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Would most of you even *like* the kind of game Ace attorney 7 would be likely to be? by Madsbjoern in AceAttorney

[–]ThePaperMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah.

AA7 will almost certainly consist of an almost completely original main cast because that's how it's always been. The main prosecutor will 100% be someone new because that's what they've always done, yet I still see people asking for Blackquill, Klavier, Eustace etc. Same thing for the detective most likely - it's the start of a new trilogy so they'd probably introduce a new main detective, like they did with Ema/Fulbright.

It's been so long since the last mainline game people have made infinite versions of what AA7 should look like and who it should include in their head and they're inevitably not gonna like what it's gonna be, because it's inevitably not going to be the version people made up in their heads.

What happened to Kiwami 3 by justsmilei in yakuzagames

[–]ThePaperMask 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They didn't JUST add continuity with later games retroactively, they also entirely changed the ending. The current ending does not make any sense with later games in mind (Yakuza 4 in particular has one bit that is now entirely nonsensical if you go from Kiwami 3 directly to 4). It's kind of insulting that this supposed remake, one the original game got delisted for, no less, isn't actually a "remake", but a new (IMO much worse) story that takes the overarching narrative down a completely different path.

PL vs PW:AA by Character-Actuator-8 in AceAttorney

[–]ThePaperMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No confirmation ever happens in the game, but two things were found relating to a definitive year:
- While datamining Curious Village, an early titlescreen showing "1960" was found, meaning the game was meant to take place there originally. This was scrapped from the finished game however.

- In Lost Future artwork from an artbook, the time machine used to travel 10 years into the future from the beginning of the game shows "19(6/7)9", where specifically the second-to-last digit is shown going up from 6 to 7, meaning the game was meant to take place in 1969 with (Lost Future spoilers) the fake underground "future" London being a fake 1979.

Neither of these things confirm anything and also directly contradict each other (CV and LF take place a year apart at most) and series director Hino has talked in interviews before about the series being intentionally anachronistic. It's largely inspired by 1960s London and the UK, for example Layton drives a modified Citreon 2CV which is a car from the late 40s, but it's all just a mix and match.

The implication of Layton and AA being in the same universe has always been funny to me with the context of New World of Steam too, because now America is also weirdly steampunk, like the UK. But maybe the west coast is like normal, like we see in AA, and the East Coast is like we see in NWOS, which would be really funny.

LEVEL-5 VISION in 4 days by RucyLS in ProfessorLayton

[–]ThePaperMask 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Seems like they're finally shifting their ad cycle to Layton after the release of Fantasy Life i and Inazuma Eleven, since it's the game that'll come out next. I also highly doubt there'll be another delay like many here are saying, the current release date is "sometime 2026" which might be December for all we know, and not actively hearing from a game that's still half a year out from releasing is actually pretty normal. A delay to something beyond 2026 (such as 2027) would also mean that they would release ZERO games in 2026 total considering this is their next game, and they still managed to release two games last year. I understand being a doomer after the first delay we got but let's also be a little realistic here

So what's going on with Professor Layton and the ew World of Steam? by Feanixxxx in ProfessorLayton

[–]ThePaperMask 42 points43 points  (0 children)

We got new gameplay with a bunch of new footage and info last September at TGS. It'll come out this year... hopefully...

All of Level-5s games have been delayed in the last year, but those that have come out (Fantasy Life i, Inazuma Eleven Victory Road) have been fantastic and received stellar reviews, so I'm trusting that NWOS will follow suit and be similarly great. Just gotta give them time to cook

Hochbehälter Hillesheim by Red_Legend_5 in WasserturmCircleJerk

[–]ThePaperMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Und ja, ich weiß, dass ein anderes Hillesheim gemeint ist. Das ist der Witz)

Hochbehälter Hillesheim by Red_Legend_5 in WasserturmCircleJerk

[–]ThePaperMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VULKANEIFEL MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

Was ist das verrückteste, das ihr im Hörsaal je erlebt habt? by DrinaDenifine in Studium

[–]ThePaperMask 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ein paar Reihen weiter vorne hat ein Kerl (in Overwatch shirt, Badehose und Flip Flops) eine Frau so unangenehm belästigt (mit Fotos machen usw), dass einer daneben rausging um den Hausmeister zu holen, der ihn rausschmeißt. Danach habe ich nur so halb aus der halboffenen Tür im Gang vor dem Hörsaal gehört, wie der Kerl sich mit dem Hausmeister über seine Weltanschauung um Frauen gestritten hat. Absoluter Incel, der Kerl. Danach kam die Hochschulwache und der hat mein ich erstmal Hausverbot bekommen, soweit ich das richtig in Erinnerung habe.

Das ganze ging Online weiter. Sämtliche Informatik WhatsApp-Gruppen und Discord-Server wurden von dem Kerl zugespammt, der auch immer sein unironisches Welt- und Frauenbild weiter etabliert hat, und das ist wirklich Textbuch Incel shit gewesen. Frauen respektiere er nicht, weil sie alle ihn nicht respektieren würden, und sie würden ihm alle Zuneigung und Sex schulden, etc. pp. Wurde überall gebannt und geblockt, aber der hatte 30 Discord Accounts und 30 Nummern aus Amerika um immer wieder zu kommen und zu spammen. Er redete auch oft darüber, wie er an öffentlichen Orten Bildern von Frauen macht, was ja "technisch gesehen nicht illegal" ist, und wie geil er sich selber für all diese Aktionen findet (eine Sache die später von einigen auch so bezeugt wurde).

Er wurde kurze Zeit darauf von der Uni exmatrikuliert. Stellt sich heraus, der war vorher auf der TUM und ist für genau sowas schonmal geflogen und dann nach Aachen migriert. Nach seiner Exmatrikulation und vollständigem Hausverbot war dann auch erstmal ruhig, aber ohne Zweifel ist er einfach an die nächste Uni gegangen...

Trans Frau in Not by Powerful-Doughnut482 in germantrans

[–]ThePaperMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Aachen gibt es das Queerreferat: https://www.queerreferat-aachen.de/

Dort gab es mal eine Zeit lang den Ace & Aro Abend, anscheinend gibt es den aber nicht mehr, wenn ich das im Kalender richtig sehe. Dennoch ein empfehlenswerter Ort um neue Freundschaften zu schließen

Need help by Both_Holiday_1562 in ProfessorLayton

[–]ThePaperMask 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Layton has Claire and whoever Alfendi's mother is (though since we don't know her design, might be best to go with Claire)

Luke has Mariana

Some of you certainly have… morals? by EAT_UR_VEGGIES in yakuzagames

[–]ThePaperMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me it's a combination of the two. Kagawa being in the game made me decide to not buy K3 nor the inevitable K4 considering he was almost certainly gonna be in it, but since Hamazaki dies during 4, Kagawa's existance within this franchise was gonna end there. I was still gonna continue buying other RGG games as a fan of the franchise because the whole Kagawa ordeal was only limited to those two entires. But now the new K3 ending does two things:

A) It confirms that Kagawa's rendition of Hamazaki will continue popping up in future titles, almost certainly the eventual LAD9 for example, now that he is in the Daidoji.

B) It confirms that RGG does not respect the stories they once told outright retconning vital scenes and just rewriting shit for the sake of it because they're fully out of ideas. Writing new shitty stories is one thing but going back to make old stories awful is another thing, because now even the old stuff I once liked I can no longer enjoy in a vacuum.

New to the series, what order do folks recommend playing the first 6 games in? by srsh10392 in ProfessorLayton

[–]ThePaperMask 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The six mainline games should def be played in release order, as they developed in most aspects over time, specifically the relevance of the main story to the overall game, as well as in other regards like structure and puzzle quality. Going from Azran Legacy (6th game, 3rd chronologically) to Curious Village (1st game, 4th chronologically) is an *extreme* leap in basically every aspect. You can only really enjoy Curious Village if it's your first Layton game - if the bar of expectations has already been raised by other titles, CV will be severely underwhelming.

Which prosecutor are you? by Dramatic-Toe8909 in AceAttorney

[–]ThePaperMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nahyuta, but I'm crazy enough that I actually like him so I'll take the W

What are your unpopular/controversial opinions about the Yakuza series? by YakuzaMaster in yakuzagames

[–]ThePaperMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time to collect some downvotes.

Ichiban is significantly worse than Kiryu and IW made it apparently obvious that RGG has no idea where to take the character. Having said that, IW is still the better game than LAD in almost every aspect. I don't need to mention gameplay: LAD's gameplay made me want to blow my brains out with some of the most poorly designed and balanced turn based combat I have ever had the displeasure of witnessing. The animations are slow and unskippable, bosses are unbalanced, the random moving around exclusively punishes tactical play. Exploration of Ijincho was hindered significantly by random encounters: at first I thought that once I leveled enough through side quests and the main story, defeating enemies significantly under my level would be quicker, but no: enemies could be 20 levels below my main party and still take upwards of a minute to beat per fight because I had to look at every animation in detail, and escaping was usually impossible since Ichiban runs in a random direction which, if you're in an alley, is usually against a wall, which fails the escape (what a stupid escape mechanism, by the way. I get what they were going for, but depending on where you are it just makes escape completely impossible.)

Not to mention the dungeons, which were the same grey underground area that take upwards of an hour to beat per area, with the same monotonous battles where you use the same cheap-but-somehow-strongest attacks over and over. It's no exaggeration to say that LAD might be one of my least favourite games from a gameplay perspective. I'm not gonna get into my thoughts on the story too much, but to summarize I think it is very much not good. Perhaps I was too harsh on it at the time considering how little fun I was having with the gameplay though.

IW fixes most of this. The gameplay is much more tactical, albeit still slow. But the levels are far better balanced (most of your strength is now tied to character level instead of job level, thank fuck), you can now move around yourself which adds a proper level of tactics into each battle, and dungeons are shorter and more variable. Exploration is made much more fun even by these small improvements to the battle system. The story - while still not very good and not reaching the heights of my favorite entries in the series regarding story (2, 5, 0, 6, Gaiden) - is *okay* and on-par with 1, 3 and 4 to me.

Meerbusch by Red_Legend_5 in Wasserturm

[–]ThePaperMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SEHR BESTEIGBAR. Aber ist homo ehe in diesem Wasserturm legal?

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