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Zombies' Downfall posted:A bunch of retards, at least on SA, were mad about the sunbro covenant in Dark Souls 2 because of "memes" or something. Really? I kept up pretty good with both DS2 threads and don't remember any of this.
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EC posted:Really? I kept up pretty good with both DS2 threads and don't remember any of this. I do remember one goon being angry about that. Forget who tho. Zombies' Downfall posted:Basically everything in DS1 serves the game's narrative or themes coherently, even the hardcore lore nerds can't make Dark Souls 2 make sense without making ridiculous conjectural leaps, and basically the only conclusion that works is that the game is about memory loss and uncertainty and incoherence which is a case you could make for basically any story that doesn't make sense If you don't think people don't make HUGE conjectural leaps about Dks lore you're kind of dumb. See most everything relating to Priscilla, Velka, some one off poo poo (I remember someone, I think ENB, going off for several minutes on the loving Effigy Shield, one of the shield contest winners) and other stuff I'm probably forgetting. The only difference is that Dark Souls II likes to state very few things straight out, instead giving multiple possibilities or asking a question (like with the Dull Ember description).
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I can't wait to see people proclaiming that BB is in the Dark Souls universe when the MLGS is revealed to be in the game 
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These games provide a fun foundation for your own imagination to fill in the blanks about what happened and how. There are clues, but few actual answers. Trying to determine what's "correct" is only a path toward frustration. It's more fun to just assume that a given piece of lore's significance is whatever you would most enjoy it to be.
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Broseph Brostar posted:I can't wait to see people proclaiming that BB is in the Dark Souls universe when the MLGS is revealed to be in the game Just you wait, you'll be wandering around - open a chest and BAM Catarina armor set with tattered rags all over it up in your face. I also foresee a Xanthous Crown somewhere.
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We saw a Demon's reference already in the Bloodborne beta, right? umbasa
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superh posted:We saw a Demon's reference already in the Bloodborne beta, right? That + Evetta Muradasilova doing some sort of voice + the beast theme-ing + working with Sony means there's a decent chance it is a direct sequel to Demon's Souls, set in an age where the Old One has long been dormant, so there's not much magic around.
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Demon's Souls was my favorite game of the past like 8 years, though I didn't pick up either Dark Souls title for really no reason at all, other than I don't have the motivation to play video games these days. But I'm very excited to get this game on release day.
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knox posted:Demon's Souls was my favorite game of the past like 8 years, though I didn't pick up either Dark Souls title for really no reason at all, other than I don't have the motivation to play video games these days. But I'm very excited to get this game on release day. You really should. Dark Souls at the least does the impossible job of being a worthy follow-up to Demon's Souls.
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Space Hamlet posted:Whenever I look up videos of first-timers playing through Lost Izalith after all the patches came out, they seem to have an okay time - they find the bonfire, they use the telescope to figure out where to go, they usually only have to fight one dragonbutt or so. They don't often make any vocal observation that the area is worse than the others in the game. I've mentioned it multiple times before, but feel compelled to recount again my new player experience through lost izalith. I never put on or checked the description of the ring you get from killing the centipede demon. Yep.... Flash sweat, black iron, red stoneplate (I have no idea if this does anything) and creative platforming until I finally got completely stuck at the long gap between the hidden bonfire and the main area.
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So has anyone else had this issue with DS? My PS3 is really crapping out on me  nearly every time I load a file, this happens: And the game hangs on about 50% of load screens. Should I take my PS3 apart and try to clean the laser?
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That blows duder. I'd take it out back and tell it about the rabbits, depending on how much it'd be to repair. Would it really be so bad if BB takes places in the soulsverse?
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I got the impression pretty much all of From's games take place in the tangled skein of the Fromverse. Trusty Patches came from an Armoured Core title, remember.
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Armoured Core is set in the farflung spacefuture of Lordran. Just you wait, one of the hidden unlockable parts for a Core will be an onion-shaped head.
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I had no idea From (or Atlus, whichever) made the AC titles, it's been years since I played or paid attention to them. Honestly the idea of a self-contained loreverse strikes me as pretty cool, magic in the dawn and dying out in the twilight and all.
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Frankosity posted:I got the impression pretty much all of From's games take place in the tangled skein of the Fromverse. Trusty Patches came from an Armoured Core title, remember. Don't forget Otsdarva of Boletaria. (I think there actually was another but I forget.)
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There's a few cross-references with Otogi too. That and its sequel were some of the best games on the Xbox and were fiendishly difficult.
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To this day, I am still inconsolable that Otogi wasn't playable on X360.
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Zombies' Downfall posted:Basically everything in DS1 serves the game's narrative or themes coherently, even the hardcore lore nerds can't make Dark Souls 2 make sense without making ridiculous conjectural leaps, and basically the only conclusion that works is that the game is about memory loss and uncertainty and incoherence which is a case you could make for basically any story that doesn't make sense Yeah, and the point is none of that has anything to do with Dark Souls 2 being a sequel to Dark Souls 1, was the entire loving point.  Original = makes sense, but sequel = doesn't make sense? For that matter Dark Souls had elements of Demon's, so whatever!  I'm not saying DS2 has a better story than DS1 dude. I'm saying the original reason you offered as to WHY the story is worse is total bullshit. Broseph Brostar posted:I can't wait to see people proclaiming that BB is in the Dark Souls universe when the MLGS is revealed to be in the game How does the Armored Core storyline fit into the Dark Souls canon exactly?  Brume Tower was on mars?  Ravens are hollows?
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So what IS Drangleic anyway? I haven't really looked into the story since before the DLC came out. The popular theory at the time the game came out was that it was a distorted mishmash of the past, present and future of Lordran.
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:So what IS Drangleic anyway? I haven't really looked into the story since before the DLC came out. The popular theory at the time the game came out was that it was a distorted mishmash of the past, present and future of Lordran. AFAIK Drangleic was a kingdom that was borne from the ashes of Lordran a long time later, assuming the player character from DS1 re-lit the first flame and kept poo poo going.
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:So what IS Drangleic anyway? I haven't really looked into the story since before the DLC came out. The popular theory at the time the game came out was that it was a distorted mishmash of the past, present and future of Lordran. the correct theory is that, as is explained in-game, drangleic is a kingdom that existed and fell some short time before you arrived in it, and exists on the ashes and ruins of kingdoms that were in the same spot, one of which probably was lordran
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:There's a few cross-references with Otogi too. That and its sequel were some of the best games on the Xbox and were fiendishly difficult. Oh my god I completely forgot about Otogi. ...is it worth playing at this point?
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Zaphod42 posted:Oh my god I completely forgot about Otogi. Absolutely. You need an OG Xbox though. The 360 doesn't support it.
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tlarn posted:Armoured Core is set in the farflung spacefuture of Lordran. Just you wait, one of the hidden unlockable parts for a Core will be an onion-shaped head. I would do bad things for an Armoured Souls game.
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Zaphod42 posted:I didn't really care for painted world that much? I mean it was really cool how different it was, but... eh? I liked lots of parts of DS1 better. Hell, I liked blighttown better. I'd agree with this ordering were it not for the monster design in the DS2 DLC, which I generally found to be really annoying to fight and very samey. It's a shame too, 'cause the level design was really quite good and possibly some of the best in the series.
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Otogi could use a HD upgrade on the new consoles. The combat in that game is incredibly fun and satisfying.
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Brackhar posted:I'd agree with this ordering were it not for the monster design in the DS2 DLC, which I generally found to be really annoying to fight and very samey. It's a shame too, 'cause the level design was really quite good and possibly some of the best in the series. you're garbage. you're trash.
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DLC for Bloodborne is just more of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxTsjb46ECA
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I'm okay with that.
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Metal Wolf Chaos was by From Software?!? How did I not know that? Oh my god this changes everything.Is there a moonbeam somewhere in Metal Wolf Chaos?
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I think I made a mistake by previously watching most Bloodborne footage on mute. I watched some alpha footage earlier and the combat sounds so nasty and the soundtrack is insanely good. It sounds so menacing and intense.
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The sounds are extremely visceral, I'll give them that. The enemy movement and attacks are crazy ferocious, that courtyard fight against whatever that man turns into looks wild.
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http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/01/23/ps4-exclusive-bloodborne-will-support-2-5-players-online-according-to-playstation-store/ 2-5 players? Interesting.
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BreakAtmo posted:http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/01/23/ps4-exclusive-bloodborne-will-support-2-5-players-online-according-to-playstation-store/ Doesn't the Scholar of the First Sin upgrade to DS2 support up to 6? So not all that interesting.
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BreakAtmo posted:http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/01/23/ps4-exclusive-bloodborne-will-support-2-5-players-online-according-to-playstation-store/ DS2's support is already at 4 players in a world so that should be expected. More is always welcome for fight clubs...assuming the connections hold up.
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Zaphod42 posted:Doesn't the Scholar of the First Sin upgrade to DS2 support up to 6? So not all that interesting. I find it more interesting due to the odd number. Like, how would 5 players work? Just straight 5-player teams, or maybe they'll do some kind of 4v1 thing? Is SotFS going to have 3v3 matches?
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RatHat posted:I'd assume 1 host, 2 co-op players, 2 invaders. That's what I would hope. 2 extra people is OP enough, let alone 4.
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