twovests

twovests OP wrote

Reply to comment by neku in woah, castlevania: symphony of the night is really good (i have been playing for three minutes) by twovests

A lot of the retro games happily don the constraints from eras where developers were constantly straining to be free from them. Undertale is pretty fantastic for how it wears these constraints, and takes them off selectively for impact.

But SotN? Even in these first five minutes, they pull out all the stops.

The parallax 3D clocktower in the background as you scale those steps, voice acting, the sprite backgrounds melting away to a 3D noise-textured vortex, and watching Dracula's healthbar melt away as he dies? Fantastic, my mouth was wide open the whole time. I can't imagine how this must have been experienced 28 years ago.

The "first boss is the final boss" fakeout is a well-worn but welcome trope, so I wasn't expecting to be expected to defeat Dracula in that cutscene. A short bit of exposition later, and enter Alucard, stage left, in an entrance that gets you really pumped to be the worlds broodiest twink.

I've really leaned heavily into the "Metroid" side of the "Metroidvania," and all the "-vania" heavy games I've played seemed really bad. The sluggish wind-up feel of the characters is something I'm getting used to. I'm not above being charmed by theatrics-- I'm sold.

Okay, time to go play the next five minutes of this game

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twovests wrote

Reply to where's a good private place to post on this forum? by cute_spider

If your safety relies on privacy, please know that nothing is E2EE and the admins (if they can be fucked to SQL in), LEO with a warrant), or hackers (if they're good at it) can see private forums and DMs.

I don't think Postmill has support for "private" forums, and I don't think I'm alone in browsing jstpst by new posts chronologically.

What you can do is to encrypt your posts now with a private key only you remember, posting gibberish to the frontpage. That would be a new type of Jstpsting I think

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twovests wrote

Reply to Im literally so bored im stopping taking my antidepressants just to see what happens by I_got_killed_one_time

I was started on half the minimum dose of an antidepressant early 2021 and it turned me over fast, good, and hard. I felt like I was about to pass out. Now I permanently occasionally get these brain zaps, especially in moments of falling asleep, although I'd call them "door knocks".

Awful idea, thank you for sharing! Please tell us how this goes for you. With enough time, Jstpst will become a worse erowid 🙏

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twovests wrote

Reply to My room makes me want to listen to Freezepop by rain

This takes me back. Is it possible a child lived in that room? A neighbor friend put up stars before a sleepover. They moved out and when I met the neighbors, I could see they were still there :)

This is such a pleasant thing to share with us, thank you for posting

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