The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Tonitrus]

Surely, for companies/businesses, the line between an April Fools "joke", and just plain lying, must be razor thin.

I would think for a business, the only safe AFJ is one that is easily, and over-the-top obviously absurd.

[Josquius]

I can't find this post.
So it's someone unrelated to the game making a joke?
This reduces the hilarity greatly

[The Minsky Moment]

Diablo IV is now on Game Pass. I think I'd get carpal tunnel if I kept playing it.

Also GFN enabled. 

[Syt]

I can't find this post.
So it's someone unrelated to the game making a joke?
This reduces the hilarity greatly

It worked on reddit. But Paradox's April fools' on their forums were a bit lame:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/stellaris-dev-diary-338-rick-the-cube.1648906/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/do-you-think-3d-is-great-what-about-4d.1655870/

I feel April Fools becomes less popular nowadays as we get inundated with fake news/padodies/"pranks" online 24/7/365

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I can't find this post.
So it's someone unrelated to the game making a joke?
This reduces the hilarity greatly

It worked on reddit. But Paradox's April fools' on their forums were a bit lame:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/stellaris-dev-diary-338-rick-the-cube.1648906/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/do-you-think-3d-is-great-what-about-4d.1655870/

I feel April Fools becomes less popular nowadays as we get inundated with fake news/padodies/"pranks" online 24/7/365

Every day is april fools day with the Russian and Chinese propaganda bots at full power...

[FunkMonk]

I bought Helldivers 2 on a lark and I'm a little addicted 

Playing it exclusively on Steam Deck though so it looks like ass. Still really fun.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I bought Helldivers 2 on a lark and I'm a little addicted 

Playing it exclusively on Steam Deck though so it looks like ass. Still really fun.

Liber-tea is tasty
Had a good game yesterday: joined a gang of randoms, we were going hard against the bots but lost 2 of our team. One to a bug with reinforcements and one to a rage-quit I think. Anyways: the remaining team-mate and I finished the mission against almost overwhelming odds. Very tense, but very fun.

[Tamas]

Am I right in thinking there's no point in playing Helldivers 2 as a casual solo player?

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Am I right in thinking there's no point in playing Helldivers 2 as a casual solo player?

It's not nearly as fun but can be good practice or as a way to test different weapons.

[Syt]

Not sure if you still play WDS games, Tamas, but they recently released a title based on Operation Frühlingserwachen in March 1945 in Western Hungary: https://wargameds.com/collections/new-products/products/spring-awakening-45

[Tamas]

Not sure if you still play WDS games, Tamas, but they recently released a title based on Operation Frühlingserwachen in March 1945 in Western Hungary: https://wargameds.com/collections/new-products/products/spring-awakening-45

Oh wow, thanks, I have their Budapest 45 game, didn't realise they have made this one as well.

[Tamas]

OMG there is a typo in the name of my home town. NO SALE.

[Syt]

 

[FunkMonk]

Am I right in thinking there's no point in playing Helldivers 2 as a casual solo player?

It's not nearly as fun but can be good practice or as a way to test different weapons.

As exclusively solo no, but it has quickplay so you can get easily matched with randoms. I've been playing with randoms doing casual low to mid difficulty missions and having a good time.

I think if you have a serious group then the game gets really interesting at the higher difficulties. But I'm not too interested in that. I just want to shoot robots and bugs with randos.

Meant to reply to tamas but I'm too lazy to fix it lol

[FunkMonk]

Fellow Helldivers, will we be able to liberate Durgen from the robot menace in time?