What other series do you like?

[SP00PZ]

hetalia. i like my funny country men

 

also i didnt thow they made a collection for homestuck. tried getting into it back in 2014 but i just dont like reading.. i wanted to give it another shot recently but remembering how some of the aspects were flash based it turned me off slightly….

id definitely have to check out that github though

Edited November 7, 2022 by SP00PZ

[AlexandruUnu]

For some game series I really enjoy:

The Soulsborne series has already been mentioned in here and I am gonna mention it again. Nothing beats going through the areas of a ruined kingdom while being always alert for whatever freaky creature wants to attack you. Until now I have finished Dark Souls 1 and 3 and I still have to finish DS2. I wish I could also play Bloodborne, but I can't since I don't own a PS4/PS5.

Psychonauts is another personal favourite 3D platformer series of mine. You play as Razputin Aquato, a 10 year old psychic boy that enters the minds of people, which range from mentally healthy to suffering from mental disorders. It's very creative in terms of mental worlds, character design and more. And it's also one of those games that I really want to read through all the possible dialogue because of how fun it is. This game series also got me into liking psychology.

There is also De Blob. This is an obscure 3D platformer series, released during the Wii days (also ported to modern day consoles and PC in 2017). The premise of the games is that Chroma City (De Blob 1) and Prisma City (De Blob 2) got invaded by an intergalactic empire named "INKT", ruled by Comrade Black, which took away all the colour and life of the cities, turning them into black and white hellscapes, while also enslaving their entire populations (with the exception of some rebels), and pretty much installing a very oppresive dictatorship, and it's up to Blob and a certain group of rebels to bring back freedom. It's very satisfying to turn a soulless area filled to the brim with ink and despair into a lively place bustling with colour. Oh, and the funky soundtrack is just amazing. The best part is that it constantly changes in the backround, depending on how much you paint and on what colour you are painting with.

Hmm, typing this out, I just realised how much I love 3D platformers.

Edited December 13, 2022 by AlexandruUnu
Had to specify the game's genre

[_.Mevs]

Hmmmmmmmm

Higurashi naku no koro ni!

Basically, i already talked about it in another thread

 

But i'll talk about it again so you don't need to go to the thread =)

 

Basically, Higurashi happens into a small village where some weird deaths are happening, without anything that points to a killer

That stuff is happening due to some religious stuff (there's a god in this village that i won't say the name due to spoilers), and a group of friends decide to investigate it

The anime is based on a visual novel of the same name and has 7 animes, i can list them for you:

1- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni // is basically the beginning xd

2- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni Kai // is the second part =)

3- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni: Special Nekogoroshi Hen // is a extra that happens between the first and second season of the anime

4- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni Rei: is a comedy OVA (if you don't like the violent stuff, you can watch this one, has more fanservice and comedy!)

5- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni Kira: Another comedy OVA, but way more nonsense xd

6- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni Kaku: is a extra episode with +48 minutes (if i'm not mistaken) where a lot of stuff happens and well, tell more would be spoilers, just watch it, you won't regret the experience =D

7- Higurashi No Naku No Koro Ni Gou: is a remaster of the classic animes but with some more stuff

The universe of Higurashi is a whole rabbit hole where you can find a lot of stuff and create your own theories about, there's a arc for each characters going insane... But you'll understand watching it that, aren't arcs, but yes something way deeper than that

Reminder: if you don't like violent stuff, i don't recommend, since there's a lot of detailed and violent deaths, including suicides, tortures and etc (like one when a girl stab a knife on her own head and a torture where a girl have to remove her nail by force, is really graphic, way more with sound, and to make it clear, yes, the little girls also die in brutal ways and one of them even has a detailed scene of crucifix and the other one of crows eating her slaughtered body, it CERTAINLY ISN'T a series for everyone)

And no, talk about the deaths aren't really spoilers because all them get back to life in each arc, since they aren't really dying... You'll have to watch to understand

Anyways, here's some images of the anime and visual novels so you can see if you get interested (i won't add the explicit violent scenes because i don't think is allowed) =)

 

Edited December 13, 2022 by _.Mevs

[sodaodaoda]

Damn, I haven't replied to this thread either?? Bruh
Anyways, this will be a long list, so prepare xd
 

1. Sonic the Hedgehog

This is one of the first games I ever played, so of course I'm going to love it. I was a Sonic fan since I was 5 years old, so I have been a Sonic fan for 10+ years now. My first ever Sonic game was Sonic Adventure 1, and since then, I was hooked xd
I'm actually mostly a fan of the older Sonic games, from the Classic era to the Dreamcast era, probably because of how much nostalgia I have from playing those games.
I used to play tons of Sonic rom hacks too, which is what inspired me to become a programmer!!

2. Yume Nikki

While technically not a series because it's only 1 game, Yume Nikki is a very weird experience, but in a very good way. I first played the game back in 2018, but I got too scared and dropped it (oops), but I picked it up again in 2019 and the rest is history.
Yume Nikki did kind of get me through 7th grade, I remember it was May/June, I used to listen to Yume Nikki's music (which were just like what, 10 second loops?) and some Yume Nikki remixes while walking around my schoolyard, it was really relaxing and it's so nostalgic thinking about that now... I especially remember listening to this specific video of the ending theme, the image in that video makes me so nostalgic that it hurts...


I recommend Yume Nikki to everyone who likes weird and atmospheric games, it's truly an experience!
There are also many Yume Nikki fangames, and I played some of them (From the top of my head: Yume 2kki, .flow, Me, Answered Prayers, Uneven Dream). I will be talking about Yume 2kki for a bit as well, since it's the most popular fangame, and it holds somewhat of a special place in my heart.

I first played Yume 2kki in July of 2019, so around 2 months after finishing Yume Nikki. A cool (or not cool) thing about 2kki is that it's made by several people who are all collabing on the game, so it doesn't really have a concrete style.
The music in that game is great as well, so many ambient and catchy tracks to choose from!
The game is MASSIVE, it took me several weeks to finish it, but it's (somewhat) fun to explore. Also also also.. Considering that it's a collaborative game...

I managed to get my drawings in it!!! Another drawing should be added to the game soon as well, however, that drawing was the first ever drawing that I made for this game, so it's quite old (from 2020), but it still looks good!
If you decide to play Yume Nikki and the fangames, I recommend to NOT go to the Yume Nikki Online project website, since it's quite buggy imo, so just directly download the game.

3. Celeste

Another game that's not really a series but shhhhh
Celeste is a really wholesome platforming game that's about Madeline, a woman who climbs both a physical and a metaphorical mountain.
The game is hard, but once you get used to the controls, you can glide through the stages really well. The artstyle is amazing as well!
I beat the game several times, and I beat Farewell, the 9th chapter which is also the harderst chapter in the game.
I also relate to Madeline as well at some parts of the game, and I won't lie when I say that I cried at some dialogue.

4. Portal

Finally! A series!
Portal is such an amazing game, that it's insane. The gameplay is REALLY fun, the plot (at least in Portal 2) is great and hilarious, I love the characters, I love everything about it.
I wanted to play Portal ever since I was a small kid, but it was only this year that I got to play it, and I do not regret it one bit.
Portal 2 especially, I did not want that game to end. I love Wheatley, I love GLaDOS, I love Atlas and P-Body... All the characters are so awesome!!!
I wish we had combustible lemons...


 

5. Half-Life

Half-Life is rotting my brain and I do not regret it one bit!!
Jk, but it's still an amazing game with an amazing plot and characters. The plot actually makes me feel dread when I think about it deeply, and aarghhh there's so much about it that I love!!!
Half-Life is also the reason I will be pursuing game art in an university after high school, because looking at Half-Life 2's concept art made me want to cry from how pretty it is xddd
Gordon Freeman is a badass, although I do feel poor for the dude, imagine going to work one day only for the world to turn upside down...


 

6. Doctor Who

And now, for a show!
I started watching DW in 2020, when the 'rona started, and...........i still haven't finished it heheh
But it's a really good series, made me cry, laugh, get angry, it's pretty good! My favorite Doctor is 10, played by David Tennant, and I'm glad that David is also playing the 14th Doctor, but I will always know him as 10, sorry David! xd
I have a Tardis shirt and I bought a DW coaster on a con that I went to recently, great show if you like Scifi stuff!

Ofc, my interests will change over time, so I'll be sure to edit this post if I remember something!

Edited December 14, 2022 by sodaodaoda
muh grammar sucks

[Kqys9xTK9a5a]

My top could be a bit mainstream, but i still love the shows: 1)Death Note, cause it’s the classics. 2)Attack on Titan, the animation and character development are sick. 3)Naruto, cause its the best from the Big Three. I started watching anime on Netflix, and that’s why the list is so short( I would be very happy if they added more shows, but Netflix not only is not expanding their library with good ones, Netflix is only removing them!! I was so angry when they removed Death Note, like damn!! That was one of the best shows they had. Now I’m watching ซีรี่ย์มาใหม่ here, so I’ve also cancelled the subscription I payed. But it’s so unfair!! Why when I pay I cannot receive the promised thing??

Edited January 16, 2023 by Kqys9xTK9a5a

[Nekoko]

4 hours ago, Kqys9xTK9a5a said:

Naruto, cause its the best from the Big Three.

Naruto seems interesting but the problem is that the main character, Naruto make me feel uncomfortable… he is, I don’t know… a little bit too much energetic and fooling around he is my worst nightmare 

 

But since a lot of people seems to like this manga, can you tell me more specifically why do you like it or what makes it better than another Shōnen ? 

[CountVonNumenor]

I need to add one more thing to my personal list: Godzilla 

More on that at some point in the future, when I have a bit of time...

[CountVonNumenor]

On 12/10/2024 at 3:49 PM, CountVonNumenor said:

I need to add one more thing to my personal list: Godzilla 

Well, besides that, I should also talk about the whole Amagami story arc I have been going through since late 2022, which tends to come back every now and then...

 

Until that though, a bit about the (relatively) recently gathered interest in the Godzilla franchise. This is quite a good moment, as the series celebrated 70 years since the original film release not too long ago.

It all started in the autumn of 1954... I mean 2023. As I like listening to music, especially military-related music, I ended up stumbling upon the compositions of none other but Akira Ifukube, which I proceeded to listen to for the following weeks. After that, I decided to give a try to the films, so I decided to start with the original 1954 Gojira.

I did not expect to enjoy the film as much as I did, so I decided to continue watching the series. That way, I watched the first sequel, the 1955 Godzilla Raids Again, and then I skipped to the 1984 Return of Godzilla. From there, I continued with the Heisei films, which I would say are my favorite overall as a continuity as of yet. 

 

Thanks to a friend of mine, I managed to organize two movie nights, in which we ended up watching Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One. That was my way to introduce him to the series as well (although he feels he's had enough with these films, and there is nothing new that would impress him/would find new or refreshing). Godzilla Minus One is the point where I would like to emphasize something.

Instead of talking about the film itself (which I enjoyed a lot, and I would recommend it, perhaps after watching the original 1954 film), I would like to talk about some implications for the new timeline (as we are going to get one more film that most likely will be a sequel to this one, therefore opening a new continuity that is not just one stand-alone film):

 

Given that we will receive a sequel (?) to Godzilla Minus in the future, there was something I've been wondering since I first watched the film - What would the ripple effects of that film be on the development of the Japanese armed forces? As the film is set in 1946-47, there is no JSDF or navy yet, (and as far as we have seen) only a few tanks (destroyed by Godzilla), a plane (also destroyed), and two disarmed destroyers. Unlike the original 1954 film, there is no Oxygen Destroyer in this timeline. The United States cannot get involved due to the increasing tensions with the USSR (after all, we are at the beginning of the Cold War, and the JSDF only came to be in 1950 because of the Korean War), and as nukes are not an option, I wonder what would the Japanese come up with to stop a future attack of a Kaiju of any sort.

Small caliber guns did not do anything. Mines had only a marginal effect, and that when blown from inside Goji. Takao was a little more effective at point-blank range, but due to her guns being only 200mm, Godzilla could quickly regenerate again. I wonder how high-caliber battleship guns (350-410 mm / 14-16 inch and above) would have been. It's probably not much better, but still a bit of progress. However, at this point Japan's last battleship (Nagato) was destroyed in the nuclear test that created Godzilla, Takao was lost on her way to Japan, and two of four, albeit disarmed, destroyers were also gone. You can't do all that much with minesweepers.

As the Americans cannot intervene directly or transfer forces to Japan, could we perhaps expect the creation of an equivalent of the JSDF in this timeline? I would be curious if we actually saw a new Japanese army, with a focus on firepower, and perhaps a fleet of stronger warships with firepower capabilities comparable to those from the war (if not higher). I do not expect the movie creators to go on the Showa path yet of giving the Japanese Sci-Fi weapons, perhaps a few movies into the future*.

 

For the moment, I do not plan to watch the Monsterverse films, but I might try them after I finish watching the Japanese films.

(the original Big Monke vs Lizard)

Currently, I have come back to watching the Showa films, and right now I need to watch Ebriah, Horror from the Deep / Godzilla vs The Sea Monster (1966). I need to hold on, the following film will be Son of Godzilla, but at least afterward there is Destroy All Monsters. The films I am most curious about are the two films featuring Mechagodzilla, from 1974 (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla) and 1975 (Terror of Mechagodzilla). Side note: the 1974 Mechagodzilla jazz theme goes way too hard. 

 

*Note: in the Showa films (1954-1975), the first fictional pieces of armament appeared as early as 1955, but those still looked like something that could be built. The first real Sci-fi weapons probably appeared, if we count the other Toho films from the 1950s as part of the Godzilla continuity, in The Mysterians (1958), and made the first proper appearance in a Godzilla film in 1965 (Invasion of Astro-Monster). 

 

[Retron]

I'm gonna just dump a bunch of stuff here because I just feel like rambling today =ω=

Kamen Rider

This whole series is just the pinnacle of cool. The choreography is very good, better than what you'd find in most movies today, the costumes are really well designed (apart from looking kinda cheesy, especially for the monster designs) and some series touch on deep topics. I highly recommend this series if you can brush off very poor CGI. It's worth watching for the Henshins and finishers alone. My first rider series is Black but my favorite is Ryuki. Oh and I can't end this section without talking about the music, it's awesome. You would not expect the ost of a kids show to go so hard but it does. My favorites are the orignal Kamen Rider theme, V3's Theme, Black's Theme, Kuuga's Theme, Alive a Life (Ryuki), Revolution (Ryuki), Justifaiz (Faiz), People with no name (Faiz), Kakusei (Blade), Climax Jump (DenO), WBXtreme (W), Anything Goes (OOOs), Tighten Up (OOOs), Power to Tearer (OOOs), Switch On (Fourze), Life is a Showtime (Wizard), Be the One (Build). Even if you don't watch the shows, at least give these songs a listen.

Mazinger Z

You know Hisoutensoku right? I'm pretty sure that guy is based of Mazinger Z. This show is also very cool. The robot design is good, the special moves are over the top and flashy and the villian designs are really really cool. Especially Garada K7, Doublas M2, Jeiser J1 and Damdam L2, those are my favorite ones. The music is also very very good, too bad the singer of the original theme from the 70s passed away due to lung cancer. RIP Ichiro Mizuki, you'll be missed. Anyways, Mazinger Z is my 2nd favorite super robot anime. It would be my first if it wasn't for...

Getter Robo

This is my all time favorite super robot franchise. Mazinger Z may have gotten me into the genre, but Getter Robo solidified my love for it. The design of Getter Robo itself doesn't look like it's supposed to be a beacon of hope. To me, Getter Robo isn't supposed to look heroic, its supposed to look like a harbinger of death to the enemies and by hell does it achieve that. Oh and the pilots of this robot, Ryoma Nagare, Hayato Jin and Musashi Tomoe (Or Benkei pick your poison). These guys are the most insane people I've ever had the pleasure of reading/watching, well besides Musashi/Benkei, they're pretty chill. If you want to get into the series (which I highly recommend you do) I suggest reading the manga first. The original Getter Robo manga is pretty short and so is the sequel Getter Robo G. They're more episodic with a kind of monster of the week format, but both of them do have overarching plots, character arcs and have a damn good finale. The other manga like Getter Robo Go, Shin and onwards are also a good read and I recommend. If you're more of an anime person though, you can skip the original Getter Robo that aired as well as G. Where the real meat is at is Getter Robo Armagedon, an OVA. You can watch it free on Youtube. Oh and also, RIP series creator Ken Ishikawa :c.

Vocaloid and Utaloid

The only words I need to say is Hatsune Miku and you guys will understand what I'm talking about. There's not much to say about this since the entire Vocaloid/Utaloid scene is extremely varied and I can't pinpoint a specific thing on why I like the music except that it's good. I guess my favorite out of all the hundreds of singers out there is Kasane Teto.

Azumanga Daioh, Nichijou, Lucky Star and Bocchi the Rock

I grouped these all together because they are all slice of life. Not much I can or want to say here to. I'll just rank them based on how insane their jokes get from tame to shit hits the fan. Lucky Star, Azumanga, Nichijou then Bocchi. Watch these, it is not a request.

I just realized this how long this post is getting so I'll do a quickfire round

- Shoujou Shuumatsu Ryokou (Haven't finished pls don't spoil)

- Persona series

- Megaman and that one song about Ultraman 7 that uses MM2 Wily 1 as the backing track (Omoide wa Okkusenmann I believe)

- Literally any song featured in this video => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepXLReu1aU&ab_channel=anpanchy

- H.P. Lovercraft, Junji Ito, Silent Hill, Petscop, and cosmic/existential horror

-RPG Maker horror games

- Ghibli

- Ace attorney, DDLC and Danganropa

- a lot more stuff

 

Thank you for indulging in my insane rantings I shall now retreat back into the shadows (= v =)