general gaming

[arctic fern]

yeah so the wallcrawler starts blank each run yeah

[random steppe]

or is it more campaign-like

Oh ok, makes sense

[arctic fern]

just you and your mg

[random steppe]

Thanks for your impressions, I'll probably play it because Spider Tanks are cool AF

[arctic fern]

it mostly feels like an upgrade to 1

more story, people to talk to

[bronze abyss]

nicer spaced progression,lightly more difficult runs on average as well,overall i would rate it as same/light upgrade to ww1

love both

[random steppe]

Thanks

[gaunt marten]

They should make Dome Keeper 2

[random steppe]

I am a big fan of spider tanks
There are two things that if you do them, I am willing to overlook a lot because of the fantasy you are selling me.
Piloting spider tanks, and using spaceships with railguns installed on them.

[gaunt marten]

Did you ever play Final Fantasy 8?

[random steppe]

Yes

[arctic fern]

this basically is domekeeper 2

its a logical extension of the gameplay

[gaunt marten]

I have my doubts, given that when I played Wall World 1 it was much less preferable, polish wise

[random steppe]

It's definitely less polished compared to Dome Keeper, that said I prefere Wall World because spider tanks

[gaunt marten]

It felt like a game they developed really fast to cash in on the popularity of Dome Keeper

[random steppe]

I did like the vertical approach a lot too, since there were elements of exploration that wasn't just "dig in the other direction"

[gaunt marten]

It certainly could be a better game than dome keeper, with enough work done to make it so

[random steppe]

I think the actual reason I prefer it, is that the variety that gave me was to me more whaty I wanted than the variety that Dome Keeper offered

I don't care much about modifiers or challenge runs

And that is a lot of what Dome keeper does to keep it fresh

ALso the other way to dig I didn't like when they introduced it, so it was already 50% of the variety gone.

While Wall World the variety was largely more guns, which was more the kind of "keeping it fresh" that I was hoping for

[green fulcrum]

Awwww, they're both perfect! And Whisper having a Fluttershy-like voice is so cute!

[fresh bane]

There might be something RE related at the next State of Play that isn't Requiem if some of the stuff I'm coming across ends up being true

(context: she's Sheva Alomar's VA and mocap)

|| also supposedly an ESRB rating for RE5 with some things like in-game online purchases which, were never a part of the original game of course ||

[mossy flume]

Guess it's bot time

[bitter stream]

good luck!

how are the missions in Cyberstan?

[mossy flume]

I just did one, but it seems really tough

You get no breaks, you're in constant combat XD

Really fun though

[bitter stream]

nice nice

[bitter stream]

Saw a trailer for this on youtube. Single player robot extraction shooter? You can take other robot's parts and swap them? wild.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjaGz1CNVU

It's got a fairly limited demo up atm, but I'm gonna keep an eye on this one haha

[dense crypt]

looks like The Forever Winter

[bitter stream]

yeah, it does have that vibe

same type of game too right? TFW is also a PvE extraction shooter

[dense crypt]

ya

[bitter stream]

how is TFW doing anyway? I hear a little bit at the release, but haven't kept u p

[dense crypt]

wouldnt know, i havent really kept up either

from what i remember though they dont do a very good job of making things useful.

[bitter stream]

ah right, that's kinda unfortunate, gear having a purpose is fun

[dense crypt]

its not the gear, its stuff like

they added radar towers, they're a pain to activate, and dont provide much for you, and are only active for like a few hours

suppose thats not really the best thing to say, since its not entirely true

gear doesnt really get added either, unless its objective important

they did a lot of scavenging to the game though, which is nice

[bitter stream]

ah yeah, maybe I need to watch a vod or something, see how the current gameplay is

[hidden elbow]

Never played banjo before , gut played a lot of game that took inspiration from it , decided to check it out after recompiled release and.....omg it was so good , the atmosphere, the music, gameplay and exploration aspects were just fantastic, i haven't even had real troubles 100% it..... except final boss that even i am not sure why it was so difficult to me (Died on Grunty 11 times award)

But i like her because she feels challenging and like a good final fight , many platformers suffer from their bosses even the fnal ones being either a pretty spectacle with no real gameplay or just being easy fights that feel obligatory rather than climatic

[bitter stream]

nice nice, glad you had fun

[worthy rose]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/at-least-1200-ubisoft-workers-strike-in-response-to-recent-restructuring

[rancid herald]

the sign says they're striking in Fevrier, not february

silly reporter

[visual hill]

finally a good use for the Rabbids

[worthy rose]

[uneven epoch]

0122222222222220ěqqv lú§§§§§§§§§§

[worthy rose]

Meow?

[uneven epoch]

thank you for your input brie

[cunning galleon]

How do you even do that s thing

[uneven epoch]

for whatever reason czech keyboard puts § (thats symbol for like, laws, i dont know its english name) in the place of english keyboards '

[rancid herald]

We call it a ssssnake symbol in English and it denotes that the paragraph is full of snake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign

[uneven epoch]

more like tsuchinoko, no? bc round in the middle?

[rancid herald]

They’re American snakes and therefore a bit on the hefty side

[river veldt]

tsuchinoko mentioned !

[uneven epoch]

[wind stump]

[astral steeple]

Wow

Jason momoa was cast as the lead in the live action helldivers movie

[teal sonnet]

https://youtu.be/EriEensiy0I?si=l00Zzj-klhX2tPPr

This looks legit good

One thing I can always give to poppy playtime games, their character animations are fucking top notch

[indigo pine]

game is weird

[quiet swift]

So today has Diablo news dropping. We already can play the paladin from the upcoming xpac (I believe June release date?), the second new class has been revealed: The warlock. Looks like a fun dark caster. Not available to play yet in D4.
...However, it is available to play in Diablo 2 Ressurected. Which is surprising!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzLkL-Agp9k

[quiet swift]

Ah, it's not free content for d2r, it's paid

[bitter stream]

ah well, still cool that d2 got an expansion

[arctic fern]

https://youtu.be/2sDOFSiIN4c

[bitter stream]

oh no! hahaha

[slim thorn]

you all said you wanted "player freedom"

this is what freedom looks like

[bitter stream]

Video Game Cruelty Potential : Yes

[arctic fern]

this is the second time he tried this
last time he put everyone into a freezer in sapienza and threw an explosive gas canister in there
but the explosive gas cannister has a tiny explosive range

so it did basically nothing

the wine press crunches everything under it

[fresh bane]

No traces, good job 47

That right there is why you're the Boss, the one and only

[bitter stream]

hahahha

Is this the 47 version of Euro Extreme?

[quiet swift]

https://www.ign.com/articles/highguard-studio-wildlight-hit-with-layoffs Oof. But expected, after that result...

[fresh bane]

jeez

[quiet swift]

And for something totally different. Cuphead fans, can you confirm/deny this is a feat?

[river veldt]

that's super impressive imo

[quiet swift]

I do know it's super hard, but I don't know enough to understand how hard the 300% is

[river veldt]

you have to s rank every boss, which entails not getting hit, parrying 3 times, and getting under the time limit. and then you also have to p rank (pacifist) rank every run and gun which means you can't shoot or kill any enemies

[quiet swift]

Okay, so this (not top!) comment is justified, then:

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/M2Kw3_AByuc?si=cpUKhNk4OKQqd4om

the folks at GOG are doing a great job lately

[rancid herald]

I thought they were independent?

[random steppe]

They still have to not run out of money

I assume they expected a decent influx of money once they released and that hasn't materialised

[rancid herald]

Maybe

alas

[quiet swift]

@green fulcrum https://store.steampowered.com/app/3929630/Terrinoth_Heroes_of_Descent/ know anything about this?

Steam

Terrinoth®: Heroes of Descent

The legendary board game series comes for the first time to PC!

Dark forces are drawn to the lands of Terrinoth®. Yet somewhere lies a forgotten relic that could turn the tides. Such power cannot fall into the wrong hands, lest the fate of the world plunge into unending darkness.

Form your company of ragtag adventurers, journey into the peri…

Release Date

2026

(mind you, the "Descent" that first came to mind was the spaceship one, for me...)

[minor plover]

oddly enough, me too

[quiet swift]

'Cause we're old

[graceful bridge]

https://youtu.be/GhVKmxrZFHQ?si=LtQHyscAdzG5SX4o
#1086298682711879680

[graceful bridge]

Fantasy board game:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/descent-journeys-in-the-dark-second-edition/

[random steppe]

This is an interesting experiment, releasing a DLC for essentially a 26 years old game

[indigo pine]

it just works

[random steppe]

I am very curious to know if it'll feel like it's an old class that could have been released back then, or it'll feel like something that doesn't completely fit with the older design philosophy

[graceful bridge]

It also brings D2 to Steam

[random steppe]

TBH the thing I'm the most hyped for, is for the dude that does D2 challenge runs on youtube to get their hands on it

This guy: https://www.youtube.com/@zarfen/videos

His stuff is 10/10

[green fulcrum]

I have not heard of it, no. Also, it's co-op by default, which makes it something I can't play anyway, sooo

[little badger]

@cunning galleon he’s on it now

[worthy rose]

Oh coop only? Boo.

[river veldt]

do you guys fuck with Kirby

[sacred grove]

Translation: Do you fine gentlefolk enjoy Nintendo's Kirby franchise, perchance?

[cerulean herald]

I never played a Kirby game, but maybe something I might look into one day, does seem like an interesting franchise

[slim thorn]

I've played a few of them in the past and enjoyed them, but it's never been something I specifically seek out over the bazillion other games I could be playing

[mossy flume]

Kirby’s pretty awesome, yeah

It’s not my top priority, but I do play new Kirby games when they come around

[cerulean herald]

what is ur fav kirby game, if you have one

[mossy flume]

Kirby Air Ride and Nightmare In Dreamland are historically my favorites.

I really need to spend more time with Forgotten Land though, what I’ve played of it so far is really good

[wind stump]

roar of dedede intensifies

[astral steeple]

huh. joined a server on Halo Custom Edition and literally all the players are afk

[fresh bane]

Quake III moment

[little badger]

Starting shortly https://www.youtube.com/live/P0e5YEXtZu0?si=AuaqCllP3gH1Kxxa

Lasts an hour

[astral steeple]

LMAO

why am i just now getting into MUGEN lol

[river veldt]

haha Mugen does seem like it would be right up your alley

[little badger]

@green fulcrum Sonic is rumoured to be shown tonight in the stream Above. It’s starting now

Kena scars of Kosmora

[toxic seal]

First reveal is a sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits

[slim thorn]

huh

[toxic seal]

Looks like they want to expand the world more. The first game I felt was just showing off the capabilities of the PS5 and its controller

[little badger]

Legends mode coming to ghost of yotei

[river veldt]

Death Stranding 2 coming to PC

[little badger]

God of war might be getting shown.

[river veldt]

ooh that'd be cool

[little badger]

the cube

[river veldt]

personally i am hoping for Insomniac's Wolverine

[little badger]

They said don’t set your expectations high

[river veldt]

a boy can dream !

[little badger]

That will be in the spring

But yes

[astral steeple]

this is bizzare lmao

[mossy flume]

Just waiting for Metroid Prime 5

[little badger]

Resident evil

[river veldt]

RE9

[visual hill]

there are people who have finished Dark Souls on touch controls when emulating it on Android started to become possible

[visual hill]

I recall Halo CE multiplayer being notorious for poor netcode and cheating issues (even on MCC), not sure about Custom Edition

it got better with the later games in MCC

[river veldt]

RE9 looks really good but i'll miss Ethan 😔

[fresh bane]

YEAHHHH

LEGACY OF KAIN DEFIANCE REMASTER

[little badger]

Do you hope we hear about the rumoured sonic game today?

[fresh bane]

WWoooooaaaahhhhhhh this remaster

bunch of new features and content holy

[fresh bane]

I don't know I didn't even know there was a new Sonic coming out

[little badger]

Apparently it’s called eclipse it got leaked

Dead or alive 6 last round

[fresh bane]

Holy shit Dead or Alive coming back

[little badger]

Been a while

Control!

[fresh bane]

Oh man and a new DOA game in development

Control 2!

[indigo pine]

i enjoy the concept of heavy stealth

[river veldt]

Resonant looks interesting

[little badger]

Crimson moon

[fresh bane]

Resonant looked crazier in the initial trailer it seems more like a Jedi Fallen Order + DmC (reboot specifically) combo

so a bit of a crazy combat but not nearly as fast paced or as crazy as DMC and a lot of focus on movement and exploration/platforming stuff

but still looks really cool

if I can adjust the game speed later on and have much crazier combat options and cancels then it'll be super good

[river veldt]

im curious where Jesse is

[fresh bane]

being the boss probably

doing boss things

[river veldt]

MINA

[fresh bane]

Oh this game looks cute

[river veldt]

Spring

[toxic seal]

Well that looks cute

[river veldt]

ive been waiting for that one for a while

[visual hill]

Featuring Jesse from the Devil May Cry series

[fresh bane]

oh this is Tenchu

[fresh bane]

well actually it's Dylan as the protag now

which, I would've liked Jesse but that's fine.....

oh 2027 eesh

[green fulcrum]

Is the stream still going?

[river veldt]

ye

[little badger]

Yup

was that a chicken

[river veldt]

chicken .....?

[toxic seal]

Bruh

[river veldt]

what is this lmao

[fresh bane]

Scootaloo...?

[green fulcrum]

Whatever game this is, I don't like how...floaty it is with the movement. It feels wrong.

[little badger]

Project windless

[green fulcrum]

Also there's way too much blood for blood's sake. People don't just pop like blood balloons when they get hit once.

[little badger]

Ooooh Star Wars!

[toxic seal]

I'm sorry I'm here for the chicken

[river veldt]

is this some sort of mythological thing we don't get why is it a giant chicken

[little badger]

POD racing

[fresh bane]

now this is...

[green fulcrum]

Pod racing, but no pods.

[little badger]

Galactic racer

[green fulcrum]

This might interest Poppy

Oh, there we go

[little badger]

Bond time

[green fulcrum]

You're ahead by like 10 seconds

[little badger]

[green fulcrum]

Are you on Twitch?

[little badger]

YouTube

[green fulcrum]

I'm on YouTube too, why are you so far ahead?

[toxic seal]

I'm also on YouTube and can attest that Blade must be some time ahead

[river veldt]

oh it's weird hearing "his majesty's secret service" instead of her

[little badger]

I fast forward it before the stream starts so the time syncs with my phone time

[green fulcrum]

Oh that remix of the James Bond theme is perfect

[little badger]

Metal gear solid 2!

[fresh bane]

YYEEEAHHHHH

METAL GEAR SOLID COLLECTION 2

PEACE WALKER ON PC

[little badger]

[river veldt]

is 4 the one with the ladder ?

[green fulcrum]

[little badger]

[river veldt]

i really need to play the MGS games some day

[toxic seal]

Was that Tara Strong?

[green fulcrum]

This is a great song

[little badger]

[fresh bane]

Tara Strong is Paz yes

[little badger]

Ooooh not long to wait

[fresh bane]

GHOST BABEL

[green fulcrum]

I don't get it, why are you guys so far ahead? I restarted the stream twice, even went back and then switched to "live". Still you guys are like 5 to 10 seconds ahead.

[fresh bane]

Updates for MGS Collection Vol 1 too

[toxic seal]

If your stream is behind, I think there is a fast-forward or playback speed option. I think it doesn't show up if you are fully caught up

[fresh bane]

No Portable Ops or Ac!d games but that's fine

[green fulcrum]

Well, apparently I'm fully caught up, but still behind you guys

[little badger]

I just forward the red bar to the live bar

Metal gear squid

[green fulcrum]

He looks like one of the octopi from the Penguins of Madagascar film

[river veldt]

CASTLEVANIA

[green fulcrum]

New game?

[river veldt]

that looks awesome

[fresh bane]

wait

[green fulcrum]

Yeah, I think that's a new game

[fresh bane]

I wasn't looking

Is this an actual new CV?

For real?

[river veldt]

ye

[green fulcrum]

Yeah, Belmont's Curse

[fresh bane]

remake or new game?

[green fulcrum]

New game

[fresh bane]

Oh wow

It finally happened

[slim thorn]

I don't believe you

[fresh bane]

About damn time

2026 release wow

TOWNFALL

[green fulcrum]

What's this?

[fresh bane]

Silent Hill Townfall

calling it

[little badger]

It got leaked

[green fulcrum]

I feel like I know this guy's face

[toxic seal]

AMEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Sorry, force of habit

[fresh bane]

https://tenor.com/view/amelia-amelia-watson-hololive-dancing-vtuber-gif-5774927076744726049

TOWNFALL

[river veldt]

interestinggg

coming this year holy hell

oh there's a Transmission right after this

[green fulcrum]

Lot of Konami in this stream

[little badger]

Why does that sound like fluttershy

meow

rev. Noir

[toxic seal]

Looks pretty good

[little badger]

I hope there will be a one last thing.

[visual hill]

that's MGS3

[river veldt]

ah

[visual hill]

MGS4 has plenty of other memorable moments, including the longest videogame cutscene ever made (over 1 hour)

[little badger]

And did you watch it?

[visual hill]

I haven't played MGS3 or 4 yet

so pls no spoil

[little badger]

I won’t

[river veldt]

this looks like John Wick

[green fulcrum]

That is John Wick

[little badger]

Ah the rumours were true

[visual hill]

I am pretty interested in seeing this drop for PC, I was considering doing the whole RPCS3 thing like I did for MGS2 back in 2023

[toxic seal]

Omg John Wick

[visual hill]

I had MGS3 running in RPCS3 too but it was crashy. I got access to the master collection through family sharing so I don't need to bother with RPCS3 for this anymore

[fresh bane]

I'm so excited to actually play MGS4 for the first time being a fan of this franchise for over a decade

[green fulcrum]

AHHHHH THEY REMIXED IT

[river veldt]

is the original MGS3 still worth playing or has the remake superseded it

[fresh bane]

The actual gameplay of MGS4 is peak MGS

[green fulcrum]

They remixed the song that plays in that top-down house fight!

[fresh bane]

No the original MGS3 is still one of the best games ever made

[little badger]

Marathon

[visual hill]

remake is visually better, but the OG is very good, it has aged fairly well visually with mods on PC. If you play on PC, definitely mod it

[fresh bane]

MGS3 Delta is like, if the thought of playing a PS2 game makes you recoil in disgust then sure go for it, it's the same game at the end of the day

[visual hill]

gameplay is nearly identical

[river veldt]

ah ok

[fresh bane]

It's a fine alternative but there's really not a whole lot that makes Delta stand out, so it's fine to go with Delta because it's literally the same game anyways

[visual hill]

I don't have Delta on Steam, and it's still fairly expensive

[mossy flume]

What makes it stand out is that it’s a modern remake faithful to the original and that’s all it needed to be

[green fulcrum]

I like the VA for this guy

[visual hill]

so I guess I'll go with master collection, even though I really wanted the remastered graphics

[green fulcrum]

That's some genuine horror, fear, and desperation in his voice. Solid voice direction

[river veldt]

yeah whenever i play these i'll probably go through Master Collection, i doubt the Steam Deck can even run Delta lol

[mossy flume]

I’m rather enjoying Delta so far

[little badger]

Good evening midnight

[mossy flume]

Hiiiii

[visual hill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwgWJgc58_4

good video on the subject, with recommended mods ^

[little badger]

Please one more thing

[visual hill]

GTA VII announcement

[little badger]

Coming. 2060

[green fulcrum]

Wasn't Spider-Man 2 already on PS5?

[astral steeple]

Ps plus

[river veldt]

yeah it's just going on their version of Game Pass

[toxic seal]

Coming to PS plus meaning if you haven't bought it you won't need to

[little badger]

Ooooh time crisis

[river veldt]

i still need to play Spider-Man 2

[little badger]

i fell down a hole

[astral steeple]

I guess nothing too good getting announced during this state of play rip

[visual hill]

I have Kilometres Miles Morales in my library now, haven't gotten to it yet

[visual hill]

plenty of good stuff I think, from LoK Defiance remaster to MGS Master collection part 2

[little badger]

It’s good. But you need to play the first Spider-Man first

[visual hill]

I did that in 2023 on PC

[river veldt]

Silent Hill Townfall looks neat

[green fulcrum]

...Did you not read all the previous messages?

[astral steeple]

Nothing I'm too interested in

[little badger]

Ah

[astral steeple]

I'm watching it live

[visual hill]

I have been way more disappointed in other reveals recently

[fresh bane]

Castlevania coming back from the dead is pretty good even if you're not interested in Castlevania I would say

these reveals have been preeeetty good so far

Konami's surprising me though I still will not forget the way they were in the 2010s

[astral steeple]

Why can't silent hill 4 the room get a remake/remaster lol

[river veldt]

i keep forgetting it's 2026

[visual hill]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/rayman-30th-anniversary-edition-is-out-tomorrow-and-features-5-versions-of-the-1995-classic-as-well-as-a-lost-snes-prototype/
(it's all emulation I'm afraid, don't expect something like Rayman Redemption)

[river veldt]

SPIDEY NOOOO

[visual hill]

The package also includes hundreds of new levels from Rayman's New Levels, Rayman 60 Levels, and Rayman by His Fans
fun fact: The original release of these level packs used to be a French/German exclusive, there was no English release of it. I remember setting it up in DOSBox a few years ago

[green fulcrum]

Oh hey, it's Nire's Daydream: The Game :P

[visual hill]

I am curious how they handled the PC side of things, the original executable might not work all that well on Windows 11.
Edit: It's only DOS actually, I thought there was a Win95 version but no. I didn't know Digital Eclipse had DOS emulation going

[little badger]

NO

[river veldt]

oh my god it's God of War

[little badger]

YES!!!!!!!

[river veldt]

are they remaking the original trilogy ,????

[green fulcrum]

Oh wow

[fresh bane]

Zoooooooooos

[little badger]

There he is

[fresh bane]

oh

[toxic seal]

Oooh remake, not remaster

[fresh bane]

oh, remakes...

[toxic seal]

MY MANS

[little badger]

More?

[mossy flume]

So other than Star Wars and MGS, is there anything interesting in this announcement?

[little badger]

GO!!

[toxic seal]

The new JRPG rev.Noir looks nice to me but I am anime-pilled

[little badger]

[fresh bane]

Oh shit Deimos

Blasphemous God of War

[little badger]

again

God of war sons of Sparta

Now!!

[fresh bane]

OOOOOOHHHH

Shadow drop

[green fulcrum]

Looks like no Sonic

[river veldt]

maybe it'll be one more thing

[little badger]

That’s it every pony

[green fulcrum]

Doesn't look like it

[little badger]

Well. What did we think?

[river veldt]

it was good

[fresh bane]

that was excellent

[toxic seal]

No trailer for the massively expansive MLP RPG

Mostly because it only exists in my head

[fresh bane]

one day

So the new Castlevania is being made by the devs from Rogue Prince of Persia and the Dead Cells DLC

[little badger]

Can’t wait for God of war remake

[fresh bane]

WTF ANOTHER LEGACY OF KAIN GAME

[little badger]

Did you miss that in the stream?

[astral steeple]

Why didn't we ever get a mainline g4 mlp video game lol

Like the xbox one and ps4 lifespan literally lasted almost the full time the show was releasing new episodes

[fresh bane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd_Jm5KV15o

where the fuck was this during the state of play???

https://youtu.be/Jocj5kRYcFE?si=Ximtn8qFIEd4cw4e

[random steppe]

Ok this is cute

Doing a castelvania is a good way to test the waters for doing more in the future without breaking the bank

[fresh bane]

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/02/12/castlevania-belmonts-curse-launches-this-year-on-ps5/

[random steppe]

It fits the saga

I wonder if it'll act as a recap for at least part of the story, I didn't see "new" stuff by the super short trailer

Actually rewatching it, it seems like this is set between raziel ||ascension and his destruction?||

Backfilling some less important events

If it plays okay I'll gladily play it, it's been so long

[fresh bane]

Blood Omen Kain.....

[little badger]

What have you been playing lately Nire?

[fresh bane]

and... Hylden Kain?

[fresh bane]

not much at all

[fresh bane]

it doesn't seem very clear because some things seem to be events from SR1-SR2 but knowing how this franchise operates that kinda makes sense

[little badger]

I’ll go back to sonic crosswords when the whisper and tangle event starts

[visual hill]

the first UT2004 patch in over 20 years is out as of today: https://github.com/OldUnreal/UT2004Patches
The game is now freeware and can be downloaded from here: https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut2004/full-game-installers/

[fickle garnet]

I'm so excited for MGS Master Collection Vol 2

[fresh bane]

Alright, some of these games' steam pages are up

tiiiime to wishlist....

[little badger]

Not long until summer games fest

[fresh bane]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4233530/Legacy_of_Kain_Ascendance/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4231820/Castlevania_Belmonts_Curse/

Steam

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

Medieval Paris, Where the Tolling Bells Herald the End
1499. Paris is engulfed as monstrous creatures suddenly emerge from the shadows.

Armed with the legendary holy whip, the Vampire Killer, Trevor Belmont’s successor ventures into the burning streets and the looming castle to hunt down the beasts.…

Release Date

2026

and MGS Vol 2 is not up yet

Returning Voice Talent
Reunites iconic Legacy of Kain voice actors – Michael Bell, Simon Templeman, Richard Doyle and Anna Gunn.

❗

wow

[bitter stream]

is this legit?

[astral steeple]

Yes

Epic is letting the community bring back ut2004 through the oldunreal team

They officially approved oldunreal doing what they're doing

[bitter stream]

oh nice, that's cool

[astral steeple]

Epic even has this on their website

[bitter stream]

I wonder if there will be online servers again, and if they'll be compatible wiht t he steam version

thanks for the confirmation Arianna

[astral steeple]

Np

Also yeah I think they have working servers with it too

[little badger]

I think all games that are going offline should be passed down to fans who can keep the games. Running

[bitter stream]

I mean, ideally the devs could make them work without online modes required when they End of Service them

[little badger]

Yeah but say the game has online trophies/achievements they should either remove them or change the unlock condition

[astral steeple]

I remember playing a gerudo valley oot custom map in ut2004 a long time ago lol

Was really good

[bitter stream]

why the achievements Blade?
Ah yeah, that sounds fun Arianna

[little badger]

I collect them but it can be annoying when a game you haven’t played in a while you suddenly see a closure date which rushes you to finish them

[astral steeple]

Unreal championship 2 the liandri conflict was also really good

[bitter stream]

haha yeah, that sounds annoying Blade.
Oh neat, i never heard of that game, was it single player?

[astral steeple]

Had multiplayer too I think

[little badger]

Like for example. Back on kill zone 3 I had to get the DLC trophies as the servers for that shut years ago

[astral steeple]

You could play as raiden too

Absolutely goated game

[little badger]

I feel old

[bitter stream]

A venerable elder you are now Blade, teach the youth well.

[astral steeple]

Also the other fun fact with the Unreal tournament games is that long before epic had acquired psyonix they were contracted by epic for multiple years to make the onslaught vehicle based mode in multiple of the Unreal tournament games

In UT2004 they even made 7 of the maps too

[little badger]

Have you been playing anything Reina?

[bitter stream]

yeah I have! I've been playing the latest update for No Man's Sky! Space Trucking and recycling waste hahah. it's kinda wild. I think i'll finish the expedition and put it down though, I'm not sure it'd remain fun for long after that.

how about you?

[little badger]

Going to get the god of war sidescroller

[bitter stream]

god of war sidescroller? ah, the one from the latest State of Play?

[little badger]

Yup

[bitter stream]

nice nice, hope it's fun

[fresh bane]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249130/Dino_Crisis/

Steam

Dino Crisis

STORY SECTION
Three years ago. A scientist died in an accident during an experiment.
His research was on “Third Energy,” a completely clean energy source.
The accident occurred just as government funding had been cut off because the project was deemed unfeasible.
To the public, it was nothing more than an insignificant piece of information…

Price

$4.99

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249140/Dino_Crisis_2/

Steam

Dino Crisis 2

STORY SECTION
A year has passed since the operation to retrieve Dr. Kirk.
Third Energy, both a source of "ultimate clean energy" and a potential "ultimate weapon," has proven to be dangerously unpredictable.
The government, having taken control of the project from Dr. Kirk, continued its development.
Then, the “accident” happened once aga…

Price

$4.99

well I'll be a horse's uncle

they put these on Steam too

just.... just randomly threw them in here today

[quiet swift]

I saw some article suggest the first one is a cyberpunk 2077 alternative. Not sure how hyperbolic of a suggestion that is, but.... free to grab

[quiet swift]

And now, for something completely different:

That TF2 video remade in live action by a bunch of kids with extremely handmade props https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuiOCGe20ss

[hasty patio]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3859630/METAL_GEAR_SOLID_MASTER_COLLECTION_Vol2/

Steam

METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2

The extreme tension of infiltrating without being detected.

Metal Gear series, the pinnacle of “stealth action” Immerse yourself in the Metal Gear series, the pinnacle of “stealth action” where you can infiltrate and elude your enemies to complete missions.

This collection is the second installment of the definitive Metal Gear Master Co…

Price

$49.99

Release Date

Aug 27, 2026

[fresh bane]

Nice, it's finally up

Wishlisting those immediately

[dense crypt]

Glad MGS4 got to escape the PS3

[fresh bane]

https://fxbsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3mepbltt65c2s

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

Konami on Castlevania 40th anniversary: "This is the beginning of numerous new products around Castlevania." www.konami.com/games/castlevania/eu/en/

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FxBluesky · Feb 13, 2026, 12:43 AM

So there's gonna be Silent Hill Metal Gear and Castlevania....
It's 1999 all over again

[hidden elbow]

Konami Re release n64 games and my soul is yours
(Kratos begging image)

[frozen gate]

oh what

someone said tenchu

[gaunt marten]

Eat your ninechu first

[frozen gate]

i havrnt even started on twochu

[graceful bridge]

https://youtu.be/KnAsWN-6hvw?si=vawhL6_skvpkjrt0

[green fulcrum]

For anyone who was waiting on it, Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is now 40% off on Steam!

From now until Feburary 26th

[wind stump]

and Persona 5 Royal is like, 75% off

so Persona fans can finally play a Persona game!

[little badger]

@uneven epoch think you’ll like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_gLXjKFYQg

[visual hill]

Master servers are preconfigured in the new patch, I recommend removing the Steam version and using the full game installer

it boots faster since it's DRM-free

I did that for Unreal and UT99 too

[visual hill]

Digital Extremes made most of UT2004's assets too, long before Warframe

[little badger]

No pun intended

[uneven epoch]

oh! lol @random steppe seems you finished just a touch too soon oh well, i think the jank has its charm

[random steppe]

Lol

It's fine, some of the mods I used might not have been available for the update anyway

[wind stump]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4094670/Rayman_30th_Anniversary_Edition/

Steam

Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition

THE ADVENTURE THAT STARTED IT ALL
Perform Rayman’s signature punch and helicopter hair glide through colorful worlds, from the Dream Forest and its unforgettable mosquito ride to Band Land’s musical chaos. Rescue the Electoons and save the world from Mr. Dark in a classic platforming adventure with a unique art style that remains as magical t…

Price

$19.99

ubishaft remembered that raymans exists?

(still requires a ubi account, cringe)

[gaunt marten]

I will not buy a Ubisoft game until they give me what I paid for

[sacred grove]

Major criticism I've heard on this re-release is that they replaced the original soundtrack with a different one. They haven't said why, but presumably they had trouble with rights/licensing of the original

[wind stump]

yup, first review said as much

[visual hill]

Rémi Gazel (the original composer) died in 2019, this could explain why

from what I've read, the new OST is made by a former friend of him, so it's kind of designed as a tribute

[light gate]

So me getting the GOG release was like smart

Actually looking at the reviews, the gog release has HALF the music

So not that smart

(But apparently a mod can fix it since it appears to be some misconfig)

[visual hill]

welp, the UT2004 uninstaller has decided to remove my entire C:\Games folder

I had game saves I didn't backup

the uninstaller can't be closed either

[rancid herald]

why?

[dense crypt]

Shit ass uninstaller

[gaunt marten]

That sucks

You should force kill it

[wind stump]

YES!

KILLLLLL!

[visual hill]

way too late now

there is no way to recover any meaningful data, since data recovery tools don't give you meaningful file names. This is not in the trash either

I did not lose every game/save since some of them are saved outside the game installation folder, but I have definitely lost a lot of game saves that can't be recreated easily through save editing

[gaunt marten]

Oh right, you could also have backups

[visual hill]

I had a screenshot of what games I had in there, made a few weeks ago

[visual hill]

I don't actively backup most game saves unless the game is notorious for being long

e.g. I have save backups of Talos 2, but it's installed in a different folder anyway, so I didn't lose anything

[gaunt marten]

I just automatically back up the whole drive

[light gate]

Well, could’ve been worse Calinou…

Coulda wiped your entire drive knowing a certain game bugged uninstaller.

[visual hill]

not viable with my NAS size 🙁

[gaunt marten]

That sucks

[light gate]

It does suck bad.

[river veldt]

been playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

very fun game

[light gate]

Is the circle great?

[river veldt]

idk i haven't found it yet

[light gate]

Ah

[gaunt marten]

How could you miss it if it's so big?

[visual hill]

all my work stuff is backed up, the issue is that I would have to spend a day reconfiguring everything

I will still have to spend like half a day reinstalling the games I wanted to play/continue, and save editing or using console commands to get my progress back

[light gate]

Eeugh

[visual hill]

these are all older games, no convenience of Steam or any launcher here

some games in that folder were older than me

[gaunt marten]

I do not play games older than me as a rule

[astral steeple]

Usually the Games I install/download that aren't in program files I just put on my desktop in a folder lol

[light gate]

Some games are picky when it comes to install directories.

[river veldt]

i don't get this rule but i respect it

[gaunt marten]

It's not a strict rule, but in my experience, when I play games that are too old I don't really have much fun

[river veldt]

some of my favorite games are than me, like Mario 64 or Super Mario Bros 2

[gaunt marten]

Yes, but

They are not older than me so it's fine

[visual hill]

hot take: '93 is when gaming started becoming truly fun and timeless

Doom mostly, but some games prior to it still hold up like Duke Nukem II

[gaunt marten]

Oh actually SMB2 is older than me

[river veldt]

SMB2 is so good

[gaunt marten]

That's what I'm saying

[cerulean herald]

I enjoyed SMB3, but gameplay it is rather dated, like starting all the way over in what world you are when you lose all lives, stuff like that

[river veldt]

i might actually prefer it to the original

[visual hill]

check out SMB Remastered by the way

[river veldt]

there's also that one level

you know the one

[visual hill]

it's made with Godot, even 🙂

[cerulean herald]

which one its been ages

[river veldt]

hold on a second

it's been a minute since i played 3 all the way through, but i remember there was this one level where you had to fly up a specific hole in the roof with the tanooki while holding a shell

i just remember it being super frustrating

[slim thorn]

I've said more than once that it wasn't until the (S)NES era that we started getting any games which genuinely hold up as timeless classics, much less many of them

[river veldt]

i should replay Castlevania 1

i havent played it in a while

[cerulean herald]

hmm doesnt ring a bell
for me, the worst mario level i played would be New Super Mario Bros. Wii - World 9-7, with all the frozen shit

[river veldt]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/pics/s/4HhB8Nwoz6

[fresh bane]

Consoles with cool peripherals like this are so awesome

I really wanna get a PSP camera at some point for mine, I didn't even know the PSP had that attachment

Just take some cool shots with it, yeah it's gonna look awful and have horrible resolution and quality, but that's the appeal

By the time of the Vita and 3DS they already had built-in cameras so there was no need to go out and get a separate one

[mossy flume]

We need more translucent candy colored consoles too

Peak console design

[fresh bane]

And those were kinda alright too, but they didn't have that 2000s ''video cam-corder'' feel

[visual hill]

I thought this was just pixel art in the GameBoy style

[fresh bane]

In a way it is

[visual hill]

many people are doubting it in the comments, in fact

[fresh bane]

May have some editing done afterwards I suppose, but I doubt they're entirely fake

Probably not the raw output from the gameboy though

[mossy flume]

Yeah I think they’ve had color enhancements done? But that’s definitely what a gameboy camera looks like

I never had one myself, so I don’t know if it had color settings

But I’ve seen a lot of gameboy camera photos before

[random steppe]

I just want you to know that I keep glancing at this chat and I almost spilled all my cargo in NMS new update as a result, and I also think it's dumb that in the future they don't have cargo straps you can use.

That's all

[fresh bane]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/PSP/comments/1lhh7xm/psp_camera_video/

The PSP camera is apparently almost exclusively used by guys going out to see cars

it looks pretty bad if you want a camera for really nice pictures, but if you're getting a PSP camera you're not getting it because you want a nice camera, you want that old shitty camera feel and for that purpose it looks great

and that's from the 'worse' model that was released in the west, the original japanese camera was actually meant to be used as a camera so it had higher megapixels and slightly better settings for the light and stuff, but honestly even the cheaper one looks good

[fresh bane]

I think those look better on the controllers than on the console itself, but honestly that's the one fad I never really liked from that era, I never really got a whole lot out of being able to see the insides of the controller or console

[bitter stream]

omg and the planet the expedition is on is so tricky with random caves you can barely see haha

I lost a whole bunch of cargo falling into a cave

had to dig my way out with the terrain mannipulator

[fresh bane]

eyes on the road

[random steppe]

DO YOU SEE A FUCKING ROAD?

[rare dew]

"Where we're going we don't need roads"

[random steppe]

I NEED ROADS

Joking aside, I do like the novelty of having the whole expedition on one planet without even the option to get into space

That said, they could have not have picked a montanous desert planet with full of holes

[arctic fern]

What game?

[slim thorn]

"NMS new update"

[arctic fern]

Ah

[random steppe]

I must say, having played it, it's just really a tiny gameplay loop for planets with salvageable scrap the thing they added.

It's a very tiny update

But it's okay

It's free and it's a pretty good add if you want to engage with it.

[fresh bane]

Death Stranding gameplay loop be like

although it gets to a point where it's more like ''I need ziplines''

[gaunt marten]

I played exactly one of these

[quiet swift]

Three or for, I think. I think I played other things around that time

[river veldt]

ive only played Doom out of these

ive heard so so things about 7th Guest

[quiet swift]

I think I very briefly tried 7th guest, played doom, some duke 2, possibly indycar for a brief stint? Definitely MK, Space Hulk too. But not 100% sure on all of those

[bitter stream]

damn, I was playing some "Insert PVP game here" and got absolutely blasted by really good opponents for a few rounds. That was rough haha

[quiet swift]

safely as in no hits, or as in he doesn't die? That seems like a low percentage...

[glad girder]

you complete the level

[quiet swift]

Yeah that's silly low then, do people give up there?! Weak!

[hidden elbow]

OOF

Yeah stick with original or redemption

[light gate]

Yeaah… I thought the GOG version was bad when I saw the music was half there but all you need is a mod to fix the issue. Crazy how the 30th anniversary is the most inferior version.

GOG version also gives you the full ost aside that weird music config error.

[hidden elbow]

There is a gram of irony in this , people were talking about how Rayman was about to get revival and Megaman was stuck in purgatory and then.....we have this awful port and Mega man is actually getting a new game

(plus the leaks that remake is for rayman legends which if true is just stupid)

[indigo pine]

yea. if you make a remake. do of the better games. including origins.

[hidden elbow]

Plus legends is the most recent big rayman game (not counting mobile and Mario rabbids dlc) why would they choose this for remake

Like remake of 1 (or any of original trilogy) would have made more sense

[indigo pine]

cutting corners as usual

[slim thorn]

big 0 for me

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5aUYOiGG_Y Ohh, nice behind the scenes of that 35 year anniversary video (long sideways pan with lots of objects related to various franchises). 1600 objets and a 35 foot table

[spiral kraken]

https://youtu.be/psNootbvUK0

[light gate]

I played Mina the hollower and I gotta admit, I’m interested.

Never played a shovel knight game, so trying the Mina demo was pretty sick.

Although I don’t know how I feel about the health mechanic not healing you unless you don’t get hit & hit back.

[indigo pine]

behold

[quiet swift]

Cap'n Bri'ish

[cinder hatch]

Never knew I needed a shove move in a kart racer till now

[wind stump]

laughs in F-Zero GX

[indigo pine]

that fit costed so much moolah and I'm not even done yet

[quiet swift]

[rancid herald]

90 million?

jesus christ

[gaunt marten]

One investor put 90 millions into a game studio with zero track record?

[quiet swift]

investorcritters are not alway the wisest of folks

[green fulcrum]

First Subnautica 2, now Ashes of Creation. Game dev drama is popping off lately

[rancid herald]

This gives me an idea for a reality TV show!

I wonder if we'll ever see a new 'big' MMO

[gaunt marten]

No sorry, the devs behind the last one broke the big mmo machine

[random steppe]

maybe Riot

That wasn't an advice, I mean Riot Games, they are maybe making the League of Legends one

[rancid herald]

LoL MMO?

isn't the game already online?

[random steppe]

Yes, so is chess.com, it's not an MMO though

[rancid herald]

I would play your Chess MMO

World of Warchess

[green fulcrum]

Oh yeah, would Riot giving up on Hytale, selling it off to the original creator, and then kicking themselves in the nuts upon seeing an early access alpha build sell millions of copies in a day be considered game dev drama?

[random steppe]

I mean, Riot can fuck up, they created League for example, but they seem the be one of the few companies that have something to gain by investing an ungodly amount of money into making a MMO

Largely because they have an audience ready to play it already

[fresh bane]

Eeehh....

2xko wasn't exactly a booming hit

[random steppe]

Wanting to exist in that world is a big drive for a MMO, it's the main reason WoW succeeded initially

I don't think as many people care about fighting games though, like a Fighting Game with blizzard characters would probably not have exploded as much as WoW did if it came out in 2006

[fresh bane]

For MMOs yeah, I can see people playing the MMO more than 2XKO
....if that even comes out at all

I like League, I like the characters I like the world all the regions the lore, the game makes me want to tear my own hair out

[random steppe]

Yeah it's not easy genre to make a game in, there are a million ways that can go sideways before it ever gets to a release

[fresh bane]

It's why I was cheering for 2XKO to expand on that and get more eyes on the world of League but it ended up just deflating

[fresh bane]

They already reset development on that League MMO like twice now

And it's been years by now since they announced it was in development

That thing is far away if it comes out at all at this point

[random steppe]

Yeah they are lucky that they have a lot of money, not many devs can afford to do stuff like that.

[fresh bane]

I don't know if lucky because like what happened with 2xko they kinda just end up laying off half the team and the game gets like no support afterwards

[random steppe]

I am convinced that if it gets to release, it'll do well, unless it's royally fucked in some deep foundamental way.
People will play just to explore and live on runeterra, it's a world they want to live in, which as I said, I feel like it's the biggest metric of success for these projects

[mossy flume]

https://wccftech.com/ashes-creation-investor-alleges-140-million-fraud/

Amazing

[fresh bane]

Like Runeterra which was their most successful non League spin off game that expanded the world and was the source of a lot of champion reworks before they arrived on the game, like Caitlyn for example, and they just abandoned that

[fresh bane]

I would say I feel bad for anyone involved in the creation of this game but I don't know how big the team is and whether or not they were complicit or not

[gaunt marten]

Caramanis claims to have lost $12.5 million of his own money by investing in Ashes of Creation```

You should have lost more

[random steppe]

lol

[mossy flume]

MLM
Yeah, okay, screw that guy

[quiet swift]

Lately? Has there been a recent update for the subnautica 2 stuff?

[quiet swift]

https://bsky.app/profile/roxieproxy.bsky.social/post/3mett5gedr22o

Roxie (@roxieproxy.bsky.social)

Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not

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Bluesky · Feb 14, 2026, 8:07 PM

[gaunt marten]

"Oh sorry, someone was sitting on the oxygen hose"

[mossy flume]

Reminds me of this https://xkcd.com/908/

xkcd: The Cloud

There's planned downtime every night when we turn on the Roomba and it runs over the cord.

[slim thorn]

to be fair, you never get a track record without a first game, and a few kinds of game basically can't be made without a huge upfront investment

though the kinds of game where that's a legit argument have shrunk so much... it might just be MMOs at this point?

even open world games just had KCD demonstrate that you can do KCD1 and then earn your bigger budget for KCD2

[gaunt marten]

Many quality budget MMOs exist too

[slim thorn]

I'm curious what the floor is these days

[gaunt marten]

Probably something like Realm of the Mad God (before it was acquired), and Project Gorgon

Looks like Realm of the Mad God was acquired for 3.5-4m USD

There are also smaller MMOs than that, like Improbable Island, which are personally developed and have no funding at all

[quiet swift]

And a proven track record isn't necessarily a guarantee of success either. Technically speaking, Overwatch came from the remains of "Project Titan", which would've been a new MMO type game in that setting, and Overwatch is what they cobbled together from scraps of it

[fresh bane]

The idea that Nintendo, in this scenario, would only make MK World free and nothing else is deeply hilarious and probably accurate

[slim thorn]

wasn't Highguard also a game with lots of track record-y people on it

[quiet swift]

"From the makers of titanfall and apex" yeah

[gaunt marten]

Aye, a track record is an assurance, not a guarantee

[quiet swift]

Which got removed from the steam page profile soon after launch...

[cerulean herald]

I feel like the only thing that's accurate are the internet users spending their final moments arguing online

[random steppe]

To be fair, Highguard is a really high quality game

So the pedigree did check out

It is also in a oversaturated genre and lacks originality which is the main problem it has

But the game is otherwise pretty well done

[craggy vine]

Isaboner 💀

[river veldt]

i'm watching Markiplier play Amnesia: The Bunker and i feel like this might be the scariest Amnesia game

[arctic fern]

https://youtu.be/87i-XtXhv9U

[bitter stream]

cool airships

[uneven epoch]

im sorry, "rank of Imperial Diamond Director" reads like some video game ass nonsense

im not surprised it exists in the mlm sphere but it sounds so hilariously dumb

[gaunt marten]

It sounds like a crazy elaborate system and I wish Wikipedia had a bunch of those

[slim thorn]

it is absolutely a name that would only turn up in a system that goes "we need 10x more ranks with unique names" for some reason

[indigo pine]

guess the company that made this

[little badger]

[green fulcrum]

RIP

[chilly mural]

he was probably the guy most exicted about the Dreamcast

during Shenmue's promotional launch he would be out in akihabara in the sega building selling it to people behind the counters, he would also appear in the commercials for shenmue

[little badger]

Wow

refunds imminent

[uneven epoch]

[cunning galleon]

It's this game with yaoi

[little badger]

How many times have you completed it?

[uneven epoch]

1 im going through second playthrough now

[indigo pine]

now im done. i made the ultimnate british attire

2 main characters i use

[glad girder]

Didn’t it just come out too? Like yikes

[little badger]

Yup

[little badger]

Hardcore stream when?

[fickle garnet]

https://youtu.be/Jyek6SpHz6A

[cinder hatch]

First Mario Kart World
Then Sonic Racing Crossworlds
Then Kirby Air Riders
Now Disney SpeedStorm
I’ve been only playing kart racers lol

[wind stump]

completely hinged BTD6 screenshot

[fresh bane]

No! That is not Soli--
oh, no, wait they actually got him right this time

https://tenor.com/view/predator-arnold-schwarzenegger-hand-shake-arms-gif-3468629

I do think it might've made more sense to put Old Snake in there but I know why it's MGS2 Snake instead

[visual hill]

MGS2 Snake is the ultimate "collab Snake" to be fair

he's the Snake in Twin Snakes and Smash after all

[fresh bane]

Yes but even in games like Smash they change his face to be visibly older and more rugged and his beard is always thicker for some reason, which all makes him look more like Big Boss than Solid Snake

[visual hill]

MGS1 Snake would be a good fit for Minecraft maybe 👀

[proud warren]

Free him! Free the cave monkey!

[wind stump]

can't free the cave monkey in Boss Battle

[fresh bane]

https://fxbsky.app/profile/octoberart.bsky.social/post/3mewgm4gymc2c

🎃 October Keegan 🎃 (@octoberart.bsky.social)

THEY MADE RETURN TO SILENT HILL ACTION FIGURES AND OH MY GOD.

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FxBluesky · Feb 15, 2026, 9:01 PM

the random vest they gave this version of James kills me everytime

[fresh bane]

https://youtu.be/wCbsAM1AauU?si=qM3RgkjYfwumlrNs

Oh wow this guy's still going at it

That looks really nice

I mean the game is still awful and feels horrible to play, but that looks really nice

[mossy flume]

So it should feel right at home among its AAA brethren...

[river veldt]

holy shit the part in Amnesia The Bunker when you can poke your head out and actually see the outside is so good

[mossy flume]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1853440/Tropico_7/

Steam

Tropico 7

Get rich or die trying! You are free to agree with El Presidente – on the greatness of Tropico and his unmatched leadership skills. In Tropico 7, you step into his shiny boots again to build your archipelago nation and – literally – move mountains.

With great power comes great responsibility – and even greater opportunity. As the mos…

Release Date

2026

Tropico 7 was announced and nobody told me?

[quiet swift]

I'm learning it from you!

[quiet swift]

oh wait, no. It's just been almost a year since they first announced it. (rewatched the trailer, it felt very familiar)

[frozen gate]

always one single sniper

in the maw of chaos

[indigo pine]

when your charcters clothes are active during a scene

[random steppe]

I love how you pratically glow

[slim thorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxPK9utUq5o

[little badger]

Some sad news

[indigo pine]

yes. that is the best outfit on one of the store options. i nickname "average british man"

also i am retiring my original operator cause i find their voice absolutely horrid ;-;

[wind stump]

never done that before, nope

didn't kill god in a gaudy gold bunnygirl outfit

[grim stirrup]

i dont even have my chocomask in that screenshot 0/10

[uneven epoch]

your screenshots are always so fucking zoomed out

i know you know what gpose is hc, ive seen you use it. stop making us party of ants

[quiet swift]

Cough expedition 33 cough

[wind stump]

🐜

[slim thorn]

that is part of why I usually leave everyone on default costumes in serious story-heavy games

[uneven epoch]

in hc´s defense that was a successful extreme clear. there are worse things happening in there

[wind stump]

meanwhile me: "this is the best use of jiggle physics"

[wind stump]

P E T R O C K S

I C E B R I D G E S

[slim thorn]

indeed, kinematics on wiggly parts of the clothing / accessories are usually nice

[fresh bane]

Oh hey this game
A streamer I watch is into this franchise and played this remake when it came out and really liked it, said he wanted FF7's remake to have been like this
I remember looking it up after because apparently it had an enhanced version on the PSP that everyone liked, the thing that caught my attention the most from this remake is letting you choose between turn based or real time combat which I don't think I've seen any game do before

[slim thorn]

iirc some CRPGs that do "real time with pause" have options to effectively be always paused or never paused that arguably qualify as a "turn based or real time" choice

[quiet swift]

pillars of eternity 1 was real with pause but they added a full turn base years later, I think

[green fulcrum]

I don't think they've added it yet but it will be coming soon. The game was built with RTWP in mind so changing the entire thing to be turn-based takes a while.

Unless I'm mistaken and it's already been added

[quiet swift]

i just remember reading some news about it but dunno the status. I finished the game ages ago though so I am not too avid about it

Ah, added in november as a beta

[wind stump]

chat any thoughts on Castlevania Lords of Shadow?

[quiet swift]

Ah, damn. There was apparently a new carmageddon, released actually this month. But it bears little resemblence to the carmageddon of old

[fickle garnet]

Yeah I saw that. I loved carmageddon as a kid, haven't seen any gameplay of the new one tho

[quiet swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1712100/Carmageddon_Rogue_Shift the reviews aren't kind, sadly

Steam

Carmageddon: Rogue Shift

The legendary Carmageddon engine roars back to life, as a spin-off for a new era of vehicular combat.

THE LONG NIGHT…

Price

$39.99

Recommendations

544

Developer is streaming it there, and lol. It's a very linear "just follow the track" race with ombies in the middle of the way and guns. Where's the free roaming?

[light gate]

Last time they tried that it introduced horrible performance issues.

Well, at least Rogue Shift is a game.

[quiet swift]

and they're calling it a roguelite racer? The heck

"This isn't Carmegeddeon, it's more a reskin of Full Auto the old PS3/Xbox 360 game."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PL5pcsrCkg

[wind stump]

Doomspire is balanced

funny thing is i ended up losing the very next match... to someone using the same strat

[visual hill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmMaejO1UA
pathtraced Dark Souls 2 WIP

[wind stump]

skeleton banging on shield

[mossy flume]

I have received my box

Alas, the thing is still not actually out, so it’s not useful for anything except the four (4) Switch games that have VR modes

Apparently UPS had opened and re-sealed the package and left a note saying it had been inspected. For some reason.

Or maybe it was inspected at customs

The actual “inspector” identity is not disclosed

[bitter stream]

when you say it's not actually out, does it require some online thing to work?

[mossy flume]

Yeah, the NSO Virtual Boy emulator for Switch 1/2. It’s not actually out yet.

Comes out tomorrow.

[bitter stream]

ahh I see, hope you enjoy it tomorrow!

[mossy flume]

Apparently people had been receiving their headsets early for the past few days.

Yep I’m sure I’ll enjoy it for a whole 15 minutes and never touch it again

[quiet swift]

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/bloomberg-claims-rampant-ai-demand-for-memory-is-forcing-sony-to-consider-pushing-back-the-launch-of-its-next-gen-playstation-as-far-back-as-2029/

[rancid herald]

heh

[bitter stream]

even the console makers huh

that's unfortunate

[rancid herald]

tbh it feels too early for the next gen

[quiet swift]

[insert EVERYONE meme here]

[rancid herald]

the whole pandemic thing really messed things up

[bitter stream]

what's the usual gap between gens?

Ps5 came out in 2020 for example
Ps4 came out in 2013

[river veldt]

5-6 years is the average i think ?

[cerulean herald]

didnt we literally JUST got the PS5 tho?????

wdym 2020 was 6 years ago what

[gaunt marten]

It still feels too early for the PS4

[rancid herald]

It probably depends on what we mean by 'generation' and so forth. The first and second generations lasted between 1972-1983 and 1976 to 1992.

the third generation is probably the first consoles people would recognize as consoles: NES

I don't think people usually start talking about this until around the time N64 and the original PS came out though

I just think the lack of avaliability and (to a degree) the lack of games makes this generation feel rather short

The fact that they're once again having supplychain issues is kind of funny though

[bitter stream]

yeah, i guess the price is likely to be higher yet again for a PS6

[fresh bane]

So that's pretty wild that we're already at a point where even GPUs and consoles are getting affected by this, but at the same time, and I think I've said this before, I see absolutely no point in another console generation anytime soon

There's just no substantial benefit I can think of to squeeze out of another generation when people are barely now starting to get PS5s, it took like 2 years or something before a whole lot of people even got them because of the issue with scalpers that so many people just stuck with the PS4 for a while, and with some games like Delta which had performance issues even on PS5s I just really don't see why we should be looking forward or planning another console generation

[slim thorn]

I mean you console people can do whatever, I’m staying on my laptop regardless

[river veldt]

im a console peon and if everything goes according to plan i won't have to upgrade for a while once i get a switch 2

[fresh bane]

I just don't see the point in doing it anymore, I feel like you can just make revised versions of the models already available if you really wanted to make a version with more memory or more disk space or whatever you wanted, but we're already at a point where they really have to just look into squeezing out all the performance and power out of the already existing hardware and just make their games perform and look better just like developers did with the super late titles for PS2 and PS3 where they looked and ran incredible because so many years went by that they already knew how to work with the hardware and software of the consoles
and, it also wouldn't hurt to take advantage of the new tech to just go crazy with super stylized visuals but I guess the AAA industry isn't there yet to have that conversation

[fickle garnet]

Now that I have a pc, I have no need for consoles tbh

Especially since both Playstation and Xbox games are releasing on pc now

[fresh bane]

Oh I don't own any consoles outside of my PSP but still, something like a new generation of consoles does indirectly affect PC users as well because if they make a PS6 with a morbillion gbs of ram and vram and a crazy new cpu then those console games are gonna be harder to run for us too

[fickle garnet]

Yeah that is true

[river veldt]

yeah they kind of shot themselves in the foot with that

well maybe not

[gaunt marten]

Yeah, have they?

[slim thorn]

I would rather these systems were competing on merits instead of exclusives

[gaunt marten]

It's a net positive; they got a bigger market now

[fickle garnet]

Exclusives are my worst enemy

[slim thorn]

Traditionally, releasing cross-platform is better for the game, and worse for the would-be exclusive system

[fickle garnet]

Once we have Bloodborne on pc, i'll never need a Playstation console again

[rancid herald]

tbh

I wonder if they wouldn't find success by releasing the console as a PC

[slim thorn]

admittedly one reason I prefer PC is that in practice almost every game I want to play is here in some form, which will never be true of any console, so it’s not like the concept of exclusivity ever completely goes away

[gaunt marten]

Remember when you could install Linux on the PS2?

[rancid herald]

I like controllers

[gaunt marten]

You can use them on PC

[rancid herald]

:/ I went to use my ps5 controller last night and found out one of the joysticks has gone gooy

[gaunt marten]

That sucks

[slim thorn]

I play most of my PC games with a controller

[rancid herald]

I'm going to see if some iso clears it up

[fresh bane]

I use controllers for any emulated games or games that would otherwise be super uncomfortable, if playable, on a keyboard and mouse

[fickle garnet]

I play some games with a controller, but most of the time I use KB&M

[fresh bane]

I literally bought one because MGS3 was such a hassle to get working on keyboard and mouse on PCSX2

Hades 2 is also so much more comfy on a controller

[gaunt marten]

Hold on. When you say "gooey" you may be talking about a different kind of goo, instead of it getting filthy

Certain kinds of joysticks have been known to partially melt under some conditions

[rancid herald]

yes

melting

that's what I mean

[gaunt marten]

Isopropyl alcohol won't clear that up

[rancid herald]

well there goes my dreams

[gaunt marten]

Alcohol can melt it even further

[fresh bane]

I did find some posts about the sticks on dualsenses getting all oily and sticky

supposedly it's whatever they put over the plastic

[mossy flume]

Jeez, I'm not even thinking of next-gen consoles. They all feel too young.

[gaunt marten]

The best thing you can do is wash it with soap and water then dry it. If that doesn't work, get a replacement cap.

[fickle garnet]

Yeah, I play emulated games exclusively on controller, cuz it's just easier

[rancid herald]

I'll think about it I suppose

[fresh bane]

Yep, this is likely the plasticizer leeching out. There’s nothing that can be done for it. It is a little abnormal that it’s happening so soon, as the plastic usually takes several more years before it does this. Exposure to sunlight and heat can speed up the breakdown process, so limit that in your good controllers.

so you either replace the sticks or you just kinda deal with it because it's normal for PS controllers

I don't know if you can actually ''clean it off'' at all

[rancid herald]

how is it cured. maybe I can recure it

[fresh bane]

Honestly it's probably less of a hassle to just replace them, usually it's easy enough to just take off the front or back of the controller and replace the sticks and they're not usually super expensive either

[gaunt marten]

Replacing the caps manually is insanely complicated: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/DualSense+Joystick+Replacement/142488

[fresh bane]

well nevermind

[mossy flume]

Ah, yes, the DualSense is a miserable repair

[rancid herald]

oh. god

[mossy flume]

Switch Joycons are muuuuuuch easier

That’s in the category of “even I wouldn’t bother”

[rancid herald]

what in the fucking hell am I looking at here

a pick????

[gaunt marten]

Even just getting to the cover and replacing that is too hard: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/DualSense+Controller+v2+Joystick+Cover+Replacement/154917?

[gaunt marten]

That's exactly what it is

[mossy flume]

That’s a pick, yeah

Similar to a guitar pick, but has the right softness to minimize risk of damage to devices where it’s needed to be used

And has the right thickness to get into those gaps

[rancid herald]

good. lord.

[mossy flume]

I use picks like that frequently

[rancid herald]

I realize this is about replacing the whole joystick assembly but man

it's probably easier to just buy a new controller

[gaunt marten]

They have made it easier to do just that, which is why you should not reward them for it

[rancid herald]

or... some sort of cover for the sticks that fits on over the stick

[mossy flume]

Oh yeah, you also have to desolder them

[river veldt]

keyboard and mouse has never felt super comfortable for me

im a bug controller guy

[mossy flume]

That fucking sucks

I would just give it to a e-waste facility and buy a new one

[river veldt]

im not fixing that typo 😭

[fresh bane]

I did just find a video of a guy just using isopropyl alcohol and q tips to kinda rub it off as good as you can and then just kinda storing the controller anywhere where it can't get direct light or heat, but this kinda thing happening with the plastic analogs apparently is super common for PS controllers

[rancid herald]

idk if I really want to drop a hundred or whatever they're at now tbh

[mossy flume]

I assume you have a soldering iron and know how to use it

[gaunt marten]

You could use it for a while until you get annoyed enough with it

[rancid herald]

I can't

it's gross

it disgusts me

[river veldt]

soldiering iron

[gaunt marten]

Isopropyl alcohol will cause certain materials to melt even harder

Wear gloves

[mossy flume]

They’re apparently $75

[river veldt]

like in Roger Rabbit ??

[fresh bane]

Well it's at least worth a try, best case scenario it makes them not feel gross to touch, worst case scenario you weren't gonna play with it anyways

[rancid herald]

yeah but in canada it's a 100

over with tax

[mossy flume]

Oof

That stings

[fresh bane]

It's the only other solution I can find people say they do other than completely replacing their analog sticks

[river veldt]

what's happening in canada these days

[rancid herald]

nothing, we're all gone

completely wiped out

[mossy flume]

-# Not fascism

[river veldt]

that sucks

[rancid herald]

nothing here but 100 dollar ps5 controllers and the tax man to tax you extra on them

[mossy flume]

F

[rancid herald]

Now, I know what you're thinking: Cinna, aren't you in Canada? Well folks you're not going to believe this but I am the playstation 5 controller

[fresh bane]

Dualsenses are 100 bucks here too, I actually wanted to get a Dualshock 4 for the gyro but I ended up going with this gamesir g7 se because of how insanely cheap it was

[rancid herald]

if I could just get a cover for the nubs it'd be fine

I'm not even sure what they're called though to search for them

[fresh bane]

any decent pc parts are also more expensive here, I'll watch some videos about gpus or cpus and there's guys talking about how this older gpu that's like 300 bucks is still pretty good and whatnot, and those are easily double the price where I live

[fickle garnet]

All our public infrastructure is gone, I just live in a Igloo now

[mossy flume]

Understandable

[rancid herald]

I guess I can get caps for 11 dollars

[fresh bane]

just thumbstick covers or thumbstick caps

would be fun to have some custom MLP themed joystick caps now that I think about it

[light gate]

considering buying a tmr ready dualsense just because the dualsense is that good but still hate how hard it is to fix.

[rancid herald]

covers

the joystick itself is fine it's just gone a bit gooey

[gaunt marten]

What is "TMR ready"?

[mossy flume]

The Most Ready ready

[light gate]

You buy and the controller comes with them installed.

[fickle garnet]

I have Zelda thumbstick covers on my Xbox controller I use for pc

[light gate]

Tunnel Magnetoresistance sticks.

[fresh bane]

I'd still probably try cleaning off the controller a little bit just to get any sticky gunk off and not have it affect the analog stick movement but an analog stick cover is a good idea if you don't wanna replace the entire thing

[rancid herald]

google says it's slang for tomorrow

[fresh bane]

I would still probably keep the controller in a drawer or something to prevent it getting even gooey-er

[rancid herald]

god help us

[mossy flume]

TMR is the cooler version of Hall effect sensors

[gaunt marten]

I see

[light gate]

It also uses less power apparently.

[mossy flume]

Basically the coolest joystick tech that exists

Yeah

It’s also more accurate

[light gate]

and the one that no company wants you to buy

[rancid herald]

I guess I could just never open my curtains

[mossy flume]

Yeeep

[rancid herald]

live in the dark

like a goblin

[fresh bane]

I really don't know why they haven't fixed this issue but apparently people just say to keep it from direct light because it just makes the plastic/rubber just goo up

I don't know why but that's just what people say to do

[light gate]

UV degradation

[rancid herald]

you'd think they would have fixed it

[light gate]

Anything that has rubbery texture will become gooey and sticky.

[mossy flume]

I haven’t had this problem with mine and didn’t know this was a thing…

But I also, uh, live in a cave.

[rancid herald]

unless they can't fix it because the relevant chemical has been banned in the eu or something

[light gate]

Refer to my goddam JOYCONS.

[fresh bane]

It's apparently really common for PS2 and PS3 controllers to have their sticks become super gooey because with time this is going to happen anyways, but leaving the controller in direct light or heat apparently just makes them melt even faster because I guess they just use shitty materials

[rancid herald]

well it's weird because it's only one of them

I suspect it might be a skin oil acid thing

[light gate]

Every controller except the Switch Pro Controller that I have has some weird joystick gooey side effect.

Either it looks ugly or it gets in the way.

I've tried to think why do I keep turning them that way, and I still can't figure it out. My hands are clean, maybe I sweat a little but nothing that would scream dorito gamer.

So I just say, enjoy it while it lasts.

[fresh bane]

Well it's not that people are dirty it's that that's just what happens to PS sticks because of whatever materials they use for the rubber and plastic

I'm lucky that the PSP has a shitty uncomfortable nub instead of a proper analog because it doesn't have that problem at all but I hear the vita can get that problem too

I've seen people do replacements for the PSP's nub that I would love to do if I wasn't utterly scared to pull this thing apart at all in case I break it

it's incredibly uncomfortable to play for long periods of time on the PSP because of how bad that nub is

[light gate]

Well its not just PS sticks, its literally any piece of tech that has rubber. I swear I have not found a single item that hasn't had the rubber disintegrate after a few years.

My SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD for example has a weird texture that now has removed any print after so many years, the bloody texture feels weird now instead of soft.

I just don't think we should be using rubber sticks in general but here we are.

[rancid herald]

yeah

I had it happen with the legs of my tablet, and weirdly my keyboard's logo?

but with the former I just put a piece of tape over it and with the latter it took probably a decade to happen

[light gate]

Also is it just me or does the Switch Pro controller feel cheap?

You'd think $80 bucks would be high quality.

[fresh bane]

I was considering a switch controller too because of the gyro but I didn't know if they worked on PC and I didn't want to have to fiddle around with settings or apps to get the controller to work so I ended up going with this gamesir xbox one

the one I really wanted to get was a steam controller but those were discontinued a long time ago

they are making a new one though! it looks a little clunky but hopefully it's not as uncomfortable to use as it looks

[light gate]

Well, it really depends on the game.

It also depends if Steam Input doesn't want to make your life miserable.

I just know the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is a 50/50 when it comes to compatibility, either it works or it doesn't.

[gaunt marten]

You can just turn off steam input if you don't like it

[quiet swift]

https://www.rpgsite.net/news/19641-cyberconnect2s-30th-anniversary-game-revealed-as-hackzero-action-rpg-for-consoles?

A reboot of .hack games is not something I had on my bingo...

[bronze abyss]

ender magnolia
did the bossrush finally

now im gonna do the parry only challenge with each boss

[bronze abyss]

bruh it takes sometimes almost 7 minutes per boss

[slim thorn]

This is my suspicion too, since some people talk about this as an inevitability while many including me have never had it happen once.

[gaunt marten]

Because you have robot hands

[bronze abyss]

the progress so far,i wannted to work on it some rn but friend is in vc and i cant separate audio i dont think

[rancid herald]

it's very frustrating though, it's not like I can tell my skin to just not make oil

[visual hill]

on the PS3, it was even officially sanctioned for some time