#i love games with replayability

[kondietorei]

soooo fascinating how on a second playthrough of shiki's week, you really see that it was always her even before higashizawa's comments, that shiki was never eri no matter how much of a front she put up. shiki constantly carries around mr. mew (a prized possesion she proudly made when she was still herself, not to mention literally used to identify her later!!!), she cant help herself when she sees neku's broken button (her interest/ability in sewing overcomes her), she snaps at neku if you make him ditch battles too many times (she unintentionally breaks her act to voice her feelings). when it mattered most, when times got emotional, there was no way she could ever stamp out her feelings...

#twewy #shiki misaki #i love you girl!!!!!!!!! #soo happy to see that in neo mr. mew #something that is so her #became the face of gatto nero.. #she became confident enough to show the world who she is #also #i love games with replayability #in the sense that you can really see the story and its characters in a new light #in my drafts but ill post it bc its her bday lol #uhh if anything seems inaccurate its bc i have not played in forever

[folkdevilism]

Say what you want about Dishonored 2's flaws, but the Bonecharm Crafting system and ability to carry over Runes between playthroughs spoiled me to the point where it felt awkward revisiting the first game without it.

#dishonored #dishonored 2 #don't get me wrong - DH1 is THE quintessential DH game for obvious reasons #but it really doesn't have a proper NG+ mode that lets you exploit powers to the sheer extent that DH2 does and neither does DOTO #i loved being able to stack the effects of different abilities in order to increase their potency to an ungodly degree #and that was one of the biggest things that added to the replayability of DH2 for me and that's also where it outshines both DH1 and DOTO #i really hope a potential DH3 let's us stack and accumulate abilities the way DH2 did

[journalsouppe]

My spread for To The Moon! A friend recommended me this game and although there were a lot of things I really liked about this game, I really really don't like sad stories so this particular game just wasn't for me. The storytelling and art and music was all super well done!! I just hate reading or watching something that will leave me depressed afterwards.

So I do recommend this game if you like sad stories and my score is very subjective to my personal tastes, so don't let that deter you if you are interested in this game. I also gave Celeste a low score even though if I had watched a playthrough instead of playing it, it would've been way higher (I hated the mechanics but loved the art and storytelling). It's just not for me and that's totally okay!

Writing typed below! + extra blurb

rating: 7 played: su 2023 port: pc (steam) fave? N replayable? N recommend? Y

Comments:

"he likes cats" "why does the world have to be so complicated"

i'm worried this will turn into a horror game lol. the art reminds me of the witch

so many rabbits

"you neurotypicals" i... don't think this convo has anything to do with neurodivergency

the environments are so gorgeous

repetitive gameplay- slows down storytelling

i like river's expressive eyes

cute lighthouse scene

if i had known the gameplay was this simple i prob wouldve watched keith or a similar lets player

aww pretty horse

oo it's getting creepy

why is neil missing

^ LMFAO NVM

OH SHIT

fucked they made him forget his own brother

NOT JOEY THIRD WHEELING

damn i do not like the mom

the fair is really cute

the river name scene is pissing me off (as someone who has such a rare name ive never met another person with my name irl or online, river is not that uncommon of a name T_T_T_T_TT_T)

awww his brother's back

the memory tech stuff is very confusing

idk why eva was so sketch i think neil wouldve agreed to it

why was the pill addiction relevant?? did i miss something??

Game notes:

beautiful music and pixel art

point and click walking

collect orbs to unlock memories

puzzle grid for memories

whac-a-mole with pretty janky controls

apparently you can move with arrow keys T_T

"combat" scene with dodging and shooting

Summary:

Although I liked the story and thought the thing was very wellmade, this game just wasn't my particular cup of tea. Similar to Celeste, I prob would've liked it if I had watched it instead. It's a depressing tale esp after realizing all the work you do is just some simulation and joey still died and river still died heartbroken. It's absolutely a game I'd recommend for people who like sad/sappy stories but it's not something I'd personally replay. Idk if I'll watch or play through the extra content, again this story just made me kinda depressed and i don't enjoy this feeling. I'm also confused why they acted like river's diagnosis was taboo or smth, she had smth like autism right? Why did they say so... The art style is very cute and the animations were done incredibly well. The environments were especially superbly made. The controls were a little odd esp for the mini games. A little disappointed I didn't learn to use the arrow keys until the last ten minutes of the game. Eva and Neil were fun characters, i liked their dynamic. I understand the structure of the story and finding key pieces of their life, but the gameplay got pretty repetitive and tedious until the switch in act 2/3. Overall, a good game with beautiful designs and simple mechanics. If you like sad/tragic stories then I def recommend. This game reminds me a lot of UP (the movie) so I think MC would really like this game (an old teacher of mine).

Also a little note on my comments for autism, I also have autism so it just felt a little weird playing this game. I'm sure the attitudes around autism were much different in the time they were depicting (probably around the mid to late 20th century) but it still rubbed me the wrong way that it seemed everyone treated river poorly, especially her husband. And I also just hate miscommunication tropes so bad so part of that really played into some of the diagnosis and storytelling. Again, not a game for me personally and these were just my critiques but I'm not actually or seriously offended by this game, I just hate sad shit!!!!!!

#this is exactly why i have my little fave replayable recommend thing on my spreads! #its not my favorite and i wouldnt replay it but it is smth that i know others would love and i do recommend #again i just hate feeling depressed after stories and i hate illness stories too T_T esp as someone with a chronic condition #but that's just me! i dont want to deter anyone from playing games so i usually try not to post negative game reviews #but i dont also want to act like i super love every single game i play so im trying to post my more diverse opinions #video game journal #journalsouppe #bullet journal #journal

[pcktknife]

u makin me wanna replay PLA myself now..

do it

#if u could hear me irl i talk the fuck up abt that game lmao #the mechanics the battles the characters the story i love u pla best first pokemon game i could have ever played i think #i really do love that game even if i dont talk abt it online as much anymore #im not a replayer but ive considered it multiple times for pla and im still not even fully done w it #asks #anon

[queenofbaws]

man. it just. doesn't matter how many times i (re)play control.........the ashtray maze never stops being the coolest fucking thing ever.

#queenie rambles #idk how to explain it but GENUINELY i've never experienced part of a game as like #intensely replayable as the ashtray maze #i know what's going to happen. i know what's going on. #and EVERY TIME it inspires the SAME amount of GLEE and WONDER as it did the first time #goD i just love control. i love the fbc. i love this universe. askdlfjksajdf #also yeah hi i have one (1) trophy left on this one and it's GODDAMN HARTMAN so wish me luck

[recallback-art]

Did my third and possibly final run of Shadows Over Loathing, so here's my final pc! She's a pig-skinner and it was a no shadow-taint run, I went and did a LOT of secrets I hadn't found before, it was really fun.

Obie and Barker are the best companions period. I love them. I cannot believe I never knew we could get a fucking doggy

#shadows over loathing #original character #shadows over loathing oc #rpg oc #recall draws #fandom posting #my ocs #iiiiiii love this game #im mad also everyone told me pigskinners sucked as a class but i rlly enjoyed playing as one bc they were very strong #its only an issue if ur doing a shadow run but i wasnt so i mowed thru everything no issue. and brag is fun #it was very fun and silly they did the little cheer when u hit i liked that #but yeah!!! i loved this run this game is very very replayable #barker is the best thing. i actually called him ai for oc reasons. the doughbaby is called nemo for similar reasons #i imagine post game she decided to live w the hobos in the new city. calls murray and rufus sometimes. took barker obvs #i like to also imagine the three pcs are actually cousins! shes the oldest then cecils the middle cousin and eli is the baby #im gonna play west of loathing next :) #but yeah thats the gang!! wrow. love this game

[todayisafridaynight]

any hopes for kiwami 3? like things u wanna see added or changed stuff like that

if they dont keep kiryu's goofy walk stance and the hoof-like walk sounds i dont wanna play it

#snap chats #no one understands how much i love that from y3 and y4 its genuinely one of my favorite things about the game #oh but i guess i have to give an actual answer now. HMPH. #id scream if they revived kanda calling mine limp wristed. homophobia in 4k #OK BUT TO BE SERIOUS uhhhh i dont know. im a real simple guy i think #my only like. If This Isnt There Im Leaving deal is mine's palette and im so serious #rgg's scaring me with all the black-hair/purple-suit mine stuff as of late and i cant stress how hard ill vomit if thats in the final #HYPOTHETICAL final anyways. yk3 isnt coming out for. IDK A WHILE #i wanna say i hope they highlight daigo and mine's relationship more but i dont know how theyd do that #i really like how mine's handled in y3 as is so i dont think i want scenes injected like what they did with yk1 and nishiki #someone said a Mine Saga after the game and... hm ... sounds too unrealistic for me to hope for it #like im REALLY trying to think how they could possibly reference the rggo stories in y3 since those are EXCELLENT but #i think . MAYBE. you could reference the story where richardson calls mine as he's driving to the hospital #the only thing you'd have to exclude though is mine stopping by the bar- like JUST keep the phone conversation maybe #cause in that scene that subordinate does question mine if he can really kill daigo and i think thatd be neat. in my opinion. #yeah i dont know. in regards to rggo its hard to think of what i want without intervening things i already like about y3 #its a real head scratcher ... #a really good epilogue addition would be adapting that RGGO bit where daigo ruminates on mine. that's a fair ending for him i think #it also fulfills the need to see how daigo saw mine even if its just a little #and to non-rggo readers it could start to answer 'how does daigo feel about everything that happened' #im still so curious as to if daigo was briefed on EVERYTHING that happened but .... anyways.... #sorry all my hopes for y3 are just mine/minedai centric fLVKELKA BUT LIKE. i really am content with everything else with y3 surprisingly #idk. i want kiryu fucking up that curry in high definition tho. thats important to me #THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE QTES DURING THE RICHARDSON FIGHT ILL BE PISSED #i need the fight to be AS CAMPY and unnecessary as it was in the og. INCLUDING richardson's voice acting i need it wack as hell #is it weird i actually appreciate the Diet Building Loredumping being like. in replayable-cutscene form #i thought id prefer just One Long cutscene but im glad theres the option to skip those segments #BUT being able to get a refresher in case you missed something somehow #im running out of tags jesus christ i shouldve put this in the main text but vjALjlagj those are all my thoughts for now bYE

[prosebushpatch]

new otp is Gaius and Evelyn from Rune Factory 3. like, i'm sorry, he has a hard time expressing his feelings because she assumes every gift he gives her is a commission to turn it into an outfit? And she, the resident fashion designer who uses fish and fondue for her out-there fashions seems to relish the challenges he gives her? But when he gives her an engagement ring, one he made as a blacksmith meant to suit her perfectly, she considers this the hardest commission he's presented her with yet and after asking you to suss out the kind of girl he likes, SHE DECIDES TO WEAR THE RING AND WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM AS HER GREATEST ATTEMPT AT COORDINATION YET. HELLO?

#rose and rambles #new goal: have a fictional relationship that captures that unhinged but endearing energy #been replaying rune factory 3 and i love the rune factory series so so so so much #i love 3 because of the whole half monster half human protag and how the heart events basically get the protag #to open up about his half monster side to someone he loves and trusts #its very dear to me #rune factory 4 is still my fav tho. perfect replayability EXCEPT 3 has spoiled me with how easy the heart events are to unlock #ive been getting that 4 itch again but remembering how random the heart events are im like nooooooooooooooooo gib me message boards pleeeas #Anyway this is the first time ive unlocked the Gaius and Evelyn romance post game #and boy it was a treat

[wlwhoa]

Emphasis on favorite, not necessarily the best one out of these options. I also only added games where you specifically play on a board, so games like operation and battleship weren't included.

#i got clue recently so classic board games are on my mind #when i was a kid I would've said life but i really love clue. the replayability on it is good #poll #polls #board games

[sawtual]

bitching abt this seperately bc that post was more abt lack of wyll content and im soo livid about that but im also abysmally down bad for shadowheart and i just feel sooo insane about how undeveloped sm of her content is. after her romance scene + final quest it kind of feels like she's just there idk.. IDK IS IT CRAZY TO WISH THERE WAS MORE. id fucking killlll for 6 romance scenes with her, astarion you awful bitch. its just specifically insane to me bc her (and lae'zel) are probably the most central to the plot companions you can get in this?? like i fear theyre so deeply important to the story. AND THEY BOTH HAVE SUCH MEDIOCRE ORIGINS AS WELL?? ok well i havent gotten that far into lae'zels but shadowhearts (while i enjoy it a lot!!) has been so lackluster 😭 the nightsong scene with her was crazy im actually so confused why that part isnt voiced. idk it just feels insane to me they didnt cook this game a little longer.. we all woulda loved it despite the wait 💔

#SIGHHHH #also im so bitch and moan but i cant stress how dearly i love this game. like chloe + i have over 500 hours on it from like a month #of playing 😭 #its so fun and cool and i love the crazy replayability of it #i just wish that it was more polished💔 at the very least that the companions got equal treatment #text

[daz4i]

every once in awhile i think about how creative wonderlands is and what a good game it is. found out recently it was being planned for years before coming out (tho mostly created over quarantine) and you can really tell bc my god it's so original and has so many unique and fun ideas like it's hard to think of a part i didn't like. and even if like a certain side quest is a bit tedious the gameplay all but makes up for it. dude it's so good everyone should play it

#my expectations of it were high but it met them all and then some fr fr #ik other blands fans don't like the lack of post game content but idc abt this stuff bc I'm a replayer at heart anyway 😎😎😎 #and this game has so much content esp if you like side quests and collectibles it's so fun 🥺 i love it sm guys #you don't need to know borderlands to play it guys... if you have a pc or console that can run tiny tina's wonderlands pls check it out..... #especially if you like dnd or story driven first person shooters esp with rpg elements...... #or meta style of storytelling or silly humor or fantasy or gay pirates. it has smth for everyone really

[cherrysnax]

not to be an adventure era meat rider but I do think that sonic stages haven’t had the same sauce since SA2

#like I love unleashed and it’s iconic so it’s definitely up there #I love 06 but it’s stage’s definitely left something to be desired #generations had good stages but like #none of em are original #by design #love frontiers but im so tired of the meta era #forces. #I think it’s because of the core replayability and the exploration in sa2? #the other missions in the same level #the collectibles? #idk it was peak #im playing it again and god I didn’t realize how much I missed it #the controls are ass to me #but im not even good at sonic games tbh 😭 #I just love them sm

[mememan93]

The issue that arises when a game gets super popular is that other developers will try to make games in that style, by taking the basis of the game (ex. Open world, rougelike) without thinking about or realizing what the game does well that makes it popular

#ITS NOT ABOUT THE BIGGEST WORLD I DONT WANT A BIG WORLD I WANT A FULL WORLD #I DONT WANT EMPTY PATCHES I WANT BIG TOWNS I WANT RUINS I WANT QUESTS #game criticism #raven croaks #yes this is about botw and totk but also about splatoon side order #because it's a rougelike that's not replayable. and that's the issue. like the devs understood- #rougelike = start over when die. Rougelite = permanent upgrades when die. but didn't understand to add enough variety to make us wanna keep #playing. you get 5 options: Chase the boys. portals: tower control: splat zones: 8 ball #on the same few floors. once you've done one you've done them all really #i've 100% it for bragging rights and because i was delusional at the time #Crypt of the necrodancer is my favorite rougelike. why do i love it so much? because every run is different #every floor is randomly generated. now you can't really do that with 3d environments so you gotta make enough #to have variety so players don't get bored right #and when you don't you get side order. sigh. #i'm going to bed now

[pirate-poet]

clarification on my last post: i love sunless sea so much i often say its my favorite video game when asked however the combat mechanics FUCKING SUCK and im not afraid to say it

#also the replayability is kinda eh #i love this game i do but oh god the problems #same with fallen london actually lmao #new fallen london related catchphrase i guess #my other one is “fallen london lore: there sure is a lot of it”

[august--and-everything-after]

I really feel like everyone should have a little something to say after arriving at Wyrm's Rest. Halsin especially. We've just defeated an almost-god, stopped Gale from killing himself and everyone else, and lifted the curse. You'd think someone would comment.

#im still having a great time mind you #but like with any story-driven game i always find myself hungry for more dialogue #more lore more character development - even the inconsequential fluff #i love how replayable the game feels tho i already have another one or two playthrus in mind #august talking #august plays bg3

[doodle-empress66]

You can only pick one game from each row

#what would I play right now? #me personally its Resident Evil ALL DAY EVERYDAY #I love just about every game here but it's an easy choice which are the most replayable #Basically its all RE for me #even RE4 (my least favorite RE of the main games). Exept maybe last row #truth is i have not played RE7 yet #my interest in it is kinda limited. Too far from RE... but i wouldn't know what else to pick. Not a fan of Clocktower much #not played DS #Some tough choices #but I'll throw nostalgia aside and instead pick #silent hill #silent hill 2 #resident evil #clocktower #soma #parasite eve #alien isolation #fatal frame #dead space #cry of fear #amnesia the dark descent #condemned #playstation #nostalgia