Ilaiya 🎭
@ilaiyarotted.com
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I'm that strange woman who finds exposed wires attractive and enjoys punching UMDs~ IN A CUTE WAY!!
Oh and I 100% every musou game too I suppose...
My Personal Website: ilaiyarotted.com
I Stream too!: twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya
I'm that strange woman who finds exposed wires attractive and enjoys punching UMDs~ IN A CUTE WAY!!
Oh and I 100% every musou game too I suppose...
My Personal Website: ilaiyarotted.com
I Stream too!: twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya
Mask of Deception's final 1/3rd has dragged out slightly longer than I expected (not necessarily in a bad way, the story itself is still great) I don't think I'll finish it before Monday. Either way we're finishing Utawarerumono Zan's story mode next stream, I can't delay it any further 😔
December 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Mask of Deception's final 1/3rd has dragged out slightly longer than I expected (not necessarily in a bad way, the story itself is still great) I don't think I'll finish it before Monday. Either way we're finishing Utawarerumono Zan's story mode next stream, I can't delay it any further 😔
"Battle Arena" is definitely the best case of this, it's a short mode with only 1 mission per character, but each of those missions is very intentionally designed to make use of that particular character's kit: Kiwru's is a stationary ranged survival test, Jachdwalt's is a counter-focused duel, etc.
December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Battle Arena" is definitely the best case of this, it's a short mode with only 1 mission per character, but each of those missions is very intentionally designed to make use of that particular character's kit: Kiwru's is a stationary ranged survival test, Jachdwalt's is a counter-focused duel, etc.
Simultaneously went too far and not far enough 😔
I am so glad that I chose to always try to stay ahead of Zan's story in Mask of Deception, because while Zan is a great game to play, it does not adapt MoD's fantastic story very well at all. Not unexpected for a condensed retelling, still unforchies
I am so glad that I chose to always try to stay ahead of Zan's story in Mask of Deception, because while Zan is a great game to play, it does not adapt MoD's fantastic story very well at all. Not unexpected for a condensed retelling, still unforchies
December 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Simultaneously went too far and not far enough 😔
I am so glad that I chose to always try to stay ahead of Zan's story in Mask of Deception, because while Zan is a great game to play, it does not adapt MoD's fantastic story very well at all. Not unexpected for a condensed retelling, still unforchies
I am so glad that I chose to always try to stay ahead of Zan's story in Mask of Deception, because while Zan is a great game to play, it does not adapt MoD's fantastic story very well at all. Not unexpected for a condensed retelling, still unforchies
Now that I think about it, I don't remember if Nosuri was introduced earlier in Zan at the same point she is in the VN either, I know she's playable so she won't stay un-introduced forever, but that's 2 major characters that are pushed to the side for the early parts of Zan's version.
December 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Now that I think about it, I don't remember if Nosuri was introduced earlier in Zan at the same point she is in the VN either, I know she's playable so she won't stay un-introduced forever, but that's 2 major characters that are pushed to the side for the early parts of Zan's version.
Between chapters 5 and 6 in Zan there's like 6 hours worth of reading in MoD that's just completely ignored. That stuff is arguably mostly filler, it's largely character development and there isn't a single combat stage, but a major character is introduced and she's barely mentioned so far in Zan.
December 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Between chapters 5 and 6 in Zan there's like 6 hours worth of reading in MoD that's just completely ignored. That stuff is arguably mostly filler, it's largely character development and there isn't a single combat stage, but a major character is introduced and she's barely mentioned so far in Zan.
Obviously I'm only 4 hours in, and this will likely end up being a 20-30 hour 100% completion so my opinion could change, but as of now I really like Utawarerumono Zan it's super fun :D
I need to read more of Mask of Deception before next stream tho so I can progress Story Mode past Chapter 7 ;-;
I need to read more of Mask of Deception before next stream tho so I can progress Story Mode past Chapter 7 ;-;
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Obviously I'm only 4 hours in, and this will likely end up being a 20-30 hour 100% completion so my opinion could change, but as of now I really like Utawarerumono Zan it's super fun :D
I need to read more of Mask of Deception before next stream tho so I can progress Story Mode past Chapter 7 ;-;
I need to read more of Mask of Deception before next stream tho so I can progress Story Mode past Chapter 7 ;-;
This is especially the case in co-op, this is one of the rare musous that not only have a co-op mode, but it's actually substantial and not just Free Mode quests with friends, it's high-difficulty content that requires either playing with others (not happening) or building a team with good support.
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is especially the case in co-op, this is one of the rare musous that not only have a co-op mode, but it's actually substantial and not just Free Mode quests with friends, it's high-difficulty content that requires either playing with others (not happening) or building a team with good support.
This is still a fairly traditional musou, hordes of enemies everywhere, simple string-based attacks, it's not something like The Ochimusha where it's debatable whether it even qualifies in the genre, no it's absolutely a musou, but the focus isn't solely mowing down enemies nonstop.
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is still a fairly traditional musou, hordes of enemies everywhere, simple string-based attacks, it's not something like The Ochimusha where it's debatable whether it even qualifies in the genre, no it's absolutely a musou, but the focus isn't solely mowing down enemies nonstop.
As terrible as the whole package is, whoever decided on the roster and designed the character movesets did a fantastic job, these are some of the best in the genre, even the worst characters are at least still unique!
I JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE THAN 1 AWFUL STORY MODE TO USE THEM IN >:C
I JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE THAN 1 AWFUL STORY MODE TO USE THEM IN >:C
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As terrible as the whole package is, whoever decided on the roster and designed the character movesets did a fantastic job, these are some of the best in the genre, even the worst characters are at least still unique!
I JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE THAN 1 AWFUL STORY MODE TO USE THEM IN >:C
I JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE THAN 1 AWFUL STORY MODE TO USE THEM IN >:C
Almost all mandatory stages feel barely different from the randomized optional stages. With the exception of the final true ending fight against Yomi they're all pretty much filler. Stage maps make this even worse with most being way too large for the slow base movement speed and timed objectives
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Almost all mandatory stages feel barely different from the randomized optional stages. With the exception of the final true ending fight against Yomi they're all pretty much filler. Stage maps make this even worse with most being way too large for the slow base movement speed and timed objectives
I haven't actually fully 100% completed WAS yet, I'm done for now but I will need to come back later. Everything is done except Events which require max Regard on everyone as a prerequisite. These aren't difficult to get, they require 0 effort, but it's seemingly random when they trigger.
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I haven't actually fully 100% completed WAS yet, I'm done for now but I will need to come back later. Everything is done except Events which require max Regard on everyone as a prerequisite. These aren't difficult to get, they require 0 effort, but it's seemingly random when they trigger.
No stream this morning, it's my partner's birthday!
Utawarerumono Zan releases today, but not until late tonight, so instead I'll be doing an early, extra long stream tomorrow! ALSO NO SPOILERS DURING STREAM I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED MASK OF DECEPTION!
500 post Warriors All-Stars complaint time :D
Utawarerumono Zan releases today, but not until late tonight, so instead I'll be doing an early, extra long stream tomorrow! ALSO NO SPOILERS DURING STREAM I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED MASK OF DECEPTION!
500 post Warriors All-Stars complaint time :D
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
No stream this morning, it's my partner's birthday!
Utawarerumono Zan releases today, but not until late tonight, so instead I'll be doing an early, extra long stream tomorrow! ALSO NO SPOILERS DURING STREAM I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED MASK OF DECEPTION!
500 post Warriors All-Stars complaint time :D
Utawarerumono Zan releases today, but not until late tonight, so instead I'll be doing an early, extra long stream tomorrow! ALSO NO SPOILERS DURING STREAM I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED MASK OF DECEPTION!
500 post Warriors All-Stars complaint time :D
I'm too tired to type out 50 posts tonight but I am so fucking glad to be done with Warriors All-Stars, I picked this up a few months ago expecting a relatively short game... it was not a relatively short game.
I'll do my usual post-musou yap session tomorrow, I'm goin' eepy zzzzzzzzzz
I'll do my usual post-musou yap session tomorrow, I'm goin' eepy zzzzzzzzzz
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm too tired to type out 50 posts tonight but I am so fucking glad to be done with Warriors All-Stars, I picked this up a few months ago expecting a relatively short game... it was not a relatively short game.
I'll do my usual post-musou yap session tomorrow, I'm goin' eepy zzzzzzzzzz
I'll do my usual post-musou yap session tomorrow, I'm goin' eepy zzzzzzzzzz
WARRIORS ALL-STARS IS COMPLETE!!!* I DID IT I 100%'D THE GAME!!!* kinda. Now that I have full max Regard I can now get all Friendship/Hotspring Events but that's a mostly passive process AND I CAN DO THAT LATER I'M DONE FOR NOW!!! perfectly on time too, Utawarerumono Zan releases tomorrow!
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
WARRIORS ALL-STARS IS COMPLETE!!!* I DID IT I 100%'D THE GAME!!!* kinda. Now that I have full max Regard I can now get all Friendship/Hotspring Events but that's a mostly passive process AND I CAN DO THAT LATER I'M DONE FOR NOW!!! perfectly on time too, Utawarerumono Zan releases tomorrow!
I swear every game that's widely hated online is just mediocre at worst CASTLEVANIA 64 IS FINE!!! It really wants to be a 2D Classicvania but in a 3D space, and that doesn't really work too well at all (you can walk around most obstacles lol), but like, it's fiiiiinnneeee
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I swear every game that's widely hated online is just mediocre at worst CASTLEVANIA 64 IS FINE!!! It really wants to be a 2D Classicvania but in a 3D space, and that doesn't really work too well at all (you can walk around most obstacles lol), but like, it's fiiiiinnneeee
Website update complete no more placeholder assets >:3
I'll wait until I've officially 100%'d Warriors All-Stars before I publish it but the work is done no more hours of typing paragraphs and re-learning basic HTML after 2 months of not using it BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS TO TAKE THIS LONG >:C
I'll wait until I've officially 100%'d Warriors All-Stars before I publish it but the work is done no more hours of typing paragraphs and re-learning basic HTML after 2 months of not using it BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS TO TAKE THIS LONG >:C
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Website update complete no more placeholder assets >:3
I'll wait until I've officially 100%'d Warriors All-Stars before I publish it but the work is done no more hours of typing paragraphs and re-learning basic HTML after 2 months of not using it BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS TO TAKE THIS LONG >:C
I'll wait until I've officially 100%'d Warriors All-Stars before I publish it but the work is done no more hours of typing paragraphs and re-learning basic HTML after 2 months of not using it BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS TO TAKE THIS LONG >:C
I'm almost done with the next big website update! It'll either be complete today or tomorrow, so instead of streaming this morning I'm going to focus on wrapping up that instead.
I may stream later today, but even if I don't I will finish Castlevania 64 on stream sometime this week!
I may stream later today, but even if I don't I will finish Castlevania 64 on stream sometime this week!
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm almost done with the next big website update! It'll either be complete today or tomorrow, so instead of streaming this morning I'm going to focus on wrapping up that instead.
I may stream later today, but even if I don't I will finish Castlevania 64 on stream sometime this week!
I may stream later today, but even if I don't I will finish Castlevania 64 on stream sometime this week!
I've been slightly quiet about Warriors All-Stars recently because I've been working on other things but I have still squeezed in some time for it, and I now only have 7 characters left!
As long as events after max regard don't take too long, I'll definitely be done in time for Utawarerumono Zan Day
As long as events after max regard don't take too long, I'll definitely be done in time for Utawarerumono Zan Day
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I've been slightly quiet about Warriors All-Stars recently because I've been working on other things but I have still squeezed in some time for it, and I now only have 7 characters left!
As long as events after max regard don't take too long, I'll definitely be done in time for Utawarerumono Zan Day
As long as events after max regard don't take too long, I'll definitely be done in time for Utawarerumono Zan Day
Phase 3 of ReBirth's final boss has some of the most fun patterns to learn in the entire series it's so good. Unfortunately it's a nearly 5 full minute long fight, not even including phase 1 and 2 and I'm not a fan of endurance tests. I prefer my bosses to be punishing and short, not an hour long.
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Phase 3 of ReBirth's final boss has some of the most fun patterns to learn in the entire series it's so good. Unfortunately it's a nearly 5 full minute long fight, not even including phase 1 and 2 and I'm not a fan of endurance tests. I prefer my bosses to be punishing and short, not an hour long.
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth was definitely way better than the original Adventure, but also it's not even really a remake, it's an entirely different game with almost no similarities, and I'd still consider it the most average game in the entire series. Not a bad game, but a bit forgettable.
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth was definitely way better than the original Adventure, but also it's not even really a remake, it's an entirely different game with almost no similarities, and I'd still consider it the most average game in the entire series. Not a bad game, but a bit forgettable.
Wow that one was stinky.
Aside from Castlevania: The Adventure, a launch window Game Boy game, Dracula X is my least enjoyed Castlevania yet WHY DOES IT CONTROL SO ASS??? WHY DO YOU GET NO INVINCIBILITY FRAMES THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!!!
Dracula was ez btw, I was lied to >:c
Aside from Castlevania: The Adventure, a launch window Game Boy game, Dracula X is my least enjoyed Castlevania yet WHY DOES IT CONTROL SO ASS??? WHY DO YOU GET NO INVINCIBILITY FRAMES THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!!!
Dracula was ez btw, I was lied to >:c
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wow that one was stinky.
Aside from Castlevania: The Adventure, a launch window Game Boy game, Dracula X is my least enjoyed Castlevania yet WHY DOES IT CONTROL SO ASS??? WHY DO YOU GET NO INVINCIBILITY FRAMES THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!!!
Dracula was ez btw, I was lied to >:c
Aside from Castlevania: The Adventure, a launch window Game Boy game, Dracula X is my least enjoyed Castlevania yet WHY DOES IT CONTROL SO ASS??? WHY DO YOU GET NO INVINCIBILITY FRAMES THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!!!
Dracula was ez btw, I was lied to >:c
I'll definitely stream again later in the week, whether it's tomorrow, Friday, or over the weekend, but I'm making much faster pace on WAS now, so as long as I don't slack off on progress too much, I should easily be able to complete it before mid-December. I'm well past the halfway point now!
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'll definitely stream again later in the week, whether it's tomorrow, Friday, or over the weekend, but I'm making much faster pace on WAS now, so as long as I don't slack off on progress too much, I should easily be able to complete it before mid-December. I'm well past the halfway point now!
Also they transed the gender of the Mud Women and Wolf Woman in Arrange Mode and that's cool af. As odd as it is how few sprites get changed in Arrange Mode, I'm glad at least the ones they did go out of their way to redo look really nice.
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Also they transed the gender of the Mud Women and Wolf Woman in Arrange Mode and that's cool af. As odd as it is how few sprites get changed in Arrange Mode, I'm glad at least the ones they did go out of their way to redo look really nice.
Despite internet issues, I did get to go back and finish Castlevania Chronicles on stream, somehow I've saved all of the best Classicvanias for last, this is tied with Rondo of Blood as my new favorite, maybe even above that game once I play Original Mode later!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Despite internet issues, I did get to go back and finish Castlevania Chronicles on stream, somehow I've saved all of the best Classicvanias for last, this is tied with Rondo of Blood as my new favorite, maybe even above that game once I play Original Mode later!
Break time is over! Stream is tomorrow morning again, I'm feeling Castlevania withdrawal I NEEEEEEEEEED to play Castlevania Chronicles NOW!
I should really put together a schedule graphic, I think I've nailed down pretty consistent times for streams: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays around ~9 AM.
I should really put together a schedule graphic, I think I've nailed down pretty consistent times for streams: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays around ~9 AM.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Break time is over! Stream is tomorrow morning again, I'm feeling Castlevania withdrawal I NEEEEEEEEEED to play Castlevania Chronicles NOW!
I should really put together a schedule graphic, I think I've nailed down pretty consistent times for streams: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays around ~9 AM.
I should really put together a schedule graphic, I think I've nailed down pretty consistent times for streams: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays around ~9 AM.