general gaming

[light gate]

Riots might spread at this rate with the fans.

(Riots being just a bunch of coping oxygen tanks)

[chilly mural]

Is that win pose modded?

[fresh bane]

No no that win pose is just Juri's perfect win pose

also I ended up getting a similar perfect doing some matches with Lily real Lily Gaming hours

[thorny loom]

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/marketplace/pdp?id=f1a0c6b6-8499-429e-b4b6-0d5e1f16f3f3

Dino dlc for minecraft

[minor gorge]

🪱 This looks fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vVcZ93ii8

[white phoenix]

searching up helldivers 2 on twitter has some crazy clips https://vxtwitter.com/JMaine518/status/1757198603808821625

I guess if you really wanted to play the battle of umbara from the clone wars, this is the game for you

[minor gorge]

Lot of action there.

[minor gorge]

Someone provided some in-game video of this expansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vBLX7MglY0

[green fulcrum]

Ah yes, the Vietnam of the Clone Wars.

Or possibly the Verdun or Passchendaele.

[white phoenix]

this game seems crazy cinematic
people have been calling that level "robot vietnam" lol

[chilly mural]

Lily?

Viva la Mexico!

[weak river]

'Tis true. Standing too close to an eagle airstrike and seeing your corpse get launched ~2000 meters away is a positively theatrical experience.

[unreal idol]

Get wrecked

[gaunt marten]

Help, my axe! https://i.imgur.com/80iOcvI.png

[haughty cradle]

is herowars the best no wifi game for a long ride

[gaunt marten]

There are tens of thousands of no wifi games

What platform are you on, just mobile?

[gaunt marten]

https://i.imgur.com/MJRPz7z.png

Rogue Legacy 2 is a lot of fun!

Much, much better than 1

[grave tide]

Choose your Destiny! Right click, delete the game!

[worldly summit]

I have really enjoyed Vampire Survivors which is free on mobile

it's a bit slow to start out with but if you go into each run with one of the Unlocks as a goal to complete you will find there's lots to do

[astral steeple]

TOMB RAIDER COLLECTION IS OUT YES

THE MODERN CONTROLS ARE SO GOOD

[random steppe]

That legit tempts me, but I will probably wait for some sort of discount.

Nostalgia can wait

[astral steeple]

i mean for 30 dollars its super good

[random steppe]

Yeah it's not an absurd price

Pretty fair

[astral steeple]

oh also

[random steppe]

Yeah it's also pretty fair

I remember some of those jungle levels

[astral steeple]

also weird

apparently there's not a button to just go straight back to the game selection menu

you have to close the game completely and re launch it

unless im just really dumb and not seeing it in the pause menu

[river veldt]

wait it's not tank controls ?

[astral steeple]

you can pick the tank controls or modern controls

its a setting

[random steppe]

Best of both worlds it seems

This bit is so funny to me

Was Lara Croft ever in any other game franchise that you have to specify this?

[gaunt marten]

Were there any Tomb Raider games without her?

[random steppe]

I don't think so

[river veldt]

Lara Croft is like Indiana Jones right

[astral steeple]

well she did appear in cod, fort, and fall guys lol

but yeah outside of that i dont think she appeared in other game series that starred her

[river veldt]

she's in Fortnite ?

[astral steeple]

yes

since like 2021

[river veldt]

that's cool

[random steppe]

Lara Croft is very much not like Indiana Jones

[river veldt]

oh i like the 25th anniversary one

[gaunt marten]

She is Indiana Jones but he has a slutsona and she doesn't.

[river veldt]

can you still get it

[astral steeple]

was battle pass only

[river veldt]

blowing up

why

[random steppe]

Also he steal stuff to get them into museum, she steals them to get them into her personal collection.

[river veldt]

o

yeah but they could team up maybe

[astral steeple]

her and raven from teen titans had been in the same battle pass lol

[random steppe]

I mean in the reboot they make her appear more sympathetic, but in the originals she was kind of an asshole

[river veldt]

damn lol

[astral steeple]

also yeah theyre both kinda similar to each other, but also vastly different

[river veldt]

maybe they could still be friends or somethign

[gaunt marten]

Yeah, like Superman and Harley Quinn

[random steppe]

I will always remember the tutorial level for TR3

It's her huge mansion with a pool, and a huge aquarium that has a secret passage that you can go into to unlock an obstacle course for a quad

[river veldt]

that's awesome

what TR does the collection have

[gaunt marten]

My only memory of Tomb Raider is when my aunt played that level

[random steppe]

Also with a timed button you can run into a secret room with a bunch of artifacts she got in previous games

It was pretty fire

Look at this shit, this was so awesome at the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb8OBeZjH24

Also french language for some reason, doesn't matter

[river veldt]

this is like Peach's Castle or something lol

[astral steeple]

the Tomb Raider collection has all 3 of the original games, and their cut content as a bonus mode or w/e

[river veldt]

epic

i might get it

[astral steeple]

oh wait

its the expansion things each game had

[random steppe]

At the time this game had no expansions

It came in a CD Rom to a console not connected to the internet

[astral steeple]

Tomb Raider II: Golden Mask (North American title: Tomb Raider II Gold) is an expanded version of Tomb Raider II released in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh. The game comprises the scenarios of the original game with the addition of five new bonus levels in a separate mini-adventure entitled the "Golden Mask". Unlike the other two expanded games however, this contains no story ties to its corresponding game from the main Tomb Raider series: its plot is completely unique.

[random steppe]

Oh ok an expanded version, I assume a standalone version, interesting

Like the PS1 didn't install the title on an hard drive, it didn't have one, it run the whole game from the disk

Oh it was specifically only for windows and mac

Interesting, my bet is that basically almost none must have played this, it's a good value add to include in the remaster for sure

[astral steeple]

Yeah

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/Pq9vWs6MJ0s?si=Q0BrFGFZbcEEWK3r

[river veldt]

them grafx

[fresh bane]

I'm no huge fan of Tomb Raider but it's still fun seeing how the remaster does things, where it improves things and where it may cause some issues, but overall this seems like a huge win for Tomb Raider fans especially any fans who weren't into the reboot timeline and wanted more of this
They even retroactively added some stuff from subsequent Tomb Raider games back into the first one which is pretty nice

You can switch into the original at any point even in cutscenes so if there's people that just want to play the original original game and not the remastered version they can just do that which is really nice

[random steppe]

Also for those that don't know

The first game is actually really, really fucking weird

Like towards the end you get into ||wall of flesh dungeons, and actual otherworldly monsters|| levels of weird

[river veldt]

that's awesome

[gaunt marten]

And you fight the Moon Lord

[random steppe]

In the 3rd game you literally ||infiltrate area 51 and go aboard an UFO|| so it's not like later entries are perfectly normal, but the first one is especially weird

[river veldt]

THATS SO COOL

ok

[fresh bane]

Lara didn't become one of the most badass female characters in gaming for no reason after all

[river veldt]

why cant you date guys in Persona 5

[uneven epoch]

atlus cannot fathom the sheer power of ryuker

[river veldt]

EXACTLY

im crushing on Ryuji so hard rn and im so sad i cant date him

[uneven epoch]

pat pat

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eLIJuAQ9n6A when your click speed game is on point

[untold vigil]

You would cap

I'm hype to hear you're engaging with p5 tho

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/okami13_/status/1757678335809777845?

[harsh kestrel]

I mean hey, if they need the time to make something, then let them cook and let the games actually feel finished for once and worth the money as a result hopefully

[wind stump]

This is just fucking Peglin!

i should play more Peglin. Later.

[visual hill]

free game on GOG

[gaunt marten]

I always confuse it with wipeout

[visual hill]

that's German or Dutch as far as I can tell, not French

German judging by the comments

[random steppe]

Interesting, sounded french to me

Now that's not 6 am actually

I can pick out words and it's definitely not french

I definitely hear a "wilkommen" at the start so you are probably right on the german

[sour hill]

I can't stop reading GOG as a word and not an acronym

Gog

[harsh kestrel]

Looking at that reminds me of Burnout lol

[north grail]

Have y’all ever tried Animal Jam dudes

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1757819517676458178?

[slim thorn]

...is there actual new content in there, or just repeating the correction of the misinformation posted earlier?

[north grail]

https://www.animaljam.com

[bitter stream]

yeah, thanks sooo much for trolling earlier Agent.

what is animal jam?

[north grail]

Animal jam is an MMO simulator game that won a ton of awards

Head to #1207206173091299390 for more info

[slim thorn]

to be fair, it was AgentSparkle who posted this specific piece of misinformation (i.e. the 5-year old Silksong announcement without the date, implying it was new), not Blade28

[bitter stream]

aye, that's why i said Agent

[slim thorn]

oh I misread that

[bitter stream]

no worries

also Fair enough Sonic Maul, I had a quick look and it's not really my style. Have fun though

[north grail]

Aight

[gaunt marten]

Misinformation?

[north grail]

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a conspiracy theory started by AgentSparkle

Dunno why that garnered so much attention when it’s false

Welp, nvm

[slim thorn]

well I wasn't gonna dwell on it but if we have to fully explain it

[north grail]

It’s still said to be under development for over 5 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Knight:_Silksong

[slim thorn]

Sonic, we all know the status of Silksong, I'm trying to explain a thing that happened specifically in this channel

A few days ago AgentSparkle posted a tweet of Team Cherry announcing that there would be news about Sliksong on Valentine's Day. Without any context, implying this was new information. But it was a 5-year old tweet, so everyone was confused and skeptical for a bit until the source was provided.

and I'm still not sure what the point of Blade28's tweet is, since it appears to merely be restating this

[gaunt marten]

Oh yeah, I was confused why it said "first look" but I did not actually try to investigate.

[slim thorn]

more broadly I think a lot of us are getting fed up with bad links/posts/articles in here

[bitter stream]

I don't mind an honest mistake, but Agent was straight up baiting with bad info.

[slim thorn]

yeah, it would be more reasonable if it wasn't a long-standing trend, mostly from the same handful of users

[wind stump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te7xh9BWzXI&t=0s this just dropped in my email

[wind stump]

https://youtu.be/iTpuiVs_0po even so many years on, OoT has mysteries yet to be solved

[gaunt marten]

Yep! Ganonfloor

This video is not a very good one for it, but I can't find any better ones

It basically involves loading several instances of the same area in a row then unloading them at once, in a kind of stale reference manipulation trick. It's dependent on the audio of the last battle music you played.

[quiet swift]

https://twitter.com/Genki_JPN/status/1757743775336825075

Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) على X

Sony President Hiroki Totoki says he wants to go aggressive in improving margins by growing 1st party with multi-platform #PlayStation

“In the past, we wanted to popularize console and the 1st party titles' main purpose was to make the console popular. It is true, but there is a…

Twitter · Feb 14, 2024, 12:29 PM

[harsh kestrel]

About time you figured it out, Sony

[quiet swift]

Day 1 pc releases yes plz

[random steppe]

The new FF7 remake exclusive period seems to be extremely short

So it might be the first title to be affected by this

[rancid herald]

why does the sony president appear to live in a white void?

[quiet swift]

Oh? How short? I hadn't seen news regarding that

[random steppe]

I watched a video earlier that mentioned it, lemme find it

In the last state of play they had on screen "Not available on other formats until at least the 29 of may 2024"

Which is not to say that the port will be out on the 29 of may, that's up to Square if they want to do it, but as far as Sony cares that the date their exclysive period contract expires

Which is 3 months, pretty short as far as the usual sony thing

[light gate]

Maybe consoles are dying in general due to the mobile gaming aspect over-dominating. So the rumored PSP reboot might make more sense to them if they can steal a piece of the pie. But the math makes no sense because a portable gaming device is still a very niche category.

Meanwhile everyone has a smartphone because its a device that does more than one thing.

[random steppe]

I'm pretty sure that consoles still have larger installed userbases than PC

[light gate]

Mobile crushes both, and these companies want the size of Mobile.

Unrealistic but its a reason why MS wanted Activision.

That sweet sweet king.

[random steppe]

Yeah but I don't think it means that consoles are dying

It's kind of a completely different format

And it doesn't seem like the console sales are slowing down either

[light gate]

I think they are due to being a machine that loses money but makes it up through services and game sales.

I just feel like Microsoft’s move is actually starting to affect Sony in a very unique way.

[random steppe]

Having control of the ecosystem seems to be pretty powerful, I wish it went the way of the dodo but I kind of doubt it'll happen

[light gate]

I mean you can have control of the eco system if you provide the service.

Games stop mattering as long as you are subscribed to the company’s service monthly.

If both companies have their games, it pretty much becomes a duopoly.

[quiet swift]

I think i just saw an article saying that the sales wouldn't hit estimates this quarter, actually

[light gate]

PS5 actually did not sell well as everyone thought, meanwhile the Xbox didn’t even sell to begin with.

[random steppe]

I think that Microsoft is sort of conceding and transitioning towards a more publisher role
No doubt they'll put out their box but I don't think it'll be as much of a core part of their offering anymore
I think that means that Sony don't have to fight as hard on that front which might be why they are becoming less strict with their exclusive periods.

[light gate]

And this makes more sense with GaaS format working with Mobile gaming.

Ehh, this is more of a long term objective.

[random steppe]

Because it hurt their sales of the games when they go hard on exclusivuity and it's only worth it if it gets them a proportional advantage on a competitor

[light gate]

Now it is Nintendo’s turn.

Will they move or will they stagnate?

[random steppe]

Never happening

[light gate]

Actually, you’re not gonna like my theory… but it makes more sense.

[random steppe]

I bet that if they move, it'll be in at least 10 years and that's optimistic

[light gate]

Nintendo and Apple in ten years.

Just to piss off everyone.

[random steppe]

I really don't see it

[light gate]

Closed eco systems

ARM

Previous partnerships

[random steppe]

Yeah, and they want to stay closed.
The point of the a closed eco system is to not have to share the profits

[light gate]

Yep, but they’ll have to adapt once they see people aren’t buying their consoles in the future.

[random steppe]

I would have to see it as I said, I would be very surprised

[light gate]

Unless somehow they do something ‘magical’.

[random steppe]

I don't think people wont be buying consoles in the future is the thing

So far the trend on console sales has been steadly going upwards, before I see a future like that, I'd have to see a reversal of that trend first

[light gate]

I do, I seem more folks playing with their phones than consoles.

But hey that’s just my surroundings.

I hope I’m fucking wrong.

[random steppe]

All the kids I know, play with their phones and have a console (or multiple) at home

I don't know many kids to be fair

[light gate]

I’m talking more about College than kids.

[random steppe]

But again, the Switch has sold record numbers, the PS5 isn't dragging behind the PS4 either, Sony struggled filling those orders for 2 years straight

[young creek]

kids play fortnite on ps4/5 i have a lot of references

every time I get killed by someone they have the playstation icon

[astral steeple]

i own a ps5 but only because i was able to get one for 450 dollars from a pawn shop a city over from me lol

and i had the extra money at the time

like its a neat console for sure, but i prefer the original xbox one way more

thats my main console right now

[light gate]

uhh

Okay

[random steppe]

Hell even Steam is now making Switch-like consoles and they seem to be selling really well too.

It's true that more people are playing on their phone than ever, but it's also true that more people than ever are playing games in general.

[light gate]

I just am waiting for market saturation.

[astral steeple]

though usually i only play on my ps5 like once a week at most

[visual hill]

the world around him is still loading, the SSD isn't catching up

[sour hill]

He's CGI

His true form isn't comprehensible to humans, and can cause them great distress

[astral steeple]

https://vxtwitter.com/Okami13_/status/1757858424631538002

[graceful bridge]

https://youtu.be/9geXJkrf1gY?si=pJcq7ivFW5Q0N_Yv

[visual hill]

just another day on TF2… trying out the 100-player server

[minor belfry]

Only 1 spy?

[visual hill]

spy is pretty bad when there are a lot of players, he melts like ice under sun

[minor belfry]

True, I haven't played in quite some time now.

I decided to stop playing after I started seeing repeated toxicity in games.

[visual hill]

probably a good idea to mute voice chat in public, and also text chat

it's rarely ever useful

[minor belfry]

Barely.

[visual hill]

I play with voice chat off in TF2

even in MvM

[minor belfry]

Fair enough.

[white phoenix]

on certain maps 100 players just devolves into massive ww1 stalemates lol

the explosions never stop coming

[fickle garnet]

I now have lethal company

[visual hill]

1 kill/6 deaths so far, scout isn't ideal on this

[minor belfry]

But my TF2 days are in the past, I play BeamNG.drive and Lethal Company now.

[fickle garnet]

Also bought Mudrunner cuz ive wanted it forever and i had enough to get it with my gift card

[visual hill]

the only game I bought in 2024 is Lossless Scaling, and it's not a game

but it's on Steam nonetheless

[fickle garnet]

I just got a $20 gift card and both games were on sale so i bought them with it

[minor belfry]

I bought a gift card just to get Lethal Company

[fickle garnet]

My younger sister was like 4 cents off of being able to buy lethal company on steam😭

[minor belfry]

L

[fickle garnet]

I think she might've convinced my dad to put some more money on her steam account so she could buy it tho

[minor belfry]

Gamer mulla

[visual hill]

this is bringing my i9-13900K + RTX 4090 to its knees

I'm using a high-end config so it's kind of expected, but still

[minor belfry]

Oh my... that's a lot of centuries

[fickle garnet]

Is that one of the 100 player servers?

[visual hill]

yeah, shounic's

it's full right now

[fickle garnet]

Welp my sister bought lethal company

[arctic fern]

good game

[fickle garnet]

Me and her are gonna play it when i get my pc which should only be a few weeks from now

[wintry canopy]

A smash bros update just dropped, most likely just coding in future spirit events.

[river veldt]

got the Tomb Raider collection and Arzette

[static bluff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vVcZ93ii8 Oh hell yes

[quiet swift]

https://www.pcgamer.com/unions-call-for-strikes-at-ubisoft-studios-in-france-to-protest-wages-we-cannot-tolerate-being-treated-as-expendable-to-mitigate-their-bad-decisions/

"Lower than last year, lower than inflation, and lower than the group's profitability," Solidaires Informatique said in a statement. "In other words, an unacceptable proposal.

"Last year, employees already 'made an effort' by accepting a deterioration in their living conditions. Let's face it: in management's eyes, the decline in our standard of living is no longer a bug, it's a feature."```

[bronze abyss]

babe wake up new noelle pom combo just dropped https://medal.tv/games/thems-fightin-herds/clips/1VnAFeJGowRWi3/d1337eLrfWku?invite=cr-MSx1UXUsNzE5OTIxMzQs https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1081185029885009962/1207669796913815572/IMG_2587.MOV?ex=65e07d25&is=65ce0825&hm=ef7210b091b27aa19d3f4d6e66620dcdd6e83d40ad441826f2112beb591c4cbd&

[dire gate]

It is painful that I wasted hours in one specific rct scenario which is supposed to be easy; I looked up what is going on and the scenario has a known bug

[sour hill]

You got so many games bro when you gonna stop buying games

[gaunt marten]

...Stop?

I'll only stop buying games when I finish my backlog

[sour hill]

There's an overwhelming amount of games out there

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/nomanssky/status/1758129031378018594?

[gaunt marten]

There's an overwhelming amount of me right here.

[sour hill]

So much flitter for one spot

[gaunt marten]

No offense, but I no longer trust a word Sean Murray says.

Reviews would be more preferable

[little badger]

I haven’t played the game in a long time.

[random steppe]

NMS sky stuff nowadays isn't more deceptive than your average promotional material for any other game

[gaunt marten]

Yeah, but I'm not about to be lied to twice.

[harsh kestrel]

What time today did they say Microsoft was supposed to talk about the future of Xbox?

[dire gate]

Imagine they do nothing

And people ask "you said you were going to talk about the future of xbox"

"Yes exactly"

[astral steeple]

https://vxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1758132383499575482

29 games? wtf

[gaunt marten]

Tens of thousands of unannounced games are cancelled every month

What matters is how many people are affected, how much time has been spent, and how much money is wasted

[random steppe]

This embracer miscalculation was really such a catastrophe

So sad, I was looking forward to many of the things they were planning

[harsh kestrel]

Disappointment and backstabbing for greed in the gaming industry once again? What else is new

[random steppe]

I mean, this situation was caused by the fact that Embracer was counting on an investment that didn't come through

They aren't cutting jobs while reporting record profits

They legit don't have the money

I don't see what you mean with greed and backstabbing in this context

[gaunt marten]

What backstabbing?

[harsh kestrel]

That's actually surprising then. I'm just so used to these bigger companies doing that just so they can preserve more money for essentially nothing and let a lot of people go. I take back what I said if these guys are actually struggling. Normally when you hear those stories, it usually comes from the huge companies that can easily pay the people it lets go, but decides not to because, like I mentioned, greed

[random steppe]

It's still their fault for mismanaging the situation and causing a bunch of people to be laid off

But it's not a fun situation for anyone involved, Embracer included

[dire gate]

I feel like I do also have to point out that layoff while in a profit state isn't necessarily only due to "greed"

[random steppe]

True but they are definitely a lot less justifiable

Especially in the cases in which the companies don't try to at least offer a soft landing with decent severance packages

[dire gate]

For sure it is usually just "yeah more moneh"

[little badger]

What game is everyone playing today?

[static bluff]

good ol' pal world

[random steppe]

I am either doing some ffxiv later, or start a Xcom 2 modded run

[little badger]

I’m playing Helldivers II

[little badger]

Does the modded run have pone?

[random steppe]

I don't plan equine based shenanigans for the moment

[little badger]

🐴

[gaunt marten]

Playing Crystal Project

[harsh kestrel]

That's usually what it's for and it disgusts me, but at least for once, it isn't because of that, but at the same time, if you have a company that doesn't know how to run themselves, then well, that's sadly what happens. Quantity doesn't equal quality in their case

[weak river]

Just out of curiosity, are you still working on Operation Valiant Enclosure, or have you redirected to fight the Automatons?

[uneven epoch]

makin food, then ff14

[heady bridge]

At this rate is Embracer making anything?

[rotund forge]

Splatoon 3, then some Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, and then finally gonna continue Another Code: Recollection

[river veldt]

Persona 5

[wide scroll]

yoo you wanna spread democracy togethe brother?

[little badger]

I’ve only done a few missions I’ll let you know what I’m on when I’m next playing it

[harsh kestrel]

I tried a bit of the Mario vs Donkey Kong game as the demo, and it's alright I guess, but I'm not sure if it's worth the money if it's short. I just went for A Hat In Time on PC instead lol

[little badger]

One day sure.

[quiet swift]

Elden ring, managed to convince my fiancée to coop since she finds the game too... somber and dark to play alone. However, we need to farm since we both did a mistake and dumped runes into boosting the wrong stats

[little badger]

Oooooh

[little badger]

I see you are on endwalker.

[wide scroll]

Im just tryna find some fellow helldiver bronys yk what im sayin

[little badger]

Yeah.

[wide scroll]

hmu when ur free to dive B)

@weak river you too

[weak river]

Thank you kindly. I'm regrettably not able to be on it very frequently, but if I manage to carve out a somewhat extended period of time for it soon I'll be sure to remember the offer.

[wide scroll]

epic

[harsh kestrel]

I heard that A Hat In Time has some insanely hard final achievements for achievement hunters. On that one, I'm just like, I think I'm gonna have the Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 mentality and not kill any leftover sanity I have for that lol

[thorny loom]

https://www.pcgamer.com/payday-3-is-finally-getting-an-offline-mode-as-starbreeze-ceo-admits-sales-and-player-numbers-are-significantly-lower-than-he-would-like/

Finally took the hint people didnt want an online only game

[sour hill]

Wake me up when co-op no longer depends on Starbreeze's servers

My opinion of the game would honestly 180

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/epicgames/status/1758159346335137879?

[thorny loom]

https://vxtwitter.com/codwarfareforum/status/1758177260912156778?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Keep in mind this was datamined in

[harsh kestrel]

Now if only other companies would figure this out with their games, but I doubt that's gonna happen. It was only because of extensive fan backlash that they even decided to make an offline mode with this game to begin with. Suicide Squad, I'm looking at you

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/pcgamer/status/1758143877507150221? @weak river

[thorny loom]

Tarkov is fun

[harsh kestrel]

Tarkov I feel like is about to go to shit though because of those microtransactions. Now, while that may seem common, the things I read about that they're monetizing is just so damn unnecessary

[little badger]

Will probably be P2W now

[harsh kestrel]

Yeah, gat was one of them actually. Extra space for storage I think. Something like that. So yeah. One is pay to win, and the other is literally a practice co-op mode put behind a pay wall

[little badger]

And probably some attachments that will be more powerful than the base game.

[harsh kestrel]

Who knows. It's a damn shame. I heard nothing but good about it, but I definitely have a feeling that backlash is gonna come from that

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1758196969808544072? @green fulcrum

[weak river]

That makes sense, I feel. I'm of the opinion that just about anything can work if it's done right, but a dedicated PvP mode would probably feel rather out of place in a game like Helldivers.

Besides, if this past week is anything to go by, even when they're supposed to be fighting Terminids and Automatons, players find ways to kill each other rather efficiently anyway.

[visual hill]

heh, the yuzu Discord I am on is in shambles right now since it doesn't work at all there… so people will stay on 13.0.1

I think this has been the longest timespan between two patches?

[grave tide]

Okay, Helldivers 2 studio boss got place in hell after this

Recomend Tarkov...

[grave tide]

You know, there are already buy the most deluxe edition to win

Because in other way, you will spend 9999999999 times in inventory managment

Because you have more stuff on every wipe

Like Tarkov is one of the best concepts in videogames

But developer studio is fucking trash

[harsh kestrel]

I guess they figured $100 for the top edition of their game from millions of people wasn't enough because of course

[grave tide]

Yeah, living on Cyprus/Maldives/Put everything else and consuming drugs everyday is costly

And BattleState games isn't a public company

So they didn't have make more money every fucking day because shareholders

Only Gaijin and Wargaming are worse

[graceful bridge]

Free game on Epic this week is Dakar Desert Rally, next week is classic Fallout.

[little badger]

I was going to show you that.

[quiet swift]

Which is funny, since fallout was free last month on prime. Still available if you have prime, I think. The other three are the new additions

[rancid herald]

prime has video games?

[quiet swift]

Gotta go through the Twitch page but yes

https://gaming.amazon.com/home if you have a prime sub

They also do ingame loot for some other GAAS games

[graceful bridge]

Games, DLC, and sometimes items for gatchas.

[rancid herald]

I see

[graceful bridge]

They have Destiny 2 stuff nearly every month

[quiet swift]

Amazon also has their own little launcher of sorts too, but it's only part of the games that appear on there. Otherwise the full games tend to be all over the place, EA play, Epic, GOG or Steam

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1758219319861993532?

https://youtu.be/KGlD9SO3rKU?

[harsh kestrel]

Someone let me know the major interesting details by pinging me if you'd like lol

[slim thorn]

if you mean doing every Death Wish including bonuses no P&T... then yeah, that'd be pure masochism

[harsh kestrel]

They do have an assist mode that apparently decreases the difficulty of the challenges

[wind stump]

[harsh kestrel]

There actually haven't been that many things in the game that have made me wanna go nuts besides a couple of BS falls during rift challenges and also stealth. Fuck that shit lol

[quiet swift]

The biggest news was Xbox's confirmation that four games will indeed be going multi-platform. Spencer declined to name the games, saying only, "The teams that are building those games have announced plans that are not too far away. As we know, games teams put a lot of energy into their announcements and partners. So I don't wanna take anything away from those teams, so I won't be talking about the titles specifically, but I think when they come out, it'll make sense." ```

( The Verge reports that they will be Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded.)

"The update also confirmed that Diablo 4 will be coming to Game Pass on March 28,"

" In a town hall meeting with Xbox employees, Spencer reaffirmed that Xbox would continue to make hardware going forward, seeking to alleviate concerns that Microsoft plans to get out of the console business altogether"

[slim thorn]

you're probably thinking of Peace & Tranquility, which is why I specified "no P&T"

(I've only finished Seal the Deal with P&T on)

[random steppe]

SMH not bringing Redfall

[light gate]

I’ll be buying Hi-Fi rush then.

The others idk anything about them.

[random steppe]

Hi-fi rush is a good fit

[quiet swift]

Pentiment is very good, from what I know. Deckbuilding game that goes completely wild

[random steppe]

Same for Sea of Thieves honestly

[quiet swift]

Unless i'm thinking of another game

[light gate]

Microsoft: fine, you can have these four games for now.

Sony: and what about Starfi-

Microsoft: JUST BE HAPPY ALREADY

[quiet swift]

Actually wait I think I am

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/Pentiment/

Steam

Pentiment

From Obsidian, this game is a historical narrative-driven game focusing on character development, heavily stylized art, and choice-driven storytelling in early 16th century Bavaria. Players will play as Andreas Maler, a clever illustrator caught up in a series of murders in Tassing and Kiersau Abbey over the course of twenty five years. Players ...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

4939

▶ Play video

[light gate]

Its funny how Starfield is like mentioned not to be on it yet.

[random steppe]

Pentiment is reportedly excellent, I kinda want to play it but I can't find the time

[quiet swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1092790/Inscryption/ ah, this is what I was thinking of

Steam

Inscryption

From the creator of Pony Island and The Hex comes the latest mind melting, self-destructing love letter to video games. Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...In...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

98405

▶ Play video

[random steppe]

Also reportedly Pentiment didn't sell that well so it's good it's getting another chance to shine

[river veldt]

Inscyption is epic

[quiet swift]

Having watched a youtuber play it fully, I would describe it as Slay the Spire and Undertale had a baby

[random steppe]

Inscription is also really good, yes

[slim thorn]

overall Pentiment is pretty good though I found certain aspects of the story disappointing near the end

zero complaints with Hi-Fi Rush, you've all heard the hype and it does live up to it (assuming of course that a rhythm-based spectacle fighter sounds like it might be your kind of game)

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1637730/view/6697485348291573590

Added "Play All Music" to Music Archive. When activated, all unlocked music tracks will be looped sequentially as a playlist.

Kind of a silly feature.

Normally the developer would share or sell the actual music, but in this case they do not have the rights to do that with it, so this allows people to play it from within the game

[harsh kestrel]

I still really hope that Hifi Rush gets the exposure and love it deserves for what it is. Also, any big news from the podcast yet? Lol

[slim thorn]

huh, I thought Hi-Fi Rush has been getting a lot of attention (for a non-AAA game)

[visual hill]

I think they mean from a more mainstream audience

I've only heard of the game from "informed" players so to speak

[fickle garnet]

Yeah inscryption is fun. Although im stuck in it

Wtf🙃
https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/diablo-iv-vitreous-scourge?p=1602218

This bundle cost more than the actual game

[slim thorn]

<insert horse armor joke>

[fickle garnet]

The horse looks cool but i would not spend $85 cad on it

[sour hill]

What's next, are they gonna start asking for blood?

[fickle garnet]

"For this special promotion sacrifice your first born child and you'll get a free set of armor!"

[quiet swift]

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24020032/donate-to-the-blood-harvest-earn-in-game-rewards

[fickle garnet]

[green fulcrum]

Ngl, "Blood Harvest" sounds like a badass name for a metal band.

[hasty patio]

Khorne cares not for where the blood comes from, only that it flows.

[gaunt marten]

Sir Justin the surfer wizard https://i.imgur.com/nPebetp.png

[arctic fern]

i havent even loaded up any ingame stuff yet and already im loving helldivers 2

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/ign/status/1758250102924222745?

[little badger]

It’s a brilliant game. Just remember friendly fire is always on

[green fulcrum]

"Tomb Raider Next" is such a terrible name, good God...

I hope that's just a placeholder name

[fickle garnet]

I want that game. Probably gonna get it on my pc

[little badger]

Probably is.

[visual hill]

Next is a generic placeholder, it's very likely

Trackmania (2020) was codenamed TMNext for instance, it's all over the place if you open the game using modding tools

[fickle garnet]

Wreckfest was also called Next Car Game in its early development days

[arctic fern]

untitled goose game was simply an untitled goose game till release
...wait

[fickle garnet]

[arctic fern]

helldivers 2 is pretty fun! does ayone else here own it?

i mean anyone currently online and with some free time

[dense crypt]

im afraid its just gonna be like, a trend game

and that its playerbase is gonna vanish in a matter of weeks or months

[random steppe]

I mean every coop game is to a decent extent

Helldivers 1 stayed strong all the way through tho

And that had a fraction of HD2 success on launch

[visual hill]

🔴 ❓

[arctic fern]

duh

[gaunt marten]

I don't remember any ratchet and clank big shiny button

You must be playing 1

[visual hill]

yes

I played all 4 classic R&C games when I was a kid but I forgot most of them

[little badger]

Do not push the button

[gaunt marten]

I prefer 2 and 3

[slim thorn]

in that era of gaming the 2 and the 3 of almost every series were the better games, it was bizarrely consistent

(I played all of R&C 1-3)

[visual hill]

I know, I'm just starting in order again

[fickle garnet]

I don't have it but ill probably buy it

[green fulcrum]

Future Trilogy (+1) for me. Crack In Time is so good.

[gaunt marten]

I could not play those games

[slim thorn]

I never tried the games after 3

(no particular reason, I just wasn't in an R&C mood when 4 came out)

[gaunt marten]

Deadlocked was fun

[visual hill]

I played Tools of Destruction but not the others

and Deadlocked which was called Gladiator in here 🙂

[bronze abyss]

recorded a combo file for it aswell,and optimised a tiny bit

[dense crypt]

Deadlocked is my favorite R&C game but its way too short tbh

[hasty patio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P596wspWcdA

[harsh kestrel]

I guess A Hat In Time's chapters 6 and 7 are post game stuff, because chapter 5 is seemingly the end of the main story by the looks of things

[proud warren]

I thought that was gonna be an epic store main-stay

[bronze abyss]

was the game unsuccessful or something? cuz i literaly didnt see shit about it online when it released or any time after

[proud warren]

it's also apparantly in the xbox game pass according to a friend

[bronze abyss]

can confirm it is

[slim thorn]

yes, those chapters are DLC

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1758418285635178628?

[wind stump]

🧱

[thorny loom]

Most egs exclusives eventually go on steam because their exclusivity contract expires.

Plus being on steam guarantees long term sales compared to egs

[river veldt]

https://x.com/nintendoamerica/status/1758495210294665590?s=46

Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) on X

Everyone is here…and their #amiibo too! #SmashBrosUltimate

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 2:15 PM

i really want a Minecraft Steve amiibo

[young creek]

I want Pyra (shes hot)

[river veldt]

and Banjo and Kazooie

[static bluff]

I want Metaknight (shes hot)

[wind stump]

🤨

[young creek]

Meta Knight doesnt have flame powers..

[wind stump]

Is Meta Knight Kirby's son?

google what the fuck

[rotund forge]

I still headcannon MetaKnight is the same species as Kirby...An amoeba!!

[river veldt]

https://x.com/nintendouk/status/1758415926704124129?s=46

Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) on X

The age-old rivalry that heated up on Game Boy Advance reignites in #MariovsDonkeyKong, out now on Nintendo Switch!

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 9:00 AM

[young creek]

insane game to remaster

[river veldt]

i have it but i havent played it yet

[young creek]

Even Captainmario isnt excited for it..

[river veldt]

i am !

[astral steeple]

https://vxtwitter.com/ShiinaBR/status/1758510505231028452

Interesting

[dire gate]

Epic games "we are still fixing this" store

[random steppe]

Nice, let's hope it'll get decent

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/ign/status/1758510568728649871? @weak river

[harsh kestrel]

Well Epic, let's hope your launcher functions now lol

[harsh kestrel]

Yeah, I ended up finding that out later on after posting my message when I was looking at reviews for the game on YouTube lol

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/insidergamingig/status/1758523014969266461?

[harsh kestrel]

I'd potentially be interested in a Star Wars game again if they made another FPS game like Battlefront 2 was. The games that came after that for me were meh

[rancid herald]

I hope it correctly restricts your vision with the helmet on

anyway I hate FPS

If I'm paying 90 dollars I expect the whole character, not just the hand

PLEASE AND THANK YOU

[little badger]

New date. https://fxtwitter.com/eurogamer/status/1758551499616010473?

[young creek]

new date for made up console

(theyre doing gamecube 2 btw)

[sour hill]

Sick

[thorny loom]

https://www.gamesradar.com/i-need-every-mmo-to-take-notes-from-star-wars-the-old-republic-which-just-added-date-nights-so-you-can-spend-personal-time-with-your-favorite-sith-lord/

Date nights for companions lets goooo

[quiet swift]

[wind stump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzheMgkatr8

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1758537150126027183?

[weak river]

Well, that sounds terrifying swell. I haven't actually played an Automaton mission yet; looking forward to getting my skull caved in by a metallic fist whenever I get a chance.

...Ah. I just checked the galactic war map. It does seem like we're having a little trouble with these defense missions, doesn't it?

[arctic fern]

i tried them last night/this morning
they were quite overwhelming ngl

tho it was my second mission and i was solo

[weak river]

Sounds like a rough second mission.
What loadout/stratagems did you try it with?

[arctic fern]

it was my second mission, so guess

[weak river]

...Railgun with three hellbombs just in case the first two didn't work?

[arctic fern]

i havent unlocked anything

[weak river]

Yes, I figured. 'Twas intended to be a humorous response.

At any rate, most of the player base doesn't seem to be faring much better, even with more advanced stratagems. Have you played enough missions by now to tell how different the Automatons are to fight compared to the Terminids? That would probably help decipher what a proper strategy against them would be, in theory.

I've only ever fought the Terminids, myself, so I haven't the faintest clue how to go about things on these missions.

[light gate]

What is Helldivers?

I keep seeing CGI ads about it but not a whole lot of game.

[arctic fern]

co-op hoard shooter with a starship troopers type theme with evenm ore comedy slapped on

[light gate]

HUH

[weak river]

The exact genre depends on which game you're talking about. The first one is a top-down isometric shooter, whereas the second one (the one that most people are talking about currently) is a third-person co-op shooter.

It's a satirical game in which players are soldiers of the "Federation of Super-Earth", a dystopian and militaristic future society that attempts to imperialize the entire Milky Way Galaxy in the name of spreading peace and democracy.

In short, it's the greatest democracy simulator this side of the galactic rim.

[light gate]

“Federation of Super Earth”

[rancid herald]

ore comedy you say?

[light gate]

Sign me the HELL up

[rancid herald]

it's gold, jerry, gold!

[arctic fern]

its pretty good tho i need to play more
preferably with friends to back me up

[arctic fern]

one of the objectives you have to complete is raising the flag of super earth
its a long-drawn out process with loud musing blaring the whole time
but moderated democracy must be defended!

[light gate]

I love the few comedy aspects of starship troopers, so if its basically that and over-exaggerated militaristic goofyness, then that sounds like a fun time!

[weak river]

That's pretty much exactly what it is.

[rancid herald]

does it have power armor?

I Want to Know more

[weak river]

No, actually. Not yet, at least.

The Helldivers that you play as are actually comparatively fragile; there's plenty of enemies that can kill you in just a few hits (or even one, sometimes). However, this is largely balanced by the fact that you are usually afforded enough firepower to practically crack a planet in half.

They are adding mech suits at an indeterminate point of time in the future, though, so that might appeal to you if that's the sort of thing that you're looking for.

[light gate]

“Super Citizen Status”

[arctic fern]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/573544039069253663/1207849262449303552/image.png?ex=65e12448&is=65ceaf48&hm=a980ffc23e78f9195b28148d21097ed9774ade7b3d8bc210fb1a3b3d352f9288&this should give you the general vibe of the game lol
its the screen that shows up at the start of the game, before the tutorial

[rancid herald]

it's mostly a commentary on the fact that in novel, Starship Troopers, Powerarmor was a major part of the book and the 'troopers'

whereas in the film they weren't there at all

[little badger]

Just send in pinkie with the Twigun

[light gate]

Not patriot enough

I wonder if it changes if you are a “Super Citizen” lol

[weak river]

Ha. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only individual that was mildly disappointed in the lack of that particular bit of worldbuilding in the movie.

I was promised a legion of space marines wearing metal gorilla suits, darn it.

[rancid herald]

I believe that's why the drill serg calls them apes too

[arctic fern]

the movie and book were very different
the book was serious, the movie... wasnt

[weak river]

I haven't the faintest clue what this means, but I agree wholeheartedly.

[arctic fern]

the game is more based on the movie

[arctic fern]

pew pew

oh she;s not in this thread damnit

[light gate]

Ehh it does have Microtransactions

That sucks

[arctic fern]

it does

[hushed onyx]

The movie has a lot more in common with Steakley’s Armor than Starship Troopers, but who the hell has heard of Armor?

[arctic fern]

but they're less obnoxious

[light gate]

I hope its not pay to win.

[little badger]

The twilight Gatling gun where Pinkie uses her tail

[little badger]

The devs confirmed it’s not. The MTX are really cheap.

[light gate]

Well, I’ll put it on the wishlist for sure.

And wait for sale because I am broke atm.

[arctic fern]

completely understnadable

[rancid herald]

we need a good powerarmor game

[arctic fern]

i got it £10 off because of reasons

[rancid herald]

is destiny power armor?

I know you wear clothing in the game but still

[arctic fern]

fallout 4
wait sorry you said "good"

[rancid herald]

what was that bioware game that failed?

[little badger]

Anthem.

[rancid herald]

yeah

[light gate]

Besides I’m still chewing through Voices of the Void, God of War, and Jedi Fallen Order.

[weak river]

If the setting as a whole appeals to you and you're looking for something a little cheaper, you might want to consider looking at Helldivers 1, as well.

It's obviously not as trendy as the sequel is, and it's a slightly different genre, to be sure. It's still active, though, and it's very fun.

[quiet swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/55150/ does this count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLoUurQAUR0

[arctic fern]

what

i mean this is amazing, but... what

[quiet swift]

You're not wrong

The answer is "I have no fucking idea"

The only thing I would guess is that C&C/Red Alert used to be censored in Germany, so the infantry units when killed spilled a black liquid. It was oil, because they were all bots

[arctic fern]

i assumed it was command and conquer related

[wind stump]

i fucking love that channel font

[light gate]

It is.

They’re just funny skits.

[arctic fern]

aaaah

[light gate]

“Noddy” is just Nod

[quiet swift]

That's at least my guess why it's robots. But yeah, 100% C&C. It's mixing C&C and Red Alert, since Kirov's from RA

[light gate]

Oh the red alert thing I believe was a one off joke

[wind stump]

average bloons run when the fucking ddts start coming in

[light gate]

https://youtu.be/H_OW7LirR5U?

You can clearly tell its just poking fun at the genres.

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/pc_focus_/status/1758253614760386897?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

PC_Focus 🔴 (@PC_Focus_) on X

BANDAI NAMCO is no longer the IP holder of ELDEN RING

It seems From Software is now the sole owner of Elden ring IP since 24th April 2023

This may be the main reason for the delay of the Elden Ring DLC

https://t.co/j2Y1Aj7MkX

Twitter · Feb 15, 2024, 10:15 PM

[random steppe]

Honestly, good

[thorny loom]

Yeah germany did stuff like that alot

[random steppe]

Fuck Bandai Namco

[thorny loom]

They’re alot more lenient in recent years

Germany not bandai

[quiet swift]

Indeed

[wind stump]

committing crimes for fun and profit

[sour hill]

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/zuby_tech/status/1758606116424913101?

[bitter stream]

Blade, this was just posted 5 posts up

[thorny loom]

mobile is annoying

this new cod skin reminds me of a flood skin variant in halo

spoilering jic

[dire gate]

Honestly I find it fortunate that From mostly seems to be not too disturbed by its parent company

But I am also always worried about the existence of their parent company

Especially since Kadokawa is...not a great company

[quiet swift]

https://www.eurogamer.net/alan-wake-2-fastest-selling-remedy-game-but-yet-to-turn-a-profit

[green fulcrum]

This is such a genuinely cool skin...but the problem is that it really does not fit CoD at all. CoD has become far too insane in its lobbies and servers thanks to the skins, and it doesn't feel like you're playing CoD anymore.

[uneven epoch]

@river veldt i dunno if ur interested in modding your games or how much you care about preservin vanilla in first time playthrough, but i feel like i should at least let you know what i discovered today https://gamebanana.com/mods/493214

ryuji romance real

[river veldt]

omg

[uneven epoch]

its a new mod so theres still a lot of work to be done (like addin blushin portraits n gifts n changin some scenes slightly) but we can finally do what atlus is too cowards to do

[robust latch]

Friend of mine

[thorny loom]

https://www.pcgamer.com/disco-elysium-studio-laying-off-nearly-25-of-its-staffincluding-the-final-remaining-writer-from-the-original-games-credits/

[north grail]

Just logged onto Animal Jam and saw Arthur bringing his shop around

[river veldt]

https://x.com/najsigt_art/status/1758595519885062575?s=46

Najsigt (@Najsigt_Art) on X

I've been feeling a little art-blocky lately, so decided to self-indulge 👭

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 8:53 PM

[north grail]

Anybody tried this game?

[novel pine]

what game is this? looks sick!

[gaunt marten]

https://i.imgur.com/1fc3WA3.png

I like this game

[visual hill]

I learned about this game literally like 3 days ago

[dire gate]

noice

[quiet swift]

Beerus, you lookin' fancy today

[harsh kestrel]

Lol

[harsh kestrel]

JonTron also voiced a character in this game apparently

[gaunt marten]

https://preview.redd.it/fleal7mavyic1.jpeg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=0d207986390daa368f247700f31d4b258a348fa4

Tekken 8 is introducing microtransactions after release. This is why I don't buy games before development is done

[harsh kestrel]

They aren't the first to do this and won't be the last

One of the more sickening instances of this was when Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled got microtransactions put into it about a month into it's life after the positive reviews across the board had come out. I remember the YouTuber Caddicarus was pissed to say the least about that. These days, I wouldn't be surprised at all knowing all about what Activision is about nowadays, but back then, I was none the wiser personally

[bronze abyss]

in this case its not particulary harmful,literaly just cosmetics in an already powerful as hell customisation system

microtransactions only should ever be cared about if they have active advantages for those who pay against those who dont,and in this case thats not happening since its literaly impossible

otherwise they just dont matter or are even healthy for the game since devs can get the money they need for development without harming the playerbase

[harsh kestrel]

Unrelated, I noticed a comment when I started the Death Wish challenges, one of the lines the demon dude said was "These aren't your average challenges. These are... Advanced challenges". I just smirked like

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-smirk-grin-oh-i-get-it-gif-7993712

And then said God damn it lol

[slim thorn]

back when microtransactions were new, "it's fine if they're cosmetic" was the standard take because "pay to win" was the only form of harm we were familiar with at the time

but since then many games have managed to be highly exploitative despite technically only selling cosmetics, making it a lot harder to pin down what exactly makes a microtransaction acceptable

[gaunt marten]

I typically find cosmetic microtransactions pretty bad and a harm in themselves.

[random steppe]

I don't like them, especially in full priced games, but as long as they aren't in lootbox form I don't think they are that bad personally

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/pcgamer/status/1758592866262122925? @weak river

[random steppe]

Didn't you post an article about the exact same thing like, 2 days ago?

[little badger]

No that’s was something different

I think

[slim thorn]

?

[random steppe]

Did you read either of those articles?

[little badger]

Oh that.

[random steppe]

Please make sure it's something you want to talk about and are interested in when you share something here.
We appreciate the topic injections, they do live up chat, but also this shouldn't be a sort of newsletter channel

[little badger]

Oh right.

[slim thorn]

especially with all the lazy/inaccurate/misleading reporting out there these days, it's important to not blindly repost things just because they sound vaguely interesting

[little badger]

Well I am interested in it. It’s a game I like now Hopfully it gets a lot of content.

[slim thorn]

ah, so you're playing Helldivers 2?

[little badger]

[slim thorn]

how hard were those missions for you?

[random steppe]

How is matchmaking? I'm always worried in those games that are on the dififcult side for it to become toxic

[little badger]

Well it starts off on the basic difficulty and you unlock them with each mission you do

[little badger]

At launch the servers weren’t good but they are improving them.

[random steppe]

I more mean the people you meet, are they assholes, are they chill?

[little badger]

Oh. I haven’t had anyone yet that’s shot me just for fun. Yet

On the highest setting they spawn the biggest enemies.

[wind stump]

Tiny Rogues

[arctic fern]

Helldivers 2 is fucking great
I was up at 5am playing missions
The servers were bugged and I wasn't getting any rewards but I also didnt care

[little badger]

There’s 50% extra XP right now

[arctic fern]

...yes I was there

I know uts a temp thing while they're having unbelievable server load lol

[little badger]

[rare garden]

How in the name of god have I spent 124 hours on Anno 1800 already?

I've only finished the campaign like 3 times! /j

in all seriousness though it is astounding that I already have that much time

[arctic fern]

I need to play more anno 1800

It just had a lot of features I found weird, like if you want more productivity out of your clay pits you need to increase working hours
But I have a labour excess
Would rather just hire another shift of workers

[rare garden]

Malching's rocking my ass

I have a decent navy but it cant be everywhere at once

Cant even afford harbour defenses because im low on influence

[rare garden]

Wait, there are working hours?

And shifts?

[arctic fern]

There was when I played? Maybe they got patched into different mechanics

[rare garden]

Maybe it doesnt exist on console

[arctic fern]

It was on launch when I tried

[rare garden]

Well as far as i know theres only working conditions

You can improve them for more happiness at the cost of less productivity and vice versa

[arctic fern]

Oooh yeah thats what I was probably thinking of

Which, like I said, would rather hire more people as a system than that

Just seems cruel

[rare garden]

Also, you can fit the weirdest shit in your ships

Once fit an entire harbour half the size of the ship into it

[arctic fern]

Lol

[rare garden]

Hell you can even fit it inside a schooner

[arctic fern]

In 2070 you can build a dam and put it on a boat
A whole hydroelectric dam

[rare garden]

Lol

[little badger]

Mega what’s the highest setting you’ve done so far on Helldivers?

[rare garden]

Also, it is inevitable that a ship is named after an mlp character in a way

[arctic fern]

3 I think but only against bugs

The robots were just overwhelming on trivial

[little badger]

6 for me

[arctic fern]

I'm level 4

With starting guns

[little badger]

Can’t wait to do it on Helldive

That’s the highest

[rare garden]

Pirate ship of the line? The Night Mare

Fast ass ship? Loyalty.

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/xmbgx/status/1758880331380249014?

[pliant bramble]

Helldivers1 was a much different game than helldivers2

I should check out HD2 sometime

But there’s sooo many games and so little time

[little badger]

It’s good you’ll enjoy it

[wind stump]

why did HD2 blow up so much i wonder

[quiet swift]

It's fun, innit

[wintry canopy]

I finally pulled the alt art kightmare unicorn.

[arctic fern]

the gameplay is legit just fun
its simple, the humour is on point

plus i think pve coop hoard shooters are the current vogue

[weak river]

Yeah, those were... rather rough.

Despite that, though, we somehow managed to take Ubanea. Not only that, we actually seem to be holding it, despite the fact that it's located right at the heart of Automaton-controlled space.

I'm not sure what it's going to look like if we have one of our planets right in the middle of enemy territory, but with any luck we'll be able to use Ubanea as a springboard to launch attacks on the rest of the planets in the sector to see if that affects anything in the wider war effort.

[arctic fern]

also i logged on this morning and got all the resources i earned playing to 5am
so yay!

[wind stump]

but it's expensive!

[arctic fern]

its £34 which is about right for a "AA" game
whcih it is

[little badger]

It wouldn’t surprise me if they change it a little. Like maybe lower the health or less of them

[arctic fern]

i found the missions hard on trivial
but with a team of three or 4 thay're doable
..0n trivial dificulty

[little badger]

If anyone wants to try it now is the time https://fxtwitter.com/playstation/status/1758929310273216790?

[weak river]

Ha; I absolutely had a similar experience at first. I tried to solo my first evac mission on easy, and I got melted in a matter of minutes.

After some experimentation, though, I found the missions to be largely doable on medium, provided you had both a full team to work with and decent equipment. A few discoveries that significantly helped me out were:

1): The marksman rifle from the basic warbond seems to be one of the most effective near-starter weapons against Automatons. It takes a little while to terminate the bulky ones, but the smaller ones often go down with one hit, and it deals consistent damage to the bigger ones.

2): Spamming civilians is actually a viable strategy, at least on the difficulties that I was playing on. The Automatons will often split their attention between the civilians that are being evacuated, and they often won't be able to take all of them out. This does raise some ethical questions, but they can be easily dismissed when you think of the greater good of the spread of peace and democracy.

[arctic fern]

oh of course spamming civilians is the strat

if they're not travelling then the mission doesnt progress at all

[weak river]

This is true. I suppose I should have phrased that more along the lines of "using the civilians as bait and letting them take fire for you actually works more than it probably should."

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/songbirdlulu/status/1758678746372972562?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Lulu 👻🐦‍⬛ (@SongbirdLulu) on X

We found a bug with Helldivers 2 discord streaming LMAO

The more you shoot the punisher the more the bass gets boosted 🤣

Twitter · Feb 17, 2024, 2:24 AM

[quiet swift]

The tweet right under it is great too

https://vxtwitter.com/Caleb_Mahoney_/status/1758755302399230332

[random steppe]

Plucky indie devs hitting a slam dunk and scrambling trying to make a game a game they never thought would be so successful work, better be a genre of movie in the late 2020s

[green fulcrum]

I've been noticing that a lot lately. Palworld, Hell Divers 2, Lethal Company, Among Us, and even BG3 to a smaller extent.

[quiet swift]

I'd say Larian is a fair bit bigger than a "pluckie indie", but I get what you mean~

[green fulcrum]

Technically, by industry standards, they are still considered Indie, which is why soooooooooo many AAA devs were salty af when BG3 swept the Game Awards and when it rightly was praised for being a DAMN GOOD GAME, because it made them realize that they had become lazy and they didn't like it.

"This cannot be the industry standard!"

Yes. Yes it can be. And it should be. Just because it's a CRPG doesn't mean it cannot be the industry gold standard for what a game should be.

Indie devs all over the world immediately got the message and took note of BG3's success, and set out to completely destroy any argument AAA dev teams had regarding games.

[random steppe]

I don't think they are considered indie by industry standards

[green fulcrum]

Likely not anymore, but before BG3's release, yes they were.

[random steppe]

The industry considers Dave the Diver as indie despite the fact it isn't, I feel like the size and budget of the game is a bigger factor than a publisher, for how counterintuitive that might be

[static bluff]

hey @river veldt, the YOUTUBE ALGORITHM bestowed onto me a very small but very funny content creator. I don't know if you'll like it as much as I am, but I'm having a blast watching all of their videos. I really liked their Zelda dungeon 1 and 2 videos. But, I'm pinging you with this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx1KUKbNgq8

[visual hill]

their previous big game (DOS2) was a pretty big release, not exactly something I'd consider indie, more like AA

even smaller studios like Croteam are not exactly indie in my book

I like using this definition personally, which I borrowed from suggested player counts for maps on a community website for some game:
In terms of full-time equivalents, an indie studio is…

• small: 1-4 people
• medium: 5-8 people
• large: 9-15 people
• huge: 16-32 people
• superscalar: more than 32 people 🙂

the overwhelming majority of indie games released on Steam are made by studios with less than 5 FTEs after all

[green fulcrum]

While it was a "big" release, D:OS2 was still very niche at the time, so it didn't get nearly as much attention. They were still very much an indie studio at the time, making games for a select few amount of people.

For BG3 though, it was different. They had backing from a multi-billion dollar company, they were using an IP that millions around the world have played, their advertising campaign was HUGE, their budget had increased and allowed them to create better assets and a much bigger world, etc. It was night and day compared to D:OS2.

Oh, not to mention that it was a third entry into one of the most beloved CRPG IPs of all time.

[visual hill]

yeah, I agree D:OS2 was a non-mainstream game that managed to find somewhat of a mainstream audience somehow

proto-BG3 if you prefer 🙂

[green fulcrum]

[quiet swift]

They had the license from wizards but the funding was themselves, from what I've read. And the development was like 400 people to make BG3 so it's definitely not an indie scale project

https://twitter.com/Cromwelp/status/1690162865787805697

Very AFK (@Cromwelp) on X

@annacwebs Small detail: I believe it’s publicly known that WOTC didn’t fund BG3. We paid for the privilege of creating a game with this IP.

Twitter · Aug 12, 2023, 12:46 AM

[fickle garnet]

Lethal Company is very fun

Also im downloading Divinity: Original Sin 2

[green fulcrum]

Good call! D:OS 2 is extremely good, and I honestly consider its combat to be far superior to BG3. It is, however, a bit shorter and smaller in scale, although still pretty huge.

[fickle garnet]

Shouldnt take more than an hour

[thorny loom]

https://www.pcgamer.com/bandai-namco-has-canceled-at-least-five-games-following-a-drop-in-sales-would-like-to-remind-everyone-it-still-has-large-scale-downloadable-content-for-elden-ring-on-the-way/

[harsh kestrel]

Suuure, Namco

[fickle garnet]

i think im gonna start D:OS 2 now

Iirc GT said rangers are op correct?

[green fulcrum]

Yes. Although the "ranger" as a starting class doesn't really mean much, it just changes what equipment and spells you start off with. Just make sure that whatever class you pick for your main character, it's a "green" class, which gives early access to the Huntsman spells/skills. Also, as soon as you can, get the First Aid skill, as well as the Tactical Retreat skill, Barrage skill, and Sky Shot skill. These four are essential for any ranged build. All the others are still excellent skills to have, but these four are absolutely necessary (but you really should try to get all of them).

As another tip, get a few levels in the Warfare trait at the start as well, and then pick up the Phoenix Dive skill. This, coupled with the Tactical Retreat skill, will allow your ranged character to jump MASSIVE distances twice in a single turn, allowing them to very quickly establish an almost unparalleled sniping position (vertical height increases ranged attack damage), and allow them to quickly bail out if said position becomes compromised.

[strong pebble]

If someone played BG3 and it was difficult to understand what they talk about is DOS easier or the same?

[green fulcrum]

D:OS 2 plays similar overall, but has very different combat and NPC encounters. There are no dice rolls, and the skill checks can be a bit trickier since you don't actually know what DC you have to pass from the start, unlike in BG3 where it tells you what number you have to beat, so it's important to save often.

Overall I'd say that D:OS 2 is much easier to understand, but MUCH harder to play. BG3's hardest difficulty is nowhere near as difficult as D:OS 2's hardest difficulty. D:OS 2 can and will kick your ass, even on normal, in many, many, MANY ways.

[strong pebble]

BG3 made me feel so dumb but I was always very good in games

I finished a lot of games

[green fulcrum]

BG3's system is based on the tabletop D&D system, which can be very complex for newcomers, and can still be complex even for veterans. D:OS 2, on the other hand, is more straight-forward in its design.

[light gate]

Dark Souls & Elden Ring: …

[strong pebble]

I think I could beat these games if I tried if there's no talking

[green fulcrum]

But D:OS 2's gameplay is also much harder because, unlike in D&D, the enemies have no qualms with playing absolutely f*cking dirty, and combo spells on the same turn like nobody's business. They will make it rain water to make everything wet, then curse that water, then cause people to bleed so that the water turns to blood, and the curse turns it into cursed blood, and then they'll electrify that cursed blood to absolutely eviscerate your guts, and THEN they'll jump several hundred meters away like cowards while your characters basically explode.

[strong pebble]

So I guess BG3 is easier

[green fulcrum]

In terms of combat, yes.

Very much so.

You miss a lot more, and the actual combat system of BG3 is much more complex, but it is much easier to win than D:OS 2's absolutely brutal fights.

[strong pebble]

Have you finished them?

[green fulcrum]

I have finished D:OS 2, yes. It was a very tough but very rewarding and exhilarating experience, but I'll warn you all now, you will die a lot. Be prepared to spend hundreds of thousands of gold on revival scrolls if you forgot to save before a fight.

[strong pebble]

The most difficult game I ever finished was Myst

[green fulcrum]

I have not finished BG3, but that is because I had been waiting for the devs to stabilize Act 3 (which they eventually did). Plus, my computer's storage was a bit low.

[fickle garnet]

I went with the wayfarer class and elf race

[strong pebble]

It was a game that my dad played and talked about with friends and I finished it by myself

It's super old you probably never heard of it but it was on Game Pass

[green fulcrum]

Wayfarer isn't too bad, although personally I would've gone with ranger so that you get Peace of Mind, which can help with dealing with some nasty status effects. Still though, the wayfarer's Fossil Strike skill isn't too bad for early game crowd control and mid-to-late game boss-killing, and coupled with fire can do some pretty devastating damage.

[gaunt marten]

I played a Myst when it was new

[strong pebble]

What year was it??

[green fulcrum]

Myst is an awesome game series, although I will never play Myst 5 because of how they absolutely butchered the puzzles, story, and world.

[strong pebble]

Series?

[gaunt marten]

It was around the late 90s or early 2000s

There are many Myst games

[green fulcrum]

Yes. There was Myst (the original, has been remade about half a dozen times), then Riven: The Sequel to Myst (the best and hardest game in the series), then Myst 3: Exile (coolest worlds to explore), then Myst 4: Revelation (best soundtrack and best graphics, but terrible voice acting), and then Myst 5: End of Ages (absolute hot garbage, don't play it). There was also Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, which was a short-lived MMO that I don't think works anymore.

[gaunt marten]

Uru was a singleplayer game

[green fulcrum]

Oh

[strong pebble]

Are the other ones more difficult?

[green fulcrum]

Could've sworn there was an MMO

[gaunt marten]

Well I only played it for like half an hour

[green fulcrum]

Ah, I'm thinking of Myst Online: Uru Live.

That was the MMO

[gaunt marten]

A good puzzle game is challenging, rather than difficult.

[strong pebble]

Yes but if I finished first one maybe I can try the next one

[green fulcrum]

Riven is extremely difficult, and you will be wracking your brain with some of the puzzles. Myst 3 is sometimes easy but sometimes hard, so it's a nice challenge. Myst 4 is very easy, but the puzzles can still be pretty clever sometimes.

[strong pebble]

Would you say first one is difficult or not

[gaunt marten]

A lot of difficult puzzle games are difficult because they are obtuse and provide too little information

[fickle garnet]

My character reacted to a murder in shock after i killed a guard in the tutorial area

[green fulcrum]

The first one is hard to say, really. The original game (the first release) was pretty difficult, but a lot of the puzzles these days aren't as difficult as they once were (except for that maze, f*ck that thing with a chainsaw). With subsequent releases and remakes, the puzzles got somewhat easier since you were able to see more than you were able to in the original game.

Overall though, the first game can still be pretty challenging if you're like me and get lost in all the details easily.

[green fulcrum]

Oh right, D:OS 2 has some pretty dark humor sometimes. Be prepared to laugh, because you will be laughing.

"Don' o'en th' ches'!"
"Nah! Is safe! O'en i'!"

(If you know, you know.)

[fickle garnet]

I like dark humor

[green fulcrum]

You'll fit right in then

If you really like dark humor, recruit Fane and The Red Prince (which you should do anyway because they are awesome and fulfill the black mage and fighter classes perfectly). Those guys are hilarious.

[fickle garnet]

I just met the red prince and now hes saying im his slave

[green fulcrum]

Yup, lol

It gets better

[fickle garnet]

Wow okay that old lady just caused an explosion and disappeared

[light gate]

The Space Cops are here.

They just gave me a warning.

[fickle garnet]

I got off the ship! I think im gonna end it there for today

the game is pretty fun!

[north grail]

Did you know: In Animal Jam you can apparently play as your own pet if you have one

I actually like the game a lot more now

[bronze abyss]

improving more in 7k

im pretty confident ill keep playing with pinkie instead of thumb for the rest of time p much

[slim thorn]

#manechat message

I've personally played 1-3, and within ^that context, Myst 2/Riven's probably the hardest by a small margin, though none of the 3 are to be underestimated, and ultimately they're similar enough that difficulty comes down to what kinds of puzzles the individual player is expecting / finds more intuitive

[strong pebble]

Anypony has Xbox Wireless Headset??

[fickle garnet]

i use a wired headset

[strong pebble]

Official Xbox?

[wind stump]

[fickle garnet]

No

[strong pebble]

I always used wired and always after some time problems with cable I'm tired of wires

[gaunt marten]

I fully agree that wires are a hassle

However, wireless peripherals tend to suffer from performance issues, so I usually tend to stick with wired (but it's just a matter of preference)

[spiral kraken]

What's this game ?

[wind stump]

Tiny Rogues

[gaunt marten]

People are loving the look of Tiny Rogues

[strong pebble]

My wired headsets ALWAYS break they crackle

[gaunt marten]

Mine doesn't

If you're clumsy and tend to break cables a wireless headset is for you

[strong pebble]

I don't think I'm clumsy I don't drop phone or controllers

But often plug in and out maybe that's why

[gaunt marten]

Why do you plug things out?

Just keep it plugged in forever

[strong pebble]

Because I put in only when someone wants to talk when playing

[gaunt marten]

Why do you do that?

You can keep it plugged in forever

[strong pebble]

So I don't have to have headset on my lap I think

Just controller in hands

[gaunt marten]

You can put the headset to the side

[strong pebble]

And I ride my chair forward and backwards

I'm going to have xbox wireless headset on Tuesday

[gaunt marten]

Have fun

[strong pebble]

I think it will be okay because there is no wire to break

[gaunt marten]

With my wireless controller, I have to make sure my leg does not block the way to the Bluetooth receiver or else it breaks the signal

[strong pebble]

When I leave phone and have earbud I sometimes have to tilt my head to my room 🌟🌟

[harsh kestrel]

Do you have one of those computer chairs with the wheels on the bottom?

[strong pebble]

Yes

[harsh kestrel]

Those are always tempting to roll around in. Trust me, I know lol

[fickle garnet]

i just finished playing the pacific drive demo. its pretty fun

[harsh kestrel]

Lol

[visual hill]

I have this excuse way less often since I upgraded my CPU

[quiet swift]

RIP

[teal sonnet]

https://www.cnet.com/tech/sonys-playstation-5-is-entering-the-latter-stage-of-its-life-cycle-what-that-means/

bitch this thing don't even have games yet

[bitter stream]

Doesn't it have a bunch of exclusives, God of war, spiderman, etc? or are there less than it seems?

[teal sonnet]

it has a good solid 5 games

[bitter stream]

Is the rest of the library just older titles or ?

IIRC playstation store has a pretty deep library

[teal sonnet]

pretty much stuff you can play on ps4 or pc

actual ps5 exclusives are legit like 5

[thorny loom]

https://vxtwitter.com/pc_focus_/status/1758977225439797756?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Guess there was rights issue

[bitter stream]

mm, though let me see if i can find some sales data somewhere, As far as I know, PS5 has been selling pretty well

I'm kinda glad exclusives are becoming less common

especially with both XBOX and SONY announcing cross platform releases to come

. According to Ampere Analysis, the PS5 sold 22.5 million units this year while the Xbox Series X/S sold a combined 7.6 million

I suppose they think or see indicators of having their sales peak, and are focusing on future console development/alternative strategies of monetising exclusives.

Even without exclusives, the PS5 seems to have pretty good hardware, though not the awesome backwards compatibility of the Series X, at least, not to the same extent.

Given the ps4 has been supported so long, chances are the PS5 will remain relevant pretty long too

[random steppe]

It does feel like the PS5 came out the day before yesterday because it came out immediatly post pandemic and the supply side problmes meant stocks were super low for like, a year...that said the PS4 lasted a good 7 years and we are like just past 3 for the 5, it does seem rather early to say it's in the later stage of its life

[bitter stream]

yeah, that's a good point

I was considering picking up a console, but the way you have to pay a premium for basic online services and the (At the time) slow uptake of cross play made the savings of the console seem not worth it.

Especially now that the GPU prices are "more reasonable" (higher than before, but like, not absurdly so)

[rancid herald]

didn't it actually come out in the middle of the pandemic?

like 2020 or 2021?

[bitter stream]

yeah, november 2020 according to the wiki

[thorny loom]

Yeah. For like 2 years it was basically impossible to get the new consoles because of scalpers

[harsh kestrel]

I got mine last year

[quiet swift]

And since the sony boss says he wants to bring stuff to more platforms/be more on PC... best platform will be PC :X

[random steppe]

I still expect a few months of exlusivity

But like, I'll take it

[quiet swift]

Months is better than multiple years

Forbidden west: February 18, 2022 PS5. March 21st 2024 PC

[harsh kestrel]

Despite me getting it last year, the only game I've played on it is Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. I 100% finished and platinum trophied that game. Definitely worth doing. I also have Spiderman 2, but my lazy ass hasn't gotten around to playing it yet lol

[bitter stream]

yeah fair enough! Hope you enjoy it too when ya get to it

[harsh kestrel]

insert Spongebob time card here

[visual hill]

I already had Fallout on GOG, I guess it's not a bad thing for me

[visual hill]

just in time for the Elden Ring DLC to come out on March 25th or so

GT7 on PC would be pretty interesting, but the game's always-on nature might make that not happen. I don't recall Sony putting an always-on live service game on PC after a PS5 exclusivity

[quiet swift]

Fromsoft threw cold water on that. It's being worked on but march isn't going to be the release date

[visual hill]

Horizon's in luck for once 🙂

hopefully their PC launch won't be too rocky

Nixxes ports have historically been good on this aspect

[quiet swift]

Yus! I'm very looking forward to it

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/2024-upcoming-games-release-schedule/1100-6518504/#march

I think those are the biggest march releases

[harsh kestrel]

Between the Princess Peach game and the South Park game, my wallet is gonna wanna kick my ass lol

[rotund forge]

I've already bought like 3 games in a month, and I still have the princess peach game on the horizon and ttyd remake in the future

money is scarce without a job. who knew?

[fickle garnet]

I only have like $350 so as much as i want to buy games i also don't want to spend all my money especially when i don't have a job. So im sort of in the same boat

[river veldt]

im so excited for Princess Peach Showtime

[fickle garnet]

The only game coming out on that list that i want is Stalker 2

Maybe some others but idk

Oh and Pacific Drive

I played the demo of that earlier today and it was lots of fun

[thorny loom]

https://www.pcgamer.com/we-dont-have-shareholders-but-we-also-dont-think-about-them-larian-studios-uses-its-stage-time-at-the-dice-awards-to-speak-out-against-a-brutal-industry-climate/

[green fulcrum]

[slim thorn]

Faction Perk: Flawless PR

[fickle garnet]

This game looks fun
https://youtu.be/nOmoZ2FIDsw?si=_qVcmK-c0e_XUsGD

[fickle garnet]

Larian is epic

[teal sonnet]

"Building games that are actually fun is going to make you the most money, that's it."

Palworld

Baldur's Gate

Any indie game that got huge in recent times

If the shit is fun, it will sell

Fucking Among Us

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1996010/Crow_Country/
@horrorclub

It's a 90s style indie Resident Evil knockoff

Unfortunately not fixed camera, but it looks pretty interesting

[river veldt]

horror club ?

[gaunt marten]

What do you think I meant by that?

[river veldt]

idk

[gaunt marten]

You, Ixrec, Taleweaver, anyone interested in the genre

[river veldt]

oh !

[gaunt marten]

It's by SFB games, who made Tangle Towers

[gaunt marten]

Clever https://i.imgur.com/AZbeoIz.png

Every single one of these books is useless except the one facing opposite from the others

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1759458812778488281?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Tom Warren (@tomwarren) on X

Helldivers 2 has passed GTA V’s all-time concurrent peak on Steam this weekend, despite some server issues. Baldur’s Gate 3, Palworld, and Helldivers 2 have all proven that the audience for gaming is bigger than ever when you build a great game

Twitter · Feb 19, 2024, 6:04 AM

[static bluff]

I've heard this is great

[arctic fern]

my first time playing i stayed up till 5am
the servers were broken the whole time so i wasnt gaining EXP or money or any progression but honestly was just having a fucking blast with it

[wind stump]

man
the boss music in Tiny Rogues goes so hard

Like, High Tier Megaman chiptune bullshit https://youtu.be/aT59nFtkI9s?t=539

Damn, no option to buy the OST.

[queen yoke]

everyone sleeps on indie games all the time dude, theres so much good music just waiting for you

[wind stump]

pew pew

my staff iz a deadly lazor

quite literally holy shi-

FUCK.

well, i tried

[strong pebble]

What is this game?

[wind stump]

Tiny Rogues

[wind stump]

[wind stump]

I worried for nothing, lmao
no hit the bastard for good measure
GOD BLESS THE MINIGUN

also nice Blue Oyster Cult reference

[visual hill]

so I was looking up an old PC game because John mentionned it in a DF Clips video, and…
https://www.mobygames.com/game/6317/esoteria-techno-assassin-of-the-future/

Publishers
Kirin Entertainments Inc.

unfortunately, they went nirik after publishing their only game

[grave tide]

Damn, readed stuff about XBOX community

I literally read story about zoo

Sell your console because there was "inside" about Starfield on PS5

[strong pebble]

Gaming

[sour hill]

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-Yq5YXL9c

No, it's not april 1st.

[random steppe]

Fuck, I really want to play this

[rugged flax]

a lot of people are probably going to buy power wash sim now just for the 40k crossover

[random steppe]

I assume this is a DLC with a price on it

And not one of those free packs

Congrats on them for scoring the license

[rugged flax]

looking at their Steam page
Tomb Raider and Midgar were free ones
BTTF and Spongebob were $8 DLCs

so it could go either way, it's not listed yet

[arctic fern]

we should assume DLC

[slim thorn]

that is such a brilliant choice

[wind stump]

... warhammer with an e rating sounds wrong

[random steppe]

Does it?

I mean in the way we give ratings I guess

[river veldt]

they should do Powerwash Simulator x Doom and you have to clean up all the blood and guts after a Doomguy rampage

[random steppe]

I like 40k but I never thought it was an especially mature series.

[robust latch]

lol i read that as 'Pawwash simulator' and now im picturing a VR dog washing game