Weird. On one hand, everything is dandy. On the other… Self-hatred is simply weighing down on me and while I know I have to work on it, it’s been 2-steps-forward-1.5-steps-back type of deal.
Human psyche is fucked up. You can have everything you might need, be as successful as you can be, but if there’s anything gnawing at you, no matter how small it might be, it will murderfuck you to the deepest pits of mental hell
Parasite Inc. - Function or Perish
(…) A nightmare, nicely wrapped in gold Stuffed in our heads And we just accept In our human density Bread and games modern I call it enslavement A mental enslavement And you call it life
Some of recommendations I did not already see, that are not-that-well-known; all of these are various flavors of melodic death metal:
Parasite Inc. - Once and for All
The Agonist - Panophobia (unfortunately, the band is now defunct)
At home: FLACs ripped from CDs (prefer to buy albums I enjoy instead of Spotifying them) -> KORG DS-DAC 100 -> TEAC AX-501 -> Elac Carina BS243.4
On the go: The same FLACs on Pixel 6 Pro -> B&O Beoplay HX
Never bothered with Queen of Cards quest, as the walkthrough of that is… Sizable, to say the least. Also, there’s only one relatively decent reward out of it (Doomtrain).
As for CC: they are a source of all rare cards besides the ones Queen has. Thus, if you want to have Vit/Str/HP Ups - they’re your best bet (also, getting enough of those makes Omega Weapon fight a breeze, you can reliably kill it without ever reaching Megido Flame and foregoing Holy War usage).
But yeah… Triple Triad is fun, especially since it translates to sth that will impact your game.
EDIT: also, you can get 3x100 Flare on your entire party on the first disc, but it’s a major PITA to get (iirc, 300 Red Dragon cards, so good fuckin’ luck). So yeah… Triple Triad brekas the game if you have the patience for it 😄
EDIT 2: also also, Queen of Cards is available at the crash site on Disc 3 as well