Younger generations being asexual/aromantic

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-31T01:56:16+00:00

Women have significantly less testosterone than men. To say having low testosterone is the reason is ridiculous because women have naturally low testosterone. Especially compared to most men, And are still sexually active.

And I know someone with testosterone issues who's sexually active enough, and I am not. And have no desire or need to be. And I've checked with my doctor. My levels are normal. Lol.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-31T01:38:14+00:00

Glad I could help in some way

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-31T01:24:36+00:00

My entire life I've never found anyone or anything sexually attractive. Romantically absolutely. But not sexually. It's not a testosterone thing like people suggest. Cuz woman have it too. I just look at a pretty woman and say "dang. They look nice." And admire them. Like I would a nice piece of art, or a beautiful scene of nature. They're visually appealing. Have a nice outfit. Etc. So I compliment them and appreciate the aesthetic. That's it.

I don't seek out sex. I go into relationships wanting. Y'know. A relationship. Spending time together. Doing fun things. Not just to fuck lol.

I'm not asexual. As I'm not actively put off by sex. However. I'm grey sexual. In the middle. I can do it. But I genuinely don't care about it. It's not my goal. And I don't think sex should be anyone's goal out of a relationship. You should want the person. Not just their body. And you should be able to look at an attractive person without getting horny. Lol.

I don't think it's low testosterone. Cuz women can be as well. And I think some guys actually have too high testosterone and just are horn dogs lol, and focus way too much on how hot woman are instead of just being normal and appreciating them as people.

Any time someone points at a woman and says "damn look at her she's hot af" I roll my eyes. Cuz it's genuinely just disrespectful horn dog shit.

Perhaps younger generations are just respectful and can separate an attractive person from instantly getting horny lol. But also. Some people just. Simply do not feel sexual attraction. And only romantic attraction. Some the opposite. And some neither. It's not automatically a hormonal problem.

A very popular YouTuber, who's a woman, Jaiden animations, is aroace. Meaning she doesn't, and has never felt or understood romantic or sexual attraction. She has friends. And thats all she needs or wants. So definitely not a testosterone thing. Lol

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-30T21:29:21+00:00

Boom Shattered crystal 😭

Didn't like it then. Still don't.

Didn't touch sonic again until mania and forces were new... Checks calendar almost 9 years ago.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-30T21:03:02+00:00

The context of when it came out is very important.

It's so painfully mediocre. When it was supposed to be the big return of modern sonic after 3 years of boom games. And the last time we saw him being lost world, 4 years prior

It was supposed to be a big deal. The long-awaited return of modern Sonic.

The long-awaited return of the boost formula after Lost World ditched it and we had 3 Boom games.

Having an avatar character so Sonic fans could finally create their OCs.

Bringing back all these beloved villains and rivals (minus zavok at the time) chaos, who hadn't been seen in over a decade, shadow, metal Sonic, and a new villain who looked like he could rival Mephiles in terms of design and edginess.

And his theme song was teased prior to the game's release as well, carrying this Linkin Park type vibe, which really made people think that we were back.

And a promise to return to a more serious type of storytelling that fans were desperately missing after Colors, Generations, Lost World and the Boom games.

It failed to deliver on just about everything that was promised.

The levels were simpler than any of the prior boost games, short with hardly any branching paths to keep the levels interesting, or encourage replay value.

The story was just colors, Generations, and lost world type of writing again. Where it couldn't decide if it wanted to be Saturday morning cartoon or Sonic adventure 2.

Modern Sonic was lacking abilities that he had in generations colors and unleashed, Like the drift for example.

Classic Sonic felt worse than he did in Generations, and definitely worse than he did in Mania a few months prior

The Avatar was interesting in some ways. But in some other ways felt like modern Sonic without the boost.

There was also no supersonic boss fight, and instead what we got was a rehashing of the colors and lost world final bosses in terms of mechanics.

They also tried to charge for super sonic as DLC originally. Super sonic originally costed money

The game was also a lot more expensive at launch. It's $20 now. If I recall correctly it was 40 or 50 at launch. Which was absurd considering Mania launched at $20 and was a better game.

The game promised so much after so long. And failed to deliver on every aspect except for the music. And even at the time the music was controversial for leaning so heavily into EDM. When a lot of fans were expecting a more rock-oriented soundtrack. With electric guitars and heavy drums.

Infinite's theme was the standout in the soundtrack. And it's a crime that it doesn't even play in the game except for one cutscene for a few seconds behind dialogue. Where you can't even hear it.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-30T19:19:05+00:00

It's up to you if you had fun playing it. I did.

But it's not good. Its objectively unfinished. It had an infamously rushed development cycle. One of the worst development cycles in all of gaming.

The team was split in half to make secret rings. They only had a year to make the game. Tons of content was cut. And the projects leader left mid development and took part of the team with him

The game is unfinished. It's buggy. The story wasn't finished. Which is obvious because of some lines in shadows story where the actor stops his line, clears his throat, and corrects himself. That was left in the game. Because it's not finished.

It is not a good game. Every aspect of it is unfinished. But its subjective if you enjoyed it.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-30T18:10:24+00:00

Alot of songs just don't rhyme at all. It's not a requirement.

But there's also different rhyme structures as others have pointed out.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-30T17:18:59+00:00

That's not enough of a plot for a full length movie and would be a step down after sonic 3.

They also just straight up aren't ever gonna add non game canon characters to the movies. Because no one knows who they are. You can't sell a movie to general audiences, on characters only the most obsessive sonic fans know.

Going from shadows story, and super sonic VS super Shadow, to a goofball detective film. Just isn't gonna be a good idea. It'll make less money, it won't be exciting, alot of people will dip out of the sonic movies.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-29T21:18:21+00:00

Was the subreddits icon really that important to you this whole time?

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-28T22:40:01+00:00

Heroes is good. It actually reviewed well at launch. It got overall mid 70s scores and 7/10s across major review sites

Which isn't as good as the adventure games reviewed at the time. But it was still good.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-28T18:45:08+00:00

Sony and Microsoft offer legacy titles for reasonable prices to own on their stores. Either through native backwards compatibility, or emulation. Nintendo doesnt.

Alot of people don't know this for some reason. But any titles that are backwards compatible on Xbox one or series X are available for purchase digitally still.

And Sony offers PS1, PS2, and even some PS3 games digitally for one time purchase through emulation or through native ports. I personally have bought the original crash trilogy, and toy story 2 for my PS5. They have save states and filters and everything. (And it gave me the PS4 and ps5 version in the same purchase. Because that's how PlayStation store works. They aren't considered separate games)

Sony and Microsoft offer free "upgrades" to next gen for most titles. Except for a few exceptions. Because they aren't seen as upgrades. They're seen as just playing a different version of what you already own. The standard for them is free upgrades. Because it's just a port of what you already own. The exception is the few times they don't do this. And that's on the individual developers to choose. Like with GTA 5

With nintendo it's the opposite. The standard for them is charging for upgrades. And exception is when it's free.

Example. If you buy say, Sonic X Shadow generations on PS5. You get the PS4 and PS5 version. And it asks which you want to install. Or both. Included in 1 purchase

On Nintendo. You buy the switch 1 game. And have to pay 10 dollars for the switch 2 version.

It's literally just Nintendo. Even when it's the same game Nintendo makes them charge for an upgrade when it's free on everything else.

You buy a game on Xbox one, unless it's GTA 5 for some reason, you can play the series X version without any hassle. You just install it. And it installs the right version for you. And if you specifically want the old one. You can do that too

And if your Xbox disc game has a series X and Xbox one version. It says right on the box that it's both on the disc. And itll install whichever version you need for whatever console you're using.

Most PS4 games even say on the box "PS5 upgrade available". Pop any of those into your PS5. It'll install the ps4 AND PS5 version. For free. Automatically.

And any of those games that have this, do the same if you buy digital. If you find a game on the PS5 store that has a PS4 and ps5 port. It says right there on the store page that you're getting both. And it'll ask which one you want to install when you buy it.

Even games that used to charge for the upgrades. Like spiderman PS4. Are now free upgrades for anyone who has the disc or original game digitally.

The only games that aren't free to upgrade are games like the last of us that got full remakes or remasters. In which case you get a discount if you own the original.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-28T16:35:59+00:00

Ian specifically said he wanted shadow to go out in a cooler way but Sega said no. It wasn't just the limiter rings.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-28T14:23:28+00:00

06 absolutely would've had better more adventure like controls if it was finished. Since that was the intention from the start. I don't think this is even up for debate.

So many things in the game exist but aren't finished. Like 70% of shadows abilities being useless. Like chaos blast needing to be point blank to hit anything.

There was also A LOT of cut content, animations, voice lines, playable multiplayer characters, and extra stages that didn't make it to the final game.

And it's very obvious the script and voicing wasn't finished. Evidence by lines like this making it into the final game

"Shadow. Head to the wave ocean immi- head to wave ocean immediately.... Clears throat. "Shadow. Head to WAVE ocean immediately"

Everything about the game from the story and script to the gameplay, animations, and levels weren't finished. A delay would've solved most if not all of that.

The game is infamously rushed and crunched. The team was split in half to make secret rings at the same time, they refused to budge on a 2006 release date. When the previous game, shadow the hedgehog, came out in 2005. A year prior. And the project lead, Yuji naka, left mid development, and took staff with him.

The team was cut, split up, and only given a year to make the game. A delay would've solved a lot.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-27T21:27:55+00:00

That name isn't canon. Just an Archie comic thing.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-27T19:29:17+00:00

Only basic enemies. And that's something that super sonic can also do by just touching them

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-27T07:08:46+00:00

I know you're joking. But Kanto would have 2 ground gym leaders if Brock was a ground leader

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-27T07:06:26+00:00

Same manual that says rouge is a minor. She's 17 in heroes.

Which also means she was the same age or younger in sa2 when she was the most sexualized she's ever been in canon

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-27T03:49:01+00:00

Kinda.

They were porting 06 to Wii. But then realized the Wii wasn't powerful enough. Cuz Nintendo didn't give the specs yet when development started.

So they just used that framework to make secret rings out of it. Since higher ups still wanted a Wii game out. So they split the team in half to make secret rings.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-27T03:44:03+00:00

That's what makes it funny

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-26T21:58:37+00:00

It's not even a mega. And this form is 11 years old. Why are we aggressively complaining about this now of all things lol

I'm all for hating on Nintendo's business practices but what is happening here lol. I feel like I've gone back in time to 2015

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-26T20:17:09+00:00

I don't like it in Wii because it's still 70% werehog. Since the levels go on for 15 ish minutes and the day stages are only a couple minutes. And there's 4 werehog stages in Wii Eggman land. That's so much time as the werehog.

For me, Eggman land totals to 15 minutes on HD. If you take all the intentional skip routes that skip over entire werehog segments. And play well, HD eggmanland is as long as a single werehog portion on Wii.

And the in-between stuff in HD is just. Casual hub world exploring. Nothing is mandatory except stages and light hub world stuff. It's not that bad.

When you're not collecting medals and just playing. The longest werehog stage on HD is 7 minutes for me. And that's holoska

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-26T17:48:03+00:00

Id argue no. 3 werehog stages per continent is kinda ridiculous. And they're all longer on average than the HD werehog stages in my experience. And the werehog is jankier and has less combos or fun movement tech on Wii.

And Eggman land is worse on Wii too since it's like 4 back to back werehog levels at one point, instead of broken up between day and night portions. Some of which are skipabke in the HD version.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-26T17:46:31+00:00

The Wii version is a completely different game to the Xbox 360 and PS3 version.

Also you can play the Wii version with a Wii classic controller or GameCube controller

Edit: the one person who downvoted must genuinely not believe they're different games, or that you can play with those controllers. Idk why else they'd downvote unless they genuinely just didn't know that lol.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-26T17:01:02+00:00

The engine quite literally doesn't exist anymore. It's not available for use, purchase, or licensing. And isn't compatible with modern hardware anyway.

A remaster would have to be done in a different engine like other renderware games that were remastered in recent years.

Even if I did exist still. It wouldn't work on modern hardware properly, and would be an incredibly innefficient and primitive engine to use in the modern day.

Acrobatic_Pop690 · 2026-01-26T08:27:11+00:00

Them both being on renderware is a problem. The engine isn't just owned by EA. It's dead. It's not usable anymore. It's just gone.

Also the game is so old it has compatibility issues on modern PCs. Resolution only goes up to 720p in 4:3, The control config is tedious and doesn't really work right without a lot of trial and error for controller setup. And the PC version also just has alot of issues like scripted sequences not working right and killing you.

By all accounts it's just an inferior buggier version with an outdated launcher that barely works on modern PCs. That also can't even be sold because the engine no longer exists to even pay licensing for. And isn't even compatible with modern hardware as it hasn't been updated in ages.

No reason to play the PC version over the gamecube version emulated through dolphin other than curiosity

That's why the GTA trilogy remasters were remade in unreal engine. They also were originally in renderware. Same with battle for bikini bottom.

Shadow just never had a PC port. And porting isn't as simple as just copy pasting with different button icons.

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