
not yet i kinda suck at it lmao :3
the fact that you can't aim with stick bugs me 😦
you need to face the direction for shooting
tame veldt
they said there's a patch coming
i wonderi f you can move backwards while shooting the other way
cause thats gonna make the game waaay easier
well i guess you already kidna can
nvm am dumb
rustic falcon
Yeah I have not played a lot of games that came out this year
cosmic wheel sisterhood was awesome though
polar dragon
i wonderi f you can move backwards while shooting the other way
it seems you figured it out but you can yeah
it's finicky though because you have to face a direction, hold shoot to lock and then it works
polar dragon
cosmic wheel sisterhood was awesome though
I won't lie I haven't faintly heard of it haha
mystic wave
Chat! What is your personal GOTY?
Void Stranger
polar dragon
not that one either 😔
mystic wave
Check it out!
twin yarrow
Chat! What is your personal GOTY?
BG3
didn't play it, but my friend did, and we were discussing everything
definitely the game of summer-autumn of 2023 for me
tame veldt
thats prolly the correct answer
dire warren
You can have an incorrect answer, so everything that isn't incorrect must be correct
hybrid jetty
Chat! What is your personal GOTY?
armored core 6, I think
very difficult to choose though
next patio
Chat! What is your personal GOTY?
Mario wonder is the only one I played so that lol
No wait I did play totk
Eh, still
woven breach
much as I love ToTK, not gonna even put it as a nominee for personal GOTY
jagged tide
The only game I have played from this year is sea of stars, which was good, but I didn’t finish it
gentle cloak
I don't think I've played a single game that came out in the last year
rancid token
There's a lot of bangers this year
Probably a three-way tossup between RE4R, TotK, and BG3
But like, Lies of P was this year, Pikmin 4 was this year, Hi Fi Rush was this year
twin yarrow
I don't think I've played a single game that came out in the last year
same
next patio
But like, Lies of P was this year, Pikmin 4 was this year, Hi Fi Rush was this y...
Oh god yeah
Screw wonder I can't decide between pikmin 4 or hi fi rush now
outer wadi
BG3, but Hi Fi Rush and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk were also fun. TOTK was disappointing
rancid token
Lies of P is definitely up there for me
That one managed to be a Souls game that doesn't fall on its face in the last half
tame veldt
"Correct answer"
idk bg3 is just the game with the biggest scope and positive critical/fan reception
its not that deep
just like
the most impressive game
sand sleet
idk bg3 is just the game with the biggest scope and positive critical/fan recept...
That does not in any way make it a correct answer to a question to which there cannot be a correct answer
stable kindle
guys.
sand sleet
Also, I disagree it's the most impressive, gameplay doesn't even flow
sand sleet
https://www.pcgamesn.com/half-life/steam-app
Half life 3 finally ong ong
twin yarrow
That does not in any way make it a correct answer to a question to which there c...
there can be incorrect answer though, when somebody names a game they don't actually perceive as their game of the year
twin yarrow
SUNDAY IS 25TH HALF LIFE ANNIVERSARY
it's older than i was when tried it first time
hybrid jetty
https://half-life.com/en/halflife25/
woah thats pretty cool
fixing two decades of issues that have slowly made their way into it
and uplink
hybrid jetty
But like, Lies of P was this year, Pikmin 4 was this year, Hi Fi Rush was this y...
i struggled to pick between hi fi rush, bg3, and armored core
lofty pecan
https://www.pcgamesn.com/half-life/steam-app
half life 3 coming in at the last sec to steal goty 🫢
ocean iris
im very tempted sometime to just buy a replica of Venom Snake's arm
fathom juniper
https://youtu.be/TbZ3HzvFEto?si=FXCwp0O16DiPn6xE
so i just finished watching it
and man
also
this was apparently directed by Danny O’Dwyer
the noclip guy
also it's super fun to see they brought back old crew that isn't at valve anymore
fathom juniper
yeah just wait for tf2 to turn 25 years
and get this
this doc dropped like... right as i was finishing modelling, animating and texturing a 3d model of those like...
half-life-ish doors for doom
and i mean - the timing on all of this was so precise it made me believe in god
i recorded this at 10pm
so the whole thing was finished around 9pm
it's 10am right now
and that doc launched 13 hours ago, according to youtube
you can't make this up
ocean iris
aw hell naw
ocean iris
i snatched my sister's switch and played totk and it has a sony walking introduction 😭
That's it, BOTW IS BETTER
@fathom juniper they remastered tlou2
ocean iris
did they add a gamemode where you just go around killing people?
they made a gameplay system so good only to just say revenge bad
fathom juniper
oh did they?
DID THEY!?
fathom juniper
YEAH TELL THAT TO ALL THE DEATH SCREENS I SAW DUE TO ELLIE SLIDING AROUND LIKE SHE'S DOING 360 GRINDS IN THPS WHEN TRYING TO CRAWL ON THE GROUND
ocean iris
bruhhh
fathom juniper
dude that thing is so broken
as in - it works as intended - it gives those fancy-shmancy animations a priority over your inputs
so when you're crawling on the ground trying to hide in a corner the game goes like "nuh-uh! we gotta make some room for our fancy animations!" and slides you around
which got me killed so, SO many times
ocean iris
Ah yes RDR2 moment
fathom juniper
remember that stealth section before that car setpiece?
the one where get in a car with some dude (the one that gets domed later on) and drive away?
fathom juniper
dude i died like 15 times there just because of that problem
i was sneaking around
actually having fun
i tried to line up a headshot
ocean iris
I wish Alan Wake 2 was as good as the musical section
fathom juniper
and the game goes like OH CRAP THERE'S NO ENOUGH ROOM FOR US TO SHOW OFF!
and ellie just goes
rustic falcon
Are they actually remastering it or is it a joke
fathom juniper
they are
ocean iris
I wish Alan Wake 2 was as good as the musical section
from what I gathered it looks like they added cheap jumpscares for no reason to make it more horror than the original otherwise eh
rustic falcon
Like for PC or in general
fathom juniper
i heard about this like a month ago
and now they just announced it
ocean iris
Id give TLOU2 a "try" if it was on PC
fathom juniper
for the empty Space Station 5
rustic falcon
Who not at tga 
fathom juniper
from what I gathered it looks like they added cheap jumpscares for no reason to ...
i replayed the first one a week ago
people who say that they "added" jump scares are either full of it
or don't remember the first game
ocean iris
Who not at tga <a:accord_think:853051537198415872>
cause kojima's going to bomb the TGA with a new DS2 trailer
fathom juniper
that one had those live action "jump scares" in almost every level
ocean iris
The TGA is just a music show and kojipro announcements with an award show sprinkled in
rustic falcon
meh I watched a friend play it a bit ago and there weren’t any jumpscares per se
It can be scary but it’s no until dawn
fathom juniper
meh I watched a friend play it a bit ago and there weren’t any jumpscares per se
oh the first AW is not scary at all
it's not even a horror games
rustic falcon
I love watching geoff waste my time every year
fathom juniper
but it has the same sudden cuts as 2 so 
ocean iris
I hope they play Herald of Darkness live at the TGA
fathom juniper
ocean iris
XD
ocean iris
I hope they play Herald of Darkness live at the TGA
SHOW ME THE CHAMPION OF LIIIIIGHT
It's been a while since a game had such a bop, aka since 2019
fathom juniper
- dmc1 dante's squeaky voice *
LIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
rustic falcon
^non indie game enjoyer
fathom juniper
It's been a while since a game had such a bop, aka since 2019
dude
play control
fathom juniper
dude
sam lake has been best buds with Poets of the fall since...
forever
the band that recorded all those cool songs
fathom juniper
hell - they used one of their earliest tracks - "Late Goodbye" - in max payne 2 YEARS before they released their first album
at this point a remedy game without poets is like...
a doom game without a good shotgun
AKA. Doom 3
ocean iris
I need to play them remedy games
fathom juniper
you should
OR!
or...
you could kill two birds with one stone
celebrate half lifes 25th anniversary AND play a remedy game at the same time by playing...
half payne
best half life 1 mod ever made
ocean iris
zamn...
I saw it
Its been due time we had a proper european excentric game series
Japan already does (Kojipro games) and uh the US idk
I guess they got COD?
ocean iris
Oh it does
ocean iris
thats crazy
Anyways, yeah Alan Wake 2 is gonna get the music award for sure
Just for the musical alone
fathom juniper
i... honestly stopped caring about all those awards
i'm still gonna watch it
probably
but just for the laughs
rustic falcon
WORLD PREMIERE
ocean iris
Last year Al Pacino was there and of course Kojima had to shake his hand and probably scan him
I swear everyone this guy meets is gonna get scanned
The buff guy from Train to Busan, the singer from Biting Elbows (or director of Nobody and Hardcore Henry), uh who else
oh yeah the rackaracka twins
also proof for the whole thing in case anyone doesnt wanna google
rustic falcon
This is stupid lol
It feels like it just came out
What is there to remaster about it
ocean iris
You know what needs a remaster
Bloodborne
ON PC TOO
I swear that game's gonna get console locked like MGS4 was on the PS3
rustic falcon
Will we get the last of us part I remastered remastered?
rustic falcon
It probably still is
ocean iris
oh they are adding a roguelike survival gamemode to TLOU2 remaster
at least they did listen to the complains of the combat being fun but locked in a linear story
bet its gonna be 70 dollars too but if you own the game you can buy it for 10 dollars
why should you pay 10 dollars for just an update?
i like movie games where you can actually have some freedom ngl
rustic falcon
Does it count as a movie game
fathom juniper
oh my god i just realized
TLOU is a series that has more remasters than original games 
like
ok - so we've got TLOU1 and 2, right?
but on the remake/aster side we have
tlou 1 remastered
tlou 1 remake
tlou 2 remastered
ocean iris
Does it count as a movie game
yeah to be fair
naughty dog was always movie games
except Uncharted was also fun
rustic falcon
Dbh is a special case
ocean iris
connor's actor said he could barely improv
fathom juniper
ocean iris
Like he wasnt allowed by Cage
fathom juniper
rustic falcon
I recall that, the little wink he did was improv and cage did not like that
ocean iris
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/226831135802392577/1175402957055991848/im...
FREE BIRD???
fathom juniper
a gee-tuar free play!? 
ocean iris
I recall that, the little wink he did was improv and cage did not like that
bahahaha
thats insane
fathom juniper
dude this is genuinely harder to play than a real guitar
ocean iris
That guy shouldnt be a director for the life of me
fathom juniper
thats insane
oh yeah
rustic falcon
Rhythm game? Pog?
fathom juniper
the only good parts of detroit are good DESPITE david cage, not because of him
rustic falcon
and it’s racist as all hell without even being self aware
Not that it would make it better
ocean iris
Id say being racist by trying too much to be anti racist
fathom juniper
and it’s racist as all hell without even being self aware
wait
is it?
ocean iris
Its too on the nose
Idk how to explain
Its that much on the nose that its kinda offensive
fathom juniper
i mean
i know it tried to do the mankind divided thing by drawing parallels between racism and robots (which didn't work out there either)
fathom juniper
but i don't remember detroit being genuinely racist
but then again - i never played it
i just watched it on youtube
rustic falcon
it used real life symbols to mark the android revolution and it has…. Uh…. android concentration camps…
It’s not subtle at all
ocean iris
Its idk, preachy? out of touch? too on the nose? just let non white people write about these issues and its gonna be okay lmao
fathom juniper
Like it was told from an out of touch white guy
oh just like that other company where a bunch of middle aged white guys from france tried to write a story about teenage lesbians from US
didn't really work out there either
ocean iris
oh just like that other company where a bunch of middle aged white guys from fra...
oh jesus its the one with lea seydoux right?
or oh nvm
fathom juniper
wait what
rustic falcon
dontnod have been trying their best since
fathom juniper
yeah at least they progressed in that regard
rustic falcon
Harmony:the fall of reverie and life is strange 1 are so far apart
fathom juniper
i stopped following them after The Hella simulator 2016
or whenever first LIS was
eh
ocean iris
Im trying to think of mainstream games that tackle race stuff properly but it all seems like they were written by out of touch nepos
rustic falcon
I love vampyr even if it’s a mediocre game
fathom juniper
Im trying to think of mainstream games that tackle race stuff properly but it al...
genuinely
wolfenstein: the new order
espiecially the J timeline
it has two really good dialogues that tell more than all those other games combined
ocean iris
I think people who have the most experience in writing professionaly are people that are not from a connected background from places like san francisco, we need more everyday people to actually fuel these stories and make them genuine
its hard to explain
writing about racial issues or sexuality that i mean
fathom juniper
i mean
SGGs are based (and based) in san francisco
i think
and they have some of the best writing out there
ocean iris
i hope you people get me but we need authenticity and a view from someone who is in that group, not corporate preachiness
ocean iris
SGGs are based (and ***based***) in san francisco
i was just throwing out a city
fathom juniper
but i get what you mean
rustic falcon
or AA
ocean iris
i hope you people get me but we need authenticity and a view from someone who is...
i also think that doing this will not scare gamers ™️ as much as corporate writers do when it comes to these issues
fathom juniper
because they make those mistakes intentionally and then turn them into PR stunts
like "oh yeah we're gonna use this super delicate subject for a base of our story, then turn this into a really havy fueled PR campaign"
and then the game does NOTHING with that subject
and whenever someone asks them about it they're all like "oh our games aren't political at all!"
it makes me genuinely mad
rustic falcon
i also think that doing this will not scare gamers ™️ as much as corporate write...
Steam gamers will beg to differ
mystic wave
Shame it’s mostly indie game
we should talk about these indies instead
rustic falcon
you’re right
ocean iris
Steam gamers will beg to differ
steam forums....
rustic falcon
Steam forums 
ocean iris
I said this again but like
pour a cup of coffee
log onto steam
open steam discussions
vac ban section
SIIIIIIP
mystic wave
been eyeing this https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/NORCO/
ocean iris
Im sorry but its so funny to see kids come up with some olympic grade mental gymnastics to why they got banned
fathom juniper
the only place where you can get into a pissing contest with a dev untill they call you out on twitter
ocean iris
steam forums are just <:PES_Ok:493353112501747712>
good thing they arent pushed in your face
like they are contained
when you google game issues you get steam forums posts but these actually are informative at least
rustic falcon
I google something and it leads me to some games forum outside steam that calls the game bad cuz woke
Oh I misremembered
ocean iris
I google something and it leads me to some games forum outside steam that calls ...
the CIA agent behind the post pushing his sunglasses and smiling as he takes a sip of coffee knowing full well he committed another divide et impera
rustic falcon
It was a video bim posted about a game having a lot of flashing lights
So I searched it up and found forums of people calling others woke or trolls for saying they’re epileptic and it was bad for them
Gamers 
hybrid jetty
Im trying to think of mainstream games that tackle race stuff properly but it al...
more like the aaa games industry is still overwhelmingly white guys
like BioShock "both sides are bad" Infinite was praised for it's story in 2013 it's pretty dire lol
sand sleet
Stealth is very busted in cyberpunk
If you one tap someone with a silenced weapon they could be standing next to their friend and their friend will be like "where the hell did it come from"
They won't even sound the alarm
They'll just search for you
clear python
like BioShock "both sides are bad" Infinite was praised for it's story in 2013 i...
that‘s why i wanted to replay it, I‘ve heard that renewed discourse but it‘s a long time since I played it myself
gentle cloak
So I searched it up and found forums of people calling others woke or trolls for...
The "word" woke has had unimaginable consequences on the state of discussion
I say "word" in quotes because it's hard to call something with the definition of "anything a conservative dislikes that moment" a real word
ocean iris
woke had its roots in the black panthers iirc
sand sleet
Woke is when you breathe air
Btw you know how in cyberpunk if you while undetected drop onto an enemy you'll have a takedown animation with you slamming their head against the pavement? Well, if you have mantis blades and before dropping on them you take them out, the animation will be a different one, with you piercing their head with a blade
And it's unique to mantis blades only
No other arm cyberware has this
And no weapon that I know of
hybrid jetty
yeah it's really cool
sand sleet
How replayable is it?
Extremely repayable played through it 6 times(although depends on do you count new game + and new game ++ separate playthroughs, they both have new content, so if you don't count them as separate times then I only played through it 2 times)
I guess depends on what repayable means though
polar dragon
Extremely repayable played through it 6 times(although depends on do you count n...
yeah that's what I really meant! as in there's a little of post game content
im debating between getting this, Monster Hunter World, and MH Rise
sand sleet
There's also multiplayer and constructing and reconstructing your mech trying out different combination of parts is basically an endless activity
Never played monster hunter, it looks very grindy
woven breach
im debating between getting this, Monster Hunter World, and MH Rise
I can tell you, between MHRise and MHW, get MHW
polar dragon
I can tell you, between MHRise and MHW, get MHW
could you tell me the difference?
woven breach
For newcomers, MHW is a lot easier to get into, more content than MHRise and arguably better endgame.
dire warren
im debating between getting this, Monster Hunter World, and MH Rise
I can tell you, between MHRise and MHW, get MHRise
woven breach
Lmao
polar dragon
did you play?
woven breach
yes
woven breach
The resell value for parts there is 1:1, meaning you can potentially rebuild a new one from scratch if you don't like the current one
provided you have enough money
sand sleet
The resell value for parts there is 1:1, meaning you can potentially rebuild a n...
yeah that surprised me very pleasantly
sand sleet
they're all console exclusives unfortunately
fathom juniper
So…
Yesterday I tried Sifu
And I’m still playing sifu
Even if it’s driving me up the goddamn wall
Already smashed my controller twice
woven breach
I lost my drive for Sifu
all of a sudden
Played it a bunch for the first day, it clicked and went deathless for the first stage
and then
poof
fathom juniper
I mean
The game flip-flops between extremes
At times it feels like I’m learning how to s-rank revengence again
It feels amazing
While at other times your character feels like a clunky unresponsive mess that makes GTA characters feel snappy by comparison
It’s got style for days and it’s so intense it’s genuinely makes me sweat 
But it also has a save system more malformed than king Carlos the second
fathom juniper
I just broke my controller
Can’t find my r1 button
Credit where credit is due
Those dual shock controllers are made to last
fathom juniper
oh mine r1 and l1 pinged off in completely different directions after i smashed the controller on the floor today
cause
sifu
woven breach
dem
fathom juniper
OK
I'M GOING BACK
i'm not gonna let this game school me like that
i still have a second dual shock to wreck
ocean iris
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/888317171271344152/1175777463364763648/ss...
IM learning this dance btw
twin yarrow
amuse us, mister genius
twin yarrow
but it's still working
you're lucky
i've buried three, i guess, for stopping working at all, they just went blinking yellow and that's it
other three were buried for heavy drifting
hybrid jetty
that too lol
toxic cosmos
Looking nice, Fox!
clear python
overcame analysis paralysis of what game to play next by just going through them alphabetically. innovative
polar dragon
overcame analysis paralysis of what game to play next by just going through them...
No no now you need to pick if you want to do it A-Z or Z-A or somewhere in the middle because there's a game you actually want to play.
mystic wave
noooooo
clear python
Luckily I don't have a game that I want to play that much, but I can foresee some huge roadblocks with e.g. Final Fantasy games that will take years to finish
fathom juniper
Luckily I don't have a game that I want to play *that* much, but I can foresee s...
are you sure you don't have a game you really want to play really bad right now?
maybe you just forgot it's name
i bet it's start with P or R or something like that
close to the end of your list
or X
like Xcom
clear python
ah yes pathologic classic hd how could i forget
rustic falcon
pathologic classic hd good
fathom juniper
so 👏
@clear python
so now that you're going through your games library in an alphabetical order
which Ace Combat game are you going to play first?
now - remember
i don't take "no" for an answer 
there is no Ace Combat No
clear python
Thank god it's just the ones I already marked as 'interesting, unfinished' which is a subset of 'unfinished' (implying the games can be 'finished') 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 In the former case, it would be a 60 seconds game, and in the latter 7 days to die. marvelous. blessed.
fathom juniper
you're... kinda right
fathom juniper
yeah there's 40k of them
fathom juniper
survival flying
but yeah
i'm gonna toot my own horn here for a bit, but...
if this game had objective popups
https://youtu.be/QeBmPWkuruo?list=PLiUY67rFJxdL_H0eJjzXtiQI9GkRgVSE2&t=322
this bit here would actually say "Objective: survive"
and i mean
come on
don't tell me this doesn't look fun af
damn this makes me wanna play it all over again
for like the 6th time this year alone
clear python
neat!
fathom juniper
it's amazing
my personal goty 2023
just... ignore that it came out in 2019
i just played it the first time this year
and it's the only game this year that genuinely made me cry
if i were the kind of person that gives a game an X out of 10 number i'd give it a solid 9.5, if not a straight up 10
not for the game as a whole
but the overall experience
i love the gameplay
the game looks awe-inspiring
the characters, dialogue and story are all just ||even if at points its delivered in a bit clumsy but still adorable way||
the whole thing looks gorgeous, there are some vistas here that are jaw dropping
and it has some of the best music i've ever heard just... ever
and i love the memes
the only gripe i have is that THE SOUNDTRACK ISN'T ON SPOTIFY
WTF HABIBI
BAMCO NAMDAI WHAT ARE YOU DOING GUYS!?
all your souls games are on spotify but THIS isn't!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cZ4q9oCt9o
criminal
this level of neglect should be punishable by jail time
also - it has the absolutely LEGENDARY...
Ace Combat 7 jaypeg dog
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1176260178014904430/Bez_nazwy.jpg?ex=656e38a8&is=655bc3a8&hm=3fb3d91d30fa5b27099e5814544d2dcb67a91589784d20d2f199b0cf9ca124fb&
that dog alone brings this game up to 11/10
mystic wave
And finish any unfinished Warhammer 40k game
how do you finish total war warhammer
hybrid jetty
winning, probably
ocean iris
twin yarrow
aren't they all liquid though
ocean iris
true....
ocean iris
twilit edge
I'm playing ROR 2 recently and wow
Hades and Risk Of Rain 2 are the only 2 roguelites I actually like lmao
clear python
Hades is the only roguelite i like 😎
rustic falcon
ive been playing slay the spire
i got in on a whim a few days before the sale because i REALLY wanted a card game
im also playing luck be a landlord which is technically a roguelike
fathom juniper
ono
hybrid jetty
I wish I could like ftl
ocean iris
no love for FTL
I LOVE FTL!!!!
fathom juniper
any game where i can kill 6 people at the same time by slowly draining all oxygen from the room while watching them suffocate from the comfort of my comfy med bay is a thumbs up from me
"oh no i'm being raided!"
"lemme just lock the door and crack the window just a tad..."
i love how i went from fighting for my life and barely scraping by in every encounter to just...
violating the space geneva convetion
in a matter of like... a week
why would i even fight a pirate ship when i can destroy their engines so that they can't run away
destroy their gun so that they can't fight back
and then destroy their oxygen supply and make them fight CO2 itself
i'm not even doing anything
i'm just enjoying a cold one while waiting for the screaming to stop
rustic falcon
it's struggling
fathom juniper
say @rustic falcon
are those recommendations on the main page personalised somehow?
please tell me they're not
fathom juniper
no i mean like
literally the first row of games
fathom juniper
aight
lets see recommended then
lets see what valve thinks of me 
ok, alright
that's... fairly accurate
the dread x series is great
dread templar is a gory boomshoot
strafe is... a thing
vomitoreum runs on the doom engine
condemned is made by monolith 
i just don't know that neon game
i'm suprised
it's rare for me to see an accurate and useful algorithm like that
usually i get a bunch of assorted garbage
- gasp! *
ACE COMBAT 7 IS 80% OFF!
including the Top Gun 2 DLC
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1176589485375500328/image.png?ex=656f6b59&is=655cf659&hm=1feba9c3e605d21255376c9077d47fe368d59472b5b4bd7fdbde353275fdf78b&
which yes - is a thing
and you get to fly the Darkstar too
rotund umbra
any game where i can kill 6 people at the same time by slowly draining all oxyge...
my favorite way of killing folks
rotund umbra
also yeah, sucks when you have a fire while also having o2 subsystem down though
especially if the fire is in the o2 subsystem
fathom juniper
and if a puny human happens to perish in the process then so be it
they weren't gonna make it anyway
it's a small price i'm willing to pay
fathom juniper
especially if the fire is in the o2 subsystem
or when enemies breach your med bay and find 4 dudes in there just chilling and playing cards
fathom juniper
laughs in upgraded teleporter
fathom juniper
that's that square jelopy hunk of junk with a hole in the middle, right?
rotund umbra
that actually I think I liked boarding more than oxygen killing
no the red crab
with Mantis people
and teleporter
rotund umbra
yep
fathom juniper
or whatever they're called
fathom juniper
aka "i want the game to play itself" ship
fathom juniper
oh yeah - seeing the flagship for the first time was like 
damn thing barely even fits in the window
absolute chungus
rotund umbra
I remember when I thought I was so smart by killing the people on the flagship and then when you kill the last person the ship actually got buffed
fathom juniper
wait hwat
rotund umbra
yeah, if you kill all the crew on the flagship, you get a message that the ship AI has taken over
fathom juniper
i just do the doom thing and shoot at it until it dies
rotund umbra
and it gets harder actually
fathom juniper
usually with those flak scrap cannons that just yeet a bunch of garbolium at the enemy
rotund umbra
there is a strat where you kill all the crew but leave one person alive in the weapons section
hybrid jetty
lemme check what steam is recommending me this year
anyone heard of this hades game
rotund umbra
you don't have hades in library?
fathom juniper
oh look
fathom juniper
it's recommending a game about hell
hybrid jetty
own it on epic lol
fathom juniper
a different game about hell
a game that is a hell to play
a game that is a hell full of bots and cheaters
and portal 
hybrid jetty
i've played all of these is the funny thing like yeah i guess i would like those games
fathom juniper
BUY ACE COMBAT
rotund umbra
where do you get these
hybrid jetty
you gotta filter it a little
hybrid jetty
like if i turn the niche slider all the way up it goes from suggesting Portal to gems like Drunken Robot Pornography
fathom juniper
it's like im looking at my own library
waithwat
i read that title wrong TWICE
oh so it's recommending viscerafest for me
valve
guys
fathom juniper
you're spot on with this one
but you have no idea how hard i'm trying NOT to buy this game before the last episode comes out
i know the dev
he's a pretty cool dude
and the stuff he's got in store for the last episode is gonna be just nuts
completely nuts
WAIT I GOT THAT DRUNK ROBUTT GAME TOO
what is this
hybrid jetty
idk from the description maybe they're onto something
hybrid jetty
"The Sexy Brutale"
hey that's actually a cool game
rotund umbra
I see a curator recommendation from him
fathom juniper
ah
rotund umbra
I mean on the sexy brutale
the only other weird title I got on niche was You Will Die Here Tonight
which is an agressive title
fathom juniper
god i hope it's a comfy little game like animal crossing or something
just with a weirdly angy edgy title just to mess with people
rotund umbra
it looks like a retro resident evil basically
like a weird mix of topdown and first person
fathom juniper
oooooh i think i've seen it somewhere
hey
hey @rotund umbra
come here for a sec
i'm gonna let you in on a secret
rotund umbra
so are you going to wait till I am?
fathom juniper
ok
i'll spill the beans
rotund umbra
should I clear my calendar?
fathom juniper
Ace Combat 7 is 80% off
rotund umbra
eh
fathom juniper
you're basically getting free money this way
rotund umbra
I'll let you in on a secret ok?
fathom juniper
considering the quality of the experience
rotund umbra
I haven't played a single Ace Combat game
fathom juniper
hey
i played just one
well - two actually
AC games before
each one of them is a separate story
rotund umbra
I'm still at that stage where AC is assassin's creed to me