general gaming

[bold sonnet]

And that final company that fixed it is Netflix? Im curious to later see on youtube how the games look now,maybe I'll get them

[little badger]

They got added to Netflix but it was the other company that fixed them

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InEY6skrfl8 Mad Max meets Hades? You got my attention....

[light gate]

in a nutshell: its still not great

[astral steeple]

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/1856409501089292598

PlayStation (@PlayStation) on X

Round 1... Fight!

Street Fighter 6 x Destiny 2 collaboration brings a Blanka-inspired helmet, finishers, Ghost Shells, and more to Destiny 2 on November 19.

Twitter · Nov 12, 2024, 6:51 PM

[little badger]

Rockstar should’ve been the one to make it when it got remastered.

[little badger]

https://x.com/thegameawards/status/1856430501906534812?

The Game Awards (@thegameawards) on X

STELLAR BLADE will come to PC in 2025.

Twitter · Nov 12, 2024, 8:14 PM

[white phoenix]

about time

[steep flax]

i played the demo for stellar blade, it felt kinda like god of war where you use skills to stun/deal big damage compared to automata/mgr

[toxic seal]

It should feel like Automata given the person behind the story is like best friends with the person behind Automata's story and they wrote their respective games together

[fresh bane]

Not quite honestly, from what little I saw the gameplay seems more like a Sekiro than a Nier (definitely not even close to MGR), unfortunately the story is also not quite stellar either so definitely not similar to Nier in that regard

[random steppe]

I think the similarities are more in the lore and the story

Even tho as you mentioned...it doesn't quite measure up to Automata

Or to a decent story for that matter

The gameplay is reportedly very good tho

[hidden gyro]

(Final img is old) HOLY SHIT !!

[rugged flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kCHne_jrFk

Farming Sim 25 is out

[robust latch]

i find it amusing the game has been getting new versions for soo long

[fresh bane]

I saw some footage of the protagonist grinding on some rails like Sonic

So that was pretty cool at least

[rugged flax]

the community behind it is bigger than people think
it has its own fuffing esports league

[robust latch]

yeah its kinda surpirsing really. but kinda cool at the same time

i used to enjoy watching videos of people play

[fickle garnet]

Its also getting a Nier Automata DLC

[green fulcrum]

I am OBSESSED with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOJwOmiKavY

When the metal starts going absolutely crazy at 4:27...just... 🤘

[river veldt]

the whole soundtrack is amazing

[quiet swift]

[quiet swift]

You should listen to the God of the Dead track, then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OVWM3Nkxc8 also this

Gee, I wonder what happens

[hasty patio]

We go to Mars and put a big hole in it. /s

[green fulcrum]

...So Hades is just Greek Doom, huh?

[quiet swift]

In a way

Also, check this out. Seems like hades meets mad max. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InEY6skrfl8

[river veldt]

my favorite is the credits song https://youtu.be/ojx8dyes__8?feature=shared

[green fulcrum]

I'm gonna restart Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous tonight. It's been a while.

[green fulcrum]

Oh my God, the memes are real. I just spent about an hour in the character creation.

And now I'm stuck on a name

[gaunt marten]

Need any suggestions?

[green fulcrum]

What's a good name for a female, red-haired, spunky, chaotic good, knife-nut (human) rogue?

[gaunt marten]

Human?

[green fulcrum]

Yes, forgot to add that

[gaunt marten]

Vesta Sharptongue

[dire gate]

I thought Flitter was suggesting Human as the name

[green fulcrum]

Hmmm, might not go for the Sharptongue bit, since then every character in the game is always gonna use that as part of the name when they address me (most of them have just one name, and only use last names for formal occasions), but Vesta sounds good. Nice, simple, and somewhat fantasy-like.

[river veldt]

Gary

[gaunt marten]

Rosalind Vex

[green fulcrum]

Rosalind sounds too...noble-like?

[gaunt marten]

Yep!

[river veldt]

Vito Corleone

[gaunt marten]

That's a real name

[green fulcrum]

I think I'll stick with Vesta.

Thanks Flitter!

[river veldt]

im trying man

[gaunt marten]

I'm glad you like it. Good luck!

[green fulcrum]

Plus, it sounds similar to Desna, which is my chosen Deity for the game.

[river veldt]

im so bad at coming up with names

[bold sonnet]

Hardest part of character creation

[green fulcrum]

Cap, you chose two male names for a female rogue, lol.

[gaunt marten]

Names are hard for sure

[river veldt]

so

[gaunt marten]

The good thing about names is you know if a name is good or bad by vibes, so all you have to do is keep trying and you'll eventually come up with names that have the right vibes

[river veldt]

this is why in most character creators i just make a character i already know

like Fallout i make Spaceman Spiff and give him 10 luck cause it's funny

[bold sonnet]

Playing Fallout right now 💕

I finished the main quest and everything but I have DLCs but haven't tried them and problem is to start the first one is I need Nick Valentine and I think he's lost somewhere, I can't find him

[cerulean herald]

My character in New Vegas had no stats invested in Luck

[river veldt]

having 10 luck in New Vegas was awesome because i was amazing at blackjack

[green fulcrum]

Welp, I just realized I made a very fatal mistake in character creation, and it would've required me to waste a feat later to fix it, so I've decided to call it a mulligan and restart. Luckily I'm not that far into the game yet, still in the tutorial area mostly.

The mistake: kukris are martial weapons, not simple weapons. Meaning that I couldn't use them, despite them being the rogue knife master's primary damage-dealer. I didn't realize this until later, but by then it was too late since I had already picked a different feat (combat reflexes, which allows for more attacks of opportunity per round, but I don't need that in the early game so much as I need martial weapon proficiency). So, restart it is.

[little badger]

And he said it was only going to be 4 games before. https://x.com/ign/status/1856682557682655273?

IGN (@IGN) on X

Microsoft's Phil Spencer won’t rule out any Xbox exclusive making the jump to PlayStation — including Halo. https://t.co/1eRe1J43Bg

Twitter · Nov 13, 2024, 12:56 PM

[little badger]

@bold sonnet this is the company that did the fixes https://x.com/gtaonlinenews/status/1856728982835835183?

GTA News 🔴 RockstarINTEL.com (@GTAonlineNews) on X

Video Game Deluxe (born by ex-Team Bondi/L.A. Noire devs) are the ones behind the new GTA Trilogy update & mobile ports. They previously made L.A. Noir VR Case Files.

In July they said "We are working exclusively on projects for Rockstar" Learn More 👇
https://t.co/LKxPPbuh47

Twitter · Nov 13, 2024, 4:01 PM

[worthy rose]

https://www.wowhead.com/news/warcraft-i-and-ii-remastered-now-available-warcraft-iii-reforged-patch-2-0-350498

[bold sonnet]

Found him, I left him in one of my random settlements and stopped playing for a long time, sorry Nick Now I can hopefully start Far Harbor DLC as it seems he is required as a companion

[gaunt marten]

https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1856790709652918733

SteamDB (@SteamDB) on X

Steam is starting to enable 'private branches' in app info for some games, so SteamDB will not be able to track updates for these anymore.

Twitter · Nov 13, 2024, 8:06 PM

Not sure how to feel about this update.

[green fulcrum]

What does this mean for most users?

[gaunt marten]

Nothing!

It means you won't be able to track internal updates to a game using SteamDB

It's relevant for people who are technically literate and very much into a specific game

[visual hill]

it's bad for CS2 players living on update copium

but for others, it doesn't change much

[gaunt marten]

In the past, an avid player could see if developers are working on a game even if they didn't publish updates

Now they still can but the developers can hide it if they choose

[slim thorn]

I always wondered what the point of those being public was

devs can always just work on their code somewhere else until release day if they don't want us stalking the updates, so it's not like it was ever guaranteed to be comprehensive anyway

[gaunt marten]

As a consumer I prefer they don't do that

It's just doing more work to make my life personally harder

[slim thorn]

harder how?

[gaunt marten]

Well imagine I was curious about the development of a game

[slim thorn]

IME the human-written updates designed to be read by players, aka patch notes, are so much more reliable of an indicator what's going on with a game, that there's hardly any value (possibly even negative value) in the direct commit history being exposed by default, assuming that's what this is

[gaunt marten]

I can no longer reverse engineer that game for modding by looking at the changes to update my personal documentations https://steamdb.info/depot/1637731/history/?changeid=M:3785097407987759507

[gaunt marten]

Yeah no, what I'm talking about is when someone wants to know everything about a game, not just the patch notes.

There's no secondary source for this information

If I can't see the list of files that changed with an update, I would have to run my own comparison using the hashes of the previous and current version of each file

[slim thorn]

huh

I guess Crystal Project just works differently, none of this was ever relevant to my Outer Wilds modding, even when they did release an update that broke my mod none of the intermediate steps we were able to track contained any information we could've acted on beforehand

[gaunt marten]

The biggest difference is the game is poorly documented and tooling nonexistent

Right now modding efforts include:
1- Documenting the game engine
2- Extending it to allow modifying the world instead of having to make NPCs tagged as blocks
3- Messing with the existing randomizer

[slim thorn]

is it a custom engine?

[gaunt marten]

It's a simple voxel engine based on the FNA framework

As far as I can tell, it's pretty similar to how RPG Maker does things, but uses the framework to handle controls, sound, and other assets. Maybe rendering too?

It has two modes, combat and exploration

The combat screens are just unreachable locations in the world, with locations for enemies and characters

I wrote a little program to decode asset files. They have a simple encoding to obfuscate them because the developer doesn't have a license to share the assets separately from the game

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;

public class DatabaseReader {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DatabaseReader databaseReader = new DatabaseReader();
        databaseReader.readFiles("Full file path here", "CrystalProjectPatchfile.json");
    }

    public void readFiles(String inputFilePath, String outputFilePath) {
        try {
            byte[] fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(inputFilePath));

            // Decode the file data
            for (int i = 0; i < fileData.length; i++) {
                fileData[i] = (byte) (255 - (fileData[i] & 0xFF));
            }

            // Convert the decoded byte array to a string and parse as JSON
            String jsonString = new String(fileData);

            // Write the decoded JSON data to a new file
            writeToFile(outputFilePath, jsonString);

            System.out.println("Decoded JSON Data written to " + outputFilePath);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void writeToFile(String filePath, String content) {
        try {
            Path path = Paths.get(filePath);
            Files.write(path, content.getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

If you don't care to read the program, it basically works by doing a bitwise inversion

Or a 255 complement encoding. It subtracts each byte from 255 and that's it

[slim thorn]

wow

yeah this is whole layers of infrastructure I just have before I even start

[gaunt marten]

This is for modifying game files OTHER THAN the modding software that comes packaged with the game

The modding software allows you to add classes, enemies, spells, items, buffs, difficulties, genders

But doesn't let you touch the engine functions or change the world significantly

It also includes dev notes, which is super handy

[river veldt]

playing rdr2 and found some guy in St Denis preaching about eugenics (ew). his face ran into my fist a few times and now he's dead and literally no one cares lmao

[gaunt marten]

Wow

[slim thorn]

ok that is fascinating, neither of my games had official modding tools... yet I have far more ease looking into and fiddling with every function in the underlying engine

[gaunt marten]

Yeah, DNSpy works out of the box for reverse engineering the engine itself

But I'm not proficient with C# so I tend to take a long time figuring out how things work

And of course

We don't have a reliable framework for injecting engine mods and making sure they survive updates to the executable

Right now all engine mods just use an xdelta patch

While content mods go through steam workshop and work perfectly fine

[visual hill]

https://bsky.app/profile/vinimedeiros.bsky.social/post/3lauhchax3k2w

remember Enemy Territory? Well, Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament just got the same treatment 🙂

[astral steeple]

Nice

[bitter stream]

oh nice, Unreal tournament is good fun

[little badger]

https://x.com/culturecrave/status/1856906712155922820?

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) on X

The 10 highest-selling video game consoles 🎮

Twitter · Nov 14, 2024, 3:47 AM

[arctic fern]

sony
nintendo
nintendo
nintendo
sony
sony
nintendo
sony
microsoft
nintendo

[green fulcrum]

Oh look, something everyone was expecting.

[little badger]

Sanandreas is still the most selling game on PS2

[quartz pawn]

I'm honestly surprised xbox 360 down there

I thought it would be higher

Tho it's to be expected ps2 is first

It's where everyone must start

That's their prime

[little badger]

Still have mine

[dire gate]

The question has always been if Switch can sell more than PS2 for years

[slim thorn]

360 does feel low for the impact it had

but "one sale" means more for some of these systems than others, especially with the handhelds on the same list

[worldly summit]

the switch has only one more holiday season before it gets replaced, but I've been hoping it can beat the DS in total sales

146 million is as of September 30th

[arctic fern]

Considering the switches price point is significantly higher than the DS, and that the switch was being sold when folks in general had less money, that sales number is genuinely impressive

[worldly summit]

if I'm reading nintendo's stats right then they sold 7 million last christmas

[green fulcrum]

I'm surprised the 3DS isn't up there, honestly.

[arctic fern]

You right, I forgot they're different consoles

[green fulcrum]

I remember a time when everyone and their grandma (sometimes literally) had a 3DS

[arctic fern]

That might have been part of it tho

[worldly summit]

the 3DS had a rough launch

[little badger]

Anyone here have a WII U?

[worldly summit]

yup

Mario Maker 1 > Mario Maker 2

[arctic fern]

No-one had a Wii u

They don't exist

[worldly summit]

anyone who got a wii and a switch but not a wii u is a fake fan and will be dismissed from the nintendo gatekeeping competition

I got a wii u because I was like 10 when it released. If that doesn't scream dedication I don't know what does

[arctic fern]

My roommate had one, we bought one game on it, zombie u

That was it

[worldly summit]

one game???? lmaoo

tbf if they bought it launch year that's basically all there was

[arctic fern]

Name a second Wii u game

[worldly summit]

Mario Maker

half the switch's library

[arctic fern]

But I have a switch

[worldly summit]

you do!

the switch was not out yet when they made the games for the wii u though :P

[arctic fern]

And?

I didn't hear of most of those games till they came to switch

[worldly summit]

there's no and lol

you asked me to name a second wii u game, there were indeed several wii u games

[arctic fern]

You only named Mario maker, which while technically true, never interested me. The 2d mario platformers never grabbed me, and player made levels wouldn't fix that

[uneven epoch]

windwaker hd

which is not on switch

[worldly summit]

it's a good thing you didn't buy a wii u then lol

[arctic fern]

This was one I wanted to get, but I still have both a working gamecube and disk for that

So it didn't seem pressing

[uneven epoch]

jealous

[worldly summit]

I'm pretty sad I didn't buy the original Splatoon tbh, it seems like it was an awesome game

[little badger]

The Wii will be 20 in 2026

[arctic fern]

two working gamecubes actually

In my childhood I recall having 3 at one point, no idea where the third went tho

I've even got the GBA-GC adapter, and disk!

[little badger]

What was your fist console mega

[arctic fern]

I had a GBC when I was about 3, with pokemon red as my first game
My bro and I shared the N64 when that came out

[little badger]

Nice.

[arctic fern]

The gcs and remaining games
I don't have smash bros anymore, I think that box contains pikmin 2 now

That's a gc-pc/Wii u controller adapter in front of the left gc, and both controllers work
I think I have a 3rd official one and a 4th off brand one somewhere around here

[little badger]

[arctic fern]

I use the adapter for playing gc games on pc lol

[little badger]

How does it perform on PC?

[dire gate]

wii u wasn't even sold where I live

[arctic fern]

It works fine, I can safely use gc controllers on emulator
only on emulator tho

[little badger]

Any lag?

@bold sonnet @fickle garnet season 1 has went live early!

[arctic fern]

Nope

None noticeable at least

[little badger]

That’s good.

[fickle garnet]

Yippee

[hard storm]

So I can post screenshots of Easy Red 2 here right?

[static bluff]

I bet so

[little badger]

https://x.com/epicgames/status/1857091248282071070?

Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) on X

So many ways to slay Dracula for FREE right now! 🧛‍♂️

Which of the eight classics in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection are you playing first? https://t.co/bQvZp1KGvv

Twitter · Nov 14, 2024, 4:00 PM

[dapper cedar]

heads up y’all playing the third game, US version is a made harder because rentals case, JP version is not only more reasonable difficulty it has an extra soundchip for one of the very finest 8 bit scores

it is a series for which sweep must actively try to not infodump

[little badger]

They changed the difficulty?

[dapper cedar]

in US aye a few checkpoints moved about, harder hitting enemies, one of your other playable characters is super nerfed

[chilly mural]

https://vxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1857061496498373054

[bold sonnet]

That's so weird!!

[blissful sand]

Anyone play astroneer

[robust latch]

One of my favourite games growing up Little Big Adventure/Relentless has been remade and was released today. And while i loved the game growing up when it was 1st released the remake style im not sure about. Also the changes in story im not sure about. I twill be interesting to see what it ends up being like but at the same time i wonder if my nostaliga of the orgional will cause me to totally dislike the remake
https://www.gog.com/en/game/little_big_adventure_twinsens_quest

[fickle garnet]

Oh shit i have my unused double xp tokens from MW3 in BO6 now

I have almost 50 hours worth of double level xp

[little badger]

Yup they reverted the change

[visual hill]

Microids is putting a lot of stuff out lately, but they tend to be quantity over quality unfortunately... I still remember Flashback 2 from last year

I'll have to see what happens to the Amerzone remake

[visual hill]

the GOG reviews are salty because of culture wars, they seem a lot more positive on Steam

the game is a big cult classic so I think many original players will see past the game's flaws anyway 🙂

[robust latch]

yeah im holding off buying until i see more info thats for sure.

its cool that its a lot of the orgional creators who are doing the work of the remake but they are still stuck dealing with publishers

[chilly mural]

https://vxtwitter.com/SilentManJoe/status/1857047938762993794

[green fulcrum]

I'm watching an Obduction playthrough, and the player just picked this up:

Kenway, Bilhem, & Bale Law Offices

AKA: "Can we bill 'em and bail?"

[gaunt marten]

lmao

The poster image is pretty bad. I feel like it would've been better without

[green fulcrum]

It's supposed to be bad. The world of Obduction is basically a mish-mash of all sorts of worlds, structures, and knick-knacks from any and all timelines. This poster is supposed to mimic those really old ads in newspapers with equally poor photo quality.

[gaunt marten]

The photo quality is not the issue. The issue is it's too obviously photoshopped

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1508400/Kaiju_Wars/

Steam

Kaiju Wars

Kaiju are approaching the city! Scramble the jets and deploy the tanks in this 2D turn-based strategy game.Command the army We need more time! - Play as the mayor of Floatio city, tasked with holding off the overwhelming strength of a kaiju attack. Park tanks and jets in the monster's path to slow it down (don't worry, we have a good insurance p...

Price

$2.79

Recommendations

195

▶ Play video

86% off! It's on my wishlist so if you buy it let me know if it's any good

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/6Pq8KI47ZGg?si=p1rVl2-I-F9WcsoY
What is it with Zelda speedrunners and teleporting straight into the end of the game

[chilly mural]

it's destiny

[little badger]

Looks like it was a bug https://x.com/charlieintel/status/1857492660182753395? @fickle garnet

CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) on X

Treyarch confirms disabling legacy XP tokens in Black Ops 6 is intentional.

“Fixed an issue that incorrectly allowed legacy XP tokens to be activated in the Black Ops 6 UI.”

Massive L.

Twitter · Nov 15, 2024, 6:35 PM

[fickle garnet]

Ffs

[little badger]

Yup

[wintry canopy]

The alternate art House Dragonmaid I ordered is here.

[sacred grove]

https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lazebu4vts23

Not sure yet what the update contains

[hasty patio]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/552500/Warhammer_Vermintide_2/ Dirt cheap if you have been waiting for it.

Steam

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a 4-player co-op action game set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Sequel to the critically acclaimed Vermintide, Vermintide 2 is the latest installment in a franchise best known for its intense and bloody first-person melee combat.Our five heroes have returned to take on an even greater threat than before – the ...

Price

$1.49

Recommendations

79747

Metacritic

82

▶ Play video

[river veldt]

this is an incredible deal lol

get one of the best FPS games ever made for free

[sacred grove]

Only if you add it to your library over this weekend

Were base+ep1+ep2 ever combined? Because if not, it seems like they were for this update

[river veldt]

on my steam deck it shows up as 3 seperate games so i don't think so

[sacred grove]

ep1 and 2 aren't showing up for me anymore

in the library

[river veldt]

strange

[sacred grove]

Someone else's image: https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/62w99B4XbHdVznv9xRjPveYMXe2ZfLD9ih3c4RcbtLc/https/url.octyl.net/n8oj8z5y4elpqrlzzt8s?format=webp&width=1752&height=652

Yup. They've done it

[sour hill]

"So I click HL2: EPISODE ONE to start the game, right?"

[sacred grove]

lmao

[fresh bane]

''Half Life Alyx is a prequel you say? Oh well I'll just start with that one!''

[slim thorn]

"wait, I'm supposed to start with the chronologically fourth Star Wars movie? er, wait, fifth counting R1???"

[sacred grove]

https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th

bam

[river veldt]

ok cool

[fresh bane]

''So I should watch Acolyte first then correct?''

[steep flax]

my freinds made me watch prequels first when we watched star wars

idk if bad

[slim thorn]

imo it depends on how interested/committed/etc you are going in

the prequels just aren't as good as the originals, but there is some good stuff in them that can even enhance the originals

[steep flax]

i think we watched the first two prequels but then we didnt get around to finishing the rest

[slim thorn]

but if someone who's never seen any SW before asks me what to try, so you've gotta assume it's 1 movie and maybe that's the end of it, I'm always going to say the original ANH movie, no questions

(ideally non-special edition)

[steep flax]

it felt v heavy

my knowledge of star wars before watching was from the lego games :D

[sour hill]

I remember my mom renting star wars ep IV on VHS from the library when I was a lad

"renting"
I mean borrowing

[fresh bane]

I grew up with the prequels so I can't say much there, I'm completely biased and I think Ep1 and 3 are fun movies especially for a kid, but there's no denying that the original trilogy are just better made movies

I wouldn't blame anyone for thinking that you shouldn't start on part 4 of a story though

I don't think the prequels are necessary to watch though, really I think the original trilogy is something that is probably enjoyed at its best with the intended experience, which is knowing nothing about Star Wars prior to watching the first three movies

I was born after the whole thing already started shaping up into what it is now but there was an entire period before the prequels where people were trying to figure out what the hell things like the clone wars were about and that sounded like a fun period for all that extra content

[river veldt]

man i wish Disney would just release the original theatrical scans of the OT

i hate most of the changes in the "special" editions

[fresh bane]

What's that? You want another change to the greedo bar scene? Well alright then

[sour hill]

even as a little kid I did not like the special editions

they fucked with my star war >:(

[river veldt]

the fucking dinosaur creature when Luke, Ben, Threepio, and Artoo are pulling into Mos Eisley always makes me mad

Mos Eisley in general got fucked with hard

[green fulcrum]

Soooo, question: what's the difference between HL2 and HL2: Episode 1 and 2?

[fickle garnet]

Episodes 1 and 2 are a continuation of HL2

[slim thorn]

it's probably best to call the "Episodes" expansion packs or DLCs for HL2

[green fulcrum]

Oooooh

That's confusing.

[visual hill]

play HL2, then ep1, then ep2

Lost Coast can be played at any time, I believe. It's a 15-minute or so campaign that was created as a tech demo for (internal) HDR rendering. It's worth checking out

the speedrun for that game is like... 5 seconds, or even less in fact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV66fzbuGls

(this is not a TAS)

[green fulcrum]

Wtf.

[fresh bane]

It was less confusing at the time

Adding them onto og HL2 is a neat choice, and for free no less

That's my favourite price to pay for things

[visual hill]

did you grab Unreal Gold and UT99 by the way? They are also free now (not on Steam, get them from oldunreal.com)

we should try to play it together sometime 🙂

[light gate]

They removed the Mac build, yikes.

That’s another one for the books.

CS:GO gone, TF2 was made 64bit and still didn’t make it, and now HL2. I expect Portal to follow.

And it looks like its causing more issues than fixing them.

Anyhoo, Happy 20th!

Do expect many mods to break due to the codependencies of HL2 and its episodes now that they’re merged into one.

Not that it should… but… I know something will be broken.

[fresh bane]

I didn't but I'm not super into Unreal unfortunately

or quake either

Just never was part of that whole circle unfortunately, just TF2 and CS for me

[visual hill]

do you play CS2?

[fresh bane]

Oh no I think I stopped playing CSGO right around the time where the free to play update came around, I haven't played since and I kinda don't want to I haven't played a competitive shooter in a while, stopped playing Apex a couple years back too

It's just TF2 for me but even that I haven't played in a bit

[dire gate]

https://fxtwitter.com/MuseDash_EN/status/1857361015975133419
@wind stump

[quiet swift]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/a-forbes-30-under-30-er-involved-in-at-least-2-disco-elysium-successor-studios-has-sued-the-lead-dev-at-a-third-blocking-him-from-working-on-a-new-game/ anything related to disco continues to be cursed

[worldly summit]

where's the roguelike deckbuilder where we build a game dev team out of disco elysium employees and battle against other teams of disco elysium employees

[little badger]

@fickle garnet @bold sonnet

[bold sonnet]

Neurogas? What is neurogas?

[blissful sand]

brain fart

[little badger]

Field upgrade for MP but it’s the calling card challenge next to it.

[fickle garnet]

Holy shit

[little badger]

On one of my runs I got the jet gun out of the box. But then I proceeded to build said gun after it

[fickle garnet]

[little badger]

I realised after I built it

[fickle garnet]

On my first ever attempt i got the jet gun from the box

I did not finish the easter egg then tho

[little badger]

Have you tried directed mode?

[wind stump]

ARE YA WINNIN SIS

[little badger]

https://x.com/charlieintel/status/1857857004666237112?

CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) on X

BREAKING: Following backlash, Activision will revert the XP token availability in Black Ops 6.

All unused MWIII and Warzone Double XP tokens are going to be added back to Black Ops 6 UI, alongside in Warzone in a future update.

W.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2024, 6:43 PM

[fickle garnet]

Fuck yes!

[wind stump]

i broke the game

it's fucking exponential

o no

[unreal idol]

what's the GBA emulator that is closest to original hardware as possible?

[visual hill]

mGBA

https://github.com/nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance is possibly even more accurate, since it's cycle-accurate

[unreal idol]

doumo

[tawny jacinth]

I’m playing In Stars and Time (Amazing RPG btw check it out if you haven’t)

[gaunt marten]

Yep, it's pretty good and on my wishlist

Not to be confused with Sea of Stars

[tawny jacinth]

Im experiencing the Siffring

[river veldt]

there were no ghosts but the mission in the St Denis graveyard was still quite creepy

[fresh bane]

https://fxtwitter.com/Flembons/status/1857853859563291074
I almost can't believe all it took was some random internet user making a joke about Piglet being in Silent Hill for the entire internet to suddenly become cripplingly obsessed with this game to the point there was a huge resurgence in the speedrunning community for this game alone (I assume there already was one, if not then this birthed one)

[bold sonnet]

https://www.youtube.com/live/9blwxyOXuRI?si=C5RwE_oUcoseJlNw

In 50 minutes Games Awards nomination

[white phoenix]

tch 15 more minutes

I'll come back later

[little badger]

https://x.com/ubisoft/status/1858556180286640615?

Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) on X

The streets of London are calling...

#AssassinsCreedSyndicate free 60 FPS update available tomorrow on PS5, PS5 pro & Xbox Series X|S

Twitter · Nov 18, 2024, 5:01 PM

[little badger]

Game of the year award nominees https://x.com/thegameawards/status/1858560819023265964?

The Game Awards (@thegameawards) on X

GAME OF THE YEAR nominees at #TheGameAwards on 12.12:

🔹ASTRO BOT
🔹Balatro
🔹Black Myth: Wukong
🔹Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
🔹Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
🔹Metapahor: ReFantazio

🗳️ Vote Now: https://t.co/ExP93r9hmS

Twitter · Nov 18, 2024, 5:20 PM

[bitter stream]

Balatro made it huh, neat

[random steppe]

Huh, Shadow of the Erdtree is technically an expansion.
They put it in anyway huh?

From what I heard, Metaphor deserves this one

[slim thorn]

I guess you could argue Rebirth's status too

imo it's fine because both have as much content as many whole games

but I've played 0 of these so it's all whatever to me

[young creek]

people are really mad they put dlc on there

I havent played any of those games but elden ring is good..

[white phoenix]

all i needed is wukong nominated
it's not going to win but I need to hear that score in the orchestra

[little badger]

There a lot of nominees been announced but it’s a lot of links

[white phoenix]

thankfully the game awards site has it all organized here https://www.thegameawards.com/nominees

[quiet swift]

I saw a recent tweet or interview or something - he said DLC, expansions, etc, it all qualifies for GOTY

Found it

[slim thorn]

cool, so pretty much what I guessed

usually the bigger problem with game awards like this is one or more of the nominees being a popular and successful game that everyone who played more than 10 games that year agrees is not particularly great

(since I've played none of these, I can't say if that's true this time)

[rotund forge]

When Minecraft stops getting updated and its final version is released, would it be eligible for GOTY?

[white phoenix]

has minecraft ever even been nominated for something at all

[green fulcrum]

They literally added a new clause to the nomination guidelines so that they could nominate Elden Ring again. It's so stupid. Elden Ring is gonna sweep again and other games that have rightfully earned their place on that list besides just existing are not gonna get the recognition they deserve.

[young creek]

it should be the new zelda game (havent played it yet)

[slim thorn]

meh, it's not like these venues have ever been the place to hear about interesting titles that normally fly under the radar

I'll just keep playing and modding my not-even-nominated 2024 game

[sour hill]

Have you guys heard of Elden Ring? It's so fun

[green fulcrum]

You'd be surprised how very few people had even heard about Baldur's Gate 3 before the Game Awards.

Now everyone talks about it and are still talking about it.

[young creek]

that doesnt sound real

everyone was talking about bg3..

[slim thorn]

there was nothing under the radar about BG3 lol

[green fulcrum]

Half the people on my ship had never even heard about it and the other half had only heard about it in passing. There were only a few people, including me, who actually knew what it was.

[young creek]

yeah but in real life people dont really know much outside of super mario, CoD and Fifa

[green fulcrum]

And they all thought that Starfield was gonna sweep with all the rewards.

Didn't even get nominated for a single one.

[hasty patio]

It did get nominated (Best RPG; Lost to BG3).

[green fulcrum]

Oh sorry, one nomination.

[hasty patio]

I'm just laughing at how they will get Balatro into the GotY Melody. It has to start or end on that note.

[river veldt]

no Red Dead Redemption 2 smh

[cerulean herald]

they shouldve given RDR2 a minor bug fixing update this year and it wouldve qualified smh

[green fulcrum]

...It's a deck-builder? Huh. Not what I was expecting, and not what you'd usually see nominated, same as Stray was. Proves my point about some games earning their spot on the nomination list though.

[river veldt]

just realized how insane it is Balatro got nominated. literally made by one guy

[bold sonnet]

https://youtu.be/eKXNxRZIqE8?si=PLY572kGnFTg8ieA

[green fulcrum]

So, I was looking at my achievements for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and...

This is an achievement you get for completing the tutorial.

Only 64%...

Also it's missing an "a" before "beautiful"

[cerulean herald]

Bee you tea foal

[green fulcrum]

.........Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...

I forgot to do a very important companion quest in Act 1 before I moved on to Act 2. Now my only choices are to move forward and possibly not give Seelah (the companion in question) a good ending, or to revert hours of progress to finish the quest and hopefully get the best ending for her.

I KNEW I was forgetting something.

It wouldn't be a huge deal to redo it, but it's also very annoying.

Because it means that I stayed up and wasted like 4 hours last night for nothing.

Screw it, I'm reloading. I need to finish that quest.

[bold sonnet]

I really don't like when things like that happen, I feel you. But a little good thing is you know what will happen so you can finish it faster and go back to normal point

[green fulcrum]

Well, I managed to complete the quest and redo the stuff I did. Much quicker this time, thankfully.

[worldly summit]

wouldn't Black Myth Wukong win Game of the Year?

I haven't played it myself but it seems like it's breaking new ground for the chinese video game industry

more importantly, I'm of the belief that winners, or at least nominations, of the game awards are often based on money such as with other award shows like the oscars

for cultural influence reasons there'd be huge incentive to fund a chinese game to get nominated for the Game Awards. It's apparently the lowest rated game to ever receive a GOTY nomination

[dire gate]

The question is, even if it is breaking new ground for the Chinese vg industry, is it breaking new ground for the entire vg industry

[worldly summit]

introducing chinese AAA games to the international videogame audience would be a big shift for the industry, so I do feel like its success holds some significance

I don't think it deserves to win GOTY but it's the one that feels like it would in my mind

Silent Hill 2 remake or Helldivers 2 should've been up there instead of Erdtree which should have been in its own category

[dire gate]

Unsure about helldivers 2, but I def seen a lot of complaints around sh2 and p3r

[worldly summit]

if Palworld or Helldivers 2 had their mania a few months ago instead of at the start of the year they would probably have been nominated for something lol

[dire gate]

Palworld probably had to be skipped anyway due to uhh... legal issue

[worldly summit]

lol

looks like Helldivers is nominated for community support and best ongoing at least

[dire gate]

Although I can see people complaining if this happened, like "wow 3 remakes nominated shit decision"

[worldly summit]

there's no way this isn't going to GTAVI

[dire gate]

They all deserve but gta6 is too huge to compare

[dire gate]

News: Sony is trying to buy Kadokawa, which will result in Sony owning From

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/sony-talks-buy-media-powerhouse-behind-elden-ring-sources-say-2024-11-19/

[gaunt marten]

Oh no

My PC releases!

[gaunt marten]

Slice and Dice implemented Steam achievements, so all the in-game achievements I already had were granted to me when I launched the game

155 achievements in total

[fervent oar]

130 for me

[bold sonnet]

In half an hour new Flight Sim

[bitter stream]

oh, what's it called?

[bold sonnet]

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

[bitter stream]

ahh the big one then

I didn't hear anything about a new one of MFS coming out

Hopefully it's got cool new stuff

[bold sonnet]

Here is trailer https://youtu.be/rvzlC4iCtns?si=OvesD_4seun_cz-B

[bitter stream]

wow, that certainly looks impressive haha

[quiet swift]

ah, crusader kings 2 patch notes.

[gaunt marten]

Oh yeah this is an old one

I almost got excited thinking they released a new patch

[little badger]

https://x.com/treyarch/status/1858920294255407180? @bold sonnet @fickle garnet

Treyarch (@Treyarch) on X

Patch Notes for today's update are now available!

▪️Legacy XP Tokens now available in Multiplayer & Zombies
▪️Weaver Repairman Operator Skin no longer misaligns sights
▪️Addtional information for the current saved game in Zombies
▪️Various stability fixes + more

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 5:08 PM

[fickle garnet]

I got gold for the GPR 91 in BO6

[fickle garnet]

Nice

[heady bridge]

Sony release most of their games on PC nowadays anyway.

[gaunt marten]

Yeah but not Demon Souls or Bloodborne

[bold sonnet]

CoD is THAT complicated?

[bitter stream]

if you want to get into the details, many games are pretty complicated in execution, even if the info you need to play isn't nearly as much

[visual hill]

games like Smash have a ton of hidden parameters for each hitbox in a move

multiply that with the number of moves for each character, and the number of characters (over 80 in Ultimate), and you have an incredibly complex balancing act at hand

on top of that, there are a lot of special cases that literally nobody can see coming if they didn't hear about it beforehand

[bold sonnet]

People who make these games must be like scientists

[visual hill]

did you watch https://www.youtube.com/@sora_sakurai_en ? It's a very informative channel on game design

(I haven't done that yet, but I will at some point)

[bitter stream]

I saw some eps of this, it's good stuff

[river veldt]

https://fixupx.com/nvcl347/status/1858207699927765491?s=46

this is such a fascinating way of explaining G-Man's hitches and stutters

[quiet swift]

[river veldt]

anyone else having troubles connecting to steam ?

[bronze abyss]

its a bit slow rn but no issues otherwise

[white phoenix]

Steam does maintenence every Tuesday

[hasty patio]

https://www.theverge.com/games/2024/11/19/24300757/valve-steam-controller-2-roy-deckard-leak

[fresh bane]

https://tenor.com/view/mlp-sunbeam-my-little-pony-rainbowshine-wow-gif-gif-1171839198986545386

Huge if true

I've always wanted one of those controllers but they stopped making them years ago

[arctic fern]

I have one
It's alright

With steams software, you get most of the functionality with regular controllers anyway

[fresh bane]

You have to at least respect Valve's commitment to innovating even when it comes to something like the design and shapes of a controller which are pretty set in stone at this point in gaming history

[quartz pawn]

I had one, I bought it for like $30 new and sold it last year for $150

[fresh bane]

I just think it's neat

[gaunt marten]

It is neat

I used mine until the right trigger spring snapped

Now I still have it but find the PS4 controller more useful

[visual hill]

I've never bought into it personally, I just wished more gamepads had gyro

(Xbox do your thing!!)

[fresh bane]

I only recently started being more interested in getting a controller for pc gaming since I've never really had any use for one before (or had the means to get one) and gyro is definitely one of the reasons why I'm probably not going with the much easier stress free xbox controller that's pretty much compatible with anything, don't know why they haven't implemented that into the controllers yet

[quiet swift]

https://bskyx.app/profile/ladyjanethrace.bsky.social/post/3lbdbdxzyms2u

[light gate]

That last screenshot looks like a Ratchet & Clank level.

How many Opposing Force remakes are in development? Three?

[green fulcrum]

Daeran is magnificent

[fickle garnet]

Tried hardcore for the first time. I kinda like it

[river veldt]

hell yeahhhh

[river veldt]

this game contains scenes

[cerulean herald]

they're certainly scenes of all time

[gaunt marten]

After eleven years in My Wishlist, Cart Life is completely removed from the store

(Still available in the backend)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD was also removed https://steamdb.info/app/207210/

Cart Life: https://steamdb.info/app/233390/

[light gate]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24301358/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-launch-day-issues

https://x.com/phxtri/status/1858970987448201478

Brandon Sullivan (@phxtri) on X

The new @Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is SO fun . . . oh wait, I have no idea if it is . . . #MSFS2024

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 8:29 PM

I’m getting SimCity vibes.

[wind stump]

🥁

[bold sonnet]

I feel this is going to take like a week. But Genshin Impact and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 are today too

I think it's going to take time to fix because it only installs a little and every other things are streamed. Maybe they did so because latest version was all downloaded and BIG

[bitter stream]

Alas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRCLRAJkqjg

Stalker 2 is a buggy mess

at least on launch

[arctic fern]

Never preorder.

[bitter stream]

is that to me? I don't own the game if that's what you meant.

[gaunt marten]

It's general advice

[arctic fern]

Yeah

AAA games are always broken on launch

[bitter stream]

I guess it's as true now as it was when Total Biscuit kept reminding folks not to pre-order

[arctic fern]

It's been true for well over a decade

[uneven epoch]

veilguard was surprisingly very stable

and continues to be

like they released a patch yeah, but the amount of people that had trouble was surprisingly low

[gaunt marten]

Effectively, preordering is lending a company a small interest-free loan based only on the promise they might have a game for you to buy later.

Even if you trust them to release a good game you should not preorder

[bitter stream]

sorta like kickstarting something huh

[bold sonnet]

It's on game pass

[grave tide]

GSC

This is the brand of broken games on release

Maybe in months fans will fix the game

[bitter stream]

I'd rather hope GSC themselves fix the core bugs. Leave the gameplay modding to fans haha

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/GyvQ901Qcuk?si=Iykff_t0nWu1Rpfg
this game looks..... huh

unique?

[river veldt]

YURI !!!!!!! https://x.com/pistachi0artz/status/1859160181604560981?s=46

🍉Pistachi 🌱 (@Pistachi0artz) on X

freehoun yuri #halflife

Twitter · Nov 20, 2024, 9:01 AM

[bold sonnet]

Xbox will now allow you to fix your stick drift using software

[chilly mural]

https://vxtwitter.com/AxionSFM/status/1859053549029568941

[river veldt]

this is so good

i remember this part in Episode 1 too

[bold sonnet]

Isn't that crazy? So many controllers were left or thrown away, and now can be fixed without opening them?

[gaunt marten]

Well, the stick drift is still there!

The recalibration is a band-aid. It involves telling the software, "ignore movements of this stick that are this small."

So effectively, it will reduce the range your stick can respond to how you move it.

It's good to have, but it's not a fix to bad hardware. The manufacturers of the controllers should still make better sticks

[bold sonnet]

That's such a good point when I think about it. I got one with stick drift I should check it out later how it works with this. But never before seen someone want to fix it with software this is such a new idea

[hasty patio]

https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3lbfpzdgjdc23

Pavel Djundik (@xpaw.me)

Steam is getting proper season passes support, all DLCs must be listed with expected release dates. If DLC is cancelled, refund for the value of unreleased DLC will be offered.

More here: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/seasonpass

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[gaunt marten]

Windows had stick calibration for a long time so I'm surprised this wasn't a thing on xbox

[bold sonnet]

You can fix on Windows too?

[gaunt marten]

Controller calibration was a thing on windows for like... Twenty years

[bold sonnet]

So you dont have stick drift on PC after you do this?

[gaunt marten]

Not sure. I never had a controller with stick drift before

[river veldt]

in rdr2 i camped in Roanoke Ridge and got approached by people called the Murfree it was kind of terrifying

[arctic fern]

https://x.com/PaperBugDev/status/1859597950722199951 the hell? an update for bug fables, 5 years after release?

Bug Fables Official! Hunt The Night Collab LIVE! (@PaperBugDev) on X

Celebrate 5 Years of Bug Fables with the FREE 1.2 Update!

New music, enemies, medals, and even minigames! Thank you for years of an amazing community!

Twitter · Nov 21, 2024, 2:01 PM

[gaunt marten]

Hell yeah

[arctic fern]

hell yeah indeed

[gaunt marten]

I thought they were working on a sequel

[arctic fern]

they might still be

a patch right now implies something

[gaunt marten]

For anyone who doesn't know, Bug Fables is a Paper Mario style game with bugs https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082710/Bug_Fables_The_Everlasting_Sapling/

Steam

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is an adventure-RPG following three heroes, Vi, Kabbu, and Leif, as they embark on an epic quest in Bugaria in search of The Everlasting Sapling, a treasure that can grant immortality! Bug Fables combines colorful platforming with the heroes' unique abilities as they explore a wide variety of areas in the king...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

4466

Metacritic

86

▶ Play video

[arctic fern]

its fukken Ay Mazing

[wind stump]

I've been thinking about picking it up again.

No better time, huh?

[arctic fern]

hella worth it

when i picked it up the fist time, i didnt wanna put it down

cant rate a game higher than that really

[wind stump]

I'm so good at this game

[arctic fern]

lol

youre using hardmode badge i take it?

[wind stump]

it do be Hard

[arctic fern]

currently streaming the game in VC if you're interested

[gaunt marten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E

[dire gate]

[gaunt marten]

It's a history of string theory podcast but she also plays the binding of isaac

She has a winning streak of -212 somehow

[dire gate]

History of string theory in a sentence:
"idk it looks cool we hope this works"

[arctic fern]

hey thats better than mine

[wind stump]

I like how so far in Bug Fables this has been my entire mindset to the point where I've barely used TP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgU4Oum8SLg

[gaunt marten]

By conserving healing items you are spending your valuable time, which is also a limited resource

[wind stump]

First try!
Ignore the fact that Kabu spent half the fight dead (I really should invest in TP)

[visual hill]

Dolphin has had this for a decade, heh

it certainly took some time for consoles to do it officially, I wonder why 😛

now I wish there was built-in snapback prevention in software too. It's a non-issue for almost any game genre... except fighting games where it'll make you lose games

[arctic fern]

the spooder boss on hard is very hard, arguably the hardest boss because of the lack of tools available to you

i think its well worth doing if i recall

oh

go talk to the guy who gave you the badge after every boss kill!

gives you an extra reward

[wind stump]

yea i did
making fleeing easier, g r e a t.

i suppose it's better to have it since i don't have anything better

[arctic fern]

oh ok, just reminding yu incase you didnt realise

[wind stump]

gucci

Doing a sidequest because it's the right thing to do ❌
Doing a sidequest because it's a free heal ✅

[blissful sand]

anyone has geoguessr ? i wanna play but i literally have no money to get a subscription

[gaunt marten]

It's paid now?

[blissful sand]

yeah

there used to be a free version where you could play 5 minutes every 15 minutes but not even that is paid

the time where it was fully free is long gone

and it seems you can only get the yearly sub

and i do not have 30 bucks in my bank account right now lol

[gaunt marten]

Yeah fuck that

[blissful sand]

fucking sucks

[dire gate]

I can see monthly

[blissful sand]

wtf

well I don't have 3€ either

yes it's bad

[dire gate]

honestly I would have paid for the game, if not as a subscription

[blissful sand]

same

i put like 30 bucks in it already i'm angry i can't play now

subscribtion based games fucking suck and i hate them

[wind stump]

I feel like Pip Finder is near mandatory for Hard Mode, lmao

[gaunt marten]

The what finder?

[wind stump]

Enemies have a chance to drop health/tp after a fight

Like the Heart/Flower finder in Paper Mario

but 100x better because 1. It's cheaper and 2 It fucking works

[gaunt marten]

Oh it must be new to the update

Before the update there were

After a successful battle, the party recovers 2 HP.
    Victory Buzz

After a successful battle, the party will recover 4 TP. ```

[bitter stream]

Path of Exile GGG livestream in 3 hours! Hopefully full of details on Path of Exile 2, including access plans, endgame, league content, etc. I'm super excitied for it

[wind stump]

Huh, maybe it was

[wind stump]

this isn't useful when Kabbu is usually the one who dies first

[arctic fern]

ha, tru

kabbu is paladin

[visual hill]

https://openguessr.com/

I've heard about it becuse a local LAN party is using it this year

[arctic fern]

ah, seems not at present. honestly disappointed they arent working on one right now. but sounds like there will be one eventually, so thats good!

[gaunt marten]

Makes sense

[wind stump]

it's been ONE TURN

[slim thorn]

my experience (in every genre with consumables, not just JRPGs) has been that if I can't beat the fight without consumables, I also can't beat it even with consumables, so for me it's not so much hoarding as it is ignoring the unhelpful parts of the game

[wind stump]

Would looking up a recipe guide be cheating?

[cerulean herald]

nah

[gaunt marten]

The difference here is time. You can beat a fight with consumables a lot faster

[wind stump]

Already did

If I'm playing on Hard, I think I can compensate with not having to mess with recipes because these fights are hard and I need the extra healing

[arctic fern]

yeah no thats fair

recipes are fun to find out for yourself, but also, nah im too lazy

[slim thorn]

well, not in my experience, I'm sure there are games or situations where this is true but I've just never been in one (unless I forced it to happen by spamming stackable buffs ahead of time)

[arctic fern]

i use healing items, yeah, but rarely use stat boost items myself

sometimes ill use damaging items but most JRPG style games seem poorly optimised for them, they are often great early game but useless late game because they scale terribly or are pointless late game because you're OP

[slim thorn]

or because they give you so little information that it's impossible to know when you're one item away from victory

(I'm aware Crystal Project is apparently the rare exception)

[arctic fern]

paper mario actually made even early game damaging items useful late game, because they allowed you to do status effects as well, like pow blocks knocking over shell enemies is useful in most parts of the game

[arctic fern]

that too

[wind stump]

zasp is kicking my arse

[arctic fern]

he does that

[wind stump]

beg0ne

istfg if there's another boss after this i'm going to shit

[arctic fern]

oh this is just phase one

phase two he eats a bowl of radioactive goop and mutates

[wind stump]

also this is a scam, i hate this, it procced once out of like, 15 times

[arctic fern]

(this does not happen, you've won now)

[arctic fern]

well, yeah, it is a pretty powerful item

[wind stump]

blarg

[arctic fern]

oh btw, use the bank in the ant town!

you get interest for just having money

what i recommend is putting all your money into it before the next chapter, then when you come back, you will have received alot of interest on it

[wind stump]

Yeah I've got like 100+ berries in there before i saved and quit

[blissful sand]

That's not too bad actually, thanks!

[visual hill]

you're welcome

[river veldt]

#rdr2: what the fuck are the Night Folk the name sounds terrifying

[river veldt]

#rdr2: that bank job could not have gone more wrong

now im in the Carribean

[chilly mural]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=einEYdj3nAQ @fresh bane

[river veldt]

Arthur is coughing a lot it's kind of worrying me

[river veldt]

the Unshaken sequence after you get back to the US after Guarma might be the greatest sequence in a video game

[river veldt]

oh

[rare garden]

Whoopsies time to kill a slaver

[fresh bane]

oh it was a remaster all along wow.... cool

[chilly mural]

atleast it's an official PC port

[bold sonnet]

What is better in VF than in Tekken?

[chilly mural]

[river veldt]

yeah that was fun, the cannon v battleship was awesome

[chilly mural]

it's a different game series all together, it's mechanically different from tekken

[fresh bane]

I guess rollback is better than nothing, I was never really aware of Virtua Fighter as a franchise until recently so I don't have much hype for this than VF fans probably have

I really thought it was a new game though

[chilly mural]

it's coming soon™️

[fresh bane]

I'm waiting on that garou myself, as a kid I was big on 3D fighters but now I'm more comfortable with 2D fighters, and I'm not super good at Marvel style fighters so I've been limited to SF6 and Strive

[chilly mural]

I'm fine with both, I am going to enjoy garou and play some more VF5 espically that I can play some PC matches without worry

[fresh bane]

of course

[wintry canopy]

New upcoming master duel ban list is out.

[wind stump]

wow okay, Bug Fables is hella based
so the rewards for beating bosses on Hard are also accessable if you beat them without the Hard medal equipped, but you do have to buy them.

[gaunt marten]

Yeah

and you get to fight them in hard mode later if you want to see what it's like

[wind stump]

Honestly after struggling so much just to get Quick Flea I did look up some of the other rewards

[arctic fern]

you do get acheivements tho, and more exp/money for doing hard mode

[visual hill]

at least this one is on PC, Sega has a history of keeping the best ports for the weirdest platforms

like Virtua Racing on Switch or Daytona 2 in an arcade machine in Yakuza

(the second one is technically on PC, but come on...)

[hasty patio]

https://bsky.app/profile/steampowered.com/post/3lbiodun7mk2r

Steam (@steampowered.com)

Hello to the Bluesky community!

We're trundling on in with an announcement; the Steam Autumn Sale starts next Wednesday, November 27th with deals on games of all types - from games that are blue, to games that are about skies, and everything in between.

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[quiet swift]

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/beholder-8c3b4c free this week

[little badger]

https://x.com/sonicmovie/status/1860005393658970358? @green fulcrum

Sonic the Hedgehog (@SonicMovie) on X

Project Shadow is far beyond anything we’ve ever encountered. #SonicMovie3

Twitter · Nov 22, 2024, 5:00 PM

[wind stump]

nyoomin

[little badger]

https://x.com/treyarch/status/1860035600344314193? @bold sonnet @fickle garnet

Treyarch (@Treyarch) on X

#CitadelleDesMorts

⚔️ 2024.12.05 ⚔️

Twitter · Nov 22, 2024, 7:00 PM

[wind stump]

mortis

[green fulcrum]

I read it like that too at first

[bold sonnet]

New map?

[fickle garnet]

Yeah, new zombies map

[bold sonnet]

Maybe we should team up one day but just in case I'm not super good but I like to play

[fickle garnet]

Yeah we should sometime

[little badger]

What is your highest round?

[bold sonnet]

I'll circle back to you on that

[wind stump]

3.14

[little badger]

Would you like to play sometime?

[bold sonnet]

Very much

[little badger]

[random steppe]

Ok so, Digital Extremes, the Warframe developer is making this other game that is in pre alpha and it's kind of a guerrilla druids against an invading army with a medieval celtic aesthetic.

The reason I'm even explaining this, is that they have a login page with your character sleeping in the wilderness.
I recently discovered that every consecutive login day you do, they add an animal that sleeps next to your character and it's really cute.

[bitter stream]

aww that's so cool

[random steppe]

I assume there is a limit, I kinda hope that you are just completely obscured by animals by the time you hit the limit tho

[bitter stream]

yeah fair

[hasty patio]

Huh

[dense crypt]

Sounds like Cetus vs Grineer tbh

[random steppe]

Kinda.

Except that the setting is a lot more fantasy, even tho the bad guys sorta have advanced magitech of sort

And are more cult-ish

It's less grineer and more Necromongers from Riddick to make a reference you almost certainly won't catch

But I am pretty sure that was a major inspiration

[visual hill]

the franchise with the famous Smash characters is getting an unofficial PC port (not available for download yet). If you want to look at it live…
https://www.twitch.tv/rakanai

it's 60 FPS + native widescreen (no stretching)

[steep flax]

Star fox x86_64

[wind stump]

The funni

[bitter stream]

aww cute

[astral steeple]

https://x.com/Knoebelbroet/status/1860246796498268220

Knoebel (@Knoebelbroet) on X

Xbox is shutting down its Xbox Avatar Editor on January 9th. The App, the avatar and all items will be gone. Xbox will refund everything you bought after November 1st 2023.

The reasoning behind this decision is due to "low engagement with the program".

https://t.co/Z2KSnXhIia

Twitter · Nov 23, 2024, 8:59 AM

BRUH

[steep flax]

i think this is a decompilation of the original starfox64 rom which is extremely cool

[light gate]

just shut down the entire platform already lol

[steep flax]

aww i like the xbox avatars

[bold sonnet]

I saw Profesor play it yesterday it looked fun like more complicated Vampire Survivors also funny that all characters are anime girls I thought

[wind stump]

you should play it

it's Literally Free™️

[toxic seal]

It is modeled after Vampire Survivors, yes, but with the vtubers of Hololive Production

Like Hc said it's free on Steam and is a lot more than just the main game. There's a casino, material gathering, a house you can customize, and a Jump King game built right into the game

[cerulean herald]

and zero instances of spending irl money

[bitter stream]

exactly, Holocure is amazing

[wind stump]

LAG INTENSIFIES

[toxic seal]

DATTE BOKU WA HOSHI DAKARAAAAA

[wind stump]

MORE PROJECTILES NEVER ENOUGH PROJECTILES

[river veldt]

Arthur is not looking good :(

[toxic seal]

With Marine's skills literally relying on HoloCoins they had to nerf the Greed stamp or else she'd be broken af. She's already quite broken when built correctly, but that's true for a lot of characters... which I gues means the game is balanced well

[fickle garnet]

I am prestige 2 in BO6

[fickle garnet]

Ew someone was named imtransphobic

In cod

[green fulcrum]

Ah, the tradition of edgy 13 year olds dominating in CoD continues.

[fickle garnet]

There are soooo fucking many people with maga as their clan tag

[cerulean herald]

[fickle garnet]

I love CoD fans. Truly the nicest people in the world

Excluding me, im an asshole

[random steppe]

Update, we got squirrels and more buns

This is so silly

[green fulcrum]

Awwww~

If a fawn or rabbit ever comes up to me while I'm sitting down and sleeps near me, then I know that I have reached the peak of my life.

[rancid herald]

What's the deal with this compiled shader thing btw?

It seems like all the games do it these days

[hasty patio]

Seems to be more of a PC thing. There is a benefit most of the time to doing it that way.

Consoles don't tend to have it since they are built for that one specific hardware config.

[quiet swift]

Ah, finally reached the FIGHTING GOD part of persona 5

[river veldt]

was Balatro nominated for goty ?

hell yeah it was

[wind stump]

LET'S GO GAMBLING!

[bitter stream]

Aw dang it!

[fresh bane]

I'd say UFO 50 deserves at least a nomination for GOTY, but then I wouldn't be able to say if UFO 50 as a whole deserves it or each individual game deserves one

apparently there's like a full 10 hour rpg in that thing

[little badger]

@green fulcrum https://x.com/sonicmovie/status/1860767803889905799?

Sonic the Hedgehog (@SonicMovie) on X

LET’S GOOO!!! New trailer for #SonicMovie3 drops TOMORROW.

Twitter · Nov 24, 2024, 7:29 PM

[fresh bane]

Paramount and Sega of America actually released a brand new Sonic game for the Genesis to promote the movie and within it if you input a secret code you actually get the date for the new trailer and a little teaser

It's not really a 'game' though, there is a little minigame with movie Sonic and Shadow but it's very bare bones and there's no fail state or anything, the rest are just portraits of the characters with some voice lines plus the trailer date teaser

[river veldt]

🃏🃏🃏

[river veldt]

the sonic 3 boxart is really funny

[fresh bane]

Only for content creators though, I'm assuming this thing's gonna cost some money later down the line

it's really just a novelty item

[fresh bane]

it's the og Sonic 3 box art

[river veldt]

ye

[young creek]

AI art :/

[fresh bane]

For shame Sega

[green fulcrum]

Oh wow, Sega really was ahead of their time back then

[cerulean herald]

It's funny bc 5 is "normal" amount

[green fulcrum]

No, the joke is that the thumb and pinky look weird

But it's hand-drawn art

[little badger]

What is your favourite sonic game GT?

[proud warren]

Could I get away with saying SRB2K?

(I know it wasn't directed at me, but I figured I'd interact )

[fresh bane]

Maybe it's just recency bias but Shadow Gens is pretty up there for me

[little badger]

I thought that game was a good remake with the added shadow story

[fresh bane]

I have an interesting relationship with the Sonic franchise where I'm fully aware of everything about it especially in recent times I've engaged more with all parts of it, but since I grew up with Sonic Unleashed and Riders on PS2 which was basically everything I used to play thats what Sonic is to me (I used to play Adventure 1 on PC too but I remember never figuring out how to get far enough on it)

it's very subjective obviously but you can't really quite detach from those childhood memories and feelings

[little badger]

sonic heroes was one of my favourite games

[river veldt]

Sonic Mania

[little badger]

[sour hill]

GT stole Mario's account?! 😱

[green fulcrum]

Sonic Unleashed, no contest.

Werehog and all

It has the best story, the best music, the best gameplay, the best voice acting, and the best art style.

[river veldt]

yeah

[sour hill]

Based

[green fulcrum]

Frontiers' story is absolutely fantastic too, but Unleashed has it beat in terms of plot cohesion and the realistic and emotional friendship that Sonic and Chip have.

[river veldt]

jesus christmas i have 107 hours in RDR2 how much longer is this game

[sour hill]

It's a big game y'know

[gaunt marten]

Skyrim with pistols

[sour hill]

That's exactly what it is

[river veldt]

this game is nothing like Skyrim except it has an open world

[gaunt marten]

It'll take you a thousand hours then

[river veldt]

it's more like gta with horses but even that's not a good comparison because the characters and writing are a lot more serious

[gaunt marten]

Skyrim with horses

[river veldt]

Skyrim has horses

[little badger]

Even the infamous ||hot dog stand missions||

[gaunt marten]

So it's just Skyrim

[river veldt]

no i just said it's nothing like skyrim

[gaunt marten]

it's so fun to pull your chain

[green fulcrum]

Even those. Even the infamous Eggmanland stage that takes half an hour to S-Rank. I love it all.

[little badger]

I need to play it again

[sour hill]

GTA but good

[green fulcrum]

Sonic Team cooked with Unleashed and I will not be persuaded otherwise.

Anyone who says the Werehog was stupid just doesn't get it.

[river veldt]

honestly yeah

[gaunt marten]

My favorite sonic game is the RPG one

[sour hill]

I think at this point I will never see sonic unleashed and not think of vhisper

[green fulcrum]

Sonic Chronicles?

[little badger]

I thought it was a good edition including chip

[gaunt marten]

Yeah it's so bad and I love it

[green fulcrum]

I haven't seen vhisper in a while, where'd they go?

[sour hill]

Idk

[gaunt marten]

She's still in Manechat

[green fulcrum]

I mean, the gameplay is passable, and the story and character interactions are genuinely some of the best in the series. What brings it down is the awful, awful music.

[gaunt marten]

Oh yeah I just turn it off

I'm mostly playing the game for the exploration

[river veldt]

whenever someone mentions balatro on twitter people just post the plush Joker face

[green fulcrum]

The real shame is that they had a great soundtrack ready to go, but it got corrupted and all they had left was the garbage midi demos that they were forced to put in.

[little badger]

GT what was your opinion on sonic R I like it but I know it’s not a fan favourite

[green fulcrum]

Never played it

[sour hill]

My discord crashed right after you sent this

[river veldt]

i lvoe Sonic R

[little badger]

[little badger]

Ah

[river veldt]

Sonic R has awesome music

can you feel the sunshine

[gaunt marten]

It is a bioware game

[cerulean herald]

@green fulcrum what's your least favorite sonic game

[bitter stream]

Sonic R is amazing

That's my childhood sonic hahah

"Can you feel the sunshine!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY9m2sHQwLs

[river veldt]

Sonic Riders

[cerulean herald]

Wait cap did you see that Bowser vs Eggman video

[river veldt]

yeah

[cerulean herald]

What're ur thoughts

[river veldt]

Thwomp crushing Infinite was hilarious

[cerulean herald]

Lmao

[river veldt]

i agree with the outcome which should surprise nopony

[cerulean herald]

I don't know much about sonic (or the Mario spin-offs) so that video is how I learned about Time Eater, Dreamy Bowser and Nightmare Eggman

[river veldt]

Dreamy Bowser was Dream Team i think

[gaunt marten]

Did you know if you play twelve cards in a row he ends your turn?

[river veldt]

ive only played Bowser's Inside Story none of the other Mario & Luigi games

also i never finished it i got stuck on the final boss

[cerulean herald]

Looked it up, apparently Mario and Sonic both have games called Dream Team

[gaunt marten]

You should play it on archipelago with us

[green fulcrum]

The GBA remake of Sonic 1. Awful controls, screen crunch, shrunken screen so you can't see where you're going, they ruined the music, there's so much lag and slowdown, and soooooooo many bugs. It's infuriatingly bad. Even Sonic 06 and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric were better.

[fresh bane]

I feel like that's kind of a cheat answer though just because of how objectively awful that port is, plus the fact that it's a port

Out of the ones I played my least favourite is probably Frontiers

[river veldt]

honestly i think me too

[cerulean herald]

what happened with Frontiers

[river veldt]

it's just kind of boring

[fresh bane]

It just feels very unfocused on what it wants to be, it feels more like an experiment they released for money than a full fledged Sonic game, overall it's just very unremarkable unless you're specifically into the idea of open world Sonic and you personally really dig that

[green fulcrum]

I loved Frontiers, but it has its problems too. Luckily they actually fixed a lot of those problems in Shadow Generations, including the awful pop-in issues.

[visual hill]

Frontiers has mods to reduce pop-in

it's clearly compromised on consoles and especially Switch

[river veldt]

what the fuck ?????

[rancid herald]

is that the new indiana jones game?

[river veldt]

no this is rdr2

indiana jones comes out in 2 weeks

[rancid herald]

oh

[river veldt]

im so excited ☃️

[rancid herald]

probably a reference to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_human_skeletons

[river veldt]

that's crazy

[fickle garnet]

https://fixupx.com/BalatroGame/status/1860692489482473662?t=EhDApOaihwgWyYzZIfQMzQ&s=19

[green fulcrum]

I mean, it isn't a really "big" game

So that makes sense

Kind of a funny flex though, considering all these multi-billion dollar companies are making games that take up hundreds of gigabytes, and then along comes a humble, one-developer card game that gets nominated for game of the year.

Like, Christ this guy struck GOLD.

[fickle garnet]

Yeah

[river veldt]

this fucking image is so good

[tawny jacinth]

Peak indie dev behavior: establishing your protagonists height by using the Eiffel Tower as a reference

[river veldt]

does anyone know how the elden ring dlc works on Steam Deck

[quiet swift]

Works perfectly fine! I tried it

[little badger]

@green fulcrum https://fixupx.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1861055466178244871?

[river veldt]

ok cool, only reason i ask was because it was only listed as playable

[quiet swift]

It obviously might not be at the absolute highest graphics level but I did play it several hours and it looks fine

[river veldt]

radical

[wind stump]

some fuckin SCP shit

[quiet swift]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/microsoft-has-blocked-the-latest-windows-11-update-on-pcs-with-star-wars-outlaws-and-other-ubisoft-games-installed/

[green fulcrum]

Congrats Microsoft, you played yourself.

[hasty patio]

Finally, a use for Ubi games. /s

[visual hill]

https://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/34845053169939--2K-Launcher-Complete-Sunset#h_01JB9YZ0QXK5J6CQVJXJ8P73H9

2K launcher is no more

[bitter stream]

woo you m ean i don't have to use AML for XCOM 2 anymore?

[random steppe]

I may be wrong but I don't think Xcom 2 use the 2k launcher

[bitter stream]

hmm, it used to be forced if you launched it through steam. I switched to AML as the 2k Launcher broke mods

[random steppe]

I know there was a launcher to select between the expansions and organise mods, but I don't think it was the big 2k launcher
I may be wrong tho, it's been a while

[bitter stream]

ah, I'm not sure, the update came through for me so I can't double check

[random steppe]

I'm not actually sure tho, it's just a random memory I have

[bitter stream]

yeah no worries. it's good that steam deck can launch mods now

[chilly mural]

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maVDT8zBWNU I want 890m graphics in handhelds already

Also crazy how you can have such a tiny pc and have it be a really competent gaming pc

[bitter stream]

ooh interesting, will take a look

[craggy vine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn3iHmMOsWA Random fun video I got recommended. The game on pc seems to be just about the same as the game on the switch.

As for which version is best, I guess it is kinda hard to say, some of the lighting and colors have been changed a bit between the xbox 360 and the pc version.

[visual hill]

Ocelot represent

PC version is definitely the way to play now, except on macOS maybe where Switch emulation might be a better choice (I haven't looked at CrossOver or the game porting toolkit for RDR1)

speaking of which, I got a new Mac today but won't have much time to use it today

[dire gate]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/893720/One_Hand_Clapping/

Steam

One Hand Clapping

One Hand Clapping is a vocal 2D platformer. Solve puzzles, by singing or humming into your microphone, and find confidence in the power of your voice as it changes the world around you.One Hand Clapping is a relaxing, inspiring puzzle platformer that focuses on vocal input to progress through its vibrant world. Build confidence in your voice as ...

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[gaunt marten]

Lmao mute people fuck off you can't play our game

It seems like a nice game but I don't think I want to play it without accessibility options that make it playable with no microphone

[random steppe]

I mean to be fair, it's not like there are a lot of games like these

If every other game required voice controls I'd be more concerned about it

I mostly don't want to sing at my computer, people might think I'm insane

[gaunt marten]

Other games do need accessibility options to allow players who can't use a controller or mouse and keyboard to play them

For a game like this, it looks like the actual mechanism you play the game with is raising your voice up or down.

It is probably possible to hack controller support into it with two spare buttons

I wonder if I can do it

[random steppe]

Yeah but for other games

1. The vast majority of games do require the use of a controller, without accessibility options through the industry disabled people would have no games to play...it's not really that important that every single game is accessible to everyone, but more that the hobby is broadly accessible.

2. The other games having tried and tested control scheme, have a lot of R&D already done for them as to how properly do accessibility...a game trying something new from a tiny development team being expected to come up to do accessibility research to make their unique gimmick compatible for an extremely tiny portion of the potential playerbase is a lot more burdensome

It would be nice if they did, but I do understand if it doesn't happen

[visual hill]

reminds me when people made Flappy Bird clones that required you to scream into the microphone to fly

[cinder hatch]

I wanna take you for a ride

[dire gate]

Accessibility is important for sure, but for some games which choose to be gimmicky I think the whole point is to use the gimmick

So for one hand clapping, accessibility option kind of misses the point of the game

It's like playing Wii Sports with a gamepad

[gaunt marten]

But I want to play it with a gamepad

[dire gate]

[bold sonnet]

Running errands with Pokémon Red OST in my earbud

[bold sonnet]

Sent my headset for warranty (again) I hope to get it back soon

[green fulcrum]

I'm watching a Let's Play of the original Myst, and I gotta say, the other Ages outside of Myst (Mechanical, Selenitic, Channelwood, and Stoneship) are a looooot smaller than I remembered them being, especially Stoneship and Mechanical. They are tiny compared to what we would get later in Riven and beyond.

[river veldt]

Myst is badass

[green fulcrum]

It is

[hushed onyx]

I should play it again, maybe do Riven too.

[green fulcrum]

And the remakes are fantastic, especially the Riven remake.

[hushed onyx]

I’ve finished Myst but never Riven.

Also Myst III, which is my favorite (because first and only I finished as a kid)

[green fulcrum]

You should play the original Riven if you can, it's on Steam, but I very highly recommend the remake too because it changes enough and adds new things to almost make it a new but still familiar experience.

Myst 3 is very highly enjoyed by the community too

[slim thorn]

same, I think 3 is the only one that consistently nailed the balance of being solvable without external help / luck, while retaining all the aesthetics and mystery and stuff

[river veldt]

im not just saying this because it was an inspiration for Gravity Falls

[minor plover]

my wife and I played through the first 3 Myst games early in our marriage and found them all very reasonably solvable. Never went to walkthroughs or anything like that.

[hushed onyx]

I love a lot of the environments, the central island is gorgeous and so is the biological age.

Now I want to go play Myst III when I get home 🤪

[river veldt]

hbomberguy has a great video about Myst

[slim thorn]

as a kid, the marble maze age in 3 was the one that really blew me away aesthetically

[hushed onyx]

Not sure I can though, I have a Mac and no Windows machines.

[green fulcrum]

I have a soft spot for Myst 4, but I understand why people don't like it. The acting is...awful, except for Atrus.

Myst 5 though is bad, start to finish. You don't even need to go to most of the Ages in the game to reach the ending (technically you don't need to do that in the original Myst either as long as you do some quick thinking, memorization for the clock tower position to get to its marker switch, and code-searching for the randomized answer to the fireplace puzzle, but it's still not as obvious there). But in Myst 5 you can very easily skip like 80% of the game and still get the best ending.

[hushed onyx]

Well it says it supports Mac, so I guess I’ll check.

[green fulcrum]

I'm actually pretty sure that Cyan intends on remaking all five games, especially since they recently were able to buy the rights to Myst 3, Myst 4, and Myst 5 back from Ubisoft, and the original teams for those games are no longer around. From what I recall, Cyan said that they'd likely do Myst 4 and 5 "a bit different" from the originals.

Having a full-blown Myst 4 remake with better graphics, better acting, a better storyline, and improved puzzles would blow me away.

[green fulcrum]

Amateria is so badass in Myst 3, with all its mechanics, mathematical/physics puzzles, and pinball machinery (plus that amazing ride at the end). It's tied with Spire from Myst 4 as my absolute favorite Age from the Myst games (Riven in its original form is a close second, but may actually be bumped to a three-way tie for first as of the remake).

[bold sonnet]

I completed only the first Myst and it was great time 🌟

Propably the hardest thinking game I've finished so I felt smart

[slim thorn]

I was definitely too young for the Mysts when I first played them, it's conceivable if I didn't remember them so well I'd be able to finish them unaided today, especially since I did (barely) manage all of Obduction on my own

[green fulcrum]

Obduction is a mind-bender, for sure.

Never played Firmament, heard it was okay but not the best game they've made.

[slim thorn]

yeah, I've never tried 4, 5 or Firmament because of reputation (and having too much else to play)

[green fulcrum]

I do like how each Cyan game does something "new" with its puzzles after the original Myst. Riven was "open world", and each puzzle felt like an organic part of the world rather just mere obstacles. Myst 3 was all about mathematics, physics, and engineering, as well as teaching you how each Age's mechanics combine to create civilization. Myst 4 was all about philosophy and a mix of biodiversity, calculus, and geology. Myst 5 was the first mainline game that had proper 3D puzzles and free-roam gameplay.

Then Obduction came and had teleportation, spatial awareness, and swapping puzzles, and Firmament has direct manipulation of objects using that robot thingy you hold.

[slim thorn]

huh, I never put that together

[green fulcrum]

I do suggest that you at least try Myst 4, just to close off the story of Sirrus and Achenar if anything. Its puzzles aren't too bad, just not as good as the previous 3. The only really major problems with it are the acting and story, which comes off as goofy at times, and the final Age, Serenia, sometimes feels like it doesn't fit as well in the universe of Myst as the other Ages (though visually it's one of the most stunning). But overall it's a fine Myst game, it just could've been better.

Myst 5 I think you can skip, it changes too much about the world and story and it just feels so unnecessary (plus the graphics are very dated and the character animations are horrendous at times).

Firmament is hit or miss, depending on who you ask. I might still play it, but we'll see.

[slim thorn]

that being Myst IV: Revelation? (I think at some point I had 4 mixed up with Uru?)

[green fulcrum]

Nah, Uru is a spin-off

Revelation is Myst 4, yes

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I disliked Sirrus's acting. but i quite loved Achenar's just the right level of deranged crazy but his growth over time in the prison age was well done

abut i loved the puzzles in Sirrus's age and the environment was rather pretty

i still have my original myst CD i got when it came out

I also got the 25 year anniversary special box set

[sacred grove]

I would like a linking book to Equestria pls

[green fulcrum]

I'd say the acting for both of them was crap, but I looooooooooooove Spire's visuals and its puzzles. I also liked both of their journals, they had a lot of personality in them. Sirrus's was clean, scientific, and cold, and Achenar's was deranged and snarky and full of threats and grandiose plans (until he reached his "revelation after the madness" phase when he started living on the lake).

[green fulcrum]

Oh man, I one time saw someone who actually created their own linking book, moving image and all, and it even played the linking sound when you touched the screen. It was soooooooo badass.

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the guy was Rime+ and he was my next door neighbour and one of my best friends a as i kid. I introduced him to myst

he could read and write Dn'i fluently

[green fulcrum]

One of these days I want to have a study of sorts similar to Atrus's studies, with crystals and a cool desk and never-ending journals.

[robust latch]

https://www.riumplus.com/mystbook/

[green fulcrum]

Yoooo, that's the one!

[robust latch]

it could actually play myst on it

[green fulcrum]

That's so cool!

[robust latch]

he also owns a DeLorean

odd guy really

have not spoken to him in well probably about 20 years. after i moved away

amusingly that book is also a backer item you can find in Obduction

[sacred grove]

Odd? idk, he sounds awesome

He sounds like a creator of sorts, much like the D'ni were

[green fulcrum]

You can be both. :P

[sacred grove]

I suppose that the D'ni we've seen are kind of odd too. Well, odd at best

We don't talk about Gehn. Gehn can go walk off a cliff

[green fulcrum]

Gehn can suck it as a person, but as an intellectual and builder, he's cool as shit.

His ability to write Ages is ASS though.

[sacred grove]

He probably used chatgpt smh my head

[robust latch]

yeah he never learnt The Art properly and really screwed up everything he wrote

[green fulcrum]

I think my favorite villain is Saavedro though. Brad Dourif (who also played Wormtongue in LotR) is an excellent actor, and he was a fan of Myst since the beginning and played Saavedro perfectly. Perfect mix of crazy and desperate. His absolute despair at the end of the game when you have him trapped is heartwrenching.

[robust latch]

i think the DN'i numbering system being base 25 is probbaly one of my fav things in the games

[robust latch]

oh yeah Saavedro was a great character and yes the actor played him perfectly

[green fulcrum]

I thought Rivenese was base 25?

[slim thorn]

agreed, I especially remember in 3's final puzzle when I ||messed up the first time and let him back out after trapping him, and... yeah I can't even blame him for smashing my skull in at that point||

[green fulcrum]

Either way, Rivenese and D'ni number systems have absolutely nothing on the Villeins from Obduction. Base 4 math, and it's done in touch-based pictograms, is F*CKED.

[slim thorn]

I loved that so much

[robust latch]

oh yeah the Villeins numbering was crazy fun.

[slim thorn]

"foreign numbering systems" is officially one of my favorite tropes in puzzle games now that both Riven and Obduction have both done it wonderfully

[robust latch]

that creepy thing near the cash register when you 1st walked in opening up thinking it was going to attack

[slim thorn]

and then you realize it literally has a manual sitting there waiting to be read

[green fulcrum]

Of all the bad endings in that game, I really think that ||leaving him trapped there forever|| is the absolute worst one. At least in the other bad endings he just ||kills you||, in that one you ||leave him to die, unable to see his family again and unable to even go back to J'nanin where he at least had safety.||

That ending turns you into an absolute monster.

[green fulcrum]

That thing is such a jump scare.

[robust latch]

the number of people ive seen doign play thoughts of Objection and getting fixated on the random button/number machine

[robust latch]

yeah massive jumpscare when i saw it.

[sacred grove]

I kinda wish Cyan had a bigger budget to work with these days. Their games are in such a niche that it's hard for them to make that much money, so they've had to cut down their recent games a little. I've heard about cuts from Obduction during development, and from what I've seen of Firmament, it wasn't as fleshed out as it could have been

[robust latch]

I really liked the whole cross dimensional space between the trees in obduction just being able to walk between worlds though a void.
The implementation in the remake of riven was certainly interesting. I love the new details in the riven remake. the video overlay of atrus kinda sucks. but the puzzle changes were kinda fun just enough difference to make things more interesting and the moving between the domes was very graphically pritty

[green fulcrum]

I mean, they managed to make the remakes for Myst and Riven truly amazing.

[green fulcrum]

Yeah, the 3D character renders still need work. Better than they were in the Myst remake, but still need work. Gehn's in particular was very buggy.

[robust latch]

oh yeah Gehn's renders were horrid

you can really see in the remakes they focused ont he world and the landscape

the people interaction felt like it was phoned in

[sacred grove]

For Myst and Riven, they had the advantage of those games already having been designed decades ago. They didn't have to start completely from scratch, which is harder to do

[slim thorn]

in retrospect I wonder why those remakes weren't timed to go with a new game like Firmament, for a niche like this where the old games are so historically significant that would've been a great way to pull in new people who had no idea they like this

[green fulcrum]

Catherine's weren't actually that bad, imo. The potential is there, they just need to work on it some more.

[robust latch]

i am yet to play Firmament. watched lets plays though

[green fulcrum]

Let me guess, Dilandau?

That guy is like the Myst/Cyan Let's Player.