#videogames recap

[dany36]

was trying to remember which games i completed this past year and wow....can't believe i played through 4 (four) tales games in 2022! yeah........i'm definitely taking a break from tales games before picking up xillia 2 lol. this year i hope to not only complete xillia 2 but also give a long-awaited second playthrough to berseria and maybe finally complete phantasia. then with the symphonia remaster coming out soon that's at least 4 more tales games that i'll be playing through this year as well :)

other than that, looking forward to picking up sonic frontiers, the forbidden west dlc, and of course the new zelda. oh and i guess in december play through the xc3 dlc which hopefully will be decent enough....

will be another busy year of gaming that's for sure :)

[migueruta]

The beautifull melody «Love Deterrent» video recapping the Story of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes - video by Migueruta

[dausy]

So I plan on finishing an illustration today and hopefully get it uploaded. I have a tentative first day at a new job tomorrow and now I'm stressing over that.

but also I spent the entire day out of town yesterday. We took our first ever outdoor rock climbing trip yesterday and I think all of us are feeling it today.

I felt kind of bad because I didn't have a chance before January to talk about some stuff I accomplished last year of all my hobbies and what I wanted to accomplish this year. So I figured I'd do a looksy backsy and ramble for a bit. Hopefully with cute divider icons if tumblr formats correctly.

so anyway, art related stuff. This time last year I was really wanting to try and build my own stationery set to sell at a local craft fair. Have to admit moving makes this seem too far out of reach. I do kinda feel like abandoning tiktok for youtube. Even though tiktok has the majority of my everything right now. Im at the moment enjoying the bloggy style rambling of youtube. I already have quite a few projects that I want to do but I feel like its been so long since I've uploaded an illustration that I need to do that first. I also have quite a few art supplies that I want to buy..maybe with like my first paycheck.

Games, last year I somehow managed to utilize my switch a lot. That thing went up on a shelf for a long time after animal crossing a few years ago and this past year I pulled it out quite a bit. I really need a goodreads but for video games so I can track what I've played because my memory is getting so bad. I played quite a few cozy games like ooblets and disney dreamlike valley but I also did some jrpgs like Atelier Sophie and Xenoblade Chronicles. I did just download harvestella as a break from xenoblade but I did enjoy the style of that game and would kind of like to play its sequels. I also at some point had meant to play Octopath traveller because I'd never played it and the sequel is out/coming out soon and the sequel looks better than the original imo.

The bulk of my playing though was Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel. I played Assassins Creed Valhalla before that too so that was A LOT of open world explorey explorey, one right after another. I played HZD and immediately started Forbidden West immediately. I was really brain dead at the end. I get into insane map clearing mode and I cannot do anything until the map is clear. I really liked the idea of the story and I liked the open world nature. I originally wasn't interested in the game because of the machinery involved. Im more of a mystical dragons and castles person but I actually did really like the idea. I had some issues with the execution of the story. It taking itself so seriously yet being so cartoony at the same time. Ill play the triquel but I wasn't thrilled with HFW really.

Books. Previous year I did a personal challenge of trying to read 100 books and I think I got to 98. So I was a bit burnt out this past year. I did read more than I thought. Think I thought I read maybe 15 but I counted and read about 33 not including the Harry Potter Philosophers stone reread that I read in spanish. I do plan hopefully to read book 2 in spanish this year. I'm studying spanish and HP is such a familiar story I think it makes the language less daunting.

My favorite books were definitely Legends and Lattes and Home Before Dark by Riley Sager.

This year I have no real plans to read any sort of amount and I dont want to feel pressured to do so. I'm finishing some books that I didn't complete before 2022 ended. I finished 5 Days at Memorial right before the clock hit midnight practically on 2023 and it made me so angry at the medical field. I added 2 more medical books to my tbr. Ill finish 2 more books that are halfway done probably in the near future and then I don't know what else to read.

Ill admit trying to film art for youtube really interupts ones audiobook experience. I may just ditch books for ambient music.

[panameurhuard]

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[shegatsby]

Hear me out — Reader saves Hannibal from some sort of “his ass was this -> <- far away from being caught by fbi & friends in the dumbest way possible” scenario. They don’t want his gratitude, money or gifts but instead worm their way into his office, home & kitchen — which we all know is his life. Disrespecting his desk by using it as a chair while he works, shuffling papers around, molesting his multitude of couches & books, re-arranging his coffee station, moving all the huge / weird and not nice to use cutlery to the bottoms of the holders. This plus other things that he doesn’t know if it’s slowly driving him insane or if he’s being brainwashed when he starts preferring their ways of organized chaos.

But then they also do less annoying things, like always walking around with only socks inside. Taking over a small section of his fridge / freezer. Tugging on his apron, jacket, sleeve - anything they can reach to get his attention. Pointing out the neighborhood cats that often sunbathe in his garden; with little recaps of some of their antics. Using non-metal cooking utensils in his pots and pans. Filling the bottom drawer of his desks with mini snack packs and tiny chocolates. Giving his patients or colleagues odd nicknames - usually to do with their actions or an item of clothing they were wearing when they accidentally met Reader. Playing videogames or reading on the top floor while he has patients & then making a short comment or 2 occasionally when they leave. Getting a very plush and huggable animal pillow and leaving it on his bed — the first few weeks it will get moved to the top of the dresser when he goes to bed, shooting it with untrusting side eyes. And then later it gets moved to the empty side. And every so often when he cooks Reader will sneak up on him & just hug him from behind, moving wherever with him and eventually letting go when they have energy for the world again or when their meal is ready.

Sorry this got so specific! You’re free to ignore any of it lol! I was thinking fem or GN reader. Reader also probably knows about his dietary quirks and isn’t that bothered - their own quirk is that they view vegetables as a luxury and will clear anything and everything he makes of the sort; while also making sure to leave some for their lunch the next day.

A/N; Hi! Sorry it took me a while to post, I was busy with work. Sorry for any typos, enjoy!

Warnings; None.

When Hannibal Lecter looked at you from afar, his mind went back to the time where you changed his entire life. 3 years ago he was in Italy, teaching and enjoying his time. Well, maybe he was enjoying his time too much, because in his entire life this was the first time he almost got caught, one of the professors at the university he was teaching got too cocky and last thing he remembered was he was holding a blood dripping knife in his dominant hand, there was a knock on the door, -the professors wife- and you climbed through the window to save him. You were his assistant at the time, carrying his bag and papers, grading papers for him, you were following him almost everywhere. That night, you had a hunch, and you followed that hunch which led you to this scenario. The rest is history…

After 3 years so many things have changed, you started to live with him, he didn’t know if he wanted to kill you or not because you saw him killing, and you proved yourself to be useful so decided to keep you. Your rooms were separate, not even on the same floor, but whenever Hannibal was stressed you were always by his side, it was like a marriage but without the any complicated paper work. He liked to take you to his office sometimes, or dinners etc. Whenever someone would ask about you Hannibal’s first instinct was to protect you and tell people that you were his partner. You were protected.

At the moment he was watching you, you were watching a movie from your laptop (which Hannibal bought) covered in comfy blankets, sitting on your bed, you looked so calm and focused. He wondered what would’ve happened if he killed you that day..

‘’Is there a room for me?’’ he said, he was startled by his own question, sitting with a young person and watching a movie together wasn’t like him but over the years he found himself doing things he could not imagine before.

You looked up to meet his maroon gaze, your bedroom door was open and he was leaning on the door frame, his hair was a mess and rolled up sleeves showed his tense arms, you didn’t say anything just moved from the center of your bed. He approached with lazy steps, sat next to you, ‘’How was work?’’ you asked, ‘’Psycho was a handful as usual.’’

Hannibal had a patient and he was something else and you named him Mr. Psycho

‘’He asked about you.’’ Hannibal said as he got comfortable, ‘’What did you say?’’ that patient was asking about you a lot lately, maybe he was interested in you but whatever that was it made Hannibal irritated. You could tell by a glance, ‘’I said they are busy.’’ Even his tone was irritated. You could feel a smile forming in the corners of your mouth. No matter what you knew that Hannibal would do anything and everything to protect you.

[rpgchoices]

Sometimes I really want to read a short summary of what to expect from a game with a very particular description that CATER to my OWN SPECIFIC interests, so here we go.

(click here for other videogames)

what to expect from VAMPIRE THERAPIST

Visual novel and completely voiced, relatively short game

Doesn't really have a plot

The gameplay is only choosing dialogue options and labelling statements (cognitive distorsions) like a therapist

There are a few minigames (clicking on thoughts, choosing a vein to drink from in some people)

The developers consulted real therapists to create the game

You play as Sam, an American vampire who wants to become a therapist for vampires and moves to Germany to learn from Andromachos

Most characters are bisexual/pansexual (the protagonist also talks about his previous male lover)

Sam will be able to choose what kind of thinking patterns his clients are doing

Before every session (a part from the first) you will have to select the main cognitive distorsions the clients use and those are the ones you will be able to work on

Andromachos will help you if you choose the wrong option

After each therapy you will have some extra short scenes in the bar to recap the day and learn more about Crimson (Andromachos' partner) and Andromachos

There are four clients in total, all with different problems and you will see them multiple times with more cognitive distortions being added

The sequence is: Client 1, night, Clien 2, night, Client 3, night, Client 4, night, a session about Sam with new cognitive distorsions to learn

These cycles are repeated multiple times while you work through Sam's past and your clients

I have not played multiple times but I am pretty sure you can change the outcome of the clients' therapist journey by choosing different cognitive distorsions before each session

The game ends with Andromachos helping Sam through some problems of his own

plot? There's not really a plot gameplay? visual novel characters? There are 6 main characters in the game and their stories are the main focus of the game (characters over plot). In particular the 4 clients. sadness level? medium low

[joifee]

Joifee's life series pixel gifs

Over the last two seasons of Life Smp, namely Limited Life smp and Secret Life smp, I created some pixel-art to celebrate it.

Why did I do it? I just had bought Asperite and wanted to learn it and what wouldn't have been better than a new series I adore? I also just had started drawing fanart so that was exciting!

Here is a collection of those gifs (+ some gifs I drew of other season out of season) This is obviously a WIP

Limited Life Limited Life Episode 1 recap Wheres Tilly Martyn? Look Grian! Martyn vs Joel Limited Life Episode 3 recap I am in danger scott RIP Bad Boys Bread Bridge Explosive Bday Party This is a death game

Secret Life (what if secret life was a videogame?) session 1: interface session 2: dialog box session 3: minigame session 4: mission interface session 5: decision interface session 6: Cut scene session 7: virus / bug session 8: minigame 2.0 session 9: boss fight - winning

Other Traffic seasons They are for your secret soulmate... (DL) Rancher Pagedolls (DL) Traffic members iys

[desultory-novice]

personally i've been totally obsessed with man on the internet's morpho knight! the femme-leaning voice is so cool (and scratches the silly fangirl corner of my brain)! and the lyrics go so hard >_< usually i'm not one for videogames songs with lyrics but some of this vocalizing gives me literal chills

Oh yes! Sooo true! That one is extremely good as well!!

Fanon or no (though I like femme Morpho >w<) I completely love the choice to go with a female vocalist for Morpho, and Emily Go went SO HARD on that song! A total brain-scratch! (Plus we in this corner love a good mythology bonus, fufufu~)

The only reason I didn't list it with the others is simply because...I have a complicated relationship with Morpho Knight as a character?

Not a bad one! I just feel like as a fandom, folks have moved kinda fast with them?? I get it though! They're super cool and their appearance in Star Allies and then AGAIN in Forgotten Land were "throw your controller and scream" moments! It's not like we have significantly less info about them than we do any other Kirby character people have built up a lot of lore and HC around!

I just feel so many have rebuilt their entire Kirby cosmologies and mythologies around Morpho Knight, when we really do know SO little about them? XD (With the corollary that I feel strongly we WILL find out more. Kumazaki even teased more in that interview about RtDL, so I guess because he’s “in the middle of cooking something, I’m waiting to let him “cook”) As for Morpho being in everything, this last part is meant entirely playfully, but...take the Kirby OC Tournament cast. How many OCs include Morpho Knight somewhere in their backstory?/lh

Considering we're liable to see them again (assuming Chaos Elfilis didn't do any permanent damage) I personally prefer to hold off on making any definite statements or strong HCs of my own about Morpho Knight. And while the song's lyrics did the same, leaning toward the vague and verifiable, I still have a slight preference for the songs that told a complete narrative or are for characters who are otherwise "complete" in the game they debuted in.

....That said, what they pulled off was total FIRE though!! (Fufu... Get it? Cause Morpho's...?)

Anyway, this month has been such a feast of songs I found myself imagining what a version of "Prayer Song to God" or "Hyness Unhooded" or "The Star-Conquering Traveler" would sound like!

(Not that anyone from either song team is reading MY silly little blog, but I would love to see a version of The Star-Conquering Traveler that gives a short lyrical "part" to all the Dream Friends, similar to how that one official (?) recap video they made shows Kirby fighting together with the different Waves for the different phases!)

Dess just try writing your own lyrics if you feel this strongly about this stuff

[dateamonster]

hey, sorry if you’ve answered this before, but I am really struggling to find horror analysis yt channels that aren’t just “this is what happens in the movie and btw it’s about [generic one-word theme that is never elaborated on]”. Do you have any that you particularly like?

oh hmm well i like scaredy cats. they talk about a lot of movies i havent seen and probably wouldnt seek out on my own which i consider a plus. altho right now theyre doing a series of episode recaps for a canadian vampire police procedural so maybe not the best time to jump in if youre hoping for like newer stuff. good time to get familiar with their older videos tho i guess! or a good time to watch them talk about canadian vampire cops if youre into that!

i also am a rly big fan of nyx fears for particular more extreme horror stuff but i believe shes focusing on her music and writing rn. so again good time to catch up on her older stuff!

other than that jacob geller is excellent and has a lot of horror videogame analyses but i feel like everyone knows that. ragnarrox is also great for especially older and more overlooked horror games. night mind specifically talks about arg and horror unfiction projects but if thats something ur interested in at all you cant get much better than his videos imo.

and recently ive started watching acolytes of horror! i havent seen a lot of his stuff yet but i thought his video about so-called political horror that fears taking any actual political stance was really good and well articulated and helped me pinpoint why a lot of movies of that sort of subgenre really miss the mark for me.

hope this is helpful! followers feel free to add on if youve got any relevant recs you wanna share!

[dany36]

woo!! 2023 videogame recap! i was surprised at how many games i actually played through this year in comparison to last year (although last year i played through a LOT of long games). i managed to play through a bunch of old games that i had been meaning to for the longest time (like the old tomb raider trilogy!), but i think the pleasant surprises were crystal bearers and tales of xillia 2 due to the story and characters. i didn't finish the berseria replay this year like i planned to, but still, 3 tales games in one year is pretty good!

next year will still have at least 3 other tales games in the list--finish the berseria replay (which i'm enjoying SO MUCH right now), play tales of graces for the first time, and replay abyss which i haven't played since like at least 2013. i'm also looking forward to granblue fantasy re:link which comes out in early february, and with the new tomb raider nextflix series coming out, i think i would also like to get through the reboot trilogy again (give shadow another shot D: ).

other than that, we'll see what other games i feel like playing as the year goes on! :)

[charitytitter]

Relapse, back to normal

Alright, so, this is going to be the last post of a personal nature. Recap: I am an adult with BiPolar. I am considered high-functioning enough that I have gone for long stretches without treatment (eg. no medication... but I still see a psychiatrist regularly). A number of weeks ago, I accepted a job, doing something completely outside of my wheelhouse. After two weeks of training, it became clear to me, that I did not have the mental nor emotional fortitude to handle this new role, and also maintain my mental health... at least not without treatment. So I spoke with my Psych about medication, and got started on it. Within 24 hours of starting the medication I had a Manic Episode, the likes of which I had never experienced. On top of the Manic episode, I also began experiencing aggressive heart palpitations (it was not an anxiety/panic attack, I have had enough panic/anxiety attacks in my life to know the differences... and when I eventually landed in the hospital, the EKG/ECG proved the heart anomalies were very real). Amidst the Physical and Mental breakdown, I had to resign from the job. Between the stress of the job, and the bad reaction to the meds... I had not slept for 7 days, and physically I could not even drive myself to the Doctor. It was during the stress and mental uncertainty of this scenario that I made a decision to de-porn my life. (I also made a decision to reconnect with my estranged father, a decision which, while impulsive, turned out very well, and I am very happy that I reached out to him). In hindsight. I view a lot of the decisions that I made, to be impulsive, and not from a place of mental clarity. I was essentially operating under a medication induced mental duress. Once I was taken off the medication, everything began to improve and go back to normal. I can sleep 6-8 hours a night again, the heart palpitations have stopped, I can drive, I can think straight, and my sex-drive has returned. I realize that the judgments I was casting upon myself were, not only coming from the fog of bad medication + lack of sleep, but they were judgments that were not my own, judgments projected onto me from past partners, and from an unaccepting society. Pornstars are people. Sex work is real work. Erotic art, is real art too. Some people end their day by cuddling and having sex with a partner. Some people read a book. Some people play videogames until they fall asleep at their desk. Some people drink a 6-pack of beer every night, or an entire bottle of wine. Some people binge watch TV until they fall asleep. I used to invite my girlfriend over for (mutual); cuddles, backrubs, scalp massages, sex, and TV watching... and that was enough to put me to sleep. Then I got dumped... Now I wind-down by watching paid porn actors, act-out some of the intimate things I used to do with my partner while I vape weed and reminisce about how nice it was to be in a relationship. No matter how shitty a day I've had. It's the one thing I can do at the end of the day, that consistently relaxes me and puts me in a position to get a good night's sleep. Is it ideal? Of course not. Ideal, for me, would be falling asleep next to a partner. But I don't have a partner. And until I do. Who am I, or anyone else, to pass judgement upon the coping mechanism that I am employing to get me through the night? I am thankful that my sex-drive came back. I am thankful that my coping mechanism hurts no one. I am hopeful that someday I will find a partner that accepts me for who I am, perceived flaws & all. Loves me when I'm at my best, and when I'm at my worst. Until I do, I will cope.

[talenlee]

April 2024 Wrapup

The way this month has ended has coloured most of everything else happening within the month, none of which is stuff I consider meaningful content for the blog in general. Suffice to say this is a month in which I was trying to save money and do my best and by the end of the month I am extremely frazzled and uncertain as to how I’m doing what I’m doing. But you didn’t come here for that, you came here for posts! Posts about Spiderman!

Alright let’s dive on into this. What are the Game Pile articles this month?

Examining Gender and Capitalism in Braid. This video got me a comment I liked a lot where a commenter noted that being good at making puzzles doesn’t make you any good at criticising humans’ reactions to puzzles.

Sheriff of Nottingham, a dramatic tension and bluffing game, where players have to construct a language, then lie in it, all with a dash of political manipulation in the form of bribes. A great game in the ‘Anxiety Engine’ model that I like but never am likely to own.

Planetfall and Bioshock Infinite, a long form essay video where I both recapped the basic experience of Bioshock Infinite and brought into contrast the idea that videogames’ ability to affect their audience is directly in contrast to different aesthetic forms.

Gazillionaire, a truly awful looking game that, hilariously, just after I wrote this article I finally played to a victory. Know what happens when you beat the game? The game keeps going and just moves the goal post further.

And then the Story Pile articles?

Hazbin Hotel, a series you should steal about a particularly pre-modern Christian vision of Hell expressed through gnostic mysterio and also the story of a bunch of shockingly hot endearing monster weirdoes.

You Were Never Really Here, which is part of an ongoing series of Positronic Collection movies. This was chosen specifically to mesh with the theme of me, as a person, and it’s kinda eerie how good a job it does at that.

16 Bit Sensation: Another Layer, which is an anime that you might think of as ‘fun’ and ‘good’ and which made me so mad I specifically set aside the time to kick it in the teeth into my April articles.

Oshi no Ko, a series I like just enough to complain about it a bunch. I mean I really like it, and really like complaining about it.

Lords and Ladies, one of the many books I consider one of the best Discworld books. This one’s about elves!

But there’s more! I wrote about a brilliant idiot, in the form of the transformer Wheeljack, and I wrote about my demon boy OC big brother figure, Bael. I wrote about a Magic: The Gathering deck I like and technology in the game I dislike that we’re getting even though I dislike it. I also spent some time reflecting on my current WIP game designs, which I found a lot of fun and want to do more of.

I talk to you a little bit. I talked to you in terms of what I think of you as an audience, I talk to you about creating tension in your writing, and I talked about the way I treat you, and how your time is a gift. I reflected on what it means to be a part of my audience, and whether or not there are things about you I can control. I also encouraged you to make things and show them to me, as a present to me.

There was some world-building talk; I talked about the way planes can be seen and treated as distinct parts of the world, with Planar Lenses, and I also explained a setting element in Cobrin’Seil, a favourite place where the wizards and sorcerers train together but also learn how to swing a hammer. That place, The Laewaes Dramaturgist, also served to talk about the ways that people in universe, in general, discuss the idea of types of spellcasters. While I was on the D&D thread and organisational systems, I dug into the 3rd edition magic item system. While talking about my personal fascinations in D&D, then, I also talked about the druid, and Why Is Druid?

This turning of the years in April, again, does make me think about things I was told about how my life would go. One of the most miserable considerations there was the way I was told that my sex life was going to go, and what that meant and what I should be expecting, all told while we should definitely, definitely not have opinions or expectations for sex. This was told through a metaphor of a jellybean jar.

I noticed that the logo for Hazbin Hotel, the key, looks a bit like the Sonic the Hedgehog winged ring logo and that’s what gave rise to this. Behold! A drawing of two characters with one looking happily at her idiot. You can get it as a sticker, or coasters, or a t-shirt. For example.

I don’t like how much work I got done this month. Obviously, I fear that if I go back and look at all the other posts I made this past year that may be the case. But in the PhD, last month featured a dedicated chunk of work on my literature review, and this month should be the completion of the draft of the methodology. We’re now at the point of getting things onto the page, and as I write this – on the 27th – my birthday has proven to be an impediment for that. Like, turns out that people want to see you on your birthday.

At the late point in the month I devised a new idea for something cool and complicated (and more about that on the Patreon). I have a want to do something cool with a few different systems – a new game mechanical idea, and a push for a kind of video that’s a little easier to make than most.

May has five Fridays in it, and they’re set up so there are going to be three main videos in it, so look forward to that!

Check it out on PRESS.exe to see it with images and links!

[lil-gae-disaster]

Main OC Overview

Novah Nathan:

Age: 17

Birthday: 31st July 2006

Ethnicity: 🇩🇪🇷🇺

Pronouns: They/He

Universe: Spiderverse

Special role: Spiderman

Education status: High School Senior

Hobby: Inventing, swinging, studying, hanging (literally) out with friends

Family: Noah N, Natalie N, Natja N

Short Lore recap: he freed Coy when he was 5, he got bitten when he was 12, his dad got killed when he was 12, he became spiderweb when he was 12, he got kidnapped by Black Cat when he was 13, he got kidnapped by Lizard when he was 14, he met Coy properly when he was 14

Sexuality: Aroace

Gender Identity: Transman

Special abilities: webs, sticking to stuff, seeing in the dark, near invulnerablility, poisonous fangs, unnaturally high jumps

Leo Castor Allard:

Age: 14

Birthday: 10th June 1997

Ethnicity: 🇬🇧🇧🇪

Pronouns: He/They

Universe: Harry Potter (magic awakened)

Special role: -/-

Education status: 4th year hogwarts student

Hobby: Quidditch, being alone with his boyfriend, annoying Aruna, studying Charms

Family: Blaze A., Perseus A., Castor A., Nox A, Celeste A, Almathea B

Short Lore recap: his dad disappeared and his mom didn't want a mini dad running around so she gave him to her brother in law who raised Leo

Sexuality: Gay Asexual

Gender Identity: cis boy

Special abilities: Magic

Souta:

Age: 15

Birthday: 30th September 2008

Pronouns: they/them

Universe: Ninjago

Special role: Ninja - in - training

Education status: homeschooled + Ninja training by Lloyd and the others

Hobby: listening to Music, playing videogames, training, reading

Family: Lloyd, Nya, Zane, Kai, Cole, Arin, Sora, Wyldfire, Riyu

Lore recap: He was with his mom but he lost her in the merge and he turned into a wanderer tryna find her. A year after the merge he discovered his elemental powers and he then made the decision to become a Ninja and went to find them, which took a long time

Sexuality: Gay ace

Gender Identity: nonbinary

Special abilities: elemental powers

Frederick Kenneth

Age: 24

Birthday: March 25th 1750

Ethnicity: 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Pronouns: He/Him

Universe: this, amrev period

Special role: redcoat

Education Status: College graduate

Hobby: writing, reading, talking, drawing, hair braiding

Family: his Father, his sister, Benedict Murphy (@kwilooo s oc)

Lore recap: he's born in Germany, went to Schottland with his dad and newborn sister after his mom's death when he was 10, moved to England when he was 19 and joined the redcoats fairly at the beginning when he was 24, after the war he moved back to Schottland until a few months after his father died, then he moved with his family to America

Sexuality: gay (closeted)

Gender Identity: cis man

Special Abilities: -/-

Rp acc: @thatoneschot

Jonathan Smith

Age: 23

Birthday: 15th November 1751

Ethnicity: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Pronouns: He/Him

Universe: this, amrev period

Special role: redcoat

Education status: College dropout

Hobby: drawing, jewelling, blacksmithing, gossiping, reading

Family: His father, his mother, his older brother

Lore recap: he was born in England into nobility, ran away from his family on his wedding day, worked as a blacksmith to sustain himself for 5 years, joined the redcoats with 23 after he worked as a blacksmith for good 5 years and heard of the war through talk on the market, was forced to return to his cousins wedding and then ran way from his own wedding again, moved to the farm in Schottland to Frederick and Isabell-Josefine, moved with them and Mae (@marsfingershurt s oc) to America a year later and began to pursue blacksmithing again.

Sexuality: homoromantic pansexual

Gender Identity: cis man

Special abilities: -/-

Rp acc: @a-noble-smith

Those are the main 5, but ofc I have others too ;)

[tired-joe]

Spiele Recap erstes Quartal 2024

Lesedauer ca. 11:15 min.

Die ersten drei Monate des Jahres 2024 sind vergangen. Höchste Zeit also auf die bisher von mir gespielten Videogames zurückzublicken und ein Resümee zu ziehen...und ich hab bis jetzt schon ziemlich viel gezockt, also los geht's!

Cyberpunk 2077

Der erste Titel ist eigentlich noch aus dem vergangenen Jahr rüber geschwappt und war eines der größten Hypespiele der letzten Jahre, dessen katastrophaler und vor allen Dingen auf der letzten Konsolen Generation durchweg enttäuschender Zustand, viele Fans wütend zurück ließ. Die Rede ist selbstverständlich von Cyberpunk 2077, CDPRs Mammut Open World RPG Shooter, der im namensgebenden Cyberpunk Genre spielt. Trotz der Probleme ließen sich die Witcher 3 Macher nicht ins Boxhorn jagen und wandelten diese Niederlage nach und nach mit fleißigem gepatche in einen Sieg um! Zu dem grandiosen Story DLC Phantom Liberty kam schlußendlich Patch 2.0, der die RPG Elemente des Shooters nahezu überflüssig machte und dadurch einen sehr viel freieren Spielfluss gewährleistete. Zusammen mit dem absolut gelungenen DLC entstand so ein völlig neues Spielgefühl in Cyberpunk, welches dem Titel meiner Meinung nach sehr gut zu Gesicht steht. Schon im letzten Jahr war ich vom "neuen" Cyberpunk regelrecht begeistert und so könnte es in diesem Jahr ein ganz früher, heisser Kandidat auf mein ganz persönliches GotY werden.

Da ich zur Version 2.0 und Phantom Liberty hier mal noch ein Review plane, erstmal genug davon und schnell weiter zum nächsten Titel.

Blasphemous 2

Aufgrund der großen Soulslike Enttäuschung Lords of the Fallen 2023 im letzten Jahr und meinem Wunsch dennoch endlich wieder einen guten, neuen Soulstitel spielen zu können, bekam ich von einem langjährigen Social Media Freund den Tipp doch mal das 2D Soulslike Blasphemous 2 auszuprobieren.

Prinzipiell sicher kein schlechter Titel, bin ich jedoch kein Fan von allzu religiösen Themen, die nah an den tatsächlich existierenden Weltreligionen sind. Der Büßer genannte Hauptprotagonist, der für oder gegen das Mirakel kämpft, wer weiß das schon genau, konnte mich also eher weniger abholen. Auch wenn es in der Fortsetzung des äußerst beliebten ersten Teils, der ja ein Mitbegründer des 2D Soulslike/ Metroidvania Genres ist, jetzt mehr Waffen als noch im Erstling gibt und diese außerdem ganz eigene Fähigkeiten mitbringen, welche es für Plattforming Passagen meisterhaft zu wechseln gilt, hat das Game mich nicht von sich überzeugen können und ich habe es irgendwann einfach nicht mehr weiter gespielt...

The Last Faith

Denn...da war schon das nächste 2D Soulslike auf der Liste. Mit The Last Faith gab es nämlich schon einen weiteren, neuen Vertreter des Genres, der zwar stark von Bloodborne inspiriert war, was ja nicht wirklich zu meinen liebsten Soulstiteln gehört, mich aber dennoch deutlich mehr angesprochen hat als Blasphemous 2. The Last Faith will nämlich tatsächlich gar nicht soviel im Genre neu erfinden, sondern bleibt der eigentlichen Formel treu. Was Metroid Prime für die Metroid Reihe gemacht hat, nämlich ein 2D Genre perfekt in die 3 Dimension bringen, ist demnach also The Last Faith für das Soulslike gelungen, nur umgekehrt...obwohl ich viel frühere Vertreter, wie Salt & Sanctuary gar nicht gespielt hab, also auch nicht wirklich beurteilen kann, ob die das nicht schon deutlich früher noch besser gemacht haben.

Ich hatte jedenfalls mit The Last Faith sehr viel Spaß und den Hunger auf ein wenig Souls damit erstmal gestillt.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Aber es ging bei mir zu Anfang dieses Jahres wahrlich Schlag auf Schlag weiter. Kaum hatte ich The Last Faith beendet, kam schon wieder der Blasphemous Kollege um die Ecke und bot mir für einen schmalen Taler seine in wenigen Tagen durchgerockte Kopie vom Ubisofttitel Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown an. Die guten Wertungen haben mich auch nicht zögern, sondern bei dem genialen Preis natürlich sofort zuschlagen lassen. Und somit bin ich schon so früh im Jahr auch schon gleich ins dritte 2D Metroidvania gestartet. 

Zurecht waren die Wertungen gut. Das Mitglied der Unsterblichen, einer Elitetruppe der persischen Armee, den man hier eigtl anstatt des Prinzen spielt, steuerte sich wirklich unglaublich geschmeidig. Der Flow war großartig, die Optik zumindest Ingame wunderschön, die Musik stimmig, die Bosse knackig und vor allen die innovativen Fähigkeiten und damit zusammenhängende Rätsel in der Welt, absolute Meisterklasse. Dennoch war auch hier irgendwie nach ungefähr der Hälfte für mich die Luft raus. Möglicherweise war es auch das orientalische Wüstensetting, welches mir auf ähnliche Weise nicht so zusagt, wie allzu religiöser Kram, oder Piraten. Tatsächlich waren es aber immer kniffliger werdende plattforming Passagen, welche verlangten, dass man zahlreiche Fähigkeiten in Windeseile kombiniert und mit den Reaktionszeiten eines Mungos im Kampf mit einer Kobra hinter sich lässt, die mich kleinbei haben geben lassen.

An dieser Stelle nicht falsch verstehen. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown ist ein hervorragendes Spiel, das die guten Wertungen definitiv verdient hat. Die Probleme, die ich damit hatte waren meine eigenen. Evtl war es auch eher nicht schlau schon das dritte 2D Metroidvania hintereinander anzugehen. Ubisoft war hier definitiv auf der richtigen Fährte und ich hoffe sie machen wieder weiterhin gute Titel, wie diesen hier und nicht ihren üblichen Mist.

Jedoch war mein Versagen beim Prinzen noch lange nicht das Ende der Fahnenstange, denn noch immer war das Jahr jung und ich willig. Der nächste, erste richtige Hochkaräter stand dann auch schon in den Startlöchern. Zwar auch noch keine Triple A, aber zumindest AA Produktion...denke ich jedenfalls. 

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

Die Rede ist von Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden vom Life is Strange Macher Don't Nod. Den Titel hatte ich schon seit dem ersten Trailer vorsichtig im Hinterkopf behalten. Ich hatte so den Eindruck, es könnte eine Art Witcher zur amerikanischen Kolonialzeit werden und sollte damit auch Recht behalten. Banishers sieht graphisch absolut fantastisch aus, kommt mit toll geschriebenen Charakteren und einer spannenden Story daher.

Das Geister bannende Pärchen Red und Antea wird von einem Freund in die neue Welt nach New Eden gebeten, da dort eine besonders hartnäckige Spukgestalt ihr Unwesen treibt. Es ist jetzt kein Spoiler, wenn ich erzähle, das Antea schon in der ersten Spielstunde ums Leben kommt und kurz darauf als Geist zu Red zurückkehrt, da dies schon im allerersten Trailer ersichtlich war und von Anfang an zentrale Gameplaymechanik ist.

Von nun an steuert ihr also beide im direkten Wechsel mit individuellen Fähigkeiten und müsst dabei entscheiden, ob ihr die Bewohner New Edens opfert, um Antea nach Möglichkeit ins Leben zurückholen zu können, oder ob ihr weiterhin den Menschen dort gegen den Spuk zur Seite steht und unweigerlich darauf hinarbeitet ihrer Seele Frieden zu schenken und sie zu erlösen. Dabei wird das Spiel euch immer wieder gekonnt versuchen zu verunsichern. Denn kaum habt ihr euch für eine Sache entschieden, offenbaren euch die Charaktere weitere Dinge über ihr Leben und Denken, so dass ihr wieder an eurer Entscheidung zweifelt.

Ihr versucht nun also Spukermittlungen zu lösen und garstige Geister mit einem an den neuen God of War Titeln angelehnten Kampfsystem nach allen Regeln der Kunst ins Jenseits zu schicken. Leider fehlt dem Kampf hier aber etwas Wucht, da ihr im Grunde die meiste Zeit...nun ja...gegen Luft kämpft. Weiterer Wermutstropfen ist leider auch, dass vieles im Spiel sich, wie schon beim ähnlich strukturierten Vampyr, welches ebenfalls von Don't Nod stammte, zieht wie Kaugummi. Die Geschichte fühlt sich oft unnötig in die Länge gezogen an. Selbiges gilt für die unzähligen Spukermittlungen, die ihr in den verschiedenen Siedlungen anstellen könnt. Und so hatte auch Banishers bei mir an einem bestimmten Punkt nicht mehr den besten Stand und wurde ebenfalls erstmal unterbrochen...ich denke aber zu diesem Titel werde ich irgendwann noch einmal zurückkehren. Dafür war ich dann doch zu interessiert am Schicksal der beiden absolut toll geschriebenen Protagonisten und der Story selbst.

Das etwas zähe Gameplay war nämlich nicht der einzige Grund Banishers erstmal zur Seite zu legen. Diese Schuld schieb ich nämlich schon dem nächsten Titel auf meiner Liste zu, der, erbarmungslos wie die Releases in 2024 zu mir halt sind, schon längst wieder am Start war.

Final Fantasy Vll: Rebirth

Die Rede ist selbstverständlich vom heiß erwarteten Final Fantasy Vll: Rebirth! Der zweite Teil vom Remake eines der beliebtesten Final Fantasys, lag nämlich auch bei mir hoch im Kurz.

Einziger Fehler des Titels, Square Enix hat das Teil mit Minigames und Nebenaufgaben nur so voll gestopft und die Spieler teilweise auch während der Hauptmissionen gezwungen zumindest mal in die ein oder andere reinzuspielen. Ansonsten warten sie wirklich mit einer herrlichen Grafik, beeindruckenden Welt und den echt allerliebst erzählten Charakteren auf, die mich schon beim ersten Teil des Remakes, obgleich ich das Original gar nicht kenne, in ihren Bann gezogen und verzaubert haben.

Zu gern würde ich wissen, wie nun dieser zweite Teil ausgeht aber, ihr ahnt es schon, auch dieses Spiel habe ich stand heute, 08. April 2024 noch nicht beendet...

Ein weiterer Knüller lag nämlich noch im März, während FF7 Rebirth noch im vollen Gange war, schon in meinem Postkasten.

Dragon's Dogma 2

Das umfangreiche, unkonventionelle Dragon's Dogma 2 war nämlich ebenso ein Muss für mich. Hier besitze ich das Original in digitaler Form sogar zweimal. Einmal auf der Nintendo Switch und einmal auf Playstation. Doch der, ich glaube schon fast 12 Jahre alte, erste Teil des Spiels war mir in vielen Bereichen immer etwas zu kantig, zu altbacken, aber dennoch hatte er gerade für seine Zeit jede Menge geniale Ansätze. Und diese, so versprachen es zumindest viele die das Spiel vorab schon testen konnten, sollten im zweiten Teil nun sinnvoll zuende gedacht sein und zur vollsten Zufriedenheit in die Neuzeit übertragen worden sein. Und, Holla die Waldfee, das hat Capcom wirklich gut hinbekommen. Dragon's Dogma 2 ist genauso unkonvetionell wie der Erstling, mit einem Questsystem, das seines gleichen sucht, wo ihr schon nach kurzer Zeit nicht mehr wisst, was war gleich Hauptmission und was nicht. Mit NPCs die zu euch kommen und um Hilfe bitten, anstelle eines Symbols auf der Karte zu dem ihr hin lauft und die ihr als Checkliste abhakt, bis ihr keinen Bock mehr habt. 

Dragon's Dogma 2 ist ein Titel den man heute nur noch selten so sieht, voller Rätsel und Mysterien, die euch nicht auf einem Silbertablet präsentiert werden, sondern selber gefunden und ergründet werden wollen.

Das Vasallensystem ist so wie hier glaube einzigartig. Es handelt sich um KI gesteuerte Kompanions, die selbständig kämpfen und lernen, die sich mit euch unterhalten und ein weiterer, interessanter Clou, die man auch von anderen Spielern rekrutieren kann und die dann von euren Abenteuern lernen und das gelernte bei anderen Erweckten wiederum umsetzen- und denen so extremst hilfreich sein können. Dieser ganze Loop macht irgendwo süchtig und macht das Spiel für mich zu einem weiteren frühen Kandidaten fürs GotY.

Ich hoffe nun zumindest dieses Game in den nächsten Tagen fertig zu stellen denn, es kann sich keiner ausdenken aber, am 26.04.2024 kommt mit Stellar Blade der nächste Knüller für mich. Davon dann jedoch erst mehr beim Halbjahres Recap.

Puh, also das erste Quartal war ja echt schon Megavoll bei mir und der Text hier ist schon viel zu lang. Deshalb schließ ich an der Stelle schnell erstmal und hoffe ihr hattet auch so viel Spaß beim zocken, wie ich bisher. Lasst es euch gut gehen und hoffentlich lesen wir uns bald wieder.

LG

[chaos-cousins]

So, to recap:

Landed in a dangerous spot, asleep

Leon had to carry me out

I nearly punched Leon

Found out I got punted into the same world as Miyo

Found out I can't get access to my Pokémon

There's higher being shenanigans going on

Oh, yeah. And I found out I'M A VIDEOGAME CHARACTER

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I saw someone else post an image of Doug from the "What if... the X-Men had stayed in Asgard?" story and though I'd post a couple too.

The story becomes a what if because in the mainstream universe, when offered a chance to stay in Asgard, where at east half of them would be happy in a non mutant-hating realm, they all agree to instead return to Earth to fight the good fight.

However, in this alternate timeline one decides to stay, and so Loki offers to return anyone who wishes to leave and let the remainder stay if they choose. So we get a number of different viewpoints and ideas.

Now this doesn't quite work for me, Doug CAN read everything, but that doesn't mean he want's to read anything, and I'm pretty sure that 1980's Asgard has no computer acces or videogames. Also, his parents are still back home and I don't think he'd abandon them.

Also Warlock's not quite right either as he COULD transmode Asgardian plantlife etc (and has) for food, but I could see where he might not want an Asgardian Phalanx to develop, so we'll give him a pass.

So leaving those little quibbles to one side, what happens to our favourite little omniglot when left on Asgard, where the avergae resident can lift 15 tons without straining?

Okay, this is cute. The Asgardians, as is seemingly typical for superstrong aliens, take one look at Doug and go "Awwww! Isn't he CUTE! and he can read all our old scrolls! That's ADORABLE!"

Later when a war breaks out between most of the major Asgardian deities, the New Mutants and X-Men, who have all taken on new roles, are heavily involved, culminating in Dani Moonstar leading the Valkyries in deposing and destroying Hela... and show show should up but Magik, now the new Enchantress, and Doug, who knows what the result of Dani's action is (I won't say what it was, because that would spoil things)

The end result being that Storm becomes the new ruler and All-Mother of Asgard, and who is her right hand guy?

That's quite the promotion there, Dougie-boy!

Check out "What If...?" #12 for the full story, which is great fun!

Or an abbreviated recap here