HOW RIVIERA CHANGED MY LIFE, AND YOURS, AND YOURS, AND YOURS... Options

[Irysa]

IF I HADN'T EVER PLAYED RIVIERA, I'D NEVER HAVE FOUNDED MARI LINKING TO LACRIMACASTLE FOR THE EPILOGUE DISCS AND SOUNDTRACKS AND STUFF.

I'D NEVER HAVE JOINED THE IRC CHANNEL.

I'D NEVER HAVE GOTTEN STURM'D HARD AND GRADUATED FROM TOTAL FUCKING ANNOYING TWATFACE NOOB INTO TOTAL FUCKING ANOYING TWATFACE JERK.

I'D NEVER HAVE GOTTEN INTO ANATHEMA (AND A LOT OF OTHER COOL MUSIC)

I'D NEVER HAVE STARTED NETPLAYING FIGHTING GAMES, STARTING WITH IAMP AND MOVING INTO MELTY BLOOD WHICH TOOK UP A BIG PART OF MY LIFE (ESPECIALLY LATELY, I WON A TOURNAMENT LAST MONTH). AND SUBSEQUENTLY LIKE EVERYTHING EVER

I'D NEVER HAVE GOTTEN INTO VISUAL NOVELS (THANKS MELTY AND F/SN SIMUWATCH)

I'D NEVER HAVE READ BOOKS LIKE A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE

I'D NEVER HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP ON SKYPE PLAYING RISK ON A PAC-MAN MAP WITH SAUCE AND RHIA WITH MY UNBEATABLE CUPCAKE STRATEGY (FUCKING ALASKA HOLY SHIT)

I'D NOT HAVE MY CURRENT NAME FOR EVERYTHING EVER BECAUSE I'D NEVER HAVE SPAZZED ON MY KEYBOARD WHILE LISTENING TO 65DAYSOFSTATIC TO GET MY NAME OUT OF THE FIRST 5 LETTERS.


I'D NEVER HAVE EVENTUALLY MELLOWED OUT INTO THE GUY I AM RIGHT NOW

AT 20 YEARS OLD I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT RIVIERA WAS THE DEFINING GAME OF MY ADOLESCENCE



I LOVE ALL OF YOU, THANKS! AND THANKS TO STING FOR MAKING THIS GAME

[Dr Strum]

Hrmity hrmity hrm...

Definitely probably wouldn't have ever played any other Sting game – I don't think I've heard anything about them except through information channels that opened up to me because of Riviera. My Japanese would not be near as good as it is now. My reverse engineering and coding skills would not be as good – hell, I may never have learned PHP or MySQL, or worked with some of the technologies I did.

I might not have gotten into Fate/Stay Night or the infinitely better Fate/Zero. Probably wouldn't have gotten into Jinrui. Might never have gotten into good stuff like 65dos, GY!BE and more. Would have missed out on great games like Radiata Stories and probably Valkyrie Profile.

Might seem like a stretch, but I probably wouldn't be married right now without LCN.
Speaking of that, I developed great relationships with a lot of really cool people. Many of those relationships I destroyed due to my youth and stubbornness, but I have no real regrets since I grew because of it.

LCN has definitely had a profound impact on my tastes, my relationships, my skills and personality.