#gameplay log

[katyspersonal]

Loooool why haven't I thought of it sooner? Hahaha lmao you can't even do anything but just take it. It's so over for you you fucking idiot XD

[asaka-lucy-dr-rc]

English version DR:THH Gameplay Log #1

⚠️ Note that this Gameplay Log contains many spoilers, not only for THH but also for the entire Danganronpa franchise.

Finally, I started playing the English version of DR:THH, which I had been wanting to do for a long time!

I've only played the original (Japanese) version, and have never seen any playthroughs of the English version. So I am very excited to see how it is translated into English!

The iOS version can be played with English text and audio, so I'll be playing the English version on the iPad and the Japanese version on the Nintendo Switch at the same time. I've only played a little bit, but there are already so many things that interest me that it will probably take me quite a while to finish it. 😅 But anyway! I would like to keep a log of translations that I find interesting. So let's start with the prologue!:

It is interesting that the EN text says, "Which makes Hope's Peak a pretty fitting name", while the JA text says, "まさに、希望の学園と呼ぶに、ふさわしい". The literal translation would be "Academy of Hope", but the EN text focuses on the name "希望(Hope)ヶ('s)峰(Peak)学園(Academy)". In fact, the name "Hope's Peak Academy" is really a literal translation, and miraculously, it works without any special arrangement. XD

By the way, the name of a school like "⚪︎⚪︎ヶ峰 " is a common name and sounds quite natural as a school name. As is often the case in other countries, the names of Japanese schools are often based on place names, and words such as "峰(peak)," "丘(hill)," "北(north)" or "南(south)" are often added to the end of the name to describe the location of the school. So I didn't have such a strong impression of the word "峰(peak)" when I was playing the original version, but it is interesting to see how well it is used in the EN version. 😄

Incidentally, the use of the term "希望の学園" in the JA text has an important meaning: the subtitle of the original version of DR:THH is "希望の学園と絶望の高校生 (Academy of Hope and High School Student* of Despair)" *It is quite difficult to decide whether it should be translated as Student or Students! I chose the singular because I think it probably refers to Junko Enoshima. So this is also the text that explains what the part of the subtitle, Academy of Hope, is about.

I feel that this English translation is now a bit inconsistent with the reality of the academy. In the Japanese version, it says that "新入生の募集などは行なっておらず(the academy does not advertise for new students)", but the EN text says "No ordinary student could enroll here." The original version is also inconsistent, as the Reserve Course was probably not initially conceived, but I feel that the EN text is a bit more incongruous.

The translation "a hopelessly average" is nice. Sorry I forgot to take a screenshot of this part in the JA text, so I don't have an image for comparison, but the original text was "どうしようもなく普通". The original text does not have a meaning related to hope, but the EN text is related to hope.

The original text here is quite quirky, so the English translation has changed the wording quite a bit. I'm not sure if this translation is very nice because I'm not sure if this translation is very nice because I'm not sure about the nuances of "I can't even say I'm your "everyday hero" type". Well, it would have been a difficult sentence to translate. (I can't really go into it because it's so hard to explain!)

Hmmmm, honestly, I am not convinced by this translation. What Makoto said here is that the fact that he has the normal idea of starting by introducing himself is in itself proof that he is a very normal person, but the EN text seems to have a completely different meaning... Perhaps it was difficult to put it into a short sentence and had to be changed significantly.

I didn't know that "前向き" translated to "gung-ho"! Was this translated as gung-ho because of the whole Danganronpa image of a gun? 🤔

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The pronunciation (or rather the pitch) of the character's name also feels fresh in the English version! "Makoto" is pronounced almost the same as in Japanese, but "Naegi" is pronounced quite differently. I think other characters may have different pronunciations from the Japanese, so I will summarize the differences when I see the introductions of all the characters.

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[pendragongames]

Game Play Log 2024 Master Post

Here's what I've been playing this year! Games that I want to go more in detail on will have their own posts linked.

Coloring Pixels: ongoing 9/10

Gunk: 100% 10/10

Octodad: Dadliest Catch: incomplete, hiatus

APICO: incomplete, hiatus

Bio Prototype: ongoing

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated: incomplete, hiatus

NEEDY STREAMER GIRL OVERDOSE: incomplete, hiatus

PUSS!: incomplete, hiatus

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion: achievement cleanup, 10/10

Chillquarium: ongoing, 10/10

Dead by Daylight: intermittent 8/10

Baldur's Gate 3: ongoing 10/10

Bullet Beat: 100% 7/10

100 Asian Cats: 100% 10/10

Artist Idle: ongoing (idle)

Aground: ongoing

Sticky Business: achievement cleanup, 10/10

Palworld: waiting for more content, 10/10

Party Hard: incomplete, hiatus

Emily is Away: 100% 8/10

Dave the Diver: achievement cleanup, 10/10

WooLoop: ongoing

Cat on a Diet: incomplete, hiatus

Open Sorcery: achievement cleanup, hiatus, 10/10

SpeedRunners: achievement cleanup, hiatus 8/10

100 RoboCats: 100% 10/10

Outer Wilds (DLC): achievement cleanup, 10/10

100 Christmas Cats: 100% 10/10

An Arcade Full of Cats: 100% 10/10

Cats Hidden in Paris: 100% 10/10

Jurassic World Evolution: ongoing, 8/10

Oxygen Not Included: incomplete, hiatus

Among Us: intermittent

100 Capitalist Cats: 100% 10/10

AFK Journey: incomplete, hiatus

Kayak VR: Mirage: ongoing, 10/10

Fruit Ninja VR: intermittent

Phasmophobia: occasional (with friends) 9/10

Epistory - Typing Chronicles: achievement cleanup, 9/10

PotionCraft: Alchemist Simulator: incomplete, hiatus

Plague Inc. Evolved: ongoing, 8/10

Cookie Clicker: ongoing (idle)

Viridi: ongoing (idle)

Monster Hunter World: occasional (with friends)

FRAMED Collection: 100%, 9/10

Sayonara Wild Hearts: achievement cleanup

Sakura Gamer: 100%, 10/10

Forewarned: occasional (with friends) 8/10

You Have to Win the Game: I have no memory of this???

Froggy's Battle: 100% 9/10

The Planet Crafter: ongoing

Venba: 100%, 10/10

Enshrouded: ongoing

Slay the Princess: 100% 1000/10

80 Days: achievement cleanup, hiatus

60 Seconds: intermittent

Abiotic Factor: incomplete, hiatus

Final Fantasy XIV: ongoing, 9/10

Pupperazzi: 100%, 10/10

SuchArt!: ongoing 10/10

Loddlenaut: 100%, 10/10

Dauntless: ongoing

Genshin Impact: ongoing (way behind)

Arcade Paradise: ongoing

[katyspersonal]

NOOOOOO SHE DEVELOPED STOKHOLM ;-; ADELLA THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT GFHFJFHFNUJBB

(But yeah I second someone in the comments, can you recall what exactly were you doing in case if this bug can be replicated?)

Ok so funny thing happened yesterday while i played my new playthrough of Bloodborne.

Basically i went to Yahar’gul, got Adella and she went to Oedon chapel. Speak with her and all. Then i got a bug and she freaking disappeared!

Actually she returned to Yahar’gul lmao 🤣

Girl wtf

So yeah got an interesting bug for sure. She said she’s gonna go there (Oedon chapel, when she already was there… ) but yeah weird bug i’m not sure what happened.

[bixels]

What did/do you like about Pharah?

Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.

Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).

But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.

There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.

Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.

[r0zzk1ll]

"this man, is weird.. CRAZY weird.." "he was always very bright.."

[minty-plumbob]

time to move to a bigger house!

[maddymoreau]

I beat Dead Space 2 . . .

[katyspersonal]

Hey guess whaaaaat!

BfhgjfhhhjFDHHI MGJG AAAAAA!!!! I can finally FINALLY go back to Dark Souls 2, after all this time! God, it was hard. Do not repeat. And IF you do, please hit every dragon's tail on your first run, you are NOT ready for NG+ buff, especially with Kalameet! And also prioritize unlocking Nito's arena as soon as possible, because the endlessly respawning baby skeletons in water pool before it are the fastest method to grind level, and you need 50 Int! You just equip silver serpent ring for even more Souls, turn on podcast to listen to while you terrorize the babies, and get out with Homeward Bone when you are out of heals.

Well despite it being hard, I still had a blast? The most enjoyable things are still battles of Artorias and Manus, their fights are the biggest fun I've had in this game, but like.. this game is genuinely fun to explore and vibe in and kill Drakes in

Special CURSES to:

1) Fuckin SOLAIRE for terrorizing me TWICE! Not only he gave me a jumpscare by not appearing until I restarted the game, but also he fucked me over at Ornstein and Smough! First he kept targeting Ornstein when I needed HIS Soul and I had to restart, then he KILLED him again and I had to die to restart. And then I got sick of killing giants to not have Solaire target them and trusted him to be normal, but not only he aggroed at giants.. he ALSO got stuck at them instead of following me to the boss, but x2 healtbar thing WORKED, so I had to fight the two in THIS condition, ALONE! And somehow still won?? Summons are really double-edged sword -_-

2) The guy who designed Siegmyer's FUCKING quest!!! On my first run I failed his quest by killing all Chaos Eaters. So, on my second run, I made sure to kill all but one. But the last one I had to kill was under such an angle that I HAD to drop down! So while trying to escape back, this last bitch HAD to fall into square hole to its death. 🤦‍♂️ I didn't lose hope though, because turned out there was one MORE Chaos Eater down there, it just was on the sideline rather than right where the floor fell, but still the same pool! So what do you think? HIS QUEST STILL BROKE!!! I SHIT YOU NOT!!! WHY DOES IT MATTER WHICH CHAOS EATER EXACTLY LIVES!!!! FHJJVJFKGMHIHK

3) FUCKING Four Crings! No elaboration, I just hate them. I have to print this screenshot:

And then FUCKING BURN IT!!! FUCK YOU!!! FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID ATTACKS!!! Whose idea it was that they get two long distance attacks which are impossible to dodge, so you have to stay close to not have them, BUT IN PROXIMITY THEY HAVE OTHER TWO ATTACKS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO DODGE, AND WHILE YOU DEAL WITH THIS SHIT ANOTHER KING WILL SPAWN AND SPAM THOSE LONG DISTANCE ATTACKS!!!!

FUCK YOU!!!!!!! FUCK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

[kiutotakulady]

my completionist ass on Palia: o noooo this is too much funnnn

my social anxiety on Palia: PEOPLE TALK TO ME???

[arolesbianism]

GUYS.

New dupe real! Also new pod????? Olivia is that you girlie speak to me

[soups-archive]

Thoughts on Purgatory Day 4:

God what a fun day, and yet funnily enough a much more relaxed one.

It's gonna be interesting to see what the ramifications of blue's logout strat are gonna be because it's definitely going to be banned, but, from my understanding, blue used this strat to prove a point: that red's strategy was unfair.

Which is true, or at least I think it was true.

Personally, I feel like it was mostly unfair due to how difficult it used to be to get to global, but I feel like the admins have pretty fairly counteracted that and balanced things with today's introduction of the spawn portals.

Because with red's strat players HAD to physically travel to global and turn in the contracts within at least the last 30 minutes of gameplay. The portals now easily allow other teams to show up and at least put up a good fight, and we actually got to see how effective they are today with cellbit and charlie's assist they pulled for roier. If they had been just slightly quicker, green might've been able to steal back the win.

Which I think brings me to the other potentially unfair part of red's strat that I've seen be brought up which is that it isn't fair for streamers in European timezones/streamers who play earlier. Which is a fair criticism, but honestly I haven't personally been able to think of a way for the admins to balance the contracts around that without either: A) completely changing how contracts work, or B) unfairly punishing later streamers.

I think it's complicated, and I feel like the main thing that's gonna result from today isn't going to be them banning turning in tasks late but instead banning logging out right in front of the global NPCs. Knowing the admins, they'll probably figure out something I hadn't thought of and make the whole thing more fair for everyone.

Competition and lore wise, tomorrow is gonna be really interesting as well. A small alliance might be blooming between red and green and that might have massive ramifications going forward. That and I think (???????) that players might be getting their eggs tomorrow (?????). I know they described a period in which they had to keep them alive and the actual event ends on the 10th so I'm guessing they're arriving tomorrow. If they are, that shit is going to be crazy.

(Side note: It was also a delight to see teams casually hanging out more together today. As much as I enjoy the competition, I missed them all just chilling)

Overall, congrats blue on the win! Cheesy as fuck and they knew it but it was absolutely deserved! They worked their asses off! And green put up a hell of a fight! I hope they get their chance to win as well tomorrow!

[brinehater]

this is absurd (ft. @pawnguild's Hesperos and @edgier-than-a-diamond's Allen briefly)

[goatmoodlet]

talia and jun had twins, hugo and hattie!

[fore-seer]

i don’t think global devastation qualifies as a silly little prank, grima

[simstoryu]

i hate that the photography skill affects the photos with the phone camera 😵‍💫. get this GNOME out my picture