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[Edzi]

The mid-roll in DS1 isn't even bad, it's like Pat's forcing him into some warped idea of what he imagines DS1 pvp was like but for pve instead

Pat's problem is that he doesn't really know much about things he likes, but he convinces himself that he does because he likes them so much.

 

[MarioHead3]

Pat's problem is that he doesn't really know much about things he likes, but he convinces himself that he does because he likes them so much.

For sure, but as long as both of them enjoy themselves, I can't really complain.

Pat gonna Pat.

 

[Gestahl]

Pat's problem is that he doesn't really know much about things he likes, but he convinces himself that he does because he likes them so much.

"Can I ambush them back?"

"NO"

"That's bullshit!"

"YEAH IT IS"

Me: *turns hidden tree shrub into syrupy pulp with a Zwei r2 every time I go down that pathway*

 

[ArjanN]

What's the problem with the Drake Sword? He already knows it doesn't scale with your stats.

Let's be honest, it's a crutch that trivializes some of the earlier areas, sure the scaling means it eventually you have to change to something else, but it's basically a cheat until that point. not to mention Woolie is already 'overpowered' through his experience with the other games.

 

[VidulaSaix]

What's the problem with the Drake Sword? He already knows it doesn't scale with your stats.

Don't really care to go into it as I already did on the subreddit, but it basically makes the game too easy early on so that when you eventually have to switch off of it later on the game will feel like it gets a massive difficulty spike because you're not using an overpowered weapon for the relative zones anymore.

 

[Zocano]

Watch Woolie get the black knight halberd.

Goodbye, playthrough.

 

[Gestahl]

Don't really care to go into it as I already did on the subreddit, but it basically makes the game too easy early on so that when you eventually have to switch off of it later on the game will feel like it gets a massive difficulty spike because you're not using an overpowered weapon for the relative zones anymore.

Yeah, I nearly got fucked by the Drake sword on my first playthrough because I wasn't grinding shards for other weapons to compare it with and it was doing normal-looking damage till I got to like Blighttown or some place where every single standard enemy started taking 4 or 5 hits to die. Luckily I Mr. Bean'd my way through the Catacombs and found the Gravelord sword by happenstance along with a black knight great axe off a drop just when this was becoming apparent so my run was never as hampered as most newbies tended to suffer.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

not to mention Woolie is already 'overpowered' through his experience with the other games.

ha

 

[ArjanN]

ha

I know herp derp playing it wrong memes and all, but he definitely is compared to somone playing Dark Souls without having played the other games.

With the added advantage of Pat telling him where to go it's basically a speedrun compared to the average player who played it blind.

 

[MarioHead3]

Let's be honest, it's a crutch that trivializes some of the earlier areas, sure the scaling means it eventually you have to change to something else, but it's basically a cheat until that point. not to mention Woolie is already 'overpowered' through his experience with the other games.

Don't really care to go into it as I already did on the subreddit, but it basically makes the game too easy early on so that when you eventually have to switch off of it later on the game will feel like it gets a massive difficulty spike because you're not using an overpowered weapon for the relative zones anymore.

It's worked out fine for everyone else that played the game. I'm sure both of them are entirely aware that's a thing.

 

[VidulaSaix]

It's worked out fine for everyone else that played the game. I'm sure both of them are entirely aware that's a thing.

Things is though, for "everyone else" they weren't doing a Let's Play. I highly doubt Pat and Woolie want to waste an entire session in one zone having to refamiliarize themselves with the games difficulty.

 

[MarioHead3]

Things is though, for "everyone else" they weren't doing a Let's Play. I highly doubt Pat and Woolie want to waste an entire session in one zone having to refamiliarize themselves with the games difficulty.

They can edit stuff out where necessary. I don't think this is a super huge deal really. They'll be fine. The LP will be fine.

 

[Gestahl]

They can edit stuff out where necessary

This is a no troll zone

 

[KingKong]

its definitely annoying because I was looking forward to them fighting the boar and church knights, but we've still got the struggle that is Anor Londo and O&S

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Dark souls fans.

 

[MarioHead3]

This is a no troll zone

They edited out Woolie getting the Drake Sword. This isn't DSP we're talking about here.

 

[kewlmyc]

Pat trying to subtly tell Woolie about the hidden bonfire was so painfully cringey and took so long. I love it.

 

[Wiseblade]

People whining about Woolie abusing the Drake Sword are missing the fun. I want him to suffer that hard drop when he's forced to put it away and realises a few hours of easy mode have completely dulled his senses. I want to see him scream as he hits the brick wall.

 

[Matsukaze]

Pat trying to subtly tell Woolie about the hidden bonfire was so painfully cringey and took so long. I love it.

I can picture Woolie giving Pat the dirtiest look out of irritation during that bit. "Just tell me already, fucker" in a single glance.

 

[TC McQueen]

Oh great, another hour long Frog Fractions 2 video. No thanks.

 

[Order]

Nothing about this game seems good.

 

[Anung]

People whining about Woolie abusing the Drake Sword are missing the fun. I want him to suffer that hard drop when he's forced to put it away and realises a few hours of easy mode have completely dulled his senses. I want to see him scream as he hits the brick wall.

Considering how poorly he's doing with all these advantages he is going to get hit like a freight train when shit gets real.

*grabs popcorn*

 

[Rizzi]

He's doing pretty good for someone playing their first Souls game!

 

[Anung]

He's doing pretty good for someone playing their first Souls game!

This is like his fifth hahaha!

(Can't tell if Sarcasm)

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Oh great, another hour long Frog Fractions 2 video. No thanks.

Bear with me here, but watch from ~29 minutes to the end of that "game." Then skip to 41 minutes.

 

[Village]

they turned into the beard bros for a sec there in that video

 

[TC McQueen]

Bear with me here, but watch from ~29 minutes to the end of that "game." Then skip to 41 minutes.

At 41 minutes the video gets good, but that's about it. Pat's criticism of the game is on point.

 

[Imperfected]

At 41 minutes the video gets good, but that's about it. Pat's criticism of the game is on point.

You mean the, "You know what the best part of Frog Fractions is? It's fun[...]" part?

 

[Strimei]

This weird auto-text-moba thing is weird as hell.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I really hope they actually keep going with this and manage to find all the other minigames.

The text world thing is beyond infuriating, but the minigames are just stupid fun. There's a real time chess combat with cooldowns between moves, and they haven't come across the Dante's Inferno noir mystery yet I don't think, unless that was in the first episode.

It's worth it for the anger coming out of the screen and for the elation they feel when they uncover the weird shit. Although I'm not looking forward to them stumbling across the hardest puzzle in the game.

 

[Imperfected]

The text world thing is beyond infuriating, but the minigames are just stupid fun. There's a real time chess combat with cooldowns between moves, and they haven't come across the Dante's Inferno noir mystery yet I don't think, unless that was in the first episode.

It's supposed to be the computer game version of Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, actually. I know I'm showing my age by knowing that, since that's one of those games that came on floppy discs.

It's worth it for the anger coming out of the screen and for the elation they feel when they uncover the weird shit. Although I'm not looking forward to them stumbling across the hardest puzzle in the game.

I dunno, I think among the game's biggest problems is that it plants itself hard on its fucking face when it needs to stick the landing. That language puzzle bit is just atrocious.

 

[Rizzi]

This is like his fifth hahaha!

(Can't tell if Sarcasm)

It was.

 

[struggler_guts]

Just now getting around to paigebourne and although her salt and screaming are a little bothersome, I am genuinely enjoying watching her learn and improve.

 

[How About No]

I'm only a little bit in but I wish this is how the stock market worked in real life

 

[Menitta]

I just wrote a really confusing email about early builds as demos to the podcast. I'm really tired.

 

[Edzi]

Kinda seems like Liam is becoming a streamer. I'll definitely be following/supporting him.

 

[Menitta]

Liam's got a new Twitch.

I'm personally glad he'll be putting out content.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I'm glad they picked up the Drake Sword because I don't want to watch hours of them poking things that can die in a few swings.

 

[joe2187]

Watching pat play SFV on stream with paige.

"Hey Chat, does anyone know what being black gives me?"

 

[Edzi]

His stream page also says he's working on an independent game. Good for him.

 

[Menitta]

Holy shit the discord is already theory-crafting.

Amazing. Keep up the good work.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Watching them try to figure through the clicker/flappy bird segment was painful.

 

[MrHoot]

I hope Liam organises vita tourneys/get togethers for his stream. I'd love to play soul sacrifice or Freedom wars again with some people

 

[Wiseblade]

Okay, the discussion recently has me wondering: are people watching this channel expecting high level play? Or even semi-competent? I thought is was clear that the SBFP were about fail-throughs.

 

[Imperfected]

Okay, the discussion recently has me wondering: are people watching this channel expecting high level play? Or even semi-competent? I thought is was clear that the SBFP were about fail-throughs.

I expect only the best in Quantic Dream speedruns from the SBF.

 

[MrHoot]

Okay, the discussion recently has me wondering: are people watching this channel expecting high level play? Or even semi-competent? I thought is was clear that the SBFP were about fail-throughs.

It's always like that whenever they do/did a souls playthrough :^) I think what's funny or gets to people is that Pat kinda became the "Souls" guy of the channel despite him not being knowledgeable outside of the stuff he gets straight from Vaati, ENB or GermanSpy. Not that I mind, I really enjoy the DS1 playthrough. But it has always been pretty apparent, until recently where he started to talk more with Plague and he's more nuanced.

The amount of nitpicky stuff from the community tho is always funny. Yeah sure, he uses the drake sword. Or pat guides him too much. Honestly I prefer that rather than a painful crawl where we would barely get anywhere in one episode. We saw what it does to stuff like Bloodborne, dubbed Snailborne, due to the extreme caution on display

 

[Wiseblade]

I expect only the best in Quantic Dream speedruns from the SBF.

Well, that's an exception. They live in the Cage now.

It's always like that whenever they do/did a souls playthrough :^) I think what's funny or gets to people is that Pat kinda became the "Souls" guy of the channel despite him not being knowledgeable outside of the stuff he gets straight from Vaati, ENB or GermanSpy. Not that I mind, I really enjoy the DS1 playthrough. But it has always been pretty apparent, until recently where he started to talk more with Plague and he's more nuanced.

The amount of nitpicky stuff from the community tho is always funny. Yeah sure, he uses the drake sword. Or pat guides him too much. Honestly I prefer that rather than a painful crawl where we would barely get anywhere in one episode. We saw what it does to stuff like Bloodborne, dubbed Snailborne, due to the extreme caution on display

I'm not just talking about Souls, I mean everything. Whatever the game is it seems there's someone saying "I can't believe they aren't doing X!" by the third hour.

 

[ArjanN]

It's worked out fine for everyone else that played the game. I'm sure both of them are entirely aware that's a thing.

Things is though, for "everyone else" they weren't doing a Let's Play. I highly doubt Pat and Woolie want to waste an entire session in one zone having to refamiliarize themselves with the games difficulty.

My issue wasn't that they'd have to adjust to the game getting harder again, but more that the earlier areas are just boring if you can kill everything that quickly, so you're just making those areas less entertaining for yourself.

 

[TC McQueen]

Liam's got a new Twitch.

I'm personally glad he'll be putting out content.

That's actually his old Twitch, which he stopped using like two years ago after a few streams.

 

[zeemumu]

Don't really care to go into it as I already did on the subreddit, but it basically makes the game too easy early on so that when you eventually have to switch off of it later on the game will feel like it gets a massive difficulty spike because you're not using an overpowered weapon for the relative zones anymore.

This won't happen if he has a weapon readily available to switch to.