Hey all! Whatcha been playing! Missed last week partially because I was thiiiiiis close to being done with titanium court and really wanted to finish before the thread. And I did! I absolutely loved it. For those who have played
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I ended up starting to leave asap as soon as I saw what was happening. I got some curses lifted kinda by happenstance. But I really enjoyed the characters. Had a big goodbye at the end. Puck helped me out, set the enemy up with Hop. It was a great time. Really wish there was a Kacey’s mod kind of thing for the game because it really is fantastic on mobile. Portrait mode! It’s awesome!
Now I’m playing the OOT remake and really enjoying it. I think the art style works. Game still fucks all these years later
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Yes on your last point I can imagine it would be really depressing. I was getting excited to go through it all but yeah the message is interesting. I got the mirror shortcut pretty early so I wondered if it would end up being something like this. I am someone who usually loves to get every last drop out of a game and I can understand the magic of a game being lost. Like, when I played ocarina of time when I was young, I definitely did not find everything, so I left that world knowing there was more out there, and that knowledge was kind of magical and made the world feel bigger than it really is. It helps keep the illusion alive I feel when you don’t consume all the magic it has to offer
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It’s something I’ve probably felt before subconsciously, but not seen or thought articulated until this game. The way your favourite RPG follower - after you’ve finished the companion quest and exhausted the banter interjections - becomes just a pile of stats. The way Dark Souls, after you look up all the maps and secrets online, becomes just a video game. And also I think, to a certain extent, the way your takeaway from an ending can diminish if you look up all the other endings and permutations afterwards.
But also, I think, on a more general level, the way especially achievement hunting and that sort of approach, 100%-ing, turns games from artworks into checklists. Even though I’ve never been a platinum hunter, I’ve definitely had experiences where I’ve let myself wear myself out on a game by trying to be too completionist. But maybe Titanium Court has taught me to be comfortable with leaving a few more stones unturned.