Slio9
@slio9.bsky.social
Connoisseur of Beautiful Defeats & Ugly Victories. He/Him.
It always sticks with me that the end of FFXIV's Shadowbringers Expansion "Remember Us. Remember that we once lived" one of the hardest hitting pieces of a game, but one that has a timer to its lifespan. There will be a day when the servers go down, and all there will be is the Memory.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It always sticks with me that the end of FFXIV's Shadowbringers Expansion "Remember Us. Remember that we once lived" one of the hardest hitting pieces of a game, but one that has a timer to its lifespan. There will be a day when the servers go down, and all there will be is the Memory.
But it's the pieces that are unique to Modern Games get me. MMOs lost to time with downed servers(FFXIV 1.0) or removed chapters(Destiny 2) or reworked systems(Diablo 3/WoW). Reworked/removed chapters also are, as mentioned with Hades 2, a real thing on Singleplayer titles from FFXV to Superhot VR.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
But it's the pieces that are unique to Modern Games get me. MMOs lost to time with downed servers(FFXIV 1.0) or removed chapters(Destiny 2) or reworked systems(Diablo 3/WoW). Reworked/removed chapters also are, as mentioned with Hades 2, a real thing on Singleplayer titles from FFXV to Superhot VR.
I did not play it at all pre-patch, Silk Song had me for too long.
It's hard to even compare, because the changes aren't just the ending, but a bunch of writing leading up to it as well from what I've looked into.
I will accept all yelling into the void.
It's hard to even compare, because the changes aren't just the ending, but a bunch of writing leading up to it as well from what I've looked into.
I will accept all yelling into the void.
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I did not play it at all pre-patch, Silk Song had me for too long.
It's hard to even compare, because the changes aren't just the ending, but a bunch of writing leading up to it as well from what I've looked into.
I will accept all yelling into the void.
It's hard to even compare, because the changes aren't just the ending, but a bunch of writing leading up to it as well from what I've looked into.
I will accept all yelling into the void.
Also wanna mention the Script changes a month post release, a wild improvement, but baffling it released that way
Did you know Sea of Stars had this as well, going back and edited script and events years after the fact?
Games are so ephemeral, being able to just delete an old version from existing
Did you know Sea of Stars had this as well, going back and edited script and events years after the fact?
Games are so ephemeral, being able to just delete an old version from existing
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Also wanna mention the Script changes a month post release, a wild improvement, but baffling it released that way
Did you know Sea of Stars had this as well, going back and edited script and events years after the fact?
Games are so ephemeral, being able to just delete an old version from existing
Did you know Sea of Stars had this as well, going back and edited script and events years after the fact?
Games are so ephemeral, being able to just delete an old version from existing
It keeps getting funnier to me, with characters mentioning "Security Specialist Zagreus" like yeah it's my 9-5 to clock in and bonk Theseus on the head again.
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It keeps getting funnier to me, with characters mentioning "Security Specialist Zagreus" like yeah it's my 9-5 to clock in and bonk Theseus on the head again.
The Characters are hard for me to pin down. I like having more people you run into in the field, working with/against folks makes them real, but some (Moros, Odysseus) feel static. Love our chats with bosses/area friends as well.
The couple of times we see Than/Meg/Dusa had me so excited tho!
The couple of times we see Than/Meg/Dusa had me so excited tho!
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Characters are hard for me to pin down. I like having more people you run into in the field, working with/against folks makes them real, but some (Moros, Odysseus) feel static. Love our chats with bosses/area friends as well.
The couple of times we see Than/Meg/Dusa had me so excited tho!
The couple of times we see Than/Meg/Dusa had me so excited tho!
The story isn't as compelling as Hades was, Zagreus had a very personal journey, and while Chronos I think matches that well, the Olypmus side has a focus on the foibles of the Gods that it doesn't hit imo
Also the post-game "Let's keep doing runs" is a way more transparent gameplay thing this time
Also the post-game "Let's keep doing runs" is a way more transparent gameplay thing this time
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The story isn't as compelling as Hades was, Zagreus had a very personal journey, and while Chronos I think matches that well, the Olypmus side has a focus on the foibles of the Gods that it doesn't hit imo
Also the post-game "Let's keep doing runs" is a way more transparent gameplay thing this time
Also the post-game "Let's keep doing runs" is a way more transparent gameplay thing this time
This has me thinking about the "Can't win other than opponent conceding" Cube stream. This would be dreadful at winning even there.
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This has me thinking about the "Can't win other than opponent conceding" Cube stream. This would be dreadful at winning even there.
For at least a few seconds I didn't think about Aquaman and instead thought about Liam O'Brien voicing someone else.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
For at least a few seconds I didn't think about Aquaman and instead thought about Liam O'Brien voicing someone else.