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2521
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:59:37 PM »
Nioh, on the other hand, while it has a fun PvP you have to actually search for people
wow I guess Nioh is worth more than $5 after all, I'm gonna get it now thanks
cringe
cringe
2522
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:56:17 PM »
Nioh, on the other hand, while it has a fun PvP you have to actually search for people
wow I guess Nioh is worth more than $5 after all, I'm gonna get it now thanks
2523
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:36:06 PM »
Some of my fondest memories playing video games are from Dark Souls PvP.
the game only had to implement pvp in an ethically acceptable manner, and i would've been able to have similar experiences i've heard it through the grapevine on several occasions that future installments make it more ethical, so here's hoping
2524
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:31:39 PM »
I feel like you should at least give that portion of the game a try before talking about stuff like that. You are in the covenant in name alone and have have never done anything for it, nor have you unlocked any of the rewards, advanced its interests or made any contributions to its side in the larger balance between covenants. not true, killed lautrec, it counts—i even found another ear in the painted world, i just never got around to offering it—and i would even argue that my choice to kill petrus towards the end of the game was on behalf of my covenant's cause as well there's many many things wrong with this post in general (as are most of your posts regarding anything to do with dark souls MP), but i'll save it for now i will say that, even if i had played online, it's not likely i would've met very many players anyway—it's the second oldest game on an outdated platform with a remaster already out on next gen consoles, so it would've been just as empty anyway when i pick up the remaster on switch and play it again, i'll play online—but i will not like it
2525
« on: July 29, 2018, 02:11:11 AM »
When did we decide that artificial difficulty doesn't make things harder? It's the cheapest and easiest way to make things more difficult but it still achieves that goal. Having an enemy hit harder and have a larger health pool makes the game harder.
it's in the term—it doesn't achieve any goal except making the game waste more of your time ask yourself what you're really testing—your skills, or your patience games that test your patience rather than your skill can only be described as "hard" if you want to be simplistic about it
2526
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:57:39 AM »
The ez mode shit was sarcastic. Me suggesting that you not level up your character or weapons was sarcastic. You thinking that doing so doesn't make the game easier is retarded.
it's basic knowledge of how games workmaking an enemy take twice as long to kill while making yourself half as strong doesn't make a game more difficult, it just makes it more tedious—this is basic game design, and nobody who knows anything about how games work would tell you this model is anything more than a classic example of artificial difficulty a game becoming easier would involve giving the player more options, removing options from enemies a game becoming harder would entail giving the enemies more options, taking away player options tweaking numbers has shit to do with real difficulty, and you have to have the smallest of brains not to understand this
2527
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:47:13 AM »
You understand my original statement two years ago was sarcastic right?
yeah, that's why we had an extended argument about it where you ardently defended the point, because you were being sarcastic that's why you're defending it now, too, because you're being sarcastic—that's totally how sarcasm works
2528
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:40:57 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
But it does tho
Making enemies spongier just wastes your time, there's literally no added difficulty
if leveling up lowered the intelligence of the AI or some shit, you'd be right
Reducing the time in a dangerous environment makes things easier
Playing the game at all to win makes it easier, by that logic, you fucking moron
Fucking what
"Don't reduce the time spent in a dangerous environment, because that's EZ MODE LOL" literally what you just fucking said, you retard okay, it's easy mode to do anything that is to your advantage as a player at all, okay, got it
2529
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:36:18 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
But it does tho
Making enemies spongier just wastes your time, there's literally no added difficulty
if leveling up lowered the intelligence of the AI or some shit, you'd be right
Reducing the time in a dangerous environment makes things easier
Playing the game at all to win makes it easier, by that logic, you fucking moron
2530
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:16:34 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
But it does tho
Making enemies spongier just wastes your time, there's literally no added difficulty if leveling up lowered the intelligence of the AI or some shit, you'd be right
2531
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:26:17 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
2532
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:22:58 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
2533
« on: July 28, 2018, 11:29:50 PM »
Where does Sif fit on that list of bosses
on the lower end tbh strictly from a design standpoint, the very concept of a wolf wielding a giant sword (rather than just, you know, using his fangs) is pretty fucking silly to me, and the fight itself is fairly average on the fun scale imo i don't actively dislike him though—i like his storyline, it's pretty feelsy, almost to a point where i feel like he should've been an optional boss, and i like how they rub it in your face by having him limp around helplessly when he's severely wounded
2534
« on: July 28, 2018, 11:21:24 PM »
Hey, remember when i didn't even start the playthrough until 9 pages into the thread, because people were too assmad about my opinions on the game's MP to even let me start that was fun got some things i decided to give extremely belated responses to
Honestly just don't play the game.
Don't even bother.
hahaha suck my dick tbh there are a few things in the game that are basically wiki or bust
Spoiler ceaseless, he was very shit design Literally beat him on my first (real) try without even thinking about it. sometimes there just isn't a clear way to progress
firelink is different, there are several areas you can try to progress through but they have too tough of enemies.
being lost after anor londo is just a bunch of backtracking until you can find the damn new areas
Really? I never had any issues knowing where to go or how to progress. The only areas that stumped me were the optional ones that didn't really have anything anyway. Verb will not make it through the Tomb of Giants, and Verb will go through his entire playthrough without even knowing of The Painted World's existence.
You will never figure out how to get there.
IT WAS YOU OH NO NO NO NO 😂😂😂😂😂 Flee's posts are consistently good from what I see in terms of arguing a point.
eh He's going to end up loving Dark Souls. Just watch.
maybe you should change your name to nostradamusX Verb don't look at this one
Spoiler do you think he'll rage when he gets cheesed by the dragon the first few dozen times? would you believe it if i said i never "raged" a SINGLE time in the entire playthrough When you've beaten the game can you pls make a list of your top ten areas and top ten bosses or something?
Okay Areas: 1. Anor Londo 2. Darkroot Garden 3. Sen's Fortress 4. Darkroot Basin 5. Undead Parish 6. Quelaag's Domain 7. Firelink Shrine 8. Kiln of the First Flame 9. The Duke's Archives 10. The Abyss Blighttown, Lost Izalith, the Depths, Tomb of the Giants, and the Great Hollow for worst areas. Bosses (coolness of design + how much fun i had fighting them): 1. Capra Demon 2. Crossbreed Priscilla (never fought her, but I really like her design) 3. Four Kings 4. Moonlight Butterfly 5. Bed of Chaos 6. Gaping Dragon 7. Seath the Scaleless 8. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder 9. Gravelord Nito 10. Dragonslayer Ornstein (but not Smough, he's uggo) worst bosses are the asylum demon clones for being fucking lazy, and quelaag for being the game's one and only instance of completely unnecessary gratuitous female nudity—the game was doing SO well on that front until she showed up There is a certain boss you'll meet later on that proves my point pretty well. The longer you fight it, the harder the battle gets, until it is damn near impossible.
I was right.One boss with one gimmick wasn't enough to prove your point. Make sure you tell us when you get to Blightown asap so we can make sure you don't miss something super super cool in the game that's kind of tucked away.
ash lake was most certainly NOT "super super cool" Spoiler Spoiler Also I'm looking forward to when he gets to Anor Londo.
You think he'll ever fond gwyndolin or even get into the painted world?
Anor Londo was awesome. I found both of those things. Didn't fight Gwyndolin because betraying my own covenant is silly, and the Painted World kinda sucked. At least, relative to all the unwarranted hype and build-up the area had. I really can't wait until Verb gets to this part.
(Don't click Verb)
Honestly, the archers weren't that bad at all. Verb dont click
Or click, its spoilerish but I wont make it obvious
Spoiler Hes going to do what the gods want, the fool!
I guess he doesnt know what hes actually doing but he'll be interested to know that eventually he did have options. yeah i don't know I wonder how verb will do the
Apparently there's more to the Abyss than I thought to explore. It's the place where you join the Darkwraiths, right? Yeah, fuck that.
That was a trip. i really did take way too long to beat this shit, huh my review should be finished sometime in august
2535
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:20:58 PM »
Reposting so it's on the top of the next page
<- Previous update: Painted by the Numbers
Recap: - Found Ash Lake - Found the Painted World - Spared Priscilla Current missions: - Beat the game
Before we wrap this shit up, let's take a final look at my stats and inventory:  Honestly, things haven't changed too much from the beginning of the playthrough in the items department. The Wanderer class wound up having the coolest looking clothes in the game, and I never really found any armor I liked more, so I decided to stick with them for the whole game. The Winged Spear has been my weapon of choice since I found it in the graveyard, and I'm extremely comfortable with it. I've tried many other different weapon types, and nothing comes to me quite as naturally as the spear does. Coupled with an Eagle Shield, the ability to attack while blocking has been invaluable to me across the entire journey and I'm not sure how I would've fared without it. No other weapons are as fun or as satisfying to use. Rather than using my greatshield, however, I'm bringing back an old friend of mine—the Grass Crest Shield. It doesn't synergize with my spear quite as well as a greatshield would, but it's the first shield I ever decided to stick with for any length of time, plus it unlocks a particular ability that I've rarely had access to, which wound up being very important during the final fight. It also produces a cool green aura, signifying its stamina-boosting powers. It's my favorite. I have the Ring of F&P because it's about time. I planned to bust it out for the final fight, and I'm following through. There's no real reason not to just go for it—I don't really plan on doing any NG+ stuff, except maybe to get the platinum trophy down the line. But at that point, I'll just be able to pick up a second one anyway, so it doesn't matter.  My build from the start was constructed naturally without looking anything up—Vitality, Endurance, and Dexterity with enough Intelligence to use certain spells, enough Attunement to use up to three spells, and enough Strength to wield certain weapons. Pyromancy was my choice of magic, because it doesn't really require any extraneous stat investments other than Attunement, and because pyromancy spells are fucking sick. Power Within is my bread-and-butter spell for bosses—I've slaughtered many a foe with its help. Fire Orb is situationally useful, and Fire Surge is a new spell I've only limited experience using, but it seems powerful. That's about all, I think. Oh wait, one more thing—Darkmoon Blades for life; the guilty pay the price. All right, now I'm done. This is the final boss video.
2536
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:20:15 PM »
Anyway. I'm done arguing about something this pointless. I will once you actually have a better understanding of everything, rather than repeating the same argument 5 times over.
Beat the game, so i think that qualifies as having a better understanding of everything my opinions on invasions and MP haven't changed one bit, and in fact, i've only doubled down since then 👌
2537
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:08:58 PM »
And now begins the part where I go back and read all the spoiler tags in this thread that I couldn't read before.
2538
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:04:41 PM »
Update reposted on the next page
<- Previous update: Painted by the Numbers
Recap: - Found Ash Lake - Found the Painted World - Spared Priscilla Current missions: - Beat the game
Before we wrap this shit up, let's take a final look at my stats and inventory: Honestly, things haven't changed too much from the beginning of the playthrough in the items department. The Wanderer class wound up having the coolest looking clothes in the game, and I never really found any armor I liked more, so I decided to stick with them for the whole game. The Winged Spear has been my weapon of choice since I found it in the graveyard, and I'm extremely comfortable with it. I've tried many other different weapon types, and nothing comes to me quite as naturally as the spear does. Coupled with an Eagle Shield, the ability to attack while blocking has been invaluable to me across the entire journey and I'm not sure how I would've fared without it. No other weapons are as fun or as satisfying to use. Rather than using my greatshield, however, I'm bringing back an old friend of mine—the Grass Crest Shield. It doesn't synergize with my spear quite as well as a greatshield would, but it's the first shield I ever decided to stick with for any length of time, plus it unlocks a particular ability that I've rarely had access to, which wound up being very important during the final fight. It also produces a cool green aura, signifying its stamina-boosting powers. It's my favorite. I have the Ring of F&P because it's about time. I planned to bust it out for the final fight, and I'm following through. There's no real reason not to just go for it—I don't really plan on doing any NG+ stuff, except maybe to get the platinum trophy down the line. But at that point, I'll just be able to pick up a second one anyway, so it doesn't matter. My build from the start was constructed naturally without looking anything up—Vitality, Endurance, and Dexterity with enough Intelligence to use certain spells, enough Attunement to use up to three spells, and enough Strength to wield certain weapons. Pyromancy was my choice of magic, because it doesn't really require any extraneous stat investments other than Attunement, and because pyromancy spells are fucking sick. Power Within is my bread-and-butter spell for bosses—I've slaughtered many a foe with its help. Fire Orb is situationally useful, and Fire Surge is a new spell I've only limited experience using, but it seems powerful. That's about all, I think. Oh wait, one more thing—Darkmoon Blades for life; the guilty pay the price. All right, now I'm done. This is the final boss video.
2539
« on: July 28, 2018, 07:37:23 PM »
neat
TLJ is gonna be a tough act to follow though
2540
« on: July 28, 2018, 06:29:40 PM »
we are but moments away
2541
« on: July 27, 2018, 11:40:12 PM »
I remember the first time I played Skyrim, I spent the whole day on it. Eventually I saw it for the boring trash heap that it was and never touched it again, how did this thing ever win so many awards when it came out?
big epic story with dragons in high fantasy open world setting is probably the easiest way to bait awards if you're able to make a game that resembles that description, the game is automatically good and impressive
2542
« on: July 27, 2018, 06:29:13 PM »
not at all, to a point where i feel bad and lame whenever people share ghost stories and i have nothing to say
sometimes i use it as an opportunity to make some shit up, though, just to test my off-the-dome storytelling skills while also not looking boring
other times, someone will be telling a story about some ghost they saw, and when they finish i'll be like "yeah that was me sorry"
2543
« on: July 27, 2018, 04:34:50 PM »
overwatch is a bad game
it doesn't look amazing
2544
« on: July 27, 2018, 11:03:22 AM »
Neat
I found that the subdued fantastical elements and themes led me to enjoy it more than other Miyazaki films.
You've covered every anime I've seen, so I look forward to trying some that you recommend. I watched Ergo Proxy after you rated it, and I'm planning to give Evangelion a try.
what stopped me from giving it a 7/10 is that there were more than a few points that lulled (the beautiful realization of miyazaki's plane fetish notwithstanding, i found myself getting bored with most of the flight sequences), some attempts to make jiro likable were a little heavyhanded, and i also don't necessarily agree with how it ended—but it was still enjoyable overall, so much so that i can definitely see myself liking it more on rewatch and yeah, make evangelion your first priority—not that i think you'll love it in particular, but it's one of those things i think everyone should watch regardless of their taste here's my 1998 list, which i finished somewhat recently—i'm sure you've seen #2 already, but definitely not the #1 spot also maybe try angel's egg and devilman if you still need to watch those (sex and gore warning for the latter) that all being said, i'm in the midst of wrapping up my dark souls playthrough and beginning a new project, so i'm taking a break from the animemes for a little bit
2545
« on: July 27, 2018, 10:33:33 AM »
The Wind Rises?
6/10 tied with princess mononoke (which i also rewatched and decided i was too harsh with) for my favorite miyazaki
2546
« on: July 26, 2018, 03:26:01 PM »
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
This is a common misconception.
oh, okay
Doing well on an official IQ test means only that you did well on the official IQ test. It doesn't mean I'm inherently more intelligent than you if I were to have a higher IQ than yours. A lot of this comes down to problem solving. Where the contents of the exam(s) might be tailored to a certain demographic, another might score less. This doesn't actually mean that because the average IQ in certain countries maybe scored at 85 that it's a country of subhuman retards. If you were to take these individuals and give them a good education at a young age they would certainly score higher, for whatever that's worth. But it'd be due to being raised in a different environment.
Different races do think differently due to evolution. Climate, predators, resources, culture, all these factors have a say in how intelligence is perceived and regarded. IQ is a decent way to measure a certain type of intelligence, but not everything and not how intelligent a human being is.
this is basically what i was trying to say though when i said it's only one specific way, i meant it—there's many other factors that go into it, that's what i was saying
2547
« on: July 26, 2018, 03:02:47 PM »
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
This is a common misconception.
oh, okay
2548
« on: July 26, 2018, 02:37:24 PM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once
people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do
you get stupider with age starting at age 20
You don't lose intelligence unless somebody's hitting you over the head with a brick or some kind of brain deteriorating disease. And supposedly you gain slightly more intelligence over the years, especially as your brain is still growing during teenage and adult years. The only difference is living longer, and depending on your life experiences, you can become a wiser and more mature person.
IQ actually drops with age though past 25 unless you remain active and eat alkiline forming foods
There’s a pretty big disparity between this post and Verb’s though.
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
I don’t see how IQ dropping implies that teenagers are more knowledgeable than adults.
i didn't say they were more knowledgeable what i'm saying is, people generally stop learning after they get out of school—to most people, life after school becomes about getting a job, making money, having relationships, masturbating, and other stupid unsophisticated bullshit the rate at which you learn things, too, decreases dramatically as you age—there's a reason why foreigners tend to know two or three languages, because they learned them all at a young age (when it's the easiest), and why it's so hard to learn more as you get older among other things adults also tend to exploit their increased sense of responsibility to find excuses to continue doing stupid shit, like drugs and alcohol—"i'm a working adult, i pay my taxes, i'm allowed to come home and have a drink," etc.
2549
« on: July 26, 2018, 02:01:50 PM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once
people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do
you get stupider with age starting at age 20
You don't lose intelligence unless somebody's hitting you over the head with a brick or some kind of brain deteriorating disease. And supposedly you gain slightly more intelligence over the years, especially as your brain is still growing during teenage and adult years. The only difference is living longer, and depending on your life experiences, you can become a wiser and more mature person.
IQ actually drops with age though past 25 unless you remain active and eat alkiline forming foods
There’s a pretty big disparity between this post and Verb’s though.
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
2550
« on: July 26, 2018, 09:21:03 AM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once
people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do
you get stupider with age starting at age 20
You don't lose intelligence unless somebody's hitting you over the head with a brick or some kind of brain deteriorating disease. And supposedly you gain slightly more intelligence over the years, especially as your brain is still growing during teenage and adult years. The only difference is living longer, and depending on your life experiences, you can become a wiser and more mature person.
i've always liked the fight club quote "on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero" there's a lot of ways you can read into that, and one of the ways is this—the longer you live, the more likely you'll live to see yourself continue to make stupid mistakes and dumb decisions, which smarter people than you would never make wisdom is the stupid person's intelligence, because it's intelligence gained through life experience—the more stupid shit you do, the more you learn from those experiences but an inherently more intelligent person than you would just intuitively know not to do those stupid things, without needing the life experience at all
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