sakana
2001
There was a Naughty Dog employee who had a funny concept of Daxter racing the loading bar between every zone, this person got properly sacked from his job after pitching such an idiotic idea (source: trust me bro); Jak and Daxter doesn't care about wasting the players' time with trivial things such as loading screens, when it throws in a cutscene it goes "it's ok you can skip" unlike its contemporary Ratchet & Clank, except you're not going to because they're charming as hell revealing snippets of this mystical world. The music is somewhere in the background quietly jamming, doing its thing so it doesn't overshadow the main dish; the game never explains this but Jak is an acrobat master with flips and rolls that would make the Souls protagonists blush (especially the adaptability fool), Daxter seems like a gimmick that would get annoying quick but gives some funny lines and helpful advice every time you're stuck. The whole time I kept waiting for the catch, that one moment that's kinda shit so I can dog on the game but it never came, it's just ~5 hours of pure platforming fun that refuses to overstay its welcome. Play the pc port (yes, look it up) and enjoy one of PS2's finest outings in its definitive form.
2009
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1998
Rummaging through a random town and it's raining, quite stormy. I make my fighter open a random door to a random house and at that exact moment they get struck by lightning. In my infinite wisdom, I think that they triggered a trap, and get irrate that these inbred villagers had the gall to trap the door to their own home.
Years later I found out your characters can get hit by lightning during stormy weather if they're wearing plate armor.
Years later I found out your characters can get hit by lightning during stormy weather if they're wearing plate armor.
2012
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