#this shouldve been dlc

[rivalkieran]

let kieran punch us 2k23

#solis.txt #sv dlc spoilers #indigo disk spoilers #ok was it just me or was that ending… a little underwhelming? #LIKE ok its a pokemon game they have to be nice and marketable and they cant live up to rhe story in my head but #kieran shouldve gotten more time to be angry at us briar shouldve been more deranged in the head terapagos shouldve been an eldritch horror #(that one shrek image) and the tree wasnt even that important #oh well. I have to do everything in this goddamn house

[errorwarblesrr]

I WANT THIS OUTFIT IN TOTK SO BAD

I can DIY my own train now I miss the funni train game </3

#the legend of zelda #zelda #totk #tears of the kingdom #spirit tracks #loz #this shouldve been added in the botw dlc smh

[chacolachao]

As much as I’m excited about all the new content being released for Frontiers next year- I’m a little disappointed that these were not included in the first package... that was my only real complaint with Frontiers actually, that it had less “game” in it than other previous releases that had come with challenge modes, jukeboxes, all that other extra game stuff already included... like a finished product. It’s great that it’s happening but I hope this doesnt become a trend in future titles

#sonic frontiers #just... opinions #lots of games rely on dlc after the fact to add stuff to their games that shouldve already been included #lots of games ship now that arent done #its just a little weird to assume customers will always have internet access to fix or update their games a significant amount afterwards #its like the we'll edit it in post mentality

[jestersonic]

i wish dj grooves had more attention in the game. my bestie...

#LIKE. his fucking moon penguins are on the cruise but he isn't. nothing in the final boss fight its literally just the conductor saying #''lets kill each other ^_^'' <nothing against the conductor for the record hes my bestie i just think it shouldve been more balanced #between them. since the whole dead bird studio chapter Is Like That. yk? #rahhh. make a third dlc and put grooves there< #<or.ig fourth i forgot vanessas curse or w/e . sorry i play on my switch #anyways bonus tags question i wonder if any express owls ever hang out in the metro. train adjacent #punchline!

[tuliptiger]

Idk if I would recommend totk over botw if I'm being honest. I didn't find the emptiness other people have mentioned feeling, and when it is there it feels natural and not at all awkward to me. It felt peaceful, it felt thematically correct with the world and what was going on. Totk doesn't, it's awkward and a Frankenstein of a beast. It can be jarring, awkwardly and uncomfortably open and boring, and for all of the new features it feels less fun to play. It feels like the developers tried to do a sandbox type game and failed on every front.

I didn't want to find botw in totk but unfortunately I'm finding too much and not enough of it in it. I wanted it to be it's own thing. It just feels wrong. It feels like it failed at everything it tried to be and became the things it didn't.

#totk criticism #totk #totk spoilers #totk spoiler #i don't think its fun #honestly i think they couldve just improved the mount system and threw away the entire “mechanical” aspect #flying mounts? #underground sick as hell dark mounts? #like what the fuck #i feel like they could've done so msny things #and they just #didnt #6 years for like #for what? #it couldn't have been a dlc but it sure feels like it shouldve

[ind1c0lite]

I literally got art related to it in the queue rn but GOD Phoenix and the 7yg is SO fucking interesting to me, Im so interested in how he got up to that point in aa4 and the events that lead up to his final trial with Zak and just OUGH- he should've stayed more cryptic in every game after aa4 why didn't they keep at least that aspect of him!! I'm so mad

#like ok #of course he was going to become alaywer again they would never keep him permanently disbarred #so if were going there #then in an alt universe theres an aj2 where throughout the game Phoenix still isnt a laywer #but he looks better than he does in aa4 #and while hes not really talking abt it it does seem that hes contemplating whether or not he wants to return #and then idk in the end credits you get the reveal that you get during I believe turnaboit for tomorrow #with edgeworth asking Phoenix for his help with blackquill #and tHEN in aa5 hes in the process of being alaywrr again #and then his first trial back is during turnaboit for tomorrow #boom fixed it #(ok I didnt but ya know KAHSKSBKSH) #i know his first trial back is a dlc case for DD but thats stupid his first appearance back shouldve been the last case of DD #and then Athena and Apollo take over for the latter half of it against blackquill #that just feels better in my head KAHKSHSKS #I have though alot abt this ij case ur wondering #luna lrambles

[grissdarling]

goodnight ☺️

#shouldve been in bed an hour ago gnight yall #im off tomorrow so ill continue my stupid gay dlc run of engage

[tealmaskmybeloved]

My Unorganized Thoughts About Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLC: Part 3

MOCHI MAYHEM

M̸̤͇̓͂̓͐̓̄̑̆̽͗ơ̸̡̧̧̛͉̻͈̮̹̥̤̠̤̿͌͆̏̅̐̒͋̽̄̉͜͜͝c̸̙̗̱͋́͋͌̾̀́͐̾͋̓̾͜h̶̢̩͈͕̮́̔̎į̸̢͓͎͕͕̱̆̉͗͜͜͝ ̸̼͔̑̈́̎̐̔͒͘m̸͈̜̠͕͙̱̣͕͐́̉͌͑̽́̑̐͊́̀̕o̶̧̢͉̪̦̊̈́̄́͐̉͐̐̚̕̚͠͠c̷̢͍̫͈̥͚̯̱̈́̿̀̏ḫ̷͊̿̊̄̌i̸̲̝̯̗̪̺̻̘̇̍̂̀͂̀͒͛̌̔̈́̕͜

T̸̘̽̈̐̈H̸̗̗̗̀̍Ë̶̥̰̯̥́ ̸͇̮̂̋̀̓S̵̊͘͜T̴͈̹̏̄̊̉Ȍ̴̬̬͖̄R̶̟̬͈̻̍̆͐̆Y̶̟̍̍͒͋

Probably my least favorite out of the trilogy.

Which is weird considering how much I love the possession trope and my boi Pecharunt.

But the way they just did it felt like a giant middle finger to me and everyone else who even remotely liked the Toxic Chain Kieran Theory.

First off, Kieran does not get possessed, in fact, he's the only one to NOT get possessed. Ironic.

Second, what the characters do when they're possessed... well... you've probably seen it by now

They do the fucking chicken dance while screaming "Mochi".

Which.... yeah. It's stupid, it's embarrassing, and I do not like it.

And yeah I can see why some people might enjoy it, but I just don't.

Oh but it gets worse (or better, depending how you feel about this)

So with the whole town under Pecharunt's control (and them doing the stupid dance) the player and Kieran go to stop this mayhem and get people back to normal. Boom, the end.

So, why don't I like it?

It's just... embarrassing. Gamefreak has hyped up Pecharunt and made them out to be a legitimate threat.

It could've been cool with Pecharunt slowly spreading its control to both people and Pokémon and wanted world domination.

We could've have an actual evil Pokémon in a main series game instead of an evil team! Pokémon are sentient, they're intelligent, they know the difference between right and wrong.

But, we didn't get that. In fact, this meme I made perfectly sums up how I feel

Point is, they hyped up Pecharunt out to be this puppet master, this shady manipulator, this evil Pokémon who desires control over people and Pokémon, but also gives them what they want. It stole Ogerpon's masks and killed her trainer for crying out loud!

Oh, which reminds me!

T̷͍͊̉̇͛H̷̩͂̒Ẻ̶̱͇͖ ̸̖̤̠̻͛Ṵ̵̱̊̑̑Ǹ̸͎̺̋̈̕T̶̟͒͌̀͝O̴̞͉͍̰̓͊L̸̦͗́̈́̕D̴̼͍͜͝ ̷̀ͅS̸̰̬͓̙͆̋͝T̸̛̯́̈͝Ỏ̴̲̠͠R̷̘̻̕Y̷̢̐ ̴̛̜̼͋́̓Ŏ̸̭̙͓̍̔̿F̶̢̫̦̄̔ ̸̨͙̘̇̀P̵̩̬̄͂̈̕Ē̴͓̟̘͓̓͘C̶͔̽͐̔H̶͖̜̓̎̉A̸̲̹͓̭͊̓̇̽R̸͖̔̓̈́U̷̘̖̫͐̂̅̏N̶͍̰̋̕T̸̢̿

If Mochi Mayhem was Gamefreak giving us the middle finger for liking the Toxic Chain Kieran Theory, then this is them curb stomping us to the ground.

If you had ANY more hope that Pecharunt was this manipulative evil gremlin, then it's better for you to just give up that hope so you don't end up crushed.

So, in this YouTube video we learn that Pecharunt was raised by an old couple and since Pecharunt wanted more love, it gave the old couple its mochi and it made them greedy. The couple then tasked Pecharunt to steal Ogerpon's masks and bring them back.

See guys? Pecharunt was told to get the masks by the old couple! The old couples greed were responsible for this!

They really couldn't have Pecharunt be evil by itself, they had to pin the blame on the old couple. And yeah, Pecharunt was greedy, it wanted more love. But STILL

And yes, I'm aware that the old couple is a reference to the Japanse story of Momotaro, but this shit SHOULDVE BEEN EXPLAINED IN-GAME

I should not have to go watch a YouTube video to figure out its basic motivation!

I even thought of an idea where if someone could take Pecharunt to the crystal pool they could see the old couple again. It would not only explain Pecharunt's motivations, and give Pecharunt some closure.

Ṱ̷̢͕̘̥̓̕H̶̤̽̈̂̈́̿͘E̶͉͎͇̮̼̭̟͒͒̆͑̅̄̀̚͠ ̷͇͉̭̝̘̹͖̼͇̙̹̲̺̦͌̐̌̏͂̌͛̄͌̾̃̕M̷̨̨̧͎̫̪̜̭̯̺̬̥͔̲͒̓̒̊͆̈́͌͗̐Ǔ̶̡̖̜̖̏̆̏́̎̋̈̓͑̕̚S̵̨̨͔̠̖͐͆̄͜Į̶̧̡̛̜̲̘̘̙̠̠͇̮̳̐͐͗́̀͗̐́̐̏̀̐͝C̸̪̖̜͖̱̜̰̻͚̟͍̮̋̇̏̀̀͋̐̂̒̾ͅͅ

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The music is a banger. I like how Pecharunt's theme is similar to the Loyal 3, it's about the few connections the game ever makes.

S̷̡̛̤̞̟̥̮̆͒̀̉̔̋̂̀͂͘̕͘U̶̪̰̯͋͛̈́̂��̲̟͖̭͖͓̺͚͇M̴̨̨̧̛̟̖̖͙̞͙̀̄̄́̅́͗̓̏͘̚͠M̸̦̯̦̱͎͙̲̞̌̆́̍͘A̶̡̛̜̙̘͙͍̪͐̿̎̑͐́͐̾̍ͅR̷̢̩̘͇̳̭̺͍͙̮̬͉̱̰͐͜Ỳ̷̧̨̮̱͓̺͎͛̌

Is it finally over? Can I see the sunlight again?

Jokes aside, I'm ready to get this done with.

So yeah, Mochi Mayhem.... it wasn't the best in my opinion. It just felt too silly, and didn't take the whole possession thing seriously. I didn't really feel anything about canon Pecharunt other than a mild inconvenience.

I know some like Mochi Mayhem and that's fine! It's okay for people to like how things went!

I just feel a bit disappointed. But I suppose that's the danger with fan theories, it gets your expectations too high.

Nothing was really explained. I'm not expecting them to spoonfeed the audience, but I wish there was more things that were explained!

The Untold Story of Pecharunt, The Loyal 3 and Pecharunt's connection, what brought the Loyal 3 back, these are things that should've been explained in the game.

Gamefreak, if you're going to have some red herrings in a story, there needs to be some foreshadowing to help cancel it out. When all of the evidence points to Kieran getting possessed/influenced and Pecharunt being a legitimate and intimidating threat, you can't expect us to NOT be disappointed.

I guess the only positive I can say (besides the music) is the interactions between the Area Zero gang and the Kitakami siblings was fun. I enjoyed that.

But yeah, those are my thoughts.

Plot: 3/10

Characters: 5/10

Music: 100/10

Pokemon Lore: -2/10

Overall: 3/10 (I'm being generous here)

#pokemon #pecharunt #pokemon kieran #mochi mayhem #pokemon dlc #ari rambles #dokutaro #kieran pokemon #rival kieran #mochi mayhem spoilers #mochi mayhem review

[a-stone-slab]

im gonna be honest, we need to start gatekeeping ingo and emmet from some people

those people who are still saying the dlc shouldve been about reuniting them definitely didn’t play gen 5, because those two left the battle subway Once and thats an entirely optional scene. also ingo was barely even prominent in pla to begin with so, not to mention ingo was used in the game for a pun, like there’s no proof they have any intention of doing anything else with that.

as long as some of y’all understand that while these guys are silly they’re also extremely unimportant to the series, it’s fine

[bunny-heels]

oh i should give my thoughts on Final Draft since i finally finished it. spoilers below

so the ONLY thing i didn't like was that there wasnt a lot of new manuscripts or videos to find. i probably missed a couple pages because i didnt look around as much, but i am sad that the 3rd Darling video is gonna be for the Lake House and the 2nd Door video is gonna be for Night Springs. i dont mind waiting to see them but i wish the collectibles menu didnt list it as incomplete cause its not even in the game yet. but i'll gladly wait to see them.

okay on to actual thoughts.

finding the dark poems on the surface world was a big splash of whiplash, and i liked how they were placed throughout the game, especially with the order of how i switch realities, it felt perfect.

the beginning with Saga telling Casey that she used to be into geology and she helped Logan with a science fair project, but basically did it for her and Casey going "oh thats basically a CRIME, Anderson". that was adorable. i love their dynamic so much it hurts.

ALSO IM SO HAPPY THEY PUT IN THE LINES FOR THE SALT SHAKER MEMORY. i'll come clean and say i've heard the audio before from when my boyfriend went through the files, but it made me so happy to hear it in-game. Casey is so fucking cute. and the fact that Saga notes that Casey doesn't joke around with literally anyone else, showing that he trusts Saga so much. i love this man i love him i love him i need to nibble on him like a dog nibbles on a plush toy

Darling's videos were very fun to watch. i loved that he didn't really care that he was trapped in the Dark Place because to him it was just a new thing to research and make experiments with. i'm assuming after he realized Alan sounded like him that he tried not to think about too much at first, but that's definitely going to be something that fucks with his brain later

Darling and Zane fucked for sure im convinced of that. if i had to pair any other characters together besides Saga and Casey then it's Darling and Zane. fucking Zane saying Kippis as he takes a drink with him too. i'm killing this man. theres apparently a theory that they both created Alan and that's why he looks like Zane but sounds like Darling. if thats true, then Sam Lake is a fucking genius for making it that a brilliant artist and an advanced scientist made the stupidest writer son on the planet and it somehow worked. at least the one thing they have in common is all three of them deep down have selfish bastard tendencies.

but even if Alan's a bastard he loves Alice so so so fucking much and it was literally their love and memories of each other that brought them back together along with Saga putting some sense into him to actually think about others, not just him and Alice. i hope Alice is doing okay and that she got to be reunited with Alan as soon as possible.

Tor and Odin showing up in the Dark Place was adorable, and im so happy that apparently they're fine with Door now, after what happened in '88. i'm assuming what brought them to finally come to an agreement was that they wanted what was best for Saga and Alan. i hope Logan and David get to meet Tor and Odin at some point in-canon, even if its off screen. i'm still curious on what's gonna happen the next time Alan and Door meet, or when that's even gonna happen, but i guess that's either gonna be in the DLCs or even in Control 2. i also hope Tim gets out and gets to finally be face-to-face to Door, which is probably also gonna happen in either DLC or Control 2.

finally the ending. i thought it was perfect. i've seen people say it was too easy and that there shouldve been more ambiguity. i'll be honest, i think the ending is a perfect blend of closure and opened interpretation. Alan finally got out and Logan is alive now, which is wonderful, but now it's the question of what's happening outside the writer's room. what's going on at the Lake House? why did the FBC go dark? did Tim get out? are Saga and Casey now going to be dragged into the FBC full-time because Kiran deputized them?

we also still don't know what happened to Darling after meeting with Tom [at least i havent cause i refuse to watch the leaked third video]. is Darling gonna be able to figure out his way through the Dark Place? is he gonna get the chance to meet Door and Tim? is he gonna indirectly cause Jesse or Dylan or both of them to go into the Dark Place in Control 2? is Darling being the Dark Place a good thing at all? does he ever figure out how he ended up there after trying to stop the Hiss? is he aware that Trench is gone and Jesse is the new Director?

i think the most the ending does is just show that Alan's part in the RCU is MOSTLY done, at least for now. to me this looks like a chance for him to show up more often in other things and to maybe help with what's happening at the FBC. the most i hope for him at the moment is he meets up with Alice again, and ESPECIALLY meets up with Barry, though i hope the Blessed organization haven't done anything to him, which is another thing that i hope gets touched on.

anyways i'm very happy i finished it im so excited :]

#the bun talks #alan wake #alan wake 2 #alan wake ii #remedy connected universe #remedy entertainment #remedyverse

[beegswaz]

i always Think its funny as fuck when people go Oh vanny is the main antagonist beclaws.... Literally no she isnt what Are you going on about. she SHOULDVE been and was hyped up AS one but she was never the main antagonist in The actual game NOT TO MENTION shes just not a thing as of ruin dlc

#WHICH STILL MAKES ME SO MAD I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ON SECURITY BREACH AND RUIN DLC #AND LIKE. I LIKE SB MORE THAN RUIN DLC. LIKE A LOT MORE. #IM LITERALLY SCRIPT WRITING A WHOLE VIDEO ABOUT IT LIKE. #BUT GODDDDDD WHAT THEY DID TO VANNY WAS CRIMINAALLLLL #u guys should Not ever ask me opinions On fnaf #i Will start mauling someone

[comidyye]

'I will go into detail if asked'

PLEASE DO. I MUST HEAR YOUR GRIEVANCES!

It must be said!

OKAY HI YES

SO i mentioned glitchtrap was robbed,, Both vanny and glitchtrap had their roles stolen, and glitchtrap is my favorite fnaf character, so i have Beef

(Note: Uhh for this rant im keeping with the idea that vanny and vannessa are the same person. Also everything i say is very biased for these three. I know i wont get what i want, but i can dream..)

What i mean by that is for the entirety of help wanted and special delivery, Glitchtrap and Vanny got alll the exposition for them to be the new modern fnaf villains. After pizza sim, we can all agree Afton's physical mind and body as we knew it shouldve been destroyed. it was the mark of a new era for fnaf, and we needed new villains!! so the old William was to be replaced by a digital copy of himself, malhare

he was introduced in help wanted. and vanny was introduced in the dlc. Their roles were helped solidified in special delivery, as the emails there revealed They were behind everything going wrong with the animatronics (as well as more general info about all three of them)

then, the trailer for security breach dropped. theres afton talking, but it has to be glitchtrap, right? ( both because 1 We didnt know about burntraps existence during the time and 2 i still think its actually glitchtrap because theres No Way Peepaw burntrap is speaking that clearly.) And vanny was made out to be this big bad villain who. Actually had a major impact..

Then the game came out and threw all the good characterization (Especially for Vanessa) out the window 💥

glitchtrap is only seen in princess quest. but princess quest was already a thing in mobile help wanted, so..

vannys presence is laughable, but heres the thing about vanessa- Her lines that were cut from the game fit her Description from the AR Emails a LOT More. she was nervous, she knew what was happening. and she wanted to Help gregory. But.. you dont see that in the final version of security breach.

The only thing that does them all justice is the therapy tapes. But they deserved so much more...

And then burntrap and the blob exist. Theyre.. whatever. But i felt like they really took the spotlight off of who was Supposed to be the main villain and it makes me a bit sad . Robbed again

i Reaally hoped Ruin would give them what they deserved (even if i knew it was never going to happen), but instead of doing that or tying up loose ends (like the blob) They added more to the pile with Mxes and The mimic(?). (I KNOOW thats what fnaf does, but that doesnt mean ill stop complaining) and vanny and vanessa and malhare are nowhere to be seen

tl;dr In all, glitchtrap and vanny were set up to be the new big bads in help wanted and special delivery, But now it feels like glitchtrap was simply a one-off villain, and Vanny didn't really do.. like anything important at all

they had tons of potential taken away by burntrap, the blob, mxes, the mimic, etc 💔

#rambljngs #fnaf #fnaf help wanted #fnaf ruin #fnaf sb #fnaf rant #glitchtrap #fnaf vanny #vanny #fnaf vanessa

[channelnintendo]

reading this sourcegaming article on cut smash bros fighters and OH I LOVE THIS ITS SO NEAT AND FASCINATING AAAAH

some neat things to me that i wanna talk about while reading

-bowser and king dedede were roughly developed in smash 64 at one point in time. this is fascinating considering dedede wasnt added until brawl! and also, the other two planned characters for smash 64 were marth and mewtwo, but there wasnt enough time to add them. i love knowing that fire emblem was considered for smash from the very start. so many people claim it "took over the series" but no not really. fire emblems been around since the famicon and sakurai wanted marth to be right there since the start! i love that!!

-sakurai saying if he could have added one more character to melee, it would have been wario

-sakurai really wanted to add geno to smash but couldnt get it worked out. this is really sad considering we have four whole square enix reps and none of them are geno. on the bright side i feel like smash ultimate repaired nintendo and squares friendship enough for the super mario rpg remake to happen! even if they did have to add... So... So many square characters (more square characters than there are kirby characters in this nintendo fighting game 😔) geno finally got to be in the spotlight again. so i think it worked out great!

-krystal being considered for brawl but wolf was decided on instead! huh!!! i dunno how to feel about that. wolfs great and i appreciate the villain rep but we reallyyy need more women in smash bros so im quite sad krystal never happened

-villager was considered for brawl, but cut. im so glad we got an animal crossing rep in both the next two games though!!!

-other fe characters were considered before ike for brawl! huh! its said its unknown who was considered. if i had to guess, i personally think it wouldve been lyn!

-datamines had data suggesting a rhythm heaven character would be playable in smash 4! which is so fascinating!! its SUCH a shame that never happened!!! i really think nintendo series shouldve been piroritized over guest characters. this wouldve been a LOTTTT more interesting than kazuya or terry who were kinda just ryu and ken again

-an arms rep and xenoblade 2 rep were planned for base game ultimate, but didnt happen until the dlc. im glad it did happen though!!!

-decidueye was strongly considered, but sakurai felt incineroar would be more unique. as much as i adore grass starters above the other types, i have to agree honestly! i think incineroar just offers a lot variety more whereas decidueye would probably be similar to the three links and other zoner characters

thats just some things i found really neat but theres a Lot more in the article! id highly recommend it!!! this was so fun to learn about!

#super smash bros #super smash bros brawl #super smash bros 4 #super smash bros ultimate

[kozykricket]

ugh ive seen gameplay of and comments from people who enjoyed the dlc of sv and

im honestly really wishing i didnt cave and spoil myself

i was just convinced ah nevermind i probably wont ever play it

but now its like. damn that wouldve been a really nice way to fill my time. is pokemon a masterpiece in its formula? no

but is it addicting to melt my brain by playing it so much? yeah

and. i never get bothered that much by bad graphics

so… dam, wish i just chose to get the dlcs back in december and actually got to experience stuff instead of spoiling myself on all 3 parts. i mean, ill prob still play it sometime n have fun cus like the gameplay sounds cool but

aaa im just couldve shouldve wouldve rn

[kingdoms-and-empires]

Grandpa Remiel reading a letter from whoever and finds out the MC got drunk with Emperor Grandpa Otto and climbed a statue like Grunt did in the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3. The reaction I could see Remiel having is one of his eyes twitching and yelling out "Otto!" while secretly he wishes he was there instead of Otto having fun with the grandchild

"It shouldve been me, not him!"

#kingdomsandempires #memes

[heat--end]

beat the scarlet/violet DLC! i havent done some of the bigger postgame stuff yet, but ive beaten the main story, which is really the important part

ill leave my longer thoughts under the read more to avoid spoilers

honestly, i really like how they handled this DLC. i think part of me likes kitakami as a place more, but this is also a really nice little spot. the terarium is a cool place, the pokemon in it are cool, etc.

what i REALLY liked was the story, as well. ive talked about this with a lot of other people, but SV's main theme seems to be getting yourself too lost in your own desires, so much so that you don't realize what happens, and this continues that. ambition is a great thing, but pushed too far, it can put others at risk. i think kieran's character is fantastic in this regard. it genuinely makes sense, and it's no surprise he ends up the way he does, and his desire to look up to the player becomes warped and corrupted because he wants to be better, he wants to achieve the dreams he's seeing the player reach, etc.

it's really interesting stuff. i really, REALLY like it, honestly, and i love how they handled briar in the way, too. briar literally gets so invested and excited about terastialization research that she's putting *three children* at risk. she actively realizes this and apologizes, and i like that they highlighted this. it's a neat theme, and i think the DLC tackles it really well

like the lore and extra stuff introduced is cool, but i feel like always, the character writing shines really well here. it's nice to see a bit of old kieran peek back out, him falling into old habits, but then we see him lose himself again as SOON as a sliver of a chance for him to be better than the MC arrives. for that, i'm a huge fan, i think they did a really good job there

also, big fan of BBQs. scratches that "i want to do PLA tasks forever" itch just enough to be satisfying

the one thing i wasn't a fan of was the battle difficulty, however. now, keep in mind, after asking my friends for some help i WAS able to adjust my team and have strategies to beat them and all that, but MAN, this is WAY too drastic of a leap in difficulty compared to base game, IMO. it'd be one thing if this was optional, but this is the main story.

now, keep in mind, i don't mind if they want to make pokemon games harder. i think it's a good thing. challenge and all that. but when base SV wasnt... ANYTHING like this, it is VERY jarring for them to like, legitimately start using competitive movesets and strategies and all that, without so much as a means to prepare you for it. i feel like there's gonna be a lot of people who just get hard walled by some of the battles, and idk how i really feel about it.

i AM glad this is here, but, i don't think it shouldve been the DEFAULT. some kind of toggle or even having these be post-game battles wouldve been great. but having it be the main difficulty scaling feels really bizarre in comparison to SV's base difficulty. hell, kitakami wasn't nearly as bad as this. it's a leap that is very, VERY drastic.

(and yeah, i did get fucked up bad early on, but keep in mind this is coming from someone who first tried kieran, who is the hardest battle in the DLC. so it's not like i was just playing poorly all the time)

also stellar as a tera type is kinda just whatever i feel. idk not really as interesting as it seemed to be. it's cool lore wise, but even then it's just like... eh, neat, i guess LOL

all in all, i really liked indigo disk. it wasn't the most mindblowing thing ever, and i feel like i MAYBE liked teal mask more, but honestly, it's not by a huge margin. it was pretty good, i had a good time. i'd say it won't win over anybody who already didnt like base SV, but it's worth if you like the base game because it improves on a lot. honestly, i think i like the DLC more than i do the base game, and i already liked SV, lmao