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CJacobs posted:Yeah really, like what the hell. Armored Core lore is also pretty cyclic. Every other one starts with the corporations loving the world, forcing humanity underground and then threatening to do it again.
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I want From Software to team up with Platinum games to release Dark Souls 3: Red Hot Wonder Stinger Kick.
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Jun 7, 2015 03:27
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Sadly, the one cool move I cannot do in Dark Souls 2 but wish I could is a version of Dante's Stinger. I regret this terribly. The closest I can pull is something like a running thrust where I press a button to teleport to the target. The problem is that I can't really make some sort of teleport graphic play, so it would look wrong.
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Jun 7, 2015 03:29
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pyromance posted:The only cycle that went on forever in Metal Wolf Chaos is that Michael continually kicks all sorts of rear end, and I don't see him ever stopping. The endless election cycle.
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Jun 7, 2015 03:59
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lol people complaining about not wanting to play another souls game because of the story.
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Jun 7, 2015 05:14
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dat one portagee posted:lol people complaining about not wanting to play another souls game because of the story. The leak video states there might actually be one this time. That's bad.
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Jun 7, 2015 05:47
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Contrecoup posted:The leak video states there might actually be one this time. That's bad. I like this post. It hasn't gotten enough attention. Also, DS1's lore is overrated.
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Jun 7, 2015 06:17
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When I first played dark souls 1 I kept seeing these 40-minute lore videos popping up in youtube's related videos, and having finished it multiple times I still have no idea what about the game's story could possibly need that many 40-minute videos to ramble about, or who would care about any of it. Like you could say endless things about the art direction of these games but there is not much to the story. There are some cool consistencies between some item descriptions if you read them, but it pretty much amounts to saying "oh these things are related that's cool" and then going back to hitting monsters.
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Jun 7, 2015 06:37
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It's related to the "games are art" phenomenon. The lore-nuts want to justify their hobby as having artistic merit, by and large.
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Jun 7, 2015 06:46
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It's a pretty cool backstory too.
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Jun 7, 2015 06:57
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Tallgeese posted:The lore-nuts want to justify their hobby as having artistic merit, by and large. It does. Dark Souls' story is presented in a way that's at least a little bit unique in the era of half hour long expository cutscenes.
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It honestly looks like an early version of Bloodborne with a few DS elements added to them. They don't feel right.
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Jun 7, 2015 07:13
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CJacobs posted:It does. Dark Souls' story is presented in a way that's at least a little bit unique in the era of half hour long expository cutscenes. Whatever your opinion on the subject of games being art, it is still unfortunate to feel the unconscious need to justify it to others.
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Jun 7, 2015 07:26
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Tallgeese posted:It's related to the "games are art" phenomenon. The lore-nuts want to justify their hobby as having artistic merit, by and large. Or maybe they just like cool and interesting backstory.
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Jun 7, 2015 07:28
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Kurtofan posted:Or maybe they just like cool and interesting backstory. Maybe, but I think we filtered most of those out with the selection criteria of "makes 40 minute videos".
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Jun 7, 2015 08:07
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Kurtofan posted:Or maybe they just like cool and interesting backstory. 
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Jun 7, 2015 08:24
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lol at these nerds enjoying video games at the something awful video game forums
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Jun 7, 2015 08:43
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Preferably nonfiction.
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Contrecoup posted:The leak video states there might actually be one this time. That's bad. The leak video was made by morons, who haven't played a lot of souls games imho. They talk about how you in dark souls 3 might be able to summon more than 1 helper, like in bloodborn. The way they say it, it sounds like they think you could only summon 1 helper in dark souls 1 and 2. And 10 playable classes, all available at the start of the game! unlike the other dark souls, where you had to unlock classes. When they mention 60min cut-scenes, they also say they are used to only having an intro cut scene, but again both dark souls games had several cut scenes, before bosses, when certain things unlock or when you get to certain important areas. One them even says he never got through dark souls 2, so I would take their conclusions with a grain of salt.
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fennesz posted:It honestly looks like an early version of Bloodborne with a few DS elements added to them. They don't feel right. That's the feeling I got too.
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Jun 7, 2015 11:44
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haha look at him he likes a video game for a different reason than me *puts on sunglasses* *disappears into the floor while the bee gees stayin alive plays*
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Jun 7, 2015 14:37
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Dark Souls' lore was really thin on the ground but that's kind of why it works so well. The writers have bothered making so little very clear that the playerbase comes up with a hundred more infinitely interesting explanations for it. 
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Jun 7, 2015 14:41
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Genocyber posted:haha look at him he likes a video game for a different reason than me I like video games but all video games are bad a conundrum
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Jun 7, 2015 14:57
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I'll admit that the majority of dark souls lore is just  cobbled together by fans that nobody actually thought about when writing it, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, sometimes it's just fun to make poo poo up based off of little shreds of evidence.
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Yeah, the games are fantastically atmospheric but I wouldn't say they're well written as such. Deliberately vague and (intentional) half-truths in item descriptions and the like makes for a lot of intrigue, but I do think people are going slightly nuts by claiming the story is particularly deep.
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I'm readin' this book and skipping every 2nd page because it's all just a bunch of words and the story makes no sense. There's some cool consistencies between the pages if you read them, but it pretty much amounts to saying "oh these words are related that's cool" and then getting back to skipping pages.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:32
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poptart_fairy posted:Yeah, the games are fantastically atmospheric but I wouldn't say they're well written as such. Deliberately vague and (intentional) half-truths in item descriptions and the like makes for a lot of intrigue, but I do think people are going slightly nuts by claiming the story is particularly deep. Artorias' story in DS1 was a vague thing pre DLC, then it was come rely fleshed out and ended up amazing. I think you're selling FROM short by saying they don't think about or plan these things. You can always argue that nerd Youtubers take it too far, but you can't argue that the story is THERE.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:46
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The Souls games don't really do story so much as they do history. The interesting stuff mostly happened a long time ago, you're exploring the ruins that are left behind and tying up a few loose ends.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:56
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Wait, leak video? I thought people just considered those screenshots as an elaborate fake or something by now?
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Jun 7, 2015 22:32
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People who follow videogame rumors don't tend to be the most critical thinkers.
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Jun 7, 2015 22:34
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Bloodborne leaked earlier than this. It was real then.
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While some of it looks reasonably convincing, I'm going to wait for an official announcement before I really believe any of it.
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Worldshatter posted:While some of it looks reasonably convincing, I'm going to wait for an official announcement before I really believe any of it. It's as convincing as the Project Beast leak so
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Worldshatter posted:While some of it looks reasonably convincing, I'm going to wait for an official announcement before I really believe any of it. Well, that probably won't be too far away. We'll most likely know in less than two weeks, after E3.
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EC posted:Artorias' story in DS1 was a vague thing pre DLC, then it was come rely fleshed out and ended up amazing. I think you're selling FROM short by saying they don't think about or plan these things. You can always argue that nerd Youtubers take it too far, but you can't argue that the story is THERE. Oh yeah don't get me wrong I'm not saying they're bad writers or anything, just not quite on the level they're held up as! They found an excellent balance between telling and showing and ultimately I'm going to remember that far better than any sort of political bollocks that gets thrown into RPGs as some major statement.
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lets hang out posted:Bloodborne leaked earlier than this. It was real then. It also looked a lot more like a non-FROM title which is what people doubted. Those screens don't look right to me. \/ Case in point. fennesz fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Jun 8, 2015 |
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http://i.imgur.com/MV3SE0O.png Looking forward to the boss of the Jewish cemetery.
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Genocyber posted:haha look at him he likes a video game for a different reason than me Whether it's a cycle or you're a Dark Lord psycho Vidja Games are art, Vidja Games are art Gilligan's ladder breakin' The Fair Lady shakin' Vidja Games are art, Vidja Games are art Art, Art, Art, Art, Vidja Games are art, Vidja Games are art Art, Art, Art, Art, Vidja Games are art, VIdja Games are aaaaa-aaaa-aahahaha-aaaart
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