#and if thats not for you there's this really cool game called persona fi- *gets shot*

[lacystar]

hiiii lacy been into. gaming recently. should i get ace attorney. or other video game 🫂

LUCY!! if you want my honest answer...

ace attorney is styled like a visual novel but about deductive reasoning rather than. dating. ig. the unfortunate thing is that sometimes the deductive reasoning is sorta at the mercy of the plot and the nonsense logic of the world, which can lead to some frustrating situations where you know the answer but don't know how to say it, and I think thats my biggest criticism of the game. when you DO get it right, though, the feeling is VERY satisfying. the story can be stupid and silly just as much as it is hard hitting, and the main cast of characters are WONDERFUL.

I think the main deciding factor is: do you want a video game that is entirely reading. bc that is what it is. it is reading and logic puzzles. if that seems like a style of game that would suit you I say GO FOR IT ABSOLUTELY. I love the series so ofc im inclined to say yes, get it, but if that play style is not for you then obvs save your money.

if you do buy it, makes sure to buy the original phoenix wright trilogy and NOT the investigations collection, which is the one that released yesterday and that im currently playing. start with the original obviously, and b sure to block my tag for it. or I can make a spoiler tag just for you if you want me to :P

oh it also has my absolute favorite doomed/tragic sibling pair of all time so there's that for it.

[reasonablywittyatbest]

AI: The Somnium Files, a review

Eh, might as well anyways.

So I desperately wanted an... anime murder mystery point and click puzzle game with heavy influence of visual novels. See what I meant by niche?  Anyways I searched and searched until I found one that looked perfect. So I payed the full price (ew) for it, the craving was strong.

AI: The Somnium Files was, in essence, exactly what I wanted. A mostly point and click murder mystery. That part was good. It even has a puzzle aspect in the “Somnium” where you enter people’s subconscious to figure out what they refuse to tell you.  You have to figure out how to ‘unlock’ their minds. It was mostly fun trying to figure those out. 

Even the story was really good. A bunch of seemingly unrelated characters and events that you see come together as you play through multiple routes. The multiple routes are confirmed as alternative universes that you get flashes of in other routes. Story overall? Very solid. Literally no complaints. Also love that it felt no need to go into deep explanation over the sci-fi parts, thank you game.

Characters....eeeh. Mostly endearing, some grating. My personal favorite is the AI that lives in your (fake) left eyeball, shes actually great. I became fond of most of the main cast by the end.

Character designs? Mostly your typical ‘cool anime’ style. They’re not really bad or good. Though more pants for the ladies, jesus. 

But see, I don’t think I can actually call it a good game?

So, first flaw. A near constant flow of ‘perverted humor.’ The MC says/thinks something perverted, his AI companion scolds him.  Its not even like, super rude, its the kind of perverse humor that is just, clearly aimed at a6 year old boys. Clearly. Boob jokes, porno jokes, a wierd comment about wondering what a woman’s shoes smelled like. I would like games to come with a warning like “Clearly meant for boys 16-20.″ Spare us all.  

And then, like, your very serious drama game can have funny dialogue and banter, thats cool, keeps the whole thing more enjoyable. But this game? Had tonal shifts that gave me whiplash. Mostly in the form of QTE where you do things like, use panties to distract a bunch of mercenaries”or blow up a porno mag dispenser to distract guards’ or the AI uses a ‘porno mag’ to motivate you to move quicker.  These cringe worthy moments will be sandwiched between much more serious scenes, making it difficult to take any of it seriously. 

In the various routes you take the game cannot decide if it wants to be a super cool mystery game, or a over the top action game, switching between the two so quickly it is jarring, and takes you out of the story 

This game just isn’t as cool or as slick as it thinks it is. As I played it I kept feeling “i know you want to be Persona 5 cool but you just are not.’

I’d overall give it a C+. I mostly enjoyed it, it scratched an itch, I wish I had paid less for it and I wouldn’t really recommend it unless you have the exact same craving I did and a lot of patience for immature humor. 

[sheerhope]

extended diary thing / holy lucky streak batman

if you dont wanna hear about my bitchass personal life and you wanna continue thinking i have a good girl persona and dont have wild sex scroll past this for more joji and aesthetics ty

ladies and gents these past couple of weeks have been goddamn magical. i can’t describe it any other way. we need to count the blessings god have given us up untill this point in life bc frankly idk if i can keep track anymore

seeing people i thought i would never see: a domino effect of blessings:

alright so britbong crush who i mentioned in previous posts (if youre reading this: hi lmao) says hes gonna be a speaker at this tech thing. super dope and i’m supportive but also like “dude we’re gonna be in the same country but opposite sides smh” SO i tell my homegirl mikayla about this and shes like “no youre going you apply for scholarships and get there” and i’m like “fat chance also plane ticket and hotels” and shes like “idk do it anyways”. so i do that, apply for this scholarship, get in , room with my other homegirl fiona, and get my flight crowdfunded. how the hell this all fell into place perfectly i will never know but i thank god and also those gofundme-ers. yall make dreams come true.

thats only part one of this several-part story, comrades.

it was everything i imagined and more. i hung out with him. i talked with him, held hands with him, sang and rapped with him, hacked with him, played ping pong with him, ran all around the city and showed him the cutesy touristy things. also wild wild sex. never ever will forget that lmao. but yeah. thats just the TLDR. 

day one was awk bc we were just getting to know our IRL selves but i think the peak was probably ping pong. just being a goofball with him and networking. he also held my hand in the lyft back to french montanas unforgettable and i wont forget that. okay lol

day two i actually got some damn sense and ditched the heels and wore flats. also lyfted instead of a 30 minute walk to the piers. rest of the day was hacking on this project we were working of there (cant name it bc it would prolly give away the conf and his name and im not gonna do that bc opsec af). i went to go drop off stuff at his place after. i’ll keep it SFW and simple by saying we ended up being late to a party last nigh bc we were too busy in his room lmao. that freaked me the fuck out tho bc he was on some “i just wanna be friends and see how this goes” bs and i was like “ehhhh do i really wanna hookup or just be straight up and say i don’t want anything but us for real”. ranted to some female friends about this at a party but by the time i was back at his place he was cool with making it legitimate. and i was over the moon.

day three my dude. (he got his first in&out!!!) we went to apple and cuddled on caltrain and swapped music. (i finally got my odwalla lmao) and then me and my fam went out to stanford to my long lost sister from the other coast. we left and took the train back and i shit you not there were fireworks out the window. bitch if this isnt a chickflick i don’t know what it is. then and i took my stuff from fi’s place to his place for uh... obvious reasons lmao. <insert lewd activities> i swear we tried to watch tv tho.

day four we coordinated outfits omg. idec if i sound cocky for a moment but i had the cutest ass outfit it was like a flowery dress and denim blouse okay ANYWAYS he looked amazing and like the only guy in the world to me and yeah lol <insert montage of running around doing touristy shit and looking badass. lombard, golden gate, ghiradelli, etc.>. i also tried boba for the first time which was cool. i got my sushirito and he got his frosted lemonade. we made it FB official then ran off to caltrain to show him google. imagine a cute ass couple riding around on google bikes and taking pics everywhere. that was us lol. we also had to call 911 on these people fighting but we’re gonna ignore that lmao. best night once we got back though. we had m&ms and white wine and watched video game reviews on youtube and cuddled. it was the most romantic thing ever. can’t even describe it, but i’ll never forget that moment. it was a perfect blend of #adulting but also just being childish and ourselves around eachother

day five worst day but it still was a damn good day bc i got to spend it with him. in&out for breakfast, saw sea lions, then went our separate ways for flights. we went to bart together before splitting off  and i hugged him tight before he left and he comforted me saying he’d see me again,  but when he got on his train and it left i legit started crying because i thought “damn this is it, i’m not going to see him again forever” which i know now is bs but like, its still a long time yknow?

overall 11/10 trip, makes me smile and tear up thinking about it. legit it was like a fairytale or movie or chickflick, every goofy moment too. (inb4 i go total white chick mode)

Other shit thats dope but not quite as dope as that:

new kitten named boots. hes p dope. 

new job at summer camp in a week or so. also dope. scared bc uncertainty but who knows, could be better than expected. 

startup got our app on the app store. i’d link but opsec. 

maybe will snag a gig for the fall but idk yet.

but yeah life has been good to me. too good. new tech, new bf, new cat, new job, new success. I thank God honestly, this luck streak is too abnormal to be anything but that.