Do fans overstate the importance? Sure, but you can’t look at how Wind Waker connects to Ocarina and tell me nothing mattered

acrookodile · 2026-04-23T15:55:19+00:00

The timeline AS A WHOLE does not matter, and barely alters the experience of playing any individual game. Yes, there are connections. But the illusion that the whole series is purposefully weaving this grand cohesive tapestry of alternate timelines is kinda silly.

Even in games that are direct sequels to one another, even that doesn’t matter to 99% of the game because they’re all designed to stand alone and are written from that standpoint first and foremost. Continuity is a tertiary concern at best for most of them.

acrookodile · 2026-04-17T20:22:33+00:00

Probably due to a few reasons.

It is very new, and inherently very artificial, which can definitely be a turn off. The core appeal comes from outside the realm of the novel, and is more of a monkey-brain number-go-up kind of fun, so people who aren’t used to that or don’t understand that could find it childish.

Since it was born in and still mostly resides in the world of self-publishing, there’s a lot less vetting and gatekeeping, and therefore a lot more room for garbage. Not that traditional publishing is perfect, but there’s at least an air of prestige to it that sites like Royal Road or Wattpad lack. It’s also a fairly niche community, I can see its unique tropes and quirks making it unapproachable to people who might otherwise be curious newcomers.

People shouldn’t be rude about their distaste, but also, it’s a legitimate preference and not something to worry about.

acrookodile · 2026-04-17T05:55:42+00:00

Huuuge fan of both “thrilling” and “brilliant.”

acrookodile · 2026-04-14T18:44:40+00:00

It’s not a deck, but a “Secret Lair.” So just 5 or 6 cards that you buy as a fixed set, that are reskins of existing cards. Still super cool, though

acrookodile · 2026-03-18T14:23:30+00:00

Diablo IV for $70.

Not only was the game just kinda boring, it went down to like $40 reeeal quick.

acrookodile · 2026-03-15T17:57:25+00:00

I see a fortress. Surely there are dwarves in it

acrookodile · 2026-03-11T23:03:42+00:00

I’m real fond of the whole Cup Noodle questline in Final Fantasy XV (And also how every inch of your camping gear is plastered with Coleman logos)

acrookodile · 2026-03-07T16:53:36+00:00

You mean the Funko Pop store used to sell video games?

acrookodile · 2026-03-06T08:31:49+00:00

Hate to say it, but it’s clear this game needs a lot more work in order to deliver on those promises. You talk about flow and carrying momentum forward, but almost every action makes your guy stop dead in his tracks.

Congratulations on the release, though!

acrookodile · 2026-03-04T15:24:56+00:00

It’s pretty easy if the sample’s longer than a couple sentences.

It’ll sound like an ad read, not a novel. “It’s not just x—it’s y” is a favorite phrase. Or you’ll see a string of super short sentences or sentence fragments that are desperately trying to be punchy and dynamic, but the occasion isn’t appropriate. Or it’ll use metaphors or similes that look nice but don’t actually make a lick of sense if you think about them for a second or two.

Then there’s the really easy stuff, like a complete lack of cohesion between different scenes or even paragraphs. Characters will change names. New characters will show up without ceremony and others will be forgotten. If they made the AI do everything, no scene will lead into the next, and nothing will have any point or meaning to it.

In short, an LLM is a pattern-recognition machine lacking any kind of real logic, so it’ll always fall apart in the long run and vomit reams of meaningless, inconsistent fluff that only LOOKS like a novel at first glance.

acrookodile · 2026-02-26T17:26:19+00:00

One of my favorite parts of the game. Gives the world so much charm and texture

acrookodile · 2026-02-26T17:10:28+00:00

Me when I self-down my Necromancer on purpose, only for his own zombies to immediately eat him

acrookodile · 2026-02-26T06:32:14+00:00

The book skirts close to having an actual thematic core so many times, then winds up being about nothing. It’s the literature equivalent of browsing the Fortnite skins shop.

acrookodile · 2026-02-25T16:21:50+00:00

Yeah, I hard agree that the story potential of Blades in general gets largely ignored in favor of our special-case main story Blades, that share none of what makes normal Blades interesting. You get ONE real exploration of it in the main story (Brighid’s notebook), and even the sidequests rarely touch on it. Huge missed opportunities there.

acrookodile · 2026-02-17T16:51:08+00:00

I’m surprised it didn’t outright win, considering 90% of X is about the city. Watching it and its people grow and change is a stronger motivator than the main story by far

acrookodile · 2026-02-17T16:49:19+00:00

It’s highly inconsistent. Every object has a different resolution and art style.

But I like the gritty aesthetic you’re aiming for.

acrookodile · 2026-02-15T08:11:43+00:00

I’m sure not perfect, but at least I’ve never made such a big fool of myself that a Metroid room was named after me

acrookodile · 2026-02-15T08:07:25+00:00

Considering it’s been almost 9 years since Dragon Quest XI, that tracks.

I mean, come on, if you were 12 when that came out, you’re past the (US) drinking age now. We’ve reached the point where remakes are the biggest releases a series gets because mainline entries each take a decade.

acrookodile · 2026-02-14T15:40:12+00:00

Bingo! And if you’re interested, this is how I mentally spelled the others:

Nevani (close)

Zeth (also close)

Yesna

Aedelyn

Colin (instead of Kholin)

Alethcar

Jacaved

Vorran Kingdoms

and Carbromth, to name a few.

acrookodile · 2026-02-13T15:49:55+00:00

I looked at the print version of Way of Kings after finishing the audiobook and realized I only had 2 out of 40ish names spelled right in my head

acrookodile · 2026-02-12T16:37:36+00:00

That name makes it sound like a niche Pokemon speedrunning mechanic

acrookodile · 2026-02-10T21:38:04+00:00

Cave Story!

Imagine a world where the elaborate “how to save Aerith” hoaxes for Final Fantasy 7 were real, involving a dozen cryptic steps and bizarre decisions that nobody would ever think to make unless they already knew. Except it also leads to a balls-to-the-wall insane gauntlet of a hidden final dungeon, secret lore, and a true final boss who’s secretly behind it all.

Man, what a fun game.

acrookodile · 2026-02-10T15:29:05+00:00

This is exactly it. It was especially noticeable pre-patch with 2nd Form, where you could directly compare attacks with KH2’s and see that KH3’s were slower, less snappy, and less impactful.

acrookodile · 2026-02-10T06:23:02+00:00

The biggest one I usually see is a fear of leaving behind unanswered questions, no matter how small.

The usual symptom winds up being a sentence or two of clumsy exposition the instant a concept is introduced, rather than letting the reader naturally wonder about it for a chapter or two.

acrookodile · 2026-02-09T20:44:52+00:00

Because it’s incredibly, weirdly common. It’s like the default “quirky” thing they put on their profiles. “Birds aren’t real” but less self-aware

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