#it wont fit into the rest of the gameplay but thats why

[euphorictrait]

a little backstory:

Rylie had always been the quiet girl in school, she was a good girl…until she met Braxton. He had an air of mystery about him, a rebellious streak that drew her in like a moth to a flame. From the moment they locked eyes in the crowded hallway, Rylie felt something shift inside her, as if she had stumbled upon a part of herself she never knew existed. Braxton's charm was undeniable, his confidence infectious.

Their encounters grew more frequent, each one tinged with a sense of exhilaration that Rylie had never experienced before. Braxton introduced her to a side of life she had only ever glimpsed in movies and books—late-night adventures, clandestine meetings, and the thrill of breaking the rules.

Until one day, he just disappeared. Without warning or explanation, Braxton vanished from Rylie’s life, leaving behind a void that seemed impossible to fill. Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months, but there was no sign of him.

[kozykricket]

well! about that mc live, huh?

im just gonna say right off the bat. you know that i am not a "mojang lazy" person. doesnt mean im not critical of them. gonna give my nuanced view in this post. itll be a long one!

so... first of all, i just gotta say like, changing to having more "drop" updates instead of yearly summer updates is... thank god. i didnt wanna see mojang become gamefreak with yearly, formulaic releases.. hell, im kinda thinking. they're probably working on the big updates in the background now, while they can still keep people (and corporate people) satisfied, by delivering drops of content. and the other ideas they have? instead of being hecked over by priorities as much... they can actually just decide like "okay, we have more than a year to work on the big update. we can fit it in, so it doesnt get delayed back to the next big update" ...or, if its something small, then it wont be held up from releasing by like... waiting for the next Big Update. for example, if we had the drop releases back in 1.16, we could've had the ability to break leaves faster with hoes... waay earlier, instead of having to wait for the full nether update to drop. yknow? or, again using 1.16 as an example, if they have more ideas for the content in the Big Update, they can decide "yeah, we can put it in!" like how the allay was conceptualized for 1.16 but they didnt fit it in because well, they have more time to work on it! they can have bigger scope! more flexibility! ...but they're clearly still going for yearly key-jingling of shiny new content, i can see. like, as usual, its something new that is entirely self contained and doesnt really effect the rest of the game. its avoidable. which like, okay... i get it. i get why mojang doesnt want to make the game feel too different for people who come back to it after a while, but like. i dunno. i feel like- okay how about i actually just go over the features individually ...i appreciate the biome being a fantasy biome. ive kinda just accepted that mojang disregarded any plans to ever have non-real-life biomes in the overworld, unless they were underground like the deep dark. but nope! we can have weird white trees with freaky tree monsters!!! so, thats very nice. and the mechanics themselves seem really nice and interesting, its overall a very well put together vibe. weeping angels are overdone because theyre GREAT monster types !! theyre AWESOME!! and attaching the mob to like, having to destroy a block? thats prob the most interesting way to defeat a mob like the creaking! great gameplay and the biome has really cool hanging moss on the trees, and the moss carpets climb up blocks... but therein lies the problem -- its very self contained. its like, mojang. you just gonna.. keep developing really thoughtfully designed sidequests?? i'd like to see the main game experience updated... but alas this is a DROP and not an UPDATE, to be fair. its just like ...the new biome gets ambient sounds, which no other overworld biome has. now that sets the bar higher for updating older overworld biomes to also have that. i wouldnt have wanted it before, but now i do. same goes for like, new mobs having better animation systems, yknow? i wouldnt have wanted better animations, but now... you gotta update stuff even more , for consistency. adding so much to your plate, mojang and ... why does THIS moss carpet get to be cool and grab onto blocks?? why cant they have updated old moss carpet?? i feel like they probably WONT update it ... because ill be honest, my first thoughts were "this all couldve been in the dark oak forest" hanging moss? would look great on the trees moss blocks on the ground? would be great the creaking? yea, i think it'd be spooky as a dark oak ent! thing is the dark forest already has a pretty unique kinda vibe and playstyle to it, being a biome thats typically dark and spawns lots of mobs, and also. has lack of sight due to the big trees (1/2)

[suumekoi]

By @mang0tree BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PUT YOUR USERNAME IN THE LAST ONE

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hdsfjdsf helo i am Back 2 ramble abt my ideas :] uhh this might b a bit more scattered then last time bc i dont have as solid of an idea for the rest of the story so this might b more just talking abt concepts more then anything else sweats (i have ideas involving gameplay and all here too so i might fit that in somewhere)

SO we left off w/ divinus telling yuelia and the protag that he figured out lava lamp dragon (hdxkgfdg thats its name now i have decided everyone settled on calling it lava lamp dragon) can go poof between dimensions w/e it wants and theyre all just there like "well fuck this aint good" bc this means the drago can now go w/e it wants basically to get itself more energy, and the protag is just like "ok well i can go chase after i-" but then divinus shuts the protag down saying that they still dont know what this drago is abt or where it came from or even what it wants to Do exactly and that its too dangerous for a human like them 2 go after

after that the protag is walking back 2 castele with their arms crossed all >:[ bc Divinus Wont Let Them Chase After Lava Lamp Dragon, and yuelia notices and says "hey, it's nothing personal [player]... not even me and lili could stand up to that thing. i think he's just trying to look out for you." and thats not. Extremely relevant or anything i just had the idea for that dialogue in my head

yuelia splits up w/ the protag once they get back 2 town 2 go uh. Do Stuff and the protag just stands there for like 2 seconds before thinking 'ok im gonna find a way to travel 2 a different dimension Myself if nobody else is gonna help' so uhhh Commence Research Montague (i dont actually know how they figure out this thing yet ok just pretend they found an old book on it or somethin) and after looking around they find a source talking abt some sealed up treasure that probably has the kind of thing theyre lookin for oh boy!!!! but they dont recognize the location, and so they ask around 2 a few other ppl who end up suggesting they ask lili since she travels around a lot and might recognize it

and lili's doin mostly ok by this point, shes awake and can move around fine and all but ppl still want her 2 rest 2 regain Al her strength before goin out adventuring again or anythin (despite her protests otherwise jfgkdfg) so the protag goes up and asks lili if she knows abt the location they found, and lili thinks for a moment before responding that she recognized the description where what theyre lookin for might be and has a vague idea where she might b able 2 find it, and then looks at the protag all like "why are you so curious about this place?" so the protag ends up explaining what happened with divinus and how they think if they find the Thing in this Place that itll make them able 2 help stop lava lamp dragon, and lili goes like 'hm' and sits there for a minute before going "you know im going to come with you, right?"

dsjsdkf and even if the protag tries 2 argue w/ lili shes like Set on coming bc she wants to see what the fuck this thing is too, so lili gathers her gear and her and the protag sneak out of town 2 go explore spooky place ooo!!!!! so after making it thru the Place (i um. havent decided what it is yet maybe a sort of ruins or cave) at the end u notice that there Is somethin at the end there, so u go up and investigate and it turns out its some kind of funky lookin gauntlet and the protag just goes 'oh cool!' and puts it on immediately and um side note this gauntlet May be slightly cursed and you May not be able to take it off once u put it on but ykno still thinkin on that part

so ANYWAYS the protag puts on the gauntlet and lili goes "oh wow we actually Found something here! we just, uh.... need to find out what it does now, i guess." so the protag thinks for a moment, before deciding to see what happens if they hit something w/ the gauntlet, so they smack the wall w/ their hand and BOOM the wall cracks open 2 make way 2 a portal 2 an unknown world that the protag and lili end up getting pulled into

and um. this is the part where most of my concrete ideas for Story kinda end but my idea for this world was sorta like what reveria would look like if celestia hadnt come in 2 help everyone by creating lives so like. mostly nature and not much of civilization to see except for the occasional ragtag group of survivors but also ofc not just reveria itll also b its own world w/ its own unique stuff 2 it and all, i just thought itd b interesting 2 explore what would have happened if celestia never came 2 help reveria in the first place

so basically then its just lili and the protag exploring this new world, meeting a group of survivors that explain everything that happened in this world and all and u try 2 help them out before u head back (considering having something of a Lava Lamp Dragon Encounter here, not rlly a fight persay but you might spot it from afar and try 2 chase before it escapes)

after u make it back 2 castele Not Dead lili mentions to the protag she wants to look into that gauntlet they found more mostly bc shes never seen or heard of it before (and shes been a lot of places) and wants to be sure it doesnt have like Sinister Origins or anything

and basically after u unlock another world thru Story Progression ur essentially free 2 stop at any time and go back 2 explore that place, u can like go there 2 complete quests and theres also somewhat of a Side Story in each world where u can learn more abt the world and also help the ppl solve some other issue they got going on in their world Aside from the lava lamp dragon that might b planning on destroying everything (so for example in the first world their issue would be that uh. theres a lot of monsters everywhere)

the second world ive been thinkin could b somethin of a steampunk world with legally required scrappy mechanic and a tiny robot friend named beep bop bip (bip for short) and uh. the third world is the one ive thought out the least but i wanna go for some kind of Mythical foresty place, maybe with non human inhabitants like bird ppl or somethin

and then the 4th world (the final one u unlock) i want 2 b all spooky and ominous, bc thats the world that the final boss is going to happen in where u fight Lava Lamp Dragon for the last time

so that sorta. all i have in terms of ideas for now i think?? unless im forgetting something jdfgkdg but i definitely think i wanna go w/ the whole celestias sister being behind this thing bc that would be a very interesting thing 2 explore........ at the end i feel like celestias sister would b like trying 2 command lava lamp dragon but it has gone cazy w/ power and ends up not listening 2 celestias sister so the protag is just (pulls out sword) "guess im gonna have to save you from your own hubris" and UM another side note but i also do wanna include the guys from the first fl game too jdfgkd there is just a Lot and it is kinda complicated 2 try and fit everyone in when the story is sorta still a wip so they are There. Somehow

im thinkin abt that cursed gauntlet idea atm and idk if thats like. Generic or not but i feel like it would be interesting if the protag somehow just forcibly got themselves involved in this whole thing w/ celestias sister and Lava Lamp Dragon just by getting this gauntlet stuck on them jdfgdlgk but yea either way im donw now woo!! no more ramble

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The protagonist sounds quite lively in your story xD putting on the gauntlet just because it looks cool. I think the gauntlet should jump at the protag instead, or maybe it could be alive, like it came from the other dimension to search for a hero/chosen one and our protag happens to be there. It would be like yuelia/flutter and dogu.... But a gauntlet I guess xD

(Also it would cool if the gauntlet can control the protag too, like once you reach the final boss battle, the protag lost control and we have to play as our old protagonist, lili in this case. Or the other way round. I just love it when games makes us battle our previous protag. ❤️❤️)

But a dimension where celestia didn't come to reveria sounds interesting! ... there's so much you can make of it! The current characters in reveria would still exist in the other dimension but living their life differently!

[busket]

botw first impressions

i’ve only just beat the plateau and got the glider and stuff but i thought i’d give my thoughts on breath of the wild. i consider myself a pretty big zelda fan, especially from wind waker onwards and i’ve been really excited about this. i wont be talking spoilers but i’ll put it under a readmore anyway. im just gonna type as i think so sorry if it doesn’t come together all neat and tidy

first of all i really adore the music. they got a new composer for this one, right? i really love the ambient, quiet and peaceful piano, but then when things get more intense the music changes perfectly to fit it. i came across a stone talus and even though i didn’t beat it, the music is still stuck in my head like its so fun and interesting for a mini boss battle

something i’ve heard is that since there’s no “hyrule field” music, it makes the world seem kind of empty, but i’ve really been loving it. i think with almost 100% of the game taking place in the field, some hyrule field theme would get repetitive after a while, as much as i love the hyrule field music in other games

and honestly,,, i love how empty it feels??? it’s so peaceful and beautiful. i love coming across a new area with no enemies and just. being there. that area on the plateau with the little house, the soft green plain with the trees. thats like straight out of my dreams i love how it feels to walk around there. tbh going to the actual hyrule field and seeing more monsters i was kinda like “hhh stressful” like. i would be 100% okay with an emptier world, closer to what shadow of the colossus has lol

i think its a bit to early for me to judge the plot since i only know the very beginning of it. it seems interesting! i hope “calamity ganon” shows up as also like, “ganondorf”. as in.... a person. i miss that guy

changes in the formula are great; i thought the shrines were going to be like dungeons, but they were more like little puzzles and i like that. i wonder if theres gonna be any traditional dungeons at all? i love the hunting/gathering/cooking aspect, thats a lot of fun. i like the weapon collecting. controls are still pretty confusing for me, its a lot to remember but i dont have any gripes gameplay wise

i don’t like the voice acting in the cut scenes. i can’t tell if its bad voice acting, or i just like the freedom to imagine the character’s voices myself and put in the right inflections and emphasis on what seems right to me? the writing seems to get weird during the cutscenes too, saying fantasy shit like “nay” “oft” “verily”, even though the rest of the dialogue is pretty timeless. and why the fuck do they have english accents?? i never imagined that for hyrule, seems kind of silly!

and this is a gripe i have with skyward sword too but who the fuck is the goddess hylia?? idk where she came from, i’ve always known it as din, nayru and farore being the main goddesses of hyrule.......i’d be fine if hylia was like, a forgotten goddess bc she chose to be reincarnated as a mortal...sometimes i feel like skyward sword just messed shit up

anyway im having a good time and so far it’s a lot more difficult than other zelda games right of the bat! i like the idea of avoiding an enemy being just as valid as fighting it. can’t wait to play more

[i-am-a-starkid-ranger]

Jordan’s Speech - Whew

Hello Friends. While I am sure all 3 of you think my vote is locked, I like to play with the notion of giving everyone a fair chance at final 3, so while my vote is leaning towards someone right now pretty heavily, I would be lying if I said that each of you did not have a shot to sway it with your answers. Though based on those opening speeches you might have to try a new approach

Billy I am going to start with you because quite frankly I have the most to say to you. This is gonna be blunt and you are not going to be happy reading this. All i ask is that once you are finished you take a deep breath and dont do anything until you have processed it. You know how I am and how I don’t try to make anything personal and if it comes across that way it is not meant to be read that way. So please take a deep breath and answer it as best as you can. 

There is a saying in superhero movies. You either die the hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. If this isn’t the perfect saying to describe the gameplay of Billy Dickson i dont know what is. One thing you are going to have to come to terms with after this game is you are not a hero in gameplay and it is something I don’t intend to coddle you on. I wouldn’t strike you as a villain just yet but as of now you are no hero. What I saw the other day in that group chat was frankly appalling. Though I would like to make this distinction clear. Appalling but not shocking. You threw in the nicest terms I can put it in a fit. A fit that Shea this person you have villanized and demonized all season was going to beat you. You say something in your speech that truly rubs me the wrong way and I honestly believe it only rubs me the wrong because you said it. “But please don’t make anything personal (even though I doubt anyone will)”

Now while I appreciate the sentiment of asking people to not take things personally, I am sorry to say that you don’t have the right to say that until your actions show it in return. You said out loud many times to many people if you vote me out I will be bitter, or to a select few but often enough if Shea beats me I will be angry and I will take it personally. But now we come full circle and it is time for you to reap what you sew and as Shea put it very elegantly. “treat others the way you want to be treated” You have an uphill climb if you want the win and I hope you truly work for it, because while I don’t know if you are a deserving winner of this seasons, As my friend and fellow never stopping playing these fucking games kind of person. Billy wins a Pacific Island game is something that would make me happy to see.

My questions for you is simple because I want this to not affect just this game but how you play games in the future. Let’s switch roles for a moment shall we. We have an agreement to not work together, not vote together, but to keep each others names off the block. Something I was ready to be loyal to until we came down to the nitty gritty as was discussed between both of us. Final 8 is not nitty gritty and we know that especially considering how lines changed continuously going forward you cutting me was not because you had to but cause you wanted to blindside me, and thats fine. I had an idol in my pocket that I was hiding from you. Jordan Pines as a jury member has no problem with that because thats how I view games. But thats not what I want to accomplish this game. Because for the case of you, I am not Jordan Pines the juror, I am Billy the Juror. In this case, Jordan Pines flips on our deal at one of the first possible chances he has and then is in the finals and you are the jury member. My question for you like I said before is simple. How do you treat me as a juror and should you be treated the same way. Should you be given the same lack of respect that you give to other players.

Andrew. To be fully upfront I am confused. Not angry, not impressed, not overjoyed, not hurt, just confused. In theory your game is good. You had advantages that you used to further yourself. You flipped between groups to further your best interests and in doing so weren’t seen as flip floppy. Even you targeting me at first I thought was stupid because I assumed you were switching to people who were with Karen and wanted you out, but in actuality you probably put yourself in a better position than being with me. All of this should be the making for a great game but for some reason I’m just not impressed and i’m genuinely not sure why. While Shea did point out your lack of a social game to others that may be true, but me and you talk enough on a regular basis for me not to notice a lack something like that. You don’t have that douchebag Jordan Pines quality that makes people hate you enough that no matter how your game is they wont vote for you, because I can genuinely say you are one of the nicest people I know in this community and our friendship means a lot to me. I say this honestly, your game comes of to me as lackluster and I don’t know why. I don’t have a good reason to not like your game but yet I just have meh feelings towards it. My question to you is - Why don’t I like your game? I’m being fully serious right now, help me understand the problems I might have with it because no one knows your game better than yourself. I really don’t mean any offense with this question and I hope you don’t take it in a negative way because it truly does not mean to come off like that.

Finally we come to my favourite of the three. Ash while I am heavily leaning towards you right now, I would be lying if I say I wasn’t willing to consider the rest in the defence of fairness, So please work hard on FTC because not only because I want to see you win, I want to see an incredibly deserving win that I really think you can pull off. I don’t have a question for you, just some statements to help encourage you on your quest to victory. For me at least it doesn’t fall on you to prove to me you are a great player and a deserving winner, I already know that. It would fall on Billy or Andrew to prove they are more deserving of my vote.

I don’t know if you remember this but it is something that resonated with me all season long and especially as a jury member. You told me at the beginning of the game that you were tired of always being seen as the goat and of being seen as too nice to make a move and general things like that. I can promise you this Ash. Whether you win this season or lose it, you have shown that to everyone. You played so hard, you survived against less than admirable positions of you losing your own ally. While you didn’t get the chance you were the first person to truly be ready to take out their own duo to improve their game. At least in my books you played one of the better if not the best game in Midway Attoll. As a juror, as an ally and as your friend, I am just really proud of your game and I hope you win, I really do.

To all 3 of you. This will not doubt be a hard FTC. There are angry people here and they want to take it out on you because you ended their games. Be calm, cool and collected and work as hard as you can. Good luck to all 3 of you, and truly from the bottom of my heart not hard feelings and good game to all of you.