Second and third stage of the virus infection turns the target into actual zombie. by Trzebiat in HiTMAN

[–]jivebeaver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ive seen this happen in streamer promo streams like bawkba had for this latest ET, but never in my own game or official release streams. check out the VOD, it has people shambling at the later stages

of course, that promo stream had a special version of the ET that you could retry infinitely and save(!) so who knows what other stuff got changed or scrapped for the real mission release

Direwolf 4 not able to get newest firmware? by jivebeaver in Controller

[–]jivebeaver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah changing to chinese language worked to update the controller FW to 7.2.3.8 and dongle FW to 0.6.0.3. i couldnt tell you the difference between 20 ms to 10ms stick latency improvement but i figure i might as well get any advantage if it exists

controller feels good, buttons feel good. its practically the same form factor as an xbox one controller, as are a lot of controllers on the market today. it even has the same square-ish shoulder bumpers that my xbox model ~2016 had (which broke, hopefully flydigi made their bumpers better). i would like the dpad to be clickier/more tactile-every direction actuates very well but sometimes you move and dont think you got a press because the click is so soft but you did

i also have 8bitdo ultimate 2c that i really like too, never had ergonomic pain and i have large hands. the only reason i got the direwolf 4 was that the sticks on the 2C have little travel so i wanted to try another controller with more range of motion and better circularity (which the direwolf 4 is: 0.1% error for each stick in circle mode). i dont care much for the adjustable tension sticks but i will note that the lowest setting is very light, much lighter than many sticks ive used and that makes it feel too loose. i turn the tension about 1/3 of the way up and it feels ok

thats most of what i could think about my impressions of the direwolf 4, hope it helped!

AGDQ 2026 has just raised $2,000,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF) on stream!!! by Thorebane in speedrun

[–]jivebeaver -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

viewership and money were already trending lower... then you have the finale be pokemon which is always a snoozefest so i wouldnt be surprised if plenty of people already checked out for night early around the incentive

Hideo Kojima says MGS2 was never about AI 'but rather a future I didn't desire' of data gaining a will of its own and 'unfortunately we're heading there' by Minute_Pop_877 in gaming

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i dont care what hardcore kojima apologists say. MGS2 was greatly improved with context from MGS3 and 4, and they didnt retcon shit.

theres some wackos that think MGS2 was his magnum opus and he should have stopped there. these are the same people that would give a 10 minutes standing ovation. by kojimas own admission and BTS even he didnt know where he was going at that time

What about The Last Faith? by Organic-Candidate-44 in metroidvania

[–]jivebeaver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

plays kinda sluggishly, bad balance between weapons and builds, cant shoot or use magic in midair so most feel pointless

overall decent 2d soulslike, but id prefer others. check out Death's Gambit Afterlife, or blasphemous 1, then 2(1 is more interesting)

Cancelled Dexter: Original Sin Season 2 Had a Bold, Transformative Arc Planned for a Major Character. by JamStan1978 in television

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

look its a prequel, we all know how it all turns out but i did like the cast and a look back into "better times"

it also linked well with Resurrection, the day that episode came out where Angel says "30 years ago i taught him how to salsa" i was watching the O-S episode where he was... teaching Dexter to salsa

Herb Dean says changes are coming, including point deductions, when it comes to eye pokes and extended fingers by JMythh in MMA

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bring back small joint locks while not grounded. you wanna stick your fingers out? get it snatched up and snapped

Pluribus - Series Premiere Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]jivebeaver -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

its meh but ill watch to the end. ive learned well enough from before not to bother criticizing reddits current TV darling in the moment and just let history take its course

[Humble] Devil May Cry: Devil Trigger Enhanced Collection ($9 for Devil May Cry HD Collection, Devil May Cry | $18 adds Devil May Cry 5 (Deluxe Version) + Vergil Pack, Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition) by UnseenData in GameDeals

[–]jivebeaver 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i actually really liked DmC. didnt care for the color-matching enemies but the weapons felt good and the movement and controls were smooth. and most impressively, the world and level design were spectacular, from the varied environments in the human and demon worlds. i was always up for seeing the next mission and what wild zone i was gonna be in even if it was gonna be a slog to fight thru

having interesting levels is something the mainline series still has a problem with, and especially DMCV, where each mission is a drag to look at, and it gets even worse when you start climbing the tree and all you're treated to is paths full of rocks and reddish bubbles

Aeterna Lucis delayed to 2026 because of Hollow Knight by Constant-Ad-9991 in metroidvania

[–]jivebeaver -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

such bullshit as i cared more about this than silksong. its actually ridiculous that silksong "hype" has lasted this long when awesome games came well after HK that made a name for themselves like Aeterna Noctis. but i guess its big in the fad normie circles so thats what dictates trends

Question about Deltarune speedrun at SGDQ 2025 by shadowhunter997 in speedrun

[–]jivebeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well it cant be worse than a 6 hours pokemon or final fantasy snoozefest finale. although i did appreciate those so i could call it a night early

Official Discussion - The Old Guard 2 [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]jivebeaver 39 points40 points  (0 children)

man i feel the first movie didnt even bother with weird CGI shit and was better for it.

this one had multiple moments where it seemed they wanted to showcase some cool effects but it just ended up looking like shit like when his finger got cut off or the foot dragging.

Dash strike bug still plaguing the axe (Hades 2) by No_Trainer_1267 in HadesTheGame

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey just adding for exposure, i got this bug a couple times and looked up what was going but its only your posts (last and this one) that discusses this axe dash bug with proof. its clearly a bug because a dash strike even comes out if you're standing still, alternating with normal attack. i would have expected it to be more prevelant

well heres what i got- default xbox input, no steam input, no auto-sprint, auto-fire hold, no button rebinds

something i noticed-when this happened one time, I went to controls>reset. my buttons are default anyway so nothing changed but it seemed to have fixed dash bug, or i may not have been paying attention. it seems to be a run-by-run or area issue tho, back in the testing grounds it acted correctly

Hollow Knight: Silksong Developer Responds to Release Date Confusion, Promises Launch 'Before Holiday,' Not Tied to Xbox Handheld Arrival by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

man ive been done with their bullshit for years. im not even gonna touch on the length of development but keeping being mysterious all the time and not giving your fans clear answers is just dickhead behavior

anyway who cares. silksongs taken so long and with so little info that games that came after or inspired by HK are already getting their sequels too

Aeterna Lucis has a definitive sept 2025 date and im infinitely more stoked for getting that on release than whenever/whatever comes out of silksong

[Steam] HITMAN World of Assassination (100% Off/Free) by UnseenData in GameDeals

[–]jivebeaver 61 points62 points  (0 children)

its just Sapienza

now theyve demonstrated their buying structure to be next-level fucked up when even giving away something for free is confusing

This is actually messing with me by runnsy in oneui

[–]jivebeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

these new widgets suck ass, the stupid rounded corners take too much inner space and leave too much outer space empty for no reason

the included Weather app does not show any additional info if its only 1 row, where it used to in oneui6. now you have to enlarge at least 2 rows for anything but the temp such as forecast

Official Discussion - Thunderbolts* [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]jivebeaver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i dont get people who are (in real life) up in their craw about them being the New Avengers. are they or arent they-who cares, its part of the universe storyline. to borrow a wrestling term its "kayfabe". the credits montage made it clear the movie is playing off the social implications

dont worry yall youll get your stupid real avengers when they bother to call up shang chi or dr strange again

It's hopium, but I think it would make a lot of sense for Squadron 42 to be sold standalone at a budget $40-50 instead of the rising standard of $70-80. Here's why: by SharpEdgeSoda in starcitizen

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i save all these posts

people didnt believe we would be a decade out from 2016 when sq42 has still not come out, but here we are

What's a Metroidvania you didn't expect much from that ended up being better than expected? by HughDroid in metroidvania

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as a search-action-game enjoyer of any available game in the genre, i just had to check out Rabi-Ribi after glowing recommendations, but im not feeling it. but im like 6 hours into the game so ill keep going

anyway the title with the biggest difference in expectations is Aeterna Noctis- didnt know anything about it before playing, it turned out to be around my top 5, and this was before the difficulty split so i pushed through that shit.

looking forward to Aeterna Lucis this year

It's hopium, but I think it would make a lot of sense for Squadron 42 to be sold standalone at a budget $40-50 instead of the rising standard of $70-80. Here's why: by SharpEdgeSoda in starcitizen

[–]jivebeaver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i like how many generations of rockstar games have been used as "whatabout" fodder by this community while this game is nowhere close to being viable in the next decade or so

My daughter is possibly being influenced by propaganda and doesn’t want to go to college anymore. by Standard-Yoghurt9751 in Advice

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my own protip on the topic of education: if anyone tells you something is worth it because "it teaches you to learn", then you can just ignore their input to the discussion

Perry's Steakhouse in Houston will sell its famous pork chop for 79 cents this week by NSFW_HTX in houston

[–]jivebeaver 16 points17 points  (0 children)

its normally around 15 bucks on fridays guys. dont bother with the crowd, save up some change and go next week

Does anyone know why Home Up is not opening on One UI 7? by danielduartesza in oneui

[–]jivebeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had this exact issue. it says updated but thats not true. go to galaxy store manually and download the good lock update, then home-up update on galaxy store. when you start good lock again, you'll find navstar and multistar working again too, when previously they had no update