#general gaming
green fulcrum
green fulcrum
How about good lawful evil ol' Regill from Wrath of the Righteous? Look at this motherf*cker.
Ugh, bad compression on that image. Let me find a better one.
green fulcrum
There we go
I think the art style also changed a bit between games. It got more refined and less cartoony. In some ways, anyway.
green fulcrum
This artwork is fantastic
If you think that's good, hohohohoho~
I can't f*cking wait to finish Kingmaker so I can move on to its reportedly much-improved and vastly superior sequel, Wrath of the Righteous.
It's gonna be wild, man.
quiet swift
Tell me how that is - I got a bit too frustrated by some fights, though it almost sounds like I might've been in some areas too early ( ||a temple and fighting some... ghost bear or something?|| and quit the game what sounds like fairly early on
Did you ever get around to pillars of eternity 1 and/or 2 ? I forget
green fulcrum
Also, Nire, just for you: meet Arueshalae, bisexual chaotic good Succubus. And yes, you can romance her in-game.
wind stump
Fellow Aria of Sorrow fans know this suffering
green fulcrum
Tell me how that is - I got a bit too frustrated by some fights, though it almos...
Oh man, you quit veeeeeeery early on. Yeah, the early game for Kingmaker is extremely rough and often unfair, since you're scrounging for any weapon or armor you can find, and a lot of the enemies can get pretty tough even on normal difficulty. But if you stick with it, you'll eventually get MUCH better equipment, some epic party members that can tank hits for you so you aren't fighting frantically anymore, and also you'll be swimming in cash like Scrooge McDuck.
I'm I think about 2/3rds through the game so far, at about 90-ish hours.
If there's two things I can say that I dislike about Kingmaker though, it's the balancing issues with some enemies, and also quite a bit of the kingdom management system. Frankly...it's bugged. It's very bugged, and it definitely needed more work before it was ready to be released. If you set the kingdom to auto, you can pretty much go through the game as normal and get back to adventuring, but every so often you still have to return to your capital for certain events, or else the game will punish you for it and you get a game over, which imo isn't very good.
If you can get past all that though, the CRPG elements of the game are quite honestly fantastic and mostly well-polished. I'm not finished with the story yet though so I can't exactly give my full thoughts on it yet.
Overall, it's a 7.5/10 experience for me so far. Some really great CRPG stuff that is slowed down and held back by a clearly unfinished kingdom management system that more often than not screws you over, even if you do everything right.
From what I've heard though, Wrath of the Righteous is straight up a 10/10, since it takes everything that was good about Kingmaker and apparently makes it 10 times better, but I'll have to see that for myself when I play it.
green fulcrum
Did you ever get around to pillars of eternity 1 and/or 2 ? I forget
I didn't start Pillars of Eternity 1, although I probably should. I started 2 before, and I remember enjoying it, but I think I was just burnt out on CRPGs for a bit after basically binge-playing Original Sin 2 from start to finish in like a week or so, lol.
If the first game is on sale I'll get it, but I want to restart the second game, since I forget completely where I was before, all I know was that it was still very early on so not much progress will be lost.
quiet swift
I didn't start Pillars of Eternity 1, although I probably should. I started 2 be...
yeah, i can get the binge part 
and hm, I might give it another chance then
green fulcrum
Honestly Tcher, if you want to deal with less headaches between balancing issues and kingdom management, play Wrath of the Righteous. It has sooooo many improvements. For example, in Kingmaker, you can't turn the camera, so in combat or in exploration you're always on a fixed angle that can get awkward at certain points, particularly cave systems. But in Wrath of the Righteous, you can turn the camera 360 degrees like in Original Sin 1 and 2, the combat is much more fluid, and the kingdom elements are gone, replaced by a reportedly much better army management (which is sorta similar to Heroes of Might and Magic 3 battles).
See, in Kingmaker, you're building and running a kingdom, so it's more about diplomacy and trying to keep your people calm in a crisis. But in Wrath of the Righteous, you're building and running a crusade that's slowly losing ground against a demon invasion, and you need to bring the world back from the brink, so it's more about combat, intense boss battles, armies versus armies, and moral ambiguity.
gaunt marten
I prefer fixed angle camera in many circumstances, because the developers can make sure everything looks right using that angle, but it does take work to implement properly
green fulcrum
It mostly works in Kingmaker, but again, in caves or tight spaces, it can get a little annoying.
slim thorn
and my experience with 100% fixed angle games is that they get it wrong often enough I'd rather they save it for when they really do have a "right" angle in mind
green fulcrum
Personally, I prefer the 360 degree camera rotation. It made combat in Original Sin 2 soooooooo much more fun and dynamic.
untold vigil
I'm torn
quiet swift
Honestly Tcher, if you want to deal with less headaches between balancing issues...
The problem there, I have kingmaker, and don't have wrath 
untold vigil
Generally I think it's fine to have one angle, because then that angle is good. In some games with mroe 2.5d, there are situations where there just. . . isn't a good angle
I did love Kingmaker and the diplomacy aspects. I think i got bogged down late in some of the last couple quests
But that's less the games fault
raw kernel
Streaming 1 Ball WR attempts on MLP Pionball
green fulcrum
@gaunt marten @quiet swift
Only 9% of Kingmaker players have ever actually finished it.
RIP.
slim thorn
huh, I thought I'd seen higher than that
river veldt
why
slim thorn
I should look at the numbers for stuff in my library later
river veldt
why do people buy games then not finish them
slim thorn
well ultimately none of us finish every game we start playing
river veldt
(they said hypocritically)
slim thorn
my completion rate is probably way above average and I doubt it's even 90%
gaunt marten
Steam counts the very first time you launch the game as having played it
Most people play videogames for ten hours or so, and most games of that type are 20-80 hours
green fulcrum
I currently have 104 hours on Kingmaker.
slim thorn
oh, where's that ten hour figure from?
quiet swift
Apparently me
slim thorn
that's achievement completion, right? not beat the game completion?
quiet swift
That's 100% achievement completion
Yeah, I don't think steam has a game completion metric other than counting a high number of achievement percentage as completing it
river veldt
TO THE MOON MENTIONED !!!ππππ£οΈπ£οΈπ£οΈπ£οΈπππππ¨π¨π¨π₯π₯π₯πππ
slim thorn
right, we found before that most of my 100% achievements games are just ones with very few achievements
river veldt
"gebbq"????
gaunt marten
Avg. Game Completion Rate counts how many of your achievements in total are achieved versus how many exist.
My 10 hour guess is based on the number of unfinished games (but played) people tend to have in combination with finished game stats from https://howlongtobeat.com/stats
minor plover
to my mind, "finishing" a game just means beating the main campaign, not getting 100% of achievements. I find achievement-driven gaming to be considerably less interesting.
slim thorn
I think most people feel that way
minor plover
especially after playing games that had achievements for different modes (like Left 4 Dead had campaign and versus achievements) and that added achievements for new content and such (L4D also did this) ... like, no, I can't go from "finished" to "not finished" just bc the game updated
gaunt marten
I find achievement driven gameplay more interesting, but I'm not driven to achieve everything a game has to offer. Achievements are interesting ways to look at the game, suggested by the developers
green fulcrum
Huh, Wrath has an even higher completion rate than Kingmaker, by quite a bit even:
minor plover
achievements are an interesting discovery mechanism
quiet swift
Most games will have a "you beat the game!" achievement though, so i can see the logic behind using them that way, to a degree
minor plover
a way of saying "here's something you can accomplish in this game" that can help you understand what's out there. But I'm not a fan of achievement-farming or of games that have lots of achievements just because they can.
green fulcrum
slim thorn
mm-hmm, my experience is that in almost every game, there are some achievements which would not be fun at all to get, and most of the achievements that do look fun I already got without looking at the external list (though often there was an in-game quest list of some kind)
minor plover
personally I've "completed" (as in, main campaign / story mode) almost 100% of the games I've bought and played (not counting "bought a bundle and only was interested in some of the games, never opened the others" kind of thing.) If I like a game enough to buy it, I rarely fail to finish it.
green fulcrum
Lol, there's 6 secret achievements and one regular achievement in Wrath of the Righteous that nobody has gotten yet:
slim thorn
I generally aim for that, but there's always a handful that either stop being fun later on or that I was liking but get interrupted enough that I lose all momentum in them (I still haven't finished Magicka or Baba Is You or my Ninja Gaiden replay for example)
gaunt marten
0% doesn't mean nobody. It means so few people that it's rounded down to 0%
green fulcrum
Oh
minor plover
there are a lot of games that I've gotten 100% of the achievements for a particular game mode, but not 100% for the whole game
gaunt marten
Probably less than 0.05%
green fulcrum
Damn
slim thorn
the UI should really say <0.01% or something for that
minor plover
like I had all of the campaign achievements in L4D at one point, and I had all of the Wings of Liberty achievements in SC2 (yes, including Brutal Completionist.)
gaunt marten
It should, but it doesn't
slim thorn
Baba Is You in particular is a good example of a game that's extremely hard to "just do the rest of"; the last few times I tried to make progress I got stuck everywhere, and if I'm not in the right frame of mind to stand a chance at super hard puzzles then throwing more time at it won't change that
(looking up all the answers doesn't count)
minor plover
yeah, the end puzzles can be really challenging
watching Michael do them was a real treat
gaunt marten
For me, I play games for 40 hours on average, and around 35% of my games
(prices indicate market value and not actual amount of money paid)
slim thorn
oh, my profile's private?
gaunt marten
No it's friends only
gaunt marten
Yes but I live in Saudi Arabia where I often got significant regional discounts
Divide account value by four to get reasonable numbers
Why do you have a hundred messages?
gaunt marten
If you use the SteamDB or Isthereanydeal browser extension you can two click sell each card
Alternatively, I'll take them off your hands!
slim thorn
lol, if these things help you afford more games, sure why not
gaunt marten
The one to five cents per card add up
slim thorn
looks like I have over 300 cards
gaunt marten
You ought sell your booster packs though. They're worth around 20-80 cents each
slim thorn
yeah I just have no idea how any of this works
you should probably walk me through it
gaunt marten
Okay!
The Steam Marketplace is a place where you sell "marketable" inventory items to other players.
You set your own price, and players can browse the market to buy from you. You get 85% of the money in the form of Steam Wallet money
And Valve takes back 15%
To sell an item, you select it in your inventory and click sell https://i.imgur.com/UtBn16J.png
From there, you get to set your price https://i.imgur.com/F1MCilU.png
fresh bane
Ah I have a bunch of these cards that I never do anything with too
gaunt marten
(The quick sell and instant sell buttons are added by an extension. They automatically set your price to the highest autobuy price or the lowest sell price on the market currently)
Usually, I do Quick Sell https://i.imgur.com/iJcwKQm.png
Unless Instant Sell is one cent off
When someone buys the cards, you get the money automatically in your steam wallet, and an email informing you of the purchase.
If you make more than 100 dollars in a calendar year you may be required to fill some US paperwork before you can sell more.
The minimum you can earn from a sale is one cent, so if an item has many copies in the market, setting it to sell for the minimum price may mean it never gets sold.
Market items are FIFO processed when at equal prices
slim thorn
I'm with you so far
gaunt marten
That's it
slim thorn
oh
gaunt marten
Final note: You may be required to use the mobile authenticator or wait seven days after a trade or sale before you can access your items.
slim thorn
Alternatively, I'll take them off your hands!
ok I was expecting a way to simply give this stuff to you
gaunt marten
You can do that through this interface https://i.imgur.com/WR0xe1R.png
slim thorn
ah
gaunt marten
Trade and market are different interfaces. Trade has items for items. Market is items for money.
If you don't want any of your cards, I can set up a trade asking for all of them. Otherwise, you can set up the trade offering your unwanted cards
Details on how you get cards:
A randomized amount of playtime into a game you may be awarded playing cards for that game. The cards you get are random cards, up to half the number of cards the game has (rounded down)
At random, you may also be awarded booster packs for games in your library. The number of booster packs you get is increased if you have spent your cards to craft badges for the games, (but it's negative value overall)
slim thorn
oh boy, I have to click and drag each card individually 
gaunt marten
Yes, it's less work to sell them
fresh bane
Why would anyone want to buy these cards for?
slim thorn
iiuc selling would still involve clicking on each one separately
gaunt marten
Make badges. Badges increase your steam level allowing you to have more friends
Selling involves two clicks for each card, and one click extra for each page change
But no drag and dropping so it's faster
gaunt marten
You do not have to receive something last I checked, but it warns you that it's a one way trade
river veldt
i legit dont get it
slim thorn
oh this checkbox lets me bypass that warning
gaunt marten
It's just a way for valve to get more money out of users.
gaunt marten
Seems to work just fine, but are you sure you wanna send over your more valuable foil cards and booster packs? These can be as valuable as a dollar each.
slim thorn
yeah I'm sure
untold vigil
kek
gaunt marten
You can filter them out using the advanced filters https://i.imgur.com/4hb2EZO.png
untold vigil
Tale causes problems on purpose
slim thorn
for me the bottleneck on gaming is time, not money
if this overly convoluted pile of Steam gift cards can be transferred, might as well transfer it to someone for whom money is the bottleneck so it's doing some good
slim thorn
why not give to me
did you see a card you really wanted?
untold vigil
if I want badges I just buy the cards I don't have for the same reason
slim thorn
(ftr I was also kidding)
river veldt
what are badges for
river veldt
what does it mean
gaunt marten
Badges give you EXP, and EXP upgrades your steam level
slim thorn
how does this keep happening multiple times a day
gaunt marten
The higher your steam level, the more friends you can have
river veldt
ok what is epeen
gaunt marten
It's like who's got the biggest penis competitions
river veldt
why does it matter
slim thorn
since men overcompensated? lol
gaunt marten
People are dumb
slim thorn
it does not make sense no
gaunt marten
The higher your steam level, the more friends you can have
The amount of friends that can be added to your list is initially capped at 250. Leveling your Steam profile increases the cap by 5 friends for every level earned.
river veldt
i dont even have 250 friends irl
slim thorn
because the secret to making more friends is crafting recipes
gaunt marten
Yeah, thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number
slim thorn
I don't think anyone can have that many without a very weak definition of the word
gaunt marten
river veldt
at most i probably have 50 friends
gaunt marten
And so, badges are pointless
river veldt
maybe even less
river veldt
should i replay Half Life 2 maybe
untold vigil
https://i.imgur.com/0urKbML.png
See, but what does this shape look like
river veldt
i think i will play on easy this time
river veldt
See, but what does this shape look like
the planets of the solar system ?
gaunt marten
See, but what does this shape look like
An icecream cone.
untold vigil
Both good answers
And probably funnier for you both to not acknowlege the actual joke
If I was writing this interaction into a sitcom
gaunt marten
It's a reverse funnel
river veldt
i assume you were implying it looks like a penis but if someone has a penis that looks like that they should see their doctor
untold vigil
That's what she said
slim thorn
I'm not aware of any animal penis shaped like that either
gaunt marten
i assume you were implying it looks like a penis but if someone has a penis that...
They don't have enough badge levels to add their doctor to their friend list
river veldt
im wondering how many times we can say penis until someone yells at us
maybe if we censor it
penice
slim thorn
did you forget we're mods again
untold vigil
Wait hang on
gaunt marten
.q Cloud Hop 1
thorny cedarBOT
gaunt marten
Oh wrong quote
gaunt marten
.q Cloud Hop 4
thorny cedarBOT
Erik McClure #4: MEANWHILE BLASTDOWN COMPLETELY FORGETS THAT HE'S A MODERATOR
slim thorn
I'm honestly more bothered by the watermark
untold vigil
. . .listen
river veldt
did you forget we're mods again
me being a mod doesn't stop other mods from telling me off
yeah why is there a horrific watermark
gaunt marten
river veldt
vulgar
slim thorn
back to what's really important
untold vigil
Gamerscore
slim thorn
how many golden chicken eggs did you collect in RE4
river veldt
HOME OF PISSING CHALLENGE
untold vigil
That'd be a double
slim thorn
2 for me too
river veldt
sorry i had to get that out of my system
untold vigil
One from the request and one from salazars throne
slim thorn
same
untold vigil
no lucksack ones
river veldt
what do gold eggs do
slim thorn
the throne being surrounded by chickens was hilarious
gaunt marten
@static bluff The game is no longer being developed, so it's the perfect time to buy it
gaunt marten
This may be the last update for One Step from Eden. If there's one way you want to support us, please leave us a review on Steam!
slim thorn
oh I don't know this one
untold vigil
I had a lot of fun with it
gaunt marten
It's a Megaman Battle Network style game
slim thorn
wait no Flitter told me about this once, nvm
gaunt marten
Very hard. Roguelike mechanics (no roguelite)
slim thorn
yeah not for me
I'm having terrible luck with making time for Valhalla, still only 1.5 days in
wind stump
So you haven't met Dorothy yet?
slim thorn
the correct spelling takes a lot longer lol
slim thorn
So you haven't met Dorothy yet?
she's the android in adult entertainment, right?
slim thorn
there were more than a few times with her I had to stop and reread the lines to make sure I hadn't wildly mistranslated something
fresh bane
I'm surprised I still haven't played Valhalla
slim thorn
Hc: specifically, the last thing that happened is our boss got the helmet off 
wind stump
slim thorn
an Aqua emoji is too fitting lol
wind stump
I love how the first thing Dana does upon finding a stranger's helmet is just
puts it on without a second thought
grim stirrup
one step from eden is graet, it has some pretty nice mod support too
wind stump
she's not even stupid
she just does not give a shit
grim stirrup
i am also real bad at it
gaunt marten
It's less that you're real bad at it and more than it's just hard
grim stirrup
potato pot-at-o it doesn't make the shopkeeper any easier
fresh bane
''this is the real world, you need to wake up!''
I don't want to wake up 
let me dream
In Valve we trust
raw kernel
I am the king of the pony pinball~
slim thorn
https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198024974648/
https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561197984961813/ now that I finally got my profile settings right
average playtime 15.0h to your 39.7h
makes sense
though that's a number where median would be a lot more meaningful than mean
thorny loom
white phoenix
https://youtu.be/shjkCLvcRrc
they'll just call it tf2: source 2 lmao
fresh bane
Team Fortress 2: Episode Two
white phoenix
especially since how I feel like the 2 in counter strike 2 is more to reference source 2 than anything else
fresh bane
It is
thorny loom
Left 4 dead 3 lol
fresh bane
That's why it's called 2 
quiet swift
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-last-of-us-part-1s-long-awaited-pc-port-isnt-going-down-well-on-steam?
Ruh roh :X
fresh bane
also I would love to see L4D3 honestly
thorny loom
Well they did recommend 32 gb of ram for it
fresh bane
I didn't like B4B
thorny loom
So wtf
white phoenix
That's why it's called 2 <:twimerp:751142908236922950>
well there you go lol
thorny loom
I know where that's from
Someone else is cultured heh
white phoenix
I didn't like B4B
I feel like everyone forgot how much a failure evolve was and how they were the same guys who made that
the marketing was funny on how they completely ignore it and still say "from the creators of l4d"
quiet swift
Unfortunately, early word from PC players on Steam is that The Last of Us Part 1's "best shape" is nowhere near good enough, with Steam reviews (reflected in similar reports on The Last of Us subreddit) pointing to a host of technical issues, including inconsistent frame rates, regular crashes, stuttering, long load times, and poor optimisation - even on high-end hardware.
fresh bane
''From the creators of L4D!!!''
Aka like, a handful of people from the original team
thorny loom
Evolve was fine when it went F2P
But making live service games with a $60 price tag is no longer a winning strategy
Even cod had a f2p multiplayer mode now
fresh bane
I don't remember exactly what it was that killed Evolve
I remember at the time it seemed like a fun concept that could've taken off
white phoenix
siege's rainbow is magic event is back 
https://twitter.com/Rainbow6Game/status/1640745769127870464
dense crypt
"men! these are the facts as i understand them. 1! I am the prettiest unicorn. 2! my mane is lustrous and fragrant, and catches the wind perfectly! DISMISSED!"
visual hill
that reminds me, I reinstalled TF2 with mastercomfig the other day
yay for mat_picmip -10 being allowed again, no more ugly textures while they're streaming π
river veldt
Cali we should play TF2 together sometime
dense crypt
with me too
dense crypt
i am heavy weapons guy
dense crypt
soldier is a dime a dozen otherwise i'd play him a lot. i dont like to add to an already large, oversaturated number of one character.
river veldt
oh fair
white phoenix
i am your resident pubstomper
river veldt
Soldier is probably popular because he isn't too hard to play well
rockets have lots of splash damage
dense crypt
i like heavy because he's tanky, does huge damage, and despite the fact he's technically very easy to play, the difference between a new and veteran heavy is VERY noticeable.
oh, and i will always rush straight for a minigun if it appears in a game.
river veldt
i cant play Heavy he's too slow for me
river veldt
we can play on funny maps
dense crypt
im fine with it, but like, he's easy pickings for snipers
visual hill
scout because he go vrooom, medic because nobody else plays it but you need one to win
river veldt
do you guys know any fun Tf2 maps
visual hill
(meanwhile with teams having 4 snipers and 4 spies⦠)
visual hill
for tank classes, I tend to play heavy the most followed by pyro
river veldt
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white phoenix
pyro is my most played class
visual hill
to be fair, 2fort kind of sucks in terms of level design, I feel most of its purpose is nostalgia value
white phoenix
low skill floor and extremely high skill ceiling
visual hill
it's the cs_office of TF2
white phoenix
uncle dane made a whole video on why 2fort sucks lol
and he's right if you're trying to play the objective
if you're just messing around, it's great
visual hill
I do try to play the objective and it's painful, it requires a lot of trial and error to even touch the enemy flag
river veldt
lol
white phoenix
I am a full objective guy
river veldt
if i play seriously i get angy
visual hill
it tends to involve switching classes just so you can sap a sentry, die, then respawn as scout and move quick enough
river veldt
do you guys like Harvest
visual hill
(class switching for strategic reasons is part of the game, but 2fort is where I feel I have to do this the most)
white phoenix
I've found good ways to destroy sentries in common spots in payload maps just by using soldier
and nobody knows them
harvest is cool
koth is pretty fun from time to time
visual hill
yeah it's fine
white phoenix
anyway I'd love to play with manechatters, so here is my profile https://steamcommunity.com/id/Toffrox
gaunt marten
β I do not accept anyone below level 10.
β I do not accept anyone who does not have a game that I have.
β Comment why you are adding me; if you have a good reason then I can disregard the other rules.```Yeah, I think people who play source games or games with valuable trade items get a lot of those
visual hill
anyway I'd love to play with manechatters, so here is my profile https://steamco...
I sent you a request
I'm level 11, just enough to pass π
gaunt marten
I also sent you a friend request
white phoenix
Wow, 1.6k games owned
thorny loom
if any of you want to add me mines here just ping me who you are
white phoenix
All those humble bundles
thorny loom
white phoenix
Friendship truly is magic
gaunt marten
All those humble bundles
Yeah, back when humble gave steam keys for every game even if you spent a cent
thorny loom
is omega you flitter?
gaunt marten
Yes!
thorny loom
cool
gaunt marten
Basically no reason not to buy bundles back then
slim thorn
twas the peak of bundle culture
visual hill
Steam sales also used to be more interesting, with games dropping in price more quickly
slim thorn
we all got at least one bundle that we never intended to play even half the games in
visual hill
inflation and modern trends are making this less of a thing
slim thorn
mm-hmm, the market had to stabilize eventually
white phoenix
thorny loom
yeah 3rd party key sellers give better sales most of the time
Fanatical is a pretty good one
white phoenix
My library is inflated with free giveaway events from r/freegamefindings
gaunt marten
Just make sure you don't use grey market resellers that dabble in stolen credit cards
thorny loom
they say they get keys from publishers
visual hill
Fanatical isn't grey market
gaunt marten
Fanatical is fine
thorny loom
evil withen 1 and 2 plus one other game for $15
river veldt
im only level 3 do i still qualify
white phoenix
Yes because I know you
river veldt
epic π
thorny loom
the new creative mode in fortnite is actually really cool
white phoenix
Seems like roblox levels of creation may be possible now
chilly mural
I'm sad the old pony servers are gone
I remember a lot of fun games on them
there was a great ponyville payload map that I played on years ago
as well as "That Other Pony Server" in 2011-12
white phoenix
you know about poniponiponi?
they're bringing it back, they had a test run a few weeks ago that I joined
chilly mural
I think? were they around that long ago?
white phoenix
chilly mural
I probably did play on their servers at one point
white phoenix
yeah, says march 2011, which is pretty much the beginning
chilly mural
I mostly frequented 2 very specific servers back then one was "That Other Pony Server" and "DerpyGamers.com"
but I'm so in for PoniPoniPoni
white phoenix
there's a discord server link there
chilly mural
word
okay, I must've played on this server(s) back then because I have friends on steam who I've had on my list since 2011 who are still in there
river veldt
is PoniPoniPoni friendly to casuals?
white phoenix
is PoniPoniPoni friendly to casuals?
all we really did was be friendly to each other on the test lol
you also get randomly chosen to play as a character, like the vs saxton hale modes
chilly mural
brutal christian sniper
fresh bane
Alright!
New 1650 gtx gpu, new i5 processor, and went from 8 gb ram to 24 gb ram 
no SSD yet though, gonna install that one tomorrow lol but still
first thing I did was test some games and wow 
yeah that's an upgrade all right
chilly mural
we are so back
fresh bane
my brother explained to me that I'd have to re install all programs once I install the SSD and the OS in the SSD and he explained to me how it works but I don't think I fully understood
he said that none of my files or anything are gonna get deleted so that's the important part to me
gaunt marten
No
You can clone your HDD using a disk cloning tool
That way you won't reinstall anything
Everything will work immediately
Try this guide for example
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/copy-your-windows-installation-to-an-ssd
fresh bane
I'll take a look and bring it up to him to see if he knows about this
I'm not too bothered by having to reinstall stuff though, but yeah it would be nice to not have to do that
Oh wow, the difference is super clear, I'm playing DMC5 on ultra settings and I can use the browser and even chat here just fine
wow
gaunt marten
I'm glad it's working great for you
fresh bane
I also tried Hi Fi Rush on high which didn't run at all before, it ran super slow and jittery
it now runs perfect
chilly mural
SSD life
random steppe
Seems like disk speed was a significant bottleneck on your system before then
gaunt marten
No the SSD is not yet installed
random steppe
Oh got it
gaunt marten
It's a CPU or RAM issue
random steppe
It's a new pc as a whole
gaunt marten
Maybe GPU
random steppe
I was thinking that he just added the SSD
random steppe
To be clear, SSD usually doesn't improve performance, unless the disk drive speed is acting as a bottleneck.
It will improve load times, boot times, and in my experience, how responsive the OS is in general overtime
slim thorn
mm-hmm, performance in general is all about bottlenecks these days
fresh bane
To be clear, SSD usually doesn't improve performance, unless the disk drive spee...
Is that not some aspects of performance though? 
But no the SSD isn't fully connected yet or anything, I essentially 'just' changed the motherboard, the CPU, GPU and more RAM
... so pretty much a brand new computer I guess 
random steppe
In some ways, but for example, wont improve FPS in a game if your CPU and GPU can't crunch the numbers fast enough to make it happen
fresh bane
Oh yeah an SSD is not gonna suddenly make the computer more powerful for sure
random steppe
It can write really fast but it wont help if the problem isn't writing really fast
it's all it can do
fresh bane
Luckily the SSD will now be in conjunction with all the new parts
random steppe
Well, writing and reading to be precise
fresh bane
Right, so loading screens and loading files and stuff like that
random steppe
Booting is improved because it's about your components reading and displaying the OS
In a very simplistic way
slim thorn
SSDs are nice, especially for games, because all those kinds of load times are all about the hard drive on every system, so HDD->SDD is almost guaranteed to improve them no matter what your other stats
unlike CPU/GPU/RAM upgrades which may have no practical impact at all if you already had plenty of that resource for the apps you run
fresh bane
Yeah, it would also be nice to be able to browse through my folders and files quicker and with better response times
I actually haven't opened some of my usual folders yet but I almost always have to wait about a minute or two for one of my biggest folders to fully load
and it would also affect my usage of other apps during that loading
random steppe
It'll imrpove that assuming the problem is reading the stuff it needs to read
Like, let's say that you open a folder, your CPU crunches the numbers to make it happen, if the wait is for the hard drive to actually fetch the actual data for you to see it, the SSD will make the process faster
If the wait was that the CPU was too slow, and the drive was idle waiting for more stuff to fetch, a SSD wont change that
fresh bane
Yeah I'm guessing it's the former, once I actually enable the SSD I guess I'll see for sure
but since all the parts are brand new then yeah the SSD is definitely gonna help
random steppe
With most modern CPUs, unless the OS is seriously fucked, the bottleneck would be the hard drive
fresh bane
I'm guessing 'bottleneck' means a part that is fucking with the other parts/bringing them down?
or something like that
slim thorn
it means the limiting factor
random steppe
It's a bottleneck, when you pour water from a bottle, the max amount of water is decided by how wide the neck of the bottle is
So in a computer, it's the limit you hit when you try to do a thing
slim thorn
if your CPU can process 20 game state updates per second, and your GPU can render 60 frames per second, your gameplay will run at 20 whatevers per second in practice because the CPU is the bottleneck
random steppe
In that example, the GPU is essentially waiting for the CPU to do its job before it can continue working
fresh bane
Ahhh I see
slim thorn
this is why if you ever get poor performance in software, one of the first things to try is pull up task manager and see which component is at 100%; usually it's only one of them
random steppe
For games, nowdays, the vast majority of time it's the GPU.
The CPU is rarely a bottleneck, also the reason as to why you really didn't get much evolution in gaming CPUs
In the past like...10 years
slim thorn
yep, the computationally expensive stuff in games is overwhelmingly the stuff GPUs do far better than CPUs
random steppe
Some types of games can be taxing to CPUs tho, like, grand strategy games, that have very simple graphics but want to do a lot of math at once.
But that's the exception and not the rule
fresh bane
Interesting I guess the only 'bottleneck' when it comes to the whole loading and booting stuff for me now would be the hard drive really so that's what the SSD is for
everything else is already performing superb, hell I'm playing the demo of RE4 and chatting here just fine!
random steppe
In my experience, the SSD is mostly a boon to keep the OS running smoothly for a long time, apart from loading times
white phoenix
How capcom is using the re engine is how konami should have treated the fox engine
They both run so well...
random steppe
You know when you get a new PC and it runs fast like hell, and after 6 months it takes 30 seconds more to boot up, because now a bunch more stuff you want boots on startup, and also a bunch of more stuff kinda wants priority, also you accumulated some temp files gods knows where and didn't bother cleaning them up?
an SSD offers a very good buffer so even some added load doesn't really matter that much in the usability of the computer.
fresh bane
Right, I remember being super paranoid about all that stuff when I had a much crappier laptop/PC
I guess an SSD heavily mitigates that problem
fresh bane
gaunt marten
Today I learned about Immersive Fat Idiot Son, a Skyrim mod that gives you a son that ruins your life.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/47941
Rufus follows you everywhere, all the time, whether you want him to or not.
ο»ΏRufus will be your friend to the end, unless you uninstall the mod. (He can't even be console disabled.)```
```Rufus is likely to misplace anything you give him. (He can't carry much anyway.)
ο»ΏRufus will set off traps, wave a torch around, make too much noise, and otherwise give away your position.
ο»ΏRufus will start fights at random with bandits, monsters, and small animals.
ο»ΏRufus will annoy you when idle by humming tunelessly and playing with his doll```
grim stirrup
what a great mod
arctic fern
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/ oh hecc terra nil is out
been hyped for the game since i stumbled on it at last years nextfest
i think im gonna stream it in VC soon
gaunt marten
It's a very nice game.
I tried it when it was just a demo. I'm waiting for a sale though
arctic fern
i tried the demo too and was imidiatly hooked lol
i played the demo multiple times
streaming now
arctic fern
its good
arctic fern
the first two levels are reasonably easy
im having real dificulty with the third level
you can only place some terraforming buildings under some temperature/humidity levels, but you're going to be naturally raising or lowering those levels as you play, meaning its possible to build yourself out of being able to build other things
arctic fern
took me like 6 tries but i did it
minor gorge
arctic fern
level 4 is a dozy. im gonna try it again tomorrow
gaunt marten
Turns out this card is worth like three dollars alone
But nobody wants to buy it at that price
slim thorn
lol
gaunt marten
Instant sell price is around sixty cents
I'm at a loss in regards of what price I should put it at.
So I might just do the minimum instant sell price and move on
river veldt
3 dollars
rose rose
is it really worth three dollars if nobody is willing to pay three dollars?
gaunt marten
Well the last time a copy was sold it was sold for that much
rose rose
In October
gaunt marten
Yeah, I'm probably not going to wait that long to sell another
rose rose
the actual last time one sold was for $0.29 in December
the market is so small it has no real price at all
rose rose
I'd be surprised if they were vendors - they generally get terminated without the company making any noise about it.
quiet swift
gaunt marten
@river veldt, you like this genre, right? I have no knowledge of any of these games.
fresh bane
FighterZ edition for 10 bucks... pretty monstrous deal if you ask me
fresh bane
I'm trying to get used to these buttons first
and how this game works, this is a bit different
chilly mural
I think in terms of gameplay it's fairly easy to get into, light buttons into medium buttons into heavy buttons
fresh bane
Yeah I think I've heard FighterZ is actually a fairly easy and straightforward fighting game to get into
I'm just getting turned around due to the auto combo in the light attacks and also some combination of inputs do different things like the vanish which I keep doing unintentionally because I mash so much
chilly mural
they are fairly simple for me after playing the game since launch
this is basic bread n butter combo that most everyone can do with a few weird exceptions
and then of course the game becomes a lot heavier when you add assists to the mix, but that is for you want to play the game more cereally
fresh bane
Yeah I'm gonna start with baby steps like with any new fighting game
Any tips for teams? That's the thing that scares me the most, I never play fighting games with teams so I don't know if it really matters or if I just go with my waifus characters I like more
I'm testing all the characters right now and seeing which ones I like more
chilly mural
play whoever you like lol, every character is viable with the right knowledge and game sense
pick your waifus, they're probably good (especially if they're the Androids)
fresh bane
Only problem with this game: I actually like too many characters!
But I'll try to go a match or two with 18, 21 and base Goku
let's see how this goes
chilly mural
it can only go up from here
fresh bane
I did buy the FighterZ edition so I should have all characters
but I seem to have to buy them with in game points, so no Videl or Kefla yet
sadge
first match won!
chilly mural
fresh bane
second match won 
chilly mural
chilly mural
fresh bane
5th match won we're back baby
chilly mural
we are so back
fresh bane
I'm fighting the same dude over and over since match 3
He's good but I'm beating his ass
I also don't know how to spark lol
chilly mural
all 4 buttons
light, medium, heavy and special
I'm going to bed, I'll wake up in 7 hours or so
nini
flint iron
I always get wiped from the face of the planet in fighterz because I always need to bring a theme team like a full team of bald characters
fresh bane
Yeah I switched lobbies and I'm getting FOLDED by this dude
he's takin pity on me and playing around with me
he's destroying me
I pretty much can't even play lol
flint iron
I still get yoinky sploinky'd on even when I bring characters I'm good at using, it's a mix of me not being that epic in fighterz even tho I play it a bunch with my friends and my opponent being the destroyer of hopes and dreams
fresh bane
Yeah I'm getting clowned on
fresh bane
I don't think so no
flint iron
Because when I first started playing the game, I had it on thinking I was pretty decent until I found out the hard way
Auto combo is easy for someone to counter so I became a training mode dummy for other players
(I was mashing buttons hoping an input will come out)
fresh bane
Oh god I got matched with the same guy 
flint iron
fresh bane
This mf is playing on single player mode
I can't show this full match because it's too heavy for discord but I'll show the moment I got him once
I then proceeded to get immediately destroyed
raw kernel
anyway I'd love to play with manechatters, so here is my profile https://steamco...
Friend invite sent
arctic fern
i just finished the last main level of terra nill
surprisingly challenging, i wasnt able to get all the things in one try and it took me multiple trys to finish the last level but its a really nice, chill game with some satisfying gameplay and graphics
9/10, does exactly what it sets out to do incredibly well
there are some what look like challenge levels to try out next
i hope they add some DLC with more types of levels at a later date, its kinda short atm
chilly mural
it seems you're honestly just not blocking low, unless he was grabbing you before because you were blocking to much
river veldt
wind stump
WHEEEEEEZE
gaunt marten
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-doom-mod-of-the-year-just-dropped-in-a-mysterious-fo...
Stop taking screenshots with free camera on
All the enemy sprites look awful with any angle other than the standard one
quiet swift
gaunt marten
I was trying to mod a game, but it's not working.
I looked on the github page for the mod, and it says Please use the latest canary builds instead of stable... ...as there was a bug on the stable release that won't allow you to run the game properly.
thorny loom
Lol what
gaunt marten
Why did they release it on stable if it did literally nothing?
quiet swift
gaunt marten
I still think including hat kid like this is really stupid
fresh bane
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-goes-full-shinra-with-final-fantasy-7-nfts/
The more I hear about Squeenix the less excited I get about Final Fantasy 7 Remake and FF in general
bleak lintel
FF16 is Yoshida and he's against NFTs, it might be the last good Final Fantasy game for awhile.
visual hill
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-goes-full-shinra-with-final-fantasy-7-nfts/
Bored Tifa Yacht Club
fresh bane
It's hilarious that the article states you don't own anything from the NFT, not Cloud's image, of course not, and not even the NFT itself since you can't do anything without Squeenix's consent, hell it seems you can't do anything with them, not even sell it
bleak lintel
You could put a warning label "NFTs are a scam" and the cryptobros would still buy it.
fresh bane
"bro you just don't get it this is the future"
So far all I've seen done with NFTs is this kind of dumb studf which is essentially selling and buying digital cards, as if that's something entirely new never done before, we've been selling digital hats through steam since like 2008
flint iron
Might as well spend money on a gacha game, can do more than an NFT can do for you
astral field
At least for a tf2 hat, it is indeed a unique digital object. NFTs are a glorified hyperlink.
rose rose
The implementation of a TF2 hat is not meaningfully different from being a glorified hyperlink.
i named my sign with a Yunyun on it the "Waifu Whacker"
quiet swift
fresh bane
The implementation of a TF2 hat is not meaningfully different from being a glori...
I can wear the TF2 hat, I can't do anything with the glorified hyperlink
rose rose
I can wear the TF2 hat, I can't do anything with the glorified hyperlink
You can βwearβ the glorified hyperlink if a game lets you, which is certainly a thing.
gaunt marten
Oh yeah. I love necklaces made of words
wind stump
green fulcrum
Welp, it was inevitable.
I've reached the point in the game where Pathfinder: Kingmaker becomes very slow. I just beat back the invasion and propaganda from Pitax, and now I've got like 3 months' worth of time before the story actually moves ahead. Problem is...I don't really have many quests to complete or errands to run, nor can I just skip time using the auto-kingdom management option because doing so would destroy my kingdom.
See, there's this nasty little story quest in the game called the Ancient Curse, and it has several parts. Every time it shows up, you have a certain amount of time to do stuff (usually around 4 months) before the curse starts to take effect. The curse starts to happen when you suddenly start getting these mini-event messages about monsters attacking your kingdom, and these monster attacks cripple your economy, your people's loyalty, kingdom stability, and your community's trust. So naturally you don't want that to happen, and the only way to defeat the curse (for the time being) is to rush over to this hill to beat it back before it destroys you. Rinse and repeat like 6 or 7 times.
This would be pretty simple in a normal kingdom playthrough since you can build mage towers and teleportation circles in your towns and capital, allowing you to teleport all over the map from whichever region you're in and thus save tons of time. Thing is, I'm in auto-kingdom, which seemingly disables that feature (would've been nice if the game told you that...). Plus, the main story quests really don't take that long to complete at all (save for Troll Trouble and Season of Bloom, which were fun but looooong).
The bigger problem is, the game doesn't count those mini-event monster attacks as a serious event to skip time towards, so if you skip time, it skips straight to the main story quest and just collects all those devastating mini-events that you can't stop and tallies it up to a total, leading to almost complete kingdom collapse before you can make it to the hill...
So, in summary, I'm stuck waiting three in-game months for the curse to start happening safely, and I've got barely anything to do. 
gaunt marten
That sounds fun
What's your favorite curse in DnD style Tabletop RPGs?
Oh, also
What's the difference between effortless and auto settings for kingdom management?
green fulcrum
Idk, I haven't really encountered many curses. This game calls it a "curse", but it's really just an invasion of monsters sent by a cursed ||Nymph||. (Story spoilers.)
gaunt marten
My favorite is mummy rot.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can't regain hit points, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.
You get this if you're hit with a mummy lord, a CR-15/16 creature
Effectively means you have ~20-40% chance of contracting the curse per hit, and you have 5-30 days to live.
green fulcrum
What's the difference between effortless and auto settings for kingdom managemen...
With effortless, it makes the management for the kingdom extremely "easy" and far less punishing, but you're still the one doing all the work. At least, that's what it's supposed to do.
Auto-management puts the game's AI in charge, and it's...honestly not that great. It fails a lot of the time, doesn't use crisis points (which are essentially get out of jail free cards so you don't fail major problems), and often makes pretty shit or middle-of-the-road decisions that can either screw you or only help you slightly, when manual management could've helped you a lot more (and again, it doesn't build mage towers or teleportation circles in your towns, so you miss out on fast travel).
The problem is, neither option is great because the system is flawed in its core. It needed a LOT more work done on it before it was ready to ship out with the full game, I feel. Many events are bugged, your kingdom can often be permanently set to the "crumbling" state (which gives a -2 to all skill check rolls on kingdom management) for no reason except bugginess, and they throw waaaaaaaaay too many problems at you all at once, making it impossible for you to complete even half of them before the game tells you that you failed. For example, some events say that you have two weeks to solve the problem, but then three days later it tells you that the problem got worse and that you failed it completely.
gaunt marten
That makes sense.
green fulcrum
Like I said before, the CRPG side of this game is amazing, fun, very rewarding, and very polished (barring a couple very minor hiccups here and there). But then you have the kingdom side of things that holds back everything else, including the story (which started off great but has since kinda meandered a bit).
I still think the game is good, but I am now actively hyping myself up for Wrath of the Righteous instead, since pretty much everyone who has played it says that it tosses out all of what made Kingmaker "bad", then takes all the good parts and makes them even better.
Also, fun fact, Kingmaker actually alludes to the Worldwound and the crusades from Wrath of the Righteous, since there's an event where you can choose to send some of your soldiers to help in the crusades against the demon hordes. It's a neat bit of world-building and continuity that shows that there's far more out there than just the Stolen Lands.
gaunt marten
Now that you mention it, I wonder if there are mods that overhaul parts of the game
green fulcrum
There are! There are some that completely trivialize the kingdom management side of things (or allow you to make it as painless or as difficult as you want it to be), or some that add new classes and feats, and much more.
gaunt marten
I'm mostly interested in quality of life mods or redesigns that fix glaring flaws
green fulcrum
This one is probably what you want for fixing glaring flaws with the kingdom side of things: https://www.nexusmods.com/pathfinderkingmaker/mods/36
All of it is customizable, so you don't have to keep the default "one day to fix things" option.
gaunt marten
Thanks. I'll look into it
green fulcrum
As for quality of life, I'm not sure which ones you would fancy, but Nexus Mods has a whole bunch of things so I'm sure you'll find stuff that'll interest you.
gaunt marten
I've already looked at every mod in there.
thorny loom
Is there a mod that lets you have beast or monster squad mates
green fulcrum
gaunt marten
Probably. The one that interests me most is the one that skips the intro
green fulcrum
It's quite telling when the most popular mods of Kingmaker are massive ones that overhaul big parts of the game, and the most popular mods for Wrath of the Righteous are mostly small QoL tweaks (and one that gives 400+ cheat codes, but that one is for both games so I'm not counting it).
green fulcrum
Fair point
fresh bane
Alright so apparently the FighterZ pass didn't include all the other characters that are greyed out, bummer, not even the Ultimate edition includes them so I had to just buy Kefla and Videl
The dream team is now assembled
flint iron
You can change videls hairstyle to pigtails, I don't know how to do it on pc tho
But short hair is better anyways
fresh bane
We all saw it coming
fresh bane
You can change videls hairstyle to pigtails, I don't know how to do it on pc tho
Pigtails are cute but short hair Videl is the best one
dense crypt
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/30/23660456/e3-2023-canceled
wonder why the big names wanted nothing to do with E3
quiet swift
Cost to attend exceeds any potential returns
green fulcrum
You know what, f*ck it, I'm just gonna start Wrath of the Righteous. I'll finish the rest of Kingmaker later. I'm close to the end anyway, from what I can tell.
gaunt marten
You're probably not gonna come back to it later
It's really hard to come back to a game when you're already near the end
green fulcrum
I've done it before
gaunt marten
Well, good luck then!
light gate
wonder why the big names wanted nothing to do with E3
Its cheaper to pre-record than to have an event live.
Literally monetary reasons.
mossy flume
wonder why the big names wanted nothing to do with E3
Costs and the restrictions imposed by the E3 organization, basically.
white phoenix
end of an era, it's sad really
chilly mural
You can change videls hairstyle to pigtails, I don't know how to do it on pc tho
it's L2/LT I think
rancid herald
rip E3, you were too good for this world
gaunt marten
It's Tina's RPG Show, I Guess. Monster Sanctuary is featured! It's a fantastic PokΓ©mon Metroidvania
fresh bane
After looking at guides last night and messing around on practice mode I can feel a significant improvement on how I play, it's less wailing around like an idiot and it's more purposeful, I still don't quite have it locked on my muscle memory and I'm still mashing but I'm getting there
It's nothing compared to the 50 hit strings the dude last night was doing against me but it's better than the auto combo
chilly mural
hell yeah brother
fresh bane
Nevermind I'm getting bodied by a purple icon dude
chilly mural
hell yeah brother
learning combos is one thing, learning to hit those combos in a real match is the next thing
fresh bane
It's honestly less about that and more about getting a chance to even do anything
I'm literally writing this as I'm getting beat up right now
chilly mural
yeah. dbfz combos last as long as an entire episode of the show
fresh bane
Yeah I don't know if I like it or not, maybe it's because I'm playing against super high level players but I basically do nothing each match
There's like no chance at all as soon as you get hit once it's over
chilly mural
that do be most fighting games, except for DOA and Killer Instinct
fresh bane
Nah this is a whole different level
I've never seen combos lasting this long even on GGST
chilly mural
ggst's combos are universally short
because damage is so high and the magic series is gone from previous gear games
true maple
is there not a hollow knight forum?
river veldt
be the change you want to see
true maple
i just purchased it, i wanna see what all the hype is about
impulse purchasing intensifies
but first there's a new technology connections and i need to eat
slim thorn
I don't think anyone chatty has played or replayed it since the forum was made
I mostly see HK get mentioned as a quick example in some other topic
thorny loom
thats what to be expected after awhile
unless its something like paradox or a modded game like bethesda games
slim thorn
in my case, so far there's always been a new-to-me Soulsvania when I was in the mood for one of those (Blasphemous, then Ender Lilies) so I have yet to want to replay HK
true maple
ok i'm gonna make one at some point and ping genryu and it'll end up like the valheim thread and i'm fine with that
slim thorn
we'll just post once a month when there's a new mossbag video
true maple
ngl one reason i got it was because i keep finding cute art of this hornet character and i want to know who that is
gaunt marten
I could play Hollow Knight alongside you
slim thorn
ah, she's a major character so that should go over well at least
quiet swift
https://twitter.com/SilverSkeejee/status/1452260994768678915 and here's the moment where I link this again
gaunt marten
Just keep me updated on where you get to so we can talk
true maple
sure thing
river veldt
hecc it
i'll play along with you guys
it'll hold me more accountable to actually playing and finishing it
hushed onyx
I should probably play Kingmaker at some point, but right now I'm focused on Fallout: New Vegas.
Amusingly, since I just posted this this morning, it's somehow relevant here:
https://twitter.com/RavenCourse/status/1641076243440234496
Personally, Hollow Knight seems to be exactly the kind of game I'm bad at, but I got through Dust: An Elysian Tale fine, so...
slim thorn
it's been so long since I played Dust I'd have trouble comparing them, esp on difficulty
visual hill
I learned about Dust: An Elysian Tail because its artist is also the person who made Lori for Jazz Jackrabbit 2
slim thorn
unfortunately I have so much else in progress that if a HK mob forms I won't be able to join it
green fulcrum
Welp, started Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Literally five minutes in, demon invasion. A minute after that, you're introduced to your first two party members via falling into a cave system: a happy-go-lucky Paladin (who both acknowledges and makes fun of the fact that she can be a bit lawful stupid sometimes), and another lady who is so very obviously a serial killer/murderer based on her rather...gleeful combat dialogue ("I'll cut you open!~" >:D), her little white lies in regular dialogue, and the fact that as soon as she and some random dude fell into a cave, her first thought was slitting his throat to grab his stuff, and then casually lying about it to you as soon as you found her (plus, her alignment is "undetectable").
Then you're introduced to two more companions, both "mongrels" (as they call themselves). Essentially animal/human hybrids who live under the city. One is a pretty decent if awkward guy who kinda reminds me of Nathan Drake, if I'm being honest. Even looks and sounds like him. And the other is an actual bitch of a woman who quite literally turns on you the second she has the opportunity, and is secretly working with the demons who just took over the city. There is absolutely no way I'm recruiting her into my party, she can suck it.
So yeah, very colorful batch of folks at the start of the game, and I've heard it only gets wackier from there, lol.
gaunt marten
Dust is very easy. Hollow Knight is medium to hard
mossy flume
Hollow Knight is a great Metroidvania, but the Soulslike side of it confounds my ability to play through it
quiet swift
slim thorn
( #1091169976217509918 exists now btw)
interesting, for me HK is one of the most Souls-like-y games that I had no trouble playing (difficulty, yes, but the fun kind)
hasty patio
Covid did the major blow and everyone else figured that you can do your own show, whenever, however, and not have to share time and space with competitors.
mossy flume
It seems that hasn't really been formally confirmed, but that appears to be the general consensus among industry figures on twitter. And I guess some members of the media.
green fulcrum
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/30/23664044/e3-cancelled-isnt-coming-back
I thought this was already known?
hasty patio
Expo or not, at least we still get to see Todd tell his "sweet little lies". /s
mossy flume
I thought this was already known?
Not officially
But that's the current hypothesis.
2023 being cancelled seems to be the final nail though
Although the organization's official stance is that they'll have news once they have stuff to put into E3
slim thorn
its impending death was "obvious" for a while depending on how aware of the game convention situation one was, but only now has E3 2023 been officially cancelled
mossy flume
Yep
green fulcrum
Direct-styled presentations seem to be where the industry is headed. That, and the Game Awards have taken on the mantle of "big name companies sharing game trailers all in one go".
mossy flume
Pretty much, yeah.
Once Nintendo proved that direct methods worked well and gave the company full creative freedom in such a way that was helpful for marketing purposes, others followed suit and that basically made E3 irrelevant. The fact that E3 had gradually turned into a marketing event as opposed to its original purpose of being a business expo led up to this eventuality.
The business side of it now being fulfilled by other events anyway
dense crypt
https://twitter.com/SilverSkeejee/status/1452260994768678915 and here's the mome...
i'd be that summoner bug
fresh bane
Someone help me I can't stop playing FighterZ
this is just like when I started playing Strive
I've started playing ranked to see how that'd go like and I've been doing pretty alright
teal sonnet
BAFTA best game of the year....
vampire survivors....
like... it is a really fun game
but holy brother in christ
this year we had literally fucking insane shit
green fulcrum
Oh WHAT?!
@gaunt marten Duuuude, Wrath of the Righteous just blew my mind. So, in Kingmaker, cities are rather, well...small. But in WotR, they are HUGE. They have their own map separate from the world map, and you can run into enemies and unique areas in them.
I nearly did an actual spittake of water when I saw it.
teal sonnet
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Elden Ring is likely the second biggest technical achievement in game history, just behind red dead redemption 2
dire gate
I wonder how hot is my take that "Nintendo's 3DS/Wii U eShop closure was inevitable, it's not something that is done because Nintendo is bad"
Don't get me wrong; it sucks.
I just think that they couldn't possibly just leave it alone there forever
river veldt
i agree
dire gate
I absolutely think that they should go with a more unified system after Switch and its successor, it feels like they wanted to reset everything when moving toward Switch.
green fulcrum
.........Oh my God, this game has an Elven version of Fluttershy in it. Same soft voice and kindness and everything. And she's a companion.
1000000/10 game.
And she speaks with animals! 
random steppe
Elden Ring is likely the second biggest technical achievement in game history, j...
Idk, I don't think anything Elden Ring does is that impressive on the technical aspect.
fresh bane
It sure is impressive how they managed to just make a Dark Souls but even bigger and expanded on the game mechanics but I wouldn't call it technically impressive
Fromsoft is not a company that makes games that are known for pushing technology forward when it comes to games, all of their games look good for their gen but they aren't cutting edge at all, they focus more on artstyle than being technically impressive (which, admittedly, is better in my opinion. all their games have gorgeous artstyles)
random steppe
It's a triumph of design but it didn't really push technological boundaries
fresh bane
I definitely wouldn't call it the second biggest technical achievement in game history
Valve has at least 1 or 2 games that take places higher when it comes to biggest technical achievements in gaming history than Elden Ring
random steppe
I can definitely see Horizon beating it in that category, that water tech was impressive
cedar badge
Lololol.
So y'all know Minecraft Dungeons?
At level 72, with gear with an aggregate power level of 75...
I did the daily challenge for Creeper Woods...
On Apocalypse 7.
And cleared it second try.
Though to be fair my armor is level 96 Ocelot armor with the 35% damage reduction and a maxed protection enchantment.
random steppe
I don't have a relative comparison for those things since I never played it, but congrats, I assume it was barely doable
cedar badge
Well, I was careless and got down to my final life.
But I wasn't really super in danger.
random steppe
Like, usually at which level you would try to do that to be safe?
uneven epoch
i played it with my sister maybe three times
cedar badge
Uh, the recommended level? Like over 100
uneven epoch
somethin about camera work makes me kinda nauseus if i play it too long
cedar badge
My bow is low level but clutch.
Gilded and unique and 21 enchantment points including overcharge and burst bowstring.
It also has Tempo Thief.
In the gilded bonus
random steppe
Congrats on your accomplishment
cedar badge
Stealing speed from mobs was the difference between success and failure IMO.
It's all about having a smart playstyle and options for artifacts.
Enchantments make a huge difference
dire gate
BAFTA best game of the year....
While I don't really agree on VS being the GOTY; BAFTA is really known for picking unexpected games
They're the one who stopped BOTW from winning all major GOTY awards
They gave it to What Remains of Edith Finch instead
random steppe
I think that the VS pick is defensible
Not every year you get a game that creates a new genre
And is at the same time wildly successful
dire gate
Well but by that perspective, they refused to give it to BOTW before
Can't really deny that they have very unique choices
random steppe
I wouldn't say they created anything new with BOTW
They did the same thing Elden Ring did this year
Brought Zelda design philosophy to an open world setting
dire gate
VS isn't anything new, they just made the genre extremely popular.
random steppe
VR is definitely a new subgenre
I can't think of anything of the sort before it
VS*
dire gate
It is straight up inspired by a different game that came before it
"Magic Survival" is a mobile game that directly inspired VS, and it was released in 2019
random steppe
I had no idea, still, it's the 1st game to make it well enough to popularise it.
By compariosn BOTW wasn't the 1st big open world game
I think that the 1st game to really make open world a big deal was the 1st AC
And it doomed us all
dire gate
idk, I have 100% completion and 112h playtime in VS and yet I'm not really convinced that it is anywhere close to the best game of the year
random steppe
I don't think it's the best game of the year, but I think it's probably in the running as the most influential game of that year
dire gate
Well the award name is Best Game
random steppe
Like, I wouldn't be surprised if this is regarded as Binding of Isaac is today
In a few years
fresh bane
I mean games that win GOTY for 2022 is very obvious, but if for whatever reason you refuse to acknowledge the AAA releases that year a fantastic game that could've been GOTY is either Stray or Sifu
Also Signalis
fresh bane
I don't think being influential is a factor or at least a big one
Also Vampire Survivors isn't as big either
random steppe
Like, let's be honest, the main reason stray was big for us is that we live in a furry bubble
dire gate
BAFTA is always known for its unique picks. They picked Destiny in 2014. Edith Finch in 2017. Outer Wilds in 2019. Returnal in 2021.
fresh bane
Like I said if for whatever reason you wanna ignore big releases like God of War, Elden Ring, Horizon, Splatoon, etc then those are my choices for GOTY
All three of those are fantastic games
dire gate
None of them won any other major GOTY than BAFTA.
I'm not saying those games are bad or BAFTA is a bad award, but they really do make some
well
interesting picks
random steppe
I do think that in 5 years it will either be Elden Ring or Vampire survivor that shaped the videogame scene in a bigger way.
Which one it is I am not sure but I do think that VS as a pick is defensible for that reason
random steppe
Yeah it's possible it will not get as big as rogue likes did after Isaac
But it's a similar wave, at least initially
It's at least a fair guess
fresh bane
I don't mean to shit on Vampire Survivors at all but I really wouldn't put it next to Elden Ring when it comes to being influential
random steppe
I am very scared if ER ends up becoming influential
I am kinda over open world for... 5 years now
But maybe if they learn the ER lessons they can make good ones now
Still
I kinda want out of that genre, or at least see some games that aren't that
fresh bane
The two next 'big' games I can think of that will be open world are Stalker 2 and AC: Mirage but I bet there's a lot more
Suicide Squad will probably be open world and Gotham Knights was too
It's not gonna go away for a while
But there are definitely other games that aren't open world at all that were released too
random steppe
Open world has become the standard for a lot of series, especially I don't expect Ubisoft to stop
bleak lintel
Elden Ring open world is a step up from the Ubisoft style.
I wouldn't mind if more open worlds pulled towards it.
random steppe
Oh yeah, you know, they have actual exploration instead of a bunch of icons on the map that tells you what you will find before you get there
Exploration is my favourite thing in games and it was dead for so long because of Ubisoft style open world games
For a genre that on paper is all about exploring the land they were so committed at taking away any form of actual mistery from it
fresh bane
I fully expect AC Mirage to fail at this point, it seems that they're really really hoping it will be succesful
Between the Prince of Persia remake and the other game they're never gonna finish they're probably on their last leg at least it seems to me
random steppe
I think Mirage will be a success, for our whining they have a committed fanbase that love what they are making
Valhalla was a big success too
I mean, more power to them, I hate it but I am happy they like it.
All I want is that not every open world game to be exactly done like that forever
cedar badge
So uh, I died right as I did the killing blow (I had plenty of extra lives) but Apocalypse Illager kill done on default Apocalypse.
Easy 100 gamerscore lmfao.
Though a failed tower did get me a weapon that is level 113
It's a slower melee weapon but good lord is it OP.
I was uh, using it to cut down Redstone Golems after doing 1 arrow for speed sap lol.
And very quickly too.
Oops I forgot to have things in the Blacksmith.
For reference I got back into the game a little over a week ago after being on hiatus and was in the late level 30's before, having only beaten the main game coop with my roommate just before Christmas.
And because of playing missions above the recommended level solo I've gained tons of levels and am way way past his level now.
Oh...oh no.
I have seven hours less playtime but like 19k more mobs like, and like 141 more deaths, though some of those may have procced death barter when I had the stacked with lucky explorer.
gaunt marten
I fucking hate this game
The PC version has gamepad support, but the key prompts show keyboard keys
In the PS1 version, they correspond to Circle, X, Square and Triangle in this order (clockwise)
In the PC version, they correspond to Triangle, X, Square and Circle in a completely fucked up order
You see the numeric code for two seconds, and have to translate given this key https://i.imgur.com/Qk5wXpt.png
There's a mod to replace the keys with the proper PS1 equivalents, but it requires swapping the entire graphic engine.
Not worth it
It sounds simple. I just need to swap circle and triangle, but every time I look at the numbers I instinctively place triangle at 4 and circle at 1 where they belong.
static bluff
scarlet ibex
It sounds simple. I just need to swap circle and triangle, but every time I look...
all that for shunting trains?
raw kernel
I'm going to work on a coaster for a bit in AirCoaster, then go to work.
gaunt marten
all that for shunting trains?
It's a complicated train.
In the story, you have to jump on the train from another training, detach the train cars by inserting three sequential codes of four random keys (that change every five seconds)
Get any three codes right without getting caught and you detach the train. Then to keep everyone from finding out, you replace the wagon you want to steal with a mimic wagon, then reattach the train with three more codes.
dense crypt
Yo final fantasy 8
quiet swift
wind stump
blu blu
gaunt marten
thorny loom
Lol flitter.
river veldt
I LOVE MOUSHLEY
heady bridge
grim stirrup
gaunt marten
I kinda like the artstyle
grim stirrup
i was listing the ones i know+own+play(ed)
i've also heard good things about the other 3, so i might pick it up regardless
errant birch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8sIhr-z5I
this is an AMAZING april fools joke, holy crap
gaunt marten
I can't afford it but I'm interested in Nomad Survivors and maybe Bounty of One.
chilly mural
the #1032775170521313330 chat exploding
grim stirrup
i have 9 pounds left in my monthly random things budget
gaunt marten
Oh, I could afford Nomad Survival with the cards Ixrec gave me earlier (thanks again!)
Better wait for a sale though
I'm also interested in Swarm Grinder, releasing in two weeks
quiet swift
https://vxtwitter.com/OWCavalry/status/1641882745625366538 they should keep the googly eyes even past april first, imo