Lacquerware

I'm making chana tikka masala with gnocchi in it and god help me I think I might be on to something

Not that I was ever not enjoying it, but my enjoyment for the new Castlevania has increased considerably over time. I think a lot of its design could register as either refinements or deficiencies depending on personal preference, but it's certainly a worthy substitute to…no Castlevania games ever.

I also think they had to take into account the fact that Bloodstained exists now to maintain the status quo. I want these things to coexist and not be redundant.

Not that I was ever not enjoying it, but my enjoyment for the new Castlevania has increased considerably over time. I think a lot of its design could register as either refinements or deficiencies depending on personal preference, but it's certainly a worthy substitute to…no Castlevania games ever.

E.g., there's a lot more level design per inch than in the past Metroidvania-style games, which brings the difficulty a little closer to classicvania. But arguably part of the former's mass appeal was that you had so much breathing room. You were largely free to explore the castle without stress.

Not that I was ever not enjoying it, but my enjoyment for the new Castlevania has increased considerably over time. I think a lot of its design could register as either refinements or deficiencies depending on personal preference, but it's certainly a worthy substitute to…no Castlevania games ever.

My feeling about Onimusha's difficulty is that it's not as hard as Sekiro, but the second playthrough (on Carnage) is harder than my second Sekiro playthrough. Maybe because Sekiro forces you to get really good on playthrough 1? Onimusha only forced me to get kind of good.

Man, I thought I had this Onimusha Carnage run in the bag, but I've been stuck on the final boss for about eight hours spread over three sessions now. I've only gotten to his third phase once, and died pretty much right away. Pretty much at a loss 😬

Part of the problem is prob that I didn't level up all my gear completely, but it's all lvl 3 and 4. After so many hours with the game, I'm ready to see the gear leveling system is pretty poorly done and probably shouldn't be there at all, let alone with a "point of no return."

It's kind of funny that Onimusha got this "take side jobs around town" layer before DMC even though the entire premise of DMC is that you're a small business owner in a city while in Onimusha you're a zombie revived to carry out a vendetta. Why are you still taking gigs??

There should be a database called that documents all the scary stuff hidden in the backgrounds of shots in movies. They could call it "So Scary I Didn't Notice." (Seriously though I love this stuff and want to see all of it.)

A funny thing about the Ganryu fight in Onimusha is that his voice acting is so (deliberately) obnoxious that it forces me to tap out before I've stayed up too late.

What's the best Frankenstein or Frankensteinian video game? Does Dororo count? If Dororo counts I think it's Dororo. No wait, it's Nier Automata, isn't it

When I moved back to America I thought it'd be all pizza pies and bottomless mimosas. What the fuck is this shit

Since Onimusha already has time-traveling, they should do a crossover with DMC and have Musash face off with fellow swordboy-magichand Nero and fellow Japanophile Vergil. Onimusha is probably more popular than Jean Reno atm, so they should get him back as well

Man…LIC certainly has my number, but there have been significant issues with five out of six orders I've placed with them in the past (namely damaged items and years-long delays with insufficient transparency imo). I started feeling like an idiot about four orders ago. I think I'm tapping out. :/

I know Sony is having a Moment, but it's pretty surreal to see that virtually every single comment on the Dark Arisen 2 trailer is people demanding that the DLC be delivered as a whole new disc. The people have spoken and they WANT Super Ultra Hyper Street Fighter II Turbo.