#you dont have to be good at games to enjoy their stories!

[kiddokori]

things i like about totk so far: the depths,

i am going to be so completely honest i thought id be able to think of more. um. this is awkward

#ive only beat the first ‘temple’ the rito one and like. i thought it was goofy. i did not take it seriously. the boss was cool the music #was banger as usual that specifically i thought was cool #i doo like the depths tho. fun to explore. pretty. ominous music. quiet. peaceful if i aboid mobs correctly #and like all the stuff that is inherent to botw/totk i enjoy the world the horses cooking the outfits etc etc #but thats not unique to totk so i dont count it #goofy ass cutscenes. weird pacing. story feels very forced and not coherent so far #really just feels like they went ok we need to make another botw and just made up whatever excuse they could #to get zelda out of the story again instead of actually writing something #putting the wagon in front of the horse situation #also botws whols thing was New Innovative Breaking Conventions #and then they went oh the New Innovative Breaking Conventions game did good? cool lets make the exact same New thing again #not how that works. sucks all of the appeal out of the whole foundation #you cant copy innovation you have to make something new #like im gomna play it anyways and enjoy myself cuz its zelda but come on man. and for 70 bucks?? #killing nintendo myself #oh i like the tower cutscene link fucking blastinf out of the top of it #also pretty #im a bit disappointed in the sky islands it doesnt really feel explorable its just like hey theyre there. some of them have little things on #them or some hidden challenge. and i go ok. well what about all the empty ones that are a pain in the ass to get to #and they go shhh shshshshsh. dont worry about that. think about Parallels. symbolism. #when all i can think about it the fact i do not have my large bird friend to help me explore #being so serious loftwings would make this game better. new mode of traversal for the new environment (sky) #those robo birds suck theyre so hard to get off the islands without just falling #ive tried fucking around with the new building/tech stuff i do not like it. awkward. clunky. irritating to me #idk if thats a me issue or if other people also think its bad but. im not a fan #give me my fucking bird. it makes sense and it would work so much better. please

[famewolf]

honestly, I think I'm going to wait awhile longer to finish bg3. been working on allowing myself time and space to let my whims flow where they may, and I recognized I was getting stressed for not having finished it in a 'timely manner'

me shaking myself: it's a fucking game!! play it as much or as little as you want!!!

#[static] #it's because I've been in an Elder Scrolls mood but I was pushing myself to finish bg3 since I'm nearly to act 3 #and i dont like being rushed not even by myself lmao #i love the game and i love the story! but i know that if im feeling stressed about it im not gonna have a good time #whats that thing called when you feel pressured to do something so it makes you not want to do it? i have that #in other news tho ive been having a great time in ESO again #800+ hours in and there's always more to do lol #taking a break from bg3 is also me trying to deconstruct this constant 'you must be productive even in the things you enjoy' bullshit- #- that my brain is constantly doing. i want to bite and maul that part of my mind #ive been getting better at it in the last couple of years! especially this year #but it's still such a fucking struggle my friends aaaaaa

[snow-and-saltea]

i know that in media you're constrained with things like budget, time slots and stuff, but sometimes i'm just like. my god. the insane shortcuts people take to write "smart / intelligent" characters, especially in plot-heavy stories, always pisses me off. they write them like they're sherlock holmes (bbc version, derogatory) but they fail to realise that even sherlock holmes (arthur conan doyle) was written with a lot of thought, suffered his own subconscious prejudices and had to learn from mistakes.

i guess what i'm trying to get at is—"smart" people don't magically get good at things overnight, the only difference between them and others is how much they're willing to go through to hone their mental acuity. which means when they try something new, they're going to make obvious mistakes, not understand how things work beyond the surface level, and make mistakes in judgements (like when you don't understand something well enough, your analogies and metaphors aren't 100% accurate or concise).

but it feels like there's a assumption hanging over our heads that, as readers, we don't WANT to see the smart one go through the entire nitty gritty of the learning process. we just want to see them do cool things, piece the puzzle together with a flourish, and clap our hands at the end. and in some parts, yes! that is what i want to see! but i am also interested in how they pieced it together. the joy of mysteries is, to me, that everyone is exposed to the same pieces of information, and we're given the chance to try to piece it ourselves. but then the smart character comes along and interprets those pieces of information in a not-obvious way to us, and it's cool!! years of living with a mind that is primed to turn things over in their head, to make sense of things, reveals to us how differently we experience the same reality, and it's wonderful. i'm able to learn from someone who sees life differently than me, and interpret information differently than me!

but right now i'm often left out feeling flat and confused in the mystery-type plots i've seen. the smart person will have been exposed to information we didn't even get the chance to see and interpret, and then they piece things together and everyone in the story claps their hands at the artificial pedestal that's been propped up under that character's feet. explanations of in-setting magic that can be retconned in and out at any point in time, so there's no logical consistency for us to nitpick or understand, so there's no basis to stand on that the story should be taken seriously. plot twists that make no sense as a gotcha. so many things!!

like. this particular example just my beef with g*nshin, so ignore it if you don't agree or smth. but the use of red herrings in the stories piss me off. the red herrings are either too obvious or nonexistent. they always use some random guy acting suspiciously and have the other characters react to it, as if we can't understand it on our own? but like. these red herrings, in the real world, aren't even red herrings. sometimes people just "act suspiciously" just by virtue of being human, not because they're complicit in some bigger overarching plot. sometimes people just stutter because of their anxious disposition, not to hide a guilty conscience. sometimes people are just defensive and irritable because they're a defensive and irritable person, it doesn't mean they're the ""bad guy"" who you need to crack down on and interrogate even further, especially if there's literally nothing that indicates this character is guilty other than their outward appearances.

but like. the smart characters/protagonist almost never get proven wrong. the stutterer was guilty all along and they're just a bad liar. the defensive guy is selfish and obnoxious, they're defensive because they're hiding something, not because it's a natural reaction on having one's sense of privacy and personal space violated.

the game sure loves trying to do nuance with "not everyone is 100% good or bad, we're all Flawed" but they can't put their money where their mouth is. everyone who is not guilty acts in completely transparent and "good" ways. everyone who is guilty acts in completely opaque and "suspicious" / "bad" ways. end of story. how the hell am i supposed to think anyone in this game is smart when they don't even have to use their brain to sift through, critique, weigh and interpret information? what use is there to do so? just use your eyes and ears. the stutterer is nervous for hiding a secret. the anxious is guilty. the angry is scornful.

there's also another rant here about how g*nshin fucking sucks at writing unique and flawed characters, because they like to make everyone the Specialest Guy In The World, but that's for another day.

#yuu rambles #☠️☠️☠️☠️ #they got better at writing plots with f*ntaine i have to admit. but im going to expect better from the company that makes millions #every month from character banners. if you're going to be a gacha game that exploits people who are prone to addictive habits #you better have a good fkn story to back up for being a blight on society's moral problems. we have enough of those already #also when i mean they got better with f*ntaine i literally meant i was impressed by the bare minimum #as in they finally followed coherent story beats and had decent pacing #ive also had enough of the bullshit magic explanations using ley lines and shit. its so stupid that they even make their in game characters #explain how ''no one really understand how it works but it doesnt matter here's what happened as a result'' #what a waste of talent and money paying the VAs for that kinda bullshit infodump #ok i think thats enough tags for the algorithm to hide my #genshin impact #tag bc i dont want this to show up randomly to ppl who are just vibing and enjoying the game #im critical for my own reasons but i dont want to be a party pooper. you know what i mean? #anyways yeah see ya #also censored a lotta stuff so it doesnt show up in the post tags LMAO

[didsomeonesayventus]

find myself thinking about the emblem paralogues and like. really cute throwbacks to iconic chapters of FE history and all but when in the narrative are these supposed to happen and also like. man these are meant to be bond deepening faux skirmishes but if you're playing with permadeath on. woof if someone dies. and some of these are a bitch of a fight too I am looking at you Leif.

personally I think post chapter 20 pre chapter 21 is a good spot to like. narratively chunk them all in. something something alear wants to prove themselves something something pilgrimage spent further establishing and deepening divine right or whatever

#katie rambles #like its kinda wild man 'let me put you through one of my grimmest fights of my game to prove we're besties <3' #some of these emblems are unhinged. #like they're not all hard but i'm looking at like. leif and micaiah and ike. at eirika. #who have fights that are in eirika's case the final map iirc?? #or the other three who imply it was a really grueling ordeal of a fight #im not too familiar with their games so i cant confirm but like #its kind of. weird to think about #and the kind of tough love imparted in I Won't Hold Back #also post chapter 20 being most of them. save marth. i think is a good choice in terms of narrative plopping #because again it feels like alear. challenging the info they recieved. proving their worth as DD #proving themselves before they face marth again. i let you down but i am ready now. wiser than i was. #like i enjoy the idea of retellings of the story later on in divine canon as a ordeal of tests meant to pick alear up from that low moment #and yet they dont need to prove themselves to marth. who always believed in them. #(they do marth has a paralogue but shhhhhhhh) #ANYWYAS justt. thinking about emblems and trials and really weirdly intense mock battles in narrative context

[glfry]

I love the m2 references in m3 a whole lot but the lack of almost any specific m1 rep slays me

#theres Berry tofu and TECHINICALLY eight Melodies. that’s it. and the melodies aren’t even specific to m1 so who gaf #tbf I Love earthbound gameplay and story wise more. and it’ll always hold a special place in my heart bc it was the first mther I played #BUT. I did like the last couple hours of m1 a lot #also The George Maria & gigyas stuff went so hard it was good ok #ALSO TEDDY. #Idk why but I couldn’t attach myself to most of the mother 2 cast #only like ness and that’s it #teddy however. teddy is my goat #mother #mother 2 #earthbound #mother 3 #im the only mother 1 fan and I don’t even like 70% of it #nor is it even my favorite mother game. or my second favorite #I DID LIKW IT THOUGH #beggining is Rough. middle is fine. end is peak ((except for the area not tested who the fuck came up with that)) #the best way to play m1 is with rewind features I’m being so fr #also anyone who played without the run button. you are stronger than the troops #in General I dont think ppl like m1 like at all. #Theres like 5 pieces of merch for it on the hobonichi store and 3 of them are buttons. #Theres also the towels but that barely counts #it sucks that I like the m1 team more but like. i want to see the m2 team do more !!!!! #i thought poo (metaphorically? spiritually?) giving up his arms went hard #I loved Paula’s hopefulness. i Love Jeff having a lot of self confiecene issues and his bf and the fact his dad kinda sucked #NAD I LOVE NESSSSSSS I LOVE NESS SO MUCH #but the m1 cast is given so much more flavor text it makes me kinda mad #ninten liking penguins and loving baseball. Ana refusing to dissect a frog. Lloyd being autistic af and THE EVERYTHING AROUND TEDDY??? #Peak. absolutely Peak #genuinely if the gameplay was on par with m2 I think i would’ve enjoyed it more than m2 im being so foreal #also i Love magiciant in m2 but the calm version from m1 goes SO much harder and that’s also why it’s the one represented in smash dont@me

[flamboyant-king]

I’ve been hearing different kinds of art advice and I’m torn on them.

Should you go through and finish something even though it doesn’t look good and is flawed in many ways OR scrap the piece and do it a different way/abandon the idea altogether?

#im a person who doesnt want to waste resources. If im unsure of the outcome then i dont do it #i dont know how to sew or bake because i dont want to waste fabric or ingredients on a fuck up #but i want to have fun DOING SOMETHING. Like haha baking cupcakes would be fun haha oh no its burnt #i havent gone through with ANY STORY IDEA ive had because i dont know how it willbegin all the way to the end #and im hearing advice like make that shitty make that shitty game but i cant bring myself to even start it #like i CANT make things without a purpose. If i dont have the finished product in mind #im too afraid to mess up im too afraid to fail #but like doing nothing is worse than failing no? #the other advice i saw was just leaving things as sketches. Not everything needs to be finished and not everything needs to be seen #and thats another issue i have. Not only will i not do things unless i know the productis good #i wont show you guys anything unless its appealing. And combining those two..li just dont make anything anymore #like…i cant take either advice because of how embarassed ashamed and afraid of failure i am #i want to let loose. I want to be free. I want to create nonsense from the heart rather than thinking everything through and through #every meticulous detail. Every sketch upon sketch upon sketchto deliver on something no one will see #i get that. I get that im not hot shit. Im not big or important. I have nothing left to bring to the table and #i guess knowing that stops me from doing anything because i think that the only thing im allowed/forced to do is make things worthy #i dont display my art in my room anymore. I dont doodle random things anymore. I open commissions because my drawings need a purpose #and thats stupid because im nobody. I have no purpose. My purpose is just to enjoy life. And being like THIS isnt enjoying life #its not even drawing its just anything. Socializing being with friends or family. Watching movies or playing games #i cant enjoy myself. Because i dont know how its going to GO. Thats not living. Life isnt fucking planned. Its spontaneous #but i cant DO that. And I dont know how to fix it. #but thats enough about me. What advice to you go by? Just going with it or redoing it?

[lorillee]

not to be cynical but i can't help but feel aa5 and aa6 were made with tat sweet sweet $$ in mind 😔 i do not want an aa7 unless that changes

man if all they wanted was money the least they couldve done was pander to me <- words said by girl who is not paying for any of these games

#ask #snoopysnoconemachine #no but like seriously its very sad to me how much beef i have w the second trilogy 😔 #like i WANT to enjoy these games i had such a tremendously good time with aa1-3 and investigations 1&2 #but alas . like. the other thing is i wish they wouldve really committed to being a second gen #instead of being so wish washy about it. like i know they bring obviously some of the old cast back for aa6 #but honestly im kind of feeling that its probably because they got cold feet on really committing #like. augh. PICK ONEEEE either be a second gen or continue making stories with your first gen #but dont give us half baked stories with your new cast and only partially flesh them and their relationships out #in an attempt to freshen up the brands image #while you spend the other half of the time giving us half baked stories with the old cast so you can put them on the cover art #so that the old fans will buy it. like nobody wins here. sigh

[orcelito]

Guys I think the writing for fire emblem engage is somehow worse than fire emblem fates. Im a longtime fire emblem fan, I've played every recent game, and this... this is just Awful lmfao

Im still having plenty of fun & I have my handful of characters I love soooo much. But God fucking damn this writing is just some of the worst I've ever seen in a game

(Major spoilers in tags. Ran out of tags so I can't spoiler tag hfkshfj.

Final conclusion (since I ran out of tags): What Even Is This Fucking Game. Definitely my least favorite fire emblem game in many respects, but By God I'm going to finish this bitch and I'm gonna have plenty of fun as I do so. And I'm also going to make fun of every narrative choice it makes along the way bc the writing in this game is just SO fucking bad holy shit. I just need to finish this game and get on with my life already. God fuckin damn.)

#speculation nation #ive been critical of it from the start. bc it really isnt good. tho ive softened in some respects #it's plenty of fun thankfully. i enjoy the battle system a lot & the maps can be challenging in a fun way #but the moment i stop to think about Anything it all just feels so ridiculous #there have been a few moments it's surprised me. plot twists that were Almost cool. #but most of the time it's just throwing a bunch of shit out of left field at me and expecting me to be invested (im not) #so it's like. the 'plot twists' are either things i saw coming from a mile away OR things that r just so fucking insane it's not satisfying #like. the game saying 'oh man this thing you need to get to is at the bottom of this biiiig frozen lake! however will you get there?' #'how about... you trust the woman who has been an antagonist THE ENTIRE GAME UP UNTIL NOW to be telling the truth & to be helping u' #'heres a magic item she used the rest of her life to make! how sad! dont you feel bad for her? she wanted to be a mother!' #'no dont think about all the times she hit your little sister :) she feels bad about it so it's obviously ok actually :)' #'anyways take her magic item. itll get you to the bottom of the lake. how you ask? underwater breathing? PHHHSH' #'NAH your ass is going a thousand years into the past to break this thing b4 it fell into the lake OH ALSO you meet your past self #from when you were evil. good luck! :)' #im. not making any of this up. im not making ANY of this up and i really wish i was. #i was just rubbing my temples for that entire stretch of story it's so fucking stupid. #i think one of the most interesting things it did from a narrative standpoint was take away the rings 12 chapters in #so you hit rock bottom and have to crawl your way back out with the help of some unexpected allies #like. yea that's interesting. EXCEPT from a GAMEPLAY standpoint it's one of my least favorite fucking things in the game #you get used to this set of mechanics but halfway through you have to switch gears to an entirely different set of mechanics #and by the time you finally get everything back & ur army is full and whole. the game is almost over. #itd like that narrative choice SO MUCH MORE if it didnt set me back in such a major way & restrict total gameplay access to the End #every game has a slow trickle in of new characters so you dont have everyone until later in but EVEN THEN #you generally have everyone by 2/3rds way thru the game. then the last third you pick ur favs and u train them for the end #in this game. you dont get everyone until fucking chapter 23 of 26. my army is full and veyle is such a delight to have #but i only got her in CHAPTER. FUCKING. TWENTY THREE OF TWENTY SIX. #i just finished chapter 25. im nearly at the end. i love my main army but it feels like ive barely gotten to know them as a whole #bc it only finally formed TWO CHAPTERS AGO. #im just. god this game is so frustrating in a way ive NEVER experienced before. and ive played a lot of games!!!!! #like dont get me wrong im still having fun with it. i love a lot of the characters and the gameplay (now that i HAVE all of it) is So fun

[tripleboy]

One of my mutuals posted a list of games they plan on playing and psy///nauts 2 was on there... stomach literally dropped

#i dont think i ever actually posted my psy///nauts opinions on here... long story short #1 was a good game and I enjoyed it. and 2 was probably okay as a game but it dropped the ball as a sequel. #it makes changes to the tone that didnt need to be changed #the game stopped being a fun 50s superhero or early james bond type period piece and instead was closer to post-9/11 CIA copaganda shit #and from what i know (admittedly i have not really played the game and have had to spoil it for myself in small chunks to avoid an episode) #they really fumble the overarching themes at the end. Which is interesting #now you may be wondering. Why would you have to avoid the game like this to avoid an episode neo? Well I'll tell you a secret #My number one source of anxiety bordering on psychosis is ''mind reading or alteration without my awareness or consent'' #So you can understand how a video game series about a bunch of people who do that shit for a day job #would have to be verrrrry careful to not set that off. And to be fair the first game was very tasteful and did not bother me #Anyways joyboy if youre reading this maybe skip 2. Or play it and be mad about it with me. Your choice

[vulcanhello]

#cw rape #<- ill explain in tags but i dont want someone to see the fun post and go read the book w/o knowing that it includes that #okay though. so. ghost walker was interesting #i liked that the characters were so well done and there were a lot of mentions of what the crew does when theyre not on duty #sulu likes horror movies! uhura and chapel do puzzles together! riley and chekov play that game that old people like! they hang out togethr! #i just love that kinda stuff #also! disco reference (i know its tas reference but. whatever. i miss disco let me have this) #the actual plot of the book was really good tho #another kirk out of body story. please stop doing that to him #and the villain alien was interesting as a character i enjoyed his scenes #and the love interest helen was GREAT i really enjoyed her as well #However. abt halfway thru the story she does get explicitly raped by the alien inhabiting kirks body and it is awful #please know that if you want to read this bc i didnt know and was pretty shocked #other than that i actually really liked it #tos #captain’s log #trek books

[tyril-simp]

Man I actually really fucking miss being a part of this fandom. Like yeah it was still pretty bad 2 years ago, but holy shit was it fun.

#i really do miss it #i miss being so wholly engrossed #whether it was shitting on pb or genuinely enjoying the stuff that was actually good #and seeing the art and memes and fics #and just knowing and being a part of it #holy shit im getting emo about a crappy story game #rip choices you will forever be on my mind #i dont even have the app downloaded anymore #choices #playchoices #choices pb

[dangoulains-devotion]

every time I have to wade through inane ship wars where people are willfully ignorant to the depth and facets of cloud strife's character, circumstance, and story just so I can find some cool screenshots or fanart my 'cloud is ace' agenda simply grows more potent out of spite

#rebirth literally said in bold letters he has multiple feelings. like humans do #and yet in the year 2024 i am still forced to see 'this ship was canon since 1997 unlike the other one' #do you have a brain that you use #are you capable of actually delving into the details of a character #without reducing them to barbie dolls that get smacked off one another #i just want to look at cool fanart man #dont even get me STARTED on how zack slots into all this #my boy has not haunted the narrative for you to go and ignore character developments like this #this is all coming out more blunt than i would normally try to write things #but brother i am so tired #i could write a whole post on how it is very real and normal for humans to feel affection for more than 1 person #and how it manifests in cloud and the whys #if the game itself is somehow not clear enough to you then you are simply choosing to close your eyes at that point #trying to act superior and objective about your ship while ignoring the material you claim to have gotten your Objective Facts™ from... #good gravy. #shipping is supposed to be a fun thing secondary to enjoying the content #not a primary objective to use it to argue with people #i would say peace and love on planet gaia but im sure some people would read it as peace and you can only love one person at a time forever #on planet gaia. haha. #anyway...... now that that's out my system i can be at peace again #shout out 2 my fellow multishippers who take this bountiful wealth of content and have fun with it #i think im gonna replay rebirth's story soon #want to see how much more i can pick out about new/updated approaches to characterization #rocket town will be very interesting in part 3 i think #yuffie too with wutai supposedly becoming a much more fleshed out thing #if this post somehow breaches containment: #if your first thought is to um actually me and whip out 'evidence'. i am not going to give you rhe time of day #because my rambling clearly went over your head and im not interested in 1sided discussion where i am being talked at rather than to #anyway have fun stop wasting time arguing and pls look forward to remake part 3 where i lose my mind over vincents waist. again #look what you did you raised my blood pressure enough to hit the tag limit. anyway peace and love on planet g-

[tasmanianstripes]

Amazing how it took the developers of Poppy Playtime two whole chapters to finally make a bare minimum of a functional game

#like yeah its leagues above the previous chapters but thats because the previous chapters were a hittily put together sloppy buggy mess that #shouldnt have been released in the way that they are right now. Chapter 3 is what chapter 1 should have been like #and yeah it's still a cashgrab at heart. its so distateful that they already made merch for chapter 3 that you could buy BEFORE it even #released. theyre 100% money driven. but at least if chapter 4 improves even more on what was in chapter 3 i think it can be a decent game #i dont think it can ever be a GOOD game because of what a disaster of two first chapters it has. not unless they completely rework them. and #with its story reaching its end slowly i doubt there even is time to make it a good game even if the last chapters are amazing in quality. #even if the last chapters are GREAT (which i doubt) it will never be anything else than a highly mixed medicore at best game. because it'll #always have this shitty developer studios' greed and the shitshow that were the first 2 chapters weighing it down #honestly. if chapter 3 or something akin to it was the first thing that was released of this game i would have actually liked it. yeah it #wouldnt be GREAT but it'd be decent and enjoyable. but instead it has its garbage first chapters staining what it could have been. it's #insane that I even have to praise a developer studio for delivering a BARE MINIMUM of a game. what the fuck is this. what happened to the #state of games. its shameful that releasing a barely functional nothing burger and charging for it became acceptable in any way #that aside even chapter 3 could improve in many areas. it feels more like a puzzle game with horror elements rather than a horror game with #puzzle elements. every time you get to a puzzle the game just halts to a complete stop. all the suspence they could have gotten just #completely dies on the spot. ive played and watched many horror games with puzzles in them and i like them a lot but this is just not how #you do that. it feels like youre walking from puzzle to a puzzle and all the interesting things that happen with actual substance happen in #between puzzles but instead of focusing on that it feels like the game focuses on the puzzles. it should be the other way around damn it #but i think if chapter 4 keeps the overall quality of chapter 3 and ups the scares while dailing down the puzzles or incorporating them #better into the atmosphere and story it might actually be a good horror game. well that chapter at least. #also ik the monster designs are very...mascot horror and analogue horror cliches but i actually enjoy them. Mummy Longlegs was medicore and #forgetful like the rest of her chapter and her only saving grace was her death scene. Huggy Wuggy's (god what a name) design and animations #and chase sequence were the only good thing of chapter 1 so i think if it was put into something of much better quality then it could #actually hold up. And I really like CatNap's design for some reason. The way he moves is creepy and yeah the face design is goofy as hell #but i can forgive it. i like that the fumes he releases makes you see him as a far creepier monster than he is that took me by surprise. #Also his death scene FUCKED severely by far the best scene in the entire game imo. Also I actually enjoyed his story? i cant believe im #saying this but chapter 3 and analogue horror videos actually got me interested in this game's story and where it will go. Insane. #and speaking of the analogue horror videos they made are good. WAY too good. I dont trust like that. They for sure hired somebody to make #them for them theres no way in hell they didnt. But yeah thats my opinion on this series. Over all not a good game and a complete cash grab #dont buy it there are way better games out there even in the mascot horror genere. But the quality did go up and it gets me hopeful #anyway my impromtu poopy playtime review's over

[todayisafridaynight]

Your brain is massive and your opinions are correct. I fucking LOVE SA2 and Shadow bro 😭 Last time I revisited my Sonic era I was trying to unlock training mode in Shadow by A-ranking all the missions and bosses. SA2/Shadow/Sonic Heroes/Sonic Riders were the ones I replayed (and still do every couple of years) the most :)

my god PLEAAASSE THE TRAINING/EXPERT MODE IN SHADOW i love how the hints just fuck off and are replaced by the cast chattin with shadow.... like black doom the fuck are you doin talkin to me you are dead.... leave me alone.....

as a part of my All-326-Routes playthrough of shadow im SO stoked to unlock that mode again for the first time in like. A Decade... i've just been clearing out all the routes from the very top all the way down but i might just A-rank all the levels and routes first just to get the mode..

the adventure games + shadow are my faves to play honestly like as much as i still do like sonic games nowadays i just really enjoyed that 3d free-roaming aspect of the gamecube era games (and even 06: just wish it wasnt such a glitchy mess and i was more of a fan of the models/art style)

PLUS WITH THE ADVENTURE GAMES YOU HAVE THE CHAOS LIKE WHY DID THEY GET RID OF THEM BRING THEM BACK !!!!! THEY WERE SO CUTE

#snap chats #you cant escape Sonic Kid era like every couple years ill be like #'oh my god i have a gamecube that still works' and ill just replay all them games #Hot Take i did enjoy big's campaign.... idk..... maybe its cause his vibes are immaculate .. im glad he's in frontiers <3<3<3 #im actually really stoked for the coming months because my fam and i've had sonic heroes for years right #but we only have it for the original xbox and we lost THAT a long while ago so i can't play it and it's just been taunting me all this time #BUT THEN I REMEMBER i am an adult with adult money. Sometimes. i can just buy my own gamecube copy #i have to start shilling my commissions more on twitter since i wanna get it before i go back to school #yk. so i can be a responsible student and play it when i have down time LMAO BUT EEEE IM SO EXCITED #yk whats a game i miss sooooo much tho.... i lost my copy of sonic chronicles.... #I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW LIKE I STILL HAVE THE CASE i might just buy a new game card then.... #that does mean ill have to start all over but.. thats ok.. sonic chronicles was SOO fun to me growing up.. i miss shade so much.. #gen one of my fave sonic characters she was so cool and i loved her design and helmet so much #SPEAAAAKING OF ONE OFF CHARACTERS I MISS YK WHO I MISS THE MOST THO gamma..... #gamma was what introduced me to sad character stories i SWEAR LIKE THAT SHIT MADE ME SO SAD #i miss him eveyr day like i know he can never come back and that's a good thing cause Birdie's Parents Are OK BUT STILLLLL #my baby..... at least omega's here.... and he can threaten eggman every five minutes...... #but when youre playing SA2 and you have to fight the robots modeled after gamma THATS SO EVIL STOP #UGH i love gamma sorry... but im not.. gamma was like. sega dippin their te into existentialism in sonic... #and then shadow was born LMAO tho i guess you can count metal sonic too if we wanna look at the sonic movie from the like. 90's #GOD I HOPE I STILL HAVE THAT DVD SOMEWHERE I LOVED THAT MOVIE SO MUCH GROWING UP it has the CUTEST artstyle #and knuckles' lil hat... ALSO METAL SONIC DYING AT THE END STOP when he bats sonic's hand away... metal bb come back... #and i mean at least he does but yk..... be nice to him..... he's going through a lot... he won't express it but i know he is... #OK SONIC RAMBLE DONE I SWEAR THANK YOU FOR WRITING IN ANON AND LETTING ME BE A DWEEB I JUST LOVE SONIC RAAAH #i have to end my ramble fr im running out of tags... now we'll never know of my chao gardens....... #OK BYE BYEEEE

[genreawareness]

i can never decide whether its hilarious or frustrating that there’s an entire wing of people running d&d by throwing large chunks of the rulebook out and being baffled at the fact a lot of people enjoy running the game mostly-RAW even though that’s, y’know, the entire reason one writes a game with rules. i think everybody about to gm for their friends because they got too into balance, and who always thought combat was the most boring/irritating part of an actual play, should be handed the dungeon world guide before they commit to shelling out for the dm’s guide/phb/monster manual boxed set. & if you decide you still wanna play d&d after that good for you! but it would have saved me a lot of trouble 💀

#from the desk #like its so funny its SO funny. i never understood why random encounters existed because i was like. whats the point #of a random fight in the middle of nowhere with no emotional stakes? it just slows the whole game down! #like DID you know. other people enjoy the tactical part of the game with the tactics rules #& tbf its not like i totally detest it - im in a megadungeon 3-ish shot right now! - but i DO detest running it. #the style it asks of the dm i find really stressful & in the case of games w people whose tastes you dont know well #Actively detrimental to having a good time #i wanna try lancer from the player’s end though bc i actually do suspect i’d like crunchy combat more if it didnt feel like a ‘google which #spells dont suck garbage and dogshit’ #also i just think mechs are more fun #idk. waves hands around. i dont come to dming to learn how to construct balanced fights #and flex system design skills #i come to tell a collaborative story

[yangus]

i wish i had a game that i felt was a Masterpiece you know like. tactics is the closest i can come to calling a game that but the gameplay is....... like, sure, i have favorite games and such but each and every one has segments, if not massive swaths of content that i simply do not care for. cannot in good conscience call any of those a masterpiece despite my general opinion of them ranking so highly

dq11, actually, WOULD be considered a masterpiece for me IF act 3 didnt exist. since its technically post-game, you can quit at act 2 and call it good. but act 3 is still a part of the game. so :(

#vain.txt #idk! i just wish i could think of a game that i was like. oh this is a MASTERPIECE. because i dont #i Enjoy lots of games but to go as far as to like. put any game on a pedestal like that? egh #I KNOW ITS NOT THAT DEEP but like. it is interesting to me when people say [insert game here] is a masterpiece #like youre either being hyperbolic or you just.... idk. low standards maybe #im watching a video essay rn and its just kinda. O_O how easily people toss the word Masterpiece around #ff12 is one of if not Literally my favorite game of all time. i have spent over 3000 hours on a single player game #does that make it a masterpiece? fuck no. i love it to death but it still has so many flaws #the story is good for me but lots of people dont like it and i Know people would tilt their head at me if i tried to say it was a masterpiec #because it is a Deeply flawed not to mention UNFINISHED piece of media #what if i did it tho. just for the memes #made like a 4 hour video essay in defense of ff12 like the youtuber guys do