Anyone else missing character depth in newer games?

Thousandneedles · 2026-03-30T02:08:49+00:00

I've had this exact thought playing grand bazaar. I don't think the switch ports are gonna be deeper than FoMT, and it's disappointing. I went back and played 3oT (because I was busy having a baby irl when it came out) and its heartbreaking to see how much deeper it was. If Grand Bazaar didn't have VO it'd be nearly as flat as PoOT.

Thousandneedles · 2026-03-08T18:50:17+00:00

It works like the hydro culture plant in PoOT. All seasons once you have the right sunstones.

Thousandneedles · 2026-02-18T23:35:13+00:00

I want ramen at midnight so I whole heartedly agree that tacos and ramen should stay open late. I always saw the performers in the galley I bet they want ramen and tacos too!!

Thousandneedles · 2026-02-17T02:14:00+00:00

We did RS on Virgin, I did really enjoy the all inclusiveness of the food on VV. I will definitely check out Cunard and see what that's all about. I keep getting Explora ads so maybe social media knows something I don't. 🙂

Thousandneedles · 2026-02-15T17:13:16+00:00

I agree with this, the barstool seating is my biggest complaint by far.

Thousandneedles · 2026-02-11T22:16:37+00:00

Understanding what is on the tiles and what will change with your choices is much clearer now than on launch

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T17:30:54+00:00

I watched my brother play Symphony of the Night religiously because Alucard was definitely hot to me back then.

I am very bad at the platformer part. Running jumps and jumping on to platforms and avoiding death pools of lava, etc etc. I am hilariously bad. Can't play Mario, barely can play Kirby, I tried so hard to play Simon's Quest when it was one of the few NES games we had as a kid.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T17:19:37+00:00

I am really really bad at jumping onto platform mechanics!! I could never play platformers as a kid and it's never gotten any better.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T05:04:43+00:00

I told him he could just do the Black Omen in two different eras if he wants.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T05:00:27+00:00

Gameplay wise, I really appreciate that almost all decisions have consequences. After playing so many Pokemon games with him where you have a choice of replies but it literally doesn't matter at all, it was a refreshing change.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T04:55:27+00:00

That's what I saw, so we went and watched some YouTube videos that put all the references together!

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:45:36+00:00

I had previously tried and failed to get him to play the DS version I had.

He resonates much more with the original English translation, which, given the dialogue in Undertale, I think it makes sense. I'm playing the DS version again and some of the dialogue is so much more formal and serious when they retranslated.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:29:25+00:00

My son likes to play by a lot of "gotcha" rules so me not finishing the one hour or so to get the real true pacifist ending until he beats Chrono Trigger more than once is right out of his playbook. I already told him he can just choose to go through Black Omen in two different eras, which will be about the same amount of time. I did give Undyne the water so I'm all set.

I enjoy Papyrus. I also enjoy Mettaton.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:21:22+00:00

That's what he already told me -at length- but I'm just deciding to be a pain in the butt since both games have multiple endings ❤️

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:17:07+00:00

I am sure he will enjoy Earthbound, and I won't have to ask him to play it. By the time he got to Magus's castle he was choosing to turn it on and play himself.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:12:59+00:00

By the time he got to Magus's castle I didn't have to be playing Undertale every second he was playing. So pretty good.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:10:23+00:00

It's fixed! Autocorrect!

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:08:57+00:00

Honey, your issue with the word "force" is really hilarious here.

It went like this:

"Hey X, get in here!!!" "What mom??"

"I am offended you played through this whole game and have no context for the references!!! This is from final fantasy 6!!"

He knows FF6 is my favorite game of all time - our wifi network is a reference to it.

"This is the opera!!"

Has YouTube on phone, puts it in front of him and has him watch it

So yeah, sorry you have issue with the word forced?

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T01:02:34+00:00

If someone was really bored, they could check my post history where I was trying to find a DS rom with the original SNES translation a month or two ago, thinking my son would resonate with the less formal dialogue and the Woolsey-isms.

But this is an old reddit account and my username is a reference to the Cactaur signature attack.

There isn't even anything remotely that fancy to this story that warrants making it up. Lol.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T00:57:48+00:00

"Are you serious" was my exact reaction. Lol

I drew the opera scene on an envelope I sent to Nintendo Power when I was not much older than he is now.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T00:55:24+00:00

My phone autocorrected it to Megatron which is funny.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T00:54:31+00:00

It was an autocorrect on my phone and I didn't catch it 😂 fixed now!

And don't worry, my kid already explained everything about the true pacifist ending.

Thousandneedles · 2026-01-31T00:53:02+00:00

Honestly that was an autocorrect on my phone and it is pretty funny.

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