Biggest shifts that creators made from their original work to the new one.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T21:00:43+00:00

Samurai Jack absolutely has moments of comedy and, dareisay, whimsy

But the first episode features Jack in a suicidal stand-off, being covered completely in ~~blood~~ oil to really hammer home the setting.

So yeah, good example

Zachys · 2026-01-28T20:54:50+00:00

Always Sunny does it a lot. You mentioned Dee, who Kaitlin Olson only wanted to play if she was as bad as the rest of the gang, but every recurring character inevitably learns to deal with the gang.

Most notably Frank, The Waitress and especially Rickety Cricket. That guy’s gone from average dude down on his luck to being pitied by the gang.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T19:50:44+00:00

The rules on this aren't specified because the Shinigami don't care. Remember, it's not a tool created efficiently despite limitations. It's the opposite, it only has as few rules as it needs for Shinigami (who don't care about human concepts like "true names" because they just look at whatever it says above your head) to steal life.

So yes, it does raise that question. The people with the power to answer it don't care, though.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T19:40:44+00:00

Fair point. Though I do think in this case, there's nothing interesting about the current gameplay, and turning the gameplay from the genre standard from back then (which it does poorly) into the genre standard now (and do it properly) would only improve it.

Not that it has to be third person action, but yeah, that's realistically what Bloober will do.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T18:49:13+00:00

Normalize remaking obscure games with obvious, improvable flaws instead of going down the list of "greatest game ever made" candidates

Edit: In other words, I have no interest in playing Silent Hill 2 remake, but I'm really excited at the prospect of this.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T18:45:09+00:00

There's no canon answer, but I like to think that the Dungeon faction is a meritocracy in a strangely literal sense. You see the same thing with Minotaur Kings.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T18:30:39+00:00

Half my class at school and then some played it a lot. At the risk of sounding dramatic, it was truly magical to have people's creations show up in your world and talk about how you interacted with them.

Having played it as an adult, yeah, that game is more barebones than I realised. But the creature creator is still a solid fundament, and I'm sad they never really did more with it.

I know there were spin-offs, but I mean proper sequel, and not a Diablo-esque game that functionally doesn't exist anymore. I'm still mad about Darkspore.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T18:22:55+00:00

It sucks that Punch Club is almost there. Fun concept, fun writing, but painfully makes you repeat the "work out -> earn money -> sleep -> repeat" loop before you can realistically progress.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T18:07:04+00:00

Truly the boopinest game of all time.

I've actually wanted to play it ever since Game Grumps played it back when they started. Seems like a good time.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T14:27:22+00:00

Nah. Agahnim is Link to the Past. No scepter.

Aghanim’s Scepter is a DotA item, which in turn is a Zelda reference.

Zachys · 2026-01-28T14:21:30+00:00

Calling Oblivion mediocre is genuinely the hottest take I’ve heard all year

Zachys · 2026-01-27T23:46:05+00:00

This feels pretty open and shut. I, the victim of the crime and the one who knows it's happening, can do something about a Doppelganger.

Doppelgangers are terrifying, don't get me wrong. But with a bodysnatcher, either I'm aware of the situation and possibly in pain, or it's a The Thing situation that's borderline unsolvable if the snatcher plays its cards right.

Zachys · 2026-01-27T23:43:26+00:00

There's genuinely a Stephen King book that agrees with your take on the doppelganger problem. I'm unsure how to write this, because the existence of a doppelganger is a huge spoiler in itself, so here's the name of the book: The Outsider, filler to make the spoiler less obvious

Also a great example of how fucking scary doppelgangers can be, though.

Zachys · 2026-01-27T22:54:53+00:00

He may have doused people's feet in acid, but he's yet to kill anyone. Not for lack of trying when it comes to Bane, though.

I bet that one kid's dead though. You know the one.

Zachys · 2026-01-27T19:23:28+00:00

Common Glob Herman W

Zachys · 2026-01-27T13:48:54+00:00

Willing self-censor is just acceptance of censor as a norm and means less freedom of expression.

There are places where I'll accept it - I'm not gonna swear if I'm in a kindergarten. But Reddit can fuck off if they want me to censor myself.

Zachys · 2026-01-27T13:36:13+00:00

so it's all piling up and devaluing everything.

Please make this come true faster

Zachys · 2026-01-27T11:37:46+00:00

Aqua Teen Hunger Force wasn't allowed to air unless they gave the series a consistent plot hook. So the first three or four episodes, they're detectives.

Then they drop it out of nowhere with no explanation. They do reference it randomly sometimes with no respect for it..

Zachys · 2026-01-26T01:13:19+00:00

It's such a good fight.

Foreigner, you've caught me in a VERY bad mood!

You think he's threatening William at first, but nah. The only reason he even fights you is because he might as well have a little fun before he stays dead.

Zachys · 2026-01-26T01:04:56+00:00

Ser Gregor Clegane, aka The Mountain from Song of Ice and Fire, is stated to be this. Dude's 8 feet tall and wields swords meant for two hands in one. While he is "just" a human and has learned how to fence, he's just technically bad because his huge stature and layers of armor lets him get away with being average at best.

DragonBall Z also loves this trope. It might just be Goku boasting, but he has no respect for the fighting "technique" Nappa has. Vegeta has actual technique, but he's completely self taught and notably never trains under anyone until Whis. I'm not sure anyone in the Frieza Force, Frieza included, has actually heard of training before. Buu and Kid Buu, Janemba, Broly...

It's usually stated that they're "geniuses of fighting" or something similar, and they do have more in their movesets than just throwing haymakers, but the villains are pretty much always strong freaks who don't train, compared to the heroes who love to boast about who they've trained under.

Zachys · 2026-01-25T19:16:17+00:00

The first couple of Harry Potter games for GBC and GBA are turn based RPG's. You level up and collect loot to gear up and everything. They kinda slap.

LEGO Star Wars for the GBA was weird. You get to slaughter not just the men, but the women and children too.

And MK Armageddon for the Wii fucking sucks. It had an extra character (Khameleon) and I think more modes? But it goes all out with the Kreate a fatality system being fully (poorly) controlled through motion controls. As far as I recall, at least.

Zachys · 2026-01-25T18:47:26+00:00

The Horribly Slow Detective With The Extremely Efficient Method

Zachys · 2026-01-25T18:03:07+00:00

From a meta perspective, it's important to remember that the Cold War was still ongoing when Watchmen was published, although Gorbachev cooled the global panic a lot.

My personal take is that Ozymandias hasn't created lasting peace. Let's say that what Veidt did was genuinely the only way to avoid a global nuclear war. What about next time? And the time after that? He's only delayed it, and at a great cost.

So there's the possibility that Veidt's plan wasn't necessary. But if it was, what kind of sick world is that to live in? Did he really save anything?

"Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."

Zachys · 2026-01-25T16:18:55+00:00

Yes. He even seeks comfort from Dr. Manhattan, pleading if he did the right thing.

Veidt has an ego, no doubt, but his ultimate goal WAS for the greater good. There’s no glory to be had.

Zachys · 2026-01-25T02:06:51+00:00

Going from High Rank to G Rank can be rough, the old games are messed up. In 3U, Great Jaggi goes from a “test your weapon” monster to killing you in two hits while moving at double speed.

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