La Dispute is almost unquestionably my AOTY. Conflict DLC from Health almost snuck in at the last minute but there are songs on that La Dispute album that helped shape my year towards the end. Ceschi is similarly in my actual top 3 cause Pt. 1 of his album helped get me through some shit.

Honestly, having the alternate route to Act 2 being less hidden would've improved some peoples' experience with the game. Last Judge is brutal early on, and the alternate gatekeeper boss is so much more manageable even if the area leading to them is annoying.

It's really reinforcing my take that the main reason Act 1 feels so hard is because the player gets so many crucial tools in Act 2. Act 1 has some things (mainly silk skills) but so many key movement and combat tricks don't come into play until the second act. The game changes entirely at that point

First playthrough was just straight fundamentals, no funny business.

Second playthrough I'm constantly using Clawline to engage/disengage and trying to get the full potential of the Sawtooth Circlet in play with pogo/double jump resets and it's a different game entirely. Feels even more incredible.

It's clear to me that the people really pushing this slop are not creatives and fundamentally do not understand the creative process.

The process is the important part not the end result. Discovery and development are what really matter. Creation is play not efficiency or a commodity.

Growth is hard but sometimes you gotta roll up your sleeves, really look at what you're doing wrong, and try to salvage it or at least learn from it. Doesn't matter if the bot does it "faster." You’re not growing. You’re selecting stagnation in YOUR skills.

As an OG (pre-TGWTG, old youtube days) viewer, super cool to see this.

"Razor thin margin" my ass.

My county understood the ASSIGNMENT.