#bitingyougently

have you played any games recently?

Oh there are a few I wanna yell about!

Starting with!!!

Cassette Beasts really hit a chord with me as someone who wanted something new and interesting from the Pokemon formula.

It completely rethinks the concept of weaknesses and resistances that define elemental com6at strategy, allowing for some new interactions.

It also almost always uses Double battles which is something I've always thought Pokemon could benefit from.

The story is also really fucking good, felt a lot on my journey through New Wirral.

Another is Anodyne 2, my friend @bogmonstergirl sent to me for my birthday and at first I actually wasn't feeling it. The way the story was shaping up was reminding me a little too much of my time as an actual cultist but as the story unfolds and I realized that discomfort is intended I absolutely fell in love with it and the lovely characters it introduced.

Nova also feels like such a well rounded character despite being a silent protagonist, the way the story builds her perspective on things really gives her a sense of personhood even if she's very much a blank slate. I'm not going to go into detail on the hows though because I feel getting to know Nova is part of the core experience.

Speaking of the word Nova...

Another one yet is Super Lesbian Animal RPG, a game I've been wanting to check out for a long time, I had followed early development back when it was a horse game but drifted away from it over time. Coming back to it in it's fully finished form now I'm really glad I got back on it, it does one thing I never expected a turn based RPG to do.

It makes healing feel powerful

building the story around Melody's journey to be a paladin for her gf really helped the story and gameplay synergize in a wonderful way, using Melody's healing magic to keep her friends and partner alive felt exactly as good as slicing a monster in half with Alison.

So many games leave healing feeling like an after thought but by working it so well into the gameplay and story @ponett did something incredible and I'm so glad I played this game. There are times where I outright cheered over getting out of a tough fight while using Melody to keep everyone alive.

TYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

sorry this isnt much of an ask though..