Eighty-Six Years — Chapter Seven: The Space Shuttle Atlantis
She holds out the cigarette to him again.
He takes it from her. The ember flares orange.
“Your turn now,” Kim murmurs. Her bangs spill into her eyes as she tilts her head, and she tucks them back. “Tell me about a day for Saul.”
Chapters: 7/?
Wordcount: 44.7k
Relationships: Jimmy McGill/Kim Wexler
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My first time playing Xenoblade 2 I thought the game was… problematic, I’ll put it that way. It’s a deeply flawed game and it’s flawed in ways that you can only really get past with either extreme levels of benefit of the doubt (for the extremely weak beginning of the story, bad voice acting and cringy dialogue, questionable character designs, that kinda stuff) or outside help from the community (everything gameplay related. Playing this game the “right way” is very hard to do with how badly the game explains itself). This led to me playing it the first time and wondering what the hell went wrong after Xenoblade 1 was so good.
Then I played Torna: The Golden Country and really enjoyed it. Then I started seeing guides on the internet about how to make the gameplay easier and more fun. Then I replayed the base game eventually and I began to absolutely adore it. Being able to avoid the gameplay pitfalls (especially toward the beginning) and dig into the story and characters more thanks to the context of the late game story + Torna really helped the game for me, and now it’s one of my favorite games. But also getting to that point took an abnormal amount of dedication that most people probably won’t have for a game this obviously flawed.
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>> wip day
was tagged by @montliyets and @liurnia, thank you so much!! tagging @shellibisshe, @arklay, @faarkas, @swordcoasts, @aartyom, @reaperkiller, @steelport, @strafethesesinners, @turbo-virgins, @henbased, @adelaidedrubman, @florbelles, @calenhads, @druidgroves, @cultistbase, @aelyosos, @aceghosts, @blackreaches, @bluemojave and anyone else who wants to do this!
it's been a while, so have a wip for chapter 6 of the broker chapter >:) check out this post for the previous 5 chapters if you're interested, i'll start posting new chapters very soon!
Saturday morning. It was raining outside.
A ravaging rainstorm swept through the streets, leaving large pools of water on the asphalt and in the backyard of Vitali’s house. He sat in the windowsill of his room, forehead pressed against the cold glass as he watched his mother and Daniil unsuccessfully attempt to cover the jacuzzi with a canvas.
He brought his cigarette to his lips and went to take a drag, realizing only then he was merely holding a stub at that point, the tip still lightly smoldering. He mumbled something barely coherent to himself and pressed it out on the ashtray in front of him- which already held three other cigarette ends, all from the same day.
Summer vacation. Didn’t feel like it, though; Mikhail was away for two weeks, visiting family on the east coast, and Vitali was left all by himself in Night City stuck with merely never-ending boredom and his own family- and terrible weather, heavy acid rain continuously pouring down from the skies making it impossible to go anywhere.
He got up from the windowsill, wincing when his feet hit the cold floor of his room. His leg was acting up again; despite having had to deal with it for years already he was unsure what was wrong with it, but did not dare to bring it up to his parents, knowing they would not take him seriously anyway. He quickly pulled his hair up in a bun before leaving his room, making his way toward the kitchen.
Vitali didn’t like to leave the safety of his room. Especially after the recent confrontations he’d had with his mother he preferred to stay away from his family members at all costs, not wanting to accidentally inconvenience them more than he already felt like he was doing by merely existing and kick off another category five crisis which would take several business days to blow over.
He took a sharp turn right when he entered the living room- ignoring Roksana on his left on the couch, and his father straight ahead at the dining table- and he speed-walked into the kitchen without saying a word. The countertop was filled with dirty dishes, still; not his job to take care of, well aware Nadya had asked his father to clean them earlier that morning over breakfast, yet the urge to just do it anyway was nearly overwhelming.
Preemptive measures, so to say.
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LCB CH01 [8]? Overal thoughts
I forgot to say my overall thoughts on Limbus Company so, here it is (I'm copying this from my twitter post). This doesn't spoil anything story specific btw
I would say that the biggest appeal has to be the story and characters. The main cast of sinners are so chaotic and have distinctive personalities (besides Mersault but that’s aggressively the point). It’s clear we’re supposed to love this dysfunctional group and unwrap the story around them. Dante (who we play as) was a pleasant surprise considering that I wasn’t sure he would have a personality. If you follow me you should know my fav is Gregor.
And add to that a strange and twisted world that I’ve heard is super expansive with lore and world building, yeah, I’m super stoked for what’s in the future.
For the gameplay, Im not super knowledgeable on how to analyze gameplay but I found it fun for the most part. It’s a bizarre mix of fast and easy gameplay that makes you feel like a monster, only to suddenly hit a difficulty wall and get the team obliterated.
There are also A LOT of mechanics that at first don’t seem to affect the gameplay until you hit those difficulty spikes.
It’s a very wordy game, not just in story but also those mechanics. From status effects, random coin tosses, and gathering material for your ultimate attack, the game felt a bit overwhelming, even the tutorial didn’t quite help me understand the hud. I had to actually look into guides on YouTube to help me out, especially in Chapter 3.
I don’t really mind cause following the game, at lot of people talked about how this was standard for project moon games.
But it might be a bit much for some players. It’s definitely not a casual game for quick fun. Battles may take awhile, especially against abnormalities (monsters). You’re going to have to grind once you get to chapter 3 (trust me). And certain fights will wipe the floor with you if you don’t take the time to read the mechanics and make a solid team.
Now as for fairness, i haven’t spent any money on the game. And so far I’ve been fairing well. The base characters are actually pretty useful and I’ve been using them more than the ones I got from the gatcha (except for g-corp Gregor, I love him)
So yeah, the game will take up a lot of time but I haven’t found it unfair or tedious so far. But I’ll have to see how that changes as the game goes forward.
To be honest, I kinda feel like I would have tolerated bad gameplay if it meant unlocking more story. Its that charming.
So, cause twitters character limit sucks, I’m very happy with the game so far. I’ve been following its development for a while, and it’s given me everything I wanted from it.
I wish I could add more detail but I think this is a good explanation for now.
It may be a bit intimidating for some, but it’s free so there’s no harm in trying it out.
You may need some outside help to grasp how the game works, but that means we can all suffer together /s.
So, if you wanna delve into a dark but charming game, give it a try.
Just heed the content warnings though, there’s some dark themes, imagery that may be disturbing, and body horror.
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I wanted to ask this in an ask in case you wanted to post it for others, but how long is Slayers, roughly? (or exactly, if you know) I'm very bad with audio books, podcasts, etc and I can't find the actual length on the store page to judge whether or not I can sit through it.
It's eight hours. It may be a few more minutes than that, but not by very many.
IIRC, I think people have said it's eight chapters long? And at first, the chapters are about thirty minutes long, then you get to forty minute ones, and then the last few are an hour each (the last one being a few minutes longer than an hour).
Hope this helps!
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