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Lightning Round Results

As a side note, after experiencing these games through other means, I did go on to buy them on Steam in support. They deserved it!

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Hint:
1. Has a lot of different dialogue based on how drunk you make people get.

Answers:
Afterparty - 2
VA-11 Hall-A - 1

Did not know that Afterparty was a thing until now. Valhalla (no way I can spell the actual name) is a fun bartending Visual Novel that I discovered through Let's Play. Has a dark cyberpunk/dystopia aesthetic, but still manages to keep things light with its entertaining characters.

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2. I. Hear. A. Sound.
Drakengard - 2
P.T. - 1

P.T. absolutely would have been on this list if I'd remembered it. That game is phenomenal...and you can't play it anymore. Thanks, Konami.

The Drakengard hint is based on the in-game description of its final stage. The game has so much that I love - very dark fantasy aesthetic, insane characters, one of the best OSTs of all time, batshit crazy plot that's like a rollercoaster in perpetual freefall. Unfortunately, none of that compares to the most gruesome part of all: the gameplay. TheDarkId's LP is how I experienced this game, and that's for the best.

I was an early adopter of Nier due to Drakengard. Impulse-bought expecting the same uniqueness with (hopefully) improved gameplay. Was the best impulse buy I've ever made.

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3. Candidate for the most horrifying ending in gaming. The title of the game is four letters long.
SOMA - 2
F.E.A.R. - 1

SOMA largely trades gameplay for story, and I think it was worth it. Which is easy to say when I didn't play it, but ignore that. Was one of the most thought-provoking experiences I've seen. Don't want to say much more for people who haven't gotten to it.

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4. A series finale that pissed off a lot of people early in the game, then again during the ending.
Mass Effect 3 - 2
The Last of Us Part 2 - 1
Danganronpa V3 - 0

Mass Effect 3 pissed people off in the early game? I don't remember at part that would have.

The only Danganronpa game I wholeheartedly like. Mostly because it's the only one that seems to have...teeth, I'll say. The other games have the whole Despair motif but it always felt fake. Very few things drew a legitimate emotional response. V3 actively goes out of its way to hurt the player, and I respect that. It also has my favorite characters in the series.

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5. The title is two primal instincts of humanity. They're core gameplay elements, too.
Fear and Hunger - 2
Killer Instinct - 1

F&H is kinda tragic for me. I think it would've made my Top 20 if I'd somehow discovered it naturally. Don't think I could've discovered it at all without that SuperEyePatch video, though! Then I couldn't stop myself from looking up everything about it.

Thankfully, I was smart enough not to spoil myself on the sequel.

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Mac Arrowny and Hbthebattle both scored 3/5, while MZero got 1/5, making the former two the final winners of Round 4. I'm not doing a second lightning round so screw it, they both get $5 each.

Hints for the next round will be posted soon-ish.