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#General Chat
glass knot
placid otter
it is taking them way too long to make improvements
glass knot
yeah specially considering it's literally their best selling game lol
neon scroll
I assume the MHW PC port is still ass
glass knot
i guess i didn't really get many fps drops yesterday and the update improves that
placid otter
u know the problem is that its not even a port this time and yet so horrible
def nowhere as bad as world when it got ported to pc, but still bad
neon scroll
u know the problem is that its not even a port this time and yet so horrible
I call it a port cause it very obviously wasn't a finished PC version
glass knot
like it's been smooth, I don't really have much to complain when it comes to drops or stutters or whatever
neon scroll
def nowhere as bad as world when it got ported to pc, but still bad
Very low bars 
glass knot
but I'm playing on 1080p low with frame gen and irs like 90-100fps lol
placid otter
sure the game runs well, but at the cost of shit looking very blurry
lots of graphical problems
neon scroll
Maybe just release optimized games challenge failed
glass knot
RE engine was made for resident evil games
not open super massive world with a bunch of shit going on lol
celest haven
Remember that time they said RE engine stands for Reach For The Moon instead of Resident Evil
glass knot
yeah sure
stable stratus
if only the resident were kind enough with optimizations
stable stratus
ye
glass knot
dragons dogma and mh clearly not what they had in mind when making the engine lol
altho i hear DD does run better
currently
glass knot
ourside of performance i also dont really like how wilds looks a lot of the time 😔
celest haven
Hate to say it but i agree
neon scroll
not open super massive world with a bunch of shit going on lol
This is pretty much in the same realm as Bethesda using their decade old Creation Engine for Starfield except the game was also dogshit, not just its technical aspects
glass knot
but it's a fun game
celest haven
The performance being the way it does is not justified by the looks
It's like a PS3 era game
glass knot
yeah it just does not look good
placid otter
yup very blurry
neon scroll
Which wouldn't be so bad if this were some indie or even AA title
neon scroll
But this is Capcom, so... no excuses
placid otter
dmc5 was perfect
glass knot
Yeah I'm not sure what the hell happened the visuals here are just not it
celest haven
I don't know how controversail of an opinion this is but i felt that with SF6 too
SF6 had really strong art direction but it staggered in terms of graphical fidelity
placid otter
world even looks miles and miles better. devs rlly need to stop pushing open world so much
celest haven
There was a whole lot of lighting clipping
glass knot
monster design is cool but like they don't look cool ingame bc the game looks like it has a gray filter over it 😭
neon scroll
I just feel like MH is just generally their Pokemon, no more effort spent than absolutely neccessary any more
glass knot
I think they put a lot of effort and money into this, they're just having a looooot of issues making RE engine work with these types of games
glass knot
also the aesthetic problem a lot of people have is kinda impossible to solve currently ig lol
unless they have a big update to visuals
glass knot
SF6 had really strong art direction but it staggered in terms of graphical fidel...
nah i get it
neon scroll
Speaking of RE though, new one looks promising. Our boy Leon is back
glass knot
lighting on it is really weird
celest haven
Speaking of RE though, new one looks promising. Our boy Leon is back
YESSIRRRR
I'm so stoked
glass knot
like of course for clarity you need to have a lot of light trickery and the game does read really well
but it's like on a weird
in-between stylized realistic look that can look really odd
celest haven
Yeah i figured as umch on that
Exactly
Going realistic was probably wht made it look so weird
If it had a more stylized artstyle it'd be perfect
In terms of fighting games i really love the way 2XKO looks
Very aesthetically pleasing and also very readable at the asme time
celest haven
Oh yeah.
Both in terms of design and in actual gameplay
Vi was my favorite character off of Arcane so i was gonna main her no matter what
But they made it easier for me by just making her so much fun to play
glass knot
i haven't played much at all just labbed some funny made-up jinx combos for a bit
bc just trying shit out was fun
celest haven
I was running duos with one of my best mates on launch, they were Jinx and i was on Vi
Sadly they dropped the game so i haven't had much reason to hop back on since
glass knot
yeahhhhh
i haven't played with friends at all bc one that was gonna play just didn't
so
celest haven
My guy just say the time and i will be there
celest haven
I just bought Silent Hill F and Arc Raiders last night
So fucking stoked to get into both
glass knot
i still gotta do a bunch of stuff on hades 2
like credits rolled but i wanna do the 32 fear stuff and find the fates and shit
there's stuff for me to do on silksong still but i think imma wait for dlc to 100% it
arc raiders is fun as hell and it was all i was playing for a bit
celest haven
like credits rolled but i wanna do the 32 fear stuff and find the fates and shit
You might be god's strongest soldier
I couldn't even muster up the courage to run 32 fear on the first game let alone on 2
glass knot
i feel like i need to do it because i already have the other 2 statues 😔
celest haven
The woes of a completionist..
glass knot
im not even usually a completionist but doing 2/3 pisses me off
celest haven
Honestly i probably would've tried it myself but i exhausted myself so hard on the game through early access
I put a good 100 hours into it before final release
By the time it fully came out i just grinded out the endings and called it
glass knot
i only really messed with EA when it first came out to try the game
then just on release
bc that felt right
celest haven
I missed a good chunk of the EA updates so wehn i hopped on for full release i was so fucking pleasantly surprised to hear Ben Starr on Prometheus
He kills it
glass knot
ben starr is everywhere
celest haven
Hes' a legend
Him and Jennifer English both deserve the world
They're just so fucking good
glass knot
as for silent hill f i just watched joseph anderson play it and the story is so fucking cool
celest haven
Yeah man i'm really fucking stoked for that one
I'm 50/50 on my Silent Hills so far but i heard this one's a banger
Wasn't a fan of 1, never fully finished 3, but i fucking adored 2
glass knot
this one was a bit more interesting to me because I did also watch Joseph read through Umineko and you can see some common Ryukishi patterns
celest haven
Oooh, same writer?
glass knot
yeah
celest haven
That's sick
glass knot
umineko is insane i never thought I'd like that shit but it's so peak
glass knot
don't do it it's a huge visual novel
i just followed it because joseph was streaming it
but yeah dude loves writing about women struggling and adding some supernatural element to it
altho i gotta say silent hill f seems like a slog to play through if you want to do the "real" ending 😭
celest haven
Oh god no
I had that same shit with Alan Wake 2
Love that game but i hate what you gotta do for the real endings
I tend to just Youtube those
glass knot
idk if it's konami trying to lengthen the game time but locking it behind 3 playthroughs is insane
glass knot
yeah
on SHf some notes/items and cutscenes during the game change too so it keeps it somewhat interesting
for the other playthroughs
but still...
i think the changes are cool and usually add to the story but idk i wish there was a different way to do it that wasn't just playing through it all again
soon you'll see
and hopefully you enjoy the story 
stable stratus
glass knot
was checking the consensus on Wilds update and yeah this did nothing lol
and actually made cpu bottleneck worse apparently
celest haven
WAAIIT you're swagged out as fuck
misty dawn
hell yeah
slate thorn
No reshade 😔
stable stratus
it's super mario 64 but it's kaizo difficulty
stable stratus
balatro but it's casino
https://fxtwitter.com/PanikArcade/status/2001283747862176072
misty dawn
No reshade 😔
don't have it updated rn
dusty imp
https://x.com/i/status/2001306396747252061
Delphi has pioneered a proven model to de-risk titles, reduce development costs, and create unprecedented alignment between IP owners, creatives, and developers
madlib all the terms you dont want to see
their website is one image and that one sentence
neon scroll
wdym, you don't trust FIFA to put their IP into competent hands?
neon scroll
https://x.com/i/status/2001321740291694827
Man, next time I have to buy a laptop it will really just be 2000€ more expensive, won't it
(low estimate)
celest haven
2k per laptop component
placid otter
since this is going all over my fyp atm
https://x.com/i/status/2001011042642505833
dusty imp
the tldr of the larian thing is:
people are gonna chatgpt whether you like it or not
its functionally identical to google images to the average person
last jackal
Banger top 3 for me this year
placid otter
heard great things of tunic nice
dusty imp
ogu mentioned
last jackal
heard great things of tunic nice
It's honestly my favorite game of all time now
At least for games I'm not nostalgic for like Spyro the original trilogy or Kingdom Hearts 2 LOL
placid otter
https://x.com/i/status/2001321740291694827
i rlly hoped to upgrade next gen aswel, but might have to play indie only later
last jackal
ogu mentioned
And yeah Ogu was surprisingly really fun too!! I think I 100%'d it or close to doing so
last jackal
Banger top 3 for me this year
Common theme here is definitely like, puzzle/platform/adventure/metroidvania games with lots of whimsy and challenges
dusty imp
you should try animal well
last jackal
Tunic is like The Legend of Zelda combined with Fez and Dark Souls, super good
last jackal
you should try animal well
I played it!!! It's a great game as well
I should try out Outer Wilds again soon, got kinda dizzy from the first person perspective last time
I heard it's pretty similar to Tunic and Animal Well though
dusty imp
yeah its in the same vein
if you like ogu id also reccommend the turnip boy games
silly zelda likes
last jackal
"turnip boy commits tax evasion"
i'm sold
LOL
Love my Zelda likes though, thank you!!
neon scroll
You mean ad space at major events costs a lot of money? I am shocked, good Sir. I thought Geoff gave them out for free and pays for the Game Awards event through his Gofundme page
placid otter
X
https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/2000989307117387908
more game indie game trailers. they started a thing. click link to find like 3 more
neon scroll
https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/2000989307117387908
more game indie game trailers...
Yeah, nah. This just very much makes me not wanna click them
placid otter
smh
dusty imp
last year they had this
neon scroll
Don't smh me, if you have to jump onto some stupid "look, we're the small guys" trend to promote your game that game is just gonna be shit and you have no confidence in it yourself
brisk furnaceBOT
⚠️ No results found for 'TGAFGTCATGA'.
dusty imp
(that was a long shot lol)
neon scroll
What is that supposed to stand for, lmao
dusty imp
placid otter
X
celest haven
Don't smh me, if you have to jump onto some stupid "look, we're the small guys" ...
Spit your shit king
pearl cobalt
https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lix-averages-record-audience-of-127-7-million-viewers
event with expensive commercials/ trailers
event with video games
https://thegameawards.com/news/tga-shatters-viewership-records-154-million-livestreams
yeah, I can see why it costs alot to show your game at TGA
pearl cobalt
I'll belive HL3 release if it ever announces. until then, it's all fanfic fantasy
dusty imp
i mean they say it costs a lot
but 200k/minute is downright reasonable in the marketing industry
iirc gamescom is similarly priced too (its on their website)
the prices do seem to go up each year though
pearl cobalt
difference between BP and HL3 is BP will come back to sing a song every now and again every few years.
HL2 was in 2004, Robert Guillaume has passed away, and making a sequel over 2 decades afterwards is definitely a choice that will never live up to any hype
placid otter
X
stable stratus
FF7 Pixel Remaster whe-
placid otter
X
dusty imp
always surprised to the see the stardew switch sales
you expect it to be one of the ones that sell best on the switch but i guess it must be more of a steam deck game
or i guess the numbers are so high it stopped mattering 
placid otter
X
neon scroll
Steam winter sale is up
Go get yourselves games you will never play, as is tradition
Man, I love when 40% off means
celest haven
Man, I love when 40% off means
I nabbed it for like a good 30 on CDKeys a few nights back
The retail price is crazy man
neon scroll
80€ games (which is 90$ btw) are just not it
neon scroll
And people have been buying it less as a result
Or rather the 80+ priced games in general
🏴☠️
neon scroll
Still deserved tbh
celest haven
Absolutely
Game's worth every penny
I do see Div 2's dropped down to 10 bucks
No harm in giving it a shot i suppose
neon scroll
Div2 has been cheaper than that before I believe. It just do be old at this point (also worth the price btw, even though I never even remotely finished it)
slate thorn
I'll probably grab Silent Hill F used since that's still cheaper than buying it on sale 
neon scroll
Icky
placid otter
nice
celest haven
I had a hell of a first impression with BG3
slate thorn
Divinity Original Sin 2 is what made me buy BG3 on early access release day
Absolute peak game
slate thorn
Towards the end of the game it gets a bit of a slog though. But everything else is great
First 75% of the game is definitively the best I'd say
neon scroll
135hrs? That's barely one playthrough man
celest haven
Towards the end of the game it gets a bit of a slog though. But everything else ...
Ouuugh
That's rough to hear
Surely we power through
Simply a minor setback
slate thorn
135hrs? That's barely one playthrough man
No, that's 2 entire playthroughs
DOS2 isn't that big
Or well, it is big
But not thaaaat big
I think my first playthrough took me like 75 hours, and it felt like I did most content there was, that I could find at least
And then the second playthrough I did with a friend and that took like 60 hours, but we did skip some stuff because we fucked up here and there lol
neon scroll
Honestly, the funniest bit in the time I actually played was to talk to all the animals there. One more of a dick than the other, lmao
celest haven
Hoooly shit
You can be a skeleton in this game
You know i gotta go with the skeleton on my first run
neon scroll
You can, buuuuuuuut....
neon scroll
Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. Trust.
celest haven
I knew it was nothing.
I'm sure i'm gonna have a grand old time
LOL i understand
Fuck it we ball
placid otter
reminds me there is this undead divinity 2 video i wanted to watch 
||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9dA1vQZG9M|| idk what the problem is either, but am curious. will prob watch in within the next week
glass knot
probably
i hear they made a lot of improvements to it since release and it became a decent game
still Bethesda tho
neon scroll
i hear they made a lot of improvements to it since release and it became a decen...
Nah, it's still trash and the 3$ version does not include the DLC either
fair elbow
Back in my day, I was happy to even get to 30fps
slate thorn
1080p60+ high graphics on a brand new 2026 game with a high end graphics card from 2020 doesn't sound that bad
Also why do they list the 7800X3D as counterpart to the 12700K when the 12700K is literally the counterpart of the 5700X3D in terms of performance lmao
Like, the closest intel has to the 7800X3D is the i9-14900K and that's still slower
So I'll just assume the recommended cpu is i7-12700K or 5700X3D because otherwise it makes no sense
dusty imp
i just assumed intel fell off that hard
placid otter
X
neon scroll
Oh, I didn't expect Silksong to actually be on sale as well, game is cheap enough as is
jovial wolf
KCD2 at 50% is a steal
neon scroll
I saw that, but i really don't have any intention of ever playing it, ever though I respect it
slate thorn
dusty imp
https://x.com/i/status/2001306396747252061
just remembered what this reminded me of
Delphi corp is the name of the #evil genAI bad guys in pragmata
placid otter
X
misty dawn
dripped
slate thorn
Very drippy
placid otter
oh wow
slate thorn
Very cool
dusty imp
https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2002378457003794793?s=20
does fortnite count as mobile or pc
or do they split the numbers
placid otter
probably is just per platform revenue
same with anything else that has access to both. just like how pc and console is split
placid otter
lol thats stupid
glass knot
no that's perfectly fine
if it's against their regulations
which it is
@celest haven not sure how relevant this would be for you but yeah this a better breakdown of mh wilds changes
neon scroll
no that's perfectly fine
Thing is, the creator of Blue Prince also used GenAI in the process of making it and openly admitted to it. This is just riding the outrage of the day train and yes, very much stupid or at the very least hypocritical.
And EP33 devs have been no less transparent about it than the BP dev
celest haven
<@169311449217236992> not sure how relevant this would be for you but yeah this ...
You are the fucking best
Thank you.
glass knot
Thing is, the creator of Blue Prince also used GenAI in the process of making it...
ok then that's really stupid
LOL
if its against their rules to use it at all yeah both should get canned
neon scroll
Ye. I'm sure they'd find something down the line, but instead they just went with "this will get us the most attention, let's do that and stop there"
celest haven
And EP33 devs have been no less transparent about it than the BP dev
Patched it out within a week of release too btw
Not like this is something that's still in the game
This shit is so reactionary and performative man
neon scroll
Oh I know, but that's not relevant for the "not allowed at all in the creation process" rule
But... see above.
celest haven
Right right LMAO
Gonna have to start disqualifying all games in the future because everyone is gonna use this to speed up their workflow man
Let's get serious here
misty dawn
Thing is, the creator of Blue Prince also used GenAI in the process of making it...
bruh
i hate it here
dusty imp
steam currently does that too
cant use copilot
so that covers basically all programming post-2024
X
for the record, i also think using genai as placeholders, where they can easily be missed, instead of good ol' recognisable lorem ipsum, is dumb
since this case is specifically about newspaper clippings
minor bolt
cant use copilot
yeah that's a battle steam straight up cannot win
rate of progress means people will be able to just lie about using image gen too
misty dawn
god this looks so goofy
misty dawn
yeah the new weapons are cute
misty dawn
alright made it work
celest haven
FIRE.
misty dawn
gaming
wide sentinel
Titanfall 2 is like €4 on steam atm, great Multiplayer, if anyone wants to game tomorrow
slate thorn
You do need Northstar for multiplayer though, be aware of that
slate thorn
Really? Neat
minor bolt
it’s dead in oce 🙁
placid otter
rip
am about to buy it alongside many other games
looking at these and getting no mans sky and outer wilds through a 3rd party site
their pretty much all at their all time low
celest haven
Fuck yeah man, hope you enjoy it
placid otter
still looking through steam and reddit for more deals
celest haven
Might have to be a bit patient with it since people are 50/50 on the pacing of the intro, but it's so worth it
placid otter
havent played first one either if that matters
celest haven
RDR2's a prequel, actually!
placid otter
ah cool
celest haven
Infact.. i played RDR1 recently and it made me realize it kind of ruins RDR2 if you play it first LMAO
So yeah if anything you're better off going with 2 first
placid otter
im sure ive got fallen order for free somewhere, just cant remember where
okay yeh do got it on ea app hmm
yeh rather have on steam
placid otter
X
fair elbow
https://twitter.com/NextGenPlayer/status/2002493124825002113
The heads from AAA studios made the call
dusty imp
i mean the real reason is that noone had heard of the indie game awards until this news cycle
thtese awards also do the thing where they limit the number of categories you can be nominated in if your a nom for goty
which is why blue prince is in best innovation
but not in best debut indie, or LatAM indie
slate thorn
looking at these and getting no mans sky and outer wilds through a 3rd party sit...
I bought rise of the tomb raider and shadow of the tomb raider because they were like 5 euros combined lol
slate thorn
The last not completely shit Bioware game 😔
placid otter
opinions on inquisition seemed to always have been quite mixed, but have been wanting to try it
slate thorn
It's fine
It's not great, but it's far from being a bad game.
The issue the game has is that the previous games and Mass Effect games are just so much better
wide sentinel
I bought rise of the tomb raider and shadow of the tomb raider because they were...
rise is great
slate thorn
So it's just in this awkward position where as a standalone game it's pretty alright. But compared to the other Bioware stuff at the time it just kinda sucks
wide sentinel
shadow not so much
slate thorn
rise is great
I played through the first one, or well, reboot, again the other day so I'm like more into it for playing the other two :P
Tomb Raider reboot still holds up super well even though it's what, like 13 years old now?
neon scroll
Inquisition is definitely not a good game, but compared to the garbage Bioware released afterwards it can easily seem like one
slate thorn
Yeah, it's just very fine, a truly ok game
placid otter
rdr2 5 cheaper on ps5 than steam. hmmm pc or ps5 idk
neon scroll
I mean....you can hook the PC to your TV, but can you hook your ps5 to your PC
placid otter
what
ah on ps5 its still 30fps
playtime within 1 year from a very known osrs player for their efficiency
absolutely insane
slate thorn
Jesus, that's like 18 hours played per day nearly
fair elbow
Kinda stuck on these 3 on which one to get for this holiday season 
celest haven
BG3 all the way
fair elbow
I've never played a single second of DnD (both IRL and in games), how would it feel to a very and I mean very fresh player to DnD mechanics?
celest haven
Don't worry, i was the asme
You get a hang of it pretty quickly
It's way less daunting tha nit seems
jovial wolf
depends how you can deal with the dice screwing you over
fair elbow
Literally the only DnD mechanics I know is bigger number on dice = good
neon scroll
Well... sure. If it's your dice.
wide sentinel
I've never played a single second of DnD (both IRL and in games), how would it f...
i also never played DnD in my life
and this game, is top notch regardless
it's pretty much just a overview and click where everyone needs to go and be creative with situations
fair elbow
fair elbow
See you guys in 5 years when the addiction cools down
neon scroll
Have fun spending 5hrs in character creation
misty dawn
Tomb Raider reboot still holds up super well even though it's what, like 13 year...
my faves 😭
wide sentinel
i'm excited for new Tomb Raider games tho
misty dawn
they don't look great
and i don't trust amazon
and i hate that they redesigned her again
wide sentinel
lol
glass knot
first reboot one is really fun
celest haven
well was until i got monster hunter pilled
Would've been funny if you want from Rise of the Tomb Raider to MonHun Rise
glass knot
rotr was really fun also altho i played only the begining chapter then noticed MH went on sale
I'll get back to it eventually
neon scroll
Honestly, clearly 1996 Lara had the best curves rectangles
neon scroll
I shouldn't have to stay this, but don't start with Rebirth
glass knot
I'm not THAT stupid
I'm starting with the next one and working backwards from it instead
slate thorn
2013 Lara's design is so peak
wide sentinel
wtf???
slate thorn
Excuse me!?
celest haven
What the fuck is happening this week?
placid otter
damn rip
stable stratus
damn
wide sentinel
apparently it was irresponsible driving with his Ferrari, crashed into a concrete barrier... there was also a passenger that passed away to their injuries in the hospital
minor bolt
there's a video on twitter of the supposed crash doing exactly that but who knows if its real or not
placid otter
watching streamer do E33 ||final renoir fight in act3 || and hearing the boss fight music every attempt 
just too good
celest haven
watching streamer do E33 ||final renoir fight in act3 || and hearing the boss fi...
Still can't believe they did it live at TGA
Not that specific version, but still
It's' fucking brilliant
stable stratus
X
neon scroll
That's cloud gaming, right?
jovial wolf
iirc it was for the lowest tier or something like that
neon scroll
Good thing I don't use that or have any plans of doing so
celest haven
It helped a friend of mine get through Expedition 33 and Doom Dark Ages earlier this year as their PC couldn't really handle either
It's a surprisingly powerful tool, nowhere near the amount of latency you'd expect
dusty imp
https://x.com/i/status/2003511022141817016
yeah sure dude
pearl cobalt
buys yet another game on sale on checklist of games to catchup on
Romancing SaGa 2 remake
"oh, let's just check the PS5 version of Red Dead Redemption"
and just like that, going through yet another RDR1 run and most likely RDR2 right after
placid otter
rdr2 is 30fps on ps5 though otherwise i would of considerd getting it there
pearl cobalt
ye, it's still a native PS4 title.
RDR2 is the only single player game that I've completed fully once but have 1400h playtime in
placid otter
wtf
i genuinely cant think of any single player i have even reached 100hr in
excluding idlers iguess
pearl cobalt
a few different playthroughs (RDR2) but only completed once.
MH World on the other hand is much higher (6k+ hours) but different in that it's both single and mp. Wilds currently approaching 600h
neon scroll
100hrs+ single player?
Just on Steam that's, like... Witcher 3, every single Civilization game, Stardew, Satisfactory (yes, that's single player, fuck you ), Slay the Spire, My Time at Sandrock, Coral Island, BG3, Balatro, Cyberpunk
But I definitely have 100+ hrs in various JRPGs on various PS iterations
Also P5
Which I guess is a JRPG
pearl cobalt
short for a jrpg would be below 50h, especially the older ones
placid otter
i want my time at sandrock, but not cheap enough
neon scroll
short for a jrpg would be below 50h, especially the older ones
I like to take my time on those
I'm that guy
Although I skip the really tedious bs like evading ten billion lightning strikes in FF10 or whatever
Ain't nobody got time for that
neon scroll
i want my time at sandrock, but not cheap enough
I did pick that up a long time ago during a sale. It's pretty good, though I never finished it. Not that you ever really finish these type of games
pearl cobalt
it's easy to spend 100+ on jrpgs. someone has to get all those bosses and those extra weapons? absolutely necessary.
neon scroll
I prefer JRPG grind bs over open world checklist bs, too
placid otter
yeah, even jrpgs didnt get me to 100hr lol
pearl cobalt
not to mention different ending playthroughs. NEED to know and earn them all
neon scroll
I honestly could not play RDR2 at this point, I just don't want any open world games
Give me an overworld map to get to locations and fuck off
placid otter
idk man, turned on death stranding 2 the other day and stil loved walking in the world
neon scroll
Big reason why I just don't wanna play KCD2
placid otter
prefer linear like 33 and yet enjoy them
pearl cobalt
understandable. RDR2 can be played straight through story but ngl, I play it every now and then like a solo mmo
Arthur Morgan needs every single outfit
neon scroll
I played NMS as a single player game as well for that matter
144hrs in that before I stopped playing it
And no, I got nowhere close to finishing the storyline
pearl cobalt
NMS really is chill. can pick up and play and do anything
completing the storyline is more like completing an extended tutorial
pearl cobalt
I never did until one of the expeditions pretty much required it
neon scroll
Oh yeah, Skyrim would be another 100hr + game, but I never gave Bethesda any money for it, if you know what I mean
placid otter
i got 5 hours into skyrim. genuinely do not see how ppl enjoy a broken ass game even with mods
neon scroll
Also older games that predate Steam like HoMM [insert number here]
neon scroll
i got 5 hours into skyrim. genuinely do not see how ppl enjoy a broken ass game ...
They "make their own fun™"
But honestly with Skyrim it's just that it predates most of the open world bs
minor bolt
i genuinely cant think of any single player i have even reached 100hr in
quickly realizing that my steam account is pretty much just mp games lol
placid otter
yeh same
neon scroll
I think my only true mp game on Steam is FF14, everything else I play as single player
minor bolt
my psn account has 93h in tlou remastered, 86h in ff7 remake, 87h in elden ring
neon scroll
I'm basically Yahtzee in regards to games
Other people in my game are just a nuisance
minor bolt
54h stellar blade, 50h ff7 rebirth, 59h horizon fw, 54h gowr, 51h horizon zd, 48h demons souls
neon scroll
87hr in Elden Ring seems like rookie numbers from what I've seen
minor bolt
honestly a lot more than i expected
probably, i sped through the platinum once finishing the story
neon scroll
But hey, not every game needs to be hundreds of hrs. I very much appreciate shorter experiences as well
placid otter
games lose value to me once story is done
neon scroll
That's fair for games where the story is actually relevant, ye
stable stratus
that's our funky fresh beats
placid otter
@pearl cobalt the normal version of rdr2 is also on sale now. how is the content of the special edition?
jovial wolf
One extra bank robbery iirc
pearl cobalt
.
Special Edition is good but not necessary. Ultimate is only if you want more online stuff
placid otter
steam doesn't have special so was just getting ultimate. normal version only got on sale today for whatever reason
glass knot
ykw i thought I'd be more sensitive to frame gen stuff but so far playing mh wilds with it on (hitting about 90-100fps w it) i really can't tell
except for the noticeable little input delay lol
but it also stopped being noticeable, i just know it's there
minor bolt
it was surprisingly decent in battlefield yeah
i only noticed it when my framerate would drop below the point where you start to feel the additional latency or in dim areas like shadows, since the fizzling would be noticeable
glass knot
yeah in mh wilds is kinda necessary bc the game performance is weird as fuck
but it ended up working really well, having a blast playing the game
just wish it wasn't necessary to run it decently
stable stratus
someone faithfully put Yami Yugi into duel in dragon ball
https://fxtwitter.com/Kongmeng_J/status/2003965185175007644
https://fxtwitter.com/Kongmeng_J/status/2004013826162020823
placid otter
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/disco-elysium free on epic. do i just not buy it on steam or still buy so i can play on steam instead 
neon scroll
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/disco-elysium free on epic. do i just not bu...
I mean, it's like 4 bucks on Steam, so yeah
hexed raptor
reading some comments, apparently there have been some not so good drama behind the scenes from this studio
placid otter
yeah alot has happend. all the artist being fired being one of them
was also something about devs not being paid
neon scroll
So apparently Asus decided to swoop in and start selling RAM next year
minor bolt
So apparently Asus decided to swoop in and start selling RAM next year
ngl I’ve thought about biting the bullet and upgrading my system now rather than leave it a year or so in case the ram situation just gets worse
minor bolt
not sure how they can be when i thought only samsung and sk hynix made dram chips
slate thorn
Micron also makes chips but uh.... yeah....
neon scroll
*made
slate thorn
Makes
neon scroll
Well, I guess they technically still make them, just not for us
slate thorn
Yup 
There's some smaller manufacturers as well in China and Taiwan I believe
But those are kinda whatever
Asus has already been selling memory in collaboration with other brands in China like Asgard, so I suppose it was only a matter of time for them to start doing it globally
neon scroll
Perfect opportunity, really
rustic peak
not sure how they can be when i thought only samsung and sk hynix made dram chip...
Theyre rumored to start up production
slate thorn
Start up production in what? They don't own any dram manufacturing plants
And building one takes like at least a year
rustic peak
Doubt its gonna change anything since the bottleneck is actual module manufacturing, but thats probably what mariya is refering to
stable stratus
yea but this is their first experience at doing this so i am waiting to see if they're good at it too
minor bolt
no way they can spin up a DDR5 fab in 6 months
if it were that easy then the big three would just expand their capacity
slate thorn
I mean, it kinda is that easy, it's just really expensive and by the time it's finished it might not be like profitable enough to warrant it existing
Plus why build more capacity when your profit is at a historical high
glass knot
damn
neon scroll
tbh none of the games on that list feel surprising
Some are shit, some are incomplete and Blue Prince probably counts as dropped if you only played til the final room and did dare not to get every little stupid secret the dev has hidden somewhere
rustic peak
Its not automatically collected data so i doubt that
Afaik howlongtobeat is all user submitted
slate thorn
It is all user submitted I believe yeah
And it makes sense for F2P and early access games to be ranked really high when it comes to dropped games
So yeah, this is just a whole lot of nothing really
glass knot
mh wilds so fun
did a couple arch tempered rey daus today solo and w friend
that was really fun
rey dau really fun monster to fight
i hate rathalos so much
annoying as fuck dragon
gore magala is my bro
arkveld is fun
wide sentinel
Yea wilds was alright
stable stratus
bruh
slate thorn
Which makes sense
They don't have the resources or knowledge for producing dram
So building a factory which at super speed would open after a year, and costs more than Asus is worth probably, doesn't sound realistic
It would make more sense for some Chinese company to expand dram production because they'd probably just get the government to pay for all of it
latent mantle
not sure how they can be when i thought only samsung and sk hynix made dram chip...
they'd probably contract through Samsung like how they always have for their graphics card RAM mоdules and SSDs.
I don't think it'll be ASUS making chips
But if that's what the source says, I'll hold them to it
latent mantle
Asus has zero plans of producing dram or anything similar
oh well there we go. Thank you Waffleman 
latent mantle
It would make more sense for some Chinese company to expand dram production beca...
honestly surprised it's not already announced in a time where the global/international market grows ever-more desperate to buy RAM with less expense.
Someone should be working for a grant like that
minor bolt
they'd probably contract through Samsung like how they always have for their gra...
the point is that samsung, micron and sk hynix don't have any more capacity
articles dropped this week about google and microsoft execs failing to secure allocations
stable stratus
slate thorn
honestly surprised it's not already announced in a time where the global/interna...
As far as I'm aware most dram fabs are already built with government funding because otherwise it's just impossible to pay for
Don't those things cost like 20 billion to build or something silly like that?
placid otter
was chinas' one just completed or close to?
slate thorn
China already had fab(s), dunno if they're building more atm
There's two Chinese dram manufacturers I believe? Or was it just one?
placid otter
saw news recently that their first was just completed or something like that
dont exactly remember
ah think it was regards to chips
minor bolt
cxmt recently announced ddr5 production yeah
minor bolt
i think they already had ddr4 but stopped to focus on ddr5
placid otter
X
stable stratus
poor ubisoft, couldn't catch a break for all these years
but wow, a terabyte theft this year is quite something
slate thorn
Surprised they have terabytes of data when 90% of their games are all identical 
minor bolt
TBs of cloned uncompressed assets 
stable stratus
maybe we can see alot of source codes used to decompile/recompile them into PC
minor bolt
using stolen assets like that is just asking for lawyers to ruin you
pearl cobalt
we're too crazy for our own good
pearl cobalt
holy shit... who needs gatcha or nfts when you got thousand dollar virtual spaceships?
neon scroll
holy shit... who needs gatcha or nfts when you got thousand dollar virtual space...
Star Citizen "players" are pretty much the dumbest suckers in gaming, gacha whales don't hold a candle to that
No trust, they'll finish the game eventually
slate thorn
$5000 for a spaceship in a game that doesn't have any finished content for 15 years? Sign me up!!!
stable stratus
ofc the bootleg situation will bound to happen
-# and in the next few years china would milk these genre tf out
slate thorn
lel
dusty imp
e33-like lmao
neon scroll
e33-like lmao
That naming scheme was sorta bound to happen
dusty imp
i mean this game was announced last year already lol
and its a remake
the issue thats going to come up is that exp33 looks veeerrry unreal5
so the majority of realistic artstyle games that come out are of course gonna get hit with that 
sword and fairy has traditionally been a china only series though, so maybe the success of e33 has inspired them to go global which is nice
same with the hype for wukong being the kickstarter for a bunch of new chinese aaa action games
neon scroll
I'd wager it was more Wukong than EP33 tbh
CN games in general are going for global way more often now
Weird quirks included that us silly westerners aren't used to
stable stratus
bro made his own christmas skin of his own arg
https://youtu.be/UmN-fEEkg4k
stable stratus
heard the new nintendo 3ds xl is also now around the same price as switch 2
slate thorn
Old Nintendo stuff tends to get more expensive as time goes on
Because supply for it just gets smaller and smaller
dusty imp
New?
new as in the product named the New Nintendo 3DS XL Handheld Console?
or new as in the physical condition of the product
stable stratus
new as in the product named the New Nintendo 3DS XL Handheld Console?
this one
stable stratus
X
stable stratus
misty dawn
jovial wolf
stable stratus
30th anniversary games in 2026
https://fxtwitter.com/Pokemon_cojp/status/2006379822012911872?s=20
https://x.com/Atlus_West/status/2006382110085636555?s=20
X
Persona anniversary update: January 8th
Pokemon Direct for the anniversary: February 27th
neon scroll
Persona anniversary update: January 8th
Pokemon Direct for the anniversary: Febr...
Surely they'll finally announce P7, amirite
stable stratus
nah they probably need to remake 1st and 2nd one first
i guess to also remake this "masterpiece" lmao
https://youtu.be/6plVf2T6AOo
placid otter
X
stable stratus
cool, now you can become a millionaire from selling RAMs (and your laptops)
neon scroll
Describes RTX 5090 increasing from $2000 to $5000
lol, sure
misty dawn
the pentamelder
neon scroll
You seem very determined
misty dawn
super determined
misty dawn
the pentamelder
neon scroll
Well
placid otter
did the thing
celest haven
stable stratus
gaming
placid otter
X
slate thorn
Awesome
neon scroll
did the thing
I see you, shitty FMV game hiding in the middle
I bought a bunch of those, too. God knows why
slate thorn
Because they're fun
neon scroll
Road to Empress definitely was fun
placid otter
what is fmv
neon scroll
And actually good production quality
neon scroll
what is fmv
The Five Hearts Under One Roof you bought is an FMV game
As in full motion video
placid otter
ah never played one before, but did watch a whole playthrough of 1 and 2 on twitch
almost bought 2 aswel, but i can wait
neon scroll
I do admit I mostly played Road to Empress because of Jessie & Dodger talking about it for weeks
Was worth it though
slate thorn
I need to get the fire hearts under one roof games as well as road to empress
placid otter
lemme look that up
starting up outlast trials atm with my friends
no clue what it is. 1 of them wanted to try it so we are
road to empress cheap isee
neon scroll
These games are pretty cheap for the most part, that's the nice thing
neon scroll
Revenge on Golddigger is hilarious
placid otter
These games are pretty cheap for the most part, that's the nice thing
five heards under one roof sadly not that low priced. 2nd one is still around 20$ even with sale
dusty imp
those games are so gooner it hurts
slate thorn
That's because it released like a few weeks ago
neon scroll
those games are so gooner it hurts
Most of these are tbh. They're essentially anime visual novel dating sims
placid otter
they really are yeah
neon scroll
Road to Empress isn't though, which is nice
dusty imp
yeah
neon scroll
Waiting for season 2 now
dusty imp
if you remember super seducer
placid otter
3 of u know it. guess i should go get it?
dusty imp
five hearts feels like that but 10x worse
neon scroll
3 of u know it. guess i should go get it?
It's also on sale, so yeah
And I recommend this one, because it's just really funny (just use that chinese to search in steam)
情感反诈模拟器
slate thorn
All I know about five hearts is a few clips I saw on sns that were funny and the game has some models that I've been following for a decent while
neon scroll
7 bucks basically a steal
neon scroll
The whole premise is that there is an evil league of gold diggers that you're up against, it's just great
They have a whole secret council and shit
And that's all I'll say
slate thorn
Sounds wild lmao
neon scroll
(or can say, since I am not done with this one, but I can only recommend it still)
slate thorn
I'll put it on my wishlist I suppose
neon scroll
I mean, it's 7 bucks now, it probably won't get much cheaper
Gonna play the rest of that one this weekend, finally got some time
slate thorn
It's 8 euros without a discount so not like it matters that much in the end :P
neon scroll
after I make my top 50 list, I'm way late with that one
slate thorn
Jeez
I suppose it makes sense as you're basically downloading a long ass 4k movie but still
lol
neon scroll
I like that they seperate that
Cause you really only need that if you actually have a 4k monitor
(which, let's face it, most normal people don't)
slate thorn
Hey, a lot of people have 4k tv's. Not like most people use those for pc gaming, but can still hook it up I guess
I should probably make use of this winter sale
placid otter
ok also bought road to empress now
neon scroll
Do enjoy whenever you go play
neon scroll
But yeah, other than what I already bought the only thing I'm considering is whether I wanna buy Ep33 a second time, this time for PC (luckily you can import gamepass save file)
celest haven
But yeah, other than what I already bought the only thing I'm considering is whe...
Deadass if you want it on Steam hit me up, i have a spare key i got for a friend of mine but they ended up not claiming it
neon scroll
I wouldn't wanna take that from your friend who clearly just needs a forceful nudge
Thanks though
celest haven
LMAOO
I've been holding onto this damn thing for atleast a month or 2 by this point
Some motherfuckers are real stubborn
neon scroll
Is it a CoD player
celest haven
FFXIV player, close enough?
neon scroll
shooters only, none of that TURN BASED FILTH
Ah, to be fair that is basically a second job
celest haven
Yeah legit
neon scroll
@misty dawn knows
neon scroll
I quit that job and only come back once per expansion for story
misty dawn
Ah, to be fair that is basically a second job
neon scroll
Last expension story just happened to have a terrible protagonist is all
celest haven
I tried it out a few years ago and had to put it down immediately because i knew it'd ruin my life
I simply appreciate it from a distance now
neon scroll
<:crungo:1124375597737578666>
Tell me I'm lying, you can't
misty dawn
Ignore that I have the game open rn
celest haven
9 HOURS?@#?
celest haven
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1093762229347831859/1447122485664546857/161e1c498f6acc2a.webp
misty dawn
In my defense
neon scroll
Did they turn off auto logoff again
misty dawn
Yeah
neon scroll
smh
misty dawn
Getting ddos'd is close enough
neon scroll
Now, that said... 9hrs is a pretty normal amount of time spent on this on a free
day
Hence second job
But I guess that's true for all MMOs
misty dawn
Yeah I'm working on monk rn
I gotta check my island too
Espe got me started on blue mage also
Many things to do
celest haven
How's the housing crisis?
celest haven
My friend was going through the TRENCHES over it a while back
misty dawn
Yeah it's rough sometimes
neon scroll
I used to have a house, then I didn't, then I did then I didn't
misty dawn
We have our fc house and I ended up getting my own as well
neon scroll
Honestly, I could never get into home decoration, who even had time for that shit
celest haven
Honestly, I could never get into home decoration, who even had time for that shi...
The ideal male living space
neon scroll
You use chairs?
fallen path
<@221809231601467392> could never
Nah I don't play that game
I dunno what you're talking about
slate thorn
As long as I don't log in I'll still have my house 
neon scroll
I dunno what you're talking about
Riiiight
placid otter
But I guess that's true for all MMOs
can confirm
neon scroll
You play the worst grind of all, lbr
placid otter
grind yes, but it is the best game of all
fyi, i always play 2 accs at a time
even got it running afk when playing other games
almost 99 sailing than ill be maxed againg on 1 of them
neon scroll
To each their own
placid otter
smh
misty dawn
Honestly, I could never get into home decoration, who even had time for that shi...
i'm so bad at it man
rosie is REALLY good
she decorated the fc house and it looks great
i knew it was too quiet...
misty dawn
all in a days work
stable stratus
X
stable stratus
X
dusty imp
FxTwitter
placid otter
X
placid otter
last one to go
placid otter
no, im ltierally doing the most afk and slowest way possible
this is what the top highscores are looking like in comparison
jovial wolf
there have been rumours about something to set up Ciri for Witcher 4
placid otter
yeah been going around for a while, but has never been confirmed still
stable stratus
didn't know Games Done Quick now streams on Youtube as well
https://www.youtube.com/live/IzylNJUIGwc
this is the annual AGDQ
placid otter
X
quite funny lol
apparantly renewed for 100 years now
X
RIP
nvidia producing 3060s againg due to dram shortagea aswel
slate thorn
And because TSMC is completely booked, so they have to use Samsung's 8nm so they can only do the 3060, not the 4060 etc
placid otter
X
glass knot
Finished FF7R
pretty fun game
thought it would be a bit longer, I did literally all sidequests i came across and finished the game in like 27 hours
i know rebirth is much longer tho
combat system is fun but really awkward with any flying enemy
celest haven
The curse of literally every action game
We gotta get rid of the flying enemies at this point bro
glass knot
will prob start rebirth tomorrow
skipping yuffie dlc because i forgot about it and uninstalled the game after finishing it to download rebirth
glass knot
yeah ik it's pretty short and i can just watch cutscenes from it
was a good game
good characters, story is pretty interesting
i know a lot abt rebirth alr as i watched maxdood play it
so I'm interested on actually experiencing the game myself and trying to piece the story in my head as it does get a bit confusing lol
as this game clearly has Aerith and Sephiroth be somewhat aware of advent children shit and og game
stable stratus
The creator of infamous creepypasta "username666" is making a new game based of it called "666world"
https://www.youtube.com/live/EW0CDYz4tlU
minor bolt
as this game clearly has Aerith and Sephiroth be somewhat aware of advent childr...
in what sense?
(i played ff7r forever ago and cant remember shit)
never got around to platinuming rebirth though, i should at some point. think it was looking pretty daunting
neon scroll
skipping yuffie dlc because i forgot about it and uninstalled the game after fin...
Just an FYI, you actually get some extra stuff in Rebirth for having a save file from both the main game as well as the DLC, so even if you don't play it it's actually worth installing and starting up, just to put that save down
minor bolt
oh yeah it decent stuff too
glass knot
in what sense?
Aerith is really weird and and seems to know what happens in different "destinies", and how the story should go
Which is reinforced by the final battle showing "memories" that are shit from other games/ff7 media overall
And from what i remember on rebirth she's also weird about that and seems to be aware of how things went back on og? I'll have to check by myself
glass knot
Just an FYI, you actually get some extra stuff in Rebirth for having a save file...
oh ok guess I'll download the 90gigs again
maybe i just donwload a save file somewhere honestly
neon scroll
That should work, ye
glass knot
I'll get a 100% one on nexusmods and we good
as it doesn't really check for completion apparently
if it was more specific I'd use mine
neon scroll
as it doesn't really check for completion apparently
Yeah, it just needs to be there
dusty imp
my favourite one of those is in rain world
it has a secret ending that you can only get if you also have a 100% save file in Fez
trail sand
dbd stranger things perks and abilities 
trail sand
Hell the fuck yeah.
It sounds more complicated than it is imo, I wonder what skins we’ll get
celest haven
I'm actually on right now
Plenty of skins for the survivors already
Vecna's got a Henry skin
glass knot
Yeah, it just needs to be there
Yeah it's cool
some summon materias is good to have even tho i used them like 5 times at most on remake lol
also immediately rebirth combat is much better than remake
it feels so much better to move and fight lol
air combat and how skills deal w that also much better
jovial wolf
yeah, they started improving that with the yuffie dlc already
pretty much when they ditched ps4 lol
glass knot
air is still a bit awkward sometimes depending on the terrain and height the enemy is
but it's absolutely an improvement
placid otter
X
neon scroll
it feels so much better to move and fight lol
Yeah, that stuff is good. The main reason I never finished that game is the open world grind... cause even if you like those it's just not particularly well done. And there's So. Many. Mini. Games.
celest haven
https://x.com/i/status/2008599546708787297
3060ti as a "recommended" graphics card but 8 GB VRAM is the minimum
trail sand
Vecna's got a Henry skin
I don’t have the ptb so I have to watch it through lives
These are all the skins for the new survivors and killers
For Steve it’s yet to come they say & the voice lines too
I wanna get robin n eleven s3 so bad
glass knot
Yeah, that stuff is good. The main reason I never finished that game is the open...
I get it
It is a huge game
I also don't have the whimsy nostalgia from playing ff7 og
so that won't carry me through boring shit lol
I'll do minigames if they're fun but If they're boring rip
neon scroll
Ye, it's just that many are basically mandatory
minor bolt
i wasnt a big fan of the card game
placid otter
https://x.com/OldSchoolRS/status/2008630007468326950?s=20 man averaged 18/19hr a day for 47 days
X
pearl cobalt
his anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SiJg43j2nk
stable stratus
X
slate thorn
Money laundering scheme
