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Having trouble thinking of games I've played that have intros. I get the impression that it's much less of a thing than it was before my time. But then I remember oh, duh, Battletech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAGY4UMScyU
whelp I got my new monitor set up even though my computer isn't here yet
how have I been living with a 13 inch screen
why have I cursed myself like this for so long
13"?? Now I'm just picturing a POS terminal display attached to a PC. I didn't even think you could get stuff below 15" these days (these days being the 2000s).
I think I had a screen that size on my first PC in the 90s. Admittedly, a CRT, so it had the mass of a small child, but still.
So after fighting with the Xbox app and the Windows store for several days, Wasteland 3 decided to finally actually install. I wanted to play it after seeing there's a gang/cult of Reagan-worshippers who you can fuck with and destroy, lol
Anyway so when you start a new game you can choose a pair of premade characters or create two of your own. I looked through the premades despite wanting to make my own, and saw this gay punk couple?!? What the hell, I had no idea this game was so cool lol
The premades have custom backgrounds too, Kickboy's said he that he is so sick of prejudice and religious zealotry that hate him and Bronco that he wants to send them all to their god he doesn't believe in, lmao it rules
(still made my own characters though, hopefully they're good! Made a sneaky sniper and a quick SMG guy with some useful skills)
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
So uh, if anyone wants to play indy Half Life 2 but Very Cyberpunk allow me to preview my experience with G-String (terrible name) in one screenshot:
Fucking Source Engine ass video game.
this game is a fucking fever dream and the source engine is absolutely perfect in making everything feel really really uncanny in a way that really suits the game so far
it's got absolutely baffling level design and everything is so garish and i think it is absolutely amazing
I got a gun and immediately lost half my health to an enemy I thought was immortal.
I have died like 10 times trying to figure out which way is forwards.
To say that the very good art and sound design mixing in with the amateurish feeling level design generates an oppressive mood would be understating it.
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I don't know enough about Source to understand the significance of that screenshot
I don't know enough about Source to understand the significance of that screenshot
The sensor mine is set up like a barnacle, the posters and decals on top of the texture look a specific way. The UI is just half life 2 with different names/icons down to the flashlight image.
TBH I wish I could've gotten an angle that also showed the pile of physics objects to Gravity Gun I mean telekinesis into the sensor mine that's right next to it.
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The non-gameplay trailer video is extremely cool aesthetically, I'm trying to decide if it's cool enough that I want to spend 17 USD though. I do love janky source mod games... but usually not like "more than 5 bucks" love them.
I don't know enough about Source to understand the significance of that screenshot
The sensor mine is set up like a barnacle, the posters and decals on top of the texture look a specific way. The UI is just half life 2 with different names/icons down to the flashlight image.
TBH I wish I could've gotten an angle that also showed the pile of physics objects to Gravity Gun I mean telekinesis into the sensor mine that's right next to it.
Oooh. The picture is small on my phone and I thought that was a barnacle
Everything around Cyberpunk 2077 has managed to turn me completely off of it
yeah maybe it'll come out and be great but like
man I am so indifferent to that game
the repeated gaffes and unforced errors haven't helped
but I really had little to no excitement for it in the first place
Yeah, the only thing that still keeps me hopeful was CPR's open participation in the Warsaw's pride parade last year, which if you know anything about Poland's current politicians is not a trivial gesture, but man, their labour politics are... disappointing.
Relatedly, if you enjoyed the writing in The Witcher 3, but are iffy on CPR, some of their people left to form their own company and developed that Werewolf visual novel we spoke about a few pages ago (Heart of the Forest). I can confirm it has some quality writing.
Unpunchable, and a lot of the little leitmotifs from this track turn up elsewhere in the game again
god, I can't wait to eventually replay Subnautica, but I feel like I need a few years because I played that first playthrough only about five months ago and it's all just a little bit too fresh in my head still
In retrospect, Baba Yetu, a translation of the Lord's Prayer, being set to scenes that includes a lot of war, conquest, and colonialism is kind of bad
for me it's partly this, and partly that I first heard the song from actual native Swahili speakers in church choirs in Tanzania, so hearing an overproduced version performed by non-native speakers is a little jarring for me (god what is it with white people and using South African consultants for East African settings, see also The Lion King and Black Panther)
In retrospect, Baba Yetu, a translation of the Lord's Prayer, being set to scenes that includes a lot of war, conquest, and colonialism is kind of bad
for me it's partly this, and partly that I first heard the song from actual native Swahili speakers in church choirs in Tanzania, so hearing an overproduced version performed by non-native speakers is a little jarring for me (god what is it with white people and using South African consultants for East African settings, see also The Lion King and Black Panther)
You know the reason. Africa is all the same, right?
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
In retrospect, Baba Yetu, a translation of the Lord's Prayer, being set to scenes that includes a lot of war, conquest, and colonialism is kind of bad
for me it's partly this, and partly that I first heard the song from actual native Swahili speakers in church choirs in Tanzania, so hearing an overproduced version performed by non-native speakers is a little jarring for me (god what is it with white people and using South African consultants for East African settings, see also The Lion King and Black Panther)
You know the reason. Africa is all the same, right?
as a country a little smaller than england, africa is pretty homogeneous
the CDPR gaffe of the day is particularly gross because like, their response to that gross poster existing was "well cyberpunk is about showing how corporations will commodify and sell back everything, even gender".
So like, maybe as a billion dollar corporation, don't try and sell your video game by highlighting a poster you previously described as corporate dehumanisation?
I'm finally high a enough level in Witcher 3 that I can do what I enjoy the most.
The Witcher contracts. I suppose I'll look for ciri as well.
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
hey if I wanted to play ori and the will of the wisps
I can pay
$40 cdn for it on steam
Or
$26 cdn for it on windows store
but then it's included with game pass, which I can get a month of for $1, but then it's $18 cdn after that
is there some other deal right now for getting longer versions of game pass for cheaper? if I can go for at least a year with a decent discount I'll try that instead
it was a real surprise to me how good the original music in SRTT and IV were, I actually turned off the radio in IV a bunch because the ambient music was rad
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I posted about this elsewhere last night, but the new jackbox Party Pack has a drawing game called Champed Up that fucking rules. it's my favorite drawing game so far, it's like Tee K.O. but about 10,000x better.
You're given a prompt and told to draw a fighter based on it. Like "the champion of slack" so you draw a kid in a flannel smoking weed, or whatever, and you name them.
Then your drawing and the name, but not the promt, are sent to another player. So they just get a picture of weed kid and your name Weedlord Bonerhitler or whatever, and they're told to draw a fighter who can challenge that. Will they guess the prompt correctly or go totally in the wrong direction? WHO KNOWS.
Anyway we had a very good time last night, 10/10, strong recommend
Finishing up Resident Evil Revelations 2, and the subversion of the final area is neat.
Fighting through the island, going down the mine shaft and ending up in a mansion was pretty cool, especially since everything leads you to believe you're going into a typical end-game super lab. Barry hating mansions is also a fun character beat.
All in all it's been a good time with a few frustrations thrown in, mostly from the AI not really being any use. Also Claire's story gets significantly worse towards the end. Still it's a top 5 RE for me, and I haven't touched the bonus episodes or raid mode. If you can find it cheap it's worth it, and I imagine playing co-op with a buddy is a blast.
hey if I wanted to play ori and the will of the wisps
I can pay
$40 cdn for it on steam
Or
$26 cdn for it on windows store
but then it's included with game pass, which I can get a month of for $1, but then it's $18 cdn after that
is there some other deal right now for getting longer versions of game pass for cheaper? if I can go for at least a year with a decent discount I'll try that instead
If you get just the single month you will also be able to buy Ori at a discount also. Iirc it's 20% off?
hey if I wanted to play ori and the will of the wisps
I can pay
$40 cdn for it on steam
Or
$26 cdn for it on windows store
but then it's included with game pass, which I can get a month of for $1, but then it's $18 cdn after that
is there some other deal right now for getting longer versions of game pass for cheaper? if I can go for at least a year with a decent discount I'll try that instead
Game Pass Ultimate, which is a bundle of console game pass, PC game pass, and xbox live gold, costs $15 US. I don't know the conversion rates off the top of my head, but I'd assume that's what you're looking at that costs $18 cdn. You can get any of those individual parts for $5 US.
hey if I wanted to play ori and the will of the wisps
I can pay
$40 cdn for it on steam
Or
$26 cdn for it on windows store
but then it's included with game pass, which I can get a month of for $1, but then it's $18 cdn after that
is there some other deal right now for getting longer versions of game pass for cheaper? if I can go for at least a year with a decent discount I'll try that instead
Game Pass Ultimate, which is a bundle of console game pass, PC game pass, and xbox live gold, costs $15 US. I don't know the conversion rates off the top of my head, but I'd assume that's what you're looking at that costs $18 cdn. You can get any of those individual parts for $5 US.
Isn't this the month gamepass does increase a bit? (To 10 us?) Because of the EA acquisition?
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OK but for real though, some of my favorite intro/menu themes ever that I can think of right now, spoilered for size:
I think I had a screen that size on my first PC in the 90s. Admittedly, a CRT, so it had the mass of a small child, but still.
Anyway so when you start a new game you can choose a pair of premade characters or create two of your own. I looked through the premades despite wanting to make my own, and saw this gay punk couple?!? What the hell, I had no idea this game was so cool lol
The premades have custom backgrounds too, Kickboy's said he that he is so sick of prejudice and religious zealotry that hate him and Bronco that he wants to send them all to their god he doesn't believe in, lmao it rules
(still made my own characters though, hopefully they're good! Made a sneaky sniper and a quick SMG guy with some useful skills)
Hell March kicks arse, this much is true.
Mechanical Man samples the Charles Manson song of the same name! (yeah, that Charles Manson)
Fucking Source Engine ass video game.
this game is a fucking fever dream and the source engine is absolutely perfect in making everything feel really really uncanny in a way that really suits the game so far
it's got absolutely baffling level design and everything is so garish and i think it is absolutely amazing
i'm only a little way in, but i have got a gun
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I have died like 10 times trying to figure out which way is forwards.
To say that the very good art and sound design mixing in with the amateurish feeling level design generates an oppressive mood would be understating it.
The sensor mine is set up like a barnacle, the posters and decals on top of the texture look a specific way. The UI is just half life 2 with different names/icons down to the flashlight image.
TBH I wish I could've gotten an angle that also showed the pile of physics objects to Gravity Gun I mean telekinesis into the sensor mine that's right next to it.
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Oooh. The picture is small on my phone and I thought that was a barnacle
In retrospect, Baba Yetu, a translation of the Lord's Prayer, being set to scenes that includes a lot of war, conquest, and colonialism is kind of bad
yeah maybe it'll come out and be great but like
man I am so indifferent to that game
the repeated gaffes and unforced errors haven't helped
but I really had little to no excitement for it in the first place
Rather blasphemous you feel
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Relatedly, if you enjoyed the writing in The Witcher 3, but are iffy on CPR, some of their people left to form their own company and developed that Werewolf visual novel we spoke about a few pages ago (Heart of the Forest). I can confirm it has some quality writing.
Unpunchable, and a lot of the little leitmotifs from this track turn up elsewhere in the game again
god, I can't wait to eventually replay Subnautica, but I feel like I need a few years because I played that first playthrough only about five months ago and it's all just a little bit too fresh in my head still
for me it's partly this, and partly that I first heard the song from actual native Swahili speakers in church choirs in Tanzania, so hearing an overproduced version performed by non-native speakers is a little jarring for me (god what is it with white people and using South African consultants for East African settings, see also The Lion King and Black Panther)
You know the reason. Africa is all the same, right?
as a country a little smaller than england, africa is pretty homogeneous
So like, maybe as a billion dollar corporation, don't try and sell your video game by highlighting a poster you previously described as corporate dehumanisation?
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Yes, moral debts. Sins. We forgive those moral debts. Nothing to do with financial debts. That's what it says in Matthew. Purely spiritual.
*sweating*
M-moral treasures. Not worldly treasures. M-moral moths and rust.
obviously this verse is about properly maintaining your gold and fine linens and investing in security
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The Witcher contracts. I suppose I'll look for ciri as well.
I can pay
$40 cdn for it on steam
Or
$26 cdn for it on windows store
but then it's included with game pass, which I can get a month of for $1, but then it's $18 cdn after that
is there some other deal right now for getting longer versions of game pass for cheaper? if I can go for at least a year with a decent discount I'll try that instead
Every game I download has different errors lol, but when I am able to get them to work its an amazing deal
it was a real surprise to me how good the original music in SRTT and IV were, I actually turned off the radio in IV a bunch because the ambient music was rad
You're given a prompt and told to draw a fighter based on it. Like "the champion of slack" so you draw a kid in a flannel smoking weed, or whatever, and you name them.
Then your drawing and the name, but not the promt, are sent to another player. So they just get a picture of weed kid and your name Weedlord Bonerhitler or whatever, and they're told to draw a fighter who can challenge that. Will they guess the prompt correctly or go totally in the wrong direction? WHO KNOWS.
Anyway we had a very good time last night, 10/10, strong recommend
All in all it's been a good time with a few frustrations thrown in, mostly from the AI not really being any use. Also Claire's story gets significantly worse towards the end. Still it's a top 5 RE for me, and I haven't touched the bonus episodes or raid mode. If you can find it cheap it's worth it, and I imagine playing co-op with a buddy is a blast.
If you get just the single month you will also be able to buy Ori at a discount also. Iirc it's 20% off?
Isn't this the month gamepass does increase a bit? (To 10 us?) Because of the EA acquisition?