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chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

Wait poo poo, do those monthly loot crate services actually use a rarity system for what they send so that people can get all excited if they get the coveted orange chest rather than the standard gray with a moldy slice of bread in it?

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oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

an actual dog posted:

and amiibo are cool but there's literally nothing they've unlocked that's worth a drat lol

yeah let me play through animal crossing: amiibo festival as NOT tommy and timmy. come on

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

chumbler posted:

Wait poo poo, do those monthly loot crate services actually use a rarity system for what they send so that people can get all excited if they get the coveted orange chest rather than the standard gray with a moldy slice of bread in it?
a lot of them put rare items in a small number of boxes each month yeah, lmao

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

an actual dog posted:

the switch owns bro

and amiibo are cool but there's literally nothing they've unlocked that's worth a drat lol. The only exception was the co-op mode for Shovel Knight but they've reversed that decision.

The switch is cool but I already miss the second screen...

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

chumbler posted:

Wait poo poo, do those monthly loot crate services actually use a rarity system for what they send so that people can get all excited if they get the coveted orange chest rather than the standard gray with a moldy slice of bread in it?

From what I've seen some will sometimes send a rarer or more expensive varient of a few of the items to some of the people. In those cases even the more expensive items are usually still the dumb crap you get in those things though.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007


how many cows did they have to kill to make the XXXL deadpool jacket

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

homeless snail posted:


how many cows did they have to kill to make the XXXL deadpool jacket

All

There's no more milk, I'm sorry. I hope you enjoyed it while it was around.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

good. milk is bad

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

an actual dog posted:

the switch owns bro

and amiibo are cool but there's literally nothing they've unlocked that's worth a drat lol. The only exception was the co-op mode for Shovel Knight but they've reversed that decision.

I stand by my :lol:

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Ometeotl posted:

Loot boxes suck but they don't hit the legal definition of gambling.

Legal no. Reasonable, yeah.

They're like pachinko. Its not strictly what everybody thinks of as gambling but at the end of the day...

Somebody said "they're like magic cards which aren't gambling" but you know, magic cards basically are gambling. Lets get real. I really prefer the FFG card expansions model to booster packs.

Hearthstone is gambling where you can't cash out, you can only buy in more. At least with magic cards you can cash out.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

homeless snail posted:

good. milk is bad

+2 Renegade

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
There are websites that sell loot boxes of random game keys. That's some next level poo poo.

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.
I'm a moron, I was having one hell of a hard time killing stronger machines in Horizon until I realized I was still using the starter bow with whatever upgrades I had on hand. One trip to the merchant and a purple bow later now I Am Become Death. Managed to clean the Corrupted Area with two Rockbreakers :D

nachos posted:

There are websites that sell loot boxes of random game keys. That's some next level poo poo.

I bought the Square Enix lootbox once...it was garbage. :(

Ended up giving almost all keys to other goons.

goferchan
Feb 8, 2004

It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

This makes me sad, Swery is a good boy and the game looks awesome. Wish I had a cool million to drop on it. If y'all are on Instagram you should find him and follow him because all he does is post pictures of him day-drinking with other game devs and eating incredible looking food

edit: and always refers to himself as the "drinKING" lol

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Remember when Notch wanted to use his pre-Microsoft Minecraft money to fund Psychonauts 2 but then realised how expensive game development was?

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009
Hahaha, I was skimming through old stream stuff I did and apparently at some point FactsAreUseless showed up in one of my streams to check it out. Idk why but it makes me chuckle looking back at older stuff I've done and seeing people I recognize.

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

TF2 HAT MINING RIG posted:

Remember when Notch wanted to use his pre-Microsoft Minecraft money to fund Psychonauts 2 but then realised how expensive game development was?

Star Citizen is beginning to deny all refunds as it starts to become time to pay off their payday loan.

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

oddium posted:

sweden is paradox games who have their own dlc fiasco right now

what did they do

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

babypolis posted:

what did they do

I'm fed up with how much dlc they put out, how little it positively affects the games the make, often how much it negatively affects them, and they've effectively abandoned HOI4 completely. Their first dlc for that was freaking unique national idea trees and that was it, for like 6 countries. You can find a new awesome total overhaul mod on the workshop like every 2 week's that's more robust and interesting than any tweaks they've made since release over a year ago

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



I remember calling out that National Focus DLC in the HOI4 thread as overcharging for a couple of text files and got told that I didn't understand how much work went into game balance and historical research?

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I remember calling out that National Focus DLC in the HOI4 thread as overcharging for a couple of text files and got told that I didn't understand how much work went into game balance and historical research?

Paradox posters are insane, including myself

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
it's ok, they're just busy adding a bunch of text files to stellaris instead of fixing the gameplay. i'm sure they'll get back to doing that for hoi4 someday soon

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Victoria III when

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
Anyway, I don't care about any of that because Raiden V is on PC and I'm gonna play it

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

stellaris is a big disappointment imo, it would be a pretty cool game if it were Done

there's a sick star trek total conversion for it though

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

speaking of sick though, the ivalice raid in FF14 :wth:

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Endless Space 2 felt like it was on the cusp of greatness in the space empire 4X genre but I only put like ten hours into it, I should probably go back

al-azad
May 28, 2009



CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I remember calling out that National Focus DLC in the HOI4 thread as overcharging for a couple of text files and got told that I didn't understand how much work went into game balance and historical research?

I mean, both those statements are true but like with Bethesda's early content you have basement dwellers putting out better content in a fraction of the time.

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

homeless snail posted:

speaking of sick though, the ivalice raid in FF14 :wth:

poo poo do I need to resub?

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Endless Space 2 felt like it was on the cusp of greatness in the space empire 4X genre but I only put like ten hours into it, I should probably go back

I liked it but it doesnt have much replayability because of really dumb AI

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


My roommate left his N64 along with Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask and said I could sell them if I wanted, and I figured I could sell the whole bundle for maybe $75.

I went to clean everything and remove the old price stickers. In the process of removing the NOT FOR RESALE DEMO GAME ONLY stick on Majora's Mask, I tore a little off the back Nintendo sticker. I went to Ebay to see how much I should list them for.

And my heart sank.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

Zaphod42 posted:

poo poo do I need to resub?
there are hella bangaa in it and they namedrop ashley riot

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!


that's not terrible for a first attempt i guess

al-azad
May 28, 2009



Josh Lyman posted:

My roommate left his N64 along with Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask and said I could sell them if I wanted, and I figured I could sell the whole bundle for maybe $75.

I went to clean everything and remove the old price stickers. In the process of removing the NOT FOR RESALE DEMO GAME ONLY stick on Majora's Mask, I tore a little off the back Nintendo sticker. I went to Ebay to see how much I should list them for.

And my heart sank.



The reproduction/custom case are bullshit. Nobody actually paid a grand or more for those. Still, it's worth ~$100 or so but I would test it first to make sure you get the demo window and your friend didn't get a regular copy of Majora's Mask that someone stuck a fake sticker on.

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

al-azad posted:

The reproduction/custom case are bullshit. Nobody actually paid a grand or more for those. Still, it's worth ~$100 or so but I would test it first to make sure you get the demo window and your friend didn't get a regular copy of Majora's Mask that someone stuck a fake sticker on.

Is there like some actual difference in the game or is this just collectors being weird?

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


al-azad posted:

The reproduction/custom case are bullshit. Nobody actually paid a grand or more for those. Still, it's worth ~$100 or so but I would test it first to make sure you get the demo window and your friend didn't get a regular copy of Majora's Mask that someone stuck a fake sticker on.
I had to Google what screen you're taking about. It doesn't show up because I have the gold cartridge, so I guess I have even less reason to be regretful.

Red Bones
Aug 9, 2012

"I think he's a bad enough person to stay ghost through his sheer love of child-killing."

I've been playing a lot of EU4 and Stellaris recently and it just makes me want a mapgame-ish game that's more internally focused, like an EU4 that functions as a country-scale simcity or something like that. If I don't feel like conquering and murdering my neighbours then there's not an awful lot to do. Stellaris is better at this, but I miss the history flavour.

CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER
The guys behind Star Control 1 and 2 are apparently making a sequel. Here's to hoping it's good1

Grouchio
Aug 31, 2014

The end of the first act of Danganronpa V3 was the most brutal, soul-rendering thing I have witnessed in video games period.

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corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVJlyTmKVW8

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