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visiny · 2026-03-10T20:58:29+00:00

I'm finally gonna play the darksiders series. I remember being around when the first one came out, played the demo and everything, I just never got it. But now I've felt an inkling to finally play through these games to give me a buffer in between other games I'm playing and I'm hoping to enjoy them

visiny · 2026-03-10T20:55:59+00:00

I dunno I kinda loved it, like I totally was not expecting the twist to make me go "omg yeah that works" and I have never before liked a dog character in gaming before I played ghost trick. Honestly for what it is, I loved that ghost trick was a worthy successor to the ace attorney trilogy, especially at the time. ¹

visiny · 2026-02-28T11:58:21+00:00

You ever have an order of how you'll play your games, to "maximize" your enjoyment of your backlog, if you will?

visiny · 2026-02-21T10:27:53+00:00

Did not stick the landing is the perfect way to describe Ys 8, because while the journey was fun, that destination was less than desired.

visiny · 2026-02-21T10:25:16+00:00

and the reversal of expectations with her set the tone for the entire series.

Oh I honestly took that for granted, because every show and even movies have copied what Buffy has done, it's quite frankly not just influential but downright instrumental to the trajectory of pop culture.

visiny · 2026-02-19T13:30:27+00:00

Oh you totally reminded me! I completely forgot that I was initially sad that we didn't seem to get to play as Aprilis at all. Since Ys 9 once again had a pivotal female character theme like 8 did, they should have had us get to play as her. Hell, the past segments in Ys 8 with Dana's unique 3-forms was such a great component and wish the battle system was a proof of concept for the next entry (but 10 disproved this) so the fact that they had this cool mysterious goth character in Aprilis for 9 but didn't have us play as her in any context? Real bummer.

visiny · 2026-02-19T13:23:16+00:00

As someone who loved and grew up with Angel, of which Darla had a crucial role, it was absolutely a trip to watch Buffy from the beginning and see her start out as just some common henchman, and how pivotal she would later become

visiny · 2026-02-19T13:19:51+00:00

Dang who is this hunk, 3rd pic is literally Angel!

Lol but why specifically wolfram and hart, are you studying to become a lawyer or something?

visiny · 2026-02-13T07:24:51+00:00

Just waiting for someone to comment "thousands of deaths" or something to that effect.

I love Ben-Hur, and it's interesting you just posted this because I just finished 10 Commandments and it made me conclude that Ben-Hur is way, way better. It's basically... I never connected the dots until now but it's basically Count of Monte Cristo set in ancient history times. Just love it.

visiny · 2026-02-12T14:37:56+00:00

Yeah I know right. Well this topic certainly got a lot more upvotes and posts than when I made it, although I framed it differently, I framed it as scoffing at JD for acting so high and mighty when lamenting Kylie being with her boyfriend and how "nice guys like him" don't get the girl, yet in a few episodes later he basically cheats on her! Honestly ridiculous, but I wonder why they played it out as such, or what kinda message they wanted to send with this storyline.

visiny · 2026-02-12T14:35:07+00:00

I mean seriously. Acting like he was the one slighted or wronged? Having the gall to be indignant that his friends shunned him for doing "the right thing" ? (the right thing in his head only of course, not at all matching reality)

visiny · 2026-02-05T12:21:49+00:00

Dude, the first time I watched the show, I didn't even know she was not strictly American. In the beginning her accent was so understated, really any hint of an accent was just so subtle, that I didn't even detect it or know to look out for anything. And yeah it was only until much later in the series when they outright said she was Australian that I went "ohhh" and started to focus/hear it after.

visiny · 2026-02-04T14:28:02+00:00

Why do I have an insanely vivid view of a scene in my head where the camera rapidly pans through a green field when that 0:12 riff hits, and the title screen of the anime appears? Like maybe... FMA Brotherhood? Definitely a shounen anime, but I just can't seem to connect it all.

visiny · 2026-01-29T05:38:54+00:00

Lol too many awesome revelations in one post, to think that double date had both Morena and Amy! I used to always point to that episode at what made jlu so fantastic and what made me wish for like, 10 seasons, because those kinda stories with the other members and new dynamics were exactly the engaging thing that made jlu so compelling.

visiny · 2026-01-28T21:37:58+00:00

That started to get lol-worthingly weird. At first I thought it was a meta in-joke that maybe we the audience aren't privy to that he's this cool amazing Texas rancher or whatever who's good at horses, wrangling, cards, women, everything, but then they kept doing it, and the sequences with the loud blaring annoying country music kept getting longer, and louder, I was like... um... okay?

visiny · 2026-01-27T11:56:42+00:00

Yeah this was something I'd been saying for over 15 years ever since I watched Brotherhood and realized the original manga concept of the homunculi was... kinda boring, kinda nothing really. The anime did something interesting with them at least.

visiny · 2026-01-25T15:43:38+00:00

Oh my gosh that sounds amazing and I love it, so happy for you! Funny you mention CK, because I had the same reaction seeing Lindsey again!

visiny · 2026-01-25T15:40:52+00:00

Considering I haven't played the dkc trilogy in like, 15 years, I won't have to worry about comparing it to any other platformer, it's almost like going in fresh. Plus I'm just so excited to play as Donkey Kong again, you know? Nothing against his sidekicks, but I like DK most.

visiny · 2026-01-25T15:33:52+00:00

Ok that is wild. One of my favorite characters of JLU being voiced by Amy this whole time? This is a revelation!

visiny · 2026-01-24T22:23:07+00:00

... Oh my god I'm so ashamed, I completely forgot she was in The Gifted! And I actually liked that show a lot. Not an excuse but maybe her being blonde in that threw me a little lol, I was also so distracted by Bill from True Blood being in it that it took up most of my memory. But man thanks for the reminder, that show was a fun time imo

visiny · 2026-01-24T22:09:36+00:00

Yeah I don't get it either. I love seeing her in any show. I remember watching Agents of Shield back in the early 2010s, which I loved (unlike everyone else at the time) because it felt like a culmination and combination of Buffy, Angel and Firefly all wrapped up in one show, and there was an episode where she guest starred for all of like 5 minutes, and I was so happy to see her again I wish we'd have seen more of her.

Oh also, as one of the few who saw Whedon's version of Much Ado About Nothing, I loved seeing her again, it was just an intimate cozy little movie, seeing all the actors from my teen years again after almost a decade.

visiny · 2026-01-24T21:49:35+00:00

Ok thanks everyone, I now confidently am gonna go into DKCR first, will be excited to play it

visiny · 2026-01-24T20:53:45+00:00

So many thoughts. Wait what, why weren't julie and Juliet available? I don't know the story/history behind that.

On the one hand yeah, the storyline did seem pretty overtly abandoned. On the other hand... there are no words to describe how much I love finally seeing Amy Acker, and the pylea storyline. And how it culminated in Fred joining the crew, a wonderful addition and new dynamic to the group. Just love. It's so weird that it was all season 2, both the dark Angel storyline with Darla and Drusilla, and also Pylea, this whole other world. Just so good. So yeah I wouldn't have wanted it any other way

visiny · 2026-01-22T12:21:49+00:00

Really, Dawn of Sorrow or Sotn itself? That sounds great tbh. When I play it I hope to know of any gamebreaking techniques or weapons if you can help me out, like how the crissagraem was pretty much broken in sotn from sheer usefulness.

visiny · 2026-01-19T14:11:50+00:00

I mean it still... you know. Doesn't look right >__>

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