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SNORTS OBSCENE LEVELS OF COPIUM  
HALO’S BACK YOU GUYS!!! HALO INFINITE SAVED THE FRANCHISE!!!

@FeatherTrap  
I haven’t even managed to get through a match yet because it still CTDs every time I respawn.

@FeatherTrap  
Ouch. That’s bad. I mean 10k a day wouldn’t be too bad for a game from a lesser series, but Jesus Christ. Halo was the god damn king of the shooters for a whole god damn decade. It almost single-handedly sold two consoles.

@EverfreeEmergencies  
I’m still cringing watching my friend steaming it in stuttering-smooth four-frames-per-second gameplay, with missing textures, invisible guns and ragdoll limbs stretching out into slipspace.
 
 
@Officer Hotpants  
Back when it was made by people with talent who actually gave a shit about the game they where making, sure. I don’t know what kind of blackmail Bonnie Ross has on Bill Gates, but it’s gotta be a doozy if she and her staff are still gainfully employed after the ruined husk they’ve turned one of the greatest shooters of all time into.

In Elden Ring, the thing that replaces the bonfire is the Point of Grace. I keep seeing people call them bonfires because Point of Grace is too cumbersome, but I’ve yet to see anyone call them PoG.

@ANoobis  
They also called blood echoes souls in Bloodeborne. If the mechanic remains the same the terminology will, too. Especially when you’ve got three or four games using a given term versus one.

TMNT Cowabunga collection:
 
This makes me happy. I hope there’s online play.

@Cyborg_pony  
Oh shit! Manhattan Project’s in the pack! Man, I’ve missed that game. Haven’t missed the blinding rage it sometimes induced but, you know: TMNT games.

Finally managed to play a few matches of Infinite without the game crashing. I guess it’s okay when I forget it’s supposed to be a halo game.

I found the current worst game review I’ve ever seen. This guy did his review of Spec Ops: The Line based on the demo, before the game even launched. Here we are, ten years after he declared it a failure, and people are still talking about it, and it’s become a touchstone in the industry.

@ANoobis  
While people fellate that game way too hard, it’s damn sure not a failure.

@ANoobis  
Talking about how it’s a generic shooter with a fuckup story, fuckup post-release PR, and more importantly, financial loss?

@Officer Hotpants  
That one was my favorite as well. I rented it a bunch as a kid, but never got passed the bridge for a long time.

@Cyborg_pony  
I think I got into Shredder’s place one time. Or at least some kind of techno-base. But yeah. The bridge was a bitch. I usually died either there or in the sewers.

@Officer Hotpants  
I hope the sprite tearing gets fixed.

@Cyborg_pony  
Nah. It feels homey to me. Although that may have been an issue with the hardware of the time; might not actually need fixing on more modern equipment.

TMNT collection boxart really pays tribute.
 

@Cyborg_pony  
A little bit of everything. Well, except for the movies.

@Officer Hotpants  
I watched one of the modern movies.

@IvanSatoru  
Oh. Right. I forgot about those. I was thinking of the ones from the 90s.

@Officer Hotpants @Officer Hotpants  
It’s all the game art, which is why it’s so great.

Kinda want Hogwarts Legends, but you just know they’re gonna load it up with a bunch of tranny/LGBT shit just to spite Rowling’s anti-tranny stance. Should I really give the fag devs the money they need to eat and reproduce?

@Humble Oriathan  
I’m holding out for that reason. I’m waiting to see if they woke it up before I dive in.

>tf2  
>no community servers in the browser running any of the maps that I like  
>all creators servers empty  
>casual matches are full of cheaters  
>can’t use voice chat  
>can’t use text chat  
>can’t even call out spies  
>get kicked out just because

@Humble Oriathan  
Either Crab or Goyle is going to come out as trans. You watch. Crab & Gail. And you’ll get an immediate game over if you attack them.