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[sparta369]

I bought slay the princess but haven’t started it ‘cause it kinda intimidates me, can you convince me to play it?

Ok now I know you just asked me to convince you to play it but hear me out

Don't play it yet

There's a huge, Free Content expansion coming out on the 24th of this month, in just 8 days called The Pristine Cut, which is going to expand the game by about 35%. The Devs themselves have said to wait for the expansion release if you haven't played it already lol

That being said, I'd never pass up an opportunity to gush about one of my favorite games ever created

I realized far too late that I'd accidentally written far more than either of us probably wanted. So I'll try to sparknotes it, and leave the full thing below the cut.

The less you know going in, the better. However, it is still a horror game. You can find a list of content warnings here. It's just a list, so it doesn't really reveal very much.

A single playthrough lasts about 3-4 hours on average, though I can guarantee you'll want to do more than one. The game is positively dense with choices. It's impossible to see everything in one playthrough, and one would be hard-pressed to have the exact same playthrough twice.

Words cannot really capture how much I love this game. It's story masterfully crafted with a vast ocean of choices for the player to make, all of which make a true and profound impact on the narrative. If you enjoyed Disco Elysium or The Stanley Parable, You'll like Slay the Princess. The game was lovingly hand-drawn, pencil on paper, and the music was beautifully composed. The voice acting, featuring the talents of Nichole Goodnight and Jonathan Sims, are also, in my opinion, phenomenal.

I truly cannot express the emotional impact this game has left me with. It's a game I'll carry with me for the rest of my life.

Whether you intend to stop here or read on, I'll leave you with this one screenshot. It's only text, and it's literally the second thing you see upon booting up the game, so don't worry about spoilers lmao

"Whatever horrors you may find in these dark spaces, have heart and see them through."

"There are no premature endings. There are no wrong decisions."

"There are only fresh perspectives and new beginnings."

"This is a love story."

Oh boy you clicked the "keep reading" button :o) I wrote this over the course of most of my day today before I realized exactly how long it was. Besides a small change to the end, I'm going to leave most of it un-touched, just for the sake of preserving whatever the hell was going on in my head at the time :o)

Slay the Princess is one of those games where, the less you know going in, the better, So I'll do my best to convince you without revealing anything.

Still, though, It is a horror game. If you would like to look through it just in case, you can find a list of content warnings on their website here. It gives a list of many things you may encounter, but there is a 0% chance that you will encounter all, or likely even half, of the things described in there. In addition, they present these things in a way that reveals as little as possible. Still, I would personally recommend against reading through them, but there's no shame or judgement if you go dig through it. You know yourself better than anybody, if you think ya need it that's fine.

There's also some flickering image effects & a parallax effect that has caused motion sickness for some players, but both of these can be disabled in the settings.

With all that out of the way...

Words truly cannot explain how much I love this game.

It is an absolute masterwork of interactive narrative storytelling. No other game I've played or heard of in my life gives as much weight to every single choice you make, every little thing you do. There are so many choices and possibilities, and not once does the game ever make you feel like you've chosen "wrong." It's impossible to see everything in one playthrough, and you would be hard-pressed to get the exact same playthrough twice. Quite literally, every time I've watched somebody else play the game, they happened upon something I'd never seen before, despite me having 100% of the achievements.

One playthrough usually takes around 3-4 hours, but you will almost certainly want to do more than one.

There are also a number of places where you can safely and logically pause and come back later, should you need to.

The narrative itself is expertly woven. The storytelling is phenomenal, interweaving paralyzing fear with heart-aching beauty, while also carrying a healthy amount of comedy at carefully chosen places. The themes carry through beautifully. I've cried actual tears on more than one occasion, and it's not easy to get that out of me. Slay The Princess is a story that will be a part of my heart for as long as I live.

If you've played and enjoyed Disco Elysium, you'll enjoy Slay The Princess.

If you've played and enjoyed The Stanley parable, you'll enjoy Slay The Princess.

I know that I often struggle with games that require a lot of reading, and that includes a lot of visual novel type games.

Thankfully, the game is, for the most part, fully voice-acted :) The very few bits that aren't voiced are that way for narrative reasons hee hoo

The voice acting itself is, in my opinion, phenomenal. Both actors put their heart and souls into their roles, and their care shows in their performances. The Princess is voiced by Nichole Goodnight & the Narrator is voiced by Jonathan Sims (Who you may recognize from The Magnus Archives, if you were ever into that).

The art of the game is beautiful. It is all lovingly hand-drawn, pencil on paper. Thousands of images, and even a few animations, all coming together to form a wonderfully unique visual style that lends itself well to the game itself.

The soundtrack of this game, composed by Brandon Boone & with vocal performances by Amelia Jones, is absolutely breathtaking. It does a phenomenal job setting and supporting the tone of the game, whether it be tension, fear, hope, joy, or anything between and beyond. I can't put it's beauty into words.

Brandon Boone actually just recently won the "Game Music Award" at the World Soundtrack Awards for his work on Slay The Princess, and I deeply believe that it was 100% deserved.

This is... probably far more than you ever asked for. But I mean it when I say that Slay the Princess is one of my favorite games of all time. I mean it when I say that Slay The Princess is a story that will be a part of my heart for as long as I live. I'll take any opportunity to make more people play it, in hopes that it might impact them even a fraction as much as it has impacted me. I've bought a total of 11 copies of this game (1 for myself, 9 which were distributed to friends, and one that's coming with the Collector's Edition)

As my final word, I'll once again remind you:

"Whatever horrors you may find in these dark spaces, have heart and see them through."

"There are no premature endings. There are no wrong decisions."

"There are only fresh perspectives and new beginnings."

"This is a love story."

[scoriarose]

She came up with a new activity

[anethiawoods]

playing slay the princess as intended (watching your friend stream it and then roleplaying as improvised ocs for each of ur runs)

[valgeristik]

twilight princess + skyward sword stuff ive been drawing the past few days for practice and for fun <3 (you can take TP link's mustache out of my cold, dead hands)

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[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

i showed my sister the equestria girls movies last week because i needed a win and these were her thoughts:

equestria girls:

"sunset, you've gotta wait till your goons are gone before code-switching"

"sunset knows she's a horse so being with flash is kinda weird"

"don't like snips and snails"

"pan rainbow dash?" (i asked if she had any thoughts on their human designs and that was it, idk what to tell ya)

"why are the people colored in this reality?"

"why is rarity british?" (overall thought about the whole franchise)

"when did we fucking ask him? nobody asked him to join" (about flash playing guitar during the cafeteria song)

^but yeah she didn't really vibe with flash but she found the "one no would've been fine" line funny

"laughter" "no, it's insanity"

"i didn't know there was another way" "i don't give a fuck"

rainbow rocks:

"why is the moon, cheese?"

"i like the names. in case you weren't sure this was about music" (said during the opening credits when it showed the dazzlings)

"to be fair, you did ruin everything" (towards sunset)

"somebody needs to slap rainbow"

she really wanted to protect fluttershy, i could tell

she also wasn't necessarily loving flash x twilight during the first movie but definitely wasn't after he made twilight cry so-

friendship games:

"great, a murder board"

"why are you keeping tabs [on chs]? maybe you should focus on your other students" (towards cinch)

"what do you think i should do?" "you should keel over and die"

"sugarcoat, just stab me in the heart, why don't you"

"she looks like she belongs in spongebob, derogatory" (about cinch)

"twilight is doing disney knees"

"cinch is a bitch, cinch is a bitch. cinch is a winch, cinch is a winch" (said in a sing-songy way)

"why's this bitch singin'?" (again about cinch)

"we want what we deserve" "who said you deserve it, you fucking bitch?"

can you tell she hates cinch??

also made a couple jokes about how cadence and luna seemed like girlfriends in all of their scenes together (which was actually really valid)

legend of everfree:

"what do y'all do?" (towards celestial and luna)

"[the opening credits sequence] is gonna be at the bottom because it's giving me home by phillip phillips"

"and this is my brother, timber spruce" "TERRY?" (as in terry from tdp, which is where i got the cargo shorts thing from, so let's all thank my sister)

seemed to not be the biggest fan of sci-twi x timber ("just timber!")

"do we have watches!? cause they've mentioned time twice" "the sun dial" "but it's gonna be dark, she said it doesn't work at night!" (funny conversation that doesn't work in hindsight because they apparently had their phones with them the whole time)

"i don't know why but i'm getting trans from rainbow, cause everyone else is drawn with boobs and she's not. in that shot at least"

"if i see a man coming out of the woods, i think he's just buried a body"

"that's a disgusting design i'm sorry" (about gloriosa's villain look)

"sorry i thought he was going to kill his sister, he saw the ax and i thought he was just gonna- this is a children's movie. just for a split second"

part 2 magical movie night thoughts

[nocturne-side-blog]

Tell me about "link sure hopes zelda's alive and not a dragon" and "sheik's lies"!!

Both of them are mostly just barebones ideas, but here they are!

Sheik's Lies

Sheik POV! The idea is to start with a recount of Sheik's reputation. They hear various villagers speaking to Link about them - calling them "Impa's mysterious son" (which Sheik has learned not to shudder at, they're getting used to it) and recalling the number of convoluted stories Sheik made to cover themselves when they only had just arrived in Kakariko. At a certain point, Link catches Sheik listening in... and they decide they have "no choice" but to open up to him now (finding Link doesn't velieve their initial lie as to why they're there). Sheik speaks only of training with Impa and how they miss her; and, in a way, Zelda finally gets to catch up with him.

link sure hopes zelda's alive and not a dragon

A very short ToTK one shot. During the feast of the Lurelin Restoration Festival (the celebration after you save the village from the "pirates" of course), Link contemplates the final glyph that formed upon Rist Peninsula. His mind goes back to the painting within one of Lurelin's homes, of Lover's Pond - where he and Zelda had finally discussed the deep feelings they kept away for years. He wonders what is left that the dragon could possibly share with him, but he fears the worst. The Spirit Temple provided him with a memory he wouldn't like to believe. He just hopes, wherever Zelda is, she may be led home like the people of Lurelin Village.

I haven't thought about these ones in a while, admittedly ^^" Thanks for the ask!

[katyspersonal]

If you can't handle me at my Willem x Rom you don't deserve me at my Yurie x Rom. 😔

[multicolour-ink]

Things to note:

1. If Zelda is not around much in the narrative in a game then it's not included.

2. If games share the same narrative (aka the same Link and Zelda) they are all included in the same space.

[salty-an-disco]

Contrarian in either D1 or D4? :D

couldn't've not gone for the pride swag for them!!

wanted to do colors, but didn't wanted to do lineart, so did colors under the sketch instead

[featherymainffins]

Me when the narrator is an external entity with its own motivations and agendas and the script it makes you follow is not the one you are confined to but be well aware that all folly has its limits and all relationships might sour

[scopophobia-polaris]

The fact I have to boot up totk AGAIN, honest to God yall after I make this one fuckass post it is au only I am not doing zelda discourse no more

[protagonist-art]

"Uh- I'm Arnold. Bennett. It's profoundly difficult to get your lifes works and studies accepted if your name isn't... yes, oh! Are you a fan of moths, sir?"

NEW RDR2 OC!! a reclusive, clumsy entomologist and bug collector; cooped up in his study of uniformed clutter

[solargeist]

majoras mask is my favorite game!! i love it sooo much

It’s really good !! I really love the aesthetic and I think it’s very different from any other Zelda game.

However also extremely difficult with no guidance or maybe I’m just a fool, I remember I tried to play it as a kid, but could never get far into it 😭

I always need a guide :P

But uh, the whole concept, the masks being souls that Link essentially is possessed by/piloting, is so good, it’s so haunting to slowly realize this !

I love Deku link hes so little : ) everyone is so mean to him : (

[alphagirl404]

For the zelda asks: 💣 🐳 👊?

💣 Favorite Zelda Item/Weapon?

I don't think this counts but I did like using the Bomb Rune alot in BotW. And Bomb Flowers in TotK (I guess I just like blowing things up).

SkSw on the other hand I think it be the Beetle cause I recall using that one the most in my playthroughs

🐳 If you were a Zelda character, what race would you be?

I think maybe a Rito. I really their designs in BotW/TotK. Plus flying sounds more fun & convenient to me.

👊 Favorite Zelda Villain/Boss?

If we're talking about design wise, I say TP Ganondorf is peak to me.

But in terms of character, I think we know who...

[rawliverandgoronspice]

Are Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess a trilogy?

Hmmm I think it's one of the potential ones? I always feel strange to leave Wind Waker out of the equation since I think the game is incredibly enriched in the context of the others (and vice-versa), but I suppose the pseudo-different timeline shenanigans do separate them pretty drastically?

Either way, to me it does feel like those three tell a pretty specific story that can be followed from beginning to end. The only character that somewhat gets lost in the sauce is OoT Zelda, who disappears quietly in the MM's flashback, never to be heard from again even though her role is pretty major in the setup to Twilight Princess (and Navi too, I suppose????)

The thematic arc we go through is also extremely interesting I think, if the three games are meant to tell a complete story!

We have a little boy forced to grow up too fast, ripped from a simple wondrous world he had control over to something much darker, revealing the cracks in what used to be comforting and simple --only to end the game thrown back in that very world now unfamiliar, unrecognizable and inherently fragile. Then we have Majora's Mask, which is *about* the most violent way possible to process that whole situation laid bare at its more frightening and overwhelming expression, but at least forces Link to reckon with these feelings and his sense of lost humanity; recovering himself and handling this trauma through enacting meaningful, small and personal connections (<3 this game!!!!). And then, we have Twilight Princess, which is basically a lot about the echoes of that previous thing, the long-lasting cultural/personal damage of both envy/greed/power obsession BUT ALSO injustice; and TP is among the best attempts the series ever had at sympathizing with the monstrous, as there's a huge throughline of moral values being something everybody has to reckon with and is capable of developing for themselves.

We start very black and white, that falls apart; we have to find meaning again in each other; everyone is accountable for and capable of doing the same.

Yeah, I think there's a lot to say about considering these three games a continuation of this very potent idea.

[thedeafprophet]

Arms for jamie

:)

arms: Does your OC have any weapons? What weapons do they carry, and how do they wear them when they're not fighting?

"The pen is mightier than the sword" is a phrase Jamie holds to rather closely. Their primary weapons are their words and posturing - they know how to talk their way out of situations, as much as they talk their way into them.

They know, logically, that even if they are not particularly weak, they stand next to no chance against the actual powerful beings that lurk within the neath. If push came to shove, they know that they would lose.

So they stick their writings and their talking, persuasive and mithridacy, and hope the time never comes where their words fail them.

....but I know what you were really after here. Yes, Jamie does own a gun, for worse case scenarios. It never does well in a place such as London to be completely unarmed, even if they have no real intent to use it.

Jamie keeps it in a drawer in their office desk, set aside in a locked case, should the time come that they need it. I believe it was a webley mark 2 that you suggested for the model?

Of course, it doesn't actually help them much in the face of actual threats :)

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