Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

[KnightoftheWind]

Before AI: Do a search, find a website with the answer.
After AI: Do a search, read an answer with a 50% chance of being correct, check the website to verify anyway.

"Wow, AI is certainly making MY life easier!"
(not directing this at anyone, just hating on AI in general)

I find that A.I's give me better answers sometimes, and it's better than combing through a dozen websites to either find a half-assed answer to your query, or none at all. Web search sucked before A.I, perhaps with it it'll improve?.

[Jordy]

It's all so tiresome.



https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 1799539988

[Bertram_Tung]

These characters were in a previous "Sniper Mode", but now they've gone ahead and taken it to a new level of degeneracy.

[Rand]

I don't know where to put this, so it's going here as the least bad poorly fitting place:


Anyone, ANYONE, that unironically, non-mockingly refers to themselves as a "Creator" (often capitalized, of course) needs to be banned from any creative endeavor and probably slapped hard in the face several times a day at random.
CrEaToRs are self-impressed cringelords, every last one.

Any decent person calls themselves a modder or a mod maker.
Just like any decent artist uses the appropriate term like composer or singer.

The internet of cringe, ffs...

[LemonDemonGirl]

These characters were in a previous "Sniper Mode", but now they've gone ahead and taken it to a new level of degeneracy.

Oh no no no

[KnightoftheWind]

In less ******** news, Mario Kart 64 now has a PC port. So you can enjoy the best (?) game in the series at ultra high resolutions and framerates, plus full mod support. The less reasons there are to buy Nintendo slop, the better.

https://github.com/HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart

[Acrux]

Any decent person calls themselves a modder or a mod maker.

There's no such thing as a modder who is a decent person.

[wndrbr]

These characters were in a previous "Sniper Mode", but now they've gone ahead and taken it to a new level of degeneracy.

is there some hidden meaning behind this tattoo?

[Rand]

Any decent person calls themselves a modder or a mod maker.

There's no such thing as a modder who is a decent person.

Oh? Are they better or worse than gamedevs?

[DagothGeas5]

These characters were in a previous "Sniper Mode", but now they've gone ahead and taken it to a new level of degeneracy.

is there some hidden meaning behind this tattoo?

I am not sure why they chose this one, but I recall there was some slang (like a covert way to say ****** I believe) with spades and black people (calling them "spades" I think? I am usure). I am sure they want to link it to some prison tattoo meaning "killer" or something (I think it was the tear) but I will be going with that XD

[Finarfin]

It's all so tiresome.



https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 1799539988

Good thing I refunded this ****. I'd rather give Randy and Gearbox my money than these danish ****** *****.

[methoxetamine]

These characters were in a previous "Sniper Mode", but now they've gone ahead and taken it to a new level of degeneracy.

is there some hidden meaning behind this tattoo?

I am not sure why they chose this one, but I recall there was some slang (like a covert way to say ****** I believe) with spades and black people (calling them "spades" I think? I am usure). I am sure they want to link it to some prison tattoo meaning "killer" or something (I think it was the tear) but I will be going with that XD

Yes spade is a nickname for them, but in tattoo form on a white girl it's **** symbolism. "Queen of spades" is the term they use for white girls who **** ******* (aka coalburners)

[wndrbr]

[Stack of Turtles]

is there some hidden meaning behind this tattoo?

I am not sure why they chose this one, but I recall there was some slang (like a covert way to say ****** I believe) with spades and black people (calling them "spades" I think? I am usure). I am sure they want to link it to some prison tattoo meaning "killer" or something (I think it was the tear) but I will be going with that XD

Yes spade is a nickname for them, but in tattoo form on a white girl it's **** symbolism. "Queen of spades" is the term they use for white girls who **** ******* (aka coalburners)

That is clearly not a white girl.

That said, a spade tattoo on its own, not in the "queen of spades" form, has been a popular safe-edgy design for angsty women who want to look manly for way longer than the **** thing has existed. They see it as a sign of dominance... somehow.

[Finarfin]

I am not sure why they chose this one, but I recall there was some slang (like a covert way to say ****** I believe) with spades and black people (calling them "spades" I think? I am usure). I am sure they want to link it to some prison tattoo meaning "killer" or something (I think it was the tear) but I will be going with that XD

Yes spade is a nickname for them, but in tattoo form on a white girl it's **** symbolism. "Queen of spades" is the term they use for white girls who **** ******* (aka coalburners)

That is clearly not a white girl.

That said, a spade tattoo on its own, not in the "queen of spades" form, has been a popular safe-edgy design for angsty women who want to look manly for way longer than the **** thing has existed. They see it as a sign of dominance... somehow.

I'd rather see upside down crosses than spades.

[rusty_shackleford]

[UltraFan123]

This is literally a quest in Pathfinder Kingmaker.

Unless you kill an innocent dog whose only sin was to "bark too loud" then you won't be able to finish a quest that rewards you with the best upgrade item in the game.

Even the game itself recognizes the action as [Evil].

[LemonDemonGirl]

Looks like Skyrim and BG3 had an ugly baby

[MrTwinkls]

This is literally a quest in Pathfinder Kingmaker.

Unless you kill an innocent dog whose only sin was to "bark too loud" then you won't be able to finish a quest that rewards you with the best upgrade item in the game.

Even the game itself recognizes the action as [Evil].

I don't remember such quest. Maybe because I played as lawful evil character. The game was not properly designed for it. Second Pathfinder is better in that regard. Which one are you talking about?

[UltraFan123]

This is literally a quest in Pathfinder Kingmaker.

Unless you kill an innocent dog whose only sin was to "bark too loud" then you won't be able to finish a quest that rewards you with the best upgrade item in the game.

Even the game itself recognizes the action as [Evil].

I don't remember such quest. Maybe because I played as lawful evil character. The game was not properly designed for it. Second Pathfinder is better in that regard. Which one are you talking about?

The Bokken quest, the alchemist who concocts the elixir that permanently increases all your stats.

EDIT: This one: https://pathfinderkingmaker.fandom.com/ ... nt_Formula

The "Experiment on a dog" section.

[gerey]

Looks like Skyrim and BG3 had an ugly baby

I know the ***** has me on ignore, but I fail to see how this looks like anything like Skyrim and BG3?

If anything, it looks too much like Witcher 3, except with a protagonist sporting a gay as **** manbun.

Game looks... okay-ish? The combat they showcased looks really low-budget - janky animations and very sluggish. The presence of directional attacks seems completely pointless in a game clearly focusing on fighting mobs, doubly so since the animation budget isn't what it needs to be to properly convey to the player which direction they need to attack from.

They seem to have the same godawful, disgusting itemization system from the Witcher 3. When will developers learn that cRPGs do not need to emulate Diablo? Not that appears to be a cRPG, since I haven't seen anything on the character screen that indicates any of the perks you pick are unrelated to combat.

I'm not sure how to feel about the rest. I guess it's nice that the protagonist is a White man and that all the NPCs we saw are White too? The rest just looks like a copy of Witcher 3. I guess it really comes down to how much of what they said is true about exploration and quest non-linearity.

I didn't like that the boss fight was on an arbitrary, instant-death timer, that just seems like a great way to frustrate people.

tl;dr - it looks like a low-budget clone of Witcher 3, but with a focus on vampires.

[Bertram_Tung]

tl;dr - it looks like a low-budget clone of Witcher 3, but with a focus on vampires.

*Dhampirs

[gerey]

*Dhampirs

The protagonist is one, but his opponents, and the society he's living in, are centered around vampires.

[rusty_shackleford]

Looks like Skyrim and BG3 had an ugly baby

viewtopic.php?t=3678-blood-of-dawnwalker

[Bertram_Tung]

I thought I was in that thread, lol.

[KnightoftheWind]

Good open world games are a tall order for small studios like this. I'd rather they go the Zelda/Gothic route and have a 'more' open world, but still constrained to a manageable area. I also wish more games copied Classic Zelda when it comes to itemization, instead of Diablo. Just give me a few swords and a few shields, and give them weight and context.

[Tangerine]

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[gerey]

Spec Ops: The Line.png

Spec Ops is the first one that came to my mind too, even though I liked the game and "get" what is was trying to do.

Are there any other games that present the player with a choice and then criticize him regardless of the choice he picked?

[rusty_shackleford]

Are there any other games that present the player with a choice and then criticize him regardless of the choice he picked?

kreia

[SpellSword]

Spec Ops: The Line.png

Spec Ops is the first one that came to my mind too, even though I liked the game and "get" what is was trying to do.

Are there any other games that present the player with a choice and then criticize him regardless of the choice he picked?

Maybe BioShock Infinite?
(I'd have to play it again to refresh my memory, and I'm not willing to do that.)