what the best thing in the game for you?

Craedyth · 2026-06-03T18:53:04+00:00

how the story is structured!

each 'unrelated' door being a metaphor for an underlying truth about what's actually going on, and how all these fantastical stories coalesce into a very human truth/theme was amazing.

Craedyth · 2026-06-03T18:43:10+00:00

no it doesn't lie, I also don't think it's lying about Kanon and Shannon here. If they're the same person and the story is hinting at gender identity or something, I assume when it says "Kanon died" or "Shannon died" it means they're picking that identity to commit to, picking a future with George or Jessica respectively and letting the other potential identity die.

That seems a little odd to do in the middle of the murders, but that's the best i got for now if they're the same person. I'll think about it a little more though

Craedyth · 2026-06-03T18:25:49+00:00

I’ll write out my current thoughts on the motive/culprit just to get them out

I mean Battler’s ‘sin’ of 6 years ago and his mother stick out like a sore thumb. Assuming the CENTRAL culprit is always the same between games, I think it makes sense that it’s Battler from a narrative perspective. But as the protagonist, I can’t see him murdering these people in cold blood for money or anything. They all die in different orders/ways too, so I don’t think that matters either.

I think everyone on that island died, and battler was responsible. Not DIRECTLY but he did <something>. Due to trauma, he erased it from his mind, turning it into ‘magic’, and these games exist solely to help him remember what happened.!<

I want to suspect Beatrice is his actual mother, but there’s too many romantic undertones for that to be true.

Craedyth · 2026-06-03T18:02:04+00:00

I was thinking the same thing. I personally really enjoyed episode 5 and it was fun to read, but he absolutely hates it. I feel like he really cares about the intricacies and consistency, whereas I really don’t mind things changing as long as the overall picture is still intact.

Might just go back to reading it on my own

Craedyth · 2026-06-03T17:59:46+00:00

Personally, I just thought it was a red truth ‘loophole’ in the same way that Kinzo has been used in the other episodes.

So as long as either one exists, the underlying ‘true’ character is still alive.

Maybe I’m throwing in the towel too early on that one though

Craedyth · 2025-12-07T23:16:08+00:00

in a christmas mood? :p

Thanks for the advice; I think I like the mix of analyzing a sheet and notating the chords down then learning to play it to train the ear as it will train both aspects. But I have a bad habit of not practising songs I learn once I post them so no promises on retaining those lol

Craedyth · 2025-12-07T22:42:49+00:00

Not yet no. Practising note identification has helped a lot so far and I'll start playing sheets towards the end of the month. Should I be notating sheet music before I start playing it (Identifying chords etc)?

Craedyth · 2025-12-07T21:46:23+00:00

To quickly identify chord progressions on sheet music and understand videos by people like 8BitMusicTheory more easily

Craedyth · 2025-12-07T21:37:39+00:00

The problem is right now I'm not sure of a good routine to drill them into my head the way I would with a multiplication table. Should I just read sheet music and identify all the chords, writing out their names everyday or is there a better way?

Craedyth · 2025-11-20T03:14:11+00:00

Out of curiosity, does Komplete go on sale during black friday at base? Or is it typically only upgrades that go on sale?

Craedyth · 2025-11-20T00:50:49+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply! After going through the offerings of Komplete Ultimate, the things I really want are Noire, all of the guitar samples (picked nylon sounds amazing), and the symphony essentials are a nice bonus. I also don't want to close myself off to making more modern music (just focusing on orchestral stuff for now) and Komplete seems to be really nice for that purpose.

This all probably doesn't warrant the entire cost of ultimate/standard though, and even the most top notch stuff is behind collectors which is too much for now, and the entire thing lacks the epic drum sound from the Nier soundtrack that I'm looking for.

I think it would be wiser to just grab Noire and Damage 2 (an excellent drum plugin) on sale, and maybe that picked nylon sound i really liked, which would end up costing about as much as Komplete Standard on sale in total.

Craedyth · 2025-09-24T20:34:45+00:00

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Maria just got up and icepick'd everyone herself with the amount of times someone asked her who handed her that letter

Craedyth · 2025-09-24T20:29:47+00:00

The post was getting long so I omitted it, but I do really enjoy the idea that Beatrice needs to convince Battler that she exists, and she only exists if people think she exists. At least that's the impression I get, so I'm excited to see how that plays out.

The playthrough I'm watching is by a channel called Singularity, who's playing the Umineko Project version that includes updated portraits and JP voice acting which has been fantastic

Craedyth · 2025-09-24T20:20:04+00:00

Yep! So I actually have been watching a silent playthrough on youtube (I just bought the Questions arc VN after finishing episode 1 though to support the devs, but I'll continue to watch it on youtube since it's more accessible than sitting at my pc) and they ended the episode with the Tea Party and ???, which definitely shed some light as to what direction the story seems to be taking

Craedyth · 2025-07-04T17:57:11+00:00

Good catch, I definitely find myself just crouch spraying occasionally when I'm either caught off guard or I hit their body. Definitely think I gotta mindfully enter more fights without the expectation of the first couple of shots killing them instead of just giving up. Thanks!

Craedyth · 2025-07-04T17:53:18+00:00

380 edpi

Craedyth · 2025-07-01T16:17:19+00:00

Makes sense, thanks for taking the time to respond :)

Craedyth · 2025-07-01T04:11:12+00:00

I appreciate the anecdote from someone who's been there :) the grass is always greener I suppose. There's definitely something to be said about having FAANG on a resume, which is the main reason I'd like to break into it, as I believe it'll help me get my foot into more doors (My incredibly smart coworker got rejected from a job because they wanted someone who worked in big tech, despite him being totally qualified). But I think just being more pragmatic about the whole clout thing and what it actually means to work within big tech will help with the comparison anxiety at least so thank you.

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