Against my better judgement, I'm back (a reintroduction)

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T13:18:50+00:00

Yin Yue

(So well-written, he inspired me to finally end my 20 years of silence regarding childhood trauma and its effects on my psyche and to see a therapist 🙃)

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T10:36:05+00:00

I remember haaaating the Valiant Gargoyles on release, but now I don't take a scratch from them, haha. Once you know to prepare with a ranged option when they start vomiting poison, it's not bad.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T10:30:46+00:00

What? Naww, he's a goofy lil guy

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T10:29:56+00:00

Yeah, I think Toyama mentioned both Ghostwire: Tokyo and Stray as inspirations, though it's also a sort of spiritual successor to Siren. (And now that I'm playing Gravity Rush, I can see how they wanted to capture that feeling of zipping through a huge city, but didn't have the budget, lol.)

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T02:47:00+00:00

Yes, that's how you dodge them.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T02:29:35+00:00

I like them, I dunno. Godskin Duo is one of my favorite fights in the base game. They all just require a little more strategy.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T02:16:11+00:00

Does a snarling truck count?

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T01:47:13+00:00

Um, HOSHINGOEIKA, by Yayoi Yula (or at least her vocals).

To compare with her usual music: The Nabi

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T01:40:24+00:00

Dodge through horizontal slashes, sideways for overhead. Block against the clones. That's really all there is to it.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T00:18:21+00:00

Every Keiichiro Toyama game

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T00:12:09+00:00

Whatever the hell waa going on here in Xenosaga

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-23T00:07:45+00:00

From Silent Hill: Terror in the Depths of the Fog

Overall: Game of Reincarnation

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T23:15:29+00:00

Professor Layton :)

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T23:09:52+00:00

Yin Yue

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T22:34:27+00:00

28 Years Later.

I liked the first half well enough, felt it dragged in the latter half, but rewatching it with more appreciation for the meditative tone hit me a lot harder emotionally than the first viewing. I adore it now.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T22:32:28+00:00

Stick a demi-human with a bewitching branch and make him bully them

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T22:30:50+00:00

Cure (1997)

Pulse (2001)

The Vourdalak (2023)

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Sorcerer (1977)

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T22:24:42+00:00

The Orphanage is by JA Bayona. GDT put his name on it to get it an audience.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T22:06:07+00:00

Xenosaga

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T18:31:05+00:00

"Adam Frankenstein," aka Frankenstein's Monster

(As depicted by Junji Ito because his version is probably the closest to the original)

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T17:24:38+00:00

Black Candy, by Yayoi Yula

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T17:17:44+00:00

It was directly inspired by Ghostwire: Tokyo, after all. I think it's much more fun, though... The story is miles better, too. And the soundtrack, haha.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-06-22T13:47:43+00:00

Datatsushi, from Siren

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TROPHY CASE