Once again, meta is ruining a game. I posted a very similar post on the last Samurai Showdown post about the meta and balance, but it keeps happening all the time.

STOP FOLLOWING THE META. The meta works only for the 0.001% of all players. You are NOT in this group. You are free to play whatever the fuck you want and…

At first I thought it was a toilet seat with cup holders, which would really be something as far as efficiency is concerned.

Assholes tend to find more success than they deserve. 

Look, she definitely tossed that cat a bit rougher than I would have but if you’ve ever owned a cat, you know it was just fine.

Of the ten heroes released after the game launched, Sigma is the first white man.

Yeah, to go with the 6 others out of 30.

I’m pretty okay with this, particularly given how players can be shortsighted about their picks in competitive. One person picks tank, one person picks healer, the rest pick snipers and probably Genji. Seen it far too often and it really kind of ruins the fun when you’re losing every match because all but one or two…

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That’s heart breaking. Honestly Nintendo has done the Earthbound series so dirty over the years.

Might be because Spiderman is also a teenager. Most Japanese heroes are young enough that one would be forgiven for thinking that life in Japan ends after high school.

I’ve seen some places try to rename the genre only to create a word that barely evokes the genre’s expectations while muddying the whole point of renaming it. We know what is it, no point in making things more confusing by calling them “Pathfinders”(as if that wasn’t going to confuse tabletop and CRPG games further).

Well, that’s language. I would specifically use it to refer to 2/2.5D games as well. In my mind, they have a very specific feel.

I would say Dark Souls games are Castlevania-esque, but I wouldn’t refer to them as metroidvania games.

Eh, you are “unlocking” more the map be gaining gadgets/powers so the term makes sense. It doesn’t have to be a 2D scroller in my opinion to be a Metroidvania.

Imma let you finish but, nope. Metroidvania is a genre and if you have to explain the word then so be it. At some point you have to explain words to people who are unfamiliar with them, like RPG or any of its derivatives.

The vernacular is established, and will remain until people no longer find it useful.  You’re fighting this fight about 15 years too late.

Hold it, there’s an Android version?!?!

Funny how the last DS you reviewed was Hotel Dusk, which I had just finished, and now Ghost Trick, which I’m just about to start. It’s literally plugged into my 3DS right now, waiting for me to finish some work.

I’ve said it before, but Ghost Trick is firmly in my camp for Game of the Decade. It did everything it set out to do, it looked great doing it, and it played well. We’ll never get any more than that one time experience, but that’s okay, because any attempts at a sequel, prequel, remake, or spinoff would cheapen the…

Man, the final revelation of Sissel’s identity was such a gut punch. Thanks for bringing attention to this underappreciated classic!

I actually find the ”real time” combat of 7 Remake akin to battle shounen anime: there are light jabs and kicks between the flashier (ATB) attacks that hit hard enough to defeat rabble, with limit breaks being the big set piece skills that end entire showdowns.