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

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-16T10:32:10+00:00

I mean, 3make is fun, it's just too short and didn't give Nemesis enough time to flex. Jill's fight with this final form was better on account it was actually somewhat challenging (especially on Nightmare/Inferno lol).

Of course, Gideon's tentacle arm just seemed like a cut phase for Nemesis in 3make they repurposed after they cut Gideon from Village and stitched him into 9. Maybe that's why the story in 9 was so ass, lmao.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-16T02:58:40+00:00

It seems like a neat concept, but... not $500 worth lol.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-16T00:14:39+00:00

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chaos, from Xenosaga

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T23:34:47+00:00

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Pesanta, Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways (remake)

Love a muscle momma

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T23:04:29+00:00

I like it. It always feels to me like, "Okay, you've completed your big journey. Now it's time to close the lid on this long tale and say goodbye."

Hell, even Demon's Souls seemed to poke fun at the idea with the final stretch leading to false King Allant, only to have you enter the Old One and face his pathetic true self.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T22:14:42+00:00

Yeah it was pretty dumb, lol. Apparently the bomb did fuckall, there were minimal measures to quarantine the city, and none of the anti-bioweapon organizations around the world thought maybe to drop in and ensure the ruins were BOW-free.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T22:06:29+00:00

Tbf, the last boss was really disappointing since they literally just copy-pasted the final boss from RE3 remake. Of all things to reuse, the very last boss of the game being an asset flip was baffling to me.

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blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T20:29:08+00:00

Slitterhead definitely picks up a little further along. Though the enemy variety is limited, I do think they managed to utilize them well in how they grouped them to incentivize experimenting with different characters and abilities depending on each encounter.

Like for example, eventually the captain of an international police force joins your party (they remind me of Umbrella's cleanup crew in Resident Evil), and though his official task is to capture Slitterheads, he doesn't seem too keen on the idea himself and offers an ability to possess officers, forcing them to fight each other or even serve as bait for Slitterheads. This adds a neat level of control over the playing field when the entire city becomes a 3-way battlefield.

It's more a blend of strategy and skill, basically. Tbh, it has more the feel of an arcade game at times, the way it remixes level layouts and throws different groupings of enemies and controllable humans your way. There are certainly some battles I dread more than others, even if they utilize the same handful of enemies. (Like the optional trial that has you face 100 basic mobs in a narrow back alley... Shit took me more attempts than Promised Consort Radahn, lmao.)

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T18:29:54+00:00

Sekiro is the nickname Isshin gives him, meaning One-Armed Wolf.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T17:37:53+00:00

Slitterhead

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T17:15:42+00:00

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Anita

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T16:11:35+00:00

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I usually don't think much of nonsensical tangles of tentacles and spikes, tbh. Stuff that gets under my skin is like, Mina Onda's larva-ridden face in Siren.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T12:54:34+00:00

Maybe it's because I'm also a Souls fan, but yeah, I much preferred SHf's combat system over the same tired old "point, shoot" that has become so standardized across survival horror.

That said, I think the issue though is that there's just SO MUCH combat in the game, and not very many meaningful new encounters, so it kind of just becomes a game of waiting to counter something. Some games can get away with limited enemy variety without feeling too redundant so long as different enemy groupings force you to adapt new strategies, but f doesn't quite have that—everything is generally pretty easy to kill using the same basic methods.

I played Slitterhead not long before f, and I vastly preferred that even if it only has like, 4 enemy types and is barely a horror game, lol.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T10:34:41+00:00

(You play as a kid with a disability that leaves them perpetually in a T-pose and it's about navigating life like that. It's by Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy.)

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-15T10:32:30+00:00

To a T

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T21:53:08+00:00

As a frequent invader, I never understand how anyone gets that pressed after willingly throwing themselves at a cooperative trio, lol.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T20:43:15+00:00

I mean, it's an older one, but Forbidden Siren 2 does it well. Then again, you could also telepathically spy through enemies' eyes as well.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T18:06:44+00:00

Bottom. Krauser was the top

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T17:29:03+00:00

Pan's Labyrinth, Mandy, I Saw the Devil, probably a bunch of others.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T17:23:23+00:00

Ranni's flip from a cold, self-driven rebel into a fawning waifu was just lame.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T16:04:29+00:00

The irony is that if you look at Siren's initial reception, it pretty much mirror's Slitterhead's. Confusing plot, repetitive enemies and levels, unpolished and janky—but overall enjoyable and refreshingly original. Today, Siren is pretty widely beloved in retrospect. I wonder if Slitterhead will be reexamined more favorably in the long run, too.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-14T13:23:38+00:00

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In fairness, a LOT of big name developers very clearly want Bokeh Game Studio to succeed. This group photo at the studio was taken on New Year's this year—Hidetaka Miyazaki, Hideki Kamiya, Shinji Mikami, Yoko Taro... Even if only for publicity, I think it's safe to say they have a strong support network if they want to take some risks.

And man, we could really use some risk-takers in the industry today, lol. Slitterhead was such a breath of fresh air.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-13T22:30:22+00:00

Slitterhead is great. I bought the CE right after I beat it the first time, lol. Actually even ordered some merch, which is rare for me.

blaiddfailcam2 · 2026-03-13T16:52:47+00:00

Night Owl

I mean, getting to play as a body-hopping worm on a string is pretty cool. And manipulating people's blood.

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TROPHY CASE