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Wait a minute that does make perfect sense holy shit

Yeah, I was actually surprised by how much I was cool with the contents OF the story, but I wish it was structured better so there was at least little more room for everything outside of Leon & Rinaldo to be further developed.

I might be in the minority on this one, but this game is proving to me that Castlevania generally works better when it leans more into theatrics or the dramatic, rather than the more grounded, serious interpretations of late

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Davy @davybot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Once again, I know people make fun of the "I'll kill you AND the night" line at the end of Lament of Innocence, but the scene playing off that line 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 genuinely has one of the hardest lines in all of Castlevania

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trying to learn how to sprite when you have a monochrome sona

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's oomf on the far left

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Heh, that's the fun part! There's usually locked doors or blocked paths that require finding the keys somewhere else, so if you guessed on the wrong fork in the road? Time to take the long way back, buddy

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The map doesn't showcase it that well, but nearly all of the castle areas are the same 1-2 rooms connected by the same hallways, all being constantly copy-pasted into a series of forks in the roads There isn't any actual variety in what the rooms are: only the enemies and doors inside them

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The more I play this, the more convinced I am that whenever Koji Igarashi has to make a non-2D game, he becomes possessed by grey aliens who've existed in the 4th dimension for so long that they forgot what 3D spaces actually look like

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Part of why I started Lament of Innocence was because the recent Belmont's Curse demo really annoyed me So finally discovering that Lament isn't 3D SotN, but is actually a pseudo-dungeon crawler with DMC1 gameplay & level design that looks like THIS has me feeling like I'm a Goddamn prank victim

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Yeah, SotN's original PS1 dub is funny, but it's got nothing that matches the (accidental) pinpoint perfection of this line's comedic timing

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Started playing Lament of Innocence for the first time, and while I know there's one line at the end everybody pokes fun at, I've NEVER seen anyone mention how fucking funny the moment where a battle-hardened, holy knight of the crusades suddenly becomes a reasonable 21st century therapist is

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rdein @rdein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Honestly, given how the day 1 backlash of MKW's $80 price tag led people to assume all Switch 2 games were $80, I'm shocked I never saw one person balk at Fortune's Weave being the only other $80 game on Switch 2 And I know not everybody did the Walmart trick, so I dunno what happened there

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I've written a post introducing Record of Dorathia, the dungeon crawler RPG project we have been working on these past few years. I hope you enjoy it! Let us know your thoughts! Link: www.bombservice.com/post/record-... #rdein_dev #redora

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nahhhhh you're fine, this is both about the people throwing away their morals to chase the trend and the guys who're spending too much time calling 'em out for it Ain't even a good or original trend, but I feel like there's only so much one can say on it before repeatin' themselves, you know?

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not everything needs a reaction... listen and learn...

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Umi @darkmagiciangyaru.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's called dynasty warriors because you press buttons and dudes die nasty

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two men are looking at a laptop computer .

ALT: two men are looking at a laptop computer .

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But how are we supposed to enjoy PUDDING & PASTA NIGHT WITHOUT THE PUDDING????

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Please play Xanadu NEXT, it just went on sale for less than a deli sandwich and it's worth way more than that if you're an RPG-head bsky.app/profile/did:...

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I've seen so many Nier Automata-styled action RPGs come out in the past 10 years that're "action games with RPG elements" that I honestly forgot action RPGs used to mean "RPG-ass RPGs with action gameplay" We lost the plot at some point, man

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm real glad this post sold me on Xanadu Next, because it embodies all the subtleties that most action RPGs today have forgotten: tight character progression, gear that actually matters, fixed camera angles to emphasize scale, incredible pacing, & punchy sound design that ties it all together.

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They already made Sifu years ago bruh that's why I'm confused

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey man at least it makes sense for a Switch 2 game Imagine it happening several times for famous GBA, SNES, & NES games for the same video (stay strong brotherman)

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Cianuro @cianuro.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

TINA-6174: Fall Date Modo "Hot Bot Summer is coming to an end, get ready for Android Girl Autumn." #CiArt

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

As punishment for his crimes, Sisyphus was made to endlessly roll a boulder up a steep hill in Tartarus. Hades enchanted the boulder into rolling away from Sisyphus before he reached the top, consigning Sisyphus to an eternity of useless efforts and unending frustration.

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Did you know it's always summer somewhere in the world? #CrossArt bsky.app/profile/smal...

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That's the beautiful thing, though All the images of Samus really mean is that I really like Samus (and Metroid)

Thank you again for drawing her! 🙇

The big takeaway from this is that while Zero Mission is my favorite 2D Metroid, I'd gladly sacrifice it if that meant the Zero Suit never existed and we could get the superior Samus design back into the series

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DopeLenny ‼️Commissions Open 6/??‼️ @dopelenny.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Since I can't stop making Metroid videos for some reason, why not jump on the Metroid opinion template that's been going around? Nothing really that surprising here, but I did throw some explanations in the alt text to explain the weird outlier picks here

Donzosscanlog's "About me: Metroid Edition" template, with the following fields filled to reflect my personal opinion

Favorite 2D Game: Zero Mission (I've replayed this a ton, but it's close with Dread and Super for me; the former has incredible movement & game feel, while the latter is essentially perfect)

Favorite Power Suit: Dread's Gravity Suit (this used to be the Dark Suit in Prime 2, but I think the Dread suit has finally surpassed it for me)

Favorite Zero Suit: Fusion Samus (ironically, I hate the Zero Suit and much prefer Samus's design towards the end of Fusion, rather than the skin-tight bodysuit with a high ponytail that grew so popular afterwards)

Favorite Prime: Prime 2 (Sky Temple Keys suck, but I love the emphasis on boss fights and more alien locales)

Most Underrated: Metroid 2 (no, AM2R & SR could never replace the series' most seminal title)

Favorite OST: Prime 1 (c'mon, it's nothing but series-defining bangers)

Favorite story: Fusion (Super & Dread are close yet again, but I feel Fusion's is the most fleshed-out)

Most overrated: Prime 3 (still a good game, but its gameplay is worse than Prime 1 & 2 in literally every way - unlike Fusion, it doesn't really compensate much for the more railroaded structure. )

Favorite upgrade: Speed Booster (I almost put flash shift, but shinespark chaining is a genius mechanic basically no other series has replicated)

Favorite Fan Game: Super Metroid X-Fusion (it's a very non-standard Metroid experience, but that's exactly why I love it: X-Fusion is very much not a "safe" game)

Favorite boss: Raven Beak (Quadraxis and Metroid Prime are close runner-ups, but Raven Beak kinda has it all)

Favorite music track: Ice Belt - Power Generator (This is a tentative pick, but it's easily my favorite track from Prime 4 and among the series' best; Phendrana Drifts, Torvus Bog, and Rundas's Boss Theme are close contenders. I can only hear Brinstar Red & Ridley's theme remixed so many times before rolling my eyes)

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Cross WINS! Perfect!! Commission for @bluestigma.bsky.social! Thanks again for the support!

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DopeLenny ‼️Commissions Open 6/??‼️ @dopelenny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Opening commissions. Only doing 2 slots. Submit your request here: forms.gle/3dvjgXdSZz2g... Please share this around. Thank you.

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The GOAT commissioned by the GOAT, playing the GOAT...

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🎊Happy birthday, Chief! 🎊