>>1846758 Looks too clean to be that

>>1842908 >lost odyssey Can't say >Metaphor Remarkably good 3/4ths, rushed as shit ending 1/4th and flawed endgame mechanics. Cute fairy. >Expedition 33 Apparently good all around, looks like a french Metaphor in some regards that didn't shit itself at the ending stretch. Also has cute girls, but no nerfed butts. (Thanks, Hulkenberg.)

>play round of tf2 >go heavy because team roster is dogshit >actually do well after a bit and stop their offensive momentum letting us push >get autobalanced >beat back former teammates in a few battles >win >feel bad over this That sucked worse than the times I get autobalanced as engineer.

Dead rape victim coming to a store near you

>>1851624 Can't wait to drill a hole into her pelvis!

>>1851624 There's a lot of annoying discourse bouncing around about this, from "WRONG ORGAN LITERALLY SUPPORTING SA????" to "ughhhh Mouthwashing shouldn't have had a fandom people can't be normal about fictional characters this is actually totally normal and cool". I think it's just a weird product. Why would I want an OD'd rape victim and her pills of choice between the gunpla and anime figures on my shelf ? It's not "offensive" or anything but it feels fantastically poor taste, I'm not sure what the idea was.

>>1842908 Expedition 33, if only because you can get Lost Odyssey from any ISO site and emulate it. Hell, come to think of it, Expedition 33 had a GOG release so it's super easy to pirate if you want to go that route - leaving you with Metaphor. Now I haven't played Metaphor yet, but I'd say it's a tough call between Expedition 33 and Lost Odyssey. Both are excellent games, but Lost Odyssey will feel a lot more like the classic Final Fantasy games since it's made by Mistwalker. Also, hope you like reading. The game will occasionally just drop a chapter out of a book of short stories in your lap as your character remembers more and more of their past.The stories are generally really good from what I remember, so I had no problem with them - but I could see where it would turn a lot of people off. People complain about over-done cinematics in games these days - and this one commits the same sin, only with dropping a fucking book in your lap. Gameplay wise, both are fun, but Lost Odyssey is probably the more difficult game of the two because you have to strategize your battles a bit like you would any classic RPG - whereas Expedition 33, so long as you get your Dodge and Counter timings right, then you hardly even need to bother learning the more advanced gameplay elements since almost nothing will be able to touch you.

>>1851624 >>1851664 Did... did they not make normal figurines of the characters first?

>>1851624 >suicide victim funko pop

>>1851689 There is a normal version >>1851664 Higurashi nendos exist

>>1851767 You say this as if that's supposed to mean anything to me.

>>1851624 What the fuck.

There should be more rape merch

>>1852006 Like what?

You know, I will forever find it amusing that Valve released a handheld during a time where pretty much everyone was stuck at home.

>>1853033 As time goes I associate handhelds less and less with playing videogames outside and more like playing on a different place of the house. Doesn't help most "portables" are huge bulky shit. Of course I could get one of those chink handhelds but its still annoying carrying another phone on my pockets.

>>1854137 For gaming use, they're indoors. For removal purposes, they're outdoors.

>>1854251 Purchasable home defense TF2 sentries may be in our future >>1850201 >hop on TF2 for the first time in years >play as medic >rusty as shit and die mid push I let them down...

>>1854303 >Boot up tf2 for the first time after 2 years >Play as phlog pyro >Immediately get kicked while being called a phag They let me down :(

>>1854251 I heard about the Military playing with their Deck all day but this is on another level!

>>1851624 Reminds me of the Dead Island Riptide Collector's Edition that came with a statue of a bloody bikini torso. Why would anyone want that? What would you do with it? I cannot imagine putting it up for display anywhere, so it would be just a piece of trash to hoard like an autistic dragon. This isn't about muh soggy knees, it's just pointless trash.

>>1854571 >Dead island collection I like Dead Island 1 even with all its faults. Every now and then I replay it and enjoy it, but by the end of the game I'm more than satisfied with its jankiness. That's why I never even bothered playing Riptide. >Why would anyone want that? Most "special editions" are filled with clutter that's only worth anything for reselling later on. Dead Rising 2 had two collector's editions: the "Zombrex" one that included a bunch of shit like a band aid (yes, a band aid) a ballpoint pen with blue liquid that eventually vaporizes, a brochure, a steel case, and an artbook (maybe the only two things worth it); the other one just had a zombie figurine and the game (actually worth it)

Just started this game for the first time. I had played 2 back in the day on the PS3, but I never finished it and my English wasn't good enough back then. Excited to properly jump into this universe as I can tell from the first 30 mins it's going to be great. Just had to sell my soul to the devils of EA, had I known the Steam version has this tumor, I wouldn't have bothered with the game altogether, but I got it like 2 years ago so I think I'm well past the refund window.

>>1854906 You can easily find repacks for it online. But you are in for a treat. Let me know what you think of 2 and 3 especially the ending later.

>>1854571 I would imagine horror/gore moviefags or similar media would like such a statue. Probably gurofags too.

>>1851624 Was she actually raped in the game or was it more like Jimmy didn't use a condom and lied about it? Cause I think I heard somewhere it was more of the latter but was portrayed as the former.

> Baldur's Gate 3 Finally played this game and Its pro-refugee circle jerk bothered me. Its written by people who have no knowledge of history, thinking everything will be hunky dory if we all just held hands and came together. No nuance and understanding of why refugees are shunned, it must be because everyone is a racist retard and conveniently its ok to take their homes. Better men have died in complete despair trying to solve this problem without destroying their ethics and convictions only to have some retards who have never known suffering or loss parade around and pretend that food and houses can appear out of fat air during a siege.

>>1855651 What are you talking about? There were lots of thieves/scammers) among the refugees (pretty much every child was a part of it), and they never intended to stay permanently with the druids if that's what you refer to, and the refugees were literally willing to kill the druids if necessary (and vice-versa) so its not like its some unqualified "good guys vs bad guys" situation outside of Kagha maybe (but then it turns out that Zevlor fucked the refugees over in act 2 so it evens out). BG3 had issues with being politically left-leaning (namely the amount of "diversity" and faggotry along with general ugliness that comes with modern western works that despise beauty) but this wasn't really one of them, especially when the tieflings don't have any of said "diversity" that the other humanoid races do.

>>1855651 >Played Baldurs Gate 3 There's your problem. It's not a Baldurs gate game nor a sequel, it's Original Sin 3 wrapped in a DnD skin.

>>1855743 It's not even original sin 3, there's no funny surface interactions or nonsense combos you can do, just 5e mechanics taped onto the skeleton of a Divinity game. >Fun fact: The huge amount of fire textures kills game performance which is why a bunch of mods will edit those.

>>1855038 I did try to apply the cracked exe's from gamecopyworld, but it didn't work, it launched once then crashed on the main menu, then continued to crash immediately after launch in subsequent tries. It's probably because I didn't move the game files out of Steam folders (didn't have the extra space to copy 100gb again).

>>1855731 Oh please Act 1 and Act 3 are full of nothing but >oh you have to pity these refugees >oh look, all the villains the refugees have to deal with are evil racist bigots every damn one >take the toymakers house and give it to the refugees or you wont get the necessary info to take down the villains Come on, when your main story is connected to that degree you not fooling anyone >Zevlor balances it out Zevlor was being mindraped. Why is everyone pretending he's at fault. You are facing a lesser demigod who specializes in mind manipulation on its BAD DAY. You remember that mindflayer on the beach whilst its on its knees dying it still has you fighting for your life, thats the "Bad Day" Even on that bad day he can have you carve out your own heart with a spoon. But he's not on bad day is he, no, the villain is one good day away from transitioning to a full god. Which by the way even with the "artifact" you possess is raping your mind into submission and you wanna say Zevlor is at fault because he was mindfucked at a critical moment. Said mind fuckery that puts the player on his knees multiple times and that's with our +2 protection against mind fuckery shenanigans? Every damn one of those Npcs thinking he's the scum of the earth for faltering when the story has shown multiple times you could literally be taken out of the fight at any critical moment if the villain focused on you. You remember Picrel forcing you into said cutscene? I remember picrel. You are literally in no position to judge him, out of everyone you and the villains alone have that critical info. >"diversity" that the other humanoid races do. Are you serious? Did you even talk to them and the npcs? They're clearly a allegory, everyone is racist against them because they're descended from devils they outright tell you that. But that doesnt matter when the chips are down it doesnt matter if you have the same look,blood and even religion, this world has shown time and time again when War is in air no one wants to deal with refugees. They are not the critical factor that can help you achieve victory in wartime, ONLY in peace time where you need the manpower to rebuild and sometimes not even then. >>1855743 DND already destroyed any actual hope of a BG3 continuation when they killed the original Charname see pic #3, I knew what I was getting into was a new story, but no nuance at all and bs propaganda is so disgustingly offputting. Yeah I wanna help people, doesnt mean I completely lose all common sense.

>>1859628 >you have to pity these refugees The children are literally a gang of gypsies, their leader is a coward who is fine with killing/assassinating their hosts. >Zevlor was being mindraped The influence on Zevlor was clearly largely passive and he still chose to give in to it. The fact that he as an experienced paladin couldn't be assed to do anything? Hell if anything it aligns with his actions in act 1. He acted like a total bitch despite being a qualified warrior by getting you to do all his dirty work. His interactions with you and the mercenaries in Act 1 already showed his character as a coward hiding behind a veil of pragmatism. You choose to believe Zevlor over the people who were killed by his betrayal of them, he even acknowledged his own failure. That doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong. >mind flayer on the beach Yeah, and you were also tadpoled and right next to the damn thing. Zevlor wasn't tadpoled until he was at the colony (and there was no mention of any mind flayers out and about in the world in Act 2), not to mention the tieflings were hardly worth the concern of anyone involved with the cult. >they're outright descended from devils Tieflings are not devils, and this is a clearly fictional race with fictional lore. Everyone is racist against everyone if we're using that logic. The drow and the gith are easy examples of such. This is a really dumb fucking argument you're making when you're fine with calling out the Tieflings for "diversity" as some kind of attenuated allegory, but the sheer number of black people in this game don't raise an eyebrow from you at all? Black women flaming fists, black women druids, and so on.

>>1861111 >The children are literally a gang of gypsies Yeah but theyre still children and you have to operate under the impression they don't know better, one of em is a literal retard too, not including the one that isn't a thief and is just there for his friends, and the other that breaks into tears one failed robbery and a spank later. >Tieflings are not devils, and this is a clearly fictional race with fictional lore My man, you need to read their lore, they are literally descendants of devils this is outright told to you in character creation and multiple conversations. Their blood is so diluted they no longer have the power of their ancestors. I'm not saying its nonfiction i'm saying theyre doing a shit allegory. >The influence on Zevlor was clearly largely passive and he still chose to give in to it. No it wasn't. He outright tells you the Absolute mind fucked him and if you try to tell him it was mindrape he tells you that doesnt excuse him of his actions as some little part of it must have welcomed it. Meanwhile our encounters with mind flayers shows that "little part" could just be as basic bitch as sympathy for life. So yea, I trust him he's trying to take responsibility for his actions, what he tells you aligns with information you can wrench out of his head AND the corpses that you can use speak with dead on. >experienced paladin Hes given up on his patron/oath, you see this from the items you steal or he gives you. Then its confirmed with your mind reading and his own words. He no longer has access to his powers. Also are you conveniently forgetting the main villain just needs to broadcast a message to get you vomiting and on your knees. I gave you the pic. >He acted like a total bitch What are you talking about he literally tells you he needs to maintain communication with the Druids and worst case scenario coordinate leaving the stronghold. >the mercenaries The fucking dumbass who can't scout worth shit, who leaves their allies to die and then is stupid enough to rob me in act 3 after I killed the Goblins he ran away from to abduct a powerful demigoddess with a hard-on for vengeance? You gonna take that worthless retards word? >you were also tadpoled and right next to the damn thing I swear to fuck do you even read and listen to what they tell you, Mindflayers dont need tadpoles to fuck with your mind. The tadpole is how they reproduce. >tieflings were hardly worth the concern of anyone involved with the cult You forget the resident sadist in moonrise tower that wants experimental subjects? > Everyone is racist against everyone Yeah they are, people fucking hate the drow and the gith. You didn't notice Shadowheart despising Lae'zel in act 1? The whole point is to move past racism. Did you even play this game or did you just watch the story cutscenes. Please Please tell me you're being disingenuous and trying to catch me in a gotcha or trying to see if I actually played the game, because its actually making me doubt you played this game instead and you're just defending it for free. >but the sheer number of black people in this game don't raise an eyebrow from you at all? Gee I wonder which race in-game is being used as a cudgel to beat my head over with a shit moral lesson. Black people? or the poor wittle tiefling refugees, you have to take them in, food and buildings will magically spring up and all problems solved. You should be happy to give your home to them, you're not a racist fucking bigot are you? Almost as If I don't hate black people, I hate retards and virtue signalers who have never suffered lecturing me on problems they would never know and doing a shit job of it.

Speaking of DnD (and sorry for the non/v/ talk and the blogpost), last night's session went down pretty interestingly. We set up a reunion between our characters scattered throughout mini sessions and oneshots and that served for a couple emotional and comedic moments, as well a few quarrels in which two of my characters were involved. That one got solved right there but it was such a nice thing to have characters to talk things through in a heart-to-heart moment.

>>1862578 imma just assume stoneman is a stand in for a golem and not a rideable mecha

>>1862607 Yeah, he is just a golem. Though I'll get back to you if we get rideable mechs cause that isn't quite far fetched given our GM and a handful of the players being no strangers to mecha (Hell, one of the characters has fucking Burning Finger lmao).

>>1862632 Dont make me ruin any plots you have going on, I just saw a character where stonemans head should be and assumed mech or golem

I don't know where to post this other than here. I just got promoted to Specter after 9 hours of playtime. I'm getting heavily invested in the game so far, trying to uncover everything, listen to the codex entries and converse with all the characters. Really interested in how they crafted the stories for the many species and the complex politics that follow them, give me The Expanse vibes. For now, things are nice and fresh, but I do wonder if it will get overwhelming and I get burnt out of the game eventually, I already have like 5 or 6 side missions pending, and that's with doing what felt like a dozen on the Citadel. I'm not complaining about bloat or anything (yet), just that I'm really used to playing short games on PC, very few games I play reach the 50 hours mark, but this first entry in the trilogy and I can already tell, finishing it will take a while, I am interested in the story and the universe so far, so I hope it doesn't become daunting to keep up as I play through. The map shows so many systems, the perceived scale is enormous, very well made on the devs part. Really feels like the ultimate space RPG (I say this as a non-fan of most RPGs).

>>1869922 The hell what mods are you using? Thats alot cleaner amd brighter than I remember, >I'm getting heavily invested in the game so far Don't, I've been there. Theres a reason the last game was controversial. Talk to everyone and be a completionist but thats it, Codex is where story ideas go to die. Keep your expectations they'll promise you the world and fail to deliver.

>>1870136 NTA but looks like a reshade setup.

>>1869922 Okay, yes when visiting the Citadel for the first time it can get overwhelming with side quests and the like being thrown at you. Usually for me I'll spend a session or two just to clean up side quests before moving onto the main thing. The thing for you though, is when you get back to the star map, if you want to do sidequests, choose your next major mission you want to do like rescue Liara or Noveria and then explore the 4 or 5 systems around it. It helps if you segment the galaxy and compartmentalize it so you can focus on what to do next. The side quests arn't timed by the way, so you can take it slow in clearing the map. X-57 is Bringing down the Sky DLC, that should be done later. And watch out for UNC: Geth Incursions. That is 4 missions in a single system. >>1870136 Probably a reshade for Legendary. VTMB2 is as bad as you think it is. No inventory, no guns, no melee weapons, no humanity, no skillchecks, predefined character, no blood meter, combat is melee with fists only, powers require blood feedings to use so 3 feeds to use 1 power, It's like... Imagine a Skyrim Pugalist build but the enemy can also use weapons you can't block against. You can't use guns, you can't pick up those swords and use them except by using TK to throw them. It's the most barebones combat you've ever seen.

>>1870242 When I heard the game had no stats and no inventory, I knew it was going to flop. Casuals don't give a shit about VTMB and hardcore players won't want whatever this 7th gen shit is.

>>1870136 >The hell what mods are you using? Thats alot cleaner amd brighter than I remember, No mods, just the in-game HDR. Also It's the remaster not the original release. >>1870136 >Theres a reason the last game was controversial. I am aware of that, so you can say I'll keep that in mind, should it disappoint me myself. >>1870242 Thanks for the tips, I think I will compartmentalize the galaxy map and do it as you say, had the same thought in my head roughly. I did learn that most missions can wait despite Shepard going "I'll get right to it !". I didn't necessarily get overwhelmed yet, my message was more me being worried about later in the game. Honestly, it's mostly me being just getting older I guess, like, 10 years ago, having so much contnet in a game would've been perfect, bang for the my buck and all, but nowadays I can barely go through my Steam library that I spent money on, so sometimes I overthink about gettingtoo hung up on one game, I think I bought Mass Effect 2 years ago and only now I got to it. >>1870242 >X-57 is Bringing down the Sky DLC, that should be done later. And watch out for UNC: Geth Incursions. That is 4 missions in a single system. Good to know, I'll keep that in mind.

I'll come back and post more about the game when I have something interesting to say.

>>1869922 It's a wyld ryde. The only thing that tired me out were how the "dungeons" had all the same layouts (which is justified in-game due to them being pre-fab modules).

What's going on big gays?

>>1872165 Me? I may have gotten myself art blocked after finishing a long commission, and now that block is extending all the way to every other hobby of mine. I could be writing my stories and fanfics or be playing the many vidyas I have in queue... and yet I don't feel motivated to do any of those things... I may go for a walk to ease up my mind. How about you, anon?

>>1870222 >>1870242 >>1870959 ohhhh its a remake. I was about to reinstall just to see if I went insane. >>1870959 >I'll keep that in mind As long as you do that you'd be fine. The major problem was prerelease they went on all these tours hyping it up to the sky. Once you finish you should give those videos and the game criticisms itself a look see, just so you get a feeling of the time period. Plus those criticism videos are funny. I caution you on the codex because out of all those who were disappointed theory crafters who were crawling through the codex because they were piecing together any clue they could find for the story were the one most disappointed they were also the ones that made the best videos. In fact I would argue they were the ones who made the best criticism video because they had so much material to work with. Most importantly have fun >>1870242 >No inventory, no guns, no melee weapons, no humanity, no skillchecks, predefined character, no blood meter, combat is melee with fists only, Who is this game fucking for? Genuine question you might as well have made any other vampire game why are you destroying the flagship ip? >>1872165 Reading some manga, im waiting on Crusader Kings 3 expansion. My expectations are high but then seeing as how they destroyed VTMB and reading the reviews of their last DLC suddenly I'm a lot more fearful. >>1872216 You should head to a good restaurant or an absolute abysmal one. I feel food really gets the creativity juices flowing. Sometimes with inspiration, sometimes pure spite.

>>1872555 Oh nice, what manga?

>>1872165 Basic lmaocode "how to count vowels" stuff and Calculus is kicking my ass, but I'm learning. Currently not working but I'm not sure how im going to balance Uni work and work.

>>1872783 I hope it's going well regardless

>>1872671 >Kingdom Captures the rise of the State of Qin, the unification wars, and the reign of the Tyrant King of China who managed to unify the land through politicking and alot of bloodshed, also highlights the many Strategists and Generals both enemies and allies detailing their rise and fall. Story focuses on a young peasant soldier and him climbing the ranks. If you know history you know this is just tragedy for everyone involved no one comes out of this happy. A lot of white washing done in my opinion which is weird because its clearly willing to portray war crimes. The King himself isn't really expanded on just a generic good king who wants world peace. In real life he was an Asshole king who wanted world peace but he was so much of a dick about it for 2000 years after his death its near universally agreed that he was "The Tyrant King. In recent years he's been given a more fairer assessment for his contributions like him effectively founding China proper, stopping the barbaric practices of his time like mass human sacrifice, unifying the laws, currency, language, and metrics all of which were copied and passed down through future dynasties. >The Heroic Legend of Arslan A fictional and loose loose adaptation of Persian legend of the titular Amir Arsalan. Basically its Persia/Iran vs Not Byzantine empire. Its fun enough, Since Its written by the creator of FullMetal Alchemist and I loved her previous works so I thought I'd give it a shot. Details the struggles of a young naive king who leads a rebellion to free his people whilst trying to keep his ideals. Its a part of history I would like to study up on when I have time. >Apothecary Diaries Japanese writer writing about Not China/Korea. I could have sworn it was written in Korea. A maid girl enters the imperial palace and navigates the politcs and backstabbing with her wits and knowledge in medicine using both to solve mysteries and problems. Not really impressed but thats only because i've read alot of these stories before. In fact if I remember right Korea started the entire trend with a drama called Jewel in the palace 2003. If thats your cup of tea or first time its a solid B give it a shot and then look up Jewel in the Palace which is a long ass show but good soundtrack and nostalgia for me. Plus you see the root of how these stories started.

>>1872883 >Apothecary Diaries Watch it for Maomao.

>>1874223 That Rebellion arc dragged too much. Hope it goes back to day to day chink gets poisoned of the week.

>>1874223 meh Its not really ground breaking to me, ive seen a bunch of em >>1875444 You got to spread your drama apart and stop consistently using the same one, otherwise its just saturday cartoon villians

As time went on, I was no longer able to jerk off to b/g goon content.

>>1877653 >b/g I dont know what that is, which is probably good.

>>1877863 boy/girl content (as in, just regular sex content) this applies to 2d as well, i always tend to filter -1boy nowadays

I tried an hour of Outer Worlds 2. If you thought the first game was bland, this one is that but more designed by committee.

How many games do anons here tend to play at once? I can play two before completing or dropping one. My mind can't quite appreciate more than two. Perhaps it could had I more time, but I doubt it. I like to appreciate a game not rush through it. >>1834867 >...he saw the ghosts of all his clan's dead carls gathered below. The ghosts cheered for him... I hope Barntadus was at least dressed when that happened. The inspiration by ancient religions gave the game a setting and events most fantasy fictions can't replicate. I remember the gameplay itself being fun, kind-of like an RPG but for a tribe in lieu of a single character. I remember once getting a worshipper of the trickster god – whatever his name may have been – as council chief, the gods really didn't like that one. Although, is being a dedicated worshipper of a god realistic? An historian I quite like wrote how god-worshipper relations were more on a basis of need and trade than lifelong dedication.

>>1880243 Usually 2 or 3. 2 main ones and VN or the like before sleeping. Sometime I switch between main ones when I reach a certain point. >I like to appreciate a game not rush through it. Since I dont chase trend meme games I can take my time with them.

>>1880109 Not shocking. First game could be summarized as painfully average at best. They have had no reason to course correct yet so of course the aggressive blandness continues. >>1880243 >How many games do anons here tend to play at once? Three at most. Otherwise I end up forgetting some.

The Last Sovereign had its official 1,0 release. Get it from https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/ Walkthroughs at https://thelastsovereign.miraheze.org/ The full game came out two years ago, but the author has been making small improvements and adding art that was missing from text story segments. Come with the expectation of "it's a good porn game", get one of the best-designed and well-written games ever. The main gaming gimmick is the Investments system that changes the possible outcomes of future events. Make the right investments and you will have access to choices that might provide a better outcome. Make the wrong choices and you might be corralled into a hard Game Over at the Council of Gawnfall. You can see the best outcomes if you install Cheat Engine to give yourself unlimited money to buy everything and play the game with the walkthrough open in your browser. Or you can play normally as the game was intended and watch your party struggle through difficulties. There are over 60 hours of content. Once you get started, you can expect to do nothing else for a month. You should save into a different save slot for each section of the story since you might find youself wanting to backtrack two hours to get an outcome that you want, or to replay an earlier segment of the story just to replay it.

>>1880570 I remember someone saying that this is written by a woman.

>>1877653 >>1877882 >I was no longer able to jerk off to b/g goon content. Baldur's Gate? What are you, some kind of lunati- >boy/girl content (as in, just regular sex content) Oh I see, you're a faggo- >i always tend to filter -1boy nowadays Nevermind, a man of tastes! Carry on, good sir. I will never understand people's hatred for girl-girl. Like, dude, you know what's better than seeing a girl making out? Seeing TWO girls making out. >b-but my self insert- That is the part that baffles me the most. Mi brother in Cristo, what the ever loving FUCK are you doing self inserting on a PORNO???

>>1880570 >RPGMaker Naw.

>>1880243 >How many games do anons here tend to play at once? >I can play two before completing or dropping one. My mind can't quite appreciate more than two. Perhaps it could had I more time, but I doubt it. I like to appreciate a game not rush through it. Yeah, two sounds about right, maybe three. Usually something long-running and something arcade-style that can be played in short bursts. Any more than that and it becomes a brainrot inducing ADHD dopamine overload where I would jump from one game to the next before I could ever get into one properly. Mind you, that does not mean I cannot swap out which two games I am playing though. So if I'm playing a long-running 30 hour game I can break it up with a different game, but I can change which one that second one is before I finish the first one. I hope that makes sense.

Trying out Amberland after trying the demo for 3 during Next Fest. The first game is kinda rough, enemies don't respawn which means gold is fininte. Spells expire at midnight while 3 has an auto renew for things like regeneration if you have the MP. It's a simpler blobber but I'm liking it. I've already got backstories for my characters. From left to right: >Camaline, Elven Wizard: Tagging along with the Dwarves to find rare reagents. Stays at the back and tosses spells at enemies when she feels like it. Has a healthy racism for anyone not elf outside of the group, those in the group are begrudging exceptions. >Kaelith. Human Ranger: Really likes her cloak and just walking in the forest. Hopes to one day find a bow to fulfill her sterotype but for now she only has a shortsword. Finds the Dwarves noisy but safety in numbers. >Isgard, Human Champion: A knight who won a tournament and then decided to randomly challenge other adventurers. Fought Urist to a draw and tagged along to further test her strength. Seems a little to eager to get involved in bloodshed, even moreso than a Dwarf. >Urist, Dwarf Trollslayer: Long suffering party leader. Really really hates Trolls. To the point he will run at it with only an axe and no shield. Bringing his brother Durin on adventures and somehow the other women started following him. Respects Isgard, couldn't care about the others. Has a soft spot for Nimrodel, her healing feels warm and nice but he'll never admit it for being called an "Elf Lover." >Durin, Dwarf Battlesmith: Kind of proud that he forged his own armor but the only spell he really practiced was fireball to heat up metal. Not as strong as his older brother but knows how he acts in battle, allowing him to cover him. Isgard can somehow outdrink him and has caught Seline looking at him strangely more than one. Keeps his smithing hammer on him as a hold out weapon. >Seline, Half-Elf Bard: Picks on the Dwarves, Urist gives her glares she finds funny. Durin doesn't really pay attention to her, one day he will though. Find the idea of traveling with a pair of Dwarves funny and good writing material. Is an decent singer but needs more practice with her mandolin. Uses magic to compensate which is why she uses so much mana in battle. >Nimrodel, Elven Healer: Slept for awhile and recently woke up. Seems like a few hundred years have gone by so she's catching up to speed. A klutz in a cute kind of way, even though she only heals in battle, the party including Urist know how important she is. Is jealous that Camaline gets to use a scepter while she has to use an enchanted elven blade. She doesn't even swing with it, just uses it as a channel for healing. >>1880570 Yey. I will do another playthrough of this once all the art for it is done. I'm glad Sierra managed to finish this.

>>1880622 >I will never understand people's hatred for girl-girl. Like, dude, you know what's better than seeing a girl making out? Seeing TWO girls making out. Contaminated by association to troons and the unhinged 4/u/ foids that constantly spam BBC cuckshit content.

>>1881388 I think that's more on you for using 4meme, everybody there is some variant of schizophrenic.You shouldn't let them ruin things for yourself.

>>1881394 You asked why "people" did a thing, I told you why.

I've been playing Returnal and the game has been pretty fun. Since I'm a bit late to the game however, it seems like most(online) discussion concerning the game has been about its difficulty. Was the game harder at some point? Sure, I've died several times (I'm not particularly good at games) but I've managed to finish Act 1 after 6 hours of playing. All the mods (besides skins) seem to center around making the game easier and it feels odd because it doesn't seem particularly difficult in a way that seems like BS. Was the game patched sometime in the past?

It's time for some damnation with Jackbox Party Pack 11! https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1

>>1846554 He might be able to get that Gameboy working again.

>>1877882 >-1boy Never ends up being enough for me, even adding -male and -penis doesn't guarantee I'll avoid seeing a man's dick in an image.

>>1881394 It's not a halfchan only thing I can tell you that much

>>1880570 I completely forgot about this. I think I got a decent chunk of the way through it last time before I realized I made a wrong choice and didn't have a recent save to rollback to so I stopped there. I'll have to give it another go at some point.

>>1880622 >I will never understand people's hatred for girl-girl. The only hatred I have ever seen for it is in waifu games, with a Male protag, because if two girls are lesbians, it means they aren't into (You), and that's bad, m'kay. Bonus points, if initially she was into (You), but later got rewritten into a lesbian, and as such friendzoned (You).

Anyone got their hands on the new Katamari game? Curious if it's any good

>>1883568 Saw a friend playing, it was very alike other entries. He did mentioned is a little more lenient with objectives.

>>1881388 So you're telling me people hate on something not because of the subject, but merely association? So many folks got to die

>>1883494 >>1880622 >>1881388 >>1886169 Faggotry doesn't produce offspring and instinctively repulses me. That's literally it.

>>1881388 "troons" like chocolate milk, burgers, pants, t shirts, etc. Are you going to stop using those things because of them?

>>1886798 That's a good point.

Suprised by just how many people here enjoy gay romance

>>1886928 ?

>>1886928 Yurifags aren't people

Reminder to cum in Jack Frost

>>1886169 I dislike girls kissing for pure personal reasons of taste I hate "girls kissing" because there are a large number of people out there who don't get that people don't dislike things and don't get that there's a time and place for such things, or maybe they get it but they have some other sort of twisted agenda relating to aforementioned things It's very easy to blur the lines of dislike to hate when there are individuals who do the very best to push those two different things together, it's a very human thing to do. Careful that you understanding does not falter and that you do not become something that is the same >>1884189 Yeah I've seen a streamer play it and while it doesn't seem as good as Damacy and We <3 it looks pretty good, I might buy it on a sale or pirate it

>>1886188 I like tits You like cock

>>1887839 Cock impregnates so those tits can get bigger Not possible with yurifaggotry

>>1887872 Women don't actually need to be pregnant to lactate, regular stimulation of the areola for around three days will induce lactation.

>>1887878 From discussions I've had with a lady with a lactation fetish, the most effective way, that also generates the highest yield, is with the use of an electric pump and completely draining the breast when lactation starts.

>>1887872 >needing a cock to get off Mighty faggot

>>1887878 >>1887897 >>1887898 If there's no impregnation, it's gay.

>>1887908 Does that mean mpreg is straight?

>>1887926 That's not even pregnancy, just a safety pouch.

>>1887898 With what else would I masturbate if I had no penis? Are you a fan of hands-free or something?

>>1887970 Wait? You touch your penis?

>>1887970 >>1887976 >Look down at benis when taking a bath <Lars The PSA Guy comes through my wall

>>1887970 You're not the guy in the image

>>1888002 I am, I can guarantee you that I am that bald, muscular and faceless I can also guarantee you that I wear glasses, that I don't wear glasses, that I have hair, or the maybe I had my identity replaced with a drawing or a symbol in some way, they're all "literally me" I can also guarantee you that I am not a nigger, a little boy, a woman with a penis/man with boobs, a goblin or a tentacle

>Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton has just announced a drastic change for its workers and business model, becoming an 'AI-First' company Fuck sake...

>>1888881 speaking of Subnautica 2, did the original devs settle their lawsuit with the publisher yet?

>>1888918 >The lawsuit is now in the discovery phase, so Fortis Advisors, which represents the ousted founders, sought discovery to see if Krafton held evidence to back up its claims. "But despite its obvious relevance, Krafton feigned astonishment during the parties' meet and confers at how it could possibly be part of Phase I," Fortis said. >Essentially, Krafton said that documents relating to the readiness of the game were irrelevant to the termination—which is what this phase of discovery is focused on—despite this being the reason cited in the termination notices, which was also repeated publicly and in court. >Fortis called it a "seismic shift in the case" and "a little bit bewildering". This was also echoed by the judge, Lori W. Will, when the parties met for a ruling on the filed motions, saying: "Well, that's something that we definitely need to get to the bottom of today, because that is precisely what was cited as the reason in the answer."

>>1888881 The Subnautica creatives were also pro-AI to be fair. The entire situation is a shitshow

>>1888881 NEVER EVER Subnautica was literally the game that inspired me to build my first PC. Its sequel becoming such a shitshow has been such a depressing thing to witness.

>>1889084 Unfortunately the lead developers were always faggots.

>>1887897 >with a lactation fetish That's less a fetish and more of nature kicking in. >>1887872 >Cock impregnates so those tits can get bigger Pic related.

>>1880570 >one of the best-designed and well-written games ever Substantiate your claim.

>>1889510 >futa >ntr orcs It’s dogshit.

>>1889535 This, pretty much. At best it’s a just a typical pseudo-intellectual deconstruction that redditors who unironically use the word “trope” find deep. Best just to view the lewds on r34.

Hey, G, can you make me a sandwich?

>>1889858 nuuh

>>1889858 What kind?

>>1889535 >futa Is it futa on female or is it futa on male?

>>1889535 Virtually all eroge have dickgirls and cuckshit (and bestiality, raceplay, alongside a bunch of other gross shit) for some reason, it's the main reason I've written them off entirely.

Oh it seems jeetsoft services went down. How terrible.

>>1881388 >>1886188 >>1887872 It takes a special kind of faggotry to actively hate a Japanese fictional fetish because muh Internet culture wars and unhealthy obsession over trannies

>>1890390 I don't know and I don't care about that "game", but I do want to say that male on futa is objectively the superior form of futanari pornography.

>>1892458 All futa is peak faggotry.

>>1890668 You want some recommendations?

>>1892458 >>1893017 >male on futa gay >futa on male gay >futa on futa gay >male on female kinda gay >futa on female not gay

>>1893418 >implying I have never met a futafag who wasn't a massive bifag, either in denial or no.

>>1889510 High quality writing, great characters, MC is second best porn character behind Rance. Lots of porn scenes, best RPGM combat by an immense margin, good story. The negatives are that it has a long term investment system which encourages META gaming and looking up guides, and it has one orgy scene where two of your succubus fuck some orcs. It's not NTR, the in-game lore for succubus basically paints sex as a hand-shake/greeting/hug. NOT having sex for them is weird, at one point a succubus gets upset because her mom won't have sex with her. I've had the misfortune of reading an actual NTR scene before, the succubus/orc orgy in this game isn't NTR. It's a great experience, I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a good story with great characters and good combat.

>>1889510 It's a very well written story, not just for porn games standards, but for games in general. It's not among the best, like Legacy of Kain, but it's well done, the characters are good, the male lead is strong, assertive, with a sensitive side as expected from a female writer. The women are strong, but in the sense that they support the male lead in his endeavors, and not in the "I don't need any men". Even the part, where you get captured by a succumbus queen and get dominated, femdom style, in the beginning, ends with her falling in love with you, and gives you her one and only daughter to train her both in bed and in state management. The combat is, at a glance, generic RPG maker combat, yet there is a certain level of depth in the skills and combos you need to pull off, especially in some of the optional fights, and especially since you can't grind in the game. There is a limited amount of enemies/EXP, thankfully there is a linear level progression, so you will never get fucked because you choose Skill 1 instead of Skill 2. As such, some of the battles are more like mini-puzzles, especially when you are forced to play with certain party combinations, or when you have to play as the orcs. As the other anon said, there is an investment mini-game, that if you fuck it up, and you will, it will put you at a disadvantage, and since there is no way of knowing what will buying the mine in Chapter 2, mean in Chapter 5, you kind of need a guide, if you want the best possible outcome. Even a guide might not be enough, I used several guides, read forum posts, checked the wiki, and ran a calculator for that game, and still got fucked, because I was one skill point too short in Chapter 4. Now if you don't care about any of that, and are fine with a shit outcome, then you can completely ignore all of this, buy the mine for 50k at the beginning of Chapter 2, only to find out at the end of Chapter 2 that you could have bought it for 25k, and as such can't buy the bank as well. >>1893573 >at one point a succubus gets upset because her mom won't have sex with her I assume you are talking about the Nalili. From what I remember she wasn't a virgin when you met her, so I assume she had been doing it with her mom. What I do remember is that when you bring her with you, and she meets Robin, her reaction is WHAT? Your dad hasn't had sex with you yet? That's child abuse! triggering something in Robin, that culminates in her, gaslighting you to have sex with her. Since their rooms were very close, I like to imagine, Robin having problems sleeping, because next door Nalili is having daughter play with the MC, and loudly screaming "Daddy!Daddy!Daddy!". All the while staring at the giant armor that has your essence, wondering if it's worth it.

>>1886958 Agreed, yurifags have to be the most obnoxious faggots I have ever meet and most of them are troons. Keep in mind I’m talking about yurifags the kind that make yuri their whole personality and have their rooms full of yuri anime merchandise. Not the ones that just think girl on girl is hot and don’t care for romance shit, those are ok.

>>1893639 Yeah Nalili, it's been years since I played. Robin's first few scenes are so fucking hot. Gotta give it to the dev, bitch knows how to put eroticism in her sex scenes. Something that so few porn game devs/writers understand. VNs/porn games have an advantage over text based, video, or image (Hustler!) based porn where it gets to combine different media in order to better set the mood and crank up the sensuality and eroticism of sex scenes to the fucking max. But most porn games are just fuck fests or work off of porn logic, turned them into inferior material compared to traditional pickings. Apartment Christening in Eternum, nudist beach story in Camp Klondike, and Robin's virginity scene are my personal top 3 porn scenes. And they're all so god damn erotic. Waiting for 1.0 before I play again, so I can get the best experience possible.

>>1893573 >two of your succubi fucking orcs isn’t n-game lore for succubus basically paints sex as a hand-shake/greeting/hug So it was written by a woman

>>1894462 >Waiting for 1.0 before I play again, so I can get the best experience possible. You’re a shill aren’t you?

>>1894108 >Not the ones that just think girl on girl is hot and don’t care for romance shit, those are ok. Yeah, unfortunately most people within the very same discussion here can't separate one from the other even when specifically told as much. That is why I brought up the "why do people hate girl-girl stuff" and the argument "2 girls making out > 1 girl making out" cause seriously, impregnation? Romance? Sexual ideologies? Who the fuck is talking about those things? We're talking about what sexually arouses you. t. jacks off to lesbian/yuri while consuming and producing straight romance exclusively. >Also I bet on chopping my dick that whoever speaks of impregnation or romance doesn't actually jack off to either of those. I refuse to acknowledge any of you being emotionally mature enough to appreciate romance and procreation on a sexual level. >Also also Strap-on > Futa because I am not a faggot that likes dicks.

>>1894724 Yeah, Futa is gay.

>>1894724 >Being pegged by a futa is gay <Being pegged by a strap on though? Anon I...

>>1894755 He was obviously talking about girl on girl. Though futas by their very nature are not girls.

>>1894724 There's more gayhood in strap-ons than my entire gachimuchi folder

>>1894757 I seriously don't know how people get off to toys

>>1894724 >I refuse to acknowledge any of you being emotionally mature enough to appreciate romance and procreation on a sexual level. What, in the sense of making sweet, sweet love to someone you genuinely love with all of your heart, plowing her moist field with vigor and force in order to place your seed in it, and to fully understand the inherent sexuality behind that?

Can a vol just wipe the last 30 or 40 posts. This is cuckchan tier discussion.

>>1894724 >I bet on chopping my dick that whoever speaks of impregnation doesn't actually jack off to it Perhaps the most foolish bet in the history of mankind.

>>1894757 It's not gay if it's with a woman.

>>1894755 >>1894772 >>Being pegged by- Who's talking about getting pegged? I was talking about girls using strap-ons on themselves. Do (You) want to get pegged? >I seriously don't know how people get off to toys It's not about getting aroused by seeing toys, it's about not being turned off by seeing a real dick. Also I'm obviously not speaking about using the toys, I feel like I got to specify that one, all things considered. A man doesn't need to use toys to climax, goes without saying. Women can, but on men it's downright weird. >>1894776 Yes, I refuse to believe you embrace the words that you just uttered! (And if really you do, well I'm sorry, cause you are certainly a man of tastes).

>>1894791 Refugees need to talk about how much they love thick futa cock and getting pegged in the prostate apparently Which like, go ahead and be the freak you wanna be, but we have >>>/futa/ and >>>/trash/ for such content

>>1894805 People don't like posting in a dead board. It'd be nice to have something similarish to half chan's /d/ or /aco/ so more of the traffic is in one place.

>>1894923 If "le dead (not 5000pph)" boards are your concern you shouldn't even be posting here, and I wouldn't say either of those boards are dead from a brief glance. Regardless /v/ is not the place to talk about futa cock. This is not cuckchan, I've tried tolerating refugees but this is beyond silly. Please conform and integrate faster desu

>>1894923 >porn board is dead Imagine having such a garbage fetish that your image-dump board is dead.

>>1894934 >Regardless /v/ is not the place to talk about futa cock. Yeah, of course. That's what /vb/ is for. /futa/ looks usable, but from trying to use /trash/ myself, it's just a few insular threads getting all the traffic. >>1894945 Futafags at least have a board. My fetish doesn't.

>>1894462 >Robin Personally I didn't really enjoy the scenes. I felt like the author was dealing with her daddy issues through this character, and that I would be considered a hypocrite, maybe even a bad person, if I didn't sleep with my adopted daughter, because I am objectifying her, by not treating her as a woman who wants to sleep with me, instead using her as a trophy of my purity. Like, I understand her sexual frustrations, that she sees her dad fucking all those women, but I never got the feeling like she wanted to sleep with me, from when we "first" met at the academy. Maybe I am just too much of a prude, maybe I would have preferred if I could have found her a BF, to her liking, though I suspect people would be screaming NTR, and that the adopted daughter must be part of the harem. >inb4 but you can choose to say no Again, the way I remember it being framed, is that sleeping with her, is the good thing to do, because you see her as a woman, and not as an object to show off to everyone else, how pure and noble you are. I am glad you found the porn enjoyable, personally I barely cared about it, I am one of those people who played it for the story and gameplay. Then again, the type of porn games I enjoy for the porn, have to adhere to my particular fetishes, and usually have trash gameplay, those I play for the porn, not gameplay. >Waiting for 1.0 before I play again, so I can get the best experience possible. The game already got it's 1.0 release.

>>1894945 imagine having such a garbage imageboard that all your porn boards are dead.

>>1895553 The more I hear about this game, and its author, the less appealing it sounds.

>>1895787 >Cuckchan user likes futa Why am I not surprised.

>>1894796 Being penetrated is always gay.

>>1895553 Oh shit, thank for the heads up anon, I appreciate it. >>1895973 Glad we had this discussion and saved you the trouble.

Since the end of summer I've noticed several altchans being raided by nigger-tier posters that insidiously wiggle their way into discussions only to bait, derail and pretend to be retarded. These raids aren't massive so they remain subtle, it seems a sneakier of well poisoning approach is used her although the pedantry they picked up in their reddit/trooncord safespaces betrays them from time to time. I can't think of a better solution than the good ole time-tested #14.

>>1896398 You mean to say this is a coordinated effort from some agency instead of cuckchan leaking due to shit moderation?

>>1896398 >Since the end of summer I've noticed several altchans being raided by nigger-tier posters that insidiously wiggle their way into discussions only to bait, derail and pretend to be retarded shartfaggotry >These raids aren't massive so they remain subtle, it seems a sneakier of well poisoning approach is used her although the pedantry they picked up in their reddit/trooncord safespaces betrays them from time to time. shartfaggotry

>have a decently rare Steam foil trading card >waited a few years as it kept creeping up in price to a few bucks >decide to finally go ahead and sell it for some pocket change <This item can no longer be bought or sold on the Community Market. >card got taken off the market literally a day before I decided to try selling it It's what I deserve, I guess.

Still not vidya but DnD, but holy fucking shit... >Player's character has two funny abilities: One to make critical hits on a 19 roll or higher. Another one to make another attack after a critical hit >Guy proceeds to crit 12 times in a fucking row and completely trivialize the combat session >Twelve crits <Twelve crits IN A FUCKING ROW.

Man im fucked, bought an rx6800 few months ago and now amd is announcing theyre cutting driver support for it

>>1897907 >+10 base bonus >Only need to roll 19 This is a very silly character >>1897925 What, did you buy this to play new triple ass games? That's the only reason why you'd want state of the art drivers but then again >Amd drivers >State of the art >On shitdows Heh, made me chuckle.

>>1897931 not really planning on playing any new games except the saber interactive autism sims, lack of drivers could give rise to problems with new rpcs3 relases and thats what im worried about now

>>1897957 One solution would be to learn linux a bit and dualboot If you have a standard ryzen/amd card system, it's a good play since drivers on there are always updated and emulators honestly run as good if not better in most cases, including rpcs3. Still think you shouldn't have issues for the next 10 years minimum even if you change nothing. Hell, one of my taco friend run a gtx 750, 4gb of ddr2 ram and a q6600 and can still play some ps3 titles on that piece of shit at 30 fps so drivers affecting the emulator sound like some extremely niche case.

>>1897982 been thinking about linux for a while, years ago my IT teacher recommended ubuntu because its allegedly documented well, is it a good choice or should i consider a different one?

>>1897992 Either Ubuntu or Arch are good. Lot of documentation for both. and they each have a "lazy just work 99% of the time" system as Linux Mint or Manjaro. They both do most of the installation for you (As long as you read and don't spam next) and have a similar enough interface to shitdows. Still a bit of a learning curve no matter what but easily learnable if you're not some adhd spic with a sub 80 IQ.

>>1898006 >recommending Arch to a newbie Do not listen to this autist I BEG you, if you don't know why you'd even want Arch I can't possible recommend it.

>>1898318 If you read the entire thing instead of only the 4 first words, you'd see that one of the choice I very strongly and not so subtly suggest is a "lazy all in one system" called Manjaro, which is not pure arch. And, speaking from experience, pretty beginner friendly. What the anon asked is if Ubuntu was a good choice to start with, since his teacher recommended it to him and said it was well documented years ago. I simply said yes and gave him an extra option, since arch is very well documented as well, even if less newbie friendly. And since the "lazy all in one" take care of the installation, you skip a tedious part that not everyone want to learn: the installation. At least recommend something instead of just screaming like a complete fool.

There's a channel called Capsyst Animations that does fun traditionally drawn fake video game commercials, among other things. This is Dobson. That Dobson.

>>1898419 Uh... which part of it is that spoiler? The voice? Because I refuse to believe he can draw and animate this in any way shape or form.

>>1898438 The whole thing, this is evidently a solo project.

>>1898419 >spoiler where's proofs?

>>1898542 There's a lot of circumstantial evidence, but the biggest is a shared email address. Dobson's old email is something like adobson66@yahoo.com, the account recovery address for Capsyst is also adobson66.

>>1898419 Good for him if true, though I find it hard to believe, especially since he has been off-grid from the past few years. Probably his family forbid him from posting browsing the internet. >>1898544 >yahoo.com What a blast from the past. I still use my yahoo email

>>1898649 Jokes on you, I still use my AOL email

>>1897931 >This is a very silly character And you want to know what's worse? This character is not the only one, most of our characters have around +8/+10 to their base attacks. Difference is that even with those bonuses we cant hit for shit most of the time cause we're constantly rolling low LMFAO. >Also This guy is an insane case cause he crits like hell with two different characters, in games from two different GMs, played in two different Foundry servers. This character's father singlehandedly trivialized a tutorial session by critting six times in a row, and like father like daughter, this one trivialized a combat encounter by critting TWELVE TIMES IN A FUCKING ROW. Not for nothing we call this guy "protag boy", cause the dice sure smile upon the Kurogane bloodline lmao.

>>1898419 Good for him! Unironically, Dobson loved art and wanted to be an animator for Disney. It's great to see him mature and progress as an artist.

All my life I've only wanted to be left alone to play vidya. But as of this past year or so I find myself only playing for 30 minutes to an hour and then getting bored and going back to doomscolling or watching youtube slop. It's incredibly depressing tbh. Not just the doomscrolling but I feel like I've lost a part of myself that I desperately want back. Old games dont help either, I've downloaded 300gb of old games from PSX/PS2/GCN and it's the same story, even if I loved those games in the past. I probably have adult ADHD but I don't want to take meds for it as I don't want to be addicted or become a zombie. But I've heard other people with similar feelings to mine where meds did help. I just want to stop the doomscroll life. Any advice from anons? And getting a woman and starting a family is about as possible as you'd assume for someone who is 30+ and posting here so it's not really a likely option for a new goal.

>>1901707 This isn't even ADHD, this is your brain getting addicted to low-effort stimulation. This isn't your fault, most large websites intentionally use psychological tricks and dark patterns to encourage habit-forming behaviors. The addiction is the point. You, and many tens of millions of people, are victims of a system that moved too fast and engrained itself too deeply for regulation to stop it. The reason most websites have moved onto algorithms that prioritize a mixture of popular, new, and random content (e.g. YouTube sorting comments in a way that's completely nonsensical) is because that's the best for retention and engagement. The first step is to reduce screen time in general. Second is to setup a time management plan "I will spent X hours doing Y", etc and stick to it. If you starve your brain of one form of pleasure it will seek it elsewhere. Studies have shown when people quit social media, negative moods decrease and they engage with games and real-world activities significantly more. I understand this is much harder than it sounds, "quit cigarettes lol" doesn't end smoking, but to quote a researcher "we should not overpathologize normal behaviors"; you don't need to drug yourself to overcome the intentional hijacking of your attention span.

>>1898419 At least he's spending his time doing this instead of drawing shitty fetish art.

>>1901707 >back to doomscolling or watching youtube slop. What people even watch/see when they do this? Videos of how you'll never own a home or how HR IA will filter whatever applications you send so only thing you can do is LADR? > I've downloaded 300gb of old games from PSX/PS2/GCN You see this big ass load of games you probably wont be able to complete in your near lifetime and of course you don't wanna touch it. To be honest sounds like your brain is fried. Consider using apps/extensions that limit your online time.

>>1901707 ADHD meds don't zombify you, they do the opposite. The only concern with ADHD meds is cardiovascular health. They aren't like benzos or antidepressants where they actually fuck with your psyche or make you dick stop working.

>>1901771 >YouTube sorting comments in a way that's completely nonsensical Xitter started doing this after Elon bought it, is that why? I assumed it was because he fired 80% of the staff and the website started breaking. Why would showing me a bunch of zero like comments from karen_1961 saying "awesome...😵 haha!!! 🤣🤣" between actually popular replies make me want to "engage" more? if anything, it does the opposite.

new ID because .moe shit the bed >>1901771 >The first step is to reduce screen time in general. The issue is I don't know what else to do considering I dislike other people generally and also the outdoors. I could read I guess but I feel like I would just fall asleep which would lead to worse sleep schedule issues. >>1901776 >Sounds like your brain is fried It is. I've actively felt my memory, attention span, and math skills get worse over time. >>1901803 >ADHD meds dont zombify you Perhaps not everyone, however I know 2 people personally which had that exact effect happen. It was described to me as feeling empty like he was wearing another person's skin. Besides that there is still the addiction factor. If I did try meds I wouldn't want to be dependent on them for the rest of my life to feel "normal". That is a big fear of mine.

>>1901856 >It was described to me as feeling empty like he was wearing another person's skin. Makes zero sense. Adderal/vyvanse prescribed to adults should just make you productive. Regardless you can take it for like a week and decide if you want to stay on it. >If I did try meds I wouldn't want to be dependent on them for the rest of my life to feel "normal". That is a big fear of mine. If you already aren't normal then it doesn't make a difference. It's standard to abuse adderal during school and those people go on to become lawyers and doctors. Don't get me wrong amphetamines aren't good for you, but the concerns you're talking about would make more sense if you were talking about TRT. You can stop talking amphetamines whenever you want for the most part. As long as you aren't a fucking retard and take a normal low prescribed dosage of vyvanse the likelihood of addiction is very low. It isn't like heroine where you do it once and you're fucked. People adjust dosages and change medication all the time. You aren't becoming a tranny and chopping your dick off, dude.

>>1901808 >using Twitter As if we needed more evidence that you're an outsider.

>>1902047 >we Also Twitter used to be a GG shitposting hub until they started censoring everyone. Now that Musk has started unbanning people and made it okay to say "nigger", people have started using it again.

>>1901856 >It was described to me as feeling empty like he was wearing another person's skin. That sounds very suspect since as someone who has similar mental issues I already feel that way without any sort of medication/treatment a lot of the time. It does sound most likely that you have an addiction to easy pleasure and like what others mention going through the steps of removing yourself from that addictive cycle will help. I'd say "dopamine detox" but that's a bullshit term. That said, it's on you to make the decision to change.

<<1902047 Am I supposed to know who that is?

>>1901879 >As long as you aren't a fucking retard and take a normal low prescribed dosage of vyvanse the likelihood of addiction is very low. I was on the maximum dose (by weight) of almost every ADHD medication on the market at one point since the age of like 10. I am now an alcohol, amongst other addictions. Don't give your children prescription strength stimulants anons. That's how you raise a junkie.

>>1897992 >>1898006 Ubungo is absolute trash, use Mint instead. btw there's a Linux Gayming thread here >>1661379

>>1902326 Finally a more /v/ note. Last night our DnD group had a mock battle session with a wave of metroids, from Larva to Omega, just one each wave and by god, were they kicking our asses, specially the Zeta. I joined during Alpha but my character came in clutch for everyone to stay alive after the metroids started dropping people's max HP to 25% (she has an ability that gives resistance to a lot of damage types for three turns, so they mitigated a lot of damage). ...Then Omega came in and we started dropping our rolls while our GM for these fights showed his cursed ability to crit us into oblivion; me not having faith in our game was thinking of sacrificing my gal (by throwing her hands at the bastard ala Dark Souls) after she dealt heavy damage to Omega, that said, I couldnt pull that off and my group talked me through it. One plasma breath later, two characters died and two sustained heavy damage, mine somehow was not even touched... and in pure Samus Aran fashion, my gal fired the shooting star needed to kill the Omega, coming in clutch at the last second. In retrospective, its crazy to think the Omega was ultimately dealt with by, not the space blondie, but a space blondie lol.

>>1832723 Interesting to see leaks thought to be for HLX that were actually Deadlock. The "Offworld" references pique my curiosity the most, it sounds like the game is aiming to show expand on lore briefly mentioned in HL2? My hope is they don't remove half the cool locations before release like Half-Life 2 did and yes I am still bitter about the Air Exchange.

>>1902245 >since the age of like 10 Yeah no shit that's bad retard. Giving amphetamines to a Democrat supporting child 18 years before their brain is fully developed is not comparable to some anon almost certainly in his late 20's who's utterly failed in life and looking for solutions.

Keep getting shill this meme attempt of SH. Animators are making the characters meme dances and wrestling moves on official group. Nit sure if that will be on final release.

>>1907015 >wrestling moves >Cute girl defeating the nightmare horrors by bringing Hulkamania to Doll Town Sounds fun.

>>1907015 For some reason this reminds me of YanSim in its memeiness. THIS is how you deal with horror enemies

>>1898750 Not as old of an account but I still have hotmail on my address >>1898419 Surprised that he can do something this good looking, good for him

>>1907032 Played the demo. It's kind of fun even if is not that spooky but the fog kills my PC. It has an emote wheel but no wrestling moves, only the punches ;_;

>play a new CRPG(Rogue Trader, Expeditions Rome) >excited for it, enjoying it for dozens of hours >by the time I get to the end of act 2 I'm sick of it and just the thought of playing it makes me want to go and play something else Am I just playing bad CRPGs or is there something wrong with me

>>1911012 I can't comment on Rogue Trader, but the Egypt act for Expeditions Rome was the height of the game for me while the Gauls were stretching it a bit thin You might want to take a break from CRPGs or play something shorter, but that's just my opinion

>>1887926 Seahorses are famously VERY gay. The males and females fuck each absolutely other all the time, more than a third of all pairings are homosexual and virtually every member is actively bisexual. For some species it's less and some it's near 50:50. Their mating seasons are orgies and they can fuck dozens of times a day, the males are often gravid with the young of multiple women at once. It's like God let Tumblr design a genus.

Stealing from >>>/vb/30622 A robot made by XPeng, a Chinese EV manufacturer. Robotics are very big in China right now and for some reason it's automobile companies behind a lot of the demos. Thoughts?

I re encoded it to be sideways because honestly fuck vertical videos, and it's too big to display properly on a monitor.

>>1911959 Broad automation is still a long way off.

>>1911959 >>1911964 >Daft Punk head >no "skin" >bodysuit >supple chest >visible joints and components >soft motor noises >plump butt Absolutely fucking patrician holy shit

>>1911965 She has no bagina, there's room for improvement. The boobs apparently have an actual function, they're for fans.

Shitty powerA switch controller started drifting after 4 years (I blame rougelikes). Does anyone here know if these are a good replacement?

>>1912337 Can't speak for their loose gubbins, but I've been using a KK3max for a while now and am quite happy with it. Sticks are quite sensitive.

So Death Grips announced a new album after nearly a decade. It's times like this I wish 8moe had an active /mu/. Even Prime's was never that active outside the Autistic Rage Festival threads.

>>1912538 Oh shit, I was thinking about them these days

>>1912538 >-Stefan and Zach <no Andy They really did kick out Andy after his ex accused him of being abusive, didn't they? I'm curious what they'll sound like now, Death Grips was a synthesis of rap from Ride, rock from Hill, and experiential electronic from Morin. Listen to Andy's solo stuff (webm related) and you can distinctly hear what he brought to DG.

>>1912571 To be fair I think it's always been MC Ride and Zach doing marketing and announcement stuff. That said Andy hasn't been present for their recent tours and he's reportedly become a pretty bad tweaker.

>>1911959 FRIEZA

>>1912538 8/mu/ hated Meme Grips

>>1912538 I legit only listened to meme remixes of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sML_MomFKMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNoZ6R_XjiU

>>1912669 Their music is unironically very good, even if their fanbase is annoying. The remixes are often good too, they'd release stims intentionally so fans could play with this music. That's partially why there were so many memey mashups to begin with.

So, after like 10 years I decided to give Metro Last Lights DLC a try, I was never the biggest fan of Metro. I was never the biggest fan of Metro, it was a console game with barebones PC options, and tons of jank without any of STALKERs ambition, but hey, it does some things right like exploration and protag/enemy lethality, I finished the campaign back then and was burned out and disappinted so I never finished the additional content. Recently I was finishing the DLCs one by one and the Reich Faction pack and was so terrible I almost stopped playing, it starts off fine and then the snipers pop up and it's a terrible fucking mess that destroys any entertainment of playing as the good guys. Then I get to the Tower Pack, holy fucking shit. Playing on Ranger because fuck Ranger Hardcore completely removing your ability tk check how much ammo you have. This mode is completely broken, this shit was not fucking playtested at all. >Bulletsponge human enemies ON FUCKING RANGER MODE >Enemies aimbot you to death right after spawning from sniping distance and see through walls >Movement and reloads glitching out constantly due to the game not handling the faster pace >Friendly AI constantly getting in front of you >Mutant screeching bulletsponges that hit you from behind walls >Invisible enemy grenades >Even if you're pixel perfect with your aim the ballistic system simply stops working and rounds simply phase through the enemy >Get to the 3rd stage >Buy allied NPC that are essential for your survival >They keep zigzaging around nonsensically and even ignoring enenemies >Start reloading behind cover >Get stuck in pumping animation >Finally unstuck it by pressing R for 5 whole seconds >Enemy throws grenade >Move out of cover >Get shot by the enemies immediatelly >Allied NPC pops up and blocks my way >Grenade kills me 30 FUCKING TIMES I TRIED THIS FUCKING MESS WITH DIFFERENT STRATS AND WEAPONS AND IT'S COMPLETELY FUCKING BROKEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM FUCK THIS CANCEROUS PIECE OF SHIT NG2, SILVER SURFER AND COMPANY O HEROES PALE IN COMPARISON TO THIS PIECE OF BROKEN GARBAGE IT'S NOT HARD BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY FUCKING BROKEN NOBODY PLAYSTESTED THIS RUSHED OUT FUCKING TRASH BEFORE RELEASE!!!

[sad news] Funkopops may die due to shit sales. https://archive.ph/p7d6R

>>1917758 Took long enough. I never understood why anyone wanted one.

>>1917786 see >>1917789

>>1917758 All the icons of the geek is chic generation are dying, it's glorious to witness.

>>1917882 This guy is a notorious grifting engagement baiting scamming chink and a total retard.

>>1917924 Most if not all 'eceleb figures' are dancing ebeg scammers, that comes with the job title.

>>1917960 This one is a cut above the rest in his flagrance.

Jackbox night is currently live with brand new games!: https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1 Join in, enter the room code that shows up on the screen and have fun with anons.

Not vidya, but figured you may find this funny >be in call with friend group waiting for DnD to start >stream a drawing Im making for one of them as a commission >unsure about the black colors in the drawing, I ask my client for input <"Hey, are the blacks okay here?" >half a second to remember that a significant amount of people in the group (my client included) are black >half a second to realize what I just said >everyone stars losing it on the spot I've said a lot of crazy stuff on that friend group completely on purpose... that one was not one of them LMAO

>>1917758 >>1917786 >>1917845 >>1917881 This is apparently a complete misreporting by Dexerto. Their finance reports say they're doing fine. Please do not actually listen to fucking Dexerto, they're even worse than the usual outlets. They're a gossip rag on par with TMZ.

>>1919431 That’s kinda funny, I’ll admit.

>>1869922 Finished the first game at 31 hours playtime. I have mixed feelings. For the positives, I continued to enjoy the lore, like I said in my initial message. I find the story engaging and the overall universe to have immense potential. The choices matter aspect is mostly great and impactful as well. The Normandy's crew are fun and I enjoyed all the characters. I basically didn't appreciate everything else. The gameplay is fine, nothing spectacular, not faulting the game for what's obviously not the attraction here. What I am going to fault is the side content. Beyond the first 10 hours and after doing most of the Citadel side missions, I've gradually began to get bored out of the game, none of the side missions are cool, the galaxy exploration got old fast, even though I find the astronomy side of things interesting so I even read through the planets overview texts. But I really got tired of traveling to a system, dropping to one planet in the Mako, fuck around for 10 minutes until I reach the same copy-pasted main facility of the planet, fuck around there for 5 minutes, do the objective and then call back to the Normandy. If I'm lucky there'd be someone to talk to and play the real game here of manipulating the choices wheel. Also, I feel like the main story was kind of short ? Like I could swear it's just 5 missions altogether. I took breaks between every main mission to explore at least 2 systems or more, returning back to the campaign when I get too bored of cruising in barren wastelands. For the last 2 main missions I just got too bored of the side content and mostly rushed the campaign. I could very well have missed a lot of great side missions, but the boring ones I experienced made me not care about them and just wrap things up to move to the next game. It'd be cool whenever I decide to jump to the next entry to see how my choices will carry over, it's a shame I'm not necessarily excited for starting it at all, probably will revisit in a year or so. I didn't necessarily have any expectations before playing the game, but I did assume it'll be gripping enough where I'd want to start the next game soon after finishing this one. Lastly, I don't like their remaking efforts here, there's a clear disparity between the reworked visuals, and the original animations. If the Legendary Edition gave me the choice, I would've played the original version of the game. Here are my big story choices, the ones I remember: Romanced Liara, sacrificed Ashley, pacified Wrex, and at the end, I choose to leave the Council to die, fuck em honestly. Obviously chose captain Anderson to lead the new Council I'm normally not this outspoken when expressing my thoughts about the games I play, most of the games I buy and play on Steam turn out great that I rarely write this much about them listing out what I didn't like. Though I still enjoyed it, I guess you could say for this game I was more disappointed than impressed.

>>1919482 Good to know. Thanks for the heads up anon.

>>1919431 >Casual racism That's -5 social points goy

>>1919431 >>everyone stars losing it on the spot Losing it as in laughing? Or chimping out?

>>1920020 >>1919968 Laughing, we have banters like this all the time, purposely taking each other out of context, saying stupid stuff, jabbing or committing to bits in general. Everyone understood the context of the statement right away, but they decided to go retard for the sake of a laugh, and a good laugh we had. This group is stupid and I love it, this is the same group of psychos that got me to play DnD with Fire Emblem characters, Jalter, Crash Bandicoot and Chrono Trigger's Frog in our fucking Party.

>>1920065 I guess that's better than backstabbing niggers (whites included) playing social games because of a word used out of context.

>>1920065 >and a good laugh we had. That's good, guess I should have figured since you said you say crazy stuff like that all the time and you still hang out with them. It's how things ought to be. Having a bit of banter helps friends take serious things more seriously if they come to pass.

>>1920065 >dnd Been thinkin bout my old /tg/ days. The hobby used to be so nice. I yearn for Rappan Athuk.

>>1920165 How was it, Anon? Before the dark times... Before the podcasts?

>>1920075 >>1920084 >playing social games because of a word used out of context. I've been there, those groups do suck, no amount of positive reinforcement matters when there's even the slightest form of conflict, regardless of intent. >Having a bit of banter helps friends take serious things more seriously if they come to pass. What helps is that this group is very level-headed and mindful, our shenanigans happens because we're all aware it's either jest or genuine small slip-ups and we don't mean actual ill. Also, we're all adults with dark humor and different flavors of autism, so it's easy to talk things through. >>1920165 >>1920250 >The hobby used to be so nice. What changed, anon? I do hear tales from one of our oldest players, speaking of the days of the first editions of DnD and that the game used to be much different then. Is it that? Or is it about the podcasts like the other anon said? (I still cant grasp the true damage Critical Roll did to the hobby, but I have heard horror stories related to it).

>>1920454 Critical Roll had the same effect on D&D as Dawn of War and the Emperor's Text to Speech Device had on 40k.

>>1920250 >>1920454 >the old times I only go back to the mid 00s, so I got in just in time to see what it was like before the cancer took hold. It was a strange time. A time when 3.5 was considered 'new'. A time when tome of battle was just 'an interesting albeit failed idea that won't go anywhere'. We had pun-pun funposts, ruby-knight windicators, locate city bombs- we had fun with splatbooks that didn't care about political sensibilities. Nipple clamps that could be used for bonus exp. The assploding diplomancer. Level 1 characters turning off the sun for mildly inconveniencing them. Barbarians that could throw planets. It was madness unrestrained by any focus group testing. We had gygaxian adventures and we had FUN. Despite all that, it was the people that really made it work. A system that supported such oddities seemed to be a magnet for niche intelligent people. You'd sit at a table with the kinda guys that could build a 747 with enough free time in their garage and still make dick jokes. I learned and rolled dice with lads that had memories of gygaxian adventures, kicking down the door and making whatever jokes they wanted. They're still around rolling dice, but they aren't going to the flgs anymore. We all laughed when 4th edition came out, and assumed it wouldn't last. After all, what kind of sick bastard would play a niche game of tabletop for such a sterile, streamlined, mainstream experience? "Internet for the rest of us" and its consequences have been a disaster to niche hobbies.

>>1920622 >"Internet for the rest of us" Do you have that comic around anon? I seem to have lost it

>>1920622 >We all laughed when 4th edition came out, and assumed it wouldn't last. After all, what kind of sick bastard would play a niche game of tabletop for such a sterile, streamlined, mainstream experience? What was so bad about 4th edition? t. A noobie DnD'er who's only ever played 5th edition

>>1920622 4th edition was, by all accounts, a massive failure anyway, so rest in solace that you were indeed right at the end of the day. What did popularize the hobby once and for all were the podcasts and DND5.0, indeed. I wouldn't go as far as saying that I think 4th edition was a mistake in their direction, as I quite like Pathfinder 2e nowadays and the more I learned about it, the more I saw the ideas behind DND4.0 but more refined, better. It still has some holdovers that get in the way of things, in my opinion, but it was a step in the right direction. If only they hadn't absolutely murdered full casters, I think I'd enjoy it much more. It's mainly a shame that the parent company for PF2e is composed of trannies, virtue signaling cucks, and self hating white men. With that personnel composition in mind, it makes perfect sense on why they destroyed casters and wizard in particular in the edition, as it's obviously steriotypically the class played by the anti social white nerds they hate so much.

>>1750770 I mean, posting on cuckchan has been gay and retarded since like 2014, anon.

>>1802042 Thanks for reminding me to hide this trash from my Steam store, anon. I hadn't heard about that in some time, but I will certainly never give my money to anything pro-censorship.

>>1920469 >Critical Roll had the same effect on D&D as Dawn of War and the Emperor's Text to Speech Device had on 40k. Given I know jack about 40k (other than that one fanfic), you leave me at the same square lmao. But I think I get you. >>1920622 I see what you mean, knowing what I know about older editions, seems like DnD used to be a lot more freeform, allowing you to pull off some crazy stuff if you knew what you were doing, and that was fun (it does sound fun lol). I guess that's why people throw shade at 5e too, being more simplified, streamlined and limited... and being part the gateway to what the niche is now, I assume. >"Internet for the rest of us" I always had a bit of an issue with the final part of this argument, not that I disagree or believe its false, but... given there are people like you, equally fed up with the current state of things, as well people willing to learn to be a part of the niche and not just an outsider, cant you just start over in isolation? It means you have to handpick your peers and be significantly more selective, but a niche doesnt necessarily have to die if there are people willing to keep it alive just the way it used to be. Its a bit of an overly optimistic approach and I say that because Im always willing to learn people's ways and belong rather than impose my newfaggotry, but then again, a niche used to be an isolated thing, then the gates open, what's stopping you from making it an isolated thing again, just for you and others looking for isolation?

>>1922259 Sister of Nurgle?

>>1922605 Mission to OR-42. https://2d4chan.org/wiki/Mission_to_OR-42 I love this story, it's paragraphs upon paragraphs of Samus kicking ass.

>>1923168 It’s funny how /tg/ is basically just 40k, with everything else being a footnote.

>Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition is so disappointing that even the usual hardcore shills are mad about it >content is shit to meh at best, price is fucked at $40, busted mods/crashing/loading time issues, and QoL/fixes are lacking/absent Not going to lie, I genuinely enjoy watching everyone lose all their remaining goodwill towards Bethesda. So long overdue.

>>1925062 >It's out lol, Bethesda is completely fucked

>>1925077 It really is comical dubsman. They left the game broken for a full year with the Next Gen update and then this is what they put out. I'm just skimming through reactions and the most positive shit I've seen is a mixed reaction. My favorites are the ones where the game just dies/breaks apart on their stream. Bethesda just keeps making it worse and I fucking love it.

>>1925132 >Best thing they released was a half broken Oblivion UE5 hackjob that their retarded fans slurped up >Wasn't even made by them but by outsourced SEAmonkeys It's just hilarious at every level, normalfag standards are so low they'll eat literal shit and yet these retarded ass companies are so terrible, so poorly managed, so bloated and filled with so many incompetent cocksuckers that they can't even put out a product good enough for them.

>>1925062 If you are retarded enough to fork out again for Fallout 4 or anything Bethesda related for that matter, you deserve all the issues that come for being so fucking stupid in the first place.

>Open steam >Get jumpscared by the most unholy (non-gacha) collab I can think off. Do these audiences even overlap?

>>1925360 Monster Hunter is big enough with all audiences that its likely some large contingent of players have spent a modicum of their lives addictied to DOTA2, so i'd say probably yeah.

>>1925360 Monster Hunter overlaps with everything.

>>1925360 how the fuck is dota still alive? it's the whales, isn't it

>>1920707 4e is legitimately good for what it wants to be (a combat focused dungeon crawling game with a good variety of character options), but it doesn't really have as many out of battle rules and it's not as obviously unbalanced in the same way as DnD which isn't what people want. People want their overpowered wizards and clerics at all costs.

>>1925062 Did they automatically give it to people who owned Fallout 4 like they did with people who owned Skyrim?

>>1925569 It's somehow more alive than LoL

>>1925653 You would think that, but nope, you have to pay.

>>1925588 Jesus Christ this post is awful, when I see something like this I don't even want to be here. You're lucky I'm off today >>1920707 or I'd literally have no gumption after seeing the previously linked horseshit. 4E was reviled for a number of different reasons, some which were addressed as more content came out and some that were unfortunately baked into the system. First, the edition was exceptionally restrictive in how it implemented class based design which heavily restricted players' options. The writing on the wall from the publication of Players Option: Skiils & Powers during AD&D to the introduction of Feats as a fundamental mechanic in 3E was that people generally preferred a more loose system where they could make advancement decisions as they went along, perhaps even completely abandoning their original class and picking a different one to level in. When 4E came out they removed the ability to multiclass, instead you had a few feats you could take to get a token lower level passive trait and attack/move/active ability (there was no single proper term for the things each class could "do", each class called their moves something different). Secondly, the game was poorly designed both in and out of combat. It abandoned the simulationist elements of earlier editions which lead to some really weird things like environmental damage scaling off the players' levels (since it was based on encounter level which was typically built toward the players' progression) instead of the actual potency of the phenomenon itself. So for example a campfire would do as much damage as a mature Red Dragon's Breath Weapon if the higher level Fighter who was on watch got pushed into it when a random encounter happened because the environmental damage always had to matter. This all contributed to another big complaint people had (and the last one I'm going to talk about because I've already wasted enough effort explaining a system I don't like) which was the overall moneygrubbing nature of the company at the time (and going forward). Third edition introduced the Open Gaming License which stood in pretty stark contrast to how TSR (the company that managed the previous Second Edition and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) had been lawyering up and acting, basically saying they wouldn't sue people if they made things like 3E. It drove a ton of third-party content creation and was basically money that WotC gave up which generally garnered them a ton of goodwill. While the OGL still existed during 4E the way things were structured you HAD to buy new books to get even basic options. Without splats in 3E you could play a Spell-Sword type of character (colloquially referred to as a "Gish") any number of ways, you could just go straight Bard, you could multiclass most martial classes with any full arcane caster then enter the Eldritch Knight prestige class, you could dip a few levels just to get the spells you wanted...you had options. In 4E the Swordmage class was introduced in the Forgotten Realms Player Guide; Purchase now to play a Swordmage! Repeat this ad-nauseam for everything from Races to Magic Items to Monsters. If you want to see a 4E product that is actually good I've included a .pdf of Gamma World in this post. Consider everything else a sea of garbage which will require you to spend an inordinate amount of time to wrest even the roughest pearl of good mechanics from its clutching depths.

>>1925062 >recent reviews for Fallout 4 has it at mixed review status with 45% (overall is at 82%) >creations bundle is down to mostly negative review status with 24% >even shill hotspots like reddit are pissed about it I hope the reviews keep tanking. If they can drag the overall review into mixed or negative, that would be a nice message to bethesda.

Site has been acting fucky as of late. I have to close window and open it again for the site to show up instead of getting timed out. I hope is not something trivial im overlooking.

>>1925132 at the very least they left the gog version on the superior good old version before next gen update

I started re-playing Kid Icarus Uprising and good god, I don't remember this game being so difficult to play! And I don't mean difficulty-wise, I mean physically taxing to even handle! I suppose it's because back then I was just a teen playing on a 3DS XL and now I'm an adult playing on a OG 3DS, so of course the console is going to be way too small for me... or maybe I am getting old; I have the same dilema with the PS4 controller. Has anyone ever had that kind of problem playing vidya? Things being physically straining when they shouldn't. >Also Great, my brain remembered I had a soft spot for these two...

Have you lost control of your life? https://youtu.be/gkLvpt9Z3fA

>>1943043 muh trolls muh hate speech muh ads!

>>1943043 If you think about it the internet itself is account gated too, by your ISP

>>1943043 Just make the account with a throwaway email >Need phone number for email now oh...

I finally got the waifu creator Koikatsu to work, so I made designs for a few characters from my story >>1790016 and added some backstory to go with the visuals. It is supposed to be possible to make animations in this. I will have to look into how to do that.

>>1943254 >are there animations on Koikatsu Anon I...

>>1943254 Please make ginger girl have sesbian lex with black girl

I got to step up my game and get back to art commissions, last few months have been hella slow, I need to make money, I need to draw seriously. ...That said, dueeedeee, I don't want to go to Twitter... I have to do PRing, put on a smiley face and say "hey guys! Commissions are open (:" only to be seen by just a handful of randos, have my DMs tab open and unweed bot DMs... I don't want to do that, bros...

>>1943307 Do it anyways.

>>1943254 This a lot more dedication than I ever considered when making my own fanfics. I might do some similar planning as shown with that spreadsheet to try and attempt something more than "Saturday Morning Cartoon" hijinx.

>>1943369 Already did, I don't have much of a choice anyway, since it's my most prominent platform... Well, the alternative is to advertise myself here and Discord, but that is one hell of a marketing stunt lol. Using Twitter is just so annoying these days, specially with me having to turn on a VPN to enter the site in the first place. On it's own is a hassle, and you add a VPN on top of it? I'd use a different platform if I could, but for that I got to make an audience over there. >also >>1943254 That sure is a lot of text, I'm not going to lie to you, but I commend the dedication to pull something that elaborated. Do tell how this project goes for you, anon.

>>1943393 > This a lot more dedication than I ever considered when making my own fanfics. I might do some similar planning as shown with that spreadsheet This one is unusually big. There are many characters and each chapter is larger than most of my complete stories. It was too much to manage in my head so I made spreadsheets to plan things out before I started writing. >>1943429 > Do tell how this project goes for you, anon. I finished it and have written through most of a sequel second season. Writer's block hit while trying to wrap it up. This is by far the most interest I have ever gotten in it. "Show, don't tell" is good advice. If not for the pictures of pretty girls, no one would care.

Interplay co-founder and tranny faggot WILLIAM Heineman has passed away. https://archive.is/LJg20

>>1944882 RIP, seems like he had a troubled life.

>>1944882 When did he troon out?

>>1944882 >One of the three designers for Bard's Tale 3 Ah yes, the worst one.

>>1944934 2004-2005

>>1944882 >didn't die from suicide He couldn't even be a tranny right lmao

Concepting a dungeon crawler ala Darkest Dungeon and need enemy type/faction ideas. Anyone have anything laying around in the back of their head? I already have undead soldiers and mechanical golems. Ideally I'd have a specific sub-mechanic for every faction (the two above already have them) but that could easily be skipped.

>>1945458 First ask the question, why is there a dungeon? Why is it there? Who built it? Who is there now? What is the purpose of the heroes crawling through the dungeon? Do they have an objective? Decide upon the setting, and the other details should come from that. You can also add into the dungeon whatever else might have taken up residence there.

>>1945478 It started based around a local conspiracy theory regarding a dig site and a joke that it lead to an infinite underground space so I already have setting details around but I wanted anon's thoughts since my own started feeling either too nebulous or too specific/one-off after the initial two factions clicked into place. eg. the undead soldiers are the endlessly resurrecting maddened remains of various forces that previously went into the dungeon to deal with the things leaking out, I have them as sub-factions depending on which culture sent them in. Their specific mechanic is that they have a moot where you can petition the various generals etc to help you with things in a vote in exchange for special mission favors (fetching their mad lieutenants or facing them in a sparring match etc) after beating sense back into them. (Their default action is to help protect the gate which plays into the secrecy mechanic that I inherited from it being a conspiracy theory). The mechanical enemies were me working backwards from the idea of a previous containment leak and connecting them to the Antikythera mechanism (ie someone escaped with a piece as a keepsake/to sell it and it self replicated). Heroes are a PMC that got hired on the down low because the government (not-US) chickened out on making it an official operation/didn't want to draw eyes on it, I did run with the dungeon being somewhat multi-dimensional and having multiple entrances to have heroes with more disparate designs included. I have a few factionless enemies (like the squirmy creature that blows up any loaded gunpowder on the target as a heavily telegraphed attack to make gun-units more risk-reward) but those are sprinkles on top, not the base of the dessert. One of the reasons I wanted to stack more mechanics is that DD2 focusing on the combat and removing the hamlet layer was a big disappointment so I wanted to iterate on that part of the game.

>>1945458 >>1945528 Your second post is a little confusing but this is taking place around the current day then? I'm a bit still unsure of what the setting is (country, era, climate, environment) but here's a few ideas: >Spiders, spider-infected corpses, spider broodmother >Subterranean lizard men >Crazies from previous jobs who somehow are still alive, confusing you with the monsters you're both coming across >Local miners/prospectors/thieves hunting for lost equipment or rumored treasures

>>1945599 >Your second post is a little confusing I'm early enough (at least on the story front) that I could re-conceptualize specific parts easily so I didn't want to prime anons in any specific direction by providing too many details. >I'm a bit still unsure of what the setting is 2016, Mediterranean (It's the Tarsus Excavation, if you feel like looking up the original theory online) However part of the premise I was running with is that the dungeon is locked away/sealed into a different space and the gate only opens up once every xx years or so which means the contents shouldn't interact much with the outside world unless the gate is open like it is during the campaign. Spiders and similar creatures of unusual size are a must if we are talking about a game like this but they don't feel like they'd serve as a proper "faction" to theme an area/set of missions around. The Soldiers kinda already serve as "crazies from a previous job" so that might end up re-iterating design space. Locals trying to loot was something I thought about but I was keeping it limited to a consequence of having low secrecy mid/late-game instead of a proper enemy faction. (If Secrecy as an idea seems too undefined think of it like the 40K Mechanicus awakening gauge but more responsive to player event decisions rather than a timer) The subterranean lizard/animal people are possibly a good option since they are schlocky/cliche enough to slot in well for most people but still relatively unused. I might falsely get called out by a few friends for stealing it because a local popular mmo that never managed to make it abroad used it as a primary story beat though :^).

>>1943043 Do you really need to ask?

>>1943043 I only use booru sites, exhentai, nhentai, rutrackers, nyaa and 8chong. Sad, but the internet has become a shit factory with nothing to offer. Without torrenting i doubt i would even pay for internet. >>1945098 What the fuck makes you troon out in your 40's.

>>1945784 Same thing that makes you troon out at all, mental illness and push by pharma/psychologists.

>>1943043 niggers anon

Here is a 12-page side story to my fanfic where one of the managers goes scouting for talent at a monster combat tournament. The rough outline has been sitting around for a few months, I finally got around to writing it today. A couple of the characters are OCs so don't expect to recognize everyone.

>>1946945 Is there sex in it?

Some good news for MMO fans: Aion 2 (published by NCSoft) just came out a few days ago. It has shitty can't-see-shit sparkly combat, zero depth story/world, free to play with 1x sub to be able to trade and do normal MMO stuff and ANOTHER 2x premium sub for battle pass. So what's the good news? Pic related is NCSoft's stock prices following Aion 2's release.

>>1947185 NCSOFT CAN SUCK MY FUCKING DICK!

>>1945528 To introduce diversity to the dynamics between factions, you could come up with a faction that tries to prevent surfacers from coming in or mine dwellers from leaving. They could be some rapidly mutating organisms that "infect" others and "conquer" their bodies to possess them or something (think Venom, Prototype or even Baby from DBGT). Like fungi for wood: infect and consume from the inside. They adapt rapidly to infect hosts and even make hosts more dangerous, hungrier, but sterile. But because their DNA is unstable, they need stable environments to stabilize and conquer a host species before they leave for the surface, as being exposed to fresh air/sunlight/plant life will exacerbate their mutations and make them degenerate (weak to wind/light?), hence their need to limit traffic in and out of the mine. And from there, you could think of a faction that is made of the surviving specimens of the latest species/faction that the mutants almost drove to extinction. >>1945824 My exact thoughts.

>>1947185 If there's one thing I love about the modern industry is the near complete death of MMOs.

>>1947743 It's too bad there will never be a private server for this that isn't a rug pull malware.

>>1948794 They tried it with cattle some time ago and all the calves died quickly

>>1948794 One step closer to my loli robot wife dream becoming reality.... >>1948804 Probably just a bit of logistical refinement necessary. But I'm curious, did they only last a couple months?

>>1948794 >A Chinese tech company So make belief clickbait

>>1948794 You are not growing your loli daughter wife in your basement.

>used save states to learn how the fuck to beat Clinger Winger >now whenever I beat that level without using saves I feel dirty >as if I didn't beat the game

>>1948822 That's the fucking news, it's not specific to Chinkshit.

>>1950510 I am a bastard for save states, but I have zero patience for the "Oops you died learning the boss, time to replay the entire game" thing many older games had going on. A ton of that was padding for time and/or fighting rentals, otherwise they'd be 40 minutes.

Apparently this luxury boat from Where Winds Meet (chink MMO) can cost up to 40K burger bucks if you buy all its pieces through MTX. You can get pieces in raids and shit but someone actually brought it when it came out.

>>1948794 >chinese tech company Three outcomes: >it's bullshit (most likely, it's a vice article) >the baby will be stillborn or die quick >the guy will eventually have a mental crisis

>>1954353 That's sickening but also not really surprising since the Chinese have a ton of rich kids who flaunt their wealth in the dumbest ways possible. I'm reminded of that one guy who proposed to a girl by buying 99 iphones. What the fuck are you going to do with 99 of the same thing? I mean they're Chinese so build a bot farm probably.

>>1954353 CHINA NUMBA WAN

>>1948794 >Binary Domain was 60 years behind

>>1954745 I misread that as >Binary Domain came out 60 years ago

>>1948794 This gives "botfarm" a whole new meaning. I can already imagine miniaturization done to these leading to something like a bitcoin farm but robopussy.

Here's your new metroidvania rouge-like inspired in [game you know] bro. Finished Ori a few months ago and I don't want to touch another metroidvania in several years

>>1955447 >rouge

>>1954777 That 3D artist does such uninteresting normalfag shit it's a surprise he did a robot set. It's probably only because that's the robo-sona of famous animator Zone.

>>1950397 YOU CAN'T STOP ME YOU CAN'T FUCKING STOP ME I WILL RAISE HER WITH CARE AND LOVE HER FOREVER

>>1956319 Fritzl?

>>1955470 >It's probably only because that's the robo-sona of famous animator Zone. What a shame.

Happy Saturday. Have some more waifus and wallsoftext, and a chunk of the story where they learn to work together. This group was originally Iji, Celes, Samus, and Alena before I changed the story from a fanfiction to a parody and changed their names.

Our 2nd November Jackbox stream will begin in half an hour, don't miss it!: https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1

In what games can I rape my enemies?

I recently learned that Hazbin show has a busty 2000s scene girl dinosaur chick and I must say I take back everything negative I've ever said about the show

>>1958263 Would. As much as I don't like the fan base, it does get that 2000s look down, and so many whispy fags~

>>1958263 Why the hell is she a dinosaur? Is she a hag or dressed that way decades after that sub culture died off?

>>1958777 I assume since the show takes place in hell she died in the 2000's or else died later and became a dinosaur as an ironic punishment for the reason you said

>>1958777 I only watched the pilot, so I don't know why various demons look like humans but with extra stuff on them. Maybe it's a twisted manifestation of their soul, or something like that. I doubt the Radio demon, was an actual piece of radio equipment that got sent to hell, so I doubt she is an actual dinosaur. Maybe she was a cannibal and this is what her soul turned into.

>>1958263 She's got a nice ass, too.

>>1958795 >I only watched the pilot Same. >Maybe it's a twisted manifestation of their soul Correct, It's secondary material like >>1958784 Mentioned. You're not missing much of the actual show from what I've seen according to reception of it outside of a few moments. It's mainly just a drama show full of gays, issues, and missed potential.

>>1958263 You really shouldn't. Vivzi is the master of making something that's 95% shit, but with a few really good bits and ideas that almost seem worth putting up with the garbage, but it's never really worth it. The highlight of season 2 was Gravity, which was like in the second fucking episode. Helluva Boss had the potential to be a much better production, because it was just a goofy side-story about Imps running an assassination business, but I think they originally intended Stolas to die until they realized how popular the character became - so he lives, and now they have to rush around and re-write the whole fucking thing. Season 2 ended up being a whole bunch of homo melodrama, and season 3 (or 4) - from what I understand - is going to merge the series into Hazbin Hotel for a grand overarching plot told through two parallel storylines with crossovers.

>>1958836 >making something that's 95% shit, but with a few really good bits and ideas that almost seem worth putting up with the garbage Sounds like RWBY.

>>1958844 My experience with RWBY is almost entirely through the porn. Any interest I might have had in the series came entirely from seasons 1 & 2 of RvB and died with Monty.

>>1958836 >>1958263 And quite honestly, if the in-your-face overarching message of "angels bad, demons good; lol, just be a subhuman degenerate" wasn't enough to turn you away from the content, there's little else worth saying.

>>1958263 This is just another point against the show.

>>1955447 There's a sequel >>1959218 Unfathomably based

>>1958795 >>1958263 >>1959218 >>1959226 Missi zilla is apparently a hellborn demon. Not a human turned sinner demon or whatever. I have no idea actually but man that show is shit. The girls are on point because Vivzie can at least design THOSE okay.

>>1959229 I find most of her designs, females included, to be very garish, and almost physically uncomfortable to look at. The least lurid designs are, funnily enough, belonging to some of the angels. Only some, though.

>>1959226 I actually played the sequel without realizing

Does anyone remember Aerannis ? If I remember correctly, it was developed by a /v/irgin during or a few years after GG, the game pure jank and has a batshit insane plot. Simpler times.

>>1958263 I seriously think Vivziepop has had a genuine encounter with some sort of demonic entity somewhere along the line, which perhaps is guiding her in making these shows. The designs are a little too "real" for it to be merely coincidence or the result of research into demonology. Those who know will understand what I'm talking about. t. /fringe/

>>1960246 Nah, he is just a DeviantArt oldfag.

>>1960246 Vivzie is of the deviantart generation who is still mad about their dad dragging them to church every Sunday. So, the more "unique" your character design, the "better" your OC. She seems to have made her identity about red monsters swearing a bunch. Damn, that Homestuck animation pilot was real bad too.

>>1960246 her demonic curse is being given all the spotlight while only being able to put out garbage writing

>>1960347 >. So, the more "unique" your character design, the "better" your OC. The irony being that they all end up blending together in a see of dyed hair and tacky getup Kind of like their choice of attire >>1960347 >homestuck pilot Funny how even most homosucks thought it sucked. Kind of like the ending of that abhorrent failure

>>1958263 This look like sparkledog vomit. You can tell this person used DA.

>>1960936 It seems like all indie animations are made by people stuck in their early 2010s Deviantart phase.