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@zeromatter.bsky.social

hobbyist artist (multifandom, studies, etc) he/him

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finally got around to beating prime 4 was a fine game and pretty inoffensive and I’m glad it exists its worst crimes are being too safe/derivative of a project which is understandable given its tortured development and being overly handholdy, but in the end it’s still a metroid prime game

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music is still great, game controls well, some areas are right up there with some of the series’ best, final boss was cool even if I have issues with the overall storytelling also it is gorgeous and kenji yamamoto is still good at his job and samus is (predictably) still so cool

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this is one of the best games i've ever played, and especially as someone who was lukewarm on the first game i am both very happy and loath to admit to have been wrong about this one went beyond the normal completion and got everything I could (w/o restarting) because the game was that compelling

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a stunning visual experience with a strong if straightforward narrative and a protagonist whose personal journey and interactions with the world around her are so meticulously crafted that they goad you forward into leaving no stone unturned in a way that hollow knight never managed to do for me

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any issues or frustrations I had with this game felt largely immaterial within minutes of eventually overcoming them, and what is left is a top-tier metroidvania that stands with the likes of ori 2 and my favorite games in the metroid series 10/10, will be back to pharloom someday

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this is one of the best games i've ever played, and especially as someone who was lukewarm on the first game i am both very happy and loath to admit to have been wrong about this one went beyond the normal completion and got everything I could (w/o restarting) because the game was that compelling

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i will need to reflect on why i enjoyed this so much relative to hollow knight because so many ideas are reinforced and double-downed on in this game, but i think much has to do with hornet being one of the best-characterized protagonists in a metroidvania in addition to her kit making movement...

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...and exploration that much more satisfying and rewarding so much of the online discussion surrounding silksong is fixated on its difficulty and either a celebration of that difficulty or repudiation of the game because of it that I think it detracts from what it is at its core,

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two days later the okami sequel still doesn't feel real, I have been joking about "okami 2 at this month's capcom presents" for the last several years spent a lot of the last two days watching reactions to the announcement, so happy that this once very niche game means so much to so many people

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—and how unsatisfied with the original's dev was (good interview he did w ikumi nakamura this summer on her studio's channel) he talks a decent amount about how stunted the original's development was in some ways, and how they had so much story they never got to see realized in the end product

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and that validates my feelings after replaying the game a bunch, there's a distinct sense that they had to wrap up the final act faster than they'd have liked that potential excites me a lot for this sequel even if it takes years, that they've got a lot of ideas they still want to realize

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two days later the okami sequel still doesn't feel real, I have been joking about "okami 2 at this month's capcom presents" for the last several years spent a lot of the last two days watching reactions to the announcement, so happy that this once very niche game means so much to so many people

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it had a really profound impact on me as a kid and the way I think about art, games, and visual storytelling and I am so excited that more people get to experience it now also the dev for this will be interesting over the next few years, listened to kamiya talk a lot about the original this year—

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