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Adaptability is a cool idea that isn't implemented very well Who needs iframes if you're in your bigboy armor with a bigboy shield?
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The third best Souls game is Nioh 2 actually, although that might get upended here in a couple months.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:24
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Biggest problem with Dark Souls 2 is that it's horrendous to look at nowadays. I think there was a mod that basically made the shaders work properly, but I don't think it's gotten anywhere since like 2020.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:24
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Every FromSoft game is a beautiful handcrafted gift, of gaming. Simply live in serenity of enjoyment of great games.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:25
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Except Ninja Blade
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Jan 18, 2023 16:26
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The sixth best Souls game is the Baroque Remake.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:26
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hatty posted:Dark Souls 2 combat feels off Floaty awkward animations, terrible hit feedback, bad feeling movement, enemy difficulty being based on how firmly their feet are nailed to an invisible lazy susan, hitboxes are hosed beyond salvaging and grabs are implemented in a way where it literally never feels fair that you got got even if it was
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Jan 18, 2023 16:29
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ShallNoiseUpon posted:Every FromSoft game is a beautiful handcrafted gift, of gaming. Simply live in serenity of enjoyment of great games. No Dabir posted:Floaty awkward animations, terrible hit feedback, bad feeling movement, enemy difficulty being based on how firmly their feet are nailed to an invisible lazy susan, hitboxes are hosed beyond salvaging and grabs are implemented in a way where it literally never feels fair that you got got even if it was First fromsoft game eh
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Jan 18, 2023 16:29
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If all souls games were like DS2 the series would never have even got to DS2
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Jan 18, 2023 16:31
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exquisite tea posted:Demon's Souls has been on PC and playing great @ 4k since 2016 i just played it on the deck and it's jank and feels old but it really holds up. especially in terms of atmosphere. i was also a big fan of enemies having much more binary resistances and weaknesses, whereas every other souls game lets you mash the square into the circle shaped hole, demon's souls does, uhh, not.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:33
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DS2 is definitely the worst one in places but it's also got the highest peaks of the whole series. nothing in these games is cooler than sanctum city. sorry haters.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:34
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Foul Fowl posted:i just played it on the deck and it's jank and feels old but it really holds up. especially in terms of atmosphere. i was also a big fan of enemies having much more binary resistances and weaknesses, whereas every other souls game lets you mash the square into the circle shaped hole, demon's souls does, uhh, not. DS1 carries that tradition on, maybe not quite as hard. Like, the snake men in Sen's are a major wakeup call that it's time to get yourself some elemental damage.
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Jan 18, 2023 16:35
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Dabir posted:If all souls games were like DS2 the series would never have even got to DS2 Nothing wrong with ending things on a high note.
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Favorite moment in Demons Souls is when I learned that the somersaulting skeletons that gave me so much trouble were weak to fists. Blasted through all of the storm levels uppercutting skeletons
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hatty posted:Favorite moment in Demons Souls is when I leaned that the somersaulting skeletons that gave me so much trouble were weak to fists. Blasted through all of the storm levels uppercutting skeletons What ho, muscle wizard
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Jan 18, 2023 16:39
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I want to see a game bring back World Tendency just in a somewhat better way.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:talking to a freaking cuff Huh, they turned the sequel to Carrion into the menu design of an AAA game . Let's see how it plays out
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Jan 18, 2023 16:43
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Dabir posted:From what I've heard its what people keep saying dark souls 2 is, ie, the worst in its series by a lot, but better than most games by a LOT It's better than most FROM games GIVE ME OTOGI ON MODERN SYSTEMS PLZ
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psychotic menu design FTW
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I went back to DS2 last year after elden ring, because I was told lots of the things I liked about elden ring were also in DS2. The combat was obviously slower but really liked the DS2 world and the build variety. The adaptability hump is fine if you know about it and put points into the appropriate stats. And then this year I went back to kings field ancient city and it feels like a spiritual prequel to DS2 (by way of demon souls). Again, the combat feels very different and slower, but I just loved the world. Now I’m almost done demon souls and it also rules. Fromsoft makes good fantasy world games
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exquisite tea posted:I want to see a game bring back World Tendency just in a somewhat better way. i managed to stay unspoiled on demon's souls since release. i was sure flame lurker was getting harder after dying to it like ten times (in body form) but no, surely this is just my sour grapes and salty flakes talking. what a loving nutso mechanic lmao
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Dark Souls 2 is the best Dark Souls
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DS2 was my first Souls game and it still holds 2nd place in my mind just below Elden Ring.
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RBA Starblade posted:Adaptability is a cool idea that isn't implemented very well it's funny that they made the same basic stat tax blunder with elden ring but arguably worse, because while it's theoretically possible to beat ER without pumping at least 25-30 points into VIG, you will hate every single moment of it
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Jan 18, 2023 17:19
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It's better because it's much more optional and doesn't affect basic gameplay allowances
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good news, forspoken is working to improve the fish eye lens effect  well i mean. they brought the text closer i guess
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JollyBoyJohn posted:It's better than most FROM games You can just buy and play Otogi 1 and 2 on Xbox right now
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Jay Rust posted:It's better because it's much more optional and doesn't affect basic gameplay allowances adaptability is also completely optional - SL1 runs still exist, after all - but it makes the game much harder, in the same way that keeping your base VIG in ER makes the game much harder by causing everything from mountaintops onwards to cave in your skull in 1-2 hits
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Jay Rust posted:It's better because it's much more optional and doesn't affect basic gameplay allowances the other issue with ADP (and agility) is that you'd have no fuckin clue what it does without a guide. whereas vigour = more health is pretty easily understandable.
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even with ADP the game still feels bad to play. The main problem is the floaty combat
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I hope forspiken turns out to be a decent game
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I just hit stuff with a big sword
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Sakurazuka posted:I just hit stuff with a big sword Me too, but the best games let me use two big swords
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Vermain posted:adaptability is also completely optional - SL1 runs still exist, after all - but it makes the game much harder, in the same way that keeping your base VIG in ER makes the game much harder by causing everything from mountaintops onwards to cave in your skull in 1-2 hits Tbh equating the two is weird because "get 20 in this stat ASAP to make the game good" is not "it's smart to invest in this defensive stat once you hit the endgame"
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fridge corn posted:I hope forspiken turns out to be a decent game 
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funniest poo poo ive ever seen
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I move poo poo with my mind all the time, when I sit on the toilet and tell my sphincter to do its thing
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I should really try Lost Kingdom again and see if I can get past the windmill or graveyard or wherever the hell I kept stalling out at the time
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adaptability was a bad idea but it's a nonissue when you know it's there and how it works ds2 owns
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Jay Rust posted:Tbh equating the two is weird because "get 20 in this stat ASAP to make the game good" is not "it's smart to invest in this defensive stat once you hit the endgame" leveling VIG in ER directly allows you to play more aggressively and take more risks than you otherwise would be able to, even pre-mountaintops, which is elementary to making the game fun and not a slog it also must be said that DS2 hands out free levels like candy, so the adaptability tax is a one-and-done thing you can get over with in an hour or two, whereas ER demands a significant chunk of your leveling experience be devoted to turning you into something other than wet cardboard
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