I accidentally hit start when nicknaming Charmander, now I'm stuck with it being called D until Lavender town

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Quote from: Almazbek Atambayev on August 30, 2016, 07:35:36 PM

comms was ifarted69

Nope.

Oh god what's wrong with your avatar?

Pokemon August.

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

that's actually pretty clever

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<- Previous update: The Darkmoon Rises

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Recap:
- Explored the cathedral of Anor Londo
- Found the giant blacksmith
- Killed Lautrec of Carim

Current missions:
- Slay Dragonslayer Ornstein & Executioner Smough

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All right, guys--here we are. This was my most challenging fight--by far. As such, I tried adding a little bit more color into my commentary than I usually do. This particular boss is significant, because it represents the end of the first half of the game. I've been told that the second half has received mixed reception overall--I'm very eager to see why.

Anyways, here's the video:


What a perfect thumbnail--I don't use custom ones, either. It just turned out that way.

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Phew. Now, I know what I said the beginning of the video--I said that I had beaten the most difficult boss in the game. But at the same time, I'm well aware that there will be even greater challenges just ahead--so I'll be prepared for that. All I know right now is that Ornstein & Smough made all the previous bosses look like child's play.

So, I'm pretty sure you all know what happens next: I met up with Gwynevere, from whom I was bequeathed my long-sought-after Lordvessel. With this, I get the COOLEST ABILITY EVER: Warping between bonfires. This takes me back to the first time I was able to use Fly in Pokémon. It's so freeing.

I took the Lordvessel back to Firelink Shrine and presented it to Kingseeker Frampt, who promptly swallowed me(!) and took me down into a place called Firelink Altar. Frampt has always had a pants-shittingly unnerving design, which is all the more exacerbated when he's hanging upside down from the ceiling. Anyway, I planted the vessel at the altar and was tasked with a vague new mission.

I have to seek and destroy four new bosses, wherever they may be:
- Seath the Scaleless
- Gravelord Nito
- The Witch of Izalith
- The Four Kings

Not necessarily in that order, of course--at this point in the game, I can basically head in any direction that I want.

Well, after completing my mission at Anor Londo, the great golden seal near the courtyard that was blocking a path to somewhere was finally broken. I think I neglected to mention this seal back in a previous update, but yeah. That's where I instinctively headed next--to a place that would later be identified as the Duke's Archives.

Quote from: Braixen on August 30, 2016, 06:11:43 PM

>it's another FPS

yaaaay

>it's another video game

yaaaay

what kind of shitty response is this

> one time use TMs

underrated feature tbh

i understand that unlimited TMs is great and useful and all, but one-time use forces you to make a commitment, which makes things more interesting imo, especially in a nuzlocke

there's absolutely no need for them

just have pokemon that CAN learn fly be able to FLY. why does my pidgeot need to learn a move to let me fly on his back?

maybe like defog, i can understand. but rock smash? here's what i would do: "Hey machamp, punch that rock homie".

You see the problem with that, though, right?

If your Pokémon can just clear obstacles automatically, then there may as well be no obstacle at all.

how is movie maker running on your computer? is it really laggy like mine?

i'm wondering if it's because i need a new computer or not.

HORRIBLY

Don't worry about your computer. WMM is freeware that is notorious for sucking. I'm just too cheap/lazy to use anything better. That, and it gets the job done--my videos aren't terribly demanding, editing-wise.

You could legally obtain something like Sony Vegas if you're serious about editing some stuff, though.

Also, what are you doing in this thread? Are you playing Dark Souls I?

A heads up that it's unlocked now, Verb.

thaaaaaaaank you

I can't believe no one wrote any reviews this summer. Step it up, guys--I don't wanna see this thread locked again.

Added Big Boss's Pokémon review, and I threw in BC's FIFA review as well (even though it's only for the beta).

Quote from: Jim on August 30, 2016, 02:39:34 PM

I hope this site and the rest of the internet collapses completely so I'm fighting for a good cause.

"I spend time on a website I hate whilst using the Internet whic I also hate

I'm cool like that"

i doubt he's that serious

i would love to archive this review, but my thread has necrolocked

Quote from: Verbatim on August 28, 2016, 11:38:30 PM

i'd probably give Gen 3 a 7/10 at least, but i definitely agree that it's a good average to weigh the other games with

it's also the perfect nuzlocking generation

I had to give it a -1 to counteract my personal bias. I've put over 400 hours into the Gen III games (RSE and FRLG); the runner up is closer to 70 hours. I love Gen III, but that's because it's the Gen that I've spent the most time playing. Can't let that affect the score.

Yeah, that's fair enough. There were a couple of questionable design choices in Gen III, which mostly have to do with Game Freak's habit of taking two steps forward, one step back. They took away the day/night mechanic--which was just stupid--and they introduced a lot of interesting mechanics that, while aren't necessarily bad (especially for the casual player), caused endless frustrations for the more hardcore competitive player, like natures, the EV/IV system, and the proliferation of event Pokémon--which are a pain in the ass no matter what kind of player you are.

Despite that, though, I dunno about you, but I'd still probably put Gen III in my top 3, because the sheer number of improvements and additions vastly outweigh the handful of missteps, and I think we can agree there.

You gave me an idea for another thread, actually, because this tends to come up a lot: "Eh, Pokémon Ranger is a good game, but it's not a good Pokémon game," or "Fallout 4 is okay, but it's a terrible Fallout game."

Is it better to rate games as standalone pieces, or as a part of a franchise? Obviously, acknowledging both sides is probably the way to go, but if you had to pick one side, which would be better? Personally, I pretty much always prefer to rate games as standalone pieces. I can acknowledge its quality in relation to other games in the series, but... is that always important?

And Kanye and the Kardashians still live on

probably because they're not even 40

>has the solution to all the world's problems in one simple philosophy
>never taken seriously because it doesn't cater to base egoist desires whatsoever
>spend the rest of your days watching people waste their lives arguing over what's right and what's wrong
>watch the world shred itself to pieces over astronomically stupid shit as the solution lies right in front of their eyes
>become a resentful curmudgeon, thriving solely on his own insurmountable pessimism, distrusting everyone, loving no one
>die
>two centuries later, literally nothing has changed--yet the one obvious solution still remains

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-426912824

<3 kabutops