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Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
:darksouls:Latest Update: Episode 17: Smouldering Lake:darksouls:
:darksouls:Latest Update: Finished!:darksouls:
:darksouls:Bonus Time! Ashes of Ariandel DLC Runthrough!:darksouls:



Links:
My Twitch Channel, Where We Do It Live
My Youtube Channel which has more Souls and More Blood Than You Can Shake a Stick At
Following me on twitter @DazzlingAddarSA might maybe be a good idea for video updates and stuff but also you have to put up with me on your feed so pick your poison carefully

About: Dark Souls 3 is the game nobody will shut the heck up about and I'm going to play it. It's the latest in the Souls series, etcetera etcetera. Following up on its critically acclaimed predecessors, Dark Souls 3 introduces a snappy new engine, revamped gameplay systems, and brand new special weapon skills to be used in conjunction with focus points. It was released on March 24th 2016 in Japan and April 12th (actually the 11th if you preloaded) elsewhere.

The Thread: I don't know anything about this game! We're going in blind. Then we're going in again, not blind. This thread will have two parts: a streamed, fresh runthrough of the game for the first time, then an actual LP more in the vein of what I've done before. Schedule to be determined, but hopefully as quickly as I can crank them out. Videos from stream won't be super high video quality, but the later runthrough will be better. Streams will be available in all of their unedited glory and in smaller episodes edited for general watchability.

Thread Ground Rules:

-NO SPOILERS
-NONE
-DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TELLING ME I MISSED SOMETHING (in the blind run. Formal runthrough is fair game.)
-gently caress YOU
-be polite everyone :)

Videos:

Tale of Cinderella, the Ashen One

Introduction and Character Creation
Episode 1: Cemetery of Ash
Episode 2: High Wall of Lothric
Episode 3: High Wall of Lothric, Part 2
Episode 4: Undead Settlement
Episode 5: Undead Settlement Part 2
Episode 6: Undead Settlement Part 3
Episode 7: Road of Sacrifices
Episode 8: Road of Sacrifices, Part 2
Episode 9: Road of Sacrifices, Part 3
Episode 10: Cathedral of the Deep
Bonus Episode!: A Touch of Cordial Intrusion
Episode 11: Cathedral of the Deep, Part 2
Episode 12: Cathedral of the Deep, Part 3
Episode 13: Farron Keep
Episode 14: Farron Keep, Part 2
Episode 15: Farron Keep, Part 3
Episode 16: Catacombs of Carthus
Episode 17: Smouldering Lake

Blind Stream, Session 1:
Episode 1: You Always Want to Be Full of Brains
Episode 2: A Place Well Remembered
Episode 3: To Spawn, Or Not to Spawn
Episode 4: A Well Cooked Plate of Spaghetti
Episode 5: The Redeye Flight to Dangertown
Episode 6: uhh what does this do
Episode 7: please do not worry i am in control of this situation

Blind Stream, Session 2:
Episode 8: The Turing Test
Episode 9: Partial Nudity is his Superpower
Episode 10: Well if it Worked For Him...
Episode 11: STOP YELLING
Episode 12: A Bottomless Curse, A Bottomless... Tree?

Blind Stream, Session 3:
Episode 13: There is Always a Way Down
Episode 14: Inventorium Interruptus
Episode 15: The Problem with Crabs

Blind Stream, Session 4:
Episode 16: I Will Probably Let This Bother Me
Episode 17: A Brief Foray Into Bullet Hell
Episode 18: This Whole Thing is Just Gross
Episode 19: Oh, We're in the Cathedral of the Deep
Episode 20: Giant Problems, Giant Solutions
Episode 21: On Papal Infallibility

Blind Stream, Session 5:
Episode 22: The One Where it All Goes Bad
Episode 23: A Breath of Fresh Air
Episode 24: Vile Tree Magicks
Episode 25: I Want to be a Darkwraith When I Grow Up
Episode 26: Oh, it's an 'oontah
Episode 27: Bone-rattlin'
Epsidoe 28: Unsound Architecture
Episode 29: on second thought maybe let's not go here
Episode 30: HIM BIG

Blind Stream, Session 6:
Episode 31: The Game Just Got Rude
Episode 32: Spooky Halloween Episode
Episode 33: PASSING FINE ASH THOUS'T GIVEN
Episode 34: ohhh yeah that was a boss wasn't it

Blind Stream, Session 7
Episode 35: Deja Vu
Episode 36: Minor Setbacks
Episode 37: Minimal Regret
Episode 38: who designed this area
Episode 39: Electing the Way of Pain
Episode 40: If Only I had a Ladder
Episode 41: the only thing better than a poison swamp is a toxic swamp
Episode 42: somebody give me a hand
Episode 43: Extreme Wickedness Ahead
Episode 44: Initiate Tactical Withdrawal

Blind Stream, Session 8

Episode 45: Revenge of the Spaghetti Men From Mars
Episode 46: Battletoads and Double Dragon
Episode 47: Lothric Castle Blues
Episode 48: how many dragonslayers we got on this ship anyhow
Episode 49: I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING OKAY
Episode 50: Revenge of the 3 Man Ganksquad
Episode 51: Welcome... to the murderbridge.
Episode 52: Royal Family Meet and Greet
Episode 53: Who Wants a Piece of the Champ?
Episode 54: i have to go now, my people need me
Episode 55: Snakes n' Drakes
Episode 56: My Life As A Human Lightning Rod
Episode 57: Hero of my Storm

Blind Stream, Session 9

Episode 58: Bony Dragon rear end
Episode 59: Deadly Piggyback Rides
Episode Final: Ain't that a Kick in the Head

Dazzling Addar fucked around with this message at 09:10 on Oct 31, 2016

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Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
snagging this real quick for future use

Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe
how do i farm ember

FisheyStix
Jul 2, 2008

This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.
This game is too hard! Or, alternatively, it isn't hard enough.


Whichever makes you people angrier. :getin:

KeiraWalker
Sep 5, 2011

Me? Don't worry about me...
Grimey Drawer
drat it, Dazz, I haven't even played the game yet (and won't be able to for sure for at least another week), and you're already doing an LP which I would otherwise watch without hesitation. :argh:

berenzen
Jan 23, 2012

Never actually ever played the souls games, but they've always intrigued me. So yeah, definitely on my list to watch.

Odysseus S. Grant
Oct 12, 2011

Cats is the oldest and strongest emotion
of mankind

FisheyStix posted:

This game is too hard! Or, alternatively, it isn't hard enough.


Whichever makes you people angrier. :getin:

It's probably claiming it's just hard enough.

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
:siren: It's an update!! :siren:



streaming makes you dumb

Anti-Citizen
Oct 24, 2007
As You're Playing Chess, I'm Playing Russian Roulette
Squee, delight, Andre!

Sel Nar
Dec 19, 2013

I've only played a few hours of DS3 since i picked it up on launch, and I honestly think that it's the best of the Souls games (and cousins like Demon's and Bloodborne). It really does feel like a 'best of' design ethos, and the game really sells what new things you can expect with the first boss (I am not afraid to admit he chumped my rear end at least 3 times on two characters), as well as in that little 'turn back' area.

I am also fairly certain that the big lizardy thing in that area, that so effectively laughed off all attempts to poke it, might be a mature crystal lizard. If that's the case, then drat.

And yes, Andre is still the best.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
It's been a long time, but it's nice to be back in Lordran. Or... whatever they're calling it now.

Da_Higg
Oct 15, 2012
"Lets see if I can sneak past this guy"

CLANK

CLANK

CLANK

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
:siren: It's an update!!! :siren:



yeah i'm positive it's gone for good now

Kloro
Oct 24, 2008

Fancy a grown man saying hujus hujus hujus as if he were proud of it it is not english and do not make SENSE.
I am glad that like me you immediately and joyfully rolled into those crates.
But I am sad that this is the last episode I will be able to watch until I am back in the same city as my PS4 and able to resume playing. Oh well.

QuietMisdreavus
May 12, 2013

I'm fine. Nothing to worry about.
Forgive my ignorance, but is "mooks having estus" a new thing? I don't remember seeing that before.

Also, you're making me want to pick up this game, even though I would be so terrible at it.

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

icesoldier posted:

Forgive my ignorance, but is "mooks having estus" a new thing? I don't remember seeing that before.

Also, you're making me want to pick up this game, even though I would be so terrible at it.

Nah that was since the first game.
Starting with the undead soldiers right out of firelink.

ivantod
Mar 27, 2010

Mahalo, fuckers.

Rigged Death Trap posted:

Nah that was since the first game.
Starting with the undead soldiers right out of firelink.

If you want to go even further, even in Demon's Souls some enemies could use the healing items, usually soldier or knight type enemies.

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer
I'm not sure what's different about this LP of a Dark Souls game, but it actually got me to want to play one of them myself (the first I guess, it's the cheapest and a good introduction). I'll just need to remember that unlike you I'll be dying every couple of steps I take.

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
thank you, i look forward to the day 1 dark souls blind LP

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer

Putty posted:

thank you, i look forward to the day 1 dark souls blind LP

It's actually good, give it a shot.

double nine
Aug 8, 2013

I hope you kill every npc you meet at first sight.

ManlyGrunting
May 29, 2014
Oh man, this game kept the simplified upgrade+infusion smithing of Dark Souls II as well as bringing back the heavy/sharp trees from Demon's Souls? I think I'm in love :swoon:

Good thing I have no non-WiiU next gen systems, PCs that can run this or indeed money. :suicide:

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
:siren: Hey I didn't update yesterday because I got carried away streaming, here's one for you today! :siren:



master chef sam

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG


be careful of picking fights with knights in back alleys

A Note About Audio Quality: the balancing is a bit rough for the first session or two of streaming, but I fixed it fairly quickly and will not exist when I do my prerecorded videos. Sorry if you can't hear me, but on the bright side, this game's sound design is amazing! It's immersion! Appreciate it!

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
Unique-looking enemy that is set up in a way that they don't engage you when you get within throwing distance of them? Yep, this is a From Software game, of course it wrecks you the first time

Aishlinn
Mar 31, 2011

This might hurt a bit..


\[T]/ Praise the sun, more Dazz doing dark souls! When you post the episodes, can you put a note as to what stream session they were from? just so the people who did sit through the long episodes know what parts are what.

Delta Green
Nov 2, 2012
I'm playing right now and the game is great.

berenzen
Jan 23, 2012

Just passed where the LP is right now. My first From Software game, so I'm getting my rear end kicked, but surprisingly I managed not to get completely devestated by the red eyed knight.

Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug
You handle the spaghetti heads way better than I did there. I just threw a pile of firebombs at them, and then proceeded to run like a baby past them once I realized they respawned.

berenzen posted:

Just passed where the LP is right now. My first From Software game, so I'm getting my rear end kicked, but surprisingly I managed not to get completely devestated by the red eyed knight.

Then after beating Fancy Knight on the first try, you somehow die 5 times in a row to the completely normal knight trying to get it to drop it's items-wait no that's probably just me.

Section Z fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Apr 19, 2016

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG

Aishlinn posted:

\[T]/ Praise the sun, more Dazz doing dark souls! When you post the episodes, can you put a note as to what stream session they were from? just so the people who did sit through the long episodes know what parts are what.

Certainly. These are all from session 1 which. Actually refuses to upload from twitch, so, I guess, maybe this first batch won't be AS heavily edited as I intended. I'd like the raw footage to be there, for posterity. At any rate, let's learn about what happens when you get wet in subzero temperatures.

:siren: Update! :siren:



for the record, frostbite slows stamina recovery and cuts healing by a decent chunk as well. the thinking girl's status effect. obviously, i will never use it.

ALSO ALSO; ScurvyKip made an excellent point to me that I should put these in Polsy so related videos don't spoil things. So I'll be doing that from now on.

Dazzling Addar fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Apr 20, 2016

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
Seems like a good status effect to inflict when invading.

Delta Green
Nov 2, 2012
Frostbite is very rarely used in PVP to my experience, strangely enough.

The main weapon you get with the effect does require Twinkling Titanite, though. So maybe that explains it.

Da_Higg
Oct 15, 2012
I cringe every time you miss an item drop, think of all the deserter pants you could have by now.

Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009




Are those gargoyles the same ones that show up in Anor Londo?

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
:siren:Update!:siren:




on the public transportation system of lothric and surrounding provinces

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG


it was a scripted invasion. spoilers.

Dazzling Addar fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Apr 25, 2016

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

I like your new hat.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW
feeling intense hat envy rn

Dazzling Addar
Mar 27, 2010

He may have a funny face, but he's THE BEST KONG
:siren:Update!:siren:



no shirt, no shoes, no souls

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Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

The naked man was no match for your hat, practical armor, and sweet cape.

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