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So far in ED on PC I've been scouting the tutorial map, picking off enemies when I can, picking up anything that isn't nailed down, getting a few level ups, getting owned when facing things that are too big for me and not getting much done and it owns. Great game and greatest horse. Love how seamless it is, almost no loading times at all and I'm not getting any stutter at 1080p.
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Feb 28, 2022 21:55
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Elden ring and Sifu are two of the best games I've ever played and they released within weeks of each other You love to see it
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Feb 28, 2022 22:01
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abigserve posted:Elden ring and Sifu are two of the best games I've ever played and they released within weeks of each other I checked Steam and Sifu isn't on it so this is an obvious lie.
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Feb 28, 2022 22:08
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Manager Hoyden posted:Popular thing is good actually That's literally against the spirit of this thread. It's for us one out of ten dentists that don't recommend Colgate.
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Feb 28, 2022 22:08
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This is the GBS Video Game Chat Thread. The title is vestigial but does make for a good prompt.
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Feb 28, 2022 22:10
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Capital Letdown posted:I’ve seen people complain about Elden Ring having pointless wandering and being unclear - but right out of the gates it’s like “go to this castle and fight this guy”, and then your map shows a big yellow line between save points and where you’re supposed to. yeah and then you go attempt to fight that guy and you get your dick smashed. it's a nonlinear game, you're supposed to find some way to get stronger (which could be as simple as "grind the fight for hours on end until you manage to land 1000 wet noodle hits before exhausting your very shallow sippy cup") and then come back and try again. which i'm not really super on board with but whatever, i guess more wandering around might uncover something.
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Feb 28, 2022 22:28
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AcidCat posted:Got a chance to play Elden Ring this weekend at sunk almost five hours into it, I doubt I will play much more. I really don't know what people see in this game, it looks like poo poo, combat is slow and clunky, the whole vibe is dour and depressing, and it feels totally pointless. Oh, go just wander aimlessly and maybe find a cave with some weirdos in it. Pick up a bunch of random poo poo you may someday have a use for. Take frequent breaks to google stuff the game doesn't explain. Feels very much like a low budget niche game from yesteryear. No thanks. Yeah I watched a friend stream and just mailed my copy back unopened. Maybe I'll try it again for $20 or on Gamepass or something.
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Feb 28, 2022 22:36
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Sapozhnik posted:yeah and then you go attempt to fight that guy and you get your dick smashed. it's a nonlinear game, you're supposed to find some way to get stronger . Yeah I followed where the game points you and very soon came to a point I clearly wasn't ready for. Cue a couple hours wandering around, farming trash mobs to level up, getting killed by random high powered enemies. Compelling stuff.
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Feb 28, 2022 22:42
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Craven nerds self owning trying to poo poo on one of the best games ever made is the best part of souls games.
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Mar 1, 2022 00:27
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Vic posted:Craven nerds self owning trying to poo poo on one of the best games ever made is the best part of souls games. I haven’t played elden ring Let me be clear, I played dark souls so I played elden ring but I haven’t played elden ring
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Mar 1, 2022 00:33
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Waltzing Along posted:Elden Ring is the covid of video games. You have a ton of people who decided very early on that covid wasn't a big deal and so spent the next couple years self-owning. With Elden Ring, you have a bunch of people who decided it was great before it even released and can't back down now so are Stockholm Syndroming themselves through a 100 hour, last gen, subpar, open world game. I rather enjoyed the last generation of games so I don't see how 'last gen' is supposed to be some kind of an insult. 
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Mar 1, 2022 00:35
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tripwood posted:So far in ED on PC I've been scouting the tutorial map, picking off enemies when I can, picking up anything that isn't nailed down, getting a few level ups, getting owned when facing things that are too big for me and not getting much done and it owns. Great game and greatest horse. Lucky. Wish it performed that well on my PC, which can run a game like Metro Exodus with everything maxed at high framerates but Elden Ring is a frustrating stuttering mess for me. No joke it's borderline unplayable. Too many times have I tried to dodge an attack only for the game to poo poo itself and stutter heavily for a few seconds, only to see the "You Died" screen before I can even parse what the gently caress just happened. Getting fairly regular crashes too. The game itself seems fun if somewhat bland and uninspired but I'm on the verge of just shelving the game until From Soft fix it.
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Mar 1, 2022 00:53
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is pepsi ok posted:Lmao you haven't played much if you think Geralt is supposed to be a serious badass and not a guy who takes himself way too seriously. Like his friends are constantly mocking him for this and the world doesn't treat him like the badass he thinks he is. No they're correct, the main character is basically a male power fantasy given pixel flesh. Geralt's backstory is even "Witchers are badass, and Geralt is the witcherest witcher who ever witchered." The occasional NPC saying a bigoted comment and Geralt's friends ribbing him sometimes do not change the fact that you are playing a veiny monster-killing badass who spends a quarter of his time slamming rear end across Not Poland
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Mar 1, 2022 01:29
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He's a whiny man child who got killed by a rando with a pitchfork.
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Mar 1, 2022 01:36
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QuarkJets posted:No they're correct, the main character is basically a male power fantasy given pixel flesh. Geralt's backstory is even "Witchers are badass, and Geralt is the witcherest witcher who ever witchered." his conversations with Dandelion cleverly deconstruct this. Maybe Dandelion is actually the real hero.
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Mar 1, 2022 01:53
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Gentle Autist posted:the opening scene of a long haired super serious pretty boy who you are supposed to think of as a badass in the bath really set the whole tone nobody is pretending otherwise
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Mar 1, 2022 02:02
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roomtone posted:nobody is pretending otherwise nice
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Mar 1, 2022 02:51
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the witches or whatever all have their tits hanging out all over the place too i liked that younger witcher trainee or whatever, she seemed like a legit character, but because i am a miserable poo poo her face makeup - ie, perfect model level makeup all the time - annoyed me it’s almost like this fantasy game made purely for entertainment is unrealistic
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Mar 1, 2022 02:56
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tripwood posted:So far in ED on PC Elden Dong
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Mar 1, 2022 03:08
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Are there NPCs I can harass in Dark Souls 4? The world does look cool but Dark Souls 1 got mad at me for hitting some shiny knight guy that was just sitting there and he always remembered I hit him and ruined the game. Compare this to RDR 2 where I can shoot a shop keeper so much that his head explodes off and he's back to work the next day with some bandages and surly but ready to sell me candy and cigars.
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Mar 1, 2022 03:12
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The Witcher series is unabashedly male fantasy for all of its incarnations, with the one detail that the protag has an actual personality instead of just being a Mary Sue. I don't think anyone has ever argued otherwise, and besides it actually has a female following so there must be something in there beyond male chauvinism. Let people enjoy the Witcher, if anything go chase after ARPGs, MOBAs, and the entire Mobile Games market.
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Mar 1, 2022 03:14
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Geralt isn't a male chauvinist per se, he's a power fantasy for sure but is basically just serious about killing monsters and being a good dad
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Mar 1, 2022 03:22
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Whats wrong with a little male fantasy, it IS a fantasy game after all
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Mar 1, 2022 03:25
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I don't think anyone is saying that it's a bad thing 
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Mar 1, 2022 03:32
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Mr. Fortitude posted:The game itself seems fun if somewhat bland and uninspired but I'm on the verge of just shelving the game until From Soft fix it. You should. And then pick up Conan Exiles. It's got all your open world stamina action, except it's fun and you can worship a giant snake.
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Mar 1, 2022 03:35
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Trollologist posted:You should. And then pick up Conan Exiles. It's got all your open world stamina action, except it's fun and you can worship a giant snake. Praise snake.
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Mar 1, 2022 03:41
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Vandar posted:I rather enjoyed the last generation of games so I don't see how 'last gen' is supposed to be some kind of an insult. I also fail to see a single thing that the "next gen" is doing that's different from the last gen. Or the gen before that, for that matter.
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Mar 1, 2022 03:42
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Series X let’s me suspend like 5 games at once and that owns when you’re drunk
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Mar 1, 2022 04:01
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Beastie posted:Series X let’s me suspend like 5 games at once and that owns when you’re drunk Yeah, this is the future of gaming, consoles that cater to my pathetic attention span and impatience to wait through load screens
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Mar 1, 2022 04:08
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Barudak posted:Yeah, this is the future of gaming, consoles that cater to my pathetic attention span and impatience to wait through load screens Alt + Tab has entered the chat.
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Mar 1, 2022 04:11
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alt + tab to Conan: Exiles
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Mar 1, 2022 04:15
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Is that game actually good? I love Conan but game looks like some ark bullshit
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Mar 1, 2022 04:18
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Gaius Marius posted:Is that game actually good? I love Conan but game looks like some ark bullshit It is basically ark with a little better dungeons.
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Mar 1, 2022 04:22
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Gaius Marius posted:Is that game actually good? I love Conan but game looks like some ark bullshit It's all this open world nonsense but brutal and unforgiving. Then you spend 5 hours trying to figure out color swatches on your armor and placing decorative ferns in your barbarian castle. There is a survival aspect, but the combat is solid and exploring the world pays off. Along with a slow drip narrative and world building. Conceptually, it's like Ark. Except it's actually fun to play and fight and explore.
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Mar 1, 2022 04:23
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Well the combat is solid for a sandbox game. It's Skyrim level whack-a-thon. You'll need to do a ton of mining, hauling and crafting and the world is huge and samey. You need to keep tabs on eating and drinking gauge. The UI is ARK level jank, and the devs are already working on a different game so it'll never get fixed. The only new content is new building blocks/skins. You can edit out most of the grind from the game though via options. I have 435 hours in it because I played it with a group of friends with tons of building mods on our private server. Vic fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Mar 1, 2022 |
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Mar 1, 2022 04:36
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Vic posted:Well the combat is solid for a sandbox game. It's Skyrim level whack-a-thon. Every weapon has unique motions, combos and features. There are multiple options for equipment including melee and ranged and dual wielding. You also have that oh so hot dark souls stamina combat everyone loves so much. And friendly fire is on so you can kill your companions on accident, watch out for that. Oh also your companions level up and get unique skills and abilities based on how you treat them. But sure, you could call it a Whack-a-thon.
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Mar 1, 2022 04:44
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 Elefunk Boy howdy is PSNow chock full of crappier versions of mediocre mobile games. This is a terrible bridge building game with elephants instead of cars that was slapped together in an afternoon. It starts with several unskippable warning screens about seizures and not throwing your controller at peoples heads and not turning it off while saving, and they just linger, so you have plenty of time to read each warning about 10 times over. UNSKIPPABLE. Then you go into the first level and it explains all the basic controls and functions and then it just tell you to build a bridge, so i did, i never played one of these type of things before so i have no idea what im doing, and it fails me, just says i did it wrong, do it again, ok theres only like a few pieces i can choose from so i rearrange them into something that looks right, boom, it fails me again. YOU NOT ONCE EVER EXPLAINED ONE NOTION OF HOW BUILDING THIS STUPID THING IS SUPPOSED TO WORK a tutorial is supposed to teach you how to play the game, not just say WRONG with no indication of how or why. It doesn't tell you what any of the blocks do, any basics of bridge building, nothing, and its ugly, slow, sounds terrible, physics are crap, it gave my sister the clap, rot in Hellefunk, Elefunk.
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Would you say elefunk is the dark souls of bridge building?
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elden funk
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