I haven't seen the adaptation of Wano as I am waiting for Netflix to dub it, but I agree that the arc was amazing. I love that Robin finally had a chance to fight again, though I am still waiting for an arc where each Straw Hat has an individual battle. I hope so much for Usopp to have a power-up.
I finished watching the first season of the live-action series some weeks ago, and while I wasn't extremely convinced, I did enjoy it. I like how Arlong appeared at the Baratie, but I hate that they removed Hachi and other side characters. Killing Merry off was quite a big decision, considering almost nobody dies in the anime/manga, and I wonder if Pell is going to die as well. I have read that the second season was far better.
I think they will reach Marineford, and that will be the final season of the live-action. It is sad, but even the cast knows they won't be there forever.
I know! The Hell arc was so good, and I liked the new Lieutenants. I am sure Ukitake, Unohana, and Yamamoto will return as villains, as well as other captains. I am glad to hear you enjoyed it.
By the way, now that Winter 2026 is over, what did you think about it? Which anime were your favorites and least favorites?
Congratulations on finishing Nocturne! There's a lot more SMT games that I thought were just as good writing-wise but Nocturne's vibe and atmosphere resonated with me the most out of all of them! I loved the challenging combat experience, the whole conception idea in general, and I loved how most of the reasons gave more of a neutral vibe to them rather than the usual extremists we get in these games! Yeah the random encounters get really annoying at times but I suggest you start getting used to them due to a lot of their titles using that system lol. SMT 4 pissed me off the most with that but luckily Apocalypse gave us a way better version of the Estoma skill. I'm glad you enjoyed it! I saw that you gave it an awesome score of 4.5/5 on backloggd :D
I dropped Genshin around the time it came out due to always having to wait for more story to drop and the whole pay-to-win aspect didn't sit well for me. I got back into it like a year ago due to playing Pokemon Scarlet Violet and craving more of that exploration vibe from it. Since there was so much content for me to do now, I ended up going back and have been playing since! After a year, I am now fully caught up and forced to wait for new content to drop now lol. My luck has been insane in this game as well! I never bought any pulls for my account! I call myself a F2P+ Player due to buying their battlepass a few times in the beginning :P The game is fun and relaxing though! If you have the time, it wouldn't hurt checking it out :)
Yup never played Breath of the wilds! I had a Switch 1 before but idk why I just never bothered to get it. I heard lots of great things about it so I'll for sure get myself a copy of it the next time it goes on sale! Oh have you heard that they're apparently making an Ocarina of Time Remake?? Have you played any of the other legend of zelda games? My personal favorites were Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask!
Final fantasy wouldn't be a bad shout! Lots of great games in there to choose from :) My first FF, and favorite, was Final Fantasy 9! I still miss my goat Vivi lmao. I love his design so much! Which one's your favorite from the series? :O π Image
Mmm I haven't played Strikers yet but my brother ended up loving that game a lot. I ended up dropping Tactica when it came out so let me know if it ends up getting good, whenever you get to it, so I can give it another chance!
Good luck on your next games! Nice talking to you again \(^.^)/
I'm actually torn between Danganronpa 2 and V3 as of late but Kyoko is my favourite character too. Matter of fact she's my favorite female character of all time probably.
Yup! Make sure to fully go through all the Kalpa stuff before you enter Kagutsuchi's tower! If you don't finish everything before entering, the game will lock you into one of the main reason endings. You're good if the game made you wake up at the hospital from the beginning again and if your Demi-Fiend learned Pierce! Best of luck on your Nocturne adventure! I hope you enjoy that epic finale :D
I'm currently going through this Yuri visual novel called Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate right now! So far I've completed 2 out of the 4 romance routes! The art in this game is absolutely incredible! Besides that, I hop on Genshin Impact to do my dailies. Do you play?
I got the online expansion pass along with it so I have access to their emulation games! I recently got into a long yap session with another friend of mine here about Three Houses so I ended up starting another run of it :P I gotta say that its so much better on there though. The loading screens go by super fast now! I'm doing a no recruitment challenge right now so I'm gonna save so much time when it comes to leveling up my house's characters! My next game will either be Luigi's Mansion or Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance! I still haven't played Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilds so that wouldn't be a bad shout either. Besides SMT4, what other games are you planning on getting into next? :o
I've only played the og versions of re1 and 2 growing up. Somehow I ended up skipping the best one out of those lmao. I still have my copies of some of the spin off resident evil games like outbreak & outbreak file 2. Have you ever heard of them? In those games you play through scenarios (aka levels) where you make a little team from a selection of characters. What's cool is that each scenario has more than one ending to them and if you pick the correct characters that are tied to the story of them, you get cutscenes and flashbacks! I used to get nightmares off this subway level where you fight a giant flea in it. Look at this motherfucker! π Image
I miss the outbreak games so much. I hope they remaster them one day and bring online multiplayer to them :)
Nice! True Demon route definitely has the most content out of all of them so good job on going for that your first run! Hahaha there's no shame in putting in all those hours man. I'm glad you've been enjoying your nocturne experience :)
You already have Raidou recruited? Well damn you got the hard part out the way already. I guess all that's left for you is that giant tower. Best of luck to you! π Image
You start off with SMT 4 first due to Apocalypse being the ultimate finale to it. You play as a whole different character in Apocalypse but it takes place during the final moments of SMT 4's neutral route so you definitely wanna get to know the story and characters of the regular game! Apocalypse can be really goofy at times but it has one of my favorite endings of the entire SMT franchise! Make sure you get the DLC for it as well! Everyone has to fight the super boss!
It's all good! My Haunting Ground playthrough took me around 7 hours to complete. The puzzles aren't that complicated. The only thing that would slow you down are those stalker type enemies, like Mr. X from RE2 or Nemesis from RE3. Good luck on your Haunting Ground playthrough! Make sure to take good care of Hewie \(^.^)/
I decided to hold out on the RE4 Remake for now due to realizing I still had my GOG copy of RE3: Nemesis (1999). I only played the remake of RE3 and saw that they cut out so much content so I definitely gotta go and experience the original! If you have PS Plus Extra, you're able to download and play it on your console!
Hahaha yeah I don't blame you. Nintendo gets really stingy with their pricing no cap. Those prices are gonna hurt me even more once I get a Switch 2 with those $80 games :( I hope you enjoy Fire Emblem: Three Houses as much as I did! If you're planning on doing all routes, I recommend going Blue Lions first for the best first time experience! That route has like the most Fire Emblem type story out of the three so you get a gist of how some of the other titles would act. If you only got one run on you, just pick whoever interests you the most :)
Ahhh you're at that prison area in Kabukicho. Yeah you're still somewhat in the beginning. You sure you're playing the remaster? I thought Raidou and Gouto were the default option in it. You should've seen these guys as soon as you left the hospital:
The Dante DLC only replaces those two with himself. He's fully voiced though and has some cool moves. It would've been dope having a DLC where he has his own side story and you like play as him. I love DMC as well! I've only played 2 and 3 though heh heh. I do have a copy of the collection on Steam so I may revisit the rest in the future!
Ok ok pretty solid lists there. I glanced over your SMT one, saw Soul Hackers 2 in your top 3, and I was like "damn over SMT 4???" but I saw that you only played those 3 lol. Gotta hop on 4 asap though! Especially since you have apocalypse on deck already. I gotta finish my Devil Survivor playthrough so thanks for reminding about those two :)
Thanks for the chat! Let me know how your games go! Take care and have a good rest of your day :D π Image
Sorry for the late response, i've been a bit busy with school and such
Those are some good picks, well idk about fragrant flower blooms with dignity because I haven't seen it, I've heard it's good though. One of the reasons I haven't seen it is because the dub sounds awful, and I'm usually a dub appreciator but I can't stand the main females voice actor... i do like summertime render and saiki k though ! My personal favs from those genres would be Gosick for romance, Astra Lost in Space for mystery, and Nanbaka for comedy
If you want any visual novel recommendations let me know! Who's your favorite character from each game? My personal favorite is Kokichi, ik he's the antagonist, but i think he's just a cheeky little guy οΌγοΌΎβ½οΌΎοΌ
Yes I've heard of Persona, I have several songs from the games on my playlist. Recently I've been obsessed with Last Surprise, I think it's going to be one of my most listened to songs this year, it's just so catchyyy. I only know a little bit about metal gear solid and the only thing I know about Final Fantasy vii is when cloud is in a dress, that's about it Β―\_(γ)_/Β― Do you think there games worth getting into?
Also sorry again for the late response, I'll try to be more punctual next time
If you love Leon, and all his games of course, it's deadass worth every penny! DLC story already confirmed! I'm so excited to see what they cook up for it :D
I just finished Haunting Ground last night and it was amazing! It's been a really long time since survival horror games actually scared tf out of me. You play as this girl named Fiona who wakes up in a random castle after surviving a car crash. You quickly discover that the castle is full of weirdos who are trying to hurt you and all you can do is run away and hide while looking for a way to escape the hell you woke up in. Luckily, you're not alone! You have your trusty pal, Hewie, to accompany you in your mission! If you have a PS2 laying around somewhere or have a PC capable of handling emulation, I highly recommend giving the game a chance! π Image
Yeah I heard the same thing unfortunately. I did hear they expanded Luis' story by putting him in more sections of the game. Ashley got lots of development from what I hear as well. My little brother is begging me to play through it already so I'll try it out a bit. We already have the game, so why not? :)
Worst case scenario, I think its trash and just go play some other game.
Cool! I took a break after clearing the prologue and chapter 1 of Danganronpa 2 due to Requiem dropping but I promise I will pick the game up again eventually. Right now I'm in a Survival Horror craze so I'm trying to make the most of this mood and play as much of the genre as I can!
Don't even get me started on Fire Emblem man, I love that franchise so much. If you don't mind grid-based tactical rpgs, I can't recommend those games enough! Most of them are their own stories so you should be fine starting with any of the recent ones. I started with Fire Emblem: Engage but I thought it was kinda meh, but Fire Emblem: Three Houses converted me as a huge fan of the series! In Three Houses, you play as a mercenary who gets recruited by the church to become one of their professors and you get to pick out of, well, three houses lmao. Each leader has their own set of motives and story route! The game plays similar to Persona with the whole calendar system. When a new month starts, you get a bunch of side quests you can do for extra gold and renown points, before eventually going out for the main battle of that month. You can also use that month to bond with other students and raise their social links with you AND each other! Yes there are social links among the others as well! They only have up to three ranks though. Some may only have 2 due to not having a lot of things alike. There's a lot of different pairings you can do so there's a lot of social links to watch! Those who have an A Rank bond together can get their own little ending when the game is fully finished! You're able to marry in that game as well, which gives you an S-Rank bond with that person and it transfers over to your new game plus playthrough! It makes it super easy to recruit them into your new house and you get a boost in stats whenever you are close to them in battle!
Three Houses is my favorite of the series so far! I don't wanna get into the story since it'll be huge spoiler territory. But yeah check it out if you have a Nintendo Switch! π Image
SMT V: Vengeance was a really great one for you to start off with! Hell yeah Nocturne lets go! Nocturne was technically my introduction into the SMT side due to it being the first I completed but I did try playing Digital Devil Saga back when I was a kid! How far are you in it's story? Oh! and which version are you doing? Like do you have Raidou & Gouto in your playthrough or did you get the Dante DLC? :O
The SMT games I finished are: SMT 3 Nocturne, SMT 4 & Apocalypse, SMT V, Soul Hackers (3DS Version), Raidou Kuzunoha vs The Souless Army, Strange Journey REDUX, and Digital Devil Saga!
Persona games I finished are: Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Persona 3 (FES, Portable, Reload), Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5: Tactics, and Persona Q!
My top 3 on the SMT side are Nocturne, SMT 4(apocalypse included), and Strange Journey!
Top 3 Persona: Persona 3 FES, Persona 2 Innocent Sin, and Persona 4 Golden!
Which ones did you play and which are your favorites?? :D
