Yeah, I think the thing that separates Helldivers from other games of its ilk is that it tends to be more about when you don’t shoot as opposed to when you do. It also tends to be really punishing in the sense that when things go south, it’s entirely the fault of the player(s), since even the default loadout you start with can handle most any situation.
It’s also pretty hilarious when everything goes south.
Yoooo I related this anecdote on a podcast once. Though I misremembered the scrolls as enchanted boots, oops.
Count me as another person who was basically unaware of OpenMW. I’m going to have to dig out my disc this weekend and check it out.
The last time I played Morrowind was on my old computer and I had a bunch of graphics mods installed so it looked like a more recent game. It was pretty awesome for a while but when I started exploring this one area just outside Vivec it started crashing and wouldn’t stop. Being able to play it again, even if just at my monitor’s native resolution, would be great though.
My favorite part of Morrowind on Xbox was the big foldout map it came with.
OpenMW talk:
for the multiple data folders that make mod management so easy: https://wiki.openmw.org/index.php?title=Mod_installation
for gui scaling:
in the settings.cfg, add the line scaling factor = 1.5 to the [GUI] section. You can change 1.5 to whatever, that’s just my own preference for 1080p morrowind.
you can read more about the settings config here: https://wiki.openmw.org/index.php?title=Settings and there are a few more setting worth tweaking (I recommend looking at the game settings section for some tweaks that were previously available only in the morrowind code patch (which is obviously not compatible with OpenMW))
PS it might be a good idea to just move Morrowind talk into its own thread
To be fair there were a set of boots you could obtain called the boots of blinding speed. You could either escort a rogue from one city to another or just turn on her and murder her while you’re out in the middle of nowhere. The name is quite literal: it boosts your speed well beyond what you could obtain normally with the trade off that it blinds you completely.
there were also like a dozen different ways to trivially negate the blindness, making it the best item in the game
unless you played one of those races that can’t wear boots, anyway
An ill omen indeed
I like the part where if the game is running over 60 FPS, it’s harder to use items in the world or talk to people and once you hit 120, things just don’t work. Good thing the port has a built-in frame limiter - of 30 FPS.
Well, it’s pretty and has dressup and perfect guarding, already making it a Good Game
Yooooooo Firewatch was cooler than I expected and of course I ordered a set of real life prints from the fake disposable camera in the game
I bought it but I haven’t played it past the first half hour yet, too many new games lately
that’s a thing you can do? holy shit! that’s so so so so so cool! please make a thread or something when you receive the prints, i’d love to see how they turn out.
I will do so and I’ll be sure to tag you.
Granted, I mostly just did what the game told me and didn’t dick around too much but all told the game only took about 4 or 5 hours playing that way. Might make a good palate cleanser after you finish something heavier (or need a break from same)
VVVVVV - Did it the hard way! 
Add me on steam mdgnmdgn
you mean like i do in every single TES because fantasy lizard people are the tits 
I was pretty pissed the first time i went to all the trouble to help Pemenie and got a pair of magic boots that my wonky argonian feet couldn’t fit into…
that event with the falling wizard was the exact moment that convinced me it was the best game though!
like 8 years ago, I was starting a new morrowind game, and I polled an IRC channel I was in for what character i should make, and it went like this:
<a> Furry
<b> Barbarian
<c> FURRY BARBARIAN
and so i made an axe-wielding cheetahman that wore a kilt and nothing else and fulfilled some prophecies or something
So, uh, Helldivers is actually really genuinely 90% of the way to a great video game. The slog is definitely not the coolest part, but man, emergent gameplay yes. Multiplayer multiplies the engagement a lot, but whoa man, this has a lot of cool game design decisions.
My Argonian Hoplite was like to a god.
(Medium armor, spear, short blade)
So what’s the last 10 percent?
Also been looking for a bud to get into that game with.
Playing more damn Cactus again, still. Pushing them Infinite Drive scores (which goes by level reached and not score) and apparently I did something and it gave me a stronger version of the first boss and I entered what would best be described as being in the state of mind-flummoxed.
I sure would love if doing these runs weren’t 40+ minute affairs for getting past layer 30, but at least I’m slowly edging my way into top 20.
It’s a good crag or two up on Gone Home at any rate
Still a bit of a land orca
And as decent as the vocals are, fuck voiceovers in videogames must remain the mantra
Even as a longterm Idle Thumbs subscriber
I think this game does a lot to justify being a game instead of something else, though. I don’t want to get too into talking about my experiences yet though because it’ll be spoilery.
