+2

i replied that dark souls 2 is a good game and the boss instakilled me fuck my chungus life

holy shit they're awesome

i know that's right

i will choose to interpret this as "fighting game fans are ontologically good" as well

if you ever played a narrative RPG and someone in your party died and you decided to NOT reload a save because of the emergent story, that RPG succeeded. And no amount of codified "realistic" mechanics can substitute for that, and usually they do the opposite, only highlighting the artifice

Oh yeah, I dont think it's societally bad or anything. More that an act of interfacing with an RPG usually requires actual effort from the player to maintain the illusion (the better written it is, the easier the illusion) and having clear social mechanics (like links) does threaten to shatter it.

and that's exactly why i haven't been this hype for a fighting game release since type lumina in 2021, this shit looks so neat

Well, my concern with stuff like social links is more about how portraying interpersonal relationship through the lens of game mechanics will inevitably, through agential mode, make the player act at least a little sociopathic and how that often ends up feeling very jarring.

absolute all timer

The entire industry needs to get back to scaring the hoes. Kota Hoshino's soundtrack on Demon's Souls getting replaced by generic LOTR-esque fantasy music in the PS5 remake was a sign of the end times.

mandate of heaven

the hilarious part is, i would bet money every single spike spiegel pfp thinks every other spike spiegel pfp is non-deserving posers

they're having a diva-off

hello mr animal sir, would you like to play melty blood

what's your discord animal jayson i need someone to fight in Xrd Rev2

also this:
andreagibson.org/first-love

basically anything by Wisława Szymborska, altough i can't really accurately judge the translations