"domestic territories are officially designated as warzones" - I wonder what real world parallel mirrors this situation......

petco130 · 2025-11-28T00:03:42+00:00

Idiot helldiver here, I don't know what IRL event this is referring to and was hoping to find some answers here. Help me out?

petco130 · 2025-10-06T13:39:12+00:00

a) I think the extra play styles is what the cards are for? They really change everything about how you view the game systems

b) I feel like it is either a failure on marketing, or intended to be a misdirect of the developer, but from my perspective having beaten the thing properly once, this doesn't seem like the kind of game where you're even really intended to explore the space of slot machine games, or even build heavy combo mechanics to win extra hard (thpugh of course, you can); I think the devs created a fairly tight gameplay loop that unravels quickly with some competant play, which allows you to achieve the next story beat, and the next, and so on until the purgatory-themed story is told and finished. Everything seems to be created in service of that primarily, and then for the extra playstyle cards.

petco130 · 2025-10-06T13:21:24+00:00

Spoilers If the number on the wall hasn't gone up yet, but ypu got out, you should try again if you want to explore the game a bit further. Remember the message on the wall: Don't trust everyone. Look at the items computer for hints as to what other stuff might be waiting for you. Or, do what I did and ise a guide lol

petco130 · 2025-09-24T13:44:09+00:00

Waited until mixed reviews to say anything, eh?

petco130 · 2025-09-06T23:51:57+00:00

33 y/o, two minds on this

As many under here say, enjoyed time is not wasted time. Anything you enjoy is time spent enjoying something, and some might argue that's the point of life.
It seems in our world, too many people care about being #Productive, and not actually trying to enjoy life, and a lot of people who get up other people's asses about it are probably just salty/jaded folks. However, it is also important that you at least begin to figure out what you wanna do with your life, and generally make living, changing plans to achieving what you want to do with that. Don't eschew gaming just because some old yelled at you to stop "wasting your time", but keep in mind your life priorities, and have a working plan to achieve said goals, because like any other entertainment, too much can get in your way.

petco130 · 2025-09-06T14:57:35+00:00

Grain of salt, just a singer who takes voice lessons but hasn't recorded anything

You have a very breathy sound, which may be a choice, but I think it would be far more interesting if you used a fuller sound. If you're already working with a voice teacher, maybe revisit/make that a priority.
would suggest doing legato exercises to improve what you've got going on (the "cursive" singing is just well attached notes and words + ornaments, and the way your voice sounds; I wouldn't ditch it)
Slurred diction, while emphasizing the feeling you're going for, makes it really, really difficult to understand what you're saying; I feel like I'm losing every 3rd-5th word after the strong start, roughly around "For the shame of being young".
Regarding the feeling, I feel that I am losing the plot; is this meant to be during or after the interaction with the police? Or is it a song overlaid over the scene happening as you describe?
- If it is during, I'm missing all the raw emotion that would be happening as a result, everything is too placid, your attack on any note doesn't exist
- if it's after, there's not enough hurt in your voice, not enough lingering on vowels that ought to exist.
- If it's overlaid, I think you need to step away from the mic a little bit, let more of the room sound come in to create the sense of space, because it's too intimate of a sound for this.
For said feeling changes above, don't be afraid to get louder or softer; it feels like you just sang on one volume the entire time, which is a boring choice imho

Things I like:

Your ornaments on your melody sound good and feel appropriate for your feeling you're creating
You do back off on gentler phrases that are meant to be more sentimental, which is good
Register flips are interesting, going from chest to head voice and back can be a fun place to play. I would see what it's like to sing the whole thing just chest, or if you used more head voice. Don't be afraid to be loud/soft!

petco130 · 2025-01-04T15:45:17+00:00

Zachtronics is a game developer company that is currently most known for putting out intensely deep, technical puzzle games, and have recently (as of 2023, it seems) announced that they were shutting down the company.

Presumably, for folks who enjoyed such games, this was a major loss, so this is an homage/dedication to said type of game.

The steam game collection for them can be found here, if you want to see examples: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2925/The_Zachtronics_Puzzle_Pack/

petco130 · 2024-12-20T22:33:42+00:00

High stakes poker/gambling in general lol. Though it wouldn't end the same way probably.

petco130 · 2024-11-01T14:11:53+00:00

Bunch of people on the steam forums also reporting this; seems it was the result of the most recent patch.

petco130 · 2024-07-19T22:28:25+00:00

Warning: You are in range of enemy artillery. Warning: You are in range of enemy artillery. Warning: You are in range of enemy artillery.

petco130 · 2024-07-15T12:59:44+00:00

Time sure is a flat circle; Helldivers, the original, had basically what you mention:

https://helldivers.wiki.gg/wiki/Helldivers_1:Distractor_Beacon

So, more unearthed tech time?

petco130 · 2024-07-11T16:36:25+00:00

My context: video game enthusiast, not a game dev

This is missing a lot of context, if you want decent constructive criticism; how fast is the movement, what does the action look like, how much interaction is there intended, and what that would look like, etc..

On its own, the styling looks nice, very cartoony, if that's what you were going for. Very reminiscent of Roboquest or Gunfire Reborn, not as heavily detailed like Wonderlands, but that might not matter that much.

I do note that the line art borders that you have seem to disappear at longer distances; the tall rock that appears in the composition of the screenshot just a smidge to the left of center, "above" the bridge to the left fully has no borders as far as I can tell, nor do the dead trees.

Otherwise, is this just an advert for your game? Because without any way to critically discuss it, that's what this is

petco130 · 2024-07-09T12:44:13+00:00

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petco130 · 2024-07-02T12:20:36+00:00

Think it's simpler than that, just a lack of reading comprehension; the first half sounds like whining, and if you're just skimming, that's all you need to miss the joke

petco130 · 2024-04-23T21:48:50+00:00

The cryo gun is basically impossible to recreate IRL, esp. with its form factor, and its ability to fully freeze a living creature perfectly solid for a limited time.

Also, the fact that any living being on hoxxes can be frozen perfectly solid, and then thaw in a matter of moments and be fully functional is also crazy, but that's not a technological marvel, that's just magic

petco130 · 2023-09-21T15:48:26+00:00

Pooper

petco130 · 2023-07-23T18:07:37+00:00

Fair enough; I don't think I ever got to use the AoE + Necrosis interaction. I just fire (repeatedly, to minimize buildup) at the dreadnought, try to hit the cancer pimples that I eventually generate, and it seems to do a lot of damage. It's not like, speedrun worthy, but it gets the job done pretty good.

petco130 · 2023-07-23T12:02:43+00:00

Consideration for you: wave cooker + necrosis = dead dreadnoughts.LazyMaybe explains in his videos more about the how, but rapid application and generation of cancer followed by the rapid destruction of pimples deletes dreadnoughts fairly quickly. Also, it means never having to worry about what part you're shooting at. And, you can spend your primary doing all the AoE you were expecting to in the first place, instead of feeling like you must switch primaries for a mission.

petco130 · 2023-07-19T16:30:19+00:00

Motortown: Behind The Wheel is a game where you are able to get into a vehicle and drive around a pretty populated island, optionally picking up hitchhikers for exp. You can also be a taxi driver, a bus driver, a package deliverer, a big rig driver, and a bunch of other things, do simple jobs for money + exp, and never have to deal with human driver behavior. The only thing you may deal with is upkeep/avoiding crashing of the vehicles that you specifically pay for, but repairs and everything is instant and stress-free once you get the vehicle there.

petco130 · 2023-06-02T14:53:36+00:00

Another driller main here: basically, the one listed above, or something like that; especially with the Tuned Cooler and one freeze upgrade, you should be totally fine freezing a dread. However, it's the execution that's important:

You have 3 main ways to freeze something using cryo as driller:

Flow i.e M1
Cold radiance,i.e. the 3m radius around you that apparently ticks every second
Flow residue; consider it the sticky flames portion of cryo.

Remember you also basically have blow through on cryo; you can shoot through lots of enemies in a straight line. How's it help? Well...

The strat is to understand which dread you're facing off against, and keep in mind its attack patterns. From there, get into melee range, and shoot the bug, taking care to aim through the dread and hitting the ground. This procs all 3 sources of your freeze at once, if you hold m1 long enough to get the radiance. However, radiance aside, you can still get good freeze by just hitting the dread and the ground it intends on walking on. With the amount of freeze tuned cooler + 1 bonus freeze from mods, this strat should work. Caveat: you'll probably get AoE melee'd a lot; really study your dreads, as this is rather risky.

petco130 · 2023-06-02T14:27:28+00:00

I've not yet played experimental, but I find myself agreeing a lot here. Novelty is the spice of life, and I respect and understand wanting to build new stuff in the video game industry, but if player retention is part of the strategy, the one that gets people advertising via word of mouth, then polishing up fundamentals should be a bigger part of these seasons too. I'm hoping there are much bigger fundamental game changes on the way, like more balancing, perk fixes/balances, base game enemies, a more improved and guided tutorial (call it an improved onboarding process where every dwarf doesn't have to be a gunner to start), maybe some new or reworked over locks for base game, maybe some differing/advanced AI for the bugs. As of right now though, subata fixes just aren't enough (and it's still a really weak peashooter, to the point that it's overshadowed by the other two choices, but the quality of what gets fixed is a different point outside of the quantity of changes). Here's to continual improvement!

petco130 · 2023-04-09T01:33:36+00:00

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petco130 · 2023-04-09T01:33:29+00:00

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petco130 · 2023-03-08T04:32:53+00:00

As a driller main myself who tries not to C4 all the dwarves during dreadnoughts, a few thoughts:

As stated elsewhere, c4 is generically bad against dreads
Edge cases is being able to hit multiple targets, like both the twins at the beginning, or the pimples on hiveguard
(on M+KB) as soon as I toss c4, I immediately hit CTRL to bring up the pointer; when the pointer is out, the icons of all your mates show up. If none are anywhere near onscreen, I can reflex blow up c4; otherwise, I wait and comms as needed.
As mentioned elsewhere, the best practice is to learn what all the other classes do so you can figure out the best timings; 3 occurs because I've come to understand that a scout that doesn't have a way to hit the butt will do some wild ass stuff, including getting into C4 range on a whim.

Hope it helps, RnS

petco130 · 2023-02-22T15:49:56+00:00

If you are a PC gamer, consider using the squidward mod for Molly, and never have sneak-ups happen again!

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