'Agro!'

[rionaleonhart]

Today, a small package arrived in the post. I unwrapped it to find a box labelled 'Whack-a-Zombie' (tagline: You Can't Keep A Good Zombie Down), containing a miniature inflatable zombie punching bag, and a note saying 'IT MAY BE DANGEROUS. TAKE THIS

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[rionaleonhart]

It took me a while to get past the 'I DON'T WANT TO PLAY, THEY'RE REALLY BIG AND SCARY' point, but when I did I realised it really was a wonderful game. It's a shame I had so many 'omg it's huge where's a walkthrough?' freakouts; you can only fight a Colossus for the first time once.

[harveytheayeaye]

One take on it is that Agro HAS died, and since Dormin has promised to bring back Wander's one true love (or something) he does make good on that and brings back Agro

I love this game. Much as I feel nerdy saying it, it is so immersive!
I love reading your thoughts as you play it because it makes me feel a little like I've been playing it at the same time? (Without the being crap and failing that I suffered when I played it IRL). That WAS nerdy, but yay for vicarious video games.

[rionaleonhart]

Hmmm, there's an idea. I prefer to believe that Agro forced herself to survive out of sheer love for her master, though. (And didn't Wander specifically ask Dormin to bring Mono back? Oh, I can't remember.)

Without the being crap and failing that I suffered when I played it IRL

Oh, there was plenty of being crap and failing from me. I am mildly embarrassed by how rubbish I was at this game.

[twilit_wanderer]

The thirteenth Colossus was so amazingly beautiful. I had trouble getting myself to attack it instead of just following it around and staring at it and being deeply sad that I would have to kill it if I wanted to get to the end.

THE ENDING MAKES ME WEEP. It is a bit too much for me. I love it, anyway. I am glad you enjoyed it!

[rionaleonhart]

It is beautiful! And it doesn't attack you at all! I felt quite bad for enjoying the fight so much.

[wolfy_writing]

That is a wonderful present!

I've been trying to work out if I could send you a post card with Jeremy Clarkson's opinion on why Top Gear should not do a challenge in Fiji, but I'm fairly sure I'd actually be arrested for that (Jeremy's response to this many Hyundai Accents would quite likely involve napalm, and the current government of Fiji has no sense of humor).

[rionaleonhart]

Please do not get arrested on my account! I do appreciate the thought, though.

[captlebubbles]

Thank you for the card, by the way! I have just remembered that I got it. (You probably won't get yours until the new year because I am rubbish like that.)

I HAVE NEVER PLAYED Shadow of the Collussus but I seem to recall that it got five out of five on X-Play? Which is a like wow, most games don't even merit a four.

Your touching attachment to the characters makes me feel bad that when my cousin and I played Baldur's Gate: The Last Alliance I would throw my character into a pit just to annoy her (we went through that stage about seventeen times in a row. The first nine times she laughed with me.) Also because I thought her character's muttered "they'll pay for this" was rather sweet (and admittedly, the first four times were to make sure I'd heard right). Even if there wasn't a bad guy in sight, really, he was the one dumb enough to walk right off the edge of a ravine.