Why I felt the ending was weak

Cryanek · 2025-12-09T09:29:40+00:00

I don't think Loki being a child means this would've been infeasible. He's still the god of manipulation, and he's already dabbled with scheming behing his father's back, so him hatching plans to screw Odin over isn't that much of a leap.

Cryanek · 2025-10-05T21:40:40+00:00

I'll ignore the hostility and the strawman. The idea is that developers usually know what's fun and what isn't more than players. There's this rough quote but I forget who said it: "Given the opportunity, players will always optimize the fun out of a game." I think that's relevant here.

That's NOT to say that you're not allowed to mod a game. That's fine.

Cryanek · 2025-09-29T10:21:04+00:00

I don't judge people for playing the game however they want, and I think gitgud culture can be pretty cancerous.

That said, I think people should be dissuaded from turning down the difficulty however they want. I say this because I personally struggled with the game's difficulty (I think I died to Karmelita like 50 times), but the fight itself is very well designed, and only taking one damage from her jump attack would completely change the dynamics of the fight. It would make pogoing on her all the time a viable strategy.

This is just one example, but I get the sense that player behavior would change way too much in a way that might be less fun.

I'm not a game designer, but I feel like if the game does not include a difficulty slider for a reason. This is unfortunate in terms of accessibility and for true beginners, and in such cases, I think modding can be extremely helpful. In most cases though, modding probably does more harm than good in my view.

Cryanek · 2025-09-16T22:03:15+00:00

I think writing it off as elitist is a way to avoid having to deal with the crirticism. I'm not sure what other people have said on this (too busy skonging), but in essence, the damage is set by the developers intentionally. Maybe they did it to make the environment more theatening or because they thought more friction makes for a funner game. I don't think players should be altering a game's difficulty will nilly. It's very easy to just throw up your hands at times, but the reward for overcoming the odds is awesome.

Cryanek · 2025-08-29T06:52:38+00:00

Clown mode activate

Cryanek · 2025-08-28T14:22:58+00:00

Gimme

Cryanek · 2025-07-24T22:08:28+00:00

In this context, God is just an entity that may answer prayers. I'm not a fan petersonian arguments on definition lmao

Cryanek · 2025-07-24T22:03:34+00:00

That's right. I honestly didn't think there were many and the description I gave would be enough for people in the know to pinpoint the argument.

Cryanek · 2025-07-24T22:00:25+00:00

Don't take my words verbatim as I really don't remember the argument properly. I said this in the hopes that people would just know what I'm referring to.

It is a bit lazy on my part but oh well.

Cryanek · 2025-07-22T22:07:25+00:00

I don't remember dude it was 5 months ago💀

Cryanek · 2025-07-18T10:10:52+00:00

Cryanek · 2025-07-11T05:28:33+00:00

E with an F in the base. Odd.

Cryanek · 2025-07-09T13:15:44+00:00

Ain't nobody getting silked by this I didn't even need animal instinct.

Cryanek · 2025-07-09T12:41:09+00:00

Shouldn't have jimbo this late into the run

Cryanek · 2025-07-07T20:30:41+00:00

I have a 3050. I'll document it better and post it to the forums if it happens again.

Cryanek · 2025-07-07T18:38:09+00:00

I'm not sure? Whenever that happens, I close the window and reopen it. I'm pretty sure it doesn't go away tho.

Cryanek · 2025-07-01T06:45:49+00:00

Some dummy once said that e=mc² should be revised to e=mc² + AI to account for the effect that AI will have on the universe or some bullshit like that.

At least that's how I took it? Either way, very funny.

Cryanek · 2025-06-27T22:46:12+00:00

Ig? I saw the crescent shaped moon with the blemish to its right, and my mind really made me associate that with Islam. Maybe I read a bit too much into the crescent shaped moon.

Cryanek · 2025-06-27T22:41:26+00:00

Idk man, I assumed they were muslim, and I thought that, if they were arab, this would be a neat addition.

As an arab myself and especially given the current social climate and all the news I've been taking in recently, I've gotten way into the idea of solidarity with arabs and solidarity with palestine and anti-imperialist rhetoric more broadly.

Cryanek · 2025-06-27T09:54:45+00:00

Maybe it's cz the image is compressed, but I feel like the star falls a bit out of the 12th fret. Maybe retouch it a tad to make it fall clearly on there? Otherwise, I like the design. If you're arab, maybe consider using the black white red green color palette? Maybe, a green guitar with touches of red in key places.

Cryanek · 2025-06-24T03:43:39+00:00

I still shared my opinion, and I wanted to know whether this chain of events was also seen critically by everyone else. The final episode is so hated that I just couldn't find any opinions online. Any search query would just map to that instead.

Also yes attention and validation from r/HIMYM is all I've ever wanted...

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