u/Rainy_Wavey

This isn't really a rant or anything, just an observation that i made based on a recent watch of the 6 JoJo parts and, something that struck me is that :

Part 2 is legitimately good, like, really really good, it has a good cast, an extremely charismatic protagonist, a good villain, a lot of good fights and a lot of heart in it, but also

The rhythm of the anime, it is fast paced, like, fast paced in the sense that there is very few filler moment and most of the episodes are spent with character progression and story happening. I remember that the reason why part 2 was a bit faster was because due to it not being popular they tried to speedrun through the non-stand parts of JoJo to get what the fans actually wanted at the time

Here comes JoJo part 3 and ... it's good, especially the final 8 episode run and the legendary Jotaro vs DIO fight, a classic fight in the same vein as Goku vs Perfect Cell or Naruto vs Neji or Naruto vs Pain or Gojo vs Sukuna

BUT, and that's a big BUT

The rhythm of the anime is damn, long, there are way, way too many episodes, and a lot of time spent doing nothing. Of course, watching Polnareff's shenanigans is fun, but is it really necessary to spent 5 minutes showing us Polnareff trying not to stick his tongue on a toilet while being manipulated by an old hag?

And that's the thing, the monster of the week formula is a classic, and i get it, it was cool in the 90s, and i'm sure it was cool in 2014, but in 2026 it feels... alien to me? too slow? i dunno

I do think Part 3 is amazing pay no mistake, but in term of how fast and enjoyable it is, i think part 2 has aged way better than part 3 due, in part, to the decision to cram as many panels as fast as possible

GOOD!!

I am a huge Resident Evil fan, every game since Resident evil 7 has basically reused the same guns, same barrels, same wall textures, same granite, same tiles, same character textures, same subsurface scattering, to the point once you realize it it's so funny and yet

I am going to play every single Resident Evil I FUCKING LOVE RECYCLING ASSETS PLEASE DO THAT FOR ALL GAMES i don't wanna wait a bajillion years for another video game this is the most non-criticism i've ever seen in my life

I unironically, love, asset recycling to the max, thank you From Software, for giving us the Roll slop souls series, the Bloodborne, Chad Sekiro, and i guess Elden Ring, with the same textures, animations, boss patterns, boss, dungeons, layouts, gameplay mechanics

Thank you RGG (okay maybe not for Yakuza 3 Remake) for recycling so many assets/city/content

If Halo Studio can learn from better studios, it is to actually recycle content to chug games faster

I think the Arbiter is sexy and would like to take him on a romantic date and diner