I'm just here to lurk and occasionally reply with nerdy jokes or to suggest cool stuff.
Late 30's, AuDHD, video games, programming, learning Japanese.
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@chris_e_simpson ADHD people earnestly trying their best to be serious productive adults:
@hk I have so much nostalgia for Eternal Darkness despite being entirely uninterested in similar horror type games as a genre. So many neat ideas trying to make something that feels unique and interesting.
Without spoiling any details about how or what: there's a secret scene that you're unlikely to see on a first playthrough that enjoyably adds to the lore. Worth taking a minute to watch it on Youtube after you finish the game.
@cybervegan Feedback from an AuDHD guy: I wish it was clearer up front about what it entailed. It mentions "three questionnaires" and "about 30 minutes", but no precise details about format or number or questions. I got to a page of 50 multiple choice questions and it felt like there would be more on later pages, but my ADHD refused to spend attention on the first 50 questions without knowing in advance how many more I'd have to do to earn that sweet "yay I helped" dopamine reward at the end.
@yhancik @moshboy I thought it looked like Kwirk from the Game Boy game of the same name. Found the cover art, and... it's literally just Kwirk. But blue. With black hair. And a very slightly different tread design on the bottom of his shoes. Weird.
@tashasounart @k8 Seconded. I've been playing the new Trails arc (Daybreak / Horizon). In theory it's a JRPG with gangs and terrorism. In practice it's 3 hours talking to hundreds of NPCs to catch up on gossip about their personal lives, a bit of story, then talk to all the NPCs again.
The Atelier JRPG series, too. Cute mahou shoujo friendship vibes and comfy explore/craft/grind mechanics. Easy to sink time into.
Also "WitchSpring R", which has one of the most adorable JRPG protagonists ever.
@HelenLockhart My best guess as someone learning Japanese, who has seen tiny bits of calligraphy but is very far from an expert:
一虫之 written vertically as
一
虫
之
I can't figure out any particular meaning or specific references to it online, though. "之" is reasonably common in names and pretty rare in actual words, so I'd guess it's some sort of name / maker mark.
(FWIW, the individual characters are roughly translated as 一 (one), 虫 (insect/bug) and 之 (archaic form of "of"))
@thejikz I'm a fan of 桜 (sakura / cherry blossom). I choose to parse the components as woman (女) + tree (木) + [comic book style excitement lines]. She's just so gosh darn happy to see that tree. Cheers me up every time.
@kemona_halftau I often find myself sad that they didn't just keep things linear after the N64. We'd be on the Nintendo 69 now and the world would be a much nicer place.
@mcc @RogDolos Honorable mention (because they're cool and when else am I going to be able to talk about this): the "Wanko de Kururin" series was a handful of Japan-only games on various systems around ~2004-2008. Full of cute puppies, anime girls, and surprisingly original gameplay mechanics.
@ratqueen The x/y/z genre explanation is weird enough to pique my interest and give some sense what to expect, but leaves me wondering how they're balanced. Dungeon crawler looks mostly thematic rather than gameplay, and it's unclear whether cards / decoration are core gameplay systems or minor distractions from a VN core. It piques my interest but it's more "I might try the demo to understand better" than "I definitely want to play/buy this".
Looks neat though! Those characters ooze charm.