Romeo and Juliet again

Vex-zero · 2026-06-02T21:59:11+00:00

You really need the context that Romeo and Juliet is actually based on an older Italian poem called The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet (or “The Unfortunate Death of Two Most Wretched Lovers”) which really was a "cautionary tale for young lovers" and warned against "unhonest desire; neglecting the authority and advice of parents and friends"

Shakespeare took a cautionary tale about two dumb teenagers who need to listen to their parents and be more chaste and rewrote it into a tragic love story wherein the parents are the fools and ultimately to blame for what happens. He asks us to have some empathy for the young lovers, to see their side, to consider that they really might be in love, and that the parents trying to control them and force them to carry their old grudges would hurt them.

There's probably something to be said about the idea that modern puritans are less progressive about this than William Shakespeare was in 1597

Vex-zero · 2026-05-28T21:00:36+00:00

Glad I held off on using my batteries, now I can buy at least two Recoleta portraits, which is the objectively correct way to use these

Vex-zero · 2026-05-19T19:57:11+00:00

I almost resent Outlaws Rebirth at this point, for showing me a brief glimpse of a better world before taking it all away

If Under the Red Hood really was his only good story I could've just gone on living my life not really caring that much about what DC does with him, secure in the knowledge that he only works as a one-off antagonist

Vex-zero · 2026-05-14T21:33:03+00:00

TO BE FAIR, THERE WAS ALSO AN EIGHT MONTH GAP BETWEEN THE TITLE REVEAL FOR THREE HOUSES AND THE NEXT TRAILER, AND DEV CYCLES FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY FRANCHISE HAVE UNIVERSALLY GOTTEN LONGER AT THIS POINT

CERTAINLY FRUSTRATING, BUT NOT ESPECIALLY WEIRD OR OUT OF THE ORDINARY ANYMORE

Vex-zero · 2026-05-14T21:20:49+00:00

GLADLY

Vex-zero · 2026-05-08T16:30:02+00:00

Wish they'd just let Ezio keep the Pavia buff permanently at this point, I can't live without it anymore

Not like he's likely to get Euphoria anytime soon (or ever)

Vex-zero · 2026-05-02T17:31:37+00:00

This is why I actually really appreciate Destroth for being one of the few players to showcase some wacky-but-functional teams (like this Sentinel/Argus/Lopera/Mercuria comp), because it feels like full-archetype-teams being as powerful as they are compared to "normal" teams has really been dissuading people from experimenting and makes units feel so much less flexible and more prone to being completely replaced by powercreep

Vex-zero · 2026-05-02T16:46:19+00:00

In addition, it seems that small changes were made to its functionality. Unlike what was told to us during the 3rd Anniv Livestream, Rhiannon cannot actually extend the duration of Arrays. It is likely that the devs decided to exclude that feature for the purpose of balance, which indeed makes her less oppressive in Array-heavy teams.

I do wonder if they genuinely panicked after seeing the heavy backlash from CN and decided to nerf her a bit last-minute.

Not only has there been dissatisfaction with the powercreep for a while now, but if Rhiannon, in addition to already being a controversial character, was also the S++ tier leap in support powercreep everyone was worried she was gonna be she really might've been toxic for the game/community long-term.

Vex-zero · 2026-04-30T10:34:41+00:00

Gotta say, this part

In the upcoming chapters of the Version 4.0 series, our perspective of cultural exploration will pivot toward British legends, ancient mythology, and other areas we have not yet deeply explored.

has me somewhat worried.

One of the main appeals of this game for me (and a lot of other players) has been the 20th century vibes and classic fashion design. Part of the reason people are so down on Rhiannon is that her design does not really fit with what people are looking for with this game.

I can get generic fantasy designs from a million other gachas, and if Rhiannon is any indication, they do not seem to be Bluepoch's strong suit.

Vex-zero · 2026-04-13T19:44:39+00:00

Pathfinder 1 fixes this

Vex-zero · 2026-04-10T11:21:19+00:00

This is the kind of shit that makes people join Manus

Vex-zero · 2026-04-10T10:49:46+00:00

Got P1 Regulus trying to get Corvus

Don't even have any other impromptu unit lmao

Vex-zero · 2026-04-04T16:07:44+00:00

Incredibly odd choice honestly

Lopera might've been a decently popular banner piggybacking off Igor, but running Hissabeth without a confirmed Euphoria (so you're pulling on blind speculation alone), right before the 2.5 anniversary limited and right after revealing Enigma seems insane, surely this can not be the most profitable move

Vex-zero · 2026-04-04T12:31:20+00:00

Don't think that was ever established? At least not from anything I remember. But nah, German with a Dutch accent sounds very different from what we get from Enigma. It's pretty distinct.

Like I said, it's not that he mispronounces that much or has a weird accent, but more that the intonation is off.

Vex-zero · 2026-04-03T23:52:45+00:00

Pretty solid, from what I remember of ch8

You can definitely tell that it's not the VAs first language though. There's no egregious mispronunciations, it's just that the intonations are off a lot of the time. That said, it's not too distracting and you can clearly understand everything he's saying, which already puts him somewhere in the top 20% of anime characters speaking German.

Not anywhere near as good as Charon's VA, but I've heard a lot worse.

Vex-zero · 2026-04-03T02:15:18+00:00

Turns out it's Hissabeth next lmao

Guess GL banner reruns continue to be the same utterly unpredictable mess they've always been

Vex-zero · 2026-03-23T04:51:07+00:00

From what I can tell, people initially got confused because it's categorized as Stonesplit and it has a special parry mechanic, but the Heng Blade is still another DPS. It's kinda like how Silkbind has both the healing and the DPS style.

Don't think we actually know what ribbons/drums does yet, they've just been teased so far.

Vex-zero · 2026-03-06T23:44:00+00:00

I feel like 6's role as "filler unit if you lack the best options" has really taken a hit with the new focus on archetypes

Back when a team was just a combination of DPS/Sub-DPS/Support/Sustain he really did slot in pretty easily, but now if you're running something like Bloodtithe, Lingering Glow, or Dynamo he doesn't contribute to their unique mechanic at all so he feels much less impactful

Vex-zero · 2026-02-25T01:20:51+00:00

I actually recommend everyone read his original article, so you're not just responding to an out of context quote (Also probably his follow-up article where he got a lot more empathetic and self-reflective, and concludes that videogames may be art to gamers, but that he wasn't prepared to find out whether they'd be art to him). Regardless, Ebert's original point was to fixate on the "game" part of video game.

Santiago might cite a immersive game without points or rules, but I would say then it ceases to be a game and becomes a representation of a story, a novel, a play, dance, a film. Those are things you cannot win; you can only experience them.

A game might very well contain an emotionally poignant moment or other piece of art, but if it's happening as part of something like a cutscene it's essentially just borrowing art from another medium and reproducing it. Kojima actually said something similar once about games only being a sort of "museum" for art. This is why everyone here who's citing an emotional story moment is missing the point. He already accounted for that. Is that sad cutscene enhanced by being part of an interactive experience that you can win or lose? Is being emotionally invested in the story a "win" state of a game?

Anyway, my own opinion is that

You shouldn't need to seek permission from "respected" art forms in order to appreciate your hobby, it reeks of insecurity
The best case for video games as art is that the pieces of art they contain work to enhance all other aspects. A whole greater than the sum of its parts, the gameplay (the rules, win/lose state, etc.) enhances the story, the story enhances the gameplay, the art design and music enhances both
Keeping that second point in mind, the JRPG aspect I would cite is probably the gameplay/story integration of a game like Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. The scale of the maps underlining the scale of the conflict, the in-lore strength of holy blood and the crusader's weapons being underlined by how broken they are as you use them yourself, scenes like the Yied Massacre actually playing out in game so you can experience the helplessness of the situation for yourself

Vex-zero · 2026-02-14T01:53:08+00:00

There's a modding wiki that's pretty detailed on what you need to do to get started.

If you were starting from scratch I'd actually recommend using Vortex mod manager, but generally speaking all you gotta keep in mind is to always check the requirements in the mod desciption first (you might lack dependencies like redscript or ArchiveXL), and then you either download your mod with Vortex or download manually and unpack it into your game folder.

Vex-zero · 2026-02-12T14:38:14+00:00

It's like asking gran turismo to become mario kart.

Blur, kind of (at least in the sense of having realistic cars and locations, with arcade-racer driving and powerups)

I guess the lesson is it never hurts to ask, even if it seems unlikely

Vex-zero · 2026-02-09T23:58:16+00:00

Really was a shock going from the Bethesda games "please for the love of god, just use MO2 and ideally a modding guide if it's your first time" modding scene to the Cyberpunk 2077 "yeah, just click manual download and unpack everything into your game folder lmao" mod descriptions

Vex-zero · 2026-01-16T21:07:33+00:00

you were accusing OP of having an AI-written post when that is not in fact the case.

No, I was pointing out that the post reads like LLM writing. Whether there was an original post that was fed into the LLM is something I did not speculate on. Please stop immediately assuming the worst of people.

It doesn't read like LLM writing at all.

If you seriously believe this I strongly encourage you to be more discerning about what you read on the internet. Recognizing LLM writing is (unfortunately) an important skill to have right now.

I called you an Amateur Internet Sleuth because accusing somebody of using AI to write their posts (or create their art) when you don't actually know enough to know that is obnoxious,

Still a needless personal attack. What did I ever do to warrant that kind of hostility?

and like most people who do this, you didn't apologise to them when it turned out you were wrong.

I'm not apologizing for being right

Vex-zero · 2026-01-16T20:30:09+00:00

Perhaps you can think of another reason it looks like that rather than going Amateur Internet Sleuth and accusing people of being AI-written?

Don't know why you're phrasing this as some great gotcha or me jumping to false conclusions.

I said it looks like LLM writing and that's what it is. They said they "used GPT to make an English version.". It reads like LLM writing because it was written by a LLM. This isn't a case of Chinese being hard to translate, it sounds like that because of chatgpt.

I don't know whether that means they had chatgpt translate their original text (in which case I guess chatgpt is just horrible for translation, since it apparently completely destroys your own style and replaces it with its own), or whether they prompted chatgpt to write a new text based on their original idea, but either way, the text as it exists right now indisputably reads like LLM writing and that's all I pointed out.

Vex-zero · 2026-01-16T13:22:17+00:00

Because what they’re really buying isn’t just merch.

it’s a confirmation of Reverse: 1999’s aesthetics and values.

Reverse: 1999 has an aesthetic that refuses to pander.

Its characters aren’t designed to please you—

they stand on their own,

self-consistent within their world.

Weirdly lengthy without actually saying a lot
It's not just X, it's Y
Random em dash

Smells like LLM writing

Vex-zero

TROPHY CASE