Also, it's Daxter
#general gaming
green fulcrum
gaunt marten
If they're not DRM-free what's the point? You'll just lose them when they shut the console down
astral steeple
any games you buy on 360 digitally you wont lose when the marketplace shuts down
even if theyre delisted too
you're still able to play them after
due to how the 360 is set up
the only way to "lose" your bought games on 360 is if you get banned
gaunt marten
That's good!
thorny loom
It makes sense. They recently releasesd a new vecna module for dnd
Or will be releasing excuse me
gaunt marten
But Vecna is a world ending calamity, not a simple slasher villain
random steppe
Everyone needs an hobbie
gaunt marten
He's literally in the list of deities
sour hill
Yo is that Thanos? 
gaunt marten
A death knight would be a good fit for that game
thorny loom
Its probably what he does everytime he waits to be rezzed by his lich artifact
gaunt marten
That's a regular knight
sour hill
He can kill you tho
gaunt marten
A death knight is characterized by strong paladin-style necromantic magic
The death knight is a 19th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18, +10 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following paladin spells prepared:
1st level (4 slots): command, compelled duel, searing smite
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, magic weapon
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, elemental weapon
4th level (3 slots): banishment, staggering smite
5th level (2 slots): destructive wave (necrotic)```Ah. Most he does is summon a ghost to chase players
sour hill
```Spellcasting.
The death knight is a 19th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting...
That's busted
gaunt marten
As well as the horde of undead he commands
The death knight hurls a magical ball of fire that explodes at a point it can see within 120 feet of it. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw. The sphere spreads around corners. A creature takes 35 (10d6) fire damage and 35 (10d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.```
Plus his ultHe's a CR 17 enemy!
sour hill
Might not get bullied too hard by 4 survivors, then
gaunt marten
Vecna's CR is like a million
thorny loom
Yeah dks are boss/ end game type minions
random steppe
Vecna is a better pick for a crossover to an audience that isn't super familiar with D&D
Death Knights are in any other fantasy themed game, Vecna is more unique to D&D
gaunt marten
They can pick a unique character
thorny loom
I guess in fairness its not the only deity in dbd
Pyramid head is also in it
Oh hey willy wonka Simulator
astral steeple
thorny loom
Honestly surprised dracula wasnt in dbd already
dense crypt
What is a man? A miserable little pile of teabagging!
thorny loom
That explains why square enix abandoned console exclusivity
When final fantasy isnt doing good you know square enix was getting nervous
green fulcrum
How did FF16 fail? It was HUGE.
gaunt marten
They're a for-profit company
green fulcrum
Foamstars though, I can definitely see that one failing. Nobody was interested in it.
gaunt marten
Failing to meet expectations means the game was a huge success but it didn't give them all the money
green fulcrum
dense crypt
What!? Trusting in unproven talent!?!?!?
thorny loom
Not to mention even if they did good. It didnt stop the bleeding hole that was all those failed live service games
little badger
quiet swift
Because it's still a ps5 exclusive. If they go multi platform from the start, they'll get the numbers they want
quiet swift
D4's new season is out - making massive changes to loot. PTR so far has been pretty good, so worth another look if you tried it before
(And it's on gamepass to)
bold sonnet
I'm so so curious about Kingdom Hearts 4
hidden elbow
When final fantasy isnt doing good you know square enix was getting nervous
Classic square enix ,these guys are never satisfied with their sales , no ,atter what , when tomb rider rebooted they said the same thing despite the game selling well and getting critically acclaimed
rotund forge
thorny loom
Twitter
Oh boy chat
Another game launcher https://x.com/sipsipstefen/status/1790379716861399551?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ
Twitter
bleak lintel
Each Hoyo game already has its own launcher, if anything this will be less game launchers.
quiet swift
green fulcrum
I thought it was already announced?
gaunt marten
I don't think he's heard of second announcement, Pippin
The previous one was an official trailer
#1032716748887179434 message
I think this one is announcing the release
green fulcrum
Wouldn't that be a release date or launch trailer then? Because I remember that this was announced in either 2022 or 2023. It's just a confusing title.
gaunt marten
I don't know. I find that the genre of "ironical bad videogames" to just be bad
slim thorn
imagine seeing so much marketing for "Squirrel With A Gun" that later marketing feels mislabeled or incomplete by comparison
thorny loom
Plot twist.
We only have the gun for one level and then switch it for a grenade launcher
harsh kestrel
https://x.com/dexerto/status/1790437423303827927?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ
Oh great, I feel old yet again this month lol
gaunt marten
Crow Country has Exploration Mode, which gets rid of the enemies and just keeps the fun parts of the game
Never have I realized that I want this for a horror game
slim thorn
that is a good idea
(I wouldn't use it in any of the survival horrors I played but obv I'm not the target)
gaunt marten
Yeah, I'm the target
I find the combat sections boring and stressful
Give me the exploration, the puzzle solving, and maybe the survival
slim thorn
is there a "survival" mechanic that doesn't involve enemies? (in these games)
thorny loom
Crow country is pretty good
gaunt marten
Managing progression of a disease by finding components of a remedy and assembling them, for example
Or the classic hunger thirst temperature oxygen bars
slim thorn
well, yeah, hence "in these games"
gaunt marten
Dead Rising had a fun mechanic where you had to collect doses of a drug for your daughter as you played the game
That's a survival mechanic (bad ending if you fail)
slim thorn
ah, I would've called that a story element / key items / etc
"mechanic" implies that it affects the gameplay somehow
river veldt
isn't that Dead Rising 2
gaunt marten
I don't know I only played one of them
It affects gameplay because there's a timer and you have to find the doses before it expires
It changes my playstyle
thorny loom
Yeah thats dr2
I know a few include like sanity meters and such where if you attack or are near monsters a lot you start to hallucinate
Amnesia does it
gaunt marten
Yeah but we're talking about no monsters
thorny loom
Hmm
slim thorn
the original context was survival horror games in the classic RE/SH vein and having a "no enemies" option
I'm not sure Amnesia would benefit from a no enemies option
thorny loom
In terms of one with no monsters. I think REmake 1 may have had a puzzle mode where it was just puzzles
gaunt marten
Yeah, some games are the enemies
slim thorn
I think that'd just be deleting most of the game
I don't remember RE1 having a puzzle mode but it's possible I didn't look at the menus enough
thorny loom
There was one mode in REmake 1 where there was a zombie if you killed it would game over by blowing up the mansion
slim thorn
huh?
thorny loom
And it would constantly follow you
Ah it was called the “one dangerous zombie” mode
thorny loom
Yeah basically a new game plus plus mode
gaunt marten
I like a game that makes all the options playable from the start
slim thorn
same
gaunt marten
Crystal Project's randomizer mode is accessible from the start
slim thorn
or at least after one playthrough of any kind
gaunt marten
It even has chaos mode, which makes every fight insanely hard and a puzzle to be solved, accessible without having played the game once
river veldt
https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/One_Dangerous_Zombie
lol that's really funny
wtf i found a jackalope
gaunt marten
Kill it
gaunt marten
You shouldn't have killed it
river veldt
why ???
river veldt
Red Dead Redemption
bold sonnet
It's 00:42 in my country, do you think if I download Starfield it will be with the patch so many was waiting for?
thorny loom
Maybe
bold sonnet
bold sonnet
Only one way to find out
visual hill
guess what we got working this evening 🙂
rotund forge
bold sonnet
It's 00:42 in my country, do you think if I download Starfield it will be with t...
Is not 
shy flare
builds expensive pc
plays 2004 game
i gotta sharpen my touhou skills 
its been a minute
green fulcrum
>builds expensive pc
>plays 2004 game
Reminds me of those memes from 2021 that have this kid getting the biggest, most expensive computer he can find, that has like 64 GB ram, the highest-end GPU, all the fancy RGB lighting and fancy tech, and he says "Now I'm finally ready to GAME!", and he boots up Among Us.
little badger
visual hill
Reminds me of those memes from 2021 that have this kid getting the biggest, most...
relatable
visual hill
>builds expensive pc
>plays 2004 game
nice Jigglypuff
bold sonnet
>builds expensive pc
>plays 2004 game
I feel a little similar when playing retro on Xbox
visual hill
yep
I've heard it's a good port by mobile game standards
MTX aren't too aggressive either
it has cross-play too? not sure
river veldt
SUPER MARIO LAND :lfg:
bold sonnet
I don't know much about football but until today I played only with friends. Today I decided to try against a random online
They quit game after this
thorny loom
Artwork for the new ac
Apparently the first black samruai will either be the protag or a part of the story https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/928091979462606848/1240134200921690112/image0.jpg?ex=6645747a&is=664422fa&hm=87423d495ee97675f66ad9d5ca1a9b1c886f3a5f0f18b3cfd66501780d35b330&
minor gorge
I like that armour. 
river veldt
I like that armour. <:ShiningArmor:652931786388537394>
samurai armor is like always cool
minor gorge
craggy vine
hidden cypress
Apparently the first black samruai will either be the protag or a part of the st...
hes the protag if u pick the male option last I heard
river veldt
whay is Undead Nightmare
thorny loom
whay is Undead Nightmare
Expansion to red dead redemption. It takes place during a zombie outbreak
craggy vine
Omg yess undead nightmare
dense crypt
you eat babies!
sour hill
That sounds really cool
little badger
wind stump
UK fucking sucks
craggy vine
How does a texture load in this wrong
sour hill
https://fxtwitter.com/toadsanime/status/1790696127844516187?
This is a pretty misleading headline. The government did respond, as the petition passed 10,000 out of 100,000, but 1) the government responding with clarification of existing law is not the only objective of the petition, and 2) the government's respose wasn't actually as clear as the article's headline is making it out to be
little badger
This is a pretty misleading headline. The government did respond, as the petitio...
Well I think it should be at least looked at because any company can get away with shutting down games. That’s why everyone is starting to buy physical again.
sour hill
If you want to sign the UK petition and/or see what you can do about it, go to https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
little badger
Did a while back
sour hill
The UK gives you a 6 month window to get 100,000 signatures. That means they have until mid October
little badger
I know the French government don’t like it when companies do this from what I read
craggy vine
Honestly probably shouldn't buy games from conpanies that do this. Don't support them.
sour hill
That's a nice swath of the AAA industry right there
craggy vine
Indeed it is
graceful bridge
dire gate
diet thanos
bronze abyss
ABSOLUUTELY SHIT ON
gaunt marten
Oh wow, Vimm's Lair was one of the most stable ROM piracy sites
thorny loom
Honestly surprised they lasted as long as they did
gaunt marten
Wait, why are they saying RIP when only Nintendo games are gone?
I wish you would stop posting clickbait
sour hill
Playstation forever baybeeeeee
untold vigil
welp
gaunt marten
Balatro is on Playstation? How do you play that with a controller?
gaunt marten
Oh I deleted it because it was clickbait
untold vigil
AH
gaunt marten
Summary: Vimm's lair took down all their Nintendo games
random steppe
Pretty good sale
thorny loom
^
untold vigil
Aw, bummer. Now I wont be able to play them
gaunt marten
They say a DMCA notice happened, but suspect it may be a DMCA troll
random steppe
Pretty good sale
Tale being here, I almost wrote "pretty good tale"
bronze abyss
i mean theres other sites as well
gaunt marten
They'll do more investigation, but the games will be down unless they can find out
Teardown is forty dollars where I live.
untold vigil
Gotta love it
untold vigil
Tale being here, I almost wrote "pretty good tale"
I am a pretty good Tale 
thorny loom
Oooh. This launchs later today https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128860/Men_of_War_II/
untold vigil
Well here's hoping they come back. I haven't backed up everything quite yet due to the basement flooding out my personal server box
Maybe a good wakeup call to snag all my favs sooner than later
gaunt marten
I have access to a bunch of games that are no-intro verified, and if you can't find something you want I might have a copy of it that I can lend you
untold vigil
Oh, awesome, thank you
little badger
craggy vine
Interesting how xbox doesn't see some of those fixes
little badger
unreal idol
Summary: Vimm's lair took down all their Nintendo games
Fucking shit what when did this happen? They are my goto for nintendo
thorny loom
Withen the past 24 hours it seems
unreal idol
gaunt marten
Just today
unreal idol
This is extremely unfortunate
gaunt marten
I can lend you my copy of any games you can't find
unreal idol
I'm good for now but fuck
I don't see anything on their front page about it, but I did see this on SMWs entry
Download, box art, and screen shots unavailable at the request of Nintendo of America
I'd like to think this is a mistake of some sort but if Ninty is bringing the hammer down, this might be a permanent change
shadow vigil
Every dark souls review I watch always somehow mention Ornstein and Smough
It could be about ds2-3 or even Elden Ring
gaunt marten
They are iconic
shadow vigil
Their theme lives in my head
I've found that no matter the build
Ornstein has the health pool of a twig
Unless you're dex
Dex kinda sucks ngl
shadow vigil
If you can proc bleeding yeah
But most bosses don't bleed
gaunt marten
No, irrespective of status effects
gaunt marten
Sure, bonks are also good damage
shadow vigil
You can't pancake things with dex weapons
I can pancake things with smoughs hammer
thorny loom
little badger
light gate
https://fxtwitter.com/ign/status/1790808148321698018?
Pfft, Ubisoft just can't even anymore.
queen yoke
i normally bite my tongue on my less popular takes on games but goddamn the next game industry crash cannot come fast enough
light gate
You shouldn't be wishing for a crash.
Wish for a rebalance, a crash just makes everything rebalance itself way slower.
little badger
https://t.co/098VPhQEFe speaking of crash
queen yoke
the site is real, yeah, but anything about it being related to crash is speculative. and to be honest i don't have a lot of faith for TFB to deliver after the founders of it being fired
unreal idol
i normally bite my tongue on my less popular takes on games but *goddamn the nex...
I don't think we will see a crash, but more of a sharp contraction
quiet swift
🐱 PPSSPP?
light gate
Anyway, here is me playing Wipeout Pure on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. No hacks, only game engine slow downs.
visual hill
overclocking in PPSSPP's options should avoid engine slowdowns
unreal idol
So looking into the matter, the Vimm's Lair situation may not be legitimate
visual hill
your phone can likely do 300% without too much trouble. Not all games react well to overclocking, but a lot work just fine
slim thorn
touch controls, or do you have something plugged into it?
light gate
overclocking in PPSSPP's options should avoid engine slowdowns
Not worth it, the game engine actually causes the slow downs.
Ironically
Even on an M1
visual hill
yeah, but that's exactly what overclocking addresses. By overclocking, I refer to increasing the emulated CPU's speed, not your physical CPU's speed
light gate
touch controls, or do you have something plugged into it?
Touch, but its on demo mode
light gate
yeah, but that's exactly what overclocking addresses. By overclocking, I refer t...
Yeah but then the physics and other stuff get wacky
visual hill
the GTA games for instance work just fine with OC, even 1000%
(there are also 60 FPS patches for those)
light gate
Regardless, the slowdown is fine since on a PSP its performance was all over the place lmao.
unreal idol
If Nintendo were really taking a gun to Vimm, they would have nuked the entire Nintendo library, but looking at the top 10 SNES games, Donkey Kong Country, Earthbound, Super Metroid, SMW2 Yoshi's Island, Chrono Trigger, and Mega Man X are all still available. In contrast, Super Mario World, Link to the Past, Super Mario Kart, and Super Mario RPG are not
gaunt marten
That's what I said
unreal idol
I don't recall you saying that
visual hill
I get a feeling this is real, not a fake claim, but we'll see
people thought the Garry's Mod DMCA was fake but it wasn't 🙂
unreal idol
Nintendo would have nuked the entire library
gaunt marten
What I said was that there's a message by the website indicating it may be fake, but the games will be down until investigation is done
unreal idol
Ah I see. I was under the impression that all of the Nintendo games were gone, and the few that I happened to check at work, just so happened to be gone
Since I'm no longer at work I was able to look into it some more
unreal idol
What I said was that there's a message by the website indicating it may be fake,...
Could you link this message if you have it? I didn't see it on their site
(lol wtf they hit majora's mask but not ocarina of time)
little badger
Loved this game https://fxtwitter.com/gtaonlinenews/status/1790795717105094674?
visual hill
(lol wtf they hit majora's mask but not ocarina of time)
that might be related to the recomp
unreal idol
Recomp?
unreal idol
Thanks
gaunt marten
Recomp?
Recently, a solution was released to recompile N64 games from ROM file to PC executable
Similar to how proton or something works
unreal idol
I see. Interestintg. (I'm unfamiliar with Proton)
Yeah looking at these messages, this reeks of DMCA trolls
gaunt marten
It works on any game, but needs manual adjustment
thorny loom
So looking into the matter, the Vimm's Lair situation may not be legitimate
Total honesty im surprised theyve lasted as long as they have
thorny loom
Recently, a solution was released to recompile N64 games from ROM file to PC exe...
I saw this. It looks very interesting. Getting essentially pc ports of n64 games sounds awesome
rancid herald
https://t.co/098VPhQEFe speaking of crash
s-spyro 4???
gaunt marten
They're not as modifiable as decompilations like Ship of Harkinian
little badger
<:DIDNEYWORL:807451636736983091> s-spyro 4???
Could be or crash not sure yet
unreal idol
Total honesty im surprised theyve lasted as long as they have
Same. I think all the other old rom sites I used to use from the 00s are long gone
rancid herald
well, the whole plot of spyro 2 is spyro trying to go on vacation so obviously Spyro 4 starts with Spyro trying to go to Hawai'i and getting sidetracked and sent to Hawai'i'i
little badger
Spyro and crash crossover game when.
true maple
Every site i use is a rom site
little badger
fickle garnet
I bought gta4 the other day
thorny loom
Nice
river veldt
@fresh bane this seems relevant to your interests https://fixupx.com/leaph77/status/1790821843382780387?s=46
fresh bane
Zoomin'
chilly mural
Charlie
fresh bane
I want to mod BRC so bad but I don't trust all the shit I have to install to get mods working and also it's a drag
craggy vine
I just learnt that hunt down the freeman was actually fixed
It went from a terrible broken game to a bad game
hidden elbow
It went from a terrible broken game to a bad game
"face up my. fucked You"
craggy vine
fucked me
hidden elbow
I just learnt that hunt down the freeman was actually fixed
Tbh its always fun to see jokes about it
Like when the whole helldivers 2 psn thing happened
craggy vine
Ah yes, hunt down the freeman is better then helldivers 2
grave tide
Tbh its always fun to see jokes about it
Like when the whole helldivers 2 psn t...
Sad that 173+ countries block still wasn't removed
But people change their negative reviews to positive
craggy vine
Play hunt down the freeman anywhere
bleak lintel
Because new players will need to use PSN after May 30th? Thus places that don't have PSN can't buy the game.
arctic fern
helldivers? we won that fight, they're not doing that anymore
tho sony later removed more countries from the list they're selling to
little badger
dire gate
Hmmm...when I visited Japan it sucked to explore it without wifi /j
slim thorn
using google maps in an unfamiliar country is a special kind of uncanny valley
I still remember having to do a double take at the icon for buddhist temples being a swastika (the good kind)
arctic fern
...ok completely unrelated but i like the idea of a game needing real life wifi for things your char would need wifi for, like google maps
its a terrible idea
slim thorn
I do like the idea of needing in-universe wifi to do wifi things, or more generally I like it when diegetic technology informs the gameplay instead of being just a handwavy justification
gaunt marten
Hmmm...when I visited Japan it sucked to explore it without wifi /j
Pretty much every business had free wifi (with sign up) if you stuck to major population centers
slim thorn
of course that specific example is already commonplace, and "radio towers" are a meme for a reason
arctic fern
true! you could have an area of a city, for example, where the cell signal is bad, so the map stops working, like the sandstorm areas in BOTW but in a modern city lol
slim thorn
in general I think the idea of "doing <task> causes <area of map> to change state" is a very good one, we've just been soured on it by a proliferation of the laziest possible version of it: the world doesn't change at all, the minimap just stops hiding information
dire gate
Pretty much every business had free wifi (with sign up) if you stuck to major po...
Oh I had a portable wifi thing, so I didn't have a lot of troubles, I was mostly joking
gaunt marten
The first time I went to Japan I did not, so I had to download a city map for offline use, but that didn't come with train routes
The second time I did and it was super worth it because free wifi networks are such a hassle
dire gate
The ultimate ones who travel to Japan so often just have a spare Japanese sim
little badger
quiet swift
"A place that isn't in an expensive city"
craggy vine
There is government wifi in some places in australia but don't use it. I garantee it is top tier spyware on free wifi.
gaunt marten
Are you stupid
You're using government sanctioned internet service providers. They could put the top tier spyware there
The mechanisms you use to protect yourself from a potentially tyrannical government are the same regardless of the networks you're on
Free wifi is a security risk primarily because of non-government actors
little badger
gaunt marten
Sorry to be so rude, but you really have to think critically about why you're paranoid
craggy vine
Well it is a bit hard to think critically when I simply don't know
gaunt marten
That's correct!
There's ways to to about lack of knowledge in any topic, (other than spending the time and effort to learn. Nobody can learn everything.)
1- Don't assume a person or a group has it out for you unless you have reason to believe they do.
2- If you do believe they have it out for you, try to minimize interaction wherever possible. It's not useful to lock the back door to stop burglars but leave the front door open.
3- Try to focus your effort on what you know, rather than what you don't. Worrying doesn't solve problems, but thinking and inacting well-reasoned measures do.
It's quite dangerous to casually dismiss your own people and the benefits they hand out freely because of an imagined threat.
craggy vine
Flitter it's fine. I just poked fun at being called stupid by a manechat mod
gaunt marten
Sorry
craggy vine
And I just didn't realize that is all. I thought private ISPs would be a bit more safer then something provided for free by a government
Either way I would still rather use mobile data then a public wifi
gaunt marten
That's correct. Public wifi is usually safe
But in situations where your device is misconfigured and the network is misconfigured, it's unsafe
Whereas mobile data is less of a risk
craggy vine
Yeah
I guess no matter though private files and messages can be spied on somewhere
You know a lot more about this stuff then me though Flitter, my understand of all this is extremely surface level. My only real interest in technology is processors and gaming
gaunt marten
There is a method by which private files and messages cannot be spied on
A one-time pad!
gaunt marten
1- You need an environment that is guaranteed to be safe.
2- In that environment, you exchange a secret code you can use to later communicate. The code needs to be at least as long as the message.
3- Later, you can send encoded messages that are impossible to decrypt without the secret code, unless you mess up one of the conditions.
This only works when communicating with someone else you trust. You can't use it to communicate with people you don't know
Wikipedia:
1-The key must be at least as long as the plaintext.
2-The key must be random (uniformly distributed in the set of all possible keys and independent of the plaintext), entirely sampled from a non-algorithmic, chaotic source such as a hardware random number generator; patternless, according to Gregory Chaitin definition.[4] It is not sufficient for OTP keys to pass statistical randomness tests as such tests cannot measure entropy, and the number of bits of entropy must be at least equal to the number of bits in the plaintext. For example, using an algorithm to generate seemingly-random data would allow an attacker to try to crack the random number generation algorithm. Truly random data by definition cannot be predicted.
3-The key must never be reused in whole or in part.
4-The key must be kept completely secret by the communicating parties.```Yeah this makes a lot of sense
Obviously no way to implement it in your average messaging app, its a whole different thing
I would guess anyway
gaunt marten
The way to implement it in your average messaging app would be to set up a function where two phones tap their NFC chips together for fifteen minutes to exchange a super long random string
That they can later use as their one time pad
Problem is you need a mechanism to generate that random string
Phones don't have true random number generators in them
craggy vine
The way to implement it in your average messaging app would be to set up a funct...
That would make sense. But still, at that point it is a whole different kind of app anyway.
craggy vine
Phones don't have true random number generators in them
Hmm yeah
gaunt marten
You can just do it like whatsapp or something
Where you "add someone to your family" by pairing the phones together
It can work just like a normal messaging app for non-private conversations, and be completely private (assuming the phone is secure) for family conversations
gaunt marten
That sort of privacy is good and desirable but I'm not sure if it's worth the effort compared to the existing solutions
random steppe
It's also worth mentioning that most of IT risk nowdays aren't from governments but from private firms looking to harvest and sell your browsing data and information
And most of that tracking is done through cookies.
icy crescent
holy
gaunt marten
Most of that tracking is no longer done through cookies since tracking cookie blockers are pretty universal nowadays
random steppe
Might be a bit behind on that then
thorny loom
What a weird precipitous drop
Likely the new AC reveal yesterday
And people thinking it was going to be an always online game from the labels on it until ubisoft came out and clarified it wasnt
Though at these prices. I look forward to playing it in like 2-3 years if ever
uneven epoch
i mean for the best experience id recommend the whole trilogy, but fair enuff dai is actually my favorite
green fulcrum
What caused it?
My guess is because Assassin's Creed Shadows was given a trailer, and some people (including some investors, most likely) didn't like what they saw.
gaunt marten
Seems shortsighted to attach the value of the whole company to just one game
green fulcrum
The corporate world is often on a completely different plane than ours.
And Assassin's Creed is one of Ubisoft's biggest and best-selling IPs.
hidden elbow
Though at these prices. I look forward to playing it in like 2-3 years if ever
RED DRAGON PHOTO FILTER 
icy crescent
TIME TO PLAY DRAGON AGE BITCHES
me also just started my 2nd playtrough from the very beginning
but this time, with mods 
thorny loom
TIME TO PLAY DRAGON AGE BITCHES
Its good from what im told. Have fun
gaunt marten
Looking at the crosscode save format
Apparently, the saves are encrypted using AES 256, and the password is :_.NaN0
Why are they encrypted? Nobody knows
Back when it was a browser game the encryption made the saves smaller and possible to fit into the storage space
rancid herald
"that's my secret, gamer, I'm always laying people off"
green fulcrum
https://x.com/sweetpotatoes/status/1791161114538987820?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCf...
The tradition continues!
gaunt marten
The game tracks your elemental overload in the save file even though it doesn't persist through saves
hasty patio
That was wiki linking the wrong article and shit there.
hasty patio
Given the Mac from other games, that is more on Apple than the dev.
little badger
During the earnings call https://fxtwitter.com/dexerto/status/1791199036499693962?
fresh bane
damn, okay game, you have my attention 
fresh bane
I had not played the demo before I only saw the trailer but I was eagerly looking forward to this and it already feels great
looks promising
gaunt marten
You can replenish ammo at the car and I don't think you ever run out so don't be afraid to experiment early
thorny loom
Its pretty good
fresh bane
well ain't she just the cutest survival horror protagonist
harsh kestrel
Please. Let it be. Borderlands 4
gaunt marten
No clickbait please
You can post another article that doesn't imply it's Borderlands 4
Summary of the article: 2K Games promised to reveal news about a sequel to one of its biggest franchises
Free Endless Legend
dire gate
That is unfortunate
I played a little bit before, fans of 4X genre games may find it interesting imo
little badger
dire gate
TIL they also had a game division
green fulcrum
Yeah, they made a few games, some better than others. Most were kinda...bad.
They also made a few actual movies, a couple of which were decent, and the rest were pretty trash.
astral steeple
why lol
green fulcrum
The purple heart cape is cool, but the Tik Tok one isn't great, lol
Either way though, I think this is Bedrock exclusive, so effectively useless for me.
river veldt
i kind of like the TikTok one
light gate
Either way though, I think this is Bedrock exclusive, so effectively useless for...
Microsoft: we can fix that
(Unplugs java support)
Microsoft: there we go! And now a little bit of OpenAI and PRESTO!
river veldt
? why would they stop doing Java Edition
river veldt
that makes even less sense
light gate
Microtransactions
river veldt
yeah those are in Bedrock idk why that would make them discontinue Java
craggy vine
wait wtf
do you mean they literally aren't updated java anymore
Maybe I would accept bedrock more if it worked on my gpu, but it doesn't. I get 30 fps in bedrock and 200 in java.
river veldt
can you play Minecraft on the steam deck
craggy vine
Yeah
river veldt
Java Edition ?
craggy vine
You just gotta get it from the website cause it isn't on steam
I mean, you can yes, but you gotta download a mod to add in controller support
gaunt marten
Linux runs java natively
river veldt
i see
craggy vine
https://youtu.be/gXfrOxT1qhE?si=uotLECbOtseBMvqB This is a cool video about radios in games
craggy vine
Feels like I am playing cyberpunk wrong. I don't use netrunning, barely use stealth. Level 25 headhunter but level 7 netrunner
craggy vine
Trying to do my third cyberpsycho mission and it seems to be forever softlocked. It wants me to search bodies for something but there is nothing there to get
Wait am I almost finished this game already... next story mission has a point of no return warning for side quests
I guess I will do the dlc stuff now then
I guess I should have expected it, I have almost no side quests left to do
bitter stream
ah wow, is it fun though?
craggy vine
It is very fun yeah
If this is the last mission in the game then I will have to say, it feels like the game is fairly easy and doesn't have too many hard parts. But I will have to see when I finish.
bitter stream
wow incredible
slim thorn
well ain't she just the cutest survival horror protagonist
fwiw, I probably will give Crow Country a try at some point, but I happen to have already bought half a dozen other indie games I'm trying to work through so poor timing for me
(also, did we ever give you the pitch for #1119170161518334004 ? I just noticed Bomb Rush Cyberfunk got accepted for the next Archipelago release so maybe that's relevant)
dire gate
Terraria reached its 13th anniversary
dense crypt
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903910/Slave_Zero_X/
Just wish more attention was directed towards the original Slave Zero, which was a cool ass game
little badger
thorny loom
Not sure how they can get it to work but god I hope its true
bronze abyss
bruh
bronze abyss
simply a difference in build 🍷
inner peace achieved,all of the work finally paid off,reaching high rank with one of the worst characters in the game is probably the best feeling ever
now time to lab instead of grinding ranked
little badger
thorny loom
Rip redfail
random steppe
Interesting that they get about the same amount of likes
It's almst like it's getting brigaded from outside and not actually from people buying AC
river veldt
why are people mad
random steppe
No idea, AC isn't my thing
Unless it's Armored Core, that's my thing, but not the other ACs
craggy vine
It's almst like it's getting brigaded from outside and not actually from people ...
Probably yeah. Some people despise modern games, other people adore them.
slim thorn
I'm not aware of anything uniquely wrong with Shadows
random steppe
AC Mirage is also a modern game
fresh bane
I'm assuming this is caused from the people that have been mad that Yasuke is in this game
fresh bane
(also, did we ever give you the pitch for <#1119170161518334004> ? I just notice...
I think you did before yeah but I was never super into randomizers and such so I never got into that
fresh bane
But yeah Crow Country is really good so far 
gonna be playing some more of that, still at the beginning but good so far
fresh bane
who's Yasuke?
The second protagonist of this AC seems to be either the Yasuke or a person based on Yasuke, the african samurai from that era of Japan
river veldt
ah, just as i predicted
fresh bane
Twitter has been having a bit of a complete and utter meltdown over that these past few days
Some people are also mad about the game being $130 but that's a lower number of people
slim thorn
oh.
river veldt
that second point is reasonable to be mad at but the first one is just gamers being gamers
slim thorn
Ixrec — 09/21/2022 10:32 PM
personally, I stopped identifying as a "gamer" when [...]
fresh bane
It's not even gamers at this point, just like with Stellar Blade a lot of the discussion is being dominated by people who either never played these games or has no intention to, they're just in it for arguinf with other people
slim thorn
ah
river veldt
:krattayea:
slim thorn
I also forgot Stellar Blade existed, and probably will forget again unless someone ever talks about the game part of the game
random steppe
That amount of likes tells me the game will do just as good as Valhalla, sadly, it's been a long time since AC games are interesting to me mechanic wise and as slong as they sell like hot potatoes, it wont change.
That said, being mad about historical accuracy in a game in which ||you kill the pope for trying to mindcontrol people with an alien artifact|| is incredibly silly.
fresh bane
I heard Stellar Blade is good gameplay wise, it's not really a character action game ala Bayonetta but it's more of a Sekiro-like
I also heard the story is absolutely nonsense but hey gameplay good
random steppe
Futurama ass story point
slim thorn
yeah, I lost interest after playing AC2 for the 4th time
slim thorn
fwiw, AC2 is the one to try
random steppe
Stellar Blade seems good, seem like the story was kind of meh from what I heard and inviting comparison to Nier doesn't help it when you can't back it up with the writing
static bluff
New Horizons is super fun
random steppe
Gameplay wise tho, lots of people liked it, that's really nice
hushed onyx
https://fxtwitter.com/eurogamer/status/1791426457882816902?
Oh, so it’s Empire at War 2? Cool, hope they don’t screw it up.
river veldt
fwiw, AC2 is the one to try
does it have the leap of faith and hidden blade
slim thorn
those are mainstays since AC1, so yes
river veldt
(these are the only 2 assassins creed things i know)
fresh bane
That amount of likes tells me the game will do just as good as Valhalla, sadly, ...
Well that's been part of the problem, in trying to definitively say whether this game is "historically accurate" or not the entire discussion around this game has become that and not about the game anymore
A lot of people discussing this didn't even register the female japanese protagonist, that's how little they care about the game 
slim thorn
was AC2 the one that added assassinations from hay bales?
fresh bane
Sounds about right, and air assassinations too
Me personally as a diehard AC fan since I was a kid, I don't care about this game because I simply stopped caring about AC a long time ago and even after Mirage I don't really think anything they've made is worth looking into for me
little badger
Had to get an extension to see it but geez
Eagle vision is replacing the drone camera for this game
quiet swift
AC annoyed the piss out of me with AC3 (the main char was aggressively uninteresting) and I got bored of Black Flag as I arrived at the first island
Origins/Odyssey were a lot of fun, especially the latter (Kassandra stands close to Ezio as one of the best AC characters). Valhalla on the other hand... changed fight mechanics too much and the story dragged on for fucking ever
It honestly was an 80-90 hour game for the story alone it feels, and I believe there was either marketing, or at least some twitter stuff, saying how Mirage was designed to be a shorter thing to appeal to more people
green fulcrum
why are people mad
A little late for this, but it's being brigaded by racists, that's why. People are mad that it's a black main character in feudal Japan.
(I will not elaborate further on this because this is already edging on Rule 2, but this is the main reason why there's such an outcry against the game.)
hasty patio
light gate
Seems like another F2P game with a focus on PvP
But also some other elements?
Its… interesting…
thorny loom
Aka. Valves overwatch
river veldt
Aka. Valves overwatch
?
thorny loom
?
Tf2 is also 17 years old
Valve probably wants to move on from it
Looks like a mix of league and overwatch if these screenshots are valid
harsh kestrel
Valve making games again still feels weird lol
gaunt marten
Why is his butt emitting a stream of yellow gas
fresh bane
It's not gas, the characters in the game have boost backpacks
but maybe Charlie can just do that
slim thorn
let's see... out of my recent pile of small indie purchases I've now finished White Shadows (good), Bramble: The Mountain King (favorite so far), and Spirit of the North (okay)
today I think I'm gonna start Laika: Aged Through Blood and possibly also Machinika Museum depending on my mood
hidden elbow
god damn hypnagogia is beautiful
hidden elbow
<:flutterscared:1116739535284486154>
(A skeleton appears)
fresh bane
lol I love a survival horror protagonist with a clear distinct personality, Mara's adorable 
man i'm really loving this so far, I was craving a new classic survival horror experience and this feels super polished and complete in every sense 
slim thorn
I think @gaunt marten was eyeing Laika, so: first impressions very positive, huge fan of how the unique movement/combat system works, much harder than I expected (e.g. everything's a one-hit kill, even falling off the bike) but fair and fun because of how frequent checkpoints are and how quick respawns are; only bad thing I have to say so far is it does kinda overdo the blood and gore
gaunt marten
That's my name. Don't wear it out
Yeah, I felt like the gore was too much for me even in the trailers. No option to tone it down?
river veldt
does this game have to do with the russian doggy from space
fresh bane
I still like how the steam page for Laika refers to it as a 'motorvania'
I remember looking at it when Flitter was talking about it a while back, I didn't end up getting it because I wasn't sure if I would enjoy the whole motorcycle gimmick but it still looks really good, I still have it on my wishlist just in case
gaunt marten
Major CrossCode spoilers:
||Shizuka doesn't want to look me in the face because we look too similar.||
slim thorn
yeah at first I was worried the motorcycle thing would get old fast, but the core gameplay loop is deeper than I expected (and really requires you to keep using all the core mechanics or you die very fast lol)
hasty patio
I'd be thrilled for XCOM.
But looking at wiki, there is an untitled Bioshock, Mafia, and NFL2K, and a game from a studio that hasn't done anything since its founding 5 years ago.
harsh kestrel
I would want either Borderlands or NFL 2K
river veldt
what games does 2K own
quiet swift
"U fockin' wot?!"
fresh bane
(spoilering since this includes solutions to some puzzles)
A bit of a long clip but this entire sequence felt great to pull off, I absolutely love entering this flow state in survival horror games where I know exactly what I need to do and where to go next and seamlessly go from puzzle to puzzle, nothing feels better 
the map for this game is also great, some great spencer mansion/RPD action going on here if that makes any sense
fresh bane
some neat little details I noticed while playing that make this game feel really polished to me is stuff like the character physically turning and opening notes and books when reading, letting you turn your flashlight on and off even while reading, solving a puzzle and talking (with other characters even reacting like this guy covering his face from the light), Mara physically lowering her head when going through tight spaces like that Mush Room entrance
really really cool
river veldt
oh man herding cows is fun
fresh bane
also hey game, thanks for letting me know where I'm at progression wise! (actually pretty close to the end?)
I also love that a character in-universe references how tedious it all would be if this is what your workplace had to deal with to open a single door
fresh bane
well dang I actually finished it lol
man... that was really really good 
whew
This entire moment right before entering the final room is just insanely good 
slim thorn
so about how long is it?
gaunt marten
5-8 hours
little badger
young creek
Why is no one talking about the new hit game My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery...
wind stump
uneven epoch
gods that sticker truly hits different now
"someone ordered mmmmmm existential crisis? here u go!"
bitter stream
is the game bad or something?
wind stump
i'unno, lol
little badger
is the game bad or something?
It has a 8/10 on steam right now
slim thorn
I haven't heard anyone actually play it and talk about it yet
personally I'm just not that interested, I've got too much else to play
dire gate
Yeah for example I am wondering how should I buy all the Touhou games on Steam which in total cost roughly $215
gaunt marten
I heard it's like the previous game with less content
little badger
I heard it's like the previous game with less content
The story is shorter?
gaunt marten
No clue
fresh bane
so about how long is it?
Short but still longer than I expected for the price, about 6-8 hours ish yeah, I got stuck in some areas and I also explored the entire map multiple times as to not miss anything at all ||(especially any secrets or any character interactions or such) || so that added a bit of time for me, I think my run was about 8 hours probably
slim thorn
I happened to breeze through Machinika Museum yesterday (very good, on par with The Room) so if Crow Country's a smaller commitment than I was expecting maybe I will start it today after all, after another session of Laika
harsh kestrel
The third game within the next year is gonna be based in Bridlewood lol
fresh bane
Sounds like a plan, I'm excited to see your thoughts on it if you do play it because I loved every moment and little corner of the game
young creek
I heard it's like the previous game with less content
its actually much longer
wind stump
and now to never play this shit again
gaunt marten
Oh good point. They have to avoid the steam refund window
wind stump
Would have gotten 100% map completion but I didn't pan the camrea down in a specific area so the game didn't count it
gaunt marten
It's a good joke
wind stump
I could go for 100% but that would require defeating 18 bosses without taking damage.
There are exactly 18 bosses in the game.
Furthermore, nah.
wouldn't say it's worth the asking price, wait for a 60% off sale and play it on Easy and you'll have a good time
give it a low six outta ten
I hope the sequel is a tad better.
wind stump
me with Umineko
creates the most batshit insane theory
turns out to be mostly right
(I got the culprit wrong but I nailed the motive)
anyway, 100%'d world 3 of Squeak Squad 
i like the bubbles
dense crypt
I like the bubble fusion mechanic
Especially when it comes to making elemental sword
quartz pawn
just got the Contra dlc for Vampire Survivors.
fresh bane
I don't play this game but it's really funny seeing every person that touches it eventually go ''oh no I'm legitimately addicted now''
visual hill
it's Candy Box/Cookie Clicker all over again
wind stump
all consuming void of poker hands and dopamine
minor plover
<:HEFSAmeWheeze:963455343998935161>
oof that's an early L
gaunt marten
Just short
gaunt marten
Just short
In the credit scroll of crosscode you get a minigame where you beat up the company mascot
minor plover
if you get a royal, discard it. 100% serious.
fresh bane
I love modern aaa gaming I love modern aaa gaming I love modern aaa gaming
The funniest part is I can totally imagine Abstergo in-universe doing something like "purchase the season pass to experience the full memory of your ancestor!"
What even is the current plot of AC anyways? Last I left off was in AC4/Unity where Desmond had died already and the others kind of scattered after that and you started following people working for Abstergo
arctic fern
It might have gotten auto archived for inactivity
quiet swift
I love modern aaa gaming I love modern aaa gaming I love modern aaa gaming
This ditty lives rent free in my head
bold sonnet
Thank you
fresh bane
lol it keeps happening
slim thorn
oh wow, these controls are the default, now there's confidence in your target niche audience
I'm still gonna be a heretic and choose "modern" controls though
gaunt marten
It's an indie game. They can afford to alienate most people
river veldt
in a moment of weakness ive redownloaded Dark Souls
i dont remmebr what i was doing
ok i was fighting some guy with dogs
i dont remember where that is
minor plover
ok i was fighting some guy with dogs
The caprademon or the butcher?
river veldt
the first one i think
craggy vine
Doing the Cyberpunk DLC and in a conversation I can just decide that I am out of the deal, just failing me of the main DLC quest. Just feels so weird that I can do that, that the game will just let me see only half of the main DLC quest.
'this is a bad deal, I'm out'
And then just ends the DLC quest
I remember doing it in one of the side quests as well and you really can just miss the whole side quest
But I also get the reason for it, declining those quests is basically you siding with Johnny
Does it count as having finished the DLC? If I decided to finish the quest by leaving?
Imagining paying $20 for DLC just to be part way through and being like 'nah I'm out' in the game
quiet swift
I think you can even refuse right at the start, and/or accidentally kill someone early on and cut yourself off of the entire DLC
craggy vine
Yeah probably
I know I messed something up first time I went there by shooting up the dogtown boarder. But then the game crashed.
quiet swift
It saved you from your sin
craggy vine
Also driving around dogtown kinda sucks. It is such a tiny area, and I am still using the Hoon car
Can drive across the entire thing in 30 seconds
quiet swift
Hoon car?
craggy vine
I mean you're meant to use the little car they give you.
But I'm like, noo, I'll use this
quiet swift
Nah i'll take my free Rayfield, thank you
craggy vine
A car that I can't even use full acceleration on most the time
I haven't even bought any other cars in the game
quiet swift
I was doing all the side quests and trying to buy all the cars and even with like 3 million eddies i couldn't do it when full priced 
craggy vine
Like I'm just happy flying around night city at 150 mph in what I have. Plus it has guns built in and is durable as fuck
quiet swift
But that particular car is actually free once you finish a mission and return to the location later
craggy vine
I am trying to do all of the side quests as well
aah okay
I just realized today that there are way more side missions then I thought, there are tons on the map that aren't in the journal
quiet swift
The car stealing side missions are endless, he'll never run out of it if you want to repeat them and get constant discounts
craggy vine
I didn't even know that is a thing
quiet swift
Have you heard of/seen El Capitan?
craggy vine
I have only done the side missions given to you by the main quests so far
I don't think so
quiet swift
He might be in a different area to start them in
I went for literally all the side missions that can exist, gigs/etc
I think you can even do "all" NCPD ones but they'll respawn later too
craggy vine
I mean yeah, I wanna do that too, before I do the final mission and probably die or something
But then I realized I still have like 30 mission markers around the city with nothing in the journal for them
I am glad I realized cause I was almost just about to only finish the dlc and then do the final mission
craggy vine
pff
I could always go meet Hanako at Embers at any time
We can think of something quick before I die later
quiet swift
Yeah I think that's the point of no return mission so just do literally everything else before starting that
craggy vine
Yeah
quiet swift
The DLC locks you in for the first 30 or so min but after that you can go in and out
craggy vine
I reached that point of no return mission wayy earlier then I thought
It just came up and I was like 'huh? I'm almost done the main quest already?'
craggy vine
The DLC locks you in for the first 30 or so min but after that you can go in and...
Yeah I have already done that
I left Dogtown to do the last mission with Kerry. ||And had some gay fun on a burning boat||
And then I went on a date with Panam. And then suddenly there is another side quest to do another date with her
I love when Johnny has to tell V how to use a telephone
craggy vine
"See, my shit's always gotta go tits around the bend, know what I'm sayin"
Yes but also what
astral steeple
river veldt
whoa !
i read online that if you shot the dragon's tail enough times in Dark Souls you get a cool sword and it was true
dense crypt
How the fuck is this crossover gonna work
gaunt marten
It is a super cool sword!
However it falls off over time since it doesn't scale with stats
By the time you beat about eight bosses from where you are now, you should consider using something else
fickle garnet
How the fuck is this crossover gonna work
Dude sized gundams i guess
craggy vine
I have heard that in dark souls you never actually get more health, your health bar just gets longer
To make it seem like you have more health and enemies are doing more damage
gaunt marten
Wrong
You get more health if you level up things that give you health
You can verify that by looking through the game's memory
Enemies in later zones do deal more damage and if you never level your health some will kill you in a hit
fresh bane
i read online that if you shot the dragon's tail enough times in Dark Souls you ...
It's arguably the best sword for the early game
gaunt marten
It's especially the best sword if you never upgrade your weapons
It has high base damage and no scaling. Upgrading it improves the base damage a bit but doesn't add scaling
visual hill
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507190/Machinika_Museum/
free to claim until 27 May @ 7:00pm
slim thorn
The Room is the most accurate comparison. Do recommend if you like that sort of point-and-click.
craggy vine
me when I see spiffing brit made a video on a game I am playing
minor gorge
Sounds fun.
wind stump
TIL that Minecraft and the Rubiks Cube share a birthday. https://youtu.be/26eNvXlwSx8
or maybe not "share" but
ehhhhh excuses for bullshittery are fun
craggy vine
I watched a video about Elder Scrolls Morrowind and it actually looks like a really cool game. Just hard to get in to from its age is all. Much less appeal to play coming from skyrim, and skyrim has the dragons.
gaunt marten
It is super cool
craggy vine
But I do really love how in Morrowind the leveled enemies are fixed. You can go anywhere, but if you try to go to a high level dwemer location from the start you won't be able to survive. In skyrim and I think Oblivian too it was changed so that enemies scale level with you, which actually sounds less compelling to me.
gaunt marten
Multiple projects exist to modernize it, from an open source engine to a version that puts it in Skyrim
craggy vine
Oh wow
gaunt marten
Look up OpenMW and Skywind
craggy vine
I do see there are some graphics mods for the original game. Helps it look better even if still looking very old.
craggy vine
Look up OpenMW and Skywind
Skywind looks really cool. Is it really the entire game of Morrowind put in to skyrim?
gaunt marten
When it's finished it will be
craggy vine
Aah okay
gaunt marten
craggy vine
I think I would be more compelled to play the original anyway to play without quest markers. It sounds cool, having to navigate using signs and what the npcs tell you.
Yeah I wanna see the striders
bronze abyss
until you stop playing the game for a week and comeback clueless
gaunt marten
Yeah, in practice a lot of quality of life changes are actually nice to have as long as you can turn them off
craggy vine
Yeah true. But in recent times I have gotten the tendancy to keep up with a game until I am done with it
craggy vine
Yeah, in practice a lot of quality of life changes are actually nice to have as ...
Yeah. Quest markers would be a nice to have to modernise the game though
river veldt
i like how the prisoner you wake up with in Morrowind turns out to be Saint Jiub in Skyrim
craggy vine
Oh wow I just looked at OpenMW and it looks insanely good, I would play the game happily like that to modernise it.
The video I watched had some graphics changes, but it was from a very old mod and was mostly just some high res textures
craggy vine
i like how the prisoner you wake up with in Morrowind turns out to be Saint Jiub...
Aah yeah that guy
That is cool
river veldt
i dont think ive ever finished Jiub's quest either lol
craggy vine
I forget the soul cairn is a thing sometimes
Though I do also wonder how Morrowind would possibly work with controller, if at all
river veldt
well you can only go there if you're a vampire which sucks considering all of the hoops you have to jump through to cure yourself (if you side with the Dawnguard at least)
visual hill
OpenMW even has an Android port
craggy vine
Daamn play morrowind on my phone
craggy vine
well you can only go there if you're a vampire which sucks considering all of th...
Yeah so true, being a vampire is a huge pain and you sorta have to commit to finishing those quests then
Doing the rest of the game as a vampire lord sucks
Also been thinking about mods for skyrim and how, as easy as you can make the game better, you can make the game far worse. Like adding guns to the game or a zombie apogalypse horror mod.
river veldt
i always side with the Dawnguard except for one time cause i wanted to see what siding with the vampires was like
random steppe
well you can only go there if you're a vampire which sucks
Doing the rest of the game as a vampire lord sucks
heh
river veldt
what's so funny
random steppe
Vampire puns
craggy vine
Omg
river veldt
LOL
i didn't even realise
but yeah vampire sucks
werewolf for life
and im not saying that because im a furry
wind stump
YOU HAVE UNLEASHED THE PUN GREMLIN
rugged flax
being a vampire lord is a mi-stake
Booooo
river veldt
Not in day
yeah it really sucks during the day
wind stump
nah you didn't, i just wanted to make a vampire pun
craggy vine
'Ah I have no more stamina. I guess that is staying that way now'
Actually did stamina regenerate?
I don't remember it has been so long
minor plover
I passed 1000 joker stickers in balatro
craggy vine
no it didn't
I remember right then
river veldt
anyone have any capra demon tips
also i found the shortcut down to the thief town place
random steppe
Ok so
For capra demon as I said before, the objective is to keep calm, get some distance from the main boss to quickly deal with the dogs
And then take the demon alone
It's better to roll than to block because he hits pretty hard so if you are guarding chances are his hit are gonna hit your stamina really hard and leave with too little to effectively counterattack
But a shield can be useful to get used to the attacks
gaunt marten
A shield is great here
random steppe
And to deal with the dogs
gaunt marten
I love sword and board techniques for dealing with crowds
random steppe
What i do usually, is as soon as I enter and see him doing the jump attack, is roll towards and past him, and rush forward inside the arena, to try to kill the dogs
But a variety of strategies can work here
As long as you manage to kill the dogs, and then take some time to familiarise with his moveset without attacking too recklessly, the rest should follow
gaunt marten
Yeah. I like climbing the stairs and playing Yakety Sax as they try to go up the stairs and I jump down
river veldt
why do they immediately all rush me cant they give me like, a second to collect myself
random steppe
That encounter is designed to pressure you and make you panic
It's like, the whole challenge for it
river veldt
i see
i did find a very fast shortcut
from Firelink Shrine all the way to the demon
Genryu have you seen this https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/s/ihGP2qj5ZM
river veldt
im very excited to see the snake people
random steppe
They are cute
river veldt
also i found a guy who is behind some bars and he sold me a humanity which was nice
gaunt marten
i did find a very fast shortcut
That shortcut is actually slower than taking the normal way around and dodging all the enemies
The merchant behind bars sells nice status cure items that you can't find in other shops. Don't piss her off
river veldt
i dont use any estus flasks in the Firelink Shrine shortcut though
gaunt marten
That is true
gaunt marten
Secret dog ending?
gaunt marten
Well done
river veldt
what stats should i level up i have a zillion souls
river veldt
uh
well right now im using the Drake Sword but since you said it doesn't level with stats i'll probably go back to my claymore
gaunt marten
Any shield?
random steppe
ok to start, never touch resilience, that stat is kind of bugged and does nothing
river veldt
resistance ?
random steppe
Yeah my bad, that one
gaunt marten
Level strength to 20, dexterity to 20. If you keep running out of stamina, put some levels into endurance. If you get hit a lot, level vitality to about 25
You want to stop before the soft caps to maximize benefit
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/stats
river veldt
how does this look
gaunt marten
I'd go for more damage before vitality until you get to 20/20
random steppe
Ignoring that, vitality most people for the first casual run want probably to end up at a solid 25-30, so consider investing in it.
Endurance helps with carrying capacity and stamina, shield and a claymore weight a bit so you want something there eventually to help with that, and also the claymore does take quite a bit to swing it.
str and dex I second what flitter said, that said those stats will be more and more effective the higher you refine your claymore, so I would consider putting them off if you are happy with the damage.
Int and faith are for casting spells but don't affect pyromancies.
Attunement is to get more slots for spells, so if you find yourself using a lot of pyromancy and want to equip more in the future it's something to consider
gaunt marten
Vitality is nice and all, but it's only useful if you make mistakes, and if you kill enemies fast you make fewer mistakes
river veldt
ok
gaunt marten
Ultimately, you want to analyze the enemies you're fighting and guess if more damage can let you kill them in one less hit or if more HP will let you survive one more attack
river veldt
i leveled up vitality by 1, strength by 1, and dexterity by 2
random steppe
Also do you know about rolling and weight thresholds?
gaunt marten
Sounds good to me. Claymore has equal scaling for strength and dexterity
river veldt
Also do you know about rolling and weight thresholds?
kratta explained them to me but i dont think i remember too well
i know that i dont want to have a slow roll
random steppe
It's pretty simple, let's say your max weigh is 50
As long as you have at least half of that unused, you are doing a middle roll
If you go above you do a fat roll and you usually want to avoid that unless you are trying something specific
If you go under 25% you do a fast roll, which is the best roll, has almost no recovery time, goes farther and makes you invulnerable for longer
But using only 25% of your carrying capacity is a tall order so up to you how much you want to sacrifice to do that
Mid roll is where a lot of people chose to play
gaunt marten
A fast roll is great if you can swing it
river veldt
should i be throwing a lot of these random weapons ive been picking up away
gaunt marten
I usually do middle roll because rolling time is wasted time if I can dodge by moving instead
No
random steppe
No, it only counts what you have equipped
if you have a fast roll, there is a ring in the game that makes you ninja flip
which si really funny
river veldt
ok time to head to the Depths
gaunt marten
Ninja flipping in Havel's gear
river veldt
i went there and then encountered a scary butcher woman and after i beat her i was like "i should probably spend these 12,000 souls i have"
random steppe
her*
We don't misgender monstrous maniacs that butcher people.
river veldt
corrected
random steppe
green fulcrum
her*
We don't misgender monstrous maniacs that butcher people.
Shouldn't it technically be "she"?
random steppe
I was correcting Cap at the time, actually most people have no idea she is a her in the first place so I don't expect people to catch it, was mostly joking
river veldt
thay is the biggest rat ive ever seen in my life
random steppe
I don't even think anything in the game does confirm it, it was mostly a suspicion because of a NPC later, that Miyazaki confirmed
river veldt
spider shield any good ?
gaunt marten
Against poison
river veldt
it has lower stats than my current shield but idk if it has something special about it
oh !
random steppe
Blocks poison attacks yeah
river veldt
so should i fight this rat
gaunt marten
Just switch to it when you fight poison enemies
You can fight the big rat if you like. It's easier than the butcher!
Use your shield
river veldt
if i equip both shields i fat roll
random steppe
I would keep your base shield then
Also be wary in the depths
If you meet frogs, make sure you don't die to them
or it's gonna be a fun journey
river veldt
i tried to fight the rat and fell down a slope
is that whag the fuck that thing was ?
with the huge eyes ?
random steppe
Did you die to it?
river veldt
no
random steppe
Nice
river veldt
but there are two more here
random steppe
Good luck
river veldt
how did a dark spirit invade im not connected to the internet
random steppe
some invastions are scripted NPC
gaunt marten
NPC invader
random steppe
spiky dude
gaunt marten
Each drops a nice reward if you kill them
random steppe
they only happen if you haven't kill the boss and you are human I think
gaunt marten
Which makes them missable