Ah, I missed that
#general gaming
quiet swift
I wasn't good enough to beat the first boss without some help, so yeah
But I am amused watching people fight though
https://youtu.be/Jv-D7mdcFn4?t=1515 from the timestamp, the intro... and chat reactions and whatnot 
fresh bane
I thought I wouldn't be good enough to beat Artorias in DS1 but I eventually did it 
bigger numbers also helped a ton...
that's the good thing, it's not like it's a requirement to head into these fights with equal numbers, you can over-prepare to make it easier, usually just bigger numbers after a shit ton of grinding
quiet swift
https://youtu.be/4Zm3nLrt4g4?t=18 and then the actual fighting in this vid
graceful bridge
that's the good thing, it's not like it's a requirement to head into these fight...
I still haven't even figured out how to level up yet.
quiet swift
Yeah the game doesn't explain shit for gearint, stats, and everything important except how to swing and shit in the tutorial
fresh bane
Sounds like you're still pretty early on so you might have not unlocked it
fickle garnet
Elden ring is a really fun game
fresh bane
But yes that's usually one of the things that I criticize about Fromsoft games is that they usually are pretty vague especially on quests and I've harrshly criticized Fromsoft's quest design before and how bad it is but everytime I do Fromsoft fanboys jump at my throat and take turns stabbing me 
mossy flume
I wish games like Elden Ring had a “I can’t play soulslike games” mode.
fresh bane
Well they usually don't have any modes
gaunt marten
You could just cheat
fresh bane
I just wish they were designed better
mossy flume
Well they usually don't have *any* modes <:ppenk:681838745611141137>
That’s exactly the problem haha
fresh bane
I don't wanna sound like I hate these games though, I'm a huge fan
mossy flume
They’re tryhard games and I just can’t deal with them 
fresh bane
I don't mind the no modes thing at all personally
graceful bridge
I wish games like Elden Ring had a “I can’t play soulslike games” mode.
God yes. I'd love this, but anytime I've mentioned it I just get shit on in the comments.
fresh bane
I think it's just a game that you're either into and can play or you're not and you can't play
I don't think a mode would help that
mossy flume
I’m not 15 anymore, so they’re not games that I have the ability to get the skill for
fickle garnet
I love games without difficulty settings
graceful bridge
I mean, plenty of games can scale your abilities vs the NPCs to make it at least easier to survive their bullshit. You still have to learn how to play, but it's not "you died" x12 in a row.
mossy flume
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order is the one game I tolerated because it was an easy take on the souls formula
graceful bridge
I still need to play that.
Then again, my game backlog is huge.
And Rimworld is calling me.
fresh bane
Fromsoft games do do that though, I don't know if dynamically, but they design things in specific ways to progressively be harder later on and of course easier early on
mossy flume
It’s a pretty cool adventure
gaunt marten
The most important difficulty adjusting factor they make available is leveling up your stats and equipment
fresh bane
There's ways to make the game easier but they're not things that require a mode and just various things you can do to make it easier on yourself
graceful bridge
Fromsoft games do do that though, I don't know if dynamically, but they design t...
I just wish there were a sliding scale, so I could dial down the "it hits you three times and you're dead" bit in the beginning.
fresh bane
Well when you're just starting off and you have pretty low stats it's not that uncommon really 
dying often is pretty inevitable in this type of game where it's all based on trial and error and getting better each time
especially early on
quiet swift
Yes, Fallen Order is I think more the skill level you want, Masque. I finished that, and I get the feeling we're about the same level skill/frustration wise
I'm okay with hard fights in games like that. 10 tries, maybe 15 as my upper limit if I see gradual progress
fresh bane
Yeah Fallen Order would probably be more enjoyable
It's a more conventional take on the ''souls formula'', whatever that means at this point
quiet swift
40-50, which is probably what it would take me to beat it... bitch I don't have the lifespan left in me for that
gaunt marten
You should definitely not try a fight 40-50 times
slim thorn
so far I've enjoyed every so-called Soulslike I've played that isn't by FromSoft, including Fallen Order
gaunt marten
After three to ten times, move on and do something else
heady bridge
What I hate about Soulsborne games isn’t that they are difficult or challenging, it’s the fanbase when you admit to struggling and not having the skill set to beat a certain area or boss and all you get as advice is “lol noob” and “git gud”, like that’s real helpful thanks.
quiet swift
ixrec: any recommendations for others to try? (I've recently played Kena which isn't exactly soulslike but some fights can be brutal. Was fun enough)
gaunt marten
Try Blasphemous
slim thorn
well my statement is a bit silly because I've only got two examples in total: Fallen Order and Blasphemous
gaunt marten
It's on a 75% sale right now
slim thorn
but then, there also aren't that many total Soulslikes, assuming a narrow enough meaning of the term that it's still a useful term
heady bridge
Would Salt and Sanctuary count even if it is 2D?
slim thorn
I do see it on the lists google gives me but I've never played it
gaunt marten
Yes but Salt and Sanctuary is too hard
slim thorn
oh derp, Hollow Knight might count
quiet swift
(FYI i also ragequit Hollow Knight )
slim thorn
lol
gaunt marten
I've had my eyes on https://store.steampowered.com/app/1283410/Tails_of_Iron/ but it's still not getting discounted
slim thorn
well Fallen Order is definitely "easier" than Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for whatever that's worth
quiet swift
I did see that too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1731070/Asterigos_Curse_of_the_Stars/ this is a recent release, I tried the demo and I noped out at the first boss
gaunt marten
A lot of people recommend https://store.steampowered.com/app/617290/Remnant_From_the_Ashes/ but I didn't really like it
graceful bridge
Bedtime for me. May try some more frustration Elden Ring tomorrow.
quiet swift
I still wanna try Tunic at some point because 
slim thorn
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1731070/Asterigos_Curse_of_the_Stars/ this i...
I don't see a demo for this, where did you find it?
quiet swift
nextfest only i think
But yeah at this point? I mainly play for the fun and the story. If it's challenging, that can be fun but it can't be the main focus
slim thorn
challenge in gaming is always a weird subject to try and articulate
there's definitely such a thing as "too easy", but man it is much easier to fall into "too hard", and lots of otherwise fun games end up there at least once or twice
quiet swift
It's not like I won't go after it either. Like I said, I went after the heat 32 thing in Hades, and believe me, that shit ain't easy and it took a lot of tries
slim thorn
I was pleasantly surprised that Fallen Order ran fine on my laptop
quiet swift
I wonder if Fallen Order runs on my 'puter
slim thorn
hilarious amounts of texture pop-in, but absolutely no playability issues
basically the ideal graceful degradation
quiet swift
also heads to 
slim thorn
https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/star-wars-jedi-fallen-or...
apparently I meet minimum but not recommended
slim thorn
yeah this sounds about right given how it performed for me
slim thorn
at least for me, the core issue with the whole "challenge" thing is that the game has to be fun the whole time you're playing it
river veldt
Souls games are too hard for me I don't like them
slim thorn
I'd be better be having fun in the first ~10 minutes when I don't know the first thing about fighting yet, or I'm not gonna put any effort into gitting gud at your combat system
fickle garnet
Elden Ring is probably my second favorite game
slim thorn
notice how Hollow Knight and Blasphemous are both Metroidvanias as well as Soulslikes; at least for me the way Metroidvanias do ability progression is excellent at gradually making the combat more complex and challenging without making me confused or bored
and Fallen Order... well honestly it might as well be a 3D Metroidvania, though I don't hear people call it that nearly as often as the others
(though I am very hyped for Nine Sols now, thanks Flitter)
slim thorn
fwiw, when I tried Dark Souls (1), I was having fun in the tutorial level / Asylum, which is part of the reason I kept at it for a dozen or so hours before giving up
river veldt
I could not for the life of me get into Dark Souls
fickle garnet
I really want to finish the game but its so hard
I also wanna 100% Elden Ring
Im so close but the one boss I need to beat keeps kicking my ass
I need 4 more achievements to get the platinum
I think
fresh bane
I don't even know what 'soulslike' even means at this point
slim thorn
heh
fresh bane
how do you even quantify that is just beyond me
that's why I don't bother with 'soulslikes' anymore I just would rather think of the games as their own thing because even fallen order is only a soulslike in a very superficial way
I'd sooner think of blasphemous as a metroidvania than a souls game but I haven't played that one
I think if a person is having trouble with a souls game a guide can 100% make it easier and probably more enjoyable
No shame in it, hell, I personally recommend anyone use a guide because a lot of things are just straight up bullshit and it's good to have some prior knowledge of some things like certain mechanics and all that
slim thorn
Hollow Knight and Blasphemous I see as having a very Soulslike narrative, in that they're both fairly bleak worlds, the story is mostly left for you to discover and infer rather than told directly, and it's unclear whether your actions are really accomplishing anything
fresh bane
I wonder what people who are 'bad' at Souls games would think of Sekiro which is a way more conventional type of game by Fromsoft
slim thorn
Fallen Order I'd say is Soulslike only in the sense that it has slow-ish, deliberate combat revolving around a melee weapon with parry/dodge mechanics, and enemies stronger than you such that you really need to get the dodges and parries right to win, and choose your attacks carefully
fickle garnet
I pretty much only finished Elden Ring because of guides
fresh bane
interesting, I probably wouldn't count it as a soulslike just because I think that term is so superficial at this point but I won't deny that it definitely borrows some elements
especially the bonfire mechanic
slim thorn
I would also agree with that and mostly don't use the term myself when describing these things
fresh bane
I pretty much only finished Elden Ring because of guides
no shame at all, I despise the part of the fromsoft fandom that is like ''if you didn't complete the game 100% finding everything on your own YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY BEAT THE GAME!!!11111''
slim thorn
but at least for those three games, I see why people keep saying it; they are referring to something real and substantial
fickle garnet
no shame at all, I despise the part of the fromsoft fandom that is like ''if you...
Yeah
fresh bane
This is an especially apparent problem when it comes to questlines and the story
fickle garnet
All that matters is that I had fun
fresh bane
People loooove to pretend that the storytelling and the stories of these games are beautiful but the moment they finish the game they wait patiently for VaatiVidya to dump all his interpretation of the lore unto them
or go into forums and threads to read what people are saying the story is
slim thorn
incidentally, I do think Hollow Knight is hands down the best example of this kind of storytelling I've played, because you actually do get a complete and satisfying story out of it if you've been paying attention and exploring enough to put all the clues together
granted, I'm much less familiar with the details of the Dark Souls plot since I couldn't even get through those games, but I do think HK beats Blasphemous in this regard
river veldt
Who knows, maybe I just need to find a soulslike game I like. I thought I didn't like Metroidvanias but now Metroid Dread is one of my favourite games ever
slim thorn
(and of course Fallen Order has a more traditional narrative so it's not relevant here)
fickle garnet
I do think they did the Elden Ring story well
You just have to piece together the story yourself
slim thorn
IMO that narrative style is the best thing to come out of the whole "Soulslike" craze
fickle garnet
Yeah
slim thorn
(in part because things like "combat where dodging/parrying are crucial" was already commonplace 
)
fresh bane
That's exactly what I mean though
There's that section of people that are so smug about knowing the entire story and praise the storytelling so much yet they never really piece it together they just watch lore videos and stuff
I appreciate the unique minimalist approach to storytelling, it isn't done much if at all in many games
You get big setpieces and lore dumps for the big moments, mostly the intro and end
the rest is all just hey this is the world, we're not gonna explain much but you can figure out what's going on if you run around and die a few times
off you go [pats you on the back]
slim thorn
and part of the reason I like that minimalist narrative style is that it's one uniquely well suited to an interactive medium like video games: you only get all the clues if you do all the things that reveal more clues
fresh bane
A lot of people, mostly the people who hate on the souls games for being too hard or confusing etc, also hate on the way the story is told because they say they don't get it and it's dumb and they wish it had a normal story, I feel like a conventional way of telling a story would severely worsen the experience of a souls game
slim thorn
the multiple endings in Hollow Knight and Blasphemous being pretty clear cases; there are entire subplots, characters and backstories you simply never hear about if you don't do any of the "true" ending requirements
fresh bane
at the same time I also believe it's super easy for a person to just turn their brains off and not realize what's happening
that's what happened to me with ds2
to this day, I still have no clue what that game is about 
river veldt
Mario
slim thorn
is not a Soulslike
river veldt
Are you sure
slim thorn
yup
river veldt
Is Doom a soulslike
slim thorn
not in any of the ways I've seen that term used so far
fickle garnet
No
river veldt
Is Minecraft a soulslike
fickle garnet
No
cerulean herald
Is elder ring souls like /s
slim thorn
I think all we've established is that you're not currently fixated on a soulslike
not that I think trying one should be a huge priority or anything
river veldt
I've tried Hollow Knight and Dark Souls 1
slim thorn
you've still got a few dozen Metroidvanias that are likely safer bets, for starters
river veldt
I wanna play Zero Mission and Fusion sometime
slim thorn
ok, if HK didn't do it for you then that's a pretty solid result
fickle garnet
I'd say Elden Ring would be the best souls game to start with
river veldt
ok, if HK didn't do it for you then that's a pretty solid result
What do you mean
slim thorn
you suggested that you just don't like Soulslikes
I hadn't realized you'd tried HK when I first responded to that
river veldt
Ah
river veldt
Who
fresh bane
Grey DeLisle
river veldt
Who
fresh bane
Grey DeLisle 
river veldt
Who
fresh bane
🦉
river veldt
Owloicious
fresh bane
''Nevermind my military uniform, my M16 and silencer pistol by my side, my bandana and eyepatch and my suspicious looking arm pads with military symbols on them.... I'm just a photographer''
rugged flax
Grey is Daphne from Scooby Doo
fresh bane
Grey is every character you ever saw in cartoons from your childhood
fresh bane
river veldt
Wow she voiced Ice Queen
rugged flax
She did voices for Doom 3, Cap.
river veldt
Oh cool
fresh bane
I find it funny how sometimes when a character is foreign and also speaks english they always make sure to have that character say like one or two words in their native language everytime they speak
we don't.... we don't do that...
it's like the writer is telling you ''HEY! don't forget, she's foreign! 
get it? she says mi viejo instead of my dad!''
it's almost always told by a VA that clearly doesn't speak the native language too so it's extra funny
I caught that Tara Strong and Grey DeLisle pronounce Costa Rica with a very american accent, very light R sound, in spanish it's more like Costa Rrica
minor plover
it's like the writer is telling you ''HEY! don't forget, she's foreign! <:rarity...
also true of someone having, say, a southern accent. Like, they'll work in a "y'all" or "bless your heart" every conversation regardless of how weird they have to make the dialogue in order to do it.
chilly mural
yooooo she did the voice for Yumi in hai hai puffy ami yumi
cerulean herald
Sometimes I forget just how many rules VAs can do 
fresh bane
Wow this HD mod for the PSP version really makes things look super crisp
If only I had a 60 fps mod 
Seriously PW runs at 20 fps how did I EVER play this game before as a kid?
Remember kids
gaunt marten
It worked! https://i.imgur.com/pK37OWl.png
I unified Japan, then slowly worked on dismantling Ming until I was able to sweep the rug from under them
Now I'm Japan and China
All I need to do next is actually unify China
hasty patio
Helped to cause the Mingxplosion. Congrats. Remember to accept the local culture for tax and manpower boosts.
gaunt marten
Yeah, I think I'm gonna end this game right here and start a new one later
hasty patio
The only thing I wouldn't have done is claim the Mandate until you at least had the three cities that give the most points for it. Otherwise, it's a rolling snowball of bad things.
Still, GG on that. I haven't fully done that yet in my attempts, but both had a Ming that didn't explode and one bad series of fights.
gaunt marten
Yeah I had to try out the new CB and figure out what it does
Turns out, it makes you China! But you still need to hold Beijing, Canton and Nanjing
hasty patio
You don't have to, but it helps a lot, which also makes it easier to fight against them on the flip side.
gaunt marten
Well else it implodes
I was quickly losing mandate with no easy way to recover it
Shame the achievement requires you not to just steal the mandate of heaven, but to actually unify China to get it
hasty patio
I think you can do it next run with the info you have now.
gaunt marten
Well I'm gonna do something else
hasty patio
Good luck and have fun.
quiet swift
https://www.pcgamer.com/chloe-grace-moretz-is-becoming-a-pc-gamer-asks-for-build-help-on-twitter/ neat seeing what answers she got and what she's replied to
grim stirrup
A lot of people recommend https://store.steampowered.com/app/617290/Remnant_From...
i played this with friends when it was free on epic, its really fun in a party, i didn't find soloing it to be as fun though
we completed it once then kept trying to complete it on hardcore more because why not, but we kept getting like 3/4 of the way through the game, getting greedy and trying to do a skip then dying
my only reall problems with it are that since its partially roguelike it can be annoying to plan builds since you may not get what you want to drop + if you play in a 4 stack you really feel if a player isn't pulling their weight
quiet swift
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627720/Lies_of_P/ ah, right. This was the game that looked interesting too
grim stirrup
that thing is either going to just be weirdly good, or utter garbage
i hope its good because i'm always down for soulslikes
quiet swift
What about the more recent release, Steel Rising? I saw it's mixed because of performance issues
Ah up to mostly positive now
grim stirrup
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1731070/Asterigos_Curse_of_the_Stars/ this i...
the only super recent one thats released i'm considering getting is this one, but i'm waiting for a bigger sale
quiet swift
Ah, still performance issues it seems....
eyes the description of this city builder
"A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors."
grim stirrup
tunic was fun and kinna fits the genre
quiet swift
I want tunic! Because fox.
grim stirrup
https://store.steampowered.com/app/678960/CODE_VEIN/ this thing was really really fun until its version of anor londo lasted the length of 4 zones , though i played it on games pass so i dunno if i'd pay anywhere near its current price
mossy flume
Tunic is good
quiet swift
grabby hands in Tunics direction
Oh hey that city builder has a demo https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
Hm, or not? seems to just redirect to the main game page. Must've been during next fest
wind stump
savage
static bluff
thorny loom
Sad
quiet swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N1j1nDVvtE interesting. Some ex leads from blizz recently had a chat with folks and talk about what happened to Blizz North and how acti affected them.
(ah, good old demonic bobby thumbnail)
wind stump
amongus
icy crescent
river veldt
slim thorn
welp, I've never heard of this game
uneven epoch
i do not play these guess games, but my general understandin is to thread carefully with spoilers, @rough sleet. so, for sake of others just use spoiler bars next time
rough sleet
wind stump
comedy
the fact this thing can still random crit from the front is a war crime
fren 
quiet swift
I don't even play it, but a youtuber I watch fairly often plays it and other games like it a lot
With the newsletter sub thing activated, which you can undo on the page right after
teal sonnet
LOL https://www.pcgamer.com/gotham-knights-first-big-patch-removes-denuvo/
is this game
even multiplayer
to add this piece of fucking shit of thing?
river veldt
Yes it is
fresh bane
LOL https://www.pcgamer.com/gotham-knights-first-big-patch-removes-denuvo/
wut...
mossy flume
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1586002385281122306
Yikes.
I'm amazed that this whole thing just keeps getting worse
How does she do this
One would have to work at this to maintain this steady burn for this long
inland fulcrum
Atleast It can't keep getting worse
inland fulcrum
We all do but it's just easier to demy that
fresh bane
I also remember hearing from the Jimquisition video that some people found Hellena seems to follow bigots and has said not so nice things about trans people before 
I have no clue if all that is true but just to you know, add more fuel to the fire I guess
light gate
How does she do this
It doesn’t seem intentional.
Probably lack of knowledge of the charity, and probably she just wants to be in good terms now from her fuck up.
Unfortunately, Twitter users are vultures.
fresh bane
It unfortunately seems that's not the case
light gate
WELL NEVERMIND 💀
Alright probably time to distance from this, since that’s slapping rule 2 harder.
mossy flume
oh boy
slim thorn
I was ready to say something if it went 1 or 2 more steps
but that clarification was worthwhile
light gate
I don’t need to see anymore, I was trying to have some hope lmao.
visual hill
it's Super Rub A Dub 🦆
visual hill
***If only I had a 60 fps mod*** <:sweetiegrump:667949401343524883>
there is one (there's also a 30 FPS mod), but you need to disable it in certain parts of the game
the PS3 port of Peace Walker (part of HD Collection) also runs at 60 FPS, but you need a beefy PC to emulate it
it seems that in general, if your PC can do it (or you have a PS3 around), the HD Collection is a good bet for MGS2 and 3
as a Reddit comment says:
PS3 has better quality, but PS2 has skateboarding and Ape Escape. Tough call
fresh bane
yeah but alas no ps3 or controller to comfortably play...
I could try but I don't think my pc can handle a ps3 emulator
visual hill
or maybe play both at the same time 
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpcs3/comments/gg2zon/did_i_just_run_both_mgs3_on_ps2_and_ps3_emulator/
visual hill
I could try but I don't think my pc can handle a ps3 emulator
yeah, these games are pretty demanding in emulators, especially MGS3
not MGS4 level (which gives 2022's top-end CPUs a workout) but it gets close
fresh bane
oh my god my pc would kill me if I put her through that 
I tried playing it on ps2 and it ran so slow
I tried emulating MGS2 as well and it also ran slow
PC port runs fine though
I have it on GOG
visual hill
PC port seems to be fine with V's patch from what I read
you're not missing out too much by using a patched PC version instead of PS3, the differences are subtle to be fair
fresh bane
yeah for MGS2 I'll stick with PC it runs well enough, I'm just bad at it
I didn't install any patch though 
visual hill
PC version can also use a third-person camera mod since recently
it does make the game easier though, as expected
visual hill
it's made by someone working at Kaspersky (antivirus), so they are pretty good at doing this kind of reverse engineering
on an unrelated note, I finished GoldenEye earlier this week
visual hill
me too
1964GEPD is a nice way to play it on PC, you get full mouse support and 60 FPS
fresh bane
btw dunno if anyone was talking about this but BAYONETTA 3 BABY!
I've been watching a streamer I like play it and it's so awesome so far
dance dance dance
slim thorn
well, good thing I figured out how to buy games through my Switch's e-shop
not sure if I'm in the mood for it this weekend
visual hill
game is said to have technical issues, wait for patches probably
gaunt marten
Next, figure out how to pirate games on the Switch
quiet swift
I actually seem to have the first two bayonetta games in my library but never played them... should get around to that
gaunt marten
My sister uses Tinfoil to pirate a ton of really bad Japanese VNs
quiet swift
(hm, maybe just the first it seems)
gaunt marten
Her favorite is an among us themed one
wind stump
why does your sister play bad VNs
gaunt marten
She's a Japanophile
grim stirrup
playing bad games is also fun 
gaunt marten
If it's fun it's not bad
fresh bane
I'll probably sooner play Bayo 3 through an upcoming Switch emulator before I actually pay for a switch and buy the game
If only it released on PC too 
Sorry Platinum but your game is stuck in the switch jail
river veldt
Bayonetta 3 is topping the sales charts on the eshop
fresh bane
As it should!!!
dire gate
Internet works as always
"Oh no VA pay small boycott game" quickly to "We buy this game to support people and fuck you Hellena"
slim thorn
dire gate
Isn't Bayo Bi
slim thorn
so I've played Bayonetta 1 and 2
AFAIK the games never address it, and she never displays clear romantic or sexual interest in another character. She never stops putting on a show for the camera, which I suppose is sexualizing herself (so much to unpack there), but that's as far as I ever saw it go.
However, most of the plot of Bayonetta 2 is about her literally breaking into Hell in order to bring back the soul of her best friend who is also a woman.
river veldt
Every game I've played has had LGBTQ+ in it, this is by design
slim thorn
so, you know, there's shipfuel there
river veldt
_However_, most of the plot of Bayonetta 2 is about her literally breaking into ...
hmmmmmmmmm
dire gate
Every game I've played has had LGBTQ+ in it, this is by design
I'm not sure about LGBTQ+ in Mario
river veldt
Rosalina is a lesbian what are you talking about
wind stump
god i totally forgot about the Helena thing and was wondering why people would be happy with Bayo 3 selling well
slim thorn
_However_, most of the plot of Bayonetta 2 is about her literally breaking into ...
also they just kinda look awesome together:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/7c/10/337c103a111981bd5b085feaff54feff.jpg
(I know this is fanart but I don't have a pile of relevant ship-screencaps handy and my Switch is in a drawer somewhere and I suck at the game anyway so there)
river veldt
I also accept ace Rosalina
gaunt marten
I'm not biased
wind stump
i only accept rosalina x luma
dire gate
I think you're more like "I make LGBTQ+ headcanon to games I played because I like it"
Except some of those with actual canon
river veldt
lol sure
river veldt
Doomguy is canonically ace
And Samus is lesbian because all giant women are lesbians (this is true Tale told me)
chilly mural
slim thorn
I'm almost more excited to hear Tale's reactions to Bayonetta 3 than to play it myself
river veldt
*Other M is a canon, unfortunately*
It's noncanon in my heart
chilly mural
the baby
wind stump
you can remove the m from mother but you can't remove samus' trauma
river veldt
I know a new Metroid came out literally last year but I need more
slim thorn
welcome to being a Metroid fan
wind stump
I WANT A NEW F-ZERO
slim thorn
but also you've got like 5 more existing Metroid games to play lol
gaunt marten
Canonicity is a matter of consensus
wind stump
gaunt marten
There's no consensus on Other M, therefore it's not canon
dire gate
I imagined a funny moment when they create a GOTY level Metroid game but the last line of Samus is "I miss Adam"
river veldt
but also you've got like 5 more existing Metroid games to play lol
I don't know how to emulate on my puter
I wanna play Zero Mission and Fusion so bad
dire gate
And people fight if the story should be canon or not
wind stump
but also you've got like 5 more existing Metroid games to play lol
does that include AM2R or has Nintendo C&D'd that into irrelevance?
slim thorn
as in, how to download VisualBoyAdvance and a ZM or Fusion rom?
chilly mural
slim thorn
you google the things and download them and drag one onto the other
river veldt
Hmmmmmm
slim thorn
it's exactly as easy as it sounds, I'm not hiding some secret programmer arcana
slim thorn
behold my incredibly high-tech Fire Emblem emulation setup:
wind stump
there's a bit more if you want to use a controller but really that's just remapping the GBA controls
river veldt
Do you think Din Djarin and Metroid Samus would be friends
They both are bounty hunters from warrior races who protect a little green alien like it was their child
Single father and single mother
slim thorn
probably, they're both bounty hunters from mostly extinct cultures with enough of an altruistic streak to save creatures they don't need to save just to earn their paychecks
river veldt
Yes
I can't wait to see more single dad season 3
Why does the visualboyadvance website look like this
slim thorn
because it doesn't care what we think the website looks like
chilly mural
it's to keep the nintencops away
mossy flume
That site hasn’t been updated since like 2007.
mossy flume
VBA is also a deprecated emulator these days
slim thorn
oh, is there a better one I'm supposed to be using?
quiet swift
https://www.twitch.tv/tchernobogg back to FF7 remake. Cloud looks lovely in a dress. 
slim thorn
gtk
chilly mural
I just use whatever is put on retroarch lol
river veldt
Where do I get roms
uneven epoch
i use cdromance, personally
river veldt
I don't want to download a virus
slim thorn
"various sites" 
mossy flume
My sources are invite only and I haven’t really looked around in public sites in ages
river veldt
Aghhh
slim thorn
https://vimm.net/vault/GBA is the last site where I personally managed to find what I was looking for, but I've never done any kind of serious audit on all the rom hosting sites out there these days
uneven epoch
i use cdromance, personally
https://cdromance.com/ for ds, gba n gbc stuff
slim thorn
that's probably enough options lol
uneven epoch
it gets trickier if u want things lile psp but, with enough determination n googlin, ya know
river veldt
You guys aren't going to get shot by copyright police for sharing these are you
mossy flume
Nah.
chilly mural
Nah
uneven epoch
bold of the police to assume they can catch me
chilly mural
slim thorn
IIRC it's technically legal to download roms for games you already own
mossy flume
Yep.
slim thorn
but also, no one cares lol
mossy flume
Well more specifically that legal precedent is messy and nobody really cares to settle it.
uneven epoch
noone cares about stuff like this mario 
itd b different if you own the site, but usin it?
mossy flume
^
uneven epoch
aint noone got time for that nonsense
river veldt
Okey so now that I have the GBA emulator and the rom what do I do now
chilly mural
Nintendo has tried
mossy flume
Open the emulator, then load the ROM
chilly mural
they've tried....
mossy flume
You may want to extract the ROM from the zip file if needed
uneven epoch
(personally i prefer ds and gba/c on phone for convenience but, what floats ye boat)
visual hill
there's SkyEmu as an up-and-coming alternative to mGBA (not to be confused with Skyline)
river veldt
You may want to extract the ROM from the zip file if needed
Yes I did this
river veldt
It's a black screen
mossy flume
Just that button
river veldt
I downloaded the one Ix told me to
visual hill
<https://vimm.net/vault/GBA> is the last site where I personally managed to find...
this settles the Vim vs Emacs debate
mossy flume
Windows (64-bit, installer .exe)
visual hill
IIRC it's technically legal to download roms for games you already own
actually, no, it's not, not even in the EU
this doesn't count as a private backup copy
slim thorn
huh, okay then
gaunt marten
There are 4 different Windows ones
Just grab the installer 64 bit
Unless you have 7zip, which is more handy
river veldt
It's telling me that my computer is at risk if I run it
visual hill
which site are you on? double-check you're not downloading the emulator from a shady source
mossy flume
Yeah because it's not signed with a cert that Microsoft recommends, you can ignore that warning
slim thorn
(why, in 2022, is there ever a website that doesn't just give you a big "I don't care install the thing" button for the people who don't care about 32 vs 64 bit 
)
river veldt
Yes that's where I am
gaunt marten
It's safe
mossy flume
Microsoft flags a lot of emulators this way these days
visual hill
as for why you're getting a warning, mGBA's Windows release isn't code signed as it costs a significant amount of money to do so
gaunt marten
For some reason they don't have hashes so I can't check
mossy flume
Because they now require an expensive app signing thing
visual hill
(to make things worse, the kind of codesigning that always works (EV) got much more expensive since 2020)
mossy flume
Yay
slim thorn
river veldt
Thankies everypone for putting up with my incompetence
mossy flume
visual hill
open source projects like this are having to deal with that now
at this point, I'd say best way to deal with this is to have a WebAssembly port for your app… also helps for iOS without sideloading
slim thorn
of course now you must learn the buttons, or remap them to whatever you find comfortable
slim thorn
ok, that's a pretty big win over VBA, you've got me there
mossy flume
mGBA is a damn good emulator
hasty patio
I SEE METROID
You're not seeing Metroid. You're seeing the gap between games and it is a void.
mossy flume
It also emulates nearly all special hardware natively
river veldt
How do I see controls Midnight
river veldt
Thank
slim thorn
so did you get ZM or Fusion?
mossy flume
It even supports the e-reader data if you can find it
river veldt
ZM
slim thorn
or maybe that's a topic for #1033785420938477668
gaunt marten
But if you go there I can't find you
mossy flume
You can set this value to make the window as big as you'd like
river veldt
Twitter
dire gate
Ye Hard Drive
they make some quality gaming joke articles
Twitter
Sometimes they are not gaming jokes
fresh bane
_However_, most of the plot of Bayonetta 2 is about her literally breaking into ...
Neither Bayonetta 1 nor 2 ever really make it clear whether Bayonetta and Jeanne are in a relationship though it's a very popular pairing especially when you combine the fact that in the artbook of Bayonetta 1 they have some sketches of Bayo and Jeanne living together because the people working on it thought it'd make for a lot of funny interactions, can't post the art here because Jeanne is in her underwear but there's this one artwork of Bayo ripping the sheets off of Jeanne who is apparently hungover
I don't really like the pairing because I see Bayo and Jeanne as sisters more than lovers, and the new game seems to agree with me on SPOILERS || Bayonetta and Luka being a thing since Viola SEEMS to be their future daughter from another dimension ||
But you know how it is, that's the most popular pairing so people kind of default to Bayo and Jeanne being a thing anyways
I've been revisiting MGS lately though and that's full of gay pairings, hell people ship Big Boss with Ocelot and Kaz and he was canonically attracted and even had the seggs with EVA
the one canon LGBT character in MGS is Strangelove who is explicitly gay for The Boss
river veldt
Do you think Ocelot and Big Boss ever explored each others bodies
fresh bane
I know Big Boss and Kaz have explored each others bodies
this is real, and it's official, and it's canon
river veldt
HOW IS KOJIMA CONFUSED ABOUT PEOPLE THINKING HIS GAMES ARE GAY
fresh bane
This is a totally heterosexual interaction that men normally do in a sauna
shut up it's not gay
shut up
the funny part is how, during the conversation, Kaz and Snake explicitly reference Kaz courting and getting it with a female MSF member, and EVEN THEN, you still think ''oh this guy is TOTALLY gay''
so at least they're all bisexual
river veldt
Haha
fresh bane
I think the only one who is explicitly heterosexual in the entire franchise are Raiden and Meryl lul
I say explicitly because they never had any of these sus interactions, because technically they're all straight without counting Strangelove
but you know, Kojima
river veldt
I need to play the Metal Gear games
fresh bane
There's a lot of em
fresh bane
He's a fascinating creature
river veldt
He truly is
fresh bane
Although remember these are a team effort so Kojumbo is not the only mastermind behind these games
white phoenix
I say explicitly because they never had any of these sus interactions, because t...
have you seen the raiden clips in the mgs3 secret theater lol
true maple
@gaunt marten you're the master of gaming knowledge, are there any good WWI strategy games you are aware of?
gaunt marten
Does Heart of Iron count?
true maple
that's WWII right?
fresh bane
have you seen the raiden clips in the mgs3 secret theater lol
Yup, a while ago
river veldt
Although remember these are a team effort so Kojumbo is not the only mastermind ...
Yes
gaunt marten
Hearts of Iron 4 specifically
true maple
i'm thinking about something limited by the technology of the time
weak river
Although remember these are a team effort so Kojumbo is not the only mastermind ...
Really? Huh.
I always thought that Kojima greenlit, funded, wrote, programmed, packaged, released, shipped, purchased, and played all these games exclusively by himself.
river veldt
Lol
true maple
context: i've been watching The Great War series on youtube and learning about WWI in particular
and i find the particular confluence of technology and politics of the time very fascinating
and i was wondering if there were any games about that period in particular that aren't FPSs
fresh bane
Really? Huh.
I always thought that Kojima greenlit, funded, wrote, programmed, ...
Honestly with all the credit he gives himself all the time with the whole "a game by Hideo Kojima" I wouldn't blame you if you legitimately thought that
gaunt marten
Gimme a bit. I'm taking a walk
true maple
thanks
fresh bane
Kojumbo is the same as george lucas in a way
great interesting ideas but needs a good writer to kind of keep those ideas in check and shape them into something... good
gaunt marten
So what you want is a historically accurate WW1 strategy game. Either real time or turn based
true maple
more or less
river veldt
great interesting ideas but needs a good writer to kind of keep those ideas in c...
Yes but also it's funny to just kind of let him off the leash and see what he does
gaunt marten
Hearts of Iron is right up that alley from my impression, but there's a few more
true maple
i would imagine there would be a strong political element, because the actual war strategy is defense defense defense and also let's spend 100,000 soldiers in one battle and still lose
gaunt marten
Apparently Victoria 2 also has a World War 1 element
fresh bane
Yes but also it's funny to just kind of let him off the leash and see what he do...
Probably not something good honestly
true maple
oh it's paradox, big surprise
fresh bane
to be fair Kojima has had cowriters since forever and some of the best games were co-written by Tomokazu Fukushima
Funny story this is a writer who kind of disappeared after MGS3 I think it was? and to my knowledge hasn't resurfaced so a lot of people legitimately think he got killed by the yakuza
river veldt
O h
gaunt marten
Also try World War 1 by Dark Fox, Commander: The Great War, Commands and Colors the Great War, Sid Meier's Ace Patrol
And don't forget that Steam allows you to explore by tags so you can look for games in the world war 1 tag and the strategy tag
fresh bane
yeah he left during the development of MGS4 and a lot of people didn't really find any trace of the guy so that's the seed of the theory, but I don't know the details of the yakuza theory, might need to look into it a bit further
but it seems he did have some minor roles on smaller games afterwards
so maybe it's all bullshit
that's just a theory!
a metal gear theory 
true maple
And don't forget that Steam allows you to explore by tags so you can look for ga...
thanks, i'll look into them!
wtf steam
gaunt marten
One thing to note
The tags are automatically generated when people tag games so there's a lot of joke ones
But some moderation happens to prevent the worst of it
World War 1 is too grim for me to enjoy games that focus too much on it
true maple
it is pretty grim
true maple
if only i didn't already own 2 copies
river veldt
Lmao right??
true maple
since you know it's been out over a decade
thorny loom
Anniversary dlc is also on sale
gaunt marten
The anniversary edition is not really worth it
true maple
i've been menaing to pick skyrim vr back up on my ps4
it's pretty fun in VR, even though the PSVR is not great visually
river veldt
Hmm maybe I should replay Skyrim
gaunt marten
I have not seen it before
fresh bane
I love the framing of this scene, making Snake look all sinister like that especially when recruiting Chico
For context, Chico is a child soldier/revolucionary in Costa Rica and he just sold out all his buddies' positions after being tortured by CIA and he's understandably pretty shaken up about it, Snake just so happens to have begun his new military organization and Chico looks prime and ready to get indoctrinated recruited into his military group
it's a really cool way to show off Snake's charisma and leadership while also pretty much telling you hey, this guy is starting to be pretty evil/heavily misguided
just starting though
He's still relatively nice here, it's why I love Peace Walker so much, Snake didn't really start to become pretty questionable until MGSV
by the way @visual hill I actually looked up that cheat code for 60 fps for PSP Peace Walker and it's working pretty alright 
the hd textures too
fresh bane
Oh my goodness
Bayo 3 is just pressing all the right buttons for me
ticking all the right boxes 
I want this gam so bad
sage iris
wow valve went all out with this one https://youtu.be/GNVAmbB8hEo
static bluff
Evoland - I think I'm ready to take on the final boss! Here's all my gear and stuff. Blurring it out in case anyone hasn't played it yet and wants to go in blind, which I recommend.
Very good final boss!
Close enough, lol
I think it's really funny that they put the playable characters in the credits. Like, "Best Hero: MrOnosa", etc. I hadn't seen that done before.
wind stump
<@98905210159632384> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gP1BjbJYT8
holy shit lmao
fresh bane
wow valve went all out with this one https://youtu.be/GNVAmbB8hEo
Oh my god Valve please give us another game 
another half life please
sage iris
nope that's just a thing for dota2
fresh bane
weak river
Whoa, there. You know the rule. One Half-Life game every 13 years.
In about 5 years we'll see about starting the hype train for Half-Life Alyx: Episode One
Or Half-Life 2: Episode Two: Episode One.
We'll see which path Valve takes.
fresh bane
Episode two: Episode one
It's gonna happen I'm sure of it, one day there will be that announcement of Half Life: Episode Three: Chapter One
even if it's for VR, it's fine
people didn't think much of Alyx before it released, thinking it was just some stupid venture into VR and a waste of the IP
and lo and behold it's one of the best VR games ever, and a damn good half life game as well
the VR breathed so much life into that world
quiet swift
Most of the games they've released, at least for HL, have been to show how the entire format or industry can be changed, or something with a big impact
FPS didn't have too much of a story before HL1, they showed that you can knock it out of the fucking park. HL2 had quite large impact with the physics and i think lip movement and so on
fresh bane
Every single game Valve released has managed to make a mark and leave an impact on the gaming industry as a whole
quiet swift
HL3 if anything would be if they can get it to VR for everyman or something
fresh bane
even TF2 which still remains active to this day with a beloved community
even if HL3 doesn't push any boundaries or anything I'm sure we'd all still want it
or hell I'll take portal 3
fuck it, new IP, just give me something Valve
quiet swift
I haven't been able to play alyx since i don't have any VR headset and I don't wanna watch it through youtube
weak river
I've somehow managed to avoid Alyx spoilers for two years, so I might as well keep it going
wind stump
hey guys i'm going to join some Australian TF2 servers today, wish me luck
weak river
Goes to join Australian TF2 server
Plays the class that struggles the most to counter snipers
We believe in you, HC
wind stump
i mean look at that loadout
perfection incarnate /s
quiet swift
dense crypt
Eld the ringing
prisma path
Ponies go pew pew & stabby stab in indie RTS game mod
quiet swift
Anyone ever play the old RTS "Z"? With rather rude robots
prisma path
Anyone ever play the old RTS "Z"? With rather rude robots <:ppenk:68183874561114...
I have loose memories of a game named Z
This one game I'm playing resembles a mixture of Old-school Total Annihilation combines with Supreme Commander, but able to play in most low end computers, up to 10 max players, cross-platform between Steam and Mobile users, and a highly extensive modding platform that is easy to learn and able to make changes while in-game when modding
quiet swift
prisma path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQq3xp9NPrc
It looks like a Lovely game
river veldt
slim thorn
don't think I've played this one
quiet swift
Your screenshot just reminded me of it, I guess
dense crypt
im so bad at this website
i play a lot of different games but this website features ones that i DONT play
quiet swift
wind stump
EASY #GuessTheGame #168
🎮 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
Touhou Heardle #205
🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
god i'm so good
quiet swift
wind stump
... okay part of it was that ||Zone 4 of Necrodancer is burned into my fucking mind because of the hell I went through clearing that as Cadance|| (Related to GuessTheGame)
static bluff
Eh I got it right I just didn't know the name.
river veldt
What a fucking creature
fresh bane
he almost looks real
knotty echo
My biggest wish (besides having RD become real or getting a lifesize Rainbow Dash plush) would be to have a gigantic Rainbow Factory video game with two story modes, Hero and Dark like in Sonic Adventure 2. Hero would be focused on Scootaloo like the actual fanfic, while Dark would be focused on Rainbow Factory Dash herself. Maybe there would even be more extra gamemodes, a sandbox mode or something like that, a hardcore difficulty game mode for both stories, and if it was possible for the game, a multiplayer game mode a bit like SCP Secret Lab with 2 major factions; The Resistance which consists of failures you play as trying to escape the factory, and Factory which consists of the workers and etc. On The Resistance, only 3 specific random people will be chosen to be Scootaloo, Orion, and Aurora Dawn. Same for the Factory faction, which 3 specific random people will be chosen to be Rainbow Factory Dash, Dr. Atmosphere, and Glaze.
unreal quest
Going to Duna in KSP :
8 mega boosters for the takeoff,
8 reactors to get into orbit,
16 ion engines to get on the correct trajectory to Duna,
8 monopropellant engines to land safely,
2 more boosters to take off from Duna,
1 engine to get into Duna's orbit,
and 5 more ion engines to go back to Kerbin.
grave tide
Going to Duna in KSP :
unreal quest
<:pippwhoa:908750171674923038>
nvm this, I had to add even more boosters
oh no, the rocket is wobbly
needs more struts
wind stump
got a bukket of chicken
wanna do it
arctic fern
you taunted the kraken and suffered for your hubris
unreal quest
wait, I haven't even pressed spacebar
unreal quest
you taunted the kraken and suffered for your hubris
with the offering I made him thursday, I thought he would be happy
Ok, so... I tried it again, one of the boosters exploded, and while the rocket should be completely unbalanced, its trajectory is still vertical
I think it's because of the 8 large reaction wheels :P
oh, it balanced itself, the booster on the other side just flew away
wind stump
aw sweet, i got a halloween item worth 9 keys... untradable, but sure
unreal quest
I am now at 4/8 boosters
fresh bane
poggers, Rose is a brony
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH OOOOOH MYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
(spoilers: 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️)
river veldt
friend c:
mossy flume
Friend
unreal quest
I reject friendship
Friendship is napalm
fresh bane
friendship is GUN
zombies I can handle, giant hairy spiders? nope
oh my
this is a bit overkill isn't it?
I got over 100 pistol rounds
unreal quest
zombies I can handle, giant hairy spiders? nope
That's why helicopters are a good thing
fresh bane
Oh wow this section in RE8 DLC is actually pretty fucking scary
for context: ||you gotta look at it or else it will start chasing after you, and you can actually see it moving it's not like it's teleporting everytime you don't look, and its movements are fucking crazy scary ||
unreal quest
what if spider get in helicopter <:ponee:925951532585861150>
Use a jetpack or sth
weak river
Use a jetpack or sth
Would not recommend; tried this and the spider apparently had a jetpack as well
unreal quest
yeah but at least if you use a pistol you can shoot the jetpack
fresh bane
I'm very sad that SH2R probably won't bring back the fixed camera, the fixed camera is such a staple of survival horror games and SH would greatly benefit from a fixed camera unlike Resi which is a bit more action oriented
that being said replaying through RE1 HD this is fantastic
the version I'm playing is the re-released remaster of the remake from like 2015 but I really wish that they did something similar for RE2R
I'm pretty sad that a lot of people consider fixed cameras and tank controls for that matter to be outdated janky systems
dapper cedar
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH OOOOOH MYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
The screen and reveal when you enter this room might be my favorite in the whole game
fresh bane
Yeah it's super good, it's like right above you it's amazing
and that's why I love fixed camera angles, that kind of stuff just disappears ocmpletely without it
they add so much to these games it's amazing
LIKE THIS
dapper cedar
Classic RE2 is my favorite but RE1 Remake is probably the best of the fixed camera games
fresh bane
also just wanna show off this Jill skin because she looks beautiful
If RE1 had the same camera system as games like Dino Crisis or Silent Hill where the camera is fixed but is also dynamic where it moves and follows the player it would legitimately be the ultimate, most perfect, bestest survival horror game ever made
at least that's what I think
I still think it's one of the best RE games ever made
oh you can see her better here
Jill...
dapper cedar
Gotta dig for the CRT pictures from my recent playthrough
fresh bane
I love how much this game looks like RE4, which makes sense since both are gamecube originals
but the good part is, both STILL hold up today
Like, visually, they look great
river veldt
for context: ||you gotta look at it or else it will start chasing after you, and...
Like a weeping angel from Doctor Who or a Boo from Mario?
dapper cedar
The screen and reveal when you enter this room might be my favorite in the whole...
Uuuuugh it’s freaky
fresh bane
Precisely, except you can actually see them move around the corner and stop when they notice you're looking
Yeeeah it's awesome
dapper cedar
This game is so pretty
fresh bane
this reshade mod makes it look even more awesome
I might install it for a second playthrough
I plan on going through it again when I unlock Jills other costumes
fresh bane
ah did it!! 
all by myself
it looks way more complicated than it actually is
...now what do I do with the other bottles 
dapper cedar
I think there's a point where you're prompted to toss them away
fresh bane
I'm pretty close to the safe room so I'll just dump em in there
oh boy, these bathrooms
they've definitely seen better days...
slim thorn
oh, we do have a #1032800422450180156 thread
river veldt
Yes
quiet swift
fresh bane
bruh
white phoenix
this is hilarious juxtaposition
grand cargo
Pretty sure nobody plays Roblox
gaunt marten
Bad guess
There are more Roblox people than there are people in any state in the US
grand cargo
i - i mean in manechat
gaunt marten
Yeah, there's a lot of people here who play it
static bluff
Like I'm not proud of it, but it happened
gaunt marten
Child labor is big over here
static bluff
Huge
grand cargo
there isnt a category for that
gaunt marten
Make one if you want
World of horror got an update!
Everybody thought it was abandoned
This is a big jump from 0.9.84
fresh bane
Big Bayonetta 3 spoilers:
||Oh my god Egyptian Jeanne and Bayo ARE SO FUCKING COOOOL||
craggy vine
Damn it makes the game look good
hasty patio
That's fairly highpowered.
arctic fern
does anyone have any experience with terraria mobile? im trying to get a server set up but it doesnt seem to be working, and as far as i can tell i did everything right
arctic fern
i figured it out
i think
it worked when trying to connect via local, i knew the server was working, but when i tried testing it via online and ip connecting, it would just time out
took me a while to try connecting via mobile data rather than my wifi, but it worked then
gaunt marten
Try tailscale
It lets you to connect to any computer through the Internet as if it was local, Hamachi-style
arctic fern
no no, its fine now
sure but i just needed to know if i got things setup properly and if it functioned, which i have now confirmed
the next step is co-ordinating time to play with lia
thats going to be the hard part
wind stump
choo choo
young creek
I wonder if someone is in all 39 active threads
slim thorn
hm, I should check how many people are following each of the threads
gaunt marten
I follow one thread
slim thorn
unfortunately I don't know of any way to get message counts for each thread, that'd be really nice to compare
inland fulcrum
Could just manually count the message
young creek
I'm in general gaming and world of warcraft!
wind stump
of all 39 threads?
young creek
League of Legends has 2 messages
inland fulcrum
It does say the number kf messages here if you want to be lame though
inland fulcrum
;lyrathumbsup
snow gorgeBOT
I don't know that command.
young creek
unreal idol
We finished Danganrompa last night and Holy fuck
gaunt marten
Now do the other games in the Danganverse
wind stump
angy
slim thorn
user + message counts for all of the #1032714873009872967 posts/threads as of today:
Users - Messages - Title
(the Fallout user count is likely skewed by pinging the Fallout role, which has 59 users)
65 - >250 - Fallout
62 - >2850 - general gaming
25 - 83 - Minecraft
17 - 83 - Pokémon
14 - >200 - VTubers
14 - >150 - Undertale, Deltarune
13 - >250 - Paradox Grand Strategy
12 - >850 - Final Fantasy 14
10 - >250 - Thems fighting herds
10 - >100 - Resident Evil
10 - 38 - Elite Dangerous
10 - 21 - Genshin Impact
8 - >150 - Sonic Frontiers (Or Just Sonic)
8 - 89 - Doom
8 - 38 - D&D and other TTRPGs
7 - 47 - Mario
7 - 39 - Terraria
7 - 20 - Fortnite
7 - 16 - Portal
6 - 81 - Call of Duty Zombies
6 - 71 - Rimworld
5 - >200 - World of Warcraft
5 - >150 - Metroid
5 - 62 - Hearthstone
5 - 46 - FNAF
5 - 10 - Subnautica
4 - >300 - DotA 2 The International 2022
4 - 10 - The Binding of Isaac
4 - 7 - mobile games
4 - 9 - Kingdom Hearts
4 - 4 - Deep Rock Galactic
3 - 11 - Destiny 2
3 - 3 - JRPGs
3 - 4 - Payday 2
2 - 3 - Splatoon
2 - 0 - Elder Scrolls
1 - 4 - Roblox
1 - 1 - Bemani arcade games
1 - 0 - Stormworks
(the members list is not visible for "older posts" from 7 or more days ago, so I can't get user counts for these)
?? - >300 - Silent Hill
?? - 61 - Factorio
?? - 5 - A Plague Tale
?? - 3 - Fire Emblem
?? - 1 - World of Tanks
?? - 1 - League of Legends
at least to me, this looks super healthy, exactly the kind of distribution I was hoping to see when we made this a forum
wind stump
i wonder why the ffxiv thread would have the most activity
slim thorn
oh, and indeed there is nobody who blindly joined every single post
young creek
Fallout has 65 users?
slim thorn
those 1-8 user posts had fairly little overlap that I saw
yeah, I'm guessing Masque and/or the Fallout role had something to do with that
sage iris
Manechat really likes fallout huh
inland fulcrum
Apprently
slim thorn
ah yes, Masque did ping the role inside that thread: <#1032717462753517681 message>
and the role has 59 members
IIUC pinging someone from a thread implicitly causes them to join/follow it, so that particular number we'll have to call an outlier
weak river
Manechat *really* likes fallout huh <:rdwut:399725074204065802>
Well, when I play with nuclear bombs in real life, I'm a "menace to society" and I'm "going to be arrested", so that doesn't leave me with many other options.
quiet swift
https://www.twitch.tv/tchernobogg back to streaming some FF7 remake
river veldt
user + message counts for all of the <#1032714873009872967> posts/threads as of ...
Yooo FNAF thread doing moderately well
dense crypt
fuh-naff
visual hill
I got it on 3rd guess, first screenshot looked oddly evocative to me but I've never played that game
was a bit of a lucky guess
gotta like trusting intuition
fresh bane
https://youtu.be/Fscwp3RkEvM
This does look pretty awesome but a bit at the cost of the artstyle, BOTW already looks gorgeous as is though so of course 'realistic' lighting will only make it look even more beautiful
Also I now just realize how iconic and timeless the OOT ost is with the remixes in that video
fresh bane
OOT's Gerudo Valley is my all time favorite track
visual hill
the forest tune is such an earworm
wind stump
que?
gaunt marten
Guaranteeing a country is like a one-sided alliance
Meaning they will come to your aid if anyone declares war on you
But you don't have to do the same
The benefit is you become pals and you protect smaller nations from being gobbled up by your rivals
But England is my rivals
wind stump
damn you beat them so hard they swore loyality to you?
gaunt marten
Technically my ally Castile did 70% of the work
I just fought Brittany (now extinct) and England was their ally, I occupied Brittany and one English province, fighting off smaller armies
hasty patio
Given how they labeled the event, that is intentional.
In this case, it'll just keep France from jumping on you and possibly open England to more diplomatic plays in the future.
gaunt marten
My problem is that France ate all the Brittany provinces I intended to conquer so now my only avenue to expand other than colonization is to fight off England or France
I already have an alliance stronger than France. If only all of them were willing to fight it at the same time
hasty patio
Work on favors. You just need 10 to call folks in, as long as other things don't keep them out as well.
gaunt marten
Yes. Favors are pretty difficult to curry when you're a tiny nation. I like to keep 20 or 30. 10 to declare war, 10 to ask allies to prepare for war just in case, and 10 to ask for money
hasty patio
Fair. Higher diplo status and certain ministers will help too.
fresh bane
wowza
gaunt marten
My 6700k doesn't meet the minimum requirements for new games anymore?
visual hill
heh, I think it'll work out OK but consider doing a small overclock on it
mine has been running at 4.4 GHz (same speed as the 7700K) for years now
I also use a tool to force high CPU/GPU power states while games are running to reduce stutter incurred by incidental downclocking
it's interesting to see 12 GB of RAM is a hard requirement, but I wonder if they just put this in case people are trying to keep Chrome open at the same time on a 8 GB machine
a 8 GB VRAM requirement is also pretty heavy, this excludes a ton of cards prior to Ampere. Press F to pay respects to RX 6500XT owners
fresh bane
I got no clue about these things 
teal sonnet
12gb of ram is pretty much the default now days for AAA games
fresh bane
people are saying that since it's a ps5 game it's fine and that it makes sense that new games will be more demanding but I don't really like their arguments because they have that attitude of ''oh get with the times and just buy all these expensive parts like what are you complaining about''
visual hill
yeah, it doesn't work like that in countries with import fees
fresh bane
I'm sorry that I'm latin american and everything costs me a liver and is thrice as hard to find 🗿
visual hill
and, as far as I can tell, Uruguay isn't even the worst in that situation 😛 Argentina has it far worse, or even Brazil
teal sonnet
most tech stuff in brazil
you can buy a flight to US, book a hotel, buy what you want, maybe even twice, go back
and probably still have some money left, comparing to the price in brazil
and I am not kidding
fresh bane
and, as far as I can tell, Uruguay isn't even the worst in that situation 😛 Arg...
Thankfully
for me at least
gaunt marten
Considering I don't have a working GPU overclocking won't do me much good
fresh bane
visual hill
I know someone from Argentina who moved to Spain and he was shocked by how cheap hardware was in comparison
(and that's EU, not the US where it's even cheaper)
gaunt marten
On the other hand Argentina has decently cheap software
teal sonnet
an iphone for example, $999 in US
fresh bane
Oh my god people are saying the minimum requirements for SH2R are 'low specs' 
teal sonnet
in brazil, converting to dollar, is $1836
gaunt marten
My brother has an Argentina steam account and games are 30% the price despite Saudi Arabia already getting a big discount
visual hill
Oh my god people are saying the minimum requirements for SH2R are 'low specs' <:...
my current PC (built in 2016 with top-end components at the time) barely meets minimum specs
for a remake game, I consider this very steep
teal sonnet
a 3080 in brazil converting to dollar is around $1500+
fresh bane
yeah I don't know much about PCs and stuff but these don't seem normal to me, I know this is a PS5 game but still
teal sonnet
it is just insane
fresh bane
what are Spiderman Remastered's specs compared to this? that's a PS5 title too
and it looks amazing
visual hill
they were definitely less high, but Spider-Man Remastered is a very CPU demanding game
my i7-6700K clearly causes sustained drops below 60 FPS in open world on a regular basis
at release, the only CPU that can sustain 60 FPS at maxed settings is a i9-12900K (and now the i9-13900K)
the game wasn't unplayable by any means on my PC, but I had to stick to low settings which felt a bit insulting to do on a GTX 1080
it does look nice on low settings as long as you keep textures maxed out
fresh bane
A lot of the people are saying that 1080s and stuff like that are from like 5 years ago or something and that it's already 'old' and 'outdated'
me, with a gt 1030
slim thorn
I still can't decide how much longer I want to wait before replacing my phone and/or laptop
odds are I'll just keep putting it off until some indie puzzle platformer goes "wtf, a gtx 1050? lol nope"
visual hill
for laptops, wait before next-gen CPUs/GPUs become available
the power efficiency gains from the next generation should pay off a lot in laptops, current-gen laptops have a tendency to throttle too much and be too noisy at load in general
slim thorn
can't disagree there
so the 4000-series I thought was new doesn't count as "next gen"?
visual hill
it does, it's not available in laptops yet
what I consider next-gen for laptops is Zen 4, Raptor Lake (CPUs), Ada Lovelace and RDNA3 (GPUs)
they're out on desktops (except for RDNA3, that's in a few weeks) but not in laptops yet – it usually happens a few months later
CES 2023 might have some announcements here, but it can also be done during spring/summer
gaunt marten
I'm kinda looking for a good work laptop
visual hill
foldable laptops look super interesting (you know how I feel about foldables :P), but I hate how none of them exist in 32 GB RAM options
and I don't need a laptop these days anymore, anyway
gaunt marten
My brother has a high end Thinkpad with Kali Linux that he got from his cybersecurity work
And that thing has a sexy high DPI screen
I'm totally in love with it
visual hill
hiDPI is love, hiDPI is life
it's a shame high refresh rate 5K/6K monitors will probably never be a thing 
slim thorn
I'm not sure if I've ever used any non-default DPIs
visual hill
I have a 4K laptop (which I use at 200% scaling) and text looks fantastic on it
gaunt marten
That being said I don't have the budget for an ultrabook
gaunt marten
I'm not sure if I've ever used any non-default DPIs
There's no default DPI!
It's dependent on screen size and the number of pixels, so there's a lot of different combinations
slim thorn
well, the point is I have no idea what I'm using
visual hill
by default DPI, I think Ixrec means 100% scaling
you can check Windows' display options for your scaling setting – some displays have their default set to higher values than 100%
gaunt marten
My monitor has 92ish DPI
visual hill
92dpi is indeed pretty close to the reference "low DPI" value for desktop monitors, such as 24" 1080p and 32" 1440p
visual hill
I'm considering getting a LG C2 42" around Black Friday, we'll see if I can materialize this plan
visual hill
phones are viewed from a closer distance, so they need higher DPI to look good
if you want a metric that takes viewing distance into account, look into PPD (pixels per degree)
gaunt marten
I put my phone on the other side of the room to view it. You're not my mom
fresh bane
In a topic separate to PC parts, how about some Undertale
https://youtu.be/l3sJ79C1Zyo
I find it insane to see so many people say that stuff like FNAF and Undertale made their childhoods talking about them as if they were like, 90s anime or cartoons and stuff
And to be fair those things did release like, 8 years ago..?
geez....
gaunt marten
Lots of kids
weak river
And to be fair those things did release like, 8 years ago..? <:ponee:92595153258...
Wait, that can't be right, can it?
...not quite but I still refuse to believe this
river veldt
FNAF is 8 years, Undertale is 7 years
fresh bane
river veldt
I was 12 and 13 respectively
river veldt
I'm only 20
fresh bane
damn
weak river
Captain is actually ~562 years old, she's just early on in this particular reincarnation cycle
hasty patio
I'm only 20 <:ppenk:681838745611141137>
That explains a few things.
river veldt
What the fuck does that mean Lunar
hasty patio
Precious Cinnamon Roll. 
quiet swift
Speaking of cards... my 5600x cpu and 3070 gpu can play games fine, even stream. But i've been playing ff7 remake and streaming a lot of it... mostly good so far. But lately it's been chugging, not sure why. (probably having to do with running the game at max details and 1440p, streaming, vtubing and having a bunch of chrome tabs open at the same time... 95% gpu usage 
)
fresh bane
I think you answered your question yourself there already
river veldt
This is so many numbers