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xxr

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That exact moment more than any other is why I don’t like him
Comes across as hugely unprofessional and a total jack ass
You certainly don't have to like him, so that's fine!

He has a history of being bold and vulgar in these situations, that's for sure, but is anyone ultimately harmed by his behavior?

After all, he's saying fuck you to an idea, not any specific individual.
"f the oscars"

(This is about the event in the gif and not so much about him since I don't know much about him other then this clip and that EA publishes the games that he had worked on)

I mean the same thing can pretty much be said about the game award show. Where maybe at one point it was about the games and stuff but now it's definitely more about shilling for products and stuff and other things that don't really have to do with gaming. I guess you do have to give credit to the Dorito Pope seeing how something like that is very hard to even set up but also to pay for it.


I can't remember how long last year's thing was and it could maybe have just been because of COVID or something but didn't they end up doing something were "pre-show" they announced a number of awards.... Hey the main event should be awards for these games but nahhhh that's how what's really important here. Hell video games announcements for games that will not come out for another 2-3 years (and that may even get delayed an addition 2 years as well).


I just have issues with the game awards is all.
Yeah, I see where you're coming from and I've been thinking the same thing.

But the problem Josef Fares brought forward here was that people tend to paint this idea that The Game Awards needs to be The Oscars of gaming. The idea that the gaming industry constantly needs to validate its existence by comparing itself with the movie industry, or that the movie industry is the real medium for art and expression. I don't think Fares had anything specific in mind about The Oscars or how it's presented.

Having ads and reveals is probably needed, not only for funding, but I don't think the show would be as big if it was two hours of pure awards with acceptance speeches. I think, personally, it should be a mindless, fun thing more than anything else where we can celebrate the medium with a mix of awards, reveals and a presence of industry people who can share their voice.
 
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Nabs

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I found someone with 1500 reviews, and they do not seem to be fake reviews:


I wonder if there are patterns which would give away that these are AI-generated reviews, e.g. some start with "I honestly". :thinking:
Are all reviews formatted like this?
It feels like the lines are the same.
But what do I know? Might not be.
Anyway, that's an interesting page.
 

NarohDethan

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Dude was clearly smashed, I don't think there's much analysis to be done about his antics.

TGA sucks anyway, it is like having a self imposed 2-3 hour ad marathon.
 

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regarding tq mod

they basically broke alot of the loot tables with the expansion dlcs, expansion items take pirority over other loot, like throwing weapons a purple drop, opening achest it has a 22% chance itl be that item but it will also be in a second roll off that loot pool, where as all other item types are between 12% - 17% with only 1 roll chance, on top of that a purple item has a 1 in 25000 % chance to drop from a chest
they also broke bows and throwing weapons in that they cannot crit at all,
mobs in normal game even on legendary have a 80% chance to wear common or below items ( coomon or white) ive made it so they will always wear yellow or above

my changes are,
loot drops are consistent in that about 1 in 5 chests will drop a blue/purple {depends on diffculty on normal purples dont exist etc}
a majestic chest ( boos chest) will always drop atleast 1 purple blue etc and quite few greens
mobs will always wear yellow or green and occasionally blue or purple
relics/charms are increased in drops
skill side bar goes up to 80 (normally 40) this is a point dump for once you get to point where there isnt anything u wanna put skill points in.
changed strength and dex and int calculations so they are worth more with ur statpoints and offensive and defensive ability mean more ( offensive ability gives crit which in normal game has 1 tier of crit) ive made it so theres 3 tiers, say a mob has 400 defensive ability and you have 1600 offensive ability youll be in tier 3 crit of it etc
increased mob density
increaded chances for hero mobs to spawn
mobs recive the same calculations on there strength int and dex and offensive and defensive attirbutes and are stronger due to wearing better gear unlike normal,
increased stacks of potions from 25 to 100
increased item tiers in vendor so greens are more common
increased xp in all difficulties with a % multiplier ( normally really hard to get to above level 70 and some items dont drop till after then either)
 

Durante

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Looks like FFXIII-2 crashes like a mofo unless Steam Cloud is disabled (for some reason!), guess I'll try that

edit: looks like it's this

Required for fixing the constant crashes.

edit 2: holy shit this is amazing, if I disable steam cloud the thing can't see the save anymore? I thought there would still be local save like in pretty much any other game...
FWIW, I played FF13-2 (LAA patched) for almost 70 hours without crashes. So that's possible at least.
 
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regarding tq mod

they basically broke alot of the loot tables with the expansion dlcs, expansion items take pirority over other loot, like throwing weapons a purple drop, opening achest it has a 22% chance itl be that item but it will also be in a second roll off that loot pool, where as all other item types are between 12% - 17% with only 1 roll chance, on top of that a purple item has a 1 in 25000 % chance to drop from a chest
they also broke bows and throwing weapons in that they cannot crit at all,
mobs in normal game even on legendary have a 80% chance to wear common or below items ( coomon or white) ive made it so they will always wear yellow or above

my changes are,
loot drops are consistent in that about 1 in 5 chests will drop a blue/purple {depends on diffculty on normal purples dont exist etc}
a majestic chest ( boos chest) will always drop atleast 1 purple blue etc and quite few greens
mobs will always wear yellow or green and occasionally blue or purple
relics/charms are increased in drops
skill side bar goes up to 80 (normally 40) this is a point dump for once you get to point where there isnt anything u wanna put skill points in.
changed strength and dex and int calculations so they are worth more with ur statpoints and offensive and defensive ability mean more ( offensive ability gives crit which in normal game has 1 tier of crit) ive made it so theres 3 tiers, say a mob has 400 defensive ability and you have 1600 offensive ability youll be in tier 3 crit of it etc
increased mob density
increaded chances for hero mobs to spawn
mobs recive the same calculations on there strength int and dex and offensive and defensive attirbutes and are stronger due to wearing better gear unlike normal,
increased stacks of potions from 25 to 100
increased item tiers in vendor so greens are more common
increased xp in all difficulties with a % multiplier ( normally really hard to get to above level 70 and some items dont drop till after then either)
sounds good to me! :thumbsupblob:
 

Blu

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Any good coop games you guys can recommend? The remote play sale is going on so want to see if there's anything good and cheap to pick up.
Also have Fightcade installed as well so anything recommended on there is good too.


Lara Croft games
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Resident Evil 5/6
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Gears of War 5
Darksiders Genesis
Renegade Ops
Risk of Rain 1/2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Darksburg
Obscure 1/2
Borderlands 1/2/Pre sequel
Dark Souls 1/2/3
Enter the Gungeon
Wolfenstein : Youngblood
Rivercity Girls
Rivercity: Underground
Cuphead
Orcs must Die 2
Bloodstained 2
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
Devil's Dare
Double Dragon Neon
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Mother Russia Bleeds
BlazeRush
Battletoads
Roboquest
Gauntlet
Mercenary Kings
Fight'N Rage
House of the Dead Overkill
Shank 2
Portal 2
Foul Play
Monster Hunter World
Left 4 Dead 1/2
Metal Slug Series
Contra series
Gunfire Reborn
Synthetik
Wild Guns Reloaded
Magicka
Streets of Rage series

I'm sure there's more but that's a good chunk.
 
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Any good coop games you guys can recommend? The remote play sale is going on so want to see if there's anything good and cheap to pick up.
Also have Fightcade installed as well so anything recommended on there is good too.


Lara Croft games
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Resident Evil 5/6
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Gears of War 5
Darksiders Genesis
Renegade Ops
Risk of Rain 1/2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Darksburg
Obscure 1/2
Borderlands 1/2/Pre sequel
Dark Souls 1/2/3
Enter the Gungeon
Wolfenstein : Youngblood
Rivercity Girls
Rivercity: Underground
Cuphead
Orcs must Die 2
Bloodstained 2
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
Devil's Dare
Double Dragon Neon
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Mother Russia Bleeds
BlazeRush
Battletoads
Roboquest
Gauntlet
Mercenary Kings
Fight'N Rage
House of the Dead Overkill
Shank 2
Portal 2
Foul Play
Monster Hunter World
Left 4 Dead 1/2
Metal Slug Series
Contra series
Gunfire Reborn
Synthetik
Wild Guns Reloaded
Magicka
Streets of Rage series

I'm sure there's more but that's a good chunk.
paging PossiblyPudding :dmcblob:
 

Panda Pedinte

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Any good coop games you guys can recommend? The remote play sale is going on so want to see if there's anything good and cheap to pick up.
Also have Fightcade installed as well so anything recommended on there is good too.


Lara Croft games
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Resident Evil 5/6
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Gears of War 5
Darksiders Genesis
Renegade Ops
Risk of Rain 1/2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Darksburg
Obscure 1/2
Borderlands 1/2/Pre sequel
Dark Souls 1/2/3
Enter the Gungeon
Wolfenstein : Youngblood
Rivercity Girls
Rivercity: Underground
Cuphead
Orcs must Die 2
Bloodstained 2
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
Devil's Dare
Double Dragon Neon
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Mother Russia Bleeds
BlazeRush
Battletoads
Roboquest
Gauntlet
Mercenary Kings
Fight'N Rage
House of the Dead Overkill
Shank 2
Portal 2
Foul Play
Monster Hunter World
Left 4 Dead 1/2
Metal Slug Series
Contra series
Gunfire Reborn
Synthetik
Wild Guns Reloaded
Magicka
Streets of Rage series

I'm sure there's more but that's a good chunk.
Moving Out
 

ezodagrom

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well installed visual studio and patched the FFXIII-2 .exe, guess I'll find out if it worked tomorrow after work



:sakucomfy:
Other than LAA, I would also recommend this to improve the game's awful performance:
 
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I finished Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- it's relatively short and the game is pretty straight forward so it's not a metroidvania. Overall my opinion about this game is positive, it's beautiful, controls well, the OST is good and the challenge hit the right spot for me, though some people found the game too easy.

Also magic is OP.
 

rybrad

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Finished Jedi Fallen order on Game Pass and man was that an over-hyped game. No fast travel and the need to back track with the annoying map and long ass levels did not make for a good time. All the chests being cosmetics and some having multiple ranks makes me feel like they initially wanted this to be more of an RPG, but changed directions and made everything cosmetic only instead which was a big let down. I think being able to have different builds would have made me enjoy the game quite a bit more despite the other parts I found bland and uninspired.

Glad I at least got to play it without paying extra for it. I will give them props for the swimming boost speed, more games could benefit from fast swimming instead of making you want to pull your hair out as you swim through jelly.
 

texhnolyze

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Finished Jedi Fallen order on Game Pass and man was that an over-hyped game. No fast travel and the need to back track with the annoying map and long ass levels did not make for a good time. All the chests being cosmetics and some having multiple ranks makes me feel like they initially wanted this to be more of an RPG, but changed directions and made everything cosmetic only instead which was a big let down. I think being able to have different builds would have made me enjoy the game quite a bit more despite the other parts I found bland and uninspired.

Glad I at least got to play it without paying extra for it. I will give them props for the swimming boost speed, more games could benefit from fast swimming instead of making you want to pull your hair out as you swim through jelly.
Yeah, the game is so close to being a proper RPG like Dark Souls. But instead, we we've got is all cosmetics, what a letdown. They probably didn't have the resources to playtest and balance the game if it's designed around RPG systems. They also wanted to make the game more accessible with the customizable difficulty system.
 

PossiblyPudding

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Any good coop games you guys can recommend?
Moving Out
I'd like to second Moving Out. It's perfect for something goofy and chaotic that is also chill at the same time.

Some others in the sale to consider:

The Overcooked games
Children of Morta
Cat Quest 2
Fury Unleashed
Blazing Chrome
Earth Defense Force 5
Untitled Goose Game
Biped
Wizard of Legend
Nine Parchments
Tools Up!
Charlie Murder
Knights and Bikes
 

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If any of you are living in Australia, this is a friendly reminder that the Disco Elysium update is releasing in two days, and chances are they will be pulled from the store (geoblocked). So if for some reason you don't own this game yet, please consider purchasing it (It is a great game regardless, and it's still great value at 20% off).


Before y'all dismiss the article and my post for fear-mongering, consider that this situation has happened before with Valkyrie Drive and Hotline Miami 2.

 

QFNS

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Finally rolled credits in Yakuza 4 Remastered. What a miserable series of boss fights at the end. Just pain. Especially since I really hated playing as one specific character to have that fight be a giant hassle was a real momentum killer.

On to Yakuza 5 Remastered and then Yakuza 6: Song of Life. I'll finish them by mid year maybe lol.
 

Mor

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It is lovely to see Sakaguchi saying that because you can see he thinks it is them who should do those "remakes" (BTW, he specifically said remakes, not simple remasters or ports) instead of hiring a second team to do that process.

Anyway, I don't think there's real interest for those games, if there was, it would have happened already,
 

ZKenir

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yeah I think MS is happy with just BC on xbox consoles regarding those games.
 

FunnyJay

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Seems like several different companies are attempting to fix the missing game covers on Steam. Seems like both EA, Capcom and Introversion have added several covers.

I could decrease my "missing covers" Steam category from 111 games to 82 games! :steam_pigblanket:
 

Mor

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Seems like several different companies are attempting to fix the missing game covers on Steam. Seems like both EA, Capcom and Introversion have added several covers.

I could decrease my "missing covers" Steam category from 111 games to 82 games! :steam_pigblanket:
Confirmed Capcom for me.
 
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Shishiron is cute but I'd rather pay for her Youtube membership than Gamepass~
I don't follow vtubers so honestly I haven't heard of her before haha. I may watch this episodes as it is very rare to see big name Japanese youtuber talking about xbox.
 
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That's about what I expected - lots of fixes, but not revolutionary change. I hope they got to the crackling sound though, I read nothing about that one.
She's a PC gamer through-and-through, very skilled in FPS games and has one of the most infectious laughs. The very definition of "gap moe" :flare_smile:
I actually read the vtuber thread a little last night and I have to admit I hadn't been this completely confused and slightly horrified by an utterly alien internet culture in a while :p.
 

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I actually read the vtuber thread a little last night and I have to admit I hadn't been this completely confused and slightly horrified by an utterly alien internet culture in a while :p.
Vtubers are pretty much just streamers, but they use animated avatars instead of showing themselves on camera. The anonimity of using an avatar not only allows for them to try to protect their identities (to avoid stalkers), there's also this mix of roleplaying a character but still being themselves that results in interesting streams.
 

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Cat food needed to adopt Nibbles can now be bought at several food shops around Night City.
:wtf:

Getting knocked down by vehicles no longer kills V after unlocking 'The Rock" perk.
Finally. Cars are the most deadly enemies in this game. :lul: You just want to cross the road... bam... restart from the last checkpoint.
 
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Any good coop games you guys can recommend? The remote play sale is going on so want to see if there's anything good and cheap to pick up.
Also have Fightcade installed as well so anything recommended on there is good too.


Lara Croft games
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Resident Evil 5/6
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Gears of War 5
Darksiders Genesis
Renegade Ops
Risk of Rain 1/2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Darksburg
Obscure 1/2
Borderlands 1/2/Pre sequel
Dark Souls 1/2/3
Enter the Gungeon
Wolfenstein : Youngblood
Rivercity Girls
Rivercity: Underground
Cuphead
Orcs must Die 2
Bloodstained 2
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
Devil's Dare
Double Dragon Neon
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Mother Russia Bleeds
BlazeRush
Battletoads
Roboquest
Gauntlet
Mercenary Kings
Fight'N Rage
House of the Dead Overkill
Shank 2
Portal 2
Foul Play
Monster Hunter World
Left 4 Dead 1/2
Metal Slug Series
Contra series
Gunfire Reborn
Synthetik
Wild Guns Reloaded
Magicka
Streets of Rage series

I'm sure there's more but that's a good chunk.
 
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Vtubers are pretty much just streamers, but they use animated avatars instead of showing themselves on camera. The anonimity of using an avatar not only allows for them to try to protect their identities (to avoid stalkers), there's also this mix of roleplaying a character but still being themselves that results in interesting streams.
Absolutely, that part I get. It's all the memes, the in-culture references juxtaposed to the sheer strangeness of a lot of the things discussed that led to making them a rather disconcerting cocktail.
 
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Why not Flight Simulator though
Hmm, I assume she played FS before? Honestly I don't know.
She's a PC gamer through-and-through, very skilled in FPS games and has one of the most infectious laughs. The very definition of "gap moe" :flare_smile:
Going to start watching her stream soon. I have watched a few clips of other vtubers before but when I think they are pretty fun, I wouldn't get invested enough to follow them. I never followed usual youtubers, too.
 
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I actually read the vtuber thread a little last night and I have to admit I hadn't been this completely confused and slightly horrified by an utterly alien internet culture in a while :p
I haven't been in the Hololive fandom for very long either (roughly a year) and I know exactly where you coming from. Still, the water is warm, though. If you're interested and need a primer, here's a playlist:



And of course, there's a wiki:

 
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Watching the stream now. People in the chat know nothing about xbox lol. Sasuga Japan.

Edit: Okay, she is legit. She knows Black and recommends people to play Viva Pinata.
 
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Absolutely, that part I get. It's all the memes, the in-culture references juxtaposed to the sheer strangeness of a lot of the things discussed that led to making them a rather disconcerting cocktail.
One of the biggest groups of vtubers currently, Hololive, it started with the goal of having a group of vtuber idols, but the streamers they have been hiring have a knack for comedic/memeable situations, which resulted in the popularity of this group exploding.

In this past year this group has expanded with international branches too, an indonesian branch (all the members so far know english) and an english branch.

Despite being an "idol" group, most of their streams are pretty much playing games, with the occasional singing and free talk stream here and there.
 
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there's a thread for all of that ... please!!!

 
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