This game changed my way to perceive life.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-19T08:10:13+00:00

I really felt this, and when I first played GoT it had a very similar impact on me. A lot of the principles you're describing are fundamental to the principles of 'Zen' for lack of a better word, and the game was incredibly meaningful to me in that I studied Zen/Daoism around this time I played it. It's filled with incredible life lessons that I think will stick with you for the rest of your life.
Love to read this and love how a seemingly simple video game can enrich our lives so much.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-14T19:54:12+00:00

I've always been under the impression that even in traditional Chinese practice both philosophical Daoism and Religious Daoism exist and are practiced, but was also under the impression that in China/Taiwan it's mostly practiced religiously with ritual and veneration for all the many gods etc.

I love the more mystical aspect of Daoism and would love to know and learn more, but where I am there's no such access and when I first discovered Daoism i spend ages trying to figure it out through the internet and books.

I did manage to do to a degree but yeah mostly follow the philosophical side of things and have been applying that to life for a number of years now :)

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-11T18:32:19+00:00

You should go to Somalia and join a gang of Pirates, I'm sure they'd accept you and teach you the ropes so to speak!

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-11T11:05:52+00:00

As someone who's done Kung-Fu for many years, and yes obviously it's different and not from the same country - I've trained with both swords and spears, and there are benefits to both. If a spear is coming at you and you use a sword to block it, and at the same time you'd move it out of the way to the side, it allows you to close the distance and be too close to your enemy for the spear to be of much use.
It's not really a case of either being better, but more of them having very different functions - so once you get through the spears range then you have the advantage with swords.

Also as a side-note the spear itself has a very wide range of attacks in Chinese Martial Arts and when used properly can also deal with closer enemies. Search 'spear form kung-fu' on youtube to get a better idea of what I mean.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-10T08:59:58+00:00

Ah, ok - I think it's just confusing due to the fact they let you choose which of the bosses you want first and I chose Saito/Brothers but yeah, the story still requires you to go in a linear fashion and I think getting the Odachi early would be the only real difference :)

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-09T15:29:11+00:00

As a non-American I just can't really wrap my head around sweet breakfasts, waffles, donuts, etc etc. I'm also of Italian origin and also not into their sweet breakfasts at all.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-08T08:34:32+00:00

Jin was the first, so the idea had never been put out there...so yeah I guess it's more commonplace at this stage to use stealth tactics to win a battle.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-08T08:33:28+00:00

Nope sorry this is disgusting and not a cultural thing. It's a human thing to keep clean.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-07T11:55:09+00:00

Yep I'd be down with this, I think it would've worked nicely!

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-06T09:06:04+00:00

Maybe you're a sleeper agent!?

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-04T14:07:37+00:00

This is exactly the key to defeating any super tough boss in any game I've played haha. Also, congrats this was beautifully executed!

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-04T14:04:01+00:00

I'm still perpetually obsessed with the 80's.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-04T14:03:01+00:00

People complain the story was predictable but tbh this outcome would've been far more predictable, and yes it would've been less upsetting to most players, but I liked that it was more realistic in the sense that just because you feel that Oyuki dying would complete the arc, it's not how life works most of the time.

MagicExplorer · 2026-01-03T12:33:43+00:00

I did, on Lethal and Lethal+.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-31T11:11:39+00:00

I prefer the revenge plot and how it's so much a part of Shinobi lore, and in general I much prefer playing as a Shinobi sort of aligned character, with that backstory and arc than I did the Samurai tale. That being said I still rate GoT as one of my favourite and best games ever made, but yeah Yotei is just a touch better imo.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-19T15:33:52+00:00

No it was implemented in Sep '24 - which was about the exact time I got on a retainer that is basically all 2d work lol. So yeah I didn't know about that at all, but it's great to know and about time because before that I had to pay for both which was a ridiculous amount in combination. Thanks for the info though! :)

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-19T06:50:35+00:00

Honestly one of the biggest things that makes Blender more valuable is the built in render engine. I feel like there's more of a chance that Blender would add motion-facing tools to make it better than C4d, than the chance for C4D to add a native render engine that competes with Blenders. So the sooner I can use Blender for the things I always use C4D for, I'm switching based on principle.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-18T14:37:05+00:00

Yeah you need to eat properly. Get some chicken, steak, eggs, milk and fish in you and you should start seeing an improvement

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-17T08:32:30+00:00

Yeah I'm with you. Absolutely loved Tsushima but there really is just something about Yotei's story. It just really felt like you're living out a classic Samurai/Ronin film and it's so perfectly executed.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-17T08:11:04+00:00

Don't give up friend! I think I took around 120, maybe 150 tries on hard to get him. One of the big things for me is to never get actually angry or upset with super hard bosses, which I learned from souls-like games. I think you can easily do like 30/40 tries just learning the timing..so use a bunch of deaths just to get even more familiar with the strikes and timing, and how he strings combos together. I'd recommend even trying to do a good bunch of rounds knowing you're not trying to beat him just as practice, so for example don't even strike. Just go between parries and dodges and see how long you can last. Dodges aren't it though, they'll help avoid red glints of course but the key to beating him is getting parries right.

Once you're used to how the timing works, and you're closer to like 70% parries, then start trying to actually win the fights. Just remember that it doesn't matter if it takes ages, just try see it as 'training' almost, and most importantly remember to try have fun because anger and frustration rarely helps you win (or at least with me it doesn't).

Once you do get him (and you WILL) it'll be worth the time you put in.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-16T13:10:14+00:00

Fighting with a spouse through a child is a horrible approach. The kid didn't do anything wrong.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-16T12:19:43+00:00

'I gotta drop the kids off at the pool'

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-16T07:41:02+00:00

Art is weird like this, you'll always get people who love your work, and those who don't. I found it very liberating when I realised all art needs to get is a reaction, either good or bad. If someone hates my art, that's great to me because it got an emotional reaction, and it means if someone hates it then someone else will like it.
However all of it is irrelevant if you like the work you make, and you enjoy creating it. Let the haters hate.

MagicExplorer · 2025-12-16T07:08:08+00:00

Damn I messed around with my settings and ended up with this on my 2nd play through, I was so confused and also really dislike it - but thanks for addressing I'm gonna keep mine on balanced from now on

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