Twinblade

Biden should have a bigger lead but he really dropped the ball when it came to Israel and Gaza

3 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

@Twinblade I finished chapter 1. Burnhouse is pretty great, so far. I’m glad it’s more like Cat Lady and Downfall, in terms of twisted imagery. The puzzles are still kind of easy, but are more interesting than in Lorelai. 

 
The next chapter has a tricky puzzle that I thought was neat and some other messed up stuff in it.

6 minutes ago, JonDnD said:

Of aveum? Idk. I was shocked about how awful it was. I'll try it again but I don't have high hopes

nvm i thought you guys were referring to Lords of the Fallen

If they fixed the console versions then they likely fixed the PC version as well. Thats the one ill be trying.

Its a bummer because part 3 of FF7 is guaranteed to be designed with the switch 2's capabilities in mind so its probably going to be gimped in some ways.

35 minutes ago, Remij said:

It's more expensive, has worse battery life, worse ergonomics, barely performs better under the same power envelope....  and you have to use shitty Windows which isn't meant for it.

 

It's simply a worse experience overall... and you self admittedly barely even use yours.

We've had this argument a million times before so im not gonna bother, but ill correct you on the last point. I said I don't use it much because I don't care for handheld gaming devices in general anymore. But If I had to pick between one or the other right now, I would still choose the Ally.

7 hours ago, Remij said:

It's bad.

 

The product sucks in most ways.  Literally the only good thing about it is that it uses a newer APU than the Deck.  If it didn't have that, nobody would have given a single shit about it.  

Its more powerful, quieter, smaller, and lighter than the deck. The only reason you hermits bitch about it is because you have a hard on for steamOS and act like using windows on a handheld is like trying to code a game engine from scratch.

So Hellblade 2 is really just a week away from release and there's like no hype for it anywhere  

14 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

@Twinblade i really dig the look and atmosphere of burnhouse lane. i don't like save points, and not being able to have multiple ones.

  
yeah but the game is designed in such a way that being able to save anywhere could have caused some issues because of the way the levels and scenarios are designed.

I watched the original gamer nexus video and this really isn’t as bad as this video makes it sound. The guy was able to decline the $200 screen replacement for that tiny dent and ASUS proceeded with fixing the issues covered by the warranty including stuff he didn’t originally mention as an issue (like the SD card reader). He did have to jump through some hoops so ASUS’ RMA process needs some work, but it’s not the end of the world.

Goddamn  thats messed up. Especially the part where they might straight up send you the system back disassembled and not functional if you don’t go with the repair. Like wtf?

I heard good things about chants of sennar, I almost bought the pc version not too long ago 

this is a good month in general. Gonna play Hellblade 2 and try Lords of The Fallen.

Foamstars was such a mistake.

1 hour ago, -GD-X said:

Ha! So, I beat it and got the golden ending. As a sequel to Cat Lady and Downfall, it’s disappointing, since it’s not nearly as twisted as the other games, and the puzzles are super easy. However, as a stand alone title, it was great. Like I mentioned earlier, I feel like the characters had more emotional depth than in Downfall. I do think Cat Lady is the best of the three, juggling a fun story, depth, twisted shit and interesting puzzles. As the closing chapter to the trilogy, I rate this a 6.5 or 7. As a standalone game, I give it a 8. I really enjoyed it, even though it’s not tonally on par with the other two titles. 
 

edit: up next, burnhouse lane

 
In interested in your thoughts on burnhouse lane. That’s the one most fresh in my memory and I know there’s some stuff about it that some people didn’t enjoy much.

51 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

i did the chapter twice. i was the devil the first time and legitimately felt bad for it lol. like...that was a gut punch. i then redid it and was a guardian angel. man, the sense of satisfaction, with helping Al was amazing, it's funny how Al became such a memorable character to me, in such a short time frame. i think we all know someone broken like him - a good person who has done a bad thing under the influence. ironically, i went into this game wanting fucked up shit, yet that chapter (which was more emotional than anything) has been my favorite. i also think it's the dev's most mature work, with some fantastic storytelling.

Damn you're making me want to go back and replay the game.

9 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

@Twinblade  the part in lorelai where you terrorize that alcoholic. that's messed up

 
Ha yeah that part is good. You’re pretty close to the end I think.

1 hour ago, Goukosan said:

 

Wait did Ukraine invade Russia? 

 

It's telling that the Ukraine defending itself against an invasion is seen as a threat to Russia in your Kremlin eyes. 

The mental gymnastics being played in this thread to somehow justify Russia’s invasion is insane. NATO has never supported ground incursions on Russian territory, they even refused to allow their weapons to be used by Ukraine on Russian territory. But somehow Russia is facing an existential threat, despite being the ones attacking and occupying Ukrainian territory on a daily basis, while relentlessly bombing and turning the country’s cities into rubble.
 
I need to start ignoring this thread because It’s driving me crazy.

1 hour ago, David P said:

Sanctioned by the whole western world and sending arsenal to their enemy = not an existential threat for Russia. Ok, dude.

 

You pro Ukraine are delusional. NATO conducted the biggest military operation they ever did as a show a force. We're closer to WW3 than at any point since the height of the cold war. 

 

If anything, Zelensky attacking inside Russia oil refineries or cities like Belgorod is doing a service to Putin, as it convinces more Russians to join the army. The support for the war inside Russia is actually increasing. There was a massive surge of volunteers right after the terrorists attack at that theater. Any act against Russia will do just that. If you think Putin is or will lose support from its people, you're dead wrong. 

 

 

 
wtf are you talking about? Are you drunk right now? If you’re seriously still implying that Ukraine was behind the terrorist attack in Moscow, then you’re beyond help. You might as well just rename yourself to Aza 2.0

2 hours ago, David P said:

It's a war, what do you expect?

 

Meanwhile Zelensky passed a law that makes it illegal to film army recruiters and face jail time if you do. He wants or has lowered the conscription age (?) despite having a really small population of young men. ''Recruiters'' beating up Ukrainians who is trying to dodge the conscription. Making their passports abroad invalid and trying to force Ukrainians who fled other countries to come back. 

 

Sounds like it's going great, alright.

 

Meanwhile Russians are lining up to join the Russian army, starting to seeing this conflict as an existential threat for Russia. Which it is. Russian doesn't have a mobilization problem like Ukraine does.

 
WTF kind of nonsense is this? Nobody in their right mind would consider this war existential for Russia. They could withdraw their troops at any point and life in both countries would slowly return to normal. 
 
And the only reason Russia doesn’t currently have a manpower problem is because everybody in the country is poor as fuck and the kremlin is offering new recruits more money than they pay their own rocket scientists ffs. It’s unfortunate Russians are still too dumb to realize they’re buying a one way ticket and won’t even get to spend that money. But this is only a short term solution, and as more of them continue to return home in wooden crates they’ll slowly realize it’s not worth it.

Ukraine: Hosting a peace summit in Switzerland soon

Russia: Kremlin constantly goes on about how the 'special military operation' will continue, decides to once again escalate the war by opening another front in the Kharkiv region. 

Useful idiots on SW: Why doesn't Ukraine want peace like Russia!11! Stop arming them!!!1 You're all warmongers!!11

It really is impressive how out of touch people here are.

https://x.com/thelastofusnews/status/1789755329783251282?s=46&t=oeVIWK2HAOF3fT8eEJQDSg 
 

Yeah I can’t say I’m that enthusiastic about the next season of TLOU2. This just puts into perspective how Bella Ramsey just isn’t a good fit for Ellie. Especially given how more ‘weathered’ and vicious Ellie is supposed to be in TLOU2.

It was great for its time but I actually think 2 improves on it in most ways.

1 hour ago, Cooke said:

Is it time for negotiations now @Goukosan? Should have done it when Ukraine had the advantage and Putin was open to it. But now Ukraine is just going to get wiped out because of asshats like you. 

  
Christ your stupid. It’s no wonder your favorite candidate doesn’t even have a fully intact brain.

@David P I think I just unintentionally broke the balance in Star Ocean. I opened a crate that gets you 3 random items and one of them was this elite sword that raised my attack power by 1000  

thats pretty neat. this will be huge if it can be expanded for other consoles.