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Rotten Red Rod posted:gently caress yeah, those were awesome. Although it's telling I almost exclusively played them in my local nickel arcade's free play area. Square-Enix Europe (via Eidos Montreal) is putting out Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy later this year so I don't think they've quite given up on lucrative outside properties yet
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Zaphod42 posted:Resposting this video reminded me of the line "phase plasma rifle in the 40 watt range" I have this theory about that line that is probably more thought than anyone working on the movie put into it: -the plasma bolts in the future war scenes are purple, which is the color of air in a plasma state -40 watts isn't enough power to cause the kind of damage the plasma bolts are shown to cause, especially since the impact with the target lasts for only a short time (40 watts delivered over 0.25 seconds is only 10 joules of energy, for instance) So for this line to make sense, the plasma weapons probably suck in air from the environment, ionize it with a 40 watt plasma source (like a very short wavelength UV laser) and then propel it at extremely high speeds out the barrel of the weapon. The total power consumption of the weapon while firing would be far greater than 40 watts, but a 40 watt plasma source would generate a lot of plasma for use as "ammunition." The reason why the power of the plasma source would matter while characterizing a weapon is that a weapon that fires big blasts (like the vehicle mounted ones) or lots of smaller blasts at rapid fire (like the minigun used by the infiltrator) would need higher power plasma generators to maintain their rate of fire than an assault rifle-style one (like the ones used by the resistance members). But since we don't have any point of reference, we don't know if the terminator was asking for a smaller weapon or a larger weapon at the gun shop. Given his other weapon choices, I assume he would have wanted an assault rifle-style one. edit: of course the real reason for the line was to show in a slightly-silly way the level of uncertainty Skynet had for this time period - it didn't know that these weapons weren't available back then, just like how it didn't know which Sarah Connor needed to die. BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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So I for some reason got into VR to play Elite Dangerous when Odyssey came out and now I stupidly bought into Star Citizen after looking at it for years, because a bunch of people online keep swearing that the game is real and has things now. I make terrible decisions with my life. Anyway I loaded it up and hit the button to go into the sandbox, and made my character with what is one of the weirdest character creation systems I have ever used, and was dropped in I guess my apartment building. Then I walked around and there were a bunch of npcs doing nothing that I can't do anything with. It is flashing literally dozens of help text things at the bottom of the screen, and I wandered around thinking that he game would have something that would allow me to fly the ship I bought to get into the game. So I took a tram to the spaceport and there is nothing there to interact with. Am I missing something? If I wanted to play a game where I walk around a city with nothing to do and npcs stand on top of each other and I can't interact with vendors, I'd play cyberpunk. Seriously can't someone make a game that is a space world that you can fly around in just sol and fight for control of things, and take over stations or something and it's just a more fleshed out world that isn't a mile wide and an inch deep?
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Dwesa posted:IGN has CI Wait, low gravity but breathable atmosphere? That's nonsense. The atmosphere density is determined by gravity. That's why air gets thinner the higher you get up.
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Cutedge posted:Am I missing something? I think you'll find all of your problem solved if you buy an Idris.
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Lammasu posted:Wait, low gravity but breathable atmosphere? That's nonsense. The atmosphere density is determined by gravity. That's why air gets thinner the higher you get up. Welcome to Store Citizen, commando, now buy more ships
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Lammasu posted:Wait, low gravity but breathable atmosphere? That's nonsense. The atmosphere density is determined by gravity. That's why air gets thinner the higher you get up. That’s why they have supplemental argon supplies. So I hear the new patch is fantastic and Star Citizen is finally good! How many Idrim should I buy to celebrate?
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BattleMaster posted:I have this theory about that line that is probably more thought than anyone working on the movie put into it: honestly i wouldn't be surprised if James Cameron actually had put a non-zero amount of thought into little details like this, for authenticity's sake if nothing else. plus, iirc he did study physics at least for some time (before becoming a truck driver and then a movie director almost as successful as Chris Roberts)
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Lammasu posted:Wait, low gravity but breathable atmosphere? That's nonsense. The atmosphere density is determined by gravity. That's why air gets thinner the higher you get up. It's nit picky but it's CIG who insists on ~fideltiy~ and everything being totally real and not faked so I'm gonna pick that nit any way. If you are already shipping resources to build spaceships into space you would be better off building them on an orbital platform with zero gravity but an artificial atmosphere. The whole concept of shipping everything to a floating city (that uses thrusters to "float") kind of defeats the purpose.
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Lammasu posted:Wait, low gravity but breathable atmosphere? That's nonsense. The atmosphere density is determined by gravity. That's why air gets thinner the higher you get up. CIG: Our concept of reality ends with 4K textures on a 1M polygon model of a tube of toothpaste you can't interact with.
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The Titanic posted:14 year old Elminster fights to maintain his spiked hair affinity for gathering core earth knowledge and a love of nature whilst belt-savvy key hunter Drizzt stops him at every turn when he rides in on his smoke billowing steampunk horse-drawn chariot covered in black spikes. unironically would own and play
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Dwesa posted:IGN has CI ok help me out here what is this? an ad for their next planet? is it a planet or is this the cloud city thing they are hyping up now? also; at 2:10 i'm the crowd of NPC's that are really just a bunch of the same 10 or so placed over and over to hide that they're just standing there stiff as boards in fact the only things moving at that time are the front and centre guy waving and the mascot, everyone else is just in an idle stiff standing animation swaying side to side how loving lazy , and probably when they tried to animate the entire crowd moving it just burst into flames anyways
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Blue On Blue posted:how loving lazy , and probably when they tried to animate the entire crowd moving it just burst into flames anyways C'mon, what do you expect? They've only had 9 years to get this far.
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marumaru posted:https://v.redd.it/hovhdcic9cg71/DASH_1080.mp4?source=fallback If you summon u/vredditshare it will rehost the vid with sound for you on subs it's not banned from
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Thoatse posted:If you summon u/vredditshare it will rehost the vid with sound for you on subs it's not banned from oh, good to know, thanks!
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Cutedge posted:(...)Seriously can't someone make a game that is a space world that you can fly around in just sol and fight for control of things, and take over stations or something and it's just a more fleshed out world that isn't a mile wide and an inch deep? If you join some superpower in Elite and visit its discord, they'll teach you how to fight for control of things, there are systems exchanged every week. It doesn't really show in the game per se (which is kinda reasonable, I guess, when communists stole Czechoslovakia in 1948 and then occupied it with army in 1968 we didn't stop manufacturing and selling stuff - and that's what ppl are mostly doing at stations), but it does happen.
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Dwesa posted:IGN has CI So I've been watching the Star Citizen saga unfold from the sidelines for a few years now but I keep seeing this in the videos and I have to ask... Why do they keep making space car commercials that also bizarrely push the hilariously tired SPACE EMPIRE trope? It's like I'm watching creepy fictional propaganda for a fascist 1984-type society that shows how the ruling class live in luxury with space mansions and space yachts but the other 90% live in subjugated, fetid squalor. Also, what's the the dumb names? Stanton? Hurston? ArcCorp... is the name of a planet and Area18 is the name of a city on the planet? Wtf? Did a 10 year-old's science fiction story get turned into a 300 million dollar game? Edit: I just went to the website for the first time in years and they will literally charge me $1.00 if I want premium wood paneling inside my video game spaceship, $2.00 if I want a sick gaming chair for my cockpit. Jesus gently caress this is awful. Penitent fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Aug 10, 2021 |
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Penitent posted:So I've been watching the Star Citizen saga unfold from the sidelines for a few years now but I keep seeing this in the videos and I have to ask... Q: Run down, rebel-like space science fiction universe? A: This is the only science fiction universe Chris has been able to do since the first wing commander game. It's WW2 in space along with all the necessary Earth-regions converted to aliens. Q: Dumb names? A: This is the epitome of Chris Roberts creative juices. Q: Planets that are corporations? A: This is the popular stuff from his 1980's ideas. A planet is just there for a job. The whole planet. Q: The kid who scribbled notes on his fifth grade trapper keeper for "the most awesome game evar!!!!" design notes became grown up? A: Pretty much yes. If that fifth grade kid scribbles it... it's basically in Star Citizen and yes it will have all the other games combined because that's how the fifth grader makes a game. It's easy. You just got to have that idea. Q: Micro transactions on top of my macro transactions? A: Yes plz. This is CIG, making EA look chaste for how it tries to get money from people. If you spend enough you get rewarded too, and unlock more parts of the store hidden to the general public because they only want truly insane people with no self control to see the whole thing because they won't complain about it being vicious and money grubbing and scammy.
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Penitent posted:So I've been watching the Star Citizen saga unfold from the sidelines for a few years now but I keep seeing this in the videos and I have to ask... Chris Roberts entire library of knowledge in which he can pull from for artistic inspiration starts and ends with; This page left intentionally blank
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It's finally time to break out of Larry Nivens shadow and step behind Larry Laffer.
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This is only a promise to develop wood panelling and a gamer chair. *probably*
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The Titanic posted:Q: Run down, rebel-like space science fiction universe? "Hi, I'm over 40 with a beer gut and and I perpetually think World War 2 happened 40 years ago. If you are like me, you're white, from an entitled western culture, and probably like runny beans and boiled ham for breakfast and second breakfast. Now imagine the perfect video game... "
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Kosumo posted:Star Citizen - it's lame. Star Citizen - Its Tane. Dwesa posted:IGN has CI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCFF3zJPEec Star Citizen is still trying to answer the call.
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Penitent posted:So I've been watching the Star Citizen saga unfold from the sidelines for a few years now but I keep seeing this in the videos and I have to ask... Yes! / 
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Dwesa posted:IGN has CI The comments section is the real winner here.
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phosdex posted:C'mon, what do you expect? They've only had 9 years to get this far. Early days!
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skeletors_condom posted:Charles Darwin's great-great-great-great grandson plays an MMO. What citizens say: I'm really concerned that criminal gameplay will be too easy Translation: I'm really concerned that Star Citizen will get gameplay At least that's how I see it.
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"I'm concerned about griefing, but can't find any way to express this that doesn't criticise the core 'concepts' of this mess."
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Penitent posted:Why do they keep making space car commercials that also bizarrely push the hilariously tired SPACE EMPIRE trope? It's like I'm watching creepy fictional propaganda for a fascist 1984-type society that shows how the ruling class live in luxury with space mansions and space yachts but the other 90% live in subjugated, fetid squalor. Have you been honestly impressed by future depicted in Starship Troopers movie without noticing any satire? Do you lack imagination and every time you wanted to be creative, you just came up with something from pop culture? Are you a compulsive buyer? Then Star Citizen is for you, buy an Idris. Dwesa fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Aug 10, 2021 |
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Cutedge posted:So I for some reason got into VR to play Elite Dangerous when Odyssey came out and now I stupidly bought into Star Citizen after looking at it for years, because a bunch of people online keep swearing that the game is real and has things now. It is clear that you don't understand game development. You'll need to buy some more ships
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Cutedge posted:Seriously can't someone make a game that is a space world that you can fly around in just sol and fight for control of things, and take over stations or something and it's just a more fleshed out world that isn't a mile wide and an inch deep? Hahaa! Joke's on you. SC already fulfils those criteria by being an arms-length wide and a hair's breadth deep, and the fact that depth is measured in breadth should tell you everything you need about the mind-bogglingly inventive nature of its dimensionality.
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Cutedge posted:I stupidly bought into Star Citizen after looking at it for years The gently caress is wrong with you? 
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