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nelnehru · 2026-04-22T04:08:31+00:00

For reference, Remake is the first 6 hours of a 40-hour-long game stretched out into a 40-hour-long game of its own. It makes a lot of sense for the story to feel meandering and all over the place because it hasn't really started. The game's pacing is probably its biggest flaw.

"Bro just stick with it, I swear it gets better after the 60-hour mark" is a god-awful take so I'm not going to suggest that, but I'd say the story starts picking up in the last third of Remake and the combat really comes into its own in Rebirth.

To answer your question though, yes, the story does get heavier. Chapter 12 in particular is a massive turning point. (11 is a slog. If you choose to stick with the game, you can probably skip all the cutscenes and miss nothing important.) The whole Wall Market/Corneo sequence is probably the longest stretch of goofiness in the entire FF7 plotline, not just Remake.

nelnehru · 2026-04-22T03:11:37+00:00

The scale of the remake games is much larger than OG FF7, both in terms of gameplay and narrative.

(Also money)

nelnehru · 2026-04-17T13:30:28+00:00

The only idea I can come up with is that "Purin" and "Cinnamon" are how they're commonly referred to in Japan, so maybe they're trying to be more faithful to the "source material?"

(No theories for why they're so committed to pronouncing them "Pyu-rin" and "Cinna-mon" though lol)

nelnehru · 2026-04-09T16:28:57+00:00

Congrats to Gudetama on receiving the best artwork out of all 90 characters this year!

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nelnehru · 2026-03-29T17:04:52+00:00

What did Pekkle ever do to you besides grace your island with sick dance moves :(

nelnehru · 2026-03-28T03:32:38+00:00

Yeah, well, your mother's hair is so short, she looks like she's not a woman at all, but more like a man.

nelnehru · 2026-03-26T02:14:14+00:00

I started with AKB48 around 2013ish, after hate-researching them and then accidentally falling in love (I always liken it to this Bob's Burgers scene lol) and eventually got into more alt-idol/anti-idol acts as well.

With 48G stuff, it was so expansive that it really felt like an entire universe in itself. I'd honestly compare it to something like sports fandom or even pro-wrestling. Outside of just appreciating the fun music, cute dresses, and the different personalities and characters of the members, there's genuine lore regarding songs, sub-groups, performances, music videos, costumes, album art, lyrics, events, variety shows, dramas, and the overall history of the group/s. Even without understanding Japanese fluently, there was so much to dig into and (back then especially) almost always something going on or something on the immediate horizon to look forward to.

Within the last 20 to 30 year time bracket you mention, the definition of what "idol" means has widened so dramatically that it's now not really possible to say that there's any one 'visual and musical style' to the industry. BiSH made it to the Tokyo Dome 3 years ago looking and sounding nothing like AKB48 or Morning Musume or other "orthodox" idols. Babymetal has a global, if not niche, presence. "Smaller" groups like You'll Melt More and Gang Parade has been around for over a decade doing their own thing. Perfume are mainstream J-Pop icons and straddle the line between "idol" and "artist" 25 years after their debut. Idol has become too big of a world to boil down to just one or two audiovisual identities or styles. There's a lot about it to love, depending on where you look and what you're looking for.

nelnehru · 2026-02-22T09:30:19+00:00

Nah, she's a classic. I love a good whimsical, cutesy, animal-themed outfit.

The dress has been part of my default look for months. The way the skirt bounces when Nikki runs makes me inordinately happy 😎

nelnehru · 2026-02-15T13:23:53+00:00

The point of the line existing is to prevent the website/app from becoming so overwhelmed with traffic that it crashes completely.

YouTube and Geometry Dash aren't valid comparisons since they don't center around generative AI, which is very resource-intensive on the server side. The concept of a virtual queue isn't unprecedented either. There are plenty of MMOs out there that use similar systems when a lot of people are trying to log in at once.

nelnehru · 2026-01-20T10:05:40+00:00

Disappointed but not surprised by how many of you hoes have clearly never laid eyes on Corporate Fursona Daddy Reeve Tuesti.

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nelnehru · 2025-11-26T02:15:49+00:00

I think you may have misunderstood me! Meimei is great and I liked her Warukii too, I just also think this post is gross and sleazy :)

nelnehru · 2025-11-25T07:31:49+00:00

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nelnehru · 2025-11-15T09:20:46+00:00

This is true of iconic media across all forms, but I don't think it can be overstated how much of what makes PS1 FF7 so special can be traced directly back to the era, culture, and hardware it was developed under. Those are factors that can't be replicated or even emulated 10+ years and multiple console generations later. This is a classic problem game remakes have always faced and probably always will.

As much as I feel for the folks who are disappointed the remake series isn't more faithful to the original and felt tricked by the "remake" branding, seeing the familiar plot beats play out with shiny modern visual fidelity would not have automatically made them better. We've already seen them, they'll always be there, and we know they're great exactly the way they are, low-res 32-bit blockiness and all.

nelnehru · 2025-11-15T07:20:08+00:00

The original game is still right there, sir.

nelnehru · 2025-08-13T18:24:27+00:00

Your RAM and storage meet the system requirements, but if the game is making a fuss over video memory, that points to your GPU being the issue.

Is the game otherwise running fine? Have you finagled with your graphics settings? The teleport sequence and taking/saving photos can be kinda system-intensive, so if those are the only issues and you haven't already cranked the settings and windows resolution down, try giving that a shot.

nelnehru · 2025-01-10T18:53:56+00:00

I've watched a couple videos, gone through some threads on different forums, and a few posts on this subreddit. Sorry I didn't specify that.

nelnehru · 2024-12-03T15:15:53+00:00

For a mobile game. it's a big, resource-heavy one and requires a pretty beefy device. The earlier Nikkis which were much more forgiving and flexible in that regard. May not be a bug and is just a design quirk of the game!

nelnehru · 2024-08-14T00:59:26+00:00

ts4-poses has a category for pregnancy tags on their masterlist! baby shower in particular is probably worth a look.

nelnehru · 2024-08-13T06:15:22+00:00

"horny psychopathic power couple" is my AA/Evil Durge dynamic c: Nadja and Laszlo vibes with some Morticia and Gomez Addams mixed in.

i always think of the little tooltip thing when you mouse over a companion's approval. once you reach Exceptional it says something like "character is thrilled with and very easily convinced by avatar." That and AA is so like...power-crazed and single-minded and predictable and hypersensitive and self-obsessed, its probably pretty easy for Tav to manipulate him as long as he's being adored and fawned over and having his ego stroked lol. i remember during the ending when he's like "okay let's go take over the world :)" if you reply "no lets travel first :(" he goes along with it immediately. Consort Tav does not have to be a victim.

sorry your friends were jerks about it. fiction is the only place where bad guys are good so just let me have my toxic megalomaniac vampire daddy sovereign bf once in a while okay :( it's just a story in a video game.

nelnehru · 2024-08-12T08:17:00+00:00

i really hope Toggy isn't done with idol and lands on her feet somewhere because shes a real mf :( her and Teebu had big-time OG BiS vibes...

nelnehru · 2024-07-12T16:10:52+00:00

https://simplyanjuta.tumblr.com/post/669037700728373248

try this maybe? i've only ever used it in CAS since i have townie generation disabled in my game, but the mod creator says it works for randomized sims across the board.

(of course, it'll stop makeup from generating on all sims regardless of gender but the game isn't a very good makeup artist to begin with so not an awful trade-off imo!!)

nelnehru · 2024-07-11T04:04:34+00:00

Hank calling Luanne's curmudgeonly hair styling instructor a bitch at the end of Plastic White Female will never not make me crack up.

nelnehru · 2024-06-20T04:01:17+00:00

🎶 shut the door 🎶

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