#general gaming
white phoenix
fresh bane
I hope someone's working on a mod to give juri shoes
chilly mural
give her fake jordans
chilly mural
thorny loom
gaunt marten
https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/140b7x5/are_dolphin_devs_special_in_bundling_decryption/
Notes by former Dolphin developer on the practice of bundling a decryption key with the emulator.
slim thorn
Interestingly, Apple did try to make copyright applicable to one of their secret keys by making it a Haiku.
oh wow it did end up in the public court records
Apple seeks to seal information relating to its decryption key haiku, “our hard work / by these words guarded / please don’t steal (c) Apple Computer Inc” (see, e.g., Apple Motion Tab 2 at 5).
slim thorn
same energy as TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE
welp, TIL that tons of emulators already bundle keys
visual hill
I remember that haiku 
on a related note: GT5/6 are now somewhat playable in RPCS3, although you need a beefy CPU: https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/13yjbnx/rpcs3_gran_turismo_games_are_now_very_stable/
wind stump
same energy as TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE
THE LAND THE LAND THE LAND
i dunno why but i was doing a raid and the boss summoned a d00d who just said that a lot
thorny loom
https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/140b7x5/are_dolphin_devs_special_in_...
yeah figures. Sounded more like Nintendo being butthurt of a potential emulator being easily accessible on steam deck
quiet swift
slim thorn
that's a Disco Elysium line that is
river veldt
Twitter
quiet swift
that's a Disco Elysium line that is
Shockingly, no! 
slim thorn
lol, yeah I could tell the font was different
novel pine
<:wheeze:983140299683528704>
What game
fresh bane
''hmmm I haven't played League in a bit, I could jump in and play a couple games''
first game goes surprisingly well, not a lot of chatting, people joking around, both teams played pretty good, good teamwork
nice
second game starts off bad, people connecting late, lanes start dying, I get ganked and killed on my jungle, bot lane starts micro-managing every single little move I make and blaming everything on me because they keep dying and making bad calls, they ask for everyone in the match to report me
now I remember why I stopped
dense crypt
"... cant you read a book?"
gaunt marten
#travle #173 (4/6) (0 hints)
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https://imois.in/games/travle
Today is The Gambia to Liberia. Both on the western African coast
fresh bane
so Juri is the kind of girl that wakes you up telling you you need new locks, good to know 
this feels extremely in character
glad to know we finally have the Street Fighter dating sim we've always wanted 
sage raptor
I can fix her
light gate
These things blow up now, huh.
hasty patio
If they're the Sentiel ones, yes.
flint iron
glad to know we finally have the Street Fighter dating sim we've always wanted <...
I need to do a dating sim with Bison, Ibuki, Charlie Nash and Elena right now(Make them the second wave of DLC, Capcom 
)
flint iron
Blanka's career/hobby in sf6 is to entertain locals and kids which is really wholesome
river veldt
awww
fresh bane
I'm excited to see what they're gonna plan to do with some of the characters that aren't in the roster yet, I wanna see what they do with Karin and Sakura and Ibuki
flint iron
The only part of Blanka that is scary is the live action movie adaption but everyone is scary in the movie
river veldt
im gonna be real ive never played a Street Fighter
ive seen bits of the bad movie though
flint iron
I'm excited to see what they're gonna plan to do with some of the characters tha...
Ooo Sakura is one my favorite characters
river veldt
let me google what Blanka looks like in the movie
flint iron
I apologize in behalf of what you will see in a few seconds
fresh bane
if they add her I hope they'll add her classic outfit too
but the SFV outfit was fire too
flint iron
Yeh he's from brazil
flint iron
Wait I need to see her outfits again, I forgot what her sfv outfit looked like
fresh bane
it's like another student costume
river veldt
she is cute
flint iron
Why does she look like an operator for an fps game or resident evil protagonist
Its the ear microphone
Reminds me of Rebecca chambers
They should have Q return too
chilly mural
amazing that R.Mika in both the jap and eng VAs is the Naruto VA
just a dumb funfact I like
fresh bane
mmmmm.... you sure about that?
Junko Takeuchi only voiced R Mika in SF Alpha 3
Maile Flanagan never voiced R Mika from what I see
fresh bane
Only the JP va of SFA3 voiced R Mika 
the EN and JP VAs of SFV never voiced Naruto
flint iron
fresh bane
thanks for reminding me I need to resume the Sonic comics someday 
flint iron
It shouldn't be that much to read, matters how much you already finished tho
fresh bane
There's just so much I have to catch up on and I make very little progress on all of them so I very well may get around to it in like 2 years
I didn't get that far I only got to the part where Metal Sonic shows up in the very beginning
flint iron
Ah yeah, nevermind that's alot of literature you have go through then
river veldt
<a:TangleBigSad:1039653480656285706>
is this the lesbian
flint iron
Yehh
river veldt
cute
hidden elbow
Okay guys ,can you recommend the most bone chilling horror game you know , I played many of them ,mainstream ,unknown ,indie ,AAA ,but aside from few exceptions nothing can really scare me ,so can you give me a names ,some of the worst psychological and twisted horrors games you know
sage iris
hidden elbow
I heard some good things about it
wind stump
based
lol this dood's named cap
Did you know you can rename your d00d's in Tower Escape?
river veldt
wind stump
also i forgot to show but the Tier 1 Mushroom Boi has a rainbow
For pride, ya see
wind stump
Cap uniroincally got me my first win 
river veldt
😎
thorny loom
quiet swift
visual hill
Eh, using Steam for FLOSS is weird
people mostly want it for cloud saves or easier Steam Deck integration
sage raptor
Yeah, me
feral tulip
Pride month post:
Thank you to fear and hunger termina for a Trans character that can eat and defile corpses
Marina my love
grim stirrup
i should play termina, the first game wasnt suffering enough
feral tulip
Termina is sooo good
Having a playable disabled character with a unique mechanic is so cool
Been obsessed with it lately
wind stump
Nothing suspicious here.
bleak lintel
Never trust Blizzard on unrelease content.
dire gate
Kojima working with Apple 
white phoenix
wait so it's real
random steppe
<a:dehyagroove:1078234402523459634> Never trust Blizzard on unrelease content.
Yeah, especially after OW2 debacle I don't know how anyone can trust what Blizzard says about future content
grave tide
Do you remember how MANY Blizzard made promises about WarCraft 3 Refunded
quiet swift
Different teams and different management within the one company, but yeah. D4 so far is great. Some performance issues at times but nothing like Jedi Survivor or Last of Us
grave tide
Even more than Overwatch 2
random steppe
I mean I still wont touch D4 unless literally all my friends pick it up, the game seems exceptional but the existence of a battlepass immediatly turns me off
grave tide
Several battlepasses
quiet swift
fair
random steppe
They should do it the way Halo Infinite did it.
With you being able to go back and complete older battlepasses.
The idea that I HAVE to play or I wont be getting all the stuff on it immediatly makes me not want to play at all
slim thorn
yup
and now on a completely different note
wtf is a "heightened belligerence algorithm"? 
quiet swift
Exactly what it sounds like, meatsack
grave tide
I killed this dude at second attempt
slim thorn
I guess it's harder on the non-baby difficulties
first try for me and it was hilariously sloppy since I was not trying at all
hmm... only one missing, and Toa still won't tell me where it is
yeah, screw it, I'm looking this up
thorny loom
wtf is a "heightened belligerence algorithm"? <:derpyfacewing:506544826423181315...
Means more likely to rush or go berserk
slim thorn
oh there's the holotactics guy
slim thorn
...how the hell would anyone ever find this chamber without a walkthrough
even a text walkthrough wasn't enough
untold vigil
slim thorn
nice, I've discovered map glitches
that probably kills off the idea of seriously going for 100%
but on the plus side
finally got this
thorny loom
Fun fact. The game will warn you if you find a way to sequence break or glitch to an area ahead of intended progression
slim thorn
I remember hearing about that
dense crypt
That's funny
slim thorn
yep
doing a vortex spin directly into a destroyer droid is oddly satisfying
wow that was a weird map glitch, it had a door marked as unopenable but it was just sitting wide open with nothing in the way
oh yeah, isn't this the guy Rafo filmed the other day?
dire gate
I like how ominous that green 40FPS is
slim thorn
yep
for me, on this new laptop, RE4 remake was consistently 100-140 fps in most areas, Jedi Survivor has been consistently 35-50 fps in most areas
dire gate
I see, so it basically makes your laptop into Switch
slim thorn
so the stories about ungreat PC performance are true, but at least for me not enough to harm the game in practice (after the patches)
since I don't care about even 30 vs 60 fps, much less >60
but it's fun to see and talk about the magic number
(and this might be very useful info for one of you with an older machine)
dire gate
I personally think that fps itself isn't too important many times, but the change in fps is
Like constant 40fps feels better than having 80fps but occasionally drop to like 50fps
slim thorn
same, I definitely notice when it dips below 30
not sure I've ever had the "80 with drops to 50" situation
dire gate
It is pretty easy to get used to constantly low but stable fps
slim thorn
I mean, I have had drops in JS, but so rarely I couldn't tell you where they were (except one super bad one in a very specific area of Coruscant you only visit once during scripted events)
dire gate
It is pretty easy to get used to constantly low but stable fps
Unless it is extremely low
I wonder how many people can actually tell the difference between NTSC and PAL by just watching
gaunt marten
#travle #174 (5/9) (0 hints)
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https://imois.in/games/travle
Mali to Djibouti. This one's as easy as Africa games get
grim stirrup
senna support is fun oops
visual hill
I wonder how many people can actually tell the difference between NTSC and PAL b...
if displayed on a 60 Hz display, it's fairly easy to tell due to the judder of PAL (uneven frame pacing)
though I'd say I could distinguish both if properly framepaced
river veldt
mossy flume
Ooo Harvest Moon
hasty patio
chilly mural
chilly mural
fresh bane
all the world tour stuff I'm seeing kinda makes me wanna play it especially the interactions with the masters but I never touched a fighting game's story mode before
chilly mural
you can just run up and SPD an NPC
fresh bane
can't believe there's still not another Jojo fighting game
(and no ASB doesn't count)
novel pine
idk why they wont just recreate HFTF's gameplay but do it with other parts
or evne better just remake HFTF
fresh bane
no need to remake HFTF when you can just make a new and more updated fighter
I wanna fight as Kira 8
fresh bane
Jojolion is extremely weird
I kinda like it but it's a weird one
bizarre if you will
heady bridge
I’m not a big fighting game fan but when I do play it’s usually Soul Calibur, it was one of my favourite Dreamcast games
arctic fern
Pikimin 4? Hell yeah
wind stump
arctic fern
Stop playing overwatch
wind stump
wind stump
where her cap
little badger
https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1666097728827568128? @graceful bridge
little badger
Was just reading about that
So console players won’t get it?
graceful bridge
Console players will get it, but usually it takes 2-4 weeks if not longer. They've got to port it over and then wait for Sony/MS to approve the changes.
little badger
Ah right.
thorny loom
Though Reddit is currently getting overloaded.
Yeah reddit is angy rn due to update coming out
rancid herald
the reddit was angry that day, my friends
dense crypt
Yo rogue squadron
river veldt
unreal idol
visual hill
it's-a-me, One Piece!
random steppe
It looks like his crotch is on fire, which doesn't help it
quiet swift
slim thorn
I'm pretty sure you're not meant to spawn up here
thorny loom
river veldt
I'm pretty sure you're not meant to spawn up here
the hell is that
slim thorn
the mount animal on this planet
river veldt
why he look like that
visual hill
https://www.pcgamer.com/nintendos-claim-that-emulation-stifles-innovation-isnt-j...
pictures you can hear
river veldt
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
quartz pawn
Anyone want to play Kirby's dreamland 3 on SNES Switch online on the Switch with me for a bit?
slim thorn
there are no icons left on Jedha (other than markers for shops, save points and some stuff I already did)
quiet swift
...Uh. This might affect me directly. Wonder how
mossy flume
Ahh, you’re still with them? Yeah, that might have some effects for you…
quiet swift
On one hand, this could affect my job. On the other, I've kinda been wanting out for a while but didn't really have enough to last for any decent amount of time (and benefits are still pretty good). If there's layoffs though, I might get a pretty fat severance package, one can hope (been here for quite a while)
visual hill
pretty big patch notes for CS2 Limited Test: https://www.counter-strike.net/news/updates
Mirage has landed too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUSAI4Fh8o
also a bold move, but I guess it makes sense:
The level editor (Hammer) now leverages GPU accelerated raytracing to both preview and bake lighting for CS2 maps. This significantly speeds up compile times, but as a result a GPU capable of raytracing is required for Hammer to be fully functional.
thorny loom
https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-the-old-republic-development-third-party-...
unsurprising SWTOR has been on life support ever since the latest expansion
gaunt marten
Seems reasonable to me. The only channels I can think of that are no longer allowed are GDQ (maybe some Esport channels too)
Banner ads and donation trackers are pretty common among streamers, but personally I'm not sad to see them go
3% of screen size is 1/64ish Around a quarter the size of a typical facecam
random steppe
I mean, regardless of it it's reasonable or not, which I am not a fan of because it's essentially just cutting revenue streams for streamers, Twitch is already losing a lot of ground to other platforms and that's just going to accelerate it
So I would argue it's dumb even if it was reasonable
Of the streams I watch, there is maybe one that can survive as a fulltime streamer with these limitations in place.
Admittedly I don't watch streams very much
gaunt marten
Yeah
hidden elbow
I am addicted to this ,i just cant get enough of it
https://youtu.be/ql7QnYdfamA
Slayers x terminal aftermath vengeance of the slayer is by far the best game I played this year
magic hinge
gaming
wind stump
Hmm, wonder if there's something new in Star Rail.
i will protect clara with my fucking life i swear to fucking god
craggy vine
wintry canopy
The Last Title Update. https://youtu.be/l3z8oj9koPo
And it drops tomorrow, so I should be getting to sleep.
wind stump
AMONGUS
thorny loom
graceful bridge
Bethesda is going to show off Starfield during Xbox Direct on June 11
#824386286768226325 message
arctic fern
oh you can preveiw servers now? what?
graceful bridge
Apparently!
wind stump
wait what the fuck
in tail we're going off about pronouns in bio and they stealth drop this?!?!?!
arctic fern
thats a really useful feature, especially with message linking
drifting tendon
Maybe they hacked it together and it joins and then unjoins the server, flooding the moderation log.
arctic fern
it needs testing, thats for sure
peak mesa
Nah, bring back the Mountain Dew Halo 3 Game Fuel.
wind stump
what flavour is it
gamer
arctic fern
if they wanted gamer edition cola, they should have made nuka cola
missed opportunity right there
chilly mural
If Coca-Cola doesn’t have a doritos pope tier spokesperson it’s so joever
I want a Coca-Cola Messiah
peak mesa
I want pop.
heady bridge
i will protect clara with my fucking life i swear to fucking god
Mr. Svarog would like to know your location
graceful bridge
arctic fern
i actually agree with that policy, ngl
its dumb as fuck, but its twitch's platform and they make money via sponsors, having people using it to advertise and not pay them is silly
there should be a system in place for twitch to set up in-stream advertisements for streamers rather than banning them in totality tho
graceful bridge
Oh it's worse than that
arctic fern
eh?
graceful bridge
While basic sponsor logos will still be allowed to be shown on these streams, those sponsorships "are limited to 3% of screen size" under the new guidelines. That could be a problem for some disabled streamers because, as blind streamer Steve Saylor pointed out, that size "isn't accessible for low vision users as it is too small for overlays and even smaller on mobile."
arctic fern
i dont get it
graceful bridge
So, the issue is that streamers are getting sponsorships & inserting it directly into their stream via OBS, or whatever software they're using. Twitch calls these "burned in", because they're part of the original video stream, not filters through Twitch's ad service.
But Twitch's ad service still runs in addition to these burned in ads.
What Twitch is doing is saying "you can't have them unless they're so small as to be invisible," in order to entice advertisers to use Twitch's system entirely, cutting the streamers out of getting any direct revenue from a sponsorship.
Streamers have noted that this is just greedy, because the streamers could have a physical banner in their room while streaming, and that's allowed, but apparently inserting an ad into the video itself is too far for Twitch.
arctic fern
ah
i mean, again, i still actually agree with twitch, atleast in concept. they do need to be a lot clearer on what is/isnt allowed and offer alternatives so they're just not fucking people over though
graceful bridge
Yeah, the problem here is that it's purely fucking people over.
If they came up with some sort of system for hosting advertising that mirrors what burned in ads do, that would be one thing. But they're just saying "fuck you, we want all the money."
arctic fern
if there was a system in place set up by amazon to do these kinds of deals on behalf of streamers, say a streamer could opt into reading out a twitch-approved advert script and get paid for it, that would be alright
not great or anything but alright
graceful bridge
Right. Instead, Twitch just said "no."
robust spear
Final Fantasy IX: Memoria Project demo video is done!
https://youtu.be/BaMiPb6KiWo
fresh bane
I don't like the third person perspective but holy hell that is awesome
The chocobo hug animation is adorable
gaunt marten
wind stump
gaunt marten
Why is Diablo 4 there?
slim thorn
should I be familiar with Wo Long and Ishin?
gaunt marten
Why is Gollum there?
slim thorn
I assume that's the joke
white phoenix
either it's a masterpiece or a huge flop, there is no in between
thorny loom
Yeah ironically the best games are remakes or TOTK
gaunt marten
Definitely not a hit
The games in that list I'd categorize as hits are Jedi Survivor, RE4, Tears of the Kingdom, Metroid Prime Remastered, Street Fighter 6, Hi Fi Rush and maybe Dead Space
slim thorn
(and Dead Space was unambiguously liked, though I have no clue how well it sold)
gaunt marten
People liked it, sure, but was it worth the asking price of a whole new game? I've no clue
slim thorn
well, same goes for RE4 and MPR
gaunt marten
Well the reactions I heard for RE4 and MPR were much less lukewarm
slim thorn
for me two of them were worth it, MPR wasn't only because it came out so soon after I'd already replayed the Primes a different way
gaunt marten
Speaking of which
fresh bane
I don't know about sales but Dead Space remake was great
slim thorn
oh nothing I heard for DS was merely lukewarm
gaunt marten
I was listening to a podcast talking about Street Fighters 6's singleplayer mode
It seems pretty rad!
slim thorn
I probably should play hifi rush someday but I'm just not feeling it right now
gaunt marten
It'll be cheaper in 15 years and that's when you'll grab it
wind stump
I think it's on Game Pass if you have that
fresh bane
HiFi is already pretty cheap I feel
slim thorn
we all live in very different pricing worlds
for me time and mood have always been the limiting factors
gaunt marten
Hmm
Do I want to buy this game?
Probably gonna wait for a bigger sale so I can afford it with DLC
quiet swift
I think that's the lowest i've ever seen it
white phoenix
reminder that summer games fest will happen tomorrow around this time
gaunt marten
Correct, but with the DLC, it'll be twice as expensive
Which is a bit rich for my blood
I might just take it off my wishlist. I'm not super interested anyway
gaunt marten
reminder that summer games fest will happen tomorrow around this time
And the summer sale is in the end of the month too https://steamdb.info/sales/history/
white phoenix
oh yeah
it's just that time of year
but with e3 cancelled, all these game announcements are scattered
we have sgf tomorrow and xbox showcase in 3 days
fresh bane
computers around the world trembling in fear at that sentence
thorny loom
Ocean feats intensity
Well we had a tropical ocean and an arctic ocean.
What other ocean types can we use
visual hill
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/business/coca-cola-league-of-legends/index.html
salt flavor?
white phoenix
...there was a subnautica 2?
minor gorge
Subnautica: Below Zero is the sequel.
arctic fern
wait
fresh bane
was it as good as the original one?
arctic fern
mechanically it was the same, same engine, similar tools and survival mechanics
but personally i didnt enjoy it nearly as much as the original, i still havent finished it
minor gorge
It feels more cramped in Below Zero than it does in the original.
arctic fern
its not bad
just personally didnt grab me in the same way
minor gorge
They also got rid of some vehicles and tools that I liked.
arctic fern
oh and you dont have the cyclops to turn into a portable base
you have a sea truck which doesnt quite work as well
minor gorge
It tries to be the Seamoth and the Cyclops at the same time.
And in so doing is not as capable as either.
The game also introduces the Snowfox, an above-ground motorcycle-like vehicle. It is annoying to drive.
arctic fern
the truck is essentially a front drive module which functions as your seamoth, but you can attack a series of other modules to the back, like a truck
but the difference is that you cant build inside the truck
and its very thin, so its less of a truck and more of a sea train
it gets inconvenient fast
its just a confusing choice
minor gorge
Yes.
quiet swift
I found the way it told the story better in Below Zero, but gameplay wise, what Mega said. First was better, weird choices for second
gaunt marten
Jaws re-enactment
slim thorn
I expected the unexpected and I was not disappointed
quiet swift
Ahh, you’re still with them? Yeah, that might have some effects for you…
For the immediate future, all seems okay. My team has such a long breadth of experience with the game that we're quasi impossible to replace as a full team. Plus publisher isn't changing so we're still under the same support umbrella
thorny loom
Utini
slim thorn
I keep forgetting to go buy anything with all these random collectibles
gaunt marten
#travle #176 (9/11) (0 hints)
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https://imois.in/games/travle
Austria to Oman
white phoenix
persona 3 remake announcement is imminent https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1666338336246493186
as well as the rumored "P5T"
will likely see it in the xbox showcase 
fresh bane
you know I never finished Persona 3 so this might eventually motivate me enough to finish it
fresh bane
It's definitely a very grindy game...
unfortunately
because I was enjoying the story a lot
white phoenix
yeah, I don't want to have to grind tartarus so that I can get the right persona to pass the floor boss
in persona 5 I barely even grinded at all and still beat the game despite being severely underpowered lol
novel pine
what game is this
sage raptor
gaunt marten
Good tweet. Refer to our discussion from the last time someone posted it
gaunt marten
https://twitter.com/SkillUpYT/status/1666293710223708161
Here!
sage raptor
I am a fool
novel pine
should I be familiar with Wo Long and Ishin?
yea
sage raptor
gaunt marten
Don't worry about it
sage raptor
FF Stranger of Paradise is nioh 3. Wo long is nioh 4
novel pine
https://twitter.com/SkillUpYT/status/1666293710223708161?t=Nbt4ip8H1Esf9cnLHP4QQ...
aside from the demo of re4 remake i havent played any of these
river veldt
https://twitter.com/SkillUpYT/status/1666293710223708161?t=Nbt4ip8H1Esf9cnLHP4QQ...
why is Gollum here
novel pine
why is Gollum here
he just posted hits i guess lol
gaunt marten
why is Gollum here
And Diablo, and Zelda
river veldt
it is most definitely not lol
river veldt
wym like Zelda
gaunt marten
https://i.imgur.com/LmmDV4q.png Look how many people think Zelda doesn't belong on the list
river veldt
i think that's a joke
gaunt marten
(Yes, it is)
sage raptor
fresh bane
Gollum is definitely deserving to be on that list
It's honestly one of the most mindblowing gaming experiences in ever
quiet swift
fresh bane
I truly applaud what the team of that game did, not even Kojima dared to do that much
white phoenix
one of the most unbelievable pieces of media ever
truly one of the games of all time
dire gate
I can now confidently say that they should create "Star Wars: Jar Jar" next
It will be the greatest game in the history
quiet swift
fresh bane
I vote for a remake of Jar Jar's Jar Jar Jar
That game changed my life as a kid and it's honestly a forgotten gem
visual hill
Gollum is definitely deserving to be on that list
it panders to nostalgia for PS2 licensed platformer games
novel pine
https://i.imgur.com/LmmDV4q.png Look how many people think Zelda doesn't belong ...
i never played tears of the kingdom but botw was VERY boring
novel pine
have fun!
fickle garnet
I prefer TotK to BotW
mossy flume
TotK does appear to have done nothing but improve upon BotW. That said, I really don't like the difficulty increase in TotK.
Seems this is a widespread complaint, even.
river veldt
i haven't noticed a difficulty increase like sure it was pretty hard at the beginning but so was BotW
bleak lintel
You can run into some higher tier monsters early in totk if you go the wrong way.
river veldt
true
gaunt marten
It being harder makes it more fun for people who were on the difficulty curve of the previous game, so it makes sense to me
dire gate
i haven't noticed a difficulty increase <:ppenk:681838745611141137> like sure it...
No, Cap, the correct response there is "Skill Issue"
river veldt
no that would be mean
dire gate
You make mean jokes
river veldt
?
mossy flume
<:luxPeek:727618519260332072> You can run into some higher tier monsters early i...
Also if you go on the golden path
The game just immediately slaps black bokoblins in front of you in the beginning. And everyone hits harder in this one than the first one.
I got one-shot maybe four or five times in BotW.
I've gotten one-shot something like 30 times in TotK so far.
river veldt
i mean yeah it's a direct sequel, it's probably gonna be a but harder because people are used to the BotW mechanics
mossy flume
But getting one-shot by trash mobs is clearly broken.
river veldt
black bokoblins are not "trash mobs" lol
mossy flume
Also the weapons are just wildly less effective
mossy flume
black bokoblins are not "trash mobs" lol
No, but red ones are.
bleak lintel
You can get one shot on the training island from one of the constructs.
mossy flume
<a:yaebounce_chickenjagoo:1079379261384818738> You can get one shot on the train...
Yep.
Also by red bokoblins.
With sticks.
river veldt
Also the weapons are just wildly less effective
are you not fusing stuff together???
fresh bane
TotK does appear to have done nothing but improve upon BotW. That said, I really...
dare I say, I would recommend TOTK as its own package without playing BOTW first just because I think TOTK does a lot of things so much better and it's still the same formula of ''ancient civilization tech and aesthetic and visit the 4 big towns and meet their champions and get their powers''
bleak lintel
I think it is kind of a "skill issue" but of the wrong kind.
fresh bane
except this time around there's a lot more story and it's better and there's a lot more content overall
mossy flume
are you not fusing stuff together???
I am, but this doesn't seem to help much of anything
bleak lintel
If you know how to use the ability kit out of the gate I'm sure the training isle feels a lot different, but when you're trying to figure out the new abilites it is kind of harsh.
river veldt
just glue a blue bokoblin horn on a sturdy stick and boom, that's like a 16 damage weapon
mossy flume
If you know how to use the ability kit out of the gate I'm sure the training isl...
Yeah, it was the most brutal game tutorial I've seen in a long time.
And surprisingly long
mossy flume
just glue a blue bokoblin horn on a sturdy stick and boom, that's like a 16 dama...
The only weapons I've found to be meaningfully effective were in the range of 34+
I have a bunch of weapons in the teens and this still is rather unbalanced against Link
river veldt
for like 15 hours i was coasting by with 25 damage and below weapons. are you flurry rushing?
mossy flume
Enemies just have too much heealth
And just... don't stagger
Flurry rush doesn't work
I've triggered it exactly once
I don't get how you're supposed to trigger it anymore, it's clearly changed
fresh bane
It works for me, nothing changed
sage raptor
It hasn't
mossy flume
It never works, man. 
river veldt
the timing's a tiny bit different but it's overall pretty much the same
dire gate
Cap I told you what to say 
mossy flume
I've tried experiemting with the timing, but failing it means getting one-shot
gaunt marten
I'm going to be the angel on your shoulder and encourage you to keep giving the benefit of the doubt
river veldt
im not going to be a dick for no reason Jay. stop it
mossy flume
Which rather discourages trying.
dire gate
...
river veldt
what armor do you have Midnight
fresh bane
Maybe your buttons are messed up or you simply are messing up the timing, it has managed to work consistently well for me and I've found the time window is very forgiving
mossy flume
Currently I have a Hylian hood, Tunic of Twilight and Hylian trousers. Level 3 armor is the best I've managed to get so far.
Also have yet to find a great fairy.
Have done two temples though
fresh bane
Gotta fuse those weapons
gaunt marten
The Mayor's cutout
dire gate
Or you can also fuse weapon with weapon
fresh bane
Also that
mossy flume
Yeah I've done that by accident a few times, didn't seem to be of much benefit other than being hilarious
river veldt
yeah stick bokoblin horns on those swords
gaunt marten
mossy flume
Ha
novel pine
i might give botw another shot if its really that good
mossy flume
BotW is wonderful
novel pine
i just walked around and got bored
river veldt
Molduga parts are the best for huge damage
i haven't even fought a molduga yet, i did run into one and ran away because i had zero bomb flowers to deal with it lol
sage raptor
I found botw to be very boring, but totk was amazing
fresh bane
Black Bokoblin Horn is a pretty good thing to fuse for some good damage early on
novel pine
can you emulate totk yet
mossy flume
Yeah
sage raptor
yes
mossy flume
Been able to emulate it since day -12
novel pine
kewl
river veldt
you could emulate it 2 weeks before it even came out
novel pine
Been able to emulate it since day -12
LOL
chilly mural
Tallcat is banned from the Zelda nationals
mossy flume
This is why Nintendo got absolutely furious and started DMCAing all the emulators.
fresh bane
can you emulate totk yet
yeah
river veldt
i'd be pissed too tbh
mossy flume
Posting screenshots is fine
novel pine
if u say so
fresh bane
I've been posting screenshots since I started playing
minor gorge
It is permissible.
bleak lintel
Yeah they nerfed rush, the window is a lot shorter than Botw.
white phoenix
oh man, that totk leak was crazy
river veldt
oh man, that totk leak was crazy
was kinda scary too, i didn't want to get spoiled lol
fresh bane
If you want some great fuse material early on in the game go to the gerudo forest and kill a bunch of gibdos, the damage spike is insane but the durability on the parts is very low, stack up on a lot of those and you should be fine while you gather more materisl and monster parts for fusing
Also try to find any big enemies like the huge ogres
river veldt
hinox
fresh bane
Alternatively take a dive into a chasm and try to finish a camp, it should reward you very well
big loot down there
it's a bit harder for early game but it means you'll also get great loot for early game
mossy flume
I've had to rely on my collection of amiibo for decent gear so far
Depths is quite gnarly
dire gate
Also note that devices in Shrines instantly regenerate even if you fuse them
mossy flume
Really?? I haven't noticed that
dire gate
I mean they have to, imagine you need like a fan and you accidentally fused it
fresh bane
all devices or parts laying around on shrines instantly come back
happens if you drop one into a chasm too
mossy flume
Ah you mean the various puzzle pieces. Didn't realize you could fuse those.
Not sure how helpful a ball would be on a sword though
fresh bane
depends if it has spikes
it also functions as a blunt object for mining or destroying cave rocks
everything has a function
mossy flume
Yeah, the most useful fuse item I've found was an iron ball with spikes on it. Only ever found one though.
dire gate
I found that if you fuse a wing to your sword and throw it, it flies
mossy flume
Heh
fresh bane
the flying bat eyes give your weapons a homing attack so that's useful
if you ever feel like you don't wanna bother with aiming
mossy flume
Ah yeah, I abused that once to quickly take down a battle talus
Keese eyes are great
fresh bane
Speaking of, the flux constructs on the sky islands also give a great damage boost item for fusion
the fights are a bit annoying but it's worth it
river veldt
yes !
mossy flume
Flux construct?
river veldt
keese eyeballs are also useful for fighting ||Gleeoks||
river veldt
Flux construct?
they're these big guys who live on sky islands and they're made of cubes
mossy flume
Oh, I saw that thing once and stayed the heck away from it
fresh bane
dire gate
I've seen people making a giant laser bug net to massacre Keeses
fresh bane
there should be one in the initial sky island
mossy flume
I didn't see one in the tutorial zone
river veldt
they're not too hard to fight imo
mossy flume
Or maybe that spawns later
mossy flume
Missed it entirely
fresh bane
there's others at the other islands too and they give much stronger material
not super hard, but time consuming because there's a trick to fighting them but if you're lacking in damage it's a worth investment
gaunt marten
I really don't like the way Nintendo handled Amiibo integration
rancid herald
ultrahand makes them super easy
gaunt marten
Fortunately it's not too egregious and easy enough to ignore
mossy flume
I've yet to naturally find decent gear of any description except the time when ||Phantom Ganon showed up and I extremely narrowly beat him, burning all my gear and consumables in the process||
fresh bane
Get towers, explore the islands, do shrines, and you'll find some good gear
mossy flume
That's basically what I've been doing, yeah.
rancid herald
phantom ganon is pretty easy, you just need to hit him
fresh bane
I've never fought a monster camp since I never really needed any gear from them, only the ones in the depths give some good loot and gear so I fight those everytime I come across one
mossy flume
Towers to fill in the map, pick up shrines for the fast travel points, explore islands whenever I get the chance to get up there, sidequests when it works. Mostly I've been prioritizing filling in the map and getting fast travel points while B-lining the main quest. At the moment I'm pausing to actually do the shrines I've found so far in one go.
(No I don't necessarily do the shrines when I find them, usually save them for later because I'm typically not in the mood for puzzles)
mossy flume
phantom ganon is pretty easy, you just need to hit him
Hard to do that when you've run out of things to hit him with
Ghost birb fren saved the day
rancid herald
that's why you got to talk to the poop tree man to make your bags bigger
mossy flume
Yeah, I've done that a bit as you may notice from the earlier pics
river veldt
HESTU MENTIONED 🎊🎊🎊
dire gate
I didn't know that you can deliver Koroks so missed the one in Tutorial island
river veldt
i love Hestu's new dance
rancid herald
you have all unfused weapons. it's confusing, yo
mossy flume
IME useful opportunities for fusing are sparse
And thus I generally find the mechanic useless
rancid herald
every boblin you kill drops something you can fuse to the weapon
river veldt
yeah
rancid herald
right
river veldt
hinox are the very large boys
rancid herald
horriblins are the boys who cry about you shooting them in the ass when you actually shot them in the face
river veldt
lol
rancid herald
not exactly the albert einsteins of the monster forces
gaunt marten
https://www.pcgamer.com/firmament-ai-generated-content/
Sounds great if they know how to use it
river veldt
i love monsters idle animations
dire gate
Gollum, the best protagonist of the best game of the year
river veldt
like they'll all go to sleep and they'll all dance sometimes
rancid herald
they're mostly just annoying imo. Most of the enemies are. They get so much HP it takes forever to grind them down
river veldt
it's great
novel pine
lol
mossy flume
they're mostly just annoying imo. Most of the enemies are. They get so much HP i...
Yeah, this is poorly conceived.
rancid herald
at the very least, an unfused weapon is weak. fusing (any fusing as far as I know) increases the durability
light gate
https://www.pcgamer.com/firmament-ai-generated-content/
I mean, its assisted, not generated with random stuff. Its basically being used as a tool while still creating the content needed themselves.
mossy flume
It does? They seem to break about as fast
river veldt
idk what you guys mean when you say they have too much HP. it honestly feels like they have the same amount as BotW
mossy flume
Thus why i've been saing any half decent materials for when I have high end gear
They don't.
gaunt marten
Yes, AI assisted writing is a lot better than AI generated writing because quality control and discretion are managed by the writer
mossy flume
They have 30-100% more health. They take FOREVER to whittle down, even the trash. It's weird.
novel pine
its really nice that reviewers are using "assisted by ai" as a negative trait in reviews so studios will now keep it a sercet when they use ai. real cool.
mossy flume
The health levels don't match with Link's combat movements either. Also jarring. Finishers never land at the right time.
rancid herald
even fusing a weapon to a weapon can help
I know people fuse gloom weapons to normal weapons to get the combat bonus without the gloom toll
light gate
its really nice that reviewers are using "assisted by ai" as a negative trait in...
Yeaaah, I mean when you use the tools that Adobe provides... some of it is basically either determined by the computer, or some sort of algorithm.
AI is really a fancy term atm of saying machine learning, the question is to do it ethically.
It still requires an artist work though.
Its not like generating stuff from random websites.
river veldt
Thus why i've been saing any half decent materials for when I have high end gear
you have the materials to make high end gear at the moment. if you fuse a blue bokoblin horn to either Sword of the Hero or Soldier's Broadsword you should get around 27 damge on that and that's not even taking into account possible fusion bonuses
novel pine
i dont really care about the moral argument, i despise AI in most regards but im not gonna pretend its just gonna disapear. people writing negative reviews because a game uses AI is just going to set a precident that you have to hide and lie about using ai which is not good
light gate
Yep, and its gonna be a shocker if a game is found to use 'AI' without disclosure.
river veldt
you have the materials to make high end gear at the moment. if you fuse a blue b...
(i am estimating how much damage blue bokoblin horns do, as i do not have any in my inventory for the specific number. it could be higher than 10)
gaunt marten
Yes. There's miles between the writer of Black Mirror saying "ChatGPT please generate an episode of Black Mirror for me" and a writer using an AI trained for scripts using that specially trained model to fish for ideas while they write using the normal process.
fresh bane
Games already use AI, and games should be developed using current AI technology
Just not for any of the creative stuff, let the AI handle the technical stuff that it was created for
river veldt
oh here we go
mossy flume
Well they did disclose this. Also, it's Myst. It's meant to feel surreal, so using AI generated content is a wonderful tool to achieve that.
novel pine
most gamers are addicted to videogames even if we act like we arent. it doesnt matter how shit (whether subjectively or objectively) a company and it's practices are, people are still going to buy games. writing negative reviews of games that use AI aren't going to make those game studios stop using AI, its just going to make them lie about it
gaunt marten
I'm into Myst
mossy flume
Honestly I can't take the kneejerk reactions seriously.
novel pine
ive never heard of it until now
gaunt marten
Myst is a very old series of puzzle games with an interesting world
river veldt
blue bokoblin horns will add 7 damage to any fused weapon, so if you fused it to your soldier's broadsword, you would have a weapon that would do 24 damage and be more durable
gaunt marten
I recommend Riven as an entry to the genre
novel pine
i cant stand puzzle games lol sorry
mossy flume
It's an ancient game series from the 90s, some of the most famous computer games ever made
gaunt marten
They're not normal puzzle games, so you may be surprised, but I would understand if you don't like them
They're super unique
novel pine
my shrinking attention span has made most games practically unplayable
gaunt marten
That's sad. What can be done about it?
mossy flume
Same here.
My ADHD has gotten so bad I can barely play games that I've been extremely excited about.
novel pine
My ADHD has gotten so bad I can barely play games that I've been extremely excit...
yea
fresh bane
That's sad. What can be done about it?
therapy and or drugs 
mossy flume
Still trying to figure out what can be done about it, if anything.
mossy flume
Okay, I’ve improved the situation.
light gate
After Riven, Myst was offloaded to other studios which did a good job. (V though...)
But Riven was entirely Cyan.
mossy flume
Incidentally my game is still on 1.1.1
novel pine
anyways, i like the idea of AI being used to HELP but its just going to end up replacing/stealing a lot of jobs
gaunt marten
If you just want the quick scoop, https://twitter.com/ElodesNL/status/1630691511749824517 talks about Riven
river veldt
Okay, I’ve improved the situation.
holy shit how many diamonds did you have 
fresh bane
laughs in dupe glitch
mossy flume
I’ve only found one.
I’ve duplicated about 160 of them so far.
novel pine
If you just want the quick scoop, https://twitter.com/ElodesNL/status/1630691511...
i love 90s cgi look or whatever that aesthetic is called
gaunt marten
Yeah
mossy flume
The rupee count should give you a clue
novel pine
i hate the trend of games looking like the PSX when old point and click game graphics and ps2 graphics are way cooler aesthetics
gaunt marten
i hate the trend of games looking like the PSX when old point and click game gra...
There are different groups of people nostalgic for both
river veldt
the only puzzle games ive played and liked were the Portal games
i guess Half Life?
i don't think Zelda counts
mossy flume
I've never once heard Half-Life be referred to as a puzzle game before
river veldt
now you have :3
rancid herald
I barely use money in the game, I don't see why you would need infinite amounts of it, tbh
rancid herald
the real puzzle is when half life 3
river veldt
I barely use money in the game, I don't see why you would need infinite amounts ...
only things ive used money on are armor and arrows
gaunt marten
If you barely use money you might as well not have it
river veldt
true
fresh bane
I barely use money in the game, I don't see why you would need infinite amounts ...
so that I can make big piles of money and cartoonishly swim amongst them as if they were water, obviously
river veldt
but like if i see Beedle at a stable i'll stock up
river veldt
so that I can make big piles of money and cartoonishly swim amongst them as if t...
on that Scrooge McDuck grind fr
mossy flume
I barely use money in the game, I don't see why you would need infinite amounts ...
Well I did that because I got stuck needing to grind a bunch of money in what is a rather terrible economy system in this game because I needed to buy fire resistant armor, which was exhaustively tedious.
rancid herald
you need mystic armor for that
mossy flume
So I said fuck it and broke the economy.
So I can buy all the armor I will actually need for environmental hazards (or any consumables from stores) without it becoming a problem down the road whenever these glitches inevitably get completely patched out (The latest patch still has a bunch of dupe glitches, they're just tedious)
fresh bane
I didn't really have a reason for it I just duped and sold diamonds for copious amounts of money because I could
river veldt
on that capitalist grindset fr
rancid herald
the fire armor would be a lot more demanding if it was like the first game
mossy flume
I get rather mad whenever the game's economy gets in the way of my ability to progress through it in any vaguely natural manner.
Yeah. It just needed one piece this time around, which was surprising but helpful
river veldt
why not make some fireproof elixirs
mossy flume
I was having a hard time finding the fucking lizards
Resources are more scarce in this game, really
rancid herald
they're probably all in the caves tbh
mossy flume
Oh right, also I found that the sticky elixer is useless
So that was a bunch of work for nothing for the Zora zone
fresh bane
To be fair there are other alternatives to buying the fire armor or any other armor for any other extreme weather for that matter so you can still definitely naturally progress
and with the portable cooking pots you can make fire elixirs on the go
rancid herald
the only area I find problematic is the desert because it requires two different sets of clothing
mossy flume
Aside from amiibo
rancid herald
or an ice-powered weapon
mossy flume
As mentioned, finding the ingredients to satisfy that requirement was rather difficult
rancid herald
actually I'm not sure if that works against the extreme heat
mossy flume
Spent hours on that
fresh bane
it's part of the grind
mossy flume
Yeah, my point is that TotK is wildly more grindy than BotW.
Or just generally tryhard
river veldt
why not go do something different for a while then? it's not like the quests are on a timer, you can always go do other stuff for a while
fresh bane
around the death mountain there should be plenty of those lizards especially inside the caves
mossy flume
why not go do something different for a while then? it's not like the quests are...
I did.
fresh bane
and near the akkala stable there should be npcs that just straight up give you fire elixirs
mossy flume
I ran out of side quests at that point.
fresh bane
or sell them
river veldt
yeah there's a lady at uhhh
mossy flume
And that's when I decided to break the economy
fresh bane
basically there's a bunch of alternatives
mossy flume
and near the akkala stable there should be npcs that just straight up give you f...
Yeah I didn't find that until after I did fire temple
Also I would've needed something like 50 elixers for how much time I spent down there
It made more sense to just go for the armor
fresh bane
I mean you can do whatever you want I bought the armor first thing I did there I'm just mentioning there's a bunch of alternatives to sidestep these inconveniences it's kinda meant to be a hostile difficult enviroment for a Hylian after all
me personally I just did it because I felt like it
river veldt
i thought it was cool how Death Mountain has chilled out in the time between BotW and TotK so now other races can actually go to Goron City without catching on fire
mossy flume
Yeah, that’s pretty neat
wintry canopy
I just got done fighting Primordial Malzeno, I absolutely love her she's super terrifying.
chilly mural
sage raptor
If you just want the quick scoop, https://twitter.com/ElodesNL/status/1630691511...
I love Riven. One of my favorites.
arctic fern
And that's when I decided to break the economy
OK MA
I have like a million issues with what you've been saying, but I'll stick to the big ones
Weapons suck: no, the point of the weapon system in totk is that weapons have a unique ability rather than base damage, zora weapons do more damage when wet, soldier weapons have faster charge and so on. They all do very low damage but that's why you fuse monster parts to them. You've been hoarding those parts and wondering why your weapons suck. Use them.
You're getting one shot all the time: you have 6 hearts. Probably related. Avoid combat, do shrines, get some hearts. Duh.
I had to break the games economy: no, you didn't. Ores are everywhere, taloses still exist, cooking still gives money, you really didn't need to dupe (tho personally I don't care nearly as much as everyone else has, I've duped a lot and intentionally haven't patched)
The game has less resources: uh, what? I've literally never run out of anything unless I sold all of it. I got low on good weapons once, but that was when I realised that I'm supposed to make good weapons with monster parts rather than rely on spiked balls. Outside of that, maybe I ran out of apples early game? But then I switched to glowshrooms and glow fish, which I have hundreds of lol
arctic fern
Oh, as for flurry rushes and all those special moves? Literally never done any of them outside of tutorials
Never had the timing if botw, still don't for totk
slim thorn
except this time around there's a lot more story and it's better and there's a l...
so, I'll most likely finish cleaning up Jedi Survivor today, and I'm still thinking of picking up TotK after all; could you elaborate/sell me on "more content"? (I'm used to that being marketing fluff for "more filler", e.g. I doubt the vehicle building will last more than a few seconds for me, but I've also heard TotK has "real" dungeons this time around, and so on)
wind stump
what game is this
NieR Replicant 
teal sonnet
aka one of the best games of all time
heady bridge
bleak lintel
Will be fun to see how they apply this rule, what about stuff like Nintendo Directs, are they going to ban Nintendo?
river veldt
does Twitch hate money or something
arctic fern
Based on their business decisions, yes
white phoenix
L after L for twitch lately lol
Reminder for the big 2 hour Summer Games Fest game presentation <t:1686250800:R>
river veldt
will Nintendo be there
white phoenix
Its the one company that isn't going to be there, hilariously enough
bleak lintel
There is a direct soon.
white phoenix
There's rumblings of a new direct coming this summer
river veldt
oh really?
bleak lintel
A Japanese Nintendo news account has discovered that Nintendo has updated its Nintendo Direct page in Japan which generally happens before a future Nintendo Direct presentation goes live. The change to the Nintendo Direct page on their website happened at around 8am JST.
river veldt
oooh
white phoenix
what about Bethesda
Anything else is fair game here, but I think they'll likely save bethesda for the xbox showcase on sunday
river veldt
epic
honestly i could care less about Starfield im just interested if id will announce anything lol
white phoenix
Me too
river veldt
i dont exactly know what i want from them though haha
bleak lintel
The rumors are two persona games this weekend.
white phoenix
Might be a new wolfenstein and quake game
The p3 remake and p5t announcements are what I'm waiting for
But they are most likely going to be on the xbox show too
river veldt
Might be a new wolfenstein and quake game
new Wolfenstein could be cool but a new Quake game would be epic
rancid herald
any idea when the direct will be?
bleak lintel
It doesn't necessarily mean that a Nintendo Direct presentation in imminent, it could broadcast next week or next month. We will know for sure once Nintendo informs everyone that one is on its way.
thorny loom
does Twitch hate money or something
This was already a rule with partners now its just being applied to everyone
Also the advanced written permission bit will be how companies get around that
gaunt marten
It's less that twitch hates money and more that they want streamers to stay dependent on them. They want to remain the middleman in advertising and sponsorships
fresh bane
so, I'll most likely finish cleaning up Jedi Survivor today, and I'm still think...
It's pretty much exactly what you hear, any content BOTW had TOTK has more
Characters and story, map and places to explore, real dungeons, caves, enemies, arsenal, creative new powers with loads of new opportunities besides from just vehicle building which is huge and fun in itself, gear, cooking, etc
It feels like the evolved version of BOTW
gaunt marten
It even has more bugs, more irritations and more players
Even the cartridge is a little bigger so it doesn't fit in the slot anymore
slim thorn
ok, but like BotW I can easily ignore all the stuff I don't like, right?
fresh bane
Depends on what you mean by that
slim thorn
(people still don't believe me when I say I never cooked)
fresh bane
Whew... I mean, I suppose you could never cook at all but that's gonna make your time in the game a lot tougher
gaunt marten
It's kind of insane that you're so good at avoiding damage that you never need to cook
thorny loom
Lol this is kinda funny
river veldt
honestly after playing TotK the map in BotW feels empty
thorny loom
slim thorn
the internet had to tell me I was supposed to cook, I genuinely had no idea it was a whole thing beyond that one weird tutorial mission I didn't understand
fresh bane
Link gets metroid'd at the beginning of the game so it feels like the world and enemies remained high level like end of BOTW Link meanwhile you're back to square one yourself
thorny loom
the internet had to tell me I was supposed to cook, I genuinely had no idea it w...
Mood
fresh bane
The game does a better job at telling you to cook this time around
thorny loom
Had to look up parrying in MGRR
fresh bane
There's more recipes and in every town and stable you find posters with recipes
slim thorn
fresh bane
It's pretty useful
river veldt
i feel like i remember the Old Man teaching me how to cook
gaunt marten
Imagine needing to be taught
river veldt
There's more recipes and in every town and stable you find posters with recipes
those were in BotW too
thorny loom
Cause the game doesnt really tell you you have to move the thumb stick for each counter and not just hold
gaunt marten
I just cook with trial and error
thorny loom
Inb4 ixrec somehow ends up with hyrulian hard drugs
slim thorn
I feel like the tutorial told me trial and error and that's part of the reason I went nah
sage raptor
Cause the game doesnt really tell you you have to move the thumb stick for each ...
It literally lies to you about how to do it
thorny loom
Breaking link
gaunt marten
Today I'm making a glass and paper sandwich for breakfast. Let's hope for the best
fresh bane
Yum
thorny loom
Today I'm making a glass and paper sandwich for breakfast. Let's hope for the be...
Not clickbait at 3 am
river veldt
I feel like the tutorial told me trial and error and that's part of the reason I...
yes it's mostly trial and error but that makes finding a recipe that fills all your hearts and gives you a billion extra hearts even more satisfying imo
gaunt marten
(you can also just Google it)
fresh bane
You can just look up recipes online too if you want it's fine
river veldt
true
fresh bane
I do it all the time
river veldt
i don't think ive ever looked up a recipe now that i think about it 🤔
fresh bane
The game does tell you exactly what each ingredient will do anyways so it's easy to figure out, you just never combine two ingredients that have different stats because they cancel each other
young creek
well you dont need to because cooking 5 meat together does the trick
fresh bane
But I sometimes google if I want a specific recipe
arctic fern
most of my time, and everyone's time, cooking is just piling 5 of the same ingredient into a pot
river veldt
banana
sage raptor
Experimenting is fun, and NPCs tell you recipes too. They best thing they added is to be able to see the ingredients of any food you have, and all recipes you've ever cooked are saved in a little cookbook
fresh bane
My usual hearts meal is 4 hearty radishes and a meat
young creek
I sometimes experiment with cooking for fun but it doesnt help me gameplay wise
making pizza is just for style
fresh bane
Sometimes some foods are just for the sake of being fancy or having fun
Unless they have a specific stat buff
Like desserts
arctic fern
I want attack I put in 5 bananas
man i have more bananas than anything else
i swear the yiga have more bananas than there are in all of the jungle
fresh bane
They're fun to make and it's cool it's there, no reason to actually cook it though
sage raptor
Patrician gamers will cook just to hear Link hum and see the big smile on his face
river veldt
making pizza is just for style
i make pizza when i want Link to have a tasty treat
sage raptor
i make pizza when i want Link to have a tasty treat
We are the same
arctic fern
i like making simple meals, like salted meat, and pies, just because, but given that those ingredients are harder to aquire most of the time its 5 meat on a stick
arctic fern
i dont know those recipies either lol
fresh bane
Pies are super easy to make and super good
I made some fish pie with some hearty bass
Excellent
arctic fern
yeah but im too lazy to get wheat
i know there are places i can get it free but effort
fresh bane
I'm sure you can just buy it from most towns
arctic fern
also yeah after a certain point i just use hearty truffles
fresh bane
I never found wheat or rice in the wild
arctic fern
just one
fresh bane
I only found in towns
arctic fern
I never found wheat or rice in the wild
the yellow grass in hateno i think
tho that might be rice
its one of them
young creek
On my playthrough I just bought out every shop whenever I went to a town because I knew from botw I was gonna need that shit for side quests
river veldt
lol
fresh bane
Yeah same lol
arctic fern
lol yeah
fresh bane
I also feel like I'm helping out the business by clearing their stock 
Gimme everything
river veldt
i have no idea where to find Tabantha wheat but Hylian rice can be found just by cutting down grass
er
it might be certain grass
fresh bane
I remember helping the old lady in Kakariko get her stock back and her eggs too and then buying everything in the store afterwards
I even bought the full overpriced sheikah set from the lady with the sick grandma
Just millionaire Link doing his part, you can save Hyrule in more ways than one
river veldt
...shit i forgot about that lady's sick grandma
i should probably figure out how to help
ive just been using the ||Yiga set|| for stealth
slim thorn
I don't remember anything specific about BotW shops
but part of my default Zelda experience has always been getting a full rupee wallet long before there was anything to spend it on, so if that happened again I wouldn't remember much
arctic fern
i should probably figure out how to help
the difficulty was finding the other two ingredients lol
the super rare plant you need is super easy to find atleast one of
uneven epoch
but part of my default Zelda experience has always been getting a full rupee wal...
wh. uh. i really dont think botw has a rupee limit???
river veldt
the rupee limit is 99,999 iirc
uneven epoch
okay but like. conceivably thats unlimited for normal players
gaunt marten
I think Ixrec is talking in general for Zelda
river veldt
why did i get rd wutd
young creek
for the big number
arctic fern
yeah BOTW is the start of removing the limit of rupies
but they also make rupies harder to gather and also vastly more useful
young creek
errr actually Link Between Worlds did it first 🤓
arctic fern
right!
fresh bane
but part of my default Zelda experience has always been getting a full rupee wal...
Yeah good luck
arctic fern
that game was amazing
fresh bane
Rupees are nowhere to be found in TOTK
You're gonna be broke for a long time
You're gonna need to become a trader and sell your goods for rupees
young creek
i never went broke just do the side quests all of them give money
arctic fern
well you still find them
in fact, in some ways i find them easier to gather with those sign quests
but yeah you do need to sell things a lot more
which is fine
i really dont need 600 glowseeds
fresh bane
The side quests do give moneis and a lot of moneis
Even simple ones can give you like 100 rupees
slim thorn
this does sound like a better system than me cutting every other patch of grass because I’m afraid of smacking into a 1,000 rupee paywall ten hours later
fresh bane
Also you may remember the small blue critters that give rupees if smacked and shot with arrows
In totk they are now all over the place
So that's another good way to farm rupees
Best case scenario they drop green rupees with blue and red
But yeah selling as well is a good way to make money
rancid herald
I just hit rocks for gemstones and sell those
heady bridge
https://www.pcgamer.com/whoopi-goldberg-lambasts-blizzard-for-not-releasing-diab...
This might please Whoopi then
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752164/apple-mac-gaming-game-porting-toolkit-windows-games-macos
rancid herald
there's a goron who will let you gamble flint for a 1000 rupee payout
mossy flume
https://www.pcgamer.com/whoopi-goldberg-lambasts-blizzard-for-not-releasing-diab...
It is rather frustrating.
Blizzard’s decisions to make macOS compatible binaries seem to be random, sparse and arbitrary
thorny loom
white phoenix
Summer games fest in an hour 
little badger
Summer games fest in an hour <a:ppinkiebounce:754315564184240199>
I was about to post that. What do you hope gets announced?
little badger
I only care about persona
The remake?
white phoenix
P3 remake, whatever p5t is, and p6 is all on the table based on the leaks
wind stump
thorny loom
Bloodborne remake lol
random steppe
If they had a BB remake to announce they would have done so in the recent PS thingy they did
So it's not likely
thorny loom
I can dream damn it
random steppe
Oh don't get me wrong, I would love if it happened
thorny loom
Alternatively not sure what else. Would excite me
random steppe
Maybe they have kept it for Geoff, as a treat
little badger
What does everypony want to see revealed?
random steppe
I wouldn't mind some more Armored Core stuff, apart from that, I'm just along for the ride.