i wonder if quantum break is canon
#General Chat
pearl cobalt
it says in the video that only Control and Alan Wake are RCU as they own those two IPs. Max Payne is Rockstar, Quantum Break is MS.
placid otter
so counter strike 2 actually released
dmc getting anime
Insomniac also leaked all spider-man 2 trophies. estimated time is 40-45 hours
scarlet cape
so counter strike 2 actually released
crazy how some people already have hundreds of hours on it 
placid otter
still counts all the beta/early access whatever it was prior to 46 minutes ago
XQC already opend a knife aswel :/
scarlet cape
glass knot
Wild how valve made an entire fps addon to their gambling game
smoky imp
dmc getting anime
minor bolt
sequels everywhere
dry gale
sequels everywhere
Lemme show u the ultimate sequel
minor bolt
cause it isnt good
stable stratus
fallow vessel
no I won't lol
glass knot
ctd ceo went ham on this one
fallow vessel
what does ctd stand for?
glass knot
ctd is the loossemble company and the name means connect the dots
loossemble = loona assemble
im just being silly
cause it's the same idea
jussemble
fair elbow
Crash to desktop
random field
smoky imp
smoky imp
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1707154672941973973?s=19
Oh wow
placid otter
not sure if that is actually his tweet or not so i just remove
stable stratus
So Yandere Sim is ded for good?
minor bolt
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1707154672941973973?s=19
herman hulst probably up next
smoky imp
So Yandere Sim is ded for good?
Considering the game is still in development for like 10 years, a first rival only got implemented and the shit that is happening with yanderedev rn... I don't think the game will recover
And all the other drama
fair elbow
I remember watching a lot of Kubz Scoutz let's play of YandereSim
I cannot believe that shit was 6-7 years ago
smoky imp
Yeah i also watched some YouTubers during the hype
Fun idea but oh man
Look what happened to it now
fair elbow
The game is great tbh, the dev just sucks
Unfortunate, I was a supporter in the early days because I really wanted it to take off cause you know me and my crazy unhinged anime waifus 
smoky imp
Mood but i didn't spend money 
Also supporting that is fine we all didn't know what would happen
smoky imp
I remember watching a lot of Kubz Scoutz let's play of YandereSim
Also he still plays it
fair elbow
Yeah, early YanDev was actually pretty responsive and open to ideas
Then idk what snapped in him to turn into what he is today
fair elbow
I remember being excited to hear he was getting a team of programmers to help him
Thought it was gonna speed up the game's development but nothing really came out of it
Years went by and I eventually forgot the game even exists anymore
smoky imp
Didn't he fire them
stable stratus
It has potential but the dev is uh
smoky imp
An idiot, a bigot, a groomer
fair elbow
Yeah, when I was bored I would just boot up YanSim and try to get away with as much murder as I could
Don't judge me 
smoky imp
Just leave me in peace if you become a serial killer
stable stratus
that kinda reminded me of Doki Doki Literature Panic giving additional stories
idr
but is it actually on Plus edition?
fair elbow
I just like YanSim's feature that the days just go on when you... ahem... delete someone and the school atmosphere slowly deteriorates into paranoia and despair the more you get away with deleting someone
fair elbow
Haven't played DDLC, I just know the memes
neon scroll
Lmao
What an excuse
"Our least focused market doesn't buy enough of our games, that's why we have to fire everyone, bye." is definitely a new one
fallow vessel
port for this game was released on switch today btw
I assume that it will probably not run as smooth as they want you to believe
jovial wolf
imagine siding with the old camp, smh
neon scroll
Gothic port.... what year is this, lol
placid otter
got back to playing bg3 after more than a month. surprised how much content there is even in the underdark
fleet wave
I have done it again
placid otter
nice
smoky imp
Are you okay
fleet wave
yeah I only died 474 times
placid otter
dry gale
Hmmm
This thing can pretty much run the game fine in Medium Graphics... game already looks good
wish every game was as stable as this game
Ahem... Todd Howard...
neon scroll
But can I go to the mountain?
scarlet cape
no time for mountains in perma-crunch mode
there's plenty of buildings to not interact with though
neon scroll
I'll take it
strong olive
50k 🏆 after 4 years playing
glass knot
If you want a Bethesda game you're getting a Bethesda game
If that's what you like you'll probably like it too
That's about it
neon scroll
Real... It's upto us if a game looks good or bad
Just because it's something you like doesn't mean it's good for that matter
minor bolt
https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/16un1ip/spyro_4_mystery_of_the_dragon/ I want to believe
dry gale
ok GTX 1650 doesn't have frame generation in AMD FSR 3
placid otter
37 hours later and i have finally completed act 1 in bg3
minor bolt
we're so back
placid otter
spoilers for spiderman-2 are going around now. u've been warned
dry gale
is it just me or forspoken graphics looks grainy?
dusty imp
placid otter
anyone know if it is better to buy phantom liberty before going for first cp77 playthrough? like does it just naturally blend in with the game
going to download game now was thinking of starting it
minor bolt
uhh off the top of my head it seamlessly starts after act 1
but you could just do a vanilla playthrough then start a new one and pick a different path
then lead into pl
placid otter
what would you suggest? i don't mind just buying it either
ngl, i have never played a single player (that i finished) for a 2nd time
minor bolt
i havent played pl
and i havent played vanilla since release week
my poor 1070 could barely keep up
maybe check out a review for pl? see what their opinions are on how it fits in
placid otter
going to play it on ps5 since i already own it there. bought a few months ago
game is just 10 euros cheaper there on sale than on pc
placid otter
idk what u mean, but would cost more if i bought on pc. esp if i buy it againg
dry gale
it's been 4 hours since I started this thing
placid otter
ah no, i dont do that.havent done so more than like once gaming related and even that was ages ago
oh lol geforce now. never heard of anyone actually using that platform
glass knot
You can buy PL afterwards and it should be fine
The essential updates that came with 2.0 aren't a part of PL iirc?
dry gale
sail the high seas = piracy
haha yes
placid otter
essential aren't part of the expansion and are free yes
glass knot
Like the updated systems and skills etc shouldn't be part of the dlc so you're fine
But i don't know if there's like dlc exclusive skills or whatever
minor bolt
yeah i downloaded cp77 again to try out the new tech and stuff but havent gotten around to it
somehow a 3070 still struggles to push more than 60fps at 1080p
dry gale
Imma thinking of downloading forspoken to try out FSR 3
placid otter
somehow a 3070 still struggles to push more than 60fps at 1080p
damn, glad i didn't buy on pc then. also running a 3070
minor bolt
i mean 60fps is fine
placid otter
prob doesn't make that much a difference, but experience should be good
dry gale
I think it's time to move onto console gaming coz PC Gaming now not worth a lot due to the specs
I don't need to worry about specs if I buy a console
placid otter
aight, just bought PL. couldn't resist
dry gale
lol
placid otter
reviews and consumers all seem very positive
glass knot
Yeah haven't seen anything bad about the dlc or the update
minor bolt
its kinda nuts the turnaround the game has made
placid otter
well, it did take another 3 years
minor bolt
yeah it shouldnt have been so broken from the start but still
kinda like no mans sky in a way
placid otter
no mans sky devs just live in their own world
still can't believe how their still releasing new updates
dry gale
that anime generated enough hype to make players return back to the game
warm pumice
we're so back
nice
placid otter
just got reminded that AC mirage releasing next week. marketing behind is so nonexistent feels like. hear no one talking about it either
warm pumice
it's been 4 hours since I started this thing
why are you using that?
Whats your setup Kairu? For the Pilot and Titan
dry gale
why are you using that?
to test if I can run it but...
warm pumice
You still havent played it?
Bruh
I just downloaded and got straight to it
Yeah the graphics are low but it gets it done
Just got to my first companion
dry gale
I just downloaded and got straight to it
I played it but in order to compensate for the poor textures and FPS... I am trying to run it in cloud gaming
warm pumice
I dont even know how much FPS im getting on mine
I just know low setting on everything
Haven't touched the mods yet
Debating if I should though
dont know how long the game is, want to do a vanilla run first
but iirc, lots of hours
jovial wolf
somehow a 3070 still struggles to push more than 60fps at 1080p
pretty much everything that is not RT maxed, just volumetric stuff on medium
you sure you're not cpu limited?
minor bolt
maybe its gotten better, granted it was quite a while ago i tried it
jovial wolf
but still, you should be able to do 60+ without rt fine
placid otter
aaaa, no FoV slider on ps5 cp77 
minor bolt
dlss off everything maxed I get like 35 fps in benchmark
dlss quality boosts it to around 65
but I hate how blurry it gets
dry gale
pretty much everything that is not RT maxed, just volumetric stuff on medium
imma ask u to turn off that DLSS
The quality looks better without upscalers
jovial wolf
^
dry gale
I am getting GPU limited on Cyberpunk 2077
placid otter
night city is so beautifull 
warm pumice
How it felt navigating that place
Aside from some game mechanics, I like the game so far
neon scroll
At its core it was always a solid game, but they released it 2 years too early
Especially melee is just so satisfying
No matter if katana build or claw build
placid otter
haven't gotten to being able to drive yet. just passed the first night
never realized it had no loading screens. that is great
neon scroll
Yeah, it's all seamless
slate thorn
Any of DougDoug's ideas are the best ideas
slate thorn
I'm thinking of getting the dlc and doing another playthrough of the game. Since I loved my first two playthroughs of the game
pearl cobalt
from diffrent discords, everyone has been saying it's best to start fresh. pretty much everyone has been liking it and considers the story better than the main quest.
also, it's been recommended to do all companion quests before finishing a new (?) ending
neon scroll
Now if all game studios handled their broken releases like this we would have some really fantastic games out there. Imagine if Bethesda spent even half of the years post Skyrim to fix the game
slate thorn
Hey, Bethesda did release updates to fix the game
Except those updates broke more than they fixed 
dry gale
LMFAOOO bro installed halo again
Here another game is updating their system requirements
dry gale
Some developer forgot to turn off the limit of Frame generation for GTX 1650 FSR 3... and yeah
FSR 3 FG works good in GTX 1650 ig, idk why they didn't include it in forspoken
Immortals of Aveum btw
dry gale
Some developer forgot to turn off the limit of Frame generation for GTX 1650 FSR...
@warm pumice There might still be some life out there for our GTX 1650 graphics cards
warm pumice
LOLOLOL
jovial wolf
"AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation is recommended to be used in situations where pre-interpolation, post-upscaling frame rate is a minimum of 60."
warm pumice
<@863561892772708362> There might still be some life out there for our GTX 1650 ...
This is still for SF??
dry gale
"AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation is recommended to be used in situations where pre-in...
yes but still this thing helps to boost some fps at least
jovial wolf
those fps gonna be pretty useless with the input lag
dry gale
if it boosts around 10-15 FPS then that's worth it
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will ofcourse have FSR 3 FG because GTX 1650 can run on it... but we are yet to see
I can understand why it's not there for Forspoken
but seeing this in Immortals of Aveum was quite surprising
minor bolt
if it boosts around 10-15 FPS then that's worth it
its not magic though
if native is 30fps and framegen is 60fps, you're "seeing" 60fps but your input is at 30fps
itll still feel bad
dry gale
if native is 30fps and framegen is 60fps, you're "seeing" 60fps but your input i...
what if it's 45-55 FPS and framegen is 70 fps
minor bolt
what if it's 45-55 FPS and framegen is 70 fps
then youre seeing 70fps but your input is 45-55hz
dry gale
https://youtube.com/shorts/c-9folgcVpM?si=bKCfarnJ78JrZhVs here's a funfact (Halo was meant for Mac not Microsoft lol)
pearl cobalt
you should look up the early trailers for it. was also supposed to be an rts, Bungie having done Myth beforehand
dry gale
Cyberpunk 2077 looks really good wow
Bro I like the new version
Can't believe this doesn't look like the old one
fallow vessel
Tekken 7 Top 8 at Rev Major starting in a minute
oh it's 7 Koreans and 1 Japanese
pearl cobalt
"What... yeartimeline is this?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0sh1zhYt1Y
fleet wave
wtf that's incredible
neon scroll
What is this? Remake/prequel/sequel?
fleet wave
looks like new game with heavy inspiration from the original
just played the demo it's awesome
captures the feeling of goldeneye 64 but it's still a modern game
neon scroll
interesting
dry gale
aiyoo what
fallow vessel
probably some person that is into buddhism or something
or oriental culture in general considering the other decoration you can see
dry gale
probably some person that is into buddhism or something
That ain't Buddhism, this is Hinduism lol
Ask me I am an Indian, my ancestors belong to that religion
pearl cobalt
orgin in Hinduism as Sammie said but used in related religions
but wouldn't be surprised if CDPR just copied because someone was into yoga
placid otter
6h into cp77 and i am completely lost with the story
fallow vessel
I can see someone who is into yoga just getting a random symbol like this as well tbh
don't know where in the game this is maybe it is an apartment of someone who is like that
dry gale
I can see someone who is into yoga just getting a random symbol like this as wel...
was very surprising to see... do they also have swastika symbol in there
I see both that om and swastika symbol a lot here
dry gale
don't know where in the game this is maybe it is an apartment of someone who is ...
it's pretty early in-game
slate thorn
Night city is a cultural hotpot ao you'll find a lot of stuff from different cultures
neon scroll
So good news, turns out I can play the new and improved SSD only Cyberpunk from my external SSD just fine and I can also still run the game on High settings no problem
Not touching Ultra, cause lol
That would probably incinerate my laptop, honestly
dry gale
So good news, turns out I can play the new and improved SSD only Cyberpunk from ...
I wonder why there's still a HDD mode
neon scroll
because there's definitely still plenty people with the old install on HDDs.
warm pumice
HDD Gang
neon scroll
Also plenty people who only have HDDs
warm pumice
Only use SSD for multiplayer games, dont really care much for offline/singleplayer
slate thorn
I just love how cheap ssd's have gotten
Like, a 1tb nvme ssd costs less than what I paid for a 1tb hdd when I built my first pc lol
dry gale
Like, a 1tb nvme ssd costs less than what I paid for a 1tb hdd when I built my f...
Now a Samsung 1 TB nvme SSD costs less than what my Samsung SATA 1 TB SSD cost me for
dry gale
Ohh bro I found the location of Rebecca's gun
jovial wolf
I mean it is where she dropped it
placid otter
so far had only one noteable bug in 12h of playing cyberpunk
was so worth waiting 3 years for this
spend majority of my playtime today doing sidequests ( i dont even know if their sidequests or not)
oh right, this also the month we getting crazy amount of new releases
jovial wolf
full yellow circle in journal is main q, yellow border only is side q
placid otter
it is confusing i see the difference in a small amount of quests, but like... ||the delamain quest line|| i believe is also tagged as a main instead of side.
very intresting quest line though for sure
quite a few quests feel more like sides than main
warm pumice
pliant temple
driller is fun af
driller weapons are really fun to use :)
placid otter
spiderman 2 reviewers given so much time one of them is even working on platinum trophy
placid otter
saw it on twitter. responses aren't glad with how short it is
pearl cobalt
tldr: he's a "swift" player and clocked 33 for the original, 17 for Miles.
so might be similar in size to 1
placid otter
also saw that there is a setting for the uh. auto aim for web slinging. can turn it all the way down to make it manual
celest haven
saw it on twitter. responses aren't glad with how short it is
I dont get people's obsession with unnecessarily long games
I'd rather have a "short" game you can fully complete in 30 hours rather than something filled to the brim with bloat that drives it to over 100
If it's an RPG, then i understand
But it's a Spiderman game
placid otter
never gotten a platinum so cant say much, but responses mainly targeted to 30h story then 40-45h plat
minor bolt
30 hours sounds about right for plat
especially when you’ve played one of them and know what you’re doing
glass knot
I'd rather have a "short" game you can fully complete in 30 hours rather than so...
No i need everything to have mmo progression with tons of filler quests and grinding
Still bewilders me that people think 30h is too low
pliant temple
The children yearn for Assassin's Creed RPG
glass knot
Like man it's 30+ hours of you having fun with a piece of media lol
neon scroll
But it's a Spiderman game
I'd agree if it weren't advertised as an open world game and with it all the needless dumb shit open world is mandated to provide, just so lackluster that you only clock in 33 hrs.
Do a proper story driven game and drop the "go scratch markers off the map" part entirely, then those 30hrs are just fine.
neon scroll
Like man it's 30+ hours of you having fun with a piece of media lol
A 70€ expensive piece of media.
This is basically the problems of these kinda games in a nutshell. Overpriced + promises of more than is delivered. I personally don't care, but complaints about it are honestly 100% justified.
glass knot
I think AAA games are becoming unsustainable because of how expensive they are to produce these days
Companies would eventually end up having to charge more since these games have been mostly the same price for idk how many years now while these games themselves are getting more expensive to make
Not that they need to always put out insanely marketed huge AAA games anyways
Unfortunately the fact that these games are also super expensive to make means the companies will do the same safe open world map full of side quests and repeated filler content because that's what's expected of these games
minor bolt
spiderman no content waste of money dont bother
dry gale
2 days into cyberpunk and I already installed mods
scarlet cape
AAA games should go back to making absolutely ridiculous requests of the player for that platinum trophy
games didn't get too short, they got too easy 😎
valid lava
do dmc 5 platinum
dry gale
why that looks like Hideo Kojima?
valid lava
because it is him
smoky imp
Yep it's him
fair elbow
He's HIM
stable stratus
dry gale
I am officially a Edgerunner now
minor bolt
cods been lazy for years but this is another level of pathetic
slender zinc
https://youtu.be/u15tEo0wsQI hits hard after the playthrough
placid otter
cods been lazy for years but this is another level of pathetic
their repeating it in 2025, but remaking black ops stuff insteadd
jovial wolf
bethesda's npcs have been memes for decades
dry gale
Creation engine shit lol
neon scroll
It's less the engine and more that their face guy has pretty much about 0 talent in that particular field and probably works from home office, is single and never has any human contact whatsoever that would require showing emotion
Because that's what Bethesda faces including Starfield look like
And given that modders improve that within the engine in the course of a single fucking week you can't tell me it's engine limitations
scarlet cape
cyberpunk's old face guy who didn't know children don't have adult heads is sweating rn
you want actually good looking npcs? play monster hunter
neon scroll
cyberpunk's old face guy who didn't know children don't have adult heads is swea...
Well, at least they learned and replaced him with new face guy
placid otter
https://youtu.be/PKb-zfbpIHM?si=Mu-6r1fUAZYKGCaL
the son is back 
they even re-added the old killstreaks it seems from the trailer. really hope chopper and barrier and also ac130 are just not that op againg
lol New World has added mounts
warm pumice
266 mods installed
Sometimes I be forgetting what I add
Fallout 4 was on that timing
stable stratus
placid otter
minor bolt
skillup doesnt recommend it
placid otter
yeah am watching it rn
quite intresting how we went to a very long valhalla to mirage being 15 hours
graphics and the town look pretty good
just reminds me alot of the towns in the first few ac games
fleet wave
sounds good
placid otter
even with skill up saying not recommended, his video does make me intrested to playing the game. esp for ac fans
dusty imp
the fact that the promo art actually has the hidden blade in it makes me want to play it more than all the last few games combined
royal drift
she looks so good 😭
dry gale
AC Mirage is perfectly optimized it runs well on a 1650
nice
just another reason not to use upscaling
pearl cobalt
quite intresting how we went to a very long valhalla to mirage being 15 hours
wasn't Mirage originally supposed to be a DLC to Valhalla?
oh yeah, it was:
https://www.gameinformer.com/exclusive-feature/2023/08/30/assassins-creed-mirage-started-as-valhalla-dlc-with-eivor-in-the
royal drift
Woah, who that? Dlc character?
slate thorn
I was already planning on getting the dlc when I have time to game more. Guess I have even more reason to do so
Waffle 🤝 simping for virtual women
Actually, let me fix that
Waffle 🤝 simping
neon scroll
quite intresting how we went to a very long valhalla to mirage being 15 hours
I mean, it was supposed to be a DLC
So it actually being DLC length makes sense
Of course they probably still charge 70 bucks for it,cause lol
slender zinc
she looks so good 😭
who's gonna tell em
placid otter
i got access to pacifica, but think i just follow ||takemura|| quest line
slender zinc
id make saves on the first playthrough then try out the different storylines that leads to diff endings
placid otter
i can still go over any of the other ones as it hasnt locked me out yet, but ur right. should make additional ones. rn got one 12h in and another at 18:30h in
pearl cobalt
sidenote, for cyberpunk in general:
read the short story Johnny Mnemonic from Burning Chrome (other stores are pretty good, too) and the novel Neuromancer for some obvious similarities and/or if you want more Cyberpunk imersiveness.
smoky imp
have seen some comments about the new AC Mirage, story is as unspectacular as most other ones, the controls can be a nightmare sometimes but at least there is no present day story, it's less than 20 hours and bagdad is beautiful af
placid otter
glass knot
Cars
scarlet cape
The way the cars drift on the asphalt and stay completely intact upon crashing before being ignored for the next highest rated vehicle is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a Mercedes-AMG C S Coupé 63 Forza Edition
jovial wolf
some of the takes in the reviews are pretty wild, dudes getting mad that they did not get another horizon
celest haven
placid otter
doubt it going to steam will add much. battle net is nowhere near frowned upon as much as some of the other platforms
fallow vessel
yeah it doesn't change the fact that the game fucking sucks
placid otter
it is more lacking content and reason to do things instead of it being bad. if u do story game is great
if u want 100 not worth it
valid lava
isnt the d4 battle pass the worst thing the world have ever seen
battle passes already sucks ass but that one is like next level trash or sum
placid otter
isnt the d4 battle pass the worst thing the world have ever seen
battle passes a...
huh?
where this come from. i always see hate about it about lack of content and that horrible first patch of season 1, but never bp
bp is nothing but cosmetics
valid lava
idk ion play those games
was from one act man video i think
neon scroll
D4 is just a shit game, lbr. If you wanna an ARPG you go play PoE. By the time they fixed their shit with D4 (if ever) PoE2 will be out and completely kill all incentive to play D4
The start was alright, you know, before seasons and before you actively noticed the dumbfuckery
fallow vessel
people are enjoying D2 remake as well
valid lava
D4 is just a shit game, lbr. If you wanna an ARPG you go play PoE. By the time t...
only game like that i played is grim dawn
was pretty pog tbh
slate thorn
bp is nothing but cosmetics
I believe the BP gives enough premium currency to buy exactly nothing so you're forced to spend money if you want to use your brand new premium currency
neon scroll
It's a wholeass scam of the mobile game kind, yes
dry gale
Did Xbox forgot to send the stable build?
Missing lighting there lol
Every weather looks good except the noon sunny weather because of this lighting issue
slender zinc
remove the watermark and its a street view lmao
neon scroll
That genuinely looks like a PS3 racing game, lol
glass knot
i mean that just looks like a street view image lol not even a ps3 game
which well is "realistic"
valid lava
sounds like an excuse they'd give
neon scroll
This is basically like MK1 on the Switch
Except it's not on the Switch
So the shit hardware excuse isn't there
neon scroll
I mean... this shouldn't happen either way
minor bolt
fanboys gonna fanboy
in general im struggling to see what the problem is
youtube kills video quality anyway
fallow vessel
it gets them the clicks
dry gale
This is the second reuploaded video but the issue is still there
Turn 10 days another update is coming to fix this issue
Imagine you need to restarts your whole console to fix a colour space issue
fallow vessel
bunch of people are doing sponsored streams for the new AC
fallow vessel
apparently Gothic 2 is coming on Switch as well
didn't see any info about the Night of the Raven datadisc though
placid otter
20 years of cod huh damn
GOLDEN BOYYYYYYYYY
insane they got 250 content creators there
minor bolt
can't believe theyre bastardizing mw2 maps like this
placid otter
zombies where
placid otter
Ghostwire tokyo for free from twitch prime
yoo all the og items are in zombies
24 PLAYERS IN ZOMBIES WHATTT
pearl cobalt
it's supposed to be open world, like one of the other modes. DMZ?
placid otter
as i thought zombies gets used maps againg
same zombies map also the same one for warzone
neon scroll
You know, I'm watching Spiffs latest Starfield video and it's amazing to me how Bethesda somehow ported the worst and most definitely easiest to fix exploits from Skyrim to Starfield. Like... the trader inventory chest that you simply need to lookat a specific spot on the ground for. Or the many, many ways to glitch under the terrain to get your hands at even more trader chests
slate thorn
"They possibly won't to the exact same exploits from 12 years ago again if we make this in the same way right???"
willow tundra
anyone playing crew motorfest? how was it.. i really don’t want to have to buy a console for forza motorsport lol
scarlet cape
placid otter
alright finished main story of cyberpunk. truly a great game and glad i waited and started it
pearl cobalt
huh, didn't realize they bought Crunchyroll two months ago
minor bolt
sony bought crunchyroll in 2017 or so
wait no that was funimation, crunchyroll was 2021
pearl cobalt
oh, I wasn't paying attention to the years of the articles I searched when they bought it
dry gale
Hmm Xbox not even close
scarlet cape
dry gale
Bro always pops out of nowhere and scares me
neon scroll
That's sorta the point, yeah
smoky imp
omg Keanu Reeves
scarlet cape
keanu's 2nd video game appearance
more if we count the matrix games but we won't do that
neon scroll
It's a good thing they respected how The Matrix was a perfect self contained movie that didn't need any sequels and/or games
Imagine if they made 3 more of those
smoky imp
currently watching the new vid from GameTwo and they did intensive research on Daedalic Entertainment and Gollum
really crazy how toxic it went there
they even refused to pay their devs for overtime and crunch, wanted to force interns to sign a contract that would lead to them not even getting paid a bit
they talked with 30 people who work there or are in contract with Daedalic
too bad it's not in English bcs that vid is really good
dry gale
AC Mirage has a God like optimisation damn
neon scroll
too bad it's not in English bcs that vid is really good
They usually have subtitles though
smoky imp
oh yeah but subs aren't out yet
neon scroll
...how though.
The game isn't even that big from all the reports
Badly optimized/compressed bs
placid otter
just more special effects, rtx, 4k graphics and besides. u get the previous game city + another big part of a city that is new
rumours that all mw3 post-launch seasons will be themed around past CoD games. so iguess this whole game is mostly just remake after remake...
neon scroll
They probably didn't bother to remove obsolete game files they integrated or something, lmao
celest haven
just more special effects, rtx, 4k graphics and besides. u get the previous game...
4k graphics and all that honestly aren't even the reason behind large file sizes most of the time
Funny enough off the top of my head, the reason GTA5 is as large as it is comes from uncompressed sound files of all things
neon scroll
Delete the radio, reduce installation size by half
fallow vessel
devs don't care about optimization anymore
since the storage is no longer an issue nowadays and the reading speed is high as well they don't have to
it is annoying though
neon scroll
Storage very quickly becomes an issue when every game is 90GB+
Cause only madmen uninstall games
dry gale
spiderman-2 going to be 89gb
But it's a small game...
slate thorn
I still remember when Warframe did this huge optimization patch where they went and optimized and compressed all of the files properly so there was practically zero quality loss, and they reduced the game size with like 30gb or something?
dry gale
Windows has a compression tool to compress games either low level or high level which depends on the game
Idk if PlayStation has something like that
glass knot
Finally started playing Prey
It's actually a really interesting and fun game
Very epic
Cool story and going around the world is actually fun
Lot of creative ways to get around
dry gale
I have the game but haven't touched it yet
fallow vessel
this Backpack Battles game on Steam is hella addicting
slate thorn
They really don't give a shit about their customers huh?
neon scroll
Also "It's been claimed" is just code for "Trust me bro"
smoky imp
To be fair they did mention that in the GameTwo vid
neon scroll
Oh wait, I thought they did a seperate video like they usually do, but instead they dedicated a whole official episode to it
slate thorn
It was written by the publisher
Still applies that they hate their customer :v
smoky imp
Oh wait, I thought they did a seperate video like they usually do, but instead t...
Yep it was pretty great
neon scroll
For reference for the non Germans, Game Two (previously known as Game One) is the longest running game review/skit/news show in Germany. It started out on MTV of all places until that went down the gutter and then actually transformed into Game Two on a different channel. It's not just some random ass yt channel, they have people who know what tf they're doing and they're not paid industry shills either, which is nice.
smoky imp
^
And they put lots of time and research into the Gollum issue
Also their video about the game itself is still my favorite episode hahaha
neon scroll
favorote episode is kinda hard, there's too many
But their best yt only content is just them explaining the plot of gaes in dialect
smoky imp
And yeah they said that the Daedalic workers told them that the apology was written by the publisher and most likely by chatgbt (explains the wrong written name)
smoky imp
But their best yt only content is just them explaining the plot of gaes in diale...
Lmao i think my favorite is the Resident Evil one
neon scroll
RE batshit story be like
pearl cobalt
Still applies that they hate their customer :v
the game itself was a whole "no one really asked for it" and how tf do you make a game on Gollum anyway?
Resident Evil, the series that was originally B movie tier elevated to crazy A tier over the years
smoky imp
RE 7 still the best one in my opinion
smoky imp
the game itself was a whole "no one really asked for it" and how tf do you make ...
Honestly I think the stealth approach by Daedalic wasn't that bad
But the LotR lore is huge why don't they make more original characters and stories?
Like Shadow of Mordor (yes not completely original but you know)
slate thorn
Yeah, the problem is mainly that Gollum is like
He's a super interesting character
Just not for a game
pearl cobalt
Honestly I think the stealth approach by Daedalic wasn't that bad
But the LotR ...
true
fallow vessel
I think Gollum is more than good enough for a game
issue was that they made that game look funkier than some booteg PS2 games
dry gale
compression to it's extent
placid otter
mw3 already has hackers on the ps4 beta. we are really getting the true mw2 experience now
glass knot
awesome
dry gale
nice
minor bolt
i dont think itll be widespread
afaik getting a jailbroken ps4 onto psn is really difficult
and stupid risky
neon scroll
afaik getting a jailbroken ps4 onto psn is really difficult
I mean... good. Shit is for single player.
placid otter
didn't even know mw3 was also on old gen
minor bolt
activision isnt gonna give up all that profit
neon scroll
I'm sure it works about as well as you'd think
Modern graphic games just really shouldn't be released on the old gen consoles any more
fallow vessel
backpack hero demo is free on steam and it is pretty fun
crit might be a bit too strong
placid otter
sword and sandals?
fallow vessel
it is an inventory management auto battler
placid otter
oh isee
willow tundra
my ps5 controller’s left analog stick is drifting so i started playing racing games (wrc 10) with the dpad as steering again. i’m pretty sure I’m doing better than with the analog stick
minor bolt
ctr my beloved
willow tundra
yeah I dunno how many years I haven’t played a racing game with the dpad. started getting fighting game thumb blisters lmao
minor bolt
my thumb was calloused over for a while after going for the ctr:nf plat
since the dpad is objectively better for air braking
willow tundra
i’m thinking it’s probably because of the wheel’s slower motion back to straight since it’s rally that makes it better with dpad
but i’ll have to test it with other games now with grid, etc
i played the crew motorfest trial and was disappointed with no doad option
fair elbow
Using dpad means you turn at 100%, whereas a stick can range from 0%-100% depending on how hard you shift it
And if you have joystick drift, it'll cause problems
scarlet cape
maxed out deadzone 
fair elbow
Might as well use the dpad at that point
willow tundra
yeah thank goodness for unbind options lol
dry gale
Cyberpunk still getting flatlined for some reason
scarlet cape
same fate as nms
came out shit, got finished over time
i think no matter how good cp77 got, it should be shat on enough for the corporate side to realise that releasing something that isn't finished just isn't good enough
it's the bare minimum
dry gale
OH MY GOD I FINALLY HAVE A REASON TO PLAY HALO INFINITE
PvE incoming
Battle Pass XP in custom games?
MK. VI Armour kit
dry gale
IGN Promoting Halo Infinite?
I think Microsoft suddenly cared and paid for promotion
stable stratus
placid otter
nah, they just repost frequently
neon scroll
Gotta milk it for one last year while people still delude themselves into thinking that this one surely will be good. This time for sure.
fair elbow
When will they remake Call of Duty 1 and United Offensive instead
dry gale
https://x.com/gameinformer/status/1711514457522819463?s=20
End of an era
Lol
What did he experience
slate thorn
If I want to play mw3 I'll just boot up my xbox 360
dry gale
broken graphics settings lol
AMD FSR 2 is supposed to be increasing my FPS not decrease it
stable stratus
smoky imp
Big W
dusty imp
not entirely
he still got the money
he has a history of being ok with the scapegoat role
glass knot
Isn't unity publicly traded
minor bolt
yeah
glass knot
If yes then shareholders can and most likely will just appoint a new equally money driven CEO lol
minor bolt
glass knot
But yeah Ricci doesn't mind it probably just got the money and bounced
CEOs are more often than not just the figures that'll end up getting the flack for any bad decision pushed by shareholders
core issue still there but ig him leaving makes people more likely to trust unity more
dry gale
W
scarlet cape
thank you bandai namco for setting aside the time and money to make pacman battle royale 2
stable stratus
at least now it's on more accessible platforms
pearl cobalt
If you purchase the PS5 Digital Edition, you can add the Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive for PS5 later, as it will also be sold separately for 79.99 USD | 119.99 EURO | 99.99 GBP | 11,980 JPY.
minor bolt
oh lol
shouldve read the post
ah it looks like one you install into some internal ports rather than a usb one, cool solution
i kind of expected the core unit to just be one sku then the drive is separate, since that would simplify the supply chain a ton, but thatd probably confuse normies
dry gale
https://fxtwitter.com/PlayStation/status/1711773977129923048
doesn't look like anything changed
dry gale
it looks shorter and thinner
honestly I still can't see the difference between old and new
are u fr? lol
minor bolt
the side panels are split into two parts and the middle black bit is concave
dry gale
the side panels are split into two parts and the middle black bit is concave
feels like this
minor bolt
otherwise its just a shrunk down version of whats already available
dry gale
are u fr? lol
LMFAOOO
scarlet cape
is there a reason for it?
dry gale
"Vertical stand sold separately"
minor bolt
for what, the slim to exist?
scarlet cape
yeah is this one less energy hungry
dry gale
is there a reason for it?
there is no reason and u will never find one
scarlet cape
like the old PS slims
dry gale
yeah is this one less energy hungry
I'm afraid that's not the case
scarlet cape
ah
minor bolt
the page doesnt say anything about a process node shrink but thats usually what happens
dry gale
the Xbox Series X mid-gen refresh has some technical stuff changed
minor bolt
it looks like the drive just clips onto the side so id imagine manufacturing is a bit easier now theres just one sku for most of the chain
it also doesnt have a disc drive
so it belongs in the bin
scarlet cape
dry gale
<:vivikek:482987254151774208>
wow so long
PS5 is getting slimmer and slimmer meanwhile Xbox is getting fatter and fatter
one of them eats exclusives
and the other eats acquisitions
scarlet cape
idk i'm still thinking sega's got something cooking
dry gale
idk i'm still thinking sega's got something cooking
sega console?
scarlet cape
dreamcast 2 is coming trust
dry gale
or sega xbox console?
scarlet cape
25 year anniversary
dry gale
dreamcast 2 is coming trust
do ppl still play on that?
dusty imp
dbrand lawsuit round 3
glass knot
They really should've posted a regular ps5 for size comparison lol
placid otter
highrise being added to the mw3 beta
neon scroll
I mean
That alone doesn't prove it's fake
Game series tend to.... recycle after all
slate thorn
Yeah, titanfall 2 uses recycled apex legends stuff after all 
smoky imp
https://vxtwitter.com/PlatitudinousNT/status/1711815127064867176?t=xELnq39dX_6-RvzR9lMgvw&s=19 something tells me he really hates detective pikachu
neon scroll
I mean... if the game is garbage you can't exactly blame him
slate thorn
Oh yeah ofc
He has a merch line based on pokemon even so if he hates a pokemon game it really must be pretty trash
smoky imp
going by the comments he tries to find the fun in everything soooo
i wonder how bad it is
will watch that
stable stratus
placid otter
there have been lots of leaks going around for past 2 weeks for it
neon scroll
Tbh what spoilers could there possibly be. This isn't gonna be like "Wooooah,what a plot twist!!!"
minor bolt
the boss fights
neon scroll
Spiderma(e)n gonna kick hunter guy butt, probably after losing once or twice
placid otter
but that is the plot of every action related thing
glass knot
Bigwheel bossfight
slate thorn
Because they stopped caring about optimization a while ago with CoD
neon scroll
We've been over this the other day
Respecting players enough to not fill up a significant portion of their HD with trash uncompressed files is a thing of the past
slate thorn
We need to go back to the good old days where a game could be like several mb max so the devs were forced to optimize
minor bolt
no i get that, my point is more that the full game will be like 120-150gb or so
with what, 12-16 maps?
theres no reason for like 1/5 - 1/4 of the game to be 1/2 the filesize
then they whine when people find and leak shit they left over
slate thorn
They probably have a ton of shit for the full game just dumped into the beta that is just disabled
fair elbow
Rimworld is 300mb
dusty imp
if you fill the players hard drive up, they can only play the one game they have installed
your game
neon scroll
Oh, they're recycling, gotcha
minor bolt
yeah thats the whole premise of this new mw3 lol, its just mw2 2009 maps/weapons
neon scroll
I guess it makes sense, at least this way surely the game can't be a broken mess again like the last, still unfixed one
minor bolt
famous last words
neon scroll
surely
pearl cobalt
from another discord
fair elbow
Last CoD I ever played was Ghosts
And it wasn't even mine, it was my cousin's 
Just played a little bit of campaign cause I was curios what Cod these days look like
minor bolt
the campiagns are usually fine
although i think i finished the mw19 one in like 5 hours
which is not fine
mightve been cold war i dont remember
dry gale
tell me a worst thing about COD
Me: Unoptimized piece of shiet
Good thing this game is coming to gamepass next year
don't need to waste ur money
minor bolt
thats pretty low on the list of bad things about cod
the bigger issue is that its a yearly cash grab with zero innovation in over a decade thats propped up on branding and a playerbase with stockholm syndrome
dry gale
the bigger issue is that its a yearly cash grab with zero innovation in over a d...
let gamepass bless this game for good
minor bolt
gamepass cant save cod
theyve already been shoveling it with mtx
itll just get worse
pearl cobalt
they've been giving some of the base COD games on PS for years.
another way of keeping the mtx/battlepass IV drip.
dry gale
gamepass cant save cod
but can save our money
valid lava
another way to save money is to not play it cuz it aint like its good anyway
dry gale
another way to save money is to not play it cuz it aint like its good anyway
I mostly played the campaign
without paying money
there's some kind of workaround or some bug in steam which helped me to play that game without paying
minor bolt
by bringing joy and connection do they mean by bringing more soulless cash grabs and overpriced mtx
slate thorn
No no, they are going to actually monetize joy and connection
You can now no longer have either of them without paying
minor bolt
please drink a verification can
slate thorn
Soon you will need to pay a subscription to feel emotion in general
dry gale
Soon you will be forced to subscribe to gamepass in order to play the complete game
smoky imp
You can now no longer have either of them without paying
Can't fool me that's just capitalism
neon scroll
Bobby can go fuck off
jovial wolf
he is counting down the days till he gets his golden parachute
fallow vessel
I wouldn't mind paying to feel an emotion somedays tbh
neon scroll
Damn son, you should get a bandaid for the cut you just got from that edge
scarlet cape
monopolising the gaming industry is providing people a lot of emotions, joy is not one of them
minor bolt
its not monopolizing it's just competition!!!!
minor bolt
of ps5 games yes
its being rolled out next month
then itll probably come to that portal device thing
placid otter
ohh the finale approval finally. just intime for october 18th deadline
placid otter
scarlet cape
i miss lionhead studios
minor bolt
the idea of celebrating a corporate acquisition that shouldve never been approved is so fucking weird
rustic peak
Xbox wins so I win 
minor bolt
my black box beats your black box!!!
anyway
having crash and spyro exclusive to xbox should breach the geneva convention or some shit
dry gale
https://youtu.be/AYU4q594LJ0?si=SHk2yUlt6ST5olEs
W but... Microsoft please release finished stuff
Don't force them to release unfinished games
minor bolt
redfall 
xbox execs probably seething over the starfield reception not being a 100% perfect masterpiece like it was hyped up to be as well
placid otter
starfield jsut feeding more ppl to cyberpunk
scarlet cape
redfall <a:KEKspasm:768760746397925386>
microsoft making a game studio develop things that aren't their strong suit and then throwing them to the wolves when things go badly because of it?
microsoft would NEVER do that
scarlet cape
i'd be less annoyed by all this if they weren't pretending to know what consumers actually want
dry gale
forza motorsport is finished and realesed fine
I will laugh
the game was playing at 30 fps for me on first day
then next day it suddenly jumped to 60 fps
graphics is broken in this game
I just realised Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon are made by different studios
neon scroll
bobby kotick will stay as ceo till end of the year then he gone
I don't even wanna know what kind of massive payout he got to make him dip
dry gale
$69B
dry gale
https://youtu.be/AYU4q594LJ0?si=SHk2yUlt6ST5olEs
Microsoft bought us as well 💀
smoky imp
You only get more work and depression
glass knot
Still wild this was approved
If only they had invested this money into researching and making cool IP
minor bolt
watch spiderman 2 get like 90 on metacritic after starfield shit the bed
that was meant to be their godtier btfo everything goty
glass knot
bg3 needs to win goty
scarlet cape
spite is gonna be a big part of voting again
bg3 fans are this year's sonic frontiers fans on twitter
smoky imp
Honestly nothing reaches bg3 in popularity rn I don't think even the new Zelda does
smoky imp
scarlet cape
idk i've seen a lot of people say they like bg3 for the bear thing but i've seen nothing about gameplay
meme entries can still do well tho so idk
glass knot
Funny cause everything i see about bg3 is how it's a great game and nothing about the bear lol
I also feel the reception to bg3 was wildly better than totk
scarlet cape
totk hype lasted like 2 weeks
then everyone had already found everything you could do
glass knot
yeah it was very short lived
it's not even comparable to how botw was relevant through the entire year it came out basically lol
minor bolt
fuck game of the year, we should be hearing about elden ring dlc soon
glass knot
Spiderman has yet to come out tho and that's prob getting a goty nomination too
celest haven
fuck game of the year, we should be hearing about elden ring dlc soon
Game Awards is my best bet for that
minor bolt
yeah
rustic peak
I also feel the reception to bg3 was wildly better than totk
tbf i also think its a lot more niche
glass knot
Which only makes it wilder how it seems the reception was better than zelda tho
scarlet cape
i just don't see it winning goty when it came out the same year as crash team rumble
or pikmin 4
real games
celest haven
i just don't see it winning goty when it came out the same year as crash team ru...
Real.
glass knot
expectation diff tbh
Fair too
rustic peak
better enjoy this years award season cause next year is gonna be a paper mario sweep if the thousand year door fans are to be believed
glass knot
If anything seeing starfield stuff made me want to finally play Prey
warm pumice
If anything seeing starfield stuff made me want to finally play Prey
I seen the cover of it but dont really know much about it
Isn't Prey by Bethesda as well?
glass knot
Arkane, published by Bethesda
warm pumice
Ahh okay
glass knot
Don't know how to summarize the game properly given the opening of the game is so good
But the main premise is that you're in a giant space station that's been infested by an alien species that can disguise themselves as any object
placid otter
warm pumice
Don't know how to summarize the game properly given the opening of the game is s...
Ill see if its on GP
glass knot
Don't think it is but they did give the game away on epic and on prime too i think?
placid otter
yes they did
glass knot
So if u have those maybe u claimed and don't remember it as i often do
warm pumice
Damn
warm pumice
Don't think it is but they did give the game away on epic and on prime too i thi...
yeah, its on game pass
Might finish up Soul Hackers to make space or delete overwatch
glass knot
Oh nice
dusty imp
Don't know how to summarize the game properly given the opening of the game is s...
its gmod prop hunt but PvE
glass knot
it's awesome
stable stratus
stable stratus
dry gale
https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1712914466910650705?s=20
Mm Activision deal closes, price hikes
placid otter
has yet to close, but should just be a matter of hours i expect
dry gale
Watch Game Pass price hike next year
placid otter
am just worried what they will do with WoW subscription if it gets on gamepass. would prob get a sub which iguess would cost similarly to ultimate, or just be included into ultimate exclusively
but even that is way too cheap. ultimate and WoW price is almost the same
neon scroll
tbh WoW desperately needs influx of new players
And it has insanely high barrier to entry compared to pretty much all its competitors
So it just being included in gamepass can really only benefit it
More people to sell the scam wow tokens to
placid otter
And it has insanely high barrier to entry compared to pretty much all its compet...
it really does. unless u get into a random guild and find people there to help you it will be rough to get into any good groups for higher tier dungeons and raids. todays WoW everyone jsut checks ur rating not for pvp, but for dungeon and your raid progress
we absolutely hate it when we just get our time wasted cause of a bad player
neon scroll
inexperienced =/= bad. Everyone started like that, which is what the elitist oldies tend to forget
But even that is just one of many barriers
The worst imo is the ten million addons you need
To even begin joining anything
placid otter
the biggest barrier is among the games system. which is in mythic dungeon the rest of the team get punished because of that 1 person
placid otter
The worst imo is the ten million addons you need
that is also a big issue yes
neon scroll
FF14 is basically the prime example of how to do all these things right tbh. Wow at this point also needs a mega dragon to nuke its world and reset everything
But Blizzard is (obviously) not gonna do that, just gonna milk it for eternity
placid otter
it needs it, but business wise how would that profit? the cost and time investment to make a new mmorpg is insane
placid otter
we are expecting Classic WoW to get something similar to osrs
where it will start getting new updates and content from now. waiting for blizzcon announcement
neon scroll
But that's just recycled old content
placid otter
what it is now yes, but what it would get will all be new
placid otter
why? it wouldnt effect retail at all
neon scroll
Attention directed at classic is attention missing in the already lackluster retail
placid otter
nah, they would just hire more ppl. literally a new tweet was posted few hours ago blizzard having bunch of intern spots open
neon scroll
lmao, interns
placid otter
and yeah, retail rn is in its best state since legion. what it means for next expansion is the thing we should be worried for though
neon scroll
Nothing like a good bit of unpaid labor
placid otter
if only schools didn't force interships
still not embedding
christopher judge birthday (kratos)
fallow vessel
game devs apologizing for not releasing at the time they announced before
meanwhile Gothic mod devs
smoky imp
I wish more devs would do this but it's understandable why mod devs can and not game devs
scarlet cape
they would if there wasn't a bunch of old asshats in suits controlling the devs budget
neon scroll
To be fair, deadlines are a thing everywhere else in work as well, so setting one isn't really inherently bad. Forces people to stop endlessly thinking about shit and actually do it.
glass knot
Realistic deadlines are good
Issue is mostly just pushing an unfinished product to meet an unrealistic deadline that was set without taking into consideration the actual state of development
Which yeahhhhh
fallow vessel
I always saw videogames as art and rushing art never tends to end up well
scarlet cape
it doesn't but sometimes you can get lucky
and people will ignore the issues because they like the game just enough
placid otter
they would if there wasn't a bunch of old asshats in suits controlling the devs ...
there is not budget without suits
neon scroll
I always saw videogames as art and rushing art never tends to end up well
This is a yes and no, honestly. If you attach hundreds or thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars to an """"art"""" project I honestly hazard to call it that any more. I'd mostly reserve that tag for indie games who mostly dgaf about release date deadlines
placid otter
indie devs dont have the option to think of deadlines. many of them are literally just learning how to code and create a game
rustic peak
To be fair, deadlines are a thing everywhere else in work as well, so setting on...
Think Nintendo devs mentioned that they didnt have a deadline for the next 2d mario game, we will see how it works out lol