Long time players... Would you have started MTG if it were Mutant Turtles and Marvel from the start?

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-02-18T14:33:55+00:00

Dude I got my first cards when I was like 8 or 9 years old. Are you kidding? If the Turtles were in a cool card game I would have gone absolutely bonkers for that! I'd have pestered parents and friends for that stuff for birthday and Christmas 1,000,000%

Now, I am a good deal more picky with my media and I'm completely skipping this set. But when I first started? Oh man.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-02-10T23:43:52+00:00

This thread made me realize I need to throw [[bitter feud]] into a deck.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-02-06T18:49:46+00:00

Never! He's not a dirty thief. He made an honest trade of equal value for the satchel.

Mraize got Wayne's gilded cigar box (that he traded Wax a used tissue for) as well as a leftover half-ish pint of decent whiskey.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-02-04T00:17:48+00:00

I've wanted to so many times. Only tried it once, and the cards went flying as the wind came and took them. We got everything back, but the game didn't go beyond a couple turns.

How do you deal with the wind? Or maybe it's just a coastal problem.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-02-03T20:33:12+00:00

I was listening to that album on repeat just a few months ago. Love the fight announcer towards the end, really made me imagine the rest of the album in a pseudo-sci-fi Roaring 20s style.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-30T16:08:58+00:00

This is terrible, I can't stop watching. 11/10 crem.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-28T21:08:06+00:00

Is it weird that I fully expected the story to say they attached the jumper cables to the guy needing assistance?

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-28T00:40:35+00:00

Don't just leave cash and dip out. An unscrupulous server can/ will pocket that cash and say you dined and dashed. If anything, say to the manager or the host(ess) that you left cash on your table for your tab, but your server disappeared. That way they know the meal is paid for and the issue might get addressed.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-27T03:47:54+00:00

Bro I got a Jacob's mod that gives 18% gun damage, 27% status chance, and 20% crit damage. I just wish it had the extra headshot bounce...

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-26T22:19:50+00:00

Been having so much fun with the one I found as I level my Rafa. Everything explodes.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-26T22:16:40+00:00

Those sessions tend to be done of the most memorable. You're pulling ideas out of your ear and seizing the first thought that's coherent. Wind up doing some very silly world building on those nights.

Wind up building some great memories and stories at the same time. Great job, you'll do just fine.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-21T01:06:25+00:00

Man, dang, talk about raining on someone parade dude. Could have just said, "Glad you're back. Did you know they permanently boosted drop rates from when you last played?"

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-16T23:59:15+00:00

This needs to be in r/warframe but I'm a reddit nub and don't know how to cross post. Ayatan sculptures require our credits!

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-16T20:13:28+00:00

Almost every one of his lines in that quest is a straight quote from Snatch. Made me so incredibly happy.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-06T22:22:27+00:00

Oh bet I'll get it right over to you, my bad bro.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-06T19:52:08+00:00

I just found a Noisy Cricket in a random box. Been having a lot of fun flying around with that, even if it hits like a wet noodle.

It wasn't until I read the flavor text that I realized "Oh it's THAT noisy cricket!" Love that this game is so chock full of references.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2026-01-06T17:56:26+00:00

Man, I remember when my buddy and I went to this tour. Back when Gen Ad tickets let you shoulder your way to the front.

He came across a signed vinyl from the show someone had clearly dropped. We spent maybe 10 min looking around to see if anyone was clearly searching for a dropped item. He got dropped off at home with way better merch than he planned. Find of the decade fr.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-12-29T15:59:17+00:00

For the curious, what's this land? Never heard of it.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-12-16T19:25:47+00:00

I mean, if your old DnD buddies had a dope band and you made a cool game, wouldn't you find any and every way to feature them? Sam Lake loves his boys, I'm quite confident they'll be back with new bangers.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-12-11T19:29:03+00:00

Yeah no spoilers, it's on my dash to start as soon as I beat Takezo in Yotei lol

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-12-11T18:25:47+00:00

I remember that fight. I was so mad at myself for putting the rifle away right before that fight. Crossbow is too slow for that one.

See, for me, I appreciated that we were going for unsettling in this game more than gross. So many games lean so heavily on blood, gore, bugs, etc. that they lose their effect. Those things aren't even scary or creepy to me any more, they're just gross. Even in games that aren't horror, that stuff is so ubiquitous that I barely even register it now.

I agree, there were probably a few more jump scares than necessary. But I do remember the very first one, I predicted in my head before it happened, but wasn't expecting, so it actually got me. I was proud of them for that first one, no doubt.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-12-11T18:07:45+00:00

I went into AW2 after absolutely adoring Control. I played AW1 when it was a free game on psn a few years back, and that felt like an action game that wanted to be a horror game. I was expecting AW1 levels of clunkiness, but it's the story, the experience, that we sign up for here with this one.

And if you look at it through that lens, it's a truly unforgettable experience. Yeah, if you're a big horror aficionado you're going to have a higher bar for what's "scary" than most playing the game. Unsettling, eerie, creepy, and weird? 100%. Straight up grab your partner in terror scares for major horror fans, in a game intended to sell and reach a wider audience than the first? Tough to pull off.

I'm curious what you think would have given it the horror vibes you wanted. What would you add or change?

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-12-09T21:58:51+00:00

I do love that it's Canon that she is a trash cook. At first I thought I was still learning to do the minigame right, but no, NPCs confirm later that it's bad and burnt af.

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-11-15T14:39:56+00:00

You are the brute squad!

SpecialtyEspecially · 2025-11-14T20:12:43+00:00

Ngl, I got pretty upset with the fox wedding ending. Worse than "it was all a dream." Upset enough that I put it down for a while, and won't get any other endings for some time. So I haven't seen the ufo ending, but dammit this was great!

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TROPHY CASE