Games

You know it's getting good when mainstream channels are talking about it.

Horizon the robot dinosaur game, not Forza Horizon the racing game in case anyone was confused like me.

For the first time ever, the RTS-genre gets a chance at being in the spotlight So tell us games are you going to play or are looking forward to ???

I picked up Slime Rancher 2 along with the Entire Assassin's Creed Bundle (it was only $70 for me, so why not?) today. I wanted to give it a try after first playing the earliest version on Xbox Cloud Gaming. I have to say, this one feels a lot more forgiving. I feel like i'm drowning in Chickens within days. For context this is my Stony Hen Coop after a day:

I also kept getting a ton of the rare slimes in the game. I saw two golden slimes in the 2 hours i played and the lucky slime too:

This game has a new weather system which I really like. I had a twister spawn in and some Dervish slimes showed up. That's what the main screenshot is of. A dervish slim popped up right as Lightning Struck. I'm hoping there will be new Weather specific slimes, because i love the idea of them being specific to certain weather types.

I also have been collecting the tabby slimes (my favorites), i have 4 right now and an exclusive coop for them:

On top of that i made most of my fortune so far from cotton slimes. They've been really easy to keep fed which is nice. I have a garden that produces their favorite vegetable. I get about 25 a harvest:

Overall i'm really liking this one. It feels like a much more refined version of the first one. I'm really excited to see where this goes during the final release (whenever that is)

DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.

Some notes:

• not very mobile friendly, but definitely worth checking out on a larger screen
• you can right-click to flag squares with 1-10 (plus "X" for more powerful foes)
• the book icon shows a live-updating list of undefeated monsters
• if you're feeling frustrated, study the game board after a loss -- there are helpful patterns to glean

Today's game is Minecraft 1.8.5. Me and a friend started a server to plan for a fun. It's an amplified world so it has that jacked up terrain gen. It made finding iron difficult and climbing hard, but it was a lot of fun. 1.8.5 i have fond memories of. Not nearly as many as 1.7.2 due to Xbox 360 edition, but the 1.8.5 equivalent on PS3 edition was the main one i played for a while. I remember being really excited to be able to use prismarine and dark oak for my builds.

I got this specific screenshot while mining Iron. Shortly after i found a huge ravine at Y level 46 that had nearly a stack of iron.

After this, I ended up spending like an hour building a Stair Case to get up and down the mountain i'm living on. It took a while but came out looking really good for essentially a heap of Cobblestone Stairs. It has the same vibes as the Mines of Moria from LoTR. You know in that one scene where the Stair case is falling down?

For context here's a shot from the very top of the mountain before i built the staircase, just to give you an idea of how tall it is:

Ditto:

Finally, i wanted to share this screenshot of my Ugly house i built. It does not have a roof because my friend asked if i was going to build one, and out of stubbornness i refused (i did build a pretty trim around the roof though):

Do you think it is likely that we will start to see Large Language Models integrated in to major video games? If so, are there some examples within gaming already?

@[email protected] response to yesterday's post

Jagex, devs of RuneScape, are testing how far they can push monetization without losing players. However, many long-time players are realizing they don’t want their paid game of 10+ years to turn into an ad-filled, pay-to-win nightmare.

Things that Jagex, RuneScape developer, hopes to add to the game:

• Advertisements - an ad supported plan like Hulu, so you have ads hitting you in the face while you play
• Paid account recovery - Pay more money to recover your account!
• Character Name reservations
• "special worlds" just for you! So VIP servers, paying EXTRA... for VIP servers, on a game you already pay to play
• Pay to win features - longer AFK timer to stay in the game for longer. If you pay more, you ge a longer in-game access time
• More membership price hikes - It's likely the membership price will rise AGAIN. Keep in mind, Jagex profit AFTER ALL EXPENSES has surged over 35% over past 5 years. They are stealing from their players, robbing them blind

Example of their black-mirror inspired membership plans

The $32.49/month membership option for Old School RuneScape and RuneScape 3 includes:

• Access to both games.
• 2 member characters.
• Additional member characters for $10.49 per month each.
• Specialized Member Worlds.
• Character Name Reservations.
• Pre-Verified Account Recovery.
• A complimentary bond.

You ready to be nickle and dimed like going to the carwash and getting that juicy tire shine for an extra $5?

Here's a wonderful discussion post if you enjoy diving in and seeing some great points, and information: Membership Survey /r/2007scape

TL;DR: Jagex survey asking if players are ok paying an absurd amount more money for having access to customer service, ad-free gaming experience. Players went ballistic, and are finally wiseing up to how awful the company really has become.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/17009439

The list, according to the article:

1. Age of Empires: Mobile
2. Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (Nintendo DS)
3. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
4. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
5. Age of Empires IV
6. Age of Mythology: Retold
7. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Original post here I asked this wonderful community to help me out and select neck tie or bow tie version. This little plush duckie in parts is inspired by The Companion Cube in Portal. The idea is that the player should steal it from The Narrator of my and form an emotional attachment to i. Do you like the new design? : )

Also if you want to support small indie devs like me and like narrative games like Title Pending and The Stanley Parable, please consider a wishlist for Do Not Press The Button (Or You'll Delete The Multiverse)

Thank you for participating in its development!

i got some more screenshots from Cyberpunk today. I was messing around with V's pose and ended up wedging his head into the table while trying to get him to sit on the seat. I saved this one because Rogue looks so done with my character's shit.

I also went and did the side quest with Jackies family and saved this picture from it. I really enjoyed the side quest. It was a good change of pace from the usual shooting i feel like and gave the story time to pace itself:

Immediately after getting Jackie's bike from the quest, I took it and just drove around the city for a bit. After about 15 minutes i crashed into a barrier while going at highspeeds and somehow got it stuck in the barrier:

From there i started walking on foot. along the road:

I ended up inviting myself into this rich guys mansion by hopping the fence and took this picture of his pond. In the bottom he had $200 just lying down there, so i helped myself to it:

I also went into this valley area and took some pictures of the skyline. the colors were a bit dulled out in the screenshot but the rainbow there on the cityline were what caught my attention about it:

The condensed looter shooter experience

Gunfire Reborn is a looter shooter with an Asian aesthetic and a short, but extremely replayable campaign, which runs for less than an hour. It supports four-player online co-op, but this time, I was running solo. In short, it's the full Borderlands experience without the questionable writing and Randy Pitchford.

You travel across multiple lands to purge the corruption (an ARPG classic), fighting terracotta soldiers in their crypts, sniper birds in the desert, samurai fish at the shores, and polar bears up in the frozen mountains.

Within the past few years since exiting early access, Gunfire Reborn has had seasonal events, like Path of Exile's leagues, adding a bit of extra spice to the campaign. The fourth season (Star Link) started just a few days ago, so I thought it was a good time to get a run in with a character I wasn't familiar with.

This run: Zi Xiao

In the head video, I'm playing as Zi Xiao, an owl who commands the stars with cards. I'm using Golden Bow, which deals immense amounts of single-target damage but is terrible with dealing with large packs of monsters. Good thing Zi Xiao's abilities can make up for it! With the best cards, I call the stars to strike down an area in front of me.

Oh yeah, I somehow managed to get more than 100% accuracy in this run. I wonder how the game is counting that.

Yeah, it really is a fast, Asian Borderlands

Gunfire Reborn is transparently inspired by Borderlands. It features the same three core elements of Borderlands: fire, corrosion, and shock, and has the same focus on scavenging for weapons. One difference is that it relies on mechanically unique weapon designs, compared to the part-by-part weapon generation system that Borderlands has. Still, like any proper ARPG, there are piles of modifiers that can appear on any item.

Why not try…

• An octopus that sucks moisture from enemies to power a water laser
• A shotgun that's really a small, handheld demon that eats fish and sneezes death
• A star compass that rather than shooting bullets, projects a damaging ring around you that you can grow and shrink
• The Unkempt Harold, straight from Borderlands 2
• A brick

Yeet.

I used to play RTS games like Warhammer, then got into Heroes of Might and Magic and its spin-offs like Pennon and Battle. I've also played XCOM 2 and Age of Wonders 4. Any other must-play series you'd recommend?