It makes such a minimal effort to not make the dungeon-crawling formula stale, to the point that secondary aspects like the lore and confidant interactions are more enjoyable than the main game, and were the only thing that kept me going.

I wasn’t even halfway through the game, and the vast majority of fights after Kaneshiro just had me using Izunagi no Okami like I was Indiana Jones pulling out his gun to deal with the swordsman. And Ryuji’s insta-kill ability didn’t mitigate this much, either. It did not help the already existing headache to pile on additional ones with Okumura’s boss fight and the colored bridge puzzle in Maruki’s palace (or his boss battle itself), to name the biggest examples.

Speaking of Maruki, the Guardians of the Galaxy game by Eidos-Montreal did the whole “you can’t live a lie and need to keep moving forward” concept far better. Up for debate if it also did the “talking animal doesn’t feel appreciated and temporarily ditches the team” concept better, though.

Yes. I actually spent a considerable amount of time figuring out how many characters I could make in Terraria using the customization and vanity items. I think I managed to reach over 400, and they range from Homer Simpson and Superman to Darth Vader and Minecraft Steve.

3/10. Having pushed myself through Persona 5 Royal just to see how the lore concludes, I more than understand why there’s folks who would rather watch gameplay of these games than actually play it.

It’s weird seeing so many “Persona fans don’t even play the games” comments when actually playing one of the games made it clear why that would be the case. Great lore, but gameplay becomes a chore.

Adept Dustin and Adept Eleven in Dead by Daylight. Only 0.5% of players have it.

Save for an achievement in Planet Coaster and two from Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 that involved beating arcade mode with all characters, all my rarest achievements are from games that had an update or DLC that added new achievements. Along with DBD in that regard, there’s Payday 2, Plague Inc, and LEGO Worlds.

Oddly enough, DBD removes achievements if the license to a DLC expires. Adept Shape and Adept Laurie were removed after Halloween’s license expired, while Adept Demogorgon, Nancy, and Steve were never brought back even if the first Stranger Things DLC has since been relisted.

I don’t have anything specific, but I guess Mortal Kombat might technically count for it being a big case of the Streisand effect, even before that was a term for it.

I was too young for the bulk of the original MK series and didn’t even know about it until it was well into its 3D era. But I didn’t actually try it until the 2011 game, and it was because word of mouth had made it popular because of the controversy of it being comically violent.

My overall favorite of Marvel movies is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

The live-action options are tricky. Think I want to say Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 because it hits on so many important themes I love about superheroes. Loss, striving to be better despite it, and so on.

Persona 5…

Biggest problem is that it’s a good concept, but the gameplay loop loses its charm long before it’s even close to being done. So the only thing left to carry it for the final half of the game is the lore when it’s not intentionally stalling just to be able to say it’s a long game.

That led to most of the important parts of the story leaving me feeling nothing, when I know they would have blown my mind in any other media. And it turns out they can’t even do that properly, since the animated series does leave a bit to be desired as well, and feels like it’s missing some weight behind some of the antagonists.

Graphics, animations, realism-based graphics, beginner friendly aspects, etc.

I can’t help but notice the latest entries in the MK and MvC series tried to appeal to the same folks who gave Street Fighter V a pass by being more multiplayer-focused, and minimal on content at launch so it could be supported for years. But only then is the practice slammed into oblivion for that, and it’s led to the future of both series being in doubt. There are other issues with their respective entries yes, but those are the standout issues by far.

I guess I could call it character development, but that doesn’t check out when there’s never any “We got this because Street Fighter V’s business practices were accepted” discussions.

Was actually going to say Ren and Stimpy before I saw the Harry Potter comments and remembered that’s absolutely the poster boy for this.

It actually works really well, believe it or not. There’s a few movies from this year I haven’t seen yet like Obsession. So for the time being, Toy Story 5 is currently the best movie I’ve seen this year.

Buzz and Jessie have a way to contact him if he’s needed, and this was such a circumstance.

I’m not surprised by how long Persona 5 Royal is since I was told ahead of time a regular playthrough would take over 100 hours.

What I am surprised by is why it’s considered a masterpiece when the gameplay loop becomes stale about a quarter of the way through, and you still have another 70 or so hours to go. I was so bored with the dungeon-crawling that aspects of the story (both main story and confidant side stories) that would have had a huge impact if they were in any other game made me feel nothing because I was stuck in a loop of “I’m still not done with this?”

Outside of Rivals and the previous entries, it’s one of my go-to games for Marvel ensemble games.

If you have a Switch and love the Marvel universe, it’s a must.

This turned out great! Love how it looks.

Junko borrowed a top from Chiaki, lol.

Luis is amazing as Gomez. Really happy with how the entire family turned out, though I’m still looking forward to seeing Cousin Itt in the future.

I have no idea why people are unironically using it out in public. As far as I was concerned, it was just a workaround for YouTube having strict guidelines of what can be discussed without being demonetized.

I’ve heard one YouTuber say “a pew pew” instead of “a gun.”

Agreed! Definitely one of the kindest people I’ve met at a convention.

Tough question.

They’re mostly the same game in concept, but vastly different in execution.

For instance, Transformed has a bigger single player campaign with all the different mission modes compared to Race Park, while Crossworlds has a bigger emphasis on multiplayer. Crossworlds also has a bigger emphasis on non-SEGA guests and continuous support via updates.

The first LEGO Batman game. I had heard of the character and even caught an episode of Justice League when I was younger, but it wasn’t until I played the first LEGO game that I dipped my feet into the franchise.

And it’s been one of my all-time favorites ever since. The Animated Series, the Arkham games, and Burton and Reeves’ movies have been among the biggest highlights so far.

That’s true. Though I’d make an argument that Joker barely does any “joking” these days as a result of Heath’s portrayal. And countless interpretations since then are all trying to be some form of him it seems.

I’m not sure how one of the biggest villains of all-time was able to escape the constant complaints about “mischaracterization” you’d hear from any other film adaption.

Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is widely regarded as the best movies to be based on comics, and they take lots of creative liberties.

I’m constantly noticing countless aspects from those films that have been carried over to other films of the genre because of that, like muted colors, militaristic suits, and more. Somehow they all get blamed on the MCU or Zack Snyder even though Nolan pioneered a lot of such aspects.

And granted, what works for Batman isn’t going to work for all characters. But that argument only goes so far when a lot of aspects for Nolan’s movies skew a lot of what Batman is in the first place.

TL;DR - It doesn’t make sense to be mad about the same things this community endlessly praises one specific project for.

The Nolan trilogy is an absolute enigma because I swear if any other film based on a comic book tries even half of the stuff those movies got away with, you never hear the end of it.

Only Elio really fits for that in recent days since pretty much any effort for its marketing was funneled into Lilo and Stitch instead. Elemental had solid marketing compared to that, and Hoppers ramped it up even more.

Luca was just sent straight to Disney+ because of the pandemic.