general gaming

[river veldt]

i need to play Obra Dinn, i love Pope's other game, Papers Please

sorry for ping

[slim thorn]

I played Republia Times so I get to say I liked Pope before it was cool

[fresh bane]

Yeah, that's one of the major ''problems'' whenever you're in the courtroom, whenever you're exploring especially in any case that drags on for a while it's usually ''oh you didn't examine the one specific thing in this screen that you then go back and ask another character about so you just spent 20 min going around not knowing what you needed to do to progress''

I actually didnt' even notice until a streamer I watch recently played through all of Ace Attorney 1 but it's also really funny and crazy how many times witnesses and people on trial are allowed to completely alter almost every detail of their stories

''Yeah sorry judge, I fully made that up, I promise it won't happen again''
''Mmm... very well.''

[river veldt]

Papers Please is like, work simulator

both stressful and relaxing

[slim thorn]

(that moment when you realize the absurdity of Ace Attorney courtrooms is a social commentary on an irl judicial system that favors the prosecution )

[river veldt]

also i havent been spoiled at all for Obra Dinn, so honestly i should probably play it asap so i dont

i know nothing about Outer Wilds either except that there's ||a time loop i think?||

[slim thorn]

yeah, you're good for both of those

[sacred grove]

Just go in with your brain turned on and fueled up

[slim thorn]

some people prefer to keep even that aspect of Outer Wilds a spoiler because it is kinda neat to discover it organically, but it's fine, you'll learn that very quick and it's certainly not the solution to any puzzle all on its own

[river veldt]

trying to think of other games that i wanna play that i havent been spoiled on

i spoil myself a lot

[slim thorn]

OW's probably the highest spoiler risk

Obra Dinn is one where everyone talks about the mechanics, but not really specific puzzle solutions

[river veldt]

i see

[slim thorn]

like, the process by which you figure out that the guy on the mainsail was Bob instead of Mike is interesting, but the actual fact that it was Bob, nobody cares

[sacred grove]

The story of the obra dinn is a heckuva tale, that's for sure

[slim thorn]

true, ||all the fantasy creatures and why they're there in the first place|| is a neat story, I just mean it's not the stuff anyone normally talks about so it's comparatively less of a spoiler risk

[river veldt]

yeah that's what im always worried about getting spoiled lol

[slim thorn]

(plus, after you do put it all together, the Obra Dinn spoilers are way simpler than the Outer Wilds spoilers)

[fresh bane]

Obra Dinn is one of those games where I would've been very mad if someone spoiled it for me because of how much of a turn it takes, and I'm cautious about even mentioning there's a twist because going into the game just expecting a regular investigative experience is the ideal situation

[slim thorn]

to be fair, I'm not sure we have a "regular" when it comes to investigating why a ghost ship is missing all the people who were supposed to be on it

especially when ||the insurance company(???) gives you magical tools to investigate it with lol||

[fresh bane]

Of course it already kind of starts off a little fantastical what with the magic watch and all, || but most of the beginning part of the investigation feels like a very grounded mystery where you uncover this mutiny and how it's all getting out of hand and it lulls you into thinking it's gonna be some sort of ''normal'' murder mystery, so you never really expect to suddenly be investigating another characters' death and out of nowhere the crew is now fighting spider crab legged monsters from the depths of hell ||

[toxic seal]

Started Cyberpunk 2077. Time to spend an hour in the character creator

[bitter stream]

oooh have fun! the character creator is pretty nice

though I went with a default, though I've not played much of the game

[river veldt]

i went with the default female on the cover art and stuff

[fresh bane]

Eeeeeenjoy it's one of my favourite games in recent years I think

I love my V

They added a couple more customization options in recent updates, it's not that game changing but it's appreciated, I feel like for a game of this length where for my first playthrough I went way past 100 hours just by doing every single thing i could possibly do (and I STILL haven't finished the game) I definitely would spend a lot of time on the character creator just perfecting the character I'll be playing for the next couple of months of my life

[bitter stream]

I suppose I could always restart, I wasn't far in

I guess I don't really know what details I want on my character

I'm kinda happy to play and find out

[arctic fern]

You can respec any time

So experimenting is fine

[visual hill]

I played this on PS1 when I was a kid

I didn't understand anything, I was 5. (I already knew how to read back then, I just didn't know where to go)

but I found the vibe pretty good

[river veldt]

shopping on amerzone

[wind stump]

i fucking love yakuza

i think there would be legit rioting if 24 Hour Cindarella wasn't in the Majima spinoff

[cerulean herald]

I won Balto

[gaunt marten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mizBGCen2DI

It's the first game in the season 8 finals in OoT Randomizer Standard Tournament

[craggy vine]

Broo this game is tagged with psychological horror

Why is it being released again anyway

https://youtu.be/sCW1QaOH1Y8?si=7ozw7DGklZ_T3_Xk

This should have been the steam trailer

It was released on PC though? It was never a playstation game as far as I can see, only a release for PC in 2003

It wouldn't be emulating anything. All it would be doing is making sure a windows xp game runs on windows 11.

if it even does that. Some old games work fine as is in windows 11 and 10 from that time period, so it is completely possible that nothing has been changed and it is all the exact same game files from 2003

I would love to look in to whether that is the case actually. And if it is, then I hope nobody buys this because it would just mean this steam release is a very shitty cash grab

Although, your opponent does seem to move now. The version of the game I had seen before, the opponent would never move and there never was a race

I checked the developer on the steam page and the developer listed is right. Just a different publisher.

I do wonder if this is a random cash grab scam by someone not even involved with the game

i worked something out I think... It seems that there are 4 versions of big rigs. Including that steam version.
Version 1 was the original with no opponent movement
Version 2 is when they changed 'you're winner' to 'you win'
Version 3 is when they added the opponent movement (pointless as you can't loose anyway)
And the steam version seems to be a version 4 where they have opponent movement but have the old 'you're winner'

Also version 1 had one of the maps crash the game if you try to go in it

This game is extremely interesting to look in to, at least to me. When you realise there is more to it then just the single release.

The wikipedia page for the game has some interesting insight

Seems like it had a weird development where it was outsourced to a team in Ukraine.

Says that Titov believed it was in a pre alpha state

(which honestly makes sense, it does just play like a concept for a game rather then a real released game)

It does make me wonder more about the multiple versions, and why, but also who specifically, is behind the steam release for the game

https://margariteentertainment.com/?i=1
This is the steam publisher's website. Seems they bought out the rights for the game and are now re-releasing it on steam.

They claim to focus on licensing and releasing old classic games on to steam. "Old games should not be forgotten".

I can see where they are coming from, where some games aren't released on steam. But starting at big rigs makes it look like a big cash grab project. Probably just a plan to buy out old games and release them again for money.

In saying that though, they could also have good intentions too. They might be starting at big rigs for its meme status and because it probably was a very cheap game to acquire the publishing rights for. Start with something cheap to test the waters for a new company.

This part does make me think they have good intentions

I guess buying big rigs on steam could help towards supporting a new project for publishing old games on steam

[green fulcrum]

Them starting with Big Rigs could also just be them getting their name out by starting off with something so ludicrous that people know their names.

[craggy vine]

Yeah totally can be, that is something I was sorta thinking too

Sorry for all the posting, just an autism moment

[cunning galleon]

cmon you can do better than that

[cunning galleon]

it keeps giving me SNOW MAAAPS

lol

?

[craggy vine]

That's faster then my internet

[cunning galleon]

i need 1gb/ps

me when bad teammates

[little badger]

@random steppe silksong has had its copyright updated. So a release date must be close

[gaunt marten]

A release date is only close once the game is released

[little badger]

If the copyright year has been updated doesn’t that mean it’s ready to be released or they have more info to share?

[craggy vine]

rx7 woo

NFS got the rotary sound so right. At least to me it sounds like it. Plus the twin turbo sound.

[gaunt marten]

Not necessarily

[little badger]

Oh right.

[random steppe]

I wouldn't rush to conclusions yeah

Could just be an update because it was about to expire or something, at this point I am not getting out of the bed for anything except a hard release date

That said, it would be really convenient for them to time it for a release around the switch 2 release window so who knows, maybe that is a plan.
I stand by my last year assessment that if we don't know by Summer Game Fest it's probably not coming within the year.

[little badger]

How long has it been in development again?

[slim thorn]

HK itself came out in 2017, Silksong was originally going to be a "Hornet DLC", and the last DLC that actually did come out was Godhome on August 2018, so my understanding is that Silksong's effectively been in development since then

tl;dr ~6.5 years

what's really funny about the Silksong overhype is that maybe half of my all-time favorite metroidvanias have come out after Silksong development started... so it really makes no sense to be as hung up on this one specific sequel as some people appear to be

[gaunt marten]

Hollow Knight is one of the best videogames of all time. At least five Metroidvania at the same level have come out since then and people are not nearly as excited

[slim thorn]

speaking of which, now that I'm finally taking a break from modding Nine Sols, I need to get back to playing Ender Magnolia

[random steppe]

I still think that no metroidvanie I tried after manage to quite deliver the same level of tight gameplay that HK does while also killing it in the story department

I haven't tried Lost Crown yet tho

That one looks really good in the gameplay department

It was also developed by a company with 2.3B annual revenue and not 3 guys in a garage with a box of scraps tho

[slim thorn]

and yet it plays exactly like a top-tier indie metroidvania

I have no idea how it happened

I think overall I prefer Nine Sols combat and Hollow Knight platforming, but at this level it truly is splitting hairs

Lost Crown's definitely one I should replay at some point

or at least throw a little more time at the post-game challenges

[random steppe]

Ender Magnolia I might even like it more than HK as far as story goes, the gameplay is very solid, it's just not HK level.
I think EM is my 2nd favourite of the genere after the honeymoon period is over.

[bronze abyss]

reminded me i still need to finish B ending boss fight,got burnt out on the game so just didnt yet

[slim thorn]

TIL noelle is capable of burnout /s

[bronze abyss]

oh im very susceptible to burnout,since i play in few sessions but very long ones

look i know how a lot of shit came off but all of that is genuinelhy not the intention it seems to be perceived as

only place where i think im god is brawlhalla

[slim thorn]

tbc it's totally fine, you clearly have more raw skill than most of us at a lot of these games, and sometimes that leads to amusing differences, but that's all

like if you played Nine Sols I bet you'd beat the final boss in 1-2 hours instead of my "3 days"

(I still need to try the mods that make her even harder...)

[bronze abyss]

thats a relief atleast,cuz genuinely i do not mean to come off as rude or arrogant,sorry for that if i do, just hard to tell apart sometimes cuz it was an actual issue a couple years back

[bronze abyss]

its been sitting on my wishlist for a good year or so now completely forgot about it

[slim thorn]

sometimes there are just too many games

[bronze abyss]

there really are,im really invested in a bunch of games rn that are quite significant time sinks so its difficult to get myself playing anything else(rabi ribi,kingdom come deliverence,mh wilds,dying light 2 100%)

[slim thorn]

even within my favorite genre, whenever I look up top N games lists there's still always 1 or 2 I haven't played or haven't even heard of

[umbral zinc]

that Dying Light isn't worthy of a 100% dawg don't torture yourself

[bronze abyss]

litearlly only 15 achievements left and only around 4 of them that take effort i have to

[slim thorn]

(well, I didn't really enjoy Rabi-Ribi, but a lot of other people somehow do, so I wasn't about to complain about it lol)

[bronze abyss]

im too far gone its my responsibility to do it now

[umbral zinc]

...

fair icl

[bronze abyss]

i thought i would 100% until i got the game legally and looked at the achievements...no thanks

[slim thorn]

for comparison: I have 257.3 hours in Nine Sols, after two 100% playthroughs and multiple months of modding it

[bronze abyss]

but i did do like 3 playthroughs of it now,really fun game

[bronze abyss]

it has a modding scene?

[slim thorn]

the game itself is pretty new but yes there is a decent one already

I recently finished the first playable version of my randomizer for Nine Sols, which is why I'm taking a break from modding now

[bronze abyss]

god i cannot even begin to imagine doing a randomizer on a metroidvania

but tbf thats borderline what my normal playthroughs of them feel like

[umbral zinc]

people got Dark Souls 3 randomized

[slim thorn]

metroidvanias are usually some of the best games to randomize

[umbral zinc]

everything is possible at this point

[bronze abyss]

have you ever play muramasa the demon blade?

[slim thorn]

haven't heard of it

don't see it on Steam?

[bronze abyss]

its a metroidvania platformer combat game,more leaning to the combat side but has some metroidvania elements

[bronze abyss]

not sure actually if its on there,i played it on ps vita

[slim thorn]

Platforms: PlayStation Vita, Wii, Wii U

welp

[umbral zinc]

i thought that one was a Wii exclusive

[slim thorn]

that would explain me not hearing about it

[bronze abyss]

well if you have any of the consoles or can emulate them,would recomend,p fun game and absolutely gorgeous artstye

[slim thorn]

I'll keep it in mind

[umbral zinc]

what are the most beautiful games you've played?

[slim thorn]

probably won't happen anytime soon since there's so many others I haven't gotten to which are just on Steam

and Wii emulation tends to be uniquely oof in my experience

the only correct answer is Okami

[umbral zinc]

that's a top 5 minimum

but i think Ori and the Will of the Wisps is my favorite

[slim thorn]

yeah the Oris were the other name that came to mind for me

[bronze abyss]

oof hard question,atomic heart has a nice,simple,and consistent feel in its world for a 3d game
ori both games have insane artstyles
and hunter call of the wild for realistic 3d

[umbral zinc]

Gris and Blasphemous are contenders for me as well

[slim thorn]

ofc there's a lot of different kinds of beauty, but the kind the Oris have is one that works on basically everyone; e.g. the haunting ennui of Ender Lilies isn't everyone's cup of tea

oh yeah Gris was gorgeous

[bronze abyss]

actually ender lillies is a good contender for artstyle,absolutely loved it

[slim thorn]

I bought Neva the moment I heard it was by the same people as Gris

[bronze abyss]

rarely have i seen a game or any piece of media that nailed atmosphere as well as ender lillies did

ender magnolia was a weird one though,kinda an upgrade but in some places awkward feeling

[random steppe]

I agree Ori has to be up there, Elden Ring has some incredible vistas, Persona 5 for the style, but I think that's something everyone gets blown away on the first Atlus game they play.

[slim thorn]

I was exposed to P3, P4 and then P5, and P5 is still the one I remember the most for its visuals so I wouldn't worry about that qualifier

[random steppe]

Makes sense

[bronze abyss]

ost wise though ender magnolia would win just cuz of this alone

[random steppe]

They did go all out with it for sure

[bronze abyss]

fucking didnt copy

bimbows <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rYJq37Puzg

[slim thorn]

P5 definitely wins the unique award of "best visual design ever in the user interface/menus that you thought always had to be boring"

[random steppe]

Ost it's too many to count, Ender Magnolia is definitely a strong contender tho.

[umbral zinc]

P5 for sure

and i still haven't tried Ender Magnolia but it looks amazing

[slim thorn]

(granted I haven't seen as much of Fantazio's menus)

[random steppe]

EM I think would definitely find a stop in the top 10 for most beautiful games I played.

[bronze abyss]

i know its a very low class exaple but like ost wise this goes so hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsnNpnBQ_aI

sets the mood perfectly for the upcoming match

[random steppe]

Refatnazio menus are just as good as P5 IMO, but having played P5 already I was less struck by it being as good as it was

[umbral zinc]

OST wise i don't think nobody will top what Celeste's music makes me feel

Lena put her life on it

[bronze abyss]

or the OG brawlhalla theme from 2014 i think it was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3r-CoZsgcc

[random steppe]

OST HK is also a very strong contender

[umbral zinc]

but i return more to Naganuma's work on Jet Set Radio and Future

[bronze abyss]

u sure youre not just trans?

[umbral zinc]

add Mick Gordon's work on DOOM and i got a solid top 5 there

[umbral zinc]

haven't i showed you my only pic on a skirt

[bronze abyss]

you havent actually

[slim thorn]

I stopped Celeste after Summit so I had no idea there was any trans-ness going on until the internet shoved it in my face later

[bronze abyss]

im trans and played through it i still dont understand but that may be just a lack of braincells issue

[random steppe]

I did play a lot of the games in the Trans escalation chart as well, but we did find a defeater for it the other day.
My request to the barber for my hair is "make it so I don't have to fuck with it more than 3 minutes in the morning to make it look okay" so it was established I'm definitely a guy.

[bronze abyss]

careful out there,rumours say if you play celeste and fallout new vegas transness is inevitable

[umbral zinc]

Madeline was confirmed trans by the devs IIRC but also Celeste is one of the colors on the trans flag

[slim thorn]

semi-serious: what other games are supposed to be in the trans pipeline

[umbral zinc]

"azul celeste" is like pastel blue

[random steppe]

Rain World I think was on there too

[bronze abyss]

im only aware of fo:nv,celeste,and minecarft cuz of the bee or something idk

[slim thorn]

ok yeah Rain World's the one I did not get, why that one?

[toxic seal]

New Vegas?

[random steppe]

IDK, Slugcat?

[slim thorn]

(prof: scroll up )

[umbral zinc]

New Vegas is also my favorite Fallout, y'all got me questioning my gender identity

[bronze abyss]

oh right guilty gear strive as well

[random steppe]

Slugcat feels transcoded but IDK why

[bronze abyss]

the most trans of fighting games

[slim thorn]

maybe it's one of those things that only makes sense if you 120% the game instead of dropping it 5 hours in like I did

Strive is the one where Bridget became canonically trans right?

[random steppe]

I did drop it 5 hours in as well

[bronze abyss]

yeah

[random steppe]

It's the aesthetic of the thing I think

[slim thorn]

...the post-apocalyptic world where everything is out to eat you?

[umbral zinc]

could Undertale be there as well?

[random steppe]

Never played Strive but the music out of that game is so fun

[bronze abyss]

thats just gay

[umbral zinc]

makes sense

[slim thorn]

Strive does feel like a case where the game overall isn't trans AFAIK, it just happens to contain a character who is

[umbral zinc]

so Undertale is gay and ULTRAKILL is for femboys

[slim thorn]

unlike New Vegas which gets brought up here because of the pervasive roleplay elements

[bronze abyss]

ultrakill is bisexual

[umbral zinc]

i might be queer

[bronze abyss]

"might" yeah right

[toxic seal]

I guess I'm missing where it was talked about? I can't find the mention of New Vegas trans rep

[slim thorn]

^

[toxic seal]

Yeah I saw that I just don't know what about the game is the representation

[slim thorn]

admittedly it's very missable in Celeste since it really never gets that specific about Madeline's issue in the main story, but it is all about that one character so once you're aware of the word of god it makes sense at least

soooo

[bronze abyss]

idk either it just seems to be incredibly popular between trans people and a lot ive seen refer to it as a "trans game"

[umbral zinc]

yeah FNV is one of the favorites on the trans community

[slim thorn]

okay let's be honest a lot of the games people bring up for trans rep are not actually representation, there's often an element of desperation/scarcity to it

(until you get to things like Celeste and even more recent indies)

[bronze abyss]

kiiinda,cant say that some dont feel forced

[slim thorn]

I'm pretty sure New Vegas is there because some of the roleplay elements make it unusually easy to play characters of ambiguous or non-standard genders

[umbral zinc]

it might be the ultimate trans game

[slim thorn]

but I still haven't played it myself

(and I strongly suspect my personal experience playing F:NV when I finally do try it will contain no trans-ness )

[bronze abyss]

im surprised its not like binding of isaac or something considering isaac literaly plays as both fem and masc characters

[slim thorn]

it's not nearly as straightforward and unmissable as e.g. the way Goodbye Volcano High is non-binary rep, just factually

[random steppe]

Speaking of representation, Warframe did introduce a nonbinary character in the last update.
Flare and they go by they/them, also is an in-universe rockstar which explains the whole David Bowie asthetic they have going on.

[umbral zinc]

TBOI is way too based on religion for it to be that trans-coded

[bronze abyss]

gvh representation was a bit...dissapointing in some ways? like it just didnt feel like it was of any importance to the characters,they were just that cuz why not,considering the game is a visual novel id expect to see that explored to some degree atleast

[random steppe]

(also their Warframe counterpart is absolutely broken but that's besides the point)

[slim thorn]

you must have missed a lot of optional dialogue then, I got several conversations digging into that issue

[bronze abyss]

could be,i did only 1 playthrough cuz the game didnt particularly did a good job of making m wanna go through the story again

i absolutely love the game but like it just made me feel like the other choices will be same shit again if anything

[slim thorn]

I've only done the one playthrough myself, mostly because I have so much else to play, it is still tempting to try for other branches

sadly any game that allows meaningful player choice has that fundamental dilemma of what if the player chooses things that turn out to be boring for them

(I often have that problem with RPGs unless I follow a walkthrough)

[bronze abyss]

its more of that the way it did respond to my choices didnt feel representitive or impactfull enough compared to what i thought i chose,good examples of doing it right would be life is strange 1,that game i'd be willing to replay just to see what the other choices offer

[slim thorn]

fair enough

I don't think I've personally replayed any of these narrative choice games, partly because everyone knows the main plot is always the same, partly because too many other games to play

actually no better thought

[bronze abyss]

yeah having played through all of telltale the walking dead im aware but the illusion of choice still matters quite a lot imo

the way the game makes you feel could be more important even than how it actually goes

[slim thorn]

in GVH when I felt there was a branch happening, I rarely was super clear on exactly what I had or had not done to trigger that branch, at the time I figured most of it was some sort of aggregate like/dislike score for each character that gets built up over time (especially since the menu heavily implies this is a thing)

and there have been other narrative choice games where it was much clearer to me which choice caused which consequence on a first playthrough, especially in games with life-and-death choices where it's something like "you brought the gun with you therefore you were able to shoot the wendigo"

I don't think either is necessarily bad since perfect clarity requires the [BOB REMEMBERED YOU SAID X YESTERDAY] style of UI and some people will find that a bit immersion-breaking

at least for me, that uncertainty in GVH felt appropriate

[bronze abyss]

(?) kenny will remember this

[slim thorn]

I guess to be fully honest, I'm also still wondering why GVH resonated with me as much as it did, considering I am none of the kinds of queer they were addressing, nor did I ever want to be in a band; on paper all I have in common with them is that once upon a time I went to a high school

[bronze abyss]

naomi and the ending really carried it for me,those 2 things got me ridiculously attached to the game

and 2 specific songs from the ost as well

[slim thorn]

can't argue with that, especially since ||I did get the Naomi ending||

[bronze abyss]

🤝

i love her so much,the only non oc character i ever commissioned art of

[little badger]

Indiana jones and the great circle releases on PS5 on the 17TH of April

[visual hill]

classic Doom could fit the bill here too

[river veldt]

i mean, New Vegas has a lot of strong LGBTQ+ rep, the main things being the companions Arcade Gannon and Veronica, who are both gay

[arctic fern]

It has lgbtq+ rep but no canonical trans stuff, if I recall
I suspect tho that trans stuff would have been added if they had more time tho

[slim thorn]

and it would makes sense for canonically gay characters to have helped it get to the specifically trans reputation it has now, especially back then

[arctic fern]

Ye

Your main character can be canonically bi too

By default

I'm pretty sure that's just an accident too lol

[slim thorn]

yeaaaah, configurable sexuality is a whole other can of worms when it leads to "schrodinger's bisexuals"

but I dunno how NV romance works

[arctic fern]

Well there's a perk for flirting conversations (and extra damage) with women, and a second for men, and they're not mutually exclusive or gender specific

[slim thorn]

right, that's the specific mechanic I remember people citing a lot on this topic

[arctic fern]

Of course both came from fo3, but restricted only to the opposite gender in that game

Anyway NV is amazing go play it

[slim thorn]

someday

[arctic fern]

If you do let me know, I'd love to see your experiences

[wind stump]

[slim thorn]

in the short term, my gaming goals are finishing Ender Magnolia, and by then it might be time for Flitter's April AP game to start, in which I'll probably be playing Tunic, Outer Wilds and Nine Sols randomizers

tempted to slip in Grim Fandango somewhere but we'll see how I feel when I get there

[arctic fern]

Oooh grim fandango

That's a game I haven't thought of in a long time

[wind stump]

Outer Wilds can be randomised?

[slim thorn]

they called me crazy

[arctic fern]

Yes! Ixrec managed to do it

[slim thorn]

but as of Jan 2024, yes, OW has a working randomizer mod

[arctic fern]

Legend that he is

[little badger]

@slate star full reveal on the 26TH

[slim thorn]

I think artiks' reaction to it is still my favorite

[arctic fern]

That's awesome

[slim thorn]

but yeah for the last few years my "constructive" hobby has been randomizer mods

and I just recently got my 2nd randomizer (for Nine Sols) into a stable state

which is why I'm taking a break to focus on playing games now

like Ender Magnolia that I got halfway through some time ago

[arctic fern]

Eww, playing games? Fukken nerd

[slim thorn]

speaking of which, actually streaming Magnolia now (cc @random steppe )

[random steppe]

Oh nice, I was watching a stream on Dune Awakening but I got boring

[fickle garnet]

My dad decided to pre-order Death Stranding 2

[fresh bane]

I can't believe they made a Robo Ky DLC and added Venom as an extra free bonus

[wind stump]

LMAO

[random steppe]

I do love the design of ||No.7,||, that whole area is pretty interesting in general

[slim thorn]

behold the power of actually trying

[random steppe]

Haha, congrats

[slim thorn]

ok, that will be my stopping point for today

[wind stump]

i'm going to shit

i fucking hate zoners 😭

i am in pain
nothing about this fucker makes sense

[wind stump]

FUCK HOW MUCH DO THE ORBS DO

[quartz pawn]

That is bullshit ||BLAZING||

[wind stump]

and only two of them hit
all 4 hitting and you're being sent to Jesus

there's even a move that hits all 4 balls at the same time but i'm bad at GG

[fresh bane]

I haven't touched Strive in months and months I don't think I've ever even played against an Elphelt and since there's been like 3 more characters

By the time I go back to playing I'll be matching against Lucy from Cyberpunk

[wind stump]

good

Queen Dizzy is bullshit

*not mad my friend who plays Strive is a massive Dizzy simp and fucking mains her

[fresh bane]

Last time I played it was just to go into training and see what was new and that's when I found out they changed a bunch of my main's moves (ramlethal)

[wind stump]

... my friend is also a former Ram main

[fresh bane]

you could pick up her swords before if you got close to them but now they're stuck in the ground for a set time limit

I also play Ino and Testament but I don't know if they also got any changes

I used to play Giovanna but that was very early before I decided on maining Ramlethal

[wind stump]

But to GG's credit... EVERYONE is annoying

so it just happens to be your brand of mental illness that affects who you hate /s

[fresh bane]

Axl, Millia, May, Bridget, Leo, Anji

I think those are the few characters that whenever I would play against someone who knew what they were doing I would always have a hard time and tilt immediately

and Sin, especially after he came out and everyone was playing him

[wind stump]

haha anji, hahaaaaaa

do you like c o u n t e r s?

can you tell who else my friend played yet?

joking aside, every character is annoying, but hey, it makes every character unique too!

[visual hill]

that's how the SSBU roster feels like to me

I feel a lot of modern fighting games fall into this, way more than older games for some reason

having a larger part of the roster that's viable competitively is probably a big reason for this

[astral steeple]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bam-margera-will-be-in-tony-hawk-34-after-all-after-hawk-intervened-its-claimed/

[obsidian salmon]

Ultimate is a masterclass in "relatively" balancing that many characters, imo

Like yeah there's wide gulfs, and some matchups are just godawful, but when you have, like, pentillions of combinations of matchups if you include up to 8 people, it's inevitable. What it does best is giving everyone something to work with and do well. Even ganondorf can excel if your opponent starts getting complacent; he struggles to hit, but he hits like a freakin truck. He can barely recover, but an opponent going for style-gimps may miss. D3 is even slower than ganon for most moves and not as powerful, but has fantastic recovery and ledgetrap options. It's all about your preferred play and what you want to play to/avoid

Unless you're a DLC character who isn't Pirahna Plant. Then you're busted to some degree already.

[quiet swift]

[chilly mural]

it's sad to see Bam's life spiral like this but I'm glad Tony has given him one more chance, no telling if a person like Bam will make good of it though

[fresh bane]

I've been seeing videos of Bam recently and he seems to be doing good, he's been back to skating pretty regularly, met back with Tony, probably what sparked him to reach out to Activision for this, I don't know if he's trying to do Bam a solid or what but regardless it shows how chill Tony is for even going out of his way to do this for him, I hope he doesn't make Tony regret it though

[fresh bane]

did I inadvertently influence that decision?

[quiet swift]

Have you been playing it or did you say you were going to at some point?

'Cause otherwise I think i've been the most vocal cheering squad for Grim Fandango 💀

[fresh bane]

I mentioned Grim Fandango in an earlier conversation about point n click adventure games

It's a game I've always heard about all the time but never really played or seen it at all and I've just kind of had it in the back of my mind to eventually get around to playing someday and never have

[quiet swift]

Probably both of us then. I often link it as a suggestion during sales, and to this day it's my favorite game of all time

[river veldt]

my favorite point and click adventure games are Space Quest 1 and 3

i also enjoy Maniac Mansion though ive never played it

[fresh bane]

Mine is probably Scratches, but I don't know much about this genre

Asides from Grim Fandango there's a couple others I've wanted to play, like the Blade Runner one which I heard is actually pretty good, and Sam & Max

I know there's some Indiana Jones ones too

[fresh bane]

Oh hey, you know what actually? I'd put Clock Tower up there with favourite point and clicks too I don't know if it counts but hey I'll count it

[uneven epoch]

i played day of the tentacle, that was quite fun even if it suffers from the "what the hell is this solution". i have not yet played grim fandago but it is in my library (thank you mega). tangle tower counts in the genre and that one is incredible, ace attorney and professor layton are like, cousins of point n click slightly maybe? those are both great series of course. and as a kid in the webgame era, aside from earlier detective grimoire games there was this detective noir game with crabs i loved... hm, i wonder if thats enough of a description to find it?

nick bounty: a case of the crabs! oh shit theres a standalone non flash version https://pinheadgames.itch.io/nickbounty1 . oh i have to replay this at some point. i remember being stuck and scouring the comment section of a czech site i played this on (bc that was in my pre-english era) where someone painstakingly wrote a detailed walkthrough (including "click this button then that item" which was a life saver)

[fresh bane]

Ixrec did mention Tangle Tower
I think we came to the conclusion that Ace Attorney was also more of a visual novel than a ''true'' point and click adventure? It does have some of that but... it really is more of a VN with very light point and click stuff

[uneven epoch]

yeah yeah. oh, and then later on there were those wacky escape from high school series of games, that was also point n click

searches riddle school, that was the exact name

great, now i miss the flash era again did i reinstall flashpoint archive at this laptop? hmm, ill have to check after work

[craggy vine]

Selling my rx7. Never raced or drifted. Mint condition. Those panel gaps are normal. No low ballers I know what I got

Never been in a crash

[eager bane]

it really do be like that

[craggy vine]

Also, am trying to work up to get the mx5s in NFS Heat. The NA and the ND

[cunning galleon]

Selling my T-34, Mint condition, 1942 Model, Make is STZ (Stalinrad Tank Plant), tracks missing. 500,000 rubles, fixed price no low ballers ik what i got

[craggy vine]

I don't think they have any purpose in racing in the game, but they are very cool cars and I wanna drive them

[eager bane]

what's a racing game without miatas!

They are the most tracked cars in the world after all

[craggy vine]

They are very popular yeah

Just not sure if many people drive them in need for speed. Or at least people who aren't into cars probably wouldn't

[eager bane]

Given how NFS titles traditionally let you mod cars to pretty much any speed and power you want, at least that probably isn't an issue. and before I really got into cars, I couldn't differentiate between a Miata and a Porsche

[craggy vine]

hmm true

I haven't modded cars too much in this game yet but it would 100% let you add a big turbo to them

[eager bane]

Fun fact: In older NFS games like Underground, you occasionally made life easier for yourself if you went back to a slower car or took some mods off because the AI rubberbanding was so weird

[craggy vine]

I feel like NFS Heat has the same kind of thing but only in races to do with the story of the game

[eager bane]

Yup! At least to a certain degree, almost all racing games have rubber banding, and Heat is rather hard with that too

[craggy vine]

I really do hate rubber banding in these games but I do get it. Keeps the challenge of the game feeling consistent.

[visual hill]

finally a fitting use of 💀

[hasty patio]

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[cunning galleon]

Huh, i actually did it

[bitter stream]

is this a DLC or a free update for players?
Also grats neowemu, is that Shapez?

[cunning galleon]

Yes!

[hasty patio]

I don't see a DLC thing for it, so it might be a free update.

[uneven epoch]

and i am done! kingdom come deliverance II finished, including 99% of sidequests. 135 very enjoyable hours. had an absolute blast. very excited for when the dlcs drop. 12/10 will bohemia again

[wind stump]

[little badger]

Game informer has returned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoVfBvxKdm0

[young creek]

this is gonna change the whole gaming landscape

[arctic fern]

Who?

[cerulean herald]

Game Informer is essentially a Gaming Magazine

[arctic fern]

Sorry I should be more clear
Who cares?

[cerulean herald]

[young creek]

really rude

[arctic fern]

Well game informer was a bad gaming magazine

So

[little badger]

They were a gaming magazine back in the day but stuff happened which closed them down. But they are back

[random steppe]

Why was it bad?

[hushed onyx]

Bohemia again? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158310/Crusader_Kings_III/

Steam

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(The joke here is that Bohemia is widely considered an excellent kingdom for beginners and those who want to play in the Holy Roman Empire)

[eager bane]

oh no
oh no
Sorry to break in here like this, but

Robocraft and the studio behind it are dead!

I played very veeeery few games for long. Robocraft was a game I actually had 200-300 hours in, and now it's just...gone, never to be played again

[bitter stream]

what sort of game was Robocraft? sorry to hear the servers are goign down as well

is there an option to play it offline?

[eager bane]

It was a multiplayer battle game where you'd build your own robot out of blocks, mechanical parts and weapons, and fight against others in several game modes.
It won't be playable offline and is already delisted.

[bitter stream]

ahh I see, RIP

[arctic fern]

i enjoyed it :(

way back in the day

[arctic fern]

oh it was just not very interesting

unreliable

[tawny jacinth]

I love watching TDM_Heyzeus, one of those CS Case opening streamers

The fact that his content is basically gambling but he doesn’t take gambling sponsors is both ironic and commendable

(All of his sponsors have been skin trading sites which are far more legit)

I also love him pulling up the charts to show just how much he lost in this one video lmfao

[cunning galleon]

Plane

Planes in my plane game? Preposterous

[bitter stream]

That's so strange, isnt' that just gambling and profiting off his own gambling via youtube videos?

or stream i suppose

[shell shore]

Has anyone ever played the amnesia series

Trippiest games evrr

Loved it thi

[river veldt]

ive watched a bunch of Dark Descent playthroughs, one Machine For Pigs, and one The Bunker

Machine For Pigs kind of sucks but the others are amazing

[shell shore]

I decided to replay all of them

[slim thorn]

I remember Game Informer being pretty solid back when I read it

of course, a lot has changed since then, with way more games and way more people reviewing them, so I don't expect it to make much of an impact now

[shell shore]

I JUST FOUND OUT THERES ENEMIES IN AMNESIA

how did i play the whole game last time and not realize 😭

[slim thorn]

uh... yeah, how did you get past the enemy distraction puzzles without noticing the enemies

(dark descent?)

[shell shore]

Yes

Im looking at the monsters in the wiki and i honestly never seen any of them

[slim thorn]

well, you are supposed to avoid looking at them, and arguably the best one is invisible

[shell shore]

Do they show up in normal mode? Cause i played through some parts where they are supposed to show up and haven’t seen any of them

[slim thorn]

I don't know what "normal mode" is, I don't remember modes

[shell shore]

Or im blind asf

Its just the regular game

[slim thorn]

it's not about recognizing the specific monsters, it's that the game is full of places where if you don't notice a monster nearby you're basically guaranteed to get killed by it

[shell shore]

OH NOPE I FOUND THEM

[river veldt]

my favorite is the Grunts, they're just so iconic

[cunning galleon]

Light manned missile Cruiser

[dense crypt]

i like how its fighter planes are just hanging underneath below

[cunning galleon]

They're manned missiles

Another airship!

[dense crypt]

Kamikaze planes huh

Grim and dark!

[cunning galleon]

Now that you mention it.. I do want to make an airship plane carrier that carries fighters on its underbelly

[gaunt marten]

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

Tunic achievements are all done

[wind stump]

[random steppe]

Every Dark Souls room if you are connected to the internet

Fuck now I want a japanese Dark Souls with the user messages system, but it has to be haikus

I can't belive they didn't do this in Sekiro

[bitter stream]

Cool, well done!

[slim thorn]

I can't even remember if I got all achievements in Tunic

I know some of the insane secrets don't have an achivement

[worldly summit]

nintendo direct in 22 hours, nintendo switch 2 direct in a week........

my out-there prediction for switch 2 releases is a splatoon rhythm game spinoff where you perform in a band and get a more immersive experience with inkling culture & stories

[gaunt marten]

1 off
EDIT: 2 off actually

[austere moss]

that would be peak

[chilly mural]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbeEWm4_qeg @fresh bane

[static bluff]

I hear Nintendo is finally going to officially localize Mother 3 this year

[fresh bane]

Oh my fucking god this is the weirdest collab in history

I was expecting something else not CR7 as part of the main roster and an actual character it feels like a meme

What if he's competitively viable and wins every tournament

[wind stump]

is this any less weird than Lucy from cyberpunk being in Strive?

i have no idea who tf this is

[slim thorn]

TIL Lucy’s in a fighting game

[wind stump]

She will be

if this is going to plan, not too long, at least

Venom did just drop the other day

and god he's so annoying to play as

good week for gaming tho
Venom, 7.2 in FFXIV, Koishi finally being out of beta

[wind stump]

holy shit peak

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[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/ @devout pagoda

Steam

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[cerulean herald]

hollow knight is a great megalovania ngl

[unreal idol]

For some reason I could never get into that genre despite it seeming appealing

[wind stump]

bruh, lmao

[green fulcrum]

Very nice!

Now where's that show they promised?

[gaunt marten]

https://preview.redd.it/ahbwhxvhn1re1.png?auto=webp&s=95c89cfe0ebcb78fd7edf54a544e9eebff02ca02 by Shenanigansen

[sacred grove]

Speaking of. People speculating that tomorrow's Nintendo Direct might show Silksong. Or maybe Deltarune 3&4. Could be any number of anticipated things, really.

[slim thorn]

don't they speculate that every announcement conference?

[sacred grove]

Yes. And one of these times, they'll be right!

[fickle garnet]

When is the direct?

[river veldt]

tomorrow at 9am CST

[sacred grove]

A bit on the early side for me. I likely won't be catching most of it as it happens

[fickle garnet]

I might not be out of bed in time for it

[river veldt]

poor Vinesauce Vinny has to wake up early for this and then in 6 days has to wake up early again for the Switch 2 direct

[shell shore]

I just found out you used to be able to play modded stardew on iphone

Now im sad

[slim thorn]

goddammit Kojima

[gaunt marten]

What?

[slim thorn]

Geller says he has no idea what Kojima's doing up there but you really don't need to get that fancy with video editing

[gaunt marten]

That is true

He should have compared the Jacob Geller method with the Uri Geller method

[fresh bane]

Some of my editing timelines used to look like that....
But also to be fair Jacob Geller's videos are always long drawn out sections of pure dialogue with minimal cuts and usually minimal editing, that picture right there was Kojima editing a Death Stranding trailer

[random steppe]

Also with the long standing passion he has for movies, I 100% belive that timeline is gonna look like that for Kojima if he's editing his life work game trailer or his son 14th birthday video.

The dude just goes in

[river veldt]

i love you Kojima

i know you shouldn't idolize people but idk i really like him

[random steppe]

I like his games but I give him a lot of shit at the same time

His head is definitely firmly planted up his butt and it's not going anywhere, but there are benefits to that level of self absorption, especially to creative endeavours.

It gives him a lot of courage of trying really wild shit to name one

And he kinda deserves it after being chained to a franchise for like , 15+ years

[tropic kindle]

BUSTED.

[gaunt marten]

https://youtu.be/8PxdkjVxs28?

[little badger]

Pre orders will open April 2ND

[wind stump]

LMAO
yeah wow fuck you YouTube

Dragon Quest 1 + 2 HD Remaster coming out this year (same engine as Octopath and Live a Live Remake)

Holy shit, Raidou and the Souless Army AND Patapon remasters
what the fuck Nintendo, why are you just pulling these out of nowhere

[toxic seal]

Another SoS remake

[wind stump]

is the YouTube stream behind?

isn't SoS just Harvest Moon with the numbers filed off?

[toxic seal]

It is Harvest Moon

[wind stump]

yeah, but it's "Not Harvest Moon", what's what I mean by numbers filed off

[toxic seal]

The titles were localized to Harvest Moon outside of Japan for quite a while until they realized that was stupid and started calling it Story of Seasons everywhere

[wind stump]

ah oke

i thought it was a copyright thiong

[mint briar]

What do you guys think, will Silksong be shown, yay or nay?

[wind stump]

the fucking end times are here

funny we get a potion brewing game and a spellcasting game right after Prime 4

oh right, Pokemon is a thing

[rotund forge]

I don't care about much shown already, but the live chat is depressing...These people are heavily hostile today

[wind stump]

i wouldn't read the chat honestly

[rotund forge]

Yeah

[wind stump]

Pokemon Battle Royale

[rotund forge]

Look at this rotund boi

[mint briar]

Oh my god

Rhythm Heaven, finally!!

[wind stump]

damn did they get a game journalist to play this?

[rotund forge]

The voice kinda annoying, but looks good

[wind stump]

-# okay i know it's to show the concept but i wanted the low hanging fruit

[rotund forge]

???

[mint briar]

Virtual game card??

[umbral zinc]

new rhythm heaven

life is good

[mint briar]

Huh what

[rotund forge]

Hmmmm

[mint briar]

This is unnecessarily complicated

[wind stump]

So it's kinda like Steam?

but you can transfer games

[rotund forge]

Not sure how to feel

Seems like a neat idea

[wind stump]

it's a Nintendo™️ Idea™️ alright

[rotund forge]

????

[umbral zinc]

this sounds like Steam family icl

[rotund forge]

Weiiiiird. But I'm sure it'll be a fine feature

[umbral zinc]

LMAO nobody asked for this port at all

[wind stump]

Well it's nice that you can port games to Switch 2

[mint briar]

Oh god that fps

[rotund forge]

I thought it was as simple as loading your Nintendo account on a new console

[wind stump]

did they remaster Saga 1?

[rotund forge]

I want professor layton

[wind stump]

additional events
"We fucked with canon, lmao."

casually drops remaster

[rotund forge]

Good puzzle game. I might buy dis

[wind stump]

ayyy i remember playing this on ios

[umbral zinc]

i'm just waiting for the direct to end so i can wear my clown costume

[rotund forge]

.....

[tawny jacinth]

This is really nice for weirdos who own two switches (me)

[umbral zinc]

the gamer grandpas just cheered for this announcement

[tawny jacinth]

That said I have no clue where my Switch OLED went

[wind stump]

Mario Golf with the serial numbers filed off sorry not sorry

[umbral zinc]

a SNES-styled superhero beat em up?

nice

[wind stump]

A MARVEL GAME THAT ISN'T LIVE SERVICE?

[mint briar]

Bruh no way

[rotund forge]

TOMADACHI LIFE

[umbral zinc]

😭

[rotund forge]

NO FUCKING SHOT

[static bluff]

Human crossing???

[mint briar]

Tomadachi LIFEE

[wind stump]

Mother 3 fans in shambles

[umbral zinc]

i'm going to burn Team Cherry's offices, i'm just so tired

[wind stump]

Silksing too

i do not want to see the chat right now

[mint briar]

What

Is this

[rotund forge]

!?!?!?!?

[wind stump]

funny mii meme game

miim even

[rotund forge]

Mobile.......weak

[light gate]

Yoo, I can’t believe Silksong has a beach.

[tawny jacinth]

?????

[mint briar]

Yeesh

[mint briar]

?

[tawny jacinth]

This is the most Nintendo shit ever

[light gate]

Also, did anyone understand the DRM?

[static bluff]

Stunning

[tawny jacinth]

Rn the DRM on multiple Switches is ass

[green fulcrum]

Our of context, this is either the worst thing ever or the best thing ever.

[mint briar]

I'm glad Rhythm Heaven & Tomadachi life got announced :3

[tawny jacinth]

For instance if you own two Switches AND two copies of the game, one of those Switches HAS to be online

[wind stump]

I'll give it a 7.5/10

Lot of surprises, but none of it is really my thing.

[umbral zinc]

the rhythm heaven one was a great announcement icl

also i need that new Metroid Prime

[tawny jacinth]

Even if you own 1 digital and one physical copy of the game, the main switch HAS to be offline and the secondary switch HAS to be online

[wind stump]

Happy to see a lot of forgotten franchises get to see the light of day, happy for y'all

[light gate]

PS5 does something similar although the main console doesn’t have to be offline.

[tawny jacinth]

What this new system does is seemingly let you skip this, as long as your switch has the digital game cart on it you don’t have to deal with this stupid ass DRM

I literally own two copies of Smash Ultimate and I still need one console to go offline to use both at once

[wind stump]

the Dragon Quest remakes/masters intrigue me, given they're like, really fucking old

[green fulcrum]

So, no Silksong?

[wind stump]

Nop.

[light gate]

I hope its good because I sure didn’t like a single thing they explained, it seems extremely convoluted and thought that they were removing licenses and transforming them into some sort of key files.

[green fulcrum]

Lol, so Team Cherry trolled again.

[wind stump]

We got Tomidachi, Rhythm Heaven and Prime 4 gameplay

[tawny jacinth]

Someone saw the “turn off airplane mode when possible” screen when I was running a tournament with my main switch as the stream switch

The moment that switch went online I heard a very loud “NOOOO” from the other side of the room because they got kicked out of the game

[tawny jacinth]

Ngl ANYTHING is better than the fuck ass system Nintendo has rn

[light gate]

We’ll see

[tawny jacinth]

The family sharing idea is also really neat

[light gate]

I hope the Switch 2 is better

Because its literally the deciding factor of me either staying on Switch or absolutely abandoning and going full Steam Deck.

[green fulcrum]

Lol, the Silksong reddit is in shambles. They're giving everyone "fell for it again" awards.

[unreal idol]

What's this sharing thing?

[light gate]

Some sort of new license drm system

Its extremely confusing so far, involving ‘digital carts’ and being able to share said carts.

[static bluff]

It's... marginally better than nothing.

[unreal idol]

I see

I don't buy digital games on the switch so this doesn't sound like a feature that is applicable to me

[eager bane]

Wait! So...
you can't reuse your old physical cards in the new switch?

[light gate]

I don’t know

[unreal idol]

Wait what?

[tawny jacinth]

You can iirc, this is a way to make owning digital games simpler

[static bluff]

lol million where did you get that idea?

[unreal idol]

[tawny jacinth]

Wait I know why they did this

[eager bane]

Nevermind, abort!

II just understood something wrong sorry

[unreal idol]

The Switch 2 is supposed to be backwards compatible I thought

[eager bane]

All good!

[tawny jacinth]

They’re expecting people to keep their Switch 1s even after they get the Switch 2

So this is their solution to fix the notoriously bad multi-switch setup they have rn

I don’t know WHY you would keep your Switch 1 bc the switch is backwards compatible but I guess people will keep them regardless

[light gate]

I wouldn’t keep mine for sure lmao.

[unreal idol]

Why would you get rid of it?

[static bluff]

Obviously I'll be keeping mine. Having two consoles is convenient for many reasons.

[light gate]

It has a yellowed screen and drifted joycons.

[tawny jacinth]

So this allows people to transfer their digital games between Switch 1 and 2 without dealing with the current “one switch has to be online at all times and you can only ever play one game at once”

[unreal idol]

Like I'm intending to keep mine, even though the battery is fucked

[light gate]

Essentially my Switch decided to rot itself because I didn’t use it for a bit.

[tawny jacinth]

You can’t even play two different games if both are online because fuck you

[unreal idol]

That sucks deviant

[unreal idol]

I don't think I'm understanding this system

[light gate]

Same

[tawny jacinth]

This is a pain only weirdos with multiple switches have experienced

[static bluff]

The video laid it all out. Did you see it?

[light gate]

Your account has licenses, it should just retrieve it from there.

I don’t understand why a pairing process is required, nor why I have to move data like that.

[unreal idol]

No, I'm at work

[static bluff]

okay well it doens't matter to you, as you already said, but here is the jist

[tawny jacinth]

The problem is that right now the Switch doesn’t care if you have multiple licenses or even multiple physical copies of the game, if you’re on the same Nintendo account (for cloud saves) you CANNOT have both switches online at the same time. In addition, one Switch has to remain online to play the game, you can’t launch the game offline even if you have the license

[light gate]

I mean, that makes sense. You’re only supposed to have one Switch.

[static bluff]

Virtual game cartridges are similar to physical cartridges. You can lend them to a family member if they are located near you in real life for up to 2 weeks. Letting someone borrow a virtual game cartridges requires internet access, but after that, both systems can be offline. The benefit is if you have multiple consoles in one household, they can borrow your virtual games now. Each game can only be lent out to one person at a time.

[light gate]

Okay…

[tawny jacinth]

Also that, this makes sharing in a family a lot easier

[unreal idol]

Aha. I see

[orchid sundial]

NEW RHYTHM HEAVEN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[static bluff]

The downsides are huge. It's inconvenient. Each person has to be added to your "group". You cannot lend someone a game for longer than 2 weeks. Each time, you have to go through the handing-off process again.

The upsides are "you had nothing before so at last this is something"

[tawny jacinth]

This also stops the problem of your friend “borrowing” your cart for 4 years (cough)

[static bluff]

But compare this to Steam's Family Share and it's obviously shit

[unreal idol]

Hmmm

[light gate]

Honestly I’d just let them borrow my carts.

big deal

[tawny jacinth]

Yeah this just allows for people to borrow your digital games

[unreal idol]

Thanks for the explanation

[static bluff]

[tawny jacinth]

I’m mostly focusing on the multi switch aspect because it’s been a problem plaguing me for literal years now as a tournament organizer

[river veldt]

oh shit new rhythm heaven

sorry i woke up late and just started watching

[static bluff]

You can stop watching now. That's the only exciting news

[river veldt]

virtual game cards huh ?

marvel beatemup looks neat

TOMODACHI LIFE 2 !!!!!!!!!!

NEXT YEAR ???? noooooo

i want it now

[static bluff]

Oh my mistake. I didn't know you were like this

[river veldt]

i love Tomodachi Life it's so fucking weird

not a game

mario movie 2 news ?

nintendo calendar app looks neat

im so excited for Tomodachi Life 2 ☃️

[quartz pawn]

NEW SALAMANDER GAME LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I'm guessing that with lending out the virtual game card, it means you can't play the game while someone else has it?

[graceful bridge]

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/nintendos-new-system-for-sharing-digital-switch-games-explained/

[static bluff]

And while both Switch consoles will need to be synced up via a "local connection" the first time such sharing is done, subsequent shares won't require the consoles to be in physical proximity.

Oh! That's nice

[slim thorn]

is there a list of the announced games?

[wind stump]

Here

[slim thorn]

thanks, looks like the MP4 update is about it for me

[wind stump]

[arctic fern]

what a disapointing direct ngl

[proud warren]

I'm primarily stoked for another rhythm heaven game

[young creek]

what a pointless one more like it when the real one is next week

[arctic fern]

also i cant belive they hyped mp4 the whole switch 1 lifecycle and the switch 2 is coming out first

well not hyped

but

still

[young creek]

Same story as Breath of the Wild

[arctic fern]

i think folks ahve been waiting far longer for mp4 than botw

[young creek]

it will probably be released for both systems as a switch 2 launch

People were waiting for Zelda Wii U ever since they showed that at the Wii U reveal

[arctic fern]

all 7 of them

[slim thorn]

tbf are people ever not waiting for the next Zelda

[young creek]

ye

right now because none are announced

[arctic fern]

i guess my main issue here is that mp3 was released in 2007
while we had other m and eventually dread, folks have been waiting for mp4 for 18 years
but theres been multiple LoZ releases in that time

[river veldt]

im excited for Tomodachi Life 2

[young creek]

the point was that Metroid Prime was announced for the Switch and then never came out just like Botw

[arctic fern]

i know that dev cycles are... not great sometimes, and mp4 ran into a shit ton of issues

anyway

im glad theres more info

[unreal idol]

MP4 doesn't interest me much

[cerulean herald]

me seeing MP4 and thinking yall talking about the audio file format

[wind stump]

technically it's a video file format

[slim thorn]

even more technically, it’s a multimedia container format

though I don’t know of any good reason to make an audio-only mp4

[cerulean herald]

but less technically, its one of the formats of all time

[little badger]

Ubisoft has sold their game franchises to tencent for 25% of the ownership and royalties. https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/8aefmxkxpxwl/1uPFqvuRRej3UoemTIgVLH/18f1d055777e1b39a3f79a951452b9e1/2025.03.27_-_Press_Release_vfinal.pdf

[unreal idol]

That sounds bad

[little badger]

So they can have some control what can happen in the games

[green fulcrum]

So was the Switch 2 even revealed in this one? Or is it in the April 2nd direct?

Still at work so I haven't watched it yet

[little badger]

Apparently it’s after the direct.

[green fulcrum]

Ah

[little badger]

#1032716748887179434 message

[random steppe]

Finally finished Metaprhor, finale is good, but not as good as the p5r finale

[hasty patio]

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gmbojmhxy75a3mbrtztpwa3c/post/3lleypxa2c222

Alexander Mosolov (@amosolov.bsky.social)

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[river veldt]

huh! TIL that if i hold the steam button and push the left analog stick up or down it adjusts the brightness, that's super cool

on my steam deck sorry i should have clarified

[astral steeple]

LMAO

Why are jay and silent bob coming to call of duty

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/pjnAPZm-CKw?si=DM8xTL9YZYwddqAl

What if MvC but it's all Mahvel and it's a beat 'em up?
Fuck it, yeah sure I'm in, looks great

Same devs as Shredder's Revenge too
I really enjoyed that game for as little as I played it, though I did kinda wish the game had just a little bit more depth so I could really do some crazier stuff, maybe they'll improve on that formula with this one, the roster seems way more varied too in terms of moves

I can tell they know their stuff when I see like one or two characters that I don't recognize at all and have probably never seen before

[tawny jacinth]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=keKP5t_BKhw

Competitive CS2 Hack v Hack is insane

[wind stump]

[slim thorn]

I'm not sure

but they might be speaking russian

[tawny jacinth]

The funniest part is that HvH servers use plugins to disable shit like nospread so you can’t run around at light speed 1 tapping everyone constantly

Apparently there’s a strat for cheaters to find HvH matches in valve matchmaking

Basically you have 5 cheaters, 4 turn on auto accept

If you see 7 or 8 accept instantly you’re basically guaranteed an HVH

[wind stump]

and if not

[tawny jacinth]

Just quit out because if you have 5 cheaters you’re genuinely here to play HVH

[wind stump]

lmao, fair

https://youtu.be/XKQ-t9-4-30

AYYY THIS VIDEO HAS A ROFFLE CAMEO
I KNOW HIM FROM HEARTHSTONE

which going from one gambling simulator to another does not surprise me at all, tbh

[gaunt marten]

Glad to see people watching adef

[wind stump]

Iz good channel, I stumbled across it for his Pokemon content

[gaunt marten]

He used to work for GDQ

[wind stump]

which is... 95% of his content, to be fair

[wind stump]

[fresh bane]

https://bsky.app/profile/rubyinnes.bsky.social/post/3llelc3cyic26

ruby! (@rubyinnes.bsky.social)

i have genuinely never made an image so fast in my life

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pffff

I hope they keep the weird TTS voice

[river veldt]

it's in the trailer !

[fresh bane]

Oh there's a trailer I just read the announcements from a list

yeah that's gonna be a good one

[quiet swift]

This week's free games on epic...

[robust latch]

Cat Quest is sooo silly

SOOO many cat puns

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/1hACzV8Ye1I?si=_GOBQd-IqID6UbhY

brand new DS1 speedrunning tech in the year 2025 was not what I was expecting

[bitter stream]

@static bluff Do you have any recommended videos for BAR? there's so many units hahah. I feel like i should find a online tutorial or something but I thought I'd ask if you'd been shown any good ones first

[static bluff]

nah I suck at the game

[bitter stream]

fair fair

I know it runs better than the old SupCom does, thanks to what I assume are better game engine tech

Have you ever tried Supreme Commander?

It's very pretty for that style of game

[static bluff]

I have not

[bitter stream]

oooh fair enough

let me get a link if you want to take a look. the main game has 3 campaigns, though the Standalone expansion is supported by the FAF folks who run their own balance updates and matchmaking servers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTEK91uEvPo

It's not super optimised for modern PCs, but it works decently well AFAIK

[little badger]

@river veldt

[arctic fern]

live action LoZ?

im... hesitant about that

got any sources? thats just an image

[bronze abyss]

according to reddit its from nintendo today app

[unreal idol]

It depends on how sexy Ganondorf is

Like are we getting the ripped Matt Mercer from TOTK or a pig

[rancid herald]

Live action Zelda is a bad idea

Unless the rock plays navi

[slim thorn]

iirc they were talking about this back when the Mario movie came out, though maybe "live action" is a new detail?

[rancid herald]

Paint his face blue and attach fairy wings to the back

No it’s old

[arctic fern]

live action is indeed a new detail
to me at least
last i heard illumination was doing it

[unreal idol]

I don't have much confidence either

[arctic fern]

well ill wait for trailers and actual release before making my opinion

[unreal idol]

LA Zelda isn't as egregious as, say, LA Minecraft, but eh

[bronze abyss]

furries:

[unreal idol]

sony

Ohno

[arctic fern]

thats fucking funny

[unreal idol]

There's a hilarious irony here but >>>>sony

[bronze abyss]

whats wrong with sony

[arctic fern]

sony make good movies
or at least have a slightly better track record on that

[little badger]

They also make good games from time to time

[unreal idol]

I don't like Sony as a company

[arctic fern]

fair

[unreal idol]

They're like a discount Samsung

[bronze abyss]

i mean what company is there to like

[unreal idol]

And Samsung has its own problems lol

[arctic fern]

is sony a discount samsung? thats an odd take

[cunning galleon]

Sony is a discount Samsung?

[unreal idol]

I think their quality has dropped sharply in the last decade

[bronze abyss]

if anything its the other way around

[unreal idol]

Sony also stole money from my husband so they can get fucked

[arctic fern]

yeah

oh thats a good reason

[slim thorn]

while true this seems unrelated to their movie-making

[unreal idol]

But maybe it'll be decent

[slim thorn]

some companies are just too big for any single opinion about them to make sense (which can easily be argued is its own problem but that gets rule 2)

as far as movie-making goes... I haven't heard of Samsung doing any of that?

[unreal idol]

laughs in zaibatsu

[wind stump]

Lending Zelda out to an electronics company

CD-I.

[slim thorn]

and Sony made Spider-Verse, so they had something right, before we heard that they overworked all their Spider-Verse employees so uh

[unreal idol]

I was just speaking broadly about the two companies

Idk if Samsung ever made films

[bronze abyss]

thats like the entire film industry

its shit,but i wouldnt put it just on sony

[green fulcrum]

Samsung is mostly a phone company now, right?

[slim thorn]

indeed, there's a lot of scandals these days where I have no idea how to feel because what's the alternative

[unreal idol]

Oh goodness no

[green fulcrum]

Well, electronics

[bronze abyss]

part manufacturer and phones yeah

[unreal idol]

They basically own South Korea

[bronze abyss]

especially good displays and ssd's

[slim thorn]

the phones are what Samsung is famous for outside of South Korea, but within South Korea they are one of the big chaebols (yes, analogous to Japan's zaibatsu) and have all the rule 2 baggage that goes along with that

[green fulcrum]

All I know is that they make good phones, like mine.

[unreal idol]

East Asian economics and politics are wack

[bronze abyss]

East Asian economics and politics are wack

[slim thorn]

ah, apparently Samsung is the biggest SK chaebol

the other one most of us have heard of is Hyundai at #3

[little badger]

They sell TV’s as well

[green fulcrum]

Chaebol?

[slim thorn]

all the others don't ring a bell for me, probably not as internationally successful

[unreal idol]

Think like, a mega Corp that controls lots of things it ought to not

[green fulcrum]

Ah

[slim thorn]

a Korean chaebol or a Japanese zaibatsu is a corporation, or group of interrelated corporations, typically controlled by an individual or family dynasty

[unreal idol]

Like Samsung was instrumental in turning South Korea from a dirt puddle into a modern, flourishing nation

[bronze abyss]

mishima zaibatsu

[slim thorn]

I keep saying rule 2 because in both countries they're infamous for exerting, uh, undue political influence, like, way more than you see in the west

[unreal idol]

(After the Korean War, South Korea was extremely unstable politically until the 80s I think)

[slim thorn]

but this is also part of why anime has the rich ojou-sama trope; that girl is often explicitly stated to be a zaibatsu heir

[unreal idol]

(This is for history purposes and not politics)

[green fulcrum]

So basically mega corp royalty?

[slim thorn]

yep

[unreal idol]

Pretty much

[slim thorn]

it's an important distinction mostly because western megacorps do, in fact, have limits (gasp) which the east asian chaebol/zaibatsu kinda do not

[unreal idol]

It could be argued the chairman (president? Idk) of Samsung wields more power than the president of the country

And that's when things get hairy and gross

[slim thorn]

what I've heard is so many SK presidents have been taken down by corruption scandals involving chaebol bribery, to the point it's basically expected of the next guy

ANYWAY

none of that informs whether Sony is capable of making a good Zelda movie

[unreal idol]

Wow we got way off topic

[green fulcrum]

Still, fascinating stuff all the same

[unreal idol]

I'm not exactly optimistic, but I will wait for trailers and other info

[green fulcrum]

Same

[slim thorn]

"live action" being the only thing we know is off to a bad start yeah

[unreal idol]

Like, LA FNAF was decent, and LA One Piece had an amazing start

[slim thorn]

still, live action Zelda sounds way better than live action Mario

[unreal idol]

So it can be done

I think too many people will have differing expectations on what it should/should not be

Especially since Zelda is a big franchise, with designs and tones all over the place

[slim thorn]

and there is a very wide range of potentially good Zelda movies to make, at least as wide as the games themselves

realistically though, we should expect something building on BotW/TotK after the ludicrous sales they had

[unreal idol]

Do they follow OoT? BOTW/TOTK? WW? Mash it all together? Something totally new?

[unreal idol]

I agree

[green fulcrum]

It'll likely be a new continuity, similar to the Mario movie, but with loads of references.

[slim thorn]

true, I guess I figured that one goes without saying since Zelda and Mario are already franchises where it's normal for every game to just shrug at continuity and ignore whatever it didn't feel like aligning with

[unreal idol]

CHALLENGER APPROACHING

Oh right Twitter links are not allowd

[bronze abyss]

they arent?

[unreal idol]

Basically Zelda movie and new Godzilla VS Kong movie are slated for the same day

[slim thorn]

#announcements message

[bronze abyss]

right

forgot that whole thing happened

[rancid herald]

The Legend of Zelda: Donkey Kong's Revenge

[wind stump]

"Now you die."

• King Kong, probably

[river veldt]

holyyy shit

[wind stump]

I love being a sociopath. :D

[fresh bane]

The Zelda movie was always live action since the announcement, which is why since the beginning so many people were absolutely baffled at the decision when animation would've been the obvious best choice

[wind stump]

well, i can't have THAT around...

[gaunt marten]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/outright-games-game-on-bundle

15 dollars for Zephyr Heights Mystery https://i.imgur.com/rohIT4z.png

[green fulcrum]

TIL that Pillars of Eternity (the first one) is getting an update later on this year that will add a turn-based mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TOQijhMApU

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/v_juWbTw4hc?si=Kd6CtNtOBIdMvNFA

So bizarre how the dev team working on this seems so adamant on the idea that this game has to be as beginner friendly as possible and has to be able to be played by the widest audience possible but at the same time they also seem to want to appeal to hardcore fighting game players too

I don't wanna be a turbo hater already when the game isn't even out yet and I was looking forward to it because I actually really love League of Legends but I stopped playing because fuck that Vanguard stuff, but man this game just seems.... strange

[slim thorn]

I feel like there's an important qualifier missing here because this sounds like the most generic gamedev aspiration ever?

[fresh bane]

The thing is that ever since the beginning they made their intention clear that this game is supposed to be as beginner friendly as possible which is kind of a 'big deal' with fighting games because they notoriously have very low player retention and are usually very hard for your average player to get into and start playing at a decent enough level especially since they can be so competitive
For example they completely removed motion inputs from this game, so things like your Half Circle, Quarter Circle motions, etc, all in the name of being as simple as possible, but they also seem to want to have a dense and complex fighting game mechanics and systems at the same time, the exact type of thing that would be overwhelming and daunting for a new player to keep track of and learn, which seems kind of counterintuitive if your aim is to make this as simple and beginner friendly as possible
There's also some talks on the FGC about the motion inputs, specifically since they seem to have to work around the fact that they don't have them anymore by adding more buttons, which makes people think why even get rid of them anyways? Some people argue that it's way easier for people to press more buttons than it is to do motion inputs, others seem to think it's an arbitrary change just for the sake of not having traditional motion inputs

[slim thorn]

ah

TIL those are called "motion inputs"; I never got far enough in any fighting game to notice them, but I'm pretty sure I've run into a few in other games and found them super unreliable

[river veldt]

hmm, i just watched Yahtzee's Switch 2 speculation video and he thinks that the next big Mario game is gonna be open world. so like for example basically all the worlds from Odyssey being stitched together. that could be interesting

[toxic seal]

A reliable leaker also suggests that you may be able to use a Switch 1 as a game pad with a second screen for the Switch 2

[river veldt]

ooh

oooh wait

actually that's really cool cause i know a lot of people disliked the Mario Maker 2 having to use the joycons in console mode

[gaunt marten]

https://i.imgur.com/mX8hdBR.png
https://i.imgur.com/7GVFqtR.png

NG+ starting at level 76

[cerulean herald]

what is that game

[gaunt marten]

Crosscode

It's really good!

https://i.imgur.com/dBerllg.png
https://i.imgur.com/A9iHGV4.png
https://i.imgur.com/quJ76Gr.png
https://i.imgur.com/0SMbFeB.png

Normally he accuses you of cheating because you're level 4, but he has a different text if you're a much higher level

[visual hill]

I remember SF6 modern controls, are they still recognized as viable competitively? It seems everyone at my local is on classic

I played SF2 on an arcade bartop last week and couldn't do a hadouken (which is weird, because I remember the pattern).
One day I'll try to learn FGs properly, but it needs time

[wind stump]

trails is funni

[visual hill]

Mr. Game & Watch: Half of everything is luck.
Bond: And the other half?
Mr. Game & Watch:

[bitter stream]

GET EM!

[visual hill]

I lost a game in bracket once because my jump button did nothing while I was doing a down throw side B combo 😢 (and I had a 9)

[bitter stream]

oof, that sucks

[shell shore]

Just saw the until dawn trailer and i HATE IT literally has NOTHING thats in the game and some girl is pregnant????? LIKE WHAT

[visual hill]

it's common for game trailers to not have any gameplay nowadays, it sucks but that's how it is

showing gameplay is likely seen as more risky, especially in more cinematic/story-focused games

gamers can easily be turned off by a gameplay trailer where things just don't look fun, and it can be hard to save that impression

indie games can't afford to skip the gameplay in trailers still, the vast majority of them are focused on gameplay thankfully

[slim thorn]

which gets into why I mostly don't watch trailers any more

I understand why they do that, the wider audiences for games these days are moved more by graphics and vibes and themes than by the things I care about like level design and core gameplay loops, so the latter only show up in games primarily marketed to people like me, aka indie games

[visual hill]

yeah, it's pretty rare for me too. The last time I was hyped by a trailer was Counter-Strike 2... and I saw how it turned out in the end

(that series of trailers is a masterclass in my book, still)

people even made parodies of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_1g7_QaksY

[cunning galleon]

I brought my friend to uptier for fun and he got god mode??/

😭 😭

[worthy rose]

https://powerupgaming.co.uk/2025/03/30/four-way-bidding-war-erupts-over-starcraft-ip-rights/

[green fulcrum]

...Blizzard is selling StarCraft? Wtf kind of timeline is this?

Either way, I hope Netmarble doesn't get it. I would hate for StarCraft to become a mobile gacha and ad-ridden hellscape.

After looking through the options, NCSoft would be my personal pick. Guild Wars 1 and 2 are great games with rich stories and great writing. A StarCraft RPG or MMORPG in that style would go hard.

[worthy rose]

Yeah first I'm learning of it

[green fulcrum]

People on Reddit apparently loathe all of these companies. The general consensus is that this will be the end of StarCraft, or at least as we know it.

[random steppe]

From the article it's very not clear what this is exactly

Like, if they are giving the rights to make games for it but keep control of the IP or if they are completely selling it off to the higher bidder

Like this part

The contract reportedly includes opportunities to expand the franchise into RPGs, shooters, and mobile adaptations. The outcome could reshape South Korea’s gaming landscape, reinforcing its influence in the global market. Blizzard has remained tight-lipped but is said to prioritize development capability, global reach, and marketing strength in selecting a partner. A decision is expected in the coming months.
Makes it sound like they are just licensing it

[green fulcrum]

It's not clear, yeah. Ideally Blizzard wouldn't make this deal at all and would instead get their collective heads out of their asses and start actually making good games and being a good company again.

[random steppe]

I mean, if they aren't making games for it,. I don't necessarily see anything too horrible with licensing it to someone else to make games for it, assuming they license it to someone worthwhile

[green fulcrum]

That's why I added the "making good games" part. It wasn't just a dig at OW2 and (to a lesser extent) Diablo 4.

[random steppe]

I know that 99% this is gonna result in some iditiotic mobile game, so probably gonna ignore it at the end of the day

[green fulcrum]

Yeah...

They even mention mobile being one of the major priorities.

[dense crypt]

it'll be a gacha game 100 percent

even warhammer went that route for its main mobile game

[green fulcrum]

And that's an IP killer for most fans of any IP. Only the most hardcore consumers and most basic and fair-weather of casual players will play it, and they sadly outnumber the actual fans when combined.

[random steppe]

If this was like, 5 years ago, I could definitely see a clans royale stule game with the SC IP that could work pretty well.
I think we are past that nowdays tho.

Define IP killer

Because the IP is currently dead

I don't think you can kill it harder

[green fulcrum]

Well, it's still popular in South Korea, where all four of these companies originate.

Dead everywhere else though, you're right.

But I meant it more in a general sense, not just for Starcraft

[random steppe]

I think that the most likely scenario is that something pretty bad comes out, it has a minor blip in SK for like, a week, somehow it makes a billion dollars from people that never played starcraft and no one else ever remembers it exists

[green fulcrum]

I remember when the Torchlight IP went mobile. That killed it for good, even more than Torchlight 3 did.

Granted, it was a small IP, but maaaaan, Torchlight 2 was PEAK. And then they just...killed that IP's future entirely.

[random steppe]

The best case scenario is competent mobile clash royale style strategy game, or maybe even simplified starcraft, similar as to how Wild Rift is Simplified League of Legends, it has some staying power and somehow tricks Blizzard into thinking Strategy Games can sell well and they make the mistake of making Starcraft 3 off the back of it

It underperforms, predictibly, but at least we get it

[visual hill]

I remember the C&C and Commander Keen mobile games

both felt particularly out of touch visually and from a business model standpoint

oh, and Mighty Doom which lasted like 2 years or something

[cunning galleon]

Game

[slim thorn]

@random steppe more EM btw

[slim thorn]

#EnderMagnolia: 2nd day trying to beat Luiseach (1st after taking a break), barely managed it on 5th(?) try

[bitter stream]

nice work

[bronze abyss]

i think you have a primary that i didnt

good shit though,shes an absolute bastard to fight in the 2nd half of the fight especially

[slim thorn]

apparently I spent all my skill for the week on that fight because on Declan I was waffling between getting him down to 10% and dying on the first two attacks

[visual hill]

wake up, new competitor to Lichess dropped

(Corporate Clash)

[toxic seal]

Tiny thing I'm enjoying about Cyberpunk: it allows me to choose to be sober in-game. Maximum immersion

[fresh bane]

Since all the alcoholic drinks in Cyberpunk are nothing but debuffs everytime I don't even remember if I ever tried actually drinking any so I'm not sure if they even do anything other than the debuffs

the funny thing is I also made sure to pick up every single drink I came across so I probably have dozens in my inventory

[river veldt]

Fallout New Vegas alcohol i think gives you plus charisma but minus intelligence

[arctic fern]

I do kinda wish there was a traits system in 2077, so you could roleplay more as a drunkard or teetotal, that kind of thing

[wind stump]

Trails:

[visual hill]

Deus Ex is weird on this aspect: alcohol gives you dizziness, but it also heals 2 HP for every drink, and you can stack the effect infinitely

so you're free to drink 20 beers in one go, wait 1 minute for the dizziness to pass to regain 40 HP

the FOV becomes so low with high dizziness it's unplayable, so all you can do is wait it out

[wind stump]

100% accurate title

Steam

ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER

ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER is a digital wooden board game.

Your house needs a deck. You have a hammer. You have wood and you have nails. The light outside is faulty. You work, you earn. Freedom is $1,000,000.

Build a deck. Use your hammer. Drive the nails in. Scrimp and save. Freedom is just around the corner.
…

Price

$3.99

Recommendations

425

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you build decks while under a rogue light

[gaunt marten]

It's a meme game

Not very good

[static bluff]

Dude you totally rocked Gigates

[visual hill]

they played pretty well at first but they gave away their queen at some point (and their rook 2 moves later)

to be fair, I hadn't played chess in like 2 years