But for only 30 bucks more you get to play 3 days early of which the servers will actually work half a day
#General Chat
neon scroll
The series has too many nostalgia apologists for sure
digital crane
playing online on the old cod games is also a death sentence for your pc
amount of hackers is crazy
wide sentinel
lol
neon scroll
+50GB first day patch
neon scroll
The "You can only play CoD cause there is no space for anything else on your console HD" meme lives on
latent mantle
+50GB first day patch
I will love to see the day-one patch that also slows the movement down and brings players back 2 titles in terms of game speed
just like "old days" (2021)
neon scroll
Yeah see, cause by then the reviewers all have played and reviewed
latent mantle
This was the joke
minor bolt
if microsoft had any soul left theyd remaster bo2
latent mantle
I do like how I was on facebook and saw a video of someone saying "we didn't appreciate this enough" and playing old clips of CoD: WWII
minor bolt
ww2 unironically wasnt that bad
latent mantle
having nostalgia for that game 🤣
minor bolt
probably the last of the "new" games that felt like the classics
just unfortunate that it got overrun with cheaters after christmas
latent mantle
makes sense
neon scroll
probably the last of the "new" games that felt like the classics
Stop being a boomer, gamers these days eat the slop and like it
latent mantle
probably the last of the "new" games that felt like the classics
I thought people were giving this exception to Cold War
minor bolt
cold war felt bad like mw19
latent mantle
indeed
wide sentinel
i mean, CoD just went fast paced and kinda been 💤 for me every since, esp with the SBMM constantly
Bunny hopping, sliding around every corner, super sprinting
after BO2 everything went downhill for me personally
MP talking
latent mantle
I stopped playing after ghosts until 2019
by then it felt like a quicker battlefield game and I kinda liked that
latent mantle
oh wow
wide sentinel
2019 i only been able to still play cause of the Groundwar mode, otherwise i quit that game asap
latent mantle
interesting
wide sentinel
the 6v6 maps were so bad
latent mantle
can agree
latent mantle
nice haha
wide sentinel
so yea
now i just see complains every year about cod and happy i stopped buying em
i wanted to try the Mw2 (2009)mod thing
but got taken down rather fast
wide sentinel
combat master?
latent mantle
free to play on steam, has a mobile app so some lobbies you can just shred in, it's a 2gb game
the gameplay is not bad. Attachments and stuff are all given their real names too while unlicensed which is odd
wide sentinel
oh lol
latent mantle
It's funky
slate thorn
That's what I don't get about the last bunch of CoD's, multi bazillion dollar franchise and they can't even get the rights to use the fucking gun names????????
latent mantle
only knock thing i played was battlebit
I don't think I know that one
wide sentinel
don't know Battlebit?
wide sentinel
it's like a minecraft block game with Battlefield
slate thorn
Like, hello?? You could get the rights with all your games in the 00s and early 10s and suddenly the last bunch of games you use stupid ass fantasy names for all your guns
wide sentinel
but the gunplay is fantasic
latent mantle
hahahaha
wide sentinel
and you can also break everything
slate thorn
Oh hey, MP7, wait, why is my MP7 called Schlurpmaster 200-1?
latent mantle
oh that's cool. Destructible terrain was always fun in the battlefield games
slate thorn
Waiting for Delta Force to fully release, the gun customizing in that game is so fucking good
wide sentinel
DF is f2p no?
slate thorn
Yes
wide sentinel
looked promising
latent mantle
Oh hey, MP7, wait, why is my MP7 called Schlurpmaster 200-1?
what's odd is they can 100% use a lot of the names as they are government/military designations that don't belong to anything other than public entities
wide sentinel
but i'm sceptical of f2p games
slate thorn
It's really fun
From what I could gather as to paid elements. Battlepass, skins, extra storage in the extract mode, xp boosts
wide sentinel
hmm
slate thorn
So not horrible
wide sentinel
if it's all just cosmetic stuff then idm ig
latent mantle
Waiting for Delta Force to fully release, the gun customizing in that game is so...
haha you like that stuff of all things? That's interesting
wide sentinel
if they start putting new guns in battlepasses and such then i'll riot
slate thorn
haha you like that stuff of all things? That's interesting
Huh?
I am a long time BF player so yes, I do enjoy Delta Force
latent mantle
Sorry I also do not know delta force 
wide sentinel
daaaaaaaaang
latent mantle
I'm looking into it now
wide sentinel
too busy looking at hyeju and heejin tsk tsk
slate thorn
My M16A4, it has a canted 1x for burst fire close range 
wide sentinel
does it have like cod those 5 attachments only things
slate thorn
Rapid fire semi-auto for long range that shreds
No
It has unlimited attachments, you can tweak the parameters of almost every attachment, such as weight, length, etc of the stock
wide sentinel
hmm
latent mantle
tarkov but less strenuous. The gunsmithing looks interesting
slate thorn
Position of the grip, etc
Which all change how the weapon behaves
The gun customizing is insanely in depth
I love it so much
latent mantle
that's cooool
latent mantle
Watching gameplay now and wow that's pretty dope
slate thorn
My M16A4, it has a canted 1x for burst fire close range <:chuukek:48834008967675...
This is what the gun normally looks like
slate thorn
Watching gameplay now and wow that's pretty dope
It has 2 gamemodes, the Battlefield-like mode and extraction shooter mode, both of which are great fun
wide sentinel
looks great ye
slate thorn
I believe open beta test is next weekend? I'm not sure
latent mantle
This is what the gun normally looks like <:chuukek:488340089676759045>
yes that is what a 90s A4 looks like haha
That's surprisingly well done
latent mantle
slate thorn
It does have operators with abilities and such, which was garbage in battlefield, but this isn't battlefield so it actually kinda works. It's really good for the extraction gamemode. For the BF mode it's a bit eh, whatever
And speaking of shooters, Fragpunk playtest tomorrow until next weekend, which is what I'll be playing when I get back from holiday as I have already played a lot of Delta Force
Fragpunk seems really fun
latent mantle
I kind of enjoy when operators either have specific specialties or every operator is customisable enough to be built into a specialist role
Hell, some operators should be left handed for the purpose of just being left handed
slate thorn
I kind of enjoy when operators either have specific specialties or every operato...
It just feels weird seeing the same identical person 10 times next to each other. Whereas battlefield it was just 10 generic soldiers, which feels a lot more natural
latent mantle
mmmm
glass knot
Me seeing 10 Tom Cruises per game on Battlefield
Just like in real life i see Tom Cruise everywhere
latent mantle
hahaha
latent mantle
Just like in real life i see Tom Cruise everywhere
latent mantle
is that one of those select a champion games?
slate thorn
It's like Valorant, but less slow and you have this card system
Each round both teams get to choose cards which like buff your team, debuff the enemy team, change the map, etc
slate thorn
So like enemies have big heads, the map is upside down so you walk on the ceiling, you run faster, turn into zombies after you die, etc
It seems really cool
minor bolt
sounds like titanfall 1 cards but on steroids
slate thorn
So yeah, basically adhd valorant
latent mantle
lol
neon scroll
Git gud, scrub
slate thorn
I'm still on Zen 2
minor bolt
he said recommended
neon scroll
Ah
minor bolt
cant imagine itll make much of a difference
neon scroll
Also, only 35GB SSD space? What is this scrub game
Clearly if it isn't at least 120GB it can't be good
(Activision, probably)
slate thorn
cant imagine itll make much of a difference
Yeah probably wont
My 3070 carrying my cpu fr fr
latent mantle
Clearly if it isn't at least 120GB it can't be good
If it doesn't demand gigabit LAN wired in at all times for 40GB of streaming per hour then is it even a "120GB game"?
neon scroll
Wdym you don't have fibre, are you even a gamer?
neon scroll
Do you guys not have phones? 2.0
slate thorn
neon scroll
Nobody asked for this Blizzard, fuck off and make a good game for once
dry gale
https://x.com/OWCavalry/status/1844104356892995987
Tf?
minor bolt
probably shouldnt be much of a surprise considering how good phones are nowadays
looking at death stranding and resident evil running on iphones, ow would probably be pretty smooth performance wise
slate thorn
Oh yeah, especially toning down the graphics and map size a bit
It would run really well on phones
Like, Overwatch is a really well optimized game so I can see it run on phones
neon scroll
Like, Overwatch is a really well optimized game so I can see it run on phones
OW was, yes. OW2 however isn't. 
slate thorn
?
I don't notice any optimization differences between OW and OW2
Runs identical as OW
minor bolt
i think 2 is probably like 10-20% slower than 1 but it already ran extremely well so its not much
ebon orchid
jovial wolf
engine swap after few decades is hard
jovial wolf
I can't believe Rya'c will have a kid
cinder rivet
ayo wtf
cinder rivet
Nobody asked for this Blizzard, fuck off and make a good game for once
funny thing is that from what ive seen diablo immortal does better than diablo 4 
neon scroll
That doesn't make it a good game, it only makes it a whale game
The p2w in that game is unreal
cinder rivet
ive tried it when it came out and i hit paywall really fast
it was instant uninstall once it happened
dusty imp
overwatch is still saveable
they have to uncancel the pve
cod zombies sucks and l4d has been dead for ages, they could still very easily fill that hole
neon scroll
they have to uncancel the pve
Yeah, that ain't happening
dusty imp
yup biggest fumble
i did see this earlier today https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1g0hi6k/former_blizzard_president_planned_to_cut_down_on/
sure he did
apparently theyre trying to get rid of role queue
that along with the new gamemode might be enough to get people back
but i think the trust is too broken
placid otter
why did we add a number 2 againg?
dusty imp
to justify going from lootboxes to a battlepass system
the pve mode was the main selling point but then it got cancelled
slate thorn
Get rid of role queue? But why
Role queue is good
I want them to bring back the party finder
Still don't get why they removed that
dusty imp
the party finder was good
slate thorn
I used the party finder all the time to play with people, meet new people, make friends, etc
dusty imp
role queue sucks cause queue times, and it means that you have to requeue if you want to play something else
one of the core mechanics of ow was that you could switch heroes
slate thorn
Queue times have been good for me with role queue
Most of the time I find a match in less than a minute
placid otter
waited like 3-7mins on average
dusty imp
but mainly the issue was that role queue was a bandaid on the main issue
the solution was to make support more fun to play
placid otter
now the lack of tanks are an issue esp if we getting 6v6
dusty imp
it didnt help that over half the roster at the time was in the attack role
slate thorn
I would like 6v6 again. Puts so much less stress on me when I play dva since I can play offtank instead of having so much responsibility :P
cinder rivet
yo, deaths door too
(at the end of the month)
i wanted to buy it, now i dont have to
slate thorn
Death's Door 
neon scroll
Just keep in mind you don't own prime games, nor is there any guarantee they stay in your library
cinder rivet
Just keep in mind you don't own prime games, nor is there any guarantee they sta...
deaths door is for egs
doom is for ms store
bioshock is gog
i think none of more popular ones here are for prime games
plague tale is gog too
i just dont know why amazon hates steam
fallow vessel
because it's a competition
dusty imp
its probably to do with generating keys
cinder rivet
because it's a competition
so they give codes for also other competition
dusty imp
cinder rivet
ripge
cinder rivet
slate thorn
Why Twitch and not Facebook Gaming?
placid otter
lol
placid otter
Twitter
slate thorn
Epic
Still don't get why my prime delivery pre-order of the game arrives the 15th lel
jovial wolf
cba to work on friday, obviously not gonna work during the weekend, and they skip monday specifically to fuck you over
neon scroll
Definitely gonna play this eventually
Just don't know yet if I'll buy for PS5 or PC yet, depends if the lady wants to play it
jovial wolf
i went with pc version, it just runs way better
but they may very well figure that out by the time you get to it
jovial wolf
she's great
glass knot
Does it enforce curfews like Morgana
jovial wolf
kinda in the beginning on rails section
but the whole dynamic between her and mc feels better, helps that mc can talk
neon scroll
Is she appropriately snarky though
Sidekicks need a little bit of that
Even fricking paimon got snarky at times
placid otter
mc can talk? nice
slate thorn
Ps5 demo ran great for me
But I mainly went with ps5 because it do kinda be one of those lean back on the couch and play type of games. Plus is was €10 cheaper for ps5 :v
neon scroll
I'd honestly be hard pressed to name a western RPG that doesn't drag in the first 30 minutes, lmao
Some people just be like
slate thorn
Oh no, it takes a couple of hours to fully start the 1 million hour long game?!?!??!?
placid otter
lol
slate thorn
World building, character building, and story building in my videogame???? 
ebon orchid
placid otter
was it canada that added such law?
placid otter
Twitter
dry gale
I heard this is a good controller
dry gale
Concord is still being updated in steam back end
huge updates
and a new pve mode
guess they are going to relaunch the game with f2p
glass knot
Absurd out of touch stuff
rustic peak
https://fxtwitter.com/PlayTheBazaar/status/1844824975200387141 so there is a way out of development hell after all
glass knot
Silksong next...
neon scroll
Everytime you say that it gets delayed by another month
fallow vessel
people are now saying that the announcement is almost old enough to build Batman's mech armor set
neon scroll
Pretty sure the game would've been out for a while by now if Unity hadn't decided to do a Darwin Award for companies levels of dumbass move
smoky imp
At least Silksong will be out before Yandere Simulator
neon scroll
cursed
dusty imp
team cherry are actually at pax aus for the speedrun event
was very cool to see them alive again
dry gale
Steam VS GOG time
rustic peak
Silksong is probably experiencing the worst scope creep ever seen by mankind considering its basically hollow knight with fuck you money
ebon orchid
https://fxtwitter.com/bosunatiklama/status/1845023435799273504?t=WFANp8O8LxbdNJFZKRNoRw&s=19
Due some girl accidentally bumping her elbow to her mother's breast while gaming, a mass was noticed by them prompting both of them to go to hospital, which enabled the doctors to make an early diagnosis of the breast cancer of that woman, helping her to cure the cancer without being late
neon scroll
Steam VS GOG time
Alpha Protocol.... lmao
glass knot
Silksong is probably experiencing the worst scope creep ever seen by mankind con...
Silksong itself is already scope creep the game™ too as it was supposed to be a dlc
team cherry is known to have kept just adding stuff to hollow knight too + theres the whole unity thing that probably messed up a lot of stuff for them
That now has also been removed lmao
dusty imp
unity is barely holding hollow knight together in the first place too
its kinda funny how badly optimised it is
placid otter
so saddd, dragon ball is good and all, but i really can''t get into fighting games anymore 
glass knot
Well simply change that then
placid otter
yup i did. requested refund. prob get metaphor at some point instead or i might do persona 3 first
placid otter
neon scroll
yup i did. requested refund. prob get metaphor at some point instead or i might ...
With P3 remake wait for a discounted bundle price with the DLC. As it is rn it's a scam. (The DLC part was cut out of the OG game just so can sell it separately a few months later)
neon scroll
My grammar brain stopped working there but you get the gist
placid otter
not sure what game i wish to play next, besides cod and rs3
prob waiting for astrbot till next year as i doubt it gets a sale anytime soon
the remake is 70 lol
doubt the original was ever 70
placid otter
u mean just some outfits?
neon scroll
Give me a sec
placid otter
the 100$ version includes dlc, but can't tell if that is just the costumes
i could always just go for p4golden instead like u are :p
afaik their all standalones. only persona i've played was 5 royal
placid otter
oh didn't even see it right above the costume ones lol
neon scroll
People aren't happy, lmao
placid otter
sounds like i can skip the dlc
slate thorn
Isn't the aegis dlc more story specifically about her and she is already in the base game?
neon scroll
Well yes, but point is it was really good in the OG game and it's all about her. There was really no real justification for cutting her part out like that.
digital crane
gen 5 modding community is gonna be FEASTING
dry gale
https://fixupx.com/centroleaks/status/1845200311767503173
Nice
stable stratus
i wonder why this gigaleak happened...
glass knot
definitely the clock alarm fr
slate thorn
Well yes, but point is it was really good in the OG game and it's all about her....
Something something femc
stable stratus
forgot this was soft-launched in my country so i gave it a go
certain stages lag my game so that's the only thing that sucks
dusty imp
stable stratus
you know what that means
minor bolt
Twitter
supposedly this was made before giratina which is why it doesnt quite match up with ingame arceus events
smoky imp
It's fucking insane and everyone agrees Game freak is full of furries now lol
Like the Typhlosion story wtf
slate thorn
Typhlosion story?
dry gale
Typhlosion story?
dark story u better don't read 💀
minor bolt
slate thorn
Yeah I found it already, hence I said average japanese story :P
minor bolt
i didnt realize how much of old pokemon lore actually relates to human relationships
smoky imp
Twitter
rustic peak
Luckily people will forget all about this soon unless somebody manages to create a vaporeon tier copypasta about typhlosion
minor bolt
last i saw people were only a few hundred gb through the 1tb
wouldnt surprise me if there was a lot more
smoky imp
Honestly most of the stuff is pretty interesting
After reading through it
Okay the furry jokes were a bit funny at first now people talk shit about the devs
placid otter
the more i watch more it makes me want to rebuy it
neon scroll
It is a very watchable game
neon scroll
Let me know how spoilery that is
placid otter
it is great yeah
placid otter
Let me know how spoilery that is
it is not even the full prologue
placid otter
nothing rlly changed, but iguess it is still early
misty dawn
stable stratus
so true
minor bolt
nothing of value is lost
another attempt at cloning cod, just to feel like a cheap knockoff
still dawn
https://fixupx.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1846176636976181622?t=gIPTEyBa_U3h8Y4pjsz13A&s=19 RIP storm series (I only played the ones for PSP)
dry gale
Modern Gaming moment
latent mantle
Discs honestly may have a comeback if there's this much an issue
if not some type of confirmation piece whether tangible or hacks/"jailbreak"
dry gale
if not some type of confirmation piece whether tangible or hacks/"jailbreak"
What happened to people Jailbreaking PS systems like they used to before?
No one jailbreaked PS5 yet?
latent mantle
I think they have
glass knot
Probably for some very old firmware
latent mantle
yeah early term models more than likely
glass knot
And if it's really early firmware then it usually won't run recent games
neon scroll
I'll be real with you, jailbreaking modern day consoles is just pretty much pointless
Still made sense back in, like, PS3 days, but after that, nah
glass knot
Only reason to jailbreak a ps4 is to play bloodborne with the 60fps/better frame timing mod
Can't imagine a reason to jailbreak a ps5
glass knot
Bet there's people who would use it for some cool homebrew stuff
neon scroll
latent mantle
placid otter
i dont remember gohan with that hair
jovial wolf
misty jolt
"Join us on October 23rd at 07:00 PDT / 15:00 BST for a Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase stream, presented by Monster Hunter Wilds producer, Ryozo Tsujimoto!"
placid otter
Twitter
dusty imp
latent mantle
i dont remember gohan with that hair
it's a bit of an exaggeration
oak ruin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAuNkrsblt0
its fun until you get to the point that you're just opening packs to level up lol gotta be player diff though i kinda tried to speedrun it and burnt out myself
placid otter
lol metaphor got cracked because it has a demo 
eventhough there is denuvo
demo has no denuvo, but the full game does
dusty imp
glass knot
placid otter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS0vTRl_2PQ
oh the prev game wasn't subnautica 2? i completely forgot what its name was
good to see multiplayer seems to be a actual thing
stable stratus
Twitter
fallow vessel
slate thorn
Nvidia is a joke
When I upgrade I'm probably going to switch to amd because they actually put normal amounts of vram in their gpu's rather than the bare minimum
neon scroll
They're also kinda shit though
AMD has always been the ugly, less talented kid sitting behind Nvidia in this competition
and Nvidia gets away with their shit because of that
minor bolt
and their upscaling sucks
which is a huge L with how many games are seemingly relying on it now
slate thorn
At least I can play games on higher than medium graphics without running out of vram with them
neon scroll
Eh
dusty imp
at least it tells you instead of crashing without elaborating
slate thorn
The amount of times I have to turn down my graphics settings because I don't have enough vram is crazy
Even though I can get well over 60fps at max graphics
I just can't play max graphics because nvidia refuses to put any vram in their cards
slate thorn
Good god I'm playing at medium graphics, what do you want from me 
Plus DLSS balanced
Like, the game is running at a super stable 100+ fps
But it keeps giving me vram errors and sometimes frame dips when it reaches the max vram usage
1440p life truly a struggle
placid otter
neon scroll
But do you have a PSN account
neon scroll
You might be the first person to ever say those words
digital crane
😭
minor bolt
my youtube algorithm is giving me a lot of pokedex completion videos
and im very tempted to go get a switch tomorrow
slate thorn
Switch 2 soon™️
placid otter
steamdeck 2 when
minor bolt
yeah the switch2 coming soon is the only thing holding me back
slate thorn
That said, regular Switch do be pretty affordable nowadays. Switch lite has popped up new for like 120 now and then
minor bolt
the cheapest switch i can get is a refurb lite for 318 nzd
minor bolt
which is way higher than i expected
slate thorn
When new ones here are 120, paying 180 for a refurb is kinda :(
minor bolt
theres some for $200 on marketplace which is much more reasonable
lol nvm my brother has a switch i can use
pearl cobalt
things to consider when buying a switch: an additional SD card if you plan on getting more games (64GB internal) and Nintendo online if you want to back up your system as there's no way to back up/replace the internal storage.
additional costs if you want to play N64, GB Advance, and Sega Genesis games
placid otter
and every first party is atleast $60 even years later
minor bolt
yeah i was gonna buy legends arceus but its full price still..
im just gonna play the 3ds games on citra first
then get a modded 3ds to insert saves into that for poke transporter
slate thorn
yeah i was gonna buy legends arceus but its full price still..
Just get it used 
neon scroll
things to consider when buying a switch: an additional SD card if you plan on ge...
Things to consider when buying a Switch: Don't buy a fucking Switch in 2024 tbh
minor bolt
Just get it used <:WeSmart:589440337022287872>
cheapest i see is $75 lmfao
whereas on the eshop its $90
dusty imp
Things to consider when buying a Switch: Don't buy a fucking Switch in 2024 tbh
^ buy a switch in 2025/6
probably get them by the bucketful
i assume there will be some degree of forwards compatability unless the switch 2 isnt actually a switch 2
pearl cobalt
things to consider when buying a switch: an additional SD card if you plan on ge...
these will still apply to the next switch. knowing Nintendo, they'll still skimp on the internal storage
slate thorn
As long as you buy physical games you don't really need additional storage
bitter portal
But it keeps giving me vram errors and sometimes frame dips when it reaches the ...
gtx 1660 super 6gb vram with 3440x1440 display 
i can play competitive titles just fine but man when i played helldivers 2
now i am looking to atlest 12gb vram when i upgrade
rx 7700xt 16gb looks tempting
slate thorn
7700xt is a super nice card. Not for 1440p uw but I guess if all you play is toaster level games then it's fine :v
dry gale
We won't be getting the planned DLCs anymore as there is no more development ongoing for future Spiderman 2 content
placid otter
yeah, there is no planned content
neon scroll
I mean, they're just gonna make the next Spiderman game. Gotta be ready for when the inevitable next movie comes out.
neon scroll
Ye, but Spiderman is one of those franchises that will never die
placid otter
games are good so dont mind
glass knot
Its about his video series on creating games ending
stable stratus
youtube retirement video
slate thorn
When you pre-order a game and 10 days after release you still don't have it
neon scroll
That's what you get for preordering
stable stratus
Nextgen miitopia-like mmorpg seems to be leaked
https://x.com/Stealth40k/status/1848307962420350982/photo/3
Twitter
thread ^^
slate thorn
placid otter
showcase happening?
slate thorn
Also, I'm so excited for fragpunk to release
It's been a while since I've had this much fun with a shooter
placid otter
Twitter
neon scroll
Damn
Time to install again
40 new weapons and 20 new characters is insane by itself
slate thorn
Doesn't the game already have like 70 characters or something?
neon scroll
If you include all DLCs
Balance is for wimps, time to make the most broken builds imaginable
slate thorn
Dex going to have a field day
neon scroll
Only Dex I know is Dodger
slate thorn
placid otter
holy the scale of the weapons look insane
glass knot
https://fixupx.com/poncle_vampire/status/1848320054984585315?t=-6wjx9RbOjsFFj36B...
Banger dlc damn
latent mantle
should I? Don't know what to wish for
neon scroll
Banger dlc damn
The Castlevania music alone makes it worth tbh
stable stratus
https://x.com/Stealth40k/status/1848355122989936895?s=19
epic
also VS...
wow
I must go back and complete everything before this arrives
this feels like standalone castlevania game, even
latent mantle
I just fixed my playthrough with goku
Got the achievement + Super Shenron summon. I beat ||Jiren|| too fast the 4 times I had won (wondered why I didn't get the achievement)
Didn't wait long enough for the dialogue to go on
slate thorn
Lets gooo
placid otter
Twitter
dusty imp
https://x.com/cultofthelamb/status/1848347947316236375 https://x.com/cultofthelamb/status/1848347951032311829
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@slate thorn just gonna assume youre a henson fan cause it seems right
slate thorn
I am a polyphia and henson enjoyer yes
placid otter
lol what
neon scroll
... lol
placid otter
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glass knot
Expected
ebon orchid
neon scroll
https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1848766476888539465?s=19
Well, it flopped, so this one is at least understandable.
dusty imp
its a shame, ive heard nothing but great things about it
main issues i can think of
- zero marketing
- its a aaa-priced metroidvania, in a genre dominated by indie games
- epic exclusive on pc
ubisoft hates ubisoft montpellier for no reason, what else is new
neon scroll
The main issue was that they missed the venn diagram point of "fans still eagerly waiting to buy the game" vs. # of people who gave up and moved on
At some point every franchise becomes more or less irrelevant when there are quite frankly better, more promising things to play
cinder rivet
make best ubi game in last 5 years
do everything u can to hold sales since its release
sales are bad
surprisedpikachu.jpg
ubi be like
poor studio
jovial wolf
pearl cobalt
soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=issM_UcQCDI
oh shit
placid otter
cool
placid otter
Twitter
dusty imp
jovial wolf
If only I remembered where it is
pearl cobalt
ye, it's just a new expedition. there's still the 2nd half of their World update that's supposed to release soon™️
slate thorn
Epic
stable stratus
sonic fanbase is healing (especially shadow fans)
dusty imp
cue my favourite reddit comment from the sonic frontiers era
latent mantle
DB:SZ patch rolled out. Yajirobe health reduced and senzu bean costs more + episode/story difficulty tweaked to be easier
fair elbow
The Fallout 4 launcher just set my video settings to Low Quality
Sheesh, sorry for having a potato 
slate thorn
Lmao
neon scroll
There are downgrade mods to get rid of their shitty "next gen" """""upgrade"""""
Should help
placid otter
this mission in cod campaign is so sickk
placid otter
u mean the mediamarkt thing in rotterdam on sunday?
fair elbow
There are downgrade mods to get rid of their shitty "next gen" """""upgrade"""""
I'm going full vanilla this time. I've played FO4 with mods so much that I don't even know what vanilla looks like 
neon scroll
That's not even playable, really. Let us know how many hours in you get before your game breaks
slate thorn
I'm going full vanilla this time. I've played FO4 with mods so much that I don't...
Ew
Vanilla Bethesda game 
fair elbow
Vanilla Bethesda game <:YuckChamp:858754854323355658>
It's because when I start modding, it devolves into a modding shopping spree that eventually results in the game not even launching
fair elbow
That's not even playable, really. Let us know how many hours in you get before...
It crashed just now
I was in Lexington popping Feral Ghoul heads with a pipe sniper rifle
So about... 4 hours in
stable stratus
https://x.com/sonicstadium/status/1849830506621186312?s=19
the hype for the year of shadow really brings up to this
and the upcoming Sonic 3, which I can expect bigger than before
placid otter
hyped for the movie too
stable stratus
I was thinking SEGA is definitely real on focusing on their games and they've been doing well
Tbh this should be a very respectable year for them so kudos to the teams
placid otter
saw a tweet with all their releases of this year and def been an amazing one
Twitter
neon scroll
So about... 4 hours in
Longer than I expected
placid otter
bo6 campaign done. been fun tomorrow zombies time 
stable stratus
ebon orchid
still surprised that mephiles is in a major-line sonic game after 06
i am thrilled, i love mephiles
placid otter
absolutely loving bo6 zombies
slate thorn
I believe bo3 was having issues?
At this point it's probably safe to assume that every older CoD is infected :^)
slate thorn
With the ridiculous pricetag BO6 has and the insane amount of cheaters I met in the beta weekend, I'm not even bothering with the game
minor bolt
i figured id try it with gamepass
actually convinced you need to be lobotomised to enjoy any of these recent cods
neon scroll
glances at Lake
placid otter
hey, zombies and campaign been great
i only done like 3 matches of mp then went to zombies :p
neon scroll
But is 6hrs of campaign really worth that price tag
(Irrelevant for game pass, obviously)
minor bolt
im absolutely positive i finished the cold war campaign in 3 hours
that one felt abnormally short
placid otter
cold war was released earlier than planned cuz infinity ward cant make their game
also was indeed the shortest campaign to date
placid otter
havent played. i skipped most non treyarch cods
neon scroll
Some campaigns haven't aged all that well either. (Hi, Kevin Spacey )
placid otter
like the og mw2 one huh
ebon orchid
i am hoping to try out that beta of the EE1 remaster with beta coming in 1.5-2 years
looks quite promising
minor bolt
honestly i kinda liked the advanced warfare campaign
bo3 was a bit of a mindfuck
havent played the mw reboots
ebon orchid
I would not mind if a Rise of Nations reboot was to come, extended edition is nice and all
but like, the game was underappreciated
placid otter
quick watch between league worlds matches
placid otter
https://youtu.be/R9cHgX49QLw?si=zvqGqhxV8NWxzNNd
never have i seen, experienced or heard what he is experiencing with the scanning lol
placid otter
dragon age veilguard reviews are out and their so insanely long
seems possitive, but cant say for sure. havent seen numbers yet
jovial wolf
numbers here won't say you much
so far it seems kinda expected, you have the da:o purists that were never gonna like it, some that really like it and some that like it but have some disagreements with it
unfortunately user reviews will be useless for a bit until the anti-woke crowd gets tired (the sin of having pronouns and transition scars as an option in cc)
slate thorn
It is an EA game developed by modern day Bioware so it'll probably be pretty bad
jovial wolf
well, this fella from larian disagrees with that
https://fixupx.com/Cromwelp/status/1850949592667590700
The answer is yes. It is to a heavy, 9 season long show what a well-made, character driven, binge-worthy Netflix series is.
It has a good sense of propulsion and forward momentum. The combat system is honestly brilliant (to me, a mix of Xenoblade & Hogwarts which is giga-brain genius). It knows when it needs a tentpole narrative moment, and it knows when to let you toy around with your class and exploit some of its stronger elements.
More important, to me, it feels like the first Dragon Age game that truly knows what it wants to be.
In short, if you want some character driven romping with a strong combat system in a universe you know, love, or have heard of, it is much better than the average action game, and much less heavy than the gargantuan RPGs that may intimidate at times. In a word, it’s fun!
To me, I’m extremely happy BioWare gets to stick around - presumably - in these uncertain (because of moronic corporate greed) times. An existential game, and a fun one at that.
slate thorn
The stuff they showed in trailers and gameplay previews looked pretty shit
But hey, who knows
jovial wolf
the previews that were not played by the devs looked pretty good
slate thorn
Non of what I've seen looked remotely interesting :(
placid otter
it is simple fun, but i dont play mp so
jovial wolf
not judging (much )
placid otter
veilguard seems positive so far though
jovial wolf
it's just that DA discourse has been mess for months
placid otter
da means?
jovial wolf
dragon age
placid otter
right feels different without ":o" or something behind it so got lost lol
jovial wolf
because of the anti-woke crowd, the dao purists and the travelling outrage merchants
slate thorn
i mean not interesting is fine
Not interesting as in kinda ass and unfun :v
placid otter
looked decent to me
warm pumice
I swear it better not be Solas on that bs again 
warm pumice
Not interesting as in kinda ass and unfun :v
yeah, it felt like shit
I better not see people love Inquisition after they hated the shit out of it
DA:I is my baby
jovial wolf
people that liked DA:I seem to like Veilguard a lot
warm pumice
people that liked DA:I seem to like Veilguard a lot
I don't, Im gonna have to wait and see, good thing i have the EA Play thing
So I can determine if i cop a physical copy
slate thorn
I tried to get into Inquisition several times, but it's just so incredibly boring
And I just don't care about the characters at all
warm pumice
I tried to get into Inquisition several times, but it's just so incredibly borin...
honestly understandable
slate thorn
I played the game for like 20 hours before I dropped it
slate thorn
Hoping it would go somewhere or get good
warm pumice
The problem I noticed was the map was big but everything to spread out
slate thorn
You're asking me to go back 8 years into my mind
jovial wolf
sounds like you got stuck in hinterlands hell
warm pumice
You're asking me to go back 8 years into my mind
warm pumice
sounds like you got stuck in hinterlands hell
Yeah most likely
That map is fucking shit for early newcomers
slate thorn
I finished the hinterlands
jovial wolf
that is exactly the problem
slate thorn
I also finished this desert area, and this huge city
jovial wolf
you need to ignore the open world and push story at the beginning, it's just very unintuitive
slate thorn
But yeah, the game just never got interesting for me
warm pumice
you need to ignore the open world and push story at the beginning, it's just ver...
It honestly didnt feel like that
It felt like it pushed that first than the story
warm pumice
But yeah, the game just never got interesting for me
honestly
jovial wolf
yep
jovial wolf
people would have way better experience if it opened up after the mage/templar choice
slate thorn
But yeah, I can't recall how far I got in the game, but I got far enough to know it was just not good :^)
warm pumice
Only reason I kept it pushing was bc of the vault feature and I could see Morrigan and her son with the Warden
As well as my precious baby Alistair
slate thorn
It still saddens me how Bioware has fallen 😔
jovial wolf
Both "In Hushed Whispers" and "Champions of the Just" are excellent missions
slate thorn
Mass Effect trilogy some of my favorite games of all time
warm pumice
It still saddens me how Bioware has fallen 😔
warm pumice
Both "In Hushed Whispers" and "Champions of the Just" are excellent missions
fuck lowkey what those missions were
Aint gonna lie
aint finish Dragon Age Inquistion lmao
slate thorn
Playing through DA:I is like a week of my life I'll never get back :^)
jovial wolf
first one is the mage choice and the second one is the templar one
most of the mass effect style missions in DA:I were really good
jovial wolf
it's just that lot of people did not see any of them
warm pumice
it's just that lot of people did not see any of them
yeah some had to appear with that war map crap
felt like a drag
shit was real time or play time?
jovial wolf
real time
slate thorn
Why can't we have more stuff like Mass Effect nowadays 😔
jovial wolf
veilguard has mass effect mission structure
jovial wolf
never happening, it would have to be remake
that engine was pretty much dead by the time DA:O got released
slate thorn
veilguard has mass effect mission structure
That's cool and all but the thing that makes ME so good is the insane story and characters
warm pumice
never happening, it would have to be remake
my bad, meant remake
I need that remake fr fr
placid otter
DA:I really seems to be like a hate or love thing. those that liked it really did like it alot while others dislike it so much
jovial wolf
it's a deeply flawed game that has plenty of great stuff in it
placid otter
been wanting to play it since it came out, but never did
warm pumice
been wanting to play it since it came out, but never did
you really got to force yourself into it
Honestly its a rollercoaster
neon scroll
because of the anti-woke crowd, the dao purists and the travelling outrage merch...
Eh, there's been enough valid criticism. Like the main teaser being the cringiest pile of shit possible, more fitting for a shitty hero shooter. And you know, the art design being god awful. No one, absolutely no one asked for the art style to become more comic like. It's just an eyesore.
minor bolt
skillup ripped into it
neon scroll
Good
warm pumice
Dragon Age fans on suicide watch
If the game is gonna bust which lowkey feels like it has, some of that dialogue is....questionable.. I can't wait to see Tencent buy Bioware from EA
neon scroll
I just have no idea whatever tf they were thinking
minor bolt
skillup described the dialogue as if HR was in the room
which is an absolute disaster
warm pumice
That apple and cookie scene was just
neon scroll
I guess at least it runs well
latent mantle
Little Caesar’s drip 💧😭😈🙏🗣️
lol how and what
warm pumice
lol how and what
Little Caesars collaboration, redeem code from receipt in LC website and send it to your account
You get 2x xp bonuses for 30 min, a cool skin, an emblem and a banner
Monster Energy drink has one as well
jovial wolf
Eh, there's been enough valid criticism. Like the main teaser being the cringie...
I mean it's fine if you don't like the art style, but don't act like it's not subjective
minor bolt
database migrations my behated
jovial wolf
the unfortunate thing about it is that the planned early access start already delayed PoE league and I would be shocked if this didn't delay it more, we might be looking at league that is over 6 months long
at least the current league is a great one, I can't imagine the shitstorm if it happened during the previous one
smoky imp
slate thorn
Isn't clock tower that old point and click game
Didn't know they were doing a ?remake? of it
jovial wolf
Play Original mode to experience Clock Tower as it was when initially released in 1995, or play Rewind mode with extra content and improvements. Additional features include a new animated intro, opening and ending vocal theme songs, motion comics, creator interview, art gallery, border artwork, save states, and a music player.
Translated and released outside of Japan for the first time
neon scroll
I mean it's fine if you don't like the art style, but don't act like it's not su...
Doesn't make it less of a valid criticism
Reviews are always subjective for that matter
And from what I have seen on said reviews pretty much everything in this game besides technical performance is worse than in its predecessors
jovial wolf
Sure it's valid criticism, but acting like it's the only correct opinion is wrong.
neon scroll
Cool, good thing I didn't do that.
Just like you didn't say all the criticism was based on culture war stuff.
jovial wolf
Good thing I originally complained about the general discourse and not yours.
And to that second point, you still have rpg fiend like Mortismal saying it's his game of the year and favourite game of the series
Overall I just see the typical Dragon Age reviews scape, every game in the series was somewhat divisive at release
neon scroll
Sure, hence why stuff like this is subjective. I for one view this as a game that is on Starfield levels of washed, but even Starfield had its shooters.
Bioware these days is just not comparable to what they used to be
None of the talent from their glory days is still there
jovial wolf
Eh, not like the old Bioware did not have stinkers
neon scroll
Well yeah, they've gotten worse over the course of years
jovial wolf
I would argue it was more of an rollercoaster
I am still kinda mad about original Neverwinter
even if they fixed a lot of the problems in the expansions
neon scroll
Quite honestly, the last actually great Bioware game was released in, like, 2011
jovial wolf
Ig that depends on how much the ME3 ending soured a person's opinion
neon scroll
After that it went from DA: Inquisition (which was ok, but not great by comparison) and ME3 (same as DA:I) to fucking C&C Generals, ME Andromeda, fucking Anthem and now this
And I have played ME3 and DA:I extensively, they're just not as good as the other parts before in their respective series
God knows if EA actually lets them make that rumored new ME game
neon scroll
That's fair, but imo ME isn't really mainly about the combat
jovial wolf
and I think people talking about DA:O straight up ignore the parts of the game that did not work
neon scroll
No Bioware game was
jovial wolf
my mind just goes back to the larian guy tweet, if you're going to go into it with expecting some old school bioware stuff ofc you gonna be disappointed
and if you just want a fun game set in thedas that will depend on how you jam with the combat
and that from the reviews looks very ymmv
neon scroll
my mind just goes back to the larian guy tweet, if you're going to go into it wi...
I mean, I expect the story, writing and character interactions to be good and I expect something like facial expressions to not somehow be below DA:O levels animations. Combat can be clunky for all I care, I'm not playing Bioware games mainly for that.
jovial wolf
you still have people out there that say they really enjoyed the story
most of the people that are mainly about DA content did
neon scroll
Yes, some people enjoy low stakes no edges just vibes fantasy
Which is ok
But I wouldn't call it well written
slate thorn
ME3 is an incredible game, it just has the problem that ME2 exists
jovial wolf
i think it's important to note that the original form of ME3 is quite a bit worse experience than the final one
narrative wise
Leviathan, Citadel etc really helped
same goes for DA:I for that matter with Descent and Trespasser
neon scroll
i think it's important to note that the original form of ME3 is quite a bit wors...
The "Oh shit, fans are really mad" DLC
jovial wolf
Leviathan, yep
neon scroll
Well, not DLC, but you know what I mean
neon scroll
ME3 is an incredible game, it just has the problem that ME2 exists
This is very true though, ME2 was just Bioware peak
slate thorn
The dlc's are really what elevate ME3 to godlike Bioware standards
For me ME3 feels like Bioware's way of saying goodbye, after that it just hasn't been it
I almost never replay games
The Mass Effect games however I have all finished like 3 or 4 times
As far as I can recall the only other story driven games I've played several times are Persona 5 and Bioshock Infinite
neon scroll
The Mass Effect games however I have all finished like 3 or 4 times
Even Andromeda?
jovial wolf
replaying P5 several times, sheesh
neon scroll
replaying P5 several times, sheesh
To be fair, it makes a lot of sense to play P5, then replay P5 Royal and then do the new game + Royal
digital crane
i love persona but i can't imagine replaying p3r or p5r
they're so long
it's been such a long time since i played p4g and im just now starting to want to replay that
jovial wolf
To be fair, it makes a lot of sense to play P5, then replay P5 Royal and then do...
sure, but that's like half a year gone
neon scroll
For a working person that's pretty much accurate, yes
digital crane
i cannot wait to start nolifing metaphor once my exams are finished tomorrow tho
neon scroll
I'm actually slowly playing through P4g atm
digital crane
i think 4's the most consistently good out of the modern 3
neon scroll
5 is overall much better, but 4 is great as well
digital crane
5 had a phenomenal introduction and a fantastic final arc (including royal content) but the middle was a slog
neon scroll
Metaphor I got for PS5 so my gf can play it as well... and she has been. Seems to enjoy it, too.
No romance in Metaphor though, smh
What are you even doing, Atlus
digital crane
i have a friend who was shilling rebirth as his goty but now he says it's 100% metaphor
im very excited
jovial wolf
metaphor is very good
neon scroll
Rebirth has the issue of Square essentially turning the open world sections into an Ubisoft open world game
It even has literal radio towers
digital crane
ive yet to make my judgement on the gameplay since i havent properly played through it yet (no ps5)
neon scroll
Could not bring myself to ever continue playing it
digital crane
would u say u prefer remake
digital crane
the linearity is really nice
neon scroll
Actually played through that before I started Rebirth which I guess didn't help
digital crane
wish we got to explore more of midgar tho
hopefully part 3 delivers on that
regardless, can't wait for it to come to pc
i absolutely adore the ff7 cast
neon scroll
Putting Cloud aside it's pretty endearing
digital crane
except cloud yeah
slate thorn
Even Andromeda? <:vivikek:482987254151774208>
I said games, not garbage 
neon scroll
On that note, apparently now Star Citizen has a release year which you can totally believe in and will for real happen
2026 for sure
jovial wolf
slate thorn
I've been nolifing Metaphor as well and it's such a good game
slate thorn
I mean, the game does have hot characters
Which does indeed only make it more cruel you can't date any of them
Damn you Atlus
neon scroll
Saving that for the inevitable upgraded version
slate thorn
Romance dlc
warm pumice
I've been nolifing Metaphor as well and it's such a good game
I love that game
Dope story so far and love the art
Hope to cop a art book in near future
slate thorn
Didn't the collector's edition come with an art book?
But yeah, Atlus' art team is awesome
warm pumice
I didn’t cop it
I just got base game
Didn’t pay much attention to the game till I went in the store and they didn’t have Sparking Zero and didn’t want to leave empty handed
Might cop Stellar Blade and Silent Hill 2 these upcoming weeks,I managed to find a copy of Sparking Zero at Walmart lmao
smoky imp
FINALLY
The story was MEH but the exploration, music and the mechs were fucking amazing
Also still my favorite Xenoblade gameplay
digital crane
The story was MEH but the exploration, music and the mechs were fucking amazing
apparently theyre improving on the story too
fair elbow
Gah damn, RDR1+UN is finally on Steam but it's $50
This shit is older than 90%+ of Fortnite players and they're charging $50 for it?
smoky imp
apparently theyre improving on the story too
No fucking way holy fuck
The game would be so much better if they do
neon scroll
Twitter
Honestly, out of all the closures in the recent past this one is probably kinda justified, lol
placid otter
took them long enough
stable stratus
Twitter
fair elbow
Well that don't look good 
slate thorn
Time to replace
stable stratus
amogus but make it death note
https://youtu.be/qJ9ekWop694?si=l4wYAKENiGS42BNL
stable stratus
pearl cobalt
damn, the PS5 beta for MH Wilds just ended. waiting for it to turn back on tomorrow.
for everyone else:
think you can pre-download (XBox/Steam) now, not that it matters as it's pretty small dl (16GB)
pearl cobalt
from the MH Discord, looks like the steam version is just 24GB
misty dawn
I have my priorities
stable stratus
placid otter
MONSTER HUNTER
neon scroll
DRAGON AGE
Have fun in mediocrity
warm pumice
Honestly getting fed up with Twitch,might start watching on YouTube Live
neon scroll
Ah, I thought you were gonna play
warm pumice
Ah, I thought you were gonna play
Nah lmao
I’m trying to see if the 70 is worth it or not
neon scroll
(No)
warm pumice
I agree Grumpy,no woke😡
warm pumice
I’ll probably jump streams and see bits and pieces to get a better grasp
Yeah nah
I’m cool on the game
Inquisition,my beloved
neon scroll
Inquisition had its issues, but at least it didn't look like Fortnite
warm pumice
Honestly didn’t know the shit people had problems with
I never bothered looking it up bc I didn’t want spoilers,even to this day I won’t look that shit up lmao
I just know Solas be on the bullshit
Me personally,I’d massacre the mages FOR THE TEMPLAR
fallow vessel
so far i have seen one person that I would kinda trust with reviewing a game he said taht he likes the combat he finds the writing a bit iffy but he is interested to see where the story goes
the rest is just a bunch of people calling it woke
which is kinda funny because technically those people are just making a list of trigger warnings to create a safe space for themselves
warm pumice
so far i have seen one person that I would kinda trust with reviewing a game he ...
Writing is dogshit and I saw someone compare the combat to God of War,I never played nor seen gameplay so I can’t agree nor disagree
Graphics do look shit
Inquisition is a decade old and still holds
minor bolt
i'm convinced there isnt a single new 3ds xl in the country
best i can find is a new 2ds xl which will have to do
warm pumice
best i can find is a new 2ds xl which will have to do
Honestly a better deal unless you wanted the 3D feature
Been wanting to cop a new 3ds xl and homebrew it
Especially for Pokemon
warm pumice
Ended up buying the 2ds xl that was available
nice, which color did you get it in?
I really like the purple one
Reminds me a lot of the gamecube
minor bolt
Just the regular black and blue, there’s fuck all available on used marketplaces and literally nothing available new
warm pumice
Nice nice
minor bolt
i would've just bought a nice color from japan or something but apparently you can't fully region unlock and keep eshop/pokemon bank working
warm pumice
i would've just bought a nice color from japan or something but apparently you c...
Never heard of that issue
Maybe bc they tend to homebrew it thats why they never bring that topic up