Video Game Chat Thread - Pre-Alpha Experimental Version

[EmpGulcasa]

Feeling extremely frustrated with Dying Light. I like what's trying to do but actually playing the game feels like I'm constantly fighting against the controls than I am the zombos. Every time I die it's because I'm locked into some stupid unskippable animation of the grapple because I can't space out the infinity virals who are chasing me, my dropkick missed, my tackle missed, my jumping execution attack missed, I got stuck on terrain, my jump off zombie heads move didn't work, I stopped sprinting for some reason or I'm crouching for some reason.
Like I remember Mirror's Edge feeling weighty but extremely responsive, this barely compares and while I want to finish the game it really feels like I'm forcing myself to do so and I'm barely in the 10% of story completion because I've been dicking around doing sidequests.

The sequel is even worse. Haven't played the third one.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Sony's stupidity has caused PS5 emulation to go into overdrive.

 

[Gap Hag]

New, good coop games? None. Streamer/friendslop? Plenty, My advice, just play ol’ reliable left 4 dead.

IIRC l4d has the same problems CS servers have where there's fake servers (because valve are FUCKING NEGLECTFUL NIGGERS)

Helldivers II and Darktide come to mind. Old games like Deep Rock Galactic and Vermintide II still have a decent number of players, too. Gray Zone Warfare is reasonably populated, though people rarely party up in-game for missions.

Helldivers 2 i heard has awful balance+fuck sony and their anti consumer bullshit they pulled with that, i'm like miner level 400 fucking+ in DRG with multiple platinum promotions, it's a fantastic game but they really started shitting the bed in later seasons and i've heard rogue core is CRAP

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and darktide divided their fanbase by making entire characters dlc, not to mention the grind is unpleasant, vermintide 2....im not sure if it still has players, the last i tried it you were waiting a long time for a match, gray zone warfare has kernal level drm and UE5 so awful performance
it's all so tiresome, i just want fun again

 

[GhastlyGhost]

The fact that coop focused games seem to be dying unless you want spyware or a bunch of other modern cancer is so saddening, payday 3 is shit, KF3 is shit, what's even left?

Far Far West is a recent good coop game, but it's in early access, so that can all go away.

Also, it's not like Left 4 Dead, Age of Empires 2, Killing Floor, Halo ODST, or most of the other coop go-tos actually went anywhere.

 

[The Ugly One]

Helldivers 2 i heard has awful balance

There is no "balance," only weapons of hilarious destructive power and retardation. It's Bouncy Castle Tag with giant bugs and backpack nukes.

sony and their anti consumer bullshit they pulled with that,

Suit yourself. If having to sign up with your email keeps you out, you're missing a good time.

darktide divided their fanbase by making entire characters dlc

No they didn't. Players without the DLC match up with players who do. Source: I don't have the DLC but my friends do.

gray zone warfare has kernal level drm and UE5 so awful performance

Runs fine on my machine (5060 Ti + i9-12900)

Honestly it sounds like you enjoy being angry more than you enjoy playing games.

 

[Weird Sardine]

IIRC l4d has the same problems CS servers have where there's fake servers (because valve are FUCKING NEGLECTFUL NIGGERS)

Another thing is that even when you find an actual server in those older Source/GldSrc games, they are always loaded with 50 (or 350) different mods, usually playing some weird janky game mode. I just want to play a normal ass game of CS1.6/Source. Not gun game, not prison break, not zombies, not death match with obnoxious internet meme mods, just a regular old vanilla game of defusal or even hostage rescue.

I quit searching years ago. In the very off chance someone can point me in the right direction, let me know.

 

[Gap Hag]

Far Far West is a recent good coop game, but it's in early access, so that can all go away.

Also, it's not like Left 4 Dead, Age of Empires 2, Killing Floor, Halo ODST, or most of the other coop go-tos actually went anywhere.

Their playerbases are slowly dying though, sadly

There is no "balance," only weapons of hilarious destructive power and retardation. It's Bouncy Castle Tag with giant bugs and backpack nukes.

I'll take your word for it, but on personal stance i'll never support sony after their nigger shit where they banned like 90 countries from being able to play it

Suit yourself. If having to sign up with your email keeps you out, you're missing a good time.

No they didn't. Players without the DLC match up with players who do. Source: I don't have the DLC but my friends do.

Fine, but the way the gameplay grind works in conjunction with the premium currency and casual currency etc puts a sour taste in my mouth

Runs fine on my machine (5060 Ti + i9-12900)

My machine is older and can probably run it then, but that does nothing to dissuade my hatred of kernal level DRM

Honestly it sounds like you enjoy being angry more than you enjoy playing games.

It's more that modern gaming is awful, i still enjoy playing older games quite a bit.

Another thing is that even when you find an actual server in those older Source/GldSrc games, they are always loaded with 50 (or 350) different mods, usually playing some weird janky game mode. I just want to play a normal ass game of CS1.6/Source. Not gun game, not prison break, not zombies, not death match with obnoxious internet meme mods, just a regular old vanilla game of defusal or even hostage rescue.

I quit searching years ago. In the very off chance someone can point me in the right direction, let me know.

It's fucked, it's so fucked and i hate it.
OH, you should try playing sven if you can find a non empty server, still very fun.

 

[The Ugly One]

they banned like 90 countries from being able to play it

America is the only country that should be allowed on the internet.

dissuade my hatred of kernal level DRM

Did you know what a "kernel" or "ring 0" was before somebody told you that you should be angry about it?

Fine, but the way the gameplay grind works in conjunction with the premium currency and casual currency etc puts a sour taste in my mouth

I have no idea what you're on about. The DLC classes don't affect your ability to unlock things for the base classes.

 

[BingBongDingDong]

Beat Atomfall, decent enough game for 20$. I threw it on the highest difficulty and it was pretty fun to explore only using the map. Combat became a nonissue after getting a pistol. Story was decent enough. I got this instead of Doom the Dark ages and im pretty happy with that decision.

 

[EmpGulcasa]

Sony's stupidity has caused PS5 emulation to go into overdrive.

Did we just skip PS4 or am I just oblivious?

 

[Gap Hag]

Did we just skip PS4 or am I just oblivious?

PS4 emu exists but there's not much reason to really emulate it considering the lack of games
that uh.....goes four score as much for the ps5, funny enough.

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

Did we just skip PS4 or am I just oblivious?

Most PS4 exclusives worth playing were either already ported to PC or playable on shadps4. It's slowly trucking along but most consolefags either moves on to PS5/other consoles, got PCs at this point, probably don't/can't play games anymore so there's not much to be news worthy.
Plus the PS5 debacle lit a fire under people's asses specifically for it so of course there's going to be a big wave of people trying to further emulation development for the PS5.

 

[The Ugly One]

Consoles are dying because kids just play Roblox. Only Millennials and Gen Z have any interest in troonslop

 

[Whiskey]

PS4 emu exists but there's not much reason to really emulate it considering the lack of games
that uh.....goes four score as much for the ps5, funny enough.

Same issue with the Xbox/360. Its kinda hard to justify when the exclusives are basically the shit perfect dark game and the fable trilogy

 

[Gap Hag]

Same issue with the Xbox/360. Its kinda hard to justify when the exclusives are basically the shit perfect dark game and the fable trilogy

The OG has some good exclusives it's just emulation of it is STILL FUCKING GARBAGE, and if you have a 360 there's a COUPLE exclusives probably, here's a list i grabbed 15 years ago, although of course many are on pc

Most PS4 exclusives worth playing were either already ported to PC or playable on shadps4. It's slowly trucking along but most consolefags either moves on to PS5/other consoles, got PCs at this point, probably don't/can't play games anymore so there's not much to be news worthy.
Plus the PS5 debacle lit a fire under people's asses specifically for it so of course there's going to be a big wave of people trying to further emulation development for the PS5.

What the fuck is there even to play on the ps4 besides bloodborne? the order? dreams?

 

[Jarch6]

Sony's stupidity has caused PS5 emulation to go into overdrive.

The funniest thing is that this is indubitably driven by spite (based) given that the PS5 doesn’t even have any games worth emulating.

PS4 emu exists but there's not much reason to really emulate it considering the lack of games
that uh.....goes four score as much for the ps5, funny enough.

There’s Bloodborn! And… uhhh… that one Godzilla game that got pulled from shelves when the license ran out (also had a PS3 version but I digress).

Same issue with the Xbox/360. Its kinda hard to justify when the exclusives are basically the shit perfect dark game and the fable trilogy

Most of the good games of that era have made their way onto PC (Halo, etc.) there’s probably some that never did like ace combat 6, but I can’t imagine the number is particularly high.

 

[Gap Hag]

There’s Bloodborn! And… uhhh… that one Godzilla game that got pulled from shelves when the license ran out (also had a PS3 version but I digress).

Dude if you guys have never played godzilla saves the earth that game fucking rocks, you can pick up buildings and throw it at niggers.

 

[Joshua Nkomo]

Consoles are dying because kids just play Roblox. Only Millennials and Gen Z have any interest in troonslop

This. I made my nephew a Steam account and loaded it up with 50 dollars to buy whatever games he wanted (with my explicit approval before buying of course.) I thought he would try out some older titles that are always on sale and can run on a toaster. Nope. He spent 3 dollars on Among Us and played it for two hours before going back to Roblox. They REFUSE to play anything else even if you remove the financial barrier. Perhaps real video games are just too alien to them. When I tried to get my nephew to play Gran Turismo 4 with me, the first question he asked me was if the bots were other players. He then dropped the game after one race because he wasn't immediately good at it.

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

Valve discontinues replacement parts for Steam Deck. More specifically the battery for the original LCD, unsurprising considering it's discontinued already. Better cough up the dough
for the newer decks if you want service (despite it only being 4 years).

 

[Gap Hag]

This. I made my nephew a Steam account and loaded it up with 50 dollars to buy whatever games he wanted (with my explicit approval before buying of course.) I thought he would try out some older titles that are always on sale and can run on a toaster. Nope. He spent 3 dollars on Among Us and played it for two hours before going back to Roblox. They REFUSE to play anything else even if you remove the financial barrier. Perhaps real video games are just too alien to them. When I tried to get my nephew to play Gran Turismo 4 with me, the first question he asked me was if the bots were other players. He then dropped the game after one race because he wasn't immediately good at it.

Poor kids these days, need to sit them in front of an SNES before anything else, then move em up to a ps1 etc

Valve discontinues replacement parts for Steam Deck. More specifically the battery for the original LCD, unsurprising considering it's discontinued already. Better cough up the dough
for the newer decks if you want service (despite it only being 4 years).

Hooray! valve jewishness!