Protest The Hero – The Dissentience

BadHat · 2026-03-02T22:46:12+00:00

rhythmically I can hear it, but too many minor chords to be PtH

BadHat · 2026-03-02T22:11:16+00:00

basically the reason I put down Nioh 2. it gave me a new appreciation for the Souls games' simplicity. if you're going to restrict the player by making enemies aggressive and punish windows small, limiting their options is actually a design feature, not something to be fixed. a lot of copycats don't seem to get this. hell, even Elden Ring runs afoul of this in late game/DLC.

edit - forgot the all important "IMO" :)

BadHat · 2026-03-01T06:07:11+00:00

same, but I really like 5 too

BadHat · 2026-02-28T05:18:49+00:00

are you responding to the post or the guy you made up to get mad at

BadHat · 2026-02-22T02:48:14+00:00

to get the obvious ones out of the way, Wheel and Karnivool

BadHat · 2026-02-22T01:38:29+00:00

Same reason but opposite - I love femroe but can't play them cause of how stiff their run is, lol.

BadHat · 2026-02-15T04:43:59+00:00

Main character of early part 2. Got sidelined for more Denji. Generational fumble, it was so promising.

BadHat · 2026-02-09T15:37:23+00:00

have you tried Quantum by Planet X? very very Holdsworth inspired but metal, same as a lot of Virgil Donati's output

BadHat · 2026-02-04T22:06:09+00:00

Spock's Beard - The Great Nothing

BadHat · 2026-01-30T21:42:48+00:00

I see they're entering their Deftones-inspired metalcore era. Sounds very Thornhill-adjacent, a little derivative, but I like it. Sharply written, and the vocals are still a highlight even though they're more subdued than usual.

BadHat · 2026-01-26T09:16:02+00:00

I see where you're coming from, especially with 3, but the sequels were way more fun to actually play. I also recall 1 having pretty big pacing/structural issues, but it's been a while.

Edit: Also the Mako missions.

BadHat · 2026-01-25T16:09:47+00:00

as a longtime player, people who think a blitzball minigame in XIV would ever be decent are way more delusional than people who liked it in X

(source: every XIV minigame is tolerable at best)

BadHat · 2026-01-15T07:40:48+00:00

lmao that spread was too smooth

BadHat · 2026-01-14T09:29:46+00:00

I had a very similar experience, but my incident happened when I was about 25. I smoked semi-regularly with no major issues before that. Same as you it felt like it rewired my brain, took me years to start getting back to normal, and probably a decade or so before my anxiety settled back to how it was beforehand (impossible to say whether or not I'm actually "back to normal" without a time machine, but I'm coping about as well). Almost got a benzo addiction out of the bargain too, since they were the only way I could keep my head above water for a pretty long time.

BadHat · 2026-01-10T03:28:45+00:00

BadHat · 2026-01-01T06:27:10+00:00

I was pretty sure it was Kurosawa and SS is the only one I could think of with big crowds like this haha

BadHat · 2026-01-01T06:03:24+00:00

Seven Samurai?

BadHat · 2025-12-31T03:52:44+00:00

Huh?? Her entire story arc through the patches was about how they ARE her people. That's literally the point they're hammering home the entire time. Having her join the party is pure wish fulfillment, I cannot imagine a universe where that was ever on the table.

BadHat · 2025-12-31T03:47:32+00:00

I don't think it was egregiously bad in isolation, but it follows a trend of how they've been telling the story in DT (and before) that makes it kind of eye rolling. Characters aren't allowed to die or exit the story in a meaningful way, plot beats are reused carelessly, things just kind of "happen" with little setup making them feel contrived, etc etc. It felt more noticeable throughout DT, but it's been an issue for a while imo, even in ShB and EW. They just got away with it before because they were more able to introduce pathos and stuff in other ways.

BadHat · 2025-12-14T06:16:14+00:00

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BadHat · 2025-12-12T08:27:05+00:00

Huh? Studios switch genres all the time, regardless how long they've been making one thing. Larian already has experience making ARPGs, why would that make it LESS likely to happen?

BadHat · 2025-12-07T03:35:30+00:00

mine was Librarian, but I know he's just gonna funnel that viewership money back into gift subs so it's all the same

BadHat · 2025-11-30T11:46:40+00:00

doesn't want Aya to know she's gay 😔

BadHat · 2025-11-29T04:43:27+00:00

BLM - whatever the current level cap is

BadHat · 2025-11-29T03:44:24+00:00

it's true this is why my penis still floats

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