Nats

maybe the best ever??

every clip people post about northernlion is him saying some "you need to touch grass. engage in earthly virtues, the pleasures of the spirit and the mind. reject dopamine. seek transcendence" while he plays 'Subway Surfers But It Makes You Addicted to Slot Machines' in the background

"Beat em ups are button mashing quarter munchers, but this new one is really good because it's about learning and getting good" is the beat em up version of "Unlike other mecha shows, this one is about the characters."

I think somewhere along the line people need to learn when a critic’s voice is worth listening to and this opening statement basically reveals that this is a person not worth listening to for a product review

There’s arguable value in someone who’s first entry into a long running franchise is the one they are reviewing

There’s value in someone who has extensive history and adoration in a franchise they are reviewing

There is functionally no value for someone who hates a franchise to review a new entry

This was like the best thing ever omg

fire punch is fucking crazy every chapter is leaving me sick to my stomach in new and exciting ways

And while there's not a savestate function for most games there's a mod called thprac which lets you practice on all of the attacks in the game. Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom does have a savestate-esque mode but I couldn't beat that one even with it (it's balanced around it and is insanely difficult)

there r also lots of really good fan games to start with if shmup gameplay is too much of a barrier... I love labyrinth of touhou and Fantasy Maiden Wars! FMW is an srpg that adapts the first few "modern" games into an actual story and Labyrinth is an incredibly fun DRPG

turn that fuckin life counter all the way up in the settings, pick reimu's homing shot, and play on easy if normal is too stressful!!

God I was just talking about this experience with someone yesterday. People reading my review and going "I agree, but also none of what you said bothered me nearly as much as it bothered you" and... idk I just love that reaction?

I don't need to convert people, I just want to be understood. 😌

really u probs just have to watch like a playthrough of the first couple of levels and like. Understand who max Payne is and what he looks and sounds like lmao. Could maybe even just do mp3 bc afaik that game is pretty playable on console (tho not done by remedy)

instead of playing American nightmare u should play max Payne 1 before u do Alan wake 2 that one actually has some fuckin pay off to it (if u want it's not like mandatory or anything. Especially bc that's a game u def wanna do on PC + m/k if at all possible and I know u don't fuck with that much)

fwiw I did find the dlc more enjoyable bc it does just embrace the tps aspect reatehe than pretending u need to scrounge at all. And don't worry in the slightest about American nightmare I did not feel like I missed out at all with control and 2 not having played it

so insane how u have like a 3rd locked to the hardest difficulty that isn't even available for ur first playthrough. Like sorry Alan there is no chance I'm playing this game again IMMEDIATELY after finishing on a difficulty that fully expect to be less enjoyable

They're like narrative first games still but the gameplay is so much improved from 1 where it was actively detrimental and pushed up against the narrative in really unsatisfying ways. Control and AW2 both play well and their gameplay improves and enhances ur experience of the story I think

control and aw2 are both like WAY more functional and involved as games while taking up the vibesband overall narrative to levels aw1 couldn't even imagine. They're honestly both really good (though I didn't dislike aw1 quite as much as u keke so we shall see!!)

Yeah the story is also mostly like vibes based and a lot of the meat is in exploration rewards and collectibles that you have to fuckin march around these weirdly huge maps to find
There's some good stuff in there but it's def a prelude to control and aw2 I think

yeah it's Neat but like so uninteractive and just not very engaging to actually play

like super small ammo and resource caps disincentivizes exploration and engaging with the combat because it's gonna refill you anyway and you can't build up a meaningful surplus

Plus like 2 enemy types and 3 guns

It's so damaging to my opinion on a game if i play it just to finish it or out of some weird sense of obligation

an illustration by Spindle of the characters Asimov (on the right), a half-elf with white hair tied up in a bun, and wearing a blue dress (with yellow accents and a red stripe on the bottom), sitting and kissing Ottilie (on the left), a human with short brown hair tied up in a small bun, wearing a green cardigan (with orange circles print, and white trim), white underwear, and black thighhighs (appearing green due to the tones of the art). She's in front of Asi and leaning on her, kissing back. The kiss is tongue-style

i bring more women kissing to your TL

Princess Peach and Rosalina

i genuinely understand why people think shmups and touhou are all about rote memorization i just wish i could communicate how deeply untrue that is. once you learn a stage well enough you can improvise in these strange, beautiful ways you would have never thought possible

i probably wouldnt mind the repetition of hades so much if it had a soundtrack half as good as any given touhou game

the master... U have reached a level of enlightenment I could only dream of!!!

a common rookie mistake is thinking games are tv. Pros know games are actually movies

it also has an encyclopedia that tells you the detailed backstory of every single map boss you kill. You'll check it and it'll tell you you just killed the brother of the guy you killed on the 3rd map of the game and he referenced it in the pre battle dialogue

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

Shout out to this absolutely insane tactics ogre mechanic that keeps track of the nationality of every enemy you kill and causes party members of the same nationality to leave if you kill too many of them

this is so fuckin good sis omg