Came to Dietrich route for tasty Three Houses lore Stayed for an extremely well-done & queer exploration of the Blood Knight archetype. A man lives for battle against the strong, but is it because he truly only feels alive on a knife's edge, or does the thought of living scare him more than death?

I will spawn rush Hauler from Overflow and nobody can stop me

"fantasy JRPG that's actually a post-apocalyptic Earth or Earth-like setting" is a trope that's been used since like the 90's, and yet it still hasn't worn itself thin somehow.

ignoring the fact that Mr. Alucard Laminevania is canonically considered fuckable by his friends and enemies, the amount of absolutely insane shit that Fabio spouts in every scene is astounding We're getting deep lore from 3H explained that previously only existed as 1/2 lines from a throwaway NPC

playing the first 2 hours of Dietrich's route in Fortune's Weave as a Three Houses lorehead feels like getting on a roller coaster expecting a wild ride and getting launched off the rails AT THE FIRST FUCKING TURN

There's something in there narratively about the wanton excess of having as many Officially Licensed weapons as the entirety of the Modern Warfare Trilogy only for you to autoequip the M4/Operator for those 5 hours of gameplay... But just because it's thematic doesn't mean it's not a bad beat.

Really funny watching people (myself included) realize that MGS4 actually has *even less* gameplay than they remember. The Tactical Espionage Action in some chapters is barely more than 1-3 rooms lmao

The Great Re-Examining of Metal Gear Solid 4 has begun, and the consensus is… pretty much exactly like when it came out, just with hindsight.