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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The best part of every demon soul boss being so different was that every one of them was broken in a dif way. Sometimes you could just shoot them without getting anywhere near them. Sometimes they couldn't handle you just standing still. sometimes magic just outpaces their regeneration. Funny stuff.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have 3 copies of it on my hard drive, but every time I play it the ground z-fights itself until the world turns dark. What a shame.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

youtu.be/gAY0pvI-cew?... Reminded of how the Arma series tackles this, with complex info broken into chunks that are voiced with runtime sentence mixing. It works for very utilitarian stuff (Enemy-Soldier-North-300 meters), but anything beyond that needs bespoke lines. It also has... mixed results.

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ArmA 2 | amazing dialogue

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Your videos on Atelier got me into the series years back, and now I've played 20 of them. I'm one of the few in my gamedev circle that has, and being able to explain the unique things these games do has been fun and helpful. Nice collection, and thanks for the introduction to the franchise!

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Blue Reflection 1s cutscene direction is distressingly leering, going past the normal kind of anime playfulness into feeling legit exploitative. They changed staff for BR2 and that game doesn't have the same feeling of ick that throws things off. Glad to hear that they're removing what they can.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm reminded of how mobile FPS games will often autoshoot if your crosshair is over a target long enough. How long it takes varies by gun, stance, scope, ect. I dug that, as it let you stop worrying about the awkward motion of tapping a fire button on a touchscreen, and instead focus on movement.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Everything about FF7 made way more sense to me whenIi learnt that it was made in 10 months by a team that had never worked together before, on machines nobody had used.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

eventually. they'll have support in early ue6 but the plan is to replace them with a different programming language in like, two-ish years.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

That's alot of good info, thanks. I think I dropped it due to the heavy vfx making it hard to tell wtf was going on in fights, I felt rather disconnected from the consequences of my inputs. My husband was just poking at his 100+hour orochi3 save again, so i might recommend him this game instead.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Do you have expanded thoughts on extella link? I recall it being a major upgrade over the first, and that territory changed hands far more often due to rather active agents on both sides. But i didn't spend enough time with it to get a good idea about how that shapes out in the long run.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4Z... I will defend the first 2ish minutes of AH. I think it has one of the best openers in games. It tells you exactly what kind of game it is, how to play it, shows off it's selling points, and syncs perfectly to the music. Sadly, you then have to continue playing it.

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Ace Combat Assault Horizon: Mission 1 - Nightmare and Shockwave (Ace Difficulty)

YouTube video by Rook

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It's wild cuz one of the people in this video is in charge of Jazzwares, they DO make figures and collectables and alot of merchandise. They're knee deep in actually making stuff. But i guess that's not enough.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Having different dialog if you speak to somebody while standing on a table, got it. Looking forward to it!

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Mook ability to actually flinch you was always weird and inconsistent. it had something to do with defense stat, SOmetimes they could, but what caused it was really unclear and rarely ever happened. The only time it was guarenteed was during a charge attack, and in that way, it hasn't changed much.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

or the near endless revisions of fighting games that added a character or two and tweaked some numbers, all sold for a new full price.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

the game lets you play as the fun established characters but only when your ultimate bar fills up. it's a reward.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

also thank you for reminding me about this game, i have it on my wishlist but lost it in the shuffle.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Reverse Collapse stars a barefoot white girl in the snow with a moison nagant. I literally cannot think of anything more engineered towards appealing to these folks and it still wasn't good enough. (not that it was trying to, reverse collapse is great, but still.)

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Thanks for the heads up about the fundraiser, i went and donated. hopefully it all works out.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

www.youtube.com/shorts/VXXU7... That's like catching heat from giggling about the sailor moon dub's often questionable enunciation of "negaverse." Very strange thing for folks to hold onto for a decade.

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Excuse me, the WHAT?!

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Would it be viable to rent cars for short periods of time to train/get your license in?

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

the same person who implemented the orbs implemented the driving upgrades. It wasn't "done in a weekend" late, i was wrong about that, but it was a late addition. The fact that it feels so integrated is a testament to how good of a job that person did.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I double checked, my bad it wasn't "done in a weekend" late, but the orbs were added late into dev as a last minute answer to "how is the player supposed to level up agility?" The same person added the car level-ups i believe. So either way, crackdown spent most of it's dev without ORBS.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Learning that the orb collection in crackdown was an extremely last minute addition added in over like a weekend or such is wild.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

IMO, 0's high enemy count in levels makes anti ground stuff more interesting, and lets them mix ground/air better than 5. 5 could rarely use large numbers against you the way zero at key moments. I like how the narritive enhances the gameplay alot in 5, but i think 0 is the better airplane game.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I bought this at launch, partially due to your posting about it, but have been waiting for it to finish before trying it out. Glad to see it continuing to come along so well.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

7's been considered barely acceptable for most of the history of game reviewing. all of the review sites are built with that as the bare minimum. It was based off of the school grading system of 70% being a C, just above failing. Attempts to use more of the scale have ended up hurting devs sadly.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

yes but you can play anime music on pianos, which i think counts for something.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

sorry it's actually closer to like 60 or 70 hours long my bad.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

store.steampowered.com/app/1127700/... COde Bakery is the best SRPG i ever played, and it was done by the girls frontline devs deciding to use their infinite money to remake their first game, a visual novel, into a 50 hour long hard-as-hell srpg built around consumable equipment and stealth.

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Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery on Steam

Experience the newest tactical RPG from the creators of Girls’ Frontline. Some 30 years in the future, AU agent Mendo and the mysterious girl Jefuty find themselves in gruesome battles against armed U...

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Umodeler is great, though it's built first as a modeling tool rather than a LD tool. However it can do hotspots, booleon cuts, auto collision, and extrudes that detect collisions for pillars n such. There's a free version, it was my preferred level tool when doing unity.

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our next game is Verminsteel! You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

You can buy a hunting rifle at the grocery store for a third of the cost of a playstation, so yeah pretty easy.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

TBH the answer is probably Yes It Did. This is a proven look to people who greenlight shows and signals to the audience what kind of show it is. Even if the people making the show would prefer a dif style, oftentimes they have to go with this because it helps get stuff greenlit. I do hope it's good.

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Rainwolf @rainwolf-plushie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

My household needs like 600 bucks to cover the water and electric bills as we're having financial difficulty from my sister and Grandma moving out recently. So any donations would be helpful My PayPal simsora13@gmail.com. #mutualaid #helpsky #FundSky

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My husband stopped playing it halfway through cuz he wasn't clicking with the combat system, and i need to get him back onto it. I need him to see how it wraps up. I had to stand up and clap when the credits hit. Fantastic game.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

discord.com/invite/TyexPhe Sorry if you're already a part of it or already know about it, but the Impromptu Games server is full of really friendly devs who've been using unreal for ages. They might be able to help with some of the UE issues you've been havin'.

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Join the Impromptu Games Discord Server!

Check out the Impromptu Games community on Discord - hang out with 1139 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This makes me realize i've beaten this game like 5 times but never done anything other than the merciful "don't kill helpless targets" route. wow.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The Fax Machine. The Fax Machine Rio. No, stop running. The Fax Machine. Look at the Fax Machine. Use the Fax Machine. Stop shooting. Rio no.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Though to be clear, it is still fundamentally the same game, and it reuses everything from the first. There's barely any new maps for example. It's just a much more fun and varied take on the idea that makes better use of the EDF crossover idea than the first game did while also doing its own thing.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

One major change is that in WB1, they mostly kept the enemies you fought in levels matching with the enemies that were in that game. That got kinda old fast, whereas in WB2 they implimented every single enemy that's ever been in an EDF game + extras, and mix them all up. It's far more fun.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Yeah and it was dramatically better than the first. Better missions, far FAR more enemy variety, a plot that actually really sells character drama and has some bizarrely top tier VA, and overall had far more variety in gameplay by giving everyone special abilities ontop of dif weapon loadouts.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Im reminded of how Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 has an entire like 10 level/2 hour arc where you help a man retrieve a gundam so that he can tank hundreds of ufos while giving a speech about how incredible it was that we fixed the ozone layer. youtu.be/cCrz0B9_Smw?...

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Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 (English Version) Mission 67: Livin in the 22nd Century (Hard)

YouTube video by cenorexia

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

My kittens are growing up very well, here's the 3 i have right now (Derby, Beetle, and Belfry) plotting their schemes. We still need to find a home for Derby, but in the meantime, she's having a great time.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Now and again i do get curious and want to do a deep dive, but this is exactly why i haven't. It feels like there should be something there, but some part of me knows that no, no there probably isn't.

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

www.gog.com/en/game/sept... The early monolith game Septerra Core comes to mind. It's on the crustier side visually, but I've seen anime and japanese games that have this look.

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Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

At the very heart of Septerra lies the Core, a huge Biocomputer. Seven continents at diff

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I played all of these on the higher difficulties, which might as well permanently put a "you've been locked onto" icon on your HUD. It was immeasurably satisfying in 6 to be able to sick 50ish allies on one guy, watch the Itano circus, and go "MISSILE! MISSILE! HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?? MISSILE!"

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Leth Davidson @lethdavidson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Playing 5 again really highlighted that i don't think it's a very good airplane game. Low enemycount, little gameplay mission variety, ground missions go on forever, ect. But the mission theming is so strong that it's easy to overlook it. I didn't feel 6's theming, but yeah it was way more going on.

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