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Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered (PS5)

I liked it! It reminded me of Arkham City except actually good. The combat (and particularly the combat-heavy side objectives) really started to wear on me as the game went on, though in fairness I was trying to do all of them. I also found it impossible to care about almost the entire second act, and I was completely done with the stealth sections by act 3. I guess it's a good thing if most of my biggest complaints with a game are "there was too much of this thing I liked initially" though.

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ABZU (Switch)

Absolutely beautiful game.

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The Mummy Demastered (Switch)

Solid Metroidvania. Reminds me of Aliens: Infestation, also by WayForward. The Mummy isn't great source material but the game makes it work, more or less.

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Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (Switch)

I think I liked Pirate Warriors 3 more, but it was still good.

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Lenna's Inception (PC)

Another game from the big itch.io bundle. This one's great! It's essentially a Zelda randomizer with a fairly subversive story. It's only a few hours long and has multiple endings, so it lends itself to multiple playthroughs. Recommended.

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Cleaning up some more short itch.io games.

Boa Retina (PC)

It's a 20 minute verbal abuse simulator. Not exactly fun but it accomplishes its goal.

Cuckoo Castle (PC)

A very tiny Metroidvania where you access new places by finding new playable characters. Has a cute GameBoy aesthetic. It's good!

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Extreme Meatpunks Forever (PC)

Another itch.io game. "Beat" is in heavy quotation marks here because I started skipping all combat towards the end and lost to the final boss (not sure if I got a bad ending as a result or if it doesn't matter). The game isn't fun to play and the writing is pretty amateurish (and I'm not the biggest fan of characters who talk in chatspeak to show how irreverent they are), but I dig the setting a lot. They had me at plunging your neck onto a "nerve spike" to control a giant suit of bone and meat. It has a very Evangelion vibe with its biomechs and broken characters, though everything else is plenty original.

Serre (PC)

Short (~20 minute) itch.io VN about a girl who falls in love with an invading alien. It's cute!

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Elliot Quest (Switch)

I fairly regularly buy games on the Switch eShop that are only a few cents, and expect them to be entertaining for a few minutes and that's about it. This game is definitely an exception. It's essentially a fully realized sequel to Zelda II, except you don't start the game miserable at combat. Knowing where to go is a pain and the ending left a lot to be desired (I think I killed the final boss by accident) but it's a really, really solid action/adventure game overall. I think I paid 1 cent for it; it's worth like $20.

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Sayonara Wild Hearts (Switch)

This game fuckin rocks. I already want to play it again.

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Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions

This game is Fire Emblem as fuck, which I guess is sort of the point. I enjoyed most of it, but it was definitely lacking in quality of life features and there were a lot of chapters that were painful 50-80 turn slogs. I wasn't playing anywhere near optimally but still, shit was long. The last chapter probably took me close to 8 hours by itself. I don't really see myself replaying this, unlike other FEs.

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BAKED:MAGIC (PC)

Another itch.io VN. It's short and a little amateur-ish, but fine. Elliot is a cute character and the game really made me want a muffin.

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Downwell (Switch)

This game is insanely tough on a phone (where I played it first), but very doable on Switch. It took me probably 6 tries against the boss once I got good enough to get there consistently. Definitely a fun little rogue-like platformer, especially for the low price tag.

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Lonely Wolf Treat (PC)

This is from that big itch.io bundle. It's an RPG Maker game about making curry, and also racism (speciesism?). The whole thing is about 20 minutes long, but it ends with a "to be continued" so presumably there will be more eventually, if there isn't already.

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Heart of the Woods (Steam)

I feel like I say it about a lot of the less game-y games I play but this is cute and gay and I recommend it. Also has a surprisingly compelling, sometimes legitimately creepy plot about ghosts and forest spirits.

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Jim_Tab posted...

LOL I love how an IRS employee with first hand experience weighing in on brown people paying taxes is gospel because it fits the narrative, but a cop who has worked for a decade in an almost exclusively brown neighborhood is spreading racist propaganda for sharing experiences with literal human savagery.

did you post this for the irony value or are you just 0% self-aware?

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SmartMuffin posted...

Well illegal immigrants are certainly not taxed (not at the federal level, at least).

Pretty sure they actually are though

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Nobody's more insane than the "both sides are equivalent" people.

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TheRock1525 posted...

Rush Limbaugh, without any sense of irony, referred to Biden as possibly our first "Marxist Communist" president.

god, if only

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Lena CH 7
Colm CH 4
Lethe CH 9
Tharja CH 1
Ryoma CH 5

Lena UN (11) 9
Lena UN (12) 2
Colm UN 3
Lethe UN (9) 7
Lethe UN (10) 2
Tharja UN 6
Ryoma UN 9

Lena's not the most interesting character, but she's one of the better generic healer girls. That's faint praise but like her personality in her introductory chapter a lot, she just suffers from not having much after that and being downright nonexistent in FE12. Colm is uhhh a thief. He's a got a relationship with Neimi that's also not very interesting? I dunno, I'm not a fan of the guy but he isn't terrible. Lethe is great, at least in FE9 where she gets more development. She's still good in FE10, just has less spotlight. Tharja sucks. Ryoma's okay; he suffers from Fates' bad writing like everyone. He gets a lot of screentime and therefore more development than most.

As units I agree with everything Panthera said and therefore have nothing to contribute!

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Mario vs. Sonic but definitely not like in the Olympics sense

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Panthera posted...

Genealogy allows you to level up everyone without issue and Leif reaches level 20 by chapter 9 without hassle.

Mewtwo59 posted...

I have to ding him a bit because he's fairly weak when he joins, but he pretty much has all of the Manster enemies to himself, and Finn is good at setting up kills for him, so it's not the worst start ever.

Evillordexdeath posted...

Last time I played I promoted him in early chapter 8 by giving him a silver sword and some stat rings and having him clean up most of the enemy reinforcements on his side of the map in chapter 7 while Nanna and Finn ran support.

So I remember Leif being annoying to train and Lachesis not being too hard, but reading all this is making me think I have it backwards and that Lachesis was actually the annoying one. For those of you who know FE4 better than me, does that sound more accurate?

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Nier *shrug*

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ZenOfThunder posted...

i'm gonna agree with Guacamelee, I remember the really awful meme posters and SOME of the enemy designs (I remember details like "pumpkin head guy" and "hot lady") but I don't remember who the final boss was at all or the plot

The only strong memory I have is of the "seriously. heavy. petting." joke, just because it felt so out of place.

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A lot of the metroidvanias I've only played once. Guacamelee is one but also Monster Tale, Aliens Infestation, Mega Man ZX Advent, etc. All games I enjoyed but ask me to describe one area/boss/etc and I wouldn't be able to do it.

I'm sure there are more but
Shonen_Bat posted...

I don't remember them

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This was basically my takeaway from it as well. Definitely not one of my favorite metroidvanias.

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Ares CH 8
Rebecca CH 6
Genny CH 6
Ferdinand CH 3

Ares UN 8
Rebecca UN 2
Genny UN 7
Leif UN (4) 3
Nanna UN (4) 7
Soren UN (10) 6
Astrid UN (10) 3
Marth UN (12) 6
Caeda UN (12) 7

My unit rankings are going to be pretty wonky today, aside from FE7 I've only played each of these games once. I am open to corrections!

Ares I remember being very strong with his Mistletoe sword, not completely dominant but close to it. I like him a lot! He's the son of my favorite NPC and I wish he had a real story arc to speak of instead of just a grudge against Seliph.

Rebecca is bad, she can be serviceable if you really need an archer but FE7 protip: you don't really need an archer. As a character she's cute I guess? The Rebecca/Dart character arc is pretty interesting at least.

Genny is good, she has a solid magic learnset and is just a capable healer with eventual damage output once she gets Seraphim. Tempted to go 8 here but I'll stick with 7. She's also a more interesting character than Silque but only just. I don't like the way her name is spelled at all #NotMyJenny

Never used Ferdinand because I haven't played SS/CF yet and his support doesn't grow in part 1 and he demands ranks in stuff like Riding that my Byleth never had and so he's the only character I never recruited in VW and yes i am bitter about it thank you. He's one of my least favorite playables in 3H too but again I've never used him so I can only judge him from interactions at the monastery.

Leif is kind of a nightmare to train. I did it, it's possible, but it sucks. The payoff is access to (arguably) the best class in the game, but tbh it's probably not worth it because it doesn't make him THAT much better than anyone else who's already good at the start. Like Ares. Did I mention I like Ares.

Nanna is a solid healer on a horse. I remember FE10 Soren being kind of unimpressive? I mean he's fine, but not bonkers like some FE10 characters are. Astrid FE10 sucks. Marth FE12 is a superior combat unit compared to his FE11 self I think? Still not great. Caeda isn't nuts in FE12 like she is in FE11 but she's solid if you want a flier that isn't Sirius reclassed into a dragonlord.

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Sonic

More specifically it was "don't think about Sonic", then Castlevania and Metroid.

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Homeless? Buy a house. Live in it.

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Final Fantasy X for some reason? I'm not even that big on FFX's cast

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Normal brain: Kanye is running to sabotage Trump
Galaxy brain: Kanye is running to bolster Jorgensen

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Brawl again

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I don't see any reason to split character ratings for different games, and that goes for 9/10 but also 1/3/11/12 and 6/7. I know that personally I'll just rate them the same in pretty much every instance.

Ayra CH 8
Sue CH 6
Ross CH 6
Henry CH 6
Xander CH 2

Ayra UN 7
Sue UN 5
Ross UN 3
Henry UN 6
Xander UN 9

Ayra's just plain cool. She's a fierce warrior in a way that FE rarely lets women be, and ends up one of the most memorable FE4 characters because of it. She's pretty damn tough in gameplay too. Unfortunately she is sword infantry in Horse Emblem, and it's a big problem but really her only one. Once she actually reaches an enemy she just turns them into ribbons.

Sue is fairly plain but inoffensive, I'm okay with her. Being bow-locked isn't great but if you're going to be, nomad is a great class to have for it. I think I'd rather use Shin though.

I like Ross but he's a straight up garbo unit, probably slightly more usable than Amelia and Ewan just because he joins early. But really, if you use him it's for the sheer joy of it, not because he's actually good. Character-wise he's fine, I don't like him as much as the other kids in FE8 though. He has a good dynamic with his dad and unlike almost every other case in FE it doesn't end in tragedy.

Henry is definitely an Awakening character, and his requisite gimmick is dark humor, mostly in the form of shitty puns. It's hard to hate, but it definitely feels out of place. As a unit he's fine, I think I'd use him over most other mages in Awakening.

Xander is hot trash and probably the most inconsistently written character in the whole series. Not only is he completely different in each of the Fates games, he's even inconsistent within each game, depending on if you're reading the main story or the supports. Hard to argue with him as a unit though. He's not as dominant as Ryoma and arguably Camilla is better too, but he definitely stands out as an absurdly powerful prepromo nonetheless.

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Twilight Princess

It's Brawl tho

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Leon CH 8
Leif CH 7
Florina CH 9
Micaiah CH 4
Mercedes CH 7

Leon UN 7
Florina UN 9
Micaiah UN 7
Mercedes UN 7

Leon's a bit of a gay stereotype but I like him, he gets solid dialogue and is treated pretty respectfully. Bows are pretty damn good in Echoes so he's a very solid unit too, though not exactly dominant.

I like Leif well enough. His story of living in the shadow of more impressive crusaders like Seliph and Ced is compelling and he grows a lot on his way to becoming their equal.

Florina's a personal fave, I don't find her annoying at all like some people do and I think she fits in well with Lyn and the other members of Lyn's party. I'm maybe overrating her a bit because Fiora is more reliable, but Florina just shows up so early and is so consistently useful that she's really a top unit unless she gets screwed by bad level ups (obviously STR being the most common one).

Micaiah sux. Thani is great though, and Sacrifice is... uh, situationally not-useless. She'd be a little higher if she wasn't so likely to end up underleveled for part 4/end game, but honestly the hardest part of the game is by far the beginning and she's one of the more reliable units there.

I go back and forth on how much I like Mercedes. She has some really terrible lines but most of the time I like her well enough (I had Byleth marry her on my first playthrough). She has a really cute friendship with Annette and bounces off Sylvain pretty well too. As a unit she was a generic healbot for me before eventually getting to drop some hurt as a gremory. Very useful if not impressive.

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MariaTaylor posted...

Society demands that we wear masks and condemn all bad behavior, even behavior that we ourselves have engaged in. People like me, who don't wear a mask, are incredibly rare.

We're in the middle of a pandemic, please wear a mask.

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Mushroom Kingdom

It's not true but it's what I thought!

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To be fair, if Trump aced a test in front of me, I'd be surprised too

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Goomba

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Hard/classic with the turnwheel felt like a good balance to me. Which battle is giving you trouble?

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Nanna CH 7
Lugh CH 4
Astrid CH 5
Robin (M) CH 7
Robin (F) CH 7
Takumi CH 6

Lugh UN 6
Astrid UN 5
Robin UN 10
Takumi UN 6

Nanna is a fairly cool lady, one of the better gen 2 kids. I never played FE5 so I can't rate her as a unit in it.

Lugh is fairly generic in personality, but he's a solid unit. Good growths and availability, and he hits Res which is always helpful in FE6.

Astrid has bad taste in men and shows up underpowered. She's potentially worth the investment in the long run, in FE9 at least (much less so in FE10). I can definitely take her or leave her.

Robin is very very good, if not broken. She isn't amazing immediately but quickly gets there and stays there. Personality-wise Robin is a mixed bag. She's probably the best written avatar, which is damningly faint praise but still. She's also more than just one quirk repeated ad nauseum, which puts her above most of the Awakening cast, but again, faint praise...

Takumi is tainted by Fates' writing to be a shadow of an interesting character. Frankly I'm tempted to rate him even lower, but at least there's something interesting there. As a unit he's solid? Fates made a good effort to fix bow units and Takumi benefits a lot from it, but like, bow-locked infantry still aren't great. If you're gonna use one, Takumi's your guy though j/k use Setsuna instead, she needs a friend

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Majotori (PC)

Majotori is a game about a witch who grants wishes, but only if you can win a game of trivia (and then get lucky on a spin of a roulette wheel). I played through 32 scenarios and lost 10 of them, which doesn't properly convey the number of times I only missed one question but lost the roulette anyway. The game's cute and I love me some trivia but you really have to be dialed in to a couple specific topics (anime and movies mostly) to do well.

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Ico

Has Ico been in a contest? Next thought was Okami.

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My memory of it is that masks were in incredibly short supply in the early stages of the pandemic, so the advice to the general public to not wear masks was for the sake of ensuring that medical personnel would have the masks they needed. I don't think it was ever about masks not being helpful.

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TurboGrafx-16

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By Your Side (PC)

Another one from the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. It's a cute, fluffy VN, but hard for me to recommend. The dialogue started repeating almost immediately and there was probably only 20-30 minutes of content in its 1.5 hours of playtime. I nearly dropped this one a couple times before making myself stick it out.

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A Short Hike (PC)

Very cute game. I liked the metroidvania aspect to it with the movement upgrades, exploration, backtracking, and opening shortcuts. I didn't finish even half the quests I started so I might replay it and try to do more.

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Dungeons & Lesbians (PC)

This was part of the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. It's a cute VN, short (about 20 minutes) but with multiple routes/endings. Not all the humor lands (it's a bit too heavy on the memes) but enough of it does.

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Marth CH 10
Caeda CH 9
Innes CH 9
Ricken CH 5
Panne CH 7
Marth UN 6
Caeda UN 9
Innes UN 4
Ricken UN 5
Panne UN 4

Marth, Caeda, and Innes are all among my favorite characters. Marth has some of the best lines in Shadow Dragon and despite being a Generic Hero Guy he's just well-written and believable. Caeda is hilarious for the way she can zero in on complete losers in the enemy army to recruit by slightly flirting with them. Innes is a solid foil to the twins and just a cool character in general. I like Ricken more than his "don't treat me like a kid" archetype would suggest but he's not a favorite or anything. Panne is Missed Opportunities, The Character and it kinda just makes me sad but that's not her fault. She's a cool rabbit lady and I wish she got more screen-time.

Marth is hard to rate as a unit. Obviously as a combat unit he's middling at best but he's great for treasure duty and your only option for visiting villages, so you definitely want him around (not to mention he's required). I'll go with a 6 here, arbitrarily. Caeda is a sky goddess who rains pointy death on her enemies. She's not a brain-dead invincible character but she's definitely at the top of the Shadow Dragon roster. Innes is mediocre as far as FE8 prepromos go -- he won't hold you back (not any more than any other archer, at least), but he's definitely not going to impress much either. Ricken is okay, I guess? I don't think him or his closest competition Miriel are anything special, especially compared to Robin, but he's adequate. Panne is a boring unit who can only do one thing, but she's okay at it at least.

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Shonen_Bat posted...

Barack Obama

because of the 'how would they do in a contest' topic

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CoolCly posted...

If a normal user said those things I don't think you think its anything other than normal venting..

Weird, it's almost like a 15 year reputation of not giving a shit about anyone else has impacted the way people respond to his posts.

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