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Is Dark Souls literally the perfect 3D Castlevania?
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Is Dark Souls literally the perfect 3D Castlevania?
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>>284047768
No it's the perfect 3D Metroidvania.
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>>284047768
Yes if we are talking about Symphony of the Night.
Though Demon's Souls sorta resembles the original platformers if you think about it.
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Only if Metroidvania counts as Castlevania.

It doesn't.
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until Bloodborne I guess. I get more Castlevania vibes from that than any of the Souls games.
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>Castlevania with shit music

Not really
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No, Pandora's Tower is.
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If "perfect" doesn't imply that it's fun, looks good, runs well and has consistent quality, sure.
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>>284047768
Yeah. Would have loved a bigger castle though, but we got like two.
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>>284047886
>Shit music
Good shitpost.
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>>284047816
That's Shadow Man
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>>284047984
But he's right.
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>>284047768
>>284047816
Please, both of you, kill yourselves.
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I can't believe there's multiple threads about the same old ass game everyday holy shit play other games you fucking Mustards.
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No, Castlevania is not sickdark
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>>284048184
People will keep posting some controversial opinion about DaS or just shitpost about anything as long as people keep answering to it.
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>>284048184
>inb4 this one also gets 6's and 7's out of 10 and sony friends will forever shut the fuck up.
Glorious nintendo will still remain on top forever.
>"but the ps4 still has muh AAA dudebro multiplats that are available for FREE on pc!"
http://www.vgchartz.com/platform/69/playstation-4/
kek
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>all these retards abusing the term Metroidvania
We all know the best 3D Metroidvania is PoP: Warrior Within.
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>dark souls
>good

I'm sorry anon, you're not going to make it.
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>but muh platformer
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>>284048409
Its going to get multiple 9/10's and perhaps a few 10/10's. I've played it, its pretty fucking good.
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Oh wow, hipster contrarian /v/ is at it again.

Dark/Demon's Souls is generally agreed upon among many to be one of the best games of the generation. Despite its awful fucking fanbase. It was a breath of fresh air from the hand holdy cinematic AAA bullshit we usually get.

But of course /v/ has to hate it now because it's a very beloved game.
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>>284047768
dark souls is better than castlevania, as much as I like it
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>>284048836
We will see. But in the end, who truly gives a fuck about metacritic?
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>>284048974
>Demon's Souls
>awful fanbase
Did you mean to type 'best'?
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>>284048974
They are still butthurt, so they have to start shitposting so they believe the game will not be the continuation of Miyasaki god work.
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>>284049198
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>>284049595

>Touhou: Subterranean Animism

What the fuck, why?
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>>284048974
The fanbase didn't become awful until master race got the game and the artificial difficulty meme took off. You reap what you sow. Git gud.
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>>284049595
I'm not him but clearly you haven't been in many Demon's Souls threads before (and even during) the announcement of Bloodborne. Those are the comfiest and it shows more nowadays since the whole DaS fanbase has gone to shit.
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>>284048409
>>inb4 this one also gets 6's and 7's out of 10
Literally only in your fucking dreams. Everyone - and I mean everyone - who was part of the alpha knows for a fact this is already goty. Not only does it play sublime, it's a beautiful world to be in. Just like Dark Souls was.
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>>284049595
This is just a hipster's guide to hating things. Why would you put DeS and not DaS in that image is beyond me.
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>>284049595
>gs fans worse than rse fans
Ahaha, wow.
>Subterranean Animism fans
>the worst
I thought that'd be the EoSD fans considering half of them haven't played any others, but call themselves fans.
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>>284047768
I's not a perfect 3D Castlevania. It's a perfect game.

But still Dark Souls 2 was a fucking disaster.
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>>284049830
>>284050102

Not him but DeS fanbase is elitist as fuck.
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>>284050227

Nah. DaS II is a great game.
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>>284050312
Why would you say that? Just because they're enjoying the objectively best game in the series doesn't mean they're elitist with god-tier taste.
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>>284050407
Okay, lemme correct myself.

Dark Souls 2 online matchmaking was a fucking disaster which ruined the game for me.
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>>284050312
Because they have played it and many think that DaS is the souls series.
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>>284050312

>>284050312

DeS fanbase is elitist yes, but they are still leaps and bounds better than Dark.

>Play DeS
>Helpful hints everywhere, generally nice community
>Play DaS
>False hints everywhere, go online GET GUD GET GUDGETGUDGETGUD.

Bare in mind, I played both on PS3, I liked DaS more because of more content but DeS has without a doubt the better community.
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>>284047768
Sure is, if the perfect 3D Castlevania was defined as steaming pile of shit.
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>>284050227
>It's a perfect game.
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>>284050501
I started playing DeS after something about 1500 hours in DaS1 and got messages like "go back to dark souls you bitch" or other hatemails.
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>>284050808
I'm talking about PvE.
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>>284049595
>not primefags
>sacrifice - franchise
>not WoWfags or even if you consider that a seperate franchise - not WC3 fags
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>>284050501

>Just because they're enjoying the objectively best game in the series doesn't mean they're elitist with god-tier taste.

This is exactly why you people are insufferable. When anyone ever tries to mention one of the many flaws of the game (like grass) you people throw a shit fit.
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>>284050808
Please post the PvE equivalent of that shit to >>284050949
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>>284051086
>implying there's anything wrong with grass
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>>284050648
This, it's sad how most people don't even acknowledge Demon's Souls exists.
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>>284050624

How so? Yeah Soul Memory sucked but I had much better matched games in it than I had in DaS.

Lack of Red Eye Orb fucking sucked though.
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>>284050949
>anything post lordvessel
>perfect
why are dasbois so delusional?
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>>284050949

Not that guy but I would hardly say PvE is perfect either.

Some things are just not very fucking fun, stuff like Blighttown on consoles and Lost lost izalith is mainly just a chore. And I don't care how much some people shit on me for being bad at the game but some enemies and bosses are bullshit. I understand that a part of the game is learning through dying and not repeating the same mistake but shit like Ornstein's auto correct and fucking Capra Demon and his stupid fucking dogs in that small room is not what I would consider very fun because at times it just feels like skill really didn't matter.
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>>284051176

>Allows you to cheese through the whole game
>Able to chug it down super fast differently than Estus
>Practically no punishment

>Nothing wrong
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>>284050312
DeS fanbase is not vocal and irritating as fuck though, I have never heard a DeS fan compare games of different genres entirely and say its shit because its not DeS or this game needs to be like DeS.
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>>284050949
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>>284051384
>>284051295
>>284051248
Okay, you got me.
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Dark Souls is ridiculously far from perfect. The whole difficulty of the game depends more on your equipment than anything. Melee Character? Get a Great Shield --> easy
Sourcery? Babby Mode

Pvp? laughable
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>>284050029
>>284048836

While I know these posts I bait I gotta say I played it at Gamescom last August and it ran at like 15fps at times. Felt just as floaty as DS2.
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>>284051639
You know if it ran at 15 fps they are going to make graphics shite like they did with DaS2.
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Why do people think DaS is so perfect about 40% of the game is a mess.

Blight Town
Lost izelith
Tomb of giants
Demon Ruins

Are shit levels and janky as fuck, then even more areas feel empty and unfinished like ash lake and the great hollow.

The game is fun but i cant see why its revered as the second coming.
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>>284051304
That's true yeah, but you'd have to have immense autism to grind for the good grass in that game.

For PVP grass is still better than Estus, since only the host being able to use the game's main source of health regen like in DaS is fucking retarded. Yeah you can heal with humanity but it's not balanced at all.
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>>284051639
Don't worry, they removed all antialiasing for silky smooth cinematic 21 fps
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>>284051771
Tomb is alright. It's not a mess but it could be better.

It properly puts the fear of Gwyn in you
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>>284051771
You forgot Sen's Fortress and the great time to be had in New Londo.
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>>284052137
>implying there's anything wrong with those
Get the fuck out.
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>>284052137
>Sen's Funhouse
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>>284051783

Oh please, Demon's PVP is completely broken due to all of the regen stuff in it. Humanity is pretty balanced since it takes a pretty long time to use it, meanwhile you only have to run or defend for a bit in DeS to get your whole life back.

DeS had the shittiest PVP of the entire series. Not that I'm shitting on it, it was understandable since it was the first entry you know, DaS 1 and 2 are much more refined, and I expect BB to perfect it.
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>>284052137
Sens is ok, i think new londo is good to gets the spooky atmosphere without being a tedious pieces of shit like tomb.

Also why the fuck does DaS insist on platforming when the engine is so shit that you can just slide of a cliff for no reason, im looking at you crystal cave and blighttown.

So many cheap deaths to the game just making me slide 20 meters of a cliff when i dont even move the analog stick.
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>>284052512
>Humanity is pretty balanced since it takes a pretty long time to use it
except you can poise heal and toggle out of any stunlock you might face
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>>284052308
Are you fucking serious?

Why would you make tightrope walkways with archers and ninjas and lizards and lightning lizards and guillotines and dragon arrows in a purposefully clunky, heavy game that punishes the player hard on their loses?
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metroidvania is about character capability as opposed to picking up keys and triggering cutscenes. so no
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Dark souls is my favorite metroidvania (god I hate that word).
Its far from perfect, but I love it. Its a flawed masterpiece in my eyes.
My main issues with the game
>STR weapons really do suck, especially compared to DeS. The movesets are all pretty similar and the R2s are mostly slow leaping attacks. You are better off just doing a jumping attack. They also don't do enough damage one handed, they only saving grace is two handing them
>the netcode sucks (but this goes for all souls games). Getting back stabbed from the front or side or ten feet away is so fucking annoying, as well as soul spears and pursuers hitting you when they never even scratched you.
>The lost izilaths eye rape. You can't turn it down or off what the fuck
>kiln is too short for a last level and the games ends so abruptly. Gywn is a great fight but damn that level really hurts the end of the game
>the DLC, while good, is fat too linear
And although its not a fault of the game, the community as a whole sucks
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>>284052967
>sen's fortress
>hard
I only died fucking twice from falling off, git gud.

I only had a hard time on the anor londo archers, and that only took me about 10 attempts at bum rushing to get through.
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>>284052836
>not backstabbing someone who is trying to heal
>or casting a spell that will bring them back down or even kill them
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>>284052967
>in a purposefully clunky, heavy game
This is one of the few instances where the use of 'git gud' is justified.
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>>284052967
The game doesn't punish you at all.
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>>284053234
>Cheap level design is justified

The game is stupid in areas, it's nothing life changing to accept.
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>>284053220
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2m5OxCEUNI
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>>284053093

The community only got worse with time. I remember when DS came out "git gud" wasn't a thing yet.
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>>284053425
>The game is stupid in areas, it's nothing life changing to accept
Sure it is, just not in the ones you posted. Literally stop crying and git gud.
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>>284053538
Very true, but even at 1.04 and 1.05 there were hacking gankers in the forest, nip ninja flipping bastards that did nothing more than backstab fish, and entiltird faggots that would smack talk when they killed you, but D/C before you finished them off.
Afros video opened a whole new can of worms and exposed people to the game who I wish never even knew about it
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>>284053392
No, the game doesnt punish you at all.

Half of the game is built around punishing you.
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>>284053764

Personally, I think the worst part was when the PC release came out. New people came flooding in and the community, rather than welcoming them and helping them, just antagonized them purposefully (most probably upset that their game wasn't console exclusive anymore). There was so much shitposting on /v/ against the PC version and PC players that it drove a lot of decent people away.
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>>284049595
>Good games that have fans.
Please, uncontrarian yourself.
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Some questions /v/, why are twinblades so shit at everything? How do I get good with twinblades that aren't the RIT crutch?
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>>284053545
There's just too much chance for error in those footholding segments.
You start battling with the physics and of the game instead of the enemies.
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>>284053938
>Ys Chronicles
>MGS2
>Nocturne
>GOOD
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>>284054030
I literally just ran through the entirety of Sen's Fortress and Anal Rodeo SL1 in under 5 minutes, currently getting my ass handed to me by O&S. You just need to get better, honestly.
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>>284054154
You're right. They're great.
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>>284053852
Well, when you die you just lose the souls you had with you. And you can always get more back. There isn't any real penalty for death.
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>>284054342
What about being cursed
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>>284054342
Not to mention you can grab anything and it stays after you die.

>start the game
>run to Catacombs, pick up Zwei or Great Scythe
>die
>you now have cool stuff you can easily beat the game with
Seems pretty OP to me.
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>>284054571
Anitcurse items are 3000 souls.
And it can be a benefit for fighting those ghosts.
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>>284054240
I get that you can speedrun the game at SL1, you're doing great.

I'm asking you to look at the game and recognize how cheap it is at times.
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>>284053920
>>284053920
>New people came flooding in and the community, rather than welcoming them and helping them, just antagonized them purposefully (most probably upset that their game wasn't console exclusive anymore).
lol

They were antagonised because all they did was make artificial difficulty threads. You can't help people like that, their mind is already made up. The game isn't hard, it's just cheap and unfair, to them. If a game doesn't let you stroke your ego all the time they don't like it.

So fuck them. Git gud.
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>>284047768
yes
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>>284047768
that's how I felt about it

I'm sure others feel differently.
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>>284055212
>Git gud
You're basically what's wrong with the Souls community.
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>>284048184
>mfw you get so buttmad you resort to using condiments as insults
>mfw i have no face
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I was really impressed by the level design that went into Firelink Shrine, Undead Burg/Parish, Darkroot, The Depths, Blightown, Sen's Fortress and Anor Londo.
Everything after that was a bit less impressive, but still fun.

Some people get so pissy when a game becomes popular on /v/. Its really transparent.
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>>284058381
No, you are.
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>>284047768
It's the perfect 3d zelda.
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>>284058381
you responded
you are perpetuating this
you are part of the cancer
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>>284048184
The souls games literally ruined other games for me.
It's hard to explain, I used to play 2-3 new games a month all the way but nowadays (I'm busier anyways) I can just fire up DeS, DS, or god forbid DS2
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>>284058906
Its for the best, anon
You are growing up
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I like co-oping in this game, but is it just impossible to do it for the Lord Soul bosses? I ended up soloing all of them, and even when I put my own sign down I rarely ever get summoned. What's the deal?
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>>284047768
Yes
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>>284059150
You're probably right.

Also: RREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeee
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>>284052137
Sen must have been a sadistic piece of shit to feel even remotely safe in that fucking house of horrors. God forbid you step on the wrong tile and get 3 bolts in your spine.
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>>284058723
this
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>>284058906
Same, I can easily put dozens of hours into a Souls game and want to do more stuff but everything else bores me to tears.

I started playing Alien Isolation due to /v/'s love of it when it first came out. I'm only a few missions in and the Souls withdrawal is kicking in.
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>>284049595
>blood omen legacy of kain
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Balder Side Sword is the best sword. Prove me wrong
Fucking dex builds man
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>>284048047
He isn't
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>>284048184
>WAAAAH I SAID STOP DISCUSSING THE GAME I DONT LIKE
Fuck off, child.
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>>284049595
>FFVI
>GTA Vice City
>Gold and Silver
>Legacy of Kain
How is it possible to be so wrong?
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>>284050808
>playing PVP
Can you be any more of a pleb?
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>>284050745
>playing online
Fucking kill yourself.
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>>284048974

You people act like other challenging games don't come out at all. I'm sure half the people that have played dark souls never beat NG on any difficulty period. Dark souls doesn't really even reach a new standard, it just has a marginal learning curve compared to most triple A games that come out. It's okay to like the game, but the way people put it on a pedestal is absolutely retarded or I just assume they haven't played enough games that actually make you learn boss movesets.
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>>284049595
At least replace Vice City with San Andreas. Insufferable fanbase.
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>>284047768
I dont remember Souls being a platformer.

aside from the interconnected world, its nothing like Castlevania
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>>284061192
The jump in Dark Souls is just about as unwieldy as the jump in CV1-3
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>>284061192
It's more like the metroidvanias. You unlock new parts, and you have to backtrack a lot. There is also fake walls (breakable in CV) and lots of secrets that are not necessary to complete the game but feels good to have them around
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>>284054571
Hardly a common occurance, and easy to get rid of.
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>>284054571
Being cursed isn't really that big of a threat. I can wade through the basilisks in the depths without worrying about it. And that on the first playthrough.
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>>284047768

no, but bloodborne looks like it will be
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>>284058906
Me too, I've put at least 300 hours in every game now, just finished another DaS run this morning.

I even put 80 hours in that mediocre game Lords of the fallen

It doesn't help I played the Bloodborne alpha and have been 11/10 hype ever since
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>>284047768
I just finished killing Gaibon & Slogra (Ornstein & Smough) after a few hours going through castlevania (Anor Londo). Who should I go for next Death (Nito), Galamoth (Seath), Dracula's Familiars (4 Kings) or which boss would it be? (Bed of chaos)
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>>284063765
>Gaibon and Slogra
>Not beavis and butthead
>Not biggie smalls
>Not Snorlax and Pikachu
>Not Little Boy and Fat Man
>Not Penn and Teller
>Not Fatboy and Slim
>Not wtfwasthat and thisrangeisfuckingbullshit
>Not Pinky and the Brain
>Not The IRS
>Not Wario and Waluigi
>Not The Super Londo Brothers
>Not Lincoln and Taft
>Not Elvis and Fat Elvis
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>>284063765
>>284064484
MUH MEMES
WAAAAHHHHH

FUCK OFF YOU FUCKING UNDERAGE FAGGOTS
THEIR NAMES ARE DRAGONSLAYER ORNSTEIN AND EXECUTIONER SMOUGH
FUCK OFF AND DIE AND YOU MEMESPOUTING FUCKING UNDERAGE FAGLORDS

JUST DIE DIE
DIE DIE
FUCKKERS
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>>284065013
>No fun allowed
You're just mad becuase you can't come up with any good nicknames for these dickheads
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>>284064484
It's a Castlevania run. They have to go by that for now.

>>The Super Londo Brothers
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Is duel wielding even remotely useful in DaS? Or does it just look cool?
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>>284064484

>Forgetting Asterix and Obelix.
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>>284065587
Maybe if you're using magics in one hand. Otherwise, dual-wielding weapons is stupider than dual-wielding shields.
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>>284047768
it's a piece of shit game fuck off with your hype!

I REPEAT DO NOT BUY THESE SHIT GAMES

YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED

JUST WATCH PEOPLE PLAY IT ON YOUTUBE TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW SHIT THEY ARE
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>>284065868
Holy shit it looks like fun! I gotta get this.
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>>284065691
That's ok, i forgot
>Drake and Josh
too
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Why does /v/ always get so autistic when somebody uses the word "Metroidvania"?

Yeah it's a lose fucking term but what better is there to decribe a game that's "Open world'ish but made up out of corridors and linear paths with backtracking and acquiring items to progress."?
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Lets hear it for the first boss to give me a headache in this fucking game!
>inb4 asylum
>inb4 taurus
>that tiny arena
>those fucking dogs
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>>284047864
Yes because you have played it so fucking much you faggot
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>>284049130
The writing in both games is equally bad, but DMC dante is actually likable, Dante in DmC isn't. Sure the gameplay is less complex and has hazard enemies but it is still fun and mildly challenging, like the other games. This is without breaking the game cause you can do so in both titles.
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>>284066213
I've beat him on first try. Knight Armor + Black Knight Sword, no casual light-weight rolls or anything
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>>284047768
No because leveling. Also not enough jumping hazards. Also no melodic music that massages your testicles. Castlevania 1-3 ftw.
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>>284066441
I was running a dex/int build, wearing thief armor, with BSS in one hand, and sorceries in the other. I got flattened the first time i stepped through that fog
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>>284066213
Yeah but eventually you'll learn of the super-sacred holy ledge.
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>>284066213

I beat Capra Demon on the first time on my first playthrough of the game, only to die like 5 times on NG+

Seriously, that boss fight does not require skill, it's a load of shit.
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Honestly, this whole beating the same monsters over and over and over is really wearing thin.

Also
>no dedicated kick button
>defaults to 1-handed stance every time you chance
>picture related
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>>284048409
Just because reviews from shills are always right.
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>>284066213
>>284066832


I never got the difficulty with capra demon, you pretty much run up the stairs and jump down over and over again until you kill them. Do people just attack him head on?
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>>284047768
Castlevania has fun powers (magic) unlike DaS.
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Demon's Souls > DS2 > DS1

>Muh Soul Memory.
Soul memory is still an improvement over lag stabbing
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>>284067050
Still happens in DaS2. If anything, the way backstab works in DaS2 was an improvement.
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>>284067050
>demon's souls over anything
spoken like a true pleb

DS2 > DS1 > DeS
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>>284066980

Yeah I know how to beat him, it's just that getting to the stairs can be absolutely fucked and involve a great deal of luck.

Dodge the capra's blow? You now have two fucking dogs ready to gank the shit out of you with no room to breathe thanks to the incredibly small space. Only to have the Demon finish you off with his second blow while you are stun locked.
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>>284067270
>DeS = DaS > DaS 2

FTFY
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>>284066980
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>>284066906
jesus christ that looks fucking awful what are you playing that on?
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>>284066980
Well if you are going into the fight blind and haven't played DeS you may not realize how screwed you are fighting below until you've died a couple times being surrounded in the tight corridor.

Then you have to see the ledge and realize the fight is meant to be another falling damage fight which makes you feel annoyed for trying to do it "legitimately".

After that you still have to dodge past the capra demon and his two doggies to reach the ledge and some builds especially fat roll will often get caught.
If you are still getting a hang of the game then you will die several times more as even a slightly bad dodge can have you get clipped by the capra or roll into a dog.
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You know what I miss?

The threads where we discussed why the drake bridge and Anal Rodeo archers are segments of bad game design.
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>>284067481
It's downscaled from 1440p.
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>>284067468
>last estus
Pleb detected

>running like a retard YOLO drinking estus
>not carefully exploring the cruel world of the game
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>>284067838
>I have never once in my life run out of estus while exploring a new zone.

Souls community is so full of shit.
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>>284067740

Whats wrong with the Drakebridge? The first firebreath won't kill you and there are multiple ways to get past it.

The Anal Rodeo sucks because fighting a silver knight on the ledge is fucking atrocious, the models were clearly not meant for such a cramped space.
>Clanging off the wall
>SIlverknight is standing in mid air without falling because his model is fatter than the floor

That shit sucked.
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>>284067961
Everyone in the souls fanbase has run through the game with a blindfold while not using anything other than a broken short sword and no estus. Did I mention this was their first time playing?
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>>284067740

>mfw Anor Londo Archers

I died more on those two fucking archers than I did on any boss in the entire game.
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>>284068253
casual

I died more times on Gaping Dragon and Queelag
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>>284066213
The bed of chaos holy shit fuck that and the sanctuary arsehole too.

Manus, Artorias and Gwyn are the best bosses

>prove me wrong
you can't
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>You will never again get to hang out in Sen's Fortress, WOGing people into the rock traps and off cliffs
>You will never wait to be invaded in the forest or near the Hydra and then just play hide and go seek with your invader.
>You will never again put your Gravelord sign down and wait for an enemy to invade you. Then use Undead Rappor on a tough enemy.


T-thanks Soul Memory
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>>284068341
>gaping dragon
>not staying to the right and waiting for the fucker to slam
>Queelag
>not using a bow
filthy casual
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>>284067740
>Anor Londo archers
>bad game design

choose 1, you fucking casual
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>>284047768
No, Dark Souls is more the perfect Dark Souls. You can't reall compare it to Castlevania because plot differences/set protags/etc.
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>>284068397
Artorias was hard because you could barely predict which attack he was going to use next. And i loved every second of that fight
>You will never have a waifu as loyal as Artorias did.
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>>284068341

I've died more to Queelag than to Ornstein and Smough, Kalameet and Capra Demon combined.

>Attack her from behind
>Lolredwind
>Attack her from the front
>Lolredwind

Its terrible.
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>>284068601
>Can't compare them because of story reasons

Thats now how comparisons work Anon. These are games, not movies.
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>killing Seath with longbow+3
kek, that was fun
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>>284049595
>Demons Souls

Dark Souls is the game that killed the community
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>>284060150
the music was okay nothing amazing
except for the nameless song
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>>284047768
Nah, it's a different kind of game.

Now you reminded me of how much I fucking want a good 3D metroidvania.
Damn it...
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>>284068607

>I could never figure out how to get to Artorias when I finished the game for the first time this week.

And I still don't fucking know how I get to him.
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>>284068476

>There are people actually defending the Anal Archers

Yeah no fuck you, playing pure melee made that shit horrible.
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>>284065013
Now this is autism.
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>>284069419
>heavy shield on the back
>hold another shield in the front
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>>284069419

>Run
>Roll
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>>284069419
>playing pure melee made that shit horrible

is parrying that hard for you?

there's like 10 different ways for a melee build to get through that fight are you fucking kidding me even blocking is sometimes enough to push him off
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>>284047768
No, Batman Arkham ASYLUM is the perfect 3D Metroidvania.
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>>284069419
I played pure melee and it wasn't hard at all. The arrows were slow as shit, running and rolling through those sections was a piece of piss.

If we're going to have a discussion about bullshit in Anor Londo, those lightning cunts are way bigger pieces of shit.
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>play the pc version
>get near the base of blighttown
>try the pvp system
>surprise, it dosent work on pc
>buy it on xbox
>framedrops everywhere but i get over it
>get past the first boss and then forget about the game for like a year

how do you guys beat these long ass games
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>>284069298
You have the DLC right?
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>>284070561

Yes.
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>>284064484
>Not Frodo and Sam
>Not Bill and Ted
>Not Jerry and Newman
>Not Keenan and Kel
>Not Sanford & Son
>Not Jesus and Buddha
>Not Burger and Fries
>Not the Good, the Bad & the chosen Undead
>Not Bert and Ernie
>Not Vegetta and Nappa
>Not Violent J and Shaggy 2
>Not Moot & W.T motherfucking Snacks
>Not Simon & Garfunkel
>Not Fuck this I quit
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>>284070438
>tfw you've started dark souls 4 times but never made it to blighttown
i know your feels
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>>284071408
You must be shit at vidya then
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>literally perfect

Dark Souls is far from perfect. A good analogy is that Dark Souls is like a beautiful mansion that is only halfway built, thus the unfinished areas are covered in blue tarp.
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>>284071408
You can get to Blightown within about 2 minutes of finishing the tutorial
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>>284071918
Neato!

HWWWWWWAAAAA
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>>284071918
And then you start Blighttown. What fun that shit was
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>>284048184
Its literally just an endless supply of sony shitposters touting the one game that might not be awful on their system.
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>>284047768

>think of dark soul music...
>...
>think of castlevania music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8LhVXukSSg&index=3&list=PL55DF16132A28F682
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JIuBGbCZk&index=9&list=PL55DF16132A28F682
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYfqzFaQVg&list=PL55DF16132A28F682&index=28

no
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>>284072275
>>284071918
After replaying the game a million times, upper blighttown is my favourite area.

It's just fun to try to find a new way of getting down to lower every time you go through.
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>>284049595
>blood omen
>w2
>sacrifice
>vice city
>bad fanbase


what kind of ruse is this?
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>>284072720
I went into blighttown, forgetting that toxin and poison are seperate things. And then the first blowdart fucker showed up. Oops
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