#nikki gets asked

[icameheretowinry]

On a scale of 1-10, how much do you like or love the first opening of The Ancient Magnus Bride.

10

It's honestly ridiculous how quickly this show has taken over my life ;;;

[bloodysparklez]

i'm obsessed with nikki's completely disproportionate response to this situation lmao

giovanni: mansplain manipulate manslaughter

nikki "gentle parenting is always the solution" lastname: how about MANNERS

[blueskittlesart]

pleeease give a review for infinity nikki ive been thinking about downloading it but i dont know if i have the space and if its worth it to clear some up for it !!!

as someone who spent HOURS on flash-based dollmakers as a kid, i absolutely love it. the gameplay hits somewhere between dressup game and open-world RPG, in that there's a large botw-like open map to explore, but the express purpose of exploring it is to unlock new clothes for your character. The exploration itself feels very calm and cozy most of the time, with the emphasis being on small collection tasks like fishing, bug-catching, and foraging. again, all of this is specifically to craft new outfits for nikki which you can both coordinate with no limitations to wear in the open world and use in scored styling contests with npcs, some of which reward you with game currency and some of which help you progress the story quests. the only place where i feel the gameplay truly suffers is in combat. you have one attack, and it's a ranged shooter, but there's no aim-assist whatsoever, and the mobile joystick isn't NEARLY sensitive enough to justify this. aiming in combat is one of the most difficult parts of the game, and nikki can only take 5 hits before she dies and has to respawn, making combat decently frustrating. However, there are very few places where combat is strictly necessary in-game, and both of the boss battles i've done so far had hitboxes large enough that it wasn't an issue; it's really in the open world against hordes of smaller enemies that the lack of targeting becomes really frustrating. other than that, though, the controls are fairly well-designed and intuitive, especially if you've played similar games before.

The clothes themselves are the star of the show, of course. I've yet to see a single clothing item in the game that I don't want. there's a good mix of fancy intricate outfit pieces and basics to obtain early-on, and without even touching the gacha you can coordinate some really cute outfits via in-universe boutiques and quests that reward you with clothes. Even the very obviously themed ability outfit sets that you craft early on almost always have a few pieces that are easy to mix and match with, so there's a TON of styling potential even for free players! As for the gacha, it's actually one of the more generous games i've played in terms of rewards and pity systems. My one complaint so far is that the 5-star gacha outfits especially seem to be very accessory-heavy, meaning it's possible to pull shoes, multiple necklaces, gloves, socks, and hairpieces before ever pulling the dress they're very obviously designed around. there is a pity mechanic to prevent this, but it requires you to pull a few too many times before your guarantee imo.

The story is ridiculous in a good way. It kind of reads like a 2000s-era barbie movie to me right now, in the best way possible. there's an amazingly predictable sexy villain, cute little flying creatures that follow you around, and every conflict is, of course, solved via clothes in one way or another. My absolute favorite thing about the writing, though, is how blatantly earnest it all is. at no point does the game poke fun at its own wacky concept or even attempt to make some self-aware joke about it to the player--it plays everything completely straight, and in this aspect it almost feels MORE self-aware. it knows that the kind of person who wants to play a dressup rpg is also the kind of person who does not, under any circumstances whatsoever, want to be questioned or made fun of for their love of fashion or their engagement with that game. It very much feels like the devs know that they're working with primarily girls and young women and a subject matter that those girls and young women are often looked down upon or made fun of for seriously engaging with, and so it promises to engage EXTRA-seriously to make up for that. (side note: there's one point in a story quest where, when asked to make a wish, nikki wishes that all girls never get cramps again. that was when i knew this was a game that knew its audience.) If I wanted to nitpick, i might say that every quest so far has sort of felt like an increasingly ridiculous trading sequence--you learn what you need to do very early on, but you'll always spend several hours of gameplay encountering obstacles and doing other smaller tasks to circumvent those obstacles so you can reach your original goal. this might annoy me more if the game was trying to market itself as a serious RPG, but it seems very self-aware to me, and despite how i'm describing it none of the quests ive played have actually FELT tedious. I think the fact that it's such a wild concept to begin with gives the writers a bit of leeway in how they handle the story quests, and because I as the player am aware i'm playing a dressup game I don't really expect quests to immediately get to the point and let me fight something. I will say that there are certain things that aren't super intuitive especially if you aren't a seasoned gacha rpg player, particularly the features relating to advancing your skills and the styling points of your clothing. though the game does technically explain what you need to do, it doesn't explain the RELEVANCE of the feature, just that it exists, so I had to lose multiple styling contests before I realized i could upgrade my clothing to get higher scores.

The final thing I'll talk about is performance. I'm playing the game on my iphone 13, and the performance is.... not great, i'm ngl. Off the bat, if you play the game on a mobile device, you're going to be getting a HEAVILY scaled-down version of the terrain graphics. all of those screenshots you see online of beautiful terrain full of flowers and particle effects are from ps5s or custom pcs. truthfully, the mobile app looks like a game from 2012 and it will still turn your phone into an incinerator. I've also encountered multiple graphics bugs, some during pivotal scenes, and I get consistent lags when playing for longer than a few hours, likely due to the strain on my phone's hardware. it's also an INSANE battery drain, so i only play when my phone is plugged in. All that being said, the game has been out for less than a week, so visual bugs are inevitable, and the developers have stated that mobile optimization is a priority, so hopefully we'll at the very least no longer have to overheat our devices to play it soon. Also worth noting, from what I've seen the rendering of the CLOTHING doesn't suffer AT ALL on mobile devices. presumably they sacrificed terrain rendering to allow for such beautiful texturing on the clothing itself, which, given that the clothing is the main focus of the game, I can't fault them for. Basically, if you're going to try to run an unreal engine game on your iphone, be aware that it will run like an unreal engine game on an iphone. and prepare yourself to have to let your device cool down every few hours.

tldr: i love the game so far. i'm really excited to keep playing and see where the story goes, and I think they should make more games for girls <3

[blank-house]

will any of the named npcs ever have custom sprites 🥺🥺

Yall tell me— that’s one of our stretch goals in the KS lol

[d1sc01nf3rn0]

Everybody has the theory that Armand turns Daniel out of anger; but my theory is that Daniel gets injured, or has like a heart attack or something (the guy is old and has parkinson's, and Louis was trashing his house okay?) and Armand is SCARED AF and ends up turning him out of fear of Daniel dying, like in the books.

And then Armand immediately regrets it, and nopes the fuck out of there; and instead of the Devil's Minion where we had Armand following Daniel, we will have Daniel searching for Armand.

Just think of it, it would be a nice comparison to the book.

[yandere-daydreams]

Oh, daydreams. Didn't you mention once being into Infinity Nikki? I heard there's a big problem at the moment :(

i've also heard that, but i have no idea what they're talking about T-T i think it's something to do with one of the five star outfits having more pieces than usual and/or a new open-world area being a little lackluster, but my most formative gacha game was obey me, so i'm kind of incompetent of objectively rating the playability of literally anything. we did get selfcest lesbians this update tho so. uh. overall there's a lot to discuss.

[liloinkoink]

Did You (C!Lew) ever win one of the 10 life games you played?

I would say he has lost multiple times seemingly because he in tibbys last episode said "you just lost the game"

It might been a silly thing but it can intale alot of lore

And how does lew feel about losing?

omg !! thank you for the ask abt my life series guy this is so exciting im honored. i never talk abt my life series character but i love this guy. uh. anyway.

“i would say he has lost multiple times” bruh harsh LMFAO. but yeah nah you’ve clocked me, i’ve never won. im never really trying to win tho

tbh, my mission is usually just to make it to the final session, which i think ive achieved every game except two (one of which my soulmate and i purposefully killed ourselves at the end of the second to last session bc we were gonna be busy the final session—honestly, we actually had a good shot at winning that one if we hadn’t taken ourselves out, probs the best shot i’ve ever had).

with life games… i do have a lot of thoughts on how i play this character and a fair amount of lore about him just bc there are SO many games. i will try and be. brief and on topic tho,

the character i play varies a bit every game i play, but my life series character in my head is always the same guy w all his memories. the way he Feels about each game and his role in it is always different, changing gradually with every game

that said, generally speaking… i ran the first ever life game i played, but had a friend do the admin controls for it. we were playing last life, but the datapack didn’t randomize boogeyman, so someone had to do it manually and it couldn’t be a player. my stand-in admin did not play, they just spectated. they called themself god for the game. they had permission to interfere if they wanted with gifts and stuff so long as it wasn’t game breaking. shortly before the start of the game, they told all the players that if anyone killed me on an altar to them, they’d get an extra life (this already reflected the fact most of the players were very excited to kill me specifically 😭 i am god’s favorite clown)

so. my life series character started his first-ever game knowing he was doomed by god, and that has not ever left him. he always considers himself doomed from the start. he knows he will lose, and he isn’t trying to win. he just wants to survive as long as he can before the end comes for him

love this over dramatic little shit. i do think this explains uh. some of why i am the way i am in life games tho LMFAO

also the. you just lost the game thing was. uh. i forgot that a lot of mcyt audience was younger than me. im so sorry gang. that was not intended to be lore that was a psychic damage spell for people in their 20s who saw this image posted by Everyone they knew when they were in middle school

[katiehoughton]

You finish each other's sentences? They're getting married.

I BELIEVE IN LOVE | 28x10

↳ for @forevervamps

[eternautayaoi]

chavales cuzach sexo 🤤🤤🤤

+ art i didnt liked eeuuuww

[theangrypomeranian]

BB Positivity Time! <3 What would be an ideal episode plot focusing on your favorite character? What about your favorite ship? Finally, your favorite familial/platonic relationship? Feel free to be as brief or or as detailed as you like!

From the bottom of my heart, I want an episode where Zeke works in the restaurant with the Belchers. I want Bob trusting him in the grill while he has to run out to help Teddy with something (that can be the B plot). I want Louise trying to pull him into shenanigans but him being like "no I was trusted here I gotta do this." I want Linda comforting him after he messes up some orders from stress and giving him a big ol hug. I want Tina seeing how reliable he is and warming up to him even more. Then I want Bob coming back and being impressed with his skills and telling him good job, which makes my boy tear up and smile so big. And if it ended with him and Tina complimenting each other and maybe JUST MAYBE her blushing, I could pass away peacefully. I am begging the writers for another episode with my boy just being with the family, that is all I want. 😭😭

[icameheretowinry]

hello, i'm a random person on tumblr with hyperfixation, and i just wanna say that skip to loafer (more specifically the manga but the anime is also pretty good) is great!!! i read all available chapters in practically one sitting and experienced a whole surplus of emotions. it's sweet, bittersweet, funny, complex, and just has a very calm and realistic (without being dry and boring, imo) atmosphere that i'm not very used to experiencing in anime/manga. it's sweet and fluffy without rotting your teeth, and when it deals with more mature topics, it never feels like it clashes with the tone or like it's trying too hard. the only real problem i have is that the manga only updates once a month, and i'm kind of dying without it.

Hi there! Thank you for such a detailed response! You have me SOLD. I'm def going to check out the anime for starters! 🫶🏻

[cruesuffix]

It's actually so annoying when i search 'Mick Mars' on tumblr or tiktok and the relevant posts are the other 3... like no i'm specifically looking for Mick content

People need to start learning how to correctly tag their posts (｡•́︿•̀｡)

THIS THIS THIS!!!!!

i absolutely HATE when ppl throw random shit in the mick mars tag. i go to that tag to see MICK not nikki, not tommy, not vince. idk why no one knows to just put their shit in the correct tags and keep it pushing. i literally have to battle with a bunch of nikki stans to get actual mick content in his tags it’s like so fucking annoying. i only ever use the nikki tags when i’m posting a pic with him in it, i don’t use any other tags when posting mick content. it’s not that hard and it would be so much easier for everyone if they just tag properly. some posts don’t even have any of the members in it and they still tag mick…

if mick is no where near any of the pics you post or the fanfics you post or just ANYWHERE in your posts STOP TAGGING HIM!!!!

ppl wonder why i spam post mick pics on the TL but if i didn’t you wouldn’t see ANY mick in his own damn tag!! it literally looks like he only has two fans and a handful of dust when you look at the mick mars tag cause everyone’s more content to post nikki on there… nikki has his own tag USE IT. put the fucking mick mars tag DOWN!!! (also more ppl need to make mick edits on tiktok i’m dying of no mick starvation over there!)

[blueskittlesart]

I haven’t gotten infinity nikki but I’ve played love Nikki on and off for like eight years and shining Nikki for a bit and I’m so happy you love infinity nikki like that’s my girl there. Did you know the world was cursed so that any act of violence caused people incredible pain so people just solved problems via styling contests. Did you know she was gay for a nepo capitalist. Her friend was murdered. Her cat says Damn

ok i thought they were just all really into clothes for no reason but that's infinitely better. tfw we can no longer do violence so we have to beat each other up via fashion shows

[babsvibes]

Ask Time! Gut reaction or thoughtful response: You decide! favorite business owner, favorite carnie, favorite student, favorite teacher, favorite unaffiliated (Your ask box won't let me properly format T_T)

Oooo let’s do it, let’s see, this is such a good variety of characters to pick from. I’m going with non-Belchers here to keep things fair

Favorite business owner: Patricia of Patricia’s 77 Sandwiches because she’s hardworking and funny and she called Bob a bread pervert

Favorite carnie: Unnamed redheaded woman in Lucky Ducks. If I knew her as a kid, she would have let me try her Bud Light before also letting me run straight into a sliding glass door

Favorite student: Harley. She knows Louise is scary and admits that to her face but still says she’s excited about Louise coming to soccer practice like she’s got layers

Favorite teacher: Labonz. She goes to strip clubs and will fight off an angry dog, which you know makes her the best teacher they’ve got at Wagstaff

Favorite unaffiliated: it’s Logan, it will always be Logan, if there is a question posed to me then Logan is the answer, and we all know this

Thank you for sending the ask and doing this wave! I hope everyone else is showing their gratitude too because sending a bunch of asks with a limit is a pain in the ASS

[necrotic-nightshade]

Random question for the YNFG fans here:

I've been playing Yume 2kki lately and I'm kinda curious what all y'alls favorites areas are. I really like Cutlery World, the Cocktail Lounge, and Bleeding Mushroom Garden :]

[yandere-daydreams]

Honestly, who’s your favorite to write about? I see a lot of stsg but im curious as to which one is the it boy for you. Maybe someone else?

hmm,,,, it does shift pretty often, and i'm so incredibly influenced by whatever fictional character you people are willing to talk about with me, but i think the character i've been most desperate to drag into literally any conversation at the moment would have to be satoru T-T there's just something so captivating about his homosexual tendencies and unending angst to me. i don't want him to be my favorite, but alas, here we are.