Yoko Taro is something
#general gaming
unreal quest
driving my rover on the Mun at 75 km/h :p
allllright, after my rover bounced and went 50 m in the air, maybe I'm going to go a bit slower
quiet swift
Yaaay... after checks steam six hours, finally won my first 20 minutes till dawn run
craggy vine
Fog is amazing
rough sleet
rough sleet
Fog is amazing
outside (irl) is literally this weather
craggy vine
Nice
quiet swift
gaunt marten
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craggy vine
The link is blushing
spiral kraken
https://fxtwitter.com/HardDriveMag/status/1588576839085293569
Fucking Jerma again lol
gaunt marten
I'm not sure if you realize it but Hard Drive Magazine is a satire website
quiet swift
spiral kraken
I'm not sure if you realize it but Hard Drive Magazine is a satire website
I know
quiet swift
river veldt
slim thorn
the first screenshot feels familiar but I can't actually place it
oh wow, it was ||the other game I played dozens of times over as a teenager|| 
in my defense ||Metroid: Fusion|| has a far more distinctive art style
dense crypt
I never would have been able to guess this one
slim thorn
anyone who's played it should get it by #5 at the latest, but I get the impression it's not that well-known in general
gaunt marten
#GuessTheGame #175
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I have not played it but the decorations were a giveaway
slim thorn
yeah, the only reason I didn't get it on #2 is because I haven't played the entire franchise so I guessed the wrong instalment at first
gaunt marten
You should get a yellow if you choose the right franchise
slim thorn
I was just thinking that
gaunt marten
Why isn't that already a thing?
quiet swift
slim thorn
so, have you played it?
river veldt
I haven't
wind stump
Oh my GOD STOP TF2.
I DON'T NEED TO FUEL MY GAMBLING ADDICTION STOP GIVING ME CASES
I can't even sell them for a penny because they're untradable!
wind stump
AaaaAAAAAAaaaa
wind stump
Original Neptunia character, pls do not steal. 
chilly mural
lol
wind stump
joking aside iirc Idea Factory (the people who make the Neptunia series) does get the permission of the 3rd party companies they base these characters on to make them
so you know
Reimu is in a Neptunia game, let's go
rough sleet
wind stump
Oh my god I just realised
My last Relic gives me temporary Thorns when I play a skill
and since you get a debuff that removes Thorns and I have a card that gives me strength whenever I have a debuff
wind stump
Okay so I died anyway, but hot damn Hermit is fun
A weird sort of self-infiction class that benefits for debuffs and curses, it's actually a really clever way to make new mechanics from old cards
gaunt marten
Yeah
wind stump
Can't believe I slept on this Downfall character for so long, I know full well that Downfall is a S-tier mod
wind stump
wait
this entire character is based on a webcomic?
true maple
gonna start a new game of #1038581333116588052
weak river
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/steam-deck-free-game-warhammer/
Huh.
Neat.
Thank you kindly for the heads-up.
wind stump
I had to look this up to make sure it was legit. https://store.steampowered.com/app/552500/Warhammer_Vermintide_2/
visual hill
I posted it yesterday, but I guess a repost doesn't hurt since this kind of offer isn't too common nowadays
wind stump
Would prefer the proper steam link since that link is way too suspicious
fickle garnet
Next time I'll try and give the steam link
I just don't know how to get the link for it on the mobile app
river veldt
Anyone know a good Genesis/Mega Drive emulator?
visual hill
Kega Fusion seems to be the only good one
wait no
It's kinda the same with Genesis Plus GX. No standalone version, the only other notable Genesis emulator that targets accuracy is BlastEm but still lacks the breath of features that Genesis Plus GX have (think it still lacks Sega CD?). Most people still use ancient emulators like Kega or Gens
(quote from a random Discord I'm on)
much like Saturn, it seems to be a situation where there is no really good choice
Genesis Plus GX is good but you need to use RetroArch for it – it lacks a standalone app. That means dealing with RetroArch's UI. Same story with Beetle Saturn…
river veldt
What about Dreamcast emulation
wind stump
average demoman player
quartz pawn
What about Dreamcast emulation
redream, i downloaded it 2 or 3 days ago and is doing well for me playing Toy Commander
wind stump
uneven epoch
replaying tangle tower. its really neat to see the little hints hidin in plain sight once you know where to look. it really is such a well crafted mystery game 
river veldt
What is Tangle Tower
uneven epoch
a detective game
you may just recognize grimoire from his flash games way back when
and the studio is the same team who made haunt the house, another popular webgame
tangle tower is highly underrated, im still really glad flitter recommended it to me
river veldt
Oooh
visual hill
What about Dreamcast emulation
Flycast does it great
Redream requires buying a license to increase resolution and use more than 1 save state
it works (I've bought a license for it) but I find Flycast is better nowadays
chilly mural
how am I not surprised Squenix manages to keep fucking everything up
dense crypt
final fantasy 14 is all they have left, i swear
river veldt
Until proven otherwise, yes.
They argue like a married couple sometimes
I honestly sorta ship it
They have a good dynamic
mossy flume
I refuse to believe they don’t kiss each other good night.
river veldt
Aww
bleak lintel
Pretty sure only Yoshida is against NFTs in SE, the rest are kinda all in on it.
craggy vine
craggy vine
teal sonnet
what game is this?
rough sleet
what game is this?
outlast 2
quiet swift
Asked what could be on the horizon should Microsoft's acquisition go ahead, Spencer added that he was "excited about getting to sit down with the teams at Activision and Blizzard and King to talk about back catalogue and opportunities that we might have".
"The first thing I would say is, I'm not allowed to make any decisions about what happens at Blizzard or Activision or King," Spencer told Wired (via NME). "So this is all just kind of talking and thinking about what the opportunity is.
"Not only StarCraft, but WarCraft, when you think about the heritage of RTS games that we're talking about here, specifically from Blizzard."
Whilst he was very careful not to commit to anything or give too much away, Spencer said that whilst he didn't "have any concrete plans today" and "can't really get in and work with the teams" just yet, he acknowledged that "StarCraft was a seminal moment in gaming": "from an esports perspective, from RTS on console perspective, and from just an RTS storytelling perspective in the genre".
"I'm excited about getting to sit down with the teams at Activision and Blizzard and King to talk about back catalogue and opportunities that we might have," he added. "So I will dodge the question other than to say it's not something I can actively work on right now. But the thought of being able to think about what could happen with those franchises is pretty exciting to me, as somebody who spent a lot of hours playing those games."
green fulcrum
Soooooo, we're getting more Starcraft, in other words. Eventually.
And possibly more Warcraft stuff too
But he specifically mentioned Starcraft every other sentence.
Maybe they're gonna finally take Starcraft: Ghost and make a proper game out of it?
quiet swift
One can hope!
Not being under Bobby's thumb anymore seems to hopefully open things up to, y'know, actually not ignoring some other existing IPs that were once great
(if it goes through and all, obviously)
random steppe
I have no faith in Blizzard to write a decent story after Diablo III so I'll have to be convinced with facts not words that I should care at all about more Starcraft
That said, we'll see
dense crypt
So who here plays team fortress 2? I want more people to play it with.
heady bridge
Hey Squeenix has Balan Wonderworld! Wait come back…
wind stump
nah i don't play tf2
chilly mural
chilly mural
2nd most?
quiet swift
river veldt
weak river
hasty patio
river veldt
Damn
weak river
Is good game
river veldt
My first couple guesses were ||Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together cuz they sorta have similar artstyles||
dense crypt
this one was too easy, the art style is unmistakable
cerulean herald
Damn never heard of the game ||also did anyone else just had a black image for their first clue or did my end glitch||
green fulcrum
All red for me.
random steppe
river veldt
Ftr, I've never played this game, I only got it on the 5th one because ||WitchTaunter made an art that referenced it||
Shit
haughty umbraBOT
It's one of my favorite games, but the mods don't let me run that here anymore.
cerulean herald
green fulcrum
weak river
It's one of my favorite games, but the mods don't let me run that here anymore.
You're supposed to kill the enemies, not your own squad.
||Poor Dismas didn't deserve that fate...||
quiet swift
#GuessTheGame #176
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mossy flume
Today in “nice things we deserve but will never receive”
dense crypt
And will never get because Nintendo loves their forced exclusivity
river veldt
Crying
dense crypt
I'm not a fan of the legend of Zelda and I still think this needs to happen
river veldt
Today in “nice things we deserve but will never receive”
Omggg the 3ds OoT and MM being ported to Switch would be so good :(
bleak lintel
I have one of those collections on GameCube.
I don't think Minish Cap or Ages/Seasons has been rereleased yet.
wind stump
hahahahahha
eternal form
and it has doomguy
river veldt
Noooo don't make Doomguy do paperwork
uneven epoch
Today in “nice things we deserve but will never receive”
wind waker on switch my adored dream
bleak lintel
Wind Waker for Switch has apparently been ready for release for a bit of time now.
fresh bane
https://youtu.be/-mx4RE3jrTs
I got no clue what 'genre' of music this is, but I've heard it so much in Japanese media (anime,games) from anywhere around the 90s to the 2000s and it's just so cool 
it's such a specific style of music
I don't suppose anyone here even knows what Policenauts is?
chilly mural
I remember I watched Super Best Friends play this years ago
visual hill
I recognize the famous MGS intro
according to the comments, MGS actually took from that song, rather than the opposite
which is unexpected
wind stump
chilling moments taken before disaster
visual hill
as for music genre, this sounds like a random MIDI to me… some of the instruments are pretty tell-tale, you hear them all the time in MIDIs
wind stump
ngl tho it was pretty funny
fresh bane
Policenauts was a game Kojima worked on before Metal Gear Solid, it's mostly forgotten nowadays I feel, but from what I've seen it's apparently been called one of the best science fiction games ever and it was very influential in the development of future MGS games, to the point where one of the MGS characters was directly taken from one of the Policenauts characters
I think it never released outside of Japan officially unfortunately, despite demand from fans
chilly mural
yeah, meryl's design was taken from policenauts
Policenauts has an english fan patch
fresh bane
In typical Kojima fashion it's a bit of a mix of things, some call it a graphic novel, some a point and click adventure, an interactive movie, etc
ocassionally there are some FPS sequences as well
It's an interesting little game, I've never played it myself and haven't even finished the 2BFP playthrough of it, but what I saw of it I really liked
It's a very Kojima game, anyone who disliked the codecs from MGS would probably hate this one since if I had to describe it I'd probably describe it as one long codec call from MGS
Lots of politics and social issues and all that razzle dazzle
visual hill
MGS codecs are something I thought I'd skip 90% of the time, but I listened to most of them
they manage to be more captivating than usual 
fresh bane
They are annoying at first but I find them charming and I love all the non intrusive explanations of mechanics and interactions between characters, sometimes you even get some juicy important lore details
fresh bane
It's a very fun mechanic, it only really got smoother from Peace Walker to MGSV since those games basically make the codec something you can trigger during gameplay so it doesn't interrupt you anymore
I do miss the iconic screens of the characters and the codec frequencies though
visual hill
The frequency is on the back of the CD case.
fresh bane
Honestly I watch Pat and Woolie's streams and their podcast and I even started watching PeachSaliva (Pat's wife) streams as well after 2BFP ended
I dunno what Matt is up to though, but I follow Pat and Woolie and honestly there's no shortage of content for me
They're all happier like this
chilly mural
they are happier but there was just something magical about that time
chilly mural
maybe it was just me relying on a parasocial relationship but damn I miss it
I do watch woolie's get into fighting games videos sometimes
despite myself getting way to deep into the genre
visual hill
CD... case...?
I was surprised when I first heard this, it brought me back to early 90s PC games being full of that kind of copy protection
you'd see a popup at random moments, sometimes with a fancy animation and an instruction like "Write the third word on page 42 of the manual"
fresh bane
maybe it was just me relying on a parasocial relationship but damn I miss it
I mean we all got the best possible outcome: they cut ties amicably and they continued making content separately rather than completely disappearing from the internet, I can't complain really, especially when Pat and Woolie still got the podcast going, initially I never cared for Woolie but after I started watching him years ago I love the guy, really if you miss 2BFP literally just go watch their streams because they're really fun and the community is great
fresh bane
you'd see a popup at random moments, sometimes with a fancy animation and an ins...
Anti piracy was crazy back then, I still find it silly and stupid that Kojima would block direct progress with a stupid gimmick like that but that's exactly what Kojima would do
Funny that even by that time, the internet completely circumvents that problem
visual hill
at least it's an immersive form of copy protection here 
fresh bane
Kojima: hehe I will block progress behind something they could only have if they bought the game!
Internet forums: lol. lmao.
visual hill
that said, if you're really stuck, you can bruteforce all codec frequencies
it takes a while, but it's faster if you can use turbo mode in an emulator
and you'll probably find a secret or two this way
visual hill
yeah
I actually didn't try bruteforcing myself (or even looking up secret codec frequencies)
fresh bane
With all the insane number frequencies there are you'd think there'd be wayy more secret codecs but I think there's not that many, at least that I could find...
I think it's mostly just secret interactions and stuff
like this one
I always commend Kojima's games for having such natural interactions between the game and the player, I hate it when people call it interactive movies, these types of things and the minute little details make the games feel so much more alive and natural
visual hill
looking at my achievements tally, there are a lot of secrets I missed in my playthrough
(praise RetroAchievements :P)
fresh bane
Huh 
interesting
I have that one special edition of MGS on my PC through GOG
I wonder if I should give it a try sometime, I never played the VR missions before
I know you can play as Gray Fox in that one
the original Raiden 
MGSV similarly had a lot of those types of interactions if you spent too much time outside, if you didn't shower, if you didn't give soldiers jobs or if morale was too low etc etc, very fun stuff
also hearing this from Big Boss would be terrifying 
chilly mural
what is the condition for this? I never got this
white phoenix
you have to be bad at the game
chilly mural
welp
white phoenix
low morale by not coming back to base
chilly mural
couldn't be me
white phoenix
yeah, or not assigning anything
fresh bane
low morale and/or too many people on the waiting room for too long
thorny loom
white phoenix
so that's why it was up to like 30k
I thought the majority of it was due to the new ww1 movie
gaunt marten
#GuessTheGame #177
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Picked the wrong game in the franchise
quiet swift
#GuessTheGame #177
🎮 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
couldn't figure out until pic 5, then also choosing the wrong one in the franchise
quartz pawn
I did everything to make Genshin run on one of my electronic devices here at home.
but i failed.
So if anyone can tell me the full story from the beginning of the game to summeru without avoiding spoilers I'll be grateful.
quiet swift
https://www.pcgamer.com/dusk-creator-unveils-microshooter-meant-to-be-completed-in-a-single-sitting/ 
river veldt
YeH!
fresh bane
okay this sequence is fucking amazing
demon hands come up from the sky with fucking light sticks to hype up Bayo singing 
It has all the trademark stupid sillyness that I love about character action games, unfortunately it has nowhere near the compelling story or characters that DMC has...
The story of Bayonetta 1 was good enough, Bayo 2 was pretty bad and this one... is kind of the same so far, unfortunately
I like Viola, she's fucking awesome and she's carrying this game so far for me, she's this character that's trying too hard to be cool and epic but they're just a giant goof and she's always the butt of the joke, also her design and music rocks
a lot of people say she's super cringe and she's like a typical rock emo from the 2000s BUT THAT'S THE POINT THOUGH
river veldt
She looks gay
fresh bane
I feel like she's a great addition to the cast just like Nero was in DMC4 and while a lot of cool new stuff is happening in this game the main story is kind of a let down and I honestly wished the story was better considering this is their third game and it was already delayed once and if I remember correctly kind of restarted development entirely
Honestly by this point in the story DMC5 is just so much more compelling and interesting than Bayo 3
As a Bayo fan, I like it, but if I were to look at it from the perspective of a not Bayo fan... it's pretty uninteresting and badly written
green fulcrum
a lot of people say she's super cringe and she's like a typical rock emo from th...
I mean...yeah, that is the point. Bayonetta takes itself somewhat seriously in the setting while at the same time parodying a fair bit of other stuff and going all out on the wackiness. I mean, this is a witch lady who uses guns with her hands and feet and uses her f`cking HAIR to summon monsters and attack enemies (while also making her naked in the process because her hair is also her clothes...somehow), and who unlocked a lock by literally flipping the bird (iirc, only saw the cutscene once).
fresh bane
The game actively portrays Viola as a cringey weaboo loser so complaining that she's cringey or something is actively missing the point
I just wish Bayo had the same quality of story as DMC, DMC is no storytelling masterpiece, but the story works
The character arcs work, the villains work, the dynamics work, everything makes sense, is perfectly connected, explained, is effectively executed in emotional moments like the finale of DMC3 and some moments of DMC1
It's no masterpiece, but the things that are there are well written, can't say the same for Bayonetta where a lot of stuff is just straight up bad
again as a Bayo fan I'm really liking it especially with all the new additions (oh my god there's so many hot demon ladies help) but at the same time I am also pretty disappointed and let down 
can't speak on the more important aspect, the gaemplae though because I am poor and don't have a Switch 
damn you nintendo
fresh bane
I actually was looking around and trying to set up a switch emulator but it seemed like a huge hassle
and the stuff I downloaded like the bios or keys or whatever didn't seem to work
slim thorn
again as a Bayo fan I'm really liking it especially with all the new additions (...
personally I was just kinda used to spectacle fighters in general and Platinum games in particular rarely having a story worth paying attention to; I'm always there for the gameplay, maybe the aesthetic
fresh bane
It's not an unenjoyable game because of a bad story and the main meat will always be the gameplay with these types of games but I'm just incredibly disappointed that it seems like they didn't even try
I'm still loving the game for various reasons but that will always be that little thorn in my side with it especially since I disliked Bayo 2's story so much
A good story can amplify the game so much, just look at all the hype surrounding Vergil and how much people loved his song especially how it connects with him as a character
People play these games for the gameplay but they can also be here for the story and characters and that's what happened with DMC5, I just wanted that for Bayo 3 but it seems like it's just the same thing
I'm honestly surprised Metal Gear Rising had as much of a good story as that game did and I think it's because Kojima Productions devs worked on it because I just do not believe Platinum would write Rising's incredible story and then do Bayo 2 and 3
white phoenix
platinum games are very bipolar
they make nier automata and mgr, and then they make babylon's fall
chilly mural
I don't know I've only played Nier Automata
fresh bane
Oh my god I'm at a certain part of the story and if this actually goes down the way I'm thinking jesus christ this story is so stupid
Like laughably bad
fresh bane
Oh my god it actually happened lmao
wow
spoilers bayo 3:
||OH NO WHO COULD'VE EVER SEEN THIS ONE COMING?????||
so dumb
''who is this villain? where did they come from? why are they even doing this?''
'' 
iunno'' says Bayonetta 3
fresh bane
HIS REACTION IS SO APPROPRIATE
Oh my god that ending and that story suuuuucked
that was so bad
Eight years, this game was in development for eight years
chilly mural
I can't believe pat killed that guy
fresh bane
Pat is so right
Bayonetta 1 is STILL the BEST one simply because it's the only one that doesn't have either a story or gameplay problem
FACTS
Holy shit it's so baffling how Bayo games get worse with each entry Bayo 1 is still the overall much better game
8 years folks, 8 years
chilly mural
How can pat say such brave words
gaunt marten
The Binding of Isaac has a new special seed
GFUE LLLL
It copies the daily they made
It's a dumb ad but I wonder what they did in the daily
slim thorn
Bayonetta 1 is STILL the BEST one simply because it's the only one that doesn't ...
what was the gameplay problem?
wind stump
I'M OLD #GuessTheGame #177
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fresh bane
what was the gameplay problem?
Bayonetta 2 has more than just a gameplay problem.... The story is atrocious, but a lot of the players who were more into the deeper aspects of the combat system I remember were upset about gameplay changes in Bayo 2
Seems like it's a case of making combat easier and more streamlined for new players but sacrificing a deeper system that allowed players who mastered it to pull off insane shit
slim thorn
okay, so it's stuff that would never affect me
fresh bane
If you're the casual type of player who isn't planning on spending hundreds of hours on the game and getting super deep into it... Yes, this won't affect it at all and in fact would be a positive
slim thorn
if it's confusing enough that you can't even explain what the change actually is, and the only consensus is that it's simpler now, yeah probably a net positive
my reflexes aren't even good enough to reliably dodge basic attacks in those games
fresh bane
Oh no it's not confusing, I'm just simplifying it
The thing is, I never played Bayo 2 so I really don't know how it feels to play or all the mechanics of it
It has also been a while
river veldt
wind stump
cap you're old
river veldt
No
wind stump
yes
gaunt marten
I'm old and I got it in more tries than you
wind stump
||that Sonic water is iconic tho||
thorny loom
The third guess I figured It out
wind stump
... okay maybe i got it because ||i played a lot of Sonic Mega Collection when I was a wee Hc||
thorny loom
untold vigil
Imagine not pirating Ubisoft games
gaunt marten
Imagine playing Ubisoft games
I boycotted them many years ago when they did me dirty
gaunt marten
Oh yeah I'm definitely interested
I just don't wanna deal with Ubisoft as a business
slim thorn
Ubisoft's current low PR came about long after I lost interest in playing their games
untold vigil
They're so borderline for me
I genuinely enjoyed Valhalla a lot but there is SO MUCH FUCKING WALKING SIM
AFter the first few areas I just gave up
gaunt marten
I enjoy that sort of game a lot
slim thorn
I remember when AC1 was brand new and "innovative" and I was eagerly awaiting the sequel
untold vigil
I remeber that too
slim thorn
but after 5 ACs / AC3 I haven't felt like touching the series again
untold vigil
Unpopular opinion but
slim thorn
I don't even know how many we're at now
untold vigil
Odyssey was good actually
I skipped a LOT of the middle ones tho
3
err
everything between 2 and od except black flag
and I mostly did black flag for the naval combat
gaunt marten
Odyssey is the Ancient Greece one, yeah?
slim thorn
ftr, AC2, AC2-2, AC2-3 and AC3 are all perfectly good... they're just mostly the same game
gaunt marten
Seemed really nice
gaunt marten
The attention to historicity is one thing they get right every time
untold vigil
zero problem with them
I don't so much care about the history bit except as set dressing
and I liked Od specifically because it was a little more fantastical
Not that they all aren't but it was more clearly that
Speaking of, I need to talk to Bringi about DA2 now that I've started it again
slim thorn
ooh, we don't have a post for DA
untold vigil
Oh dear light
slim thorn
aside from sameness, my usual problem with later ACs was that they felt like a mishmash of mechanics half of which served no purpose, especially because the platforming and combat were often so easy you needed to do little more than tilt the sticks at the next waypoint and mash the run/attack button
untold vigil
Od solved that for me a little by having more RPG elements to it
slim thorn
if they ever changed away from that I might be interested again
ah
well, you know my reaction that lol
untold vigil
Though that came at the cost of having some enemies be HP sponges which was sucky
slim thorn
yeah I'm kinda sick of HP sponges in every genre these days
untold vigil
A good boss shouldn't need lots of HP
slim thorn
exactly
untold vigil
Let alone mooks
slim thorn
2-4 rounds of actually doing damage should be plenty for any enemy, bosses should mostly be about needing more steps to reach the "actually doing damage" part
but an enemy that's just the same as the other guy but you have to shoot twice as many times, that's lame
gaunt marten
Not every game can be a dark souls
slim thorn
unsure if serious or which joke was intended 
gaunt marten
Dark Souls has really good bosses which tend to be more puzzles than damage sponges
heady bridge
Trails in the Sky the 3rd has the Dark Souls of fishing mini-games >_>
gaunt marten
High Lord Wolnir is one clear example, even though it's not as challenging as usual
All you have to do is hit the glowing bracelets (and don't walk into the fog like that guy did.)
slim thorn
ok, so not specific to Dark Souls, just one of the many things it got right
untold vigil
Dark Souls has really good bosses which tend to be more puzzles than damage spon...
I don't know if I actually agree witht hat
The bosses aren't puzzles in the way zelda bosses are
slim thorn
nearly all of the Metroid Prime bosses are also not just sponges
untold vigil
They have patterns and stuff but they're seldom only vulnerable due to X
gaunt marten
They're puzzles in that you have to watch and learn the attack patterns, as well as experiment with damage types and different moves
It's true that not every boss has a perfect solution that will work every time, but you will still do a lot better if you go about the boss analytically
It gets even wackier when you analyze the timings and realize how they played with that in regards to the Dancer of the Boreal Valley fight
A lot of people have trouble with the Dancer because she doesn't seem to act in a predictable way
That's because she acts on 3/4 beats, instead of 4/4 like almost anything else
untold vigil
I've only played 1 and Elden
and a little of 2 but 2 is infuriating in a way neither of the others is
gaunt marten
There was a really good video on the topic but I can't find it so here's this video instead
3 is a good bit faster than 1, but supposedly slower than or around the same speed as Elden Ring. I haven't played that one
Makes it a lot less frustrating, but also you have less time to react while analyzing enemies
untold vigil
I mean the key in any of them is having your own rhythm synched up, moreso than the actual rhythm of the enemies
In DS1 I sorta painted myself into a corner
by using only the black knight bastard sword the whole game
gaunt marten
You could stop
untold vigil
WHich most of the time was like playing the tuba
I really couldn't
It became a thing
gaunt marten
I mean, who would stop using the tuba
untold vigil
but I beat the whole game with that
untold vigil
in ER I eventually built out to use the Blade of Night And Flame which isn't probably that meta but it's really cool and it fit the RP of my character
gaunt marten
Do they have a moonlight greatsword there?
untold vigil
They have greatswords that exist
untold vigil
I don't remeber
gaunt marten
That's okay because it usually has forgettable stats
untold vigil
I just remeber questing for like 5 hours to find a prettier headwrap
gaunt marten
quiet swift
Mah spoon is too big.
untold vigil
. . . hrm
oblique stone
https://youtu.be/qf7ke0JLDTM vsauce 3 is back.
gaunt marten
What's Vsauce3?
oblique stone
A YouTube channel.
slim thorn
gaunt marten
I know it's a youtube channel, and I know what Vsauce is
What's Vsauce 3 about?
Why should I care?
river veldt
... okay maybe i got it because ||i played a lot of Sonic Mega Collection when I...
I got it because ||I'm utterly obsessed with Sonic right now lmao||
grim stirrup
The moonlight greatsword is From's signature weapon
they do, though its locked behind a pretty long amd difficult quest chain
gaunt marten
Neat
wind stump
Watching the new Jimquisition video and wow
ActiBlizz sending prepackaged articles to journalists to publish along with a copy of the new MWII they're shitting out?
Journalism is dead
slim thorn
"the news regrets to inform you that the other guy's news was woefully misleading" 
rough sleet
https://twistedvoxel.com/atomic-heart-trailers-vertical-slice-crunches-mismanage...
no no no no no
wait wait wait wait
wind stump
Learning that Actiblizz would stoop to the level of basically spitting on a journalist and telling them "Your work is shit, here we did your job for you."
quiet swift
I mean, this is something that has happened for decades? A lot of times the big huge scores that some sites/magazines give is because they got the free copies and probably money from companies to promote it
slim thorn
mm-hmm, in the end you just can't trust any source that you haven't personally familiarized yourself with
arctic fern
trust the reviewers who've been blacklisted lol
thats not necessarily good advice but the ones i do pay attention too seem to be
slim thorn
depends which blacklist we're talking but yeah sometimes it works out that way
gaunt marten
I mean, this is something that has happened for decades? A lot of times the big ...
Yes but the problem here is they're even giving them the article
sonic dune
[goes to RuneScape post]
[It's completely empty]
sonic dune
Yeah I'm trying
Currently it's just op, me, and you
And the only conversation is me being told not to get RuneScape
I did that, I blew up that relay.
quiet swift
Oh yeah, my birthday is n7 day. I keep forgetting
quiet swift
Bioshock!
quiet swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55gcOSZ_is oh boy, this looks like it oughta be fun
thorny loom
Wished we would have gotten a MCC style thing for gears but this is nice too
wind stump
hasty patio
mossy flume
Ha, I thought there was something in there
Well, then...
Liara working with Geth??
quiet swift
[Geth noises intensify]
fresh bane
alright so I'm watching a streamer I like play this game, Dark Picture Anthologies The Devil In Me, jesus that's a long name
these types of games are always so... weird...
they focus so much on the facial animations but they're never quite right, it's super off putting and jarring
the until dawn type games do this so much
quiet swift
I'll just stick to the more anime type, so there's less uncanny valley
(case in point, I be streaming ff7 remake right now)
mossy flume
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/1589747073016266753
Liara has a new title.
Matriarch? Council? Something else entirely?
hasty patio
https://twitter.com/GambleMike/status/1589731923127066624
I guess this makes the shitty ending not canon.
mossy flume
Yeah, the destroy ending is the canon ending.
hasty patio
Destroy wouldn't have Geth running around IMO, but it has been years since I have last played.
My guess is that there will be an internal threat this time around to start.
mossy flume
I thought destroy only blew up the mass relays? But same here, it has been so long I'm not certain.
quiet swift
Or do, but only if you're streaming to an audience
river veldt
Friend
visual hill
was there a hidden kirin at the bottom
mossy flume
CW for above: Arachnophobia
fresh bane
was there a hidden kirin at the bottom
a hidden Kirin hiding in these holes would've been a much more pleasurable surprise
the only fuzzy friends I want to find are kirins
hasty patio
I thought destroy only blew up the mass relays? But same here, it has been so lo...
From what I can find atm, ||it should have also removed the Geth and other synthetic forms of life. That said, it also leaves Shepard alive and the Normandy crew on a planet somewhere recovering from the crash of the ship.||
river veldt
Lämp
quiet swift
NOT FRIEND
fresh bane
mossy flume
From what I can find atm, ||it should have also removed the Geth and other synth...
Gotcha, that sounds familiar.
quiet swift
dense crypt
aheh, no
mossy flume
Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus. And also he has a weapons R&D company.
Which is how he got the explosives, apparently
What’s really wild is that his blog post implies that he plans to use the thing
hasty patio
I'm sure the Torment Nexus for Metaverse will be one to die for.
green fulcrum
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kill...
..............Wait, wtf? This isn't a joke?
Why.
Why would someone make this?
For what reason?
This is beyond dumb.
rugged flax
because yesterday was the canonical day that Sword Art Online went live.
ya know, die in the game, die IRL.
It's a statement piece made to commemorate that.
At this point, it is just a piece of office art, a thought-provoking reminder of unexplored avenues in game design. It is also, as far as I know, the first non-fiction example of a VR device that can actually kill the user.
Palmer Luckey is one of the fathers of modern VR. He's the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift.
thorny loom
I thought destroy only blew up the mass relays? But same here, it has been so lo...
The Destroy ending also kills all synths and robotics including EDE and Geth
green fulcrum
...Office art.
That has explosives inside.
Not a great plan.
rugged flax
I'd hope that the founder of a weapons and defense contractor (Anduril) knows better than to leave live explosive charges just laying around
Certainly has access to them as a defense contractor, but the casings are also just as easy to get and give the same look
teal sonnet
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kill...
finally
bleak lintel
He's making VR follow holodeck rules.
fresh bane
I find it interesting that Japan is so sensitive about violence in games considering how lax they are with.. other things
They really censor a lot of stuff
To the point where it nearly loses all effectiveness completely and it just looks... so weird
like the guy who is meant to just be a torso now has just slightly bloody legs?
river veldt
I find it interesting that Japan is so sensitive about violence in games conside...
Wym
fresh bane
Japan is generally more... accepting? of a lot of sexual and suggestive content that here would be a no no
river veldt
That's nice
fresh bane
ever noticed all the dirty jokes in media like dragonball?
like the bulma and goku scene
river veldt
No I've never watched Dragon Ball
fresh bane
it's not bad at all, but... be consistent you know?
bleak lintel
That's been historically the case with America vs the World.
Don't forget Europe used to censor TNG a few times for violence.
fresh bane
You better look it up because I don't feel like I can explain that scene in a safe way
but what i mean is, it's weird to see them so extremely restrictive of violence when other things are aokay
river veldt
That's just cultural norms for ya
Trust me I took a semester of sociology Junior year of high school
I'm kind of an expert
spiral kraken
~~Imagine not pirating Ubisoft games~~
Shhh play Rayman Redemption instead
chilly mural
alright so I'm watching a streamer I like play this game, Dark Picture Anthologi...
ah yes peach saliva, does she still drink from a baby sippy cup?
peak mesa
All of the Steam games I currently own
gaunt marten
Nice
In the future when you can't display all the games you have in a single screen you can use https://steamosaic.com/ to automatically generate a picture
And if you want to customize your grid images you can use https://www.steamgriddb.com/
rough sleet
peak mesa
And if you want to customize your grid images you can use https://www.steamgridd...
I actually customized the grid image for DOOM Eternal if you look closely, giving it a Doom 3 styled cover
gaunt marten
I see
quiet swift
quiet swift
So my fiancée is playing ko city right now. No idea how but her viewers went from 7-8 to 50. She didn't even get raided
wind stump
funni sentry
wind stump
YOOOOOOO
IRONCHAD IN DEAD CELLS
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oh and shovel knight too ig
river veldt
Terraria man is getting added to Dead Cells next year
heady bridge
Project Cars was never a big seller and seeing how EA own Codemasters now this is a sad but entirely predictable outcome. Hope Slightly Mad Studios doesn't close or gets folded into Codemasters or something.
wind stump
well now i need to find a campfire and a treasure chest to skip, huh
chilly mural
this isn't tf2
wind stump
i play other games
sometimes
visual hill
omg, I played this game 3 years ago (and back when I was a kid) and Ross just did a Game Dungeon on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtd1GP9-as
wind stump
how sus
river veldt
When will they add Among Us
wind stump
Honestly, it could happen with the amount of crossovers already in the game
I would not mind beating people to death with panchaku while dressed as a Crewmate, ngl
FUUUUUUUUU
sonic dune
I just put together that it's Adam and Eve in BioShock
Adam to power up Eve to refill
I'm stupid
wind stump
arctic fern
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1240440/view/3398556047612608820 apparently we just got halo infinite campaign co-op now? neato
and forge
wind stump
after how long, lmao
arctic fern
just under a year lmao
wind stump
Skin was an absolute pain to unlock though
You have to get 3 Keys in a similar manner to the original game
A green one for beating an Elite enemy
A blue one for choosing it over an item in a treasure place
and the red one... Which you have to buy from a store for 10k gold 
don't even know if the keys actually do anything aside from unlock the skin BUT I LOVE IRONCHAD SO IDC
grim stirrup
just finished my replay of KH1 on proud mode, this game has a good story but garbage combat and fights, someone stop me next time i do something like that
anyway time for chain of memories proud mode
grim stirrup
yeah
river veldt
Awesome
grim stirrup
(it among other things, doubles the damage you take, making most things a 1 shot)
its a pretty popular game from that era
mossy flume
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1240440/view/3398556047612608820 apparen...
Yep, co-op, campaign mission replay and Forge.
wind stump
<a:twicrazy:535208432999858186> just finished my replay of KH1 on proud mode, th...
i've been playing through KH1 on Proud myself for my first time
hahaha
i am in pain
grim stirrup
wind stump
damn you really hate your friends
grim stirrup
they get one shot, i aint wasting my health mana on them
sonic dune
Idk how long BioShock is but I've gotten farther now than I did last time
gaunt marten
The "Double this card's damage this combat" function is really, really strong when coupled with energy
wind stump
https://i.imgur.com/Pg8kfa6.png
Oh nice, grats on your Hermit win!
gaunt marten
Thanks. It's been pretty challenging because I kept missing damage cards
slim thorn
i've been playing through KH1 on Proud myself for my first time
***hahaha
i am i...
yeah, as much as I enjoyed KH, it's really not the kind of game I'd ever want to turn up the difficulty on
especially when "higher difficulty" is the usual boring "you do less damage they do more damage" which doesn't make the game play any differently, it just makes everything more tedious
gaunt marten
Yeah
grim stirrup
to be fair, KH doesn't decrease your damage
so its got bethesda beat on that at least
gaunt marten
It basically means you spend a longer time and/or have smaller margins for error
slim thorn
lol
gaunt marten
Whereas interesting difficulty means stuff like changing enemy patterns and adding extra enemies
This is one reason that Dark Souls, with the exception of 2, doesn't have harder difficulty settings
slim thorn
or optional bosses/sidequests designed for the players that found the main game too easy
gaunt marten
Like the expansions
slim thorn
which technically I did in Blasphemous
gaunt marten
Yeah
slim thorn
(and tried to in Hollow Knight)
grim stirrup
what it does in KH1 (remake)
the touch of having to do less to get true ending is interesting tbf
minor plover
especially when "higher difficulty" is the usual boring "you do less damage they...
I convinced a game dev to not do this in their game. Make the enemy shoot more shots, add more enemies, make your powerups provide fewer hp, but don't make the enemies tankier. That makes the game slower for players who have the skill to play faster.
wind stump
what it does in KH1 (remake)
What is Another Side, Another Story? Some sort of alternate character game?
gaunt marten
It's like Another Day in Crazy Taxi. You start facing backwards but everything is literally the same
gaunt marten
I like my explanation better regardless of correctness
slim thorn
that's why we both answered
wind stump
Ah, Secret Ending
i mean i would probably do Hades cup anyway to fight Cloud or whatever
gaunt marten
The sephiroth fight on proud mode is the biggest challenge
wind stump
idc about 101 dalmatians, let Cruella off them dogs are annoying
keep them in the fucking chests and let them suffocate
gaunt marten
Because he has the longest sword
slim thorn
yeah I did all the colliseum cups just for fun
especially for the boss fights only available in them
wind stump
plus the dalmatians are a really lame reward for navigating the jank-ass fuckery that is kh1 platforming
would literally prefer a potion to this collectable for the sake of a collectable
I can't use puppies to heal my gaping fucking wounds, game!
gaunt marten
You don't wanna play Spyro 3 then
slim thorn
I don't think I ever did the crafting
at least for me, I tend to mostly ignore crafting systems in games since the few times I've tried they were sooooo not worth the hassle, and "trying" didn't improve the results anyway since it was such a secondary system I had little control over
wind stump
yup
slim thorn
skill trees are almost always okay though
it's funny how so many mechanics are almost universally nice or universally annoying
wind stump
last time i used one was in Yakuza 7 and that was to upgrade Ichiban's "main" weapon, the story-relevant baseball bat that has like 10 billion levels and basically serves as a constant weapon you can use rather than something you ditch in 5 hours because you found a slightly bigger stick
even then like
fuck the cost of upgrading that thing got ridiculous
slim thorn
I think the last time I technically did crafting was in Bayonetta 2, where I ignored it for 90% of the game and then on the final boss I dumped all my crafting components into lollipops to cheese the boss with because I'm bad at video games
gaunt marten
Just don't take damage
slim thorn
...you can upgrade armor?
wind stump
"why am i dying so much"
idiot you're using basic armor against the literal god of destruction you fuckin' nonce
slim thorn
how does BotW keep retroactively gaining mechanics everyone but me knows about every couple months
fresh bane
Upgrading armor is a pretty normal mechanic you learn about early on
wind stump
...you can upgrade armor?
There's a fairy fountain near Kakiriko Village that allows you to upgrade your armors
fresh bane
you upgrade at the fairy fountains
gaunt marten
Not only can you upgrade armor, you can run out of inventory space and thus permanently lose certain armors when you get them because you had no space for them
wind stump
if you're anything like me
you found it, saw how much it cost to unlock it, went "oh i'll get it later!"
forgets
slim thorn
yeah that's probably what happened then
fresh bane
it's not like upgrading armor is necessary in any way anyways
slim thorn
I know I found one or two great fairy fountains but I have zero memory of what they did, or if I even could do anything with them
I don't even remember if I wore armor
river veldt
Wait Ix you didn't know you could upgrade your armour?
river veldt
I don't even remember if I wore armor
If you were wearing clothes you were wearing armour
slim thorn
maybe I was aware at some point during my playthrough but I sure don't remember iti now
ok yeah none of this was the memorable part of the game lol
gaunt marten
The great fairy fountains also get a little bit more heated with every upgrade
river veldt
I think fully upgraded champion's tunic costs a couple of those star shard things
wind stump
i liked having the upgraded ninja armor
idk why but when stealth can be an option I take it
but i don't like stealth based games like Hitman, if you catch my drift?
fresh bane
Yeah the fairy mountains go from blowing sparkles all over you, to kissing you, to taking you inside the fountain
wind stump
river veldt
People really thirsted over those Great Fairies
I mean compared to OoT the Great Fairies are gorgeous in BOTW
slim thorn
there's a good example of how to make higher difficulties work: even if the enemies do more damage, but your stealth mechanicis don't suck, then higher difficulties incentivize better use of them
like in Halo I'll spend much more time thinking about where to throw a surprise plasma grenade if the difficulty's higher up
fresh bane
Hyrule Warriors' Great Fairy is a goddess
not actually a goddess she's just very gorgeous
wind stump
It's really just like
I appreciate the option and I'll use it if I feel it'd be the fun thing to do
but i would also go face first Tactical Dumbass if I feel like I could take them lol
river veldt
No stealth in Doom
wind stump
Like Dead Cells kind of has stealth
river veldt
Why are the cells dead
wind stump
idfk
slim thorn
stealth would be out of place in Doom, that's fair lol
visual hill
wind stump
but you can break open doors to stun enemies or sneak up behind them because they only aggro you if they can see you
fresh bane
most Metal Gear games actively discourage guns ablazing by swarming you with enemy troops and reinforcements plus the gameplay isn't quite suited for mass shooting, understandably since it's an espionage game and not a shooter
wind stump
hell there's even weapons that deal more damage from behind
fresh bane
Hitman is a similar thing, you are realistically very weak against multiple enemies shooting at you because.. of course
visual hill
Hyrule Warriors' Great Fairy is a goddess
I remember playing OoT and thinking "how did Nintendo get away with this"
fresh bane
slim thorn
well, those are "just" stealth games, kinda separate from the question of how to make a higher difficulty level actually fun to play
fresh bane
MGSV
slim thorn
the problem applies to stealth too, e.g. "just" making enemies spot you faster isn't really fun, and likely just means more save scumming
fresh bane
it's literally the best stealth game ever made but if you wanted to just fight people head on like it's a shooter... you could
the option is there if you so desire
visual hill
when I played Deus Ex, I tended to use lethal options quite a lot. I just prefer playing this way, force of habits
fully upgraded pistol can chew through almost anything, if you have enough skill to click heads
slim thorn
I've always been the type to try very hard for non-lethal in stealth games
fresh bane
I tried using stealth in Deus Ex 1 but I could never whack people in the back of the head consistently
they'd always turn around and shoot me
river veldt
I've never played Deus Ex
fresh bane
other than that the other stealth games I've played are Hitman and Metal Gear and both of them I enjoy
oh and AC Unity, I guess?
that's also stealth
slim thorn
I've played the original DE and DE:HR
Splinter Cell is the only "just stealth" franchise I was ever super into
I did play MGS1-4 but it was all about the story for me
river veldt
I've played the original DE and DE:HR
Was it good
visual hill
I tried using stealth in Deus Ex 1 but I could never whack people in the back of...
original game has broken head hitboxes, Revision fixes those
slim thorn
yeah
visual hill
in the original game, you can only headshot people from cardinal directions (including with firearms)
river veldt
Would I like it
fresh bane
I should replay Deus Ex 1
slim thorn
I have no idea
fresh bane
it's really good
Personally I love that janky old pc game feel
the type where you can probably sequence break a lot of shit and you can probably do whatever you want to, just like Half Life 1
river veldt
Nire have you played Elder Scrolls Arena
visual hill
I intend to replay it next year, maybe in Realistic difficulty
fresh bane
in the original game, you can only headshot people from cardinal directions (inc...
Oof, I hope there's a mod for this
fresh bane
Nire have you played Elder Scrolls Arena
never heard of it
visual hill
Arena has aged like fine milk, Daggerfall has aged much better thanks to Daggerfall Unity
fresh bane
I'm not a super elder scrolls type person
river veldt
Why
fresh bane
I enjoyed Skyrim but never got super far into it
visual hill
Daggerfall is also free but I've never had time to play it
river veldt
You said you liked the feeling of old janky pc games so I said the oldest jankiest pc game I could think of
visual hill
oh right
you could try Techland's earlier games like Chrome or Xpand Rally maybe, they have quite some jank compared to their recent releases
it's impressive to see one of those studios's earlier work, compared to their output nowadays (Dying Light)
fresh bane
I do like it but I'm still not interested in elder scrolls
it's a very specific feeling I get from those early 3d pc titles
visual hill
did you try Thief or System Shock 2?
fresh bane
those games feel very moody and atmospheric in a way I never felt with anything else
river veldt
Quake?
fresh bane
I haven't, but Thief is another one of those, I've always been interested in THief but never got around to playing it
never played Quake but it being a shooter is probably different from what I mean
Quake and Doom aren't like Half Life and Deus Ex
quiet swift
I think I played Deus Ex 1 waaaay back when it was still new... 
slim thorn
I did play System Shock 2, that was fun
river veldt
Quake and Doom aren't like Half Life and Deus Ex
Gold Source was literally built off of the Quake engine
slim thorn
never got around to any Thiefs and barely any Hitman
visual hill
you could try out Strife if you want an earlier example of a FPS-RPG hybrid
it's a bit underlooked, more heavily leaning on FPS than RPG compared to Deus Ex but it has its charm
fresh bane
Gold Source was literally built off of the Quake engine
it's still not the same
quiet swift
I played the first thief but don't think I ever finished it. Haven't touched any Hitman
fresh bane
Well it's good that you haven't touched any hitmen because that would be illegal
also help I keep downloading Sifu mods and they're all so cool
this Chunners one is fantastic
photo mode on this game is pretty cool
slim thorn
speaking of, I'm going to try actually playing a little more Hitman 2
(if anyone wants to watch just ping me and I'll turn the stream on)
dense crypt
also help I keep downloading Sifu mods and they're all so cool
she looks like she isnt wearing any underwear tbh
slim thorn
for Flitter's benefit: I ended up killing Robert Knox ||by impersonating Mendez and scanning Robert's photo during the demonstration||
fresh bane
the 'best' way?
gaunt marten
It's ironic, making it funny
gaunt marten
The fastest way is usually some stupid snipe spot location that's very timing based and not fun
fresh bane
The fastest way I've seen is to ||put an explosive on the girls' car, wait until Knox goes to a rooftop, push him off, explode the car||
river veldt
Ayo this Thor fight is badass
fresh bane
Oh nevermind! you don't put an explosive there at all
You actually || push him off as soon as she shows up, so she runs him over, and then she crashes ||
what a perfect crime
gaunt marten
And the silent assassin suit only is just a little longer
I just find the orchestrated situations prepared by the devs more fun
slim thorn
yeah, I'm gonna worry about aiming for silent assassin or whatever after I have a feel for what's even in this level
right now I keep running into places I'd love to access but have no idea how to without starting a firefight but I haven't even touched the other half of the level yet
fresh bane
meanwhile me, a perfectionist on my first run of any game:
the entire point of Sifu is to use the ability to resurrect but here I am refusing to progress in the game unless I finish every single stage at the age of 20
basically a no-death run
slim thorn
I'm kinda that way too
but this is a game where you have to learn the levels before you can be a perfectionist about them
I can't just murder everyone in sight (or rather, it's because I lean towards perfectionism that I can't)
fresh bane
Sifu is exactly that way too
pretty much I just restart if I get a bad score/die once
after playing it through once of course
play it through once, learn the general layout and enemies, finish the level, and now do not progress until you've done a PERFECT run through the level
slim thorn
for example, right now I don't even know how I'd get to the rooftop in question
fresh bane
snek defeated
slim thorn
I wandered all over the parts of the building my disguise could get me too and couldn't find anyone isolated to get another disguise from or a pipe leading to that side of the roof
fresh bane
for example, right now I don't even know how I'd _get_ to the rooftop in questio...
the one in the video?
slim thorn
yeah
no surprise a scientist disguise gets me up there, but I couldn't find a scientist I could safely subdue
(and I'm not watching the full video and spoiling myself lol)
slim thorn
I mean the whole third floor is off-limits even with my disguise to unlock the 2nd floor
I could get to a few rooms on the west side of that floor, but there were far too many people milling about to get to the other side unseen
fresh bane
yeah getting the scientist disguise requires some trickery
it's not super straight forward but it's hard to give hints or help without straight up saying what to do 
slim thorn
np, I'd rather figure out as much as I can myself anyway
also right now I'm busy being the flamingo mascot
slim thorn
gee, I wonder if I could've killed Sierra using this thing had I been here when the race ended
fresh bane
you can probably kill your targets in pretty much any conceivable way you can think of
are you meeting up with her?
slim thorn
probably, that's the only plan I've got at the moment
though I'm also trying to explore every other place on the map so I find stuff like this
fresh bane
meeting up with her is probably the most simple and straightforward option of eliminating her
slim thorn
I can poison the trophy? lol
fresh bane
Can you? 
slim thorn
it had a prompt
fresh bane
well... that's an option then 
slim thorn
if I ever find lethal poison on this map
fresh bane
I don't know if Hitman 1-3 does this but I love how in Blood Money at the end of every mission you get a little newspaper describing the entire mission/murder and how the target dies
also if anyone sees you, depending on how much they see you, the newspaper details that too
it's super smart and I love it
slim thorn
I did appreciate the newspaper thing
fresh bane
if you go guns ablazing I think even pictures of you show up and pretty much everyone will notice you the next level which is awesome
before the new hitman games a lot of people loved Hitman 2 and say it was the best one but for me it was always Blood Money
it was the one I played all the time as a kid 
...probably shouldn't have
but I'm sure the new Hitman games have taken the spot for best Hitman games
slim thorn
I think a long, long time ago I attempted to play one of the originals and just had no idea what to do and never got anywhere
even with Blood Money I had to look stuff up online all the time to make progress
fresh bane
The good part about it is that the answer to how to 'progress' can literally be anything considering how much freedom you get
I can't remember if I was ever fully stuck at some missions in that game
slim thorn
well yeah that's how fans of the series always phrase it
Podium Club Pass
I think I just found part of the answer to silent assassining this
fresh bane
slim thorn
all right, that's my first run of the level complete
feels like it'll take at least 2-3 runs before I feel like I've "seen it"
dense crypt
hit the man
quartz pawn
oh man, God of War, I've seen like the first hour through of the game and uhh yeah
Game of the year
just absolutely unreal
no spoilers but yeah
quartz pawn
I've seen through the first hour of the game rn
I wont talk about specific events yet
out of respect for well, the game just came out lol
river veldt
Just do spoiler brackets
quartz pawn
alright fine
||I've seen Atreus say goodbye to his wolfdog, Kratos fights bear version of rage atreus, and Kratos almost goes full god of war against Thor after he threatens atreus with Odin false promises of asgard in massive boss battle||
river veldt
||THE THOR FIGHT WAS SO COOL||
quartz pawn
||THE THOR FIGHT WAS SO COOL||
||yeah that was metal as fuck. so close to seeing kratos lose it|| @river veldt
quartz pawn
night!
quiet swift
Alright, it's that time of year again. Thanks to my workplace, I can get access to some EA games easily. In this case, I'll be getting three codes (though one is for me!) for https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846380/Need_for_Speed_Unbound/ 's Palace edition on Steam.
My usual thing is to offer these codes in exchange for something on my Steam wishlist, usually in the top 10-20. ( https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/id/Tcher/#sort=order). I am good for this, I've done these exchange with many folks in the channel before. I recommend waiting for a Steam Sale to get the best deal too. Get something discounted from my wishlist to get an 80$ game 
Poke me if you're interested.
(game won't be out until 2 december, I won't get the code until closer to that, but might as well ask folks now if they're interested)
wind stump
comedy
oooh, there's a little roll spot to the right that gives you a baseball bat
time for Ironchad to become a mass murderer! 
wind stump
as a side note, i like the fact that you just unlock the new skins/weapons without having to deal with the blueprint system, meaning you can just focus on enjoying the new content without having to spend a run or two dumping cells just to unlock a new skin
doesn't help for the content in the base game but it's the thought that counts! 
quiet swift
slim thorn
considering I've never played it or seen anyone else play it, I'll take it
#GuessTheGame #179
🎮 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
gaunt marten
#GuessTheGame #179
🎮 🟨 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
quiet swift
Same
gaunt marten
It's a really fun game
river veldt
gaunt marten
Definitely play the sequel if you wanna get into it
It's more accessible in every way and it's more of the same
river veldt
#GuessTheGame #179
🎮 🟨 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
Wait I didn't even know there was a yellow square
grim stirrup
#GuessTheGame #179
🎮 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
https://GuessThe.Game/ ||i geussed the sequel first, i'm not entirely sure why 
, it has a real recognisable art style though||
river veldt
I thought it was Terraria Otherworld but that game straight up never even came out lmao
grim stirrup
the starbound ass grappling hook coulda been so fun
slim thorn
what ever happened to Starbound anyway
river veldt
Star
grim stirrup
it finished releasing
river veldt
Terraria is on like it's 6th final update now lmao
grim stirrup
i prefer the earlier patches of starbound\ by a long shot, they removed a lot of the complexity they added, and added a pretty bad story with some mediocre dungeons
terraria is just built different
river veldt
True
gaunt marten
Wait I didn't even know there was a yellow square
I made it up
river veldt
Why
hasty patio
static bluff
I failed
arctic fern
it was easy, got it first try
rough sleet
fucking nice, atomic heart is unavailable in my region
gaunt marten
Just pirate it
rough sleet
Just pirate it
But I want to pay the creator 
gaunt marten
If they don't let you pay then you can't pay
You can pirate it now and when it's sold in your region buy it
sage iris
when is atomic heart coming out?
rough sleet
when is atomic heart coming out?
february 21st
sage iris
excited
rough sleet
you shouldn't be
in Russia it is gonna be sold only through VK play 💀
unless you are going to 🏴☠️ it
wind stump
ayo, got that 15% chance
minor gorge
mossy flume
You don’t find Florida Man. Florida Man finds you.
slim thorn
and yet, Florida Man is sleeping with the fishes now
quiet swift
slim thorn
(he's fine, there just happened to be a perfect crate for hiding unconscious bodies on the pier itself)
all right then
slim thorn
now the real question is, can I even do suit only silent assassin on this level
at this point I could probably silent assassin any of the disguise "mission stories", but it seems like all of them require a disguise
gaunt marten
I tend to prefer silent assassin with suit changes
slim thorn
yeah, in the tutorial there was little point in a disguise so that wasn't much of an added challenge
gaunt marten
I just think the various disguises are a key part of what makes hitman fun so I only do suit only when I need an extra challenge
slim thorn
I'm leaning that way as well
but I want to at least think about whether there's a fun way to do this suit only
although so far I've got nothing but "look up where the speedrunners snipe from"
gaunt marten
Oh no, you can do a lot by sneaking around
I very much recommend the Paris level from Hitman 1
slim thorn
probably in some levels, but this one I really don't see a way into anywhere non-public without a disguise
slim thorn
I'm not saying there isn't one, I'm saying I don't see it
gaunt marten
Remember that you can knock people out, make sounds to lure them to places, climb on pipes to reacher higher floors
slim thorn
so either there's whole mechanics I'm missing out on, or key parts of the level design that somehow several hours of walking around didn't expose to me
gaunt marten
And sometimes you can slip by when they're not looking
slim thorn
I know, there's several places where I did exactly that
it only goes so far in areas where every room has 2+ people in it
gaunt marten
Every level is designed to be completely reachable with silent assassin suit only, as long as you pay close attention to the patrol schedules of everyone
If I recall correctly you can also find access cards or convince people to let you in
slim thorn
I did find the VIP access card, but so far that's the only one lying in an area I could get to undisguised, and not an area I can do a quiet kill in
should we make this more specific / should I start streaming so you can see where I'm stuck?
gaunt marten
No bandwidth for streaming. I'm out on the east end of Riyadh
slim thorn
ok, so to keep things simple, let's talk Robert
he never leaves the upper floors of the expo building unless I sabotage the expo car or hijack the food stand, both of which require disguises
(the expo car technically doesn't require a disguise to sabotage and lure him down, but then I can't get anywhere near him afterward without one)
AFAICT the only entrance to the upper floors is a staircase with two stationary guards and a camera pointed on it at all times, which only lets you through if disguised as Mendez (or security I guess)
gaunt marten
You can go to the security room and disable the cameras to get around the first one
slim thorn
the pipes that are on the building are for getting from level 2 to 3, which I played with a little but couldn't get very far
ok I never even found a "security room"
gaunt marten
It's near the underground garages
slim thorn
I spent maybe half an hour looking for a camera recorder in my first run and it wasn't in any room I could get to
oh the garage security room
gaunt marten
Yep!
Looks like you can bypass the guards too by doing a little bit of sneaking around
You gotta hop up a wall next to the green cargo container
slim thorn
hang on I might've found a totally different route just now
hm, ok, I am technically on the second floor now
but the rooms connected to this one are way too open and filled with people to go into
I could just shoot Robert from here, but I'm pretty sure that'd fail "no bodies found" or something
gaunt marten
If no one's with him you can shoot him then escape before he's found and it counts
slim thorn
gtk, that definitely won't work on this level though
ah, this player used a completely different entrance from the one I'm stuck in
man that is a lot of running through hallways that should be in several people's line of sight
gaunt marten
Swiss cheese level design is great
slim thorn
I have no clue how he's getting away with that
gaunt marten
Yeah, it can be surprising and timing based
slim thorn
ooooh that guy who's looking directly at me isn't alert enough to actually see me
gaunt marten
Like a normal human
slim thorn
hm, it's really hard to tell what they'll let me get away with
ok I think I see what you mean, this is possible but I'd have to do a lot of trial and error to find a reliable route
gaunt marten
You could save and reload
slim thorn
what did you think I was doing lol
ah-ha, there is a limit on how many bodies I can dump into one box
gaunt marten
It's two per box
slim thorn
lol, I don't think Robert noticed his bodyguard's gone 
gaunt marten
Bodyguards aren't people
slim thorn
yep, there's soooo many guards between me and him on the 3rd floor it was literally faster to stay put on the 2nd floor balcony for 10 more minutes until he walked back