Jan 5, 2023·1 reply
UIPbro getting f***ed up by the weakest enemies in the game
S*** happens, I died more times in Undead Burg than anywhere else in DS1
Jan 5, 2023·1 reply
StardustI mean i get It, if you prefer the more meticolously designed areas of classic souls and Legacy dungeons, the open world while having a better design than 90% of open worlds wont cut it. Elden ring's freedom also prevents from software from perfectly balancing the game's difficulty. And elden ring because of its gigantic map can get repetitive and boring. I disagree with most of these because i do love its open world, but i can see It not resonating as well with others. I do agree from has to keep the souls formula fresh by switching things up after a while. I love ds3 but its so "derivative" and "unambitious" It almost becomes parody, although it smartly avoids that at the end of the day (couldnt find better terms than the ones ive put in brackets, in my mind they wouldnt be as negative as they seem, but there is some truth to it).
The worst takes ive read though were on the main bosses that either misunderstood how bosses were designed or were just plain wrong - for example delayed attacks being somehow objectively bad when its the perfect answer to the roll spam that was majority of ds3, and bosses not leaving enough openings which is also false because if you learn to position yourself well against them or use items to fish some specific attacks they become pretty intuitive and fun, plus making drinking estus a strategic play and not just standing there and chugging since compared at least to ds1 and 2 ds3 was way more demanding. also nevermind how dancer, sullyvahn and in a way gael were proto elden ring bosses but nobody criticized them
Everyone jerks off interconnected level design (me too tho) but they’ve literally only done it immaculately once, with DS1. DS2 I appreciate because of the sprawling nature and various paths you can take from the start, DS3 instantly has you teleporting everywhere and BB is interconnected well but never reaches the perfection of DS1 and taking the elevator from undead burg back to firelink.
Their level design is fantastic overall but they’ve never come close to the verticality perfection they had in DS1, and I don’t mind them moving forward and going in new directions like ER. And it’s not like Elden ring isn’t interconnected either, s*** is very well connected and more like an actual land that doesn’t need a “space and time is convoluted” theory to hold everything together.
- Jan 5, 2023Malakas
S*** happens, I died more times in Undead Burg than anywhere else in DS1
naaaa Undead Burg is a whole ‘nother story compared to the first camp in Limgrave
Jan 6, 2023·2 replieswhat level should i get my Vigor up to to start fighting bosses? Im at 20 vigor rn. Havent fought one boss yet
- Jan 6, 2023BVL
what level should i get my Vigor up to to start fighting bosses? Im at 20 vigor rn. Havent fought one boss yet
Go hit up Stormveil castle and see
There's really no right or wrong answer to builds and levels
Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBVLwhat level should i get my Vigor up to to start fighting bosses? Im at 20 vigor rn. Havent fought one boss yet
30-40. Eventually wanna hit at least 50 before you get to the later areas.
20 is fine for Stormveil castle though.
- Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBabaláwo
30-40. Eventually wanna hit at least 50 before you get to the later areas.
20 is fine for Stormveil castle though.
havent beaten a single boss yet. Im at 30 vigor. Heading to the castle rn
- Jan 6, 2023BVL
havent beaten a single boss yet. Im at 30 vigor. Heading to the castle rn
alright nvm f*** this . Its too late for this
- Jan 6, 2023·1 reply
just fought him like 10 times already. Its 4am rn, its too late for me to start raging
- Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBVL
just fought him like 10 times already. Its 4am rn, its too late for me to start raging
go to sleep bruh - Jan 6, 2023·1 replyUIP go to sleep bruh
i need to beat my meat bro to relax rn man
- Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBVL
i need to beat my meat bro to relax rn man
I’m here waking up for work my guy just now going to sleep
- Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBanana Clip
I’m here waking up for work my guy just now going to sleep
insomnia gang
- Jan 6, 2023Banana Clip
Everyone jerks off interconnected level design (me too tho) but they’ve literally only done it immaculately once, with DS1. DS2 I appreciate because of the sprawling nature and various paths you can take from the start, DS3 instantly has you teleporting everywhere and BB is interconnected well but never reaches the perfection of DS1 and taking the elevator from undead burg back to firelink.
Their level design is fantastic overall but they’ve never come close to the verticality perfection they had in DS1, and I don’t mind them moving forward and going in new directions like ER. And it’s not like Elden ring isn’t interconnected either, s*** is very well connected and more like an actual land that doesn’t need a “space and time is convoluted” theory to hold everything together.
Dark souls 1 has my favorite levels design in from's work (besides demon ruins/izalith and duke's archives), but while interconnectivity is my preferred design, there is gold in the other games as well. As much as i dislike ds3's almost too oppressive linearity that removes the feeling of finding the catacombs early that ds1 had for example or having a super op build early by going to places sooner thanks to the master key, it does have some amazing singular levels like cathedral of the Deep, irithyll, undead settlement, ringed city. Cathedral especially is designed like a mini Lordran with the main bonfire being a mini firelink. Elden ring took a lesser but more open interconnected approach to its open world and added the core design ds3 levels had in its Legacy dungeons. In general its a great first try in the open world genre, if they manage to get the difficulty right this could be their strongest template yet. I do have to admit that the teleport to farum azula from mountaintops isnt elegant. Touching cutscene, black screen and boom youre there. Couldve made a cutscene like anor londo with dragons taking you there or melina casting a teleport incantation and s***
Jan 6, 2023BVLlike bro am i supposed to be fighting these guys? They are f***ing me up
this is the best thing ever
it’s like my first 6 hours of the game summed up- Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBVL
alright so i went to the roundtable thingy and i just got killed by someone. Was that a f***ing real player or was that supposed to happen??? I thought no killing in that room
i had 1k runes bro i was bout to upgrade
you went to the woman in the roundtable building that lets you lay on her legs?
- Jan 6, 2023
AYO - Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBVL
insomnia gang
I can hep you later as long as you summ on me
- Jan 6, 2023·1 replyPainPapi
you went to the woman in the roundtable building that lets you lay on her legs?
yea man i need her bro
Jan 6, 2023·1 replyzeus manI can hep you later as long as you summ on me
Idk which part was the typo
Jan 6, 2023·1 replyBVLyea man i need her bro
You got an STD I'm sorry to say
- Jan 6, 2023·2 repliesFries
You got an STD I'm sorry to say
yo how tf do i beat this boss at storm hill bridge bro
- Jan 6, 2023BVL
yo how tf do i beat this boss at storm hill bridge bro
Just gotta get used to his janky-ass timing, and remember that you're fully invincible for a few frames while dodging, so you can roll into his throwing knives etc and be unharmed
Jan 6, 2023BVLyo how tf do i beat this boss at storm hill bridge bro
Pure grit