#scrambled review

[uraosol]

SO I FINALLY MADE A LETTERBOXD ACC AND DEAR LORD!!!!!! THIS REVIEW OF BE OHHH MY GOD MY F CKN HEART, IT'S WHY THIS SERIES HAS BECOME SUCH A COMFORT SHOW FOR ME IMMM SOOOO

[blueskittlesart]

profs will set the due date for the final as april 24 and then STILL NOT HAVE THE FUCKING ASSIGNMENT UP TO SUBMIT THE PAPER BY 11PM ON APRIL TWENTY FUCKING THIRD

[astralleywright]

thinking about "murder is okay" still. more than anything i think a lot of people just say shit in meta bc it sounds evocative and vaguely gestures at an actual point

[porto-rosso]

brother where is the charles appreciation

[thatenbyreviewer]

Scrambly Gaming App

*this link is an affiliate link* I started my "game for pay" app journey with Mistplay, so I'll be comparing most of the apps I review here to that. Mistplay used to pay out pretty instantly. However, recently they seem to use a 3rd party to pay out which now seems to take a couple of days. Paypal payouts are my default unless an app doesn't offer them, and then I'll usually go for Google Play credit to boost the other apps that do offer Paypal.

I haven't been on Scrambly for long, but I was able to cash out $1.00 pretty quickly by playing Merge Hotel Empire: Design. This is your typical merging game, and it's fun enough. I didn't see too many ads and it was enjoyable enough to play for that. The payout went through quickly - that being said you DO have to verify your identity by uploading your ID and a selfie.

Feel free to ask any questions about either the game or the scrambly app. I will post an update at a later time after I've been on the platform longer.

[rooksgambits]

had to lowkey tell my prof i need an extra couple of days for an assignment due today coz i didn't realize it has to be like 2 pages long......

[glitteratti]

loveee my job love how my boss will just not tell us shit and decide we're staying open late on a whim and tell us day off there's a catering event from the RESTAURANT but the event space is OUR COFFEE SHOP so hopefully we'll be busy hehe ^_^ (not a single customer came in after 4pm BTW!!!!!) and also suddenly decide he has a problem with us switching shifts and also also only scheduled me for

NINE FUCKING HOURS NEXT WEEK!!!!!

[samarecharm]

thank you for the long response! it was geniunely a very interesting read!! also i did not want to imply that you have to 100% like something or else drop it, that was not my intention (/_;)/~~ i just wanted to know what were the pros that outweighed the cons for you to continue the game!! i definitely have my own rant about the persona 5, as much as i love it.

i'm someone who has sunk hundreds of hours (i think about 400) into persona 5 royal, i have played the original as well and,,,,, i don't remember every bit of it as i got much more into royal, but your response definitely dug up some memories of my own gripes with the game as it was then. i bought strikers once i had a switch!! i was super excited to see ryuji and the rest of the gang again, but due to life stuff and me generally not being a fan of button smashers/combo games, i only got like 3 hours into it before i left it alone. also the lack of akechi was disheartening since after royal giving him more story i was wanting /still want more of him as royal, while not fully fixing his confidant, still improved majorly on his character in my opinion. but i trust your judgment, so do you have any tips to get back into strikers? it's really the gameplay that sticks out like a sore thumb to me, i'm not very dexterous with a controler and i get the hang of things quite slowly,,,, but again, thank you geniunely for responding so kindly and elaborating!! (*^ω^)

You are welcome 😊 I try to give the botd for questions like this, bc I have seen and received some very silly comments wrt to complaints of this game (and others people hold in high regard). Not that I am happy to see that you remembered some gripes w a game you liked, but it is easy to become a bit rosetinted about media you enjoy, and its good to go back and say ‘hey actually, theres some stuff i DO wish couldve been changed to make the experience better.’ At least u were polite about asking lmao

I think I am going to have the same problem I had before, so im going to preemptively put my strikers tips under the cut to stop it from bloating up dashboards 😭

I am aware that the warriors style gameplay is not for everyone; its very repetitive by its nature and it can be really bad on the hands if youre not used to it, so I unfortunately dont have a suggestion for making the combat portion of the game easier. But I am halfway through a ng+ of that game, so I at least have tips on how to make the combat less confusing, and how to spend less time on the actual combat itself.

Stick to one character and ignore literally anyone else in the beginning. I am so serious about this. The upgrades you get for ranking up teammates is used to enhance their combos, and that can be confusing in the beginning of the game. I had to fall back onto normal difficulty until i got the hang of everyones combos, so i suggest you do the same.

The ai for your teammates is surprisingly well done, and they will target enemy weaknesses and heal you before you NEED to be healed, which is always better than them simply forgetting to do so. They buff often, but they are a bit lax about debuffing without manual input (ann has Tarunda as a spell AND as a combo finisher, but she refuses to do either unless its targeting a tough enemy). You should prioritize builds that buff your entire team (so the competent team ai rips enemies to shreds) and debuffing enemies.

Combos are almost entirely optional if youre willing to jump in and out of Jails to replenish SP constantly. Spam spells, and switch teammates to spam their spells as well, then leave the Jail and return. Unlike the mainline games, leaving the metaverse does not pass time; only hitting important plot points like getting to the treasure and fighting the jailer counts towards progressing time, so you should abuse it as often as possible.

Due to [REDACTED] spoilers, you WILL need to at least master or understand three characters and their movesets. I obviously suggest Akira as one, but pick two more characters that work well with your playstyle. Ryuji was personally the easiest to understand; hes resistant to flinching, and his finishers are ‘hold X to kill everything around you’. Haru has a wide aoe for her combo finishers, letting her spin and shred through enemies or spam her grenade launcher infinitely. She has the added benefit of gaining more armor and reduced flinching during her hold finishers, so shes good for fighting bosses.

DONT fight those super hard burning enemies. They arent worth it 😭😭 you need to be at least 3-4 jails deep before u can even fight the one in shibuya jail 😭😭 theyre very easy to avoid, so just shimmy past them or ignore the area theyre in outright.

If you focus on understanding Akira, know that each persona has a unique set of finishers (yes, literally each one). If you are thinking of learning combos instead of just spamming spells, I suggest learning the pattern for executing his combos before focusing on what the finishers actually do. From there, you can test out finishers for each persona, and decide which ones are worth keeping based on that. I will say though, that the finishers kinda dont mean anything until you get to the end game, where high leveled personas will have spells like Concentrate or Debilitate as Finishers; but always know that a finisher spell is ALWAYS a spell that you can just as easily cast with SP. Dont make the game more stressful or complicated than you need it to be.

(As an addon, if you can understand Akiras moveset, then learning the other ones will be WAY easier since they are all virtually the same. The only thing you need to memorize is exactly what spell is used on their finishers; it took me forever to realize that Yusukes last finisher is…a combo enhancer…that makes his finishers last forever… and you would NOT know that unless u started learning his moveset since his ai never uses it)

If youre someone who wants to farm and level up to gain access to more personas, you should find the strong enemies around a map instead of constantly reclearing the entire jail. Unlike the mainline games, enemies do not respawn after leaving a floor; you gotta leave the jail and come back to make them respawn. If you are okay w the repetition, it is easier to memorize the spawns of strong enemies (not the minibosses that are burning) and beat them up for good exp and money, esp since all spawns are static. Silky in the Shibuya jail is the first one that comes to mind, since Ann is able to stunlock her w Agis, AND she spawns very close to one of the checkpoints (its before the underground section of shibuya but i cannot remember the name of it) making it easy to jump in and jump out to replenish SP, and continue farming.

And finally, despite what I just said, dont take the bosses of this game too seriously. They arent easy but they are absolutely doable without insane builds and optimization. Bosses have aids in the form of interactables of their respective weaknesses (Shibuya has party poppers with wind affinitiy thats eventually used on the boss to stun them.) Stock up on healing personas, Stock up on Items from Sophias shop, and target weaknesses whenever you can to force an allout attack as fast as possible. The combat can be overwhelming, but at the end of the day, the combat is really just ‘run around from attacks and spam spells or combos until the thing dies’. I hope that helps a little bit, and if push comes to shove, i will always recommend watching a playthrough instead of fighting through a game that feels like a slog to get through. Most of the story comes from the cutscenes and city interactions, so you arent missing much by watching someone beat up shadows for u lol and bc i genuinely LOVE the characters they introduce, its worth it to learn about them.

It sucks that Goro isnt in the game, but it was made prior to Royal iirc (the japanese release was the only one available for some time). I will say though, the themes of this game fit him so perfectly, and if youre of the mind to speculate and make aus, then you will be joining me in the obsession of making Goro interactions w the team. Palaces were about corrupted peoples desires distorting the world around them, and they were always someone so reprehensible, you were not intended to sympathize w them and even debate if what the thieves were doing was wrong. But Jails serve an entirely different purpose, and the end result is having Rulers with depth to them, and the overarching theme of ‘if you fuck up your life and others over the decisions you thought were correct, can you recover?’ And the answer is always ‘yes. No matter what, you can always start over if you intend to do better and be better’, and I think thats a good reason to see the entire story through :)

[pallases]

i lov. not studying <3

[floral-hex]

Got a month’s prescription of klonopin. Wish I could find out how other people are affected by it, but all I find are posts about getting fucked up. I mean, I guess good for y’all, but not very helpful for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

[brothersperspectiveartvid]

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[13flowersandfoxes]

Man I love when I lead a review session and every question is met with blank looks. But half the questions I asked are the same as their professor asked in lecture this morning.

[capisback]

I have read every word in this text carefully and am certain I have not missed anything *reblogs post/publishes fic/etc* *a whole, previously hidden paragraph is suddenly revealed* aw fuck

[universalsatan]

sometimes i forget how distinctly american my mother is, and how we are generally a product of our surroundings

[iloveabunchofgames]

#JakeReviewsItch

Absolute Blue

by joemanaco

Price: Name your own price

Included In: Bundle for Ukraine

Genre: Shooter

Pitch: A horizontal shoot-them-up set in space.

My expectations: The overly smooth, shiny, pre-rendered art style, with all its mismatched pieces, is so working for me. Itch doesn't usually attract the harshest critics for free, little indie games, but the average user review score is a shockingly low 1.3/5. Good or bad, I'm psyched to take a crack at this for myself.

Review:

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A spaceship flies to the right, shooting enemies, weaving through tight spaces, and collecting power-ups.

There’s nothing wrong with a space shooter that sticks to genre conventions. (See my glowing review of 1993 Space Machine.) We know what works. Konami established the modern horizontal-scrolling shmup in place with 1981’s Scramble and cemented the form with Gradius in 1985. It is a solved genre. Absolute Blue knows how these games are supposed to work, but it has no idea why they work. It bungles all the details.

Long stretches without enemies or obstacles are common. Sometimes they’re littered with a few items. Most of them just add to the score (yippie…), though some increase weapon spread. Get one or two, and holding down the fire button nearly fills the screen with rapid shots. Enemies go down quickly and inflict minimal damage, which is good, because their shots are all but impossible to see among the relentless barrage of excessive, glowing explosions.

Walls, however, are instant death. They’re also often obscured by explosions and particle effects, and thanks to the spaceship’s eight-directional, single speed controls, precise moves are out of the question.

+ Looks the part. + Raining death in all directions

– Boring, slapped-together level design. – A baffling mix of ridiculously easy and punishingly cruel. I couldn't get through the first level. There are three difficulty levels, and as far as I can tell, they're all identical. – Excessive effects make it difficult to see what's happening and cause way more slowdown than a sprite-based, 640x480 game should on a modern PC. – Runs exclusively at 640x480. On my 1080p TV, full screen is a blurry mess, and windowed is itty-bitty. I messed around with dgVoodoo 2 to force better scaling options, which does look better, but this game is not worth that kind of effort.

🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍

Bottom Line: Not abysmal, and it's free, but with hundreds of better horizontal shooters, why would you bother?

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