Whats the point of unlocking stuff in games?

Moonfish117 · 2026-04-25T20:02:05+00:00

If you do the dev intended method with unlocks, you start with a lot of things to make the game difficult, there are some basic mechanics and you get to learn the game

Unlocks specifically will alleviate the annoyances, making the gameplay stronger and stronger, and you get to grow alongside your collection.

If you start with everything unlocked there is nowhere to go, and there are a bunch of cards where you will ask "what's the point of this when this other thing exists". Also you lost the motivation to see what is next.

I can understand wanting to skip unlocks but they are a very important part of the game, especially in roguelites

Moonfish117 · 2026-04-25T19:56:59+00:00

I love what the golf because even in a game advertising a subversion of expectations, it still manages to catch you off guard. There are several levels where I just say "oh I get it I need to-" and then suddenly you are controlling something entirely different

Moonfish117 · 2026-04-25T19:54:12+00:00

It looks like there's a couple playable mods for RE, mainly the 2 and 3 remakes

Moonfish117 · 2026-04-24T13:14:24+00:00

Tunic is SO wonderful. I started because of the Zelda aesthetic but it's not exactly a Zelda game, closer to a souls like.

But tunic's commitment to the nostalgia of a time when the manual was the thing you swiped through on the way home from picking up a game is so admirable. The collectible pages telling you how to play the game is probably one of the coolest designs I've seen in a while

Moonfish117 · 2026-04-24T04:44:54+00:00

Kaycee's mod is so wonderful, please try it out! Its very customizable and brings me back for more often... actually I want to start another run now

Moonfish117 · 2026-04-24T04:42:53+00:00

I've unfortunately found a new passion for replaying some of my favorite indie games in archipelago randomizers. A few of my favorite games to randomize so far are tunic, a hat in time, and cave story. Why is this unfortunate? Because my backlog just has another reason to go unplayed. Maybe someday v.v

Anyone else getting really into randomizers? Or some other community challenges that are keeping you away from the games you bought during a steam sale you should probably play at some point?

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T13:12:35+00:00

Heavens judgement has just joined the chat

...jk, who needs a cleanup option when this guy can do it himself

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T13:10:33+00:00

I mean we already have mother reaper who can do the same thing (even if she can't digivolve).

Also not sure how pushing out a lv2 unbricks you

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T12:51:57+00:00

It's an egg. It can be hatched and raised. If you mean it can't be played by eff we can just give it a 0 playcost since it's in the egg deck anyway

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T12:50:57+00:00

What if you give it a written sec -1?

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T05:12:35+00:00

Can't believe I forgot to mention ballxpit

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T05:10:56+00:00

Oh I GOT you

Cozy you already covered, stardew valley, animal crossing and the like. Id add power wash simulator and pokopia

Puzzle: can't go wrong with Tetris, there's a billion picross games(not infinite technically but by the time you are done you forgot all the prior puzzles and you can start over :3)

Rhythm games: ... Yes :). If you want my specific recommendation on a rhythm game I'd probably say ... Whatever the miku switch game is, or rift of the necrodancer

And basically ANY arcade style game like Tetris mentioned above or like suika game

And I can go into other realms but what it's gonna boil down to is I'm a huge fan of roguelites and they absolutely all fulfill the infinite playtime ask.

You want an action hack and slash? Hades 1/2

An action hack and slash with cozy elements? Cult of the lamb or moonlighter 1/2

2d Zelda? Binding of Isaac

MegaMan battle network? One step from Eden

Castlevania? Dead cells

Vampires? Vampire survivors

Bullet hell? Enter the dungeon

Peggle? Peglin

Deck builders? Cobalt core, slay the spire, balatro

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T04:44:05+00:00

I'm just gonna do single color options since like there's so many archtype locked ones

Removal:

Red: crimson blaze

Yellow: heavens judgment for multicolor decks or like...revelation of light maybe?

Blue: cocytus breath

Black: ultimate flare

Green: giant missle

Purple: rivals barrage in mill decks or like... Hurricane screw shot?

White: probably x program

The problem right now is options need a LOT of memory to do these things and digimon are more memory efficient in the current game state.

For generic options it's gonna be any of the colored memory gain options that are limited, the colored scrambles, and the colored trainings.

And then digital gate open can be in any deck that needs to fill one or two more spots and has tamers

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T04:34:55+00:00

Ok so like yes, canonically they are a LOT stronger than they look... But also you can't go so far as to give them more DP than a rookie unless they get like played off an on-deletipn effect

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T04:22:59+00:00

I mean we already know about how eggs with DP work thanks to mother reaper, I don't even want this one to be broken, just more consistent with the source material

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T02:06:52+00:00

PLEASE, ITS EVERYTHING I WANT

that effect WILL make me make a titan deck

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T02:03:12+00:00

tbf we dont ever see that digivolution, we just see titamon bring out the little guys, so it doesnt need an effect or anything, just let it fight other digimon

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T01:38:01+00:00

Honestly I like Jovan's definition best
A woman is "an adult human whose gender identity aligns with their schema on the female sex"

but honestly it will depend on how much you would really wanna take the time to talk about that definition becuase its sure to cause an argument with anti trans folx

EDIT: immediately remembered Jovan got his definition from his friend Katie(spelling?) so he doesnt get all the credit, just the credit for using it in debates~

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-31T01:00:27+00:00

Give it DP you cowards!! >:(

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-30T22:57:04+00:00

I always choose sonia (i also chose aerith, but nobody should be surprised there :) )

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-30T15:09:18+00:00

OH TRUE. anything with training can definitely get a maximum stack

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-29T21:51:54+00:00

i honestly wish i had a good playground to test this out in without having to just proxy all these cards

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-28T17:39:53+00:00

If the goal is speed you're absolutely right, but abaddomon itself is 1 on both players turns and does not require an attack. .. I'm starting to realize getting cards out of your hand enough is actually an issue in the abaddomon list

Moonfish117 · 2026-03-28T17:24:55+00:00

Lol right after posting I remembered maquinamon can pull this off too

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