13 sentinels deserved more love
#video-games
wraith cradle
dire condor
I need to play more Vanillaware.
I think I saw that Muramasa and Odin Sphere got released on the Switch?
Digital releases, if nothing else.
wraith cradle
Odin sphere actually has something INCREDIBLY COOL in the narrative
Spoilers for those interested
At the end of the game ||You must fight five finals bosses with one of the different five playable characters each, with you choosing which character to use to fight each. Here is the thing unless you specifically choose the exact matches you won't get the good ending. To know who to fight (looking at the internet non-withstanding) you have to read the prophecy and read between the lines and the info you get along the game. The game in no moment tells you directly who to choose. You must guess it by yourself||
rancid token
I mean awards shows have never really had any form of legitimacy, video game or otherwise. Stuff like Game of the Year and whatnot are always down to Oscar Bait and genuine not-actually-bribes-but-basically-bribes
So honestly the nomination means more than the actual award
oblique ferry
So I accidentally just got a WR in a Dead Cells speedrun category, about 33 seconds faster than the previous WR
Thing is, I forgot to record it 
oblique ferry
I got so lucky near the end lmfao
Basically got a Wolf Trap which makes bosses a total joke
rancid cove
this is so tragic, siri play take on me
oblique ferry
Good news is I can consistently go fast now so if my luck with the seeds are good then I'm set
rancid cove
oblique ferry
Depends on the category
I’m running the highest difficulty at no major glitches, which is a new category
Right now only one run’s actually on the leaderboard
If you go to a category like any% though then there’s tons of runs and the community is still trying to figure out new tech
Any% relies on speed since you can just skip bosses but for the category I’m focusing on you gotta actually fight bosses so your weapon and stat luck is incredibly important
polar dragon
Got it. Don't play DCells so most of the game specific stuff went over my head, but ig that's about what I expect for the speedrun in general.
rancid cove
pseudo gate
anyone know is star wars battlefront 2 still has high playerbase? it's on offer on my place but .. idk if i wanted to buy or not
rancid token
https://twitter.com/Dragonsmana/status/1338307484495187968?s=20
I hate how not-wrong this is
eager hamlet
shell roost
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114220/Gedonia/ Early Access RPG, just bought it dont played it yet.
molten owl
is early access games really worth buying?
sturdy lynx
upbeat prawn
Most of the time not but you should make a research
molten owl
i wasted money on stranded deep
upbeat prawn
For example I bought a rogue like in early access called skul the hero slayer and it was worth it
molten owl
i thought game was good but too many bugs and game breaking physics
upbeat prawn
On steam?
molten owl
yes
sharp raft
I heard hades felt fairly complete even in early access
upbeat prawn
How many hours do you have in the game?
molten owl
20 hrs ig
upbeat prawn
Oh then I suppose you just can wait until it's fixed
molten owl
You should really be careful with early access games
yes , i will never buy early access again
also just saw pinned messages, why didnt hades get best narrative award this year?
upbeat prawn
I'm not saying that... but that could work too
Idk I haven't the played the rest of the games
shell roost
is early access games really worth buying?
Hades was an early access game too bro 👀
shell roost
early access
molten owl
oh
upbeat prawn
No if it was EA we wouldn't be playing now
molten owl
i bought it after full release
molten owl
i thought EA was Electronic arts so i was shocked
shell roost
i thought EA was Electronic arts so i was shocked
edited for you
wraith cradle
is early access games really worth buying?
If the content already on the game is enjoyable enough don't see why not?
molten owl
but can u see the content within 2 hours of gameplay if there is no demo?
steam only allows 2 hours of gameplay for refund
sharp raft
You can get steam to give a refund after >2 hours but it's more involved
wraith cradle
steam only allows 2 hours of gameplay for refund
Wait. Are you asking if you can finish the entire ea build before refunding?
molten owl
no
shell roost
I actually play gunfire reborn, its an early access roguelite too and there is enough content to keep me entertained
molten owl
Wait. Are you asking if you can finish the entire ea build before refunding?
i asked in 2 hours of gameplay can u see the content u enjoy already
cause the game i played was smooth at start and went downhill after that
wraith cradle
I guess it depends of the genre
The game I'm following the closer us in EA and for now I don't regret my choice
molten owl
The game I'm following the closer us in EA and for now I don't regret my choice
didnt get this sentence
wraith cradle
I have yet to regret an ea purchase
wraith cradle
Ok, let me think, apart from the obvious one
Here is a full list of all the EA games I bought, none of them I regret in the slightlest:
-Subnautica Below Zero
-Eternal Radiance (Which coincidentally, exits EA today).
-Not for broadcast.
-Edge of Eternity. (Which ALSO coincidentally gets its second to last chapter tomorrow).
-Cyber Manhunt.
-Troubleshooter.
-Barotrauma.
-Dreamscaper.
-Crosscode
shell roost
||hades||
tropic urchin
My fave ea game was gw2
wraith cradle
Wait, I forgot some:
-Dead Cells.
-Sunless Skies.
-Long Gone days.
-Darkest Dungeon
wraith cradle
@molten owl
junior crown
I can add too
molten owl
Ok👍 @wraith cradle
shell roost
from the list I would assume @wraith cradle likes RPGs
junior crown
My EA experience with games that I liked and find the outcome positive:
- Roboquest
- Gunfire Reborn
- Streets of Rogue
- Slasher's Keep
- Northgard
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Noita
- Wildermyth
- Golden Light
- Synthetik
- Caves of Qud
- For The King
- Rimworld
- and others™️
polar dragon
So, indie games?
wraith cradle
99% of EA games are indie
shell roost
AAA-Studios dont need funding or not in the way ea games need
wraith cradle
Not only that but they use the term 'Closed-OPen Beta' more
That's because Player feedback is less important to them
polar dragon
I guess that's true
wraith cradle
They can pay QA
polar dragon
AAA can use Preorder
shell roost
and Investors
floral warren
Not only that but they use the term 'Closed-OPen Beta' more
and they are shameless about it
shell roost
do you heard about that cyberpunk 2077 open beta? 👀
floral warren
Thinking about it more, Windows 10 is in continuous open beta phase
junior crown
EA games are mostly indies yeah. The thing about them is that sadly like a few or that early wave of open world survival crafting genre kind of left a bad taste in mouth for people so EA may seem like a turn off.
polar dragon
do you heard about that cyberpunk 2077 open beta? 👀
Yeah, I did, interestingly they changed the name to Release and Launch instead.
Gaming industry is moving too fast with these lingos man
junior crown
Starforge, 7 Days to Die, Rust, Forest and many more. While their quality differs at the final stage, I think we kind of can agree they and other games like them did have quite a rocky start.
floral warren
you forgot ARK
junior crown
Starforge just had it forever going
oh yeah ARK and the upcoming Vin Disel Game sequel.
floral warren
Seriously my friends just spam survival games, I don't honestly
one of which was Don't starve
and they play it like a Bethesda game
floral warren
It stands out from the rest
polar dragon
I have like 150 hours in Don't Starve Together
I think I am playing it wrong because the game feels soooo looonng
and kinda boring
dire condor
what do y'all think of
shell roost
oh yeah ARK and the upcoming Vin Disel Game sequel.
A SEQUEL TO WHEELMAN???
floral warren
oh, that game from the indie studio?
polar dragon
Curse of the Dead Gods?
polar dragon
I have it on my wish list
junior crown
Thankfully I didnt' buy any of the mentioned game, just watched others play them, except DST and DS.
dire condor
same, i wonder if i should pick it up
polar dragon
I looks good mechanically, just little content from what I see due to in EA
junior crown
Looks interesting, though I had it off my radar due to price and so I could make myself focus on other titles tbh.
oh yeah forgot to add to the list
floral warren
I really want to start playing rougelites/rougelikes
polar dragon
You can start with erm... Hades?
junior crown
Griftlands, Undermine, Vagante, Slap City too are good examples of EA turning out well.
Oh you definitely should try them out! It is an interesting genre, which I feel like while can have shared tropes is quite evolving and differs well from one another.
floral warren
You can start with erm... Hades?
this is the #1 game in my wishlist.
And since I learned stuff from transistor might as well just pick this up and breeze thru... or not
polar dragon
I've played a decent amount of Roguelites. Hades is one of the more beginner friendly entry.
If you looking for even more beginner friendly materials, maybe... Nuzlocke Pokemon (which can be cheap if you know what I mean)?
floral warren
Didn't play any rougelites
shell roost
enter the gungeon is really good too
fallen sky
apparently moonlighter, risk of rain 2 and dead cells are roguelites 🤔
thought hades was gonna be the first new game I was gonna play once I get a controller but seeing moonlighter again makes me want to play that instead
molten owl
EA games are mostly indies yeah. The thing about them is that sadly like a few o...
Same feeling
hardy onyx
If you want to try non-hack & slash roguelikes, I would recommend FTL: Faster Than Light and Into the Breach
Especially if you're coming from Transistor. FTL has the same kind of mix of real-time and turn based (you can pause any time to queue orders, but actions play out in real time), and Into the Breach is turn-based tactical with full knowledge of enemy actions (so almost more of a puzzle)
quartz latch
Into the Breach is sooooo good 
I don't care for the roguelike structure, but I do care for turn-based tactics and boy what a triumph of interconnected mechanics, while at the same time remaining as simple and un-bloated as it gets.
dire condor
I love Into the Breach
I tried a traditional roguelike a while back and couldn't get into it
It was Brogue
i like doing pew pew slash slash apparently
floral warren
Into the breach gives the feeling of war and MSX styled metal gear games (and also mechas!)
It looks fantastic!
FTL is 2d only and the HUD looks a bit overloaded , but I will sure learn how each element work
I will be sure to add them both to the wishlist
forest stirrup
also advocating for Into the Breach
in essence a series of little puzzle box scenarios, and it works so well because of how focused the game is
quartz latch
Chess problem generator, but with mechas!
polar dragon
Darkest Dungeon is also a good turn base roguelite with distinct style and graphics.
hybrid jetty
can definitely vouch for Darkest Dungeon
dire condor
I'm working on entering the last difficulty level of Dead Cells and it comes highly recommended.
Just under 250 hours.
mortal siren
darkest dungeon is too hard for me
and i m pretty sure its more turn based rpg rather than rogue lite
forest stirrup
on the topic of recommended roguelites: cannot rec Monolith enough! absolute hidden gem shmup with a rewarding difficulty curve and gorgeous art+music
wraith cradle
And that run itself had room for improvement, saw a few rough slipups
That's always the case, tho
The fun about speedrunning is that except very specific games is impossible to do it perfectly
SPECIALLY on a game where the wr is 27 seven minutes
near birch
Sure, my point was more towards “people still improving”
Someday I’ll get around to running Celeste
winter yoke
eager hamlet
Oh Im replaying it
I also liked it, but I played it when it was the original chapter 13
Hoo boy was that awful
humble dust
toxic cosmos
If you want to try non-hack & slash roguelikes, I would recommend *FTL: Faster T...
Excellent recommendations! Both such amazing games! They can get rather difficult, but such is the nature of the game.
hardy onyx
Yeah, even FTL on Easy mode isn't very easy until you learn the ins and outs
toxic cosmos
Did you get to try making your own team comps in into the breach? It’s one feature I’ve not used all too much
For real!
hardy onyx
I haven't tried making my own team comps, no
toxic cosmos
One of my fav things to do I’m FTL is to turn healing rooms into microwaves on enemy ships lol
Def something to try if you like burn builds
hardy onyx
I usually play very fast and loose with my O2 levels
hardy onyx
Casually flying through space with your doors open, why not?
Can't catch on fire if there's no O2 in the rooms
toxic cosmos
Gotta get some more runs in, haven’t played it in a bit
dire condor
I thought you were talking about subnautica for a second
hollow oak
So, anyone here plays fighting games?
rancid cove
soul calibur's my poison
mortal siren
i played kof
eager hamlet
Yes, but I suck at them
dire condor
The only fighting game in which I've ever approached even competency was Super Smash Bros.
I desperately want to be good at DBFZ but I can't combo attacks together at all.
eager hamlet
Same
The most I can do is auto combo into 2 aerial combos into super
And then you see people doing actual loops and calling assists for resets
dire condor
I know a guy that would teach me if I could ever bring myself to really sit down and learn, but ADD says "No."
rancid cove
yeah im categorically incompetent with arc system works-style fighters
dire condor
I love watching it, though.
eager hamlet
I just dont have the memory or dexterity for it
Theyre still my favourite fighting games
But Im consistently bad
rancid cove
love me a good 8-way martial fighter tho
eager hamlet
However I do love doing raw supers to punish people in FighterZ
dire condor
LORD COOLER.
eager hamlet
Like someone trying to Vanish and I just hit them with the 7 bar, sparked Neo Tribeam
Game is kinda less fun every since they added Ultra Ignorance Goku though
mortal siren
Sadly i gotta pay twice the price...
ye i used vpn on argentine to get half price
hollow oak
That's steam
Also people like you are the reason i have to pay 110 dollars for resident evil 3
hollow oak
@eager hamlet What fgs do you play
eager hamlet
I mean actively only FighterZ-ish
hollow oak
I love 3Ds like Tekken
eager hamlet
But Ive played all BlazBlues, BBTAG, and UMvC3 as well
Oh and Dead or Alive once upon a time
mortal siren
marvel vs capcom 3 on pc is pretty good too
dire condor
Game is kinda less fun every since they added Ultra Ignorance Goku though
Yeah, the trend of releasing OP DLC characters is pretty annoying.
eager hamlet
And Dissidia
mortal siren
skullgirls
dire condor
the only fighting game I'm semi good at is smash bros
mortal siren
i kinda want to play mk one day, just thought that my pc is potato
dire condor
and ppl don't even consider that a fighting game
hollow oak
What's the problem with Ultra Instinct goku
eager hamlet
A lot
mortal siren
if smash bros a fighting game then brawlhalla counts i guess
eager hamlet
His damage is ludicrous, he has options for everything, you cant punish half the stuff he does
And ontop of all of that
He is easy as hell
dire condor
Really busted hitboxes and set-ups. He breaks a lot of otherwise-established rules.
issa platform fighter
eager hamlet
Like he is called Ultra Ignorance goku for a reason
Smash Bros is a platform fighter
Its a fighting game, but a different style
And yeah Dissidia was great
Unbalanced as hell, but great
dire condor
if a game has a character with a giant sword, chances are I will like it
mortal siren
nightmare?
dire condor
Oh yeah, from Soul Caliber.
Only one of those I played at all was 2 on the GameCube.
mortal siren
c a l i b u r
dire condor
like when I tried out bbtag my favorite character was es
mortal siren
rly hammering in that excalibur name
dire condor
my favorite weapons in okami were the glaives by a long shot
these are Good Swords https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/328246239160434691/788600115384156160/011_1.jpg
eager hamlet
I also dislike how unintuitive FighterZ is
What wins in a clash, and what is and isnt + on block makes little sense
hollow oak
I dislike that everything feels samey
Like inputs and all
The input of a fighting game adds a lot of balance to a move
eager hamlet
Ehhh
mortal siren
genshin got good big swords
hollow oak
Okay look at it like this
What's the difference between a fireball input and a dp input?
mortal siren
killer instinct is nice too i hear
dire condor
A lot, Net.Ray, but simple controls are good for introducing players.
D-DF-F+Punch/Special/Whatever for fireball.
236, and 623, actually.
(quite a few DPs in FighterZ are 214)
hollow oak
@dire condor What i mean is that a dp input forces the player to leave guard while a fireball input can let the player visually appear to be blocking
dire condor
Can you explain how? Once you're pressing down you are no longer blocking.
hollow oak
When you crouch
You look just like you're crouch blocking
Meanwhile when you move forward, well the movement shows your enemy you're not blocking
dire condor
Right, forgot in most 2D fighters there's not a visual for the guard state, it's either backpedaling or crouching.
hollow oak
Ye basically that
eager hamlet
This doesnt make much of a practical difference tbh, since the enemy should be pressuring you with blockstrings
dire condor
~~genshin got good big swords~~
I do not play gacha games
mortal siren
understandable
rancid cove
so
goty
i think my personal top 5 this year, in order, are
yaku7a like a dragon
ff7r
🅱️iles 🅱️orales
hades
dooternal
eager hamlet
Hm
I would personally not count Hades because it was in EA a lot, and I didnt play it as much after it released, so my list would probably be
mortal siren
isnt mile morales is pretty buggy on ps4
rancid cove
no ur thinking of cyberjunk
mortal siren
no im pretty sure i watched streams with mile morales ps4 with game breaking bugs
rancid cove
i mean i clipped into geometry twice in like 20 hours, but i also was an obnoxious stealth crawly barstud
eager hamlet
TOCS4
FF7R
OSFE
Coffee Talk
Demoncrawl?
I did not play a lot of games that came out this year, and some of them, like Trials of Mana, have been rubbish
If I were to put Hades on the list, it'd probably be second
rancid cove
i didn't play yaku7a or dooternal myself tbh
but i watched complete playthroughs of each
eager hamlet
Im still unhappy with Yakuza 7s gameplay style change
mortal siren
yeah i need more tiger drops
rancid cove
¯_(ツ)_/¯
eager hamlet
But thats a personal thing
I just think we have too many turn-based RPGs in general, and Yakuzas usual gameplay is actually fairly unique and nice
It loses something when it goes for turn-based
mortal siren
i mean its not entirely unique
dire condor
cyberjunk 2003
eager hamlet
I struggle to think of a game with Yakuzas specific style
Hold on, I actually forgot to check if any games came out this year that I played on EGS
mortal siren
i can compare it with stuff like batman, god hand etc
eager hamlet
Oh yeah, PSO2
Duh
Remove demoncrawl, put PSO2 in third
I'd argue that while it has elements of Batman, its still significantly different
mortal siren
i want to try pso2 but that 80+ gb install size tho
mortal siren
its not, if i want to compare about the style sytem i can bring up dmc, and again, godhand
eager hamlet
I mean, DMC is just a completely different genre
mortal siren
its just a mish mash of different things, so i dont think yakuza systems is entirely unique
mortal siren
ye last year, virgil just come out recently
eager hamlet
Doesnt have PvP, and its lobby-based, but the gameplay is top notch
Fighter is ridiculously fun, and the new Etoile class is also great
rancid token
I feel like "doesn't have PvP" is a plus tbh
eager hamlet
I mean depends
Optional PvP is nice to have
Technically it has a form of optional PvP, but its so rubbish I dont count it
hearty spindle
I can live with PvP, but esport-style PvP generally seems to invite horrible stuff
eager hamlet
Well, its a very anime MMO
Which attracts weebs, including the bad ones
That is a downside, but I personally just stick to the people I know
dire condor
Anyone here play Pillars of Eternity before?
stable kindle
no but i did pick it up free since it was on my wishlist for the longest time. but actually finding a mood to play a game is the hardest thing for me anymore so idk when i'll get to it
dire condor
I'm trying and the Endurance mechanic is incredibly punishing.
junior crown
Planning to once I have my full Tyrany playthrough.
dire condor
I saw one of my characters was about to drop from Endurance, I made him use an item to restore it, and he drops to 0 and out of the fight.
The guy who cast the fire spell took a severe burn?
What on Earth is going on?
stable kindle
dunno but that genuinely sounds hilarious
rancid cove
polar dragon
Enter the Gungeon is hard T.T
carmine moth
have you tried rolling
uneven heath
https://twitter.com/ffxivbattletip_/status/1339094836436058113?s=19
oooooof, I’ve had that happen way too often, sadly, as a tank or even healer^^ then again, I rarely queue up as a dps anymore for dungeons/roulettes xD
floral warren
https://twitter.com/ffxivbattletip_/status/1339094836436058113?s=19
kinda unrelated but thats late 2018-mid 2019 Overwatch (especially the last line)
hybrid jetty
granted its not the dps' fault that they added Moira
floral warren
it's not moira, it's brig
she was the problem the entire time!
moira just gave a lil bit of pep in the step for goats to be widely adapted
people time and time again say Healers that have AoE healing as their main weapon or utility is bad by design
the last 3 supports have approved the theory of AoE healers are "power spiked" than their normal one target counterparts
with the last one having an anti death mechanic, making the Bunker comp a bit more present than in 2018
hybrid jetty
oh yeah brig was the thing that made me stop playing
I honestly forgot about her but blizzard is awful at balancing supports
shoutout to when mercy had a 94% pick rate
floral warren
Mercy wasn't that bad back in the day
she didn't make the game have a ROLE LOCK or a pro meta for a year
junior crown
She definitely wasn't. I think it's more about the fact there was viability for her, since back then when it was between her or Lucio or Ana it's mostly about preference of way you heal, not really meta
though thinking about it, yeah a bit of meta, with insta revive of whole team or big amount of health for whole team for a moment or overcharging one teammate
floral warren
Mercy was changed because of the hide then rez method
that was the whole idea of changing her, and nothing else!
and making rez an important ability in the game, to skip the respawn timer and win the fight
hence the long 1.75 seconds of casting time
wraith cradle
Mercy was the best Tempo killer in the game tho
rancid cove
floral warren
"part of the bugs"
someone said to me that the driving with a KBM is better, how is driving with KBM better than a controller?
shell roost
I really feel sorry for the Cyberpunk Fans who took every promise and delay from CDPR because they arent Ubisoft or EA and got this.
manic fable
I don’t feel too bad, mainly because harassing the devs is awful
It makes me feel less sympathetic when people do stuff like that
The devs definitely messed up but the way people respond to these situations is nothing short of childish
floral warren
the game was rushed, that isn't in any shape or form a dev fault
Never show a release date when you're in the middle of development
did anybody hear about the CDProjekt emergency board investor calling?
manic fable
They probably were told to just send it because of the holidays
floral warren
take advantage of the holiday season
shell roost
I don’t feel too bad, mainly because harassing the devs is awful
Sure thats awful, but I think these people are a minority under the fans who waited for the launch
manic fable
Probably, but I think in general the way people handle these situations could be better
Review bombing and stuff like that
But generally that’s a fair statement
shell roost
CDPR should be more transparent with the development and dont go for the christmas market if the game isnt ready, but there is also no need to harass devs because they dont should take the blame for CDPRs mismanagement.
eager hamlet
Tbh, the only way I would want CDPR to recover is if they improve working conditions
If they keep crunching?
Let them go bust
On a sidenote, new Kiseki announced
wraith cradle
Wanna hear an hilarious fact?
Cyberpunk 2020 and Finding Dory happen in the same city and in the same timeframe
wraith cradle
Give me a sec
floral warren
?
crimson crag
Wait Cyberpunk 2077 or is there like an actual 2020?
wraith cradle
Cyberpunk 2077 is based on the Cyberpunk table top game
2020 being the most popular edition
crimson crag
Oh wow, I never knew that
wraith cradle
I had heard of it before CP was announced but never bothered to play it
crimson crag
I was just thinking Dory must’ve placed some robot fins on herself to live THIS long
floral warren
I was enlightened, even though neither play CP table top nor watched finding dory
wraith cradle
Funnily enough, since CP was announced ALL cons I went to always had the tabletop to play. As there was a very obvious surge of popoularity
floral warren
CP77 was too popular for 2019 ngl
like CP77 had its hype from 2012 yes, but 2019 had a lot of people's attention
and with the absence of sony in E3 and keanu reeves just "breathtakingly" made everyone hype up for the game
wintry coral
disappointed with cyberpunk but i got hades a day later on sale and that's been great
dire condor
the cp2077 comparison video of current pc graphics with the 2018 demo is interesting, it seems like they drastically improved the graphics since then (it looks incredible) but nobody stopped to say "there's no way we can make this run on old gen by just turning down a few sliders"
floral warren
People said Witcher 3 got the UbiTreatment (if you know what I mean) so they took graphics upgrades really seriously this time
maybe a bit too far in that regard
dire condor
all the criticism around the console releases is very warranted, but there also seems to be a bunch of people who expected GTA and not Deus Ex, and want to blame CDPR's marketing for that perception
which I don't think is right, I think those people just straight up confused themselves
eager hamlet
Nah they didnt
CDPR pretty explicitely hyped up CP2077 as an open world RPG
With an alive world, handcrafted routines for the NPCs and a bunch more thing
The game ended up not really having any of those
A lot of systems that were promised were cut
broken smelt
All the paths being completely differant
There's a lot that they promised that people have convinantly forgotten about now the game has launched
dire condor
I guess I never took that stuff seriously to begin with, when I hear 'open world RPG' I know the open world part is going to suffer if the RPG part is going to be any good
twin yarrow
nothing is forgotten, actually.. people became very alerted, when it became clear, that many gameplay mechanic were cut
dire condor
my expectation going in was "if this is deus ex with CDPR-written sidequests I'll dig it"
twin yarrow
even before release
there were a lot of articles from people who managed to look at prerelease copies.. basically all of them tell "don't expect too much, CP77 is a good game, but not a dream game of the century with everything you've expected"
dire condor
either way Hades deserves goty
eager hamlet
Thing is, the RPG part isnt any good from what I heard either
twin yarrow
nah, it's okay
floral warren
"but a dlc will fix everything!"
eager hamlet
Its a good borderlands-esque game from what Ive heard
twin yarrow
i'll be honest, last years of failed releases taught me and many other people to not expect too much from anyone, even those you trust
eager hamlet
Anyway the new Kiseki game they announced seems quite interesting
Didnt expect Calvard to be eastern european inspired, figured they would be more along the lines of france
floral warren
I don't know anything about other rpgs so I'm going to say "Nice"
wraith cradle
The paths were obviously dummied out
The corpo flashbacks are obvious cut content
The two most prevalent theory are:
a) We wanted Keanu to appear as soon as possible into the game.
b) They didn't want to spend resources on parts only a fraction of the players would use
mortal siren
yeah they shortened the game coz a lot of ppl dont finish witcher 3 kek
floral warren
I only finished the 2nd DLC last week, I played it first last year
CP77 tried to be everything
yet they tried somewhat to be good at certain stuff like : customization in both character looks and gameplay, having dialogue options that well know and (somewhat) love from witcher series
eager hamlet
Apparently customisation is really limited and cant be changed post-creation
floral warren
Guess I have to wait for them to Destiny 2/ No man's sky the game
twin yarrow
they've already did destiny2 thing, deleting 80% of the game
twin yarrow
they better take a vacation, and then slowly but steady make the game good
doesn't matter when
direction tried to listen to people who can't wait, and here we are
floral warren
twin yarrow
also, the less promises, the better.. "when it's done" is a good date
floral warren
a summary of what the call was about
wait
what I'm seeing is..... true?
no way , absolutely no way
I wait for a year to get news on OW2 and i get this https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1339284572106674177?s=20
alright I guess
twin yarrow
as always, reddit being overemotional and prejudged, but yeah, it's pretty much true
there is no doubt now that development was rushed for no reason
floral warren
It's reddit so you gotta chug through all that
hybrid jetty
its very difficult to gauge actual opinions, especially since reddit's complaint seems to be that its not GTA6
eager hamlet
I mean, even if they fix the game
Already kind of an if
That doesnt negate their horrible working culture, or blatant misleading
I mean reddits main complaint is that they lied about what the game was until the very end
sharp raft
I heard that's why they've leaned into pitching the game as an action-adventure game and not an rpg
Regardless, their work culture is terrible
fallow thorn
Does anyone have any games on steam they would highly recommend?
quartz latch
Kentucky Route Zero, Gorogoa.
rustic falcon
thumper, one of the coolest games ive played
mortal siren
hades
floral warren
Firewatch , it's a bit focused on story rather than gameplay
and GRIS, a puzzle game that (legit) every frame of it.. is a wallpaper material
shell roost
Does anyone have any games on steam they would highly recommend?
Celeste, Master of Pottery (trust me bro)
mortal siren
i know im joking
fallow thorn
oh ok
rancid token
Does anyone have any games on steam they would highly recommend?
Outer Wilds
fallow thorn
I have, their real good
floral warren
now...
I hear my friends say Ori and Ori 2 is a good platformers
fallow thorn
i might get ori 2
Also, if you werent aware, every day from tomorrow until the end of december, epic games is giving away a free game every day
floral warren
oh yes yes, also that!
gotta wait for them
we have an unwritten rule in our friends group that "you must play witcher 3"
fallow thorn
yeha, im mostly thinking of waiting until after in case anything i buy is on it
floral warren
and IDK man, witcher 3 is lonnng
floral warren
I don't have anything apart from dishonored, watch dogs (esp. 2) and MGS V
broken smelt
Yeah both ori games are fantastic
hardy onyx
I will always recommend RiME
floral warren
which all varies depending on your playstyle
forest stirrup
a short hike, later alligator, monolith
broken smelt
If you do play them, start with 1 as 2 improves on the first game in almost every aspect imo
From what I've played of RiME so far, it's incredible bittie3
fallow thorn
If you do play them, start with 1 as 2 improves on the first game in almost ever...
played and finished ori 1, and it has some of the best art ive ever seen
broken smelt
If you like RiME, games like Gris and Journey are great
floral warren
GRIS is soo good
quartz latch
Much love to Gris, Journey and RiME from me as well ❤️
hardy onyx
RiME is that way too
quartz latch
Journey chirps a lot, but that's it 😂
floral warren
and the opera from the protagonist is just Tears() all the way
broken smelt
I've managed to sink 550+ hours into Gris (thanks to speedrunning)
The last cutscene (before the credits) still manages to send chills up my spine
floral warren
The last cutscene (before the credits) still manages to send chills up my spine
IKR?
never had a game like that in forever
fallow thorn
I've managed to sink 550+ hours into Gris (thanks to speedrunning)
Wow, thats a lot
broken smelt
Same nx 
Yeah, I have about the same amount of playtime in Dust: An Elysian Tail Erumi 
floral warren
maybe the three games that will be etched in my mind forever is Transistor, Bioshock, and GRIS
forest stirrup
i haven't played gris yet (i should) but shinsekai had that same effect on me, though it's only on ios and switch 😔
floral warren
i haven't played gris yet (i should) but shinsekai had that same effect on me, t...
get yourself a game pass and enjoy !
or a nitro in that matter
which comes with a free 3 month trial
fallow thorn
Transistor, is and probably will stay for a while, my favorite game ever played. The mechanics are just engraved in my mind, and the art and scenes are just so good
broken smelt
However shipping to Aus is yes expensive
forest stirrup
oh i actually have it on steam 
it just is a victim of backlog syndrome
and classes
broken smelt
That's fair
floral warren
Transistor, is and probably will stay for a while, my favorite game ever played....
NOTHING will beat that instrumental ost and the credits ost
I've yet to search a song similar and I didn't find any!
fallow thorn
For me, pyre's music does
forest stirrup
i'll never forget playing transistor at pax east before it was released, and my screen was the one on the big screen for all to see
luckily i did okay and wow what a good first impression
floral warren
here's a certainly good game, Detroit: become human
forest stirrup
Wow, mr big shot over here
i was struggling with a lot of anxiety at the time so instead of being like haha yes i was like oh geez oh no, in the moment lmao
fallow thorn
Oh no!
forest stirrup
but it turned out okay
fallow thorn
Thats good
floral warren
i was struggling with a lot of anxiety at the time so instead of being like haha...
an OG Fan right here!
everyone's first run is always horrible
forest stirrup
yeah haha
fallow thorn
Yeah, sybil wrecked me
broken smelt
I didn't wanna fight her so I stopped playing the game for a solid while 
forest stirrup
it was like, the first stretch of the game and i was able to use mask() pretty smartly i think, plenty of people passing by were like "oh that's really cool"
so hopefully i sold some people indirectly on it lol
floral warren
Hire him!
fallow thorn
Marketing job?
floral warren
at least we're better than those horrible reviewers
fallow thorn
What did they say?
floral warren
I've seen couple clips of reviewers just go "oh yeah and this game and blah blah" then give it like a 9 or something
and their playthrough clip is just... a typical reviewer
fallow thorn
oof
forest stirrup
oh geez i got really annoyed seeing one particular review (and a friend) say that transistor's combat wasn't fast paced enough, as a criticism. like, you're missing the whole point? the cadence is very deliberate
floral warren
I remember 2017 when reviewers said Crash remake was Darksouls
fallow thorn
??
floral warren
I bought the game when It was released
rancid token
Yeah, Crash being the Dark Souls of platformers was a big meme for a while
floral warren
Yeah, Crash being the Dark Souls of platformers was a big meme for a while
the best!, then Cuphead gets released..
rancid token
People who equate the Dark Souls experience to revolving around the difficulty are entirely missing the point
fallow thorn
^^
rancid token
To be fair, not entirely helped by the marketing for DS1
floral warren
People who equate the Dark Souls experience to revolving around the difficulty a...
I'm playing Dark souls 1, the game isn't difficult
just bunch of mechanics that you need to learn
forest stirrup
People who equate the Dark Souls experience to revolving around the difficulty a...
huge truth
rancid token
I would say it by and large is, but it's difficult in a fair way
quartz latch
It has its own ideas of fairness, I feel, and if you align yourself to it, it's cool
forest stirrup
which includes bandai namco's horrendous western marketing
floral warren
I would say it by and large is, but it's difficult in a fair way
very fair
the game has a somewhat "you can do it" sort of encouragement
rancid token
I think the biggest hurdle is that, most of the time, death is a failure state
I died, have to start over
floral warren
In dark souls sometimes the respawn location is too far, hence why giving up can become so easy
rancid token
That's so ingrained in the mindset of gaming literacy that it comes off as more difficult than it is
A death is a lesson learned
Most of the actual difficulty is figuring out what the hell is going on stat-wise
fallow thorn
That dark souls just says, heres a weapon with stuff on it. You figure out what it does
forest stirrup
i'm not a fan of some people claiming that death is necessary at every single turn in dark souls, either. obviously it happens pretty often, especially for new players, but it's absolutely reasonable to power through some encounters or bosses first try with careful, deliberate play
floral warren
That dark souls just says, heres a weapon with stuff on it. You figure out what ...
That's it!
and nothing else
rancid token
Oh for sure, it's not necessary, but it's not a failure state
floral warren
the Dark Souls fanboys at my group recommends that you start with DS3 because of how linear it is.
Dark souls 1 is too open world and you can get lost easily.
rancid token
That sounds like a recipe for dropping DS1 because of the QoL changes across the series
forest stirrup
there's so many aspects to DS3 that can fly over your head or go unappreciated if you don't play 1 though, unfortunately
rancid token
And also that, yeah
I think for most long running series, you should try to play them in release order
forest stirrup
i feel like the final base game boss of 3 would be wildly underwhelming without experience with 1. but with that experience, it's pretty special
floral warren
Dark Souls 3 is way better in gameplay
forest stirrup
very
quartz latch
1's open world structure is one of the best parts about it.....
floral warren
for example
you can heal while you walk, unlike in 1 where you need to wait then heal
floral warren
1's open world structure is one of the best parts about it.....
and the memorable characters
quartz latch
and the memorable characters
\[T]/
floral warren
Two is the weirdest of the bunch
it is by far the outcast of the souls
if the healing is slow in 1, oooh boy you need to know how long it takes in two
rancid token
2 would have been more successful if it didn't tie itself to DS1
forest stirrup
2 is... i like to pitch it as a more "arcadey" take on dark souls, taking into account the jarring area transitions and overall more cartoonishly fantasy zones that show up
floral warren
the bosses is horrible
rancid token
Like if it had gone Demon's Souls > Dark Souls > Crown Souls or whatever
And then DS3 could be DS2
forest stirrup
yeah, base game bosses are generally bad, while the DLC bosses (barring the "hard route" extras) are honestly good
forest stirrup
brume tower overall was just an incredible area
but yeah, hard route bosses and paths were awful
blue smelter, gank squad, double cats
rancid token
Right
My take on DS2 is that it's a bad Souls game, but still absolute Fine on its own
forest stirrup
agreed
rancid token
Better than like, Lords of the Fallen, or any of the dollar store Souls clones
forest stirrup
i liken it moreso to king's field really
floral warren
My take on DS2 is that it's a bad Souls game, but still absolute Fine on its own
I agree
too bad to be souls
too good to be a WRPG
I convinced one of my Dark Souls boys to play Transistor , I told him "i'd play your game if you played mine, and we'll coach each other"
safe to say that he experienced that cool function
dire condor
is dark souls 2 the Xenoblade X of dark souls
forest stirrup
i think dark souls fans who actually enjoy and admire the consistent world design and sheer detail put into everything (which they should) would easily enjoy transistor
i would hope, anyway
forest stirrup
is dark souls 2 the Xenoblade X of dark souls
many thoughts
floral warren
He hates isometric games so that convincing was hard
quartz latch
Having played neither DS2 nor Xenoblade X, but being curious about the former, I hope it's less fanservicey...?
forest stirrup
oh xenoblade 2 was the one with the weird creepy fanservice stuff thrown in
X was just.... disconnected from the rest of xenoblade and pretty different
dire condor
the two games etched into my brain are Xenoblade Wii and nier automata
forest stirrup
good taste
dire condor
oh hollow knight too
dire condor
2 starts out so slow and bad
forest stirrup
i enjoyed some of 2 but it doesn't come anywhere close to my admiration for 1 overall
dire condor
I rmemeber liking it by the end, though it's been two years since I played it
Torna though, now that's a good game
forest stirrup
Torna though, now that's a good game
god yeah i enjoyed torna so much more than the base game 2 lol
felt more focused, i liked the combat system more, etc
quartz latch
Huh, yeah, I was definitely thinking of 2 - looking up "Xenoblade X cast" gives me results that look like a crossover between Xenosaga and latter-days Phantasy Star 🤨
forest stirrup
i got to new las vegas (yes it's called that) and got overwhelmed by my class and job and quest choice
then stopped very early
wait
dire condor
if NLA had a better theme I think I would have gotten way farther
forest stirrup
new los angeles? i'm sorry
the initial trailers for X hooked me way more than the game itself
dire condor
as someone who loves persona 3 music, I cannot stand the NLA theme lmfao
feels phoned in
and if the main hub of a game has music I can't stand I probably won't get very far
fallen sky
me w/ arcana
dire condor
like the song that plays in nier:a's main area is one of the best in the game
forest stirrup
it's weird too because i usually like hiroyuki sawano's stuff
but yeah NLA was a big miss
dire condor
the singular miss on xc1's ost is bionis interior
dire condor
and even then its not that bad
forest stirrup
and at least it gets some thematic points for just being a more "active" version of the track that plays while you pass through real quick en route to makna
forest stirrup
what in the world
in DE i caved and just spammed lost in a dark dream challenge mode for points so i could buy them directly
those beans are the worst
dire condor
back in my day we didn't have a challenge mode /s
dire condor
I can't believe it was this year that I maxed out colony 6 and did all the superbosses
also doesn't feel like I played nier this year
both were in january-february
forest stirrup
the 2020 time dilation is real
alpine crest
twin yarrow
this year the most popular answer on a question "what would you like to get for Christmas?" is "mercy"
rancid cove
Twitter
rancid token
I liked Vaporwave Captialism personally
wraith cradle
I personally blame the consumer tbh.
Of course, I'm biased because I hate cyberpunk (The genre)
rancid token
I think there's a massive disconnect between the perception of the genre and what the genre actually is
Like, Evangelion merch level disconnect
wraith cradle
Just to be clear. I know what the genre is about and I still hate it
rancid cove
dire condor
neonliberal LOL
cosmic vine
vast sail
76 was worse
fallow thorn
What made it worse?
vast sail
Terrible frames, unkillable enemies that would t pose sometimes, the loot didn't matter and pvp was not fun
Oh and the servers were crap basically 76 had a worse launch day than cyberpunk did
fair shell
I call cyberpunk an open world photography game with shooter elements bc the best part is the photo mode (and the story) tbh.
vast sail
Yah its very cool looking
wintry coral
steam wont refund my cyberpunk
rancid token
Over two hours played?
broken smelt
If the product doesn't meet what's advertised play time shouldn't really matter (but that's Australian Consumer Law)
rancid cove
the EU had to sue steam to make them respect proper refund protocol, so if you're amerikan, uh
good luck
rancid token
Yeah no, they're not quite as strict as EGS (I think Steam lets you go up to like, 2.5 or even close to 3 hours) but no such luck on that sort of thing in the US
dire condor
I goofed around on FighterZ when it came out, did most the character challenges and stuff, and had played too much to refund it.
twin yarrow
PSStore doesn't even allow refund, if you launched the product even once for 2 secs
idk about microsoft
eager hamlet
sharp raft
steam still lets you refund over the 2 hour limit sometimes, you just gotta go through an actual person and explain why
rancid cove
vast sail
Lol
humble dust
the only good thing about cyberpunk is the bhop
cdpr confirmed garbage company if they patch it
can you imagine multiplayer with this
lofty pecan
Damn the leaked epic games free lineup looks waaay too good to be true
humble dust
ever since hirez killed tribes cause they were a bunch of incompetent baboons i've just wanted so dearly to go fast and shoot people again
fallen sky
Damn the leaked epic games free lineup looks waaay too good to be true
Is dragon age on the list?
fallen sky
fallen sky
for sure. most of the lists i've seen have been crispy deep fried too
rancid cove
there's too many, too recent big name games on this list for me to really belieb it tbh
fallen sky
would be excellent if dragon age were on there because 
. it is a very stacked list
rancid token
Be nice if I didn't have to pay for Witcher 3
eager hamlet
I mean, it does seem too good to be true
But if it is true
Then hey, free Origins, BL3 and Andromeda
And MHW
rancid cove
yeah ngl i'll swipe bl3 if it does come up
rancid cove
HZD is the real kriller app here tbh
eager hamlet
Also MGSV
dire condor
c'mon Churl, it's never gonna be a thing
rancid cove
it's entirely for my own amusement
carmine tusk
Origins is fun too. Egypt is absolutely gorgeous
vast sail
Witcher 3 gameplay is debatable
near birch
I like how people keep sharing this list without any proof that it’s accurate and the typo of Monster Hunter Worlds
vast sail
Lol worlds
vast sail
I love horizon zero dawns :V
twin yarrow
not to be confused with Monster Hunter Wilds
near birch
I don’t think any of these are on Epic now, as is usually the case for their free games
carmine tusk
The classic Hitmans 2
near birch
Well yeah, we had to go plural if there’s two of them
wraith cradle
That list is sus
Or Epic plundered fort knox to pay all those companies
ON THE OTHER HAND
Almost all of those games have either a sequel coming next year or paid expansions
dire condor
or they dipped into the Fortnite jar
Ooh, yeah.
Hey, someone should send me a few dollars so I can get a PS5.
Like, $6 should be enough, right?
I've got some change sitting around the house.
I want Horizon.
wraith cradle
Dying light, resident evil, mass effect, far cry, monster hunter, dragon age, horizon zero dawn and hitman have a sequel line up
dire condor
Do we have a sequel for ME next year? Or is the remaster?
wraith cradle
While witcher, borderlands, fallout and ghost recon have paid full expansions
Dunno
rancid cove
*I want Horizon.*
horizon one dawn is also on ps4
o
ya
next year's ME thing is the trilogy remaster
rancid cove
i miss going fast
is titanfall not fast enough?
dire condor
I played Zero Dawn on PC and loved it.
humble dust
besides titanfall is bogged down by hitscan weapons, which are exclusively for children and the mentally impaired
dire condor
I've been fiending for some sort of open world game recently, do you think hzd would scratch that itch
humble dust
projectile chads rise UP
dire condor
tf|2 has the best movement of any game ever made and its not even close
rancid cove
I've been fiending for some sort of open world game recently, do you think hzd w...
extremely hard yes
humble dust
the words of a plebeian who never played tribes
fallow thorn
I've been fiending for some sort of open world game recently, do you think hzd w...
I just got it, and it's pretty good. The only problem is it's like every other stealth based open world rpg. I can find almost allto all of its mechanics in other games of the same genre
dire condor
well the only other 3D open world game ive played is botw
There's a Bible verse that says everything's been done before.
dire condor
I don't sweat that as much.
humble dust
IT'S THE SOUL OF SPEED ITSELF
dire condor
HZD uses all of its tools and tropes so well even if you "Oh, this is Sly Cooper. Oh, this is Assassin's Creed. Oh, this is Thief." the sheer joy of playing the game will probably override that.
My only complaint is the writing is a little suspect for most of the game.
I can see why you like projectile weapons
I was a sharpshooter in minecraft pvp but that was like 5 years ago now
I'm not saying that none of these kills are skill shots, but I've seen at least one dude turn back into a round while it was traveling.
Most of the shots are really impressive, though.
there are a lot of games I have not played due to not having a good computer until January this year
like, pretty much every single AAA game
rancid cove
the thing about HZD's writing is that they put all their resources into the history plotline and sort of patchworked together the present day stuff to get you from one history dump to the next
dire condor
Titanfall 2, mirrors edge, and nier automata are the only ones that come to mind
rancid cove
so the history stuff is phenomenal but the stuff that actually happens to aloy is.......fine
dire condor
See, that's another thing, the dialogue from the past characters is pretty good! Present day is, uh.
rancid cove
yeah i'm kinda apprehensive about one dawn for that reason, how are they gonna handle having to actually carry the game with the stuff aloy's going through now that the history stuff is all known
humble dust
anyway the cyberpunk bhop feels fast and unconstrained
dire condor
Endgame spoilers ||Her exchange with Helis right before she kills him, though, holy cow.||
what kind of specs would I need to run HZD
humble dust
cdpr would be fools to patch it out
dire condor
I've got a 2060 super and that's been good for pretty much everything so far
rancid cove
uhhhhh if u can run otamatone on high then u can prob make hzd work
dire condor
I've got bad RAM, a 4690k, and a 970 and got 40-ish frames on medium settings.
ty for the info
I've had good results with 60fps botw on my pc so idk why I'm worried lol
I wonder if my Switch could still run that better.
I put like 300 hours into botw on Wii u
Oh, wow.
I have almost no memory of it
and I never actually beat the game
RIP
I mean like
specific memories that don't have to be drawn out of my memory banks
it's hard to explain
I didn't put nearly that many hours into Wind Waker, but I also got to the very end without actually beating Ganondorf.
oh ive beaten wind waker like 5 times LOL
such a good game
dire condor
ive also beaten oot 3 times
wasn't a fan of majora's mask (3ds)
was slogging through the game and I just gave up when I saw there was a water dungeon
polar dragon
Have anyone heard of this game called Battle Realm?
dire condor
reminds me of the first time I heard of Demon Slayer
polar dragon
aw
It was such a good RTS back in the day
Then the devs imploded (not literally)
And the series died.
dire condor
wraith cradle
Which is funny because as I just remarked in the other channel
It has smashed the BO
dire condor
it got mega popular
wraith cradle
Now it's the third most successful anime movie ever
alpine crest
rancid cove
so i was tanking this dungeon, which means i lead the way through it, and i went the wrong way at one point, commented "im dumb", was immediately reassured "no you're not!!!!!" and then https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/492801708909658122/789069067754537041/unknown.png
uneven heath
a, good old Stone Vigil^^
rancid token
Cities: Skylines is the first free game from EGS's holiday celebration
junior crown
Without any of hte expansions unlocked, they are all on sale however, but that is it.
twin yarrow
https://i.redd.it/g2s9wejf4r461.png
interesting that people who played this part, report both versions encountered
floral warren
Last gen players say they didn't expect that
eager hamlet
So looks like the list was fake after all
minor nest
People really out here wasting money on cyberpunk and I’m just still vibin with red dead 2 lmaoo
hollow oak
Any videogame enthusiasts want to check out my control schemes for my game?
naive python
so the original dark souls is not balanced well, like at all
near ether
What’s Zweihander?
naive python
it's an ultra greatsword
near ether
Lol I only know about Get Gud memes, Great Grey Wolf Sif, and Great Knight Artorias and that’s where my knowledge ends
near ether
Doesn’t sound good in a game with dodge rolls needing precise timing and everything taking stamina
naive python
but it does ridiculous damage
polar dragon
I wasn't born from powerful swim swims
RIP. Maybe you can make a perfecto later, make sure to get some g*mers to donate their swim swims
naive python
Doesn’t sound good in a game with dodge rolls needing precise timing and everyth...
in certain cases you would be right, but zwei is so ridiculous it doesn't matter
there's also a bunch of ways to get super op really fast but for a first playthrough I would not recommend it
the claymore is a very well rounded weapon, it's a greatsword that has decent strength and dexterity scaling
near ether
Lol I’m still stuck at the first town
naive python
what part exactly
near ether
I’ve only killed the Asylum Demon, took me 2-3 tries
near ether
Where is it?
naive python
I don't want to spoil where it is because it's a pretty cool moment
but it appears shortly after another boss fight
polar dragon
Yeah, not the game, but I don't like paranormal phenomenoms.
floral warren
@naive python I'm currently playing Dark Souls Remastered, Currently didn't beat any major bosses apart from the Bell Gargoyles
still a far way ahead but hey, I have a coach nearby so why not
naive python
what weapon are you primarily using
naive python
ah drake sword is great early on
floral warren
I played Knight and Master key
naive python
master key busted
floral warren
Knight is so heavy so I take most armor
Yes sir
it is
couple friends reached Dark souls 3 (they skipped two ofc)
naive python
2 is not a bad game but it's a bad souls game
floral warren
opens flask and sips slowly in hope to get HP
naive python
I kid you not, in each dlc there is one reskin boss
one of which is a boss from that same dlc
but there's two of them
and it's at the end of the most bafflingly awful area in the entire series
but it's not without its positives
floral warren
One told me "Imagine a boss where there is an Fton of Skeletons grouped up together"
naive python
powerstancing is really cool, there were lots of really unique weapons, and no other souls game has anything like them
one weapon is a spear with high durability, but it changes into a completely different weapon when you break it
bonfire ascetics are great
they effectively allow you to refight bosses in the same playthrough
soul memory is kinda dumb but oh well
floral warren
soul memory?
naive python
the game tracks the amount of souls you have gotten in a playthrough
problem is when this game had popular pvp, soul memory determined who could invade who
so if your soul memory was too high and you wanted to do low level invasions, too bad
floral warren
MMR but for Dark souls
naive python
I could be wrong, but that is how I remember it
and normally to enter an area you need to beat four different bosses
but it also lets you through with 1 million soul memory
so you can just kill the same boss over and over
floral warren
borderline not what dark souls is about
naive python
there was also a trick to get infinite ascetics
you used one ascetic and then an npc invaded and dropped 2
it is a very dumb game in many aspects
but it had its highlights
floral warren
Dragon form is surely better
naive python
dragon form?
floral warren
from Dark souls 3
naive python
oh like, the stone?
floral warren
the model itself
naive python
oh appearance
floral warren
yes
naive python
yeah in ds3 it looks more like a malnourished goat
floral warren
as the ThePruld put it "dragon form of dark-gnaaaaaa"
Pruld's content is a goldmine
naive python
it actually gives you an armor set
in ds2
an armor set that you can only get from the item
floral warren
an armor set...
I'm new to DS series so i'm kinda not understanding the terms
but hey, I met solaire!
thats what matters
naive python
an armor set is the same type of armor in all 4 slots
floral warren
so the whole thing? nice
naive python
yeah most armor has a set, some are only for one slot
armor set is a general gaming term
floral warren
Either that, or I don't play rpgs
heavy mauve
sephiran got in fire emblem heroes i am elated