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World War Mammories posted:some idiot new guy in the writer's room brought this up and todd immediately devoured him in a single gulp. he didn't even have time to scream before being crushed by the nuclear bezoars in todd's crop which is all the impressive because todd howard is tiny. A literal bosmer. 1stGear posted:They didn't have that gun to stick to during FO4's development because that wasn't something the writing team actually thought of at the time. It was something that dumbass brought up now because he has terminal nerd-brain and he wanted to capitalize on his IP being in the zeitgeist. No, they thought that pre-war americans being thrown off into what remains of america was a novel hook. Initially the wife was going to be a soldier as well.
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what happened with tarkov?
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Apr 27, 2024 16:00
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lol 250 bucks
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Apr 27, 2024 16:04
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ScootsMcSkirt posted:what happened with tarkov? They released a pve mode and more p2w stuff in a new bundle that is $250. I think that is on top of the $130 for the EoD bundle. Then they said they heard the community so they are giving EoD buyers 6 months of access to the PvE mode and 6 months of expiediated matchmaking.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:07
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ScootsMcSkirt posted:what happened with tarkov? we escaped from it
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Apr 27, 2024 16:07
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lumpentroll posted:lol 250 bucks lol wtf
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Apr 27, 2024 16:07
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Tankbuster posted:No, they thought that pre-war americans being thrown off into what remains of america was a novel hook. Initially the wife was going to be a soldier as well. I meant the "Male PC was actually in the Fallout 1 intro!!!!!" nonsense. I highly doubt it was something the writing team thought of during FO4's development because its the exact kind of dumb self-feeding ~*canon*~ bullshit that has infested all nerd media that someone would think up retroactively to seem cool. An IP isn't worthwhile if it doesn't all connect to the same five characters and events after all.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:10
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The Virgin Bethesda Developer: Durrr akshully the FO4 male character was in the FO1 intro and also his uncle was the original Vault Dweller's ancestor and his clone was the main PC in Fallout Brotherhood of Steel and they were all named Skywalker!!!!! The Chad Obsidian Developer: I do not care if future properties consider Fallout New Vegas canon, my work was my work and I stand by it.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:12
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Tankbuster posted:which is all the impressive because todd howard is tiny. A literal bosmer. todd can do this because he understands CHIM (consuming haters in mouth) Mr Hootington posted:They released a pve mode and more p2w stuff in a new bundle that is $250. I think that is on top of the $130 for the EoD bundle. lmao amazing
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Apr 27, 2024 16:14
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The other thing that annoys me is that New Vegas explicitly gives players the option to weave together an endgame path that rejects both the Legion and the NCR - there's no need to go to the mat for the latter unless you're unwilling to do the work.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:19
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Mr Hootington posted:They released a pve mode and more p2w stuff in a new bundle that is $250. I think that is on top of the $130 for the EoD bundle. lol drat
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Apr 27, 2024 16:21
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I have purchased encased a game I do not remember adding to my wishlist but hell I’ll play what sounds like fallout plus gothic for $3.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:22
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I unlocked a spell in Arx Fatalis where you summon a demon, but the spell description warns you that demons are unpredictable. I was going through a temple to an old Lovecraftian god and found an ancient sorcerer's chambers, like the guy had been alive for centuries before this world's sun burnt out. I tried looting his treasure chest but this summoned him in lich form, and he was super strong. I had the "summon demon" spell pre-cast so I figured what the hell, fight fire with fire. After a huge full-screen visual effect my spell dissipates to reveal...a chicken. And not, like, Ultra Mega Chicken either, just a regular-rear end chicken. So the lich proceeds to cast a paralytic spell on me and then kills me instantly. Game owns.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:22
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I unlocked a spell in Arx Fatalis where you summon a demon, but the spell description warns you that demons are unpredictable. I was going through a temple to an old Lovecraftian god and found an ancient sorcerer's chambers, like the guy had been alive for centuries before this world's sun burnt out. I tried looting his treasure chest but this summoned him in lich form, and he was super strong. I had the "summon demon" spell pre-cast so I figured what the hell, fight fire with fire. After a huge full-screen visual effect my spell dissipates to reveal...a chicken. And not, like, Ultra Mega Chicken either, just a regular-rear end chicken. So the lich proceeds to cast a paralytic spell on me and then kills me instantly. Game owns. lol I gotta try it again. It's been forever
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Apr 27, 2024 16:24
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gradenko_2000 posted:The other thing that annoys me is that New Vegas explicitly gives players the option to weave together an endgame path that rejects both the Legion and the NCR - there's no need to go to the mat for the latter unless you're unwilling to do the work. see, I just follow the CPSU's take that you have to support the most progressive faction in a lawless area. (NCR has by far the most content too).
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Apr 27, 2024 16:24
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not blowing up the Brotherhood Mojave chapter in an NCR path is deliberately one of the most annoying and bullshit quests in the entire game and most of the time the gag with the NCR side quests is that you don't end up accomplishing much of anything. Content wise the Yes Man and House paths are variants of the NCR path, those definitely could have used the extra 6 months.
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Apr 27, 2024 16:33
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you should’ve been able to put the kings in charge
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Apr 27, 2024 16:38
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Tankbuster posted:which is all the impressive because todd howard is tiny. A literal bosmer. it's a well-documented fact that todd howard is able to unhinge his jaw like a snake to swallow a man whole
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Apr 27, 2024 16:43
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I unlocked a spell in Arx Fatalis where you summon a demon, but the spell description warns you that demons are unpredictable. I was going through a temple to an old Lovecraftian god and found an ancient sorcerer's chambers, like the guy had been alive for centuries before this world's sun burnt out. I tried looting his treasure chest but this summoned him in lich form, and he was super strong. I had the "summon demon" spell pre-cast so I figured what the hell, fight fire with fire. After a huge full-screen visual effect my spell dissipates to reveal...a chicken. And not, like, Ultra Mega Chicken either, just a regular-rear end chicken. So the lich proceeds to cast a paralytic spell on me and then kills me instantly. Game owns. the main guy voice makes him sound so plain it kinda owns, just a regular guy going through hell, there was some mod happening that was going to rehaul the entire lighting but i dunno if it ever was finished or not
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Apr 27, 2024 16:45
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Augus posted:it's a well-documented fact that todd howard is able to unhinge his jaw like a snake to swallow a man whole snakes can unhinge their jaws like todd howard
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Apr 27, 2024 16:56
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Why would I pay $250 for a Tarkov PVE mode when I could instead buy Orb of Creation 50 times
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Apr 27, 2024 17:29
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RandolphCarter posted:I have purchased encased a game I do not remember adding to my wishlist but hell I’ll play what sounds like fallout plus gothic for $3. It’s really good but act 3 is unfinished and thanks to the Ukraine war will probably never be (Ukrainian publisher and Russian devs).
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Apr 27, 2024 18:13
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MonsieurChoc posted:It’s really good but act 3 is unfinished and thanks to the Ukraine war will probably never be (Ukrainian publisher and Russian devs). Well, I can see one solution for this
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Apr 27, 2024 18:20
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Beta version of Orb of Creation seems more slow-paced than stable branch. And surprisingly different. Took me a long time to get out of the Magic tab because I didn't realize you have to specifically upgrade your Output level in this version lol. Got through Psi and Spark discovery and am now on Space. Leaning to orb all over again
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Apr 27, 2024 18:54
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is Manor Lords worth it in EA as a chill city building game? I spent most of the past two weeks playing the poo poo out of ULTRAKILL and I'm in the mood for something more calming.
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Apr 27, 2024 18:55
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loquacius posted:Beta version of Orb of Creation seems more slow-paced than stable branch. And surprisingly different. Took me a long time to get out of the Magic tab because I didn't realize you have to specifically upgrade your Output level in this version lol. Got through Psi and Spark discovery and am now on Space. it's slower early on, but the way the mechanics are set up means you can get multiple hours of progress in 10 seconds if you combine them right. There's also multiple paths to take with the upgrades, so you can actually have some pretty different builds. I quite like it compared to the previous version.
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Apr 27, 2024 18:57
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i bounced off Orb when i got to the point where my progress was bottlenecked by my lack of patience for babysitting four different spellbooks' cooldowns. do any of the upgrade paths let you neglect the spellbook mechanics in favor of just continuous building?
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Apr 27, 2024 19:08
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I'm unsure, but Arcane is a type of spell that is kind of universal, it boosts everything. Probably wouldn't be as efficient as constantly switching, but it would let you focus hard on just one set of spells.
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Apr 27, 2024 19:14
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stumblebum posted:i bounced off Orb when i got to the point where my progress was bottlenecked by my lack of patience for babysitting four different spellbooks' cooldowns. do any of the upgrade paths let you neglect the spellbook mechanics in favor of just continuous building? I did this in Stable for a while (by focusing on balancing my plus-minuses on everything and rarely casting an actual spell) but I do not as yet know if beta allows you to do similar
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Apr 27, 2024 19:28
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video games?
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Apr 27, 2024 19:35
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Halser posted:is Manor Lords worth it in EA as a chill city building game? I spent most of the past two weeks playing the poo poo out of ULTRAKILL and I'm in the mood for something more calming. it is very chill if you play the no-combat mode, since you are gated by random chance of new people appearing you have lots of time to just take in the pretty lives of the tiny poeple
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Apr 27, 2024 19:44
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Goa Tse-tung posted:it is very chill if you play the no-combat mode, since you are gated by random chance of new people appearing you have lots of time to just take in the pretty lives of the tiny poeple I might play with the combat on, depends on how much of it there is. I'm traumatized by Kenshi's base building system where placing a single shack causes an endless horde of bandits to attempts to plunder every plank of wood you put up
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Apr 27, 2024 19:52
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Anime Schoolgirl posted:people crying that the fallout 4 protag was "turned" into a war criminal is pretty loving lol when fallout 3 is basically the least subtle of the fallout games about US troops being drugged up war criminals Operation Anchorage sucked but it was fun that even in an in-universe propaganda brainwashing simulator the US Army is high on basically meth and executing prisoners lol 1stGear posted:I meant the "Male PC was actually in the Fallout 1 intro!!!!!" nonsense. I highly doubt it was something the writing team thought of during FO4's development because its the exact kind of dumb self-feeding ~*canon*~ bullshit that has infested all nerd media that someone would think up retroactively to seem cool. An IP isn't worthwhile if it doesn't all connect to the same five characters and events after all. 1stGear posted:The Virgin Bethesda Developer: Durrr akshully the FO4 male character was in the FO1 intro and also his uncle was the original Vault Dweller's ancestor and his clone was the main PC in Fallout Brotherhood of Steel and they were all named Skywalker!!!!! It's just a dumb tweet lol. Jesus
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Apr 27, 2024 20:16
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you have to understand. They don't understand the gen x anticapitalism man!
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Apr 27, 2024 20:17
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The same post but about Marcus, Rose of Sharon Cassidy, the Enclave remnants
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Apr 27, 2024 20:22
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Halser posted:I might play with the combat on, depends on how much of it there is. I play with it on and it isn't that big of a hindrance as long as you prep for it. You get like a year's heads up on bandit raids and can set the AI lord to be "reactive" (I.e. will not press claims against you and will fight defensively)
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Apr 27, 2024 20:28
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Honest Thief posted:the main guy voice makes him sound so plain it kinda owns, just a regular guy going through hell, there was some mod happening that was going to rehaul the entire lighting but i dunno if it ever was finished or not I gotta assume it's intentional based on what you learn about the protag later on in the game. Plus some of his line deliveries are just a Walken impression and the voice acting/direction for just about everyone else in the game is good. They got Stephen Russell to voice some random guy in the tavern so they weren't hurting for talent. Idk if Arx Libertatis makes any big lighting changes other than (maybe) some minor bloom, but I think the lighting and the visuals in general aged really well.
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Apr 27, 2024 21:22
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Did a bit of Wasteland today, mostly wandering around New Old Las Vegas. Our heroes were last seen in Needles, having just returned the One True Bloodstaff (TM) to its rightful (?) owner, and reaped the reward of, among other things, an engine suitable for their broken down jeep. We headed back to the garage, handed over $100 which, even in 1980s dollars (or I guess 2087 dollars) is pretty good for a full engine replacement even if we're providing the parts. And then we're off to Las Vegas in our completely functional jeep... ...which gets stolen the instant we arrive, lol. Las Vegas is big but it has similar features to the other major Wasteland settlements, such as completely featureless abandoned buildings, a library, a hospital, a lot of random fights, A chat with a fellow who's squatting in an abandoned building educates us on the basic power structure here, two gang bosses called Fat Freddie and Faran Brygo (lmao I never got this when I was a kid), as well as a branch of the Servants of the Mushroom Cloud led by Priestess Charmaine. The man of the hour is Max, who's gone missing. Oh, and there are killer robots all over the place. (This last bit is not really a state secret as we've already fought three or four groups of them while walking one block). The killer robots are no joke, compared to the thugs and jerks we've been fighting up to now. We've all got assault rifles now and they're *mostly* effective but these things can take a lot of punishment and really dish it out too, and that's not even counting the more powerful variants. We do have a nice assortment of rockets (though they're a pain to use) and we're finding more in treasure drops here, but mostly it's just got really grindy. Still, nothing we can't handle. No I haven't fought the Scorpitron yet. We do pick up our third (and for now last) npc, a prisoner held in Fat Freddy's jail by the name of Covenant. Since there's no place to buy or sell equipment in Vegas somehow, we pop over to the Darwin Village settlement to stock up on supplies. Though there's a bit of a membership policy issue at the Black Market:  They don't like our answer. Wait, I think I've got it this time  For some reason this makes them angry. Still, they're perfectly happy to sell to us once the guards are dead. So I've now got everyone kitted out with good armor and plenty of ammo, so we head back to Vegas and hit up the casino. I've got a high luck character with some gambling skills but I still lose a lot. Could grind a bunch to level up her skill but I'm not exactly lacking for funds and there are other ways to powerlevel if I'm so inclined. Besides, I'm here for two things. 1) An intro to the big boss Faran Brygo, which we secure from Crumb, the local manager. 2) A fight with some guards which gets us a laser pistol. When I was a kid, I would often drag the entire casino into the fight and massacre and loot everyone, but that's a lot of effort to go to. Besides, there will be plenty of ridiculous fighting soon.
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Apr 27, 2024 21:51
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Halser posted:I might play with the combat on, depends on how much of it there is. The best way to make a base in Kenshi is to get the fishing and tent mods. You can set up a lot without triggering nearby factions. 
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alarumklok posted:video games? boring, bad controls
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