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The hunting lodges in Frozen Wild are an order of magnitude more difficult than any in the base game, they took way more attempts to do, for me anyway. I think the storyline of the DLC is bad, I hated the tribal chieftains and all their backwards laws just felt like rehashed points from the main game.
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I thought the DLC was fantastic and things like just how NPCs moved around in conversations compared to the base game left me hopeful that the sequel will be very, very good. It's definitely more challenging than the base game, but I'm a sucker for snow in games so it was 10/10 for me.
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Mar 10, 2021 21:54
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HZD is one of those games I’m gonna play through again before I hang the ps4 up for a ps5 So I’ve got a few years it seems like.
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Mar 10, 2021 22:06
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Horizon is one of the most drop dead gorgeous games I've ever seen. The lighting effects in forests at night, just so choice 
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Mar 10, 2021 22:11
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You could always play it after you get a PS5, especially if it gets a 4K60 patch
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Mar 10, 2021 22:12
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yeah sometimes it feels like it's half a generation ahead of anything else on the console
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Mar 10, 2021 22:13
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Simone Magus posted:Horizon is one of the most drop dead gorgeous games I've ever seen. The lighting effects in forests at night, just so choice  I've played through Zero Dawn like 3 or 4 times. It's one of my favorite games of the generation. I can't wait for Forbidden West.
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Mar 10, 2021 22:13
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I can’t even begin to express how hyped I am about the day I get to boot up Forbidden West  ds1 update: gently caress these goyles man, gently caress em, I’m trying my best tho!
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Mar 10, 2021 22:27
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When in doubt, ask Solaire for help. He makes a great meatshield.
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Mar 10, 2021 22:33
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I’m way more interested in seeing how the game improves and iterates than I am seeing how they continue the story. The parts of Horizon that were bad could actually be good, eventually, some day
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Mar 10, 2021 22:36
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VideoGames posted:Holy moly really? Hahaha goodness. Often for me 100 hour games are 200 hour games. So 200 hours equals see you in 2022. DS2 is really really good and the only reason its "divisive" is because Dark Souls 1 is one of the best games ever made, if not the best.
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Mar 10, 2021 22:37
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DS2 is the worst game in the soulsborne series
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Mar 10, 2021 23:38
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Yeah, it has a number of legitimate issues that made people dislike it above and beyond just "not being Dark Souls 1." The encounter design in particular is not great.
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Mar 10, 2021 23:44
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Dark Souls Poo: Squatter of the First poo poo
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Mar 11, 2021 02:14
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I have resolved to play DS2 only after I have platinumed Sekiro and 3
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Mar 11, 2021 02:24
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I could make a laundry list of why DS2 is a mess (it's still a fun game though).
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Mar 11, 2021 02:37
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Bust Rodd posted:I have resolved to play DS2 only after I have platinumed Sekiro and 3 Yeah I want to play DS2 but it's in line behind replaying DS1...and playing its DLC that I never played...and replaying DS3...and its DLC that I never played......shameful
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Mar 11, 2021 02:39
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Yeah, Dark Souls 2 can still be really fun if you approach it right. "The worst Dark Souls game" is still pretty good by the standards of games in general. It's just not a game I would choose to play when I could be playing any other recent From game instead.
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Mar 11, 2021 02:40
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Cardiovorax posted:When in doubt, ask Solaire for help. He makes a great meatshield. Personally I would vote against this option. The whole challenge of the boss fight is that it's 2v1. If you just summon another ally it kind of loses its impact. I'm one of those weirdos that thinks the "right" way to play DS is without summoning though. Gotta prove you can take those bosses on yourself.
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Mar 11, 2021 02:43
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You could say something like that about every boss in a Souls game, but summons exist anyway. If you're having too much difficulty with a boss fight to still consider it fun anymore, summoning someone is exactly what the developer wants you to do.
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Solaire is much less useful than a player summon. He works best as a distraction so you can heal safely. If you just let him tank he'll go down pretty fast. So its like a hidden difficulty option Solo - hard Solaire - medium Player - easy 2 Players - very easy Also bosses hp scales with summons so some NPCs end up making the fight harder as they do little damage and die.
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Cardiovorax posted:Yeah, Dark Souls 2 can still be really fun if you approach it right. "The worst Dark Souls game" is still pretty good by the standards of games in general. It's just not a game I would choose to play when I could be playing any other recent From game instead. I tried replaying it recently and found it really hard to get into again. I usually just fall right back into souls games. Just so much of the game is ugly to look at and the combat just feels super wimpy compared to every other souls game and so much of it feels slopped together. I still played it for like 100 hours when it came out, so I can't say I didn't get my moneys worth, but pretty much everything about it doesn't meet the quality standards I associate with the series, at least consistently . There's some good parts for sure but the quality is all over the place.
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veni veni veni posted:I tried replaying it recently and found it really hard to get into again. I usually just fall right back into souls games. Just so much of the game is ugly to look at and the combat just feels super wimpy compared to every other souls game and so much of it feels slopped together. Zaphod42 posted:Solaire is much less useful than a player summon. He works best as a distraction so you can heal safely. If you just let him tank he'll go down pretty fast. Cardiovorax fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Mar 11, 2021 |
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Mar 11, 2021 02:55
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Zaphod42 posted:DS2 is really really good and the only reason its "divisive" is because Dark Souls 1 is one of the best games ever made, if not the best. Meh, I definitely don't consider DS1 that far up there in the pantheon even though I love the series...and I'd still say DS2 has some issues. I think it's more that DS2 gets rightfully compared to a bunch of other great games directed by a certain someone who brings his own almost singular seal of quality. DS2 has a different (and sometimes wonky) artistic vision despite bearing the moniker, so it compares a bit unfavorably to the other 5 games.
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For the goon(s) who mentioned not being hooked on Kentucky Route Zero until a certain set-piece in Act 2, was it this one? Because this scene brought tears to my eyes and has stuck with me since. (Soundtrack spoilers, I guess? This game really is something you need to go into blind.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ZDfujSCkU Starting Act 4 tonight!
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PantsBandit posted:Personally I would vote against this option. The whole challenge of the boss fight is that it's 2v1. If you just summon another ally it kind of loses its impact. I was like this for Bloodborne last year except I ended up getting summoning help for Shadow of Yharnam. I kind of wish I'd kept trying to solo them, but I was on such a good momentum for once in that game after owning it for like 5 years without getting past Father Gascoigne.
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I've been soloing Dark Souls 3 for this playthrough, but I decided to summon a gold phantom for Champion Gundyr tonight on a whim since I was surprised to see a real person's sign there and he just walked around outside the boss door and didn't come in, so the boss had twice the health and I still had to fight him myself. Thanks bud.
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Mar 11, 2021 04:34
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I one shot Yhorm the Giant by embering before the boss and getting someone named DANNY DARKSOULS and ALSO Siegward, who I had forgotten about lol and having a loving INSANE 3v1 it was so sick
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Mar 11, 2021 04:40
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I always have trouble with multi enemy boss fights in Souls games. Hell the one boss I had to summon for in DS3 was the Crystal sages because of the clones in the second phase lol
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Mar 11, 2021 04:42
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Dark Souls 2 is the Dark Souls of Soulslikes.
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Bust Rodd posted:I’m way more interested in seeing how the game improves and iterates than I am seeing how they continue the story. The parts of Horizon that were bad could actually be good, eventually, some day Much like Control, the best parts of Horizon were the documents and holograms or whatever. I have no idea what the actual story was because my eyes glazed over whenever one of the pudgy white dudes who suddenly become Aloy’s trusted companions started to speak.
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Mar 11, 2021 04:44
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The best part of Horizon is the robot dinosaurs, Imhotep
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Bust Rodd posted:I’m way more interested in seeing how the game improves and iterates than I am seeing how they continue the story. The parts of Horizon that were bad could actually be good, eventually, some day the only bad parts about HZD were the character animations during dialogue and they fixed that in Frozen Wilds.
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Volte posted:I've been soloing Dark Souls 3 for this playthrough, but I decided to summon a gold phantom for Champion Gundyr tonight on a whim since I was surprised to see a real person's sign there and he just walked around outside the boss door and didn't come in, so the boss had twice the health and I still had to fight him myself. Thanks bud. You sure it wasn’t just the NPC summon?
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Mar 11, 2021 05:38
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veni veni veni posted:You sure it wasn’t just the NPC summon?
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Volte posted:It was a gold phantom named Fo1no or something like that. yeah From got real lazy at the end when they were naming NPCs
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Mar 11, 2021 06:16
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Bust Rodd posted:The best part of Horizon is the robot dinosaurs, Imhotep u know what the gently caress I mean like story vs setting/world building or whatever, obviously fighting 8 giant robot dinosaurs and making them explode is the best bit,
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Mar 11, 2021 07:29
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Bust Rodd posted:The best part of Horizon is the robot dinosaurs, Imhotep The best part of Horizon is that Aloy is a great character. The dinos do almost nothing for me.
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