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slate thorn
placid otter
yo this art is sick
slate thorn
Looks really cool
jovial wolf
still kinda confused about this one
placid otter
lirik saying this game looks good and bad at the same time
slate thorn
It looks really pretty and everything it shows looks really cool and such, but it kinda feels like the game just doesn't know what it wants to be
placid otter
ayo tekken 3 cool
slate thorn
Couldn't really get into the last of us so I gave the games to my friend 
slate thorn
US going to get sued by Nintendo's giga legal team
stable stratus
-# should be in #1042073107554381864 too but lmao
jovial wolf
US going to get sued by Nintendo's giga legal team
they already went "not touching that shit"
jovial wolf
hi logan
slate thorn
stab stab stab
jovial wolf
wolverine combat just works, even the tie in game for the origins movie was good fun
slate thorn
Spiderman game was super fun so this is probably going to be pretty cool as well
placid otter
insomniac just one of the best studios ever
pearl cobalt
holy snikt, blades... blades everywhere
and they made the classic yellow outfit look good
slate thorn
First haunted video game that will actually get you killed when you launch it
fair elbow
The Ring video game but you die 7 days after finishing it
errant star
guess the ad went up early https://www.instagram.com/p/DO_6R7BjG5I/
slate thorn
JDM time
placid otter
oh sick im actually interested
oh what the broadcast was this early?
idk what asl stands for
placid otter
so that is what asl means?
yeah, i couldnt find that one
only saw japanese version, asl and audio description something ones
errant star
suppose they'll formally announce horizon 6 here
placid otter
wonder if they show the new rog ally aswel
X
apparantly there is a codnext stream on the 30th
errant star
I heard there's zombies in the beta for the first time ever, probably the only bit I'm even interested by
placid otter
yep can try out zombies without buying it 
placid otter
forgot 007 wasnt out yet. been shown it so much by now
lol it sells early access
this looks pretty
the master 
placid otter
boring showcase
jovial wolf
should have watched the asl one after all
placid otter
now, where my ghost of yotei review scores
jovial wolf
in two hours
placid otter
ah damn
neon scroll
I mean, it's just gonna be 9s and 10s, review scores mean nothing these days
jovial wolf
nah, there will be the one 6 or 7 from some big site that gave the review to someone who tried to play it on xbox or something
still dawn
slate thorn
minor bolt
as expected from sucker punch
placid otter
sasaga desu
minor bolt
dust2 in battlefield is insane
jovial wolf
Hades II time
pearl cobalt
committing sins. preordered FFT and Ghosts
placid otter
slate thorn
What!? More Fire Emblem?
Oh, mobile game nobody cares about
Wow this looks horrible lmao
pearl cobalt
Waffle scamming. gives rations, no waffles
stable stratus
stable stratus
indie game enjoyers are eating good this year
placid otter
ahh doug 44 years is impressive
minor bolt
the one costco in the country here was selling their stock at 50% off this week
dusty imp
https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/1971366097317417406
i didnt even know there was a regular xbox ally
price is about what i expected
in line with other handhelds
neon scroll
How is 1k in line with other handhelds, that much for a handheld is still ludicrous
I know its specifications are better, but handheld gamers aren't the target audience who care about that
dusty imp
?
700-1200 is what these handheld pcs tend to cost
the rog ally has been priced that for ages
its a very niche market i have no idea why xbox are being so weird about it
placid otter
both steamdeck and legion go are under $600 even. unless u go steamdeck oled 1tb then u get $670 ish
dusty imp
i was thinking on the more premium end, i think the lower end legion is 600 yeah
placid otter
outside of rog ally x idk any other higher end ones. that is their main selling point of it afterall
ah msi claw 950$
placid otter
X
neon scroll
Bungie really loves taking Ls
neon scroll
outside of rog ally x idk any other higher end ones. that is their main selling ...
Yeah, this. There's basically no way a significant portion of handheld people actually buy that
minor bolt
basically a niche product for those who want a bigger steam deck
placid otter
Yeah, this. There's basically no way a significant portion of handheld people ac...
fyi their currently sold out online. saw it from a tweet
minor bolt
@wide sentinel how far off finishing the pass are you?
some of this weeks missions were a pain in the ass so i gave up, at 58 so next weeks will do it for me
wide sentinel
<@307596013760151566> how far off finishing the pass are you?
41
idc much for the rewards
minor bolt
fair fair
slate thorn
https://x.com/iSunnyOfficial1/status/1971428125566439871
So basically the same size as one tiny Call of Duty map, gotcha
pearl cobalt
speaking of size, Ghosts Of Yotei downloaded yesterday, 85GB. and that doesn't come out for another 5 days.
still waiting for FFT which is in 3 days
placid otter
gotten like 4 99s in last 2/3 weeks. only 2 more left till maxed
wide sentinel
gg
placid otter
defence maybe monday or tuesday, prayer prob by weekend done?
wide sentinel
and then hardcore ironman journey
slate thorn
New Layton game was shown at TGS apparently?
Oh wait, it's that Layton game that was announced years ago lol
placid otter
and then hardcore ironman journey
dw, got another acc im playing at same time too :P
placid otter
cuz boring otherwise
wide sentinel
ah
slate thorn
Just script :^)
placid otter
afking on 1, pvming on the other while watching alice in borderland
typical autistic osrs player i am
wonhee plays osrs
wide sentinel
lol
neon scroll
cuz boring otherwise
Honestly this grind seems boring regardless 
placid otter
game is great fun smh
maxing skills though... not so much, hence why most do a 2nd on the side
neon scroll
Smol plot
misty dawn
plenty for lil ol me
neon scroll
You gotta be careful you don't lose the plot though
dusty imp
huh
heart machine whipped this out of nowhere lmao
i guess they were more interested in this than hyper light breaker
slate thorn
Looks neat
stable stratus
wide sentinel
pearl cobalt
non-login link for newpipe or similar app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT5Ecm99O5Y
pearl cobalt
update on this... thing: I hate it with a thousand suns after fighting against it's lasers, missiles, and fire for over 3 hours.
pearl cobalt
ngl tho. having a rideable chocobo in MH is neat
minor bolt
this came out today too https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/black-ops-7-devs-admit-theyre-worried-about-series-fatigue-after-back-to-back-games-3255551/
ill give the beta a go since its free and will just be a time sink until battlefield drops lol
neon scroll
It's almost like CoD is the stalest, least innovative series out there next to sports game franchises or something
wide sentinel
i'm more surprised CoD kept a "big" playerbase after BO3
and now everyone is finally stopped praising em
People been very vocal to having a MP back like MW2 (2009) for years, if they would just listen and make something along those lines (and balanced) then it would be a massive success i feel like. The fast pace drug sniffing movement as it is today is just not what CoD ever was/stood for. Also the constant re-use of "Black Ops" or "... Warfare" is also dreading, just milking people out as is standard by the big companies lately
dusty imp
is there any meaningful difference between the cod sub-series?
apart from the one that was trying to be titanfall
dont play them, genuinely dont know
slate thorn
Black Ops used to be pretty creative conspiracy stuff campaign, zombies (hell yeah), and just solid multiplayer
Modern warfare was basically peak campaign and multiplayer experience.
Everything else was just whatever random individual thing they were trying. They realized people really liked BO and MW after those had each gotten 3 games, so they were like aight, time to only do these two series now lmao
And that's when it went downhill. BO4 was... weird. The zombies they tried some new stuff which is just kinda not really it. Like, it's fine, it's pretty cool and creative, but compared to the other games it's just a little weird in a bad way. No campaign. Multiplayer really just a downgrade from BO3 as they tried to focus too hard on special abilities / classes / whatever
MW reboot was well. They had to reboot the series because the story was already finished lol. So it's kinda just random filler content with the characters you love combined with multiplayer that tries to mimic the original MW games but it really just doesn't feel like it because modern CoD has completely different movement and gunplay compared to back then
minor bolt
yeah you had the OG modern warfare trilogy which was the typical US military blockbuster kinda thing
black ops 1 was set in the cold war, black ops 2 then went into 2025 near-future within the same world with flashbacks to cold war
slate thorn
So the new MW has a campaign you basically don't care about because you already know the whole MW story and the new stuff they try to tell is really just whatever. And that's is paired with the middest multiplayer experience to have ever midded
minor bolt
bo3 went off the rails going even more in the future with mind control and tried to stay in the same world but kinda failed. black ops cold war bought it back to cold war but like, "reimagined" in the same vein as the "new" mw trilogy
ghosts, advanced warfare, infinite warfare, ww2, vanguard are all their own things
slate thorn
Honestly, BO3 campaign is pretty sick, I really liked it. It's nowhere on the same level as BO1 and BO2. But it's still a really fun campaign
minor bolt
although i think internally at iw they kinda consider infinite warfare some kind of successor to ghosts
wide sentinel
is there any meaningful difference between the cod sub-series?
Yes, but TL;DR
Black ops 1 remains superior story based and settings based
MW2 was deemed the "best" out of all almost due to the insane MP upgrade from CoD World at War to having actual titles and emblems to earn/collect, killstreaks became a selectable thing + the animations in the game of the emblems and such were just top notch amazing (MP was not balanced at all tho)
Rest of the series is just "meh" and they went more goofy the longer the series continued and as waffle said, they only know "Black ops" or "Modern Warfare" they are too scared to begin a new IP
slate thorn
12 year old me or however old I was when BO2 released was like so amazed by the fact that the campaign had like multiple endings and that your actions during the missions influenced the outcome of things
minor bolt
i still maintain that infinite warfare has an incredible campaign
the mp was just meh
slate thorn
MW1/2/3 and BO1/2/3 are the best CoD has to offer and there's a large chance these 6 games will be the best CoD has to offer forever
slate thorn
i still maintain that infinite warfare has an incredible campaign
IW has a really cool campaign. But the issue is that if half of your game is cool and the other half is turbo ass your game just kinda sucks
Same with AW, cool campaign as well, the rest of the game sucks ass
wide sentinel
Yea even back in the past i bought the games for the MP aspect (as did many ig)
minor bolt
i legit forgot the villian/story of IW
tldr is that there was a world war that resulted in some nations settling on mars, establishing the settlement defense front
30 years later they attacked earth and thats iw
wide sentinel
i did complete the stories eventually but just didn't bother anymore after IW or so
ah
minor bolt
the plot was insane for cod but its probably the only cod campaign that had really good character development rather than just stereotypical military characters
on the same level as titanfall 2 honestly
slate thorn
I feel like at this point they should just give up on new games, create CoD Online + Warzone and have a life service ever evolving multiplayer mode + the same thing for Warzone and for like the first time in history all of that would be a healthy thing for the industry
minor bolt
rip my bros e3n and bt
slate thorn
Titanfall 2 is so good
minor bolt
I feel like at this point they should just give up on new games, create CoD Onli...
you're not gonna believe this but https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Call_of_Duty_Online
wide sentinel
ngl might sounds grandpa here but, can we please have just a good UI again for like the lobby menu? stop having my soldier in the background walking/dancing whatever and such etc
slate thorn
The Chinese one doesn't count :^)
The Chinese exclusive zombies mode goes kinda crazy though
minor bolt
it felt pretty good too, high ping aside
wide sentinel
and have stuff on the left, top right and bottom left of my screen 😭 just have everything on the left, simple
minor bolt
iirc it was on the mw2 engine
slate thorn
ngl might sounds grandpa here but, can we please have just a good UI again for l...
Those 3 people who are speaking are all saying the N word
wide sentinel
man those icons and animations were so ahead of it's time ngl
when i seen IW UI i was like "wtf is this downgrade"
like, look at this lobby menu
so fucking messy
slate thorn
Anyways, since TF2 was mentioned. Someone, please, for the love of god just copy and paste the TF2 movement for your next shooter since Respawn / EA don't want to
minor bolt
i should get around to platinuming tf2 at some point
instead of just having it on steam
wide sentinel
i platinumed it a few years ago
slate thorn
Like, why out of every single shooter that currently exists, Apex has the best movement
wide sentinel
cause respawn knows they got the goods
slate thorn
Surely it can't be that hard to make a movement system that rivals Apex?
And Apex is a downgrade from TF2 even movement wise
wide sentinel
again, if they would listen to their fans man... TF3 would sell like hot cakes if done right
minor bolt
the problem is that the skilled players just end up shitstomping anyone new cause it results in a learning curve
wide sentinel
i would love to play TF2 again but finding lobbies is rough
yea you also just match the same folks
slate thorn
They released TF2 the same week as every big game to ever release which kinda messed up the sales for it iirc
But since then it's grown to be one of the most beloved shooters to have shootered and they know that. They just don't want to do TF3 because Apex is bringing in the money so they'll stick with that until their death
minor bolt
yeah it was extremely easy to just kill lobbies for the night because everyone would quit as soon as the good players logged in
slate thorn
There is Farlight 84 which does come close to Apex with movement. But that's because it's a Chinese Apex clone and it's not that healthy playerbase wise unfortunately
Outside of that I can't think of a single game that comes close in terms of movement
minor bolt
deadlock has some nice movement at the moment
can be a little jank at times but the potential is there
slate thorn
I feel like so many shooters are going to this like heavier realistic 3d ultra pro max movement the last years (prime examples being CoD and also the latest BF) and it just doesn't feel nice in a game that is clearly arcade. BF6 is a lot better than CoD, but it just feels clunky and out of place in an arcade shooter
minor bolt
hmm i dont think its fair to say battlefield has gone with that approach with 6
at most they have sliding which is fine
slate thorn
Like if I want to feel like my aim and movement has the weight of a whale I'll go and play like Tarkov or Arma or something
wide sentinel
can you imagine that shooters in the past didn't have sliding around corners?
minor bolt
there was some bugs that allowed limited bhops but theyve killed all that off now
back in my day we had dropshotting and jumpshotting and we liked it that way
slate thorn
Yeah, BF6 is a lot better than other games currently in this regard, but it still felt clunky a lot of times
wide sentinel
i just slide alot (since destiny)
slate thorn
Delta Force feels a lot nicer movement wise than BF6 imo. But in Delta Force you have to deal with like operator / hero abilities so....
wide sentinel
sliding around corners have been my thing on Destiny, doing that improved my k/d lol
but yea, i always hated how effective bunny hopping was
placid otter
bunny hopping, slide cancelling all are so stupid should not be a thing
placid otter
ah they found a buyer now
slate thorn
Well, surely EA can't go to shit even more right? Lol
placid otter
X
slate thorn
That's like more than 999.999
minor bolt
lmfao
glass knot
actually goated trailer
pearl cobalt
I don't know who that is but it would make some great videos watching people get angry getting beat by a scout squirrel
neon scroll
That's like more than 999.999
Astute observation, Watson
slate thorn
jovial wolf
There are rumours about it being by Warhorse
neon scroll
Can't trust that IP in games any more
dusty imp
https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1972687812924154265?s=19
middle earth
the fantasy world best known for having schools
neon scroll
Well, where else do little wizards learn how to do magic? You know, all 5 of them.
glass knot
from vibes
neon scroll
Vibe based sorcery
misty dawn
update on this... thing: I hate it with a thousand suns after fighting against i...
LMAOOOO
the cinematic before the fight rules
from what i saw
alpha my baby
oak ruin
cop
neon scroll
Oh, it's Fall sale on Steam, huh
placid otter
must resist the urge to buy!
minor bolt
the black ops 7 event is on rn if anyone was wanting a beta code
minor bolt
you get one through twitch drops after watching a stream for an hour
wide sentinel
ah
neon scroll
Having to watch the kind of streamers who would have that drop enabled is probably worse than just waiting and paying for the full game tbh 
jovial wolf
just mute the stream and do something else
neon scroll
Fair
dusty imp
(midgame silksong spoilers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glmckOZYrGk
neon scroll
placid otter
what does the f stand for
neon scroll
fortune cookies
dusty imp
nintendo is now attempting to file patents for voxels
this is truly one of the timelines
placid otter
what is a voxel
dusty imp
3d version of a pixel (i.e. minecraft)
basically theyve got like 40 patents trying to get various aspects of bananza
slate thorn
Lmao
placid otter
last skill to go
slate thorn
Big crab
placid otter
crab is literally 1 click and ur 10mins afk lol
minor bolt
2 hours until ghost of yotei
wide sentinel
wasnt that being boycotted or something
jovial wolf
2 hours until ghost of yotei <:pogseul:591834411306319877>
Fake timezone privilege smh
minor bolt
wasnt that being boycotted or something
maybe among brain damaged culture war warriors? but no
minor bolt
Fake timezone privilege smh
:^)
jovial wolf
The new gigabyte oled got finally listed here
Put in an order, hope it won't take too long
minor bolt
which one is that? 4th gen?
jovial wolf
Yeah
slate thorn
The ones they showed at Computex?
minor bolt
ah thats the panel with the fixed subpixel
thought about waiting on that but ended up getting 27" 4k which is perfect
slate thorn
It uses the new 4 layer LG panel or whatever right?
jovial wolf
Yeah, the primary tandem one
slate thorn
Price is 519 euros here it seems
jovial wolf
Same here, pretty much the msrp they said before plus vat
slate thorn
There was this LG OLED on sale for 440 last week which was pretty crazy
One day™ I'll upgrade
oak ruin
i am finally freeeeeeeee
had to do final boss twice, i thought defeating it was the last 1% missing, apparently I have not maxed out my tool pouch 
placid otter
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q7p8s8-0Gps wallhacks becoming legal now huh
wide sentinel
wtf
minor bolt
ghost of yotei very good
story being non-linear is a bit strange at first, i'm constantly getting sidetracked by other content
pearl cobalt
12 more hours for me.
more FFT until then. just like younger me, I restarted because I forgot how to access monk job.
neon scroll
Still a flop to this day 
placid otter
X
console first now gp by a whopping 50%
when did premium not get day one games anymors
ah ea play not in premium anymore either. idk of those were changed earlier or now
X
X
pearl cobalt
12 more hours for me.
more FFT until then. just like younger me, I restarted b...
after getting beat from a FF mech spider in MH, was time to give literal hands in a proper monk build in Tactics
wide sentinel
looooooooooool
slate thorn
Lmaoo
placid otter
lmao
pearl cobalt
that's the way to start the holiday season
neon scroll
misty dawn
wasnt that being boycotted or something
women bad and someone on the team had "bad" opinions about mister kirk i believe
it's a stupid thing
slate thorn
Women!?!?!? In MY videogame!?!?!
misty dawn
🤢
but yeah it was a stupid chud boycott
same people who made a stink about silent hill f
placid otter
oh right, simply boycotting for the main character being female lol
neon scroll
Females are woke nonsense unless they're there to show the goods, come now
stable stratus
pearl cobalt
if you still use GP
https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-says-it-will-keep-selling-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-at-pre-hiked-price
neon scroll
if you still use GP
https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-says-it-will-keep-sell...
Literally just canceled it an hour ago.
pearl cobalt
ye, don't think this will quite stop the mass cancelation that's going on
neon scroll
Doesn't make sense either, they said it was profitable for them at the previous price tier. Fortnight Crew can't possibly have cost them enough to warrant this kinda price hike.
Putting aside that I'd wager they will lose more subscribers than people who stay subbed and even use that
placid otter
blame aquisition of activision
neon scroll
That worked for the lat 5 price hikes, maybe
dusty imp
if you still use GP
https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-says-it-will-keep-sell...
how does this even work
i guess its an activation code or something
pearl cobalt
blame aquisition of activision
the funny part about that
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1nvc8f7/microsoft_insists_game_pass_prices_will_not/
stable stratus
dusty imp
oak ruin
me and my friends
minor bolt
3 games of bo7 and that's enough
general clunkiness of mechanics never recovered after mw19
wide sentinel
oh the beta is playable now?
neon scroll
3 games of bo7 and that's enough
Enough to make you preorder, amirite
minor bolt
an hour ago
wide sentinel
i didn't even install 
minor bolt
Enough to make you preorder, amirite
wide sentinel
also where tf is my beta code
minor bolt
battlefield can't come soon enough
wide sentinel
i watched 60min and it never popped up i unlocked it
misty dawn
Think I'm gonna replay dishonored 2 for the billionth time
wide sentinel
nice good choice
misty dawn
I have a hankering
misty dawn
i love when silly things thrive
neon scroll
I just can't stand those "hahaha, look at them walking funny", obnoxiously making completing this game hard through terrible physics engine and game design games
Was maybe funny on the first one, but now it's just the same game reskinned over and over again
placid otter
max combat. maxxing tonight only got 1 last lvl to do
wide sentinel
gg
placid otter
X
placid otter
X
dusty imp
that was monetised before though
thats how i played clair obscur
there are so many worse things with game pass than them charging different tiers for more powerful cloud gaming machines
minor bolt
if anything the change is better, no?
pretty sure previously only ultimate had streaming
now even the base tier has it, just at 1080p
wide sentinel
@minor bolt pre-loaded BF6 yet?
minor bolt
<@73656816172531712> pre-loaded BF6 yet?
yeah
kinda weird how its setup, initially downloads 24gb or so, then it starts with all the content packs separately
minor bolt
yeah thats what i mean
wide sentinel
i'm now doing that discord quest quick for 5k orbs
minor bolt
the other 50gb or so was after the initial 24ish was done
wide sentinel
mhm
minor bolt
i should probably just delete the preload and download as soon as it releases
my internet is likely fast enough that itll download faster than it decrypts
minor bolt
i don't even remember the last time i did a steam preload tbh
all i remember is that it made my pc unusable for 20 minutes cause the cpu was at 100%
wide sentinel
oh dang
neon scroll
i don't even remember the last time i did a steam preload tbh
Pre-orders bad, so that's actually a good thing.
placid otter
glass knot
been playing thru hades 2
i stopped playing early access even when i had access to it just bc wanted to experience 1.0
shit is peak
slate thorn
I'm waiting for the physical release
glass knot
it's so good
stable stratus
X
jovial wolf
shit is peak
it is, ghost of yotei is delaying me from getting to the true ending though
neon scroll
jovial wolf
best ending
pearl cobalt
🐢
ornate river
woohoo
slate thorn
placid otter
glass knot
it is, ghost of yotei is delaying me from getting to the true ending though
i know nothing about it lmao
im just vibin i like Lim and Oros a lot as weapons so I'm only using that
i should try other stuff too but i just like close range agile stuff
which can be pretty hard
mfs do a lot of damage if ur not really paying attention
jovial wolf
I'm mostly sticking to staff/skulls/torches
with the basic staff just dashing around and blasting stuff with Ω special, with torches getting some attack aspect with effect like blitz
and the skull aspect when you load attack into yourself and explode it on enemies by specialing into them is just silly
neon scroll
Ok, but the real question is, which director mode are you playing on in Yotei
jovial wolf
you can do all at once
Miike one is pretty silly, Watanabe is cool when you have to ride for a bit and don't want to fast travel
Kurosawa is cool and all, but the colours in the game are too pretty to use it imo
At least for the first playthrough
neon scroll
you can do all at once
Now that just kinda defeats the purpose
glass knot
and the skull aspect when you load attack into yourself and explode it on enemie...
i should try that
i really liked skull when i tried
the missile one is kinda silly but was fun too
warm pumice
stable stratus
kurtjmac has finished reaching to far lands after 14.5 years.
https://www.twitch.tv/kurtjmac
neon scroll
pearl cobalt
2 things:
Digital Foundry was not joking on how good this looks on RT pro
and
🐻
beary lethal
minor bolt
i was really tempted to buy a pro for this
neon scroll
Still better value than an Xbox
placid otter
and cheaper 
minor bolt
imagine buying an xbox just for microshit to give up on it
xd
impossible to understate how much they fucked up with the xb1
slate thorn
From the goat gigachad 360 to whatever we have now
neon scroll
impossible to understate how much they fucked up with the xb1
That's one fuckup, but the current fuckup is just getting worse with every detail that comes out
viscid bloom
idk how im just now seeing the new wow expansion stuff
but man you can't have shit in silvermoon
placid otter
ussualy dont share rumours, but would not be surprised if this is true
https://x.com/SynthPotato/status/1974804196391006453?s=19
X
xbox really hasnt been doing all that great and it continues going downhill
dusty imp
satya was once again unimpressed with the number of people he could replace with copilot
slate thorn
Aren't they going the route of just partnering with other companies to have like an Xbox OS on their systems, like they're doing with the new Ally?
minor bolt
probably but why would anyone do that
the xbox brand is in the bin and those companies don't have economy of scale, as evidenced by their own hardware being expensive as hell
slate thorn
From what I gathered the Xbox OS on the Ally seems to be pretty solid. So I guess it could mean the companies just fully focus on the hardware side of things and Xbox focuses on the software side of things so it's an easier development cycle?
But really, who the fuck knows
minor bolt
it's just a skin on top of windows
the games will still have no optimization specifically for that hardware so it also then loses out on part of the console benefit
slate thorn
Yeah, I have no clue what Xbox is trying to do at this point. Kinda feels like they're throwing shit at the wall hoping one thing manages to stick
rustic peak
I dont think they know either
Theyve always been behind playstation. I think bringing every xbox game to pc was a way to keep some games off the playstation/get more on xbox but its also diminished the value of the xbox.
minor bolt
yeah it just meant you only needed pc + switch/ps to have access to everything you're interested in
slate thorn
They were on par if not ahead of Playstation with the 360 I'd argue
But 1 W and 1000 L's isn't really that great of a track record
dusty imp
satya was once again unimpressed with the number of people he could replace with...
^
i do think ms just hates xbox, satya nadella has been not so subtly trying to get them to go third party for ages
dont remember whether that was during zenimax or actiblizz
dusty imp
ussualy dont share rumours, but would not be surprised if this is true
https://x...
e.g. phil was recently talking about how he was gonna stick around until the next console
a few years ago it felt like every time phil and sarah mentioned exclusives, it was immediately followed by an xbox game suddently going cross plat
anyway, considering recently game pass news, heres a fun headline/article to look back on https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsofts-strategy-to-spend-sony-out-of-business-revealed-in-2019-internal-email/1100-6515501/
rustic peak
They were on par if not ahead of Playstation with the 360 I'd argue
Thsts when they were the closest but sony still pulled ahead in console and software sales
pearl cobalt
it's an overall MS thing. they come up with a good thing, acquire a good thing, or have a potential good thing. and then they.............
either let the good thing go to waste or make a new™ mistake
slate thorn
Didn't the PS3 sell a fuck ton as well because it was basically the cheapest bluray player on the market?
minor bolt
yeah
slate thorn
I believe a lot of people bought PS3's as dvd / bluray player and never used it for games lel
minor bolt
it only overtook the 360 towards the end of the gen when they started dropping bangers like uncharted 2 and the last of us
dusty imp
every sony console gets made fun of for like four years for not having games and then it gets good just before the next one
nintendo does the same thing but in reverse
placid otter
X
slate thorn
Never heard of them before
placid otter
holy this zombies beta from cod is boring
first run and we got to 36 then just exfilled due to how bored we were
was way too easy
slate thorn
After BO4 it all just went downhill fast
"Liberty falls is the most played zombie map of all time so clearly people absolutely love BO6 zombies!!! We need to do more like that in BO7!!!" - Some guy at Activision probably
placid otter
cold war and bo6 zombies both fun, but not what we wanted
this one has the mood/atmosphere looks great and dark, which is what the other 2 were lacking, but gameplay is incredibly boring
slate thorn
The HUD in anything post BO4 gives me an aneurism
wide sentinel
BO3 zombies was peak
neon scroll
Can I put everything in teal tier
slate thorn
Putting CoD 2 in the ok tier is an actual criminal offense
CoD 2 is like the OG, absolutely iconic
slate thorn
If you want you can put cold war in the ok tier and the rest of the games in trash tier :^)
placid otter
remember buying cod 2 and 3, finishing cod 2 the same day and got stuck somewhere in cod 3. next day returned them for a nintendo game :p
wide sentinel
lool
misty dawn
it's time
misty dawn
placid otter
placid otter
X
neon scroll
He finally caught up
placid otter
i honestly remember nothing regarding that
misty dawn
YIPPEE
neon scroll
https://youtu.be/SIeLUEDouj4?si=L6-gTeEtJ6sP5I9L
Go watch this @placid otter
placid otter
seen it, but didnt like this one. first 2 were way better
placid otter
Best one is the dudebro expedition one
anyone that says otherwise is wrong
pearl cobalt
💪 🦵 👊
placid otter
X
slate thorn
That concept sounds crazy lol
neon scroll
I mean... it's just "so the Klan's origin are actually templars and..."
They can transplant that worn out bs pretty much into everything
minor bolt
18 hours to go 
slate thorn
misty dawn
woof
can't even get my stupid title without redoing 51-100 w/o dying
i take it back i have to do the entire thing deathless
aetherpool carries over at least so i should be able to get the lonely explorer one pretty easily
necromancer is a pipedream at this point though
minor bolt
yeah it’s unpacking for me now
have to restart steam sometimes
login queue gonna be insane so ill probably just go back to sleep for a couple hours
wide sentinel
have to restart steam sometimes
keeps saying not released yet
neon scroll
placid otter
X
minor bolt
idk if they messed with dlss or its just manhattan bridge but it looks awful now
minor bolt
yeah it might just be that map, firestorm is fine
minor bolt
i feel so lost without my loadouts from the beta
dont like the m433 or whatever it is
wide sentinel
i like it
just need attachments and it's a beast
i don't like the M4 that much
this thing is nuts
it's a assault rifle kinda
but lmg-ish
placid otter
incredibly strong start
slate thorn
Yup yup
neon scroll
@ripe geode
ripe geode
THE FRONTER!!!!!
ripe geode
alot of my taishin/spe wins is the checklist
- did i acutally proc nemesis?
- spe can you not be 7th or 5th thank you
there was one she was just on the last bit of the final corner and sneaked into 5th
neon scroll
That Sky has Groundwork AND Tail Held High btw, plus Sparkly Fandom, so if Groundwork procs she pretty much just wins
neon scroll
Cause Sparkly essentially also guarantees the Tail proc
ripe geode
but i never expected to beat a whale
i ran into someone who brought swinging maestro
😭
neon scroll
And Unrestrained actually procs in mid race on this track, which i honestly didn't even know, but it sure helps with Tail as well
neon scroll
i ran into someone who brought swinging maestro
All of mine have Maestro
I don't trust CM players not to bring some random debuffer
ripe geode
yeah that makes sense
its tougher with mile but ive seen blockers with everything on it
neon scroll
ripe geode
funny because my spe is below the stam but since i double circled my greens i get the 600
neon scroll
kek
ripe geode
omegalul…
neon scroll
You don't even know how much work this was, man. Except the Maru, she just sorta happened
neon scroll
And I still haven't managed to proc a decent parent Sky
ripe geode
i think im gonna skip summer maru
seeing everyone make front and the training does look like hell x2
i was getting groundwork from oguri ssr lmaoo randomly but i dont even like fronts like that
but summer spe tho… :(
i would love to run end summer spe
neon scroll
I love front, plus the standard choice voicher will finally give me Suzuka, so I have the whole gang
ripe geode
but i deadass have enough umas i kinda just want doto
neon scroll
So yeah, def getting Summer MAru
ripe geode
so i can doto + riko/rice
neon scroll
Cafe is so far in the distance still
ripe geode
or nice nature wit/riko rice but lowkey
i do want cafe
also halloween creek and rice are adorable
and its funny that og rice is better
ill probably get the paid banner for summer
also ive been proccing lone wolf like 90% of the time??
everyone cared about it cm1 and cm2 and just forgor?
only time it didnt proc is
- the rare narita brian
- another taishin
the squad
im close to halo 3 and i can get matikane 3
i need ryan pieces just to parent
and being 30 pieces off for teio because guess who doesnt get a legend race ever again
i will never hachimi
neon scroll
everyone cared about it cm1 and cm2 and just forgor?
Kinda hard to get on Front
But the others should definitely have that, really
ripe geode
yeah atleast to block others
i was getting my assbeat in the sweat test lobbies but when my special week won one outta like 20 of em
i knew i was fine
neon scroll
Only managed to get a qualifying run on that first try
I'm gonna die horribly in Group A, lmao
But at least I'm there
stable stratus
Group A is hellish i must say
but hey, you did it first try it should be easy for you
my goal tbh is not winning
but at least to win 3 times on Group B round 2
i don't hope that much anyways
minor bolt
i feel like they nerfed the ak205
takes one more shot than i remember to kill now
finally got to level 23 so i can start the AR challenges
wide sentinel
yea i feel like they nerfed a few things that were popular in the beta
i'm currently 15-ish
neon scroll
@ripe geode kinda as expected I got destroyed round 2 in group A . No title for me this CM (unless that makes you default to the B roll somehow)
ripe geode
i advanced uhh yesterday
its getting harder tho on this second day
special week likes to be 5th or 7th so no lets pump
and taishin never procs nemesis
and pace pasa is just there to uhh almost win but fall to like 8th in the last spurt
placid otter
https://youtu.be/xzPJ5-sMEQ0?si=eNe8Q5Aw8glT8tNq
campaign only 12gb? wow
neon scroll
i advanced uhh yesterday
How would you advance yesterday, group A round just opened today 
stable stratus
How would you advance yesterday, group A round just opened today <:oliviathinkin...
it opened like, 31 hours ago
you might missed a day of attempts?
neon scroll
No, I did not. We talked about it yesterday after all.
stable stratus
ah, got it
qualifed for the first time in cm at the second day first attempt
honestly was hoped nothing
but lol
neon scroll
That one let me advance to Group A and today I had the "get 3 wins to get to finals" in Group A
stable stratus
this was a race that was a decisor
it got a nose distance with the second place
really clutched a ticket
that was the most intense race i've ever witnessed
stable stratus
"optimized? in the year 2025?"
-# -game devs that have their games above 200GB and unoptimized, probably
neon scroll
Don't believe the grifters/idiots who preach that games used to be a lot more optimized.
They did use to be though, back in the days of no day 1 200GB patches
pearl cobalt
slate thorn
yooo
stable stratus
gonna wait to see oddheader covering this
slate thorn
stable stratus
absolute cinema
ripe geode
That one let me advance to Group A and today I had the "get 3 wins to get to fin...
timezones..
wide sentinel
wide sentinel
If anyone wanna game BF6 i'm down to play together to make a LOONA squad
slate thorn
Sure, just gotta wait for the game to be a reasonable price :v
wide sentinel
i just found out that the PS5 ver is €80
steam €70
and PS already requires PS+ (which you also pay for to play online ) ngl so glad i became a PC gamer...
slate thorn
PS5 version is €67 over here
slate thorn
Seen people sell it for €50 as well already
wide sentinel
friend of mine bought it yesterday for that amount
but ngl, BF6 seems good enough to warrent the €70 imo
(i also barely buy games anyways so)
slate thorn
I'll wait for it to be like 30 or something
slate thorn
What kind of issues?
minor bolt
basically when you start shooting, your first few bullets don't actually go where your crosshair is
they go out in a cone
slate thorn
Lmao
minor bolt
there's multiple bullets in that spray that just don't connect despite the crosshair being center mass
also watching that back and slowed down, the dlss+framegen is incredibly noticeable, but is actually pretty good ingame
slate thorn
there's multiple bullets in that spray that just don't connect despite the cross...
Yeah looks pretty whack
Isn't it also the case that if you go full auto your bloom and bullet spread increases with your shot pattern being basically just rng?
I've heard some people complain about that
minor bolt
not too sure tbh
bloom at full also makes sense when at range, but it's happening within the first damage falloff range
i'd rather they just increase recoil across the board and tone the bloom down
slate thorn
Being less accurate at full auto is fine, as long as you have a predetermined bullet pattern so you can compensate with skill rather than be screwed over by rng
latent mantle
there's some infuriating weapon bloom issues rn
I really dislike bloom but if it's the kind that's actually based on barrel alignment like in tarkov I can understand it
is bloom the complete term you'd use to describe it? because I'd like to know before I get home to give it more time pondering
minor bolt
i think tarkov has bloom but i don't know anything about barrel alignment. i've read something about that for previous battlefield games
it's supposed to encourage tap/burst firing and balances out getting beamed from range but it feels like shit
slate thorn
Bloom with rng bullet spread to combat full auto / range sounds real ass
Just increase recoil and have people learn to play
latent mantle
i think tarkov has bloom but i don't know anything about barrel alignment. i've ...
in tarkov it's simulated in a fashion where slight misalignment of the sights will equal a minimal or massive miss depending on distance. It's actually simpler and more realistic to program but many people resort to drag & drop code for bloom patterns
I do like the encouragement of burst and single auto; however, is it even viable damage-wise with the full-auto guns?
minor bolt
I do like the encouragement of burst and single auto; however, is it even viable...
it's more about controlling recoil
latent mantle
oooh I see
minor bolt
i'm trying to do a challenge where you need to get 100 kills over 50m and its way easier setting the gun to semiauto
latent mantle
like how the troops do it
interesting how they choose to blend the arcade elements
I'll give it a try. In the meantime you lot have as much fun as you can
wide sentinel
the only issue i experience is bullets being ghost bullets sometimes
if they tap dance left to right my bullets sometimes just miss while my aim is true on em. Also the fact bullets are seen as "projectiles" with the velocity stats makes it sometimes redundant since if they move to a side while it's close range shooting it just goes through em or so
it's mostly worse with the slower firerate weapons
and ofc the default sniper scope sucks so much, you need to be like weapon lvl 22 or so to get a better scope 😭 and weapon lvling takes agessss
minor bolt
yea bullet velocity is huge, the ump is basically useless against moving targets unless you’re in the same room
wide sentinel
i was yesterday trying out the UMP even tho the firerate is slower with same dmg as the faster firing weapons (which i don't quite get but sure) and i was wrecking ppl with it, love the gun
i find it funny they give the fast firing guns at base, then lvl up to get guns that fire slower and lose fights easier or so (improved recoil sure but still feels meh)
minor bolt
ive been sticking with the g36 and the kord for now until I get the nvo
hopefully they haven’t butchered it since beta
wide sentinel
yea i'm using the base guns
and the MP5
i kinda want the L86
last gun in assault
latent mantle
text to speech is on for some damn reason lmao
latent mantle
yea bullet velocity is huge, the ump is basically useless against moving targets...
yeah BF always has such dramatic bullet velocities like how modern CoD feels
minor bolt
lol it was like that for me on first start too
cod started feeling terrible when they switched to projectiles instead of hitscan
mw19 was too much like battlefield
wide sentinel
text to speech is on for some damn reason lmao
yea turn it off asap haha
latent mantle
mw19 was too much like battlefield
it's funny because I've said it before but I loved it for that hahaha
minor bolt
it's funny because I've said it before but I loved it for that hahaha
in general fps terms yeah it was fine, but for cod it sucked
man i wish bo2 servers were still available
latent mantle
wait...
is it simulating grip and trigger deflection by randomising the recoil direction?
I think that might be the source of the bloom
wide sentinel
mw 2019 was poop, only reason i was able to stay sane is because of groundwar or whatever it was called
had a 0.7 k/d (TDM matches) cranked it back up to 2.5 where it should be back then
neon scroll
Oh, so this is what happens when you lose the first attempt at Round 1 in A @ripe geode
Let's see if there's less mega whales at this time of day
The answer is no, it's much, much worse, lmao
Cup truly living up to its name, but hey, Group B finals it is
stable stratus
Cup truly living up to its name, but hey, Group B finals it is
you need to win at least once to advance
but yea
it's a mistake for me to get A
stable stratus
0/20
that's how hellish this group is lol
the game's grouping is waayyy worse on this round
but last cm i managed to get 5 wins on several rounds in group B lmao
neon scroll
Clearly we just need to git gud
stable stratus
yea
neon scroll
(as in get better support cards)
stable stratus
honestly i got every keys i needed but damn rng is still hurts the most for building a great uma
neon scroll
So many runs, so few premium parents
stable stratus
oh well i didn't want to be on group A but yet the game do "wonder" to me lol
well, i can skip summer maru and possibly just do "it is what it is" route on next CM
my savings would belong to aoharu support cards
getting op uma will come later
neon scroll
Well, upside is, next CM is just taurus all over again
If you wanna call that an upside
Gonna be full of very evil Natures and end closers + the summer Maru meta which may or may not work with this much evil in the world
stable stratus
oh hey, this actually looks fun (but also very intense)
https://fxtwitter.com/Dexerto/status/1977702779650023889
^^ a typing battle royale game where last person standing wins
minor bolt
uh oh another huge pokemon leak just dropped
X
account has a bunch of screenshots of gen 10
neon scroll
The only crazy part is that none of these will be actually good
neon scroll
tbh they can just copy/paste half of their stuff and art assets aren't done by devs anyway
rustic peak
Can they do another good mystery dungeon game
slate thorn
Explorers of sky my beloved
neon scroll
https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1978094939314573762
When even the Nintendo simp outlet only gives you a 7
slate thorn
When even the Nintendo simp outlet only gives you a 7
Which one is that?
neon scroll
The answer to that is rather obvious by name
slate thorn
You mean Nintendo Life?
neon scroll
Indeed
slate thorn
Because I wouldn't call them simps
They're my go to for any Nintendo game reviews because their reviews are always really good and in-depth
neon scroll
It is pretty funny to see this list though, just shows you just how many sites Nintendo has blacklisted for no good reason
slate thorn
Based from all the trailers and gameplay footage I've seen so far, this feels like it would be real accurate
Good battles, probably an enjoyable enough story with fun characters and stuff, but everything else just seems kinda whatever
neon scroll
Kinda whatever is just the description of everything Pokemon GF put out these days
slate thorn
Maybe if I can grab it used for cheap I'll get the game. But otherwise I'll probably skip this pokemon. I didn't like Legends Arceus so not sure if I'll enjoy this one
The combat does look fun though
But I'm not sure if just good combat can carry the game for me
minor bolt
the switch1 rom leaked yesterday
slate thorn
Lmao
stable stratus
The new gen 10 pokemon uses the new pokemon engine, surely it will be much better than before :copium:
wide sentinel
https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1978094939314573762
X
neon scroll
Biggest brand in entertainment btw
wide sentinel
this is like
lowest asf effort
- So what we gonna do for mega starmie design?
- i like legs
- say no more
omg
neon scroll
Wait til you meet your first magikarp
oak ruin
https://www.reddit.com/r/LegendsZA/comments/1o6fcft/what_are_these_animations/
lmaooooo
stable stratus
ao
pearl cobalt
dang, Battlefield is doing good
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/battlefield-6-sells-over-7m-units-across-pc-and-console-in-five-days
jovial wolf
when your game looks good and the main rival does not
minor bolt
late af but this song is sick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyK3lFtz2H8
kinda wanna play the game now even though im abysmal at fighting games
errant star
the switch1 rom leaked yesterday
brother it leaked sunday
wide sentinel
God is in Battlefield
placid otter
god gamer
minor bolt
flash light attachment terrorist spotted
stable stratus
next level strat: blind your enemies
they collabed with another classic cartoons lmao
i guess that's where their sales strat goes
stable stratus
jovial wolf
minor bolt
A dumbass was using hacks in Battlefield 6
And between the 2 teams they put him in an eternal cycle of death and resurrection
Healthy community
wide sentinel
Heavy xp farm
stable stratus
balanced as it should be
placid otter
X
latent mantle
flash light attachment terrorist spotted
hey I was playing support and using my resources to hold a cheeky angle that got me plenty of XP minutes before that clip.
thank goodness I put that deployable barrier down. I don't know what would've happened if I didn't
I got to that position by reviving 2 guys who were down where I was standing
Not sure if there is a thread for the game but having a lot of fun
wide sentinel
Not sure if there is a thread for the game but having a lot of fun
fun game huh
wide sentinel
they apparently also removed breeding pokemon in ZA
neon scroll
Tf
wide sentinel
"Pokemon Legends: Z-A not only doesn't have a breeder, but there's no new equivalent mechanic that allows you to hatch eggs, generate baby Pokemon, or similar."
we going downhill even more
next up we get a game in a appartment block
placid otter
didnt think their laziness was gonna get below the bare minimum damn
neon scroll
Truly the Madden of the Nintendo verse
Remove feature, then reintroduce it in new iteration years later and pretend it's innovative and new
Granted, Pokémon fans lack critical thinking even more than Madden fans, so it will sell millions regardless
placid otter
already seen clips of ppl lined up in queue for it
rustic peak
I dont even remember legends arceus having breeding
wide sentinel
I think legends arceus also didn't even have it
Then again i also didn't play it much
rustic peak
I wouldnt expect the feature in a spin off game but then again this game does have IVs and a ranked ladder
slate thorn
ZA seems to be super battle focused yeah so not having breeding sounds pretty bad yeah
jovial wolf
placid otter
X
glass knot
kinda wanna play the game now even though im abysmal at fighting games
u should
im also bad but fgs are pretty fun
havent been playing 2xko actually but its mostly bc i just havent been playing anything
sf6 fun, 2xko feels really good to play too and i only hear good things abt it
tekken8 seems like hell that playerbase is always unhappy its pretty funny
stable stratus
The replanted situation is getting out of hand
https://twitter.com/supershigi/status/1979687907960197428
wide sentinel
@minor bolt hows the battlefield grind going
minor bolt
it's been kind of a pain tbh
wide sentinel
oh..
minor bolt
i've been grinding ARs this whole time
but SMGs are cooked
so so so much better than ARs and carbines its not even funny
minor bolt
i have moments where the NVO fries, others where i'm getting picked off by full auto SMGs at range
atm im using the mp5 with a supressor and it's so good
wide sentinel
yea mp5 is good
i have the same with smgs
sometimes my time to kill is so quick
and others it's like taking ages for someone to go down
it's like a 50/50 thing
actually all my battles are like that, i was cooking with that G36C and wrecking ppl, next match they just wouldn't die and i got outgunned by the M4 all the time
and i hate the challenges to unlock more guns fr, they should lower all the progress need by like half, same for class progression
minor bolt
yeah the hit reg is extremely inconsistent, i don't get it
wide sentinel
well they listening to feedback and gonna tone down the bloom
they apparently also increased XP for lvls 1-20 for every gun to get some attachments faster
minor bolt
i have noticed weapons leveling faster yeah
wide sentinel
i also seen ppl abusing new roof glitch with the recon drone
minor bolt
i did see a tweet about someone only being able to play two escalation maps cause the others had a drone glitch lol
minor bolt
sobek city C flag...
wide sentinel
Funny how you know exactly which building i'm referring to
people were drone glitching ontop of that building
minor bolt
ah thats how they get onto the taller one?
wide sentinel
yes
minor bolt
i assumed people were sacrificing helis
minor bolt
oh i havent run into anyone doing that on iberian yet
in the last day or so of the beta they did
wide sentinel
i experienced it yesterday
was trying to look up the beta glitches if it still worked to kill em, but didn't
then i forgot there was a drone glitch and they used that
we lost that game fyi
dude in my team was cursing so much against those guys lol
minor bolt
was in a game last week where some guy was convinced you couldnt get on the B building on mirak
told him to go to the ropes facing C flag and he wouldnt have it
wide sentinel
Lool
had a match last week on sobec city. We had B alone and some dude on the enemy team was saying how much we camp at B and that we suck cause our tickets are going down.
we were like 300 tickets behind, then we just were like talking in chat to him trolling him how B is superior etc.
few mins later we captured legit everything on that map and won
thanked the guy to make the victory so much sweeter
minor bolt
there's a lot of camper complaining yeah, pretty funny
neon scroll
Imagine complaining about camping in 2025
In a game where you can just blow up the camping spot, no less
wide sentinel
*almost all camping spots
certain parts can't be blown up (which look logical that they can, but they can't)
neon scroll
Fair, but point still stands
minor bolt
dark corners are no match for an rpg to the other side of the wall
wide sentinel
the assault grenade launcher is so OP
got me so much ez kills
like Siege of Cairo, the buildings at C can be destroyed, but the other side of said buildings can't be destroyed lol
certain walls are indestructible which i just find a odd choice for a building that can only be half destroyed
placid otter
was 2/3hours ago apparantly https://fxtwitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1980191510441443555?s=19
wide sentinel
yea it was indeed
neon scroll
was 2/3hours ago apparantly https://fxtwitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1980191510...
Amazon cloud servers went RIP for a while again
minor bolt
classic us-east-1 downtime
neon scroll
