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sapphire-weapon · 2 months

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Between PS5 and PC, I probably have close to 500 hours in RE4 Remake, and I platinumed it on PS5 because I pretend the game is good. The truth is that it's a complete and utter betrayal 6/10 at best and is emblematic of everything wrong with modern game design. Capcom wasn't even trying to make a good game. Never EVER do this to someone.

shooting gallery sucks btw

#resident evil 4 #i'm sorry i'm not usually this petty #but what were you thinking putting this in the tags bro #how embarrassing for you #this is it this is the reason people hate me #i understand this #i acknowledge it #and i refuse to change #btw my unironic credentials here are #i have a save on my PS2 memory card right now with the handcannon unlocked in OG RE4 #and i own a copy of RE gaiden #i am the most oldschool old fan possible #and i genuinely believe that RE4make is superior to OG RE4 by every conceivable metric #so it's not a game design problem #it's not a new fan problem #it's a you problem

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flamedoesart · 1 year

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I feel like people tend to forget that the reason children are on websites they really shouldn't be on, like Twitter for example, is because there are no spaces on the internet anymore specifically designed for children, unless it's for babies or toddlers.

The death of Flash also meant the death of thousands of games and websites specifically designed for the 9-13 demographic. Now granted, several games died long before Flash did (like the Holy Disney MMO trio - Pixie Hollow, ToonTown and Club Penguin) but there were other websites designed around what kids would enjoy. Sites like Kongregate, Sploder, GirlsGoGames and others were designed with kids in mind.

These sites were special in the sense that it gave fun games for children to play without even really needing to interact with other people directly. They could play the games and have fun. If they wanted to make friends they could, and oftentimes these sites had moderation to prevent kids from having full control over what they could say so as to prevent bullying and potential cyberstalking.

But now Flash is dead, and there's barely any hangout spots for that demographic anymore. I think the last remaining game you can play that doesn't require Flash that was a major part of the 2010s game nostalgia was Wizard101, but that game comes with the flaw of membership programs, similar to all the other MMOs that existed at the time.

Needless to say, the next time we ask in annoyance why there's so many 12 year olds on Twitter and Tik Tok, remember that it's because there's literally no online spaces anymore solely for them and only them, that majority of adults wouldn't step foot into anymore.

#flame talks #internet culture #flash games #Edit : wtf how did this get so many likes and rbs #okay so maybe I should clarify a bit here that yes I am aware that there are still kids spaces online #but basically all the ones that exist now have a membership program #hell even roblox does and a membership isn’t required to play those games #yes ads are annoying af on games but that’s not the point #also yes I am aware that kids will walk into adult spaces online but #that would be less of a problem if there were actual sites designed for kids at all anymore #now all we have is tik tok and that site is more for teens and adults than for kids #literally kids can’t exist anywhere without being preyed upon by algorithms and shit

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anarchopuppy · 11 months

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"Why did Tears of the Kingdom have a development cycle just as long as Breath of the Wild's even though it reused so many assets?" is a question that I think fundamentally misunderstands how modern game design works

It assumes that the team does something like all sit down, develop the physics engine, then they can move on to the overworld map, then they can move on to making the cutscenes, etc. and when you think about that for just a second it becomes obviously absurd. Developing a physics engine, writing dialogue, creating textures, designing puzzles, and so on are all different disciplines that different specialists work on in parallel and in cooperation

What probably actually happened is a lot of the artists, engine devs, and so on put a lot less time into the project, before/while working on a bunch of different projects at Nintendo (quite possibly including the engine and art for the next Zelda game), and they also probably didn't need to get Monolith Soft to help design the overworld. Meanwhile, the puzzle designers, writers, and a lot of the rest of the team have to do just as much work as they did for Breath of the Wild (or more!), and so it's not that surprising that it took just as long

(Disclaimer that I don't know for certain that this is how it happened internally at Nintendo, and short of interviewing the devs I don't think there's any way to find out. The credits won't help because close to all of the people who moved on to other teams either worked on TotK for part of the development and/or had their work ported over from BotW. This is just my understanding of how modern AAA game development works)

#tears of the kingdom #totk #loz #zelda #the legend of zelda #pops talks zelda #when you say it out loud the idea that the guy who made the lighting engine #then went on to be involved at all in the writing or puzzle design or texture art #is comical #so that guy not having to make a new lighting engine doesn't free up an extra guy for other parts of the game #it frees up an extra guy to make a lighting engine for splatoon 4 or whatever #and having more guys working on writing or puzzle design doesn't necessarily make it go faster either!#some things just take a while to do! you can't solve every problem by adding more cooks to the kitchen!

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sonknuxadow · 5 months

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are people actually mad about the pixel art segments in sonic prime. man literally who cares

#i think theyre cute and a fun way to do little flashback sequences. the one with sonic and tails in s3 was cute #if it was a constant thing or they were really really long id get it but i dont really see the problem with them as they are #it is a tiny bit cursed seeing the classic sprites with the modern eye colors though #especially when the sonic advance games exist so its not like there wasnt a reference for pixel sprites of the modern designs #sonic prime #sonic prime spoilers #iguess. idk #disclaimer i havent actually seen people complaining just people complaining about people complaining #so maybe not many people actually dislike them and its being exaggerated idk

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katartna · 2 years

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My Pokemon Scarlet team in gijinka forms!

#Despite the bugs I’ve been enjoying this game a lot!#I'm very attached to my team and imagine them as a jrpg party #designing pokemon gijinkas is a very fun creative exercise #rough sketches that I might clean up later #Tinkaton is an instant fav pokemon because I'm predictable #cute pink bean who down-smashes with giant bonk hammer #My cetitan is relaxed natured and mischievous so I just imagine her to be the fun team mom who can absolutely wreck havoc with her strength #Glimmora in my head is a floaty goth wizard who's chill and can shoot laser beams or can just throw rocks and call it magic lol #Armarouge is edgy but she owns it #Kilowattrel has taken many for the team just to capture pokemon thanks to her thunder wave #The meowscarada I have is apparently impish and often lost in thought so I see that as he causes problems and doesn't fix them #he's a twink bastard #pokemon scarlet #gijinka #pokemon gijinka #meowscarada #tinkaton #armarouge #kilowattrel #cetitan #glimmora #pokemon #meowscarada gijinka #tinkaton gijinka #armarouge gijinka #kilowattrel gijinka #cetitan gijinka #glimmora gijinka #artists on tumblr #art

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motherfuckingbrad · 6 months

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as a female engineering student i am so grateful to have representation like poppy li. too many “woman in stem” characters are, on top of being really smart, also really cool and really pretty but POPPY is a piece of shit, awkward as hell, egotistical little gremlin addicted to candy, power, and validation. she is the smartest person at mythic quest and also the weirdest person you’ve ever met. i love her so much

#she is so me #no but on a serious note it’s actually very refreshing #she’s pretty but it’s not a character trait. she’s smart but she’s not humble about it.#she doesn’t diminish her talents because she’s POPPY FUCKING LI lead engineer at mq and she knows she’s smart! she knows she’s awesome!#she’s proud of it and she wants more! she knows she’s equal (or better) than ian and fights for her rights in the game instead of just —#—being the cool humble laidback hot token woman in stem who only exists to hook up w the main character and then solve some overly —#—complicated problem once and then stand back in the shadows while the male main character resumes his place at the top #like shes so fucking awkward and weird and real and i love her so much i love her SO MUCH #what an amazing character design #i love your work megan ganz #mythic quest #poppy li

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fairmerthefarmer · 2 months

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Some Exocolonist sketches!! (Is that how people shorten the name of this game? Cause I’m absolutely loving I was a Teenage Exocolonist but dammit it’s a mouthful of a title!)

I’ve done I think four or five playthroughs now? And still loving it, though I don’t know if I’ll be able to stomach purposely trying to get some of the bad endings, even though I know it gets you more lore.

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kirisclangen · 1 month

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Zelda

She/her, 65 moons, cis molly

#Zelda (cat)#<- so it doesn't go in the fandom tags of the game lmao #Loner #honeyclan #<- the save file she's from. I'm gonna say she lives nearest to them #warrior cats oc #warriors oc #kiri’s clangen #clangen #She also doesn't have the chest spot on her sprite but I thought she looked better with it so. Y'know #I made her fur so massive but I need it to be known that the rest of her is massive as well. She's jut very large #also I HAVE RETURNED TO THIS BLOG!!! Can't say how regular activity here will be but I'm queueing this on thursday to go up on friday #and I've got three more finished cats to go up the three days after that. We'll see how many more I draw before the queue runs out #I'm doing hermit-a-day-may over on my main blog and I'm coming up on the end of the schoolyear so I may be mostly swamped until summerish #but I'd like to pick back up with posting these during the summer. I have some ideas for a comic that I'd like to do but I haven't written-#-it out yet becuase I want to get these designs done first and I think I'm about halfway through all the cats I have? across 5 different-#-clans two of which are very large so. Mass extinction events will be on once I start playing moons again!!#anyways sorry for rambling but I'm very proud of my next few designs. I think I've found a good method for doing them quickly. It involves-#-using actual reference images for the poses lmao #EDIT I lied I'm not even close to halfway #I've got 66 out of 181 done meaning I have 115 left #jesus fucking christ ITS FINE it's fine it's just a lot. not a problem though #I can pick up the pace after this next month or two #it's chill

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falciesystemessays · 4 days

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so there's this indie game developer who's been a quiet favorite of mine for the past year. Artless Games. they're a chinese developer who specializes in puzzle games. they have a programming game called A=B about working with an esolang, pretty solid takes on The Witness and Sokoban formulas, and the absolutely ridiculous 14 Minesweeper Variants, which is my comfort game and also getting a sequel soon. this developer is really good at making rock-solid puzzle games with good ideas and great execution. if you are interested in puzzle game design at all, and especially if any of these concepts interest you, i highly recommend you check out their work.

The hitch is, of course, the lack of an artstyle. You could call it minimalist, but the name "Artless Games" shows a full awareness that there's a presentational lack in these games. I kind of admire it, honestly, because these games do stand up without the need for visual flair. And as an indie designer who tends to be pretty limited on assets, I deeply respect a game that shows how you don't need those to make an amazing game.

...But it's not that simple, is it?

A few months ago I went to the yearly Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. I learned a lot there, met a good few people, and started to really rethink how I approach gamedev. The thing to understand about GDC talks is that they are incidentally about making good games. The real focus is on how to be successful in the game industry. This often does mean making better games, but it's just as much about confronting how making a good game isn't always enough.

Enter Lenophie, an aggressively French game designer who gave my most anticipated talk, 'Bunburrows': How to Break Out of the Puzzle Niche. She speaks to the fact that, despite puzzle games being very popular among indie developers, it's a pretty small niche in terms of players. To make a profitable indie puzzle game, you have to appeal outside of that niche to players looking for other things. In Lenophie's words, "We treated being a puzzle game like something we had to compensate for." It means not relying on mechanics alone as a selling point. It means giving your game a unique style, or even a story. And it means swallowing your pride as a puzzle game designer and giving players hints, or even letting them skip puzzles. It's not enough to make a good puzzle game, she says. You have to make a good game with puzzles in it.

I came out of that talk feeling like the future of puzzle games was just laid out before me. And I was excited. I'm still excited! The idea of puzzle games extending past their current niche status is a really cool one, to me. But it puts me in a weird spot thinking about Artless again. On some level, I have a deep respect for a game like 14 Minesweeper Variants, a game with even less interesting visuals than normal Minesweeper, for standing on its own as a puzzle game. It was a game built just for me. I think it's really important that games like this exist, that game developers can make a game with a sharp focus that knows its audience and appeals to it fully. But the reality of gamedev as a business complicates matters. I hope every developer working in the puzzle space finds their answer. I hope I find mine. And I hope you, whatever rising star developer is reading this, find your balance.

#also the gdc vault is currently completely down at time of posting due to an sql error so if it's still a problem in a day tell me #game design #puzzle games #pâquerette #pâquerette down the bunburrows #bunburrows #minesweeper #14 minesweeper variants

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sluckythewizard · 3 months

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FORGOT I CAN POST STUFF HERE. HERE, CHECK OUT THESE BEASTS I SCRIBBLED UP A WHILE BACK

#GRAAAHHH HGHEEEELLP MEEEE I WENT THRU SO MUCH TROUBLE TO GET TO A PLACE #TRYIN TO APPLY FOR A GAMING LICENSE BUT I FINALLY SHOW UP N THEIR INTERNETS DOWN!!!#I NNNEEEED THIS LICENSE ASAP SO I CAN GET THIS JOB ASAP SO I CAN GET MONEY ASAP!!!!#i walked 13 minutes after an hour long busride. n that shouldnt normally be a problem #but this foul flesh vessel SUUUCKS AND DECIDES IT WANTS TO HURRRT..#anyway uh. so the art huh. I LOVE DRAWIN CREATURES but i dont do it enough…#im also very fond of the screaming eye beast. the sound design is SO GOOD #LIKE THAT THING SOUNDS SCARY!!! HELL YEAAA!!#im thinkin o coloring these when i can.. nothin but reds tho #the dogs were also so cool and freaky. the flamethrower is SO COOOL #guuhhbyughhh okay thats all my thoughts. now im off to wait uh. 2 hours.#in hopes that the internet returns to the facility #and that my plans shall not be dashed to the flames #AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOGGGHHHHH #feel free to msg me abt jrwi. anything jrwi. i love talking

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ganondoodle · 6 months

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one of the few zelda youtuber guys that seems to actually love totk made a video about it (i guess bc so many talked about why they dont like it) and while i didnt watch it i took a peek into the comments and of course its full of people going "LMAO people only dislike it bc it didnt validate their crazy theories!!" "its always the same when a new zelda comes out lol at first they hate it and then later its a classic haha idiots" "people who dont like it are just caught up in their nostalgia and cant accept anything new being introduced!!"

also thanking him for "speaking up" about loving the game ... which i find kinda mind boggling bc the internet is full of praise and 10/10s for it

i obviously dont want to villainize people that love totk but like .. these kinds of comments are so unecessarily judgemental? how dare someone NOT like an entry in the franchise and voice legit criticism, how dare someone not worship the game just bc it has zelda on it! CLEARLY they are just made delusional by their own fantasy and will realize later just how wrong they were! hah! those fools!

on my rants there were quite a few people who actually said they like the game but agree with alot of my views on it regardless, it is very flawed but i can also see that the good things outweigh the bad stuff for others, even if i legitimately hate it; but i also had to block multiple people bc they got so butthurt about me criticising it

and i dont think its 100% just an opinion thing either, totk, even when i disregard my personal feelings on the matter, has alot of problems, moreso than the other zeldas (each judged for how it was in their time) and in pretty much every part of the game too (story, lore, continuity, gameplay and rewards, UI-) and i think alot of it stems from its conception, they have never done a true direct sequel before and it came from a DLC idea, and it shows (though i still believe even coming from that you could have done something way better..... bc they also made botw, which seemed to prepare fertile ground for more storytelling that was all discarded for NO reason)

BUT that doesnt mean you cant like it anyway! there are some very horribly shitty games out there that are beloved by people anyway! and thats fine! i love ww and botw, both of which HAVE flaws too! and thats okay!

you dont need to be dismissive of any hint of criticism like that, there is no holy honor to defend, it just makes you look like a jerk

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #totk #ganondoodles rants #a little #sorry but like #theres many baffling writing choices in totk #and some mind boggling bad game design too #especially judged by modern games #and completely unnecessary!!#why even call it a sequel if you erase everything from the previous game #and then give some bs excuses in interviews #sorry im starting to rant again #everytime i think about totk i want to bite something bc it could have been so good #and no it didnt have to furfill all my theories or whatever #the biggest problem is that they even refuse to aknowledge the things they established for this new world #which is somethign that will never let me go #you had such a good world build there #you could have gone in so many directions forward #and isntead you go backwards while trampling over the previous game #argh im doing it again #its just so frustrating #you could have been the chosen one #;__;#im calling it the pokemon problem #so much potential thrown out the window again and again for something mediocre but with hints that give you a taste of greatness #greatness that will never be truly taken advantage of

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n--n · 1 year

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It’s finals week so enjoy my study break Sen and Elyon

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved elyon #touchstarved sen #REALLY WISH I DIDNT DRAW THIS ON MY SCRAP PAPER #too late now 🥲#Fuck calc 2 all my homies hate calc 2 #cannot overstate how much doodling helps me reset after a math problem #anyways there is so few fanart of these two and they have such cool designs #excuse Elyon’s weird face I drew him after Sen and ran out of steam lol

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rocketbirdie · 7 days

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Thoughts on the new Monster Hunter trailer?

Equal parts thrilled and apprehensive!

I've always preferred a more cartoony and colorful MH that doesn't take itself too seriously. World wasn't my cup of tea for various reasons, such as the emphasis on realism, too much time sucked away by a disinteresting plot, and the disgustingly visceral sound design.

Wilds is very obviously World-like. As soon as I learned it's FULLY voice acted, I groaned in agony not gonna lie. I'll be perfectly fine with it being plot heavy as long as they make cutscenes skippable. Not sure yet how I feel about having a handler again. Would like to see Sunbreak's followers system return, but I'm not confident.

New locale looks beautiful!! Mohran hype maybe??? The new large monsters are curious. Amphibian monster! Zamtrios?? Please please please zamtrios please pleeease please. Great Sword moveset is funky. I like the gap-closing counter attack, but I also kind of miss the goofy simplicity of the old school hit-and-run playstyle.

Seikret is precious. I hope we get to customize their colors and deck them out in cute cringey outfits. Very surprised that you can sharpen/drink potions etc. while riding them, that was the thing about Rise's palamutes that I felt needed to be nerfed. I DO like that Seikret can carry one other weapon for you to switch out between. Hopefully that means you can't freely change equipment at the main camp like in Rise. I like having to prepare more carefully for hunts!

#monster hunter #asks #i'm going to stay open minded. i think i'll be more excited once we see more actual HUNTING happening #instead of cinematic dodge rolling to create tension for a trailer lol #that great sword counter made me GASP. sexiest thing ever. hell yeah #i feel like i'm utterly alone when it comes to sound design nitpicking in games.#world's monster sound effects actually made me nauseous oftentimes. paolumu being a major offender #i know that's me being autistic and having weirdness about audio in general. but i've never had that problem in any other mh game.#or almost any other video game. period #so i hope wilds won't be as bad as world was in that regard

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munchboxart · 5 months

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Ok last long winded post but I've had this deep rooted fear for a long time but I'm kind of afraid of the Genshinification of Kirby. Ok so what I mean is that if you know Cookie Run, their designs over the years have gotten really complicated and Genshin-like. I'm afraid of that happening but I also think I don't need to be too worried, hopefully.

So far the biggest offender of this is Star Allies, but I'm also kind of mixed because it can just be excused for like... the ancients and such. And if it's just a thing with the ancients stuff then that's fine personally. I'm just kind of afraid that they're getting a bit lost in the sauce with narratives and final bosses and music and etc.

#i mean older kirby games also kind of had this design for their final bosses #final boss of mass attack (never played it but ik of it). nightmare. drawcia i guess?#tho the thing is that they still had like. a cute kirby element that made them kind of soft and fit into the kirby theme if that makes sens #i feel like void termina is kind of pushing that to be more realistic like. into the genshin-theme rather than sticking to the kirby theme?#imo elfilis also has that problem a bit but tbf they are an alien so ?#etc #long post

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chibishortdeath · 7 months

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I have drawn Simon again :)

The fourth image is based on the art for a Vocaloid song lol, “Leming-ming” by Kairikibear . And the last two are outfits from some dress up games I was playing around on.

But yeah! Actually posting new art, I drew these yesterday!!! Wahoo! d(^^ )

#castlevania #castlevania games #simon belmont #art post #my art #simon’s quest #Castlevania nes #cv1 #akumajou dracula #picrew is fun to play around on sometimes #I used to have like a massive dress up game phase as a kid so heck yeah silly dress up game website yippie!#I wish the ads weren’t absolute insufferable tho 💀💀💀#I was playing on it on a computer rather than my phone and someone saw the ads on the side of the screen oooof that was hard to explain #also ignore the eraser sitting in the top corner lol #it’s covering up some really awkward attempts at a character design #when one project doesn’t work just make the page a Simon page problem solved #this is also not the first time I’ve drawn simon in the pose of a Vocaloid pv artwork btw 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀#I should do that again >:)#jokes aside it is a good way to study composition tho #I suck at backgrounds so it helps 👍#how to draw Simon:#1. make him absolutely massive #2. make him cute #3. don’t forget to add the constant air of deep sadness and loneliness in his eyes—#4. no pants #you done it! a him!#anyway time to redraw something sad I drew a couple years ago hehehe—

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thesoulsofthedarned · 5 months

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TL;Dr : Reverse 1999 is great

So since yesterday I’ve been playing Reverse 1999 because I was interested in the story. Honestly I’d say this game is pretty good overall! The story is cool, the gameplay is fun and interesting, and the characters are really fun, not to mention the character roster has a much more unique and diverse cast than Genshin (sorry Genshin). So for this post, here are some of my highlighted characters:

Sonetto is pretty sweet, plus she has cool attack animations. She’s also a free five star you get in the main story, which is neat :3

Normally i dislike Tsundere characters because they can be annoying, but Matilda is an exception. She also has pretty attacks, plus she’s kinda funny so I like her.

Leilani is currently my favorite, i just love how cute and energetic she is! I’m really glad shes for free, even though she’s a 3 star :,)

Currently one of the MVP’s of my account. Does decent damage plus provides solid healing, an overall comfy unit for me. It helps that she reminds me of Diluc. I dunno why but characters who represent justice/judgement always appeal to me in video games. Maybe it’s because of their strong presence?

Mondlicht is another favorite of mine (even though i have trouble pronouncing her name ;-;). I really like how she’s a balance of cute and stoic, it reminds me of Razor (not 100% sure if they’d get along tbh). She also has an axe gun so she’s easily top tier lol.

Ok so from what I’ve seen on the internet, his name in the English language is spelled “Zima”? I think? Lemme know if I’m wrong. Anyways yeah, I like him a normal amount. He’s just a peaceful, possibly sleep deprived lil guy with an owl, you can’t compete with that! Plus he sounds like he struggles with speaking english, unsure if that was the intent but it’s a very cool detail.

Sweetheart makes me feel a certain way, plus she’s a really nice Dps. Her design reminds me of Betty Boop a little bit. Her voice is nice too, it really sells the kind of character that she is.

Pavia’s interesting to be sure. He reminds me of Childe with his murderous tendencies and unmatched charm. For real though, this guy is a borderline psychopath, the voice lines will tell you that much 0-0

La Source is a decently comfy healer, definitely worthy of the MVP status despite being a 3 star. Plus I love how sassy she is, she can be pretty funny. That being said, she’ll probably be benched as soon as I get my hands on a better healer.

#reverse 1999 #reverse 1999 sonetto #reverse 1999 matilda #reverse 1999 leilani #reverse 1999 dikke #reverse 1999 mondlicht #reverse 1999 zima #Reverse 1999 sweetheart #reverse 1999 pavia #reverse 1999 la source #Good lord that was a lot to type out #Anyways yea this game is lit go play it #Wait actually don’t its a gacha game you’ll get addicted :(#Something I really like about the characters is how diverse the designs look #Especially the females #Genshin has really good designs too but kinda limits what girls can wear a lot of the time #It’s not too much of a problem most of the time but sometimes they’ll be so focused on making designs cute or sexy #The overall design can suffer for it :(#Anyways imma go to bed now its past 8

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