Anyway, the 2x2 room restriction makes the 3x5 basement awkward as hell to work with, lol.

Limited myself to no spaces smaller than ~2x2 (wall segments) because the camera does. not. like. areas smaller than that.

And, I suppose that tracks. The houses already have kinda odd dimensions to make up for the camera. (They've all got massively high ceilings)

Not to mention the outside house model definitely wasn't designed with ANY respect to inside even a little tiny bit.

It remains a game where the core loop doesn't particularly interest me. I'm okay going out to accomplish an objective but it's not got anything that'd make me pick my own.

It all sorta feels like a half thought out game. It need the PvP to be interesting, but the PvP *isn't* interesting itself.

So I finished the final quest (wander around Stella Montis and find two random pink loot things and hopefully don't get shot to death) and basically all motivation to play is gone.

If I rated it now, it'd be 3.5 stars because I do like it and I did *really* like it when we started.

Was an interesting first episode, I can't wait to see if it lets me down.

It's a little rough to come back to this one knowing that I still like where it's at, but it's all eventually leading to an ending absolutely fucking no one likes.

And it's kind of perfectly designed if you're looking at how to make a game specifically to play to antisocial behavior.

But what if the point is actually just that you can be an asshole? That the game *wants* you to?

It makes cooperation meaningful because it's not the default/only option, but part of the draw is going to be that you can ruin someone's match for no material benefit outside of that satisfaction.

...some people just want a game that "rewards" their antisocial impulses, don't they? Is that the point?

Is that what's escaped me? I don't think ARC's PvP is very interesting because there's little worth fighting about and I could play any number of other shooters if I cared about "good fights."

Not the nicest thing to say, but this game is really boring. Good chance I won't go back to it.

Maybe I picked a bad starting frame or something, but the abilities are (at best) mildly confusing, not satisfying to use, and everything's way too fucking easy to be even a little fun.

You scared me! I thought I messed up my workshops because that didn't happen for me this week, lol.

Secrets of the Silent Witch
⭐⭐⭐

I retain a soft spot for this sorta thing. Monica is adorable. I probably should've watched it subtitled, tho.

+: the last few episodes, big fan of the Starweaving Mira
-: Shifting to pretty standard shojo highschool, the dub (especially all the boys) is not great

Redline (2009)
⭐⭐⭐

Hella rad and fun and that's kinda it. Not quite hella rad and fun *enough* to be something I think everyone needs to see.

+ : Some real fun animation, aliens, and bits of silly worldbuilding
- : the plot's an excuse for the animation which, fair enough, but still pretty bland