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#general gaming
river veldt
Whoa
random steppe
teal sonnet
HE HAS THE DRIP
random steppe
The coolest man alive
river veldt
Will Final Fantasy XVI have Cloud
green fulcrum
FF16 time!
little badger
quiet swift
Garuda!
river veldt
Whatever happened to that one FF game where the guy really wanted to kill Chaos
random steppe
It came out
green fulcrum
Time for GOTY
quiet swift
C'mon Stray! 🐱
little badger
Here we go
river veldt
Was it funny
random steppe
Some scenes but the best one was still the Limp Bizkit one
river veldt
Loll I saw that one
white phoenix
Wow, they got lorne balfe?
rancid herald
dat flute
river veldt
I forgor Xenoblade was nominated
quiet swift
EPIC FLUTE
teal sonnet
inb4 Xenoblade wins
rancid herald
wow the flute evolved like a pokemon
teal sonnet
but will for fucking sure elden ring
random steppe
He's going off
teal sonnet
the flute dude is I N T H E Z O N E
quiet swift
Okay now he's just showing off
river veldt
Flute guy is badass
green fulcrum
The little cat that could
quiet swift
Mew!
white phoenix
They're showing flute guy more lmaoo
proud warren
drummer guy is also in the zone
random steppe
lol
green fulcrum
That fact that Stray was nominated at all is just incredible
teal sonnet
true
rancid herald
when does flute guy game come out?
river veldt
Holy shit flute guy
teal sonnet
HOLY SHIT THE DRUM GUY
random steppe
Really nice way to introduce the games tho, with the orchestra playing the OSTs
river veldt
Yeah
green fulcrum
Flute guy is new sax guy
quiet swift
Drum guy headbanging in the back 
teal sonnet
the flute guy is another level
rancid herald
...did the god of war guy fight jesus in the new game?
quiet swift
No, that's next game 
teal sonnet
the flute guy is not pure
rancid herald
flute guy is so happy
teal sonnet
LOOK AT HIM
little badger
Here we go!
quiet swift
god dangit
teal sonnet
ofc
proud warren
damn that score was badass
icy crescent
EZ CLAP
river veldt
Lol obvious
green fulcrum
Welp, surprised Ragnarok lost, but dang, poor Stray...
random steppe
I think that Ragnarok would also have been acceptable.
river veldt
I really wanted Ragnarok to win but Elden Ring was obvious
teal sonnet
the techncial level they reached
quiet swift
Gen: i would've preferred GOW because the Elden Ring fanbase will just be so obnoxiously smug 😛
river veldt
Yeah
mossy flume
Elden Ring was the obvious choice
quiet swift
Same, because i also actually enjoyed Stray :p
Anyway, it's 4 fucking AM, time to sleep
river veldt
At some point I'll watch Jerma play Elden Ring so I know what all the fuss is about
teal sonnet
this year was the year of elden ring
like this game will be remembered 5 years in the future
random steppe
I mean, honestly, I just want Armored Core from FS now
green fulcrum
plus the fan art would be cute
Someone needs to make art of the Tarnished happily petting the cat from Stray now
teal sonnet
WHO IS THIS KID
rancid herald
what
random steppe
Wat?
teal sonnet
??????????
river veldt
What is Tarnished
green fulcrum
Wtf was that?
river veldt
I stopped watching what did I miss
green fulcrum
I missed it
teal sonnet
???????????????????????
white phoenix
hasty patio
Something about a reformed rabbi Bill Clinton.
random steppe
Did this kid just walked up on stage and none stopped him?
teal sonnet
did that dude legit invated the stage??????????
rancid herald
I... I think so
random steppe
teal sonnet
LIKE FOR REAL?
random steppe
I mean, I'm not even mad
white phoenix
If he just walked up there he's a legend
teal sonnet
it is for sure
proud warren
teal sonnet
he talked about bill clitton or something
proud warren
that felt like a fever dream ending
teal sonnet
LMAO
random steppe
I think that's the 1st time I see a chat of a 500k stream, all go "??????????????????" at the same time
green fulcrum
Gonna be honest, rewatching what happened, I didn't even notice him walk up on the stage
He wasn't there and then he just...was.
random steppe
If that's what happened they were fucking lucky
green fulcrum
And then he straight-up walked in front of everyone, said his peace, and walked off.
random steppe
Many worse things could have been said
little badger
What game is everyone looking forward to play?
teal sonnet
THEY RE-STARTED THE STREAM
green fulcrum
Kid had balls
teal sonnet
LMAO
proud warren
HADES II
teal sonnet
WE ARE IN A TIME LOOP
proud warren
100%
rancid herald
one of the comments on reddit said he was escorted off by guards?
did anyone see that?
teal sonnet
nope
random steppe
Ok so, torn between Armored Core and Hades II
I'm going to go for Hades if nothing else because we have an idea of the gameplay
While AC was all lore
little badger
I was hoping to see some new mass effect gameplay but maybe at summer game fest it’ll happen
rancid herald
Hades 2 all the way
random steppe
Death Stranding is also pretty close behind
white phoenix
They're still giving steam decks
teal sonnet
this ending was unexpected lmao
rancid herald
if it has as much passion as Hades? it'll be amazing
river veldt
What a weird ass ending
little badger
Is hades easier than dark souls or like it?
sacred grove
Nah, Deck giveaway just ended
mossy flume
Judas, though
random steppe
I think it's harder, depending on how you play it, but it has easy mode
little badger
I think it's harder, depending on how you play it, but it has easy mode
I didn’t know it had difficulty modes
dapper cedar
They certainly awarded some games tonight
mossy flume
Also it's really cool that Halsey was there, albeit briefly.
random steppe
You can turn on an option called "god mode" if you are more interested in the story
It has an incredible narrative BTW
teal sonnet
yep
little badger
teal sonnet
2023 will be crazy
dapper cedar
New Spongebob game in January has my full focus
mossy flume
That Metroid Prime 4 trailer was absolutely bonkers, y'all. 
green fulcrum
Not really looking forward to any game in particular, but I am looking forward to all the great soundtracks to arise from them. :)
little badger
Do you think we will get another MLP game?
mossy flume
Dunno, maybe.
dawn harness
Probably not any time soon
mossy flume
Transformers showing up was surprising
rancid herald
Jedi: Survivor is next year too
mossy flume
Jedi Survivor is the thing I'm most hyped for. 
dawn harness
I was really hoping Stray would win GOTY just to watch people absolutely melt down over it
river veldt
Jedi Survivor is the thing I'm most hyped for. <a:pippwiggle:1019590422655406201...
Yee it looks really good
mossy flume
Steam wishlist got filled up tonight
river veldt
Honestly the only things that got me super pumped were Death Stranding 2 and Mario movie
little badger
Stray was a good game Hopfully it gets a second game or at least DLC
little badger
and it is already a meme
There’s a video of what he said
mossy flume
What DID he say?
hasty patio
mossy flume
I didn't catch it
rancid herald
I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton
mossy flume
white phoenix
Right behind... https://twitter.com/Magooies/status/1601064745536135168
teal sonnet
LMAO
white phoenix
legend
mossy flume
The fuck
rancid herald
Award Shows and 0 security, name a better duo
hasty patio
Piss-poor security, plus not even the folks going up knew.
random steppe
Someone got fired
rancid herald
honestly when you think about it, it's pretty fucking alarming
random steppe
Next Game Awards they'll have quite a bit more security I assume
green fulcrum
Ngl, he was peaceful about it, and even though he was escorted off, it doesn't look like he resisted. He did what he wanted to do, and then walked off with dignity, honor, and fame aplenty.
rancid herald
He could have shot the guy or something
like, they clearly had no idea he was there the whole time they were talking
teal sonnet
yep
mossy flume
Especially in this day and age, they need to really beef up security in future events.
little badger
He’s been arrested apparently.
rancid herald
link?
teal sonnet
sauce?
mossy flume
Source?
rancid herald
Please give us a well sauced Link on a source, please
hasty patio
Twitter
little badger
Twitter
teal sonnet
Twitter
mossy flume
That works
rancid herald
jinx!
little badger
We did it at the same time! 
fresh bane
get fucked kid lmao
mossy flume
But yes, hopefully they take that as a giant hint that they need real security.
rancid herald
why does one tweet have 2299 likes and the other 5956
green fulcrum
I mean, did he really interrupt anything? It was the last second, literally. lol
mossy flume
why does one tweet have 2299 likes and the other 5956
Different cache responses
river veldt
fresh bane
I mean, did he really interrupt anything? It was the last second, literally. lol
I don't think that really matters
river veldt
Oh woops
green fulcrum
Little late to the party, Cap, lol
mossy flume
That's a consequence of scaling and eventual consistency design.
Literally just got different answers from Twitter's servers when Discord previewed it
quiet swift
rancid herald
so what you're saying is: magic
mossy flume
Basically. Caching is the key reason.
random steppe
Why is that his profile on Twitter
green fulcrum
Anyway, time to shower and shave.
river veldt
https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/zgjdg5/even_though_its_2am_i_imme...
Is this lewd
random steppe
What the fuck, that picture is horrible
white phoenix
teal sonnet
LMAO
little badger
There are so many memes of this right now 
mossy flume
So some people knew that was happening
hasty patio
Wake the Fuck Up chat, we have a city to burn rabbi to thank.
random steppe
Weird
random steppe
Man I am so hyped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKO1s-CUZvY
I can't believe this is coming in 2023
They must have started development years ago
quiet swift
https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/zglbzy/zag_who/ pardon this one meme but its just perfect
random steppe
She looks cool but Zagreus is one of my favourite game characters of all time
It'll take at least playing the game to make me switch allegiance
quiet swift
Oh agreed,. She has a lot to live up to
hasty patio
river veldt
Lmao that was quick
random steppe
What the fuck, how is this so fast
dapper cedar
Lad saved the whole show
random steppe
They must have had the joke ready the instant this happened, and have banged 200 words out really fast
Just to make the joke
dapper cedar
Seriously they need to up their security tho
river veldt
Wha
random steppe
Listen, I wouldn't make statements about the lad, I'm still not sure what he said wasn't some weird antisemite dogwhistle.
gaunt marten
Or they just used ChatGPT to quickly make a first draft of the article
random steppe
Probably isn't but I'll wait
dapper cedar
I saw it as just nonsense speak for attention but for all I know it could be much worse
random steppe
Yeah if he was on info wars, I say that probably the topic is over for manechat.
Was fun while it lasted
Rip lad
white phoenix
oh well
random steppe
Back to the games tho
white phoenix
remember when gaben went up to the stage and said "3"
random steppe
Looking forward to see what the hell Kojima is doing with DS2
That ship looked so Metal Gear it hurt
white phoenix
another day without an announcement for mgs remake
white phoenix
well they did announce silent hill and there was a castlevania and dead cells crossover announced here
there is slightly more hope than before
random steppe
True
white phoenix
flute guy is an industry veteran it seems https://twitter.com/OsseteGames/status/1601066595551322112
Twitter
rancid herald
dapper cedar
Flute dude was brilliant
random steppe
The fact that he switched instrument 4 times mid performance make more sense now
white phoenix
legend
dire gate
Wdym they were bluehole and then renamed to pubg
random steppe
I remember weirdness at the name before that, but maybe I'm just remembering the fact that the name was weird in the 1st place
rough sleet
random steppe
I just realised something
Hades II will be the 1st sequel that Supergiant has done, and before they have been vocal about not doing sequels
random steppe
I seem to remember so
gaunt marten
Sequels are great
Provided you can make a Spelunky 2 instead of a Duke Nukem Forever
random steppe
I seem to remember a quote about them not being especially interested in making sequels, but now it's impossible to find because google laser focuses on Hades 2
When you ask it
But I may also be misremembering
Still, it's a 1st at any rate
Which is significant
mossy flume
I also recall Supergiant being vocal about not liking sequels.
random steppe
To be fair, if there is someplace you can adapt a lot of stuff while putting your spin on it, possibly forever, is greek mythology
I just hope they bring back the wholesomness that characterised Hades
gaunt marten
Just add -"hades II" -"hades 2" to your search query
I see there's a lot of statements about not having a sequel planned for Bastion or Hades
mossy flume
Yeah, as recently as August 2021 they were open about having no plans for a Hades sequel.
This game was churned out rather quickly.
hasty patio
It is hard to capture lightning in a bottle, let alone twice in the same one.
mossy flume
Indeed.
There's a lot of chatter about Supergiant being a studio that just doesn't do sequels from what I'm seeing
But not much commentary from the devs themselves
¯_(ツ)_/¯
random steppe
If I just read the news I'd have been skeptical but the trailer looked good enough to sell me on the idea
hasty patio
That's fair. A lot of games weren't designed with sequels in mind that got one or more later on.
mossy flume
Yeah I think Supergiant knows what they're doing.
random steppe
Also there is probably a lot they can bring straight up to the sequel with minor improvements form Hades I
hasty patio
I hope so. I would have said the same for Dark Hook, but they kinda went off the farm with their working sequel to Darkest Dungeon.
random steppe
I like Darkest Dungeon II, it's different from the 1st one and still need some work on the balance aspect, but it is a pretty good game
hasty patio
Super will have to rework a lot of the characters and skills from the first game, since you'll be a new person with a different history and path.
random steppe
Besides I respect the idea of doing something new if they don't feel like they can top the previous game by staying in the same genre
smoky sonnet
Yeah, as recently as August 2021 they were open about having no plans for a Hade...
which is funny considering in the hades 2 faq they said otherwise
bleak lintel
They said Genshin correctly this year. Jenshin Impact in shambles.
gaunt marten
Steam finally implemented one important click saving feature https://i.imgur.com/9ZT5DWl.png
random steppe
Yeah I assume that they'd deny it if asked, in part because some games might be in an early development explorative phase and still not be 100% confirmed they'd actually being made.
Like, when you say it's in development, you want to be pretty sure you'll actually make the thing
gaunt marten
Yeah
rough sleet
Steam finally implemented one important click saving feature https://i.imgur.com...
finally
epiccc!
spiral kraken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a26dqWTOdFk The last Game Awards moments in a nutshell
dapper cedar
So much for no killing, Bats
hidden elbow
So much for no killing, Bats
They are fine ,they are just.....sleeping
grim stirrup
Steam finally implemented one important click saving feature https://i.imgur.com...
heck yeah, easy modded STS launching
sage iris
ultra super mega hype 
https://youtu.be/VRaobDJjiec
I CANNOT fucking wait
I can already tell that's gonna be my goty 2023
random steppe
I am mostly impressed by how they seem to have expanded on the original
sage iris
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/99319508426035200/561566075435876362/ezgif-4-684830d45e24.gif
uneven epoch
i live in fear of fake emote ponkuncontained
sage iris
I loved the first game to bits when I played it
random steppe
It's a very good game
sage iris
and it looks like they're just adding onto the already successful formula
and improving the few areas that lacked
which means this is gonna be a perfect 10/10 game
random steppe
You kinda felt like the game was a bit limited in scope, like the ponchos being only cosmetic, same as the lightsaber parts
So them expanding on it is welcome
sage iris
please hd her <:penk:542101386205331476>
I grabbed that one from the cytube channel
random steppe
I did love the bosses tho, hope they don't fuck with it too much and keep the awesome moments just as fun
sage iris
I just hope they keep what made the original good and just add more cool areas, skills, enemies and more content in general
quartz pawn
Wow, new Star Wars game
random steppe
March so it's coming pretty early in 2023 too
sage iris
I can't overstate how excited I am for it
random steppe
I wonder what they'll do about the force powers, if they kinda bring Cal power level down, because at the end of Fallen Order he was a beast
sage iris
there's so many good games coming out 2023 though: this, baldur's gate 3, hogwarts, stalker 2, atomic heart, the invincible
2023 is gonna be good
quartz pawn
Many games
random steppe
Supposedly Armored Core
Even tho I bet that one will be delayed
It's been years I've been waiting for From to bring back either Tenchu or AC
quartz pawn
Also Death Stranding 2, the sequel of the first game
random steppe
For Tenchu they made Sekiro instead and I can't be mad about that
sage iris
I wonder what they'll do about the force powers, if they kinda bring Cal power l...
I already forgot what powers there were in the game
random steppe
I don't remember specifics, I just remember mowing down a lot of enemies.
sage iris
I remember throwing lightsabers was awesome
I also remember that dual wielding was a little underwhelming in terms of damage, but looked really cool
I think I did prefer a single lightsaber in the end
random steppe
I don't remember how it played out in particular, I seem to remember it was a bit limited tho
I should try to replay that game before the new one comes out
So I can compare
Don't know if I'll have the time for that tho
sage iris
I generally need a few years to replay a game so I probably wouldn't
I played fallen order at the start of this year
static bluff
Oh holy crap - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/
Guess I missed this annoucement
sage iris
oh wow, that's really cool
random steppe
Yep, looks exceptional
wind stump
quiet swift
Fuck everything else that happened there, this was my absolute highlight
quiet swift
(the ??? is from a second person)
thorny loom
Nintendo being Nintendo https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/12/popular-youtube-channel-did-you-know-gaming-receives-copyright-strike-for-heroes-of-hyrule-video?
wind stump
astral field
"Oh hey, a passionate fan project showing love for one of our franchises. Okay boys, shut them down immediately." -Nintendo
proud warren
I'm officially scared of a wordle clone 
river veldt
Wtf
proud warren
Someone in another server posted results of this and I was like "Why are there so many numbers?"
wind stump
THE NUMBERS MASON
WHAT DO THEY MEAN
chilly mural
proud warren
Here's the example they sent that intimidated the shit outta me
Daily Duotrigordle #270
Guesses: 35/37
1️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
https://duotrigordle.com/
minor plover
personally I find the game gets much easier when you get above 4 words. Once you have 8, 16, 32, or whatever other very large number, you can pretty well guarantee that there will be at least one word in your set that's easy to get from your starting couple words, and then you can snowball it.
I'm running 100% on wordle proper, and on sedecordle (16 words). Dordle and quordle (2 or 4 words) are the ones challenging enough that I occasionally take an L (97 and 96% win rates). Once I figured this out, I didn't even bother with octordle or anything bigger. I only keep sedecordle for historical reasons.
proud warren
Even if it's much easier, that doesn't make the idea any less intimidating
I mean, the word they base it off of is duotrigintillion, or a 1 followed by 99 zeros
Even if there's not that many words at play here
The name alone scares me 
mossy flume
Nintendo being Nintendo https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/12/popular-youtub...
Goddammit, I haven’t even watched that video yet
ffs, Nintendo…
quiet swift
"After checking, I can confirm that it's not possible to convert gold to Battle.net balance across regions." welp, there goes my idea of spending gold on D4...
slim thorn
finally caught up on this thread
I like how we've collectively gone from "why do they never make anything but sequels 
" to "omg Hades 2 and Jedi Survivor!? 
"
visual hill
heh, that happens all the time
slim thorn
it really does
visual hill
that said, my opinion is a bit like remakes/remasters: it benefits bad games more than good games
teal sonnet
omg
the man, the legend from the giveway https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/zh05q9/im_milf_hunter_and_im_very_excited_about_my_steam/
visual hill
I don't get it
teal sonnet
it was a name that was stuck on the game awards giveway for some time
slim thorn
I'd disagree there, but then I started gaming in that PS2 era where seemingly every franchise had rough parts in the first instalment and was way better in the second instalment (Ratchet & Clank, Splinter Cell, Sly Cooper, Uncharted...)
wind stump
I like how we've collectively gone from "why do they never make anything but seq...
Given the fact that Supergiant never make sequels and the fact that Hades is very much loved I think the swing in tone is warranted
slim thorn
and it boils down to why was the game bad or good; Fallen Order was the kind of good you can "do more of" and that's awesome
yeah, Hades is also a formula that has room for more expansion
static bluff
<:FuHuaFlex:588466705714380815>
What game is this? Looks super interesting
quiet swift
Been watching some reaction videos to hades 2 announcement. People are so hype
fresh bane
I will never not be in awe at the fact that Majora's Mask is a miracle of a game
there exists another universe where they didn't have any time or budget restrictions for Majora's Mask and it ended up being completely and entirely different
Some things just wouldn't happen no matter how good you are or how much you force it to, some things just kind of happen due to circumstances
wind stump
KingK makes good vidya
wind stump
It is pretty amazing, with with the blatant asset reuse and abuse
mossy flume
MM only happened because the development team disagreed with the director's plans and they were given one year to make something different.
river veldt
KingK talked negatively about Super Mario 64 therefore he is bad >:c /j
mossy flume
But yeah, it is quite the miracle of a game
mossy flume
I don't know either of these youtubers.
fresh bane
You're missing out on excellent content
wind stump
Nerral made a hilarious takedown of Switch Online's N64 emulation and he did a fuckin' hilarious "Like and subscribe" bit at the end
he probably does other things too
chilly mural
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQvwq_b7FI what about liam triforce
visual hill
every gaming YouTuber's rite of passage is a Doom retrospective
static bluff
Even AVGN did one
chilly mural
fresh bane
in the same way every film youtuber has to make a video on the nolan batman films at some point
spiral kraken
Even AVGN did one
I liked the AVGN one
fresh bane
Liam Triforce also a good one
https://youtu.be/bPT7VPoHxxs
KingK also did a video on Sonic and Sonic Frontiers too
lots of great content creators
I love them all 
river veldt
I think I tried to watch KingK once but didn't like him very much
Why does this image feel fake
wind stump
Because it's Kojima
chilly mural
is Kojimbo real?
static bluff
YOO is that Nintendo of America's Reggie???
slim thorn
weird
green fulcrum
I have to ask, how are y'all able to have sooooooooooo many games installed on Steam, when I have to actually uninstall 80% of mine just to have room for some (and I don't even have that many)?
bleak lintel
How big is your HD for games?
If you keep an eye out there are good deals on hard drives throughout the year.
mossy flume
Well, my hard drive is 21TBs, so...
green fulcrum
Jesus
mossy flume
rose rose
Which remains excessive.
green fulcrum
Wait, you can use an external hard drive for games?
rose rose
Well you can but the loading times would probably suck
chilly mural
how much did that 21tb cost you?
I bought a 12tb recently and it was around 150 with the a discount
mossy flume
I dunno, probably like $600?
chilly mural
rose rose
The 21 TB is an array of spinning disks, not really one drive.
mossy flume
It's several HDDs in parallel.
rose rose
It’s also pretty old at this point.
mossy flume
I could make it much more efficient at this point.
green fulcrum
I have a gaming laptop though, not a PC. It only has 456 GB of space.
mossy flume
It's five HDDs right now, it could just be 1 or 2 these days.
rose rose
Our brand new gaming machine has three 2 TB SSDs (for 6 TB total). Two of them are reaching the verge of full.
mossy flume
And we'll need to toss in more SSDs eventually.
fickle garnet
Im jealous
mossy flume
Well at that point we could just start adding SATA HDDs
Or spend a horrific amount of money on 8TB SSDs
Which is very cost inefficient
rose rose
Well at that point we could just start adding SATA HDDs
But then they’d be slow
mossy flume
it's true.
green fulcrum
You've...lost me about fifteen acronyms ago... :/
slim thorn
I have 7 games installed, and my laptop's HD is something like ~600 GB
rose rose
Also I think at least some of the SATA ports are disabled by the M.2 sockets being in use.
fickle garnet
My laptop has almost 1tb of storage but its a crappy laptop
green fulcrum
I really need to get a new hard drive, the one I currently have is getting full, and it's 8 TB.
I should get either another 8, or a 12.
rose rose
green fulcrum
Ideally, in the future I want to get a dedicated gaming PC setup (nothing too ridiculously loaded, but powerful enough to handle some good graphics when it needs to, so maybe a 3070 RTX, which is still very powerful but not as expensive as a 3080, 3090, or 4090), and delegate my laptop to performing Discord duties, writing, and Internet searches while the PC handles downloads, movies, shows, games, and short-term storage.
slim thorn
out of curiosity, as anyone (besides Ludmil) tried Callisto Protocol? I get the sense that we all forgot it existed the day it came out because the initial buzz was that it was nothing to write home about, but the buzz has been wrong before
fickle garnet
You play it on PS5, right? Any technical issues that you've noticed?
Yeah I play on ps5
quartz pawn
I can t tell how many times I have died until now
weak river
Except corpses spazzing out
I suppose corpse issues are somewhat of a rite of passage for a newly released game.
Have you played it all the way through yet? I've heard some complaints about the game being too short; would you agree with them?
fickle garnet
Im almost done it
I wouldn't say its too short
Its got the right length for a survival horror game I think
weak river
Huh, neat.
Thank you kindly for the analysis
fickle garnet
Its around 8 hours long
quartz pawn
I don't know how much is left until I complete the game
But I can t continue, if I can t pass this annoying part with the moving platform
quiet swift
Heheheh. There's already a ton of hades 2 fanart on twitter.... and Nemesis is taking over the tag
river veldt
Did we ever get a rough estimate for when Hades 2 is supposed to come out?
quiet swift
We did not, we only know that it's in early access in 2023. Probably in a few months
quiet swift
Me tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
rancid herald
Did we ever get a rough estimate for when Hades 2 is supposed to come out?
I'm predicting july 29th, 2023
quiet swift
Hades 1 spent a year in early access on Epic before releasing for real and on Steam. At least now we have early access on Steam as well
weak river
And like a spectre of legend, Cinna appears, dispenses their wisdom, and vanishes without a trace
river veldt
https://twitter.com/yarrreg/status/1601181173728018432
Is this that one meme
quiet swift
...not that I am aware of? Which one?
river veldt
Maybe with Hades 2 coming out it'll give me motivation to complete Hades
quiet swift
fickle garnet
I never finished hades because it was taken off of gamepass
river veldt
...not that I am aware of? Which one?
rancid herald
29/7/2023 is the next date for the ancient greek festival of Kronia, which honors Cronus
quiet swift
29/7/2023 is the next date for the ancient greek festival of Kronia, which honor...
That... actually makes sense. I am not sure if they'd go for a short early access like that though
quiet swift
And come to think of it, since it is a sequel they might not need as long since it's not all from the ground up. There might be some new additions that need testing, but not making the entire thing work
rancid herald
I would imagine so, really. Supposedly it's been in development since 2021
river veldt
But will there be gay in Hades 2
rancid herald
surely they must be pretty close to completion
quiet swift
But will there be gay in Hades 2
I think that's in the dev book as being a requirement
slim thorn
have you seen Hades 1 
wind stump
i want being bisexual to be required for the true ending like in the hit game
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
... I mean I guess you could also be bi in Hades but the explicit requirement of you dating people of both the Male and Female variety in order to unlock the true ending in SAO:FB is still funny to me
... Shit, didn't undertale have that too
river veldt
have you seen Hades 1 <:ppenk:681838745611141137>
Yeah everyone is gay or ace in that game
slim thorn
that was the joke yes
river veldt
I can't believe Hades made me like Zeus of all people
wind stump
tho i guess you could consider the folks in Undertale to be people in all in appearance
plus the "dates" are less dates and more friendship outings, rather than outright proper "romance" between you and your target like in Fatal Bullet and-...
My brain is really overanalyzing my own unfunny joke 
slim thorn
careful, or you might become conscious of how desperate we are for actual representation 
river veldt
Alphys and Undyne are goals tbh
wind stump
careful, or you might become conscious of how desperate we are for actual repres...
Yeah I'll take this opputunity to dip out and head to my bed with my bi flag above me and pretend that I'm not a minority for once lmao
good night!
slim thorn
on the plus side, I'm kinda floored that Hades had a seemingly legit aro character (or at least that's how I read ||the later ambrosia-locked conversations with Dusa||)
river veldt
Hmm
I never interacted with Dusa much when I played
I mostly romanced Thanatos and Megara
slim thorn
oh, I was resource min/maxing to try and unlock ALL THE DIALOGUE
river veldt
Lol
slim thorn
then was genuinely surprised I could actually get all of it in a "single playthrough" (you know what I mean) without heroic efforts
river veldt
I was just giving ambrosia to the characters I thought were hot
craggy vine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH774y5b1ng These are cool
gaunt marten
~~I was just giving ambrosia to the characters I thought were hot~~
But you just said you didn't give any to Dusa
quiet swift
Speaking of Hades Dialogue, it's not great lines but I was so amused when you do a Greater Call for a god... while in one of their challenges when you didn't pick their boon first
"You dare"
visual hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH774y5b1ng These are cool
I like the newspaper with GPUs back in stock and at low prices
craggy vine
craggy vine
Going in and out of fullscreen in a game using steam link is funny. Like, it just does nothing.
Borderless, windowed, fullscreen, it's just all the same
Man marequest is a weird game
craggy vine
I think I'm gonna have to buy my family a better new wifi router for streaming games
wise frigate
Man marequest is a weird game
What do you do in the game?
craggy vine
Make friends
quiet swift
Regarding D4 collector's not having the game...
Good points I hadn't thought abotu. Still don't like the separation though 
random steppe
Its nothing new, honestly it's the most non problem ever.
Assume the actual price of the collector is 60-70 bucks more when you factor in the game you have to buy separately
And you don't have the problem of buying the wrong version by mistake, or get salty because your particoular version sold out
It's more of a problem that people want to give Blizzard money at all for a Diablo game after Immortal if you ask me
wind stump
That and like they barely show a trailer for the damn game after how many years and they're already pumping out a "Collector's Box/Edition" for it
random steppe
That's expected, but yeah
heady bridge
People have shockingly short memories, plus fanboy/girl blinkers are prevalent
wind stump
Yeah, I don't mind game merch and all (I already own too much of it lol) but like
Maybe wait until the game's out and people like it first? 
tho i am thinking of Watchdogs and Adrian's """"ICONIC"""" hat so maybe that's biasing me a bit against this whole idea
wind stump
breathes in
AY. FUCKING. OOOOOOOHHHHHHH?!?!?!??!?!
Dead Cells is now the best Castlevania game released in the last decade
little badger
I finally did it!! @river veldt
rough sleet
wind stump
My God.
spiral kraken
green fulcrum
Ngl, I don't really like Caddicarus anymore. He used to be awesome during his "slaughter or salvage" years, but now his humor is just so "lol, I'm sO RaNdoM!", and it's nowhere near as funny as it used to be. What's more, he's outright said that he detests his older videos and wishes he could wipe them off the face of YouTube, which is a slap in the face for people who like those videos.
heady bridge
I feel his quality varies a lot from video to video, when he's good he's... pretty good when he's bad he's practically unwatchable.
heady bridge
kinda amazing this is out so soon after Bayo 3's release
unreal idol
https://i.redd.it/z7lrax19ps4a1.png this dude stole the show, but everyone keeps talking about the kid that crashed eldin ring with bill clinton lol
river veldt
Flute guy
unreal idol
i think every time the camera panned away he was on a new instrument
river veldt
Ngl, I don't really like Caddicarus anymore. He used to be awesome during his "s...
His humour has always been "lol so random", but I understand what you mean. A lot of YouTubers really hate their older stuff so it doesn't really surprise me he doesn't like them
fresh bane
kinda amazing this is out so soon after Bayo 3's release
especially consideirng how bad bayo 3 was lol
kamiya said he wanted to make like 9 more bayo games
dude's delusional
gaunt marten
https://youtu.be/H5b3_gydc_0
Much cuter than normal Bayonetta
river veldt
slim thorn
they've got a point tbh
there really need to be more laws against the predatory business practices of microtransaction-heavy games, especially those aimed at vulnerable demographics
I dunno if a lawsuit is the right way to push for it though
gaunt marten
They do hire professional psychologists to maximize engagement and purchases
unreal idol
Yes, and I find that evil and appalling
wind stump
They are literally doing what tobacco companies did
gaunt marten
I think hiring psychologists to help you maximize engagement fine in some situations, but not ever for a profit motivated product
wind stump
"Meritless" my fucking arse
slim thorn
it's valid up to a point, but the line between "designed to make you happy" and "designed to trick you into spending money" is awfully fuzzy at times
fresh bane
Much cuter than normal Bayonetta
well yeah cuz cereza is a child
wind stump
Yeah, I can see how the fuzziness will work out in Epic's favour
slim thorn
though typical microtransaction gambling goes way beyond the fuzzy line into objectively predatory
wind stump
They'll really need to dig deep into the FOMO that Fortnite uses and abuses with limited time skins in the store, battle passes, events, etc. etc.
river veldt
They do hire professional psychologists to maximize engagement and purchases
Wait really??
bleak lintel
They've been doing that for gaming for about 2 decades now.
gaunt marten
Yep. It's a common industry practice
river veldt
Yucky
gaunt marten
Especially with the rise of live service games and microtransactions
gaunt marten
well yeah cuz cereza is a child
Oh I thought that was Bayonetta. Why's she got lipstick on?
fresh bane
that's her mouth
wind stump
she wants to be pwetty
gaunt marten
I can see it now. She's just going :0
river veldt
Yea
wind stump
I had to take lipstick off my Pokemon character because lipstick looks weird on a child
also it made her look like the Joker
fresh bane
gaunt marten
Lipstick is for making angry red eyebrows on top of your normal eyebrows
wind stump
Kind of unrelated but i thought it was relevant
gaunt marten
Not for your lips
river veldt
Nom nom
wind stump
Why else would they make it in so many colours?
gaunt marten
Don't actually eat lipstick. Some lipsticks can be toxic in large amounts
river veldt
I ate lipstick when I was a child
gaunt marten
Was it red lipstick?
river veldt
Yeah
gaunt marten
That's why you like Mario
river veldt
Real?
gaunt marten
No
gaunt marten
Because it's fun
river veldt
:c
weak river
I can't believe you would spread such misinformation on the internet, Flitter
grim stirrup
eating black lipstick makes you like peach
river veldt
You mean someone would just go on the internet and lie???????
quiet swift
dire gate
Oh you're not supposed to lie on the internet??
gaunt marten
eating black lipstick makes you like peach
Don't be ridiculous
Black lipstick is bowsette
river veldt
Bowsette didn't even exist back then
fresh bane
https://youtu.be/PVlC6Qq90O4
Oh huh apparently the new game had a teaser as a secret chapter in Bayo 3
looks interesting, her outfit and hairstyle is really cute
gaunt marten
Bowsette didn't even exist back then
Of course she did
fresh bane
and she's constantly holding Cheshire so that makes it even cuter
gaunt marten
She's fictional and that means she always existed and always will
dense crypt
craggy vine
I haven't seen anyone praising the new Pokemon game personally
Especially when I see sub 10 fps footage
slim thorn
I've seen some praise that dances around the performance issue
and I'm under the impression it sold fine
craggy vine
People will always see through the bugs and issues if they like the game. And some people did that with cyberpunk too. I saw a lot of people enjoying cyberpunk
quiet swift
It was more how CD Projekt Red was hyping the game to such insane degrees, and it ended up not really matching what they were claiming on top of insane bugs and performance issues
wind stump
That and after Witcher 3 they pretty much had impossible standards
Sw/Sh... Less so
slim thorn
my memory is that No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 became the poster children of a peak era of toxic hype culture
craggy vine
It was more how CD Projekt Red was hyping the game to such insane degrees, and i...
Yeah truee
slim thorn
while far from a solved problem, it has subsided somewhat since those extreme cases of not only disappointment but just factual lies about what the launch content would be
wind stump
I mean I think Legends Arceus was well-recieved too but that's not really a mainline
craggy vine
And Pokemon games aren't really on a high standard anyway. Even Alpha Saphire had its performance issues.
river veldt
:izzywhat:
oblique stone
Wrong channel.
slim thorn
see <#manechat message> for the bees are fish thing
rancid herald
there's a strain of people in the pokemon fandom who are genuinely pissed off, it seems, that people are enjoying SV
mossy flume
and I'm under the impression it sold fine
It broke records
mossy flume
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581340115213877248/1051273571164500028/un...
On one hand this is indeed a fair argument to make. On the other hand, Cyberpunk 2077 was so broken that it was literally impossible to play it on two of the consoles it launched on.
craggy vine
And they still tell you the effectivness of each move 
mossy flume
It did not comply with the minimum quality requirements for Microsoft and Sony when it launched on PS4 and Xbox One
It crashed
And was just literally unplayable
That’s why they suspended console sales for months
rancid herald
well, that's why I don't think it's really a fair argument. For all the performance issues that pokemon has, I've personally never seen it actually effect the ability to play the game.
hence: people being mad
craggy vine
How is it on base ps4 and xbox one now?
mossy flume
I think it runs? But still not recommended to play it there
craggy vine
Ah
mossy flume
They resumed sales of them
rancid herald
apparently the PS store has a warning not to buy it on PS4
rancid herald
probably
mossy flume
It makes zero sense to put it there
craggy vine
To me, I think the issues like seen in Pokemon would be too distracting.
mossy flume
Cyberpunk 2077 absolutely needed 1-2 more years in the oven
river veldt
Lol
mossy flume
It was
craggy vine
But also the speed you need for streaming games is rediculous. I'm looking at getting a new wifi router just for steam link
mossy flume
S/V also needed more time in the oven, but really only more like 6 months
But S/V isn’t unplayable
craggy vine
Yeah. It is just bugs and performance. I think otherwise the game is complete.
mossy flume
Just distractingly rough
craggy vine
Cyberpunk I remember was way more uncomplete
mossy flume
Yeah
Today though it’s definitely worth playing
Aside from the cut content it’s a good game
craggy vine
I have thought about trying it out
mossy flume
Cyberpunk 2077 is super fun
I’d recommend it
The expansion is coming out before too long too
craggy vine
I see
mossy flume
I think CDPR made a good decision to move forward with a direct full sequel
It’ll just… be a decade before that comes out. 
quiet swift
Paid expansion but yeah. Currently it's had many patches, including content ones (edgerunners) and it's definitely in a good state now
craggy vine
Also, can I ask for any potential ways of decreasing latency with steam link?
mossy flume
¯_(ツ)_/¯
It’s always been laggy for me
Maybe ensure your source computer is using Ethernet
mossy flume
That’ll be your biggest problem
craggy vine
I just wanna play doom eternal on steam link
RDR2 is fine but anything with quick reactions isn't
It must be even more laggy than this using stadia or geforce now though
white phoenix
I can't use ethernet on my source pc
why? no connection? no port?
craggy vine
I would need a 50m long cable, to go through a doorway that must close, behind a lounge chair, over another door, behind a cabinet, behind a TV, beind a shelf, and then behind 2 desks, one with a computer on them.
I can't just go direct through the housr
white phoenix
Have you looked into powerline?
craggy vine
The actual length to the wifi router is like 5m, but I would have to go around the whole house to make it look neat
white phoenix
it uses your electricity plugs as an ethernet wire, so all you have to do is get a kit of it, plug one into a electrical plug next to your pc, and the other next to your router
craggy vine
Idk if I can do that in a 50 year old house
white phoenix
ah
craggy vine
This house is probably literally 50 years old
white phoenix
might still be worth looking into
craggy vine
Is it worth trying just to try and play doom eternal in bed?
white phoenix
seems like some testimonies from reddit have done it in 100 year homes lol
river veldt
I play on Switch 😎
craggy vine
2 in my room both used,
Yeah see once steam deck is released in Australia, steam link is probably not as important to me anymore
But then again, I did play rdr2 for like 4 hours streaming to my macbook
I think I do need a new wifi router either way. Only 60mbits/s on wifi 5.
I even had to reduce it to 30 to stop streaming issues
white phoenix
Also I have no free plugs
oh yeah, some powerline adapters come with a plug on it, so you don't waste a whole plug for it
I have one in my room at home
craggy vine
Oooh cool
Choosing a router is hard
I can get a $1000 one
But then like... How much cheaper can I go and still have the quality I want
Or I could go asus and use the wifi boosting feature on the wifi adapter for my desktop
white phoenix
Are you sure 1000 isn't overkill?
cause goddamn
I mean if you have the money sure
craggy vine
Idk, is it?
I also got a $170 wifi adapter for my desktop
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/d-link-smart-mesh-ax1800-wi-fi-6-router Could also just try this
rugged flax
$1k for a Nighthawk 
I can buy professional wifi APs for $100
craggy vine
I mean sure you can
But imagine, maxing out the steam link quality sittings, and having an unlimited bandwidth setting
And possibly having almost no input latency
Also got these 2 choices
I guess it can be worth a try
And hell, if I can possibly find one with 2 ethernet ports... I can connected my desktop and my laptop to ethernet while in bed
white phoenix
Yeah, the one on the left has a plug so that you can still plug things in for other electrical uses without wasting a plug
I definitely don't remember them being that expensive though lol
craggy vine
I see
mossy flume
I also have a pile of codes that Discord keeps giving me but I can’t use because I’m already an Xbox customer
craggy vine
Yeah I just ignore them
Especially if not interested in the service
Woo, I can get xbox game pass for 2 months, but I'm not gonna keep it
sinful raven
fair enough, I try and give them away to someone who actually wants them becasue waste not want not
green fulcrum
So, this came out without me realizing it. It's the grand finale of the whole Minecraft saga, and DAMN what a saga it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp2nxlrQ89w
I can't wait to see what else these guys get up to.
rough sleet
icy crescent
river veldt
Lol
craggy vine
Why do so many games need a launcher
gaunt marten
To collect data on you
The launcher provides a convenient way to collect all sorts of data on your device and tie it to one account
It also helps make DRM cracks more complicated
To justify this they sometimes provide services like mod management or friends
Despite the fact that they know you already have those services through Steam and such
craggy vine
That does make sense.
I first played KSP from someone giving it to me on a USB back in school
teal sonnet
"there is no such thing as 'super demanding ahead of it's time graphics', there is only shit optimization" -Aristotle
slim thorn
"it's complicated" - every programmer that wasn't lying to you
gaunt marten
There totally is such a thing as super demanding ahead of its time graphics
See the Witcher and Ubershaders
teal sonnet
The state of pc ports now days, it is just sad
devs need more time
and companies says “fuck you”
gaunt marten
They were an optional feature that on time of the game's release no setup could run
Or was it called ubersampling
Anyway, the point is they predicted that they could be run fine in a few years, so it was worth implementing the feature
heady bridge
There totally is such a thing as super demanding ahead of its time graphics
Crysis, no other words needed
gaunt marten
Okay but Crysis is badly optimized on top of being ahead of its time in graphics. See the unnecessary tesselation controversy
rose rose
https://tech4gamers.com/returnal-pc-port-recommends-32-gb-of-ram
This is a bit weird given the PS5 has half that.
heady bridge
It uses Unreal Engine 4, I wonder if it’ll have the same stutter issues most Unreal titles on PC seem to be suffering from lately
grave tide
Finished God of War 2018
Game is fucking awesome
And i finally can have title of Father of the Year
gaunt marten
How does it compare to the originals?
grave tide
Dark Souls bitten God of War
Never pick God of War difficulty and 3rd difficulty out of 4
gaunt marten
I didn't play any of them but from the footage GoW2018 did not seem similar to Dark Souls
grave tide
GoW 2018 isn't Dark Souls
slim thorn
oh are we doing this bit again
gaunt marten
I see
wind stump
slim thorn
does it have a parry button
gaunt marten
I wish people who play Dark Souls would parry
Most people who play it run around naked with a big sword and dodgeroll everywhere
grave tide
(Sekiro )
slim thorn
I wish I understood parry timing in any of these games
slim thorn
the enemy's wrist?
gaunt marten
Yep! With humanoid enemies, the general rule applies: press the parry button when the enemy's wrist moves past their shoulder
slim thorn
huh
gaunt marten
This should apply to every humanoid enemy if you use a parrying shield, but for more specific practice, use dark knights from any dark souls game or silver knights from dark souls 1
arctic fern
i watched hbomber's vid on bloodborne and how it taught players how to play prior souls games properly
gaunt marten
Dark knights have very punishing attacks but easy to predict parries. Easier than even the basic starter enemies
Silver knights can be found late in the game but deal less damage than dark knights and have the same animation
grim stirrup
ironically, the final boss has some of the easiest parry times for me
gaunt marten
Oh yes
Makes you feel so powerful
Ultimately, parrying is optional. It's a useful tool in many situations, especially against other players, but it's just one of the damage mitigating tools you have
fresh bane
once you've been whacked in the head by most enemies and you get familiar with their animations parrying is easy and satisfying
at least in ds1
I don't know about parrying in ds2 and 3
or elden ring
grim stirrup
it's pretty heavily nerfed in ds2-3 and elden ring
elden ring its still pretty strong, but a lot of posses need parrying multiple times to get a riposte
ds3 rolling just overpowers it against most mobs
ds2 i parried a few times but it always felt like going out of my way to for some reason
fresh bane
I still feel like DS1 is overall the best DS game still
and I know a lot of people don't like or share that opinion
I never liked the feel of DS2 at all, and DS3 is just too fast paced, it's like they can't not do Bloodborne again they tried to mix it with the DS formula and it doesn't feel right
they also severely nerfed shields and armor, why?
For absolutely no reason, it kind of defeats the purpose if they're garbage
river veldt
If DS1 is the best game in the series then I guess I won't like any of them
fresh bane
Also the poise but that's already well known by this point
Can't do the Havel strat anymore therefore it sucks
grim stirrup
ds1 has the best map and thats about it for me
i like ds2 most, it just feels the most fun to me
fresh bane
I wish I could like it, I gave it a lot of honest earnest tries before but I just can't have fun with it
hell I almost finished the base game back in 2017 but it was pretty miserable all the way through, it didn't click like DS1 did in any level for me
grim stirrup
ds3 is probably the cleanest game with the smoothest most player friendly gameplay
fresh bane
DS3 is probably the most newbie friendly game sure
river veldt
I'll try out DS3 when it gets ported to Switch 
fresh bane
I wouldn't play the online especially now, in any DS game
I just don't like the fast paced nature of it at all
Or rather, I wish there was other ways of playing other than that, because if you wanna be a heavy tank you can't really do that anymore
grim stirrup
you can play heavy shield builds in all of them
theres shield door builds in ds2-3, and elden ring has tonnes of varietys for big boy
river veldt
Is Elden Ring good
fresh bane
I know there are builds and heavy armor sets in DS3 but it's severely less fun to play than in DS1
the lack of poise is definitely a huge factor too
the armor doesn't feel like.... well, armor
become tank
grim stirrup
ds2 has fucked up physical armour, but can stack 100% elemental resist in 2(?) elemants at any given time
river veldt
Which DS has the doggo with the sword
grim stirrup
ds1
river veldt
Do you have to kill her
grim stirrup
alas she must die
river veldt
Why
grim stirrup
theres an even sadder cutscene if you do the dlc first
river veldt
DS1 -37294848284737/10
fresh bane
I think DS3's is more fucked up with how they tied the superarmor stuff to the moves of your weapons
it's extremely weird
grim stirrup
she wants to protect you from the abyss, so that you dont take the ring and go down into the thing that fucked up her master
fresh bane
It wasn't broken so why fix it, it worked fine in DS1 where it just mattered how much heavy armor you had on
river veldt
she wants to protect you from the abyss, so that you dont take the ring and go d...
Akskdsiejsjshdhduddh
Why does the game make you kill her wtf
grim stirrup
because you need to go kill the boss in the abyss
river veldt
But doggo 🥺
fresh bane
she wants to protect you from the abyss, so that you dont take the ring and go d...
Yes and no because if you don't do the DLC then she's just protecting Artorias' grave from being desecrated but after the DLC there's definitely a sense of a more personal reason
mossy flume
https://tech4gamers.com/returnal-pc-port-recommends-32-gb-of-ram
Nani the heck, why double the RAM that the PS5 has?
fresh bane
Bad optimization
quiet swift
mossy flume
The article points out that the studios doing the port have a good track record of optimization for PC ports
Maybe they’re just allowing for more of the world to be loaded in at once or something
visual hill
PC ports generally have higher quality settings available. Combine this with higher output resolutions and you potentially need more than 16 GB of RAM in practice, at least in most situations
someone with a optimized OS setup and nothing running in the background may still be able to run the game at maxed settings with 16 GB of RAM, but it'll swap the moment Chrome even thinks about starting itself. The developer will always keep some headroom to cater to less optimized (i.e. default) OS setups and typical use cases, and since 24 GB is not a standard RAM size for a dual-channel build, 32 GB is the recommendation
light gate
It's probably asset streaming, the PS5 does have that fast memory system so it was probably using storage as fast ram.
Or at the very least, allowed for high bandwidth.
Sorta similar to what M1/M2 can do, use storage as fast ram incase you run out of ram.
white phoenix
no way dude
mossy flume
That’s intentional these days so that you can acquire the game itself in whatever format you personally prefer so that they don’t need to make multiple SKUs of the CE itself.
Well, in general
For Blizzard it’s weird
Since they only distribute via battle.net anyway
They really should include the top tier version of the game itself in the physical CE.
It’s not like Diablo IV is multi-platform
quiet swift
Actually it is
Pretty sure it's on PS and Xbox
PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
And yeah, this is not new, other games have had Collector boxes without the game. I think ME Legendary had that for example
teal sonnet
that is just dumb
quiet swift
Is it annoying? Absofuckinglutely, but not unique or unheard of
mossy flume
PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Wi...
Huh, TIL
Then yeah, it’s just an economics thing.
dire gate
Riot
Suing other company for copying games
mossy flume
It allows them to make more of the CE.
teal sonnet
It's a collector _box_, not collector edition <:ppenk:681838745611141137>
that is even dumber
dire gate
I mean it's not that bad if you think it just as a merch
teal sonnet
they could just throw the code as an email even
mossy flume
The sorts of things you have to do when the number of people who play video games only goes up
teal sonnet
I get it not coming with a physical game or anything
quiet swift
that is even dumber
Nah. People who want the game just pay for the game (in one of three different editions! gasp!). If you want the extra stuff because you're a diehard fan, you get the collector box on top of it
teal sonnet
hecc most AAA now days just comes with a code in the box
just a fucking code on email
it is not that hard
mossy flume
Ah but if the code isn't for the platform you want?
mossy flume
Then you paid more for the box for the game that you don't want