Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Man, I want to see Dan fight against Old King allant now.
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Giant Bomb #13 | good and faithful friends ahead
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skLaFarebear
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CONGRATS DAN!!! I'm really glad he enjoyed BB.
Now sleep for that 10k.
Now sleep for that 10k.
Glitchesarecool
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*with help
skLaFarebear
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He pulled that last trigger like a true boss.
skLaFarebear
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We need more Dan streams.
Since I don't plan on getting Witcher 3, I hope he streams that.
Edit: nvm, apparently he doesn't like Witcher.
Since I don't plan on getting Witcher 3, I hope he streams that.
Edit: nvm, apparently he doesn't like Witcher.
Still disappointed that he's so quick to summon people. Tries like 2 or 3 times before he just gets people to carry him through a fight. Multiple people in a fight absolutely destroys boss design and you can just backstab fight your way through every fight that way.
edit: Also Gherman, Father G, and Martyr are all incredibly easy to parry and I'd argue that they should be harder to parry (that is fewer attacks that you can parry-- and these attacks they'd have to do very very infrequently).
edit: Also Gherman, Father G, and Martyr are all incredibly easy to parry and I'd argue that they should be harder to parry (that is fewer attacks that you can parry-- and these attacks they'd have to do very very infrequently).
skLaFarebear
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He has a 10k run early in the morning and didn't feel like grinding for more blood echos if he died. I don't blame him for just wanting it to end, and he still did the toughest part of the fight on his own.
I get the feeling of "just getting it over with" but I don't agree with it. I've disagreed with him summoning for every boss that he has summoned for (even Ebietras). I'm one to think you shouldn't summon for a boss unless you've already beaten it before but I'm also the kind to just say "git gud, scrub".
skLaFarebear
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I'm exactly the same, except I only feel that way for myself. If people enjoy summoning for fights or are at the point where they'll just drop the game otherwise (which I honestly don't think this game is actually that hard enough to do), then they're more than welcome to do what they want. Those options exist for a reason.
Mmmmmm
Yah. I know that's the right way to approach this situation and I would typically agree that you should just enjoy the game however you want (as long as it doesn't hurt other people such as hacking) buuuuuuuuuuuuut
in this specific case I'm an elitist prick and think everyone should git gud.
edit: And even more specifically that final boss fight because I think it's an amazing fight that deserves to be won by the skin of your teeth.
Basileus777
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What is there to "agree" with? He's playing the game the way he wants to.
The cape was shown in the last Direct. I hope the maximum level size turns out to be decent so the cape isn't useless.
I don't approve of the way he chose to play. Seems like he's not being patient with the fights and just trying to get them done (every time I've seen him try these fights) as fast as possible and circumventing the challenge.
I'm basing my response off of Skalerbear's response to what I originally said?
Didn't want to spend time farming echoes for vials and stuff cause he had something to do tomorrow morning so instead he just summoned for the boss to get it over with.
And when he fought Ebietras he just chose to summon for her after 3-4 attempts.
Like I said, I'm an elitist prick and don't think people should get an easy out for any of the bosses. Either spend the time to beat them or don't and play a different game.
Basileus777
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Play the way I approve of or don't play at all? And people wonder why souls fans have a reputation.
BreezyLimbo
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Jeff was right that it's not super hard, but it's incredibly fair. And that souls fans over estimate how hard the games are.
Except when the game gives you the option to beat the game how you want to beat it? For a game series that is all about goosing the system and beating it however you can with whatever strategy you have at your disposal, fans of these games are damned determined to have a "correct" way of beating these games.
ScottSullivan
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If the devlopers didnt want people to summon on boss fights when they were stuck they wouldnt have allowed it
Like I said, I'm very aware of the elitism in my viewpoint. Won't change my mind about thinking that everyone should be able to survive the meat grinder.
I'm well aware the systems are there to help. I'll still think that anyone that does has circumvented the challenge of the fight.
well at least you're self aware, but what skin off your back is it that someone else gets to enjoy a thing they want to play
I dunno. I get disappointed when people don't put in the effort to overcome the challenge. I understand it's a time commitment that some can't afford but it is still disappointing to me nonetheless.
edit: Especially when I find it so personally rewarding to overcome said challenge.
It becomes strange to me when people don't put themselves through that meat grinder.
CoolBatteryCharge
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At this point, the people complaining about Souls elitists are coming off worse than the Souls elitists. He's not demanding Dan play through the game again to do it "right" or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmYLrxR0Y8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmYLrxR0Y8
Basileus777
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He said he should play a different game, which is functionally the same.
CoolBatteryCharge
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I'm actually against (or on?) both sides of the argument. Everyone will have their philosophies and playstyles about these games. It's ok to exploit what the developer allows you to do and it's also ok to be disappointed when people do that since challenge is the series focus.
This guy gets it.
chaobreaker
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Watching Dan and Jason play Soul Calibur reminded me of the hours spent on Soul Calibur 2. Seems like 2 is better than 1 in every way so I'm wondering why Dan and his college buddies didn't move on to that game.
Anyway, how did Jason make Lizardman appear all the time in that Soul Calibur opening?
Anyway, how did Jason make Lizardman appear all the time in that Soul Calibur opening?
His whole "gotta go fast" attitude was bizarre because he supposedly really likes the game, but just not enough to actually play the content? Summoning at a boss or sprinting through an area after dying once is maybe a lame thing to do depending on who you are, but he basically did his best to not get another umbilical cord. I mean, the point of playing the game is to experience the content. It's basically an extra boss fight for no charge and you've already come this far. You know that game you like? Here's some more of it for you!
...I don't know, that really annoyed me for some reason.
...I don't know, that really annoyed me for some reason.
Twin Tails
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Dan has always liked anime though
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Man, with the announcement of MPP4 I went back to look at the highlights of MPP2 and goddamn it was sooooo good. Brad's bowser ray play, jump rope, cake factory, thwomp in a car and dan's Apollo realisation are iconic moments in giantbomb history.
Hope MPP4 lives up to it.
Hope MPP4 lives up to it.
TheMadMan007
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BreezyLimbo
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MPP4 is going to suck, I can feel it shiver in me bones. I preemptively agree with whatever Dan will say about it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah, Brad just went too far into "not giving a fuck" that saps most of the energy from the show.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
no I just hate monster hunter
tried playing it way back when
it was sooooo damn boring and stupid
BreezyLimbo
Banned
wait we're not talking about the monster hunter story thing? fuck me I thought that's what we were talking about
All that time spent playing that toddler game for children has left your mind numb and dull, you should try and improve it by playing a cool game for cool people such as WWF No Mercy on the Nintendo 64.
We're getting a new Mario Party video soon? Did Dan say something during his Bloodborne stream?
Where will MMP5 fit into this rating system of yours?
Dan am L337.
CoolBatteryCharge
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It was Giant Bomb Youtube comments that got me to stop caring about the comments section, but it's good to look at for a laugh every once in a while.
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