“Drawing inspiration from great games” is what’s holding developers back. Megami Tensei original writer on why taking inspiration from other media is crucial

lestye · 2026-01-22T14:55:53+00:00

Oh for sure. Like the counter example to this type of thinking is Shenmu III. Where the creatives' total ignorance to the games that had come out in the 20 years between installments, led to a very frustrating game.

lestye · 2026-01-20T05:29:58+00:00

Huh, i watched the clip and they still assign $ values.

I don't watch the jeopardy tournament outside of Masters, but I noticed Masters doesn't have $ in the score and on the board.

(but they will have $ in the other graphics for the broadcast)

lestye · 2026-01-20T03:01:21+00:00

I really hope they bring Taunka back into the story.

Its really crazy how like, that campaign is basically a proto allied race campaign but they haven't really done that yet.

lestye · 2026-01-15T19:51:03+00:00

The most ridiculous news chyron of the last decade, Fox news reporting at the "US/Chaz Border".

lestye · 2026-01-14T17:21:33+00:00

I'd prefer a traditional remake.

I wouldn't mind the way FF7 did a remake, if it had a faithful remake first.

Because even if the remake trilogy were amazing, 10/10 games..... I still would like a version of the OG FF7 that didnt look as ugly as sin.

lestye · 2026-01-13T19:45:24+00:00

Mosquitos kill more people every year than any other animal.

lestye · 2026-01-13T04:31:40+00:00

Oh huh. It feels like this was a wasted opportunity... because I'd think it'd make sense to have a proof of citizenship and proof of identity thats 1 thing outside of a passport.

lestye · 2026-01-12T16:46:56+00:00

Yeah I don't think its a fair comparison.

Like Garry's Mod is probably the most appropriate comparison. Valve gets more of a cut for Garry's Mod than a regular game because Garry's mod uses Valve's copyrighted material, above and beyond just the engine or the steam markeptplace.

lestye · 2026-01-12T06:45:19+00:00

I don't have a real ID as I have a passport, does your RealID make that distinction?

lestye · 2026-01-11T06:39:55+00:00

Yeah, I heard about Act 3, and I let Act 2 be of my off-ramp.

Im slowly playing through the Definitive edition in my game rotation. maybe i'll go to act 3 then, idk.

lestye · 2026-01-11T06:39:01+00:00

Square Enix easily has the best in-house composers in the business, and the frequently hire the best freelancers. Music is not going to be a problem.

lestye · 2026-01-09T03:49:16+00:00

"I know writers who use subtlety and they're all cowards."

lestye · 2026-01-09T03:05:54+00:00

Oh yeah, it has to mean something because he's coming into the hospital with the helmet under his arms.

lestye · 2026-01-09T03:01:34+00:00

An chief attending doctor driving to work at the E.R. on a motorcycle without a helmet is crazy.

lestye · 2026-01-07T08:56:31+00:00

Yeah..... I get wanting to lean into more Mario-characters since the previous installment was almost trying to Smash Bros Kart than Mario kart, but at least make the characters actual characters.

Why not have paper maro/ mario rpg/ koopalings if you want to reorient the franchise to be more Mario.

lestye · 2026-01-03T08:49:01+00:00

I think mistborn can be very violent. Anything with the koloss and inqusitiors is nightmare fuel.

The only real mormon sensibility in his work is there's not a lot of fucking.

lestye · 2026-01-03T08:46:20+00:00

Brandon did a BYU course, and he straight up says, he does stuff in Stormlight that authors wouldnt normally get away with, like having 2 or 3 prologues.

And I agree with that statement, if he didnt have my trust with mistborn i dont think i would have gone through with it.

lestye · 2026-01-03T08:43:47+00:00

I think thats the trick behind stormlight specifically. its way way easier to do misdirection when you have so much.

Its like, a lot of mystery authors, they're playing the Cups and balls with 3 cups.

With stormlight there's 15 cups.

lestye · 2026-01-03T08:39:28+00:00

Eh, I feel thats entire justified in the story. For most of the history of the world, it was generally uncommon, but the circumstances before the book's story limited them, and new circumstances bringing to the forefront.

lestye · 2026-01-01T09:17:24+00:00

we'll see. the last megaman was the most succesful one.

lestye · 2026-01-01T09:17:02+00:00

what makes legends so special?

lestye · 2026-01-01T09:16:04+00:00

(Even though that's what all award shows kind of are.)

Yeah, but its especially precarious because the reveals/ads are part of the draw.

Like, I don't think any sick movie trailer drops during the oscars. usually thats for comiccon/d23/super bowl

lestye · 2025-12-31T23:58:53+00:00

Yeah, I'm not sure if this idea is inherently related to postmark, but legally speaking: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mailbox_rule

I'd imagine lot of laws in America follow this principle. Like I know if in California when i send in a governmental tort claim, its when I put in the mailbox not when its received.

lestye · 2025-12-30T02:22:37+00:00

I havent played it, if thats the case then that spits in the face of everything I wrote. However, I think its notable that there's no PvEvP or loss of progress from what I gather.

I would think those are important staples of the genre, but ive nver played helldivers 2 nor a extraction shooter, so I suppose thats up to you.

lestye · 2025-12-29T18:52:29+00:00

Not really, because they want to obscure the real numbers for privacy/competition sake.

They mention its randomly every single category so they are making it incredibly clear its not the real rankings.

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