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Spoilers... and Deltarune
9 months ago
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They're going to start happening almost immediately... new characters will be all over FA tomorrow and I will have no context for them other then "Ahh-- this is a new Deltarune thing. Fuck." Because the series is insanely popular (as it probably deserves to be) and people will gush and make fanart and memes and generally go crazy. And I am going to be fucking miserable.
Like, I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. I want people to be happy and enjoy the things they enjoy. I just wish I could be there enjoying it with you. And this isn't some case of "Oh, he can't afford the game?? Don't worry, I, your friend, will buy it for you! Then you can play and they won't be spoilers!" No. Don't do that. Firstly, because I can definitely afford it. Secondly-- "Oh, do you not have time for it?? Just don't go on FA or The Entire Internet until the weekend or whenever when you finally get the chance to play!" ....also No. This is not a matter of time. If it was just a matter of avoiding things until the weekend and playing then, I could probably manage. I do have time off, I could put the time in to play it. But I'm not going to.
I hate episodic games. I don't like "Early Access" games.
They aren't FINISHED... I want to play the entire game, all at once, Together. For a full singular experience, where I can explore EVERYTHING the game has to offer, all at once. Where I don't have to sit on my hands for 3-4 years waiting to see where things go next. I haven't played Final Fantasy 7 Remake either... for functionally the same reasons. If you need another example of a high profile game released episodically that is spoiler heavy by nature, just significantly less furry.
I think .hack// ruined me... lols... or the development of streaming services where I can watch an entire series all together without waiting a full week for a new episode of something. Or maybe I've just watched indie games, mostly horror titles, do this trick time after time after time and find it infuriating and manipulative-- and more often than not in those cases leads to an ending to the game that is extraordinarily dissatisfying... because they couldn't live up to the hype they were drip feeding out for years. (The only title I think that actually broke that cycle was Sally Face and fuck-- what a low bar to clear, yet everyone else trips right over it.) Or maybe it's watching every fighting game for the last ten to fifteen years releasing in a completely unfinished state, while they continue developing the game's content for the next 2-3 years-- and by the time they're actually DONE, I have stopped fucking caring.
But this is Toby Fox... and "Undertale"... so I expect better. I'm not sitting on the fence because I don't think the ending will be good or worth the hype. This is just the same fence I sit on with all of these things. I want to play the whole game. I played Chapter 1 because it was... functionally... a complete game, that was also a spectacular demo for something bigger and better. And he kind of tricked everyone into playing it as an april fools gag, cause he's a fucking troll. But then he did the same with Chapter 2, supposedly just to keep people engaged and interested... and the full game would release when it's done. So I waited. And Chapter 2, despite never playing it or watching anyone play it, has still been functionally spoiled almost in it's entirety to me over the last... what... two years?? But I thought, it's fine... the full game will eventually come out-- and we won't have to do this again. I can just enjoy it all together with everyone-- and only this one bit near the start will have been spoiled for me. But instead... he's releasing only the next two chapters... with the other... three?? to be released... "Eventually." So... cool. I'm completely fucked then. And I guess I'm just really disappointed.
So I guess what this journal is really about, is to say... Do whatever. I'm already doomed. You can't SAVE me. There's no avoiding this. I've been dreading it for months, since the news originally dropped that this is how Toby was gonna do it. I don't know why he changed course... I don't care. It's done now. So... bring it on, I guess? Just don't expect me to know what any of you are fucking talking about, because I'm not going to try to learn... I'm just not going to try and avoid it either. Otherwise I'd have to leave the internet entirely for the next 3-4 years to avoid this. Which doesn't sound like an entirely bad idea, given everything else in the world, but-- yeah... no...
Also if you didn't notice, they finally cancelled my Gumroad, so good thing I have a job now I guess. Hokays-- Byyyyyeee....
Like, I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. I want people to be happy and enjoy the things they enjoy. I just wish I could be there enjoying it with you. And this isn't some case of "Oh, he can't afford the game?? Don't worry, I, your friend, will buy it for you! Then you can play and they won't be spoilers!" No. Don't do that. Firstly, because I can definitely afford it. Secondly-- "Oh, do you not have time for it?? Just don't go on FA or The Entire Internet until the weekend or whenever when you finally get the chance to play!" ....also No. This is not a matter of time. If it was just a matter of avoiding things until the weekend and playing then, I could probably manage. I do have time off, I could put the time in to play it. But I'm not going to.
I hate episodic games. I don't like "Early Access" games.
They aren't FINISHED... I want to play the entire game, all at once, Together. For a full singular experience, where I can explore EVERYTHING the game has to offer, all at once. Where I don't have to sit on my hands for 3-4 years waiting to see where things go next. I haven't played Final Fantasy 7 Remake either... for functionally the same reasons. If you need another example of a high profile game released episodically that is spoiler heavy by nature, just significantly less furry.
I think .hack// ruined me... lols... or the development of streaming services where I can watch an entire series all together without waiting a full week for a new episode of something. Or maybe I've just watched indie games, mostly horror titles, do this trick time after time after time and find it infuriating and manipulative-- and more often than not in those cases leads to an ending to the game that is extraordinarily dissatisfying... because they couldn't live up to the hype they were drip feeding out for years. (The only title I think that actually broke that cycle was Sally Face and fuck-- what a low bar to clear, yet everyone else trips right over it.) Or maybe it's watching every fighting game for the last ten to fifteen years releasing in a completely unfinished state, while they continue developing the game's content for the next 2-3 years-- and by the time they're actually DONE, I have stopped fucking caring.
But this is Toby Fox... and "Undertale"... so I expect better. I'm not sitting on the fence because I don't think the ending will be good or worth the hype. This is just the same fence I sit on with all of these things. I want to play the whole game. I played Chapter 1 because it was... functionally... a complete game, that was also a spectacular demo for something bigger and better. And he kind of tricked everyone into playing it as an april fools gag, cause he's a fucking troll. But then he did the same with Chapter 2, supposedly just to keep people engaged and interested... and the full game would release when it's done. So I waited. And Chapter 2, despite never playing it or watching anyone play it, has still been functionally spoiled almost in it's entirety to me over the last... what... two years?? But I thought, it's fine... the full game will eventually come out-- and we won't have to do this again. I can just enjoy it all together with everyone-- and only this one bit near the start will have been spoiled for me. But instead... he's releasing only the next two chapters... with the other... three?? to be released... "Eventually." So... cool. I'm completely fucked then. And I guess I'm just really disappointed.
So I guess what this journal is really about, is to say... Do whatever. I'm already doomed. You can't SAVE me. There's no avoiding this. I've been dreading it for months, since the news originally dropped that this is how Toby was gonna do it. I don't know why he changed course... I don't care. It's done now. So... bring it on, I guess? Just don't expect me to know what any of you are fucking talking about, because I'm not going to try to learn... I'm just not going to try and avoid it either. Otherwise I'd have to leave the internet entirely for the next 3-4 years to avoid this. Which doesn't sound like an entirely bad idea, given everything else in the world, but-- yeah... no...
Also if you didn't notice, they finally cancelled my Gumroad, so good thing I have a job now I guess. Hokays-- Byyyyyeee....
but then I'd probably miss out on general posts of just Ralsei, Susie, and Noel solo(or together)... who I already know and appreciate. I don't think there's a stable catch all to weed out just the new things.