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wince factor scales w/ adaptive difficulty, so not a ton to learn there. not sure what the baseline% is at (4) / 1.000, but the ceiling on classic (8) / 0.500 doesn't feel much different from previous games to me. insanity being locked at (9) / 0.100 is definitely overkill tho

strong contender for best mastodon song

sweet home's reputation for being the key inspiration for resident evil feels like corporate mythologizing; was certainly true during early development, but the game that hit shelves was 100% alone in the dark

he is a wild dog in spirit. has never grown up and probably never will

ern's ninth birthday
very happy he gets to eat beside all the garbage (cardboard) today

worth clarifying this only really applies to grace since enemy functionality seems to have entirely different parameters when playing as leon, but doubtful that it's any less deterministic in the latter case when referring to ambient transformations

would assume this decision was based on not wanting to overwhelm the player, but the better solution would've been to apply a limit to the # of zombies that would eventually turn while randomizing which ones were affected on a per-run basis

getting the impression that blister head transformations are almost entirely(?) scripted rather than systemic, which is unfortunate if true given REmake already perfected this stuff in 2002

opting out of blood collection's a surprisingly elegant way of modifying difficulty without requiring constant self-policing or bulking up enemy health values. even more surprising's how seamlessly everything functions with reduced resources

started a second requiem run last night (classic, no bonus items, no blood collection) and care center's a genuine contender for best survival gameplay in the series

game rips

happy birthday faea!

astonishing energy

lmao

white tiger -> lightning gods -> otakemaru redux -> tate eboshi is some of team ninja's nastiest work. almost makes you forget 80% of ninja gaiden's bosses were smoking hot garbage

gets cold in the apartment when your furnace blows up

ernie & penelope
duality of cat

this latest freak's one of the worst to ever do it

peter molyneux soulslike where your corpse flees from you after you die and you have to use your microphone to beg it to come back

nobunaga coming back from the dead, william adams having a devil trigger, and kelly & dee summoning yokai in between wifeswap meetups is one thing, but betraying the historical record's another thing entirely