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#general gaming
and and, niers just great 10/10 would have a breakdown playing it
wind stump
quiet swift
quiet swift
Oh, sweet. I posted my feedback to the steam forum for Tempest Rising after doing that playtest. Dev answered and thanked me for it 🙂
quiet swift
gaunt marten
Europa Universalis is good, but I wouldn't play it without the expansions
arctic fern
the long dark is weird. i unlock a safe to find their stash of... maple syrup and damaged jeans
and the worst part is? those are currently godsend items
i've just started a new game so i have no clothes and little food
wind stump
People who didn't play NieR Replicant meeting Emil's head: "?????" 
People who did play NieR Replicant meeting Emil's head: "MAH BOI" 
i would have a screenshot ready but
i don't 
arctic fern
me seconds away from freezing to death: man it really sucked that i had an amazing start aside from the fact i have no fire making tool
me checking my inventory: fuck i had a flare?
dies
wind stump
meanwhile me
gets a email from a character named Jackass
asks what's up
wants me to eat a mackeral
sure.png, eats it
dies
haven't saved in like an hour
Also i found
THA BOI
This was Pre-Mackeral Incident
arctic fern
this run i've found... matches (yay!) and some incredibly vauable tools, like this prybar!
and this prybar!
and another... prybar
thanks game?
wind stump
so NieR Automata has a Dark Souls esque system where when you die you drop all your chips (equippable stat boosts and the like) and have a chance to retrieve it from your corpse.
SO what DO I DO?
get bodied by a bunch of enemies on the way and lose all my best chips
teal cliff
I kinda hate it when RPGs do that.
wind stump
I kinda hate it when RPGs do that.
Eh
It kinda works lore wise for NieR
thorny loom
Nerd
wind stump
since you can just make new bodies whenever but the chips are unique
plus i'd rather have that than kicking me to the title screen
... outside of Mackeral related incidents
teal cliff
Eh
It kinda works lore wise for NieR
the lore was written to justify the gameplay mechanic.
I just don't like RPGs that punish me too much for failing bc then it creates the ole failure spiral where losing makes the game harder and I can't recover
wind stump
There's enough leeway for you to not fail spiral
like you only lose the stuff you have equipped and some EXP
if you lost all your chips and more EXP it might be more of an issue
thorny loom
arctic fern
oh i CAN throw rocks at birds! i thought you couldnt
glad i can finally fulfil my dream of throwing rocks at birds, then grabbing their stunned bodies and snapping their necks
for legal reasons i should clarify: in the long dark video game
because if i didnt i would starve to death
arctic fern
wtf? wolves should be scared of fires! why did it attack when i was standing next to one?
minor gorge
Electrical storms I recall change their behaviour a bit.
arctic fern
yeah, thats why the wolves are agressive at all in the long dark
but they have a mechanic where fire scares them, usually a campfire is enough
guess i needed something extra to scare them off, like chucking a rock or throwing a torch
anyway i died
that was a decent run too :(
gaunt marten
Electric wolves
arctic fern
im playing a custom version of the hardest difficulty, the custom part is that rifles and revolvers are allowed to spawn
because i want to use one of the games core mechanics (also gns make things a lot easier)
should i stream? would anyone be interested?
gaunt marten
I can't watch but it sounds interesting
arctic fern
i like the long dark
mods make things a little easier and more interesting
slim thorn
I just don't like RPGs that punish me too much for failing bc then it creates th...
this is one of those topics where I basically agree with both sides; in every (non-roguelite) game I've played that had permanent progression loss on death, either it was easy enough to avoid a fail spiral that it happened to be mostly harmless, or it actually lost me progression and thus effectively forced save scumming to keep the game playable, or save scumming was unavailable and then it was actively terrible
and "at best mostly harmless" still equates to "I'd rather games never did that", even if there's a lore reason
teal cliff
I mostly see it in games like Dark Souls where there is grinding and I just wonder what the purpose is
Losing all that level up progress is annoying but I can just kill enemies for a while to get it back, and I don't feel like this process made the game more fun
I specified RPGs for a reason though, roguelikes obviously involve losing your stuff on death
and survival games
gaunt marten
Hollow Knight
slim thorn
oh yeah I'm aiming much wider than RPGs here
Hollow Knight is firmly in the "mostly harmless" category for me
gaunt marten
Hotly smarmless.
slim thorn
it is one of my favorite games of all time, and having only a currency loss tied to the death certainly helps keep that mechanic harmless, but I'd still rather it didn't do the shade thing at all
gaunt marten
But then how would you pogo to Salubra?
river veldt
thorny loom
Did you not play them on pc or another console originally?
river veldt
Did you not play them on pc or another console originally?
no
thorny loom
Ah ok.
river veldt
i have Asylum on Steam but i didn't play it much
thorny loom
Hopefully they use the upscaled versions of asylum and city instead of the originals
river veldt
i don't really like playing games on my computer except for Minecraft
thorny loom
That’s understandable
Their all really good. Asylum only really suffers from being the first so gameplay isnt as refined as the later ones
slim thorn
meanwhile Asylum is my favorite because I prefer the more directed experience over the open world-y stuff
teal cliff
I like City.
thorny loom
oh god
Is it explained why all the enemies and robots have weird faces
Or is it just how they are
wind stump
That's just how they are
thorny loom
Ok
river veldt
meanwhile Asylum is my favorite because I prefer the more directed experience ov...
im so excited to play them
also i didn't know City and Knight were open world
slim thorn
FIRST TRY 
thorny loom
Interesting
slim thorn
slim thorn
gaunt marten
He sells backup items from dead NPCs
slim thorn
...have I killed that many optional NPCs?
I only remember making that mistake once
it finally hit me that my currency is the same as my experience for level ups
that's why I never have more than a few hundred when I get to a shop 
gaunt marten
Yeah
The little guy sells items of his own
And he only sells skills from dead NPCs, not items
slim thorn
oh ok
I don't think any of these are skills so I guess that's good
giving up 5000 points of level ups is a hard sell for any item though
gaunt marten
You'll also note that Panaceas are more expensive when you buy them from him
slim thorn
not like I was using them anyway lol
gaunt marten
The items he sells become more useful later
Panaceas have one good use and it's later in the game
slim thorn
the skeleton key seems like by far the most interesting one, assuming the descriptions are accurate
gaunt marten
The game doesn't have that many doors you need a skeleton key for
I can think of one
slim thorn
what a tease, letting me find this area off the map and both directions immediately have one-way doors
gaunt marten
Hope you have a flashlight
slim thorn
the sewers are surprisingly horse-friendly
gaunt marten
It's just an extension of Rider's Passage
slim thorn
that sounds important
gaunt marten
Not if you have the master key
slim thorn
is that different from the skeleton key?
gaunt marten
No
slim thorn
ah it just gave me a rest point
gaunt marten
An important rest point
slim thorn
oh my yes I am very glad I just rested
ah, so the immortality here does have the standard Soulslike asteriks
gaunt marten
Did you see the Bulwark yet?
slim thorn
I had to kill him to get here
gaunt marten
Oh good
slim thorn
FIRST TRY <:flutteryay:399725088221560843>
that's right, I posted this just before you arrived
gaunt marten
You should go back and kill him again
slim thorn
gaunt marten
You should do that around the time you're level 30
slim thorn
so far I'm not really feeling boss refights
gaunt marten
They can be pretty hard
If you like you can delay them until you're stronger, but you will have to do at least five unique ones to get to the true ending branches
slim thorn
was just about to ask if it does the HK thing with them
gaunt marten
Yeah, every boss has a "heroic" version with harder attacks, more attacks, more health and faster speed
slim thorn
right, I knew that from the tutorial message about it
by "the HK thing" I meant lock a story branch behind some resource/item acquired through optional refights
slim thorn
(interestingly, iirc in Blasphemous the true ending requires additional areas, bosses and sidequests, but no "refights")
gaunt marten
They're less refights and more you're fighting the actual version
slim thorn
before the world decayed and all that sad jazz?
gaunt marten
Not narratively speaking, mechanically speaking
Each boss gets designed as a heroic version then scaled down
slim thorn
I'm not enjoying the combat as much as HK, Blasphemous or Guacamelee (sky-high bar, but) so I dunno how much I wanna do for a true ending
gaunt marten
Ione, Bulwark, Phoenix, Owl King and one more
slim thorn
I think that's everyone I've found and fought so far
gaunt marten
They are the easy bosses!
slim thorn
yeah it is
gaunt marten
If you prefer faster combat, I recommend you pick a finesse class
slim thorn
anyway Origa wants to fight me
gaunt marten
My favorite classes are assassin, wizard and avatar of death
Origa is basically the old man sniper from Metal Gear Solid
gaunt marten
I'm glad you didn't kill Origa on the first try because you'll find out that she does not kill you
slim thorn
yeah, that could've gone either way
wow, she pulled out about 3-4 new attacks at exactly the same time
hard to feel bad about dying to that
gaunt marten
Origa's behavior is range based
slim thorn
I got that pretty quick
these were all things she never did at short or long range before
I assume I hit a phase 2 at an unfortunate time
gaunt marten
Yeah
wind stump
Man, this is high art
slim thorn
third try still counts when you're immortal
gaunt marten
True
wind stump
Gottem
gaunt marten
By the way, you don't have to commit suicide to get out of the jail cell she puts you in
slim thorn
"I thought I killed you" my brain goes despite half the cast being explicitly immortal
...oh, hi Death
gaunt marten
This one's funny
slim thorn
I'm sorry about Ser Thomas, okay, I get it 
at 7 plumes now, I think that's enough I'll start running around with a few of them traded for damage boost
gaunt marten
There are eleven in the game
green fulcrum
...oh, hi Death
Shhhh, let him cook.
slim thorn
remember when you said there was nothing in that little area I failed to reach, but needed double jump for anyway?
it had a carrot
now's probably a good stopping point for today, I can't think of anywhere else that double jump unlocked
gaunt marten
Yeah carrots are nothing
visual hill
update: my Steam wallet money from my suspicious sale™ was confirmed, so I get to keep it
the crisis of the Quake 2 foil card is averted
thorny loom
Yay
rancid herald
presented without comment
astral steeple
wut
white phoenix
You just posted these two images without any context
astral steeple
theyre the new becky lynch and bianca belair fortnite skins lol
rancid herald
who
astral steeple
wwe
white phoenix
probably should have said so then, cause I would have no idea who or what this would be
astral steeple
i mean the art style somewhat makes it obvious that its fort
plus i had posted the original teaser tweet on like the 8th
when they first started teasing the collab lol
white phoenix
ehh
didn't know their style changed that much honestly
I don't keep track of fortnite so I wouldn't have known or remembered anyway
minor plover
some of us don't play Fortnite and couldn't place the art style without context. "If you know you know" is kind of a social media game people like to play (with things like photos of old objects younger people may have never used) but it tends to make people feel excluded unnecessarily.
astral steeple
the art style really hasnt changed at all within the entire game's existence
green fulcrum
i mean the art style somewhat makes it obvious that its fort
plus i had posted...
Nah, it's not the artstyle, it's you posting them that makes it obvious it's Fortnite.
astral steeple
lol
river veldt
gonna start a new Skyrim playthrough i think
hmm what race should i be
wait i should make an Elder Scrolls thread
never mind thwre already is one
gaunt marten
Be an orc
quiet swift
wind stump
They had the right idea
next year they should play this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhr2mLhmdR4
i jest but Steel Reason fuckin' slaps
graceful bridge
Oh nice, MLP Maretime Bay Adventure is half off on Playstation right now.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3824-PPSA05729_00-MLPBASEGAME00001
dire gate
Japan getting all the amazing merchs @wind stump
thorny loom
Noice
wind stump
Based AF
thorny loom
I want a custom colored debit card
quiet swift
Japan, when western companies want to do merch/collab/something like that: 
Also Japan, when it's a Japanese company: EAT YOUR DEMON SLAYER CEREAL AND THEN BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH EVANGELION TOOTHPASTE
thorny loom
Japan merch is expensive thanks to shipping
quiet swift
It's not that
I mean licensing part of things, to sell something in the west as directed by a western company. Not importing japanese products
They seem incredibly averse to that. Seeing it in Fortnite for example is a rarity
And then they turn around and do stuff like that
dire gate
They seem *incredibly* averse to that. Seeing it in Fortnite for example is a ra...
Well that's a bit different, they are pretty open with game collabs afaik
quiet swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiKI6Z5uV0 Levi Roomba. That's the actual voice actor
dire gate
But physical merchs are mostly concentrated for domestic
quiet swift
Well that's a bit different, they are pretty open with game collabs afaik
Yeah, but I mean in comparison to the level of absolute madness they do at home
wind stump
Of course I get it the first time I fish in this area
wiki tells me "The Flooded City" in general like there isn't a fishing spot in a lake nearby and i waste like 20 minutes fruitlessly fishing there
harsh kestrel
Let's see if that Xbox strike system ends up being actually beneficial or flawed
green fulcrum
https://www.thegamer.com/the-royal-edinburgh-military-tattoo-final-fantasy-7-bom...
Are you kidding me? This is awesome! They even played the Battlefield theme, which is doubly awesome! And their drill and timings were all perfect as well.
10/10, would applaud again.
wind stump
The Battlefield one makes infinitely more sense than the FFVII one
green fulcrum
I know that the FF7 theme wasn't the best choice, but they still did an amazing job with it.
wind stump
I still want them to do Steel Reason from FFXIV next year
actually no fuck it
MAKER'S RUIN https://youtu.be/1l69nQsEHxI
That'll light some hearts on fire
I am surprised they haven't done a live orchestra of this but
Could be saving it for ARR's 10th anniversary
dapper cedar
dunno if this has been posted yet, Resident Evil bundle
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/resident-evil-decades-horror-village-edition
fresh bane
I was gonna say ''why is 6 just randomly shoved in there'' but then I saw there's a full collection/bundle with 0, 1, 4, 5 and Revelations, very nice
The Revelations series is severely underrated and arguably the one that fully modernized and shaped the modern way to play Resident Evil
a shame RE3 will always be a sore spot on otherwise amazing new releases but can't do anything about that 
I also still can't believe Capcom hasn't remastered their original trilogy and released it on modern stores
I want to play original RE3 with an official HD makeover
thorny loom
I want to play original RE3 with an official HD makeover
You know. There is sort of a mod for that with the gamecube port for dolphin rigjt
fresh bane
I know about the seamless hd project, that's how I played RE3 for the first time recently, I'm talking I want Capcom to do it and remaster the original games
teal cliff
we do have a remaster for RE1
dire gate
quiet swift
harsh kestrel
I never got into Resident Evil. I played a bit of Core Veronica X on PS2 and didn't know what in God's name I was doing lol
I think if I've heard right though, Resident Evil came to be because of Devil May Cry or vise versa. I forgot which spawned which
dapper cedar
iirc the original version of Resi 4 went on to become DMC
also Code Veronica is a very very mean game for no good reason imo
harsh kestrel
Okay, so I was right about Devil May Cry coming from Resident Evil at least. For once my brain remembers something lol
white phoenix
Dante and leon both have the same hair colour
fresh bane
The same hair cut/style but not the same colour
Dante has white hair Leon is a (dyed?) blonde
Leon has a bit more of a 90s styled curtain haircut Dante is a bit more emo
also these games are 4 years apart geez, even DMC3 doesn't look as good as RE4 did on the GC, that's impressive visuals
fresh bane
No thanks, bro!
quiet swift
@wind stump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPz3TlljoEY since you're on a Nier kick at the moment
wind stump
remembering that NieR Replicant exists 
oh that's nice
Since HoloCure has a official Steam release I decided to download it and it carried over my data
also holy shit this is so different from the last version
BESTGAMEEVER
icy crescent
little badger
arctic fern
wow, that lasted longer than the wii store?
little badger
When Sony said they were going to do it they changed their minds as people didn’t want it to close so they didn’t.
crude crow
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=urud2yuTk9w idk if anyone here plays Splatoon but it’s hereeee 
harsh kestrel
I did back when the game first came out, but then left it after everyone I played with also stopped playing it and went on to other things. I'm trying to build up a group to play the game and Mariokart 8, but I'm still wondering about how that's gonna go. We shall see
thorny loom
wow, that lasted longer than the wii store?
And the 3ds store too lmao
shut prism
harsh kestrel
"Definitive"
fresh bane
I suppose this is relevant for this channel
is gameloft still putting out content for the mobile game?
harsh kestrel
I'm not sure
little badger
thorny loom
Oh man is it gonna be the same game with just different guns and character models
mossy flume
Oh is it time for Modern Warfare 3 2?
thorny loom
The campaign at least looks interesting
thorny loom
Oh is it time for Modern Warfare 3 2?
I think their making it to where campaigns are just paid dlc now and they just update warzone accordingly
Mw 3 is listed as dlc for warzone in steam
little badger
Mw 3 is listed as dlc for warzone in steam
Activision confirmed it’s a premium title and not DLC the zombies looks interesting.
Biggest Treyarch has ever made
fickle garnet
I just played the reveal event for mw3 about an hour ago and it was pretty fun
little badger
fickle garnet
I love exploding people with my homelander gun
little badger
One of the commander helicopters glitched and flew straight into me
little badger
No no they are making the zombies
thorny loom
Was gonna say
little badger
Sledgehammer is the main developer.
little badger
They help with the ranked play usually
little badger
Treyarch usually doesnt mess with the modern warefares
@wise frigate @real panther @chilly mural https://twitter.com/callofduty/status/1692233573724545345?
Embed fail
white phoenix
it's going to follow the treyarch zombies storyline apparently
little badger
fickle garnet
I want round based zombies 😔
white phoenix
charlieintel has a crapton of info https://twitter.com/charlieINTEL
Twitter
white phoenix
...yeah don't pay any attention to twitter replies
dapper cedar
<@210556426614079488> <@521594393493504001> <@163141419207229440> <:rdsquee:5862...
aye i’m sticking to BO3 this year too
little badger
I want round based zombies 😔
You never know they might add it
little badger
aye i’m sticking to BO3 this year too
I mean it does look fun
little badger
Only thing that needs changed is it only lasts for 60 minutes then forces you to exfil
little badger
The next game that’s coming out in November.
teal cliff
I see, and is that Modern Warfare 3?
little badger
white phoenix
only excited for the campaign every time a cod comes out
they've generally been alright to solid
chilly mural
it's going to follow the treyarch zombies storyline apparently
How, I thought that timeline ended after BO4?
chilly mural
white phoenix
yeah I grew up with the OG mw trilogy + bo2
I still haven't played the first black ops at all somehow
it's like the only cod before bo2 that I haven't played
little badger
How, I thought that timeline ended after BO4?
Dark Aether story started in Cold War and up to this then continues in Treyarchs next game
chilly mural
Oh yeah, forgot about that
thorny loom
Honestly at least with Nintendo striking fan games you can make the argument they have to protect their copyright. This is just petty
fresh bane
See that's one use of AI that is actually pretty interesting and cool, rather than completely replacing an illustrator, voice actor or musician you're implementing it into the mechanics and programming of the game to procedure generate responses or allow for more dynamic responses and conversations with NPCs , that's what this tech should be used for
thorny loom
Its things like this that give me the vibe that rockstar is gonna make gta 6 extremely hostile to modding if even allowed at all
white phoenix
this isn't take two's first controversy with gta v mods either
fresh bane
I intentionally didn't pay attention to the actual point of the article because of how much shitty things Take Two/Rockstar has done so reading that isn't surprising at all to me
kinda how reading Konami was suing Cygames over Uma Musume and asking for the game to pretty much go down wasn't surprising to me at all
gaunt marten
At this point anyone who's affected by Take Two's actions after their prolific anti-user history only has themselves to blame for having any trust in the company
thorny loom
Pretty much
graceful bridge
Users will still be able to download and play games they have already purchased for the foreseeable future after that date, and many other network features will continue to work, like communication with friends, cloud saves, and online play in multiplayer games whose developers still support it. Developers will still be able to issue patches and updates to Xbox 360 games, too. Backward-compatible Xbox 360 games will still be available for purchase on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S stores, Microsoft says.
No new purchases, and video purchases will no longer be playable.
graceful bridge
yeah, at least you can still play / download your purchases.
thorny loom
End of an era
Also got give microsoft credit. It out lasted 3 virtual shops nintendo had (wii, 3ds, wii u)
And their actually announcing it well in advance
thorny loom
Abridged: the studio behind palidans and smite updated a contract regarding using ai in voice acting
slim thorn
https://x.com/klei/status/1692265419569258706?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ
this is a much more natural fit than most crossovers I hear about these days
astral steeple
ive always found the more unexpected and random crossovers to be a lot better ngl
like putting characters in situations they make no sense being in is always funny as fuck lol
like imagine darth vader in an NBA game
or goku in a golf game
etc
even giving guns to characters that dont use guns at all is pretty funny too
arctic fern
im not disagreeing with you
but that should be reserved for mods, not paid features in my opinion
i've seen goofy in GTA4 and that shit's hilarious
but if rockstar sold that for £9.99 it wouldnt be anymore
astral steeple
it would still be hilarious
arctic fern
less so
fickle garnet
In paid games crossover stuff should be free
arctic fern
by a huge margin
astral steeple
ehhhhh
they cant exactly make the crossover stuff in games be free due to licensing, etc
arctic fern
mods
fickle garnet
An $80 game shouldnt have microtransactions
arctic fern
darth vader as a paid skin in fortnite isnt funny, its marketing
marketing you pay for
darth vader in skyrim as a mod is hilarious
astral steeple
well yeah obviously a game that costs money shouldnt have microtransactions lol
for a free game its not an issue
its only an issue if the game itself costs money, and if the microtransactions are pay 2 win/are required to get further in the game
and if they are lootboxes
arctic fern
microtransactions in general are a genuine issue
astral steeple
darth vader as a paid skin in fortnite isnt funny, its marketing
marketing you p...
its still funny in fort tbh lol
arctic fern
the fact that the community has just accepted them is appalling
astral steeple
ehhhh
arctic fern
anyone remember when DLC meant basically a whole new game, or serious changes to the base game?
astral steeple
they gotta keep the game going somehow
and pay employees, etc
arctic fern
pepperidge farm remembers
arctic fern
they gotta keep the game going somehow
and pay employees, etc
that justifies some things
maybe
quiet swift
anyone remember when DLC meant basically a whole new game, or serious changes to...
The frozen throne ;_;
arctic fern
but if you ahve actually seen the profits these games make, that argument holds no water at all
astral steeple
just flat out microtransactions that are cosmetic only where you know exactly what you are getting that arent required at all are perfectly fine
it'd be different if it was actual gameplay related stuff
or if they actually required you to buy stuff in the game to progress further
arctic fern
$6 billion
these starving game developers really need every one of those $10 skins to keep the lights on, sure
astral steeple
a lot of that money is used to get more licenses, etc as well
and the tournaments and stuff too
astral steeple
like some of the recent tournaments have been massive in terms of the money reward
arctic fern
these guys need you to spent hundreds of dollars so they can license more things to sell you for hundred of dollars
astral steeple
the Recent Champion Series tournament had a prize pool of like 10 million dollars
arctic fern
not invent new things, but licens old things
quiet swift
rose rose
Epic actually runs at a loss so apparently they need more than those six billion dollars.
astral steeple
lol
arctic fern
the Recent Champion Series tournament had a prize pool of like 10 million dollar...
wow. thats a lot.
thats a whole 0.0016666666666667 of their revenue last year
white phoenix
I think you are severely underestimating how huge a billion is
astral steeple
also i mean
they have said themselves they want the game to just keep going on forever
so obviously they gotta keep making money so the game never ends lol
so they gotta continue to sell their original designed skins and collabs, and emotes, etc
green fulcrum
There's such a thing as too much content.
Eventually it gets tiresome, same-y, and boring.
Fortnite will never last forever, as much as its devs are proclaiming it will. Mojang also wants Minecraft to last forever, but eventually, inevitably, development will stop for both, because forever-games are impossible to achieve. Eventually the game becomes so bloated and so huge that it simply cannot be played by normal consumers.
And frankly, if Fortnite continues down the path it's on right now, it'll reach that content bloat point much faster than any other game.
Sometimes less is what you need, not more. We don't need a billion crossovers.
astral steeple
ehhhhhh
their main plan right now is pretty much putting any and every fictional character and celeb they can into the game
thatll say yes, that is
which seems to be working so far
dense crypt
And frankly, if Fortnite continues down the path it's on right now, it'll reach ...
fortnite seems like an everything game as well, apparently there's a raid boss for no reason
green fulcrum
We don't need a WWE fighter in a death match shoot out with Batman. It's dumb. It's nothing more than a skin. It's got no effort put into it.
astral steeple
not really
dense crypt
goku whipping out an assault rifle to shoot the shit out of kratos is hilarious to me
astral steeple
exactly
fickle garnet
I have begun pre loading Starfeild on my xbox
astral steeple
shit like this is super hilarious lol
green fulcrum
It really isn't.
fickle garnet
Humor is subjective
dense crypt
i dont think its clever humor, i think its chaotic humor and i love that
its part of why pinkie pie is my favorite of the mane 6
fickle garnet
I love how chaotic fortnite is
astral steeple
also fort doesnt really have the "bloat" issue because the cosmetics arent the content
the gameplay that is constantly changing every couple weeks is the content
one season/update could be completely different than previous one
theyre always finding ways to keep the gameplay fun and different
astral steeple
I love how chaotic fortnite is
same
dense crypt
wish Rumbleverse didn't get axed though
unepic could have just advertised it, but noooo
astral steeple
lol
dense crypt
a fighting game that's also a battle royale? gimmie GIMMIE
astral steeple
also saying the collabs have no effort put into them makes no sense because the 3d model itself had to be modeled by someone, textures had to be made for the skin, etc
the effort goes into actually making the cosmetic set which always references to the source material
they generally know the source material for every colllab they do
like for the futurama collab, they had like close to 100+ lines of custom dialogue for the bender NPC for different interactions
filled to the brim with references to the show
arctic fern
the fuck? im not complaing but i am confused
playing the long dark, starting in one of the hardest locations to start because it was random, on one of the hardest difficulties
no matches for fire, no tools for... well anything, no bedroll for sleeping and a small amount of additional warmth when theres no fire
i found a cave, somehow i could still see in the cave, went exploring... found a bedroll, matches, hacksaw and ski jacket
that is an insane find for the first 30 mins or so, wtf
i might actually live
arctic fern
i didnt live
i lit a fire in the open because i was freezing
after i melted some snow for water, a blizard starts to pick up, putting out the fire
then i hear the growl of a bear, as i see the bear come around the corner into view only a few meters away
so i run, in a blizzard
...straight into a wolf
hasty patio
quiet swift
Huh, this is new on the prime gaming page...
These are the new games for the week though
fresh bane
For as criminally short and slightly worse than the first game it is, TFU2 is still pretty good and fun
Dual wield Starkiller is awesome
flint iron
Back when I was in elementary school, me and my friends would play the multiplayer versus mode so much
I only choose Darth Vader because he is Darth Vader
fresh bane
I don't remember TFU2 having a versus mode but I'm going to assume it was a thing in the Wii version because that version of TFU1 (and the PSP version) had a versus mode too which is actually pretty fun
flint iron
Yeah it was the wii version
fresh bane
Honestly the visuals and QoL features aside in comparison to the PS3/PC/X360 version, the Wii and PSP versions have some pretty good content, the PSP version is surprisingly full of content like the historical battles and order 66 mode
I still love how The Force Unleashed is the RE4 of Star Wars games, it has a version of the game on A LOT of platforms
the DS version is also surprisingly not even that bad and pretty enjoyable
flint iron
Wait it even has a port on the iphone and nokia 
flint iron
The different versions had to have something to do with different teams or studios for each port
quiet swift
Well, theyve both been on prime so i'll have to play them at some point 
fresh bane
It's not like the OTHER mobile Star Wars that is a beat 'em up which is actually very fun
quiet swift
It's not like the OTHER mobile Star Wars that is a beat 'em up which is actually...
galaxy of heroes?
flint iron
I saw a star wars game that was a clash of clans rip off so it cant be as bad as that
quiet swift
I think that's what I'm talking about that kindof idler game where you have a team of characters and send them fighting against other teams
flint iron
Yeah I think thats the one
quiet swift
flint iron
No that looks more like Raid Shadow Legends
fresh bane
quiet swift
fresh bane
that's the one I was talking about
flint iron
Oh my, it looks like the assassins creed mobile game 
fresh bane
I don't think it was made by gameloft but yeah that's just what mobile games looked like 
Ahhh the AC gameloft games were actually so fun
Then there's the GBA/NDS ROTS game which is banging
Look at that beauty
byotiful
river veldt
i only played the hard as hell Super Star Wars
then there was Super Empire Strikes Back and Super Return of the Jedi
i never played Jedi though
ive also tried playing KotOR but i couldn't get into it for some reason
thorny loom
It appears red dead redemption runs very well on yuzu
knotty echo
I'm curious guys
feral tulip
Hi curious
knotty echo
Is there a MLP fangame that made you rage before?
Ponyvania is that for me basically. I've done so many winning runs as a Pegasus, but as a Earth Pony in my recent playthrough, I've been raging so much like those people on Youtube
Except of breaking my Steam Deck, I just roll back on my bed in anger or punch my bed lmao
Good thing beds are durable!
visual hill
It appears red dead redemption runs very well on yuzu
Xenia still has the edge in performance for now if I'm looking at comparison videos right, though Yuzu has lower GPU requirement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_csPwM9_M
neither feature FSR2 like the PS4 version though, which is too bad as it really helps clear the visuals due to how it's used (it runs at native resolution)
(FSR2 is a form of temporal antialiasing)
for 30 FPS gameplay, the PS4 version on PS5 is technically the definitive way to play now, but for 60 FPS Xenia remains king for now
once Vulkan in Yuzu is fixed on this particular game, it may turn out to be a better option with regards to performance. Right now, you have to use the OpenGL backend
also, RDR on Switch means Android emulation is a reality now… though you'll be playing Blue Dead Redemption: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/15u7i05/red_dead_redemption_runs_amazing_at_a_stable_30/
light gate
Can’t wait to play Red Dead Redemption on switch once the physical ver comes out.
I’ve never got a chance to play it.
visual hill
Switch version is 1080p docked and 720p portable, I don't know how steady the performance is though
grave tide
Found news about this: https://youtu.be/XijeJLAYLBE
This is so fucking bad
3D South Park, with coop
I am waiting how much bad this game will be
visual hill
I remember Turok Park on N64. 👀
static bluff
Woo! My first Lichess arena that I got to participate in from start to finish. I did well! Top 16th percentile. 3 out of 5 wins in 60 minutes. I'll need to analyze my games, but besides one massive blunder, I think I played pretty accurately.
dire gate
static bluff
Wow, yeah, the 2 games I lost, I still played with decent accuracy. 4 of my games I had just 1 blunder. The fifth game, which I somehow won, I had a whopping 5 blunders, but my opponent had 6 so oh well, haha
Ohhh I see, I played 6 games, but the final game ended after the 60 minutes, so it didn't count. That explains why my opponent offered a draw. That would have been worth 1 point in the arena.
visual hill
the opponent out-blundered you
slim thorn
we've talked about what "RPG" as a genre does or doesn't "really" mean before, but this guy's take on it cleared up quite a few details for me
visual hill
gaunt marten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kNi3cLB0sI
I posted the same video a while ago here, and I'm glad you found it
chilly mural
river veldt
transfem Link
gaunt marten
Link can't be transfem because he is already transmasc
dire gate
Who is link anyway, I only know Zelda the hero
wind stump
visual hill
Nire Automata
teal cliff
Neighr: Automata
Friendship is Artificial
quiet swift
wind stump
damn
visual hill
and there it is, another game 100%'d
thorny loom
thorny loom
Thats the idea yeah
astral steeple
why does this upcoming fort skin look like twilight sparkle lol
thorny loom
white phoenix
damn, the hand animations look straight out of cod mw
very interested to see how this goes
teal cliff
So what is this supposed to be, if we know?
A tactical shooter? a cod clone?
pve or pvp mostly?
thorny loom
A tactical shooter? a cod clone?
Ironically the original delta force was basically call of duty before cod got popular
slim thorn
for anyone who has the slightest curiosity in Kentucky Route Zero, but not enough to play it for themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW3qZfF6JfI
true maple
Whoa that's pretty swiggity swerty I'm diggin that qwerty
teal cliff
I can customize the rgb colours but I can't seem to change brightness
I'd like a dim rainbow across the whole thing but since I can't dim it, only turn it off or on, I had to go with a gentler light for the top part and put the rainbow around the side where it cannot hurt my eyes.
weak river
for anyone who has the slightest curiosity in Kentucky Route Zero, but not enoug...
This looks like a rather intriguing game.
What exactly does Kentucky Route Zero look like, if you don't mind me asking? More specifically, what does the "gameplay" entail?
Looking over the steam page and reviews, it seems like it's a slow-paced, thematic, narrative-driven game with most player interaction being called upon during conversations. Do player choices in these conversations affect how the story plays out (a la Mass Effect) or is there really just an illusion of choice that funnels you into the same storyline no matter what you choose (a la Ace Attorney)?
slim thorn
it seems like it's a slow-paced, thematic, narrative-driven game with most player interaction being called upon during conversations
correct
Do player choices in these conversations affect how the story plays out (a la Mass Effect)
mostly nope
just an illusion of choice that funnels you into the same storyline no matter what you choose (a la Ace Attorney)
also nope
there's a lot of ways to describe KRZ choices depending on how pretentious you're comfortable with sounding, but I'd go with: it's forcing you to participate in telling the story by changing some of the details based on what matters to you, because one of the themes of all this is how much of our reality is shaped by our stories and how we choose to tell them
for example, one of the first choices you make is whether the dog that's tagging along with you has a name or not
weak river
Interesting. So there's really only one way that everything plays out, but the specifics can change depending on how you conduct yourself while playing?
slim thorn
yep
(there are some meaningful-in-the-traditional-sense choices near the ending, but like everything else in KRZ there's a bunch of open-ended ambiguity even around all that stuff)
weak river
I see. That sounds pretty neat.
...would you recommend it to an individual that likes narrative-style games?
slim thorn
absolutely yes, it's one of my all-time favorite narrative choice games
my only caveat is don't expect a traditional narrative since it's one of those deep artistic stories that's more about moods, themes and subtext than about any specific plot points or satisfying closure; not everyone likes that sort of thing
weak river
Yeah, one of the reviews described it as being "fragmentary bordering on incoherent"; I would imagine that some people would dislike that sort of thing.
Still, though, this seems like a rather interesting game. Thank you kindly for the information.
thorny loom
teal cliff
this is my attempt to get people here to play Magic the Gathering with me
It's free to play online and I can teach you how to play ;n;
dense crypt
I want this
teal cliff
theres one for rarity and princess luna as well.
Not for Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, or Fluttershy though, making Twilight's card text victory condition impossible to achieve.
gaunt marten
My key board has arrived!
Are the buttons comfortable to use?
teal cliff
Yes.
It's meant to be sat at an angle so if you prefer your keyboards flat I don't know how it would sit with you though
gaunt marten
I mostly care about why all the buttons have no edges to catch my fingers
true maple
<a:banned:841438784196444190>
fickle garnet
I want this
Its a cool card but you literally cant put it in any deck
mossy flume
Apparently DLSS nor XeSS are available in Starfield, just AMD’s FSR2
Poor decision. DLSS is better in every way. 
white phoenix
Yup, what we all feared with AMD slapping their logo all over this
mossy flume
Indeed
Never a fan of these dumb GPU based sponsorships for games, whether it’s AMD or Nvidia doing it. It always feels weird and they pull this exclusively crap which just… kinda defeats the point of PC as a platform. May as well go back to doing console wars.
Like, why should API usage be exclusive?
“Let’s pay you to make your product less performant on our competitor’s hardware even though there’s no real reason why you can’t just optimize for both”
bleak lintel
Not having DLSS will be felt the most at launch because people won't be able to use it to hide whatever performance problems the game has before patches.
hasty patio
Feels like a MSFT decision to get some good will with a GPU manufactor.
thorny loom
sacred grove
“Let’s pay you to make your product less performant on our competitor’s hardware...
Does FSR perform worse on NVIDIA though?
DLSS might be better quality regardless, but I'm just speaking towards the point about exclusivity in this case
mossy flume
DLSS performs and gives better results than FSR does on Nvidia GPUs
I’m not sure how much the difference is between AMD and Nvidia GPUs, strictly speaking
feral tulip
https://twitter.com/sw00fa/status/1661226044479926272?t=aeX8os0NU14qZ_ZFWByvaA&s=19
Been thinking ab myhouse.wad again
visual hill
<a:SeeleNoted:874736846259781692> Not having DLSS will be felt the most at launc...
PureDark was given a review code, so they can work on a DLSS mod before the game is released
slim thorn
rewatching Owl House, totally forgot about these references on Luz's desktop:
gaunt marten
The knight can't last a day in an appalachian holler
slim thorn
oh, and this poster on her closet
wind stump
surprised S&P didn't have a problem with referencing Greek Hell
slim thorn
yeah, Elysium (good), Asphodel (eh) and Tartarus (bad) are all parts of Hades
slim thorn
I just realized something
the Odyssey as I remember it depicts the underworld as this bleak, foggy, colorless field with hordes of dead spirits that barely react to your presence
and by far the closest depiction to that I've seen in any other medium is the one in His Dark Materials
I wonder if that was an intentional choice
rare dew
the Odyssey as I remember it depicts the underworld as this bleak, foggy, colorl...
Yup, classic Fields of Asphodel
Not exactly terrible, just kind of dull and boring
Whereas Tartarus was actively awful, in a way specifically tailored to ironically punish the sin you had committed in life
quiet swift
quiet swift
slim thorn
#DeathsGambit: welp, I was trying to find a route to one of the story-advancing bosses, but this clearly wasn't it
teal cliff
I played that game once but I got really lost and gave up.
slim thorn
I think I'm only just getting to the part where it's even possible to get lost
green fulcrum
https://www.pcgamer.com/broken-roads-is-a-post-apocalyptic-crpg-in-the-classic-v...
Though they added enough peaceful solutions that a full pacifist playthrough will be possible, if difficult, they never considered removing combat altogether. Far as Broken Roads has travelled from its turn-based tactics origin, that remains non-negotiable. As Ritchie explains, "Publishers actually contacted us and said, 'Hey, if you could remove combat from the game, then we'll publish [it], look at Disco Elysium.' They basically wanted us to change it completely. We were like, no, we are a traditional RPG. We are gonna have combat."
Lol, could you imagine if anyone said this to Larian with Baldur's Gate 3?
slim thorn
aaaaaargh nearly had it
took me way too long to figure out how that fight works
that's more like it
quiet swift
> Though they added enough peaceful solutions that a full pacifist playthrough w...
Publishers being trend chases, news at 11 
river veldt
what do you guys think will win GotY this year
slim thorn
oh hey, this ability sounds extremely relevant to finding the story bosses
dire gate
BG3 and TotK both have good chances but honestly I feel like BG3 would be more critic-favored
teal cliff
what do you guys think will win GotY this year
bg3 probably.
dire gate
So I would guess BG3 will win more GotYs
green fulcrum
BG3, hands-down.
dire gate
And I have absolutely no idea what BAFTA will choose because they choose whatever they want
river veldt
i was also only thinking of Game Awards
dire gate
TGA seems to be one of the groups which tries to hype up bg3 as much as possible, I def think they will give it to BG3
river veldt
well unless Super Mario Bros Wonder is literally the best game ever TotK is probably my personal GotY
young creek
I was gonna say BG3 will win because TOTK is a sequel but Baldurs Gate 3 does have 3 in its name
slim thorn
it's been so long since 2 that I do think the "we've seen this already" effect applies more to TotK
river veldt
has anyone here played Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
dire gate
What really matters in GoTY is basically "do critics like it"
teal cliff
tga choosing elden ring last year makes me wonder though, maybe theyll just pick something random again
slim thorn
no, though I've watched a video essay summarizing most of what happens in BG1
dire gate
That's not really random tho
river veldt
tga choosing elden ring last year makes me wonder though, maybe theyll just pick...
wasn't Elden Ring the best game ever though
dire gate
"Random" is when BAFTA gave GoTY to VS
slim thorn
depends what you like
teal cliff
no it was like a 7 lol
river veldt
i saw nothing but praise for Elden Ring
young creek
Botw was such an easy GOTY because it was an incredibly never been done before game. Totk is an incredible game but we've seen a lot of it before now
teal cliff
also giving game of the year to a game that had no accessibility settings over multiple games with full suites of them is a mildly insulting message
young creek
Elden Ring was also an easy GOTY no contest
river veldt
anyway im pretty sure Super Mario Bros 2 will win GOTY for the 35th year in a row
teal cliff
ragnarok and forbidden west released the same year
young creek
Super Mario Wonder is a 2d Mario it doesn't stand a ghost of a chance
river veldt
wtf
dire gate
anyway im pretty sure Super Mario Bros 2 will win GOTY for the 35th year in a ro...
Which one
young creek
SOUP-
river veldt
the USA one (the good one)
dire gate
Oh the one that isn't even a mario game
teal cliff
oh no were getting into the jan measly video argument
dire gate
jokes aside, Super Mario USA always felt too off for me, due to it being too different(and due to it being designed to be a non-mario game that just got reskined as mario game)
river veldt
i don't care that it's a ROM hack of Doki Doki Panic it's still a mainline game
slim thorn
and now to derail the conversation with this giant rabbit I just found
slim thorn
Death's Gambit, the metroidvania I've been playing on and off for the last several days
river veldt
is it fun
slim thorn
yes?
river veldt
why the question mark
dire gate
"I'm playing the game for days, why would you ask it, isn't it obvious?"
river veldt
idk sometimes people play boring games because they say that games don't need to be fun
young creek
league of legends
dire gate
Unironically I think people actually play that because they find it fun once in a while
young creek
Everyone I interact with that plays League says they hate it
dire gate
It's a bad game not a boring game
slim thorn
yeah, multiplayer games in general are intended to be fun despite often failing (even for people who apparently like them)
river veldt
what games are you thinking of when you say that
i didn't inquire to what games they meant
white phoenix
Gotta get those "rare high moments"
young creek
A lot of people will play MMOs out of habbit too
dire gate
Yeah that would fit best
young creek
I play Fortnite because i can be All Might with a gun
river veldt
i havent played Fortnite in at least 2 years
young creek
Fortnite is a good example of another genre, battle pass games, people will play those even if they arent having fun atm to not fall behind
dire gate
Sunk-cost fallacy and Path dependence are big reasons why people play game for sake of playing it
They kept playing it and invested money/time so that they can't stop
slim thorn
right, these are all different categories of "I played X because I wanted to have fun, but something went wrong"
fun is still in the premise
young creek
Okay if you twist it like that then there arent any
quiet swift
My fiancée plays fortnite because it's a competitive game that she enjoys now that Knockout CIty is closed. Doesn't quite scratch the same itch but it's 'close enough'. And she can't do FPS (motion sickness) so this hits just right
dire gate
At least a lot of time they have this "fun once in a while"
It's basically a sophisticated form of gambling addiction
Actually I think "fun" is not a general enough term for a reason to play games
Better term would be "feel good"
slim thorn
mm-hmm, I was wondering if Cap was trying to get at games that aren't so much "fun" as they are "fascinating" or "evocative" or some other subtly different positive adjective
gaunt marten
oh hey, this ability sounds extremely relevant to finding the story bosses
Correct!
Forgotten Gaian is pretty hard if you don't get how to neutralize it
river veldt
mm-hmm, I was wondering if Cap was trying to get at games that aren't so much "f...
probably yeha
gaunt marten
The one word that always applies is "compelling."
slim thorn
is it even possible to damage anything but his foot (and then knee)? I didn't see any other health bars or arrow-targetable spots
thought some of my instincts from past games made me want to try climbing some of the vines and swords on him
river veldt
rmemebr the Kraid fight in Metroid Dread and you had to stick to the walls
gaunt marten
Killing all the side enemies then hitting him until he kneels is the best way but you can just kill him the slow way by dealing the reduced damage over and over
slim thorn
"side enemies"?
gaunt marten
The heroic version has you spinning many plates while you fight the boss
slim thorn
oh ok
gaunt marten
Give it a try! It's just one death to find out (less if you have a feather)
slim thorn
nah I'm already in a totally different area
gaunt marten
Okay
slim thorn
still not feeling heroic refights
oh right
is there anything you'd recommend spending carrots on, now that I finally found the carrot shop?
the things that seemed like maybes to me all cost more than I had
gaunt marten
I'd look it up but the wiki is complete garbage
slim thorn
oh Seed of Knowledge is the talent point item
gaunt marten
Yep
slim thorn
I was also looking at the Tome for a later boss
slim thorn
depends on play style
gaunt marten
You do not get spare carrots
So carrots spent on talent points improve your performance for all bosses
Tomes are just lore and 5% damage for one boss
slim thorn
my usual experience with talent trees is that any skill which isn't a straight passive stat buff has little to no perceptible effect for me, which so far continues here
which is why I'm unsure whether a talent point is worth more than a tome
gaunt marten
Well guess what
slim thorn
really anything other than a level up and the occasional gear upgrade is of dubious value so far lol
gaunt marten
There's a passive stat buff
You get it later. It's in the other pages of the talent tree
slim thorn
(this falls into the general bucket of why I only play "RPGs" for their stories)
...there are other pages of the tree
Bows scale with strength now
okay that's where my next point is going
gaunt marten
The best damage skill in the game (that everyone has access to) is light arrow, the bow skill
Deals massive amounts of damage to a horizontal line centered on you.
slim thorn
I see "Light Arrow Mastery" but not just "Light Arrow", where is that?
gaunt marten
Light arrow is a skill you gotta buy
gaunt marten
Every class has a few of those
A "bread and butter" skill that you enhance and use often
slim thorn
speaking of, I just got a seed of knowledge from one of those plume chests
gaunt marten
Good!
slim thorn
I've yet to see it turn up in any crafting recipes so I'll just eat it now
gaunt marten
There's a bunch of those all over and the rewards are really nice so it's worth backtracking for one
There's a recipe that uses a seed of knowledge but you'll get a bunch after you get the recipe
slim thorn
yeah this is far from the only source of a seed I've found
minor plover
wife made a brand new Dark Souls character. On her way to the taurus demon, she picked up a couple of summons... one of whom is wearing Ornstein's gear and casting lightning spears. Yeah. This is ridic.
gaunt marten
Twinks usually make their low level well-equipped characters for the purpose of invading or fighting back invaders, not regular co-op
minor plover
they sure seemed to be into it.
slim thorn
I'm probably about to die 
minor plover
ran over the black knight and havel on the way, like, they clearly had experience running it
gaunt marten
Yeah! It's really annoying how you see them everywhere but they're never even acknowledged
Wraith King Sirad is hard to dodge by has low HP, so usually it's best to damage race him
gaunt marten
It's a puzzle
See if you can discover the solution by yourself, or just come back later
If you want I can tell you what to do here
slim thorn
nah
gaunt marten
Oh, also the lower path is a shortcut to the hub
gaunt marten
It's the white on blue arrow skill
gaunt marten
It's really good for any build
slim thorn
oh, oh my, there's a whole area up here
gaunt marten
Also a puzzle
slim thorn
gotta love lavishly decorated boss containment cells
gaunt marten
Solve all nine puzzles for a unique reward
slim thorn
ok I think I'm missing some basic controls
there've been multiple times now when I have reason to believe an NPC wants an item, and they have no dialogue tree/shop menu/etc, so I try dropping it on the ground near them, but nothing happens
including now this puzzle which I believe is asking me to give one of the statues a weapon
am I missing some kind of proper give option?
oh no did I scrap the blindfold when it's necessary up here
...and yet I found the carrot without difficulty
slim thorn
yeah half of these puzzles feel like they're very easy but I'm missing basic controls to do them
gaunt marten
Yes you have to go to your list of items then drop it!
You can get another blindfold, I think
slim thorn
I actually looked that up to make sure I wasn't misremembering the game having a blindfold at all, but the other blindfold isn't available until much later
gaunt marten
If you don't get any response after dropping an item, move away
slim thorn
tried that 2-3 times
gaunt marten
If you still get nothing then you dropped the wrong item or the wrong location
slim thorn
well this was a silly place to die
only found 2 that were solvable with what I have now, 3-4 seemed like they'd be easy once I have the item/ability they want
okay, surely I have the item for this one
...are you kidding me
I think it's Cusith time
only slightly better the 2nd time
weak river
I have no idea how to interpret any of these pictures, but I believe in you
slim thorn
3rd time's the charm
unfortunately some of those attacks are super unclear about when the hit/hurtboxes are present so that wasn't as good a fight as it should've been
oh that's unexpected
that boss must've given me way more than +1 WILL
is that more than I started the game with?
I'm feeling like stopping here, I still have absolutely no idea what the puzzle to Amulvaro wants from me, so I should give that time to sit before I just ask Flitter
ah there is an entrance to Darkness Falls over here
that'll be where I start next time then
wind stump
fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
quiet swift
Are those the robotic equivalent of these guys?
wind stump
Yes
VEERY much so
quiet swift
I forget, do they scream? (I played this some months ago now)
wind stump
Y E S
quiet swift
Excellento
wind stump
on the topic of NieR
WE FINALLY GOT A DATE ON THE NIER/NIKKE CROSSOVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpFTfqN4_OE
proof we live in the right timeline, a crossover that makes SENSE
wind stump
Agree to disagree, because I'm not opening that can of worms.
astral steeple
Like the pubg mobile dragon ball collab was super cool
Purely because goku with a gun is hilarious
thorny loom
on the topic of NieR
WE FINALLY GOT A DATE ON THE NIER/NIKKE CROSSOVER https://...
I almost thought that was a fortnite trailer
wind stump
i will smack you
astral steeple
Lol
6 days till the new season starts so hopefully some new collabs soon
Possibly the simpsons
Especially with the success of the futurama collab
gaunt marten
I think it's Cusith time
Did you pet Cusith first?
slim thorn
I did try walking up peacefully but then he nommed off a quarter of my health bar without even technically trying to attack me
gaunt marten
There's a secret prompt you get for petting Cusith
You can't get too close or too far.
You have to wait for him to lower his head.
If you do it, you get a temporary buff and you skip the fight!
Also, after you kill Cusith there's a secret item you can reach at a platform high above
slim thorn
I saw it but didn't have any way to get to it
gaunt marten
I think maybe you use the flowers that let you jump high
slim thorn
huh
gaunt marten
There's also a DLC item that allows you to get that high
slim thorn
none of them seemed that close, but oh well I was focused on not dying
gaunt marten
If I recall correctly, the item by Cusith is a strength user's item. Maybe a shield?
If you pet Cusith you might get a flower closer to the item
But it's definitely possible to get without
Heroic Bulwark gives you an Aura that allows you to get places faster, so you can try that (you're already above the stats required to beat him)
slim thorn
four tries 
gaunt marten
Nice work
weak river
Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em!
...For a given value of "got", it seems.
My standards for victory were "the frog dies", though, so I will absolutely take this as a win.
green fulcrum
Damn, that pained scream he made when he got hit was surprisingly realistic. 
visual hill
it has a Doom 2 version now: https://www.moddb.com/mods/voxel-doom-ii
still a bit sad you can't have the best of both worlds (Smooth Doom + Voxel Doom), but that's not realistically feasible
I personally value animation smoothness more than having actual 3D models, so I tend to go for Smooth Doom
(probably matters even more if you target more than 60 FPS, like me)
gaunt marten
I like the classic look
fresh bane
the choppy low framerate is definitely part of the identity but smooth doom is just.... smooth
I do like Voxel a bit more just because of how cool the concept and all the work that went into it is, it's also not super noticeable so it doesn't feel as jarring as smooth doom if you're already familiar with doom
smooth animations look nice but can be a little jarring
river veldt
I like the classic look
same
teal cliff
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
quartz pawn
teal cliff
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
where are the girls to kiss I have been here 45 minutes and all I have done is burn to death twice
random steppe
The brochure was way misleading
teal cliff
I guess "Land of burning to death (twice)" isn't as appealing as land of sapphic love
quiet swift
slim thorn
Flitter: so I just discovered the Fire Bomb breaks the red crystal, even though one of the first things I tried last time was fire damage from my cinder bow which did 0... 0... 0... to all three crystals
gaunt marten
Good work
I don't know why cinder bow didn't work. Maybe it burns but doesn't actually deal fire damage
slim thorn
"Enemies take additional fire damage over time" is the in-game wording
so apparently now I need to find an item that deals purple damage because nothing in my inventory atm fits that bill
gaunt marten
Unless you know where to go, it'll be tricky
slim thorn
I've already double-checked that all routes below rider's passage either I've explored or are still one-way blocked
so if I can only break 2/3 crystals at the Amulvaro entrance, I think I've run out of places to search
gaunt marten
Do you want me to tell you where to go?
slim thorn
yeah
slim thorn
the one with the ancient computer terminals?
gaunt marten
Yeah
There should also be a path down from the far east to another zone
But I'm not sure which opens to you first
slim thorn
I found a hidden room in the bottom left corner of that area, but despite triple-checking found no passages in the bottom right
but I never did figure out wtf that one monitor was trying to tell me so it can't hurt to go down and look at it again
slim thorn
oh so that left part is the non-functional lift I found already
so... this doesn't lead anywhere else?
gaunt marten
Oh you mean the lift with four lamps around it?
slim thorn
yeah
gaunt marten
Try touching them
gaunt marten
Yeah, there's nothing that tells you about this puzzle
You have to accidentally bump into one of them
slim thorn
I bumped into them several times before and never noticed the visual or audio change
the color was too subtle and the sound blended into the background noise
gaunt marten
This area is too dark and it sucks
slim thorn
one time I even heard that exact sound and wondered if I did something but then couldn't get it to happen again after running around for another few minutes
gaunt marten
Even the light spell which exists specifically to light up dark areas doesn't work for the stupidest reason
slim thorn
but I do appear to be unblocked now so thanks
gaunt marten
Good luck
slim thorn
you mentioned another way "far east", is that likely to be opened by what I'm doing down here or is it a separate thing I've probably also bounced off of? since I already double-checked the whole eastern sewer area and made sure everything was blocked
gaunt marten
Yes, it probably opens up by what you do here
slim thorn
welp, I was looking for the save point this other map room showed, and somehow beelined for the boss instead
I do not have enough plumes for this
gaunt marten
The elevator boss?
slim thorn
yep
gaunt marten
You'll be fine
slim thorn
liar
gaunt marten
It's a jumpscare!
Shame it's not a real boss fight though
I loved the Final Fantasy 7 elevator boss
slim thorn
sure felt real, it had a tome buff and everything
I think I just softlocked by flying up in a room with no roof
gaunt marten
oh, you're not falling back down?
slim thorn
why does this lightsaber do less damage than my normal sword
gaunt marten
It's not upgraded
slim thorn
I don't recall the sword upgrades having that big of an effect
gaunt marten
It's only six damage in difference
Upgrades become more powerful the higher your base stats are
Also, the damage is not the appeal of this weapon. The side effects are
slim thorn
I don't think I understand the text on its side effects, but maybe I'll just try it whenever I hit 30 str
astral steeple
gaunt marten
I don't think I understand the text on its side effects, but maybe I'll just try...
When you hit enemies that are bleeding from another weapon, this sword ends the bleed and deals an explosive amount of damage
Also I think when you take fire damage you become stronger temporarily?
slim thorn
oh no does this room have infinite enemies
gaunt marten
No.
gaunt marten
Good!
Now, the red and blue mechanic is important but not essential, so I recommend you learn how to best use it
slim thorn
I understand it, but since it boosts both damage dealt and taken I'm honestly not sure it makes a big difference either way
I still died quickly because I couldn't dodge his attacks
gaunt marten
You deal like 25% the damage you would if you're the wrong color
It makes a huge difference
slim thorn
second try 
gaunt marten
Nice
slim thorn
I settled on switching to opposite color when he did stamina drain or summoned all the light orbs since then I could confidently swing at him without getting hit, and same color when he was still swinging at me
slim thorn
burst?
gaunt marten
Like hit him real fast with your highest DPS stuff
slim thorn
I guess I don't really have much in the way of higher-than-usual DPS moves; still haven't clicked with any abilities besides the occasional heroic lunge
but that's probably why you play different classes
gaunt marten
Your class is the soldier, right?
You're a sword and board kind of guy. You can get pretty high DPS if you like but the class plays best with blocking
slim thorn
I managed to destroy the chest surrounded by poison-spewers, but I died immediately after
ok I think that's all of the one-way doors opened in this mineshaft
now for... the big purple room?
oh these jerks have one-way doors at all three entrances, not just the two I could get to before
gaunt marten
This area to the right of Bysurge is weird
It doesn't belong anywhere. It's just a transitory area
slim thorn
of all the places to hide one of these
gaunt marten
Speaking of the golden carrots
You should kill the big rabbit
He comes back with no negative consequences
He's a safe essence grinding spot if you're mortal
slim thorn
uh
gaunt marten
I have no clue either
slim thorn
decoy rest point got me
slim thorn
I think I can live without the full backstory of the ||"Embrace murder in your heart!"|| dragon lady