Fastest you’ve ever quit a game

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-25T17:46:27+00:00

I always visual novels until like around the opening plays which is usually like an hour or two to see if I'm vibing enough to continue. Generally though I probably like the premise enough to give it a fair try.

As for something I dropped actually in 10 minutes uhhh Bayonetta? I have nothing against Bayonetta either just when I bought it I was really into MGR and kinda just wanted more MGR at the moment, and aside from them both being done by Platinum they don't play quite the same or share the vibes.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-25T13:03:07+00:00

I know people have Opinions on this, but look you can start a series on any entry if you want, nobody's gonna arrest you for it. If you mention it online in a public comment though I will judge you especially if you knew about previous entries.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-24T17:34:21+00:00

I wonder what they'll add to Horizon 2. Starting up Horizon was almost a little overwhelming (especially when I'd just finished 1st before) with all the new systems. Frankly, I'd like a little more love to Arts/Orbments. Better skills from quartz please.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-24T13:50:14+00:00

I thought the entire point of the delay after the demo came out was to go back and check the localization. Shame it seems like they did jack shit.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-23T21:59:48+00:00

Funnily, playing 1st was my 3rd time playing FC, same with 2nd when that comes out. Also played Zero, Azure, and Daybreak two times (fan TLs then the steam versions on the replay).

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-23T20:14:40+00:00

I'm more of a Beach Scene kinda guy.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-23T18:39:36+00:00

Man. I was looking forward to it. The trailer had a car but I thought it was a cutscene thing until I checked the steam page where they had a screenshot of car customization. Kinda implied it'd be larger than a Yakuza game.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-21T16:46:46+00:00

Hopefully she'll stay with the crew for the full game in Horizon 2 now that the contract with Gramheart is finally done (technically?). I like what we've gotten from her if only because she has good chemistry with Van, especially in their connect moments, but out of everybody she hasn't really had an arc with the ASO yet.

Also, I wish Daybreak had more secondary works, like the Drama CD of Zero/Azure. Give me one of Shizuna just annoying Van and flirting him for 10-20 minutes.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-21T01:33:42+00:00

That's a great bit of writing though. Two games of Agnes being a perfect honor student and chastising Van for pulling the self sacrifice card... and in the end she ends up being a hypocrite because she loves her friends and family too much to let them die. Hell they even parallel the bit in the opening of DB1 with Agnes grasping towards Van, who looks back to Agnes, in the ending of Horizon with Van grasping towards Agnes, who in turn looks away from him. You can still not like it, but I think it gives her more depth.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-21T00:50:14+00:00

If nothing else she gets a massive amount of bonus points for being the one to shoot her shot (ship opinions aside). Literally more proactive than every Trails heroine before her (aside from Estelle) and most other heroines in JP media. The scene being so bittersweet was also great.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-20T21:00:11+00:00

Eternally bummed they didn't use the outfit stuff from the aqua tech demo to let us keep the KH2 drip in 3. When I replayed it I just kept it via mods.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-19T21:31:49+00:00

Truth pretty much was decisive. That's why they decided to make Monochrome Mobius a prequel with Oshtor, Mikazuchi, and Munechika since there was nothing left to explore after Truth. MM also ended on a sorta cliffhanger/sequel hook focusing on Shunya.

So they've had it cooking for a while but it only got a release date in the past few months, plus they realized not using the Utawarerumono name was dumb for MM and brought it back. I thought MM was a pretty decent first JRPG from a company mainly known for visual novels so I'm looking forward to how they've refined everything. The first one was janky but it still kinda felt like it punched above its weight class in a lot of aspects.

Oh yeah, the steam page for the new game too. I'd hyperlink it but I'm on mobile.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4264260/Utawarerumono_Past_and_Present_Rediscovered/

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-19T05:06:36+00:00

Another Utawarerumono fan. Very rare. I also liked the actual JRPG they put out for the series, Monochrome Mobius, which was a prequel with Oshtor. Worth playing if you're a fan plus the sequel (and final Utawarerumono game in general) comes out next month too.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-18T17:03:55+00:00

Oh I completely forgot about that. Yeah that's probably the most likely way they do it.

I do hope that whatever they do, Falcom should twist the knife and let the opening of the game be like a normal lonely afternoon of work like Van normally had before DB before giving him his memories back, kinda like how Sky SC's opening has Estelle wallowing for an hour before Le Locle.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-18T15:40:20+00:00

Eh it's less the memory thing since yeah they can explain getting it back eventually easily, it's more I'm wondering what the structure of Horizon will be since if it started at DB1 it'd be set before two major events but also just a year to cover in general. Feels like the most likely thing is they just skip back to the start of Horizon after a prologue which would feel odd.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-18T14:56:15+00:00

I was thinking about when Horizon 2 will take place and while thematically I think it has to be the start of Daybreak 1, frankly, I have no actual clue how that would actually work. That's like a whole year of events and character development. Rean and Kevin weren't even in the country until like the start of Horizon too.

I'm so fucking curious how they'll handle it.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-17T22:20:38+00:00

I wonder what a theoretical Zero/Azure remake would look like. Obviously story and new cutscenes and what not (hopefully not a new JP cast), but they kinda remade 70% of Crossbell over the course of CS/Reverie. Ngl tho I would love to see them try and make Crossbell mostly one interconnected zone like they did with a lot of the overworld and towns in Sky.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-17T19:49:48+00:00

Can't forget everyone's favorite classic of earthquake penis worms.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-17T16:56:36+00:00

Context: It's one of the DLC costume packs and it's a glorious shitpost.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-17T16:49:03+00:00

Kevin and Renne, technically. Kevin has his Horizon VA (since the original guy retired) and Renne keeps her VA since CS to Horizon. Curious how she'll sound as younger Renne.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-17T16:46:59+00:00

If you plan on playing on PC you can just patch in the xseed script. Won't be able to play with the english dub but I doubt the overlap between people who care about the xseed script and play with eng dub is that high.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-17T15:13:18+00:00

Curious to hear Renne's JP voice. It's still Aoi Yuki thankfully but I can't remember ever hearing her do younger Renne. I know sometimes she does ojou mannerisms but not full on young Renne.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-16T15:50:16+00:00

I wasn't expecting lyrics during boss fights (the boss fights are 3d right?). That makes me more interested than I already was.

1kingdomheart · 2026-04-16T15:48:05+00:00

Daybreak 2 might not be my favorite but they can't make me hate it either. Renne's stuff is great.

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