video-games

[north wolf]

It's set in the future, why even make the connection then?

[vital glacier]

i dunno

there will 100% be a frying pan as a weapon

[cosmic vine]

Oh battle royale. I mostly don't played these games.

[north wolf]

I'll just use it to beat my head to forget the PUBG connection

[vital glacier]

the only battle royale i kinda enjoyed was apex

but thats cuz titanfall 2s dna

[north wolf]

Apex is the best

[vital glacier]

its somewhere in there, i know it

[bleak coral]

apex is cool

[north wolf]

Nearly 300 hours on it

[vital glacier]

but if only apex had wallrunning

for now its just worse titanfall 2

[cosmic vine]

I just don't like running around a big map.

[vital glacier]

and its still made in the source engine

[north wolf]

Titanfall 2 story and mp are both awesome

Great game

[wraith cradle]

Gof 460 wishlisted games

[twin yarrow]

if only apex had titans, for crying out loud

i mean come on

[vital glacier]

i only care about the movement

but titans are also fun

[north wolf]

My favorite characters are Octane and Pathfinder

[wraith cradle]

Loba Rampart gang

[vital glacier]

same, but thats cuz they got the closest to titanfall

[cosmic vine]

Oh well. I mostly play single player games or coop games

[north wolf]

They feel like certain pilots from the mp, just without wallrunning

[vital glacier]

both abilities are just worse versions of what we got in titanfall 2

[north wolf]

Yep

[vital glacier]

how much time till bootleg holopilot

also i will start playing apex again when there is a character with a pompadour

[cosmic vine]

Nice

[vital glacier]

i enjoy pompadours

and baseball bats

[cosmic vine]

Anyway I been playing this game called towers hunter erza's trial

I original got this game back in 2019 when it was early access

Now it out of early access

🎉

Also I been done some fan art of some video game character that I like

In my artwork page

Like nep nep

And emergency food

Paimon

Oh well I am going to sleep soon. Good night

[wraith cradle]

gn

[twin yarrow]

gn

[rigid girder]

oh my gash

just redownloaded prince of persia from 2008

6 core cpu and its cpu throttling....

as it is single core game lol

[graceful galleon]

Xcom 2 is so good

[sharp raft]

Any good puzzle games out there? I'm thinking in the vein of zachtronics

Since I've really been enjoying Opus Magnum, both for the steampunk theme and the logic involved

[graceful galleon]

baba is you

(I have no idea what zachtronics is actually)

[thorn tundra]

Return of the obra dinn?

[rancid token]

Zachtronics makes those assembly line style games right? Maybe Infinifactory?

[wraith cradle]

Krystopia

[sharp raft]

yeah, like programming type games

[graceful galleon]

Hacknet

[fallen sky]

monument valley 💖

[polar dragon]

My XCOM 2 Iron Man save just got yeeted into the abyss after a bug

Man

I'm salty

[junior crown]

Iron Man mode, but you can't exit out the game otherwise save deletes itself

[vital glacier]

python

[vital glacier]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/704719680522289163/808253905963450368/image_44.jpg

[north wolf]

lol

[fathom juniper]

I HAVE RETURNED!

to talk about two videogamey things i enjoy

[floral warren]

new discord who dis?

[fathom juniper]

there we go
https://youtu.be/vFgy_aylSaw?t=307

[fathom juniper]

oh well - i guess joke's over
I can go back to my old nickname

[floral warren]

[fathom juniper]

[floral warren]

so, the number 70 does wonders for a game and a company/ies right?

[vital glacier]

i dunno

probably not

[fathom juniper]

well...
both games turned out to be borderline lethal for some people

so i'd say yes

[vital glacier]

beans

[floral warren]

I still laugh at Bethesda using an engine that speeds up stuff if you increase the framerate

[twin yarrow]

oldschool

[floral warren]

im sorry, i used too much emulators

in short: cyberpunk 2077 does things that you expect from a big AAA title , and doesn't do things that you also expect from a big AAA title

||eurojanks amirite?||

[fathom juniper]

i mean...
a lot of games do that

mostly old or console games

[floral warren]

yeah i know that, but it brings the funny out when the character go zoom zoom

[twin yarrow]

as one of our national football team member said several years ago, "your expectations are your problem"

not to take that seriously, but somehow i remember that every time

[fathom juniper]

it's where the game's "logic" measures time in frames
it makes it way easier for devs when - let's say - they make a console game that's locked at stable 30

[twin yarrow]

when i see a failed hype

[fathom juniper]

it just goes like "do this thing for 10 frames, then stop"

but when played on a way powerful hardware that can render those 10 frames way, way faster

the whole thing goes

which... isn't ideal

[twin yarrow]

that became an issue with DOS games back in the day

[fathom juniper]

been there, done that, rented real estate

[fathom juniper]

exactly

[twin yarrow]

somehow when new computers became more powerful, they were able to perform more than 60 frame changes per second..

on the other hand, slow computers made the games easier, with built-in turtlemode

[fathom juniper]

though this makes me wonder - how did this happen in a... Pc-centric game like fallout 76
oh right - it's the old engine that still remembers the nineties

and it wasn't coded by Carmack either

so

go figure

[twin yarrow]

so, there was TESO with a decent network code, but then bethesda were like "we can do this by ourselves"

[fathom juniper]

anyway - back to making some doom crap

[twin yarrow]

and we had fallout 4 with multiplayer mod

[floral warren]

exactly, that's why when I played the game I went with "huh, those are the witcher 3 devs you say? their game wasn't really that cool cool "
meaning I wasn't hyped up so much about it as other people did,
actually took me a while before I was caught on with the stuff and my friends just said "it's a cool game just check it out"

so when people go crying in the twitter posts I go "your problem that you got hyped up and their problem that they hyped you up"

[twin yarrow]

like that cat mascot guy said in the interview.. I don't believe anyone anymore, and I wait for nothing"

[floral warren]

YES SIR

[fathom juniper]

folks
is it weird to - instead of listening to music - listen to spooky Dead Space ambient sounds while working?

[floral warren]

||not at all, mate||

[tranquil kelp]

It's weird to chat in a gaming discord.

[fathom juniper]

i mean
dead space is a game, right?

[woven breach]

yes

a great game

dead space 2 is my personal fav

out of 3

[twin yarrow]

If it helps, why not

[woven breach]

nah

[fathom juniper]

i mean - i'm getting myself into a mood

i'm trying to make this old, rusty, spooky abandoned research station on mars

so - yeah - it fits

||and i don't mean IRL - i'm not elon musk... not yet, anyway||

[woven breach]

tbf if there were ever a research station on mars rn, it'd be a long time before they're abandoned

[floral warren]

Kraja is a gaming persona'd elon musk ?

[twin yarrow]

Idk, there are already some abandoned things on Mars

[woven breach]

like curiosity rover?

[twin yarrow]

and Spirit

[floral warren]

||Argent facility?||

[twin yarrow]

and less lucky ones that didn't make it safely

[fathom juniper]

fun fact
one of the first major contributions to humanity as a whole made by the curiosity rover was...
leaving a bunch of tire tracks in a shape of a penis

i'm not kidding

[woven breach]

say honk, I see you settled with his gun and not his guitar

for your pfp

[floral warren]

Indeed, chose the better way to do it, since the gun is his gun
||no one actually went to the cyberpunk official discord and asked them for fun, right?||

[twin yarrow]

aliens: leave circle-shaped landmarks on the earth fields..
humans:

[fathom juniper]

[floral warren]

that's a kekw from me

[fathom juniper]

correction - it was a Spirit Mars Rover or whatever

[woven breach]

kek indeed

[fathom juniper]

https://www.space.com/20813-mars-penis-spirit-rover-tracks.html

[floral warren]

the maddest lads one could ever live up to see

[north wolf]

absolute madlad

[vital glacier]

poggies

[vital glacier]

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/n6jrtWi9GSwnDu0EA6SPCl96YEQ=/0x38:1920x1043/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21847529/ss_d0ae0eaf668cba72d5f89cb0711b03ef82b820cb.jpg

post void is sick

play it

[tame veldt]

no

[vital glacier]

it good

it fast

it give epilepsy attack

can be completed in less than 6 minutes

[tame veldt]

you've said that about every single game on the planet

[vital glacier]

nah

[tame veldt]

it good

it funny

it good

[vital glacier]

yes

i said that about sunset overdrive

[tame veldt]

ok

[vital glacier]

and also post voids artstyle kicks ass

[twin yarrow]

and eyeballs

don't get me wrong, i don't mind neither pixelart, nor cellshading

but 3d.. have to see that in action first

[vital glacier]

it does ruin eyesight yes

but its worth it

you too can play acid trip fps game

[wraith cradle]

So.......

I wishlisted 30 games in this Festival

Gotta say the Festival is the best Idea Steam had in a while

[vital glacier]

ok

[wraith cradle]

You're welcome

[vital glacier]

did you know forza horizon 4 takes place in scotland

[wraith cradle]

I thought it was GB in general

[vital glacier]

edinburgh is in the game

and its a small map

so its scotland

[twin yarrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/775583829649129495/808421776035151902/S4kXSx1ARWI.png

[vital glacier]

how to hold nintendo switch

have your hand phase through it

[bleak coral]

cursed image

[vital glacier]

gmod collision noise

[cosmic vine]

Update it seems steam is crash

[bleak coral]

gmod was sick

havent played in years

[cosmic vine]

In my end

[vital glacier]

i play it occasionally with friends

https://tenor.com/view/round-pokemon-sleep-gif-11433571

the small owl

[cosmic vine]

Oh well that lucky me there offline mode

[dire saffron]

baby, best gen 7 starter

[vital glacier]

yes

but best starter is

[cosmic vine]

Also I just try out some demo

[vital glacier]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/750075865282510848/805863993306382387/fennekin.gif

[dire saffron]

i chose litten thinking that it would be cool on final evo

and i like froakie more

frog

[vital glacier]

crigne

weeb frog

[cosmic vine]

It a upcoming fps game that about a lady who is enjoy killing aliens.

[vital glacier]

amogus

[cosmic vine]

Hmm there also some good fps game I have played like project warlock, gunfire reborn, roboquest and duke nukem 3d 20th anniversary world

[bleak coral]

goated design

source: rowlet fan

[dire saffron]

tbh gen 8 starters suck

like i enjoy intelion and cinderace but like, all 2nd stages are gross

[bleak coral]

Raboot is cool

[rancid token]

See, I loathe Intellion

And Drizzile, but less

But all the other ones are great

Rillaboom is monke

[dire saffron]

monke is monke

you cant compare

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/808475315763413002/Screenshot_20210208-181155.jpg

I'm upset

[tame veldt]

pffft hahahahaha

[polar dragon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBeyWyfhi8I

Ruined King indeed

Dude literally ruins the game

[stable kindle]

lol i got linked that this morning

all things considered, its very appropriate viego is involved in all of these bugs

i think its funny

[polar dragon]

It's it

I enjoy it. Do you know about Mordekaiser stuff also?

[stable kindle]

i havent gone looking for them since ultimately i dont understand half the gameplay i see, i just see whatever happens to pop up on my feed or what i get linked to

[woven breach]

playing witcher 3
Boss: "if you acknowledge any gods... start praying."
Me: in rarest armor "lol, ok buddy"
dies in one shot

[twin yarrow]

that reminds me.. Witcher 3 and Undertale came out the same year

also Overwatch

so much time passed already?

[tame veldt]

Overwatch was 2015?!

I thought it was '13.

I have way too much fidelity for Blizzard.

[twin yarrow]

actually, wait

HotS was in 2015

full release, not ea

[tame veldt]

that makes a little bit more sense

[stable kindle]

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

wheres fox

@polar dragon

important: diana's pointed ears https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/357344472880644118/808570114798125086/b8e41f458af8f6746a6210c77867aa1b.png

[woven breach]

👀

[rancid token]

Man

Keiji Inafune is such a hack

[woven breach]

what does he up to nowadays?

[rancid token]

Still at Comcept, which hasn't released a thing since MN9 and a failed mobile title in 2019

[woven breach]

Soul Sacrifice is gud tho

man I wanna play that again

[polar dragon]

Good catch. Never noticed that.

[vital glacier]

overwatch? more like, diet tf2

[woven breach]

tf2 with materials

[north wolf]

I love TF2

[vital glacier]

tf2 good

you can have a pompadour on scout

and there is a funny fat russian man

[wraith cradle]

Imagine you still had to pay to play it

Making it f2p 9 years ago was genius

[tribal iris]

yo sorry for having to say this

[vital glacier]

same

[tribal iris]

like unrealistically hard

[vital glacier]

but so does mgs5

yes

[wraith cradle]

That game makes me feel old

[tribal iris]

i can't run that stuff so i wouldn't know

[wraith cradle]

It's 7 years already

Ans somehow still holds up

[tribal iris]

yeah i felt a bit weird when i realised it came out in 2013 as well

[vital glacier]

also i bought legos yesterday

[tribal iris]

thats sick

what set

[vital glacier]

some random ninjago thing

i bought it for the minifigs

[wraith cradle]

AC4 is ALSO from 2013

God, how time flies

[tribal iris]

i miss legos those were dope

[vital glacier]

i still buy plenty of legos, like my vast collection of lego brickheads

[tribal iris]

at some point i do wish to have enough money to just buy whatever set i want

we didn't really have legos where i lived when i was younger

[vital glacier]

bruh

[tribal iris]

so i just had to watch those youtube speed build vids

and i loved them

[vital glacier]

pog

[tribal iris]

dare i say it was quite epic

[vital glacier]

quite neato indeed

[tribal iris]

am i trippin or is your pfp a character from brawlhalla?

[vital glacier]

you are trippin

its a female version of demoman from tf2

demodame

[tribal iris]

ohh i see now

damn my message about mgr got deleted cause i used p

[vital glacier]

bruh

straight up 1984

[tribal iris]

the year gandhi was murdered?

[vital glacier]

no, george orwells novel 1984

[tribal iris]

that makes more sense

sorry for being ignorant i spent all my intellect in becoming dripped

[woven breach]

The only difference is the lack of hate hour

[vital glacier]

bionicles

[tribal iris]

wasn't there a bionicle game for the ps2

[vital glacier]

yes

[tribal iris]

51% on metacritic how dare they

[woven breach]

Which bionicle game are we talking about?

[tribal iris]

can i send links here?

[vital glacier]

yes

its bionicle heroes

[tribal iris]

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/bionicle

[vital glacier]

oh wait

the best bionicle game was the mata nui online game

[tribal iris]

can't remember which one i played but i never finished it so it's even more confusing

[woven breach]

Oh bionicle heroes were the... thing

[tribal iris]

do you remember the old lego store games

i remember the indiana jones one

[vital glacier]

yes

[tribal iris]

i wonder if they are still up

maybe not on the lego store but somewhere else

[vital glacier]

some still are

[tribal iris]

good times

[north wolf]

omg original lego Indiana Jones

love that game

[floral warren]

y'all hear about the CDProjekt hack?

I recommend to change your GOG password if you have smthing like that

[north wolf]

oh frick

done

thanks

[naive cove]

When pokemon is about to hit 25
Years old and you're waiting for the announcement

[floral warren]

sonic boutta hit 30, heard that they may bring Modern Sonic games to PC

what I'd really want , a remake of Adventures, and bring the Classics to PC the real way

[naive cove]

Adventure 2 is a gem

With those chao babu

[floral warren]

yes

oh and bring the classics from the CW mobile remakes, the mega drive/genesis on steam versions is

[naive cove]

I never really was into classic sonic game to be fair... I guess I have bad taste for liking the shadow game instead

[twin yarrow]

there are enough sonic games to be properly ported, tbh

including ShtH

maybe, advance and rush series for Switch, if not already

[floral warren]

oh man, I need to see '06 in next, that game had a little bit of.... potential

[rancid token]

I want a mobile Chao garden

Most of SA1/2 is garbage and can get tossed but I need to raise the Chao

[floral warren]

tamagotchi but it's a game you download and it's a Chao

[rancid token]

I mean

I'm shocked it hasn't gotten slapped on mobile with a gacha system yet tbh

[fervent gyro]

Yay, Crash Bandicoot 4 comes to Switch on March 12! 😄

[vital glacier]

but, but the soundtrack

[rancid token]

No Sonic game has bad music

[vital glacier]

except forces

[rancid token]

Every Sonic game has bad gameplay

[vital glacier]

no

[rancid token]

Even Forces and Shadow are fine if you like that genre

[floral warren]

Metal Sonic US Remix is cool

[rancid token]

My Gamer Hot Take is that Sonic has never had good gameplay and it really needs to sit down and figure out how to effectively deliver on the Go Fast

[vital glacier]

yeah

i guess

cringe bro

not based

the sonic games on the ds are good

and thats a fact

[rancid token]

Based? On what?

[floral warren]

Based

that means

[rancid token]

[floral warren]

it's like don't @ me

but newer and better and stronger

[vital glacier]

eat scrap metal you trash can

ok

but cringe

[rancid token]

Thats why the best Sonic game is Freedom Planet

[vital glacier]

anyways when it comes to going fast play sunset overdrive or jet set radio

[floral warren]

the best sonic game is the vs. mode in sonic 3
that was the inspiration for CIty Escape

[rancid token]

City Escape good

[vital glacier]

souls games are good

[rancid token]

Truth

[vital glacier]

but bloodborne is the best

and also titanfall 2 is the best modern fps

[eager hamlet]

Yeah I gotta say

Sonic Rush was actually good

[dire saffron]

imagine sonic being good

like i played colors and adventure 2

and i just dont want to play any more

[twin yarrow]

colors as a starting point.. not a best option

[wraith cradle]

I was thinking. Is Sonic the last Mascot With an Attitude that still stars games?

Also the other day I fell into Sonic comic books rabbithole

[cosmic pasture]

Devil May Cry V was pretty recent, I feel like Dante qualifies.

[lusty turret]

Bayonetta

Most attitude

Fierce

Insulting

Violent

In love with herself

[lusty turret]

Be careful

Can't wait for Sun Wukong by Game Science

Sun Wukong invented the " God complex"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uT6RZBz9ueM

[north wolf]

agree

[mighty isle]

chronicles

[dire saffron]

didnt boom have a mediocre soundtrack??

[rancid token]

Oh true, Chronicles

And probably Boom

[mighty isle]

boom had a generic orchestral soundtrack i think

and tbf the actual composition in chronicles isn't that bad, it's just the instrumentation that drags it all down into the pits of hell

easy target for sonic game with bad music is that weird sonic eraser game with one music track thats physically painful to listen to

[tame veldt]

Sonic adventure heh

[mighty isle]

sonic adventures music is a mixed bag

[tame veldt]

i thought it was pretty good

[mighty isle]

but you ju-

oh it was a joke i guess

[tame veldt]

people usually say that the sonic adventures games have good music

just wanted to piss someone off

[mighty isle]

ah

sonic 4's music wasn't great imo but idk if it counts as bad

[tame veldt]

sonic colors was really good, the instrumentation is 🤌

composition is good but not super duper outstanding

no stand out melodies but that slick synth in the water levels 🤌

[mighty isle]

i still think its a shame that lost world didnt get the customary 3d sonic game Lyrical Main Theme

i wanna go to the alternate timeline where wonder world had vocals

[tame veldt]

i never liked crush40, except Escape from the city. i kept on playing that demo on the 360 on repeat just to hear "FOLLOW ME, SET ME FREE, TRUST ME AND WE CAN ESCAPE FROM THE CITY"

[mighty isle]

i like 'em but i can see why someone else wouldn't

they do kinda have a butt rock thing going on but im not ashamed to admit i like that

[twin yarrow]

Crush40 are a thing by themself, they can be listened without gameplay

tbh, i haven't played much sonic games, but almost every series has its own

each with upsides and downsides

[wraith cradle]

And the why Sonic The Brotherhood DS which Soundtrack is literally ear scratching made music

Oh and I just remember thus hilarious bug from Sonic Boom

https://youtu.be/hDCzoqhjP7M

[twin yarrow]

is it.. original soundtrack playing?

[tame veldt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiRMo9Wysc

[lusty turret]

The burning question

[dire saffron]

hehe lol

man i wanna buy strikers since i heard its not just a warriors game but 60$

why cant everything be like hades and only cost 25

[tame veldt]

Pyre costs 20

so does transistor

and Bastion is a whopping 15

[dire saffron]

)_) I MUST BUY PYRE

[tame veldt]

there you go

have fun

[dire saffron]

i just cant on my computer so like ;w;

[tame veldt]

tell me what you think of it, i still haven't played it

[dire saffron]

i just want it on switch

i wonder why they didnt put it on switch

[lusty turret]

Anyone played Blasphemous?

[dire saffron]

ummmmmm thatt name sounds familiar

[lusty turret]

The King's bird is good

Bayonetta is well priced too

[dire saffron]

whats blasphemous again, it sounds really familiar

like i read it in a gameinformer or smth

and it seemed neat but i dont remeber

[lusty turret]

It's a difficult 2d action Game

Most likely was

[dire saffron]

THATS WHERE IVE SEEN IT

THE DUMB TRIANGLE HAT

yea it seems cool, i might buy it

[lusty turret]

Lol yes the silly triangle helmet.
The amount of work and creativity in the game is astounding

[dire saffron]

indie games are just great

[lusty turret]

Yes they make games that are actually fun

[dire saffron]

well ok i wouldnt say "fun" id say more passionate and interesting

[stable kindle]

#pyre message

[lusty turret]

Zagreus
Kratos
Wonder Woman
Percy Jackson
...

Anymore Greek side characters?

[stable kindle]

two of those are actually in myths and two of those are fictional, but theres arkantos in age of mythology, also a fictional character

[tame veldt]

Percy Jackson is fictional

Perseus on the other hand

[lusty turret]

Eventhough 1 is a Greek myth, he didn't make it into the mile high club of Mythology

[lusty turret]

Arkantos

[tame veldt]

they said in the noclip docs that you never hear about zag so that's why they chose him.

[lusty turret]

Wooooooh where's Arkantos from?

[stable kindle]

its right there in what i said

[lusty turret]

Yhhhhh

[stable kindle]

arkantos is a fictional greek character favoured by poseidon in the game age of mythology

[lusty turret]

Ooooohhhhh

[stable kindle]

as for zagreus, if you want to be technical thanatos was actually a minor deity that wasnt featured much in myths, but thanatos as a concept is quite common in games

so prevalence in myth doesnt inherently mean anything

[lusty turret]

Yhhhhh

Minor deities are interesting

[tame veldt]

Hephaestus is a favorite. surprised he didn't make a cameo in Hades being so prevalent and all.

at least i think he's prevalent

[lusty turret]

I honestly thought he was the big guy with the boulder attached to him

[tame veldt]

No, Hephaestus is the god of the forge.

makes all of those cool infernal arms

[lusty turret]

Yh he is the god smith

I thought at first he was that guy bc Hera didn't like him

[tame veldt]

Hera didn't like anyone

[lusty turret]

Especially her husband's reproductive organs

[tame veldt]

And the consequences of his reproductive organs

[lusty turret]

Except for 1

Ares

Good ol Ares

[vital glacier]

play guilty gear xrd

or die

[floral warren]

https://twitter.com/TheChaosBlue/status/1359254849548922893?s=20

TCB (@TheChaosBlue)

Sonic Adventure 2

vs

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

Twitter · Feb 9, 2021, 9:36 PM

[dire saffron]

kinda a late reply but thanks :3

[hybrid jetty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tjkSpoa7V8

woah

[wraith cradle]

Nice, another game I'm following in EA releases next week

[fallen sky]

yaaaay time to make some ocs

[hard prairie]

is katana zero under $20

[dire saffron]

yes

[hard prairie]

ive heard thats pretty good

[dire saffron]

and its great

[fathom cave]

Dude I literally just finished it

[dire saffron]

i loved it

[dim wasp]

Oh it is amazing

[fathom cave]

so good

[hard prairie]

should i get katana or dead cells

[dire saffron]

are they making a 2nd??

the ending was so good

[dim wasp]

Short but super fun and a good story

[dire saffron]

and a cliffhanger

[north wolf]

Dead Cells is good

[dim wasp]

Dead cells is a lot more content

[fathom cave]

someone got me it for secret santa and I just played it so fast haha

[north wolf]

and also lot more painful I would say

[fathom cave]

Yeah I think I finished Katana 0 in like 5 hours or something so it's not that long

[dim wasp]

Lol i beat katana in 2-3 sittings

[fathom cave]

I think there are different endings though right?

[dim wasp]

Somewhat?

[dire saffron]

technically for katana 0

[fathom cave]

yeah

[dire saffron]

just choosing ||to die||

[fathom cave]

Oh

[dire saffron]

and the psychiatrist fight was...

interesting

[dim wasp]

I still need to try that

[dire saffron]

also can we all agree the receptionist is best girl

[fathom cave]

Yup

[dim wasp]

But i got hades and katana at about the same time and hades monopolized my free time

Roguelikes do this to me

[dire saffron]

yea, i love rogue likes

[hard prairie]

im probably gonna wait on buying a new game for a little

[dire saffron]

nuclear throne is a good one

[hard prairie]

hades is the only roguelike ive played

[dim wasp]

Good idea to wait, there might be a sale

[dire saffron]

oh yea but what are the reviews for blue fire?? since you said they were bad

i was thinking of buying it

[dim wasp]

Like i said b4, wizard of legend, gungeon, and dead cells are great roguelikes

[hard prairie]

also just because i only have a certain amount of free time and i just wanna focus more on hades for now

[dire saffron]

i think you can get dead cells with all dlc for like 20ish$

its on sale

[hard prairie]

most of the reviews were like "its a good concept but not executed very well, wait for an update"

[dire saffron]

ah ok

[north wolf]

I'm thinking of buying the Sam and Max remaster

[dire saffron]

i need to buy the hatsune miku game on switch

thats what im gonna spend like 35 dollars on

[dim wasp]

I'm not buying a new game for a while because i still have stuff to do in hades/katana and i've barely started age of calamity and have not started spiderman ps4

[hard prairie]

im also considering getting the dlc for botw

[dim wasp]

It's a good addition to the story

[hard prairie]

ive played the dlc before and ik its good

but i dont have it on switch atm

[dim wasp]

Off topic but i think worst value dlc on switch is smash bros

[hard prairie]

i got it on wii u before because i didnt have a switch yet

[dire saffron]

oh i need to buy p5 strikers

and pre order mh:rise

[hard prairie]

smash bros is the worst value switch game in general tbh

[dim wasp]

Lol tru

[dire saffron]

its alright, you just need to have friends to play it with

[dim wasp]

._.

[dire saffron]

in which i lack switch online

[hard prairie]

its either playing against bots or playing against elitists and 4channers

[dire saffron]

so its kinda a paper weight

[hard prairie]

and even when you are playing with someone who is genuinely not making the game worse its still not that fun

[dire saffron]

but blaze blue tho :3

i bought cross tag and loved it

and i got 7 dlc packs for the price of 1 since sales are epic

i just need the 20$ dlc now ;w;

[hard prairie]

i mostly get indie games that are on multiple platforms on switch

[dim wasp]

same

[hard prairie]

not much else except like mario odyssey and botw

[dim wasp]

Dlc is bad in general

[dire saffron]

both of those are kinda eh ngl

at least to me

[dim wasp]

Thank you supergiant for not having it

[hard prairie]

i liked odyssey and botw a lot

[dim wasp]

I loved botw and mario odyssey

[dire saffron]

or be like hk, free dlc

[hard prairie]

i like most zelda and mario games

[dire saffron]

odyssey had too many moons

botw was boring

[hard prairie]

but i mostly just play indie games on switch

[dim wasp]

They were some of my first switch games after my best console was my 3ds :_

[dire saffron]

oh yea does anyone plan to buy monster hunter rise??

[hard prairie]

like hollow knight celeste stardew valley etc

except i play celeste on pc

[dire saffron]

ill take that as a no

ill have to play rise by myself then ;w;

[dim wasp]

Never tried a monster hunter

But it looks pretty neat

[dire saffron]

i played the stories spinoff and liked it

and ive been wanting to get into mainline and rise seemed good and i got the demo and i now love the series

very well designed

[dim wasp]

Maybe i'll try it once i'm finished with hades

[normal marsh]

hi, i had a question about the walking dead games

i watched a playthrough of season 1 of the walking dead and decided to play the rest of the series myself but didn't know that the decisions made in season 1 carry over. I got season 2, a new frontier, and the final season, but not season 1 and i was wondering if it makes a huge difference that my choices will be randomly selected for season 1 and whether i should just buy the first season just so the choices will be my own

[wraith cradle]

Bruh

The first season is basically 10 hours

If you know the plot it isn't worthy for some choices

My opinion of course

[normal marsh]

i watched the person's stream back in sept i think so it's still pretty fresh

if it isn't a big deal then i'll just play, i booted it up for the first time today and only found out then about the choices thing

[wraith cradle]

It doesn't matter much tbh

[normal marsh]

okay, sounds good

thank you

[wraith cradle]

Np

So I just discovered a fact that kinda blown my mind

Terraria is the most sold game made exclusively by an american studio ever

And the second most non-exclusively

(Unless you count Tetris)

[stable kindle]

im so proud of terraria tbh, picked it up some months before the 1.1 update and its always been such a time eater every time i delve in with a fresh character/world when i play with friends, its been really cool watching it grow

[graceful galleon]

huh

why is Dying Light listed as new and trending in my steam store

[hybrid jetty]

that seems to happen a lot

I've had games from 2013 appear as "Now Available"

[crisp prism]

big update maybe?

[graceful galleon]

Probably

Anyone played journey to the savage planet? Is it more like no mans sky or the outer worlds (not wilds) ?

[north wolf]

I can't tell since I haven't play JTSP, but it look like a mix of both NMS and OW

No Man's Sky is more of an exploration game, while Outer Worlds is an Fallout-like game

JTSP looks like a crazy shooter with visuals like No Man's Sky

I don't think that there are much things related to OW

so I would say NMS is closer

[fathom juniper]

apparently Dying Light 2 is supposed to come out this year

maybe that's got something to do with it @graceful galleon

also @floral warren - i heard some rumors about CDPR getting hacked
someone got the sourcecode for an unreleased version of witcher 3 (with RTX support) some gwent game or whatever and the whole source code for cyberjank 2077
and some internal docs

do you know anything about it?

[floral warren]

Yes, they're saying that user data doesn't have to with any of that
also, afaik hackers are making an auction for the source for the card game (which is gwent)

the unreleased witcher 3 version is going to be the NextGen upgrade afaik, which is also the one with raytracing stuff

[fathom juniper]

boi

[floral warren]

maaan, they're really having a rough time

[fathom juniper]

cdpr sure got cyberpunk'd hard

they sure can't seem to catch a break

[floral warren]

(I had to do it), this was their encryption servers, /s
https://assets.rockpapershotgun.com/images/2020/12/Cyberpunk-hacking-minigame-3-1212x682.jpg

this is like 2018 blizzard

[fathom juniper]

blizzard

please

[floral warren]

your have been epically pwned

[fathom juniper]

i guess someone was really chippin' in

they wanted to get into the big leagues

[floral warren]

major*

[fathom juniper]

hackers reported saying it was supposed to be their last score

or whatever i dunno
jackie, get that gun unstuck from your skull

[floral warren]

they have been epically pwned, ngl

[fathom juniper]

this reminds me

so this john wick chip
it basically brings you back from the dead, right?

[floral warren]

it reboots your system, yeah

but at the cost of your life basically... chippin' away

[fathom juniper]

yeah, but

[floral warren]

and have Johnny Silverhand talking smack

[fathom juniper]

boi jackie sure must feel like a dumbass now for giving it away to V

[floral warren]

yeah

[fathom juniper]

he's like

[floral warren]

more like

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/589886829415759886.png?v=1

sad

[fathom juniper]

[floral warren]

the game somehow focuses a little bit more on johnny, cuz they got keanu in it

[fathom juniper]

he was actually a pretty cool and likeable character

like - he was too good for something to not happen to him, you know?

[floral warren]

my fav partner character

these past days, I started playing Apex Legends, they have this character called gibraltar

me and my cyberpunk friend call him jackie

[fathom juniper]

let me guess
same voice actor?

[floral warren]

nope

but same look

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/apex-legends-universe/images/6/65/536-5365744_apex-legends-gibraltar-gay-hd-png-download.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20200210145522

jackie got a sun tan

[fathom juniper]

i'm kinda the same with KF2

there's this old Sean Connery looking dude in Kf2 named "Alberts"
and he's voiced by the same actor that played The Overseer in Republique ||which is one of my little hidden gems - highly underrated game btw||

and he's got the best screams

like - when you fall down and lose just 1 hp as any other character they're just like "Ow"

but when you lose even just 1 hp as alberts he's like
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAHhhHhaaaOoOOoOAAAAaaaaah!!!!!"

it's absolutely hilarious

[floral warren]

bro you don't want to hear overwatch characters set on fire, they scream.... in a weird way

but somehow, lucio was the one that really screams in pain

[fathom juniper]

in kf2 everything is on fire most of the time

oh

yeah, well...
again

blizzard

[floral warren]

ok no blizz

but get this one

Female V is the V I chose for my current save, whenever she speaks I was like "I heard this voice before"

lo and behold, her actress was the same as the LoL champion Irelia (I don't play league or play that champion, whoever plays Irelia needs to do a drug test, cuz Irelia players' on fing crack).

seriously that VA really shows the emotion that a character wants to imply, unlike Male V who is chill and cool all the time

[wraith cradle]

Troy Baker gave quite interesting advice on Voice Acting

https://youtu.be/aXPPFAwYzVs

[fathom juniper]

oh yeah

troy baker is the "generic bald protagonist" of voice acting

which is weird because...
while i generally find his "gruff dude" act to be

his more comedic characters are just 10/10

like - his role as Rhys in Tales from the borderlands?

it's absolutely hilarious

[floral warren]

Ocelot from MGS V

[fathom juniper]

NO

DELET THAT

RIGHT NOW

[wraith cradle]

Troy Baker is the Leonardo DiCaprio of Videogame VoiceActing. He's a character actor who is mostly put in Leading man roles

[floral warren]

ok ok , Booker Dewitt from Bioshock infinite

[fathom juniper]

it's a shame that most of his leading roles are written to be just this... boring gruff dude

like - yeah
booker dewitt and joel whatshisface sound literally the same

and both those games came out in 2013

like...

[wraith cradle]

There is this hilarious anecdote from Tales From the borderlands

[fathom juniper]

come on, man
such a waste of talent

[wraith cradle]

Where he had to imitate Patrick Warburton voice

[floral warren]

He was also Delsin Rowe from Infamous second son, huh

[wraith cradle]

He did it so well the joke wasn't funny so they asked him to do it badly on purpose

He was also Higgs in Death Stranding

[graceful galleon]

he's everywhere

[wraith cradle]

And the monster in The Medium

[graceful galleon]

Pagan Min from Far Cry 4

[fathom juniper]

literally

guys! i found troy baker in my cereal!

his literally everywhere

[wraith cradle]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/bd/e7/9bbde7d437d40071a42e48caaf09ed70.png

Troy Baker too

[fathom juniper]

funny thing

i mentioned republique, right?

this game has many of those typical AAA voice actors that we're all used to now

[floral warren]

give us some right off the bat

[fathom juniper]

jennifer hale, david hayter (evevn though he's not in many games as of late) - whatever

[wraith cradle]

Who's the female Troy Baker? Laura Bailey?

Jennifer Hale?

[fathom juniper]

yup

[floral warren]

david hayter
, https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/455/504/6b5.jpg

man, David was the coolest VA

[fathom juniper]

but the writing is so good, and the characters they got so unusual
they actually do really great job with those characters

[floral warren]

they went yeaaah lets just take him out and replace him with a gravely sounding man that barely speaks in game

[graceful galleon]

Konami

[fathom juniper]

like - to the point where i forgot that i was listening to that actor
i was listening to that character. you know what i mean?

[floral warren]

I don't hate sutherland, but they don't let him talk at all

[fathom juniper]

yeah, well...

[wraith cradle]

It's funny if it wasn't for Metal Gear David Hayter would be known more for his screenwriting. He just had to voice one of gaming's most iconic characters

[fathom juniper]

if you want a sneaking game with David Hayter in it playing an adorable goofball
Republique is that-a-way

[wraith cradle]

The twist of mgsV alleviates the change tho

[floral warren]

classic metal gear solid stuff

[fathom juniper]

i mean - listen to this tape i've found
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akwYDQMj6d8

and now think it's snake talking

every single line he says in this game just comes off so... natural

[wraith cradle]

Republique had meh gameplay and story tho

[fathom juniper]

i actually really liked it

i mean - the story kinda fumbles at the end, but
it's a really solid effort for someone's first output

as a studio, i mean
the devs had some experience

[north wolf]

I love Death Stranding

[wraith cradle]

What it kills me about Troy Baker is when he uses the Troy Baker voice

As it's simply too characteristic

[floral warren]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/lhfy8u/sorry_i_have_no_money_for_marketing_so_if_you/

saw it, thought y'all wanna some

also, this is hilarious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wPXP8fPuNo

[fathom juniper]

i was... today years old when i found out that the GunBlade from Final Fantasy VIII wasn't actually a dumb made up animu thing

they're... apparently real
and old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1TwTXkBnUY

okay

[floral warren]

<flashbacks to Battlefield 1 Bayonet charge>

[fathom juniper]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

that kinda reminds me

i wonder why didn't they include a single weapon with two bayonets?

[floral warren]

Why two when one do trick?

AAAHHHHH

[wraith cradle]

Bayonet is the original and good gunblade tho

Fun fact the FFVIII DOESN'T fire projectiles

It vibrates the weapon

[fathom juniper]

i thought it did?
when you press R2 when attacking

or something
it's been a while since i played it

[floral warren]

but you know who does? Cybergonk!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/785274671427616769/809130003785711656/photomode_10022021_192557.png

[wraith cradle]

Lightning's weapon is actually a gunblade. But it is by transforming Bloodborne style

[wraith cradle]

The weapon's debut appearance, the gunblade is the weapon of choice for Squall Leonhart and his rival, Seifer Almasy. It is a sword with a firing mechanism, such as a pistol (as with Seifer's Hyperion), or revolver (as with Squall's weapons), which serves as the blade's hilt. Despite its name, it cannot be used as a gun, meaning it does not fire projectiles, and can therefore only be used in melee combat, making it more like a gun supplementing a sword than a blade supplementing a firearm, e.g. a bayonet on a rifle. The firing of the gunblade's rounds induces a tremor in the blade causing it to deal additional damage to whatever it hits

[fathom juniper]

that's... dumb

the whole game is dumb as hell

and i love it

[north wolf]

did someone say Bloodborne?

[wraith cradle]

Yes but in a different context

[north wolf]

transformation weapons are cool

[graceful galleon]

Threaded Cane ftw

super badass for a starter weapon

[twin yarrow]

i actually have similar thing irl.. though it doesn't transform into a whip, just folds two times

i like good canes, they're not easy to find

but whatever you're using, eventually you'll stick to tesla mace thing

just bc it's cool and deals damage

[graceful galleon]

I actually havent tried any weapons other than Chikage and the Holy Blade (and the starter weapons ofc)

suddenly got the urge to start another playthrough

[north wolf]

I used Hunter's Axe, Saw Cleaver and Holy Moonlight Sword

[wraith cradle]

Holy Moonlight Sword

Ah, I see you are a man of culture, as well

[vital glacier]

the stake driver

its like punching, but cool

[merry dust]

Any Ratchet and Clank fans here???

I'm going insane with the news oh my goooooooodddddddddd

[graceful galleon]

STEAM SALE IS UPPP

[deft tree]

https://twitter.com/AllGamesDelta_/status/1359944461585944581

AllGamesDelta (@AllGamesDelta_)

The Epic Games Store page for the Kingdom Hearts series is up https://t.co/D7m1Ro1l8B

Twitter · Feb 11, 2021, 7:16 PM

Holy god of green earth

[graceful galleon]

whoa

it's coming to pc?

[deft tree]

yep, March 30th, all KH series will be coming to PC

Epic exclusive

and the great thing is that, they gonna sell it full $50-$60 for a 10+ year old game

yay

[floral warren]

pull the Call of duty/Bethesda on that one

[stable kindle]

man cdpr isn't having a good time lately huh https://twitter.com/Intel_by_KELA/status/1359856145205239812

KELA (@Intel_by_KELA)

Just in: #CDProjektRed AUCTION IS CLOSED. #Hackers auctioned off stolen source code for the #RedEngine and #CDPR game releases, and have just announced that a satisfying offer from outside the forum was received, with the condition of no further distribution or selling.

Twitter · Feb 11, 2021, 1:25 PM

[floral warren]

someone was saying something along the lines of "one of the CDPR founders who bought the source code out of personal funds. That way, they can protect the company while keeping CDPR name clean for "not negotiating".

also, one of the mods from the cp77 server are actually an sgg fan and they're in this server

[stable kindle]

given that the conditions were no further distribution it seems apparent that someone related to the company in some fashion made the purchase

i don't think someone purchasing in bad faith would stipulate that

[floral warren]

yeah, naming themselves redengine raises a ton of eyebrows

afaik it was 7mil$

[stable kindle]

that was the set auto buy

[floral warren]

but yeah, they're starting with gwent

maaaaaaan, cdpr is really getting kicked while they're down

[rancid token]

As much as I don't like the company, that's not something I would wish on anyone in the industry

[floral warren]

nope, me too
even I hate a company with a burning passion I wouldn't them to be breached

[floral warren]

@fathom juniper https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/509693769642278912/809527869771743265/unknown.png

that's hilarious

oh and I just found out how the social enhancer work, it's cool ngl

that jump is so BADASS

man I'm havin a blast, mad respect for you. m'dud

[tame veldt]

beautifulest

[wraith cradle]

They gonna trust the hackers word on that? Lmao

Well, I finished my exams so I can continue playing games again

[stable kindle]

I'm sure some of these people keeping an eye on it know more than us folk. just a thought

[wraith cradle]

I would never a trust a hacker, tho. Just my 2¢.

Of course I ain't a crook. So that's outside my realm of expertise

[tame veldt]

Hacking and coding really is easy with how many resources there are. Due to y'know, they're criminals, they're probably not the smartest person/people. They have to have left tracks or something behind. CDPR has backups of everything and plus what the hackers are doing is illegal. Any accomplices, buyers, sellers, anything are now connected to it which broadens the scope of what any law enforcement can do. More stupid people apart of it also allows new stupid mistakes. Just my 2¢. Of course I ain't a crook. So that's outside my realm of expertise

I wouldn't be too concerned is what i'm saying.

[floral warren]

me no like hackman, hackman ruin game
Of course I ain't a crook, So that's outside my realm of expertise

[tame veldt]

||new inside joke ||

Of course I ain't a crook. So that's outside my realm of expertise

[floral warren]

||maybe ?||

but being serious, they can slip up and reveal themselves by mistake
your have been EPICALLY pwned ngl

[tame veldt]

the wording of their ransom was pure 2011. It's like if Internet Explorer was learning english.

[floral warren]

they saw too much facebook

[tame veldt]

Is RAGE 2 any good? It's gonna be free on Epic on feb. 18th

just wondering

[floral warren]

that's from id and Avalanche, who made just cause 3 and if anything , that's like my best mediocre game

seeing the screenshots, it looks Borderlandsy with the sprinkle of MadMax

[polar dragon]

If it's free just take it

[floral warren]

^

[wraith cradle]

RAGE 1 was quite the experience

I think it was the second pc game I bought with my own money

Second it first can't remember if I bought it before red faction Armageddon or after

[rigid raven]

in a Minecraft server I named my netherite sword Stygius, my bow Coronacht, my shield Aegis, and my trident (which I lost ;-;) Varatha

I'm gonna enchant a crossbow too and name it Exagryph

[ancient lagoon]

yeah, that's nice in all, but WHAT ARE THOSE PRICES!?

[umbral holly]

Might be time to revisit RimWorld soon. https://youtu.be/YWVP40Xmmqg

[deft tree]

at least people are sober enough to see the prices is 💩

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/lhrwua/kingdom_hearts_franchise_announced_for_egs_on_pc/

even on reddit

[ancient lagoon]

it's $60 to get EVERYTHING (but melody of memories) on PS4!

[deft tree]

I think people saying at most $30-$40 to get all 3 games (KH3 included, but not MoM)

even people saying, they'll wait steam version, but I bet the pricing will mostly still be the same

even 6 month - 1 year after EGS exclusivity

[twin yarrow]

higher chance to get them on sale on steam however

on the other hand, there is a chance to get them free in egs eventually

[fading prairie]

So much on sale on steam rn

Even supergiant games so cheap but i dont have the money to buy em right now 😭 😔

[sharp raft]

I looked at other games and no one else does lush environments like SGG

But I did get Enter the Gungeon

[graceful galleon]

I got Ys 8

nothing else really caught my interest

[vital glacier]

i named my crossbow bootleg gun

[rigid raven]

I need a Malphon but there's no like gauntlets in minecraft

maybe boots, the gauntlets of the feet

[vital glacier]

modding my friend

[rigid raven]

It's a server

[vital glacier]

cuz in spartans weaponry there is a glove

bruh

[rigid raven]

idk how mods work anyway

[lusty turret]

Other 2d games that don't use pixel art?

1 of many reasons I play Hades is because it isn't pixel art

[graceful galleon]

bastion & transistor

[lusty turret]

Others...obviously I would know those

[graceful galleon]

depends on what genre you want, there are the 2 Ori games, Hollow Knight, The Banner Saga trilogy, Steamworld games

[floral warren]

Also GRIS

[north wolf]

yes

you can also try Death and Taxes

and Darkest Dungeon

and Beholder

[lusty turret]

Wow nice

[north wolf]

and you can also try any game by Amanita Design

[potent olive]

I want the tiniest hint that a Hades physical edition is coming, so tempted by the Switch sale but I already own it on pc.

[lusty turret]

Amanti Design. Thanks ill start with them

Amanita

[north wolf]

their games are short (usually around 3-4 hours), but really good and pretty

also does someone here know Feudal Alloy?

[potent olive]

Yoku's Island Express is a nice looking indie that isn't pixel art.

[rancid token]

Bloodstained, if you want an Igavania

Both Guacamelee games are great

[eager hamlet]

Oh thats a really good one. Probably the best Ys game overall, even

[graceful galleon]

probably topped by Ys 9 soon though, that game looks awesome

[stable kindle]

as of the last supergiant has commented on the subject, there are no plans for a physical release at current

[wraith cradle]

So after literrally searching the entire sales I bought 3 games

Death end re;quest
Home Behind 2
Banner of the Maid

[potent olive]

Yeah I know but both Bastion and Transistor have had physical releases and given how popular Hades is they'll no doubt do one. I just want to play it on Switch but don't want to triple dip if they bring out physical releases. Maybe they'll do physical when it's launched on PS and Xbox.

[tame veldt]

I think you're expectations of sgg are too high. They have limited resources and can't pump out a new version if the game for every console. In the no clip docs they said it was engineered for the switch and PC. I seriously doubt there will be a new version hades anytime soon.

[floral warren]

they can do it, just give them time

seriously after a couple shots of unoptimized/unfinished games, I'd prefer if they even took a whole year on it

[potent olive]

My expectations aren't too high, its bound to come to other platforms eventually. I'm fine owning it on pc but I'd jump on a physical edition instantly. A physical edition makes more sense the more platforms you have, I know I'll give in eventually and buy the game from the eShop but id preferably on it physically.

[eager hamlet]

Well

Ive been playing Ys IX, and Im close-ish to the end

Its better gameplay and story-wise, but I think the exploration and environments are less interesting than VIII

Youre mostly restricted to the city, and while its a cool city, there is only so much variety in the city

So it depends on what you play Ys for

Actually no

Exploration is generally better in terms of how you go about it, but you explore less varied regions

Thats a better way of putting it

[wraith cradle]

I found this games in the sale interesting. Does someone played some of them?

VOID
Against the moon
Library of Ruina
Florence
Tales of franchise
The Caligula Effect
Tokyo ExXanadu

[stable kindle]

im familiar with earlier stuff in the tales of franchise, not so much later releases bc i lost interest

[eager hamlet]

Ive played the last 2

And Tales of Berseria

Do you want to know anything specific?

@wraith cradle

[wraith cradle]

Are they good?

[eager hamlet]

Berseria Im gonna say generally no, the other are like

Alright?

Not worth full price, but if you get them for 15$ or so, sure

Tokyo Xanadu EX is basically budget Persona with Ys gameplay

Reasonable characters, but fairly simple and straightforward story

Caligula Effect has great gameplay (its kinda like Transistor), and great music, and fun characters

But the story is extremely linear and doesnt really do any major twists, and the environment designs are very same-y

Also its kinda easy at some point

As for Berseria, I just hated its gameplay

The characters are great, but the gameplay really sucks the fun out of it, and the story is kinda not that interesting?

Does that help?

[stable kindle]

beseria was like the last tales game i played lol i couldnt get into it or zesteria, though zesty is really popular among fans. symphonia is an old classic, outdated mechanics and slow in the beginning but not too bad, vesperia is another fan fav, though i dont have any experience with the definitive

my personal fav, abyss, isnt even on steam ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wraith cradle]

Thanks

Probably gonna buy Caligula

18 euros seems cheap enough

The truth is my backlog is almost empty (Less than 10 games)

[eager hamlet]

Yeah I'd say its reasonable for 18 euros

It has its quirks and flaws, but I did overall enjoy it

The gameplay and characters carry it

[wraith cradle]

One game I've been following for a long time finally gets released 1.0 next week so That's nice

Great, gonna buy it then

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1045180/Shattered__Tale_of_the_Forgotten_King/

Steam

Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King

In the beginning, there was the King.From a thought, he conjured up the Void.From a glance, he made the world.And from a whisper, he created us.The world as it was is gone, lost with the disappearance of the King. As a Wanderer of these forsaken lands, it is up to you to piece together the fragments of reality and retrace the fall of civilisatio...

Price

$24.99

Recommendations

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This one

[eager hamlet]

Actually, just out of curiosity

Have you played Ys VIII?

[wraith cradle]

Nope but I've seen gameplay

[eager hamlet]

Not your style?

[wraith cradle]

The fact an VIII is in the title actually pulls me back

[eager hamlet]

Cuz otherwise I'd recommend Ys VIII, its not that much pricier

[wraith cradle]

Do I need to play the other VII?

[eager hamlet]

Eh, its Ys, the games dont really care if youve played the other ones

The most youll miss is a shoutout here and there

So no, you do not

[dire saffron]

omg indie games are so damn good

it just looks cool

[eager hamlet]

In Ys VIII specifically I think the only thing youd really miss is a shoutout on an optional lategame character

(Not a playable one though)

Who appeared in Celceta

But thats like, one line

[wraith cradle]

I'll wishlist it then

I'll play Caligula first and buy this one in the next sales

[eager hamlet]

Fair enough

Ys VIII is just like, the best in the Ys series probably?

Ys IX is also really good, but I have my gripes with it

So yeah, I highly recommend Ys VIII

Also ironically we dont even really have all 7 previous games

3 4 and 5 are technically noncanon

Though 3 and 4 have gotten remakes since

[wraith cradle]

Wait is from the same guys as Trails

Nice

[eager hamlet]

Yup

Falcom

They also made Tokyo Xanadu

But that one is arguably their weakest one

Ys is very different from Trails in that its not big on continuity

Or characters reappearing

There are really only 2 characters that reappear a lot, and thats the protagonist and his friend and companion Dogi the Wallcrusher

[wraith cradle]

Yeah trails is all interconnected I remember you told me

[eager hamlet]

Aye

[wraith cradle]

The 3 (?) sagas

[eager hamlet]

So far, yes

[wraith cradle]

Cold Steel FG and the othe rone

[eager hamlet]

Sky, Cold Steel and Zero/Ao

Dont know where Hajimari no Kiseki fits in

And the newest one is probably starting a new saga

Ys on the other hand has 8 have a character from Celceta appear

[wraith cradle]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450120/The_Legend_of_Heroes_Sen_no_Kiseki_I_KAI_Thors_Military_Academy_1204/

This one?

Came out last week

[eager hamlet]

Uh no, the one thats jp-only

I have no idea what that one is actually

[wraith cradle]

I saw it in my reccomended, just was gonna ask you lol

[eager hamlet]

A remaster apparently?

No idea, but the fact that Ive never heard of it makes me think you should just stick to the original one

[wraith cradle]

Yeah lol

[eager hamlet]

Oh apparently theyve had a really succesful year

Neat