Lurker > Snake5555555555

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Group 9
0 - Magus (Chrono Trigger)

0 - GLaDOS (Portal)

Group 10
0 - Samus Aran (Metroid)

0 - Ren "Joker" Amamiya (Persona 5)

Group 1
0 - Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)

0 - Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

I'm also down for the tournament.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

LiquidOshawott posted...

Alright I picked the Ludwig the Vampire episode of Dead Rabbit and while it took about half the episode for him to get to talk about it I found it kinda neat to talk about the goofy urban legend about a dude who just drank human blood, liked the energy of the talker too.

Nice! There's so many great episodes like that. There was also a great Pokemon one about two months back.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

6.5/10

I've soured on this one a little bit since its release, but I still enjoy many of its storytelling elements. I like how grand in scope this rather simple slice-of-life arc can feel; you can find yourself easily caught up in a house of horrors or conspiracy thriller much like you would discovering weird, new things in your own house before coming to the conclusion that the stuff you were obsessed with is just sort of sad, depressing, and mundane, distracting yourself from the real problems. The decision to sit the narrative in a "new" house was smart; you feel alienated and much like a voyeur touching things you're not supposed to, but also like a detective slowly piecing the narrative together. Sure, many games have you going around unknown environments, collecting & touching things but not many take the care to make it feel as personal as Gone Home does. As for the narrative itself; it's rather run-of-the-mill if you ask me. I don't think it particularly brings anything new to the table about lesbian relationships and familial acceptance but it's still a story with decent emotional weight and a decently hopeful if also melancholic ending, though more in its ambiguity than stating an outright conclusion. It's not quite the barnburner it was touted as, but it's still worth a playthrough if you ask me.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Swiper
Blue

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Rikku

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

GROUP 6
Naked Snake/Big Boss (Metal Gear)

Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)

GROUP 7
Missile (Ghost Trick)

Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

GROUP 8
Robo (Chrono Trigger)

2B (NieR: Automata)


---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Most: Claire, Kaitlin, Shannon, Taylor, Katy, Alicia, Sarah, Jessica
Least: Meghan, Roxanne, Danielle

Don't have a lot of names I outright hate really.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Love Dead Rabbit Radio but I don't think it would be appealing to most.

Welcome to Night Vale and Lore are musts.

Last Podcast on the Left is great too.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

9.5/10

As Gothic as some of the best and most iconic stories by Henry James and Shirley Jackson. It uses its anthology format to great effect, as the player embodies each tragedy after tragedy in more depressive ways than the last, but also elements of black humor keep the player from guessing exactly where each story is going to lead, much like a series like Tales from the Crypt (and appropriately, a section is based exactly on the comics so no surprise there). It's horror not in the traditional sense, but horror repackaged to show the curse and monolithic inescapability of family lineage, one's own personal demons, and perfectly represents the hopelessness one can feel trapped in a hell of their own making. It's one of the most deeply affecting and emotionally valuable stories in all of gaming.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Swiper
Blue

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

No because I'm a cat
https://media.giphy.com/media/8zdi3lQp3fzKU/giphy.gif

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Edited my post

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Group 3
The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)

Group 4
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)

Kirby (Kirby)

Group 5
Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)

Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

9/10

The pacing is more akin to a TV show than a video game; as the main plot chugs carefully along with mystery and intrigue, care and craft is put into the game's richly detailed world & characters in episodic styles that sees all of its spectacular main cast grabbing the spotlight at one time or another. FF7 mingles with all sorts of genres through its lengthy run-time, with genuine laugh-out-loud comedy, intensive drama, thrilling action, and eldritch horrors capturing the imagination at every turn. FF7's most impressive ability is to go beyond its cartoony avatars by leveraging the natural cinematography of its gorgeous pre-renders to make every scene stand-out with kinetic action and exaggerated flair taken directly from anime especially, all without any voice acting as well. You end up defining the characters in your head even more so than the game does. Whether you're staring at the ruins of your former home from a small abandoned playground, mourning the tragic loss of a beloved friend, following the bloody trail of an unknown monster, or just getting your materia stolen by a gutsy thief, one thing you can't say is Final Fantasy VII lacks flair, style, and a sense of experimentation that still makes it one of the leading examples of how to do a video game story today.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Swiper
Blue

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Group 10
Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)

Samus Aran (Metroid)

Group 1
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)

King Dedede (Kirby)

Group 2
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)

Jecht (Final Fantasy X)


---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

1/10

Sonic stories (at least, the 3D Sonics) have always gotten by on their sheer outlandishness; these anthropomorphic characters battling against end of the world stakes with a sense of tryhard edgy coolness competing for airtime with cheesy Saturday morning cartoon voice acting and surface level character development. Occasionally, the series could even stumble accidentally into brief moments of genuine emotion or intriguing plot beats at least as far as Sonic storytelling goes. However, the series continued to learn all the wrong lessons from its many iterations, totally jumping the shark with Shadow the Hedgehog into pure depressing, misery as edginess became Sonic's total modus operandi; if Shadow jumped the shark, Sonic '06 stuck the landing straight in to the pits of hell. You have the literal devil as the antagonist of the game, and yet that's not even as misguided as the supporting character of Elise, an awkward romantic insertion that's as icky and gross as it just a total misfire emotionally, providing nothing for any player to latch on to in any meaningful way, if they even wanted to in the first place. Yes there is still cheesiness in the story, obviously, but the plot is so far outside Sonic's depth and scope that it can not service any element properly or hope to contain any cohesiveness one would or could conceivably want to follow. Sonic '06 is the perfect example of what people think video game stories are and represents a low point for the entire industry.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Blue
Swiper

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

It's coming up in about 10 minutes on NBC where I am.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Isquen posted...

I think it was IV?

Indeed it was.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Group 7
Missile (Ghost Trick)

Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Group 8
2B (NieR: Automata)

Robo (Chrono Trigger)

Group 9
GLaDOS (Portal)

Auron (Final Fantasy X)

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

6.5/10

Simply having great and memorable quotes doesn't necessarily make a story good (see: The Room), but the way the game infuses these quotes and characters into a simple Star Wars-esque heroes vs. villains narrative, with true cinematic flair and appropriate amount of melodrama that makes it appealing to mass audiences.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Fully vaxxed for almost 2 months now

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

UltimaterializerX posted...

You are such a well-thought person. Never change.

I appreciate the compliment, thank you!

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

In my opinion the best game stories perfectly meld with the gameplay. Some of my personal favorite examples are Silent Hill 2 and its subtle player choice progressions, Spec Ops: The Line inflicting psychological tricks on you as Walker's mental state deteriorates, The Sorrow having more ghosts the more violent you are (the whole Metal Gear series in general is excellent at this type of stuff). Gameplay and story definitely doesn't have to be mutually exclusive or inclusive to be effective.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Rufus

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

FFDragon posted...

done

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Excellent system and even better modded. Thanks to Snrkiko for the emulation set-up guide!

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Trading for Leblanc auto, can save now

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Oh they announced a new Grid too, cool.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Dead Space and Lost in Random both look so good.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Group 4
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)

Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

Group 5
Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)

Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)

Group 6
Naked Snake/Big Boss (Metal Gear)

Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Admittedly I knew Bellbottoms from Baby Driver but it's one of my favorites now.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

SwiftyDC posted...

horror movie that starts off with a monkey scratching a dude and turning him to a zombie

This is either 28 Days Later or Dead Alive/Braindead.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

v_charon posted...

Mythology: Best episode(s) to me are the Anasazi/Blessing Way/Paper Clip trilogy of episodes closing the second and beginning the third season.

I definitely concur with this.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

8/10

Proof you can tell a story through feeling, emotion, and visuals just as well as traditional methods. Its story is found basically in how you choose to interpret it and that's a wonderful thing, however INSIDE runs too abstract by its ending and I think it hurts it just a tiny bit.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Oh Til Death is a great one! That's just a very classic EC Comics horror tale.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

CaptainOfCrush posted...

During one of those free HBO preview weekends, I was watching Tales from the Crypt with my parents (probably because they assumed it was a kid's show like Are you Afraid of the Dark). The episode focused on a monster/demon/ugly faced thing, and the final scene was the big payoff where the monster's face was revealed. Well, right before I got to see it, my parents told me to cover my eyes, and I was already so scared by that point that I did so immediately.

I never saw the monster's face. It's been at least 25 years since, and I still think about that episode sometimes. I'll occasionally look up the list of episodes to see if I can find it, but no luck yet (and no, I'm not gonna watch multiple episodes of that crap for 10 seconds of childhood closure).

Was the episode "The New Arrival" by any chance? That had a pretty killer reveal similar to what you described.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Paine

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Short write-ups are good, and you can definitely get more out daily too with that style. I get the context of the move from it and your opinion so they work for this particular ranking. I love doing the longer write-ups but they can for sure be very stressful and time-consuming.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

Leblanc

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

IT does have admittedly cheesy parts nowadays but Tim Curry's performance, his mannerisms, his voice and makeup/costume, it still scares me! It's all so effortless, it's the fact that he acts like a normal clown while having these sinister undertones is the core of my phobia I think.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW

EASILY 1990's IT. It was the first horror film I had ever watched, I was 6 years old, and it terrified me for years and gave me a clown phobia lol. I had my bed up against the wall, and there was a little hole in the wall and I ALWAYS thought Pennywise was looking at me through the hole. Around the same time I had also seen Candyman and The Ring shortly after and they scared me almost as much too. But never as much as Pennywise.

---

I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW