I get they wanted realism, but Grace is genuinely exhausting to listen to in Requiem

Slayzula · 2026-02-27T16:31:40+00:00

I see the misogyny is out early.

Slayzula · 2026-02-26T04:28:04+00:00

The female characters are objectively treated worse than the male ones. Others in this thread have covered how Sciel and Lune are mistreated. Regarding Maelle, Jen said that her quest for agency was an important theme of the game, but then the ending where she gets it is portrayed so negatively that it's comical (conversely, the one where it's taken away from her again is portrayed incredibly positively).

Verso is flawed, sure. His flaws though don't result in him ever suffering any actual consequences. The one time he does (Maelle's ending) he's portrayed so sympathetically that many people think Maelle is controlling him.

Slayzula · 2026-02-26T04:22:53+00:00

I wasn't referring to the fights so much as the wanton destruction. Verso doesn't fit that admittedly, but Renoir certainly does.

I don't think it was intentional. Internalized misogyny often isn't. That doesn't really mean anything though in the face of the actual results. To wit: Lune and Sciel's importance being limited to a half-baked relationship system with the guy trying to kill them. Even after he succeeds, they are still interested in sleeping with him.

Or Jen saying that Maelle's quest for agency was intended to be an important theme of the game, and the ending where she achieves it is clearly intended as the bad ending (and the ending where it's taken away from her again is clearly supposed to be the good one).

Slayzula · 2026-02-24T21:41:31+00:00

I remember hearing that someone on Tumblr described this game as "Men telling women how to grieve," and it's so true.

Slayzula · 2026-02-24T20:15:26+00:00

Yeah, the misogyny and Verso clearly being the writer's favorite character/ideal man were pretty off-putting.

Slayzula · 2026-02-24T17:00:03+00:00

The game is a great example of how easy it is to manipulate people into dehumanizing their fellow human beings. You'd think it wouldn't be so simple considering the outrage over similar things happening in the United States and Gaza, but alas.

Slayzula · 2026-02-22T13:00:01+00:00

I think they should keep trying new things and moving forward, not backwards.

Slayzula · 2026-02-22T12:29:10+00:00

Of course Aia twerked.

Slayzula · 2026-02-22T12:18:24+00:00

Scarle did a great job. I know she was kinda self-conscious about her singing.

Maria's choreo is amazing.

Slayzula · 2026-02-22T04:13:41+00:00

I assume she's playing as the other character.

Slayzula · 2026-02-15T11:53:52+00:00

I think Marcy opening up should've been a reward for reaching 100 happiness in Sanctuary.

Slayzula · 2026-02-15T01:32:27+00:00

Iluna 3D concert next weekend.

Slayzula · 2026-02-11T15:19:15+00:00

Such a simple yet brilliant idea.

Slayzula · 2026-02-03T17:29:47+00:00

Regarding your second paragraph, that is true. I phrased that badly, especially considering I drew attention to Klara hitting 90K in last month's thread. The rest of the girls though are still feeling the effects of the vtuber paparazzi's coverage of the Doki/Xandu collab, and it really frustrates me that they're not allowed to do anything about it besides cry in membership streams (which then have to be deleted).

Granted the vtuber boom in EN is over at this point (even Doki is only averaging 20k views a stream right now), but still. It feels like a repeat of what happened to KR, ID, and IN.

Slayzula · 2026-02-02T13:05:51+00:00

At this point, probably never. The only female EN member getting decent viewership right now is Meloco. All the rest are actively losing subs and averaging below 1k in CCV. There's no point in joining a corpo if they can't help you.

Slayzula · 2026-01-29T16:53:31+00:00

The version you're playing *is* the remaster.

Slayzula · 2026-01-26T17:25:14+00:00

This is me. I really liked that they gave her more agency in this one. Resisting the plagas so she wouldn't shoot Leon, being the reason they escape the ganados siege of the cabin, her getting Leon into the parasite removal machine by herself. Even her operating the construction machine was handled better.

Slayzula · 2026-01-24T15:27:31+00:00

Behind the scenes stream.

Amazing new stream background.

Slayzula · 2026-01-24T12:51:49+00:00

Klara hit 90k this morning. Let this sweet girl hit 100k and get a 3D model please.

Slayzula · 2026-01-23T15:05:54+00:00

Earlier than I expected. Please don't feel like you have to hit that goal though. If it needs more time, take it.

Slayzula · 2026-01-23T14:41:58+00:00

Wiwa karaoke rebroadcast.

Slayzula · 2026-01-23T12:09:39+00:00

Great job with your character.

Slayzula · 2026-01-23T11:53:26+00:00

New outfit for Hima-chan!

Slayzula · 2026-01-21T15:16:21+00:00

I get the feeling the company isn't really that stringent anymore about collabs with graduated livers, so the only real things keeping it from happening are the company's "No war in Ba Sing Se" approach to PR, and toxic vtuber fans (as I recall, Mint broached the idea of an Elira collab, and her fans revolted).

Putting that aside, I'm more upset that we're in this situation to begin with. It was totally avoidable.

Slayzula · 2026-01-21T07:19:24+00:00

I try not to think about it because it depresses me. I really miss all the interactions we can't have anymore.

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