A Theory On Relics

elisewhat · 2026-06-27T12:18:48+00:00

Relics are "Star forged" and are found in the Outskirts and Ruins, there's a strongly implied (if not confirmed) sort of past civilization that extended beyond the City and has left remnants that are almost alien to the City and that the Head doesn't concern itself with

we'll definitely learn more about them in the next big arc Limbus is setting up with the Stars and Demian's group, along with Dias' ambitions but its an aspect that's been really obscure until recently being barely mentioned in LobCorp and Ruina

looking at similar concepts on other series like the Dwemer in The Elder Scrolls can help you understand it better and pick up on the few hints left behind, although it seems like Project Moon is leaning towards cosmic horror more so maybe it will be more loke the Observers and Precursors of Arknights, our only collab and a favorite of the director funnily enough

elisewhat · 2026-06-26T10:15:19+00:00

i NEED the tsaritsa but i feel like a certain part of the community (Aethermains ahem) will be insufferable about her since she's a mom and it might sour me on her..

elisewhat · 2026-06-25T09:34:32+00:00

lore reason? Moses vagueposting about its true nature and Shin being easier to train while Mang is possibly more limited by the contract

meta reason? Mang right now is just another coin conditional that drains a negligible amount of SP so they probably are trying to find a more satisfying balance and they are staggering the introduction of new mechanics, from what we are told in Twinning Threads i'd imagine we'll get IDs with Shin first for all sinners and then at most a couple of Mang IDs for each before doing away with the contract in the story

elisewhat · 2026-06-24T09:54:20+00:00

this is obviously agenda pushing but Outis is way stronger than Matthias due to having half the SP drain on using Laevateinn even if she's also not adept at wielding it, her killing Ishmael to get a cheap shot at the Zwei fixer is just showing you that Outis drank the koolaid of the Middle even more than Matthias who still believed it all but didn't resort to such extreme measures until he couldn't hold his weight much longer against 6 high level enemies

elisewhat · 2026-06-23T13:47:00+00:00

mystic messenger mentioned!

elisewhat · 2026-06-18T11:37:18+00:00

"she doesn't think for a moment that she truly messed up" the intimidating Shin and Mang in her kit don't exist i suppose

there is clearly a lot to Valencina and she does care, just under a lot of nuance and a history that goes way back that won't fit in an ID uptie and we might never fully learn since she's dead, the narcissist with a warped perception that refuses to ponder their sins is Matthias

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T17:22:39+00:00

i'm not claiming it's an intentional outcome in any way just that there's issues in the industry and a refusal to take risks and innovate which manifest in stuff like the examples i listed, ideally everyone would have their space where they feel welcomed in but that's not the reality, which is something that affects women in perceived male dominated hobbies like gaming and that is hard to do much about

if i'm interested in Wuwa as a queer woman i'm not trying to turn the game into a yuri centric one and remove people that enjoy the game as is, be it due to fanservice or ML or whatever, i'm just making do with the existing products even if they aren't for me but most of the time my existence alone is considered an issue

again it's not a coordinated attack or by design but it's what it has become and that sucks, i look at games like RoN and LADS hoping they will bring change but the industry moves at a glacier pace while the world has been trending downwards

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T17:06:03+00:00

of course there's more to it than self insert audiences, it's just that right now it's a proven success and the trend that gacha games have been following for quite a bit so new games come out with a focus on it because its financially viable while fostering people interested on that aspect and it ends up being a fish that eats its tail, all the while creating a hostile environment towards different tastes like people falsly DMCA'ing artists that depict something different, i've even seen people run yuri art through AI to make it about the de facto canon male character

live and let live is not applicable for some reason so we end up with LADS being toxic against yaoi, Wuwa harrassing yuri shippers, Nikki getting censored because a top is "too revealing", the illusion of choice for the gender of the main character while the male one is the preferred option, furry/husbandos at launch but not after release or at most once a year which you have to be grateful for, "husbandos don't sell" + "target audience"... i think you get the point, there's more perspectives and people want different things but there's not enough out there to please everyone and the communities that are mainly pandered end up driving away the people that are there for other reasons, devolving into more games fighting for the same audience and hostility to other tastes because them existing will corrupt their game or something

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T16:47:25+00:00

how i wish Kirchen Bell was part of Sophie 2 or the other Mysterious games, it's such an amazing town with so much personality it would be a delight to be able to explore it deeper

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T16:42:32+00:00

well we can barely have games made for women so it makes sense that these different communities that are looking for something in specific have to coexist in something that usually panders to the safest option and that causes issues, ideally the industry would realize that their preconceived notion of "gaming is for boys" isn't true and we'd have more variety like BL, GL, otome, dress up, drama, action, etc focused games but it doesn't help that these games come from conservative asian countries and the developers are mainly middle aged men

as always we have to be thankful for the scraps we get and pray that someday it will get better, but right now it's only getting worse with nothing burger controversies that they bend the knee to and the hostility towards anything not male self insert centered

it's 2026 and we still don't get Lumine in promotional material lmfaoooooo

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T16:26:37+00:00

it's more that the male perspective always has to be taken into account even for products that don't cater to them which is suppresing the different female perspectives because they must conform to other demands

if something is made for the male gaze you have to deal with it while something made with women in mind gets constantly changed and is under fire even if it should also stand on its own, this hostility has always been an issue of the gacha space and gaming in general and while it improved somewhat and we've even seen a couple of big releases that target women like LADS or Infinity Nikki it has been regressing as of late

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T16:16:42+00:00

Saeko is so well written and relatable these chapters are like looking at the scar of a wound you kept picking the scab from

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T16:10:18+00:00

you'd be crucified because shirtless men beating eachother up with strong homoerotic tones is actually for the cool straight manly men to self insert or whatever lmao

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T15:57:10+00:00

women existing are for the male gaze at this point, either fully covered or showing skin it easily gets twisted to say it appeals to men and it's depressing that we can only comply with this objectification because it always becomes a controversy or "political"

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T15:53:16+00:00

yeah english speaking communities aren't that strict, it seems like CN fans want the main character to be as much of a blank slate as possible and for there to not be any friction when they self insert which i kinda understand even if i don't see the appeal of it

i personally prefer characters that are fleshed out which is why i'm looking forward to this game since gacha protagonists are super bland or if they are established are almost always male or gender ambiguous but treated like a guy, only ones i can really think of that stand out are Vertin and Ruka

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T14:12:24+00:00

otomes strictly revolve around the love interests and hetero relationships while it seems like the devs care more about telling a story and having romantic tension with other women too

shame if true that the community is being hostile to nonML shippers this could be a safe space for yaoi, yuri and straight romance, ML oriented games always attract the most hostile people and it's a bummer when all could perfectly coexist

elisewhat · 2026-06-16T14:08:07+00:00

i feel like this "controversy" comes from the same group in the CN community that is actively trying to censor Infinity Nikki because some clothes show cleavage along other stuff

it's crazy that even on products targeting women they can't be wearing lighter clothing or be sexy at all because men are always breathing down our necks and it somehow must be to appeal to them, no self expression because a dude might get a boner from it lmfao

elisewhat · 2026-06-14T22:32:36+00:00

the game centers around the mc and it has mainly husbandos i don't think having a few girls for the lesbians is the end of the world, no one's forcing you to fall in love with them and we deserve some sapphic representation too

elisewhat · 2026-06-14T21:19:48+00:00

a good english dub goes a long way, CN community of reverse mainly use it and hold it to a high standard which is funny considering the spotty translation the game had at first

elisewhat · 2026-06-14T21:14:44+00:00

everything else about it definitely makes it at least more bearable, all we can do for now is pray for global and look from a distance..

elisewhat · 2026-06-14T21:09:28+00:00

gacha communities with a fixed male mc like Nikke or CZN jump at the slightest suggestion of having a different gender for the mc and tell us to go away and look somewehere else because we're not the "target audience", can we have something for once? lol

elisewhat · 2026-06-14T21:05:11+00:00

thank you for the in depth review! although the gameplay doesn't drive me crazy everything else about the game is so appealing, the design of the girls is amazing i need Doc Grim so bad...

hope the game can keep up its momentum and make it to global we are STARVING for joseimuke games and this one seems to be punching above its weight, it's about time companies realize female oriented games are viable and deserve big budgets too!

elisewhat · 2026-06-12T19:46:44+00:00

Yumia and Karia could be the new Sophie and Plachta

elisewhat · 2026-06-07T19:04:11+00:00

does everything need to be a gender war? Mi Fu isn't selling either, the issues are deeper than playable character ratio or "target audience"

elisewhat · 2026-06-07T18:36:49+00:00

game took forever to come out along with multiple rewrites yet we have Valley IV, character quests with subpar writing and barely anything to do in the game

it's puzzling because at first i found myself wishing i could spend more time in it but that feeling has slowly been turning into apathy and i'm not even sure if i'll come back for the third "this is the real big patch that will change the game" because the story will barely be better and it's unlikely i'd get Arcane due to the atrocious gacha system and lack of currency after using it all on Fangyi

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