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Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
not doing music since I dont know shit about music
oh
alright uhhhhhhh
how about the sprites i've made in this thread
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lostsilver wrote: q37e

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
not doing music since I dont know shit about music
oh
alright uhhhhhhh
how about the sprites i've made in this thread
as I said before, i'm not just reviewing anything, I need something with a plot or anything I can analyze, cant just do that for a sprite
Im glad you liked billy bat lmao, you put the feeling of weird confusion it makes into words, it really is that good

Edit: I might have a few more weird mangas I've already read, might shoot them here if i found any that's interesting
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NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Im glad you liked billy bat lmao, you put the feeling of weird confusion it makes into words, it really is that good

Edit: I might have a few more weird mangas I've already read, might shoot them here if i found any that's interesting
sure, always open for more suggestions
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I dropped Hapymaher

I feel bad for katou, since they really were excited for their request, but this really isn't just something for me

i've played up to the middle of chapter 3, so like a little bit more than an hour and a half I think? (didn't really time it), which is enough time to judge IMO, and while the plot hasn't really started, I feel the game is pushing me into wanting to date one of the characters. Currently feels more like a dating simulator than a VN, and that's just not really my thing

and while the little scenes explaining the plot, the scene just showcases that one character panties in full detail, and while some people may be fine with stuff like that, I don't really like it. Like, before even anything really happened the game already throwed me an opportunity to have a sex scene

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next: Control Alt Delete webcomic



fuck



edit: i'm not going to do ctrlAltDelete what the fuck is this I didn't know it was THAT unfunny, i'm sorry but I dont want to torture myself

skipping to homestuck, which tbh I didn't put it on the special request list since I don't know how long it would take me, but now i'm realizing that it may be really fucking long
HAHAHA I tried reading CAD some time ago and it's really bad

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I dropped Hapymaher

I feel bad for katou, since they really were excited for their request, but this really isn't just something for me

i've played up to the middle of chapter 3, so like a little bit more than an hour and a half I think? (didn't really time it), which is enough time to judge IMO, and while the plot hasn't really started, I feel the game is pushing me into wanting to date one of the characters. Currently feels more like a dating simulator than a VN, and that's just not really my thing

and while the little scenes explaining the plot, the scene just showcases that one character panties in full detail, and while some people may be fine with stuff like that, I don't really like it. Like, before even anything really happened the game already throwed me an opportunity to have a sex scene

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next: Control Alt Delete webcomic



fuck



edit: i'm not going to do ctrlAltDelete what the fuck is this I didn't know it was THAT unfunny, i'm sorry but I dont want to torture myself

skipping to homestuck, which tbh I didn't put it on the special request list since I don't know how long it would take me, but now i'm realizing that it may be really fucking long
Yeah, that's fine. Probably should have suggested something more tame at first.
Review me
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sametdze wrote: 1l1a4s

Review me
as I have already said multiple times in this thread, I cant do stuff like that, what i'm looking for are books/games/anime/manga/film with plot or whatever I can analyze, I cant analyze a sprite or a person or a contest
Man Patatitta really Loss the challenge. xD

I guess he can't handle the cringe on his potato brain after all lol.

But yeah it's really cringe, at least you got that right or else...

O_O

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

sametdze wrote: 1l1a4s

Review me
as I have already said multiple times in this thread, I cant do stuff like that, what i'm looking for are books/games/anime/manga/film with plot or whatever I can analyze, I cant analyze a sprite or a person or a contest
Fine, I'll review myself

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

sametdze wrote: 1l1a4s

Review me
as I have already said multiple times in this thread, I cant do stuff like that, what i'm looking for are books/games/anime/manga/film with plot or whatever I can analyze, I cant analyze a sprite or a person or a contest
Review my me! page lel

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
not doing music since I dont know shit about music
oh
alright uhhhhhhh
how about the sprites i've made in this thread
as I said before, i'm not just reviewing anything, I need something with a plot or anything I can analyze, cant just do that for a sprite
oh alright then :/
then what about over the garden wall

sametdze wrote: 1l1a4s

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

sametdze wrote: 1l1a4s

Review me
as I have already said multiple times in this thread, I cant do stuff like that, what i'm looking for are books/games/anime/manga/film with plot or whatever I can analyze, I cant analyze a sprite or a person or a contest
Fine, I'll review myself
nono ill do it
u are cool train guy who has model trains and is cool
did i mention the trains? or that ur cool? i forget

o yea also u are cool to see on da forum 👍

i give u a 6/10 on da osu ranking
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MrMcMikey22 wrote: 6l396f

Man Patatitta really Loss the challenge. xD

I guess he can't handle the cringe on his potato brain after all lol.

But yeah it's really cringe, at least you got that right or else...

O_O
honestly I don't think I have ever dropped something so fast in my life


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I feel bad for dropping 3 things today but homestuck is not really the thing for me

I have read up to page 474 before deciding to drop it, I really wasn't willing to read any mroe of that

idk, I just don't really get homestuck?, Like, the way ht's written, it's like a point and click game, which is cool, I lovee point and click games, like, currently i'm playing this game called norco, and it's really good so far. And my favourite game of all time, disco elysium, does feel point and click adjacent due to how much text it has and how little gameplay it has

however, one of the appeal of these types of games for me is having the freedom to explore on your own, roleplay as your character, solving the puzles on your own, if i'm just reading someone else play a point and click adventure game, that's boring

it's also worth mentioning that the way you write a poitn and click game is not the way you write a book or a webcomic, stuff like saying what actions the character takes with is not the most ideas for a book, but it's just very often a needed thing for this type of games. However, in this medium you dont need to do that, you're making the reading quality worse for no reason, since you're not giving me any of the upside for it

the story is also completely lineal so far, even if it's a webcomic and there are flash games and stuff, the story is just lineal

the story was also not my thing, it was mainly just focused on comedy which it's fine on itself, but it's a type of comedy that I don't really enjoy much

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updates: I finished chapter 12 of revolutionary girl utena and i'm liking it so far

next: pale fire
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cephaphysic wrote: 1o5144

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

MrMcMikey22 wrote: 6l396f

Man Patatitta really Loss the challenge. xD

I guess he can't handle the cringe on his potato brain after all lol.

But yeah it's really cringe, at least you got that right or else...

O_O
honestly I don't think I have ever dropped something so fast in my life


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I feel bad for dropping 3 things today but homestuck is not really the thing for me

I have read up to page 474 before deciding to drop it, I really wasn't willing to read any mroe of that

idk, I just don't really get homestuck?, Like, the way ht's written, it's like a point and click game, which is cool, I lovee point and click games, like, currently i'm playing this game called norco, and it's really good so far. And my favourite game of all time, disco elysium, does feel point and click adjacent due to how much text it has and how little gameplay it has

however, one of the appeal of these types of games for me is having the freedom to explore on your own, roleplay as your character, solving the puzles on your own, if i'm just reading someone else play a point and click adventure game, that's boring

it's also worth mentioning that the way you write a poitn and click game is not the way you write a book or a webcomic, stuff like saying what actions the character takes with is not the most ideas for a book, but it's just very often a needed thing for this type of games. However, in this medium you dont need to do that, you're making the reading quality worse for no reason, since you're not giving me any of the upside for it

the story is also completely lineal so far, even if it's a webcomic and there are flash games and stuff, the story is just lineal

the story was also not my thing, it was mainly just focused on comedy which it's fine on itself, but it's a type of comedy that I don't really enjoy much
fair enough. the beginning isn't really reflective of the entire webcomic (obviously it is a comedy, but there's more to it further in), and i personally think the text adventure style it goes for is neat, but if it's just something you plain can't get into, i can't really make you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>

also, if you don't mind, could you watch lackadaisy? mainly have the animation on mind, but if you want you can go through the webcomic, since the animated series only has one episode rn
will read the webcomic, will add to the list


and also, while I can believe that it's a lot different in future chapters, the early stuff sets up stuff, but if you didn't enjoy the set up, you're not going to enjoy the payoff. So in 95% of situations with anything, if you dont enjoy the beginning you wont really enjoy anything else
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Pale fare analysis:


for anyone interested in reading this book, please, do NOT go in blind. Don't make the same mistake as I did

This is for sure one of the most unique books i've read. The book is structured like a poetry book, with a poem called "Pale fire", if you don't know better, you will probably skip the afterword since it looks like it was made by the editorial or something, and probably also the index in the back, you would just read the poem, enjoy it, and move on with your life

thing is, unless you look at wikipedia or have someone really tell you this, you may not know that there is actually more book. After the poem there is a big analysis of the book, you would initially think that this was not needed if you just dont want to read an analysis or think you kinda understood the poem. However it's in that analysis that the actual book is at

the point of pale fire, is that every other element (the afterword, the analysis and the index) are part of a different narrative. This becomes clear when you actually read any of them

you will notice at like the third paragraph of the analysis, that our narrator, (which is NOT the author of the poem) is actually clueless and writting a lot of bullshit. Like, they take a line of the book, kinda does something that could be true, and then 3 paragraphs later they're talking about their morning routine. Going to use an example of the start of the book to not spoil anyone

kinbote wrote: 1uk3c

Lines 1-4: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain, etc.
The image in these opening lines evidently refers to a bird knocking itself out, in full flight, against the outer surface of a glass pane in which a mirrored sky, with its slightly darker tint and slightly slower cloud, presents the illusion of continued space. [...]

kinbote wrote: 1uk3c

[...] The poem was begun at the dead center of the year, a few minutes after midnight July 1, while I played chess with a young Iranian enrolled in our summer school
and then, deeper into the book, it doesn't just tell stuff about their life, but actually starts telling a different story whatsoever, thing is, if you're reading this as if it was an actual poem analysis, (me, clueless). The fact taht the narrator is incredibly hateable and clearly spreading lies and stuff not relevant to the poem, will make you just kinda skim some sections when they starts their weird ramblings. However, you're not really supposed to do this, as there is a deeper narrative if you actually do engage critically and analyze the last detail out of those ramblings

and that is, because while there is a plot in the things they say about the kingdom of zembla, there is a deeper plot, about their actual relationship to the actual author, who is he exactly, and why he is doing this. Which, to be completely honest, I missed on my read-through


thing is, you must read the book with a word documment or notebook open and then read every word and then stop after every sentence to study what their actual meaning is. And after you have read it once, you got to read it again, because for sure there is going to be stuff recontextualized and things you missed. Which being honest, it's not my favourite thing to do

however, if you were to do that, you would realize that the book is actually a lot more complex and really well written, but yeah. It's just you need a lot of context before going into the book, as the actual book is not the most enjoyable if not, there are so many things descouraging you from actually reading the book critically that I think most readers currently won't really spot this sort of elements

not also that, but the book is also old, it's from 1962, not only that, but the actual author is russian, but this book was written in an entirely different culture, and they do use references to some stuff that while it may be apparent on the era and location it was written. It's really not noticeable by anyone unless you read the wikipedia article for it and then also watch a video analysis

even if I have complained a lot about the book, I do really like what they're trying to do, use a analysis of a book to tell a entirely different plot. I have seen more modern works with similar concepts, and they're really amazing. And this was the earliest example I know of this sort of story-telling, I just wish this book was easier to get into, because if it wasn't been for wikipedia, I would have missed half the book

the actual plot is good, and part of the acutal plot appeal is the feeling of just calling the fictional narrator out on it's bullshit to then discover more plot. Cant really say any specifics of the plot because of that

noy only that, but there isn't really a concensus what the acutal true plot and events of pale fire are. So yeah, good luck trying to read this

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next: Lackadaisy

also i'm still watching revolutionary girl utena, I just finished chapter 24 and I'm still very much enjoying it
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lackadaisy analysis:

I initially was only going to read the comci, but I liked it, so I watched both the comic and the pilot episode for an animated series

lackadaisy is a pretty nice webcomic, it's about these furry characters in the 20's going around and having adventure, you dont really need to read many chapters to realize that it's that type of webcomic, the one that there is a massive diehard fanbase, mainly in tumblr and if you're looking at it from the outside, you dont really get why

about the webcomic itself, the art is gorgeous. The first chapters start with a sepia color tone reminiscent of old phographs, with pretty detailed drawings behidn it. The sepia tpne was added mainly to make the webcomic easier to draw, as just drawing full color each chapter is incredebly time consuming. Only very successful comics can afford to go full color, however, the sepia aesthetic really fits and blends very well with the 20's detective adventure plot that they go for

however, ther is a radical shift in the art near the end of the manga, switching, effectively, to full colour. And while it does lose a bit of the charm the previous art-style had, it's absolutely amazing, probably one of the best drawn comics i've read in this style. The characters are very well defined and there really isn't anything up for interpretation, which I think fits this story

The characters are great, they're all very likeable. If you told me any character was your favourite I would understand why you think that.

My only real problem with this comic is the plot. It's a very unfocused story, and since they make most of the scenes character moments, there is very little to the plot, it's supposed to be a mistery murder misterty thing but it really doesn't have that energy other than the setting

I don't know, I just think this comic is in the wrong genre, if you want to make a character focused story with great art and focus all your energy in that, make a SoL, not a murder mistery. It does make sense why it isn't a SoL though, and that is because the genre of SoL isn't really present in occidental comics, less in 2006 when this started publication. Which is a shame, because I feel this comic would be SO much better if it just went the pure SoL route

not only that, but with the art-style change it feels it's trying to get more serious, but you cant really have this furry silly little funny characters and then have a hyperdramatic tense moment, you either have one or the other, not both

the pilot episode for the animation is fine, everything appleies to this other than the art, which I feel is a downgrade compared to the art-style of the comic, as it feels that in order to make the animation they got closer to the style of something like hazbin hotel

still good, would recommend it but I just wish it was a SoL

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flowers for algernon next

also i'm still watching utena, i'm on chapter 32, pretty good so far
do over the garden wall please
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lostsilver wrote: q37e

do over the garden wall please
actually did want to watch that show, adding to the list, I have a friend who watched it and enjoyed it so I was curious

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

do over the garden wall please
actually did want to watch that show, adding to the list, I have a friend who watched it and enjoyed it so I was curious
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
you will not regret watching it, it's so good!!!

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

flowers for algernon next

also i'm still watching utena, i'm on chapter 32, pretty good so far
Do not skip chapter 33, might be a recap but has details that are important (well just skip the recap parts if you want)

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

flowers for algernon next
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I love seeing duck happy, thanks patatitta
Wonder if WOY is next after anything you're finishing up now
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MaxIsABigKaiju wrote: 5b4w4z

Wonder if WOY is next after anything you're finishing up now
wander over yonder is after revolutionary girl utena yes. Probably will finish utena tomorrow
The Platform
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abraker wrote: 6cx2d

The Platform
not doing horror since i'm a coward and I hate horror

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

The Platform
not doing horror since i'm a coward and I hate horror
boo alright, then Contagion
Can you review stellaris pls I've been playing it for like a week and it's been pretty fun
Metalocalypse
review this curvy ass banana i had a few days ago

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abraker wrote: 6cx2d

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

The Platform
not doing horror since i'm a coward and I hate horror
boo alright, then Contagion
yeah I can do that


NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Can you review stellaris pls I've been playing it for like a week and it's been pretty fun
I can try but let me warn you, i've already played HOI4 and didn't really get into it, so I don't know if stellaris is going to be any different


Dyllion wrote: 2k3a6k

Metalocalypse
I have absolutely no clue of what's this so sure



Cerno wrote: 6g571s

review this curvy ass banana i had a few days ago


no

Cerno wrote: 6g571s

review this curvy ass banana i had a few days ago

6/10, the shape seems difficult to eat and it's far from the largest banana I have eaten but it seems ripe enough so I guess the flavor must have been okay.
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Did you know? Did you know? I've just watched revolutionary girl utena and really enjoyed it

Utena takes the form of a typical shoujo anime but then puts a spin on it, which on itself is a pretty commo nthing, but the themes that this anime tackles and the way they go on doing it is really cool

for starters, this anime is a way easier anime to follow than penguindrum (From the same director), the way it introduces elements is a lot more gradual IMO, and there isn't that drastic change present in chapters 13-14 of penguindrum. The story is a lot SoL-ish IMO, just utena getting dragged into the duels and then shit flowing very naturally from there on

It is a lot less mind-shattering as penguindrum tho, but that is also because this was made in the late 90's, and it being a subversion of the shoujo genre, if you haven't really grown with it or have all the tropes already ingrained in your head, it's probably not going to hit as hard. Not only that but some of the stuff that this anime does in many ways aren't that noble anymore, however, it's still an amazingly well crafted shoujo-drama-SoL-ish anime that's 100% worth watching

the art-style is great but you really got to like that 90's shoujo aesthetic to really enjoy it (which I do), with all the over-dressed characters and over the top husbandos

The main story is kinda wack, it's for sure unique. It uses the typical shoujo prince/princess love story and then just pushes that to their logical extreme, how that type of idealized love can blind you in some ways like with the rose bride or all the coming of age related stories. And this really just works because all the protagonists are extremely well written, and they feel like an actual person that just has hit puberty as of recent.

I think i'm also legally and contractually obligated to say how fucking gay this anime is, and that is, very gay. I wont elaborate any further

you can also clearly see a lot of the ADN for penguindrum early in this anime, having those second openings for certain characters, and sometimes something funny going on in the background or whatever, if you have seen penguindrum you will see the similarities

this is a pretty good anime all around

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next: Wander over yonder
also I started flowers for algernon, i'm enjoying it so far

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I think i'm also legally and contractually obligated to say how fucking gay this anime is, and that is, very gay. I wont elaborate any further
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?
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eblf2013 wrote: 331669

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I think i'm also legally and contractually obligated to say how fucking gay this anime is, and that is, very gay. I wont elaborate any further
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?
oh shit, didn't know there was a movie, is it like ar recap/alternate story thing or is it a sequel?

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

eblf2013 wrote: 331669

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I think i'm also legally and contractually obligated to say how fucking gay this anime is, and that is, very gay. I wont elaborate any further
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?
oh shit, didn't know there was a movie, is it like ar recap/alternate story thing or is it a sequel?
Remake/retelling/alternate reality would be a more accurate word. It was made in 1999 but despite that the animation quality is superb. Technically it's standalone but the film is so insane that even by having watched the series I had a hard time getting it lol.
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eblf2013 wrote: 331669

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

eblf2013 wrote: 331669

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I think i'm also legally and contractually obligated to say how fucking gay this anime is, and that is, very gay. I wont elaborate any further
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?
oh shit, didn't know there was a movie, is it like ar recap/alternate story thing or is it a sequel?
Remake/retelling/alternate reality would be a more accurate word. It was made in 1999 but despite that the animation quality is superb. Technically it's standalone but the film is so insane that even by having watched the series I had a hard time getting it lol.
I see, will watch it but later since I already promised wander over yonder
Hi. I'm not going to request an eroge this time. I want you to check a web novel titled "Shinka no Mi". It also has a manga, light novel and anime adaptation. Honestly, pick your poison.
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KatouMegumi wrote: 4d5u5e

Hi. I'm not going to request an eroge this time. I want you to check a web novel titled "Shinka no Mi". It also has a manga, light novel and anime adaptation. Honestly, pick your poison.
given that I don't really trust the quality of a scanlated japanese web novel, i'm going to read the manga as i'm not really seeing any official translation
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I ended up dropping wander over yonder after the 4th episode

there is nothing particullary wrong about this tv show but IMO there really isn't anything that good either, it's a very frenetic animated TV comedy full of musical numbers and stuff, and honestly my only real problem with this series is that I just didn't find it funny lmao, but that's just purely subjective

the animation is nice, it had some cool shots, but they really don't do anything that weird with the art other than the typical cartoon violence we're all used to

there really isn't much of a plot. Everything kinda does return to the statu quo, so really forget about big plot points, and each chapters start in a random place, so there doesn't really seem any real conection between chapters, so this is just a purely episodic show

the most interesting part are the songs, which again, are just fine, but it doesn't really seem like they do anything particullary special with the musical numbers

I just didn't really watch two seasons of this show, sorry

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next: gilgamesh

updates:

i'm still reading flowers for algernon, still good
how the FUCK do you play stellaris

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I ended up dropping wander over yonder after the 4th episode

there is nothing particullary wrong about this tv show but IMO there really isn't anything that good either, it's a very frenetic animated TV comedy full of musical numbers and stuff, and honestly my only real problem with this series is that I just didn't find it funny lmao, but that's just purely subjective

the animation is nice, it had some cool shots, but they really don't do anything that weird with the art other than the typical cartoon violence we're all used to

there really isn't much of a plot. Everything kinda does return to the statu quo, so really forget about big plot points, and each chapters start in a random place, so there doesn't really seem any real conection between chapters, so this is just a purely episodic show

the most interesting part are the songs, which again, are just fine, but it doesn't really seem like they do anything particullary special with the musical numbers

I just didn't really watch two seasons of this show, sorry

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next: gilgamesh

updates:

i'm still reading flowers for algernon, still good
how the FUCK do you play stellaris
maxisabigkaiju is gonna be really mad
Ah, yeah, here's the MAL link for the movie, as well as the title being Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku. It also received a Castillian Spanish dub this year btw I'd do a YTPH of it if I knew how to edit stuff lol.
https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/anime/441/Shoujo_Kakumei_Utena__Adolescence_Mokushiroku

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I ended up dropping wander over yonder after the 4th episode

there is nothing particullary wrong about this tv show but IMO there really isn't anything that good either, it's a very frenetic animated TV comedy full of musical numbers and stuff, and honestly my only real problem with this series is that I just didn't find it funny lmao, but that's just purely subjective

the animation is nice, it had some cool shots, but they really don't do anything that weird with the art other than the typical cartoon violence we're all used to

there really isn't much of a plot. Everything kinda does return to the statu quo, so really forget about big plot points, and each chapters start in a random place, so there doesn't really seem any real conection between chapters, so this is just a purely episodic show

the most interesting part are the songs, which again, are just fine, but it doesn't really seem like they do anything particullary special with the musical numbers

I just didn't really watch two seasons of this show, sorry

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next: gilgamesh

updates:

i'm still reading flowers for algernon, still good
how the FUCK do you play stellaris
You have angered me >:(
Play G-Darius next
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MaxIsABigKaiju wrote: 5b4w4z

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

I ended up dropping wander over yonder after the 4th episode

there is nothing particullary wrong about this tv show but IMO there really isn't anything that good either, it's a very frenetic animated TV comedy full of musical numbers and stuff, and honestly my only real problem with this series is that I just didn't find it funny lmao, but that's just purely subjective

the animation is nice, it had some cool shots, but they really don't do anything that weird with the art other than the typical cartoon violence we're all used to

there really isn't much of a plot. Everything kinda does return to the statu quo, so really forget about big plot points, and each chapters start in a random place, so there doesn't really seem any real conection between chapters, so this is just a purely episodic show

the most interesting part are the songs, which again, are just fine, but it doesn't really seem like they do anything particullary special with the musical numbers

I just didn't really watch two seasons of this show, sorry

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next: gilgamesh

updates:

i'm still reading flowers for algernon, still good
how the FUCK do you play stellaris

You have angered me >:(
Play G-Darius next
will do

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

how the FUCK do you play stellaris
Me too me too, that's kinda the thing that makes me still play, i just want to understand it better

NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

how the FUCK do you play stellaris
Me too me too, that's kinda the thing that makes me still play, i just want to understand it better
Ah yes, the paradox of paradox games; understanding the UI.
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Flowers of algernon is a really good book

the story is simple, there is this guy who has intellectual disability, and due to certain experiments, they manage to rise their IQ to incredibly high levels. The book is mainly focused on that character developement on how this change affects their person and in what ways


the thing is, while the experiments raised their book intelligence to maximum levels, they really didn't do that for their emotional intelligence, moving on from being a lovable idiot to a arrogant, narcissistic redditor and quora . You really feel that slow change too, in the last part of the book, some scenes really hurt emotionally as the book really made you like charlie


the book is also in a way about ableism, but we got to that the original short story was written in 1959, the full novel being released in 1966, so while the book is incredebly ive and honestly pretty ahead of it's time, there are still certain or missconceptions that could be seen as either a little bit offensive or just plain wrong, however you can clearly see the author's intent so that really doesn't matter

the writting style is also very interesting as this book is written in first person, and since charlie barely knew how to write, you can see the actual writting style and vocabulary improve as the book goes on.

I think this book is also very cruel in the way it depicted society, as even if they dont tell you explicitly, you can clearly see all the ways they were exploting charlie, in the bakery with the 10$ a week salary, the non-consensual experiments, and then in the last part of the book how charlie became very sexist

my only real complain with the book is that I wish that it was longer and actually explored tose concepts more, I wanted to see smart charlie opinion on the fact that he was being exploited, but IO guess that in the book he kinda just internalized that and just moved on?, this could also just be a case of the author not really trying to really talk about those stuff or thinking it wasn't quite needed, as I said, the original short story was made in 1959

however, I feel that even if not acknowledged that this book still really allows to see how mentally disabled people were perceived back in the day


yeah this book is really good, and honestly even if it may seem a little bit logical the "you are not superior to anyone for knowing math", some people still need to learn it, and the character developement and things it said about society is also very interesting

also, question for dementedduck, how did you even find this book?, this feels like it could be the type of book that they make you read in school, but if not, where did you find it?, I really want to read more books, have wanted to do so for a long while, but i just dont know any resource to find actually good books like this one, so if you could share anything, it would be helpful

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watched the first chapter of gilgamesh, it was nice
I kinda have a stellaris run going??? I think????

next: Shinka no Mi
potato man has more free time that me how
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Reyalp51 wrote: 3o2r5d

potato man has more free time that me how
unfortunate real life events, hopefully next year I will have less free time

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

also, question for dementedduck, how did you even find this book?, this feels like it could be the type of book that they make you read in school, but if not, where did you find it?, I really want to read more books, have wanted to do so for a long while, but i just dont know any resource to find actually good books like this one, so if you could share anything, it would be helpful
i found it cos it was recommended to me by someone who knew i would like it
normally i find new books through my mum as she also really likes reading but for stuff like this i either get people to recommend them to me or i look at other books by authors i like/ look at what people say the books i like are similar to

you can also just search on google "best *insert genre here* books" and take ur chances, that way u can also add like 'over 400 pages' or 'similar to *etc*' to get a more direct result

edit: o yea u can also just browse websites and look for books with good ratings
eg goodreads or storygraph (pretty much better goodreads)
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Shinka no Mi analysis:

To make clear, i've read the manga, I know there is a web novel and a light novel and an anime, but honestly I feel most of the issues that I have are not adaptation problems, as they're way more fundamental

shinka no mi is just fine, not bad, probably good if you're into fantasy romcoms, but there isn't anything particullary special about it

the story follows the typical fantasy world isekai dragon quest demon king plot, except there are RPG elements, so like solo leveling and the such. Except it's a romcopm, so at the end it's just closer to konosuba than anything else. However I dont like eiother konosuba or solo leveling, so I dont have any feeling to any sort of way

the premise itself is fine, taking familiar elements and then using that as a base to create a banger story is a pretty popular technique, thing is, shinka no mi really doesn't do that

it's just more of the typical things, the rpg elements aren't really used in any sort of noble way, the characters are kinda shallow, and there are also some normal action scenes in it. Nothing of this is bad, as I said, it's just normal, regular stuff. But that means you're only really going to enjoy shinka no mi if you're already actively a fan of these elements, as this offers nothing new to the table

the story is pretty unfocused too, things kinda just happens, and nothing is really given special screen time and depth.

There really isn't anything to really analyze here, since it's just a bland generic fantasy isekai romcom, only read if you like that genre

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i'm still playing stellaris
i'm still watching gilgamesh

next: there isn't anything more for me to read
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cephaphysic wrote: 1o5144

since i finally got around to finishing it earlier, how about cyberpunk: edgerunners?
yeah sure, still have to play the actual game but if I recall you dont really need to play it to watch the anime
If you got nothing to read can you read "hotel"? It's a manga by the same guy that wrote dr.stone i think
Watch Shinsekai Yori and review
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NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

If you got nothing to read can you read "hotel"? It's a manga by the same guy that wrote dr.stone i think
this one right? okay, will do


Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

Watch Shinsekai Yori and review
going to take a while since I have so many things to watch but sure
Yea that one
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just read hotel

I really dont think this manga works well as an athology, I feel the actual content that was in the manga was fairly good, but they just dont work in this format, they need more time to set up stuff and actually use the world-building they dedicate so much time to explaining

a lot of the scenes kinda just feel you've watching the 50th chapter of an anime without any further context and it just happens that chapter is the arc finale. It has all these hyperdramatic and tense moments, but if you just dont really know the characters or the situation, someone going BUT THINK ABOUT OUR BABY randomly, instead of it actually being a very emotional scene, it's just funny on how absurd it is

for an anthology you want to make stories that doesn't really would work as a manga, stuff like hyper experimental short stories, quick little SoL-ish shorts, that sort of stuff, but just trying to pick a plot for a 15 volume manga and cramming it in a single chapter is just bad

other than that, chapter 4 (stephanos) was a little bit to gory and gruesome for my taste, (but that's a me thing), and I know this is made by the same guy as dr stone and there is probably traces of this work in dr stane but I haven't read dr stone

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i'm about to finish gilgamesh
I thought I had lost my stelaris run, but i'm still alive somehow, I know it's going to be near impossible to win rn but i'm going to go until the game actually finishes

next: nothing to read
Review my osu! profile lol
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Corne2Plum3 wrote: 3y1z1p

Review my osu! profile lol
cant do so, not really anything to analyze or review there
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Gilgamesh analysis:

gilgamesh is a weird one, I can see why someone would like this anime, but i'm not that person. I was originally mixed on it, but honestly giving it the extra thought needed for this I think I kind of dislike it

if someone ever tells you to watch gilgamesh, it is because of the plot, it's probably the best element of the anime, it's kinda like a paranormal mistery drama anime. And well, there is certainly a lot of plot in this, that I can say for sure

this anime plot is fairly dark. This is complemented by the very pale colors used in the animation, the lack of OST for some scenes or disturbing/ambiental sounds, the plate is made in a way that every character always has another secret, that everyone isn't really what it seems and that stuff is very dangerous.

But as for as much lore this anime has, I don't feel it ever really goes in depth into any of it, for example, one of the most talked about events is this "Twin X", a date where shit happened (Trying to not spoil stuff) and changed the future of humanity. However, even if it's total disaster for humanity, you kinda just have to believe that, as the anime wont put much effort into showcasing the life of regular people after these events or how humanity moved forward and what suggestions are there to revert this. This is something that should affect the entire world, however, it really doesn't seem to be only a talking point for our protagonists character arc. It feels this way for most stuff

However, as I mentioned before, this anime is also drama, and I think it's on those drama elements where this anime really falls apart. The characters are just not good IMO, they really dont feel like they have any personality after the obvious "this is a very dark story with dark characters who are hiding things", so when they try to pull of something like a romance, it just doesn't really work since I don't like any of the characters, it's not like they're complete unlikeable assholes, they just dont have much of a personality. And if you dont really care about the characters, you probably wont care about the plot either, it's really easy to lose interest in this anime

In a way, this feels like it took inspiration from evangelion but only evangelion 3.0 you can (not) redo. It's mainly focused on the lore, which is more complex than deep, and the characters fall kinda flat, making for a kinda boring watch.

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next: over the garden wall

I haven't really played stellaris since the last update, so same scenario

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

Gilgamesh analysis:

gilgamesh is a weird one, I can see why someone would like this anime, but i'm not that person. I was originally mixed on it, but honestly giving it the extra thought needed for this I think I kind of dislike it

if someone ever tells you to watch gilgamesh, it is because of the plot, it's probably the best element of the anime, it's kinda like a paranormal mistery drama anime. And well, there is certainly a lot of plot in this, that I can say for sure

this anime plot is fairly dark. This is complemented by the very pale colors used in the animation, the lack of OST for some scenes or disturbing/ambiental sounds, the plate is made in a way that every character always has another secret, that everyone isn't really what it seems and that stuff is very dangerous.

But as for as much lore this anime has, I don't feel it ever really goes in depth into any of it, for example, one of the most talked about events is this "Twin X", a date where shit happened (Trying to not spoil stuff) and changed the future of humanity. However, even if it's total disaster for humanity, you kinda just have to believe that, as the anime wont put much effort into showcasing the life of regular people after these events or how humanity moved forward and what suggestions are there to revert this. This is something that should affect the entire world, however, it really doesn't seem to be only a talking point for our protagonists character arc. It feels this way for most stuff

However, as I mentioned before, this anime is also drama, and I think it's on those drama elements where this anime really falls apart. The characters are just not good IMO, they really dont feel like they have any personality after the obvious "this is a very dark story with dark characters who are hiding things", so when they try to pull of something like a romance, it just doesn't really work since I don't like any of the characters, it's not like they're complete unlikeable assholes, they just dont have much of a personality. And if you dont really care about the characters, you probably wont care about the plot either, it's really easy to lose interest in this anime

In a way, this feels like it took inspiration from evangelion but only evangelion 3.0 you can (not) redo. It's mainly focused on the lore, which is more complex than deep, and the characters fall kinda flat, making for a kinda boring watch.

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next: over the garden wall

I haven't really played stellaris since the last update, so same scenario
Even though I really liked the anime I gotta it the characters are kinda dull, the plot doesn't exactly revolve around the characters though (not the ones we see most of the time at least) but around what they are as a group imo
I understand why people don't like it though :D
I think you should read the Haruhi novels. They're great. And also the only light novel I haven't dropped lol
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eblf2013 wrote: 331669

I think you should read the Haruhi novels. They're great. And also the only light novel I haven't dropped lol
nah honestly I like having the experience of accidently watching the movie with no further context and I want to keep it that way, i'm sure they're great, but that experience feels kinda special

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

just read hotel

I really dont think this manga works well as an athology, I feel the actual content that was in the manga was fairly good, but they just dont work in this format, they need more time to set up stuff and actually use the world-building they dedicate so much time to explaining

a lot of the scenes kinda just feel you've watching the 50th chapter of an anime without any further context and it just happens that chapter is the arc finale. It has all these hyperdramatic and tense moments, but if you just dont really know the characters or the situation, someone going BUT THINK ABOUT OUR BABY randomly, instead of it actually being a very emotional scene, it's just funny on how absurd it is

for an anthology you want to make stories that doesn't really would work as a manga, stuff like hyper experimental short stories, quick little SoL-ish shorts, that sort of stuff, but just trying to pick a plot for a 15 volume manga and cramming it in a single chapter is just bad

other than that, chapter 4 (stephanos) was a little bit to gory and gruesome for my taste, (but that's a me thing), and I know this is made by the same guy as dr stone and there is probably traces of this work in dr stane but I haven't read dr stone

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i'm about to finish gilgamesh
I thought I had lost my stelaris run, but i'm still alive somehow, I know it's going to be near impossible to win rn but i'm going to go until the game actually finishes

next: nothing to read
Hotel was pretty good tbh, it is just like that tho, the first chapter kinda feels like it's gonna focus more about the humans that was still alive but it didn't.

Also if you review novels can you read "the devastation of baal", I'm planning to buy a copy but idk if it's gonna be good or nah.

If you're not reading novels, can you read "Uramiya Honpo" By kurihara shoushou, it's a pretty good manga imo
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NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

just read hotel

I really dont think this manga works well as an athology, I feel the actual content that was in the manga was fairly good, but they just dont work in this format, they need more time to set up stuff and actually use the world-building they dedicate so much time to explaining

a lot of the scenes kinda just feel you've watching the 50th chapter of an anime without any further context and it just happens that chapter is the arc finale. It has all these hyperdramatic and tense moments, but if you just dont really know the characters or the situation, someone going BUT THINK ABOUT OUR BABY randomly, instead of it actually being a very emotional scene, it's just funny on how absurd it is

for an anthology you want to make stories that doesn't really would work as a manga, stuff like hyper experimental short stories, quick little SoL-ish shorts, that sort of stuff, but just trying to pick a plot for a 15 volume manga and cramming it in a single chapter is just bad

other than that, chapter 4 (stephanos) was a little bit to gory and gruesome for my taste, (but that's a me thing), and I know this is made by the same guy as dr stone and there is probably traces of this work in dr stane but I haven't read dr stone

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i'm about to finish gilgamesh
I thought I had lost my stelaris run, but i'm still alive somehow, I know it's going to be near impossible to win rn but i'm going to go until the game actually finishes

next: nothing to read
Hotel was pretty good tbh, it is just like that tho, the first chapter kinda feels like it's gonna focus more about the humans that was still alive but it didn't.

Also if you review novels can you read "the devastation of baal", I'm planning to buy a copy but idk if it's gonna be good or nah.

If you're not reading novels, can you read "Uramiya Honpo" By kurihara shoushou, it's a pretty good manga imo

I don't know anything about warhammer so idk if I'm going to enjoy the devastation of baal

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

just read hotel

I really dont think this manga works well as an athology, I feel the actual content that was in the manga was fairly good, but they just dont work in this format, they need more time to set up stuff and actually use the world-building they dedicate so much time to explaining

a lot of the scenes kinda just feel you've watching the 50th chapter of an anime without any further context and it just happens that chapter is the arc finale. It has all these hyperdramatic and tense moments, but if you just dont really know the characters or the situation, someone going BUT THINK ABOUT OUR BABY randomly, instead of it actually being a very emotional scene, it's just funny on how absurd it is

for an anthology you want to make stories that doesn't really would work as a manga, stuff like hyper experimental short stories, quick little SoL-ish shorts, that sort of stuff, but just trying to pick a plot for a 15 volume manga and cramming it in a single chapter is just bad

other than that, chapter 4 (stephanos) was a little bit to gory and gruesome for my taste, (but that's a me thing), and I know this is made by the same guy as dr stone and there is probably traces of this work in dr stane but I haven't read dr stone

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i'm about to finish gilgamesh
I thought I had lost my stelaris run, but i'm still alive somehow, I know it's going to be near impossible to win rn but i'm going to go until the game actually finishes

next: nothing to read
Hotel was pretty good tbh, it is just like that tho, the first chapter kinda feels like it's gonna focus more about the humans that was still alive but it didn't.

Also if you review novels can you read "the devastation of baal", I'm planning to buy a copy but idk if it's gonna be good or nah.

If you're not reading novels, can you read "Uramiya Honpo" By kurihara shoushou, it's a pretty good manga imo

I don't know anything about warhammer so idk if I'm going to enjoy the devastation of baal
Aw, it's alright then if you don't wanna start reading a new massive world again.

Then can you just read uramiya Honpo instead?
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NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

NotRaffi wrote: 171b11

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

just read hotel

I really dont think this manga works well as an athology, I feel the actual content that was in the manga was fairly good, but they just dont work in this format, they need more time to set up stuff and actually use the world-building they dedicate so much time to explaining

a lot of the scenes kinda just feel you've watching the 50th chapter of an anime without any further context and it just happens that chapter is the arc finale. It has all these hyperdramatic and tense moments, but if you just dont really know the characters or the situation, someone going BUT THINK ABOUT OUR BABY randomly, instead of it actually being a very emotional scene, it's just funny on how absurd it is

for an anthology you want to make stories that doesn't really would work as a manga, stuff like hyper experimental short stories, quick little SoL-ish shorts, that sort of stuff, but just trying to pick a plot for a 15 volume manga and cramming it in a single chapter is just bad

other than that, chapter 4 (stephanos) was a little bit to gory and gruesome for my taste, (but that's a me thing), and I know this is made by the same guy as dr stone and there is probably traces of this work in dr stane but I haven't read dr stone

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i'm about to finish gilgamesh
I thought I had lost my stelaris run, but i'm still alive somehow, I know it's going to be near impossible to win rn but i'm going to go until the game actually finishes

next: nothing to read
Hotel was pretty good tbh, it is just like that tho, the first chapter kinda feels like it's gonna focus more about the humans that was still alive but it didn't.

Also if you review novels can you read "the devastation of baal", I'm planning to buy a copy but idk if it's gonna be good or nah.

If you're not reading novels, can you read "Uramiya Honpo" By kurihara shoushou, it's a pretty good manga imo

I don't know anything about warhammer so idk if I'm going to enjoy the devastation of baal
Aw, it's alright then if you don't wanna start reading a new massive world again.

Then can you just read uramiya Honpo instead?
yeah I can do that
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over the garden wall analysis:

I've went with high expectations into this, as i've constantly heard good things about it, so I will be even more nit-picky than usual

The story is about two brothers who gets lost in this forest and must find their way home. The aesthetic and ambient of this show is absolutely amazing, with that dark forest halloween creatures setting, this also combines perfectly with the plot of trying to return home, as it adds a sense of danger and mysticism

The structure of this show is very similar to an episodic one, there is still the overarching plot and some characters get introduced midway through it, but the chapters are mostly self-contained stories, and it mostly plays around with the idea of that we maybe fear the wrong things. That we're putting the trust in the wrong people, as in many parts of the show it turns out that the weird creature is actually not trying to kill everyone and destroy the world, but it's the human that's actually more scary

The first 2 chapters are strong, specially chapter 2, the one with all the pumpkin people, I think that it is by far the best episode in the whole thing, however, we mostly start seeing the problems I have with the show in the next few chapters (Will spoiler the next since i'm talking of like every single chapter)

chapter 3 is really dumb, like all of it, the premise on how they get involved into the situation in a way feels kinda forced, and IMO there are a couple of weird jokes like the bear one that turns out to be the ex otf the teacher? like idk really, it feels to go in opposite direction to the dark world and the trust premise

This is more of a personal thing, but I like it when a series has banger dialogue, i'm a sucker for amazingly written, almost poetic dialogue even if it's less realistic and no sane human would ever talk like that. So when in chapter 4, at the start they literally go "let's go to that dark and scary looking place over there to ask for directions!" I died a little bit inside

my problem with this one line of dialogue is not the comedy itself, I think comedy does have a place in a show like this, however it should be the sitaution that turns out to be kinda funny, however if you put a setup for a joke in such a cristal clear way, the characters start feeling less of a character and a real line of dialogue and more just something that had to happen in the script, and it overalls makes me care less of the dialogue of the entire show. If I know that they're willing to just use the dialogue as a perfectly obvious way to try to set up something for later in such an unnatural way, I know that the dialogue isn't that deep, that there isn't really going to be any hidden meaning to the words, that there hasn't been that much brainpower into creating banger dialogue, and I think that's a shame.

And while I have mostly complained about that single line, I think that the characters overall could be heavily improved, I really don't like the existance of gregory in the way that it does now. That sense of danger that the world inherently created, he removes it. The way he just delivers these transparent funny lines, and the plot armour both characters has kina just kill a lot of the more action/tension focused moments

because that's another thing, they clearly have a lot of plot armour, the characters do clearly make the wrong choice at times, but they're never punished for it. There is no consequence for their actions, at the end of the day thigns will probably be alright, and I think that is a shame, I feel with the aesthetic and ideas of this show, actually just having those consequences would make the show 20 times better

If the characters could be damaged in any way, if they didn't feel like they had to deliver those jokes, the actual message and plot would be so much more powerful and memorable, if we could just have a scene of a character actually losing their fucking mind amist the absolutely nightmarish ambient, just because they made a wrong choice that they really didn't have that many chances of actually seeing through it, showcassing the clearly unfair situation they were placed in and being forced to reconciliate and adapt to it, learning from their previous action and pushing forward, that would be so fucking sick you cant even begin to imagine it

but that is what I personally wanted the show to be like, and what it seemed to be pointing at with chapter 2, however we got to actually sit down and realize that this is a cartoon network show, that this in a way, it's still directed at kids. In that context these characters works and the plot armour makes sense.

For as much as the "Animation is not just for kids" is absolutely true, it's not really the case. The medium of animation isn't really necessarily for kids, however, in western countries, the only companies with the creative directors and the money to make shows happen have rules that forces the shows to be kid-friendly

That really makes me wonder, if this same director were given the opportunity to have made the show with the same resources but without the limitations cartoon network has, what would they have done?. It's just a shame IMO that something with so much potential had to be trimmed down this way, and while it's still a really good western animated show, (one of the better ones i've seen tbh), it could have been so, so much more

it's just, knowing that structure and those limitations, I don't think I need to really tell you how this show ends, you already know how, you already know what happens and what does not happen, so i'm not really going to talk about any more specific chapters

tldr: good show but god I wish we had someone actually pushing for good animated shows not directed at children

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next: contagion
still haven't really progressed in stellaris
still haven't started Uramiya Honpo
glad you seemed to like it :) honestly my favorite cartoon
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I dropped Uramiya Honpo, kinda just read the start, but idk, it didn't really feel interesting, the story feels so unfocused, things kinda just happens, idk what am I supposed to be looking at with this, honestly i've re-read the first volume seeing if I had missed anything but it didn't seem so. Idk, It's just not my thing I guess

Stellaris analysis
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I have not finished a playthrough as I said, because my thoughts on the game hasn't really changed since then, so i'm just going to say what I think now seeing as it's going to take me around 4 years to actually finish a run

stellaris is a grand strategy game by paradox, and if you've played like HOI4 or crusaders kings and the such you know what I will mean when I say that this game probably has the steepest learning curve i've ever played

stellaris feels like you are playing civilization but there are 20 extra buttons that you dont know what the fuck does, the tutorial does not explain anything, in fact, the tutorial is straight up broken and bad. It doesn't really explain half of the things of the game, and the things that they explain are just not true, for example I the "Press f10 to open x window" and it was straght up the wrong shortcut

when I played the game, if it wasn't that I'm foring myself to really go a little bit deeper on the stuff I do here to try and finish them, I would have dropped the game right there. Instead, I googled how to play, and I found like an hour long video explaining all the mechanis, 30 minute in I was so absolutely overwhelmed that I just decided fuck it, and just decided to play the game without knowing how to even build a ship

the only I knew were how to scan planets and build stuff in the planets, so I just did that for like an hour, I did learn some stuff along the way, but honestly, if the window had a button to say "do this automatically" (which is surprisingly half of the game), I would press it. And I do thing doing that is needed, mainly in research, as many of the technologies that got offered to me were like "20% increased extraction rate on x material", what does that material do? I have absolutely no idea!, and since there are like 10 different resources and I wanted to actually play the game, I just ignored as many parts as I could afford to ignore

While I know civ is 4X and stellaris is grand strategy, I did see that there was a civ point system, so I was like, "oh, I dont need to necessarily win by domination", so I mainly focused on economy and research bonus, hoping that I could get something along the lines of a cultural or religious victory, just form a hyper strong galactic alliance or something like that idk

the game in a way was pretty relaxing when played that way, just go around exploring stuff, reading all the events and stuff and trying to just expand in the best way I could, honestly kinda fun, but then, I made first with another civ

for context, later in the game a galactical union is formed, and all of the civs were at least neutral with me, all but the one I made first with, which was PISSED, even if I did my best to try to improve relationships, and they declared war, I thought I could hold off if I mainly stayed on my territory with the maximum defenses I could afffort but they kinda just had 6 times the firepower and I lost the war, losing my home system

after that, they seemed to be preparing for another war in order to finish me off, so I had to actually try to play the game and obtain defenses, and then I realized something. For all of the game so far, in each event and option, I kinda just went with the option I would personally RP, not really looking at the benefits, just going full RP, I had done this before in games like civ (which I know how to properly play but I still choose to play that way from time to time), but in order to actually have a chance to beating stellaris, at least without a high enough level of experience and playtime, the optimal way to play is to not read the events, just look at the possible answers and choose the one you think it's the most useful which is kinda boring IMO

but now i've learned how to build more ships, however i'm capped by the ammount of leaders I can select so I cant really do that many troops, but i'm currently just continuing my gameplay loop of exploring and building stuff but this time i'm actually building defenses and stuff

stellaris is just a constant rollercoaster of being the most overwhelming and frustrating game you've ever played and actually a pretty chill experience, honestly stellaris felt somehow more frustrating than fear and hunger, and that is saying a lot

however, I do think the game can be pretty interesting and give for tons of different runs and strategies, it's just a love-hate game for me, I just wish the game had a properly working tutorial and wasn't as hard to get into, it is for sure better than fear and hunger (I did not like that game). I will probably play some more stellaris in the future, try to finish this run and then maybe write a little bit more when I do lol

Contagion analysis
I only really knew about this movei beforehand because it got more popular due to the pandemic, which was logical as this movie was about a pandemic, and while it isn't anything particullary mind-blowing or original, I think it was an enjoyable watch

the story was fairly good, even if it very unrealistic given recent events (tbh I cant really blame the dierctor for this, most movies are unrealistic, it's just that this has currently become blatantly so), and it does good with the setting it has, it doesn't go particullary in depth but it does have some elements that I think are really cool, like the fact that you can use touching people as a lethal weapon

the characters were likeable, the dialogue was fairly standard, nothing about these elements are particullary interesting but they aren't bad either, they're just average

I think the most interesting part of the movie currently isn't the movie itself, but more what the movie represents. An idea on how a very dangerous pandemic would play out in the modern day, and it is fairly funny on how over the top some of the elements are, it's really surprising, And I can really tell some people were imagining that something like this would happen IRL this when covid started.

I dont really have anything more to say, it's just a standard movie that has become more enjoyable as of recent, watch it if you dont really have anything else or if you just want to have anything in your second monitor or something


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next: metalocalypse (TV show)
next: G-darius (Game)
nothing more to read
Watch The Flying Luna Clipper (1987)

https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/anime/39020/Flying_Luna_Clipper

MAL link above.
Topic Starter

eblf2013 wrote: 331669

Watch The Flying Luna Clipper (1987)

https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/anime/39020/Flying_Luna_Clipper

MAL link above.
I will, added to the list
You never cease to amaze me Patatitta. You are quite active on this forum.
Topic Starter

nekonyo wrote: 2k3zl

You never cease to amaze me Patatitta. You are quite active on this forum.
been here for like at least 2 years, it's actually quite nice ngl
Watch Children of Men
Topic Starter

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

Watch Children of Men
will do
Analyze the character of v1 from ultrakill yourself

Like, why is he doing this and blah blah blah
Topic Starter

Dementedjet wrote: 513e4t

Analyze the character of v1 from ultrakill yourself

Like, why is he doing this and blah blah blah
I mean, while I do love ultrakill (it's my favourite shooter), I feel focusing on the characters and story is in a way missing the point of the game, since it's clear that they didn't put as much effort and ion into the lore compared to that one fishing level, so I don't really think that analyzing v1 would be particullary interesting
Topic Starter
g-darius: I did not know this game beforehand but yeah, I don't think I can analyze an arcade shoot em up game, I mostly analyze plots and stuff so idk what to really say, i'm not tim rogers, sorry

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metalocalypse analysis:

for contet, i've only watched the first season of this show, and that is because it is like good fast food, you can keep eating it but you really shouldn't, so I think just one kebab is enough

metalocalypse is a western animation "adult" comedy tv show about a band named dethlok, which are at the same time the most popular band of all time and also the heaviest band of all time

there isn't much of a plot, it is not episodic, but the plot really doesn't matter, as it still does have a story structure of a episodic show, so for the first 2 episodes you may be surprised at certain things until you realize that you're just going to see that joke repeated 22 aditional times

the jokes are very lazy, and in some scenario it looks like they tried harder to make it offensive or disgusting to watch than acutally funny, however, and the reason why I did not drop it, they actually have some funny jokes more often than not, but honestly that is saying more about my bad tastes than anything else.

My personal favourite joke was a scene i nthe control room where they go "dethlok is currently the 13th biggest economy on earth", I thought that was just funny, but then, the way they follow up that joke 12 chapters later (which, to be fair, they at least TRIED to follow up the joke unlike other comedies), is "dethlok has sured belgium and is now the 12th biggest economy on earth" which it just feels like you just made the exact same joke again more than really followed it up

and, as it seems to be a typical thing in these reviews, I dont think this trying to be child-friendly somewhat is hurting the product more than else for me, someoen who is definitively not 7yo currently. Because for as many people die brutal deaths, they will censor out swears, and I mean, the band just doesn't look that heavy because things like that, if they aren't allowed to add a swear imagine the shit they wanted to add that they were denied

there is nothing really else to this show, just average comedy really

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next: Revolutionary Girl Utena movie
Topic Starter
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena:


I have absolutely no fucking clue what just happened in this movie

The start I did get tho, and I do think in some ways I like it more than the original anime, the sitation seems to be more clear, the animation is better (expected from a movie), and it overall makes more sense, it's also somehow gayer than the original anime which I did not think it was possible

but now, for the rest of the movie, I actually cant really say anything because i've actually just didn't understasnd it LMAO

like unironically i'm completely lost and looking online doesn't really seem to help


next: cyberpunk: edgerunners
Topic Starter
cyberpunk edgerunners:


first of all, I haven't played cyberpunk, but enither has anyone who has watched this anime so lmao

This anime was alright, I have some issues with it but it comes down more to personal preference than it actually being bad or whatever.

I think the first thing that anyone will mention when talking about this anime is the animation and OST, which yeah, they're fucking amazing, but unless they're really really wack (which it is not, it's just really polished), it cant carry an entire anime or show, so while it is good, we aren't talking about hylics here, for better or for worse

I don't have issue with that, my main problem is with the actual plot itself, and that is, I just dont like action, and this anime is just really a regular, really well animated action anime on a cybperpunk setting, because as much as this anime tries to be cyberpunk, they dont really take that much advantage of the setting that much IMO.

There are one or two scenes that are in fact quite good yes, and that they required it to be cyberpunk, but I feel a lot of those concepts aren't really explored enough, instead, they just go "oh yeah we're cyberpunk we can replace a part of our body if we want to", but I don't think it actually explores transhumanism that much, they just say that it's something that you can do, and they use that in the anime, but only to boost the action scenes, which by some people it will be fine, but I just dont personally like that

also, there are a lot of scenes too that just feel like LOOK WE ARE CYBERPUNK WE HAVE NAKED GIRLS AND BOOBS AND PORN AND SEX, and it doesn't really do anything with it, again, it just mentions something that happens or you can do in a cyberpunk setting, but it doesn't really do anything with it

in fact, it's this element that I feel makes cyberpunk struggle to really stand up in the cyberpunk genre, as a lot of what edgerunners does, I feel blade runner 2049 did it first.

I feel cyberpunk only really starts to shine at around chapter 8, and that is when they really explore what over-modding your body can cause, as they have to deal with the consequences of accidently having murdered a civilian and they show them actually lose control of their body, this is amazing, I wish the entire show was about this. Instead, they just happen to have really big tolerance for that stuff and they mod it even further in order to sacrifice themselves to defeat big bad,

I know why does this anime exist and why does it has as much of a budget, it's CD projekt red, netflix and studio trigger, and cyberpunk 2077 was a game that they really were pushing hard even if it had a rocky launch, however, I feel ultra heaven really does fix a lot of the issues that I pointed it out here, like actually abusing the cyberpunk nature of the world. I just wish they adapted that instead but I get why this did not happen

action scenes are cool tho

next: Shinsekai Yori
play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
Topic Starter

lostsilver wrote: q37e

play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it out

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it out
alr!!
it's got a good story too
Topic Starter

lostsilver wrote: q37e

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it out
alr!!
it's got a good story too
that game was WAY shorter I expected it to be (also, I don't know if you actually read these in full, I have some comments directed at YOU specifically lostsilver, so please read that last bit in it's ENTIRETY, sorry if it's too long, but I really have stuff I want to tell you, I would make it shorter but it would just feel like i'm gatekeeping and shit if I try to do so)

andy's apple farm analysis:

this is an early access game, I don't know the devs or anything like that, but given as the game was 20 minute long, it was released in 2021, we're almost in 2023 and there is still no chapter 2, I wouldn't put too much faith on there actually being mroe chapters, so I will talk about it as an standalone game

first of all, as I predicted, this game isn't really scary, the ambient itself is not scary, and the jumpscares are so predictible it doesn't really matter. Not only that, but it's easy to see how the game is coded after one or two events, so you know that if you just run into the character that is trying to chase you, and let them get you, that it's not actually bad and it's the way the game is supposed to be advanced, so it really removes any tension in order to do that

I don't play many horror games, I'm a coward as I said, but I feel that if you want to make something scary, you must abstract and obscure how the game operates, so you cant just do what I did

there isn't much in the way of gameplay, as it's basically purely narrative, however, the way the plot is actually delivered is in this very game-theory baity way. What I mean by that is that the game is made to be confusing, and it's not like a regular confusing game, that you can later kinda just think about it, recall all the events and really understand it, but, they put lots of lore in text that only appear for like 3 frames, which means: you aren't going to catch it, and you're not actually going to understand the plot after you finish playing it

the only way you can really manage to actually read the lore and understand it, is if you somehow are able to freeze on those frames, and the only way to really do it is either if you have god-like reflexes and manage to screenshot it the frame text appears before it dissapears, or if you just so happen that you're recording, since you can go frame by frame in the video

if you wanted to discover all the lore by yourself, once encountered one of these elements, you would need to create a new save file entirely, and then get to that point recording, and then watch the recording back to really get it, this is not good story-telling, this is hard to access for the sake of it being hard to access

let's say you actually did all of that, now we have the lore, that kinda does describe the backstory of some of the characters and stuff, now what?, what we have is basically a backstory, are we going to see the story unfold?, well, not really, since that isn't really on the game, and I know that it is a early access and there is only 1 chapter, but you should have at least have some payoff and actually some story in play on an early access verison of the game, you shouldn't release a game like this with only 1 chapter if that chapter is only backstory, this is like releasing a game but only the tutorial



now, directed at lostsilver i'm aware how you would find a game like this, you probably saw a gampeplay from markiplier or any other big youtuber that covers these type of games, however, you must know that there is a difference between games that make for good viewing experiences, and games with good gameplay experiences, some games are better on video that on gameplay, some are the opposite. This is better viewed that played. I don't blame you for seeing a video and believing that this is a good game, because it is made to feel that way.

Not only that, but these game are algorythmic games, these is a short early-access game, that basically ceased developement apparently, that tried to profit on the mascot horror/analog horror youtube trend that was booming at that time, you could probably say that this game is a cash-grab and it would be really hard to prove otherwise

so now, how would you, lostsilver, be able find great gameplay games? for example, my favourite game of all time is disco elysium, which is absolutely NOT a youtube game, in fact, if you search it on youtube, you probably wont find any gameplays by big name creators

well, you either must curate were you get recommendations from, or learn how to properly analyze a videogame and really learn for yourself how to identify these type of games. The second you will get with experience as you get older and play more diverse stuff, because that's the other thing, dont just limit yourself to youtube/markiplier games, but explore the entire market

look at videogame review websites (metacritic, steam250, glitchwave, etc) and try whatever they catch your interest from the generally well reviewed games (keep in mind, a lot of the time a lower score with a lot more reviews is better than a high score with low ammount of reviewers!). Look in youtube at games that you have personally enjoyed without watching a full gameplay of it before, and look at what other videogames those people have ed, maybe watch the first 5 minuet of one of those gameplay, and decide to play it yourself without watching the rest

ask around for friends, ask what their favourite videogames are, look at videogame publishers that have published games that you like. and do this often, try to open your views on the gaming market as much as possible, try those free epic games you claimed that you never played, even if you end up disliking them, the fact that you have now played it, you know more about yourself and what genres you like, and you will be able to find better games in the future

the game market is full fo people that will try to sell games on trends and just try to make a quick cash, the most clear example of this would be something like garten of banban, so please, be able to identify garten of banban's by yourself. If you enjoy some of those games it's totally fine, but I feel that there isn't really any harm on going really outside of your comfort zone, because maybe you will find a experience that will blow you away, in fact that is the reason why i'm making this thread! I want to see all that I have yet to really explore, and so far, i'm finding some really good stuff!

my personal recommendation if you want a game similar like this one but that I personally think is way better, try pony island, it's also analog stuff, but it was created before that really became popular and it's an honest to god really good game, if you want more game recommendation just tell me, tell me games that you enjoy or genres you want to explore and I will give you recommendations, i've been playing games for all my life so I believe I can really give you a good list. And even If I have told you that I'm a coward that hates horror, my brother does not, so even if you want horror recommendation, I can ask him for recommendations that I can forward to you, just reply to this thread, talk to me in osu dm's or on discord (my nick is "patatitta")

I'm not saying your likings are invalid or anything like that, but I just feel you're in a way really limiting your scope with these type of games, and I feel you could probably find a new favourite game of all time if you just look a little bit, so please, let me try to help you and give you some recommendations, even if I fail and you hate those games, please, let me try

(these tips also apply to everyone, hell, even I can really give recommendations to anyone who asks, not just for games either. But I'm mainly mentioning lostsilver since they are the one person who recommended this game)

also, if money is a concern, piracy is morally correct if you are not able to buy the game anyways, I know of safe resoruces to really pirate from, so I can also give you all of those

(again, i'm heavily sorry that this was this long, but yeah, I hope you understand where i'm coming from)

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it out
alr!!
it's got a good story too
that game was WAY shorter I expected it to be (also, I don't know if you actually read these in full, I have some comments directed at YOU specifically lostsilver, so please read that last bit in it's ENTIRETY, sorry if it's too long, but I really have stuff I want to tell you, I would make it shorter but it would just feel like i'm gatekeeping and shit if I try to do so)

andy's apple farm analysis:

this is an early access game, I don't know the devs or anything like that, but given as the game was 20 minute long, it was released in 2021, we're almost in 2023 and there is still no chapter 2, I wouldn't put too much faith on there actually being mroe chapters, so I will talk about it as an standalone game

first of all, as I predicted, this game isn't really scary, the ambient itself is not scary, and the jumpscares are so predictible it doesn't really matter. Not only that, but it's easy to see how the game is coded after one or two events, so you know that if you just run into the character that is trying to chase you, and let them get you, that it's not actually bad and it's the way the game is supposed to be advanced, so it really removes any tension in order to do that

I don't play many horror games, I'm a coward as I said, but I feel that if you want to make something scary, you must abstract and obscure how the game operates, so you cant just do what I did

there isn't much in the way of gameplay, as it's basically purely narrative, however, the way the plot is actually delivered is in this very game-theory baity way. What I mean by that is that the game is made to be confusing, and it's not like a regular confusing game, that you can later kinda just think about it, recall all the events and really understand it, but, they put lots of lore in text that only appear for like 3 frames, which means: you aren't going to catch it, and you're not actually going to understand the plot after you finish playing it

the only way you can really manage to actually read the lore and understand it, is if you somehow are able to freeze on those frames, and the only way to really do it is either if you have god-like reflexes and manage to screenshot it the frame text appears before it dissapears, or if you just so happen that you're recording, since you can go frame by frame in the video

if you wanted to discover all the lore by yourself, once encountered one of these elements, you would need to create a new save file entirely, and then get to that point recording, and then watch the recording back to really get it, this is not good story-telling, this is hard to access for the sake of it being hard to access

let's say you actually did all of that, now we have the lore, that kinda does describe the backstory of some of the characters and stuff, now what?, what we have is basically a backstory, are we going to see the story unfold?, well, not really, since that isn't really on the game, and I know that it is a early access and there is only 1 chapter, but you should have at least have some payoff and actually some story in play on an early access verison of the game, you shouldn't release a game like this with only 1 chapter if that chapter is only backstory, this is like releasing a game but only the tutorial



now, directed at lostsilver i'm aware how you would find a game like this, you probably saw a gampeplay from markiplier or any other big youtuber that covers these type of games, however, you must know that there is a difference between games that make for good viewing experiences, and games with good gameplay experiences, some games are better on video that on gameplay, this is one of those games. I don't blame you for seeing a video and believing that this is a good game, because it is made to feel that way.

Not only that, but these game are algorythmic games, these is a short early-access game, that basically ceased developement apparently, that tried to profit on the mascot horror/analog horror youtube trend that was booming at that time, you could probably say that this game is a cash-grab and it would be really hard to prove otherwise

so now, how would you, lostsilver, be able find great gameplay games? for example, my favourite game of all time is disco elysium, which is absolutely NOT a youtube game, in fact, if you search it on youtube, you probably wont find any gameplays by big name creators

well, you either must curate were you get recommendations from, or learn how to properly analyze a videogame and really learn for yourself how to identify these type of games. The second you will get with experience as you get older and play more diverse stuff, because that's the other thing, dont just limit yourself to youtube/markiplier games, but explore the entire market

look at videogame review websites (metacritic, steam250, glitchwave, etc) and try whatever they catch your interest from the generally well reviewed games (keep in mind, a lot of the time a lower score with a lot more reviews is better than a high score with low ammount of reviewers!), look in youtube at games that you have personally enjoyed without watching a full gameplay of it before, and look at what other videogames those people have ed, maybe watch the first 5 minuet of one of those gameplay, and decide to play it yourself without watching the rest

ask around for friends, ask what their favourite videogames are, look at videogame publishers that have published games that you like, and do this often, try to open your views on the gaming market as much as possible, try those free epic games you claimed that you never played, even if you end up disliking them, the fact that you have now played it, you know more about yourself and what genres you like, and you will be able to find better games in the future

the game market is full fo people that will try to sell games on trends and just try to make a quick cash, the most clear example of this would be something like garten of banban, so please, be able to identify garten of banban's by yourself, If you enjoy some of those games it's totally fine, but I feel that there isn't really any harm on going really outside of your comfort zone, because maybe you will find a experience that will blow you away, in fact that is the reason why i'm making this thread! I want to see all that I have yet to really explore, and so far, i'm finding some really good stuff!

my personal recommendation if you want a game similar like this one but that I personally think is way better, try pony island, it's also analog stuff, but it was created before that really became popular and it's an honest to god really good game, if you want more game recommendation just tell me, tell me games that you enjoy or genres you want to explore and I will give you recommendations, i've been playing games for all my life so I believe I can really give you a good list, and even If I have told you that I'm a coward that hates horror, my brother does not, so even if you want horror recommendation, I can ask him for recommendations that I can forward to you, just reply to this thread, talk to me in osu dm's or on discord (my nick is "patatitta")

I'm not saying your likings are invalid or anything like that, but I just feel you're in a way really limiting your scope with these type of games, and I feel you could probably find a new favourite game of all time if you just look a little bit, so please, let me try to help you and give you some recommendations, even if I fail and you hate those games, please, let me try

(these tips also apply to everyone, hell, even I can really give recommendations to anyone who asks, not just for games either. But I'm mainly mentioning lostsilver since they are the one person who recommended this game)

also, if money is a concern, piracy is morally correct if you are not able to buy the game anyways, I know of safe resoruces to really pirate from, so I can also give you all of those

(again, i'm heavily sorry that this was this long, but yeah, I hope you understand where i'm coming from)
this made my adhd really stressed

but anyway:
i understand if the game wasn't great to you, i liked it for the story, of which i completely understood after deep diving into it. i didn't find this from a big youtuber, by the way. i found this game by myself and wanted to try it. i really like the premise of the story and lore, but i do think it could've been executed better aswell. again, i understand if you didn't like it, i just like it for the story. thank you so much for the analysis by the way! also, i'm a coward too so i don't want any horror recommendations :/
Topic Starter

lostsilver wrote: q37e

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

lostsilver wrote: q37e

play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it out
alr!!
it's got a good story too
that game was WAY shorter I expected it to be (also, I don't know if you actually read these in full, I have some comments directed at YOU specifically lostsilver, so please read that last bit in it's ENTIRETY, sorry if it's too long, but I really have stuff I want to tell you, I would make it shorter but it would just feel like i'm gatekeeping and shit if I try to do so)

andy's apple farm analysis:

this is an early access game, I don't know the devs or anything like that, but given as the game was 20 minute long, it was released in 2021, we're almost in 2023 and there is still no chapter 2, I wouldn't put too much faith on there actually being mroe chapters, so I will talk about it as an standalone game

first of all, as I predicted, this game isn't really scary, the ambient itself is not scary, and the jumpscares are so predictible it doesn't really matter. Not only that, but it's easy to see how the game is coded after one or two events, so you know that if you just run into the character that is trying to chase you, and let them get you, that it's not actually bad and it's the way the game is supposed to be advanced, so it really removes any tension in order to do that

I don't play many horror games, I'm a coward as I said, but I feel that if you want to make something scary, you must abstract and obscure how the game operates, so you cant just do what I did

there isn't much in the way of gameplay, as it's basically purely narrative, however, the way the plot is actually delivered is in this very game-theory baity way. What I mean by that is that the game is made to be confusing, and it's not like a regular confusing game, that you can later kinda just think about it, recall all the events and really understand it, but, they put lots of lore in text that only appear for like 3 frames, which means: you aren't going to catch it, and you're not actually going to understand the plot after you finish playing it

the only way you can really manage to actually read the lore and understand it, is if you somehow are able to freeze on those frames, and the only way to really do it is either if you have god-like reflexes and manage to screenshot it the frame text appears before it dissapears, or if you just so happen that you're recording, since you can go frame by frame in the video

if you wanted to discover all the lore by yourself, once encountered one of these elements, you would need to create a new save file entirely, and then get to that point recording, and then watch the recording back to really get it, this is not good story-telling, this is hard to access for the sake of it being hard to access

let's say you actually did all of that, now we have the lore, that kinda does describe the backstory of some of the characters and stuff, now what?, what we have is basically a backstory, are we going to see the story unfold?, well, not really, since that isn't really on the game, and I know that it is a early access and there is only 1 chapter, but you should have at least have some payoff and actually some story in play on an early access verison of the game, you shouldn't release a game like this with only 1 chapter if that chapter is only backstory, this is like releasing a game but only the tutorial



now, directed at lostsilver i'm aware how you would find a game like this, you probably saw a gampeplay from markiplier or any other big youtuber that covers these type of games, however, you must know that there is a difference between games that make for good viewing experiences, and games with good gameplay experiences, some games are better on video that on gameplay, this is one of those games. I don't blame you for seeing a video and believing that this is a good game, because it is made to feel that way.

Not only that, but these game are algorythmic games, these is a short early-access game, that basically ceased developement apparently, that tried to profit on the mascot horror/analog horror youtube trend that was booming at that time, you could probably say that this game is a cash-grab and it would be really hard to prove otherwise

so now, how would you, lostsilver, be able find great gameplay games? for example, my favourite game of all time is disco elysium, which is absolutely NOT a youtube game, in fact, if you search it on youtube, you probably wont find any gameplays by big name creators

well, you either must curate were you get recommendations from, or learn how to properly analyze a videogame and really learn for yourself how to identify these type of games. The second you will get with experience as you get older and play more diverse stuff, because that's the other thing, dont just limit yourself to youtube/markiplier games, but explore the entire market

look at videogame review websites (metacritic, steam250, glitchwave, etc) and try whatever they catch your interest from the generally well reviewed games (keep in mind, a lot of the time a lower score with a lot more reviews is better than a high score with low ammount of reviewers!), look in youtube at games that you have personally enjoyed without watching a full gameplay of it before, and look at what other videogames those people have ed, maybe watch the first 5 minuet of one of those gameplay, and decide to play it yourself without watching the rest

ask around for friends, ask what their favourite videogames are, look at videogame publishers that have published games that you like, and do this often, try to open your views on the gaming market as much as possible, try those free epic games you claimed that you never played, even if you end up disliking them, the fact that you have now played it, you know more about yourself and what genres you like, and you will be able to find better games in the future

the game market is full fo people that will try to sell games on trends and just try to make a quick cash, the most clear example of this would be something like garten of banban, so please, be able to identify garten of banban's by yourself, If you enjoy some of those games it's totally fine, but I feel that there isn't really any harm on going really outside of your comfort zone, because maybe you will find a experience that will blow you away, in fact that is the reason why i'm making this thread! I want to see all that I have yet to really explore, and so far, i'm finding some really good stuff!

my personal recommendation if you want a game similar like this one but that I personally think is way better, try pony island, it's also analog stuff, but it was created before that really became popular and it's an honest to god really good game, if you want more game recommendation just tell me, tell me games that you enjoy or genres you want to explore and I will give you recommendations, i've been playing games for all my life so I believe I can really give you a good list, and even If I have told you that I'm a coward that hates horror, my brother does not, so even if you want horror recommendation, I can ask him for recommendations that I can forward to you, just reply to this thread, talk to me in osu dm's or on discord (my nick is "patatitta")

I'm not saying your likings are invalid or anything like that, but I just feel you're in a way really limiting your scope with these type of games, and I feel you could probably find a new favourite game of all time if you just look a little bit, so please, let me try to help you and give you some recommendations, even if I fail and you hate those games, please, let me try

(these tips also apply to everyone, hell, even I can really give recommendations to anyone who asks, not just for games either. But I'm mainly mentioning lostsilver since they are the one person who recommended this game)

also, if money is a concern, piracy is morally correct if you are not able to buy the game anyways, I know of safe resoruces to really pirate from, so I can also give you all of those

(again, i'm heavily sorry that this was this long, but yeah, I hope you understand where i'm coming from)
this made my adhd really stressed

but anyway:
i understand if the game wasn't great to you, i liked it for the story, of which i completely understood after deep diving into it. i didn't find this from a big youtuber, by the way. i found this game by myself and wanted to try it. i really like the premise of the story and lore, but i do think it could've been executed better aswell. again, i understand if you didn't like it, i just like it for the story. thank you so much for the analysis by the way!
I still would advice anyone to really try to make their scope in anything bigger, so I still feel you should try doing any of the things I really listed there, and for anyone else reading this, trust me, you wont regret it
i almost forgot i requested something here and then realized it's been at the bottom of the list the entire time. oof

you can use yuzu or ryujinx to emulate the game if you want to, i'm not going to yell at you if you do (don't know what was kodaka thinking by making this a switch exclusive lol)

i have another suggestion which is shorter, more accesible and definitely not a weird-ass game in the slightest:

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
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Serraionga wrote: 2r3s1z

i almost forgot i requested something here and then realized it's been at the bottom of the list the entire time. oof

you can use yuzu or ryujinx to emulate the game if you want to, i'm not going to yell at you if you do (don't know what was kodaka thinking by making this a switch exclusive lol)

i have another suggestion which is shorter, more accesible and definitely not a weird-ass game in the slightest:

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
oh the incest game, I can try it out yeah,

anyways, I can try emulating it, tbh I haven't tried, was too busy also with all the other reqs, but now that i've went throguh almost all of them, I think I can try it out, will see tomorrow anyways


tomorrow update: I got rain code to work, so far it's good
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I was mainly focusing on beating rain code, but I didn't want to keep it playing it and I was kinda bored so I decided to check the coffin of andy and leyley
when in my previous post I said "oh the incest game" I was just following the meme I had heard. Now I get it

I didn't like this game, in fact, I would say I pretty much hate it, I honestly dont get the appeal, and i'm not saying it like I have a clue in my heard but I dont want to it it so i'm saying this, i'm being completely honest when I say I don't get the appeal

This game is a narrative puzzle-ish game, so think the same gameplay loop as OneShot, just solve little puzzles and just enjoy the good plot. While i'm awful at puzzole games and I had to end up using a guide to solve a few of OneShot's puzzles. I can see how would you have solved them, and some of them were quite clever. However, with andy and leyley, these puzzles just comes down to spam Z with every interactable object until you hit the solution. This is not because the puzzles are hard, but because there are MULTIPLE solutions to each problem, however the game will only choose own, so I'm many cases I had an idea on how to solve something, and then I just couldn't interact with the object that would have solved that whole situation

to be fair, I did also skip some puzzles in OneShot as I said before and I fucking loved that game, however, with andy and leyley, the plot is in my personal opinion just really weird and uncomfortable. My biggest problem are just the two protagonist, they're both very unlikeable pieces of shit. However I feel you must connect with the characters somewhat which I just dont get.

Unlikable protagonist aren't itself bad, there are many games and stories where the main guy just sucks, the problem is when the plot is entirely character-based, and so far, there hasn't been any real consequence for any of their actions. It's just a game where you watch two incestuous psychopath (and no, they dont have any justification of why they're this way) run around and do uncomfortable shit with bad puzzles until the game ends, i'm sorry if i'm being way more negative with this game than with many others that I did not enjoy but I just actually hate this game

now, this game has routes, however I don't think they do it particullary well?, I feel they're two type of routes in videogames. The one that are just very clear cut choices which you know the consequences, so think something like undertale, and the ones where it's a lot of little actions that you don't realize they're really contributing to an ending however they do, so think disco elysium. This is more similar to the second half, however, they dont pull it off nearly as well as disco elysium, at least in my opinion

disco elysium ending is itself just a can of worms of game design, probably one of the hardest things to analyze just because how off the wall and how different it is to literally every other videogame ever. But the gist of it is that when you start roleplaying as your character, and take the choices you think are right, at the end of the game, you will get an ending that's appropiate for your actions and personality as a player, so it's an ending that while it may be less different than something like undertale, it will probably have a bigger impact to you as a person. But, as I said, the character's here are unlikeable, so you wont really ever get into their skin, so you're being forced between multiple choices you dont want to make, and being forced into a route that you didn't knew it was possible to avoid, this just doesn't really work for me

To give the game some credit, the art is really good, I think that's as far as compliments I can give

now, this game was successful, very succesful, people do like it, you probably recommended this because you like this game, so there is something that this game has that i'm just not seeing, at least it's how it feels like, It does feel like i'm missing the point of the game here

but really, what's the point?, it's a character-based story, with a branching narrative, but the characters are unlikable, I only see anyone really getting into this game if they can relate to the protagonist, but then, the game doesn't seem to say anything just yet, because the game is in fucking early access so there isn't even a payoff to the story just yet.

I unironically just dont get this game

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updates: finished chapter 14 for shinsekai yori, and i'm really enjoying it
I'm still at the start of rain code, but so far it's a pretty good game
Well since you're running low on requests...

Watch Boogiepop (Both versions. 2019 recommended to be watched first).
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eblf2013 wrote: 331669

Well since you're running low on requests...

Watch Boogiepop (Both versions. 2019 recommended to be watched first).
sure

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

now, this game was successful, very succesful, people do like it, you probably recommended this because you like this game, so there is something that this game has that i'm just not seeing, at least it's how it feels like, It does feel like i'm missing the point of the game here
hahaha

i think the game is OK but i didn't expect it to re-invent the wheel or anything, it's an RPG maker game made (mostly?) by one person after all, we can only have so many of these and be revolutionary

i, too, wanted to see if this game had anything special going on besides le funny incest memegame Xdd so it's good to see we have similar views on it. hopefully it gets better when all the chapters get released
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anyway, have you played mother 3? i can give you a translated rom if you can't find one
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Serraionga wrote: 2r3s1z

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

now, this game was successful, very succesful, people do like it, you probably recommended this because you like this game, so there is something that this game has that i'm just not seeing, at least it's how it feels like, It does feel like i'm missing the point of the game here
hahaha

i think the game is OK but i didn't expect it to re-invent the wheel or anything, it's an RPG maker game made (mostly?) by one person after all, we can only have so many of these and be revolutionary

i, too, wanted to see if this game had anything special going on besides le funny incest memegame Xdd so it's good to see we have similar views on it. hopefully it gets better when all the chapters get released
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anyway, have you played mother 3? i can give you a translated rom if you can't find one
oh yeah mother 3 was great, more of a fan of earthbound tho, can text-wall about any of those two if you want to, even if I played it a while back now
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