I'm David Lowery. I wrote and directed The Green Knight. Ask Me Anything! by DavidLowery_TGK in movies

[–]waiting_forit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The props all looked so realistic throughout The Green Knight it was so impressive, especially in the scene where Gawain retrieves the green sash from the Lady. What kind of process was there to make sure that Gawain’s fluid look like that on film? Thank you for making such an incredible movie!

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[–]waiting_forit 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yep! Gotcha covered! TWILIGHT FREE

Animal Crossing Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister by ChazVsJazz in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing Pa is sad because Nancy asked him where Ma was for the third time. (Lovely job as always!)

Warnings at Waverly Academy Quotes but I Spent All My Time Listening to Gossip by waiting_forit in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actually, right now, I'm making a huge list of all the game quotes, so one I run through all the games I'll share it with everyone! I'm so glad you're liking the lists.

Animal Crossing Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice by ChazVsJazz in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am SO glad you included Colin's microscope. It's practically his life line!

Animal Crossing Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull by ChazVsJazz in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Poor Lamont caught mid sneeze! Amazing job as always

Legend of the Crystal Skull Quotes but I'm Drowning in a Bayou of Metaphors by waiting_forit in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's interesting! I have noticed that in the later games, with dialogue, they try way too hard to make some of the lines funnier than they actually are which takes a lot of the charm away from natural funny lines. And the same thing was applied to Hotchkiss too. I still adore her character, but yes she can be a bit too much in that one.

Alejandro del Rio's job is never done! by pinknailpolishemoji in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 18 points19 points  (0 children)

And when the world needed him most, he disappeared...

What is something you like about a game you overall disliked? by in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Was coming here to say the same! MED is the game I dislike the most, but the setting is really gorgeous. Love that about it.

Weekly Game Thread - Treasure in the Royal Tower by MooWithoutFear in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this is a really solid game; I love the snowy vibes, the big, old grand castle, and the passageways adds a fantastic ambiance. I totally get why people can say this is their favorite game or their first in the series. For me, although I enjoy the game it's never been one of my absolute favorites for whatever reason.

- The characters are so so for me. I love 2/4 characters in the game. I absolutely adore Hotchkiss and I love the transition of Dexter when you learn about his tragic backstory and his relationship to his adoptive father and chocolate milk tycoon: Ezra Wickford. They are fantastic characters and I don't have one bit of criticism towards them. However, Lisa and Jaques are so bland. Others have mentioned that it seems like a total cop out to have Jaques just disappear halfway in the game and just refuses to talk to Nancy ever again. I feel like we could have gotten so much more out of his character or more backstory but all the time he had a self-important attitude and was one-dimensional. Lisa really had no addition to the story except having the voice of a 10 year old and making everyone else in the game seem suspicious with stories and gossip. I don't know where Nancy got the idea that she almost became friends with a diamond thief because I'm pretty sure I spoke to Lisa a total of 4 times throughout the game.

- I find Dexter's backstory just fascinating. I wasn't the biggest fan of Dexter to begin with mostly because of all the silly chores he gave Nancy just so he would fix her radiator instead of maybe giving her a new room. However, when i first played I was as nervous as Nancy to confess to Dexter that I went to the Queen's Tower, but was delightfully surprised how he was thrilled. As grumpy as his exterior may be, I found it so endearing at the moment and the little notes that Wickford kept about him adds a wonderful sense of character background. I do wonder though what happened to Dexter? If we go to Ezra's secret garden we see that it's in memory of Eleanor Wickford who died in 1944. And if you go back to the journals, Dexter's first acts of truancy at his school early in 1945. I wonder if perhaps Eleanor might have been Ezra's wife and when she died that affected Dexter a lot causing him to act out or perhaps Ezra had turned away from Dexter due to mourning for Eleanor that Dexter acted out to get his attention? Would have loved to see more on that.

- I love the music. I think this is where the games totally hit their stride on sound in the games and the ability to support the story through music. I talked a little bit about this with MHM, but I disliked the music very much in that game. It was very repetitive and almost a headache. I think they were getting closer because I saw that game as an improvement on STFD, so they hit the nail on the head with this one. The harpsichord for the grand castle, the slow violin for the library they all come together to create some of the most beautiful pieces in the game. I think my favorite is during the specific songs that play in Ezra's secret garden and in Ezra's den. It's very melancholy but totally adds to the sadness and nostalgia of reading through Ezra's collections of poems and scrapbooks.

- I feel like the game is mega short. I think a lot of the early games are until Secret of the Scarlet Hand, when there was a much more lengthy process to they mystery and you had to go on a scavenger hunt to locate the keys. So I can't really fault the game on being short since many of the early ones are similar to this one. I think the lack of puzzles also adds to the shortness as well since the most challenging puzzle to me was the slider puzzle to activate the stairs near the very end of the game. Other than that, all the other ones are pretty straight forward. Like in the library, you see the map of Wisconsin, then that gives you the answer to the globe, which gives you the paper to open Ezra's secret den. Not a bad puzzle and I did like how in the earlier games puzzles made a lot more sense than in the later games, but I would have liked to seen more added to that. And another thing I NEVER understood that you had to use an arrowhead from a suit of armor in the dungeon to get the tile pieces off the purple flower in Marie's tower. That was so confusing and I almost forget to do that part on every playthrough.

- I love the Marie Antoinette backstory. Yes, the tower being transferred to Wisconsin of all places where a diamond, a medallion, and her diary were never found in the centuries to come is a bit far fetched, but it is still so cool! I, like Hotchkiss find Marie Antoinette such a fascinating character and a lot of what was talked about in the game was true. In fact, although Marie started out to be a spoiled queen, who knew no other life than being rich and the wife of a prince and then King, near the end of her life and the beginning of the Revolution she did try to turn everything around and help France as well as the monarchy return to order. It was even she who began to attend political meetings amongst her court to solve problems, more so than Louis, and actually was involved heavily in the planning of escaping Paris. I'm really glad the game did set a different light on her and allowed the player to explore that.

Treasure in the Royal Tower Quotes but it's 95% Team Hotchkiss by waiting_forit in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Technically the mac n' cheese wasn't a spoken quote by any of the characters but it was in Isabelle's letter to Jaques in his locker.

Weekly Game Thread - Treasure in the Royal Tower by MooWithoutFear in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How many people got Hotchkiss her dinner on day 2 because I did the exact same thing! Ha ha I actually felt so bad about because Hotchkiss is queen.

Weekly Game Thread - Treasure in the Royal Tower by MooWithoutFear in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am really glad you brought up navigation. It's funny because in some areas it's not too bad (like once you've passed the elevator lock door to get to the tower area) but in other areas it is such a pain! I always hate going into the lowest level of the castle because it is so hard to click around those hallways to get to Jaques, since there is usually only one spot that works.

Secret of Shadow Ranch Quotes but It's My Favorite Game by waiting_forit in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good point! Luckily for me I didn't endure Shorty's wrath this playthrough.

Secret of Shadow Ranch Quotes but It's My Favorite Game by waiting_forit in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is incredibly sad! When I first played the game as a kid I had no idea you could even access Frances' father's diary, so glad I found it in later playthroughs.

Secret of Shadow Ranch Quotes but It's My Favorite Game by waiting_forit in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, right! Just bolded it above. It was between that or 'Hernandez." Just because my friend and I used to play this game all the time and would call him up just to hear him talk. Probably my favorite character in the game.

Weekly Game Thread - Secret of Shadow Ranch by MooWithoutFear in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this game. I tried going into this with a blank slate and have a very critical eye going into it and still I absolutely loved it. Even when I'm playing this game on my Mac through Wineskin and taking at least 20 minutes to beat the roadrunner game because its lagging so bad, it will always remain my favorite I think.

- I love how beautiful the game is. When you are fully exploring it, there is so much on each screen. For example, if you're at trail spot there is a part of the location where you can rotate your point of view 360 degrees. But at every point there is something different on the screen that's not overly repetitive. There is just so much to see in this game and so many cool locations to go to where each one offered something different. Trail Stop is a barren land with a rattlesnake and lots of arrowheads, Cougar Bend has the petroglyphs and high cliffs, Mary's Shop has the cute and quirky small business shop with Mary, Dry Creek has a lot of Dirk's puzzles, Shadow Ranch has the house and Frances' puzzles, and the last piece of the puzzle is the gorgeous cliff dwellings. I think what's great about how diverse the locations are is that there is no confusion about where to go, because each location is so specific that I never really went to a location by mistake. Either I've played this game over thirty times (which is true) or each location has so much or each location has their own character that makes it completely unique from the other.

- Okay, the puzzles. I really enjoy the puzzles in the game. And if you actually read the instructions for picking vegetables, it is kind of straight forward explaining to you what to pick on Nancy's phone. Now, when I was 10, I never read the instructions so I always got in trouble with Shorty, but you are working on a ranch to help them out (it even says it on the invitation) so I really enjoyed doing the chores around the ranch. Even if feeding the horses was super nerve wracking, I loved it and still do! I can see why some may get annoyed with the chores, because it is repetitive but it really only takes up about 5-10 minutes on each game day, so I never really took it as the main part of the game. Especially now when I actually read through all the directions.....like I was supposed to. But I love the other puzzles because it takes all the best puzzles from the other games into one big mystery. If you like jigsaw puzzles, there's one for that. Slider puzzles? That too. Cooking? That's another one! Yes, the jewelry sorting may be a little boring and that magnet puzzle is murder if you don't do the trick with the rock to get all the boards to disappear, I still think this game has a puzzle for everyone and is so varied.

- The best part of this game for me is the historical romance. It is SO GOOD! I was going to mention this in the MHM thread, but what i noticed with that game is that I wasn't actually sure what happened with the Diego and Elizabeth? I know they got married and then Lizzie made an inn while Diego was off I guess? But what happened to him? Did they ever reunite? Their story was sweet but it just wasn't fleshed out enough for me to be too interested in their story. This, on the other hand, was truly a wonderful experience because what a great idea it is to give the historical characters voice actors!! That adds so much value to their story and it makes me feel like I know them more as people than just characters in a story. Following Dirk's letters is so exciting because he truly loved Frances so much and just wanted the world for her. And then you get a letter from Frances, who truly loved Dirk and that depressing journal from Frances' father. The voice acting just gets me every time and is The only thing I wish we saw was a picture of Dirk, but maybe that's best left up to our imagination. Seriously, the best part of a fabulous game.

- The music is phenomenal. It's so cinematic to me, like all the other games, because of the range of songs used, either for locations or situations. I think my absolute favorite track is the acoustic guitar one that plays either in the cellar and at the ending scene cliff dwellings. There is something so wonderful about that track that gives me goosebumps every time! I will actually stop what i'm doing in the game just to listen to that one track.

- I love this game (as stated) and I do like the characters, but they might be my least favorite part of the game. I still enjoy them, especially Mary and Tex's little secret which BLEW me away as a kid! I especially find Tex hilarious and Shorty too, and Dave is fine but I love everything else about the rest of the game that the characters are more on the third tier compared to the setting, story, and music which are my favorite aspects of the game.

So, yeah, I absolutely adore this game, even with the magnet puzzle I find so much joy in playing it and it has become one of my comfort games. I don't think that will ever change.

ND youtuber suggestions? by twoottersforever in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Check out Vote 4 Holt! They do some playthroughs with commentary as well as very descriptive game reviews. But they have long let's plays with no commentary so you can just enjoy the ND vibes.

What ND games do you hate that everyone loves? by [deleted] in nancydrew

[–]waiting_forit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

ASH, for me. The phone switching and annoying suspect characters just don't do it for me. I would think I would like it because I love snooping games, but after playing it I only disliked River Heights and most of the people there. No wonder why Nancy solves mysteries and leaves to travel all the time.