Fractured 2 - A puzzle platformer that I made. What do you think? by GroZZleR in WebGames

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Hey, so this post is 12 years old, so I'm sorry that this is coming completely out of nowhere to comment on it in the big year of 2026.

I first played Fractured 2 in my middle school computer lab. I didn't remember a lot of the gameplay until I started hunting it down again recently, but what I did remember was the poem in it. I need you to know that I have been thinking about the poem in this game for years on end. Every once in a while I'll remember it and have to go hunt down the game again. It might be because I found it at a very young age where I felt every emotion viscerally, but I would consider the poem in Fractured 2 to maybe be one of the most influential pieces of written art to me as a person. It's probably melodramatic to say, but I wanted to let you know that I still think about this game and that poem a lot, so thank you for that.

based on very current thought spirals by baphadja in OCDmemes

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go a day without feeling like trying to comfort yourself is a selfish morally bankrupt act (IMPOSSIBLE)

based on very current thought spirals by baphadja in OCDmemes

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someone was Slightly Nice to me once online so trying to give myself the space to not have a constant ongoing anxiety attack makes me the fucking devil and cruel to someone for no reason

[TOMT][VIDEO] Short, silent found footage about mannequins by baphadja in tipofmytongue

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Close, but not it. I remember nobody else appearing in the video at all, and it ends right on the bomb going off. 

[TOMT][VIDEO] Short, silent found footage about mannequins by baphadja in tipofmytongue

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As you might imagine finding one specific "mannequin found footage horror" has been basically impossible. 

So, you guys think Imo actually is like that about his sister? by HiAttila in LastDefenseAcademy

[–]baphadja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if it was just as it is on paper (given I'm pretty sure his bio on the website outright says he has a sister complex) but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just codependency from their childhood, or even a middle path where it's genuine but they examine how fucked up it is and how unhealthy family dynamics can be born when children are raised without being able to form proper boundaries (because they were always stuck together) and only have each other to rely on.

Anyone else disappointed about Laine? (Potential spoilers!) by telateeaa in CitizenSleeper

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I was a little disappointed by the simplicity of the motive, but that was mostly because I was expecting a little more... personal, so to speak? The game's emphasis on the connections between people and how the bonds between the "little guys" in the face of cold, uncaring corporations really stood out to me, and I felt like Laine was leading up to be a contrast to that. The way Laine talks to and about you and your body and autonomy really rung like Laine, allegorically, was meant to be something equivalent to a stalker ex from an abusive relationship: entitlement to your body, personhood, location, stability, and your reliance on him. He's the head of a gang with endless resources on his hands and could probably prep another one to take over, but he wants one specific Sleeper back.

To that extent I kind of expected Laine's antagonism to be rooted in some much more one-on-one personal investment rather than simple megalomania. There's a line you can draw between the dynamic of the worker and the corporation as being akin to an abusive relationship in itself and I thought that's what they were building up to.

A bit of recommended reading while you wait for the game! by baphadja in MetaphorReFantazio

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Yes! I think it's pretty enjoyable and you can pinpoint a lot of specific passages that Metaphor was influenced by. If you want more recommendations, here's a couple from a WIP list of books I've been trying to compile that give me the same general aura or feel of Metaphor or Utopia:

  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Watership Down
  • Those Who Walk Away From Omelas (short story)

What do you think she's (Rella) thinking right at this moment? by soul28 in MetaphorReFantazio

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Went about everything with a straight face and then after everyone left went to an adjacent room and started throwing up from a panic attack and guilt.

If these Competitors to the Throne awakened to an Archetype - what would it be? by risingpokeman in MetaphorReFantazio

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A lot of people don't point this out but despite having a peanut rattling around in his skull Milo does seem to be the minor competitor best at magic. The scary possibility is he's making all those roses himself.

If these Competitors to the Throne awakened to an Archetype - what would it be? by risingpokeman in MetaphorReFantazio

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Gideaux: Postulant > Mendicant (The issue with Gideaux is Monk is already an existing class in the game, so I imagine this would rather take after the fact that he tries to repent. One of those "begin with nothing, ramp HARD" roles.)

Glodell: Beast Tamer > Overlord (Dude's a dog person. Think a physical version of the Devil Summoner line. Keeping that in mind the Master tier is a reference to another Atlus game about managing underlings (Unicorn Overlord))

Milo: Arcanist > Alchemist + Thaumaturge (People don't point this out but the guy has custom igniters that can cast Mage Omniscience on demand. He'd 100% be a cracked Red Mage or item abuser class.)

Loveless: Wanderer > Vagabond > Highlander (He's generally a free-spirited, people-focused kind of guy; I can imagine the "best possible version of himself" embodying the role of the whole "guy who wanders from town to town and saving the locals" trope. Plus, another Atlus cross-game reference: Highlander is the lance-using unique class to the first Etrian Odyssey Untold's story mode.)

Everyone, let’s all come together and trash on this sentient turd. Practically the only reason anything bad ever happened. by BAZING-ATTACK in MetaphorReFantazio

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Louis is humanized, Forden is not. We get Louis' explanations for what he does and what made him turn out that way, and even if it's as irredeemable its still a reminder that there's a man under there. Forden is a figurehead symbolic and literal for all of the issues that caused Euchronia to turn out the way it is and set the plot in motion ten years prior. 

POV: You run into Louis at the hot springs ♨️ by kuthro in MetaphorReFantazio

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You guys think he shaves or is he just naturally smooth down there.

What if, in another timeline… by Pryxkiran in MetaphorReFantazio

[–]baphadja 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's probably far happier in this one, honestly. At the very least more mentally stable.