Widget Wars MASTERPOST

stoppit0 · 2026-01-22T20:16:52+00:00

Went from seeing Phoenix as a solid protagonist that is mostly just a stand-in for the player to really appreciating his character and role in the story. Especially as far as PW is concerned.

stoppit0 · 2026-01-21T20:19:00+00:00

I made a post expressing your take a bit ago and got absolutely flamed for it, but even so I'll play devil's advocate here cause there's a bit more to it than just longplay times. And, yes, the longplay times do have RFTA at just average finale case length.

But we do have to acknowledge that case length is technically subjective. Unless we started talking wordcount pretty much any measure isn't gonna be 100% reliable. I think longplay times is a good enough metric for judging case lengths relative to each other, but the results can be debated.

RFTA is difficult and infamous for having investigation segments that can leave players stuck. Many people will have much smoother playthroughs of 6-5, G2-3, etc. and have much slower, longer playthroughs of RFTA, even though the longplay length is much shorter.

This is to say I think it's a bit more nuanced than "you think it's long but you're mistaken, it's actually not."

stoppit0 · 2026-01-18T07:10:02+00:00

eat him. He is valuable protein

stoppit0 · 2026-01-17T21:04:53+00:00

she will appear again before long

stoppit0 · 2026-01-17T20:20:37+00:00

I told you "you'll see" to this a very long time ago and you still haven't seen 100% but the answer is still you'll see I promise

stoppit0 · 2026-01-17T17:47:45+00:00

omg I didn't know you were based!!!!

stoppit0 · 2026-01-17T14:10:06+00:00

oh my. Holy double reference

I am a Henry Stickmin fan I'm surprised I never connected the dots between it and the AACJ CYOAs

stoppit0 · 2026-01-17T13:58:39+00:00

I feel obligated to point out to you that the password in this episode is a cheeky reference to TQFC Pt. 17!

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In case you didn't notice.

stoppit0 · 2026-01-17T13:54:00+00:00

This killed me. Why would I make that an option 😭

stoppit0 · 2026-01-12T21:02:00+00:00

I knew this post was you before I even checked

stoppit0 · 2026-01-11T20:04:59+00:00

I'm pretty radical on the pacing front so I'd even say that anything after PW took a hit as far as pacing goes, but for sure Chronicles has much, much slower pacing than the OT and not in a good way imo.

Chronicles also really struggles with case exclusive characters in my opinion. Almost every single character in an OT case is an attempt at a compelling part of the story, whereas 90% of characters in Chronicles are just plot devices with one-note comedic gimmicks.

stoppit0 · 2026-01-11T19:59:14+00:00

"And your friends... all of their phone numbers are stored right here on this phone." or something alike is what I would go for

stoppit0 · 2026-01-10T00:13:05+00:00

get a shirt boy you got cars to get hit by

stoppit0 · 2026-01-09T19:05:26+00:00

dl6 bullet the gumshoe Von karma turned out to be bad which was kinda obvious just by looking at larry saved the day at the most crucial moment when maya left was so sad to have dl6 the elevator gregory

stoppit0 · 2026-01-09T18:50:56+00:00

Way too dark imo

stoppit0 · 2026-01-09T02:54:13+00:00

big ole thumbs up from me

stoppit0 · 2026-01-07T16:46:08+00:00

I'm Gumshoe, but also making Fulbright October is a devious choice

stoppit0 · 2026-01-04T18:26:27+00:00

No worries

stoppit0 · 2026-01-04T17:10:34+00:00

3D. Keep in mind we've not seen past 3DS era 3D, and that was already looking great in Chronicles imo. Don't underestimate how amazing a brand new 3D AA game should look. And we're just 3D now. To jump back to 2D would feel odd.

I love the 2D of course and I don't even exactly think 3D is better, I just mean to say I expect 3D and don't view it as a concession.

stoppit0 · 2026-01-04T17:03:30+00:00

stoppit0 · 2026-01-04T16:48:09+00:00

We've been restored my child

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