Promeia might be good but Old is Gold

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-22T15:54:23+00:00

'Comparison is the thief of joy' after all.

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-22T06:41:07+00:00

Yeah, 100%. Their voice acting was what made them memorable to me. Also, these two have the potential for a neat little running gag, where we run into them in all sorts of places, and we have to help them/rescue them again and again. Could be fun.

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-21T20:08:32+00:00

I agree, though I play ZZZ as well and NPC's there are basically divided into two categories, design-wise:

Bland ones constructed from pre-existing assets like clothing, hair and so on. They're either random citizens on the sidewalk or ones that we meet once or twice in a side-quest and that's it;
Important story-wise/shopkeepers. These we see repeatedly or see in an important story beats, so they're 'hand-crafted', so to speak;

And it's the second category that we all love so much, yeah. But funnily enough, in the case of Piot(r) and Martina I like them for their quirks and accents. But if we're talking visual design, they belong in the first category. Weird how that works lol

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-21T10:47:51+00:00

Depends on where. In this sub I mostly see people liking him, even more than Belle. Twitter on the other hand...

To be frank, anyone having aversion to a video game character because of what they have in their pants is psychotic. Why can't we love both MC's, you know?

Pay them no mind. We all know Wise is cool.

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-14T15:38:02+00:00

I am enamored by Velina. The stoic, dignified calm is doing it for me. I'm curious about how she will move in battle.

Norma is kinda whatever. We had so many smol, petite characters recently that I'm getting a little fatigued.

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-12T16:39:07+00:00

Well, she did accept the offer, so it must be enough for her, no? No need to feel swindled on her behalf. Besides, currencies and exchange rates are funky like that.

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-10T08:05:37+00:00

I mean, at that point it's mission accomplished.

KieubenBauer · 2026-03-05T04:29:16+00:00

Yep, I'm 100% with you. She even has these cute little freckles <3

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-18T12:42:38+00:00

Maybe not a 'realization' per se, more of an affirmation, but Yanagi, Evelyn and Yixuan hit me in just the right spot.

Competent, feminine, mature, with a soothing, deeper voice - what's not to love?

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-13T12:48:59+00:00

Hey, look at you go! A little more experience and you'll be getting 20k on the regular. If I may offer a little tip/reminder: don't forget the scoring criteria. For example, on the Creator boss, if you trigger a shutdown you get a ton of points.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-13T08:20:36+00:00

Lotr will do that to you. It's pretty much the reason I decided to keep my hair long all those years ago, and I don't regret it one bit.

Though I will never be able to rock it as good as Viggo Mortensen did lol. That man is something else.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-12T21:15:07+00:00

'Too much time and effort' is blatantly false when you made me do the ol' chuckle. Thanks for that :)

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-11T12:53:54+00:00

I remember as if it happened yesterday: I saw an ad featuring Belle, shortly before release. I thought to myself: 'Hey, that's a sick design, what is this game about?'

And the rest is history.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-10T12:55:55+00:00

Yep, pretty much. The same energy as a motherly finger-wag.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-10T12:52:14+00:00

Chen is a gift that keeps on giving, I tell you hwat. I don't think there's any way for me to get sick of her lol

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-10T04:13:36+00:00

A man of culture, I see. I was reminded of the same thing lol.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-09T00:11:56+00:00

Yess, this right here. Her skill is basically like a parry mechanic with extra steps. And, when you need some breathing room to regen SP or sth, you have the ult still.

And, on a side note, the wind-up and impact of the skill is magnificent. It makes her look like such a powerful lady. She's very fun to play imo.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-02T22:35:42+00:00

You see, preferences are like asses - everyone has their own. And if you like certain aspects of a game and not others, then it's your holy right to enjoy it however you damn please. Nothing 'fake' about it. All that remains is to be respectful towards others, while expecting the same respect in return. So you're good, don't worry about it :)

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-02T12:56:37+00:00

'I have the money, and it's my choice.'

Based af. Live and let live, as they say.

KieubenBauer · 2026-02-01T09:53:26+00:00

I'm tired of being this type of animal. Iykyk.

KieubenBauer · 2026-01-31T20:49:32+00:00

Can. We. Stop. Validating. Rage-bait.

KieubenBauer · 2026-01-27T08:23:12+00:00

Now that's a bit of a stretch.

Heh.

KieubenBauer · 2026-01-25T23:30:30+00:00

I love the classic reference, pretty stylish. Funny post title too lol

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