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Rocky
Rocky IV
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky Balboa
Creed
Rocky V
Creed II

Creed III doesn't exist.

 

[Paltheos]

BTW I still need to play Valkyrie Profile, I noticed your PFP. That's another game for next year. Also thanks for the tips. I love Xenogears but it does have faults. I felt the platforming could get frustratingly annoying. It would be interesting if they do a full HD-2D Remake of the game since would they involve the main person who wrote the story for that game? (Forgot his name)

A few tips:

1) The game's A ending (the true route & ending) is notoriously difficult to get blind. You need to view several, optional in-game events, which isn't hard, but you also need to manage your Seal Value, a number that does appear on the Valkyrie's status screen but is completely unexplained. You need to do or not do certain things in certain time ranges to get your Seal Value within the correct range to trigger the A route. The good news is that this stuff is easy to track since it's all either broad strokes chapter-by-chapter or it's 'do all this stuff at once'. Reference an ending guide before you start. This one from gamefaqs works although it's clearly based off a fan translation so some of the names are off.
2) Play on Hard difficulty. Only on Hard can you acquire the keys necessary for unlocking everything in the game's optional superdungeon. The game's dungeons actually vary a little depending on the difficulty level chosen (some are available only on higher or lower difficulties), but you get the fullest experience playing on Hard. Battle difficulty doesn't vary much; it's in the dungeon puzzles iirc (and starting levels, which don't really matter).
3) Not really a spoiler but just a 'playing optimally' thing: Always stiff Odin wrt treasures/artifacts retrieved at the end of dungeons. So long as you're sending him the einherjar he wants for Ragnarok, you don't need to send him any treasure to maintain a good approval rating.
4) When booting up the game for the first time, watch the opening movie first. Should be a ~10 minute cutscene that otherwise wouldn't play if you just jump to New Game. Might be accessible differently on different versions of the game(?). I know in the PS4 release it's accessible from the start menu as 'Prologue'.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Horror Game Ranking

Eternal Darkness: A
Little Nightmares 1/2: A
The Last of Us Remastered: A
Resident Evil Remake HD Remaster: A
Luigi Mansion 3: A
Resident Evil Village: A
Scorn: A
Resident Evil 3 Remake: A
Resident Evil 4 Remake: A
Resident Evil 2 Remake: A
Alice Madness Returns: A
The Walking Dead Tall Tales Series: A
Resident Evil 0: B+
Resident Evil Revelations 1/2: B+
Alan Wake Remastered: B+
Spirit Hunter Death Mark/NG: B+
Resident Evil 6: B
Among The Sleep: B
Layers of Fear: B
Vampyr: C

 

[NewYork]

Favorite films from each decade:

• Dr. Strangelove (60s)
• Jaws (70s)
• They Live (80s)
• Jurassic Park (90s)
• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (00s)
• Whiplash (10s)
• Dune: Part Two (20s)

• Casablanca (40s) - though I haven't watched any other movies from this decade
• Twelve Angry Men (50s)
• For a Few Dollars More (60s)
• Life of Brian (70s)
• Blade Runner (80s)
• Usual Suspects (90s)
• Snatch (00s)
• Grand Budapest Hotel (10s)
• Poor Things (20s)

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

2024 In Review

Spoiler: MOVIES SHOWS ANIME

Dandadan Season 1: A+
The Penguin: A+
Godzilla Minus One: A+
Heretic: A+
Late Night With The Devil: A+
Azrael: A+
Longlegs: A+
Dune Part Two: A+
Shame: A+
3 Body Problem Season 1: A+
Band of Brothers: A+
All Quiet On The Western Front: A+
Predestination: A+

Deadpool And Wolverine: A
Severance Season 1: A
The First Omen: A
Civil War: A
The Sopranos: A
White Bird: A
Josee, The Tiger and the Fish:
In Bruges: A
Seven Psychopaths: A
Deadwood Season 1: A
Y Tu Mama Tambien: A
Delicious In Dungeon Season 1: A
Zom100 Bucket List of the Dead: A
Dexter Season 4: A
From Season 1/2/3: A

Nosferatu: A-
The Dark And The Wicked: A-
The Exorcist III: A-
Cuckoo: A-
Swimming Pool: A-
Ghostbusters Frozen Empire: A-

One Piece Live Action Adaptation: B+
Fallout Season 1: B+
Furiosa: B+
The Boy And The Heron: B+
Godzilla X Kong The New Empire: B+
Ocean Thirteen: B+
Sleeping With Other People: B+
Abigail: B+
Relic: B+
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian Season 1: B+
Smile 2: B+
Escape Plan: B+
Bad Monkey Season 1: B+
Subservience: B+
Arcadian: B+
Immaculate: B+
Dexter Season 5: B+
Dexter New Blood: B+
Dexter Season 6: B+
Triangle: B+
Miller's Girl: B+
Tremors II Aftershock: B+
Dexter Season 1: B+
Copycat: B+
Surrogates: B+
Zathura: B+

Agatha All Along: B
Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes: B
Point Break: B
A Bigger Splash: B
Red Rocket: B
Beau Is Afraid: B
Imaginary: B
Dexter Season 2: B
Apartment 7a: B
Dexter Season 3: B
Anora: B
Kinds of Kindness: B
Carnivàle: B
The Iron Claw: B
The Duff: B
Trap: B
Terminator Zero: B
Monarch Legacy of Monsters Season 1: B

Oddity: C
Inside Out 2: C
Twisters: C
Maxxxine: C
Baccano!: C
The Big Lebowski: C
Shin Godzilla: C
Bohemian Rhapsody: C
American Sniper: C
Amistad: C
Monkey Man: C
Sex And Lucia: C
Echo: C
Daddio: C
Dexter Season 7: C
If: C
The Blob (1988): C
The Boys Season 4: C
Beetlejuice: C
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: C
Hostile Dimension: C
Woman of the Hour: C

The Marvels: D
Cedar Rapids: D
300: D
Porky: D
Uzumaki: D
Stopmotion: D
The Omen II: D
Fallen: D
Dexter Season 8: D
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: D
Challenger: D
Incoming: D
Strange Darling: D

The Watchers: F
House of The Dragon Season 2: F

The Acolyte Season 1: F- (I dropped this after the 3rd Episode)

Spoiler: MANGA/COMIC/BOOK

MANGA

Blood On The Tracks: A+
One Piece Manga (All Up To Date): A
The Land Of The Lustrous: A
My Hero Academia: B+
Pluto: B

COMIC

Avengers No Road Home: A
The Night Eaters Book 1: A
The Night Eaters Book 2: A

BOOK

Wind And Truth: A+ (Brandon Sanderson, 1330 Pages, The Stormlight Archive Volume Five)

Death's End: A+ (The Three-Body Trilogy Book 3, 604 Pages, Cixin Liu)

The Dark Forest: A+ (The Three-Body Trilogy Book 2, 512 Pages, Cixin Liu)

The Three-Body Problem: A+ (The Three-Body Trilogy Book 1, 472 Pages, Cixin Liu)

Children Of Dune: A+ (Dune Series Book 3, Frank Herbert, 609 Pages)

Dune Messiah: A+ (Dune Series Book 2, Frank Herbert, 336 Pages)

Rendezvous With Rama: A (Arthur C Clarke, 259 Pages, Rama Series Book 1)

The Orc King: A (R A Salvatore, 396 Pages, The Legend of Drizzt Series Book 20)

Leviathan Wakes: A (James S A Corey, 562 Pages, The Expanse Book 1)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier And Clay: A (Micheal Chabon, 514 Pages)

The Blade Itself: A (First Law Series Book 1, Joe Abercrombie, 528 Pages)

The Wind Through The Keyhole: A (The Dark Tower Book 4.5, Stephen King, 309 Pages)

Skeleton Crew: A (Stephen King, 612 Pages)

Revival: A (Stephen King, 468 Pages)

Black House: A (Stephen King and Peter Straub, 833 Pages)

The Talisman: A (Stephen King and Peter Straub, 923 Pages)

Gardens of the Moon: A- (Steven Erikson, 495 Pages, Malazan Book of The Fallen #1)

Mushoku Tensei Jobless Recarnation Volume 1/2: A-

Wool: A- (Silo Trilogy Book 1, Hugh Howey, 594 Pages)

Special Topics In Calamity Physics: A- (Marisha Pessl, 514 Pages)

The Dirty Streets of Heaven: B+ (Bobby Dollar Trilogy Book 1, Tad Williams, 406 Pages)

Of Mice And Men: B (John Steinbeck, 107 Pages)

The Watchers: F (A M Shine, 310 Pages)

Spoiler: VIDEOGAMES

VIDEOGAMES

1. Baldur's Gate III: C (Steam)
2. AI The Somnium Files: C (Switch)
3. Code Vein: A (Steam)
4. Metal Gear Rising Revengance: A (Steam)
5. Unicorn Overlord: A (Switch)
6. Eiyuden Chronicles: A (Steamdeck OLED)
7. Visions of Mana: B+ (Steamdeck OLED)
8. Death Mark II: A- (Switch)
9. Metaphor ReFantazio: B (Steamdeck OLED)

 

[EerieArcade]

Predator
Predator 2
Predators
Prey
AvP
Avp2

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I should 3D print my favorite Souls weapons for no reason List:

1. Storm Ruler (Demon's Souls)
2. Stake Driver (Bloodborne)
3. Dragon Bone Greatsword (Demon's Souls)
4. Long Horn (Elden Ring)
5. Kirkhammer (Bloodblorne)
6. Exile Greatsword (Dark Souls 3)

 

[NewYork]

Worst phenomenons of modern world:

1. Troll farms stupidizing, indoctrinating and manipulating simple people online
2. Corporations trying to change everything into subscription-model
3. Advertising billboards towed by boats along beaches
4. Cars with touchscreens instead of tactile buttons and knobs
5. Bland-ization of internet - suddenly every word and every topic is a taboo, can't use the word (s*x, m*rder)
6. Telemarketers
7. Restaurants serving food on other objects than plates, especially if it ruins the food (shoutout to soggy fries in jars and buckets)
8. Crypto bros
9. Multi-level marketing
10. Nestle

 

[EerieArcade]

My Fave Team Ninja Games

Nioh 2
Ninja Gaiden Black
Nioh
Wo Long Fallen Dynasty
Ninja Gaiden 2
Rise of the Ronin
Stranger of Paradise

I haven't played Ninja Gaiden 3 yet. Planning to finish the first two games and then move onto that. Didn't realise the reviews were so...unflattering.

 

[Paltheos]

Waifu tier list after finishing Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-. Will update when -The other side of red garden- comes out in 2030 or whenever nasu takes a break from making Fate/GO money.

1) Kohaku - There is something up with this maid. Very, very suspicious behavior at times, especially in some of the bad ends. She's so outgoing and caring and talented though! And knows the perfect time and way to be mischievous in an endearing way. I can see her dropping as I learn more, but for much of the novel's run I celebrated her screentime.
2) Arcueid - Arc's arc isn't great but she's a great waifu. Absolutely adorable (thanks, Ikumi Kasegawa!), free-spirited, and simultaneously intelligent and bird-brained thanks to her uninhibited existence. Still loses points for being a vampire though and thus being unattainable. The planet-busting power/cosmic horror not so much a problem (just don't treat her badly!). Lots of great pouts and expressions in general.
3) Ciel - Kind, considerate, and serious with a playful side. I'd like to say the reliable senpai appeal is real considering how hard the game pushes it but I never got that vibe. Ciel is tough though, and cute, but she does loses points for what is still the worst type-moon (main) character design and her fundamentally irrational hatred for Arcueid. Good performance from Kaede Hondo.
4) Hisui - Might secretly be top tier. Her devotion shines through when her kuudere mask drops. Also might be the only normal member of the original five waifus.
5) Akiha - I'm not an M. She doesn't seem high maintenance for a tsundere, but she is too stuffy for my liking.
6) Satsuki - Nothing character. Why do fans like Satsuki? Maybe it's a Far side thing.
7) Noel - Irreparably broken. Knowingly cowardly, sadistic, and starved for love. Great character; awful waifu. I didn't recognize Ai Kayano btw until I looked the cast listing up; I am as usual a fan.
8) Arach - Definitely evil. More importantly, obnoxious.
0) Aoko - Counting her protag time in Witch would be cheating and she'd easily be best girl.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Waifu tier list after finishing Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-. Will update when -The other side of red garden- comes out in 2030 or whenever nasu takes a break from making Fate/GO money.

1) Kohaku - There is something up with this maid. Very, very suspicious behavior at times, especially in some of the bad ends. She's so outgoing and caring and talented though! And knows the perfect time and way to be mischievous in an endearing way. I can see her dropping as I learn more, but for much of the novel's run I celebrated her screentime.
2) Arcueid - Arc's arc isn't great but she's a great waifu. Absolutely adorable (thanks, Ikumi Kasegawa!), free-spirited, and simultaneously intelligent and bird-brained thanks to her uninhibited existence. Still loses points for being a vampire though and thus being unattainable. The planet-busting power/cosmic horror not so much a problem (just don't treat her badly!). Lots of great pouts and expressions in general.
3) Ciel - Kind, considerate, and serious with a playful side. I'd like to say the reliable senpai appeal is real considering how hard the game pushes it but I never got that vibe. Ciel is tough though, and cute, but she does loses points for what is still the worst type-moon (main) character design and her fundamentally irrational hatred for Arcueid. Good performance from Kaede Hondo.
4) Hisui - Might secretly be top tier. Her devotion shines through when her kuudere mask drops. Also might be the only normal member of the original five waifus.
5) Akiha - I'm not an M. She doesn't seem high maintenance for a tsundere, but she is too stuffy for my liking.
6) Satsuki - Nothing character. Why do fans like Satsuki? Maybe it's a Far side thing.
7) Noel - Irreparably broken. Knowingly cowardly, sadistic, and starved for love. Great character; awful waifu. I didn't recognize Ai Kayano btw until I looked the cast listing up; I am as usual a fan.
8) Arach - Definitely evil. More importantly, obnoxious.
0) Aoko - Counting her protag time in Witch would be cheating and she'd easily be best girl.

I didn't read that due to spoiler reasons. I want to play Witch of the Holy Night and TSUKIHIME this year. Are they connected to each other? And if they are, which one do you recommend playing first?

 

[Paltheos]

I didn't read that due to spoiler reasons. I want to play Witch of the Holy Night and TSUKIHIME this year. Are they connected to each other? And if they are, which one do you recommend playing first?

Tsukihime is an in-universe sequel to Witch on the Holy Night, although the connections are light. The same universal laws apply but the only character overlap is a character from the prologue of Tsukihime being protag of Witch on the Holy Night.

My rec is starting with Witch, foremost because it's better. Better characters, better production value (although both are very attractive - the best-looking VNs I've ever seen). It's a shorter, static visual novel, and it's better for it. Often while reading Tsukihime I reflected on the writing limitations of plausibly penning a story with so many different choices, not just for the believability of the POV character following through on those options but on the traditional VN box of forcing total time continuity in the story to minimize the butterfly effect of different options, which itself stretches the plausibility of character relationships developing so quickly (or that are not developed satisfactorily enough in an attempt to avoid this problem). Witch has small time skips, which lets the relationships settle and breathe.

My format issues aside, the cast in Witch is just better, although like the general quality of the novels themselves, I seem to have a minority opinion on this matter? I think the three leads are fantastic on their own and have the best chemistry of anything I've ever read from nasu. Nasu had a single story to tell and he follows through on it and although there was official discussion of a direct sequel and not every plot point is resolved, I think the main story has a great conclusion that didn't leave me particularly dissatisfied that that sequel probably won't be happening. I'd be more afraid of a sequel being a little threadbare really, considering how complete Witch is.

Tsukihime, in particular the remake I read, is very fleshed out but critically is a) Not complete as it adapts (and currently expands) only the first two routes from the original VN and b) Still retains many of the vestiges of its eroge origins. It's impossible to discuss my finer points of criticism without entering spoiler territory. I'll just say that some of the changes nasu made may have been the best he could manage and at least one that stands out in my mind was embarrassingly lazy and hamfisted, as I discovered as I felt compelled to look up the same scene in the original Tsukihime because the scene as rewritten made no sense to me. I still had fun and am looking forward to the second half - I was actually frustrated when finishing the second route that there wasn't more right now but I'm def. not going back to read the original Tsukihime - and simultaneously a little frustrated by certain elements of the story and over whether or not they'll be resolved to my satisfaction.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Spoiler: Favorite Dog Breeds

Beagle
Bulldogs
Corgi
German Shephard
Husky
Saint Bernards

Spoiler: Names I Would Give My Pets

Black Phillip
Doug
Freddy
Jar Jar Binks
Socrates
Subwoofer
Richard Parker

Spoiler: Favorite Animal

Dog
Giraffe
Octopus
Tiger
Turtle
Snail

Starfish
Skunk
Donkey
Fat Cat
Fox
Red Panda
Sloth
Eagle
Kiwi
Koalas
Kangaroos
Platypus
Wombats
Armadillo
Hedgehog
Honey Badger
Hippo

 

[Paltheos]

Found a kiseki character ranking generator that maps favorites in head-to-heads. I selected a range of Trails in the Sky FC through Trails through Daybreak 1. It ranked 157 characters via 922 head-to-heads. There are some picks I'd move around but I'm largely satisfied with the result.

Kiseki-Sorter

kiseki-sorter.netlify.app

Spoiler: Kiseki characters - spoiler tagged because the list is too long

1 Estelle
2 Randy
3 Van
4 Weissman
5 Kevin
6 Alan
7 Musse
8 Tio
9 Leonhardt
10 Sara
11 Joshua
12 Noel
13 Yumé
14 Laura
15 Emma
16 Tita
17 Aurelia
18 Rean
19 Elaine
20 Jusis
21 Lloyd
22 Agnès
23 Rixia
24 Arianrhod
25 Klaudia
26 Rufus
27 Wazy
28 Paulette
29 Juna
30 Ries
31 Duvalie
32 Zin
33 Arios
34 Cassius
35 Claire
36 Judith
37 Dieter
38 Cecile
39 Kilika
40 Towa
41 Shizuna
42 Campanella
43 Mueller
44 Cao
45 Sharon
46 Vita
47 Anelace
48 Crow
49 Lapis
50 Mireille
51 Ash
52 Agate
53 Bergard
54 Erika
55 Fie
56 Alfin
57 René
58 Nina
59 Elie
60 Sergei
61 Sigmund
62 Renne
63 Toval
64 Sonya
65 Feri
66 Nial
67 Ilya
68 Lechter
69 Victor
70 Ein
71 Dingo
72 Fran
73 Roy
74 Shizuku
75 Joachim
76 Altina
77 Giliath
78 Garcia
79 Odette
80 Rufina
81 Zeit
82 Rocksmith
83 Michael
84 Ashen
85 Dan
86 Roselia
87 Dr. Russell
88 Abbas
89 Dorothy
90 Quatre
91 G. Schimidt
92 McBurn
93 Josette
94 Sully
95 Doln
96 Scherazard
97 Aaron
98 Julia
99 Millium
100 Alex
101 Luciola
102 Kurogane
103 Kurt
104 Alisa
105 Gerard
106 Carl
107 Esmeray
108 Mariabell
109 Aurier
110 Duke Cayenne
111 Elise
112 Mare
113 Bleublanc
114 Emperor
115 Guy
116 Neithardt
117 Nadia
118 Lucrezia
119 Mateus
120 Machias
121 Olivert
122 Vandyck
123 KeA
124 Walter
125 Marconi
126 Ellroy
127 Risette
128 Celine
129 Scarlet
130 Alberich
131 Melchior
132 Elliot
133 Thomas
134 F. Novartis
135 Cedric
136 Rutger
137 Viola
138 Keer
139 Gideon
140 Arioch
141 Alexandre
142 Ennea
143 Wald
144 Albert
145 Swin
146 Olympia
147 Xeno
148 Leonidas
149 Angelica
150 Irina
151 George
152 Vulcan
153 Gilliam
154 Gaius
155 Ines
156 Shirley
157 Kasim