#i'm getting frustrated by twitter and bluesky. could you tell

[sodafrog13]

we should just burn every social media website to the ground and start communicating primarily through carrier pigeons i think

[barbatos-sama]

i started playing a new gacha game that's kind of like gembin but it's very girly and instead of wishing for characters you wish for clothes and the whole world and lore is centered around magic clothes n shit ahdhfj. it cute and the game itself looks really good visually, and like most gacha games its free.

something that surprised me and turned me off though is that when wishing for outfits you aren't actually pulling for the entire outfit, you have to pull it piece by piece and its random which pieces you get. that's A Lot for me, it really complicates the wish system imo. you get five stars more often but if you really want the full set of a specific outfit i would imagine over all you'd need to wish Way More than in gembin. it honestly feels a lot more stingy and predatory to me because like, lets see i got about 80 free wishes from just signing up and playing a little right? i didn't get a single full outfit with 80 wishes. that includes Three Star outfits. i imagine trying to get a limited five star outfit in its entirety would be really hard especially if you were trying to be free to play. it really tanked my interest in the game. don't get me wrong they give you a few free full outfits so ur character isn't walking around looking like a disaster but the whole thing just seems like, kind of ridiculous for lack of a better word.

i think it really targets completionists since they'll undoubtedly end up with incomplete outfits, and that combined with an addictive personality could lead to someone wishing a whole shit ton to complete outfits. and in general there's just More To Get in this game which would incentivize gambling more. i'm not going to defend gembin since it's a gacha game but it's way less complicated in my opinion?? there's characters and weapons that's it. you wish for a character, you get the character. you wish for a weapon you get a weapon. you can wish for constellations/refinements but they're only small improvements to the characters/weapons, not a necessity. in this game though since you have to wish piece by piece there's so Many different categories of clothes. hair, hats, dresses, skirts, shorts, tops, socks, shoes, hair accessories, bags, bracelets, necklaces, some even have Gloves and other specific accessories like Wands. and if i wasn't already turned off by having so many different things needed to complete a set, imagine my reaction when i learned there's MAKEUP too. eyebrows, eyelashes, lipstick, eyeliner, contacts, blush. some of these makeup looks had such little difference i couldn't even tell them apart.

the reason i'm even comparing it to gembin is because the reason i tried it out was that i saw ppl on bluesky and twitter praising it and saying it was better than gembin, but now that ive played it im like?? the only real thing in common that the two games have is that they're gacha games with exploration, there's little reason to compare the two beyond that at least from what i've played so far? there's no combat in this game, no characters to build, and the lore and story seems very simple compared to gembin's extremely detailed and expansive lore. i'm not saying they're Wrong for liking this new game more but what i am saying is that the games aren't really comparable, the reason you guys like it more is because it's a different Genre, this is a casual experience focusing a lot on dress up with some exploration. gembin is heavily combat based, they're just not the same kind of game. it's just kind of frustrating seeing people clowning on gembin and praising a game that i think is more greedy and predatory.

there are 450 pieces of clothing/accesories/etc in this game as of right now apparently, and the game just released a few days ago. if it follows the typical gacha formula they will be adding more and more items frequently so there will be even more stuff to wish for coming out frequently, so realistically there is no way to actually complete every outfit unless you're rich as balls.

[aidenlyons]

Rocco finally made his way to Strangerville. Someplace he never intended to return. He spent years here when he was in the military. But he's got a job to do and more than that, he's curious about Mr. Lyons' potential connection to The Ghost.

(lot by Simlicy, edited slightly)

The room Rocco rented is crappy but he's stayed worse places. What surprises him more is the face that greets him.

R: What are you doing here, Derrick?

D: You think you could hang up on me and I'd just let it go? You were asking about the Ghost.

(Derrick by Sean_olney on Twitter/X/BlueSky)

Reluctantly, Rocco allows the other man inside.

R: And I said it was need to know.

D: I need to know.

R: No, you don't.

D: Rocco. You haven't been back since you got out. Now you're here, asking about Ghost. Yeah, I need to know.

Rocco growls, pissed to be here and deal with the plumming military again. Even if it comes in the form of a former teammate.

R: It's got nothin' to do with you, D. I got a job, this is a weird ass lead. That's it.

Derrick rolls his eyes.

D: Shouldn't've called me, then.

D: You got me involved the minute you called. Now, I can make this easier and help, or I can make this harder for you. Your call.

Rocco glowers. He knows Derrick is right and he hates it. It'll go a lot easier if he has someone helping him get into military files.

Rocco sighs, tries to push back his general frustration.

R: Fine. I can't give you all the details. There's someone I'm looking into and their father is, well.. MIA. But in a weird way. Weird like the shit we dealt with.

D: Ghost, weird?

R: Yeah. No one remembers him. No one.

D: You think it's more than data scrubbing?

R: You can't data scrub memories. And no one remembers him. Plus, I got some disturbing holes in my memory.

D: You think Ghost is supernatural?

R: You tell me, D.

D: Not any I've heard of. They've been quiet for years, tho.

D: Not saying it's not possible, Rocco. Watcher knows the things we saw. There's not much information on the Ghost.

R: Look again. Look deeper. Is there still that library in the old base?

D: You're not serious.

R: You think I got a choice?

Derrick sighs. They probably don't.

Derrick didn't want to go back to that base either. But he would. If only to help repair their friendship.

R: That shitty bar still standing? The one with the cheap beer and great fries?

Derrick laughed, trust Rocco to remember that.

D: Yeah it is. C'mon. First round's on me.