video-games

[ocean iris]

KF2 and Just Cause 3 are the first games I played after building my PC

[fathom juniper]

all code from scratch

BY THE FREAKIN WAY

kf3 has takedowns now
which they wanted to do in 2 but they scrapped it

for a good freakin reason

but yeah
compare that trailer to this:
https://youtu.be/C6C2czPIV3A?t=17

THIS WAS 9 YEARS AGO

[ocean iris]

God damn it I wanna reinstall KF2 now but takes a crap ton

[fathom juniper]

AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE BEST SHOWCASE OF THE GAME WTF

[ocean iris]

Anyways Im gonna sleep

If anything good is at the PC Game Show do post here

[fathom juniper]

dude just look at the lighting there
the contrast
the gore and fire
limbs flying everywhere, animations are smooth and impactful

we've got shadows dancing around, fleshpound looks intimidating, they're showing off some actual cooperation

seriously though - this KF3 trailer pales in comparison to a...
a decade-old trailer of a beta build of their previous game

jesus christ

[summer gale]

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

yo this looks decent

[hexed kindle]

max looks so pretty

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1238454383071727730/1249492672926847138/Screenshot_20240609_185512_Discord.jpg?ex=6667803b&is=66662ebb&hm=478f138ef073cbd4b276c60688f12dea74d7a1d254045de446b79671dd03217e&

just look at her...like 😭

[woven breach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWNwFSNFw74

God, I'm hyped

[graceful galleon]

beat em up?

https://youtu.be/zDru5h43LqE

[woven breach]

rhythm game

[graceful galleon]

looks great! wishlisted

[hybrid jetty]

been hyped since I played white label 3 years ago so glad we finally got to see more

[hybrid jetty]

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

oh cool finally!!

[winged hawk]

Anyone keeping their eyes on Streets of Rogue 2?

[lost igloo]

This is... Surely a gimmicky multiplayer spinoff and not an actual dragon age game

[woven breach]

this reminds me of Agents of Mayhem

...which it shouldn't do

[lost igloo]

Rip dragon age. You had a good run

[woven breach]

it has shown... its age

[rotund umbra]

yeah if you told me it's an MMO/mobile looter shooter I'd have believed you

however people have pointed out that the trailers for dragon age have always looked wildly different from the games themselves, so I'm willing to wait with doomposting until tomorrow when gameplay is shown

[lost igloo]

Wow those sneaky... I was thinking "but the next dragon age game is supposed to be Dreadwolf, I already put it on my steam wishlist"
Yeah, they changed Dreadwolf to this, so this game was already on my wishlist

[lost igloo]

This is what that steam store spot WAS for
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tCokMTQ6qKk&si=l4JFiFW8WV2yQP6u

[rotund umbra]

yeah they changed the name

to a worse one

for some reason

announced last week I think

[graceful galleon]

the comments

"Larian was cooking, BioWare was microwaving."

[lost igloo]

But like... They didn't 'change the name' this is a completely different game. Make a new store listing, don't try to piggyback this trash on something people actually wanted lol

[graceful galleon]

no mate, this is the supposed sequel

they change the Dreadwolf sub-title to this

[lost igloo]

https://media.tenor.com/bNFIOwVbAocAAAAM/goat-avvar.gif

[rotund umbra]

no

if they hadn't change the name the trailer would've been the same

[lost igloo]

Yeah I get that. I think you're missing what I'm saying.
I added Dreadwolf to my steam wishlist based on the Dreadwolf trailer.
Now I have a game with a trailer that looks awful on my wishlist that I didn't put on there and the listing for the game I did add isn't there.
Feels very 'bait and switch'

[rustic falcon]

it should be the same

is it actually a different game?

when OFK changed the game name, i still had the same one in my wishlist

[graceful galleon]

no, this is the game
"So, to capture what this game is all about, we changed the name as the original title didn’t show just how strongly we feel about our new heroes, their stories and how you'll need to bring them together to save all of Thedas."

[rustic falcon]

i meant the listing

[rotund umbra]

it is the exact same game

with a different name

[rotund umbra]

the game would've looked awful anyway, nothing changed except the name

the game is still the same game

[rustic falcon]

i cant get over how thedas is such a stupid name

[graceful galleon]

Man last good DA game was DAO, I'll wait the gameplay reveal for this but I dont have much hope

[rustic falcon]

isnt that the first one

[rotund umbra]

I actually grew to like DA2

a lot

[graceful galleon]

Ye first one lol

[rotund umbra]

I didn't like it at first but honestly still better than Inquisition

[rustic falcon]

so, inq is 3, and this is 4?

[rotund umbra]

yeah

[graceful galleon]

DA2 was okay, though it has zero dungeon design

[rustic falcon]

i always get confused

[rotund umbra]

it was originally gonna be called Exodus

[graceful galleon]

Origins, 2, inq, veilguard

[rotund umbra]

and was supposed to be DLC/expansion

like Awakening

which is why the assets get reused a ton, it was supposed to be much smaller in scope and had very short development time

[graceful galleon]

Never got far in da2 tbh, but im willing to give it another shot lol

[rotund umbra]

When I played it the first couple of times I couldn't finish it, but since then I've played it fully like 5 times or so

always wanted to continue with Inquisition, but I only played through it once and couldn't bring myself to do another playthrough

[graceful galleon]

Inq was to bloated and to action-y for a DA game

[rotund umbra]

yeah

so

much

bloat

like far more than any Ubi game

[graceful galleon]

Didnt the director or something gave a psa back then: "leave the hinterlands asap"

[rotund umbra]

I was trying to bring myself to start another playthrough through the trilogy in anticipation of Dreadwolf and now after Veilguard trailer all that will has evaporated lol

[rotund umbra]

pretty sure it was the hinterlands designer lol

his point was that you are meant to leave it and come back several times

there's areas where they'll demolish you if you try to go through it at once

you go from lvl 5 enemies to lvl 12

right next to each other

[graceful galleon]

I vaguely remembered meeting a dragon while low level exploring

[rotund umbra]

also that

[graceful galleon]

Noped out hard

[lost igloo]

The world name is so lazy lol: "we got tired of saying The Dragon Age Setting so we shortened it to TheDAS and that got used so much we just let it be the world name"

[rustic falcon]

yep

i mean its funny, but stupid

[rotund umbra]

I mean when you don't know that it sounds pretty normal

but yeah

[rustic falcon]

at least it sounds cool and fantasy-y so

[graceful galleon]

Wait what

[rotund umbra]

yeah

that's why it's called that

[graceful galleon]

Lmao that's funny

[lost igloo]

I guess it's better than Nirn

[graceful galleon]

What's nirn

[lost igloo]

The Elder Scrolls world name

Nothing particular wrong with it other than it being... Bleh

[graceful galleon]

Isnt it Tamriel

Oo wait thatsthe continent

[rotund umbra]

tamriel is continet I think

in nirn

yeah

which funnily enough Thedas is also "just" a continent so the acronym doesn't even work anymore because there are places beyond Thedas

but still part of the setting

[lost igloo]

I guess if I still Wana play good RPGs i have to finally bite the bullet and become a Baulder's Gate 3 fan

[rotund umbra]

I got 450 hours in BG3, now I'm just waiting for them to release last patch so I can spend another 500

[graceful galleon]

BG 3 is really good

[rustic falcon]

and one day i promise i will play it

sitting in my library and collecting dust...

what a fate

[graceful galleon]

I crave for something more like disco elysium after finishing it

[rotund umbra]

honestly I can't recommend BG3 enough, if you can handle turn based combat that is

[lost igloo]

I played 20 minutes of DE and got intimidated lol I really Wana play it but it seems like a lot lol

[rotund umbra]

for a lot of people that is a turnoff

[rustic falcon]

i genuinely think that there is no and there never will be another game like disco

but the games it has inspired are pretty cool

[lost igloo]

DE and outer wilds are two games that I know I will enjoy when I'm in the right frame of mind to finally play them

[graceful galleon]

I love how it was based on DOS2, Larian's flavor of turn based combat is really chaotic lol

[lost igloo]

It's like they're waiting for the right time

[graceful galleon]

I restarted 3 times at different times, the third time it finally "clicks", you have to be in the right headspace

[lost igloo]

Until that right time comes up... Maybe I'll put another few hundred hours into Project Zomboid

[graceful galleon]

DE is inspired by planescape torment right?

Maybe I should give that another run. It's sitting in my steam library

[rustic falcon]

probably, but DE setting and story are very unique

and the lack of crpg combat

[graceful galleon]

Ye

It's a novel you can play lol

[rustic falcon]

and yet it is not a visual novel

[rotund umbra]

I've played through BG3 three times but I tried DOS2 like 6 times and never made it past Act 2 lol

[fathom juniper]

Mornin’

Funni

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Bye

[graceful galleon]

At least you got out of the prison

[ocean iris]

morrowind my beloved

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[fathom juniper]

Same expression

[lost igloo]

Have you ever seen the silly brilliance that is 'Young Scrolls'? They make rap songs/albums from clipped elder scrolls voice lines =p

[ocean iris]

Never knew of that

[hexed kindle]

i'm so hyped for dragon age 4 tbh

[lost igloo]

If you like silly 'gangster' rap made with in-game music beats and lore accurate lyrics, I can send you a good starter one

[ocean iris]

Sure

[ocean iris]

GAMEPLAY WHEN

EA! SHOW ME GAMEPLAY AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

https://tenor.com/view/get-in-discord-and-my-life-is-yours-gentlemen-get-in-gentlemen-get-in-discord-and-my-life-is-yours-join-voice-discord-call-gif-2443968673044858313

[hexed kindle]

tomorrow

[lost igloo]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WkyPnpW7eQ8&si=HKTwtnZx021i96lx

[hexed kindle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1238454383071727730/1249675293036249168/20240610_074310.jpg?ex=66682a4f&is=6666d8cf&hm=1dc2175574ea692c974a93f6dbd760cc2682a106d70bd9c6688e0ca818056a7f&

this is a shot from the gameplay trailer they'll show tomorrow

looks so cool already

i hope the worlds aren't as bland as Inquisition 😭 that was the worst part of it

[ocean iris]

real?

[hexed kindle]

yeah they announced last week we'd have an gameplay june 11

[mystic wave]

the staff turnover on it is very concerning though

[hexed kindle]

wouldn't even call it a turnover, whole bioware are different ppl now

[mystic wave]

true....

[hexed kindle]

i don't mind it though. if it's the same team for the entire development, it's already gonna turn out better than Anthem and MEA

those games' staff left while they were in development, which were part of the reason they turned out that way

[mystic wave]

In August 2023, BioWare fired 50 people working on Veilguard and the next Mass Effect game;[21] this included Mary Kirby who was one of the series' original writers and credited with "creating Varric and the Qunari".[22] PC Gamer commented "that's not to say there are no veterans of the good old days left, but you're looking at a very different group of people than the one that made the studio's greatest hits".[22] In October, seven of them sued BioWare for additional compensation, complaining that BioWare's NDAs prevented them from adding their work on Veilguard to their portfolio.[23]

[hexed kindle]

companies being companies again it seems

hopefully those layoffs won't affect it that much. it seems to be near completion rn

although obviously that's the lesser issue here

[mystic wave]

i wonder why people are still excited for corporate games

[lost igloo]

Its not that I don't think veilguard CANT be good... It just looks way different from the tone we've had so far.

[hexed kindle]

wym inquisition was already poop jokes game

[lost igloo]

The trailer is very joss wedon feeling lol. Like I expected varric to look at the screen and toss out a 'ell that just happened'

[hexed kindle]

i didn't see a single joke in the trailer it was just lighthearted. dragon age was never game of thrones levels of grittiness

[fathom juniper]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/809044727021436939/1249617379336654878/wp9ektvqi4e61.png?ex=6667f460&is=6666a2e0&hm=5d72f704f2d12be6f19d3feeb53fe180e3c8ba50b68beeb033cfe641966e37e4&

[ocean iris]

quakecon 2024 SOON

[fathom juniper]

Ye

[fathom juniper]

@ocean iris

https://tenor.com/view/xd-meme-funny-emoji-gif-15406750

LOOK!

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/226831135802392577/1249695321584435250/image.png?ex=66683cf6&is=6666eb76&hm=0859d74c00847f34b917390f632e4c0e25eef8d2b29834c5fc2302277b511023&

[ocean iris]

what is that

[fathom juniper]

Believe it or not

THIS IS KF3

BRO LOOK AT THE HUD

they’re doing the hero shooter thing where everyone has an ult and what not

Perks are gone too

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/638031423340806185/1249725697900155001/IMG_1839.png?ex=66685941&is=666707c1&hm=f7ce53810f49c211ef37721ce706e0ee191842609f8c6350babe7f9c46424000&

BRUH

Hang on lemme just…

https://youtu.be/tsD4im7K3wg?si=df3bOu2aQFQVgK1x

Ol reliable

[ocean iris]

nah its over

[fathom juniper]

It actually is

And I called it
I called it so hard

[inland geyser]

Oh, as a Quake fan, I don't need to throw rocks at Doom fans - Doom: The Dark Age looks like punishment enough for them.

[odd plover]

https://media.eventhubs.com/images/2024/06/07_fatal01.jpg

as a twenty five year grant main, this is good-ish news

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543091263507922955/1249787251727269938/Screenshot_2024-06-10_140702.png?ex=66689294&is=66674114&hm=abf3c073e507ed8add2227e778590e76510da0c312aa0c58312c9cad49957718&

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/c/c1/Kyou_Chou_Jin_to_Messhou_Hisetsu.gif

https://admin.esports.gg/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SS05-1-1024x576.jpg

https://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/grant-super.gif

there's gonna be a whole lot of mad people lololol

in other news

METAL SLUG TACTICS DEMO IS LIVE ON STEAM

[fathom juniper]

oooOOOoooOOOhhhh
a worthy snark rival

finally!

im a doom fan and i think the dark ages trailer looks amazing

@ocean iris
get in here BOI

https://youtu.be/1p-dbSJ2MK8?si=1bqoB_tr_uQr6r4_

2:35
THAT'S that i'm talking about

this is what i meant yesterday

also

check out all the hoops they have to jump through just to not mention kojima

oh it's adorable

[ocean iris]

I thought Vol 2 was announced

[fathom juniper]

same

[inland geyser]

Honestly, I was basically yawning through the whole of it. You take the name "Doom: The Dark Ages" and make... basically Doom:Eternal again but with weapons with a slightly more gothic skin? There were so many more interesting things you could have done with that brief, and then you just make... urgh.

[ocean iris]

Come the FRICK on Konami

MGSPW, MGR, AND MGS4 NOW

I dont care how I just want an MGS4 port, I think its a game worth experiencing even though I couldnt even run the PS3 emulation past the first section

[fathom juniper]

while i get what you mean, this trailer looks like way more than eternal with a new skin

first of all - it's boots on the ground
you're not spending more time in air than on ground like in eternal

no meathook, no double yumps

levels feel wide and spacious
you've got more enemies around

there's a freaking shield that seems to be a crucial part of the gameplay

[inland geyser]

Doom:Eternal with less mobility, and parry mechanics with a shield then

[fathom juniper]

• sigh *

we've been in the same place 5 years ago when eternal was coming out
people were like "oh it's just doom 2016 but with a hook"

[inland geyser]

(I mean, I am not their target audience - I hated Doom 2016 because it had 5 different levelling systems for some reason because you can't have just one number going up)

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah don't get me wrong

they ain't perfect

and that upgrade system was... probably my biggest gripe

especially in eternal where the best fun starts after you upgrade everything
and once you do there's no point in changing stuff so...

[hexed kindle]

oh yeah the Doom the Dark ages is gonna be GOTY

[fathom juniper]

what's the point?

your first run is basically a tutorial

but still
all that said

i don't think there's ever been a bad mainline doom game

[hexed kindle]

is there any doom fan that thinks it doesn't?

[inland geyser]

Meanwhile, I think the last playable Doom game id made was Doom 3, and that surely wasn't their best

[fathom juniper]

maybe the TNT part of final doom?

[hexed kindle]

the difference from doom to dragon age has been night and day. I'm a fan of both and haven't seen a single negative reaction to dark ages

[fathom juniper]

yeah

[inland geyser]

I mean, I liked Doom and Doom 2, and thought Doom 3 was at least trying to do something interesting even if it wanted to be a slower paced horror game.

[fathom juniper]

i like this new direction they're taking

[inland geyser]

but since Doom 2016, I have strongly disliked everything id have put out

[hexed kindle]

the only way to bring slayer back is a prequel anyway

his story is over for now

[fathom juniper]

well - i look at this in a slightly different way

i'm glad they're taking this new doom and expanding towards new generations of players

[hexed kindle]

i didn't really enjoy 2016, but it was a very competent game. Eternal? one of the best games I've ever played

and that's from someone who's always been a doom fan

[fathom juniper]

cause if i wanna play classics - there's enough mods to last you a lifetime

[hexed kindle]

they'll keep doing mods even after we're not in this world anymore

[fathom juniper]

EVEN IF a new doom would suddenly suck
if it brings new people in - im happy

[inland geyser]

Sure, which is also why, as a Quake fan, I don't really care that id don't care about it - Quake is open-sourced and has a more than healthy mod community

[fathom juniper]

which is a rare thing for me

[inland geyser]

I honestly would rather id didn't remember it

The one annoyance is that people seem to think that everyone who "is a Doom fan" likes the new Dooms :p

[ocean iris]

H E L L

Y E A H

[fathom juniper]

well my take is that you don't have to like the new games

but we're better off with them than without

and even if i didn't like them i would at least appreciate them existing

they bring new blood in and keep the IP relevant outside of the modding community and retro fans

[inland geyser]

I mean, I guess I just don't care about "keeping IP relevant"

just... make new IP!

Create something not called Doom!

[fathom juniper]

mhm

how did that turn out last time?

oh, right
it was rage

[inland geyser]

Right, but that's in itself a comment on the creative sterility in id

Literally they're reduced to making increasingly self-aware parodic iterations on their first ever success

[fathom juniper]

oh i wouldn't call doom their first ever success
but i agree - ID used to have way more series in the nineties

[inland geyser]

(and even then they almost released a Doom game that was essentially a CoD, until they had a sudden revelation)

[fathom juniper]

but keep in mind - they can't crank out a new IP in a year or two like they used to

times changed, sadly

[inland geyser]

Well, sure Keen was successful before, but Doom was their "big name"

[fathom juniper]

hovertanks, catacombs, wolf3d (which was their first big hit), keen, doom, quake (both flavors)

and then they had raven and doing other stuff

[inland geyser]

Which reminds me, the real reason I'm so disappointed in The Dark Ages is because... well, Hexen! Heretic!

[hexed kindle]

doom's been doing much better than another space marine fps single player saga, that's for sure

[inland geyser]

There's actual existing interesting id-adjacent "Dark Ages" themed stuff they could have even done.

[fathom juniper]

true

anyways

let's agree to disagree

and laugh at hollow copium again

https://vxtwitter.com/operagxofficial/status/1800198691611140349/photo/1

[dire warren]

Hollow Knight Bloodborne PC Port

[inland geyser]

I do feel a bit sorry for all the Hollow Knight fans.

I am sure it will happen by the end of the century

[fathom juniper]

i used to feel bad for them

but now it's just funny

[signal kayak]

I'm on the opposite boat, I used to laugh at their one joke and now I feel bad for them

[ocean iris]

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[lost igloo]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2183670/Hotel_Galactic/

Steam

Hotel Galactic

Hotel Galactic is a cozy management game where you transform a rundown intergalactic hotel into a thriving tourist destination. Inspired by the enchanting worlds of Studio Ghibli, Hotel Galactic blends wholesome nostalgia with modern fairy tale magic, ushering you into a new era of simulation games crafted by Ancient Forge.Express your creative ...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

Trailer looks great

[vale narwhal]

https://fxtwitter.com/reaps_D1I/status/1799873762088943757

[ocean iris]

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professorgutsv2

Everything I have learned about asmongold has been against my will

Likes

5279

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Asmongold might be one of the STUPIDEST PEOPLE IN EXISTENCE

Man literally said while watching the MGS3 trailer

"I just hope they dont make it political"

I dont know if Im being baited or not honestly

[signal kayak]

It's almost as if the one not wanting a game to be political is the one that wants it to be political or twists it to be political just to lambast it for being political

[twin yarrow]

watching game literally about cold world war
"i just hope they don't make it political"

what else is the game should be about? mecha battles?

[ocean iris]

Okay so some people pointed out regarding the AC Shadows gameplay reveal for Yasuke that suddenly the japanese music becomes more of a rap style type of beat, and I agree, what the hell, is it intentional or like what??

"Oui oui, play some hip hop inspired theme while Yasuke fights because he is black oui oui" - Probably some Ubisoft executive

[twin yarrow]

isn't that like.. idk

offensive for a certain part of audience

the part it was supposed to be appealing to

[ocean iris]

I mean some dont care

but lots pointed it out

hey at least Yasuke doesnt have the Killmonger hairstyle

In 2000's devs thought black guys only had cornrows

Now its Killmonger's hair

There's so many cool hairstyles

[graceful galleon]

well I havent seen it, but probably influenced by samurai champloo?

[ocean iris]

I mean I dont have any actual say in this but many pointed it out XD

Never forget the "Exaggerated swagger of a black teen" incident from IGN

[twin yarrow]

he wears a helmet, we can't say for sure

[ocean iris]

Nah I saw pics with his hair

its long dreadlocks

I find that cool

Idk how in general for all samurais long hair is but its always cool

[twin yarrow]

afaik, it's more like anime thing.. most of them gathered hair in a bun-like knot

[ocean iris]

Now I wanna watch a Kurosawa film....great...

[graceful galleon]

what, they dont have spiky colorful hairs?!

[twin yarrow]

but.. i don't think for AC series historical accuracy is important anymore since.. maybe original trilogy even

[ocean iris]

Yeah true

To be fair the real Yasuke is more of a legend

It is known he was more of a bodyguard for Oda Nobunaga

[twin yarrow]

after minotaurs and stuff i don't think even that matters much

[ocean iris]

Yeah just saying who is he based on

[twin yarrow]

heh.. i remember people wanted japanese ac game since before 3rd was out

i wonder how many of them said like "finally"

especially after GoT exists

[ocean iris]

GoT is the better experience tbh

And dont forget, Kurosawa filter and japanese dubs

[fathom juniper]

Meaning “I hope they don’t make it about politics I don’t like”

God what a dumb take

[ocean iris]

Its Asmongold

why do I expect him to have any literacy

[fathom juniper]

I don’t even know who that is

Or why should I care

[signal kayak]

Am I missing out on much if I get Powerwash Simulator without the DLC?

[fathom juniper]

What

What kinda DLC they having for a game like that ?

preorder now to get an exclusive Karcher skin for your power wash

[signal kayak]

They have...Santa's Workshop, a Tomb Raider Pack and a Midgar pack

Also a Warhammer 40k pack, a Back to the Future pack and uh...
A SpongeBob pack

[mystic wave]

im enjoying silksong

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

[signal kayak]

Silksongn't

[fathom juniper]

A tomb raider pack?

What’s in it?

[signal kayak]

No idea, that's why I asked

All I know is that people did NOT like the paid DLC of the game

At least according to the Steam reviews

[ocean iris]

Lara's mansion

[graceful galleon]

https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/powerwash-simulator-tomb-raider.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&fit=crop&quality=100&format=png&enable=upscale&auto=webp you clean this

[ocean iris]

I feel like this is lore accurate

[ocean iris]

Is it true Animal Well is like Halo 2 and Halo 3 combined?

[mystic wave]

well they have animals!

[hexed kindle]

veilguard gameplay today 🥰

[ocean iris]

WHERE WHEN

[hexed kindle]

https://youtu.be/CTNwHShylIg?si=DVdA9xfuShLkhLih

[ocean iris]

https://youtu.be/XbOvxjA0rLM

I literally never knew of this

[dusty ridge]

Guys Bloodborne Kart finally came out

The devs had to rename it to Nightmare Kart for legal reasons

It's literally just what they made for Bloodborne kart with names changed

It's free on steam rn

[signal kayak]

Yup

[odd trench]

I’m telling y’all. If FromSoftware won’t give us a new bloodborne or a remaster someone is going to do it themselves 😂

[rustic falcon]

it got a fan demake so

but i think i give up at this point

so many other bornelikes

[ocean iris]

You aint asking the right question

GRAVITY RUSH ON PC WHEN

[rustic falcon]

ok i am in fact asking that question

i want gravity rush on pc Badly

[woven breach]

same

[rustic falcon]

i just refuse to buy a whole console for a single game

well i kinda did that with the switch but i have way more than 1 game on it now and i got my mileage out of it

[signal kayak]

I don't see Gravity Rush on PC for at least a while, since Japan Studio closed and got reintegrated into Team Asobi (or so I read)

That's probably why Bloodborne is still not on PC

Not like they could do something about it, but here we are

[hexed kindle]

they're doing a gravity rush movie so a port is probably imminent

[hexed kindle]

ports are never made by the original developers, so this doesn't mean much

[rustic falcon]

theyre What

[hexed kindle]

https://youtu.be/JI8NQov7rzM?si=E8Rk-qXQ0gySNlZH

worth saying it's just work in progress, it isn't gonna look like this

[ocean iris]

S O U R C E

[fathom juniper]

Yeah I hope so

Where’s the art style ?

[hexed kindle]

i just sent the video

[hexed kindle]

it's probably live action. the video in question must be a CGI segment of it or proof of concept

but we don't know

[signal kayak]

Hope you're right, Bloodborne and Gravity Rush shouldn't have to wait this long

[fathom juniper]

It’s like that borderlands movie
You’ve got this cool art style and voice actors that already portrayed the same characters
But instead of using any of that and making a proper animated movie they just…
Hired a bunch of Hollywood hasbeens and made a”real” movie

Wha

[signal kayak]

Oh, I'm just waiting for the groan of the general public right after the Borderlands movie is released

[ocean iris]

S O U R C E

[fathom juniper]

Oh I’ve been groaning about boredomlands since 2011

[hexed kindle]

that movie is already a 13% tomatometer

production was terrible and it's eli roth

[fathom juniper]

Guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l02AQvyM6DI

[fathom juniper]

Whomst?

[hexed kindle]

eli roth

[ocean iris]

He made the Hostel movies

so....gore

Cant expect a good script either

[fathom juniper]

Hm

Well borderlands writing can’t get any worse so

Who cares

Give it to him

We can only go up from here

[ocean iris]

Its truly over for Dragon Age isnt it

[fathom juniper]

Ono wha happun?

[ocean iris]

the gameplay showcase

doesnt give me any hope

it seems they went fully hack and slash

[fathom juniper]

Ono thats so sad

Seriously - this is still EA

If anyone got their hopes up for this it’s their own damn fault

I wouldn’t trust them with making me my morning cup of coffee

Let alone making a sequel

[ocean iris]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1144669267141341214/1250108137948708934/1718116378064520.png?ex=6669bd6d&is=66686bed&hm=c739c131b5aa3aa22c94286a388a495b1b436d81294e6db4728674c499488afa&

my honest reaction:

[drowsy berry]

all this port talk is reminding me how shadow of the colossus doesn't have a pc port so i'll end up having to borrow someone's ps4

[hexed kindle]

dragon age gameplay was completely phenomenal. I'm so happy i accidentally swore 😭

[ocean iris]

RPCS3

insert trollface

[drowsy berry]

wasn't familiar with it, thanks! now i can go back on my pc supremacy high horse

[signal kayak]

Or the PS2 one, for that matter

[hexed kindle]

ohh eurogamer just released a new article on the veilguard

[rotund umbra]

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

I will admit I have better opinion of it than after that trailer

[hexed kindle]

both look the same to me

[fathom juniper]

wake up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwWpQJFGp8

new noclip just dropped

10:48

nin-inspired, you say, danny?

mid-nineties you say, danny?

i gotta research this game

oh yeah there are some strong Pretty Hate Machine vibes here

ok so this is an interesting topic...

at 17:24 they show some early ads for wipeout
and you know what?

i miss this kind of vibe in games

yeah i know they're just ads, but
this feels... drity, slimy, sweaty
it feels like they wanted to convey something
a mood they couldn't convey with crappy pixelated screenshots so they did this

i watched that microsoft gameshow thingy lately and man
it's like we did a complete 180

most ads (as in - trailers ) they showed there were either colorful and flashy with particle effects out the wazoo and folky music and what not

or if they had gore it was so over the top it was cartoony (yes - even my beloved doom falls into that)

why can't we do this anymore?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1250169810868895817/image.png?ex=6669f6dd&is=6668a55d&hm=43d6593c6d1e7763ece6926d67a11c5f6590f35b011622b49585ab25e5343c27&

it's just a bloody nose but it somehow feels more impactful

i dunno - this somehow catches my attention way more than all the gore from that diablo 4 trailer with someone in the background going AAAAAA-A-A-A-A A A A a a a

[twin oxide]

Really chill cute pixel art game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1438450/Woten_DX__Travellers_Dream/

Steam

Woten DX - Traveller's Dream

Woten DX - Traveller’s Dream is a 2D puzzle-platformer imbued with the spirit of discovery! Dive headfirst into a rich and enchanting world full of charm, challenge and intrigue! Join Woten as he journeys across the Fossil Range, an unassuming archipelago home to a divine mystery. Solve perplexing puzzles, encounter curious creatures and unearth...

Release Date

Coming soon

▶ Play video

[graceful galleon]

I watch a bit. Artstyle looks okay. But combat-wise they lean even more into action. Feels like watching spiderman or an AC game 🙄

[woven breach]

Why does this feel like Gotham Knights?

[lost igloo]

the visuals and dialogue were better than i expected (very low expectations) but yeah the gameplay/combat looks not so good

[graceful galleon]

i'd still play it tbh, but prob 5 years after release

i'd sail the seas if needed

[lost igloo]

I've noticed that I actually play most games multiple years after they released. Like I only just recently played through Dead Cells.
It kinda seems the way to do it now, especially games with bunches of Dlc
I'm not touching the ff7 remake games till they're finished lol

[rustic falcon]

i bought it on a whim

[graceful galleon]

yea that's not a bad thing, considering most games are released in an "unfinished" state nowadays. You'll have more content and hopefully less bugs

and better price, games goes on sale all the time

[rustic falcon]

but i still barely touched ff15.... and now all my time is gonna go into ff14... i dont feel like playing anything else

the horrors

[graceful galleon]

mmos are time sink lol

[rustic falcon]

but ive been having fun with friends

[graceful galleon]

I rarely bought full priced games anymore, probably gonna make an exception for the upcoming Elden Ring DLC

[graceful galleon]

even more so with friends! But as long as youre having fun, that's all that matters lol

[hexed kindle]

mmos make me cry

[lost igloo]

I've been having people at work tell me that Diablo4 is actually fixed up really well now, maybe I'll give that a shot

[mystic wave]

where you at in the story? did they tell you the customary "it gets good later. like 50 hours later ☺️ "

[rustic falcon]

lol i know it, dont worry

still early in arr if i had to guess

one of my friends played through the entirety of before deciding its not for them. what dedication

[hexed kindle]

ppl do say it gets better after you finish ARR

which is like, 60-100 hours long 😭

[mystic wave]

post-arr story really are some of the best stories ever in games

[graceful galleon]

how is ff14 if you just play solo?

[rustic falcon]

well in my experience, its a lot of playing solo in the beginning

i just vc with a friend while playing and we do our own thing

i assume eventually there will be a lot more cooperation

[fathom juniper]

Yeah I was the same when I was going though my free garbo mmo phase

Yeah I was playing with friends
But everyone was silent in the vc busy grinding for whatever

Borderline lethargic

[graceful galleon]

I'll try it someday

Someday

[stray stag]

I made an exception for h2. Elden Ring looks good and was a fun game but not full price of the DLC good

[graceful galleon]

That's where we differ. Elden ring is worth way more than the asking price for me

[dusty ridge]

I usually only buy monster hunter games full price when it comes to AAA games

I trust them to not mess it up after perfecting the same formula for like 20 years

[fathom juniper]

Well - Activision has been doing the same thing every year for 20 years too and they still somehow keep messing it up

[rotund umbra]

https://i.redd.it/h1579uxnzz5d1.jpeg

"The article says that the areas are open for exploration, with branching path, optional content, and secret to discover... "

people are suggesting it might be more like DAO areas which I would like

[hexed kindle]

good. I hated DAI's open world

[rotund umbra]

same

I just hope they don't overcorrect for that

like DAI could've had half the areas and still be huge

some areas you don't even need to go to at all and they are still huge

[fathom juniper]

I don’t wanna be a joyless boomer, but…

Guys - it’s EA
Don’t get too hyped or you will just end up being completely disappointed

They haven’t released a single decent sequel in forever

[graceful galleon]

true true

and the current Bioware is Bioware in name only, no more "Bioware magic"

[hexed kindle]

yeah this is looking like an improvement on every conceivable way

combat is looking way better and more interesting. the ability wheels, the fact that you can actually aim, the dual wield

they listened to most of the criticism to Inquisition's combat and that's great. story is also looking pretty interesting so far

[fathom juniper]

Also all this “BioWare magic” turned out to be just… crunch

[graceful galleon]

ye, not a good thing but idk, with their talents back then they can pull through. Prob not for the current Bioware

[hexed kindle]

they really couldn't pull through. Inquisition made EA think that they could just make Bioware crunch and everything would turn fine in the end

which resulted in games like Andromeda and Anthem

[rotund umbra]

I mean, it looks like EA has so little to do with BW's downfall that I don't really care about that

Andromeda wasn't crunched, they literally threw away the game halfway through development and started over

it was a new BW studio that had no experience basically

and similar mid-development reboot happened with Anthem iirc

[fathom juniper]

True - BioWare didn’t need any help with running their reputation lmao

[rotund umbra]

EA seems to be much more hands off in recent years at least with some games, like both Jedi games are just pure awesome

maybe that's BWs problem lol, they need someone to crack the whip

[fathom juniper]

Yeah it’s a shame they didn’t have this attitude in 2013-2016

Yeah I’m still salty

[rotund umbra]

with?

Battlefront?

do you not feel the pride and accomplishment?

[hidden zephyr]

Hello, does someone know a good Pixel Graphic Action game, which is very combat heavy and not a roguelike? Also not too much puzzles.

[fathom juniper]

Catalyst

I refuse to call it a mirrors edge

[rotund umbra]

ah

haven't played

btw I have to say I love Zero Dawn but playing it after Forbidden West is rough

no freeclimbing, no pullcaster, no shieldwing

[graceful galleon]

Hyper Light Drifter? i wanna say Crosscode and Unsighted, but they're zelda-like with some puzzles, especially Crosscode

[fathom juniper]

https://youtu.be/UZKso5q5smA?si=IJYpV8OgkUiggwrz

well that was fast

even for doom modding standards

it was like... what
two days?

[signal kayak]

Hand touched, hand crafted and very highly curated, they say...?
When EA, or rather their CEO went full-on with that one tech that is the exact opposite of that statement, that makes me thing...
I dunno Rick, looks fake to me

[fathom juniper]

oh hey
new Bringus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdrrsadTtTY

[hexed kindle]

it takes two too. it was game of the year for a reason

[mystic wave]

sanabi

[fathom juniper]

hotline miami

well you asked for graphic

and pixels

[rotund umbra]

didn't even know that's EA

[hexed kindle]

yeah it's developed by hazelight and published by EA

it's ironic because that game was actually very respectful of your wallet. it's a two player only game, but only one person has to buy it, the other gets it for free

[fathom juniper]

GUYS!

https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/1800606708039074282/

[vale hill]

unsighted! One of my favourite games, so good! :)

[vale hill]

beautiful😭

[signal kayak]

OMEGAROFLMAO!!!
They're so bad they can't even get to it in the first place

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/wheeze-gif-26183091

god this is hilarious

[twin yarrow]

game journalist moment

[rotund umbra]

did they put it behind the cuphead jump tutorial

[fathom juniper]

they put it behind the doom 2016 tutorial

ok so i just went to youtube to look at polygon's doom 2016 footage
wanting to post it here, but...

this is just...
too painful

nah

nope

[rotund umbra]

I remember there was something there too but can't remember what they had a problem with

[fathom juniper]

oh you know
just some high-level stuff like...

walking

looking around

understanding a basic language of videogames

[rotund umbra]

okay

watched these highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLbaktF0CY

and you cannot convince me that this is not this guy's first time playing a video game

like in his life

[fathom juniper]

what did you expect from a polygon journalist?

[rotund umbra]

like I thínk my mom would do a better job

and it WOULD be her first time playing a video game

[fathom juniper]

besides 5 pages long article about how gamepads are all sorts of -ist

god this was 8 years ago and it still makes me cringe

oh GOD

nope
i can't watch this

screw this
this is too painful

this stuff makes me feel like that dude at the end of raiders of the lost ark

just

also
i think the same dude came back to shoot some footage for eternal four years later

[rotund umbra]

was he better

did they give him an actual controller instead of a wheel

[fathom juniper]

yeah a freaking wii fit controller by the looks of it

[rotund umbra]

maybe he grew up with a brother and they used to do the "you walk I shoot" thing and then only one of them got hired

[fathom juniper]

over here we did the fake controller thing

"oh yeah you can play with me" - said my uncle while giving me an unplugged controller and pretending to plug it in

hey i was just happy to be there

[rotund umbra]

the youtube comments on those videos are so gold

"Shoots twice at a medkit while standing still...

Misses"

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah the comments for this were wild

[rotund umbra]

it's like that verge guy

[fathom juniper]

the verge guy?

[rotund umbra]

the one who made a how to build a pc tutorial

[fathom juniper]

im on a verge of a brain aneurism over here

[rotund umbra]

from verge

[fathom juniper]

OH GOD THAT ONE

CHRIST

aaaaaaa

[rotund umbra]

spend 2000$ on a PC, don't know what zipties are

[signal kayak]

All sorts of WHAT

[dire warren]

entire genre of gaming devoted to game journalists who probably just put a toddler on the controller

[woven breach]

You know

I beat Doom 2016 (?) with a controller

on PS4

[rustic falcon]

@lofty owl im on faerie, which i believe is in aether

[lofty owl]

Oh, a North American server! I wanna give you a million gil and a hecking pupper if that's okay with you!

Unless you're on the free trial, in which case I can't trade you

[rustic falcon]

yes i am

i want to finish all the content i can before subscribing, because wellll it costs money

[lofty owl]

Very fair. And you get sooooo much content while you're on the free trial!

[rustic falcon]

also im worried ill drop it again, and then i wont be able to go back to the free trial

right! i was surprised, they even added another expansion to it, with the new one coming out

[lofty owl]

Oh, the free trial is unlimited! So long as you're not confused like many "free trial" players who think the free 30 days of subscription that comes with the base game is the free trial

[rustic falcon]

lol yeah not making that mistake

[lofty owl]

Which job class? Which race? So darn curious

[rustic falcon]

im playing an au'ra marauder

because i played marauder before so i wanted to try it again

[lofty owl]

It's not a bad one to start with! Very straightforward

[mossy trail]

(I am summoned by ffxiv words 👀 )
yeah! marauder is probably one of the best classes for new players and it's a lot of fun at higher levels :D

[rustic falcon]

very green 🌱

this is a character i made in the benchmark when i first downloaded it, i just remade her

[mossy trail]

Very nice!

[lofty owl]

Would you look at that low level gear! So nostalgic!

[rustic falcon]

also yeee im having lots of fun. last time i played i had a... very intense guiding hand haha so its been great to learn and play at my own pace even if its not optimal just yet

ikr, and every new piece of gear is sooo ugly because its starter stuff 😭 im level 28 now tho as far as i can remember

[lofty owl]

Aw there's some nicer stuff even at lower levels

[rustic falcon]

but every quest gives me ugly clothes and the actually nice clothes are super expensive

[mossy trail]

Ah the joys of low-level gear....

[rustic falcon]

i did last years valentines event with my other character and the outfit was so cute im sad i cant have it again

[lofty owl]

You can pay real money for it on the FFXIV Store 💰

[graceful galleon]

Yall make me want to try ffxiv

I've been wanting to jump in for YEARSS

[lofty owl]

Oh but this is so exciting! We can be like dear jazz and give you tryhard tips and everything if you want them

[mossy trail]

if all else fails, the store does have a chicken suit. so, high fashion options are available

[rustic falcon]

can you buy things even while having the free trial, or do you need to be subscribed for it?

[lofty owl]

I believe you can actually still buy items from the cash shop despite being a free trial player LOL

[rustic falcon]

there is one problem with playing with friends as an aura though

[lofty owl]

Auli Mol is very smol!

[rustic falcon]

hehe

[lofty owl]

I hope your friends know about the Recruit a Friend Campaign!

[rustic falcon]

👀 do they

[lofty owl]

I mean...it may take a while for it to become relevant, but they can share a little code with you off their Mogstation pages for you to enter after you graduate to the standard edition but before you buy subscription time for the first time, and both of you can get little bonuses!

[rustic falcon]

ooh im looking at it now

yeah i will let my friend know about this if/when any of us are going to subscribe for real! lol

[lofty owl]

Nice! You can "refer" each other, so that'll work just fine

[mossy trail]

oh nooooo hahaha
ok fun fact I started as a lalafell, and both my friends were male au ra...so the vibe was very similar

[fathom juniper]

I finished eternal on nightmare on a controller
Including master levels

It wasn’t as bad as I thought

Plays surprisingly well

[surreal basin]

@lofty owl and @rustic falcon I am a crazy person with two mains; the one in the picture is on Coeurl on Crystal, & I have another on Twintania on Light

(just woke up briefly, going back to bed)

[rustic falcon]

i have a character on twintania

also a marauder... but elezen lol

[surreal basin]

Lol! My Twintania character is also Elezen

[rustic falcon]

yayyy

[surreal basin]

Red Mage / Dragoon / Dark Knight

My main is omniclass...

[rustic falcon]

she was my first character, i kind of abandoned her because i didnt want to keep playing. but playing with friends and having fun is much more motivating!

[surreal basin]

Ok back to sleep for now tho

[rustic falcon]

get some rest

[hexed kindle]

he's optional. even a lot of people who beat the game didn't kill him

[fathom juniper]

It’s also apparently false

But the fact that we all bought it kinda speaks for itself

[rustic falcon]

i dont get people still rehashing the "game journos are bad at the game" joke

it happened like once with cuphead

the real problem is when they give horrible reviews to games for one bug, and tank the score significantly forever

[hexed kindle]

yeah and sometimes it's the opposite effect. they give high scores even though the games are completely buggy

so what's the standard here

[fathom juniper]

I can name three right away
There’s probably more if you dig in

[rotund umbra]

nah it happens pretty often

or more than it should

them either being incompetent or just flat out wrong in the review

[fathom juniper]

@ocean iris

BOYE!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/226831135802392577/1250846579934367864/image0.jpg?ex=666c6d28&is=666b1ba8&hm=a10dd93de2816501ae9110b0a3a0655149f8e904d41a6f0b7d8b216a465f5ce4&

cheeki breeki is back on the menu

[ocean iris]

YES

[fathom juniper]

im still scared that stalker 2 might be streamlined to hell and back

and im gonna miss this... borderline mil-sim approach first one had (at least with patches... and mods... and expansions... and a pc rig twice the power of recommended specs)

but either way im still glad it's coming out
no matter it's state

it's one of those really rare situations where im glad they're making anything

even if i dont like it - i hope it sells well

[vale hill]

guys, quick question, I'm about to start hifi-rush, should I play controller or kbm?

[fathom juniper]

controller

[fathom juniper]

well that was quick

i was primed and ready to start ranting about whatever but sure
controller it is

[hexed kindle]

yeah controller is the way

[hybrid jetty]

I played it on kbm and it felt great

in contrast to dmc games which aren't that good on kbm

[dire condor]

kbm?

[hybrid jetty]

keyboard + mouse

[woven breach]

I mean dmc's combo system is really complex

[vale hill]

Yeah, I'm sorry! Got to playing right away! It's amazing so far, loving it!!

[woven breach]

Hi-fi rush do have an effect on people

[vale narwhal]

https://youtu.be/mUuWZs6HxME?si=fjxnf75rDAYroMEk

[graceful galleon]

I love it

btw Cocoon is amazing

https://youtu.be/XHfzY-nIQxw?si=A3Ra26zBeEEs6PyH

[woven breach]

Is it like... an out of shell experience?

[graceful galleon]

[rustic falcon]

someone give me strength to not buy kh on steam

but its 31% of and the bundle discount... maybe i should buy it

[graceful galleon]

Will you play it immediately?

If not then just hold off, there will be more discounts in the future

[mystic wave]

draw strength from your backlog

[rustic falcon]

i will probably not play it immediatly ahhh

yeah ill hold off

away from the cart you go

[graceful galleon]

🫡

[lofty owl]

Back to Eorzea with you!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/257706611961757698/983217922728132678/20220510_154327.jpg?ex=666d110c&is=666bbf8c&hm=e49411d62f2e313379dfe74156cd8be7d4ac7942b2a6a896638c318e4b1ceaae&

[rustic falcon]

pff

banish'd

[rotund umbra]

https://imgur.com/new-gameplay-information-via-shinobi602-C9jPMEc

[stable kindle]

you seeing that i bought it every time you open activity feed

works great on deck btw

[rustic falcon]

LOL i did see it, i did......

my friends have just been telling me to play it for so long

and now its on steem

[vale hill]

I might have to switch to kbm as for some reason the shooting with peppermint isn't work on controller D:

[fathom juniper]

Wot

Like… at all?

[vale hill]

the one in battle where you just tap the button works, the mechanic where you aim doesn't work at all, when I hold it she just appears and leaves immediately weirdly enough

[fathom juniper]

Huh

That’s a weird bug

[vale hill]

oh

nevermind

it just fixed itself! :D

[fathom juniper]

Well okay then

Time heals all wounds, I suppose

[hexed kindle]

i'm so hyped tbh

we're so back

[rotund umbra]

I have a much better feeling, but still not a fan of how much more actiony they made it

[hexed kindle]

honestly I'll take anything over the inquisition combat

i hate that one so badly

[fathom juniper]

OH! OH!

civvie 11 just released a selaco video

i HIGHLY recommend watching it
https://youtu.be/9uo3IWjKtqM?si=yEqtNI5q19MRbRQP

in just 30 minutes he explains why this is a proper GOTY better than i ever could in hours of ranting

"I'm not gonna tell you again, cut that out"

god i love this game so much

seriously though - i know i tend to rand a lot about games not many here care about
and over here we all have this habit of posting stuff that like... a single person might watch or whatever

but if you ever wondered why this crazy ME:Catalyst-hater keeps going on and on about a glorified doom mod like it's the second coming of christ - watch this crap

[lofty owl]

ME the first was so darn elegant

[fathom juniper]

it's my fave game

well - one of my fave games, depending on the mood

it is one of the two that had the biggest impact on me

as cheesy as it sounds - it did shape my life
it made me pick up not one, not two but three different hobbies

[lofty owl]

Parkour 👀

[fathom juniper]

and it along with HL2 actually affected my education - which patch i chose

[fathom juniper]

nah
although it made me run a lot for a while
this game took better care of my cardio than any wii stuff ever could

[lofty owl]

Physicist 👀

[fathom juniper]

mapping, drawing and music

so it's all creative stuff

dropped music (although recently i kinda came back to it)
i rarely even draw nowadays, but it gave me some skill that i still use to this day

and mapping?
well i've been doing it for over a decade now

[lofty owl]

Nooo I bet everything on gunning, parkouring, and theoretical physicsing! I'm ruined!

[fathom juniper]

gunning?

[lofty owl]

Like cartography? Or game maps?

[fathom juniper]

vidja gaems

level design

for first person shooters

[lofty owl]

Ooh, so you're in the games space

Less CERN, more DICE

[fathom juniper]

i've tried different engines and such
IdTech 3 for quake 3 and URT
unity for a mostly unnamed project that went nowhere
Cube 2 (which is a mostly forgotten shooter with hands down the best instagib TDM i've ever played)
and gzdoon - which i've been on for 8 years now

[rotund umbra]

From DA Q&A
Why the three man party? what about the banters?

Bioware: we put a lot of effort on every single companion so we wanted them to shine more, and we wanted you to feel in the world. So a more close camera with less companions makes you more able to see all we made for every characters (animations for example?) and feel the world more viscerally.
About gameplay, because now it's more action and you have to do more stuff (parry, dodge), it's hard to control 4 characters at once, so we found that 2 companions + the main character was the right balance.
About the banters, we focused a lot on showing the companions interact even when you don't bring them with you, at the base for example. So less companions in the party doesn't mean less banters.

still not convinced

on 3 vs 4

also no save import, instead just couple of choices you set ingame

which is just BS imo

also just 3!!!!! abilities per character, and I thought inquisition's 8 was so little

jesus christ

[fathom juniper]

looks like we're going through the same rollercoaster of emotions and

but for two completely different games

[rotund umbra]

like I was actually pretty onboard after gameplay showcase and the info from shinobi but as I read through the reddit thread of the Q&A the hype is dying down pretty quickly

[fathom juniper]

oh well then it's not the same rollercoaster

i was with KF3 right from the first trailer

didn't even have the time to get my hopes up

[rotund umbra]

well it is a rollecoaster kinda cause the rename and trailer before the gameplay showcase also kinda killed a lot of my hype, it just came back over the week and now it's falling down again

quite rapidly I'm afraid

[fathom juniper]

my KF3 rollercoaster is shaped like this
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1251256409874501852/16-1369342080.jpg?ex=666dead7&is=666c9957&hm=bea43a0bda8e08f48bb5b1619fdc154cb758303825c2d326dc9146b1b2923c9a&

im about to hit the third loop

[rotund umbra]

for DA, the big spike was the years since the first teaser up to the reveal, then gameplay was first loop and now I'm down there

just waiting

[fathom juniper]

oh you don't know what this coaster is called, do you?

[rotund umbra]

no clue

[fathom juniper]

it's called the euthanasia rollercoaster

[rotund umbra]

lol

man when I remember the hype I had after this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw3lrXlti-8

[fathom juniper]

just look at it and think of the physics of it

and the amount of g-forces you would feel at the end of it

[rotund umbra]

just take a full body suit so they can pour you out afterwards

[fathom juniper]

🫠

no wait

now that's more my style

[rotund umbra]

comment on that teaser

"Don't mind me folks, I'm just a detective trying to find where the hell THIS game went."

https://tenor.com/view/तीरचलाना-दिलपेवार-उदास-दिलटूटना-arrow-in-the-heart-gif-14975254

[fathom juniper]

mhm

tag him and make him look at the scrapped split second sequel

i'd like to know where the hell is that game too

[rotund umbra]

what split second sequel

[fathom juniper]

oh you don't know?

split second
the unofficial burnout 6

[rotund umbra]

haven't played a single burnout

[fathom juniper]

one of the best arcade racing games i've ever pla-

...

.........

[rotund umbra]

the only racing games I've played are som NFSs and flatout

I think

[fathom juniper]

[rotund umbra]

not big into racing

[fathom juniper]

do you like explosions?

[rotund umbra]

as in I haven't played one in over a decade now I think

[fathom juniper]

do you like cool stuff?

[rotund umbra]

not as much as I used to

I'm getting old

[fathom juniper]

now - split second is an arcade racing game through and through

with a skill floor so low my mom could play it

[rotund umbra]

arcade racing game

pass

[fathom juniper]

(hell - i convinced a few people who never played any video games to give it a shot and they liked it )

and a skill ceiling so high there's people still griding it over a decade later

imagine a reverse mario cart...

directed by michael bay

[rotund umbra]

oh remembered another racing game I've played

[fathom juniper]

ok so imagine a racing game where you're in the 4th place and...

[rotund umbra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHPA-bOzekc

[fathom juniper]

you can take the lead by dropping a freaking 747 on someone's head

[rotund umbra]

this one I think

[fathom juniper]

ok chck this out then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFZ3EDVC4HE

don't tell me this doesn't look fun to play

this game is like...
the opposite of everything i hate about modern racing games (and by "modern" i mean... 90% of racing games from the last two generations)

[rotund umbra]

jesus the lens flare

[fathom juniper]

yeah

[rotund umbra]

is this zack snyder's game

[fathom juniper]

you know what?

i'd take that over all those samey looking racing games we're getting nowadays

is it a crap style?
kinda, it's subjective

but at least it's got some

and believe it or not, this style actually serves a gameplay purpose

this game in general is just full of 200iq design decissions

and every race here feels like a chase scene from some over the top summer blockbuster movie

every single damn one

[rotund umbra]

honestly after watching couple of minutes I'd actually compare it to a Snyder's movie, it's cool to look at but otherwise does absolutely nothing for me

just not into racing games

[fathom juniper]

oh trust me

there's enough depth in here to last you a long time

one of the best drifting models ever put into an arcade racing game, if you're into that sort of thing

and if you're not - it's just a great party couch co-op game

again - i gave it to multiple non-gamers and they all liked it a lot

seriously - there's nothing quite like it

[fathom juniper]

man this makes me wanna play split second again

the sheer fact that they scrapped a sequel that was well on the way
and it was supposed to take place in the eighties
with twice the muscle cars and half the safety measures

oh it just breaks my heart

this would've been so awesome

i mean - just look at this beauty
https://lostmediawiki.com/w/images/thumb/8/8b/5525656201_4d5c64fc25_o.jpg/800px-5525656201_4d5c64fc25_o.jpg?20200902014422

god this car is so hot it's almost breaking this server's TOS

mods pls don't delet k ok thx

[hexed kindle]

saw the veilguard Q&A and now i'm even more hyped about it

[signal kayak]

Split Second mentioned 🔥
Both it and Burnout were my thing for the longest time

[dusty ridge]

Racing games have yet to surpass Kirby Air Ride imo

Why did they never make another one

Although is bloodborne kart was multi-player it could be fun because it feels pretty similar to Kirby Air Ride in how the handling feels

Minus the gliding and charges

[graceful galleon]

CTR is still my goat 🐐

Countless hours of multiplayer fun

[hybrid jetty]

SMT5 Vengeance has its easiest difficulty as optional free dlc, which is really funny I want more games to do it like that

welcome back Easy Mode Is Now Selectable

[fathom juniper]

ok so im really tempted to try cryptmaster

[rotund umbra]

really? a lot of the stuff turned me off

[graceful galleon]

ye sounds like a really dumbed down DA

[signal kayak]

They up and announced that it was going to have no MTX, we'll be the judges of that after the reviews are up

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah the same way tekken8?

only time will tell

[graceful galleon]

https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-revival-bundle bought Alwa's Legacy, Dread Templar, Devilated from this

[fathom juniper]

dear LORD can this site have more pop-up crap?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1251435754098528307/image.png?ex=666e91de&is=666d405e&hm=3531f77737cf9c7a135b7d5d6c2b3590a7f815315f9744959a4f45aa29005efe&

please i need more
i can still kinda see some game covers

[graceful galleon]

lol

[hexed kindle]

yeah so far it sounds like my thing. i really don't like the combat from inquisition and this one looks a lot of fun

[rotund umbra]

I mean to me it looks even more inquisition-like

[hexed kindle]

what i didn't like about inquisition was that you just had to mash buttons and occasionally press your magic once or twice

in this one it's gonna be more of a fast paced combat in which there's actual synergy between the party's spells and you can test multiple skill trees

[rotund umbra]

but you have even less abilities

than in inq

[hexed kindle]

most of them felt like filler so i don't really mind. this is a chance for them to make abilities more meaningful instead of just "fire hit now"

we've been teased about abilities such as a gravity vortex and stopping time (although we had something like this in inquisition, yes)

[rotund umbra]

https://i.redd.it/flw3kxp74m6d1.png

also no control over companions

they dumbed down DA gameplay even more than inquisition which I wouldn't even imagine being possible

and apparently you can't even switch/replace those 3 abilites during a mission

with Inq's 8 you could at least swap them outside of combat

hopefully modders will fix these things

[fathom juniper]

Wait

Bottom is the new dragon age?

[hexed kindle]

i don't mind not controlling companions cause i never used that in the first place

[fathom juniper]

This is some mobile-game UI over there lmao

[hexed kindle]

didn't feel worth it. the AI in inquisition was bad for anyone anyway

[hexed kindle]

it's shot on a console while top image is from PC UI, that context is lacking

[fathom juniper]

Ok
Thank you for clarifying

So with that new knowledge in mind

This is some crappy mobile game UI over there

I almost feel bad for DA fans

[hexed kindle]

i'll take the crappy UI over inquisition having "good" UI and being a terrible game

[fathom juniper]

Almost
I’m 👌 this close to feeling bad

Cause every time I get close to feeling bad I remember this thing is published by EA

[hexed kindle]

so were it takes two and jedi survivor and i loved these games

[fathom juniper]

And then I don’t feel bad anymore

[hexed kindle]

but it's EA so they're apparently bad

[fathom juniper]

Not apparently

They’re just bad

And have been for over a decade

[hexed kindle]

it takes two was one of the only unique games in this saturated battlepass market. i'll take the bad company if they're the one of the few putting out good stuff

[fathom juniper]

They haven’t released a single good sequel in ages
At their peak they can get up to dizzying heights of “good enough, I guess”

[fathom juniper]

Oh right
A crappy publisher takes a token small studio under its wings so all is forgiven

Remind me again who made “it takes two?”

Was it the f the oscars guy and his studio ?

[hexed kindle]

respawn is a pretty big studio and they're putting a lot of quality titles recently too. and they're owned by EA

[fathom juniper]

Mhm

Games as in apex
Which lives off of microtransactions

And titanfall 3, right?

[hexed kindle]

games as in titanfall 2, jedi fallen order and survivor, which were praised for their quality single player stories

[fathom juniper]

Yeah I bet the last three remaining Star Wars fans loved it

Please

EA is the opposite of a seal of quality

[hexed kindle]

that game sold 10 million. I think that's a bit more than three star wars fans

but sure

[fathom juniper]

And a few good enough to decent games they happened to accidentally publish doesn’t change that and shouldn’t make anyone less cautious

[hexed kindle]

i obviously agree that they're just a greedy publisher that don't take credit for the games made by competent artists

but like...so are them all?

[fathom juniper]

Yes

I’m not denying that

[hexed kindle]

and if I'd ever by any reason defend a greedy company, it wouldn't be EA of them all, that's for sure

[fathom juniper]

Good

[rotund umbra]

exactly my point

inq was worse in every aspect and they are taking it even further in the same direction

also the problem with BW games isn't EA it's BW

with later BW games*

[rustic falcon]

yes, and a way out, and i think it brothers: a tale of two sons as well

the latter getting a remake. and i do Not understand why

[fathom juniper]

A way out is goofy

Wait what

[rustic falcon]

its just a visual upgrade and the rest is all the same. the game definitely holds up

yeah

[fathom juniper]

I have things in my fridge older than this game

[rotund umbra]

ew

[rustic falcon]

ok so its nothing, not even by hazelight

and co op defeats the entire experience

i dont understand whats wrong with this

that it has to be made into this

and apparently performance is bad too

[fathom juniper]

Honestly ?

I even find the first screenshot more appealing

Sure the remake might have higher fidelity

But look at the nice cozy orange glow on the first one

[dire warren]

This was my thoughts with Persona 3 Reload, they made it all stylish when I prefer the gloomy PS2 atmosphere of the original

[dusty ridge]

I just hate how in the chorus of mass destruction persona 3 reload has the singer say "baybee baybee" instead of the classic "baybae baybae"

it just feels wrong

the chorus of the song just loses a lot of the intensity of the original version

[clear python]

lmfao why

Looks like the, idk, 2016-ish trend of high-fidelity games discovering depth of field and becoming miniatures

[rustic falcon]

lmao

i just dont get it

no gameplay changes at all? just a visual "remake"?

[dusty ridge]

arent they doing like a remaster of horizon zero dawn already even though that game still looks fantastic

[rustic falcon]

that better be a free upgrade or even dlc and not a full game

[dusty ridge]

nvm forget I said that

its not a real thing

last of us 2 got remastered for some reason though

[rustic falcon]

[fathom juniper]

to give ps5 owners an even harder case of buyers remorse