oy do ye hav a loicense for anime postinOk I’m just offended now
Community MetaSteam | October 2021 - Guardians of Ashes: Maiden of Empires
- Thread starter lashman
- Start date
- Status
Well I'm a fucking idiot. I bought a new Xbox controller, almost dropped it out the box and I think I scratched the paint out of the triggers. 
I haven't been able to try any of these yet, but I heard you like action...
You could look at it the bright way and now consider your controller a unique modded model.Well I'm a fucking idiot. I bought a new Xbox controller, almost dropped it out the box and I think I scratched the paint out of the triggers.
I'd return it to the store but honestly I don't know if it was already scratched or I did it. I don't buy controllers from Amazon anymore because I was once sent an opened/ used one with no batteries, and apparently it has become very common of them.
Yeah, it's honestly pretty crazy how the quality of Amazon's offering fell in the past few years.
sounds more cockney than northern. Where I am from it is mate instead of guvner. Carry on further north and it becomes duck.
Played a few demos lately
Decent looking SRPG, feels very snappy aand polished, and kinda smartly optimized as a PC/Mobile game in a not obnoxious way. I just wish it did... well, anything interesting. Right away it dumps lore on you with your typical JRPG-babble "In the year (enter medieval sounding date) the Ekklesians of Etheria descendants of the Eldaran are fighting the Whatevers fleeing the Sylvanas Continent. You are a Crimson Knight Mage of the Something or Other Order. storming this castle, but the Paladins of So and So fighting beside you dislike your magics". OK, alright, chill.
And the grid combat is much too simplistic. Hard to say how it improves once you get access to more stuff, but it seems basic positioning, elemental magics, AOEs, etc. Abilities are also cards for some reason, but hard to say how relevant that is to the design. So far it just feels like a cosmetic choice that just substitutes selecting skills from a menu.
It's out soon, so I'm sure it could be a fine Saturday if you are into this kind of thing. Maybe it doesn't need to be more.
Cute, self-aware A Short Hike meets babby's first Breath of the Wild. Not much to say other than I enjoyed moving around. It feels loose in a good way. Swimming is surprisingly fun, although there isn't anything to do with it. I'm curious to see if they can make something out of this idea. Usually these kind of indies go with the small journey of self discovery, reconnecting with family, etc. that try to hit you in the feels but with not much substantial mechanics.
Don't think this is part of the event, but I saw it mentioned here a few times so why not. Bit of a weeb Hand of Fate. I don't like that the menus are also using the same UI as the regular game. Having to pick different cards to change things like volume when it's just like 3 choices is much too dumb. Settings should be fast to access. Also, the Quit "card" is kinda hidden under too many moves. Ugh.
It feels very budget but I hope they add a bit of voice acting to characters other than the narrator, or it will get old, fast (might've been just a narrative device for the demo). I liked the card mini-game you can play in the taverns, although it's very unbalanced.
Also, I'm not sure if I needed the female character in the demo to be such a BOOBA when the rest of the designs are actually appealing to me as an animu-hater
. It seems she's not gonna be the main character anyway, but have some self control, lads.
Finally played the Tunic demo too. It's alright.
Got my eyes on a few other games, but I haven't downloaded anything yet. Wait, I lie, I downloaded a Robin Hood game demo that was like 20gbs. I'll try it tomorrow. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Decent looking SRPG, feels very snappy aand polished, and kinda smartly optimized as a PC/Mobile game in a not obnoxious way. I just wish it did... well, anything interesting. Right away it dumps lore on you with your typical JRPG-babble "In the year (enter medieval sounding date) the Ekklesians of Etheria descendants of the Eldaran are fighting the Whatevers fleeing the Sylvanas Continent. You are a Crimson Knight Mage of the Something or Other Order. storming this castle, but the Paladins of So and So fighting beside you dislike your magics". OK, alright, chill.
And the grid combat is much too simplistic. Hard to say how it improves once you get access to more stuff, but it seems basic positioning, elemental magics, AOEs, etc. Abilities are also cards for some reason, but hard to say how relevant that is to the design. So far it just feels like a cosmetic choice that just substitutes selecting skills from a menu.
It's out soon, so I'm sure it could be a fine Saturday if you are into this kind of thing. Maybe it doesn't need to be more.
Cute, self-aware A Short Hike meets babby's first Breath of the Wild. Not much to say other than I enjoyed moving around. It feels loose in a good way. Swimming is surprisingly fun, although there isn't anything to do with it. I'm curious to see if they can make something out of this idea. Usually these kind of indies go with the small journey of self discovery, reconnecting with family, etc. that try to hit you in the feels but with not much substantial mechanics.
Don't think this is part of the event, but I saw it mentioned here a few times so why not. Bit of a weeb Hand of Fate. I don't like that the menus are also using the same UI as the regular game. Having to pick different cards to change things like volume when it's just like 3 choices is much too dumb. Settings should be fast to access. Also, the Quit "card" is kinda hidden under too many moves. Ugh.
It feels very budget but I hope they add a bit of voice acting to characters other than the narrator, or it will get old, fast (might've been just a narrative device for the demo). I liked the card mini-game you can play in the taverns, although it's very unbalanced.
Also, I'm not sure if I needed the female character in the demo to be such a BOOBA when the rest of the designs are actually appealing to me as an animu-hater
. It seems she's not gonna be the main character anyway, but have some self control, lads.Finally played the Tunic demo too. It's alright.
Got my eyes on a few other games, but I haven't downloaded anything yet. Wait, I lie, I downloaded a Robin Hood game demo that was like 20gbs. I'll try it tomorrow. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Last edited:
Controllers are like tools, they are supposed to be scratched and banged up to show proper use.
The International 2021 Ticket Sales Canceled
We have been carefully evaluating the continued rise of Covid rates in Romania, as well as the resulting introduction of new local restrictions in Bucharest. To ensure the safety of all players, talent, and production staff participating in the event, we have decided to refund all ticket sales...
www.dota2.com
Dota 2 - The International 2021 Ticket Sales Canceled - Steam News
We have been carefully evaluating the continued rise of Covid rates in Romania, as well as the resulting introduction of new local restrictions in Bucharest. To ensure the safety of all players, talent, and production staff participating in the event, we have decided to refund all ticket sales...
According to Reddit, these are the rules in Romania.
Last edited:
So what's everyones GOTY thus far? For me Psychonauts 2 with RE Village as a close second.
I've played shockingly few games from this year, so my selection is a bit limited... but so far my top 3 would be something like this:
It Takes Two
Subnautica: Below Zero
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Probably Deathloop. But Psychonauts 2 and LiS: True Colors run it close.
If you ask me what the best game I have played so far is, then yeah. Not sure I'd count it as being released in 2021, the official release on PC will not happen until next year. Really looking forward to that port too. Geofront already did a great job, but there's so much more you can do with proper source code access.
As always, no GOTY because I usually don't play the latest games. This year there is a exception (ie. Tales of Arise), but I can't say it is a GOTY material.
Last edited:
so far it would be Dorfromantik, even though it is still in EA. Final Fantasy 6 may take the slot though.
admittedly not played much new this year.
So far for me its between...
Mini Motorways
Dorfromantik
Medieval Dynasty
Subnautica BZ
Webbed
Deaths Door
Car Mechanic Sim
Unmetal
Loop Hero
Mini Motorways
Dorfromantik
Medieval Dynasty
Subnautica BZ
Webbed
Deaths Door
Car Mechanic Sim
Unmetal
Loop Hero
I haven't played any of the big releases, but I suspect Astalon: Tears of the Earth would rank highly for me regardless. A top tier metroidvania with a Castlevania x La Mulana (light) flavor. Enjoyed every minute.
Last edited:
This might be my worst year for a long time in terms of playing new games. I just can't do full price releases right now and I'm not into rental type services either. I think the newest release in terms of PC I played in the past year was Death Stranding.
I bought an iphone 12 on Amazon a couple of weeks ago thinking I'd save some money instead of buying the iphone 13. They sent an opened/used phone to me. They have a replacement only/no return policy on mobile phones as well, so when I told them I wasn't going to accept an opened box, they said they didn't have another piece of the blue phone I had ordered so I'd have to pick another colour. That was so stupid. I had to escalate the support call to the supervisor who finally agreed to refund the transaction. Ended up buying the new 13 from the Apple shop anyway after dealing with this headache for a few days.
I've also heard that it's not safe to buy PS5 games from Amazon anymore. What happens is people buy a game and when it reaches them, they open it, take the disc out, put in a useless old CD rom in it and return it to Amazon. Amazon doesn't check the item being returned and just put it back on their warehouse shelf. The next guy who orders that game gets a dud. The game is also shrink wrapped when the next person gets it, so either a) the original buyer shrink wraps the useless disc while returning it and Amazon is just being negligent or b) the buyer doesn't shrink wrap it and instead Amazon does, which makes them a malicious participant in this whole mess.
Really sad that I can't even trust Amazon anymore for stuff.
I'd say It Takes Two has been the game that gave me the most joy this year. I played Monster Hunter Rise on the Switch for 100 hours but honestly, that game was disappointing. It shipped incomplete, Capcom patched it twice to finish the game and then their post launch support has been abysmal (bordering on nonexistant). Good game but the way they've handled it after release is tragic. Not that different from Animal Crossing in that regard.
I finished Deathloop yesterday and it's a good (but not very good) game. The roguelike structure hurts the game immensely from both a narrative and gameplay standpoint. Still not sure why they chose this approach because I don't think it would be substantially less work than just making a traditional linear game, and it doesn't do anything to make publishers happy (no real recurring engagement or continuous monetization).
I mean, it says GOTY, not BGRTY.
I played it in 2021, so it will (most likely) be my 2021 GOTY.
Out of the few I have played, Chernobylite.
As usual I'm light on this years releases played. I think it would be Dorfromantik no matter how many of this years games I played as its so good. A real pick it up, put it down, pick it up again relaxing time.
I don’t know. My go to reply is Psychonauts 2, but it’s far more Writing Of The Year than anything. Gameplay is serviceable, at best.
Not counting Nioh 2 because it was my GOTY 2020 already and Echoes of the Eye because it is dlc, my goty so far is:
Golf Club Wasteland
That sucks, "How do i find that slight hint that gets me going again without getting to know anything else about the game i didn't know already?" is not a fun premise, unless you have a friend who watched your playthrough or something. I beat it so i guess you could ask a question but i'm going back in today to figure out what i managed to skip (i think) so i don't have a complete picture myself yet.
Last edited:
OP
Windows 11 & 10: Benchmarks zum VBS-Leistungsverlust inkl. HVCI
UL Benchmarks weist Anwender von 3DMark, PCMark und Co. auf Leistungsverluste in Windows 11 in Folge von Virtual-based Security (VBS) hin.
www.computerbase.de
They posted an update and apparently the performance losses are smaller with the build 22000 that we'll be getting, initially they tested with 22463 which is part of the branch/update releasing next year.
I'm in a bit of a pickle myself. The two games I'm playing these days don't really do it for me. Octopath Traveler is obnoxiously slow and long, and AI The Somnium Files, as usual for a VN, oscillates between gently boring and 'oh shit, it's happening'.
Do I dare add another one to spice things up at the risk of dropping one or more games ? Decisions, decisions.
-
Gizmo changed their name and closed their account ?
Sad news of the day
Do I dare add another one to spice things up at the risk of dropping one or more games ? Decisions, decisions.
-
Gizmo changed their name and closed their account ?
Sad news of the day
Last edited:
I guess Epic has to manually release stuff still, game doesn't even have an EGS page.
Valkyria Chronicles 4. I know this game was released years ago, but Epic's money hatting, high GPU prices and big publishers being dicks turned me into a very patient gamer
Didn't Epic just announce that they finally had automated tools for devs, though?
Yeah, but it's in beta and Epic still need to accept or reject games. So I guess noone is accepting games during the weekend?
Epic could still have accepted and published the page for it before the weekend though.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 is fantastic!Valkyria Chronicles 4. I know this game was released years ago, but Epic's money hatting, high GPU prices and big publishers being dicks turned me into a very patient gamer
Good PC port too. And they added in all the DLC if you buy it now.
How is this compared to 2018? Just more of the same but flashier?
I'd say other way around for me
I'm playing LiS 3 just now and that is fighting strong for 3rd place
Although best game I've played this year that wasn't a 2021 release? Silent Hill 2
Never played the other one so can't comment compared to that (paging Aaron D. ) but i like this one a fair bit. Quite repetitive at times but thats the nature of these sim games i guess. They are soothing.
Personally, if a game is boring you and has become a chore to play, drop it. There is no value in wasting your time in playing something you aren't enjoying.I'm in a bit of a pickle myself. The two games I'm playing these days don't really do it for me. Octopath Traveler is obnoxiously slow and long, and AI The Somnium Files, as usual for a VN, oscillates between gently boring and 'oh shit, it's happening'.
Do I dare add another one to spice things up at the risk of dropping one or more games ? Decisions, decisions.
-
Gizmo changed their name and closed their account ?
Sad news of the day
- Status