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My god, it’s really, really good so far. The horror element and atmosphere are amazing, the ambient sounds and screams are giving me big RE4 vibes. Some great jump scares like in the house right before the first shortcut you open up, with the dude in the wheelchair, holy poo poo. At one point, I had slowly worked my way through the first street, to the open area where you first encounter crows, and had a tense fight with some dogs and villagers. Got backed into a corner, and somehow survived after multiple dodges with low health - only to turn around and get brained by an ogre with a brick in one hit that snuck up on me. Called it a night after one try at Father Gasciogne. Can’t wait to play more tomorrow.
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Oh Long Johnson posted:plz post live thoughts throughout this.
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The Cleric Beast is dead. Father Gasciogne... it’s complicated. At first, I was skeptical of having to farm vials after a few tries at Gasciogne failed, but it actually forced me to explore the area a bit more thoroughly - which led me to find Cleric Beast - and experiment more with moves and tactics, and level up a bit. I also discovered the sick saw-spear combo of R1/R1/L1. So loving cool how visceral everything is in this game. Combat is really fun, but I’ve had to work hard to erase some of the DS muscle memory of hyper patience. My most successful attempts at Gasciogne are the ones where I stay aggressive and in his face with quick strikes, dodges and parry attempts. When I hang back and wait for an opening, it goes pretty poorly. Cleric Beast wasn’t too bad, outside of the first attempt where he sat on my face a few times. Molotovs + oil helped a bit, and the quick hit combos were great for crippling his legs and getting out of corners/bad camera angles. After Cleric Beast went down, I gave Gasciogne one last attempt for the night, and I basically mulched him from 100-30% without taking a hit by staying hyper aggressive. Then, he changed into an werewolf. And then my DS1/2 instincts kicked in. It was basically that classic cartoon scene where a character sees a ghost, does the flintstone leg thing to try and run away, but only the rug moves, piling up behind him while legs flail helplessly.
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It’s really loving cool how Gascoigne basically shows you how you’re supposed to play the game, and you have to embrace his style to beat him Constant aggression, dodging, capitalizing on attempts to hit you when you’re down or pausing to vial Just great game design - and made it so satisfying to beat him
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Quarterroys posted:It’s really loving cool how Gascoigne basically shows you how you’re supposed to play the game, and you have to embrace his style to beat him It only gets more awesome from here. The entire opening up through Gascoigne is one of the best designed levels I've ever played, I love the escalation of the whole thing. you start out being terrified/possibly killed by a single wolf with half health and by the end you're ripping out gasciogne's heart and being showered in his blood.
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lol https://twitter.com/kurtruslfanclub/status/1377469629841346561?s=20
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The late 00s to early 10s period will probably never be topped as a dark and stupid age for gaming trends and culture
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lol christ
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herculon posted:exciting quick time events
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:The late 00s to early 10s period will probably never be topped as a dark and stupid age for gaming trends and culture i was pretty much completely washed out of gaming until i played dark souls
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lol cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ll-Z_SxgU
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I love her.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Update 292 is gonna make update 291 look like update 290. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Update 292 is gonna make update 291 look like update 290. 
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Update 292 is gonna make update 291 look like update 290. Jeffrey of YOSPOS
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I think this game might slowly drive me insane. I’m playing on dad gamer hours, so usually lights are off, and everyone else in the house is asleep I take down Blood-Starved Beast, and after being on edge from all the tension and jump scares in Old Yharnam, I figure I’ll explore Cathedral Ward a bit before calling it a night I run into this strange tall dude with a bag, get killed, and wake up in jail??? I’m about to explore, when I hear what sounds like a woman’s voice say something, and it sounds like it’s in my house IRL. I freeze, then put the controller down. I go upstairs, and peek in a few rooms. My wife and daughter are both asleep. So I get back to the game, and start slowly exploring this jail while this loving creepy cult-ish choir music plays, only to get immediately blindsided by and old woman who jumps on my back and slits my throat. I’m kinda surprised I didn’t wake anyone in the house up lol
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I don’t think I’ve gotten horror game feels like this since playing the original Resident Evil on PS1 in middle school, so goddamn good https://youtu.be/NlQcKBUcgmA
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Quarterroys posted:I think this game might slowly drive me insane. Lmao awesome
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Quarterroys posted:I think this game might slowly drive me insane. lmao
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Quarterroys posted:I think this game might slowly drive me insane. 
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the hypogean gaol surprise is one of the best moments in the best game ever made
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Oh Long Johnson posted:the hypogean gaol surprise is one of the best moments in the best game ever made getting enough insight to suddenly start being able to see the amygdala sitting on oedon chapel was a big one for me Fiend Matador fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Apr 5, 2021 |
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Oh Long Johnson posted:the hypogean gaol surprise is one of the best moments in the best game ever made This and some of Bloodborne's optional areas Cainhurst and Upper Cathedral Ward will never be topped imo
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Fiend Matador posted:getting enough insight to suddenly start being able to see the amygdala sitting on oedon chapel was a big one for me that and the way the world breaks down when you beat rom and the latter part of the game starts and everything is horrifying
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stop posting untagged spoilers for the new guy you idiots
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Fungah! posted:stop posting untagged spoilers for the new guy you idiots My bad... got too excited thinking about Bloodborne
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MeatwadIsGod posted:This and some of Bloodborne's optional areas Cainhurst and Upper Cathedral Ward will never be topped imo Cainhurst sure but Upper Cathedral Ward just felt like more werewolves plus one bad boss plus one decent boss
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The Klowner posted:My favorite part of bloodborne is ___________the whole game.___________ Same
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Ludwig’s sword rules, but I just can’t quit the saw spear - that R1/R1/L1/R1 combo is a goomba stomp Been making some good progress lately! Vicar Amelia went down pretty quickly, and once I got Hendryk’s set and hosed around with some fire paper, I got Darkbeast Paal as well. Some of his swipes are nasty, so that one took more attempts. It took until Hemwick Charnel Lane before I saw Insight affect anything. I just recently found the cauldron in hunters dream that sells things for Insight, so I bought the gear sets, after which the guys that rise up out of red clouds in Hemwick stopped spawning. Not sure if that means i should be spending or accumulating more as I go? I still have several items that give me Insight unused. The sound design is so good! My first run through Hemwick I entered a barn with low health and no vials, climbed up a ladder and turned a corner, only to get shot and killed by a wheelchair guy hanging out in the dark. On my next pass through the barn, i realized you can hear his wheelchair squeaking on the floor below if you listen carefully. Owns. Witches are dead, onto the password protected door and whatever is behind it. Edit: added some spoilers for fellow noobs Quarterroys fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Apr 7, 2021 |
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amelia was the difficulty wall i ended up stopping at, mostly because that was the point at which i couldn't game without being interrupted pretty constantly, even at night. my kids are probably old enough that i could give it another go, but i feel like i'd have to start over from the beginning at this point. i was also a saw spear player but every weapon is a goomba stomp in bloodborne once you get the timing down. i think if i do it over, i'll switch up weapons.
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