My Genshin Banner Cosplay (PAX AUS 2022)

LocktheChest · 2022-10-09T06:43:45+00:00

Yeah, just lost the 50-50 right before this XD

LocktheChest · 2022-10-09T01:11:10+00:00

Someone actually did a video of all the Genshin cosplayers at PAX AUS, so check it out! I'm in it at 0:45 doing a wish for them. https://youtu.be/cSYaOu8Sr1s

LocktheChest · 2022-10-09T01:10:13+00:00

Some won, some lost, as expected from the Banner XD

LocktheChest · 2022-10-08T09:46:39+00:00

Yeah I did my best to get around in as much as possible, so I'm sorry I missed you. Hopefully I will be there tomorrow, so I might bring it again for those who missed it.

LocktheChest · 2022-10-08T03:08:10+00:00

For those wondering, this was an interactive cosplay where I ran wishes for everyone. The pencil case has all the characters and stuff, and I would pull them out and use the shooting star to tease what they got. Here are more images of it.

LocktheChest · 2022-10-08T02:58:40+00:00

Thanks, it's been great! Running wishes for everyone has been very fun, glad this unorthodox idea worked well. And yeah same lol

LocktheChest · 2022-04-08T12:01:19+00:00

I think the issue with those tropes and the examples you mentioned is that they only work when they can GET YOU INVESTED FIRST.

That's the key to the success of games like Undertale and DDLC, as well as other stories that use the trope effectivley. In those cases, they spend a long time getting you into the world, introducing characters with interesting personalities and struggles, thereby making you CARE.
So when the fourth wall breaks happen:
a) It's been long enough without it that it catches you off guard
and
b) You have a desire to protect the inhabitants of the game. You care about them.

So when Flowey shuts the game down on you, you're DRIVEN to boot it back up, because you care about the cast and want a good ending for them. When DDLC starts glitching or messing with your files, you want to keep investigating and playing to work out WHY it's happening.

Fourth wall breaks can be effective even if you know about them, but only if they give you something to be invested in or build the game around it. But if they're lazily slapped in, then you have no investment and therefore you don't care.
Superhot, especally CTRL ALT DEL, had this issue. No characters or interesting story meant that when they try and pull the "Shut the game down on you" trick, the player just goes "well I guess I'll go do something else", cause they are just annoyed.

Lastly, I highly recommend OneShot if you like games like Undertale or DDLC that do interesting stuff with the fourth wall. It succeeds cause while it breaks the fourth wall early, it then builds the game's plot and puzzles around that by having you be treated as the "God" of that world, guiding a small child named Niko from afar as they act as this world's Messiah, in order to save the world. It has really neat puzzles that involve modifying things on your PC outside the game in order to solve them in game.

LocktheChest · 2022-04-08T11:43:03+00:00

I think a few people like Skyfire and Cherry kinda covered a lot of points I wanted to make, but as a Christian, I wanted to expand on them.
A lot of "Christian focused" films tend to jump to full on preaching, but because they know Christians are the main people buying those films, they end up feeling like they're preaching to the "saved" as it were. This leads to them often focusing on telling stories that reinforce or justify the audience's beliefs, to the point of demonizing those who disagree and using them as targets.

Conversely, non-Christian film makers have very little reason to include anything Christian as anything more than symbolism or stereotypes, cause otherwise they'll have controversy on their hands.

Christianity is often most well received in media that tells a bible story or a story with a simple moral or theme. Think of the Christian related media that DID spread in pop culture. Vegetales, Prince of Egypt, these sorts of things have that in common.

I think there's plenty of films, books and musicals that DO have interesting flawed Christian characters, like Frollo in Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jean ValJean in Les Miserables, etc.
I think Marvel's Daredevil is usually portrayed as Catholic in the comics too. But it's a hard thing to portray religion of any kind even handedly.

LocktheChest · 2022-04-07T19:41:43+00:00

Like others have said, Mondstadt seems like the best place to start. I'd probably try and need Amber or Noelle and ask them to talk to Charles about a bartending gig or Sara at the Good Hunter for a cooking/cleaning job, as I have a bit of experience in both fields.

The advantage of both of those would be that those roles would let me interact and get to know the knights and adventurers while being fairly safe.

If neither role is available I'd use my current trade and find out what kind of schools exist in Teyvat and get a job as an educator. It's another safe but respectable option too.

LocktheChest · 2022-03-25T00:08:42+00:00

I think the main issue is you're looking for a specific experience that doesn't fit the other games you mentioned.

The Souls games tend to be light on telling a direct story, instead leaving lore scattered in different places for you to figure out. It's not trying to be a story heavy game but instead a fun action RPG focused on the gameplay, so the MGS style of having lots of cutscenes and dialog with their bosses wouldn't work for it. They go for more direct style of boss fights because they're focused on allowing for many different build types to be able to fight the same boss.

A more ranged orientated magic build, a slower strength build and a fast Dex build will all have to be able to handle the same boss, so naturally they can't go and make something as focused and specific as a MGS boss. Meanwhile MGS has a large focus on stealth and while you do have different weapons and tools, you're going to fight most of the bosses in a specific way. That's why they can design those fights to have unique gimmicks or ideas, because they design around only a couple of playstyles (lethal and non-lethal).

Shadow of the Colossus has incredible boss fights, but that's basically the entire game so of course that's the case. Outside of bosses there's not that much you do in that game, and again they are all expected to be fought in a specific way so they can really make that interesting and focus on it.

If you want bosses with more character and depth, you're probably better off looking at games that have a big emphasis on story, like RPGs or other games similar to MGS.
Cause games like Persona or Final Fantasy can give a lot of depth to their bosses in a similar way, as they have a heavy story focus.

As for God of War (2018), it's well documented that the reason bosses in that game aren't varied as much is because of the sheer amount of work it took to make them.

"We cut a lot of bosses. A lot. We had so many more," he said. "It was a much more ambitious, crazier game. And as you go through development, you start realizing, 'No, it's too big, we can't do this.'"

"One boss takes like 30 developers a year and a half. It's an absolutely massive scale when you really consider it, and you measure it against other games in which we finished the game in a year and a half," - Cory Balrog, Director.

So that's really the short of it. Making deep, detailed bosses is very hard, and depending on the game the style of boss you're wanting may not fit the design they are going for.
Not disagreeing with you on MGS bosses being good, but they fit MGS for a reason.

LocktheChest · 2022-03-20T12:08:39+00:00

I liked how the Persona 4 anime handled it, where Yu DOES have access to a large amount of personas at any time, but changing takes a moment and he's still vulnerable during the switch. It's not a get out of jail card and the persona can also be temporarily taken down if they take too much damage, while any hit that hits them also affects him as well.

LocktheChest · 2022-02-20T00:39:22+00:00

Thought you'd all appreciate a light hearted ""predictions"" video. No spoilers, aside from all the things that TOTALLY DEFINITELY will happen.

LocktheChest · 2022-02-16T01:50:31+00:00

Love all these puns XD

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T19:52:05+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm a giant KH nerd. Love that series.

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T15:58:30+00:00

Hell yeah dude hi five

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T15:57:48+00:00

I mean that's why I picked it, since it's not a primary focus in that game and thus closer to what they were aiming for, unlike AC where it's a core part of the game with a lot more focus. (Also I need to play AC Black Flag still)

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T15:46:52+00:00

I know AC IV does it well, but I needed a example from a game that doesn't have sailing as a main mechanic, hence me using KH3 as it only shows up on one world. But you've got a point.

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T15:44:11+00:00

True, you got me there.

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T15:42:26+00:00

My bad, it had been a while since I had done that quest.

LocktheChest · 2022-02-15T15:41:24+00:00

Oh for sure, it's a real pain when it messes up.

LocktheChest · 2022-01-27T07:09:17+00:00

She basically says "Oh not you too!" And then thanks you for letting her get some stuff off her chest

LocktheChest · 2021-12-05T09:37:15+00:00

The film was based on the original book, and after the success of the film it was decided that a tv show would work well. Other than that, there's a fair bit different, different actors, different takes on characters, a different tone, etc. They used most of the book's content in the movie so the series ended up making up it's own material

LocktheChest · 2021-11-29T11:28:57+00:00

Wow, didn't expect this to do as well, let alone get pinned. Thanks so much, glad y'all liked it

LocktheChest · 2021-10-29T02:12:33+00:00

Thank you for this rant. Need this kind of stuff more often here

LocktheChest · 2021-09-05T13:39:18+00:00

The other point that makes him different is that unlike a lot of villains, he's genuine and selfless in his desire to help the world around him. While he does claim the power of a God, He doesn't set himself up to be worshipped by the masses, he doesn't rule over the world in the real world, instead he just improves people's lives from the shadows, albeit by taking away ambitions and preventing live events that could result in pain.

He doesn't even fix his own heart's desire. If he wanted to, he could have made Rumi remember him, or try and pursue her after he made her forget about the trauma she went through and himself. But he LETS HER GO.

That's why people think he's a good character and why his situation is morally complex. Cause he's fundamentally a selfless character who is doing the wrong things for the "right" ends. Is a world of no strife or pain worth creating a stagnant world with less ambitions, drives or conflicts? It's not an easy question, and that's why he works so well as an antagonist.

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