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God drat this game made me feel catholic guilt just playing it Exceptional the whole way through imo.
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ilikefood posted:Thinking of getting this but I'm a little worried about the Dark Souls comparison. How hard is it compared to Hollow Knight? Some parts are harder, some parts are easier than Hollow Knight. Some things that make it easier: a functioning map that doesn't use equipment slots, unlimited uses of a dodge slide with ample i-frames, and a parry which also has a solid window that is substantially larger than the Dark Souls parry window (but isn't Sekiro spammable). A weird dichotomy is that I like the way the controls feel, especially in combat, in Blasphemous more, but actual platforming feels a lot better in Hollow Knight with less "OH COME ON" moments.
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Started playing this morning, and as someone who grew up Catholic... drat, this is more Catholic than Mass.
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Sep 13, 2019 14:18
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*Crysis voice* Maximum Catholicism
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Pharohman777 posted:lol, one of the remains you can find is that of a isekai protagonist. Not sure what it is I'm missing here?
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:Not sure what it is I'm missing here? sounds like it’s describing a smart phone
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Oxxidation posted:sounds like it’s describing a smart phone Ohhhhhh, I was thinking plate like an actual metal plating or something.
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One of my favorite albums of the past few years was a black metal album with a heavy Eastern Orthodox aesthetic - the idea was basically "bands do the Satan thing all the time but Christianity has a ton of really dark themes that are also incredibly metal". This game gives me the same vibes and it kicks rear end
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garfield hentai posted:One of my favorite albums of the past few years was a black metal album with a heavy Eastern Orthodox aesthetic - the idea was basically "bands do the Satan thing all the time but Christianity has a ton of really dark themes that are also incredibly metal". This game gives me the same vibes and it kicks rear end It was Batushka, right? Hella good album. AngryRobotsInc posted:Started playing this morning, and as someone who grew up Catholic... Same. Honestly my main issue with the game is that it lacks a doublejump and that just feels... wrong. My second issue is that the Exposito boss fight is NOT against the giant eyeless baby itself directly. Other than that, this game is consuming my life. Both visuals and music are among the best I have seen in any platformer, and it easily takes the crown for most metal dang game from Slain, and it plays so much better, too.
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garfield hentai posted:One of my favorite albums of the past few years was a black metal album with a heavy Eastern Orthodox aesthetic - the idea was basically "bands do the Satan thing all the time but Christianity has a ton of really dark themes that are also incredibly metal". This game gives me the same vibes and it kicks rear end Catholicism, specifically in this case Spanish, has a large history of dark symbolism. This is specifically cited as an inspiration on the Kickstarter:  And the architecture of Seville. Catholicism, and Catholic imagery, is often used as shorthand for "Evil religion" but it's always the baby stuff like censers, priests and the pope, iconography, and the like. I've rarely seen use of the truly creepy stuff to this degree (NWS for skeletons in the images following).   I've always had an appreciation for the dark aspects of Catholic culture and symbology, so the aesthetic of this game is right up my alley.
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Sep 13, 2019 15:48
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So far idk if the game is actually that beautiful, it's a collection of a certain kind of imagery but so far none of it has cohered for me into something really memorable yet. I like the color palette though.
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Sep 13, 2019 15:52
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What does giving the thimble to the tree guy get me? I trekked all the way back down after finishing that area and gave it to him but he doesn't seem to want to talk to me anymore?
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municipal shrimp posted:What does giving the thimble to the tree guy get me? I trekked all the way back down after finishing that area and gave it to him but he doesn't seem to want to talk to me anymore? You might have done the bosses in the incorrect order? I got screwed out of the entire thing.
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Sep 13, 2019 17:50
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I don't know if it's actual boss order or a flat timer
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I got it back to him with him still alive, he took the thing, but he had a branch growing out his chest and after I gave it to him he didn't speak further. The Realm of the Fire Nuns took me awhile but was definitely my first boss, so it might just be a timer.
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Sep 13, 2019 18:31
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i came back after i gave him the thimble and i got an item, can't remember what tho. edit: it was a bead accessory.
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Sep 13, 2019 18:35
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How's the switch port? Super interested but i was burned a little on bloodstaineds shoddy port. Do love my gothic horror platformers though!
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Sep 13, 2019 18:40
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Anyone knows what to do at the bone books ?
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Kurtofan posted:i came back after i gave him the thimble and i got an item, can't remember what tho. Same here, maybe it was number of bosses after all.
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Night10194 posted:I got it back to him with him still alive, he took the thing, but he had a branch growing out his chest and after I gave it to him he didn't speak further. Leave and come back, the item will be there. Sometimes if an NPC won't talk to you anymore it's because you're done with their quest and you need to go to a different screen and return to finish it.
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Kurtofan posted:Anyone knows what to do at the bone books ? Get the bones listed, read the bones, obey the bones.
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Does anyone know what the Heart of the Unnamed Minstrel sword core does? The description is not very helpful. I do not know what the "Stop" refers to.
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Archenteron posted:Get the bones listed, read the bones, obey the bones. Thanks will do.
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CJacobs posted:Does anyone know what the Heart of the Unnamed Minstrel sword core does? The description is not very helpful. I do not know what the "Stop" refers to.
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Tiger Millionaire posted:How's the switch port? I'd like to know this too.
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Pharohman777 posted:lol, one of the remains you can find is that of a isekai protagonist. If that was the intention, then man, he must have had the grossest, scariest, most depressing harem ever.
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I think the bones are backer rewards
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Oldstench posted:I'd like to know this too. Ended up caving and so far it's been totally smooth, about an hour in. Excellent aesthetic and atmosphere, can already tell its going to be a favourite.
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these platforming sections are god awful. what the gently caress.
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I got some bad news for you then cause I feel like this game has a lot more platforming than fighting so far. I just finished the three bosses and now I'm about to go across the bridge.
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I am really, really bad at this game. I am powering through but I did end up with one of the "You done died here" things in a really inconvenient spot which was annoying.
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No Wave posted:these platforming sections are god awful. what the gently caress. Yeah I feel that both the ledge grab and the walljump mechanics are overly finicky and could use some polish. Other than that i'm quite enjoying the game so far.
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Cuntellectual posted:no not again after salt and sanctuary and death's gambit i've been hurt one too many times   someone tell me it's better than death's gambit e: My issues with S&S were that it was ugly as sin and it thought lore was a good replacement for story. My issue with Death's Gambit was that it was no fun to play. Bogart fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Sep 14, 2019 |
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Bogart posted:
I really enjoyed salt and sanctuary but was disappointed by death's gambit. I think this game is pretty cool so far.
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it would be nice if 95% of deaths didn't come from pits and spikes, when your character is good at fighting and crap at movement.
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I haven't really found the platforming controls clunky or anything like that, but a lot of my deaths have been to falling into pits/spikes. It's to be expected in a platforming game. However I will say that this game does have what I call "the Mega Man problem" where a whole lot of the jumps are exactly one Penitent One Maximum Jump Length wide/tall so you have no room for error- either you get the maximum jump from the edge of the platform or you're probably not gonna make it. The ledge grabbing solves this most of the time but there will be ungrabbable ones here and there and welp
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This is a game that I think would benefit from an lp by a person who knows their Catholicism extremely well.
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Definitely. Gimme a Bobbin Threadbare style LP of this game that goes over all of the crazy catholic pain and suffering that went into every pore of this thing.
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