I shoulda kept a tally of all the times I died by getting out of my ship without remembering to put my spacesuit on first.
I never forgot my spacesuit, somehow.
This reminds me of another thought I had recently: How many of y'all have accidentally microwaved a spoon/fork/other metal object? I was thinking about how even though I've done dumb things with a microwave, I've never actually made that particular mistake even though it seems really easy to just toss in a dish with a spoon/fork still on it to heat it up.
I ate an engineer
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
I shoulda kept a tally of all the times I died by getting out of my ship without remembering to put my spacesuit on first.
I never forgot my spacesuit, somehow.
This reminds me of another thought I had recently: How many of y'all have accidentally microwaved a spoon/fork/other metal object? I was thinking about how even though I've done dumb things with a microwave, I've never actually made that particular mistake even though it seems really easy to just toss in a dish with a spoon/fork still on it to heat it up.
Only once accidentally, as a child. But also on purpose as an theoretical adult on a quest for forbidden knowledge at a "microwave party" in college. The tongues of electricity sparking off metal utensils are neat, but the plasma balls that form in microwaved light bulbs are spectacular.
Is there a game with a crafting system that lets you accidentally bake your tools into the thing you're making? Feels like it should be a thing in a VR game somewhere.
I shoulda kept a tally of all the times I died by getting out of my ship without remembering to put my spacesuit on first.
I never forgot my spacesuit, somehow.
This reminds me of another thought I had recently: How many of y'all have accidentally microwaved a spoon/fork/other metal object? I was thinking about how even though I've done dumb things with a microwave, I've never actually made that particular mistake even though it seems really easy to just toss in a dish with a spoon/fork still on it to heat it up.
Do not, and this is important, put metal in the science oven.
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Olivawgood name, isn't it?the foot of mt fujiRegistered Userregular
The Assassin's Creed multiplayer was so good, I absolutely loved pretending to be an AI in a crowd and successfully fooling someone who runs up and stabs a computer ghost, then bopping them on the head and running away. It was almost cartoonish, like you make them look like a complete fool and then just run away giggling!
And hey, speaking of gameplay from Assassin's Creed being spun off into its own game, have we heard fuckin' anything from that Black Flag pirate ship game they were making? It feels like it was forever ago that they last talked about it
The Assassin's Creed multiplayer was so good, I absolutely loved pretending to be an AI in a crowd and successfully fooling someone who runs up and stabs a computer ghost, then bopping them on the head and running away. It was almost cartoonish, like you make them look like a complete fool and then just run away giggling!
And hey, speaking of gameplay from Assassin's Creed being spun off into its own game, have we heard fuckin' anything from that Black Flag pirate ship game they were making? It feels like it was forever ago that they last talked about it
yeah, it's coming out holiday 2018
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Olivawgood name, isn't it?the foot of mt fujiRegistered Userregular
The Assassin's Creed multiplayer was so good, I absolutely loved pretending to be an AI in a crowd and successfully fooling someone who runs up and stabs a computer ghost, then bopping them on the head and running away. It was almost cartoonish, like you make them look like a complete fool and then just run away giggling!
And hey, speaking of gameplay from Assassin's Creed being spun off into its own game, have we heard fuckin' anything from that Black Flag pirate ship game they were making? It feels like it was forever ago that they last talked about it
It looked cool, but it kinda made combat really boring for me. I'd have 10 guys attack me and just instantly kill all of them one after the other.
At that point why even have guards?
Also this new game will let you dual wield shields and I'm 100% down for that.
I think a big part of the solution to this is "don't have so many goddamn guards."
Much like a big part of the solution to almost every problem AC has is "don't have so many goddamn [insert noun here]."
The new combat system makes it easier for them to make interesting boss fights, certainly, but I don't think it really does anything for how tedious the normal combat is when you fuck up your stealth (or they force you into it). I avoid combat in AC Odyssey not because it's dangerous, but because combat against large groups is still a boring, repetitive slog where I mash the right bumper, use the same 3 abilities over and over, and sometimes parry people. Whenever I approached one of those giant fortresses in Odyssey, I prayed I wouldn't screw up early on; because if I did, it would mean grinding through 20 dudes and the 3 or 4 mercenaries who would home in on my location like everyone in this universe has a magic GPS eagle like mine.
If I had my way, we'd go back to the earlier parry-to-instant-kill system, but make it so guards don't just take turns attacking. This would make fights against 1 dude easy, against 2 risky but doable, against 3 challenging, and against 4 or more very inadvisable. But more importantly, make getting back into stealth easier, so when the jig is up you're less tempted to try sticking it out and instead encouraged to shake them off and come back with a different approach. Hell, you could maybe even have it so that if the guards are alerted, some of them might change their normal patrol route, which could actually make it a good idea to intentionally get spotted and then slip away in order to more easily reach your actual target (or pick the guards off).
There's definitely something to be said for kicking a zombie into a flying 180 degree ragdoll spin and watching its head pop like a watermelon as it bounces off the side of the truck you just launched it into.
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FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
Too many games.
I have Disco Elysium sitting, like, right there. My brother gifted it to me for my birthday this year.
I mean, I'm still playing Divinity:OS2, which he gifted me 2 years ago, with maybe another 40+ hours to play.
And then there's the Witcher 3 Blood & Wine expansion. And Kentuky Route Zero, been in the backlog for... 3? years now?
Dead Cells just dropped a new content update, and I've only just earned my first boss cell. Plus it's been about 6 months since I last picked up Civ VI, so I'm probably due, and I'm kinda keen to pick up FTL for a couple runs again, too.
Don't even get me started on the itch.io bundle...
Despite all this, I'm certain Obra Dinn and Outer Wilds are very my jam, and if I buy them both together I can probably trigger the sale discount, so I am >|this|< close to pulling the trigger on them...
Interestingly, Anno 1800 still hasn't come back to Steam in time for the Summer Sale, despite being Epic/UbiStore exclusive since April last year. They might be saving it for holiday 2020, but it's possible nope, they're just not going to release it on Steam at this point.
Aaaaand now I have an Xbox PC Gamepass subscription. Surprisingly, there is a healthy amount of games available that are currently on various wishlists of mine.
The Assassin's Creed multiplayer was so good, I absolutely loved pretending to be an AI in a crowd and successfully fooling someone who runs up and stabs a computer ghost, then bopping them on the head and running away. It was almost cartoonish, like you make them look like a complete fool and then just run away giggling!
And hey, speaking of gameplay from Assassin's Creed being spun off into its own game, have we heard fuckin' anything from that Black Flag pirate ship game they were making? It feels like it was forever ago that they last talked about it
i did not like the multi but i loved the co-op in Unity. That was a freaking blast if you had voice chat
PC thread halp.
Mass Effect 3 is being weird with my audio settings. In the game config you can set the audio output device for voice chat, but can't set the device for game audio. I can set the output device for the ME3 application at the Windows level through the advanced sound settings control panel, but it only lasts until I restart the application. When I launch it again, it's coming through the speakers again, even though the settings still show my headset. I have to switch it back to speakers then to headset in order to fix it. Is there an ini file or something I can set for this?
Edit: I tried using a nircmd batch file to switch it, like
nircmd.exe setappvolume "MassEffect3.exe" 1 "Speakers"
nircmd.exe setappvolume "MassEffect3.exe" 1 "Logitech Headset"
but that doesn't seem to work. Not sure if there's a different command I should be using. That seemed the closest at a glance.
I need to get back into Witcher 3 - I took the boat to Skellige in the first act of the game and decided on that as a brief stopping point, and that was three and a half months ago now
PC thread halp.
Mass Effect 3 is being weird with my audio settings. In the game config you can set the audio output device for voice chat, but can't set the device for game audio. I can set the output device for the ME3 application at the Windows level through the advanced sound settings control panel, but it only lasts until I restart the application. When I launch it again, it's coming through the speakers again, even though the settings still show my headset. I have to switch it back to speakers then to headset in order to fix it. Is there an ini file or something I can set for this?
Edit: I tried using a nircmd batch file to switch it, like
nircmd.exe setappvolume "MassEffect3.exe" 1 "Speakers"
nircmd.exe setappvolume "MassEffect3.exe" 1 "Logitech Headset"
but that doesn't seem to work. Not sure if there's a different command I should be using. That seemed the closest at a glance.
Reminds me of how, years and years ago, Crysis wouldn't output sound over HDMI when nothing else had that problem.
I need to get back into Witcher 3 - I took the boat to Skellige in the first act of the game and decided on that as a brief stopping point, and that was three and a half months ago now
I also stopped at some point on Skellige. I think I had just met up with Yennefer again? Maybe slightly later.
The Backlog claims all of us.
Fencingsax on
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
I wrapped up my replay of New Vegas, so now it's time to download Far Cry 5.
Yeah yeah, shut up, I like the Far Cry games, leave me alone.
At ~3MB/s it's ~18 gigs done, only another ~37 to go. I think I'll just leave my computer on overnight.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
far cry 5 is the weakest of em
the story is toothless at best and the gameplay doesn't really iterate on the previous ones
play primal, the story barely exists and you get be bombs and animals
I now remember why I found the early levels of Dishonored 2 so fucking frustrating (compared to the mid and late game, which are amazing). The level designers got way too clever with where they hide runes and bone charms. I'm in the Addermire Institute and I can get within a couple feet of a corrupt bone charm, but can find no way into the room. I'm pretty sure I have to get it later in the level, but it's just sitting there taunting me and I hate it. I want whoever put it there to painfully stub their toe. Maybe even step on a Lego.
There's also the rune that was on the wall right in front of two guards sitting at a table. I was trying to do a non-lethal/ghost run, but it isn't possible to invisibly get that thing as Corvo without being able to stop time. So, that's another "fuck you" from the level designers.
There’s a story some people tell at Ubisoft Toronto, the studio currently finishing one of this fall’s bigger planned releases, Watch Dogs: Legion. It goes something like this: Maxime Béland, one of its co-founders and, until last week, a 20-year veteran of Ubisoft, allegedly choked a female employee at a work party. Some heard it recited as a bizarre one-off. Others shared it as a warning to women at the studio to be wary of Béland.
the story is toothless at best and the gameplay doesn't really iterate on the previous ones
play primal, the story barely exists and you get be bombs and animals
I thought 5 was pretty good mechanically except for the changes to upgrades and the over-reliance on you getting unavoidably kidnapped for story missions. The story undeniably sucks ass but I just ignored it and pretended I was offing a white supremacist militia, which worked pretty well for me.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
the story is toothless at best and the gameplay doesn't really iterate on the previous ones
play primal, the story barely exists and you get be bombs and animals
I thought 5 was pretty good mechanically except for the changes to upgrades and the over-reliance on you getting unavoidably kidnapped for story missions. The story undeniably sucks ass but I just ignored it and pretended I was offing a white supremacist militia, which worked pretty well for me.
Yeah. Far Cry 5 is my favourite game in the series despite having the worst story.
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I never forgot my spacesuit, somehow.
This reminds me of another thought I had recently: How many of y'all have accidentally microwaved a spoon/fork/other metal object? I was thinking about how even though I've done dumb things with a microwave, I've never actually made that particular mistake even though it seems really easy to just toss in a dish with a spoon/fork still on it to heat it up.
Only once accidentally, as a child. But also on purpose as an theoretical adult on a quest for forbidden knowledge at a "microwave party" in college. The tongues of electricity sparking off metal utensils are neat, but the plasma balls that form in microwaved light bulbs are spectacular.
Is there a game with a crafting system that lets you accidentally bake your tools into the thing you're making? Feels like it should be a thing in a VR game somewhere.
Skull & Bones: releasing holiday 2018
Oh wow, should be out soon then!
Do not, and this is important, put metal in the science oven.
And hey, speaking of gameplay from Assassin's Creed being spun off into its own game, have we heard fuckin' anything from that Black Flag pirate ship game they were making? It feels like it was forever ago that they last talked about it
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yeah, it's coming out holiday 2018
Oh good, something to look forward to
PSN ID : DetectiveOlivaw | TWITTER | STEAM ID | NEVER FORGET
I think a big part of the solution to this is "don't have so many goddamn guards."
Much like a big part of the solution to almost every problem AC has is "don't have so many goddamn [insert noun here]."
The new combat system makes it easier for them to make interesting boss fights, certainly, but I don't think it really does anything for how tedious the normal combat is when you fuck up your stealth (or they force you into it). I avoid combat in AC Odyssey not because it's dangerous, but because combat against large groups is still a boring, repetitive slog where I mash the right bumper, use the same 3 abilities over and over, and sometimes parry people. Whenever I approached one of those giant fortresses in Odyssey, I prayed I wouldn't screw up early on; because if I did, it would mean grinding through 20 dudes and the 3 or 4 mercenaries who would home in on my location like everyone in this universe has a magic GPS eagle like mine.
If I had my way, we'd go back to the earlier parry-to-instant-kill system, but make it so guards don't just take turns attacking. This would make fights against 1 dude easy, against 2 risky but doable, against 3 challenging, and against 4 or more very inadvisable. But more importantly, make getting back into stealth easier, so when the jig is up you're less tempted to try sticking it out and instead encouraged to shake them off and come back with a different approach. Hell, you could maybe even have it so that if the guards are alerted, some of them might change their normal patrol route, which could actually make it a good idea to intentionally get spotted and then slip away in order to more easily reach your actual target (or pick the guards off).
Steam // Secret Satan
Steam // Secret Satan
When does their pet bear get involved
Only the most pious will be chosen to be sacrificed on the alter of Bobby Kotick's stock portfolio.
I was expecting leveling up Power would just give me better attack options with weapons.
I was not expecting the fucking Foot of Destiny.
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
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Now I just have to find time to play it
There's definitely something to be said for kicking a zombie into a flying 180 degree ragdoll spin and watching its head pop like a watermelon as it bounces off the side of the truck you just launched it into.
I have Disco Elysium sitting, like, right there. My brother gifted it to me for my birthday this year.
I mean, I'm still playing Divinity:OS2, which he gifted me 2 years ago, with maybe another 40+ hours to play.
And then there's the Witcher 3 Blood & Wine expansion. And Kentuky Route Zero, been in the backlog for... 3? years now?
Dead Cells just dropped a new content update, and I've only just earned my first boss cell. Plus it's been about 6 months since I last picked up Civ VI, so I'm probably due, and I'm kinda keen to pick up FTL for a couple runs again, too.
Don't even get me started on the itch.io bundle...
Despite all this, I'm certain Obra Dinn and Outer Wilds are very my jam, and if I buy them both together I can probably trigger the sale discount, so I am >|this|< close to pulling the trigger on them...
Interestingly, Anno 1800 still hasn't come back to Steam in time for the Summer Sale, despite being Epic/UbiStore exclusive since April last year. They might be saving it for holiday 2020, but it's possible nope, they're just not going to release it on Steam at this point.
Steam // Secret Satan
First comes Horizon 4, though.
i did not like the multi but i loved the co-op in Unity. That was a freaking blast if you had voice chat
Mass Effect 3 is being weird with my audio settings. In the game config you can set the audio output device for voice chat, but can't set the device for game audio. I can set the output device for the ME3 application at the Windows level through the advanced sound settings control panel, but it only lasts until I restart the application. When I launch it again, it's coming through the speakers again, even though the settings still show my headset. I have to switch it back to speakers then to headset in order to fix it. Is there an ini file or something I can set for this?
Edit: I tried using a nircmd batch file to switch it, like
nircmd.exe setappvolume "MassEffect3.exe" 1 "Speakers"
nircmd.exe setappvolume "MassEffect3.exe" 1 "Logitech Headset"
but that doesn't seem to work. Not sure if there's a different command I should be using. That seemed the closest at a glance.
Reminds me of how, years and years ago, Crysis wouldn't output sound over HDMI when nothing else had that problem.
I also stopped at some point on Skellige. I think I had just met up with Yennefer again? Maybe slightly later.
The Backlog claims all of us.
Yeah yeah, shut up, I like the Far Cry games, leave me alone.
At ~3MB/s it's ~18 gigs done, only another ~37 to go. I think I'll just leave my computer on overnight.
the story is toothless at best and the gameplay doesn't really iterate on the previous ones
play primal, the story barely exists and you get be bombs and animals
There's also the rune that was on the wall right in front of two guards sitting at a table. I was trying to do a non-lethal/ghost run, but it isn't possible to invisibly get that thing as Corvo without being able to stop time. So, that's another "fuck you" from the level designers.
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
That Esprit De Corps check after phoning my station, man...
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
I thought 5 was pretty good mechanically except for the changes to upgrades and the over-reliance on you getting unavoidably kidnapped for story missions. The story undeniably sucks ass but I just ignored it and pretended I was offing a white supremacist militia, which worked pretty well for me.
Eh, I played the demo at PAX a couple of years ago and it was fun, plus I own 5 on the Epic store and I don't own Primal.
Also as I Zimbra says I'm just going to slaughter some white supremacists.
I've got Wolfenstein 2 to play after this.
Yeah. Far Cry 5 is my favourite game in the series despite having the worst story.
Steam: MightyPotatoKing