ITT: Artificial Difficulty
>>322189996
explain why friend
>>322190087
Not your friend, buddy.
Also, this isn't any different from TMNT or Contra on the NES.
You need your timing fucking perfect or you get wrekt.
OP needs to get gud.
>>322190497
maybe you should gitgud and stop summoning help for him because hes really not that hard at all
>>322190561
whoa we got a badass over here!!!!!!!!
I wish they had kept having bosses attacks scale to your HP like in Dark Souls. The chalice dungeon bosses in Bloodborne can feel really cheap at some times because they are just massive damage sponges that can kill you in one hit.
>>322190598
Thats not even being a bad ass, literally git gud because he repeats the same 3 movesets over and over its not hard to learn
>>322190497
So you're saying it is artificial difficulty right? Because those NES games you mentioned are the epitome of artificial difficulty.
>>322189996
Not even one of the harder bosses.
It's a single enemy boss.
Just learn his patterns.
>>322190821
You are the reason that the game over screen needs to come back.
Get these fucking casuals off my video games.
>>322190713
>I wish they had kept having bosses attacks scale to your HP like in Dark Souls
???
Bosses in Dark Soul always had a set HP regardless of you Vitality.
>>322191393
their HP scaled based on how many people to summoned
>>322191393
I mean bosses can never one shot you. They can still quickly kill you, but with enough skill you can still recover.
>>322191431
Oh, that makes sense, but Dark Souls 2 does the same thing.
If you summon someone, the boss is gonna have more HP.
>>322191537
Are there any bosses in DSII that can one-shot kill you on NG if you summon enough people?
I don't know why but I feel like bosses in Dark Souls 2 had more health than the ones in DS1, some of them are fucking damage sponges.
>>322191835
summoning people didn't affect the damage of a boss, just the resistances
the HP didn't chance, just the resistances increased which means he has more effective HP
>>322191835
This
I was using a greatsword against Fume Knight on NG and each hit was less than half an inch off his health bar. I don't know how some people beat him with weaker albeit faster weapons like a rapier.
>>322192134
rapier does more DPS
>>322192134
Aren't armored foes resistant to slash? I fought Smelter with dual maces and I decimated it, but I fought it with the Greatsword today for the first time and it's giving me trouble.
>>322190821
Is it artificial difficulty?
I don't think so because I was in Kindergarten and got good enough to beat TMNT.
I think artificial difficulty would be mechanics that you could never improve enough to compete with, like too much hit-scan, one hit kills with almost zero time to respond/dodge, etc.
all you have to do is stay your distance and bait out his jump attack or lunge, thats when he's most vulnerable, literally best tactic in that game. very possible to beat him in one try. git gud
>>322192384
I never gave much thought or atention to the slash vs thrust vs blunt weapon damage in souls games' weapons.
Do they actually make a difference, like bosses being weaker to one over the other?
>>322192616
>waiting for a boss to do a jump attack to get a single hit in
How long did it take you to beat him, cuz it took me a while and I was constantly doging and attavking around him?
>>322192825
>>322192825
yes
>>322192825
They really fucking do, that's why Mace and Club are so good early on. Hell, it's why Caestus does so well. Lots of blunt weak enemies.
>>322192825
Blunt weapons destroy everything except literally one thing in 2.
Blunt is the way to go.dude weed lmao 420
>>322189996
Bad hitboxes... yeah what in that game doesn't have those?
>Artificial Difficulty
He's not really. He's just lazy and boring like most bosses in the game. Once you learn "the tactic" for fighting most humanoids in that game it works for them all. The only thing that makes him different is the timing on the slow energy razor attack.
>Wearing Velstadt's set puts him into overdrive right off the bat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2LjqsBQi4s
>>322189996
Am I the only one who found the armor design on pretty much every "Guy in Armor" boss in DaS2 to be just kind of shit? It all blends together into one samey derivative mess. Everything that isn't a complete ripoff and/or literal copy of something from DaS1 is bland and forgettable.
The only one that's even vaguely memorable to me is Smelter Demon, and that's because its armor design is so fucking stupid I can't help but remember.
>>322192825
Literally these games problems are that they do... but unlike King's Field which made you change frequently to stay on top of things this game doesn't.
Literally run Powerstance Maces or Blacksmith Hammers and you will be GOAT against 80% of bosses. You can literally 2-3 shot each Ruin Sentinel with one attack move. Most other bosses go down in 5 hits with the same attack.
>>322192945
less than 10 mins for sure. and you only really need to bait out the right attacks in his second form
>>322191561
is there a higher res pic of this? Plz, and thank u. :^)
>>322189996
fucking tomb of of the giants
the fucking place itself isn't hard at all, its the fact that the skellies will hit you for 50-70% of your hp in one hit and you cant fucking block because you literally NEED to use a lantern in your shield slot or you wont be able to see jack fucking shit.
>>322193517
Because DS2 was directed by a guy who doesn't understand what makes that series so great to begin with, he just tried to mimic what he saw from the Miyazaki games and DS2 was the result, improved in 1 or 2 ways as is normal with iteration but generally just a poor man's imitation.
>>322194272
Not if you go to Lost Izalith or use 30 Humanity in Queen Spider Covenant to open the gate to Lost Izalith from Demon's Ruins. There is a Spider Cap from killing a Spider enemy. Lights that ass up with Shield in tact.
Also cast Light spell.
>>322193517
I remember Veldsat's because it's a "rip off" of Garl Vinland's armor and he also used a giant odd shaped hammer.
>>322195954
oh I forgot to mention Garl Vinland would whoop Velstadt's (spelled it right this time) ass hard. Garl is used to killing giants with his trusty bramd.
>>322189996
Hey guys, what's going on in this thread?
>>322189996
ALL DIFFICULTY IS ARTIFICIAL
ITS MADE BY PEOPLE
>>322196614
What? Are you telling me that you can't find difficulty roaming out in the wild and feeding on grass? Bullshit.
He has broken hitboxes.
>>322190497
I'm not your buddy, guy.
>See him whiff an attack during his buff phase
>Run in to take a swing
>Suddenly he charges up his AoE and I can't get away in time
>Die like a fucking bitch
This has happened so many times I simply gav up.
>>322192825
Most of Dark Souls 2 bosses are Giant Dudes In Armor.
Blunt Weapons do bonus damage to armored opponents.
So yeah.
I thought it was cool how you have to time your dodges according to the speed of his smaller or larger sword.
Then he just ditches his small sword and it becomes stupid
>>322193517
You probably just have a bad memory.
>b-bad hitboxes!!
the truth is that you got owned.
>>322193517
LGK, Velstadt, Alonne, Raime, and the Throne duo are pretty memorable.
>>322189996
You can beat him without him ever touching you, it's time to get good.
>>322193517
>It all blends together into one samey derivative mess.
Agreed. I also felt the same way about Bloodborne's "beast" bosses. They all have this grotesque, decrepit look that is cool for the first 2-3 bosses that use this type of design, but gets tired and repetitive after that.
I think Dark Souls 1 does the boss designs best. While Dark Souls 1 may not have had the toughest bosses, all of them look distinct. You have your knight-like bosses (like O&S and Arty), you have your animal bosses (like Sif), you have your demon bosses (like Asylum Demon), you have your nightmarish bosses (Manus and Nito) and you have your grand fantasy bosses (like Seath, Kalameet and Sanctuary Guardian).
They all look extremely distinct and memorable, even though the bosses themselves are pushovers compared to the Bloodborne bosses.
>>322197997
And that is UNdeNIable proof that we totally OWNED you lamers
>>322198232
I still like DeS the most for boss design. Sure, they had some shit ones, but most of them felt fairly unique.
>>322198232
>While Dark Souls 1 may not have had the toughest bosses,
>even though the bosses themselves are pushovers compared to the Bloodborne bosses.
People are STILL playing Souls games for the difficulty?
It's kind of pathetic to still see people whining about Dark Souls.
Every game in the series is very easy.
Crying about the difficulty of a boss just shows that you're complete shit.
The only valid complaint about Fume Knight is his ridiculous hp on higher NG cycles. It becomes tedious to even fight him.
>>322198232
>>322198562
Bloodborne is piss easy though
literally ALL of them are dodge diagonally and shank them in the back
not to mention most of them look like the same pile of limbs and hair as the last one you fought
>>322197348
I'm not your guy, pal.
>>322198662
w0w we've got another badass over here!!!!!
>>322191537
Don't think so. Ceaseless discharge killed me in one hit just by pulling his arm out. Maybe thats just him
>>322198662
>very easy
The Souls series is definitely not as difficult as the casuals make it out to be. However to say the series is "very easy" is just bullshit
>>322198786
>literally ALL of them are dodge diagonally and shank them in the back
Literally every single Souls boss. Except at least the bosses in BB do some fucking damage and punish retarded decisions.
