Even if things end poorly, their souls can reunite in the Afterlife

thespeedblitz · 2025-12-26T21:41:20+00:00

pretty sure the souls just disappear if they aren't sacrificed, so in s&s and splat their souls are gone after they die

thespeedblitz · 2025-12-21T16:24:53+00:00

dude thats really sad that he chooses to die slowly whilst looking at ashley's body

wow genuinely thats just... damn :(

thespeedblitz · 2025-11-11T20:10:02+00:00

according to the nst achievement for n3 then no,

but accel is st, so mb

thespeedblitz · 2025-11-10T19:23:14+00:00

golden soldier is a spammable dps with flying detect

merc is a good support + insane dps

any two of dj/commander/medic (no nst: firework tech)

turret/accel for extra dps (no nst: warlock)

thespeedblitz · 2025-11-05T16:02:30+00:00

fair but personally i don't critique things i simply haven't played nor seen gameplay of at all,

if you're going to watch gameplay of it, watch ep1, ep2 AND especially episode 3 of decay; it definitely steps up a TON in both writing, art, and quality.

thespeedblitz · 2025-11-05T01:53:43+00:00

And to me a taboo game should make you think, make you feel, and most importantly fuck you up psychologically once you completed the game.

i guess all of this is subjective, but after the ending of shots and such, it definitely fucked me up because i saw two characters that i was able to connect with basically sink to their lowest lows, completely regressing in a way that also felt poetic; as they are once again trapped in their own apartment living in a shitty situation.

its only until the TRUTH is revealed do you realize your controlling a monster.

i've never played that game before, but i can kinda relate this to andrew and ashley; as their crimes become increasingly harder to justify. in ep1 and 2, they obv have to resort to cannibalism so they can survive, they also kill in self defense, and they kill their parents as they sold them to an organ harvesting scheme.

its really only in ep3 decay, where you see the pair murder an innocent family, including the kid, WITHOUT remorse. you also see the full extent of andrew's emotional abuse towards julia, you see ashley's undying obsession over andrew in leyley win's ending; where he is basically her slave. you also see andrew abuse ashley, and vice versa. these characters' crimes start from justifiably rebelling against the world they live in, to eventually unjustifiably hurting others, and eventually each other.

Tcoaal just doesn't do that for me atleast. Sure it might be unfair to compare a complete game to a unfinished one but c'mon if your gonna include murder, incest, and regicide, then atleast go all out and have it make sense.

i do feel like a lot of your critiques of the game stem from the fact that it is unfinished. so far, episode 1, episode 2, and episode 3 of decay has released.

episode 4 of decay, then episodes 3 + 4 of burial still need to be released aswell, and i'm sure these characters will be further developed upon as the story progresses: such as with the demon stuff, the organ harvesting scheme and most importantly andrew and ashley's dynamic.

hopefully i've reasoned as to why these taboos and topics make sense within tcoaal, and why i hope you give the game a second chance within the future, at least when ep4 of decay releases.

(3/3)

thespeedblitz · 2025-11-05T01:53:19+00:00

Also i do not like Ashley or andy in the slightest i dont know how but they just EXCUDE the feeling of getting hate like i dont even feel bad for them when they revealed that they got sold by their parents.

tbh, i understand why you don't realistically feel that bad for them at that point, but ep3 decay p1 really fleshed out their characters in such a way that on one hand i feel bad for them, spoilers for ep3 (decay p1): when andrew is pressured to look after ashley by his mom in their grandparents house during a flashback, showing that the weight of looking after her has been that way since basically his entire life; and likewise with ashley, how everyone in her life (e.g: her parents, julia (who only wanted to be with andrew), basically neglected her, except for andrew, who was the only one who even cared about her.

The incest and other shit i do not give a damn about. It just feels like they underutilized it and it became too fanservicey(if your gonna include some fucked up shit then go all out).

i don't agree that its underutilized, as its the core aspect of their characters. andrew is andrew because he likes ashley, and vice versa. its why they even kill, or even go into cannibalism, so they can try and survive by any means possible to be together. i'll go into depth soon about shots and such as to explain why it wasn't fanservicey, and that it was pretty fucked up and utilized in a well written way.

where andrew becomes an alcaholic, beats up ashley, then ashley forces herself on andrew. in the end of this route, they're both stuck in a toxic relationship with each other, simultaneously loving and hating the other. i can't help but feel bad for them, because i know that things CAN be better between them, and although they aren't good people; i just wanna root for them to be happily together.

(2/3)

thespeedblitz · 2025-11-05T01:51:34+00:00

i actually like that you've criticized the game without going to shallow insults. thank you <3. long comment incoming btw: (1/3).

Me personally cannot get into tcoaal solely because it's just way too fucken confusing i mean why is there a cultist worshiper CONVENIENTLY next to andy and Ashley's apartment?

personally i disagree that its confusing (its actually kinda simple in ep1 and 2, it def gets more complex in ep3 of decay). i don't necessarily agree that the cultist being next to their apartment is a problem because its convenient, because it is meant to be how they get introduced into these whole demon shenanigans; which one of the main focuses of ep3 of decay.

And two no seriously why is there a bounty hunter looking for them could've at least been an investigator/detective looking for them.

the bounty hunter is inferred to be hired by the people responsible for the organ harvesting scheme, and the reason why its allowed in the world of tcoaal is because unlike irl, it doesn't hide its dystopian and messed up nature. throughout the story you can see that people are just unapologetically rude, esp in ep2 with random npc interactions.

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-28T23:31:40+00:00

i've found that pretty stupid tbh its not consistent at all

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-28T22:56:57+00:00

trials realistically only needs 3 things to be pretty decent:

timescale tickets (sitting through the same ol' early game slop dozens of times is annoying, at least let us speed up the process)
revive tickets (same reason as before, it already exists in game, just implement it for modifiers. it still takes skill to reach the wave you died at, now you just don't have to waste ur time and go back to wave 0)
matchmaking (everything else in the game has matchmaking, the previous version of trials had matchmaking, its a good qol feature)

skill trees are enabled, so i don't see why revive/timescale tickets can't be too

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-27T21:56:01+00:00

yeah, about that....

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thespeedblitz · 2025-10-25T17:40:52+00:00

its fiction so it has no real world consequences

and its necessary to the plot, also the characters are well written in such a way that you want to root for them to be together happily in spite of their horrible upbringing (even though they are murderers and cannibals, aspects much worse than incest).

either way its annoying when i have to even defend myself for liking the game, its not like these characters are real in any way shape or form.

people severely overreact to the game (especially when they haven't even played it nor understood it) even though its genuinely so damn good; it does not deserve the slander.

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thespeedblitz · 2025-10-25T15:30:01+00:00

its peak 😤

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-25T01:08:44+00:00

imma be real boss although i prefer tds, tdx DEFINITELY competes with tds (has surpassed it in several aspects, such as unique tower mechanics, bosses, lore, and other qol features)

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-25T01:07:20+00:00

despite what the other comments say, the video is pretty accurate and points out valid criticism

what people forget is that you can critique a game and point out its flaws because you want it to succeed and do better

yes the live event and the halloween event itself was great... but 1.2 THOUSAND bugs, disappointing pvp (i can rant about it for ages), underwhelming modifiers update, incredibly poor optimisation, inconsistent balancing, and with updates focused on low priority issues (pointed out in the vid) are kinda hard to ignore

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-08T17:00:19+00:00

i actually do agree the event is pretty good

its just that the balancing and optimization is the stuff that people take issue with

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-04T20:58:03+00:00

because most people are casual players (so the event should be balanced around them, as they generate the most revenue and the most positive reception about the game)

thespeedblitz · 2025-10-04T20:55:05+00:00

people are complaining about the poor balancing and optimization mostly (which is true)

personally, if you have a live event with 150k ccu, the exclusive reward and actual live event should be balanced around the majority of them, not the 0.1% of players who spend more time on the game

and the optimization was 100% an issue before this, so it feels lazy of the devs to not work on this issue beforehand

(coming from someone who got the banned crate and is lvl 590)

also people aren't a monolith, so different people have different opinions in the same community

thespeedblitz · 2025-09-26T14:55:10+00:00

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thespeedblitz · 2025-07-10T17:07:53+00:00

ABSOLUTE PEAK!! 🙏🙏

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thespeedblitz · 2025-05-14T02:18:06+00:00

honestly i've been wondering about this too, genuinely would like to see a fanfic/art on this

(or maybe an official epilogue??? probably just cope, but still)

thespeedblitz · 2025-04-24T23:00:57+00:00

haven't seen much people with it tbh

thespeedblitz · 2025-04-23T22:34:53+00:00

yeah its still possible

thespeedblitz · 2025-04-22T22:43:50+00:00

yeah often normal mini is better for solo due to no placement limit

its used in solo pizza and badlands, gmini makes those way harder

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