often overlooked strength of Aria imo is the goated sound design that game has. The satisfying gushy noise that sword hits make is soooo good

Also hello, how in the world did I not follow you until now what the hell 😵‍💫
a friend pointed it out to me even lmao

something about SF4 still feels like Christmas morning to me. Especially the vibe when I hear the "drive in at night" stage song. Huge era and turning point for fighting games

3 is a work of art for sure but I didn't want to play it much 😅
If I could just have the footsies of it without parry, yes

maybe personally isn't the right word, because my subjective enjoyment leans more in the Alphas, but 6 wins like overall as a product, thoughtful design, balance, work put into the animation, all those things. It's such a crazy package

Only things holding it back are music and minor gameplay gripes

ahhhhhh yes!! I'm the guy that you showed a progress pic of this to at Combo Breaker 🥹

Indeed, 6 years and now we have info about the new game too. Very timely

Love how you used the teleport room's stained glass for the background, I haven't seen anyone draw that yet

Thanks @xombiemike.bsky.social for pointing out we should spread the news here as well

um, good gracious

but what's unfortunate actually btw, is how classicvania seems to be thought of as a rough boomer genre. I love what Bloodstained is doing there, but seems to be a tougher sell for new audiences than other classic things

Feel like there's room for something to blow up there, some breakout title...

Guilty Gear being like this too on its smaller scale is also wild

Baldur's Gate!!! looool. That was definitely unexpected, perhaps tied with From Soft

but anyway, rougelike/soulslike/metrdoidvania being so popular is fine with me. People decided they like video games, so

like.........yeah

AND ANOTHER ONE ABOUT ATHENA CYKES, AND HOW SHES A LAWYER WHO CAN PHYSICALLY HEAR EMOTIONS WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE WRITING PREMISE FOR GREAT STORIES AND SHES SO CHARMING TOO, GIVE HER HER OWN GAME PLEASE PLEASE 🙏