It's my hyperspecific need in a game. If there's ennemies, fauna, plants and/or a fishing log, it better have a bestiary when i can see all of this well organized, classified and even better if there's text descriptions to read.
Dragon Quests games bestiary are a good exemple for what i like in RPG but it can be any types of games.
This show experimented multiple times with the format but i was wondering what kind of concepts the show still haven't done.
For exemple, an episode like in Back to The Future 2 where the Doctor and their companions need to solve a problem/find a mcguffin/just have an adventure, during the events of a previous episode and need to do their best to not send everything off-track.
Or something like "Bad Wolf" being a sequel to "The Long Game" an episode where the Doctor come back days/weeks/months/years/centuries after the events of an adventure we actually seen (not off screen). And yeah i already know about >!The Well!<that's why i want it more.
An episode where we follow background characters while the Doctor do stuffs, like them we don't really know what the Doctor is doing and that could give a good idea how averages people see the Doctor.
And maybe an episode without aliens. The twist would be that, for once, it was a fake alien. Can be comedic or serious depending of the tone.
Also, more a season arc rather than an episode, but a season where the Doctor isn't able to land on Earth anymore. He has no idea why and that would be the main plot of the season. The stands alone adventures would be in space Stations and others planets.
What are your ideas?
It's just an instinct but the fact Kris seems depressed, do not even seems to enjoy what they're doing (i theorize they feel like they "have" to do it) with the Knight and the multiples times where they're shown to be crushed by guilt over what happened (i guess "that Day"). Their mental health isn't the best.
But then we can see their side of the bedroom is completly barren, they don't feed themselves and of course the seeds. I really start to think they intend to either kill themselves or letting themselves being killed.
It's moments like this i wish if only we could talk to them.
I have a feeling the others Cids would heavily dislike Dr Cid, Cid Raines and Cid Aulstyne since they are villains.
All of them eventually end up in a brag and bet contest about who is the best engineer.
For exemple, were part of those who derided the Wii and predicted it failure? Or did you tought Lunar Dragon Song was going to be awesome?
It can be funny sometime to see how hindsight and hasty judgement can goes.
Since this sub love Visual Novels and choices based games (like Telltale), i was wondering if some of you had more obscure recomandations and/or with very well written choices.
Do you think this too? Investigations 1 was going for too long but it wasn't worse than other final cases, it just felt longer.
Investigations 2 on the other hand gave us a final case so long, Yamazaki was forced to scrap the original third case (who then became the play "Turnabout Teleportation", more details here) and so split and rewrote the original Final who became I2-4 and I2-5.
Then Dual Destinies is more reasonable but we have again a final case split into two after the original third case became DLC.
And finally Spirit of Justice where it's just straight up two cases in one with a lot of exposition dump to put Apollo on the situation and is the longest mainline case so far.
We all know sometime some franchise have weird lore. And sometime they have weird lore introduced at the begining compared to the rest of the franchise. But whar are cases were the weird early lore was not only never retconned but even referenced multiple time afterwards?
My favorite case is how Hitler died in the Marvel Universe. See, in the glorious days of the Golden Age, when writers didn't cared about how everything fitted in a shared universe there was a comic from the 1945 showing Hitler was killed by the Human Torch.
No, not Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four but Jim Hammond the Android which inspired Johnny to take the name.
Anyways, you might think it was a goofy stuff who will be not referenced again or even quitely retconned? Nope, it was referenced and retold a good handful of time over the decades to the point than yes, in the Marvel Universe, Hitler was burned alive by the first Human Torch and Captain America find this super based.
Everytime i replay or rewatch playthroughts of the first Ace Attorney, i can't help but feel sad to see how much Larry regressed as the franchise continued.
In the first game he was the kinda dumb and immature guy who had very bad luck with relationship but he had a good heart, could be useful and Phoenix treat him like a friend.
In the following games his immaturity is more and more exagerated until now where in his latests appearence he's now a complete moron almost lethally stupid unable to communicate the simplest argument, who is hearing what he want to hear and who Phoenix treat with such contempt you really wonder if they were actually friends.
But at least Larry can be funny sometime, replaying AA1 you also have the first appearence of Wendy Oldbag. She's now known as the very annoying character who's rant about young people, obsessed with celebrities, harrass Edgeworth and basically fill quota for jokes about cranky old people.
But in the first game, it was very surprising to see how toned down she was in comparison. She had a human side, was able to be reasonable and just acted like a normal person. Somehow the Japanese fanbase find her hillarious, never understood why.
And there's a lot of characters like this in a lot of licenses (mentioning the Simpson is cheating because everyone already knows this). Case on point, Aerith
I already talked about her in other posts but it's fascinating to see how unlike her modern perception before the Remake she was. Since Crisis Core she was showed as this pure angel, the maiden archetype, perfectly nice. When she actually was a spunky girl from the streets who has no issue to kick butts. Don't read creators interviews about Aerith for Crisis Core, you will facepalm.
I could continue all day but you got the gist. Any standouts exemples?
We all like to comment and criticize streamers and youtubers when they play wrong (because it's cathartic). But what were moments when you were a dumbass before a game?
I think my most legendary fail was running around in all directions for almost ten minutes in Final Fantasy VI because i didn't find the door in a dungeon, even after checking a guide. The door was actually in a very obvious place but somehow i succeeded not seeing it each time i passed despite checking litterally everything else.
What kind of stupids goofs like this did you lived?
I don't really use mods, but i'm really impressed of how far some amateurs can go just to integrate their ideas in a preexisting game. Or trying to reimplementing cut scenes or mechanics.
Like the Persona 5, "Rose and Violet mod" who rewrite the story and social links to make Sumire the protagonist (Atlus, please make a game with a female MC).
What are mods even more ambitious or more technically impressive than this?
For me it's when a perfectly nice character (or at least at least did nothing to deserve it) is constantly humiliated or treated like trash.
When it's once or two it can be funny, but when it's constantly it just become mean spirited. Doubly if it's a main character.
I had this tought when thinking about Batman adaptations. BTAS is often talked about like this very serious Batman show with a lot of sad or depressing episodes tackling down to earth issues.
And yeah, it's true, there is indeed a lot of sad episodes and some tackling social issues. Mask of the Pantasm being the peak of this in a good way But it's also a show heavily inspired by the Bronze Age Batman comics and so also has pretty goofy elements that i notice people either don't talk about or just forgot.
We have an episode where Catwoman get turned into a literal Cat woman, the episode where the climax is saving Ra's from an immortal zombie Queen from ancien times and the episode "Critters" from TNBA who honestly seems more like an episode from The Batman or Brave and the Bold.
Even the episode of the Sewer King which show a guy forcing street orphan to work for him while abusing them, a serious issue. But the guy is wearing an old aristocratic outfit, act like he's from an 19 century novel and has an army of pet crocodile who obey his orders without any resistance. Did i mentioned i love this episode? Batman works so well when he's authorized to be a pulp hero
Of course it doesn't means those are bad episodes, but it's not as grounded and serious than some people remember.
Let's have fun, what are cases in fiction where you saw a scientist and tought "dude how did you ever got your degree?"
It can be simple incompetence or scientists who are good...except in what they were supposed to do, like Dr Gerard Stone in Marvel who tried to cure cancer and instead somehow managed to turn his patient into a living cancer who can rot anything he touches and who need to kill to survive and enjoying life. Yeah, not really a success story.
Sometime it's a bit frustrating to be passionate by the Multiverse. Because most of the time, the differents Earths only exist to be fodder during events, beinf briefly mentioned/visitated by others characters and sometime having one or two one shots when the writers feel like it.
And that's too bad, because there's many Earths i would love to read a miniserie or anything else fleshing this Universe. Recently, DC released a sequel of Gotham By Gaslight called "The Kryptonian Age" establishing what other sides of the DC Universe look like on this Earth, and i found that great.
So i decided to show a handfull of Earths i would like being explored in the Future (The images are all from Multiversity) :
–Earth 5: I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity to not use it to tell stories for a younger audience, with a tone closer to the Fawcett Comics stories without being burdened by continuity. And it could also reintroduce other Fawcett Comics heroes a bit forgotten.
-Earth 13: An all Magical/Mystical Earth with apparently 13 months and way more occult than the others Earths? Sound really fun, i'm also really intrigued about the fact this Earth Etrigan came from another magical Planet, can we explore more of it? I love the idea of Constantine being the only hero having an outfit the closest of a classic superhero.
-Earth 16: I think it never appeared after Multiversity and i'm kinda intrigued how these lazy telerality stars and influencers would react if a genuine threat suddenly appeared. For what we saw, it seems Damian and Jon still have a heroic drive so i want to see how it will continue.
-Earth 31: DC, you have a pirate Earth and you are doing nothing with it? The events of "Batman: Leatherwing" can still broadly happen but since it's a world almost entirely filled with ocean, why not giving us a mini serie about a band of misfit trying to help on Waters? Maybe the Atlanteans are a massive power in this world. The Multiversity image show what seems to be a Chinese Green Lantern, so how the Lantern work? Maybe it was lost under waters? Many stories possibilities here.
-Earth 43: We know it's the Vampire Earth, we know the events of "Batman Vampire" possibly happen in some way (tough differently since Batman>!dies at the end!<) but apart for that, nothing. How did the Justice League became vampires? Is this Earth being filled with vampires normal? Or did something happen? What if the League are still heroes for vampires instead of villains? And since Selina in Batman Vampire was turned into a werecat, why not turning this Earth into the gothic horror Earth and introduce mummies, ghosts, curses and others elements of gothic horror? I want so much a follow up.
-Earth 47: I'm really intrigued by the concept but i don't have much ideas for it, since i don't really know much about hippie and "groovy" culture from the 60s and 70s but it seems fun. Again, just want to see more of what the larger DC Universe look like on this Earth, and we know it doesn't seems to be just Earth since the Guardian of the Universes equivalent are also like this. Does Mad Mod still exist as a villain on this Earth? Does Wonder Woman help people to feel good in their skin and is even more on the "Peace and Love" concept than in the main Universe? Also i want to see more of their Flash, Speed Freak, just to have an answer if her powers came from the drug speed.
-Earth 48: Ok, i don't know anything about this Earth apart for the concept of litterally everyone even animals having superpowers, it's ruled by a Royal Family and every days and interactions are an event, crossover, Crisis or just it own comics. It seems a cool idea, but i don't know how seriously i should take it. It could be good at both a serious exploration of how a world where everyone is superpowered work and a satire of events comics.
So, this was my toughts and my suggestions. What are Earths you would like to see revisited and/or expended? (Note; Can be Earth who aren't in this list).
This sentence perfectly describe what i feel about Jax and how they deserved to be called out by someone.
The ice palace is a place who has been mentioned existing in Dragon Blazers, (which we know is based on the prophecy by proxy of adapting Lord of the Hammer who was adapting the Prophecy). Combine this with the Holliday Manor being a huge mine of plot points and that Susie still doesn't have the code, Noelle becoming involved and Carol hiding something. Yeah, there's definitely good amount of materials for this.
I think the Ice Palace in the Sword Route in Chapter 3 was foreshadowing for it, just as it was for The Shelter.
And let's be real, if the Knight is a Holliday, what better place to have the reveal? Also, it will probably be a sick Dark World since we didn't have Darkners and Dark Worlds Winter themed.
I love watching reviews and essays of games, movies or series. There were some i disagreed of course, but i don't think i ever found one that make me go "wow you are completly and utterly wrong" (apart for grifters i guess but you couldn't pay me to watch their videos).
Maybe Arin Hanson Squelitis about Ocarina of Time but let's not beat a dead horse, shall we?
Oh and i don't just mean a review or essay you disagree with, i specifically mean reviews or essay so wrong about everything you're just baffled.
I never got why the Yamazaki games were all like "Ah of course, Phoenix Wright famous strategy, bluffing." When it's just not true?
In the Trilogy, the only times i can remember Phoenix bluffing is Turnabout Goodbyes where he was so desesperate he ask for the parrot, but then become confident as he realize it's not a bad idea. And of course Farewell, My Turnabout when he explicitly try to stall the Trial.
But even then, none of the characters were treating it as Phoenix usual strategy. In Apollo Justice, there is a character who see Phoenix as a inferior incompetant clown. And it's Kristoph, the main villain, who's also a raging narcissist who see everyone beneath him and is clearly showed as wrong in the narrative.
But then come the Yamazaki games wanting to treat Phoenix as the legendary unbeatable attorney and the bumbling bluffing clown, at the same time In-Universe. So of course now it doesn't work because the characters seems to swap their view of Phoenix depending of the scene, either he's seen as a dangerous and legenday lawyer everyone respect, or he's seen as a bumbling fool everyone mock and see as incompetant. Which is it?
Of course it's mostly because DD and SOJ flanderized playable Phoenix as a moron who lose his shit as the slightest obstacle who for some reason, also think his greatest strategy is the bluff when it was never the case before. Was Kristoph a writer on these games?
And yes, in gameplay you can present all the evidence you want because you're stuck, but In-Universe the characters usually aren't.
If you don't know, a brick joke is what's called a joke where the set up and pay off are very far from eachother. For exemple, the punchline can be 20 minutes later, an hour later, multiple episode later, or even (in some cases) seasons later.
One of my personal favorite is in the movie, "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists" or outside of the UK "The Pirates! Band of Misfits." After i think 20 minutes of movie? Maybe? At the end of the first act anyways, the Pirate Captain read a sea map to see how going to Londen quickly, he wants to avoid the giant fish monster. But Charles Darwin (yes really) tell him fish monsters doesn't exist and are "Just added on for decoration." which disapoint the Captain.
And then at the very last scene of the movie, just before credits when the crew are on their way to new adventures toward the sunset, a giant fish suddenly appear, swallow them and spit them out. It come out of nowhere just as you forget the set up but it works, even as a kid, it had me in stitches. The Captain enthusiasm afterward is the icing on the cake, " You see? I told you! Didn't I tell you? "Just added on for decoration," my foot!"
Watch this movie, i recommend it. It's an Aardman stop motion movie and is still very fun.