Dan A.

I beat Doom (2016). I'm not really much of an FPS guy, but it's an embarrassment that I've so little time with the genre, let alone the Doom franchise. I had a decent amount of fun.

TypewriterDA's review of Lost Soul Aside | Backloggd Like many, I saw the original <em>Lost Soul Aside</em> work years ago and shared all the sentiments, most of them awe at what one man’s passion for the games he liked could do. Hearing that his work g...

This is a writeup on Lost Soul Aside I made. It's a game of shortcomings just as much as its a title of achieving despite its odds. I choose to be optimistic about things that I don't feel get discussed re: mechanics or in the big picture cause I'm a sap.
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I beat Lost Soul Aside and have started playing a little with the boss rush and hard modes. It was what I thought it was. Pacing a bit of a mess, but the combat elevates it so much more than what it is. The passion of the project comes through and that's what should matter.

The Freestyle Workshop: Nieky Holzken vs Yoann Kongolo In combat sports, experience accounts for a good number of things.

Wrote a short study of one of my favorite fights, Nieky Holzken vs Yoann Kongolo.
Link: danalbert.substack.com/p/the-freest...

Just got the scythe in Lost Soul Aside and the combat continues to kick ass. The pacing and non-combat sections aren't the best and there have been glitches/errors (audio, etc.), though, frankly, think this game got tons of undeserved criticism for how much it does right.

Yeah so, with the right allocations with gear and accessories, you can deal better stagger damage to their bar and weaponize status effects.

Not the most easy thing to see when it happens though, what with how chaotic bosses are.

If there's one thing academia nailed into my skull, it was an exasperation with hypercynical pseudointellectualism. It's like those people have lost the ability to even try to feel joy.

It is what it is, I'm enjoying myself. I think you can inflict status effects on bosses too (still testing), though stagger bar depletions the big weakness in quality. Mobs are more or less good, decently aggressive, even can threaten in air sometimes.
RPG stuff mattering as do atk choices. It's ok.

There's a lot of cool stuff in this game, I'm enjoying myself. It's undercut with things that hold it back. Bosses and elites have all these patterns/gimmicks that elevate the fights + you somehow have enough to be aggressive despite heavy armor. The problem is, still heavy armor.

I’m pretty tolerant of super/hyperarmor in boss design (e.g. hitstun) compared to most so long as I can find ways to interact w/ it. But I’m asking if there’s a stagger bar to give me ways of deal with it past chip damage w/ no alteration per hit or it’s just this boring add on.

*slams fist on table*
global warming!

I was surprised to read how many people were expecting LSA to be some gold standard bearer for modern action games. I can say as someone who was excited for it and who’s enjoyed it for what it is through 3 hrs, it’s rather strange to see some statements when you’re realistic with expectations.

I'm just watching old footage of Metroid Prime trilogy boss design and the fact that so many FPS games get outdone by games made for children dude.

why would you do this to me i just escaped hell's tenth layer

So bad it makes me want to apologize to NG3 boss design, truly an achievement.

I'm going to go channel this into something actually fun, I'm never experiencing that again.

"Hell" is an understatement. That is the worst boss fight I've ever experienced and memory didn't even do it justice. I cannot remember the last time I actually got mad playing a fucking video game.

the pre-final boss shinobi ps2 boss tier list

6B's stage boss is one of the worst I've ever fought, amazing that the final boss is worse. The following two were at least made by sane people. 7B is the best boss of the game, no doubt.

Funnily enough, I felt Shirakmo and Kongu were two of the few I liked. I enjoyed the twins. I know for a fact that I'll enjoy Moritsune. Everyone else disappoints me, though at least they're not the point.

It's only now that replaying Shinobi PS2 that I realize that the final boss being transcendently the worst thing ever hid how utterly shit the rest of the bosses are. Thank god for instant kill tactics.

My favorite is DDD's Young Xehanort

I'm currently breaking people's brains at who my favorite kh2 boss is, and I go oh just wait untl you learn who my series' favorite is

So, amazing news everyone: as you know, I had eye surgery to prevent a condition from taking my eyesight, but damage was so done I was effectively blind in one eye.

We got a fitted contact lens and I can now see out that eye again. It’s kind of surreal after the last year.

Pressure fighters are some of my favorite stylists. They have given us some of the finest displays of cage control and sophisticated violence in MMA history. This article deals the intricacies of that style in detail, why it's surprisingly rare, etc.
Link: danalbert.substack.com/p/mma-case-s...

The Tate mechanic in Shinobi is satisfying to pull off as it pushes you to be aggressive. It also means the boss design is gonna be a bit frustrating, b/c of arena gimmicks and models. It's disappointing because I'm -so- close to having fun.

Please stop spamming projectiles.

Watching Hard Boiled and it's peak

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

This isn't how I expected my day to start. Around 2 years ago, we lost my childhood dog, Clyde. Last night, the other one, Bonnie, passed away. I don't know if I'm to ever have another dog who became excitable just from hearing laughter. Thank you for so much & more.

It's fights like those that tell me why I watch Mixed Martial Arts. It was bittersweet, it was intense, it was emotional, and an epic beyond what I expected. That's how a career like Dustin Poirier's should have ended, going out tooth-and-nail against one of the best.