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Kickin, I actually just finished re-watching your Dark Souls II LP and I'm oh about 3/4 of the way through this game as of right now so I'll be glad to see the correct way to get through this mess.
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Honestly, I never finished Dark Souls 2 and I wanted to refresh myself on all the stuff they reference in 3. And your run was both informative and low-key, as opposed to some of the obnoxious goddamn dark souls LPs out there on the YT. On a personal note, I felt like the High Wall of Lothric was a lot tighter than Undead Burg in terms of concept and design. It has a really obvious progression and a natural flow that, as you said in your post, helps tacitly guide the player. Without giving anything away, it also teaches you the skills needed for, and expectations of, later parts of the game, so each feels like a refinement of previous challenges rather than a series of arbitrary traps.
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Jun 24, 2016 23:58
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I love Vordt's design, in fact I love the Boreal Valley aesthetic in general. Vordt's a very Bloodborne boss - vestiges of humanity twisted into a bestial form, his every move savage and chaotic and laboured, as though his human reason were fighting with his animal body. He can also be a huge motherfucker if you're unprepared for it, as I was. Definitely an exciting start to the game, and a good twist on the "big dude with sword" design.
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Jul 1, 2016 19:23
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Sheesh, I had a couple of adrenaline-pumping moments just with some of the miniboss encounters - that red-eyed lothric knight being one of them. I'm not used to games making me feel things.
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I dunno man, it makes sense to me that the hollows of Londor venerate the chosen undead who linked the fire and (presumably) paved the way for all the various other lords of cinder throughout the ages. Maybe it's a religious thing - when the bells of awakening toll, they go on their pilgrimage to the walls of Lothric castle, and die to lend their souls to the unkindled. That's my read on it anyway - I like Yoel. He's a nice guy for a zealot. Anyway, I had a really hard time in the Undead Settlement. Lots of nasty deaths at the hands of those undead evangelists - bleed-inducing, wide-sweeping melee attacks at close range, and dorhy's gnawing at long range make them super scary. Worse still, you usually fight them in tight quarters. They're the bestworst enemy in the game. Skippy Granola fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jul 10, 2016 |
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Jul 10, 2016 17:02
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I really like their "WHO WILL CLEANSE THE BASTARD'S CURSE" line as they cast Warm Hug and try to squeeze the sin out of you. They're nasty customers.
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Jul 11, 2016 23:48
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More like the purse-rotted greatwood amirite 
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Jul 15, 2016 23:25
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Jeez, it's just lucky Part 2 of this piece of poo poo zone is actually pretty great. Because gently caress blightswamps.
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Sep 17, 2016 01:27
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Man, these guys are super cool. Especially their kickin' rad gang sign.
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Oct 1, 2016 03:43
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Wolnir is a really silly fight imo. It's pretty cinematic, but it lacks the understated solemnity of the Four Kings, or the buildup of Manus. It's just, you grapple your way through the nasty ol' catacombs and then BOOM giant skeleton. That said he's a pretty good boss to farm in co-op, or at least he was when the game was more active. Two or three motivated players can take him out in just about two minutes, I think. Edit: TOTP   
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Oct 7, 2016 23:36
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Jeez I hate Pontiff beasts most of all. I ended up doing some pretty dirty tactics on the first fella who chased you across the bridge. If you double back, he can't cross the archway at the end of the bridge and with some judicious line-dancing you can either wear him down or take a moment to replenish your health. It doesn't matter too much though - they can kill you pretty much instantly with their weird Bloodborne moveset. Anyway, I really like Irithyll, even if it's basically just Yharnam on Ice.
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Oct 25, 2016 06:48
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Yeah well I had a hard time with him so there.
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Oct 28, 2016 23:45
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Crystalgate posted:However, I'll give the shieldless run a go. If that makes the action much better, then New Game+ should become much more fun as well. From page 1:  Anyway, I never met the archdeacon on account of I couldn't beat the two Pontiff Beasts. Them things are motherfuckers at the best of times - I was only able to beat the one on the bridge by cheating.
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Nov 13, 2016 21:42
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I wonder if some day folks will realize seath was really incredibly stupid and stop trying to emulate him.
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It strikes me that Oceiros probably founded a library within Lothric castle so he didn't have to commute to study the perverted dragon magic.
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SloppyDoughnuts posted:How do I become best friends with Skippy and Shibbo? How fundamentally broken are you as a person
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Mar 3, 2017 06:32
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Welcome to the family then, son!
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Nice LP, pal! Thanks for having me along for the bonus run
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