#this game grinds my gears

[ganondoodle]

im pretty sure i mentioned all these things before but its too late to start drawing anything and each time i see someone talk about totk i just get sad and frustrated again

literally by FAR the biggest problem about totk is that it REFUSES to connect to botw in any way beyond reusing the same map and character models, and even taking the things botw had established and ruin them entirely

ancient hero? BAM weird sonau dog thing that remains completely unexplained and out of nowhere eight heroine myster- BAM just some guy long gone sonau peopl- BAM here they are and they have zero connection to the ones of botw mystical dragons gracing the skies with their presence- BAM probably some dude who ate a magic pebble once strange mystical nature god you could rarely encounter in one specific spot and the area was made to feel utteraly unsettling but also divine- BAM now hes everywhere and only serves you as a shorthand for man pointing at cave the strange energy all shiekah tech was powered with with certain locations being ones where alot of it was concentrated including beneath hyrule castle clearly stating that somethings up with that- welp theres evil guy donw there but he has zero connection to all that lol

the whole shiekah tech thing, i just- WHY???? LIKE THAT??? there was so much stuff in botw that seemed deliberately placed that there IS more to it and now it all vanished and nothing of that mattered??? i saw a video of someone comparing certain places directly and on some where towers literally broke away tons of debris where just like .. sanded back down like nothing ever happened???; the fuking mechanism of how the towers and shrines and the pillars around the castle worked AND WHAT THE BOTW BOSS ARENA WAS ACTUALLY FOR?? its all gone and replaced with dirt; tHE ANCIENT FUCKING FURNANCES UTTERLY GONE AND REPLACED WITH ROCKS HUH???? so nothing of all that talk about their mystery and mechanism mattered???? the luminous stoens and its connection to spirits and how concentrated spiritual energy might have been what powered the tech- like you could connect things, and they made SENSE, so much sense that that seemed like it was intentionally setting up- only for it all to be just GONE?? to literally say lol it all vanished and that we shouldnt worry about it- like what the FUCK (and it also AGAIN doesnt make sense in itself bc WE SEE GUARDIAN PARTS in the towers, and some parts of them too are made of clearly shiekah tech stuff so it cant all have vanished- all their mystery doesnt matter bc idk it just works i guess lol and its not even called shiekah tech at any point either its just there and also not lol-)

(and even the smaller things like .. where the fuck does link live if everyone treats him like a goddamn stranger in the town you had to buy a house in botw for it to not be demolished and now that house is there but its not yours and noone knows you??? sth i personalyl found strange too that dumsda, the guy you help build an entire town, taburasa, had a very specific talking quirk i loved, and its all just gone in totk too, he talks like any other person all of the sudden

also at the end of botw finally being reunited with zelda and giving you the taste of being in the game WITH her at the same time in the intro to totk- WOOP away she goes! shes your pretty prize at the end and nothing more, what a way to disrespect her and her character..)

imagine if majoras mask didnt have the opening like it has and it otherwise stayed the same and they tried to tell you that its a direct sequel happening exactly where ocarina of time happened in the same world, zelda who?? ganondorf who??? things seem weird and off? lol dont worry about that :)) that would be weird and not make any sense at all now would it??

... sorry going on another rant again, ill just never be able to accept everything from botw didnt actually matter, and despite what some people might say, its pretty hard to ignore totk bc i LOVE botw, and as much as i hate it, they are connected in canon, even if it makes no sense

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #totk #ganondoodles rants #i know im jsut repeating myself at this point #but some things just #i CANNOT understand why they did it like this #where the hell did kashiwa go man #i miss that funky bird #was he too much associated with botw and so it had to be done away with bc all botw things BAD?? #what i would have given for seeing the titans now enshrined as temples to honor their service and their champion #to have broken shiekah shrines in the depths #old research labs with unreadable text but clear hints to how they made the guardians cores #the yiga rediscovering their lost heritage #.. #i could talk about so much stuff again and again but i have done that about most thigns already #this game grinds my gears #sand in the maschine #ouch urhg ack gah

[breezypunk]

Lone Wolf.

#cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cyberpunk screenshots #cyberpunkedit #cyberpunk aesthetic #cp77 #cp77edit #gamingedit #dailygaming #virtual photography #gaming photography #goro takemura #takemura goro #takemura tuesday #my screenshots #breezy's queue #☼ #there's something about a hot dirty nomad that gets my gears grinding #i miss nomad goro so much why am i not doing more of it? :'(

[m3llowm1sh]

(BRAWL TALK SPOILERS)

I REALLY DONT LIKE THIS SKIN…. IM SORRY COLETTE FANS………….

#ISNT SHE CANONICALLY A TEEN WHY DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE A SKIN FOR THE WEIRDOS……….. #LIKE IK HER AGE IS HEAVILY DEBATED UPON BUT SHE IS 10000% LIKE 16-BARELY 18 AT THE BARE MIMIMUM #arafsghhhhhhh staring at it really grinds my gears in a really bad way #but also i might be looking too into things and its prob just a cute kawaii skin but STILL. it makes me feel uncomfortable tbh… #ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A KIDS GAME #IT DOESNT EVEN LOOK LIKE HER…… I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BRALWR…… #this whole update is not my thing tbh im sorry #except for the spike skin the spike skin slayssss #the hypercharges r also kinda cool too cause theyre actually starting to be unique #i think the only one that wasnt cool was edgars #brawl stars

[ghostcrows]

please pleas please tell youtubers that "cozy games" is not a genre...you are almost always describing farm/life sims...can you just call it that. for me <3

#look i know im being a hater but people calling animal crossing a 'cozy game' it just grinds my gears

[stairset]

Not to be crass but I think if DC actually goes through with James Gunn’s stupid ass “use the movie actors in DC games and shows instead of voice actors” idea then literally every single living voice actor who has ever voiced any DC character in anything ever should be legally allowed to take turns beating his ass into the ground.

#i am so fucking sick of voice actors not getting the respect they deserve jesus christ #it has been proven NUMEROUS times that screen actors recording lines for games or animation almost always sound fucking terrible #like 99.9999999999% of the time they just phone it in there are VERY few exceptions #also the fact this was announced less than 3 months after kevin conroy's death. THAT grinds my fucking gears like no tomorrow #shut up tristan

[revenantghost]

Every time I see someone baffled at the almost-entirely female cast of Signalis, and yet never see any questioning of the common almost-entirely-male casts of other games, I’m just like

#Signalis #Signalis Game #It's so funny because I legit didn't notice at all first round through #It did occur to me afterward but like #It's just a bit irritating that if it were all dudes it probably wouldn't be nearly as much of a question #Maybe there IS worldbuilding reason behind it #But how people word it #THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A REASON #It just really grinds my gears man #If ANYTHING #My question is why the replikas have gender #But it's more of a pondering thing not something I'm gonna NEED AN ANSWER on

[itsagrimm]

Something tells me that König did not have a usual childhood not just because of anxiety.

He entered military service with 17, which requires parental permission. Many kids in the german speaking countries still go to school when 17. König's parents being okay with their kid not pursuing education, which is highly socially expected of young people in all german-speaking countries, but instead actively allowing him to join the army, is extremely unusual.

Also, the military does not have the same social standing in Austria or Germany as let's say in the USA. It is not a very common thing people do here - especially minors.

Like, did his parents want him gone? Or did they actually felt like that was the best choice for their son because of circumstances unknown to us? Or did 17-year-old-König convince his parents AND the enlist officer to allow him to join the army somehow, giving an anxiety plagued teen a gun? And what kind of environment would allow that?

#i am fascinated #okay let's say his family really wants their son to go to the army which already would be a red flag here btw bc nazis #who in their right mind would want to have an apparently very anxious teenager yield a gun #also why not send him to cadet school then or the military university #how did he end up essentially a field soldier and not an officer #it does not make sense my knowledge of the real life military and the cod lore do not add up and it grinds my gears #anyway könig sounds like you had a shit childhood and i am holding carefully in my hands like a little cute fluffy animal #unless you are a nazi and that was the reason you joined then sorry no #yeah yeah tell me again COD is an UNPOLITICAL GAME buahaha #könig #cod #könig cod #cod mwii #könig mw2 #könig call of duty

[sparkylurkdragon]

Nintendo: We set Breath of the Wild 10,000 years in the future so we could soft-reboot the series, because we got tired of keeping track of the different timelines. Breath of the Wild can act as both an entry point for newcomers and a good game for veterans because they can imagine whatever timeline they like being in its past. We don't care.

Also Nintendo: Anyway so here's our sequel to Breath of the Wild, in which much of the story takes place 10,000 years ago with events that make it incompatible with the three timelines we talked about before since it ignores/reboots the events of the game that split the timeline in the first place. :)

#original posts #I think this is a large source of what's grinding my gears so much about the game's story #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers

[redhead-reporter]

º ✧ 。 hi good morning happy friday just a friendly reminder that what we're NOT gonna do is stand for any harry and mj's friendship ERASURE in this house. this girlie pop did not SCREAM and sprint down the stairs just because "her boyfriend's bestie" came back...

yes, ofc, harry and pete have been friends for longer and are MUCH closer to one another. yes they have a BOND that mj isn't a part of and never will be. but don't you dare stand there and act like harry osborn doesn't ADORE mary jane watson all on her own and love the fuck outta her. don't you try and tell me that mj was only over at harry's apartment after getting attacked in the tunnels because they were mutually worried about pete - she was there because she feels SAFE with him around and she was scared to death. because they LEAN on each other when they're at their weakest.

he doesn't just STAN the two of them together because pete's happy - he does it because they're BOTH happy

THEY. ARE. ALSO. CLOSE. FRIENDS. and you frankly cheapen the emotional impact of the choices harry makes under the influence of the symbiote at the end of the game when you IGNORE that and just focus on the boys.

#can't believe we've only had this game a WEEK it feels like a lifetime #is that because i've been consuming this content for like twelve hours a day every day ? mind your business #but yeah this has been grinding my gears lately ever since the tone shift in act 2 got pointed out to me #i blame sparrow and nadia for my feelings they kill me ok BYE #º ✧ 。 for love and loss until the end mj && harry #º ✧ 。not the girl i was or used to be insomniac verse #º ✧ 。sm2

[toshio]

GAMERS!!! attention attention

just wanted to say that if u own a nintendo switch and u LOVE jrpgs/adventure/fantasy type anime esque games u should 200% download and play octopath traveler 2. it came out like a month ago but. hear me out. it’s so damn good and i’ve been addicted to it!

(also if you didn’t play the first game dw. it’s not connected story-wise so u can just buy the second one). entire game is about $60 usd but trust me it’s worth every penny, the demos are also free in the switch e-shop if you wanna dip your toes in!

if you’ve NEVER heard of it, it’s basically like pixelated jrpg style from the 90s but it has a modern twist on it (made with unreal engine so you know it’s gonna look stunning). simply put, it’s an absolute love letter to those pixelated sprites that we all know and love and grew up with. but with 3D elements & particle effects and stuff, also did i mention there’s lots of angsty traumatic cutscenes about the 8 main characters in the game and almost everything is beautifully voice acted? (like fking seriously. no spoilers but ALL of these 8 characters you play as have traumatic backstories except one character it’s hilarious. we love fictional trauma, mama)

in terms of playstyle - i always compare it to pokemon but better. i grew up loving pokemon but this game has a way better battle system than pkmn, it’s like your typical turn-based JRPG but it has way more elements to it that make it much more engaging and rewarding to follow. also all of the characters talk and grunt and say ~*~anime protagonist~*~ energy quotes while they’re beating up giant demon worms in the desert or giant sharks in the ocean. like holy fuck it’s so epic and DID I MENTION if you’re a weeb you can literally change the voice acting to japanese if you really prefer that (you fucking weebs, i see you).

i’m gonna try to wrap it up because i could literally talk about this absolute modern cult classic series by square enix for hours, the game is AMAZING and i promise you will not regret picking this up. it actually bothers me how little people talk about this game but i don’t mind because it’s an absolute gem to the gaming community. if you’re wondering who my favorite character from octopath 2 is, it’s this guy above ^ named partitio. his lore is basically that he’s a merchant that wants to defeat poverty LIKE HELLO we love a himbo who wants to dismantle capitalism...but anyways. *mic drop* play octopath traveler. NOW.

#i literally come on this website to dump an entire essay about my hyper fixation for the month and then disappear #i would like to deeply apologize #but yeah if any of y'all try this game out lmk in my inbox!!! you will be entertained for many many hours connecting with the characters #and grinding them all out and upgrading their gear and stats and whatnot #did i mention exploring the sea with ur own customizable ship #ok but seriously if ur reading my tags still go play octopath now wyd

[dilfmikelarteta]

hate is a strong word, but I hate bruno fernandes so much that I’d knock his goofy little teeth out if I saw him walking down the street

#his continuous diving is what really grinds my gears #just throws himself on the floor for what? #I’m not even watching the game but I got the notification #and it was just enough to make my bloody boil

[rohirric-hunter]

Update on the Deadly Defender's Bow situation: according to the LotRO companion, there are a total of eleven bows that share this appearance. Two of them, however, I believe are not actually accessible in game, the Ashwood Recurve Bow and Tanglind, leaving me with nine options. I've put detailed information about each bow under the cut, but the short summary is this:

In Eriador, I might be able to find the Deadly Defender's Bow. It seems to be intended as a sort of Ultimate Weapon for level 40 characters, and has been in the game since very early in its development. My suspicion is that it was intended for "endgamer" players before Angmar was even open, and that I will actually find it on level 37-40 enemies, rather than 40 and above (as it isn't terribly uncommon in early game areas to find gear a few levels above whatever you're actually fighting, so you can "grow into it"), so I've been hunting around the endgame areas of Evendim and the Trollshaws, but without much luck on either count. Some challenges include the fact that the game doesn't appear to consider Gauredain to be "humanoid" based on the loot they drop (or rather the loot they don't drop), so I've pretty much been restricted to Angmarim and a handful of tomb-robbers in Evendim and the wights and hillmen in that one tiny corner of the Trollshaws.

In Moria and Lothlorien, there are 5 possible bows that might have the appearance I want: the Bow of Bluffing (58), the Masterful Bow of Extermination (52), two variations on the Supple Bow (59), and the Swift Bow (54). From my brief excursions into Moria I also think these might be found on enemies a few levels below the actual bow's level. Also, none of these names are unique. There are lots of bows with these names in Moria. There's more information about that below the readmore.

And in Mirkwood there are 3 possible bows: a different Bow of Bluffing (62) and two more variations on the Supple Bow (63). Again, these aren't unique names, more information below.

I'm not asking anyone to go on a hunt for this bow (I've been hunting for this bow for almost two years with no luck) but if you do see it, please let me know, and any information on where you got it from is much appreciated! This is the appearance I'm looking for:

(Low quality screenshot but it's the bow new Hunter characters hold during the first stage of character creation. And beautiful. Look at how beautiful.)

More information about each bow under the cut, as well as links to their LotRO Build cards for even more information.

Deadly Defender's Bow Rare item Item level: 42 Min. level: 40 Bind on Acquire

Ashwood Recurve Bow Rare item Item level: 75 Min. level: 75 Bind on Acquire Note: The LotRO Companion includes a table of scaling information for this item which I believe it didn't include a few months ago (though I could be misremembering), showing scaling information from level 45 to 140. It's possible it's in incorporated into scaling loot tables, possibly to facilitate item drops in missions, though unlikely, as it still has the -10% Fire-arrow Miss Chance attribute, which still, as far as I can tell, doesn't refer to an actual skill in game. LotroBuild seems to indicate that this is a Hunter skill of some sort, but I have no idea which one, and still categorize this item as "probably obsolete" and "most likely just the item that the character creator screen references." (Besides, why would there be a level 75 bow with specific references to Hunter skills when level 75 Hunters ought to have a LI? That would be silly. Although to be fair I got all the way to 120-something before I sat down and really put work into getting myself a proper LI.)

Bow of Bluffing I* Rare item Item level: 58 Min. level: 58 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate wooden chests.

Bow of Bluffing II* Rare item Item level: 62 Min. level: 62 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate backpacks, corpses, and wooden chests.

Masterful Bow of Extermination* Rare item Item level: 52 Min. level: 52 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate wooden chests.

Supple Bow I** Rare item Item level: 59 Min. level: 59 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate wooden chests.

Supple Bow II** Rare item Item level: 59 Min. level: 59 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate wooden chests.

Supple Bow III** Rare item Item level: 63 Min. level: 63 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate backpacks, corpses, and wooden chests.

Supple Bow IV** Rare item Item level: 63 Min. level: 63 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate backpacks, corpses, and wooden chests.

Swift Bow** Rare item Item level: 54 Min. level: 54 Bind on Equip Note: According to the LotRO Companion, this item can sometimes be found in level-appropriate wooden chests.

Tanglind Legendary item Item level: 35 Min. level: 35 Bind on Acquire Note: This is a Hunter class item. It's also the only non-rare item on the list. A level 35 legendary item is already a bit odd, but it gets odder; it appears to be part of a set of level 35 legendary weapons that all share similar brief descriptions along the same lines: Tanglind's is, "Bow Song, legendary Elf-bow of Forest of Brethil." There is also a crossbow, Ferediron, which is class-restricted, but aside from that none of the other weapons are class items, although a few of them are unique. My suspicion is that this series of weapons were meant to be rewards for some kind of quest or deed in game that was never implemented, especially since the inconsistencies in construction make me feel like the series isn't even properly finished yet. And nobody I've talked to has ever found any of these weapons in game. (I wonder if they might implement them as rewards for class deeds, now that you don't get trait points from that anymore? Or something similar, anyway.) In any event, I'm not spending any time looking for this one.

*Items marked with a single star do not have unique names. There are lots of bows in the game with this name. However, if they only have a single star they can be differentiated by their level and rarity: the only rare quality bow of that level with that name has the desired appearance. **Items marked with two stars cannot be distinguished by their level and rarity: there are several rare quality bows of that level with that name and not all of them have the desired appearance.

#lotro #oh yeah and just in case its not clear #the roman numerals are just to differentiate between different bows with the same name for the sake of this discussion #they dont have roman numerals in game #so the plan is: put a couple of alts through vol. ii #a hunter because i think bows in general and rare bows specifically drop more often for them #and a burglar for the treasure tracking skill that will let me find containers #ive already tried non scaling instances and just running around killing mobs and it just isnt working #hathelling is the right level to start moria so maybe him #and i have a handful of hunter alts i can grind to 50 reasonably quickly #coupla lp grinding alts still knocking around that can make themselves useful #(i keep em around after ive got all the lp from them to get extra task quests for other characters) #oh and one other note re: the deadly defenders bow specifically #i think i might be able to get it from the unmarked trail #as i have gotten level 40 bows from enemies in that instance and rare 42/40 gear #but not rare bows. but theoretically its possible #but you have to understand ive run it on a hunter like 32 times. at least #i dont think its an efficient use of my time at this point

[injuries-in-dust]

Mobile ads be like "Only a genius level IQ can solve this puzzle!"

The puzzle in the ad:

#mobile ads #bullshit #annoying #You know what really grinds my gears? #if I have to see one more ad for State of Survival #or Raid Shadow Legends #i will not be held responsible for my actions #Why do the ads never actually show what the game is like?

[gothamcityneedsme]

so far smtiv is like the only one that's really fun to replay on new game plus because of how armor works in that game, even at 99 if you fuck up you CAN get killed.

#shitpost #i think it would be the same in smtiva IF NOT for the twisted tokyo dlc and the level cap remover #and the grinding for incenses #which you HAVE to do if you want to get deeper into twisted tokyo #but then twisted tokyo becomes the only challenge remaining #so its like. thats why i got addicted to twisted tokyo. lol. #trapped in there for weeks. #but yeah. anyways. smtiv is the only game that isn't completely trivialized by ng+ and thats part of why its the best #especially if you put on some low level gear too #it makes the game feel difficult without being a full restart with you losing everything #the games are always best on totally fresh new runs though #like my smtiva challenge run lol

[danggirlronpa]

🔥

My toxic trait is that the moment someone makes a joke about Kirumi being a mom I can no longer respect any of their thoughts on any characters. If you are so incapable of seeing women who enjoy helping others as anything other than mother figures that you will consistently reference it to a character who says outright several times that she HATES being called that or considered in that way. That's a you problem. And I don't trust your ability to look at characters as they are outside of initial impressions. (obvious disclaimer if you just skipped over those dialogues: you are so valid, now you know!)

#this is aggressive im not yelling at anyone its just a huge pet peeve #the disrespect this fandom has for kirumi simply grinds my gears #talk to the mod #its fine its supposed to be controversial #anon #ask game #hot takes #asks

[softpine]

i love casper’s blender model because it’s the only time you can see how many freckles he really has :’)

#i added all the shoulder freckles now that he's in the sun 24/7 #he hasn't worn sunscreen a single time since leaving home.... bad! bad! #not that you could even tell in-game lmao #ts4 texture sizes will forever grind my gears i will neverrrr understand why they made the map so small #also hi i'm alive but i'm still miserable #trying to work on sims stuff but it hurts to sit upright at my computer #so it's very slow going 😭 #nonsims