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May 12, 2024 19:57
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drainpipe posted:I've heard a lot about FromSoftware and want to give their games a try. I was thinking of either doing Dark Souls Remastered or Elden Ring. Just curious what you guys think would be a better game for a From newbie. Elden Ring is a lot more smooth, streamlined and polished as a whole, I think it's the most fun of the whole catalogue to play at a moment to moment level. But if you're after the Soulsborne experience, that's Dark Souls Remastered. DS1 is the one that roped most people in, and for good reason. I think it's the best designed of the series, personally. You should see what's the deal with it for yourself, and then try another game if you want more afterwards.
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May 12, 2024 20:14
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Alright, thanks for all the feedback. I think I'll go for DS1 (it's on sale right now also). I've heard it's a game that newcomers can bounce off of, which was why I considered Elden Ring instead. I'll try to keep in mind that it's supposed to be a slow, methodical game.
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May 12, 2024 20:25
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honestly i think AC6 really is the best answer for "first Fromsoft game" in 2024, but it's very different from everything else they've made in recent memory
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May 12, 2024 20:26
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drainpipe posted:Alright, thanks for all the feedback. I think I'll go for DS1 (it's on sale right now also). I've heard it's a game that newcomers can bounce off of, which was why I considered Elden Ring instead. I'll try to keep in mind that it's supposed to be a slow, methodical game. heres the most unique thing about fromsoft’s games, in my opinion: you usually cant interrupt your own animations, but you can queue up the next one, allowing for zero idle frames in between, say, attacking and dodging. new players will constantly do this accidently and die because of it, but mastering this intuitive frame-perfect inputs system is a big part of why it’s hard to go back to “normal” games
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May 12, 2024 21:38
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Meowywitch posted:Just loving play Dark Souls Remastered, the original game is only a bit over ten years old, it isn't a game from the n64 era Interesting post avatar combo.
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May 12, 2024 21:39
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Zwingley posted:if you do the exploding tear drop from the divine bridge What is this?
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May 12, 2024 23:06
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Listerine posted:What is this? https://youtu.be/tvaMTZnzYC8?si=t5l860XUArcBM2wg My parlance was especially hamtongued, it's better known (I think) as the divine bridge skip. Basically using the exploding tear and a jump attack you can reset your fall distance Zwingley fucked around with this message at 23:25 on May 12, 2024 |
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May 12, 2024 23:23
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Zwingley posted:https://youtu.be/tvaMTZnzYC8?si=t5l860XUArcBM2wg holy poo poo
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May 12, 2024 23:29
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Unfortunately, commiting such boldfaced progression fraud causes Melina to answer in kind, and she locks you in the Morgott arena until you talk to her
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May 12, 2024 23:31
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Mohg is giving me a hell of a time this playthru, I might end up having to summon help. ETA: posting about it worked, it only took another five-ish tries before I got him. Good ol' bloody twinblade +17. fritz fucked around with this message at 00:02 on May 13, 2024 |
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May 12, 2024 23:38
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fritz posted:Mohg is giving me a hell of a time this playthru, I might end up having to summon help. Dude's pretty much a sack of flaming blood.
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May 13, 2024 03:37
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I bounced off DS1 twice. Then I tied Elden Ring and it became one of my favorite games ever. Went through DS 3 and it’s pretty good, but I missed all the little improvements that ER has in comparison. I just got through AC6, which is phenomenal. Starting my NG+ now. I tried Sekiro, and really liked it for a while, but did not quite get the rhythm of the movement. It’s a me problem though - I am determined to come back to Sekiro and beat it. But I might just go back to Elden ring for the dlc.
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May 13, 2024 06:07
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Play bloodborne
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May 13, 2024 17:07
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Dr Cheesequake posted:I bounced off DS1 twice. Hesitation is defeat, Dr Cheesequake
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May 13, 2024 17:31
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Populon posted:Play bloodborne 
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May 13, 2024 18:15
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buy a ps4 to play bloodborne they're probably not that expensive anymore anyway
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May 13, 2024 18:56
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At least get a Pro. Might as well play the PS1 demake as the regular PS4 version.
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May 13, 2024 19:02
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codo27 posted:At least get a Pro. Might as well play the PS1 demake as the regular PS4 version. theres literally no difference between the two versions
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May 14, 2024 00:12
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Revisiting this for the first time since I beat it. Playing through NG+ to prep for the DLC. I really love this game, but I’m being reminded why it was the first Souls game I didn’t bother to immediately play through again after beating it. Really hope FromSoft capture more of that DS1 and BB magic with the next game. Part of me is worried they never will.
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May 14, 2024 00:30
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My time in Elden Ring. I’ve played Demon Souls, all of the Dark Souls and Sekiro. The first one I played and completed was Bloodborne. I went into Elden Ring blind. Eventually, because I didn’t want to miss things, I would occasionally look things up. I really enjoyed my first play through but the endgame for me became a slog. In the end it took me almost 150 hrs to beat. Granted I almost did everything. After Radahn, I would give a boss five tries solo and then use spirit ashes. The mimic tear being my primary ash. I struggled against every boss from Morgott on. I told a friend that I thought the end bosses were harder than the ones in Sekiro. Mostly because I knew in Sekiro you can beat every boss with just the sword and grappling hook while in Elden Ring the bosses have to be balanced for a variety of builds. Anyway after beating Malenia with the mimic tear, after dying a countless number of times, I was happy to be done with the game. Now I have over 900 hours in the game. How did this happen? First I was unemployed which I don’t recommend. My ego wanted to beat the game and every boss solo. I watched some speed runs. I also watched channels like Thingfishy’s that showed how to make an overpowered build. Later the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer got me hyped to play some more. Here is the thing though. I’m not as good as my ego thinks I am. When I first played I basically brute forced the game. I wasn’t experimental. I didn’t use the mixed physic well or really explored the various use of talismans. The Thingfishy videos got me to think I could make an overpowered strength faith build and skate through the game solo. Well it’s true I could melt the first few bosses, the Morgott to endgame gauntlet still gave me trouble. I had to learn the game. The first solo run I beat every main boss using the golden halberd and blasphemous blade. Except for three. The Godskin Duo I summoned Berenthal, because I messed up the sleep pots strat. Real Mohg and Malenia were left undone on that save. Even though I didn’t beat every boss on that run, I had fun playing it. Setting up a build as fast as I could, remembering various item locations and learning the bosses better made the game fresh for me again. I still was making attempts on Mohg and Malenia but I allowed myself to start other builds where I would basically do the same thing. I made peace with the fact that I probably would never truly solo the Godskin Duo. I still celebrated when I sleep potted them clean the first time. I ended up beating Mohg on the first save and every other play through I started. I eventually just had a bunch of characters saved at the Roots of the Haligtree in front of Malenia. I eventually beat Malenia on that first save using parries and the Blasphemous Blade. I honestly thought I would be making attempts on her till the end of time. On her second phase she did the Scarlet Aeonia when she was low on health. After I dodged it, I knew she was good as dead. The celebration I had was probably embarrassing if someone had witnessed it. Since then I have beaten her four more times solo with various builds. I even beat the Godskin Duo solo with the large club without using sleep pots. My hand was shaking after I did it. Im still not good at the game. I know the boss patterns and tendencies very well but still screw up all the time. I still curse when it happens. I hate the corpse run to Rennala. I’ll panic run with Horah Lou when I should roll forward and to the side. I learned to appreciate Elden Beast for what it is even when it spams AOE attacks when it’s close to death. I’m looking forward to Shadow of the Erdtree. I think my experience will allow me to be more free with experimenting with the new systems. I also hope that when I run into a hard boss I will accept that I’m not good and enjoy the experience on the game’s terms. God bless you if you read this whole thing. Oh and gently caress Sir Gideon the all knowing in the ear. cornlog fucked around with this message at 17:39 on May 14, 2024 |
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May 14, 2024 02:40
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I’m getting absolutely thumped trying to beat crucible knight duo on my fat roll pike play-through. Probably put three and a half hours into this poo poo.
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May 14, 2024 05:10
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cornlog posted:My time in Elden Ring. I’ve played Demon Souls, all of the Dark Souls and Sekiro. The first one I played and completed was Bloodborne. I went into Elden Ring blind. Eventually, because I didn’t want to miss things, I would occasionally look things up. my friend have you heard of paragraphs?
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May 14, 2024 07:50
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The Kingfish posted:I’m getting absolutely thumped trying to beat crucible knight duo on my fat roll pike play-through. Probably put three and a half hours into this poo poo. Yea that fight is absolute balls without a solid summon to run interference for you. You can’t parry two knights at once. My wizard with a mace was having a hell of a time so I gave up. Planning to come back when I have the mimic tear.
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May 14, 2024 15:41
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Wafflecopper posted:my friend have you heard of paragraphs? My apologies. Post edited.
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May 14, 2024 17:41
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cornlog posted:My apologies. Post edited. You should have doubled down and removed all spaces and punctuation.
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May 14, 2024 18:08
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If you beat Malenia with parries and no summon you can say you're good at the game now, it's okay, I've given you permission. Getting good doesn't look like becoming a speedrunner, it looks like finding ways to gimp yourself from what you know works to make things more interesting or try other things out. It's playing fast and loose with something OP in your back pocket you know you can one shot any boss with just in case. Once you've done that 10,000 times, you're in the realm where speedrunners operate.
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May 14, 2024 18:23
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a primate posted:Yea that fight is absolute balls without a solid summon to run interference for you. You can’t parry two knights at once. It's not that hard to keep space from one of them, the AI usually cuts you a break there
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May 14, 2024 18:43
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https://youtu.be/SJnKGodp8sY?si=9NX4NpTynqZpWZaA This is me 1000 hours into every souls game
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May 14, 2024 18:45
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Zwingley posted:It's not that hard to keep space from one of them, the AI usually cuts you a break there Yeah they patched how these duo fights operate some time ago. They used to team up on you but now one usually hangs back while the other attacks. Sometimes they still attack in tandem tho
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May 14, 2024 18:48
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crucible duo has multiple issues: they both constantly approach (though only one at a time will approach aggressively), have a combination of long combos and longer range attacks that make it very easy for you to get clipped when trying to go in to trade hits conventionally, have automatic healing punish built into their behaviour tree, and have a phase 2 that can gently caress with your camera when you're trying to keep both in LoS to avoid the spear knight randomly getting the attack token and then hitting you from two continents away i've parry kinged them before but it's frankly just a boring, tedious fight with awful rewards, and you miss nothing by busting out mimic tear to trivially clear it
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May 14, 2024 19:07
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Lost me at “awful rewards”, Ordovis greatsword slaps
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May 14, 2024 19:23
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skasion posted:Lost me at “awful rewards”, Ordovis greatsword slaps Key piece of gear for playing as a crucible knight. Plus the WA is jolly good fun.
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May 14, 2024 19:25
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 Yeah, this guy seems like a stable member of society... But seriously, it's kinda amazing that you technically gain nothing but leading poor Boggart to his agonizing death (unless you never bought anything but the necklace which you can do) and likely several more people off-screen. Especially since after you fight him off in an invasion, you have the option to help him for something that's bad for everyone.
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May 14, 2024 19:31
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my longstanding philosophy is that if a weapon weighs more than 5.5 units and can't have lion's claw then it's going in the bin
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May 14, 2024 19:32
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Vermain posted:my longstanding philosophy is that if a weapon weighs more than 5.5 units and can't have lion's claw then it's going in the bin Completely sympathize. However the Ordovis weapon art got repeatedly buffed and is functionally equivalent to lion’s claw. By which I mean “can stunlock Malenia”
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May 14, 2024 19:36
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Pyro Jack posted:
Well you get a cool sword and your boiled crab vendor is now in a more convenient location so overall poop world is worth it I’d say. Actually if you just ally with the dolly botherer you can get all that AND a puppet who will beat the game for you AND some armor that tells people you only care about poise, while skipping poop world entirely. Win win really.
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May 14, 2024 19:54
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I allied with Seluvius (temporarily) for the sole purpose of loving over Dung Eater and I have no regrets
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May 14, 2024 20:03
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I tried that this run and must have triggered the wrong thing because I couldn't give him the potion, so I just cut him down
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Can you still aggro boggart at his crab location to keep the dung eater from killing him?
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