video-games

[vagrant epoch]

nitronic rush

[tame veldt]

never heard of it

[stable kindle]

never heard of it in my life

[vagrant epoch]

.

[polar dragon]

same tbh :D

[stable kindle]

but i dont really play racers either

[twin yarrow]

i've seen gifs from it

[tame veldt]

alright swan, good luck with whatever you got going on

[vagrant epoch]

homework :D

[stable kindle]

ganba..

[twin yarrow]

gl then

[vagrant epoch]

now I shall go from talking about games to...writing about games...

[polar dragon]

okie. let's wrap it up

more than happy to play again if people are free

[tame veldt]

i just had a great idea what if eventually do it with music

[twin yarrow]

i have another couple, gotta save then for next time

[polar dragon]

yeah. this was fun. thanks for joining me

[tame veldt]

just whenever but i got people visiting so i may not be free

[polar dragon]

oh you have people visiting now huh

[tame veldt]

they're relatives, you're not thinking women people, right?

[stable kindle]

[tame veldt]

that's a vague response.

[stable kindle]

it means im still here and watching

[tame veldt]

mmmm

[twin yarrow]

should we move back to #general, idk?

but with what

[tame veldt]

our goodbyes as i drift away from my computer and closer to my bed.

[mint steppe]

perhaps a silly question... but is among us a game you can play without much experience? i got invited to play a game of it with some friends but i havent played it at all

[dire basin]

yea you can

but you're probs gonna be confused at what to do for your first few games

[mint steppe]

ah ok thanks!! i was thinking of like... playing some practice games beforehand lol... but it will be fine after that probably :)

also i know some stuff from all the memes

[dire basin]

basically as a crewmate you need to do tasks that are on the taskbar (the taskbar shows where you have to go to do these tasks and when you get there its pretty easy to understand what to do) and as impostor you have to kill everyone without getting caught and voted out

[dire basin]

i mean if you have the time and want to I would sort of recommend you to do that

so you dont just run around clueless when playing with your friends lmao

[mint steppe]

hahah yeah i think ill do that then!! thanks again :D

[dire basin]

no problem

[graceful galleon]

my first time as an impostor, I jumped to a vent while everyone is around me

[dire basin]

bruh

[graceful galleon]

I was like "what dis button do"

[dire basin]

first time i played i just ran around the map not doing lmao

got voted out

[woven breach]

first time I played among us with my friends, there were 4 peeps remaining, I literally saw the impostor killed one of us, I told my friends dude it's him. My remaining friends voted me instead.

Then Impostor won

I asked him why?

He said he really thought it was me....

[twin yarrow]

what if it was you

but you couldn't remember

check your locks, save your passwords

trust noone

[woven breach]

I never forget game related stuffs

sadly, the same can't be said to my college years

[fathom juniper]

AND SPEAKING OF ELDRITCH ABOMINATION NOISES
over from #general
this

https://youtu.be/ZS3ThaEFQxU

ooooohhh boy, this

i gotta play it again tho
highly recommended - even to folks that ain't into doom
or shooters in general
it's a standalone thing so you don't even need the game to run it - just download it for free and that's it

[north wolf]

still haven't played mooncrash

wanna finish Prey with typhon abilities

but I'm really close to the end

worst part of Prey to me is the one where ||Dahl takes over the ship||

[floral warren]

https://twitter.com/HelsbyRiot/status/1364778385927327745?s=20

David Helsby (@HelsbyRiot)

Smash https://t.co/sMWEUmRDma

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[rancid token]

https://www.destructoid.com/stories/monster-hunter-rise-is-no-longer-a-switch-exclusive-it-s-also-coming-to-pc-eventually-620570.phtml

[wraith cradle]

oh boi

[rancid token]

Hopefully there's some form of crossplay

[wraith cradle]

Do they hire the guy who does English Listening Tests as Interpreter? 😆

Ok. Who had Feudal Pokemon in their Bingo card?

[rancid token]

Alright Pokemon Legends looks lit

[bleak coral]

https://youtu.be/1pDI8Scph44

[coral hawk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjCwUk06ZSk

why wouldn't you link the official pokemon channel one

[rancid token]

Apparently because IGN actually knows how to set a thumbnail

[bleak coral]

because it was the first one I saw 🗿

I dont choose the algorithim

[eager hamlet]

Crosscode DLC should release in 3 minutes

Whooooo

... Its not available

[wraith cradle]

Yeah

I'm F5 like a madman

Finished The Pathless

God, that was one great game

[eager hamlet]

Oh its in 40 minutes

Oof

[fervent gyro]

Looks really interesting, added to wishlist :). How many hours to finish it?

[wraith cradle]

5 hours 47 minutes

Substract 5 minutes of menus and that's my full playtime

I did it in two sessions

[eager hamlet]

@wraith cradle its out

[wraith cradle]

I know :)

[eager hamlet]

So far very nice character stuff

[wraith cradle]

I just came back from academy so I can start playing now

[eager hamlet]

Ah

[tame veldt]

someone spoil the pokemon direct thing

any sinnoh remakes

[rancid token]

Yes

https://youtu.be/BjCwUk06ZSk

As well as a new game also set in Sinnoh

https://youtu.be/YUW1ZWAq09M

[steady otter]

I’m so happy for both

I wanna revisit Sinnoh so bad

I just hope Giratina will appear at some point with the distortion world

[tame veldt]

yeahhhh i hate the way the sinnoh remakes look

[rancid token]

I'm not a fan either, but Legends looks like it has a ton of potential

[steady otter]

I like cute things and I like miniature stuff so

It’s like the remake was made for me lol

It’s so cuuute

[normal marsh]

it might just be the recording, but doesn't the legends running animation look kinda stuttery?

[steady otter]

They have time to fix things

I have hope it’ll be fun

I just wanna have ninja outfit with a lucario by my side while I explore feudal sinnoh

[rancid token]

I think the stuttering is a stylistic choice but it's not consistent enough for me to be confident in that assessment

[wraith cradle]

Oh damn BreathEdge is out of EA. Nice

[forest stirrup]

really don't think the stuttering is a style thing, especially considering there's another scene with the character moving similarly without much stutter at all

also the part with the floating chingling bobbing up and down at like 5fps is a little

[eager hamlet]

... there is a captain future cameo in the Crosscode DLC

Sweet

[runic jolt]

Diamond and Pearl was the best Pokemon game, no discussion on that-

[steady otter]

Platinum cough

[supple fulcrum]

That trailer is a super unpolished version I hope. Or the theory about an Switch upgrade is true and Sinoh Legend will run better on that.

[rancid token]

See, that's one of the bits that has me thinking it's a style thing, because the rest of that scene looks fine

Same for the combat scene with the Riolu

Either way, I hope it's either made clearer or fixed if it's a performance problem

[wraith cradle]

bruh

FF7R for PS+

[floral warren]

you can't upgrade it to PS5 Version

[bleak coral]

bw2 is the answer

[steady otter]

I still prefer platinum

I want Giratina & Distortion World

And I won’t get that in bw2

I can barely even remember the story in the b/w/bw2 games

I only remember N & my alleyway area where I could have shops

[graceful galleon]

Confirmed?

[wraith cradle]

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/02/26/playstation-plus-games-for-march-final-fantasy-vii-remake-maquette-remnant-from-the-ashes-and-farpoint/#sf243430485

Yes

[graceful galleon]

Wow

Might re-sub

Thanks!

[wraith cradle]

👍

[graceful galleon]

Started Ys 8

first dungeon and the soundtrack is already so good omg

[eager hamlet]

Falcom games always have incredible music

But Ys VIII is them at their best

[terse hornet]

I wouldn't say it's their best but it's probably not too bad either

Anyway! If I hate platforming will I be able to endure Hollow Knight to any extent or should I satisfy my curiosity with videos?

[harsh reef]

most of the awful platforming is completely optional for beating the main story

i hated platforming when i started but the game feels so nice and i've since almost got full completion lol

[wraith cradle]

Boy

Bad platforming can kill a game so hard for me

[twin yarrow]

that depends, what to be considered a bad platforming, and what kind of platforming can be tolerated

[terse hornet]

Well I could handle what's probably the first third of Cave Story and then I said no

[harsh reef]

i dont mean bad like bad gameplay i mean bad like im bad at the game and have a tendency to throw controllers

[terse hornet]

So I have a low tolerance

[wraith cradle]

I'm curious

Anyone here has bought OSTs from steam?

[twin yarrow]

Cave story actually has pretty hard platforming from the start

my friend has, several times

[wraith cradle]

I did sometimes. I like the steam music interface

Amd sometimes the last is nowhere on the internet

[twin yarrow]

all the SGG OSTs, many of Paradox Interactive, and just favourite

[junior crown]

yes I bought

[twin yarrow]

she don't use spotify however, and rarely downloads anything, so it's easier that way

[terse hornet]

I think I made it to the sand zone at least??? I don't really remember there was this one optional section for a life capsule that I couldn't do and then quit

[junior crown]

but like way back and few times

[terse hornet]

I ended up watching my friend play it and he is far better at this stuff lol

[twin yarrow]

there are many precision jumps, long jumps, spikes everywhere, you know.. HK is not like that, almost everything can be handled at first, and then it becomes easier with dashes, double jump and what not

[terse hornet]

Ahhh so it feels more like a metroidvania

[twin yarrow]

it is a metroidvania.. there are hard and challenging parts, but they can be skipped

[terse hornet]

Well guess I should try it cause it's probably gonna be interesting as long as I remember I cannot 100%

[twin yarrow]

there are plenty of vids that can explain what's on the other side

[terse hornet]

It's exactly that kind of vid that put me off

That stuff looks insane

[dire condor]

There are a fair number of "You can only get past here once you have dash/double jump" type Metroidvania "gates".

Some can be passed with advanced technique, but not all of it.

There are a few frustrating platforming parts during the main campaign, but that's also due to enemy placement and whatnot. Like everyone else has said, the really brutal stuff is only for extras and you can watch YouTube or Twitch for that.

[thorn tundra]

I liked playing hollpw knight but Im like on the art of ||three heads thingy|| and I recently just discovered you can actually buy hearts....

And then I was too lazy to actually continue it

Same with OoT just the lack of bonus hearts I got after bring adult link made the game harder and I was just not in the mood for it

[graceful galleon]

I enjoyed the time I spent playing hollow knight, though I probably wont finish it

[dire warren]

i'd finish hollow knight but the part i'm at was hard enough before my switch got controller drift

[fathom juniper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or2klRVPaM0&ab_channel=LimitBreakers

[lusty turret]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hV7FFYQJwcg

Finally

A Challenging game to play with the family

Or friends

Or hyper intelligent animal friend

[mortal siren]

or the voices in your head

[tribal iris]

Best thing is that you don't need a controller to play with the voices

[wraith cradle]

https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/1365420235990257665?s=20

ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe)

Today is the 5 year anniversary of Stardew Valley. Just want to say thanks to all of you for being part of this. It's been really cool.

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Damn

[tame veldt]

5 Years?!

I've been playing since 2016???

time flies

[polar dragon]

Someone tells me XXCCCOMMMMMM is a fun game because i keep missing 88% Slash and being one shotted from across the map.

[sharp raft]

Fox, I thought you were good at vidya games

[polar dragon]

Oh I wish.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/815299925713616926/unknown.png

[floral warren]

Wdym he plays Mundo, thats the hardest champion in LoL

[eager hamlet]

Well then

So uh

I was playing Crosscode

It crashed

And deleted all saves

Including cloudsaves

[polar dragon]

Nice

[eager hamlet]

It really isnt

I don't think I can fix this

[polar dragon]

the same happened to my iron man XCOM playthough at like mission 15

[tame veldt]

which is still pretty easy it's only league lol

[polar dragon]

join the pain muahahaha

[eager hamlet]

Crosscode is a 40+ hour game

[tame veldt]

is it a turn-based jrpg?

[eager hamlet]

Action JRPG

[tame veldt]

mmm

are the raidou games any good?

i'm sure you've played them

[floral warren]

That crash thing happened to me while playing hades from too much alt tabbing

[tame veldt]

well i need to stop alt tabbing then

[floral warren]

Ofc

[polar dragon]

at least hades have like 4 different back ups lol

[tame veldt]

Oh, honk i beat big daddy

[polar dragon]

they have a temp, a save, a backup, and yet another back up xD

[floral warren]

ya what?

[tame veldt]

in hades

[eager hamlet]

Thats the thing

[tame veldt]

i know i'm agamer

[eager hamlet]

Crosscode has multiple backups as well

Theyre all gone

[floral warren]

And Gamers always beats Big daddy
GJ

[tame veldt]

Emulation + Debug + Cheating = "Save" back

[polar dragon]

Yeah. Look for a save editor?

That reminds me I use PKHex to trade evo pokemon 😳

[eager hamlet]

I'll just try and get someones save

[wraith cradle]

@eager hamlet Want me to give you my saves?

I have 100 from all around the game up until the begining of the new dungeon

I warn you I barely do chests

[eager hamlet]

I was looking for one from right before the big boss

Already have one from the start of the dungeon

[wraith cradle]

Oh ok

[eager hamlet]

Surprisingly no one has a save from right before that boss

This really ticked me off tbh

Just all of my progress gone

[floral warren]

reminds me a lot of my second cyberpunk save
I couldn't progress any further due to a quest not activating at all

good thing there's mods that takes your current level/skill/upgrade and items and put it into another save

sadly that's a 40hour down the drain

but I get to keep my 'saka katana that deals 2k dmg

[eager hamlet]

Ok got a few savefiles, but none are perfect

Man Im kinda really annoyed by having lost so much progress

[floral warren]

I share this feeling of when playing so much then just goes away

also
how come tatz didn't send in the new card in LoR?

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1365708272511180801?s=19
https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1365710536437080065?s=19
https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1365710788216852480?s=19

Legends of Runeterra (@PlayRuneterra)

Honor costs more than it’s worth.

See Sivir in the Empires of the Ascended card gallery at ⬇️
https://t.co/go44DGwk8a https://t.co/1jKj0sGtSh

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Twitter · Feb 27, 2021, 5:00 PM

Legends of Runeterra (@PlayRuneterra)

People can’t be trusted—only their money can.

See Sivir in the Empires of the Ascended card gallery ⬇️
https://t.co/go44DGwk8a

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Twitter · Feb 27, 2021, 5:09 PM

Legends of Runeterra (@PlayRuneterra)

NEW KEYWORD: REPUTATION

Fame is a weapon.

Catch every spoiler season card reveal ⬇️
https://t.co/go44DGNUZI

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Twitter · Feb 27, 2021, 5:10 PM

[stable kindle]

there was other convo going on and i didnt want to interrupt and then i booted up titan quest and went about my business killin monsters

[floral warren]

I legit thought that the game you were talking about was made by a certain red bird in europe, until I've clicked on your profile

[stable kindle]

oh no i mean titan quest as in the game that came out in 2006 and had a dlc come out in 2019 rofl

[floral warren]

yeah yeah i saw that lmao

i actually need to get rid of the thought that I need to replay that certain game made by the red bird company in europe

by totally not replay it after Deus Ex

@fathom juniper kept me in check, mad respect for him

[stable kindle]

finding out grim dawn is considered by the team a spiritual successor to titan quest when id been avoiding it bc the setting didnt really grab me on first impression, mayhaps i'll have to look back at it next sale 😔✊

[eager hamlet]

Man, this bug really sucked the fun out of it

I have to redo a bunch of puzzles just to get back

[floral warren]

@tame veldt it's messed up, devs just took their pcs and started fixing the game

the last two weeks was just their pcs being searched so they remove the malware and stuff

ooh boy that's lengthy

[tame veldt]

The way that fans pressured CDPR into releasing cyberpunk in a very unreleased state and cdpr seeing it as released which means it's finished. even though they regret releasing it unfinished. they can't make patches fast enough with everything else they have to deal with i.e. the hack, covid. I don't think cyberpunk will be in a "playable and complete" state until after this pandemic is over then give it an extra 1-2 years. since they have to work on this game over a new project to make money off of, if they don't swiftly and efficiently complete the game, i think they'll go bankrupt.

maybe not bankrupt but in financial hot water

[broken smelt]

I don't think cdpr (the execs) regret releasing it in the state it did. They regret getting caught in deceiving the public about the state of the game upon release

[floral warren]

first off, it wasn't fans, it was the sweet sweet green juice that was the investors money that pushed them to do it, thus losing the trust in the process
secondly, they promised that they would continue work on it even after what happened, Patch is confirmed in mid-march and if my memory serves me right, there's a small dlc (a new game + mode or a customization thing) coming along
and finally, there's both a nextgen version of W3 and CP77 being made hand in hand

i'm in no way shape or form trying to defend cdpr, yes they messed up, yes they should've taken at least two years to make it the way it was meant to be in

[broken smelt]

Something that shouldn't be forgotten is cdpr limited what could be shown in terms of review footage

[floral warren]

^

[tame veldt]

I was thinking maybe a dlc to hold their money over but @broken smelt if they made money from it they're happy. but now nobody has faith in it until they prove it is a done and finished game.

[floral warren]

Agreed, a lot of people (including me) think that It isn't done at all, even with all of this

[floral warren]

that was cuz they were fixing console versions until the last minute, that was very bad from them

[broken smelt]

If cdpr really cared about the product there wouldn't have been a release date till the game was actually ready

[tame veldt]

The game has the legoes and the instructions they just need to put it together.

[tame veldt]

Ok you just changed my whole perspective

[floral warren]

The “breathtaking” thing happened, putting out the release date as early as mid 2019 was so horrible of them

Alas, I’ve enjoyed my time in it but not much with these bugs being present in every single thing I do, I need to press ESC and wait for the ui to load every time

[steady otter]

Sorry to interrupt you guys, but https://youtu.be/XWFbOoI93F4
Concert in 30 mins

[tame veldt]

isn't that #music

[steady otter]

It’s Pokémon

[tame veldt]

ok

[broken smelt]

It's also a concert, so better off putting that in #music

It'll get drowned out here

[steady otter]

Sure, just thought I’d put it in here if there’s others like me that’s got music muted, but is interested in game related stuff like it

[broken smelt]

With cdpr, for those who enjoy it awesome nothing against that
Unfortunately for me personally the problems with the game are so numerous that I refuse to give cdpr my money to play it

[floral warren]

the way I see it is they’re now putting a ton of work onto improving under the hood stuff instead of pumping new features, maybe patch 1.1 wasn’t that much but it is the core of the upcoming fixes and I do hope that cyberpunk comes back and make it out as a great game, even tho there’s certain problems like the waaay shorter campaign time
But the story along with it’s characters is just amazing, take that from someone who played W3 just because of the amount of praise not because of liking that high fantasy medieval stuff.
Oh and the bangers too

[tame veldt]

Yeah i've seen too many not so great things to play it. not like my cpu or graphics card can run it but that's a separate issue for me not cdpr.

[floral warren]

I would love to hear your criticism about it, excluding the performance and the optimization issues ofc

there’s genuine and vaild criticism from a ton of people that i’ve heard that changed my way in how I’m perceiving the game

Like how sometimes there’s a shorter screentime for some great characters, how the game forces you into a certain play style

[broken smelt]

A number of explictly transphobic things in that I heavily dislike. The lack of being able to have they/them pronouns. The excessive objectictifaction of trans bodies in comparison to cis. The romance options being incredibly limited.
Pronouns being determined based on the voice you pick. The complete lack of any form of NB rep.

[tame veldt]

how much do you trust cdpr to create a non-stereotyped nonbinary or trans character

[wraith cradle]

Did you see the clustertruck that is happening with The Sinking City?

Some Absurdist Silicon Valley stuff

[tame veldt]

i prefer no trans rep vs. bad trans rep

[floral warren]

I understand , they missed the point on this one and the only character was Claire and even then Claire was weird af and not a character you can meet all the time

[wraith cradle]

Was Claire the Bartender gal?

[floral warren]

Yup

[wraith cradle]

Oh, she is trans. Didn't know

[floral warren]

And Claire’s VC is also trans afaik

[wraith cradle]

VA or Motion capture stuff?

[floral warren]

I think it’s VA

[tame veldt]

Speaking of trans bartenders. lala-chan from persona 5 is one of the best characters in that game and one of the best trans characters imo. but then P5 also has 2 stereotyped gay men who try to "coerce" ryuji.

[wraith cradle]

Ok, before I forgot the question I was gonna ask when I was coming here

Did anyone here get their hands In BD2?

[tame veldt]

border dands?

[wraith cradle]

Bravely Default 2 (Actually 3)

[floral warren]

nope

[tame veldt]

nah

[wraith cradle]

I loved the other 2 but lack of switch is killing me

I still got the Asterisk theme stuck on my head

I think it will be for the rest of my life

[floral warren]

Good chatting with you all tho, really loved @tame veldt ‘s and @broken smelt ‘s pov of the situation and what’s currently happening with Red Birb Company

https://tenor.com/view/untitled-goose-game-honk-goose-video-game-gif-16337290

[tame veldt]

okie good luck with whatever you got

or good night

[floral warren]

loved how picked that up so quickly

[stable kindle]

late but no one mentioned that cdpr told investors the game was ready to ship, yeah there was pressure from fans and investors for the game to release sooner rather than later but a lot of this cdpr inflicted on themselves. its the entire reason investors sought avenues to sue cdpr because they felt they were lied to about the state of the product they were investing in

[wraith cradle]

There is quite an hilarious reference to UGG in Hitman 3

https://i.redd.it/h0am2uwl4lc61.jpg

[tame veldt]

that's a yikes

[wraith cradle]

This is middle management screwing over devs so Upper management don't go asking question about theor overpromises

[polar dragon]

what's the lesson here folks? don't fanboy. companies rise and fall.
CDPR is fallible. and devil spawns like EA is actually doing some good with allowing EA Play on Steam (small but hey, baby step).
you are a consumer, pick what works for you.

that said I hope SGG won't fall :(

[mortal siren]

Ea play sounds like the bare minimum tbh

[broken smelt]

There's many lessons with cdpr
CDPR is also on the levels of EA, Activision Blizzard etc though
Many just see/saw CDPR as the golden child ignoring or straight up attacking anyone who would criticise the excessive crunch, measures that encouraged employees to crunch and there's probably other things I'm forgetting

[stable kindle]

cdpr has been put upon such a high pedestal that a lot of fans outright refuse to believe theyre at fault here lol

[wraith cradle]

Dunno, the Internet has mostly fallen off with them

Keanu still considered cool, tho

[stable kindle]

nah depends on where you look, theres still a bunch of die-hards out there

[fallen sky]

the thought processes behind defending brands and companies like this intrigue me

[wraith cradle]

Still a rounding error at the end of the day

Die-Hards are the exception not the rule

[stable kindle]

some people make it their identity, whether they realize it or not. so seeing a company/game they adore under fire feels like a personal attack to them

that, of course, is not specific to cdpr but really anything in general

[mortal siren]

Same can be said even with good companies like sgg yea

[polar dragon]

yeah, try being a manga/anime fan.

[stable kindle]

thats gonna be a yikes from me

[supple fulcrum]

“Die a hero, live to be a villain” is way too applicable to companies.

I’m old enough to remember Blizzard in it’s original form.

[polar dragon]

i dive to aot stuff recently might or might not have gotten into some verbal exachanges but that's beside the point.
just buy good games, how about that?

[fallen sky]

yeah okay that makes sense. i'm a diehard sgg and aggro crab stan. idolization isn't always healthy is it?

[mortal siren]

Most of those probably due to them missing the "old guards". People come and go and in the end its a different company entirely

[fallen sky]

with parasocial relationships etc

[supple fulcrum]

Right. I feel more loyal to the people than the company itself.

[fallen sky]

even if I argue that i've chatted with some of the sgg devs before, it's still a parasocial relationship

[polar dragon]

I think if SGG becomes AAA there can be some cracks, but eh, they are not right now so ig it's pointless talking hypothetical.

[supple fulcrum]

Small is good. Some of my favorite games in the last gen and this one have been small teams.

[mortal siren]

Reminds me of the people who made valheim and the team who made among us, very small teams .

[wraith cradle]

Literally three mates in the latter

[supple fulcrum]

“Hollow Knight” and “Stardew Valley” are both tiny teams.

[wraith cradle]

Imagine being an Among Us developer

[fallen sky]

team cherry for hollow knight!

[wraith cradle]

One day you wake up and discover that the game you made two years ago is selling millions

[fallen sky]

yes aussie devs. god I love them

[mortal siren]

Valheim is 5 people so is just a little bigger

[wraith cradle]

Feels surreal

Gunpoint, FNAF, Stardew Valley, Fez... are one man teams

[mortal siren]

Toby fox

[wraith cradle]

Well SV was

[supple fulcrum]

Magic of the internet - physical copies aren’t a requirement or choke point.

[mortal siren]

You forgot about fez II oh wait

[polar dragon]

into the breach is a good game

[wraith cradle]

Well, Phil Fish had a bit of a thin skin tbh

[supple fulcrum]

And the small/one person games have way better music.

[mortal siren]

Too bad now u cant get second hands and own your games offline

[wraith cradle]

In percentage

[tame veldt]

FNAF is much bigger now. help wanted had a team of like 30.

same team is working on security breach

[supple fulcrum]

True, but I’ll take the trade off. Some folks keep old copies but I don’t find myself going back that much. I do keep things downloaded on my old systems if I keep them.

[mortal siren]

I mean its good that that fnaf got bigger, they even helped funding fanworks to be more polished and stuff

[wraith cradle]

Fun fact

Gunpoint was so cheap to make, the creator got even in 64 seconds

[tame veldt]

how long was the game and how long did it take to develop?

[wraith cradle]

Was celeste done only by one person or I am misremembering?

I know Maddie was the brains but don't know if there were more people

[wraith cradle]

3 hours, dunno how long it took him

[tame veldt]

bruh momento

[supple fulcrum]

Three folks on “Celeste” according to wiki.

[wraith cradle]

Not bad

Celeste was great

Even If I suck

[supple fulcrum]

Yeah... I could handle “Hollow Knight” but “Celeste” was too hard for me.

[broken smelt]

Celeste is great, and having more well written trans characters is also a plus

[tame veldt]

there's a trans character?!

[wraith cradle]

The MC

[broken smelt]

Madeliene

[tame veldt]

really?

wow

[broken smelt]

yes

[wraith cradle]

Admittedly that had to be clarified

[broken smelt]

there's a blog post Maddie made about it

[wraith cradle]

As In conformed later

[tame veldt]

look like an 11 year old girl to me

[wraith cradle]

I felt guilty not to catch on it when I played the game on release :/

[broken smelt]

that's because Madeleine is trans female ^_^

[tame veldt]

o

[wraith cradle]

She's based on the creator who's trans too

[tame veldt]

what

[broken smelt]

yeah Maddie is NB Trans

[tame veldt]

i'm learning too much

[broken smelt]

I'll find the blog post for you

[supple fulcrum]

🏳️‍🌈s everywhere!

[wraith cradle]

they didn't came out until after release so the game originally had their birth name on the credits

They confirmed Maddie was trans shortly after their came out

[broken smelt]

https://maddythorson.medium.com/is-madeline-canonically-trans-4277ece02e40

[wraith cradle]

So it wans't obvious at first

When I finished the game I thought Celeste was about Depression xd

[supple fulcrum]

Hey, anyone know of any other games with nb characters in them besides “Hades”? Chaos is the first instance I’ve encountered.

[wraith cradle]

It still is but it shares themes with gender conformity

@supple fulcrum Gimme a sec

[broken smelt]

the best thing is it can be both :3

[polar dragon]

I was surprised when I learned that Madeline was trans. Then I said OK and kept playing Celeste.

[wraith cradle]

https://static.cardmarket.com/img/9481b33ebb36f994ea71874f70154b6a/items/1/KHM/529292.jpg

Niko aris first non binary planeswalker

[supple fulcrum]

Neat.

[wraith cradle]

Sadly the card sucks but meh

[broken smelt]

I might have squeed a fair bit when I found out medeleine was trans :3

[supple fulcrum]

I must avoid that particular game, though. I played back in the day, then I took a debt to the knee.

[eager hamlet]

Ai the Somnium Files has one (though they use "gender-neutral" there, which I assume is a translation error?)

[wraith cradle]

Also Outer Wilds has Non Binary Race

Fun Fact Mizuki form Somnium Files has a non Binary VA

[eager hamlet]

Neat

[wraith cradle]

The character ISN'T

[eager hamlet]

Can't actually think of a lot of Enby characters in video games

[wraith cradle]

But that's because the game is japanese

And the VA is english

[supple fulcrum]

They are rare.

Which is probably why I was so excited to see Chaos.

[wraith cradle]

As I said almost everyone in outer wilds is non binary

[eager hamlet]

Apex has Bloodhound and BL has FL4K

2064 ROM has a few apparently?

Never played it though

[supple fulcrum]

“Hollow Knight” was my Big Kid’s first intro to “they” pronouns. He wanted to know about the main character (canonically agender).

[wraith cradle]

Bolt

From crypt of the necrodancer

[tame veldt]

I remember in the noclip doc darren was sitting there just messing with the voicelines to make it sound like both a boy and a girl

[wraith cradle]

Bugsnax has Floofty Fizzlebean

[supple fulcrum]

The filter does sound like it’s more than one voice and more than one gender, which make total sense.

[wraith cradle]

Two people in Sunless Sea, can't remember their names too

Chaos sounds like a chorus perfectly syncronized

[supple fulcrum]

Okay, now I’m imagining Chaos speaking from all their mouths.

[tame veldt]

I didn't see it as a non-binary character i saw it as if chaos birthed the world there was no gender yet (idk i'm talking outta my ass) therefore they are every gender.

i'm also trying to recreate the chaos filter to put in a song

[supple fulcrum]

I read it as all-gendered, so technically non-binary, since it’s Chaos.

[tame veldt]

is they/them no gender or all genders?

[supple fulcrum]

Both, I think.

[tame veldt]

i don't really understand sexuality and gender sorry if i'm asking too many questions.

[supple fulcrum]

I’ve also seen “e/em/eirs” for agendered folks. Depends on the person.

You’re fine. I’m genderqueer, but I use “she/her” since I’m assigned female at birth and I’m too lazy to explain gender to every rando I talk to.

[tame veldt]

what is agender?

never seen that before

[supple fulcrum]

Wanna move to DM? I’m cool to talk but we’re gonna get smacked by mods.

[polar dragon]

#off-topic-discussion is also ok

[broken smelt]

Gender is incredibly complex once you get into details of it and yeah, if it remains respectful #off-topic-discussion is perfectly okay

[supple fulcrum]

*poofs to #off-topic-discussion *

[livid gate]

I'm a little late, and this probably doesn't count, but various board games (most of which haven't been released yet) have nb characters

[wraith cradle]

The thing about Chaos is that it's (Technically as this is a videogame) beyond human understanding

[livid gate]

Ohhh yeah, that's a fair point

I also found this: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/11934326-LGBTQ-Inclusive-Gaming/list/488

[eager hamlet]

Alright, finished Crosscodes DLC

I liked it, though it may have been a wee bit short

I can't tell, my sense of time was warped especially when I had to spend hours to fix my save after a bug deleted them entirely

[mortal siren]

Wats crosscodes

[eager hamlet]

Crosscode

My favourite game of 2018, a pixel art isometric action JRPG

[wraith cradle]

Still in the Dungeon

No spoilerinos

[eager hamlet]

Don't plan on it

Im just gonna say that

Despite the major bug that really ticked me off

It was very good

Just not sure if it was short because, well

I dont know how much I played of it the last 2 days

[eager hamlet]

Guess I'm playing Ori 2 next?

Some day Ill finally start Yakuza 0 too

[wraith cradle]

Finished Crosscode

Gonna discuss the plot with my pillow

[junior crown]

Also

I finished Omori

Man

[tame veldt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800967579920760855/815467603300188190/unknown.png

[floral warren]

is it like celeste or undertale?

[tame veldt]

earthbound

[floral warren]

im just afraid at this point to ask what is earthbound

[dire condor]

A very old but extremely well-known RPG.

[tame veldt]

old nintendo snes game

[dire condor]

It hasn't aged particularly well, but it's got a lot of influence all over the place.

[tame veldt]

it's very boring imo

undertale is based off of it

it was originally an earthbound hack

undertale tried to innovate but i don't trust any turnbased rpg unless it's smt

i'm trying to say i don't like undertale

[dire condor]

Taste is subjective, ultimately.

[stable kindle]

i promise its okay to say you dont like a thing without needing to attach some sort of excuse or reasoning to it, this is also something i want to yell at the internet as a whole

[dire condor]

I hate the Beatles, but I'm aware it's a very unpopular opinion.

[tame veldt]

whoops sorry

[tame veldt]

no it's not. it's stereotypical boring rock music

about love

[dire condor]

No, it is an unpopular opinion.

The Beatles are the best selling music act in the history of the planet and our species.

We happen to share the opinion, but we are in the minority, therefore it's unpopular.

[sharp raft]

Bigger than Jesus, one might even say

[tame veldt]

i did not know that. maybe you're right.

[dire condor]

I'm rarely able to talk to people about music without eventually encountering the Beatles and having to deal with "WHAAAT, YOU DON'T LIKE THEM?"

They're the most popular band to ever do it.

[stable kindle]

#music if you want to continue talking about the beatles

[dire condor]

Sorry!

[tame veldt]

i was about to say that same thing

[stable kindle]

😄

[tame veldt]

letsa go!

[floral warren]

it's weird sometimes you see people being overly crazy about you not liking something

[stable kindle]

goes back to what i said earlier that some people make these things their identity and take it as a personal attack if someone holds a different opinion.

ultimately everyone has different tastes

[twin yarrow]

additional caution in case of retaliatory hate flow

especially if it comes to something that you absolutely have to like

[tame veldt]

You say one bad thing about Gorillaz

[twin yarrow]

as they say

[stable kindle]

anyway this convo needs to pull back to vidya gaems, i was gonna say earlier i tried earthbound some years back and didnt vibe with it, the early game is very slow

[dire condor]

Same, actually!

It's been a looong time since I've tried it, but it did not endear itself very well.

And I'm very much of the opinion that if something doesn't age well it wasn't that good in the first place.

(Beatles)

[stable kindle]

if a game doesnt hook me in the first hour or two im not really going to give it more of my time for it to prove to me its good

[tame veldt]

You have a single bad take?

[twin yarrow]

i'll be honest, while Undertale technically counts as a turn-based rpg, it doesn't feel that way

[dire condor]

It's got a lot of active player input, yeah?

[twin yarrow]

for old games i don't much into something that is not a platformer

[stable kindle]

yes. i like koei musou games (dynasty warrors, samurai warriors, warriors orochi specifically)

[tame veldt]

That's not a bad take. I like them too. I like to turn my brain off.

[stable kindle]

theyre easy targets for people to dunk on for being repetitive gameplay: the game lmao

looks at my mitsunari tapestry on my wall 🤧

[tame veldt]

i kinda see hades as a musou game

swing around sharp weapon is all warriors games

guess it's more 20 to 1 than 3000 to one though

[stable kindle]

hm not really

theyre a bit similar but not really

[tame veldt]

yeah, it's like 4th cousins.

[stable kindle]

https://gyazo.com/b8d5ee430c1ca34f6e47c216ae2bb551 coincidentally hades has interesting placement in my games list

[tame veldt]

Well, dynasty warriors over hades is kinda a sin sooooooooo

'specially here

[stable kindle]

ive had dw8 longer???

it aint that deep

[tame veldt]

good point

[twin yarrow]

two days exactly

[stable kindle]

obviously i need to bump them both to 400+

what have i done in dw8 for 400 hours, i wish i knew

[tame veldt]

What are the 100% completion requirements for Hades, just full heat for every weapon aspect?

Try that. prolly bump you to 400

[stable kindle]

https://gyazo.com/a688061fb60492f231518e532c066dd9 hate to break it to you but i hit 100% a while ago

[dire condor]

I kinda wish I had properly tracked my hours.

[sharp raft]

For 100%, complete the codex, get all skelly prizes, all achievements, max the aspects, get every title, buy everything from house contractor

[tame veldt]

You got all the achievements. Different to 100%

[stable kindle]

sir i have adhd i cannot simply 100% games at a whim

[tame veldt]

i'ma try

i got nothing better to do

[floral warren]

If I stay more than 4 hours on a game continuously there's something wrong

[tame veldt]

I played Hades for 12 hours earlier today.

[dire condor]

I worked for 12 hours today.

[twin yarrow]

yiikes

[stable kindle]

i either spend 12+ hours doing everything but completing the game, or i sink an hour or two and leave because my brain decided hm no im not in the mood anymore, there is no inbetween

[dire condor]

Was supposed to be 9 or less, but I'm a slow prep cook.

[floral warren]

I love to snap and just quick save and alt f4

that's how it is with celeste

[stable kindle]

or im like "i'll come back to this game later" [4 years later] "oh shoot"

[floral warren]

^^^

[twin yarrow]

happens

[floral warren]

my brain is what'd you call a Goopy Goblin Gamer Brain

I cannot stand games that have stops and cutscenes in the middle of it

[stable kindle]

i know ive heard this term from a youtuber somewhere

[floral warren]

nakeyjakey

[stable kindle]

i'll take your word for it

im p sure it was from smth aggy linked me once

[floral warren]

that's what prevented me from enjoying witcher 3 over cyberpnook

it took me a long time break just to finish that

yep, sadly I prefer '77 over w3

[stable kindle]

thats why musou games fun, just go beat up the map, monkey brain go nice

i like me some nice narrative but also theres a time and place for it, i really need to be in a specific mood to sit through heavy story telling

[floral warren]

Pyre somehow nailed the pacing, not too fast or too slow

I spent way too much time at the creation screen with that banger main menu music, time to turn off this game lmao

[stable kindle]

thats been on my backlog for a while but unfortunately have not found a mood to play it. have watched some playthroughs in the past to familiarize myself with it but the prospect of playing it rn is. not currently up for consideration. but thats not pyre specifically thats just... games and moods and wonky brain stuff lol. its really hard for me to get to playing anything anymore

[floral warren]

happened for me once, a whole month I can't touch any game (or a show even)

I just "no" and watch youtube/twitter/reddit for hours on end

[stable kindle]

sometimes its just easier to stick with stuff ive already played. its familiar and i can zone out to it, new stuff i have to actively pay more attention to and my mood for that is frequently just not there

i still need to get through battle chasers before ruined king comes out 😭 but riot forge/airship syndicate have been quiet the last couple months so im probably good

[floral warren]

reaaaal quiet

speaking of playing stuff you already know, replaying older games on a different platform feels amazing

[stable kindle]

ff9 with moguri mod on steam 👌

[floral warren]

I almost went on a replaying spree with Watch Dogs if it weren't for my friend to shove Doom eternal down my throat

I can stand by my opinion that I said years ago when I played it, Watch Dogs 1 was way bad

[dire condor]

I got to the end of the first level of Doom Eternal, the game bugged and wouldn't give me the flamethrower, and I refunded it.

[floral warren]

classic Bethesda

[dire condor]

Almost everyone I've spoken to who has played the game to completion has said it pursues the purity of Doom 2016's action almost as well, but oh my god the George Lucas dialogue ruins it for me.

[floral warren]

actually, it drifts way further from the purity of 2016, now that you have two nades, double dash and jump, auto refilling Chainsaw, flamethrower , strong punch

[stable kindle]

(hi aggy)

[broken smelt]

it was from the tLoU2 nakeyjakey video

[floral warren]

yes

[stable kindle]

see i knew it was something you linked me

[broken smelt]

Hai tatz

I don't know how I remember that 😂

I can remember random stuff like that but not actually important things

[stable kindle]

that goopy goblin thing was just too specific for it to not immediately ping some vague recollection in my brain lol

[twin yarrow]

i think it has been mentioned before here

not sure when

[floral warren]

that's why I know it too

[tame veldt]

nakeyjakey is great best joke he ever made right here. i repeat it often. #fan-works message

[stable kindle]

alright but like. i will probably literally be on my deathbed and remember x-atm092 but not anything actually important to life. but i will remember the exact sequence of letters and numbers for a dumb video game boss because its permanently seared into my brain for no reason

[twin yarrow]

that can be a huge hint for whoever will make a thorough rebuild of educational systems someday in the future

[broken smelt]

same though tatz

[stable kindle]

me, dying: x-atm092
someone: what could it mean... a secret code? some mystery to enlightenment?
someone else, utilizing future google: apparently the name of some video game character from ages past

[floral warren]

"nope, just a boss that destroyed them I guess"

[stable kindle]

the story behind this is that back in ye olde times of playstation 1, whenever we'd go visit fam, id borrow their playstation and play ff8 because i was a wee kid not interested in adult conversation. the problem is that they didnt have memory cards bc those and most of the games were with their son. so any time we visited, i would end up playing the same portion of the game each time, the first couple hours through dollet and such.

and so x-atm092 came to be etched forever into my head for no reason at all. i was befuddled a couple months ago when i swore i left the house with some important documents in hand and did not have them, but i sure can remember that name and it does me absolutely zero good!

[floral warren]

"x-atm092" "x-atm092"

Reminds me a lot of playing first Crash team racing's first three levels and Crash 2 and 3 first 4 stages

[stable kindle]

its really weird to just throw out 'there were no memory cards' come to think of it

like do people even remember what those are

[tame veldt]

i do don't worry

[floral warren]

Hard to explain to kids now that you need to pay extra for the privilege to save your progress

[fallen sky]

every so often i remember them and it feels like an invasive thought

[floral warren]

let alone saving, there was no auto saves back then

and some games did saving with very tedious ways , like Crash 1's Save from bouns levels

[stable kindle]

game: auto saves
me: did i save?
me: better save again just in case
me: [saves 5 consecutive times]

[floral warren]

call the saving lady on the codec to save so I can die again after they detect me in MGS 1

[tame veldt]

in pokemon i would save then be like "did i save??????"

do it again

and again

and again

you get the idea

[floral warren]

we have come a looong way since saving on a freaking 8mb memory

[dire condor]

[flashbacks to working with limited save space but wanting to maintain a long save log so I can undo horrible mistakes in longform games]

Alright, who's sacrificed 10+ hours of gameplay because they realized they goofed and had the save files to fix it?

I've lost hours in Mass Effect 1 with its "We only autosave once every blue moon," but I think I've only done the above once.

[stable kindle]

i mean... ive sacrified hours in gba fire emblems to whack criticals while arena grinding

[twin yarrow]

i remember times when you couldn's save at all, finish the whole game at once, or never

you goofed big time - restart the console and start again

[stable kindle]

games were shorter then. but also harder to pad out length

[floral warren]

sigh, I remember back like 5 years ago when I had a fat ps4, reached 70-80% in mgs v and 4 trophies to platinum in just cause 3
but someone played too much on that ps4 and it just poofed

luckily I found a save of jc3 I did copy to a usb, but nowhere as close as to the amount i've reached

[twin yarrow]

that's why you should always use backups

save in a sp game is one thing, but what if you lose something like a world from minecraft or terraria

[floral warren]

I wasn't expecting that some was gonna brick the whole thing

[twin yarrow]

some particular one, you have good memories linked with

and don't remember the seed

idk, what would somebody do to brick the console

[floral warren]

it's just what would my imagine dragons would say, pain

[tame veldt]

there are world backups. they are a lot of gigs though because they store all block information that has been loaded

[floral warren]

so lil bro plays too much f2p online games, the typical ones and yes the ones that are popping your head rn(19$ gift cards )
so mid bro takes the ps4 and "cleans" it only to just ruin everything it, making the ps4 literally next to useless.
so family just bought a ps4 slim, and now it's the one that screams mercy due to how they use it everyday , lmao

good thing I went to PC and just wasted my life with csgo, overwatch, and league

[twin yarrow]

they don't help, when your HDD kicks the bucket

[tame veldt]

good point

[woven breach]

Cleaning PS4, not even once

[fathom juniper]

csgo, overwatch, and league

[floral warren]

HEY HEY, that was years ago

[fathom juniper]

sweet david bowie

the unholy trinity

[floral warren]

im a better guy goose now

I swear I'm different now

[fathom juniper]

[floral warren]

at least im playing better games now since I got my gamery gamer friend to show me his master pieces, and also cuz of SGG and SGGserver ppl

better games
(plays cyberpunk)

[twin yarrow]

at least it's not multiplayer competitive

[floral warren]

I KNOW

[fathom juniper]

just play doom mods

there's enough things here to last a lifetime

and it's super varied too

[floral warren]

Out of the 3 years I tried to shift away from these games, I'm feeling better now that I know a lot about masterpieces like bioshock and doom

[fathom juniper]

[floral warren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/704117880697913415.png?v=1

that dude pushed me first onto witcher 3 , cuz that's the game you have to play to be the friend in the friends group.

then said f it here's my steam and egs so you can play more and more games

by chance I find this small indie game, which happens to be

ffw 5 months and now I'm here

also, how come I didn't know about Deux Ex at all? that would've been my best game series of all time

[mortal siren]

ive never played deus ex b4

ppl say its a better cyberpunk and it piques my interest but got no munies to shell out for those old ass game

[floral warren]

I can confirm, for Human Revolution

I love the game is "play it your way" mentality, you can be stealthy killey, stealthy knocky, or outright prepare to die if you didn't headshot the enemies

• it's a way better in terms of choices

[thorn tundra]

can confirm I still do this with hades and go in and out of a room just to be sure I saved

[fathom juniper]

dus ex
deus ex: invisible war
deus ex: human revolution
deus ex: the fall
deus ex: mankind divided

i'm sensing a pattern here yall

[floral warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTTLpUiT35U

TF2 sfm best sfm

[fathom juniper]

play deus ex: the fall

[north wolf]

Expiration Date is the best videogame short ever

TF2 has the best trailers I've ever seen

[wraith cradle]

It also gave us the best meme in TF2 history

Oi

Half-Past date released and I didn't realise :/

[floral warren]

I could seriously just sit watching all TF2's meet the classes

[wraith cradle]

Remember when the Meet The Medic and Meet The Pyro seemed that never gonna be released?

Albino Farms remembers

[floral warren]

tf2's meets was so hilarious, especially demoman and sniper

"snyooper's good job, mate"

[wraith cradle]

"Dad? Dad, I'm a- Not a crazed gunman, dad, I'm an assassin! ...Well, the difference being one is a job and the other's a mental sickness!"

For reference between the first meet the team and the last 5 years passed.

[woven breach]

"Guess they'd have to glue your butt together IN HELL"

I don't even play TF2

"BONK"
-scout

[floral warren]

tf2 was just amazing

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/sniper-tf2-professionals-have-standards-drive-gif-15105282

[north wolf]

meet the spy

[north wolf]

truly amazing game

[analog blade]

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheJWittz/status/1365815911777722369?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Joshua Wittenkeller (@TheJWittz)

"You thought that it was special,
But it was just the sex, though",

Post Malone belts as a Gyarados Jumps over his head.

What reality is this???

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[wraith cradle]

https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/1366127846771494913?s=20

Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼‍♂️💚U (@aarongreenberg)

Just to set expectations: this is not happening. There are always things we have in the works, but nothing coming soon that would feature game announcements or world premieres like this. https://t.co/nO868SCbpZ

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Twitter · Feb 28, 2021, 8:47 PM

Sometimes I wonder if Elden Ring exists or we mankind, together as one. it's just pretending it exists as a weird inside joke

[floral warren]

maybe the real Elden Ring was the friendships we made along the way, oh and the wild speculations

[fathom juniper]

Elden Ring is like...
The Country in transistor

or like...
eating silca gel

for normal every day people it's a no-no thing
you can't do that

but in fact it's the final test keeping you from escaping the simulation

those who got to play elden ring are out of the simulation
they're on a higher plane of existence

i don't know where i'm going with this joke
it seemed funny at first in my head but then i realized it's not but it's already too late oh god plaese helpo

[sharp raft]

GRRM's part is long done, if that's what you were so worried about

Like Winds of Winter may never come out, but I assure you the delays in elden ring have nothing to do with GRRM

[wraith cradle]

Plot twist: Elder ring was From Software's plan to make GRRM slack off working on it to make Winds of winter instead.

[polar dragon]

I beat Into the Breach :D :D :D (just Normal mode but hey, game is hard)

[wraith cradle]

It's still infinitely easier than FTL, luckily

FTL hates you and wants to make sure you know

[polar dragon]

yeah FTL is hard. took me over 70 hours to even get my first win. into the breach took me 6 and a half lol

[tame veldt]

ftl...? ftl...? ftl...?

[dire condor]

FTL: Faster Than Light.

[tame veldt]

ftl...

[graceful galleon]

anyone played this? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123770/Curse_of_the_Dead_Gods/

Steam

Curse of the Dead Gods

You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters. Collect mystical Relics and an arsenal of weapons to make yourself unstoppable. Battle through hordes of enemies in dark, cavernous passages filled with traps and secrets of all so...

Price

$17.99

Recommendations

2572

Metacritic

77

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it looks good

[stable kindle]

ive seen it but im not too into the art style

p much have only heard good about it tho

[eager hamlet]

I've seen it praised a lot

I know Wander has said its up there with Hades for him

And Wander is usually a pretty good gauge for a games quality I find

[stable kindle]

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1366221657799491584 late reveal drop today

Legends of Runeterra (@PlayRuneterra)

Measure twice, strike once.

See LeBlanc in the Empires of the Ascended card gallery ⬇️
https://t.co/go44DGNUZI https://t.co/kdEBCFHxeV

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Twitter · Mar 1, 2021, 3:00 AM

[eager hamlet]

Kinda disappointed ngl

This doesn't really capture Leblanc well

Its also just a bit boring?

[steady otter]

I’m a little sad
I finally completed Bioshock 2 & despite my greatest wishes I somehow ended up w Lamb living

I wanted the good run where she didn’t make it & instead I messed up

At least all the sisters made it

[north wolf]

nope, but I've heard a lot of praise

[pallid horizon]

Binding of Isaac (rebirth+) be like
Brimstone hurr durr :)))

[broken smelt]

brimstone always goes brrrrr

[pallid horizon]

Azazel plus proper brimstone is great

Big shooty, flap flap

[lethal drift]

what's a good place to start if you wanna try Binding of Isaac?

[graceful galleon]

probably start with Rebirth first, if you like it get Afterbirth. I havent played Afterbirth myself but I heard it's harder.

[junior crown]

Rebirth straight away I think. The first game while may be less rng as some say, it is lacking in content and basically somewhat clunky honestly. Can buy DLCs if you think you enjoy your experience.

[lethal drift]

sounds good

[broken smelt]

og isaac doesn't lack in content imo, it's just quite old at this point with rebirth and afterbirth improving on it in a multitude of ways as well as adding a substantial amount of content

[lethal drift]

i don;t mind old games

[woven breach]

Old games can be fun

Good game lasts forever

[lethal drift]

mhm

[floral warren]

I seriously would take time in playing an old title that is legendary rather than playing a fresh released title

Deus Ex Human Revolution, Bioshock 1 , 2 and infinite, Dishonored 🤌

[lethal drift]

not super familiar with those but I have heard good things about em

[woven breach]

I tried getting into Deus Ex

I tried

Just can't

[floral warren]

it's weird at the beginning

like there's stealth, guns , open world, choices,

[pallid horizon]

Have any of u played the weird game: ‘hungry planet’, or it’s sequel ‘back for seconds’?

[lethal drift]

[pallid horizon]

It’s a computer game I loved

[lethal drift]

I'm usually playing jrpgs and stuff

[pallid horizon]

I like jrpgs but I need to play more 😔

[woven breach]

Old school jrpgs are tough

[lethal drift]

not if you grind for hours

[woven breach]

That's the hard part

[lethal drift]

fair

[eager hamlet]

Plenty of good JRPGs you can play nowadays

The Trails series is particularly good

[graceful galleon]

pretty huge time commitment though

[wraith cradle]

Yeah non-JRPGs lean more into the shorter side

While the JPRGs are 50 hours as a median

[floral warren]

jrpgs tend to have way more grind than wrpgs ?

[wraith cradle]

More like their plots are longer

[floral warren]

you mentioned that 50 hours as a median, is that a possibility that a single save can amount to more than 80 hours ?

[wraith cradle]

I'm talking main plot with normal grinding

If we go into the bonuses the sky is the limit

[floral warren]

Hold on, main plot with said normal grinding can reach that averagely, huh

i play action-adventures mostly so these numbers scare me for a bit

[woven breach]

One of the main draw of JRPGs is the optional bosses with lvl 99 recommended level.

[stable kindle]

unless your name is disgaea, then you go way beyond that

[polar dragon]

I'm quite partial to Mom's knife.
It's like Brimstone but you can pretend that you are good at the game.

[thorn tundra]

yea I just dont like JRPGS cause they're honestly.... too long

I can easily go 100 hours on Monster Hunter but on a traditional turn-based JRPGs... so far no good

and I haven't encountered a JRPG story that I like honestly I think my taste in stories is just weird

[rancid token]

Honestly same

[thorn tundra]

I tried FF10 and I know its an old game but the story just feel overused but I guess it is the one that started it

[rancid token]

I audibly deflated when I found out I still had 30 hours to go after 30 hours of DQ11

[thorn tundra]

also didn't care much for xenoblade 2's story I just think Im really not a fan of JRPG story formulas

but I did like FE three houses and its characters they're memorable

[wraith cradle]

Completely Turn based JRPGs are the exception now tho

The only big one is Dragon Quest and because it has the Grandfather Clause

That's because Turn based looks stilted and outdated now graphics are realistic and 3d

[stable kindle]

see i don't mind long jrpgs, if I'm into it. I sunk a lot of hours in dq11. if I'm enjoying the characters and everything going on then the time spent on it flies by for me. I don't really like long games either but of course it's highly dependant on the player.

that said though jrpgs aren't the only games that suffer from being needlessly long, open world games have been hitting that lately too, particularly the ubisoft brand is notorious for dragging out far longer than needed.

[floral warren]

ubisoft
ho ho ho, ooh boy their games is just too long for the sake of being too long

[stable kindle]

because the execs have this idea that "open world" means "literally goes on forever"

[floral warren]

^

[wraith cradle]

A long game lives and dies by the plot

[floral warren]

that's the reason why i'm not buying into newer ubi titles

[stable kindle]

it was actually surprising that fenyx main story can be done in like 25 hours or less. it does what it needs and doesn't stick around wearing out its welcome. shocking lmao

now they need to just keep that in mind and stop doing whatever valhalla was

[floral warren]

watch dogs 1 and 2 is so full of these stuff

[twin yarrow]

there are 300 flags hidden in the world, go find every one of them

[stable kindle]

haha no <3

[twin yarrow]

and you'll get a nice nothing

[floral warren]

boy am I just tired of that BS

[polar dragon]

If you like the game so much, do every flag.

[floral warren]

Every side quest in an ubi game is just copy pasted to the death

[stable kindle]

liking something and wanting to continue playing, and feeling some arbitrary tasks are more a chore than anything are different things. I liked running around the world and collecting stuff in fenyx bc it's so densely populated. i do not like running around origins/odyssey for quests because it's endless

sometimes less is more

[polar dragon]

i joke

[floral warren]

I was so full of that bs ,I haven't bothered in touching any side quest in any other game until I've learned that cyberpunk, witcher and deus ex has some interesting side quests that sometimes can be as good as main missions or even better

[stable kindle]

still worth pointing out

[floral warren]

the amount of side quests that cyberpunk is hiding from you is borderline criminal

[polar dragon]

Played W3 3 times, screw Skellinger coast flags.

[floral warren]

At least not like that stupid AI Limo, always wanting me bring back his stupid limos

that each have a mental health problem, in fact

[stable kindle]

i fully enjoy running around and seeing the environments in those games, and honestly most of my time in odyssey has literally been through tour mode while i hopped around islands looking for real world things, but like. the actual gameplay part tied to this, the questing, the collectibles. it's all tiring

[floral warren]

one of them was literally GLaDos, no cake for me sadly

[stable kindle]

modern "open world" games need to step back and examine what people found enjoyable with them. fenyx is a good start to that and i hope ubi builds off that and less off all their previous titles

[floral warren]

they have a star wars game in the works, better not mess it up

[stable kindle]

I'm not into star wars so it's not on my radar lmao

[floral warren]

me neither, but certainly the micro transaction issue is something we all can't forget

[stable kindle]

well we wants but the question is will the community at large forget

Won't..

Thanks phone

[floral warren]

yeah, unfortunate

[stable kindle]

gonna dip out now bc I'm not fighting autocorrect 🤪

[floral warren]

aight, hf

[twin yarrow]

tbh, worst thing for now are temporary events, when you absolutely have to engage in some kind of activity or put up with the fact of losing the huge part of content

and daily challenges.. like in rockstar games

and the need to check your game daily like in modern survivals

when game becomes job, it's far from fun

[floral warren]

they just do it as an incentive for the players to not "miss on" some stuff

it's been weeks since I've touched a multiplayer game

[twin yarrow]

also, mandatory grinding in MMOs

[floral warren]

my friends are deep in Black Desert Online and Warframe

they grind too much in it

[twin yarrow]

i like that kind of games, which you can just turn on and leave that way, while sleeping, for example, nothing super-bad will happen except laptop overheating and leaving burns on your arm

[floral warren]

I just love it when I talk about this and they go
"hey nxc Honk, what is the game that you used to grind in?"
(nervously looks at past games' playtimes) "heh, cyberpunk"

[eager hamlet]

Im a bit late, but yeah

A few JRPGs reach 80 hours pretty easily

[twin yarrow]

grind is an evil thing.. when it's the only way

[eager hamlet]

But yeah, long games rely on their plots

Its where Trails of shines

[twin yarrow]

or one of two ways, when second is pay and get everything

[eager hamlet]

The plot is quite very good

Also eh

Plenty of Turnbased JRPGs around

They try to pull gimmicks though

[floral warren]

long games' plots never were a big thing for me, but I appreciate the fact that the games' hours are pushed by plots, not just some mediocre collecting stuff and repeating it 100 times

[eager hamlet]

I like long, complex overarching plots

It provides a certain depth I feel a lot of games lack

[twin yarrow]

i also don't mind additional hours spent for exploration and enjoying the world itself

[floral warren]

that was the case for me in cp77's map, even though it's not deep, the city itself is just beautiful to look at (when it loads fast and not let you wait couple seconds to show up)

[twin yarrow]

yep

[wraith cradle]

Games as a service are sadly a blight on gaming

My opinion of course

[floral warren]

but again , their business model is so fing profitable, and lets the devs work more on something they already have

[tame veldt]

nintendo said that their online service profited 24% more than selling normal games.

of course that was only their inhouse developed games

[thorn tundra]

oh wait my bad

[thorn tundra]

this is a conscious purposely bad design though. they do that so you get sick of it and finally buy boosters

I said the first word in AITA

I mean the last word

lol

[fathom juniper]

WHOA WHOA WHOA

IT'S HAPPENING!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axP6el8Xzu0&feature=youtu.be

this is not a drill
I repeat - this is not a drill

[floral warren]

Who put the resolution scale to 50% on that vid?

[fathom juniper]

funneh

[floral warren]

thanks!

I love how some people saw the horse running and thought "this is witcher 3"

[fathom juniper]

no

it's fable 4

NO

IT'S PEGGLE 3!

https://tenor.com/view/e3-peggle-jump-two-gif-13350703

[floral warren]

right, what do you think of Deathloop?

[fathom juniper]

i probably won't get excited until they show how a one, full loop looks like
so far they only showed us some small snippets of gameplay

[floral warren]

that is whats the game premise is about, yeah?

[fathom juniper]

i mean - on one hand it could be cool
a kinda-sorta FPS rougelite with arkane's powers from dishonored and gunplay from new wolfenstein games?
sign me the heck up

but on the other
bethesta is weirdly... coy about showing us how the bloody thing actually plays like
and looking at machinegames' recent outputs... i'd be careful about it

yeah - basically you have 8 targets and 1 day to kill them all

and you repeat that day over and over again - that's the titular "deathloop"

so we kinda have a little bit of hitman influences there too?

i dunno - it seems to be interesting, but i want to see some proper gameplay before i make any judgement

[floral warren]

I get it, and I’m seeing this dishonored ish feel to it

[tame veldt]

why are we excited?

[fathom juniper]

just to suffer

[tame veldt]

ok

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/why-arewe-still-here-mgs-video-game-helicopter-gif-17583797

[floral warren]

everyday i feel my leg and my arm

[fathom juniper]

even my pringles

[floral warren]

Snake, let’s just build this giant fob in the middle of the ocean and yoink some people into our base

[fathom juniper]

yo i wanna some pringles now

[fallen sky]

god kaz is beautiful 😔

[fathom juniper]

kaz is the only highlight of MGS5

[fallen sky]

sorry I can't be him

[fathom juniper]

he just wants to watch the whole world burn

^ kaz

[fallen sky]

love how his 50 year old self is basically inspired by sarah connor

[floral warren]

they f’d him over and yeeted him into Afghanistan

[fallen sky]

the 'this is fine' puppy but it's not fine

[wraith cradle]

Deathloop seems like a neat concept in paper that fails when the human element enters the equation

[fathom juniper]

sweet jesus
http://prntscr.com/10anfzu

you guys and your long nicknames

[fallen sky]

yeah tbh if I were living a tropical war life and suddenly yeeted into a dusty musty war life i'd be bitter too

[fathom juniper]

could be

it could suffer from RE6 combat problem

[floral warren]

Thats the problem

[tame veldt]

"vodka is just potato juice" is short?

[fathom juniper]

where it's got soooooooooooo many cool mechanics that make one of the best combat systems ever

[fallen sky]

I just have feelings about metal gear. don't we all

[fathom juniper]

and yet the game doesn't really teach you how to use them and everyone plays it like it's a poor mans cover shooter and having a really bad time with it

[fathom juniper]

no it's not

[fallen sky]

ah yes tbh whenever I see others playing it it does look convoluted

i'm selling my metal gear collection to my friend. I hope he enjoys it

[floral warren]

MGS 1 and 2 is simple, 3 and 4 gets really intense with the camouflage stuff

[fathom juniper]

i've been watching someone streaming it on twitch lately
first playthrough
and while - sure - the game is just as bat---- crazy and hilarious as ever

he just... refuses to do any of the cool stuff that's there
because the game just doesn't teach you any of it

which is... just dumb

[floral warren]

the kojima sprinkle on it , baby

[tame veldt]

so which are the best ones?

[floral warren]

Yes

[fathom juniper]

i mean...
god damn it - i've been praising RE6's combat for years now
it's less of a shooter and more like... god hand with guns

basically john wick with zombies

[floral warren]

if you're looking for gameplay I'd say mgs 5, top notch in quality
but if you're looking at story, mgs 4

[fathom juniper]

but the campaign just... borderline forces you to play it in the most boring way possible

and now look at all the cool stuff you can do when the combat system actually has some space to spread it's wings
https://youtu.be/fkY8fcbfjqM?t=250

[tame veldt]

aw man those are hard to emulate

[fathom juniper]

it's just so much fun to play

shame that the rest of the game is a bit

[fallen sky]

😔

[floral warren]

mgs 4 more cutscenes than gameplay
but it's the final game chronologically, cuz you need to understand the others just you can know a bit of the story

[fathom juniper]

literally john wick with zombies

[twin yarrow]

this was a complete answer already

[tame veldt]

aghjhhhhjdgfkchy

[fallen sky]

tbh incorporating the doggo into gameplay looks fun but I have no idea how people do it

[floral warren]

oh and if that wasn't enough here's the order
mgs 3 > mgs pw > mgs 5 (gz and pain) > mg 1 and 2 on the msx > mgs 1 (preferably PS1 version) > mgs 2 > mgs 4

[tame veldt]

doggo?

i'll play if there is doggo

[floral warren]

in mgs 5? yep

D-Dog

[tame veldt]

what kind?

yellow and in a burning house

or labrador

[floral warren]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-solid-five-metalgear-gif-4271203

epic

the buddy system in mgs v is cool

[fallen sky]

doggie

he has an eye patch too!!

[floral warren]

D-dog might be the best buddy, maybe before or after Quiet

cuz Quiet can just zoom zoom around the enemy and show me their places

[tame veldt]

can't wait for dead island 2

[north wolf]

I just bought the first one

[polar dragon]

Y'all really need to play Into the Breach <3

[north wolf]

wanted to play it with my friend, found out he's outta money xd

[north wolf]

Into the Breach is awesome

but I'm bad at it, only beaten it on easy

[polar dragon]

The game is hard.
But I like it because it's XCOM with near perfect information.
No more Fewer RNG moments.

[tame veldt]

is into the breach a roguelike/lite

?

[north wolf]

yes

[wraith cradle]

Very heavy in the lite

[tame veldt]

i also forgot the difference between lite and like

[wraith cradle]

Like you start from step 0 each time you die

Lite is much more permissive and allows certain carry overs

[tame veldt]

Hades

[wraith cradle]

Yes, indeed

[tame veldt]

Dead Cells

[wraith cradle]

Nope

[tame veldt]

o

[wraith cradle]

Dead Cells is a roguelite too

[tame veldt]

how

[wraith cradle]

'Pure roguelikes' are a rarity nowadays because most people simply don't like them

[polar dragon]

Unlocks and upgrades

True roguelike is like doing a fresh file every time

[wraith cradle]

Imagine your save gets deleted everytime

You die

[polar dragon]

No unlocks no upgrade no nothing

[tame veldt]

i only played for an hour, i didn't know much about the game.

[tame veldt]

I see why honestly

[polar dragon]

Honestly I just like rogue games in general.
Good gameplay is good.
Also they are mostly indie also which means they are cheap. Good value.

[sharp raft]

Lots of replay value

[wraith cradle]

Real life is the most pure Roguelike. cmv

[tame veldt]

this run is pretty bad.

i'ma restart.

[sharp raft]

But everyone doesn't start out with the same resources, hardly fair

[polar dragon]

just keep resetting bro

[tame veldt]

it's mostly rng

there's many categories though if you find others more fun like: Success% Age% Depressed%

i'm running Exist% rn

i shoulda ran Depressed%