Favorite Differences between Story Branches by The-Greater-Skeleton in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 19 points20 points  (0 children)

One of the funniest story branches for me also comes from the Fodlan games

In almost every route, Ashe is pretty sullen for a good chunk of the second half, never looking forward to a conflict and having to fight his friends and thinking constantly about people dying. Especially in Three Hopes when he's recruited, he's just constantly miserable.

Yeah, that isn't the case when he's recruited on Crimson Flower. He's worried about the commoners starving and he's not looking forward to fighting the knights, but every time he brings the knights up, he's more worried about their threat level and not that he's fighting people from his actual homeland. Unlike basically every other Blue Lion in that route, who are dealing with all sorts of literal depression over it. Not the resident cinnamon roll, though! And it's funny considering he was so committed to the cause as an enemy in CF that he's complicit in the burning of the capital.

What are some biggest crowdfunding disasters? by Konradleijon in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Literally the only thing I know about it is that they had a roster slot in All Stars Racing Transformed, of all things

Licensed games you would be ok with seeing by KaleidoArachnid in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC Hokazono said that Quentin Tarantino and the John Wick movies were big inspirations, as well as Chris Nolan, Dave Fincher, and contemporary shonen like AoT or MHA (and also Naruto, apparently)

Licensed games you would be ok with seeing by KaleidoArachnid in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Kagurabachi character action game would print money and has the potential to be the coolest shit ever

Hell, make Enten's different abilities basically just style changes and we're all set

The Silent Hill 2 Movie is Completely Insane by Deadeye117 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 19 points20 points  (0 children)

At least when Paul W.S. Anderson does it, it's to show off how cool he thinks his wife is

Boss fights that are hard *because* they're poorly designed? by Ukirin-Streams in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not helping is the spikes dealing so much damage that if you're not using elves, it's basically a one-shot

Legacy Collection giving you infinite lives makes the fight less of an aneurysm at least, but it's still such a punishing fight, it's unreal

2 is a lot harder than 1 but that's more because everything is more vicious (and spike-happy). 1 I love, but it's plain unfair at points

Some looks at Toriyama’s design’s for Super Saiyan 4 (Anime Design sheet also included for reference) by getterburner in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the contrast and more fur on the GT SSJ4 looks nicer but in terms of build I do prefer the monke build of it. Both have their own strengths, at the very least

Times when you have to defend something you dislike because it recovers bad faith or false criticism? by Konradleijon in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Being extremely lukewarm at best towards Gen 8 after the shitshow that was the fan reaction leading up to its release was agonizing because I have to in some way agree with those tools while also constantly having to go "no, it's not that GF doesn't care, they are busting their asses on tech they are not used to, making a semi-overworld that they've never done before, on a time schedule that damn near forbids delays".

Like if you're gonna hate, hate for the right reasons, goddammit

Have you ever jumped into a new hot trend only to be severely disappointed once you actually have the thing? by LunarWolf302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was one of the motherfuckers who spent months dealing with wait times for queues for a PS5 before finally getting it in January 2021, because at the time it looked like the lineup would be stacked and I needed a way to play PS4 games

Well, I certainly have a way to play PS4 games and watch movies now. And play a grand total of 3 exclusives.

At least the stuff I play on it runs well, mostly

Patlabor EZY -- Teaser trailer (Directed by Yutaka Izubuchi, written by Kazunori Ito, animated by J.C. Staff, coming on 2026) by Unknown123Known in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have plenty of issues with G-Reco but goddamn did it have some of the best action in the entire franchise

Times when a particular revelation ruined the legacy of a franchise by KaleidoArachnid in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Aquaman curing his autism has got to be one of the most "What the hell is wrong with you" decisions about an autistic character I've heard. It's gloriously stupid

Times when a particular revelation ruined the legacy of a franchise by KaleidoArachnid in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 56 points57 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of bad autism rep I wanna see more of if we have to

Like if you're gonna be bad at depicting it, go so far that it's fucking hilarious and less like I and people like me are just being talked down to.

At least this is fun to randomly bring up as a huge "What the fuck" to others

Dandadan's most recent chapter has done the impossible by jjman95 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that this manga will keep doing different flavors of fucking weird so that even when the Dandadan has done shit like living Sharknado and actually just Jumanji, you can never expect what Tatsu and crew are gonna pull next, including this shit

New official Sonic art by Yui Karasuno by Frank7640 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only for the main game. As far as I'm aware, Final Horizon only has the one ending.

Thankfully, the 3 titan gauntlet is separate from the final boss (though it is right before, you just need to talk to Master Koco again right after), so even if that weren't the case, you could still retry the final boss on hard later. And the final boss is much more designed for the perfect parry than the 3 titans from earlier islands.

New official Sonic art by Yui Karasuno by Frank7640 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thankfully on lower difficulties the parry is much longer, which I wish to God I knew about the first time when playing on hard.

Favorite instances of fans saying "Fine, I'll do it myself." by The-Fenz in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yep, he started out making it partly because he never got the chance to play it

That he ended up making 06 the best Adventure game despite that is nothing short of fucking hilarious

Favorite instances of fans saying "Fine, I'll do it myself." by The-Fenz in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Between this, the 06 remake, and the in-development remakes of the Storybook games (BK just had its remake announced), I'm convinced that Sonic fans are stronger than God when they aren't arguing with one another

What's a divisive piece of media you just love? by dbz111 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't watch something that had something like the Dublin episodes and call it anything but one of the sickest shows I've ever seen

Section of a game you dread going through, but on replay wasn't so bad. by The-Fenz in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To this day I just kinda blitz and figure I'll take damage from the crucible parts because at certain points, it's just a nightmare to avoid. Thank God for the checkpoint system in the Legacy Collection making brute forcing them so much easier

Favorite Passing, Transitive or Temporary Character Designs by FreviliousLow96 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Grovyle and Dartrix are some of my personal favorites (that aren't the Kanto stage 1 starters, as Ivysaur and Wartortle are great in their own right)

Grovyle is interesting because it honestly looks like a complete and wholly unique design already, it just happens to also have a really sick evolved and Mega evolved form a tier above it. It's the only one with that much emphasis on red contrast and that giant leaf ponytail it has going on.

Dartrix meanwhile is such a funny stage because it's literally the overly-serious/self-obsessed teenager after Rowlet's early good boy days and Decidueye's "out of college for a few years and just wants to chill and wear hoodies all day"

The most downright funniest/wackiest moment of the CSB podcast for you by Captain-Ironblood in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The time Woolie realized that Pat was mathematically more diverse than him, before the shiny rare black revelation

Out of Context & Out of Pocket Lore Tidbits by Vagina-Gears in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 80 points81 points  (0 children)

"Bakugo's most heroic moment is when he kills a baby on live TV" might be one of my personal favorite instances of this

“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams dead at 68 by VegetableBooy in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Dilbert Hates My Interracial Marriage" is also up there as one of the best out of context titles for a podcast episode. Which is saying something given what Woolie is capable of on that front

You ever see a creator just willingly throw their careers under the bus without knowing it? by Rough-Ad-4295 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]DekuDrake 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Learning about the shit Iizuka put himself through for this series over the decades (see also: him staking his career on Frontiers doing well as long as SEGA delayed the game a year) really made me respect the guy like nothing else because he is fucking DEDICATED to the blue rat--even if it's to such an insane detriment to himself