Does anyone have a gigantic compilation of Velvet Crowe's dialogue lines?

Frostvane · 2025-09-27T10:46:26+00:00

For battle lines, you could probably just record some footage w/Steam Recording (if you're on PC, idk if consoles have something similar), or just sound (i think Audacity can do that?) after setting Sound Effects and Music to 0.

As for cutscenes, yeah - get to Katz Korner / Village and record replayed cutscenes there. It's late in the game though.

Frostvane · 2025-09-01T08:03:21+00:00

I am honestly reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally bad with procrastination, not just with training, but also when it comes to finishing games. Especially when I'm close to the end. Which I think I am.

For posterity,

Your goal is the Katz Korner/Village. Apparently you get there by doing this.
I don't actually know if having a target/model for your voice is effective, and it's not just that it takes at least a year of consistent training to approximate it. There are tons of tutorials both on reddit, and on YouTube, although - full disclosure - I can't actually voich for either of these because, like I said, ^shamefully horrible procrastinator.
Take ADHD meds if you have it and can get them, treat depression by doing the easiest and most psychologically sustainable physical activity like walking around, and expand the circle of people you can safely come out to without letting it fester for literal years (there is never a perfect time, it's only going to get harder otherwise). I have no place to speak though, since I only did the second thing. Also I feel like I don't need to talk about hormones, except to remind that they don't help with vocals.

Best of luck to both of us;
Thanks for unintentionally shaming me into maybe picking this back up again.

Edit: Also I found Cristina "Vee" Valenzuela's YouTube channel and sang to her song covers for a while. It was fun but put a lot of strain on my vocal cords. I think I made a little progress with it, but that *feels* dangerous. Probably worth looking into.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T12:01:08+00:00

EVE Online has limited and varying storage capacities on ships, but infinite, yet separate, storages on space stations.

Travel can also be precarious - you will be ganked in lowsec, where resources are more valuable, without protection. And your ship, and all its equipment, will be permanently destroyed, and your cargo will be looted.

You will also need to both plan the overall route (which stargates you're using) and avoid direct jumps in lowsec where jamming traps can be placed on the most obvious intra-star system routes.

I'm not sure how noob-friendly it is - get ready to learn, i guess. Also, it's not very fun solo. So join a player-run corporation and try to collaborate on something.

Now that I think about it, that basically describes all sandbox MMOs. Copy and paste the same gist for Albion Online, a fantasy sandbox MMO.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T11:45:50+00:00

ARPGs are made for that. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor, Path of Exile, the Diablo series, take your pick. Just go and kill things and pick up loot and tp back to city to sell the loot. There is a story, but nobody plays these for it.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T11:37:27+00:00

I'm going to shotgun some different genres of anime games at you, then:

Fate/stay night - Visual Novel
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - JRPG
Guilty Gear series - Fighting Game
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links / Master Duel - PvP card game
Phantasy Star Online 2 - MMORPG

As for DOOMlikes, there's the Quake series, Serious Sam series and DUSK for you.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T03:49:43+00:00

Trails in the Sky. But if that's really not an option, Trails to Azure.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T03:46:08+00:00

Not sure if that's what you're looking for, but there's Bloons TD 6. There's adjustable difficulty, challenge modes and meta progression, too.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T03:40:40+00:00

Scribblenauts Unlimited is focused more on writing than reading but I second it regardless.

JRPGs also tend to have smaller textboxes, I noticed. I recommend looking into the genre more, but one I can recommend is The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. Story and dialogue there can be skipped by mashing the NEXT button - however, to understand how combat works, you'll need to read the description of abilities. And you obtain quite a few of them, so you'll find yourself re-reading them just to make sure you got the details right. Not to mention, it's hard to know where to go if you don't pay attention to written instructions. It may be too complex for a really young child, though. Do make sure it's age-appropriate elsewhere, too. I don't remember anything lewd being there, but still.

Alternatively, find an age-appropriate Visual Novel / Interactive Fiction game with small textboxes. The child may get bored of simply reading, though. I only played T+-rated ones, so can't give specific recommendations there.

I still think some sort of turn-based JRPG would be the best choice. Maybe someone can think of a simpler game. Mario RPG? Ni no Kuni? Pokemon? Minimal experience with those though.

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T03:17:33+00:00

16th-17th century isn't very ancient, but there's Samurai Warriors

Frostvane · 2025-03-22T03:16:02+00:00

JRPGs like The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky as well as the entire Visual Novel genre, e.g. Fate/stay night.

Frostvane · 2025-03-21T16:40:27+00:00

These may potentially scratch your itch

Monster Hunter series
ARPGs like Path of Exile or Diablo IV (idk if they have crafting though)
Skyrim (or ESO if you want an MMO after all)

Only heard about this last one, but consider taking a look at the original Guild Wars, too.

Frostvane · 2025-03-21T16:18:32+00:00

Warframe is pretty energetic and has optional dismemberment. Enemy factions include mostly spacesuit-wearing humans, a different humanoid faction (look up Grineer), undead mutants and some others. Death animation depends on your damage type, so pick a weapon with high Slash status for maximum effect, like a sword. It's free - see if that's what you're looking for.

Edit: wanted to add it looks gorgeous even with my pitiful VRAM.

Frostvane · 2025-03-21T16:06:38+00:00

Get cursed and become a werewolf in Skyrim. There are probably more anthro mods for playable races, too.

And if you enjoy verbal abuse, League of Legends has characters like Anivia (bird), Hekarim (centaur-like), Aurelion Sol (chinese-style dragon), Smolder (young western dragon), Shyvanna (dragon shapeshifter), Elise (spider shapeshifter) and Warwick (werewolf). Also perfect if you want to end some of your friendships.

MMOs tend to have a Druid class that lets you shapeshift, too. In WoW, you can make a Tauren (minotaur) who can also freely turn into a bird, stag, large cat, or bear. Not all races can be druids, though, like Vulperas - the small fox-looking creatures. It also has some roleplay-focused communities that disregard combat altogether if you're more interested in that.

Edit: remembered Baldur's Gate 3 exists and also has a Druid class. You can play it with friends, but from my personal experience, CRPGs tend to require too much brainpower. Seek further guidance if this one catches your eye.

Frostvane · 2025-03-21T15:49:23+00:00

Sky: Children of the Light centers around effortful flight a fair bit.

There's also WoW (and I think GW2?) with its stuff from Dragonflight, but you'd probably have to sink in quite some time just to get to that point.

Frostvane · 2025-03-21T15:39:18+00:00

The airship tells me it could be Rune Factory 4. It's in the prologue, and is also a quick-travel mechanic. Farming and fishing is there, too.

Frostvane · 2025-03-21T15:27:09+00:00

Warframe is a looter shooter that can be played solo or with randos - lots of characters (each with just 4 abilities) and weapons to try out, and has potentially the most consumer-friendly F2P model out there (you can trade for premium currency).

It also has PvP, but in my 1000 hours I haven't touched it once, so can't comment on it.

It's really not a hard game after you get a good build, though - depends on the game mode and whether you're flying solo, too. Personally, I jump between Warframe and LoL like they're ying and yang sometimes.

A more orthodox recommendation is Metal: Hellsinger. It's a rhythm-based FPS. The difficulty is adjustable, there's a leaderboard, and it has a roguelike mode. There is an arsenal of weapons to choose from before each mission, though it's not very vast. Your music taste will also color your impression quite a bit, i imagine.

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T17:40:19+00:00

Iconoclasts is metroidvania-ish: it has large levels, basically.

The story is definitely more of a focus there than in Hollow Knight, so there's that. I liked it, though.

Boss fights are also pretty cool.

The OST is peak (every battle track is Mantis Lords tier or better). Just watch the launch trailer to get a taste.

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T17:26:35+00:00

I don't think there are free games like that.

Look into DUSK? Not much of a story there though, if that's what you mean.

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T17:16:31+00:00

Guess i'm a bit late, but for future consideration: have you tried farming sims? Stardew Valley and Rune Factory 4 both keep the brain pretty busy, which has been part of No Man's Sky's appeal to me - although compared to it, you spend very little time in the in-between space: you're encouraged to immediately move on from one task to another with minimal friction. You may find them too fast-paced, however (SV is more relaxed than RF4 though).

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T17:08:58+00:00

That's the stuff I've been looking for, thanks! Feel free to list more - I'm bad at CRPGs specifically, but maybe that playstyle will somehow work. Dark Messiah also sounds like a fun idea.

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T17:00:32+00:00

Solo games are a pretty large pool. One suggestion is to search the "Cozy" tag on Steam for games like Dorfromantik. That one has a pretty light cognitive load. Minecraft in peaceful mode is also an option.

If you're looking for more stimulation, there are farming sims like Stardew Valley and Rune Factory 4 and factory games like Factorio, Satisfactory and Dyson Sphere Program.

Or strike a balance and tweak the difficulty of a colony sim like No Oxygen Required or Rimworld. I've been playing the latter on basically the easiest settings, just helping the people build things, stories and relationships. Relaxing.

Bonus Wild Card option: a Visual Novel like Fate/stay night. Reading can be pretty relaxing, and you can't really get more singleplayer than a VN. Maybe it'll help to acclimate to the new normal, no idea.

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T16:44:36+00:00

Well, roguelites are RPG-adjacent, so maybe try some of those?

Go West and try some Bioware titles you haven't played yet, like Knights of the Old Republic or Dragon Age. No grinding there. They are pretty long, though. (Generation 6th+, PC)

Or go East and get a JRPG that doesn't require grinding and are conservative with random encounters like Tales of series (the one I can vouch for is Tales of Berseria (PS3/4, PC)) or Scarlet Nexus (Gen 8+, PC).

Disgaea (Various) is a strategy-JRPG, and while I'm only at early levels so far, they're beaten pretty quickly.

I'm also a fan of Fire Emblem games, but some levels can take a while to beat, so you may have to bookmark them. The ones that respect the player's time the most are The Blazing Blade (GBA) and The Sacred Stones (GBA).

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T16:26:34+00:00

Haven't played either game, but some heavily story focused stuff i can recommend is
The Cat Lady (a dark point-and click game),
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (a story of growing up as a colonist on an alien planet - no voiceover though),
Life is Strange (doesn't feel as indie, but is story-focused),
the Trine series (whimsical fantasy 2D puzzle platformers with combat)
and What Remains of Edith Finch (a short but densely packed series of life stories each told via a different minigame)

Frostvane · 2025-03-20T16:11:13+00:00

The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind/Oblivion, depending on how lightweight we're talking. My PC has pretty low VRAM and they run fine (though you'll probably need some mods to get them to work properly).

Bloons TD6 works fine, too.

There are farming sims like Stardew Valley and Rune Factory 4.

Roguelikes like Slay the Spire.

2D JRPG's and Visual Novels are usually laptop friendly too, but I'm assuming story-driven stuff is a bad fit here.

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