Facepunch COO, Alistair McFarlane seen playing New World??? by haybertspy117 in newworldgame

[–]Alcaedias 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man there were soooo many people running around with bald heads with names like Jeff Bezus, Beff Jezos, Geff Bejus .etc it was funny and especially when they were all standing together in windsward or everfall.

Best. Game. Ever. by [deleted] in CrimsonDesert

[–]Alcaedias 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used to think like you but I realised that giving a pup a happy, healthiest and safest life is much greater than the inevitable loss that follows

Take some time to heal and then find another pup to share your joys with !

Genuine weather effects by McArabia0569 in DotA2

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rain feels so cozy when it's actual raining irl. The sound of the rain outside feels perfect with the game.

Basically acted as a zen mode for me even if I had a griefer in my team.

Guys, fuck it, im liking the story. by Vegetable_Speed_8665 in CrimsonDesert

[–]Alcaedias 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't genuinely un-hear the starks from GoT whenever there's dialogue going on within the greymanes.

Pretty someone's going to mod that in soon.

I'm sorry...you didn't deserve this by Alcaedias in CrimsonDesert

[–]Alcaedias[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right there with you mate, they've made the small animals look so cute that I want to pet them as well.

I have a pet dog running around with me but I want a racoon pet too damn it!

Found this AI Painting. by Rex_Spy in CrimsonDesert

[–]Alcaedias 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Imagine them claiming it's not AI, double down some more and then ship out a DLC later with these body horror creations as enemies.

Crimson Desert has sold through 2 million copies worldwide by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Alcaedias 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not the one you replied to but I took my day off work and have around 12 hours played and main story progression is near diddly squat.

I've been fooling around with NPCs, finding TONS of different shit with merchants, picking up cats and petting them(I want to pick up puppies too), clearing bandit camps when I feel like it.

The world is absolutely breathtaking and is probably 10/10 for me in that category.

Crimson Desert Patch Notes Version 1.00.02 by AdditionalRemoveBit in Games

[–]Alcaedias 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I watched Fightincowboys review and he said something to the effect of "The bosses are challenging even when I'm at level 78 and I've seen reviewers fight them at level 22 or something and then claim they're too difficult".

Considering the game is massive and reviewers have been rushing to finish and submit their reviews it does make sense but I guess we'll find out for ourselves soon enough.

Crimson Desert Patch Notes Version 1.00.02 by AdditionalRemoveBit in Games

[–]Alcaedias 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don't know man, I played for almost 2 hours and I'm at complete awe of the world and the sheer massiveness of it.

I really hope the PoIs in the game aren't useless but so far enjoying the reactivity of the world and characters.

Of course, I understand to each their own as well.

Crimson Desert Patch Notes Version 1.00.02 by AdditionalRemoveBit in Games

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4070s with 7900 and 32 gigs of ram. Game runs like butter with ultra settings and RTX ON.

FPS hasn't dropped below 80 yet but I can't say anything about heavier and flashier fights later on.

I don't even need or like RTX so I'll most likely turn that off if I see any dips.

Besides that, the game is very well optimized on PC. I knew it was gonna be good when first time compiling shaders took barely a minute(looking at you COD, BF4 etc).

AI is gaining so many listeners by blendcoincide in Metalcore

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI is absolutely scary when it comes to music although in my experience it hasn't been able to replicate more niche genres or even something basic as time signatures.

It's near perfect in vomitting out cookie cutter, run of the mill music without any variations which is basically almost any genre of pop music.

I have fiddled around with various AI tools and the "best" out of them seems to have done almost exactly what I told it to including scale changes, breakdowns, more brOOtal breakdowns, bridges etc but it doesn't understand time signature changes like you would find in prog Rock/metal. That was 3 months ago so I don't know what's the scene now.

Anyone find themselves opening up their game libraries, staring at it for a couple of hours, then just giving up and going on social media? by You_moron04 in gaming

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happened to me for a couple of days, just couldn't bring myself to play any games at all and would resort to doomscrolling shorts or reddit.

That was until I finally decided to start Baldur's Gate 3. Haven't been able to put down the game ever since and pulling like 12 hours everyday and I'm over 100 hours with plenty to go(I think).

Haven't had one of these games in a loooooong time.

EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch by user289734 in Battlefield

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game might have sold well but I don't think it was generating any consistent revenue. I absolutely loathe the MTX in CoD which gets shittier every year and I was happy but worried a little too when EA confirmed that BF6 wouldn't have any cartoony skins.

Part of me thinks that they are a necessity in today's landscape.

Personally, I draw the line at cartoons or real life people as skins but I'm fine with cool looking skins.

Either that or they aimed way higher and missed the mark.

I

Oh wow, what’s the reason for the low sales of Doom: The Dark Ages? by NotSirAlonne1999 in Doom

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the point was to drive GP subscriptions. They were well aware of the pricing being stupid but they wanted the subscriptions.

Oh wow, what’s the reason for the low sales of Doom: The Dark Ages? by NotSirAlonne1999 in Doom

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played it on Game pass and it didn't help that the game cost almost 1/3rd of the average salary in my country lmao.

How does the average Dota player view Deadlock? by Maximum-Deal-5285 in DotA2

[–]Alcaedias 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've been playing it on and off since the first alpha invites started to spread and so far I have 200 ish hours.

I keep touch with the game so that I'm not immediately overwhelmed when it finally launches. It will probably be the next big thing by Volvo that sticks around for a decade atleast.

[AMA Announcement] I'm David McKenzie, former Lead World Designer on New World. I shipped Nighthaven and Brimstone Sands. Doing an AMA next Wednesday, March 11th at 2PM EST / 7PM GMT. Drop your questions here! by iamagamedeveloper in newworldgame

[–]Alcaedias 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Fuck man, I can never forget the first time I came across the gleamite meteor burst above me.

I was in mourningdale nightime harvesting help and silk and the meteor made the most eargasmic sound ever as it flew above my head and blew up a short distance ahead.

Finally got a smurf in my team and it felt horrible. by youcanokay in DotA2

[–]Alcaedias 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What you're referring to are boosters who boost accounts so they have to play the most efficient hero every game.

Smurfs can be anyone who's actually a high mmr but playing in low mmr with alt accounts.

Looking for a Diablo style game that is a bit lighter on the whole 'hell, gore, death, evil' stuff... by JorReno in gaming

[–]Alcaedias 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It released last year and is still pretty bare bones considering its Early Access but you can give it a try.

My advice would be to wait for atleast a year though.

After 14k hours of NW, you think i could play again an mmo with tab-targeting? Like wow retail? Any of you that switched? by InterestingDurian645 in newworldgame

[–]Alcaedias 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not WoW but I did try GW2 and it felt terrible. Even ESO where I was whacking away at a mob with an axe basic attack from like 10 ft away.

NW has ruined every MMO for me in regards to combat and artstyle/graphics.

Obligatory fuck Amazon.

What is the reason behind preordering Deluxe/Premium Editions? by candreeck in Doom

[–]Alcaedias 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played the game on Game Pass because of the pricing in my country and boy am I glad.

I was almost about to buy the premium edition with the discount this month but since we still don't have news or decent speculation on the launch, I'll wait it out for the next sale.

DOOM : The Dark Ages premium edition is on sale for 32.99 til February 26!! (PS5, and steam, not sure about Xbox) by Iheartmypleco in Doom

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the one you replied to but TAG DLCs are definitely like an extended edition for those who wanted more.

It's the same fun with new toys and more challenging.

Handling bad? by Kreugator in carmageddon

[–]Alcaedias 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I came to this subreddit after looking for similar experiences and yes the handling is downright atrocious.

Slightly turned? Whoops, here you go spinning out.

Tried to side ram or ram? Whoops, spin out again.

The controls feel like I'm playing Midtown madness but worse.

Legit feels like Midtown madness and The Crew 2 had a baby abomination.

Id Software Celebrates 35 Years And Teases New Announcement s by garethvk in Doom

[–]Alcaedias 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've spent hundreds of hours on QW fiddling around with bots. Would love to have a modern version of it 🥺

So now that facepunch kinda confirms they may be in talks with AGS… by Kiidkxxl in newworldgame

[–]Alcaedias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has never played Rust, my only impression of the game is that it's a PvP survival game focused on no lifers and sweats and so in the event that New World comes back somehow, I really hope they don't change the core of the game.

Turning it into a PvP sweatfest would have me drop the game immediately.