The new Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is out and Capcom has an all new three part documentary to celebrate it. It covers the series starting with the original Street Fighter all the way through to the Capcom Cup tournament in 2017.
If you are into hacking old tech or just want to see the NES do things you never knew it could, check this video out. It has a bit of a strange setup. To quote the video description, "The video begins in a strange way and gets stranger, but then, ideally, you understand why."
Yeah the intro is a little long and strange before the payoff, but it's impressive what he gets out of an unmodified NES. I won't spoil the fun for you in case you want to follow along with the joke he presents. If you are into hacking old tech or just want to see the NES do things you never knew it could, check this video out. It has a bit of a strange setup. To quote the video description, "The video begins in a strange way and gets stranger, but then, ideally, you understand why."
Yeah the intro is a little long and strange before the payoff, but it's impressive what he gets out of an unmodified NES. I won't spoil the fun for you in case you want to follow along with the joke he presents.
Yeah the intro is a little long and strange before the payoff, but it's impressive what he gets out of an unmodified NES. I won't spoil the fun for you in case you want to follow along with the joke he presents. If you are into hacking old tech or just want to see the NES do things you never knew it could, check this video out. It has a bit of a strange setup. To quote the video description, "The video begins in a strange way and gets stranger, but then, ideally, you understand why."
Yeah the intro is a little long and strange before the payoff, but it's impressive what he gets out of an unmodified NES. I won't spoil the fun for you in case you want to follow along with the joke he presents.
Man, that was really, really cool. I didn't think of it much like a "joke" (he goes into *why* it's a joke at the beginning, but that still didn't make it "funny" for me. Very, very cool though), but was super interesting. I recommend watching the whole thing. Thanks for sharing this, Travis!
My SNES looks better.
Lol ;)
Yeah this definitely isn't a thing you do with the intention of using it to play SNES games. Just a cool project to see what you can do. I was surprised to see that it was even possible.
And I agree Adam, I didn't feel like it was a joke exactly. At least, I didn't get it if it was.
I saw this video make the rounds online and I almost turned it off after starting to watch it until I realized what it was. The guy is pretty smart and it's a really cool project. Nintendo enhanced the SNES power by adding the Super FX chip and this is essentially the same kind of idea just MUCH more advanced.
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Apparently Nintendo just dropped the all new Pokemon Quest game out on the Switch that's available right now that will also be coming out on iOS and Android later in the year. Pokemon Quest looks like a simple RPG where you collect Pokemon, send them out to level up and bring them home while you cook soup to attract and capture new Pokemon. It's a fun concept but I haven't loved all of Nintendo's free to play mobile games so hopefully this one sticks.
If you have a Switch download the game and let me know how it plays!
"Get ready to tap your way through an exciting new PokƩmon adventure as PokƩmon Quest is available now for Nintendo Switch! This title is the first... Read All Apparently Nintendo just dropped the all new Pokemon Quest game out on the Switch that's available right now that will also be coming out on iOS and Android later in the year. Pokemon Quest looks like a simple RPG where you collect Pokemon, send them out to level up and bring them home while you cook soup to attract and capture new Pokemon. It's a fun concept but I haven't loved all of Nintendo's free to play mobile games so hopefully this one sticks.
If you have a Switch download the game and let me know how it plays!
"Get ready to tap your way through an exciting new PokƩmon adventure as PokƩmon Quest is available now for Nintendo Switch! This title is the first PokƩmon spin-off game created by GAME FREAK inc., the developers of the PokƩmon main series games. PokƩmon Quest is a free-to-download game, and it features some items available to purchase with real-world money. Check out the game now, and prepare to set out on a thrilling journey across Tumblecube Island!"
"Mobile players will soon be able to go on Tumblecube Island expeditions of their very own when PokƩmon Quest makes its way to iOS and Android devices in late June 2018."
https://pokemonquest.pokemon.com
If you have a Switch download the game and let me know how it plays!
"Get ready to tap your way through an exciting new PokƩmon adventure as PokƩmon Quest is available now for Nintendo Switch! This title is the first... Read All Apparently Nintendo just dropped the all new Pokemon Quest game out on the Switch that's available right now that will also be coming out on iOS and Android later in the year. Pokemon Quest looks like a simple RPG where you collect Pokemon, send them out to level up and bring them home while you cook soup to attract and capture new Pokemon. It's a fun concept but I haven't loved all of Nintendo's free to play mobile games so hopefully this one sticks.
If you have a Switch download the game and let me know how it plays!
"Get ready to tap your way through an exciting new PokƩmon adventure as PokƩmon Quest is available now for Nintendo Switch! This title is the first PokƩmon spin-off game created by GAME FREAK inc., the developers of the PokƩmon main series games. PokƩmon Quest is a free-to-download game, and it features some items available to purchase with real-world money. Check out the game now, and prepare to set out on a thrilling journey across Tumblecube Island!"
"Mobile players will soon be able to go on Tumblecube Island expeditions of their very own when PokƩmon Quest makes its way to iOS and Android devices in late June 2018."
https://pokemonquest.pokemon.com
Game Freak, the developers of Pokemon dropped a 40 minute conference pre E3 where they talked about two new Pokemon games coming to the Nintendo Switch this year called PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! I encourage you to watch the full conference reveal above but some relevant clips from the Let's Go site to help explain things:
"PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! bring the experience of a classic PokƩmon RPG to Nintendo Switch with gameplay that is easily approachable for newcomers to the series, but is also deep enough to keep veteran Trainers on their toes.
The games also have two-player simultaneous play, so you can... Read All Game Freak, the developers of Pokemon dropped a 40 minute conference pre E3 where they talked about two new Pokemon games coming to the Nintendo Switch this year called PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! I encourage you to watch the full conference reveal above but some relevant clips from the Let's Go site to help explain things:
"PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! bring the experience of a classic PokƩmon RPG to Nintendo Switch with gameplay that is easily approachable for newcomers to the series, but is also deep enough to keep veteran Trainers on their toes.
The games also have two-player simultaneous play, so you can take the journey with a friend! And thereās a deep connection between PokĆ©mon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokĆ©mon: Let's Go, Eevee! and PokĆ©mon GO, so fans of the hit mobile game will find even more to enjoy."
Which Let's Go game you pick will be the Pokemon that follows you around the map in a style similar to Pokemon Yellow on Gameboy. In fact the developers of Let's Go cited Pokemon Yellow as an inspiration for the game and the in game stuff they showed looked like a modern 3D remake of the original Gameboy Pokemon RPG. Which, honestly, seems like a great way to bring Pokemon to the Switch as many kids and gamers will be playing it for the first time so why not head back to the Kanto region?
Nintendo is also coming out with a Pokeball controller that you can use in game which looks interesting. Not sure i'd get it but if you're into that sort of thing it's available. Oh and all the Pokemon you collected in Pokemon Go you can send to the Let's Go games on Switch, or at least the Kanto region Pokemon you collected anyway.
https://pokemonletsgo.pokemon.com/en-us/
"PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! bring the experience of a classic PokƩmon RPG to Nintendo Switch with gameplay that is easily approachable for newcomers to the series, but is also deep enough to keep veteran Trainers on their toes.
The games also have two-player simultaneous play, so you can... Read All Game Freak, the developers of Pokemon dropped a 40 minute conference pre E3 where they talked about two new Pokemon games coming to the Nintendo Switch this year called PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! I encourage you to watch the full conference reveal above but some relevant clips from the Let's Go site to help explain things:
"PokƩmon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokƩmon: Let's Go, Eevee! bring the experience of a classic PokƩmon RPG to Nintendo Switch with gameplay that is easily approachable for newcomers to the series, but is also deep enough to keep veteran Trainers on their toes.
The games also have two-player simultaneous play, so you can take the journey with a friend! And thereās a deep connection between PokĆ©mon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and PokĆ©mon: Let's Go, Eevee! and PokĆ©mon GO, so fans of the hit mobile game will find even more to enjoy."
Which Let's Go game you pick will be the Pokemon that follows you around the map in a style similar to Pokemon Yellow on Gameboy. In fact the developers of Let's Go cited Pokemon Yellow as an inspiration for the game and the in game stuff they showed looked like a modern 3D remake of the original Gameboy Pokemon RPG. Which, honestly, seems like a great way to bring Pokemon to the Switch as many kids and gamers will be playing it for the first time so why not head back to the Kanto region?
Nintendo is also coming out with a Pokeball controller that you can use in game which looks interesting. Not sure i'd get it but if you're into that sort of thing it's available. Oh and all the Pokemon you collected in Pokemon Go you can send to the Let's Go games on Switch, or at least the Kanto region Pokemon you collected anyway.
https://pokemonletsgo.pokemon.com/en-us/
Blockchains in games sounds like an amazing idea. I kind of love the idea of Cryptokitties, but it does sound like a waste of money. In this video, blockchains are discussed as an actual game mechanic that could be amazing in some type of MMO game. It would obviously take a lot of work for the developer to put out enough content in the game for everyone, but it could work sort of the opposite of the Mordor games. Instead of the enemies growing based on killing you, your individual weapon would grow specific to what you do in the game. Check the youtube video out, it talks about it in more detail :)
(And you can skip ahead about 45 seconds to get to the actual video if... Read All Blockchains in games sounds like an amazing idea. I kind of love the idea of Cryptokitties, but it does sound like a waste of money. In this video, blockchains are discussed as an actual game mechanic that could be amazing in some type of MMO game. It would obviously take a lot of work for the developer to put out enough content in the game for everyone, but it could work sort of the opposite of the Mordor games. Instead of the enemies growing based on killing you, your individual weapon would grow specific to what you do in the game. Check the youtube video out, it talks about it in more detail :)
(And you can skip ahead about 45 seconds to get to the actual video if you want)
(And you can skip ahead about 45 seconds to get to the actual video if... Read All Blockchains in games sounds like an amazing idea. I kind of love the idea of Cryptokitties, but it does sound like a waste of money. In this video, blockchains are discussed as an actual game mechanic that could be amazing in some type of MMO game. It would obviously take a lot of work for the developer to put out enough content in the game for everyone, but it could work sort of the opposite of the Mordor games. Instead of the enemies growing based on killing you, your individual weapon would grow specific to what you do in the game. Check the youtube video out, it talks about it in more detail :)
(And you can skip ahead about 45 seconds to get to the actual video if you want)
Fallout 76 has been announced with a trailer (embedded). No other information has been provided. After watching the video, it sounds like it takes place in West Virginia, a neighboring state of mine. I would expect some serious irradiated wild life as WV's theme is "wild and wonderful." Let me know what you think and share any additional info you have.
News source: https://www.cnet.com/news/fallout-76-is-the-next-bethesda-adventure-in-the-post-apocalyptic-wasteland/ Fallout 76 has been announced with a trailer (embedded). No other information has been provided. After watching the video, it sounds like it takes place in West Virginia, a neighboring state of mine. I would expect some serious irradiated wild life as WV's theme is "wild and wonderful." Let me know what you think and share any additional info you have.
News source: https://www.cnet.com/news/fallout-76-is-the-next-bethesda-adventure-in-the-post-apocalyptic-wasteland/
News source: https://www.cnet.com/news/fallout-76-is-the-next-bethesda-adventure-in-the-post-apocalyptic-wasteland/ Fallout 76 has been announced with a trailer (embedded). No other information has been provided. After watching the video, it sounds like it takes place in West Virginia, a neighboring state of mine. I would expect some serious irradiated wild life as WV's theme is "wild and wonderful." Let me know what you think and share any additional info you have.
News source: https://www.cnet.com/news/fallout-76-is-the-next-bethesda-adventure-in-the-post-apocalyptic-wasteland/
āSourcesā claim that this is an online survival game.
https://kotaku.com/sources-fallout-76-is-an-online-survival-rpg-1826425333
So Greg, your Ark love might translate well to this. Iāll probably end up buying it because itās Fallout and I love Fallout but I donāt really love the genre so... hopefully they can do something interesting with this to make me interested. But if Iām not thatās fine. Itās cool that theyāre branching out to other genres but thatās kind of a wall that stops my hype train.
Thatās assuming these sources are accurate (they seem to be).
Some lore: Vault 76 is a control vault in Virginia that wasnāt an experiment like the other vaults. It was scheduled to open 20 years after the bombs dropped, but based on the trailer itās 5 years past that āreclamation dayā and you appear to be the only one in the vault.
Ah well see the reason I love Ark so much isn't because it's an online survival game, but because it's a crafting, taming creatures, survival game. I did the online stuff, some time after I played single player, but I ended up getting back into single player and I'm not sure if I'd do the online thing again. That said, if this is a strictly online game with other people, I probably won't get into it. I'm not strictly against playing games online w/ others, but I have a strong preference to play online with friends only (ie, you guys w/ Terraria). I did enjoy my online time w/ Ark and I got some new friends and had some fun, but there was a lot of babysitting (of creatures, especially newborns) and when it came to PVP and time for war, I left.
What I'm wondering is why it's not called Fallout 5. Perhaps that's because it's an online survival. So, maybe the next single player version of the game will be Fallout 5, granted I'd prefer that instead of online survival.
Yeah they wouldnāt call it Fallout 5 if itās not the core game sequel. Kinda like New Vegas a few years back but even more different than that.
Ah, ok. I didn't think of it like that. I'm so used to the Final Fantasy series and how almost always those numbers are not related.
If it's a survival game where you can run your own servers that might be fun. Reason why those are fun is that you can build up a server ALA Terraria with rules and stuff and kick off dipshits. I know a lot of the new survival games do that and I think Ark does too.
Agreed 100% Jon. That would drive it home for me.
Right. It's hard to play those games and build up a small hut while some "doin' it for the LOLs" guy snorting cheeto dust wrecks your house and kills you. I mean, that's not how I would define fun anyway. 
Yup yup! You can have your own server w/ Ark. PixArk is the last game I ran as a server, only because some features are still missing in the single player game. I like to run TShock for Terraria, too, when I get to a point where I want to change the time (for fishing quests) and use warps. But yeah, those kind of people you mention, Jon, suck. I believe they're called "griefers" and "trolls." There's also those kids (and perhaps adults) w/ the "yo mama" jokes/insults and calling everyone some other bad things (I don't feel like repeating those).
Yeah, a Cheerful Ghost Fallout 76 server sounds great!
Check out this video. As long as there's a single player mode, I'll be happy to get it. https://youtu.be/8RgbeA4H0FY
That video makes me want to check out The Forest actually! And yeah there are a few ways they could do Fallout 76 right.
Did you see this from the MS press conference? https://youtu.be/toS9OiU-y0k Wow 4 times bigger than Fallout 4?! My only gripe (regarding what we do officially know) is the setting. I live near WV and I really don't care to explore that area in a video game. Sure, it can be nice and quaint, but I'm not really down for that whole country scene. Still, it won't matter, I'll still most likely buy this game. Apparently XBox users can pre-order on the 15th. I don't know if I'll preorder, I think I'd like to see when it's going to be released. What do you guys think?
We will find out more at tonightās Bethesda conference. Iām skipping Westworld for it
But no matter where itās set itās still post apocalyptic so I mean itās not much different from West Virginia today amirite? Got āem!
I jest, West Virginia is beautiful and surprisingly progressive in the populous areas.
Watching the pre show now. Canāt wait to find out what 76 is! Bethesda is playing it so well because we donāt really know. Itās such great marketing.
People are thinking there is gonna be a new Elder Scrolls but at best thatās coming next year.
Yeah, @Travis, WV is beautiful. Surprisingly progressive? That's new to me, but you said populous areas, which makes some sense. But yeah, you're right post-apocalyptic, won't really matter. It'll be cool, I'm sure, I'm just not a fan of the country, I'm tired of it really.
@Jon I don't believe we'll see another Elder Scrolls game for a while. I'd say maybe, just maybe, in about 5 or 10 years. The last I saw, they said that the technology isn't up to par with what they want to do. Who knows what that is, but it's definitely going to take some time.
So, I've been watching some videos of people playing Fallout 76 and it looks more interesting than I originally thought. The people I've watched have rarely encountered other people, except for their friends of course. There's been little to no PVP in the videos I've seen. You can't even PVP until you're level 5 and apparently you won't take much damage at first, unless you fight back, then it's on, otherwise you're pretty much ok. There are quests that are easier to do with someone else and connecting with a friend seems to be kind of easy. I feel like the more of these videos I watch, the more tempted I am to get it.
I'd also like to note that it looks a lot like Fallout 4, except more familiar to me as I'm about 150 away from Charleston, WV. The WV border is only about a half hour away.
Have any of you watched your favorite YouTubers play this game? Has your mind changed as to whether or not you'll get into it?
If I didn't have Ark to keep me occupied thanks to the new DLC coming out tomorrow, I think I'd most likely buy 76. Even still, I may get it when I'm done with Ark's new DLC.
I've been reading a lot about it on /r/fallout and the big issue seems to be that the revenge system to prevent trolling encourages it.
Basically, player A kills player B, player B can then take revenge and get tons of loot.
The issue is that, player C can stash all their stuff and take terrible gear and then go run in front of player D's shots, or annoy player D by standing in doorways to trap them, or any other number of things so that player D kills player C. Then, player C goes and gets better gear and easily gets revenge on player D, and gets all the gear player D is carrying.
There's still tweaking to do, but if they get it right I'm still open to buying it.
Wow that seems like a lot of could happen whereas in the videos I've been watching nothing like that has happened. I did see in one video that showed a wanted person on the map though, so someone was killing players.
I've also seen some of them server hopping. So, if you get on a serve and someone is doing something unfriendly, you can jump on to a different server. It's interesting. Mostly server hopping was used to grab Power Armor.
One problem I saw was that there seems to be no push to talk button. Instead it's open mic and you'll hear anyone on the server. At least, that's what it seems happened with one of my favorite YouTubers. Maybe open mic is more localized for the area or maybe it's on the whole map. Others that I watched didn't seem to have this problem, so I don't know what they did differently. I may figure it out eventually, because I think I've pretty much decided to get it. I just don't know if I want to pre-order it. Let me know if you (anyone here for that matter) decide to get it. It'd be cool to play with friends and I have a good headset to use.
Yeah thereās no push to talk which is a complaint Iāve read.
I am like 50/50 on whether Iām getting it but I wonāt at launch because Iāll have a ton of RDR2 left.
Lucky! I don't have a console for RDR2 and I don't want one. I want it to come out on PC lol. I think I will get Fallout 76 though, eventually, maybe close to launch.
> and I don't want one
I dunno man, the PS4 has so many amazing games now that are either exclusive to it, or exclusive to consoles.
I do bet that whenever the PS5 and Xbox ... Scarlet? Is that what they're calling it? Anyway, when the next gen comes out I bet Rockstar releases it for those and PC, the way they did RDR2
Yeah, but I heard that RDR2 performed better on the XBox One. I'm not sure I have money for a new console. I'd like to have a Switch, but can't afford one. Yeah I hope it comes to PC, but who knows. They didn't release the first one. I have it for PS3 and would love to have it on Steam.
Regarding Fallout 76, I'm feeling more confident about it and seriously thinking about it. If you get it, I hope you get it for PC so we can play together. :) Otherwise I might tough it out on my own. We'll see, I don't know what I'm going to do.
Although I did buy a New 2DSXL recently along with Pokemon Ultra Moon, but that was somewhat with birthday money I had leftover. I'd probably have to save a bit for a new console, but then there's not a lot of console games I'm aware of that I'd want. Right now Vinny uses the PS3 for gaming, I use it for streaming (watching YouTube and Hulu). My hope with a new console is that streaming would be much better, because at times I can't connect to Hulu and YouTube has trouble loading videos (sometimes).
It does perform a little better on the Xbox One but itās not a huge jump and the PS4 exclusives like God of War and Spider-Man far make up for some minor deficiencies in one game :)
There's also Kingdom Hearts and FFVII: Remake coming.
Yep! This generation is full of great stuff.
I decided to go ahead and pre-order Fallout 76. Apparently you can pre-load one of the console versions now (I think XBox) and PC and the other console pre-loads will be available later.
I was foolish to think that I'd hold out. I won't be playing it soon (RDR2... won't... let... me... go) but I will have it as soon as my Amazon shipment comes in.
> Amazon shipment comes in.
What version did you buy?
I got the special edition but not the mega special edition with the power armor helmet. This one:
https://www.amazon.com/Fallout-76-Tricentennial-PC/dp/B07DN8YWLW/ref=sr_1_3_twi_gam_4?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1542170827&sr=1-3&keywords=fallout+76
And yes Greg I got it on PC!
I'd prefer PS4 (until I get a 4k HDR monitor) but anyone I know who I'd want to play with would get it on PC probably so it made sense.
Yay! My name is GregoPeck on there. Unfortunately, it seems voice chat isn't working. I saw some people talking by an icon above their head, but couldn't hear them. Later I ran into a group that I could hear. I'm also sure no one could hear me. So, it seems a bit messed up at the moment.
I've been playing since yesterday, it actually went live before midnight.
Pretty good review on RPS
https://youtu.be/OxH1QHmcyv4
How is it so far for yo Greg?
Well, it performed really shitty at first. The game auto set my settings to Ultra and it took forever for shit to load in, so I changed it to High and it's performing better, although still sometimes things don't load in well. It'd be nice if voice chat worked, although some people may be relieved from the lack of open mic. Otherwise, it's cool and there's plenty to do. I think we're still playing with the beta version as we have not received a major update. There are definitely bugs that I hope get resolved soon.
I've read that it's buggy as hell right now for everyone. Some missions unplayable, audio not working properly so someone on the other end of the map can hear your gunshots, lots of things. I heard there was a massive day-one update too so that's odd as well.
I think the consoles got a day-one patch, but PC didn't. Some have said we got a small patch, but that's it. I'm looking forward to seeing Bethesda take care of bugs.
I think I fixed my voice chat issue. I think it was a Windows 10 privacy setting that was causing me a problem. Eventually, I found someone that could hear me and I could hear her.
Let me know what your name is when you get in so I can send you a friend request. Someone sent me one, but I have no idea who. The game does list people I've recently seen, but I didn't see where exactly that friend request came from. For us, it'll be easy once I know what your in-game name is.
I sent you a friend request from panickedthumb so Iām probably not the one you didnāt recognize.
First impressions after a couple hours: this doesnāt have a narrative like the other Fallout games, and we knew that going in, but it definitely feels different and strange because of that. But Bethesda has always had a knack for environmental storytelling and it seems like they ramped it up for this game. Discovering the little stories left around every nook and cranny has been great.
The online aspect is interesting so far. I havenāt even connected a headset, I figured Iād just use text chat but hang on... they donāt have text chat. Thatās an odd omission but they are ālooking intoā adding it. Push to talk is coming soon apparently. But I managed to communicate with rudimentary gestures with a couple players and we were working on the same missions so we kinda watched each otherās backs without any formal plan. The emergent gameplay was great here. I ran into one joker (I hesitate to say troll) who was blasting āNever Gonna Give You Upā over his headset and following people around ādancingā with emotes. It was way more funny than annoying.
The survival aspect is pretty well done. Imagine a Rust kind of system but way less strict. Itās more refined than the survival mode they added to Fallout 4 and a could imagine them learning some things for their next single player games.
Overall itās not bad. Itāll take some time to really judge it but so far Iām not really put off by anything, which is unexpected for an online-only title.
Oh and performance-wise, itās noticeably prettier than Fallout 4 but runs better on my system. I have a buttery 60fps even in really asset-heavy areas. But I noticed that no matter how I set my video settings, the robot NPCs still stutter. I assume thatās because their movements are being calculated server-side so theyāre the same for everyone but I donāt notice it with enemies or other players so thatās an odd thing worthy of mention.
Thanks for that write up Travis. I think you should turn some of it, or all of it, into a first impressions post. Mostly because I don't want it to be buried here and also because you're the first person i've heard say good things about Fallout 76.
Ok well I didn't see the friend request anywhere nor did I see your name. I thought that's what you might use, I'll try to get you added/a request sent. It is like Fallout 4, except it's a survival game, meaning you have to eat and drink. The bad part of this is pretty much everything will give you rads, even after cooking/boiling it. There are also plenty of bugs. Right now you can't complete the Bureau of Tourism quest because you're supposed to repair something and the game doesn't give you a prompt to repair that device.
I thought voice chat wasn't working, but it does. I think it might have been due to Window 10's privacy settings, I had to change it to allow all programs access to my mic. Finally, I found a couple of girls that could hear me. I also later found some other guys that I could talk to, too.
The game does look good and it's not bad, but there are definitely things that need to be fixed. And yet we still have no patch. :(
Feel free to write up something, Travis, I support what Jon's said to you. It's complicated, but I'm not sure I'm in a great position to write a great review, maybe I just need some more time with it.
Ok, I did a friend search for your name, found you and now it says "friend added." It's shown me that you're offline. I don't think the Bethesda launcher has a friends list, like Steam, so I'd know when you're on and playing. Hopefully, I'll get on sometime when you're on and I can find you and help you out. I feel kinda deep in the game, there are still some things I need to do, but that all can take a backseat. :)
You say āand yet we have no patchā but we kinda do. It was a day one patch, but it looks like the PC version is actually at a higher point release than consoles.
Itās a patch, it just doesnāt fix everything, and thereās still a lot to fix.
Right. I guess I feel like I've run into things that clearly require patching, but haven't been patched yet. Also, the lack of a push-to-talk button....well my headset has a push-to-mute button, so yeah lol. I noticed on the "auto" voice chat setting, that you won't hear people unless they're close, which seems to be the same as the "area" setting. If you can hear them, you can probably see them. One girl could hear me, but I couldn't hear her and I think her teammate said it was because her voice chat was set to "team." So, I think that setting mutes you to everyone except your team.
I think auto will set you to team chat if youāre on a team, or area if not.
And yeah I plan on writing something up when I have a few more hours in. Itās still too early even for a first impressions post
I could write something...for starters, I wasn't even convinced about buying it until I watched YouTubers play the beta. Even then I was still a bit hesitant, too afraid of the PVP stuff, but it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. I don't often see other players, although I can see them on my map.
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Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection finally dropped today to, mostly, great reviews. The game collects 12 classic games which translates to be about $3.50 per game which is an incredible value. Maybe you might not play each game for 8000 hours but dropping in on a few just to understand the journey the franchise has taken seems more than interesting to me. The 30th Anniversary Collection is now out on PS4, XBox One, Switch and Steam and the Switch and Steam reviews seem a bit mixed. The complaint of the Switch version is that the switch controller doesn't flawlessly execute all of the combos and the PC version is getting swamped with reviews complaining to not... Read All
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection finally dropped today to, mostly, great reviews. The game collects 12 classic games which translates to be about $3.50 per game which is an incredible value. Maybe you might not play each game for 8000 hours but dropping in on a few just to understand the journey the franchise has taken seems more than interesting to me. The 30th Anniversary Collection is now out on PS4, XBox One, Switch and Steam and the Switch and Steam reviews seem a bit mixed. The complaint of the Switch version is that the switch controller doesn't flawlessly execute all of the combos and the PC version is getting swamped with reviews complaining to not support some arcade fight sticks.
When I got the Super Nintendo Classic one part of that I enjoyed was it coming with Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting which has been fun to play with friends. I'm not amazing but I know a few character combos and can hold my own against low to medium skill players. The 30th Anniversary Collection ports over the games from the arcade versions so if you grew up with the console versions these games are different. Different in this case is good as each arcade version comes with better graphics and sound.
"Polish your skills in Training Mode, test your prowess against other players online, and journey through 30 years of rich history. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection includes the legendary Street Fighter II, its highly-competitive sequel Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and an exclusive recreation of Super Street Fighter II: The Tournament Battle only for Nintendo Switch. Celebrate the last three decades of Street Fighter with 12 iconic titles on Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, now available on Nintendo Switch!"
When I got the Super Nintendo Classic one part of that I enjoyed was it coming with Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting which has been fun to play with friends. I'm not amazing but I know a few character combos and can hold my own against low to medium skill players. The 30th Anniversary Collection ports over the games from the arcade versions so if you grew up with the console versions these games are different. Different in this case is good as each arcade version comes with better graphics and sound.
"Polish your skills in Training Mode, test your prowess against other players online, and journey through 30 years of rich history. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection includes the legendary Street Fighter II, its highly-competitive sequel Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and an exclusive recreation of Super Street Fighter II: The Tournament Battle only for Nintendo Switch. Celebrate the last three decades of Street Fighter with 12 iconic titles on Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, now available on Nintendo Switch!"
Cool! I didn't know it was on Steam, too. Thanks for the info.
Yep. Think most game companies realize that releasing things everywhere is a really good idea.
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I'm not gonna lie, I prefer the old school pixel art of the classic Mega Man games. With that, they do need to bring Mega Man to a more modern audience so i'm trying to give the new art style a chance. Mega Man 11 looks to bring the classic 2D gameplay to modern systems with a more anime style that brings back a ton of classic 2D characterization. I don't love it but the style is growing on me and I bet after playing it a bit I might like it quite a bit. It was also announced today with the trailer featured above that Mega Man 11 is coming to consoles and PC October 2nd. For anyone planning on getting Mega Man 11 at launch or beyond what system do you think you will... Read All
I'm not gonna lie, I prefer the old school pixel art of the classic Mega Man games. With that, they do need to bring Mega Man to a more modern audience so i'm trying to give the new art style a chance. Mega Man 11 looks to bring the classic 2D gameplay to modern systems with a more anime style that brings back a ton of classic 2D characterization. I don't love it but the style is growing on me and I bet after playing it a bit I might like it quite a bit. It was also announced today with the trailer featured above that Mega Man 11 is coming to consoles and PC October 2nd. For anyone planning on getting Mega Man 11 at launch or beyond what system do you think you will pick it up on?
"Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for. Coming to systems on October 2, 2018. "
"Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for. Coming to systems on October 2, 2018. "
Whoa! Another Switch game that's also coming to PC! I had no idea it was coming out on PC. Thanks for the info!
That game looks beautiful, doesn't it?!
Yeah, the style is growing on me. That said, I think the original pixel style of Mega Man 2 should be in a museum.
Looks like Mega Man 11 is pretty good!
https://kotaku.com/mega-man-11-is-exactly-what-i-hoped-it-would-be-1826794039
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Solo: A Star Wars Story is the new Lucasfilm prequel featuring everyoneās favorite Corellian smuggler Han Solo. Solo had a somewhat troubled production when Lucasfilm replaced the original directors Lord and Miller with veteran director Ron Howard. Weāre now living in a world where we get a new Star Wars movie per year, is this a good thing or has Lucasfilm succumbed to the darkside?
We'll be back next month with Part 2 of our review after things have had some time to settle in our minds. In part 2, we'll tell you where Solo fits into our Star Wars rankings and give our Ghost Scale rating. EXPECT SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS POST
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the new Lucasfilm prequel featuring everyoneās favorite Corellian smuggler Han Solo. Solo had a somewhat troubled production when Lucasfilm replaced the original directors Lord and Miller with veteran director Ron Howard. Weāre now living in a world where we get a new Star Wars movie per year, is this a good thing or has Lucasfilm succumbed to the darkside?
We'll be back next month with Part 2 of our review after things have had some time to settle in our minds. In part 2, we'll tell you where Solo fits into our Star Wars rankings and give our Ghost Scale rating.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the new Lucasfilm prequel featuring everyoneās favorite Corellian smuggler Han Solo. Solo had a somewhat troubled production when Lucasfilm replaced the original directors Lord and Miller with veteran director Ron Howard. Weāre now living in a world where we get a new Star Wars movie per year, is this a good thing or has Lucasfilm succumbed to the darkside?
We'll be back next month with Part 2 of our review after things have had some time to settle in our minds. In part 2, we'll tell you where Solo fits into our Star Wars rankings and give our Ghost Scale rating. EXPECT SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS POST
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the new Lucasfilm prequel featuring everyoneās favorite Corellian smuggler Han Solo. Solo had a somewhat troubled production when Lucasfilm replaced the original directors Lord and Miller with veteran director Ron Howard. Weāre now living in a world where we get a new Star Wars movie per year, is this a good thing or has Lucasfilm succumbed to the darkside?
We'll be back next month with Part 2 of our review after things have had some time to settle in our minds. In part 2, we'll tell you where Solo fits into our Star Wars rankings and give our Ghost Scale rating.
As with much, i'm going to say that if you want to partake in the comments here to expect spoilers.
Yep, thanks Jon. I updated the post with that warning as well.
And as an aside, sorry for my sick-sounding self. I must have gotten whatever Tim had. From across the country.
So Solo met my expectations, which is: it is fun, but nothing mind blowing. To me, Han and Chewie are the least interesting characters in the movie. All the other characters were great and saved the movie for me.
I really hope Lucasfilm rethinks their strategy of basing these "Star Wars Story" movies on existing characters. I think it makes it harder to care for the characters when you know where they end up. If they use existing characters and make the movies prequels, they better have a very strong character arc (which Solo did not have for Han). Otherwise I would like to see the characters in a non-prequel setting. For example: for the Boba Fett movie, set it after Return of the Jedi. Maybe have it set up like an Unforgiven movie. I think that would be cool.
As far as more Star Wars releases per year, it doesn't sound like they are going to do that after Solo under-performed.
As for the two Star Wars Story movies, Rogue One was the better film IMHO.
Theyād have to retcon Boba dying in RotJ for that to work. But I could get behind someone finding his armor near the sarlaac pit and taking over his name and contributing his legacy. That would be awesome.
*continuing
We don't know that Boba died in RotJ. He went into the Sarlacc for sure, but it takes "over a thousand years" for a Sarlacc to digest someone.
Unless he managed to take off his armor while inside the sarlaac and escape, heās dead. Jaws eventually dug into the pit and killed the sarlaac and took a lot of stuff from its stomach, including that armor.
Thatās according to Aftermath, and LucasFilmās new canon policy is thereās only one canon, no levels of canon, and every story decision is approved based on whether it violates anything previously done.
So they have some wiggle room for Boba surviving (like a suuuuuper low chance) but he wouldnāt have the armor. Or there would need to be some crazy exposition for it to work.
Ah, so it was covered in a novel? I am failing at being a star wars nerd. :)
Hahaha nah, itās hard to keep up with all of it. My wife has done a better job of it than I have.
But yeah itās been covered just by the armor moving around a bit. But I mean technically thereās still no body. Probably LucasFilm being coy with us.
Travis, will you write up a Travis' Notes version of Star Wars so we have all the info? :)
I already did: https://starwars.wikia.com
;)
> I really hope Lucasfilm rethinks their strategy of basing these "Star Wars Story" movies on existing characters. I think it makes it harder to care for the characters when you know where they end up. If they use existing characters and make the movies prequels, they better have a very strong character arc (which Solo did not have for Han).
I'm not sure I disagree with anything you said. With that, my guess is that they are doing these (and i've talked about this before in comments) prequel films while they rev up the new films POST Episode 9. They have Rian Johnson and the Thrones brothers (whatever their names are) for those movies but while they are getting those going and the TV shows and other new movies they want to mine stuff and the past seems like a temporarally safe choice.
> As far as more Star Wars releases per year, it doesn't sound like they are going to do that after Solo under-performed.
Marvel did it. I bet Lucasfilm can get the formula right too.
> As for the two Star Wars Story movies, Rogue One was the better film IMHO.
The more I think about where Solo lands the more i'm not sure. I know it's better than most of the prequels but i'm not sure about where it sits with Rogue One? I hope to see it again before part 2.
Also wanted to link to a YouTube video I watched recently called "What We Want From a Star Wars Movie?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeUGLUYYYNQ It's a great breakdown and covers why some people might not have appreciated aspects of The Last Jedi.
I'm really not sure where I'd put Solo in terms of better or worse than Rogue One. Rogue One was SO good in my opinion but I do get the issues people had with it.
We all know we really want a Jar Jar Binks movie.
I'd honestly go opening night if there was one.
āMesa want your money: A Jar Jar Binks Storyā
I would totally go to that and try to avoid all spoilers. I would want to experience the train wreck
I've heard some fun speculation that the Solo/Boba Fett/Obi Wan movies could be a quasi-Darth Maul/Crimson Dawn trilogy. From what I've read and seen, Darth Maul and Obi Wan have a pretty extensive history in the animated shows, so an Obi Wan movie with Darth Maul in it might have to be a retelling of the animated story (so it's probably not likely). It would also be fun for Han and Chewie to be minor characters in the Boba Fett movie.
(I've still not seen Solo, but I've seen a lot of reactions and breakdowns. And I heard a podcast on it too 
Here's a really in-depth, fun breakdown of all the references and details in Solo: https://youtu.be/fKLHggsywpo )
Interesting chat with Ron Howard about Maul here: http://www.slashfilm.com/solo-reveal-explained/
I meant to post that here last night Will. I love how he just didn't know who was going to fill that role, but Jonathan Kasdan wrote it so that it would lean toward Maul.
There's something that Jon and I talked about in the episode that I've been thinking about. Jon thought it was out of character for Han to give Enfys the loot instead of taking it himself. I mostly agreed but upon further thought, I think it makes sense. And my wife thought this was too obvious to even talk about it so... maybe we're slow :D
So in A New Hope, Han is only in it for the money, until he shows up to help in the crucial moment of the Death Star battle to help.
In Empire, we aren't entirely sure what's happened in the intervening years but Han is about to leave to save his own ass until he finds out Luke is in trouble and he risks his life to save Luke.
Han isn't a rogue scoundrel who only looks out for himself, even in the beginning of when we knew him. He's a good person who had terrible experiences and has made himself INTO a rogue scoundrel to get by. But when it comes down to it he does what's right.
Yeah as I was thinking about the movie more the night I came back from the theater the more it made sense that they might make this The Maul Trilogy. Should be fun!
I just saw the movie so now I can partake in spoiler comments! Wow there's a lot to read about here. It took me a while, but I finally recognized Emilia Clarke, "Daenerys!" Wow that was difficult to place, since she's a brunette in this movie. I also thought that L3 was played by Gwendoline Christie, Captain Phasma, but I was wrong.
I thought it was a cool movie, some of it was beautiful (like when they escaped the maelstrom. I noticed the lack of a Star Wars theme music in the beginning, which didn't occur until Hans and Chewie were in the Falcon.
Hans, the German smuggler.
;)
I also recognized Ron Howard's brother, so wasn't surprised to see Ron's name in the credits. I also saw the guy from the movie Willow, I believe. Oh and the main villain, he was Vision in the Marvel movies!
I also thought it was cool that Han knew Chewie's language. That was interesting. I mean he never talked to Chewie in his native language before, so that was really cool! Seeing Darth Maul surprised me, the ending twist was a surprise for me, but I guess I'm just gullible and twists in movies actually surprise me.
Crap, I said "Hans" my bad! I made that mistake before.
Seeing Han speak Wookie was horrible! I have to disagree with you on that one Greg!
I would be somewhere in the middle of cool and horrible on this one. I kinda always thought of Shyriiwook as something that non-Wookiees couldn't speak, just like how humans can't purr. We can kinda approximate it but we don't have the right throat structure for it. Apparently, though, according to a canon reference book it's possible, just really hard on the throat if you aren't a Wookiee.
It was still cheesy to see it though.
So, I'm getting the impression that I liked it more than you guys. That doesn't quite surprise me as I clearly like the prequels more than you guys. Is this correct? Did you guys not like it very much?
If you've heard the episode, Jon and I really liked it, and my opinion has stayed pretty consistent since things have gelled in my mind over the last week. My wife and I were planning on a second watch this past Monday but we both got some kind of virus that's worse than a cold. Bubonic chest cold? Yeah Bubonic chest cold.
I've never seen a movie where every single thing worked for me though, and maybe only one or two where nothing worked for me. And I have a spectrum of gripes. Nothing in Solo was really problematic for me, just minor nits. Hearing Shyriiwook spoken by a human was one of those nits but it did get a chuckle out of me if I'm honest. It just seemed out of place.
But yeah I plan on seeing it again at least once before it gets out of theaters and I can't wait for the home release.
Iām sick right now too and my voice is pretty trashed.
I liked Solo quite a bit. The Han speaking Wookie was a fun cheese moment and Iām glad itās there. It reminded me of Luke drinking milk straight from the sea cow. That said, I think I liked the sea cow scene more it was just so much fun.
#notmyluke
Solo was fun and I enjoyed it despite my problems with it. It was probably up there with the prequels for me, which I like.
Will, what does your ranking list look like? We talked about that a bit in the last episode comments
I havenāt thought of rank in a long time. This will take some thought.
It seems I got the wrong impression, you guys do like it, even if you have some issues w/ it. @Will_Ball, that's cool that you like the prequels, too. I think maybe I'm not too picky, but I liked seeing how Darth Vader came to be.
I like many things about the prequels. The only one that I would say I struggle to like is AotC. But thereās a lot of crap in there.
Greg I realized that you werenāt in the discussion on the last episode either, care to share your list?
I posted my (updated) list, along with Katieās and my friend Hariās (because he has a different take on it than I might, having grown up with the prequels), here:
https://cheerfulghost.com/Travis/posts/3712/cheerful-ghost-radio-episode-24-the-killing-snoke
And of course listen for Jonās and Timās.
I still donāt know where Iād put Solo.
I don't really care to make a list. LOL
Aw. Everyone needs a Star Wars List.
My Star Wars list:
Star Wars
Everything else
š
Wills list:
1. Ewoks an Endor Adventure
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
3. The Holiday Special
4. Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ok, I still think my first list is the most accurate one, but here is where I stand as of right now:
6
5
4
7
8
Rogue One
Solo
3
1
2
Just heard a discussion about a different movie (Infinity War) and one of the guys made the point that *all* movies have plot holes/nits. It's bad if it takes you out of the movie, but if it's something you realize days later, then it's not that big of a deal.
That could probably be applied to a lot of the Solo discussion. Sounds like people mostly enjoyed the movie, but there were minor issues (but like Travis says, you can say that about every movie), but nothing bad enough to take you out of the movie :)
(Also, I listened to the podcast halfway through, and listened to others, then originally commented here, then eventually listened to the rest of the podcast and realized the Maul Trilogy was discussed by Jon and Travis lol. I don't think this is the only place I've heard about it, but now at least realize I wasn't contributing anything new to the discussion about that lol)
> Just heard a discussion about a different movie (Infinity War) and one of the guys made the point that *all* movies have plot holes/nits. It's bad if it takes you out of the movie, but if it's something you realize days later, then it's not that big of a deal.
That's true. I think though, movie pendantry is becoming a hot take arms race. Like I love talking about it to have a fun nerd moment with friends but I think it's a becoming new wave cynicism that's taking over fandom and becoming really toxic. What amount of nits makes a movie bad? I don't really know, but I know when people can't seem to let things go. Like I've seen lots of movies I didn't like and I can't remember them at the moment because I stopped caring a long time ago. Ok I thought of a bad movie I didn't enjoy, Spiceworld! Can't remember anything about it, but I remember not watching all of it and not much else.
> (Also, I listened to the podcast halfway through, and listened to others, then originally commented here, then eventually listened to the rest of the podcast and realized the Maul Trilogy was discussed by Jon and Travis lol. I don't think this is the only place I've heard about it, but now at least realize I wasn't contributing anything new to the discussion about that lol)
Yeah, i'm sure lots of people had that idea too. Thing is when it turns out to not be true, i'm not going to create a Twitter account attacking whatever director that didn't reward my fandom in the way I wanted them to. PLACATE ME STAR WARS OR I'LL NEVER STOP HATE TWEETEREREASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF
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My favorite mods:
Ark is absolutely my most favorite modern day game. Iāve actually played it way more than Iāve played any other game EVER. Iāve already clocked nearly 2,700 hours! So, I know Ark! One of the great things about this... Read All My favorite mods:
Ark is absolutely my most favorite modern day game. Iāve actually played it way more than Iāve played any other game EVER. Iāve already clocked nearly 2,700 hours! So, I know Ark! One of the great things about this game is the Workshop, the ability to use mods. There are a lot out there and some of them are pretty dramatic, turning the game into something more bizarre and crazy. Here are some of my personal favorites, which may be updated over time.
There are some mods that are pretty much ESSENTIAL! One of which is perhaps the most popular mod of all, Structures Plus! S+ makes building in Ark a lot easier. One of the things it allows you to do that you canāt do in the base game is to pick up things (like walls, foundations, ceilings, etc.) that youāve placed. One problem with the base game is that if you donāt like how you placed a wall, for instance, you can only demolish it, you canāt simply pick it up and place it some where else. S+ allows you to do just that and more. *Update: The base game has added a similar feature, but only allows you a short period of time to do this.* S+ comes with itās own versions of crafting stations, like the smithy and fabricator. S+ actually allows you to pull resources from one place (crafting station, storage box, or creature inventory) and put it in another. So, if you want to make some flak armor, instead of carrying all that material over to the crafting station, you can click a button and the mod will pull the required materials, if you have enough of them for whatever youāre crafting. Thereās quite a lot more about S+. Itās difficult to get into all of it from memory alone, but I strongly recommend this mod! Another tool S+ adds is a āNannyā which is something you can place that will imprint your babies for you, so you donāt have to wait around until itās ready to be imprinted. It also removes the requirement to do whatever the baby wants or give it whatever kibble it decides it wants. This is definitely a time saver. It also has something that makes hatching eggs easier and quicker, but I use another mod for that.
Another ESSENTIAL mod for Ark is StackMeMore. This mod reduces the weight of everything and increases their stack sizes. So, you can easily carry a huge load of materials without having to run around back and forth to store things that normally weigh a lot and have very limited stack sizes. Iāve gotten so use to this mod that I can hardly remember playing without it.
Another really good mod is Ark Advance, currently called āArk Advance 10.ā It has itās own crafting station which allows you to make some interesting things. I primarily use it for two things. With this mod you can make tranq arrows that slow down your target. But, you can also make tranq arrows and darts that are extremely effective! These, to me, are an essential part of taming. The mod author has stated that it could take about 5 of these special tranq darts to take down a max level Rex. Most things donāt take too many darts, in fact earlier I knocked out a Megalosaurus with just one dart. Another really helpful piece of this mod that I use is the feeding trough. This feeding trough uses power to keep food from spoiling fast. The normal (and even S+) feeder actually makes it so that nearby resources can't respawn, but the Advance feeder doesn't do this. This is super helpful. I also like to use the portable refrigerator in this mod.
Speaking of mods essential for taming, TameXL is another amazing mod. Normally when you knock out a creature with a tranq arrow or dart, you have to wait until itās hungry enough to eat the food youāre trying to give it. You also have to keep an eye on itās torpor, making sure it doesnāt get too low or itāll wake up. Thereās been debate since the beginning of Ark whether or not you should let the creature starve before putting food in itās inventory. A hungry creature will eat food more quickly, but you still have to wait for the creatureās food stat to drain. Luckily, this mod removes that waiting time. It allows you to create narcotic that completely increases a creatureās torpor and completely drains their food. This means that you can go ahead and give them food. This really cuts down on the amount of time necessary to tame a creature.
Since I've grown tired of taming, I've found another essential mod called the Taming Gun. It's just a pistol that uses tranq arrows. You fire it at a creature and it gets instantly tamed at the max level. It removes the need to feed and wait for torpor to drop. I had used some console commands to force tame creatures, but it wasn't very effective, especially when I needed to aim at a moving creature. This gun works both on land and under water.
Another mod I really like is called Egg N Poop Collector/Incubator. As the name says, it adds a collector that collects eggs and poop. It can then transfer that poop and thatch to another station (within the mod) that turns it into fertilizer. Once that fertilizer is created, it can send it over to your crop plots. This makes farming automatic. There is a chance that instead of dropping poop, a creature will drop an egg. This collector picks up both, so you donāt have to go hunting around for either resource. Eggs and poop are essential to creating kibble, while eggs are used in the recipe and poop is used to grow crops that are used in the recipe. I also like the Incubator, which requires power. You simply drop a fertilized egg on it and it hatches quickly. Normally to hatch an egg, you need to put it in a place that has the right temperature. Each egg has a different preference of temperature. Normally you would surround an egg with some air conditioners or torches, but this mod removes the need to worry about temperature and hatch time.
Farming and making kibble does require a bit of work, but if you donāt want to bother with making kibble, the Kibble Vending Machine mod is for you! It allows you to make kibble using raw metal (ore). This is really handy! Iāve often carried one around with me when I go out to tame creatures. I usually collect enough metal to have the machine craft as much kibble as I need.
Awesome Teleporters is exactly as it sounds. You can craft teleporters and place them almost any where. Then, craft the remote control for it and you can teleport back and forth. This is incredibly handy! You could live in one place, but teleport to another area for gathering metal and teleport back.
Awesome Spyglass is also exactly as it sounds. It's a spyglass, but it has more features. It can zoom in and out. It can display the levels of creatures and what it takes to tame them. It can outline wild creatures, helping you see which are aggressive towards you and which are passive or don't see you.
Finally, the Builderās Helmet is another essential. It allows you to pick up any structure. You can craft the helmet out of cheap materials. This is good especially if youāve made something that isnāt part of Structures Plus. You can even make the skin version of the helmet that can be inserted on your helmet, therefore not losing your armor.
If you play Ark with mods, feel free to share your favorite mods in the comment section.
- Structures Plus
- StackMeMore
- Ark Advance
- TameXL
- Taming Gun
- Egg N Poop Collector/Incubator
- Kibble Vending Machine
- Awesome Teleporters
- Awesome Spyglass
- Builder's Helmet
Ark is absolutely my most favorite modern day game. Iāve actually played it way more than Iāve played any other game EVER. Iāve already clocked nearly 2,700 hours! So, I know Ark! One of the great things about this... Read All My favorite mods:
- Structures Plus
- StackMeMore
- Ark Advance
- TameXL
- Taming Gun
- Egg N Poop Collector/Incubator
- Kibble Vending Machine
- Awesome Teleporters
- Awesome Spyglass
- Builder's Helmet
Ark is absolutely my most favorite modern day game. Iāve actually played it way more than Iāve played any other game EVER. Iāve already clocked nearly 2,700 hours! So, I know Ark! One of the great things about this game is the Workshop, the ability to use mods. There are a lot out there and some of them are pretty dramatic, turning the game into something more bizarre and crazy. Here are some of my personal favorites, which may be updated over time.
There are some mods that are pretty much ESSENTIAL! One of which is perhaps the most popular mod of all, Structures Plus! S+ makes building in Ark a lot easier. One of the things it allows you to do that you canāt do in the base game is to pick up things (like walls, foundations, ceilings, etc.) that youāve placed. One problem with the base game is that if you donāt like how you placed a wall, for instance, you can only demolish it, you canāt simply pick it up and place it some where else. S+ allows you to do just that and more. *Update: The base game has added a similar feature, but only allows you a short period of time to do this.* S+ comes with itās own versions of crafting stations, like the smithy and fabricator. S+ actually allows you to pull resources from one place (crafting station, storage box, or creature inventory) and put it in another. So, if you want to make some flak armor, instead of carrying all that material over to the crafting station, you can click a button and the mod will pull the required materials, if you have enough of them for whatever youāre crafting. Thereās quite a lot more about S+. Itās difficult to get into all of it from memory alone, but I strongly recommend this mod! Another tool S+ adds is a āNannyā which is something you can place that will imprint your babies for you, so you donāt have to wait around until itās ready to be imprinted. It also removes the requirement to do whatever the baby wants or give it whatever kibble it decides it wants. This is definitely a time saver. It also has something that makes hatching eggs easier and quicker, but I use another mod for that.
Another ESSENTIAL mod for Ark is StackMeMore. This mod reduces the weight of everything and increases their stack sizes. So, you can easily carry a huge load of materials without having to run around back and forth to store things that normally weigh a lot and have very limited stack sizes. Iāve gotten so use to this mod that I can hardly remember playing without it.
Another really good mod is Ark Advance, currently called āArk Advance 10.ā It has itās own crafting station which allows you to make some interesting things. I primarily use it for two things. With this mod you can make tranq arrows that slow down your target. But, you can also make tranq arrows and darts that are extremely effective! These, to me, are an essential part of taming. The mod author has stated that it could take about 5 of these special tranq darts to take down a max level Rex. Most things donāt take too many darts, in fact earlier I knocked out a Megalosaurus with just one dart. Another really helpful piece of this mod that I use is the feeding trough. This feeding trough uses power to keep food from spoiling fast. The normal (and even S+) feeder actually makes it so that nearby resources can't respawn, but the Advance feeder doesn't do this. This is super helpful. I also like to use the portable refrigerator in this mod.
Speaking of mods essential for taming, TameXL is another amazing mod. Normally when you knock out a creature with a tranq arrow or dart, you have to wait until itās hungry enough to eat the food youāre trying to give it. You also have to keep an eye on itās torpor, making sure it doesnāt get too low or itāll wake up. Thereās been debate since the beginning of Ark whether or not you should let the creature starve before putting food in itās inventory. A hungry creature will eat food more quickly, but you still have to wait for the creatureās food stat to drain. Luckily, this mod removes that waiting time. It allows you to create narcotic that completely increases a creatureās torpor and completely drains their food. This means that you can go ahead and give them food. This really cuts down on the amount of time necessary to tame a creature.
Since I've grown tired of taming, I've found another essential mod called the Taming Gun. It's just a pistol that uses tranq arrows. You fire it at a creature and it gets instantly tamed at the max level. It removes the need to feed and wait for torpor to drop. I had used some console commands to force tame creatures, but it wasn't very effective, especially when I needed to aim at a moving creature. This gun works both on land and under water.
Another mod I really like is called Egg N Poop Collector/Incubator. As the name says, it adds a collector that collects eggs and poop. It can then transfer that poop and thatch to another station (within the mod) that turns it into fertilizer. Once that fertilizer is created, it can send it over to your crop plots. This makes farming automatic. There is a chance that instead of dropping poop, a creature will drop an egg. This collector picks up both, so you donāt have to go hunting around for either resource. Eggs and poop are essential to creating kibble, while eggs are used in the recipe and poop is used to grow crops that are used in the recipe. I also like the Incubator, which requires power. You simply drop a fertilized egg on it and it hatches quickly. Normally to hatch an egg, you need to put it in a place that has the right temperature. Each egg has a different preference of temperature. Normally you would surround an egg with some air conditioners or torches, but this mod removes the need to worry about temperature and hatch time.
Farming and making kibble does require a bit of work, but if you donāt want to bother with making kibble, the Kibble Vending Machine mod is for you! It allows you to make kibble using raw metal (ore). This is really handy! Iāve often carried one around with me when I go out to tame creatures. I usually collect enough metal to have the machine craft as much kibble as I need.
Awesome Teleporters is exactly as it sounds. You can craft teleporters and place them almost any where. Then, craft the remote control for it and you can teleport back and forth. This is incredibly handy! You could live in one place, but teleport to another area for gathering metal and teleport back.
Awesome Spyglass is also exactly as it sounds. It's a spyglass, but it has more features. It can zoom in and out. It can display the levels of creatures and what it takes to tame them. It can outline wild creatures, helping you see which are aggressive towards you and which are passive or don't see you.
Finally, the Builderās Helmet is another essential. It allows you to pick up any structure. You can craft the helmet out of cheap materials. This is good especially if youāve made something that isnāt part of Structures Plus. You can even make the skin version of the helmet that can be inserted on your helmet, therefore not losing your armor.
If you play Ark with mods, feel free to share your favorite mods in the comment section.