general gaming

[random steppe]

What was this "Microsoft/EA guy" doing at those companies?

Because if he was a manager of some sort I will give this statement a lot more weight

[fresh bane]

So to me this just puts into perspective how utterly incompetent and short sighted the leadership in that company is and how the only solution they know is to buy their way out of problems

[light gate]

Microsoft is currently focused on Game Pass and making small games, but because of the nasty buyout and lawsuits they had to cover… it ended up being a huge dent in Microsoft’s check. So now they’re under pressure to recover the money from what they took from investors.

Effectively had to kill small companies in the process that rarely make “profitable games”.

Because new IPs mean bigger risk, and bigger projects also mean bigger risk.

So now they’re gonna make small games that are ‘guaranteed’ to make profit.

Expect Hellblade 2 to be ironsighted.

Also gonna be another COD rush since that cow hasn’t dried yet…

[random steppe]

Yeah that seems non correlated to what I was saying tho

The analysis of that dude seems like the kind of thing that anyone can guess, and it does conflict with some statements from Microsoft so I was wondering what their credentials were

To gauge if what they said were guesses or they were speaking with some authority

Because having worked at microsoft doesn't actually mean you'd know anything about microsoft if for example, your position was 6 months of internship

[light gate]

Of course…

https://youtu.be/tSeBFSNJF5g?feature=shared

[random steppe]

Makes sense, thanks

[light gate]

Hi-Fi Rush is a casualty on something that is going on entirely different, basically think of it as friendly fire.

Microsoft looks silly as hell right now.

And expect further shutdowns.

[thorny loom]

Also releated

[light gate]

Yeep

Nobody expected this

Shoulda made a deal with Activision instead of buyin them lmao.

[thorny loom]

If rumors are to be believed. Gears 6 and a potential gears MCC style collection are on the radar for upcoming releases

Also the next cod is supposed to be like the current mw3 in that it will essentially be remastering black ops with bo style gameplay and maps

Oh wow

https://twitter.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1788600089872589013?t=LAKG_cWX3KZRzSIqDx1o5A&s=19

Dead by Daylight (@DeadbyDaylight) on X

Listen closely to the voice in the darkness...

Twitter · May 9, 2024, 4:01 PM

[light gate]

From the dungeons and dragons movie?

[thorny loom]

Speculation is the killer will be a beholder/spectator

That or a lich

[gaunt marten]

Making a beholder or a lich a killer is a really dumb idea

[random steppe]

Actually a Beholder I feel is pretty appropriate

Aren't their lairs basically massive labirinths full of traps?
A few survivors going around in a place being chased around by a beholder which is looking for them to kill them seem pretty on brand

[gaunt marten]

Yeah but a well-executed beholder would float and have all sorts of abilities that do not work for a playable character

Like seeing and shooting multiple places at once

[river veldt]

damn i look badass

[minor plover]

my wife uses that shield sometimes specifically to look cool

[untold vigil]

Captain Darksouls is that you. . .

[minor plover]

for a while she had it on her spear / giant armor / pyromancer build before she got a silver knight shield

[gaunt marten]

Lmao you have a Mario shield

[visual hill]

the shield looks like it's being worn upside down

[gaunt marten]

It's right side up

It's just strapped to his arm which is pointing down

[river veldt]

Jane Darksouls

[untold vigil]

Jane Darksouls!!!!

[quiet swift]

https://www.ign.com/articles/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-flop-leads-to-200-million-impairment-charge-warner-bros-confirms

[bold sonnet]

Mystery game

[novel pine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVGZe-xXS68

[gaunt marten]

What's this video about?

[thorny loom]

Hes trying to get legislation passed so companies are forced to provide means to consumers to host servers to delisted or dead games iirc

[bold sonnet]

Today is the day! Did anypony play Little Kitty Big City on PC?

[gaunt marten]

It just came out

I gotta wait five years for it to go on a 75% discount so I can afford it

[thorny loom]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/pdx_publishersale24

[gaunt marten]

Besides, waiting for reviews is always smart

[bold sonnet]

I can give you PC Game Pass if you want

[gaunt marten]

No that's all right

[bold sonnet]

I have 5 codes for anypony for 14 days

[gaunt marten]

I like buying good games once they're cheap

[thorny loom]

[gaunt marten]

Yep already been posted

[thorny loom]

Dang mobile viewing

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1cnfop9/famiboards_investigating_customs_and_shipment/ take it a grain of salt until an official announcement as always

[river veldt]

haha i didn't know you could watch Hades deny or grant shades claims

[fickle garnet]

I redownloaded dark souls

[quiet swift]

There's always a little something to watch. Usually Dusa

[fickle garnet]

I am not strong enough to wear anything more than pants and a helmet

[bold sonnet]

Has a cutie mark

[fickle garnet]

Oh hey i found the blacksmith guy

[river veldt]

oh yeah that's were i am

[minor plover]

that one is Andre, right?

[fickle garnet]

Idk

But my fucking power went out

Rn im trying to get to the valley of the drakes

My power is back now

I got the spider shield

[river veldt]

where's that at ?

[fickle garnet]

In the valley of the drakes

[river veldt]

oh i havent gotten there yet

i still have yet to get passed some scary butterfly monster

[gaunt marten]

That's not on the way

It's a different branch

[river veldt]

this game is so big wtf

[fickle garnet]

Im now in the new londo ruins

[gaunt marten]

It is!

[river veldt]

i already rang one of the bells and the only other path forward is past the butterfly i think

there is the onion man sitting in front of a gate but idk how to open it

[gaunt marten]

There are other paths

I can give you hints on which zones to look if you're frustrated and can't find the way forward

[river veldt]

yeah

give me a hint

[fickle garnet]

Theres ghosts

[gaunt marten]

Okay, hint 1: Firelink Shrine has at least ||3 exits||

Hint 2: The second bell of awakening || actually has two paths leading to it.||

[river veldt]

damn i have to walk all the way back there

[gaunt marten]

Backtracking is one of Dark Soul 1's weak points sometimes

I definitely prefer the warp system in later games

[river veldt]

thank you for the hints

[fickle garnet]

I hate blighttown

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/pirat_nation/status/1788588477547696184?

[minor plover]

you get warping midway through DS1 as well, which is at least ... better ...

[green fulcrum]

Sony: "I'll f*ckin' do it again!"

[fickle garnet]

Oh thank god i found a bonfire in blighttown

[river veldt]

i love how rats drop humanity sometimes it's so funny

[gaunt marten]

Rats are one method to farm humanity

Did you know that each "soft" humanity you have gives you as much bonus defense as a level?

That's the number in the top left

You can stack up to 99 for a pretty sizeable boost, but most people keep less than five

[minor plover]

the start of blighttown sucks

and yeah, once you have humanity + the treasure ring from Sen's Fortress, farming rats to get heccin more humanity is a common strategy

[fickle garnet]

I found quelaag and she one shot me

[fickle garnet]

Im not at the start of blighttown. I did the skip

[gaunt marten]

Best way to handle boss fights: Stay away and observe

[fickle garnet]

Im at the end

[gaunt marten]

I'd like it if we could avoid spoilers while we have people new to the game in the conversation

You can use || before and after text to hide it

[fickle garnet]

Why do i suddenly have 6 estus flasks instead of 11??

[gaunt marten]

You used a bonfire that is not kindled

Spend humanity to kindle a bonfire and get five more flasks

The bonfire stays kindled forever

[fickle garnet]

Oh

[river veldt]

what the fuck is up with these fuckign sleletons

why are they so strong

[fresh bane]

Necromancer

[river veldt]

i found some secret chests

[gaunt marten]

If skeletons have glowing eyes then you're fucked

[fickle garnet]

Im only level 14 and people online are saying you should be lvl 30 for this fight

[gaunt marten]

Tip for handling skeletons:
||Bring a blessed weapon.||

[river veldt]

a what

[gaunt marten]

Level doesn't matter that much in Dark Souls

[fickle garnet]

My weapon does like no damage

[rotund forge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiMMF7HFBR0

[gaunt marten]

Talk to Andre. You want to beat the butterfly first.

Or look for another path!

[fresh bane]

Ehh I feel like that's a bit too much to recommend to anyone starting out, no need to really bother with that stuff just yet, I never used any infused weapons even on my first playthrough

[gaunt marten]

Then upgrade it

For skeletons it's a night and day difference

[harsh kestrel]

So you mean to tell me they just barely avoided absolute catastrophe with Helldivers, and then they do the same thing with this game. I can't say I'm surprised at this point. I'm numb to things like this at this point considering it's so expected and common. You can practically read these guys like a book

[river veldt]

???

[rotund forge]

hooway. Honestly I just want to see where they go with it. The content pays for itself imo, no matter how bad the games are

[harsh kestrel]

Talking about the Sony and Ghosts of Tsushima thing

[fresh bane]

Divine weapons are a type of infused weapon in the game, there's a lot of different elements you can infuse weapons with that have different properties, divine weapons are especially effective against skeletons in this case

[river veldt]

i upgraded my claymore twice at the black smithc

[gaunt marten]

Them being effective against skeletons doesn't matter

They stop skeletons from respawning

[fresh bane]

You can infuse weapons with lightning, fire, magic, divine or dark and a couple more, it's not too important but some people like to have one or two weapons with a certain type of infusion for cases like dealing with skeletons or such

[fickle garnet]

Im done for now. I need to go back so fucking far to upgrade my weapon

[fresh bane]

I never bothered with it and I always just went for regular upgrade paths because it's already a bit of an investment to find all the embers and materials required for upgrading a weapon to the max but some people prefer to do things that way

[gaunt marten]

It really, really makes the catacombs easier

[bold sonnet]

Now Flitter's brother has to rescue me

[minor plover]

IIRC in DS1 it's called ||divine||

[fresh bane]

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

Steam

Crow Country

A survival horror game, where you’ll test yourself against puzzles and riddles as you investigate the eerie tranquility of the abandoned theme park. Don’t be deceived by the whimsical surroundings, something is awfully wrong in Crow Country.As you unlock new areas, backtrack and discover more, you gradually piece together why Edward really shut ...

Price

$17.55

▶ Play video

this is not a drill, Crow Country is out

[quiet swift]

🐱

[sour hill]

I love blighttown, it's a great area

[visual hill]

Stray's cel-shaded remake looking good

[bold sonnet]

It really IS like Stray a little

[minor plover]

blighttown takes some getting used to. Those little ||toxic dart|| fuckers are pretty obnoxious, and it can take a long time to traverse

but it is a kind of neat dynamic once you "get it"

[gaunt marten]

I hate them so much

[fickle garnet]

I skipped most blighttown with the master key

[minor plover]

you just go in the back door from valley of the drakes?

[fickle garnet]

Yes

[minor plover]

my wife normally does it from the depths just because it's more fun that way

[fickle garnet]

I have to backtrack a bunch to upgrade my weapon tho

[gaunt marten]

No need to backtrack if you don't use the bonfires

[fickle garnet]

I do use the bonfires

[gaunt marten]

That's the problem

[minor plover]

blighttown / Queelag is a major farming area

[river veldt]

the fuck

[gaunt marten]

Do it, coward

(then wait)

[river veldt]

yeah i did and then i went back to the asylum and i fell through the floor and there was a big demon guy and i died

[fickle garnet]

What lvl are you?

[river veldt]

20

[fickle garnet]

Oh

[gaunt marten]

Come back when you can beat him up

Around level 40

[fickle garnet]

Dark souls should have fast travel

[gaunt marten]

Here's an explicit hint where you can go: ||one potential path is down from Firelink shrine. Another is down from the tower before you found the Taurus demon (you'll have to kill or dodge the heavily armored guy)||

Dark Souls 2 and 3 have fast travel

[fickle garnet]

I know

I mean the first one

I personally prefer ds3 to ds1

I haven't played 2

[thorny loom]

Least they had the decency to do it upfront this time

[gaunt marten]

DS3 is my favorite

[fickle garnet]

trying this game now

[static bluff]

I finally made it to 1500.

[thorny loom]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/813230/ANIMAL_WELL/

Steam

ANIMAL WELL

Hatch from your flower and spelunk through the beautiful and sometimes haunting world of Animal Well, a pixelated wonder rendered in intricate audio and visual detail. Encounter lively creatures small and large, helpful and ominous as you discover unconventional upgrades and unravel the well’s secrets. This is a truly unique experience that can ...

Price

$22.49

Recommendations

718

▶ Play video

[thorny loom]

Nice onosa

[fresh bane]

https://vxtwitter.com/tomwarren/status/1788728698184540355

question masterfully avoided

[green fulcrum]

The exact moment she said "y'know" and then looked up with a faux-thoughtful expression I knew that some bullshit was about to be spewed.

[light gate]

"uhm." "aauhhm."

Yeah, she was strugglin.

I love the year over year growth chart, clearly in dire need to cut lmao.

[thorny loom]

the question is that console sale growth or are they counting game pass

while game pass looks good on paper for them. anything day one on it does horribly on sales figures (for obvious reasons)

[gaunt marten]

How do 3% of people have this

Old person reactions are making it difficult to finish under 1:50

The good old complaining trick

[bitter stream]

oh whoa

nice work

[gaunt marten]

And yet the game is not recognizing this as an achievement

What's wrong?

Oh yeah, there's a third trial

Done.

When I first started the game I had a much worse time

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/nintendeal/status/1788570296053838156?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Nintendeal (@Nintendeal) on X

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa reaffirmed that the company will continue to release physical games

Q&A #4 https://t.co/QKxvaU2VfP
"Yes, digital sales and digital sales ratio increased. Our basic policy is not to simply increase the ratio of digital sales, but to maximize…

Twitter · May 9, 2024, 2:02 PM

[gaunt marten]

Nintendo Snitch

[craggy vine]

Just like ds to 3ds

[gaunt marten]

What an attack

Deals 26 damage, generates 26 mana, which also translates to another 26 damage

The boss has 50 total

[thorny loom]

Easy way to get setup for tale of two wastelands if you already have new Vegas ultimate edition

[icy crescent]

holy I just realised i took 1200 screenshots on my first GOW playthrough

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/billbil_kun/status/1788870356851130755?

[graceful bridge]

https://youtu.be/ksHw5ocbUEs?si=_DJ_LPUW9Dgx0OmL

[icy crescent]

new DLC for DBD?

[graceful bridge]

Seems like

[dire gate]

pog

[craggy vine]

Cow

[dire gate]

Mmm, game is done

[hasty patio]

So it seems to be a beholder. I wonder what the gimmick will be.

[thorny loom]

The other idea would be its a lich named vecna

Since they just released a new Vecna module or something

https://x.com/hazzadorgamin/status/1788898198888517647?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

HazzadorGamin, Dragon of Dojima (@HazzadorGamin) on X

Steam users are review-bombing Hi-Fi RUSH after Tango's gameworks closure

but Positively......it is now Xbox and Bethesda's highest-rated VideoGame ever.

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 11:45 AM

Wouldn’t this be review boosting instead?

[bronze abyss]

the announcer said it best

from fresh stock to dead in 10 seconds

[grave tide]

Me making mistake

[minor plover]

846 balatro joker stickers now. 70% of the overall collection.

[graceful bridge]

https://youtu.be/2rXTxVihXx4?si=cP2H_GmjrVToVkOF

[quiet swift]

Accurate

[light gate]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2398450/Classic_Marathon/

Steam

Classic Marathon

Alien forces have boarded the colony ship UESC Marathon in the Tau Ceti system, in orbit around humanity’s first interstellar colony. The situation is dire, and as a security officer assigned to the Marathon, your duty is to defend the ship and its crew from the alien threat.This classic 1994 Bungie™ FPS had a foundational influence on the genre...

▶ Play video

Aleph One Port now on Steam

[wind stump]

accurate

[slim thorn]

neat, I enjoyed what I played of the original Marathon but never finished it because of an unfortunate bug in a late level

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/piratesoftware/status/1788981930161266754?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Pirate Software (@PirateSoftware) on X

Sony has now also blocked all of these countries from purchasing Ghost of Tsushima: DIRECTOR'S CUT.

https://t.co/GyYVHSUeCU

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 5:18 PM

Sony going with “lets not repeat helldivers 2” incident by just banning any place that cant make psn accounts from buyings its games

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/culturecrave/status/1788987698910482754?

[slim thorn]

I hadn't actually seen the list of PSN-less countries, that's more than I was expecting

and I'm pretty sure that's cut off

"the pope is no longer allowed to play Ghost of Tsushima" would make a great sensationalist headline

[green fulcrum]

It's over 170 countries.

And sooooooooooooo many of Sony's playerbase comes from half of these countries, so Sony's literally shooting themselves in the foot here.

[slim thorn]

Japan being on the list is particularly

[green fulcrum]

Exactly

It's stupid af

Especially since Sony is a Japanese company

[hasty patio]

Japanese Multinational. They've got branches in plenty of places that handle major decisions on their behalf (unless they fuck up).

[hushed onyx]

I clicked through and the pre-roll ad was...for Homeworld 3.

Took me a hot minute to realize it wasn't the actual video.

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/insomniacgames/status/1789011436473122974?

[dense crypt]

I joined kinda early on starting with Ratchet and Clank 2

[green fulcrum]

Spyro 2 for me.

[slim thorn]

I was also R&C 2

[light gate]

First Spyro

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/roblox/status/1788977716412444778?

[harsh kestrel]

Well then

[fresh bane]

https://vxtwitter.com/StreetFighter/status/1789012228123000852?t=e8zASfQEUOwBuUsrLd-Jzw&s=19

Lily: Okay, smile! 📸

Akuma: Die.

[dense crypt]

old, thanks

[visual hill]

Source 2 ZELDA 64 2 CONFIRMED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywWwUuWRgsM

[gaunt marten]

I thought this game was ad supported. Turns out it has a hard paywall but I've never been good enough to hit it

[fresh bane]

New Nerrel video

[visual hill]

I wonder if this will open the door to new native ports of games that haven't been 100% decompiled yet (or fully decompiled games with no native port yet)

the list of games in this situation is getting quite long

[gaunt marten]

Why does this guy's voice sound like Microsoft Bob?

[river veldt]

oh mygodddd

i have to walk all the way back there

mad

why is my gigantic sword so weak

[gaunt marten]

The majority of a weapon's damage comes from how you use it

Then your weapon upgrades are the next biggest factor, then your raw stats, then your rings

[random steppe]

What are you trying to fight?

[river veldt]

i found like

a minotaur

and it had 2 big swords

[random steppe]

And the doggies?

[river veldt]

yeah

[random steppe]

That's a great boss, for that one the most important part is to stay calm

[gaunt marten]

A fast weapon is good here

Or one with a sweep

[river veldt]

the last bonfire i rested at was all the way back in Undead Burg or whatever so now i have to walk all the way back

what is a sweep

[gaunt marten]

When you swing in a wide arc to hit a lot of enemies

[random steppe]

large horizontal attacks that easly hit more than one enemy

[river veldt]

so what my claymore does

[random steppe]

IIRC with the clarymore, it's R1 with one hand, or r2 with 2 hands

[gaunt marten]

You're good then

Just kill the dogs and learn the boss

[river veldt]

is there not a bonfire nearby i can rest at

[gaunt marten]

There's a shortcut from undead burg

[random steppe]

Not super close that I remember

[gaunt marten]

But you basically have to go through the whole zone

[river veldt]

why are there not just bonfires outside of bossfights

[random steppe]

Also depends which direction you come to it from, been a while and I don't have the map in my memory as much as I used to

[gaunt marten]

Because fuck you

[random steppe]

lol

[river veldt]

it just makes me not want to play the game

[random steppe]

Later games do gradually get better at not be quite so brutal with run backs

[gaunt marten]

:krattayea:

[random steppe]

Here is a trick, you can actually run past most enemies if you know where you are going

[river veldt]

ok i'll try that

[random steppe]

You might die the first few times, but you'll get used to it

[river veldt]

i got to the boss with like 2 estus uses left

[bold sonnet]

This helped me in so many games 🤭

[river veldt]

what does estus even mean

my claymore only did like 50 damage to the minotaur is that normal

[random steppe]

I think at that point, you could probably make it a +1 or +2 if you have the materials

That could help

[river veldt]

it is plus 2

[random steppe]

But it's still the kind of boss that should be doable without upgrading

Oh then you are golden

[river veldt]

also fuck those thief guys that burst out of the doors they nearly gave me a heart attack

[random steppe]

The Capra Demon is actually all a question of staying calm.
As soon as you enter he jumps at you and the dogs surround you, plus there is the music blasting on all cilindersm, it's all to make you panic, stay calm, try to kill the dogs and take your time with the boss
he telegraph his attacks pretty massively so if you keep some calm it should be easy to dodge or block

[gaunt marten]

Estus sit potentia

[river veldt]

one more try and then im playing something else

[gaunt marten]

There's a longcut that takes you directly from Firelink to the boss with fewer enemies

[minor plover]

got to 72% (870) Balatro joker stickers

[river veldt]

i got there and the minotaur and his dogs killed me instantly 🙃

[gaunt marten]

Yeah

[minor plover]

really helps if you have a strong shield and some kind of sweep/area attack or a really fast attack (like good pyromancy) so you can kill off the dogs fast

it's so much easier of a fight if you can get rid of the dogs, because then it's a slow enemy who telegraphs his attacks

[random steppe]

As a sidenote, dogs are always bullshit in From Soft games

Attack super fast, turn on a dime, bunch of weapons will just have a hard time to hit them because they are low.
Always bullshit

[gaunt marten]

That's why I pick weapons that kill them in one hit

[random steppe]

Also the crows in Bloodborne

Until you meet the crows with dogs head, and you understand that they are fucking with you on purpose

[gaunt marten]

Crows are just sky dogs

[river veldt]

i think im all done with this game

it's cool and i like some bits of it but some of the design choices are frustrating me to no end

[gaunt marten]

I completely understand

[thorny loom]

dont tell nintendo

[gaunt marten]

Found an alternative

[thorny loom]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2826800/Amanda_the_Adventurer_2/

Steam

Amanda the Adventurer 2

ABOUTAmanda the Adventurer 2 follows Riley Park, who, after seeing what was contained on the mysterious tapes in their attic, travels to the Kensdale Public Library to investigate further. Upon arriving, they're greeted by a masked figure who claims to know their Aunt Kate, before she died and needs their help finding something Aunt Kate had lef...

Release Date

2024

▶ Play video

[quiet swift]

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/1789070453962588600

SteamDB (@SteamDB) on X

Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries.

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 11:10 PM

[thorny loom]

Good. Valve doing the right thing

[harsh kestrel]

At least they have correct morals for garbage

[green fulcrum]

...Valve's one of the least-hated video game companies in the world. What did they do to you?

[gaunt marten]

It's not really something to praise them for. It's their legal responsibility not to sell games that you can't play.

[proud warren]

I guess that just shows how low the bar is currently

[peak berry]

nice 2D Art

[craggy vine]

This is cool but I actually don't think it will give me as much battery power as I first thought. The power bank drains so fucking fast while connected to this thing

It is literally down by 5% in 5 minutes

This just goes to prove that even if the rog ally had a bigger battery it would still drain too fast in high performance mode because the thing uses so much power

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/focus_entmt/status/1787836054453530753?

[craggy vine]

Uh oh

Wait also why are the ncpd contacting me

[icy crescent]

finally reach chronos phase 2 and died instantly

was a pretty decent run, magic build makes me tired, spamming 3 different buttons and dodge

[quiet swift]

Haven't managed to get to his phase 2 yet

[icy crescent]

i need more extra life to beat him

lost 2 in first phase

[quiet swift]

I got him to like 35% with 2 extra lives and skelly's ring and the lunar healing hex and the debuff that gives him less summons

I suspect my build might've been weak for him

[icy crescent]

that's the debuff from ||Hades|| right?

[quiet swift]

[icy crescent]

i choose the shadow thingy, idk if it's actually saved me

the daze debuff is great imo, it affects on bosses so sometimes they missed their attacts

[bronze abyss]

cartoon gulp sound effect

this bitch ruined one of my good runs before

[icy crescent]

Uh-oh

[bronze abyss]

it halfed me this time but atleast didnt take death defiance

worth it for aphrodite though 💪

right after i picked this up

[bronze abyss]

died in late phase 2

[icy crescent]

Nt mate

[bronze abyss]

644 last hit damage on daggers

got as high as 690

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/683320/GRIS/

Steam

GRIS

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality. As the story unfolds, Gris will grow emotionally and see her world in a different way, revealing new paths to explore using her ...

Price

$2.99

Recommendations

60694

Metacritic

84

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80% off

[slim thorn]

have played, strong recommend if "pretty indie puzzle platformer" is your genre

[icy crescent]

oh ||duo|| does exist in Hades II already

i didnt realize you can upgrade your grasp

[quiet swift]

yeah it's not immediately evident

Focus on the gray fire thing - i've seen people in the discord talk about having 28 grasp

[bronze abyss]

they are rare but do exist,have gotten a couple myself

[icy crescent]

i thought it's not in the game yet

[wind stump]

me playing Risk of Rain 2

what's the old Dorf Fort adage?
"Dying is Fun!"?

[quiet swift]

I think there's a weapon or two missing and some art and a few other things, but features wise it's very close to complete. Balancing seems to be the biggest issue imo

[hasty patio]

Losing is fun!, which Rimworld pays homage to on that difficulty.

[icy crescent]

i see, loved the duo thing

[fervent oar]

There are some duo boons that have some drawbacks so I'm not the biggest fan of all

[bronze abyss]

egg

[wind stump]

egg

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/tcmf2/status/1789334713670254755?

[bronze abyss]

what abomination is that give back normal lego humans

[fickle garnet]

I wanna say that its ai generated

[quiet swift]

There's already a lego forbidden west set

[fickle garnet]

I have it!

[quiet swift]

https://www.lego.com/en-ie/product/horizon-forbidden-west-tallneck-76989

Same

[bronze abyss]

if there is already one why not use that mold instead of whatever the fuck that is

[fickle garnet]

^

[bronze abyss]

assuming this is real news not fake bullshit,i dont think its ai gen'd

but tbh i cant say that the account looks trust worthy at all so maybe

[fickle garnet]

Its a fan made image. Not official

[bronze abyss]

oh yea text at the bottom is bullshit

leak shit like this should be deleted off the internet entirely idfc who they are or for what purpose,fuck them

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/dexerto/status/1789328095423418690?

[harsh kestrel]

The Lego games are gonna keep getting more insane. As if Skywalker Saga wasn't already insane enough. It was intimidating with the amount of stuff you had to do lol

[proud warren]

what in the hell... when? what? why? how?

this was a thing?

[harsh kestrel]

Apparently lol

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/wowhead/status/1788988491293929975?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Wowhead💙 (@Wowhead) on X

Blizzard is hiring several high level positions for an unannounced PvE game with multi-season story arcs, though details are unclear as to whether it is related to a brand new or existing IP.

https://t.co/DyG8giD5oZ

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 5:44 PM

We had this exact same idea already and you canned it remember

[quiet swift]

That was the survival game. Which I don't know how many have seasons

[flint iron]

I managed to defeat Hush and Delirium without taking damage except for my holy mantle getting shattered in both boss fights

[visual hill]

I can't wait for MrBeast scams because he normalized the idea of giving things to random people in an unprompted manner. 👀

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/LudoNarraCon

Crow country is out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1996010/Crow_Country/

Steam

Crow Country

Хоррор на выживание, где вам предстоит разгадывать непростые загадки и головоломки в пугающей тишине заброшенного парка развлечений. Пусть вас не обманывает его чудаческий антураж – в «Стране Ворон» явно что-то не так.Открывая новые области, а также возвращаясь в предыдущие, чтобы найти в них то, что было недоступно прежде, вы постепенно начнёте...

Price

$17.55

Recommendations

431

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It's a classic resident evil style horror game

[fresh bane]

Yeah I mentioned it last night too

[quiet swift]

https://youtu.be/tEBdPgNTWM8 is getting its 1.0 release soon

[wind stump]

oh hey my friend played the demo of that

[thorny loom]

i beat he fire ant levels recently

[thorny loom]

i mean OW2

[river veldt]

it's funny that Theseus and Asterius are together when they could not be more different

i guess opposites really do attract

[quiet swift]

[bronze abyss]

HOOOLY I WANT THAT SO BAD

as a aphrodite stacker this would be an absoluite life saver

[river veldt]

LOL

[quiet swift]

[river veldt]

maybe we shouldbhave a hades thread

[green fulcrum]

Pretty sure there is one?

Huh...there isn't.

[rancid herald]

hades released before threads I think

[graceful bridge]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177980/Little_Kitty_Big_City/

Steam

Little Kitty, Big City

A peaceful catnap turns into a whimsical adventure!Will you make your way home or will you explore what the big city has to offer first? I mean, getting home is obviously your main priority. Obviously. Well, it's one of your priorities. Maybe more of a guideline... It's definitely on your To-Do list somewhere! But first? Exploration!Features:Exp...

Price

$22.49

Recommendations

1459

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It's out!

[river veldt]

these two are dating why are they making me pick 😭

[hasty patio]

Because the Gods are fickle in their support. Choose wisely.

Also: https://fxtwitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1788981930161266754

[river veldt]

i always pick Aphrodite she's my favourite

Ares was not happy

[hasty patio]

You picked love over war. Of course that would be the case.

[uneven epoch]

im not tryin out 2 yet, but my favorites in 1 are artemis, athena and demeter in that order

[quiet swift]

[visual hill]

interesting, overseas France is excluded

I thought PSN was available there

[hasty patio]

With HD2, Metro France was included. Here, it is not.

I still laugh at the Holy See being banned from that though. I thought the Pope and the Catholic Church would be into hell diving. /s

Seems it also covers UK and US overseas territories/dependencies as well.

[river veldt]

is there a way to see how many times ive successfully escaped

[hasty patio]

There should be a stats screen somewhere.

[slim thorn]

this appears to be correct, even my Hades playthrough and near-liveblog here took place before we replaced #obsoletegaming with #1032714873009872967 : #obsoletegaming message

[fresh bane]

https://vxtwitter.com/SWBFUpdates/status/1789347240915435712

ohhhh maaaaaannnn

this is all I've ever wanted

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnJGeKn1bXc This game was sooo fucking good

[dense crypt]

Looks fockin bri'ish mate

[green fulcrum]

Holy shit, a Clone Wars game like Helldivers would kick so much ass.

[fresh bane]

The fact that it's never been made and the closest thing we ever got was the Star Wars mods for Arma III is incredible to me

[craggy vine]

Get into the fockin buckin ham palice

[dense crypt]

clone wars game like helldivers

Star Wars Battlefront 2

[fresh bane]

lol it's not even close to being the same feeling

[dense crypt]

as close as you're gonna get

[fresh bane]

From the already existing games, sure
What I'm saying is I'm baffled that the concept of a military sim/cooperative shooter experience has never been done for Star Wars

[peak berry]

1000 kg HE bomb

[dense crypt]

beautiful

[static bluff]

Baby wake up, phantom bullet bills get a chance to shine: https://youtu.be/0kjIXjGzImE

I watched this just now and it's super good.

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/tomwarren/status/1789625937480364356? New doom might be getting teased.

[gaunt marten]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka_Manto?wprov=sfla1

Today I learned about Akamanto, a masked spirit caped in red that shows up when you're in the bathroom and asks you to choose between red and blue. Should you choose, it will kill you immediately. The only option is to run away

It shows up in Crystal Project

[fresh bane]

And today I learned manto means the same thing in japanese than it does in spanish

[gaunt marten]

Aka Manto has been recorded as a schoolyard rumor dating back as early as the 1930s. In that time, the word manto commonly referred to a sleeveless kimono-style jacket, whereas in the modern-day, manto is the Japanese word for cloak or cape.

[dire gate]

The toilet paper ghost is a very well known urban legend

[craggy vine]

Gotta go without toilet paper

[river veldt]

im excited but also worried the new Doom is going to be Xbox exclusive. hopefully it at least comes to PC too

[hasty patio]

It'll probably be on PC. PS systems might be left wanting though.

[little badger]

Well they have been bringing other Xbox games to PlayStation and pc. so they probably will make it available on everything.

https://fxtwitter.com/tcmf2/status/1789654368079233428?

[bronze abyss]

Leaks with fake posters again booo

Dont get my hopes up with sly cooper

[slim thorn]

even if real, it depends on the devs; I remember being underwhelmed by sly 4

[bronze abyss]

I just want anything from sly ill take even a shit game

[little badger]

It’s been years since I played a sly game

[green fulcrum]

Sly 4 was sturdy gameplay-wise (if very safe), and was less prone to bugs like 3 was. But its story was...not as good, especially the whole thing with Penelope. It angered a lot of fans, doubly so when the game ended on a cliffhanger that hasn't gotten any resolution since.

[thorny loom]

Yeah.. until its announced officially not holding my breath

Series has been dead for 11 years now

[slim thorn]

tbh I barely remember anything from Sly 4, especially compared to 1-3

[river veldt]

what is Sly

[gaunt marten]

He's a raccoon that steals

[green fulcrum]

Weren't we supposed to get a show, and then a movie?

[bronze abyss]

sony exclusive 3d platformer franchise with a thief racoon protagonist and his crew

[dire gate]

https://fxtwitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1789694171176984792

[gaunt marten]

I would like it if you can avoid distributing baseless speculation, @little badger

If there's no evidence for something, don't post it. If there's a "trusted source" saying something, don't post it! Hard evidence is required.

[green fulcrum]

The TCMFGames account that was linked isn't even a proper source. It's a Playstation channel with 100K subs that thrives on stretching the least-possible rumors into the barest of content videos and then making it sound like it's a real thing. On top of this, they use AI art to promote the rumor, which makes it easier for people to fall for it.

[wind stump]

yeah that art looked AI generated

[green fulcrum]

As did the Lego Horizons "leak"/rumor from the other day

It was so very obviously AI

[little badger]

I just seen the post that Jay posted while scrolling on twitter. I would love it to be true but if there aren’t many sources talking about it then it must be fake.

[bold sonnet]

Oh my God it was fake??

[green fulcrum]

Yes.

[slim thorn]

to be clear, y'all need to be more skeptical of these things before someone goes out of their way to debunk it for you

most rumors are just rumors, most people spreading them are only interested in grabbing your attention, this should go without saying

[wind stump]

i thought it was fishy but i didn't really want to say anything in case it came off as bad

[little badger]

I wish it was coming but I will read them and see if any big sources can back it up before posting

[fresh bane]

https://vxtwitter.com/A_Seagull/status/1789468582281400792?t=0p9FvUc6C1Vza_OARxvdQg&s=19

Oh that's hilarious

Oh that's great

[dense crypt]

"Listen we know our game is shit but you cant tell anyone that, we NEED to make sales on this shit okay"

[gaunt marten]

Is this a proper contract with termination clauses or just an NDA where the only consequence is you no longer get access to the playtest?

[wind stump]

Surely that can't be legal, right?

[gaunt marten]

The rest of the contract is important context

[slim thorn]

I don't know of a reason this would be illegal

in part because there's nothing stopping you from refusing to sign and then telling everyone that these were the terms offered

what I'm not sure of is whether you'd be allowed to mention these terms after signing since I would argue that counts as a "public statement ... detrimental to the reputation of the game"

[gaunt marten]

It could be unenforcable

[fresh bane]

It's not even about the game being bad I heard the game is really good

[fresh bane]

https://vxtwitter.com/PatStaresAt/status/1789746011432190158?t=x4YLZRwUglYXpcKOgN6NjA&s=19

Lol wow

[icy osprey]

I can't name a better E3 from ol' Ninty. And this was the first one I ever saw too.

This taught me what HYPE was all about!

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1789746203246170239?

[light gate]

"Apparently has data tracking for people who care (seemingly because it uses Google SDK)"

'people who care'

why is it even using the google sdk?

Also lookin for Google SDK just brings Cloud SDK for some reason, maybe that is what they meant?

[visual hill]

we interrupt this broadcast to give you important texture finding news
https://twitter.com/render96vgtp/status/1789078681362575370

Render96 VGTP (@Render96VGTP) on X

Super Smash Bros. Melee food texture match.Source: Sozaijiten Vol.73 - CZ045

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 11:42 PM

[bold sonnet]

I'm SO excited for the new switch, I'll finally be able to play all the switch games at a stable framerate and more, the new games 💖💖 the same like with new Xbox I play older games but in higher resolution and framerate

[fresh bane]

https://vxtwitter.com/LastStarfarer/status/1789757865961324682?t=iTLoYT5bsijGkqtVXej2Gg&s=19

https://vxtwitter.com/LastStarfarer/status/1789757869237076316?t=MX3PfPmLHJvDyFRmsB0dWg&s=19

This one's a deep pull lol

[gaunt marten]

Of course you can. I don't think it'll see much use but it doesn't hurt to gauge interest

[sudden magnet]

That's fair. But I'd think it'd either be better folded into the current train thread or co-exist with other transportation business simulations in their own dedicated thread.
https://discord.com/channels/98609319519453184/1126128946682019901

[gaunt marten]

Sounds good to me

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oGLvF93Esk

[green fulcrum]

Literally unplayable

[craggy vine]

Skyrim is just wrong

[thorny loom]

https://x.com/wario64/status/1789911362291786066?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Square Enix will "aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs"

https://t.co/DDG1s0Vub4

https://t.co/mCfWW970sl

Twitter · May 13, 2024, 6:51 AM

[craggy vine]

That is cool but I would hope that a game isn't released on switch if it will just be terrible. Same with PS4.

I hate being that guy but.. Skyrim could really use some ray tracing

[thorny loom]

Im sure theres a mod for pc that does that

[craggy vine]

I'm sure yeah. I have even already used a mod that made the lighting thousands of times better back in 2018

[dire gate]

I doubt any new games will be developed for Switch at this point

[quiet swift]

Studios get early versions of the hardware/software of upcoming/unreleased consoles/devices so that it has launch games. So good chance there's already studios working on switch 2 stuff

[dire gate]

Yeah

[craggy vine]

yeah that makes sense

[dire gate]

I do wonder what would be the launch title for Switch 2

[craggy vine]

I have heard that there have been rumours of their next console but I haven't been following it

[dire gate]

Switch 2 is officially confirmed.

[quiet swift]

Something mario, surely

[dire gate]

But we don't know how good it is

Around PS4 sounds reasonable

[craggy vine]

I wanted the first switch for a long time, and never ended up getting it. But now because of my pc handheld I doubt I would get it, if it is anything similar to the first switch

[craggy vine]

I mean I would hope a lot better then PS4 honestly. The PS4 is 2013 hardware at this point.

[dire gate]

Can't expect too much.

[craggy vine]

At least for the cpu side, the cpu on the ps4 was extremely weak, on the graphics side you can get around easily with lower resolutions

I mean I don't expect PS5 levels or anything

But I hope it doesn't keep on the trend nintendo has seemed to have since the wiii where they have seemingly very underpowered hardware.

Though in saying that, the switch was a bit different because of what it was.

With how good modern ARM cpus are though it could be extremely good though, potentially

[dire gate]

Yeah it's not really fair to call Switch underpowered, although people really often do that

But Switch 2 should def be way better than Switch

[craggy vine]

I mean I think at this point we can. I'm pretty sure phone CPUs can do better now.

Looking at what the steam deck has as well also shows that, but if it is ARM it could potentially be that amount of power but with much more battery life.

[dire gate]

we can what

we can call it underpowered?

I'm saying it's unfair since it is a 2017 handheld console

Everything is underpowered at some point

[craggy vine]

I mean yeah for 2017 it isn't underpowered. But for today with it being their current console it feels like it is underpowered.

The base PS4 also feels especially underpowered to me, but that is also old. That thing can't really run Cyberpunk even though it tries, and yet you can run the game amazingly with handheld PC gaming.

I'm not trying to say the switch is bad or anything, just looking at it more from the perspective of 2024.

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjwZ90ZR2HM This is a good video on it at least

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cre0g6GGAPM

[craggy vine]

guys i just realized

I don't remember if it rains in skyrim

I don't recall ever seeing rain in the game

[quiet swift]

The dichotomy of man

[visual hill]

Super Souls Man when

[gaunt marten]

There's a reason I tell people not to play the base edition of Skyrim without at least a few mods

It does rain in Skyrim, in a lot of places

But they do this funny trick where it only rains around your camera, and only while you're looking

[craggy vine]

ooh ok maybe that is why I don't remmeber rain, it's a weird crappy effect

And yeah Skyrim really should be played with at least a few quality of life mods. Update how the game looks and feels.

I would love some immersion mods to help the game look less static too. Have more NPCs in towns, make boats actually come and go from towns. Make the world feel lived in and not like a simple quest adventure.

[gaunt marten]

All of these I can go without

The bare minimum is fixing bugs that can cause you to break your save and have to start over

[craggy vine]

Oh yeah that is essential too

I can't remember the name of the mod but there is one that fixes a lot of bugs in the game

[gaunt marten]

Unofficial patch

[craggy vine]

weirdest bug I ever got in the game was when I jumped off a cliff and suddenly the game got stuck between showing 2 different frames while I was falling. Although maybe that was a gpu driver bug...

[gaunt marten]

Next in priority for me would be getting the interface more usable on PC, then fixing obvious errors with textured and meshes

That's almost certainly a bug with your GPU doing interpolation

You might have one of the fancy frame smoothing or whatever features turned on

[craggy vine]

It was on my old pc and it may have had it on yeah

[craggy vine]

For me I am fine with the base UI, mostly because I use controllers I feel. Mouse and keyboard it would be terrible though

To me the NPCs are important... Like in the winterhold collage, the whole place is so empty, and there's like 5 students, you hardly see people

[light gate]

I still have no idea what proper interface would work for Skyrim. SkyUI is like… wack and the vanilla one isn’t any better.

[visual hill]

command line interface?

[light gate]

No

[visual hill]

d5w
:q

[light gate]

Staph

I don’t think Gamebyro would appreciate another Command Line Interface tbh lmao.

Oh sorry, “Creation Engine”.

[craggy vine]

I believe SkyUI at least let you sort items

[light gate]

Yeah but its so small.

The inventory is like… so minute.

[craggy vine]

Oh yeah it's tiny. Like it is made for big monitors

I would just keep the default myself

[light gate]

Scaling it just makes it fatter and takes over all your screen.

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSi2sIV8l48 I want these

[light gate]

eeeehhhh

I guess you can mod the ever livin crap out of it but I’m more of a vanilla fella.

[craggy vine]

Fair, though there are still mods that just make the vanilla experience better.

[light gate]

Oh for sure.

I used one that enhanced locations.

[craggy vine]

Graphics mods, the game can basically play the exact same but it just looks modern.

[light gate]

It made places bigger, more detailed, and actually more appropriate. Removing low poly models that were absurdly low poly, while actually optimizing models that were absurdly high.

[craggy vine]

I have used one graphics mod ages ago that made it impossible to see at night without a tortch and impossible to see in snow storms, which was probabl a bit too far

[craggy vine]

Ah yeah, that is cool

[light gate]

But yeah, mods that just enhance the vanilla experience (not replace it) are the best.

[craggy vine]

Game optimization is important. I used some mods in towns that dropped my fps by like 20 when I went into them because of the amount of added detail. So you gotta be careful.

[light gate]

Obviously.

[craggy vine]

Also, the mod that removes loading screens is one I could not play without in modern day

Walk in to whiterun with no loading screen, the door is just always open

[light gate]

I leave loading screens in because I know the engine can freak out with my luck.

I have caused the game to malfunction in ways that would scare folks.

[craggy vine]

I'm sure today it would be fine with modern computers

[light gate]

No no, its engine related.

[craggy vine]

ooh ok

[light gate]

Like the engine was never meant to do this kind of stuff, since Bethesda has yet to remove most of the old components with new systems.

[craggy vine]

Makes sense I guess. Doing these mods, adding graphics, NPCs in towns, no loading screens, all pushes the engine in a way it was never meant to.

[light gate]

Like I remember trying to save before a fight, and the save effectively broke a quest.

[gaunt marten]

SkyUI seems appropriately sized for my 1080p monitor

[light gate]

I struggle with vision, forgot to mention that.

I wear glasses but I still find it exhausting to read small text.

[gaunt marten]

That's fair and understandable.

[craggy vine]

SkyUI on my handheld or on my TV that I sit quite far from would be an issue too

[gaunt marten]

If you're playing Skyrim with a controller, the vanilla interface is fine

(Until you have thousands of items)

Saving is one of the most fundamental problems in Skyrim, so tons of mods try to fix or work around it

[light gate]

Those cheese wheels ain’t gonna pick themselves.

(((Give me that Sweet Roll)))

[craggy vine]

That is probably why saving is used in skyrim speedrunning

[light gate]

I am surprised how crazy Starfield has upgraded many systems, and still have a few janky systems in place lol.

It almost feels okay…. ALMOST…

[craggy vine]

Starfield still does the skyrim thing of having chests underground for all of the shop sellers

[light gate]

I mean that is more of a system that (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it).

You aren’t even supposed to get access to those chests.

If you do though, congrats.

[gaunt marten]

The fact that it's done through chest is a hassle for modders who have to tiptoe around them

[light gate]

I still know a few recent games that use the chest method, this isn’t just a bethesda thing.

You’d be surprised to find this in other games.

[craggy vine]

Honestly doesn't surprise me actually. I watch a lot of 'out of bounds' secrets videos and it is cool seeing tricks like that

[light gate]

Sometimes the most effective way is to do a janky method.

The last thing you want is object corruption which can still happen.

[craggy vine]

Yeah. And games are really just an illusion for you to have fun in

[light gate]

Not gonna lie, Starfield was a lot of fun but my god did the game suffer from crashes and that corrupted save bug issue.

The more you played, the more corrupted it got.

Eventually it would slow down the game to a crawl, and the game wouldn’t load a map anymore. This is how I crashed many random Game Pass XCloud instances.

So if you saw high queue times, that was one reason.

[craggy vine]

Man that really sucks. That issue also exists in Fallout 4.

[light gate]

So if Starfield ever goes to PS5, I shall buy it because its basically what I wanted. Skyrim in space.

( not full price tho, unless dlc )

[craggy vine]

What is the story of Starfield like? I have heard nothing about the story.

[light gate]

Its somewhat forgettable, well… kinda…?

Not gonna spoil but characters are awesome, but the story is just… a lot of “up for interpretation”.

There is a lot of other things but that would be spoilers.

Basically, its not bad but its very slow.

[craggy vine]

Ah.. That kinda sucks then.

[light gate]

Side quests once again are the main feature.

[craggy vine]

Story is one thing I have found I actually do love in games, besides gameplay. And idk how I would like the starfield gameplay, and idk if I would enjoy the story either then.

[light gate]

There is one entire side quest that is cyberpunk-ish and its wild where it goes.

Well you aren’t forced to do the main quest.

You can effectively do whatever you want after the tutorial.

But main quest also has some neat features.

[craggy vine]

I see

[light gate]

(And characters… Barret is awesome)

[craggy vine]

Side quests are cool but I also don't want too many of them, I like to do side quests before doing main quests

[light gate]

I also vibe with Vasco in general.

Good robot

[craggy vine]

I feel like the story of Skyrim and the Fallout series from Bethesda could have been more interesting.

Skyrim is based around dragons coming back to skyrim, and you are the dragon born. And the story is mostly juts dealing with that issue of dragons.

Fallout is cool because of the whole universe with the bombs, but 3 comes down to finding a water chip for the most part and then some side things, and then 4 comes down to finding your son, though the story does brand off to you choosing who to side with which is really cool.

[light gate]

I mean 3 is the role reversed of 4

You technically are lookin for your Father

[craggy vine]

True though actually, I did forget that

[light gate]

But yeah the game story does change at least

[craggy vine]

Funny enough if you know where to go you can just go there straight from getting out of the vault

Though I don't remember what happens entirely if you go there early, idk if it the game goes like normal

[light gate]

Honestly I prefer Fallout 3’s theme more than Fallout’s 4, but Fallout’s 4 gameplay is much better than 3’s.

[craggy vine]

Yeah true

There is also Fallout New Vagas but that one isn't exactly by Bethesda

[light gate]

This is gonna be unpopular, but I did not like Vegas.

Idk why

Maybe because its linear?

I don’t know, it feels linear…

Also the desert just sucked, it was yellow and red-ish. Deathclaws are cool, but there is a whole lot of sand, dirt, and rocky hills.

And I’m sure there are cool spots, but once I got to that llama thing? (Don’t remember) I got tired.

I think I’m baffled that there are no ways of quicker transportation, walking endlessly is miserable. (Yeah you can fast travel, but that is AFTER walkin)

[craggy vine]

I haven't played new vagas yet I admit

3 had a bit of a green look to it, 4 was more of a nuetral look I felt

But yeah all I have seen of it has felt very yellow

[light gate]

Speaking of Fallout… https://youtu.be/zRP4O4N7FPU

Apparently its possible now?

[craggy vine]

omg I gotta watch this

I played fallout 4 at 20 fps at below lowest settings at 800x600 back in the day

pff wow already at the start it runs and looks way better then it did on my old laptop

[light gate]

I wonder how would an M1 handle it if it had more 3d support.

[craggy vine]

ARM is getting very impressive, and emulating x86 is totally a thing. But I think the most impressive thing here is emulating a windows game on a phone.

[light gate]

I tried playing Oblivion but it was painfully slow for some reason in CrossOver.

[craggy vine]

I could test how it runs using crossovers if you're curious

[light gate]

Your milage may vary.

But do try.

[craggy vine]

That is probably because it is a 32 bit game. I played L4D2 with crossovers but it ran terribly, dropping to 30 fps. No matter my graphics settings it would do it.

[light gate]

Ah yeah, I forget about that.

[craggy vine]

Though I specifically have an M2

[light gate]

Isn’t F4 64bit though?

… I wonder if Starfield… huh

[craggy vine]

I think it is

It's mostly because the new apple CPUs don't support 32 bit at all so it has to be emulated I beleive. Even if you try to run a 32 bit Mac app it just can't.

[light gate]

Obviously.

That doesn’t stop me from launching 16bit games though.

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9KY30SAeds There is this video, though it is 3 years old and may perform better now

He doesn't have an fps counter there but it looks very smooth

I did genuenly consider trying to use my macbook as my portable gaming laptop for a while but all the issues I had just made me get a windows device.

Back then i used my desktop for gaming but wanted something for portability

[light gate]

I mean yeah I understand.

And soon this year, ARM is about to lift off on Windows it seems.

But I do think Qualcomm be uhh… making too many claims and showin little.

[craggy vine]

Yeah. If anything I actually hope that ARM helps gaming handhelds a lot like the steam deck. Get way more performance and more battery life.

[craggy vine]

Yeah, I am iffy on how it will be when it comes out

[light gate]

Well its gonna piss off a lot of PC gamers since its a different architecture.

But yeah its gonna be a slow painful process.

[craggy vine]

Yeah it will I am sure

It did for mac as well, people annoyed with changing architecture

But I feel like it could be a very good thing

Though idk how intel and amd will go, because they are still releasing x86.. Whether x86 and arm will just co-exist with each other or if one or the other will dominate, idk

[light gate]

I hope Microsoft stops making Qualcomm the sole provider of ARM chips though.

They’re the only ones allowed to even do this, while the competition is blocked.

[craggy vine]

Damn I didn't even know that.. That really sucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTsc_UvlT3E This video is interesting as well. Though it also shows that it is very disappointing. My ROG Ally gets 60 fps, even going above, if I use those same settings they are using for an M1 max in cyberpunk. 1080p, medium, FSR performance.

But windows gaming on an arm mac is going through so many translations to even do.. With getting windows apps to run on mac, and then x86 to run on arm.

[light gate]

Just use vulkan /s

Yeah, its the curse of DirectX.

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/tezfunz2/status/1790031522315026508?

[light gate]

I’ll believe it when I see it.

[craggy vine]

oh my god finally

I wonder if it would have any graphical upgrades or just look basically the same

[light gate]

Same.

They’re not gonna upgrade the graphics after already making PS5/PS4, Switch & Xbox Series X/S ports.

[craggy vine]

But at least you could run it at 4k I guess

I just had a random throught... What is 4k resolution with 8x msaa like

Actually I think I did that on l4d2 on my 2070 super

[thorny loom]

F for all that hard work

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/6-months-after-a-complete-reboot-remedy-cancels-the-multiplayer-game-it-was-making-with-tencent/

[craggy vine]

Damn that sucks. Would be nice to see what they did in that time but doubt we would see that

[craggy vine]

Hmm yes. Fallout 4.

[light gate]

Snrk

[thorny loom]

https://vxtwitter.com/ELDENRING/status/1790034407786451242

[hidden elbow]

[sour hill]

That's a sick looking guy

[little badger]

But think of the mods

[craggy vine]

'modders make rdr1 look better then rdr2'

[light gate]

Honestly I rather play the game than deal with configuration hell.

Specially with how Rockstar has made it more difficult.

[craggy vine]

Yeah. Just to be able to play it on pc is enough

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1790050212049764677?

[craggy vine]

I present, open mouths in Call of Duty Black Ops for the Wii

[chilly mural]

[quiet swift]

[sour hill]

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/shinobi602/status/1790074648014492156? More layoffs

[craggy vine]

Huh why does the new mlp game need so much ram

[wise frigate]

Now they ruin my childhood games

[gaunt marten]

10GB isn't much

16GB is the bare minimum for a gaming PC nowadays

[craggy vine]

I currently have 8gb set for system memory so it feels like a lot

Though I can always change it

[gaunt marten]

What do you mean by 8GB set for system memory?

You either have the RAM or you don't

[craggy vine]

8gb set for system and then 8gb set for vram

[gaunt marten]

Are you on a mac?

[craggy vine]

No I'm on windows

[gaunt marten]

Generally VRAM and RAM are not shared if you have a discrete GPU

You can't assign memory to one or the other because VRAM is faster than RAM and fit for certain purposes

If you have no discrete GPU, you can, but you'll run into other issues

[craggy vine]

It's not a dedicated gpu, it uses system ram

What other issues?

[gaunt marten]

Lag because your GPU sucks and uses slow ram instead of fast VRAM

[craggy vine]

Eh kinda

I mean I use it to play cyberpunk on high 1080p with 30 fps

It is 6800 mhz ddr5 anyway

[gaunt marten]

The bandwidth is not really a measure of speed in RAM

[drifting tendon]

I'm guessing you're talking about your handheld and not a PC?

[gaunt marten]

It's a measure of how much data you can transfer at once

[craggy vine]

My handheld is my pc now

I just use a usb c dock and use it like it is a desktop at my desk

[gaunt marten]

The game should run fine even if you don't have enough RAM to meet the requirements, but that does mean you'll sometimes see your device use your disk as swap space

[craggy vine]

I wish I had 32gb memory total

Maybe I am just used to old games but I would think the mlp game would only need like 4gb of ram

[gaunt marten]

It takes time and effort to make something look modern and also not take so much RAM at once

And Hasbro are not known for dedicating either to their products

[craggy vine]

Yeah fair

[rugged flax]

everything published by Outright Games is notorious for being incredibly low budget
it's basically all tie-ins with other IP
there is not budget for the effort required for optimization

does it work? good enough, ship it.

[craggy vine]

Yeah that is fair

[heady bridge]

Outright doing what THQ was doing back in the 2000s

[light gate]

I wonder if its something to do with garbage collection handling in Unity.

Also unsure what renderer they using, assuming URP.

[rugged flax]

https://twitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1789987344960847898

Pirate Software (@PirateSoftware) on X

Sony: Let's restrict our games so most of the known world can't buy them.

Square Enix: Let's stop doing exclusives and make our games available on as many platforms as possible.

The industry is 100% AAA whiplash at the moment.

https://t.co/SGPBt4Rl2g

Twitter · May 13, 2024, 11:53 AM

[harsh kestrel]

The industry is soon gonna be 100% indie domination

[gaunt marten]

Let's not be too hasty

[bronze abyss]

dont underestimate how many people not much involved in the hobby there are

most people barely know any games,let alone indie ones

[light gate]

Who is this pirate software person? He’s like the YongYea but before the Cyberpunk chair fiasco right now.

[gaunt marten]

He's just a guy

He makes a game

[light gate]

Every time I read or see something about it, just really wacky spicy takes.

[proud warren]

iirc, there's gonna be a new law put in place that will promote indie development, unless the AAA companies get their shit together

https://youtube.com/shorts/rFOVhOX0uwg?si=WH4hy61dv88hOPT8

[quiet swift]

Woooooo

[gaunt marten]

That's what gets clicks!

[light gate]

No kidding.

[harsh kestrel]

People are gonna definitely find out at this rate. Word of mouth still does mean something. I mean, look at the likes of Palworld, Helldivers, and now Manor Lords, made by one guy. All smash hits because of what's going on with AAA stuff right now. Gaming is never truly gonna "die" like the many, many, many YouTube videos claim it's going to. AAA gaming is what's gonna go under at this rate, and meanwhile, indie games will continue to be discovered and will flourish. We aren't anywhere near the position we were in during the crash of the 80s anymore. There's actually quality out there. If people want something truly good, then well, a lot of people do know that the indie scene exists. Time to go find something at that point

[bronze abyss]

palworld and helldivers are popular for sure but they arent MAINTSTREAM mainstream

[light gate]

[hasty patio]

That's not even close to what is being spoken to here. Essentially, it is banning all noncompete agreements in the US (outside a specific role with a certain pay, but it bans companies from making new ones), which affect all industries. You'll still have NDAs and trade secret stuff, but it isn't just for gaming.

[proud warren]

god damn it, I continue to misinterpret what topics are being talked about

[light gate]

It happens.

Meanwhile…

do I dare read the reviews?

[harsh kestrel]

Gearbox. The soon to be Arc Games

[quiet swift]

(thor is Pirate software guy's real name) "Before starting his own studio, Thor has worked at Blizzard Entertainment as an offensive security specialist and at Amazon Games Studio as a Python developer. During his time at Amazon Games, he was bought out by the US government to use his hacking skills to help secure power plants in the United States. Thor has attended DEF CON multiple times and has won three "Black Badges", an indicator of high knowledge and proficiency in the hacking field. "

[light gate]

So he’s a security specialist.

Giving advice on gaming industry.

[harsh kestrel]

So he's someone that thinks he knows what's up because he's worked for the government and big businesses supposedly, when in reality, it's just a pointless hot take

[light gate]

I don’t know, I rather not bother.

[light gate]

Meanwhile unsurprisingly HW3 is controversial.

[harsh kestrel]

That's just my take on the person going off of what was posted in terms of what they've done and their supposed work

[quiet swift]

He's a security specialist who has worked at gaming companies, so it's not like it's a hot take if he's, y'know, been in the business

[harsh kestrel]

Even still, just because he's been in the business doesn't exactly mean he knows what he's talking about 100% of the time

[gaunt marten]

Pirate Software is a game developer right now

[light gate]

Phil Fish was a developer years ago.

[gaunt marten]

He's definitely been wrong before, but he's not said something I find bad

[quiet swift]

That, and he'll have more knowledge than the average armchair joe does

[hasty patio]

Also some exposure from his dad, who was the lead art designer for Blizz for 20ish years.

Regardless, if you think his takes are shit, shit hot, or whatever, take it as you will, but don't immediately trash it because it doesn't come from the usual spot or sources.

[harsh kestrel]

Clearly that's been proven to be false on many occasions by many communities in comparison to the publishers and their corporate suits like we all know. The dude can say he's worked for Amazon, Blizzard, he can say he worked for the president for all I care, but again, it doesn't mean the guy is with it, it doesn't mean he knows what's up, it doesn't mean he knows what gamers actually want and desire these days, and he's not a know it all like he may think. He wants to get in the loop? Get feedback from the players themselves and go off of that, and prove yourself

[light gate]

Honestly its takes are one thing, but the way people treatin Pirate as some sort of moral compass is kinda spooky.

But hey, that ain’t my problem.

[harsh kestrel]

That's not how he should be seen at all for sure. Take what's being said with a grain of salt, people. Form your own opinions on your own experiences, and what you know officially by doing research, and by what you've seen

[thorny loom]

Guess thats the price of multi console expansion

[thorny loom]

Im told the story is weird but the gameplay is good

[light gate]

I mean HW2 was received poorly as well

Story is kinda wack

The fact HW3 continued from HW2 shoulda expected some sort of wack, but somehow they… didn’t manage?

Hmm

I wonder what exactly went wrong.

[harsh kestrel]

Unrelated to that topic, I was a little sad that I didn't get into the Marvel Rivals closed alpha. From what I looked into, 30,000 people have been able to get in there, and they have automatic access to the beta. I feel like the game does have potential to be a good competitor in it's genre, but the one thing that's thrown me off is the whole thing in the contracts where it says you supposedly can't talk negatively about the game, and that's a bit concerning

[river veldt]

aggggh im so jealous

how much storage did you get

[random steppe]

Check skill up video if you are curious.
Seems like it's a mix of story being a bit too weird and not landing for a lot of people, and not amazing performance

[quiet swift]

1tb, top version

[hasty patio]

I've heard shortish campaign, writing is meh (VA, graphics and music are amazing), and it feels that mods and their roguelike mode will be the main carries for this game.

[random steppe]

The campaign seems to be on par in lenght with other homeworld games

As far as number of missions

This seems to have been toned rather easy, so if you play on normal you might breeze through it way too fast compared to others

Maybe go in on hard to get your money's worth, as I am told, it's not difficult on hard eithr

I really want to play it, but I kinda want to set aside a month to replay HW 1 & 2 before going in

And maybe Deserts of karak

So that's probably after Dawntrail

That will give them some time to get some patches in and maybe shore up the performance

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1790079437662285907?

[quiet swift]

https://vxtwitter.com/milanbydzovsky/status/1790053876017582105

[little badger]

What game has Everypony been playing lately?

[river veldt]

skyrim

[bronze abyss]

a hour or 2 of brawlhalla ig

and monster hunter world

[gaunt marten]

Mostly Multiworld randomizer for me

[random steppe]

V-rising 1.0

And FFXIV but that's always

[uneven epoch]

hehee anime mmo

[little badger]

I’ve been playing resistance Retribution it’s a psp game but they added it to the ps5.

[wind stump]

a bit of pokerogue. a tiny bit.

[little badger]

Nice.

[wind stump]

please send help

[quiet swift]

It's a small thing but you can configure the steam deck logo at startup and I just picked this one. It's a small detail but so cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONBCNnSx19g

[river veldt]

is there a Portal one ?

also i knew about this because i saw on the steam deck subreddit someone set it to the entire Shrek movie and wasn't able to skip it

[quiet swift]

There is, yes

https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/c/startupmovie

Best place to see them all

I love the vamp survivors one

[thorny loom]

“All new”

Steam its been up for at least 3 years

[quiet swift]

[thorny loom]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stellaris-director-insists-ethical-use-of-ai-is-very-important-to-us-after-generating-voices-in-latest-dlc

Honestly stellaris could make a bucket load of money if they made an advisor dlc pack with several different ai generated voices

[random steppe]

Or you know, just paid voice actors...
It's not like there are that many lines in an advisor pack

It must be one of the cheapest piece of content to produce

[hasty patio]

The voice model used is based on a VA that got paid and will get paid for every new line put in going forward.

[thorny loom]

I will say its ironic they use it on the expansion regarding synthetics and ai

[random steppe]

For syntetic voices it could be a cool gimmick

[random steppe]

I mean in that case it's ethical but still, why not get the VA to say it.
Unless it's for a gimmick pack for synetic voices, as I said, isn't it just better to have an actor you can direct for a specific kind of delivery?

[river veldt]

ooooh my god that turret startup video is sick

also finally something to spend my Steam Points on

[quiet swift]

[hasty patio]

https://old.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/1cop93r/paradox_makes_use_of_ai_generated_concept_art_and/l3fvhsj/

[wind stump]

fucking reddit embeds

[quiet swift]

oh boy, a big update to DRG: Survivors

[thorny loom]

Nice

Another steam sale https://store.steampowered.com/category/endlessly_replayable

https://fxtwitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/1790079644957384785?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ

QoL improments

[green fulcrum]

Oh thank Christ

That's a good addition

[bold sonnet]

Have you heard that Square Enix wants to put more of their games on Xbox and Switch?

[thorny loom]

Yes. There also laying people off because of their recent failures

[bold sonnet]

It's so weird and sad to hear how many people in gaming are losing jobs, and it doesn't stop happening

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1790155059113685389?

[light gate]

holy shit

Guerrilla games?

Well things just got interesting

[bold sonnet]

I've never seen option like that before (Star Wars Jedi Survivor)

[visual hill]

AAA games are finally adopting FOV sliders as a mainstream option in the last few years

alas, Fallen Order does not have this option (without mods, or actually a trainer in this case)

[bold sonnet]

From my friend on PS5 I've heard that in performance mode (60 FPS) the resolution drops like crazy, we'll see how it goes on Xbox Series X. But also it's been a year, or even a two years ago, and we all know how big games are now. Only long after the release they are better

Oh it's easily between 1080 and 1440, it's gorgeous ❤️❤️

[visual hill]

Fidelity mode is the way to go for Jedi Survivor on console if you want a truly stable framerate

it means a 30 FPS cap, but at least it's a stable 30 FPS

there's no 40 FPS mode for 120 Hz displays unfortunately

[bold sonnet]

Oh it's super stable 60 for me, but I have VRR and the VRR window on Xbox is super wide

So it's kinda like cheating, because for eyes during gameplay it's super smooth, but if I was to record a clip it would not be stable

[craggy vine]

I get how that is. I use a vrr display.

[hidden elbow]

https://x.com/theotherfrost/status/1789684209503617514?s=46&t=IKGXOX5WSbP3Oh7j92RdPQ

Frost of Rivia (@TheOtherFrost) on X

There's no way this is real

Twitter · May 12, 2024, 3:49 PM

[craggy vine]

I'm a samurai fan

[rare garden]

Most peaceful day in London

[craggy vine]

pff yes

[gaunt marten]

This looks like someone recreated the text of the contract and added the list of disparaging phrases as a joke

Notice how they failed to stick to the original formatting

Oh yeah. "This includes, but it not limited to"

[dire gate]

I'm not even sure what "Minecraft China" is supposed to mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJlg8g8_yw

[hidden elbow]

Yeah , its probably fake.....still pretty funny

[wind stump]

peak engineer gameplay

[craggy vine]

Goofy lookin dude

[wind stump]

average bulwark experience (i'm waiting for keys)

[young creek]

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT UNTIL MY LITTLE PONY ZEPHYR HEIGHTS MYSTERY

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/category/endlessly_replayable

Sale on games in this category

[dire gate]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507190/Machinika_Museum/

Steam

Machinika: Museum

A mysterious puzzle game...Machinika Museum invites you to discover and solve puzzles rich in mystery! An original adventure combining hidden objects and an intriguing story inspired by the excellent old school puzzle game Myst and the more recent The Room and The House of Da Vinci.In a distant future, finding machines from alien civilizations i...

Price

$11.50

Recommendations

745

▶ Play video

[gaunt marten]

Big recommendation for Crypt of the Necrodancer

[dire gate]

Freegame

[gaunt marten]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/epic-11m-fined-for-breaking-eu-consumer-law-in-netherlands

This included using demanding phrases such as "get it now" or "buy now" on certain advertisements, which the ACM described as an "illegal aggressive commercial practice." Epic was fined €562,500 for this violation.

The investigation also found that countdown timers were used on some advertisements for items that were still available in the shop even after the countdown ended. The ACM deemed this as a way of exploiting children's fear of missing out from suggesting the scarcity of items that were otherwise still available to purchase. Epic was fined another €562,500 for this violation.```

It has also made it so that players under 18 in the Netherlands will only see items in the store if they are available for 48 hours or more.```

[random steppe]

Oh boy, they should pass through the play store with a flamethrower

[young creek]

so basically they are available 48 hours shorter

[gaunt marten]

I think it's preferable to not show items at all compared to showing it with added psychological manipulation

[astral bolt]

Extremely common EU W

[random steppe]

I can't take it seriously with some of the ads that mobile apps are allowed to show you

Or hell, that YouTube shows you

[astral bolt]

They can only act on what's brought to them

[random steppe]

Don't get me wrong, it's good that they act, but like, this is the cop fining the jaywalker with the drug dealer across the street

[astral bolt]

This is a judge passing sentence on a case brought before them.
It has nothing to do with the drug dealer. His case might be on the pipeline, or might not be, I don't know. I hope it is but I don't want to feel bad about this one good outcome we got

[random steppe]

Yeah I know, new media and legislation is slow to catch up

Still frustrating

[bitter stream]

yay for this case at least

[rancid herald]

didn't epic already get fined for this?

[gaunt marten]

By the netherlands?

[rancid herald]

by...some flavor of europe?

idk

[gaunt marten]

Well they have gotten fined now

[little badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/crystaldynamics/status/1790389329107243105?

[rancid herald]

god

they really have moved from super heroes to video games, haven't they?

maybe we'll finally get another jak and dexter game as they try to turn it into a franchise

[harsh kestrel]

We can only hope. Them and Sly Cooper are still missing

[green fulcrum]

Tbf, the Tomb Raider movie from 2018 was actually pretty good.