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#general gaming
mossy flume
minor gorge
It is a fun one.
thick mural
ooh, this looks worst than anything i've seen in BotW…
though BotW is an amazing game visually, so it's a shame that ToTK looks a little worst. but then, i've been trying to avoid spoilers, so i hope it's not as bad in other zones
heady bridge
TotK has odd areas that look worse than others…. but isn’t that true of virtually every open world game? Plus the main reason this and BotW look and run so much better than anything Game Freak has put out is because Zelda has Monolith Soft helping out, arguably the most technically adept studio Nintendo has.
This was the studio that managed to get something close to open world running on the OG Wii after all
rancid herald
okay, that's just unfair
I defeat a monster camp, decide to use their fire to rest until morning
Blood moon and I wake up in the middle of a monster camp
heady bridge
The thing that amuses me is TotK actually uses a different game engine to BotW. BotW seems to be based loosely on something like Xenoblade Chronicles X while TotK uses the same engine that Switch Sports and Splatoon 3 uses.
thick mural
interesting
thick mural
I defeat a monster camp, decide to use their fire to rest until morning
Blood m...
i also had a blood moon which battling a monster camp, but i knew it was coming because i kept deferring it to the next midnight by being in a shrine at midnight
it was pretty fun actually
thick mural
TotK has odd areas that look worse than others…. but isn’t that true of virtuall...
that's true
light gate
So that was something...
sage raptor
oh nice, myhouse. I watched that power pak video last night
looks super duper cool
I love browsing RE4 mods
thick mural
So that was something...
this map? https://www.doomworld.com/vb/thread/134292
i think i do remember reading about it
light gate
Yep
visual hill
The thing that amuses me is TotK actually uses a different game engine to BotW. ...
ToTK uses FSR 1.0 (like Switch Sports), which might make it the most sold game to feature FSR in the long run, especially on console. Time will tell 🙂
but yeah, I don't know any open world game that looks good under every circumstance
in general, you should be prepared for open world games to age less well visually than their closed-world contemporaries
GTA V can look pretty meh by today's standards in some areas, something I wouldn't have said in 2015 🙂
wind stump
No Joon, Eientei is not the American- joke removed
thorny loom
They must be desperate to get people to buy stuff if their offering points with purchases that can buy more games
quiet swift
Speaking of free, look who's back
visual hill
no director's cut though 😦
visual hill
yeah it's cheaper than the game would cost you on Steam sale
fresh bane
Speaking of free, look who's back
Oh man I actually have been really wanting to play Death Stranding for a while
what's new on the director's cut?
random steppe
Some extra side missions that provide lore, and some new gadgets
fresh bane
hmmmm I guess I'll try out the vanilla version first
random steppe
I think it's worth the 5 bucks personally, having played both
You can also easly transfer the save between the two which is nice if you want to pick it up later
fresh bane
Oh apparently I had already snatched Death Stranding for free before? It's already in my library 
It probably is but I might want to at least try out the vanilla version and see if things work correctly before that
quiet swift
Well you have 6 days to decide, I think 😛
untold vigil
i guess I'll snag it
weak river
Now that is a deal and a half.
gaunt marten
It's good now but only because Bethesda stopped discounting their games
Back in the day you could buy the same set of games for about twenty dollars
thorny loom
Nowadays you have to get them off key selling websites for any discounts or major steam sales
quiet swift
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/MetroFranchise ah, it's up now. Last light complete edition
white phoenix
some nice deals here, thanks guys
thorny loom
visual hill
I forgot there was even a SS2 re-release planned
thorny loom
The first one remake still needs to he released lol
visual hill
I set up a modded version recently, but I had to run it on Windows as it failed to even start on Linux via WINE for some reason
(Thief with TFix works great via Proton in comparison)
green fulcrum
Firmament has launched, and it's got a 10% discount for the first week if anyone's interested. So far the reviews are mixed, but it's mainly because the VR support isn't so great and is in desperate need for optimization. So far though, standard playing seems to be enjoyable for most players (aside from the occasional animation or shadow glitch), and the puzzles seem to be fun.
Personally, I'd wait a few days just to be safe though. https://store.steampowered.com/app/754890/Firmament/
slim thorn
I'm not in the right mood for another Myst/Quern/Obduction right now anyway
haven't even gotten to Jedi Survivor yet
green fulcrum
I've been looking forward to Firmament, I'd just need to find the time for it. 
slim thorn
I feel like I just finished Obduction even though I'm pretty sure that was several months ago
these games take a lot out of you
slim thorn
I wish I could forget that and try it again legit
green fulcrum
Riven was and still is THE puzzle game. The pinnacle. The ultimate.
None have ever come close.
I cannot wait for the remake.
slim thorn
the irony being I remember it too well to ever replay it
light gate
“Thank god you’ve returned, I need your help…”
quiet swift
the irony being I remember it too well to ever replay it
That's me and grim fandango. Love the game to bits, still consider it my favorite of all time... but I know every nook and cranny of it
So i need to wait like a decade to replay it
slim thorn
there's probably large parts of Riven I could replay, but a few of the hardest puzzles I still remember the solution to, especially the ||fire marble press||, so overall it'd be kinda pointless
river veldt
i remember most solutions to Portal 1 and 2 puzzles but still replay those a ton
green fulcrum
“Thank god you’ve returned, I need your help…”
The cry for help that eventually created many more cries for help. 
robust latch
WOOOO Firmament is out. shame I have a full day of work and TOTK to play before I can get to playing it
sage raptor
Firmament looks sick. I love Cyan. I cannot wait for the Riven remake. It's my fave of theirs.
robust latch
yeah i have always loved cyans games
i love puzzle adventure games
while i really want to play it i think TOTK comes 1st since ive already started that
visual hill
I don't get it
sage raptor
Building cars was the main gimmick of nuts and bolts, and it was hated by pretty much everybody
Including me
green fulcrum
Nuts & Bolts was, in the words of JonTron, "a sin, a true sin against the entire gaming community".
chilly mural
They ruined a lot of other stuff too
river veldt
Nuts & Bolts was an affront to nature
like
the artstyle and shit is there, you could have easily made Banjo Threeie but instead they made this abomination
green fulcrum
It actually started as Banjo-Threeie
sage raptor
Fellas, is Banjo Kazooie a metroidvania?
green fulcrum
Then they made the car gimmick because, in the words of the game itself, "gamers only want to shoot things, so let's make it so that they build things instead".
river veldt
Then they made the car gimmick because, in the words of the game itself, "gamers...
NO WE DONT WE WANT TO GO ON A FUN COLLECTATHON PLATFORMING ADVENTURE WITH KAZOOIE AND HER BOYFRIEND
chilly mural
Fellas, is Banjo Kazooie a metroidvania?
I want to say so because putting things into categories is funny
sage raptor
I think it is, actually
You explore to find power ups and keys that let you explore some more.
chilly mural
Like stop ‘n’ swap
river veldt
what is Rare even doing these days
sage raptor
Sea of Theives season 9
river veldt
is Sea of Thieves good
sage raptor
I haven't played it 
green fulcrum
I've heard it's utterly fantastic with friends, and especially with drunk or high friends.
It certainly isn't bad, it's just very silly and goofy.
random steppe
Regardless of Sea of Thieves quality, it's kind of sad that we get all of those legenday development houses forever chained to making a liveservice game forever and ever now.
minor gorge
I saw gameplay videos of it. I found it fun.
random steppe
Unironically, happy that Anthem and Redfall flopped so maybe we wont lose Arcane and Bioware to that as well
Not to say you can't make a liveservice and also develop other games on the side, but I do feel that's pretty rare
mossy flume
is Sea of Thieves good
I think so, yeah. It’s pretty fun.
mossy flume
I've heard it's utterly fantastic with friends, and *especially* with drunk or h...
Yep, I can confirm it’s very good for that.
It’s exactly the sort of fun multiplayer experience that you play with either well coordinated friends or super silly friends
chilly mural
Sad that Toys for Bob is stuck in the call of duty minepits
river veldt
Unironically, happy that Anthem and Redfall flopped so maybe we wont lose Arcane...
i remember my high school friends being really excited for Anthem and then like a week after it came out i never heard about it again 
green fulcrum
Sad that Toys for Bob is stuck in the call of duty minepits
I'd LOVE to see them make a new Spyro game once they get out of the pit of despair.
river veldt
sage raptor
better have a reef blower in it
heady bridge
what is Rare even doing these days
Beyond Sea of Thieves they are supposed to be working on a new title called Everwild but beyond the odd trailer that tells us nothing it’s been in development hell for a while. Not exactly a great sign when Rare themselves admitted they weren’t even sure what Everwild even is as a type of game or concept.
quiet swift
arctic fern
umbral zinc
who's watching the csgo major
wind stump
i'm dying rn
slim thorn
these are some vintage memes
quiet swift
wind stump
... okay i just noticed that Cirno is sitting on a plastic chair
she pulls a WoW reference with the name and a DMC with the art
dense crypt
churro
thorny loom
thorny loom
Why does this matter?
Microsoft has stated that they’ll “wait and see” but they have not ruled out making a branch solely for the uk to maintain their current games and just skip out on releasing new ones their if they dont approve it.
gaunt marten
That makes sense
green fulcrum
I knew that was gonna happen, lol
thorny loom
The amount of money from the us china and EU would make up any lost revenue
green fulcrum
The UK really doesn't have any amount of stopping power here against them. They're not in the EU, and they're isolated from everyone else.
thorny loom
Really at this point were just waiting to see what the US says
mossy flume
The UK may ultimately change its position, but who knows how that will play out.
green fulcrum
I thought the US is behind it?
thorny loom
The UK may ultimately change its position, but who knows how that will play out.
It likely will their own government officials told the agency to reconsider the economic consequences
thorny loom
I thought the US is behind it?
The ftc sued to stop the deal citing monopoly concerns
If they can alleviate said concerns the us will approve it.
mossy flume
According to Wikipedia, the FTC rejected it as of late 2022
But that could change
Still up in the air
dire gate
Yeah it would be a gamechanger either way FTC decides
If they approve the merger, there will then be a reasonably high chance it will happen
If they keep rejecting it, it will be very hard to actually push
fickle garnet
The next Mortal Kombat game has a trailer
Not gonna post it tho cuz its extremely violent
fickle garnet
Yeah
thorny loom
white phoenix
Big 1+ hour Playstation showcase on wednesday
likely going to be news on spider man, tlou factions, new first party games
also some talk on mgs remakes 👀
thorny loom
I just want a bloodborne pc port
white phoenix
everytime someone asks for a pc port of bloodborne, the release date is set back by a week
quiet swift
Screw bloodborne, i just want forbidden west on pc 
thorny loom
I need to finish zero dawn first
white phoenix
xbox is going to be on june 11
the one thing I'm looking for there is the rumored persona 3 remake that is said to be announced there
I can only hope
light gate
The UK may ultimately change its position, but who knows how that will play out.
They've doubled down a while ago. https://twitter.com/CMAgovUK/status/1658131200181952516?s=20
fresh bane
Oh damn they're mad mad
light gate
Honestly I'm shocked the CMA had a bright moment.
Well, that's because they're right in this case. This acquisition only benefits Microsoft in the long run, while the ten year clause is nice... you're losing a lot of IPs that could go to other platforms.
The ideal thing is that Activision continues to operate by themselves, even if that means more controversy. Because if MS acquires it, Tony Hawk, Spyro, Call of Duty, Blizzard... many IPs will get consolidated for one company who will pretty much lock it into their ecosystem after their ten year promise.
Does it give time? Sure. But this isn't about time, its about IPs getting locked behind a company. I mean, wouldn't be nice to get more Rare™️ games? Instead they're milking Sea of Thieves. MS is just incompetent with their Xbox Division ever since the Xbox One incident occurred.
dire gate
light gate
Forza is pretty much the only thing I care so far about Xbox, Halo Infinite fell flat but was an okay game, then you have Gears of War which is MIA after getting mobile'd. You have Age of Empires which seems to be the only one bright bulb in the building, and of course Ori but that was because they were acquired after the success of Ori.
dire gate
I think “Microsoft is bad at handling games” is not a good logic to block the merger, but I understand the concerns about the monopoly
dire gate
It can be a reason for gamers to not welcome it, but cannot be a legal reason to block it
thorny loom
light gate
It can be a reason for gamers to not welcome it, but cannot be a legal reason to...
Not talking legally.
Just in general.
dire gate
Well you were saying CMA made a good decision. “Just in general” can’t go after that
light gate
Oh alright, I guess I can't express the many reasons why point A shouldn't.
Regardless, its a dead horse at this point.
dire gate
Meanwhile I wonder what would the discussion be if CoD was not a thing
Because Blizzard is like, not really relevant with consoles
I feel like the whole thing is basically "can we allow MS to own CoD"
fresh bane
Didn't Microsoft say they wouldn't really change much with COD? Seems like that was the only significant thing that they cared about when this whole thing started happening, so they wouldn't block COD from going to Playstation or something
random steppe
Well, that's because they're right in this case. This acquisition only benefits ...
To be clear
This acquisition only benefits Microsoft in the long run
Obviously an aquisition is going to benefit Microsoft, why would they be trying to do it otherwise.
The question isn't if it's benefitting Microsoft, the question is if it's conferring an unfair advantage to the point that is should be stopped.
light gate
Why are people treating this as a great thing?
thorny loom
Mostly on the hope that Microsoft will do something with the various ips activision has besides call of duty
The have the studios for it
gaunt marten
I definitely think of Microsoft as more consumer-friendly than Activision so the acquisition is worrying but I'm still optimistic
random steppe
Yeah, I think the argument of the people seeing it as positive, is that Blizzard is scariping the bottom of the barrel as far as being anticonsumer in recent years, and they are hoping that being under new managment might mean a reversal of those pratices
Which might or might not be the case
But that's the argument
At worse Blizzard keep being shit, there isn't really much lower they can go anyway
quiet swift
People mostly want Kotick to be out as there's definitely a fair bit of evidence that he has had his hand directly on some design decisions for Blizz games
random steppe
I don't think people actually care about Kotick
quiet swift
Not to say that it's not something they'd continue now (battle passes, etc, as it seems to be industry standard) but perhaps less so than presently
random steppe
Kotick has been there for a long time but people didn't care as much until the games were bad
It's the effect on the games that people lament
quiet swift
Yes and no? I mean, it's fact that he and the C suite are the ones pushing towards increased monetization levels. On a different note, he's also the one who directed that Overwatch league should be in the design of NFL teams and whatnot with the buy-ins and whatnot, and less how teams are formed in e-sports (like say LoL and so on). A lot of which can be directly pointed at for the failures of the league itself. And games also started to be shit because of so much focus on COD meaning Blizz didn't always get enough people to do what they wanted, or at least at the pace of release that the C suite wanted. Kotick directed blizz to have faster releases, and we had several years of shit (BFA, Shadowlands, etc) as a result.
And the drop of Heroes of the Storm, Starcraft, stuff like that. The Xbox lead (Phil?) has said how he'd want to see more Starcraft - those are words you'd never hear from Kotick, for example.
light gate
"I definitely think of Microsoft as more consumer-friendly" is something I never expected to read.
I've tried to type the reasons why its a bad idea for like five minutes straight but I can't formulate without sounding extremely biased.
I guess I just know that MS is incompetent after using their products for many years. I don't want to go into a further rant so I'll probably stop after here. Regardless I'm sure you think there are some good results that this could occur, and sure there might be some. I just believe that in the long run, it'll come and bite us in the back.
Anyway, update your Minecraft Legacy account to MS account reminder. Or you'll permanently be banished from playing without having to rebuy a license.
quiet swift
Tl;dr: as games became more shit and predatory, Bobby's hand on it became increasingly visible and people want him out. I dunno how you say "people don't care about kotick". Fair amount of other places i've browsed always have a hateboner for him
wind stump
slim thorn
the only reason I recognize the name Kotick is because of how much people talk up this guy's awfulness
light gate
Tl;dr: as games became more shit and predatory, Bobby's hand on it became increa...
I mean it was Microsoft who introduced us to the world of Micro-transactions with their Xbox 360. Bethesda just kinda made that horse armor dlc and Activision was like "huh... maybe we can go further".
slim thorn
I've never followed this in any detail since it's not like I can influence any of it and most of the affected games aren't my thing anyway
quiet swift
"I definitely think of Microsoft as more consumer-friendly" is something I never...
You're not wrong. Bellular did a recent video on Redfall which kinda is on point here. There's a certain level of mismanaging games, Halo Infinite for example fell flat for being released too early and not supported well enough after release. Redfall suffered from Microsoft being TOO hands off after acquiring Zenimax stuff and letting the studio do their things, leading to management of Redfall just making a shitshow of everything
(internal? or mock-reviews were showing double digit higher scores than what the game got. THis was brought to Microsoft leadership, which let them keep working.... real reviews on the other hand... hoo boy)
slim thorn
Microsoft is also such a massive company their track record has tons of good and bad, it's hard to predict how any single future project will go without far deeper knowledge than I have
light gate
You're not wrong. Bellular did a recent video on Redfall which kinda is on point...
Redfall is a little unique though, Arkane has had big problems ever since Prey was completed.
random steppe
Microsoft is on average, relatively consumer friendly in the gaming industry
Now that's a very low bar, but it's also true
light gate
Microsoft is also such a massive company their track record has tons of good and...
Well maybe they should down-size
slim thorn
well, won't dispute that
river veldt
the crow of judgement
random steppe
Especially compared to fucking Blizzard
quiet swift
I've never followed this in any detail since it's not like I can influence any o...
The awfulness is real. All the harassment stuff aside, he's also tried to change the narrative on some games by wanting to buy PCgamer out, oh and also is on record of making a threat of having someone killed
quiet swift
the crow of judgement
river veldt
i love this crow
slim thorn
ok that is somehow worse than what I had heard 
quiet swift
He's wonderful
quiet swift
ok that is somehow worse than what I had heard <:ponee:925951532585861150>
Oh he's definitely in the "MONEY NOW GIMME ALL THE MONEY MAKE ME ALL THE MONEY PLEASE", but there's worse, yes
random steppe
At any rate, the reason I say people don't care about Kotick is that I'm pretty sure none would even know he exists if Blizzard kept up putting out great games and not being so obsessed with getting your wallet
slim thorn
I happen to have a fairly pleasant mental image of Microsoft, probably because my programming work involves using Github day-in day-out which has remained consistently great since MS acquired it
random steppe
Like, people wouldn't even go to forums to learn he exists
Since the games are so bad, people are looking for explanations, and he is a convenient lightning rod
gaunt marten
"I definitely think of Microsoft as more consumer-friendly" is something I never...
Microsoft is more consumer friendly than Activision, but Microsoft is not consumer friendly.
It's just that Activision is awful
random steppe
He is also terrible, but if there wasn't any lightning, people wouldn't even notice he is there
fresh bane
At any rate, the reason I say people don't care about Kotick is that I'm pretty ...
I feel like that's true about most 'bad' people anyways
slim thorn
I guess on an emotional level I didn't "blame M$" for Halo Infinite because I'm so used to everything turning into open worlds for open world's sake and being deeply boring to me as a result despite everyone else seemingly loving it, so that was more of a "wait, for once it's not just me?" moment than anything else
random steppe
It's rare that the reason for something at a company as big as Blizzard, is one guy
fresh bane
I don't think people blame him for games being bad, I think games being bad just made people want to look deeper and further and they start finding all this stuff that was under their noses the whole time but they didn't care about it before
most people I see talk about Kotick don't really say he's to blame for games being bad but mostly just expose his behavior and just want him out completely and want him to have nothing to do with the industry at all
and the people like him, of course
quiet swift
I feel like that's true about most 'bad' people anyways
Yeah, this. Game company is "good", games are good, not predatory? No complaints. Company predatory, tons of scandals, and this dickhead's the ceo? Obviously gonna be a punching bag
random steppe
I mean if he gets out it'd be a positive, he is most likely is a part of the reason as to why Blizzard games went downhill
thorny loom
Oh gosh this headlines
river veldt
oh he's Blizzard
light gate
Also don't forget Xbox One Always Online DRM, Microsoft demanded that and Sony also wanted to do it. But their absolutely shit-tastic showcase on E3 2013 was so bad that Sony said 'fuck it, lets undercut them'.
fresh bane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cmkUs76ox4 this guy
It's hard to take these video thumbnails seriously even if the video is telling the truth
white phoenix
I remember him doing the "we investigated ourselves of abuse and found no wrongdoing" while taking a multimillion dollar payraise
quiet swift
It's hard to take these video thumbnails seriously even if the video is telling ...
Indeed. The thumbnail artist has too much fun with these
quiet swift
I remember him doing the "we investigated ourselves of abuse and found no wrongd...
Among the top... 5 highest in the game industry, for CEO raises?
dire gate
Also don't forget Xbox One Always Online DRM, Microsoft demanded that and Sony a...
Just to confirm, you will be against the merger even if it was not MS, am I correct?
light gate
Correct.
If this was Apple, sure it would really help them... but holy fuck everyone would get mcbucked.
So fuck that.
If Google, I would find it wasteful.
random steppe
To be clear, the people are positive about it only because Blizzard is really bad that going to bad to just "not great" would be an improvement, not because it'd be good
light gate
Activision exists by the mere fact of independence and telling Atari to go heck themselves.
random steppe
An indipentend blizzard made Diablo Immortal
dire gate
idk why would you compare it to Apple and Google, usually it is compared to Sony
slim thorn
oh no are we actually digging up the Atari lore
random steppe
Which is like, egregiously monetised
light gate
idk why would you compare it to Apple and Google, usually it is compared to Sony
Because those at any point, could retry or enter the market.
There is nothing stopping them, with the exception of anti-trusts. Maybe Google can't get it. Apple though....
Sony would get some benefit, sure... but I'd prefer games to be multiplatform for all.
light gate
oh no are we actually digging up the Atari lore
random steppe
I would definitely dislike for Sony to pick it up
if it wasn't for Nintendo we'd actually have a console monopoly already
Instead of some hypotetical cloud gaming one 10 years from now
Honestly I'd rather Nintendo do it, even if it meant I wouild never be able to play a Blizzard game forever
At least they treat they employees like humans
Not quite their customers I feel, but well...
quiet swift
At least they treat they employees like humans
"Wait, that's illegal."
random steppe
I mean that can still happen
static bluff
That'd be kinda cool...
dire gate
HotS+Smash would be the ultimate collab
fresh bane
Lich King Arthas on Smash would be cool
wind stump
thorny loom
proud warren
Steam tends to be slow with updating their percentages
On steam itself they can say 1% of people own an achievement, when in reality it's more like 5%
This is especially true if the achievements are like, brand-spanking new
dire gate
Most of the time if you grab a newly added achievement it shows as 0.1%
gaunt marten
I'm going to assume the higher number is the more correct one since it matches the achievement page
gaunt marten
#travle #156 (4/9) (0 hints)
✅✅✅✅
https://imois.in/games/travle
gaunt marten
#"travle" #157 (3/7) (0 hints)
✅✅✅
https://imois.in/games/travle
Next day is Turkey to Libya. Another very easy one
sage raptor
Shogun 3 :(
fickle garnet
I think this was my best cod match ever
fickle garnet
Yeah my next match will probably be hell
peak mesa
https://twitter.com/PeterOvo5/status/1656918643786100737?s=20
Fly high to space, in peace.
light gate
Twitter
mossy flume
Oooo
You know, I could definitely see Kojima developing an AR experience for the Apple headset. He's all about the experimental mediums and experiences.
thorny loom
wind stump
Yikes...
green fulcrum
Ooooh, I've been waiting for this! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1z_uSqTNLw
Nerdcore rap is best kind of rap
gaunt marten
I didn't know the studio was big enough to announce layoffs
drifting tendon
It looks like it wasn't originally a public announcement. They confirmed it after one of their devs tweeted that they were laid off.
wind stump
wind stump
They're misunderstanding Laplace is making a metaphor
She doesn't literally put her foot in her mouth
Does this constitute manslaughter?
wind stump
i understood this reference
minor gorge
Been a while since I saw this. 
light gate
https://twitter.com/24LAZPT/status/1659702948610600960
Oh thy Aether
We need to go back.
mossy flume
Lego 2K Drive is out. 
It's kinda amazing that we've gotten a spiritual successor to Lego Racers more than two decades after the last one came out.
light gate
oh boy
thorny loom
Legos
light gate
Well that explains it.
thorny loom
Oh god
river veldt
the plural of Lego is Lego not Legos
thorny loom
Lego season passes
dire gate
Legoshi
mossy flume
oh boy
Yeah the reviews here are wrong.
Microtransactions are entirely optional
Actual scores for the game are like 8/10, 8.5/10, etc
light gate
Game might be good but do I want to support this?
Probably not.
Also why is it a live service?
mossy flume
Like how Forza is a live service. More content and modes as time goes on.
light gate
I mean, they could have done that with expansions and dlc.
mossy flume
For example, right now you can't share your own creations but that's planned for a future free update.
mossy flume
I mean, they could have done that with expansions and dlc.
That's what they're doing.
light gate
Does the game force online connectivity at launch?
mossy flume
The microtransactions are "buy things early"
Things you can unlock yourself through gameplay
Or just build yourself if you're so inclined
mossy flume
Does the game force online connectivity at launch?
I don't think it's forced? Lemme check.
Steam DRM is required to be online at first launch. TIL
Nope, it works just fine with the Ethernet cable pulled.
light gate
Oh okay.
Still not a fan of those microtransactions but I was more worried about always online.
mossy flume
Nah.
static bluff
I filled in the letters
quiet swift
feral tulip
river veldt
is that the Babadook
fresh bane
https://twitter.com/battleguitar/status/1659975642480529409?t=Ii9t5y4jfnETfNUXxR...
how does Venom fit into all this?
river veldt
oh that's Brisket
fresh bane
venom is gay
til
river veldt
brisket, venom and testament
are you sure that isn't the Babadook
feral tulip
idk what that is
feral tulip
neat
fresh bane
don't know how to feel about the current ''bodycam'' fad that's going on right now 
I think it's a neat gimmick and cool like those PS1 styled games but I wouldn't want to see a million clones of this pop up
it's like PT all over again 
quiet swift
"I've enjoyed getting to know him. I've never met a Jedi with a better sense of humor."
"But you've only met me and Cere."
"That's right."
green fulcrum
Where did all these TF2 femmebots come from?
sage raptor
Not sure but I'm all for it
fresh bane
Like most things on the internet likely some person did it and others started joining in because they like the concept
slim thorn
why would you devote a whole chest to this one singular rupee 
okay that's better
except that doesn't fit in my wallet because once again the game's run out of stuff to spend money on
dire gate
Oh you picked up a rupee
Now you leave the game alone for hours and you'll go through wall
slim thorn
dire gate
Oh you don't know it
fresh bane
didn't you already finish?
dire gate
Basically TP has this weird glitch, Link's item acquisition animation lacks a single frame, which pushes Link backward ever so slightly everytime it loops
And during that animation, Link does not interact with walls
arctic fern
theres a "speedrun" where you pick up the least amount of items in the game and part of it is that you're slightly moving during the pickup cutscene, at a specific point during the early game you can abuse it by wating a short (read, multiple hours) and clip though the starting gate into the lost woods
dire gate
So if you leave the game alone for hours and hours in that cutscene, he goes through walls
arctic fern
which saves you picking up a key
fresh bane
dire gate
fresh bane
imagine during a speedrun event the speedrunner just leaves the controller midway through, gets up and doesn't elaborate until hours later where he comes back
slim thorn
didn't you already finish? <:cocothink:908027043776724992>
I saw the credits, but I wanted to finish up a few other things before completely moving on from this
slim thorn
Jedi Survivor is next
dire gate
slim thorn
may or may not try TotK after that
dire gate
Link going through wall by gazing upon his gems
arctic fern
did you enjoy twilight princess?
slim thorn
lol yes
arctic fern
glad to hear it, i remember you saing how you didnt "get" zelda games for a while
TP is one of the more underrated games in the franchise
dire gate
I didn't get Twilight Princess, Twilight was better without wings.
slim thorn
part of the reason I felt like replaying this is it's sort of the exception
arctic fern
but you are comparing it to some of the best games in gaming
fresh bane
the usual criticisms I hear for TP is that it's way too linear and too 'standard', but you just can't beat the epicness of that game and the best companion in the franchise
the characters and world of TP are super unique too
arctic fern
oh yeah TP is basically the formula ocarina of time set up but mastered
river veldt
TP's Hyrule is super cool
slim thorn
I like linear
river veldt
idk about best companion though, I really like Navi and Fi
green fulcrum
why would you devote a whole chest to this one singular rupee <:flutterwaaaugh:6...
Oh, look at that everyone! Here we see the frustrated gamer in his native environment, watching as his hopes and dreams for treasure are dashed against the rocks while the developers snicker behind their binoculars in their hidden bushes around his habitat.
river veldt
Tatl as well
arctic fern
idk about best companion though, I really like Navi and Fi
you just picked two of the worst parts of zelda and called them good
fresh bane
I've seen way more people say they like Midna than Navi or Fi which are usually the most hated companions
river veldt
🙄
arctic fern
ok thats a bit unfair to Navi but "hey listen!" is a meme for a reason
fresh bane
I will say that just like Ashley in RE4 I never found Navi to be annoying
river veldt
I've seen way more people say they like Midna than Navi or Fi which are usually ...
ok? i was saying i preferred them over Midna
slim thorn
I've played OoT and I honestly cannot remember Navi doing anything besides the famous meme and being generic exposition fairy
fresh bane
But even Tatl is better than Navi and has a more interesting character and relationship with Link
arctic fern
midna had way more personality and charm
slim thorn
Midna is, like, actually a character
dire gate
Now let'
fresh bane
You can still like Navi and Fi of course but I was originally just talking about Midna being '''''''''''''objectively'''''''''''' better just by virtue of being a better character
green fulcrum
Midna is the best companion, but I actually like Navi and think she's adorable. I've never played Skyward Sword so I can't really talk about Fi, but I LOVE her design.
slim thorn
is Tatl from one I haven't played or did I just forget all the other character names?
dire gate
let's don't make this yet another "Cap gets bullied for unique choice" situation
fresh bane
Tatl is the fairy from MM
river veldt
Tatl's the companion from MM
fresh bane
the yellow one
slim thorn
ok
river veldt
She is blue
fresh bane
Navi is blue, Tatl is yellow
river veldt
WTF SHE IS YELLOW
fresh bane
arctic fern
oh Fi looks awesome and when she's not the most annoying thing ever, she has an interesting story
but she's also the most annoying thing ever
river veldt
yeah i think the Fi hate is way overblown
arctic fern
because shes annoying
fresh bane
Probably because of the game design of SS
arctic fern
seriously
fresh bane
She's constantly interrupting the flow of gameplay to explain basic obvious shit
green fulcrum
How is she annoying?
fresh bane
So people hate her as a consequence
Skyward Sword on the Switch mitigates this by making Fi optional
So she won't interrupt you anymore to explain basic obvious shit
unless you want her to
slim thorn
so... similar to Navi?
fresh bane
Worse
slim thorn
o
dire gate
Still lovable characters compared to Gido 
arctic fern
i think she was way better in the remake of the game but the original she forces you to listen to her tutorializing you
she constantly spit out lines like "i predict there is a 85% chance we will find a key for this door inside this dungeon"
its just
fresh bane
It's not a hey listen! it's a let me jump out of your sword and completely pause EVERYTHING to explain something you already knew and no you cannot skip this
arctic fern
she treats you like you're 5
river veldt
lol ok
fresh bane
but yeah the switch version helps by making those things optional and it helps the flow of the game a lot
I still find myself annoyed by Zelda still doing this like the shrines on TOTK or BOTW that stop the gameplay to show me the door opening after I pressed a button or a switch or something and everytime that happens I just go ''yeah, I know ''
green fulcrum
It's not a hey listen! it's a let me jump out of your sword and completely pause...
Oooooh, okay, I figured it was just her talking while you're still playing, which would be a little annoying but nothing truly enraging.
But yeah, pausing the flow and momentum of the game just to keep talking about tutorials that you already know is a no-no. I can see why that would get annoying very fast.
fresh bane
She's kinda like that
arctic fern
Oooooh, okay, I figured it was just her talking while you're still playing, whic...
she tells you stuff she already told you about in the last dungeon and does it for every dungeon
river veldt
another controversial opinion i have is that i think Midna's true form is better than gremlin
arctic fern
both of midna's forms are great
slim thorn
huh, that doesn't seem controversial?
river veldt
a lot of people prefer gremlin from what ive seen
slim thorn
I'm not sure I have a preference since they're going for totally different things
green fulcrum
I think her true form is fine, but I love her imp form more.
river veldt
i don't really like Midna in general, she gives me bad vibes
green fulcrum
Short stack girls are adorable, as Pipp clearly proves. 
river veldt
heck i don't even really like companions, most of the Zelda's ive played through all the way and enjoyed didn't even have one
dire gate
I consider Epona as a companion
fresh bane
I'm not sure I have a preference since they're going for totally different thing...
Imp Midna is so much brattier and smug and tall Midna is much more elegant and calm but still has that sass, it's nice I really like it
slim thorn
ok, that's 16 hearts
river veldt
i wonder how many hearts there are in TotK
slim thorn
the heart pieces tend to have some fun platforming or a micro-dungeon so I'll likely collect as many of those as I can
river veldt
i didn't count how many Link had at the beginning
slim thorn
the bugs and ghost souls don't seem worth looking up, especially since I haven't found anything in the game that points me toward the missing ones (although I don't know what the rewards are for getting all of those)
slim thorn
eh, not exactly
slim thorn
anyway I was going to ask is there any other good side stuff I should do in TP before wrapping it up?
slim thorn
I've already repaired the bridge and opened the two shops
yes you saw the magic armor in my screenshots lol
mossy flume
Did you do the trial dungeon?
slim thorn
I don't know what that is
oh and I got all 7 of the special moves from the gold wolf spirit (???)
mossy flume
Basically a Zelda take on the Pit of 100 Trials from Paper Mario.
Cave of Ordeals
It has 50 floors
river veldt
like that one place in Wind Waker
mossy flume
Yep
Poe soul collection, bug collection, things like that. Just whether you want to go around completing the game entirely or not.
river veldt
do you get a bug
slim thorn
and that's the star game finished
mossy flume
Oh, golden bugs nets you the giant wallet
slim thorn
ok, that's about what I expected
unfortunately a larger wallet is pretty useless this late in the game when I've already bought everything of value
fresh bane
They're for that insect girl
slim thorn
yeah, I got the larger wallet ages ago
mossy flume
Pit of Ordeals is required to get three poe souls. It also unlocks fairies spawning specific Great Fairy Fountains every 10 floors. 50th floor is the last bottle.
slim thorn
should I know where this pit is?
mossy flume
It's not pointed out, but it's in a hole in the Gerudo Mesa in the desert.
arctic fern
desert
slim thorn
huh
mossy flume
Just teleport to the desert it basically tosses you there.
arctic fern
under where the eldin bridge was
slim thorn
could've sworn I looked all over the desert
slim thorn
wait you mean the giant suspiciously rectangular rock I never figured out where they wanted me to warp to?
mossy flume
Oh, yeah that goes to one of the bridges
arctic fern
...oh, spoilers i guess
slim thorn
I've been waiting for something to give me a warp point where that rock would make any sense
I tried guessing one when I first found it but Midna just told me I'm an idiot
mossy flume
Yeah she does that.
fresh bane
She does it a lot
slim thorn
...has that always been there?
arctic fern
has what, the bug? yeah
slim thorn
that's a heart piece
fresh bane
I love Link's stance with the double clawshots
river veldt
Arbiter's Grounds is in BotW
slim thorn
I think the game expected me to get this warp point about 20 hours earlier than I did
river veldt
and i assume TotK idk i havent gone there yet
fresh bane
I guess Midna was right after all /s
slim thorn
I had to run all the way across north hyrule field like 3 times just to visit the hidden village because I "had no warp point nearby" and no reason to walk to the north side of the broken bridge until the fortuneteller told me a heart piece was near there
mossy flume
I think I had a similar problem on my first playthrough
slim thorn
...not that I'll get any use out of this bridge any more
how appropriate the fortuneteller just sent me to the hidden village
rancid herald
collect poes to fulfil your dream of being a ghostbuster
there sure is a lot of stuff to do in ToTK
fresh bane
:flutternod:
slim thorn
where is the 20th cat...
fresh bane
the 20th cat was the memories and friends we made along the way
|| should be on a balcony ||
slim thorn
managed to find him before clicking that
fresh bane
slim thorn
shiren no doukutsu / "Cavern of Trials" apparently
if I leave and come back, will it let me skip ahead to the last fountain I got to?
slim thorn
I was expecting a level counter somewhere during this
apparently I'm awful at not taking hits from skulls and chuchus
slim thorn
5.5/16 hearts, still no idea what level I'm on but I've killed a lot of snowpeak enemies
whyyyyyyyy 
arctic fern
heh
slim thorn
well now it's 2 hearts
if I do this again I'm spending bomb arrows on that room
made it to another pool with 1 heart, I think that's 4 springs she said are restored?
I do have a fairy in a bottle so it's not quite hopeless
slim thorn
fairy was spent, I think this might be it (level... 47, maybe???)
ok not quite, the dark nut(?) was very polite and let me take out the lizalfos first
river veldt
you've been in this pit quite a long time
slim thorn
it's a very deep pit okay
river veldt
yeah that looks like a darknut
slim thorn
I didn't design it with no exits
river veldt
can you not just shoot them with arrows
slim thorn
according to my experiments earlier in the game, they're impervious to everything until you bait them into attacking
river veldt
NOOOOOO
slim thorn
almost first try
river veldt
ix have you seen wind waker darknuts
slim thorn
if my second bottle had a fairy or potion in it I would've won
river veldt
they're dogs
slim thorn
I'm sure I did when I played it but I no longer remember them
river veldt
top is armoured bottom is unarmoured
they're dog men
big buff dog men
aren't they great
slim thorn
in retrospect I should not have started that at 2 am
visual hill
I finished Control!
fresh bane
quiet swift
quiet swift
I finished Control!
spiral kraken
slim thorn
ok, now that I'm fully awake, Cave of Ordeals take 2
took one hit getting to floor 10
not sure there are any safe ways of dealing with a room with multiple archers
aaaaah why am I so bad at chuchus
and skulls again
so that's three hits
ok just swarms of tiny enemies in general I'm not good with
river veldt
chuchu
slim thorn
I just realized the hookshot kills chuchus
this is so much safer
floor 20 with 17.25/19 hearts (and both of the blue potions I brought)
young creek
Are there 50 floors I forgot
wind stump
yeah i think it's 50
slim thorn
dunno if it's one word but yes 49 was a triple dark nut fight
and I was winning!
floor 30 with 14.5 hearts
really should be 15-6, I choked on a few of the group fights with only easy enemies
oh, that floor had buried hearts I apparently missed last time, back at 15.5
arctic fern
nice
slim thorn
whyyyyyyyy <:abflat:907312670980587580>
now the ordeal truly begins
on that floor I think I did about equally bad as far as losing health this time, but I tried a different approach that I think panned out much better, e.g. I proved there is a safe zone between the ice dragons (?) on both sides where I can focus on the smaller enemies
did meh on the double darknut, floor 40 with 12.25
I feel like I could potentially beat this with no (external) heals, but that seems like a great way to get myself killed at the last second again
slim thorn
fairy was spent, I think this might be it (level... 47, maybe???)
here we go, final two fights
I'm at 5.25 hearts this time but I'm going to spend one of my blue potions now, no point saving it
...and I beat that one with zero damage lol
ok triple darknut rematch time
wind stump
slim thorn
so, technically, I would've survived even if I hadn't used that potion
(probably not for psychological reasons but still)
slim thorn
man, that was such a textbook example of why these games can't be played without a walkthrough 
the final heart piece is in an area I've never visited, because it's currently inaccessible, and was most of the times I passed by it, and when I tried going there to start the sidequest to open it nothing happened... because I didn't walk two steps to the left after talking to someone, I walked right instead 
whyyyyyyyyy
arctic fern
what heart piece was that?
slim thorn
the one in the "fishing hole" supposedly, I haven't finished getting there yet
(there's plenty of other examples, like one locked to a time of day with no hint you need to wait, and the one I found but was mis(?)placed slightly out of hookshot range so you need a janky workaround, but this was the silliest one)
arctic fern
what?
slim thorn
...what's confusing?
arctic fern
which side quest in the fishing hole
which heart that was misplaced and needed a glitchy workaround
whcih one was locked to a time of day without telling you
slim thorn
uh
arctic fern
i dont recall any of those being that obscure
slim thorn
well the glitchy one is inside a boulder atop a hill at the southwest entrance to Kakariko village; breaking the boulder isn't hard but the heart is just out of range if you try to hookshot it normally, and the only solutions I saw online were to grab it through a bit of the hill with no collision, or summon your horse to get a sliver of extra height (can confirm the horse method works)
arctic fern
uh
boomerang?
slim thorn
the time of day thing was the Talo kid standing lookout at the very top of Kakariko village, because the fortuneteller shows you that building but he's only there at midday
arctic fern
ah
slim thorn
huh, does the boomerang have a longer range than the hookshot?
I've never tested that
arctic fern
ok thats fair but also he's pretty noticable
slim thorn
right, I can see why people might not stumble there but it simply didn't occur to me what to do when I showed up and nothing was there
and the fishing hole I haven't gotten to yet, I'm still doing the thing to unlock it
arctic fern
you need to unlock the fishing hole?
arctic fern
you can just walk there, right? its in the same zone as the bomb arrow boat minigame thing
slim thorn
the bomb arrow boat thing is what I just finished
slim thorn
oh I have to rent the boat again
ugh, her dialogue didn't give any indication of a new minigame there
ok, additional searching clarifies the fishing hole is separate from the boat minigame after all, I was misled by a very poorly phrased answer elsewhere
wind stump
slim thorn
there we go, ALL heart pieces acquired
river veldt
heart
slim thorn
ah, the fishing hole is where they hid the third empty bottle
wind stump
slim thorn
ok I think I am actually done with Twilight Princess now
looks like all that's left is to collect the other golden bugs and poe souls which doesn't sound that interesting
unrelated: apparently the コピーロッド Copy Rod's English name is Dominion Rod? probably a good call to try and make it sound cooler
gaunt marten
Poe Souls are definitely a Guide Dang it thing
arctic fern
yeah poe souls just give you rupies and bugs i dont even remember
slim thorn
bugs give you rupees and bigger wallets
but the wallet upgrades appear to be only at first and last bug, so unless you're following a walkthrough the whole time you realistically only get the one wallet upgrade
(or if you do the HD-exclusive wolf-only Cave of Shadows after the Cave of Ordeals )
apparently HD also adds an item to help locate poe souls, so I might've collected more if I had known to get that version (whoops) but still probably not all 60
quiet swift
slim thorn
hm... yeah, I wanna start Jedi Survivor now, the new Witch from Mercury episode can wait
untold vigil
I feel like I'm missing context here
wind stump
I love my bonking bat
important question
male or female Trailblazer
untold vigil
But hot girl held me tenderly so
Worth
Do you even need to ask
I am the useless bat lesbian
It's me
wind stump
slim thorn
pffff this is the most corporate game launcher experience; it's so childishly desperate to take my attention away from Steam that it somehow forgot to make its own link actually work 
slim thorn
wow, deciding if I want ray tracing is one of the default setup steps?
...sure, why not, let's see if it melts my laptop
river veldt
omg you're gonna see Gido
slim thorn
huh, I've never seen the FoV option presented this way before; I like it
well so far I'm getting a buttery smooth 45 frames
which is probably considered bad performance but I'm quite happy with it
icy crescent
well so far I'm getting a buttery smooth 45 frames
coruscant is just poorly optimized somehow
slim thorn
oh so it gets better after Coruscant? 
slim thorn
sure, every game has variable framerates
I hit an actual bug: the resolution option only works if I use the mouse instead of the controller
thorny loom
untold vigil
Well I'm in love 
slim thorn
oh yeah Jedi Survivor was definitely the right call today
river veldt
have you met Gido yet
slim thorn
all the Fallen Order muscle memory is coming back, and fighting even the enemies which were hard in the first game feels so natural I forget to even think about tactics before I've kicked their butts
quiet swift
fresh bane
wow, deciding if I want ray tracing is one of the default setup steps?
I wasn't paying attention and for a second I thought you were also playing Control 
quiet swift
river veldt
it reminds me of the island Luke lived on in TLJ
mossy flume
Ha
I was wondering where they shot that
Wow they used the whole damn thing
That's insane
mossy flume
At first I thought it was just a set because it's just so striking
But upon rewatching it realized it had to be a real place
quiet swift
Probably just the stuff they damaged and indoor shots, yeah
Also I think there was that.... kinda pit or hole she went into? I think that's not there
But the island itself and the huts, all real
mossy flume
Living on that island would mean every day is leg day.
Nothing but steep inclines everywhere
quiet swift
quiet swift
I believe there's tours, though I think there was restrictions after the movie came out due to the massive surge in popularity
river veldt
i didn't even think of that
quiet swift
Several films and documentaries have used the island as a filming location. The island was used as a filming location in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Aerial footage of the island was also used in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).[66][67] It also served as a location for the final scene in Heart of Glass (1976),[12] and in Byzantium (2012).
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e94654599068c4aa38f89ee/1650974912933-MGD4QW4WCFXKDJW3E3JP/Giants-Causeway1.jpg?format=1500w and this up in Northern Ireland
(Game of Thrones, Hellboy II)
river veldt
lol "Porgmagee"
mossy flume
LAWL
river veldt
i love how they use different real world locations for shooting
makes it feel more real to me
mossy flume
lol "Porgmagee"
Now I know how they named the Porgs.
quiet swift
Portmagee is the name, and I think they do a swap for the release and on May 4th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrwaIZnV1ZA I like the use of the rogue one font
(and one little hidden surprise)
quiet swift
But yeah if a coastal drive and seeing castles sounds like something you'd enjoy, the "Wild Atlantic Way" driving on the west coast of Ireland is apparently a grand old time
mossy flume
Oh shit
quiet swift
mossy flume
I think that bluff at 1:47 is in Foundation?
Would be interesting to see what locations Foundation uses that aren't in the volume
quiet swift
"Foundation was in the midst of filming in Ireland when production was shut down in March 2020 amid COVID-19 lockdowns. (Principal production resumed several months later, in October of that year.) The show utilized several locales across the country, including Dublin’s Trinity College, and both Troy Studios and the National Technology Park in Limerick."
mossy flume
Nice
quiet swift
Probably Iceland though. At least i didn't watch enough of foundation to recognize if it was the Irish one
slim thorn
the menus are reminding me of Control's quarry area
I'm also loving this Training menu background
quiet swift
Been to Iceland once, like over thirty years ago. Went to the Blue Lagoon 🏊♂️
mossy flume
I've never read Foundation so this show is my first real exposure to it
slim thorn
I need to try Foundation one of these days
mossy flume
I'm told I should probably read Prelude to Foundation first since it's a prologue
quiet swift
I've never read Foundation so this show is my first real exposure to it
Having read it multiple times, keep watching before reading. It's markedly different and ruined my enjoyment of the show
mossy flume
Aw
quiet swift
Like, anything that isn't the foundation itself or 100% related to the foundation's activities, like all the stuff about Empire, that doesn't exist
mossy flume
Ah yeah, I could buy that. They need to flesh out the universe so there's more general context if that's not in the books.
quiet swift
I'm told I should probably read Prelude to Foundation first since it's a prologu...
It is, it's about how Seldon goes to Trantor to try to put the finishing touches on Psychohistory
mossy flume
Ohhhh, cool
quiet swift
I love the series as a whole, it's great fun. But yeah, the series takes rather great liberties
One example, mild spoiler, ||Seldon never leaves Trantor, is too old||
Shouldn't that be in tech channel?
quiet swift
Oh and on the Foundation planet, that ||thing that gives people headaches or whatever if they get close, doesn't exist either||
mossy flume
Because this convo is very gaming related
quiet swift
Shhh 
slim thorn
battle droid jokes just write themselves don't they
river veldt
wh
why are there battle droids
i thought they were mostly decommissioned once the Empire took over
slim thorn
it looks like local raiders are using them
slim thorn
yeah, this was definitely not their CW-era paint job
river veldt
omg how did i forget that they were using battle droids on that one planet in Mando S3
river veldt
short beard
rancid herald
camo bugs?
slim thorn
insectoid enemies that change color to mimic their surroundings and wait for you to get close
JS's look like this when they un-camo to bite you
river veldt
like Lizalfos
fresh bane
the menus are reminding me of Control's quarry area
yeaaaaaah precisely
god, that area is so good
I need to reinstall Control and hopefully pick up where I left off like back in 2019
I seriously haven't touched the game in ages
slim thorn
I never did play it myself, watched someone else's LP
fresh bane
playing it yourself is always such a different experience
at some points it can get legitimately terrifying
river veldt
ive thought about watching an lp because ive heard it was partially inspired by House of Leaves which intrigues me
fresh bane
the fucking fridge duty
slim thorn
JS's look like this when they un-camo to bite you
finally got a decent shot of one in camo, before I get within range
trying very hard to look like a rock
...oh, there were three of them in here
quiet swift
Those things can fuck off 
slim thorn
I remember one of you mentioning this when the game was new and I can't quite believe it
ok that's harder to tell in the screenshot than I expected, but the small fuzzy critters waited for me to arrive then demonstrated wall jumping
thorny loom
yeah, this was definitely not their CW-era paint job
Yeah most were deactivated after episode three some holdouts were left and the others became used by pirates and other rebel groups
fresh bane
hows performance? 
slim thorn
complete non-issue for me
but I'm also the type that couldn't care less about 30 vs 60
since I like to have Steam's fps counter on, you can see in my screenshots that Coruscant was ~45 fps and Koboh's been ~50 fps
quiet swift
i've heard running it at Quality, for like 4k 30fps is a good medium
Rather than aim for 60fps with wild fps swings
slim thorn
the only frame drop I noticed was when entering the yacht on Coruscant for some reason it started hovering around 30, which is weird since that's a tiny interior area, but you spend like ten seconds there 
quiet swift
Koboh's where I've encountered most framerate drops
slim thorn
for now I'm assuming that I made the right call playing it a little after release so I get the early perf patches
actually what graphics settings did it default to, I didn't even look at those
slim thorn
since I like to have Steam's fps counter on, you can see in my screenshots that ...
I should mention that I opted into "ray tracing", and have not tested without it
slim thorn
actually what graphics settings did it default to, I didn't even look at those
apparently it gave me everything on high? did not expect that
so I suspect my (newer) laptop could run it at 60 if I turned some stuff down
if I wanted that
anyway, that's enough for one session, time for some anime
visual hill
huh, I've never seen the FoV option presented this way before; I like it
Gran Turismo 1/2 also has a system where you can only choose between 3 FOV presets, but I prefer having full control and actually seeing the FOV value being used. Don't do magic behind my back 😦
in TPS games, it makes sense to reduce camera distance when increasing FOV still. I use a wide FOV in Heretic 2 and it ends up pretty far away from the character as a result
slim thorn
yeah, that should still be there as a fallback for people who are into it enough to actually know what "90 FoV" feels like
visual hill
I use a slightly weird setup, in most games I use the same FOV I'd be getting on a 21:9 monitor
(121° horizontal, or 89° vertical)
this is because I'm on a 42" TV and sit quite close to it, default FOV is often uncomfortable as a result. This way, I get both the advantages of ultrawide and a traditional 16:9 display
visual hill
wow, deciding if I want ray tracing is one of the default setup steps?
Doom Eternal has that question when you first start the game too
slim thorn
might've played that one on console
river veldt
not on Nintendo Switch it doesn't 
visual hill
I hit an _actual_ bug: the resolution option only works if I use the mouse inste...
and yes, the menu is known to be buggy with keyboard/mouse/controller interaction, I think Fallen Order has these issues too
slim thorn
hm, I don't recall running into it in FO, but I also don't recall if I needed to manually change the resolution in FO
and I was playing FO on my no-longer-new laptop
quiet swift
This is what i have it as, and on the right, what geforce experience tells me i should have it as
But I pause and alt tab too much to keep it fullscreen, dangit
visual hill
on Windows 10 and later, borderless window should be just as good as exclusive fullscreen in terms of FPS/input lag in Direct3D 12 games, since it uses flip model presentation. This also works with Vulkan games if they present via Direct3D using DXGI (most AAA games do this), or on all Vulkan games if using a NVIDIA graphics card
random steppe
I do notice a difference between Fullscreen and Windowed on Survivor, but a lot of things in that port work in a not ideal way so I don't know what's happening there
slim thorn
I think I flip-flopped between the two today. I didn't notice a perf difference when I switched, but that may have muddled my anecdata.
gaunt marten
#travle #159 (4/9) (0 hints)
✅✅✅✅
https://imois.in/games/travle
India to East Timor.
This one is hard! But I did it in a way that fortunately gave me the answer without much knowledge
wise frigate
mossy flume
hasty patio
Article states he did all the voices/actions for his character too.
river veldt
of course he did haha
rancid herald
well, I've finished the main story of tears. Now I have to actually finish the story
hasty patio
Congrats
river veldt
is this mahjong
wind stump
https://tenor.com/view/qingque-honkai-star-rail-star-rail-hsr-gif-27540949
https://twitter.com/_miyann/status/1655225986622038017?s=20 reposting for posterity
slim thorn
I am so glad I asked you to explain that tweet
wind stump
and i'm so glad you showed me such peak art
untold vigil
I love her
Since the pulls are determined to only give me men
My 4* team vs the world
wind stump
it's just a line she says
untold vigil
Oh oh
I haven't seen her in story yet
I'm still trying to get the topside and bottom girls to bone
wind stump
It's an in-battle quote, at least in English
hushed onyx
I played Alpha Centauri again for the first time in a while yesterday (which is mostly why I didn't post all day, lol )
(And yes, I did read Paens to SMAC recently, why do you ask?)
Did a Gaians game...started off on the westernmost continent (the one with the Freshwater Sea) on the Huge Map of Planet, my favorite, but right next to the Believers, not my favorite. That meant that I was trapped in a very lengthy early-game war with her that didn't wrap up until the mid-2200s and really slowed down my economic progress and development. That meant that I was behind technologically and economically compared to the other powers for much of the game, really until 2400 or so, when I started overtaking them.
Ultimately despite fighting a couple of wars with the Peacekeepers (who controlled the center continent after conquering the Hive) and the Spartans (easternmost, after wiping out Morgan) I was able to do the Ascent to Transcendence victory more or less at the last minute (less than 20 years until game end) and got like a 380% score rating because I was playing on Iron Man (but I played through in one session soooo...)
The wars were kind of tedious because I didn't have my preferred technological combination of drop hovertanks yet, so I couldn't just orbital insert a big army into the enemy homeland and wipe them out swiftly. The AI also had a lot of airpower, Lal in particular had many cruise missiles that kept blowing up my defenses. I really probably should have put more effort into building up my military, I wasn't expecting the others to be quite so aggressive as they actually were (especially Lal and Zakharov).
thorny loom
green fulcrum
Eventually this game might be as feature-complete as Halo 3 was at launch.
🔥 🔥 🔥 🏥 🚑
untold vigil
Hey, the free multiplayer pvp was fun
slim thorn
have they done anything with the single player since launch?
slim thorn
untold vigil
Halo post halo 2 has been exclusively a multiplayer PVP thing for me
slim thorn
everyone seems to live exclusively in one world or the other
they might as well make them actually separate games
untold vigil
Halo 2 i was really invested in the Arbiter but then Mass Effect happened and did "cool alien friends" better
slim thorn
at least Halo 1-3 finished its story
quiet swift
have they done anything with the single player since launch?
I am not 100% sure but I think that was an overwatch situation there too~
river veldt
what if Master Chief and the Arbiter kissed
slim thorn
as in they announced plans for stuff but finished none of it?
quiet swift
https://www.gamesradar.com/halo-infinite-campaign-dlc-reportedly-scrapped-following-studio-reshuffle/ I am unsure it's 100% confirmed but i've seen multiple places say it
untold vigil
Mm
mossy flume
https://www.gamesradar.com/halo-infinite-campaign-dlc-reportedly-scrapped-follow...
Oof. Not surprising though.
slim thorn
the whole Halo situation is just sad at this point
quiet swift
And I find it amusing how this happened what, 3-4 months ago, but the scale of shitting on them isn't a fraction as large as with Overwatch. People just love to bandwagon hate Blizz at this point
slim thorn
weird that the TV show's second season is the thing I'm actually looking forward to
momentum is definitely part of it; this feels like Microsoft's first major mismanagement of a game franchise, while with ActiBlizz I dunno most of them myself but people talk as if you'd struggle to name a major franchise they didn't mess up
bleak lintel
Aren't we also comparing DLC to an entire PvE mode?
quiet swift
Sor: Halo was launched with PVP only so this DLC would BE the entire pve mode
visual hill
have they done anything with the single player since launch?
it got coop, but no splitscreen coop
mossy flume
Sorta, although that campaign DLC was supposed to be campaign 2.
Which was supposed to be a whole game.
quiet swift
Ixrec: I was gonna say diablo is pretty drama free but then I remembered Immortal
visual hill
people have found ways to play splitscreen coop but it's hacky, and I think it was patched out
mossy flume
More like an expansion than DLC
visual hill
splitscreen coop is a pretty big part of Halo as a whole, so people were disappointed
(it would be one of the reasons to play Halo for me)
slim thorn
yeah, Diablo I just haven't heard about lately except for the occasional person replaying old stuff
river veldt
no one brave enough to answer my question of what if Master Chief and the Arbiter kissed i see /j
bleak lintel
I also kind of feel people expect less from Halo compared to Blizzard.
mossy flume
Diablo IV is coming out soon and the beta was actually pretty great
untold vigil
bleak lintel
Feels like it has been a solid decade since Halo was top of its game.
mossy flume
It was well received as well
visual hill
Diablo 2 Resurrected was also well-received
mossy flume
Yep
visual hill
it might even be a lesson on "How 2 Remaster Like Me"
river veldt
diablo IV: this time it's demons.... but they're hot
visual hill
like Command & Conquer 🙂