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[Incandenza]

I was real close to dropping Dark Souls 3 but it pulled me back in now that I'm at Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and there are actually interesting environments instead of the slog of poison swamp into even swampier, more poisonous swamp into grey catacombs. I don't know why they always insist on putting "the floor is made of poison" areas into these games. It's never a fun mechanic.

 

[UpsideDownAce]

I was real close to dropping Dark Souls 3 but it pulled me back in now that I'm at Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and there are actually interesting environments instead of the slog of poison swamp into even swampier, more poisonous swamp into grey catacombs. I don't know why they always insist on putting "the floor is made of poison" areas into these games. It's never a fun mechanic.

I liked it the first time they did it in demon's souls in the valley of defilement. It made sense in that setting. After that, I've been totally over it.

Man, now I want to replay demon's souls.

 

[Milijango]

I was real close to dropping Dark Souls 3 but it pulled me back in now that I'm at Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and there are actually interesting environments instead of the slog of poison swamp into even swampier, more poisonous swamp into grey catacombs. I don't know why they always insist on putting "the floor is made of poison" areas into these games. It's never a fun mechanic.

I dig the tree dudes in the swamp, but the Catacombs of Carthus (and its attached optional area) might be the nadir of the Souls series. It's been done before, but here it is again, more drab than ever. At least it's a good foil to Irithyll, which is stunning.

 

[Mr. F]

That's bizarre. On one hand I get it because it runs poorly on the Wii U, but now that we're on the other side, Nintendo barely justified the entire ethos behind the Wii U.

I'm just mad there was no make good on "put the damn thing on the ground and swing a golf ball into your tv"

 

[Coketruck]

I'm just mad there was no make good on "put the damn thing on the ground and swing a golf ball into your tv"

No, that happened in the Wii Sports re-release for WiiU. The golf game had that feature.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

No, that happened in the Wii Sports re-release for WiiU. The golf game had that feature.

Holy crap that's a thing that happened.

*googles*

Holy crap it's expensive and considered rare.

 

[Coketruck]

Holy crap that's a thing that happened.

*googles*

Holy crap it's expensive and considered rare.

I didn't realize they put out a disk release for that. I just downloaded the golf and bowling/tennis games.

 

[bomma_man]

You can't even type using the touchscreen in the Wii u version lol

 

[Piston Hyundai]

You can't even type using the touchscreen in the Wii u version lol

dat parity

 

[Zornack]

Why does my horse keep running into trees and stopping. Isn't there supposed to be horse anti-tree tech?

 

[Megasoum]

Anybody having issues with Tweetdeck right now? I can't seem to connect at all right now.

 

[Twin Tails]

https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/838268493824933888

 

[Ketch]

So... just finished watching drews last upf.

I've come to this crushing realization, and I hate to break it to you guys, but...... giant bomb is over.

It's just not giant bomb anymore. It was kinda hanging on for awhile, kind of... but it's just so done at this point.

RIP

 

[Rickenslacker]

The Giant Bomb crew ribbing Jeff B over CNET things is becoming one of my favourite parts of the Beastcast.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

So... just finished watching drews last upf.

I've come to this crushing realization, and I hate to break it to you guys, but...... giant bomb is over.

It's just not giant bomb anymore. It was kinda hanging on for awhile, kind of... but it's just so done at this point.

RIP

oh, relax

all they have to do is find decent replacements for the two people who helped the site bounce back after we lost Ryan

how hard can that be

 

[TraBuch]

Shitshitshit. I've fallen down the WoW hole again. I thought I finally permanently broke away four years ago.

 

[ScottSullivan]

The Giant Bomb crew ribbing Jeff B over CNET things is becoming one of my favourite parts of the Beastcast.

The best part was when Vinny tried to give Jeff some props asking what type of things he was still writing for Cnet, and he was just like, "Nope don't write anything!"

 

[Heckler456]

Anybody having issues with Tweetdeck right now? I can't seem to connect at all right now.

Yuup

Shitshitshit. I've fallen down the WoW hole again. I thought I finally permanently broke away four years ago.

If you're anything like me, you'll see the light again soon enough.

Around the launch of the latest expansion, I was like "I feel like fucking raiding again!", and went full-hog into the game again. A couple of weeks later, and it became a slog again.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Shitshitshit. I've fallen down the WoW hole again. I thought I finally permanently broke away four years ago.

Welcome Home

To be fair, Legion is really good. Really, really good.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I just went through the fucking craziest chain of events in zelda holy shit.

This game man,

 

[Twin Tails]

So... just finished watching drews last upf.

I've come to this crushing realization, and I hate to break it to you guys, but...... giant bomb is over.

It's just not giant bomb anymore. It was kinda hanging on for awhile, kind of... but it's just so done at this point.

RIP

It is the end, isn't it? We might as well cancel our subs and start watching Kinda Funny.

 

[Tubobutts]

It is the end, isn't it? We might as well cancel our subs and start watching Kinda Funny.

Death first

 

[Antiwhippy]

oh, relax

all they have to do is find decent replacements for the two people who helped the site bounce back after we lost Ryan

how hard can that be

Dan is still an employee of Giantbomb ya know.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Why do you people always forget Jason

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

I just went through the fucking craziest chain of events in zelda holy shit.

This game man,

I'm curious. What happened?

 

[Twin Tails]

Why do you people always forget Jason

Who

 

[Jintor]

I just went through the fucking craziest chain of events in zelda holy shit.

This game man,

storytime storytime!

i stole a skeleton goblin's

Spoiler

skeletal horse and tried to register it but the guy wouldn't let me and it melted when the sun came up.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I'm curious. What happened?

Well,

Spoiler

one thing led to another after finishing a side quest, and i climbed up a cliff only to discover more land beyond. I saw a post of the world that looked more tropical, so i glided over. There was a thunderstorm as I'm trying to travel across this place broken up by waterfalls, only to have a GODDAMN ELECTRO DRAGON APPEAR. i tried jumping on it but died because i keep bouncing off it, decided to just leave him alone and watch him go his merry way. I climbed up a cliff, and then saw a huge sky vortex where the dragon flew back into to go back to wherever he was, then at the top of the cliff i met a centaur that is way too hard for me, so i peaced out.

Does anyone know what's up with that dragon yet?

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

Well,

Spoiler

one thing led to another after finishing a side quest, and i climbed up a cliff only to discover more land beyond. I saw a post of the world that looked more tropical, so i glided over. There was a thunderstorm as I'm trying to travel across this place broken up by waterfalls, only to have a GODDAMN ELECTRO DRAGON APPEAR. i tried jumping on it but died because i keep bouncing off it, decided to just leave him alone and watch him go his merry way. I climbed up a cliff, and then saw a huge sky vortex where the dragon flew back into to go back to wherever he was, then at the top of the cliff i met a centaur that is way too hard for me, so i peaced out.

Does anyone know what's up with that dragon yet?

I discovered it a few hours ago.

Spoiler

Taking a picture of it gives you the description that says it only appears at Lake Hylia and Lake Floria (might be getting this second one wrong, but there are two lakes). Around half an hour ago, I tried to upgrade my Champions outfit to level 3 and it required two pieces of that dragon's horn.

EDIT: Adding to that

Spoiler

I'm gonna feel really bad to fight it because the description also said that even though its electricity will probably kill you, it doesn't want to harm people.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I discovered it a few hours ago.

Spoiler

Taking a picture of it gives you the description that says it only appears at Lake Hylia and Lake Floria (might be getting this second one wrong, but there are two lakes). Around half an hour ago, I tried to upgrade my Champions outfit to level 3 and it required two pieces of that dragon's horn.

EDIT: Adding to that

Spoiler

I'm gonna feel really bad to fight it because the description also said that even though its electricity will probably kill you, it doesn't want to harm people.

You can take pictures outside of the default switch thing?

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

You can take pictures outside of the default switch thing?

When you get the camera rune, your Sheikah Slate acts like an in-game camera for you to take pictures of enemies, items, landmarks, etc to fill out your compendium. You can then set one of them to your radar to replace searching for Shrines to searching for whatever you have in the photo.

Spoiler

You can also flip the camera around to take selfies and use the left stick to change Link's emotions for them.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

I was real close to dropping Dark Souls 3 but it pulled me back in now that I'm at Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and there are actually interesting environments instead of the slog of poison swamp into even swampier, more poisonous swamp into grey catacombs. I don't know why they always insist on putting "the floor is made of poison" areas into these games. It's never a fun mechanic.

Agreed. It's horrendously boring and unfun.

 

[Antiwhippy]

At least in nioh you could destroy the source of poison and they won't respawn.

 

[Lunar FC]

I'm going to need y'all nerds friend codes.

 

[Catvoca]

At least in nioh you could destroy the source of poison and they won't respawn.

Dark Souls 2 actually has an area like that.

 

[HappenstanceUK]

I'm going to need y'all nerds friend codes.

0880-9543-6801

Also, I just got to my first motion control shrine trial. I hate motion controls as it is but combine them with having to move the screen as well and it's complete bullshit!

 

[Death Metalist]

I'm going to need y'all nerds friend codes.

SW-1132-7468-1619

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I'm fucking terrified to even touch my Switch. Everywhere I go I read "Oh this breaks, and this scratches and this is totally loose" and I feel like I almost have to pry those Joy Cons off with a crowbar (yes, I do press those buttons).
Now I know how a mother must feel. Everything is trying to kill my Switch.

Oh, my code is: SW-1937-7697-6572

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

If you have troubles with touching your Switch for more than 3 hours, please consult a medical professional.

 

[Death Metalist]

Honestly, I was only worried about the screen but after getting the HORI screen protector

 

[Fantastapotamus]

If you have troubles with touching your Switch for more than 3 hours, please consult a medical professional.

I was hoping it would touch me back at some point. I paid good money for it.

 

[broncobuster]

Mine got minor scuffs on the bezel from using the dock. I added electrical tape to prevent more, but now that I have my pro pad I'm good leaving the Switch in the dock. An aside, the Switch pro pad is considerably better than using any variation of the joycons.

 

[Lunar FC]

I'm fucking terrified to even touch my Switch. Everywhere I go I read "Oh this breaks, and this scratches and this is totally loose" and I feel like I almost have to pry those Joy Cons off with a crowbar (yes, I do press those buttons).
Now I know how a mother must feel. Everything is trying to kill my Switch.

Oh, my code is: SW-1937-7697-6572

Now just imagine you have moderate to severe OCD and can't stand imperfections. But also hate to put cases on anything. Lots of anxiety.

My Google Pixel is still flawless doe, been 2 months.

 

[Meguro]

I just got to the real first town in Zelda and I'm overwhelmed. There's soooo much stuff to do in this friggin game!
Friendcode for the curious: SW-6681-3277-0610

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Now just imagine you have moderate to severe OCD and can't stand imperfections. But also hate to put cases on anything. Lots of anxiety.

My Google Pixel is still flawless doe, been 2 months.

While looking scratches and other imperfections on my stuff actually make me itchy, I wouldn't call it an OCD in my case. It's not bad enough to call it an actual OCD

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

I was hoping it would touch me back at some point. I paid good money for it.

I don't Nintendo approves of such games.

 

[Tubobutts]

I don't Nintendo approves of such games.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Fire Emblem used to be a really cool series you guys.
Now it's one of those "NONO I play it for the strategy! There is really a strategy part to this!" kinda games

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Is this how flirting works?

 

[Tubobutts]

Is this how flirting works?

Yeah you rub your stick on their face until the notes and hearts come out.