finally got my max status back
#General Chat
placid otter
placid otter
already been taking a break from the acc i did actively play
went back to wow
can atleast stop multilogging both osrs accounts finally
wide sentinel
lol
dusty imp
tbh the game seemed like it was at least interesting based on the trailer
just didnt expect the generational backlash from being the one more thing
not sure why geoff decided to do that
slate thorn
Geoff was just on the Titanfall copium or something
stable stratus
picking that game as the final hype of TGA 25 was a very questionable choice
i don't understand why people happy about it bc i feel like i didn't find anything worth waiting based from teaser alone
minor bolt
yeah it was hyped up cause it’s from former respawn devs
naturally people expected a kind of spiritual successor to titanfall
slate thorn
Yeah, I'll give the game a try because it's from Titanfall & Apex devs, but that's literally the only reason
If they didn't mention that part I'd have zero interest in the game just by the looks of it
glass knot
Aight my least favorite thing about Rebirth so far is definitely how many interruptions you have for doing anything ever
fuck you Chadley
I don't even mind doing the field monster quests and mako springs and whatever but everytime you do anything at all the game stops for like 20 seconds just to show you an animation that YOU DID IT! you progressed on Chadley's little bullshit thing! only X remaining now!
then chadley calls you and im like brooo
so many little pauses like that
also personally don't really how that whole thing works bc it just kills exploration
neon scroll
fuck you Chadley
I feel like that's a shared sentiment among all players
They already said they'll cut down on the amount of bs for the next one, too
glass knot
i just don't like being interrupted
like i do the monster field quest thing
and right after the game stops for like 10 seconds just to show on screen that you did it!
they need to make this type of stuff way less obtrusive
neon scroll
But bro, how would you know that you DID IT then
misty dawn
nice
glass knot
But bro, how would you know that you DID IT then
real questions
i think I'd die playing mario odyssey
every 10 seconds YOU GOT A MOON!
at least chadley won't call you there and you don't have ubisoft towers
neon scroll
at least chadley won't call you there and you don't have ubisoft towers
Well... about that last one...
You absolutely do 
glass knot
on odyssey? damn
been so long since i saw anything abt that game that i don't remember it
neon scroll
on odyssey? damn
No, on Rebirth
glass knot
i meant on odyssey, the ubi towers were a dig at rebirth 
hate how that works in the game
the way the "exploration" is structured just kills the sense of wonder and turns it into a chore u gotta do for Chadley
specially as the towers just put a marker on anything slightly important basically lol
neon scroll
So I guess you get now why that made me drop the game eventually
glass knot
Oh absolutely
I expected to not like that part too
It's just a shame they reveal this big cool world to explore and then immediately give you fast travel to almost any objective + the optional content is presented like a chore instead of smth organic you can just do lol
its a turn off for sure and hopefully the next game does this better
but the combat is really fun, also story is intriguing enough that I'll tank some of the slop content but yeah i can see myself just ignoring shit to do main quest really soon and i barely even started the game lol
glass knot
completely get that yeah
minor bolt
at least for remake i think i spent the most time on leveling abilities and hard mode
glass knot
I just beat the Quetzalcoatl fight, that's how early I am in the game
still got pleeeeeenty of slop to sit through lol
glass knot
I count it as first region as before that it's just the prologue in Nibelheim
glass knot
it's probably fine I'm just noticing the trend of fetch quests and fast travel I'll have to do through the game and dreading it
on top of chadley intel gathering
If that always unlocks a boss like it did for Quetzalcoatl I'll probably do it until i can get that for different regions
misty dawn
pain in the ass
placid otter
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was another event happening today aswel in another 6hr 19mins from now.
dont remember what it was but mostly indie or small studios iirc
dusty imp
somehow fable has survived until now
slate thorn
celest haven
https://www.eeinstagram.com/p/DTNz-YwDWI-/
They had that shit ON at TGA
They looked so damn good
stable stratus
was another event happening today aswel in another 6hr 19mins from now.
dont rem...
New Game Plus
slate thorn
They had that shit ON at TGA
Fr, looking incredible
placid otter
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neon scroll
https://x.com/ThourCS2/status/2009309321591652726?s=20
That's actually really neat
misty dawn
https://www.eeinstagram.com/p/DTNz-YwDWI-/
heavens
misty dawn
progress
neon scroll
That one missing on Stormblood is probably on top of that dumb jumping challenge
stable stratus
there exists another mj horror game.
https://fxtwitter.com/nocontextwindah/status/2009958403989246212
misty dawn
That one missing on Stormblood is probably on top of that dumb jumping challenge
it sure is
i cheesed the lightpost one with sunday
exploded myself and he rezzed me lol
neon scroll
It's not cheating if it works
misty dawn
true!
i did the tulliyolal jumping puzzle and when i got to the top i ran into a couple celebrating their anniversary
blew myself up in front of them
neon scroll
Nice! Time to go boom
glass knot
Almost done with Junon world intel
Actually these are pretty easy to just blast through since they're almost always in the way of ur objectives anyway
Mindflayer fight was pretty cool
- Aerith in this game is really fun to play actually lol
I gotta change my team up a bit I just keep using Cloud/Tifa/Aerith bc I like em more
neon scroll
Tifa go button mash combo is pretty fun
glass knot
Aerith becomes really really fun with Radiant Ward
and Arcane Ward together specially
glass knot
Tifa go button mash combo is pretty fun
Yeah
- having the synergy action where Cloud throws her up into the air to beat shit up is fun as hell
as there is a lot of airborne enemies this time
- the skills with elements that don't consume MP are really fun also
Kinda surprised by how much I enjoy the combat here
Its really really fun
And hard to get boring since you have a lot of different characters to play
neon scroll
There's a reason so many people pushed this as GOTY in its year of release. Just for me personally the bs we already talked about dragged it down too much. I'll probably go finish it when the next one comes out though
Just cause, you know. You do what you gotta do.
glass knot
Yeah yeah
placid otter
rebirth one of my least enjoyed games that year
slate thorn
Damn, Binding of Isaac Rebirth slander 
placid otter
that one too yes
glass knot
Hoping 3rd game has less pacing issues and open world slop
ik Rebirth basically drops some lore at the start and then literally everything else is on the last 10% of the game lol
stable stratus
misty dawn
almost done
minor bolt
X
placid otter
X
neon scroll
Nice
slate thorn
Hell yeah
dusty imp
https://x.com/Quantic_Dream/status/2010708392638075094?s=20
cant wait for david cage to be relevant again
stable stratus
X
slate thorn
Lmao
dusty imp
what in the homophobia
stable stratus
X
glass knot
sick
misty dawn
one
placid otter
X
stable stratus
glass knot
placid otter
Hytale looking alot more like minecraft with texture pack than i thought it would look like
placid otter
X
placid otter
X
misty dawn
all done
glass knot
Hoping they got a part on Remake 3 where they use some wacky shit to have us play as AC Cloud
Fusion sword...
omnislash ver 5 is so sick
also this clearly was when nomura started thinking of Noctis' armiger lol
neon scroll
Hoping they got a part on Remake 3 where they use some wacky shit to have us pla...
I mostly wanna see Knights of the Round (modern ver.)
What I also want are FF6, 8 and 9 remakes, but you know 
glass knot
Yeah that's really unlikely
what i really want from square is that they stop being stupid
feels like they kinda just have VII remake series and octopath going on for them recently
i guess ff14 counts
neon scroll
Well, there's been rumors about 9 remake
glass knot
kh4 on limbo
glass knot
Isn't tactics more of a remaster
neon scroll
But I guess remaking that is pretty easy
Idk, remaster kinda implies it's, like, a last Gen game you modernize for current gen and less of a "here's s new version of this 25yr old game"
And realistically most remasters are just like "here's HD version, hf, lol"
glass knot
Guess it's fair to say its like a smaller scale remake
Which yeah then ff9 might get one
neon scroll
All those classic ones deserve it, but it is quite the undertaking
And at some point they might wanna release FF17 which hopefully doesn't ride the wave of shit
Not that 16 was bad or anything, it was quite the spectacle, but it wasn't really a Final Fantasy in my book
glass knot
It was a weird take on it
Square is weird
Saw an interview where some of the og staff from ff7 actually wanted remake to basically just be an action game
and the one who was really against that was Nomura lol
And the combat system he thought of did end up being the best choice they could've made for the game for sure
I'm curious about whatever tf will kh4 be about specially as he's trying to rethread the versus 13 stuff
Still so fucked up Square just kicked him out of that and then scrapped most of Nojima's work on it too
XV could've been so good 
misty dawn
Nice. Now max lvl all classes <:vivikek:482987254151774208>
i'm almost done with monk
slate thorn
dunkey kong
placid otter
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Voiced thor in GOW:Ragnarok apparantly
https://x.com/Waasephi/status/2011534196691648865?s=20 sure took their time
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might be time to return againg
dusty imp
ngl
of all the things you could bring up
a percieved lack of manpower is hilarious
neon scroll
https://fxtwitter.com/Okami13_/status/2011588771108503662
The real question is, how in the world didn't they find this themselves by now
And yes, I realize the answer is probably they dgaf
glass knot
They probably tunnel vision into trying to optimize other aspects
stable stratus
tunnel visoin*
-# gotta put itzy humour here
but yea
that's a stupid bug annoyance indeed
glass knot
like they made a lot of improvements with the last update actually
slate thorn
https://fxtwitter.com/Okami13_/status/2011588771108503662
Pov: you have Denuvo execute a legitimate game copy check every frame
dusty imp
basically time.sleep() in production lmao
how often is it checking for it to impact performance that badly
stable stratus
https://fxtwitter.com/Okami13_/status/2011588771108503662
apperantly the reddit post mentioned here is now deleted by moderators in its subreddit
...i wonder why...
dusty imp
probably the four paragraphps where they're unsure if this is pirating the dlc
just a hunch
slate thorn
And apparently the RTX 5070 Ti is EOL and the RTX 5060 Ti will follow soon
placid otter
X
slate thorn
Which basically means Nvidia only has the RTX 5080 and 5090 and nothing else
dusty imp
X
slate thorn
Now that's sick
wide sentinel
Cool
placid otter
slate thorn
Where triangles?
dusty imp
ai upscaling -_-
not sure what the shades are about though lol
i thought she was bulking up for lara but it actually looks like she lost a ton
must have been for something else i guess
stable stratus
slate thorn
lol
stable stratus
🤦♂️
dusty imp
i just think its funny
nvidia wants to scale down gaming hardware but doesnt want the bad press lol
stable stratus
After The Exit 8, The Convenience Store is the next indie game in line to get its movie adaptation
neon scroll
Was that the game that was pretty much exclusively played by Twitch streamers where some random thing haunts the poor night shift worker in the store with jump scares
stable stratus
yep
it's one of the infamous Chilla's Art games
My country gets a release date of February 20th
same day as Japan
dusty imp
Was that the game that was pretty much exclusively played by Twitch streamers wh...
well yeah
reaction vids are the entire reason the horror genre is still alive instead of all being re4-likes
ive never heard of this one though
placid otter
havent heard of it either
finishing up ds2 atm and holy fck ep15 is insane. Kojima is insane
i love this series
X
cool ds2 done fcking amazing
stable stratus
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i would rather see other game taking the last spot here than this
there goes his reputation, i guess
dusty imp
i thought that anyway
the order is probably always picked by the showrunners
geoff always likes to lead with something cool too and they all tend to have a good ebb and flow once you watch all of them like i do lol
no jensen huang talking about graphics rendering for 40 minutes though
rest in pepperoni e3 o7
stable stratus
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glass knot
what the hell
glass knot
was watching skillup's video on the rumoured Witcher 3 DLC and the joseph anderson joke got me so bad
i was not expecting it
rustic peak
The greatest race of our time: Joseph Anderson vs George RR Martin
placid otter
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glass knot
The greatest race of our time: Joseph Anderson vs George RR Martin
hey joseph at least got ONE part of that out
glass knot
probably a a while and that's why there's talks of a potential w3 dlc in between i guess?
specially if it leads up to the next game
jovial wolf
late 2027 at the earliest
placid otter
w3 dlc is expected for the year
glass knot
next april 1st for sure
probably
he gotta finish this so it's finally smth he can leave behind him
dude watched his kids grow up to be absolute gamers, went through a divorce, revealed his real name, finished umineko and the full video still isn't out
rustic peak
wdym revealed his real name
slate thorn
I was thinking of getting slay the princess for switch whenever it's on sale but apparently it has a lot of performance issues..... :(
glass knot
wdym revealed his real name
i mean Joseph isnt his name
Joseph Anderson is just a pseudonym lol
dudes name is Thomas
neon scroll
suckers is who
Honestly though, if you just want a pink gear, these aren't bad
Just not for the BP reason
slate thorn
There's a lot of pink stuff out there, you just have to look at the not huge big brands
Varmilo, Aula, Attack Shark, Ajazz, and Epomaker have some pink keyboards I believe
Logitech, Glorious, Attack Shark, Ajazz, and VXE have pink mice
stable stratus
neon scroll
Sure I guess, lol
minor bolt
wonder which ending they'll branch off
minor bolt
seems like marathon is releasing march 5th, xbox leaked it
kinda soon, thought it'd be around may-june
slate thorn
wonder which ending they'll branch off
Probably ||the ending where Eve merges with Adam and saves Lily, it's kinda the one that leaves the most options for a sequel||
wide sentinel
Probably ||the ending where Eve merges with Adam and saves Lily, it's kinda the ...
i'm on NG+2 right now
slate thorn
I'm still halfway through NG+ because 100%'ing first playthrough and reading every single bit of lore and then instantly trying to speedrun through the game again whilst collecting all the outfit recolors as well burned me out lol
wide sentinel
lmao
yea i got everything on 1st playthrough aswell
just running through it for outfits
minor bolt
Probably ||the ending where Eve merges with Adam and saves Lily, it's kinda the ...
that ones the biggest cliffhanger of the three which i guess makes sense
from the perspective of most common ending, it'd be either that one or ||when you don't merge with adam||
stable stratus
wide sentinel
they really can't catch a break can they
placid otter
damn
stable stratus
gta 6 delay before gta 6 incoming
jovial wolf
and the crowd goes mild
stable stratus
for a decade anniversary and this game is what geoff chosen to be the finale of
this is hilariously sad
placid otter
there has been 0 marketing since the tga reveal
placid otter
fyi https://x.com/i/status/2013230569514021024
these posts been going on the whole month
dusty imp
i assume theres some sort of push planned
the 2 month announce to release wouldnt make sense otherwise
probably a bunch of streamers sitting on codes or something
slate thorn
Since it's made by TF / Apex devs maybe they're just doing the Apex marketing method again 
Single trailer, drop the game, pay streamers to play, hope for the best, nothing else
dusty imp
in the games defense, at least its not an overwatch/tf2 clone
the gamemode is this super weird raid thing their website goes into more detail
also science fantasy is an incredibly underutilised setting, shame the art direction is so lame
but hey, bear mounts
neon scroll
but hey, bear mounts
Also horses. Can't underestimate the new found love for horses people suddenly have for some reason
slate thorn
Yeah, based on the trailer the art direction looks incredibly bland
But hey, if the gameplay is really fun I can overlook that
neon scroll
Pretty sure if it had been a mid show teaser people wouldn't have minded do much, but now the drama farms and clickbait "reviewers" are just hoping it's Concord 2.0.
Which is just silly, that's Marathon
dusty imp
well its cause people talked so much about gamergate that they forgot concord failed because it was a premium title in a saturated f2p niche
slate thorn
300M paid game that is objectively worse than every single F2P competitor
Game would've been fine if it was F2P
Or well ""fine""
Would've still sucked but it would at least have more than 10 players
neon scroll
Game would've been fine if it was F2P
Nah, still would've been shit with that art direction
dusty imp
concord was truly insane
slate thorn
Concord had student project vibes
dusty imp
they had events and cinematics planned for every fortnight
neon scroll
That "what if we did a hero shooter but all the heroes are ugly and boring and have the fashion sense of a blind person in a thrift store" approach didn't work for some mysterious reason
dusty imp
so much money that was just burned
neon scroll
Meanwhile Rivals out here serving cheeks
Say what you will, the Rivals devs definitely understand the fanbase of that genre
slate thorn
dusty imp
oh right
on the topic of jim ryans live service ambitions
i found this while looking through some old sony conferences
yeah man
ai generate the cosmetics
although haven studio has been haemorrhaging leadership recently
glass knot
Going to Golden Saucer now and yeah by Costa del Sol i was already over the world exploration 😭
Specially after Costa del Sol actually because you just get there and do condensed fun stuff to that region and I was having a blast, as the characters are rly fun and charming to hang around with
Until it's over and the game's like "hey that's over! now you got more towers and lifesprings to analyse for chadley!"
so i just didn't do that and I'm doing only the main quest for now
placid otter
neon scroll
Oh no.... why would you want to bring Chloe back
glass knot
they're that desperate huh
will they bring back max's timetravel powers too because that's the main thing that made the first game interesting lol
neon scroll
I mean, the trailer would very much suggest that
celest haven
will they bring back max's timetravel powers too because that's the main thing t...
Was that not present in the new game?
I never played past the original
ebon orchid
glass knot
Was that not present in the new game?
last game with her she had dimension hopping powers instead
celest haven
???
glass knot
uhm she can like get into different timelines
neon scroll
Isn't that just time travel
glass knot
well not like she did before
she vowed to not use the time traveling power again so she can't rewind time anymore
she still messes with time with this weird timeline hopping thing anyway
neon scroll
Well... she can. She just doesn't want to... but you know. Now she has to save Chloe again....
glass knot
now she also got a bestie that can change her appearance to be anyone ever so
celest haven
We're just doing anything at this point
neon scroll
I don't understand how anyone would like that girl
Written to be the most obnoxious person in the universe
glass knot
I was called many names once because I said that lmao
Got a person being like "uhm if you see a video game character like that i imagine how you treat real people that went through trauma"
neon scroll
Lmao
glass knot
insane shit
jovial wolf
Love when people get mad about other people not liking characters that are divisive or outright unlikeable by design
Never gets old
glass knot
Chloe is constantly just berating Max and guilt tripping her like bro fuck off
awful friend
neon scroll
She's just toxic in all the worst ways
glass knot
stupid gun!
placid otter
all this rlly puts me off wanting to try out the series 
neon scroll
The first game is still really good
glass knot
first game is fine for what it is
placid otter
although i did try first one till the shack
glass knot
you'll have a decent time
jovial wolf
I never played it, I just watched Jesse and Dodger go through it
glass knot
2 is booooooooooring
placid otter
or was it the dorms i cant remember been forever
neon scroll
It's just that you will kinda want Chloe to die
glass knot
everything else just not worth
celest haven
Ready for the mosh pit, shakah brah
neon scroll
I don't even remember if I played that
glass knot
its so bad
neon scroll
Steam library says no, so probably not
glass knot
good
neon scroll
Granted, just being in my library wouldn't mean I played it either, cause you know
glass knot
it's just Rachel Amber and Chloe backstory but it's better if you pretend it doesn't exist
placid otter
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neon scroll
Good
neon scroll
It is pretty funny that people are just like "Yeah, this game is cool, but I'd rather pay for it than getting it for free and having to use Epic"
slate thorn
lol
glass knot
what game is he talking about even
neon scroll
How tf are there this many GOTYs though
placid otter
It is pretty funny that people are just like "Yeah, this game is cool, but I'd ...
done that many times 
still claim all the free ones
slate thorn
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Funny way of writing Skyrim
glass knot
did they give ultrakill on epic or smth
dusty imp
btw free epic games are better than regular free games
placid otter
did they give ultrakill on epic or smth
dont have it so prob not
dusty imp
its literally just epic buying the game for you, its not that the dev is giving away keys
placid otter
ah do have that
dusty imp
its literally just epic buying the game for you, its not that the dev is giving ...
(not a joke, literally tim sweeney saying its a loss leader trying to increase market share)
placid otter
its literally just epic buying the game for you, its not that the dev is giving ...
never knew that. wonder how much longer epic can keep it up
wasnt there a article long ago saying they dont expect to profit till 2030 orso?
neon scroll
I mean.... here's hope they never reach that goal
glass knot
i really only use epic to play fortnite with friends and that's it
otherwise idk the client feels awful to navigate
placid otter
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celest haven
i really only use epic to play fortnite with friends and that's it
I think that goes for almost everyone on the planet deadass
Even when i get a game for free on Epic i tend to just rebuy it on Steam if i wanna play it
dusty imp
best thing you can do is be like satisfactory
just make your epic exclusivity period your EA launch
and epic just gives you money lol
placid otter
satisfactory EA last time i used epic actively
neon scroll
Great game, but would have never played it on Epic
dusty imp
the downside is that games like alan wake 2 and world of goo 2 did quite poorly, i think in large part due to being epic exclusive
but also epic funded and published those games so oh well
slate thorn
EGS has improved a ton over the years, but it still feels so primitive compared to Steam to a point where it's just annoying to use
dusty imp
very much a bayonetta 2 on wii u moment
placid otter
there is this 1 interesting thing i saw recently
slate thorn
Alan Wake 2 didn't do poorly though?
neon scroll
very much a bayonetta 2 on wii u moment
That was the most puzzling decision
slate thorn
Alan Wake 2 was a huge success
dusty imp
Alan Wake 2 was a huge success
tell that to the remedy shareholders
celest haven
the downside is that games like alan wake 2 and world of goo 2 did quite poorly,...
LMAOOO
Dude
I fucking LOVE Alan Wake
It was the one time i gave the Epic store a shot
celest haven
And the game ran like straight garbage on PC
Had to get a reufnd and play it on PS5 instead
placid otter
pc port rip as ussual
slate thorn
Maybe I should get Slay the Princess for PS5 instead of Switch 
celest haven
pc port rip as ussual
Funny enough i heard the Xbox port had the asme issues as the PC one
slate thorn
But it just feels like such a Switch game
celest haven
The worst problem i had was that th audio would get TERRIBLY desynced after only like.. 15 minutes of playing?
Legit i could not get past the prologue
placid otter
well everything runs like shit with series s around
celest haven
Thank god i had a PS5 for it
neon scroll
Funny enough i heard the Xbox port had the asme issues as the PC one
I mean, Xbox is just a worse PC
So that makes sense
placid otter
for whatever reason xbox store on pc and other platforms on pc run 2 different versions
slate thorn
But it just feels like such a Switch game
I suppose I could just return it or sell it if it really runs as shitty as people say it does
neon scroll
The latter seems somewhat normal, but the first thing there.... lmao
stable stratus
Hytale modding is insane... even connecting the universes into one
https://fxtwitter.com/80Level/status/2013914601096610184
works with both bedrock and java together
wide sentinel
https://x.com/MarathonDevTeam/status/2013752445231305147?s=20
ngl, bungie makes mistakes after mistakes. Destiny "bugs" have been a insane thing the last 4-5 years that it became a joke
every single update had soooooooooooo many bugs that they never playtested what so ever, they do a patch to fix it and something else broke down... it's been a constant loop, so i'm not even surprised this was a thing. ALSO marathon gonna be a shitshow anyways, i wonder how many issues and bugs that game gonna have
placid otter
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pearl cobalt
https://x.com/MarathonDevTeam/status/2013752445231305147?s=20
in another Discord, it's mentioned how games can be connected via dlc as it's part of Steameorks sdk. Destiny has a dlc bundle tied with pre-ordering Marathon.
heard something similar happens with Halo MCC
neon scroll
Ubishit at it again
pearl cobalt
guess they don't like easy wins.
neon scroll
Or wins at all
placid otter
https://x.com/i/status/2014017461772017756
X
neon scroll
Listen man, gotta make sure the next Assassin's Slop is sloppy enough
glass knot
need to add at least 52 more rpg systems
neon scroll
Radio towers don't make themselves
Although given how many ACs there are you could probably train AI to make them with little difference
Which I expect Ubishit to do rather sooner than later
pearl cobalt
"We are transforming Ubisoft’s operating model to produce exceptional quality games on the two core pillars of our strategy, Open World Adventures and GaaS-native experiences."
😬
neon scroll
pearl cobalt
adding ass in the GaaS
slate thorn
Listen man, gotta make sure the next Assassin's Slop is sloppy enough
This sounds like an adult parody movie
placid otter
ubisoft showing why their heading down a slope
stable stratus
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dusty imp
gamers when popular games are popular
i have heard overwhelmingly good things about college football though
which is weird but ill trust them on that
neon scroll
Yeah, College Football was supposedly actually good. Unlike its racist uncle at the Thanksgiving party, Madden.... who hasn't changed what he says and does in a literal decade
But you know, CoD is on this list, too. Really just shows that big series will still sell a bunch, despite how bad any given entry is
stable stratus
americans do like sports, huh
stable stratus
i wonder what other sports games that americans like beside the sports that ain't owned by americans
bc why all sports games in top 10 are all americans
neon scroll
bc why all sports games in top 10 are all americans
Look at you answering your own questions
placid otter
started hades 2 very hard and quite interesting plot progression
can say i do prefer first game weapons
slate thorn
The weapons are a bit awkward at the start, but they grow on you pretty quickly imo
slate thorn
Money laundering scheme
stable stratus
yea i can smell it coming
glass knot
can say i do prefer first game weapons
i like hades 2 better overall in almost every aspect ngl (except overall story i think)
there's some weapons in 1 that ate extremely fun tho
such a fun game
glass knot
https://tenor.com/view/melinoe-hades-hades-2-gif-15076571323681896848
goat
Mel my beloved
need to get bunch of reference for my artms in hades style idea
jovial wolf
celest haven
need to get bunch of reference for my artms in hades style idea
Haseul with the green arm like Mel
celest haven
i like hades 2 better overall in almost every aspect ngl (except overall story i...
Agreed
It's almost perfect barring the plot
slate thorn
The story is fine, I feel like they really put more emphasis on the individual characters and interactions, a lot more than in the first game, which makes up for it for me
jovial wolf
neon scroll
"Open world action rpg" - already lost me within the first minute
Everyone in this game has Bethesda face syndrome in this
And it's not even Bethesda
glass knot
It's almost perfect barring the plot
Yeah it lacks a lot of impact to me even with the updated ending
but i do feel the individual character interactions are better too yeah
just overall plot is kinda meh
dusty imp
"Open world action rpg" - already lost me within the first minute <:vivikek:482...
i mean being open world is the most natural progression of the fable morality system
if it makes sense for any series to go open world
anyway,
new double fine baybee
keeper only came out last year
this is so rare coded lmao
dusty imp
https://x.com/i/status/2014331019097219569
this does reveal a bit about the gameplay
it does seem like a moba with creeps and stuff
also only 3v3 which is surprising given how big the maps looked in the trailer (start timer for people complaining about duos)
also seems more loadout based like apex rather than a proper hero shooter
tldr; its basically battleborn
nice little throwback there
theres also an achievement for winning a match in 10 minutes, not sure what to make of that
glass knot
Haseul with the green arm like Mel
Oh yeah I didn't get to Haseul yet but was having fun exploring stuff w Yerim and Jinsoul
celest haven
You gotta show me how that's coming along
glass knot
trio sketch for now
neon scroll
Jinsoul looks best, but they're all pretty good
glass knot
Yeah Jinsoul's my favorite the armor just fits in with the idea really well
either way this is just me having fun for now, I'll gather reference and have them in some cool poses and think about their outfits and stuff
slate thorn
Yooo crazy!!!!
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latent mantle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWw-UENvdTw
Nice, they have Daikoku-Futo
stable stratus
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atp fortnite would throw anything into their game
https://x.com/i/status/2014705094760051175
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dusty imp
what do you mean atp, this has been their business model for like
also, back to highguard
why is it launching on a monday in january lol
i get that january is usually pretty dry of game releases
but still
neon scroll
Why is anything with this game, honestly
dusty imp
i just think theyre saving the marketing money for around the launch day
most of AAA(and hollywood) budget is in marketing
good way to save money as a relatively small studio
glass knot
tbf the complete silence can also be a marketing gimmick because people keep talking about it
neon scroll
I do wonder if they didn't pay for their ad slot at all or just not the premium for final reveal
dusty imp
i dont think there is a premium for the final reveal
neon scroll
tbf the complete silence can also be a marketing gimmick because people keep tal...
But ALL the talk is negative... so they better deliver the best game ever
dusty imp
geoff(and the team) probably pick it every year
expectations are as low as possible for highguard
glass knot
But ALL the talk is negative... so they better deliver the best game ever
i mean i don't think they can convince anyone that it's not garbage without just having the game out
dusty imp
if they can clear the bar of not being completely unfun theyll probably do ok
glass knot
complete radio silence making people do free marketing for this like "hey its releasing soon"
"hey that game is out soon and there's no marketing"
neon scroll
Their one saving grace is being F2P I guess. So people will actually try it unlike, you know, Concord
glass knot
ur doing the marketing bro
dusty imp
thats definitely a hyperonline gamer thing
most people have probably never heard of it which is bad for them
glass knot
they'll hear of it on release day when everyone's trying this out to see the trainwreck
neon scroll
thats definitely a hyperonline gamer thing
To be fair, that sorta is the target audience for live service slop
glass knot
or potential trainwreck i guess
it could be fun
who the hell knows
every streamer will be lining up to try this out on release
neon scroll
who the hell knows
No one, apparently
No review codes either it seems
Speaking of games that just kinda drop, FO3 AND NV are scheduled to shadow drop whenever Bethesda deems fit
Could be today for all we know
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dusty imp
i just think theyre saving the marketing money for around the launch day
yup
wtf is 10 pst
this is truly a game for the unemployed
i guess they anticipate a lot of patching lol
I shouldve thought about how the devs probably also need normal work hours
makes a lot of sense actually
neon scroll
I don't think that applies to launch day, lol
stable stratus
hype died down
dusty imp
hype died down
i thought the whole thing was that there was no hype
apparently a lot of americans are expecting to be stuck at home due a snowstorm this week so i guess they lucked out lol
placid otter
slate thorn
Chav haircut
placid otter
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Supposed to be the next info and next main trailer for the movie
https://www.youtube.com/live/_2YywtBYAaw
placid otter
like 150 content creators doing a pvp event in osrs in 40mins hype 
roadmap reveal after
placid otter
after 20hours finally got my first win || just the surface area though, havent beaten chronos, but did reach him twice just to get 1 shot without understanding why ||
hades 2 so hard
celest haven
Pushing through the surface is worth it for || Ben Starr ||
placid otter
idk i just assumed i needed to do surface first before underground as they keep hinting me to go up first. also couldnt figure out a chronos attack assumed cant do it without surface first
placid otter
minibosses def harder, but otherwise i find the underworld harder in later lvls
glass knot
underworld may have some visibility issues sometimes
and chronos fight has some of that too
placid otter
underworld may have some visibility issues sometimes
using the skull weapons made this very noticable. actually cannot see anything.
also some animations of monsters happen together with the damage taken so cannot react either for melee weapons.
many issues, but def an amazing game
X
now we wait for the EU to dissapoint us
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placid otter
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dusty imp
highguard seems interesting
the maps are kinda of modular depending on what you pick
its actually quite rainbow six seigey
but once you get to the castle it turns into cs/valorant
this is way too complicated
this is gonna be such a sweaty game
matches are 8 to 30 mins depending on matchup lol
same monetisation as league
yhtsi
the yt comments are so funny
"its gonna flop cause they use anti-cheat"
holyshit the video is addressing live service fatigue
thats brave
neon scroll
None of this matters, really, What about character design
dusty imp
its alright
id say its as good as apex
the setting is interesting but there doesnt seem to be any kind of campaign yet
all the female characters are buff mommys so expect to see that discourse
wide sentinel
Was to expect
Also the game award host tweeting yesterday "i expect your apology tomorrow" guess we can expect his instead.
dusty imp
its a 3 hour old game lol
wide sentinel
It's now overwhelmingly negative with 5k reviews
Tbf i expected it to be overhated by the titanfall fanboys but what i read is kinda funny
dusty imp
yeah the negative reviews are pretty funny
it seems like they just planned on shadow dropping it but then geoff gave them the tga slot
i guess thats a good mentality to have
launching with just 3v3 is probably a way to protect against low player counts
itll be interesting to see where this goes
slate thorn
From what I've seen the game seems like it has an identity crisis
It's like trying to push 10 different games into a single 10 minute 3v3 match
dusty imp
im having fun, itll probably stop being fun once people figure out how to play it
its weird that they thought "the part in a br when you land and open chests looking for loot" would be a compelling part of the gamemode. they should add creeps or something to address that
the CTF and raid parts are pretty good though
glass knot
"its gonna flop cause they use anti-cheat"
the same talk abt kernel anticheat comes up everytime
stable stratus
botted game confirm
glass knot
only really hype for re9 coming up
stable stratus
RE9 is looking very promising to end off a trilogy
Veronica is rumoured to be next to be on their remake
neon scroll
Trilogy? It's RE9, not 3
neon scroll
I'm still not really all that interested in that one. It looks... idk.. sterile I guess?
placid otter
def a wait and see
dusty imp
not sure the story is gonna be
depends on how much of the OG announcement trailers are still in the game
placid otter
oh lol code vein 2 is in 3 days and have heard nothing of it either. not from the game itself nor of ppl discussing it unlike highguard
dusty imp
ive seen a lot of people in the souls community playing the first game for the first time
but no ads or anything
placid otter
febr releases are mainly nioh3, high on life 2 and resident evil stuff
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neon scroll
Realistically I have FMVs to play for the next few months, idk what game will be interesting enough for me to spend 80 bucks on it
Probably gonna do STS2 EA I guess
placid otter
ill just continue going through my backlog slowly
also started playing plateup! with friends recently
dusty imp
the hanzo/recon character keeps saying baddies every other voiceline its hilarious
they need to fix the % acivation on these lmao
placid otter
atleast it is free
dusty imp
meanwhile midseye
in conclusion: its refreshing to have a AAA(ish) game thats actually less than 20gb
neon scroll
Isn't it more of an AA? idk what kinda budget they've had
stable stratus
slate thorn
Apparently Highguard is secretly running the game at a lower resolution even when you have the resolution maxed out
wide sentinel
@placid otter
placid otter
yeah already seen it was discussing it in clan server. it is very expensive
slate thorn
Sick keycaps
placid otter
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neon scroll
sf6 gooner carry
Never underestimate the gooners
stable stratus
RE9 coming up and apperantly capcom went all in with the launch events in several cities ^^
glass knot
yeah the only big problem capcom has is performance on their big more open games lol
and, well, their eSports division trying to kill street fighter competitively
that's a big issue
as they made the Capcom World Tour finals PPV, you can't stream it, and you can only make content about it a week after
stable stratus
that's actually sucks
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glass knot
wondering if crimson desert will be fun
gameplay looks fun anyway
it looks really weird to me because it legit just looks like an expanded black desert, it has the weird mmo quality to it
sure it's the same company but it having the bdo energy when it's a single player game it's funny
only thing missing is character customization 😔
neon scroll
it looks really weird to me because it legit just looks like an expanded black d...
I mean... given that it was supposed to be just that for half of its dev cycle that's not particularly surprising
neon scroll
only thing missing is character customization 😔
I haven't really looked that deep into it, surely that's still there
glass knot
nope it just has a guy mc
glass knot
I mean... given that it was supposed to be just that for half of its dev cycle t...
yeah ik but it's still funny to look at it
and be like "wait this is just black desert"
it hits my brain funny
neon scroll
nope it just has a guy mc
poop, that was their one outstanding feature
glass knot
iirc this game just has a protag named kliff or whatever
neon scroll
meh
stable stratus
a very normal silksong player
https://fxtwitter.com/the_king_pale/status/2016131779820679608
glass knot
that's very much not silksong
dusty imp
yeah thats the pale king
oak ruin
this is the real very normal silksong https://fixupx.com/bluegoesfast/status/2008290384858812498
dusty imp
thats not even the wild part now
oak ruin
hit me
dusty imp
you currently have to do 3 successive voltpogos with the snare setter in bilewater
oak ruin
i've been not watching for a while now 
dusty imp
it lets you skip groal
this is in TE
in any% its weird cause they still have no idea which route is actually faster
dusty imp
it lets you skip groal
the thing is that it means you now have to route in shell shards
oak ruin
it lets you skip groal
any TE runner vod I could check that already ran this?
dusty imp
theres also a bunch of cocoon skips being routed in
uhh ill find the clip from blues stream yesterday
oak ruin
oh is blue actually running that route now
oak ruin
think last i watched was the old old route, the volt, before he started learning the new ones
oak ruin
oh damn that's crazy
rip groal the great gimmick chatter no more surviving his gauntlet
dusty imp
you cant pogo them normally, but you can use snare setter, which is similar to shaman crest bind
actually the biggest rip goes to flea brew
oak ruin
you cant pogo them normally, but you can use snare setter, which is similar to s...
ooh that's why i the pogo looks different, thought it was a different crest
placid otter
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fair elbow
Doesn't Valve let the game devs/publishers set their own prices?
That's why freaking Call of Duty 1, which was released 23 years ago btw, still costs $20
slate thorn
It probably refers prices for publishers / devs
Not consumers
Like how much they have to pay to have their game on Steam and the money Steam takes as a cut from sales
pearl cobalt
"The gaming giant is being accused of abusing its market dominance by imposing restrictive terms on game publishers and locking players into using Steam, the world's largest distribution platform for PC gaming."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g1md0l23o
fair elbow
Apparently, this is the same law firm that tried to sue Sony for the same thing
placid otter
colleague just bought a 5090 for 5k. i might have to go buy that 5070 for 700 before it goes up
pearl cobalt
holy shnikes
dusty imp
millions of 00s kids falling to their knees rn
wide sentinel
G10 
slate thorn
colleague just bought a 5090 for 5k. i might have to go buy that 5070 for 700 be...
5070 is so not worth it as long as the RX 9070 exists
placid otter
similar price iguess they havent skyrocketed
placid otter
hoped to wait for next gen, but kinda tempted to get one.
need to solve this ram issue first...
placid otter
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neon scroll
glass knot
mhwild patch made the game rly stable now
glass knot
this game really is just black desert 2 masquerading as a single player game
the lighting engine is so funny its just like bdo
wide sentinel
this game really is just black desert 2 masquerading as a single player game
that's exactly how i feel about it
glass knot
everything about this game has been a single player mmo
its really funny
they'll have 3 playable characters and they're clearly just different classes they had mostly ready probably
if its fun its cool but as i played a lot of bdo im just like damn thats bdo 
placid otter
wow nice
glass knot
this build is kinda memes it's too easy lol
placid otter
i just got my first underworld win earlier. surface night 40 and underworld night 41
so many heroics damn
glass knot
circe aspect + storm ring is a bit too strong
glass knot
i just got my first underworld win earlier. surface night 40 and underworld nigh...
nice
glass knot
so many heroics damn
just 2, first one is just fully upgraded weapon
zeus n hestia were epic but since i got their keepsake fully leveled up i could enhance them to heroic
still the most damage was storm ring lol
and ig the hestia boon since it adds dmg to cast too
placid otter
nice, i just been leveling the keepsakes 1 by 1 while having judgement arcana actice now.
feels like cast are ussualy the strongest
or uh special not cast
special on some weapons is so strong
glass knot
yeah
cast it really depends. zeus one is usually op
specially with aspect of circe since that makes ur pet companion also use a cast
weapons i fear i just haven't rly used different ones that much lmao i legit just used twin blades 90% of the time
also unlocked a secret aspect for it recently so i wanna do a fun run using that
placid otter
i just use whichever weapon has that small buff
glass knot
i mostly ignored that ngl LOL i just liked the daggers a lot and that was what i used
but I'll start trying different ones
glass knot
mhwild patch made the game rly stable now
@celest haven if you had problems w stuttering before this should basically have solved it, 1% lows are muuuch better, the game feels pretty smooth overall
hope they keep optimizing so that's not looming over the game when they release the big dlc
placid otter
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slate thorn
That's a lot of copies
celest haven
<@169311449217236992> if you had problems w stuttering before this should basica...
LETS FUCKING GOOOO
Time to uninstall BG3 and make some space
MHW here i come
glass knot
hopefully runs well there
for me it runs pretty ok at 1080p but my machine's also not that great lol
celest haven
Hoping for the best, my machine's pretty strong barring the GPU
Not that the 3060ti is bad by any means, but i'd definitely be better off with some more VRAM...
Especially sucks for work
glass knot
they optimized ram usage a lot too so u should be fine at 8gig
glass knot
it's a great game, there's some stuff from world I miss (mostly the housing, i think that was really cool) but overall the gameplay is just great
celest haven
They heard about the FF14 housing crisis and said we don't want any of that
glass knot
speaking of they got that ff14 collab
celest haven
RIIIGHT
celest haven
The chance is extremely slim but i'd kill for them to run a collab back with Horizon
Love those games and the World collab was sick
glass knot
that would be sick
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neon scroll
Only took them a whole year
Really doesn't deserve any praise tbh
Like yay, you finally achieved the bare minimum of not running like ass
wide sentinel
i was thinking on re-downloading tbf
jovial wolf
Nioh 3 demo is fun
glass knot
Really doesn't deserve any praise tbh
hey fixing the game on pc does deserve a bit of praise because at least they did it it shouldn't have released on pc in that messy state but they did work to fix it
when not even that can be taken for granted these days lol
now it's up to capcom to not release shit in that state again
RE9 will probably run great as that's a classic small corridor RE engine game so I'm hyped for it
wide sentinel
RE9 will probably run great as that's a classic small corridor RE engine game so...
Only game i'm looking forward to currently to release
glass knot
game quality wise Capcom has probably been the best dev to like recently lol
aside from mh and dragons dogma wacky performance everything has been really good
wide sentinel
tbf Dragon's Dogma 2 has been fine on launch for me and my entire playthrough
only downside i face is decisions they made to the game, like a campbag to use or an inn (that allows to replenish the health lost "grey" bit, that in previous game could just be recovered due to taking a health potion) and many other choices that is just way too tedious like fast travel crystals not remaining where they are once going in NG+ having to just travel on foot to these points to replace the crystals lol
wide sentinel
welp
yea imo, you are way better off playing DD 1 then 2
i find the map too big in the 2nd for how tedious it is to travel around
neon scroll
I mean genuinely, without the terrible marketing decisions they would probably be fine, but when everyone wants to hate your game already pre launch you can only lose
glass knot
blaming geoff
dusty imp
im just enjoying all the "concord 2"ing
bro where were you for redfall and mindseye and hyenas and xdefiant
at least highguard is from a small company so theyre less likely to instantly implode
neon scroll
at least highguard is from a small company so theyre less likely to instantly im...
They might NMS it if they can sustain themselves, but who knows, really
dusty imp
the game is pretty unique so i think itll eventually find its audience, the loop is far too complicated for it to ever have mass casual appeal
which is where the issue of having league style monetisation is confusing, but thats a problem for them to figure out
i was able to get a pretty decent amount of both currencies just by playing for about 5 hours, but idk how much thats tied to all of the beginner quests
also, for the meme:
there are mounts in this game, which means cosmetics
you can in fact buy horse armour
dusty imp
lol
the game did seem like it was built around the 3v3
the biggest problem is that if someone quits a 2v3 is impossible
neon scroll
I feel like it was kinda misguided to start with the "you know what you're doing" competitive mode. 5v5 let's people actually learn shot and if 1-2 derp around it's not as bad
neon scroll
No, that just means they need to test this shit in a live setting first
There's literally no reason to be this actively negative about it, they didn't try to charge you for their game like Concord or Redfall and it actually works as intended
It really from all comments I've seen that are not just there to shit on the game because everyone else is seems to be an accessibility issue. Barrier to entry for new players too high... and everyone is new
placid otter
glass knot
yeah highguard seems okay honestly
its not appealing to me but it seems OK
from what i seen ppl found some ideas here n there interesting but it feels like they're not really ready to launch and need to refine the gameplay loop for it to work better?
which is fine i guess. it's just unfortunate they were the last reveal at tga lmao
dusty imp
they have a bunch of people in narrative roles (including the director of TF1 and 2)
so im just upset there doesnt seem to be any story
minor bolt
so im just upset there doesnt seem to be any story
welcome back titanfall 1
dusty imp
tf1 campaign was truly something
you didnt need xbox gold to play it though which was good for me
stable stratus
minor bolt
that doesnt seem like one that'll win
steam isnt an actual monopoly, it won because people choose it
neon scroll
Shockingly Sweeney supports the lawsuit against his unbeatable competitor
Truly just
minor bolt
i did see something about the people who filed that lawsuit were asked who was funding it and they couldnt answer
wouldnt surprise me if it were sweeney from the start, guy is just assmad his store is terrible
neon scroll
Meanwhile Gabe just sitting there, rolling his eyes
minor bolt
turns out he was right about piracy being a service problem, who knew
neon scroll
People looking at free games on Epic just to turn around and immediately go buy them on Steam is still the funniest shit
minor bolt
honestly i'd do that just to avoid using epic
neon scroll
Real talk though, the only thing I still bother pirating is shit like Paradox games with 10 billion DLCs that just refuse to have 1 "this has all of the stuff" version to buy and in total cost about 500+ bucks
And then put the base version wiithout anything on sale for 2$ and pretend it's cheap now
glass knot
I don't rmemeber if I bought the Hitman Deluxe Edition but I used Peacock to unlock most stuff there bc the game's monetization is weird and confusing
I think I did buy the deluxe one on sale later so that's not needed anymore but I still have peacock installed as that allows me to replay elusive targets and other time-gated events they had
I did also lose my entire freelancer mode progress as I lost my peacock save folder so rip
Hitman is so fun man I'm praying 007 is just as fun
placid otter
oh lol
minor bolt
that just means they're considering deploying it elsewhere lol
iirc the full article says he was concerned about competition from google and anthropic
minor bolt
rip to yet another kickstarter mmo
rustic peak
Nobody couldve seen this one coming
Havent followed this much beside the very obvious scam stuff theyve been selling, but why does a kickstarter mmo have a board of directors?
ebon orchid
dusty imp
will the internet ever figure out that the epstein files is just literally everything that is tangentially related to him and not regards to the island
ive also seen like 20 ridiculous things go viral which are clearly just bogus tips
ebon orchid
will the internet ever figure out that the epstein files is just literally every...
Yeah my reason of posting is that i didn't know he was that involved with transactions
I do not think Bobby personally went to Island due this email alone