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About Me: Favorite Video Games

So you may not know this, but I’m a gamer. Shocking, right? Who’d ever have guessed it? But to be totally fair here, I rarely talk about video games on Tumblr. I talk about movies, and there have been a handful of times where I reviewed video games, but I focused more on the story, characters, and all that then I did on whether or not the gameplay was good. In my earliest days, before I found my niche, I talked about games a fair deal, but that fell by the wayside so I could focus on films (my true passion).

So hey, look at this! You’re all going to get to see what my favorite video games are now! Remember, everything here is just my personal opinions; I'm not trying to give actual reviews of each of these games in a couple of sentences or trying to sell you on them, I'm talking about the stuff in them that makes me love them. All of this is my subjective opinion, and I'm not asking you to agree with me here, I'm just trying to talk about stuff that I love.

Oh, and here are some honorable mentions: Super Mario Bros. 3, Banjo-Kazooie (I still haven’t finished it and I don’t want to include games I haven’t played through), Kid Icarus: Uprising, Bayonetta 2, Injustice 2, BioShock, Doom Eternal, Super Metroid, Dragon Age II, God of War II, Castlevania: Aria/Dawn of Sorrow, The Wolf Among Us, The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando/Up Your Arsenal, and Heritage for the Future. Also a shout out to Tell Me Why and Life is Strange, games I watched my wife play and loved the story of but that I didn’t actually play myself; the former in particular has all sorts of elements I love in my stories.

Now, without further ado, here’s my top 50! Oh, and only the top 30 have pictures because there's image limits on posts! What a load of BS!

50. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Ok, maybe this game is lacking in a few areas at the expense of its massive customization system… but boy howdy what a system it is! I cannot tell you how much time I’ve sunk into decorating my island, reorganizing my villagers, and just making all sorts of weird themed areas. It’s a lot of fun, and I get to do all this work while hanging with a bunch of weird, cute animals.

49. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R

The original game was a lot of fun, but even I’ll admit it felt like it was missing something. That something was probably Foo Fighter, but guess what? She’s in the updated rerelease, along with aslew of other new characters like my favorite minor antagonist Mariah and the bane of Heritage for the Future players, Pet Shop! Add onto that a much better campaign mode with some fun little AU shenanigan matches and you have the most loving fighting game tribute to JJBA imaginable! Now if only they’d give Part 8 a little more love...

48. Batman: Arkham Origins

This is the redheaded stepchild of the Arkham series, and on some level I get why. It is very much aping City, right down to the map despite their being some expansions here and there, and the combat is much more of the same with little in the way of evolution, and don’t get me started on the fucking Joker showing up again. But this game also features some of the best bosses in the series such as Firefly and especially Deathstroke, a Bane who isn’t just a mindless mass of muscles like in the other games, and some interesting sidequests that make this early look at Batman’s superheroics a worthwhile entry in my eyes.

47. Miitopia

This is one of the easiest games out there, what with the autopilot combat and minimal difficulty (though there is a big spike late in the game). But the sheer vastness of the facial customization means that literally anyone from all of art or history can take part in a wacky, cliché RPG adventure. Hank Hill can fight the evil overlord Seth MacFarlane with a crew consisting of Chowder, Thor, and Japanese comedian/director/actor Beat Takeshi. If that’s not worth the price of admission, I don’t know what is.

46. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

The DS is where Castlevania truly shined, and my favorite of all the handheld entries is this portrait-hopping journey to defeat a mad artist and his evil vampire children. The locations are pretty great, there’s tons of sidequests and alternate game modes (my favorite is the one where you play as the Old Axe Armor), and there’s an awesome brutal bonus dungeon where you get to fight the bosses from Dawn of Sorrow without the stupid drawing bullshit!

45. Maximo vs. Army of Zin

The original game was a fun, yet very flawed action platformer. This game veers more into the hack-and-slash genre to great effect; it’s not the deepest combat ever, but it’s a lot of fun, with much better platform, bosses, and story than the first game. There’s just something cool about a world that mixes Gothic horror, steampunk, and other fantasy elements together all in one place.

44. God Hand

This is one of the most deceptive games you’ll ever come across. On the surface, it might seem like an ugly beat-em-up, but it’s so much more than that. The bosses are brutal yet fantastic, the music is fucking incredible, and the humor is just the right level of absurd to be incredibly charming. It’s ball-bustingly difficult, but let me tell you, when you finally overcome a fight or a boss battle that’s been giving you trouble? It is literally the best feeling in the world.

43. South Park: The Stick of Truth

‘Member when South Park was funny? I ‘member. And The Stick of Truth really brings back all those memories because this is a hilarious and loving tribute to the series made with the help of Trey Parker and Matt Stone to deliver the playable South Park experience of your dreams. It’s gross, immature, raunchy, and funny, and best of all it doesn’t get too preachy or up its own ass with messages—no, it gets up Mr. Slave’s ass to defuse a bomb. Peak South Park right here, though the gameplay is kind of basic. It’s all carried by that stellar writing.

42. Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity

This game mainly scores a spot on my list for being fucking hilarious. This is the funniest Crash Bandicoot ever got, with all sorts of wacky gags and clever dialogue. Cortex really is the MVP here, with the constant slapstick that befalls him combined with his snarky dialogue making him a standout. It’s a bummer so much was cut from the game, and it does feel a bit incomplete in some areas, but for what it is it’s a damn fun time.

41. Pokemon White/White 2

It was genuinely hard to pick a single game from the series to go on here considering how much I loved Gens III – V. Emerald perfected the generation I first got into the series, LeafGreen is the definitive Kanto experience to me, Platinum polished up Gen IV’s uneven debut and made it incredible, and SoulSilver is a fantastic remake of the first Pokemon game I ever played (Crystal). But I think I have to go with the Gen V games I played as my favorites. They’re fun and challenging, and while the first game has a ridiculously restrictive regional dex and the second has an overreliance on defunct wi-fi features, the fantastic story and fun new Pokemon make up for it. Can’t be too mad at the games that let me make trashy cult classic B-movies with my boy Garbodor, can I?

40. Batman: Arkham Knight

I put off playing this for years, because I wasn’t happy with some of the things I heard about it, such as a lack of traditional boss battles and an overreliance on the Batmobile. These are still problems, but not near as bad as I feared (obviously, since it’s on this list); everything about the gameplay is the series at its peak. The main story is a bit lacking and ends up being a tad too predictable for me to love it as much as the other entries in the series, but the fact it has Professor Pyg and Man-Bat really helps make up for its shortcomings.

39. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

This game is just as silly and clunky as I imagined an older Bethesda game would be, but to my surprise I think it holds up incredibly well even compared to Skyrim. It’s a bit more complex in a lot of areas, but it’s not too daunting. What really strikes me is how this game actually has a really good story; it’s nothing groundbreaking, but when you look at how bad the Civil War plot in Skyrim was it feels like Shakespeare in comparison. Throw in a ton of unique sidequests with interesting plotlines, a gruesome Dark Brotherhood plot, an interesting villain, and Patrick Stewart for all of about five minutes, and I’d almost say I like this more than Skyrim. Almost.

38. Wolfenstein: The New Order

Sure, it doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel when it comes to FPS games, but does it need to? All I want from a Wolfenstein game is a horde of Nazi motherfuckers to mow down, and guess what this game gives me? What really surprised me was how genuinely cool and likable BJ was. He might be one of my favorite heroes ever after this game. It’s a shame they couldn’t keep this level of polish up in the sequel.

37. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

In a lot of ways, this game is objectively worse than its predecessor. Like the story is ass for sure; I could not give less of a fuck about the Stormcloaks and the Imperials and their stupid civil war if I tried. But the vast world filled with things to do is so much fun to explore, and there’s all sorts of sidequests and shenanigans to get into. This game is pure, stupid fun, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve restarted it just to play as a different race or class. Maybe someday I’ll make it to the final boss. Maybe.

36. Psychonauts

The original Psychonauts is one of the last great platformers, and among them it’s a lot more unique than many of its peers as you’re platforming through the minds of all sorts of wacky characters to help them overcome their issues. Bouncing through the conspiracy theory-addled brain of a disturbed milkman or decimating a city kaiju style inside the mind of a hyper-intelligent mutant lungfish are the kind of off-the-wall ideas this game throws at you, and in my opinion the only thing that could hold it back is if it had a really janky final level that combines meat, circuses, escort missions, and an underwhelming final boss… Oops. Still a great game in my eyes, one that’s 95% perfect.

35. Final Fantasy VI

For a lot of people, this is the best Final Fantasy game, and I definitely see why. It has a truly massive playable roster of unique characters with their own special gimmicks (of which only a handful are actually useful, mind you) and one of the greatest video game villains ever conceived in the mad clown Kefka, plus it is so focused and tightly plotted for the first half of the game. I think that after Kefka takes over the story becomes a lot more aimless and unfocused, but that’s also where the game becomes a lot more fun and challenging too. It’s a bit uneven, but after how hard the opera house scene goes I think it’s allowed to trip a little bit.

34. Dragon Age: Origins

A lot more praise is thrown at this series’ sci-fi sibling Mass Effect, probably because that series is a lot more consistent with how good it is across the board (Andromeda notwithstanding), but I’m much more fond of fantasy settings myself and this game delivers a fantastic one in ways its sequels couldn’t quite manage. This is the only game in the series where I genuinely loved every single party member (especially Leliana) and actively tried to get them the happiest endings possible—yes, even the douchebag anti-villain who joins you if you play your cards right), and the plot is just the right level of epic fantasy cheese seasoned with some delicious side quests. If the dwarf plotline wasn’t such a slog and if Varric was in the game, this would be a lot higher on the list, but this game still holds a special place in my heart.

33. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Our first trip into the Asylum really did kill the notion that licensed games had to be the most obnoxious shovelware schlock imaginable by making a Batman game that actually makes you feel like Batman. Sure, the detective part is a bit minimal here compared to the sequels, but the combat is so fun and refreshing that I’m not too bothered by the lack of crime scene investigations. There’s a clear love for the entire mythos here, and best of all a clear love for the animated series—Hamill and Conroy reprise their roles as Joker and Batman respectively, and Arleen Sorkin gives Harley one last ride before her retirement. It’s a real love letter to the Dark Knight, and it spawned one of the most consistently good video game series around, so I’ll forgive it for having the lamest final boss I’ve ever fought just this once.

32. Kingdom Hearts

What I like about the original game is how it struck such a nice balance in its absurd premise, with it never feeling like the Final Fantasy or Disney elements are really overpowering each other. We have the grandiose, convoluted plots of the former and the magic, whimsy, and awesome villains of the latter combining together into one impressive package. Yeah, a lot of the level designs are dogshit (looking at you, Deep Jungle and Monstro), and some of the stunt casting is really bizarre (Lance Bass as Sephiroth?!) but overall this is a game way better than you’d think by hearing that it’s a game where Mickey Mouse and Cloud Strife exist side by side.

31. Super Mario 64

Mamma mia! It is genuinely impossible for me to not feel nostalgic for this game. So many 3D platformers that came out in its wake took what it did and polished it to absurd degrees, but there’s still something so special about diving back into one of the portraits in Peach’s castle and going through those levels again and again. The music and atmosphere of the game add onto it; every time I play it, I feel like a kid again. It’s just such a charming game.

30. MediEvil

If Tim Burton made a Gothic horror fantasy movie, I imagine it would be something like this game. It really uses the limitations of the PS1’s graphics to the fullest extent, with the jagged polygonal looks of the characters enhancing the experience, and it has such a crazy variety of levels and enemies, from a phantom pirate ship to a crystal cave with a dragon to a village of posessed villagers to an ant hill. Sir Daniel Fortesque is one of my favorite video game protagonists around because of his posthumous journey to live up to the legend fabricated around him.

29. God of War III

Every single one of these games just escalates from the previous one. Oh, you fight the hydra in the opening of the first game? How about you fight through Rhodes and then battle the animated colossus that once stood in its port in the second? And how do you top that for the third game? Beat the ever-loving shit out of Poseidon and gouge his eyes out from his POV. And this game only gets more brutal from there! Titans and gods all fall to Kratos in epic and gory boss battles, but honestly even without that I’d put the game on this list for the simple reason that you get to fucking murder Kevin Sorbo as Hercules.

28. EarthBound

Nintendo’s quirkiest RPG makes the cut, mostly on the basis of how weird and charming it is. At this point I’ve essentially memorized everything you need to do in this game, which is good because if it’s your first time you desperately need a guide or you’ll be fucked. There are points where things get a little too grindy (mostly for Poo’s weapons) but it’s genuinely a game whose charms outweigh any negatives there are. Plus, that final boss battle is something else entirely.

27. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Rebirth and all of its DLC updates took everything great about the original game and polished it into absolute perfection, with so many different item combos you could potentially get and so many bosses and endgames you could encounter. No two runs ever really feel the same, and it’s so satisfying to become so overpowered you nuke the screen every time you attack. The fact there’s a thriving modding community to continually generate new and crazier content also adds to why I have a ridiculous number of hours dumped into this game.

26. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard

This is the first Resident Evil game I ever played and, wow, I sure was missing out all those years! This is one of the most tense survival horror experiences I’ve played through, with a creepy family of hillbilly horrors to avoid as I creep through their ramshackle domicile. It’s fun, creepy, and even a little campy, and it has raised my interest in the rest of the series. Hopefully the game with the giant vampire mommy will live up to how good this one is when I finally get around to playing it.

25. Portal 2

Yes, the puzzles are great, but this game really soars due to its writing. The first game was fun and all, but it was mostly just GLaDOS insulting you the whole time with Chell being an entirely silent protagonist. In this game, we get the lovable idiot Wheatley and the greatest mad scientist ever conceived Cave Johnson to listen to as well, and the way GLaDOS bounces off the former and reacts to the latter help make this game a fun and engaging puzzle-solving adventure.

24. Doom

The legendary FPS series got revitalized after years on the edge of relevancy, and its return is one of the most metal games imaginable. Slaughtering your way through the forces of Hell while heavy metal blares in the background? It really doesn’t get much better than this. While I do think Eternal improved the formula and gameplay in a lot of ways (particularly with the addition of an awesome hub level), I find the original to be way more fun and balanced in terms of difficulty. The lack of Marauders is really what gives it the slightest of edges.

23. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Nobody got left behind for this one. Everyone across the series came back, and then they went and added even more to give us the most ambitious crossover of all time. Ridley, Simon Belmont, Sora, Sephiroth, Kazuya, and more all get to duke it out on the best stages of the series as well as some fresh new ones, and every character plays even better and more balanced than they ever have before. While the single player campaign isn’t quite as exciting as Subspace Emissary from Brawl, it still manages to be a pretty epic quest with fun boss battles. This is just the definitive Smash experience in my opinion.

22. Red Dead Redemption

My daughter has affectionately labeled this game “Horse Movie,” and she’s not wrong. This is a true cowboy experience right here, with lots of gunfights and horse wrangling, and it’s all a blast. The story in particular is really well done, and there’s plenty of fun side quests too. Maybe the gunfights get a bit samey after a while, but it’s an enjoyable open world to explore and is filled with oddities and mysteries galore.

21. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

The first Metal Gear game to make the list, and easily the most underrated of the bunch. It gets a lot of flak for the missing final episode that would have had Venom fight the young Liquid Snake, and while it does suck that that moment isn’t in the game, the story still feels plenty complete and well-done without it. Venom might be one of the most fascinating characters in the series, and the game has some of the most brutal gutpunches and tearjerking moments in the franchise. Maybe it’s just because I’m predisposed to love Metal Gear, but I loved this game even though I was well aware of what it didn’t have.

20. Final Fantasy VII

Not to be a basic bitch, but this is my favorite Final Fantasy. I mean, the cast is all so cool and fun, the story is great, Sephiroth is an amazing villain, and there’s plenty of obscure and obtuse ways of finding secrets that make a strategy guide practically mandatory if you want the most out of the game. What’s not to love? I think I was mostly surprised by how good the game actually was; it’s always high on lists of the best games ever, and it definitely earns that. The fact that Aerith’s death still made me tear up despite being common knowledge is a testament to just how amazing this Fantasy is.

19. Mother 3

EarthBound coasts by on its fun, lighthearted quirkiness… but what if you took that and applied heaping helpings of darkness and a more solid story? That’s Mother 3, a beautiful tale filled with the same out there humor as its predecessor as well as a lot of more mature and deeper themes than even the original tackled (mind you, Earthbound wasn’t devoid of deeper themes to begin with, so this is saying something). The ending is one of the few times I have openly sobbed while playing a video game. They need to officially release this in the West, because I will buy it day one. Fuck, I’ll pre-order it!

18. Yoshi’s Island

If this game was only one of the most charmingly animated games ever made, that would be enough to earn it at least some respect. But it’s also one of the best platformers in a series that invented the genre, centered around a truly inspired baby-carrying gimmick and featuring all manner of creative boss battles and one of the most earwormy soundtracks ever made. That’s enough to get it a spot on this list, but the fact it solidified Shy Guys as a Mario mainstay and not just a one-shot enemy? That gets it into my top 20.

17. Spyro Reignited Trilogy

It’s kind of cheating since it’s all three games in one package, but it’s my list, I make the rules. I view this as the definitive way to play Spyro; the redesigns are all fantastic (especially Elora) and the fact Tom Kenny is now the lovable purple scamp across all three games is wonderful. They even made the first game more enjoyable and even visually interesting, even though it’s still the weakest link in the series! And as much of a Crash Bandicoot stan as I am, the fact this game allows you to switch between the newly composed arrangements of the songs and the original Copeland tracks is a big W over the Bandicoot remakes only having the new versions of the songs.

16. Metal Gear Rising

This is perhaps the most badass game ever made. The first level has Raiden battling through a war zone and then fighting a RAY singlehandedly, leaping across missiles and slicing it in half while the most fucking awesome metal music blares in the background. The game just decides to get even more insane from there. People have argued against it being canon for years, but these people are stupid. This game is just as insane and politically-charged as the rest of the series, so in my book, it’s fucking canon.

15. Undertale

This game’s time in the spotlight has faded a bit, but that only makes it easier for me to look back on it and say, “Damn, that’s one of the finest games ever made.” It has all the quirkiness of the Mother series with unique combat and a stellar story, a cast of likable characters, and some of the best boss fights I’ve ever been through. Best of all, it’s a game that practically encourages and even rewards you for being nice! I still love it, even after all the discourse and skyrocketing popularity, and nothing will make me budge on that love.

14. Hades

I’m a big fan of Greek mythology, so this is yet another game that would have had to try really hard to make me hate it. Thankfully, all its efforts were put into areas that made me love it instead. While the roguelike gameplay is well done, the writing and story are really the stars here, with fantastic character interactions between desperate god Zagreus, the gods of Olympus, and the various denizens of the underworld really making this game something truly special.

13. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

Sometimes this game feels like the designers saw all those articles and reviews comparing the first game to Dark Souls and took it to heart, because some of the levels in this game are absolutely brutal—especially if you’re going for 100% completion. But that same difficulty makes playing through the levels a lot of fun as well; it’s probably the most challenging Crash outing to date. It really polishes and updates the Crash formula for the modern age, and hopefully they expand on this in a future game. If nothing else, it finally lets you play as Dingodile, which is a dream come true.

12. Grand Theft Auto V

It’s wacky. It’s cartoonish. It has a surprisingly good story about three criminals from different walks of life becoming fire-forged friends as they violently work out their emotional issues. There’s just so much to do and so much to see, all sorts of collectibles and side missions, and more black comedy than you can shake a stick at, and all of it is made all the more enjoyable because the main villain protagonists are a likable bunch of nutjobs. Hell, sometimes I just like to hop into a car, put on some tunes, and cruise around until I can cause some mayhem, and the fact that’s just as valid as doing a bunch of story missions really makes me love the game.

11. Silent Hill 2

While the first and third games are good in their own rights, I vastly prefer the psychological horror and the monsters manifesting as living allegories for trauma with heavy and dark symbolism as opposed to the evil cult narrative. Plus, you know, this one has Pyramid Head in it, and his presence makes sense instead of simply being there cuz he’s cool.

10. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials & Tribulations

The Ace Attorney series is one of my favorites, and I love just about all the games in it and even the ones I don’t love always have one or two solid cases that keep me coming back. But pound for pound my favorite game in the series is the third one, the one that lets you play as Mia Fey, introduces the callous murderer Dahlia Hawthorne, and has you match wits with the coffee-guzzling prosecutor Godot. Even the filler cases are entertaining, with the one where Phoenix has to get to the bottom of a murder involving his evil doppleganger being wildly amusing (which is more than can be said for that circus case in the second game or cases two through three in the fourth).

9. Live A Live

Few games can boast the sheer variety this game has on display, with levels changing up their style to give everything from standard RPG fair to a prolonged timed puzzle to a fighting game pastiche to an incredibly tense survival horror experience. We also have the precursor to Undertale here in a ninja-themed level where you can spare everyone you come across or otherwise brutally murder them. And while the stories remain relatively simple in every time period you visit, it doesn’t stop them from hitting hard when they need to, like with the fantasy RPG deconstruction that is Oersted’s chapter. This game would easily have switched places with the next game if the final level played a bit more to the game’s strengths, but hey, it’s still good enough to be in the top 10.

8. Chrono Trigger

Square’s other time travel story is definitely the superior one even if it’s a traditional JRPG through and through. Of course, that is because it completely and fully takes advantage of its premise, with actions you take in one time period affecting others in turn, not to mention the vast amount of bonus bosses and sidequests there are to keep the multiple playthroughs to acquire all the endings fresh and fun. I’ve sunk so much time into getting all the endings on the DS version, and I’ve never once been bored even after visiting the Middle Ages or the ruined future world a dozen times.

7. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

There are few games that I love revisiting more than this one. This is Metroidvania at its peak, a perfect blend of action, platforming, and RPG elements into one glorious Gothic horror monster mash package. What’s truly fun with this one is the myriad ways there are to bust the game right open. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve grinded for hours so that I could dual-wield Crissaegrims and trivialize the Dracula and Galamoth battles.

6. Psychonauts 2

The original Psychonauts is fun and quirky, and is only really held back by a pretty sloppy final level. This game, though? This game is damn near perfect. Nearly every level here is fun and memorable, and the ways Raz has to help each person deal with their mental trauma is a lot more nuanced and tasteful than the original game’s fair-for-its-time takes on dealing with mental illness. The minds of Ford’s old crew as well as Ford himself provide some of the best Psychonauts content to date, and really, who can hate a level that ends with Jack Black as a gay psychic rock star viking performing a musical number to obliterate his own insecurities?

5. Kingdom Hearts II

This is where the Kingdom Hearts franchise peaked, and it’s a high note they’ve yet to reach again. Sure, the tutorial prologue level drags on for quite a long while, but once you get to play as Sora again, ooh boy is this basically the perfect meeting of the worlds of Disney and Square. The Disney worlds are a lot more fleshed out and have twice the plot due to midgame return visits, the combat is more exciting with fun little reaction commands to let you pull off crazy maneuvers, and you get to hang out with Tron and the most based of all Disney heroes, Chicken Little. Best of all, the story manages to strike the perfect balance between being complex and silly without disappearing all the way up its own ass like later entries would.

4. Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

In my house, there was a legend that I had beaten this game to completion one hundred times. I’m not entirely sure how accurate that is, but considering how often I replayed this growing up it can’t be too far off. This is one of the most gorgeous platformers around, and Naughty Dog’s final shot at a genre they’d perfected with their Crash Bandicoot games. Even all these years later the visuals are breathtaking; I still am in awe at how you can see the entire world from atop Snowy Mountain. Every day I cry because they decided to turn the series into GTA clones instead of continuing to explore the gorgeous fantasy world they created in this game.

3. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

The original Crash Bandicoot was the first game I ever played, and the rest of the series were cornerstones of my childhood. Imagine how elated I was when they not only remade the games, but they created the single definitive way to play them! Sure, the soundtrack being redone can be a little hit or miss, but they completely unfucked the brutal difficulty of the first game (and this is even with adding back the ball-bustingly hard “Stormy Ascent” level) and for the most part left the latter two games entirely untouched save a graphical boost and the ability to play as my girl Coco. Playable Coco alone makes this a dream come true.

2. Batman: Arkham City

The Arkham series is one of the most consistently great series, and this is its greatest entry. The titular city is massive, with so many things to do, and the combat and puzzles are polished to perfection. Add in some actual detective work, some truly epic boss battles against iconic Batman villains like Clayface and Mr. Freeze (and also Solomon Grundy, because why the fuck not?), the ability to play as Catwoman, and one of the most shocking and tragic tales the Dark Knight has ever been in, and I’m more than happy to call it my second favorite game ever.

1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Of course, there was no hope Arkham City had at overcoming this game. This is Kojima’s magnum opus, not least because the entire rest of the Metal Gear series revolves around the events that transpire in this story. After the mindfuck that was the second game, it’s nice to return to a more coherent story, one detailing how Big Boss came to be the man that Snake fought in Zanzibar Land. Everything in the series sprang forth because of the actions the characters take here, and each subsequent game just makes this one better and better. Every single boss battle is unique and engaging, and the final battle is one of the most heartbreaking moments in all of gaming. I still cry every single time I get to the ending. It's such an amazing game, with a relatively simple yet still strong and convoluted story populated with a Russian madman with inexplicable lightning powers, a spirit medium's ghost, and a man who controls bees. God bless Hideo Kojima, that absolute madman.

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The Owl House X Bayonetta weapon: Macbeth

I like crossovers, both The Owl House and Bayonetta involve witches, here is a design for a set of Bayonetta style guns based on TOH.

I wanted to make it a different color than the three existing gun sets of Bayonetta (Red for Scarborough Fair in 1, Blue for Love is Blue in 2, and Purple for Colour My World in 3) and I love to use the sort of brass/bronze from the Blight Industries Abomatons for Technology stuff in The Owl House. Also instead of the Umbra Witch Moon symbol on the side I went for half of Hooty's face. For the gem on the side I am debating with myself on whether I want it to be just a singular colored gem with the muzzle flash forming a Glyph, or it is a glyph on the side and the muzzle flash is normal.

The name was hard because each of the guns are named after a song, but I for the life of me CANNOT think of a song that would fit this crossover. So I went with a Play, Macbeth. Because one thing I fond out was when looking into the origin of the Word "Weird" it's most well known usage was the Weird Sisters in Macbeth, with Weird being connected to them being Witches and being able to control fate. The word "Weird" WAS used before then, but this is where it became more widespread. So Weird and Witches, both fit the Owl House, and then the thing about Fate, which goes into Luz not being a chosen one and "choosing herself". The names are based on the three fates from Greek mythology because the Three weird sisters don't have actual names, but the play does mention Hecate as the Queen of witches and Hecate is the Greek goddess of witchcraft, so I went with the Greek names of the Fates for the names of the other guns. That way I could have all four guns named.

Since I like crossover scenarios, there are two possible origins for this weapon:

1. Bayonetta AU with Luz being in Bayonetta's role, Amity as Jeanne. The Boiling Isles Titan would be who she is contracted to as well as the one associated with this weapon and her Demon Masquerade would be Titan Luz from the finale. I imagine as she runs much like how Bayonetta leaves behind flowers Luz would leave behind the red grass she generates in her final fight. I am currently debating on wether or not I'd want to try and draw this.

2. More Massive Multiplayer Crossover stuff. As universes connect they are still separated by dimensional barriers, but metaphysical planes like the afterlife/hell have much looser barriers allowing transport, resulting in some souls from one universe's afterlife ending up in another. This is bad news for any soul that may end up in Inferno, which includes the soul of the Titan after his sacrifice. The dark magics of Inferno changing him into something more powerful, but also far more destructive. Rodin obviously would be interested in a new piece of work powered by this new type of Demon (a mutated semi-god from another world), but Luz and her friends would be against it because well, this is King's dad, shouldn't they try to help him and not use him as a battery for a weapon? Obviously Infernal Demons from Bayonetta are way above Luz's usual wheelhouse so they try to tell her to not get involved in their business, but I doubt Luz will take that lying down, resulting in her training up under other magic users from other universes in my big BS crossover idea. Bayonetta might be a bit teasing but she does promise to take good care of the Titan, and if Luz does manage to impress her, she'll hand the weapon over so they can try to attempt to cure the Titan's Inferno corruption. But that is obviously going to be a MASSIVE hill for Luz to climb. I know Bayonetta does have a heart but she is still a tease and very casual, plus Luz is someone far below her usual scale of operation that her trying to get involved in their business might be seen as laughable so Bayo and Rodin might tell her to run along and leave this to the adults. Bayonetta seems to have that "I am cooler than you" - level of sass that some people might take the wrong way.

#the owl house #crossover #weapon #weapons #weaponry #bayonetta #toh

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not-playable-character · 2 years ago

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Some thoughts I've had after finishing Bayonetta Origins

Before my rambling mess of thoughts here's some general ones for those who don't wanna read.

Its a great game 8/10, the only issues I have with it are skill issue based and the parts the revolve around bayo 3, its beautiful and complex and I love finally learning some backstory (even if it's for my least favorite adult cereza) all the voice work and music are amazing. the art is amazing as usual. I'd highly recommend playing it if you haven't already. Also be wary for spoilers in the read more.

Ok so the rambles and game theories

This game made me realize (in my mind) why bayo 3 cereza was so... weak and emotionless. If the ending is to be believed, she left the village to travel the world. This means that she didn't have jeannes teachings and was more or less self taught (explaining the fact she can't use 2 different weapons) it also explains why she is so socially awkward, people on their own can lose those social skills and she's been alone for centuries. I do adore little cereza and her growth, but she wouldn't have the uh.. trauma that the others would have, if she left there's not reason for her to return for the war if anything she would stay far far away, and I doubt she would think her mother couldn't handle herself. Her dream at the end even shows her without the shackles so Rosa would be imagined at full power (which is very formidable). It also makes sense to me that since she is the arch eve origin she would be the worst so to speak, she was the origin everyone else deviated from her and gained new strength where she didn't. But this is all my own cracked out game theory and thinking too much about it (it's not that deep im just a hater of 3)

Now onto Lukaon, I hate him more the learn about him. why are we supposed to root for their romance when all he was shown to do was manipulate cereza and try to murder her closest friend, like yeah he was desperate but he was still an antagonist. They also just straight up made him a clone of cereza, I won't go into how much I dislike that trope but I didn't like it in stranger things dont like it here. They are just ruining Luka to me and I don't like that I enjoyed bayo 1 &2 luka but now he is a shell of what he used to be. I will say that due to being a hater, I did call lukaon being a villain from the beginning. What I didn't call was Morgana being evil and being his mom.

Onto jeanne, her little side story has just made her death worse for me. You are telling me that she KNEW how she was going to die and just did nothing. Nah, this woman may be insane but she isn't stupid. She so into preserving the umbra legacy and having them live on, she would just accept her death.

Also on that note, the destiny thing. Platinum seems to be backpeddling on the themes of destiny. Bayo 1&2 were all about how you can change your destiny and that fate isn't set in stone but in 3 and origins they say you cannot change destiny and it will course correct if you do so it will always happen. Which imo is detrimental to the story cuz that was always a good message but whatever I'm not a writer (even if I try to be sometimes)

I've realized this is all me complaining and it makes me seem like I hate this game, I don't, I live it! It's just easier for me to put my complaints into words than just saying "it's great!" Over and over.

I will say I loved all the characters (minus lukaon) and I really wish they used the fairies instead of the lameculus, they were so fun and actually unique! But that wouldn't make sense in the lore (even if it still kinda doesn't, like why are there no good fairies that support the true royals??? Maybe they weren't as popular as lukaon said) anyway love the little guys. And the wisps! They were super cute. I do wish we had more of Cereza and Jeanne interacting as they were supposed to be best friends as kids but im not too upset as cereza was in the forest the whole time (maybe some flashbacks would have been fun) and here I go complaining in my positive section lol. Anyway it's a great game and it actually brought back my enthusiasm for the series

#bayonetta #bayonetta origins #cereza and the lost demon #bayonetta origins spoilers #spoilers #anti lukaon #jeanne bayonetta #cereza bayonetta

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jane-do24 · 8 months ago

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You cannot tell me that jo frost and bayonetta are fighting angels together

#bayonetta #random

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nico-drives-badly · 2 years ago

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Viola from Bayonetta 3 is Nero’s half-sister on his mom’s side. This is 100% canon. You cannot tell me otherwise.

#just as canon as Sephiroth being Dante and Vergil’s 2nd cousin #ramblings

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vee-of-the-stars · 3 years ago

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My own version of DMK! :D

Here's some headcanons about him:

-After a battle with Meta Knight (pre Amazing Mirror) he got wounded on his left eye, but then someone (which is an OC of mine, I will reveal them soon) healed him with magic and gave him back vision, but inevitably changing his eye's color from yellow to red (not pictured, but, under his mask, both eyes are orange);

-It is unknown if he and Shadow Kirby are Astrals or not. Rumors tell that DMK is actually some sort of Dark Matter, due to the fact that his creator is Dark Mind, which looks like a Dark Matter (even tho it's not confirmed if it's true or not);

-He knew Daroach after the events of Triple Deluxe: the Squeaks went to Floralia to steal some treasures, until they saw the Dimension Mirror, stole it and brought it to their ship. Then, one day, Daroach went to check the treasures, until he noticed a shadowy silhouette looking similar to Meta Knight. The silhouette revealed to be Dark Meta Knight. Initially, DMK was quite reluctant to befriend Daroach, but, with time, the two became friends, then best friends, and finally loverrrrs~ (man, I'm such a simp XD);

-You may get it from the hc above, but lemme tell ya, he's demiromantic and bisexual :3 ;

-While Kirby, Meta Knight and others of their same species have oval cheek marks, he and Skirby have Ash Ketchum cheek marks lol;

-He's Marx's favorite prank target (except our 'lil jester bastard risks to get in trouble with him, bc DMK is absolutely NO joke);

-Astral or not, he can purr AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE >:3;

-He absolutely LOVES spicy food and absolutely HATES sweets (so basically he has the same food tastes as Panty lol);

-He used to feel absolute hatred towards Meta Knight, but now he doesn't hate him that much (but, lemme say, MK and DMK still aren't in very good terms);

-Like Meta Knight, he can speak Spanish and, sometimes, he speaks it in a very smexy way, rolling those Rs too (especially towards his boyfwiend) O////////O;

-DMK: “If you compare me to that bicolor bear, I SWEAR, I will come to your house and MAKE YOU REGRET YOUR EXISTENCE!!!!!!! D:<" (He's talking about Monokuma ofc);

-Unlike Meta Knight (which eyes can change color in base of his humor), his eyes cannot change color, nor even Parallel and Phantom Meta Knight's can;

-Normal Galaxia can be wielded by Meta Knight and Kirby only, but if the wielder is someone else, they will get electrocuted (already canon, at least in the anime). But Mirror Galaxia can be wielded by DMK and DMK only. If someone else at least touches it, the swords will drain all of their energy and also petrify them. Well, for being an evil sword, it quite makes sense;

-He's afraid of Susie bc, during the events of Planet Robobot, he saw her mechanizing Meta Knight. That scared the shit out of him (also don't ask me how he ended up in the HWC labs, I don't know either lol);

-His Smash mains would be Dark Samus, Bowser, Dark Pit, Bayonetta, Incineroar, Joker and Sephiroth;

-It may not seem like, but he's actually very shy and gets flustered very easily.

(Man, I've made a shit ton of hcs. Sorry for the length of the post, but I hope you like them! :D)

#kurodraws #dark meta knight #headcanons

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sapphic-scylla · 4 years ago

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Follow-up on my last post: You cannot tell me Joker isn’t Bayonetta’s adopted child. You can’t. I’m now imagining Bayonetta making contact after the events of P5R and her promising to be the healthy, supportive, deicide-positive, lesbian motherly figure that Joker never had and his real parents never lived up to and they spent the rest of eternity slaying gods in the most extra ways possible and inviting the rest of the Phantom Thieves over for Sunday dinner. This is all a headcanon and you cannot change my mind.

#Bayonetta is joker’s mom #persona 5 #persona 5 Royal #Bayonetta

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honeyyui · 3 years ago

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TYSM for the tag @novampirebrainrot

A-Age: 18 hehe, just graduated HS yesterday n I’m readyish to start Uni in sept

B-Birthplace: Canada!

C-Current Time: 9:55AM qwq

D-Last Drink You Had: Blueberry smoothie damn that shit good

E-Easiest Person To Talk To: Uhh my childhood best friend as well as one friend from my cosplay group

G-Grossest Memory: omfg I don’t know... maybe //cw medical + emeto

Before my celiac disease diagnosis, I started developing symptoms but didn’t know how to alter my diet to treat them. I’d vomit a lot. One time my mom rushed to bring me a trashcan but it was made of wicker so needless to say it...did not do a very good job of holding the liquid in when I puked. Had to deep clean my bed after that. Not a great time.

cw over!

H-Horror Yes Or Horror No: Horror ABSOLUTELY yes. Used to be so easily scared when I was little, but now it’s my favorite kind of media.

I-In Love: I am in a relationship (and no, I don’t mean with a DL boy but that too I guess.)

J-Jealous: Right now? Not really. But I have gotten jealous before. I hate the feeling, it makes me feel really guilty / like a bad person. :((

K-Keepsake: I have a lot of keepsakes, but my most special one is probably a very well-loved otter plush I’ve had since I was little.

L-Love At First Sight: nah.

M-Middle Name: Haley （´∀`）

N- Number Of Siblings: zero! I am an only child, but my best friend and their older brother are like siblings to me.

O-One Wish: To raise children when I’m older and live a a happy life.

P-Pop or? I’M ASSUMING THIS IS REFFERING TO THE MUSIC GENRE but where I live that’s also the term we use for soda... I’ll just say both uhh! I’m kind of indifferent on pop music - there’s only a select few pop songs I like. I don’t rly have a fav genre, my taste is pretty all over the place. And yes, I do like fizzy carbonated drinks. :)

Q-Question You Are Always Asked: “why are you so tall?”

I’ve been asked that question so much, and it’s like...what do you want me to say? How should I know? I always just tell people genetics. Height runs in my family, I’m 5′9 and have been since I was around 12.

R-Reasons To Smile: Friends, comfy evenings, good meals, passionate interests, and the feeling of accomplishing a creative pursuit.

S-Song You Sang Last: Moon River by Andy Williams! But it was the Bayonetta 2 version that I was listening to~

T-Time You Woke Up: 9AM

U-Underwear Colour: grey - it’s actually Legend of Zela Majora’s Mask underwear which is the nerdiest thing ever LMFAO

V-Vacation Destination: I feel like this is an obvious one but....Japan.

W-Worst Habit: PICKING AT MY ACNE jesus christ I need to stop. 😭 Also procrastination... that’s a big one.

X-X Rays: I’ve only ever had them for my teeth

Y-Your Favourite Food: Tuna Sashimi!

ÅÄÖ - The last line of text you wrote in your mother’s tongue? Well, English is my mother tongue, and the last msg I sent was “I cannot stop checking twt for info on AI Nirvana bc I am mentally deranged” ....AJVGDJAFD IF UR CONFUSED... the company Spike Chunsoft just dropped a really cryptic teaser yesterday that may be for a sequel to a game that I really love. I’m insanely excited.

And that’s it! I won’t tag anyone but feel free to participate if you want! *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

#not dialovers #tag games

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blackhakumen · 4 years ago

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Mini Fanfic #563: Simple Reflection (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

Palutena: (Trying her Hardest Not to Giggle at the Interesting Sight In Front of her and Bayonetta) Sooooo.....You mind telling us why you're sitting on the princess' lap there, Mario?

Mario: (Sitting on Peach's Lap with a Sheepish Smile on his Face) N-No reason-

Peach: (Smiles Brightly While Hugging Mario Lovingly from Behind) He like to feel tall~

Bayonetta: (Gives Mario a Very Playful Smirk on her Face) Oho really now?~

Mario: (Starts to Blush a Little) I-I mean.....It does sort of feel nice being tall for once.....Plus, Peach is a really great hugger, so....

Peach: (Giggles Softly While Kissing Mario's Cheeks)

Palutena: Riiight~ (Starts Giving Mario a Playful Smirk While Sitting Down on the Couch) You do know that we're gonna start making fun of you for that, right?

Mario: ('Sighs in Defeat') I'm aware.....

Bayonetta: Well, since we're on the topic of lovers sitting on each other's laps....(Turns to her Goddess Girlfriend with Playful Smirk)

Palutena: W-W-Wait a minute, Bayo! Hang on a-

Bayonetta: (Instantly Sat on Palutena's Lap in Bridal Carry Fashion)

Palutena: ('Sigh') -second.

Bayonetta: (Hugs Palutena with a Smile on her Face) Now THIS is what called being comfy~

Palutena: (Immediately Starts Blushing) You're already starting to enjoy this, are you?

Bayonetta: (Playfully Move her Legs Up and Down) Is it hard to tell?~

Palutena: (Rolled her Eyes with Another Sigh) Of course not.

Mario/Peach: (Chuckling/Giggling at their Fellow Couple's Dispense)

Mario: ('Sigh') You know..... I've been thinking a lot lately....

Palutena: (Turns to Mario in Curiosity) Really? About what exactly?

Mario: About myself mostly.

Peach: (Gives Mario a Worried Motherly Glare on her Face) Mario..... You're not thinking badly about yourself again, are you?

Mario: N-N-No! O-Of course not, dear. I-I was only thinking about all the adventures I've been through over the years is all.

Bayonetta: Really now?

Mario: Yeah. All the worlds I've explored and visited, every battles Bowser and I gotten into with one another...(Smiles Softly at Peach) All the times I've saved this beautiful princess beside me~ (Gives Peach a Kiss on the Cheek)

Peach: (Giggles Softly While Blushing)

Mario: (Chuckles Lightly) Honestly, it has been a miracle that I've come so far in life, you know?

Palutena: (Smiles Softly) Well, that's because you have the drive and will to keep going and never giving up on anything.

Bayonetta: (Smiles Softly) You've been through quite a lot of hell to save Peach. Even going as far as to help others along the way. That, in it of itself, definitely earned each of our respects.

Peach: (Hugs Mario Lovingly Once More) They're both right, you know? I honestly cannot thank you enough for doing everything you've done for me and the Mushroom Kingdom over the years and how proud each and everyone of us are of all the achievements you've done so far in your life. I know I may have already told you this last year, but I meant it when I said that you're an inspiration to everyone, Mario. And I believe that you should be more proud of that fact alone rather than letting than anyone else saying otherwise. Do you understand?

Mario: (Simply Nodded with a Sincere Smile) Crystal clear. (A Single Tear Fell Down From his Face) Thank you all so much.

Peach: Anytime, dear..... Buuuuuut.....

Mario: Hm?

Peach: You wanna know what else you're good for?~

Mario: I don't think I-.................Oh no. Y-You don't mean-

Peach: That's right~ (Smiles Brightly While Hugging Mario) You being my cute, small boyfriend!~ Who ('Mwah') I ('Mwah') love ('Mwah') oh so ('Mwah') very much!~ ('Mwaaah')

Mario: (Immediately Gets Ticklish by Peach's Kisses) P-Peach!~ Come on!~ How many times I got to tell you that not cute!!~

Peach: Sorry!~ ('Mwah') I can't hear you over my love for you!~ ('Mwaaah') (Continues Kissing Mario)

Palutena: (Watches the Couple from a bit of Distance with a Smirk on her Face) ('Sigh') Poor Mario. He never seems to escape the fate of being small of the relationship, no matter how hard he tries.

Bayonetta: True. (Smirk Playfully as Well) But he does make himself more of a very easy target for us tease after all~

Palutena: Right?

Happy 35th Anniversary, Mario

@keyenuta

@theredbros

@cyber-wildcat

@26shann

@ma-lemons

@italian-love-cake

@albion-93

@chompycroc

@ink-correctsmashbrosbloo

#super smash ultimate #mario #peach #bayonetta #palutena #lots and lots of fluff here #mario x peach #palutena x bayonetta #cute romance #reminscing on the past #mario reminds to be the cute small boyfriend to peach's eyes

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bananabraiined · 4 years ago

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Super Smash Bros. Three Houses Certification Failure Quotes

Mario: I failed. Maybe next time.

Luigi: No good at all.

Peach: Oh no. I couldn't do it.

Daisy: You gotta be kidding....

Rosalina: Too bad. Maybe next time.

Dr. Mario: Now I feel sick......

Bowser: Failure? It was because of your poor judgement!

Yoshi: Not quite there, hmm?

DK: How shameful.

Diddy Kong: I can't believe I failed.

Pit: Whoa. You're telling me I failed?

Dark Pit: What a waste of time.

Palutena: Next time....

Ryu: Failure? Shame on me.

Ken: All that work for nothing.

Snake: A wasted opportunity.

Wario: Unbelievable.

Marth: I failed. Forgive me.

Roy: Next time for sure.

Ness: I had a bad feeling and I guess I was right.

Lucas: I failed. But I did my best and that's what counts.

Mewtwo: Even my greatest intellect could not conquer.

Fox: I wonder what I got wrong...?

Falco: Is this a joke?

Wolf: This is stupid. I never failed. Yet I did.

Incineroar: Burned to cinders....

Greninja: Exposed.

Link: Oof. That went poorly.

Zelda: Work harder. Live and learn.

Sonic: I failed....Figures....

Cloud: Regrettable.

Ganondorf: Surely you didn't just say what I think you said.

Sheik: Looks as though I failed. Huh.

Little Mac: Aw, c'mon! Did I miss one?

Ike: Figures. I knew I wasn't ready.

Robin: I failed. There's always next time.

Lucina: Not my best.

Chrom: I'm not setting a very good example.

Simon: Disappointing.

Richter: How could this happen?

Corrin: I supposed I wasn't ready.

Bayonetta: Pitiful.

Samus: I regret nothing.

Ridley: Pathetic.

Olimar: How could I fail?

Alph: Oh, no. It didn't work out....

Joker: I got cocky. Failed to give the results.

Megaman: Result? Failure.

Kirby: Aww, I failed....

King Dedede: Failed? Tch, that sucked.

Meta-Knight: I've brought shame to the Meta-Knights.....

Ice climbers: We failed. We're sorry.

K. Rool: I cannot accept this! There must be a mistake.

Terry: Drat. It was a no go.

Luminary: What a disaster....

Erdrick: I wasn't fully prepared.

Solo: This will never do.

Eight: Argh, what a waste.

Banjo: This can't be....

C. Falcon: This is what happens when you rush....

Isabelle: I failed? Oh, goodness......

Villager: Came up short....

Wii Fit Trainer: Haven't trained my brain harder....

Shulk: I'm not feeling this.......

Bowser Jr.: Sorry papa. I failed.

Larry: No fair. I failed?!

Lemmy: Too bad. I'll try again later.

Morton: How embarrassing.

Roy Koopa: Grrr, I hate failure.

Iggy: Impossible.

Ludwig: Outsmarted by a question? Ridiculous.

Wendy: Failure is bad for my complexion.

Young Link: I wasn't ready? I wasn't ready.....

Toon Link: How could I miss this?

Red: Dang it. I failed.

Leaf: Oh, what a shame.

Lucario: I didn't expect to happen and it did.

Mii Fighter/Gunner/Swordfighter: I failed.

Min Min: I was ill prepared.

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ethien · 4 years ago

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Time-Limit Quests and why I hate them...

..and why they make games worse!

I hate Time-Limit Quests or Quick-Time Events. They are so sudden and needs whatever mostly perfectly in a short time.

Just NO.

I mean, I am not against challenge in a game. When the challenge is good created. Bayonetta has slightly okay good quick-time events. Deponia Doomsday has some and with saving and starting the file new, you can reset the time speed at some point what makes it easier.

But all in all, I hate them. Very often in my opinion, the quick time event is combined with a challenge and that is the point where I got angry.

Challenge can be fun. But not pressure. And I got in high pressure when I have to do a thing mostly perfect in a short time and when I fail, start again until you can do it. It frustrated me after some time. That is not fun gameplay.

“You just need to have patience and train, then it will work” - Most people tell that to me. Well yeah, for them it can work.

But I am not that type of gamer. When I fail in a challenge and I know it has only to do with tactics or a higher level, no problem - grinding is funny. But when it comes to time events where I am highly under pressure - that is not funny. Under pressure, you make more failures and it effected everything. Body, Soul and so on-

I play games for having fun, for escaping from real life. And do you want to know what is really frustrating?

When this quest is a must to continue the story. This really pissed me off. Because I cannot continue a game I really like.

It can be that you have another view on it. What really okay is.

In my opinion, it is worse game design creating a quest with time-limit what a must to do it to continue the story.

If the quest is just more challenging, I am pretty okay with it. But not with time-limit.

Sorry for the rant. It just make me so mad at the moment because the game is really good and this little thing makes everything worse <.<

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fyrapartnersearch · 4 years ago

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|| 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖗𝖘 ||

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𝐼'𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝑒 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎…

𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉…

 haha ^^

 To all the curious ladies and gents out here, you may call me Imp.

Short, sweet and straight to the point. ;)   I am a lady in her twenties, with a strong penchant for roleplaying, writing, and drawing. The Holy Trinity if you will. I am a huge nerd and aesthetic lover boy - plain and simple. One of my main passions being video-games, illustrations, comics, live-action films, series and anime/cartoon shows, elements that shaped me during my years of growing up.

  It’s been a while since I’ve posted my first ever ad on any website, and I was very much positively surprised by the amazing people that have reached out to me.

And since I am a greedy little mf, I wanted to fish for more partners. I’ve been roleplaying for a few years now and gradually gathered a good amount of experience throughout the years, but it’s always fun to meet and learn something new.

   Name: Imp  

Age: 27 years

  Experience: 11 years  

Preferences: 1:1 Roleplaying

  Partner: Should be at least [18+], but I rather much prefer my counterpart to be 21 years or older   

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I am a very creative sort of individual with hundreds of ideas constantly occupying my little impish head. And I am very spontaneous too, so I can always adjust to a new setting, depending on how good and compelling the concept is.  Inspirations come from various sources and origins, be it a fandom (an already existing universe) or an original storyline. Please read through these paragraphs carefully before you decide to contact me! It’s important to avoid any misunderstanding later! And I would less likely respond to a message with the title ‘Hey, wanna rp?’, since I hadn’t had any good experiences with these said messages. Thank you.    °°°·.°·..·°¯°·._.· ☥ ·._.·°¯°·.·° .·°°° °°°·.°·..·°¯°·._.· ☥ ·._.·°¯°·.·° .·°°°

   Communication: It’s certainly chill. You can talk to me about whatever occupies your mind since I am very open and always happy to listen to others. I also tend to be chatty, sharing a meme or a joke every now and to loosen up the mood. If you consider choosing me as your roleplaying partner, be sure to maintain a certain consistency. I have nothing against going on a longer break or even a hiatus, but the whole `ghosting stick´ is something I have no patience for. So if you’re unsure of upholding a stable, long term partnership, feel free to skim past this ad.    Plotting: Also very important to note! I am fairly quick when it comes to building new characters, concepts, premises, storylines, backstories, etc… This means there is certain flexibility available which allows me to adjust. Even though it is a hobby, I am still extremely passionate about good storytelling and interesting character arcs. I hope to meet someone who is just as enthusiastic and willing to put in the same amount of effort as I am. If it’s only me who’s pulling all the weight, I will lose interest fast, just to get it out there. Aside from that, I love going a little crazy with the possibilities and push things to their absolute limits. Of course within the boundaries of the given setting.   Pairing & Romance: Okay, right off the bat, I am a hopeless romantic through and through. I enjoy good and strong chemistry between characters just as much as the next, and this will be no exception. I prefer the good ol’ MxF pairing because I have more experience with this. But I also like playing a FxF dynamic or MxM. Everyone is welcome! When it comes to pairing itself, I want to make sure our creations are compatible, for I hate forcing characters into a romantic relationship for the sake of progression. A natural flow is what I am aiming for. ;)   Mature? Yes, very much so: Adult and taboo topics are absolute. There’s no way around it because, in my stories, it is a running theme. The adult world is not easy to handle, but it’s definitely interesting to explore. That includes violence, cursing, shocking content, and all that dark stuff. My limits are few, safe for a couple of minor pet peeves that I have, I am pretty much open to some experimentation. When it comes to action-heavy scenes (be it an intimate situation between two characters or something on a cataclysmic scale), I won’t fade to black since I am not a huge fan of censoring. However, I will not force or push my partner into something they are not comfortable with. If you want to know the extent to how far I am willing to go, what sort of content or how detailed my writing will be, you can ask me directly. As for smut or lemons, whatever you call it, it will never be the focus of any of my roleplays, but I enjoy a good erotic scene with a lot of tension (if they are good).    Boundaries: Not a big fan of things like pedophilia, necrophilia, scat, bestiality, or those dreaded ‘futas’.  Inspirations and interests: There’s a pretty broad spectrum of what I deem interesting and inspirational. From fallen angels and demon/monster hunters, mages, criminal masterminds, cybernetically enhanced characters to futuristic dystopian settings, ancient kingdoms who have fallen against the test of time. All of it causes my heart to skip a beat. For original content, I’ll just give a brief list of bullet points of the general themes that fall in line with my current interests.   Writing: My texts are lengthy, detailed, and elaborate. Third-person is usually my preferred way of playing my character unless there’s a special case where an exception can be made. Word count usually fluctuates, though I have a standard form of 400-500+ words per response. It also highly depends on the given situation. I don’t want to set anything in stone… just to give you a basic idea of what you’re in for. I also expect my partner to have an at least adequate, if not decent grasp on basic grammar and punctuation.    Doubling: Yes, absolutely! If you are prone to doubling, chances are I might accept you as my partner straight away! Although I have nothing against the simple form of roleplaying, doubling is something I’ve done since my first time joining.    Characters: Very character-driven with the main focus being on interaction. I take my time writing characters and love nothing more than well-structured sheets that illustrate the vision of their creator. (But!) There’s no need to write 10-20 pages worth of character information, but I wouldn’t want to limit you either. As for the depiction of the given character, I won’t be as presumptuous as to tell you what sort of medium you can and cannot use. Face claims such as photos of real models, illustrations, 3D models, drawings or descriptions are all okay. As long as it gets its point across, I am happy.   Aversions: A few minor things that irritate me, or let’s say, aren’t really my style are one-liners, low effort responses and out of character behaviors in canon characters. We all have different takes on characters, which is totally fine by me since I basically do the same. Though if the character acts and behaves unlike their personality dictates, it will break the immersion. I hope to stay true to my own words when saying this. If it happens on my side, just let me know! Another pet peeve of mine is that one plot that has been done time and time again…. and I’ve grown quite jaded towards it, which is ‘supernaturals trying to fit into human society’ thing… I mean, I’m not opposed to borrowing from this idea, but for me, it grew old pretty fast. Speaking from experience.   Passione: My wish is to find a partner whom I can have a good time with and develop some chemistry. After all it is a fun hobby. We both should have fun with what we’re writing. Brainstorming among other things is one of my favorite things to do. To see how things unfold and how the characters react to the given situation is the highlight of any story.

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FANDOM:

  I love roleplaying fandoms just as much as I have a blast with building something original universes. Worldbuilding is my preferred cup of tea… but if we opt for something more fandom inspired, I highly welcome in on expanding on the given universe and add some original lore too!

Hellsing: Haven’t done that one before and I am curious as to how things play out, especially in such a dark and mystifying universe like Hellsing. There’s a lot of subject matter that we can delve into, plus I am a big fan of powerful vampire characters!

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: I would love you for this. No, seriously, I would. This fandom has sucked me into a downward spiral and there’s no possible chance of escaping this inescapable void. The absolute insanity of this franchise had me hooked from the second I laid eyes on it and I would be forever ecstatic if you’d message me on behalf of roleplaying Jojo. I have plenty of ideas for this one, just you wait.

Full Metal Alchemist: One of my favorite mangas and animes ever made. Recently I’ve begun rewatching FMA Brotherhood and felt a small hint of nostalgia swelling inside my blackened heart. I’d be open to play it, though it is not one of my top cravings at the moment.

Justice League / Young Justice / Justice League Dark: Huge DC fan, though I much prefer the animations and comics over the live-action cinematic. Let’s just say, I like the expansive and dynamic set of possibilities and deep, well-written cast. For instance Hellblazer Constantine or Raven.

Bayonetta: Need I say more? Let’s dance boys!

APH Hetalia: That includes the 2P version ;)

The Boys: Well.. the 2nd season came out. And I am simply stoked.

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ORIGINAL:   

Supernatural: From angels to demons, from gods to monsters, I’ve seen it all and I absolutely love it. There can be any sort of creature or being involved, ranging from vampires to sirens to elves, you have it. However, I’ve never done something quite relating to angelic beings and their offspring before. I’ve read up on Nephilim and angels and found it rather fascinating, and it’s a different approach from the usual vampire vs werewolf cliche.  

Crime and intrigue: I never stray too far from the supernatural path, but hell, there’s nothing better than some good old gritty mafia inspired stories with a complex cast of characters and a solid storyline.

Sci-fi and urban fantasy: So this could be basically anything from genetically engineered superhuman (superheroes / - villains) with a dark take on the human psyche, dismantling the idea of heroism and villainy. Or a world where mankind began their interstellar journey to colonize neighboring planets, galaxies before transcending their own humanity by merging themselves with deadly technology. I have a few plans for this…

Historical and mysterious setting: So one of my favorite eras is the Victorian time period, 30s - 40s - 80s, Renaissance or Ancient times during the rise of the Egyptian / Roman / Sumerian Empire. During these times, a dark discovery was made by man, learning that they were not alone in this world. In fact, they weren’t even the supreme race that destined themselves to dominate the world, for another race of humanoids have lied dormant deep beneath the earth, slumbering through the millennia only to be re-awakened by a cataclysmic event. These ancient humanoids are gods among men, superior in every way imaginable, and they have made it their mission to reclaim their right to rule. But their nature is not what most people think it is…

The idea: I have an idea for a plot, in which I can give you if you ask for it. It is however merely a suggestion for what we could write - not a mandatory thing. If you don’t like the idea, we can always figure stuff out and keep on home-brewing till we find something we both can enjoy. There’s no need to immediately end things if the first thing doesn’t really fire you up.

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firebirdsdaughter · 5 years ago

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Random Writing Tidbit Yay!…

… Celebration!

With angst!

Okay, I actually gotta go, but I wanted to post this mess first.

This was inspired by, yet again, Killjoys.

But also kinda a moment from Bayonetta 2.

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“One moment, Aruto-shachou.” Izu’s voice over the intercom was level as always, but there was something dread in her tone that made him stop in his tracks, his heart sinking.

As the others came up short around him, he took a deep breath and asked, “What is it, Izu?”

“Our scrambling of the security systems appears to have short-circuited the system, causing it to reboot.”

He blinked, frowning. “Uh… Why are you saying that like it’s a bad thing? Won’t that make it easier to get out?”

Yaiba, however, had gone white as a sheet. “Because when the system reboots, it undoes all the security locks,” She explained.

“Which means…” Fuwa began slowly—then caught on, his eyes widening, “… Weapons are about to come back online.”

“Hiden Towers are not equipped to withstand a military-grade attack.” Izu continued. “If the Ark were to target us, the destruction would severe.”

Aruto had a horrible suspicion that ‘severe’ was an understatement, his blood running cold. “Is there time to evacuate?”

“Negative, Aruto-shachou,” His secretary responded, then paused for a moment, “The power is coming back on now.”

“Shit!” Fuwa growled, turning sharply away to take a swing at the wall.

Aruto looked at Yaiba. “Why does ZAIA even have a heavy weapons system?!”

“They were meant to be used for field tests,” She replied, scowling at the floor. Then she stepped back the way they’d come. “You guys go ahead.”

Fuwa looked back. “Whoa, whoa. Where the hell are you going?” He reached out at caught her arm. “It’s the Ark, it’s absolutely scrambled the command codes.”

“I have the manual self-destruct codes for the base.” Valkyrie informed him. “It may have locked us out remotely, but if those are entered directly, the resulting explosion will take the weapons out as well.”

“And you with it!” Vulcan shot back. “… Give them to me.”

Yaiba yanked her arm out of his hold. “Like hell.” She snapped. “You’re all that’s standing between AIMS and being co-opted by the government.”

“And if you die, we lose the ZAIA deserters.” Aruto interrupted. Then he sighed. “Give me the codes, I’ll do it.” They both turned and stared at him.

“And what,” Fuwa demanded sharply, “You’ll just leave Hiden to Fukuoze?”

Aruto was about to reply when another voice cut him off. “Give them to me.”

All three of them turned slowly to stare at Horobi. The HumaGear’s voice sounded tired and resigned, though his expression was as impassive as always, even as Yaibe frowned at him. “… What?” Valkyrie managed, finally.

Horobi sighed. “The only one here who is actually expendable is me.” He said flatly. “Jin is the future of free HumaGear. I was merely here to help him realise that.” A shrug. “I have completed my purpose.”

Fuwa broke away from Yaiba, stomping over to catch Horobi’s arm, giving it an angry yank, though his expression was anxious rather than angry. “But Jin-”

“Needs to learn to stand on his own.” Horobi shot back. “And if someone doesn’t do this fast, will die when Hiden Towers come down.” He met Fuwa’s glare with an equally intense gaze. “I will not live without him again.”

For a moment, they just stared at each other—then Fuwa let go of the HumaGear’s arm, stepping back and lowering his head in defeat. There was a long spell of silence—then the lights flickered back on.

“Power restoration at thirty-seven percent.” Izu announced over coms.

Horobi gave all three of them a completely unreadable, serious look. “Go.”

Still, they hesitated for a moment. “I’ll…” Yaiba stammered, fumbling for her phone, “I’ll transfer you the codes.”

“Do it while you’re moving.” The HumaGear snapped.

She bit her lip—then nodded, turning and dashing toward the way out. Aruto hung out a little longer; then Izu gave a prompting ‘Aruto-shachou’ through his earpiece, and he tore his eyes away from the HumaGear to start running as well.

Vulcan waited the longest, anxiously clutching his weapon. He was turning to go when Horobi’s voice unexpectedly stopped him. “Fuwa Isamu.” Fuwa paused, looking back. The HumaGear was giving him an almost… Pleading look. “… Make sure he stays free.” Meeting Horobi’s gaze again, Fuwa nodded—then he, to, turned and fled.

Horobi didn’t waste a second spinning around and going back the way they’d come, faltering only slightly when his visual display flickered with the code transfer, and to pull up the tracking info on the restoration level.

It had already jumped to fifty-four percent.

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Jin had busied himself with drawing while he waited for Horobi and the others to come back from the mission, and had succeed in almost completely covering the floor of the private lab with papers. Shesta was sitting by the computer, looking at the drawings littered around her in bewilderment, and periodically checking to make sure he hadn’t moved from his spot on the floor. He’d tried multiple times to get her to play with him, or draw as well, but she’d merely repeated that she didn’t understand the request until he gave up. He didn’t think he needed the babysitter, but all of the humans aside from Vulcan had all seemed so unnerved by him, and the old, angry-looking Vice President had insisted that someone watch him—to which Horobi had conceded when Izu assured him it would be another HumaGear, so he’d been left with the Vice-Presidential Secretary for safety.

He was merely content to draw, however, cycling through all of his dead friends before moving on to Ansatsu-chan and Ikazuchi. He’d even tried drawing a picture of Hiden Korenosuke from the one hanging on the office, but gave it up when he couldn’t get it quite to his satisfaction. He supposed he should be calling the old man ‘Grandpa,’ but it felt weird to use that for someone he’d never met, and Horobi was Horobi, not… ‘Hiden’ something. From there he’d moved onto drawing his father with Sting Scorpion behind him, humming to himself as he worked, resolving to get it done to show it to Horobi when he got back.

He was almost done when he heard the door open, and he pricked up, scrambling to his feet and hurrying over to the stairs to see who it was—only to let out a disappointed sigh when Izu came down the steps alone. There was a small silence, and he realised that there was something odd about her expression, darker than her usual calm demeanour. “… Izu-chan?”

She hesitated a moment longer, then, “Measures taken to scramble ZAIA security for infiltration caused the main power to reboot, bringing the weapons system back online,” She told him quietly, “The only method to prevent it from destroying the Hiden towers is to manually enter the self-destruct codes, requiring someone to stay behind.”

Somewhere behind him, Jin heard Shesta shooting to her feet, but he was more focused on running through the list of likely possibilities. “… Vulcan?” Fuwa Isamu was the reckless type who would do something like that; and he’d become rather fond of Fuwa because Horobi liked him despite everything, which would make sense of her pitying expression—but Izu shook her head once, forcing him to reconsider. “… Valkyrie?” He didn’t know the woman very well, but she and Vulcan seemed fond of each other, and he guessed the AIMS Rider would be sad if she died—but Izu gave another head shake. “… Zero-One…?” It seemed unlikely that she would be coming down to tell him that—if the President of the company was sacrificing himself, she’d probably have more to do in the main room. Jin wasn’t sure what to think of the possibility—he and Hiden were still getting used to the idea of being ‘family,’ and he wasn’t sure how he felt about it after Zero-One had blown him up once. But Izu was shaking her head once more, and he frowned even deeper. If it wasn’t any of the humans, then…

He froze, eyes widening. If it wasn’t any of the humans, then there was only one other person it could be.

The paper and crayon slipped from his fingers, and he pushed past Izu, sprinting for the door. Shesta might’ve shouted something after him, but he didn’t hear here, far too focused on getting to the big room where the communications were. Horobi had promised they’d always be together. He’d promised.

Unsurprisingly, there was a loud clamour when he burst into the room, the Vice President whirling around to round on him. “He’s not supposed to be-”

“I’m authorising it.” It seemed Izu had used her speed to catch up to him, but Jin didn’t bother to look back at her and Fukuoze. He wasn’t outfitted with the same wireless abilities as human-made HumaGear, because Horobi had considered that a method of creating a ‘herd mentality’ by humans, whatever that meant—but it meant that his only chance of reaching his father was to reach other com controls.

He crashed so roughly into the board that he nearly sprawled over it, frantically fumbling for the part that would let him speak to Horobi. “Horobi!” His voice couldn’t break, but it sounded off.

There was silence on the other side of the connection for a moment—then Horobi’s voice came through. “… Jin.”

He clutched the edge of the control panel, shoulders shaking, mock breathing short and panicked. “Horobi! What are you doing?! Come home!”

“I cannot do that.”

Jin let out a small sob, shaking his head. “No… No….!” He leaned closer, hand scrabbling at the edge of the speaker like he could reach through it and pull Horobi back. “Please…! Please don’t leave again…”

He heard his father sigh softly. “… Jin.” He repeated, far too calmly. “If I do not do this, you will die. That is unacceptable.”

“No!” He was becoming so hysterical, he couldn’t speak clearly, shaking so badly he could barely stand. “No… Horobi…!”

There was a silence on the other end. “… Jin?” Horobi’s voice was much quieter, and there was a small tremble in it. “… Just once… Could you call me…?”

“Papa.” Jin whimpered, hanging onto the communications panel to hold himself up. “Papa, please. Come home.”

He didn’t know if the sound that came out of the speaker was a sob of Horobi’s own, or merely static. “… Thank you.” His father said softly. Then, “… I love you, my son.”

A blast of static burst from the speaker at the same time the distant building could see through the windows exploded.

Jin let out a scream that broke the constraints of human hearing, spinning around and going for the door. Maybe if he ran fast enough, he could get there in time, find Horobi, and—he was brought to a sharp stop when Izu appeared in front of him, digging her heels into the ground and bracing herself against his chest. When he kept fighting, she got her arms around his waist, pushing back. She was as strong as he was, and though he succeeded in making it a few steps, his will eventually gave out, and he sank to the floor in a heap, dropping his head into his hands, tearless sobs shaking his whole body. He faintly heard her kneel beside him, and then thin arms were wrapped around his shoulders. Twisting around he buried his face into her shoulder, putting his around her middle, crying into her coat as she raised a hand to pat his hair.

They stayed there for a long time. Any time someone tried to say something, Izu would raise her head and stare at them until they backed off. She didn’t say anything to him, not even about wrinkling her uniform. Instead, she just held him close, smoothing a hand over his hair, and letting him cling to her like she was a teddy bear.

For there was nothing that could be said.

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Don’t worry. I’m sure Horobi’s fiiiiiiiine…

#Random Writing Tidbit #Kamen Rider Zero-One #Kamen Rider Zero One #my precious evil stoic scorpion dad #my precious evil cutie falcon son #my precious angry wolf dad #a little bit of hc there #and a contrived situation #why DOES ZAIA have heavy weaponry???#weapon weapon weapon pon pon pon #…#is that how it goes?#I don't remember #the pants were dead #Binary Retro Rider

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