Recent content by SqueezetheFlab

Wrong. Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft would like to have a word with you. Hell, even Stephen King wrote about some radically different stuff. Our ability to reimagine things from square 1 is what sets us apart from other animals. Regurgitating the same tired idea, just so people try to...

Yes, I miss this as well from other RPGs. That is why the game became very tedious very quickly to me. The gameplay, unlike in other games where you unlock more moves/combos/abilities, stays pretty much the same from the get go and all you really get better at is in being able to dodge more...

Same here. I can understand the appeal of the party atmosphere of a new game with everyone on it, but like I said in a post above, it ends up changing the feeling of the game, which in this case is a big thing. There were still just enough people playing Demon's Souls when I first went...

This x infinity (although on the message/object point, I think the option is given of which one you want to interact with). Multiplayer is at best a double edged sword, where the flaws are often greater than the benefits. I'd much rather be in control of what I play and be able to do as I...

You know, this would make for a very interesting philosophical discussion. On one hand I agree with the direct correlation of obstacles and rewards, but on the other it often feels like life is complicated enough by mundane bs. I want to be challenged by interesting and significant things, not...

This x 1000. You're right. That is quintessentially the same tactic for every fucking enemy in the game. I like combat where you have more than 1 way to skin the cat and get rewarded for trying things differently/innovating.

Persona! Sorry, somebody to do it. Plus they basically scream it the entire game. The first couple Persona.. Personae for PS1 were among my favorite RPGs. They were fucking hard, tedious, cryptic, but had a very complex, rich progression system where you had to converse with demons and convince...

I am usually against kick starters, but I would be tempted to throw money at this if it were ever planned. There have been games like that in the past, albeit linear. GodHand. Devil May Cry (sort of). The Onimusha games. The later installments of Mega Man (X and above). I would genuinely...

The game announces each location as you first enter, but I get what you're saying. There is also a balance though as to how much should and shouldn't be explained/presented/announced/etc. in a series built upon mystery and intrigue. Too much show and tell would make it just like everything...

Different people like different things, who knew?

I watched it all. It probably boils down to the following anecdote: Some 10 years ago I bought two containers of ice cream at my grandmothers behest (yes, she was still alive). One of the containers was an all-natural, high quality, not-so-sweet old school "artisan" ice cream that was...

I want something better than what I've had for the past 4 decades. Things really mutated from the 80's, until now. A lot of it due to technology, a lot of it due to expectations. The new VR things are awesome and I hope that they become a standard. All of the culture of the 80's in movies...

To me it isn't. I suspected at first that it was a cultural thing where the utility is derived from a social component and that it wasn't intended to be enjoyed by itself as a solo experience. So it was kind of a neat ultra-meta game that I could not enjoy, since the people I interact with don't...

Darksiders 1 and 2 had quite a few puzzles and 2 was very platform heavy, which supplemented the combat. Zelda had plenty of puzzles and other gameplay elements other than combat as well. What bothers me with DS is that it basically is its combat and, due to player health, along with...

In the combat thread, I generally explained why it's acclaimed so much, but this video I remember seeing a while back elaborates pretty nicely on what most people who enjoy the series think - I very much agree with the "Whole being greater than sum of its parts", because it's true. There...