u/Neggy5

The full list in text form + thoughts:

very, very promising-

freeway fever (procedurally genned Burnout 🤤 )

hyperyuki (my most hyped game currently)

aster league 2179 (demo is SICK)

hyperfunk (technically not racing but loved BRCF and its Extreme sports sooo)

project gt (no logo atm, sadly probs gacha...)

promising-

wreckreation 2 (donating to their Patreon because I have hopes mmkay?)

star wars galactic racer (Don't care about Star Wars but this looks siiiiick)

tricky madness (got the early access, definitely promising)

cautiously optimistic-

super woden gp 3 (good so far and im looking forward to it sorta)

hot wheels infinite rush (Milestone hardly misses but it looks a little bland so far but fun-looking)

carveout 2160 (a cool take on SSX but might miss the mark if they aren't careful)

cautious-

clutch (promising but I can tell its gonna be a flop if the stars don't align somehow)

crazy taxi world tour (AI in end-production I'm against. I hope the lead is right about it only being concept art and such but it doesn't seem like it...)

overdrive (I would love a good Motorstorm successor but looks a little asset-flippy atm)

project stampede (Like above, but it might have the passion to be worthy)

wreckfest 2 (wreckfest has always been ehhhh to me, ive got early access for this so im hoping the full-release changes my mind)

not interested-

kaido genkai (kinda bland an weeby... ehhh)

night-runners (didn't like the demo, it was a bit underwhelming and TXR will always be superior imo despite not being into that much either)

I remember when Nerdslayer made not one, but TWO videos discussing "the death of Overwatch". Apparently he is pretty good at video essays but after the second soon after OW2 launched, it was just getting outright silly. Like, he was only supposed to post games that ACTUALLY died but OW had no indicator of death whatsoever.

Fast forward 3 years since his second video, the game is the liveliest its ever been since launch and in one of its best states ever.

I remember when the second vid came and I was raging about it and in full 5 stages of grief mode, turns out he was wrong all along.

everyone's videos (including mine I did earlier) is blowing me tf away. The motion for both realistic and anime is SOTA by a long shot for open source models, it knows "anatomical physics" even better than finetuned WAN 2.2, which is my go to rn for 🌽 and LTX 2.3 can't do anything remotely well outside of talking heads. I can't FUCKING WAIT until 2am tomorrow night my time (according to modelscope) for H3 to launch open and uncensored. I will be waking up then and skipping work lol.

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Just got pinged on Lodestone's discord server and it is a much better alternative to Mystic and other uncensor loras at the time I've been using it. It is still training but it's already VERY good.

Throughout my entire playthrough rn I'm pretty sure I've only survived this bit once or twice, and I am rank 7! It's such a brutal part of the track, and is the hardest bit out of an track in the entire game. I just can't drive it without crashing multiple times. the road rage at rank 5 was a fucking nightmre because I almost total my car on this damm bridge at the beginning.

so relentless. D:

3am PDT/12pm CEDT/8pm AEST is the time it'll begin tonight, going until August 2. When you guys think the reveals will be? Excited for Dmon?

Also, those 16 somethings sound like OWCS team skins like OWL ones. And I wonder why the map devs are there too. :P

So I'm a bit hyperfixated on decade-specific fashion aesthetics and made these infographics. I missed a few, I'm sure.

There are a couple aesthetics that I noticed were sorely missing or have little reputation, some of the ones I noticed that I would love to see more of include:

1990s-2000s afro-gangsta aesthetic- literally nonexistant. No durags, grilles, white singlets with gold chains and cargos. I can kinda get why as it maybe a little "cultural-appropriation" if done wrong plus some implications from that time.

1950s rockabilly/greaser/pinup- it boggles my mind the most that Dva is the sole hero to have a rockabilly skin. We literally have zero male greaser skins and so many heroes are cut out absolutely perfect for the rockabilly aesthetic. Soldier, Hazard, Zarya and Junker Queen especially. Rockabilly is my absolute favourite aesthetic from the last century. I hope we get a whole battle pass or something dedicated to it, especially in the summer. Hell, give us a pinup-girl Juno or something, would sell like hotcakes at this rate.

So lets discuss!

Whats your fav aesthetic you wanna see in Overwatch? any decade or aesthetic that stands out to you from these lists + others I may have missed?

I was the one who made the post praising FF‘s initial demo a few weeks ago leading the dev to show an update this week. I have to say, YOU mate have completely mogged Three Fields’ work tenfold to make a much better Burnout successor than Wreckreation and Dangerous Driving put together, hell even the hour or two I’ve played of the current demo from last year is the most fun I’ve had with a racing game this decade and the closest I’ve ever felt to the OG Burnout games.

you my friend, may have saved this goddamn genre.

When comparing Overwatch to other hero shooters, we are always looking at how polished the gunplay is or fun, teamwork factor. I feel there's an appeal Overwatch has that other players don't realise.

The original world, characters, art and overall personality is exactly, IMO what is Overwatch's biggest strength when comparing to other hero shooters or even multiplayer games in general.

Valorant is 99% JUST sweaty esports focus with laughably little worldbuilding

Apex Legends is close but very ugly aesthetic that bogs it down

Marvel's is well, Marvel. An EXTREMELY oversaturated superhero franchise that while deeper than Overwatch, has caused massive fatigue for a lot of pop culture enthusiasts and the game is just riding on the franchise with a touch of goonable skins

Deadlock has potential but I don't see it being anywhere near as appealing world-wise to Overwatch.

Overwatch just feels so interesting and charming compared to any other multiplayer game on the market period. Blizzard just really struck gold here which is why I'm seldom against collabs as it kinda "cheapens" what we got and breaks immersion for a quick buck. However, cosplay skins are a much more sensible way to put other IPs into Overwatch than entire core heroes or maps, which will be gamebreaking for me.

is it just me? I reluctantly started playing the 6v6 QPH and actually ended up enjoying it. One of the biggest reasons why I am finding this mode so good is the queue times are so much quicker than usual. I've done 4-5 games this morning at 10-11:30am and find matches within a minute or two, even on DPS. Even tho its the weekend, usually at this time DPS queues are 10+ minutes long but its so much quicker during this experiment.

Overall, I'm having a great time on this experiment despite refusing to play OW this weekend initially. The gameplay is surprisingly balanced, 1/3/2 works against 2/2/2 well enough because you are compensating an extra tank with more damage. I might miss these lightning quick queue times and having an option to pick tank as dps main ngl.

i love Mauga’s and Illari’s but its becoming a little repetitive now haha

ok so lets actually face the facts, address the elephant in the room etc. etc. EVERY arcade racer in the last decade have flopped either commercially, critically or both… besides Forza. not even many independent devs are trying to make racing games reminiscent of the 2000s‘ golden age. i can count on one hand how many arcade racers were successfully launched since indies even became a thing in the early 2010s.

i have come to the conclusion that the arcade racing genre is now a horrid no-competition monopoly that Forza Horizon holds, akin to The Sims and EA Sports. Forza Horizon is literally the only arcade racing franchise in the last decade that is going anywhere close to remotely fine. It took 2 whole decades+ for The Sims to get literally any decent competition with the release of Inzoi and Paralives. i expect no one to jump onto this godforsaken genre til at least 2040 if The Sims was any indicator.

Clutch, while it looks okay, I have this gut wrenching feeling that its gonna flop hard. no one wants that much story in a racing game nor a live service-style PVPVE always online. look what happened to TDU?

I guess we gotta welcome sloppy festival racers with no progression nor soul until we are getting greyer. fuck this industry.

been thinking about this all day soz.