Already going to MGR Stormbringer
#general gaming
grave tide
fresh bane
Oh I never cared much about cheevos myself 
slim thorn
"cheevos", I like that
fresh bane
I think I picked that up from Pat and Woolie
amongst other things, like my love for fighting games and DMC 
white phoenix
dmc is great
quiet swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HpuiodIULQ what is the absolute chaos of this game
quiet swift
Just browsing through that, it's not even a fraction as funny as kaif and his cohorts 
spiral kraken
https://youtu.be/RzOe6BDuNPM The Highlights are better tbh
quiet swift
uneven epoch
they rlly said "fuck dwarves never heard of them" ey
gotta love cass n leliana showin up tho
random steppe
Honestly this trend of various game properties getting anime has been great
teal sonnet
yep
random steppe
Definitely worked far better than whatever the film industry was doing with it
teal sonnet
The curse of bad video games adaptations was broken
gaunt marten
I can't wait until indie games like the binding of Isaac, shower with your dad simulator and lemonade tycoon get anime adaptations
green fulcrum
The curse of bad video games adaptations was broken
It's been broken since Sonic, of all characters, showed Hollywood how it's done.
Also, yaaaay, more footage of this show! I've been very excited for it since the reveal. I'm not a huge Dragon Age fan, but this looks incredibly interesting. :D
I just hope that it doesn't require game knowledge for me to jump in.
thorny loom
gaunt marten
The problem with these games and modding is that any sort of mods that change the game automatically disable achievements, meaning that if you ever want to conveniently earn achievements, you have to choose to cheat the achievements in or not mod the game
Paradox requires Ironman mode with a checksum for game integrity before the game can award achievements, and it's the worst
hasty patio
The problem with these games and modding is that any sort of mods that change th...
That was brought up recently. Vicky 3 is the first to not require ironman mode and have specific rules set to make that happen.
gaunt marten
That's a good change. Victoria 3 is about ten years away for me though
hasty patio
On the flip side, Bannerlord requires ironman and no mods, but you can mod out the line of code that enforces that.
gaunt marten
Yeah you can mod paradox games to allow achievements and mods but it's complicated and not easy
hasty patio
CK3 is really strict about it. Even mods that just change UI (since not everyone has the same screen size and allows it to be seen more easily) disabled achievements because of how the checksum is done.
gaunt marten
CK2 was fine about it but as a result of how many achievements there are, I never got around to trying big mods like Elder Kings
hasty patio
There's one for EU IV as well, but same deal applies for most achievements.
icy crescent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7MZuR8RM48
ah yes more Tevinter
gaunt marten
river veldt
grim stirrup
#GuessTheGame #183
๐ฎ ๐ฉ โฌ โฌ โฌ โฌ โฌ
https://GuessThe.Game/ 
yesterdays too because why not
quiet swift
grim stirrup
because you missed days
river veldt
?????
gaunt marten
The game helpfully takes your time zone into account
grim stirrup
gaunt marten
It's 2AM for me
grim stirrup
its weird that if you look at pictures afterwards it marks them in red
river veldt
Oh so you guys are ahead because you're in the future
gaunt marten
dire gate
river veldt
Damn Chip ur good at this
grim stirrup
that or i've spent to long looking at way to many games in the process of making chipardy tm
grim stirrup
but you dont lose anything for guessing
dire gate
Well it's more like narrowing it down
gaunt marten
I'm so lazy I don't wanna tire my baby brain out
dire gate
If I have like 20 different games in mind I'd rather see one more picture
river veldt
<:ppenk:681838745611141137> but you dont lose anything for guessing
You lose respect
grim stirrup
that was an ominous push notifaction to get
river veldt
Lol
dire gate
Also I probably played like only 10 games among those
So I need a little bit more hint lol
I know games, but I actually don't play a lot
grim stirrup
there are a fair few that i haven't played but are aesthetically very distinct regardless
the first day for example
quiet swift
slim thorn
oh no, the game's getting serious now; this camera actually covers the entire room 
slim thorn
to be fair, this is the secret society level
but because Hitman is a gritty and grounded setting, they're all billionaire assholes 
fresh bane
sounds about right
secret society, billionaire assholes
I feel like we've done this before... 
hasty patio
quiet swift
slim thorn
I feel like we've done this before... <:rarityduhrling:685489507776069686>
my favorite is eavesdropping on the billionaire assholes complaining about how some other billionaire asshole is behind the times or exceptionally assholey or frivolously overspending or whatever
like just now I was listening to something along the lines of "climate denial served us well at first but we all know which way the wind is blowing, so we've been planning our green transition by gobbling up smaller companies for a while now. <other guy> needs to wake up and realize nobody's bloody buying coal any more." 
slim thorn
yeah
to be clear, this is a secret society of hyperrich people offering "survive the apocalypse" products like luxury arctic bunkers to marginally less hyperrich people
quiet swift
Y'know, like reality
slim thorn
and I am one room away from fully exploring the level so I am very ready to start killing 
fresh bane
I think the entire plotline of the new Hitman games is entirely about assassinating hyperrich assholes
slim thorn
often, yeah
fresh bane
I don't think they try to ever portray him as a person who only goes after evil people
gaunt marten
They definitely do in the new series
fresh bane
I think the new and old games do a pretty good job at telling you that 47 is simply a cold calculating assassin
fresh bane
no feelings of guilt or sadness or passion for the killing, it's just a job
gaunt marten
Every single assassination has a section that illustrated how whoever you're killing does bad things
slim thorn
47 himself doesn't seem too worried about the morality but it is true that at least in this game every target "has it coming" in some sense
gaunt marten
Oh yeah, he has no feelings, but the people he's killing happen to be evil
slim thorn
I think this last mission briefing even said something like "unfortunately these two targets are collateral damage, but they have it coming anyway" 
river veldt
Does 47 have a romantic partner or is he single
fresh bane
Yeah but I feel like it has less to do with him as a protagonist or framing him as a protagonist
slim thorn
I really don't think he's in any sort of headspace for a relationship
fresh bane
I don't think 47 is capable of feeling love
river veldt
Aw
slim thorn
like most of the dark and edgy characters you ask that about
fresh bane
The only character I'd ever see him having a relationship with, in any sense of the word, is Diana
river veldt
I just want them to be happy Ix ๐ฉ
slim thorn
there are other ways to be happy
river veldt
Okey does 47 have any want at all
fresh bane
Good question
slim thorn
well, at least in this specific game, they do eventually end up in a ||get payback on the unethical scientists who made me this way|| storyline
river veldt
That's a pog
slim thorn
but I'm only on story mission 6 of 8 so there might be more, and I don't know what Hitman 1 (of the reboots) was about
fresh bane
I thought they already tackled that on the first game?
since the first game is all about || killing all of your ''fathers'' ||
river veldt
What was the Hitman game where Agent 47 dies and then you can get up at his funeral and kill everyone
slim thorn
I remembered that mission as soon as Cap said it
slim thorn
since the first game is all about || killing all of your ''fathers'' ||
oh is that what it was
ok well now it's about the guys who ordered them to do it I guess? 
I'm a little fuzzy on it myself
fresh bane
I think the only ''wants'' that 47 could ever possibly have is to just lead a normal life? that's what Hitman 2 was about
but it seems he always ends up getting roped back into his profession anyways
so I guess at this point he just kinda embraced it I guess
gaunt marten
He wants choccy milk
fresh bane
I can't remember what Absolution was about
slim thorn
ah, the John Wick arc
river veldt
He wants choccy milk
Real??
gaunt marten
Play the games to find out
river veldt
I have no money
grim stirrup
slim thorn
the fact that the billionaire secret society ceremony begins with literal burning of money is... I don't even know, are they doing self-satire???
quiet swift
Nah, they're just sending money to Diablo (immortal)
chilly mural
fresh bane
OH MY FUCKING GOD
THEY PUT A HUNTER IN THAT HALLWAY 
Scared the lights out of me I was not ready for that
slim thorn
that was fun
fresh bane
this is definitely not gonna crush me as soon as I turn around and face my back to it
fickle garnet
this is definitely not gonna crush me as soon as I turn around and face my back ...
Punch it
fresh bane
Punch it
(X)
Hook
oh my gosh
this inventory 
so good
omg silent hill /s
oh shit it actually is Silent Hill
nevermind
is this... german? 
mossy flume
Looks German to me
minor plover
up until the white line translates to:
Remember the rule of 6 never carry more than 6 items
quiet swift
Indeed German. After that, "private ownership is a priviledge. Keep your pockets empty and your backpack light"
fresh bane
up until the white line translates to:
Remember the rule of 6 never carry more t...
Hahah that's what it actually says
fresh bane
Indeed German. After that, "private ownership is a priviledge. Keep your pockets...
correct
quiet swift
is completely fluent in german, you see 
fresh bane
I thought since this seems like sci fi it was some weird mix of german with something else
to create a fictional language
but no it seems like it's full german
quiet swift
Yeah that's full german, the damage on the bottom may make it seem weird but that's just damage
fresh bane
Hehehe
fresh bane
Yeah that's full german, the damage on the bottom may make it seem weird but tha...
awesome, german is neat
seems like it's also using some kanjis here and there so it's mixed with japanese
interesting
GUN
I wonder what this refers to
...could it be... mayonnaise? 
minor plover
bing bong!
minor gorge
peak mesa
Has anyone tried the Duke Nukem 3D Legacy mod?
fresh bane
man the artwork of this game 
ARA unit huh 
quartz pawn
I've been having fun in PT's servers 
rough sleet
I have my new favourite game, squad
gaunt marten
Even the speedrunning community does not recommend playing Bethesda games without mods
There's a preset mod list to make New Vegas crash less that you can use and still have your Speedrun approved
untold vigil
@fresh bane How was that game? I've been thinking about buying it
chilly mural
god bless mods
graceful bridge
craggy vine
The game has looked a bit outdated for a while to be fair
gaunt marten
It's fifteen years old
river veldt
No it's 7 years old
gaunt marten
You're seven years old
river veldt
No I'm 20
craggy vine
we're the same age
sonic dune
Before TF2 was F2P they should have made it so they you could play for free with Demoman for a limited amount of time
gaunt marten
Well you can do that now
quiet swift
river veldt
Also I've never heard of Plague Tale: Requiem until right now??
quiet swift
It's a sequel
river veldt
And obviously I'm only saying this cuz I'm salty Kirby or Sonic didn't get nominated
river veldt
I see
Stray is cute, Horizon is really pretty, and I have no interest in Xenoblade
I legit feel like it's gonna be a battle between ER and Ragnarok
quiet swift
Honestly it is. Stray might have a chance just for the sheer novelty of it and how well it did, but Elden Ring and Ragnarok are the top tear stuff, and are sold extremely well (at least elden ring, ragnarok is too recent to tell)
river veldt
Yea
quiet swift
bonks sony on the head. GIVE ME FORBIDDEN WEST ON PC YOU FUCKERS
thorny loom
Also I've never heard of Plague Tale: Requiem until right now??
Think that one is about a boy that causes a vermintide
mossy flume
What. 
fresh bane
https://www.pcgamer.com/2022-years-later-the-bible-gets-a-steam-version/ <:rdwut...
The Bible speedrun any%
chilly mural
grave tide
I did Lenin's dream
Germany's revolution won
Big German Communist Sphere Of Influence
chilly mural
Comrade, it'z betiful
grave tide
BASED
I made united Scandinavia
I just puppeted Sweden, Norway and Denmark in the same time
river veldt
Goddamit, I was all hyped that Sonic 2 got nominated for best adaptation only to see that it's up against Arcane
graceful bridge
gaunt marten
I knew I couldn't trust them
People kept telling me they were done with DLC and I should just buy the bundle that has everything
Not until Civ 7
heady bridge
Happy for Monolith Soft to get a nomination there and from their own IP and not just as a support studio with Breath of the Wild.
graceful bridge
Well, Civ 7 likely got delayed due to COVID, so they need some content to keep things moving.
Apparently some leaks indicate it's another "new leaders every few months" type of release.
gaunt marten
Once they have a final bundle that contains every piece of DLC that will ever come out I will consider if the game is worth my money
bleak lintel
Xenoblade 3 is really good but I'm not sure it is the top game of the list.
rancid herald
Pretty amazing that stray got nominated
slim thorn
it's weird seeing the financial markets suddenly notice a thing like this and have a completely reasonable reaction to it
violet pollen
I have a question, i recently got a switch and i was wondering if there were any game(s) that anyone could recommend me playing first since i haven't played on it yet and are new to the controls
static bluff
Factorio
slim thorn
I thought the Switch was pretty much the same controls as any other console
two analog sticks, d-pad, four letter buttons, shoulder buttons/triggers?
violet pollen
i dont play on console usually :P
bleak lintel
Switch has that cool IR camera on the right? joycon.
slim thorn
ah
ok I have no idea what would help someone adapt to their first time using a console lol
bleak lintel
You have a Kirby pfp, play Kirby.
fresh bane
wow I just checked out Cr1tikal's Sonic Frontiers stream because I wanted to see how he was playing it and his chat is actually fucking unbearable
cringiest shit I've seen
thorny loom
Well theres like 15k people at his streams at once normally
river veldt
Charlie's fanbase is awful lmao
fresh bane
Even Charlie has had times where he tells chat to stop being fucking idiots
and he can't understand how some of them are so stupid 
chilly mural
he bred them into his own culture and cult of personality, hes taking responsibility
fresh bane
what do you mean?
wise frigate
what? wheres the pone? 
mossy flume
fresh bane
holy shit
This entire situation makes me realize a couple things
number one holy fuck some people involved in the creation of games are downright evil
and number two I vastly overestimate how qualified or how much of an expert/professional one needs to be to work on games, big games
''yeah dude making the music for the game first is totally a great idea and a time saving strategy''
the guy who needs to see some gameplay/know story details to create the music: 
like seriously do they think music just pops into existence and it magically fits? it's specifically tailored to what you do/what's happening in the game
it's such a basic concept even I know it
quiet swift
quiet swift
A comment on the video... "I've worked on a few VR games and the three worst things you can do: camera shake, motion blur and bad fps. Among us VR does all three."
grave tide
The fires of greed will burn the weak
So we'll make freedom obsolete
Making whole the fabric of society
Collective consciousness controlled as you will see!
delicate mortar
The fires of greed will burn the weak
So we'll make freedom obsolete
Making whol...
THE WORLD SHALL BE RULED OVER BY SCORCHING FLAMES
rough sleet
grand cargo
Remember this guy?
peak mesa
Zuma
quiet swift
๐ธ
wind stump
river veldt
Bill
wind stump
"Buy Crypto, suckers!"
meanwhile the crypto market is literally falling apart
Aged like fine wine
unreal idol
https://kotaku.com/mtg-30th-anniversary-black-lotus-transformers-warhammer-18497...
yeah MTG isn't looking so hot
thorny loom
You did it
https://www.pcgamer.com/tears-of-joy-as-streamer-completes-back-to-back-no-hit-run-of-every-single-soulsborne-game/ you crazy sob you did it
wind stump
"Oh this will be a fun challenge!"
immediately dies to next Elite fight
I underestimated how dangerously diabetic Donu's deliciousness could be
river veldt
quiet swift
Skipped all because there's ten billion ||mario|| games
arctic fern
man the first 3 photos in that were worthless
didnt get anything till pic 4 then i just had to guess which one in the series it was
fortunately it seemed there was only one in the series in their system lol
thorny loom
Superstar saga was the best.
river veldt
river veldt
Skipped all because there's ten billion ||mario|| games
Pls spoiler
Also that one was easy lol
The ||Mario & Luigi series has a pretty distinct artstyle||
gaunt marten
Today I learned you can just buy land from poor countries to lock up trade for your favor https://i.imgur.com/SKNRcIS.png
Best of all, it doesn't even give you aggressive expansion
green fulcrum
https://www.pcgamer.com/tears-of-joy-as-streamer-completes-back-to-back-no-hit-r...
Jesus, he did this for 120 days, and through the sobbing he sounded like he said "weekend fasts".
fresh bane
Watching SnapCube playing through Sonic Frontiers and I love how excited she is about pretty much everything
according to what she says the bar is super low but this game surpasses it, I guess Sonic fans really haven't gotten a good Sonic game in a while lol
fresh bane
Okay I completely see what Sonic fans mean by this game having great writing
Sonic and other characters feel like actual characters with personality and not just one-note like Amy simply being obsessed with Sonic or a girlboss type character and Sonic being all quips and jokes and zero seriousness
the dialogue feels convincing and it's not just super one note, it's cool 
thorny loom
Nice.
fresh bane
Good job 
chilly mural
for a second I thought rafo was congratulating themselves with an alt account
fresh bane
chilly mural
it's been a long week
grave tide
Good job <:twilight:399725087592284160>
Meh, energy wig and riper blade mode literally can make easy S rank
70% hp lose in 1 blade mod
But 1st and especially 2nd phases are painful
fresh bane
Oh man these Koco creatures are so fucking adorable
fresh bane
Meh, energy wig and riper blade mode literally can make easy S rank
I remember having a looot of trouble with Armstrong in the last fight
... but to be fair I was doing no hit runs every boss especially the last one because I didn't have any healing items
in my first playthrough too
I should probably replay Rising sometime
I remember hating the big enemies
fresh bane
Oooooohhh look at that Dragonball reference
chilly mural
yooooooooooo
fresh bane
ayyyy they remembered that
untold laurel
Heh, I found this weapon in HL2
quiet swift
wind stump
Watching ProZD's new reel video and going from "My what a strapping physique to "WOAH PAYDAY, that guy was pretty fuckin' loaded!" was definitely a shift
river veldt
Is Disco Elysium good
green fulcrum
according to what she says the bar is super low but this game surpasses it, I gu...
Not necessarily true, Mania was fantastic.
...Then again, it's been 5 years since then, and 4 years since the Plus edition.
green fulcrum
But yes, this is the first truly AMAZING 3D Sonic game since Sonic Generations, which was alllllll the way back in 2011.
green fulcrum
And even then, Generations had a poor story and fairly basic gameplay, and I say that as someone who loved it and 100%'ed it three times.
river veldt
But mayhaps that is WiiU nostalgia talking lmao
fresh bane
I don't know why I wasn't counting Mania on that but yes I remember Mania and I remember people loved it
I guess I'm talking about the modern 3d sonic games instead
fresh bane
Is Disco Elysium good
that's a complicated question to answer
green fulcrum
ayyyy they remembered that
Oh, you'd be shocked at how many references there are to past events in this game. Soooooooo many.
And as for the Titans, I'll say this much: Super Sonic is truly BRUTAL in this game with how he dispatches them.
Punching right through the first one and sending it flying off its feet is tame compared to what he does to 2 and 3.
fresh bane
Oh hey they made || Sticks || canon
the story really seems to be setting up something like Sonic Adventure 3 with all the characters going on their own adventures
green fulcrum
Oh hey they made || Sticks || canon
Not just ||Sticks|| 
fresh bane
that was fun, it's nothing too mind blowing but a pretty nice and fun solid sonic game with a straightforward story
green fulcrum
They also made someone else canon, and trust me, her inclusion is 100x bigger than ||Sticks||.
river veldt
||Tangle???||
wise frigate
nah, ||Rocks||
fresh bane
||Tangle???||
yeah
green fulcrum
||Yes, Tangle from IDW is now canon to the mainline Sonic games, which means by extension ALL of IDW is canon too.||
river veldt
Why is that Rouge drawing so
green fulcrum
That's an official art piece
green fulcrum
All the way back from good ol' Sonic X and the Adventure era.
fresh bane
I don't know who || Tangle || is but she has a super cute design
I should check out IDW comics sometime since I'm gonna read MLP's comics anyways
river veldt
||She is gay||
green fulcrum
I really like her design from Heroes and Prime. Heroes gives off the "sexy treasure hunter" feel, and Prime gives off the "sexy spy" feel, and neither feel too overdone.
green fulcrum
Also, kind of hilarious how we have an entire thread for Sonic stuff but everyone is talking here, lol.
green fulcrum
That one's not a spoiler.
river veldt
Yea
chilly mural
Sonic team are cowards for not bringing the heroes design of rouge
that outfit is sick af
green fulcrum
It is
fresh bane
I think it's the first time I enjoy music from Sonic that isn't from Crush 40
green fulcrum
One of the best songs in ANY Sonic game, and that's saying A LOT.
fresh bane
A lot of people are like ''omg just like metal gear rising'' and.. I get it, sure, but nah, this game doesn't have the same type of combat as MGR, Bayonetta or DMC at all and Sonic has had metal/rock songs before
dense crypt
sonic heroes was mentioned
fresh bane
but surely some of these fights have to be references to that especially the one with the sword
though it has a bunch of DBZ references too
dense crypt
bro are we EVER going to see neo metal sonic and metal overlord again?
those two had my favorite character designs in the entire franchise
i mean LOOK AT THIS
dapper cedar
I never got to the boss but I remember seeing the long transformation scene and being quite disturbed by it
green fulcrum
Surprisingly, a lot of people really didn't like Neo's design.
dense crypt
WHAT
green fulcrum
Like, it was looooooaaaaathed by the fandom.
dense crypt
neo metal gives super-future vibes and i love that
gaunt marten
Is Disco Elysium good
Disco Elysium is great but it does demand a lot of reading (it's fully voiced)
gaunt marten
You'll love it
I think the start might be a little confusing but I'm not sure if I should describe it for you
river veldt
No go ahead
I know the basic plot is that you're a detective and you've lost your memory right?
river veldt
Lmao
gaunt marten
And a big part of the first half an hour is you figuring out who the fuck you were, and that involves you choosing on a personality
Each sort of you can have different interactions with the game
Also, the game has a system where you build up various skills and each skill when utilized rolls dice to see how well you do at the given task
This varies from trying to convince someone you've got it together to beating people up and so on
river veldt
I see
gaunt marten
But the entire game is run through that format. It doesn't have a combat mode or anything
It's very unique and interesting
gaunt marten
You can certainly try
river veldt
:0
fresh bane
It's a pretty hard game for people who want to not fail because you can kinda fail a lot of the times but failure isn't losing
even if you fail the story keeps moving forward
but whether the game is good or not depends entirely on whether or not you enjoy what type of game it is
Do you like a shit ton of dialogue, stat checks, skill trees, exploration and mystery solving mixed with a very heavily social-political charged story and mysteries to solve?
Well boy do I have the game for you
dense crypt
skill trees and stat checks in a game with zero combat sounds really interesting
especially for me, since i LOVE to play as warrior-types but the kind who tries to find a more peaceful solution before going ham on everyone around me
finding the harder, more beneficial solution to a problem is more fun and satisfying sometimes
gaunt marten
@river veldt you're a kirby
craggy vine
Cool steam deck review
And bullet barry is one of my favourite guys on youtube
I will buy one as soon as it is available here
craggy vine
Yeah I got that one
I normally don't try them but decided to, cause I'm sick and just have hours of time to spare
They are very hit or miss for me, like I have to have played it to know which game it is exactly
dense crypt
the lighting and the backgrounds got me to figure it out but it took 2 skips to figure it out ๐
rough sleet
untold laurel
Guten tag
rough sleet
hey
grim stirrup
#GuessTheGame #185
๐ฎ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ โฌ โฌ โฌ
https://GuessThe.Game/ also yesterdays ||i thought it was a sticker star game till the third one||
quiet swift
#GuessTheGame #186
๐ฎ ๐ฉ โฌ โฌ โฌ โฌ โฌ
https://GuessThe.Game/ <:flutternatur...
Saw the thing in that screenshot way too often not to instantly recognize it 
Heck, if they had started with pics 2-3-4, I might not have got it immediately
grim stirrup
yeah, going through them, i'd have got it on 5-6 but not 2-3-4
3 and 4 i'd probably guess ||that one game thats about taking pictures to time travel that my mind is avoiding the name of, and yakuza for 4, 2 i might have guessed the last of us maybe stray? it would have been a coin flip||
quiet swift
3 and 4 i'd probably guess ||that one game thats about taking pictures to time t...
||Life is Strange? ๐ค ||
grim stirrup
yup thats the one
iit reminds me of ||when you travel to when you both are kids and save the dad, making your friend get stuck in a wheelchair for some reason||
quiet swift
That part is the only thing that made me think ||take pictures and timetravel||
grim stirrup
going through the prior days, day 152 
why must you taunt me second photo
||port mother 3 already||
#GuessTheGame #149
๐ฎ ๐ฉ โฌ โฌ โฌ โฌ โฌ
https://GuessThe.Game/ i'm happy i got this one on first try
stopping for now, i need to stop looking at so many games
wind stump
that's a nice amount of guesses
river veldt
quiet swift
quartz pawn
First time it happens to me :
I was playing Need For Speed : Underground (1)
Background programs open : google chrome while I was listening music from bandcamp and Discord was open too.
The temperature of the GPU reached max 76ยฐCelsius, and while playing it doesn't go below 70ยฐCelsius.
While racing it was doing small freezes for like 1 second, randomly various times each 2 to 3 minutes.
Suddenly it went green screen and the PC made a restart by itself.
PCSX2 version 1.6.0
The iso games are in an external drive
Specs of my PC :
Processor : AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor 3.79 GHz
RAM : 16.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Windows 10 pro
Video card : AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Are my specs too low? Was it maybe the background programs by having them open? Or was it something else?
gaunt marten
Looks to me like your GPU failed
The green screen is a surefire mark of the AMD GPU software crashing
grave tide
First time it happens to me :
I was playing Need For Speed : Underground (1)
Ba...
5700 XT has extremely poor drivers
My friend sold it after 6 months of usage
gaunt marten
Solution is probably don't stress the GPU so much
quartz pawn
Solution is probably don't stress the GPU so much
Alright, thanks.
quartz pawn
5700 XT has extremely poor drivers
Time to save money to upgrade then.
gaunt marten
AMD GPUs expect temperatures to go that high
My 290x performed fine as long as it was at 95C or under
quiet swift
wind stump
bruh
fresh bane
holy fucking shit
I just got done watching it fully and this is an actually insane situation, I knew the games industry was fucked up but this fucked up?
the fact that an executive producer can just decide to make your entire life a living hell just because they didn't like what you said even though you were totally right is absolutely insane to say the fucking least
quiet swift
Didn't you essentially say this yesterday or was that someone else 
quiet swift
Ah, I was wondering where that deja vu was from
fresh bane
Yeah I got the gist of it at first but didn't know how deep it went
Mick is honestly a fucking trooper for dealing with this entire situation
for like two years he's been trying to solve this situation behind the scenes until there was no other choice than to go public with it, I can't imagine having people believe I'm a fraud, a hack, an incompetent artist for 2 years because some stupid manchild of an executive decided he wanted to destroy my reputation
super crazy situation and I'm willing to bet it's not even that uncommon
quiet swift
Certain levels of exploitation is not uncommon, no. Though I think this is a bit more on an extreme, especially the levels of demands made to him and the whack schedule and so on
fresh bane
I cannot believe that a company like id would have so much management/scheduling problems that they'd be so actually incompetent with the development of Eternal
untold vigil
It's not that far off
fresh bane
He was given such an impossible task since the beginning and when things went south the producer was quick to blame HIM for everything
untold vigil
Like it is def a more extreme example but the games industry really does whatever it wants
Or I suppose a more personally targeted one
fresh bane
Yeah this is such an extreme and personally targetted attack
we're talking threatening him when the OST was soon to be released that they'd go after him
harassing and doxxing him and harassing other companies he was working with to get him fired
untold vigil
I'd say that some of the ones we hear about being more "general" are also roughly this targeted though
fresh bane
trying to get him to accept a contract to never discuss or ever criticize their games ever
this is downright criminal shit
like it's not just ''oh the working conditions weren't super nice''
it's downright evil criminal stuff
untold vigil
Like outsourcing the design of most of a game without compensation by asking for design examples with job applications and then using them all? ๐
fresh bane
more like constant harassing and sharing of personal information and personal phone calls with threats of abuse and violence 
river veldt
the fact that an executive producer can just decide to make your entire life a l...
Marty Stratton definitely needs some sort of disciplinary action done to him
fresh bane
yeah like jail time
static bluff
untold vigil
Desert Bus!
grave tide
Mick is honestly a fucking trooper for dealing with this entire situation
At least we know that Atomic Heart will have banger soundtrack
Without them Mick really could become like Chriss Avelon
Slandered and forsaken
fresh bane
is mick working on atomic heart?
man that game is like a weird folklore tale
it's been in development for so long and there have been concept videos and stuff for so long already
I remember watching some videos on youtube of I'm assuming the animator from some creatures and some trailer ish looking stuff
quiet swift
Gonna wait for reviews on that. From what I'm hearing, a lot of the previews we've seen are scenes/areas that were hyperfocus worked on to look good for trailers but a large portion of the rest of the game still needs lots of work, and there's like 80 hour weeks happening...
grave tide
I heard a lot of news that Mundfish is in organised chaos, but after Mick Gordon worked whole year without contract + he was making music without even levels, i understood that gamedev is crazy industry...
grave tide
I heard a lot of news that Mundfish is in organised chaos, but after Mick Gordon...
- Mick Gordon not only writes music, he is implementing these soundtracks into games
It is not like MGR music and you are James Christopherson, where you make Rules of Nature and then game studio must implement it, you aren't who implements this
fresh bane
''wow videogames are so cool I'd love to work on a videogame sometime ''
videogame creation: [people screaming and running, office on fire, barely makes it to the agreed upon date]
Ohhh noooo this game has robot bullying!
fresh bane
God no
fresh bane
Oh boy
big ol' dank hole, bunch of resources and a safe room?
I sure wonder what could ever be down there
grave tide
Ohhh noooo this game has robot bullying!
I remember was playing MGR first time, and i spent 3-4 hours for Blade Wolf, because i didn't know how to parry
Robot chainsaw dog bullying
cerulean herald
๐ฎ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ โฌ
https://guessthe.game/
cant beleive i got it tho
static bluff
Oh I finally got one. #GuessTheGame #186
๐ฎ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ โฌ โฌ
river veldt
fresh bane
I remember was playing MGR first time, and i spent 3-4 hours for Blade Wolf, bec...
me going against Blade Wolf after multiple playthroughs:
buckle the fuck up little doggie!
slim thorn
''wow videogames are so cool I'd love to work on a videogame sometime <:fluttern...
I consciously chose a โbig, boring companyโ to do programming for instead of game dev, partially because even a decade ago it had this reputation, but also because the nature of the product/industry makes any position in it less stable than Iโm personally comfortable with
static bluff
100% this. I went into college planning to go into a career in game dev. Once I learned more about that world, a cushy desk job sounded much better.
Tho, if I ever win the lottery, I'll start my own game studio. With blackjack and react hooks.
slim thorn
whenever React comes up I feel like the old guy who has to ask what a โweb pageโ is
fresh bane
now I feel less confident on my choice of wanting to become a professional artist that could or could not mean I end up doing jobs for gaming companies
wind stump
Unrelated: God she's bloody cute 
If I do invest some time (and yen) into the hostess side gig i know who i'll be requesting~
river veldt
Was Gordon Freeman nude before he put on the HEV Suit in Half Life 1
fresh bane
that's one way to start a conversation
dense crypt
"Who starts a conversation with that? I JUST sat down!"
river veldt
I mean it would kind of be a power move to show up to work nude one day wouldn't it
fresh bane
to answer your question Gordon was probably wearing a simple lab coat and a shirt with trousers
chilly mural
Ah, Mr. Freeman
fresh bane
I have a better observation
how are his glasses not broken
better yet how does he still have glasses
dense crypt
The power of plot protection
fresh bane
well he quite literally has g-man protection
Man it's such a shame that there's so much lore behind that that we don't know
like who the fuck g-man is and who his clients are
river veldt
His clients are Gabe Newell
cerulean herald
isnt gabe newell g-man
fresh bane
these robot ladies are so fucking cool man
cerulean herald
What game is that?
fresh bane
Signalis
''hey you guys like classic survival horror? you guys like robot anime girls? well boy do I have the game for you''
river veldt
Does it have Sonic
wind stump
today is the day i turn my potato into a Jojo character
green fulcrum
Question: are all the Soulslike games so...empty and devoid of human life? Like, every Dark Souls game has only like one or two humans in it besides the main character (from what I've seen), Elden Ring is fairly bleak but not as much as Dark Souls, etc.
river veldt
No there ar epeople
Dark Souls 3 has Firelink Shrine which is the hub and there's quite a few people you can talk to
slim thorn
the short version is yes: part of the genre is that the narrative is often set in a declining, often post-apocalyptic world where the reason you run into monsters to fight every five feet is because the world really is an awful place; typically how things got this way is a key mystery of the story told either indirectly through the environment/enemies/mechanics, or directly but only in pieces by the few surviving characters who you maybe can't fully trust
Hollow Knight and Blasphemous are perfect examples of this narrative style outside of the Soulsbornes literally made by FROM Software
river veldt
There's that one guy in Bloodborne in the wheelchair
river veldt
Also you can summon real actual people right
fresh bane
But the short of it is yeah these games are almost always taking place in decaying hostile worlds
You can summon people in all of the games
slim thorn
I believe all of these Soulslikes contain something like 10-20 NPCs who you can hold a real conversation with... if you're thorough enough to even find half of them lol
fresh bane
I like DS1 because even though the game is like that all NPCs are very friendly
slim thorn
PRAISE THE SUN 
fresh bane
They all want to see you succeed or help you out and offer their insight
DS2 goes in the opposite direction and it's so edgy it kinda kills my enjoyment
fresh bane
PRAISE THE SUN <:celmao:399725069317963787>
Praise the sunbutt \o/ 
โ๏ธ
slim thorn
the other corollary I really like is that these "narrative Soulslikes" typically have multiple endings, with at least one perpetuating the vicious cycle of decay and at least one (maybe? partially?) breaking the cycle, and you have to do a lot of exploration and paying attention to stand any chance of getting the "better" ending, and it's up to player interpretation whether it even is better or just harder to get
(I believe this applies to every FROM Soulsbourne, it definitely does to HK and Blasphemous)
incidentally, Jedi: Fallen Order would be an example of a game that people often call a Soulslike, but doesn't do most of these narrative tropes
fresh bane
Ughh... To be fair
DS2 introduced the whole cyclical aspect to the DS franchise
DS1's story works perfectly fine as a one and done type story
slim thorn
I thought DS1 had endings about rekindling the first flame?
fresh bane
DS2 and 3 retroactively introduced the cyclical aspect to DS1
Yeah you can rekindle the flame
.... Once
Who else is gonna rekindle after? You already used up all the most powerful souls you had
slim thorn
welp, I don't know DS well enough to dig into that, I'm just going off vague memories of youtube videos summarizing it
fresh bane
It's a choice between "keep the dark away for a bit longer or just say fuck it and let nature run its course"
slim thorn
granted, in Hollow Knight you could also easily argue "who's gonna take your place after you can't contain The Radiance any more?"
I think the broader trope of an ending in which you perpetuate the status quo still applies
ah yes, "let nature run its course" is a good way of putting it
fresh bane
There isn't really any indication of a cycle going on in DS1 itself but the other does apply
slim thorn
let me put it this way: you can have a "cycle" that's unsustainable, I did not mean to imply it could've gone on indefinitely in any of these games
fresh bane
When you find out there wasn't really meant to be a DS2 and 3 you realize how the whole cycle thing was just a byproduct of being forced to make more sequels
slim thorn
meta
fresh bane
Gotta justify it somehow
Fuck it, infinite cycles!
Like sequels
More sequels, more
grim stirrup
i mean, gwyn relinked the flame with his soul, theres no reason to presume more people cant do that
fresh bane
By the time of DS1 there had only really been a single cycle which was Gwyn re igniting the flame that was naturally dying off which meant gods would fall, then you come along and get a choice to do another cycle, but that would burn all your souls like it did with Gwyn so there really is only enough juice for one more cycle unless you went out and lilled more gods with powerful souls
slim thorn
IIRC, in the "perpetuate the status quo/decaying system" endings of HK, Blasphemous, and DS1, the protagonist is taking the place of the first character to fulfill some pivotal role in the system (the Radiance vessel, the Father/Son/??? of the Miracle, the Great Lord / fire kindler)
fresh bane
DS2 introduced the idea of multiple cycles of flames dying and igniting again having happened
Which wasn't a thing in DS1
slim thorn
yeah, "cycle" in the "there's been more than just the one before you showed up" sense I believe is only a DS2+ thing, and not the Soulslike narrative trope I was trying to describe
fresh bane
I think Elden Ring didn't do it but all soulslike games have a trope of having the power to either change things or keep it the way they are
Just with you in charge now
Even Sekiro
And... I guess BB didn't have that
slim thorn
argh, I need to try Sekiro
IIRC Bloodborne was also cosmic horror, so while the endings still range from more status quo-y to more change-y, you're never at the top of the food chain with the equivalent-of-the-Old Ones
(I should really watch a proper playthrough of that)
fresh bane
I think in the ending where you turn into a squid you kinda go to the top of the food chain
dire gate
Yeah that one is supposedly the one you are turning into the Great Ones iirc
slim thorn
this is really making me wish I actually liked FROM's games so I could properly experience the whole genre
fresh bane
I haven't played a fromsoft game in a long time
I played a bit of pirated Elden Ring but it didn't run well enough for a good playthrough
They're weird games
And most people only play for PvP apparently
dire gate
I love how "Fromsoft games" usually just means souls series or something near that
Armored Core series exist
fresh bane
They haven't done an armored core game in a while
slim thorn
the real irony is I have played an Armored Core, and that also failed to grab me
fresh bane
It seems interesting but it also seems like a game I'd definitely not be interested in
slim thorn
so I get to pretend I was using that term correctly
fresh bane
And Evergrace
And Eternal Ring
For the PS2
Before DeS Kings Field was probably their most popular franchise
fresh bane
And even then DS1 was the one that got extra popular more than DeS
slim thorn
I keep forgetting Demon Souls exists
fresh bane
Oh shit they also made Kuon
slim thorn
what even is that game, how's it relate to the rest of all this
fresh bane
One of the hardest games to ever get for the PS2
fresh bane
what even is that game, how's it relate to the rest of all this
Demons?
slim thorn
yes?
fresh bane
What do you mean how does it relate?
slim thorn
like, how is it similar to and different from Dark Souls?
fresh bane
I mean it plays nearly the exact same
slim thorn
is there any shared continuity or themes?
dire gate
Its storyline is not connected, so Dark Souls is not considered as a sequel technically
dense crypt
fromsoft also made metal wolf chaos, which feels more like a capcom game as well
fresh bane
No, only Dark Souls has any semblance of a shared continuity and story
Every other game is unrelated
ds2 and 3 and BB have a more Demons style of gameplah
Where you go from a hub to every different area
compact orchid
Dark souls is a spiritual successor to demon souls, but world and story wise it's different
fresh bane
With the level up lady โข๏ธ
DS1 is the same but it changed things up
There's no central hub just a world with many checkpoints and no areas its just a semi open world where you can go wherever you wanted
compact orchid
Unrivaled level design imo
fresh bane
Demons divided each area where it felt more videogameh
It's literally like Mario levels you visit
dire gate
They should make a Bright Souls and make it so easy that even 5yo can clear it
compact orchid
Are you saying the video game felt more video gamey than another video game?
How does that make sense
compact orchid
It's more generic and uninspired?
fresh bane
It makes sense because one feels more natural than the other
slim thorn
is this sarcasm or a sincere question?
fresh bane
It's different to explore a world where each area leads into another and feels like a natural exploration of a world vs literally picking which level you want to teleport into from the main hub area
fresh bane
Okay
fresh bane
They should make a Bright Souls and make it so easy that even 5yo can clear it
Well some hardcore souls players would probably say the souls games are already too easy lol
The insufferable ones
compact orchid
They aren't too easy
slim thorn
the whole conversation around "difficulty" in Soulslikes is so tainted I try not to even bring it up
compact orchid
They're just right
A daunting difficulty that can me overcome through practice and is all the more rewarding for it
And the lack of difficulty options allow the developers to fine tune the gameplay into an unparalleled experience
fresh bane
the whole conversation around "difficulty" in Soulslikes is so tainted I try not...
I hate being around DS groups because everytime a game comes up in discussions there's always the dudes that go "this game was so fucking easy it's so bad" etc etc
I saw it happen with Sekiro which was the most challenging one to me
compact orchid
I loved sekiro
Kicked my ass but I got over it
The limited gameplay mechanics allow them to design enemies and bosses even better because they don't have to accommodate a bunch of different play styles the player might use
Most of the best bosses out of any souls like are from sekiro imo
slim thorn
I do tend to prefer simpler games for that reason. The more complex a game is, the more likely it ends up throwing something at me I simply cannot deal with (short of being told in advance how to not get stuck on it), or making everything so easy that there's no real challenge unless I handicap myself. The Ubisoft style of open world is especially vulnerable to this IME.
compact orchid
Y'all played Ragnarok?
slim thorn
I have not, I believe Nire has
compact orchid
Beat the main story the other day, got about 35 hours on my save
It's absolutely goated with the sauce
fresh bane
I've been playing a lot of survival horror recently and only now realized how much I love the genre
The resources management the running around gathering items leaving shit in your safe room
Dodging enemies solving puzzles
compact orchid
I'm a little annoyed that there's no achievement for beating it on give me god of war difficulty. I'm still going to do it, did it on my second playthrough of the last one for the armor of Zeus, but still
dire gate
I watched a youtube video of it, which is obviously equivalent of playing and clearing it /j
compact orchid
fresh bane
That's why I only criticize the story of games I watched
Like Bayo 2 and GoW
I can't criticize gameplay from seeing it I really gotta feel it
fresh bane
Sifu is like Sekiro kinda
I'm enjoying Sifu
Nothing like the rush of a good dodge or parry
slim thorn
Ixrec โ 06/18/2022
of course the real reason Hollow Knight is not a Soulslike is because it has no parry button
fresh bane
Boss fights are easily the best part, once you get in that flow state it's so good
To be fair parrying is not nearly as much of a vital mechanic in DS as it is in something like Sekiro
fresh bane
I thought it was Star Wars Dark Souls
mossy flume
It is Star Wars Dark Souls, yeah
Jedi: Fallen Order is the only Soulslike game I've been able to get any progress in
slim thorn
I brought up Fallen Order earlier yeah
dire gate
RIP Order
fresh bane
I don't even know if I'd call it soulslike but that's just because I hate the term
If you want soulslike... Play the souls games
Otherwise it's just a different game
slim thorn
I believe Fallen Order is a "Soulslike" only in the sense that the combat system is relatively slow and deliberate, and relies on you getting good at parries and dodges
which is still a meaningful sense of course, but that word means so many things now we have to be careful with it
if anything Fallen Order is more like a midpoint between Soulslike and Metroidvania (the latter in the sense of level design / in-game maps, and the sequence of abilities you gain)
compact orchid
I thought it was Star Wars Dark Souls
It was as close to souls as sekiro is to souls
dire gate
Well we haven't even decided what "Roguelike" precisely is yet, obviously we don't have a precise definition of Soulslike yet
grim stirrup
If you want soulslike... Play the souls games <:ppenk:681838745611141137>
but people want a game like it, not the game. if i want to play a roguelike, i dont just go and play rogue
fresh bane
I don't feel like any of the soulslike games ever really replicate the formula to a degree that warrants being called soulslike
It's always superficial stuff
compact orchid
But it's definitely closer to sekiro
-melee based swordplay
-parry based combat
-posture damage
-unlockable moves / items are supplementary to swordplay
-level progress is lost upon death, but completed level points remain
slim thorn
I think roguelike/lite is significantly better pinned down, e.g. I'd expect nearly everyone to say something about procedural generation and permadeath being core mechanics of that genre
fresh bane
Not the same with other genres that are slightly easier to replicate
Like metroidvanias
grim stirrup
roguelike is also considerably older term, give it time
everyone knows the real definition of a soulslike is the iron pineapple one "if it has a dodge roll its a soulslike" ||/s||
compact orchid
There are very few actual rogelikes, everything nowadays is roguelite, meaning some upgrades / unlocks carry across runs
slim thorn
metaprogression, that's the word I was forgetting
compact orchid
<:sbstare:456591276633227265> everyone knows the real definition of a soulslike ...
Welcome to episode 568 of steam dumpster diving
fresh bane
I remember trying out the code vein demo because people said it was a souls like
It was in fact not like the souls games
At all
It was also really fucking bad
grim stirrup
code vein is pretty soulslike though
fresh bane
I don't think being able to change your stats constantly is soulslike at all
You're pretty much set in your character path in those games
slim thorn
yeah, this sort of thing is why I never say "Soulslike" without immediately clarifying whether I'm talking about the narrative style or parry-based combat or just FROMSoft games or some other random definition
fresh bane
That's why I say most soulslikes only copy superficial stuff
And that's why I never use that term 
slim thorn
I do think "Soulslike" is having a tougher time of it than most other recent genre terms because it's being applied to games with almost nothing in common with Dark Souls, or the things it has in common were never remotely unique to Dark Souls; its aggregate usage gives the impression of someone who simply never played a game they liked before DS1 and has no perspective on what else was out there
fresh bane
Exactly
slim thorn
I never got that vibe from "roguelike/lite", for example
slim thorn
oh I don't even know this one
fresh bane
Yeah no clue here either
compact orchid
You unlock new weapons and armor but cutting off the limbs of enemies
Super fast paced
And I love me some fast paced souls games
Bloodborne remains my number 1
fresh bane
I feel like DS3 tried really hard to go into BB style and it kinda messed with other playstyles
You can't really go heavy armored with huge weapons as you could in DS1
It works totally different
compact orchid
My first souls game was Bloodborne so I appreciated the faster pace of ds3 compared to other souls games, but I can see how people view it as a problem
I will say the lack of poise is shit
fresh bane
It too fast paced by design
A lot of previous playstyles are simply not viable anymore
That's why I end up prefering DS1 and thinking it's still overall the best for me
Best lore best characters best gameplay
slim thorn
I've always been a Metroidvania kind of person, and DS1 made an utterly awful impression on me, so most of the for-some-reason-people-call-them-Soulslike games I've played are the half-Metroidvania ones, definitely including all my favorites
fresh bane
Some people would classify DS1 as a metroidvania in some way
slim thorn
Sekiro's one I should really give a chance though, I just wasn't in the mood when it came out
yeah, I've seen people use "Soulslike" to refer to level design that makes you revisit areas after unlocking shortcuts
(which falls into that "have you played anything else?" usage I was referring to earlier)
grim stirrup
the revisit areas isn't even really a thing in any of the dark souls games
river veldt
guy who has only ever played Dark Souls games playing his second ever game
"Getting a lot of Dark Souls vibes from this"
compact orchid
Sekiro's one I should really give a chance though, I just wasn't in the mood whe...
I will say it is pretty tough. If you're not used to timing parries and such really well, I honestly recommend playing Jedi fallen order first
fresh bane
DS1 in specific has a lot of "oh! You can't/it'd be too difficult to go here yet, maybe.. Come back later?"
compact orchid
Might have idk I'm forgetful
river veldt
I tried playing Dark Souls 1 and hated it 
compact orchid
It's an acquired taste. Also fairly dated at this point
Ds3 is better for new players imo
slim thorn
all the Platinum spectacle fighters I've enjoyed also do a ton of parry/dodge-based combat, which I love when I can play them but I'm also pretty bad if the timing is too tight (not in the way practice would help, my reflexes just inherently suck)
fresh bane
I mean it's dated in the same sense Resident Evil or Silent Hill are dated but I'd still fully recommend them and they're still super good
river veldt
It was just so slow
fresh bane
Yeab
I liked that
It gets faster on the DLC and with some weapons but overall it's slow ish
DS3 is more fast paced
random steppe
The souls games did become increasingly faster in combat, and my boomer brain can't keep up anymore
river veldt
It's probably my zoomer brain
random steppe
slim thorn
(for the record, my issues with DS1 have nothing to do with the combat being "slow" lol)
river veldt
Well that's where all my problems stem from, maybe I'll try one of the newer ones sometime cuz I think the approach to storytelling and it's world are super interesting
And Bloodborne has all that eldritch horror I'm obsessed with
random steppe
Bloodborne PC when
river veldt
How many fps
random steppe
I mostly know stuff from when it released, I didn't keep up
river veldt
I see
random steppe
On the PS4 it was 30 FPS, I think that when the pro came out it was still capped at 30 but at least it was a stable 30 and not a "more like 25 when you are lucky" 30
river veldt
That's not bad at all
random steppe
That's horrible
slim thorn
I'm the type that can't tell the difference between 30 and 60 unless you put the footage side by side, and sometimes not even then
river veldt
Gen you have to remember that I primarily play my video games on the Switch
random steppe
For a fast paced action game that actually felt like moving underwater
slim thorn
before Youtube supported 60fps videos, the whole framerate debate might as well have been internet folklore to me 
fresh bane
I can totally tell the difference between 30 and 60 but 30 never really bothered ne
random steppe
I'm not elitist, I don't really give a shit about framerate, but under 60, in an action game, just feels bad
fresh bane
It starts being a problem with 20 fps buuut.... I've played games on low fps all my life
I'm talking played through DS1 at like sub 30 fps
On a keyboard
random steppe
If it's not an action game, or a shooter, it's whatever.
river veldt
I play Doom Eternal at 30fps
slim thorn
sub-20 is also where it starts bothering me, but in practice sub-20 is also never a framerate that games run at stably; it's the wobbling between different rates that's really obnoxious
fresh bane
I played through eternal with stutters and low fps too
It's a miracle I finished that game
fresh bane
Some games like Elden Ring are "looks great when not in action but as soon as you fight a boss or multiple enemies get ready and take a seat for the powerpoint presentation" games
slim thorn
sadly I had quite a bit of frame dropping during my recent MP trilogy replays, but that was me running a Wii emuator on a low-end gaming laptop so of course it's entirely my own fault for not owning a Wii
fresh bane
Perhaps
river veldt
slim thorn
oh I'm very aware of that
the Primes in particular have an issue where the map is much laggier than the regular game, apparently because the map screen works by loading in the entire world
river veldt
Ixrec did you play Doom Eternal
slim thorn
we have definitely talked about this in great detail before lol
river veldt
I have a terrible memory this is established canon
slim thorn
weren't you the one who didn't mind the Marauders?
slim thorn
the design's cool, and as a miniboss it's not bad
as a regular enemy they completely break the way the game is designed to be played
compact orchid
When they show up in regular encounters? Fuck that
river veldt
Have you guys fought them when there's a buff totem active or they're possessed by spirits
slim thorn
it's been so long since I played eternal I don't even remember those mechanics
craggy vine
I played doom eternal at a stuttery 120 fps
river veldt
Spirits were a DLC thing
slim thorn
ok, I was thinking the totem at least sounded familiar
river veldt
And I think buff totem Marauders were also only DLC
dapper cedar
I think the Marauders are just okay now
compact orchid
There's dlc?
river veldt
Yea!
slim thorn
yeah, Cap's constantly reminding me that I never played The Ancient Gods DLC
river veldt
WHAT
dapper cedar
There are obnoxious sound effects on the Marauder post TAG2
river veldt
I thought the added sound effect was good for new players who don't understand how Marauder's work, but I agree that there should be an option to turn it off if you want
dapper cedar
It felt like they went back on having the Marauder be the git gud type enemy
dense socket
So you all want to play a game?
fresh bane
I can't remember what the marauder was
compact orchid
You mean there's an audio ping to tell you when to attack? The bright green flash wasn't enough?
slim thorn
is that what they were? lol
dense socket
evil jigsaw laugh
river veldt
Anyways don't criticise my favourite game or I actually might cry
slim thorn
Nire: Marauders are the enemy that's straight-up invincible until they do certain attacks, which forces you to just kinda stand around and wait, which is where all the complaining comes from
craggy vine
I remember killing a marauder in one of the challenge thingies. Was like, kill a marauder and 2
and you got like 30 seconds
dapper cedar
Worst Marauder is the one at the start of Taras Nabad, getting hit by the fodder demonโs projectiles that confuse him and then the player
fresh bane
I was seriously thinking the marauder was gonna be a single returning entity that was gonna be a mini boss every time
But nope, just regular enemy
Kinda underwhelming
river veldt
I can add "only human on Earth who likes Marauders" next to "only human being on Earth who likes the all the Star Wars sequels" to my resume
craggy vine
I love how it started as a boss and ended as just a hard enemy
dapper cedar
I remember killing a marauder in one of the challenge thingies. Was like, kill a...
This challenge took so damn long to do I swear
dapper cedar
I can add "only human on Earth who likes Marauders" next to "only human being on...
But I like Marauders, just pre-TAG2 Marauders
river veldt
Marauder fanclub
fresh bane
I honestly just kinda brute force marauders since they're always kinda bullshit when I fight them
dapper cedar
Even then thereโs stuff I really like that was added in that DLC
The crosshair HUD thing is a perfect addition
river veldt
Dot too small
slim thorn
Eternal never clicked for me as well as 2016 did, so by the time Marauders were not just a miniboss I really had no idea what to do with them besides run around killing every other enemy first and then stand around waiting for one of them to stop being invincible
dapper cedar
Eternal never clicked for me as well as 2016 did, so by the time Marauders were ...
What are you some sort of Switch player
fresh bane
But there's so many QoL improvements in Eternal and enough things I do enjoy that I ended up playing more of Eternal
river veldt
I'm kind of the opposite in that I can't really go back to 2016 now lol
dapper cedar
very nice discord, didnโt mean to reply to that message
river veldt
I keep pressing A to dash but instead I crouch
fresh bane
Eternal is like its own unique thing now
river veldt
Why the hell is there a crouch in 2016
fresh bane
2016 was adapting classic Doom gameplay
river veldt
You use it maybe 3 times in the entire game
slim thorn
to be clear, I played 2016 and eternal on an xbox, 2016 about 1.8 times and Eternal just the 1 time
craggy vine
What is the best difficulty to play on in doom eternal?
compact orchid
No gotta go fast
slim thorn
depends on the player of course
river veldt
What is the best difficulty to play on in doom eternal?
I usually play ultra violence
compact orchid
Man there's like 10 difficulty settings idk
river veldt
But I also have 220 hours so take that with a grain of salt
I really need to get on that Nightmare playthrough
craggy vine
I just wanna blast the soundtrack and feel good
compact orchid
Usually my approach for games is first playthrough is medium or hard, second is usually the hardest. I think eternal I did second hardest
Not permadeath that's for sure
slim thorn
personally, I'm the type where whenever a shooter has Easy, Normal, Hard, and WTF difficulty levels, Normal's the best for my first time around and if I really like it then Hard's worth a shot
river veldt
I just wanna blast the soundtrack and feel good
That's a totally fair way to play the game! Doom is supposed to make you feel ridiculously powerful
fresh bane
Doom 4 feels like a slow and brutal heavy metal slow that picks up the pace herr and there
Eternal feels like a hardcore metal song infused with breakcore and you're on 4 different types of drugs
craggy vine
Also, the ONLY way to play doom is to have your music volume at 100% and sound effects at 50%
river veldt
And both are perfect in my eyes
fresh bane
I put music at 0%
slim thorn
the few times I've tried Easy in a shooter, my experience was 95% "lol, that tickles" with the occasional rare "oh, huh, I actually can die"
craggy vine
Now I really want to play doom eternal
river veldt
Also, the ONLY way to play doom is to have your music volume at 100% and sound e...
i actually play on mute most of the time
craggy vine
I should play doom now
craggy vine
~~i actually play on mute most of the time~~
compact orchid
I'm on a fallout binge right now
Just installed the tale of two wastelands mod
It's bussin
river veldt
I'm still playing through Sonic Frontiers
fresh bane
I'M HEEEERE
dapper cedar
I used to be mega passionate about Eternal but over time my interest and passion have fallen
craggy vine
I could totally do shrooms and play Doom right now but... I shouldn't when I am this sick
dapper cedar
This recent thing with Mick Gordon is like the final nail in the coffin
compact orchid
I could totally do shrooms and play Doom right now but... I shouldn't when I am ...
That sounds terrible lmao
river veldt
I'm wondering what id's next project is
dapper cedar
Like was it worth it to lead to this point
fresh bane
More doom