#I hate you konami

[tarashima]

I'm honestly just gonna come out and say it, and I don't mean to dismiss anyone who disagrees with me (with some exceptions, but I know those people don't follow me, even have me blocked).

But I've despised and been deeply disappointed with the Revolver event in Duel Links. So deeply that I doubt I will ever pick up the app again.

Keeping rant under read-more.

While there were things that I genuinely enjoyed, like the music during Rev's duels, hearing Shunsuke-san again, Rev's beautiful sprite and receive a lot of goodies (like gorgeous sleeves and icons ♥), there were a lot of things I actively disliked, and those were too many to save this event and make it the funny experience I'd hoped for ever since VRAINS world was released (even announced, let's be real).

The writing felt off from the start, with a lot of things that were strange, especially since the story of VRAINS world has been marketed as a follow-up of the anime, a s4 we never got (or just second half of s3). A follow-up for me meant Revolver would take off where he ended: guarding the network and make sure everyone stayed safe, actively stopping something like the Lost Incident to ever happen again.

Seems like the writers, as well as the localisation team, had forgotten all that and instead went with Revolver's s1 persona, once again making him the antagonist that needed to be defeated to protect the Ignis (or well, just Ai). Not only that, they also took away any kind of character development Revolver went through during the last half of the anime. Something that was only made worse by the localisation team, who amongst many things made the deliberate choice of changing lots of Playmaker's dialogues about saving Revolver to be about Ai instead, as well as changing LOTS of Revolver's dialogues over all.

Another example of a thing that deeply pissed me off and completely crushed me with disappointment was the reference to the rain duel between Revolver and Soulburner. The writers wrote it as it never happened, while also simultaneously saying it did, in fact, happen, as they told the two variations paralleled with each other. Then they had it ended with what seems to be the shitty dub-dialogue (let's stop pretending it ever was a dub, it was nothing but a parody) and no conclusion for either of the characters. And I'm sorry, but what in the actual hell?!

They've created nothing but plot holes that won't be easy to fill in the future, telling a story that is such a disservice to Revolver's character while also not portraying him properly, not even in the original Japanese versions (I've seen so many Japanese and Korean fans being confused about this event as well, some even going as far as outright saying "I'm glad I still like him despite this"). The fact that there are people out there judging Revolver's character and actions based on this event is disgusting, and once again makes me say that you're all free to hate him as much as you want but this isn't even Revolver, you're hating a version of him that didn't exist in later canon. Calling it post-canon is an insult.

Even worse, all the other characters have felt like post-canon versions, with at the very least decent writing, yet it still making some sort of sense.

I saw nothing of that here, and I'll be forever salty about them messing it up so badly. You can use his second avatar as much as you want; if you deliberately keep him stuck in the season 1 mindset and actively ignores that s2 and s3 (except the last duel between Ai and Playmaker, as well as bits and pieces of the last duel between Revolver and Soulburner) happened, you're not giving Revolver a post-canon story. You're making up an antagonist to fit your purposes and only uses Revolver's face for it. And that's such a disservice to his character and I'll never forgive the team who worked on this event (except Shunsuke-san and the music composer, they did an amazing job ♥).

I still finished the event completely as well as maxed Rev's level (something I haven't done since DM and maxed up Yuugi), only because I love him. But the sadness I feel about all this can't be ignored.

Again, I doubt I'll ever pick up Duel Links again after this, and I said as much in the survey afterwards. I usually try to keep a somewhat friendly tone when filling in surveys after events, but this?

Ohohoho, they got to hear how badly they messed up. And I was not nice. Because they didn't deserve it.

I'm done. I hate it. Get the fuck away from me. I was afraid this would happen.

I'm sticking to the merchandise in the future. At least they know what the fans want/never thought they want but definitely wanted and appreciated. TCG bros can keep their rotten excuse of an app.

Also, as much as I love Borreload Datastorm Furious Dragon, you can't fucking label it SR when I got 10 copies of it, and wasn't alone in doing so. I've gathered less of NORMAL cards that I did with Borreload. Morons...

Oh, and I might as well mention how much it actually irked me to constantly put up with not only Varis but also Roken Kogami when those aren't the names that should be used. Again, it's not a fucking dub, it's a joke for people who the creators deem stupid. Burn it to the ground for all I care and never talk about it again.

#angry tara is angry #but also #sad tara is sad #I hate you konami #so much #duel links #vrains #ygo vrains #yugioh vrains #I'm honestly gonna start blocking people who use Varis #I'm done #me and my friends have ranted together for many hours #the sad thing is I can keep on #this is a truckload of salt so read on your own risk

[stophangiingdjs]

the new silent hill is bad. but are we shocked.

#yosu's thoughts #silent hill #i hate you konami

[origami-teacup]

og silent hill 2 james: *disassociating suicidal trembling like a chihuahua just trying to find his wife*

james in the remake:

#LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY.. #i didn't think it was possible to hate this remake more than i already did but bloober team really outdid themselves ! #konami we're gonna kill you dawg #james sunderland #silent hill 2 #silent hill 2 remake

[kayniscanem]

This took 20 years off of my life 😭😭 bro what???

#barks 🐾 #literally pulling shit out of your ass cuz wtf are you on about bro #NO MARY SLANDER OR HATE I HATE EVERYONE #just say you hate women god damn #sh2 #silent hill #silent hill 2 #konami #sh2 remake #silent hill 2 remake

[recklessmoss]

I don’t wanna be the one to kill the vibe but maybe letting the game dev team who makes games portraying mental illnesses and trauma the way they do, to be the one working on the Silent Hill 2 remake might not be,,,,,,, the best option,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

#this is an anti bloober team post and an anti bloober team BLOG i hate those bitches. #you have a franchise and a fan favorite that has VERY GOOD writing and portrayal of traumatic experiences #and yet konami proceeds to hand it over to a team who makes PTSD symptoms look like '' auwhhg wauuh I'm insANE!! INSANEEE!! 🤪🤪 IT HURTSE - #- sequences... like come on now. #surely there must have been a better one to give it to out there but ok

[pinkprettycure]

Himurocchi thinks hes too good to date me with his fancy pants promotion but he's not too good to teach me about flirting with other less hot boys i guess. aight -_-

#Are you telling me Char broiled this burger? #konami did this because they hate me i think

[beevean]

I swear the fact that pretty much nobody seems to ever give a shit about Portrait of Ruin, most likely due to the artstyle, fills me with an unmatched feeling of rage.

I would like to say it's also because Castlevania games in general were decreasing in popularity back then mostly due to yearly releases and a market that was no longer interested in these kinds of games, but even OoE is more talked about

It's sad. I see more love for PoR around, in the sense that I haven't seen anyone outright disliking it... but yeah it gives me the impression that it came out at the wrong time.

OoE as well, it's not super popular (finding sfw fanart of Shanoa is a struggle :<), but perhaps it became more well known for being the last main game, or because of Shanoa herself, or because its gameplay is more unique. PoR is the middle child stuck between DoS (who itself doesn't seem to be nearly as appreciated as its older sibling) and OoE, and also cursed with an unflattering artstyle.

Yuzo Koshiro didn't compose all those bangers for nothing, people D:

#castlevania #akumajou dracula #portrait of ruin #cmon konami i know you hate money but a ds collection is the next logical step #if capcom managed to port the zx games why can't you

[viviraptor]

BE SO FUCKING UNBELIEVABLY ASTRONOMICALLY FOR REAL RIGHT NOWWW

#vivi.txt #yugioh cross duel #THIS WAS THE ONE YGO GAME I REALLY LIKE AND ITS ENDING YEAR ONE FUCK ALL LIFE #SO MANY CHARACTERS WERENT EVEN ADDED TO THE GAME YET #HOW ARE YOU GONNA END SERVICE WITHOUT REX IN THE ROSTER. KONAMI HATES ME

[luminous-orb]

I love early DS games it’s just like. Bitch. Draw a FUCKING circle

#I think for p much any new console there’s gonna be an influx of games made just to show off the new features #but the ds went Ape Shitt. so you get games like Pokémon ranger or Kirby canvas curse that are played p much only on the touchscreen #just. put all existing genre and gameplay conventions aside for a bit. it’s Circle Time baby #love how in castlevania dawn of sorrow people HATED the circles #and konami was just like we’re so sorry we’ll never put a circle in a game again #while Pokémon ranger is like you will draw 5 circles per second of gameplay and you will fucking like it #dos circles were pretty terribly programmed tho

[veikkoalen]

"mgs is making a comeback" they're making a remake, not the next game, not even the chapter 3. they're reusing mgsv animations. the same voice lines. i can bet money it's 1:1 recreation with $70 price tag. did people forget mgs survive? fuck konami

#rant #watch ppl sucking konami off bc of the nostalgia #and here i am the mgsv fan who got the spit in the face with mgs survive and the cut chapter 3 #btw any mgs game plot is bullshit. not just 5 #but you got ur hounds only on 5 bc how dares it touch the cobra unit! ig their powers made so much sense without the one that covers stuff #im poisonous i *will* defend 5 no matter what i *will* hate on any other mg just for all that shit comparisons v got

[tarashima]

I have two eps left after been grinding and playing like crazy for two whole days and let me just say, I absolutely despise the disgusting work the localisation team has done and I hate the fact that I'm stuck with it. I'm glad I can have the Japanese voice pack so I don't have to endure voices I don't approve of, but to hear them say one thing and then see the subs say something completely different? Fuck you.

#even worse when I see random users in the tags hating on my fav AGAIN #despite it being old already five years ago #You're not even hating my fav #Only an unfair version of him #Fuck you for once again screwing things up Konami #Gawd I'm so salty #I can probably rant for hours about this #At least I unlocked him #And not gonna lie: that made me scream in happiness #Angy Tara is angy

[stophangiingdjs]

yeah whatever that new silent hill might be a masterpiece. it might be better than silent hill 2 or 3. but in my heart of hearts the silent hill i want back is silent hills and pt. 

#Yosu's thoughts #silent hill #pt silent hill #im so angry about pt and silent hills. im so angry. #i hate you konami #i hate you so much. #8 years man im angry. #kojima is like a crazy person at times but like you can not deny konami treated him like shit #and surprise! konami is a terrible company! #denying kojima and his close employees health is genuinely and ontologically evil

[serpiaxerma]

I'm so close to my limit on this fucking card game.

Greetings fellow duelists.

Picture this, okay. You're a Branded player. Hateful, I know. You want to play paper, build the deck in real life, test it out with other people. Great. Awesome. Fun for you!

You play some Master Duel, get a feel for the deck. Alright, yeah, feels good, feels powerful. Bit bricky, but who cares? Isn't every deck? (Coping.)

Grab a couple of Albaz Strike Structure Decks. $60 total, wow! Fit together something resembling your build, if a bit on the cheap side, but that's fine. You're just testing it out.

Boom! Wake up babe, new support just dropped. Time to upgrade! A trap like Branded Banishment, a clean $10, alright. Another Ecclesia retrain in Cartesia, a monster and a fusion spell? Sick, sign me up! So, how much we talking? $20? $30?

$60.

Oh. Alright, we'll just skip her for now then. No need to cash out so much for a one-of that only boosts consistency. What else is there?

Right, yeah, the Bystial monsters! A bunch of big asshole dragons who are also handtrap chaos monsters? Damn, pretty strong! Got some nice new continuous spells and traps like Regained and Beast for $5 each, yeah, sure.

The monsters aren't too terrible. Saronir for $5, Druiswurm for $10, Magnamhut for $20. Pricey, sure, but if it changes and evolves the playstyle so much. Oh, and Lubellion! So again, like $30, right? Or is this another $60 Cartesia situation?

$120.

Okay no. If we can't have all these nice pretty new Branded cards for under $300 when I'm only planning to mess around, I'm good, I'll pass.

Luckily, the tins are coming out later this year, so I'm sure the reprints will be a lot cheaper. And prettier, too. Then I can finally upgrade my deck and play like I've practiced in-game! Just one more month, right?

DING DONG!

Oh? Who's that?

IT CHANGED.

Hmm? What did?

THE WHOLE DECK. IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. NO MORE DESPIA. NO MORE BYSTIALS. NO MORE BRANDED SPELLS AND TRAPS.

... But I liked Branded Beast control. I liked Masquerade + Dramaturge pass. I loved bringing back Mirrorjade with Ad Libitum. I loved banishing my opponent's monsters with Magnumhut to +2. What happened? Where're my children? Where are we? Who are you?

WELCOME TO DUEL MONSTERS BITCH, IT'S TIME FOR CHIMERA BRANDED, FORGET ABOUT THE TINS.

E M B R A C E N O S T A L G I A

#yugioh #branded #chimera the flying fucking mythical beast huh #now let me be clear #i actually love this new playstyle #i am a huge fan of the new consistency in the illusion cards #i think the plays and interruptions and things to do with guardian chimera are sick #i am having so much fun with this new variant of the deck #but jesus christ man #konami really said “let's make some fun cool new archetypes in despia and bystial” #and then DROP IT IMMEDIATELY #despia is superceded almost immediately by POTE format #bystials are relegated almost solely to d-link and sidedeck hate #i really loved the cool fun interactions between all of these different cards when paired with their native branded support #but no. #i hate using the word pushed. but have you SEEN mirror swordknight go into big berfomet? #hmm yes today i will quick effect tag out for a +3 handrip pip pip cheerio carry on #and somehow this is just par for the course. the new normal. an average thing for a modern deck to do #and the entire core #the ENTIRE CORE minus the boss monster #is $30 #TOTAL #still gotta buy cartesia tho

[spookridjer]

Staring at the silent hill 2 listening with intense depression

#konami i hate you so much

[zaddyazula]

THANK FUCK

#david hayter #i am actually screaming i can’t believe we’re getting a remake and then a definitive edition of the first 3 games #and they’re one xbox and pc #i still hate you but thank you konami

[gender-euphowrya]

you can get a gengar from an npc you can trade a pincurchin for a haunter and it EVOLVES it doesnt have an everstone they let you get a fucking gengar and not get memed into trading for a haunter with an everstone

#in levincia #HELL YEA #now do the other trade-only evolution pkmn #i always HATED how you were basically never getting the trade-evos if you had no fucking friends #they really should give you some option of evolving them without trading #like even if it's some tricky shit like obtain rare item and level up your pkmn at night in a specific location #while holding your switch upside down and inputting the konami code on a friday the 13th #at LEAST you'd have a thing that lets you not need to trade