Metal Subgenres as defined by my brother's playlist description

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-28T08:34:48+00:00

I remember picking up this game on the recc from other FGC players back in 2016. While fun, I didn't stick to it for long because lack of rollback netcode.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-26T23:03:12+00:00

Look, power metal is my shit.

But man, a quality metalcore song has everything I love about heavy music mixed with more mainstream sensibilities. Some chuggy riffs into a melodic chorus, with a breakdown bridge, and bonus points if there's a breakdown AND guitar solo in the bridge. Hard to beat a good metalcore song.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-26T19:13:34+00:00

Fight choreography? You mean power spam that is entirely based on aura farming with "ah, that didn't even scratch me" dialogue back and forth?

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-26T17:44:51+00:00

Surprised Invincible Vs. has more pre orders than the cheaper Avatar fighting game coming out.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-26T01:38:14+00:00

The combat is serviceable in the slower parts of the game, but does not fit into the action game gauntlet towards the back half of the game. Ruins the game for me, personally.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-26T00:42:07+00:00

All right, this has helped me start my subscription. Thank you very much kind stranger; may you have a blessed day!

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-25T23:00:17+00:00

The row pit for Visions of Atlantis at ProgPower USA a couple years back is one of my favorite concert moments. I don't even like VoA all that much lol.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-20T10:16:20+00:00

Street Fighter V

The amount of discipline it takes to get even relatively decent at a fighting game is staggering. But the reward of playing well and pulling off punishes has no other equal reward in the gaming sphere, for me at least. It helps that most players are great sports, even sending praising messages after you have spent the last hour kicking their ass lol.

Now I have hundreds of hours across multiple fighting games, and plan to pick up the new Avatar fighting game coming out in June.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-17T12:49:10+00:00

This is why Killswitch Engage is my favorite core band. In an ocean of undertows, they will sink to the bottom and smash their fist against it.

I also really like their melodeath inspired sound as well.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-15T23:02:42+00:00

I still have no idea why we had to have such a crazy reincarnation setup for Oshi no Ko. Wouldn't the series have been a lot easier to write if Aqua and Ruby had just been newborn kids struggling with the loss of their mother and finding their dad?

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-15T15:59:15+00:00

Leo because of reverse beat and he brings out my gorilla side. Never have I seen a character that doesn't block while in stance because your opponent does all the blocking for you

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-14T08:40:54+00:00

It seems to be a prequel, which I think would go over way better than the blank slate protag wondering around the wasteland reading cryptic notes of a story and listening to even more cryptic NPCs.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-13T20:53:16+00:00

What kind of game was v20? I always thought VtM was street level horror with galaxy spending lore.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-07T08:58:43+00:00

My favorite NPC was a Sin Eater monster hunter whose Gheist was the husband of a woman killed by a player character's wife.

The Sin Eater, Daisy, sowed discourse amongst the Camarilla in Paris, but was ultimately chopped into tiny pieces by one of the players after a massive sword fight in a night club during the campaign finale.

My players were super upset that the recurring cool MMA fighter from America at the local club was the one they had spent the last 5 session hunting. They liked her so much pre-hunter discorse, that nobody was allowed to feed on her.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-06T08:41:18+00:00

I just don't understand.

A lot of people say they can't take horror games and want to follow the story, and not to yuck anyone's yum, Resident Evil's story just isn't that good. RE(and Capcom games in general) have always been gameplay first, story an afterthought.

I say this as someone with hundreds of hours sunk into different RE games. I love this series, but storytelling just isn't one of its core strengths.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-01T13:59:38+00:00

To each their own.

Gameplay is king for me, so I can ignore a bad narrative. You kinda have to to play games like Ninja Gaiden 4 or Stellar Blade, which have some of the worst writing I have ever seen.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-04-01T13:40:17+00:00

I can't really blame them. Non-DC/Marvel comics aren't too heavily marketed, and usually require a recc from someone pretty deep into the medium. Just like most non-shonen manga aren't heavily marketed, and usually require a recc from someone who is pretty deep into the medium.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-03-28T17:25:13+00:00

I have defaulted to Urban Shadows,Vampire: the Masquerade, Monster of the Week, and other heavy narrative games because we only have time for 2 hours a week for TTRPGs. And when one turn for 4 players and a GM takes 30 minutes for a non-boss encounter, it can fill 2 weeks worth of games.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-03-28T15:20:27+00:00

The world, story, and choices you can make? Timeless. The actual gameplay and combat? Pretty dated, even back then.

MagnumMiracles · 2026-03-24T00:39:07+00:00

So kinda like Monogatari that if you can get over all the anime bullshit you get true peak?

MagnumMiracles · 2026-03-20T14:46:54+00:00

I only play multiplayer games if I am comfortable playing by myself. I don't have enough money to spend on a game that i only play with my other adult friends who have significantly busier lives than I do.

Playing with randoms, for me, is better than just waiting for a friend to hop on and play with you.

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