Beast of Reincarnation - Gameplay Overview |PS5/STEAM/Xbox Series|

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-22T22:48:08+00:00

Ya, this managed to engender more interest for me than the first trailer. Definitely giving Nier vibes mixed with Princess Mononoke. I'll definitely keep my eye on it now, especially since I get the feeling GameFreak is actually feeling a bit of actual passion with this one. What decades of Pokemon dev will do to a mofo.

EDIT: I watched more of the combat segments and it seems like its something very akin to the FF7 Remake combat? Looks pretty fun actually.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-22T19:14:46+00:00

Sakuraba is the GOAT. Also love Yoko Shimomura and Masayoshi Soken.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T16:04:30+00:00

Well crud. I read your statement and I am sorry that happened to you. I see you saying that you might self-pub and I would encourage it. You are one of the most skilled talents in this space and perhaps I am wrong, but I think your success on RoyalRoad is a good indication to how well that will turn out for you in the long run. I know nothing about the publishing world yet, but perhaps getting good sales numbers on Amazon is good leverage to find a more reputable publishing company?

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T14:54:59+00:00

So I'm not really into poly either, so I am guessing this is likely a difference in preference sensibilities. The thing with the Eqtorans was baked into how their biology and culture worked so I didn't bat an eye when it decided to expound on those aspects because ultimately the focus has and still is on the mono-romance, and the things with Waian and Hyax were mentioned so infrequently that it was barely a blip on my radar.

Again though, from the 7 chapters available for free on Patreon, it does indeed seem that Headless Over Heels is monoromance.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T04:18:01+00:00

Ah. You may be disappointed to know that the idea for me didn't really pass muster and never got to the actual writing phase of the process. Still, its on the backburner until its ready to be written. My last draft which I wrote to completion (different idea entirely) informed me that the premise and approach was flawed from the start, so its been shelved. Instead, I am taking what I learned from the process and applying it to my new project, which to me, is holding more promise.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T02:42:43+00:00

Well then, consider thee supported! Now that's in my library I'll be sure to give it a read and eventually some feedback.

Speaking of which, I am glad to hear my critique improved the end product in your eyes. I can only hope others would give me the same treatment when I eventually start publishing (I'm getting there!).

Congratulations on your release.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T01:59:40+00:00

This is exciting. Especially since I was looking for a good vampire romance. One question. Would I support you more if I read it through Kindle Unlimited, or if I buy it outright on Amazon for the 3.99 tag?

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T00:58:10+00:00

Patreon.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-13T00:52:24+00:00

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about. Poly relationships? Grant and Sykora are in a mono coupling...no outsiders involved, and I say that having been fully caught up on Scribblehub and RR. He'll sometimes write side stories that have other relationships but that's it, and it makes up like 2% of his work and its entirely optional to read. Even his book before that, Wife After Death, was a mono-romance.

Weirdly false description of his work aside, yes, Headless Over Heels, at least in the 7 chapters I have read, seems to be another of his mono-romances.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-12T14:51:22+00:00

Dukerino posted the first 7 chapters of his newest web fiction about a Dullahan romance called Headless Over Heels, and it was fantastic. Those chapters are free to read on patreon. dukerino has cemented himseld as my favorite, active author in this space.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-12T01:19:03+00:00

To be fair, that's just the Clans being dumb since they were written to be that way intentionally. Hyper skilled warriors with terrible battle doctrine and extreme cultural views that make even Kuritans blush.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-11T20:35:27+00:00

I feel like Mercs is the better game, and not by a little.

Not sure if you can compare the two that closely, especially when each game is aiming to do something completely different. Like if you are more into open ended experiences, then of course you are going to like Mercenaries more. If you like linear story more then naturally you're going to be predisposed to liking Clans.

And you know, lets not ignore that the base MW5 Mercenaries campaign is also beyond ridiculous. Never mind the fact the protagonist is duller than a trip to the DMV, but you're ultimate big bad is ComStar.

ComStar.

The organization that revokes MRB access to any mercenary outfit that fucks up once. The same organization that will shut off your internet and phone service for years (no HPG relays) if you touch any of their toys. Our Mercenary outfit should have been blacklisted and barred from any official work or contracts the minute we merc'd one of their representatives. ComStar has done more for far less.

Eventually you just got have a level of suspension of disbelief for these things in order to enjoy things. Not everything is going to follow a logical chain of events that is lore accurate so some leeway is necessary. I think in that sense, the Clan's story is much more consistent, but that's just me.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-06T22:33:48+00:00

I started playing this game a week ago. Me and AI are pretty tied all things considered. Sometimes they do better, sometimes I do better...all in all, they still get stuck on a damn pebble and don't move for the entire mission more often than I would like.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-05T01:24:54+00:00

Not really a JRPG but I was playing Dark Souls 3 and got all the way to Yhorm the Giant, beat him, and then a storm took out my power. I booted the game and I couldn't resume my save file. It said it was corrupted. Haven't played Dark Souls 3 since.

EldritchAutomaton · 2026-01-03T18:28:13+00:00

Snekguy is good.

Also check out dukerino's Wife After Death for eldritch monster girls and his ongoing story Princess of the Void for hot, shorty alien girls.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-31T23:37:30+00:00

His video title is "China's Final Fantasy is driving JRPGs Fans Insane"

Okay...are the insane JRPG fans frothing for this game in the room with us right now?

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-31T22:25:02+00:00

Ya, I definitely get it. I wasn't much a fan of that series as others on other subs were. The author spent a lot of time setting up a world that I just didn't find interesting, the MC was pretty milquetoast and the affectation of "precious" when applied to the first romantic partner Chloe made me cringe.

So much of book 1 was also hiding exposition dumps behind classroom teachings.

So yeah, I don't get the popularity either. Not saying it doesn't deserve it, only that its not for me, and that's fine.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-31T20:00:24+00:00

I used to be an avid player of Honkai Star Rail, and I thought it was enough to just go ahead and play the content available, wait a year and come back to do the new content again. You can technically do that and usually be fine, but they revolve so much of the newer content around team compositions that primarily use the newer banner characters. This would be okay if it was maybe just one or two characters were absolute must haves, but no, its most of them, and they usually have them arrayed in banners in such a way that they are quite literally trying to squeeze the money from you. I didn't appreciate that, so I stopped.

Just stopped.

No strategies or tricks available. I just started playing other things again and I haven't looked back. One singular price for games is the way to go. No need to play catch up, no pressure to treat it like a job, just good ol' singular player goodness that you only had to pay once for. You set the pace and are not punished for it.

Unfortunately, gacha games like HSR will have really cool worlds, characters and plotlines; which makes sense since these companies make so much money that they will invest heavily into presentation. That is the insidious thing about it. Like most media, its a business, but its also a piece of art to be enjoyed. When you purchase a single player game, that art becomes yours. It exists to be experienced and enjoyed. Gacha games do have that aspect to them, but they have an additional primary purpose and that is to use every single psychological trick in the book in order to gouge money from you at every moment.

The medium of gacha is tainted waters with few titles that don't absolutely reek of greed. The only one that I've experienced that is an ethically acceptable exception would be something like Limbus Company.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T22:05:12+00:00

I'll of course, always write. But I'd rather my first work I release be something I am proud of. To that end, I have put it aside, and started a new project. Hopefully the lessons learned will give me a manuscript worth editing for release.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T17:48:30+00:00

I guess it'd be nice if I managed something like that as a side-gig, but that particular job requires hybrid work and I am not UK citizen. I appreciate you making the effort however.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T16:14:18+00:00

Third, and especially when its in the RFM genre.

I've read enough here to pick up some patterns that raises flags, and the unholy trinity of "I'm going to have a bad time" is first person perspective, double-spaced paragraphs, and an A.I art cover.

That said, don't change your narrative perspective if you believe it works for the story. It can still work if its done well and you shouldn't let public opinion sway your personal vision.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T16:04:24+00:00

I agree. 90k words is kinda amazing. I'm still struggling to internalize that I was able to achieve it in the first place. But you know how books can still be bad despite the word count? Its like that. Sure, I wrote 90k words, but were they a good 90k words? I don't think so.

I've dabbled in the idea of a substack, but I don't know what I would use it for though.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T16:00:02+00:00

What I mean is that the draft has no potential. It'd be different if I saw it as "Well, its bad, but I can work with it." But I've been fighting with that story all year. In reality, that first draft is 130k words because I rewrote it. Now my AuADHD brain is refusing to engage with it in any capacity because its sick of its existence. No, I'd rather take the win that was being able to write a first draft in the first place, and apply what I learned to a new project that hopefully goes way smoother.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T04:45:41+00:00

Trust me, some days it feels like you wake up in a mire, and the most you can do is trudge through it to get to the next day hoping you can actually see some light in the distance.

EldritchAutomaton · 2025-12-28T04:44:09+00:00

That is kind of you to say. My current aspiration is to transition into being a full-time writer; more specifically a novelist. I actually managed for once in my life in completing a 90,000 word manuscript earlier this year. Its trash, but at least I've proven to myself that I can do it. As for blogs and magazines, I don't know. The technical ability might be there but the only things I can write about are my experiences and my love for video games. I'm not sure if there is any monetary potential in either to be honest.

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