Sanetsuken

School II, Bullring and Roswell were bitches. School II is a contender for requiring the most manual time which gets icky after 10 seconds or so. Bullring for me was just hitting the fuckin' banana and Roswell was annoying with the big gap at the start. Roswell to be fair had a small trick that helped out a bit (boneless off the start, use kick and acid drop for more height/speed) but the rest was just clenching the 'ol ring and hoping not to choke.

Quality with a light sprinkle of self hate and a modicum of sadistic stubborness.

It's gambling. Plain and simple. You're not buying anything specific, you're buying a CHANCE at getting the shit you want. It's an abhorrent practice and I pity anyone who dabbles in that filth. And yes, for the record I tried out a few lootboxes before because I was curious how trash they actually were (and to get that sweet confirmation bias). It is a waste of time and money, full stop. It's nothing more than inflated game companies trying to nickel and dime you further down the rabbit hole.

attack on titan. grinding for materials turned into a slow monotone murderfest that i just checked out while doing Also shoutout to world war z. The multiplayer is average as hell. I did praise it before but when i was done with leveling up all the classes I was done. Same goes for getting all the perks. It had some semblance of balance with the insane difficulty story runs, but even when you've done literally everything else you have hours and hours of grinding. It's not even difficult or entertaining at some point.

Platinum #125 Hollow Knight Enjoyment: 10/10 Difficulty: 7/10 This game wasn't afraid of kicking my ass over and over again, and I gleefully retried every single time wanting to get better. The gameplay is simple yet functions brilliantly, the soundtrack is godlike and the story/themes/lore was intriguing and kept me hooked for 25+ hours. Despite what I heard about this game beforehand I didn't struggle as much. And my problem areas seemed to differ alot from the general public. I had no issues with pure vessel and absolute radiance for instance. Instead I got stuck on dumb things like no eyes or traitor lord. Nightmare King Grimm was an experience I'll never forget though. The game, all in all, is exactly what I want out of a metroidvania and it made me super hyped for silksong. I genuinely cannot recommend this game enough. Now I'm off to replay the godhome themes until my ears stop working.

Guess playing as Casca in the endless eclipse mode. Berserk: The band of the hawk isn't particulary difficult in itself but goddamn does Griffith dole out some cheap shots. Pours transparent explosive balls in the arena and Casca is strictly a close range character (and possibly the weakest overall character at that) and just eats shit all day. Only reason I beat it was because the super meter goes up slowly when you're at critical health. Also I guess Shao Kahn from mortal kombat 9 challenge tower. Challenge 300 had me pretty close to having the tv exit my premises. 4 battles to whittle down your health slowly but surely culminating with the bullshit that is Shao Kahn himself. I was about ready to drink bleach just to have some relief from the pain.

Deception IV is also now live. Can be removed from the list.

banned

Deception IV: Blood Ties guide complete and submitted for review. Might have been a mistake as I'm really tired and has a chance I overlooked sloppy writing, but all things considered I'm satisfied for now.