And heckle
#general gaming
astral bolt
gaunt marten
I'm waiting for a big sale
grim stirrup
im great at heckling
gaunt marten
Right now it's 15 dollars, and it's more of a ten dollar game
astral bolt
How dare you
slim thorn
yeah I'm out of ideas on the graveyard, this must be for after I get some other exploration abilities
quiet swift
astral bolt
Laughs in Red March
I (con)fused Soviet March and Hell March so let's just say it's both
dire gate
You triple fused Soviet March, Hell March and Red Alert
And that is a mistake I also often make 
astral bolt
Too strong to be contained
dire gate
They are like, all red, communism, so it works 
wind stump
man i didn't know you could put LED highlights in your hair
dire gate
I thought the nose was the mouth
slim thorn
I have no idea what side of the planet I'm on anymore or what happened to my health bar but I'm not dead yet 
astral bolt
slim thorn
ok red does mean explosive
astral bolt
HP's min and max value become the same
I'll keep exploring
light gate
astral bolt
It's a great area, one of my favourites for sure
light gate
Purple crystals be shiny tho
astral bolt
Foxes like shiny, right?
astral bolt
I don't even remember what my first playthrough route was, what the "normal" progression is supposed to be.
light gate
It’s actually genius, but I can’t say it since spoilers.
gaunt marten
This game has a really neat feature where if you die against a boss and lowered its health by 70%, you get 70% of the essence reward
That way you can spend it on leveling up for just the extra edge you need
astral bolt
Looks like a neat game
slim thorn
oh yeah, that's one of the ones I almost bought today before settling on Tunic
gaunt marten
This boss remains frustrating though
Another weird feature the game has is the Will stat
Every time you die, it goes up by one
If you finish the game with over a hundred you unlock a different ending
Other than that, it does nothing!
astral bolt
I've seen my fair share of, let's say, "unorthodox" stats, that's certainly unique. And less a stat than a counter, could be hidden and it wouldn't change anything because players would learn what triggers an ending vs another, always have always will.
(What does HST stand for btw?)
gaunt marten
Haste. Makes you faster https://i.imgur.com/NajQ97x.png
astral bolt
Ah
astral bolt
I'm all for, again, "unorthodox" stats, esoteric even. I've always liked a "Luck" stat in games where you can't exactly pinpoint how big of a benefit it is but you can't help but want more luck.
gaunt marten
Every boss has a "Heroic" version that's a lot stronger. The first time you kill a heroic boss you lose 35 will
astral bolt
Can't think of other examples right now, tho
slim thorn
either I'm missing something really obvious or this game badly needs another checkpoint or two, that's the third time I died in one hit after ~five minutes of just running back here
gaunt marten
Is Tunic not the sort of game where you everyone misses every obvious thing?
astral bolt
I'm not watching but you're probably not missing anything. Checkpoints and rest spots are sparse because Tunic is a hard game, it just lures you into a false sense of security by being cute.
slim thorn
I mean they weren't sparse before
astral bolt
The early game is more friendly, true
The Purple Area, to not give it another name, is definitely unforgiving, one of the most
Same for Graveyard
slim thorn
yeah, if they put a checkpoint here I'd keep at it, but this is wasting far too much time each attempt for more experimenting to make any sense
thankfully there is one other area I know of to try next
astral bolt
Oh, I think I know what's going on but it would be spoilers.
slim thorn
lol, forest fortress has a proper checkpoint in the very first room
why are the other two areas even accessible
astral bolt
The Holy Cross guides the way
astral bolt
why are the other two areas even accessible <:ppenk:681838745611141137>
Git gud
slim thorn
I was gud in the graveyard but nothing there could be activated
wind stump
should have gitten gudder
astral bolt
Fair. In the case of Tunic "Git gud" is mostly knowledge you don't have yet.
quiet swift
In the mean time you're just a git
slim thorn
(ironically, it also is in most of the games that use that meme)
astral bolt
Not Hollow Knight
slim thorn
(ignoring that it's the game's job to make the gud getting part fun)
wind stump
gud gitting*
slim thorn
right lol
wind stump
i will beat that horse until Dark Souls fans shut the fuck up about difficulty.
so like in 80 years 
slim thorn
oh boy this is a lot of spiders
astral bolt
r/spiderbro
gaunt marten
Nature's hydraulic system
wind stump
the git gud meme
mainly to mock Dark Souls fans who think that easier difficulties in games invalidate their egos.
astral bolt
Is it the 4 on 1?
slim thorn
ffffff bombs don't work in water, how dare the game make sense like that
light gate
ffffff bombs don't work in water, how dare the game make sense like that
Eggcelent
wind stump
meanwhile i can have ego on things that require rng and not like
bashing your head against a brick wall for 60 hours
astral bolt
Thwarted by the expectations not met in the past
gaunt marten
Dark Souls does not require you to bash your head against a break wall for more than one hour
slim thorn
Is it the 4 on 1?
gaunt marten
You should be moving to other brick walls
slim thorn
oh I did, my DS1 experience was spending 2-3 hours ruling out every brick wall available until I gave up on all of them
astral bolt
Why is it so dark
gaunt marten
That sucks
astral bolt
Let me check
slim thorn
so you know that meme about spiders being more afraid of you than you are of them
these 5 literally are
light gate
Give them a hug
quiet swift
🕷️
astral bolt
Looks like it's been 11 months since I played Tunic myself, so...
slim thorn
ooooh they were waiting until I turned my back on them
clever girls, but I was too prepared
light gate
ngl, I’m looking forward for lxrec reactions
astral bolt
Tunic is that kind of game
I gave up on my counter of "What do you mean that was [an option] the whole time" halfway through the game
slim thorn
ok that was unironically one of my favorite fights of the game so far
10/10 spider AI
quiet swift
Is it the type of game where you learn an ability and can come back to solve something, or you always had access to it, just didn't know what button to press/what action to do?
slim thorn
I assume the latter
light gate
Tunic almost made me give up by the halfway point.
slim thorn
but I'm too early to be sure, and there were plenty of examples of the former already
astral bolt
Both
Tunic is a game where recovering the manual pages and looking at them is more important than acquiring items or clearing areas.
light gate
I can not stress this enough ^
astral bolt
I spent at least half my gameplay paused, looking at the in-universe manual
slim thorn
if anyone doubted, I have already read every legible word of it at least twice
I only stopped trying to reverse-engineer the conlang due to the lack of phrases with a clear enough meaning to start from
gaunt marten
I still think Tunic's manual should just be in Japanese
slim thorn
well, mine half is 
astral bolt
And yes. The fake-language is a crafted-language and decipherable.
astral bolt
I only stopped trying to reverse-engineer the conlang due to the lack of phrases...
The Rosetta Stone of the language is a late acquisition on a normal playthrough, if I remember right. I think it's fair to warn people not to waste too much time on it until they get it.
light gate
Just try to make sense of what you have basically.
astral bolt
And only after you get it, I firmly advice to just look up the solution if you don't want to be a 0.01% hardcore gamer
light gate
Oddly enough I got a few without looking up the solutions.
There was only one that I absolutely had to.
quiet swift
I need that confused fox as a sticker
light gate
you got it boss
astral bolt
Tunic is a game any fox afficionado should play, just get to it
There's probably a Discord server for your needs in this situation, tho
slim thorn
the manual is full of sticker candidates
quiet swift
I have like 3 fox related games on my wishlist
astral bolt
The manual is pure charm and cuteness
quiet swift
checks his list
astral bolt
slim thorn
I just realized I had a map for this sub-area only after I was 70% done with it
astral bolt
You go little guy, commit a crime, get traumatised.
light gate
astral bolt
Listen
light gate
ahh dang it, it didn't select the white paper properly.
astral bolt
The true ending has two foxes dancing
Is that worth 29 euros?
(Joke, not peer pressure)
quiet swift
Ah, just those two
astral bolt
Maybe someone will one day make a fox version of Stray.
quiet swift
Tunic's in my top 20 of my wishlist, which is usually what I exchange game codes for but no one's gone for that yet
astral bolt
Where you just jump into burrowed rabbit dens
quiet swift
I think that's kinda what those two are, Lost Ember kinda
dire gate
🦊
astral bolt
It's been almost a year since I played it, if Flitter doesn't have it yet it has not gone on a good sale since. But the game is also not a year old yet.
quiet swift
(I literally have a collection of fox figurines and little statuettes and stuff)
astral bolt
The right time always comes
quiet swift
And plushies
quiet swift
gaunt marten
It's twice as expensive
slim thorn
I took a calculated risk, but man am I bad at math.jpg
light gate
I need this in my life.
quiet swift
astral bolt
In fact, it went UP in price since launch
I mean, it deserves it, the developer too.
quiet swift
(These are just a few, I don't have pictures of everything)
river veldt
just beat Trial of the Sword 😎
quiet swift
And the plush in the centre of the first pic is as old as I am 
dire gate
just beat Trial of the Sword 😎
So you got the fully upgraded Master Sword, the best pickaxe in the game?
gaunt marten
I mean, it deserves it, the developer too.
Yeah but now I can't afford it
gaunt marten
Not in my region
I rely on Steam regional discounts
It's twice as expensive at GOG
light gate
yikes
astral bolt
Yeah, I know. Both are valid
light gate
But yeah I rely on a GOG copy mainly because Steam client bogs down my machine.
gaunt marten
That's weird
light gate
Well its a Mac translating an x86_64 app to ARM, so yeah its not too weird
astral bolt
I want the guy that made Tunic to get as much money as possible and I want the people that want to play tunic to get it a price that's good for them, they're not exclusive.
gaunt marten
It's just the game list https://i.imgur.com/U5qNAFp.png
light gate
Small mode kinda works better but its still sorta janky having to get to the store.
river veldt
why would I use the Master Sword for that
gaunt marten
That's fair
astral bolt
Because it doesn't break
river veldt
but i want to use the Master Sword to defeat the bad guys not chop down trees
gaunt marten
It can do both
astral bolt
It's not a xor
gaunt marten
Small mode became more popular once Steam updated to the electron launcher
slim thorn
I've been using small mode for a while, it's nice when you don't need to do anything other than launch a game you've already installed, which at least for me is the more common case
gaunt marten
It still uses the old tech
light gate
There is so much legacy stuff on the Steam client, you can still find remnants of the og client.
I just wished Valve would bother updating the app to make it compatible for my machine, but they only did that for the Steamworks API and sort of just forgot about it.
But yeah I'll give small mode another shot.
astral bolt
When I want to launch a game without bothering with steam I just right-click the tray icon, but I admit it's very rare for me to play something that is not in my 5 most recents. Usually I play stuff until I'm done forever.
gaunt marten
I also recommend https://playnite.link
It's a customizable launcher that aggregates and launches games from any store directly
gaunt marten
Yeah, I was recommending it in general
river veldt
Michaelsoft Binbows
gaunt marten
This joker recommends Biomutant
Biomutant was one of the biggest videogame flops of the decade
astral bolt
Does it have foxes?
quiet swift
Not because it was bad, from what I recall, it just didn't do anything interesting
light gate
What the hell? Small mode gets disabled if you uninstall a game.
gaunt marten
Biomutant has foxes
light gate
That's new.
gaunt marten
Oh they got rid of the old uninstall menu
light gate
That explains it.
gaunt marten
So now you do it through large mode
But hold on
Aww, they changed the batch uninstall window too
It sucks now
Batch install is still good
visual hill
it works, but resolution changes are a bit funny
(by default, the window appears squished until you change video modes manually in the options)
this is what it looks like in fullscreen 😛
sage iris
now they should make a raytraced version in the browser XD
light gate
I wonder if it works for Safari now, hang on a sec.
sage iris
wait does this work on mobile
white phoenix
oh god
light gate
There is no audio, no animations.
They're probably using .ogg
It does work but you can't tap anything so you're stuck at the menu.
river veldt
it works, but resolution changes are a bit funny
hello Gordon!
white phoenix
hello Gordon!
Another day, another dollar!
light gate
<:izzysadness:910198257702031362>
I mean don't act surprised, the Xash devs hate Apple and downright dropped support for it... but the web version of this is a different developer so its up to them if they want to make touch controllers.
sage iris
I'm assuming they just didn't include any mobile support at all
because I imagine if android worked then so would ios
light gate
There is a native android port.
iOS & Mac is simply excluded because OpenGL deprecation, Notarization requirement, 32bit dropped, and App Store tactics
sage iris
I meant the web version
I do remember actually managing to play half life on ios a while back though
but yah that was a very old version of xash
sage iris
oh
light gate
But yeah, I don't expect Safari to exist for much longer.
Oof already found a terrible bug, if you squish the bugs the web client hangs.
minor plover
Descent tournament stream is up: https://www.twitch.tv/roncli
astral bolt
Wow. It's been at least 25 years since I last had a thought about Descent
An amazing, superior, groundbreaking game
I remember playing Descent and feeling my mind literally expanding like 
. That's so rare.
minor plover
my wife and I named all 3 of our kids after Descent players, including the one who is mosts likely to win today's tournament
gaunt marten
Why?
slim thorn
#Tunic: took me 10-20 tries but I defeated Siege Engine, also with zero health remaining
gaunt marten
Nice work!
I'm like 80% of the way through Death's Gambit and I finally unlocked the ability to teleport between rest spots.
This should be something you get at the start
slim thorn
I've also convinced myself the conlang is not just a substitution cipher for the English alphabet (or rather, if it is, then the game manual is improbably low in "e"s) so no point overanalyzing it further for now
minor plover
why did we name our kids after Descent players? Because they're all good friends
gaunt marten
Seems like an odd choice to name kids after friends but it's understandable
minor plover
we specifically didn't want to name kids after family members, because I grew up dealing with "which John?" all the time between my brother, dad, and grandpa
gaunt marten
Yeah. This happens a lot here, and the solution is usually to give them nicknames
slim thorn
once in high school we ended up with three Erics in the same class, so everyone learned to address us by our middle names
astral bolt
I've also convinced myself the conlang is not just a substitution cipher for the...
As I said, don't waste time on a puzzle before you're able to solve it. Once you get the Rosetta Stone of the language (page 28 or 29 of the "manual") you can actually try sit down and decipher the whole language.
And it's doable, with those pages everything is in reach. But it's up to dedication, time and effort. That's why I said don't be afraid to look up the solution, only you can decide what puzzles you solve yourself and which you don't
slim thorn
yep, I just realized I had a "quick" way of checking that assumption so I figured why not
(p28-9 are the map of the overworld and under-the-well)
astral bolt
I guess I remembered the numbers wrong. In my mind the manual is 30 pages and 28-29 was the end of it. Now that I think about it it's probably double. 58-59 might be the accurate last pages.
slim thorn
conveniently, I just found the table of contents
astral bolt
Because each page has two sides it fucks up with my personal count
Since it's your first playthrough and you're going through it in what feels like a natural way; you have nothing to worry about. Deciphering the language only matters if you want the 100% ending.
river veldt
wbat is the most common name pn earth
slim thorn
Wang
astral bolt
Play as you feel natural. The point of Tunic has always been to stumble your way into a victory and then, through replays, realise how the game is bigger and bigger.
slim thorn
don't worry, I'm still finding stuff
I spent way more time on that boss than on the language check just now
slim thorn
China's population is bonkers
river veldt
John or Muhammad
slim thorn
tbf you probably didn't mean to include surnames
fresh bane
Apparently Omar is more popular than Mohammed
quiet swift
James, Maria
slim thorn
I don't know name stats well enough to say what's technically the most popular by what metric in any more detail
river veldt
oh yea i meant first names
fresh bane
James, Maria
literally Silent Hill 2
gaunt marten
What's the dumbest name on earth?
gaunt marten
No it's Flitter
river veldt
Pepsi Marijuana
slim thorn
hahahaha, of all the ways to find a new route
a bird running away from me in terror wandered through a hidden passage
slim thorn
oh god I just recognized a word in the conlang when I wasn't even trying to analyze it 
||it could be an English substitution cypher with the Arabic thing where the letters change shape depending on position in the word... but I'm stopping there for now, even if that's right I'd need to id more words to make use of it||
slim thorn
I think I need a hint; I've failed to open up any new areas since Siege Engine, only a handful of new chests adjacent to places I've already been, and I'm running out of ideas better than banging my head against Quarry again
the manual ToC implies ruined atoll is next but there's still no way into that area
slim thorn
...I am an idiot
mossy flume
No, you’re a horse.
green fulcrum
(You forgot the W in rainbow. 
)
slim thorn
slim thorn
proud warren
tunic gud
dense crypt
so i went to my local fighting game community meetup. sucked, but 50 percent of that was because i was too shy to say ANYTHING
too many people, not enough games, everyone was playing granblue which i had never even touched before, the guy who invited me acted like he didn't know me
im pretty disappointed, might not go back again
fresh bane
chilly mural
im pretty disappointed, might not go back again
damn, that sucks, fighting game locals can be a tough environment to be in, they're not for everyone, doesn't help that person who invited you didn't give you a welcome to others in person
if you ever happen to be in phoenix, arizona I could show you around to my fight game local
dense crypt
sadly im basically on the other side of the nation. but i really appreciate you saying that.
like nobody was being an asshole, just... they didn't want to even speak to me. only give me brief glances.
chilly mural
hmmmm, I'm just guessing from the others point of view, but you mentioned people playing granblue vs, was that the only game being played? Sometimes people just want to grind out games so the thought doesn't occur when they see a new face that they want to be involved or when a new person shows around and doesn't say anything, they might come across as onlookers rather than potential participators.
I am guilty of this a lot more than I'd like to be, especially when someone is hovering around a game that I don't play at the local
dense crypt
granblue was the vast majority, GGST was the other one being played casually
slim thorn
Oh, I think I know what's going on but it would be spoilers.
I see what you mean now: out of every quarry entrance I could have possibly found, I found the one farthest away from every checkpoint (though I still think it'd be better with another checkpoint)
chilly mural
granblue was the vast majority, GGST was the other one being played casually
damn, granblue and strive, sounds like a fate worse than death. Do you know if the local uses a discord or sometime of forum? Maybe doing some online talk and seeing how those members vibe can help the shyness part.
dense crypt
im in the discord
and they speak very little aside from communicating for meetups and such.
chilly mural
damn, that sucks, sounds a lot less active than my local that's for sure
dense crypt
too bad i dont live in phoenix 😔
chilly mural
fresh bane
TF2 fans really out here making full blown horror movies with technically abandonware
weak river
I'll be sure to provide a detailed analysis of it after I watch it sometime in the next four years or so
dense crypt
as valve said, the fans make better shit than they do. its why they dont update TF2 like they should.
fresh bane
im pretty disappointed, might not go back again
breaking into a new group of people especially as an introverted, timid, or shy person is extremely hard especially if you're anxious or tend to think the worst in social scenarios, I'm sure the person who invited you didn't intentionally ignore you, otherwise why would they invite you at all? They clearly wanted you there
You don't have to force yourself to go there if you don't particularly enjoy the games played there or the vibes feel weird, but you shouldn't also immediately think the worst of people or not give it another try because that's just going to make social situations worse
maybe search for a different place if there is any where you live
fresh bane
I'll be sure to provide a detailed analysis of it after I watch it sometime in t...
I'll put it on my watch later playlist and proceed to never watch it 
dense crypt
there's a fully blown Esports arena in another part of the city but they mostly do super smash bros and i dont like that game very much.
i like Strive and Street Fighter.
light gate
The play is real
dense crypt
the general atmosphere was basically like, it was the same pair of people playing for long periods of time even outside of the tournament bracket, and most of the time it was just people kinda shuffling around and watching these people hog the stations playing the same damn characters
i could tell people were just there to grind.
i just wanted to fucking fight people and have a good time, not have everyone treat it like they were just at home but they invited their introverted friends over to ignore eachother.
slim thorn
turns out I like this game
although some of that time is leaving it running while I do a quick chore
anyway, one more boss by the skin of my teeth
slim thorn
oh boy... someone's gonna get a good laugh out of this: ||I only just noticed that I never picked up the red hexagon, because the thingy the boss dropped I misunderstood as granting me the power of teleportation, since I discovered teleportation only moments after getting it||
fresh bane
game's uh.... game's that good huh
astral bolt
Quarry is hard regardless, but it seems a lot harder when you don't have all the knowledge, or you don't know about Pray
slim thorn
especially if you fall for ||the troll checkpoint|| like I did
astral bolt
Nothing worse than a game making you regret a checkpoint
"Fuck I gotta walk this shit back"
And by "worse" I mean "funnier"
slim thorn
well I certainly would've been mad if I'd died after discovering that and before getting to the rope
green fulcrum
https://youtu.be/V0ODG8bFme0
I actually watched this last night before heading to bed. Probably a bad idea, lol. Honestly, some parts of it were too much for me, and I'll freely admit that I turned away from the screen at points and muted other parts. I'm really squeamish and overly-sensitive about fear and scary imagery, and that's why I don't like horror movies.
That being said, I pressed onwards, and I will say, the production values of the entire film were amazing, and the scope and storytelling were great too (by this I mean that their ability to tell a story through words, imagery, body language, etc.). The only thing that brings it down for me is that the plot itself is way too complex and also way too confusing to tell what is real and what is imaginary (which I suppose is the point, given that it's a psychological horror/thriller film). I still have no clue what I watched or even what the point of it all was.
Still, since it's made like a movie and is being treated as such, I will rate it as one: 7.5/10, a good if confusing film, will never watch again, especially not at night. 
river veldt
i might watch it but i also might wait for the inevitable 5 hour analysis
slim thorn
you know a game is fairly balanced when the part that was kicking your butt last night gets easily finished in a single attempt after a good night's sleep
astral bolt
I love the graveyard
Specially the end
It also has the inarguably best pick up of the game
slim thorn
the actual graveyard part was blissfully quick considering I already picked the area clean of loot
astral bolt
Yeah I guess I mean the mausoleum more than the graveyard. Graveyard is still fun but it's the former that really ties the whole area together and makes it shine
Mausoleum, cathedral, I can't recall what it really is right now
slim thorn
I haven't checked it in English but daiseidou (big holy hall) is probably cathedral
(for a long time I thought that page of the manual was talking about the library)
astral bolt
🙏 Holy Cross 🙏
slim thorn
yeaaaaaah eat turret you OP wraiths
(if it's actually possible to fight those things "fairly" please don't tell me yet)
astral bolt
I think turrets are still my most hated enemy
gaunt marten
I'm in the forbidden section of my steam library https://i.imgur.com/wSiSPku.png
The only game I recognize here is Pinball FX 3
astral bolt
Insert Kirk gif
gaunt marten
Oh, the Khaaaaaan one
Apparently it's Ages of War but bad
Even the official description doesn't know how to describe it
river veldt
KHAAAAAAAAAN
slim thorn
my god it's almost like I'm competent
astral bolt
Did you have fun with ||boss rush||?
And by fun I mean !!FUN!!?
I think it took me three tries, maybe four
quiet swift
https://i.imgur.com/zsrmRhA.mp4 wheeeeeeee
The green thing splits when it hits something, so it's already splitting when hitting that boss. THat orange to purple circle on the right is him summoning about 20-30 minions... so my green blade then splits on all of those :3
uneven epoch
this is what i imagine endwalker raids are like
river veldt
is this Touhou
river veldt
Touhou
wind stump
Oh this is mean.
That floating cube is a treasure chest, and that portal leads to the next floor of the dungeon
And I can't return unless I do several floors of this again.
slim thorn
I think it took me three tries, maybe four
I think it was 3 for me too, and yeah it was a lot more fun than I feared, especially after I realized the one actual boss ||was duplicated||
astral bolt
The real boss of that moment is not even the boss, it's the flying round
slim thorn
anyway I'm checking chat again now because I just learned ||she has a phase two 
||
astral bolt
slim thorn
in retrospect I'm actually really pleased ||I still got a third of her health down||
slim thorn
The real boss of that moment is not even the boss, it's the flying round
some of the groups I solved by doing a lot of kiting, and the fliers were the most extreme case because I could reliably trick them into mostly shooting each other; it looked very scary but wasn't hard after that
oh and they dropped magic, so I had no reason not to snipe half a dozen myself
astral bolt
Yeah if you figure out how you can take the fliers round in a chill way
slim thorn
improvement
astral bolt
Lol
wind stump
You deny your weapon its purpose!
astral bolt
Congrats. That should be the any% ending
slim thorn
yep, ||Successor dissipates, we get locked into the triple bestagon prison; extremely reminiscent of the main/default cycle-perpetuating endings of HK and DS ||
astral bolt
Yep
slim thorn
nice, the game explicitly tells me "you're missing 3 pages"
astral bolt
Only 3? wow
slim thorn
yeah I did a lot of exploration before attempting this boss
astral bolt
Well, one is a given, but I expected more for a first-time
slim thorn
not just to get all 6 hero power ups
and yes that included figuring out ✨ THE HOLY CROSS ✨
astral bolt
On a second (and so forth) playthrough you have the benefit of knowledge, like the Holy Cross. In terms of order I remember going || To graveyard first, for the dash||
Then there's also getting all the gold idols
slim thorn
the main thing I know I haven't figured out yet is ||after casting the search magic, what do I do at the places it highlights||
but for now I'll probably revisit everywhere looking for holy cross doors
slim thorn
the main thing I know I haven't figured out yet is ||after casting the search ma...
oh, and wtf happened to the ||gold broom???|| after I found it
...and the scribbles on page 22
anyway I've got leads lol
slim thorn
that's... not what I was looking for
weak river
Is...
||Is that the Pringles mascot?||
fresh bane
I actually watched this last night before heading to bed. Probably a bad idea, l...
I actually did put that on my watch later and intended to never watch it like I said but now I'm curious and I might give it a watch for shits and giggles
TF2's content creators are insanely good and skilled it's literally not even funny
wind stump
.... why didn't i play this sooner
fresh bane
also speaking of horror say what you want about FNAF currently but in the beginning it was damn good at horror, I don't think any of the subsequent fnaf games really capture the uneasiness and grounded feel of the first game, something about it
https://youtu.be/fJIhjGSD3-0
also if a child was born when FNAF first released they'd be 9 years old now
and I don't know how to cope with that knowledge 
fresh bane
It feels remarkably more grounded and real than any of the other FNAF games to me
river veldt
personally i feel it kept that feel until Sister Location
fresh bane
even the visuals
river veldt
a lot of people dislike it but i love how green and grimy FNAF 3 is. it feels like a cheap horror attraction at a theme park that could burn down at any minute (which it does)
which is what it's supposed to convey so i guess Scott succeeded lol
fresh bane
I funnily enough think FNAF 3 is scarier than FNAF 2
river veldt
me too!
well
there's certain bits of 2 that really creep me out (Marionette, all of the Atari minigames) but i think FNAF 3 is creepier the more you think about it
fresh bane
something about FNAF 2's visuals and the fact that there's so much shit going on in that game makes it somehow less scary to me
FNAF 3 has other shit going on too but it's also mainly 'just' Springtrap
this is the kinda shit you have nightmares about
quiet swift
.... why didn't i play this sooner
I see you have found him
river veldt
Springtrap is probably the best animatronic design in the series
like
his entire concept feels exactly like an 80s slasher villain lol
it's awesome
fresh bane
I'm honestly not even considering all the lore or whatever in this entire conversation I'm going off purely off of visuals and gameplay alone
river veldt
then he turned into Scraptrap in FNAF 6 😔
fresh bane
I don't think it's an unpopular opinion that the lore in FNAF 1 was pretty cool and minimalist to fit the whole indie game feel and then it started getting too big for its boots until we got whatever the fuck Security Breach is supposed to be
river veldt
yeah
series should have ended at UCN imo
but i guess Help Wanted was cool
the Afton storyline def should have ended at UCN
fresh bane
I wouldn't know exactly when FNAF 'should' have ended mostly because I gave up on the lore years ago but I don't think it ever could have been a franchise meant for going on longer than a handful of games at most, kinda wish Scott had branched out and did other stuff rather than keeping FNAF going
river veldt
im looking forward to the movie and FNAF Plus
weak river
They're making a movie?
fresh bane
I didn't even know there was ever going to be a movie lol I can't exactly say I'm giddy at the thought of it
fnaf + is looking to be pretty good I just hope they don't go too hard in trying to make it scary since the appeal of the original was that the entire thing looked pretty harmless and not intentionally scary or grotesque
slim thorn
(Wcct, I just found THE page 
)
river veldt
Matthew Lillard is playing William Afton which is neat
dense crypt
I wouldn't know exactly when FNAF 'should' have ended mostly because I gave up o...
more games in his JRPG series would have been real nice, The Desolate Hope's battles were AWESOME
dense crypt
super fast paced RPG games are very cool
try and keep up with it, cuz i know even i can't sometimes
fresh bane
isn't fnaf world kinda like an rpg?
river veldt
yes
fresh bane
because that footage is reminding me of fnaf world
I also vaguely remember some actual lore coming from that game lol
I like that you can tell this is Scott's work from the 3d renders which look exactly like the FNAF ones
river veldt
Scott has a very distinctive style
fresh bane
I have to say I have no fucking idea what is happening in that footage
this puts the craziest jrpgs to shame
river veldt
i remember in second semester of 7th grade i used Desolate Hope wallpapers because i wanted to use FNAF ones but my mom didn't like FNAF and i didnt want to get in trouble so i used DH as cover
fresh bane
I'm still coping with the fact that kids grew up with fnaf and are now adults
river veldt
i also obsessively played Chipper and Sons but never got to the end
dense crypt
the game has zero replayability and doesn't really have anything to do once you finish it but it's a great journey regardless
fresh bane
I can't believe Slenderman Eight Pages released only two years before FNAF
feels like an entire ass generation passed between those two games
fresh bane
oh man the Slenderman/creepypasta tumblr dark times were something
river veldt
i remember being shown Slenderman in like late 2013 and then a few months later the stabbing happened 
river veldt
god
the Slenderman movie is such garbage
if you want a live action Slenderman thing just watch Marble Hornets
fresh bane
one of the perpetrators is in a mental institution because she had schizophrenia I think and the other who I guess didn't but still went through with it is under supervision until her 40s
river veldt
yep
fresh bane
I know it wasn't about the stabbing but it was done afterwards which isn't great
proud warren
and then they made an awful movie about it!
Why must you remind me? 
river veldt
holy cow Slenderman (2018) has a whopping 8% on Rotten Tomatoes
fresh bane
that's 8% too high if you ask me
river veldt
but yes watch Marble Hornets it's amazing
proud warren
What's funny is it's not gonna reach status of "cult classic" like other horrible movies like it
I can feel confident saying that
(Slenderman that is)
river veldt
yea
fresh bane
That's because it's not funny bad it's just bad and boring
Manos is fucking hilarious and entertaining
proud warren
It's bad enough to gain the "ew that movie was fucking awful" notation, but not bad enough for people to watch it ironically and enjoying how bad it is, i.e. the room
dense crypt
you are tearing me APART, sarcasm
gaunt marten
Obra Dinn, Dangon Ronpa, Edith Finch, Aviary Attorney, Blacksad, The Case of the Golden Idol, Heavy Rain, Tangle Tower, Among Us,
Lots of great games on sale
Blacksad specifically is 85% off
fresh bane
Obra Dinn!
dense crypt
amonger is on sale, lul
fresh bane
dense crypt
makes sense
fresh bane
Return of the Obra Dinn is a fantastic game
I want to praise it so much but any of the praise and comparison I could make is huge spoilers and ruins the twist
gaunt marten
My biggest recommendation is for Tangle Tower.
fresh bane
But anyone who might enjoy mystery solving games with cool aesthetics even a little bit should play it
gaunt marten
river veldt
Obra Dinn was made by the same person who made Papers Please so I already know it's good
fresh bane
God it's such a good game
The type of game you can only experience once for the first time, and I know that sounds ridiculous to say but it makes sense once you play it, you never get that same feeling again as when you first unravel the story and all the twists
proud warren
https://store.steampowered.com/app/359510/Tangle_Tower/
Giving me "Broken Age" vibes with that aesthetic
gaunt marten
I don't see the similarity
proud warren
The type of game you can only experience once for the first time, and I know tha...
Escape room logic
fresh bane
pretty much
proud warren
I don't see the similarity
to each their own
astral bolt
Obra Dinn, Ob-la-da, life goes oooooon
river veldt
i dont get it :c
astral bolt
Be born sooner
river veldt
how
gaunt marten
astral bolt
Talk to your mom
gaunt marten
Just buy the entire Beatles Discography
You don't need to be born sooner
The Beatles are the Seinfeld of music
Except way more prolific
This version might be easier to listen to
proud warren
I've never heard of that comparison
river veldt
is there a nightcore version
fresh bane
Don't even need to buy the entire discography literally look up the beatles albums on youtube and you can get 40 different versions
proud warren
is there a nightcore version
if you look hard enough, probably
gaunt marten
Surely you heard of the Seinfeld effect
river veldt
nice game pretty boy
gaunt marten
fresh bane
what does seinfeld have to do with the 🪲s?
gaunt marten
They both defined the whole medium
So much that you still see songs or shows released today using tropes that appeared first in either
river veldt
SEINFELD IS HILARIOUS
gaunt marten
Least psychotic TVTropes preview
fresh bane
laugh track.mp3
gaunt marten
I'll wait
fresh bane
Ah, I think I see what you mean
river veldt
nightcore is a gift from the gods
it stimulates the adhd brain
and the brain is pleased
gaunt marten
I used to like Nightcore a lot when I was around your age
fresh bane
I could never stand Nightcore
river veldt
why is it caled nightcore
gaunt marten
It's just a pair of dudes who picked the name for their dance music remix group
fresh bane
The name Nightcore means "we are the core of the night, so you'll dance all night long", stated in its website named "Nightcore is Hardcore".
fresh bane
Literally ''Hardcore to the mega!''
Disco Elysium fans will get that reference
the funny thing is that the Nightcore dudes didn't even technically ''invent'' Nightcore
they were influenced by a similar style from before
I think if you showed a nightcore edit to a person in like the 50s they'd have an aneurysm
gaunt marten
It's just speeding up audio and inserting percussion so youtube doesn't copyright strike the video
(also pitch shifting but that's a side effect of speeding up)
river veldt
I think if you showed a nightcore edit to a person in like the 50s they'd have a...
uh they had Alvin and the Chipmunks in the 1950s they would be fine
fresh bane
Alvin and the Chipmunks only have high pitched voices
river veldt
It's just bad
ok true
fresh bane
https://youtu.be/p-WpHdNFLxo
this is the only nightcore song I ever enjoyed
bet if you showed this to a victorian child they would die on the spot
river veldt
is this considered nightcore
https://youtu.be/vMHK1Psognk
gaunt marten
What's the original?
gaunt marten
Too much percussion
river veldt
why do we have to have like 20 trillion different cores can't we just have one
fresh bane
because that's not how genres and styles work 
gaunt marten
Because if we don't, there would be no nightcore
river veldt
i hate genres
fresh bane
things evolve and change and branch out
river veldt
dumb concept
gaunt marten
Then stop listening to music
gaunt marten
Same.
river veldt
it kind of sounds like Half Life 2 or Portal 2 music
river veldt
whoa!
gaunt marten
Posted 2009-05-10, evaluated by djpretzel
mossy flume
https://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com
Oh hell, +1 to Zircon rec.
Glad someone else knows them.
gaunt marten
Zircon is prolific and excellent
river veldt
that was pretty good
mossy flume
Are they prolific now? I was following him back when he was an obscure OCRemix artist in the late 2000s. Seen his wife in a video game concert once. But I haven’t seen anyone ever mention them in years
gaunt marten
Well he makes videogame music now instead of just remixes
river veldt
wow really?
mossy flume
Oh really?
river veldt
what games has he scored
gaunt marten
My favorite is Tangledeep
His discography is over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zircon_(composer)#Releases
river veldt
https://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com/album/tangledeep-original-soundtrack
Grant Kirkhope
!!!!!
gaunt marten
Oh yeah, Grant Kirkhope also did work on Tangledeep
It's a fun roguelike but the music is what makes it shine
Also, I recommend this album if you've never heard it before, Captainmario
mossy flume
Identity Sequence was a sublime album
Haven’t seen anything of his since, clearly I’m behind
river veldt
Midnight do you like Portal
mossy flume
Sure
river veldt
yay
visual hill
> Grant Kirkhope
!!!!!
I know him because of GoldenEye soundtrack
slim thorn
#Tunic: argh, I think I'm finally stuck at ||18/20 and maybe 1 page still missing||
pfffff ||the last page is literally waiting with the fairies I've found so far 
||
light gate
So did you ||get all the pages?||
slim thorn
||if I'm still missing something, it's the cover and whatever page comes before the ToC||
fresh bane
This is the cleanest shit I've seeeen hoooly shiiiitt
this is what makes DMC so magical
fresh bane
Finally watching that Emesis Blue SFM film
this is a legit horror film this isn't even just a simple fan animation
robust spear
slim thorn
#Tunic: so yesterday I figured out the entire fictional alphabet and can sort of slowly read it now, but it's an alphabet for English, so playing the game in Japanese is now causing all the NPCs to sound odd in the same way as yametekudastop
astral bolt
slim thorn
I also thought it was funny how cold p23-4 are: ||(I'll just paste bits of my raw phonetic transcription) tu prA, bE stil four a mOmint and rehst. ... nO hOlE bEing wil ehver here yu, but ... ||
quiet swift
Aah. Limit Break in Vampire survivors is fun.
Though it looks i should've put levels in infinite corridor
dire gate
I'm too lazy so I just set it as "Always Random"
quiet swift
I still have things to unlock so i was hunting specifics
gaunt marten
Up next? A 1.6 update that is focused on adding tons of new support for modders. This will make modding a lot easier and much more powerful.
I will also be working on my next game, Haunted Chocolatier.
Stardew Valley is on a 50% sale for the anniversary
fresh bane
damn I can't believe you called Cali a boomer
chilly mural
whoops
fresh bane
how dare you do that
< also did it 
sour hill
damn I can't believe you called Cali a boomer
Gen Z boomer
visual hill
damn I can't believe you called Cali a boomer
I turn 25 in less than 10 days
so yeah, almost a boomer 👀
slim thorn
looks at my list
...I don't remember 100%ing most of these games
slim thorn
well, at least for me this sort is mostly just shows the games which have basic progress achievements and nothing else
gaunt marten
Yes, because you usually drop games the moment you finish the story
slim thorn
I mean there's lots of games that have missable/optional achievements which I have several of
e.g. if we skip over all of the 100%s, then the top games are these, all of which I liked enough to make an effort to do extra stuff in
gaunt marten
Yeah
gaunt marten
In many cases it takes a lot of effort to get every single achievement. That's why I have all but one in a bunch of them
slim thorn
oh right, I did literally everything else in the game and only got to ~90, saw no reason to grind out 10 more levels lol
compact orchid
arctic fern
lol
chilly mural
lmao
visual hill
what the fuck, cali is younger than me
what age did you think I had? 😛
wind stump
is that rust?
river veldt
wow
junior salmon
dense crypt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dnCAurJcQ
Hey how about mod support instead of just some lame ass GOTY edition or whatever it is
gaunt marten
No need to phrase things in such an aggressive manner
slim thorn
is that a game that needs/benefits significantly from special mod support?
fresh bane
NOOOOOOOOO
god fucking dammit
I always fucking die at the last few fights because I run out of DT and SDT
wind stump
heh, that sticker is from a Touhou meme
visual hill
I got to that famous sequence in Dark Forces 2 where you escape a falling spaceship. 
wonky gravity at its best
visual hill
ah, they restored the servers
for reference, it's not coop – Doom 3 multiplayer is a carbon copy of Quake 3 multiplayer, but with different maps
(to the point where it uses the same icons for weapons, etc)
also, wow, the reviews on the Doom 3 GOG page hurt to read… looks like people forgot about RBDOOM-3-BFG there 😛
(it addresses most of their concerns with the BFG Edition)
hasty patio
I'm going to need a manual for that.
river veldt
watching Game Grumps play PT and man, fuck Konami for cancelling Silent Hills, this shot is amazing
slim thorn
...god that is tempting
mossy flume
Man, fuck Konami. Their pullout from the games industry was wild.
While also deciding to hold onto their IPs that they’re just basically only going to use on pachinko machines forever
river veldt
i know i keep harping on about a game that was cancelled over 8 years ago, but like, this had so much potential
im not even a SH fan
slim thorn
it's not just you, we all wanted this
mossy flume
Star Wars 1313 had great potential too. 
mossy flume
But it got turned into a TV show instead
slim thorn
and then Signalis existed so I'm good for probably another several years
river veldt
"hey we had Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro making a Silent Hill game for us and the teaser for it was critically acclaimed so idk why don't we just cancel it and make a goddamn slot machine or something"
dire gate
Well
river veldt
i keep hearing about Signalis but none of the YouTubers that I watch are playing it and it sounds like a game i would rather watch than play
river veldt
i know
fresh bane
It's an unfortunate casualty of the war between Kojima and Konami at the time
It wasn't the right time to start making a Silent Hill game
mossy flume
To me it sounds like Konami was in the wrong in that feud
slim thorn
horror in general is a thing lots of people would rather watch than play and that's extremely reasonable
there's a lot I watched SGS play that I don't intend to ever play myself
fresh bane
Kojima was burning through Konami's entire budget
river veldt
im a huge FNAF fan yet have never finished a single one of those
fresh bane
did he create a really good engine that Konami ultra shelved because all of the people who know how to operate it are gone now? sure, but he still burned through a lot of Konami's budget
white phoenix
they're actually coming back somewhat
they're going to be in e3
mgs remake copium
fresh bane
Konami was also going through a transition period of sorts where they were starting to pour more money into mobile games
I don't have any faith on Konami anymore so you're not gonna see me excited or hoping for a new MGS game much less a remake anytime soon lol
Even the new stuff that I think looks kinda cool I don't have much faith on until I'm proven wrong
slim thorn
I never followed this drama in detail, I just bought Death Stranding when I was in the mood for... let's call it an "auteur game"
river veldt
goddd i wanna play DS so bad
slim thorn
oh?
quiet swift
You should've snagged it on Epic
quiet swift
Ah, fair enough 
slim thorn
what interests you about DS exactly
river veldt
Kojima
fresh bane
I hope once I upgrade my pc I might be able to play it, I always wanted to
Seems like the type of game I'd enjoy
slim thorn
would it make sense to recommend a heavily edited let's play slash review and commentary thing for DS?
river veldt
hmm perhaps
i dont know anything about the game except that Norman Reedus has a fetus that does something for him and he's also a mailman and drinks Monster energy drinks
dire gate
The most accurate description of the game is that it's an Amazon delivery simulator /j
quiet swift
white phoenix
like how kojima predicted modern internet in mgs2, kojima predicted the pandemic in DS
fresh bane
he predicted way more than 'modern internet' in mgs2
it's a literal nostradamus level prediction of how information and misinformation and history and culture itself is controled nowadays
river veldt
what's with the fetus
slim thorn
so for anyone who's curious enough to spend multiple hours on Death Stranding but is unable to or wouldn't enjoy actually playing through it all themselves, I highly recommend this >7 hour let's play slash review slash analysis, which is still only a fraction of the time it takes to actually play the game, and IMO it touches on every significant part of the experience and was completely fair in assessing all of its best and worst parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg2Y5rxlg-M
fresh bane
what's with the fetus
play the game and find out
river veldt
this will be a good video for a lazy afternoon someday, to the watch later playlist it goes
river veldt
also do you get to see Norman Reedus' butt in Death Stranding
slim thorn
I forget exactly how much is visible in which scenes but meh
river veldt
what's with the fetus or is that a spoiler
slim thorn
not so much a spoiler as half the story
river veldt
o
slim thorn
it would literally be faster to start watching the video, the bridge baby shows up early
true maple
so for anyone who's curious enough to spend multiple hours on Death Stranding bu...
Oh. I am disappoint that they missed a golden opportunity to call that video "Understranding"
fresh bane
All this reminds me of one of my favourite bits from a podcast with my favourite two streamers where they accurately predict/mimic the stupid levels of Kojima antics with pinpoint accuracy
https://youtu.be/Wtlhs26Bj3o
god I had forgotten about this stupid fucking picture where Kojima PRETENDS HE'S SMOKING A CIGARRETTE
slim thorn
it feels so weird seeing Sam and Cliff just sitting there "in real life"
fresh bane
I'm on an inbetween state where I see Norman and I immediately think ''oh it's Daryl/Sam''
I also think it's the funniest shit that Norman completely leaked the fact that DS2 is a thing on an interview
he just nonchalantly reveals that DS2 is totally a thing that's happening
slim thorn
random steppe
so for anyone who's curious enough to spend multiple hours on Death Stranding bu...
I played the game but I'll gladly watch this, I am sure there are nuances I must have missed in the whole thing, the game is huge and complicated
fresh bane
it was totally unrelated but related to his acting career
slim thorn
how well did DS1 do actually? I never got a feel for whether it was a sequel shoe-in or not
fresh bane
I don't think Kojima is the type of guy to care about that
If he wants to make a sequel he's going to do it
random steppe
I mean...it was the 1st kojima game after MGS, it would have done good even if it was a pong clone
slim thorn
yeah seeing the whole story in "only" 7 hours also makes it a lot easier to see connections than when you just spent all your brainpower plotting a route through the mountains
fresh bane
but if you wanna know by july of 2021 it apparently sold 5 million copies
fresh bane
he doesn't and that's partly the reason why Konami pretty much made his life hell so he would quit lol
slim thorn
(also I want ZoE 3 
)
random steppe
Hell yeah
random steppe
Goddamn this OST slaps to this day
slim thorn
they pivoted to horse plinko and never looked back
except for all that new silent hill stuff, somehow that's happening
fresh bane
Konami saw how good Capcom was doing and went ''hey we can do that too!''
slim thorn
oh yeah that song's in my library
fresh bane
whether or not they will be able to provide only time will tell
slim thorn
(I know most of you own thousands of VGM tracks but I don't generally like VGM outside of its game, even the themes, so that's unusual)
gaunt marten
Second Runner is a great game
random steppe
Fuck I should replay it
white phoenix
man if konami can somehow do a comeback like capcom did then I'll eat my hat
slim thorn
I really should replay it too, it's one of my all-time favorites
white phoenix
also true
fresh bane
Konami straight up never really gave a shit about its fans or its IPs at all
Capcom at least seemed like they were trying and being communicative
slim thorn
but I think my brain is not in twitch skill mood atm, I still haven't gotten back to my Ninja Gaiden replay which is also an all-time fav
random steppe
ZOE was at some point, one of my favourite things in the universe
white phoenix
konami just seemed hilariously like a supervillain at the time
decision after decision...
gaunt marten
Having watched a playthrough of the first game recently, it does not hold to inspection
slim thorn
especially those final Anubis fights, I still don't understand how I was able to beat those, felt more like an out of body experience watching an anime in some places
yeah I've played ZoE 1 and it's nothing special, 2's the one everyone needs to try
random steppe
I own this model too, and I love it.
random steppe
Also even with all that, the crotch cockpit still look really silly
slim thorn
ok yes but we don't talk about that
rancid herald
what is that?
gaunt marten
It's named a cockpit, not a headpit
random steppe
It makes zero sense, it's such an exposed position for the pilot
random steppe
It makes zero sense, it's such an exposed position for the pilot
And I have no zero doubt that it was Kojima decision
slim thorn
I certainly can't recall seeing any other mecha thing go with that design
fresh bane
Zone of the Enders looks interesting
river veldt
god I had forgotten about this stupid fucking picture where Kojima PRETENDS HE'S...
he's so cool
slim thorn
yeah IIRC it was block and dodge but no parry
(there's enough other stuff going on it hardly needs it)
random steppe
I remember some mechanic to retaliate, me and my friends played a lot of versus mode at the time
slim thorn
ah, I never had anyone to try versus with
random steppe
It was couch co-op on the PS2 at the time
fresh bane
this reminds me of that secret minigame in only the ps2 versions of mgs3, it's a super basic dmc clone and I remember it was allegedly a prototype/concept for ZoE3 but I can't remember if it was ever confirmed or stated officially
https://youtu.be/w1LIylZ8VaM
random steppe
what is that?
If you meant the crotch cockpit, the Orbital Frames in ZOE have the pilot seat in a very silly position.
fresh bane
what even is an optimal position to reasonably put a pilot of a giant robot in?
random steppe
I mean. ideally someplace armored
slim thorn
IME the standard answer is the torso or the head, depending on how giant they are exactly and how important fitting in other stuff is
random steppe
Jutting the weakpoint of the whole thing forward doesn't seem like a reasonable idea
You kinda stop seeing it after 50 hours, and after 100 it actually somehow looks cooler than normal
slim thorn
the Kojima effect
random steppe
I assume that was his intention, to incept us crotch cockpits
slim thorn
as long as we're on the silly parts
fresh bane
''the crotch cockpit is integral to the narrative of the game I assure you''
slim thorn
I feel like I never got a top rank score on the city defense level, that they spawn too far apart to prevent all damage; was that your experience?
random steppe
Listen...are you asking me the score on a level of a game that I played more than 15 years ago?
slim thorn
ok did the level always end with you character beating himself up for not saving enough people
random steppe
This was ZOE1 right?
slim thorn
oh no I'm talking 2
random steppe
Oh, I remember Leo being a bitch, but not the other dude
slim thorn
it's a relatively early mission, mostly little spider-y enemies crawling on the ground that you can flip over
slim thorn
I'm awful at names no matter how much I like the thing
except Jehuty and Anubis, I remembered them immediately
random steppe
Dingo is worth forgetting as a name
slim thorn
storytelling wasn't the strong suit anyway
random steppe
I actively regret looking it up
I did like how it explain the jump in capabilities of the jeuthy between the two games tho
In the 1st game it's piloted by a random untrained kid, in the 2nd by an already experienced pilot
slim thorn
ah, I played them so far apart I didn't pick up on that
I do remember on a past replay trying really hard at the unwinnable boss fight, and scoring a respectable number of hits
fresh bane
oh wow you can tell this is a Kojima Prod. game
down to the same fonts and interface style used in MGS2
slim thorn
ah the naritas
such a great default enemy, if you get lazy/greedy they will kick your ass even in the later levels
random steppe
I own this model too, and I love it.
Oh btw, this model is based on my favourite weapon in videogames to this date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjn9aBqKOw
It's so goddamn fucking cool
slim thorn
when I first played it my favorite level was the armada(?) where you personally take down what felt like half a dozen star destroyers by vector cannoning their tailpipes
random steppe
Yep
It's the level in which they give you the cannon I think
And it's forever burned into my memory
slim thorn
that a firing animation that long never got old is impressive, even if you typically only fire it <10 times
random steppe
Yeah, it's not very pratical, that said, I actively tried to find excuses to use it
dire gate
So with the Pokemon DLC being announced to be released in this year, now the speculation that Switch 2 will be likely released around Holiday 2024 is quite reasonable
dire gate
Oh
Oh...
This is the kind of game which traumatizes you as soon as you play the fucking tutorial
dire gate
Yeah, yeah, cute art, I see you trying to soothe me from this extraordinary emotional trauma
bleak lintel
quiet swift
spiral kraken
also, wow, the reviews on the Doom 3 GOG page hurt to read… looks like people fo...
What's that ?
random steppe
That was quicker than I expected
I feel like this is still a year away or more
They just announced it but really showed nothing about it.
Tbh I am just happy they confirmed we will be getting a DLC at all
Eventually
hidden elbow
Okay ladies ,gentlemen ,and everypony else ,may I present to you all
The best Duke Nukem theme version EVER
https://youtu.be/o4pK9kylzx4
thorny loom
“Will Be back when the game is finished” https://www.pcgamer.com/staff-at-ubisofts-beyond-good-and-evil-2-studio-are-reportedly-at-breaking-point/
gaunt marten
Steam updates public policy on how many keys you can generate for your games. Games and applications launching on Steam may receive up to 5,000 Default Release Steam Keys to support retail activities and distribution on other stores. After that, all Steam Key requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. There is no guarantee that you will be provided additional keys.
heady bridge
Feels like for all the faults that could be levelled at Ancel when he was working on Beyond Good and Evil 2 at least stuff was being done and they had things to show off for the game, since he's gone there has been a vacuum and a whole load of nothing since.
visual hill
What's that ?
it's a source port for Doom 3 BFG Edition: https://www.moddb.com/mods/rbdoom-3-bfg
spiral kraken
it's a source port for Doom 3 BFG Edition: https://www.moddb.com/mods/rbdoom-3-b...
I see, thank you
thorny loom
Steam updates public policy on how many keys you can generate for your games. ``...
definitely being done to combat key resellers and money laundering
graceful bridge
rose rose
Wow, a best game contest not won by Elden Ring
heady bridge
Best Use of DualSense Wireless Controller: Astro's Playroom
Well no crap it's the winner still, it's just about the only game to make use out of all the stuff crammed into that controller, when it's not being used you just end up with a slightly comfier PS4 controller with much worse battery life.
slim thorn
what's in there?
rose rose
The adaptive triggers are used quite often
Also the speaker
The fancy haptics somewhat less so
slim thorn
whoa, the vanilla PS5 controller has haptics?
heady bridge
Yes it does, not that you'd know for how few games that have used it so far
rose rose
You might need to clarify your surprise there because I’d describe any vibration as “haptics” in this context
But the PS5 controller has very fine-grained ones
heady bridge
I guess I mean using it to the fullest ability that the DualSense can
rose rose
Good for things like raindrops
I was addressing Ixrec there
The triggers that can adjust their tension and stop points on the fly remain my favourite feature
(Though you can often hear them do it so that’s a bit weird)
heady bridge
Yeah, of course not every game will have a use for all of this but I guess it's more a case that Astro's Playroom winning is less of a surprise when it's essentially as much a tech demo for the controller as it is the system itself
rose rose
It was the correct choice
heady bridge
yeah, I do hope we get a proper major Astro game at some point, though I fear if we do it'll be for PSVR2 which I just cannot justify the purchase price atm
heady bridge
Not sure how Elden Ring can be even a honourable mention for graphics on PS5 though as it doesn't look that great on the system, partly due to it being cross gen
thorny loom
@echo geode CHRIS
rose rose
I will go ahead and make the claim that the only truly interesting change between the current and previous generation of consoles is the PS5 controller.
rose rose
(Which means the Xbox just did nothing. Cool shape I guess.)
thorny loom
*in regards to graphics capabilities
rose rose
I mean there’s definitely something to be said for the graphics improvements
But bigger numbers are bigger wins zero innovation points
visual hill
ER is mostly art direction, it's not very impressive on a tech standpoint
mossy flume
> Best Use of DualSense Wireless Controller: Astro's Playroom
Well no crap it's...
I contest this: Returnal makes great use of it.
slim thorn
for me we were in diminishing returns as soon as the Xbox 360 was no longer new
rose rose
Returnal uses it for one very specific thing
slim thorn
I'm not even sure what the current gen is
rose rose
Which renders it unplayable on any other controller
But I’m not sure makes it the best use
heady bridge
Game Pass is like the biggest thing Microsoft has brought to the table in recent times though that's just an extension of Microsoft throwing their huge wads of cash about
visual hill
well, stable framerates are one thing 😛 7th gen consoles weren't known for that, and 8th gen had trouble in many games too