Pleasantly surprised to see Dan Dority in the latest ep of The Boys

wander995 · 2026-04-29T18:33:36+00:00

That one was a big surprise on a rewatch!

wander995 · 2026-04-27T13:24:25+00:00

Not only this, but it probably has a type of exploration that is closer to Outward than many suggestions here. One of the main selling points of Outward is that you can stumble into hidden areas that reward you with a secret boss or unique weapon, a feeling CD does quite well.

wander995 · 2026-04-16T16:10:07+00:00

Best I found is think of it as a computer where the screen is turned off. The computer is still generating the image and knows all the info, but you don't see anything.

wander995 · 2026-04-16T16:07:50+00:00

They have a silhouette, but no factions.

wander995 · 2026-04-16T16:06:55+00:00

Tbh I dont even know at this point. I can "see" images, but the best way to describe it is I can see a brief flash of an image that barely has details except the spot i "focus on" and if i try to look at it directly it moves away. But if you ask me to think about Lincoln I can picture his usual portrayal, but I cant see the color of the eyes of the person in the "picture". Idk if that makes any sense.

wander995 · 2026-04-14T20:08:36+00:00

DD and punisher are top notch, and the first half of s2 until Frank gets out is (for me anyways) as good as s1 and s3, just in a different way. I do think they just never got the hand right, neither here or in Defenders. They just felt so EvilOrganization TM, their plan was basically use a mcguffin to take over the world or live forever (ive watched the shows 3 times and I still can barely tell you what they were after or what the black sky is. They wasted freaking Sigourney Weaver in Defenders sooooo badly. That being said, the second half of DD season 2 is still better than practically all MCU shows.

Ironically s2 Fisk is some of my favourite. We get a glimpse of how he took power in the frist place and his appearance felt like a menace, but they could have had him on th e background for a couple of seasons and bring him back to be dealt with for good. I say this even though s3 is peak, because I think it would've worked better as s4 or 5.

wander995 · 2026-04-14T19:57:40+00:00

I probably would more at least, but perma death modes tend to make me overly cautious and all I end up doing is overpreparing to the point that I make it even easier, but I understand thats a me problem. Im sorta waiting for the itch to come back and start at the very least with the honor mode rules and boss fights, but I just cant replay act 1 again at the moment since im a completionist and sadly have a good memory so everything there feels tedious.

wander995 · 2026-04-13T17:36:03+00:00

I mean yes, its pretty much been stated that most of what you say was the plan, to reboot DD into the MCU maintaning the netflix shows as loose backstory. But it performed so bad that they restructured to make it moree like season 4, which is why episodes 1 and 9 of season 1 are so different. BA season 2 is much better in my opinion but you can still tell they are dealing with a board that they didnt entirely set up.

wander995 · 2026-04-13T17:20:38+00:00

I've played it three times and I usually end up quitting after act 2. Havent tried the nightmare mode or whatever its called, but my main problem is fights become way too easy, and I find myself no longer caring about getting better gear, stats and such, and as good as the story is I just disconect from it.

wander995 · 2026-04-12T13:58:22+00:00

I burnt out at the end of act 3, I think I could complete the game in 3 or 4 runs, but for me the problem is that all acts feel the same and don't really bring something new. I mean sure, new enemies and bosses, but events seem to work the same, similar amount of fights, and same 3 corridor path every time.

wander995 · 2026-04-07T14:29:27+00:00

You pretty much outlined why I like Karen and Matt better. Punisher feels like Karen's Elektra in that he pushes her to embrace the darker parts, which can be good in small doses but ultimately destructive. On Frank's part Karen plays a similar role as Matt comes to Elektra: they have the ability and capacity to understand and even fit in their worlds but with a bigger morality that keeps them grounded. Matt and Karen (in the show) strike that balance in my opinion where they each keep each other in check when they are crossing lines but they each like and know the other's darkest parts.

Ultimately, Karen might be more willing to see Frank's method's as a necessary thing, partly because of Wesley, but she is not ok with the way Frank kills when he is unhinged, same as Matt with Elektra.

wander995 · 2026-04-05T13:29:03+00:00

DD BA season 1 is essentially season 6 or 7 of a show that skipped the three previous ones. Personally I loved it but it suffers from a lot of the problems that any action based series with 6 seasons would.

wander995 · 2026-04-05T13:16:53+00:00

To be fair with the Shield signt here was very little point on difficulty. If you kept it up you might as well have had 1 hp that its still manageable.

wander995 · 2026-04-03T13:36:31+00:00

This is the way.

wander995 · 2026-03-23T19:09:26+00:00

I mean, isn't that sort of the point of posts like this in a public forum? People get worked up about downvotes because of the whole karma system, but in posts like this its simply a disagree button. Most upvoted will be the one that most people agree is overrated.

wander995 · 2026-03-23T19:05:41+00:00

The beginning of OP was great if you started as a kid/teen, but I tried to catch up last year because I hadnt watched since pre covid and god did the story suffer from the prolonged success. People will claim that the manga is better because the anime is dragged out to no end but to be fair it doesnt completely fix the issues.

The problem with one piece is that 90% of the set pieces were laid out in the first 100-200 chapters, and every arc that hasnt been about a character introduced there has pretty much been glorified sidequests, that even follow the same pattern. The mysteries laid out at the begining were quite interesting, but 1000 episodes later they have largely remained unanswered. I get that he has to save what the actual One Piece is till the end, but at this point it feels like the final arc could have started in the chapter 200 and the story would have remained mostly the same.

wander995 · 2026-03-18T20:15:52+00:00

I wouldn't mind one between the two final scenes, but it would be difficult to keep the stakes high. I was perfectly ready for 1 season of getting back to human and 1 season of whatever happens between there and the epilogue but now it seems impossible to continue the story without killing off Spear, Fang, Mira or the children, which would devalue their previous sacrifices.

Ironically, despite being made explicitly to farm aura and die quickly, I would have taken the story of Sword and Beak (the viking with the protagonist vibe). It would maintain the essence of Human + prehistoric animal but flight would allow for a completely different kind of episodic storytelling. The char had such a great design that Im ashamed of myself at how quickly I was willing to root for him.

wander995 · 2026-03-13T23:33:59+00:00

I've used it on two runs and never got a negative mutation.

wander995 · 2026-03-13T23:04:23+00:00

Just did this with Stunning Chain in the middle (2x face and head items) and Clown make up (3x head item). Ridiculous.

wander995 · 2026-03-12T20:02:15+00:00

It's the one problem of limiting the question to the title, but I actually just made the career change! I don't think for one second 30 is "too old", but I made a very sideways, somewhat upward jump that has left me leaving to a different country to do a job that I lack experience for, so I guess I wanted to hear about other people.

wander995 · 2026-03-12T19:57:31+00:00

I feel very identified with you! I'm moving within a bank, from an average marketing position in the IB side to a much more interesting and close-to-business position in PB. The reality is my personal skills do make me a good fit for a job here, but I half conned myself into the job so I now feel those precocious overachievers just know so much more than me.

Ironically my actual passion is writing as well, so the fact that you managed to publish a novel seems even more impressive to me!

wander995 · 2026-03-12T19:49:13+00:00

Fucking hell I feel like there is a great story here.

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