Gyro Zeppeli posted:Wait for Matthewmatosis to make a video on Why Elden Ring Is Bad Actually and everyone will copy his opinions, just like they did with Dark Souls 2. Too many swamps, not enough bosses like the ulcerated tree spirit.
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Yardbomb posted:Basically what happened with Itsuno and Devil May Cry 2 as well, development was going nowhere and no reports were coming back, so he was sent out with his guys to see if he could help them shape it up. Reportedly he gets there and they have a basic moveset for Dante and a couple of maps made, Itsuno then has to take on the job pretty much as a whole as director and just bang out everything they can in the time allotted, along with getting his name stapled to the wreck that barely managed to be completed. The original director's name was never released, because they felt like it'd be a guaranteed death sentence for his career and it was too harsh. That’s not a very favorable comparison
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Mar 13, 2022 02:06
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DS2 is better than DMC2 but that’s an incredibly low bar to clear
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Mar 13, 2022 02:07
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Anyone know if there's better samurai armor than the default. Getting tired of looking like a poser wearing knight armor
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Mar 13, 2022 02:09
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Khanstant posted:Not a fan of Stormveil, albeit never did it the intended way at level 20 or whatever. Best thing about it is you can sprint straight to boss instead of dealing with the rest of the horseshit there. My favourite "castle" was the whole stretch of underground areas where you go from investigating random thing on surface, into some crazy night cave kingdom, and then take three magic coffin rides into hell in one amazing journey. Farum Azula and Consecrated Snowfields were kind of a let down, but at that point it's almost okay because you're ready to finish and they seem to be out of new toys. Also in snowlevels case, snow is the least interesting landscape and level type, you need an ice level or two, and maybe they understood it's not somewhere you need to dwell anyway. yeah the Underground is really good too, especially with how you come back to the same areas in different ways and how getting to them gets more and more elaborate
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Mar 13, 2022 02:09
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Tell me this drowned king DLC final boss from DS2 is not easier than Margit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GciI0Qjv0EU
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Pablo Nergigante posted:That’s not a very favorable comparison Not really a comparison of games, DS2 kicks rear end, DMC2 has a couple of the tiniest glints of good (Dante's outfit in 2 is cool) but the other 99% is terrible, just of developers having a hard time and needing to fix someone else's bungle.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:14
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I found something that I think is kind of weird just south of the Volcano. Is this an area you can reach later, or just a way to fill some visual space in the world? 
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Mar 13, 2022 02:16
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No Wave posted:Tell me this drowned king DLC final boss from DS2 is not easier than Margit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GciI0Qjv0EU drat I love Fume Knight. Brings back memories.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:20
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There's some sort of gamer brain damage out there that prevents people from seeing a creature made entirely of of rocks from thinking " a sword is probably a stupid way to fight this. Maybe a hammer/flail/fists would be better" Also this game is otherwis perfect but I cannot believe there's no shoryuken ash of war for fists. My next character is going to be all punch all the time. Claws and punchy pots.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:24
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One-shotted placidusax and it felt awesome.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:26
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Impermanent posted:There's some sort of gamer brain damage out there that prevents people from seeing a creature made entirely of of rocks from thinking " a sword is probably a stupid way to fight this. Maybe a hammer/flail/fists would be better" Fallingstar not fitting that theme def felt weird tho
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Mar 13, 2022 02:27
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Impermanent posted:There's some sort of gamer brain damage out there that prevents people from seeing a creature made entirely of of rocks from thinking " a sword is probably a stupid way to fight this. Maybe a hammer/flail/fists would be better" Yeah I'm sad i haven't seen anything like the dragon bone fist yet. Kung Fu mastery + hadouken was awesome
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Impermanent posted:Also this game is otherwis perfect but I cannot believe there's no shoryuken ash of war for fists. My next character is going to be all punch all the time. Claws and punchy pots. I just want the entire bone fist moveset somewhere in every FROM game after SotFS honestly, for real my favorite weapon probably.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:28
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Vermain posted:yup, sadly I haven't personally tested this but I've seen multiple people saying you can glitch into Nokron without killing Radahn: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tcn0ij/psa_early_nokron_wrong_warp/
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Mar 13, 2022 02:32
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Dandywalken posted:Fallingstar not fitting that theme def felt weird tho iirc fallingstar beasts have two meaty bits that don't resist slash/stab damage, the rest of them is still rock
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Mar 13, 2022 02:35
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Impermanent posted:There's some sort of gamer brain damage out there that prevents people from seeing a creature made entirely of of rocks from thinking " a sword is probably a stupid way to fight this. Maybe a hammer/flail/fists would be better" Flame Strike ash on spikey fists so you can just wail on Malenia with fire punches
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Mar 13, 2022 02:37
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Is the Brass Shield the most stable (and thus overall best) non-greatshield?
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Mar 13, 2022 02:37
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RBA Starblade posted:Also I've been rotten breathing on everything and everyone all game and an invader did it to me but better and instant killed me with it Yeah I've abused the hell out of the rotten breath too. Invaders? Rotten breath. Invading? Hit the host and all their cooperators with a stream of rotten breath. Slightly annoying enemies? Breath all over them.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:38
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Impermanent posted:There's some sort of gamer brain damage out there that prevents people from seeing a creature made entirely of of rocks from thinking " a sword is probably a stupid way to fight this. Maybe a hammer/flail/fists would be better" hold on while i pull out my equally upgraded strike weapon, which the game thankfully provides voluminous upgrade materials for me to be able to have on hand The Lone Badger posted:Is the Brass Shield the most stable (and thus overall best) non-greatshield? it can get to 65 stability earliest out of all of the medium shields (which, when combined with barricade shield, gets you 100% stamina reduction), though any 47 stability shield should be able to get to 65 by +25 or so
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Mar 13, 2022 02:39
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Play posted:I haven't gotten new ashes for a LONG time. My best are skeletal militiamen and the drat jellyfish but I feel like I need something way better because their damage is pathetic, they're okay as distractions only. I just finished Raya Lucaria, in the midgame I assume, can anyone tell me where/how/which ashes I can get at this point that would be an upgrade? I feel like I must've missed some somewhere. Mimic ash is very good. A really consistent source of ashes is beating evergaol bosses, a lot of them in the first few areas give the boss as an ash.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:41
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Vermain posted:hold on while i pull out my equally upgraded strike weapon, which the game thankfully provides voluminous upgrade materials for me to be able to have on hand Yeah that's right, good point. It does do that actually. I almost always have at least 4 weapons/implements/shields at the same top tier level for whatever is appropriate given where I've been. If you're having trouble with that I recommend looking for a pattern in what features on the game map turn out to be mines.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:41
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Impermanent posted:Yeah that's right, good point. It does do that actually. I almost always have at least 4 weapons/implements/shields at the same top tier level for whatever is appropriate given where I've been. this was absolutely not my experience as someone using a shield and casting implement
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Mar 13, 2022 02:43
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tildes posted:Mimic ash is very good. A really consistent source of ashes is beating evergaol bosses, a lot of them in the first few areas give the boss as an ash. Thank you! This is really helpful, I'm not far along enough for the mimic ash yet I just want to collect more. I don't like following precise instructions but 'go to the gaols and kill the guys inside' is nice and vague and something I can do!
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Mar 13, 2022 02:45
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Vermain posted:fully charged R2s and jumping R2s are the way to go for posture damage, yeah. this also makes endure a primo skill if you know what the last attack in a boss's combo chain is, since you can endure and then usually get two fully charged R2s off if they have enough recovery frames I firmly believe that the R1 button is a trap for any boss fight and if you are going to kill a boss in melee you should be maneuvering yourself such that you can press R2 in some fashion (Guard Counter, standing R2s with "one handed" weapons or jumping R2s with big weapons), L1 powerstancing with good weapons or L2 with a strong Weapon Art. If you're not taking a Crucible Knight to parry town, for example, you should be using every opening to do a Weapon Art or some kind of big hit if it's safe.
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Chard posted:I found something that I think is kind of weird just south of the Volcano. Is this an area you can reach later, or just a way to fill some visual space in the world? Things in the distance tend to appear closer then they are in this game. I suspect that is Renna's rise near the manor.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:48
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my faith was getting a little shaky with everything i was reading but having finally experienced and beaten both radahn and godskin apostle today in person i'm feeling new conviction in not believing people when they start yelling about how poorly a boss is designed
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"boss poorly designed" is the "no, it's the children who are wrong" of elden simpsons quotes
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Gaius Marius posted:Anyone know if there's better samurai armor than the default. Getting tired of looking like a poser wearing knight armor There's a white reed set you can get that AFAIK is just a newer version of the basic sam gear.
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Vermain posted:this was absolutely not my experience as someone using a shield and casting implement You get loads and loads of somber stones from just poking around but the "common" smithing stones are rare as hell I spent most of my playthrough only being able to afford upgrading one single normal weapon but 3-5 different somber weapons.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:You get loads and loads of somber stones from just poking around but the "common" smithing stones are rare as hell Yeah if there's one thing I'd tell people going in without guides is probably where to find the smithing stone bells. Having unlimited stones at the vendor just opens the game up so much for combat.
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I was wondering about that. I'm still running around with unupgraded starter gear. I couldn't beat the tree sentinel. Figured I'd come back when I get my weapon upgraded. Many hours later I found a blacksmith named Izi but I'll need a lot of souls to buy the basic upgrade material. I've found higher grade stones but not the ones I need.  I haven't beaten a single boss still. I feel like that reviewer that took 30 minutes to beat the first level of Cuphead.Anyways I really didn't want to grind for 8k souls for a +1 weapon so I kept wandering. I followed the path of the lines to this manor. Surely I'll find an easier boss in here...   
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No Wave posted:Waaait so people aren't crazy for seeing more DS2 in this game. It's almost literally DS2 2
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RBA Starblade posted:It's almost literally DS2 2 IDK, I see a lot more of dark souls 3 than 2.
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Sanctum posted:Anyways I really didn't want to grind for 8k souls for a +1 weapon so I kept wandering. I followed the path of the lines to this manor. Surely I'll find an easier boss in here... You can definitely find some handy things in there.
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This is my first "souls" game. I think I'm having fun? Its hard to tell, I often find myself frustrated by the experience but the combat is engaging. I also can't make up my mind if it's truly a good game like everyone says or it's just a bad game that is fun. Corpse running as a mechanic is bad and having to grind thru the same low level enemies to fight a tough boss feels bad but beating tough enemies feels rewarding. I also don't like how many "gotcha" traps there are the first time you encounter an enemy or area. Anyways that's my review of Elden Ring. It's good?
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theres a ton of DS3 in this game but DS2 (and the open world stuff) is the spice that makes everyone go WOW this game is good. DS3 is just a really solid base.
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SHISHKABOB posted:IDK, I see a lot more of dark souls 3 than 2. Well the ui and gameplay follow off 3 but plot and layout and so on do lol. It's a huge mix of every other game but Armored Core but DS2 stands out in it to me It feels like a fully realized Drangleic in a way
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