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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One thing I wish more people talked about in the context of Marvel's Wolverine reviews is that Sony has exclusivity deal on solo X-Men games until 2036, and I really don't want 10 more years of that..

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

That "Every Pokémon is someone's favourite" website makes me feel something weird because why do all the other Impidimp fans talk exactly like me?

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

CrossCode is working like MMO propaganda on me right now. Ever since I started this game, I've wanted nothing more than to play a good MMORPG with friends like in the good old days, except I know that none of them will hit the same..

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Currently in the stage of mania where you *really* enjoy Pitbull songs

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

depression leaving my body due to prospects of Buck Bumble news

3D illustration showing a glowing, blue spirit out of a physical human body

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

People don't usually mean it in this way, but Dragon Quest VII Reimagined might actually be the first ever remake that truly looks "soulless". Like if I have to point my finger on someone who has no soul, the MC here is exactly the reference I have in my head.

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 09/12/2025

Can they take it off

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Wandering Sword is one of my favourite games of the last few years, it has some problems with things like UI and Controls, but other than that a very nice experience.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Calling my playstyle "A little while" aka "I can only play during smoke breaks at work"

Play activity list for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 with most days on the list having less than 15 minutes played.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Played a few hours of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and honestly tech stuff aside it's a pretty decent game, especially if you don't expect it to be anything like the first one. It won't scratch the same itch as VTMB, but I think I'll enjoy it overall

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Damn, I enjoyed the concept of El Ciclo back in the day, plus its design was heavily inspired by one of my favourite architects so this feels like a personal blow...

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I'm already very pessimistic about the global adoption of Unreal Engine, as I think it's being used as a way to devalue the long-term employees of companies that previously worked with proprietary engines by making them easily replaceable, but the performance analysis videos certainly aren't helping

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The only thing I like about wplace so far is that it exposed me to a huge number of Splatoon nerds that apparently live in my area. Obviously there's also a chance that they just picked a random Ukrainian city in the middle of nowhere to draw their OCs in, and that's somehow even weirder...

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Finally got to play Devil Survivor, and I swear internet slang ruined so many older things for me...

Dialogue from the game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (1 out of 2)

Atsuro: That's the girl from last night! She seemed weird then, but she's kinda cute, huh?

Protagonist: Not THAT cute.

Dialogue from the game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (2 out of 2)

Yuzu: C'mon, you guys... what's all the whispering about? You two are such goons...

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Randomly picked up Caligula Effect 2 a few weeks ago and I'm so confused by how practically no one talks about this JRPG. Extremely unique combat, really progressive themes with a great cast of characters and amazing music. You would expect people to talk about it as much as they do with E33...

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Still massively prefer Bluesky over Twitter, but god every time I open any big post on here the comments are always full of people with the worst case of "bean souping" and this just makes me not want to use it :/ That one screenshot of a post encouraging people to read books still haunts me...

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Had to stop taking antidepressants without gradually decreasing the dose due to financial problems and now I feel like a baby that doesn't know how to walk, probably the worst case of vertigo and imbalance I ever experienced. I expected it to be bad, but not in this way lol

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

My 2025 in gaming so far, I started tons of games this year, but barely finished any, so it's kinda embarrassing (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠)

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I genuinely feel like this might kill the game. Even Nintendo aren't going $80 for all of their games for now. The Outer Worlds 2 looks amazing from everything I've seen and I'm extremely excited about it, but I'm not sure if many people are willing to buy it at this price

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Not sure what to think about Geoff Keighley hyping up 3 games made with Gazprom money during SGF yesterday. Just feels kinda yucky :/

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at its concept feels a lot like a Monolith Soft game. Only a couple of hours in, but it really reminds me of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The whole Gommage thing even sounds like something straight from that world. Really excited to see more of this game.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Oblivion Remaster is pretty good so far, feels like a huge graphical modpack you would see for Skyrim, bad UI and all. There are some weird graphical problems (mostly with reflections), but overall it's a really nice upgrade and I hope it makes more people check out one of my favourite games.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This huge banner at the top was made specifically to annoy people like me. It physically pains me to look at it ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Always had mixed feelings about Octopath games, they look nice and I see them being praised all the time, but for me character/companion interactions are one of the most important aspects in JRPGs and when it comes to this OT2 is nowhere near something like Chrono Trigger which is a shame..

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

It bothers me a lot that so many people compare Avowed to Skyrim when it's actually just Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 2...

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This world desperately needs more shorter JRPGs, really enjoyed first two Ys games for how "compact" they are, even though sometimes there was a bit too much backtracking for my liking

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hope this means we are getting new DQIV-DQVI remakes one day too. I was never a big fan of the first trilogy, but DQV is still one of my favourite games and it's a shame that the only readily available version we have is old mobile port (⁠-⁠_⁠-⁠;⁠)

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My 2025 in video games so far:

• Fable Anniversary - Started re-playing on January 7th
• Yakuza Kiwami 2 - Finished on January 19th
Yakuza 3 - Started on January 20th
Ys I Chronicles - Started on January 28th

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Maybe manifesting works... Literally texted my friend yesterday about wanting to play this game, but realising that it's still not available on PC and today he hits me back with this link and 😬 emoji ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Finally started playing Yakuza/Like a Dragon 3 Love the dialogue so far!

Sayama: You know, I never pegged you

Kiryu: It's been a dream of mine

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Saw someone linking Eurogamer's article about Lionhead/Fable games development and honestly with all these "anti-woke" clowns running around I really want to see more developers that act like this:

For the development of Fable 2, Peter asked the team to double down on the more progressive elements of Fable 1, spurred on by some of the negative reaction from those upset with the kinds of things you could do in the game.

Lionhead received death threats because it had a gay character and two of the leading heroes were black. One message read: "I can't believe you would put a f****t in the game." A German magazine wrote a damning preview of Fable in which it accused Peter Molyneux of being "the man who thinks he's god", and called McCormack and other artists satanists. Mums from the Bible belt would write to the studio complaining that their eight-year-old had been exposed to homosexuality.

"We were like, the game's not for eight-year-olds," John McCormack says. "It's a mature-rated game. So it's not really our problem. It's yours. And, I hope you rot in hell.

"With Fable 2 we were like, right, gay marriage, lesbianism, fuck you. We revelled in it."

Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/lionhead-the-inside-story

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The Blood of Dawnwalker seems to fix one of my biggest problems with narrative in open world games by progressing in-game time with each completed quest, so you can't spend 100 days doing sidequests while everything else just stops. And for some reason people online already hate it because of this..

# Key Takeaways

* The game's main quest occurs over 30 in-game days and nights, involving protagonist Coen aiming to save his family.

* Exploration does not advance the in-game time, allowing players to explore freely without pressure.

* Completing quests will move the in-game time forward, but this will be clearly communicated to players.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Nintendo Xenoblade Machine recap for 2024 is here! #NintendoSwitch2024

Cape Codder's Gaming Style:

Action 46%

Role Playing 36%

Adventure 11%

Most-played Games of 2024:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (80 hours)

Xenoblade Chronicles DE (60 hours)

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (50 hours)

93 total games | 467 total hours

Most played month - April with 72 hours

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Modern mobile gaming is so funny because what do you mean I have to sit through 20 minutes of shader compilation to play a "lunch break" game 😭

Shader compilation screen in Infinity Nikki on Android

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The only game I got this "Black Friday" so far. My backlog got so big over the years that it feels a bit bad spending money on games I won't be able to play for a while, even if the deal is great 🥲

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Couldn't agree more with this article. I'm so tired of consoles releas ing in one extremely boring variant and if you want anything else you have to put yourself through the FOMO fest called "Limited Editions". (This is also the reason why GameCube will always be the best console)

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Hey, Console Manufacturers, Stop With The 'Limited Edition' Colors

What if, and hold on tight, they just kept making them for people who wanted to buy them?

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

One of the most unique looking games of this year had to abandon its art style because gamers™ would call it "too simple and cartoony" which stopped them from even trying the game. We truly live in a horrible time for gaming :/

youtu.be

The Rogue Prince of Persia: The Second Act - Update VLOG

YouTube video by Evil Empire

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

YouTube Gaming Recap for 2024 is out, and my results are interesting... Watching Parkour Civilization definitely ruined some stats for me, but learning that I'm in 0.3% of the @easyallies.bsky.social fans was a nice surprise. Rewatching their reacts from around Switch launch definitely helped lol

Top Games: Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Starfield

Top Creators: Easy Allies, Scott The Woz, DidYouKnowGaming, Digital Foundry, Good Vibes Gaming

"I was in the 0.3% of Easy Allies fans. I watched 46x as much as the average viewer"

"I jumped for the beef. I learned about the injustices of Parkour Civilization in Evbo's epic series."

"I became the Arisen. I checked my pawns for signs of madness during the wild launch of Dragon's Dogma 2."

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Can't recommend this game enough to any RPG fan out there. As someone who's stuck in a really bad "they'll never make a game with role play elements as good as in Fallout 2" never ending state of mind, I can say that this game got REALLY close.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

My first impressions after playing Dragon Age The Veilguard:

Somehow, Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning returned.

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

On one hand I'm really excited about Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster because this is one of my favourite games and one of the best open worlds ever. On the other hand I really hoped they'll wait for a better hardware because the game of this scale deserves it...

youtu.be

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – Coming March 20th, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

YouTube video by Nintendo UK

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cape @capecodder.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Struggling a bit to make a proper "things I like" list to find more people, but here is a shorter list of game series I plan to ramble a lot in the near future: • Xenoblade Chronicles • Dragon Age • Dragon Quest • The Legend of Zelda • The Legend of Heroes • Like a Dragon / Yakuza • Ys • Tales

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