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Legion playthrough, I do recomment either melee or explosive weapons, those seem to be their mainstays.
ah my 🅱️, i forgot there was a dedicate d thread 
It's fine! you just might get more responses there.
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why are you ping replying masque?
Well I know they like Star Wars
That doesn't mean I need pinged every time there's a Star Wars related thing announced. I appreciate the thought, but it gets a bit too much after a while.
I understand. I know you like Star Wars that’s why I wanted to show you.
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Tha'ts Xcom 2, plus war of the chosen and all DLC
I hope we get xcom 3 someday
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-Risk of Rain 2
-Miasma Chronicles
-Warhammer 40K Battlesector
-LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition
-Stray Gods
-A Guidebook of Babe!
-Knights of Honor 2
-Empyrion - Galactic Survival
I remember 100% completing Lego 2K Drive. At least the base game before any of the seasonal content came out. They did something I wish a lot more games with a seasonal battle pass and content format would do. You can go back to any and all seasons and get the content for them at your own pace at any time from what I remember. That game is only the second game I've seen actually do that after the Halo Master Chief Collection. I don't think companies realize how good for all of them that would be for keeping players around, and making more money in case players wanna pay for past battle passes and the content later on after they've completed other ones. It would be really causal friendly
Battle passes can be good and bad the good is that some of the cosmetics are cool but the bad can also mean some P2W items
Even still. I do still think that if more games did give people the option to go back to old battle passes and old seasonal missions and whatnot and complete them down the road and complete them at their own pace, there would be a higher chance that more casual players would stick around, and they would keep the passionate base happy with stuff to keep going back to that they even may not have gotten before that they still have a chance to get
I pretty much automatically reject any game that has a meaningful in-game collection that you can't 100% by just playing. Like if there are items you can only get by spending additional money (beyond just "yes I bought the game and the DLC pack") or you had to have played at a specific time or you have to cross-link other games, and that part of the game is meaningful in any way, I'm out.
At least if they gave you the opportunity to go back to older content and get it later on after you either didn't get any of it in time when it was the newest stuff or were busy with life and couldn't be on or something, all hope isn't lost
I don’t mind games having micro transactions but when they start getting into the P2W territory it can be make or break for the game.
I really mind it.
Either sell me one complete package or fuck off. Don't give me small purchases for the rest of my life
Especially small purchases that, when added up, equal 5 to 100 times the price of the base game.
(Looking at you, Mortal Kombat and Sims...)
Seriously...f*ck this shit:
If they are cheap fair enough but it they go into the £50 and above for items then it’s a no
GT how much is it for every piece of Sims items if it tells you
microtransactions are only good in games if the game itself is free to play, and if they arent required to progress and dont give an advantage
like fully cosmetic only
some games have thousands of comsetics tho
Sell them all
how would that work
I want one button that gives me every purchase
that'd be like thousands of dollars if it was done that way anyways
So either way you're still paying a massive amount of money for every item
The amount of money doesn't matter. The constant emotional manipulation is what matters
having it just be separate purchases is fine
some people may want some cosmetics but not want other ones
You can have a lot of cosmetics if you like, as long as you don't tell me they're available
??????????
there's a lot of psychology not just in the marketing, but also in the way MTX-centric companies teach their fans to argue in favor of their practices
I don't play games to be advertised to
having cosmetics in games isnt you "being advertised to"
Yes it is
Yes it is
its really not though
It really is
"Oh damn that's a cool outfit how do I get it"
And you find out its $5.99
fundamentally, games that have $$$$ worth of in-app microtransactions exist for the purpose of trying to get either extremely wealthy people who won't miss the money, or people with addictive personalities, to spend $$$$ trying to keep up. That's the only reason that kind of ecosystem exists.
thats what this convo is about tho
But if you want to talk about that we can
It's still being advertised, even if it's optional.
Like, McDonalds is optional. But it's still advertised.
You're ignoring the psychological pressure that this behavior hinges on
Optional, yes, but it fosters an unhealthy FOMO environment which may pressure players to spend when they would really rather not
there are games that have genuine DLC packages that are like, hey, $12.99 to buy a whole new complete campaign with additional gear and additional enemies. Those exist because those companies want to sell lots of users a $12.99 DLC package. But when they have a huge bucket of MTX that adds up to obscene amounts, that's because they know about the psychology of unhealthy addictive purchases and they're OK exploiting it.
when its a free to play game, having the optional microtransactions is the only way to keep the game going continuously for a long time
not a big deal at all
I don't care about the game as much as I care about myself
the "micro" part is not required, and is what feeds into all the manipulation being discussed here
MMOs with monthly subscription fees existed long before the modern mtx trends
Or, the devs can create an experience that only requires a purchase
Personally, I don't mind paying a little extra if it's something like, say, Elden Ring's upcoming DLC campaign, which is basically an entirely new storyline and an entirely new game. That's worth the extra price, imo.
But if it's $10 for a skin that your character wears, that's stupid.
The reason they are free to play is specifically so they can advertise and sell crap to the players
having it be a optional cosmetic skin only is better than it being required to progress and being pay to win
But it sucks either way
the cosmetic way is overall less scummy
the fact that it could be worse doesn't make it good
But still scummy
Sure but it's still manipulative
WoW has literally been charging a subscription fee to play since 2004
at this point I think it's time to put on my mod hat and order an end to this conversation
it's been clear for a long time that you're not arguing in good faith and nothing we say is going to change that
so everyone just drop it
WoW is 20 years old? wtf
hear this guys a Rapunzel only artist these days
I just started playing Minecraft
What's your first impression, other than it's difficult to use?
But with Dawntrail looming that will end up taking priority once it releases
Is it time for more layoffs
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Well, it's a bit difficult to use
The dbd studio^
But overall it's been fun, I like the aesthetic and vibe
Hell yeah
My biggest criticism so far is a lack of feedback
Ixrec what was the first subscription for an MMO if you know what it was
The game isn't super clear when/what you end up unlocking in terms of recipes, and without the book I'd be totally lost
True!
not off the top of my head
Tbf, it used to be a lot worse. When Minecraft first released, people had to figure out everything without a wiki, without a recipe book, and without hints. It was all word of mouth and endless experimentation.
Luckily over time the wiki grew, people learned, and Mojang began adding more things to help newcomers, such as the recipe book, advancements, and small tutorial toasts (the pop-ups in the top right corner) to help newcomers. It's not perfect, but it's way better than it used to be.
Meridian 59, launched in 1996
I know Everquest and Ultima Online were among the early big names
There were probably small MMOs with a subscription, but this is the earliest one known
I likely would have hated Minecraft then, if I had tried it sooner
FFXI was another game with a very similar problem (no meaningful in-game feedback) unless you were Japanese
But yeah, the lack of direction and feedback for a new player is the main learning hurdle that newcomers have to get through. I find the recipe book greatly negates most of it, but there's still some of it there on figuring out what each item is for.
But in a way, having the player figure out what each item is for encourages exploration and experimentation. The recipe book shows you how to make it, now you get to see what it does, or if it's just a decorative item.
I'm still getting used to the recipe book. As a complete newcomer it's... helpful but not the best
Trust me, there is sooooooo much out there to learn and discover.
hugs
Don't worry, we'll help you through it. We've all been where you are now. Eventually it'll almost become second nature. :)
I do really like the rain effects and sky box though

Oh, that reminds me, I need to get you a lightning rod, so that if a lightning storm does start up you don't accidentally get struck.
That can sometimes happen

It's kinda rare, but it does happen and can be a little scary (but also a little funny in a dark sort of way). The lightning rod just makes it so that any lightning in the vicinity of its placement will be directed to that spot, rather than randomly following you around (although it has a limited range, but it is pretty large).
You mean you don't wanna experience becoming a Charged Creeper or a Witch? 
128 block sphere
Star Citizen:
i preferred that honestly
this is why theres a russian patcher that just gives u all the dlc, even for legal copies.
i dont really like sims 4 even with all the dlc tho
I like that last one.
dont look at that one train simulator
the dlc cost is around
over 1 thousand
something really dumb
oh my god one of the stats is MSG to increase umami damage
another crab's treasure is amazing
you could say they are deadlocked on that new game
What game is everyone playing?
Dark Souls III
stalker 2 heart of chornobyl soon
crab souls
Doom Eternal
I'm playing Crystal Project, Crosscode, Slice and Dice, Ocarina of Time, Monster Sanctuary
I'm playing the randomizer with Bizhawk using Archipelago to put games from other worlds into OoT
I’m playing snowrunner which is a trucking sim game it’s fun until you Tip a trailer with cargo on it 
how... strange..
mostly balatro
What’s strange?
I'm only putting items from other games in there
how do they work?
When I find an item in OoT, it sends a message to the Archipelago.gg server, which then tells the randomizer for the game that item belongs to that they got a new item
And that player receives it. They can also find my items
What games Flitter?
Right now the multiworld randomizer contains Ocarina of Time, CrossCode, Monster Sanctuary, A Hat in Time, Outer Wilds, Link's Awakening DX, Final Fantasy 1, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Dark Souls 3 and Psychonauts
Ooooh sounds fun.
Yeah, it's supposed to be a month long game that I'm playing with four other people.
Hope it all goes well.
what are the items tho? how do they function in oot
are they like oot items or
No they're just placeholder items in OoT
When I get these placeholder items, the multiworld randomizer server gives the real item to the player that it's supposed to go to
(I'm actually working on random spawn for my Outer Wilds randomizer as we speak)
so its just a way to like, idk
novelty?
u get messages?
their OoT items are also in the multiworld somewhere, including Flitter's own OoT world
It's a regular randomizer but anyone's items can be in any world
um im confused how the items function
They function exactly as they would
are they like twigs/arrows
All items are randomized
So Ixrec can find my Megaton Hammer in his A Hat in Time world
what abt ocarinas? how does the game handle those. when u get the ocarina of time it replaces the sarias one
He'd grab it, and I'd receive the hammer in my OoT
Not the master sword! !!n
or is that not included
Ocarinas are randomized, yes
i wonder how the code works for that
The two ocarinas are identical in functionality!
So it's just cosmetic
I would assume they'd work like in a normal randomiser except your progressi isn't only in your game but it's scattered in all the games with the people you are playing with
sorry i was thinkin u were getting items from other games entirely
like from... animal crossing idk
Yes I can
but u cant use them
Yes, flitter can find an Animal Corssing item, and it would get sent to the person that is playing that game
I can't send a megaton hammer to animal crossing, but animal crossing can send me a megaton hammer
You can find other world items, but they get sent to the players that are playing that game so they can progress
i should have
seems like itd be best suited for like terraria
no?
makes sense
Calamity support is in progress
terraria is a game with like a million items
ocarina of time never had a lot of items though compared to like link to the past
You don't want to randomize millions of items. You just want to randomize enough to make the game fun
Ocarina of Time has uh
what are those items??
Every item you find in chests is randomized
That's rupees, heart containers, everything
yea
Gold skulltula tokens are randomized, boss rewards are randomized,
Not familiar with OOT but I would assume it's the same items you would be able to randomise in another randomiser
Songs are turned into items then randomized
lets hope that doesnt soft lock u
Keys and maps and compasses are randomized, as well as all equipment
It can softlock you very easily, but every game is guaranteed to be completable eventually
Majora's Mask is not supported yet, but they plan to integrate OoTMM randomizer
In OoTMM, you're guaranteed to find your ocarina and song of time before playing MM
sooo is the song of time gonna be a guaranteed drop then
cus otherwise ur gonna have a bad time
Everything is a guaranteed drop. You just have to find where it's located
The randomizer guarantees a path from game start to completion every time
majoras mask doesnt let u leave the castle really especially the first 3 days
so if it spawns far out ur kind of dead
Yes, but you can find MM items in OoT
like masks?
Like everything
You can! See https://ootmm.com/ for details
how truly... interesting and unusual
lol
reminds me of chaos mods
ive notice games usually removing rng item drops
p3r completely removed items randomly spawning for the most part when the og game did
that game had rng dungeon generation
Val! What was the Star Wars game you recommended to play yesterday? Do you remember?
Was it this or different?
This one? Or previous?
I don't know how to explain but guy in a game put on a real movie and I've been chilling on my phone just watching and it's been going for like 15 minutes and it doesn't seem like it will stop
that game does 100% seem like the kind of game to put a whole movie just for you to watch
This is so bizzare I can't comprehend
play the first one first
thats the 2nd one
u need a fan mod to finish the game for the 2nd
its one of the weirdest fucking games out there
It stopped I was losing my mind 
But that was a freaking LONG time, and we all watched TV in GTA before but nothing like that
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woah
I've heard some people say retro games come back
Yeah people figured out how to port games to pc natively
And the ways its coded its dmca exempt
What does it mean? Cannot be put to law?
It just means the original owners cant have it removed from the website its hosted on
Theres more to it but thats the basic idea
the closest retro game store to me is like a 30-40 minute drive
i have one 10 mins!
^^
retro games somerville nj
thats really cool!
yea that stinks but hey
thats a good step forward
!
I mean, Nintendo is probably gonna oil the ax up. I don’t know if the emulator is based on Citra which was shut down after the crapfest that was the Yuzu, Suyu, hellscape.
But yeah, we’ll see what happens.
I kinda want to buy it just to keep it but idk if its worth doing it.
yuzu and citra still work for me
mobile and pc
I mean I don’t play them and I can’t do Switch emulation regardless
Switch emulation is impossible for me due to my Switch being unmoddable.

awh im sorry
ps2 slims have that problem too
im glad i have a fat one
r/ps2chonkers
I had a fat one
Then it broke
So now I have a slim.
Honestly I’m just thinking of selling my Switch
The games are too expensive and never go on sale, and the console is sluggish with drifty controls.
At least I have a pro controller to sweeten the deal, and a few games.
true!
imo just like
hm idk lol
I mean I’m playing my PS5 way more.
i would just buy the games cheap and load them with yuzu
Cheap, where?
im getting a ps5 just for gta 6 and nothing else
ig from friends lol
Ah, that’s cool.
i dont really need a ps5 i have a beast pc
i built it twice im happy
but gta 6 yk
the dualsense controller is actually really good. doesnt need aim assist even for games like counter strike
Honestly, the PS5 experience is awesome. Focused on games when you want, and then media when you want.
Well, at least the community remembers these two
yea looks like the best console experience atm
unfortunately it doesnt have arch linux making it inferior
🤓
Fair
lol
I have a ps5 but not a series x cause I have a normal 2013 xbox one already

On Xbox with game pass and backwards compatibility there is milion bilion games to play
And also retro in developer mode
And also PC games in browser through cloud
There is just so much to play it's overwhelming
I have both a ps5 and series x
I also built a pc this year
thas a loto f cash
Yeah, my parents money
did u build the pc urself
The pc was a gift for graduation
thats pretty cool
Yeah! It was super fun
ya
make sure u get a really modern motherboard
i had to upgrade mine it sucked
basically building a new pc
Mine is modern. Its just a more basic motherboard tho
Def not microatx. I think just regular atx
my first was microatx
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First dragon s dogma, then hell divers, now tf2, huntdowm the Freeman just keeps winning
lol
Tbh I heard a new team really tries to improve things, so who knows maybe htf will be good one day
Wait what happened to tf2
#fixtf2 hashtag is trending and the community signs petitions and boycott and review bombs the game for valve to finally fix it from bots and cheaters
ah i see
I mean I expect nothing.
TF2 has been decaying pretty harshly with how unstable it is on newer computers. Recently they made a 64bit release but didn’t release for Macs because fuck Mac users I guess.
So if they half-assed that, expect a half-assed fix.
I find that interesting because L4D2 is very stable on newer computers, at least without mods
I need 64 bit L4D2 though
Fuck the object limit
Fuck polygon limits or whatever
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have any of you played Myst
I've played Myst, Riven, Myst 3 Exile, Obduction and Quern
are they good ?
very
however, they are a special kind of difficult that one can easily bounce off of if you've never played a similar point-and-click puzzler before, so if you're interested I could give recommendations that are a little safer
they're pretty fun to play with family
are they similar to King's Quest or Space Quest ? those are the point and click adventure games im familiar with
I played at least 3 of them with my wife, and both giving input is helpful
unfortunately I never played a King's or Space
are those like Monkey Island? I did play Curse of
there are a lot of visual puzzles in Myst-like games. Like, realize that the colors of these objects show a code and then touch something else in that color order...
well if we've got zero overlap then we've got zero overlap so I'll just take a guess
LucasArts
yes
ok so ive played Maniac Mansion which is like Monkey Island
we got there 
my impression is that those point-and-clicks, while difficult in their own right and definitely better than no experience at all, are more about finding items in the world, and most of the puzzles boil down to where to use which item
yes
and the Myst-likes definitely have some of that, but it's rarely the emphasis
when I say the Myst-likes are a special kind of hard, I'm mostly referring to lack of player guidance
it's often unclear what is a puzzle, what is part of a puzzle, which puzzles are supposed to be solvable yet, and whether what you're missing is an item or connecting bits of information you saw in faraway places several hours ago
for example, some of my favorite puzzles in these games involve the locals having a fictional numeral system, and nobody wrote down a convenient translation for you; you're just supposed to figure it out from context... eventually
and it being possible to figure out the numerals becomes just one step in several complex puzzles later
Yeah I played it when I was a kid
that sounds fun
yeah, if you're up for it it's amazing
and also extremely complicated and sometimes frustrating 
I'm still very proud of myself for getting to the end of Obduction without looking up a single hint
even that time I had to take a break for an entire day to come up with more ideas on that one puzzle that nearly broke me
I think like 30% or more of my myst playthrough was spent wandering the initial island completely clueless about what literally anything is for
I like how Myst's plot is ridiculously simple but perfect for that game because ||the only characters you ever get to talk to until the end are trying to take advantage of the fact that you are completely clueless||
Ha, yeah
I think I personally enjoyed Exile and Obduction the most, but ultimately there's a lot of personal preference there
e.g. Quern I'd rank very highly on puzzle design, but probably the lowest of those five for aesthetics (it's mostly just rocks lol)
I've played Myst, Riven, Myst 3, Myst 4, and a little bit of Obduction, but never finished Obduction. Still gotta play Quern, but I have it.
now since I mentioned "safer recommendations" earlier
if this sounds interesting but intimidating to you, I'd suggest trying The Room series first
because it gives you similarly little to no guidance to solve its puzzles
this sounds like a game i'd either love to death and become completely obsessed with or one where my playthrough will end with tears of frustration
but it is far more contained and compartmentalized
as the name implies, often the big mystery is all within a single room
....."i did not hit her i did not" ????
so that makes it much easier to get a grip on the whole thing and figure out if you even like this style of puzzle
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before moving up to the Myst-likes which are like one The Room level at 100x the size
I did and finished even though I have a slight case of dumdum 
some of the series is literal escape rooms, but it varies
iirc Room 1 was mostly opening weird puzzle boxes and Room 2 was escaping weird rooms
I enjoyed it very much
wasn't there a Silent Hill game called The Room
Room 3 even had a hub area with missable puzzles in between the weird rooms
that was SH4 yes
but there's no relation whatsoever
There's a room in it
anyway, I've said my piece, now it's up to you which if any of these you play
there's a room in every game methinks
yes this has been very helpful /gen
so I've heard lol
(I wish I could wipe my memory of 1-3 so I could try solving things like the Fire Marble Press legit)
anyway the whole reason im interested in Myst is because according to Alex Hirsch, Gravity Falls was influenced by Myst a lot
huh, I can kinda see that
On my next check, I'm going to get Myst on Q3
don't go into it expecting the same vibes but I do see a little overlap
I can definitely see the influence on the journal aspect of Gravity Falls, lol
Journals are a big thing in Myst, and help develop both the world and the lore within it, as well as the characters.
true, the characters in Myst-likes love writing down all the weird stuff you need to know
You'll find them scattered all throughout the worlds you explore, and they're all so very cool.
not to mention the Myst series' actual plot is largely about ||magic "linking" books|| (don't click if you want to play them properly, i.e. blind)
I think the journals in Riven and Myst 3 are my favorites, they're all filled with all sorts of numbers, formulae, machinery designs, intricate lore, etc.
yes ! he said the journals were inspired by Myst and journals he and his twin sister would write at their great aunt's house during the summer
EQG
Equestria Girls ?
oh cause of the special journal
IDK why I never got into myst.
I usually like hidden deep lore in games, might be that I just lose interest when I'm not a guy with a big sword and some british guy isn't snarkly pointing out my flaws at the first opportunity the game has.
could be, the Myst-like vibe is very much a dead/dying/abandoned world that you stumble into and maybe talk to one or two lingering survivors but mostly wander around on your own
(but unlike the Soulslike vibe, there's no endless army of monsters to repeatedly murderize you)
british guy ?
Which is why it's worse
There is always a snarky guy with a british accent to mock you in souls
Well technically everyone has a british accent usually
Some more, some less
Attacking him on my first playthrough was a mistake
i killed the guy with the uglier armor and mace
i do not like him
sorry i had to get that off my chest
everyone went silent at my shocking confession
I have no idea what this is, so I cannot really say anything in response. 
You monster
Actually I'm with Supermarine, i have no idea what this is
Petrus, I think
I've never played petrus
It's like tetris with a P
Sounds like a soulslike
It's the name of the NPC captainmario64 killed. I misread Dr. Romulus's comment and thought he said "who," not "what"
I do agree that Petrus should get his own fangame
Oh, i too missed the game title
Dark Souls
Oh, a soulslike lol
It is indeed
"Of course i know him, he's me"
i dont ljke him
He's a fan favorite
no he isn't
r/unexpectedObiWan
https://www.gog.com/en/game/schizm is another much older game that came out aroudn the time of myst3 which is also quite fun and of a similar gameplay as the myst series
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lmao i went to r/darksouls and searched "petrus" and everyone hates him what the fuck does he do
massacres the innocents idk
no he isn't omg 😭
good lord this guy is just like, straight up evil
evil is a point of view
no this guy is actually evil
killing him is a sin
Hi @river veldt, you haven't commented on this yet, and I'm starting to worry that you don't fully agree: #1032716748887179434 message
When you can, please respond with your thoughts of agreement, so that these fears can be quelled.
Thanks,
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WHY WOULD I AGREE
because hes a good person
It'd be really cool
The cat?
Sorry I only know the cat
Who would win?
What is the point of this?
ooh new hollow body demo
Oh I think I do like a little
The most expensive skin in Counterstrike history was publicly sold this morning, a StatTrak Factory New AK-47 Blue Gem pattern 661
For over $1 million
Man, imagine if EA or Epic ran anything like this
The hate
Not to say they don't also deserve criticism, but Valve can get away with shit no other gaming company ever could
popularises gambling in games if not invents it in the first place
oonga boonga neuron activation
when non valve free game has a skin shop:
gamers
remember that prices this high are often the result of market manipulation, aka. wash trading
HOLY
i want it
PATTERN 661
thats insane
sorry, you'll have to do with P90 | Sand Dune
That's a little version of me, Ashley. I want you to have it 
OMG FINALLY IT'S COMING OUT!
Don't buy Compressor X. It's just a skinned copy of a freeware tool
got to love when shitty companies reskin free software and sell it
are you sure it's legit this time?
It’s literally on their front page of the website
yes but are you sure it's not another copyright troll like last time this happened?
Going by everything i found in a quick search. It looks like vimm blew up on tiktok when apple allowed emulators on phones.
Even if it was a troll. These websites aren’t going to fight it.
I'm going to mute this thread.
I'm tired of all of the doomsaying and negative gaming posting
Hi pk
While unfortunate. There will be something to take its place eventually. There always is
Here’s something a bit more goofy
What an item
You can't just stick four of an item together with duct tape and expect it to be balanced
Since Bloomberg is paid walled 
What games does everyone want to see? https://fxtwitter.com/thegameawards/status/1798726538730279087?
Here's how to watch #SummerGameFest live tomorrow at 2p PT / 5p ET / 10p BST / 11p CEST.
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A fallout 3 or oblivion remaster
Nintendo wont be their. Their doing own thing this month later
Hopefully an announcement on a new god of war
But that would be for a PlayStation showcase. a new saints row would be nice.
I am so angry that you used their twice and none of them are gramatically correct
Nintendo won't be they're.
Halo and the combat evolved remaster may be coming to PlayStation. https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24172684/microsoft-xbox-showcase-2024
wat
I can't believe it's already time for all these summer gaming events
Holy shit...that's actually huge. Halo has been Xbox-exclusive since its inception.
And the new gears of war will be Xbox pc exclusive for now.
It's a possibility, but not a guarantee. We can hope though
Though, this may mean Xbox as a console might eventually disappear if everything goes to PC, Switch, and PS5 lol
I bought the Master Chief Collection when it released on PC
It was released at a very reasonable price so I didn't even wait for a good sale
That game did something that I wish more games with battle passes would do. They let you go back to previous season's passes and get everything long after the season ended
What is this the superbowl

Pretty much. The gaming Superbowl
You’ve been asking for it and we’re excited to finally be able to share the killer news that Killing Time is BACK! That’s right, we teamed up with publisher Ziggurat Interactive on an HD revival of Killing Time coming soon to PC and consoles.
Originally released in 1995, the original Killing Time was a sophisticated shooter laced with gallows h...
Oh ,well that was unexpected,but a welcome suprise
that might be a welcome one, considering the original game had lots of technical issues
(like the control scheme)
Youtubes been having a lot of issues as of late with leaks because they give employees the ability to see unlisted videos
This game lets you Copy and Paste textures to solve puzzles
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ok wow this is really neat
I replayed the first 3 MGS games recently. Didn't expect to cry at the end of MGS2 AND 3! (I never had before..)
I can't wait for the next master collection, MGS4 is my favorite and it's gonna be so fun playing it again
does Master Chief support LGBTQ+ rights
He doesn't support anything he only kills
he'd probably just be baffled by the question since he's kinda preoccupied with the alien armadas trying to wipe out all of humanity every Tuesday
hell yeah
Master Chief says Trans Rights
what is unambiguous canon is that none of the spartans have had any issues working with spartans and regular humans of both genders, not to mention any aliens that aren't trying to wipe out humanity
like the Arbiter
so, yeah, he'd probably be totally cool with it or just confused that this is even an issue
im so terrified of the potential comments
"Chief, I'm trans"
MC: "If you're breathing, you're shooting!"
Master Chief is all inclusive except for the flood. Fuck those guys
well, again, he did work with the flood once or twice when they weren't trying to kill him
(in the flood's case, it was very temporary)
halo is so cool
They should add pride flag colored armor to infinite
I'd use a trans flag one with the cat ears lol
i know it causes problems with targetting
happens in dbd
people target people with flags
annoying
u just have to not let it get to u
sometimes it causes the opposite
help
75% on Aviary Attorney
Are you busy? Can I DM you something?
uh, sure?
Woohoo!
Hell yeah, ornate hilt
Charged hammer is a weird choice for doctor. I'd definitely put it on Valkyrie or Fencer
Nice work Mr Onosa
The reason being doctor's left side has a mana generating heal, which can buff charged hammer
what game is that
slice and dice? i think
interesting mobile game
nice to see theres still good stuff coming out
i thought it was all corrupted by gachas at this point 
Welcome to the jungle, Helldivers. You won't have time to bleed when the new Viper Commandos Warbond deploys on June 13.
Additionally, High Command have approved the rollout of our first vehicle customization. Full briefing: https://blog.playstation.com/?p=392782
[1/6]
whew
yeah, I just hope this one is actually balanced as intended, and they still haven't fixed the last warbond, which has "pre-nerfed" damage stats hahah
Remaster alert
A lizard and a bat? We are so back!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2448020/YookaReplaylee
We are very pleased to share with you one of the exciting things we've been working on!
Yooka-Replaylee brings a whole host of improvements to make this the definitive way to (re)play(lee), including a new camera, improved controls, ability ...
Wait, why are they remastering it? I thought that game wasn't recieved so well, on account of actually being a pretty 1-to-1 portrayal of banjoo kazooie?
That's enough of a reason to remaster it
"We know better now, so let's do better"
As a person who wasn't a fan of Banjo Kazooie, I played Yooka Laylee and did not have fun
I am skeptical they can make it better, but I'm not going to complain
I've never played it despite hearing of it, and the graphical jump from 2017 to now with the remastered graphics, it's night and day. Not to mention I think someone figured out what the new features are like new currency, new game changing mechanics, so it'll be the original, but it'll have some spins and tweaks. That's what remasters should honestly be. The same game as you knew it, but with some twists
Fair enough Flitter.
I don't think there's a one size fits all solution when it comes to remaster.
For Yooka-Laylee, I definitely think a good remake should change a lot of things
This is an apparent list of features
That all looks really good, but I'll wait and see to how it turns out in reviews and such. Though honestly it's probably still not my cup of tea anyway, but it's fun to observe
my only knowledge about this game is that like, it had something to do with jontron and there was controversy around it
Huh, can't say I heard anything about that. There are reviews out there if you want to see what the original game is like.
He was voicing a character in the game I think, but then, from what I remember, he got removed because of all he political garbage he was getting himself into at the time
so very rule 2 okay gotcha!
I think it's right. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm not, but I know I've heard something about that situation before

It just changed the walk cycle animation if your wondering what it did
nintendo so evill
Nintendon't get too comfortable
https://vxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1798838352030077267 since no one is in the sonic channel in here
Sonic x Shadow Generations box art leaked.
Releasing on Oct 25th, 2024 for $49.99 physically according to billbil-kun https://www.dealabs.com/magazine/sonic-x-shadow-generations-on-pense-connaitre-la-…
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Sonic Adventure 1 mentioned 
saw nick
ooh cool
Oh interesting!
For anyone looking to get into WH40k fiction. I don't know how good this collection is, one of the people more familiar with the series may want to chime in.
Looks like the page went up early, there's supposed to be an announcement later today.
lmao
"You win the comment thread" is the most Reddit fucking comment
I get the sentiment but god i feel the cringe
aside from that, hell yeah, civ 7!

Oh nice
Maybe they'll make diplomacy not suck this time
I fuckin HATE the way the world congress works in civ 6
Nice masque. Its been awhile
I hope they get Ewan McGregor to do the narration so he can be all "oh, how civilized!"
Huh, surprised it's free already. Isnt it a year old? 
o ly 6 hours til summer games fest
Yep
Looks like palworld will be doing something on it
man i knew about this being civ 7 all the way when you mentioned this weeks ago
the urge to leak was so real
My wishlist for civ 7: better diplomacy/global politics, and BETTER NETCODE
Holy shit it's so hard to do a multiplayer long-form game in civ 6 with the current horrible netcode
We spend about as much time waiting for people to reconnect as we do actually playing
Gonna have to stalk the Summer Games Fest stream the whole day along with this text channel for game announcements and whatnot lol
Anypony has the link to official Games Fest youtube stream?
All i Find is like other people wanting to cover it, not the real thing
That probably won't pop up until closer to stream time. AKA, 2 PM ET as far as I saw
I thought there was, I was thinking I've seen and a button notify
It doesnt start till 4pm cst
5 PM? Bruh moment. Alright then
I know a lot of people like it, but my wishlist for a new Civ game is add more information to the wonder system:
1- Allow players fine grained control over speeding it up and slowing it up.
2- Allow players to automatically know someone else is building the same wonder (no need to tell them who.)
3- Allow players to invest resources into spying on someone to see their wonder progress and the rate they're building it.
4- Allow failed wonders to complete but give a smaller reward instead of a partial refund.
Start times for the Xbox showcase on Sunday https://fxtwitter.com/xbox/status/1799124754290581735?
Sunday at 1 PM. Noted
This is reasonable
add roleplay back like in civ 4.
bring back tiles
bring back stacks
thats my wishlist

tiles?
ya
They mean squares instead of hexes
squares
i dunno, i liked the isometic thing but honestly hexes work better
oh and add the globe feature
and stacks were silly
I too want a globe again
one unit per tile was not the solution imo
why?
in the civ 4 big mod, stacks are very different.
you now need "Organisation" to keep the stack operational
troops within the stack can raise this
and ur limited by ur technology
its a way to balance stacks of doom
hexes have a technical reason behind them, they allow for more connections or something with more even distance between each direction
it's not just because it looks pretty
also 1 unit per tile takes forever
stacks move immediately in 1 turn
makes multiplayer games so much faster
I like how Paradox does it, where nodes are irregularly shaped counties
moving a large army in 5 and 6 was very painful at times.
And counties can have different connections
i dont like either how city states got turned into board game stuff idk
theyre too important but ig thats what civ is now
ok you really need to explain your points sometimes, because when you said you wanted stacks, this is what i assumed you meant, you wanted stacks of doom
you may very well be right with that idea tho i think the "army" system where you group 3 troops together was a decent, albeit simplified, solution
i dont want stacks of doom
i want the stack/army system back cus it was
- more realistic
- way simpler to manage
- faster games, way better for multiplayer
- AI could play stronger and make better decisions
- could be improved and made deeper with mechanics like "Organisation/Tactics"
thas why i like it
plus its SO FUN to stroll onto a rival with like hundreds of troops
feels so epic and climatic
in 5 and 6, its like a few troops..
in 5 and 6 its about troop placement, what troops you place in which positions to maintain effective combat situations
as opposed to stomping your enemy with 30 dudes on one tile
troop placement matters too in 4?
Calvary also goes off the main stack
significantly less so because of doomstacks
i havent tried your mod to have experience with it
whats wrong with that
its amazing
i way prefer it to 5/6 combat
they've said in the past that if folks want to play a game like the ones earlier in the series, they can just play games earlier in the series
orrr just run it back but better
the community has done all the work for them
And that's why I stopped buying Civ games
civ 6 is a good game but its so horribly milked/overpriced
and theres huge balancing issues
some civs are basically instant wins in that game
i do like the graphics tho i remember that wasnt popular when it came out
(in serious multiplayer civs definitely get banned like babylons)
@little badger stop sharing unsubstantiated rumors
It wasn’t a rumour was just sharing but sorry.
You literally said "Maybe Bloodborne 2 will be revealed tonight."
I know but it probably won’t happen. Some games do like putting stuff in then something big happens but sorry if I made you think that it was happening.
i dont see anything abt it
it was deleted
While Bloodborne 2 would be nice it probably wont release anytime soon
When E3 was still around what game was a big surprise when it happened over the years.
Why would anyone belive Bloodborne 2 would happen on game fest in the first place
When Sony had their State of Play the other day
Isn’t Sony at gamesfest? I’m sure they were
I don't even know but even if they are wouldn't they annouce their big sequel at their own event?
They are on the official summer games fest attendees list
i guess it isn't impossible but I do think it's like, extremely unlikely, barely worth even considering
My guess is that we will rewatch the concord trailer or something
that is why its a roumour not worth spreading
Not that I would complain if we saw it, but if it was in the cards I am pretty certain we would have seen it in Sony event first
Oh fuck - I was supposed to attend this to announce Bloodborne II but I forgot. Sorry guys, maybe next year
i dont see any news abt it
Oh right, Gearbox is no longer Gearbox lol
Excited about seeing event today
💖
IDK I have an open mind honestly.
Maybe something new by Firaxis would be nice
Has IGN always had this page up? https://www.ign.com/games/bloodborne-2
Now it's in 45 minutes yes?
Yup
Do you have official link?
Twitch or YouTube
YT
🔆 Live from YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, see what's next in video games at #SUMMERGAMEFEST. A 2 hour live showcase featuring updates from the world's top...
Thank you 💝
You just beat me to it cap 
Oh but it says 13 minut s
That’s build up
yeah that's just the preshow i think
On my way home
YouTube can be a bit behind twitch is normally in sync
Twitch high resolution as well?
If yes then I would really love twitch channel name
Is it just thegameawards?
All the major gaming channels will stream it
Part of me hopes we never get Bloodborne II because iirc it's Sony that owns the IP, and they would be the one deciding when the game got made. I'd rather fromsoft just do their own shit
Bloodborne 2 by Naughty Dog
A 60 fps Bloodborne re-release is what would really excite me, ironically
Apparently the producer of Elden ring and dark souls are there this evening.
Makes sense, DLC should be coming out soon
Hope Geoff has gotten more security since last time.
Im excited
Oh wow, I forgot this was happening today! So glad I'm able to catch it before it starts.
Anything you want to see GT?
Did you ever watch E3 back In the day?
A couple times, towards the end.
Actually, there is one thing I'm hoping for: an update on Sonic X Shadow Generations.
Geoff is waiting for me to get home I'm almost there
And maaaaaybe a hint on whatever Toys For Bob is working on, ever since they came back.
👀
i just really want a pc port of it,they should atleast release a half assed one cuz like whatever it can be fixed with mods but atleast it can be played at all 
Might be a Sonic 3 teaser.
i really love the aesthetic and world of it but never got the chance to play
the fursuits :0
Even if it’s just a 30 second teaser it will be good.
Hopefully more
I literally only bought a ps4 just to play that game, and I had no regrets
Or the voice reveal of shadow 
i almost did that at some point but decided against it cuz lke i dont need a useless console just for 1 game that wont even run at 60fps
If I ever find a ps5 at a garage sale I'll probably do the same for the Demon's Souls remake
Oh shit. Even the voice of Medic himself is calling out Valve for the TF2 bot problem
https://twitter.com/Robin_A_Downes/status/1798829971307442537
ps5
Do you not have one currently?
ps5
I do not
I have a ps4 with a busted HDMI port
Has it taken off yet? 
geoff stop string at me
Geoff is sleeping
Isn't he one of the few OG VAs remaining?
He forgor
I'm not sure what you're asking me, here
geoff wake up it's time
Oh it’s because of the fan noises the PS4 makes now since the hardware is older.
i love fan noises
Oh. I opened it up and cleaned it a couple times throughout its life, so the fans didn't have to work super duper hard
Well, it was. Criminally short though.
I wonder how GT would react if a Spyro teaser happened.
Hype beyond measure
Ah
Spyro is my boi. The game that got me into gaming. The character who I grew up on.
So like this? 
If he got a brand new game it would rock my world
More like this:


i loved the reignited trilogy mostly just for the first one
the 2nd one i wasnt as into as the first
So is in 18 minutes?
Scout - Nathan Vetterlein
Soldier - Rick May
Pyro and Spy - Dennis Bateman
Demoman and Heavy - Gary Schwartz
Engineer - Grant Goodeve
Medic - Robin Atkin Downes
Sniper - John Patrick Lowrie
Announcer - Ellen McLain
They're all still alive, except for Rick May (rest in peace, Soldier), but getting up there in age. I think some of them are in their 70s by now.
scout is very active
nathan does like commissions i think
they could easily make a new tf2 short/update with new voicelines
Has a timer started for anyone?
Yes💖💖
13 minutes?
Even if Nathan is unavailable they can egt the nest best thing ,jerma
https://youtu.be/EDz27HiqGl4?si=weO6OEzhLMfWbtm0
whatever works
Looks like him , sounds like him , named jeremy , from boston , he is perfect lol
All I can see In the twitch chat is drop 
He even looks like Scout, lol
10 Minutes Everypony! 
scout main forever

GT if a new crash was shown would you be happy with that?
Meh, not big into Crash.
is there a dst thread
Crash seems to get more love than spyro
That would probably be the Xbox showcase if it happened.
spyro is cool but he got destroyed by skylanders for no reason
Which is infuriating to me as a Spyro fan. Dragon beats marsupial!
50 seconds left!
So excited 💖💖💖
spyro season of ice was peak
Here we go! 
Les gooo!!!
Hi Geoff
Starting now


2 hours???
Talking about the layoffs
Good that Geoff talked about the layoffs

💝
oh no
There will be Harry Potter quidditch game i feel
Here we go!
they should rework the snitch tho
Lego game
Lego horizons.
Yep
HOLY SHIT THE LEAKS WERE RIGHT

A few of the Games were leaked early
which ones
Noooo
Lego horizons and civ 7
Don't say don't say
is anyone watcvfhing the summer games fest rn?
Yes we are
Yes🔥
Yup
It just started with lego horizons
This looks awesome!









