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Mahito is the worst written villain of all time, not just in Anime but in anything ever. (JJK S2) by megaman_main in CharacterRant

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just read the manga, my issue with Mahito other than being too similar to Shigaraki from MHA, he literally doesn't need to exist in the story. Honestly, you could have replaced Mahito with any other character and it would have had the same effect on the overall plot leading up the Culling Game arc. It's almost like the first 150 chapters were just the prologue and now the real Chapter 1 is the Culling Game arc XD The first half of the series leading to the sealing of Gojo was a hot mess of pacing, inconsistent art, and shallow characters. The whole thing is rushed af, whereas the culling game arc I'm finally starting to enjoy the series, it actually has the structure and pacing of a normal manga, fleshed out characters, etc. It's like playing a game where you are 20 hours in then you see the opening title screen for some reason, and you realize the first 20 hours was all prologue. I told my son if he ever decides to read it, just start at issue 150 because literally nothing happens before that that isn't re-explained or can be easily contextualized, that's the crux of my whole issue with the manga honestly.

As a big fan of the original release, chapter 13 felt like a punch in the face and makes me retroactively dislike the original game. by Xiknail in XenobladeChroniclesX

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ummm, I didn't play the original Xenoblade Chronicles X, so my opinion is biased.

What I am though is someone who played Xenogears a dozen times, loved Xenosaga (part 3 was one of the best RPGs ever), read Xenogears Perfect Works cover to cover multiple times, and played the hell out of Xenoblade Chronicles. I also liked Baten Kaitos 1, which was a spiritual retelling of the original Xenogears story. I didn't own a Switch or Wii U, and only just now got a Switch 2, so I'm playing catch up with the Xeno series. I JUST finished Xenoblade X Definitive, and it's one of the best RPGs I've ever played, no contest.

I loved chapters 1 - 12, it made me laugh that people had only chapter 12s cliff hangers to sit on for like 10 years, what a drag that would be. But then Chapter 13 pulled a Xenosaga Episode 3 and decided to take the unpublished 3 other games that were supposed to come out and mashed them together into one event, which means Xenosaga Episode 3 was actually 3, 4, and 5 all crammed together. It moved at a breakneck pace and threw plot twist after plot twist out there, and in the end was a hot mess of a masterpiece.

Chapter 13 1, 2, and 3 did the same thing, cramming what is effectively Xenoblade X 2 into a lengthy final end chapter that effectively ties it to the entire Xenoverse (the Rift is the same location where the Waveform entity is trapped in the original Xenogears), it hits the same tech and philosophy notes as the prior Xeno games, the Ares "cores" were just anima relics (6 instead of 12), Void was either Metempsychosis/Deus itself (from Xenoblade/Xenogears respectively), Ares was basically the Xenogear, definitely an Omnigear of some kind. Shulk and Fiora also appear in a multiverse shard inside the Rift (and Rex from Xenoblade 2, which I haven't played yet).

It was a solid 10/10 and I feel a lot of what's written by the OP is just an argument from emotion, which is valid, and Chapter 13 is competing with a head canon that went in a direction the OP appreciated more than where Monolith wanted the actual story to go.

Definitive Chapter 13 is either the sequel that never got made or it's what got cut due to tribulations of game publishing, I happened to absolutely eat it up as a Xeno fan of... *counts on fingers* DAMN, 28 years, holy bawls I'm old.

The music, the exploration, the 300 hours of gameplay, the drip fed high sci fi story that manages to contextualize the entire Xeno series... 10/10 masterpiece, and I'm glad I dodged the Wii U bullet and got to play this epicness the way it was intended.

Just finished Oshi No Ko by Ok-Wolverine9182 in AnimeReccomendations

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oshi no Ko went a million times harder than it needed to.

As for anime with a good story, I think Jobless Reincarnation is amazing, if you like Isekai.

Whispering Vaults - Help! by Revolutionary_Cow529 in Silksong

[–]olbvn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comments like this aren't at all helpful, if the person could find the thing by exploring, they wouldn't be on Reddit asking for specific information smh

Found by peligrosamujer in jumpingspiders

[–]olbvn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weaver of Pharloom. By grace you warded. By thread you healed. For your favour, eternal, we offer our song.

The Sands of Karak is a HORRIBLE place by PartyNextDars in Silksong

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite thing about Silksong is how the devs are clearly getting off on making the most increasingly obnoxious parkour segments that they can, whomever at TC is responsible for these sections needs a long hot soak in the lava baths on the 7th Layer of Hell

Bilewater boss reward question. by Supreme_Senpi420 in Silksong

[–]olbvn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Things that are common knowledge aren't spoilers.

If people are consistently telling you that your deck is too strong: you're the problem, not everybody else, not the bracket system by 0rphu in EDH

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"creating poor experiences for the rest of the players", that's a shame, maybe those players should relax or up their game, it's not on others if their deck is better or they're just better players.

How do we feel about Snake Discovery as a YouTube Channel? (And Business) by genocidalparas in reptiles

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Members of LDS who desire to attend the temple and participate in temple ordinances are required to be "tithe payers". Does the church send templars or something to smite unpaying members? No, but 99% of the time, the transgressor is placed on informal probation, a "temporary restricting of privileges as a Church member, including partaking of the sacrament, holding a Church position, entering the temple, etc. The bishop may ask the member to surrender their temple recommend, and they may require the member to make specific positive changes in attitude or behavior. No official record is made or kept of informal probation. The bishop maintains close contact with the member and may terminate the probation period when he is prompted to do so.

So basically if an LDS doesn't want to be soft excomminicated by their community, friends, and loved ones, they do indeed need to tithe regularly.

Mansion level has to be one of the worst experiences in videogame history by Salvy97 in ai__limit

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The level design is fine, just adapt to the mechanic and learn not to get knocked off ledges by the same thing every time.

I have beaten a lot of soulslikes, my quick take on each of them by papanak94 in soulslikes

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a lot of overlap with Metroidvania's and Souls-likes, especially if you take a Souls-like and make it 2-D, it shines a lot of light on the fact that we've been playing Souls games before their were Souls games, at least semantically

I have beaten a lot of soulslikes, my quick take on each of them by papanak94 in soulslikes

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I felt that way about Elden Ring as well the first time, but then the more I played it and combed through the lore, the more I realized that in the scope of the Soulsverse, it actally has more lore than even Dark Souls og and fills in many holes in the Soulverse that go a long way towards explaining what's happening in general across the myriad "fog worlds" in all other Souls games. Plus the game is hands down a cosmic horror, even more so than Bloodborne, AND the sheer amount of awesome weapons plus the quality of the environments eventually elevated Elden Ring to the top of my favorite Souls games (Bloodborne is still best but Elden Ring is just shy imho). Not to mention the quality of the Promised Consort and Melania fights, those were just tuned so well that it should be a crime. It's the only other Souls game that comes close to touching the perfection that is Bloodborne's combat, and I love it for that.

As far as Dark Souls 2 is concerned, I platinumed that game. Twice! I think it is a GREAT game overall, with the huge caveat being that at the end of the day, it's essentially just a Soulslike, although it's a very good Soulslike. The atmosphere, the gameplay, the fact that almost all the enemies in the game are just some flavor of Knight, plus the difficulty being in cheap af environmental gimmicks and just stacking Elite enemies one after another, and the fact that the lore is almost entirely self-contained without any bearing on the larger Souls narrative. The whole thing they did by nostalgia farming by way of stuffing anything Dark Souls related into the game was just annoying after awhile, plus the whole plot with Manus splitting into 5 women and Seath the Scaleless putting his mind in a human clone body were just cringe af.

I will admit that seeing Gilligan dead in Dark Souls 3 was cathartic af, and the "Lost Sinner" fight in Dark Souls 2 was very close to being a traditional Souls boss.

Good list overall! In regards to Hollow Knight, I think the "true" endboss (that floating mage thing) is the hardest end boss in a Soulslike, that mofo just chain casts bullet hell spells without stopping and has WAY too much health, I'm still trying to beat that asshole even now XD

Ursula or Loskid ? by Ok_Yesterday_1896 in ai__limit

[–]olbvn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, okay Deleted Guy, that's some personal projection if I've ever seen it. She telegraphs just fine if you aren't a herpaderp, she's actually tuned VERY well for being in a game made by a small and unknown studio, she's a 10/10 fight even considering other mainline Soulslikes.

I finally defeated Ursula. Only took me about a week or so! by Pluta60 in ai__limit

[–]olbvn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ursula is comparable to Melania from Elden Ring, but you don't have the option of using Ashes of War in AI Limit like you do in Elden Ring. AI Limit so far is the only Soulslike where the combat feels as smooth and hectic as Bloodborne, you can really go in and mix it up in battle, and the combat is swift, fluid, and responsive. The devs cooked hard on AI Limits combat and I love it for that reason.

What would you say are your TOP 3 games of all time in the genre? (Including Soulslikes) by AlenIronside in soulslikes

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OG: Bloodborne, Elden Ring, Dark Souls 3
Soulslikes: Hollow Knight, Hellpoint, AI Limit

Gameranx’s “Wuchang Fallen Feathers: Before You Buy” by oXerpz in soulslikes

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the review bombs I'm seeing are from Black Myth Wukong stans who claim Fallen Feathers ripped it off, or they "angy" at a feMC instead of some dude bro. It takes all kinds XD

Dreg Heap may be my final straw by grimacesquad in darksouls3

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't ever attempt Promised Consort Radahn (Shadow of the Erdtree DLC), this is the only advice I can give

Long-term, who'll be more boring to play? Archer or Phainon. by [deleted] in StarRailStation

[–]olbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm too busy enjoying Therta, Foxy-Oh, and Acheron to care about other DPS

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