#go fuckin play skyward if you want a good story man

[ttearsofthekingdom]

totk critical tag is like 90% "why isnt the narrative good" like have you played a zelda game before. a coherent narrative is a bonus. these games are all derivative of the same kinda bland story. you're supposed to be here for the gameplay first, the story like 3rd or 4th. its okay. you dont have to like the story. but youre coming to the wrong franchise if you think the story was ever good...

#go fuckin play skyward if you want a good story man #that one is all story. its practically on rails its so story #why isnt my open world game about building and exploring perfectly addressing a minor plot point that happened 10k ya in-universe 😡😡😡 #its also ok to say totk sucks lol i love it but it sucks. thats zelda. zelda is awesome but it sucks #you dont gotta say anything else. zelda sucks but its okay. thats how its always been #you come for the sucks. thats the appeal

[macbetha]

Preview of Homesick Martians and the Mint Field Epiphany, a HiyoIku Roadtrip AU for sagesprouts

Ikuya will be the first person to admit that he needs a break – a dead-end degree and working in decor retail will do that for you – but he didn’t expect Hiyori to suddenly act on his misery. Next thing Ikuya knows, Hiyori is dragging him through a plane terminal for some self-reflection on the open road, and it’s a little scary how much Ikuya trusts him at 3 A.M. diners and bizarre cornfield coordinates.

Long story short, Ikuya learns that being stuck in the cab of a ’96 Jeep with your hot best friend might not be the best way to relax.

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Ikuya feels safest when he's looking at the sky.

The stars are the only thing he can gaze at so forwardly; he's wavered in the face of his own reflection, and no other person has brought forth such awe in his eyes. Ikuya could never be so bold as to look someone directly in the face for more than three seconds, and he does not feel joy when people regard him - their motive, praise, or attraction does not matter.

He cannot fathom how people can walk at night without their gaze turning skyward. Most individuals don't have the time nor imagination to view the stars as anything more than a twinkling map of dead fire. To Ikuya, the stars shine, therefore, they must be alive in some form. "That's fuckin' beautiful, man," Natsuya told him when he voiced these thoughts, when Ikuya's brother was a drunken teenager and welcomed a little brush with philosophy.

He knows it's bizarre and speaks volumes on his extreme introversion, but the stars don't make Ikuya feel the sick pressure of expectation, nor do they snap at him impatiently to speak up from his wobbly, shy baritone. Ikuya simply looks at the stars and they look back at him in perfect silence. It's a comfort in this burning world.

He knows people won't treat him the same as the sky's precious indifference, but it took him a while to accept that mournful reality. Before high school graduation, he thought his options were as far and wide as the sky itself; the world outside of his hometown was vague, but he was sure that he would be welcomed with open arms once he was an adult.

That was his first mistake.

++++++++++

He would have loved to dedicate his life to astronomy, but he thinks he would have been tormented like many art and literature majors, having his heart scraped raw of all passion for what once made him feel alive. Space was dear to him and he wasn't going to let anyone touch or judge or mold his good thing into something cynical and academic, so Ikuya focused on swimming with the assumption that his life would be normal and relatively boring. He was playing it safe; at the very least, he would be guaranteed a comfortable living and a steady income.

Second mistake.

Ikuya was still navigating his life by that foolish motto his first year of college. He was overwhelmed, exhausted to tears, and could not keep up with his classwork. Once upon a time, he was an impeccable student and a prime athlete, but in university, he was considered average at best. Campus was a never-ending maze where everyone knew where they were going except him, he was petrified of making friends and he didn't understand why normal things were suddenly so impossible.

He was an unhappy, quiet boy, which makes for a wonderful observer. Nobody paid attention to him, which gave him the opportunity to learn that most of his peers were quite boring and their conversations were filthy at best.

Everyone around him was pretending to be extroverted and loud; there was only one person who seemed to be as bored with it all as Ikuya was. He sat a few rows in front of Ikuya during Intro to Astronomy, and the boy never asked questions nor spoke up in class.

He intimidated Ikuya. The boy had a threatening vibe, which was a concerning turn-on for Ikuya. It didn't seem as though the boy would shout at anyone, but he carried himself in a way that made it clear he was packing an arsenal of clapbacks that would leave someone spiraling in the middle of the night for at least fourteen years. That energy gave the boy a wide berth of space nobody dared to penetrate.

So naturally, he and Ikuya were partnered up for a project. Despite this order, Ikuya still had to choke out if it was all right to sit by Hiyori.

Hiyori smirked, bored with his thighs lazed open in that uncomfortable desk. He wore a gorgeous pea coat with his bedhead, which is standard for 8 A.M. lectures.

Hiyori threw a grand gesture to the empty seats on either side of him, saying, "Take your pick."

Ikuya did so, opting for the left of him, and tried to settle his backpack and notebooks most casually. It was freezing in the lecture hall, but he was clammy. Hiyori twirled his pencil, dropped it on the desk, picked it up again, and that's when Ikuya noticed the slice of pistachio pie. It was drooping in a paper plate on his desk - nobody was supposed to eat in here, and Hiyori was sitting right in front of the professor's desk.

Problem with authority. Yet another concerning turn-on.

Ikuya says, "Did you get that from that cafe just off campus?" He had admired the cakes in the window on his walk to the laundry mat, but he never had the courage to step into that crowded place.

Hiyori nods. "Yeah.”

"Oh. C-Cool.”

"What'd you have for breakfast?"

Ikuya just blinks because he's worn this same hoodie to astronomy and all his lectures for at least three days now. Hiyori should be able to tell that he's obviously a college student with no coping mechanisms and no conscious for taking care of himself.

Hiyori smiles. "Here." He puts the plate right in Ikuya's lap and hands him a dainty fork, then he lazes back in his seat and scrolls through his phone.

Ikuya realizes just how long it's been since he's had a full night's sleep because he should not be feeling like he's at a crossroad of life right now. "Uh. You sure? It was probably expensive..." At least in college terms, anyway.

Hiyori's eyes roll from his phone and he lifts his brows. "Did you want me to feed it to you?"

Ikuya startles his first laugh in months and eats the damn cake.

#yall dont understand how excited for this i am #fic preview #fic #hiyoiku #ikuhiyo #free! fic #writing #au #hmatme #homesick martians #ikuya #ikuya kirishima #kirishima ikuya #hiyori tono #tono hiyori #ikuya x hiyori #free! dive to the future #free dtf

[thegeminisage]

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pls you sent me so many thank u ilu

9. Most regrettable purchase?

it’s a tie between 1. the white knight chronicle games & 2. the tron legacy video game - but for very different reasons. i LOOOVED white knight chronicles and the online play was PERFECT it was like not a full mmo so not #cursed (sorry mmo players but dont boo me for being right) so it was really great to play with my pal @skillethelm but then RIGHT after i got into it they SHUT THE SERVERS DOWN and so like i wasn’t allowed to sort of move on naturally and i always feel really bitter and resentful when i think of it. the tron video game, on the other hand, was just super awful. unplayable. i tried real hard to like it bc i love the movie more dearly than any other movie on god’s green earth but…i couldn’t. im sorry sam flynn

14. Favorite game music?

all of it? there are games i have played JUST BECAUSE the soundtracks were so good i couldn’t stop listening and i got curious - these include chrono trigger, ff6, UT, and mirror’s edge (kinda). like, my favorite of all time will always be zelda music, & my favorite zelda track is oot’s title screen theme, but like…i just fucking love game music man. i love sonic’s buttrock and dragon age’s elven emo pop and zelda’s grand orchestrations and ff13′s/mirror’s edge smooth synth-y stuff and all the catchy tunes of Ye Olde Game Era and dishonored’s  goth harpsichord steampunk shit…like i could never really TRULY pick - actually the very first time i ever used a computer it was to visit websites about zelda and listen to the music online - and before that i used to run chrono cross and kingdom hearts on the title screens/opening cinematics for hours just to listen, like before i really knew there was like, online music. man. so much. i love everything

19. Favorite handheld console?

gameboy advance sp, hands down. gameboy advance had the best/most games that i love, could also play regular gameboy games, and the sp had a BACKLIGHT so you could play in the dark. i used to play the original tetris every night to fall asleep on mine. 3DS is a close runner up but you just can’t fit that thing in your pocket the way you can an SP

27. Game that makes you rage?

i fuckin hate super smash bros melee. YEAH I SAID IT LOL like… ok everyone says it’s sooo good and they RUINED smash after that but like, i main pikachu? and they nerfed the FUCK out of pikachu in melee. so i could never win. and it was a horrible teenhood i had growing up playing that shit. brawl was like ten zillion times better. i still lost a lot but i was because i sucked not because the game sucked. melee worshippers can kiss my ass

also, as i was recently reminded, the fight sections of mirror’s edge. fucking bullshit

and a special award to life is strange for having the WORST ending to a NEARLY PERFECT GAME of ALL TIME

39. A sequel that you would die for them to make?

UNDERTA– no sorry. sorry. sorry i’m not gonna say it

ok uhhhhh honestly? my main answer is: any zelda sequel. like all the games take place hundreds or thousands of years apart with different characters and timelines…save for like the oracle games, mm & oot, and then like TECHNICALLY phantom hourglass…i would really just like to see an honest to god sequel in the same continuity. more throwbacks. i lost every bit of my shit when [someone from skyward sword] sorta-kinda made a cameo in botw. it’s everything i want

my other answer is: golden sun 4. we had to wait a literal decade for golden sun 3 and then it ENDS ON A CLIFFHANGER ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? im still lowkey mad abt it. idk if it’ll EVER happen

41. A genre that you just can’t get into?

i’m actually pretty flexible when it comes to genre? i’ve tried & liked: platformers, adventure games, open world, dating sims, stealth, shooters, QTEs, RPGs, racing, music/beat timing, whatever the hell genre animal crossing and harvest moon are…but like the one thing. i cannot do. is real-time strategy. it’s just too boring rip

also, i dislike playing online against other people bc they are usually jerks lol

69. In your opinion, best game ever made? 

that’s such a hard one!! it’d be easy to say ocarina of time because it holds such a special place in my heart, but just because it’s special doesn’t mean it’s the most fun or satisfying to play. the best game EVER made would have to have it all - great gameplay, a good amount of story that isn’t too sparse, a catchy and memorable soundtrack, lovable characters, lots and lots of replay value, and excel in online/dlc if that’s a thing, good voice acting/graphics if that’s a thing, no ragequit sections…like i could easily just name the zelda game that comes closest but i wanna be as objective as possible here…

ok i’m gonna go with two categories - 2D games & 3D games - bc they are such different beasts

for 2D im gonna have to say chrono trigger…some places are really frutstratingly hard, but not ragequit hard, and level grinding can be a BIT repetitive but the story, characters, cast, & music are all top notch, and with all the different endings + new game plus you could play it over and over and still have things to do

then for 3D…mmmm see this is hard because like nothing meets ALL of those requirements…portal 2 and okami both have very satisfying stories and wonderfully addicting gameplay that varies up often, but not a lot of replay value…breath of the wild and dragon age inquisition both have amazing story/gameplay balance and near-infinite replay value, but i have a few major nitpicks with both stories, and none of the games i mentioned have online play. i think in the end my nitpicks with zelda’s story and direction are pretty minimal + i have a personal loyalty to the series, so i’d go with breath of the wild.

70. Very first game you ever beat? 

you know, i actually can’t remember for sure! i suspect it was either majora’s mask or link’s awakening - funnily enough it was years before i first beat ocarina on my own.

#liz answers asks #ask memes #personal #ozymandiasdirge #long post

[impalaimagining]

PittCon Saturday

(holy shit y’all this was so much to remember from this morning until now. sorry if I forgot anything) Also this is obnoxiously long so this one gets a cut. #You’reWelcome

Read Friday’s here.

Part One: 

No Rob Benedict. Rich makes promises of him later.

ROB BENEDICT!!! He walked out with Briana and she claims she planned the whole thing.

Briana, Kim, and Gil didn’t have anyone lined up for questions. Briana threatened period talk. Gil blushed. 

Questions for Briana today instead of Kim. Briana does a little victory thing every time someone says, “My question is for Bri.” Kim mocks her from yesterday and says, “I’m gonna answer it anyway.”

Gil is third-wheelin’ it, hard. 

Gil addresses the whole thing that happened with the butt grabbing. He wanted to “nip it in the bud because it was weighing very heavily” on him. Apparently I missed that last night because I had no idea what he was even talking about when he said it. He’s a great guy. Try not to fault him for one little slip, yeah? He’s human. Cut the man some slack. 

Part Two: 

Rob scolds Rich for not telling us about the “I <3 KoC” shirts. Debates about whether it’s pronounced like Coke or like cock. “Wear that to Grandma’s house.” “One of those things will kill you!” 

Matt, Rob, and Rich bounce off of one another unbelievably well. 

Pssst, Matt Cohen is fucking attracccttiivveeeee

Questions about other projects and hobbies come up. Matt says he wants to get into racing again. Racing is in his future. Richard says he’s a lot like his father. His father was a lawyer. Rob used to have his own baseball league. With himself. He made up teams like “The Colors” and “Other Things.”

Rob and Rich are besties and it makes my life. 

The pilot for Skyward is streaming now on Amazon. Rich said there’s a part already sketched out for Rob if the show continues. It wasn’t his idea to include Rob, but he wanted to eventually anyway. 

Part Three:

Mark Sheppard is either consistently grouchy or was very tired/cranky today.

Almost all of his answers boiled down to one word, so that was the one word he used, and then moved on. He probably answered more questions on his own than Misha and Jake did combines just because of how fast he was moving. 

He said fuck Creation’s rules and walked around the crowd most of the time. Also joked about how when he was more powerful (and important), they never would’ve allowed that. (sad face on my part)

A fan asks how he feels about Fergus’s deal and how he lost his soul, what he sold it for. He doesn’t laugh. Just says, “If you want to ask about my penis, there are other ways to do it. I can’t relate to Fergus, if that’s what you’re asking.”

His favorite line is “Where’s your moose?” 

“You’re good, but I’m Crowley,” was improv. 

Talking about his wife and daughter made him light up like a Christmas tree. It was adorable. 

Everyone thinks he hates cats. He got very snarky about it. “Did I say I hate cats? No. I don’t hate anything. I hate Misha. Oops.”

He thinks Crowley came full circle. There wasn’t much else for him to do in the series, he thinks. 

He doesn’t understand the logic behind Rowena being Crowley’s mother.When Rowena dies at the hands of Lucifer (the first time), Mark said the line, “Always thought I’d be the one to do it,” felt very right in that moment.

Part Four: 

Jake Abel has the bubbliest butt in the entire cast. To quote myself from earlier today, “You could bounce a fuckin nickel off of that thing.”

He’s been creating plotlines and ways to bring Adam back. New plans are made every time he comes to a convention. Currently, we’re looking at an Adam spinoff in which he and his mother are resurrected (him from Hell, her from Heaven) and become hunters. They have “opposing forces!” as Jake said, and the story would follow the way they got the opposing forces to work together for the same common purpose.

This man is insane. 

He kept reminding us that he was in a weird mood because his flight didn’t get in until 4am.

Sleepy Jake is the cutest. 

Talk of Percy Jackson. 

Lots of talk about bringing Adam back. 

Part Five: 

MISHA. FREAKIN. COLLINS.

Guys. I’ve never been more amazed by one person’s smile and overall attitude. He’s so cheery and bright and uugghhh Misha.

He tells a story about his dad, and then says that he had to tell his children about his parents’ (brief, I think?) split, but he doesn’t want it to sound like that’s the only way marriages can end. The next day, his son went to school and told the teacher, “I want my parents to get a divorce.” I literally have no idea if this is true, but it’s what Misha told us.

Fake spoilers for Season 13, but he told us that he was filming it last night. Jared and Jensen still fuck with him to no end. 

“We were filming. Jared was on the bed, and we were doing something we don’t usually do on Supernatural.” *cue roars from the audience*

I think he tried to fight someone in the crowd. I have photos of his bulgy eyes and sassy jawline. Yeah, it’s a thing. 

MY PHOTO OP WITH HIM !!!!!!!!!

I was going to show him the photo of himself standing in front of the whiteboard with his drawing of Maison and the dandelion. Creation doesn’t allow phones in the photo op rooms so I had to put it in my pocket, which was fine.

I walked up and asked the woman if I could show him something. She said, “Sure, just make it quick!” Again, I get it. Not a problem. 

I’m standing there waiting with my arm pulled out of my sleeve to show him my tattoo. I walk up and I’m greeted with the most amazing smile and such a soft “hi.” 

I blurt out, “I NEED TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING!” *shoves my arm towards him* *silence from Misha as he stares*

His mouth kind of popped open when he realized what it was. His eyes are so freakin’ blue and I know because he looked me directly in them and told me, “That’s amazing.” 

My heart is racing, but I lean and and we hug and Chris snaps the photo. I step to walk away and Misha grabs my hands (!!!!!!!!!) I turn and look up at him (because damn he’s tall! He’s right, he’s just surrounded by giants.) and he squeezes my hands. “That’s amazing.” It’s so quiet and I blink for a second. “Thank you.” I get another tight hand squeeze and thank him before running into the hallway and crying. (*inhale* I’m okay, really.)

HUGE HUGE HUGE FUCKIN’ THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED MONEY TO GET ME THAT OP. I LOVE YOU ALL AND IF/WHEN I MEET YOU GUYS, HUGS ALL AROUND.

On to the auto. I showed him the tattoo again, quickly spat out, ”I know I showed it to you at the photo ops but...!”  and he drew a heart next to his name when he signed it. I got another “That’s amazing. Thank you so much.” and that friggin smile

I still don’t know if he knows the tattoo is his handwriting. I assume he could tell when he looked at it, especially for how long he looked at it. But *shrugs* maybe one day I’ll tell him.

While waiting for Misha’s op, I MET @HIGHONPASTRIES (whose tumblr is literally not working this weekend, just FYI)!!! There’s a selfie to prove it. Will be posted later.

Part Six: 

SNS

Jake introduces the band. First starts by demanding that we chant, “Bring Adam back,” over and over again. Chant quickly turns into, “Lou-den Swain.”

I didn’t know I needed a fuckin’ KAZOO. *cough cough* @torn-and-frayed @nichelle-my-belle-spn-con-blog (still waiting for the kazoo tip to make an appearance)

Rob Benedict sang half a song without a microphone. Don’t know why. It just wasn’t working. 

MATT COHEN WINKED AS HE RAN PAST ME Y’ALL. Camera was too slow to capture it but if anyone has that wink, good God send it this way, please.

Sam Smith popped out! Just to introduce Kim though - no singing. 

Kim Rhodes was so nervous and I just want to hug her and tell her she’s amazing. 

Briana was wearing LEATHER BOOTS UP TO HER HIPS. #YAAAASSSS

Gil McKinney. That fuckin’ man. Making me cry and shit, two days in a row. 

Drunk Matt Cohen is a thing of my dreams. 

Lots of guest appearances within the band. Chris on bass, Rich on bass, Adam from Creation on keys, Rich on guitar and the mic. Nobody takes Billy’s guitar from him though ;) 

Whipping Post sans Jensen. Still fuckin’ awesome. 

Fare Thee Well!!!! Rob prefaced it with a spoiler alert for those who haven’t seen the episode yet. *giggle*

Rob cried singing She Waits. Then said he loves us so much it’s unreal. This man is pure and good and needs to be protected at all costs. 

They played my faaave song. It’s called Amazing. 

Kazoo song. Also known as Medicated. Someone had an amplifier for their kazoo. Rob was very impressed. Cast members are getting better at the kazoo solo. Rob isn’t happy about it. “This isn’t as fun when you guys are gooood.” 

Questions? Comments? Anything? If you’re at the con, come find me and say hi! I’ll be in (or around) seat D25! :) 

TOMORROW I MEET JARED AND JENSEN Y’ALL THIS IS ITTTTT. *quietly crying bc tomorrow is the end*

*falls into bed and immediately starts snoring* P.S. Cons are exhausting in the best possible way.

#Taylor Takes PittCon #PittCon #PittCon 2017 #Supernatural PittCon #Supernatural Pittsburgh #SPNPitt #Pittsburg-HA

[applecherry108]

so i made the mistake of looking into something for botw only to trip over a lot of people giving skyward sword shit. so like,

i then did research, about why people hate ss so much, and a lot of the time it’s the exact reasons i love it. but i will also admit that i didn’t have the same experience with the wii as a lot of ppl.

for starters, yeah the wii was pretty old when ss came out, and sure i’d played mario kart or whatever with my friends but i never OWNED a wii, UNTIL ss. i literally bought a wii (refurbished, $80, it was a good deal) specifically to play ss. and i love the art style. so much. i love how colorful it is, the vastly varying designs for the regions, THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. i love that it was stylized. i loved that i had multiple characters i was emotionally invested in, that, sure, zelda wasn’t on screen doing things a lot, but she was such a presence in ss. literally the first two dungeons you’re just scrambling to catch up with her only to find out she’s been training her ass off. no she doesn’t hack and slash the bad guys, but i really appreciated what an active role she had in the story. how her sacrifice actually felt monumental as opposed to her role in other games. fuck man, i was devastated when she was crystallized. i literally sat there sobbing my ass off for a good five minutes when that happened.

the biggest thing i like about it tho, that seems to be everyone else’s biggest complaint, was how linear it is. and yeah there’s a few times i wished i had an area to just explore but i LOVED that i always knew where the fuck i was supposed to be. it added urgency to the story. and also?? i have no idea how many hours i’ve poured into botw already (too many. defintiely at least 20-30, idk, i can’t find my playtime), and i only JUST got around my first dungeon. like i walked into that elephant with 10 hearts, a wheel and a half of stamina, and the hyrule map in my pocket. i’ve been mostly dicking around doing portal shrine puzzles. i don’t really give a shit about the main quest. i am far more interested in buying my house, making sure my horse doesn’t die, and upgrading the shit out of my clothes. i get that people wanted more freedom than what ss gave them but man, botw is just...too much. you can’t hand a girl with ADD botw and tell her to do the main quest, it’s just not gonna happen. i felt like i had purpose and an extremely clear path in ss.

and also???? the DUNGEONS were so GOOD. ya’ll can complain all you want about “ohh ss was too long” or what the fuck ever, but the dungeons were top fucking knotch, probably my absolute favorites in any tloz game. and also, even tho it was stylized, i was genuinely scared/panicked by some of that shit. a horde of zombie bokolins coming after me as i climbed for my life?? terrifying. falling short of those damn teardrops and sprinting for your life away from spirit guardians? FUCKED ME UP.

AND SPEAKING OF SPRINTING. that is?? my FAVORITE??? new tloz mechanic ever??? i can fucking run up walls, it was magical! yes botw took it a step further and my new hobby is scaling mountains bc why the fuck no??t (answer: bs there’s probably a goddamn korok up there) but i have to give all my love to ss for even giving me that mechanic in the first place. it is also my go-to way of describing spoon theory to people bc tbh my stamina meter makes more sense to me as a way to quantify energy than spoons do.

things i didn’t like? wee A) i did like the motion controls but b) i couldn’t never get my damn shield to work. sword controls: yes. shield controls: no. the "songs” you learn and the harp itself were shit and totally unmemorable (harp controls: also shit). and yes, it’s annoying how you “tempered” the goddess sword, but despite the how it was fuckin kickass to actually craft the sword. sure maybe the game does go on a little too long, but right before i got botw i was doing my THIRD playthrough of ss, and tbh i only start losing interest about when you have to find the last two dragons. the swimming music note thing was eh, the lanayru dungeon was fun, and the fucking ELDIN TAKING MY SHIT. I HATED THAT. I MEAN IT WAS GREAT AND CHALLENGIING BUT I WAS SO PISSED THEY TOOK MY STUFF. and it would’ve been great if we didn’t have to fight the sealed demise so many times. two. two would have been enough.

also i love my bird.

the dragons are some of the worst dragons i’ve ever seen.

pro of botw: i stumbled upon farosh by accident and my god the botw dragons are MAGNIFICENT.

did i mention the ss dungeons? because SERIOUSLY. like i said, i finally did one of the botw dungeons and it was..... stupid. yes, i was probably vastly op for it, but like. it was a single short puzzle, and then there’s a boss. whom i got so bored of fighting i bomb-arrowed it to death. and honestly if i can just bomb arrow something to death all willy-nilly, odds are i am disappointed with it. bc i distinctly remember being able to just bomb the fuck out of enemies in tp and tp is lowest on my list of tloz games.

also, items. god i LOVE the items you get in ss. ANOTHER GREAT MECHANIC INTRODUCED IN THAT GAME: SHOOTING ARROWS THROUGH GRATES. GOD HOW I LONGED TO DO THAT IN OOT. versus botw and oh your bow broke. oh you shield broke. oh your melee weapon broke. and if there’s a weapons/repair shop somewhere i haven’t found it yet. it’s one of those ~realistic~ aspects that make botw not feel like a tloz game to me. and GOD what i wouldn’t do for some CLAWSHOTS. OR AT LEAST A HOOKSHOT P L  E A S E .

it also comes down to enjoyability too. like sure, the aperture science sheikah shrine puzzles are fun and when i figure a stumper out i feel smart, but this isn’t portal 3. it’s a zelda game. and also? i never want to fucking do any of this again. ever. it’s so goddamn tedious. it will be years and and fucking YEARS before i ever start another playthrough of botw, simply bc it’s too much and just too fucking big. and i’ve already mentioned i’m on my third play of ss. it’s long, but when you’re going so linearly it doesn’t feel overwhelming, it’s just one task after another, and as someone who gets overwhelmed when too many things demand my attention at once, well god dammit if ss isn’t the perfect focus-based  distraction.

#i am having fun with botw but i still need to vent #ss is one of the most fun games i've ever played and it is FUN #i don't like it when people say it 'treats u like a child' bc newsflash: #it's a game meant for children. #it still fun as shit but ss really felt accessible to the entire fan base #Apple talks #to the tune of spam

[radramblog]

Nintendo Direct E3 Takes

Well we’re pretty much done with E3 at this point, and it looks like once again Nintendo is carrying the whole damn thing on their back.

This is obviously a bit biased, because I’m not really into the AAA gaming industry otherwise, and the only other potential announcement I cared about didn’t happen. You had one fucking job, Capcom. One job.

Anyway as I did last time this came around I’m giving some hot takes like every single other person on this godforsaken internet because innovation is dead and react culture is king. Shall we?

Smash DLC Fighter…10 or something idk

I mean, look. I was hoping for an indie representative. Kazuya isn’t really that. But on the other hand, Tekken rep is something I can still get behind. They’ve already got Street Fighter and Fatal Fury in there, might as well get Tekken. What’s next, Raiden from Mortal Kombat? Hell, might as well get some Rivals of Aether character in there, might as well, don’t even have to change much.

From what little we’ve seen of Kazuya’s kit, it looks like his gimmick is going to be…complicated input combos for special attacks. Hm. Well, it’ll probably be fine. People managed with Ryu, they’ll manage with Kazuya. I do appreciate that they gave this guy his demon form- I guess they had to make him jump somehow, huh?

 Life is Strange

I haven’t played the original Life is Strange, but I did watch a playthrough so I know how it goes. Don’t really know much about Before the Storm or 2, but I don’t think 2 is part of this collection anyway? Look I’m probably not going to buy this, but it’s probably good that it exists. The original was like, actual good rep, I think, so they’re probably not going to fuck this one up. New character is neat looking, good for them.

 A Bunch of games, I guess

Guardians of the Galaxy? Damn dude, did I ask?

Worms Rumble said it had 32-person multiplayer, which I was like well hang on how’s that going to work with turn-based Worms combat you’d be waiting for ever. Except it isn’t turn-based. And it looks like ass as a result. F.

Astria Ascending…I’m reading this name and I already forgot what this was. Sorry if you cared about it I suppose.

I know nothing of the Two Point…series, I guess? I keep on seeing Hospital pop up on either Steam or the eShop, and I’ve scrolled past it without thinking twice every single time. Not about to change that.

 Super Monkey Ball

I understand this series was a lot of fun for a lot of people, but it just looks miserable to me. With that said, I have seen some speedruns of these games that look incredible, so on that axis I’m happy this is getting made. Makes doing a marathon-length run of this a fair bit easier.

 Mario Party

Look I haven’t even gotten around to playing my (very fake) Mario Party 3 cart, you think I’m going to buy another 80 dollar game on top of that? Nah.

 Metroid

Yoooooooooooooo lets fucking gooooooooooooo

Okay so I’ve actually never beaten a Metroid game. Got some ways into Fusion and Super but didn’t complete either of them. But this looks super cool and good and I’m here for it. They mentioned that this was the first new 2D Metroid game in 19 years, which I guess means Fusion was the latest one.

…wait how many Metroid games are there even? Like, the original, Super, Fusion, the three Primes, and that one we don’t talk about…is that it? That feels a lot smaller than I thought it was, but I guess it adds up.

Just don’t cock it up, I guess. Metroid and Castlevania’s absence have left indie devs to fight for the Metroidvania name, and it’s about time the big boys got to come back around again.

 More bullshit

Just Dance 2022. Is this one also coming out on the Wii?

Some racing game that looks cheap as fuck, neato. Man I feel bad for the devs working on these absolute shovelware games, like I bet they’re either working hard or being worked to the bone. But this is what the result is. R.I.P.

It’s about 13 years too late for me to be caring about Dragon Ball. Especially since this is just a port. Next.

Mario Golf

I mean we saw this earlier this year. I don’t even know what was actually new in this presentation.

Bowsers outfit is fucking clean though. Once again proving himself the best Mario character.

 Monster Hunter

Fuck off Capcom. Y’all are leaving Mega Man in the fucking dust and he doesn’t deserve it.

I mean I guess ill get into it here, I mostly just wanted something, anything for the Mega Man Battle Network series. It’s their 20th anniversary, and we haven’t gotten shit so far. Literally just a MMBN collection for the switch, that’s all I want. They were even on the Wii U VC, you can just port those again, I don’t care fucking give it to me.

Anyway. Monhun? Ehhh they already showed this at their lacklustre presentation who cares.

 Warioware

Look I haven’t played this series before, it’s probably fun, but I’m not sure how they stretch microgame content out into a fully-priced game.

Also, the multiplayer looks kinda miserable? Like, in case Mario Party was a little too efficient for ruining friendships, now you can yell at one person specifically for fucking the both of you up, and vice versa. Wheeeeee.

 SMT5

Shoutouts to Squiggy, they’re super hype for this and I’m happy to see it. I personally again haven’t played this series, let alone Persona (though 4 is sitting untouched in my steam library, oops), but it looks pretty aight. I’m sure there’ll be a huge pile of demons to fuck up, or friend up, and some level of story that people will like (I have literally no idea what the plot of the series is), so. Atlus (?) has been at this for a long fucking time, they aren’t goofing this up.

 Danganronpa

Shirtless Rantaro Shirtless Rantaro  (shamelessly stolen from u/ AnaLissaMelculo on r/danganronpa)

I’m interested to see Talent Development Plan develop into it’s own fully fleshed out game. It was surprisingly good for a tacked-on minigame, and I hope that they’ll fully take advantage of its potential.

It also looks like the 4 games are releasing separately on Switch, but there is a physical collectors edition with all of them, and I mean, I can probably afford that, riiiiight?

R.I.P. Ultra Despair Girls fans, snubbed yet again. Ehhhh fuck it aside from the dialogue that game sucks ass so its fine.

 More stuff

Fatal Frame looks spooky, I guess. I dunno, I was talking to mates through half of this one so I basically missed it.

DOOM Eternal DLC, cool. I still haven’t finished the original.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater should be on the Switch, and now it is. Or, it will be, in a couple weeks. Good.

There’s something on this list of notes called Strange Brigade, and I have literally no idea what that is. Oops again.

Mario+Rabbids 2, now with a Rabbid Goth GF. I’m terrified to go on any fuckin NSFW platforms for the next couple weeks, because I’m sure everyone is drawing incredibly cursed hentai of that thing. Ubisoft sucks ass, fuck Ubisoft, don’t buy this.

 Advance Wars

This sure isn’t Fire Emblem. Actually when I was explaining to my mates why this was cool, I called it Fire Emblem but with tanks instead of waifus, except I forgot this game still has waifus. I know strategy nerds love this series, so for their sake I’m happy to see it remade. This just looks unbelievably cute.

 Zelda

Oh look, Hyrule Warriors 2 DLC, Zelda gets the motorbike now, cool who fucking cares we got more BOTW sequel footage

It does kinda bug me that people keep calling this BOTW 2, because there’s no way that’s what it’s going to be called. Zelda has never done numbered sequels. I mean, they’ve also very rarely done sequels at all, but there are a few- Phantom Hourglass is a sequel to Wind Waker iirc.

It is kinda funny that right after I was saying boo who cares to Skyward Sword remake (still mad this is one game and not a collection) that the new game clearly has SS-ass floating islands and such.

I was hoping we’d get to see Zelda do things this game. Apparently not, she’s stuck in a hole now. Or dead. A shame. But Link at least looks kickass, so.

Look, they could not say a single other thing until release and everyone would still buy this game. Breath of the Wild was an incredible enough game that so many things that vaguely resemble it get compared- Genshin Impact comes to mind. This is likely made by the same (or similar) team, in the same world, and it looks fucking incredible. We all know this is going to be a good game. My hot take isn’t going to change that.

 And that’s the tea, sis. All the shit that Ninty had in their corner of E3. It’s a pretty solid lineup! It looks like they are bringing their A-game. I was kind of surprised not to see any Pokemon stuff- while it usually gets its own direct these days, BDSP is really coming up soon and they kinda need to win back the crowd on that one.

Oh what am I saying, it’s fucking Nintendo, it’s too big to fail.

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