u/brokebulg99

So, I had a post a few weeks back about how my love for the sub-genre has came back. It's been years since I fully dived into the world of beat em ups. I love how each one is a different in it's own way, figuring out each game's unique style is half the fun. Anywho, Absolum has been the game that everyone has told me I should try. I had a massive backlog so I might as well name the games I played/beat, and games I'm prob going to get into afterwards.

Games I beat- and little mini thoughts on each if applicable

Power Rangers- Rita's Rewind - played this a few years back and just stopped for whatever reason. Got back to beating it. Basic fun though

SOR4 and TMNT Shredders Revenge- lumped them together because duh lol

Marvel Cosmic Invasion- A really fun game, and has enough character variation. Felt a little limited after TMNT oddly enough, although it has a similar feel.

Vengence Hunters, Takeover, Fight n Rage, Final Vendetta- Four games that I had a "meh" expererience my first time trying them. I learned a valuable lesson playing these games though. Sometimes it's maybe the character I chose I didn't mesh with at first, and other times it's just that I'm going into it a little too arrogant. First series of games that I learned "how to play" instead of figuring things out with prior knowledge. I swear, that's the only way I beat all three of these.

Games I eventually plan to play-

Double Dragon Gaiden- Admittedly, never been a big fan of the series. There isn't a single game that I can honestly say I try enjoy. Gaiden looks to take the "Dotemu" route and it looks pretty interesting

River City Series- Played Ransom when I was younger, and always enjoyed the open world aspect of the series. I already know it's going to be a longer playthrough, so I'm going to hold off on this series for a while as well.

Jitsu Squad- I may actually try this before Absolum, just as a quick beat em up experience. Looks pretty fun.

Games I dont really have an interest in-

Mayhem Brawler, Mother Bleeds Russia, Scott Pilgrim, Castle Crashers-

Either I played them previously (the last two on Xbox 360), or I played them and it just didn't captivate me enough. What seperates these games from the others I went back to, is that those felt like "I'm just bad at this", rather than "this isn't really clicking with me".

So now that all that is out the way, is there anything I am missing? Absolum is probably going to be my last beat em up for the original Switch, unless a random sequel to one of these games comes out of nowhere. I'm looking for maybe a few sleepers that are truly under the radar (not necessarily like Sifu)

Thanks guys in advance!

Its gonna be some a bizarre time I feel.

Knicks fans are going to be super appreciative of his efforts in rebuilding the Knicks image, but NY is gonna rock that title all season long. Hes gonna have to see that all the time now..

Plus just being on the Nets. Yikes, worst case scenario for him tbh.

With the draft coming up, I just think about where this team was around 10 years ago.

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The only bright spot I really remember was being the "9" in the 73-9 Warriors season. Yes, they were the last team to beat them in the Regular season, and Im pretty sure that game went to O (just going off memory)

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But before that season started, we're probably the one team that at one point had three straight #1 overall picks when they were all young. The circumstances that led them to that point were odd (K Love trade, Bennett being Bennett, etc), but talk about getting a bunch of nothing for that. Bennett would get bought out, in his second season! Insane how bad of a pick that was.

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Its not the worst roster you could've had with 3 straight #1's. 2000-2002 could compete with it, but it sucks. I bought the Wiggins/Towns hype as a duo and thought Bennett would turn it around a bit...

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Life as a Wolves fan was ROUGH between Post KG to Pre Ant days 😂😂

So I recently bought a switch out the blue. I got a used one for fairly cheap, and from a trusted source so I figured ehh why not.

Played and beat the entire SOR series more times than I can remember, especially 2 and 4 (saved my boredom during the pandmic). Btw if you havent played SOR 2X and you enjoy those games, please do! The added features makes it feel like a brand new game!

Anywho, so I've had TMNT in the vault for a while. Tried it for a bit a few years ago, but for some reason it didnt hook me right away. Boy was glad to be mistaken. I reinstalled it on my S24 with my 8bitdo controller, and I could not stop playing it. I completely ignored the tutorial and just played the game on the fly. 10/10 experience. This game jumped to my top 10 games OAT, along with the two Streets of Rage games I mentioned. What a joy that game was to play, and I cannot wait to revisit it sometime soon.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion was a game I was actually looking forward to. It felt like a MVC2 beat em up (if you know, you know), so I knew I wanted to try it. Waited for an Android port, but once I got the Switch, it was an instant buy. The one thing I can say it has over TMNT (in my strict opinion), is that I was more interested in trying all the characters. By now, I know all the turtles abilites and none besides Mikey interest me for a playthrough, though I may try the other characters outside the other turtles.

In Marvel though? I love how each character feels just different enough from each other. Everyone has their strength and weaknesses, and the tag/assist features. They knew who they were catering to in this game lol. I did feel overall TMNT was a tighter expereience, and my game keeps crash in the Galactus level. However it is still a 9.5 experience for me. It's not S tier per se, but its VERY close, and I'm just grateful I got to try these back to back. Couldve played them in either order and I wouldve been just as happy.

So now we get to Takeover. It was cheap, and inoffensive if I didnt like it. The beauty about having a backlog of beat em ups this late in the game.

I can start by saying the main positive I have about this game. Though it is labeled as a SOR clone by many, I feel like this the game closest to Sega's vision had this would have been the true sequel for the Saturn way back when. If not full 3d, pre rendedered graphics were still the rage back then, so I can see this being a 1995-late 1996 game. Very similar how Sonic Mania couldve easily been Sonic 4 (though fans in hindsight wouldve complained Sonic was still in 2d let's be real)

I do like the seperate attack buttons for punch and kicks and the game feels decent enough. The music is awesome, but my feeling of the game now is diluted because tbh, I already experienced peak in my eyes. I feel I would have a much more favorable opinion if I were to have tried this game anytime between SOR 4 and literally yesterday before TMNT. For what it is though, I'll give it a 7.5. I have two levels to go, and it's enjoyable, but it's a game that I doubt I'll go back to.

All in all, I've spent this last year slowly coming back to my fav genre, but I may be taking a break after The Takeover. Forget to mention I played the games in Capcom's Beat Em Up Bundle as well as Xmen the Arcade game. Those games were fun, and I took them for what they were given their time and limitations.

With that said, what beat em up should I try next? Have Absolum and River City Girls, and deciding between those two.

These past few weeks were such an eye opener. To this entire infrastructure of Narcissists I've been around. How I grew up the way I grew up. Me realizing, I have a chance to end this generational curse, no matter how uncomfortable it is.

Where do I even begin. If you saw me from the outside looking in, I'm a tall (6'4) dark and handsome dude. If you saw my LinkedIn, any parent would be at the very least satisfied with how far I've came. I've been told Im charismatic, social, all of that.

Yet, I never felt so empty inside. The way I felt until maybe a few hours ago. When I finally decided, enough is enough with this.

My situation isn't much at all different from anyone who has had a single mother narc. I'm the oldest of two boys, and was the golden child. I come from Haitian immigrants, so of course there was going to be pressure to succeed. Thing is, everything progressed fine at first, but I always look back at how my mother would talk to me. When my parents divorced, I was 5 and my little brother 2, so obviously, the experience is more vivid to me. Id consider both Narcs and there was never any semblance of love. It was just chaos til the end.

I mention that because I'm sure that played a part in how she was. She raised me and my brother, along with my grandmother who barely spoke English. A recipe for disaster, because it sets up the perfect alleyway for a life of victimhood. She said whatever and however she wanted, and if I said anything to oppose, she always had my grandmother. Must've felt nice having a mother as a support system.

I had all the classic traits as a result. Low self image, people pleaser, oversharer, feeling alone and misunderstood. Was bullied growing up, and never felt strong mentally. I used to play video games tons to just escape. As I got older, once realize no one really cared, I stopped caring. Grades slipped, self esteem tanking, feel unsure if I was anything. My relationship with my mother got worse and worse over time, and she pulled the victim hood card so much, it was like she was playing a card battle.

As a result, felt like an outlier and of course I attracted other narcs as "friends". I ignored all the red flags that I knew were there. At that point in my life, I felt it was the compromise I made for someone to even 5 percent understand me. The standards were that comically low.

Fast forward I went away to college, and I started to find myself a little. College was ok, but I was still affected tons. I knew it because I got screwed over by rent by roomates that were those so-called friends from HS. I tried to keep the ship upright because I never wanted to go back "home". Didnt work, ended up going back anyway and the experience left me suicidal for nearly a year.

I ended up moving to the other side of the country, and I moved in with my cousin. Surely, family isnt going to screw with me right...yeah no. Same ish different day. My anger became sadness, but again I held on because I didnt wanna go back. Started to feel immense guilt because it was the first time I really lashed at my mom before I left. I was deemed ungrateful and all that.

I came back around during the pandemic, thats when I started noticing her patterns and ways. Thats when I realized she was never going to felt guilt for anything she did, but would stop at nothing to force me to relive all my bad memories. My grandma was always there to support. Shes really religious so it was a lose/lose.

A few years pass by and I move on again, and this time I got so sick of the way she was, I cut off all contact with everyone for a year in 2022. It did wonders for me, but again, that guilt. So I came back around and everyone was relieved, but one person.

This time though, and for the next four years, I became the person I always saw myself being. I got into my dream school doing a masters (GA Tech), and I set myself up to truly live out my potential. At 36, already in the best shape physically, mentally, and emotionally. I felt free..

So this summer, I thought to myself, there's nothing more I can do. I thought maybe. Just maybe, the corner would turn. I set myself up so she can be even somewhat proud of..nope...

I asked her to stay in the house for 2 months while I set myself up (job is in NYC and we're only 45 mins away). She went right back to her ways. This time though, I wasnt having it. I worked too damn hard to finally be the person I wanted to be my entire life. Went through too many uncomfortable lessons that I had to learn. Mind you, this is someone who life has told you who you are. She has no one, absolutely no one but my grandmother. Everyone else left her.

And I knew this, and I saw all I did, and how people are towards me vs her. She used to ask me, "how come you're so nice to everyone but me"? Yeah..no..cut it out. My grandma finally sees it, and I told her later next month Im outta here. She responds "what about me". Its as if I cannot live my life ever. My brother still has this guilt.

I dont. I have none. Im grateful I allowed myself to even attempt to become the best version of me. I'm glad I see the patterns because so many people in my family suffer the same fate. For me though..? Enough is enough. My mother tried sinking my mental, and it hurt so much, I couldnt even explain. It was all the confirmation I needed. Im breaking this generational curse. Leaving behind all this garbage and made a promise to myself Ill never treat my child like that.

I'm almost free. This feels like the endgame/final boss. I walk with the pain but I'm going to keep fighting. So again, thank you Redditors all of you!

As title states, I need some advice on how to handle a situation moving forward. Going to preface this by saying, I've been renting some form or property either as a roomate or on my own since 2009.

I've been renting an apartment in West Palm since November. From the first month, I've had recurring issues around my AC and roaches. I've always taken pride in being a tentant thats "out of sight, out of mind". This level of service I've recieved however, has been borderline comical from the property management team.

Since I moved in November, I've had a grand total of 0 months where my AC properly worked for even 3 straight days. The technician came over one day and told me "I'm not even gonna lie, we've had to replace something for the longest time, that is why this isnt working right". I'm not sure why he thought I cared for an explanation, especially after a few instances where I was ignored for a few weeks at a time.

Regarding the roaches, I've had a few crawl on me, and my girlfriend. It's gotten to the point she rarely comes over as a result anymore. They would come "mitigate" this issue by performing the most lackidasical spraying around my kitchen. Literally 2 mins and barely doing anything. They finally came a couple weeks ago, and placed foggers all over without telling me, including one near my workstation. Covered up not a single thing.

I've been working remote more often recently, so it literally because uncomfortable being at home working. I've told them this, in fact there is a service ticket regarding the AC every month. I'd ask was there any way they could at least compensate me for the inconvenience? Nothing. It wasnt until I really escalated the issue and really held a firm stance how bad it was getting, especially given the awful communcation. This past Monday, they finally came and replaced the unit. It "works" now, but this is literally half the time of the lease with an uncomfortable living situation.

At this point, I was ready to go. What confused me though, is that I contacted an attorney, explained everything, including my intention on potentially breaking the lease. He tells me, its going to be difficult because what I was going through was "subjective" and if it was that bad I wouldve left, as if this is something anyone can do at any given point. Something just didnt sit right with me about that. Literally uncomfortable while I've done absolutely nothing wrong as a tentant.

I finally request to break the lease, given the issues, and I told my property manager I have screenshotted proof of everything. Explained everything I mentioned, and all I wanted was some form of a compromise. I do understand the terms regardining brekaing a lease (two months of rent and all), but for me personally, it's hard to justify paying two more months of rent as well as a loss of a security deposit when I've literally had 0 months where I was ok where I lived. Compeltely loss the amount of days I've had lackluster sleep as a result.

Their response? We're suprised because we've never heard anything like that before. Which is a blatant lie because in the BBB there are complaints that follow almost the exact sequence of events similar to mine. It was actually kind of bizarre how eerie that was. Then yesterday, they gave me a notice, with everything intact. The two months, and my security desposit gone. I was stunned. How could this possible be the conclusion. They gave me a terrible living environment, and I'm breaking the lease for that exact reasoning.

I'm prepared to leave sometime this week. I was at the very least thinking they'd at least take one month, maybe my deposit back. Something, but nope, or course not. I'm just wondering if theres anything I can do, or anyone I can contact because I feel like I got robbed in bright daylight lol. So much so it's completely soured my experience in South Florida and I just want to leave.

Pretty much the title.

So on my resume, I have a degree in Comp Sci as well as an incoming Masters in the same field from GA Tech. On paper, I look like I'd be solid.

My thing is I don't really feel the strongest in any of the coding languages I feel would make a decent amount. I was going to apply for generalist roles for the time being, then work on my Python if anything. I have BI skills as well, but I do lack in actual work experience hands-on. Just have the certificaiton.

That said, where would anyone of you say you're comfortable enough to be accepted in the "specialist" domains?

Pretty much the title.

So on my resume, I have a degree in Comp Sci as well as an incoming Masters in the same field from GA Tech. On paper, I look like I'd be solid.

My thing is I don't really feel the strongest in any of the coding languages I feel would make a decent amount. I was going to apply for generalist roles for the time being, then work on my Python if anything. I have BI skills as well, but I do lack in actual work experience hands-on. Just have the certificaiton.

That said, where would anyone of you say you're comfortable enough to be accepted in the "expert" domains?