all they wanna do is play good games...
#video-games
thorny shoal
hexed kindle
gollum is not a good game it's a perfect game
thorny shoal
it's a game
fathom juniper
all they wanna do is play good games...
Yeah but it was on a ps5, so
You know
We didn’t have much choice 
dense kindle
speaking of good games Deep Rock Galactic Rogue Core finally hits early access today
been hearing very positive things about its closed alpha
fathom juniper
BREAKING NEWS!
Daikatana just got cloud save support on steam!
All three daikatana fans must be stoked about this.
hexed kindle
John Romero is going to....
dense kindle
...regret having those words on his advertisement
fathom juniper
ayyy - found the last two daikatana fans!
silk abyss
Back in my cyberpunk phase and now that I think about it there version of sentient Ai’s are the scariest and somewhat most realistic ones to me
Besides maybe mission impossibles
fathom juniper
nah i think our actual versions of AI are the scariest
they're not even sentient and look at the mess they're already making
silk abyss
they're not even sentient and look at the mess they're already making
True
I mean more fictional wise
ocean iris
John Romero is going to....
Oh I wish
lofty owl
they're not even sentient and look at the mess they're already making
I like the current concerns that we're hurtling totally alien intelligences that may or may not dislike humanity
fathom juniper
I’m more concerned that we’re throwing everything and the kitchen sink at this glorified text auto-complete
Chasing minor improvement at all cost
Energy? Workplaces? Ethical concerns? Intellectual properties? Growing class divide?
No price is too high for our slop machines
And yet chat gee pee tee still can’t handle a task as simple as…
Doubling the size of a single doom sprite without crashing 
True story - I tried that recently and BOI was it an adventure
lofty owl
On the bright side, a superintelligence may delete humanity 
||/s||
fathom juniper
Nah it’s gonna be superstupidity that does that
Ours superstupidity
Try saying that three times fast
woven breach
fathom juniper
I have upgraded my pc
so you can play new games now?
im gonna play old games faster
hexed kindle
i'm batman
hexed kindle
the videogame
clear python
lofty owl
I can't believe Titanfall 2 is already so old!
clear python
who?
fathom juniper
you
clear python
it's tough balancing between uni stuff, making my own game, playing other games (and specifically tf2)
thorny shoal
How's cake
lofty owl
TidB game 👀
fathom juniper
remastered!
fathom juniper
does anyone here even play density 2: now even more dense
thorny shoal
Nope I avoid anything by Bungie
lofty owl
I have not the hand-eye coordination for FPS
clear python
TidB game 👀
i mentioned to a friend that i wanted to make a lil adventure game set in one of those post-war (german) metro stations and he was interested and is now doing the whole modelling/texturing stuff. Was intended to be a smol lil summer project but let's see if we can get it done this year at all lol
fathom juniper
i mentioned to a friend that i wanted to make a lil adventure game set in one of...
set it close to your eastern border and i'll be able to provide some photos for your skyboxes
clear python
yeah my friend is polish and i got some inspo from him haha
clear python
(i really think the general (post-war) rationalism architecture/city planning aesthetic is underutilised, I can't remember a game that talks about it. other media prolly as well though i dont watch many movies etc... but most media stops at "lol this is brutalism!!! look at the big concrete building!!")
fathom juniper
(i really think the general (post-war) rationalism architecture/city planning ae...
yeah i do agree on that
clear python
knowing lodz, there will be three zabkas in one station
clear python
clear python
yeah i do agree on that
Yeah I was looking for cheap npc inspo and i dimly remembered https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulor from a lecture. It's so interesting and so funny. Basically, this creature is like a 'reference human' that you build the buildings and city around which sounds good, but if you've seen anything ever from Le Corbusier (and friends) you'll know the results are anything but human. And even then, this reference is 1.83 m which totally disregards femme people and even disregards the average masc height lmao
fathom juniper
1.83... 
does that includethe weird lego claw or not?
and why is he doing an MJ instead of standing straight?
clear python
nah the raised and it's like 2.2m or sth
fathom juniper
2.2 bro i can't even jump that high
clear python
And all the rationalists were all about being... rational and scientific in their process etc but if you look at any reviews of any of their buildings, the evaluation is generally 'yeah looks cool but doesn't work at all'
fathom juniper
which is the complete opposite of a german stereotype
clear python
le corbusier built a villa that exemplified his 'five principles of architecture' and it constantly got a leaky roof
silk abyss
does anyone here even play density 2: now even more dense
I do
clear python
which is the complete opposite of a german stereotype
well it was a pan-european thing (prolly US as well, but i dont know much about that). And Le Corbusier was swiss
fathom juniper
clear python
Well and since europeans built internationally a lot of south america and SEA too. Think of Chandigarh, and the new planned cities like Brasilia
anyway less yapping more devving
fathom juniper
nah man
this is genuinely interesting
and hey if yapping leads to a better game - go for it
clear python
happy to hear that!! but yeah this historical time was always interesting for me during studies whenever it came up
hexed kindle
damn is destiny 2 ending? 😔
silk abyss
damn is destiny 2 ending? 😔
Ya
It’s servers will still be up
Just no more updates
And it sounds like there making a new game
But we will see
signal kayak
And this is after puppeteering Marathon as an extraction shooter, which didn't exactly leave a mark out there
hexed kindle
i didn't play a lot of destiny 2 but it makes me kinda sad. i always get sad to see games ending
fathom juniper
damn is destiny 2 ending? 😔
that's this game's...
*** D E S T I N Y ***
damn i'm so good at this
dense kindle
as a person with 3.5k hours in destiny 2
gg I guess idk
feels like an ignoble end for this game, went out with a whimper, not a bang
and it easily coulda gotten that bang too if they just ended after The Final Shape in 2024
dense kindle
out of hundreds and hundreds, it is ONE of my favorite games ever made
fathom juniper
out of hundreds and hundreds, it is ONE of my favorite games ever made
i mean - to be fair
destiny 2 looks way more interesting to me than 1
dense kindle
wtf why do i have so much frank? <:PES_Lul:643782649013338122>
papafranku is eternal
fathom juniper
but i have no friends to play co-op with so 
fathom juniper
papafranku is eternal
oh yeah
dense kindle
I've never played 1 because it was console exclusive but it looks really interesting
fathom juniper
wait
was it?
dense kindle
a more grounded version without a decade of live service additions
fathom juniper
i thought it hit PCs
fathom juniper
i see
dense kindle
Destiny 1 launched on PS3/360 in 2014 I think, but later expansions became PS4/Xbone only
it stings, and is really funny, that they kept insisting that the game would continue on, that it was a new beginning with a completely new loot system, new story arc, new expansion structure, new way to choose missions
Since then we received:
3 ok to middling seasons of story(removed from the game)
1 mid mini-expansion that was really buggy on launch
1 really underwhelming update
1 mid star wars expansion
6 months of waiting
That's a wrap folks!
fathom juniper
eeeeehhh
you might want to... not do that right now
don't get me wrong - they're great remasters of great games
but that latest update really effed things up
unless there's a way to roll back to a previous version
then go right ahead 
ocean iris
don't get me wrong - they're great remasters of great games
but that latest upda...
what happened?
fathom juniper
well they launched an update with a whole new "challenge mode" with unlockables and mutators and such
but it was outsourced to some other company and not only it's full of slop
it also breaks everything
mods? broken
saves? broken
achivements? broken
the vanilla main campaings are broken
like - come on - these games have been out for 30 years
just the fact that i'm not able to play any of these games with Pierre's Souvenir mod is enough for me to not update
i want my cool leather jacket, damn it! 
signal kayak
Dunno who's dumber, Aspyr or whatever other company updated the game
fathom juniper
dunno either
but it boggles my goddamn mind that they even did this
after working so hard to restore this franchise to it's former glory
after working so hard to regain player's favor and what not
they just went and this this?
sloppified TR1-3?
instead of porting all the quality of life features from 4-6 remasters back to 1-3?
signal kayak
It reminds me of the update that broke Risk of Rain 2
fathom juniper
go on
signal kayak
Some 5head (likely at Gearbox) picked up four crucial lines of code and thought it was a smart idea to merge them into two lines
Let's say that alone made the game unplayable for a while
This came out with the second DLC, which not only also came broken, but also had other issues too
fathom juniper
oooohhhhhh yeah
i remember now
i remember some people dunking on gearbox over ROR 2 back in the day
guess it was this
signal kayak
The items were also pretty bad, had pretty unoriginal names, Chef was especially undercooked (har) too
fathom juniper
hang on i gotta dig up my gordon ramsay emoji
but yeah - TR1-3 is borked
the second i saw this video:
https://youtu.be/-SYjeKLkpYM?si=-uU8afkeeFj6WyFD
the second i saw that passport texture
i knew i shouldn't update the game
that passport texture is crucial to this whole story and it just blows my mind that they shipped it like that
thorny shoal
i wonder if epic will ever stop giving out free games
meanwhile lemme grab these tomb raider games
elfin matrix
wtf why do i have so much frank? <:PES_Lul:643782649013338122>
because you are filthy
dense kindle
new google logos
I don't like the calendar one
also apparently they're ruining search on Tuesday yippie
lofty owl
Bing supremacy?! 
thorny shoal
new spire patch giga buffed some enemies
game about to go into the overwhelmingly negative range
signal kayak
It's Marathoning
tribal lotus
I read that bungie is facing cuts. So I guess the developers are winding down the game content and will subsequently be fired. I guess at least they get to do one last major patch.
I wonder who made the money from selling to sony.
signal kayak
Sony lost a ton of money from the purchase alone, and Marathon didn't help them much, if at all
ocean iris
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/828114923719622656/1507155846373572689/im...
such a damn shame
destiny could have been something so good
if it wasnt for the fact that it was a horrible live service game
hexed kindle
i want to swear so much
clear python
thank zenithar it's fredas https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/333162407826554882/1497350180645896304/p5j5e4gey2xg1.png?ex=6a1174c6&is=6a102346&hm=1f7bb4d5f2e366b929004831893e3b71ac63f4268fbb5556ff18751afa894f3b&
fathom juniper
Dude I love the jaypeg dog so much
woeful falcon
game about to go into the overwhelmingly negative range
Hope that doesn't happen but I am starting to feel like 2 just isn't for me
I don't think I'll do early access again
thorny shoal
Hope that doesn't happen but I am starting to feel like 2 just isn't for me
why is that
woeful falcon
i dunno. something's not hitting the same.
it feels less fair than 1 in some ways? could be wrong
some of the elites are just brutal
fathom juniper
Hey guys
You wanna see some gore? 
Some serious mutilation
Of the console hardware variety, that is
Well too bad I’m posting it anyway:
signal kayak
God no
thorny shoal
some of the elites are just brutal
i think the consesus is that on lower ascensions sts2 is harder but on max ascension it's easier
fathom juniper
Oh yeah
You know it’s a good ps2 mod when a freakin angle grinder shows up 10 minutes in
thorny shoal
but in general the game just offers you so much compared to sts1
ancient rewards are usually broken, and events are just so good now
woeful falcon
i think the consesus is that on lower ascensions sts2 is harder but on max ascen...
Maybe so maybe so
I'm on 9/10 and just not having fun at all anymore
Could be a get good sitch though
thorny shoal
a9 is a huge difficulty spike so I can understand it
everything prior is nothing compared to the damage boost enemies get
faint hollow
test subject seems to be an immediate lose condition for me
tbf I've only won twice solo (defect and necrobinder)
fathom juniper
oh my GOD
That hard cut at 30:10 in that ps2 mod video 
faint hollow
but they were against aeonglass and queen
fathom juniper
This is genuinely terrifying
faint hollow
oh yeah I saw the patch notes
nah I won against the old one
but yea test subject is just rough. it does like 50 damage each turn
thorny shoal
i think i struggle a lot against both Queen and Test subject
queen's debuffs are just rough against clad
test subject's third phase also is a deck consistency check
and sometimes i just don't have a lot of draw to get the right cards during the right turn
faint hollow
idk if I like the A3 bosses at all tbh
tbh Queen is not so bad, like yeah, the ringing and "you're mine" debuffs suck, but as long as you deal enough damage they never scale out of control
my regent deck with stardust and being able to generate like 20 stars in 3 turns was so OP until I got to test subject
but for queen it would've been chill, I feel
I also despise how vakuu is just a nerf honestly. idk if anyone else feels the same way, but holy hell he sucks
thorny shoal
my regent deck with stardust and being able to generate like 20 stars in 3 turns...
yeah if you are depending on only one damage card for your win condition the third phase might kill you
faint hollow
queen's debuffs are just rough against clad
also also, I've never actually got to Act 3 with Ironclad, so maybe I should try
faint hollow
yeah if you are depending on only one damage card for your win condition the thi...
yeah that's fair
it's just kind of weird that the deck will work for 99% of the run but not the final boss
I don't think I've seen that type of mechanic in any game
thorny shoal
i think that's more telling of act 3 specially than the bosses
like act 3 just lacks anything that tests your deck
except for the bosses
faint hollow
hmm, true
thorny shoal
also also, I've never actually got to Act 3 with Ironclad, so maybe I should try
he's my favorite character, and he is REALLY good against new aeon glass
and new prism
faint hollow
I knew this was coming, but shatter getting nerfed is so sad
but at least it still evokes all orbs twice
thorny shoal
on vakuu though, you can definitely low roll him more than any other ancient. But I think you might be undervaluing some of his stuff
his energy relics are very situational, but choices paradox, music box and apparitions are incredibly strong
whenever you are on regent pick Bombardment and hope for music box
the synergy is so busted
faint hollow
apparitions was a good pick for me, but on test subject it sucks because you still get wounds anyway
especially because it's multi-hit
thorny shoal
true but that's not vakuu's fault!
it's also telling of the other act 3 ancients
i dont know how nonu goes away unerfed
her effects are the strongest in the game and have no downsides
faint hollow
is nonu the one who marks random combats where enemies have 1HP? because I love that one
you usually get at least two free relics that way
thorny shoal
yes that one
everything she has is good
only thing situational is her energy relic that puts 3 dazes in your deck
thorny shoal
yeah it's one of the good uses
pure kernel
sts2 talk 👀
honestly I'm enjoying it much more than 1
hit a little wall at a8 though, probs skill issue
vakuu is 100% the weakest ancient compared to other act 3 ancients at least
thorny shoal
he is
but he's not as bad as people say
he probably is the only ancient who can only give you bad choices though
but that doesn't happen often
occasionally tanx can be underwhelming too
both are in a good spot though
just nonu is way too strong
echo hazel
honestly I'm enjoying it much more than 1
for sure
i was super casual in sts1
my highest ascension so far is a3 with ironclad
he's def my favorite character but I'm not maining him, i always choose random character
pure kernel
I beat a7 on everyone and a8 on clad, my fave is probably either of the new characters funnily enough 😂
trying to do the ascensions in order but idk I might try random just for funsies
signal kayak
I'm stuck so far back, I'm on the previous game at a lower ascension level 
pure kernel
yeah I don't think I went past a2 on 1 😂
dense kindle
see you tomorrow
thorny shoal
This time it's for real
hexed kindle
are you sure
hexed kindle
but how sure are you
thorny shoal
100%
thorny shoal
nice just won another run with clad
woven breach
Finished chants of sennaar with a friend
What a fun puzzle game
Though the hard part aren't the puzzle itself. It was convincing my friend the solution to the puzzle
green scaffold
What a fun puzzle game
Based! Fantastic game, unique too with pretty presentation
woven breach
Ye
woven breach
on another news
I'm replaying the modern warfare series
the OG, not the remastered one
which was something I found out the other day
Anyway, COD4 showed its age but it still felt good
fathom juniper
Ooohhh
thorny shoal
lost to test subject by one turn
which character
faint hollow
silent
basically if I could've survived that one turn it would've died to poison
I was actually like: "yes! I win! suck it!" and then it turned intangible and all my hopes and dreams fell apart
thorny shoal
I was actually like: "yes! I win! suck it!" and then it turned intangible and al...
i know the feel...
echo hazel
I was actually like: "yes! I win! suck it!" and then it turned intangible and al...
the thing with poison is you either need accelerant or a bajillion dexterity stacking to make it work
faint hollow
yea I had accelerant, was super strong
echo hazel
example of dex stacking
it took 1:14 because I'm at work 🗿
my runs are usually like 35 minutes
signal kayak
Ah right, one of the final bosses of STS2 can copy the "fun" mechanic of the Nemesis of STS1
pure kernel
it's literally 3 STS1 elites mashed into an act 3 boss 😭
elfin matrix
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1370355008679313418/1507766281091285235/I...
disgusting
I cant read
what game is that?
hexed kindle
chat
fathom juniper
Yes?
hexed kindle
video games.
thorny shoal
video games.
what about them
hexed kindle
vortex have you reinstalled slay the spire 2
thorny shoal
ye
thorny shoal
but what if i install it again for one last game
hexed kindle
one last dance?
thorny shoal
for old times' sake
elfin matrix
finally gave this game a shot or the demo
its....kind of meh
its just arkham series
which...ok fine, whatever but those game have more options.
if u didn't play any of the arkham games then the game is much better
anyway back to Dont starve
dense kindle
my neighbors are playing Moss Grotto's theme from Silksong really loud in their backyard
I didn't know they recognized peak
lusty pendant
I can't stop thinking about how one time an adult guy whose first Pokemon game was Go, tried to convince me, who's been playing since elementary school, that ghost was weak to psychic
lofty owl
Foolish fool
silk abyss
Starting Arkham knight for the first time
signal kayak
I can't stop thinking about how one time an adult guy whose first Pokemon game w...
Sums up fans (as in fanatics)
woven breach
what does an Esport team have to do with pokemon?
warm furnace
I can't stop thinking about how one time an adult guy whose first Pokemon game w...
It was in generation 1
Gen 1 psychic types 😭
tame veldt
all the ghost types were also poison in gen 1
but yeah smth with psychic and ghost was bugged in gen 1 but i dont remember what
but even now psychic is weak to ghost it's not inconceivable to get it the other way around idk why the snark is necessary.....
warm furnace
Psychic was immune to ghost in gen 1
Psychic was just absurdly broken in gen 1
Which goes doubly so when mewtwo was the best pokemon off of stats alone
So it had God tier stats and the best type
signal kayak
And Poison was super effective against Bug, those games have lots and lots of bugs too (not Bug types, but they're there)
thorny shoal
I'm uninstalling sts2 forever, too
nooooooo
faint hollow
lol
tbf I'm only partially joking
I think I'll only play in multiplayer
the act 3 bosses just feel kinda lame? the act 2 bosses are great - the kaiser crab, the insatiable, the knowledge gemon - they all have fun and unique mechanics that can be countered with any good deck
but the act 3 bosses don't feel that way to me. the queen's bound debuff, "you're mine", the minion strength scaling, it's all just too much
the test subject's third phase is sooo boring. it also makes zero sense (to me) for poison to proc after it turns intangible
could also be that I'm just bad! but that's why I far prefer multiplayer, even on A8
thorny shoal
the test subject's third phase is sooo boring. it also makes zero sense (to me) ...
wait but it procs at the end of your turn, and test subject turns intangible at the start of their turn 
faint hollow
poison procs at the start of the enemy's turn I'm fairly sure
but I think intangible takes priority
thorny shoal
are we just interpreting things differently
i timestamped it
that was a poison proc at the end of their turn
silent's turn I mean
faint hollow
oh huh
I def had enough poison to kill the test subject at the end of my turn, but it didn't work
dang I wish I recorded it
thorny shoal
are you sure it wasn't during intangible turn
but anyways keep trying 
maybe get one of ur friends to coach a bit, solo is fun I promise!!
hexed kindle
can I yell
thorny shoal
can I yell
i'll allow it
faint hollow
are you sure it wasn't during intangible turn
it was definitely on the tangible turn, I saw the green HP number and everything
I could be completely fabricating this memory, but I could've sworn
thorny shoal
either that or a bug, that shouldn't happen
hexed kindle
aaaaaaaaaa
echo hazel
poison procs at the start of the enemy's turn I'm fairly sure
no that's doom
actually wait doom also procs at the end of the enemy's turn
echo hazel
poison activates when you end your turn, and it definitely takes place before the thing becomes intangible
faint hollow
idk why it didn't die then
faint hollow
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1370355008679313418/1507766281091285235/I...
how do you see this screen btw?
echo hazel
how do you see this screen btw?
compendium ➡️ run history
you can hover your mouse over all the nodes for more explanation
faint hollow
oh nice
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/584505260068962304/1508164662800158810/20A2441.JPG?ex=6a148b4b&is=6a1339cb&hm=263d4e94b4fdb71ff4deff76640e933cf85e4ae5cbf570717351f7653c92435c& aeonglass still too easy?
faint hollow
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/126733860674338816/1508163032851812432/IM...
oh I need to try hellraiser, I keep hearing a lot of praise for it
echo hazel
oh I need to try hellraiser, I keep hearing a lot of praise for it
upgraded hellraiser with a billion draws and strength stacks is so funny
thorny shoal
my favorite clad build is exhaust with Dark Embrace + Stoke
just nonstop drawing with a bunch of random bs being created every other turn
add corruption
no better feeling
god I love clad
dense kindle
@fathom juniper I'm playing your favorite game
fathom juniper
i swear to god this better not be mirror's edge catalyst
fathom juniper
<@269511032039407616> I'm playing your favorite game
what is it?
dense kindle
fathom juniper
HOLY CRAP!
HELL YEAH BROTHER!
dude this stuff is so good it gave me inposter syndrom and made me quit modding for like a year 
clear python
i love gelato
dense kindle
I picked up some raspberry sherbet the other day
lusty pendant
but even now psychic is weak to ghost it's not inconceivable to get it the other...
This was about Pokemon Go, which uses the Switch era type chart, and we were talking about Giratina raids (so a gen 4 mon) when he said I should use Psychic moves against it, then doubled down when I said that Psychic isn't strong against Ghost.
You're literally jumping to the defense of a cis man repeatedly talking down to a minority. First you mods allow a racist post to stay up until I pointed it out, and now you just defend internalized sexism from someone you don't even know now? Guess the modding is really going downhill
dense kindle
is there no leaning
fathom juniper
is there no leaning
nope
dense kindle
it's never lupus
fathom juniper
it's never lupus
enjoy your running_barefoot_03.ogg 
i was making fun of the devs about this
thorny shoal
This was about Pokemon Go, which uses the Switch era type chart, and we were tal...
im confused, did messages get deleted or something? berry's response seems fine
fathom juniper
oh there's a lot of references to other shooters in those early Pathfinder Memorial levels
which i kinda like and kinda don't?
game's got enough of an identity of it's own, you know
dense kindle
and that was a fear reference
fathom juniper
anyways - make sure to chuck something metal into the MRI machine 
dense kindle
there's a lot, yup
fathom juniper
seriously though, saucy
take your time with this game
pay attention, look for secrets and explore every corner
there's cool surprises everywhere
it's like... i don't think they're even able to run out of cool ideas
oh and turn off ADS in options and stick with classic zoom
trust me on this one
tame veldt
This was about Pokemon Go, which uses the Switch era type chart, and we were tal...
i didnt have any of the information you just provided when i made that message about psychic types so how is any of that relevant to how and what i responded? i was just saying you were being unnecessarily rude over an easy mistake.
and the racist comment you are referring to was deleted when it was brought to our attention and even then it was multiple hours old and ignored by other members. all of us are busy people and if you see something that breaks the rules you should notify a mod instead of silently complaining about it so it can be dealt with in a timely manner.
i just wanted to talk about a game series i liked. i've also been playing since elementary school and i still dont have every type interaction memorized. i'm sorry for striking a chord.
dense kindle
oh and turn off ADS in options and stick with classic zoom
classic is default
fathom juniper
good
man this makes me wanna download it again and do another admiral 100% playthrough
dense kindle
I wish the melee was a kick
fathom juniper
I wish the melee was a kick
how about a dropkick?
just slide into a dude
or slide and jump
there's actually a lot of hidden melee options in here
fathom juniper
you mean "level" level or "chapter" level?
the nomenclature is kinda weird in here
anyways - i don't remember the exact number, but it's a lot of levels
my last admiral run took me 22 hours and 41 minutes
sure a lot of that was spent looking for secrets
but it also doesn't include my deaths
and BOI did i die a lot there
there's so much game in this freaking game
and it's all killer no filler
dense kindle
did I actually have to make a bridge with barrels there
fathom juniper
where?
dense kindle
you mean "level" level or "chapter" level?
level, I got a level complete screen
47 minutes
fathom juniper
maintenance, with the yellow barrel bombs
with the yellow paint storage?
dense kindle
yeah
fathom juniper
it's a bit of a tutorial puzzle that's supposed to teach you that some things are too heavy to pick up but can still be pushed
and you were supposed to do a bridge, but...
you don't really have to
anyways - you're going fast
first time it took me like 4 hours to get to that point
but then again - i've spent most of my time looking for all secrets
fathom juniper
dude you're seriously missing out
dense kindle
also the landmines do detect airborne targets
fathom juniper
trust me - it's worth it
not always for the reward
but some of those secrets are so freakin clever
dense kindle
I'm mostly here to shoot stuff
fathom juniper
fair enough
HOWEVER
make sure to collect all security pass upgrades
with the highest level (level 6) you can unlock a whole ass secret chapter at the end
dense kindle
bricks don't trigger mines but chairs do
fathom juniper
yeah
dense kindle
I wonder if something like the Pain Chance upgrade is additive or multiplicative
fathom juniper
what do you mean
dense kindle
when they say +15% chance to wince
is that x1.15 on the existing wince chance, or just +0.15
clear python
bricks don't trigger mines but chairs do
just like in real life
fathom juniper
when they say +15% chance to wince
is that x1.15 on the existing wince chance, o...
honestly?
dunno
just aim for the balls - that's got a 100% pain chance
echo hazel
what game are you even discussing
hexed kindle
did i hear bloodborne?
fathom juniper
no
fathom juniper
clear python
did i hear transistor? (i‘m hard of hearing)
fathom juniper
our game runs at 60, thank you very much
fathom juniper
instead of a sprint button you have sprint tech
slide to jump to 90 to dodge
that's the fastest way to move
anyways - you're going really fast
feels like you're skipping half of the cool stuff
faint hollow
@thorny shoal duo A9! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/584505260068962304/1508249890491469975/2078651.JPG?ex=6a14daab&is=6a13892b&hm=2a84620742eaab952af48e435cc92fc42c1a9f239d14a46c5e0af2c1ae41afe0&
thorny shoal
<@312989837630111746> duo A9! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/58450526006...
congratz, with the 2 best characters too 😎
now only a10 left
and then solo a10
hoary rampart
i didnt have any of the information you just provided when i made that message a...
pokemon is pretty damn ass most of the time so I can see where that person was coming from tbh, dunno why u gotta be so aggro bro........
little wharf
pokemon is pretty damn ass most of the time so I can see where that person was c...
i agre....
dense kindle
why did unreal engine 6 get announced with rocket league of all games
it was really cool but like
fathom juniper
finally at the streets
Did you at least get the burger flipper minigame ?
echo hazel
man sts2 is sooooo good
faint hollow
yeah I'm beginning to finally like solo.... 😔
I still don't like test subject, but I think the queen is actually a pretty cool boss
finally won with silent 🙂
thorny shoal
man sts2 is sooooo good
signal kayak
why did unreal engine 6 get announced with rocket league of all games
Wat
But they can't even handle their version 5 well enough as it is 🤔
clear python
the strogg having signs for their different facilities just in english but in a vaguely alien-esque font is kinda funny
fathom juniper
Lol yeah
fathom juniper
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/333162407826554882/1508521731684306964/im...
So what unit are you on ?
clear python
uh nothing, just finished 2
fathom juniper
And you still haven’t found an SSG?
clear python
oh no i have
hexed kindle
aaaaaaaaaaaa
clear python
neat, isn't it?
well i'm glad i don't have to shoot 10 shotgun shots (best sentence ever) inside a single robodog anymore
fathom juniper
yeah those dogs suck
clear python
glad to hear that
fathom juniper
there isn't many of them though
clear python
i feel like there's plenty of them already!
fathom juniper
wait till you get to the expansions
lofty owl
"Doggone it!"
- TidB, probably
fathom juniper
and encounter medic commanders that can spawn units and resurrect... other medics
who then scurry away and resurrect other units
clear python
ur really wetting my appetite for the expansions
fathom juniper
the reckoning is actually really good
like - don't listen to youtubers that love to crap on this one just to get some views
parotting the same points while all having the same thumbnails with the american psycho guy
cause of course
i was dreading this one, but then i started playing it and started having cool fights like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dolvW6w8zxM
and i was like...
are we even talking the same game here?
it's awesome 
the other expansion, however
that's the one that has recursive medics
eh 
clear python
yeah disregarding other people‘s opinions is the first thing i do when playing (and deciding what to play)
clear python
well the latter part isn't really true anymore since i started asking for what games to play next, but it's still a very much "me" preselection
fathom juniper
i see
faint hollow
I just killed vantom without removing its slippery 
thorny shoal
I just killed vantom without removing its slippery <:33eline:1257490469420531783...
Doom?
faint hollow
yup lol
thorny shoal
elfin matrix
https://tenor.com/view/sts-sts-2-slay-the-spire-slay-the-spire-2-let%27s-take-ib...
no
hexed kindle
i am batman
hearty yarrow
Im giving it a 007/10
faint hollow
if dunkey makes a video on it he's 100% making that joke
fathom juniper
I’d rather make a 007/11 joke
thorny shoal
I’d rather make a 007/11 joke <:dusa:522248771409543188>
how about a 6/7 joke
fathom juniper
Cause he’s playing selaco
thorny shoal
right...
thorny shoal
im jealous
green scaffold
i'm about to start 007
Have fun!
thorny shoal
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1066752261386141776/1508864545605550212/2...
congratz!
thorny shoal
A18 in sts1 is kicking my ass
thorny shoal
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/126733860674338816/1508951718124060873/IM...
i love card creating regent
crash landing + pillars is very funny
fathom juniper
X
manic isle
crash landing + pillars is very funny
Spectrum shift my beloved
echo hazel
witcher 3 in the big 26 is crazy
green scaffold
elfin matrix
WUT? new W3 expansion after 100% the game twice? bruh....
but I have it on ps4
I don't want to give sony money anymore
anyway I found a very interesting review on Steam Dead as disco
literally saying the game is shallow but the dev responder saying they will add more stuff
See? negative reviews do help.
hexed kindle
i don't think negative reviews help. criticism itself is what helps
there's plenty of negative reviews (and to be fair, positive too) that aren't saying anything of substance
elfin matrix
i don't think negative reviews help. criticism itself is what helps
yes they do. U can check the review on steam
but not the one that say "Game bad" of couse those don't do anything
I wanted to post it here but this server doesn't let me post Pictures
I only said "Shallow" part because the review is 3 paragraph long
basically the review explain in deatail my issues with the game, if it gets better I ll give it another go, I just hate Overhype, does more damage to anything
Like when people say all the time X is the best thing ever, you try it out and is the most mediocre garbage you have ever played, It happens way too often
hexed kindle
it's their opinions though. someone disagreeing doesn't make them less valid
elfin matrix
nah
they pretty often are seen as "Facts"
So the whole "Opinion" thing is infuriating because we get nowhere
I have an opinion, they have theirs, both are valid...which means none are
I have no solution for this
hexed kindle
i mean yeah there's no objective opinion. what i consider objectively good in a game isn't gonna be everybody else's idea of objective either
elfin matrix
That just annoys me
In the past I was more accepting of this
but nowadays we get everyone Overhyping everything
to insane degrees
Mixtape is the current example
when I see a new game now I go directly to the negative reviews and Ignore all the positive ones
of course I ignore the "Game bad" thats not what I am looking for.
"Performance reviews" this one I also kind of ignore, because nowadays games can be fixed after release but is good to check them
and then you have the "I like the game but it has X or Y problems that I cannot give it a good score" this are the ones I read.
of course the review has to continue....otherwise I ignore it
thorny shoal
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1253043747336491092/1509124197174218762/H...
what if it's as big as Blood and Wine 
woven breach
even if it isn't, I'mma replay (again) 3 months before it drops 
faint hollow
what if it's as big as Blood and Wine <:shadeohboy:520448134590234651>
I'm expecting it to be like heart of stone
given the rumours about it bridging the gap between TW3 and TW4, that's what I expect
hexed kindle
what if it's as big as Blood and Wine <:shadeohboy:520448134590234651>
hopefully it is
blood and wine is the second best expansion i ever played
first one being phantom liberty
elfin matrix
Someone clearly has never played New vegas
Dead Money, Lonesome road, Old world blues
Honest heart is kind of...meh...but has Joshua Graham on it and his armor is really good so....
faint hollow
fallout's overrated
elfin matrix
fallout's overrated <:3dgrineline:926270016301707364>
which one?
faint hollow
idk I've never played any of them
elfin matrix
Cyberpunk is nothing more than a Discount new vegas but with a better engine.
novel dock
New Vegas pretty good
faint hollow
(I'm kidding about the overrated remark btw)
elfin matrix
(I'm kidding about the overrated remark btw)
nah, is valid.
novel dock
I've never played any Witcher
faint hollow
I tried playing TW2 but the combat sucked so much ass
faint hollow
yeah, but at least in TW3 it's serviceable
elfin matrix
Yep witcher 3 is carry hard by...everything else
but one tip
Play on Death March
faint hollow
ha
no thanks
elfin matrix
it forces you to play as a Witcher
faint hollow
it's so boring
elfin matrix
Is not hard, I have done it 2 times
Its boring because anything below death march is boring
elfin matrix
U get one shot or two shot
faint hollow
I prefer boring easy combat to boring tedious combat
elfin matrix
Sure is tedious at the start when u dont have any upgrades
elfin matrix
I prefer boring easy combat to boring tedious combat
Boring combat is worse than tedious
faint hollow
eh, each their own
faint hollow
lol
elfin matrix
I ll fight you right now with my bear hands
elfin matrix
the meme does not work without the image
nvm
But lets be clear in something
Only few games have Good combat
Ninja gaiden 2 when not spamming UT
kingdom hearts 2
now DMC and God of war combats while good, the enemies are just sponges....
I honestly love God of war greek but the combat boils down to Square square triangle
the most effective combo for God mode in 1, Titan in 2 and chaos in 3
So finding games with GOOD combat is kind of difficult
so U just have to adapt to the combat the game presents to you and hope u can have fun with it or get carry by everything else, like witcher 2 and 3 the writing, story, exploration and characters.
dense kindle
<https://xcancel.com/thewitcher/status/2059560461872373812> [.](https://fxtwitte...
cool
hexed kindle
Someone clearly has never played New vegas
yes i did 😂
it had great writing and quests but it couldn't be any further from being one of the best games I played
fathom juniper
oh hey it's another one of those
https://youtu.be/Cixq8AKqlXU?si=QW6tn_BV-GWqm8Fe
elfin matrix
it had great writing and quests but it couldn't be any further from being one of...
CAP.
fathom juniper
wait wait wait
what the hell
elfin matrix
I doubt u have played anything better
fathom juniper
guys jump to 10:00
HOW IS IT THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS?
i've beaten bloodborne like 4 times what the hell
hexed kindle
I doubt u have played anything better
new vegas not even top 50 games if i'm being real 😔
fathom juniper
WHAT
elfin matrix
new vegas not even top 50 games if i'm being real 😔
I ll take the bait...Portal 2 is meh.
Doom eternal is ok
fathom juniper
new vegas not even top 50 games if i'm being real 😔
elfin matrix
Hades 1 better than both
fathom juniper
ah boi
fathom juniper
french?
elfin matrix
fathom juniper
ah
hexed kindle
pirates ?
fathom juniper
of the caribbean variety
fathom juniper
sure does
and undead monkeys
and skellingtons
keira knightley
i think keith richards is in there somewhere too
i miss the movies channel...
lost igloo
@ocean iris its that time again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NomizORoqU
hexed kindle
bim is iron lung good
hexed kindle
the videogame. not the movie. since we can't discuss movies 😔
fathom juniper
the videogame. not the movie. since we can't discuss movies 😔
first of all - yes we can
elfin matrix
hexed kindle
how good is Iron Lung: The Game
hexed kindle
this was mean
fathom juniper
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT
elfin matrix
bim has 3 parrots, 4 wooden legs and 6 eye patches, so he is an ultra pirate
fathom juniper
did you guys see this?
fathom juniper
and i have no mouth and i must bim
all names in here and on that list on the right went blank for a second
then they changed to default white names
and then came back to looking like this a few seconds after
hexed kindle
did everybody get banned for a split second
fathom juniper
nah it's probably just discord having a stroke again
or something on my discord client
ANYWAYS
glung
lost igloo
fathom juniper
the answer to the "is it good" question depends on how well you know david szymanski
elfin matrix
hexed kindle
i never played any games by david
elfin matrix
you never played any games in the first place 
fathom juniper
well then
there's only a 50-50 chance you're gonna like it
like - i made my mate play it once
before the movie
and he hated it
i quite liked it
hexed kindle
i like weird games with a lot of blood. does iron lung fit this description
fathom juniper
do you like short, tight, experimental indies?
hexed kindle
yeah mouthwashing is one of my favorite games
fathom juniper
i like weird games with a lot of blood. does iron lung fit this description
well it's at the bottom of a literal ocean of blood so yes
fathom juniper
yeah mouthwashing is one of my favorite games
oh then you might enjoy glung
hexed kindle
okay iron lung will be my GOTY
fathom juniper
go for it
hexed kindle
next to Mullet Madjack
fathom juniper
also - today i have achieved impossible
i - Sir Bimsworth The First - finally...
...made my boss play doom 2016
this morning he was like "oh yeah i tried this doom thing"
"is it... all just gore and loud noises?"
and i'm like "thankfully - yes"
elfin matrix
hexed kindle
for some reason I cannot watch people playing doom 2016
fathom juniper
why not?
hexed kindle
like. I can play the game. I finished it even. but when I'm watching it, I feel like I'm about to pass out
elfin matrix
So bim...how accurate is the whole "AI is replacing our jobs"
hexed kindle
it gives me motion sickness
fathom juniper
So bim...how accurate is the whole "AI is replacing our jobs"
dunno
prompt your agent about this
hexed kindle
it feels like a Sonic game in a heaven of blood and guts
elfin matrix
dunno
prompt your agent about this <:dusa:522248771409543188>
bold of you to think I have a job
fathom juniper
touche
lusty pendant
Is doom 2016 the one that can run on anything
dense kindle
So bim...how accurate is the whole "AI is replacing our jobs"
it took up about a quarter of today's GDC 2026 report
so far everyone is hoping it'll just be a tool
if agentic ai gets good then it might be gg
fathom juniper
Is doom 2016 the one that can run on anything
nah that's...
basically all dooms
2016 is the soft reboot that gave us rip and tear
||actually that phrase came from that crappy nineties comic but shhhhh 
||
dense kindle
huge guts
fathom juniper
it's t he one that introduced glory kills...
...even if doom 3 had a similar idea of kill to heal in 2004...
okay 👏
it's the one where sean bean dies in the initial invasion
not making it up
elfin matrix
if agentic ai gets good then it might be gg
......I want to say the solution but that would get me banned
So terminator 2 is innevitable them
elfin matrix
U know in all those fantasy generic story tech never improves?
dense kindle
hey how's selaco?
idk haven't played it
fathom juniper
one of the best glory kills in the whole franchise
elfin matrix
I am starting to understand Why is that
dense kindle
been busy with grinding ladder in Guilty Gear and playing the new 007 game
elfin matrix
no
dense kindle
not too bad, but it depends on what you want
fathom juniper
well - i want stealth and big parties and some actual spy stuff
dense kindle
it's a linear campaign with cutscenes, stealth sections, action sections
fathom juniper
yeah...
elfin matrix
So...u want Hitman or Splinter cell?
dense kindle
I've been having a lot of fun but I wonder how much of that is because I'm a 007 fan
fathom juniper
So...u want Hitman or Splinter cell?
both, ideally
i've never been much of a 007 fan, weirdly enough
elfin matrix
007 peaked with Golden eye on the 64
fathom juniper
i did like that crappy one with halle berry cause
well cause it's got halle berry
and that's about it
elfin matrix
such a shame we never got more games proceeds to ignore all 007 games after golden eye
I mean 007 is split into eras
I don't like 007 either except for the 90s one
but that could be because I grew up with it and It was impossible to escape from it
Everyone doing parties with N64, 4 controllers playing Golden 007 Multiplayer
hexed kindle
as important as goldeneye was, I don't think it has aged well honestly
it was a very iconic game for the genre but I think other action games from that era aged better
dense kindle
it's very interesting as a shooter because it was very... innovative?
its design goals were very unique and so different from what we traditionally think of
dense kindle
They originally wanted to make an Arcade Rail shooter
fathom juniper
OH COME ON
dense kindle
But then Rare decided it would be better to have freedom of movement, and be able to create your own Arcade Rail shooter sections
fathom juniper
dense kindle
Thus, you find a spot, then lock in place, and aim freely on the screen
Plus the weird strafe thing
And why reloading looks like that
fathom juniper
the only one that ever got close to that is that one vin diesel game about chronicles of some guy i can't mention here
dense kindle
It also explains why they had such dynamic hit reactions, just like those arcade games, so you could crowd control them with your bullets
fathom juniper
oh yeah those animations looks great even to this day
dense kindle
similar to Resident evil 4, in that way
fathom juniper
oh yeah
the difference being animations in goldeneye are a bit more... performative, for lack of a better word, you know?
like they want to show off this cool mocap they've got running there
while in re4 they're more mechanical
hexed kindle
i'm loving the new 007 game though it's so cool
dense kindle
but yeah hearing their inspiration was more Time Crisis rather than Doom was very interesting
hexed kindle
it really makes you FEEL like batman
dense kindle
i'm loving the new 007 game though it's so cool
love all the fanservice lol
fathom juniper
you shoot a guy in the hand, he quickly drops his weapon
the reaction is fast and snappy and then quickly goes back to gameplay
dense kindle
you can stealth, mess up, get in a fistfight, then get into a gunfight
fathom juniper
but yeah hearing their inspiration was more Time Crisis rather than Doom was ver...
initially goldeneye 64 was supposed to be on rails too
dense kindle
yeah that's what I said
hexed kindle
you can stealth, mess up, get in a fistfight, then get into a gunfight
yeah the gameplay feels very smooth because it never feels like the game is telling you how to complete the mission
at the same time it still plays out like a movie or a TV show episode so it's very cinematographic
dense kindle
I do miss the disguise system but I get it, it's James Bond, not Hitman
I'm currently maybe halfway done the training chapter? Love the camaraderie
(I hope they don't all die but I'm not holding my breath)
hexed kindle
yeah a lot of the stuff that's on hitman isn't on this one, but the opposite goes too
there's a few hacking gadgets and the melee combat and gunplay are way more in depth than in hitman
so it's like there were some exchanges
dense kindle
yup yup
hexed kindle
there's a few hacking gadgets and the melee combat and gunplay are way more in d...
and I mean i get it. 47 isn't meant to enter combat at all. i'm just saying this one shifts focus a lot
dense kindle
fistfight in 007 vs fistfight in hitman lol
that section where you're fighting the blonde guy througout the training base is kinda dumb but pretty fun
hexed kindle
yeah it's so over the top why is everything exploding
but at the same time that's what's cool about it
ocean iris
<@305369001343582220> its that time again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nomiz...
beautiful
hexed kindle
i am the vengeance
lofty owl
I am the night
fathom juniper
OH SWEET JESUS
so, uh
my mate just texted me that steamdecks are back...
FOR DOUBLE THE PRICE
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1504894727437418518/1509258101558083726/image.png?ex=6a1885a4&is=6a173424&hm=022b8a88f5a232bf5a79e104ab37f75bd9e1a8df045c1624ddb5468c53c38247&
echo hazel
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ram prices...
clear python
q2: errm so i hope that you have to do the 'crucifixion' to obtain the keycard in the torture chamber?
fathom juniper
fathom juniper
q2: errm so i hope that you *have* to do the 'crucifixion' to obtain the keycard...
oh so you're in the prison cells?
i hope you saved all your brethren
clear python
i think i did (so far)
why are my bleeding crawling brethren not talking the health packs in their cells... really breaks my immersion...
fathom juniper
one of them has a secret room in his cell
took me forever to find
but yeah this unit (chapter) is kinda meh
but it's a great showcase of why they scrapped this advanced ai and pushed simple one before release
clear python
oh i think i reached the medics
fathom juniper
they're not bad in the base game
but in that second expansion when they introduce medics that can resurrect other units and medics?
Pain.
just...
[Pain.]
clear python
that lil laser section was fun lol
dense kindle
faint hollow
symptom of the unsustainability of generative AI
fathom juniper
that lil laser section was fun lol
the laser section?
clear python
yeah after entering the pyramid, the short cyber server room section with the tank guy at the end
clear python
yeah that guy was very easy, circlestrafing and taking cover behind the four very large pillars, and ten grenades later he's dead
fathom juniper
ye
i'm gonna be real with you
this is as good as these bossfights get
they just couldn't figure it out in the nineties
clear python
good, i'm not big on bossfights in general (hi furi)
fathom juniper
i like bossfights
but they're really, really hard to do in FPS games
well - to do right
clear python
hmm, do i know a good fps bossfight?
fathom juniper
my point exactly
doom eternal?
shadow warrior 2013? (which is why i replayed it recently)
and even those aren't great
they're just slightly above average
clear python
doomy ternal DEFINITELY not 👍
fathom juniper
clear python
shooting at a guy 400 meters away, breaking 10 silly armor plates, then 10 silly flesh pieces while the trash mob fights are more interesting definitely didn't do it for me
fathom juniper
i mean come on - the icon of sin 2.0 was great
the first marauder made journalists seethe
the gladiator...
...is there
hey they can't all be winners
kanye makyr was pretty neat too
clear python
the makyer was pretty nice because even despite the 'get shield down then deal actual damage' x 5 pattern you got to fly and punch her in the face, very good
fathom juniper
yes
but see - even if we disagree on this
this still reinforces my previous point
good bossfights are really difficult to make in FPS games
clear python
yeah can't even remember any. i wanted to think of singularity (if it even had one) and my mind then went to hard reset, very funny
fathom juniper
you know - i've been struggling with this myself over the last few years
and i think i know why this is
why FPS games usually have meh bossfights
and the answer is right in the name
first person shooter
it's the camera
like - think of your favorite bossfights
any genre, any game, whatever
name 5
chances are there's gonna be some MGS stuff in there
maybe some devil may cry or whatever
they're all third person