Games The Gaming Lounge: Beyond

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Most People Barely Buy Two Video Games A Year, New Report Finds

That friend who only buys Call of Duty and Madden is the average gamer

kotaku.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

ESA: 48% of video game players are women

2025 Global Power of Play report also found that mobile is the preferred device for women and players overall

www.gamesindustry.biz

https://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PoP-2025-v10-web-spreads.pdf

 

[blueharvest]

RPG devs stopped making games like Baldur's Gate 'because retailers told us no one wanted to buy them', says New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer

The Infinity Engine wasn't quite so infinite, in the end.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Indie horror developers don't know what a house is...

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Best game ever inbound.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Okay I see my corner of YouTube is getting into Dispatch which is like Telltale style game and apparently very horny (there's a censorship option which says a lot).

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

They do hang out often.

 

[Lily Adler]

Okay I see my corner of YouTube is getting into Dispatch which is like Telltale style game and apparently very horny (there's a censorship option which says a lot).

Spoiler

Sorry LGBTQ+ players there appears to be no gay romance for Bobby. It's either Supergirl knockoff or Brunette Invisible Woman. Phenomeman seems to be the internet's choice for such a route, tho.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

It's going to turn into a dating sim.

 

[nachtschicht]

Trying to get through my backlog of games, and I'm almost done with Death of the Outsider (I think. I'm at the mine.), but I've already had two days of not playing. This always happens. Finish your damn games. Maybe writing it down here will give me a push.

 

[Gee]

Trying to get through my backlog of games, and I'm almost done with Death of the Outsider (I think. I'm at the mine.), but I've already had two days of not playing. This always happens. Finish your damn games. Maybe writing it down here will give me a push.

DotO has been on my backlog for years. I love the Dishonored games.

 

[nachtschicht]

DotO has been on my backlog for years. I love the Dishonored games.

Have you played D2 already? It's next on my list. I've just been replaying D1 over and over again, it was time

Can't wait to find out what they changed/improved. DotO is already giving me minor trouble with smarter enemies, can't even leave doors open anymore, damn. But the maps are very fun so far. Except one little bit, but that might just be my don't kill/little to no detection bs and the lack of a proper Blink. Not sure if knocked out bodies no longer despawning is good or bad. In one chapter I had a pile of like twenty dudes

 

[Gee]

Have you played D2 already? It's next on my list. I've just been replaying D1 over and over again, it was time

Can't wait to find out what they changed/improved. DotO is already giving me minor trouble with smarter enemies, can't even leave doors open anymore, damn. But the maps are very fun so far. Except one little bit, but that might just be my don't kill/little to no detection bs and the lack of a proper Blink. Not sure if knocked out bodies no longer despawning is good or bad. In one chapter I had a pile of like twenty dudes

Yes, I played the first two games with at least two playthroughs each (lethal and non-lethal). In D2, you pick one of two characters to play, each has their own abilities.

I 100%'d D2. The first one is a bit harder to do so because some of the achievements are related to the challenge missions which I don't really care about. I believe DotO released after D2 as a standalone expansion. D2 has one specific mission which has some of the best level design I've seen.

Yes, piling up dead bodies is so fun. In one of the missions in D2, I killed everyone and piled their corpses on a table. I'll try to find the screenshot I took.

 

[DKDetective]

Have you played D2 already? It's next on my list. I've just been replaying D1 over and over again, it was time

Can't wait to find out what they changed/improved. DotO is already giving me minor trouble with smarter enemies, can't even leave doors open anymore, damn. But the maps are very fun so far. Except one little bit, but that might just be my don't kill/little to no detection bs and the lack of a proper Blink. Not sure if knocked out bodies no longer despawning is good or bad. In one chapter I had a pile of like twenty dudes

Yes, I played the first two games with at least two playthroughs each (lethal and non-lethal). In D2, you pick one of two characters to play, each has their own abilities.

I 100%'d D2. The first one is a bit harder to do so because some of the achievements are related to the challenge missions which I don't really care about. I believe DotO released after D2 as a standalone expansion. D2 has one specific mission which has some of the best level design I've seen.

Yes, piling up dead bodies is so fun. In one of the missions in D2, I killed everyone and piled their corpses on a table. I'll try to find the screenshot I took.

I adore 1 and honestly I find its story more engaging, but the gameplay and level design in 2 is next level. I really need to get around to playing DotO, but I just don't find the Daud-Billie storylines nearly as engaging as Corvo/Emily and all of the royal politics.

 

[nachtschicht]

Yes, I played the first two games with at least two playthroughs each (lethal and non-lethal). In D2, you pick one of two characters to play, each has their own abilities.

I 100%'d D2. The first one is a bit harder to do so because some of the achievements are related to the challenge missions which I don't really care about. I believe DotO released after D2 as a standalone expansion. D2 has one specific mission which has some of the best level design I've seen.

Yes, piling up dead bodies is so fun. In one of the missions in D2, I killed everyone and piled their corpses on a table. I'll try to find the screenshot I took.

Wasn't really paying attention to the chronological order of the games, and I have run into some lore stuff that went over my head, whoops. Really, the only reason I'm playing DotO first, is that it seemed shorter (and because my favorite character is in it). With two characters it's gonna take an age to get D2 off the backlog list

100%, wow, congrats. Don't know how people do it, I don't have the patience. Every time I try lethal I just get bored. Looking at all the fun deadly gadgets and skills I'm clearly doing it wrong

Challenges are filler. These games don't need filler, guys, come on.

I adore 1 and honestly I find its story more engaging, but the gameplay and level design in 2 is next level. I really need to get around to playing DotO, but I just don't find the Daud-Billie storylines nearly as engaging as Corvo/Emily and all of the royal politics.

Since I haven't played D2 yet, Daud and Billie (and the Outsider) are more interesting to me. Corvo wasn't enough of a character in D1, the other characters are really what made that game. Ended up enjoying the DLCs slightly more, even if the story wasn't that complex.

You guys make D2 sound incredible, can't wait to get there.

 

[Lily Adler]

For the love of God, indie devs please stop putting eating and peeing minigames in your games.

 

[Gee]

Wasn't really paying attention to the chronological order of the games, and I have run into some lore stuff that went over my head, whoops. Really, the only reason I'm playing DotO first, is that it seemed shorter (and because my favorite character is in it). With two characters it's gonna take an age to get D2 off the backlog list

100%, wow, congrats. Don't know how people do it, I don't have the patience. Every time I try lethal I just get bored. Looking at all the fun deadly gadgets and skills I'm clearly doing it wrong

Challenges are filler. These games don't need filler, guys, come on.

I also have a huge backlog and don't necessarily 100% games except for a few exceptions. You can't unlock all achievements in one single playthrough in some games including D2. Looking up my profile on HowLongToBeat, I did 3 playthroughs in D2. I also wanted to see the other different endings depending how much chaos you did.

The NG+ playthroughs were also quite short compared to the first one so it was worth my time.

Since I haven't played D2 yet, Daud and Billie (and the Outsider) are more interesting to me. Corvo wasn't enough of a character in D1, the other characters are really what made that game. Ended up enjoying the DLCs slightly more, even if the story wasn't that complex.

You guys make D2 sound incredible, can't wait to get there.

It is a fantastic immersive sim game and I wish ImSim games were more popular/commercially successful. I also highly suggest Prey (2017) from Arkane if you haven't played it yet. A true spiritual successor to the System Shock games (moreso than BioShock IMO).

 

[blueharvest]

After South Korean publisher Krafton announced it's transforming into an "AI first" company, it's now offering employees voluntary resignation

South Korean publisher Krafton announced it's transforming into an "AI first" company last month, and is now reducing human jobs through voluntary resignation.

www.eurogamer.net