Thread for Gamers IX: God Howard Starfield Edition

[Cisairse]

Wasteland 3 has been delayed.

Dude, look at the date. I wouldn't trust any game news for the next 2 days.

The delay is modest, and it wouldn't surprise me if they wanted to announce it today specifically so people don't think it's an April Fool's Day joke.

[The Biggles Syndicate]

Holy shit. The Doom Hunter boss fight was fucking nuts.

Then they throw two more at you lol.

>mfw there's demonic hordes invading my home country in-game

[Imperial isa]

I've decided that if anyone is confused about how the Combine managed to...

imprison the G-Man

...in Half Life Alyx, I can give my own (likely) explanation based on the lore:

The Combine has informants in the population of City 17. I think the G-Man was conducting one of his visits that he does with certain characters, the ones where he subtly pulls the strings in various directions. The G-Man was in a building in City 17 where he was visiting someone to do aforementioned string pulling. An informant spotted him and recognised him and informed the Combine. The Combine, based on the lore, has been aware of the existence of the G-Man for some time, and is aware that the Vortigaunts energy, "Vortessence", has the ability to disrupt or stop the G-Man's dimensional, spatial, and temporal control (in the form of teleportation) that he uses to carry out his work (as shown in Episode 1 when the Vortigaunts are able to stop G-Man from moving).

The Combine knew that in the event of a conventional raid that the G-Man would just transport out of there before they could capture him. The Combine likely used enslaved Vortigaunts in a very fast raid on the building that the G-Man was in, surrounding the building with Vortigaunts to use the Vortessence to disrupt the dimensional, spatial, and temporal constants of the building, preventing the G-Man from teleporting out of there. Of course having Vortigaunts constantly using the Vortessence on the building wasn't a permanent fix, so the Combine quickly constructed a Vault around the building, encasing the building inside.

The Combine was then able to separate the room that the G-Man was in from the rest of the building, so that they could imprison him long term in a specially designed capsule. However, keeping him imprisoned in that capsule relied upon keeping him and the entire environment around him in a permanent state of dimensional, spatial, and temporal flux, hence why the interior of the Vault has some very bizarre dimensional, spatial, and temporal abnormalities in it (the upside down/mirrored rooms, people frozen in time as a ghost image, etc). They put Vortigaunts into some devices that would provide the Vortessence required to keep those conditions inside the Vault going almost indefinitely.

What they did ,when did that happen ?

[The Huskar Social Union]

I've decided that if anyone is confused about how the Combine managed to...

imprison the G-Man

...in Half Life Alyx, I can give my own (likely) explanation based on the lore:

The Combine has informants in the population of City 17. I think the G-Man was conducting one of his visits that he does with certain characters, the ones where he subtly pulls the strings in various directions. The G-Man was in a building in City 17 where he was visiting someone to do aforementioned string pulling. An informant spotted him and recognised him and informed the Combine. The Combine, based on the lore, has been aware of the existence of the G-Man for some time, and is aware that the Vortigaunts energy, "Vortessence", has the ability to disrupt or stop the G-Man's dimensional, spatial, and temporal control (in the form of teleportation) that he uses to carry out his work (as shown in Episode 1 when the Vortigaunts are able to stop G-Man from moving).

The Combine knew that in the event of a conventional raid that the G-Man would just transport out of there before they could capture him. The Combine likely used enslaved Vortigaunts in a very fast raid on the building that the G-Man was in, surrounding the building with Vortigaunts to use the Vortessence to disrupt the dimensional, spatial, and temporal constants of the building, preventing the G-Man from teleporting out of there. Of course having Vortigaunts constantly using the Vortessence on the building wasn't a permanent fix, so the Combine quickly constructed a Vault around the building, encasing the building inside.

The Combine was then able to separate the room that the G-Man was in from the rest of the building, so that they could imprison him long term in a specially designed capsule. However, keeping him imprisoned in that capsule relied upon keeping him and the entire environment around him in a permanent state of dimensional, spatial, and temporal flux, hence why the interior of the Vault has some very bizarre dimensional, spatial, and temporal abnormalities in it (the upside down/mirrored rooms, people frozen in time as a ghost image, etc). They put Vortigaunts into some devices that would provide the Vortessence required to keep those conditions inside the Vault going almost indefinitely.

What they did ,when did that happen ?

Some point prior to Half Life Alyx

You come across the G Man imprisoned by the combine in the game as Alyx

[The New California Republic]

I've decided that if anyone is confused about how the Combine managed to...

imprison the G-Man

...in Half Life Alyx, I can give my own (likely) explanation based on the lore:

The Combine has informants in the population of City 17. I think the G-Man was conducting one of his visits that he does with certain characters, the ones where he subtly pulls the strings in various directions. The G-Man was in a building in City 17 where he was visiting someone to do aforementioned string pulling. An informant spotted him and recognised him and informed the Combine. The Combine, based on the lore, has been aware of the existence of the G-Man for some time, and is aware that the Vortigaunts energy, "Vortessence", has the ability to disrupt or stop the G-Man's dimensional, spatial, and temporal control (in the form of teleportation) that he uses to carry out his work (as shown in Episode 1 when the Vortigaunts are able to stop G-Man from moving).

The Combine knew that in the event of a conventional raid that the G-Man would just transport out of there before they could capture him. The Combine likely used enslaved Vortigaunts in a very fast raid on the building that the G-Man was in, surrounding the building with Vortigaunts to use the Vortessence to disrupt the dimensional, spatial, and temporal constants of the building, preventing the G-Man from teleporting out of there. Of course having Vortigaunts constantly using the Vortessence on the building wasn't a permanent fix, so the Combine quickly constructed a Vault around the building, encasing the building inside.

The Combine was then able to separate the room that the G-Man was in from the rest of the building, so that they could imprison him long term in a specially designed capsule. However, keeping him imprisoned in that capsule relied upon keeping him and the entire environment around him in a permanent state of dimensional, spatial, and temporal flux, hence why the interior of the Vault has some very bizarre dimensional, spatial, and temporal abnormalities in it (the upside down/mirrored rooms, people frozen in time as a ghost image, etc). They put Vortigaunts into some devices that would provide the Vortessence required to keep those conditions inside the Vault going almost indefinitely.

What they did ,when did that happen ?

Before they built the Citadel in City 17, so several years prior to the events of HL2.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Just got the car section of Half Life 2 Episode 2, and forgot how much of a pain in the balls that gnome achievement is in this section.


Alright mr Gnome, prepare to be Yeeted something fierce on multiple occasions to safe spots so i can drive more than 1mph without risking you going tumbling out the car every five seconds.


Ive been doing achievement runs on Halflife 2 and its expansions, got all of them in Half Life 2 and Episode 1 in a single run each (bar the flushed achievement), but ive missed one here in Episode 2 so will have to dart back and do that and any others i may miss once im done.

[The New California Republic]

Just got the car section of Half Life 2 Episode 2, and forgot how much of a pain in the balls that gnome achievement is in this section.


Alright mr Gnome, prepare to be Yeeted something fierce on multiple occasions to safe spots so i can drive more than 1mph without risking you going tumbling out the car every five seconds.


Ive been doing achievement runs on Halflife 2 and its expansions, got all of them in Half Life 2 and Episode 1 in a single run each (bar the flushed achievement), but ive missed one here in Episode 2 so will have to dart back and do that and any others i may miss once im done.

The first time I completed the Gnome run I beat the shit out of it with the crowbar before I put it in the rocket.

[Andsed]

So apparently Bannerlord is not coming to consoles for some time.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Just got the car section of Half Life 2 Episode 2, and forgot how much of a pain in the balls that gnome achievement is in this section.


Alright mr Gnome, prepare to be Yeeted something fierce on multiple occasions to safe spots so i can drive more than 1mph without risking you going tumbling out the car every five seconds.


Ive been doing achievement runs on Halflife 2 and its expansions, got all of them in Half Life 2 and Episode 1 in a single run each (bar the flushed achievement), but ive missed one here in Episode 2 so will have to dart back and do that and any others i may miss once im done.

The first time I completed the Gnome run I beat the shit out of it with the crowbar before I put it in the rocket.

Im near certain i tried it once on the orange box and lost the bastard and could not be arsed loading back to a save to get him back

[Barboneia]

So apparently Bannerlord is not coming to consoles for some time.

(Image)

You know it took them six years until Warband came to consoles? By the time Bannerlord is on consoles Hell will have frozen over. Either that or they're probably waiting until the next generation comes out so they don't end up wasting their time developing it for the current generation.

Also why would you want to play them on console? I understand if you don't have a good PC, but playing vanilla is literally the most boring M&B experience imaginable. Mods is where it's at.

[The first Galactic Republic]

The first time I completed the Gnome run I beat the shit out of it with the crowbar before I put it in the rocket.

Im near certain i tried it once on the orange box and lost the bastard and could not be arsed loading back to a save to get him back

Honestly the most frustrating Orange Box achievement I went for was the one for beating Ravenholm without ever firing a gun.

Did not want to try all of Episode 1 that way.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Im near certain i tried it once on the orange box and lost the bastard and could not be arsed loading back to a save to get him back

Honestly the most frustrating Orange Box achievement I went for was the one for beating Ravenholm without ever firing a gun.

Did not want to try all of Episode 1 that way.

That one was not that bad for me, just kept carrying saw blades with me, and following a guide on steam i found out you could cheese the fight where you wait for the lift to come over the fence (where you have to fight a bunch of fast zombies). If you close the door to the building that leads up to that lift, then activate it and jump back down and go in through the door again (keeping it closed) you can just wait and the zombies stay on the ground, then hop on the lift when it shows up.

Episode 1 was also not that bad, though i did die a lot because of it as i was using Alyx to kill most stuff when i didnt have props lying around.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Honestly the most frustrating Orange Box achievement I went for was the one for beating Ravenholm without ever firing a gun.

Did not want to try all of Episode 1 that way.

That one was not that bad for me, just kept carrying saw blades with me, and following a guide on steam i found out you could cheese the fight where you wait for the lift to come over the fence (where you have to fight a bunch of fast zombies). If you close the door to the building that leads up to that lift, then activate it and jump back down and go in through the door again (keeping it closed) you can just wait and the zombies stay on the ground, then hop on the lift when it shows up.

Episode 1 was also not that bad, though i did die a lot because of it as i was using Alyx to kill most stuff when i didnt have props lying around.

Honestly it’s been a long time since I’ve been willing to grind out individual achievements. With Game Pass and Xbox sales, I prefer to go through chunks of easy achievements worth a few hundred gamerscore from the games I play to get my total score up. More efficient that way.

*Johny Cash voice* What have I become?

[Ameriganastan]

Im near certain i tried it once on the orange box and lost the bastard and could not be arsed loading back to a save to get him back

Honestly the most frustrating Orange Box achievement I went for was the one for beating Ravenholm without ever firing a gun.

Did not want to try all of Episode 1 that way.

That one was easy. Now the one for keeping all the buildings alive during the last level? I was pulling my hair out over that one.

[Imperial isa]

Just got the car section of Half Life 2 Episode 2, and forgot how much of a pain in the balls that gnome achievement is in this section.


Alright mr Gnome, prepare to be Yeeted something fierce on multiple occasions to safe spots so i can drive more than 1mph without risking you going tumbling out the car every five seconds.


Ive been doing achievement runs on Halflife 2 and its expansions, got all of them in Half Life 2 and Episode 1 in a single run each (bar the flushed achievement), but ive missed one here in Episode 2 so will have to dart back and do that and any others i may miss once im done.

First time i try doing that achievement i parked the car got into a fight ,Boom it went flying into the sea.

So i said fuck ,pick the car back up and went on my way.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Zombie apocalypse game delayed by actual apocalyse

Also Metro Exodus is fucking amazing.

[Ifreann]

The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

[The Huskar Social Union]

The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

I can hear the conductors screaming

[The New California Republic]

The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

One of the reasons I don't play Factorio, I'd just make Rube Goldberg machines all the time.

[The Biggles Syndicate]

The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

It must take legions of men to shovel coal into that monstrosity.

[Barboneia]

The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

"Nooo you can't use the locomotive like that wtf is wrong with you???" "haha train go brrrr"

[Ifreann]

The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

I can hear the conductors screaming

Automated trains. But somehow still screaming.

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The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

One of the reasons I don't play Factorio, I'd just make Rube Goldberg machines all the time.

That's why you should play Factorio.

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The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

It must take legions of men to shovel coal into that monstrosity.

That's one of many cursed things about it. There's nothing fuelling the engines, they have to be fuelled by hand.

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The most cursed gif in the history of human events.

"Nooo you can't use the locomotive like that wtf is wrong with you???" "haha train go brrrr"

"It's so inefficient!"
"Choo choo!"

[The New California Republic]

One of the reasons I don't play Factorio, I'd just make Rube Goldberg machines all the time.

That's why you should play Factorio.

I'll consider it. Got a few games on the go at the moment, but all this enforced free time means that I'm getting through them much quicker.

[Corrian]

I forgot I downloaded a Factorio demo and never really played it.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

I feel like crap I

Couldn't save duke