I haven't been this hooked into mainline Pokemon battling in ages, it's amazing how well back-to-back PvE battles go with rogue-like elements. Having restrictions on healing item use and set battle rules, and not starting every battle able to fully heal in-between, you actually have to engage with the mechanics of the series that the mainline games have stubbornly refused to offer for ages.

I've always LOATHED "hard" difficulty romhacks since they basically just pit you against competitive team builds on normal trainers while you have some mid-level, shoddy pkmn with no held items available. Pokerogue, however, takes advantage of the vanilla formula and makes you feel like you're on a journey with only slight deviations, like being allowed to have multiple held items or even stack held items for boosted effects.

I've never once felt like the game was overtly unfair, even with the amount of RNG involved in a run (well, except for a certain trainer's ace Pokemon, there's a reason Smogon banned it from ubers). Most of the time, I could've just made better decisions on what I caught and which items I chose. Hell, if you're lucky and find your favorite Pokemon in the wild, you can probably take it to the endgame with how the game lets you build your teams over the course of your journey.

Overall, better than the actual games IMO and is MUST play for anyone who wants a Pokemon game that respects its combat, but dislikes online competitive.

I'll probably get some flack for this, but pretty much any Zelda game is better than the first one, at least from my perspective. I get it was supposed to evoke the feeling of getting lost exploring a vast world, but literally getting lost isn't my idea of fun or engaging gameplay. Every time I attempt this without a guide, I run around aimlessly & get beat up by Octorocks. I'm beyond glad that this game laid the groundwork for an awesome franchise to bloom from... but eh, the original LOZ just isn't a whole lot of fun for me.

Admittedly, a lot of my problems with this wad is that it's a Doom 1 wad. That means a smaller enemy roster than what I'm used to and no super shotgun, although I mitigated that problem by using a weapon mod.

I'm also not a big fan of huge levels with big enemy counts. Even if I was tearing through them with a cool shotgun and assault rifle, it got exhausting quickly. I got through four levels and wanted to drop the playthrough. I feel even more confident in the opinion that this wasn't a great idea for a community wad, in the end.

The thing about Doom 2 In Name Only is that the concept came out better in that version. Doom 2's levels had very specific names that were barely reflected in the levels itself. In the first Doom, levels like Command Control and Central Processing have very tech-basey names so the level the mappers make for those levels are just bigger, more detailed techbases.

I was really looking forward to this one but quickly grew impatient. This is probably really good in someone's eyes– that person isn't me.

sensações oníricas recortadas e verbalizadas em uma revista artesanal -- expondo aquilo que é "delicado", aquilo que é "íntimo", aquilo que pode até ser "cringe" se você se olhar numa posição pouco sensível, mesmo que em retrospecto da situação

a necessidade de se expor em relação à problemática do deslocamento interno, representado pelo sonho, me aproxima de uma introspecção um tanto mórbida e até bruta de certo modo -- não estou sabendo demais? e o que é o 'demais' pro ponto de expressão de uma obra de arte?

pequenos trechos pouco legíveis do texto e toda a estética visual das páginas da revista retornam essa brutalidade do texto com algum carinho -- essa exposição, crua e pouco espaçada, que assume a perdição do ego no sonho, no fim das contas, aprisiona e liberta as sensações oníricas, deixando-as se propagarem pelo nosso cerne -- do talvez à afirmação final, provavelmente a frase mais legível do jogo, livrando-nos da rejeição do cerne.

As one story ends another begins. This is what brings us to Crossbell. A city state sandwiched between two political superpowers seemingly hanging on by a thread to stay afloat of outside influences. However not everything is what it seems on the surface. Crossbell is corrupt and is very limited on what it can do to fix its own issues. And only the SSS can change Crossbell's wrongdoings from within.

I love the SSS man. Every member is so fun to see and their interactions are priceless. The squad is so diverse in personality and yet they mesh so well. Even their battle styles are different. Seeing the SSS slowly get the recognition they deserve is such a payoff. They aren't just a copy of the bracer guild and made their own identity.

I find the setting of Crossbell to be very engaging especially since the state is small enough to where you are able to get to know every character including the npcs and really connect with the characters when shit hits the fan. It also isn't small to the point where you get tired of the same locations. This can also be implied due to how well this game uses its map. Like it just makes sense that you have to go all over Crossbell to retrieve an overdue book or partake in a fishing contest at the sandbar.

As always Trails and of course Falcom delivers on its soundtrack. Like every time this track played I was on the edge of my seat because I knew I had to lock in. Another great soundtrack that the music is all it takes to change your mood in an instant.

Can't talk about Zero without a certain character's journey that has spanned over 3 games now. Definetly one of the best character journeys I have seen in a video game. Every time they are on screen I always get emotional. There is just something about how its handled that it's truly special.

From what this game concludes off of, I really wonder how Azure will start off because Zero had a pretty conclusive ending but definetly has questions that needs to be answered. Just like us as the player, the SSS still doesn't know all of the answers on the why of how Crossbell functions but if we just get over the barrier only then we can seek the truth and justice be served.

"But what we need right now is the experience of overcoming these kinds of obstacles. Think about it, clear the small barriers one by one… If we do that, then someday, we’ll have the power to get over the taller barriers, too. "

This is one of those game that would greatly benefit with a proper remake. Having completed this game 100% I have to say that I can't recommend this game to the casual player. The depressing story about characters that are morally gray is the best part of this game. The gameplay leaves a bitter-sweet taste. The aerial missions are the highlight of the gameplay, being fun and interesting, but the ground missions become tiresome when the only thing you do is killing the same enemies using the same boring movements over and over again, and it doesn't feel satisfactory at all. In order to get the 100% completion of the game, you have to find all the 64 hidden weapons, and this can get incredibly tiresome and not fun at all (Like waiting for 25 minutes in a certain stage). And finally, the final secret mission in the game is going to give you nightmares. Again, if you are interested only in the story, do not play this game. Watch the cutscenes on YouTube or something.