HARRY, NO!

Definitions, according to me:
isekai - someone, usually the protagonist, got transferred to another world
trash isekai - there are about a dozen of extremely similar anime released each year, each being isekai or adjacent
if you watch one, you’ve seen all of them
their defining traits are:

• nice protagonist with “useless” power that is actually overpowered that they unleash when angry
• (hyperbole) protagonist is the greatest, noblest, and fairest creature walking on that world, everyone else is wrong or evil
• harem of archetypes (authors don’t even try to make their characters different) the protagonist is usually not be aware of
• plot where protagonist solves problems on his own in max three episodes
• (often) rpg mechanics that just go “his power is over 9000” with no people planning builds or significant effects on the world or…

Examples include: Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu, Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki
While they are called this way, I know a person who watches them because they don’t have to focus and still have some dumb fun.

battler - anime focused on battles, I’m pretty sure Dragon Ball: Z falls into this territory, but I’m basing that on two random episodes I’ve seen and everything I’ve heard over the years
season - most anime air in 12 or 24 episode parts, 1 episode per week, starting and ending within 2 weeks of each other, hence they are grouped into 4 seasons per year
VN - visual novel, basically a book with pictures and sound; you’d be surprised how many get adapted

I’ll begin with where NOT to start:

• Gintama - it’s a parody referring a lot to anime, manga, and japanese culture from its age, although it has a Donald Zuramp joke too; well worth trying once you get to know some classics, don’t even need to finish them
• KonoSuba, Isekai Ojisan, Meikyuu Black Company, Shinchou Yuusha - they parody specifically trash isekai, watch one or two before jumping in
• Mushoku Tensei - perverted 40 year old mind in child’s body, even I had problems watching the first two seasons with over 150 titles (counting seasons individually) watched back then

Decent starts:

• Black Clover - good, long battler (170 episodes and counting); share my pain of waiting for continuation
• Dr. Stone - finished last season, mostly kept the same level throughout, but over time we got less science stuff; whole thing is about speedrunning from stone age to space age
• Dungeon Meshi - extremely good worldbuilding and the story gets better over time
• Helck - comedy and dark fantasy
• Shiguang Dailiren - the best anime about time travel
• Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor - two seasons of extreme gambling, CW: self-harm, torture
• Re: Zero - going back in time after you die isn’t the most pleasant experience when you have no other powers; CW: gore
• Ansatsu Kyoushitsu - comedy with good plot, some action and drama
• Initial D - fear not the ass 3D and potato faces, for you come for the music and racing, then stay for the story
• Mairimashita! Iruma-kun - good for calming yourself down, 4th season currently on air
• Paripi Koumei - grand strategist acts like a grand strategist to help a random girl with her musical career

Comedies, the weirder the better:

• parodies from the first section
• Asobi Asobase - you’d think that it’s a slice of life; what a fool you are
• Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu - the vampire dies in no time, then comes back to life, then dies again because a dog barked too loud
• Mattaku Saikin no Tantei to Kitara - just watch the trailer; slight focus on parodying detective stories, unless I’m an ignorant and missed too many jokes
• Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan - super powers are such a hassle to have
• Seto no Hanayome - my bride is a mermaid, and her mafia family wants me dead
• Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita! - guy who is scared of mere thought of human hooligans is forced to teach in a ghost school
• Detroit Metal City - Metalocalypse: Deathclock, but anime; very american adult cartoon humor, budget of a 6-pack of instant noodles per episode

Other recommendations:

• Mob Psycho 100 - three seasons of absolute cinema where super powers don’t make you super happy; give me back the evil kazoo theme
• One Punch Man - as above, it’s even by the same author, but uhh… hope for a remake of the third season… and maybe second (I like them anyway, 'cause I’m a fanboy). First is the best it could be, though.
• Hellsing Ultimate - BLOOD
• Teogonia - battler with an interesting world, isekai element shoved in to justify protag’s overpowered ability
• Steins;Gate - another good anime about time travel; I’ve played the remake, but anime is generally praised; avoid Chaos;Child like fire, once again only played the VN, but others say anime is bad compared to VN, and I say VN is shit for all the unnecessary gore and annoying protagonist, even if the concept itself was interesting
• Undead Unluck - once again a battler with an interesting world, this time without isekai
• Sonny Boy - you watch an episode, then spend a week trying to understand WTF did you just see
• JoJo - it really is its own thing among battlers, personally didn’t like it, but it’s popular for a reason
• Under Ninja - battler where weapons are actually lethal
• Ragna Crimson - high highs and low lows, battler with interesting pair of main characters
• Monster - it’s similar to western media, even the events start in Germany
• The Fable - assassin needs to hide for some time, goes to work for the lowest wage, problems arise in the neighborhood; very well paced, has some really tense moments
• Gachiakuta, Jigokuraku Jujutsu Kaisen, Kimetsu no Yaiba - good battlers
• Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu - best attempt at fantasy grand politics I’ve seen to date; still too simplified
• Code Geass - best grand politics I know, this one is deeper, only watched the main series consisting of two seasons

So, tunnel throat?

Turron, turron, turron

Behavior trees

Raising soft palate > pinching

Brzmi jak typowy konflikt w Crusader Kings 2 i Europa Universalis 4. W inne serie jeszcze nie grałem.

Spells include:

• blowing your own leg off
• contender for the longest and the most confusing divination
• lots and lots of spells related to sexually transmitted diseases
• creating your own plane from scratch
• printing press
• transmutation

And the best part: there are third-party addendums that allow you to cast multiple spells at once or cast them faster using 100% of the brain power, optionally with help from other people

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I really like playing tanks (well, offlane; they are mostly strength based, so they get more HP) and supports in DoTA 2

Tanks in general can put out some big damage - Axe can helicopter you to death, Kunkka can one-shot a teamfight if he’s far enough ahead, Wraith King can summon a small army (that he has basically no control over) and so on

As for supports

Abaddon - if you manage to buy an expensive item with basically no stats your ult suddenly heals for everyone near you by 70-90% of the damage received for 10 seconds. There’s also an ability cleansing others from almost all debuffs with shield, and single target damage/heal. Oh, and you pretty much can’t die during this time, because you turn all incoming damage into healing.

Io - the only hero who can teleport anywhere, without warning in the target place, and with up to 1 ally, then back 12 seconds later. His other ability passively heals and regenerates mana for whatever he gets himself x 0.55 - 1.15, increases movespeed of the ally and copies it to himself, and slows enemies between them; and then he’s got another one that heals for max hp % and boosts damage through attack speed and spell (damage) amplification.
Ever seen someone too scared to fight? Now you can force them right in the middle of it.

Largo - frog minstrel; bro’s got 3 normal abilities, 3 auras that he has to play in a rhytm, a button to switch between the two sets, AND after he gets a relatively cheap item he wants to turn into active item simulator (meaning 5 single target support items) because he makes buffs last longer and copies them on himself. That’s a total of up to 11 things on 9 buttons to keep track of + aura range. But the benefits are strong - double invisibility, double spell cancel, double spell reflection (without canceling, but doesn’t expire after first spell), increased damage output, speed, AoE micro stuns, cleanse with displacement… wild if one can do it.

Bane - he stuns you. For the whole fight (or until one of his teammates deals damage to that person). And then he reduces your carry’s damage by 70%. And then he also stuns another one of your teammates for the rest of the fight. If anyone dies while being debuffed, all of that lasts longer for the rest of the game.

I’ve specifically picked supports that don’t deal a lot of damage, because you also have stuff like Crystal Maiden and Witch Doctor that can kill the whole enemy team by pressing R, Lion with scaling single target damage, Elder Titan and Marci that can out-damage your best damage dealer and so on.

Also I escape the responsibility of actually doing something. I heal, you win the game.

Plot twist: he was the priest /j

Mine still works years after they sent me those messages

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I see this as an absolute win, keep not knowing my age!

I’ve played AoW 3 for about 8 hours and it looks like every other 4X to me, how different is AoW 4?

As for Warhammer Total War - I’m still not over losing in a tutorial in TW: Shogun, but I’m pretty sure I have 1 and 3 on Epic Games. From what I’ve seen it’s pretty much all about attacking nearby territory. My friend that was streaming it mostly played as Chaos and Skavens, so feel free to expand my view on the series.

I’ve heard about Wildermyth, it’s on my wishlist, but thanks for bringing it up.

I’ve tried M&B for a few hours and I got bored very quickly.

Looks more like Prison Architect than a grand strategy, but thanks for the suggestion nonetheless

Looks great, thanks

From what I see it’s been in EA for over a year, so it could be argued it may be patient gaming

Do I care? Not really.

Anyway, thanks for providing the name. I’ve checked it on Steam and I’d rather stick to CK2 for now.

I’ve played Total War: Shogun after a giveaway, lost in a tutorial, got so tilted I’ll probably never play any Total War for years to come

I’ll definitely look into Alliance of the Sacred Suns, thanks

paradox’s penchant for dozens of dlcs had me run away from it some years back

That’s why I’m trying to avoid just getting some for CK2, like c’mon, generating a random world and transferring saves to EU4 shouldn’t be locked away

Definitely looks interesting. Not what I was looking for, but goes into my wishlist, thanks.

They rolled nat 20s, critical hits