Thank you gabe.
#general gaming
thorny loom
gaunt marten
Oh, but that's just the demo system except it's now time limited
mossy flume
Itโs the Nintendo approach of giving you the whole game but time limiting it.
gaunt marten
Definitely easier than making a separate demo executable and everything
fresh bane
can't wait for people to speedrun the game using the free trial version
gray flower
somehow while playing CS:CZ a hostage got stuck in the ceiling lmaoo
also i made the image brighter to make it easier to see
static bluff
omg Command & Conquer remastered is only $3 USD
static bluff
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random steppe
Specifically the UK block was on the grounds of cloud gaming possible future monopoly.
If in their appeal they offer sufficient assurances about that, which I feel they are likely to be able to do, it's not likely to stand.
visual hill
can't wait for people to speedrun the game using the free trial version
games like Quake are finishable in 90 minutes by a skilled player without difficult speedrun strats
visual hill
I rarely bother playing through E2M1, instead I jump the window to go to the exit in 15 seconds
there are plenty of easy cuts in Quake through grenade/rocketjumps too
heady bridge
Specifically the UK block was on the grounds of cloud gaming possible future mon...
Not sure how they can do that since Stadia is pretty much dead now and Azure was powering Sonyโs cloud efforts in the future anyway. What competition is there? Nividiaโs GeForce Now?
random steppe
I mostly think those concerns were just pretty overblown, a good argument would probably be able to succeed.
Like "if cloud gaming is so good, why every company investing in it keep failing" and maybe sign an agreement that says that they will not bar future cloud gaming platforms from their games.
They are probably looking for assurances
quiet swift
They're failing because there's already one big dog in that area and it's hard to muscle in, and that big dog happens to be Microsoft 
The quality of cloud gaming isn't quite at a great level yet, but what is there, it seems M$ is one of if not the top player, and UK is concerned that with Acti's stuff, (COD especially since it's a highly played game) will give it even more of a dominance
random steppe
Nvidia is doing pretty okay at it, I feel like the other actors in the industry failed because they misjudged the demand in it by a big margin.
The reason Microsoft is succeeding is that they are boundling it with other stuff people want, not necessarily because their cloud gaming service has a high demand
Right now tho, if you want to prioritise cloud gaming you wouldn't go for microsoft, you'd go for Nvidia
The reason people don't is that there isn't a lot of people that want that kind of service that hard
At least that's my read of the current situation
I might be wrong
quiet swift
I think you're about right. The reason CMA is giving is more of a 10+ year in the future look at things. Compared to nvidia and other platforms, Microsoft has the money to be able to get things working, at least more easily than other companies might. And people would likely demand cloud gaming if they could get their hands on COD fairly easily, if performance could be good for it. As I understand it, they just see M$ as well placed for this, and the deal would make them even more well placed for it in the future
wind stump
random steppe
I think you're about right. The reason CMA is giving is more of a 10+ year in th...
That's definitely fair, but again, I feel like there is a decent chance that they could convince them with the right set of assurances.
Especially with the EU approving of it, they could feel some pressure in that direction.
It'll be interesting to see what they present in the appeal.
quiet swift
Yeah. I'm not on the CMA's side here, but that's how I understand the situation (or rather, how Bellular explained it 
)
random steppe
I do think their concerns are fair, Microsoft is well positioned in the cloud gaming side, but it's a bit far fetched to say that in 10 years they'll be able to corner the market when we don't even know if that market will exist, and what other technologies will come up to disrupt the scene.
And I get it, they are probably looking at the rise of Netflix as a blueprint of that situation.
wind stump
Nice.
slim thorn
I like the look of this
gaunt marten
#travle #152 (9/10) (0 hints)
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https://imois.in/games/travle
Today is San Marino to Greece
My guesses:
Hint (spoiler, but you'll need it): ||San Marino is surrounded from all sides by Italy.||
visual hill
The reason people don't is that there isn't a lot of people that want that kind ...
yeah, it feels like this a lot, there was some extra demand during the GPU shortage but I think it's back to a niche case now
even though GeForce Now is very good by the usual standards of cloud gaming, and it's one of the few services that pushes new standards forward (120 FPS, and now uncapped FPS)
fresh bane
Go buy it
Buy Signalis
Gift your friends a copy of Signalis
and then buy it again
quiet swift
sour hill
Buy me Signalis
river veldt
is it as good as Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom though
random steppe
No idea, didn't play Zelda
arctic fern
TotK is literally the best game ever made with no flaws whatsoever, so...
river veldt
so true
random steppe
lol
quiet swift
fresh bane
is it as good as Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom though
it's better
random steppe
lol
arctic fern
you cant be saying your actual opinion on the internet
random steppe
I mean I can confidently say that Signalis is a better survival horror game that Zelda:TOTK
quiet swift
dire gate
idk TotK has both survival and horror
arctic fern
i dunno... there are some pretty scary survival parts of TotK when you're out of weapons...
random steppe
The survival is my life if I start spending money on Nintendo stuff
arctic fern
lol
dire gate
The horror is DMCA from Nintendo
random steppe
lol
fresh bane
the guy who went to jail and has to pay child support to nintendo for the rest of his life is probably playing the most horrifying survival horror game then
river veldt
I mean I can confidently say that Signalis is a better survival horror game that...
those ||Malice arm blobs are pretty horrifying||
arctic fern
those legit scare the shit out of me, i have no idea how to kill them
random steppe
Signalis is so good, I need to stop thinking about it or I'll go back in the rabbit hole and dig through it for another 5 hours
river veldt
it's gay isn't it
random steppe
I would say very
Kinda
Hard to explain
It's robots but it's lady robots, so if that counts as gay for you
random steppe
I mean, I would get into it if you like psychological horror with older Resident Evil inspirations as for the gameplay
The gay is there, but it's not a main focus
river veldt
hmmm
fresh bane
It kind of is, in a way, but again, spoilers 
Only because || you're not meant to romance the robot ladies, especially the LSTR types, and it's part of the reason that leads to the downfall of that expedition || but it's not main main focus as in the entire story isn't about that, it's about far more
I still want to do another playthrough of Signalis and play it the ''correct'' way for the best ending
I still don't like the way the ending requirements are
random steppe
Only because || you're not meant to romance the robot ladies, especially the LST...
Not to get into the weeds, ||I'm not sure it's the reason of the downfall, we kinda learn that the expeditions routinely fail, they just send a bunch of ships around and most of them just fail and the occupants die because that world is a fucking nightmare.||
There is also definitely something to say about ||making robots based on human brain patterns and then deny their humanity by making people not have actual relationship with them, that whole government is an exercise in dehumanisation of their citizen so it's not a surprise.||
Basically I kinda think that ||with the society they were building, this is where it was heading inevitably, was this expedition or the next or some other type of psi-fueled type disaster, assuming it actually happened and it wasn't a dream||
dire gate
random steppe
Now I am thinking about it, fuck tonight I wont be able to sleep, I'll just think about Signalis
fresh bane
Well, it's not just arbitrary though || the robots' minds get messed up if they don't do certain things that calm them down or help their unique symptoms because apparently putting a human mind on a robot is a bad idea who would've known, and for Elster she pretty much neglected all those rules and she was exposed to movies, war movies specifically, paintings, dances, music, love, etc, I don't think it's about dehumanization since there are other robots that can totally do those things and there's even a specific 'class' of robots that love to sing and do music, although you could argue that's something that happened on a larger scale in that world, but for this specific case with the protagonist it was a reaaaally bad idea to do that ||
But it's been a bit since I played it and I only went through it once and complained that it was way too vague and I admittedly have awful concentration and memory retention skills so it was hard for me to figure out what was going on so I'll have to play it more to really grasp the full scope of the entire world and story
and even then there's intentional gaps everywhere
random steppe
Well, it's not just arbitrary though || the robots' minds get messed up if they ...
Yes, but think what you are reading when those instructions are given.
||Those are essentially humans minds, people react in predictable ways when exposed to certain stimuli and after replicating dozens of minds with the same patterns and memories, they put together instruction manuals as to how keep them compliant and productive with the least amount of necessary psychological support possible, by figuring out what kind of things you can't expose them if you want to keep them stable psychologically speaking.||
||It's not the fact that they are robots that make them malfunction, it's the fact that they are humans.||
That's the dehumanisation part
slim thorn
it is very hard to say anything about Signalis without getting wall-of-spoiler'd, even though no one actually understands it
anyway, play it because it's a great survival horror experience; these aspects of the story won't be clear for a long time if ever so they don't make for a great game pitch
wind stump
i keep getting Signalis mixed up with Voices of the Void so I'm tempted to post the anti alien alarm video
slim thorn
oh right, hc
please explain this: https://twitter.com/_miyann/status/1655225986622038017?s=20
wind stump
HHAHAHAHAHHA
So the character on the left (Qingque) fights using majhong tiles
and one of her idling animations is her stacking tiles into a pyramid only for it to collapse
and Kiryu is doing Kiryu Things
possibly while absolutely hammered
steals for banner
this is peak art
slim thorn
this is your plan for flying over the chasm?
slim thorn
welp, I died
gaunt marten
Should have made sure your golden chocobo was at a higher happiness score
thorny loom
wind stump
gaunt marten
Oh you're playing Boneraiser Minions!
static bluff
I know the two best players for that game in the WORLD for a certain category
gaunt marten
The game just got new minions to bone, I mean to raise
Magma Gargantuan, drops meteors that explode into lava pools. The lava slows you so it's annoying, but it deals unparalleled damage to enemies that stand still
wind stump
gaunt marten
That makes for three ultra minions each with an ultimate lifeform achievement
Brozilla is my favorite by far, but was made more difficult to acquire โ now you need three different big bro minions, instead of using any three
wind stump
thorny loom
Oh man guys.
Nfts are still totally in right https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-wants-to-sell-you-ezios-digital-soul-and-yes-its-an-nft/
slim thorn
I thought they were just being greedy idiots, but this has me worried the upper echelons of Ubisoft are running a cult like in the UAC
dense crypt
worshipping money and dated ideals instead of demons
sour hill
Name a cult that doesn't worship money
dire gate
Cult of the Lamb
fresh bane
Nfts are still totally in right https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-wants-to-sell-yo...
You can't convince me that this isn't something on the same level as the shit Abstergo would've done in-universe in Assassin's Creed
You'd think owning the physical cube with the figurine inside would be proof of ownership enough already
fresh bane
What's a smart collectible, I hear you ask? Why, it's your personally-customised digital soul, trapped forever in an undecaying acrylic prison.
there are fates worse than death...
slim thorn
...do they not realize how dystopian that sounds?
like, that is straight-up a UAC line
quiet swift
dense crypt
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/childrens-advertising-watchdog-takes-aim-at-roblox
a handgun pointed at a tank
restive dock
excuse me but I want to share this extremely detailed video. I haven't even played the game but I already feel connected to it after watching playthrough videos. I can't pinpoint the reason why until I watched this video essay.
uh, it's nothing about gender in my case, it's more like having a better understanding of self and overcoming psychological problems that feel connected to me
ahh I really can't express myself well like they did
also the video provides an in-depth analysis about the structure of the story and other literary(?) stuff
wind stump
The perfect mod doesn't ex-
static bluff
Amazing
wind stump
i need them cultists to say "MY POWER IS UNMATCHED"
and i'm too lazy to turn off Fast Mode anytime I fight a Cultist
static bluff
yes
thorny loom
thorny loom
Imagine gutting one of the main selling points of ow2
static bluff
good grief
dire gate
So it's now OW1 with 5 players?
thorny loom
Yep
static bluff
can they fix deathmatch then
thorny loom
Blizzard is just desperate to get the microsoft buyout done
Wow is pretty much the only thing being still supported before diablo 4 is out
dire gate
It's really not going to happen at least in like 10 years thanks to UK
thorny loom
It's really not going to happen at least in like 10 years thanks to UK
It will probably be sped up since the eu approved the deal
young creek
Hearthstone is still doing well i believe
thorny loom
The us still sued though so that remains to be seen
young creek
havent played for almost a year myself though
quiet swift
After a very quick glance at that article, they had a grand plan for PVE with a whole talent progression system and whatnot, and they're deciding that it's just not feasible to do. Instead it's being turned into "story missions" as per the roadmap
So there's still "Story" part of PVE, just no more progression system
young creek
yeah the talents and stuff was showed at blizzcon YEARS ago
dire gate
It will probably be sped up since the eu approved the deal
wdym sped up, UK CMA already just literally decided to deny the whole merger and Microsoft is filing legal appeal
green fulcrum
I thought that they said to go ahead with it?
quiet swift
Not quite, for both of you
Jay: that was a week or two ago. Within the last what, 48 hours? EU commission has approved it. and Microsoft will appeal CMA's decision and probably have to make concessions. Since EU and most other places are approving it (even if the US is suing, i believe it's easily solvable for microsoft), it puts pressure on the CMA to approve and gives M$ the upper hand
Very, very barebones explanation
dire gate
Jay: that was a week or two ago. Within the last what, 48 hours? EU commission h...
And CMA tweeted that they are standing with their own decision after EU's decision
quiet swift
Which will still be appealed by M$ so we'll see
dire gate
It is currently still quite unlikely that the deal will pass in UK
thorny loom
Will see im sure ms will come up with soem compromises
slim thorn
dire gate
I support the merger but also think it is pretty hard to make it happen at this point
thorny loom
dire gate
And CMA tweeted that they are standing with their own decision after EU's decisi...
This is what I was referring
btw
for context.
thorny loom
Yeah will just have to wait and see
green fulcrum
Apparently people are calling them out on this decision because they're allowing Sony to do whatever they please while saying they cannot allow Microsoft to make a merge.
So yeah, we'll see how this goes. Doesn't appear to be a very popular decision.
dire gate
It is obviously a controversial decision
Problem is that if they push their decision, there's nothing really MS can do against it
green fulcrum
Actually, there might be
The UK is not part of the EU. Microsoft might be able to use that in their argument.
wind stump
dense crypt
AMONG-
wind stump
i love how they chose like
the reddest red as well
mossy flume
Apparently people are calling them out on this decision because they're allowing...
Itโs worth noting that the stakes are higher with the Microsoft-Activision merge than the acquisitions that Sony has made. The scale is vastly larger.
slim thorn
they're all staring at me...
fresh bane
you smell like a dog
quiet swift
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fresh bane
also you can't tell from that angle but everytime Link picks up an animal he has a subtle smile whereas any other time he's either pissed off or has a more stoic stare
slim thorn
I tried to get a close up of his face but apparently this room doesn't really allow it, so this angle looked better
fresh bane
I love how he picks them up and I love how adorable the dogs are, just these chunky balls of fur
fresh bane
oh boy
when the princess says your full name you know it's over
also I think it's adorable how she slowly picks up on how to speak like Zidane & co
she's learning!
visual hill
Mann Tracer vs Machine
random steppe
Yeah, seems like OW is dead
visual hill
but yeah, that's too bad, I was looking forward to it
random steppe
That dropping was the only way I was playing it again at all, now the progression feels so unrewarding
rancid herald
my copy of tears finally came
sage raptor
also I think it's adorable how she slowly picks up on how to speak like Zidane &...
She's making a genuine attempt at speaking like a commoner so she can stay incognito 
green fulcrum
https://twitter.com/Thewhat89/status/1658546351288770560
They what?
What the absolute f*ck.
fresh bane
oh god, also I forgot to share these pure genuine reactions from Woolie and Reggie at reading these dialogues 
they super predicted what the kid was gonna say and were joking about the kid going ''Dad please come back to Mom stop gambling on cards!''
what a bizarre dialogue choice for a kid in a final fantasy game
green fulcrum
Where can you find these guys, Nire?
sage raptor
Looks like Treno
rugged flax
Don't fuck with Nintendo or anything they own, kids.
https://kotaku.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-pirate-rom-nintendo-comcast-1850441155
Their lawyers are watching. 
green fulcrum
And this is why I never pirate games. Even old ones.
slim thorn
woo, finally made it to the sky city
speaking of TotK, if I do decide to play it, is that something I can get from the e-shop in my Switch? or would I need to wait for a physical copy to ship?
slim thorn
cool
also, is it just me, or is this entire sky city level the ultimate final form of the "cuccos are smarter than you think and will kick your ass" joke
fresh bane
You mean the Oocca?
slim thorn
yeah
river veldt
OOCCA MENTIONED ๐๐๐
fresh bane
Well they did build all those fancy cannons and even that sky city, you do the math 
slim thorn
...some of them are walking on the walls
fresh bane
that's my favourite area in the game, and the inspiration for that entire area and the Oocca is my favourite fun fact
slim thorn
as long as it's not a spoiler, shoot
I only just realized they'll let me pick them up which feels very awkward now
fresh bane
It's not 100% confirmed that it is but many believe ''Another World'' by MC Escher was the inspiration for the creatures design and behavior, since you've already seen them walking on walls
river veldt
that's my favourite area in the game, and the inspiration for that entire area a...
๐๐๐ now im curious
OMG DUH
how did i not put that together
slim thorn
how have I never seen this Escher before
river veldt
it's a good one
slim thorn
I'm not sure the game wanted me to come down here 
fresh bane
slim thorn
so, when there's wind or water streams making me want to keep the iron boots on for a very long time, I found that spamming the jump attack moves me forward much faster than walking; is that just me getting impatient with the boots?
well that was anticlimactic
I got to the room where two armored lizard guys fight you, I started with a mis-timed jump so lizard and I both knocked each other back... and somehow both of them fell into the void, I don't even know what the second one was doing
mossy flume
Itโs always fun to manipulate them into doing that
Ah youโre in the sky temple
I hated that one the first time I did it
mossy flume
It's not 100% confirmed that it is but many believe ''Another World'' by MC Esch...
Oh I didnโt know this one. Thatโs cool
slim thorn
I'm still failing to remember seeing any of this before, so at this point I'm no longer confident I ever actually played this game
fresh bane
congratulations on doing what a lot of people wish they could do, doing a blind playthrough of a game you've already played
slim thorn
to be fair I do remember some of OoT so it's not that blind
TIL super reactions generate a desktop notification
sage raptor
oh whoops
visual hill
I'm replaying a game I touched a little when I was a kid, I had to look up a walkthrough rather quickly as I was lost in the exact same spot I was lost when I was 5 years old
sage raptor
I have never used one
river veldt
I got to the room where two armored lizard guys fight you, I started with a mis-...
"two armoured lizard guys-" THEY'RE CALLED LIZALFOS ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ
chilly mural
oh shit, super reactions generate a desktop notification? that's also new to me
visual hill
praise (nearly) all the Quake 2-derived games for implementing better particle systems ๐
slim thorn
I remembered the name lizalfos from somewhere but I thought that was the lightly armored ones, wasn't sure if it included these heavier ones
okay, what's this guy called?
hasty patio
Aeralfos
river veldt
Lizalfos but in the air
let me look on the Zelda Wiki
i will fact check myself
yeah it's a lizalfos
slim thorn
first try 
slim thorn
saved by the door animation
chilly mural
live markiplier reaction
fresh bane
I hope it's gonna be a good horror movie, I went to the cinema very recently to go watch Evil Dead Rise and it felt just like watching all those Conjuring movies again 
good concepts but mostly just the same loud noises jumpscare fest very formulaic type horror movies that I'm tired of
fresh bane
it's an extremely alright horror film
river veldt
have you seen the other Evil Dead movies?
fresh bane
I haven't no, I'd like to watch them some day
quiet swift
gaunt marten
<:ChillBar_sus:983778569811546112>
What is this garbage?
The 1 intangible potion is already the best potion in the game. It doesn't also need to double your damage
wind stump
The 1 intangible potion is already the best potion in the game. It doesn't also ...
Oh yeah, it's absolutely busted, it needs to be like
A Event-exclusive Potion or something
i just love the idea
slim thorn
remember when I said Twilight Princess felt like Ocarina of Time except also Okami?
yeah
wind stump
wind stump
Mod compatability? 
gaunt marten
Nice
wind stump
๐ MOD ๐ REVIEW!
Yorigami Sisters/Twin-Gods
Flavour: Exactly in character, spreading debuffs to foes and self alike, along with Gold-based mechanics in both gaining and losing, as portrayed in universe!
Mechanics: Fun and unique!
Balance: I haven't unlocked all of their cards/Relics yet but so far it feels a little bit weak. This might change as I get more familiar with the character and unlock the rest of their kit
Misc: Has fun dialogue in the Gensokyo mod, adds to the flavour and is a nice touch. There is an issue where examining cards can cause the game to crash, but that might be a different mod interfering
Mod rating: 4.9/5 โญ , highly recommended for Touhou fans and non-fans alike, an absolutely fantastic character all around
as you can tell i like this mod a bit
gaunt marten
I see
wind stump
https://twitter.com/harddrivemag/status/1658125512177328136?s=46
I knew immediately this was satire but honestly I want this
I would legit own that card IRL and just playy it if someone pissed me off enough
and then they pull out a counter suplex card and then we'd just laugh it off and go our seperate ways after i get suplex to the ground and exchanging "ggs"
gaunt marten
Just print one
wind stump
i am very caffinated rn if you couldn't tell 
In response to the criticism, Wizards of the Coast has reportedly canceled their planned follow-up to Tyrโs Bracelet, a four-paragraph Sorcery card named โNapalm Recipe.โ
LMAO
quiet swift
mossy flume
Blizzard just very quietly announced that all PvE plans for Overwatch 2 have been cancelled.
One might realize that PvE features were the primary justification for doing Overwatch 2 in the first place.
quiet swift
Aye it's been mentioned a few times in the channel already I think it's something along the line of "too big of a scope" or something of the sort, but yeah. Rather ridiculous
mossy flume
Pffft, yeah rightโฆ such a flimsy justification
More like โit doesnโt make as much money as weโd likeโ
See, I mightโve played OW2 if it had a PvE story mode. But thatโs not happening now.
unreal idol
I don't think I've ever seen a game with such a bumpy life quite like OW
thorny loom
See, I mightโve played OW2 if it had a PvE story mode. But thatโs not happening ...
Yeah blizzard basically just killed any hype left for ow2
I expect a massive player drop off the next few months
slim thorn
work's done, time for the Zant boss fight
sour hill
Sweet
wind stump
mechanics time
slim thorn
I was not expecting half the fight to be a literal temper tantrum 
this guy is the "random bullshit go!" meme incarnate
quiet swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjKr0bcvSxM would say more elden ring meets lost ark, rather than MH, but still... looks neat
random steppe
Not sure about it, there is something that doesn't convince me
Is this from the eastern markets?
It has potential but I'm having Black Desert vibes
thorny loom
Thats some long hair
quiet swift
Gen: oh, agreed. I didn't check the entire thing but I agree this has black desert vibes. Remains to be seen
Ah, yep. Korean
thorny loom
Ah, yep. Korean
Figures
river veldt
lol
gaunt marten
<:HanaOooh:621806250262265897>
You got brozilla!
proud warren
I misread that as protein and got super confused 
gaunt marten
Brozilla switches colors and has a unique effect for each color
My favorite are eggy bro and chesty bro,
wind stump
Didn't get to use him for long, but goddamn
gaunt marten
His eggy form straight up gives you three random low-tier minions
Making for great upgrade fodder
proud warren
"Big bruvvas"
quiet swift
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1658840637649633281 huh, interesting statement coming from Schreier. ANd unsurprisingly he's having to clarify/defend it in comments/replies
Twitter
(empathy towards the devs and the folk on the ground, not the C suite making 8 figures)
thorny loom
I blame the landscape and stakeholders for forcing live service down our throats
Only now is the landscape so oversaturated is the live service model starting to fail and die off
Its also telling how every major remake or single player game this year has been praised to high end while multiplayer games are getting horrible reviews and unfinished launches
bleak lintel
They stopped developing the live service part to work on PvE.
Current Blizzard doesn't value PvE that much and OW2 is already making money without it.
thorny loom
Well yeah thats activison for you
Literally started putting pay to win skins in cod warzone that give free scorestreaks in certain modes at the start if equipped
gaunt marten
It's true that maintaining a live service game is hard. I think they should stop doing it
thorny loom
Or make one major live service title and then use that to fund other projects
Epic does it with fortnite and blizzard can afford it with diablo 4, wow and warzone
bleak lintel
I think Jeff was the one pushing for pve and he's been gone for 2 years.
wind stump
Wonder how Jeff is doing
green fulcrum
I think he's doing quite well for himself, actually.
mossy flume
I blame the landscape and stakeholders for forcing live service down our throats
I am so tired of live service games.
We need AAA games that are just one and done packages.
Like TotK
And maybe the occasional expansion pack.
Well designed single player experiences sell and they sell hard, as demonstrated repeatedly.
Even correcting for brand recognition.
slim thorn
speaking of self-contained single player stuff
I feel like I still have half of this castle left to explore but I have the boss room key and nothing else so I guess it's ping pong of destiny time
thorny loom
I am so tired of live service games.
The only way it will change is if live services keep failing
So far only ea got the message with how bad anthem failed
slim thorn
sorry Ganon, but Link has the better fursona
slim thorn
it's addictive
green fulcrum
So far only ea got the message with how bad anthem failed
Which is f`cking hilarious, given how it's EA.
river veldt
idk
river veldt
pig Ganon is hot
wind stump
use the fishing rod on the last phase
river veldt
don't take that out of context
fresh bane
it's addictive
he's in
wind stump
pig Ganon is hot
river veldt
Ix what does that emoji mean ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
slim thorn
oh, right, now might be a good time to show my status screen so you can laugh at what side stuff I did or didn't do
wind stump
ayyy, magic armour
river veldt
is that the armour that makes you invincible but drains all your rupees and makes you walk slow
slim thorn
completely useless, but I bought it
wind stump
It was way better in Wind Waker
slim thorn
indeed, it ate >70 rupees in one hit so I immediately gave up on ever using it lol
wind stump
That and you're spending a shit ton of Rupees in WW's endgame anyway so a few hundred going missing isn't that bad
When activated, a magical barrier covers Link, protecting him from any damage. The Magic Armor slowly drains Link's Magic Meter while active.[3] In The Wind Waker HD, it consumes Rupees when Link is hit.
I didn't actually know they changed it in the remake
I think in HD it's a buff? Since it only drains on hit
In The Wind Waker, when Link is wearing the Hero's New Clothes during the Second Quest, the Magic Armor, when equipped, will still show the outline of Link's hat, indicating that the clothes are indeed real, yet invisible.
oh right for context
during the Second Quest in Wind Waker, instead of getting the typical Link garb, you get an invisible one and continue wearing your starting outfit throughout the game
i realise without context that might be a little weird. lol
gaunt marten
#travle #154 (8/11) (0 hints)
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https://imois.in/games/travle
Palestine to Cambodia. This one is fun because there's a ton of options
slim thorn
ok I am missing something critical for this pig fight
fresh bane
are you doing something wrong or something like that?
slim thorn
oh nvm found the qte
slim thorn
that was a very vague question lol
gaunt marten
My guesses:
fresh bane
to be fair I didn't know exactly what you had meant by missing something critical
slim thorn
hahaha, Ganon is so strong that his body naturally remains standing even after death
thorny loom
Stronk
wind stump
hahaha, Ganon is _so_ strong that his body naturally remains standing even after...
Did you use the fishing rod at the last phase?
slim thorn
nope
fresh bane
''what? say something. am I so beautiful you've no words left?''
slim thorn
I was surprised that the shield bash didn't work in the tennis fight, usually that's the move which does send it back at the enemy
I assume it's because the sword has special anti-evil stuff but the shield does not
chilly mural
||did you use the fishing rod?||
slim thorn
why am I the only one who doesn't know the fish strats
wind stump
it's a pretty fanmous easter egg
gaunt marten
You didn't buy the prima guide
slim thorn
''what? say something. am I so beautiful you've no words left?''
kirei sugite kotoba mo denai ka? 
fresh bane
''
''
wind stump
oh yeah Ixrec as an apology have this Aya
river veldt
>totk sells 10m in 3 days
>all western devs on sudoku watch
apparently that's more than TP sold during both of it's releases 
wind stump
imagine Aya telling you to pound sand because she has integrity
gaunt marten
The market is way bigger than in Twilight Princess days
dire gate
TotK "we sold 10m in 3 days"
Pokemon "finally a worthy opponent"
river veldt
it's still a lot
dire gate
Pokemon SV also sold 10m in 3 days.
fresh bane
hahaha, Ganon is _so_ strong that his body naturally remains standing even after...
also something I love about this Ganon is the fact that he uses the sword that was used for his execution as a weapon, he survived his own execution and took the murder weapon as a trophy
it doesn't get any more metal than that
dire gate
Nintendo Switch printing out some moneh
slim thorn
''what? say something. am I so beautiful you've no words left?''
considering it only gets used for a few minutes her true form design is pretty great
river veldt
i like it more than imp
gaunt marten
You take that back imp Midna is my wife
river veldt
im sorry that your wife is ugly
fresh bane
imp Midna isn't ugly
river veldt
yes i was exaggerating
i just don't think she's smoking hot-awooga-smacks self 3 times-humminah humminah-train whistle
green fulcrum
Imp Midna is cute and friend-shaped. 
gaunt marten
She's cute
river veldt
yeah
slim thorn
i just don't think she's smoking hot-awooga-smacks self 3 times-humminah hummina...
is this the part where everyone starts posting TotK Ganondorf art
river veldt
is this the part where everyone starts posting TotK Ganondorf art <:rdsnrk:58778...
i want him to injure me terribly
sorry that might be too horny
fresh bane
it's funny that imp Midna is a lot more... sultry? than 'real' Midna alongside being a lot more smug and the 'real' Midna while having a more attractive design acts completely differently, or at least more controlled and mature
dire gate
I am actually not too interested in "real midna" design
slim thorn
huh, the credits ended but it's not going back to the main menu; do I just have to manually quit?
oh no it just took over a minute to go to the menu
ok, I might wanna hunt more heart pieces later but that's the main story done
mossy flume
hahaha, Ganon is _so_ strong that his body naturally remains standing even after...
He can even keep talking after the master sword has been impaled into his skull, a-la Wind Waker.
wind stump
im sorry that your wife is ugly
don't worry, we're getting divorced
mossy flume
Ganondorf is just utterly OP
green fulcrum
I am actually not too interested in "real midna" design
The Imp Midna design is muuuuuch better, imo.
wind stump
Man
Rememebr Wind Waker Ganondorf?
mossy flume
WW Ganondorf was very good
gaunt marten
I never played Wind Waker because I hated the artstyle
wind stump
yeah he was kind of a dick but like
king of red lions tried to drown two children
thorny loom
Bl3 complete and destiny 2 beyond light for $12
dire gate
WW Ganondorf was such a gigachad
river veldt
sometimes i forget that the King of Red Lions is like an actual guy
green fulcrum
WW Ganondorf is peak imo
thorny loom
Also northguard and gen 0
river veldt
and not just a boat
thorny loom
Fun fact
gaunt marten
What a clown
thorny loom
Wind waker is one of few times ganon doesnt have a pig form boss
thorny loom
Same difference
unreal idol
Ganondorf is great. I wonder what he's up to
river veldt
my boy
gaunt marten
Playing dorf fortress
river veldt
this peace is what all true warriors strive for
unreal idol
river veldt
IS THIS THE WHOLE CUTSCENE
dire gate
Ganondork
unreal idol
Yes
unreal idol
My IRL friends are very cursed
thorny loom
These are the faces of evil
river veldt
i fucking hate how the wizard man is like "your sword is enough" and then that's just not fucking true you need a bunch of shit
dire gate
These are the faces of evil
More like feces of evil
river veldt
https://youtu.be/zPAo6mW3WYE
we don't talk about the Zelda cartoon
river veldt
honestly it's no wonder they haven't given Link a voice after these abominations
fresh bane
well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess 
dire gate
Excuse me, Princess
fresh bane
I want Link to speak in the same way they handled Samus speaking
fresh bane
the baby
sage raptor
Or narrating like in 3/4
mossy flume
sage raptor
Having Samus speak chozo was literally the best thing they could have done
mossy flume
The recent interviews with former Retro Studios devs who worked on the Prime trilogy offered a ton of insight into the differences between how the west views Samus and how Nintendo specifically views Samus as a character.
river veldt
the screaming during the final boss ๐
mossy flume
It also kinda explains how Other M ended up being the disaster that it is.
mossy flume
Yep!
fresh bane
across all dubs too
mossy flume
And the Chozo language is a functional language with a lot of Spanish inspiration
river veldt
The recent interviews with former Retro Studios devs who worked on the Prime tri...
oh?? what's the difference
fresh bane
the Samus scream and claw scene is still one of the most epic things I've seen come out of Metroid, it's super intense seeing Birdgil squirm in pain and Samus just has an iron grip on that mf, the scream is like hearing Goku go super saiyan
river veldt
Raven Beak is such a bastard man
mossy flume
oh?? what's the difference
Nintendo sees Samus as a character who should be motherly, caring, and a person who follows the rules. The west sees her as a badass who is a strong, iconic woman who has empathy and scars but is still strongly connected with her own humanity.
fresh bane
mossy flume
Retro Studios had a VERY hard time talking with Nintendo and understanding their demands
Because a lot of them didn't make sense
It took them months to realize that Nintendo doesn't know what a bounty hunter is.
thorny loom
And it took a game to kill the series for almost a decade before they got it right
mossy flume
The interviews go into great depth on these discussions
fresh bane
I already knew Nintendo was out of touch but holy hell
mossy flume
And they just.... explain so much.
fresh bane
I'm gonna need some links to these interviews
thorny loom
Remember star fox
And when they tried to innovate with the wii u it was so bad it killed the series
fresh bane
You have to be a special kind of out of touch to think of the bounty hunter as a caring mother type that follows the rules? That's just nonsensical
and the funny thing is that I can totally see samus being a motherly type with the little metroid from the second game, but not in the way they're describing
fresh bane
I totally got some motherly vibes from Samus when I finished the game and got the baby
mossy flume
Yeah and that's intentional and that's fine
The thing is that they went way too hard on it in Other M to the point of being insanely sexist.
fresh bane
well it is japan 
mossy flume
Damn, I can't find the specific video that showed the interviews and then elaborated more on them
I found the raw interviews, but the interviewer had specific comments after the fact
fresh bane
I'm still kind of not fully believing what you said just because it's such a bizarre and nonsensical way to look at Samus
I just can't believe anyone would look at Samus and go ''yep, that's a sweet motherly housewife allright''
mossy flume
They were just using the term wihtout really getting what it meant
They were using it to mean more like a space adventurer
So every time Retro pitched ideas where bounty hunting would be involved that would always get hard-rejected without explanation
dire gate
Well they didn't really care too much about bounty hunter from the beginning tbh
thorny loom
Tbf
dire gate
She is clearly a character came from Ellen Ripley afaik
mossy flume
Yeah this should be the video
thorny loom
Bounty hunter and mercenary are almost identical
mossy flume
She is clearly a character came from Ellen Ripley afaik
She is!
thorny loom
One hunts people the other is a soldier for hire
dire gate
They just needed a job for her
thorny loom
Janitor
mossy flume
Ripley was a direct inspiration.
dire gate
A job that would make sense
river veldt
Alien in general is in Metroid's DNA (pun not intended)
unreal idol
Pictured, Samus (bounty hunter) and her Metroid
river veldt
this might be a stretch but i feel without Alien, Metroid might not even exist
fresh bane
a lot of things wouldn't exist without Alien
fresh bane
I still wanna watch Cowboy Bebop
a shame that the live action was trash but we all literally saw it coming anyways
fresh bane
I mean it's considered to be literally one of the best animes to have ever existed ever alongside FMA so yeah I expect nothing less than at least pretty good
dire gate
B a n g
fresh bane
You know what's funny when I read 'bang' I think more of Chainsaw Man than I do Cowboy Bebop probably because I read Chainsaw Man recently
wind stump
Pictured, Samus (bounty hunter) and her Metroid
isn't this cowboy bebop
dire gate
Tank! is one of those anime musics which people may know without knowing that it comes from Anime
mossy flume
I'm not going to rewatch that 25 minute video and I can't find the bit I'm talking about in that when scrubbing it, so if it's not there let me know
But IIRC it's in that DYKG vid
mossy flume
Byt yeah it's the Kiwi Talkz interviews that it comes from and I'm not about to watch 4 hours of interviews to find it right now haha
fresh bane
I love a women that can just kill me
why... Why did you have to post that. It's too late now to delete it, now we just have to live with it....
chilly mural
I will find any reason to post super best friends on here, the two things that got me through highschool
FiM and super best friends
fresh bane
2snacks was my childhood
I only started seeing 2BFP around 2018 very late into the game
fresh bane
Pat and Mat are no longer friends...
unreal idol
I stopped when they shifted to clickbait thumbnails
river veldt
when did you stop?
uh, i stopped watching the daily uploads around 2019ish
i'll still watch older playthroughs
but like
fresh bane
I used to watch GG too, but then Arin got annoying, and Dan didn't really do anything, so I stopped
unreal idol
I like Dan a lot
river veldt
the OoT and MM playthroughs are such garbage lmao
chilly mural
uh, i stopped watching the daily uploads around 2019ish
damn, I remember me and @sage raptor stopped watching after jontron left
fresh bane
I like Dan's music
river veldt
same
unreal idol
It's because Arin is a moron that literally can't read and clings to really weird opinions on game design
fresh bane
I stopped watching GG and switched to the loving christian boys at Supermega who then introduced me to Oney and now I watch both
chilly mural
I've been watching OneyNG stuff since I found about newgrounds
unreal idol
Their SMRPG playthru was good though
And is testament to the games design that even someone like Arin can beat it
fresh bane
yeah I like the sleepy cabin gang, even if Tomar says some outrageous offensive stuff all the time and is a convicted felon on the run from the authorities he's still a lovable guy 
chilly mural
there is an amazing collab with the Sleepy cabin gang and super best friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42UQ00gJ0sA this is the one their bits in that video
fresh bane
never thought I'd hear Woolie's voice in a sleepycast episode
also, the other day I was catching up on Woolie's FF9 streams and I heard this song on the brb screen
https://youtu.be/QT3-T_-bMt4
and i just wanna recommend this guy's albums to anyone who enjoys Jet Set Radio and the music because it's 100% totally inspired by it and these albums slap
I'm looking forward to that Jet Set Radio inspired game we saw at that Nintendo thing recently
chilly mural
bomb rush cyber funk?
chilly mural
In Virtua Fighter 5, one of the characters has a roll that turns into an attack and does the sonic spindash noise when it becomes an attack
https://youtu.be/11-ZcDM5ta4?t=125
fresh bane
river veldt
i never watched Oney
or SuperMega
i did listen to the SuperMegaCast for a while though
fresh bane
They're both pretty funny, there's millions of Oneyplays compilations out there to watch, I think best of zach is the most popular one, we love that little goblinoid
the Supermega fan mail videos are pretty well done too
both have a super specific brand of humor that I'm sure a lot of people don't vibe with but it's hilarious to me
Oney can be a bit gross tho
river veldt
i think the only let's play channels i watch anymore are Jerma and Vinesauce Vinny
though im not sure they even count since they're streamers first and youtubers second
oh and Swimming Bird
fresh bane
yeah they're more streamers, Jerma hasn't done a youtube video in almost 10 years now I think
fresh bane
thorny loom
Guess jerma is about to be purged if he doesnt use that email anymore
dire gate
https://twitter.com/bitterk4t_exe/status/1658910148641923091
(Because I am not entering Zelda post until I actually clear it)
thorny loom
Since google is deactivating any gmail account not used in 2+ years starting this summer
fresh bane
Forgot to share this yesterday when I finished watching it but this is a super interesting video about probably the most interesting doom mod I've seen
https://youtu.be/5wAo54DHDY0
recommended watch, glad it's finally reached 1M views too 
river veldt
ye
watching it rn
ive seen a playthrough of the Wad before but whatevs
anything House of Leaves inspired is amazing to me
dire gate
That made me think of a horror game idea where the game access your webcam and take a picture of you room, make a 3d modeling out of it and use it for the game
dire gate
For sure it should ask for permission and have a default modeling if the user disagrees
But it would be more immersive if, for example, the ghost appears under the bed you actually sleep
fresh bane
''in lighter tone of modding''
the mod: Doomguy brutally murders Jerry Seinfeld
OH!
visual hill
Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series
gaunt marten
Since google is deactivating any gmail account not used in 2+ years starting thi...
They said they won't delete YouTube videos
But will delete YouTube accounts with none
wise frigate
Forgot there was a photo mode in terraria\
green fulcrum
That's a really cozy cabin. I love the crystal pylon. :)
sage raptor
Looks really nice
I like that the chimney is brick all the way up
Good attention to detail
wise frigate
debating on whether or not to have the brick overlap the wallpaper or vice versa in the attic
might change it later, dunno
my entire purpose for this MP server is building neat houses lol
This is the Ocean house
random steppe
Steam forums are a den of degeneracy, you rarely find what's actually useful except in the rare case the publisher or dev bother to put anyone posting and moderating there
You are better off getting to the game's subreddit
river veldt
i remember looking at Steam forums for FNAF news back in like 2014-2015
not 214
im not that old
visual hill
I was a bit surprised to see Ubisoft support representatives in the OG Far Cry and Trackmania United Forever Steam discussions in 2022
(these are pretty old games after all)
though a lot of the time, their answers were like "sorry, we can't do much, this is an old game"
rancid herald
this zelda game is kicking my ass
mossy flume
TotK, you mean?
rancid herald
yes
rancid herald
probably help if I stopped trying to defeat the ground with my face
mossy flume
Getting 5+ heart one-hit kills from scrub enemies is absolutely insane.
I don't understand what Nintendo is going for but this feels like a soulslike now
rancid herald
I can't remember if breath of the wild was this hard tbh
rancid herald
I remember fucking myself by killing a bunch of red goblin folk and then the goddamn blood moon turned them all into satan
river veldt
they absolutely did early game
mossy flume
Not 5+ hearts
rancid herald
they do when you accidentally buff them into black bokolins
mossy flume
Bokoblins would deal 2.5 hearts at worst in early game
fresh bane
I think it's fine, I appreciate the extra difficulty myself, in BOTW I never really found myself to be challenged by any encounter even the divine beast bosses, now I have to be careful and carefully think of my moves, I can't just be playing around, every hit counts
river veldt
this is actually a clever callback to Zelda II /j
fresh bane
Once I start upgrading and get much better armor I feel like encounters will start feeling easy again, there should be a lot of tools at your disposal to mitigate the difficulty but at the beginning it makes sense that it's gonna be a challenge
mossy flume
That's not really how... game difficulty curves are supposed to work
fresh bane
I never found an incentive to dodge or backflip and use the slow down attack rush thing back in BOTW but now I'm actively using it a lot more because I know how hard enemies can hit and it's legitimately useful to dish out damage quickly
fresh bane
That's not really how... game difficulty curves are supposed to work
how come? Hard at the beginning and usually gradually gets easier
mossy flume
You didn't? I was constantly doing that in BotW
fresh bane
I never felt like I ever needed to do it
mossy flume
But it doesn't even really work in this one, they've made Link less nimble
rancid herald
I keep thinking B is parry with shield when it's really put everything way
naturally, this is not working out so well for link
fresh bane
You can
mossy flume
I feel like I have to think of this as a soulslike and not a Zelda game for me to successfully navigate this game
river veldt
oh !
fresh bane
A game being challenging doesn't automatically make it a soulslike
rancid herald
my most frustrating part of this is that I feel like I want to look it up in a guide but I don't want spoilers
it's a fucking tension, I tell you what
mossy flume
No, I mean the mechanics of how it works is what ultimately contributes to me calling ti as such.
I'm extremely well aware that difficulty is not a meaningful factor.
river veldt
my most frustrating part of this is that I feel like I want to look it up in a g...
mood af
i see all these people on their like 2nd dungeon or whatever with a billion hearts. meanwhile im fucking around trying to get all the towers and making dumb stuff lol
fresh bane
The combat mechanics really aren't that different from BOTW outside of the new skills and the fuse mechanics, and I never felt like BOTW was like Souls or Elden Ring at all so I don't feel that comparison myself, this feels just like any other Zelda for me, just with a lot more options and more challenging
mossy flume
Enemy AI and movements are subtly atypical of traditional Zelda combat mechanics.
And yeah, it builds upon what BotW did
random steppe
To be fair, when I tried BOTW (by absolutely legal means) I got bored an hour past of the tutorial mostly because of the lack of difficulty so maybe it was a common complaint they recieved
rancid herald
I just want to be able to craft arrows okay?
mossy flume
Aye, the curve flattened out rather quickly in BotW and that was disappointing.
river veldt
you should be able to craft arrows out of rupees
fresh bane
To be fair, when I tried BOTW (by absolutely legal means) I got bored an hour pa...
Even the divine beast bosses in BOTW didn't feel challenging at all to me
mossy flume
It's the inverse of what you're supposed to do and I feel like Nintendo shouldn't be struggling with that.
river veldt
like in Zelda 1
rancid herald
BOTW was very flat
random steppe
Never got there, so I couldn't tell you about that
rancid herald
like difficulty and gameplay wise
river veldt
cause using the bow and arrow in Zelda 1 uses up rupees and so i always imagined it as like Link fashioning makeshift arrows out of a stick and rupees which are hard and pointy
mossy flume
There was a point where there was just no motivation to get the rest of the heart and stamina boosts because there was no practical purpose for doing so.
fresh bane
I feel like this is something that is hard to balance because there's gonna be people who like and dislike it, I myself like the new challenge because it makes combat more meaningful for me and less like a chore, I understand some people won't like it, but I'm assuming that armor and upgrades will mitigate the damage problem enough for the people who don't like it to be more comfortable
mossy flume
I never actually got to the second row of hearts in BotW
river veldt
i'm happy with both :3
rancid herald
I mean, I'm not saying I dislike it
I'm just a bit tired of dying every five seconds
river veldt
im a "holy shit two cakes" kinda guy
mossy flume
What Cinna said.
rancid herald
I'm dying every 5 seconds irl frankly, and that's a enough pentasecond interval death for me
random steppe
heavy breathing
mossy flume
Dying in scenarios where you definitely shouldn't be dying is getting into "fuck you" territory.
What feels rather un-Nintendo-like.
rancid herald
well, I mean, nintendo hard is a thing
mossy flume
I expect the "fuck you" mode to be the Master Mode or a challenge dungeon.
rancid herald
I'm just kind of surprised at times
mossy flume
Not the tutorial.
random steppe
I'm lucky that Survivor is playable at the moment, otherwise I'd be envious
fresh bane
I mean I got tired of dying more times on the first camp in TOTK than I did in like 50 hours in BOTW but to be fair I did go into a camp with only 3 hears and a stick, I'm still way too early into the game to be complaining about difficulty myself because this is a very open game and I'm at level 1 basically, so it's hard for me to say, I did get tired of dying all the time but to complain that I died of an explosion when I only have 3 hearts... what else could I expect?
random steppe
I've seen a few youtube videos and twitter stuff, really nice that it has so much outlet for creativity
mossy flume
Powered aircraft in Zelda feels so weird
river veldt
i havent found any control sticks yet
mossy flume
And power cells
random steppe
I have no creativity to speak of, so I feel like the whole system would be wasted on me tho
rancid herald
I wish you could gum ball them back up
rancid herald
come on nintendo, do a cross promo with pokemon
river veldt
and bolts
rancid herald
pokeballs
random steppe
I'm kinda excited because you bet that a bunch of games now are gonna absolutely copy that system going forward
mossy flume
Lucario, go beat the shit out of Ganondorf.
river veldt
probably Gen lol
rancid herald
"portable pot, I chose you"
random steppe
Elden Ring 2, now with contraptions
river veldt
omg
rancid herald
but yeah
rancid herald
stuff like this is what I'd like to look up in a guide but
river veldt
the whatchamacallit
river veldt
Nintendo be like: put that twink in situations
rancid herald
I'm glad ||what's her name stopped by a child because that was just very weird||
river veldt
||oh Purah?||
rancid herald
yeah
rancid herald
anyway, pretty fun I guess
white phoenix
rancid herald
The UK gets to not buy Overwatch 3, which promises a PvE mode for real this time we promise no foolin
fresh bane
''well, at least if OW2 fails we'll still have OW1''
''about that''
proud warren
Over Watch 3 before TF3 
river veldt
i dont want TF3
i only want the Mercs forever
if they tried replacing them with any characters i would explode and die
proud warren
valve really can't count to 3, huh?
fresh bane
That's funny considering TF2 replaced TF Classic's mercs
proud warren
comics did
river veldt
true !!!!!!
fresh bane
Enough people that they showed up in the comics apparently
random steppe
I did say might be lol
I listend to it, all he said was literally "Let's wait for it all to play out"
river veldt
didn't uh
random steppe
That headline is definitely overblown
fresh bane
Both
random steppe
The UK gets to not buy Overwatch 3, which promises a PvE mode for real this time...
I feel like if the UK doesn't get COD people will be fucking mad.
fresh bane
good /s
random steppe
Plus a few balding millenials might join up because they had to give up their WoW addiction of 15 years
fresh bane
that is if they didn't stop playing already because 'the game is shitty now'
although I guess if you have an addiction you keep playing even if you hate the game
that happened to me with League
random steppe
Last expansion was well recieved so they'd be playing now regardless, probably
Even tho, in pure blizzard fashion, they were already able to fuck it up with a recent controversy
mossy flume
Ahhh. Looks like the God of War director is doing it again. He spent time shitting on Metroid Dread at length when that came out, now he's shitting on Tears of the Kingdom.
mossy flume
The director of the new ones.
random steppe
I mean, his tweet wasn't necessarily wrong, the screenshot he posted did look pretty bad.
river veldt
Cory Balrog?
mossy flume
He went on a whole rant about how he didn't understand how anyone liked Metroid Dread or how it was selling because he didn't understand how the the gameplay worked and now he's saying TotK looks ancient and terrible.
random steppe
He also said it is a great game
mossy flume
Fair enough
random steppe
He had some problems with the visuals in certain places I assume
fresh bane
Cory Balrog?
David Jaffe
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I have an external perspective, not playing Zelda and not really interested in it, most of the screenshot I've seen looks good but I don't actually know
mossy flume
It looks rather good for a Switch game.
fresh bane
I remember him even getting into a super petty pathetic argument with a streamer I watch and constantly asking him to come to his stream and ''debate'' with him live and even was livestreaming the whole thing, he seriously sounds like a loser and if he's shitting on TOTK now then I don't really care about anything he says
mossy flume
I'm actually kinda impressed because they managed to get to an acceptable level of antialiasing, something that the Switch has universally struggled with.
mossy flume
I remember him even getting into a super petty pathetic argument with a streamer...
Yeah, the whole tirade he did about Metroid Dread made me lose any respect I had for him as a creative professional.
river veldt
idk i don't really care about visuals unless they're distractingly bad, and i haven't run into anything that looks bad in TotK ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
random steppe
This is the tweet
I gotta admit, if I only saw that screenshot I would have trouble understanding while people really like this came aesthetically: https://vxtwitter.com/davidscottjaffe/status/1656914015237574657
river veldt
i don't see anything wrong here am i blind
mossy flume
Does he mean the repeating water texture?
random steppe
So he has a point, even tho it does seem to look a lot better than this in most of the shots I've seen
random steppe
In general it looks a bit flat
Identical trees in the background
It doesn't look an especially high value production from that screenshot alone
fresh bane
People don't care because it's running on a fucking calculator compared to modern consoles
the fact that the game runs at all on the Switch is a miracle
river veldt
how is there not a calculator emoji
mossy flume
Incidentally, Pokรฉmon fans are rather salty about how good TotK looks.
fresh bane
and that it looks that good at the same time? It's not God of War Ragnarok or TLOU2 levels of insane visual fidelity but BOTW and TOTK can look gorgeous
mossy flume
And to be fair the Pokemon fanbase is right.
The Switch is terrible, yes, but Game Freak can absolutely do better than that.
fresh bane
I definitely would love to see a Zelda game with even better visuals don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I want to just settle and accomodate for this, but to start compaining now about Zelda's visuals on the Switch just seems disingenuous to me
random steppe
It's pretty clear that they kind of capped what the Switch can do hardware wise at this point, hopefully the next Zelda will be on new hardware
fresh bane
For someone who works on the industry I would assume he'd know better than to criticise TOTK for the visuals when he should know the Switch isn't that powerful
mossy flume
It's running nine year old hardware, ffs
random steppe
Now let's hope they don't do a flop console, they tend do alternate successes with...less than successes.
Please call it Switch 2, and not Switch U, that'd be a start
mossy flume
For someone who works on the industry I would assume he'd know better than to cr...
Right. It's a tablet from 2014 at its core and that's the limitation you'll have and should expect.
fresh bane
The Switch was a massive success, Nintendo has no excuses not to develop a more powerful console, even if it's handheld, it will be seriously disappointing and such a disservice to their future games and IPs if the next console isn't a significant improvement over the Switch, seriously
static bluff
...I completed it. I completed my dyson sphere. I really want to share it.
mossy flume
Share it
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I never got that far in DSP so I want to see it
mossy flume
Your sphere design is probably better than mine haha
mossy flume
Please call it Switch 2, and not Switch U, that'd be a start
Or just a different brand altogether
Even if it is 100% backwards-compatible with Switch games (which it needs to be)
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At any rate something the human mind can comprehend
mossy flume
Introducing the Nintendo Flip. We heard you like foldable phones. How does (another) foldable console sound, but this time it's a foldable screen?
fresh bane
Preferably they wouldn't call it the Switch at all but knowing Nintendo they probably will
fresh bane
Introducing the Nintendo Flip. We heard you like foldable phones. How does (anot...
''It really does fold!!''
crack
random steppe
Switch 2 would be smart I feel, it has strong brand recongition, this console was a huge success, unless they are making something completely different they should go with that IMO
static bluff
@rancid herald @quiet swift @minor gorge, @untold vigil, MA (I know you're already here), and other Dyson Sphere Program fans, check it out! My sphere! 66 hours of work. 15,820 structures. More sails than I can count. All for this!
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Fucking lol at the name, I love it
mossy flume
Excellent
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river veldt
i dont get it but it's epic ๐
rancid herald
nice
static bluff
Fucking lol at the name, I love it
My brain couldn't figure out how to make an S for the longest time. Like, I had to take pen and paper to it and graph it out. Then, I spelled it " ONSOA" so I had to start over 
random steppe
static bluff
Also from the home planet it often looks upside down 
minor gorge
Still impressive. 
static bluff
Thank you!
static bluff
Yes however the majority of my base isn't there
random steppe
Oh, makes sense
You made the base on the wrong hemisphere, before knowing where the big sign would be
minor gorge
Is nice seeing industry. 
static bluff
One last screenshot because it summarizes the whole story 
hasty patio
One day I'll get it.
minor gorge
icy crescent
https://twitter.com/deadbydaylight/status/1658850169218015234?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYy...
oh shieee