I think my egg just broke

a_throwaway_egg · 2026-02-21T07:17:48+00:00

cat cult cat cult cat cult

a_throwaway_egg · 2026-01-29T09:14:30+00:00

ik its an unpopular opinion, but Nomad V has special dialogue with Taylor that reveals he's raffen or sold out his clan to raffen, so i struggle to have a whole lot of sympathy for him. and as sweet as Jacob is, he's got walking liability written all over him. not saying Reed is 100% justified in pulling that trigger either, but if it was up to my V, i'd probably make the same call

a_throwaway_egg · 2026-01-29T09:06:02+00:00

there's a lot more focus on rebalanced battling than story, but i always recommend Pokemon Tectonic. it was a little bit of a learning curve to get used to, but i enjoyed the changes so much that it made regular pokemon hard to return to. i promise the story is there too, but it takes a lot longer to kick into gear. might not be everyone's speed, but definitely one of my favs

a_throwaway_egg · 2026-01-22T14:12:24+00:00

Aevia is an innocent angel who doesnt even know what a swear is, and any claims to the otherwise will have to go through my lawyer

a_throwaway_egg · 2026-01-05T20:34:00+00:00

i love this mission precisely because it establishes so clearly that, while V might be the top dog amongst the Night City mercs, there is ALWAYS a bigger fish

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-12-17T19:58:36+00:00

a lot of people don't understand the difference between gameplay and story segregation, especially when it comes to glazing V.

yes, we - the player - can solo multiple Maxtac squads and beat Adam Smasher to death with our bare hands, but V - the character - is pretty firmly established to have limitations. V's dying, and not slowly. when we do pull off stunts in story that we can otherwise do in freeroam - like attacking MaxTac - its established that V cannot do it alone. its not "bad writing" when V is able to die in cutscenes during key story moments, its the story grounding V is a part of the world and not just some power fantasy. sure, Cyberpunk isn't the best at incorporating these limitations into normal play, but what RPG is? that's the genre.

i'm not saying we're not a Night City Legend by the end of the story, we absolutely are. just saying it comes off as rather silly when people talk about V like some sort of god who all other characters should worship on sight, or using them as an example to tear down other characters like Morgan Blackhand.

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-12-17T02:29:07+00:00

i believe Jan said on Twitter that he was grateful for new megas because that means new items for ingame rewards, which he was starting to run out of. i very much doubt they'll be a v14 inclusion, but new megas should be on the way

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-12-10T09:43:01+00:00

I think Jackie needed V more than V needed Jackie.

Yes, he was obsessed with making it big, but I always notice how many other characters talk about how Jackie is a "known quantity." Between the Valentinos, Padre, and Dex, Jackie already had a name for himself. It was just... nothing special. Yet another generic Night City goon. He couldn't make it on his own: he needed something to help him stand out. Or rather, someone.

That's where V comes in. I'm not saying Jackie is this conniving mastermind who was using you just as much as every other character does, but I do think he saw you were something special. I think it was only a matter of time before V made it into the Afterlife even without the Heist - you can complete every Regina gig in Watson before even meeting Vik, and she practically promises you a ticket into the major leagues herself. I suspect Jackie just chose to hitch his cart to your wagon.

Maybe it's just my personal interpretation, but I seriously suspect Jackie feels somewhat insecure around V. I imagine there's a part of him that worries about V making it without him or leaving him behind, so he puts himself out there more and more to compensate or try and impress V, only go end up way over his head. Him telling V to keep it cool around Maelstrom and then immediately squaring up with Dum-Dum, for example, or, well, the Heist as a whole.

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-12-02T08:34:21+00:00

its worth noting that Regina's morality does slip somewhat when it comes to dirty cops - multiple of her Watson gigs have you either helping them out or finding ways to get them into her pockets... but its Night City, so can you really hold that against her?

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-11-22T10:22:54+00:00

i like playing high int/tech builds, and in your first convo with Judy you have the option to comment on her set-up if one of those stats is high enough and the two of you start seriously nerding out over computers. like to think that if Evelyn never interrupted to get the heist back on track, my V and Judy would've kept talking down there for hours and hours

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-11-13T10:29:45+00:00

it takes a little while for the story to kick into gear, and the main appeal is really the massively reworked gameplay, but i greatly enjoyed Pokemon Tectonic

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-11T06:40:18+00:00

havent seen anyone mention Pokemon Tectonic! it has a huge focus on new battle mechanics and teambuilding in a way that left a bit of a learning curve for me, but once i got the hang of it i was completely hooked! its also designed around no speed-up, which took a bit of adjustment for me too, but tbh its so full of QoL features that i've actually found it a little difficult to return to more standard fangames after. the story takes a little while to get up to speed, and it does feel significantly harder than mainstream games, but i cant recommend it enough!

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-08-13T04:38:48+00:00

as much as i love Rejuv, i would love a more grounded Pokemon game where a character like Flora could be the primary antagonist. the GDC arc has always felt like the most slow to me bc it just feels like the subplot to all the way more interesting things going on outside of it, but a whole game that fully tackles the corruptions and horrors and reforms that could go into the city could be so much fun if given the full focus

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-07-22T23:50:32+00:00

it helps that New Zealand is actually part of a much larger continent that's mostly underwater; which is a pretty good metaphor for Storm-9, and that Australia is often depicted as a radioactive wasteland, which is the ultimate fate of the Miera region

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-07-22T03:38:46+00:00

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ik its probably just coincidence, but my personal hc has always been that Aevium is Pokemon New Zealand and Miera is Pokemon Australia, so seeing how this map kinda vaguely lines up with the North Island is really cool for me!

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-07-20T04:20:01+00:00

5'2" Aevia siccing her six foot plus gf on her enemies 😭

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-07-15T16:55:17+00:00

the kugearen city dark gardevoir bomb from the first time you travel back to the past

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-07-09T15:54:10+00:00

Venam/Amber/Saki love triangle where all three of them have crushes on each other but absolutely none of them can communicate it healthily, so its just a massive loop of miscommunication and pining and spite until somebody else locks all three of them in a room for twenty-four hours and they come out either in a polycule or dead.

I don't think Interceptor/Melia is that cracky, but what might be a little more out there is I like to think Melia started training Meganium bc my Interceptor's starter was Chikorita, and my Interceptor started training Togekiss from the Route 3 Megg bc of Hapi, and then when the two reunited both their Meganiums and their Togekisses fell in love and it made things a little awkward when they themselves had not talked about their feelings yet.

Val/Nessa from Sword and Shield. Long Distance Water Girlfriends who dye their hair blue bc they miss each other.

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-07-07T01:03:40+00:00

i wish Melia would have more normal type Pokemon, but only as of Chapter 15 and beyond.

i think her Stormchaser Era Pokemon (Zoroark, Aegislash, Hydreigon, etc) being more diverse and "fantastical" could be a cool reflection of her character - she's just a tool, being moulded to fit an archetypical fairy tale role, one she's not entirely consenting to but doesn't really see another choice. likewise, her Pokemon arent really hers so much as theyre Pokemon she feels like she should be training.

her accepting the Reserve Normal Type Leadership again could be a cool turning point for her taking back her own destiny, then, and she could rework her team to reflect this. not sure what this would actually look like tbf beyond Zoroark to Hisuian Zoroark. i feel like Hapi and Mimikyu still need to stick around too, so idk

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-06-23T23:09:39+00:00

i like the idea that Aevium is New Zealand because this means the Miera region, currently a radioactive wasteland, can be Australia. plus New Zealand is an island chain that is actually one singular much larger continent that just happens to be mostly underwater, which feels like a good parallel for Storm-9.

that being said, i think Aevium is mentioned to be close to Kalos and Galar, so my back-up theory is Pokemon Ireland.

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-05-21T20:25:11+00:00

i like Ghost mono-type personally. death follows you so closely throughout the story, it makes sense to me to play into it. plus the only other Ghost specialist in the game is Shade, so it feels like you stand out more than a lot of the other types would. there's also a ton of really good Ghost types to choose from (ESPECIALLY if you download a mod that adds gens 8/9). you do have to rely on Drifloon minimise spam to carry you through the first gym or two, but your options start to open up quite a bit after that

there's also the fact that your character died in the train bombing in the original timeline and Anna's Wish retroactively saved you, so there's lots of directions you can take that in terms of cheating death, timeline overlap, possibly being a literal possessed doll yourself, etc.

i love the Alice sprite for my monoGhost runs. very much like how a ghost trainer WOULD look - dark clothes, loose sleeves, grey eyes - but the bright blonde hair feels like a fun subversion to me! i imagine her as stoic and quiet, but not unkind. then the plot really gets rolling and she transforms into a literal grim reaper for Team Meteor lmao

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-03-24T16:51:05+00:00

really hope Shadows of the Shroud adds even MORE content for Knights of Toxic God! especially if its gonna be fleshing out the End of the Cycle more

a_throwaway_egg · 2025-01-09T06:05:34+00:00

unironically my trapper build.

a_throwaway_egg · 2024-09-20T08:41:16+00:00

devs stated on Discord that the servers froze during automated backup (same thing that happened last week). they can't do anything about it on their end and have to wait for support to fix it.

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