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I'd just like to say that one of my favorite things about Shovel Knight is the writing. I find the humor charming because it's fresh and clean, using clever puns, situational jokes and silly character interactions, and (for the most part) doesn't rely on fourth wall-breaking gags, let alone awkwardly placed memes or references to the games it tries (and succeeds) to emulate.
The story and how characters interact with each other may be predictable for the established setting and doesn't offer any major twists, but I still get really into it and attached because of how sincere it is and how it manages to keep the characters consistent to their traits, and uses those personalities for entertainment and drama effectively.
The titular protagonist Shovel Knight may be as standard noble heroic knight as it gets (on par with Jonathan Joestar), but I still love him just because of how well he sticks to his positive attributes such as justice, kindness, politeness and determination, while still having some hilarious moments with some of the characters he talks to and other small things such as falling face first into the ground after being launched from a catapult.
Plague Knight on the other hand was great in that his own adventure was able to highlight time and time again how wonderfully maniacal, condescending and conceited he was, while still able to show his more vulnerable and caring side. Seeing the way he interacts with the other members of the Order of No Quarter was also interesting because of how it highlighted how serious the rest of them were about the alliance, and (at least so far) have shown that they take their allegiance seriously and making Plague Knight and his motivations stick out further.
Having an earnest style of writing like this is actually something I want to accomplish in my game ideas, whether it be for the humor, the story or the character interactions.
The story and how characters interact with each other may be predictable for the established setting and doesn't offer any major twists, but I still get really into it and attached because of how sincere it is and how it manages to keep the characters consistent to their traits, and uses those personalities for entertainment and drama effectively.
The titular protagonist Shovel Knight may be as standard noble heroic knight as it gets (on par with Jonathan Joestar), but I still love him just because of how well he sticks to his positive attributes such as justice, kindness, politeness and determination, while still having some hilarious moments with some of the characters he talks to and other small things such as falling face first into the ground after being launched from a catapult.
Plague Knight on the other hand was great in that his own adventure was able to highlight time and time again how wonderfully maniacal, condescending and conceited he was, while still able to show his more vulnerable and caring side. Seeing the way he interacts with the other members of the Order of No Quarter was also interesting because of how it highlighted how serious the rest of them were about the alliance, and (at least so far) have shown that they take their allegiance seriously and making Plague Knight and his motivations stick out further.
Having an earnest style of writing like this is actually something I want to accomplish in my game ideas, whether it be for the humor, the story or the character interactions.
A.B.A. in Guilty Gear Strive
Am definitely excited that A.B.A. has finally returned after such a long absence. I'm gonna hold off on my thoughts on her inclusion here until after the last Season 3 character is revealed and released. I want to do a post reflecting on how Season 3 of Strive has been in terms of my predictions late last year, and should there be a Season 4 I want to refine my character predictions for that too. Speaking of Season 3, there's one more spot for a character, and I'm leaning towards it either being Dizzy or Slayer. Slayer is definitely one of the most requested characters for Strive, but Dizzy isn't that far behind and also has the benefit of being pretty significant within the Guilty Gear series. She even appeared at the end of Another Story, so she could have an arcade mode that followed up on that. Looking at the last characters from previous seasons, there's Testament in Season 1, who was a sub-boss for the first two games, absent for the Xrd games, and returned with noticable
Rest In Peace Akira Toriyama
The passing of Akira Toriyama came as much of a shock to me as it did so many other people, and it took me a while to really process it. Given that his impact on manga, anime and video game culture is so massive, and his name feels as ubiquitous to anime as Osamu Tezuka, it felt almost unthinkable for it to even happen, as though he’d naturally always be a constant the way his works are. But he was ultimately human just like the rest of us, and his loss will be felt hard along with the passing of other important manga artists like Kentaro Miura and Kazuki Takahashi in recent years. While those who knew him personally like Eiichiro Oda and Toyotarou could speak more in-depth about the kind of man he was, I’d like to share what his works meant to me. Like many folks around my age, Dragon Ball Z was one of the first shows I watched to really introduce me to anime. Here in Australia, it aired alongside Pokémon and Digimon on a cartoon show called Cheez TV and was one of things my older
End of 2023 Life Update
Another year has once again flown by so quickly, and a lot has happened around the world, but for me it feels like most uneventful year I’ve had in quite a while, even when compared to other years. I’m also posting this journal post a bit earlier than I’ve done in previous years (around midnight or just after on New Year’s Day), since I’m going to be spending the last day of the year with one of my wonderful girlfriends. Earlier this month I released a journal post speculating which characters could appear as future DLC in Guilty Gear Strive, and while it’s not my usual thing it was still a pretty big thing that took some time and effort to get done and finished. Like I mentioned there, my big writing projects are going to be on hold for a while because I’ve come to realize that trying to just hammer away at the same things for months on end has not been as productive as I had made myself believe. That post was meant to be me trying something different for a change, and I think I
Update on Them's Fightin' Herds situation
A couple of weeks ago I found out that Them's Fightin' Herds would be officially ceasing development after the remaining two DLC characters are completed, which also includes the rest of the planned story mode being scrapped. I was devastated as many other fans were about this news, and it was made no better by there not being any given reason as to why this was happening. I had my own speculation but could only wait for more updates on the situation from some kind of official source, and recently we have got just that, and it is not at all good news. Oreo was working for QA until recently, and not only her but everyone on the dev team besides 3 people were all fired. The reasons why exactly it seems like she can't elaborate on too much for now, and the only people I know that are among those fired are Oreo and the last remaining composer Whitetail, based on tweets I've seen from them. This fucking sucks, dudes. The Mane6 dev team was comprised of people who were all really
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Can't wait till we get the Specter Knight and King Knight DLC.
Btw, would you say that the writing is better than Shantae or on par with it? I don't know about you, but the Shantae series does have some entertaining writing.
Btw, would you say that the writing is better than Shantae or on par with it? I don't know about you, but the Shantae series does have some entertaining writing.