ohPatatitta wrote: 5t25
not doing music since I dont know shit about musiclostsilver wrote: q37e
green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
alright uhhhhhhh
how about the sprites i've made in this thread
ohPatatitta wrote: 5t25
not doing music since I dont know shit about musiclostsilver wrote: q37e
green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
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 spritelostsilver wrote: q37e
ohPatatitta wrote: 5t25
not doing music since I dont know shit about musiclostsilver wrote: q37e
green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
alright uhhhhhhh
how about the sprites i've made in this thread
sure, always open for more suggestionsNotRaffi 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
Yeah, that's fine. Probably should have suggested something more tame at first.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
oh alright then :/Patatitta wrote: 5t25
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 spritelostsilver wrote: q37e
ohPatatitta wrote: 5t25
not doing music since I dont know shit about musiclostsilver wrote: q37e
green day songs
if you have a favorite, tell me
alright uhhhhhhh
how about the sprites i've made in this thread
nono ill do itsametdze wrote: 1l1a4s
Fine, I'll review myselfPatatitta wrote: 5t25
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 contestsametdze wrote: 1l1a4s
Review me
honestly I don't think I have ever dropped something so fast in my lifeMrMcMikey22 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
will read the webcomic, will add to the listcephaphysic wrote: 1o5144
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)_/¯Patatitta wrote: 5t25
honestly I don't think I have ever dropped something so fast in my lifeMrMcMikey22 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
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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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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
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. [...]
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 ramblingskinbote 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
yeah I can do thatabraker wrote: 6cx2d
boo alright, then ContagionPatatitta wrote: 5t25
not doing horror since i'm a coward and I hate horrorabraker wrote: 6cx2d
The Platform
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 differentNotRaffi wrote: 171b11
Can you review stellaris pls I've been playing it for like a week and it's been pretty fun
I have absolutely no clue of what's this so sureDyllion wrote: 2k3a6k
Metalocalypse
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.Cerno wrote: 6g571s
review this curvy ass banana i had a few days ago
oh shit, didn't know there was a movie, is it like ar recap/alternate story thing or is it a sequel?eblf2013 wrote: 331669
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?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
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.Patatitta wrote: 5t25
oh shit, didn't know there was a movie, is it like ar recap/alternate story thing or is it a sequel?eblf2013 wrote: 331669
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?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
I see, will watch it but later since I already promised wander over yondereblf2013 wrote: 331669
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.Patatitta wrote: 5t25
oh shit, didn't know there was a movie, is it like ar recap/alternate story thing or is it a sequel?eblf2013 wrote: 331669
The movie is gayer even (and ofc more confusing). Can I suggest it?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
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 translationKatouMegumi 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.
maxisabigkaiju is gonna be really madPatatitta 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 mePatatitta 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 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
i found it cos it was recommended to me by someone who knew i would like itPatatitta 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
this one right? okay, will doNotRaffi 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
going to take a while since I have so many things to watch but sureJangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12
Watch Shinsekai Yori and review
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 imoPatatitta 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
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 specialeblf2013 wrote: 331669
I think you should read the Haruhi novels. They're great. And also the only light novel I haven't dropped lol
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.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
NotRaffi wrote: 171b11
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.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
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
Aw, it's alright then if you don't wanna start reading a new massive world again.Patatitta wrote: 5t25
NotRaffi wrote: 171b11
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.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
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
yeah I can do thatNotRaffi wrote: 171b11
Aw, it's alright then if you don't wanna start reading a new massive world again.Patatitta wrote: 5t25
NotRaffi wrote: 171b11
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.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
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
Then can you just read uramiya Honpo instead?
I will, added to the listeblf2013 wrote: 331669
Watch The Flying Luna Clipper (1987)
https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/anime/39020/Flying_Luna_Clipper
MAL link above.
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 interestingDementedjet wrote: 513e4t
Analyze the character of v1 from ultrakillyourself
Like, why is he doing this and blah blah blah
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)lostsilver wrote: q37e
alr!!Patatitta wrote: 5t25
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it outlostsilver wrote: q37e
play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
it's got a good story too
this made my adhd really stressedPatatitta wrote: 5t25
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)lostsilver wrote: q37e
alr!!Patatitta wrote: 5t25
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it outlostsilver wrote: q37e
play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
it's got a good story too
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)
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 itlostsilver wrote: q37e
this made my adhd really stressedPatatitta wrote: 5t25
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)lostsilver wrote: q37e
alr!!Patatitta wrote: 5t25
I would normally not play horror but this does seem like mascot horror which isn't really scary so I will try it outlostsilver wrote: q37e
play andy's apple farm on steam
it's pretty good imo
it's got a good story too
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)
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!
oh the incest game, I can try it out yeah,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
hahahaPatatitta 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
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 nowSerraionga wrote: 2r3s1z
hahahaPatatitta 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
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