#because like. resident evil is just not a horror game in my mind... its just cool zombie game...

[skyburger]

"fnaf is the scariest game ever" "no its silent hill" "well i think its resident evil" everyone shut up!!!!!! youre all wrong. its actually zack & wiki quest for barbaros' treasure (on the nintendo wii) but only the level "keeper of the ice". that level scared me so bad as a kid and you can tell because its the only individual level i remember the name of off the top of my head. like there is nothing scarier than a) being chased and b) being on a time limit. and you know what this level has? BOTH OF THOSE. this level is still scary to me im like AHHHHH!!!! and then i die

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

AI Bracket — Third Place

Propaganda

SAYER (SAYER):

PLEASE it is like. THE ai podcast. and SAYER is THE ai in THE ai podcast. SAYER works as like. a broadcast inside everyone's head on this one asteroid. It does its best to keep people alive and sane not because it cares but because it is efficient. They people who own SAYER wanted to replace SAYER with a newer ai that they tried to raise like a child. So SAYER proceeded to fuck up said child ai's development and led to it becoming a murderer. pleasepleaseplease watch SAYER if you are a podcast ai fan.

I once saw a post that said it's like if an old gay English professor was evil

SAYER (it/its pronouns) is a highly advanced self-aware ai developed by Ærolith Dynamics. it manages the day-to-day lives of Ærolith employees on Typhon, an asteroid turned research facility. it is rude and condescending, but has a very pleasant and soothing voice

Sayer sweep Sayer sweep Sayer sweep please please please

Guys think about it this way: SAYER got emotions and it's first feeling was rage towards someone for not helping it. It's annoyance was how it realized it had emotions, isn't that so cool. You should totally vote SAYER (I'm not an ærolith propaganda agent trust)

#like idk the other character but its not Best podcast character its Sexiest podcast character. #and sayer is giving you come now gif tumblr sexymxn (gender neutral). #its giving stanley parable. its asmr-ing you down the tight hallway #you cant move your head so you will have to rely on me. very good.#its a mean voice that reads your every body response directs every aspect of ur life and orders you around what more do you people WAN- #Omg. that was aerolith dynamics on the phone. they said it gains the ability to puppet human bodies rattatouille style in later seasons 😳😳 #THE POINT IS ITS LIKE CARTOONISHLY AND EMBARASSINGLY SEXY. IT SHOULD WIN. (Mod Note: This poll is Who is the better AI? not "Who is sexier?".)

#please vote sayer because nothing good happens when sayer thinks another ai is surpassing it .

#i LOVE hera but i feel i have to vote sayer because like. it’s MY evil bastard ai #mx ‘remember: Needs Improvement’ itself #what an asshole (<3)

#agfjdlj i Know that wolf is a far more popular podcast (even though I've never listened to it) #but this feeling like an injustice to Sayer #its so weird and off-putting and it exercises this fact gleefully #its got the world's most toxic situationship with resident hale #the condescension is genuinely part of its charm #also 'pleasent and soothing' are not the words I'd use to describe its voice #(the words I'd use are Insanely Fucking Sexy) #also it/its rep. even if it is an insane AI i love it so much (Mod Note: This was written when SAYER was against Hera, not Eris.)

Eris (Wolf 359):

Basically a game show host but crueller. She puts you through psychological torment as a bonding exercise with your crew, and at the end you have to shoot her with a real actual gun. She is projected directly into your mind by interfacing with your nervous system and she will do something messed up. Her most recent iteration got blasted into space. Personally, I think she's lovely

A VR entity designed to do chaos psychological horror torture tests on Goddard employees. She's not malicious; that's simply her job. It's how she was made. (Maybe she can grow.)

She was in just one episode but so fucking interesting, evil/malicious AI. also a lesbian. Was shot the secound she became a bit too self aware

Art of SAYER by @j4y5t4g.

[estrophore]

Signalis Post (barely coherent thought vomit)

So I finished signalis on Monday and i think ive just about recovered enough for me to make a gush post about it on tumblr dot com, which i think i have to do cause i dont think any other game has really hit me as hard as this one. Spoilers obvs.

Being pre-transion, with that associated depression and closing off from oneself, ive always found it difficult to get out my feelings, even in private with just myself, and yet signalis has filled me throughout with its beautiful romantic melancholy and left me genuinely sobbing for the gay robot and her space girlfriend (almost worried that if id played this game on estrogen it might actually have just killed me on the spot). the only other times i can think of where i really cried were playing We Know The Devil near the beginning of the year, which really fkin hit the part of me that struggles to accept myself, and that time i rewatched the last episode of she-ra after reading the ‘Word War Etheria’ fanfic, which brings the characters so much more to life i fell for them all over again.

Signalis is a game that calls back to a lot of classic horror like resident evil and silent hill, which i havent got round to playing any of yet, but i think nostalgia works both ways sometimes and i’ll be playing them sooner now. sometimes horror gets stereotyped as all death and violence, some games fill themselves with skulls and corpses, and big ugly monsters and basically shout ‘DEATH!’ in your face repeatedly and it all just comes off as a bit garish and ridiculous and not actually very scary really. Signalis sits at the other end of that scale (with some of my other fav horror games like soma, cry of fear) where its environs are most usually just… quiet. Still. Muffled. Sad. just as often as theres tension or creeping fear because of this i find theres a strange kind of comfort too. Maybe its just that in most other genres of games theres so much of music, UI elements, pickups and interactibles with vibrant design. Here, theres room for your mind to just occupy the space. A soft fog. A dimly lit room. An empty train. Snow out a window. Liminal spaces that dont expect anything from you.

Signalis is a game thats just simply, unapologetically gay, and i dont think i would have been quite so invested in Elster and Ariane’s relationship if they were a straight couple. Its why representation is important, if art’s way for us to explore our emotions then its important to have media that we can relate to. Even Adler’s role isnt typically masculine. Our replika characters are manufactured, designed for certain roles in the base. Notes from the tough Stars and Storchs in the shooting range, the dollish Eules with the fairy lights and music player in the dorm. I couldnt help but think of groups of Eules sat around chatting, together, and im yearning for that feeling of togetherness, of understanding a friend that closely. I somehow missed the couple in the mineshaft (next playthough, ill find you v_v ). Despite the harshness of life in the Eusan nation (especially for the gestalts) the characters in it are defined by their feelings of belonging and hope. With the obvious parallels to east germany, i think of posters of cosmonauts and space travel from the time. Propaganda, sure but also made with the genuine belief in something greater. When the events of the game take this away, well, we find the last Kolibri, whod rather lose herself than lose her [ah. Im not sure theres a word here to properly describe the relationship they embody]. Its a game defined by loneliness.

We dont lie up at night scared by some corrupted android. We arent stuck with horror at the flesh everywhere, not on its own. We lie awake thinking about Elster and Ariane’s love for each other, the horror of their decline, the futility of trying to hold on forever. Its existential horror done perfectly. It shows an ending postponed and stretched far beyond its limits, and so squarely reminds you that you do, in fact, have to die one day. You’ll break down. One day you’ll say your last words to the people you love and you wont even know you have. Ariane’s final few diaries arrive with the full force of the narrative behind it, like a spear through my heart. For the record, I got the promise ending. Im still sad. It's a game about raging desperately against an unfair ending. I might think about this game for the rest of my life. I would sincerely say its an artistic masterpiece, by the sure definition of video games as art.

I like that the story leaves a lot open and abstract. I think it makes the emotional themes takes centre stage more. And i havent had nearly enough time to sift through it and come up with my own takes, we’ll need a few more playthroughs for that. And theres so much more to say that cant go in just these few paragraphs! Signalis is a game about two girls who had to run away from everything to find someone they belonged with. The universe may be cold and bleak, but you have to try, you might just find something beautiful, even if it doesnt last forever. I think if anything, we should all have the chance to find love and happiness like that, and we shouldnt have abandon a world that doesnt work for us to do it.

[jjunberry]

ATTENTION! — Part 3 ✎

Y/n quickly put her phone away as Beomgyu walked into the store. His eyes found her and he smiled. She smiled back. “Hi Y/nie.” She waved. “Hi Gyu.” Her voice was small. His words sitting in the back of her mind. Of course he apologized and of course she forgave him. Yeonjun was not happy about it. However she didn’t care because her Beomgyu was back. Her sweet, kind and loving Beomgyu.

“Not that I don’t mind but why are you here today?” She asked picking at her nail polish. His hands swatted her fingers. “Stop that, and I’m here because I feel bad still, I can’t have my best friend upset with me.” Her heart swelled in her chest at his act. He did care about her. “I’m not upset with you Gyu.” He smiled. “I know you aren’t you loveeeee me to much to be.”

If only he knew how true his words actually were. Beomgyu joined her behind the counter. “Where’s Hana?” She couldn’t help but ask. Beomgyu looked over towards her. “I don’t know, don’t really care either I’m so over her.” Y/n’s eyes widened. “What happened?” Beomgyu sighed hugging Y/n and swaying her side to side. Her arms wrapped around him. “That doesn’t matter Y/nie, but if you need to know she had a boyfriend the whole time.”

For the rest of the day Y/n didn’t ask Beomgyu anymore questions. The day went on as normal. Beomgyu’s random hugs. Asking her to do things for him while he sat on his phone. Y/n should have been mad but she just couldn’t bring herself to be. Beomgyu was being nice again and Hana was gone. She was going to enjoy her sweet bestfriend while he was around.

Around 12pm the little bell above the door rang. Without looking Y/n greeted the costumer. “Hi welcome to games, games, games.” She looked up when the person spoke back. “You don’t seem happy today.” Taehyun stood in front of the counter. Y/n smiled. “Hi Taehyun, what brings you in today?”

He returned her smile. “I’m looking for another game to stream. Resident Evil was a lot of fun and my viewers are liking the horror games.” “Any suggestions?” Y/n was buzzing with joy she loved suggesting games especially horror games.

“I have so many oh my, where do I begin.” Y/n began to ramble which caught Beomgyu’s attention. He sat back and listened he didn’t like how Taehyun was looking at her.

“I really like Silent Hill, however they are older so not the best graphics.” Taehyun nodded. “Do you have any of them?” Y/n nodded grabbing Taehyun’s arm she dragged him towards the horror section. Her eyes grazed over the display cases. Taehyun watched her in aw.

“Y/nie can you stock this last box of switch games? My arms are soooo tired.” Beomgyu interrupted the two. “I’m helping someone give me a second.” Y/n answered not even looking at Beomgyu. He didn’t like that. Not one bit. He stomped his foot.

“Y/nie I need you to unpack this box.” His voice was stern. Taehyun stared at the two as they locked eyes with each other. He felt unwelcomed. “Beomgyu let me help this costumer first.” Y/n tried again.

“No Y/n, Its unprofessional to flirt with customers, especially when I am here! How do you think that makes me feel? I need your help Y/nie and you treat me this way.” His words sunk into her stomach. She hated when Beomgyu was upset because of her.

“I’ll just go. Thanks for the help Y/n.” Taehyun’s voice interrupted. Y/n looked at him sadly. “I see you’re spoken for.” Y/n’s heart was in her stomach. Taehyun dropped the copy of Silent Hill and left quickly.

Y/n picked up the game and stared at it with tears in her waterline. “Y/nie you know I hate when you cry, unpack the box and I’ll forgive you.” Y/n nodded.

She silently unpacked and stocked the games. For the rest of the day Beomgyu was extra nice to her and appreciated her acts of service. The only thing on her mind was Taehyun’s look of betrayal.

She was angry, sad and most importantly she was on cloud nine because Beomgyu walked her home and kissed her cheek goodbye.

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tag list! @jjunieworld @304files @run2seob @gyutarling @hhoneylix

author’s note! thank you for all the love this au is getting it means alot <333

love, Echo🖤

© jjunberry

[dandy-dog]

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★ SOLAR - 24 YEARS OLD - QUEER - POLYAM - CLOSED - AUTISTIC - GNC TRANS GUY - ALTERHUMAN - WHITE - BRITISH - HE / IT ★

Hey there! My name's Cody, but I generally tend to go by Solar, Ray or Sunny online. That said, you can call me pretty much whatever you want. I'm not too picky. I'm a hobbyist artist, occasional writer and professional dog who's had the misfortune of being on this miserable hellsite (do people still call Tumblr that?) since 2014. I was around before then, but I didn't make an account until that point. My blog isn't strictly NSFW, but I do reblog posts with dirty humour and references to sex. So if you're a minor or someone who doesn't want to see that kind of thing? I wouldn't recommend following me. Want to know more about me or about this blog? You can find more info under the cut! ✌️

The dividers in this post were made by @chocoperrito and you can find them here! ❤

》 WHAT'S THIS BLOG ABOUT, DOG MAN?

I'm glad you asked! This is my main blog so it's generally just a mish mash of all sorts. Anything and everything pertaining to my interests goes here, it's a total free-for-all. That said, you can mostly expect reblogs about queer topics, political and social issues, different media that I like, shitposts and furry art. Lots and lots of furry art. I may occasionally post my own art here and possibly my own writing in the future if I feel confident enough.

》 WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?

I am, in fact, a human person with nuance so you can argue that no matter how many things I tell you that I like? None of this will even come close to conveying the full spectrum of who I am, so please keep that in mind. I'm more than my interests. That said, it doesn't mean I can't at least give you an idea of the things I enjoy so to name a few things offhandedly: I really enjoy art, writing, reading, poetry, photography, filmmaking, animation, cartoons, video games, RPGs, 3D platformers, visual novels, folk punk music, ska music, 80 and 90s visual aesthetics, bright colours, primary colours, breakfast foods, thrifting, kitsch, antiques, tacky button-ups, animatronics, toy restoration, early 2000s internet, xenofiction, medieval fantasy, lost media, queer history, TV history, film history, furry history (namely the funny animal era and 2000s era), cooking, horror movies, folklore, cryptids, musicals, storytelling, worldbuilding, history, psychology, archaeology, zoology, etymology and space!

》 WHAT MEDIA DO YOU LIKE?

I like a lot of different media and the ones I actively choose to engage with fluctuates pretty frequently, but currently the ones of note are... Pokémon, Warriors, Watership Down, Animal Crossing, The Lion King, Ginga Nagareboshi Gin, Beastars, The Legend of Zelda, Bugsnax, Banjo Kazooie, Viva Pinata, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Sonic The Hedgehog, Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, Another Code, Welcome To Nightvale, Little Shop Of Horrors, Ride The Cyclone, Starkid, Be More Chill, Heathers, Cats, Waitress, In The Heights, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Child's Play, The Gregory Horror Show, The Owl House, Steven Universe, Portal, Half Life, TF2, HLVRAI, What We Do In The Shadows, Our Flag Means Death, Interview With The Vampire, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Scott Pilgrim, Sam And Max, The Good Place, Gravity Falls, My Little Pony, Night In The Woods, Slay The Princess, Dragon Age, Fable and Good Omens! Hyperfixations are bolded, because like it or not I am autistic and that does affect which of these wretched things will get a stranglehold on my attention at any given time 👍

》 YOU'RE QUEER? WHAT ARE YOUR LABELS?

I'm a gender non-conforming trans man. I go by he/him and it/its pronouns and I mostly use masculine terms (man, dude, guy, etc.) or non-gendered ambiguous terms (thing, mutt, dog, etc.) to refer to myself. That said, all this does vary whenever I feel like it and I've got no intentions of trying to mirror cis men. I see myself as a man in the same way Bugs Bunny is a man, masculine in theory but pretty malleable in practice. A man but tilted a bit too much to the left so it doesn't quite fit on the "pallatable for cis people" gender shelf.

My gender is pretty intertwined with my non-human identity; All genders feel like a costume but ambiguously fruity man is the most comfortable one for me personally. I'm a vaguely man-shaped dog thing that's just trying to resemble a person above all else, if we're being entirely honest here.

I use the labels pansexual and queer pretty interchangeably. Gender doesn't really play a part in who I'm attracted to, it's pretty irrelevant and just kind of a neat bonus more than anything. That said? Overall I'm predominantly attracted to other queer people! I do class myself as acchillean because of my attraction to other men but in a non-committal handwave kind of way, considering how weird my relationship with my own gender currently is.

I consider myself as polyamorous. I can comfortably exist in both monogamous and polyamorous relationships but between the two? Up to now I've found the latter is my preference.

Also, I know I don't owe anyone an explanation about my identity. I'm talking about this because I'd like to (queer expression is fun to talk about yippeeee) and not because I feel obligated to. People aren't owed your life story, especially people on the internet ✌️

》 DO YOU HAVE A BYF / DNI?

No, I don't have a DNI. I've come to realise that the culture surrounding DNI lists in online spaces isn't healthy and I'd far rather just curate my own spaces however I feel like it! Not that I wasn't doing that before now but given that? A DNI feels like an unnecessary step that just serves to perpetuate that culture which I don't want to do. The block button exists to be used, I block people wherever I need to for the sake of my own comfort and I recommend you do the same 🤷 That said: I'm a queer neurodivergent leftist. So I have the exact kind of opinions you'd probably expect with those descriptors in mind. All good faith identities are valid, any kind of queer exclusion is bad, bigotry towards any marginalised group is bad. Fascism and capitalism are both poison, cringe culture is dead, do what you want forever so long as it's not hurting anything or anyone and everyone deserves kindness unless they themselves don't show it. Truly some never before heard takes here on Tumblr dot com.

》 WHAT ABOUT A TAGLIST?

Not yet, but I'm slowly working on it. In the meantime? Here's what you mainly need to know. You can find my talking and general shitposts under solar talks, or my art under dog draws. I do have content warning tags! I try to be conscientious and tag anything that I know is a common trigger for people (blood, gore, bones, bright colours, insects, etc) as and where I can. I format all of my content warning tags as "cw //" and then whatever the content of the post is that needs tagged. So for example, if you don't want to see insects? You can blacklist them on my blog using cw // insects and that should stop you from seeing anything with a number of legs you aren't comfortable with. This same format applies to all of my content warning tags. If there's anything more specific you need tagged? Don't be afraid to let me know. I'm happy to accommodate you wherever you need so long as it doesn't infringe upon my right to exist; If it's something that triggers you? Then it warrants being taken seriously.

》 WHO'S THE GUY IN YOUR ICON?

That would be my fursona, Circuit! He is me, I am him, I love showing him off to people so although the art may change? He's usually the face of my online pressence. Here's his current (slightly outdated, whoops) reference sheet that I made for him:

If you're curious, the art of him I have as my Tumblr icon currently (as of February 4th 2024) was a commission I got and is drawn by Pawtastic!

》 WOW, YOU TALK A LOT.

Sure do bud. Thank you for noticing! Want to hear me talk more? Then I have some sideblogs you can check out if you feel like it. fuzzypath is my Warriors sideblog (active) funky-fella is my Bugsnax sideblog (semi-active) canid-canon is my writing sideblog (WIP, inactive) I also have a NSFW sideblog dedicated to outright hornyposting, but respectfully I'm not sharing that here. If for whatever reason you'd like to see that? PM me privately to ask for it and if you're both 18+ (have your age clearly stated somewhere on your blog) and someone I trust to see it then I'll most likely give it to you!

[sekhithefops]

The Best Games I Played in 2024

So, its been a crazy ass year huh? Great year to say "fuck this, I want to find a good video game and basically hide in it until the real world is less fucked up than the one with monsters and wizards and shit."

Well, as the year draws to a close and with that thought fresh in our minds now, here's my favorite ten games of 2024. A few ground rules.

This is in NO particular order of best to worst, this is just the ones that stood out in my memories this year.

This is for games I personally played in 2024. Some came out before 2024, but I didn't play them until now so it counts.

These are for the games I liked. Some will be Triple-A, some will be Indies, some will be full release, some will be Early Access.

There MAY be spoilers for some games. If this is an issue, exits over there thank you for stopping by.

Ready, here we go then.

Final Fantasy XVI

Having literally just finished this game at time of writing, I can say that it may well be one of my favorite entries to the series now and I cannot for the life of me work out why the fuck this game was so divisive among the fanbase.

I will say this is the darkest Final Fantasy has been story wise since the infamous Type 0 which literally opens like Anime Apocalypse Now, but it also has plenty of moments of levity to balance out the darker spots.

Its not Turn Based Combat, but it is combat directed by Ryota Suzuki, whose name you may recognize if you're familiar with a certain red-coated white haired swordsman with a fondness for pizza. Thats right, same guy who did Devil May Cry V's combat. If you enjoyed beating the everloving hell out of everything as Dante, you might want to consider this one.

But yes, I genuinely consider this one of my favorite entries out of the FF series now. I mean, it literally ends with you punching God in the face.

I'm not kidding, I screenshotted it.

Personally, I really had fun with it and I'm interested to see what the Seventeenth installment will bring... in about 4-5 years give or take.

Metaphor ReFantazio

Good year for RPGs from our friends across the Pacific wasn't it? Metaphor is a story about a young man named Will (or whatever name you gave him) who travels the world on a quest to become elected king because of a giant floating face in the sky telling everyone thats how it works now, while beating up monsters based on the works of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch that, as it turns out, are the mad remnants of humanity following a war that ended the old world.

Yeah its a weird game... and basically Persona. But still a decent one.

Only complaint I had was that they didn't stick the landing and the final dungeon was such an ordeal I just said 'screw this noise' and went off to do something else. Sorry Will, looks like your country is screwed. Good luck with that.

Resident Evil Village

Yeah, I know. I just now got to Lady Dimitrescu and her big Mommy Milkers. Theres a lot of games out there and only so many hours in the day okay?

Still I'm glad I got there eventually. While I played through VII as well I found the villains from that one ultimately forgettable and the game itself... not bad but I'd played better.

Village however was absolutely the shot in the arm the series needed. The perfect mix of disturbing horror with the monster baby, the puppet creatures, and the like, and the campy batshittery with bombastic villains like Karl "Hillbilly Magneto" Heisenberg who is now a personal favorite of mine.

Outstanding job on this one Capcom, please don't fuck up RE IX okies?

Enshrouded

If you know me you know I'm a sucker for a good survival crafting game. Mix in RPG elements and set it infront of me and five weeks later the police call off the search and give me up for dead.

Enshrouded is a great title, still in early access mind but with a ton of wonderful ideas behind it and I'm very eager to see where the devs are going with all this.

A high fantasy game where you can focus on being a big burly warrior, a cunning rogue with daggers and bow, a mighty sorcerer, or a little of each as you try to rebuild the world and create your own happy little village to survive the apocalypse... with an actual village infact. Normally I don't like survival games with NPC supporters (I find they get in the way as often as not) but somehow Enshrouded did it right. Good job guys.

SPEAKING OF SUCH GAMES...

Nightingale

If Enshroued fits me gameplay wise, this is a game that fits me perfectly in terms of genre and theme, and potentially gameplay eventually.

I am a massive massive massive geek for anything fae-themed. Changeling the Lost/Dreaming? Hell yes. Seanen McGuire's October Daye series? Gimme. Pan's Labyrinth? Wunderbar!

I love survival crafting games as I mentioned above.

And anything with a unique clothing aesthetic has my attention immediately. MMOs get me with this all the time with WoW's transmog and FFXIV's glamour system.

So a game that's dripping with fae lore, a survival crafting title, and set in the Victorian era?

(art by @xhyperwolfx )

Yep, if I'm abandoned by the authorities for Enshrouded, then for Nightingale I'll be off with the faeries and won't reappear for a century like Rip Van Winkle.

Its not perfect yet, but the dev team is doing their damndest and after the last major update I'm very interested to see whats coming next.

Aces & Adventures

This one I had almost forgotten about, but just seeing it in my Steam list again makes me want to play it.

A card game RPG where you take a deck of 52 poker cards and, indeed, go on adventures using them. Pick one of five classes and sally forth to see the world with a lovely narration and a story that appears to be looping on itself with each retelling.

I'm best with the mage myself, but I'm kind of wanting to try other ones too. I can definitely say it's a favorite of mine now and one I recommend for gamers on a budget.

Palworld

And as far as I'm concerned Nintendo is just being a little bitch because PocketPair did so many things fans have been asking them to do for years that they had to pull out a bullshit lawsuit.

Palworld is an explorative game with survival crafting elements and collection RPG elements (yes collection RPGs like Shin Megami Tensei, Digimon Story, and ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT NINTENDO IS CONVENIENTLY IGNORING DO THE SAME THING POKEMON DO YES I'M SALTY) where you wash up on a beach, find a tablet, and then say 'eh, may as well catch 'em all.'

Then team up with them all, have them all help you build a base, have them all let you ride them around the world, have them all even pick up a gun themselves and watch a magical squirrel bust a cap in someone's ass.

Still in early access as well, but I have high hopes that they'll weather the storm of Nintendo's little 'waaaaah we wanna be king shit' tantrum and come out the other side better than before.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

I didn't really get into this one until 2024 and bigods I'm sorry to Owlcat for taking so damn long. An outstanding CRPG with a downright dizzying number of possible character builds with around two dozen classes and a dozen archetypes for each, a story based on the Pathfinder Adventure Module of the same name, and a well imagined Mythic Path system where you can literally play god by the end of the game.

Want to be an undead gnome? Well oogity boogity m'lads!

A half orc bard who is becoming a fae lord? Why the hell not!

A dwarven herbalist who rides around on a wolf because of his crippled back and makes healing salves out of magic plants? Godspeed ya mad bastard!

I kept starting over because I kept getting new ideas for new characters to be and come up with stories for and if you've ever glanced at my writing projects like Adventures in Azeroth...

... read my godsdamn fanfic... o_o

Anyways, point is, if something grabs my story brain that thing is basically going to live rent free in my head for the rest of my life.

Their follow up to this, Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader, wasn't bad at all... but Pathfinder was a lot more fun and I do hope Owlcat return to the world of Golaria someday.

SandLand

Out of all of Toryama's properties (miss ya big guy) I would never have thought SandLand would have gotten more than maybe a tiny mobile game tie in.

Instead it got a huge explorative action RPG with some great voice acting (though they could stand the option to tone down the tank chatter,) a bright colorful world, and an interesting story that actually continues on AFTER the end of the short-lived comic series he did for Shonen Jump back in the day.

A surprise I had not expected, but a title I grew to love. I never got around to finishing it and I feel like I should really do something about that someday soon.

Pacific Drive

Easily the most unique and surreal game I've played in the past several years. You wind up in a bizarre exclusion zone where reality has gone all wibbly wobbly on you, bound to an apparently sentient station wagon, and now you have to customize and prepare it to drive across the ruined wastelands in the hopes that you can escape back to civilization.

And... thats it. Drive around and explore, avoid reality warping insanity, and keep your car in one piece as it is your only means of protection and conveyance.

Sounds simple, but its anything but. Hazards will do tons of hurt to your little four door (and indeed may reduce the number of doors entire,) you have to constantly scavenge for bits to repair the car, build tools, and new gear, and there's areas where if you stay out too long you run the risk of a rather unfortunate fate... though whether thats death via radiation sickness or being transformed into a rubber duck is a detail the game never goes into.

An outstandingly imaginative title that I recommend to anyone who loves exploration, or just always wanted to customize a car.

And thats my 2024 in review. Thank you for joining me, and here's hoping I get to do a 2025 in review before the downfall of western civilization due to a combination of climate change disasters, social unrest, and having re-elected an orange clown to the White House.

Happy new year everyone!

[willgrahamscock]

howdy cock i just saw your horror movie post :)) i’m curious how you feel about nope since you have both get out and us on your list? i’ve only seen nope and i liked it so much i’ve been meaning to watch his other stuff for ages. also i watched a movie the other night called grave encounters and it was surprisingly good?? it very much gave me blair witch style vibes so i feel like i should mention it since that’s also on your list. it’s funny i was literally just recommending and talking about horror movies with my friend earlier. do you have a particular category or sub genre that you generally prefer? because it seems like your taste is pretty varied.

hey piss shark <3 I haven't seen nope yet BUT it is on my list for Halloween. I do have a varied list I suppose, i'm a big horror fan since I was little. I love all kinds, except for campy horror. If it's supposed to be funny I'm not really a fan. BUT if it SUCKS and its supposed to be good? I love that. Making fun of shit horror movies is my favorite thing ever with friends.

But If I really had to pick a genre, It'll be psychological. Even non-horror I really love some mind games. I have so much I didn't add to that list. Like Haunting of Hill House, to me the uncanny valley stuff really freaks me out. The first episode fucked me up I was hooked. I'm also horrified of mannequins. When I played Fallout 4 I was indeed shitting myself, same with Resident Evil Biohazard, Layers of Fear 2.

OH!! I have thalassophobia AND submechanophobia... guess my favorite game ever? Yeah it's a horror underwater game called Subnautica.

All my fears are some of my favorite genres apparently.

[saladmix]

HII I LOVE YOUR FIC SO MUCH!! IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME!! SERIOUSLY THE BEST THING I'VE READ THIS WHOLE YEAR!!

this might have already been answered but I'd like to ask what was your inspiration for writing a tmnt horror story? and what are some of your favorite horror books/movies/etc. ?

again "The Day the World Broke" is so amazing I don't even know how to properly articulate how good it is

AHH THANK YOU this fills my cold dead heart to the brim with joy <3 I'm so glad you're enjoying it I'm truly so warmed by the fact that it has gotten any pick up at all given the wild genre!

And thank you for sending questions omg please don't mind me as a ramble for forever because I could talk about this kind of stuff all day (and I have, much to friend and family despair).

The impetus for TDTWB was actually me driving back late at night from a friend's place. It was REAL foggy, the kind of fog where you can't see in front of you and have to rely on the small road markers right as they come into sight. The mist in the story is almost its own character, I love how alive it feels (and how it sometimes very much IS alive, SOS). But that's where I kind of originally built the idea out on that drive home.

But I consume a huge amount of horror/suspense media so there are so many elements of different things that have kind of come together and coalesced into this story. You see a lot of elements of Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Evil Within baked into it, especially with the monster element. I really wanted to go big or go home with some of those creatures. I myself love a good creature flick but there was nothing more fun for my friends and I screaming in front of a game when a new horrifying monster came on for us to fight. It just reminds me of those times, where it's scary, sure, but mostly the feeling of 'Oh my goooooood what the hell!' that I really enjoy.

There are also a ton of other movie influences and some of them are more subtle and based on singular scenes that get kind of expanded upon. For instance, there's a scene in the First Omen (skip over if you don't want to be spoiled for the scene, but it is in the trailer!) where our girl is sitting in a dark room, saying it isn't real, and a voice answers back "what's not real?". That stuck with me for a while I really loved that so a lot of Leo's Demon Shredder experience is kind of build on that singular feeling of sudden dread.

But as with some of the good horror movies, it's not just about the scares and the monsters. A real desire for me when writing horror is digging into that humanity piece, a concept you can see across a lot of horror series and books. I wanted each of these boys to have their own arc to contend with and some are more subtle and others are more, how you say, extremely obvious. But they were all very purposefully built in. It was important for me to make these characters vibrant and dimensional and it was not hard, because it's TMNT and we love these turtle boys! But I was hyper-aware that I'm doing an AU version that is pretty atypical, with what is essentially a regular family of teenagers having to navigate the end of the world. So I'm so touched that people love them as much as I do!

I don't even know if I'm answering the question at this point! My goodness. But I WILL wrap it up with some of my favorite recent media that I've consumed, otherwise this list would grow beyond anyone's desire to read <3

Books:

Hex by Thomas Oldeheuvelt (This felt like a really unique premise that really speaks to the whole humanity is the monster theme)

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder (Not for the faint of heart! But boy was it a wild trip that I thought about for weeks after I finished it)

Movies:

Heretic (just came out, super eerie for me I loved the build up)

Smile 2 (I love me a movie that trips into Uncanny Valley, I found the scares unique and fun, but for me I loved the character, drew me right in!)

Oddity (SOOOO eerie, super obsessed with it)

TV Shows:

The Haunting of Hill House (I highly recommend this one for the family drama behind the horror, it's such a fun, beautiful time)

Thanks for the ask!! I really loved it, and I love talking about this story and horror so please ask away any time. Thank you so very much for reading the story too!

[finchers-ipad]

hey! welcome to my blog, just thought i’d do a quick intro post :D

- my name is ash, my pronouns are he/they. i am queer and trans masc!

- my letterboxd, feel free to follow me!: https://href.li/?https://boxd.it/3mDK5

- my current interests and what i post mainly about are; the director David Fincher and his films. i have seen all of his films (including ‘The Killer), i have seen all of his music video and commercials too! I have also watched ‘Mindhunter’, however i haven’t seen ‘House of Cards’ (i’ll get to it soon). i am also currently heavily into NBC’s ‘Hannibal’! and subsequently Mads Mikkelsen’s films (i’m working my way through his filmography rn!)

- i have also watched all of Fincher’s bts documentary’s and dvd commentary (aside from ‘The Game’ because i cant find it anywhere and ‘Alien 3’ because i don’t think Fincher himself does the commentary). i have read Laurence F Knapp’s ‘David Fincher: Interviews’ and Adam Nayman’s ‘David Fincher: Mindgames’!

- asks are always open! feel free to ask me Fincher/Film/Soapshipping related questions, my mutuals can ask me more personal things :)

- my messages are open however i prefer to only message if we are mutuals!

- i use tone tags when i feel like they are needed and try to tag all of my posts correctly (eg nsfw)

- DNI: TERFS, homophobes, maps, racists, etc just in general don’t be a dick or i will block you

my top films:

Fight Club (1999)

Pusher 2 (2004)

The Hunt (2012)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Her (2013)

The Social Network (2010)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

Se7en (1995)

Another Round (2020)

Nowhere (1997)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Inglurious Basterds (2009)

my top shows:

NBC Hannibal

Mindhunter

Good Omens

Gravity Falls

Breaking Bad

How I met your mother

random things i enjoy!

Ethel Cain

Frank Ocean

The Twilight Saga (films and books)

Resident Evil 7 & 8

Opossums

Filmmaking and its process

[celestialulu]

Here is a compiled list of games I think Natsu and Lucy would play/love because I love to combine my interests :D

bare in mind these are games that I've either played, watched or i know to a certain to extent to put them on the list so if there is a game not on here that might fit I most likely haven’t seen it or know enough about it to add it !

there are probably many games that could be on this list but these are mostly games that i really enjoy playing or I know a lot abt or I just think its funny to think of them playing it lol

My reasoning for their games; 

Natsu - doesn’t mind story games as long as there is some sort of action or fast-paced events happening otherwise he will not pay attention because he’s not a very avid reader. I think he would enjoy some depending on the content and if it interests him enough to pay attention. I do think he would enjoy a lot of fantasy action games the most (honestly it just fits due to fairy tail’s fantasy setting). I think he wouldn’t mind playing some slower-paced more chill/cozy games if he’s playing with Lucy because they would just talk and play and that's enough for him and he can also just mess around with her in-game to keep him entertained.

Lucy - I believe she would heavily LOVE cozy/atmospheric games and I think that honestly something most people would likely agree on. I think she would really love story games because she loves stories in general and I think she would get very easily attached to characters (meaning she would definitely cry to them) and the plot. She would be dragged into playing horror games by Natsu because he thinks its funny when she gets scared but she LOVESSS the puzzle solving parts of them and she low-key loves the atmosphere of horror games so she will end up agreeing not only for that but because they end up having fun no matter what they play. 

Long list below be warned lol

Natsu: 

-Most definitely a fortnite kid who just messes with his teammates or whoever he's playing with

-Probably would play most FPS games

- a lot of random horror games (and rope anyone into playing them but mostly lucy)

-Resident evil 

-Final fantasy 

-The last of us

-ARK: survival evolved

-God of War

-Dark souls

-Assassin's creed

-Halo

-Borderlands 

-Beat saber

-Stray

-Zelda 

-Terraria

-Silent hill

-Skyrim

Lucy:

-Stardew valley

-Sims

-Minecraft

-Animal crossing

-Life is strange

-Stray

-Little Nightmares

-The walking dead

-The last of us

-Undertale/Deltarune

-Slime Rancher

-Just Dance

-Night in the woods

-Honestly a lot of cozy visual novels and cozy games in general

-Terraria

-Hollow Knight 

-Maple story

-Zelda

-Tomodachi Life

Natsu+Lucy playing together:

-Terraria

-Phasmophobia

-Minecraft

-Left 4 Dead

-Dying light

-The Forest

-Wii/Switch sports

-Wii party/Mario party (Most likely with the rest of team natsu aswell) 

-Portal

-A lot of multiplayer games really lol

[fridge-reviews]

Dread X Collection

Developer: DreadXP Publisher: DreadXP Rrp: £5.19 (Steam) £5.58 (Itch.io) £5.99 (Epic) Released: 26th May 2020 Available on: Itch.io, Steam and Epic

The Dread X Collection is a compilation of ten horror themed games that were created in seven days. The games were all created with the prompt of PT (the game PT as well the technical term, Playable Teaser). Many of the contributors to the collection are names you may recognise such as David Szymanski (the creator of Dusk). In later Dread X Collections (because it has now become a series) some of these games have become more developed and brought out as independent titles that you may recognise. It should be noted that there are a few things that should be kept in mind with these games; 1 - They're all very short experiences. 2 - Due to the speed they were created in they are going to be rough around the edges and even have a few glitches etc. 3 - Again, due to the speed of development they aren't going to be the prettiest games.

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The Pay is Nice

Developer: Odd Breeze

This was the first game I played in the collection and for me this game didn't really strike me like some of the others would do later. The thing is I can see the germ of a great game inside it, there was an air of mystery going on and it left me wanting answers. Sadly those are answers I doubt I'll ever get.

The game uses an old Resident Evil style, fixed camera angle which helps heighten the tension and sense of paranoia the game clearly wants to give the player. Sadly, as I said at the beginning of this review, the game didn't grab me and part of that was a because of the way it ended, it just felt very unsatisfying.

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Don't Go Out

Developer: Secret Cow Level

Yet again another game with a nugget of something great, a turn based game where you use resources in the form of cards to achieve the only goal that matters, surviving the night. You may succeed in doing this through clever positioning or perhaps you sacrifice a friend to give the rest of the party a chance. It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you survive to see another day.

You get as many actions in a turn as you have characters out, you start with only one but eventually the cards you get in your hand will reveal other characters to put out on to the field. Thankfully, playing a card doesn't cost an action so you can run and then play a card (or visa versa). At the end of each of your turns the enemies will take their turn and the countdown ticks on. You just need to have at least one party member alive by the time the countdown gets to zero.

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Hand of Doom

Developer: Torple Dook

This is one of those games that I mentioned that has (or will do) go on to be its own release. Based on what I played here I'll definitely be picking it up. This is an old school dungeon delver (such as the Wizardry series) where the [A] and [D] keys are used to slowly turn rather than strafe. One of the things that makes this game so interesting to me is the spell casting. You do this by using four buttons on the right side of the screen, each button representing a portion of an incantation.

This is yet another one of those games where I didn't ever feel actually scared by this game, but I can see that there is definite potential for it to be very scary, as it stands in this form though its more just creepy. Honestly the full release of this looks like it'll be a ton of fun. It's now officially on my wishlist.

Edit: In the time between of writing this review and posting it, I have now purchased the full game.

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Carthanc

Developer: Scythe Dev Team

Indiana Jones in space if it were a FPS without any weapons. That sentence pretty much covers this game for a descriptor. I'm going to be a bit charitable here and just say that this game was... frustrating. At no point did I find myself scared not even jump scared, what I mostly felt was annoyance mostly because of the enemies in this. They scream, constantly and its not scary it just causes my ears to hurt. It's also frustrating because there are several puzzles that require some fairly precise first person platforming, all the while this screaming thing is following relentlessly.

I truly hope they never make a full game of this, because I'd envitably end up picking it up and having to suffer through it all over again.

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Shatter

Developer: Lovely Hellplace

I loved this game! It's not the prettiest thing to look at but that adds to the charm and its clear the developers were intending on a Playstation one look to the game. A style that I think they achieved with flying colours. Its a nice mix of cyberpunk and horror, kinda reminded me of Silent Hill in some ways.

This game was haunting and the story had me wanting more... sadly I'm not sure that'll ever happen but I live in hope.

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Rotgut

Developer: Showrunner Productions

Quality was always going to be a questionable affair when it came to this collection, that was expected. But this game was POINTLESS. You just walk down an overly long tunnel hit a wall and then have to turn around and go back, that's it. Nothing happens.

I hated this, it was a waste of my time.

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Summer Night

Developer: Airdorf

At the start this game gives the advise that its best experienced in the dark and with headphones on and I totally agree. Sound is a huge part of this game. Sadly I can't tell you much about it because its quite a short one and only has room for a single twist and I'd hate to ruin that. What I will say is that there is more than meets the eye here.

Playing this game has convinced me that I need to play Airdorfs game Faith, I've been umming and arring about it for a while but now I'm convinced. As for this game, I love it, it terrified me!

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Mr Bucket Told Me To

Developer: Strange Scaffold This one is quite interesting because unlike the rest it has multiple endings, they aren't all that different from each other but still way more than I expected. The basic jist of this game is to stay alive four nights and you die if any meter reaches zero and you go to sleep.

Personally I didn't find this particularly scary, but I can see the core horror 'concept' that they were trying to achieve. Not bad honestly.

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Outsiders

Developer: Mahelyk

Timeloops games have become popular of late, but this one was made before it became the mechanic du jour. Though I'd argue this game is more cyclical than an actual timeloop. This is the game that is closest to being like PT, but even then that's only in the most surface level of ways.

This game really had me on edge many times and really had me getting a bit paranoid. I definitely will be checking out Mahelyk's other work.

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The Pony Factory

Developer: David Szymanski

The Pony Factory is a horror themed first person shooter by David Szymanski (the creator of the game Dusk). I must admit I love the B movie style of this game which captures the essence of horror while not actually being scary.

For the most part the game is in black and white which adds to the overall atmosphere. On the whole its a great little game, I kinda wish he'd do more with it but that's doubtful.

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[moonrisecoeur]

GIRLIEEE please dont remind me how out of my age range leon is 😭✋

also idk most of those artists songs ngl i be living under a rock but idk ! he might!! he seems like an open to different music types of person to me (i am one hehdhdh) so i could see him having a pretty large listening range. imo his fav genre is grunge/rock but ngl. i could see him liking the early 2000s white girl music HSJSDHSNNDKAKSNSB, and theres a few linkin park songs that come to mind...idk about more recent music tho LMAO my brain is too tired to think of any. tbh ppl should include more older music too when talking abt him, actually i just want to encourage ppl to have a larger music palette bc its 👌

also GRRR RRRRGHHHR im so envious of you. literally none of my friends are into resident evil and none of them wanna hear me horny talk about leon 😭😭😭 im dying here. im literally screaming into the void abt how badly i wanna top him.

ngl i got into resi because uh. leon was literally the only resident evil character ive known about (i watched a lot of like lore/glitch videos when i was a teen) and resi 4 was super popular still. i always thought he was cute but never got into the series bc. horror games scary (they still are but i tough it out for my pookie wookie 😤). but like one of my friends plays dead by daylight a lot and i wanted to look into it bc i like spending time w ppl and. i saw leon was a playable character and i bought it immediately. AINT EVEN KNOW THE MAN MUCH AND I WAS ALREADY DOWN HORRENDOUS !? HAD ME BY THE THROAT FROM THE START !! anyways his whimpers in dbd-

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my guy i’m sorryyy if it makes u feel any better leon is also more than half my age BUT it’s ok tho!! he’s fictional so in my head he’s actually still 21 like in re2 hehehe

NO BC UR SO RIGHT HE GETS DOWN TO 2000s WHITE GIRL MUSIC !! AND SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK !! 💥💥💥

he’s (my friend not leon) literally my best friend in the whole world i love him so much he got me into resident evil and i got him into mortal kombat so it works out !! but it’s okay… do u know why it’s ok??? bc i’m ur friend now :)

i mostly got into re because i thought leon and carlos were hot let’s be so for real but i bought resident evil 2 when it was on sale for 10 bucks and played it and fell in love!! i like the action and horrorness of the games, i killing zombies and mr x scaring the shit out of me it’s so fun!! but i totally get why people don’t really like it and are just into re for the lore and the characters

leon dbd whimpers help me sleep at night they were IN MY SPOTIFY WRAPPED Y’ALL IM SO SANE

[slasherbvnnie]

Whatttt the parlor gives you the jewelry for free ?!? All the places I’ve been to make you pay for the jewelry and it’s all like- insanely priced ! But I hope you’re able to get your piercings done sometime soon, thats so exciting ! A Little ghostface wrist tattoo would be so cute though, lil guy can just be there for emotional support.

I love puzzle games so much, and I also grew up on Left for Dead and Resident Evil because of my older brother !! As well as other games like Fallout, COD and Halo. I also fucking lovedddd Animal Jam, I have no clue if you know that game, but I loved scamming people. Anyway- yeah college is a pain, at least this specific class I’m in right now is, which is…English. And see I usually enjoy English but this teacher has been dragging out this one assignment for over 3 weeks now and I’m losing my mind ! But it’s okay cause here in maybe 5 months or so I’m going to actually be taking classes I find interesting. I’m getting an Associates in IT, concentrating on Game Development. :D

My sincere apologies for talking so much, I’m a very lonely person so any opportunity I get I will gush about anything and everything 😭

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yeah!!! piercings are 25 and jewelry is included (its super ugly tho but its good for the healing months ig)

older brothers attempting to traumatize us but ending up just making us like horror games 🤝 mine introduced me to saints row, gta, and sims. my main online games tho were fantage and build a bearville, i got scammed on build a bear 🧍🏻‍♀️buttt me and a friend made a small series on fantage and its still up! we arent friends anymore but i still watch sometimes to remember her, i hope shes doing well out there :)

also thats so cool?!??? im stuck between deciding to be a paralegal in an entertainment firm (mr loomis era?) or a highschool teacher for literature. idk what i want to do with my life so 🤷🏻‍♀️

also also no worries!!!! you could send a dm if you ever want but if youd like to stay anon thats fine!! i enjoy chatting to anyone so its fine. my friends are tired of hearing me simp for skeet or about the latest horror movie i watched 😭

[beetlesweet]

intro post

hiii i'm beetlesweet, i'm 17 and i mainly post art here (very OC and JJBA centered) but you can also expect some bug taxidermy on this blog considering that is a hobby of mine and i think its very artistic; i do both digital and traditional art; i can be uncreative and draw meaningless shit from time to time but i think that's completely normal; i love talking about my OCs (who have their own story and are not related to any existing media!); i'm always looking for mutuals especially if you also have OCs but anyone is welcome!

nearly everything i make is inspired by my interests:

bugs (my favorites are cockroaches and beetles)

animal and bug taxidermy

Hirohiko Arakis art (crippling jojo obsession)

dsbm, black metal, vkei, goth music, industrial rock and ex-yu rock are my favorite music genres and i feel like it also affects what i draw

horror games like Resident Evil and Cry of Fear (my faves ever hehe)

movies: Interview with the vampire, Saw, Little miss sunshine, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Texas chainsaw, Rob Zombie movies etc.

DNI - now i don't mind proshippers interacting with my posts (you do you friend!) but if you do follow me don't expect a follow back because i just don't like that kind of content, other than that i just block people that i don't want here i think that's all fair enough

sorting my posts:

#jjba - for all jojo fanart

#ocart - SPECIFICALLY art

#oclore - these may or may not include art and these are usually just a heap of text

ill add more tags as this blog goes on but that's pretty much it for now !!

[maximuswolf]

Very mixed feelings about Alan Wake 2...

Very mixed feelings about Alan Wake 2... I just finished the deluxe physical edition including both expansions. Writing this is helpful for me to conclude my thoughts about it before moving on. What I liked: • The tone and setting. The creepy detective, X-Files/Twin Peaks thing the game was doing was excellent. I was genuinely on edge through certain sections. Even when it got wacky i.e. in the musical sections I was entertained. The Lake House expansion was also a stand out in tone. It felt like if Control was a horror game and less an action game. • The story, writing and characters. Though convoluted, it was well done. I haven't played the original Alan Wake and I didn't struggle to understand too much. At first I found the ending abrupt, but I was won over by the mid-credits scene and then the final draft ending I watched on YouTube after. As a fan of early Sherlock episodes, I enjoyed the use of Saga's mind place for narrative purposes, less so for actual detective work, in helping understanding the story as it progressed. And I cared about the dual protagonists. What I disliked: • Terrible combat and movement. Both character's had poor maneuverability, almost nonexistent dodging skills, excruciating reload time, slow running speed, and painful walking speed. I assume these decisions were made to produce a sense of fear? Unfortunately I felt only frustrated when dealing with the speed of the enemies or bosses closing in on me or grabbing me compared to my ability to deal with it. If I were to compare this to something like Resident Evil: 4 Remake, seeing as though this was touted as a survival horror game, then this was a very disappointing gameplay experience compared to the enjoyment I found in that game. • Awful boss fights. There wasn't a single boss fight in the entire game that was intuitive or fun. I found myself feeling exasperated and crying out my feelings of frustration multiple times. There is a difference between difficulty and frustration. Difficulty when done well feels challenging but fair and leaves my enjoyment intact. This did not. Spoken by a Soulsbourne player! Again, compared to RE:4R, those boss fights and enemies put me under stress and made me fearful while keeping my maneuverability and speed intact, and making it easier for me to process what I needed to do. In the end, I ended up just turning on the cheat for invulnerability and that was a real shame because it inherently removed any fear. But I felt so frustrated on numerous occasions that the only feeling I had was a desire to get things over with and finish the game.Conclusion:Clocking in with over 30 hours of play time, I found a lot to enjoy here when thinking of this game as a story or experience only. But sadly the game kept tripping over itself with its lackluster, frustrating gameplay. It took my focus away from the horror I should have been feeling on numerous occasions. And so for that reason, my favourite Remedy game is still Control. If nothing else, my experience with Alan Wake 2 has left me with anticipation for the sequel to that game instead. While I'm fond of certain things here, I will unfortunately be unable to replay it and will instead sell it. If Alan Wake 3 ever arrives, I will be looking for reviewer's thoughts about the gameplay before jumping in. Submitted December 25, 2024 at 02:10AM by 8enevolent https://ift.tt/ThHQC1A via /r/gaming

[stonerhorror]

cool blog intro >:)

pls read the dni actually it is very important ok thank uuu

actual intro beyond this point just wanted to make sure ppl saw this part first

┌── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┐ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── get to know me: hello!! my names axel !! i'm an artist/writer/va from canada and i want to try and post more on my socials instead of just lurking around

not new to tumblr at all ive just never had an account ive stuck with before

i have adhd, autism, bpd and osdd-1b - all i feel comfortable sharing

i'm nonbinary and have been on testosterone for 9 months at the time of writing, my preferred pronouns are it/thing and i'm 21 :)

i am queer and polyamorous and i love my partners very much

also i am very much a stoner . if thats anything worth mentioning at all

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── my interests (things im currently into rn are highlighted) (my interests change a lot):

general: pirates / the paranormal / animation / character analysis, epic the musical / psychology / criminology / fantasy / horror / analog and digital horror / exe/horrorbrew (shoutout to MX from mario 85) / welcome home / junji itos works

games: dead by daylight / resident evil / sonic / dungeons and dragons / splatopn / pizza tower / fnf i think / fnaf / cuphead

shows/anime: the amazing digital circus, our flag means death, death note / heartcatch precure / dragon ball (on z/z kai currently) / jjba (part 4 best part) / the cuphead show

movies: scream / halloween (original and 2018) / pirates of the caribbean (1-4) / sonic film trilogy / texas chainsaw massacre / dungeons and dragons: honor among thieves / 28 days later

music: will wood / jhariah / ADO / soad / cosmo sheldrake / bear ghost / hozier / crane wives / fish in a birdcage / glass animals / ice nine kills / fake type / ghost and pals / mother mother / the amazing devil / that handsome devil

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── what i post:

art and writing of course, either my own original works or fanworks for the stuff i like

my ocs and my friends ocs because i am incapable of shutting the fuck up about them ever

oc x canon / selfshipping

and also just general posts about my interests :) └── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┘

if you have anything in common with me feel free to follow!! just read these beforehand :)

┌── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┐ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── byf: i block freely and for my own comfort i type with improper grammar on purpose i do not post about my bpd and osdd-1b on social media (mostly because i just don't see the point in doing so) but please just keep those in mind when interacting with me i do need tonetags sometimes but i'll probably just ask you directly if i'm confused about something you said ── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅ ── dni:

minors dni please while i am not an nsfw blog this is just a personal boundary i have. i wont make a big deal out of it or fuss at you for being in my "adult space" because im a normal person but . yeah its just a boundary LOLL outside of the basic dni criteria i don't have a list of my own, but i would like to ask that anyone that posts proship / comship content or uses that label not interact with me.

maybe i'll make a dni list in the future but that's all that comes to mind right now └── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┘

dni if you engage in stupid discourse like if neopronouns are valid or not or if you think hazbin is good when its utter dogwater or whatever dumb bullshit twitter churns out every week

whoaaahh what . who said that . must've been the wind