Community MetaSteam | February 2023 - A 90's dystopian adventure in the digiworld.
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still seems weird given the optimalizations done between the cracked (prerelease) and current game (post 3 patches)
If there's an Xbox version and they're not talking about it then it means they're not allowed to, which is still bullshit. Disappointing from Larian.
Played Iceborne for most of the day. Still get the urge to try Rise and Wild Hearts 
Played Iceborne for most of the day. Still get the urge to try Rise and Wild Hearts
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Rise is amazing. Wild Hearts you should wait for some patches and maybe a sale lolPlayed Iceborne for most of the day. Still get the urge to try Rise and Wild Hearts
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Larian is a Belgian studio, and both PC and Playstation are huge here while Xbox is almost nonexistent. I can understand that they focus on PS5 first. Larian has grown a lot but they aren't AAA.
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Also someone needs to check the Pudding Mess server more often.
Haha I'll second what Arsene said, Rise is really good. While it still lacks a little of what makes World great or challenging, the traversal and speed of Rise thanks to the wirebugs and palamutes are game changers. The switch skill stuff is cool too, allowing you to tailor a weapon to your playstyle a little better or give you options depending on the monster you're hunting.
And I'm loving Wild Hearts quite a bit so far. It's janky and needs some patching for sure, but it does enough unique things to separate it from MH while still feeling a little familiar.
I mean, just showing that it's fully CPU limited on a given machine doesn't prove that it would run a lot better without Denuvo. Maybe the game is just doing something incredibly taxing on the CPU in that scene? You'd need a version of the game without Denuvo to make meaningful statements, otherwise it's just guesswork.
The next DLC for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
Dragon Ball 23th Tenkaichi Budokai looks awesome. I want more original Dragon Ball arc DLC.
Dragon Ball 23th Tenkaichi Budokai looks awesome. I want more original Dragon Ball arc DLC.
KSP2 is holy shit that price. Same as TLoU.. almost same price as Elden Ring...
I actually refunded sons of the forest. It may be cheap here but it's just another survival crafting game.
Plus even with motion blur off, moving the camera - especially panning - made it feel like it's back on and x100.
Plus even with motion blur off, moving the camera - especially panning - made it feel like it's back on and x100.
I still haven't found the time to play Trails from Zero yet I just spent over 100 bucks on Atelier games. What is wrong with me?
I still haven't found the time to play Trails from Zero yet I just spent over 100 bucks on Atelier games. What is wrong with me?
absolutely nothing - that's what we all do around here
A proud member of the MetaCouncil.I still haven't found the time to play Trails from Zero yet I just spent over 100 bucks on Atelier games. What is wrong with me?
I grabbed so many retro games for my Deck, and many of them are JRPGs.
7% is not at all little, going all just brute force it with better hardware is a slipperly slope, I guess no game or app can ever be called unoptimized, just upgrade..!
One thing that made the first one stand out in a sea of survival co-op games is that it had VR support. That's the reason I played it at least. (But doesn't apply to the sequel)
Damn that is crazy if true. If they aren't waiting until summer then it has to be a summer release right?
But Redfall is in May so wtf.
Big AAA games don't usually release in June/July so maybe they do a September release. Or maybe this showcase will just be some small specific thing to show off like ship/outpost building info and then they announce the real showcase for the summer.
Jez said it might release in June. If this is true, May and June will be crazy because two of the most anticipated open world games (Zelda and Starfield, 3 if you count Redfall) are releasing one after another.
I think so too tbh. And that's saying something, because KZ3 and Shadowfall SUCKED ASS story/character wise.
But the gameplay is fun. And the bullet physics are still pretty unique, not to mention how impactful combat feels.
I might try and convince hubby to try this cuz I wanna get back to it. But he enjoys having HDR and stuff since he's lucky enough to have an OLED monitor. (It really pops in Returnal!!)
Looking back over the past decade or so...it looks like both TLOU games came out in June so I guess it wouldn't be too uncommon. But still surprising.
The game will be massive and people will spend months discovering everything so it will be a fun summer game. This way Bethesda will have DLC ready for possible end of the year release too.
If Xbox is doing this then they must have something big releasing in the fall/winter outside of new Forza. I guess we could see Hellblade 2 come out in Oct/Nov. Also maybe new State of Decay could make it out b4 the end of the year.
I keep forgetting Diablo IV coming in June lmao. So that is another Xbox game unless the Activ deal gets axed. Or it gets delayed.
Starfield has to be late June release or early July.
The Steam summer sale is end of June too so this Summer is going to a lot of fun
I played through the Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty demo.
It's about what you'd expect from "Team Ninja makes a Sekiro-clone." There's a decent amount going on mechanically, and it feels good to play. In all other regards it feels worse than Sekiro (and less classy thanks to the anime-feel of the narrative). Still, it's enough fun that I think I'll preorder it. The PC port doesn't seem great, but it wasn't bad enough to harm the experience.
However, I was nearly apoplectic at a few points during the demo. The reason: the AI companions are abominations. It suddenly makes so much sense to me why Fromsoft didn't include multiplayer in Sekiro. With the focus on parries, you have to concentrate on the enemies' movements to time your deflects. So when your AI chucklefuck walks in front of the camera so he can boldly stand in front of the boss and do nothing, it's horribly distracting. When they hit the boss mid attack and stagger them, it feels like the companion stole your deflect. And unique to Wo Long: you get huge stamina damage for hitting enemies with a heavy attack after maxing out your spirit gauge. So when your AI companion draws aggro and lures the boss away from your full strength hit, it makes you want to kill your companion more than the boss.
I was ready to uninstall and remove the game from my wishlist when I figured out how to dismiss them Even though you summon them from a menu in the bonfire, you can't dismiss them from there. Gotta use an item (the Willow Branch) that the game either didn't tell me about or I missed in the mountain of tutorials. However, once I found that item and got to play the third boss solo, the frustration evaporated.
I realize I'm spending a lot of time being negative here, but I had a good time. It's just that when a game invites comparisons between itself and Sekiro, its warts are going to stand out.
It's about what you'd expect from "Team Ninja makes a Sekiro-clone." There's a decent amount going on mechanically, and it feels good to play. In all other regards it feels worse than Sekiro (and less classy thanks to the anime-feel of the narrative). Still, it's enough fun that I think I'll preorder it. The PC port doesn't seem great, but it wasn't bad enough to harm the experience.
However, I was nearly apoplectic at a few points during the demo. The reason: the AI companions are abominations. It suddenly makes so much sense to me why Fromsoft didn't include multiplayer in Sekiro. With the focus on parries, you have to concentrate on the enemies' movements to time your deflects. So when your AI chucklefuck walks in front of the camera so he can boldly stand in front of the boss and do nothing, it's horribly distracting. When they hit the boss mid attack and stagger them, it feels like the companion stole your deflect. And unique to Wo Long: you get huge stamina damage for hitting enemies with a heavy attack after maxing out your spirit gauge. So when your AI companion draws aggro and lures the boss away from your full strength hit, it makes you want to kill your companion more than the boss.
I was ready to uninstall and remove the game from my wishlist when I figured out how to dismiss them Even though you summon them from a menu in the bonfire, you can't dismiss them from there. Gotta use an item (the Willow Branch) that the game either didn't tell me about or I missed in the mountain of tutorials. However, once I found that item and got to play the third boss solo, the frustration evaporated.
I realize I'm spending a lot of time being negative here, but I had a good time. It's just that when a game invites comparisons between itself and Sekiro, its warts are going to stand out.
You’ve mentioned many times that I need a pc, if you get me one I promise that I’ll play everything on it!
What happened to your girlfriend???You’ve mentioned many times that I need a pc, if you get me one I promise that I’ll play everything on it!
Next Order is quite fun.
This was not at all planned, but somehow my first pair of Ultras ended up color-matching, lol.
They have since died of old age before hitting Mega and I'm on "round 2" of raising them. I used the same starter DigiEggs but they already diverged on their Rookie stage (previously had Wormmon and Solarmon, this time its Hagurumon and Gotsumon. Lets see what they'll evolve into this time. (I know the options already, but not all requirements, so no way to really completely plan around it).
I quite like the overarching progression-loop so far: Helping Digimon in the wild to unlock new features for the Town and gathering materials to upgrade parts of the Town, leveling up your Tamer to unluck various skills that help out with raising Digimons, Combat, etc and fighting new Digimon to unlock attacks you can equip on your own.
No issues with running it on the Deck either.
This was not at all planned, but somehow my first pair of Ultras ended up color-matching, lol.
They have since died of old age before hitting Mega and I'm on "round 2" of raising them. I used the same starter DigiEggs but they already diverged on their Rookie stage (previously had Wormmon and Solarmon, this time its Hagurumon and Gotsumon. Lets see what they'll evolve into this time. (I know the options already, but not all requirements, so no way to really completely plan around it).
I quite like the overarching progression-loop so far: Helping Digimon in the wild to unlock new features for the Town and gathering materials to upgrade parts of the Town, leveling up your Tamer to unluck various skills that help out with raising Digimons, Combat, etc and fighting new Digimon to unlock attacks you can equip on your own.
No issues with running it on the Deck either.
She comes first of course, so the few times I do get to play, I'll play on the PC that fantomena is going to get me.
She comes first of course, so the few times I do get to play, I'll play on the PC that fantomena is going to get me.
You should become a stand-up comedian.
update on real life stuff, and some game stuff to keep this in topic
met a girl some time ago; she's the most perfect, wonderful, kindest woman i've ever met
it's thanks to her that i have my friend group, and that i actually talk to people
but man, i fumbled the bag hard, there's no recovering - right now, i'm just doing chaos and destruction with Ecstacy of Gold by Morricone in the background
in topic with "digging your own grave, shovel by shovel, into an eternal descent" and "i exist and i find it nauseating" - i'm doing a quick playthrough of spec ops the line
met a girl some time ago; she's the most perfect, wonderful, kindest woman i've ever met
it's thanks to her that i have my friend group, and that i actually talk to people
but man, i fumbled the bag hard, there's no recovering - right now, i'm just doing chaos and destruction with Ecstacy of Gold by Morricone in the background
in topic with "digging your own grave, shovel by shovel, into an eternal descent" and "i exist and i find it nauseating" - i'm doing a quick playthrough of spec ops the line
Octopath 2 launch seems to be doing great, better ccu numbers than most of Square's other Steam releases.
It just passed the Steam version of FF7 Remake. I've heard lots of good word of mouth about how it's a big improvement over the original. I'm hoping to start it this afternoon.
I've had a similar experience, it is very much built on Nioh, it plays well and there is a lot going on. For somebody like me who loved Nioh, if this game only gets better with playtime it might even be special (or turn out a stinker of course). But just like the Nioh games, in really any other measurement you can think of it's a comparatively poor experience.
Shadow Warrior 3 was pretty fun, but they really stretched the combat loop by the end. The platforming stayed fun till the end and I liked that they went pretty hard with it in the later levels.
is it on par with the other two, in your opinion? More like one than the other?
I played the Shadow Warrior 1 remake so long ago that I can’t remember. I skipped SW2 for now but I think that one was a looter shooter and 3 is definitely not that. SW3 is most like Doom 2016.
absolutely nothing - that's what we all do around here
That just means that there's something wrong with all of us.
didamangi
Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit.
Finished Returnal storyline with the secret ending. It's a very good game, just need
Might hold judgment for the replayability as a roguelike because I'm waiting for the patch that hopefully fix the ray tracing stuttering before playing the endless mode.
Still like Hades more though. Gods I can't wait for Hades II.
more cowbell
Might hold judgment for the replayability as a roguelike because I'm waiting for the patch that hopefully fix the ray tracing stuttering before playing the endless mode.
Still like Hades more though. Gods I can't wait for Hades II.
You have just increased my interest in 3 by a tremendous amount with just that last statement.
I predict this screenshot is going to go down in history. Just not the kind of history they were hoping for.
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