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[Chance Hale]

We've come a long way since Blighttown. Never had anything like that in Bloodborne.

Instead it just stutters 80% of the time.

 

[freshVeggie]

I grinded quite a bit in Dark Souls 1 to get all magic spells and faith miracles, esp. Lightning ones. So worth it. They were badass and just so much fun to use.

Fast-forward to Dark Souls 2. Magic, Pyro and Miracles were too weak to justify maining them and thus not anywhere near fun as is DS1. Made myself a lightning GS and maxed it out and pretty much used it for the whole game.

Big difference to DS1 how Pyro was OP and in DS2 sucked. Never could get into magic in neither. Not sure if it was the long casting times or something else.

 

[Anteater]

blightown was like one of the best levels that was ruined by the framerate judging by how many people hating it

that's how bad the framerate was

that level rocks, it was one of the best levels in the game

 

[JustLynx]

Free X-Blades here http://www.dlh.net/en/profile

 

[YianGaruga]

yeah slowly walking through poisoned mud is great

 

[Anteater]

yeah slowly walking through poisoned mud is great

hey there was an item that makes you walk faster in the water

i was talking about the level design before the lame water part

 

[Dsyndrome]

blightown was like one of the best levels that was ruined by the framerate judging by how many people hating it

that's how bad the framerate was

that level rocks, it was one of the best levels in the game

Brought back bad memories of the Valley of Defilement and Plague Babies, wouldn't wish them on anyone.

Back on Steam, y'all should get Age of Decadence. Like others have said, best dialogue options in a game period.

 

[Maniac]

hey there was an item that makes you walk faster in the water

i was talking about the level design before the lame water part

Yeah, I loved falling down and dying constantly cause of wonky camera collision and janky controls.

Blighttown is hella great.

It only made me murder half my family, not all of it!

 

[Ludens]

Seriously? I don't know about BB, but DS1 literally drops into the 1x FPS range at multiple points throughout the game on console. I really find that that makes a huge difference in how playable it is, compared to the smooth 60 of DS2 on PC.

Yeah, the game had massive drops, expecially in some points, but I had no problem with that. I mean, Yakuza Dead Souls reaches single digit framerate way too often, still I found it fully playable. I also played Witcher 2 on 640x480 and I had drops too, but it was not an awful experience.

Yeah, I loved falling down and dying constantly cause of wonky camera collision and janky controls.

Blighttown is hella great.

It only made me murder half my family, not all of it!

You can turn the visual with right stick

 

[Anteater]

Yeah, I loved falling down and dying constantly cause of wonky camera collision and janky controls.

Blighttown is hella great.

It only made me murder half my family, not all of it!

pssh git gud

I mean like if you're complaining about wonky camera and janky controls than that's the game's fault and not the level lol

 

[Leafhopper]

yeah slowly walking through poisoned mud is great

The swamp wans't even that bad to be honest.

The enemies out in the swamp itself werent that hard.

 

[Benedict]

edit: wrong thread.

 

[YianGaruga]

also mosquitoes

who doesnt like those?

 

[impact]

Yeah, I loved falling down and dying constantly cause of wonky camera collision and janky controls.

Blighttown is hella great.

It only made me murder half my family, not all of it!

maybe The Witcher 3 is the game for you my friend

if you're constantly dying cause of the camera in Souls you need to git gud or go back to casual RPGs.

 

[Leafhopper]

also mosquitoes

who doesnt like those?

Those were easy too. Just keep your eyes open.

Yian quit being a baby.

 

[Jawmuncher]

You can't complain about blight town unless you played on PS3 with that 10fps

 

[thesaucetastic]

I appreciate the Broforce ending where the president

Spoiler

introduces you to Jesus, and you and he go to live in Texas together

.

Also this:

Spoiler

 

[Anteater]

You can't complain about blight town unless you played on PS3 with that 10fps

I played through it on ps3

I still think people hate it because of the framerate, I enjoyed it, I thought everything else (other than the swamp) was good

ok fine the poison darts and those dogs or whatever sucks too

 

[Maniac]

maybe The Witcher 3 is the game for you my friend

if you're constantly dying cause of the camera in Souls you need to git gud or go back to casual RPGs.

Ah yes. Git gut casual scrub; the best way to defend wanky game design. lol

 

[YianGaruga]

Those were easy too. Just keep your eyes open.

Yian quit being a baby.

I don't actually hate blighttown that much

but its still the worst area in the game

I pretty much speedrun through it in my replays, same with the gutter in ds2

I'm pretty sure they're intentionally designed to not be fun

 

[Durante]

Blighttown is a pretty neat area IMHO. Far better than most of the areas in the second half of DS1.

Back on Steam, y'all should get Age of Decadence. Like others have said, best dialogue options in a game period.

I fully agree with the first part -- AoD is unique and great and everyone should get it. Not the second though, because Planescape: Torment is a thing that exists.

 

[Leafhopper]

Still think the upper parts of Blighttown is harder and more annoying than the actual swamp. That's me though.

I don't actually hate blighttown that much

but its still the worst area in the game

I pretty much speedrun through it in my replays, same with the gutter in ds2

Oh yeah I agree. It is still probably the worse. Well 2nd worse for me I think the worse is personally Tomb of the Giants.

 

[Ludens]

I fully agree with the first part. Not the second though, because Planescape: Torment is a thing that exists.

True. I still need to find better dialogues than Planescape. It was just a pleasure explore all dialogue lines. Otherwise in Pillars I just skipped all optional memory from NPCs you meet, they were well written but just boring to read.

 

[Anteater]

Still think the upper parts of Blighttown is harder and more annoying than the actual swamp. That's me though.



Oh yeah I agree. It is still probably the worse. Well 2nd worse for me I think the worse is personally Tomb of the Giants.

second half of dark souls was laaame and that includes tomb of the giants

 

[YianGaruga]

While were talking about DS, I always wondered why the crystal caves had these invisible bridges

it's not really difficult, just weird

 

[impact]

second half of dark souls was laaame and that includes tomb of the giants

TotG is legit awful. I'm so glad they removed the original torch idea from DS2 for that reason alone. Not being able to see shit is bad game design, Blighttown is great game design. The only reason to hate on Blighttown is if you only played the console versions.

 

[Anteater]

While were talking about DS, I always wondered why the crystal caves had these invisivle bridges

it's not really difficult, just weird

I used my firebombs to get through that area lol

I had a lot of firebombs

 

[Ludens]

TotG is legit awful. I'm so glad they removed the original torch idea from DS2 for that reason alone. Not being able to see shit is bad game design, Blighttown is great game design. The only reason to hate on Blighttown is if you only played the console versions.

This reminds me of Witcher 1, I entered a cave, it was pitch dark and something killed me. Luckily they fixed this in Witcher 2 and 3.

 

[Maniac]

TotG is legit awful. I'm so glad they removed the original torch idea from DS2 for that reason alone. Not being able to see shit is bad game design, Blighttown is great game design. The only reason to hate on Blighttown is if you only played the console versions.

I did.

And then on PC with KB+M.

I love pain

 

[fantomena]

Just finished the test (took out the bosses). Very nice. Way better than DS2 which I thought was mediocre.

Uploading a 35 min or so gameplay of me with both SP and MP to show how much I suck. I did sadly not record me killing the 2 bosses, but oh well.

 

[impact]

I did.

And then on PC with KB+M.

I love pain

Well then now your comment makes more sense. M/KB is garbage in Souls games. Pad is the only way to go for action games in general though.

 

[Durante]

Pad is the only way to go for action games in general though.

There are plenty of "action games" which play perfectly well on mouse/kb. And a few explicitly designed for it which play marvelously.

Dark Souls just isn't one of them.

 

[InfiniteNine]

There are plenty of "action games" which play perfectly well on mouse/kb. And a few explicitly designed for it which play marvelously.

Yeah someone hasn't seen DMC4 on keyboard only and Rising is pretty good about it's controls as well as allowing new possibilities due to speed.

 

[Leafhopper]

Well then now your comment makes more sense. M/KB is garbage in Souls games. Pad is the only way to go for action games in general though.

Actually I am playing through it again with Mousefix.

I prefer playing Dark Souls with Mouse and Keyboard now rather than my controller.

I find it more fun than when I played on my controller.

 

[impact]

There are plenty of "action games" which play perfectly well on mouse/kb. And a few explicitly designed for it which play marvelously.

You could say the same thing about FPS on pads.

M/KB is always better though. Every time.

 

[Buraindo]

wtf are you doing in dark souls 2 Ornstein

Pointless fanservice that's what he's doing there.

Spoiler

Didn't even bother to put his armour in the game.

I grinded quite a bit in Dark Souls 1 to get all magic spells and faith miracles, esp. Lightning ones. So worth it. They were badass and just so much fun to use.

Fast-forward to Dark Souls 2. Magic, Pyro and Miracles were too weak to justify maining them and thus not anywhere near fun as is DS1. Made myself a lightning GS and maxed it out and pretty much used it for the whole game.

Big difference to DS1 how Pyro was OP and in DS2 sucked. Never could get into magic in neither. Not sure if it was the long casting times or something else.

It was fun to send enemies flying with Sunlight Spear in DS1.
Pyro was in dire need of some balancing true. I like how it's better in DSII if you're a caster but it's so bad in terms of effectiveness compared to something like Hexes that there's really not that much reason to use it.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Random Particula key:

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[The Red Wizard]

Yep, not really a problem (I play Witcher 3 30 fps capped and it's awesome), just a curiosity because DS2 on PC was 60 while BB was 30, since this engine seems very BB-ish (I don't know if it's the same engine of DS2), I was curious because of this.

BB can barely handle 30, that's why it wasn't at 60.

 

[freshVeggie]

It was fun to send enemies flying with Sunlight Spear in DS1.
Pyro was in dire need of some balancing true, I like how it's better in DSII if you're a caster, but it's now so bad in terms of effectiveness compared to something like Hexes that there's really not that much reason to use it.

Oh man, totally forgot about hexes. They were a really great addition. Super fast cast times with generally great damage output. Used them extensively going up to the

Spoiler

Ancient Dragon

; in my game and so much more as a friendly summon.

 

[Parsnip]

Yeah, Blighttown isn't that bad.
It's better than most things after Lord Vessel.

 

[freshVeggie]

Yeah, Blighttown isn't that bad.
It's better than most things after Lord Vessel.

Kiln of the First Flame though. Cried internally at its glory on my first sight.
Duke's Archives though, so unique.
To be honest, Lost Izalith was the actual huge letdown.

 

[impact]

people that played Lost Izalith before the nerf are the ones who know true pain

that was probably the most bullshit I've ever seen in one level in my 20 years of gaming

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Yeah and now you are making shit up. You guys can stay to yourself.

Leaf.

 

[Buraindo]

Oh man, totally forgot about hexes. They were a really great addition. Super fast cast times with generally great damage output. Used them extensively going up to the

Spoiler

Ancient Dragon

; in my game and so much more as a friendly summon.

Kiln of the First Flame though. Cried internally at its glory on my first sight.
Duke's Archives though, so unique.
To be honest, Lost Izalith was the actual huge letdown.

Great Resonant Soul was some next level nonsense pre patch.

And yeah seeing the Kiln for the first time left me speechless.
Lost Izalith is still awful but I'd rather go through that and the Bed of Chaos over Brightstone Cove Tseldora.

 

[Anteater]

I played Lost Izalith after the patch and it was still lame

Nothing but dinosaur butts and a shitty boss

 

[Ludens]

Yeah, Blighttown isn't that bad.
It's better than most things after Lord Vessel.

Blighttown, what a trip

 

[almostheathen]

We miss you Leafhopper

 

[Anteater]

Blighttown, what a trip

 

[Vazra]

I had fun with Blighttown even on PS3. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Mr. Doop]

I will never understand the complaints about Blighttown. The frame rate drops weren't even that bad for me.