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I agree with that one person up thread. Humanoid bosses have tells that are easier to read but they are boring visually. Cursed greatwood, demon of song, moonlight butterfly, etc etc are just amazing designs and more fantasy than humanoid bosses are and I prefer the fantasy aspects.
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Adjudicator was cool looking but the actual fight was lame. Really liked the bird though
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I've just encountered the stray demon on the bridge in Dark Souls 3 and I'm not really enthusiastic about fighting him.
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There are humanoid boss fights and then there is Maria. Actually all the Bloodborne humanoid bosses were pretty cool.
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huh posted:I've just encountered the stray demon on the bridge in Dark Souls 3 and I'm not really enthusiastic about fighting him. Just gently caress him up.
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Jan 19, 2022 02:24
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huh posted:I've just encountered the stray demon on the bridge in Dark Souls 3 and I'm not really enthusiastic about fighting him. Easy. Not even a boss. Just watch out for the grab/don’t put your back to the side of the bridge
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huh posted:I've just encountered the stray demon on the bridge in Dark Souls 3 and I'm not really enthusiastic about fighting him. He's pretty easy, just don't get grabbed because it's insta-kill
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If you've fought DS1 fat rear end demons then DS3 stray demon is a cinch. He has a few more tricks to use but otherwise all his attacks are unchanged. Heck you can even space out his butt slam.
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hatty posted:Adjudicator was cool looking but the actual fight was lame. Really liked the bird though I love Adjudicator, it's creepy as gently caress, but yeah rather basic mechanically speaking. It's such a cool idea that I think the look of it is supposed to throw you off your game and ensure at least one cheap death 
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I tend to prefer crazy monster boss fights over humanoid boss fights but Sekiro really nailed the humanoid bosses. Like you really feel like you're in a sword duel with a boss like Genichiro or Owl. There's not a lot of ways to get a major advantage over them other then to just git gud.
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Try doing all your damage to a single leg E: 
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codo27 posted:I started playing Witcher 3 around release, went home for Christmas and was never able to get back into & finish it. I started a new game this past weekend but god drat I'm still finding it hard to get into, mainly because DS has ruined me and the combat is horse manure in comparison Get the mod that turns every combat encounter into a deadly game of Gwent. But seriously, play Witcher for the writing. The combat is passable at best. A trait inherited by Cyberpunk except its quests aren't half as good to hide the flaws.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQCxTPVhxQE
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Charliegrs posted:I tend to prefer crazy monster boss fights over humanoid boss fights but Sekiro really nailed the humanoid bosses. Like you really feel like you're in a sword duel with a boss like Genichiro or Owl. There's not a lot of ways to get a major advantage over them other then to just git gud. If I boiled down how I feel about the differences it'd be that the good fights in Sekiro (not demon) were about learning and most Souls fights were about endurance. Finally "getting it" and clowning on Genichiro is a lot more fun, for me personally, than happening to hit all my dodges perfectly for ten minutes and whittling down a huge health bar. All the boss fights I hate from these games share the same properties - tons of repetition, massive health bars, lots of waiting. huh posted:I agree with that one person up thread. Humanoid bosses have tells that are easier to read but they are boring visually. Cursed greatwood, demon of song, moonlight butterfly, etc etc are just amazing designs and more fantasy than humanoid bosses are and I prefer the fantasy aspects. This also applies to these bosses. The three you named tend to be pretty easy, but are visually entertaining instead of Man In Armor #827 so that's good. Then you get stuff like the dragon fights where it's huge HP and wonky hitboxes.
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man in armour bosses are still good. artorias, Gael, gundyr, nameless king are all cool. Dragon rider, lost sinner, all the other snoozers are just on a different more boring level
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Currently the thing about Elden Ring i'm most interested in is the useless item ratio... I want to see this recreated in er. https://imgur.com/3i27b7w.mp4
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As far as gimmick bosses go I actually liked the chariot from DS2
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DS2 also had tons of forgettable regular enemies. Except for the Hippoclops. Man those things creeped me out I really wish they would make a comeback.
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I'm glad there's only like one per game, but I like the Skeleton Lords/Deacons type fights that are just kinda goofy and hectic with tons of ads chasing you around if you take too long.
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Hulk Krogan posted:I'm glad there's only like one per game, but I like the Skeleton Lords/Deacons type fights that are just kinda goofy and hectic with tons of ads chasing you around if you take too long. I love these fights as someone that always opts for big weapons. Cleaving through the deacons with a big sword is fun.
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Ichabod Tane posted:yes but only one of the two so i know the one pantsless man was me
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:As far as gimmick bosses go I actually liked the chariot from DS2 the chariot's good because your reward for figuring out the gimmick is a normal fight with a horsey
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IIRC, the Skeleton Lords are the one place in the entire game where the hotwheels skeletons appear in DS2, although their spiritual successors, Sonic the Hedgehog, appears in the Ivory King DLC.
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Hulk Krogan posted:I'm glad there's only like one per game, but I like the Skeleton Lords/Deacons type fights that are just kinda goofy and hectic with tons of ads chasing you around if you take too long. I like the Deacons because when the chubby Deacons come out you can knock them over and they rock around on the ground with their little feet kicking like turtles.
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The abyss watchers were cool as heck. DS3 had the best bosses in the series
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hatty posted:The abyss watchers were cool as heck. DS3 had the best bosses in the series Agreed, and by no means would I call Abyss Watchers a gimmick fight
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Elden Ring: a giant lumbering dork fingering he own snatch
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Hulk Krogan posted:I'm glad there's only like one per game, but I like the Skeleton Lords/Deacons type fights that are just kinda goofy and hectic with tons of ads chasing you around if you take too long. DS2 had like four of those Anyway, Curse-Rotted Greatwood's music is the worst track in DS3. It's amazing how it finds new ways to keep getting worse as it goes along, until it's just Motoi Sakuraba setting his keyboard to "pipe organ" and leaning on it with both arms. And yet, still a whole mile better than any track in DS2, except the one they reused wholesale from DS1.
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I've been distracted from the Stray Demon by being summoned as a watchdog of Farron every few minutes. Surprisingly active.
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3X+3 in Woods is a really good spot to get your invasion on . Lots of chill fightclubs with almost no animation cancelers/move swappers, too, if you want to learn/practice PVP.
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giZm posted:3X+3 What is that?
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Sorry. Soullevel 30-39, with normal weapon upgrade level +3 As long as your character is in that level range with non-boss weapons at +3 you'll get lots of invasion time in the Crucifixion Woods area.
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Oh that's cool. I'm level 21 with a +3 estoc.
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im verye xcited for Fromsoft: BotW
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Ichabod Tane posted:hmmm. Say what you will about DS2 having too many humanoid bosses but stuff like cursed greatwood in DS3 are totally boring and suck rear end having lots of humanoid bosses is actually one of the few points in DS2's favor. humanoid bosses are, with incredible consistency, better than animals / dragons / etc.
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Yeah you definitely want a more personal, challenging duel rather than repeatedly ankle smashing some giant beast
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codo27 posted:Yeah you definitely want a more personal, challenging duel rather than repeatedly ankle smashing some giant beast i love ankle smashing giant beasts, it's just a bad fit mechanically and/or for the studio's particular talents
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:having lots of humanoid bosses is actually one of the few points in DS2's favor. humanoid bosses are, with incredible consistency, better than animals / dragons / etc. Agreed. The best bosses (Sir Alonne, Fume Knight, Ivory King, etc.) were all just armored dudes. The bad bosses were bad because they were recycled from the previous game or just lazy gimmicks. I really don't enjoy fighting giant shambling things, where you have to wrestle the camera and can't tell what's a hitbox and what isn't, but dragons are mostly fine. They have the same kind of consistency that humanoid bosses do.
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Escobarbarian posted:Do you really need this explained for you  yes
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:i love ankle smashing giant beasts, it's just a bad fit mechanically and/or for the studio's particular talents I think you nailed it because I loved fighting beasts in Dragon's Dogma.
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