#frostpunk sims 4

[ohnoitstbskyen]

Since Riot Forge has been offed by management, what other characters and storylines would you want a game about?

Honestly, not even necessarily champions. You know what would be cool? An honest to god Stardew Valley style farm simulator where you're, like, trying to run a farm in the Demacian hinterlands. All the usual mechanics: growing crops, mining, crafting, maybe some light combat, lots of dateable NPCs, your grandad's ghost appears and judges you if you haven't gotten laid by the end of year 4, all the usual normal stuff.

But then also there's a mage or two who lives in town, one of the villagers who helps you out, that hot NPC you're trying to date. Maybe the kid you'll eventually have with your spouse could be a mage. And the Mageseekers come around every few years looking, and asking questions, and taking people away from your community, and you need to make some decisions about what you're going to do about that. Do you sell your fellow villagers out to the authorities, in return for rewards, or do you find a way to resist?

Like, that kind of a thing. Or a 4x or Total War style game where you play as a Noxian commander trying to expand and colonize the Valoran continent, pushing against the borders of Demacia and the Freljord. Crusader Kings-like set in Shurima where Azir is trying to unite his new empire.

Heartless Frostpunk-style management game where your goal is to help your Freljord tribe survive an especially harsh winter. Tavern management game set in Bilgewater where you're trying not to run afoul of pirate gang politics. Visual novel where you play as a tormented soul on the Shadow Isles trying to escape from Ruination by finding the Hallowed Mist manor from Legends of Runeterra.

This is one of the things that frustrated me about Forge, that it was still stuck in this "THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS CHAMPIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR UNIVERSE!" framework that League of Legends itself is stuck to, rather than trying to profile and expand the universe itself as an interesting setting that people might love all on its own, the way people love Middle Earth whether or not Aragorn happens to be there, or the Star Trek universe regardless of who's captaining the Enterprise that day.

Oh, also, dating sim set in Piltover and Zaun where none of the dateable options is a champion, but every playthrough, one of them is randomly selected to actually be Evelynn in disguise, and if you can't see through her act in time, she kills you in agonizing (horny) ways.

#tb answers #league of legends #riot forge #runeterra

[runawaymun]

Fifteen questions for fifteen mutuals - tagged by @slightnettles - sorry it took me so long to get to this! It's been a crazy past few weeks.

1. Are you named after anyone?

Not really, unless you count the Biblical character (which was a definite inspiration to my parents, but they were more set on the meaning rather than any namesakes).

2. When was the last time you cried?

Oh I don't remember honestly. Recently, but not recently enough for me to remember an exact instance. I probably have something pent up in here that I need to get out.

3. Do you have kids?

No. :) just three cats.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Nah /s (though I do use it less than I used to).

5. What sports do you play/have played?

None actually. I have really fucked up joints & my family weren't big on getting any of their girls into sports (boys played basketball). I did a bit of archery and also just the mandatory swim lessons as a kid. These days I do really enjoy outdoor activities like hiking but I don't do it as often as I'd like.

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Vibes first, usually how anxious or confident they are.

7. What's your eye colour?

Blue.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Both! Though I'm less of a horror person and more of a terror person. As for happy endings, I don't have a preference. I only ask that the ending is thematically satisfying.

9. Any special talents?

I make really good pickles.

10. Where were you born?

In hospital. I am capable of killing macbeth & was the smallest baby ever to come home from that particular hospital. Weirdly not early, just a lot of complications.

11. What are you hobbies?

Reading, writing, art, and gaming mostly -- anything with survival mechanics, or RPGs, but also a big fan of certain civ sims like Rimworld or Frostpunk.

12. Do you have pets?

Yes! I have an orange tabby, a grayish tabby, and a ringtail tabby (her tail curls over her back like a husky). I also would like to eventually get some fish.

13. How tall are you?

somewhere around 4'9"-4'10" (144-147cm. can't remember exactly which).

14. Favorite subject in school?

History, easy.

15. Dream job?

Author, eventually. I'd like to go the trad publishing route with some of my work, though maybe not all of it.

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No pressure Tagging: @eldritchteletubbie @ellrond @metatomatoes @the-commonplace-book @raointean @lowopacityelrondpussy @eldamaranquendi @niennawept @elentarial @strawberrymeriadoc and whoever else wants to participate.

#out of uniform

[simlicious]

My game recommendations

I had a reblog in my drafts folder for a couple of days to keep working on it and when I was done I saw that the original poster sadly deactivated reblogs on their post. They lovingly suggested that simmers should indulge in other games too, and I couldn't agree more. It is a special feeling to dive into a new game, learn new mechanics, and have a very different experience from the last game you played. I really put a lot of work into my answer, so I decided to make a new post for it.

I'm a simmer and a gamer (simming since 2000), gaming since 1994 or so. I used to play Everquest II way back when and dabble in Elder Scrolls Online but I quit for Baldur's Gate III which has me obsessed for months now, highly enjoyable. Sims 3 has fallen a few steps on my top 10 list in recent years, but I use it as a creative outlet anyway and do not tend to judge it against other games much. I do judge Sims 4 though, which is a sad state of affairs. I can have fun in it if I spend the time in CAS, or for the first 6 hours in a new expansion - but it's just too expensive for its little value, especially compared to other games on this list.

City Builder/Automation games:

Factory Town: super chill cozy vibe, automate logistics for your pixel-people town. Lovely game

Timberborn: build a town for cute beavers!

Farthest Frontier: a nice city simulation with some logistics and events such as raiders invading the town

Satisfactory: one of the most ambitious automation games, with amazing graphics, for people who like to puzzle, analyze/calculate, and really use their heads while gaming. I like to play it as a challenge and see how far I can take my spaghetti conveyor belts!

Frostpunk: a harrowing/grim atmosphere, dystopian, make hard choices for your town

Simulation games:

Roller Coaster Tycoon and Planet Coaster: I love building super scary rollercoasters and then riding them and trying to get people in the park to ride them too

Strategy games:

Anno 1800: I can spend my entire life in this game it feels, it is engaging and relaxing all at once - love this so much!

Action/adventure games:

Assassins Creed Origins: stunning world, super detailed visuals and fun combat mechanics

Scifi/Exploration

No Man's Sky: At first I thought this was more of a casual game, but prepare for a lot of grinding and long-ish quests. It is fun to discover new plants/creatures and name them!

Survival games:

Raft: great to play with friends too and it has a relaxed vibe but also survival mechanics that keep you engaged

The Long Dark: I love the art style and music so much, the story mode is great, the survival mode can be very challenging depending on settings and it is super immersive. Wrap yourself in a warm blanket to play 😂

Subnautica: my favorite game ever before Baldur's Gate 3 dethroned it! It is a game that will guide you to leave your comfort zone time and time again, but you choose when you feel ready for it. You can really follow your own pace and exploring the vast, beautiful, and terrifying depths of this ocean planet is absolutely immersive and filled with surprise and wonder. It has also very chill and calm base-building elements to counteract the scarier moments. The soundtrack is one of the best in terms of evoking feelings/ building atmosphere, do not turn off the sound while playing this game!!!

Storytelling games:

Life is Strange: a classic, it's fun to explore what we could change and what the consequences would be if we could go back in time.

Firewatch: very emotional and touching, leaving a lasting impression

Casual games:

Bridge Constructor Portal (the dark humor is a bonus, it's fun and trains your analytical thinking!)

Carcassonne (like the tabletop game, chill puzzle game)

Simulacra (you uncover a mystery on a phone, interesting idea!)

Retro Games:

My favorite old/retro game would be Black & White (from 2001), which I played when it originally came out, I loved it so much! The free camera was revolutionary at the time. You play a god who is powered by worshippers whom you can either provide and care for or reign terror over, and your actions decide your alignment, good, neutral, or evil. You get a creature that you can train (and will be more or less useful to your goals or disrupt them depending on how well you train it). IIRC, you can train the creature either in the story mode or sandbox/skirmish mode and then go back to story mode with a stronger creature. The mouse gestures which activate miracles in the air felt like a revolutionary new idea back then. The game is not available officially anymore, but it is downloadable from some abandonware websites and the community-made patches so it is still playable today! Writing this, I had to reinstall it right away... the nostalgia!

RPGs:

Cyberpunk 2077: it's just iconic, the city energy and car drives are nice, the story is interesting and it feels immersive

The Witcher 3: great quests and story, beautifully crafted open world

Baldur's Gate 3: I could also talk for hours about Baldur's Gate 3. If there is one game out there that everyone should have tried once in their life, it's that one. It really lets you try any strategy you want and did not actually expect to work in a video game, but in BG3, it does. Even cheaty ones like pushing enemies from a cliff or using explosives to blow stuff up. If you got surprise-attacked but have no weapon handy, you can throw a grease bottle at the enemy that can make them slip and fall, and then you can throw your burning torch at it to light everything on fire. You can stack boxes to climb up to reach something (or throw a goblin body onto someone's head, because it's perfectly normal to carry those around with you). You can be sneaky and steal stuff, even rewards from enemies. Don't like fighting? You can talk your way out of most fights if your character has the necessary skills and still complete quests that way. 95% of NPCs have something to say, and if you click them again, they will have another line. The narrator is awesome. The companions have so much character, the banter is great and every character has its own story arc and goal, the voice acting is phenomenal all around. Definitely get the talk-to-animals skill and use it on all animals, you'll have hilarious conversations! It's worth every penny, even if it's not on sale (and I hardly ever buy a game at full price, so that is saying a lot). Thanks for reading, I hope you feel inspired to try some new games! Have fun 😊

#game recommendations #but for simmers #not exclusively though #non-sims

[gutterspeak]

nine people to get to know better

thank you for the tag @aesfocus!!!! 💕

Last Song I Listened To: The City Must Survive by Piotr Musiał (the frostpunk soundtrack is CRAZY good and the leitmotif that echoes throughout most of the OST at about 3:20 makes me lose it every time)

Currently Watching: dungeon meshi 😋

Sweet/Savory/Spicy?: I have a sweet tooth that can never be satisfied

Relationship Status: almost 4 1/2 years with my partner in crime @desnas 😈

Current Obsession: I guess pathfinder has been my longterm favorite media to chew on for a little over a year now... very recently I've been playing a lot of sims ? not sure if that counts either. I've been playing sims just about since I was old enough to sit at the computer haha

Last Thing I Googled: mephistopheles pathfinder. I had to show my partner a picture of the guy because I find it hilarious that I'm supposed to be surprised by the whole melies situation as if he hasn't been standing in my war room fully undisguised for half the game

#I've seen quite a few people get tagged for this one already and I don't wanna double tag so!! #but if you see this and want to do it consider this your tag!!!! #🌿.txt #tag game

[barbwritesstuff]

Barb the sims 4 is getting a werewolf pack! I cant wait to make the blood moon family 😌

My computer is really old, chonky, and tends to overheat and die if I play any game which was made this century. I managed a single play through of FrostPunk by opening my window in the middle of winter and sitting my computer on ice packs. The fact that I was literally freezing while playing that game added to the experience in a weird way. Accidental LARP.

All this means... I don't have The Sims 4 and won't be able to play with the digital werewolf dolls. 😢

Please send me all the nonsense that happens. I want to know about all the werewolf sim drama.

[artac13]

Behold the reason I'm desperate to buy an actual capable PC

Games I own on PC and payed next to nothing for but can't play because my only computer is a 14 year old laptop that started out on windows 7 and is currently hobbling along on windows 10 and I don't even have an actual mouse:

Control

Frostpunk

Hitman: Absolution

The Witcher 3

TABS

Star Wars Battlefront II

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Rage 2

Surviving Mars

Celeste

Subnautica

Hello Neighbor

ARK

Watch Dogs 2

Civ 6

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Abzû

Inside

Hitman

Oxenfree

SOMA

Batman: Arkham Knight

Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Arkham Asylum

The Escapists

Lego Batman: The Videogames

Lego Batman 2

Lego Batman 3

Borderlands 2

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Alien: Isolation

Metro 2033

Watch Dogs

Tropico 5

The Stanley Parable

The Wolf Among Us

GTA V

Destiny 2

Battlefield 3

Dragon Age: Inquisition

STALKER

TES IV: Oblivion

Games I've been able to get to play:

The Sims 4 (crashes lots)

SimCity (crashes lots)

Fallout: New Vegas (albeit at like 10 fps)

Sins of a Solar Empire (runs really well actually, besides some lag spikes every once in a while)

Star Wars: The Old Republic (much lag, very pain)

Team Fortress 2 (i include this even though it only played for 10 seconds before bluescreening my computer lmao)

Fallout

Fallout 2

Valorant (5 fps)

and last but not least, fucking Tomb Raider 2, which performed absolutely perfectly somehow

[gmlocg]

2,772.) Frostpunk

Release: April 24th, 2018 | GGF: Colony Sim, Strategy, Survival, City Builder, Management, Economy, Atmospheric, Choices Matter, Real-Time Strategy | Developer(s): 11 bit Studios S.A. | Publisher(s): 11 bit Studios S.A. | Platform(s): Windows (2018), Windows Apps (2018), PlayStation 4 (2019), Xbox One (2019), Xbox Cloud Gaming (2020), Macintosh (2021), Android (TBA), iOS (TBA)

[anachrosims]

These photoshoots make me want to do a story.........

#ts4 gameplay #historical sims 4 #victorian sims 4 #fantasy sims 4 #frostpunk sims 4 #19th century sims 4

[anachrobuilds]

This is probably way fancier than an apocalyptic boarding house should be, but eh. I’m trying not to overload on the CC.

If people want this, I’ll keep trying to avoid loading up on CC and actually finish the boarding house so I can upload the lot. The lot itself is pretty much a 64x64 set piece though, so it’s more for storytelling and not so much like... legacy gameplay.

#ts4 builds #historical sims 4 #fantasy sims 4 #frost punk sims 4 #frostpunk sims 4 #sims 4 frostpunk #victorian sims 4 #19th century sims 4

[larzipan]

Games I have played or am playing

These are the games I either play casually, have played at some point in time or have played a lot of and so on. I can't remember if I've finished some of these games or not or if I even liked them.

Also, some of these are games I wouldn't really consider streaming games, but I'll most likely give anything on this list a go on stream.

Age of Empires II – 2013

Age of Empires III – 2007

Age of Empires IV (Xbox Game Pass)

Anna’s Quest

Antichamber

AR-K

ARK: Survival Evolved

As Far As The Eye

Backbone

Bastion

Ben There, Dan That!

The Blackwell Legacy

Carto

Cat Quest 1

Cell to Singularity – Evolution Never Ends

Cookie Clicker

Core Keeper

Cozy Grove

Creepy Tale

Darkarta: A Broken Heart’s Quest Collector’s Edition

Dark Parables 3 – extra unplayed

Dead Island Definitive Edition

DeathComing

Death Stranding (PS4)

Divinity: Original Sin 2

Dome Keeper

Don’t Starve + Reign of Giants, Shipwrecked, Hamlet

Don’t Starve Together

Dorfromantik

Dropsy

Endzone - A World Apart

Fable Anniversary

Fallout Shelter

Fire: Ungh’s Quest

Frostpunk

Garden Story

Genshin Impact

Guild Wars 2

Hammerting

Haunt the House: Terrortown

Hidden Through Time

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition

Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)

I commissioned some bees 0

Kingdoms Reborn

League of Legends

Let's Build A Zoo

Little Witch in the Woods

Lost Ark

Lost Lands: Mahjong

Monster Hunter: World (PC, PS4)

Monster Hunter: Rise (PC)

My Time At Portia

No Place Like Home

Odd One Out

Organs Please

Papers, Please

Pathfinder: Kingmaker

PlateUp!

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Project Zomboid

Quiplash

RuneScape 3

Scarlet Tower

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Shakes and Fidget

Sizeable

Stardew Valley

Strange Horticulture

Terraria

The Dream Machine

The Elder Scrolls Online

The Room 3

The Sims 4

The Stanley Parable

The Survivalists

The Wandering Village

Timberborn

Tiny Lands

Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

V Rising

Vampire Survivors

Valheim

Violett

Warframe

Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide + some DLC

Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Clause

[northirish]

Thinking about firing up Fallout 4. New game, gonna side with the Minutemen and downloading one of those neat mods that reforms the Minutemen into something actually cool looking and go out of my way to rebuild all settlements using that super neat sims-settlement mod, only this time with a Medieval/18th Century approach.

My cities shall become magnificent castles, mighty bulwarks against the endless tide of super mutants, synths and those power armoured devils that descend from the sky, all will fall before the Minutemen and their many battle lines of laser-muskets

Also for shits and giggles I’m gonna download the mods that makes everything wintery and deep in snow, pretending I’m playing Frostpunk 

[imadeletingmysocials]

My scores for E3, because apparently now i’m a dumb 4channer who thinks this /v/ meme shit matters, like it’s not gonna affect sales or anything it’s pointless as all hell [this is lenghy, but hear me out ok]

EA: 

4/10 - people will probably play the games regardless of how shitty this presentation was but... It felt pretty insulting. 

Battlefield V is probably gonna make a lot of money regardless cuz people like war games and it seems pretty well done, the more footage they have shown seemed better than their weird advertizement that made world war 2 seem very wacky, which honestly regardless if you’re a sexist neckbeard or not, seemed like a poor advertizement move. 

TinyBuild:

No one watched this lol and it was just 1 GAME and a fun cute musical that made people who aren’t strong enough to musicals die, 6/10 because it made nerds die and their song is catchy, i dont really care about their 1 game.

Microsoft:

 9/10 - I'm giving this much of a high score because I would play practically almost all of these games showcased (they’ll probably be available on PC which I’m biased for cuz I have a gaming PC), no kidding, I pretty much liked everything I saw and it was fairly straight to the point. Many gamers don’t appreciate the finer details of each game and think they’re generic but that’s just fanboys who haven’t played a single game outside of their favorites. 

Also my cousin uses those Xbox One netflix rip offs that gives you games so i’m happy for him. The presentation had a lot of diamonds in the rough games that will I will probably appreciate more over time (they might even become cult classics like Metro or Dying Light) than any of other games at other e3s. As for the stuff I won’t be playing: It’s mostly harmless so eh.

There was an abundance of trailers! It was like one after the other, pure goodness, it seems as if they left out all of the Sports games to EA to present and the only thing they showed that might not be anyone’s cup of tea was “Forza”, but honestly? I appreciate it, it seems like a good racing game even if I’m not one to buy racing games.... But the more you think about the number of good games presented, the less you’ll think about that, I mean they showed DEVIL MAY CRY 5!!! 

...The Funko Pop game made me scream though.

Bethesda: 

8.5/10  I cannot deny that these are games I will want to play regardless if they’re good or not. Sad to see nerds not enjoy the opportunity to meet ANDREW W.K. but I’m glad all of the divisions they own are making sequels to stuff I already like, so pretty much Bethesda played it safe.

Devolver Digital:

 8/10 It’s like that one b-movie film your college students made and you had a laugh with creating.

Square Enix: 

5/10 seriously, 30 minues of just trailers? Most of which we saw?? I guess it could be worse but who uses E3 screentime for mostly MMORPG deals! The new stuff was too vague to be excited about too.

Ubisoft: 

7/10 - I liked it when they made funny quirky things and their games are probably gonna be okay like usual, Ubisoft has dedicated fans that like their collectathon games they release every year, and it’s usually that one game you play when you’re bored and got nothing else, it’s okay. 

Gamers hate fun and dancing and all that stuff but I kind of find stuff like that exciting, while nerds who never went outside and who are sensitive as all hell to any representation of fun find it “cringey”. A panda dabbed, and that settles it, Ubisoft was the only E3 Brave enough to dab this year. 

PC Game Conference (it was fairly long):

I know none of you watch this one cuz y’all fake as hell but listen... Fuck you LOL, these are the type of games people actually play over 400 hours and really get people’s money. Like these are games built to last that might be on the best-selling Steam front page for MONTHS, like how Frostpunk was comfirmed last year during this conference, PC Gaming has been known for sleeper hits that nobody knows about (because the attention goes to cinematic experiences on consoles most of the time) but suddently everyone’s playing it. 

PC gaming has always been an alternative lifestyle and seeing as many people didn’t watch this one, that just proves the point that it still relatively alternative. Maybe it’s because everyone sounds dumb as fuck when saying “PC GAMER MASTER RACE” and acting like an elitist. 

The PC Gaming conference is always more of a talk show than a regular E3 which is why I respect it every year, fuck the hyperactive gamers that just wanna see flashy trailers, this one’s more SOPHISTICATED!! It feels a lot more human and less artificial. Either way, lot’s of what you might’ve expected: Simulators and Survival games you’ll probably spend 3 years playing until they make a better minecraft clone. 

Gamers like to act as if they’re tired of Battle Royale (already? It’s a new fad it still is here to stay for a little more) but the numbers and success of it doesn’t lie that it isn’t a fad that proves itself to be highly tempting to try out for developers. Go cry to valve that they didn’t release Half-Life 3 cuz you haven’t played any other FPS game without even researching that Valve pretty much fired all of it’s developers and you’re just being annoying.

I feel as if I need to comment what I saw at this e3 cuz nobody watched, they made a mod I liked from skyrim into a fully-ass game, they’re rebooting Star Control which not a single gamer today knows of, the HP Lovecraft open world detective game also seems very good. YAKUZA IS COMING TO PC!!!!!!!!! Killing Floor 2 stuff, Road Redemption stuff, SHARK RPG, cute indie games, Jeff Goldblum was there, Wall-E with a gun in VR which seems to have promissing good vr design by Insomiac games (yes the spyro people), 2 games about Taxi driving... Like sure I think it’s a good format for story telling but.

A cell-shaded art game, star citizen is still being made, and it’s gone to the point nobody really wants it anymore even if it’s... Still being made you know? So most guys are wrong that it was gonna be canceled. After that was the technical graphic card stuff which gamers don’t have enough capability to understand, stuff like 9k laptops that SELL a lot mind you. Rich people love that technical stuff. 

A space defense sim game, Don’t Starve Sequel, Just Cause 4 detailed explanation of the engine, Overkill’s The Walking Dead gameplay which has been in development hell for years now now has a release date, I discovered Clementine’s voice actor is white... Go figure, a literal pixelated roguelike (not what you think it is, it’s Noita), 

Theme Hospital REBOOT!!!! YES!!!!!!!!! And the doctors were cute. Probably one of the funniest games presented... Followed by REALM ROYALE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That harvest moon clone with a cute art style is still being made: Ooblets, no release date sadly. Anno is still going, cyanide and happiness still exists? and they’re making a battle royale? lol okay. How was Hitman 2 not announced during Square Enix?? Anyways it’s here at the end, the trailer was amazing and it’s coming out this year. 

I don’t have that much strong feelings because it’s just a normal conference and not a special one you know? But I’ll give it a 8/10 or 7/10 im not sure cuz I seem to like most games and I found Frankie cute.

Sony: 

Yo usually Sony makes like a huuuuuuuge thing about their conferences (like this year they didn’t even showcase indie games) but this year they started from a church for the sake of immersion?? It reminded me a little of their first E3s during the 90s, and it almost felt like a indie gathering for musicians, I swear to god, Sony is borderline experimental trying to balance out their E3 across stages. Jeb played the banjo and people just ACCEPTED it... AND THEN someone played some JAPANESE FLUTE? aRT. It might come off as a bit arrogant for some tho.

Nerds hated it and thought it was bizzare, which is why it means it’s good. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH BITCHES. Anyways could have been a little more fast-paced... But then again when it was fast-paced it was just like: Huh? What was that? I’m a big Resident Evil Fangirl, RE2 was my childhood but ignoring that for a sec: finally, Death Stranding gameplay, remins me of shadow of the colossus but post-apocalpytic, survival horrorish and abstract sci-fi.

 Kind of feels more Metal Gear than MGSV did already Cuz Norman Reedus sounds like snake a lot more than the 24 hours guy, and because from what I’ve seen in the footage, someone acts like Otacon to “Sam”. I think most now can figure out the plotpoints of this game with what has been established. I might be a bit sad at the fact that this will be a PS4 exclusive just like Metal Gear Solid 4, which I still haven’t played fully because it’s PS3 exclusive and I only have a gaming PC. 

Also this E3 was surprisingly entirely SINGLE PLAYER, I sorta don’t believe in the “single player doesn’t exist” myth honestly, especially now. I’m not sure if that makes Sony’s E3 better or worse, maybe it needed more variation, like I’ve commented, usually they have an indie showcase which this year did not. There were few games shown but for what it was worth, it’s still interesting... But yeah just 5 games? No Spyro? (easy picking), nothing extra? I can understand why many people felt this E3 was upsetting.

8/10.

Nintendo

Here it is, the most overhyped developer of all of E3, the source of “Nintendo wins E3 by doing nothing” memes because Nintendo fans really don’t care about anything except Nintendo and then act surprised when they only care about Nintendo when they try to be a little more open-minded (and fail) even if other E3s probably make more games built to last in comparisson, cuz we gay people only care about NINTENDO YOU KNOW? Shade asside... 

I was pleasantly surprised this E3, it wasn’t just a series of okay at best releases, a strong 9/10. 

tHAT WAS WHAT I WROTE IN PREPRATION....

BUT THEN???? IT WAS JUST THAT??? NO PRIME 4 NO ANYTHING LIKE JUST 3 GAMES BASICALLY? (maybe there was 5 games but eh) I mean smash is good.. It’s pretty much just an update of the last smash, every character is REALLY FUCKING GOOD BUT.... JUST THAT? jeez.. Like, the only stuff I wanted from it was Mario Party and Smash... Okay maybe that 1 Mecha game. Also I guess fornite is now on Switch but I can play that anywhere else really.

I guess a 7/10 is all I can give to just Smash, if there was a little more I’d give it a 9/10 for sure but... ehh Just Smash? jeez, fuck... i MEAN I kind of get it, Nintendo doesn’t do “e3″ normally, they usually do 1 big game at E3 and then wait a couple of months to do that little seasonal announcement thing they do across the year, ugh.. Okay. Yeah I guess i shouldn’t have expected much. Still isn’t it weird that Miyamoto was in Ubisoft’s E3 but not this one??? what!

Anyways

#e3 #i'll post that image at the end individually #long post #Sony #Nintendo #Bethesda #Microsoft

[crasherfly]

Burnt Out On Games

So anyone who knows me knows that video games are basically my second language. If you come to visit or want to hang out with me outside of work, it’s gonna have to be via video games. There are occasional exceptions- like dungeons and dragons, wrestling, the occasional baseball game- but my Main Thing is and always has been video games.

But lately, I’ve been pretty discontent. I have every major system. I even have VR! 

And yet...

I just can’t settle into anything. 

I have access to more video games than I have ever had access to in my entire life. I’m at a place, practically and financially, where if there’s something I want to play I just have to decide to go out and get it. Be it the latest PS5 release or an obscure SNK rom, it’s mine for the taking. Thinking back to my teens when I’d barely be able to scrape together enough cash for a triple a release- even trading games for a quarter of their value just to get new ones- I have to think my younger self would be aghast- and incredibly jealous- of my current setup.

And yet for the life of me I just can’t get into anything right now.

I’ve been slogging through Fire Emblem: Three Houses on Switch. Instead of completing the game all I can think about is how much time it gleefully wastes.

Okay, so maybe I need a different RPG. Instead of finishing Tokyo Mirage or starting Trails of Cold Steel II i just make my backlog bigger and grab Persona 4 on PC. No dice. Can’t concentrate. Can’t force myself to settle into it for more than a few minutes.

Fine. Maybe I need to switch genres. How about a sim? Evil Genius 2 works for all of 4 hours until I realize there’s nothing to actually DO in the game. I enjoy Frostpunk until I have a similar epiphany about the game’s linear refusal to let me develop my cities the way I want.

Surely a shooter, I think, will fix this. I sigh and pick up Overwatch and put it down less than 20 minutes later, because it’s Overwatch and even the addition of crossplay can’t fix the fact that Blizzard doesn’t give a fuck about console players.

Frustrated, I toss on Apex Legends. It’s...fine. I almost win a few matches, but mostly I get lit the fuck up thanks to its obtuse UI. I’m apprehensive of spending too much time on it- after watching nearly 1000 hours on Overwatch go up in smoke, and close to 400 hours on Warzone disappear with the rest of my regular regiment, I’m not eager to lose myself in yet another shooter that will arbitrarily turn against me in just a few short months. Luckily, Apex gets hacked by Titanfall players, preventing me from playing more, making my decision easier.

I try Mario Golf: Super Rush. I was excited for that, right? I jump into the campaign and get immediately bored- it wants to teach me how to play and make me finish pointless challenges before I can progress. I can’t be bothered. 

Finally, I fire up Sunless Skies, a RPG I absolutely adore. But nope. After binging 75 hours on it in just two weeks I’m completely burned out. I don’t even care about the story beyond what I’ve finished. I will, someday, but not now, or probably tomorrow either.

Even multiplayer is a struggle. I power through a session of Sea of Thieves that I practically begged for, only to be left listless at the end of a long night of badly generated ship battles and low server populations. I can’t even think of other games I’d want to play. I think of a mythical Halo/Smash Bros party and then get exhausted dreaming up how I’d find even 3 people who’d be willing to brave my non-AC apartment in the summer to play, nevermind the pandemic.

Maybe I’m just not into games right now. Maybe there are other hobbies that I should just let in. Writing. Dungeons and dragons. Anime. Baseball. Legos. Photography. MUGEN. Wrestling. Lifting. Etc. I have no shortage of ways to occupy myself.

But none of those things relax me the way a good video game does. Many of them require me to be very, very active, either mentally or physically. And I know I need to relax, now more than ever, especially as I return to full-time work. It’s great that my brain wants to run at all these productive things but I can also feel the very real fatigue. I need video games to have some sort of anchor in my brain or eventually I’ll pop.

So here I am. A man without a game, despite having all the games. This will wear off- when you struggle with mania, you come to expect these cycles. I guess ‘till then I’ll just be playing what I call “reflex games”, games that take time without taking thought (*sigh* hello, Overwatch*). 

But hopefully something will grab me by the neck and pull me out of this stupor. Hopefully. Until then I guess this will be one of those weird seasons where I watch 50 episodes of anime or wrestling until I burn out on that and come back to games. Whatever it takes, I guess. 

Such is the curse of a brain that can’t do anything casually.

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10 tựa game giảm giá mạnh nhất tuần này trên Steam (P2)

The Sims 4

Giảm 75%, còn 237.000đ

The Sims 4 là phiên bản thứ 4 trong dòng game mô phỏng nổi tiếng được phát triển bởi Maxis, The Sims Studio và được phát hành bởi Electronic Arts. The Sims 4 được ra mắt tháng 5 năm 2013 và chính thức phát hành cho hệ ứng dụng Windows và OS X vào cuối năm 2014.

Trong game The Sims 4 bạn sẽ nhập vai một nhân vật của xã hội hiện đại và thực hiện những hành động nhằm xây dựng cuộc sống trở nên phong phú và tươi đẹp hơn. Nói theo một cách khác với The Sims 4 cho phép game thủ có thể làm bất cứ việc gì giống như là với ngoài đời thực với những giới hạn cho phép. Chúng ta cũng có thể đi làm và kiếm tiền mua nhà. Chúng ta cũng có thể tìm kiếm một cô gái và tán tỉnh yêu đương. Bạn có thể có cho mình một gia đình riêng trong The Sims 4. The Sims 4 thế giới có thể thu nhỏ trong một tựa game nhưng là một cuộc sống đầy đủ.

FrostPunk

Giảm 66%, còn 85.000đ

Một thế giới nơi băng tuyết ngự trị, và bạn kẻ sóng sót, kẻ chỉ huy những người dân của mình chống lại cái lạnh khắc nghiệt ngoài kia. Thành phố của bạn được xây dựng với một miệng núi lửa sôi sục, bạn không thể chỉ lo cho bản thân mình mình mà còn phải care đến những người xung quanh. Một quyết định sai lầm sẽ dẫn đến mọi việc sụp đổ. Và hãy cứ yên tâm game sẽ không cho bạn bất kì quyết định nào dễ dàng, chí có khó và khó hơn. Game cực phù hợp với những bạn sống trong Nam thèm không khí lạnh và đặc biệt phải có đầu óc lãnh đạo quyết đoán thì mới mong thực hiện được game.

They Are Billions

Giảm 20%, còn 200.000đ

Trong They Are Billions, game thủ sẽ được nắm quyền phát triển một ngôi làng phong cách steampunk với những cỗ máy hơi nước lấy năng lượng. Tuy nhiên không chỉ dừng loại việc phát triển và mở rộng ngôi làng, những người dân sinh sống tại đó và cả bạn phải đối diện với thử thách khủng khiếp hơn, đó là đàn zombie khát máu hàng vạn con tấn công ngôi làng không ngừng nghỉ.

Kết hợp hoàn hảo giữa sinh tồn và chiến thuật thời gian thực, kết hợp giữa cũ và mới, They Are Billions thực sự là một tác phẩm độc đáo nên thử qua.

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Giảm 50%, còn 340.000đ

Lấy bối cảnh thời tiền sử, khi các bộ lạc còn chưa hình thành, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey sẽ đưa bạn vào vai một động vật linh trưởng (vượn người). Sử dụng và học tập các kỹ năng cơ bản như săn bắn, hái lượm, chiến đấu, xây dựng…. nhân vật của bạn sẽ từng bước phát triển để sinh tồn cũng như tiến hóa.

Xcom 2

Giảm 75%, còn 252.000đ

Kể ra thì “XCOM 2” vốn không phải là một tựa game đậm tính thư giãn cho lắm bởi cơ chế gameplay phức tạp, đòi hỏi tính toán từng đường đi nước bước để giành chiến thắng. Tuy nhiên điểm dễ thở của nó là ở chỗ áp dụng hình thức chiến đấu đi theo lượt và không hề hối thúc người chơi thực hiện quyết định của mình. Do đó, người chơi có thể vừa chơi vừa nhâm nhi chén trà và suy nghĩ cho bước đi tiếp theo một cách thoải mái.

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Microsoft xCloud, lo hemos probado: el nuevo arma en la guerra del juego por streaming

Microsoft xCloud, lo hemos probado: el nuevo arma en la guerra del juego por streaming

Mientras las miras en el mundo del videojuego están puestas tanto en Xbox One Series X como en PS5, al otro lado nos encontramos justo lo opuesto a las consolas físicas: el juego por streaming. Los principales representantes del mismo son tanto NVIDIA GeForce Now como el recién aterrizado Google Stadia, rivales a los que tendrá que enfrentarse Microsoft con xCloud, su propuesta para jugar a sus propuestas en teléfonos móvil.

La vista preliminar de Microsoft xCloud ya está disponible para Android, por lo que podemos disfrutar de ella siempre que tengamos un mando compatible y hayamos sido seleccionados para la prueba, siendo necesario el previo registro unos meses atrás.

Requisitos previos

Los requisitos previos de Project Xcloud son relativamente asequibles. Tan solo necesitamos un Android con la versión 6.0 de Android o superior, así como Bluetooth a partir de la versión 4.0. No es necesaria en sí la Xbox para jugar, aunque sí es recomendable tener sus mandos para jugar. No obstante, si no los tenemos, siempre podemos optar por algún mando compatible.

A pesar de que Microsoft afirma que el servicio funciona con 10 Mbps de bajada y 4,75 Mbps de subida, a día de hoy es más que recomendable que la conexión sea bastante más alta

En segundo lugar, Microsoft nos comenta que necesitamos una red con al menos 10 Mbps de bajada y 4,75 Mbps de subida. En nuestro caso hemos jugado con una conexión de fibra simétrica de 600 MBps, la red local de nuestro hogar, un Samsung Galaxy S20 y un Google Pixel 3a XL.

Es necesaria para jugar la aplicación Xbox Game Streaming, la cual se puede descargar desde Play Store de forma completamente gratuita. Una vez la hayamos descargado, tenemos que iniciar sesión en nuestra cuenta de Microsoft vinculada a la librería de juegos. En otras palabras, introducir la misma cuenta de tu Xbox en la aplicación.

Conectar el mando de Xbox al móvil

El mando de Xbox es uno de los más adaptados en móvil a todos los niveles, empezando por la conexión. Para conectar el mando al móvil es necesario que tengamos el Bluetooth activo. Ahora pulsaremos sobre el botón de conexión del mando y el logo de Xbox parpadeará durante unos segundos.

El mando se conecta como cualquier otro accesorio Bluetooth. En el caso de Xbox tenemos un botón dedicado para la conexión inalámbrica, justo en la parte superior.

Listo. Una vez hayamos conectado el mando de Xbox al móvil ya podemos jugar a cualquier entrega en la aplicación. Como era de esperar, si no tenemos conectado el mando la aplicación nos mandará un aviso advirtiendo que debemos realizar la conexión.

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El catálogo de Xcloud

El catálogo de Xcloud es espectacular, todo un golpe en la mesa incluso tratándose de una versión preliminar. En él se integran tanto juegos de GamePass como juegos fuera del mismo. En concreto, en esta vista preliminar, contamos con un total de 97 juegos, una cifra impresionante teniendo en cuenta que aún estamos en fase pruebas.

El catálogo inicial es espectacular. Además de ser un listado más que extenso, la calidad de la mayoría de entregas es de primer nivel

Juegos del nivel de Forza Horizon 4, ARK:Survival Evolved, Destiny 2, Devil May Cry, Gears 5 o Just Cause 4 son algunos de los títulos escogidos para la colección de Xcloud, pudiendo transmitirlos al móvil de forma sencilla, como veremos más adelante. Por el momento no podemos transmitir juegos desde la consola, función que queda reservada para más adelante.

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Absolver

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

ARK: Survival Evolved

Batman: The Enemy Within

Batman: The Telltale Series

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Black Desert

Bleeding Edge

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Bomber Crew

Borderlands 2

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Children of Morta

Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition

Conan Exiles

Crackdown 3: Campaign

Darksiders III

DayZ

Dead by Daylight: Special Edition

Dead Island Definitive Edition

Descenders

Destiny 2

Devil May Cry 5

Dragon Age: Inquisition

DiRT Rally 2.0

F1 2019

Farming Simulator 17

Felix The Reaper

Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour

For The King

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Motorsport 7

Frostpunk: Console Edition

Gears 5

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

GoNNER- Blueberry Edition

Halo 5: Guardians

Halo Wars 2

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Hello Neighbor

Hitman

Journey to the Savage Planet

Just Cause 4

Killer Instinct

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Two Crowns

Los Sims 4

Madden NFL 20

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

Moonlighter

MotoGP 19

MudRunner

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Overcooked

Portal Knights

Puyo Puyo Champions

Rad

ReCore: Definitive Edition

Sea of Thieves

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow Warrior 2

Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Sniper Elite 4

SoulCalibur VI

Sparklite

State of Decay 2

Subnautica

Superhot

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

Tekken 7

Tera

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

The Surge

The Wolf Among Us

theHunter: Call of the Wild

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Tracks - The Train Set Game

Train Sim World 2020

Unravel 2

Vampyr

War Thunder

Warhammer: Vermintide

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

World of Final Fantasy Maxima

World of Tanks: Mercenaries

World of Warships: Legends

World War Z

WRC 7 FIFA World Rally Championship

Wreckfest

WWE 2K20

Yakuza 0

Yoku's Island Express

La aplicación: cómo funciona Xcloud

Project xCloud utiliza Azure, la nube de Microsoft, desde la cual podemos transmitir a nuestro dispositivo juegos tanto desde la colección inicial como, en un futuro, de nuestra propia colección personal. Tras iniciar sesión podemos acceder a la colección y ejecutar los juegos desde la misma.

A nivel de ajustes, aún podemos tocar poco. Podemos habilitar la conexión desde redes móviles, aparecer desconectados aunque estemos jugando y enviar comentarios con feedback.

Pero vamos a jugar. Basta con pulsar sobre cualquier juego para que se abra su ficha. En este nos mostrará una pequeña descripción del juego, así como la información PEGI sobre el mismo. No tenemos más que darle a jugar para empezar a disfrutar. Si no hemos conectado un mando, se nos indicará que debemos hacerlo, facilitando el acceso directo a los ajustes de Bluetooth.

El juego tarda algunos segundos en transmitirse...

...y otro rato en sincronizar por primera vez los datos desde la nube. Las demás conexiones son más rápidas, una vez hecha la inicial.

Por el momento, los juegos tardan sobre unos 20 segundos en transmitirse al dispositivo. Pasado este tiempo, el juego se reproduce de forma normal. En el caso de que ya tengamos progreso guardado en los juegos, se realizará un proceso de sincronización de los mismos. Este tarda bastante, en nuestro caso, sincronizando la partida de Forza Horizon 4, ha tardado cerca cinco minutos para transferir todos los datos, conectados a nuestra red WiFi 5Ghz.

Una vez realizada la sincronización (algo no necesario si no tenemos datos guardados de partidas anteriores), podemos empezar a jugar, y aquí es donde empiezan las alegrías, ya que para ser una vista preliminar, funciona bastante bien en algunos juegos.

La calidad gráfica de Project Xcloud es excelente. Durante nuestras pruebas no hemos encontrado problemas de conexión y, lo más importante, la latencia ha sido fantástica. Donde hemos encontrado algún problema ha sido a nivel de sonido, con cortes bastante notables en entregas como Forza Horizon 4. No obstante, esto no sucede en todos los juegos. Tampoco hemos notado saltos en calidad de imagen ni cortes a nivel de reproducción, todo esto bajo red WiFi.

Todo depende de la calidad de red. Es recomendable estar conectado a una buena red 5GHz. Bajo una red 4G más inestable hemos tenido problemas de bitrate que afectan a la experiencia de juego

Al pasar a 4G la cosa cambia. Aquí hemos tenido problemas de bitrate, lo que se transmite en saltos a nivel de calidad. Esto vuelve a poner sobre la mesa lo importante que resulta la calidad de conexión y las dudas que se plantea utilizar este tipo de servicios fuera de casa, en situaciones donde la calidad de red puede variar bastante.

Huelga decir que, al transmitirse los juegos por streaming, no importa demasiado el móvil que tengas, el hardware de tu teléfono no es el encargado de mover estos gráficos, así que la potencia pasa a un segundo plano.

Dentro de la interfaz de juego podemos ver de forma muy visual la calidad de conexión (se marca a la derecha, con el icono de una antena). Si no la tenemos llena, significa que la conexión no es perfecta. Se trata de un buen indicativo para saber de un simple vistazo la calidad de red. Por otro lado, podemos acceder al clásico menú de Xbox, para saber los amigos que hay en línea, gestionar invitaciones, ver nuestros logros y demás.

Una partida de 10 minutos a Forza Horizon ha gastado algo más de 500 megas, por lo que si queremos utilizar este servicio fuera de redes WiFi, con nuestra conexión de datos, hemos de tener en cuenta el impacto que tendrá a nivel de consumo. Del mismo modo, se ha de tener en cuenta que este tipo de servicios consumen buena parte del ancho de banda.

Un buen primer paso de Microsoft

En definitiva, nos encontramos ante una propuesta bastante competitiva de cara a rivalizar con los actuales servicios en streaming. El principal punto aquí es saber qué pasará con el catálogo, cómo se integrará GamePass en él y cómo funcionará la transmisión desde consola, aún no disponible.

Sea como fuere, la vista preliminar de Xcloud nos ha gustado, permite disfrutar de entregas de primera línea en cualquier tipo de móvil y demuestra que Microsoft será uno de los grandes actores en la guerra del streaming.

- La noticia Microsoft xCloud, lo hemos probado: el nuevo arma en la guerra del juego por streaming fue publicada originalmente en Xataka Móvil por Ricardo Aguilar .

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Best PC gaming deals of the week – 24th January 2020 https://ift.tt/2sScfHm

It’s yer deals herald back again with some more rip-roaring deals, and what better way to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year than with a whole weekend of the very best PC gaming deals the internet has to offer? There have been so many good deals this week already, from Humble’s Europa Universalis Bundle to last night’s opening parade of Steam’s Lunar New Year sale, but there are so many more inside waiting to be discovered. Whether it’s TemTem for the cheapest price, 41% off Borderlands 3, 60% off Frostpunk, or a nice big juicy 75% off The Sims 4, come inside and take a look.

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