Video Game Survey 2, god this took forever

This is a survey that has taken me months to fill out for no reason other than laziness. Enjoy this insanity. Pink texts are stuff I wrote at the start of summer, some purple texts are things I added in July but all purple texts below question 15 and any purple text added between pink texts is added tonight lol

1. What was your very first video game?

Metal Slug on the PS1 and Contra on the NES! Both hold a special place in my heart(tho metal slug's place is more special)

2. Who's your favorite video game character?

Hoo boy.

Number 1? Absolutely Emil from NieR but I'll list some honorable mentions.

NieR: Nier, Kaine, Grimoire Weiss, 9S, 2B, A2, 6O

Persona: Minato Arisato, Yu Narukami, Nanako Dojima, Naoto Shirogane, Akira Kurusu, Goro Akechi, Ryuji Sakamoto

Guilty Gear: May, Chipp Zanuff, Potemkin, Johnny, Ramlethal Valentine

The World Ends with You:  Sho Minamimoto, Joshua, Beat

Yakuza: Kiryu Kazuma, Goro Majima, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima, Tatsuo Shinada, Masayoshi Tanimura, Ichiban Kasuragi, Yoshitaka Mine, Shintaro Kazama, Akira Nishikiyama, Osamu Kashiwagi

Splatoon: Agent 8, Shiver, Pearl, Marina

Undertale/Deltarune: Kris!! Chara, Papyrus, Asriel, Ralsei, Susie, Queen, Lancer, Tenna, Asgore, Temmie

Wuthering Waves: Shorekeeper, Camellya, Sanhua, Zani, Cartethyia, Phrolova, Scar

Scarlet Nexus: Nagi Karman, Luka Travers, Gemma Garrison, Arashi Spring, Kagero Donne

Pokemon: ZINNIA!!! Gary, Blue, Giovanna

VA-11 Hall-A: DOROTHY!!!, Jill Stingray, Dana Zane, Anna Graem

Subahibi: Otonashi Ayana, Yuuki Tomosane, Mamiya Takuji, Takashima Zakuro

Random characters from games I don't wanna make a whole category for: Kayoko(Blue Archive), x(The Caligula Effect 2), The Bullet(Enter the Gungeon), Super Creek(Uma Musume), Gold Ship(Uma Musume), Mejiro Ramonu(Uma Musume), Mar(Voice of Cards), Aoi Mukou(You and Me and Her)[play the fucking game you posers], Miyuki Sone(You and Me and Her), Andy, Leyley and Renee lmao

3. What's a game you wish more people would play?

The Caligula Effect 2! It's so underrated, a great game with a fantastic OST, good story and fun gameplay killed on launch by journalists.

Also Subahibi! It's a fantastic VN and if you're an adult that can stomach heavy subjects then you should absolutely play it!

4. What's a game you didn't think you'd enjoy, but ended up really liking?

Uma-fucking-Musume Pretty Derby. I hate hate HATE how much I'm enjoying this game. Why is the horse girl game this fun

5. Who's a game character that's Literally You?

What? We pulling out the middle school kinlists?

Hmm, I think Sayori from DDLC and Prompto from FFXV are the closest to "literally me" characters

6. Who's a game character you dislike?

Sumire and Makoto from Persona 5 are 2 characters that actively drag the game's quality down and I really really hate them.

Other than them, really not a big fan of Gold Lewis Dickinson from Guilty Gear

7. Who's your favorite video game couple?

It's a very VERY tight tie between Etihw and Kcalb from The Gray Garden and Joker and Akechi from Persona 5

8. Favorite game OST?

The Caligula Effect 2, Persona2/3/4/5, Guilty Gear -STRIVE-, Yakuza 0/K1/K2/3/4/5/6/7, Splatoon 1/2/3, (NEO)TWEWY, Undertale, Deltarune, Metal Gear Rising, Wuthering Waves

9. What's a scene in a video game that made you cry?

The NieR Automata quest that leads to ending Y. It kills me every time(can't say the name cuz spoilers lol)

Also from Persona 4(Major P4 spoilers) When Nanako dies, even if it's temporary it gets me every time

10. Favorite gameplay in any game?

I think Scarlet Nexus still holds up for my favorite gameplay. The way psychokinesis works especially with Yuito's combat is so satisfying 

Also Helldivers has been the kind of joy I've been looking for a long time with PvE shooters. No bullshit gimmick, just you and monsters as you're literally just paper mache holding a gun.

11. What's your favorite video game system (PC is a boring answer, so don't say that.)

3DS ig since it's the only one I have lmao(my switch doesnt count I only have 1 game on it)

12. Favorite boss fight in any video game?

This question really puts me on the spot since I never really thought about this...

Ewyllyswyn from Voice of Cards Isle Dragon Roars was pretty cool. Not gonna provide a video for that since it's the final boss and is really sick.

Also Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion's ending, the Pearl booyah is always so fun to watch

13. What's a game you replay a lot?

NieR Replicant. I replayed it over a dozen times, either replaying it myself or showing it to friends. Trying to show to friends rn if our schedules line up

14. If you have any game-related wallpapers, what are they?

Well, on PC I have wallpaper engine so the wallpapers cycle every 5 minutes between like 30 or something of them I have but here's the ones in rotation rn. It's my wife and Aoi(also it looks like that because my second monitor is smaller than my main one lol)

My phone lockscreen is Emil x Brother Nier yaoi and wallpaper is Brother Nier with Yonah

And my 2DS wallpaper is Persona 3 themed lol. It was like this when my best friend gifted it to me and I don't wanna change it, it's really cool looking.

15. Post a screenshot from a game you're playing right now.

Uh, currently playing Minecraft with some buddies, Wuthering Waves, The Man Who Erased His Name, Helldivers and Uma Musume. Sadly I got no minecraft screenshots

So I wrote this part back in July and obviously the games I play changed... except no tthat much. I still play Helldivers and Wuthering Waves. But the rest changed! I'm currently playing Pokemon ZA, Phasmophobia, Guilty Gear and Cyberpunk! ALSO FINISHED SUBAHIBI RECENTLY!!!

Took this photo while playing with a friend! Bless her heart she had to pose for me for like 15 mins lmao(There are a lot more photos but trying not to bloat)

Slightly modded my Guilty Gear, already made a bulletin about the Noelle Holiday as Queen Dizzy mod but here's two more and the roster lmao

STARWALKER NOOOOOOOO

My trainer is very cute :D

Okay I know I said I don't wanna image bloat but these Subahibi screenshots are too good lmao

(I swear this is one of if not the best piece of psychological horror media out there)

16. Favorite cutscene in a game?

I think by far it's the NieR Replicant cutscene where the big oopsie happens in the mansion basement. Can't elaborate further cuz spoilers

Oh also the Wuthering Waves Cartethyia story's finale cutscene! I love that one

17. Favorite video game villain?

Can't really pick honestly because it's not something I think about often

Nishiki from Yakuza 1

The Hollow Knight from Hollow Knight(Yes, I do like The Hollow Knight more than The Radiance!) 

Regret from The Caligula Effect 2

Bedman from Guilty Gear

18. Favorite video game protagonist?

Oh boy! This is something I DO think about!

Brother Nier from NieR Replicant

Rover from Wuthering Waves

Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza

Yosafire from The Gray Garden

Hornet from Silksong

Neku Sakubara and Rindo Kanade from TWEWY

Hat Kid from A Hat in Time

Raiden from Metal Gear Rising

Agent 8 from Splatoon

Minato Arisato from Persona 3

The Would-Be Hero(Ash) from Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

19. What's a game setting you'd like to live in? Post a screenshot!

For me, the answer to this is always Splatoon! Peaceful world, everyone is cute, idols in every region, your biggest worry is what fresh drip to wear today, politics are decided with paintball matches, just ignore the old man in the sewers and you'll live a great life!

20. What's your favorite video game genre?

Got none really, I'll play anything and don't pick one genre over another!

21. Favorite story in any video game?

You might think "of course Nehiri will say NieR" but... It's not! Because NieR's video game story is great but that's not all of it. NieR being a multi-media franchise makes it hard for me to say "it's my favorite video game story" cuz y'know, it's not just video games.

Anyways! I think my answer to this would have been Yakuza Kiwami 1 or Persona 3 Portable but recently Subahibi took over it honestly. Good vidya

22. What's a game that disappointed you?

ANNO Mutationem for sure. That game looked so sick but good christ it felt like an extended demo in a full story package. Yes this doesnt make any sense and neither did the game's pacing or story.

Also Danganronpa V3. Child Nehiri lost his shit when he realized the same man who made the peak Danganronpa 2 could make such dogshit. I can not see how anyone could ever like any part of this game(except the first trial, the first trial was peak ngl) but I know some people by some miracle like this game somehow, it's okay to be wrong but jesus christ how man

23. Favorite artstyle in any game?

A huge fan of VA-11 Hall-A's art style.

I love the vibe it gives, the expressions on the characters, just really nice stuff.

Also Voice of Cards! I love the art style and the card aesthetics

24. Favorite retro game? (16-bit era and before. No, the ps2 isn't retro.)

Metal Slug and Contra for sure! Totally not biased

25. What's a game that's in your backlog?

Like a Dragon Ishin, Drakengard 2 and 3, Scarlet Nexus' Kasane route... Really need to get around to playing those.

26. Who's your favorite video game voice actor?

Hmm... I think Laura Bailey? I loved her performance as Kaine and Rise.

Also Takaya Kuroda my king.

27. Who's a video game character you have a crush on?

Other than Emil, Agent 8, Super Creek, Mejiro Ramonu, Shorekeeper, Dorothy Haze, Fio Germi and my girl Zinnia

28. Favorite video game developer?

 Toby Fox, Yoko Taro, Team Cherry, Kiririn51, Kuro Games. All my goats

29. What's a game other people like that you dislike?

 I could NOT care less about most RPGM games, there are definitely good ones like Yume Nikki, OMORI, OFF etc but a lot of them like Ib, Mad Father and Paper Lily I could not give less of a shit about they're all mediocre at best.

Also in hindsight, I really don't like Fallout games. I kinda forced myself to play and finish New Vegas and it's only now dawning upon me that I did not have fun with it, for Fallout 4 I could not even play for like 5 hours before getting bored out of my mind.

30. What's your favorite video game ever?

NieR Replicant, my final answer.