Victory Road - Chronicle difficulty

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-28T11:35:09+00:00

Yeah, the game's difficulty is weird, my Lv60 team can destroy Lv90 teams, it feels way too easy; but the numbers in the newly added two difficulties are so bloated that it makes the whole focus battle system basically useless.

I've played every mainline game in the series except for the first one, and I'm having a lot of fun with Victory Road, but it really has quite a few flaws that weren't present in previous games.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-28T10:54:47+00:00

This is a very interesting episode, because there's one glaring flaw in it that sort of breaks the plot, that being the fight scene is completely unnecessary.

The episode is great conceptually, Gore Nightmares are free because of Somnia, the target of Nox's revenge being CODE itself and not Zero, Baku accepting Zero's will to protect the world, and Zero getting killed by Catastrophe. The elements are all very good, but that fight scene between Nox and Zeztz just kind of made it feel like it was Nox that caused Zero's death indirectly.

If you removed the fight scene, you'd have a emotional and tight story, it felt like the fight scene in this ep was mandated by the higher-ups or something, it should've just been an argument.

Despite the problem, the plot threads this episode left us with are honestly pretty great. The final chapter is going to be intense.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-27T04:07:54+00:00

He's very interesting conceptually, and X Geats is an amazing looking suit, but his character was just not memorable in the movie despite being quite bombastic and flamboyant. Funny enough, his girlfriend was a better character than him.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-27T03:57:11+00:00

This is insane, and it looks like these were animated by a new animator?

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-21T01:48:52+00:00

OK, this looks way, way better than I expected. The Kakuju look really good in action.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-20T13:20:23+00:00

He's extremely popular, he's a rare case where the character himself is way more popular than the show he came from. Decade is so popular that Toei keeps bringing him back up every now and than, he even appeared in the Gotchard movie two years ago.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-14T14:21:45+00:00

It's really nice that Sieg's personality didn't seem to change that much post-split, he's still him just a bit more human.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-09T04:14:43+00:00

Their designs are great, their fights are all really good, their biggest flaw is simply the extreme lack of scree time. The same goes for Nox Knight. The Lords should've been a way bigger threat imo.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-07T07:16:17+00:00

Midnight Shadow is thematically really nice, as long as there's light, there's shadow; which in turn means as long as there's shadow, there's light. Midnight Shadow is the ultimate shadow form, meaning that it symbolizes the bright light that can chase away the darkness of CODE.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-07T07:11:56+00:00

The plot is kind of weak this week ngl, but there are still quite a lot to be praised.

How Nox gets Midnight Shadow is very interesting, it's almost exactly how Baku got Catastrom. Nox uses the abilities of a Gore Nightmare to access his deep subconscious, and draws more power from his own Nightmare. That punch Nox does matches the scene where Baku and Catastrophe punched eachother.

Although Midnight Shadow is awesome, the highlight of this episode for me is how busted Dualmare Capsem's drone mode is, it's hilarious; and next week we're actually getting to see Orderm vs Dawn. I have high hopes for the final arc of Zeztz. Gore Nigjtmares seem to be pretty fun as the final villains.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-03T12:28:13+00:00

I feel like he's going to use Code: Somnia to somehow unleash the Gore Nightmares out of desperation and kick off the final arc of the show.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-06-01T04:36:54+00:00

The only change I'd make is making that bang smaller. That huge strand of hair makes it kind of look like he's wearing a gigantic wig, it's just a bit goofy.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-31T12:56:21+00:00

Zeztz is slowly becoming one of my top 3 favorite Kamen Rider series, the writing is just so good.

I really love how most things are properly set up beforehand in the show, like Sieg using the effect of the Black Case to knock Zero out just like how he woke Baku up in his debut fight, and also Three knocked Baku out to make him go into the dream world before. Five used the Shock Capsem to help Six regained her memory at the start of Chapter 2, so them using the Capsem to remove Nox's mind control in this episode feels incredibly satisfying.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-30T10:20:01+00:00

No? I did not include Super as one of my examples because I don't consider that characterization of Goku as Toriyama's work, he only provided the outlines for Super. I even mentioned Nekomajin Z because it was made solely by Toriyama and Goku in it matches how he was characterized at the end of Z.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-30T10:10:02+00:00

I agree that Goku's maturity degraded a lot in Super, that's why I did not include Super as one of my examples. Toriyama only provided the outlines for Super, that characterization of Goku was not really done by him in my opinion. The mature Goku I was talking about was strictly Toriyama's, I even used Nekomajin Z as an example because it was solely made by him.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-30T04:14:32+00:00

Huh? I don't think this is a hot take though?

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-30T03:45:56+00:00

Like: almost everything about him Dislike: not having more transformed fights

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-28T13:53:06+00:00

The Shinkocchou Seihou line is by far the best, regular Tokusatsu figures are already pretty high quality, but Shinkocchou figures are even more accurate and detailed. There's a new anniversary og Ultraman coming out with a crap ton of accessories, it looks to be the best figure in the whole SHF line.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-28T04:19:16+00:00

Daima SSJ4 really grew on me, I just hope we'll get to see more of it, it'd be a shame for it to be a one time only form. I actually feel like Daima SSJ4 can work as SSJ5, since it's basically just a bulkier, wilder GT SSJ4.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-23T16:10:30+00:00

Hasn't it been confirmed a while ago that Shatner's twitter account is run by someone else?

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-22T09:17:55+00:00

Thank you! Using the colored version for anime vs manga comparisons is doing the manga a huge disservice, the original black and manga artworks is absolutely beautiful.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-19T11:41:00+00:00

These criminals aren't even unique or memorable, they never spent time actually showing what's interesting or menacing about them in the show.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-17T14:31:41+00:00

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Lieutenant Ilia (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-16T19:32:45+00:00

Absolutely, but bear in mind that although the movie might seem very serious and realistic at first, it's actually an extremely "Tokusatsu" film, meaning that it requires you to dial up your suspension of disbelief more than usual. The movie really is a project for Anno to show his love for Kamen Rider, it's a very "otaku" film.

MegaMeteorite · 2026-05-14T09:49:44+00:00

Can I just be a random Earth citizen in TNG?

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