even though I haven't played more than half of them now
#video-games
fathom juniper
you're gonna end up like that...
like that thanos meme where he goes like 
fathom juniper
I'm not really into flight stuff
yeah neither am i
rotund umbra
Ask me ten years ago
fathom juniper
but this one is really good!
it's closer to MGS or something like that
on one hand - i wanna show you a buncha stuff about ac7 to convince you
on the other, however
i don't want to spoil anything 
if anything
i'll just say this
AC7
despite being this dumb funny plane game where you just point at green squares and shoot rockets at them
is still somehow the only game this year that actually, genuinely made me cry
it's THAT good
i managed to convince like 5 people to buy it ever since
and personally coached two of them through the entire game
one on a gamepad with expert controls
and the other one played it on... mouse and keyboard with simplified controls
and they both loved it
trust me
try something new
get this damn game 
twin yarrow
for the context: i have 5257 hours in TESO
okay, i can understand CotL, similar to Hades.. Slime Rancher kinda relates to Satisfactory and stuff
why vampires though
is it bc i had like, two vampire chars from Ebonheart pact?
sand sleet
Isn't it it also a rogue like or smth
fathom juniper
rotund umbra
if you believe in reincarnation then life itself is a roguelike
fathom juniper
jesus h christ
completely unrelated, but...
so i was ranting about ac7 yesterday, right?
and i looked up some stuff and youtube now keeps recommending me the dumbest crap out there about planes
and...
this game ruined me and my sense of humor because now i find stuff like this genuinely funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0mMni2QEgM
just... just end me already
holy hell i can feel my brain cells just giving up one by one
this has 4k views why did the algorithm recommend me this?
i gotta buy the Top Gun DLC and do a Tomcat run
or - as Rooster called it in TG Maverick - "A bag of ass" 
such a great movie btw
broken smelt
Isn't it it also a rogue like or smth
In this instance yes actually 
fathom juniper
nah nah
buy yakuza for christmas
and buy AC7 like...
now
and no i will not shut up
ocean iris
Btw did you hear how they butchered the english dub with Yong Yea
fathom juniper
i've heard there was some drama with him and just went like
naaaaaah
not interested
fathom juniper
yeah well
this sort of thing doesn't have the best track record
you know what other game had nothing but youtubers doing the VA?
Hunt down the freeman
fathom juniper
ocean iris
The only eceleb VA I wanna hear in a half life game is Richter Overtime or other half life youtubers
fathom juniper
seriously though
i know you like MGS
and this is just... MGS with jet engines
and borked physics
ocean iris
Isnt AC7 like the only one on PC
fathom juniper
yes
fathom juniper
you really don't have to
you can just jump straight to 7
it's a separate story
although it takes place in a strange universe
lietrally - it's called "Strangreal" and it's earth on crack where nato doesn't exist
jagged tide
A peaceful world
fathom juniper
but you don't need to know all that to enjoy ac7
fathom juniper
A peaceful world
no it's not
there's a lot of words i could use to describe the world in ace combat
and "peaceful" ain't one of them
jagged tide
Peace is in the eye of the viewer (atp I don’t know hat im saying)
fathom juniper
basically @ocean iris
if you don't want to waste days reading the wiki and watching hours of youtube videos about AC lore before you start - here's what you need to know
basically 30 years ago some scientists realized that "holy moly a big ole asteroid is heading our way and it's gonna hit earth in like a year or two and it's gonna wipe us all out"
so all the military powers of that world just dumped all their resources into making a bunch of superweapons
they shot that big rock in the sky
crisis averted
let's all have a beer and celebrate
it's all good
now hang on, lads...
we've got all those cool toys...
what are we gonna do with them now?
well - war
cue 30 years of constant conflicts all around the world with nukes and lasers and orbital doomsday devices and what not
boom - i just saved you a few days
jagged tide
I might actually play this, thanks man
fathom juniper
AYYYYYY
so you're number 6
but this is like
the tip of the iceberg
the ace combat lore is just...
an insane fever dream 
it makes metal gear rising look like a super serious documentary
aight i gotta bail
and if anyone here actually decides to give AC7 a shot on pc...
get the BRRRRRT mod
it just makes the BRRRRRRRT louder - that's it
oh and play with expert controls turned on - trust me
jagged tide
I Wonder how my stick drift would affect the control
sand sleet
I will now proceed to redownload project wingman
hybrid jetty
I dont think casting ecelebs is a good idea
from what I can tell its less the VA not being up to par and more the direction being...bizarre?
https://vxtwitter.com/flash927garoto/status/1725874526381043934?s=46&t=hKw6mbR4RzQdGmRVJqRQ1g
this dealt psychic damage to me i was unprepared
dunno why you'd play a yakuza game in english though
toxic cosmos
Well I did a thing! First run, first win! Feels pretty dang good! Fairy in a Bottle saved my butt at the end. https://imgur.com/a/pAOjWeo
Time to refund it I guess 
jk tho, it's quite fun, looking forward to playing it some more!
rustic falcon
Omg you won on your first run??
I’m still struggling my way up there but I’m getting my strategies down
toxic cosmos
I did indeed! I went pretty slow and methodical about it and I'm sure there was a lot of luck involved
rustic falcon
im fond of the card that increases your strength for 0 energy with the combination of the card that is affected by strength 5 times LOL idek if it’s good but it’s carried me far into the city
I haven’t looked up anything about the meta, im enjoying discovering it for myself
toxic cosmos
im fond of the card that increases your strength for 0 energy with the combinati...
Oh yea, I wound up having 2 of the 0 cost strength increase cards by the end, it just seemed so strong!
toxic cosmos
I haven’t looked up anything about the meta, im enjoying discovering it for myse...
I won't either, discovery of synergies is a huge part of the roguelike fun for me!
rustic falcon
Oh yea, I wound up having 2 of the 0 cost strength increase cards by the end, it...
i think i had 3 or 4.... and still failed 
fathom juniper
Well I did a thing! First run, first win! Feels pretty dang good! Fairy in a Bot...
BODYSLAM CARD! 
my beloved
You need three things to win in this game
1: Ironchad
2: that card that lets you keep armor between turns
3: bodyslam - which is an attack that deals as much damage as you have armor
50 armor?
50 damage!
ocean iris
THE WITCHER 3 GETS A MOD EDITOR
fathom juniper
I thought it already had one
ocean iris
It gets an official one tho
normal monolith
Guys by any chance is there an octopath 2 discord
rustic falcon
Guys by any chance is there an octopath 2 discord
I think the invite link is just /octopath
tawdry crow
will Hades get discounted for this Black Friday deal on Switch?
rustic falcon
Don’t know but I know there was a sale a while ago, I would keep it on your wishlist and check every now and then
Sometimes there’s also an announcement in the server or on twitter
tawdry crow
yeah bro I missed that ones cause my switch haven't arrived yet
has so much fun playing the games on PC
wanted to play it on the go
ocean iris
yeah sadly most multiplatform games got the switch tax ™️ for no reason
tho i got borderlands 1 2 and presequel with all dlc's for only 20 bucks on switch
but god damn most indie games barely get discounted
twin yarrow
so, now when it's been around a while
Is steam deck actually okay? So far i heard people like the thing
toxic cosmos
50 armor?
50 damage! <:dusa:522248771409543188>
Sounds like a really fun combo
Tho building around a certain item to show up in this kind of game seems bad
You'd prolly pivot if you find it early ish, no?
fathom juniper
Ironchad is actually really easy to bend to your will
Pro tip:
Don’t pick up trash and pick as many fights as you can
You’ve got around eeeehhhh
60-65% of getting it in the first two zones
Also that weird alien dude is really fun to play
The one that has those orbs floating around him
You’ve got to plan like 10 turns ahead but BOI
He slaps
toxic cosmos
Mhm cool
Looking forward to trying them
I just unlocked the green character
fathom juniper
Oh she’s tough
Like - once her play style clicks
It CLICKS
You can deal some serious damage
Death by a thousand cuts
But before you get there - you’re gonna die a lot
Last character is just
Too galaxy brained for me
Playing Ironchad is like this
Green lady and alien dude are like
Complex, difficult but still satisfying
And that last magic wizard lady is just
I’m too dumb for her playstyle
toxic cosmos
huh sounds like I'm gonna have a good time with this game for some time
Your emote game tho, on point!
fathom juniper
toxic cosmos
I'm interested in the Ascension system, seems like it's similar to heat
fathom juniper
Kinda ?
In heat you can pick just what do you want to be harder
Ascension has set modifiers
It’s basically hot ones in card form
Each one is spicier than the last one
toxic cosmos
Aaah oke, so you can't cherry pick them
hybrid jetty
one day I'll be good at the watcher lol
i'm at around 10 ascension on everyone but her
hybrid jetty
yeah
fathom juniper
Yeah I can’t handle her style
My buddy absolutely slaps with her like “oh now I play this card and switch to this stance then play the next two cards then switch to this and that but I can’t play that other card cause I’m in this stance and blah blah blah blah”
Just constantly switching between stances going like
And I just have no idea what tf is even going on
I’m a simple man
I see bodyslam, I play bodyslam
I see unga, I go bunga
ocean iris
i got halo reach at last
i finally have all the GOOD halo games on pc
and WHAT THEY ADDED A WORKSHOP???
twin yarrow
usually it means the game is being supported by the fans
so much that there is a demand to create content
usually.. not always
well.. didn't i say recently that i haven't played any 2023 releases at all? well, i lied
turns out i played two. Pizza Tower actually was released this year in january
feels like it was around for a couple of years
fathom juniper
and WHAT THEY ADDED A WORKSHOP???
oh yeah
Hola: Mustard Beef Connection has had workshop support for like a year now
cursed halo is there 
fathom juniper
turns out i played two. Pizza Tower actually was released this year in january
i don't need to play pizza tower
i have it at home
literally
last week i was cleaning up and threw out a leaning tower of 7 stacked pizza boxes
twin yarrow
that is.. pretty relatable
fathom juniper
hey - i was in a tough spot
i need that pepperoni emotional support
twin yarrow
back when i was rich and wealthy and lived in a rent apartment, sleeping on the floor at the kitchen
i had plenty of pizza boxes stacked in the corner.. they look so nice to throw away
rustic falcon
why are you ordering so much pizza and not throwing out the cartons 
twin yarrow
they have pics on them, with happy people eating pizza
it's hard to throw away somebody's happiness
also it's a bunch of cardboard, and you'll never know when you'll need one (probably never)
fathom juniper
why are you ordering so much pizza and not throwing out the cartons <:notlike9s:...
is this a single question or two separate ones?
rustic falcon
oily cardboard???
fathom juniper
cause that might affect my answer
rustic falcon
take it as both a separate and a single question
fathom juniper
twin yarrow
they were not that greasy... maybe bc local pizza was not of the best quality, lil dryer than it should've been
fathom juniper
why are you ordering so much pizza
cause i like pizza
not throwing out the cartons
cause i'm lazy
why are you ordering so much pizza and not throwing out the cartons
cause who tf throws out the box before finishing the pizza?
you eat the pizza straight out of the greasy, soggy box
come on
it tastes the best this way
and then you don't throw the box away cause you just ate a big spicy pizza and you can't get out of the bed
yo i want some pizza now
twin yarrow
wait.. how do you even eat more than 0,25% of pizza at once
fathom juniper
rustic falcon
you finish the pizza, then throw out the box 
jagged tide
wait.. how do you even eat more than 0,25% of pizza at once
Don’t think about the amount, only the taste
jagged tide
I could never stop myself…
twin yarrow
when i ordered pizza it was like "oh nice, now i don't have to worry about food supplies for three days"
fathom juniper
yeah
just chuck it into the * mi-co-va-we * and you're good
you guys act like you never had a pizza sandwich for breakfast or something
twin yarrow
well, that's different
or not.. depends of what kind of pizza sandwich are we talking about
btw, bideo games
fathom juniper
just take two slices of pizza
flip one 180 and slap them together
like a sandwich
so you've got two layers of dough with all the greasy goodness in the middle
fathom juniper
btw, bideo games
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING HERE!
jagged tide
just take two slices of pizza
flip one 180 and slap them together
Do that often enough and you’re back at pizza tower
twin yarrow
now i want pizza as well
jagged tide
It even smells like pizza now
fathom juniper
on a totally unrelated note
as in
a videogame note
THIS just popped up on my youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDVSa8hcDw
GOD i forgot this game was even a thing
jagged tide
I love that you could say ac6: fires of
And its still not clear what game is meant
fathom juniper
wow i never actually noticed it
fathom juniper
I love that you could say ac6: fires of
And its still not clear what game is mea...
oh you mean that new entry in a longrunning arcade series made by a renown japanese developer?
the one with insane plot, a mute psychopath of a protag and piles of lore that sound like ramblings of a drunken conspiracy theorist?
jagged tide
Yeah that one
next patio
finally got around to playing ultrakill
fun but I swear I'm playing on pure instinct lmao
twin yarrow
THIS just popped up on my youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDVSa8hcDw
got triggered by 0:51
i was absolutely sure, is about to say "...when it comes to arcade-style flying games, most of them fail. Forgotten, lacking, and just missing.. something. But it's not the case with WAR THUNDER - the largest-scale free multiplayer online game among those dedicated to real combat vehicles! There are all kinds of units from the most different wars and conflicts available - from the beginning of XX century and to modern days! You can play War Thunder for free on PC (Windows or Linux), Mac, Playstation4, Playstation5, Xbox One and Xbox series X|S"
next patio
finally got around to playing ultrakill
fun but I swear I'm playing on pure inst...
can't even process what I'm doing but just keep going
fathom juniper
got triggered by 0:51
i was absolutely sure, is about to say "...when it comes ...
there's no way you just typed all of that from memory
you signed a contract with them, didn't you?
rustic falcon
can't even process what I'm doing but just keep going
once you get the hang of it it feels so good to play
even more fun
fathom juniper
but then again - i'm not too much into PVP
or microctransactions
or leaking classified military documents
rustic falcon
i loved figuring out the weapon combinations and order of actions to get perfect ranks
fathom juniper
can't even process what I'm doing but just keep going
but that's... good?
if you can survive all this insanity just on instinct alone that means the game does something good
that's the good boomshoot flow right there 
twin yarrow
probably that's how it's supposed to be played
fathom juniper
yeah
that's how all good shooters are meant to be played
twin yarrow
once you get familiar with controls
fathom juniper
it's the "i don't know what's the most efficient way to play so i'll just let my reflexes carry me on" kind of mindset
twin yarrow
yeah
fathom juniper
and then you scrape by with like 1 HP and you're like...
like ash in that one scene in army of darkness
twin yarrow
and that also worked with that again Pizza tower.. at first you're not sure how to walk properly, and then you just run, controlled by mere subconsciousness
there're not that many fast-paced games I can enjoy
fathom juniper
a good shooter should make you feel like this
it should give you this kind of chills after a good firefight
hell
i've got my own personal playlist on youtube that's just... that
good firefights from good boomshoots that make you turn on the instinct and give you the chills afterwards
twin yarrow
mankind is dead
blood is fuel
hell is full
baba is you
fathom juniper
ANYWAYS
yeah i'm in an AC7 mood again
talking about it for the last few days really makes me wanna play it
actually
christmas is coming...
let me see how much is a HOTAS stick
okay...
alright...
i'm gonna go play doom or something instead...
jagged tide
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1176955835394576465/im...
Holy I thought steering wheels were more expensive …
jagged tide
Only parts
jagged tide
That looks more expensive than me…
jagged tide
Tbf using dpad while controlling smth is annoying, or I just can’t get it done
fathom juniper
have you seen that one vid where two dudes were playing some v-tol VR and realised they can clip through the seats and mess with other players controls?
genuinely some of the funniest crap i've ever seen in my life
jagged tide
have you seen that one vid where two dudes were playing some v-tol VR and realis...
Do you have a link?
fathom juniper
gimme a minute
jagged tide
Thank you
jagged tide
Best two minutes of the entire year
fathom juniper
i love how at 1:47 you can faintly hear that other dude laughing his ass off in the distance
oh god im crying
fathom juniper
well would you look at the timing of this tweet
https://twitter.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/1727129769832067134
i'm so glad this game sold so well
which is a rare thing for me
i can't wait for 8
mystic wave
fathom juniper
GUYS!
Good news!
So I was ranting about ac7 not being on Spotify, right ?
Literally like three days ago
Talk about timing
Looks like I can make things happen just by screeching about it hard enough
It’s not the full ost
Just some remixes and live covers and such
But still
Also I found this playlist
fathom juniper
AH SCREW IT i'm buing the tomcot DLC
fathom juniper
there it is!
it even has the skin from TGM
lets take it for a spin 
holy hell this is so well made
it looks just like the one in the movie
even on the inside
it even has working dials
like - i could probably finish an entire campaign with the hud off
AND IT EVEN HAS THE FOLDY BOY WINGS! 
that's it
i'm doing it
i'm gonna finish the entire campaign with this plane
fathom juniper
Oh this is so good 
fathom juniper
Oh yeah halo always had that nailed down
ocean iris
and the soundtrack of Reach might be my all time favorite were it not for ODST
jagged tide
I have nice memories playing halo reach for the first time
fathom juniper
okay...
alright...
- smacks lips *
i think i know why rooster called this plane "a bag of ass" in TGM
it's nowhere near as nimble as i thought it would be
oh it's fast
it packs some decent heat
and it can do a rather tight high-g turn, but...
it just feels a bit overweight
a tad too sluggish for my taste
i haven't eaten this many missiles in a single mission since that one time my gamepad disconnected halfway through AC3
credit where credit is due
this game despite having a really simple arcade-y flight physics still knows how to convey different characteristics of different planes
oh and i tried the Darkstar
you know - that made up fancy sci-fi plane that can apparently break mach 10
first of all - it's so damn fast i don't even have time to react
and second...
LOOK AT THIS MESS!
fathom juniper
https://youtu.be/eM8V8B-_PPg?si=OFpcTz-72nXSdTVV
fun fact
oni was one of the earlier bungie games
it had some...
unusual pc controls 
fathom juniper
i remember playing a bit of it like...
20 years ago
i remember two things from it
1 - anime artstyle
and 2 - it had a thing where...
the heavier your gun the lower your mouse sensitivity was
ocean iris
shame what bungie became man
fathom juniper
so if you had an SMG or something your mouse speed made you do 360s at the slightest flick
but if you want to turn while holding a rocket launcher you have to drag your mouse from here all the way to their studio in washington
fathom juniper
i mean
fading forge
you didn't know?
ocean iris
not at all
fathom juniper
isn't technically every halo mission a space combat mission?
ocean iris
dude
all the footage and stuff from reviews that i saw were only on the ground combat
not friggin saber space combat
man i love surprises like this
fading forge
oh its his first time?
ocean iris
yup
fading forge
lol.
fathom juniper
yeah halo has always been pretty
ocean iris
the sense of existential dread that this game gives me
ocean iris
jagged tide
I forgot about the space mission
It took me so many tries to not crash into random things…
polar dragon
isn't *technically* every halo mission a space combat mission? <:dusa:5222487714...
Isn't technically every video game mission a space mission
rotund umbra
is the space mission a roguelike?
fathom juniper
it is if you don't use heckpoints
checkpoints
YEAH SCREW IT IMMA CALL THEM HECKPOINTS
mystic wave
its for when you done hecked
sand sleet
All hecked up
fathom juniper
It’s because heckpoints are inferior to manual saves and should go to heck
mystic wave
i play shmup. does not compute.
rotund umbra
I don't get why games just don't have manual saves
rustic falcon
It could be a variety of things
twin yarrow
maybe, amount of data that is supposed to be stored in a save, sometimes it is minimal level state that can only be rebooted from the beginning
or, in most cases, because it's not allowed to save anywhere to prevent savescamming
because it's not good to have fun
or because consoles can't load more than one save
jagged tide
checkpoints
There were checkpoints…?
rancid token
Not having any manual saves is silly, but checkpoints are a lifesaver
rotund umbra
to me it's like not having pause in your game, which also boils my blood
no point to it
feature we figured out 30 years ago
rancid token
Of course, I say that, but Dark Souls doesn't have either and I don't mind it there
rotund umbra
That's usually what I point to as an example of either
def a contributor factor as to why I don't like them
rancid token
They're both very deliberate choices for that one, at least
fathom juniper
maybe, amount of data that is supposed to be stored in a save, sometimes it is m...
Yeah remember that memory leak in one of the best heats games that made your save files grow in size exponentially?
I mean Bethesda games
Damn phone
Yeah it was auto saving all the time and the save file was getting bigger and bigger and bigger
I think that was Skyrim on ps3
It made the game run at like 2fps
ocean iris
Maaaan Im so tired of e-celebs getting involved in games past cameos
Anyways anyone remembers how David Jaffe went on rants on games and he was the director of god of war
Genuinely how is new god of war any better it looks like a fighting game but with RPG mechanics slapped on it
fathom juniper
cause it's a mature game now for mature people
as in - it's a cinematic sony-em-up for people who matured enough to finally admit they actually don't want to play video games
they would rather enjoy a clearly superior and more mature art form that is cinema
rancid token
Jaffe is like
rancid token
Peak hack who had one claim to fame
fathom juniper
wait what
rancid token
What
rancid token
Jaffe sucks nowadays, this is known
fathom juniper
that one from that vid
to my defence
i'm tired, full of kfc and my brain is on energy saving mode 
rancid token
As far as I know the only big criticism people had about the modern God of Wars is that they're too big
The first one plays pretty well, but I didn't play a ton of it
twin yarrow
first is ok, second is meh
still a step forward comparing to previous trilogy, but the main formula is the same
get in the room full of enemies, kick everybody's rear and proceed
that's it
fathom juniper
you know what old GOW really needed?
items with different rarity tiers
a bland UI
a stiff camera
a trademarked BOI BUTTON
wait hang on wtf
completely unrelated sidenote
i just had a popup from someone on discord
about hades
i think it was a DM
but then i go to my DMs and it shows...
old messages from a week ago?
twin yarrow
insert X-files theme here
rancid token
I agree on the items and UI, but considering Atreus is like, a big part of combos and also the story, that one makes sense
rancid token
But those first two are hardly unique to GoW
twin yarrow
considering camera, the idea of the whole game filmed by one single camera throughout all the cutscenes and stuff, was pretty neat
fathom juniper
yeah
rancid token
Perfectly functional, but uninteresting
fathom juniper
considering camera, the idea of the whole game filmed by one single camera throu...
ok i have some seriously nasty things to say about this
yeah - it is neat
if you ignore the fact that the first games were 👌 this close to pulling that off
and without locking you to this super clunky camera
rustic falcon
but then i go to my DMs and it shows...
old messages from a week ago?
Is it not a message request
fathom juniper
it used a lot of gorgeous wide shots and smooth panning shots and what not
and you could cover A LOT of ground before seeing a single cut
and those cuts usually happened for pre-rendered cutscenes
cause - you know
the PS2 had about as much horsepower as my microwave
WHY COULDN'T THEY DO THAT NOW?
design-wise it's a much better solution that provided both a cinematic flair to the shots without obstructing gameplay
fathom juniper
super weird
what is this...
this...
chicanery
hang on lemme restart discord
OH MY GOD IT HAPPENED AGAIN
IT'S ON MY PHONE NOW
it's right there
i've got a screenshot
ok
mystery solved
so they pinged me on some random gaming discord server i had muted and tucked away in a folder all the way at the bottom of my list
but since their name was too long that pop-up didn't have enough space to show that server's name
certified discord moment
fathom juniper
anyways
imma go and unwind with some Based Combat 7
it's Tomcot Time 
https://youtu.be/0hQLCd6TvoA?si=qAWP29Ri64JNK45O
fathom juniper
Oh man I forgot how fun the 444th squadron is 
THE BEST BOY! 
i am bound by law to post this dog somewhere on every playthrough
vale narwhal
PNG DOG!
fathom juniper
YE! 
the absolute legend
rip doggo btw 
you will live forever in this game
OH GOD IT'S MISSION 6
in an f-14 tomcot
fathom juniper
well i'll be damned
not only i managed to beat it on the first try
but i also got an s-rank on hard AND did the tunnel trick
mid-combat too
also (and this is a really nerdy thing no one here cares about but me )
i only just realized that all the dials in f14 light up when it gets dark!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1177716124419379281/image.png?ex=6573849c&is=65610f9c&hm=3f9dfdf0ba9cb3fc69be923e3b601dd1bbe519d397022a58ca1aa15b12a1cdc0&
christ this game is gorgeous
it's just so smooth
so clean
fathom juniper
either this game suddenly got harder
or i've gotten worse at it
those missiles sure know where i am at all times
and they know this by knowing where i'm not
toxic cosmos
Just found out about The Escapist going down the drain, it's kinda sad, but I see that the team members that quit/got fired stuck together and put another team together: https://www.youtube.com/@SecondWindGroup
Can't wait to see how it goes, best of luck to them!
woven breach
oh yeah, heard that a while ago
I watched a podcast interviewing Yahtzee and Nick regarding Second Wind, they said they already got a sizeable amount from Patreon. So that's great.
woven breach
on the other news
The Escapist uploaded a Zero Punctuation for Spiderman 2
unsurprisingly, it got lots of dislikes and the comment is turned off
hybrid jetty
have to admit it is deeply funny that the executives went "you're not making enough money" to the guy who saved their site and then managed to push away the one person who made them money at all for years
fathom juniper
Just found out about The Escapist going down the drain, it's kinda sad, but I se...
Oh yeah escapist is going down faster than a rookie pilot in g-lock
||yes I still have jets on my mind 
||
They’ve been barely hanging on for a while now
Ben was the only one keeping them afloat
And from what I heard some people left after him
I bet they’re gonna shut down completely in less than a year
fallen sky
some people left, others were "let go"
one of my fave YouTubers was let go 😔 but he's on Second Wind now so I think he'll be fine lmao
twin yarrow
i've seen plenty of game journalists left their editorial companies several times in the past
twin yarrow
usual thing when the director changes, and new one provides some crazy changes people dislike
eventually the companies stayed though
fathom juniper
next Q&A i'm gonna ask Greg if he's found the long lost charger for that camera he got from Giant Bomb
twin yarrow
heh.. you know how it happens with things like these, they are found only when not needed anymore
fathom juniper
well if that's the case
i don't need a 1000000 dollars
oh look
a lotto ticket
i just found it under my couch
i guess this works
fathom juniper
god this game makes me wish i had PSVR
fathom juniper
hang on
ocean iris
you sit in a heli with a repair tool and hold mouse 1
fathom juniper
are there jet fighters in battlebit?
ocean iris
nah
ocean iris
well
ocean iris
you sit in a heli with a repair tool and hold mouse 1
i said it
you can literally rank up multiple times if the heli takes enough damage
fathom juniper
oh
ocean iris
the game is grindy af
fathom juniper
i thought there was more to this strat
ocean iris
nah lmao
ocean iris
oh my GOOOOOOOOD
ocean iris
Maybe
but holy crap why does this Halo have such good music
Trapped in Amber is probably my all time favorite track
fathom juniper
hang on imma look it up
ocean iris
i even remember the setpiece
it was a huge waterfall on delta halo with jackal snipers and grunts
fathom juniper
oh yeah i think i heard this one
yeah halo always had good music
same as ||you know what ||
jagged tide
https://youtu.be/JJPLzRAu9h0?si=Rp6b5V58sLu1dC67
I wasn’t expecting that
ocean iris
Man I just realised how butchered Halo's artstyle got since Halo 4
Worst case is Halo 5 like I swear the only acceptable suit is Buck's because of the ODST inspiration
fathom juniper
i... don't know enough about halo to comment on that
i only played halo 1 on pc years ago (before the mustard beef connection) and didn't really like it
maybe playing it on a controller would change my mind
like - i can see what it did for console FPS games
and for pc fps games too...
i just... i can't get into it
ocean iris
Try the others then cuz the first one is a bit too open for some or slow paced
Tho CE is so good with a friend
fathom juniper
CE has co-op?
ocean iris
CE has co-op? <:PES_Think:639363477458255874>
I think all Halo games do
Except yknow, the 343 ones
hidden zephyr
I am candyeyeing Remnant from the Ashes but it is so grim and dark. Is there a looter shooter like this but more colorful? (besides borderland)
ocean iris
Wonderlands!
fathom juniper
ayyyyy 
gottem
fathom juniper
I am candyeyeing Remnant from the Ashes but it is so grim and dark. Is there a l...
i think some of the new ubisoft ghost recon games are a bit looty-shooty
wouldn't recommend them though cause
you know
ubisoft 
fathom juniper
I am candyeyeing Remnant from the Ashes but it is so grim and dark. Is there a l...
try shadow warrior 2
it's actually an honest to god looter shooter
with sidequests and randomly generated levels and co-op and stuff...
...for some reason 
it's alright, apparently
and it's pretty colorful too
hidden zephyr
i think it is verys gory
fathom juniper
it is, yes
hidden zephyr
😦
hidden zephyr
i played the original as a kid
fathom juniper
oh it's gory but not in the way OG was
it's also not borderline racist like the OG was...
the new ones are fairly light-hearted
and they have this almost cartoonish, over the top gore
hidden zephyr
thanks for the suggestion, i will rescan brain now. It is also very cheap.
fathom juniper
it also has one of the best menu themes i've ever heard
just listen to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIyj8BAbaX4
hidden zephyr
i bet it is a good game to let go of some anger/aggression
fathom juniper
i still like SW1 from 2013 more
it's janky as all hell
it's voice acting is... mid at best and some dialogues are 
and it has the bane of my existence - not one, not two but THREE pointless upgrade systems
BUT!
it has a surprisingly interesting story with a bit of a tearjerker ending that neatly ties everything together
Hoji is a top-tier companion
and when everything gets out of the way of your rootin' tootin' scootin' and shootin' - that's where this game truly shines
it has some 10/10 fights
looks gorgeous even 10 years on
and it has DRUMS
https://youtu.be/G1mJnBMUeo0?si=AxiAZ_OFBL_qa-8r
a lot of DRUMS
hidden zephyr
wow i looked at the screenshots and the monsters lookwild.
fathom juniper
oh yeah monster designs in those games are great too
the first one kinda stumbles in this regard at some points
i mean - it has a cementary level that's just full of skeletons
and skeletons don't bleed so
eh
but other than that - they're really damn cool
clear python
fathom juniper
yes it is
it's called clean save hard mode
you get so little ammo and enemies are so spongy that you might as well use the sword
i like guns in SW1...
...when you actually upgrade them
the weapon upgrade tree commits the sin of...
not actually upgrading your guns
they start out downgraded and then you have to dump money into them to make them decent again
i like this game but BOI does it make some serious mistakes
ocean iris
Yo Battlebit is getting a free week starting with 30 nov
Your chance to pick it up and try it
fathom juniper
want me to spin this the other way around?
hybrid jetty
recently started playing OTXO
quite fun I recommend if you like hotline miami and/or roguelikes
ocean iris
Insert Leo dicaprio whistling and pointing
I KNOW IT FROM RAYCEVICK
hybrid jetty
I don't know who that is
ocean iris
just a youtuber who uploads couple of months
hybrid jetty
ah
hybrid jetty
also picked up re4make and, funny enough, both hotline miamis since I somehow didn't actually have them on my steam account?
ocean iris
I gotta 100% them
hybrid jetty
using family sharing for years makes me think I own some games when I don't lol
ocean iris
An online friend gifted me Day Z with Livonia for my belated birthday <3
jagged tide
Great news ac7 is on sale, I’m gonna get it
fathom juniper
so you're number 6 then
i sold more copies of this game than my local retailer 
have you ever played an ace combat game before @jagged tide ?
jagged tide
Nope, but I read your bits of story
fathom juniper
or some other arcade game like that
ok so here's few pointers gameplay-wise
1 - pay attention to the radio
this game gives you no objective markers or even objective popups
if you hear someone on the radio telling you that you should do X
then you probably should do X
however your main mission goal is always written in the pause menu
2 - i highly recommend using the "expert" controls (which is a normal control scheme that just got unfortunately mislabeled again)
on experts, if you want to turn you have to roll your plane to the side and then pitch your nose up - like a plane should
you could use simplified controls, but with that you're just gimping yourself in the long run
and 3 - give the first person camera a shot
and i mean the cabin view (the ***pit view)
it's really fun 
jagged tide
Alright I will thank you
Little thing that confuses me is, that in the store it does not list single player as one of the available game modes, only online from 2-8 people, would I need live gold to play it or nah?
Research from google didn’t give any result
jagged tide
Xbox, I don’t have any other
jagged tide
Alright thank you
fathom juniper
there is a multiplayer mode but it's just PVP
and it's...
it's okay?
but everyone had 4 years to git really gud and they're all using the paid DLC top gun planes so
i don't recommend it
also
sidenote
have you seen top gun maverick?
jagged tide
Not yet, my family has been holding back 😔
fathom juniper
okay
i had to ask because there's one mission here that's REALLY similar to the main mission they're all gearing up for in the movie
"the valley run"
it's amazing
https://youtu.be/VOQX9NfRdog?si=vZPSVvJQl01hZMDb
also - one last thing
keep in mind there's absolutely no handholding in this game
all the tutorials you get are just... a few text messages in the first two missions
there's no scripted sequences here where you can chill out - it's all gameplay
and most missions have one checkpoint and some of them can take up to 30 minutes
so it gets pretty hard but don't get discouraged
and with that in mind - once you get to mission 6 you better get some sandwitches and a big cup of coffee cause it's gonna take a while to beat on your first go
oh and use a controller
obviously
jagged tide
Thanks I’ll keep it in mind
fathom juniper
fathom juniper
Aaaaaand “the bag of ass” run is done
Also known as “the top gun” run
Using the f14 tomcat
This… museum piece was barely holding on by the end
Had to replay that last bit like 20 times
jagged tide
It doesn’t look like I’m playing anything else for the foreseeable future
jagged tide
Fricking awesome
fathom juniper
right?
jagged tide
Even the post mission animation is nice
fathom juniper
how far did you get?
jagged tide
I didn’t play much yet, I’m in mission 2 currently, took me ages to figure out the target system tho
fathom juniper
OH RIGHT
the targeting
here's a pro gamer tip
so you press Y to change targets, right?
jagged tide
Yeah
fathom juniper
hold down Y to focus on that target
and the camera will follow it itself
it's gonna come in really handy
especially if you're using the FPP camera
fathom juniper
here
have a smiling amugus plane
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/923092637412622346/1178375793211084871/image.png?ex=6575eafa&is=656375fa&hm=6c2237468b98a2fac0fa080b200824b76def076fcf8bc4671c7e490e3e29de1d&
you can't unsee it now
jagged tide
Never will
jagged tide
I kinda wonder tho, what plane would be ideal to start with? I’m currently going with “the bag of ass” in your lovely words
fathom juniper
those aren't my words
that's how they call it in TGM
i love this plane
even if it is 50 years old
as to what plane...
iunno
they're all good at some things
bad at others
everyone has their preference
you just have to mix and match between missions based on briefings
jagged tide
So just try out and see how it goes?
fathom juniper
but - the aircraft tree is split between eastern and western planes
and it looks like you're going with western
which is what i did on my first run and it went just fine
it ends with an F-22 Raptor
my beloved
it also comes down to what camera you're using
jagged tide
I suppose the eastern ends with the su?
fathom juniper
oh yeah it's all sukhois
and they're so cluttered on the inside i can't see crap
playing sukhois for me is like playing a hidden extra-hard mode
jagged tide
I see, I’ll go with western on my first one too then, you had me at raptor
fathom juniper
it's great
it can break the physics engine and start drifting in the air at mach 2 speeds
or go upside-down AND backwards at the same time
jagged tide
Just like irl
jagged tide
Makes sense
polar dragon
Remant II and Armored Core 6
which one should I get?
polar dragon
Remnant lmao
fathom juniper
so ac6 then
polar dragon
Remnant 1 literally has a roguelite mode
fathom juniper
fathom juniper
fathom juniper
it's so cite
it's what?
fathom juniper
polar dragon
no hasv stroke
fathom juniper
jagged tide
I wonder, what is necessary for an s rank?
fathom juniper
Points
Lots of points
You get points in different ways so you have to figure out if the mission you’re currently playing values time or amount of destroyed targets
Like mission 6 - “Long day”
You have a set timer of 20 minutes and you don’t have to destroy everything
So this mission obviously values targets - since you’re on a strict timer anyway
Just destroy as much as you can to get as many points as you can
jagged tide
Alright, thank you
fathom juniper
On the other hand
The valley run wants you to get from A to B and destroy all the targets
So - you know - you’re gonna wreck all of them anyway so you have to make up those points by going FAS 
jagged tide
Going fast is the one thing I can do in this game
fathom juniper
What mission are you on ?
mystic wave
most of the S ranks want you to kill lots of things super fast basically
finish fast, get points. kill enemies, get points. has to do both
jagged tide
Thank you
mystic wave
just worry about it when you have unlocked the super planes
jagged tide
super planes?
mystic wave
anything at the end of the tree basically lol
fathom juniper
MIKO!
mystic wave
BIM
mystic wave
if you can put your crosshair on mr x for like 2 seconds with mg pod, you win
fathom juniper
Also there’s that one medal for finishing the entire game without taking damage
I have no idea how’s that even possible tbh
mystic wave
Also there’s that one medal for finishing the entire game without taking damage
hmm i guess it doesnt say you cant do it on ez mode
jagged tide
Do the cutscenes come together at some point? Or are they just to confuse me
mystic wave
i guess they are a bit hard to follow
fathom juniper
Do the cutscenes come together at some point? Or are they just to confuse me
Oh yeah they do
mystic wave
in this fictional world you have OSEA, which is like america i guess
and then you have...USEA which is uh...europe?
fathom juniper
Although the story is a bit hard to follow at times
mystic wave
in this USEA continent you have ERUSEA. your enemy currently
mystic wave
before the event of the game OSEA built a space elevator in not-europe
people fight over it
jagged tide
What’s the president doing over there tho?
fathom juniper
Because they wanna use it to escape to the only place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism
mystic wave
doing president things i guess. visiting important places
fathom juniper
mystic wave
i guess thats all the background info you need
that president was pretty important in ace combat 5. so BIM go play it
fathom juniper
Also there’s this one country named Belka that like 15 years ago went fashist, tried invade a lot of usea, got rekt and then nuked itself 7 times in a row
jagged tide
||So all I had to do was fire at the president?||
Damn I just tried to clear everything for like half an hour 😭
mystic wave
||So all I had to do was fire at the president?||
maybe should spoiler tag that kek
fathom juniper
Damn I just tried to clear everything for like half an hour 😭
||YOU SHOT THE PRESIDENT!?||
jagged tide
At that point I did it on intent, I grew tired of him…
mystic wave
woah
fathom juniper
This should give you four strikes at least
That said
This plot point is kinda dumb
I’m willing to suspend my disbelief, but…
Come on
You you’ve spend billions of freedom eagles building this flying murder death machine but couldn’t spare 20 bucks on a Logitech webcam and mount it at the front ?
jagged tide
Ngl I like the ||prison squad|| more than mage
fathom juniper
Oh yeah I love the 444 squadron
LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
Count looks like the nickel black singer
Yeah I’m not even gonna correct that
fathom juniper
Keep in mind - that STILL isn’t his full name
Second to last names is still shortened
sand sleet
not overwhelmingly negative yet?
fathom juniper
fathom juniper
@mystic wave i've got a question for you
fathom juniper
ok before we get to the question i just have to say
i just dumped 300 20mil HE rounds into Harling's heli and nothing happened
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1178792301829570610/image.png?ex=65776ee1&is=6564f9e1&hm=e5eadd51311bcef038416e5d18ff527ac5eacd46a3e3ca41c18d726eb363be1f&
the game just told me to hold my fire but he was just... fine
and then he folded to a single missile which clearly wasn't mine
"Your honor - that missile wasn't mine - i was doing a gun only challenge"
hidden zephyr
I am playing Diablo2R and it still hast this unique and thrilling atmosphere. I find this fascinating! Also very good music.
hidden zephyr
i tried to play D1 on GOG but the frame rate made it unplayable for me
fathom juniper
oh vanilla is borderline unplayable nowadays
BUT
you need just one thing to turn it into... probably the best diablo experience in the entire series
get the Belzebub mod
i think nowadays it's called the HD mod
fathom juniper
it doesn't change any assets
it just scales everything to keep a pixel perfect one to one ratio
and with just that the game looks absolutely gorgeous
those sprites look amazing when not zoomed in to a 320/240 resolution
on top of that it adds a...
mouse wheel support ||wowzers||
so you can easily zoom in and out
potion belts like in d2
running
storage chests
AND!
and this is the best thing
it restores cut content! 
remember Andariel from diablo 2 @hidden zephyr ?
hidden zephyr
yes, i killed her today
fathom juniper
yeah
initially she was supposed to be in diablo 1 but they cut her out
well this mod restores her and her entire quest line INCLUDING AN ENTIRE BRAND NEW ZONE!
and it's amazing
hidden zephyr
cool
fathom juniper
seriously
get the HD mod
it's free and it turns this crusty as all hell game into one of a kind experience
hidden zephyr
i once wondered about David Brevik, the creator. How he could create such a hellish game.
fathom juniper
oh diablo 1 is a proper horror game in my books
i have a bit of a soft spot for it
since it was the first PC game i ever played at the age of... 6
this and RE1
hidden zephyr
my first game was Magic Carpet 😄
fathom juniper
yeah - this cute little game with its...
naked decomposing corpses splattered all over some horrendous medieval torture machines
perfect game for kids!
thanks, mom!
serene pine
diablo 2 was my first video game at 6 years old, thanks grandpa :D
fathom juniper
Oh what
Ok so this isn’t strictly video games, but it’s tech-related
Well ok
It is kinda about games cause my damn printer is playing games with me 
rotund umbra
printers are a spawn of hell
fathom juniper
I wanted to print something out, right?
beep beep error
fathom juniper
It said a piece of paper got jammed and it gave me instructions what to do
rotund umbra
PC Load Letter
fathom juniper
Step 1 - open the drawer
Step 2 - close the drawer
And that’s it
And I’m like *oh you’re having a giggle there? 
*
rotund umbra
the printer turned you british?
fathom juniper
Ono
fathom juniper
printers are a spawn of hell
Oh yeah they totally are
They come from the same circle of hell as orange cats
Or sleazy lawyers
ocean iris
jagged tide
Printers are so bad, I tried to print smth it always said no paper (despite having like 70 in it)
mystic wave
then as soon as soup is over!
mystic wave
oh...
fathom juniper
Yeah about that
So I really have to do an entire campaign?
Or can I do like mission 5 today and mission 10 tomorrow in free play until I do them all ?
twin yarrow
*low on magenta*
and you're like, "It's a black and white document, for crying out loud"
"like all the documents i've made during last week"
fathom juniper
and you're like, "It's a black and white document, for crying out loud"
IM NOT EVEN PRINTING ANYTHING
I JUST WANT TO SCAN A PAGE
twin yarrow
"when in the world you spent all the magenta"
fathom juniper
Printer companies got into some serious legal trouble for this sort of stuff a few years back
mystic wave
So I really have to do an entire campaign?
im not sure aoubt free mission. i did the campaign. im pretty sure they let you restart if you did any mistakes
restart mission i mean
twin yarrow
and then you buy the FULL set of ORGINAL cartridges, bc it's the only intended way
then the thing spends HALF of inks for cleaning its nozzles or whatever
mystic wave
dont hold it against magenta, its a nice color
twin yarrow
i only hold it against prices of the cartridges
seriously, screw ink printers, if you're not an owner of photostudio or whatever
in latter case, stay strong please
fathom juniper
And then you wanna buy replacements but it turns out they don’t work because original cardridges are chipped and then canon, epson and hp get a class action for that
fathom juniper
Btw did you know that all printers leave a unique invisible water mark ?
It’s a series of tiny little yellow dots splattered all over the page
I think that wasn’t disclosed either and there was a court case for that too
Gotta look it up to be sure
Ok so I was partially right
ocean iris
Printers are so bad, I tried to print smth it always said no paper (despite havi...
I remember a guy saying the best printers are old ones and keeping a gun next to it so you can shoot it if it makes a noise you dont recognize
But seriously modern printers are a joke, mom got the cheapest HP has to offer ane requires a program and an account just to scan documents. I swear I throwing it out the window and getting a proper printer.
fathom juniper
Oh yeah
Here’s a pro tip
If you wanna get a new inkjet, get one that doesn’t use cardriges
Get one with internal tanks
You can easily fill them up with cheaper off brand ink and they work just fine
fathom juniper
rotund umbra
people still use inkjets?
rustic falcon
quick b4 its over does anyone have steam game recs for the sale
mystic wave
quick b4 its over does anyone have steam game recs for the sale
frog fractions
fathom juniper
quick b4 its over does anyone have steam game recs for the sale
Ace combat 7
I’m not joking
Hang on lemme see my wishlist
rustic falcon
not my thing unfortunately
fathom juniper
Um
Signalis ?
rustic falcon
i own it
fathom juniper
not my thing unfortunately
Yeah it wasn’t mine either but I decided to give it a shot and I was really pleasantly surprised
rustic falcon
not interested in it also :(
twin yarrow
I heard good things about Monkey Island and Loop Hero
but personally only familiar with The Wolf Among Us, and yes, it's a great game
some say, it's the only good telltale game
rustic falcon
hey twdg s1 was excellent
twin yarrow
I wonder if i should check out Signalis.. so far everything i know about the game comes mostly from wholesome gay fanart, memes and rare descriptions of some silenthillish horrors
sounds like i may enjoy it, but probably would cry in the end like a crocodile
fathom juniper
hey twdg s1 was excellent
Yeah my personal list goes like:
TWAU
TWD1
Tales from randylands
TWD2
Aaaaaaand then everything else cause I haven’t played it
fathom juniper
sounds like i may enjoy it, but probably would cry in the end like a crocodile
That’s good tho
If you’re looking for some good spooky times besides Signalis
I recommend soma too
twin yarrow
there was also some Back to the future semisequel-semispinoff game, that was not great, but enjoyable to some point
Soma.. i def need to finish it
rustic falcon
i think devotion is one of the best horror games ever but its only on red candle games' store (drm free), not on steam
hybrid jetty
I wonder if i should check out Signalis.. so far everything i know about the gam...
absolutely
one of my favorite games ever
