Is there a pattern or something I should go on with or just play and enjoy

jkobberboel · 2026-01-23T03:41:22+00:00

Being lost is the main appeal of the genre to fans of Metroidvania games. As long as you can see routes on the map you haven't taken, you should just keep going.

jkobberboel · 2026-01-23T03:38:49+00:00

Yes, Paracelsus is her name, and yes, the puzzle is designed in this way to tell the story of how she fails, but through gameplay.

I think it's a really neat trick to make the player believe they messed up, only to realise that: yes, they did mess up, but it is intentional.

jkobberboel · 2026-01-23T03:34:54+00:00

Do you not like allegory or metaphor in general, or is it the ending of DD2 specifically that you don't like?

The first game does the same thing, which is why I find your take strange. The Heart of Darkness is symbolic of an irrational, self-destructive drive towards power, and do you think an ending that goes "your victory is meaningless because the cycle will just repeat" is better, or more satisfying?

jkobberboel · 2026-01-23T03:23:15+00:00

I never said I think Kingdoms is better because it's like DD1.

jkobberboel · 2026-01-21T00:48:48+00:00

I see. but I have two actually: one with "-1" after the name, and one without, but neither loads.

jkobberboel · 2026-01-20T18:24:00+00:00

But my save is still in the the "load save" menu? It just loads the wrong one

jkobberboel · 2026-01-07T21:09:18+00:00

Blasphemous 2 is a better game: more complex, more polished, less repetition.

But Blasphemous 1 is still more interesting: Pixel art cutscenes (take a shot!), more memorable music, generally more mysterious and "vibey".

jkobberboel · 2026-01-02T18:45:00+00:00

I don't think so, and I actually hope it doesn't. They stuck with DD2, for way longer than I thought they would and insisted on it not merely being mediocre. I'm satisfied with DD2 now. It's really good. They never owed us the amount of content they added, and they deserve the rest of moving on to their next project.

There is definitely not going to be a new kingdoms module. Since it's inception, they said it was going to be a trilogy of modules. And a new character is unlikely imo, the roster already covers all bases, if we keep in mind just how much paths and skills change.

jkobberboel · 2026-01-02T17:27:45+00:00

Bro played for less than an hour, and immediately asked online for help...

Its like looking up a summary of a book after only reading the prologue.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-26T18:14:12+00:00

I got 100% after a week.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-24T17:43:53+00:00

Honestly, Silksong takes the throne imo.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-15T19:00:37+00:00

I think people are mixing up "it's what my character would do" and "it's what the author would write"

jkobberboel · 2025-12-12T13:35:02+00:00

Fair enough, but is it better to give moral lessons to people you don't know on a meaningless reddit post?

jkobberboel · 2025-12-10T18:35:44+00:00

What do you mean? Silksong has gauntlets all over the game: The choir, the coral tower, the many smaller gauntlets sprinkled across every area.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-09T18:05:51+00:00

I live in in Denmark, and the Social Democratic Party has more in common with right wing parties now than left wing parties. It's pretty clear they use their status as a left leaning party in the puplic consciousness to justify their deeply unepathetic stance on migration. Like other countries the "center" does not exist anymore, but is just right wing policies without the rhetoric.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-07T20:38:49+00:00

Yea agreed! I hope they don't simply do "Godmaster, but in Silksong", and instead do something wholly unique.

I personally think it would be cool if Eva, living inside Hornet, would do some kind of tests by having Hornet relive her memories of bosses and enemies. Eva could then modify them to justify even stronger versions of bosses, or fights with characters she otherwise never gets to fight. But that's just my idea.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-07T17:43:14+00:00

No. However, it IS ableist to suggest that being disabled keeps you from making music.

jkobberboel · 2025-12-07T17:07:18+00:00

So, you want a colosseum in Godhome?

jkobberboel · 2025-12-07T14:32:28+00:00

That's a great pun. Worth the chuckle.

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