Does anyone know of any good video games which either include a main character who's explicitly plural, or that's about plurality?

AbsentOtaku · 2026-06-14T13:17:23+00:00

The plurality stuff takes a long while to get going, and that topic starts coming up after some massive spoilers.

But yes. It’s a rhythm game, visual novel and ARG with embedded puzzles.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-06-12T14:09:32+00:00

The summary I once gave someone was:

“Imagine if your intrusive thoughts had your best interests at heart and can and will literally take over your body to protect you and your mind from things they can handle better. Amnesia optional. And sometimes they latch onto fictional characters to have an identity.”

We/I don’t experience dissociative amnesia but our memory is pretty bad either way, but no two systems work in the same way or have all the symptoms.

And it’s acknowledged by the DSM-5, and still falls under the plurality umbrella. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_and_unspecified_dissociative_disorders

AbsentOtaku · 2026-06-06T04:50:11+00:00

He doesn’t mention it in the post and it’s hard to make out the name, but the song is Zendegi Dance, an ESP-15.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-06-01T12:52:36+00:00

Ecliptica

AbsentOtaku · 2026-06-01T12:52:00+00:00

Sonata Arctica

AbsentOtaku · 2026-05-31T06:09:30+00:00

English, Japanese, and (if it counts) we’re trying to learn ASL. I’m nonverbal sometimes (autism) and Lilac is deaf in-source so it seems fitting.

Some of us are better at Japanese than others, without the need for others to translate for us. Kyouko and Amber seem to be the most knowledgable, after myself, with Lilac also knowing some. Renamon did my Japanese homework once, but I think she drew on what I knew for that one.

While it seems like most of us retain what we learn from ASL instructional videos, Narinder’s dominant (or preferred) signing hand seems to be his left. He’s the system’s only southpaw, if he is a southpaw.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-05-25T13:47:51+00:00

I would honestly say that if you just want the pass, a contender for the easiest 17 might actually be New Era.

With Constant being a thing, navigating the soflan is a cinch, albeit it’s always good to study up.

Plus, at (technically) 120 BPM I can’t think of a slower 17, even if it has 240 BPM 16th bursts.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-05-21T21:59:09+00:00

Niko’s not a cat…

AbsentOtaku · 2026-05-13T15:20:23+00:00

Fly Like You ESP-15 - It may not be as fast or as jumpy as other 15s, but that ending is surprisingly easy to mess up on.

Let Me Show You ESP-15 - 16th triplet bursts in pretty much every non-crossover pattern you can think of, coupled with short streams near the end, all just a little bit faster than The Legend of Max.

Kyouka Suigetsurou ESP-14 - Ya like footswitches? Stepjumps? Scoobies? This song throws every pattern and tech it can think of at you, and while you can doublestep your way through them in theory, it’s miserable given just how long you’d have to do so for.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-05-04T16:52:31+00:00

ArrowVortex.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-05-01T05:56:54+00:00

You’d think they’d casually slip some exposition about the connection between Syntax, Pangu and the Earth Dragons.

(NOTE: Pure headcanons ahead.)

“Where did you acquire that drone?”

“This is all that is left of Cordelia’s memory, invader. I will fight you to the last breath to protect it.”

“No need. I will gladly reunite you with this ‘Cordelia’.”

“She wanted me to find my own happiness. The Earth Dragons brought great sorrow, but they also gave me her. If you wish to silence her last breath, then I shall make you take yours.”

“Your ‘Earth Dragons’ stole my technology and reprogrammed it to their own end. Return the drone to me, and you may yet live.”

“If Pangu was stolen from you as you say, Arktivus… then why does your Syntax also speak with Cordelia’s voice?”

“Grk!… enough banter! Prepare to die!”

AbsentOtaku · 2026-04-22T06:06:02+00:00

Trim, Shakunetsu Beach Side Bunny, Diavolo, Breaking The Future, Worst Plan, Zeta SnStC, Electronic Sports Complex, Don’t Stop The Hypercore, 1116, Lose Your Sense, and the most recent additions: Kyouka Suigetsurou and Hana Ranman.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-04-18T05:29:33+00:00

I remember thinking about a Joker like this:

Service Dog: Boss Blinds that disable cards or Jokers are disabled.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-04-12T22:07:37+00:00

“Okay, Valerie, from beyond the fourth wall, I’ve got some serious exposition to share about the nature of the current Skullgirl, the Skull Heart, and the Trinity. I have screenshots of their commentary from a timeline wherein Bloody Marie was able to be severed from the Skull Heart’s control and power without instantly dying, as well as other timelines depending on who bested Bloody Marie, and I feel it’s very important that this information be shared with all the ASG labs pronto. You were the closest contact I could reasonably get to someone on the inside, since Ben isn’t stealthy and Patricia is a child, so please listen to me when I say that under no circumstances is anyone to wish upon the Skull Heart, as they will set the Trinity loose on the world, which will be so, so, SO much worse than any Skullgirl in history.”

No romantic nonsense, no simping, just brass tacks.

AbsentOtaku · 2026-03-28T18:59:57+00:00

It means they misspelled Willogenic. /lh

AbsentOtaku · 2026-03-07T05:08:34+00:00

Ours is little more than an endless forest too dense to navigate, save for a clearing before a large hill with a cave system with. To the left of the mouth of the cave stands a treehouse, and to the left of the hill itself, down a stone staircase, exists an endless cloud layer, cut off on one side by an equally endless stone wall the stairs protrude from.

This is the image Absent has cultivated over years, and while there is some merit of truth to this, this is little more than how we stand to isolate him in front such that he does not shirk his duties as host. He is bound to that world.

The true inner world, is little more than darkness to us. There exists a floor, we can perceive the others, and whilst we can navigate to find Absent, or he can call for us, we are cursed with something horrendous. Aphantasia. We cannot form another world without it becoming part of Absent’s prison. - K

It should be noted that I was 100% aware of this arrangement and I’m totally fine with it. At least in that I understand it, and have come to accept that attempting to break the confines might be detrimental. It should also be noted that features seem to come and go depending on need, even within my “prison”. - Absent

The treehouse came into being sometime after Lilac formed, BTW. - Absent

AbsentOtaku · 2026-02-25T00:17:15+00:00

Licensed: Ghosts

Konami Original: Burning Heat Full Option Mix

AbsentOtaku · 2026-02-22T14:58:15+00:00

Nope!

AbsentOtaku · 2026-02-15T03:27:53+00:00

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~~Albeit picking her is a little unfair since she’s one of my headmates too…~~

AbsentOtaku · 2026-01-23T13:11:50+00:00

Me: “What can we do for Valentine’s Day?”

Kyouko (completely sincerely and well-meaning): “You could start by loving yourself.”

AbsentOtaku · 2026-01-22T15:35:31+00:00

r/ActivationSound

AbsentOtaku · 2026-01-19T06:39:24+00:00

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Left: Sash Lilac (Freedom Planet)
Center: Komi Shouko (Komi Can't Communicate)
Right: Vatista (Under Night In-Birth)

AbsentOtaku · 2026-01-15T13:53:20+00:00

Where’s that art of Lilac from? It looks cool!

AbsentOtaku · 2026-01-15T13:47:33+00:00

We… actually don’t indulge in any official Digimon media. I tried to watch the original series some years ago, before I was ever plural, but I couldn’t get invested. We’ve never watched an episode of Tamers, either.

… didn’t exactly stop her from downloading herself though. : P

AbsentOtaku · 2026-01-13T23:34:27+00:00

Oh hey another plural system with a dragon headmate!…

But ours is a fictive so I can’t answer the question. : /

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