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[placid otter]

i did it blindly up to chapter 5. but after each chap i looked up what i missed after ending chapter.
but chapter 4 has 3 missable bosses so after that i looked it all up to.avoid that againg

i didnt look up the fights just how to get there

[oak ruin]

i used the guide mostly for quest lines because a friend (who actually played blind) said he went back a couple of times

[ornate river]

the guide said the boar should attack me when i came back and he didnt

[oak ruin]

yeah pretty much, i don't read the move sets, takes away the sense of the game

[ornate river]

says i need this, which i have

[oak ruin]

he's on the right side of the map where you first met him iirc

[ornate river]

yeah i tp'd out and back and it worked

[oak ruin]

gl, also yeah there's a secret area per chapter that gives items to help with chapter boss fights. aside from chapter 3 apparently lol kinda forgot that

[placid otter]

only managed to make use of it for the chapter 4 boss and wow that boss is hard without

[jovial wolf]

speaking about wow and bosses, echo 7/8

[placid otter]

oh nice

got to remember to check vod when home. last i waa able to look they still at 50.55%

so liquid still dark or too early for them still?

[jovial wolf]

maintenance still

[placid otter]

oh intresting

[neon scroll]

https://x.com/GiveMeBanHammer/status/1838547546043748424

Perma Banned (@GiveMeBanHammer) on X

-be Ubisoft again
-releases another Assassin's Creed Shadow figurine set
-uses a One-Leg Torii as the backdrop for it
-the only known instance of a One-Leg Torii is the Sanno Shrine...which is a remnant/reminder of the Nagasaki incident from...1945

Ubisoft you just...I can't

Twitter · Sep 24, 2024, 11:54 AM

Ubisoft, please.... lol

[slate thorn]

[neon scroll]

Yeah, really tough to say why they canceled their JP gaming expo gig

[dusty imp]

assassins creed japan shouldve been a slam dunk

its weird cause valhalla was highly praised for how much they put into historical research

[neon scroll]

Oh, they put money in research alright, it's just that all the researchers they hired were shit

[slate thorn]

[stable stratus]

https://fxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1838615262771228897?t=njtuFCpWNmG4Irof-ig9gw&s=19

[ornate river]

i got really close once but i cant kill this damn boss

maybe im not the chosen monke

[placid otter]

don't give up 😤

[ornate river]

i ran out of potions

[placid otter]

don't need potions, show em who is the boss

[ornate river]

i cant kill him with the potions so it definitely isnt me

[placid otter]

u used ur mind cores?

see if u can get urself gear with wind resistant or just more armour if u haven't already. personally also used my mindcores mainly on defence

[ornate river]

mind cores?

[placid otter]

u found the npc just before wind sage?

[ornate river]

by the fire thing?

[placid otter]

the pill furnace

[ornate river]

yeah

[placid otter]

go to him and make celestial medicine

[ornate river]

this guy

[placid otter]

yes

[ornate river]

ohh ok i have 3 more to use

[placid otter]

can also make ur medicines there if u wanted

[ornate river]

yeah i was but i ran out of mats

gonna make some defense mana and stamina bonuses

[placid otter]

only ones i ever used were the dmg buffs and dmg reduction

btw u can upgrade the wight spirit for more defence

[ornate river]

ah fair

how do you use formulas btw?

oh yeah

idk what one of those to be using

[placid otter]

make sure u do got the wight equiped

i only did the wight. sometimes changed to others to try em out for fun, but wight def op

does so much damage

[placid otter]

think buying the formulas simply unlocks the recipe for you? not sure

also check the store at any shrine in both chapter 1 and 2. prob has more rare materials like mind cores

[ornate river]

alright

im getting closer

i think

[placid otter]

aye nice

u got this

making me miss playing the game

[ornate river]

do this for me

genuinely stuck

[placid otter]

just got to focus on his animations and learn which does what and dodge accordingly.
ussualy if its 1 combo i struggle with i keep shapeshift for that part. free second life

ill never forget spending my first 7hours in elden ring beating the first boss u meet

(was also my last 7 hours )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVs0suPHAX8 reminder

[ornate river]

theres so much random stuff he throws at you at the end

its just non stop you can never have time to hit im

[placid otter]

wind tamer for the end is good

idk when ur using it now?

[ornate river]

nows hes just doing other stuff at the start hes never done before

gdi

[placid otter]

[ornate river]

and i use it now when the sandstorm first kinda closes in

he was doing his end fight mechanics at the start then

[placid otter]

try using as little as possible early and everything to the end

rock/cloud step are crazy good make use of it

[ornate river]

also i hate he can kick me off the top of pillar stance

feels like thats exactly when i should be using it

[placid otter]

i don't see how pillar stance helps againgst wind

[ornate river]

bc he kicks at the floor to kick me up

[placid otter]

i never used any of the other stances besides smash

[ornate river]

when im like above his head haha

[placid otter]

did u unlock pluck of many?

[minor bolt]

ready to be disappointed

[placid otter]

same, got 0 expectations

[minor bolt]

although i will probably get the hzd remaster

[placid otter]

1 day ill continue that game... i hope

worst part of the game by far

[minor bolt]

yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo @slate thorn https://music.apple.com/us/album/stellar-blade-original-soundtrack/1770075244

spotify soon hopefully

[placid otter]

oh nice game soundtrack was amazing

[minor bolt]

yeah until now they only had the mini version of it up

missing most of the good ones

[ornate river]

yeah but i dont use it bc too much mana

[placid otter]

yeh cool

[ornate river]

keep getting close now

[placid otter]

[slate thorn]

Lets fucking goooooo

[slate thorn]

"most"

More like missing 180 songs or whatever :^)

[minor bolt]

the main one i cared about was hypertube lol

[slate thorn]

The mini is great though

[placid otter]

1 minute

[minor bolt]

eve bot

[placid otter]

look at that stellar blade and helldivers bots

[ornate river]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

[placid otter]

LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NICE

[ornate river]

had to stall it enough to get the transform thing back

YOOOO ||THE GUY GOT HIS HEAD BACK||

[placid otter]

[ornate river]

wukong spoilers ^

[placid otter]

i loved that scene

this game looks decent

[minor bolt]

another korean console game

[placid otter]

oh what archage???

[minor bolt]

pog palworld

[placid otter]

trailer for new content never to be released

[ornate river]

these videos in between chapters are so beautiful

[placid otter]

like the highest quality u could ever find love them. esp the paintings

[ornate river]

yeah

this was the stop motion one

chapter 2 bosses were good, i didnt like the landscape much

[placid otter]

their really good and fun

[ornate river]

i need to go do the chapter 1 boss i unlocked

[placid otter]

oh btw, if u check ur journal u can see how many king bosses and chief bosses ur missing

[ornate river]

oh cool

[placid otter]

veilguard really looks so underwhelming

really hope wilds going to be great and performance is good on pc

omg that is not far away!

oh pog dont have to rebuy full game

this photo mode

AYO

[minor bolt]

they did it

mad lads

[placid otter]

best collab ever

[slate thorn]

Collab?

[minor bolt]

stellar blade x nier automata dlc

[slate thorn]

Ayo?

I guess Nier outfits for the game?

[placid otter]

we saw 2b herself

[slate thorn]

Oooh

I need to continue Stellar Blade, need to get Platinum trophy

And the boss challenge outfits

[minor bolt]

yeah i havent done any of the boss challenges

[placid otter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xd9XNr6PAM

oh yeh i quit after the story. enjoyed my time and moved on

[slate thorn]

I've done a couple but not all of them

[minor bolt]

i got the plat and moved on

[placid otter]

pls

pls be got2

pls

[minor bolt]

omg finally

pls

[slate thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/cr1tikal-penguinz0-meme-woo-yeah-baby-gif-19316511

[minor bolt]

[slate thorn]

Insane Stellar Blade update

This is how you do photo mode

[slate thorn]

I do think I missed out on the summer stuff in-game though? Since that was time limited right?

[minor bolt]

wait is that yuna

from the first game

[placid otter]

LETS FCKING GOO

am so excited

looks like it

assasins creed is dead before its arrival

[minor bolt]

ubishit dead in a ditch

[placid otter]

i need to play ikki island expansion still

[pearl cobalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dJpKRWYNkE

28 Feb 2025

[minor bolt]

oh pog i dont even need to rebuy a disc copy of hzd

got it digitally from when they gave it away during covid

[placid otter]

same, but am worried if that even counts for this

[minor bolt]

it should, psn doesnt differentiate between licenses unless its between store and ps+

like you couldnt upgrade ff7 remake from ps+ into the ps5 ver

[placid otter]

oh right ff7r was the example i was thinking of too, which is what has me worried

ill get the upgrade if i ever continue and keep going from where i stopped

[minor bolt]

ok no it cant be cause its set like 400 years after tsushima

pretty cool if they turn ghost into a series that depicts different eras

[placid otter]

ghost still has my fav action combat of all time

gameplay is just so smooth

[slate thorn]

I should check all the announcements when there's a list of them

Or maybe just check all the vids PS uploads on yt in a min :^)

[placid otter]

all trailers are already uploaded

[rustic peak]

This looks so fucking good

Also where lagiacrus

[slate thorn]

neat

Now give me Stellar Blade OST on Spotify

[dusty imp]

womp womp

https://youtu.be/7z7kqwuf0a8?si=jcPsIAmKRAtzJ3EF

[slate thorn]

New Dynasty Warriors pretty huge

Probably going to cost $100 though because Koei lmao

[minor bolt]

@placid otter just to fully confirm

[digital crane]

how will hzd remastered come to steam?

will it be like a witcher 3 case where we just get an update

or do we have to repurchase the game

[placid otter]

cool

[dusty imp]

i think itll be like darksiders

where they delist the original version and if you own a copy of the game youll get a 90% discount on the store page for the remaster

(darksiders gave out the remaster for free, but for hzd it says it costs $10)

[neon scroll]

https://fixupx.com/StellarBlade/status/1838780524363661574

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam @misty dawn

[slate thorn]

https://open.spotify.com/album/0ImRpX3Ce1Gr7MWH4vehzw?si=XA0OYwX1TeiOysNa7_Gweg

Ost finally on Spotify as well

[placid otter]

https://x.com/assassinscreed/status/1838971189722562906?s=19

Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) on X

Assassin's Creed Shadows will now release February 14, 2025.

Twitter · Sep 25, 2024, 3:57 PM

i dont understand why their taking those actions. delay i get, but rest is surprising

prev date was nov 12th 4 month delay good

[neon scroll]

I'm sure this is for technical reasons and not because of, you know, all the other stuff

Maybe they hired an actual historian this time and they were like "Bro...."

[placid otter]

they looked at ghost of yotei and backed out

[dusty imp]

ghost of yotei has a female protagonist

people took this well™️

[neon scroll]

Gender wasn't really the issue with AC

[jovial wolf]

steam at launch is good news if they keep it for other titles too

[slate thorn]

That sure is a long and corporate way to say "hey, we fucked up"

[pearl cobalt]

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/456349/assassins-creed-shadows-delay-star-wars-outlaws-sales

and on a different technical note: MH Wilds specs are out and aren't looking good 😦

[placid otter]

no size?

[pearl cobalt]

140G SSD

[slate thorn]

5+ year old hardware for minimum requirements doesn't sound so bad

Heck, even the recommended requirements are 5+ years old for the cpu and 2070S

[glass knot]

what do you mean my rx570 cant run it on max settings

[pearl cobalt]

(note: haven't owned a gaming PC in a number of years so might be wrong on what I've researched, only have a PS5) the concern from what I've read, frame gen isn't that great if it can't already reach 60fps natively.

a demo would be needed to really find out but that's prob not until Dec/Jan

[glass knot]

1080p60 with frame gen medium settings on a 4060 is indeed quite wild

[jovial wolf]

the recommended spec are just weird

the frame gen stuff is one part

the second one is aiming the recommended specs at 1080p60 in 2025

[glass knot]

I'm guessing they're still having issues making RE engine work well with more open world type games

Cause otherwise for their smaller scale games it just works really well lol

[pearl cobalt]

they're developing REX but that's a few years down the line

[jovial wolf]

also after the dragons dogma 2 pc version that ate cpus for fun they go with 3600x for recommended?

just weird, meanwhile the minimum are perfectly fine

[pearl cobalt]

I can see DD2 needing more cpu due to how they wanted NPCs to have more individuality (which is why cities ate performance for everyone) but yeah ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[slate thorn]

The recommended gpu's listed are also interesting

Like, 4060 and 2070 Super are basically as fast, but the 6700 XT is significantly faster

At 1080p the 4060 will average 85 fps and the 6700XT 101fps

But 4060 for 1080p 60 fps on a brand new game when it averages 85 fps with current / older games seems like, reasonable I suppose

[jovial wolf]

without frame gen sure

[glass knot]

yeah the issue is hitting that with framegen

which is really weird

[dry gale]

What is this weird looking system requirements?

[slate thorn]

I suppose it all depends on how much framegen impacts the fps as that's different in every game

Some games barely see any improvement from framegen whereas others it gives a gigantic boost

But yeah, 4060 on medium settings and framegen to hit 60 fps at 1080p does scream either really good graphics or not the greatest optimization

Especially considering the cpu's they recommend at 1080p, which is much more cpu dependant than gpu dependant

[glass knot]

I don't remember much of how dragons dogma preformed aside from the issues it had with cpu usage

[slate thorn]

A 3600 for 1080p in 2025 is the wildest

[glass knot]

I'd expect something similar

[jovial wolf]

solid enough on my 3070

[slate thorn]

It sounds like the optimalization is just all over the place since a 3600 is fine for 1080p but a 4060 isn't, like they're shoving everything onto the gpu and having the cpu do nothing at all

[glass knot]

It's a weird list for sure

[slate thorn]

As these fps numbers are with an i9-14900K

So with a 3600 those numbers would be like cut in half easily

[glass knot]

Gotta pray it just runs well and the requirements are just capcom being weird

[slate thorn]

I can know because I'm already running into a pretty big cpu bottleneck with my 3070 at 1440p

And my cpu is slightly faster than the 3600

So I can't imagine what it would be like at 1080p

[slate thorn]

That or they indeed put 99% of the game onto the gpu and have the cpu sit there picking its nose

Speaking of cpu's, 9800X3D probably releasing next month already 👀

[placid otter]

oh nice, wonder how well it outforms 7k one

[glass knot]

It'd be funny if they looked at dragons dogma cpu usage issues and thought "damn maybe just don't send anything to the cpu"

[slate thorn]

My guess is that performance will probably be pretty close, but half the powerdraw

Just like the other 9000 series

Or they say fuck it and keep the 7000 series powerdraw for big performance boost :^)

[jovial wolf]

not sure how you would go about halfing the power draw of 7800x3d

[placid otter]

how has the prices compared?

[slate thorn]

Of the 9000 series atm? Basically identical to launch

[placid otter]

7k vs 9k if its mainly just the powerdraw

having been improved

[slate thorn]

Basically only the 9700X is interesting at this point looking at price / performance, the other ones are just too expensive for what they offer atm

And even then it all depends on your workload

[jovial wolf]

they really did too good of a job with 7800x3d

[slate thorn]

Gaming, 9700X pointless, AI stuff, Editing, 3D work, etc., that's where the 9700X shines

[placid otter]

been watching linus againg recently and they freq praise the 7800x3d yeah.
9k seems to really not be worth it at all atm

[slate thorn]

7800X3D has gotten too expensive and is not really worth it

7700 is more interesting, nearly half the price for still really good performance

Over here the 7700 is 220 and the 7800X3D is 420

[placid otter]

80 less than launch. should drop more soon

[jovial wolf]

7700 are over 300e here

[slate thorn]

7800X3D used to be 320

For months

But the past 6 months it's just been rising in price constantly

Not entirely sure why

[placid otter]

tweakers pricewatch showing it to been sitting at 340 in the past not 320.
prices prob increasing with black friday in november, or demand for the cpu is just high now

[slate thorn]

330

[placid otter]

that was just for 2 weeks

[slate thorn]

It's popped up here and there for 320 as well, tray version, not on tweakers pricewatch

But those days are long gone

7700 is insane value though atm

7500F as well

I'll just post the whole thing

7500F is identical to the 7600

And it's 155 euros

[placid otter]

the older cpus are holding really strong still too. it is just gpus that requirements jump up so much

[slate thorn]

60+ fps difference between my 3700X and a 5700X3D is pretty insane

I could gain a like 45% cpu performance boost just by replacing my 3700X

But, I'll stick with this and just upgrade to am5 when the like 5070 or 8800 XT or something releases

[placid otter]

https://x.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1838984736066126053?s=19

Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) on X

Ubisoft's Board is Launching an Investigation Into The Company https://t.co/OYKEZk9AlF

Twitter · Sep 25, 2024, 4:51 PM

omg

[neon scroll]

We love companies investigating themselves

[misty dawn]

[stable stratus]

https://youtu.be/1s188WNEiqw

[minor bolt]

preorders for the ps5 pro anniversary ver went up

$1899 nzd

which ends up being the same as the console, edge controller, stand and controller charging station bought together

kind of expected there to be a bit of markup

[slate thorn]

https://youtu.be/o8WkNXMExSw?si=o2BS6HG9SEo1FS92

[placid otter]

145 pulls and 61%? wow

https://x.com/Blizzard_Ent/status/1839258182197084572

Blizzard Entertainment (@Blizzard_Ent) on X

“It’s about damn time...” for @Starcraft and StarCraft II to be on @XboxGamePass! Fight for the future of the universe starting on November 5.

Twitter · Sep 26, 2024, 10:58 AM

idk if it has any of the expansions

seems like tgs started too

[neon scroll]

All people play nowadays is multiplayer and that's completely free anyway

[slate thorn]

Ooh, Fragpunk beta 10 oct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i51m_oRI2g

[stable stratus]

https://youtu.be/DfiF8Guf1bA?si=PHHVYsppty-4T4uP

[dusty imp]

the quote theyre referencing is about 17 years old btw

[slate thorn]

Considering the average starcraft player is 800 years old by now that's fitting I suppose

[neon scroll]

Idk, the current best Starcraft 2 players besides Serral are barely in their very early 20s if that. Best current Protoss is 20, best Terran is 22. Serral is 26, so Zergs are hags I guess

[dusty imp]

meanwhille flash is like 33 and is still the goat playing random

sc2 coop is very popular, i see a lot more people talking about it than the actual game

[placid otter]

https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1839296364037156947?s=19

Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) on X

Another huge drop for Ubisoft

Today is a good day.

Twitter · Sep 26, 2024, 1:30 PM

wow

[slate thorn]

Lets gooo

[placid otter]

https://x.com/IGN/status/1839357037576077434?s=19

IGN (@IGN) on X

Sony has doubled the price of Horizon: Zero Dawn following the reveal of its PS5 remaster. https://t.co/HoTG1YKmIz

Twitter · Sep 26, 2024, 5:31 PM

they did what?

[neon scroll]

The old one

It's just the usual clickbait

[placid otter]

?

u would otherwise be able to obtain the updated grahpics for 20 cheaper if they didnr do this. meaning the remaster will be sold for 50 prob

[jovial wolf]

the ability of chinese guilds to relentlessly bash their head into a wall at a boss never ceases to amaze me

[placid otter]

oh wow echo leading, but their day also ending ic

am finally home

oh chinese made it huh nice

502 pulls???

[misty dawn]

Now I can blatto in bed

[ebon orchid]

https://youtu.be/od13XJ5Nmys

Empire Earth revival comes, by originally independent modders, game will be distributed by MicroProse, and a playable beta is expected in 1.5-2 years

[neon scroll]

Oh god, oh fuck

[ebon orchid]

not my work, i just love/grew up with Empire Earth

[misty dawn]

Only $10 for the mobile version of the best game ever

[neon scroll]

idk about best game ever, but it is very good in its simplicity

Let me know if the port is good

[misty dawn]

Everything seems to be smooth

[neon scroll]

Is it a 1:1 or did they add some stuff?

[stable stratus]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24254922/california-digital-purchase-disclosure-law-ab-2426

[jovial wolf]

PoE gauntlet started and the campaign is looking straight up evil

[misty dawn]

I haven't noticed anything new, the only difference is the controls

Laying in bed living the life (I lost this run)

[neon scroll]

(I lost this run)

Normal Balatro experience

[misty dawn]

Yep

[stable stratus]

at least you can get jokers to unlock with

[neon scroll]

First run, first win, easy clap

[misty dawn]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/268137066892754954/1289072141408665652/image0.png?ex=66f77d7c&is=66f62bfc&hm=d1b2e041d9cb9098498cacb810a7d0b7f9f6000837114412d28801a213154fa0&

[stable stratus]

lol

https://x.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1839432763851829305?t=VgOFR4egSTveALAPUeid3w&s=19
https://x.com/FntasticHQ/status/1839405959497892270?t=wkio-OfOdXo8dRNRH7L3EA&s=19

Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) on X

The Day Before Devs Return With 'Fntastic 2.0' and a New Kickstarter Campaign
https://t.co/HipwfUMtDH

Twitter · Sep 26, 2024, 10:32 PM

Fntastic (@FntasticHQ) on X

Everyone deserves a second chance. We deeply apologize to everyone for The Day Before and take full responsibility for what happened.
Check out our plan, Fntastic 2.0, where we share how we’ll fix our past mistakes and are preparing to return better.
https://t.co/a1uDim4Z8k

Twitter · Sep 26, 2024, 8:45 PM

bruh

[smoky imp]

No fucking way anyone is gonna check it out

[jovial wolf]

the plan is the most generic bs you could imagine

[jovial wolf]

Deadlock

Added an initial Anti-Cheat detection system. When a user is detected as cheating, during the game session the opponents will be given a choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterwards. The system is set to conservative detection levels as we work on a v2 anti-cheat system that is more extensive. We will turn on the banning of users in a couple of days after the update is out. When a match is ended this way, the results will not count for other players.

[placid otter]

[placid otter]

https://fxtwitter.com/IntelDeadlock/status/1839440735956762971

[neon scroll]

Game devs trolling cheaters like this has always been the superior way

[dry gale]

This company is dying

[ornate river]

@placid otter i feel like im here too soon

also this is beautiful

[fallow vessel]

instantly reminded me of this

https://www.bluesnews.com/screenshots/games/trackmania-ep/20041008/speedup!_snow2.jpg

[placid otter]

tldr ur not just go for it

and yeah it is gorgeous

[ornate river]

ok hes hard

i come back another time

[ornate river]

hahahaha

[placid otter]

cool boss though

[neon scroll]

https://fixupx.com/IGN/status/1839451411420983666

lmao

Who is dumb enough to still give these people money

[jovial wolf]

read their plan, they totally changed, honest

[neon scroll]

u rite

[smoky imp]

The Day Before was just a prank bro

[neon scroll]

Opening up my wallet rn

[jovial wolf]

they called it The Plan, it must be true

and I didn't even notice they are selling merch

lmao

We’re also grateful to our former volunteers who wrote to us, and to all the Propnight fans who flooded us with messages asking us to return.

in case you were worried

Our team has become smaller, but it still consists of the same people who created all of our previous games.

[neon scroll]

I wouldn't download that plan that they only have in a "pdf" file tbh

Probably a crypto miner or something

[jovial wolf]

they already got 24 family members to back them on kickstarter

[smoky imp]

Damn how many empty studios will they rent this time

[jovial wolf]

if you pay 12,000 USD you can meet them

[neon scroll]

the 3k backer pledge actually lets you join their dev team

(as in, actually)

[slate thorn]

lmao

[placid otter]

liquid rlly went dark againg huh

[jovial wolf]

they need to find quite a lot of dmg, might as well hide the cook before they go to sleep

especially with echo just starting their day

[placid otter]

did the last bit of the fight look any diff then? just woke up idk whats going on that far

[jovial wolf]

i think it should be just finding the dmg at this point

"just"

saw someone say they're trying different way to deal with the adds

[placid otter]

doubtful. those ads dont even move

https://fxtwitter.com/RaiderIO_WoW/status/1839834146253775362

[jovial wolf]

still a lot of dmg to find, but that will make the pulls more consistent

[placid otter]

liquid seems to still be pulling guess their rlly close

[slate thorn]

https://fixupx.com/StellarBlade/status/1839678161963114954

Summer event? No no no, permanent event

Lets goo

[placid otter]

good

[neon scroll]

Nice, doing the gacha fomo event thing didn't really make much sense

[slate thorn]

They were still in their Nikke mindset :^)

[neon scroll]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYauU-raQAAFYlv.jpg:orig

Accurate btw

[placid otter]

echo really not doing well and liquid going to be up not long now.

most likely liquid winning

[jovial wolf]

echo are just one progress point behind, they just haven't moved their bl yet so it does not show on the %

[ornate river]

gonna start a FFXV replay I think

[placid otter]

when are they currently lusting?

[ornate river]

going to buy XVI soon i think now its on pc

[placid otter]

yeh its on pc

[ornate river]

have you played it?

[placid otter]

yeah

[ornate river]

worth?

[placid otter]

yes

just uh

since u played wukong first lower ur expectations a bit

[ornate river]

hahaha fair

ima redo 15 for now anyway

wait for a discount

[placid otter]

u sure are jumping :)

[ornate river]

between games?

[placid otter]

yeh

[ornate river]

yeah i fell into the habit of apex only

[placid otter]

am waiting for an astrobot sale no matter how small. prob next year then i buy that too

[ornate river]

and now i want a break bc ive played too much

debated fc25 but it looks terrible this year

wukong very fun but sometimes i wanna do more than just boss fights so now i need to fill the gap

[placid otter]

will def get dragon ball sparkling zero in 2 weeks if reviews are good

[ornate river]

ooo nice

[placid otter]

ahh, i prefer linear stuff so wukong was esp more fitting for me

[ornate river]

oh yeah maybe i should check out one piece games

[placid otter]

ff16 is also very linear

[ornate river]

i see i see

[placid otter]

alot less boss fights though so u should be good

[ornate river]

noice

yeah 15 is the same i think

[placid otter]

15 is open

esp first 7 chapters

[slate thorn]

15 is so stupid. They really put some of the best characters and a great story in the most boring game ever

[jovial wolf]

at the start of the phase

[placid otter]

huh intresting

[jovial wolf]

it's just so they see further more consistently

they gonna move it to the 5 adds soon

[placid otter]

well seeing their current wipe and the past hour a bit they are far from getting there consistently

[placid otter]

absolutely love 15, but that gap is just wrong. even the dlcs didn't close it up.

[ornate river]

i remember really enjoying 15

10 still my fav but 15 was good

[placid otter]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2679460/Metaphor_ReFantazio/

Steam

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Précommandez et recevez des objets consommables. Utilisez-les dans votre aventure épique. 1. Coffre EXP d'archétype・Encens de héros x10 (EXP d'archétype +100)・Fruits de héros x5 (EXP d'archétype +500)2. Pack Voyage de l'aventurier・30 000 livres (monnaie du jeu)・Médicaments coûteux x5 (rend 200 PV à un allié)・Médicaments de réanimation x5 (ranime...

Price

$69.99

Release Date

10 oct. 2024

▶ Play video

oh wow did not expect this to cost 70. was intrested in it too

releases same day as dragon ball too

okay they kept lust longer this time

[slate thorn]

Physical is cheaper

pc code in box is 55 euros, same for the ps5 and xsx

Pc version even gives steelbook, for some reason

[placid otter]

good to know

[jovial wolf]

still a bit too soon

[placid otter]

yeah ran out by the time acolytes got up roughly

[placid otter]

where?

not buying it anytime soon. sparking zero and astrobot prob first 2 i'd get, but good to know physical is a thing and cheaper

[slate thorn]

Google

:^)

https://www.gameresource.nl/metaphor-refantazio-pre-order-bonus-pc.html

[placid otter]

havent heard of them, but cool

[slate thorn]

I always check https://www.budgetgaming.nl/ for physical games

I don't understand why pc gets a steelbook and console doesn't though

Makes no sense

[placid otter]

they dont? weird

[slate thorn]

Yeah, console only gets steelbook in the 150 euro collector's edition

[slate thorn]

That said, the game is pretty fun so far, I'll probably grab it

[placid otter]

ahh liquid is up the end is nigh

[pearl cobalt]

well, now I'm less worried as the newest MH Wilds gameplay was 60fps on base PS5. not pc sharp but think it'll run ok despite the weird PC specs but a demo would tell more.
sad note, RNGesus and Lootcifer are back as rng decorations are also back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZWIcD0ne4

[placid otter]

world iirc did well on consoles too, but the optimization on pc was horendous

[pearl cobalt]

yeah, the initial release was rough and took awhile to get better

I remember lots of people complaining lightening was especially bad for PC in the beginning

[placid otter]

esp the multiplayer was crashing alot too

[pearl cobalt]

Kirin reaching outside the game to mess with people

the upside is RE engine being used a bit now so I imagine it'll be less of a hassle in the beginning.

maybe

[slate thorn]

World ran fine for me on pc

[pearl cobalt]

a December-ish demo would be expected, especially if they are going to test out crossplay

[placid otter]

ahhh they lusting the pre-35% acolytes againg

think their ilvl also went down by .1?

ohh new strats

[jovial wolf]

that's a loooot of dmg to find

[placid otter]

they got a new best? omg

[jovial wolf]

first hard enrage hit

[placid otter]

gosh, there is even an enrage phase? damn thats hard

[jovial wolf]

not really a phase, she starts casting and you die at the end

[placid otter]

dps check?

[jovial wolf]

it looked shorter than they expected

but now they should at least know what they have to theorycraft for

that last phase is just pure nasty

[placid otter]

huh, 10 min timer hit and they got 1 shot?

[jovial wolf]

the boss jumps into the middle and there is last ring that creeps in

they expected it to take 15s because of something datamined

[placid otter]

sounds like a huge lack of ilvl/dmg

[jovial wolf]

liquid casters are doomsaying about 3 healing the fight

if it gets to reset liquid kills it before eu servers get up

which is like the most cursed scenario

[placid otter]

def, they got alot of time left just to practice reaching that point consistently

expecting echo to go off soon aswel. esp since their just hardstuck still

[jovial wolf]

yeah, there is no reason for them to extend the day

this isn't a boss you want to play tired anyway

[placid otter]

yeah, they saw the results of that last night

[jovial wolf]

yesterday was just scuffed for them

[placid otter]

wonder if liquid just goes to do more splits or m+

another full day to relearn 3 healing oof

[jovial wolf]

they can do splits on the side anytime

[placid otter]

i doubt 1 extra dps can make up 10% dps no way

[jovial wolf]

they may want to switch dps comp potentially

who's not going to sleep early are echo analysts

[placid otter]

poor ppl on a 24/7 shift

[jovial wolf]

gonna run the numbers so they know by the morning if they have to three heal

[placid otter]

maybe can steal the info of liquid once they decide to swap over

maybe we have to wait for the 626 chinese guild to kill it with their ilvl diff

[jovial wolf]

nah, this is way too tough for the chinese brute force

damn, liquid sciencing how much they can extend the enrage

[placid otter]

is preservation nerf next patch?

that going to make 3 heal even harder

[jovial wolf]

at reset, yeah

[placid otter]

1248 sepulchre okay

we at 915 huh damn

total pull count in a raid

[jovial wolf]

that tos number is not getting touched

[placid otter]

sep was rlly close though

[jovial wolf]

fallen avatar really went brrr

[placid otter]

can happen

[jovial wolf]

and kj first phase was so broken

they had ton of short pulls before it got fixed

boy some of the mechanics in that raid were really not fun

the apex of "one person fucks up => everyone dies" design

[placid otter]

ah, like dragonflight dungeon rotations...

all the oneshot mechanics

[jovial wolf]

but four times more people to make mistakes

[placid otter]

https://fxtwitter.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1840097921062318111

does it ever end

[glass knot]

hey at least it's not concord

[neon scroll]

I for one enjoy Ubisoft taking these Ls. They have subsequently abandoned the whole stupid pay for 3 days early access nonsense and plans for various season passes

They have even refunded the idiots who already bought em

[glass knot]

Yeah they gotta learn at some point and such a huge company collapsing may serve as a warning for other ones too

[placid otter]

https://x.com/InsiderGamingIG/status/1840111102086042092

Insider Gaming (@InsiderGamingIG) on X

PlayStation Will Use AI and Machine Learning to Speed up Game Development https://t.co/9HCodan6vi

Twitter · Sep 28, 2024, 7:27 PM

[placid otter]

ohh method 27%

[jovial wolf]

liquid with the perfect pull and it died just as the enrage was about to start, crazy tuning

[placid otter]

im awake and seeing loot iguess they did it

[placid otter]

good kill

so boss pretty much guaranteed dead once past the last ring

https://fxtwitter.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1840230818003988506

these graphics wow

https://x.com/icyveins/status/1840149068871307308

Icy Veins (@icyveins) on X

Activision Blizzard is laying off 393 employees across its Irvine, Santa Monica, and Playa Vista studios as part of Microsoft’s cost-cutting measures in the gaming division.

https://t.co/1lv0knZFWs

Twitter · Sep 28, 2024, 9:58 PM

most of it is from the ow2 and d4 teams

[slate thorn]

Looks pretty similar if not the same to Death Stranding 1 graphics wise no?

[glass knot]

Yep maybe a bit more polished

but death stranding was a great looking game

[placid otter]

2.8% for echo wow

[pearl cobalt]

Kojima gotta Kojima

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTPlXD33_Lw

[placid otter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-qqgRjfo3s he is back!

the amount of time he throws into this is insane

[placid otter]

aaaaaa echo wiped at 4% againg

no way they extend this for more than an hour

[placid otter]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ECHO SO CLOSE

[jovial wolf]

pizza not good enough

[placid otter]

where are they finding that dmg it is not much more, but still something

[jovial wolf]

they had dead people and honestly the 1% can just be pull to pull variance

[placid otter]

true they did have 2 dead there

wonder if the evokers cant spare dmg dps since 50% is overheal aswel

[jovial wolf]

it's fine, i have to go sleep soon so they will just kill it right after

[placid otter]

yeh ill go in like 40 mins too

[ornate river]

anyone played once human?

[jovial wolf]

echo kill was clean af

well the ending was

[placid otter]

they killed it?

[jovial wolf]

moments ago

[placid otter]

no one jumping around sadly

[placid otter]

aye method did it too nice

they so could of gotten 2nd place wow

[slate thorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtJ6N5NlR-o

[slate thorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4tmmzh2PfA

[misty dawn]

We did it

First blatto win while in bed

[stable stratus]

niceu

keep going

[placid otter]

what am i supposed to do now

[jovial wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/touching-grass-touch-gif-21219969

[placid otter]

its raining and just got back from first shift of the day

[stable stratus]

https://youtu.be/6n8x33GQjds

-# this should've been on #food but, this guy made real life foods in game

[misty dawn]

Bathroom win

[misty dawn]

[neon scroll]

Why is your constellation on the left

The X[number] cards need to be on the right so they trigger last

You know this, smh

[minor bolt]

rip nintendo got to ryujinx

[stable stratus]

https://x.com/wario64/status/1841189316472795522?s=46

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Looks like Ryujinx (Switch emulator) is dead

Twitter · Oct 1, 2024, 6:51 PM

[digital crane]

this basically confirms backwards compat on switch 2

both a W and an L here

since ryujinx was completely legal and dev was brazilian it was more likely a case of nintendo pays the dev a hefty wad of cash to take it down since they have no way of legally getting to them

[misty dawn]

I forgor

Anyways I'm cracked

That's a win on 3 different decks

[stable stratus]

naisu

[misty dawn]

Man what the hell

[neon scroll]

Haven't managed to break the big barriers yet (cause RNG hates me), but i only need the Blue+ unlocks now and some of the Joker unlocks elude me. I had, like, 15 gold aces in that one run but not once managed to get 5 into one hand cause RNG, so I'm missing that one

Plus a bunch of other random sidequests

[smoky imp]

https://fixupx.com/gaming_leaker/status/1841199175763099867?t=rce4TwpKB_jqVDa3knbjNA&s=19

[ornate river]

i dont think i'll ever complete wukong

[placid otter]

come on its easy

u got this

[ornate river]

doubt

[placid otter]

never

trust

[ornate river]

still here btw

cant even dodge the first attack

[placid otter]

wut

just take it real slow and wait for it to be down

keep distance, sprint around makes it alot more easier

[neon scroll]

Take it like a real man. Monkey. Money-man. idk.

[placid otter]

this is sun wukong a trickster not a honorable warrior

[ornate river]

got it

this is only the start of chapter 3 though im so cooked when it gets harder

[placid otter]

killed it?

[dry gale]

Damn bro Ubisoft is collapsing so hard

[neon scroll]

fair

[ornate river]

yeah

[placid otter]

nice

chapter 3 has 1 of my most fav bosses boss fighting style was so cool

[placid otter]

https://fxtwitter.com/Genki_JPN/status/1841455339461644392?s=19

waiting for the big list of reviews for this and sparking zero, but have heard nothing about the ndas

https://x.com/InsiderGamingIG/status/1841509902990160063?s=19

Insider Gaming (@InsiderGamingIG) on X

Larian Studios CEO Says Next Game Might Not Come Until 2029

https://t.co/bMEIPPPlG4

Twitter · Oct 2, 2024, 4:05 PM

https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1841482721480118781?s=19

Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) on X

German regulators have specified that all games must have a rating in order to be sold to customers in Germany.

Twitter · Oct 2, 2024, 2:17 PM

[slate thorn]

The demo is amazing if you haven't tried it yet

Basically Persona but in a weird final fantasy setting

[placid otter]

i intend to, but got some diff priorities atm

[neon scroll]

@misty dawn

I had a few queens, lmao

And yes, legendary jokers are broken

[misty dawn]

LMAOOOOO

9 jokers is crazy

[neon scroll]

Managed to get that Cryptid very early on and the legendary just copied it each round

[misty dawn]

@ripe geode come look at this

[neon scroll]

3 of those negative ones are completely useless, but I just left them there

That deck had potential for actual infinite, but I didn't get enough hanged men

[misty dawn]

as you pinged me i lost the boss of my run

[neon scroll]

Cause the legendary on the left there gets x1 for each destroyed face card

And I have that copied as well, lmao

[misty dawn]

good god

[neon scroll]

You know your deck is broken when your most played hand is flush five

[wide sentinel]

Anyone here wanna maybe try playing that new game Liars Bar together?

looks like fun with a few peeps

[misty dawn]

There we go

[misty dawn]

Waow

[stable stratus]

naisu

[dusty imp]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1819460/Mika_and_The_Witchs_Mountain/

Steam

Mika and The Witch's Mountain

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is a fantasy adventure about an aspiring witch who delivers packages to the townspeople of a small island. Explore every nook and cranny and soar through the sky with your magic broom.This coming-of-age journey will take us to the top of the mountain through a story of effort, friendship, and community; and will let...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

160

▶ Play video

actual strand-type game lol

[minor bolt]

i should probably get around to playing death stranding before 2 comes out

[dusty imp]

its pretty fun but it is very early access

flying looks kinda jank

[glass knot]

Kiki-like

[placid otter]

https://x.com/Wario64/status/1841827172459086319?s=19

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Getting a AAA Action-RPG With Saber Interactive and Paramount Game Studios

"It'll put players in the role of an "all-new, never-before-seen Avatar" and take place thousands of years in the past"

https://t.co/z38Hse2zxL

Twitter · Oct 3, 2024, 1:06 PM

avatar had some great games, but still cant get myself to be excited for this

we shall see

[jovial wolf]

original story in the universe is a good sign tbh

[neon scroll]

Fun fact btw., I haven't searched for any Balatro content on yt or Google and essentially only installed the game through the playstore and talked about it here and yt is giving me Balatro vids in recs

Gee, I wonder how that happened

[jovial wolf]

how much of it is NL?

[neon scroll]

idk, I didn't click em to see if they're Dutch

[slate thorn]

Something something cross platform tracking

[jovial wolf]

I did start getting Disco Elysium vids after we talked about it here

[neon scroll]

Google has its eyes on this channel

[ebon orchid]

https://fxtwitter.com/PopCrave/status/1841856976722018461

[smoky imp]

Fanfic writers:

[cinder rivet]

https://x.com/princeofpersia/status/1841870848233181564?t=mOnoPV59TpJiD5qB-jYExg&s=19

Prince of Persia™ (@princeofpersia) on X

Wish a happy 35th anniversary to Prince of Persia! Today’s the day. We’re beyond excited to show you all of our surprises and share our love of Prince of Persia with you guys. Stay tuned!

Twitter · Oct 3, 2024, 4:00 PM

Happy birthday to my fav series ❤️

[placid otter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6Mx6bHnPc

my sisters colleague was playtesting the game at their job let me playyy

[neon scroll]

Good ol' high stakes only joker Madness

Eternal Bull, Fist & Hiker + Madness (drawn on 2nd blind) go brrrr for purple clear

[misty dawn]

[stable stratus]

nice

Madness really OP when you managed to get it

[neon scroll]

Random achievements be like

[minor bolt]

everything microsoft touches just goes to shit

[glass knot]

to be fair bethesda didn't need help on that front

[neon scroll]

Yeah, Bethesda was perfectly capable of churning out shit themselves

Much like Blizzard

[slate thorn]

Now they just have extra development funding to release shit quicker :^)

[placid otter]

https://fxtwitter.com/mrpyo1/status/1842099085714563312

https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1842113389515960674

Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) on X

From Software announces a base salary increase of 11.8% for all employees beginning in April 2025.

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 8:03 AM

[glass knot]

cool

[placid otter]

only took a bunch of layoffs

[glass knot]

classic

[glass knot]

glad people seem to be liking it

gotta wait for public but recent trailers looked pretty good imo

[placid otter]

https://x.com/screentime/status/1842052681084314007

ScreenTime (@screentime) on X

FromSoftware announces they are increasing base employee salaries by 11.8% in April 2025

Starting salary for new graduates will increase from 260,000 to 300,000 yen monthly

"We are working towards stable income and a rewarding work environment where our employees can apply

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 4:02 AM

[placid otter]

https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1842128852447089023

Hype (@DbsHype) on X

Sparking! ZERO Downloadable sizes:

PS5: 27.05GB
XBOX: 31.19GB
Steam: 29GB

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 9:05 AM

lies

i do not believe it

holy

[dry gale]

https://fixupx.com/Wario64/status/1842203390639481050

Crazy

Tencent buying Ubisoft

[slate thorn]

Maybe then they'll stop making garbage

Tencent might be Tencent, but they do create some cool stuff at least

[placid otter]

what does it mean to make a company private

[neon scroll]

No stocks

rn Ubisoft is publicly traded and they have shareholders to answer to

[glass knot]

They'll make their Instagram and twitter profiles private 😔

[placid otter]

oh nice sounds good

guillemot family really bad though. their a big part of why it even got to this

[ripe geode]

QUEEEEEEN

i had something smiliar to this + shoot the moon

tons of glass queens aswell so

[placid otter]

https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1842237313679573472?s=19

Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) on X

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred | Reviews

9 - CGM
9 - PC Gamer
9 - PSX Brasil
9 - TechRaptor
9 - PCGamesN
9 - Destructoid
9 - GameReactor UK
8.5 - Forbes
8.5 - Press Start
8 - IGN
8 - Siliconera
8 - Gamespot
7 - GRYOnline
7 - Screen Rant
4/5 - Dexerto
4/5 - GamesRadar

MC: 86

OC: 85

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 4:16 PM

[neon scroll]

Don't care, still shit

Imagine giving them even more money for more mediocre seasons of a mediocre game

[placid otter]

https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1842288275773685841

Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) on X

Starfield: Shattered Space | Reviews

9 - XboxEra
7 - IGN
7 - Vandal
6.5 - Forbes
6 - JuexVideo
5 - Pure Xbox
5 - Gameblog
5 - Game Rant
4 - Metro GameCentral
4/5 - Digitec
4/5 - Windows Central
3/5 - Eurogamer
3/5 - GamesRadar
2/5 - Guardian

MC: 57

OC: 57

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 7:38 PM

https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1842179845679087706

Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) on X

EU countries wants to ban virtual currencies in videogames

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 12:27 PM

now this is important news

https://x.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1842294162663854567

Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) on X

EXCLUSIVE - Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake is Closer Than You Think https://t.co/HsrjSvrjTV

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 8:02 PM

[neon scroll]

Truly giving it their all to improve

[neon scroll]

Yeah, lmao

And the positive reviews are like

[stable stratus]

https://youtu.be/0JHD_vb4jxE

[latent mantle]

this is amazing. The world would have the EU to thank for something other than the occasionally good car

[dry gale]

https://fixupx.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1842343476161020322?s=19 wow

[placid otter]

riggeddd

[minor bolt]

probably cause they split goty into pc goty and console goty, so it doesnt really fit into either

[rustic peak]

Ya I was gonna say, I looked through the categories and it didnt really jump out to me in any of them

[minor bolt]

stellar blade missing from console goty is a crime tho

[rustic peak]

The game does a bunch of things well but the individual parts all have some flaws or dont stand out

Maybe best visual design if they count the chapter transitions

[rustic peak]

Wait it actually is nominated for that and their real goty category hasnt been announced yet

Another successful rage bait post by twitter user pirat_nation, respectable

[minor bolt]

lol

many such cases

[stable stratus]

journalism™

[slate thorn]

Wait no Stellar Blade for console goty? But that's literally the only console exclusive that released this year

[minor bolt]

astro bot and ff7 rebirth

[slate thorn]

Or maybe it's because all the game journalists skipped playing Stellar Blade because they were scared of hot women

[dusty imp]

this is a very based list i approve

[placid otter]

satisfactory well deserved

[dusty imp]

poptlc is on steam though

congrats ubisoft you made a good game

[digital crane]

dd2 over yakuza or p3r is kinda crazy tbh

[fallow vessel]

i know 3 games from those pc game of the year award

[digital crane]

yeah same

balatro fp2 and satisfactory lmfao

[fallow vessel]

from the console games probably astrobot

the rest I haven't seen or had a stupid controversy

[slate thorn]

TGA are the important awards though, Golden Joystick is just kind of whatever

[fallow vessel]

after seeing last of us 2 win I don't believe that thing isn't rigged either

[slate thorn]

Idk, a lot of people seem to like the game

I've only played 1 so I don't know

But almost everyone I know really liked it

[digital crane]

it's definitely polarizing

[placid otter]

2 was really well received

[minor bolt]

the story kinda spat in the face of what the first game was

the worst part about p2 is just the pacing of the story rather than the plot itself. usually you build up to a single climax, but for whatever reason it has like three separate climaxes which all feel extremely anticlimactic

[dusty imp]

tlou2 probably would have been better received if ||the two halves were switched, but then that would be telling a different story||

it didnt help that it got leaked

[minor bolt]

4 year old game now, dont think we need to spoiler it lol

[slate thorn]

I mean, I still haven't played it and don't know anything about the story

[stable stratus]

UFO 50 being the most surprising candidate imo

the game has just been released and it already got nominated

[slate thorn]

I've never heard of it

[stable stratus]

saw the reviews that it's basically those bootleg 50-in-1 game bundle but done right

mossmouth was behind this

(spelunky and spelunky 2)

didn't try the game yet, but will to

[fallow vessel]

average AoE2 tournament venue

[fallow vessel]

a little extra picture of the venue

[ebon orchid]

wow

I play games like AOE

the franchise is going strong

[fallow vessel]

there is a tournament atm going on over here
https://www.twitch.tv/redbull

but already 2nd semifinal halfway done

tomorrow there are finals

[ebon orchid]

All AOE renewed franchises are doing from decent to great

Mythology's definite edition has also arrived recently

[fallow vessel]

i personally only look at AoE2 from time to time

i don't have that much knowledge about the game and haven't played it for like 15 years

[stable stratus]

https://fxtwitter.com/VilifiedPeanut/status/1842359660613194054?t=SvURoziFugtBoGmuQV9CHA&s=19

[cinder rivet]

i think its first time i see it

[neon scroll]

https://x.com/Esports_News_UK/status/1842547511040303419

Esports News UK with AGON by AOC (@Esports_News_UK) on X

League of Legends players found to be most intelligent in an IQ survey of gamers, with an average score of 120.4

FC 24/FIFA 23 players recorded the lowest average IQ in the study, with an average score of 89.8

Twitter · Oct 5, 2024, 12:48 PM

lmao

Definitely very legit scores

[cinder rivet]

i mean when u compare league players to fifa players its like comparing ancient greek mathematician to a cow

so at least thats correct

[neon scroll]

That's every other game vs. Fifa though

[stable stratus]

wonder if this is good or not

[ebon orchid]

https://fxtwitter.com/KawaiiFaceMiles/status/1842428909528502764?t=SYPUtgq0BNIYk2J-Hk45zA&s=19

[fallow vessel]

this AoE2 tournament is sick

they are doing drafts for maps they both ban one map then choose their own maps and then one map gets chosen randomly

they did the random choosing with marbles and did one of those little obstacle course for marbles and the map is chosen based on which marble wins

you can kinda see it in the background there

[placid otter]

https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1843072273722520008

Dexerto (@Dexerto) on X

Halo series developer 343 Industries has been renamed 'Halo Studios'

They have announced all future Halo games will be developed on Unreal Engine 5

Twitter · Oct 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

[minor bolt]

saw they were moving to ue5 but missed the rename

renaming isnt gonna help the absolute shitshow of a studio they are

ue5 might help standardize the base level of engine knowledge but they still need to fix their over-reliance on contractors

lol fuck off microsoft, doesnt even have a dismiss button

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/06/halo-studios-unreal-engine-interview/

[stable stratus]

Out of nowhere, someone finally managed to reach the rebirth screen of Tetris, successfully completing the game
https://youtu.be/fXhbti5SneE

[dry gale]

https://youtu.be/FDgR1FRJnF8?si=FqWfZsS5G68SOdjO

Wow this looks so good

[minor bolt]

hopefully the end result performs better than the current ue5 games

[slate thorn]

I've only played 2 ue5 games and those performed fine

[minor bolt]

to me "fine" and "good enough for a competitive fps" are two very different things

[slate thorn]

1440p medium getting 60+ fps on what's effectively the newest game technology so to say with a 4 year old midrange gpu sounds like good performance to me

[minor bolt]

which game? i was under the impression ue5 was still heavy af

i suppose they could get help from the coalition who are ue wizards too

[slate thorn]

I have primarily played first descendant

Don't know how many ue5 games there are already so I can't speak for every single one of them, but each one I've tried so far has worked well

That said, 1440p60 at medium graphics is not why I have a 144hz monitor

So it's slowly starting to become upgrade season

Wonder how unaffordable the 50series will be

And very interested to see what amd comes up with for the rx 8000 series

[minor bolt]

in an ideal world they'd keep the consumer cards priced well since they're making money hand over fist on the top tier ones for AI

[slate thorn]

Except it's nvidia so prices will probably be pretty insane and vram will be lacking

[stable stratus]

https://youtu.be/2M2Q3dy4hZI?si=crN1RR24D60BCwZV

[misty dawn]

BALATROOOOOOOO

[stable stratus]

If Balatro didn't win then we must gamble more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ger4rhKdc2I

[placid otter]

https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1843292922818785333?s=19

Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) on X

Metaphor: ReFantazio | Reviews

5/5 - VGC
5/5 - VG247
5/5 - Dexerto
5/5 - TheGamer
5/5 - Eurogamer
10 - Gamespot
10 - Noisy Pixel
10 - Shacknews
10 - GameReactor UK
9.5 - PSX Brasil
9.5 - TechRaptor
9 - IGN
9 - Push Square
4.5/5 - GamesRadar
4/5 - Digital Trends

MC: 94

OC: 95

Twitter · Oct 7, 2024, 2:10 PM

wow

https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1843305552816095601?s=19

Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) on X

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO | Reviews

9 - Gameblog
9 - Noisy Pixel
9 - Screen Rant
8.5 - Vandal
8.5 - Press Start
8.5 - TechRaptor
8 - PSU
8 - Siliconera
8 - GameRant
8 - WellPlayed
7.5 - Voxel
7.5 - PSX Brasil
5/5 - ComicBook
4.5/5 - TheGamer
3/5 - GamesRadar

MC: 85

OC: 84

Twitter · Oct 7, 2024, 3:01 PM

[digital crane]

metaphor vs rebirth vs astro bot for goty it seems like

[slate thorn]

Don't forget Stellar Blade

[fallow vessel]

I dont remember seeing people stream the new ff7 part now that I think about it

maybe its just me but i just havent heard anyone talk about it

[smoky imp]

https://x.com/gematsu/status/1843308057456971785?t=UOIpiPOFAzcH9CUswW9jnQ&s=19

Gematsu (@gematsu) on X

Alien: Isolation sequel in early development at Creative Assembly https://t.co/6fwI7MBwco

Twitter · Oct 7, 2024, 3:11 PM

No fucking way let's go

[slate thorn]

Ooooh

[glass knot]

Sick

[placid otter]

nice steam reviews doing great for dragon ball. time to preorder

[neon scroll]

https://youtu.be/31C3Sldw-5E?si=i5epjBu6x_w6TgNC

No cloth physics, 0/10

[smoky imp]

my brother already playing the new dragonball i am jealous

[placid otter]

he paid for early access
ill be a good adult for these 3 days waiting to be a kid againg

[smoky imp]

yeah he did but we are both big dragonball fans so i am not surprised

guess i can play against him later woooooo

[neon scroll]

[placid otter]

not me im waiting

not spending the extra 30

[neon scroll]

People buying into those early access scams are still the worst for enabling this bs

[minor bolt]

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/o3314a19koo147/red-dead-redemption-and-undead-nightmare-coming-to-pc-october-29

[slate thorn]

Metaphor Refantazio has been pre-ordered

So much cheaper to buy for ps5 than pc, 50 euros vs 60 euros

This ps5 is slowly earning becoming free the more more affordable games I buy

[placid otter]

lol

i might try out the demo for an hour tomorrow

hard to commit to a 80h game that is not an mmorpg for me

[slate thorn]

Look at it this way, 80h without cringe ass ubishit padding

[jovial wolf]

might as well not bother with the demo for an hour

[slate thorn]

I guess it gives a bit of an indication of what the game is like

But 1 hour is not a whole lot yeah, first hour is mostly story and stuff

Not a whole lot of gameplay

[jovial wolf]

would probably get a little bit of combat at the end of the hour

two hours should be enough though

[placid otter]

i can do 2 aswel no problem. will see how much i want, but got no intention on commiting for a long while. backlog too big

new cod is also in a couple weeks

[slate thorn]

Yeah, I'm not bothering with the new cod, it's just not really good

[placid otter]

all i want is zombies and campaign dont care for mp, although will still play it with a friend

[slate thorn]

Zombies just doesn't look good at all once again

The main map might be fine, but from what has been shown with liberty balls I have very little hope

[neon scroll]

Soon you'll have saved enough to buy a PS5 Pro

[slate thorn]

Hell yeah

[placid otter]

https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1843727882360922141

Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) on X

The year of the Japanese RPG continues 🔥

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 6:59 PM

asian devs really been hitting it this year

[slate thorn]

Then there's also Stellar Blade, probably inZoi this year still

What else

[dusty imp]

https://fxtwitter.com/Knoebelbroet/status/1833498036078624851

it really IS an indie game after all

obviously this should be taken with many asterisks

[placid otter]

https://x.com/Wario64/status/1843660012570452346

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) and its DLC will be removed from PSN on Oct 31st.

Anyone that own/purchases the game/DLC before delisting will be able to access their purchased games/content after removal

LittleBigPlanet 3 is $19.99 on US PSN https://t.co/eA6lHfL6zJ

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 2:29 PM

huh

[neon scroll]

https://youtu.be/Xk2BknwJuBM?si=n7cCPJbRYnib7fwT

I feel like this makes about as much sense as the actual story

[dusty imp]

i reccommend dunkeys kingdom hearts video

its actually pretty accurate

its also by far the shortest video about kh you will find

[halcyon moss]

end of an era, loved the LBP games as a kid

[slate thorn]

Right as I'm going on holiday 😔

At least I can play for a few days when I get back

[minor bolt]

i got it today too, forgot i even requested

[placid otter]

200 hours later...

[stable stratus]

https://vxtwitter.com/falco/status/1843544484291690902

360noscope happened again years later

[minor bolt]

60 year old trickshotter still does it the old fashioned way

[glass knot]

COME BREAK ME DOWN MARRY ME BURY ME

[stable stratus]

bring back this sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkeZ2kwpkM

[slate thorn]

https://youtu.be/CBM-NZdWyk4?si=0QPaIGZWRbvZtsiH

[dusty imp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqWTkgDt6A

what this tells me is that nintendo is working on index-like basestations for motion control

imagine waking up to the guardian theme

[neon scroll]

I mean....

You can just do that with your phone, lol

[placid otter]

need a nintendo radio station

[neon scroll]

that would just get sued by Nintendo instantly

[placid otter]

well, not if their the ones doing it

[hazy rune]

damn they mentioned a clock like 10 years ago

[neon scroll]

You know how it is, Nintendo only uses the most cutting edge tech

The world wasn't ready for a digital clock in 2014

[slate thorn]

$99 and they can't even put an oled screen in whilst like $20 smartwatches can, actual joke

[placid otter]

https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1843760303584227334?s=19

KAMI (@Okami13_) on X

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO reaches over 90,000 concurrent Steam players in its first day of Early Access.

That's already higher than fighting games like Street Fighter 6 (70K) and Tekken 8 (49K).

Currently you have to spend at least $100 to play. 😳 #DBSZ

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 9:08 PM

[cinder rivet]

👀

[pearl cobalt]

Nintendo taking tips from Apple

[neon scroll]

Until Dawn doesn't deserve to be on that pile

Was a pretty good game

[wide sentinel]

True, is a good game, just a remake some people are angry about

people craving Bloodborne apparently

[neon scroll]

Is it too woke™️ for the incels again

[wide sentinel]

no clue

[neon scroll]

It was put on that unbelievably dumb "woke game register" list

[minor bolt]

i think its more that people are unhappy with the graphics change

and supposedly its rather buggy

[neon scroll]

So bad port?

[minor bolt]

something like that

the studio had layoffs not long before it came out and they barely advertised their own game

[neon scroll]

tfw this is supposed to be "on sale"

85€ base price, fuck off

[minor bolt]

that doesnt seem right at all

[neon scroll]

For an 8 year old game, mind you

[minor bolt]

damn wtf

[neon scroll]

Yep, lmao

[minor bolt]

pretty sure it goes on sale on psn regularly for like $15

[neon scroll]

Is this Sony's "Fuck you PC players" tax

[wide sentinel]

allkeyshop has it for €22 as cheapest

[digital crane]

any other game and it'd be a fuck you but it's fromsoft

they should lower the base prices by a little bit tho

for sure

[slate thorn]

Doesn't support the devs though

And Fromsoft deserves all the support

https://isthereanydeal.com/

They only show legitimate keys

That come directly from the devs/publisher so the money goes to them

If it's EA or whatever then yes, use allkeyshop and buy on Kinguin or whatever

But cool companies or anyone you want to support? Use the site above

[neon scroll]

Nah man, "they make good games though" is no excuse for predatory pricing

[slate thorn]

^ €35 for the deluxe edition

All time low price for deluxe is €10 through official keys

So yeah, the current sale is not really that good compared to sales that have been in the past for DS3, on steam as well it's been €10 before

[neon scroll]

Sale or no, the base price being that high is the main issue

[glass knot]

A very Nintendo practice

[neon scroll]

Like, for that price you can buy Elden Ring + DLC when on sale

[glass knot]

And people do clown on nintendo for charging full price on old games

[neon scroll]

Nintendo also just remakes those games with only minor changes and sells them again at even higher "modern" prices

[slate thorn]

Oh yeah for sure

Same with CoD

Oh, you want to buy this 15 year old game?

That'll be €60, thank you

Whenever I think of crazy ass prices my mind always instantly goes to Koei

[wide sentinel]

or €20 low

[cinder rivet]

Witcher 3 has similar thing
Expensive af without sale
But it goes on -85% sale like every 3 months

Expensive af for its age*

[dry gale]

https://fixupx.com/charlieINTEL/status/1844137610358186309?s=19

Tf?

[wide sentinel]

classic

[dry gale]

This game is so large they have to use internet connection to download textures even for Campaign mode

[neon scroll]

Ah yes, always online games always work so well

[minor bolt]

yeah i remember something about bo6 using ondemand texture streaming

[dry gale]

Need good internet connection then

[minor bolt]

oh its literally right there in the image

yeah dumb

stop bloating the shit out of your games and itll fit on a single triple layer bd

[neon scroll]

It's just an excuse to force the always online

[dry gale]

One day the game will go end of service

Then the game becomes useless with unplayable campaign

[minor bolt]

probably wont be worth playing anyway

[latent mantle]

I hate that the game now requires texture streaming. It made the multiplayer experience feel hitchy at times.

[wide sentinel]

Remember: No pre-orders

[latent mantle]

If I turned it down on the free beta it looked like shit

if you turned streaming limits on some things did not even load and walls were completely black

[minor bolt]

the mp beta ran surprisingly ok for me

just looked like shit

[latent mantle]

mmhm

[minor bolt]

too many studios relying on upscaling instead of optimizing for native :/

[latent mantle]

it's just unfortunate. I don't get what the culture of poor optimisation and overall ignorant programming comes from