#returnal

[boozerman]

@boozerman's favorite games played in 2023

#gamingedit #gamingdaily #dailyvideogames #gamingscenery #videogameedit #dailygames #gameplaydaily #red dead redemption 2 #baldurs gate 3 #starfield #prey #resident evil 4 #hifi rush #returnal #we happy few #dead island 2 #tears of the kingdom

[selenevassos]

i've crossed light years of anguish. my answer is beneath you.

#returnal i love you #number 1 returnal fan i willMAKE people care about you i promise #hi #returnal #selene vassos #xaos #housemarque #fanart #yows #returnal (2021)

[acecroft]

FAVORITE GAMES PLAYED IN 2023 (for the first time)

#gamingedit #alan wake 2 #deathloop #red dead redemption 2 #resident evil 4 remake #cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty #stray #returnal #deadlight #powerwash simulator #mix #vg 2023 #vg #mygifs #mikaeled #usermichi #dailygaming #not me making this set 3 days before end of the year #phantom liberty is dlc but it fully deserves to be on this list #started rdr2 in 2022 and i'm not even in the middle of the story #but i played this game enough for it to be on the list finally #alan wake 2 is GOTY IDC

[doyouknowthischaracter]

DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?

#dyktc polls #polls #selene vassos #returnal #category: video games

[red-akara]

Traversing the ruins of a lost alien civilization on some far off distant planet, only to find your actual house just…there…among it all, is one the coolest and also strangest things I’ve seen in a video game.

#inspiration much?? #still don’t know what it means #but how fascinating #returnal #video games #housemarque

[optimalmongoose4]

The Hatchling: Every loop I wake up to marvel at the beauty of the universe and work towards unraveling its ethereal mysteries

Colt Vahn: Every loop I wake up on a tropical island and work towards saving the people I care about from a never ending purgatory

Selene Vassos:

#outer wilds #deathloop #returnal

[fictionz]

Time loop video games and why we love (or hate) them

Some essays about time loops in video games:

“Time Loop Narratives Are About Love” by katy (cw: incest)

“Growth is a genuine change in you. Growth is seeing the world differently than you did before because you’re someone different now.”

Games highlighted: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, DEATHLOOP, Twelve Minutes, Oxenfree

“Time loops are a weird genre for an anxious time” by Jenna Stoeber and Polygon

“Part of why they’re regaining popularity is because the world is a mess and we either don’t know how or don’t have the power to fix it.”

Games highlighted: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Elsinore, Outer Wilds, Undertale, Inscryption, The Stanley Parable, The Forgotten City, Twelve Minutes

“Time Loop Nihilism” by Jacob Geller (cw: graphic violence and incest)

“I eventually came to realize, if I’m going to do this all again, if there are few real consequences for failure... why would I play in a way that’s so boring?”

Games highlighted: DEATHLOOP, Dishonored, Hitman 3, Bloodborne, Twelve Minutes

"Clockwork Games and Time Loops" by Game Maker’s Toolkit

“Every decision you make matters because you’re always spending your most precious currency: time.”

Games highlighted: Outer Wilds, Dead Rising, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, The Sexy Brutale, Elsinore, Minit, Vision Soft Reset, Twelve Minutes, DEATHLOOP, Hitman 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution

"Why Time Loops Work Best in Video Games" by Extra Credits

“Failure doesn’t feel like an inconvenience or a punishment, but is instead a natural and necessary part of the story.”

Games highlighted: Elsinore, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Undertale, DEATHLOOP, Returnal

"The Problem with Time Loop Games | 12 Minutes Analysis" by Ozzy II (cw: graphic violence and incest)

“This is the point I was talking about earlier, where the first half of the game is just worthless.”

Games highlighted: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Outer Wilds, Twelve Minutes, The Sexy Brutale

“Dying Rules in Time Loop Games” by Inside Gaming

“When the sun began to glow and implode, I knew I had no choice but to put down whatever I was doing and accept what was about to happen.”

Games highlighted: Outer Wilds, Into the Breach, Minit, Twelve Minutes, DEATHLOOP, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

"The Best Time Loop Games" by The Gadget Show

“Its black-and-white design and funny writing make this one memorable way longer than the minute it takes to complete a loop.”

Games highlighted: DEATHLOOP, Outer Wilds, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Minit, Elsinore

#video games #time loops #stories #outer wilds #into the breach #twelve minutes #deathloop #majora's mask #minit #the sexy brutale #returnal #elsinore #dead rising #vision soft reset #the forgotten city #the stanley parable #oxenfree

[necatormundi]

white shadow 🌕

#liike. while atlas bore and prometheus endured selene hollowed 👍 #my art #returnal #selene vassos

[boogernucky]

returnal wip if i can ever bring myself 2 finish it....

#RETURNAL #selene vassos

[boozerman]

Returnal - The Spiral of Hades

#gamingedit #gamingdaily #dailyvideogames #gamingscenery #videogameedit #dailygames #gameplaydaily #dailygaming #vindicia #mikaeled #userkarlo #returnal #returnaledit

[selenevassos]

who up failing to break the cycle of abuse while traversing their own reality bending self made hell

#nonsexual nudity #selene vassos #fan art #returnal #yows #hivemind

[gears2gnomes]

SGDQ 2023 - Returnal

"Still standing."

#sgdq #sgdq2023 #gdq #gamesdonequick #Returnal #Selene #crimson wastes #desert #sci-fi

[acecroft]

Crash Site

#gamingedit #returnaledit #returnal #selene vassos #video game scenery #horror games #sci-fi #vg #virtual photography #myps5shots #myedits #mikaeled #usermichi #dailygaming

[soundtrackshowdown]

#splatoon #returnal #round 1 #bracket c #soundtrack showdown

[multimedia-maniac]

#games #returnal #screencaps

[inmh01]

So I’m always happy to dunk on feminists who scream “SEXUALIZED!” at any woman who displays more traditionally feminine traits, because some of them think any women with a cup size larger than A is “sexualization” and frankly they are indiscernible to me from religious fundamentalists that think any sign of cleavage on a woman is inappropriate.

At the same time, what exactly is happening in your head when you think “a pair of faceless female robots with large breasts are inherently superior in design to other female video game characters because they get my dick wet” is a good tweet that doesn’t make you look like a weirdo?

I haven’t played Atomic Heart. IDK if the robots being sexualized is relevant to the plot or their character or not- nor do I care, because the devs can design their female characters however they like. Sexualize them all you want, I don’t care- sexy can be fun.

But conversely, devs do not have to make their female characters “sensual” or “feminine” to your tastes, because the defining factor of a good female character or their design is not if they get your dick wet.

IDK who the character on the bottom left is, so I can’t fact-check anything else about her character-design. But she doesn’t look masculine to me- she just looks like a woman with short-hair. And I shouldn’t have to tell anyone familiar with video games that a lot of devs are fond of finding ways to give women short (or very contained, like in braids or ponytails) hair so they don’t have to animate longer hair.

The top-right lady (Selene Vassos from Returnal) is modeled on this woman.

It’s a pretty close match. Are we now going to argue that her model isn’t feminine enough? Selene isn’t designed to be “sensual”, she’s designed in the same vein as Ellen Ripley: A female scifi action character who wears clothing that makes sense for her role. And yeah, those clothes aren’t always going to be particularly “feminine”, because that doesn’t make narrative sense.

Aloy is not meant to be “sensual” either, she is meant to be a post-apocalyptic warrior. Additionally, picking a deliberately awkward shot of her face from the State of Play trailer to downplay her femininity is a red flag that you’re not being intellectually honest. I’ve played this game: Aloy’s face is normal. Dude deliberately found a shot where her face looks weird because of the angle.

Also, you can get different outfits for her in-game. Some of them are less conservative than others and show off her body and curves more, but most all of them make sense in context for her to wear because they involve armor and animal hides.

And then of course we have the massive L of deliberately cherry-picking these four characters for bullshit reasons when I can just as easily post shots of Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters, Mia Winters, Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield (all from Resident Evil), Kara, Chloe, and North from Detroit: Become Human, Julianna Blake from Deathloop, Elizabeth Comstock from BioShock: Infinite, Dani Nakamura from Callisto Protocol, Bayonetta, any of the female characters from Until Dawn or The Quarry, most of the female characters from Assassin’s Creed and Final Fantasy...

I don’t see him congratulating the Resident Evil team on making Lady D sexy (or maybe that was because thousands of other people beat him to it? I recall Lady Dimitrescu’s sexiness being relatively uncontroversial) or the Final Fantasy XV devs for giving Cindy big boobs and a revealing outfit.

You get my point, right? He specifically cherry-picked four characters (and within that, cherry-picked specific pictures of those characters) that are not overtly feminine in appearance when he literally had dozens of other options to pick from- but those options would disprove his point.

tl;dr bad twitter post, Feminist Frequency would be grudgingly proud of your cherry-picking skills my dude, and female character design does not and should not always revolve around whether or not it tickles your pickle.

#female characters #character design #video games #aloy #horizon: forbidden west #returnal #selene vassos #atomic heart #robot twins