#time to go replay portal i guess holy shit

[wiktorianala]

Ma yapping about a game I just finished if anyone would care (and probably at some point getting out of topic, so just starting to talk about other stuffs)\/

Ok, so I just finished dsaf3 "good ending" and... what the fuck. Just to make things straight I accually replayed it 2nd time now, because 1st time was few hours ago, in the morning with no sleep so my brain was almost turned off, so ending seemed, not really interesting, nor emotional, at least not as much as innternet maked it seem, so that's why I just replayed it from last save (I just woke up so brain working just finey) and OH MY GOD WHO LET THIS MAN COOK? Like I've gotta say, I thought that I was "crying" hard over "evil route" (because honestly it not really made me cry but rather left me sad as fuck and not knowing what to do with myself), but holy shit after this thing I genuelly was in front of screen crying like a little fuckin baby (and stil left not knowing what to do with myself). I don't really think any game ever made me cry this hard, nah I bet I could say any piece of media. Gosh even now I want to cry again. Anyway I honestly was suprised that part that mostly break me was not the after battle with henry on flipside, but rather, at the end just thos tumbstones and all. Maybe because it all just cumulated at the end, I dunno. Honestly it's surelly gotta be for me one of thos games, for which I wish I could erase my memory, just to expirience them once more for first time. Closest to this might be when I'll finally get out of phase for it, for a longer time, just to replay entire serie again. Gotta say that arter palying all mayor routes from all 3 games (+ quite a few smaller ones) this serie surelly jumps into "fave games" category, right under portal2 (which is hightest place a game for me can go, because srry, but I hold very nostalgic connection for portal, and even if I'll find a game that I'll like more, thare's just like, I dunno a part of me saying "nostalgia at first place" so I can do shit about it), and that means I really fckn enjoyed it, because for now my faves only had "tier one (AKA. portal2)", and "tier two" wich was rest of my fave games, and now it has tier one (still the same), tier two which now include dsaf and tier three which is rest of faves (and if someone's interested "how much games are then here rn in total", answear would be... lemme check, It's five games in total on my fave list or more like "tha ultimate fave ones", and it's not because I play not many games, but rather that I rarelly find games that strike me in the way that, I don't know how to put it into words. I guess I just rarelly find "that one" type of stuff). Wait... didn't I get off topic? Hard to say. Ok, so anyway I really enjoyed it despite all of the cryies that occured ( and by this I mean not only 3rd game but honestly entire franchise because on "good ending" in 2nd game I broke too, and on just as I said somewhere before on "evil route" in 3rd too (on first one not thought, but it doesn't make me like it less) ( but no matter what 3rd is surelly my fave out of all)). And when I'll put my mind together , I'll think about concept for fanart (just like with evil route, a fanart directly of an specific ending) and maybe in spare time will make some doodles ( I'll have to think about in which art style it'll be(or wich one will fit it the best)). I know- I know I tend to make quite a lot (at least for my standards) arts from dsaf, BUT IT'S MY CURRENT FIXATION SO, I'M SORRRRRY. I guess next game I'll be playing will be dialtown, but for that to happen i want it to get on sale (just, so I could buy base game with dlc in price of just base (I know it don't work that way but I don't care))Yeah so ummm, that's all? I guess yes. Just like last time I bet noones reading that(and I don't mind it, after all I'm the one who decides to don't add tags to any just txt type of post, just so it won't pop up at any random person page, god it would feel awkward, especially looking at the point that I'm just writing the way that I would talk to someone so "first thing that comes to mind get noted" so after some amount of time, stuffs that I write feel really stupid/cringey. Shit I'm off topic again) Anyway, Byee~*

[rayearthdudette]

Replaying LoZ:TP for the first time in years, maybe even a decade because it is in fact, That Fucking Old™. Genuinely forgot how much I love this game, so it's a delightful surprise to rediscover it XD That said, some hot takes and as I go commentary; Malo scares me. A child that small and that chubby cheeked should not be so fucking sassy and well spoken.

Does.. Does the Ordona shopkeeer's husband have a hitler-stache?!?! *zooms in first person* HOLY FUCK HE DOES!! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS HIS MOUTH IN A PERMANENT FROWN!!!! *screaming*

Ya know... The amount of force that Bublin just applied in clubbing Link in the head should've caved his skull in. But then there wouldn't be a game now would there?

MIDNAMIDNAMIDNAMIDNAMIDNAMIDNA!! Also wolfo Link is my jam.

I... I died.. I died? In.. In the beginner stage?? Shit, I'm more outta practice than I thought!

Huh.. Do my eyes decieve me.. Or is that a chest somewhere in the mists that I completely missed?? Eh.. Not gonna bother, monkey time.

I know the first boss is supposed to be easy... But COME ON!! Diababa gets taken down so ridiculously fast FFS!!

*SHRIEKING NOISES* EVERYFUCKINGTIME!! MR. MAILMAN DO YOU HAVE TO SCARE ME OUTTA MY PANTS?!?!

Hmmmm this Kakariko scene is sweet and all (Not you Barnes, whythefuck would you say that shit in front of /kids/ come the fuck on), but its made me realize how.. empty the place is. Like.. Shit. Did the twilight monsters just.. Kill everyone? Not counting the Gorons that come later on, and the Ordona kids, there are three (THREE!!) original people in that entire town... Suddenly Barnes' sheer terror makes sense (He still shouldn't have said what he did in front of younger ears, no matter how scared he was imho)

Goron. Nipples. Why? Design team.. Why? The Elders are kinda cool but Rock. Hard. Nipples. In ma face. Stahp. Go away. I can't stop staring 😫

*singing in frustration* I GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT I GET UP AGAIN YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN!!

Wait.. Did I seriously already finish the first two temples?? Huh. Ok. Guess its Shiny Bug Collection Time. Because Agatha is Best Princess. Fite Me.

Oooooooooo final area of twilight! The biggest! The baddest! The most fucking annoying one! .... But at least I get to see Zoras soon. I love the design of the BotW Zoras don't get me wrong, but TP Zoras are just gorgeous, and and and Rutela is sooo pretty GAH!

Oh hey. Creepy as FUCK cutscene. I didn't miss you. Don't call me ever again.

Oh.. Oh joy.. I forgot about the "large open world" and "side quest for collectibles" bit. Not that I don't enjoy it, it just kinda overwhelmed me how much I've got to do.... Imma just wait until I can go wolfo at will 😅

MOTHERFUCKER THAT SCARED ME!! Forgot there was gonna be a portal at the upper zora river, was just doing my thing and suddenly BOOM! twilight monsters JFC my heart 😭

This escort mission was supposed to be hard, wasn't it?? I distinctly remember crying honest to gods tears over that damn wagon... I was also like.. thirteen back then tho.. Playing on a teeny tiny 10"x10" TV. Well at least there was considerably less tears this time. Same amount of cursing tho.

Aaaaaand that's what I got so far, just from my weekend of playing, will add more as I continue because my enthusiasm for this game is still through the roof XD

[evajellion]

Replaying Assault, part 4

Holy fuck, I love Corneria in this game.

No, really. In my opinion, it’s the best level in this game. Seriously, it looks like an actual, futuristic city in Assault, as opposed to being the building block city in 64 (which was still comfy, mind you).

There’s shit going on here, like you see the damage that the Aparoids have done, which includes a news broadcast. Cornerian soldiers are corrupted, and you have to shoot them down. Nothing is safe from these things, not even General Pepper.

You know what? The Aparoids, have gotten closer to victory than Andross ever has. Seriously, in terms of threat level?

Aparoid Queen > Andross > Anglar Emperor > General Scales = Captain Shears

All Andross did was attack Corneria’s city. The Aparoids? They take control of the army, and their General. They may not have the best design to some people, or the greatest backstory, but between Pigma’s transformation and this level, this is where you started seeing how awful the Aparoids were. 

And I love that.

Anyway, the first half of this level is dealing with gimmick-y enemies that are jamming the radars. If you get too close to them, they’ll vanish, so you have to time your shots just right and snipe them. Thankfully, other enemies don’t completely clutter around you like they did in Sauria, so it was a challenge that didn’t feel unfair. You also have buildings in the way, which make it hard to save your allies when you can’t see them, so you have to make your shots count.

After that, Fox gets his Arwing dropped down, but the Aparoids destroy it and corner him. Surprise, surprise, Wolf comes in to help, and you get to do the same thing you did on Fichina, with that sweet Star Wolf theme playing.

Actual banter will go on as your shooting down enemies, which is good, because like I said… Star Wolf just wasn’t very interesting in Sargasso, so this helps them a little bit. However, their Wolfens in Meteo are still unexplained.

General Pepper shows up in his ship, corrupted by the Aparoids, and it’s horrifying for everyone (though, Falco and Slippy’s reactions don’t seem serious at all). Yes! Good, where the hell was this reaction when Pigma was twisted into that… thing!? Again, I know that General Pepper is the one that people value, but there should have been a reaction like this one!

You have no choice but to shoot down General Pepper, and he’s the only boss who puts up a fight so far. I actually died to him, because I wasn’t too sure how to avoid certain attacks. (is there a proper “dodge” button with the on-wing sections..?) After you defeat him, and it seems like he’s gonna crash and burn, Peppy flies in with an Arwing, just so the General’s landing isn’t so rough.

See Miyamoto? That’s how you show how important General Pepper is to the Star Fox team. Not that morally ambiguous, pointless portal shit that led to nothing in Zero. Peppy made a sacrifice that could have injured him, just to make sure his old friend wouldn’t die.

Great level. Alright, as for the Orbital Gate… well… it’s literally Sector Z, but with the Cornerian Army helping out like in Katina, and Star Wolf eventually joins in. There are missiles threatening the Orbital Gate, while Slippy’s dad works on a self-destruct device for the Aparoid Queen, you have to defend it like you had to for the Great Fox in 64.

I hated Sector Z in 64. It’s easily the worst level in the game, and unless I’m going for the medal, I usually prefer to go to Macbeth instead. The Orbital Gate is a bit less annoying, since your allies aren’t going to actively steal your kills, and the missiles are easy enough to take out.

Well, except for the big, “fuck you” missile at the end, which I… guess is the boss? It splits into three sections, and I died about 2-3 times, because I didn’t know where to shoot, and I kept running into the damn thing. This would have been the one time where I would have preferred if my allies helped out.

So… after this, is the Aparoid Homeworld, and the queen herself. Then, the game is done with pretty much. I’m aware of that one thing that happens in the Aparoid Homeworld, so I’m probably going to complain about it.