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BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS... otoge + STG enjoyer | vintage macintosh collector | himehina enthusiast ๐ฅ SP ไธญไผ iidx 15.1k maimai dx peaked #274 global beat saber inf dan 19.00vf sdvx i WILL post walls of text on the things i like and you WILL like it
i've been getting into cotton fantasy / rock n roll a TON lately (the scoring is a blast) and today i found out its getting a SEQUEL????? cotton rock with you??????? and its nearly done to the point theres been an extended location test???? it looks so good www.youtube.com/live/-PW0GEf...
i'm ABSOLUTELY going to read higurashi later but i need to take a few months off before i jump into it, as much as i adore umineko i dont think i can take another 8 part beast like that back to back. for now its going to be a herculean effort to try to function as a normal human being after that
finished umineko when they cry last night
i came in with unreasonably high expectations and somehow they were still exceeded. this VN is beyond special to me and i adored every single moment of it from beginning to end. i dont think this story will ever leave my head. highest recommendation
i'm not good enough at mahjong to beat the games quick (plus the opponents cheat out the ass) but its still loads of fun and a really wonderful vibe.
even though theyre all mahjong at their core its so fun jumping between different ones
also the music can get GREAT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeEx...
sega saturn strip mahjong eroge is so neat. two year period where sega had their guidelines lax enough to allow full frontal nudity on officially licensed games, and most of the games that take advantage of it are mahjong. its so surreal seeing nudity like that on a mainstream console from that era
"I was called fatphobic for making neoskinnycunt+ all bodies are-" the year is 2012. You bolt awake in the taxi on your way to work. You are Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix. Naoki Yoshida will be presenting his proposal for your failed MMO in an hour. He must not be allowed to save XIV.
splitting a 5 man family pack is a pretty good deal but coordinating that with 4 other friends would be way too much of a hassle every year. thank you microsoft for popularizing subscription services for videogame consoles and thank you nintendo for adopting them
switch online expansion pass really bugging me right now because i would TOTALLY pay 8 or 15 dollars for alien soldier virtual console on switch right now but 50 dollars a year is WAYYYY too much for me to justify. i'd only want to play like 4 games on the expansion pass (all of them treasure games)
last night i worked up the courage to bang my head against alien soldier for 2 hours until the game clicked and then it DID and i mainlined repeated attempts of the game for another 3 hours nonstop (only made it to stage 9). nobody does it like treasure
dodonpachi DOJ switch port get!!
surprisingly, i didnt like this game much when i first played it but once i got the hang of the hyper system and how to build it quick i fell in love with the game completely. HOPEFULLY i can score a 1-all soon-ish, so far i can make it to mid-stage 4 in 1 credit
this nl clip made me think of him and i've been on hold for 3 hours
NEW. HIT. HIT! HIT!!!!!!! HUT HUT HIKEEEEEEEE EP
NEW EP FROM HIT PRODUCER JOHNNYJUMPUP98
5 NEW TRACKS THAT WILL SHAKE YOU TO YOUR CORE
(they threatened to sue my for defamation and made me post this (+flashing light warning))
man i really need to give marathon another go. i remember kinda enjoying the first bit i played but because i first played it on a near minimum spec 68k macintosh it was quite janky LOL i'll have to give it another go on one of my beefier macintosh rigs sooner or later
its hard to pin down what its missing but gut reaction has me saying the fantastic cast dynamic with one another is missing alongside the snappy writing (might just be the NIS america localization). the intoxicating atmosphere is THERE and on PAPER the cast is great but its just not there as a whole
oh and i'll finish up sakura wars V since i started that a week ago. i don't know if i'll play shin honestly since i flat out don't have a PS4 and V is already really showing some weak spots in the formula, the game on paper has everything that makes sakutai enthralling but its missing SOMETHING....
next year i'm planning to lean into visual novels even harder, and enjoy a few other of the greats of the medium since i'm loving the medium
planning to enjoy:
- umineko chiru
- finish up muvluv (hndr pulled me away) and move on to alternative
- try rance out? i might not like it but who knows
if i had to pick one single game of the year it'd have to be hundred line. even though full honesty im adoring umineko more than hndr already (even at the halfway point), hndr was so special to experience at launch alongside everyone else not knowing what to expect. really special place in my heart
rhythm games were very fruitful this year, i didn't play as much iidx as i'd have liked to but i dove hard into maimai dx and got rainbow so i'd say thats a nice milestone. mental has been too iffy for me to grind otoge consistently so im not planning to jump back in with 2026 or anything
umineko was a big end of year upset, out of nowhere i just felt Ready for it and then went for it and in ~4 weeks i blazed out all of the question arcs. wtf. im planning to start answer arcs to ring in the new year so i can take some time to stop and theorize before jumping in to the conclusion
mostly a year of arcade and VN focus.
arcade side was all sega console love. so much time on the saturn and dreamcast playing fantastic STGs, i'm very glad the genre clicked with me
VN wise kazutaka kodaka had me by the balls w/ hndr and shuten, and sega enamored me with sakutai. both fantastic
my favorite games this year:
released in 2025:
- hundred line
- shuten order
- kirby air riders
older games i finished this year:
- sakura wars 1/2/3/4 (3 is best)
- umineko question arcs
- void stranger
- ninja gaiden 2
- battle garegga
- sega rally championship
might also because i dont bring headphones to the cab and just rely on the speakers since the arcade i frequent is quiet for the most part but still. idk maybe next session i'll try flicking off the hitsounds just for fun and see how it goes!!! i just need to tear myself away from umineko first
songs in maimai sound SO different ingame compared to the ost releases just because ingame you have to deal with loud ass CLAPCALCPACLAPCLACPACLCPALCPAC else you'll lose time pretty easy thanks to the nature of the game so hearing the OST mix of many songs is like. wtf. this is completely new. what
you have once again been greeted by holly jolly takenobu mitsuyoshi, repost or you will still never see burning rangers underneath your christmas tree
NINJA GAIDEN 2 XBOX 360 MASTER NINJA
!!!!!!!CLEARED!!!!!!!
hardest game i have played in my life. i still can barely quantify my feelings toward the game. the peaks of MN is the peak of videogames but the bad parts are inhuman torture. 10/10 game i'd recommend to nobody except complete sickos
clair obscur expedition 33:
- no darumi amemiya
hundred line:
- darumi amemiya
the true winner is clear
anywho the real game of the year is kazutaka kodaka and kotaro uchikoshi's visual novel SRPG masterpiece The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy
wise maneuver. i usually do that for smaller sludge marketing shows from other companies like state of play or whatever xbox calls their showcases but i need to resist the yearly temptation from geoff... next time.....
"And the 2025 Gaming Oscar for 'Best Boss Fight of 2025' goes to..."
The host opens the envelope.
"'Big Moai Controlled By A Smaller Moai' from Salamander III!"
The crowd erupts in applause. The camera cuts to the Roaring Knight in the audience, who is clapping politely but visibly perturbed
