[CONTEST] Casualize Dark Souls and win Dark Souls 2 or forum upgrades!

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Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

Dark Souls is so hardcore man, it's unreal. It's brutal, just brutal! So I want to see how it would look as a more casual and gamer-friendly game.

Dark Souls 2 is releasing tomorrow on consoles and next month on PC so the timing is perfect for a big contest!

Prizes:

The top TWO entrants win a copy of Dark Souls 2 for a platform of their choice, courtesy of Something Awful!
(Alternate equivalent-value prizes are available for top-two finishers who are either hardcore gamers that already preordered Dark Souls 2, or counterintuitive gamers that don't care about this release, even though they're posting Photoshops of it in a thread about it!)
For other podium spots - forum upgrades and/or a custom forums smilie which can be Dark Souls-themed if you want (or whatever).

Some ideas:

Photoshop Dark Souls characters/enemies into casual games.
Change the game's genre into something way more casual.
Make the game easier with casual mechanics, handholding etc.
What if Dark Souls was made by a mainstream studio like Bioware, Activision, PopCap etc.?

This contest ends Thursday at 5 p.m. central. Good luck and I can't wait to see your entries!

# ? Mar 10, 2014 18:12

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 06:10

Sagabal: Apr 24, 2010

Here is my entry

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:02

Squeezy Farm: Jun 16, 2009

I submit this thread for consideration

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:09

Panget Ka: Oct 26, 2010; I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:10

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Panget Ka posted:

He said easier than dark souls but I still really like it.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:13

Bob James: Nov 15, 2005; by Lowtax; Ultra Carp

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:43

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Titan Souls

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:46

Bullstuff: Apr 1, 2007; My finger smells funny. :(

Snoggle posted:

Nice one.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 20:54

Putty: Mar 21, 2013; HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS

# ? Mar 10, 2014 21:07

bushisms.txt: May 26, 2004; Scroll, then. There are other posts than these.

Fixed, that first frame was pissing me off.

bushisms.txt fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Mar 11, 2014

# ? Mar 10, 2014 21:30

Kugyou no Tenshi: Nov 8, 2005; We can't keep the crowd waiting, can we?

# ? Mar 10, 2014 21:41

Willdrick: May 27, 2013

Here's my entry. It looks 100% legit so I've already installed it on my tablet

Picture link for fullscreen reading

EDIT: crAPP! It's not legit, None of the screenshots are real gameplay, gently caress these guys

Willdrick fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Mar 10, 2014

# ? Mar 10, 2014 22:07

UraniumArc: May 6, 2013

# ? Mar 10, 2014 22:41

PoorHobo: Dec 21, 2012

(Alright a little backstory, I learned PhotoShop by myself 10 min ago. Don't judge me)

Cover: http://imgur.com/pF66DiF

In-Game Screen-Shot: http://imgur.com/UJo563v

Back Cover Details:
Story: A doll who plays, is a doll who stays. Have a great time walking in our 1:1 scale world with teleportation codes enabled and see all that Earth has to offer a young girl as yourself. With this very intensive and graphically perfect game, one would never even have to leave their real house. Purchase now and only pay $30 a month* to continue living with the entire world at your disposal! Have a great time living life on YOUR terms, children**. WARNING: Will Lag in BlightTown

(Game only, CD Key sold Separately)

Minimum PC Specs:
MS-Dos compatible ONLY. (No other OS will work for this game)
Hard Drive Size: 783 GB
Processor: Dual Socket motherboard Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 (3.60 GHz)
Graphics Processing Unit: 4-Way SLI Titan Black
RAM: 128 GB Corsair Vengeance or better

ESRB:
Rated R: Disturbing Pictures
Emotional Violence
Destroyed Phyche
Reason to Believe one actually IS a princess
Uncontrollable fits
Handsome Men

*$30 a month for the first 3 months (minimum contract, 3 Years), reoccurring price of $399 each consecutive month until cancelled.
** Parents are not allowed on same server list as children, for the adult servers, please visit Somethingawful.com
***Children Subject to Brainwashing and possibility of being sold to Dubai Business men.

PoorHobo fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Mar 10, 2014

# ? Mar 10, 2014 22:42

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

PoorHobo posted:

(Alright a little backstory, I learned PhotoShop by myself 10 min ago. Don't judge me)

Cover: http://imgur.com/pF66DiF

In-Game Screen-Shot: http://imgur.com/UJo563v

Back Cover Details:
Story: A doll who plays, is a doll who stays. Have a great time walking in our 1:1 scale world with teleportation codes enabled and see all that Earth has to offer a young girl as yourself. With this very intensive and graphically perfect game, one would never even have to leave their real house. Purchase now and only pay $30 a month* to continue living with the entire world at your disposal! Have a great time living life on YOUR terms, children**. WARNING: Will Lag in BlightTown

(Game only, CD Key sold Separately)

Minimum PC Specs:
MS-Dos compatible ONLY. (No other OS will work for this game)
Hard Drive Size: 783 GB
Processor: Dual Socket motherboard Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 (3.60 GHz)
Graphics Processing Unit: 4-Way SLI Titan Black
RAM: 128 GB Corsair Vengeance or better

ESRB:
Rated R: Disturbing Pictures
Emotional Violence
Destroyed Phyche
Reason to Believe one actually IS a princess
Uncontrollable fits
Handsome Men

*$30 a month for the first 3 months (minimum contract, 3 Years), reoccurring price of $399 each consecutive month until cancelled.
** Parents are not allowed on same server list as children, for the adult servers, please visit Somethingawful.com
***Children Subject to Brainwashing and possibility of being sold to Dubai Business men.

What the gently caress? Is this a build your own photoshop kit?

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:03

cofaigh: Dec 30, 2006; Ha ha... dangly parts

I want all of these entries to be real.

_{...but not this one.}

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:10

PoorHobo: Dec 21, 2012

Sephardic Homo posted:

What the gently caress? Is this a build your own photoshop kit?

Ha Ha Ha, I pretended to make a game of my own with outrageous specs. I'm a Poor Hobo, I can afford nothing close to a build like that.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:26

1upclock: Sep 25, 2009; Taken completely out of context

Don't act like you wouldn't want this.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:37

Genocyber: Jun 4, 2012

1upclock posted:

Don't act like you wouldn't want this.

I would want to save a faliure yes

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:41

1upclock: Sep 25, 2009; Taken completely out of context

Genocyber posted:

I would want to save a faliure yes

No, you wouldn't save so you could reload a previous save.

You clearly have not played Dark Souls.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:43

Genocyber: Jun 4, 2012

1upclock posted:

No, you wouldn't save so you could reload a previous save.

You clearly have not played Dark Souls.

If you're not saving why is "yes" highlighted then

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:46

1upclock: Sep 25, 2009; Taken completely out of context

Genocyber posted:

If you're not saving why is "yes" highlighted then

Because Yes is the default option.

Edit: Actually I'll just switch the two real quick

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:46

DoctorStrangelove: Jun 7, 2012; IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

Doesn't the game autosave everything?

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:46

1upclock: Sep 25, 2009; Taken completely out of context

DoctorStrangelove posted:

Doesn't the game autosave everything?

Well this is a version that turns that off so you can cheese your way like you're playing Fire Emblem.

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:49

necroid: May 14, 2009

Would've worked better with "would you like to reload the last checkpoint?".

# ? Mar 10, 2014 23:51

Nighthand: Nov 4, 2009; what horror the gas

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:04

Captain Swing: Dec 30, 2006; You should have a little more faith in your captain.

Oh, we'll get those other souls next time!

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:08

Logan 5: Jan 29, 2007; Bash -> To the Cop

Dark Souls 2 has a really cool open world, I just like relaxing and exploring it.

Logan 5 fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Mar 11, 2014

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:12

Eyevanooze: Oct 21, 2010

Dancing Souls!

I'm kind of bummed I couldn't get it to loop perfectly.

*I found the dancing Solaire on GIS, not sure who made it.

Eyevanooze fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Mar 12, 2014

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:17

Epic Doctor Fetus: Jul 23, 2003

^^^^ drat IT! ^^^^^^

Ah well, since I spent the time and am now blind from looking at it:

Only registered members can see post attachments!

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:23

Delusibeta: Aug 7, 2013; Let's ride together.

Crappy GIMP skills go:

Delusibeta fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Mar 11, 2014

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:24

Fixit: Mar 27, 2010

For the casual gamer

Excuse my poor photo editing skills.

PS - Just in case it isn't clear, the () describes what each difficulty is like.

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:26

Minimum Syntaxing: Oct 29, 2008; He looks white, but he's the son of a black man!

(Edit: Added title and Lion's Gate watermark to get that point across)

I was also thinking I might throw on a chicken head, and add Fable UI full of fart emotes and Infernal Wrath, but I don't want to make it too complicated.

Minimum Syntaxing fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Mar 11, 2014

# ? Mar 11, 2014 00:43