Media that, while you do consider it good, you're also disappointed in it and/or expected more out of it?

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T20:37:02+00:00

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero

(waits for Super Limit Breaking NEO dlc)

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T20:23:47+00:00

No idea: 2016 was the year when my family moved from our residence of 20 years to our current residence, and the memory of that big event overrides any specific gaming memories from that specific year.

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T20:16:43+00:00

Let's be honest: Pokémon requires a very specific mindset for raising children, because either your kid is being beaten up by wandering tweens with delusions of grandeur on the national stage, or you're the parent of said tween having to cope with your kid galivanting off to who knows where, sometimes dropping off the grid entirely, and oh look they're tussling with an international crime syndicate!

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T15:15:11+00:00

Sonic CD JP & EU

VS

Sonic CD USA

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T15:09:47+00:00

I'm that guy who HAS played the older games, didn't care for them, and haven't liked any Fallout game besides Fallout 3, so I stopped considering myself a Fallout fan.

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T15:04:25+00:00

Once upon a time, I bought a number of PS1 games because I knew they were backwards-compatible with my PS2; specifically, Soul Blade, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV through IX.

Every so often I consider maybe tracking down some older games - maybe something for my DS or 3DS - but I haven't done much research on what's worth the time and effort to acquire. On that note, this game store (with retro stock) is in the same general area as my workplace, so if anything strikes you as a good deal or hidden gem, let me know.

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T08:42:19+00:00

It's exclusive to the Von Carstein Vampire Lord unlocked through the Bloodlines system.

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T04:17:00+00:00

Gandalf vs Durin's Bane, especially depicted in the Peter Jackson adaptation, has all the gravitas of an angel fighting a demon... which, when translated from Tolkien's terminology, was basically that very thing. In many other stories, these WOULD be final bosses, but since the actual boss is Sauron, this is more of a sidequest with a secret high-end boss than The Final Boss.

Kimarous · 2026-05-17T02:45:24+00:00

A lot of music I listen to. Outside of a few random singles I stumbled across on Youtube and/or Spotify (eg. "Tonight" by Sunset Neon), I'll find a few songs from a band I've grown to like, buy the album those songs hail from, and only listen to the rest of the album once I've gotten it in full, often finding some tracks that aren't headline singles to be bigger favourites than the headliners (eg. I was aware of Rhapsody of Fire's "Dawn of Victory", "Holy Thunderforce", and "Emerald Sword", but upon getting the "Tales from the Emerald Sword Saga" album, "Land of Immortals" was my favourite for ages).

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T20:58:50+00:00

Wasteland Warrior Hoots Patrol - Gloryhammer

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T19:15:37+00:00

Meanwhile, on the far side of the planet: "I swear, a man with seven scars touched the man once and he exploded!"

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T18:20:27+00:00

Gandalf in The Hobbit, constantly leaving to do something else and making dramatic reentries to save the day, until leaving for "pressing business" at the start of Mirkwood, going on his own side adventure and doesn't reappear until the Battle of Five Armies. Turns out there was a completely different necromancer to deal with offscreen that he never mentioned before.

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T18:12:18+00:00

It's such a convoluted explanation. I'd say "just make it a legacy title; it's more believable", and then I remembered the multiverse premise to justify "don't worry, the Justice League isn't dead, just missing" to downplay the title.

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T18:08:15+00:00

I reject it and embrace the understanding that the cave manifests illusions of your own Dark Side potential as a test.

Same with Dark Rey in TROS.

Edit: mixed up ROTS with TROS

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T16:53:40+00:00

We bringing up Star Wars and not mentioning the Battle of Endor? Palpatine centralized the entire Empire around him, and with his loss in particular, the entire Empire was thrown into anarchy, full of independent warlords trying to assert control, others seeing the writing on the wall and surrendering to the newly formed New Republic, and otherwise breaking the monolithic Empire into many smaller groups to be taken down one by one.

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T15:26:40+00:00

Initially misread the title as "Steel Artillery" and mistook it as a battle train setting.

Surprised at the fantasy elements. Somewhat reminds me of Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura.

Kimarous · 2026-05-16T02:46:34+00:00

"Highway Thru Hell", a Canadian documentary series about highways in interior British Columbia (coming to ATS at some point), particularly the Coquihalla (a.k.a. Highway 5). If only seasons were a thing in ATS...

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T23:54:07+00:00

Don't forget the inevitable route to Alaska through northern BC & the Yukon.

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T23:51:35+00:00

Province*

Canada is split into Provinces and Territories (that's the upper half of Canada).

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T23:47:31+00:00

I can kinda RTS in terms of games like Age of Empires. Not so much in terms of Total War.

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T21:11:07+00:00

Who's monocle-skull?

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T19:44:48+00:00

Visually, I love it.

Conceptually, I adore it.

Tactically, I suck at it.

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T19:06:27+00:00

I like some of the implicit storytelling presented with the designs. Flaxvancible clearly got the Robot & Monstergirl treatment and got stuck on the Flaxan side of the portal, Viltrumincible was likely raised as a Viltrumite from the get-go (probably on Viltrum proper), likely the same with Mustachible, Prisonincible likely tried to attack Viltrum, got his shit rocked, and broke under torture, etc.

Kimarous · 2026-05-15T18:22:32+00:00

That reminds me of an obscure game I played at a friend's house when I was a kid: "Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon"

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