It does, as long as you don't overkill the foe.
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It does, as long as you don't overkill the foe.
tintin1029
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Wait, when you say all units do you mean all units you can backstab/riposte already or just all the enemies ever. Cause I never actually used the hornet ring before.
Edit:nvm
BabeSlayer
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so if its an "overkill" it just does the normal animation? That is too bad it should be the other way around. I like the alternative way better....
If you're taking request, I'd like a large club two handed jump attack from an angle to see the full move
Preferably pancaking an assholish enemy like the anor londo gargoyles.
I've got one for ya.
Still open to more requests.
I might try redoing that one specifically because I want to see how it looks with motion blur turned on. The motion blur in this game is ace.
Bitmap Frogs
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I've got one for ya.
Still open to more requests.
I might try redoing that one specifically because I want to see how it looks with motion blur turned on. The motion blur in this game is ace.
Beautiful thank you!
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
GAF, i finally found it
Laurentius
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Nice! After 250 hours of playtime, I've still only seen one. (It was about 100 hours in at the time, too, and I had no idea what it was. Sure was a surprise.)
BabeSlayer
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ya what the heck is that thing I killed one earlier this week. Had no idea what it was.
solid mike
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What is that?
solid mike
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Wow, I've never heard of a vagrant before. Not even my friends have told me about this. Must be really rare.
tintin1029
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I heard it's when another player drops a certain item or humanity or whatever
lazorexplosion
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Finished!
The world and it's atmosphere is grand. I adore that minimalist style of storytelling that feels rich because leaves much to the player's interpretation while also letting the player get on with the gameplay.
The combat is very solid, with some absolutely glorious boss fights like Queelag and Ornstein and Smough though I was aching for more variety by the end. Because upgrade materials are handed out stingily unless you go back and grind and because right hand weapon slots are only two, I ended up using the same weapons for most of the game. I wish I had 4 slots so I could actually equip 2 melee weapons, a pyromancy glove and a bow at the same time for more variety instead of having one melee weapon and juggling the glove and bow. I also felt that blocking then attacking was too reliable, it was easy to fall into a repetitious pattern of doing that because moves to punish blocking are lacking.
The game falls off hard after Anor Londo though, with weak boss fights, less challenging enemies and worse areas. Getting to the end started to feel like a chore, which was disappointing. There's also a ton of stuff that is janky or pointlessly frustrating.
Still worth playing and watching for the sequel.
The world and it's atmosphere is grand. I adore that minimalist style of storytelling that feels rich because leaves much to the player's interpretation while also letting the player get on with the gameplay.
The combat is very solid, with some absolutely glorious boss fights like Queelag and Ornstein and Smough though I was aching for more variety by the end. Because upgrade materials are handed out stingily unless you go back and grind and because right hand weapon slots are only two, I ended up using the same weapons for most of the game. I wish I had 4 slots so I could actually equip 2 melee weapons, a pyromancy glove and a bow at the same time for more variety instead of having one melee weapon and juggling the glove and bow. I also felt that blocking then attacking was too reliable, it was easy to fall into a repetitious pattern of doing that because moves to punish blocking are lacking.
The game falls off hard after Anor Londo though, with weak boss fights, less challenging enemies and worse areas. Getting to the end started to feel like a chore, which was disappointing. There's also a ton of stuff that is janky or pointlessly frustrating.
Still worth playing and watching for the sequel.
Red Liquorice
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I think I'm in the minority here, but I've always equipped the bow in the left hand. I think it was only from watching yt videos that I realised most people equip it to the right hand. Just how I did it from the start, switching it over feels weird and gets me into trouble, so I stuck with it, except when I've a character with a buff spell.
BabeSlayer
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So does anyone have some extra souvenirs of reprisal I am so terrible at PVP it's so sad.... I really just want this miracle achievement.
Probably, what level and platform?
RockTurtle
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BabeSlayer
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I'm like 55 I think on Xbox 360. I would be in your debt forever.
Sorry, I only have the game for PC and PS3. You can farm the harpies in the painted world for the souvenirs.. it's not terrible.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
solid mike
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No healing during boss fights? Dang, I would do implement all your conditions except for that one because I don't think I can handle it.
Taking into account that he's using the Red Tearstone Ring, he doesn't want to heal
Yep. Lower my health to turn Red Tearstone Ring on, hope I can avoid getting hit.Taking into account that he's using the Red Tearstone Ring, he doesn't want to heal
I'll try recording Ornstein and Smough, if I ever actually beat them.
solid mike
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Taking into account that he's using the Red Tearstone Ring, he doesn't want to heal
I never knew that was what that ring was for. I love how I learn new shit everyday with Dark Souls.
BabeSlayer
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that ring + power within = bye bye bosses.
Laurentius
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Hyper mode is best mode.
Brilliant!
Ah so thats what those things are. I thought they were a "glitch" or bug in the game lol
Snacks the sober sea lion
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People weren't kidding about the huge drop off in quality at the end of the game. A boss who gets a dozen minions, an area composed entirely of recycled bosses, including the boss of the area itself, uninspired "dark cave" area with excessively difficult enemies who are actually easy to just run past, the gimmicky invisible pathways, and just giving every single boss a huge AoE attack.
I wouldn't consider the Tomb of the Giants a bad area, I thought it was awesome and terrifying.
Izalith/demon's ruins can eat a dick tho.
There's something I don't understand: how come you find the peculiar doll in the cell in the undead asylum? The key to the painted world is left there of all places, in the cell you wake up in to boot. It somehow got there in the time you were away. It's just weird and appears to make no sense at all, but I must be missing something.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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As a wimpy and agile character, I can't roll without flying off a cliff, there are weird dog-skeletons that can kill me instantly by flailing around, and it takes about 2 minutes to just run straight to the boss. The entire last section of the game seems focused on "big enemies, big damage" rather than any sort of finesse or interesting design.
Also,
I killed Stray Demon without much issue, but I have messed up dodging Firesage's vertical smash every single time. It's really agitating.
Yeah but when you're starting you don't know that or how to do it. Thats one of the things I think is cool is that theres this incredibly daunting area and once you've mastered it you learn that with practice you can get through it in 2 minutes.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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This is my first time in Tomb of the Giants. I just randomly ran around and got to the boss pretty easily, and now I know the route.
Another thing the late game loves to do: Have you take unavoidable fall damage. Why?
Another thing the late game loves to do: Have you take unavoidable fall damage. Why?
mickcenary
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Got the Titanite Catch Pole last night from the last Prowling Demon at the bottom of Sen's. Is it a guaranteed drop from him? I've heard accounts that claim so and not so.
Anyway! Dat R2. It's making me want to upgrade it fully, but being around SL65 and having a +13 Great Scythe already means that it'll probably be completely redundant outside of novelty value.
Anyway! Dat R2. It's making me want to upgrade it fully, but being around SL65 and having a +13 Great Scythe already means that it'll probably be completely redundant outside of novelty value.
tintin1029
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Two words: Fall Control
Morrigan Stark
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Wat? Other than Firesage which is just like Asylum and Stray, who is "recycled"?
Demon Ruins is just Kappa Demons and Ford Taurus Demons copy/pasted into the level. Glad they are there so I can farm for their Demon weapons when I am not in the Forest Cov so I can keep the Crystal Demon weapons on rotation. But, it's not a fun area, just run to the boss and ignore the enemies, that goes for a lot of the latter 1/3 of the game.
Morrigan Stark
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Oh, I thought he meant those areas's bosses were recycled. Well, Demon Ruins also has the giant acid-spewing centipede things, and the statue demons.
Laurentius
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I like fighting the Capra Demonas and Taurus Demons in Demon Ruins...not saying it's a great area, but I think having armies of those enemies was interesting. What was once a boss is now a typical enemy. Shows the progression you've made through the game.
Well, the Gargoyles, Capra Demon, and Quelaag are down. I got Quelaag on my first try, so I think I'm getting used to this hyper mode nonsense. Now I'm trying Sen's Fortress, but oh my God, I hate pendulums so much.
Edit: Finally at the top of Sen's Fortress. Let's see how Mr. Iron Golem likes some Red Tearstone.
Edit: Finally at the top of Sen's Fortress. Let's see how Mr. Iron Golem likes some Red Tearstone.
mickcenary
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Fixed.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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That's what it's supposed to feel like, but the leveling in Dark Souls isn't as radical as other RPG's, for one. You aren't an unstoppable god by the end of the game, get stuck in a corner with some skeletons and you're still done for without decent poise, which not every character will have. The Taurus Demon becomes easier because you know how to exploit him in the environment he's in. When you level him/ it up, there are now a dozen of him/ it, and all of your tricks (plunge attack, firebombs) are gone, that leveling doesn't mean anything. As a 1on1, of course you can still beat him, he'll take 3 hits with your superior gear at that point. The problem is that they just dumped literally a dozen or so of him in an area and if you aggro more than one or two, you might as well just run. I get the basic idea of wanting to let the player destroy early bosses with only a few hits, but the implementation was bad, which most people seem to agree on anyway.
Red Liquorice
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It reminds me of World 5 in Ghouls & Ghosts.
tintin1029
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you nailed it with that comparison
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