video-games

[prisma mirage]

That's some Netz energy

Also don't temp me like this

https://tenor.com/view/you-cant-go-jack-farthing-marc-love-wedding-repeat-grab-gif-16956114

[dire condor]

make it happen your favourite crossover in ruina

[prisma mirage]

I would

But again

I don't have the sprites for the battle :(

There are legit so many crossover characters I could make mods about

But my skill with a pencil or a mouse is lower than the inverse of a black hole's density

[dire condor]

make ugly art and call it a meme mod

[prisma mirage]

I'd be ashamed

[next patio]

beated metroid dread, that was fun

now to hunt for 100%

[dire warren]

i am slowly making progress in dark souls. tell me do the required areas and the lords get more fun or did i peak with the skeleton rave?

[prisma mirage]

Skeleton rave?

[dire warren]

ravelord nito

[prisma mirage]

Oh

Dunno I didn't like ds1 🤷‍♂️

[dire warren]

thanks for the tip

[prisma mirage]

Four lords was an interesting bossfight though

wait no

the guy at the spooky ghost place lol

I forgot the name

Four kings*

[dire warren]

'interesting' huh,
bed of chaos was interesting... doesn't mean i'm ever doing that the proper way again

[prisma mirage]

Oh come on bed of chaos isn't that bad

istfg if I got a cent for every time I heard someone say bed of chaos was hard I'd have an €

[dire warren]

oh it's not hard, just really annoying. there's a difference... and tbh dark souls likes falling into the second category over the first

honestly if the next lord turns out to be another annoying one i'm just gonna beeline for the dlc

[rancid token]

Bed of Chaos is objectively poorly designed

The Archives and New Londo are probably the most interesting post-Lorevessel sections

Demon Ruins are unfinished and the darkness element in the Tomb of Giants was a good idea but poorly executed

[wraith cradle]

It was clearly a rushed boss in a rushed Area

'But Boss we have only finished half the monster'

'No time, put it in the game, it doesn't need a torso or head'

[rancid token]

Bed is a lot better on paper than execution

Same with the ruins

[prisma mirage]

Bed of chaos is rushed yeah

but come on it's pretty damn easy

[dire warren]

bed is easy in the same way ceaseless is easy tbh
you can cheese them and save hours of pain and frustration dealing with jank

[prisma mirage]

Nah not even cheese them

Just have a minimum of reflexes and remember the path

[stark kraken]

Bed of chaos is neat conceptually

And the atmosphere the area ended up having is fine

They ran out of money on that area

There's also a dead end around that part of Blighttown, near the bonfire

Like one thing shows up there at the very end under specific conditions. They probably had plans for that

They probably also planned for more than magma and starting bosses but they're smaller and there are 20 of them

But it's honestly kinda fun to plan around

Feels treacherous

I just recently found out the Titanite Demon guarding the bridge at the shortcut scales based on Titanite Demons killed

So obviously that's why it's a pain. I've farmed a lot.

I think the "most fun" area is like Catacombs or New Londo

Worst might be Crystal Caves

Especially the boss. The enemies before it are not balanced around being sl45

But I needed to kill for some spell

I already had Moonlight Greatsword. This was a pvp build for it.

[prisma mirage]

I don't think there was a single area of ds1 I liked lol

[celest delta]

I don't remember the order of DS but I liked Sens Fortress

And the area leading up to fat boy slim

[prisma mirage]

I remember some of the areas

but blight town was by far the worst most annoying place in both ds1 and 3 (as in taking into account every area from both games)

[celest delta]

Anything with poison

Same for demon souls

[prisma mirage]

I don't mean the bottom of blight town though

I mean the descent

[celest delta]

Was that the dark place where you needed a lantern and could fall everywhere

[stark kraken]

Nah it's fun imo

It's just brutal to go the intended way

[celest delta]

ds1 was my favorite game when it came out but it doesnt hold up. Ds3 was pretty great

[prisma mirage]

It's extremely boring and deathly annoying

[stark kraken]

Nah I played it recently

I liked it a lot

[celest delta]

Nah

[prisma mirage]

I played it like 10 months ago and it is one of the reasons I'm never 100% ds1

[stark kraken]

You cant say I don't like it

I mean I 100%'d just playing

Didnt take too long

[prisma mirage]

problem is

if I want to get 100% I need to beat again

[celest delta]

You can't say he doesn't think it's boring lol

[prisma mirage]

meaning I need to get through blight town again

I'd rather leave it at 90% tbh

[stark kraken]

I didnt say that

I said it holds up fine

That doesnt mean you cant dislike it

[celest delta]

Nvm

[stark kraken]

There are definitely rpgs that are so old they feel tedious

Ds1 isnt even that old

[prisma mirage]

ds1 is like 10 years old though

it doesn't get to use age as an excuse lol

[celest delta]

12 years old, released on ps3 and xbox 360

[stark kraken]

Yeah I dont think its particularly old

[prisma mirage]

Yeah I'm sorry but a game from the ps3 era isn't old enough to use limitations as an excuse

[celest delta]

Time is relative

[stark kraken]

I am literally saying that isnt the case

I dont know how you are interpreting the exact opposite meaning when I am saying it isnt that old

[prisma mirage]

And I am not saying that you are saying that it isn't

I'm the one that has no idea how you are interpreting a disagreement from this

[stark kraken]

Here

[prisma mirage]

?

[stark kraken]

Here

[prisma mirage]

Where's the argument

[stark kraken]

Oh you're trolling me

[prisma mirage]

I am not

You do not seem to recognize the expression "I'm sorry but..."

[celest delta]

🍿

[prisma mirage]

🖐️

[celest delta]

You're both saying the same thing

[prisma mirage]

Indeed

[celest delta]

Possible language barrier

[rancid token]

DS1 has 10/10 sections and 1/10 sections, DS2 ranges from 7/10 to 3/10, and DS3 is just kinda flat 6

[prisma mirage]

for me its kinda the opposite

ds1 is either 5/10 or 1/10

3 is 10/10 would play it again and in fact I did like 4 times

idk about 2 I haven't touched it yet

[rancid token]

The areas in 3 bore me to tears

The bosses are the best in the franchise

Or at least mostly bangers

[prisma mirage]

the areas in 3 make me go: "That looks awesome" and let me focus on the combat that I actually have control over

the ones in 1 make me go: "Well I am mildly annoyed :)"

[rancid token]

Everything is very grey and visually disinteresting

[prisma mirage]

It's a cold scale I'll give you that

But there's blues and reds in the areas that need them

Also in the areas in 3 there's a feeling of progress (except for smoldering lake, that place looks the friggin same)

While in half the ones in 1 it feels like you are going on circles for hours

[rancid token]

1 feels like it's laid out logically like a real place

Instead of nonsensical dreamscapes

[prisma mirage]

What part of blight town feels like a real place lol

[rancid token]

Which is the intention but I don't think it works well

The fact that it sits underneath where the sewers pours out and feels like a ramshackle shanty town

[prisma mirage]

What about the descent to the actual "town" (more like a swamp)

How in god's name did anyone build such a haphazard set of platforms without leaving any easy way down

That part genuinely feels less like a part of the world

and more like a platforming level

[rancid token]

I very much don't agree

It feels like a ramshackle set of platforms built by people who don't really know or have better

[prisma mirage]

But it's so terribly built and in such a weird place that it just makes me wonder how any of them ever managed to go down and where they got the materials to build this

where did they build it from?

How did they get the support require to place the damn things?

Why did you make sets of wooden platforms

when you literally basically know how to make wooden elevators already

How did you even get all of this down to the sewers of all places?

[rancid token]

Why do stairs exist when we have elevators

[prisma mirage]

This is not a stair

this is the most broken down path ever that just happens to form a set of stairs if you squint really really hard

there's no stair design, they're god damn platforms

[rancid token]

Also, I'm reading "mining colony of prisoners and infected"

So the platforms were for mining

[prisma mirage]

Meaning they came from the bottom

meaning one again

how the flying hell did they build the platforms from the bottom and with what materials

[rancid token]

You know the Chaos beings are basically trees right

[prisma mirage]

you do not just place platforms on a cliff and they stay on

[rancid token]

Like, that huge tree right there

[prisma mirage]

you need proper support, beams, friggin sticks that come from the actual ground

and if this is for mining

why are there platforms that aren't on a wall

[rancid token]

To connect to other platforms?

[prisma mirage]

And why not connect them using the wall as support?

[rancid token]

If that's what seriously bugs you about Blighttown I don't know what to tell you lol

It's a video game

[prisma mirage]

there's just many things about blight town lol

Every place of the descent looks almost identical, the fact that it's even there is just nonsense, fromsoft placed ranged enemies specific to this place just to be annoying when trying to look around, there's platforming sections that require jumping and are whack af,

[rancid token]

And yet I'd rather traverse Blighttown ten times a day than touch the Farron Swamp again

[prisma mirage]

Hell naw

I'd rather play through Farron only 7 times more

than touch blight town ever again

[rancid token]

Farron only has two things going for it

Crab

And the Abyss Watchers

[prisma mirage]

And it also isn't as annoying as blight town

[rancid token]

It's less interesting for sure

[prisma mirage]

There's an actual floor, the place has things that are there for a real reason, the poison is annoying but not as much as the platforms

It's also much faster and map is actually recognizable

meaning you can easily learn the placement of things because every other corner doesn't look like the last corner

[rancid token]

Yeah I just find Blighttown way more navigable

Down is the right direction

Find ladder, go down

Don't get shot by toxic dart guy

[prisma mirage]

But Farron has actual landmarks to head towards, I don't know where the ladders are in Blighttown and the only way to find them is walking around endlessly trying not to fall

It feels like I'm actually exploring a place, not moving around until I find somewhere to go down

[rancid token]

That feels like a you problem

[prisma mirage]

Feels like a navigation problem

[rancid token]

If you say so

[prisma mirage]

there's also nothing to explore in a set of platforms, unlike a swamp

you know, an actual place, a place that you can find in nature

extensive, that may have stuff and many ways to go around the place to get the stuff

[celest delta]

What about bloodborne

[next patio]

got the 100% on metroid dread, really enjoyed it

[dire warren]

why do i go to sleep, wake up, and people are still talking about dark souls lmao

[junior crown]

Dark Souls has enough content to talk on about for hours.

[dire warren]

well i found the area i have to go to next and i've decided instead i'm gonna go find the dlc for some sanity first

[serene delta]

So anyone here play smt v

[wraith cradle]

Jesus NEO

Why having A be the Back Button and B being the Select Button?

Do you want to destroy my Muscle Memory?

[junior crown]

That's cruel mapping scheme.

[bleak coral]

https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/1463491683815985158?s=21

Nibel (@Nibellion)

Square Enix has revealed that NEO: The World Ends With You has underperformed their initial expectations despite being well received by players

https://t.co/JbFOernSOT

Twitter · Nov 24, 2021, 12:56 PM

[bleak coral]

PS4 controls?

the B button is where X normally is

[dire warren]

is it good

[dire warren]

dsr also does this, i feel your pain

[wraith cradle]

Square Enix are infamous for having astronomical and unrealistic Sales standards tho

[serene delta]

@dire warren yes it’s good if you like turn based rpgs that is. If you don’t then it isn’t worth your money since you will hate the game from insception

Quick info dump: persona is a social simulator spin off of the smt series, it probably inspired Pokémon, and stories tend to be dark and focus on general philosophies with the characters being mouth pieces/advertisers of said philosopheies

But this game is weak on story since it’s obvious that it takes a back seat to the gameplay. Just keep in mind it’s challenging and save often

[ocean iris]

halo infinite has the worst battlepasses in history

i remember when you could still earn cosmetics for free in games

[serene delta]

So does everyone that was born less than 10 years ago

[ocean iris]

yes but im still shocked that this happened to halo

and no it's not an excuse to do it even if it's free to play

[quartz hatch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/372330937440010241/907731386402762782/255717130_1754177541436094_5790547946384095630_n.png?width=800&height=456

i saw blighttown

[prisma mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/my-man-my-man-hd-my-man4k-gif-23532578

[quartz hatch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/371735512278630400/476082996105969675/tumblr_p6ym7qQAWA1rlvlc7o1_1280.png?width=602&height=601

so much for my blighttown memes

i would always start the game with the master key so i could get into blight town from the other side

[prisma mirage]

I took the life ring for the easy early

[junior crown]

Never played Dark Souls, but I have experienced Salt&Sanctuary's Mire of Stench so it's close enough.

[keen yoke]

Is the a good channel or podcast for indie or strategy games? Kind of burnt out on console action rpg so got a new laptop. For context, I'm inverted y axis for life so I'm looking to get back to style of older games in play style.

[serene delta]

You could just google for them instead of looking for a pod cast

Would take too much time looking for a podcast to give you could give you what you want

Strategy game wise try civilization, and maybe some turn based rpgs if you consider them strategy such as smt 5

[dire warren]

so it (persona and smt)'s basically better than every other turn based in every way? neat

...well, you can't exactly say pokemon has anything like a story anymore

[serene delta]

It has a story but it what it does doesn’t work as a result of putting story back seat and because they tried to be minimalist with it. They needed more cutscenes and character interactions for the story to really work. Smt 3 Nocturne does minimalist right I hear and has a remaster but it suffers from being dated and thus lacking quality of life features

Also @dire warren smt v is an smt game just the most recent in the mainline games.

[prisma mirage]

Civilization is fun for disconnecting though, the game's got very little depth

There's other 4x games out there that are slightly more interesting and make you think

[serene delta]

Has the best game play of them all main line ones

@prisma mirage well tell the person asking not me I was just giving what few suggestions I know from the top of my head

[prisma mirage]

Oh i was just making an observation

Civilization is fun 👍

But if they want something more complex maybe they can look into Endless Legend

[serene delta]

@keen yoke endless legends is another good strategy game apparently

[prisma mirage]

Yes 👍, but like every 4X it's expensive if you want the dlc

[serene delta]

Unfortunately that’s starting to become more and more common with more games nowadays

[prisma mirage]

some games take it to the extreme though

[serene delta]

Indeed

[prisma mirage]

the sims 4 dlc are like 25-50% off on steam right now

[serene delta]

Some slap another 20-30$

[prisma mirage]

and altogether they still cost 500€

[serene delta]

Wow

[prisma mirage]

the dlcs literally cost like 14 times the value of the game istfg

[serene delta]

What does the dlc offer

Better be some major gameplay features ie the size of a game

[prisma mirage]

new areas, clothes, furniture, and skills to level

[serene delta]

In other words not that much

[prisma mirage]

and very very rarely something actually sizeable like the university dlc

[serene delta]

Still pales in comparison to the most expensive game to ever exist

Life

[prisma mirage]

10€ for a bowling alley item, bowling clothes, and the bowling activity

ten, frigging, euros

[serene delta]

Wow

[prisma mirage]

for an activity and a set of clothes

[serene delta]

Did activision make these

[prisma mirage]

Worse

Electronic Arts

[serene delta]

Ew

[prisma mirage]

40€ literally for, and I quote: "Create unique clubs" (sim groups), "Join clubs and meet new sims", "get together and live it up" (aka party activities), "DJ and dancing skills" and an extra map

40€ for 2 skills, the ability to make groups, and activities that aren't even skills

bruh????

[serene delta]

Just for that?

[prisma mirage]

clearly worth 40€

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235732/The_Sims_4_Get_Together/

Steam

The Sims™ 4 Get Together

Create Clubs for your Sims where you set the rules, define their looks, and customize their hangouts in The Sims™ 4 Get Together. Sims in a Club follow your rules when they’re together, regardless of how they usually behave, giving you new ways to play with your Sims! You can also meet new Sims by joining various Clubs with distinct interests, i...

Price

$19.99

▶ Play video

[serene delta]

Sims cant be that hard to make

[dire warren]

it's ea

[serene delta]

I mean unless they have spaghetti code

[prisma mirage]

(i mean they do but...)

[serene delta]

That’s on them

[prisma mirage]

also they've had 4 games to perfect the AI, and there's still community mods that one-up them within a month

[serene delta]

Do they add patches to the bugs in the dlcs

[prisma mirage]

Most of them yeah

[serene delta]

You know I should be surprised

Sorry

It’s EA

[prisma mirage]

I mean EA isn't know for extremely buggy games

that's Ubisoft's gimmick

[serene delta]

Tbh a lot of well known western game companies have been really falling in quality astute observation I know

@dire warren anyways if you want to know more about smt v just ask

[prisma mirage]

The big ones feel like they're trying to grind money at this point

[serene delta]

They are

They became complacent

Like remember Diablo blizzard E3

Everyone knows that when you present a game on E3 that has been known to be a pc game what should be the primary feature are new games not mobile

Branching out to mobile is fine on its own but seriously

[prisma mirage]

remember Blizzard in general (and specially WoW)

[serene delta]

Don’t play wow just know it follows other mmo monetizations and worse now

[prisma mirage]

I've heard a lot about it from acquaintances that used to play the game

[serene delta]

I have played ffxiv though

[prisma mirage]

They went full monetization and addiction

[serene delta]

Ew

[prisma mirage]

(oh and there's been a bunch of harassments lawsuits and etc)

[serene delta]

EA and/or activision are probably gonna swallow up the company when it’s weak enough

[prisma mirage]

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing at this point

[serene delta]

More like it’s the expected thing

[keen yoke]

That's more for conversation than discovery. Most of friends are ps5 and switch owners. Or into card and boardgames. I'm in between. They are not into supergiant games. I really love sable and wildermyth but most ppl I know never even heard of them.

[serene delta]

Then I can’t really recommend you the only podcasts I listen to are the news

[quartz hatch]

any big product coming out of Ubisoft, Actiblizz, Take Two or EA lately is always busted at launch

sure wish people would stop buying this garbage at launch

[ocean iris]

literal beta testers

[lusty pendant]

I caught a shiny Bidoof in pokemon BD

[stark kraken]

I'm still ashamed I traded a shiny Darkrai for time using some kid's Wii

My father's girlfriend's kid

I restarted for that

Like grinded

I mentioned it on a stream once and people blew up over it

I wanted to play Brawl

[fleet otter]

Lot of great indies on sale rn

Get them

[untold hornet]

play cotnd!!

80% off iirc

[sleek quiver]

Is it the Perfect Bidoof?

[rustic falcon]

got a copy of sable for my birthday from a friend, and im really enjoying it so far! played it for like 8 hours straight... its such a beautiful and peaceful game

riding around and climbing and not having to worry about getting hurt kind of reminded me of submerged, which is another game i really loved when i played it

[lusty pendant]

It's Modest nature so...could be worse?

[hushed pine]

Is there a consensus amongst the community on which entry was the best?

I grew up really liking 2 but the move to 3 made me feel wanting in terms of content polish, though it could be nostalgia goggles talking

[fallen sky]

my nominations for the steam awards include: eastward, cook-out, outer wilds, hoa, and unpacking

if anything i want outer wilds to score that labour of love award

[strong flower]

I don't think I have played any games that came out this year

I am usually one to two years behind the curve

[fervent gyro]

I recently decided to try and not to buy any new games and go through my library to finish the ones I haven't finished yet. It's hard though seeing all those current sales...

[sleek quiver]

Growing your backlog is like growing a vineyard, it get better the older it is

[ocean iris]

fast travel is a feature that tells the devs arent confident of their open world

I tried playing some games without their fast travel features and god were they boring

my fav non fast travel game is stalker anomaly tbh
although it's made out of big open areas (proves how this format is superiour)
but then there's morrowind

Im a bit upset Halo fell for the open world meme

area based games get rid of the filler open world games have

[twin yarrow]

Our new game now has open world!
One big map!
No more loading screens!
But when fasttravelling to skip boring empty spaces you will see them anyway!

[prisma mirage]

Not when your backlog is like 20 games lol

Open world games are mostly fine imo

Sometimes it's fun to just walk through a road calmly for a few minutes until I find a landmark

[twin yarrow]

true for rdr or tes

basically, when you're trying to make an open world, it has to be a world, living and interesting

world that goes on even without the player

Morrowind is a good example

[prisma mirage]

idk about Morrowind but I have played skyrim for like 300 hours and I can tell you that world ain't moving till I get there

[twin yarrow]

idk, still felt living enough

on the one hand, you're a "chosen one", a hero that has to save the world, but still

world is not revolving around you

most ppl don't even know who you are

[prisma mirage]

Kinda does though? Most quests really only happen because the dragonborn was there even if they are unrelated to the characters

[twin yarrow]

maybe gameplay-wise, but not story-wise

dragonborn just happened to be there when something happened

[prisma mirage]

Happens to be there

and happens to be picked for absolutely every role ever

and happens to be favored by every god ever

[twin yarrow]

imagine a fight of all the daedra for dragonborn's soul

[prisma mirage]

your soul's abouta be split in 50 pieces for every lord that's given you a relic lol

oh and no one ever seems to discover anything without the dragonborn

kinda makes npcs feel more like they are just commenting on me moving around than actually being useful

(this is not applicable to every quest obviously)

(but you get my point)

[twin yarrow]

have you ever been in a cloud district?

[prisma mirage]

Surprisingly, that is an expression

that I don't know how to interpret

[twin yarrow]

relative to that

[prisma mirage]

I mean that I don't know what a cloud district is lol

[twin yarrow]

probably nobody does but Nazeem

[prisma mirage]

For better or for worse I don't remember a single dialogue Nazeem had

[twin yarrow]

i guess for better, since there are mods that make Nazeem shut for good

[prisma mirage]

there are mods that fix skyrim for good ;)

[twin yarrow]

absolutely

[prisma mirage]

Well not anymore

Cause bethesda broke half the mods like a week ago :)

https://modding.wiki/en/skyrim/users/skse-plugins

XP32 skeleton broke, so that's a big frigging oof

[twin yarrow]

for SSE and SAE
understandable

[prisma mirage]

We really really didn't need an anniversary edition

but oh well

[ocean iris]

Loading screens are cooler than filler if we're talking about most open world games

If only loadingscreen minigames havent been patented by Bandai

To be fair my fav games with open world filler are Days Gone, Metro Exodus and Morrowind

Also RDR2 too, I love roleplaying as an outdoorsman

I would have loved the BOTW freeroam if it had actual hunting and could cook anywhere

[wraith cradle]

So playing NEO

There is something about the plot that I feel weird

[ocean iris]

https://i.imgur.com/U7buxE9.png

here's your state mandated games

Ive been wanting DBD just to play with friends and I cba to pay for it

I genuinely dont understand the appeal

but as long as it's free

[prisma mirage]

Oh now I'm curious .o.

I'm on the road to 100% NEO currently

[wraith cradle]

Ok. I just started the third day

And how the plot and the characters basically ignore that ||Sho|| is in the team until he starts talking

Like people act like only Fret and Rindo are there

[prisma mirage]

I think that's because ||minamimoto|| tends to stay in the back or outright not even be there until they need to do something

He's not even there when the day starts, he just joins up from god knows where

[wraith cradle]

Oh ok

[stark kraken]

I wish I could play Skyrim without paying a small fortune for an old game tbh

Like could I have the not remastered game on Switch?

[prisma mirage]

skyrim being 40€ 10 years after it's release is a crime ngl

[stark kraken]

I dont need the HD

[prisma mirage]

it's 13€ in steam right now though

[stark kraken]

Yeah it's like $78 Canadian last I checked

Nintendo store doesnt help with the price but that's a very big price for an old game

And I'm not completely sold on it. Would just like to play a big rpg

[prisma mirage]

Don't buy it on console, just get it on steam while it's on sale and mod the game

[stark kraken]

Yeah my laptop should be able to handle the original at least

[prisma mirage]

also in pc you get access to the command console

[ocean iris]

this reminds me

i dont have the game

might get it solely for the mods

[prisma mirage]

You should probably wait until they stop updating it again though

Or until most mods are fixed up from the last update

Or you can buy it for a reduced price then later on play it when it's really stable

[ocean iris]

nah i mean

special edition

not that....thing.

[prisma mirage]

Special edition is anniversary edition though

It includes the patch that broke half the mods regardless of whether you can access the content from the dlc

[ocean iris]

bruh

i mean i can get it for dirt cheap

i got a secondary account set in argentina so i pay cheaper prices for games i do not support the companies of

I.E. Bethesda's skyrim rereleases

[mystic wave]

15 hours in SMT V. pretty fun so far. my bro who is pokemon fan said "this is what the new pokemon should have been like" in regard to exploring the environment lol

[ocean iris]

GF wont change anything because the majority of their customer base eats anything they throw at them

[dire warren]

didn't gf literally proudly state that they deliberately ignore and go against the community? lmao

[ocean iris]

Idk I dont play Fifa tier yearly games

I only have pokemon cards

[quartz hatch]

how's the performance atm? read in a few reviews that it's pretty choppy at launch in the bigger environments, is it really bad or have there been patches for it yet?

[polar dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/caitlyn-virtual-hug-caitlyn-kiramman-league-of-legends-gif-23850476

[stable kindle]

sure. opens legends of runeterra

[dire warren]

it's funny how the mhr sonic collab still managed to disappoint.
like, now the shorts and legs are one piece so we can't actually have shorts, the armour's got really bad dye options, and it even glows just to drive the nail into the coffin.

...also our third narga event, just in case crown farmers wanted something else.

[ocean iris]

i love how LoL is so universally loathed that even the players admit it

all this lore....just for such a toxic and nerve wrecking game 😩

[prisma mirage]

Actually

LoL is a good game

👍

[ocean iris]

im biased because it killed the rts genre

[prisma mirage]

No it didn't, mobas are just more appealing 👁️

[sleek quiver]

LoL didn’t kill the RTS genre, the genre simply stagnates

[prisma mirage]

I've yet to see any actual RTS game get popular nowadays

but I've seen several release

[lofty pecan]

Lol is a trash game I hate the fact that I’m addicted to it

[prisma mirage]

LoL is absolutely a good game though

[sleek quiver]

It’s good, depending on who you ask

[ocean iris]

the popularity of MOBA killed it and many think of it as the evolution of the genre

[lofty pecan]

Trash balancing, toxicity, no tools for teamwork, 100->0 in a few seconds meta

[ocean iris]

where is my micromanagement of every unit pepehands

[prisma mirage]

There are tools for teamwork and the balancing absolutely isn't that bad

[sleek quiver]

Yeah, that’s just the general consensus the community thinks. But, it is truly not tbh

[lofty pecan]

Every bruiser can deal a ton of damage and get a ton of healing, it’s gotten so bad even assassins build bruiser

[sleek quiver]

But, yeah, that’s the general consensus of the community

[prisma mirage]

that is literally the point of a bruiser though

[ocean iris]

hot take but dawn of war 3 killed the genre for good

[lofty pecan]

Not to have a ton of healing and have assassin like damage while being unkillable tho

-a salty adc player

[prisma mirage]

They're supposed to be close range fighters with high survivability that can't be bursted

-An adc/assassin main

[lofty pecan]

Aren’t these called tanks

[prisma mirage]

Nope these are called fighters

[lofty pecan]

At least make it so that they can’t heal up to 100% health with a single item press

[prisma mirage]

Get grievous

Imagine itemizing in an item based game

[lofty pecan]

Then what’s the point of overtuned healing if grevious is a necessity in every single game? Screws over champs with heal in their kit like soraka and vlad

[prisma mirage]

It's called itemizing against a champion?

It's not a necessity every game, but it's a necessity for those champions specifically

[lofty pecan]

So every single top laner and ad mid, which are all in the meta?

[prisma mirage]

What game are you playing where everyone plays aatrox and vlad lol

I can literally only think of 7 or 8 top lane champs that actually rely on healing

[lofty pecan]

Camille, irelia, talon, fiora, tahm, trynd, u know like the meta rn?

[prisma mirage]

Talon top?

[lofty pecan]

Graves, Lee sin, xin, warwick for jg are all meta

[prisma mirage]

I said top lane champs

[wraith cradle]

TopChamp

[lofty pecan]

Every single champ except talon I listed are top lane in here

[prisma mirage]

Warwick top is off meta and I have no clue how you are seeing it enough to put it there

Also graves top hasn't been a thing for ages

[lofty pecan]

Camille, irelia, fiora, tahm, trynd

[prisma mirage]

Aatrox, Darius

[stable kindle]

okay so like, here's my hot take:

moba as a genre are inherently new player unfriendly because of the vast amount of information a player is expected to know and learn right from the start, and ingame tutorials often do not convey enough of this information, and maybe the genre as a whole wouldn't be known as as bad of a toxic cesspool if people were more willing to assist new players in acclimating to gameplay and how things worked, all multiplayer games have some level of toxic players.

[lofty pecan]

Lol so u dont build anti heal against irelia, fiora, trynd, Camille, or tahm?

[ocean iris]

nice just like mmo's...at least most of my experiences

[prisma mirage]

I was adding onto the list ;)

You don't build antiheal into aatrox?

[lofty pecan]

Ok but the ones I listed are the meta rn

So anti heal is built nearly every game

If not against top, against jg

Very bad variety

[prisma mirage]

Let me check my last games

together with those I have played into and with: Darius, Shyvanna, Sion, Jax, Urgot, Riven, Sett, Akali

[ocean iris]

believe me or not but from what my friends and saw others online, in my country, most people's first games were usually age of empires or cs 1.6

[prisma mirage]

and the weird picks of jayce and viktor

[ocean iris]

that's how here we developed a taste for rts

slowly erased by the moba scene though

this reminds me CoH3 will be a thing

and Im not trusting Relic again

[stable kindle]

shyvana has one n

signed,
resident shyvana liker

[polar dragon]

idk man
this is like saying that modern FPS killed Quake

[ocean iris]

(it did)

[polar dragon]

that but also because one person's mistake can cascade to the whole team.
it is incredibly hard to play if one of your teammate decides to troll the game, or "underperform."

[junior crown]

I was always considering to get into another moba to have something to play on an evening whenever but honestly when I think about it I just think how exhausting the first push of getting into it would be.

[ocean iris]

this is why i never played lol more than one match

too competitive

[junior crown]

Honestly mobas by themselves, they can be easy to get and understand on objective wise, and simple rules of things. Like keeping with team, knowing when to back up, when to not go into towers and the whole thing how you should go up against defence towers with minions so you don't get killed. But I think what's the biggest fear for me is that big mobas also feature shops with many items, and that is the only thing that prevents me from getting into it.

[ocean iris]

at this point it feels like a contest and not a game

[polar dragon]

the contest is the game?

[stable kindle]

this is why there needs to be more of a push for assisting new players in properly learning rather than everyone being all "lol dont play league its toxic!" bc literally all that does is contribute to it rofl

not everyone finds understanding objectives and laning and minion waves and everything "easy" to learn

[ocean iris]

yes but where is the fun

because i am sure the whole match isnt made up out of that

[polar dragon]

good question. idk. i find it fun when i win

different people can find different things fun

[ocean iris]

i may be a masochist that enjoys hard games that one shot you but this one's too much

[junior crown]

oh yeah for sure took a bit, but I think it's easy to catch up to what to do in the game, the objectives. The hard part is finding flow with said objectives I mentioned, when to do them and how to follow up with them.

[ocean iris]

worst part is the team work

especially in this day and age

[polar dragon]

lol yes, totally agree

if you look up guides on how to get good in League

[stable kindle]

thats any team based multiplayer game 😭

[polar dragon]

95% of the people who climbed him suggest the "hard carry" mentality

[ocean iris]

not quite though

some are less team based

if that makes sense

[polar dragon]

basically play super seflish and self centric style

because you need to "hard carry"

[stable kindle]

well i'm talking about any game in which you are a team vs another team and inevitably end up with some try hard that gets mad and rages at everyone else when they die

[ocean iris]

cawoduti matches may seem perfect using the gear and team work but they never go like that

they just shot gun kill die

[stable kindle]

cause i've def had those in other games

[polar dragon]

yeah but the thing is in say Overwatch there isn't resources to farm
in League there is, I have had my fair share of people taking camps (which belongs to me per unwritten rules) without asking permission

[ocean iris]

the game where i had the most team work was always and always arma 3

especially with randoms

[polar dragon]

or vice versa, a jungler taking lane minions and basically hamper their own laners

the extend to which you can scew your team over by your own actions is much higher in league. imagine if Overwatch has friendly fire

[ocean iris]

action and consenquence in arma 3 and lol have a drastic outcome

let me explain

so in LoL the consenquences usually happen fast and you have to act fast to recover right

[dire condor]

reject team game, play fighting games

[ocean iris]

well in arma when a squad member is downed

since you dont actually die right away

or without mods at least

[polar dragon]

can I blame bad net codes instead?

or balance?

[stable kindle]

theres one of those coming up for league LOL

[ocean iris]

there's a combat lifesaver always in a squad, but when the combat lifesaver is downed and there is no secondary combat life saver

that's where the game shines

helicopter logistics, retreat, etc. etc.

all done by players

maybe is it because increased player count? no idea

[dire condor]

yeah im curious about how good the league fg is gonna be

[polar dragon]

yeah, especially given it's gonna be more online oriented

[stable kindle]

max was really hype about the tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkNj5O-cxvY

[ocean iris]

ok so basically arma flows like this because each player has a specific assigned role

where as in LOL you take the mantle of multiple roles as one

[stable kindle]

i dont play fighters bc im just inherently awful at them at all times but i like dabbling with them sometimes

[dire condor]

isnt every modern fg online oriented what

[polar dragon]

i was under the impression that most go to tournaments if they want to get good?

[dire condor]

hmmm depends on how good the netcode is

if youre into a bad netcode fighter you kinda need offlines

otherwise online is A ok to get good

like under night in birth completly died out since rona hit because that netcode is so bad

[ocean iris]

i just got assetto corsa and good grief is it a pain to set my steering wheel

[polar dragon]

never heard of it

[dire condor]

you know melty blood?

[polar dragon]

not exactly

perhaps that's why

[dire condor]

okay its anime fighters basicially

[ocean iris]

it's actually the official burenyu bibibi doridoridori funny cat woman game

[dire condor]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/624635342116618243/913883824159588383/unknown.png

[ocean iris]

https://w7.pngwing.com/pngs/334/38/png-transparent-tsukihime-arcueid-brunestud-melty-blood-fate-stay-night-type-moon-others-chibi-human-cartoon.png

ftfy

[prisma mirage]

There's so many anime fighting games I'd like to get into but no time to lol

[dire condor]

truth

anyway what they showed off in the lol teaser isnt rly enough for me to have an opinion about it

gotta play it when it comes out

[prisma mirage]

I do want the new inbirth version to come out though

But not even for the game

For the plot and the character design of one npc lol

[ocean iris]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcg6kGQH3VU

[dire condor]

playing fgs for the story damn

[prisma mirage]

I've been waiting to see Kuon without a massive cloak since uniclr released and caught my attention

[dire condor]

tbh I dont know uni lore I just played the game a bit

[prisma mirage]

look at this dude though https://in-birth.fandom.com/wiki/Kuon

You can't just give me a piece of the character's design and then hide the rest under a white cloak

m a n

[dire condor]

carmine 2

[prisma mirage]

More like

Hyde+Carmine+Whatever character has a black color scheme

literally the only art of him is from flashbacks and concept art from the flashbacks

[dire condor]

i guess he could be cool yea

i remember my friend hyping up zohar

[prisma mirage]

-Legendary character from the lore
-Some kinda shadow matter growing to his chest
-Black white red scheme

-Looks kinda like the mc

[dire condor]

concept art just has him as sword guy tho

hmmmm

[prisma mirage]

that's him in the past though

before becoming immortal and yada yada

[dire condor]

could be cool maybe

uni char design isnt unhinged enough I need more monster chars

[prisma mirage]

I want more swordfighters tbh

I was one of the guys trynna shut the people complaining about swordfighters in smash

[ocean iris]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFz5ZiegJ5Y

[iron mural]

yoo the neurodiver demo is out :D
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293910/Read_Only_Memories_NEURODIVER/

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[dire condor]

nice

I liked teh first game

[wraith cradle]

No way ER doesn't win most anticipated game. Right?

[lofty pecan]

Whats the point of a most anticipated game award anyways

It did win last year too

[untold hornet]

made it half way on ||the dark sun|| (miitopia spoilers) with little use of mp and hp sprinkles!

I would have won or gotten farther if it didn't spam black hole twice

i don't think anyone cares about this but its news to me so im gonna share it

[hybrid jetty]

botw 2

[ocean iris]

Mfw Assetto Corsa is such a pain to setup

Should I just refund and save more for Competizione....Hm

[rustic falcon]

i finished sable today, i still have some stuff to collect but other than that i finished basically all quests and the main quest. i think its one of my favorite games now, definitely one of the best ive played this year, and i played a lot of games this year. i recommend it very much if youre wondering what to pick up this sale

[ocean iris]

https://youtu.be/cGsuGAb5NUQ

I can listen to this for hours

[mystic wave]

i dont know about patches, and there's dip in performance sometimes. doesn't bother me one bit though

[serene delta]

Well just finished the neurtal ending for smt v that was a fun experience now time to play it all again

[quick abyss]

damn

just finished persona 4 golden

now I have that what's next

?

kind of feeling

[fallen sky]

did you like marie?

[prisma mirage]

did you do the true ending tho?

[prisma mirage]

You can play the persona q spinoff

And by spinoff I mean that it's canon

👁️

[quick abyss]

yes

but still got the epilogue

but too scared to play it

[prisma mirage]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_Q:_Shadow_of_the_Labyrinth

"Despite being a crossover between the two game's casts, the story of Persona Q is considered canon to the Persona timeline according to the developers."

[quick abyss]

which emu would be best?

[prisma mirage]

Citra like with every etrian odyssey game

which according to persona q, is a series that may also be in the same multiverse

how is this canon chief

[quick abyss]

i believe persona is set in 1 universe tho

[prisma mirage]

4 and 3 seem to be

Idk about 1 and 2 since atlus rarely recognizes they exist

5 has references to 4 iirc

However

There is a superboss in q that looks a hell of a lot like a certain type of being from etrian odysey 3, a game by the same developers 🤔

https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Zeus

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/1/18/Zeus_PQ.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150201022220

Who also says and I quote:

[quick abyss]

have you played the persona q on citra?

the compatability shows okay

[prisma mirage]

"I beseech thee to visit my world some bright and shining day... Tis a land of odyssey and exploration... In the shade of Yggdrasil, each follows his own path. Battle..."

I tried it until halfway through the first stratum cause I couldn't be bothered

worked fine for me

also conclusion, etrian and persona are in the same multiverse canonically lmao

[quick abyss]

i will put my faith into you ig

[tame veldt]

it runs like ass i've tried

[prisma mirage]

the compat also depends on your gear though

some people report that it runs perfect, for others it doesn't even boot

[rancid token]

IIRC the Q games are canon in a sense of like

[quick abyss]

uh spec?

[tame veldt]

it's a 3DS game

[rancid token]

They happened but for one reason or another they don't affect anything, right

[quick abyss]

bleach fillers?

[fallen sky]

i've played persona q and it was very fun

[prisma mirage]

They are canon in the sense of "the developers say they are but we don't want to acknowledge it because the cast's memories got wiped"

[rancid token]

Same as the dancing games and the fighting games

[prisma mirage]

But the main takeaway is that etrian and persona are confirmed to be in a multiverse 👍

[rancid token]

I feel like Strikers is the only one that actually properly continues plot elements?

Maybe? I didn't play it

[prisma mirage]

Just try it for a while to see how it runs in your system

[quick abyss]

my specs are
cpu: intel i 3 1005g1
gpu: uhd 620
ram: 4 gb

[quick abyss]

i think so

its on my playlist for a while

[prisma mirage]

https://youtu.be/wfWohEExMRE?t=1206

[tame veldt]

4 gb won't work well with citra

maybe if you close literally everything except citra

[prisma mirage]

persona q also plays literally like etrian odyssey, and so does persona 1 kinda

yeah idk if 4gb ram will be enough

I played with around 12 + 4 for my system

[quick abyss]

i will buy another 4 gigs and retry if it doesn't work

[tame veldt]

ok

[rancid token]

The main theme of Q2 is an absolute certified Banger

[prisma mirage]

the Q1 soundtrack is also fire

https://youtu.be/_2aH4fTeAjM

https://youtu.be/yNFnrhdyHKY

https://youtu.be/Nbmys7B6T4U

as a few examples

[quick abyss]

we can all collectively agree the persona series ost are all bangers

[prisma mirage]

atlus songs are bangers in general

[quick abyss]

true

still havent played etrian yet

so

[prisma mirage]

I played Etrian 3

10/10 would play again and actually AM playing again

[quick abyss]

i heard a persona 5 port is about to release

is it going to be as bad as the catherine one?

[prisma mirage]

🤷‍♂️

how should we know if it ain't out yet

[quick abyss]

i am just asking for a opinion

the p4 port was actually somewhat decent last year

[prisma mirage]

I also haven't heard about any port though

[broken smelt]

We can't know, it isn't out nor does anyone know for certain if its actually a thing

[prisma mirage]

And if it isn't released how are we supposed to have an opinion

At that point it's just a guess on whoever they outsource to port the game

[fallen sky]

alternatively google may be able to give you the answers you seek

also i just purchased monster prom games and a monster prom dlc 🤪

[lofty pecan]

I don’t think p5 port will come any time soon

[fallen sky]

i was supposed to review the contents of my cart but i'm tired

[lofty pecan]

It wasn’t in nvidia now leak

[prisma mirage]

I have like 4 new games to play and a bullcrap hard game to finish and no time to play them

[fallen sky]

4 new games! which ones?

[prisma mirage]

Well, I bought blasphemous on sale, got pyre for getting hades during early access to test the game, got dark souls 2 to play, a bunch of hyperdimension neptunia games, beholder and diablo 3 eternal

• nioh and a bunch of other games I got for free in epic

meanwhile I have to finish 100% final fantasy XV, TWEWY NEO (which is what I'm working on right now), get the new terraria achievements, and do the Crosscode dlc

and finish library of ruina

but that game is too frigging hard

[prisma mirage]

So yeah all of that lol

[fallen sky]

congrats on getting pyre!

[prisma mirage]

It's the only supergiant game I haven't played yet lol

[fallen sky]

i think i recall seeing some twitter mutuals playing TWEWY this year, but i wasn't sure why

[prisma mirage]

Cause TWEWY is hype and everyone should buy it so Square will shut up about how it didn't sell enough and give us a third game to end a trilogy

Out of all of those I recommend Crosscode and Ruina though

Crosscode is my favorite game of all time and Ruina while ridiculously hard past the second chapter is beyond a w e s o m e and original

[fallen sky]

lmao

some of these companies come off as out of touch (and some of them really are out of touch! and not in the groovy hall and oates way)

[prisma mirage]

"Hello fellow kids!" intensifies

Surprisingly my favorite developer from the last few years is the guys that made Ruina and they're not out of touch

they're not in touch period

https://youtu.be/KZipE3-BmjA

[stable kindle]

https://tenor.com/view/polly-geist-monster-prom-mon-prom-gif-22208987

[prisma mirage]

They just announce stuff and go silent lol

[fallen sky]

i am looking

i am looking respectfully

[wraith cradle]

Darkest Dungeon momento

[prisma mirage]

Hat in time momento

[quick abyss]

how do you to use citra for roms?

[prisma mirage]

You get 3ds bios and roms, follow an installation guide

I cant tell you how to get these illegally for obvious reasons

[quick abyss]

ok

but which format should I get CIA,decrypt or incrypted?

[prisma mirage]

decrypted iirc

last I recall encrypted wasnt readable by the emu

which I guess is the point of an encryption lol

[tame veldt]

.3ds files work the best

[quick abyss]

imma experiment then

do you guys remember the size of persona q?

[tame veldt]

bout a gig

[prisma mirage]

I do not but I may be able to find it in my pc lol

[tame veldt]

1.62 gigs

[quick abyss]

same for some reason keeping up with all the games on your pc is hard

[tame veldt]

zipped

idk about unzipped

[prisma mirage]

ive got so many folders I dont remember where my roms for each emulator are at this point

[quick abyss]

the cia is 1.73 and decrypted is 16.2

[quick abyss]

same

the only other game i am eager to play is disco elysium

[prisma mirage]

1.8 ish gb for me

[quick abyss]

should take around 10 minutes for me. i think

[prisma mirage]

this game is like twice the storage space than Etrian Nexus lmao

[quick abyss]

extraction problems it seems

[quick abyss]

i will try asking my friends for some troubleshooting

[stark kraken]

I got 184 strength in STS lmao

The achievement is for 50

But I kept drawing double strength

[polar dragon]

nice

i should try to get that achievement one of those days

[stark kraken]

I had a Corruption and Branch build going

So I would exhaust all skills used

But I would draw another card

And since it also makes all skills free

I just cycle through skills, gaining net energy and massively scaling like in that case

I started the fight with just 1 defend and Demon Form

I could have theoretically done over 1000 damage

Easily

I had pen nib but didn't remember it

I could have upgraded my Heavy Strike

With Armaments. I upgraded another card I thought I would use to just win

Yeah. I think I could have done 1887 damage

14 to 1887 damage

Thats scaling

[polar dragon]

Corruption + Feel No Pain + Dark Embrace + Dead Branch = click buttons until you win

no thoughts required

[kind pike]

Me in Darksiders 3

[ocean iris]

https://i.4cdn.org/v/1638089140326.jpg

daily reminder canon arthur is long hair no beard arthur

[ocean iris]

Holy crap Ocarina of Time finally got decompiled

prepare for PC ports and mods!

[mystic wave]

https://twitter.com/Atlus_West/status/1464927049336832000

Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West)

Sentinel No. 13: Activated.

Are you ready to re『 START 』?

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim comes to Nintendo Switch on April 12, 2022! https://t.co/FwtIOIjCrl

Retweets

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Likes

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one of my favorite storytelling in a game

[wraith cradle]

Ok. PC next pretty pls

[rancid token]

Oh neat

My only concern is performance

[fiery notch]

I think they confirmed it won’t come to PC, but there’s always hope

If not, now there’s a Switch port to emulate

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/803180676664131604/914615037853843526/unknown.png

I won ascension 20 yay

[stark kraken]

Nice

[polar dragon]

Medical kit is such an excellent relic

[stark kraken]

Is it? Do the status cards cost energy?

I assumed it was cost 1

[polar dragon]

they cost 0

[stark kraken]

If its 0 and it's free exhausts and getting rid of statuses/bloat yeah thats amazing

[polar dragon]

yeah

[stark kraken]

Wow

[polar dragon]

by the end with powers like Evolve, Feel no Pain and Dark Emabrace

each status is basically a 0 cost, draw 3, block 8, deal 10 damage

it's funny because by the end you want statuses which makes cards like wild strike and reckless charge has 0 draw backs

[stark kraken]

I once bought a Fire Breathing then immediately got sentinels

Worked out so well

Yeah

[polar dragon]

oh yeah they basically kill themselves

[stark kraken]

Immolate does the job too though

What a card

It's just expensive, but it's pretty comparative damage wise, if not higher, than other cost 2s

[polar dragon]

immolate is really good for act 1 and half of act 2

it doesnt scale very well

like late game double tap + whirlwind is a much better immolate

[stark kraken]

Fair

I find it does well enough on any group enemies in act 3 as well

Whirlwind is a great card though. It's actually in the screenshot I cant post here

https://twitter.com/BleedReclaim/status/1464827293331640324?t=G6Z3g8cHXAmPG78-uzU9Gw&s=19

reclaim bleed (@BleedReclaim)

#NintendoSwitch

Twitter · Nov 28, 2021, 5:23 AM

Look at that whirlwind

My deck is massive because of branch

This deck came together super early too

Great 1st relic, better 3rd relic, direct upgrade to starter. Everything else is icing.

[polar dragon]

yeah, be careful with branch though because you might get stuck with all attacks and no skills

[stark kraken]

True. I did a few times

Its sloppy for sure but it works so far

[polar dragon]

usually a sever soul helps because it exhausts statuses

but yeah

[stark kraken]

I like sever soul yeah

I just had a decent burning pact run but died

No momentum besides that and like, using it on Wounds or Sentinel

I got Mark of Pain but not enough to capitalize on it

My first win was a Pain deck

And runic cube or whatever its called

Much sloppier. Energy relied on hp trading

This was a branch + corruption run

As soon as I drew Corruption I won. Before then it was kinda maybe.

Would you say max HP is important

To some degree it obviously is

Hard to say what the break points are though. I feel like I really need HP in act 2

[polar dragon]

i honestly have no idea

[stark kraken]

Sometimes that area just does so much damage before you're ready for it

[polar dragon]

but the optimal play is to feed as much as you can

i guess

[stark kraken]

Yeah

The run that failed was a cleric face start

Which seems really good

Not only is it 1 more bonus healing after combat, it would long term raise my ehp a lot

[dire condor]

hp and healing is solid but never worked as consistently as block or strength scaling for me

[stark kraken]

True yeah

It's just backup

I had an amazing intangible run on Silent recently for example

By the time it all wrapped up, I was taking no damage and if I did I could heal it off with powers

Even on Awakened One

My powers were mostly poison stuff

[dire condor]

poison is the most consistent dmg for silent imo

[stark kraken]

I also had retain and some upgraded Apparitions so I could actually get the intangibles when I need it

Yeah corpse explosion and some other stuff is just amazing

Specimen, snecko skull

[dire condor]

when you get catalyst

[stark kraken]

For sure. Then you have specimen so it goes to the other enemy

It severely overkilled the 1st one but is gonna really make this one simple

Especially if you have corpse explosion. I still need to get that on donu and deca.

[polar dragon]

you play sts, too? good taste

one of those days i would pull off a Powerthrough Second Wind combo deck

one of those days

[dire condor]

yeh i played it a bit too much prob

like 400h

comfy game though

[opaque rover]

https://imgur.com/a/BGTJAYj uhhh calculated

[lusty pendant]

https://youtu.be/UXmRT2D7ifQ

this game is a work of art

[stark kraken]

I've never played a 3d pokemon game

[ocean iris]

yeah imagine hitting something with the sniper

the sniper in infinite has a weird hit detection

maybe im too used to csgo's awp

speaking of halo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSqm5Id6Hw0

god i loved this mission

replayed it on the anniversary version

[sleek quiver]

One video on my YouTube recommended list shows how the game apparently didn’t re-balance/re-work the game when it implemented diagonal movements

Looks like speedrunner’s heaven

[sleek quiver]

Only one I can recommend is ORAS, and mostly because of nostalgia

But even then, I still had issues with that particular game, mainly on the end-game stuffs

[stark kraken]

Even then I dont have nostalgia for that gen

I had a used copy of sapphire with a broken in game clock

I have the most nostalgia for crystal

[next patio]

Been playing metroid fusion randomizer for a bit, this is really fun, tho wave beam was changed from giving you all beams to an awful single projectile if you dont have wide beam but otherwise no problem

Also a lot more use of shinespark which is always nice

[ocean iris]

https://i.4cdn.org/v/1638176856240.jpg

[jade flume]

lmao

[ocean iris]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/421176827403304982/914875492795035718/Are-You-Winning-Son-Meme.png

i put effort into this thing just so it can fit the conversation and topic

god i love paint.net

longlive the farmers

[mystic wave]

now i get why people watch sports

https://twitter.com/otomeidiot/status/1465201553514524675

himejoshi genius (@otomeidiot)

#BlueReflection #NintendoSwitch

Twitter · Nov 29, 2021, 6:10 AM

[strong flower]

farming simulator is no joke

[next tapir]

I’ve been playing the Ember Knights demo which quite a bit feels like Hades with multiplayer. I think they are making an announcement about early access very soon. Definitely something to check out

[wraith cradle]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025960/BURIED_STARS/

Steam

BURIED STARS

A murder spree inside the collapsed site of an audition show!Reveal the hidden truth through Communication x Survival x Adventure『BURIED STARS』 is a new mystery adventure game presented by Studio LARGO, the developers of the masterpiece adventure series 「Panic Room」 and 「City of Mist」 in Korea, along with LINE Games Corporation.◆ A murder spree ...

Price

$33.99

▶ Play video

This VN looks interesting

[stark kraken]

I made some skill spreads for Darkest Dungeon II. For potential returning heroes. Anyone want to see them?

[polar dragon]

post it in the Darkest Dungeon server?

[rustic falcon]

i finally got disco elysium! excited to play it and see what the hype is about... once i finish some other games im currently playing...

[woven breach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvB983Rgrs

dang remnants: from the ashes looks different

[strong flower]

personally I loved it, even before the full voice acting patch.
It does a lot of remarkable things with the medium and it makes losing skillchecks an engaging mechanic, but it's a very slow burn of a game. I'd say if day one of your investigation doesn't grab you, then you can skip the rest.

[wraith cradle]

Voice of Cards and Bravely 2 still not in sale :/

[sleek quiver]

Isn’t VoC on Steam as well?

[wraith cradle]

Yes but at a full price

[sleek quiver]

Oof

[stable kindle]

didn't that like come out very recently, that's not a surprise

[rustic falcon]

yeah, it came out a month ago

[rustic falcon]

i see, ill keep it in mind. i think ill do my best to finish it even if im not immediately grabbed by it, but i hope i am. i got so many glowing recommendations for it from friends and developers i follow on steam recommend it as well, so i have high hopes. i dont particularly mind slow burn games - though i have a hard time finishing games in general sometimes, so i hope i can finish it

[ocean iris]

halo infinite just became so much more fun when i found out where the grapple usually spawns in BTB maps

[sleek quiver]

Just tested out MHRise on a friend’s Switch, and it’s absolutely not playable at all with the JoyCons, face buttons are too small and too easy to mess up your combos. I guess you could probably change the controls in Settings but even then, the default controls can’t work on those small buttons

Also, Dead Cells announced new DLC incoming next year

[prisma mirage]

so happy chaos released in guilty gear

https://youtu.be/BqS5k_zdhdM

[stark kraken]

Yeah I tried the rise demo and wasnt really impressed

A demo in the tutorial is kinda bad too

Your tutorial has to be really good for that to work

And it wasnt

[broken smelt]

The mon hun demo's imo have never been particularly good if you're new to the series

[stable kindle]

oh i'll say. i have tried across multiple games and platforms to sample the series and ultimately just decided the monster designs are infinitely cooler than actually playing the game

i like stories better anyway, would rather collect them than fight them and skin them for parts lol

[woven breach]

mon hun tutorial is like riding a bike

except the bike is on fire

everything is on fire

there's a wyvern flying 5 km away from you and somehow kill you cause hitbox

[rancid token]

MH tutorial bad, but gameplay fun

I liked Rise a lot more than World

[rancid token]

More interesting gameplay options, better visual design, adding stuff that was removed that people liked

[sleek quiver]

I bet it will look gorgeous on PC

On the Switch, it looks… ehh

[woven breach]

Oh it is

I tried the demo

[rancid token]

I don't care about the fidelity, the armor and weapon designs in World were straight trash

[ocean iris]

https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/2799889/036fe96fb50d925123ffae72d4796b276f5c93fb.jpg

[hidden zephyr]

How would you spend 20 € on the steam sale?

[prisma mirage]

Well what kinda games do you like

[hidden zephyr]

Action Rpgs, Stardew Valley, Point and klick adventures.

i thought about buying Minecraft dungeons but it is only supposed to be good with the many dlcs

[ocean iris]

minecraft dungeons is supposed to be baby's first ARPG, did you ever play Titan Quest?

[hidden zephyr]

yes, i played Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, Diablo and Torchlight

[ocean iris]

oh damn

well that's kinda all of the worthwhile arpg's to me tbh

there's warhammer 40k inquisitor martyr but it's kinda slower

[prisma mirage]

Dark souls 2 SotFS is 20€

[hidden zephyr]

i love Grim Dawn right now but it is weird i can't play it for too long because maybe how is it called "sensory overload"

[prisma mirage]

blasphemous is 7€

[ocean iris]

too much stuff going on the screen?

[prisma mirage]

and crosscode is 13€

there's also dead cells if you don't have it already

[hidden zephyr]

i have crosscode and dead cells

tbh i am too bad of a player for "souls like games"

yes @ocean iris i didn't have that problem with titan quest

[ocean iris]

do you have dungeon siege?

[prisma mirage]

As if dark souls was hard lmao

[wraith cradle]

Bloodstained may be for you

[hidden zephyr]

no i have to look it up but the warhammer game looks interesting

[prisma mirage]

Ritual of the night maybe

Dunno about CoTM though

[ocean iris]

yeah it's slower paced and if you like warhammer it's even better

[wraith cradle]

The one with modern graphics

[prisma mirage]

Ritual

[ocean iris]

right besides dungeon siege there's also magicka 1 and 2

magicka is so fun with a friend

[prisma mirage]

bloodstained is 16 bucks right now

Suggesting just in case you don't have it, hollow knight

[wraith cradle]

Nvm it isn't

https://store.steampowered.com/app/649950/Ashen/

You may like this one

[prisma mirage]

Darksiders genesis was also pretty fun to play through

[ocean iris]

my arpg recommandation are warhammer 40k inquisitor martyr, magicka 1 and 2, dungeon siege 1 and 2, and, halo spartan assault/strike even tho those are more of top down shooters but they are pretty fun

[hidden zephyr]

Ashen has interesting graphics/artstyle

[wraith cradle]

It's basically the exact opposite thematically to Dark Souls

It's a world of hope where darkness has just being defeated and humanity finally can rebuild from the apocalypse

You see how the central hub gets filled with people and houses start being build

And end with a small village where nothing stood there

[prisma mirage]

Maybe look into the middle earth series if you are into the universe or the gameplay style, it's pretty cheap for both games right now (or you can just get the second one which is the good one)

Also god eater 3 if you are a weeb like me

Oh and people say risk of rain 2 is amazing but I've yet to touch it even though it's been in my library for months

[wraith cradle]

Code Vein if you don't mind the fanservice

[prisma mirage]

I don't remember fanservice in code vein 🤔

[wraith cradle]

There is literally a hot springs in the hub

In the middle of a ruined skyscraper

[prisma mirage]

There's not a single scene there though

I only ever entered once to check what the door was lol

[wraith cradle]

I'm just warning just in case it's easily ignorable after all

[prisma mirage]

Tbh I was too busy speedrunning half the game in my first playthrough because of that one ability that put you on a timer being so broken

[hidden zephyr]

Death's Door graphic looks amazing!

[prisma mirage]

Well you just got like 30 different recommendations good luck lol

[hidden zephyr]

lol yeah sorry for not replying to everyone

[wraith cradle]

And cause I'm away from the computer to fire them up

Tbh we are in the release slump

[strong flower]

alternatively just doenload the code vein demo and create the ultimate anime goblin child in the surprisingly robust character creator

[wraith cradle]

I'm in the 'Clear the backlog until Elder Ring' mode

[prisma mirage]

I'm still trying to 100% neo twewy

Damn game's taking ages to finish

[wraith cradle]

Oh I'm playing it too

Just finished week 2 yesterday

Starting tonight the next week