#this is such a good game

[saltywithsarcasm]

I wasn’t expecting to be reduced to tears playing One Piece Odyssey.

Spoilers for the game.

The Dressrosa arc really takes an emotional turn. In that part of the game, Lim successfully retrieves Corazon from Law's memory and together they join the battle against Doflamingo. The most touching moment is when Law expresses his deep gratitude to Cora for the sacrifice he made. It's definitely a standout moment in the story, one I am very grateful for because of how much Law’s backstory affected me.

It's actually really sad when you think about it. In that part of the game, the memory fragment of Law gets to see Cora again but the real Law has no idea about this reunion. It's like a bittersweet moment, knowing that the real Law is completely unaware of this special encounter.

I’m not done with the game yet so I have no idea if memories are affected by Lim’s power but it’s like a punch to the gut, thinking about Law going on without knowing what happened. You'd think that Luffy and his crew would fill him in the next time they crosses paths, right? It's such a significant moment and it would be a shame if Law never found out.

[retro-system]

late-game brothership spoilers under the cut:

as freaky as that part was, it's kinda wholesome that mario and luigi shared the same ideal world, which was home -- a peaceful version of their home.

[raphfish]

"except emotionally"

[kimmykoosh]

I finished playing Disco Elysium!!!

My own personal comment below. Spoilers obviously.

Oh wow, the writing is emaculate! Sad that I cant even get all of the missions finished though. I didnt get to find the cocaine skull and I didnt get to help egg head with his hard core jam 😔😔😔

And I gave the drug to Cuno because I thought Kim was going to be unavailable in the game soon. Dangit. Curse me for looking at spoilers and how tos for the game.🫠🫠

I managed to get the phassid to the science committee and solve with mystery the abandoned building and the bookstore. Sad about the upcoming building for the villagers though. Kjassid escaped and in peace. I did a wreck in revachol with Titus died and theres only the 2 person left of the Hardie boys. 😔😔

I didnt even get to see the Evverard twins. I knew he was in the other locked container. My intelligence was low for him to notice me. Oh, I knew about Renee's death when I was in day 6 or so. When the killer knew about Renee, he was seen alive. Eyes widen, soul burning, hungry for revenge. Still have something to hold on to. Sad to see him in a cartatonic state when Harry told the truth.

Kim was super happy and very interested in Harry's achievements. Also, yes, no booze and smokes 👌👌The whole paragraphs he listed about Harry's great discovery and achievements is so cute to see. Is this what it felt like when someone got your back? With no ulterior motives? 🤯

Yeah, I used "me", then "Harry" at the end because seeing Kim talk about Harry and boosting is cute 🥰🥰 He ended up in station 41 with Harry and all the cute art of Harry and Kim in the station together giddy and lovingly is so sweeet. I want more 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

10/10 would play it again. I only got a 9 achievements in this playthrough by becoming a sorry, boring, sad, pathetic cop.

[fionaeevee87]

My Tunic Experience (SPOILERS)

I just got 100% in the game yesterday, and was going to start on Super Mario Wonder today. But instead, I spent most of the day looking up lore videos and reviews. I just cannot seem to leave the world of Tunic yet.

I was in love with the exploration and puzzle elements of this game. Going into this totally blind, I managed to collect every upgrade treasure, every coin, and almost every equipment card (At the very end of the game, while looking up what all of them do, exactly, I somehow learned that there was a secret one not mentioned in the manual! It made fighting the Heir so much easier). I got all but 1 fairy, all but one trophy, and managed to solve the entire Golden Path puzzle all on my own. I felt so bad having to look up the answers to those last few puzzles, but in doing so fell down a fucking rabbit hole like you wouldn't believe.

Did you know that there's an option in Accessibility Settings to make audio puzzles easier? Knowing that sure would have helped in figuring out what's going on with those windchimes outside the Old House.

Were you also bashing your head against the wall trying to figure out what the "60 seconds", "Shhh..." was about on page 51, with the illustration that looked like a star partly underwater next to a piece of paper? (Even as I type this I'm having to boot up Tunic again for reference) The one that, if I was reading page 54's hint correctly, surely holds the final trophy? Apparently, you have to turn off Sound Effects under the Audio options and stand in water for 60 seconds. Doing so will cause a secret message to appear at the bottom of the "Thank you!" note by the devs on page 1 (which bears a similar star symbol). Said message consists of more game language and a drawing of a familiar landmark in the overworld which is shaped like Holy Cross directions. Ah! So that's it! If everything the game taught me so far is correct, I just have to go there and input the directions to get the final gold treasure!...WRONG! At this point, it would be very, VERY handy to know what the note next to the image says. Throughout my journey thus far, I noticed that the game language doesn't appear to be random runic scribblings of a non-language. There are certain shapes that repeat in ways consistent with language which has had some thought put into making it. Furthermore, what of the notes on pages 21 and 54? They appear to be some sort of clue to how you could go about deciphering it, but I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

The game isn't over yet. THE. GAME. ISN'T. OVER. YET.

The game expected me to decode an entire in-game language. A multi-hour task, if you even know where to start (not me!). This is the hardest task this game has asked of me at this point. But thank goodness there's a awesome community of clever Tunic fans that managed to translate this thing (Bravo! <3 <3 <3).

Deeper down the rabbit hole we go! WAHOO!

For the first time, I was able to actually read and understand the story, the descriptions of the Quarry, Ruined Atol, Graveyard, and Cathedral, as well as what they were saying about the bosses I fought and what their deal was. I love the Librarian and how he thinks the Holy Cross is an actual treasure hidden in the Cathedral. He's also the only character aware he's in a game (did you see the drawings of what appeared to be a game cartridge on one of his chalk boards?) But that's all I'll get into on that. This is about the puzzle. Even now I'm getting as distracted from the task as I originally was! As for the puzzle text, after doing all of that you'd surely think it'd just spell it out for you at this point. But you're still no closer to getting that last trophy. It's a riddle:

"The softest feather corrected eleven times departed once more"

What does that even mean? I tried inputting the landmark's directions 11 times, from several points of view. Then tried it 12 times each way because of the "departed once more" line. Nothing happened. I gave up and looked up the answer. "Softest feather" refers to a "down", or soft fluff underneath the feathers of waterfowl (because everyone knows that, right?). "Corrected" refers to being RIGHT, "eleven times." "Departed" means you have LEFT, and 12 is "once more" than 11. Down, right x 11, left x 12. I have my final trophy! I've finally won!

But what about that bright light that appeared in the Trophy Room that appeared after I had collected a certain amount of tropies? What's up with the weird room where symbols in the game's language would appear seemingly at random if I used the Holy Cross? (Why am I not wanting to call it a D-Pad?!)

WILL THIS RIDE EVER END?!!

I go to the translated manual for clues, as there is text written next to the illustration of the trophy room on page 54. It reads:

"For Additional Support & Secrets 1. Find some rare golden statues. 2. Traverse the glow to visit 12 strange beings. 3. Un-sing to the the greatest song, the Song of the Golden Path, as seen from within"

Excitedly, I went to that mysterious room as fast as I could make that little fox go. I stood there, brought up the golden path notes, and input the directions backwards. Nothing. It turns out "from within" also meant as seen from a mirror. I had the right idea, just the wrong angle. I reset the puzzle, looked up and put in the inverted directions, and nothing seemed to happen except for the fact that one of the glyph spaces is blank, with only 11 glyphs showing. Wondering if something is being spelled out, I look up the puzzle solution. I'm correct! It is a...website?

https://doyoufeartheeyesofthefarshore.co/

Tunic has now become an ARG.

Clicking this link takes you to a creepy animated image of a smoky silhouette of what appears to be a squid monster with three eyes colored in the R/G/B color scheme we're used to. Harsh, grating sounds that sound almost like speech and ethereal whispers assaulted my ears. This was the squid-like being who's symbol I've seen everywhere in the game! Here I was stuck. This is where my journey with Tunic ended. I did learn that there was more languages in the music and sounds, and that running the website's sounds through a spectrogram results in the message "We are the Eyes of the Far Shore."

I really did not expect so much to be wrapped inside such a colorful, cute and fluffy package.

I apologize for the long post. I didn't realize how much I had to say about this game! If anyone's made it this far, I appreciate it!

[mintaii]

take responsibility

[nikoco11]

AAAGHHHHHHHHHHH

finally finished this i’m happy!!!!!! she’s one of my favorite designs in game and my favorite designs i’ve ever drawn wahaahaaaa

[nipuni]

Aziraphale and Crowley in Hades style! 😊

A speedpaint video of these will be available at my Patreon on june 1st along with the 10th doctor one!

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[chthonic-kids]

this person gets it

[garaks-padded-bra]

crazy how these are the only characters in mouthwashing!

[cardo-de-comer]

the devil you know

[chipchopclipclop]

autonomy

[itsnicsalad]

wanted to get this idea out of my head before i move on to other things aye🤙

[hmslusitania]

Origins: the world is ending and you and your one remaining coworker are the only option left to save it.

II: the unavoidable tragedy of a queer friend group/polycule trying and failing to save their fucked up city

Inquisition: you went to a conference and accidentally ended up in charge of saving the entire world (again) with a team of colleagues who are (mostly) professionals and outstanding in their fields.

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Veilguard:

Rook: hey, I suffered from “sudden field promotion” after “fucking everything up worse than it already was.” I’m putting a team together to kill at least one, maybe three, Gods

Seven of the most unwell people in Thedas: say no more, I’m in