video-games

[fathom juniper]

what kinda ruins his performance is...
it's hard to tell

the direction, maybe?

he delivers all his lines in the same monotone voice

[floral warren]

the iconic part ofc

[fathom juniper]

i don't feel the same edgy anarchist's energy that he's supposed to have when he's talking

[arctic fable]

the leveling system kinda throws me off

[floral warren]

yeah the anarchist part of silverhand isn't really there in the game

barely in the flashbacks

[fathom juniper]

he kinda talks like me when i'm hungover
and that's not a cool rockerboy voice, let me tell you

[floral warren]

he's known to proxyword people over in the lore , yk

[junior crown]

There isn't as many type of ways both V and Johnny feel about situations. They have static gruff and tough reactions to it in a way. Feel like that's what lacking for characterization.

[floral warren]

also, as per CDPR fashion
Side quests is important

[arctic fable]

and before launch, it had too much resemblance to fallout 76

and no man's sky

[floral warren]

I can agree that it needed at least two years to be done

[arctic fable]

but no man's sky pull it off

idk about this one chief

[floral warren]

and that E3 early release date announcement was meh

[floral warren]

judging from the patch notes, there's a chance that they can

[fathom juniper]

games are announced way, WAYYYYY to early nowadays

[arctic fable]

but bethesda just added a battle pass

[floral warren]

agreed

can't deny it

[fathom juniper]

it feels like the only three devs around that know when to announce their games are valve, SGGs and idsoftware

[arctic fable]

that's why you should never ever pre oder games

[fathom juniper]

as in - let's announce our game when we feel confident about it

[arctic fable]

or any products

[fathom juniper]

indeed

[arctic fable]

before launch

[floral warren]

exactly

idc about any bonus if I can't enjoy the game

[fathom juniper]

preorder now to get an exclusive weapon skin and 10 day xp booster!

[lethal drift]

lol

[arctic fable]

or get a premium loot boxes

[floral warren]

"It works for them , why not us?"

[arctic fable]

Cause they drink soy

[fathom juniper]

WOW
so you mean i can buy a thing that i don't know if it's any good and then wait three months with less money in my pocket just to play your game in a rougher state than people that wait (and pay more for it too) AND make my experience worse with crappy unlocks?

sign me the heck up!

[floral warren]

you mean to tell me that I can get an edge over everyone and gets a cOoOoL gun by paying 20$ more?

[fathom juniper]

oh you mean to tell me that i can get an edge over a braindead AI by paying 20 freedom eagles more?
and edge i can get for free by just... slightly nudging the difficulty slider to the left?

CAN I HAVE TWO!?

[floral warren]

YOU CAN HAVE THREE

[fathom juniper]

[floral warren]

JUST DROP EXTRA 20 eurodollars in here

[arctic fable]

Cough Cough EA

[fathom juniper]

• cough cough *
  they're surprise mechanics

[arctic fable]

tbh, some of their games are good like titan fall 2

[floral warren]

thank you very much , time to give you a crappy game that is exactly a copy of last year's version

[lethal drift]

[fathom juniper]

[lethal drift]

[arctic fable]

too bad it got overshadowed by BTF1 and COD

[lethal drift]

hue

[arctic fable]

underated gem

[floral warren]

sidenote, never treat anyone involved in a game with hate and PROXYWORD death threats

[fathom juniper]

one of which was a game PUBLISHED BY EA ITSELF

it's like they wanted to set them up for a failure

[arctic fable]

BIg brain move

[lethal drift]

and people say Nintendo is bad

[floral warren]

if you want to support your gamedev, send them a tweet, dm, email
heck even a mention in their server like here https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/604967283877609482/826037977809027092/unknown.png

[lethal drift]

wholesome

[floral warren]

seeing people sending death threats is BS

[fathom juniper]

yeah

[arctic fable]

they are DM in DnD

very creative

[lethal drift]

and half the time, it's something that isn't even worth making such a big deal about

[floral warren]

thanks
I'm the kinda person who gets excited to read patch notes(habit I picked up from overwatch and league) so this is like big news to me

[floral warren]

exactly, and it baffles me so much

"buh game delay? you be dead rn"

[lethal drift]

[arctic fable]

Cough Cough Yandere dev

[floral warren]

https://tenor.com/view/we-dont-do-that-here-black-panther-tchalla-bruce-gif-16558003

[lethal drift]

especially that guy

[arctic fable]

how long was it again?

[fathom juniper]

oh no
not the game delays

[arctic fable]

a decade?

[fathom juniper]

see - i'm going to good ol 3d realms route
"when it's done"

i just either go "when it's done" or "soon" on my dinky little projects and no one got disappointed so far so

[arctic fable]

Oh no _ CDPR

[fathom juniper]

remember the legendary sims3 patch notes?

hi aggy!

[broken smelt]

another game of a release date of "when it's done" is silksong :3

Hoi Hoi

[lethal drift]

oh yeah. Silksong

[floral warren]

lmao, that video

[broken smelt]

(though I'm impatiently waiting for more silksong news 😂)

[arctic fable]

should have been like Valve

[floral warren]

Hey Aggy 👋

[arctic fable]

being mysterious

[lethal drift]

I have way too much backlog to remember the games I'm looking forward to lol

[fathom juniper]

ok, so - if there's anyone here that has never seen this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nxsCZ2SEcQ

[lethal drift]

so funny you asplode

[floral warren]

legendary

[broken smelt]

Hoi Hoi

[lethal drift]

[floral warren]

tipping m'fedora for you

[fathom juniper]

[lethal drift]

[floral warren]

https://i.redd.it/tr3yisy6zxp61.png
wow
and it says there's more at the end of the website

better be working cuz my last save got messed up real goood

[arctic fable]

until there's a redemption like Hello games then maybe i'll buy it?

[floral warren]

who knows

their goal now is to bring it back to PSstore

[arctic fable]

i highly doubt it tho

after playing the witcher 3 for a while, i understand why the fans were hype for cyberpunk

[floral warren]

I get your point, but it's a different source and material and tactic they were using

• I'm maybe one of the few people in this but... I enjoyed Cyberpunk more so than Witcher 3

some thing about the high fantasy didn't click for me as opposed to the cyberpunk future

[broken smelt]

there's a good chance most people will forget about the cyberpunks launch as well as the not so flattering news (a massive understatement I know) surrounding it

[arctic fable]

when i first saw the trailer, i thought it's going to be like GTA

[floral warren]

the TTRPG from the '80 were never about that at all

[arctic fable]

they haven't fogotten about Fallout 76 soooo

[floral warren]

I'm still realistic about the whole thing, it'll be a moment in gaming's history that's for sure

[broken smelt]

FO76 was also several miststeps over years

[floral warren]

fo76 engine was baaaad

[broken smelt]

so they kept putting themselves in the mess

[floral warren]

like way bad

[arctic fable]

my toaster can run better than their engine

[broken smelt]

I'm almost sure the indestructable nokia phones run better than it

[floral warren]

still stuck on 60fps

[arctic fable]

i mean it can block a bullet so what did you expect?

[floral warren]

you can go faster with better graphics card

[broken smelt]

you sure you don't mean 6.0fps 😛

[floral warren]

There you go

you read my mind

REDengine 4 is just beautiful, even on low settings

here's two pics from my crappy pc
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/604967283877609482/826044931222536211/photomode_24032021_075731.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/604967283877609482/826044958913724457/photomode_24032021_075256.png

[wraith cradle]

God, this is gonna be a looooooooooooooooooong March

All the interesting games come out in April

[dire condor]

and june

but luckily its almost over

[wraith cradle]

What comes out in June?

[dire condor]

disgaea 6 and horizon forbidden west, i hope

[fathom juniper]

look at this doooood
look how happy he is

it's a nice day outside and not a single bug in sight!

[wraith cradle]

And in May Biomutant, Deathloop and REVIII

[floral warren]

Indeed

[rustic falcon]

ahhh i preordered nier replicant. im super excited for it

i think its the most expensive game i bought with my own money though

[tame veldt]

is that a nier automata sequel?

[rustic falcon]

its actually a remake/remaster/update of the game that came before nier automata. so a prequel in a sense

[tame veldt]

the original nier?

[rustic falcon]

yep

[tame veldt]

cool.

[wraith cradle]

Ackshually Nier is also a sequel to the Joke Ending of Drakengard 1

[tame veldt]

i am smart now

[polar dragon]

You know what I miss?

[tame veldt]

the target

[polar dragon]

Telltale Games

[tame veldt]

o

[polar dragon]

The company was kinda bad with their crunch

[wraith cradle]

We have Telltale at Home:
https://d2skuhm0vrry40.cloudfront.net/2020/articles/2020-05-29-11-16/Dontnod_Entertainment_05_29_20.jpg/EG11/thumbnail/750x422/format/jpg/quality/60

[polar dragon]

But I miss their games. Used to play a decent amount with friends
It's like a movie, but more interactive

[tame veldt]

whats that gamer girl twitch sim

[polar dragon]

Lmao

[tame veldt]

they can replace telltale if you really want to

[polar dragon]

What

[tame veldt]

you've never heard of that

it's an fmv telltale style game where a twitch streamer asks her simps what she should do in her personal life. specifically you and then i think she gets murdered

[mortal siren]

you are her twitch moderator

[tame veldt]

yeah that

[mortal siren]

which still doesnt make sense but yeah

its not even on their website so i guess its cancelled

[tame veldt]

prolly got cancelled cause how many people said it was stupid

the game didn't even come out. yes the concept is kinda creepy but they criticized a game just on the scenario.

ok, apparently it was supposed to release in sep. of 2020 and got shoved under the rug not cancelled for being "tone deaf"

[mortal siren]

thats the same thing

[tame veldt]

yeah i guess you're right

[floral warren]

cyberpunk patch is out 🙌

well that was fast I guess

[dire condor]

game's fixed

[tame veldt]

is it good now

[dire condor]

all people do these days is like to complain about stuff all day

[strong flower]

it's the bestest game now

all is forgiven

[dire condor]

exactly. 10/10 it has a little something for everyone

[strong flower]

I haven't touched it so far. didn't trust the hype.

[dire condor]

I don't plan to either.

[strong flower]

I do like CDPRs output for their writing and presentation, but their mechanics, especially when it comes to items, tend to be a bit toss.

[dire condor]

I wish it was less cyber and more punk

[strong flower]

witcher 3 was the first one with alright combat, and even there you'd drown in useless weapons and armor.

or schematics for useless weapons and armor.

it's especially sad since a lot of it looks very nice

[dire condor]

The economy system needs to be redesigned in w3

Hence the economy mods

[tame veldt]

WOOOO YEAH ECONOMYYY YES I LOVE THE ECONOMY WOOOOO

[wraith cradle]

To be honest I hate the Punk genre

[dire condor]

understood, but the punk aspect in this game is non existing

[strong flower]

as innn music? subculture?

aesthetic?

[tame veldt]

punk music is bad but i don't know how a game genre can be "punk"

[floral warren]

Isn't it ?

[floral warren]

?

[dire condor]

not really.

[floral warren]

well , it's all from the ttrpgs

[strong flower]

Punk music rules whatthehell

[floral warren]

idk jack proxyword about punk music, all I know is that Refused and their album SAMURAI was cool

[tame veldt]

it's edgelords screaming about depression

[strong flower]

The most "punk" games that come to mind are brigador and charlie murder

[floral warren]

and it's not punk 100%
it's more rock in general

I did give Gerry a listen or two

[tame veldt]

he did

[floral warren]

I did

[strong flower]

...that's like saying hip hop is just douchebags bragging about their money

[tame veldt]

hm

https://tenor.com/view/new-girl-youre-right-good-valid-gif-4971614

[strong flower]

I mean, it's not entirely wrong

but there's more to it

[tame veldt]

all the punk music i've listened to is people screaming with a repeating guitar loop made in garageband.

i've seen no observable talent

[strong flower]

I feel like punk's entirely dependent on how serious the band takes itself and their music

[tame veldt]

aa ee oo #video-games ee ee aa

[strong flower]

ah yes

I guess Brigador feels punk because you blow up the infrastructure of an oppressive government in a spectacular way while playing as often deeply flawed characters.

the music in it is more 80s camp though

[wraith cradle]

The only punk Games I liked were the Sunless ones

And just barely

[strong flower]

good games tho

[wraith cradle]

Too wordy tho

Oh there was also the Shadowrun games I liked those

[tame veldt]

is ror 2 a kbm or controller type game?

[hybrid jetty]

kbm

in my opinion

also sunless sea is weird because I don't mind wordy games, but sunless sea's wordiness just wasn't interesting lol

maybe i should give it another shot

[strong flower]

Sunless Seas problem is that it doesn't really ease you in with its setting. also the UI is terrible.

[strong flower]

the shadowrun games are excellent. well, returns is a bit eh, but the other two are great tactical RPGs.

[hybrid jetty]

hong kong is one of my favorite stories in a game
also it has gobbet!

[polar dragon]

KBM
I can't play shooters on gamepad

[junior crown]

Sunless series is interesting. It's def one of those games. You kind of like or not. It's slow paced and has a bunch of text to go through when playing, which I can get ,since it came from a website game project which is connected to lore and stuff to series in a way. Sunless Skies def made it easier to play and move compared to Seas, way better (it has side boosters so big plus).

[strong flower]

I'll say Dragonfall has the better main story and Hong Kong the more interesting characters and sidequests.

[polar dragon]

Yup. I can't play Sunless Sea.
I don't mind the text and story.
But the game feels so slow. I'm not waiting 2 mins to crawl to the next event tyvm. Not to mention you if you die, you do it all over again with the same slowness.

[acoustic jacinth]

i don’t know, i loved the hk story. the expansion falls flat, though

[strong flower]

Sea is a bit easier to aporoach if you have played the browsergame

the expansion of hong kong's not great, ye

[hybrid jetty]

i haven't played the expansion to hong kong
absolutely loved the main game's focus on folklore and such, especially with how you can resolve the final conflict

[strong flower]

it was wackier with its setting than Dragonfall, like the mission where you have to destroy a company with bad feng shui

[acoustic jacinth]

I love the music in the shadowrun games as well, especially john everist's osts. they're so atmospheric (?)

[junior crown]

It's no wonder the next entry in the series will be a VN. Considering their wordiness it is fair they would opt in for that.

[acoustic jacinth]

Hong Kong felt more vibrant for sure, both in characters and setting

[junior crown]

or well not series but series of games in same Fallen London universe.

[acoustic jacinth]

the matrix in hk is so stressful though

[strong flower]

Hong Kong was a bit overenthusiastic at times though. some NPCs werevmaybe a bit too eager to lay down their entire backstory

[acoustic jacinth]

maybe. but i for one enjoyed getting to know the vendors as more than just vendors

[strong flower]

poor reliable matthew

[acoustic jacinth]

gave me an excuse to make a round of heoi, enjoy the music, and do some chatting

[tame veldt]

i figured

[acoustic jacinth]

i wish the go players had more backstory, honestly. they intrigued me

[strong flower]

I do like that you only get a glimpse into the story of some

[hybrid jetty]

oh yeah sometimes HK would be too wordy

[acoustic jacinth]

lol i've heard that before, but i like wordy

[strong flower]

wordy isn't my problem. more "why do you tell me your entire backstory?"

[acoustic jacinth]

you don't really have to dig that deep if you don't want to, though. just do your transactions and move on

[strong flower]

although I think some of those were backer characters from the kickstarter

[acoustic jacinth]

oh, yeah, they're listed in the art book, i think

[strong flower]

oh, the shop keepers weren't even that bad

I don't think we learn that much about the monk who sells chi abilities.

they had a really cool name I don't remember

[acoustic jacinth]

i played dragonfall and hk recently after a long time. i'd forgotten the opening scene in hk and got legitimately hyped when i saw it. and the Opening Theme!
Spider Shen, I think

somehow i forgot that i had the soundtracks in the game files, so i've been listening to them a lot lately

[strong flower]

I have the vinyl somewhere

it's a really good score

something kind of cool is your characters relationship with their past, especially through their orky bro Duncan.

it's just a small detail, but I like that your character has a real name and a moniker.

[acoustic jacinth]

yeah, and that you can really choose what kind of person you were before in a way that seems to matter - especially near the end of the game

[strong flower]

yeah, the bonus content does give it a bit of a damper though.

I like the final scene and decisions it gives you in theory, but the way in which the story gets you there feels contrived.

[acoustic jacinth]

totally agree. enemies all look the same (with the exception of that one sidequest with the girl)
i definitely think there should have been a third option at the end, where ||you could give up your SIN but let your bro have his back||

[strong flower]

absolutely. ||I don't like that you can't opt out of that. It bites that the ending that feels right for my character comes at the cost of duncans happyness.||

[acoustic jacinth]

it's the only game where I did both endings because neither of them felt satisfying. i also would have hoped that if you chose to go home, you could get a better chance to say goodbye to your team

[strong flower]

like, ||you staying in the shadows while your bro returns to his old life|| still would have been bittersweet.

[acoustic jacinth]

there could never be a truly "good" ending, but to have the choice available would have been nice

[strong flower]

it's kind of a bummer since the end of dragonfall (the final U-Bahn-ride) is so good and leaves so much room for interpretation

[acoustic jacinth]

that was a great final scene, though I heard that your decision doesn't really change the ending text much

[strong flower]

I don't think that matters

I like the implications your final choice has

the ending might not change, but your involvement in it does, even if it's not spoken out loudly.

[acoustic jacinth]

to a small extent (though i suppose that's the point: you're just a little guy standing against giants in the end)

[strong flower]

aye

it's not a happy end, but satisfying

[acoustic jacinth]

i wish hbs would make another one. not a sequel, but a new story in a new place. the world is just so unique
though i imagine any new shadowrun game won't look like the old ones

[strong flower]

Same. I'd love one set in australia

according to some old rulebooks it's a super weird and dangerous setting.

more than usual I mean

[acoustic jacinth]

haven't read much about australia in the shadowrun universe, but i'm not surprised that it would be dangerous! i was thinking along the lines of the middle east or africa

or maybe india or pakistan, or south asia in general!

[strong flower]

ooh, one in istanbul would be rad. I think one of the dragons hangs out there.

[acoustic jacinth]

don't know much about the tabletop lore and rulebooks, though the hbs trilogy did lead me to research a bit!
istambul would be pretty cool. there's a slight connection to dragonfall there as well, with the cafe owner

[strong flower]

althug!

[acoustic jacinth]

playing Hong Kong led me to research the irl Walled City. it's a fascinating story and way to live

[strong flower]

I think his presence is really cool since residents with turkish roots are a big part of a lot of german cities. makes it feel more authentic.

[acoustic jacinth]

huh, new thing learned today

[strong flower]

oh, döner fastfood places are omnipresent in cities like berlin.

Dragonfall in general nails a lot about its setting, even if some of the street signs written in german are a bit funny

[acoustic jacinth]

that's definitely not something i would catch! what's funny about the signs?

[strong flower]

they're not exactly wrong, but weirdly utilitarian at times. like, imagine a shoe store that's just named "shoe store" with no flourishes at all.

[acoustic jacinth]

oh XD yeah, that would be pretty weird! don't know german, so i never noticed anything off

[strong flower]

it's charming in a way

and the setting nails everything else. the names, german and eastern european, feel authentic and the vibe's just right.

[acoustic jacinth]

i'm impressed: the devs obviously really put a lot of effort into these games
it shows, even if you don't know the culture of the setting, but it's extra nice when the setting is well-researched and authentic

[tame veldt]

RoR 2 has been acquired. If it updates my discord status and changes the fact i've been playing pcsx2 for the past week, mark my words. i've been playing for the past week.

frick it updated

[polar dragon]

shoot stuff, loot stuff, move on
as simple as simple gets.

[orchid tree]

anyone know games by terry cavanagh

[wraith cradle]

Loot that Stuff! My favourite song from Bastion

You kill that mob. I loot his stuff. 🎵

You kill that mob. I loot his stuff. 🎵

Some day you inventory is gonna max. 🎵

[tame veldt]

it seems very barebones. like your explanation is the game. "shoot. loot."

also is there a character tierlist that a lot of people agree with

[dire condor]

Cuz the game is barebones

[tame veldt]

that's not a bad thing

[dire condor]

it is what it is

[polar dragon]

yeah, when i first got ror2 i was confused of what to do because there is no story, no nothing.
the game is fun only because the gameplay is fun.

[tame veldt]

is it a like or a lite?

do you only gain skill run to run or do you gain other things aswell?

[dire condor]

There are tons of skills. But you lose all of them when you die

[tame veldt]

i meant skill as in how good you are at the game.

[wraith cradle]

But It's lite because you earn characters between runs

[tame veldt]

that's an "errmrmmrmrmrmrmm technically"

[polar dragon]

you would be hard pressed to find any -like nowadays

but RoR2 is more purist than say Hades

both are technically lite

RoR2 is more "like" than Hades, if this makes sense

[tame veldt]

i technically get it

[wraith cradle]

That's because pure, PURE Roguelikes are for nostalgia seekers and masochists

[polar dragon]

^

[tame veldt]

i just can't imagine a game with no goal. i wouldn't have a reason to play the game. it's just not a sustainable business model.

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/826221605385404427/unknown.png

[tame veldt]

notability lookin' ass

[polar dragon]

the word you are looking for is legible

[tame veldt]

why is pokemon on a roguelike diagram

[polar dragon]

because pokemon has some roguelike characteristics?

[tame veldt]

how

[polar dragon]

random encounter, tile based action (at least pre gen 6), turn based combat

[tame veldt]

that's like the pc 98 definition and i hate pc 98 definitions.

[polar dragon]

whats pc98?

[tame veldt]

pc. from 1998.

wait no

95

[polar dragon]

I mean have you seen/played the original rogue/nethack?

[terse hornet]

It's a japanese computer!

[polar dragon]

they are free for download

if you want a quick 5 min novelty because they are old games, I mean old.

[terse hornet]

By this definition like half of rpgs are roguelikes???

[tame veldt]

what i'm saying is that is the first game in the roguelike genre's gameplay henceforth that is the definition of roguelike but roguelikes are much broader nowadays ie hades

[polar dragon]

more or less, it's a spectrum.
zelda is technically a roguelite.
JRPG literally started out as a Japanese adaptation of the game Rogue.

[tame veldt]

technically

[polar dragon]

I mean you are asking for classification, of course technicality will be involved lol

[terse hornet]

when did Zelda become turn-based

[tame veldt]

i mean yeah technically

[polar dragon]

I'm not saying Zelda is turn-based, I'm saying the definition can stretch as far as Zelda

to demonstrate the point that yes, many RPG can be considered Roguelite.

[tame veldt]

technically

[polar dragon]

it's like a cousin three times removed.

[terse hornet]

oh dang wait sorry I got the gist

Why do -likes and -lites have to have the most easily confuseable names I swear

[tame veldt]

to make people think every once and awhile

[polar dragon]

just call everything roguelites

problem solved

[broken smelt]

Because we haven't come up with a better name for the genre(s) yet

[tame veldt]

roguelike comes off the tongue better

[broken smelt]

Remember when fps' were called doom clones

I do

[tame veldt]

oh yes

[terse hornet]

'rogue-ish' sksjdh

[polar dragon]

Although, Roguelike = Games like Rogue
Roguelite = Roguelike-like
A derivative of a derivative

[tame veldt]

or we could say
"Charming and Memorable Game"

gets the point across

[terse hornet]

or write rogue lite as two words

Like soda lite

[tame veldt]

diet game

that's what roguelikes are now

[wraith cradle]

Did you make that scale?

[polar dragon]

yeah

[stable kindle]

i mean, we as a collective pile of people playing video games never moved on from that concept lol even today you still have people comparing any game of a genre to that genre's most popular game, and calling it a clone/ripoff

[polar dragon]

everything is Dark Souls

[stable kindle]

because, yknow, no other game is allowed to exist in a genre besides the popular thing apparently

[wraith cradle]

Sooooo. Has the Halo Killer appeared?

Remember when any FPS was dubbed the 'Next Halo Killer'

[polar dragon]

Halo killed Halo

[wraith cradle]

That's what I was gonna say

In the end, Halo drove itself from a cliff

[tame veldt]

you can't tell me this isn't a minecraft clone https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800967579920760855/826231598365933628/unknown.png

[polar dragon]

that's not saying that clones don't exist, just that not everything is clone.

[tame veldt]

aa ee ooo

[polar dragon]

it's like saying how sometimes you say stupid stuff, gerri, but not everything you say is stupid.

[stable kindle]

exactly this. the notion that anything that uses mechanics, features and so on similar to x popular game immediately makes it a clone is ridiculous. many games simply would not exist without inspiration from those before them

[tame veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/offended-agree-gif-18718132

[polar dragon]

it's technically a complement

[tame veldt]

well then i thank you for your compliment kind sir

[polar dragon]

connotation.
see the difference between this:
you say stupid stuff sometimes, but you say smart stuff, too <--- compliment
you say smart stuff sometimes, but you say stupid stuff, too <--- not a compliment

[tame veldt]

that's very nice i like that.

[mortal siren]

You sound stupid, smartass <-- compliment

[tame veldt]

that wasn't very nice i didn't like that

[wraith cradle]

I remember a youtuber who complained about how indie devs overused an unity store thingie, a tool to make Minecraft clones incredibly cheaply basically bloating steam with Shovelware. Can't remember who, tho

[mortal siren]

There's a lot of those

Not only minecraft clones

These are called asset flips, which is common

[brittle helm]

I am more annoyed when game devs steal from themselves. Like you really made 4 black ops?

[twin yarrow]

i remember Terraria being called Minecraft clone

[polar dragon]

I used to call it that 😳

[tame veldt]

we all did

[wraith cradle]

Funnily enough in terms of 'Soul', MC closest equivalent is Dwarf Fortress

My opinion, I mean

[twin yarrow]

and that may be true, since it was one of the main inspirations

[wraith cradle]

Yeah, MC is basically Accesible Dwarf Fortress. And that's okay

DF is really not a game childs can play

[twin yarrow]

you have to become a dwarf to play it

but you will be able to understand some silly memes about it, and that's also nice

[wraith cradle]

Or read the Greek Tragedies written about an specially hilarious Save

Like that one where players inherit the fortress after x time

WITHOUT telling them anything

So they for example didn't know what did what level

Or why it works like that

[twin yarrow]

speaking of, i've never heard anybody calling Rimworld a DF clone, even though there are some common features

[wraith cradle]

Rimworld is.... Rimworld

That game makes me feel evil

[twin yarrow]

why so?

[wraith cradle]

I'm stupid

I confused In my mind Factorio with Rimworld

Brainfart there

[stable kindle]

i didnt 😊

[tame veldt]

what an angel...

[stable kindle]

i actually always favoured terraria over minecraft lol i bought it a few months before the 1.1 update hit

[tame veldt]

nope

[polar dragon]

I got gifted Terraria and never touched it

[tame veldt]

nope

done

i'm done

[polar dragon]

done with what?

[tame veldt]

no one dare blaspheme my minecraft

[wraith cradle]

Anyone here played Starbound?

[polar dragon]

it's overrated

and now survives only because it's popular and kids like it

[tame veldt]

[polar dragon]

so it's a content mine for youtubers and streamers

there are better sandbox games out there

[tame veldt]

i kinda agree with that

[polar dragon]

can't change my mind

[brittle helm]

huge starbound fan here, chucklefish in general but that one's probably my fave

[tame veldt]

i don't know any better sandbox games

[twin yarrow]

difficult relations with Starbound

[polar dragon]

literally, terraria

[tame veldt]

you said you never touched it

[polar dragon]

but ive seen gameplay

[tame veldt]

BRUHHHH

bruh moment

cringe reddit moment

shut dow

duurr

[polar dragon]

or, you know

gary's mod

[twin yarrow]

Terraria was nice even back when all the natural-generated blocks were square, and there was only Corruption, no Crimson

[tame veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/i-am-sorry-about-today-was-weird-its-weird-unusual-strange-gif-16012996

[twin yarrow]

and no other alternative things

it had a different vibe, as well, not like now

[stable kindle]

i still have at least one world file somewhere from when all the blocks were square

[twin yarrow]

wish there could be an option to try again old versions, like with Minecraft

[stable kindle]

i dont miss old terraria honestly lol

[tame veldt]

but what game gives you the same creative freedom as minecraft

[polar dragon]

the sims

[tame veldt]

what

[stable kindle]

you can like minecraft. you need to understand that terraria and minecraft strive to achieve different things, however.

[tame veldt]

see that's just wrong

[polar dragon]

you can get pretty creatuve with the sims

or animal crossing

[tame veldt]

you can build anything in minecraft

[twin yarrow]

minecraft is moddable better than Terraria, but on the other hand, Terraria already has plenty of content in vanilla

[polar dragon]

also fwiw, minecraft is good is also because of mods

[tame veldt]

that's the thing i have to give to terriria

their content they add consistently is a lot

[polar dragon]

"freedom" in vanilla mc is good, but not the same type of freedom you think of.

[stable kindle]

they were supposed to have their final update and theyve already done like a final-final and final-final-really-final-this-time update lol

[twin yarrow]

basically, they both hold the genre on their shoulders

[polar dragon]

or you know, learn any programming language and achieve the true freedom in creating stuff

[twin yarrow]

minecraft from 3d side, terraria from 2d side

[tame veldt]

but that requires work

[twin yarrow]

it's only a matter of time before you'll start making your own mods for minecraft

and starbound

[polar dragon]

or get big enough and get caught in a cheating scandal

[tame veldt]

that was just a dream, go back to sleep.

[stable kindle]

honestly i never got into starbound. i followed it for a while and had a beta key waaay back in the beginning but i liked it less the more it developed. when the final product officially came out i think i only put like ~10hr in and never really went back to it because i felt bored

[polar dragon]

although from my experience, people seem to talk about minecraft more often than playing minecraft

is that true?

[tame veldt]

idk

i play the game more than i talk about it because it's having another "i hate it because it's popular" phase

in my imo

[twin yarrow]

i am supposed to play it rn, dig out the house we built from the sand, that has been added to destroy all the ghost light bugged blocks, appearing for some reason and creating lag

so, it is true in a way

[tame veldt]

oh yeah remember when we were gonna make an sgg minecraft server

[twin yarrow]

yep

[brittle helm]

i played starbound from beta too and i was engaged the whole time. i havent played in years to be fair. where as minecraft i am gonna pick up and play again with friends

[tame veldt]

i rebranded it to a valhelsia friend server

[twin yarrow]

valhelsia?

[tame veldt]

its a mo

d

'

[twin yarrow]

a

k

is it a popular one?

[tame veldt]

relatively

top of curseforge couple months ago

[twin yarrow]

my friend and i were dragged into a server making of a guy we know.. he managed to get his pc relatively upgraded, and decided to use old hardware for something productive

so we are testers now in a way.. supposed to put together most popular stuff for 1.12.2 and make it work

i'm still feeling guilty for not figuring it out sooner

could've joined the sgg server thing

[tame veldt]

it's defunct sadge

tbf we haven't booted the server in 3 weeks

[wraith cradle]

Welp, Finished It takes two with my gf

God that game gets macabre

[tame veldt]

what

[lethal drift]

it takes three

[tame veldt]

what

[lethal drift]

que

[twin yarrow]

nani

[tame veldt]

y tu?

oh the game is called it takes two

[wraith cradle]

Yes

[mortal siren]

Is it good

[tame veldt]

idk you should probably ask the person who played it

||that was the stupidest thing i've ever said||

[tame veldt]

I'm starting to understand what you mean.

[wraith cradle]

Yes, it is

I keeps you on edge as basically you get new things to do each 5 minutes

[mortal siren]

Does it bring new things to the table with the coop

[tame veldt]

do you need a girlfriend to play efficiently?

[wraith cradle]

Yes and no

It brings new things by making the Asymmetric coop and active coordination and communication between players vital

[mortal siren]

Like overcooked?

[wraith cradle]

You can play it with anybody gerri

Never played it

[tame veldt]

🥲 yay

[wraith cradle]

That being said The game is a middle ground between Tale of two Sons and A way out

It strikes a much better balance between Story and Gameplay

[mortal siren]

It have a story?

[wraith cradle]

.... What?

[mortal siren]

I thought its like an arcade game

This is judging from initial trailer

[polar dragon]

holy hell I just realized you can charge boost your sword in furi when im 3/4 way through the game.
no wonder why I felt so weak.

[junior crown]

[polar dragon]

it's like playing megaman

and not knowing you can charge your buster

[junior crown]

Always gotta make sure you can charge attacks in games.

[dire condor]

Man, I wish the Jetstream Sam DLC had been a little longer, or he'd had a slightly bigger moveset.

[woven breach]

Speaking of MGR

I didn't know you can dodge

...for the whole game

Until Jetstream Sam DLC

Even then that's after I watched a vid someone take on the final boss

[junior crown]

Ay it means you have done a dodgeless run, be proud for your skills!

[woven breach]

I just parry my way

Lmao

[dire condor]

I watch a guy who did that and he got super frustrated at the final boss fight 'cause you still take chip for parrying him.

I, on the other hand, like to obsessively read lists so I knew about it very early into the game and used it liberally.

[woven breach]

Wait you do?

I didn't notice

Well when the final boss ||threw a large pillar|| you can get health restore from that

Iirc

The game is pretty liberal on health restore

[mortal siren]

Sus link

[wraith cradle]

@wispy inlet Yeah see this

[wispy inlet]

cheers

[wraith cradle]

Thanks for the quick job

[zealous fossil]

Ihas been returned

:3

owo

[floral warren]

Welcome back

[junior crown]

Disco Elysium: FC is out

let's gooooo

[hybrid jetty]

woooo

[junior crown]

oh what

there is Twitch interrogation for it? imao.

awh

skills have the same voice

a bit sad but still good

[hybrid jetty]

makes sense since its all in his head

[junior crown]

yeah that's true. It's also used for when there is no dialogue and just description.

[tame veldt]

is there a way to make ror2 borderless windowed?

[dire condor]

I've used 3rd party programs before in the past to get borderless windowed. Can't remember the name of the program in particular, though.

I think I used it for Nier: Automata?

[wraith cradle]

Disco Elysium FC is my favorite soccer club 😆

[white valley]

Who has a switch???

My flatmate has one, should I buy games I want through their Nintendo account or make a new one

[tame veldt]

you can have multiple nintendo accounts on a switch so if you want you can buy them on your nintendo account then you can add them to your switch if you decide to buy your own.

but if you buy a game on a switch anyone on that switch can play it.

i think

[dire condor]

Right now it's the worst time to buy a switch and that's because it's been leaked they are planning to release a new console this year

[tame veldt]

i call bs

why would you release a console 4 years after your last one which was a commercial and critical succes?

[dire condor]

For more money...??

[tame veldt]

is it an upgraded switch or a new console?

[dire condor]

Upgraded

by a lot

[tame veldt]

ok that's believable

[dire condor]

And will cost (if the leaks are to go by) around 400 euros

[tame veldt]

speak american

[dire condor]

A lot of dollars

[tame veldt]

mmmmm

[polar dragon]

it's literally called a switch pro

like a iterated upgrade, they will still milk the switch

[dire warren]

you mean they're gonna fix joycon drift and market it as the ultimate switch

[polar dragon]

nintendo is an old fox, not some random indie start up lul

[dire warren]

honestly i don't see anything meaningful they can actually improve on with the switch
what're they gonna do? make its battery last longer? charge faster? look prettier? cost more?

[polar dragon]

higher resolution is one

900p in 2021 is omega lul

[dire warren]

i don't care about resolution tbh

[polar dragon]

I don't either, as long as it's at least 1080p though

but other people value resolution.
I mean both Xbox and PS are vying for 4k

[fallen sky]

cost more

[polar dragon]

also yeah, they will 100% make the the battery last longer, and patch up whatever security flaw there might be

they literally did this before

[tame veldt]

already made the battery last longer

[dire warren]

i play older games so frequently that at this point i'm just immune to the effects of these fancy graphics and resolutions
like
hell give me a 2d 8bit from like 2004 i'm chill with that

[tame veldt]

at first i was kinda shocked at how low the resolution was for persona 4 on the ps2 emulator but you adjust to it pretty fast.

[dire warren]

i'm gonna call it now

nintendo: it's the switch but slightly better and at twice the price
like half the switch users: hnnnng that's a good offer

[tame veldt]

i'm gonna say that's not gonna happen

[dire warren]

alright then, people will complain it's a terrible offer and then still buy it.

[tame veldt]

#video-games message

[dire warren]

look at pokemon swsh

[tame veldt]

you can't play a game before you buy it

[dire warren]

demos exist but i get your point, fair point

[tame veldt]

there was a swsh demo?

[dire warren]

no but generally games do have demos

[tame veldt]

that's how i decided i'm not playing immortals

[dire warren]

tbh i don't try out demos enough

[tame veldt]

half the time they take an hour to download then you play em for 5 minutes then decide "whoops, this game is trash"

[dire warren]

yeah usually i only get them if its a game i'm very interested in
like
idk i guess i need to try the little nightmares 2 demo at some point

[mortal siren]

What even does it even add

[stable kindle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/357344472880644118/826627754786947073/20210330200204_1.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/357344472880644118/826627775384387594/20210330201132_1.jpg

mod fight mod fight

[devout fjord]

you win this time...

[graceful galleon]

ooo mod fight

[stable kindle]

sry i forced u to kill ur kalista

[devout fjord]

[stable kindle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/357344472880644118/826628887165009942/EvurOEgVcAACuxs.mp4

[dire condor]

1075p 60fps that's how you improve your console

[polar dragon]

1075p

[dire condor]

1080

Like youtube videos

[polar dragon]

yeah, just that 1075p seems oddly specific I thought it was a joke of some sort

[dire condor]

If you don't you are just milking money

[mortal siren]

Is it good on mobile

[stable kindle]

mobile and desktop pretty much feel the same

[dire condor]

Nintendo is historically super scummy when it comes to hardware.

Nintendo is slowly burning all the good faith built for themselves during all these years

I think they've been working at that candle for years and now they're finally reaching the base.

[tall hornet]

Very soon they'll shut down the game they made where they threatened to sue a fangame and then stole the idea

[lethal drift]

omg Nintendo is so bad you guys

like so bad y'all

[dire condor]

Nice strawman.

[vast sail]

I just found bastion again i'm glad i remember that game

[lethal drift]

good game

[floral warren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/823362059077025854/826785227077713930/photomode_31032021_144850.png

[graceful galleon]

ooo isaac dlc is out

last played: May 2019

[steady otter]

I can’t even play cuz I’m babysitting

[steady otter]

hmm, I should play steam version more

I only got 114/637 achieves

I play too much on other devices >.>

[twin yarrow]

considering everything, it's the best time to buy a switch, if you don't want unnessesary improvements for twice as much

and while old ones are still in stock

idk about you people, but here it already costs two of mine monthly incomes, won't be able to handle four

already not able, but still

[eager hamlet]

Oh youre using the Shurima board

Does it have special music?

[stable kindle]

it does

it's relaxing

[lethal drift]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CpXDeJEpdY

[tame veldt]

i was uninstalling valorant because i don't play bad video games ||😎|| and i noticed that riot vanguard was 14 gigs. i know it's a kernel software designed to take all of my information, but 14 gigs? little amogus reference.

[polar dragon]

Vanguard isn't 14GB. That sounds like Valorant itself.

[tame veldt]

no it was vanguard

valo was like 21

[polar dragon]

Hmm. That might be a problem with your computer. Valorant and Vanguard isn't that big, like 8 to 10GB total last I installed it.

[tame veldt]

idk i got space now i'm not mad

i'll figure it out if there is something wrong

[raven dome]

ONE HOUR

Then Dragalia Lost’s April Fool’s update is released.

Which are ALWAYS amazing

I can’t wait to see what it is~

[potent quarry]

if i suck at enter the gungeon, i shouldn't bother with binding of issac right

[steady otter]

Isaac is easy

Sometimes

Isaac is real fun at least

[potent quarry]

the emoticon sounds suspicious

like i can do Hades fine but i can't even clear enter the gungeon first boss

[graceful galleon]

I find gungeon harder than isaac

[potent quarry]

so just buy and give it a try?

i've seen many ppl say it's great

so wondering if it lives up to the hype

[dire condor]

isaac is easy its mostly about item knowledge

you get op fast and rip through the dungeon

[steady otter]

There’s so many secrets in Isaac

Secrets to collect

Many achievements too

[potent quarry]

i think Hades will be the first game i want and will get all the achievements

[steady otter]

I can’t even imagine getting them all in Isaac
There’s 637 of them

Sounds much easier to get them all in Hades

[fervent gyro]

Achievements in Hades are quite player friendly, no tedious ones like "die x times to y enemy" or "gather 100000000 Darkness" or something

[terse hornet]

That's true for all SGG games actually I seriously wish more games did that

[wraith cradle]

I only use achievements to see how many people has finished the game :p

[woven breach]

Or not playing the game for 5 years

[polar dragon]

Isaac is a lot less bullet hell compared to EtG. You have to dodge stuff, but that's like every game though.
Also you get OP builds more often and faster in Isaac also. Like there is one item called Brimstone that can solo carry your run most of the time with minimal requirements.
That said, bad runs in Isaac are torturous lol, but you can reset.

In term of bullet hell-iness, I would say Isaac is slightly higher than Hades, though not by much. What you need to fight sometimes though is the wonky physics. It doesn't happen often but when it does, ughhh.

[graceful galleon]

sooo

im back to Switch Axe

[dire condor]

I had all achievments in isaac once but then edmund kept dropping dlc so not anymore

I think almost all of them are just unlock x item?

[polar dragon]

That's some dedication.
I also so have all achievements. But that's because I loaded a fully unlocked file lol.

Repentance is the last DLC though

[graceful galleon]

you guys use controller or kbm for isaac?

[polar dragon]

Controller

But Sinvicta uses keyboard

[graceful galleon]

kb i mean, no mouse needed

[steady otter]

kb unless I’m on switch/phone

[potent quarry]

ok i'll give it a shot

thanks a lot for your breakdown

cause i can't do EtG at all.. hoping isaac is easier for me

[woven breach]

One of us, one of us, one of us

I've reached endgame in MH Rise. Playing with randos have never been so relaxing

cause there's no one guy that hangs out in the camp while everybody else do the work

[wraith cradle]

Enter The Gungeon is more like Bullet Heaven, tho :p

[dire condor]

yeah I loved this game. finished the whole game with the lost which took forever

I used kbm

[raven dome]

https://twitter.com/CanYouPetTheDog/status/1377609514044825606

Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog)

Last year on April 1st, Dragalia Lost launched a one-day event that included a pettable dog. The puppy returned today, making dog petting a permanent part of the game, along with more interactions like playing fetch. https://t.co/ADIjgn9JKy

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[fervent gyro]

Oh nice, finally some price drops for some Switch games, think I'll finally get Immortals Fenyx Rising, as it's 50% off...

[wraith cradle]

So playing Ys VIII

I'm surprised the ||Serial killer|| subplot lasted that little

[steady otter]

Do it!
It’s a fun game (plenty of dad jokes tho so beware if you’re not into that )

Also has great DLC

[fervent gyro]

I love dad jokes, so thanks for the info 😄

[steady otter]

Oh, also!
Before you might get upset at the Ubisoft store - it’s really just cosmetics (besides the dlc) and you can get it just thru gameplay (though I won’t say how)

[floral warren]

|| grinding way too much? ||

[steady otter]

||earning elektrum by doing special quests & such||

[floral warren]

||huh, they're learning from past games||

[steady otter]

||you basically buy it from Hermes instead||

[floral warren]

I didn't play any ubisoft game apart from watch dogs and the crew so I wouldn't really know tbh

[steady otter]

I like what they’ve done here

I even linked my Ubi account cuz they got special quests online

Like slay X monsters for rewards or participate in this quest where everyone who plays participates by doing whatever it is they want

It’s just a nice extra reward for doing what I’m already doing

[floral warren]

you should always do that , so much free stuff you can get

[steady otter]

Mhm

I was pleasantly surprised by IFR

I kinda love their take on the gods they have XD

Just for how it’s portrayed lol

[floral warren]

yeah ubi games are unique

but the genres they've been taking interest in isn't fitting for me tbh, hence why I only liked Watch dogs series and barely the crew

and maybe that's why I'm obsessed with Cyberpunk 2077 now

[steady otter]

I sometimes feel like I’m the only person not remotely interested in that cyberpunk game

[acoustic jacinth]

you’re not the only one! i never was interested in playing it, though i watched all the bugs when it came out :)

[dire condor]

Nah, I've got zero desire to play it, either.

It's a pretty sterile FPRPG that absolutely fails to use its setting well. And like Maryam said, the bugs.

[wraith cradle]

Dumb question

Apart from cyberpunk 2077

[lunar crypt]

@digital fulcrum I figured today was the best time to tell you but ||Ultima (The Primals)|| is 👌 💯
When are we doing Emerald Ex?

[wraith cradle]

Is there any open World where the driving is primarily first person?

[floral warren]

fair enough tbh

I can see many people not liking that game, bad launch, overhyping

many stuff

[steady otter]

No I didn’t even know it existed until suddenly everyone was talking about bugs breaking the game

[floral warren]

ahaha, me too as well

I only know it from that "breathtaking" memes

and then literally hearing all the delays about it

[steady otter]

I don’t really do memes so

[floral warren]

but I'm a weird person that somehow likes dark futuristic worldsetting so

[tame veldt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800967579920760855/827220689374543902/unknown.png

🎵 "Uh Oh, How unfortunate"🎵

[floral warren]

and yes @dire condor , their usage of the Cyberpunk by Mike pondsmith ttrpg lore is somewhat lackluster

and in true cdpr fashion, half the content is hidden in the sidequests

[lunar crypt]

And now that he's seeing that mention, I want to take the opportunity to tell him: ❤️

[wraith cradle]

Isnt that true for most non-gta open world games?

Like Fallout

Or HZD

[floral warren]

I haven't played that many open world games that resemble that style

but cdpr is the ones really really really known for it

that said, it's somewhat troubling a bit when you to open the map and see proxywordton of yellow cirlces

[floral warren]

||how is my new pfp :)?||

[lunar crypt]

It's certainly videogame-ish

Reminds me of that Transistor x Hades fanart I saw before...

[floral warren]

least I can do for such beautiful characters

and games

[wraith cradle]

By the way I'm digging YS VIII

I'm surprised the ||Serial killer|| subplot lasted so little

[floral warren]

❤️

[digital fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/fittingxivsongs/status/1369490938318454786

ffxiv images with fitting music (@fittingxivsongs)

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Twitter · Mar 10, 2021, 3:30 AM

also, never

[tame veldt]

didn't know charon could speak twitter urls :3

[floral warren]

Charon got a bot to do that

Charon doesn't speak in that, Charon just hrrrrrs at the bot

[digital fulcrum]

this is charon's intern

[tame veldt]

ah

[floral warren]

Huh, Charon got an intern

the bot was retired

[tame veldt]

do they happen to be named sparrow?????

[digital fulcrum]

i can neither confirm nor deny

[tame veldt]

ah

[floral warren]

Gerry did you eat breakfast? I don't think so

[tame veldt]

i'm eating breakfast right now :p

[floral warren]

Good

[polar dragon]

Sounds like brunch at this time tbh

[tame veldt]

it's 10

relatively early

[digital fulcrum]

charon's intern would like to remind you that this is the video games channel, not the breakfast channel ;)

[fervent gyro]

Horizon Zero Dawn is on sale as well... now I'm torn between that and Immortals Fenyx Rising... ugh... WHY NOW? I think this is the first sale Horizon is on, but they're both great deals and great games from what I heard...

[polar dragon]

Haha I'm too poor to buy games right now.

[wraith cradle]

HZD Is better imo

Just my humble opinion

[floral warren]

was it the one that was free a while back?

[fervent gyro]

On PS it was I think and will be again, but def not on PC...

[dire condor]

BUY HORIZON ZERO DAWN

[graceful galleon]

HZD doesnt break new grounds in terms of open world mechanics and such, but it executed everything so well. Also the story and lore is interesting.

[floral warren]

Oooh, I got lotta games to play on PS4 , but unfortunately it's not mine

[fervent gyro]

Y...yes Master Chaos.

[dire condor]

✔️

[graceful galleon]

he doesn't command you to respond.. just buy it and say nothing man

[floral warren]

I still can't get that edit of James Charles as Chaos out of my head

HEY SISTERS

I've heard lotta good talks about HZD

[graceful galleon]

yea it's good

its got robot t-rex

[fervent gyro]

I'm new to open world mechanics anyway ;). I'm drawn to the idea of using a bow mostly, as it reminds me of... Katniss from Hunger Games somehow.

[graceful galleon]

then youre in for a treat

[fervent gyro]

Ok, it's decided then. Thanks for the help y'all 🙂

[graceful galleon]

it's a complete bundle with the dlc?

[wraith cradle]

HZD has a very big problem tho

It makes you fight against humans too much

When the combat against humans is much less polished that against robots

[graceful galleon]

in the fields when youre exploring its mostly robots though

if i remember correctly

[wraith cradle]

Yes but the main quests specially in the second half is mostly humans

[fervent gyro]

Yes, Complete Edition, with DLC included from what I can see (The Frozen Wilds)

[wraith cradle]

Apparently Balan Underworld is a blalant Underwhelming game

Shame

[graceful galleon]

that's great then, the dlc is pretty good

[graceful galleon]

the one with Sonic's Yuji Naka helming it?

[wraith cradle]

Yes

That and if you have epilepsy the final boss will probably kill you

[graceful galleon]

yea, archaic, clunky, etc is what i've read so far

[normal marsh]

how long can you play genshin impact before you kind of hit the gacha paywall? i've never played it before

[steady otter]

HZD has an amazing story

[steady otter]

Get both!

They’re on sale

It’s a win win

[floral warren]

now I'm even more interested

[steady otter]

I finally got to play some HZD myself this week while babysitting (my brother has a ps4 & I was allowed to log in with my ps account & buy the game & play)

I’ve only played 5-6h, but it’s real fun, and I’ve watched a let’s play with the whole story & it was really incredible

They did very good on that front

[normal marsh]

only gripe i had with the game was the facial animations during dialogue, but other than that i really enjoyed the game

[steady otter]

Ye

That is a bit wonky

[floral warren]

not been the person to enjoy many open worlds

but I'm going to give it a try 🎉

[normal marsh]

the character models themselves were really nice though, it was just the animation that took me out of the immersion

[steady otter]

I love that HZD has a customizable HUD

And that it has map filters~

[steady otter]

The dead eyes

[normal marsh]

do it! i don't play any open world games either, but hzd was a great time

[normal marsh]

and head bobbing lmao

[steady otter]

Mhmm

But it’s sooo gooooood

[normal marsh]

hopefully in forbidden west it'll be better

[steady otter]

I’m so sad I’ll be going home again TT

[normal marsh]

haven't finished hzd yet though so i've been avoiding any forbidden west info

[floral warren]

I don't even know what made me like cyberpunk 2077

[steady otter]

I’ve waited 3 years to play
I guess I can wait some more now I’ve got a taste

[floral warren]

maybe it was because of the worldsetting

[steady otter]

Noted!

[normal marsh]

the story and characters were what i loved most about cyberpunk, i'm not a fan of fps games so i could take or leave the combat

[steady otter]

I’ve always loved open world games

I just love to explore & discover new things

[normal marsh]

yeah, world building of hzd and cyberpunk were cool

[graceful galleon]

and what I like is it doesn't overdo it with pointless collectibles and tidbits scattered around the map as Assassin's Creed games.

[floral warren]

story, characters, music, the city itself is so good
I don't even take this game as a shooter, I play blades only

[acoustic jacinth]

fps's just aren't my thing
there was so much hype over cyberpunk that i low-key followed it out of curiosity

[steady otter]

Gods the collectibles in HZD

I loved them

[floral warren]

fps's just aren't my thing
THIS

Literally THIS

[steady otter]

Well, there’s not many guns in HZD

[floral warren]

I would've never gotten myself into Cyberpunk if it weren't for the different playstyles outside of guns

[normal marsh]

i really loved those vignettes from hzd that you can find, they were very interesting to listen to

[graceful galleon]

dont forget the photo mode either

[floral warren]

no proxyword

[steady otter]

I love that you should always go & look at everything just in case there’s extra info there

[steady otter]

I got such a pretty shot I used it as my whatever-it’s-called photo on ps
It was just perfect for it

Photo mode is

[floral warren]

Photomodes is nice if the game can really show it off

[steady otter]

HZD can

In that it’s great for taking them

Not displaying in the game

[normal marsh]

really did a good job of worldbuilding, be it ||listening to those logs by a soldier left to his family or expositions by scientists about one of the AIs they were developing|| @steady otter

[floral warren]

my past 10 hours of cp77 have all been picture taking

[steady otter]

Mhmm

Or even just the tribes!

I’m invested in the tribes

[normal marsh]

exactly, there was some cool info about them

[steady otter]

I’d play a game set in the world of HZD where I’m just playing as a rando tribe member from any of them

[graceful galleon]

Banuk farming simulator

[steady otter]

[normal marsh]

feel like it'd be cool to play as someone who was there in ||the 2060s (i think that's when the robot war was going on in-game, i haven't played in a while), even as a dlc||

[dire condor]

I really hope Forbidden West has better present-day writing than Zero Dawn.

[steady otter]

I’d love to play during ||the red raids||

[normal marsh]

wdym

like the writing didn't age well?

[dire condor]

No.

It felt like all of the quality in terms of plot and dialogue and character writing went into all of the 2060s material, so everything in ZD's "present day" was pretty wooden or boring, barring Aloy.

[steady otter]

Aaah

The future present

[dire condor]

So now that we've got the background established, I hope the worldbuilding and character work in Aloy's time gets more tike and attention.

[steady otter]

I liked how it was presented

[normal marsh]

ahh okay. yeah i feel you, it def felt at times like the writers were more interested in ||the 2060s than the present||

[steady otter]

Aloy wasn’t really interested in all that future present stuff, so to me it makes sense we didn’t focus too much on it or “flesh it out”

One day my autocorrect might learn to recognize Aloy as a name

Maybe

[normal marsh]

and with all the teasing done in the game about ||forbidden west, fingers crossed we get a more expanded upon description of aloy's present||

[steady otter]

Mhmm

[normal marsh]

in that game i mean

[steady otter]

I just hope I won’t have to wait 3 years to play that game

[normal marsh]

is it coming to pc at launch or is it going to be on playstation at the beginning?

i don't have a ps4 so i'm out of the loop about how sony times their launches

[steady otter]

I’ll likely inherit my brothers ps4 once he eventually gets his hand on a 5

Whenever that might be

[dire condor]

It's just PS5 at launch.

[steady otter]

Hopefully my brother will have one by then so I can play it there when I’m babysitting for him

[dire condor]

I've become a big baby about playing on controllers whenever there's anything remotely like aiming, so I think I'm just gonna have to wait until it comes out on PC anyway.

If I can afford a new rig by that point.

Thanks, bitcoin miners.

[terse hornet]

man va-11 hall-a is really good

just wanted to say that somewhere without annoying people

I got sick this week and it's really helping as a distraction

[acoustic jacinth]

i've seen the name censored (?) before, why is that?

[terse hornet]

well it's bringing up... Mature/squicky stuff a lot

Since you know dystopian bar and all

[wraith cradle]

||Let 👏 Us 👏 Shoot 👏 Ted 👏 Faro 👏 In 👏 The 👏 Face 👏||

For Horizon Forbidden West

[stable kindle]

favourite, he says https://twitter.com/FenyxRising/status/1377645096196263936

Immortals Fenyx Rising (@FenyxRising)

Hello to all my most mortal loyal fans!
As your all-time favorite Greek god, I, Zeus, have come to make your time with Immortals Fenyx Rising EVEN BETTER with what I call the “Godly Patch” or 4.1.Theta.

https://t.co/5rEBf6pbgk

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Twitter · Apr 1, 2021, 3:32 PM

[steady otter]

it is Zeus

and that is how he views himself

and how he sees everyone else as viewing him

[stable kindle]

(That's the joke, yes.)

[steady otter]

I know

IFR Zeus is like Hades' Theseus

[wraith cradle]

I still find hilarious they got Elias Toufexis to voice prometheus

Seeing Adam Jensen as a lanky sucker chained it's darkly funny

[lunar crypt]

Well, that sucks. At least the clip sweetened the blow

[dire saffron]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/796818529991000064/827193467947974786/IMG_20210401_075118.jpg

i cant tell if this is a joke or not

it could be an april fools joke for all i know

but i want to believe ;w;

[polar dragon]

the ultimate troll is to post the actual date on 4/1

[orchid tree]

i smell silksong

[fervent gyro]

I have a feeling it might be sooner, but they posted this date as a joke

we'll see though

[orchid tree]

i remember smoething about someone leaking pokemon detective pikachu but he posted it on 1st of april so nobody took it seriously. not sure if it's true but sure does make for a fun story

also plum where did you get that picture from-

[polar dragon]

hopefully not

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/803180676664131604/827252935783743498/Screenshot_20210310-131708.png

[orchid tree]

lmao

@dire saffron where did you get that picfrom

[tame veldt]

twit

ter

[dire saffron]

my friend pulled it from twitter and put it in a groupchat

and i just needed to talk about it

like

[orchid tree]

send source

[dire saffron]

it might be real date on joke day but it could just be joke

[tame veldt]

twitter.com

[orchid tree]

yeah the server where i talk has seen nothing of this so i would expect it to be false

[orchid tree]

twitter.com/what

[tame veldt]

https://twitter.com/TeamCherryGames

i assume

[orchid tree]

no

nothing there

if it was on the official TC twitter the server would've seen it

so yeah, best bet is to consider it false-

[tame veldt]

o

sorry

[dire saffron]

ahh yea im trying to find it to since my friend just posted the image

guess not

;w;

i swear it better not be like kh3

like idc about kh but that took soo long to come out

[orchid tree]

what's that idk about it

also i frankly don't mind

i know it's gonna be good

and i'm patient so

like, playing it any earlier is not gonna change anything--

i am also waiting for deltarune

[acoustic jacinth]

deltarune, haven't heard that name in years

[lethal drift]

the game that wasn't even finished but Undertale fans loved regardless

[acoustic jacinth]

it was a demo, and a good one! free too