Why not? In this case it’s appropriate, given that Sony seemed to at least partially omit this information.
#general gaming
mossy flume
fresh bane
I don't like the segmented mecha style of the black suit but that's about the only thing I don't like about it
I'm very glad that it actually looks like a living organism fused with his body and not just his regular suit but black rather than red and blue
Sorry Spiderman 3 fans but that symbiote suit was god awful
light gate
Sorry that was not done.
river veldt
Sorry Spiderman 3 fans but that symbiote suit was god awful
strong agree
river veldt
I don't like the segmented mecha style of the black suit but that's about the on...
i thought of it more as like muscles which makes it look cool to me
fresh bane
They are muscles, I just don't like the design of it because it looks like plating on armor especially on the face, it's a small detail but it bugs me for some reason, also the fact that he doesn't have the squared white shape on top of his hands which is a huge small nitpick of mine
but it's one of the best symbiote suits I've seen
the face makes it look like a helmet and it just gives me robot armor vibes but that's the only thing I don't like
visual hill
of course, it's wet for that raytracing effect 🌧️ 
fresh bane
I like the fade on the eyes it makes it look like actual organic eyes
Yeah the entire body is super slimy and gooey and extremely reflective
visual hill
Spider-Man Remastered has an outfit that is pretty much designed for that, it's full of mirrors
it does look pretty nice, reminds me of early 2000 tech demos when environment mapping was the shit (even more so if it had bump mapping on top)
this was the shit in 2001
green fulcrum
Yeah the entire body is super slimy and gooey and extremely reflective
Which is why I find it funny that Miles is very nonchalant about it: "New threads?"
Like, dude, you just saw multiple gooey tentacles emerge from his back, and the entire suit wrap around him like it was alive. And that's all you say? 
fresh bane
I hope to see Miles complain that his suit isn't as cool as Pete's symbiote suit as a reference to Peter telling Miles that his suit is way cooler than his (debatable)
I do like how this Pete fully utilizes the entire symbiote capabilities when fighting and moving around, using the symbiote as tentacle/spider arms to move around quicker is something I never saw before personally and he probably picked it up from Otto
or rather, how the symbiote fully syncs with pete's actions and helps him during fights, this Peter seems like he can't control the symbiote very well
green fulcrum
I also like how the symbiote suit doesn't really turn Peter "evil", it just makes him a lot more aggressive and more intent on punishing foes rather than letting justice take care of that for him. He's still a hero when wearing it, he's still saving people, and he still has his morals. He's just a little angrier about it.
fresh bane
Maybe Ixrec knows but I think the original symbiote from the comics worked a lot differently than the usual depiction we see of it like in Raimi's Spiderman, Spectacular, etc
I think the whole turning peter evil and emo was something that happened after the fact
Yep, seems like it originated from the Spidey cartoon that made peter more aggressive and angrier with the symbiote
this got used in subsequent books and stories after the fact, but in the actual books before that the symbiote never affected peter's demeanor or anything, Peter and Reeds just freaked out because the symbiote was a living organism and it was trying to permanently host with Peter and they forcefully removed it
also something something McFarlane didn't like the black suit and wanted Peter to take it off and that created Venom or something
river veldt
yeah the Symbiote was retconned (?) to amplify the hosts anger and aggressiveness
iirc they aren't inherently evil, that's just what most of them do
white phoenix
kojima posted this during the mgs3 remake reveal 💀 https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1661483747483713537
dense crypt
wonder how kojima feels about the remake of MGS3
fresh bane
Kojima doesn't seem to care/give the time of day to any project he wasn't involved in
If he's not involved in the MGS3 remake, he probably won't comment on it, because he's not interested, he still actively engages with tweets and posts about the MGS games he worked on
thorny loom
dense crypt
wow, 20 bucks than what the industry is trying to force!
light gate
Why not? In this case it’s appropriate, given that Sony seemed to at least parti...
I was writing a lot but lost the motivation to finish the thought.
Consider yourself spared lol.
But in a basic response, I just find it silly.
graceful bridge
yeah the Symbiote was retconned (?) to amplify the hosts anger and aggressivenes...
The symbiote feeds on adrenaline. And one way to get a constant supply is to keep the host angry and irritable, always on-edge.
At least, in the comics
In the original black suit story, Peter kept getting more aggresive and angry, until he almost let a villain die (in a pretty awful way). That was what made him realize he couldn't control the suit and had to get rid of it.
mossy flume
But in a basic response, I just find it silly.
Fair enough
fresh bane
In the original black suit story, Peter kept getting more aggresive and angry, u...
which original story? on the run of Spidey after secret wars the reason he took it off is because the symbiote was alive and was slowly permanently bonding with Peter, but it didn't seem to affect him and make him more aggressive until later retcons afterwards
river veldt
god Kraven looks so good
peak mesa
Bungie is reviving Marathon, however you may be disappointed by what it will turn out to be.
||A PvP extraction shooter.||
white phoenix
yeah, it was being discussed here already
white phoenix
man that splatoon clone was so hilariously blatant
river veldt
dire gate
It seems it is confirmed that Konami is 'keeping' all the OG VAs(JP) in the MGS3 remake (MGSD). This includes the VAs who passed away, and some people are suspecting that this may imply that Konami is going to reuse voices recorded during MGS3.
thorny loom
white phoenix
The entire game walkthrough leaked on youtube, and it looks boring af
quiet swift
wind stump
Friends let each other download spyware
thorny loom
Lol
little badger
What game is Everypony playing today?
gaunt marten
Hollow Knight
river veldt
Tears of the Kingdom
true maple
Probably elite dangerous
little badger
Have fun all. 
river veldt
amazing
wind stump
holy shit Gollum is a mess
slim thorn
probably Jedi Survivor when I get home
icy crescent
daily dose of dota then explore jedi survivor
wind stump
dota more like salta
green fulcrum
I love how AAA games these days are either straight-up masterpieces or pure unadulterated dumpster fires. No inbetween, lol.
wind stump
There's always Ubisoft
uneven epoch
too busy for games today. gonna play ff14 tomorrow
random steppe
I think lots dumpster fires are actually 7/10 that fall flat because of bloated hype fueled expectations
It's why you don't get the "it's okay" games anymore
I would rather play a Cyberpunk than an Assassin's creed game any day of the week, I think it's a much better game, but Cyberpunk was supposed to be the best thing ever released while AC is supposed to like..exist and trap you into a completion hell for a few months.
So AC is well regarded and Cyberpunk rightly panned
gaunt marten
All done
gaunt marten
Oh it's ultimate edition, nice!
graceful bridge
Yup!
graceful bridge
With the introduction of the Ultimate Edition, Bethesda Softworks offers you the chance to double-down and get the complete package of New Vegas fun. For the first time in one package, you can get all the Fallout: New Vegas content including the full suite of highly acclaimed add-on content: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road. To sweeten the pot, you’ll be armed with the latest cache of unique weapons, ammo types and recipes from the most recent add-on packs: Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners Arsenal.
arctic fern
is there any reason to not own all the DLC at this point? the games, like, 15 years old now or something
gaunt marten
It's cheaper to get the base edition
arctic fern
sure
but its some of the best DLC in gaming
gaunt marten
Bethesda used to offer the ultimate edition for five dollars on sale, but nowadays they don't sell it for less than fifteen which is unacceptably high
I really enjoyed the base game but found the DLC in all Fallout games including this one to be bothersome and not that important of an addition, so I recommend the base game alone unless someone intends to use a lot of mods
arctic fern
bothersome?
gaunt marten
It's a hassle to find and get there, and the quality of exploration is not meaningfully different
arctic fern
respectfully disagree but fair enough
thorny loom
river veldt
this Gollum game looks so awful wtf
thorny loom
graceful bridge
arctic fern
slim thorn
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/05/alan-wake-2-and-the-death-of-disc-based-v...
oh, this just now happened?
I've been disc free since... uh... I dunno, maybe Doom Eternal?
river veldt
ive been disc free since 2017 because the Switch uses cartridges 😎
white phoenix
I've been pc gaming for the last few years now so I haven't used a disc in a long time
but part of me does miss the feeling of holding a new game in your hands, looking at the cover art and the instruction manual when devs still cared about that stuff
river veldt
i miss instruction manuals 🥲
slim thorn
<insert Tunic reference>
river veldt
they were mostly a waste of paper but some older games you definitley need them
like Zelda I for instance
white phoenix
they used to add lore there
bleak lintel
I think it depends on the slant of how important it is. Some games have discs but they're only proof you own the thing as they force you to download the entire game anyways. In those cases I guess it has some resale value.
However for game preservation it doesn't do anything.
river veldt
<insert Tunic reference>
yes yes i'll play that game some day
listen im gonna be playing TotK for the next like, 3 months
slim thorn
yeah I lost interest in discs the first time I put one in a console and was told to wait for a >10 GB day 1 patch
river veldt
lol
arctic fern
thats a light patch
slim thorn
at least with books there is a genuinely different experience between paper and digital
sour hill
listen im gonna be playing TotK for the next like, 3 months
And then after that I'm gonna hold you to your Majora's Mask playthrough 🔫
slim thorn
with games, the physical object is now just an extra step with no benefits, often many downsides for older games you can use emulators on
river veldt
And then after that I'm gonna hold you to your Majora's Mask playthrough 🔫
too MANY GAMES
sour hill
Tell me about it
river veldt
i wonder if TotK will have DLC
river veldt
no they came out in the latter half of the year
arctic fern
oh my bad
river veldt
i don't exactly remember when Trial of the Sword came out but Champion's Ballad was around December iirc
cause i remember playing Champion's Ballad on my way to see Paddington 2
arctic fern
then maybe, tho they're literally giving you all the DLC for free so far
aside from the bike, havent seen that but its not really necessary
rancid herald
I want to get a disc reader for my pc so I can buy star trek
I'm hoping for a DLC that fixes the stupid ability problem
river veldt
then maybe, tho they're literally giving you all the DLC for free so far
aside f...
||maybe they could do what they wanted to do with Skyward Sword, and make the DLC be about Zelda's time in the past?||
arctic fern
maybe! or the ancestors
or more stuff with the current sages
young creek
Totk will 99% have DLC because ||one of the most beloved characters Kass (very DLC centric in botw) is completely missing from the game||
river veldt
oh yeah!
rancid herald
||maybe they could do what they wanted to do with Skyward Sword, and make the DL...
the DLC will focus on ||you playing as a hudson sign guy||
young creek
I mean its not a joke its pretty much proof
rancid herald
no, fuck that guy
young creek
theres no other reason they would include every single character except him
rancid herald
||Penn and Kass sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g. Then Penn reports on it ans Kass joins mario's band||
river veldt
Cinna have you seen ||Mineru||
rancid herald
yeah
river veldt
she's so cute
rancid herald
||not as hot as her brother those ears do her no favors||
young creek
rancid herald
please, no one likes judy. it's all about Nick
river veldt
?????
young creek
river veldt
||what animals are the Zonai supposed to be like?||
rancid herald
||Furries.||
||I don't think they're really supposed to be any specific animals, they're just sort of a generalized anthromorphic critter, sort of like how Zora are anthro fish (and have a variety of fish bodies) and the goron are anthromorphic rocks and the rito are anthro birds and the korok are anthromorphic lazy people. The Zonai are anthro mammals||
river veldt
that makes since
thorny loom
Yeah physical media is on its way out
And then companies will scramble to justify $70 price tags
slim thorn
well, I don't think that price tag was ever primarily about the disc/box manufacturing cost
dire gate
TotK's $70 price is an interesting case
I think it may actually be related to currency value/exchange rate
https://eshop-prices.com/games/378-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild?currency=USD
https://eshop-prices.com/games/11012-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom?currency=USD
You can see that their price choice is...weird
young creek
its not the first game to push 70 dollars
dire gate
Yes, but also it's not even 70 dollars in Japan
It's significantly more expensive compared to BotW in some regions
young creek
but is it more expensive in Japan than botw was
dire gate
like 2 dollars, yeah
young creek
I bet when you say 2 dollars in yen its a big number
dire gate
lol
less than 300 yen
like 220~250 yen
Some countries even kept the exact same price
Both are 74800 KRW
You can see in the website that both are sold at the price equivalent of $62.23 in New Zealand
rancid herald
man it was like 103 dollars here
dire gate
Same goes with a slightly cheaper price of $60.10 in Australia
rancid herald
exchange rates are killing me
dire gate
But meanwhile US got $10 price increase
Brazil got about $12 increase
They definitely were trying to increase the price for sure
thorny loom
fresh bane
The best game ever made clearly
white phoenix
didn't they also have spongebob
green fulcrum
wtf is this game even
Smash Bros but for laborers.
visual hill
I've been disc free since... uh... I dunno, maybe Doom Eternal?
I've been disc-free and HDD-free in my main PC since 2013 
I was definitely an early adopter of that new lifestyle
price/GB of SSDs was pretty high back then, so I only had 256 GB for everything
slim thorn
huh, I never framed it as "HDD-free", SSD just feels like an upgrade
visual hill
it was pretty common to keep a secondary HDD around for games back then, but I didn't have any
that's what made it special – a less noisy PC with less vibrations 🙂
slim thorn
yeah I never did the secondary drive thing
I technically have an external drive around here somewhere for backup purposes, but I've never put games on it, and storage sizes are high enough these days I don't even use it any more
visual hill
my 2 TB SSD with my main OS install is already running tight on my new PC, I keep too many games installed at once (bad habit)
slim thorn
(most of what I care to back up is already in cloud services by default; what little's left is a handful of documents I just throw into Dropbox)
visual hill
I have another 2 TB SSD with Windows on it, which has like 70% of free space left… but I don't use Windows most of the time
slim thorn
I do try to uninstall large games as soon as I'm confident I'm done with them
since I rarely play a game more than once I find it easy to judge that
visual hill
yeah yeah, I went a bit too eager when I set up this PC
untold vigil
white phoenix
yeah yeah, I went a bit too eager when I set up this PC
goddamn, gta v is 100 gb these days?
remember when it was a ps3 game lol
visual hill
yep, all the Online content has to be downloaded even if you never play it
it's like cosmetics in TF2, CS:GO, etc
one of live service's hidden curses 😛
green fulcrum
@slim thorn Hey Ix, you recently completed Planescape Torment (I assume the Enhanced Edition), right? I'm actually pondering if I should pick it up and try it, despite me not having a lot of experience with real-time-with-pause combat and overall preferring turn-based combat.
How's the story, the world, etc.? And in general, how did you find the gameplay? Also, how long did it take you to complete the game? (This last one is big for me because when it comes to RPGs, I like to get my money's worth, and not waste money on a 5-hour RPG experience, regardless of quality.)
slim thorn
yes it was Planescape Torment Enhanced Edition
I was told that the appeal is all in story/world, that's what I was playing it for, and those met my sky-high expectations
I can't fairly judge the gameplay since I rarely like anything under the "RPG" umbrella, but I followed a walkthrough for that aspect from the start and thus it rarely got in my way
my Steam time is probably misleading for all the usual reasons, but this is definitely 10s of hours rather than <5 hours, especially if you try to do most or all of the sidequests (https://howlongtobeat.com/game/7093 claims 30-40 hours which sounds right to me)
anything specific about the story/world? that at least I could go into great detail on, but it's definitely the sort of thing where going in blind is better (although I guess if you have any background in D&D, then you're already far less blind than I was 
)
green fulcrum
Hmmm...30-40 hours isn't too bad. Still kinda short, but I suppose for a 1999 game it's understandable.
slim thorn
more than that probably would've been too much for me anyway
hasty patio
https://www.pcgamer.com/homeworld-3-is-delayed-to-2024/
As their release trailer states: "Was it so long ago? No, but not long enough".
green fulcrum
When it comes to RPGs, I'm ALL about the long playtimes. 100+ average hours are awesome, because it means it's usually a lot more than that, and that there's soooooooo much to explore and find.
slim thorn
but off the top of my head I think most "RPGs" I've played were somewhere in the 20-60 hour range, Witcher 3 is the only one I can remember spending 100+ hours on, and as much as I love that setting that was definitely pushing it for me (and I was nowhere near completionist about it)
hasty patio
Alexia, play Adagio for Strings.
minor plover
I played BG1+2 with the expansions and that was probably 100 hours to get near 100%
slim thorn
BG?
minor plover
Baldur's Gate
slim thorn
ah
looks like BG1+2 EEs have the same price tag as PT EE, so I guess that's a fair concern
even if £16.75 is way cheaper than one of the modern AAA open world RPGs
fresh bane
I would pay so much money to be able to see the source code of every game and experience the programmer's pain
slim thorn
we have the source code for that?
reinterpret_cast is certainly "stinky"
fwiw, although I have never personally tested this, where I work I would expect this sort of comment tone to meet some resistance in code review 
usually I go for a tone more like "X should do Y, but it does Z instead for some reason, so here we hack around that with a Q"
fresh bane
''you unbelievably stupid motherfucker! (greg talking to himself)''
''Anger rising.... rant ending''
if: (!fucked)
white phoenix
between this and tf2, I need more
fresh bane
first 30 seconds of the video is pretty much: ''this is a stupid fix, but it's fine for now'' ''this is dumb, but I don't have time to implement something better'' in a row
and now TF2's spaghetti code makes sense
slim thorn
to be fair, I do think ugly hacks are more common in video games for a bunch of reasons
even with modern online updates, games are much more of a "finished" product than e.g. a website or service like Google or Discord; at some point you're going to reduce or stop working on it so "it's not worth doing the proper fix" is far more likely to be a legitimate argument
single-player games in particular never have to contend with some other online services having an outage or updating its APIs or whatever; console games don't even need to worry about an open-ended range of hardware configurations
and finally, if a user runs into some bug caused by one of these hacks, the consequences are much more likely to be a cool speedrunning trick than a massive security breach
or a silly internet video that paradoxically makes your fans more interested lol
white phoenix
the spider man trailer on marvel's channel is on 6 mil
but how tf did Marathon get 17 million https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckI_m8bbXfw
this absolutely shocked me
white phoenix
it doesn't even show up on the youtube search when you search "marathon trailer bungie"
all I get are the reuploads from the console channels
how in the hell did it get 17 million in a day
light gate
Word of mouth.
Friends sharing the video.
Bungie's email listing.
and of course, replays. (they're not supposed to count but I guess it could be a factor if it glitches or something)
white phoenix
Yeah, but 17 million
light gate
It doesn't sound weird to me, specially the average consumer wanting to know more.
white phoenix
it's because those numbers in one day is insane for a trailer of any kind of media
light gate
GTA V reveal trailer got a whole lot more than Marathon
white phoenix
GTA in general is a whole other world
the fact that it's even at a quarter of the views in a day is insane
white phoenix
Cause I haven't seen nearly the same amount of discussion on it elsewhere
even in here, spider man was talked about a bit more
light gate
Let me put it this way...
Many boomers played Marathon. :v In general, three generations may have played Marathon.
white phoenix
yeah I know, but surely the bigger audience at this point who would get to new trailers first is a lot younger?
light gate
Maybe, I don't know.
white phoenix
If it eventually got 17 million views at its release date, then I wouldn't really bat an eye, it's bungie after all
but in a day
light gate
I wish I could download the trailer at its native file size.
Its such a good trailer.
Also, a ViDoc has been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrv0dpztryY
white phoenix
Okay I think I got it now, they ran it as a youtube ad, and that's why it's got insane views
the like count is barely at 5k and there's only 662 comments
that makes a bit more sense
quiet swift
hasty patio
I see that they didn't learn their lesson and will continue the mistakes of the present.
fresh bane
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-mirage-is-not-coming-to-steam-wil...
How to guarantee a significant portion of players won't buy your game in one simple step
hidden elbow
Okay ,Warhammer boltgun is fucking amazing
gaunt marten
Fuck me
Each big blue slime splits into one, two or three small blue slimes, and each small blue slime makes a puddle. Each puddle if you don't clear it in six turn makes a big blue slime
gaunt marten
I finally killed them all!
random steppe
How to guarantee a significant portion of players won't buy your game in one sim...
I feel like especially for AC fans, they really don't give much of a fuck.
My guess is that most of them are already resigned to u-play anyway
quiet swift
That's where a lot of the bigger deals will be too, I think
quiet swift
random steppe
That a longshot IMO
quiet swift
Today, Florian Mueller who is a prominent patent lawyer following the case discovered that the UK regulator's senior director used to work for a firm that is actively representing Sony, potentially highlighting a conflict of interest, and a degradation of impartiality.
Update: Mueller has since claimed that said senior director was a central voice in getting the ABK deal blocked.
Maybe not quite so long of a shot
random steppe
It's pretty normal for people with experience in the industry to be on top of those organisations, you'd need more than that to establish bias
Like, A LOT more
bleak lintel
They're going to throw everything back at the CMA and see what sticks.
There's all kinds of rumors of how Microsoft is going to get around the CMA now that China and EU has approved.
thorny loom
quiet swift
<a:AyakaNoteAnimated_FiaKaru:857649916541272134> They're going to throw everythi...
I think this is an independent lawyer on twitter who noticed this, not necessarily affiliated to M$ or the CMA
wind stump
mfw i wsee the island name
thorny loom
https://twitter.com/johnpatricklowr/status/1661805037126033408
What did he do again
dire gate
Sniper, TF2
thorny loom
Oh ok
sage raptor
He voices a lot of dota characters, so it might be for that
He and his wife are Valve superstars
wind stump
https://twitter.com/johnpatricklowr/status/1661805037126033408
NEW SNIPER VOICE LINES
PLEASE
PLEASE LET IT BE NEW SNIPER VOICE LINES
thorny loom
Inb4 its actually half life 3
wind stump
thorny loom
Or something else
open sparrow
after the whole ow2 dilemma I'd love to see TF3 even more
white phoenix
tired: it's just dota guys
wired: NEW SNIPER LINES POG
inspired: HE'S RECORDING LINES FOR TF3
visual hill
maybe it's just CS2 trailer voice acting, especially if an operation is planned
Operation Riptide had a famous animal documentary VA for one of its trailers
white phoenix
is cs2 even fully out yet
visual hill
no
white phoenix
see, the problem with the game isn't even the technical issues - I didn't even know that was a problem
the problem is that nobody asked for this kind of game in the first place
it somehow passed all the layers of planning and higher ups that thought this was a good idea and this is what happened
slim thorn
I still don't know what it is, having never heard of it until someone was laughing about it here yesterday
river veldt
you play as Gollum
white phoenix
they decided to use their lotr license to make a gollum game, and then the entire game walkthrough leaked before release and it looked terrible
and it was terrible
the main menu font is calibri lol
young creek
poor guys had to release a game right after zelda
white phoenix
this was doomed to fail regardless
green fulcrum
I cannot stand Gollum's model in the game. It looks terrible.
Shadow of Mordor had a perfect Gollum model. How did we go from that to...this?
This is Shadow of Mordor's Gollum, a game from 2014.
Nearly a decade ago.
open sparrow
come on, give head where head is due
sage raptor
If anyone is watching combobreaker, I got knocked out of losers finals in mystery game. I'm going to be on stream for Dragonball fighterz soon :O
thorny loom
slim thorn
Ixrec — 08/21/2022
the John Wicks are the most video game-like movies I've ever seen
JW 3 even had co-op moves
sure, why not
visual hill
it somehow passed all the layers of planning and higher ups that thought this wa...
it's like Morbius but as a game, I guess
white phoenix
that is exactly what it is
gaunt marten
#travle #164 (6/9) (0 hints)
✅🟧✅✅🟧✅
https://imois.in/games/travle
Palestine to Tajikistan
dire gate
The DCMA letter sent to Valve cites the anti-circumvention language of the DMCA and specifically claims that "the Dolphin emulator operates by incorporating these cryptographic keys without Nintendo’s authorization and decrypting the ROMs at or immediately before runtime. Thus, use of the Dolphin emulator unlawfully 'circumvent[s] a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under' the Copyright Act."
gaunt marten
Is that how dolphin works?
dire gate
I don't know
I assume Nintendo would have a reason to DMCA an emulator when there is already a case which admits the legality of the emulator, but we should see
visual hill
Dolphin is pure HLE, it does not require encryption keys or even a BIOS copy
dire gate
Nintendo also often makes some stupid decisions
visual hill
I think they are mostly doing this to scare its developers, because doing a counterclaim is scary after what happened to re3
gaunt marten
Why is Nintendo not sending the DMCA directly to Dolphin's website? Why are they not suing them if they're confident?
dire gate
Honestly usually I try to think that Nintendo would be reasonable at certain degree, but I'm not sure about this case
gaunt marten
Nintendo is known to be rabid regarding emulation
dire gate
It is true, but like a lot of time they tend to do something at least technically legal
This one I'm not very sure
white phoenix
the reason why we didn't see any tlou factions in the playstation showcase https://twitter.com/Naughty_Dog/status/1662166716892479488
icy crescent
i just accidentally created a badass Rancor finishing move 
thorny loom
https://www.pcgamer.com/nintendo-sends-valve-dmca-notice-to-block-steam-release-...
Once nintendo tries to abuse the dmca system
If dolphin really were doing these things why not file them directly to the emulator devs instead of steam
I would like to see a counter claim of this but i doubt we will see much unless valve gets involved
static bluff
This took me dedicating 25 hours of playtime to get this single achievement... Building a sphere capable of 10 GW is no joke.
minor gorge
static bluff
Oh wow, it's my rarest achievement. 0.80% completion rate.
minor gorge
Nice.
fresh bane
Seems like we're gonna be getting the MGS3 we've always wanted since the Pachinko release in like 2016
I still have extremely mixed feelings about this though, as I do with Silent Hill
This is Konami after all, and especially after the troubles with Kojima remaking the metal gear franchise without him and his team is something I'm extremely worried about, there just isn't Metal Gear without him and his team
I did hear that they will retain the original voice acting, as in, the exact same audio lol which I wonder if it's Konami trying to cut costs or appease the fans, if it's going to be a case of Demon's Souls or Dead Space where they ''''remake'''' the game but it's essentially a remake-remaster where nothing changes I guess that's fine
The pachislot cutscenes for MGS3 are 1:1 to the originals, down to the same exact motion capture and syncronization of audio, so they can totally just do that
random steppe
My opinion until it's out and reviewed well by people I trust, is that there is zero way that Konami is able to pull off a remake of MGS3
I will need for the opposite to be actually proven to me before I believe anything else
fresh bane
I don't have any faith in Konami, not anymore, I'm a bit weirded out seeing other people be so excited about this and Silent Hill, not that they can't be, but after being a SH and MGS fan for so long I just already made peace with both franchises being dead and I also have negative trust in Konami in general
Without Kojima and his team there is no Metal Gear, it was all born from them, so the safest bet right now is to just do a 1:1 remake of sorts, which would work, it wouldn't necessarily add anything new or whatever but it also wouldn't completely change or potentially destroy what MGS is
random steppe
I mean people can be excited about it, I just don't think they can do it based on my experience with Konami in the past few years
fresh bane
Yeah, that's what I think, and I feel the exact same about the SH2 remake as well
Which is why I'm looking forward to SH:f more than SH2R
Konami could've done Metal Gear Rising 2 and it would've been received positively all around but this is what they wanted to do I guess, guess we'll see what happens
random steppe
I have no idea about Silent Hill and their internal organisation to make it, for MGS I am 100% certain they lack at least 1 Hideo Kojima which is what makes it impossible for them to do this
fresh bane
well, it's a similar case with Silent Hill
the members of Team Silent shift a bit between the projects, but it's been a consistent feeling among fans that ever since SH4 things weren't the same
I think SH2 in particular necessitates the presence of the original team way more, especially with developers like Takayoshi Sato, and so far Bloober has only mentioned working alongside composer Akira Yamaoka and monster designer/artist Masahiro Ito, which is great but I would've thought they'd bring the main writer(s) and directors first
also the CEO of Bloober went on record defending Konami too so there's less faith on my part thanks to that
the weird part is, because Silent Hill and MGS are pretty big names, I think even if the games end up coming short they will be a success anyways
random steppe
I mean, I don't really care about that.
My concern is more getting to play decent games so if it's bad I'll just not play it and if it's good I'll just play it
If it's bad and does well it doesn't really change anything for me
heady bridge
Good or not the real problem for Konami is outside of remakes and remasters they can’t exactly go on to make a new Metal Gear title as without Kojima it simply won’t be Metal Gear.
They burned that bridge down and it’s highly unlikely that can ever be rebuilt
fresh bane
Metal Gear Rising was a worthy successor to the MGS franchise, but that was only because Kojima's team was working on it alongside Platinum
even if they did make Metal Gear Rising 2, the writing would likely suffer
heady bridge
Can’t see Konami being able to convince Platinum to work on that without Kojima involved
teal sonnet
the reason why we didn't see any tlou factions in the playstation showcase https...
dont worry, they release next a new update for the collection next
gaming industry become the youtuber industry
a new apology every week
at thing point they probably have the apology ready to before the game even have a release date
The only game I pre-ordered in recent times, not counting some indie ones to help the devs, was zelda
because I knew that nintendo will deliver shit good
they are a company, at least on their main stuff, they will not release broken shit
young creek
good game
heady bridge
I preordered the limited edition of Trails into Reverie, partly because I knew it would be solid as Durante handled the PC and PS5 ports and partly because Falcom have hardly steered me wrong since I found out about their games.
That and it’ll be rarer than hen’s teeth to find after launch
gaunt marten
Good luck
toxic seal
What if Splatoon but anime and the character designs are absolutely inspired by KD/A and Overwatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD_XuyEgfOY
green fulcrum
It's such a blatant Splatoon rip-off, lol.
slim thorn
perhaps that's the strategy
young creek
sony did just announce the wii u so they need the wii u hit game
river veldt
so true
fresh bane
What if Splatoon but anime and the character designs are absolutely inspired by ...
Yard sale KDA Akali
rough sleet
ok so I tried outlast trials
TLDR
not scrary
but funny af when you play with your friends 
graceful bridge
So, Niantic (the company behind Pokemon Go) is getting into the AR virtual pet game
mossy flume
Yep. That came out last week, I think.
dense crypt
Yo cute
white phoenix
fresh bane
friendship has changed....
light gate
Dolphin is pure HLE, it does not require encryption keys or even a BIOS copy
New update on this.
It’s been discovered that Dolphin was indeed using Wii Common Keys as part in their source code since Dolphin 3.0 it seems.
So… Nintendo unfortunately has full legal right to enforce the DMCA.
While its debatable to have such key legitimately or cracked or hacked… its quite hard to defend it against a case.
visual hill
yeah, this stems from the relative impossibility of getting those keys in a legal way
light gate
Worst part is that this was not even a proper C&D, it was literally Valve asking Nintendo if this was A-Ok to release on Steam.
thorny loom
New update on this.
It’s been discovered that Dolphin was indeed using Wii Comm...
Dolphin would probably have to take the route yuzu did and having people source a key themselves in order to get by with it
light gate
That’s not really required, apparently its pathetically easy to bypass the key.
gaunt marten
Circumventing the copy protection for a product you own is only illegal in the US
light gate
This is the problem ^
Basically, any method of bypassing is illegal.
The only way is for the owner to basically shove the key themselves, in secret.
At least we have gamecube emulation untouched.
That will be okay, no encryption required.
thorny loom
regardless ive already installed the lastest dolphin installer in case nintendo tries to take this further
gaunt marten
Remember to use the beta builds, instead of the stable one
The stable builds are sometimes years old
thorny loom
it was latest update available on the site
2 week old
i imagine dolphin will probably have an update removing that line of code in the future
light gate
Yes, but that means Wii emulation is blocked unless the user figures it out. Not even a tool can be provided as that would be deemed illegal.
sage raptor
I'd be okay with them just not including the keys. They're so easy to get for other emulators.
light gate
Yup
thorny loom
that being said lockpick is still on the wayback machine
when word got out they DMCA it people archived that shit REAL quick
light gate
Also Nintendo has been seeking blood for a while now, they’ve been this mad ever since the Gigaleak occurred.
thorny loom
yeah.
light gate
The Gigaleak changed things because for the first time ever, we got source codes for games that were never meant to be released… ever…
Also doesn’t help people were posting the mario movie on twitter dot com.
white phoenix
Also, Totk leaked in its entirety, cracked before its release, able to play on switch emulators
If only we could be a fly in a nintendo executive's office after discovering that
thorny loom
Also, Totk leaked in its entirety, cracked before its release, able to play on s...
hence why nintndo went after lockpick
The emulator owners did there best given that situation basically saying. No troubleshooting it until after official release and if you admit to having it beforehand your perma banned from our discord/forums
light gate
And that didn’t stop people from doing it.
The fact it got cracked before its release just says it all.
Nintendo emulation has a quite dare devilish scene of folks compared to the Sony and the slowpoke Xbox scene.
thorny loom
Part of that is again. Nintendo offers little to no alternative means of playing their old titles
light gate
Because that is their business strategy.
thorny loom
The switch emulator is one thing
visual hill
only Nintendo has a current-gen console both cracked and emulated
light gate
The Switch was cracked within a year.
It forced Nintendo to update the entire console, an entire revision.
thorny loom
Part of that too is the console is far behind performance wise people wanted decent performance on games
Yeah.
light gate
“People wanted decent performance on games”
I mean… you still see bad performance on PS5 and Xbox Series X.
thorny loom
Yeah. But most games also have pc alternatives on those platforms
grumbles in bloodborne
quiet swift
https://www.gamesradar.com/foot-fans-have-the-diablo-4-lead-calling-for-a-barbie-crossover/ the tweet....
light gate
Part of me wants Nintendo to use Apple Silicon since it would run circles around that Tegra chip. But Nintendo will probably go for the upcoming Tegra version.
dire gate
Nintendo+Apple sounds scary as fuck
light gate
It does, but Nintendo has said they respect Apple for their similarities.
Which is even more scary.
thorny loom
Also Microsoft basically gave the emulator scene a pass saying “do what you want in dev mode just not in retail mode”
Also porting most of tue major titles in backward compatiblity
light gate
It does, but Nintendo has said they respect Apple for their similarities.
Its fucking Miyamoto.
thorny loom
yeah.
light gate
Might not be the director of Nintendo but holy hell I wouldn’t doubt him become one.
light gate
Yeah they should’ve known.
open sparrow
dark patterns I always knew they were evil masterminds
white phoenix
Part of me wants Nintendo to use Apple Silicon since it would run circles around...
oh man, if nintendo used apple chips in their next console...
that would be amazing
uneven epoch
startin a new spiritfarer playthrough. did the most important thing almost as soon as i gained movement control of course, hug daffodil
i love that hugging is a genuine mechanic in this game n every character has a little different animation
uneven epoch
i love this game's soundtrack gkshafrsw. thunder harvest is SO good https://youtu.be/EztrNjcYs7o
though the ost is missin the BWAMs of when you catch a thunder mixed in they're so spicy 
arctic fern
This is one of the few games that made me break down crying
Its very good
uneven epoch
it is so good at makin ppl cry
random steppe
It's definitely exceptional.
I know an update came out since I played it but the whole crafting part is a bit much to give it a 2nd playthrough for me
Loved it the 1st time around tho
visual hill
nice, I did a perfect score on my first try on SpotGuessr
https://www.spotguessr.com/cs/daily if you want to try 🙂
unreal idol
random steppe
This is definitely a parody article
sage iris
This is one of the few games that made me break down crying
Its very good
That would be Life is strange 1 for me 🥲
white phoenix
I cried from persona 5 emptiness while the credits were rolling, the tears couldn't stop coming
I did nothing but play it for two weeks straight, only to sleep and eat, and what an experience
random steppe
Persona 5 had me tear up but it wasn't really at the ending.
white phoenix
when it ended, I realized that all the things I did in the game I couldn't do anymore unless I started over again, like I was on vacation for two weeks
Now I have a weird nostalgia for this game even though it's only been 5 months since I finished it
white phoenix
Persona 5 had me tear up but it wasn't really at the ending.
which part did you tear up on?
random steppe
||Ending of Futaba palace and later on during a random conversation between her and Sojiro, dad stories murder me with extreme ease||
white phoenix
oh yeah, that
ah man, I think I teared up on that too
||when she called him dad...|| 😭
dense crypt
https://twitter.com/hierozaki/status/1662515364553424900/photo/1
"what is more important, twilight? your loyalty to your princess, or your loyalty to your friends?"
gaunt marten
Turns out, there was no DMCA takedown. Instead, Valve asked Nintendo if it's okay to put up Dolphin. Nintendo said no, and said that it violates the DMCA, but they didn't follow Takedown procedure, so Dolphin devs can't even contest it.
Dolphin does distribute the Wii AES-128 Common Key which is used to encrypt Wii game discs. This isn't required in theory, the tools that dump game discs could just dump decrypted images, in fact that might be easier than dumping encrypted images (the decryption is done transparently by the Wii OS)
Whether that's allowed by exception clauses for interoperability, whether that's allowed by some kind of fair use clause, whether Nintendo's broken DRM actually counts as an effective copyright protection measure, etc. -> only a lawsuit could decide that. Your guess is probably as good or as bad as anyone else's.```"dark patterns" probably sounds pretty silly, but fwiw it is an established term in UX research for the sort of thing that tricks users into doing stuff they didn't want to do
open sparrow
I looked it up as well, thanks tho!
Still can't shake the image of evil villains out of my mind
slim thorn
tbh that's probably part of the goal
like, these patterns feel like the result of a moustache twirling UX designer
(I've never worked anywhere that did these tricks so can't speak to how it really happens)
thorny loom
https://mastodon.delroth.net/@delroth/110440301402516214
Oof. Least we can still access it the old fashioned way
visual hill
if you want to use a package manager to install Dolphin, use Scoop (on Windows) or Flatpak (on Linux) 🙂
dire gate
One time I doubted Nintendo's decision and this happens
craggy vine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=516OexsGlO0 this is cool
Also did not realize that the 1080 ti has more Vram than my 2070 super
I would have been very happy with a 1080 ti if I had one
Hell maybe even more happy, since I would have more Vram
I still think back fondly of the 780 ti, as if having one now would still be great
heady bridge
I feel Valve had to ask Nintendo because if they hadn’t they themselves would of been in the firing line of Nintendo’s legal heavys
wind stump
amongus
wind stump
"Hey can I borrow your notes?"
"Sure just change it so it's not exactly the same."
I knew the effect was the same but not the art as well 
quiet swift
dense crypt
Chirn oh
dire gate
It seems there is a rumor about Sony trying to acquire CDPR, but it should be taken with a bucket of salt.
gaunt marten
But they're direct competitors
Is Sony trying to acquire just the studio or also the DRM-Free store?
thorny loom
Eh not really. Sony doesnt own a pc storefront. They just partner with epic
And also release on steam
bleak lintel
CDPR doesn't seem like a strong fit for Sony.
gaunt marten
Sony loves DRM
wind stump
Okay that's nice
The game giving you the option to skip straight to the third Act boss and giving you the item you need to get to Act 4? Nice.
thorny loom
@mossy flume https://www.pcgamer.com/knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-shows-faint-flickering-sign-of-life-in-publisher-report/
minor gorge
I think I am going to play something else besides Dyson Sphere Program today.
quiet swift
<:pipp13cansofenergydrinks:938914390844010546> I think I am going to play someth...
Go here, and see what the "play next" suggests!
minor gorge
thorny loom
minor gorge
Go here, and see what the "play next" suggests!
Looks like it is Star Wars time for me. 
Well, after it installs the prerequisites.
thorny loom
which one
minor gorge
Jedi: Fallen Order is its name.
minor gorge
It would have been nice if Steam told me it had install the EA app first. I would have done that when I first downloaded the game earlier this week.
That looks neat.
quiet swift
I did play the original ages ago though so I am going to ignore that. I need to finish Jedi Survivor and then I'll be playing Stanley Parable Deluxe, and then Persona 5
minor gorge
quiet swift
But it is a fun function. Steam kept saying I should play Shadowrun
thorny loom
Meanwhile, me
bioshock is good
quiet swift
I know, I've played them all
thorny loom
good
quiet swift
Past my screenshot it was actually suggesting baldur's gate 3 next. Still waiting for it to release 1.0 first though 
minor gorge
I need to make an account to play it? Okay then.
quiet swift
It's on my wishlist 😛
slim thorn
huh, I don't remember making a separate EA account for the Jedi games
maybe it's just been too long and it did a good enough job about not nagging me to re-login afterward
mossy flume
<@98605232707080192> https://www.pcgamer.com/knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-...
I would hope so. In principle this game shouldn't be too hard to build a remake of.
Relatively speaking, really.
minor gorge
maybe it's just been too long and it did a good enough job about not nagging me ...
One of the steps in creating the EA account is linking it to your Steam account, so probably once that was done the former is able to fade into the background. 
quiet swift
I think i've found the EA app, especially now as EA play rather than Origin, less painful to deal with than something needing something like Epic or (perish the thought) Uplay to launch
minor gorge
The Steam integration probably helps.
Controller recommended for this game. I think I can manage.
quiet swift
Think of this as Star Wars Elden Ring just not as brutal
minor gorge
Excellent. I am in it for the atmosphere and the story, so I am not going to go for difficulty.
slim thorn
I prefer to avoid such a strong comparison but that may have more to do with my Fromsoft experience being apparently not the norm
quiet swift
kinda wants a play by play reaction of THAT SCENE near the end
minor gorge
My experience with this genre is very limited: watching a friend play some of the Dark Souls series and a favourite YouTube channel of mine doing unedited Elden Ring play-throughs. I never actually played any of those types of games until this one.
slim thorn
what Jedi Fallen Order / Jedi Survivor have in common with the soulslikes is that level design tends to be very 3d Metroidvania-y, combat relies heavily on stamina and parries, and attacks are "deliberate" in the sense that you can't insta-cancel so every swing makes you vulnerable
minor gorge
Neat.
Lot of controls to memorise. 
slim thorn
and for me at least, FO/JS are at the difficulty level where all of that is actually fun
learning the enemy patterns enough to tell when it's safe to attack and what to parry vs dodge feels awesome
minor gorge
Always good when you start with a big spaceship scroll.
wind stump
i mean it's a legal requirement
quiet swift
I've put it at the normal difficulty level I think, and i've usually been able to one shot stuff. What killed me usually died next attempt
slim thorn
that was roughly my experience too (including JS so far)
so I'd expect almost anyone to be fine playing the lower "experience the story" difficulty
thorny loom
really wish we could have a mix of force power usage in both games
like kotor were you could use both light and dark side powers togeather
quiet swift
You just want more of a jedi counsellor rather than a jedi knight
minor gorge
The main character looks nice.
river veldt
Cal Kestis is fucking hot
thorny loom
You just want more of a jedi counsellor rather than a jedi knight <:ppenk:681838...
i just want force choke and lighting
river veldt
sorry im a sucker for redheads
slim thorn
one of my favorite surprises about FO was how well they managed to make me feel like I was playing a "low-tier" Jedi despite a steady supply of engaging combat (heck, he can't even force push/pull for half the game)
thorny loom
have a vader style build
quiet swift
i just want force choke and lighting
Play Star Wars: The Old Republic
quiet swift
Heck you might get me as a GM!
slim thorn
and in JS he feels significantly less low-tier which of course is exactly what we want for a sequel
river veldt
one of my favorite surprises about FO was how well they managed to make me feel ...
how old was Cal when Order 66 happened? was he still just a padawan
quiet swift
Play the game, it tells you
slim thorn
that's actually a huge part of the story
slim thorn
the flashback to Order 66 day was one of my favorite sequences narratively
river veldt
oo
quiet swift
thorny loom
remember kids order 66 happened cause cal didnt high five his clone commander friend
minor gorge
Classic Empire.
slim thorn
it's oddly satisfying just taking out and putting away your lightsaber at the cinematically appropriate moments
minor gorge
Yes.
visual hill
today is Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory's 20th birthday 🙂
minor gorge
Happy birthday to them.
I guess slicing stormtroopers with electrostaffs is my life now.
slim thorn
pretty much
I'll probably fire up JS myself after I reach a stopping point in this anime
gaunt marten
it's oddly satisfying just taking out and putting away your lightsaber at the ci...
L1 spam is the traditional way to say hi in Dark Souls online multiplayer
With a two handed weapon, spamming L1 will repeatedly put your block up then lower it
Making a very silly looking animation
And since block is prioritized for the PVP aspect, the game has to transmit each and every one instead of simplifying
wind stump
I can imagine two people L1 spamming and then they do the meme where they're running around the Dark Souls world with Take on Me playing
dire gate
#agdq2024
mossy flume
Excellent
gaunt marten
With a big enough weapon it looks like you're wiggling the weapon in the air or dancing
wind stump
Hey look das me in the top 3 on the server! 
gaunt marten
Nice
wind stump
it's going to take a while to climb up the other two ranks because
- The Tower only opens for two days a week (and even then, you can only climb 3 floors in that time)
- I only have 4 Pilgrim characters (a squad can have 5)
- Pilgrim characters are a bitch to get so even if it was open all the time I would need some godly rolls to outpower the gradual difficulty increase.
gaunt marten
Ranks work like this
The higher ranks have a lot of competition, and so you need immense amounts of work to climb each
The lower ones have people who didn't really want to bother competing (most people)
wind stump
Well at the very least I know that Dorothy (A recent event character who I got nearly maxed out) is in the general unit pool so it's not impossible for me to get the last body i need
wind stump
The higher ranks have a lot of competition, and so you need immense amounts of w...
you can tell what camp i'm in!
quiet swift
hidden elbow
I know that there are ,a separate doom topic channel ,but this is just too cool for me not to share with more people
I love brutal doom ,but my probably favorite part of it ,are friendly marines ,while playing with them I always try to save them and help them to clean earth from demonic menace ,ussually I just ran with 1 or 2 of them
But in this playthorugh I decided to save as much of them as I can
hidden elbow
I couldnt save everyone ,but so far we are force of death
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/916398673196367962/1112488253430431814/Screenshot_Doom_20230529_000746.png
Fallen Order is neat so far.
minor gorge
I see.
I set the difficulty low since I prefer that to come from the planning I do in factory/logistics games, not me trying to rely on my less-than-stellar reflexes. 
visual hill
I think I'm on the second-to-last difficulty, like I typically choose in modern AAA games
slim thorn
never bad to start on easy and wait to see if the mechanics click enough to bump it up later
I usually do the default difficulty, which iiuc is one below what you're doing Cal?
...okay "Cal" is gonna get weird soon lol
minor gorge
Now I am imagining him (Jedi Cal) logging into Discord in between quests.
slim thorn
if I was putting waaaaay more time into games in general I might have replayed FO on a higher difficulty at some point, but that definitely takes more focus and consistent play sessions than I'm doing these days
visual hill
I'll boot up the game quickly to check
my PC can arguably run Heretic 2 and Jedi: Fallen Order at the same time.
(almost done with Heretic 2)
minor gorge
Nice.
slim thorn
oh no
these Anchorites are philosophers
wait, now I'm using a lightsaber and a blaster at the same time?
that's illegal
visual hill
Heretic 2 credits taunting me
minor gorge
Sword and gun is a neat combination. 
visual hill
yeah I'm on Jedi Master, I just checked
slim thorn
I am indeed on Jedi Knight
river veldt
that's illegal <:izzynothoughtsheadempty:910198222255972382>
that's what Vader and Dirk Starkiller did in the original Star Wars concept art
slim thorn
speaking of proper focus, I just started Shattered Moon and the very first raider got the drop on me 
...ok four in a row got the drop on me
how are they doing this
fresh bane
Just like with the SH2 remake, they're not being developed internally by Konami but in conjunction with a separate developer
MGS Delta seems like it's being developed by ''Virtuos''
I also agree with what Yong is saying, a 1:1 remake seems like the best route, I don't trust, nor would I want anyone other than Kojima and his team to re-imagine MGS like they've done with remakes like Resident Evil
slim thorn
actually did okay on the miniboss
river veldt
Just like with the SH2 remake, they're not being developed internally by Konami ...
☹️
no Kojima honestly makes me not have much hope :/
fresh bane
It's not like anyone ever expected Kojima to ever work alongside Konami again anyways
river veldt
true true
white phoenix
on the bright side, mgs3's gameplay isn't that outdated, all they gotta do is retain all the story and dialogue, and freshen up the gameplay a tad, and bam, 10/10 remake
white phoenix
hopefully they don't screw up the pc port optimization though
dire gate
Oh yeah I also heard that they are reusing all the old recorded voices
Instead of newly recording
fresh bane
The fact that they're using the old recordings sounds to me like everything will be mostly identical to the original, hopefully
it's the same direction I hope SH2 will go with but somehow I doubt they're gonna do that
dire gate
MGS3 is the one I watched the most due to one certain player, so I do have some interest
fresh bane
I have more of a personal connection with Peace Walker myself
dire gate
What a thrill...
fresh bane
hopefully that one is next
no way, it's luke from streets!
(fun fact, this is the actual VA's youtube channel)
river veldt
hello Luke
slim thorn
crossguard stance is waaaaay too slow for me
maybe if they let you run around with more than two stances at a time (what is the point of that restriction anyway?)
quiet swift
Two max as far as I can tell, and yeah, I found crossguard too slow
@slim thorn show off your style!
slim thorn
oh I don't bother with the cosmetics lol
quiet swift
I just do the lightsaber (and made my gun completely beskar), otherwise Cal still has his default appearance
rancid herald
crossguard is a godsent for bosses
minor gorge
Most I did was switch from blue to green.
quiet swift
Switched it to white myself
slim thorn
I didn't even have a color option
when the game made me test it crossguard seemed like it did maybe 2x damage at 1/2 speed so it feels like under any circumstances it'd be inferior to the usual single; what makes it good on bosses?
quiet swift
It's in "blade" rather than "color"
rancid herald
when the game made me test it crossguard seemed like it did maybe 2x damage at 1...
it makes you feel badass.
I actually can't remember exactly what made it work well
I think it's because it does so much damage per hit
slim thorn
well, I'm clearly about to do a boss fight so I guess I'll swap double for cross and give it another shot
oh, OH
on the boss' health single and cross do almost the same damage, but on his stamina cross did like 2/3 of the bar while single did maybe a 10th
yeah that is not in the stance description at all
slim thorn
dang it Yaddle, you had one chance to contribute to the lore!
green fulcrum
dang it Yaddle, you had one chance to contribute to the lore!
I mean, she did contribute. She discovered Palpatine's identity and Count Dooku's partnership with him long before anyone else.
robust spear
icy crescent
<@283037539755884554> show off your style!
minor gorge
Revolver-looking blaster: how nice. 
icy crescent
Revolver always be my partner
minor gorge
teal sonnet
I also agree with what Yong is saying, a 1:1 remake seems like the best route, I...
Even if the game comes out okay
Without Kojima just feels weird
Metal Gear is his child
idk, just feels weird
fresh bane
I don't disagree, I feel the same way with Silent Hill
but Konami is not going to let these IPs just die off
Remaking these games and staying faithful to their original vision without trying to reinvent them or reimagine them when they're not nearly qualified enough to do that and really when that isn't necessary at all since these franchises are nearly perfect as they are is the best course
I would've loved to see a remake of Silent Hill 1 personally but I guess they're chasing their biggest entries
white phoenix
he did make this comment though, albeit back in 2010:
heady bridge
Yeah and look how poor a job Hollywood has done with most long running legacy IPs in recent times….
Admittedly back in 2010 it wasn’t quite as terrible as now though
white phoenix
Yeah, true
keep in mind though that kojima wanted to move on from mgs ever since like, mgs2
fresh bane
earlier lol
He wanted it over with since MGS1
allegedly anyways
this is always a thing with creators where people quote the same thing but without any specific sources, just like the myth of Akira Toriyama wanting to end Dragonball at 'X' or 'Y' saga
white phoenix
I mean, it kinda makes sense when you look at the story
mgs2 kinda ends with not much else to go off of, so when they ask to make mgs3, he goes alright, we'll make a prequel instead so that we have a blank slate
and then when they ask him to come back again for mgs4, you result in the absolute spaghetti mess of a plot trying to tie something up that was never designed to in the first place
it's as if mgs2 was meant to be the end
fresh bane
I give a lot of shit at MGS4 for being a mess of a story but to be fair he managed to tie most loose ends as best as one could with characters and stories that were already kind of concluded
Hell, Snake by the time of the first Metal Gear Solid was already a retired soldier since the Metal Gear days
his story was already technically concluded
white phoenix
yeah, giving credit where credit is due
mgs4 is still a masterpiece
ending makes me cry everytim
fresh bane
Honestly all of the mainline games are masterpieces for me I can't really say much bad about any of them
maybe portable ops is the only one I could call ''bad'' but... it's still pretty good for a PSP title
and Peace Walker is another masterpiece for me
super unique presentation
white phoenix
gonna miss yoji shinkawa for sure with the remake
fresh bane
Yoji Shinkawa isn't part of Kojima's team to my knowledge so if he wanted he could comeback
pretty sure he's a freelancer
white phoenix
I heard that too, but wikipedia says otherwise
who knows, hoping he does though
wiki could be outdated
fresh bane
I mean the information on MGS delta is still pretty scarce until it comes out or something more is released we just won't know
sage raptor
Shinkawa did the art for Death Stranding
He still works with kojipro
Not that he couldn't come back, but maybe he wouldn't because he still has that working relationship
fresh bane
He could come back if he wanted because he's not under contract with kojima productions but he probably won't for respect towards kojima
sage raptor
hidden elbow
I give a lot of shit at MGS4 for being a mess of a story but to be fair he manag...
Mgs 4 is probably the weakest main line game in mgs ,but it doesnt stop it from having some amazing moments ,my favorite final boss fight period ,and the ending that I cried the shit out of
dire gate
MGS 4 Ending I love
thorny loom
update on dolphin
teal sonnet
I cant wait for the new silent hill
is the same writer of umineko
and that dude is likely one of the best writers on earth
umineko is my fav piece of fiction
it is a masterpiece
hidden elbow
it is a masterpiece
Ive been thinking of giving it a try
fresh bane
''the new silent hill'' I assume means SH:f
there's a lot of new SH games coming, but 'f' seems like the next ''main'' one
hidden elbow
''the new silent hill'' I assume means SH:f
Silent hills 
hidden elbow
I actually exited about new sh, but as everything that Konami been doing, I'll approach it with caution
teal sonnet
yeah f
quiet swift
slim thorn
I give a lot of shit at MGS4 for being a mess of a story but to be fair he manag...
huh, when I binged all four MGS4 was easily my favorite 
visual hill
it's very divisive for sure
grave tide
And you can throw mе to the wolves (Throw me to the wolves)
Cause I am undefeatable!!!!
Finally, after 5 hours trying to kill it on Grandmaster
quiet swift
visual hill
Spawn of Doggo
grave tide
oh god they brought Oggdo back <:cadancewheeze:761000388232347658>
Oggdo on Grandmaster in Jedi Survivor x10 ruthless
I tried to kill it 3 times
Only after I got more skills I came back
slim thorn
oh well I'm definitely never playing on grandmaster lol
grave tide
slim thorn
that difficulty level would require me to be actually good at games
gray flower
update on dolphin
This shit is still so dumb to me
It's not like valve or the dolphin team are selling wii games on steam. And dolphin isn't made using Nintendo development tools or source code. So like wtf lmao
gaunt marten
Well the letter of the American law makes bypassing some attempts at encryption a violation of the DMCA, regardless of whether emulation itself is legal
So Dolphin will have to verify with a laywer.
sage raptor
Not having a steam release isn't the end of the world. Dolphin's already a flatpak for steamdeck. I really wanted it for cloud saves, but it's okay.
I don't think development of the emulator is being threatened
gaunt marten
Yeah
If Nintendo was confident they could DMCA Dolphin, they would have done so decades ago
sage raptor
True
slim thorn
I'm aware that games with a stealth mechanic generally make the allies magically invisible for good reason, but Bode jetpacking right over my head in plain view while I'm hiding looks really silly
quiet swift
slim thorn
daaaang it, I nearly got a clean magnadroid kill (i.e. zero damage and most of the parries)
then I forgot it's one of those two-phase enemies where the fatality animation isn't quite the end
icy crescent
And you can throw mе to the wolves (Throw me to the wolves)
Cause I am undefeata...
Boi that Frog was the hardest boss I've ever fought so far, took me 1 hour to kill it and 3 hours to kill 2 of them at the same time 
slim thorn
and that's why I'm playing on the default difficulty; only 3 enemies and paying undivided attention yet I somehow missed every single parry and dashed into the void
gaunt marten
https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/26/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-team-already-working...
They should be working on their first game
grave tide
Boi that Frog was the hardest boss I've ever fought so far, took me 1 hour to ki...
I will wait until I get enough skills to kill 2 frogs at the same time
icy crescent
and that's why I'm playing on the default difficulty; only 3 enemies and paying ...
Good for you and That's okay too, people have their own way to enjoy playing some games, for me im the type of person who likes a challenge 
slim thorn
I mean, so do I, but in most games the default difficulty already is a challenge
(plus higher difficulty is usually just more enemy health/damage, which doesn't really increase challenge so much as tedium)
gaunt marten
In games where higher difficulty just makes enemies bullet sponges, yeah
icy crescent
Oh yeah i almost forgot this is also a Souls game 
gaunt marten
I like games that introduce difficulty by slowly removing forgiveness mechanics like coyote time and so on
slim thorn
huh, I'm failing to think of any examples of that, unless you count things like enemies/areas getting to debuff you more later on
gaunt marten
Well XCOM 2 does this
By default it cheats in favor of the players, allowing players to crit and hit way more often than they should, but on the very highest difficulty level, it doesn't cheat at all.
Otherwise, it doesn't introduce extra enemies or makes enemies stronger
slim thorn
I guess the difference between debuffing you and "removing forgiveness" is semantics in a strategy/RPG game where it's all stat-based combat
gaunt marten
Civilization V, EU4 and other Paradox games do this too, but sometimes they do add fake difficulty. They have a "base" difficulty with the training wheels removed and higher ones with fake difficulty
The metric which makes a difficulty setting good or not is ultimately how fun it is for you, but my own rule of thumb is I play on the highest difficulty setting I can reliably win (ideally just out of my comfort zone) that does not make games so long they're boring
slim thorn
pretty much same, for me that just happens to be most games' default setting
which I can only assume means I have extremely average reflexes
gaunt marten
It makes sense to try the default setting the first time through, and it makes sense to not play a game again
slim thorn
I mean, I would turn it up if it was too easy
I still die once in a while on this setting
and I'm constantly taking avoidable hits (some because I suck, and some because for each new enemy some trial and error is required); turning those health losses into instant deaths would just be tedius
slim thorn
...I think this ambusher expected me to go a different direction
slim thorn
2nd Dagan fight was sooooo good (used 4/8 stims)
quiet swift
Haven't gotten to it yet, but i've been doing side missions and stuff
slim thorn
I'm mostly beelining the main quests until I have enough of the abilities that exploring won't get me stuck on a missing ability every few minutes
I actually just finished doing a little re-exploring early Koboh rather than warp because plot dropped me off there, but even that bumped into a missing ability
fresh bane
huh, when I binged all four MGS4 was easily my favorite <:cocothink:908027043776...
MGS4 is a lot of people's favourites especially for people who already played the other games and even more so if you binged the entire franchise
but it's still easily the weakest one and the most poorly written one just because this wasn't a franchise that really had enough stuff to drag on for this long
and it still manages to be an exciting and satisfying conclusion
slim thorn
oh well, it's been far too long for me to argue the point
slim thorn
I clearly do not understand dodging these Bedlam Smashers
half the time I dodge well before the attack and it hits me anyway, but it's never consistent
thorny loom
slim thorn
oh no he has a phase two
PHASE TWO 
still loving all the main bosses
that one took 6/10 stims for both phases but considering I still won on my first try I'm happy with that
sage iris
I really can't wait to play this game
slim thorn
man
Nightsister Merrin was lowkey best girl in the first game but now she's highkey best girl
rancid herald
I see you've been converted to the cult of the crossguard
slim thorn
actually for Rayvis I found dual worked much better
crossguard was the clear winner for Dagan 2
just depends on the pace of their attacks and staggers
I guess blaster stance is the only one I'm really not using; still no idea when I would want to equip that over the others
rancid herald
yeah it's an odd one
mossy flume
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/nintendo-reveals-why-it-blocked-d...
This is an immensely flimsy argument. If they actually felt this way they would make their old games possible to purchase and play through normal channels. Switch Online barely qualifies for this because of its excessively limited nature.
random steppe
TBH blaster stance I use mostly because the finishers are all stylish as fuck.
That's it.
Yeah the range attack to take out very weak enemies is nice but I'd be lying to you if I told you I was using it because i think it's better
slim thorn
yeah, I'd be trying it out if I could switch to any stance at any time, but if I have to throw out another stance to use it at all...
I feel like I just fell into Hallownest
visual hill
Xen when
slim thorn
I'm honestly impressed the B1 battle droid banter still hasn't gotten old
like it's better than it was in the actual prequel movies
just now I got "Does this mean you're a Jedi?" after the droid was already in multiple pieces
oh, apparently stomps are unblockable but don't highlight the enemy in red like every other unblockable melee attack 
welp I'm blaming that for dying to a rancor in five seconds
apparently the push ability gets super wonky when you're surrounded by too many pull/pushable objects
anyway, double magnaguard should be fun
oh that was over fast
conservation of ninjutsu is in full effect; they no longer get their second phases
rancid herald
they do actually
but I think it's possible to kill them without the second phase triggering
the magnaguard second phase only really occurs if you take their head
slim thorn
...that'd be some amazing luck if I only ever did it in this fight yet got it 2/2 times this fight
rancid herald
yeah
slim thorn
oh maybe using the crossguard did it
these caverns could really use more meditation points, I think I've died here more than the rest of the game combined and it's mostly to dumb things
quiet swift
That part near the bridge on ||jeddah|| lasted sooooo long without a meditation point
mossy flume
Unreal hasn't really updated their crash reporter in a while.
quiet swift
I think i've had just one crash like that so far. And one hard freeze
mossy flume
Not like they need to.
I had a ton of issues on launch week, but the early patches helped a ton.
Jedi Survivor actually became unplayable at one point
But I disabled raytracing and that actually fixed the issue
quiet swift
Was it in a wide open area with lots to see by any chance? Thats when I've notice it chugs for me
slim thorn
this is my first crash, I've had raytracing on since the start
uh it was in the outdoor bit of Koboh just above the whatever caverns where the bounty hunters wasted a lot of my time
light gate
anyway, double magnaguard should be fun
Also wow this looks super desaturated without HDR.
mossy flume
Was it in a wide open area with lots to see by any chance? Thats when I've notic...
Nope. Performance was never really a problem aside from the compilation stutter. But the space where it became unplayably crashy for a week was where I got into the hidden base with the Jedi leader.
Also the sequences before then it started crashing a ton
Btu I could get progress
mossy flume
The second planet
slim thorn
oh OUR hidden base
slim thorn
ok that was an extremely vague description lol
mossy flume
Right, but I didn't name the person
But yeah, Peach found some advice on reddit and that allowed me to keep going
grave tide
I had a ton of issues on launch week, but the early patches helped a ton.
That's the reason why I don't want to buy modern AAA games
mossy flume
I've had raytracing off since then
slim thorn
since this is my first and only crash after ~23 hours I probably won't change anything for now
light gate
Also wow this looks super desaturated without HDR.
I'd probably look like this with HDR, maybe... rough estimate.
mossy flume
But it looks so great and performs quite well I haven't really thought about it