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The books themselves were also pretty heavy on the deconstruction of fantasy tropes. Actually, Is probably recommend reading them before the games, since the games take place after the books. The first game is made pretty accessible to newcomers since they give Geralt amnesia, but then I heard that over the course of games 2 and 3 he gets his memories back, and then the Witcher 3 starts with a big exposition dump with the stuff from the books. They're still perfectly playable without reading the books, but there's a lot of cool little nods you won't notice otherwise

Might not be a bad idea. But the Witcher is pretty much it's own thing, while Dragon Age is kind of a direct spiritual successor to BG. And I know you're not much into traditional sword and sorcery - so the Witcher is kind of way more cynical about all that, while BG is pretty much meant to emulate a regular tabletop D&D campaign. Also, the Witcher's world is a bit more interesting since it borrows heavily from Slavic lore

(the witcher is pretty nice just sayin >.>)

As for the Devil Survivor thing, the first game still felt more cynical in a way. I just had a character die and it was all basically "oh no the monsters got him, what a shame". In the first game it was "holy trout those two guys were just normal people two days ago and now they murdered each other because people actually sometimes become super terrible in a crisis." It wasn't the best, but it was still more than what DS2 has.

But then, DS2 doesn't have Yuzu or that girl with the glasses, sooooo

Yeah. Will probably get it one day. Dark Souls as well. For now, though, I kinda need to focus on the ton of games I do have. Doesn't look like I'll be able to acquire any new games in the foreseeable future

Pretty okay. Been pretty consumed by the fanfic thing, to be honest haha. Glad I managed to post some of it already, hope I can get more up this week.

Other than that, been enjoying the Witcher a lot. I feel like it does a lot of things that you might like that just make the whole thing feel more organic. Like the whole thing that FFXV later had where you gain experience but only level up if you rest - this game does that too. Devil Survivor 2 is pretty decent, but the fanservice is heavy and we're starting to get to the annoying characters I feel, but overall, the gameplay remains fun. I also feel like this really isn't very SMT - the main antagonists aren't demons at all, it looks like, and even though there's death and destruction all around you, it really feels like there's nothing cynical about this game so far, which is kinda sad. However weak Devil Survivor was, you could still feel the underlying cynicism and that SMT spirit buried underneath, especially with all the nods to classic SMT. This one is fine, just pretty toothless all around.

Same

The grammar will come. Eventually

Be careful though. People have pointed out to me that I have typos anyway -_- Really gotta edit it more thoroughly

Even if it didn't take little time, I still think the good outweighs the bad. Not only is writing by hand quick, it also makes it easier to tune out distractions since you're not using your computer for it. Also, when you do actually get to typing, you get to add corrections on the fly, so you're on your second draft already!