Went Directly From The Ark To The Fire Temple. It Was An Absolute Pain, Partially Because I Have A Total

Saturn running because he's late to school with his son in his mouth

EoW Spoilers!

I just finished Echoes of Wisdom and I have *thoughts* about the ending.

So... perhaps it's just me, but I'm pretty sure that final boss was awful. Like, unforgivably bad. I truly have no idea how someone thought it was a good idea.

I should say, before I get into it, that I never got the automatons from Dampe. It's very possible that my experience would have been much better if I had them, but in any case, I think the fact that it is even possible to have the experience I did is a massive mark against the game.

Basically, my issue is that you have no way of interacting with the final boss beyond spawning echoes. They make you give Link's weapons back to him (and thus give up Swordfighter mode), so he can fight with you. On the surface, this is a cool gimmick, but at least for me, it basically met my battle with Null was just 1) Spawn Lynel (or shark for the swimming bit) and 2) run away. Lynel's dead? No problem, there's no cooldown or anything, just spawn him again. I spent the entire final boss at full health, running in circles.

To be fair, it was probably possible to do that for previous bosses, too, and maybe even the wider game as a whole, but it always felt to me that I would be much better off using both echoes *and* Swordfighter mode. Sure, I had a higher chance of getting hurt, but I was having more fun and probably ending the fight quick enough to avoid that extra damage.

Why in the world would you make it so the player has no direct attacks against the final boss, so they just have to wait around for the entire fight? It baffles me. Again, probably my fault for not visiting Dampe, but still.

Welp. I finally caved and started Tears of the Kingdom. Haven't touched it since 100%'ing my first file a year ago.

worlds beyond number is sooo good!

I feel like Mentopolis is the perfect Dimension 20 season to introduce new viewers. Like, only six episodes, with players known outside the TTRPG space, in one of D20's classic parody settings, to say nothing of its general quality. I don't know that it's necessarily my favorite season, but it's definitely up there, and definitely the one to show people who don't "get it."

I really hope the new Solomon we get in Eastward Octopia is just the DLC's version of Tom Nook. No grand scheme, just trading murder for capitalism.

Lou works fast. That is impressive.

Mr Police

We gave you all the clues

Join our fireside already

Tilda Swinton should play Tingle in the Zelda movie.

The music in this scene. Taylor Moore, you mad genius.

My sisters are about to arrive.

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I simply must know whether Aabria and Erika shared the Vaporeon copypasta with Brennan and Lou after they stopped recording.