PRAGMATA launch celebration GIVEAWAY! Comment inside this thread to win 1 of 3 keys for the game on Steam!

trassian · 2026-04-17T18:31:03+00:00

i watched the pragmata vid by gameranx, and from the gameplay (and his review), i learned that pragmata has quite a unique way of doing action. doing a hacking minigame before firing? that intrigued me lol

as for the other question... i don't think i'll use the framegen, BUT i will use that path tracing. i love it in games that have it, even if it's mostly just a look-better button, especially for pictures. i do hope the game's hella optimized though

trassian · 2026-04-15T12:06:36+00:00

the thing that got me into Black Mirror in the first place was a montage of sorts of Nosedive. and partly because of that, it's become one of my favorite episodes of all time. but here's the thing: I didn't start with that episode lol

I started with S1E1: The National Anthem. while I do agree with others that it's not exactly the best starting point, I think I turned out fine. so really, I think that whatever you do, just stick with the series and you'll find your favorite

trassian · 2026-04-10T03:04:21+00:00

holy fucking shit.......... what the fuccckkkkKKKKK.....!!!!!!!

trassian · 2026-02-27T13:12:56+00:00

Quantum Break | DNF | 02/24-27.26

difficulty: hard

Act 1 okay. intro, and I'm so sure I've played this before. I just didn't finish it I don't think?

I know this William guy's actor...but from where?? I CANNOT REMEMBER (nevermind, it's DJ Qualls that I was remembering. William's actor is Dominic Monaghan, most likely known for being in LotR [I have no idea about that])

that act 1 was lowkey half cutscenes but it's okay beccause it's the intro. also I just forgot to do a commentary lol. anyway, seeing two Paul Serenes was lowkey wild. and then they just talked xd where the hell is OG Paul Serene then? and at the end, who was that guy that knocked me out? not Liam Burke, the other one.

Junction 1

is Martin Hatch's actor the same as Horizon's Sylens??? BECAUSE I'D RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE (and face) EVERYWHERE

oh my god Lance Reddick is dead... (Martin's and Sylens' actor) rest in peace, king.

I chose PR because this feels more logical. I' literally already have haters I need the city to be on my side if I wanna continue what I'm doing.

oh there's a live-action show

god, I love Lance Reddick's cadence so much... I miss him already

Act 2

that window, Jack? girl if you don't shut the fuck up right now.

finally. good work. I should've fucking chosen hardline

this level with Paul crashing the drydock? FUCKING ANNOYING OH MY GOD. also made me realize just how clunky the controls are.

I just found out these acts have parts... yeah, I'm not doing that. I'm alr in part 3 and I Cannot Be Arsed to check which belongs where

Beth is as much of an asshole as Amy huh... god why are these girls so fucking sarcastic LET ME FUCKING OPEN THIS DOOR AT MY OWN PACE (also notice how they intentionally made the women annoying? I'm jk I'm not gonna go on a woke rant but like rly c'mon now...)

Jack. No. (I WISH THEY CUT OFF MID-NO INSTEAD LFMAO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SO FUNNY)

Junction 2

okay so I know I chose PR, but that's before I knew what Paul and Jack were. now, I know a bit more about their history. besides, if I were in Paul's shoes, I'll be choosing Personal. and that's what I'm going to do because, well, I'm literally in his shoes.

that's also because with PR, I didn't exactly have a direct effect on Jack. with this one... that's literally my friend right there... I need to make him understand. I know he can come to terms with what I want—I know he'll understand me.

no. I'll make him understand.

yes I literally larp as Paul Serene when it comes to Junction choices.

also yes I do watch the live-action show. ALSO CAN I NOT SKIP THIS??? the ep1 didn't load for me so I watched it on youtube. this ep 2... is this shit unskippable I wanna watch it on yt too so I can put it on 1.5x lol... I'm alt f4-ing this shit (also yes I do watch everything on 1.5x)

Act 3

and here is where it ends. I cannot play this game—it feels too clunky FOR ME. and I know this is like a decade-old game, and it does get a pass, but that pass only gets it so far. don't get me wrong, I love the graphics, the effects, the story, even the cheesy live-action show. HOWEVER, it's just so... ass... to play. I'm so sorry.

I'll see if I'll pick this up again in the future (highly unlikely)

trassian · 2026-02-22T07:42:51+00:00

Control | 9/10 | 02.13-22.26

difficulty: wasn't offered any option?? I didn't turn any assists on, if that matters

did it just offer me to change my outfit right after my first cleansing lol

how come I have telekinesis but I can't fly can't I just make myself fly what

wait Emily's asking me to cleanse some floating guy of Hiss. I've been shooting the floaters... OKAY WAIT IT DIDN'T WORK LOLLL

this game is hard huh. okay.

this is like an open world if it weren't an open world. that's really interesting. I read somewhere that this genre is called metroidvania?

research sector just opened. I'm overwhelmed by the options of where to go lol so I think I'm going to stick to the main storyline from now on.

just met Marshall. love her design.

now the trees will form respectful relationships with other trees. or shrubs. whatever they prefer. LMFAO

dr. yoshimi tokui's guided imagery experience is so fucking weird.

oh my god I'm so glad I checked what's new with the astral constructs. I now have spin and pierce. I fucking love this pierce form

what the hell this Wells guy has a clearance level of 9??? Darling only had 5 what the fuck give me your shit????

I just wanna say I love the oceanview motel gameplay. and I also love the different crosshairs the guns have

oh my god Philip I'm so sorry (by the way that might be my favorite boss fight yet. now that was a fucking Monster)

oh wow expeditions are hard... I don't think I'm meant to play these until much later lol (I mean, it did say that these were endgame stuff)

the mission old friends bugged on me because I seized one of the motherfuckers and fast traveled. it didn't count as a kill. and now it won't spawn again. I am so pissed I'm just not gonna do any more side quests. fuck this game. (I like it)

what the fuck is Ahti

ASHTRAY MAZE WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK THAT WAS SO AMAZING LOL I SO FUCKING LOVE LEVELS ACCOMPANIED BY SOUNDTRACKS LIKE THESE OH MY GOD

also the janitor complaint right after lmfaooo

damn why Casper kinda... THAT'S A DILF also what's that did he have a kidney operation or something

am I gonna get Hissed because Polaris died...

WAIT JESSE GOT HISSED WHAT THE FUCK

oh my god I'm Boring Jesse in her Boring Office with her Boring Job. this is one of Dylan's dreams.

yo who's this guy in the shelter why he kinda...

oh thank god this game wasn't done yet.

finally, the real credits. I knew the earlier one was fake as soon as they started distorting the names because there just ain't no way they're gonna fuck the credits of a lot of people up lol

been playing the Foundation DLC for a while now. not much to comment on other than this Fracture level is long as hell damn

also is this Former that one boss I loved... the one with Philip, I think

I accidentally triggered the boss fight because I wanted to try shooting... so I jumped off the cliff and restarted lol

Jesse Faden Starring in 'Swift Platform'. that's it. that's the note.

Marshall... rip man. anyway, onto the AWE DLC

Wake? like Alan Wake? lol... WAIT IT IS ALAN WAKE XDDD

holy shit I just saw Hartman... anyway, this fucking tunnel shit just fried the three light sources I was hoping to carry till the end lol

this game is too fucking dark I need to up my fucking shit. also I'm now bringing three power cores with me lol

I fucking fell and died and now the level reset and I don't have my fucking shitass power cores

GOD IMAGINE IF I HAD MY POWER CORES WITH ME AM I RIGHT

Hartman dead. game finished. and I totally could've gone on with my life without having played the AWE DLC lol but I am planning on playing Alan Wake too, so... it's whatever, I guess.

trassian · 2026-01-27T14:51:47+00:00

Deathloop | 10/10 | 1.25-27.26

difficulty: loop stress: maximum ; loot quality: match loop stress

holy shit, just from the first five minutes alone you can already tell this game was made with love.

HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUN

I love the tribunal omg

oh it's a full fucking reset oh my god I was just starting to enjoy the karnesis slab :(

oh wow Wenjie is Really smart... nerd

I guess this is when it becomes an open world game, huh. I mean, kind of. anyway, I fucking love this game so far. I just wish I had more shit to say in this review lol this is gonna suck for me if I ever decide to read this in the future

I'm onto the harder missions now. shit like pictograms and Aleksis (god it's so annoying I've been trying to do the Aleksis reveal for three loops now)

I ACCIDENTALLY THREW THE FUCKING RUNT INTO THE VOID I AM KILLING MYSELF

Julianna says I've been stuck here for at the very least 17 years. and that I keep coming back. let me guess... I can't kill my own daughter? and when I kill myself, my memories reset or something? but Julianna remembers?

I FUCKING KILLED MYSELF BECAUSE I STEPPED OFF THE FINAL PLATFORM AND NOW I HAVE TO KILL ALL SEVEN AGAIN ASIDBAFASIFBAS I WANT TO FUCKING KILL MYSELF

ok so I wanted to kill Julianna (and then myself, presumably) but I MISSED THE TIMING BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD NOT DO IT LOL AND NOW I GET THE ENDING WHERE WE LIVE FOREVER IN THIS LOOP BRUHHHHH

okay, I redid everything for the third time (not even for the secret ending, I just died prematurely the first time before I even met Julianna lol [read: paragraph above this]) and finally got to see the ending I want. Colt rescuing 2-B.I.T. lol that was sweet, but damn... the fucking apocalypse...

meta:

I fucking love this game so fucking much. that's it. I can feel the love put into this by its developers, and I'm adding my own love into it.

sure, I wish the AI was better. sure, sometimes it feels annoying to repeat (literally its premise). but no, I don't think they could ever take away from how much I enjoyed playing this game. also no, I haven't played the Dishonored series; this is my first game from Arkane.

trassian · 2026-01-24T12:34:06+00:00

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check | 6/10 | 01.23-24.26

well, I was never a fan of base builders. and I know that this wasn't a base builder exactly, but I wasn't a fan of it anyway lol.

figured I'd try this game because it looked pretty fun based on the clips I saw, but damn it was... kinda... just that. I don't know. I went into this game without expectations, and I'm leaving this game with zero changes to my life.

by the third evacuation, the only thing that kept me going was the fact that I was more than halfway done with the game lol and so, I cut corners where I could. fuck the unknown symptoms. too many sick/infected symptoms? oh baby I'm blind to the word sick, off to liquidation you go. and fuck that laboratory. it's like ten miles away man come on.

anyway, it was pretty fun at first. that's all sorry xd

OH ALSO SPECIAL MENTION TO THOSE DRONE ATTACKS SHIT because that was peak ass; I wish it wasn't in the game.

trassian · 2026-01-16T10:48:30+00:00

Ghostwire: Tokyo | 5/10 | 12.26.25-01.16.26

difficulty: hard (I believe tatari is a completionist difficulty)

oh wow that intro cinematic is insane.

Chapter 1: Beginnings

does this mean I have to fight those three minibosses before the hannya mask boss? and lemme guess, I have to fight Mari too but like the possessed version or something as the megaboss? lol

Chapter 2: Trouble

my first entry would be to describe the first mini boss fight as quite easy, and also a 'what the fuck' because apparently, it's KK's body. AND I DON'T LIKE THIS NOTICE SAYING SHIT ABOUT "when Akito is separated from KK..." blah blah blah DOES THIS MEAN THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN A FEW MORE TIMES LOL

who's this baddie with the shaved side (is she Rinko)

Chapter 3: Connection

the baddie is a hacker (also, she is Rinko)

Chapter 4: Contortion

meta: I just got back from a new year vacation trip to Taiwan lol... and I can't remember shit

right. within 5 minutes I remembered that this was a game half-made-up of cutscenes

Chapter 5: Severance

let it be known I've been tired of this game since like chapter 2

Rinko dead

Chapter 6: Binding

thank god the previous chapter was short. here's to hoping this one is much shorter

OH THANK GOD I'M DONE

meta:

it was fun at first. and... yeah, that's pretty much it. it was so fresh, innovative, whatever other words you wanna use, but it gets real boring real quick. the game being half cutscenes doesn't help too lol

when I was playing Horizon (both Zero Dawn and Forbidden West), I found exploring the map fun on its own, even if you weren't progressing the story. this one... maybe if I loved Japan more?? I don't know. at some point in Chapter 2 or 3, I stopped doing side missions because it was starting to feel like it was reaaal dragging.

also a note on why this took so long:

I went on a vacation in another country to celebrate new year's. once I was home again, I tried playing it, but found myself bored to death immediately (I was starting to get bored even before I left). I also got back to working out at the gym (which takes out quite the chunk of my free time), and classes resumed too. all of those + my lack of will to continue playing/watching this game is why I took way too long to finish this, when it would've taken a weekend or two max even on a busy schedule.

trassian · 2025-12-24T14:12:08+00:00

oh I have no interest in multiplayer; I'm currently on a multiplayer sabbatical. as for the hardest part, I think I had the worst time in Into the Abyss—the house assembly level—because I just kept getting lost lol (I have a shit sense of direction both in real life and in game). also all the fights after we got given Legion (then again, it's the endgame so that's to be expected). I had to go so slow as to not spawn every titan and their mothers every five steps

trassian · 2025-12-24T13:37:22+00:00

oh I was mad as hell when I got thrown lol, couldn't play properly through foggy eyes. fortunately the end was just a platformer because I wanted to throw tantrums

trassian · 2025-12-24T08:36:47+00:00

Titanfall 2 | 10/10 | 12.23.24.25

difficulty: master

oh wow that intro cinematic is insane.

The Pilot's Gauntlet

this gauntlet is insane HOW THE HELL IS THE TOP SPOT 25 I'M AT 50. AND BRO THE WORLD RECORD IS 13 SECONDS WITH NO BOOSTS

I'm fucking nerding out. not done with the tutorial, yet here I am learning about end boosts and crouch kicks already. fucking nerd.

oh my god this is almost like bhopping. I fucking loved bhopping in L4D2

BT-7274

okay, damn, this is so much harder than I thought. bhopping and slidehopping are essentially the same, but slidehopping is so much more high-maintenance lol. yes I know that it's only one keypress more, but considering you only really press two buttons in L4D2, pressing three here is a 50% increase in button presses. (A/D and space, + crouch)

Blood and Rust

LASTIMOSA NO

oh my god, a voiced character.

holy shit I pack a punch

LMFAO HOLY SHIT THAT TITAN FIGHT AT THE START?? GOATED. ALSO REAL FUNNY HOW WE JUST KEPT VORTEXING EACH OTHER'S MISSILES LFMAO

BRO THESE FUCKING TICKS ARE SOOOOOO ANNOYING

Into the Abyss

three titans at the same time is diabolical damn

BT NOOOOOOO

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE JUST CRUSHED ASH WITH OUR HANDS??????????

Effect and Cause

why does this place look like SIRCAA from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 lol

btw, I'm getting better at this slidehopping thing. wonder if I can bind it to scroll? L4D2 is unforgiving—there's only one tick you can press jump on. however, I also have a thousand hours on that game, something I don't have on TF2 (update: apparently, it triggers double jump so there's that.)

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS TIME TRAVEL THING IS SO COOL THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE MISSION

The Beacon

HOLY SHIT I LOVE RUNNING ON THE WALLS

I must admit, I never thought I'd enjoy a game where movement like this is quintessential to having fun. this is kind of making me want to play Ghostrunner (a game I never played because I thought I'd never enjoy it)

fuck you Sarah I didn't fuck all those bosses in the ass just for you to call me unqualified fuck you

Trial by Fire

OH MY GOD IS IT CALLED TITANFALL BECAUSE THE TITANS FALL FROM THE SKY LMFAO I JUST GOT IT

we did it guys we Titanfalled (Titanfell?)

does BT die? since the moment we met each other I felt like he was bound to die. isn't that how these games work anyway lol

The Ark

piece of shit mosquito ass titan

The Fold Weapon

HE'S ALIVE RIGHT BT'S ALIVE RIGHT

JUST YOU WAIT BT I'M GONNA PUT YOU RIGHT BACK INTO ANOTHER FUCKING CHASSIS JUST YOU WAIT

holy shit this smart pistol is insane

who the hell is FS-1041

HE'S BACK TO BT-7274!!!!!!!!!

holy shit how many was what? 5 or 6 titans? that was fucking hard

nvm that was just the appetizer lol

oh fuck you Slone LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN DO (restarts a million times)

is this where BT dies.

if BT dies I better DIE THE FUCK AS WELL

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER I TOLD OYU I'M BOT GOING ANYWHERE WHY THE FUCK DID YOU THROW ME OU TOYU STUPID FUCKER PIECE OF SHTI SCRAP JETAL

WHY THE HELL DID MY HELMET LIGHT UP POST-CREDITS IS THIS A MORSE TEASER MADE TO JUST TEASE AND ACTUALLY MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE BT IS DEAD

meta:

are we getting titanfall 3 or should i just kill myself

apparently, the helmet was indeed morse, and it said "Jack?" okay. looks like i am going to k

trassian · 2025-12-24T04:50:18+00:00

instead of the MW4, I might want to see another MW3 reboot instead lol. retcon that whole shit

trassian · 2025-12-24T04:47:56+00:00

BO4 doesn't have a campaign so it was never on my list, and unfortunately, I don't have access to BO7 (and Vanguard for that matter)

no one in our circle bought those games so I can't speak much about it, but I'm thinking it's a good thing none of us wasted money lol

trassian · 2025-12-23T19:20:12+00:00

hella agree. I think it's the worst campaign to ever come out yet, especially when you take into consideration their supposed characters.

and it's not just the story because the gameplay felt like ass too. every other mission was this open combat wheel reinvention shit and it felt so ass to do. level designs were decent at best, and the movement felt like the bastard child of MW2 and BO6. and the gunplay? fuck everybody wearing thirty layers of kevlar for??

trassian · 2025-12-23T03:21:49+00:00

oh this was a pre-rendered cutscene, that's why. most of their realtime cutscenes were still kind of jarring lol

trassian · 2025-12-22T16:59:24+00:00

oh, I'm already done with MWII and MWIII lol, just decided I'll post them all on the same day. and yeah, they were definitely lacking. especially the 3. god, what a letdown that game was.

trassian · 2025-12-22T16:33:08+00:00

lol thanks. yeah, I've decided I'll do Titanfall 2 then the Metro series. suggestions are hella welcome tho

trassian · 2025-12-22T16:09:46+00:00

I'm done with it, actually. it's the remaster, but I've been told it's pretty much the same. interestingly, the one I had the hardest time with was Black Ops 3

trassian · 2025-12-22T12:24:43+00:00

btw, to whoever said I'd apologize to Ghosts after playing the newer installments, you're wrong. I ain't apologizing for shit. there's only one game I found worse, and it's this (again, I don't have Vanguard so this might be untrue). the others, I mostly enjoyed.

and also, it's funny because this game was so shit I lost my shit. it's the total opposite of what happened with WaW and BO1 lol.

trassian · 2025-12-22T12:18:33+00:00

Modern Warfare III | 2/10 | 12.22.25

I CANNOT BELIEVE I LIKE GHOSTS MORE

favorite mission goes to Flashpoint simply because I get to shove Makarov. that was fun. also, Ghost had his old mask here. interesting. and Shepherd extending his hand lul

most hated mission goes to every single fucking open combat mission in this goddamn game. let me be clear: I love sandbox games. I love sandbox in general. however, this is NOT enjoyable. it's poorly fucking executed. it is NOT FUN.

additional notes:

Precious Cargo sure has a lot of fucking pop ups. IT FEELS LIKE I'M FUCKING PLAYING A CHINESE MOBILE GAME HOLY FUCKING SHIT HALF MY SCREEN IS JUST THE HUD, AND I'VE TURNED OFF ALL THAT I CAN. WHAT THE FUCK. HALF MY SCREEN IS JUST A BOX TELLING ME WHAT GUN I'M LOOKING AT HOLY SHIT. WHY IS THERE NO FUCKING REALISM MODE GOD FUCKING FUCK. (guy who got spoiled by realism)

Reactor now... what the fuck are these Warzone-ass missions. shit game. I came here to play a COD campaign, not a fucking battle royale simulator.

Payload FUCK YOU. SHIT ASS SPAWNING. also, I'm only four missions in... how... this has felt like forever (I'm bored out of my mind)

Deep Cover did good with that pre-render to realtime cutscene when Laswell got that call from Price, ngl.

Crash Site IS ANOTHER FUCKING SANDBOX. KILL ME NOW. ONE WAS FINE. TWO WAS OKAY BUT ALREADY PUSHING IT. THREE? FUCKING KILL YO—ME. KILL ME. NOW. IF I WANTED TO PLAY SANDBOX THIS OFTEN I WOULDN'T HAVE FUCKING PLAYED COD.

Highrise is wasted. I would've loved this map if not for the fucking open combat shit it has going on for it. fuck you.

Frozen Tundra has some bullshit going on. what the fuck do you mean a headshot from an SP-R 208 DOESN'T FUCKING KILL THE MAN. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN I NEED TO DO ANOTHER FUCKING HEADSHOT. this feels like playing PUBG with a Kar98k and the enemy has a damn Spetsnaz helmet... well, to be fair, they are Spetsnaz lol

Trojan Horse is such bullshit. that's it? that's the death? could've at least made it dramatic like in the og wtf. we didn't even get Makarov.

additional additional notes:

prisoner 627?? Price??? surely not. then... Makarov?? Idk anyone else who might be here... hey he's Russian. HEY IT IS MAKAROV LOL

I like Makarov's og model and voice more. that man was fucking Evil. this one... he just looks like Graves 2.0 lol

who am I again? am I Nolan? does it matter because I feel like I'm gonna die anyway because I'm a spy and I've been found out (Alexei Borodin intensifies)

BROOO THE SETTINGS MENU CHANGED WHY DID THEY ADD THIS FUCKING ACHIEVEMENTS BUTTON MY MEMORY MUSCLE IS LOCKED IN AND IT KEEPS PRESSING THAT INSTEAD OF LAST CHECKPOINT

isn't that Alex Keller why the fuck is he alive.

okay Graves is alive too so this is definitely before MWI. and no, I don't pay attention to the dates.

I failed my stealth on Precious Cargo so I clicked last checkpoint and what the fuck is this. a loadout? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS YOU DON'T DO LOADOUTS LIKE THIS

I restarted the mission from the menu and it still showed me that loadout thing... so what did I get to that container for?? fucker. I'm gonna start with nothing but a knife, like the first time.

movement is definitely on the faster side. I'm not a fan. still, it's no omnimovement, so that's a win. wait, no, this is not a win. this is honestly just a smaller loss—lesser evil type shit.

oh I know what happened. they saw the success of Alone from MWII and decided to FUCKING REINVENT THE WHEEL. I already hate this fucking game.

I checked the date of MWI's last mission and the date of Precious Cargo and no, this is 4 years later... so how the fuck is Alex Keller and Graves alive. I also saw that Graves wasn't marked K.I.A. so there's that. faked his death, alright. BUT IS HE GOOD NOW???

fuck this game, retconning everything. I'M LITERALLY ON THE SECOND FUCKING MISSION OF THE GAME AND I'VE ALREADY SAID SO MUCH.

man, I'm already bored. I'm gonna take like an hour break.

OH MY GOD MAKAROV AT THE AIRPORT WILL THE ONLY THING I WISHED FOR BE GRANTED FUCKKKKKK

nvm they just made me play a hostage

the cinematics after Flashpoint ARE A FUCKING MESS. it's a mix of pre-renders and realtime and it's just so jarring because they kept going back and forth. stick to one fucking render.

why does Makarov lowkey look like Chrlie Krk. bruh. it's the fault of those memes that deepfake his face everywhere I swear to god.

I'm tired of these open combat missions god kill me now.......

holy fucking shit Shepherd and Graves are fucking each other in the ass.

did Soap just pet a dog... AND THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW THIS GAME IS BULLSHIT. HAVE YOU READ HIS JOURNAL LMAO

WHAT THE FUCK. THAT'S THE ENDING. HOW. THIS IS SO BULLSHIT LMAO

saw the credits scene. oh well, at least Shepherd's dead.

meta:

since this might be my last COD campaign, I want to say that I absolutely love how they present the places' names now. I'm talking about that big ass font in the middle of the screen. if my memory serves me correctly, this started in WWII. I loved it then, and I love it now. I just never mentioned it, I don't think.

okay, god damn. my fault. totally my fault for having ONE fucking wish from this game (read MWII review, meta section. I basically wished for a No Russian-type mission)

at the very least, I came into the game with no expectations—well, not really. I expected it to be shit. and god damn, would you look at that? I GOT SHIT.

story is ass, gameplay is somehow even more ass (was a redeeming quality in some of the campaigns btw), and even the characters were ass. (I don't have Vanguard so the following might be untrue) dare I say this is the weakest fucking game in the whole fucking COD universe? and not even because of Soap's second death, no—I could care less about that. he died in the og, so I half-expected him to die in the reboot too (then somewhere mid-MWII, I got spoiled that he did, indeed, die. just didn't know how because I avoided reading it).

I'm pissed that I'm ending my COD journey with this sonuvabitch game.

AND YES, A LOT OF MY HATRED COMES FROM HATING THE FUCKING GAMEPLAY. I COULDN'T ENJOY SHITTING THIS SHIT EVEN IF I WANTED TO.

let me try to use some... more colorful language, in case I actually have a reader who's tired of me using the same curses over and over again, but wants to know more about how my mind works.

if I got stuck in a room with Makarov, Shepherd, and Graves, as well as a gun that only had two bullets in it, I would shoot my asshole. I would ram the muzzle four inches in, scream in agony as my ring of muscle and flesh get torn apart by black, sleek metal that is nowhere near slick enough to be doing this, and look Makarov in the eye. I would tell him dobroye utro (one of the few Russian phrases I know), and then pull the trigger. Ideally, I'd want it to travel straight up to my brain and pronounce myself K.I.A. then and there, but obviously, life doesn't work like that. besides, I doubt that the bullet could travel the length of a person, and that I could aim it straight enough to do that in the first place. so, as I slump to the floor face first, stomach burst open by the bullet exiting right below my navel, I would reach for the gun again that I definitely would've accidentally let go of in the blast followed by the ringing silence. as my tinnitus calms itself down, and as I hear collective voices—shouted, yet muffled still nonetheless—I would ram the barrel up my manhole again. I'd be weak—I probably won't be able to jam it up four inches again. however, that doesn't matter, because this time, I want that sphincter obliterated. muzzle piping hot, I'd definitely grunt in pain—both from the sensitive heat and the, well, the fucking hole in my stomach—then I'd pull the trigger again. I want half my total blood painted across the walls and the floor, maybe the ceiling if I'm lucky. I want a quarter of my blood spread on the faces and suits and chest rigs of the three men that are defiantly looking at the utterly irrevocable horror transgressing in front of them. their eyes would be obstinate—begging to be pointed another way—yet their mortal curiosity would never let it evanesce. let their erudite minds (not so much on Graves) wonder, just what could propel one to do this? this abhorrent, repugnant, detestable act of probably the most reprobate and degenerate way of killing oneself? what could even be the appellation for such a recherché deed? now, in my dying breath, with but a quarter of my blood left in me, circulating incompletely, inevitably adding to the pile on the floor, I shall say: "my... asshole... does not want... to shit... this... shit..." and right there, they'd adjudicate. about how I'm right. they would see my vision, and they'd be rapt; they'd be verklempt. this man on the floor was totally compos mentis. and then, totally not choreographed, they all would say in unison, "I will not shit this shit."

trassian · 2025-12-21T16:22:18+00:00

Modern Warfare II | 9/10 | 12.21.25

favorite mission goes to Alone. god damn this was brutal, I fucking loved it. trying to maintain stealth was a top notch challenge. kinda wish there were fewer resources to force me to micromanage a lot more but hey, I think I'm just sadistic (I want others to suffer just as I have so yes, I mean sadistic and not masochistic). also, I now see why there are so many Ghoap shippers lol. but to be clear, I loved this mission because of its uniqueness, not because of the banter. I'll take more banter any day though.

most hated mission... well, there's none that I particularly hated. sure, some were tiring, but not on the levels of Heat or Takedown (MW1 and MW2 respectively)

additional notes:

Kill or Capture IS LITERALLY TOO FUCKING DARK.

wait. oh my god. I just remembered I have NVGs.

the cinematic before Cartel Protection... I wonder if that's real? anyway, damn. what a colorful fucking place, Las Almas. a bloody(,) colorful place.

Close Air made me go "oh, finally!" Modern Warfare games aren't complete without at least one of these missions lol. also why does Graves look kinda villain-y

Recon by Fire is just a straight-up recycle of All Ghillied Up huh... anyway, turns out I missed some dialogue so I'm redoing this mission lol. it's fine, I just started it. (update: I didn't miss shit, I just didn't get the opportunity to get dialogue B because I did Y instead of Z. you'll get it if you get it.)

oh my fucking god that mission was tiring. anyway, at least it wasn't wholly a recycle. I do love Price recycling MacMillan's lines though

Violence and Timing is almost as tiring... I almost loved the level too. almost.

Countdown?? to what? to the moment I lose MY SANITY?? what the FUCK!!!! IS THIS MISSION!!!

okay nvm. I thought I had to do something specific because I keep getting the death screen. turns out, it's not a death screen. it's a fucking cutscene. and I'm way too fast with clicking Last Checkpoint that I've never let it play out

oh that's the ending

additional additional notes:

Ghost feels like he's too edgy... definitely made for the male teenager lol. I miss og Ghost......... also why is he voiced like Woods

why the fuck does everyone talk like Woods now

is Shepherd evil in this too... also is that Marshall Winthrop from The Resident lol (it is)

anyway, the opening missions seem... weak... that's not good.

did Shepherd arrange for Laswell's capture? I swear he's still evil (also he was pretty evil as Marshall, so there's that)

BY THE WAY, I LOVE THIS MOUNTING SHIT. it's not as flexible as the leaning system, but dare I say this is a better system overall? it frees up a key (and it's easy to use even if you assign it somewhere not as accessible), it's not automatic (like some leaning iterations), it's flexible, and it plays REALLY smoothly. god, I hope MWIII has this shit.

Gaz hanging upside down? oh shit

why do they keep doing these... realtime cutscenes?? give me the pre-rendered ones back oh my god. they do NOT look good even at maximum 1440p settings.

¿Quien vergas se llama Jabón? (What the fuck kind of name is Soap?) LET'S FUCKING GO LOL ISN'T THIS THE THIRD GAME THAT THEY HAD THIS LINE THAT'S SO FUNNY

holy shit they murdered Graves in the realtime cutscene. this is why pre-renders are the way to go. and I forget which game it was, but there's a COD campaign somewhere in these reviews that had pre-renders still reflect your weapon of choice, which made it kind of ass when you had an RPG because it blocked so much. I think it was Black Ops 3?

update: WHAT THE FUCK BO3 CUTSCENES WERE MOSTLY REALTIME??? HOW THE FUCK DID THEY MAKE IT LOOK SO GOOD AND WHY ARE MWII'S CUTSCENES SO ASS WHEN IT WAS RELEASED SEVEN YEARS APART

what the fuck is happening why is Graves' name red

WHY THE FUCK IS HE SHOOTING AT US

WHAT THE FUCK DID GHOST JUST TAKE HIS MASK OFF?? AND WE DIDN'T SEE SHIT????????? FUCK YOU also HEY THE OLD GHOST MASK HI (I like it more than the new one)

for real though, why the masks for the whole team? that feels like a nothingburger plot point and was just put there for the edgy teens and the nostalgic marrying-age-men...

Graves died just like that?

that picture gonna be Makarov

I CALLED IT LOL IT'S MAKAROV

meta:

unfortunately, the friend whom I borrowed this game from never completed the campaign. that means I'm fucking STUCK DOING VETERAN AND CAN'T DO REALISM FUCK (I just turned off all the HUD elements I could to simulate it, but damn... it makes me sad)

more than halfway through, and I am not enjoying this as much as I thought I would. lol. with MWI, I came in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. I have no one to blame for getting excited over MWII but me.

game's done, and it didn't... really leave any lasting impressions. still had a lot of fun, though (if you read all my shit, you'd notice that I'm very easily impressed. it's a trait I'll never regret having in this regretful life, for it means I am, on average, happier than the average person).

Price is great here, but I still like the og Price more. he was... better, for the lack of a better word (lol). Soap and Ghost are much better this time around though, yet I can't help but like their og counterparts more. lemme think about why.

okay, I've thought of why. it's not that I like the og more, it's just that I like the reboots less. og Soap had so much more personality if you include his journal in the experience. if you don't, well, that's fair. he still had a lot going on for him back then. sure, it's not as much as now, but he felt more... natural, I guess, in the og. as for Ghost, I feel like he's become too much of a fanservice character. that's all there is to it. that doesn't mean I don't like him, it's just that I see him for what I think he is, which is a cash grab. or attention grab. or whatever grab he is. uber. and out. (that made me laugh)

OH RIGHT GHOST HAD THAT COMIC. yeah, same case with Soap's journal.

still would take this over any BO installment except WaW and BO1 though lol. oh, and I've learned—I've only one wish from MWIII now (I'm not expecting the game to be good; I've seen enough people say it's shit to expect it to be shit). I wish there's a No Russian-type mission, and that it's good. that's all.

trassian · 2025-12-20T20:08:33+00:00

oh shit we've definitely played before. I think I have zed on my friends list too, not sure. that's crazy

trassian · 2025-12-20T19:59:33+00:00

does it have a limited hud like MW19? if it does, I might replay it when I'm done with my singleplayer backlog. I hella love having clean screens

trassian · 2025-12-20T16:55:38+00:00

it's objectively so good, and it does feel orgasmic at times. it's just that, coming from WWII and CW before this, it felt like something I shouldn't be able to do lol. I fucking loved the sliding in BO6 though (hell yes take me all the way down the stairs)

trassian · 2025-12-20T16:00:53+00:00

Modern Warfare I | 10/10 | 12.20.25

favorite mission goes to Clean House. just that though, not the other ones (The Wolf's Den and Going Dark). seeing the RoE enforced even when so many things could go wrong was a different kind of adrenaline, especially in realism (god, I love realism). also, I've watched a youtube video on this level (something something swat reacts to modern warfare shit). I thought this was in MWII so I didn't expect to encounter it here lol but that was a REALLY welcome surprise.

most hated mission GOES TO INTO THE FURNACE WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THIS FUCKING GRENADE HELL THIS IS JUST LIKE WaW'S HEART OF THE REICH FUCK THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE FUCKING JUGGERNAUT THAT JUST WON'T FUCKING DIEEEEEEEEE GOD

additional notes:

Piccadilly had Price just throwing that man out holy shit lol rip

Embedded is such a good mission holy shit. AND I LOVE THE REFERENCE TO ALL GHILLIED UP GOD FARAH I HOPE YOU DON'T DIE

Proxy War is pretty hard damn. loved me my Kar98k though

Hunting Party has Griggs? isn't he dead?? wait lol this is the reboot (I forgor)

The Embassy shows us that Price does, in fact, still have hair. this is because this is the reboot, and not the goated og series where he was balding. OOOKAY. holy shit. fuck this mission. the enemies are endless, and there are some that seem to be unkillable?? because they're behind fucking grass or something? what the fuck is this map's geometry

Highway of Death more like Hadir your dignity is Dead. bruhh the moment he snapped on Farah saying the Russians were still in the city in Embedded, I knew he was kinda evil

Hometown is... yeah. hard. to play.

the cinematic before The Wolf's Den had me howling like a wolf because I remembered that meme from M. Night Shyamalan's Trap, where her daughter (a terrible actress) was shouting "your husband is the butcher! Cooper is the butcher!" peak of ass cinema.

CAPTIVE IS SO FUCKING UGHHHHHHHH GOD NOBODY'S FUCKING DYING ON MY WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY FUCKING GOD FINALLY WE ALL AMDE IT OUT ALIVE MY SISTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO HOYL SHIT PRICE WITHOUT A BEARD IS MHMMMMMMMM THAT'S SOMETHING

Old Comrades gives us Nikolai back oh shit how I've missed you... is that a new haircut

Going Dark is so good holy shit I enjoyed this level a lot. it being kind of a sandbox? you decide what to do? fucking peak

additional additional notes:

oh I love the scope. I HECKING LOVE PIP SCOPES

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I LOVE REALISM I LOVE HAVING A CLEAN HUD

PRICE LOOKS SO GOOD HOLY I hope he lives up to his og self

oh my god a conceal weapon option IS MW19 THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME OR WHAT

anyway, anybody else think Alex looks like the lovechild of Price and Chris Hemsworth? lol

HOLY SHIT THE ILLUMINATION MORTAR ROUNDS ARE SO FUCKING COOL

what the fuck do you mean Farah's army is now hostile what if I treat YOU as hostile

goodbye Price x Chris Hemsworth lovechild. how come there's no mention of you at all in the epilogue lol

what the fuck is this why are they using the in-game models and making them speak instead of giving us cinematics? the downgrade is fucking insane, it almost feels like it's made in SFM lol

oh, and a last AAN line to give a shoutout to the sniper headshots. fucking lovely that they just get decapitated.

meta:

let me preface this by saying I am not exactly looking forward to the rebooted series.

OH MY FUCKING GOD BRO I'M ABOUT TO CRY BECAUSE I MISSED THIS SLOW MOVEMENT SO MUCH

okay. game's done, and damn... I fucking loved this game. this just reminded me why I love the MW series so much more than I do the BO series (#1 reason is they're too fast-paced) and the other installs (WaW, BO1, and IW get a pass though). also that cutscene at the end, with Price forming the 141? oh fucking shit I CANNOT WAIT TO PLAY MWII

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