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L-Gaim Mk2 is such a foreboding mech, and its introductory episodes are all "Gablae shit himself again and we're trying not to make it awkward but Leccee ran off to join the circus"

just one more mechanic bro

just one more mechanic and it'll fix everything bro

Kagurabachi isn't backing down from the villains being overt genocidal Japanese nationalist. That can easily go wrong when their backgrounds/reasonings get explored.

But if it sticks the landing, Yura as a modern fascist and Soga an old racist could lead to a phenomenal takedown of both ideologies.

It is fair to be initially put off by something in any era of games. I was going to use Skyrim as an example of a modern UI I can barely stand, I feel old.

But there is a tendency for gamers to demand devs patch everything to our exact taste. Games aren't seen as a work you try to engage with.

A Dark Woke that has ascended past a Dark Woke. Or you can just call it a Dark Woke 2.

Being fine might explain the frustration with the games more than bad. People give it more and less chances than other series.

Mega Starmie is a hilarious brilliant design, that most pokemon fans would make fun of in anything else. Yet some hate to fit the negative narrative about the series.

There are less Silent Hill HD disasters. But Chrono Cross has horrible upscaling. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD messes up many effects. They're still fucking up Symphonia

There are remasters worth playing, and terrible ports. MK kollection is so bad. But to me preserving the original is important

And suspicious events just seem to happen where ever you stopped. But you keep moving, they can't catch you if you keep moving.

I don't think many are unbearable, just different. Game design isn't linear improvement but changing tastes. Ultimately remasters create another flavour which eventually will go out of fashion too.

Some use to argue WotL "replaced" FFT, no more. Yet PS1 FFT remains a worthwhile experience.

Yep, then it turns into crabs in a bucket. Slightly tangential, but there is currently a controversy in Japan as actress drank while underage. 19, instead of 20...

Zoomers are both judged by old puritan and modern standards. So help with pulling each other down to reclaim some kind of power.

As time goes on I feel this less. What is being changed to make it HD? Textures, models, lighting, etc? Can easily spoil the style or mess up effects like PS2 transparency. Are the QoL changes effecting the intentional design?

It always ends up with an attempt to mod it back to the original

To a degree its cope on both sides

Older generations have been steadily exposed to more sexual media, often not handled well. Younger generations feel over sexualised, yet barred from participating even when they are of age

I'd say zoomers have a less healthy mindset, but there are issues all over

Is that including the Batarian genocide?

A common mistake is that Shepdawg israel'd 300k Batarians. But actually, they were evil slavers. So either a majority of those were slaves or a planet's worth was killed on top.

Of mixed race of course not discriminatory.

Look we can only fit so many options on this dialogue wheel and at least one has to say "the slavers have a point (quippy)"

Every time I give ME a chance I'm confronted by how neoliberal it is.

Untouchable space cop has a rational debate between slavers and their robo slaves. All so you can bring American individualism to the slaves to solve the issue. Then maybe genocide them.

But gay is okay (in private).

Fighter's strictness means you can make a lot of aspects of game design shine that other genres dilute. Positioning, frame data, combo length, etc all matter more when you're trapped in a box with a 60 second timer. It's foundational, but the abstractions genres make mean it isn't always applicable.

Modernising often isn't even applying a modern standard. Motion vs easy inputs remains a hot button issue in fighters. Yet motions came after the idea of press button to do an action. A design choice that never went away.

It's all legitimacy through shame. Same with save anywhere or easy modes.

Friction when the gameplay makes your dick feel good.

Terry does say that all the time

Also cause he got something else to suck on

I think there is both room for games that experiment with openness, and players to test their skill/aspects of the gameplay with imposed limitations.

But when its just linear experiences that lack fine tuning, or fans who can only view gameplay through their personal trials. There are issues.

A rain-slick backalley containing two men, both tall and dressed predominantly in black, each walking a cat on a leash

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

I'd be murdered for saying it, but I kind of feel like shinies have run their course. A mix of been around for so long and easier to get than ever. They're no longer a cool secret. I'd like the games to experiment with different aesthetic changes. Like make it so they can come in a range of hues.

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It's a delicate topic that the anime/manga community is completely unequipped to deal with. So really we need to take a lesson from GR Armageddon in that only crazy people would stay on twitter to argue about politics in manga.

Feel like there is an important distinction between a work being fascist. And a work negatively portraying self destructive warrior machismo mindset, then having to go back and clarify "the nuclear suicide bomb bit was a bad thing actually."

Also getter transformation are both trans and yuri.

There are cases where I think cross genre pollination can be beneficial. If you understand a company's fighting games, you'll find similar logic in their action games.

But then genres drift apart, devs are less familiar with them. So you get vestigial elements, and smashed foundations.

People are simply happy to see a politician actually say left wing stuff again. They'd always rarely follow through, but the pretence shifted the playing field.

The psychosis of "we have to promise nothing and appeal to the right" must be broken.