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this game is really good looking but the “next gen” aspect of the visuals for me is how clean it is. 4k, 60 fps, lots of visual effects, no aliasing, no obvious shortcomings. a ps4 game might look this good in a screenshot but i think the ps5 gen will be visually defined by pretty much every game running great
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ShoogaSlim posted:decided to pick this up as my second souls game after bloodborne. i knew it was supposed to be tough but i thought i would have a little bit of an upper hand having platinumed BB and gotten thru its DLC for the first time on NG+ but i was wrong! i wouldnt say its sacrilege since this is the first souls game to have a 60 fps initial console release, but i literally couldnt tell the difference graphically between cinematic and performance mode edit: and i have a good big tv
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Dec 29, 2020 18:23
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ShoogaSlim posted:the game does look great even in performance mode, but i think it has to do with what Harrow brought up above. the faint details in the distant objects just feel sharper which makes the overall image that much more presentable. i'll need to play in performance mode for longer than, like, 30 seconds to see if i dig it but yeah cinematic feels like the way to go for me so far if you stand perfectly still im sure those background details look nicer but the lower framerate makes them harder to see when youre actually playing the game
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Dec 29, 2020 19:10
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was reading through the original thread and this made me lol
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Dec 31, 2020 23:54
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henpod posted:Oh yeah, first time. So much so that I thought I just had to carry on after beating the Phalanx. You know, 1-1, then 1-2 and so on. So, I should just start at 2-1? I'm using the bastard sword right now. Which weapon should I be looking out for? And (if) I get through 2-1, then what? visit every archstone and decide for yourself which one seems easiest, theyre all difficult in completely different ways and they all have different benefits (1 has grasses, 2 has upgrade mats, 3 has spices, 4 has souls, 5 has, uhhhhh)
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Jan 4, 2021 17:55
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A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:poo poo, I almost forgot. also if you like the bastard sword save up 6000 souls and buy the claymore from this same merchant
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Jan 4, 2021 18:39
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anti magic field is hilarious in pvp
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Jan 5, 2021 05:38
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parrying is easier in this game than any other game with souls in the title but its still not necessary
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Jan 5, 2021 11:45
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henpod posted:Alright then, I will leave her my shiny telescope. they wont chase you so just ignore them
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Jan 6, 2021 17:55
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ive been invading 1-4 with moonlight greatsword and anti-magic field and i couldnt lose if i tried
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Jan 8, 2021 18:03
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Augus posted:I mean on the other hand the back half of Bloodborne is basically “oops! all Latria” and it’s loving incredible yeah the miyazaki-directed entries dont really have any of the derivative designs dark souls 2 and 3 do. dark souls 1’s main problem is that it was way too big for its britches
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Jan 8, 2021 20:48
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bows1 posted:found this thread again thanks to Beanpole you cant do pure white world tendency events unless you clear the game or get invaded and never lose to the invader, dont worry about it until ng+ imo
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Jan 9, 2021 03:32
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morallyobjected posted:umm unless he's been killed in body form he can do every single white tendency event just by beating all the bosses and leaving one of the archdemons alive (usually 1-4 is the standard one to do last) thats basically what i mean by “clearing the game”
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Jan 9, 2021 17:45
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henpod posted:Apparently I was supposed to find patches on all the scaffolding in 2-2? I found the dirty chap sitting on the floor but no patches...am I missing something important, I've looked all over, and he's not in the nexus either. patches will be in world 4-2 regardless
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Jan 9, 2021 20:00
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just go do another level and come back to it
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Jan 10, 2021 16:03
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Harrow posted:One of the things that makes the Meat Cleaver exceptionally strong is that it's one of the rare weapons that has inherent magic damage but can also be buffed with resins and spells. Cast Light Weapon on it for a real good time. shoutout to putting curse weapon on stuff
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Jan 11, 2021 01:09
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henpod posted:Oh, poo poo, I only have 12 dex. Ok. theres probably an alternate way past that statue but i dont know it because i roll through the arrows perfectly every time
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Jan 11, 2021 18:14
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henpod posted:I'm not gonna spoil this. If the game is gonna kill me in an unfair and funny way, so be it. you made the right choice. youre already asking way too many questions about a game that rewards intuition and exploration
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Jan 11, 2021 19:49
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just finished my third NG+ and on my fourth NG with the first character im going to take past level 120 (quality build,) i think this might be the least flawed fromsoft game. every single element combines to make an extremely coherent and intentional experience. all the little stat quirks have their place, theres nothing thats pointless or actively detrimental, even luck is a useful stat given the amount of farming you have to do for some of the rarer upgrade paths. im very impressed
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Jan 11, 2021 20:15
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just brainstorming here but this is my list of perceived flaws in the last bunch of fromsoft titles: demon’s soul’s: -maneaters -world tendency should improve jf you help someone beat a boss and get darker if you invade and kill someone -stairs leading up to old monk are always a nightmare dark soul’s: -capra demon’s dogs -bed of chaos -resistance stat -too many obtuse gameplay pranks (curse, drake sword, hidden bonfire at sen’s fortress) -bows are awful -fast roll breakpoint is too low -soft humanity is stupid -too hard to get a red eye orb -has a boss thats a dragon dark soul’s 2: -really awful animations -stamina is way too scarce -equip load is its own stat -estus heals too slow -estus animation is too long -parry and backstab are awful -designed to be annoyingly difficult -adaptability -schizophrenic illusory walls -unfarmable enemies -has a boss thats a dragon dark soul’s 3: -armor affects roll distance for some reason -weapon arts are half baked and either useless outside pvp or totally busted -impossible to invade anything other than large groups -magic/faith are way underpowered even compared to ds2 -luck is back but sucks -co-op system a step back from ds2 -story is completely incomprehensible -has a boss thats a dragon bloodborn: -not enough in-game information about weapon damage types like serrated, piercing, righteous, etc -not enough in-game info about breaking the bones of bosses -framerate issues -multiplayer is iffy -not enough blood gems outside the chalice dungeons -cant refresh zones by sitting at lamps -arcane tools shouldnt use bullets sekiro: -dragonrot is pointless -the same song plays every time you enter combat -CANT CHANGE CLOTHES!!!!!!! (until very recent dlc) -folding screen monkeys are stupid and boring -have to grind for hours to unlock all the weapon arts even after two ng+ cycles -weapon arts are terribly balanced -has a boss thats a dragon as you can see demon’s soul’s clearly has the fewest things to complain about
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Jan 11, 2021 21:22
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GutBomb posted:1: firestorm. Also don’t lock on. maneaters problem is that the ai is really bad and the arena sucks
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Jan 11, 2021 22:01
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Augus posted:sekiro's dragon boss was awesome, gently caress you and gently caress your stupid list!! the dragon boss in sekiro is awesome, i just wanted to be consistent
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Jan 11, 2021 22:02
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Tallgeese posted:There are literally two mechanics you can use in Dark Souls 2 to respawn enemies, one of which kills the respawn limit entirely. listen. you probably know more about the inner workings of dark souls 2 than anyone else on these forums. so please dont think im disrespecting you when i say: i dont care
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Jan 11, 2021 22:07
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morallyobjected posted:I don't know that I've killed an enemy fifteen times in any souls game in one playthrough, but it's stuff like this that doesn't make me sad that I never went and played any of the ones before Bloodborne (except for this one, which sort of doesn't count) dark souls 1 is really good
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Jan 12, 2021 00:28
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if you use firestorm as the old monk you should have your ps5 taken from you
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Jan 13, 2021 18:03
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Harrow posted:Incidentally, 16 Faith is nearly mandatory for any PvP build because it's what you need for Second Chance, so the Meat Cleaver's requirements aren't making you go too far out of your way (since 16 Faith is also what you need for the Meat Cleaver). im uncertain that second chance is more useful than anti-magic field, unless youre dueling
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Jan 15, 2021 03:06
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Kite Pride Worldwide posted:They are both really good, but Anti-Magic Field is obviously only good vs magic, while Second Chance is good always. No reason you can't get both swap them out as needed, though; while Second Chance is the obvious draw to getting 16 FTH, the other miracles are pretty good in their own right! true. but second chance is only good if you get hit
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Jan 15, 2021 03:11
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Harrow posted:It's for dueling, yeah. Most of the optimized SL 120-125 PvP builds people put together tend to be designed for dueling, and in the dueling scene, everyone uses Second Chance. But yeah, you could run Anti-Magic Field for invading instead, where you're not planning on a fair fight anyway. anti magic field is what makes it a fair fight imo
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Firstborn posted:Should I start by getting vit up to 30~ before attack/equip stats like in other Dark Souls? it’s not a bad idea
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Jan 19, 2021 14:21
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Bust Rodd posted:When attempting to Pwn the Blue Dragon, you can also wear a ring and equip a sword that make you do oodles of extra damage if you are below a certain HP threshhold, and I used both of those items to drramtically spped up the process. if you don't already have those items, the ring and the sword, getting them just requires some boss souls for the sword and the ring is just like a drop in 4-1 or 4-2 I think the ring is in front of the big arrow firing machine in 3-1
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Jan 19, 2021 18:51
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bows1 posted:Solo'd those goddamn Maneaters. Is their AI kinda screwy or just me? SOmetimes they'd just hover above me and we'd stare at each other until they decided to come down and fight. Like 20 seconds some times! their ai is completely broken
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Jan 19, 2021 19:06
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invading in a souls game has never been easier than with the foe’s ring & pure black character tendency & anti magic field
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Jan 20, 2021 03:16
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Bust Rodd posted:Help I beat the game using Spells and Firestorm for every boss and now I can’t beat any of them as a Temple Knight. I have all the items from 1-1, 2-1, 4-1, and 5-1 but I’ve only beat Phalanx. Not really sure what weapons I want to be using for best DPS. only the last boss requires any combat skill whatsoever
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Jan 27, 2021 15:26
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Bust Rodd posted:Old King Doran was an order of magnitude more difficult than probably any other boss in the game, for my Paladin. moonlight sword isnt a big dps weapon at any point, its mostly useful for doing pure magic damage and ignoring shields
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Feb 8, 2021 16:58
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:if you're a mage just firestorm them as they walk through the fog gate if you use firestorm or heal as the old monk youre a jerk
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Feb 16, 2021 22:51
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Eggnogium posted:Uh I guess I died in human form one too many times (2 times...) in Latria as now there’s nasty red guys on my boss run and everything one shots me. the only red guys that improve tendency are insanely difficult and theres only one of them per world and they dont respawn
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Feb 20, 2021 01:35
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Gort posted:I think I must have the world tendency system down wrong in my head. I had Valley of Defilement at Pure White and was off to do one of the Pure White World Tendency events when I fell off a cliff, in human form. it only changes when you return to the nexus
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Mar 1, 2021 00:53
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Crystalgate posted:You can escape that combo by switching weapon at the right time in the original game. Does it still work? yes
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Mar 6, 2021 22:27
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King Bahamut posted:How should I go about getting rid of the blue dragon in 1-4 if I happened to be under-spiced and got Biorr killed. Barring that, how do I do the boss run with it there? Just carry fire resist gear and switch out every time? the fire only has a hitbox when its coming out of his mouth
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insanity catalyst is good for builds that use magic primarily for weapon buffs
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