#post game thoughts

[ghostblobbletea]

Thinking about Link, Octavo, and Zelda all working together to raise Ganondorf and prevent him from traveling that dark path...

Gerudo Prince has a support system now that doesn't want to punish a child for what hasn't happened yet. Link and Zelda would never just not do anything after seeing that future, they'd try to prevent it. Ganondorf is innocent in the present time, still a kid.

[megansfavourites]

*MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS* Post-game thoughts on Layton’s Mystery Journey

I just completed the game, and wow! I wasn’t very impressed with the game at first, but I thought the final case was really great and well-executed. The game is called ‘Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy’, but the ‘Millionaires’ Conspiracy’ part only relates to the final case.

The second-last case was not bad, too, and I like how things finally took a more serious and darker turn, rather than just being all about solving lighthearted mysteries, with an actual death and the closest thing to an actual villain in the game. I thought that the identity of the real culprit was too obvious, though. I already expected that it would be Inspector Britannias himself, but not the part about how he wasn’t actually the murderer.

The final case was really great, but I would’ve preferred if the entire game actually centred around the ‘Millionaires’ Conspiracy’, rather than just being one mini case of its own. It would’ve been cool if the game had been like Unwound Future or Miracle Mask, where mysterious things have been happening around the town, and the protagonist has to find the identity of the person behind all of it. The reveal wasn’t as obvious as the other cases of course, but once I got to the final room in the game, the boy’s room, I remembered that Ernest wasn’t with Katrielle at that point, so I immediately figured that it must have been Ernest who had been behind all of it.

I was glad that I was right about it, and the fact that Ernest was the mastermind behind everything actually made me like him more, as it gave him some character depth, rather than just being some silly and shallow character who is just there to pursue Katrielle. The idea of a vengeful Ernest bent on revenge is a nice break from his usual self, and it makes him feel more like a three-dimensional character, with a different side to him. Meanwhile, I still find Katrielle very two-dimensional with not much character development. Also, I thought Ernest looked really cute in the flashbacks. He reminds me of the young Clive Dove. It’s kind of like Azran Legacy all over again, with the assistant being the villain/on the side of the villain.

Somehow, I feel that the ending would’ve been more impactful if Ernest was actually arrested, but I guess the developers can’t allow that to happen, since they need him for the sequels. They were able to do away with Emmy in Azran Legacy, since they needed to explain her absence in the original trilogy, but I guess they can’t get rid of Ernest in the very first game he appears in. The fact that everyone forgives Ernest and then everything goes back to normal once again at Katrielle’s office just sorts of feels like... the entire final chapter has be nullified?

The game still doesn’t explain some things though. How did Ernest set up the ‘Lord Adamas’ voice in the mansion, and if it was pre-recorded, how was the voice able to respond to Katrielle’s questions? Besides, why did Ernest send a letter to Katrielle, inviting ‘Professor Layton’ to the party, knowing that he is not there?

[zeroaw13]

Going Into KH3 Like (Aftermath)

Called who the Chirthy belonged to and the new villain after Xehanort.

Namine and Eraqus finally show up. Good on them.

They went Heaven's Lost Property in terms of how the finale played out.

Another group of people I yelled about show up.

TerAqua. I got a hug and a line that fitted them to the tee.

Sokai was feels the entire time. Especially during the end-game.

This is literally the most I've cried during the endgame in the entire series save BBS.

10/10 Would love to be emotionally and mentally exhausted again.

P.S. Petty Nomura is now my new favorite Nomura.

P.S.S. Getting the bs emblems gets you a broken item and breaks the game even more if you chose the staff.

[fuddfullcourt]

I know it’s just 1 game but I need you to be serious and not positive/optimistic how are always are (which I always appreciate!! LMAO). But do you think Alanna Smith id a Cherl Reeves system merchant?? Bc girl some things she was doing yesterday… especially those passes/TOs…

lol well dallas is still figuring out spacing and reads, i think her passes came off screens ion think she was trying to be a playmaker 😭 she’s obviously more of a defensive player. i feel like the to’s were a team issue, it’s early on so that’ll get fixed w time. and like i said i’m giving her grace bc it was only the first preseason game lol give her time to get comfortable w a new team 😭 she was on minny for a bit so a new team takes some getting used to

but these are my honest thoughts! i’m not gonna dog on her after 1 preseason game and i don’t think anyone should either until a couple games in lol

[fuddfullcourt]

Lmaoo fairs. I was asking because I wanted to know ur thoughts/analysis on the game yesterday (I’m aware it was nothing burgers lol) but we can still gauge what works or need to be improved on

*if u already did, i probably missed it. My bad😬

lol you’re good i didn’t really wanna say too much cause it was only the 1st game & preseason but obviously the refs were ass and so annoying w the fouls on azzi, we needa work on defense & there was a lack of communication so they need to work on that as well. also better passes to azzi. i assume jose was just trying out different lineups to see how they play together and the lineup in the 4th was so bad 😭 alanna was… but it’s only the 1st game so i’ll give her some grace. zaza maddy and paige (as always) impressed. i’m excited to see more of maddy this year. js as long as azzi doesn’t hesitate and keeps shooting i’ll be happy

these are js my thoughts from observing yesterday but obviously there’s still things they have to work on, it was only their first game tg with new pieces so i’m not surprised but i’m js glad we beat the sick lol

[dailyrandomwriter]

Day 964

So I finally got around to finishing Old City: Leviathan, which isn’t as large of a milestone as I make it sound. The game is only 5 hours long, though it could be longer if you were stubborn enough to explore everything and read everything.

After taking some time to process the game, I feel conflicted.

The game is actually a really good game, and as @wereah had pointed out to me, a game ahead of its time. It came out in 2014, and while it did come out three years after the Stanley Parable, the kind of game this is, wasn’t popular over a decade ago. This kind of game is one where the strength is the discovery of the narrative and the lore of the world in which this game takes place. Something that is very popular now among videogame content creators.

In fact, this game wouldn’t have been out of place as the subject for the Game Theory folks. 

Even better is the art design and direction. While on the surface it appears to be another realistic graphic game, the game has some stylization to the art design. This has allowed the Old City to age very well. It is a very pretty game and was amazing at many points to explore.

There are slight game design choices that Were-Ah and I take issue with, and this is more for the readability and navigation of the player, but it doesn’t remove the enjoyment you could get from it.

And that is the important part, “could get from it”. 

As mentioned before, you need a really high literacy level in order to play this game, especially since discovery of the narrative is the primary game mechanic for the Old City. In fact, Were-Ah was struggling by the later chapters and I was missing a great deal myself. 

This is where the conflict comes in. I’m aware this game was an experimentation to see if players were ready to treat a videogame with the same forethought as a novel, which is understandable. However, I don’t agree that the Old City should have had as much text as it did for two reasons.

The first, is that it isn’t taking full advantage of the fact videogames are an interactive visual medium. There are other ways to force a player to think and consider the narrative, such as using other game mechanics and environmental storytelling. There was a bit of use in it, knowing that the main character, Jonah, was often dreaming or hallucinating, but I think that could have been pushed further.

The second, is just the nature of text. If I was back in school studying the Old City as a literature student, I would have preferred having hardcopies of the text. All of the text, so I could pour over it, highlight it, and write questions in the margins. There is so much information in that text both explicit and implied that you need to have time to go over that text and ask questions.

You also need time to do research, as mentioned before, without Were-Ah’s religious knowledge, I would not have the context of what I was reading. Now, I have looked up words and terminology from video games before, like in the Book of Hours, which was a lot of fun, but the complexity of the text didn’t trigger the thought to look up words.

Probably because I was spending a lot of time trying to decipher the point of view of the writer in some of those texts.

It’s at this point, I could probably argue, that the game was not meant for someone like me. This game was probably meant for someone with a higher literacy level with some knowledge in religion and philosophy, but… an article on the game indicated this was an experiment to see if players were ready for a game like Old City.

At the time it was published, the answer was probably no, but the barrier to entry on this game probably didn’t help. 

To be clear, I enjoyed this game and I enjoyed the time I spent with Were-Ah playing this game.

But if you needed to be critical about it, to treat it like a piece of literature as intended, I would argue this game, while a great game that forces the player to reflect on the narrative, did not consider the audience enough when being created. This is a game meant for a very particular audience at the time of creation, which, if the news article found on it is to be believed, was not the intention of the developer.

[iridesscentgal]

spoilers for the post-story/post-game of bomb rush cyberfunk kinda

am i the only one who finds the post-game incredibly lonely? I play on the switch, which can't be modded to add multiplayer, and i can't get it on steam due to financial reasons. Like after you've unlocked every character; it just feels incredibly empty with the only thing to fill the space being NPCs. I just wish we could have multiplayer built into BRC, especially for the switch so i didn't feel lonely in a area. They wouldn't even need to add multiplayer on switch for me to be content cause like. What if they added a mechanic where you got all the unlockable character's numbers, and "texted" (like you just go to their contact and a little thing pops up asking if you want them to meet up) them to meet up at a place! Like you could have your own little squad that follows you to another area besides the hideout and they went and did their own thing. Like start a cypher or just do some tricks. Honestly just anything to make the world feel more active.