Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Guys stop, you aren't gonna make me retry!
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Thread: Joe Abercrombie (fantasy author) AmA - talks about female characters, First Law sequel trilogy
She is one of mine, to my female perspective, too. :) I really like Shy South and Thorn Bathu as well. And his female protags in his short stories from Sharp Ends are great as well, including a really awesome and funny lesbian "couple". You can start with the First Law, but if that's too much of an investment, try Shattered Sea (unrelated, different world), it's shorter and more accessible. It does have a more "YA" audience to it (intentionally), but it's still not kiddy or anything. None of his works feature elves and orcs, though First Law does have "wizards" but they're reaaaaally not your typical wizards haha. It's pretty much "grimdark" modern fantasy, but done well, not just edgy shlock for its own sake.
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Thread: Joe Abercrombie (fantasy author) AmA - talks about female characters, First Law sequel trilogy
Yeah not sure either. Probably because they feature younger/teen-aged protagonists, have less swearing (still some) and are generally less graphically violent? If ASoIaF is hard for you to stomach, then perhaps you should start with Shattered Sea instead of First Law.... It's less grimdark (but by no means kiddy or light-hearted) than First Law. It's fairly different than ASoIaF regardless, but if the violence and morally troubled characters bother you, then First Law is probably not for you either. But, Shattered Sea might.
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Thread: Joe Abercrombie (fantasy author) AmA - talks about female characters, First Law sequel trilogy
Nah, First Law is definitely... edgier. I mean... for protags, compare Glokta or Logen to Thorn or Skara or Koll, or even, if we're going antagonists, Also, everyone interested in the Shattered Sea, if you care about spoilers or surprises: I would recommend you NOT look up too much information on the setting. The setting is really unique, but I feel describing it in too much detail is kind of a spoiler (Wikipedia basically "spoils" the surprise).
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Thread: Joe Abercrombie (fantasy author) AmA - talks about female characters, First Law sequel trilogy
One of my favourite fantasy author, Joe Abercrombie, just did an AmA on Reddit: Some good stuff in there. I really appreciated his response to a question about writing female characters. Some background for those unfamiliar with his work: in his first trilogy, First Law, he had a few female characters and they were OK, but not great, exactly. Compared to the male characters they were a bit more one-dimensional and not as fully fleshed out. This was a common, if mild, criticism of his books, but he took it seriously, and worked to improve in future books. His follow-up books (which were individual stand-alone novels in the same world) had much better writing in terms of female representation, and his recent trilogy, Shattered Sea (completely unrelated to First Law), was even better in this regard. Here's what he said in the AmA (bold is mine): It's just such a fantastic response. Compared to a similar question I've seen asked on another author that was recommended to me, where he handwaved the question as "I'm a man and I just write males better" or basically "that's my artistic freedom and I stick to it" bullshit, it's refreshing to see an author take the feedback and actually improve his craft in the process. :) He even acknowledges his biases and the pitfalls he previously fell into, which he might not have done if it were not for feminist critique of his books. And for the fans, you may be interested to know that he's working on a new trilogy as follow-up to the First Law (you probably knew this already if you follow him on Twitter or whatever), and though all the PoV characters are new (7 of them, including children of former PoV characters), fan-favourite characters like Sand dan Glokta return as important non-PoV characters. Yesssss! I'll also share this one, because it made me LOL: (More at the link, obviously.)
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Thread: Joe Abercrombie (fantasy author) AmA - talks about female characters, First Law sequel trilogy
Maybe you can even burn them! :D
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
It's been a while since I played early game, but I do recall Greenpath being second, indeed. I'm pretty sure you get an essential traversal item there too (I think the air dash). You won't get far without that item. Greenpath is lush and beautiful, too, and should immediately dispell the idea that it's all dark gloomy caves. Whaaaaat? No way. SotN is a brain-dead easy game. Super Metroid isn't that hard either. Hollow Knight is significantly more difficult, even without counting the optional side-content, and if you count those... then LOL. Hell, HK's optional content is so brutal that I'm actually considering giving up on some of it (I cleared the White Palace, but I can't see myself ever beating Nightmare King Grimm or the Trial of the Fool). Yes. Thank you both. HK is harder than any Souls games, tbh. I stand corrected. (Yet watch as no one will say that HK is a "Zombie U-like"... ;))
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Thread: Things anime should borrow from western fiction
- A lot of anime don't seem to understand this concept at all. It makes for infuriating beating-you-over-the-head-with-its-themes nonsense, or worse, just plain taking the audience for simpletons by having characters explain everything loudly. - Pacing. Most anime I've watched, barring the exceptional ones, have tons and tons of filler. - Believable, non-tropey characters, especially women
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Thread: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
"I understand how he feels. False accusations are so scary and can be career-ending!", they say. But, are they? How many actual real-life examples do we have of famous men having their "careers ruined" by provenly false* accusations? How many actual real-life examples do we have of famous men NOT having their careers ruined, and in fact, getting away with everything they did for years and years, by non-false accusations?
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Thread: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
If the "important lesson" he took from this is that it's those nasty journalists who editorialized his comments, then he took the wrong fucking lesson.
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Thread: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
...What do you mean by that? Conventionally attractive, wealthy, charming stars can rape, too. Now I'm obviously saying Cavill is a rapist. But this idea that he " rape" due to his status or reputation or whatever, is a harmful narrative.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I really appreciate that you took the time to write this, and I'm sure it's very helpful to someone. But what I'm trying to say is that he's too fast . I can't reliably jump fast enough. I tried about a dozen times last night and lasted all of 40 seconds at the most. I see the beginning of his movement and I immediately press the button and I get hit. Hell, you say the fire pillars are the easiest to dodge? I still get hit by that one fairly often, unless I'm positioned perfectly to just run away in a straight line. If I run into a wall, I try to go backwards to shadow-dash through one but I get hit by another. It's not your strats, or the game's fault, it's me. I'm too slow and too bad at fast-twitch action games to handle this. I could do the entire game (haven't tried the true last boss yet) with enough practice and perseverance, but I don't see a way out here. I haven't even made it to his first fireball phase. So yes, thanks for the tips, but I'm probably gonna give up. It sucks, I haven't given up on a game because it was too hard since La-Mulana, and I hate having to do that, but when you don't make any kind of progress after a dozen attempts, it's time to move on... ;_; It's not that hard, it's just long, grueling, and tedious. It kind of overstays its welcome a bit to be honest. And it's a chore to revisit (to collect the last grubs, journal entries etc.).
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Same. The longest I lasted against that boss was a whooping 40 secs. Yes, I timed it. He's too fast. My reflexes are not good enough. I can't do this. ;__;
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I... did. I still get destroyed even when I try to not attack that much. I'm super passive in my attempts just to try and get the pattern down. I just can't do it. I almost never press jump fast enough. Or I jump but then some AOE gets me. I did regular Grimm OK with some effort, but still found it difficult. This one is twice as fast and does twice more damage. I'm too old for this shit, I guess. :(
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Thread: Sarah Sanders and Family Reportedly Denied Service at Virginia Restaurant
I think you are misreading 's post. He was criticizing the other poster, not agreeing with him.
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Thread: Games that objectify men in a manner that is satisfying to you as a woman/man...
On ResetEra we care about not alienating our female posters, and will moderate accordingly. If you object to that or have other questions about your infractions, contact a mod captain, but please stop derailing this thread. Thanks.
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Thread: Games that objectify men in a manner that is satisfying to you as a woman/man...
I can scarcely think of any example of men being objectified in games in similar ways that women are, to be honest. Let us note that having -looking characters is not the same thing as objectifying them. In other words: Nope. Alucard etc. might be "bishonen" and popular with female players, but he's not remotely objectified.
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Thread: Games that objectify men in a manner that is satisfying to you as a woman/man...
Please don't troll.
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Thread: Games that objectify men in a manner that is satisfying to you as a woman/man...
LOL. Thanks for saving me the click.
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
You don't do that in Souls games... you just collect your souls from a bloodstain where you died. invented the fighting-yourself-to-get-your-loot-back mechanic. :P
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
New Immortal is that good? I was a bit disappointed with the last one, but I loved At the Hearts of Winter (of course), Damned in Black and even Sons of Northern Darkness. Battles in the North is OK but I rarely listen to it, only when I'm in a particular mood. Should I bother with it then?
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Thread: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
a) Richard Dawkins wasn't involved in that story (he merely commented on it later, in a tone-deaf, privileged old man fashion of course) b) The incident involved Rebecca being propositioned at 4 AM in an elevator having done a talk about how she... didn't appreciate being objectified or hit on at conventions, conferences etc. c) Rebecca didn't call anyone a rapist. She very nicely and very politely related this incident and told guys "please don't be that guy kthx" d) Rebecca got harassed into oblivion on social media for daring to make this incredibly mild comment (including death and rape threats), because, of course she was. In other words, your link doesn't remotely support the argument you are making here. What are you even on about?
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Frustrating tonight. I couldn't make any progress in the Trial of the Fool. Still die at the walls and spikes wave. So I gave up and tried... Nightmare Grimm instead. That did not go well. He's too fast, I can't survive whatsoever. I don't think I can do this. ;_; I hate giving up on a game, but this is probably too hard for me.
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Thread: Anyone else less likely to engage with women devs over twitter following the ANet firings?
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
This thread is not about criticizing depictions of sexuality or riské material, nor is it about prudishness. It's about sexism and sexist stereotypes in (mostly) mainstream media. This has been made abundantly clear over and over in the thread.: Second paragraph of the OP: I would strongly advise you to before posting in any thread as a general rule. It's simply good posting etiquette.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
The grub map is helpful with that, if you haven't found the Hive you'll find it for sure with that map if you explore to try and find that grub. But anyway I disagree, I love hidden bosses and areas. One of the coolest moment in Dark Souls was discovering Ash Lake and it's completely hidden. Same with the Painted World. Or Darklurker in Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne's Nightmare Frontier, Castle Cainhurst, and Upper Cathedral Ward, or Archdragon Peak in Dark Souls 3.
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
That happened to me all the time, lol. It was so weird.
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
I really disagree. The only aspect of Souls games you can find in HK is the lost-geo-retrieval mechanic, which is similar to the bloodstain mechanic. And I suppose the way NPCs and lore are presented. But that's it. Gameplay wise it's pure Metroidvania. Non-linear progression gated by traversal abilities (Metroid) with intense melee combat and RPG-lite elements (Igavanias) is what the game is all about. Eh? For gating progression, HK has the following: - Mantis Claw (wall climbing) - Mothwing Cloak (short air dash) - Crystal Heart (long/super air dash) - Monarch Wings (double jump) - Isma's Tear (traverse acid) - Shade Cloak (traverse abyss gates) Plus things like the Dreamgate (set up a teleporter to warp to instantly) and of course combat upgrades like spells (and their respective boosted versions), Nail Arts and charms. It also has the equivalent of energy tanks/HP up and missile packs/Heart Up, etc. (Mask Shards, Soul Vessels). The game has roughly equal doses of exploration, platforming challenges, and combat challenges in its mix; it doesn't have much in terms of character customization or RPG mechanics, which would make it a pure Metroid-like more than an action-RPG like Souls games. Better controls, and much, much better combat and boss encounters.
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
Definitely. The things you praise about SotN and Super Metroid, Hollow Knight has in spades and more. There is so much to find, exploration is always extremely rewarding and it's worth revisiting old areas for new stuff all the time too.
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Thread: American tourist fined after bringing unexploded WW2 shell to Vienna airport
Let's move on from generalizing about entire countries of tourists, okay?
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Thread: LTTP: Trails of Cold Steel
Sky games are better story and character-wise. Cold Steel is too sanitized and tropey in comparison. I think I like the gameplay/combat/QoL improvements in Cold Steel better though. But play on Hard, because it's a cakewalk on easy, and the combat system shines a lot more on Hard. I played CS1 on Normal and regretted it, and CS2 on Hard and it was a lot better. Eh. All the LGBT characters in the Kiseki games are pervy. They're all still "cool" and likeable, I mean Olivier is one of my favourites still, but yeah, it's not great how the gay or bi characters are all pretty predatory, including towards underage characters. And of course, it's all played for laughs (including when it's ). :\
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Hiveblood~ Pfft. I sure as shit needed it. Would have never made it without it, that's for damn sure. ...Okay, I hate you now. ;__; Me too. Pure luck. Cast a spell on those bees, boom.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Missed this post, oops~ I'm actually listening to the soundtrack right now and yeah Mantis Lords is one of my favourites. But, I've always had a soft spot for Fungal Wastes. It's a perfect mix of smooth and soothing with a hint of melancholy to it, it's just really lovely and I never get tired of it.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Oh, I see. I thought you'd still run out of Focus at some point. But I guess with this exact combination you always regain enough Soul to heal a full mask every time? I didn't know Grubberfly's Elegy added more Soul on damage. Damn, I might have spent LESS time than I did then. >_<
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
Um, a ton of enemies from SotN were recycled from Rondo of Blood, dude. It's a well-known criticism of the game. Hollow Knight has 150+ enemies (none of which are recycled from previous games of course). It won #21 GOTY 2017 on ResetEra, close behind Mario + Rabbids, and ranked Samus Returns and other high-budget games like The Evil Within 2, Hellblade, Destiny 2, For Honor, etc. Not bad for an indie "flavour of the month" that was exclusively on PC at the time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
Can you not do that? It's pretty insulting, and anyone could just easily throw that back at you. Sigh, no. Well, that's true, but that's what it's going for. Might as well complain that Super Metroid environments are also dark and damp, and bleak and alien. Uh, OK. I mean, you asked...? Your attitude is not very good yourself. You've just come into this thread to insult people who like the game and insinuate that those who like the game "shit" on the classics and insult "the fanbase". ...Also, I played SotN recently. It's still great. I think Hollow Knight is probably better since it improves on just about every aspect of SotN. *shrug* Nope. People largely love HK they are fans of SotN and Super Metroid. What is complex about Hollow Knight? Hollow Knight has way more "crazy hidden stuff" than SotN does.
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
Multiple endings, multiple secret bosses, tons of hidden paths and chambers and areas, tons of hidden NPC side-quests (some of which are really obscure)... SotN had some mindblowing stuff too, like the inverted castle and playing as Richter, but it still doesn't compare IMO.
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
When you write a semi-long post, then decide you don't want to share that particular story after all, and delete it all before hitting "reply".
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Da fuck... if you live alone, the latter might be sleepwalking, though?
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Hahahahaha
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Can relate
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
When you're playing a video game, but instead of actually playing you're constantly stopping to take screenshots because everything's so pretty
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Hmm, not bad. I like the Bart gif the best for my situation. It's a tough one to gif, I'll grant you. :)
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
A co-worker broke some code in their latest version, and left for home before correcting it
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
LOL <3 you guys
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Fucking perfect
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
I would indeed appreciate it if we focused more on Simpsons gifs themselves and not just forum and scoreboard references, thanks. LOL this is so good
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Better ones were posted, but I also thought of this one:
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Fuck I love this gif so much
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
omg
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
...When you're supposed to crack down on certain behaviours, but it's gotten out of control (and also hilarious) >_>
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Thread: Is there really a Simpsons reaction pic/gif for everything?
Close, but she's legit traumatized, not laughing her ass off. ;) Edit: ^ winner LOL
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Thread: Ontario students to be taught old sex ed curriculum from 1998 in September - No same sex relationshi
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Late to the party but welcome to Era, ! I'm glad you can appreciate this thread. OMG
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Thread: 'Feminists' Who Exclude Trans Women Aren't Feminists At All
It's a very easy one to Google.
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
Yes. For production values, it has great visuals, with amazing animations, vibrant environments (even the gloomy insect caves still feel swarming with life) and great monster designs. Music is beautiful and moody, with epic boss themes. It's just very polished, especially considering the size of the team. For gameplay, you get the typical Metroid-like progression, with rewarding exploration, huge levels, intricate maps, full of secrets everywhere. And it's tough as nails* at times, both in terms of combat and platforming. It plays very fluidly too, no controls issues whatsoever. It doesn't re-invent much, or anything really. But it on a winning formula and knocks it out of the park. Oh and did I mention the game is huge? I mean it's not just huge levels, the entire game world is huuuuuge and has so many secrets. Depending how slow and completist you are, you can easily take upwards of 40 hours. I'm at 50 and I haven't done everything... I can't conceive of any universe where this is true, and I love SotN to death. Combat is the weakest aspect of SotN (that and its menus and flood of useless items, lol). Bullshit.
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
It's not a Souls-like. Literally the only "Souls-like" aspect is having to retrieve your lost geo, which is similar to retrieving your lost souls (and geo is really not as important as your souls).
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Thread: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
It.... really, really doesn't. Look up "Alien Hominid flash" in Google images. Especially animated gifs. Then get back to me.
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Thread: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 28!
Of course. You can tell which monster areas are more vulnerable, if your elemental damage is effective, etc. I'm really, really gonna miss those QoL updates. Man, I wanted XX so bad before World, and I still want it, but now I kinda cringe at having to carry a map/pickaxe/paintballs/etc. around and the like. If only they had released this two years ago.
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Thread: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 28!
Oh shiiiiiiit No way. Portability means a lot to many people, and they have different monsters and quests. People can certainly enjoy both. lmao
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Thread: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 28!
Well fuck. I wanted this for so long and was legit mad that it was never localized for Switch. I don't like handhelds, so a Switch port of XX would have satisfied my console/big screen MH craving, which I hadn't had since 3U on Wii U. And it came out, too, but only in Japan, which made me salty. Then MH World was announced and came out for consoles and I stopped caring about this completely. xD Now I want to be excited, and, well, I am, sort of. I'm certainly going to get it and play the hell out of it, but... I don't know how I feel about the timing. Two MH in the same year is a bit much. And MH World is supposedly content-lite compared to XX, yet it devoured my time and I barely played other games since. This, and losing the QoL updates from World, kinda daunts me. (It also comes out just a few weeks my birthday, lol). Don't get me wrong, I'm legit happy about this. Just wish I had this like, 2 years ago. I guess I'll see if I cleared my backlog of games by the time it comes out, haha. I only play on console (or PC), not handhelds, so before World I only played Tri and 3U. It's good for us TV gamers because we get to play all the monsters from the portable generations that we never saw. MH4 seems to have some pretty cool ones, I'm looking forward to see them. And it had some dope songs too. The soundtrack in older MH games seem better than in World. No, Capcom has made it clear that it can't. At least not without significant dev efforts/costs that they may simply not want to invest in.
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Thread: Feminist Apparel CEO Fires Entire Staff After They Learn He's An Admitted Sexual Abuser (Read OP)
Fuck this guy. I can only hope he goes out of business real fast. No need to apologize. Seeing so many dudes here saying, so very categorically too, who can and can't call themselves feminists, is honestly eye-rolling to me. So yeah, you're fine. Good point.
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Thread: Feminist Apparel CEO Fires Entire Staff After They Learn He's An Admitted Sexual Abuser (Read OP)
I agree. There's a certain deep irony here where many women are saying that men call themselves feminists, and dudes ignoring us and telling each others "no, we shouldn't call ourselves feminists, this is for women only!" and basically not listening to us... hmm. :p Feminist men exist, and the label shouldn't be relegated to just sleazy/fake dudes (or assumed fakes). It's fine to be slightly wary of a guy who proudly hashtags what a big nice feminist he is, and suspect he may have underlying motives especially if business is involved; , if honest male allies refuse the term for themselves, that means the word will never become normalized, and that's counter-productive. We need more feminist men, not fewer.
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Thread: In the #MeToo era, punch lines about sexual assault in jail remain acceptable
Unfortunately, we have a long, long way to go before laughing at/making prison rape becomes socially unacceptable. Just one more aspect of rape culture that we can't seem to get rid of. It's awful. Edit: Yep. It's not even just about how joking about it is socially acceptable; it's even to the point where it's a desirable outcome for many, in some cases.
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Thread: Lesean McCoy being accused of domestic assault... NSFW
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Yep, I'm struggling there too. Tried that challenge 3 times and died at that place all 3 times. Sigh...
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Did you disable the motion controls? I find that helps a lot.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Nice gifs and pics everyone! Pretty cool that NPCs can respond to the gestures, I don't think I knew that.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
That was scripted, not a response to a gesture. The kid was crying after losing that bird race lol
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Hahahaha I was wondering what the hell it was too!
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Okay wait. This sarcastic post is throwing me off. You're gonna have to explain how these two fit in your list. I haven't played BF2, so maybe it does lack polish, but by all accounts it indeed does have a "stupid level of polish and production values", regardless of what you think of the game. But I could be wrong and it's a glitchy mess, not entirely sure... But AC Origins? Yeah, that one I can't let slide. Explain?
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Well, I do agree with that. And I don't think GR is unpolished either. But, I have to disagree that AC:O is unpolished. For a massive open-world games with that level of visual fidelity and a million things going on at once, it's actually incredibly polished and largely free from major glitches. You really couldn't have picked a worse examples other than maybe Horizon Zero Dawn. :P AssCreed got a lot of deserved flak for its lack of polish in past games, but AC:O isn't like the others.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Huh. Good news!
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
What others have said, plus... you can fly. Like, not with a vehicle or anything. You just fly. Across a whole city. Completely freely. It's great. Worth it for that alone. Honestly I had more fun flying freely after any shinies I saw or doing irrelevant shit like the photo hunts than playing the missions sometimes... :D
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Lunar mode is way too floaty. Don't know why anyone would enjoy it that much on its own.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Treasure hunts in the slums is the opposite of fun. I did the one, and never again.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
That, and Kat stays grounded. That she'd start floating while carrying objects in GR1 annoyed the shit out of me haha. I almost never used it in combat in GR1, but spammed throws constantly in GR2.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
All the outfits other than the original are either boring or fugly, tbh. Don't understand why people go nuts over them. :P
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
I have to say, that part with the... uh, let's call it "ice queen" (to remain as vague as possible) dragged on for fucking ever and I hated it. Lowest point of the game for me.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
I took the same LOL, except with more gloating
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Amazing gifs as always, <3 I like these shots that I took. What's better than Kat making a kid cry by beating them at race? Making kids cry, of course! :D #IRegretNothing Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong.
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
Stealth sections w/ insta-fail, and the missions where you have to avoid the crowd (pretending to be that star), were the opposite of fun. I enjoyed the game but those missions... what were they thinking?
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Thread: Gravity Rush 2 |OT| Friendly Neighbourhood Gravity Queen
"I won't say that this game is terrible because this is the OT but it's really terrible you guys" What even is this, lol.
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Horrible. What a brave woman.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I cleared the White Palace. It broke me, and I actually cried. But I did it. I did it! ...I don't even feel good. This wasn't really fun at all, and it feels a lot like luck when I go through a section at times. I hated every moment. I don't like how the real ending/boss is locked behind a huge difficulty spike in platforming. :\ If it weren't for the Hiveblood charm, I would have never made it through. But, well, it's done. Instead of going to the end, I tried the Trial of the Fool. But I keep dying to that part where the spikes appear and the walls narrow. Without an opportunity to heal I just get decimated by those purple mosquitoes and fire-spitting flying bugs and flying mantises. Sigh. I died at that spot 3 times, can't even make it further...
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Thanks. Interesting. My loadout is, IIRC, Unbreakable Strength, Unbreakable Heart, Stalwart Shell, Longnail, Grubsong and Spore Shroom. Maybe I should swap out one of those for Nailmaster? I do use charges early on, but I find that I don't have a lot of opportunities to charge as time goes on, because I use the downtimes to heal, and constantly shifting platforms and spikes make it difficult to maintain charges. I don't know what this is. You mean to tell me there's ?? I acquired the Kingsoul, that's enough right? Right? :(
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
.................................................................... NOPE
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
LOL the first section entirely skipped. Man. I'd totally have done it tbh. >.> I actually did the skip at 1:12! Completely accidentally, but it worked out. Yeah I often used Thorns early on, but lately I prefer Grubsong instead to get more Soul. Hmmm. Maybe I could swap out Longnail for these two.
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Thread: More things that bother me about Nintendo this week
"Good kale salad" seems like an oxymoron to be honest. (But yeah, no troll threads please.)
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Let's not.
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Thread: Would you eat at Los Pollos Hermanos? (Breaking Bad)
Well, that's considered irrelevant to the hypothetical scenario proposed by the OP. But, allowing this caveat, why would it affect your decision?
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Thread: Monster Hunter World coming to Steam with August 9th release date
The console listing price is still $60 USD, temporary sales aside. Right now, for Canadian storefronts, MH World is $5 on Steam ($74.99 CAD), compared to PSN ($79.99 CAD). I don't understand the prices complains at all. It's only a few months old, and it's still full price without any drop on consoles. It's also a huge game with a lot of content that can easily last 100-200h. The lack of post-launch DLC is laughable, though, I'll admit.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
You have a lot of options open. Buying the lantern will expand those options. It's been a while since my early game (I took a long hiatus), but think I went to Greenpath early on.
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Thread: Metroidvania |OT| What is a man?!
I prefer Classicvania.
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Thread: Metroidvania |OT| What is a man?!
You take that back. S&S is amazing. #2 GotY 2016 for me.
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Thread: Metroidvania |OT| What is a man?!
Oh I forgot about this thread That... that's pretty much what I wanted Bloodstained to be. LOL. >_< Better visuals and character design, that's for sure... That's a shame indeed. :( Sorry you can't enjoy this fine game. I hope you get access to better hardware sometime soon! I'm surprised it won't run well since it shouldn't be that demanding, I don't think.
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Thread: Metroidvania |OT| What is a man?!
Salt and Sanctuary is my favourite Metroidvania. Amazing level design, combat, bosses, RPG/character building. Just all-around stunning. Valdis Story is great and you should still add it to the OP, yo!
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
That's a... rather optimistic view on things. You think sexism will be eradicated in only 200 years? ^^
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
I don't actually have a problem with that per se, though I can see why it'd be aggravating. It really depends on the setting. For escapist fantasy, I'd pass. If one intends to portray a more grounded or realistic setting that closely matches our reality, depicting people being or acting in sexist manners can be an effective and powerful storytelling tool.
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Oh yeah that's different of course. Is that what Mass Effect is like though? Thought you were just talking about asshat NPCs insulting femShep or something. I don't know about ME, but if done right this could be effective social commentary.
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Thread: Not so hot take: Dark Souls 2 is not a good video game
Because deep down you know that it's an awesome game, I'd say. ;)
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Thread: Fastest way to rid my system of THC? Possible job opportunity prohibits drug use and, well . . .
With changing laws on marijuana being legal in a number of states and countries, how will those tests even remain legal for long?
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Thread: Ori & the Will of the Wisps: Moon Studios aims to 'perfect Metroidvania genre' - Preview & Interview
Sorry but this is incorrect. The longest stretch from a bench to a boss will take 2 minutes, and it's typically much faster. I do wish benches were sometimes a bit more generous in their placement, but 5-10m is just not true at all.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
^ WTF @ the bit next to the elevator shaft... I don't think I found this o.O
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Getting the item that gets you the true ending is a pain in the ass, so...
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Thread: Would you eat at Los Pollos Hermanos? (Breaking Bad)
Are you people not familiar with hypothetical scenarios and thought exercises? Here, the first sentence of the OP:
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Thread: Would you eat at Los Pollos Hermanos? (Breaking Bad)
Shit no
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Ah, OK. I guess the White Palace is next. >_<
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Thread: Hollow Knight Art Appreciation Thread (Open Spoilers)
Having literally just played it on PC at 1080p minutes ago, these smudged-looking shots kind of feel weird to look at, haha. Still gorgeous, though. Absolutely blows my mind how such a small team produced such a polished, gorgeous HD game.
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
Were you using the shortcut by dropping near the Darkwraith? It's not that bad with this shortcut. I see you got them now, which is great, congrats! But I've found this shortcut very helpful.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Almost done with the game, I think. Tonight I cleared the Watchers (finally! just facetanked them with spells lol, still almost died...) Flower quest, Lost Kin, White Defender (I had to look him up, he wasn't where the Dung Defender was... quite hidden, would have never found it), and the first DLC boss. Then I went to do the not? last boss. I got the "bad" ending (not? last boss was tough, but manageable with all my upgrades, pretty fun too). Was depressing. Had 102% anyway, no doubt because of some DLC content. Now I have this left to do, as far as I know: - Colosseum, part 3 (tried it once, didn't make it) - DLC 2nd boss - White Palace + True Final Boss Thinking of farming some geo for the another "unbreakable" charm. I already got Unbreakable Strength but I can imagine Unbreakable Heart would come in handy, too. Edit: hmm, I also never bothered with the banker. Should I try? Oh and that reminds me, I should get that lady's blessing since I have all the charms... The replayable fights of the Dream bosses (those that have them) can get fucked, though. Redoing them with more HP and/or them doing 2 masks of damage or more? lol no It's still useful. I dropped a Dreamgate near the flower girl. If I messed up (which I did, a few times :P) during the trek to the monument, I'd warp back there, without resting at the bench, so that most of the enemies will stay dead. I also placed markers on the map to help me navigate the optimal path. Fog Canyon is stressful with all those jellyfish and electric fields, lol... but if you take it slow it's not so bad. The spikes at the end are not that hard, but just mean to put right there before the end. :P It's worth it, it was my last mask shard so now I have maximum HP, yay.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Welp... you mean that
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Oh thank Satan. Nah, I meant the replayable ones. I think I killed Z like 2-3 more times (he had about 4 additional adjectives? I forgot, I think I a got a double KO at some point) before saying "fuck this" haha.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Welp. Weird lady won't give me her blessing. Apparently I need 1 more charm. WTF? Do breakable ones not count (I have 2 of those, 1 unbreakable)? Or do I need the "complete" White Fragment charm?
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Thread: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds (Read OP)
So Ukraine is right and you aren't actually disagreeing? Sticking to a diet permanently is what is actually hard, and what, statistically, people who struggle with weight loss have so much trouble with. Saying that something is doable, but difficult for a great number of people, isn't controversial, and isn't necessarily defeatist either. It's just realistic. You can be realistic without being defeatist.
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Thread: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds (Read OP)
I'd say the "vast majority of people out there" are indeed not in those categories, so what Zoe said isn't inaccurate.
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Thread: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds (Read OP)
In this context, "athlete" can certainly refer to muscular weight lifters and bodybuilders.
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Thread: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds (Read OP)
Please stop being hostile. You can give advice without being so aggressive. And keep in mind food prices vary wildly from places to places. Over here, fresh vegetables and meat are sadly not cheap at all, and fish is even worse, it's a sheer luxury . I'm fortunate that I can afford them but it's not always that easy for everyone.
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Thread: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds (Read OP)
Good point. People struggling with the taste or appeal of healthy food shouldn't be looking at replacing big macs with celery, but with a similarly filling sandwich that just contains healthier ingredients.
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Thread: Troy Baker (ft Nolan North) reacts to WatchMojo's list of his top 10 performances in games
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Thread: Don't know if this belongs here, but I think I'm about to leave GameFAQs messageboards.
We're not doing this.
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Thread: Ubisoft reponse to Kassandra not being featured in Odyssey marketing
Yoooo what
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Thread: Your least-favorite control schemes in video games
Any game that has triangle to jump. Fortunately that seems to be largely a thing of the past, but even in the PS1 era I it.
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Thread: Karen Pence DRAGGED for fashion faux-pas!
This doesn't warrant its own thread.
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Thread: Canada makes retaliatory tariffs official: 'We will not back down
Noooo my precious Tropicana OJ... ;_;
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Thread: Canada makes retaliatory tariffs official: 'We will not back down
Never seen this in my grocery store. I'll stick to Tropicana, thx
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Thread: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Is there another source other than a famous British tabloid for this 11 year old alleged story, or are you two done trying to derail this thread with whataboutism? This topic isn't about this guy.
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Thread: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Enough with this derail. Knock it off.
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Thread: The Most Abused Term in Videogame Criticism (Ludonarrative Dissonance) - SolePorpoise
Yup, that game is a textbook example of ludonarrative dissonance. I can't think of one game that embodies it quite so perfectly. Another solution against it would have simply been to keep the gameplay intact (though, well, the gameplay sucked too but that's another discussion entirely xD) and just portray Lara as frail, scared, vulnerable, with the so-called horror/survival vibe, and just go regular Indiana Jones pulpy adventure with a slick heroine who gives no fucks. Which, you know, was the tone of the original game and character anyway? It's honestly bizarre that they didn't just do that.
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Thread: Any JRPGs with truly great dungeon design?
Wild ARMs, Golden Sun, and Shining the Holy Ark. Maybe Panzer Dragoon Saga. But the first two are the best I've seen, with clever puzzle solving and rewarding exploration. Erm...? Me too, dude
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Thread: Any JRPGs with truly great dungeon design?
Oh, I love that game, but I wouldn't consider those "dungeons", exactly. They are battle maps, and SF2 is a strategy/tactical RPG, not a traditional dungeon-based RPG like what the OP had in mind. I agree it had some really cool and unique maps though.
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Thread: RTTP - The Legacy of Kain Series
One of my favourite franchises of all-time, and Kain is still my favourite character in gaming. Nice thread, I'll definitely read with more attention later. <3 Note: the Steam port of Soul Reaver 1 and 2 are dogshit. Don't waste your money unless you have no other way of playing them. The Defiance port is OK. I loved this so much. The item descriptions for "Implode" and "Nupraptor's Head" are still my favourite thing ever.
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Thread: Quinnipiac poll finds Dems +9 in the GCB, finds a 33/34 pt gender gap in both GCB and VA-Sen races
Nah. Just white women, 53% that went to Trump (which is absolutely shameful, mind). For all women overall, Hillary had more votes.
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Thread: Quinnipiac poll finds Dems +9 in the GCB, finds a 33/34 pt gender gap in both GCB and VA-Sen races
This was largely influenced by institutional sexism, though. Women are just not admired or liked the way men are for showing similar amounts of ambition or leadership.
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Thread: I'm worried Bloodstained might be bad. Is this what Mighty No 9 felt like for MM fans?
This is my biggest worry right now. The demo is just... underwhelming. I don't think it'll be MN9 levels of disappointment, though, and I think you are doing a disservice to your own thread with this comparison. But, I understand your concerns, especially about the art style, level design, and the comparisons to other, better Metroidvanias. When 2 people made a better-looking, better-playing Metroidvania with far less budget (this applies to both HK and S&S), it's just hard to feel excited for Bloodstained anymore. I was a backer, but I don't even care much anymore. I hope I'm wrong, but Hollow Knight and Salt and Sanctary look like they're going to be infinitely superior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ At this point I'm far more excited for Death's Gambit, no joke... But was that because of its level design, or was it because the game suffered from technical and performance issues? IIRC it was the latter. Not really a valid comparison. Of course it does. I can't imagine anyone thinking otherwise. That said, yes, backers accepted the 2.5D compromise and that shouldn't be compared to PS1 pixel art, but the art style is just not there. For pixel art, you got Owlboy and Momodora. For HD 2D, you got Dragon's Crown, Hollow Knight, Ori, and S&S. For 2.5D? You might get GG Xrd among the top visuals, but that's probably too high budget. Honestly though, I feel like even Mirror of Fate (on PC) looked better than Bloodstained... :|
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
What didn't you like about 2? I found that it improved on 1 in just about every aspect.
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
I admit it wasn't great. Especially compared to the previous two which were A+ tier. Those Envisioned were scary as hell, though!
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
You don't technically need it, it's stand alone. But I'd recommend it, if you care about the story and/or characters at all.
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
I like you. <3
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
For those playing on PS4, it's currently 33% off on PSN (NA): ($27 CAD, I'm guessing $20 USD)
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
Cheers, guys! :) My SO's PC is pretty strong, but ran both games just fine. I think it's similar to yours (). IIRC, the performance problems that plagued a lot of people in D2 were not as commonly present in DotO.
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
(Expired) I started this game late last year, actually, but thanks to a massive backlog and having my play time devoured by time-sinks such as Monster Hunter World and later, Dark Souls Remastered (I play online a lot, make new characters, etc.), I've been neglecting my poor Dishonored. It didn't help that I needed to borrow my SO's PC to play it, as mine can't run modern games, so I just had fewer opportunities to continue playing it. But enough excuses. I did finally resume playing it a few days ago and finally finished the last two missions I had left. After the constant positive buzz Prey has been getting (not saying it's undeserved) and how good Arkane's single player immersive sims are and all, I'm surprised I hardly ever hear anyone talking about DotO, so I'm making a thread for it. My first thread on Era, yay (?). For those who don't know much about it, it's obviously similar to the first two Dishonored, but with two major differences:Now, I actually liked the Chaos system. I even found it pretty dumb how people basically complained about their in-game actions having in-game consequences, when that was the whole point of the system. The Chaos system wasn't perfect, but I strongly disagree with the common notion that it "punishes you for the fun playstyle". I played those games in mostly High Chaos, and never once felt "punished". There's a reason the different endings aren't "good" or "bad" but rather "optimistic" or "cynical", and both are interesting. But, well, if you were one of those who liked the gameplay of Dishonored, but didn't like the Chaos system for whatever (misguided ;)) reason and gave up or passed on the games for that... do give Death of the Outsider a shot, because then you no longer have that excuse! :) There is even a mission where, if you want to do all the optional Contracts, you actually do need to kill every hostile/enemy in the level except one, soooo have at it and go full Rambo. Other changes from the previous games include: The level design is still as strong as ever, and the game includes one of my all-time favourites, if not my very favourite, from the entire series: . Going into details as to what makes this level so fun would be entering spoilers territory, but man, it's a masterclass of level design, the kind Arkane is known for. I really hope Arkane continues this series even if it hasn't been doing so well financially. Perhaps re-using the same gameplay mechanics but in a different setting or time period of that same world, or a brand- new setting? The ending(s) give some nice closure to the series, but it doesn't mean the Void went away forever, after all... :) I really hope Arkane continues making these kinds of games, whatever path they choose. tl;dr It's really, really fucking good you guys. Play it. Also, Billie Lurk is one of the greatest protags ever, for real.
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
Someone didn't read my OP :P I disagree with this. Killing bad people in droves makes the world more not more . But hmph, anyway, like I said, DotO doesn't have the system so y'all can stop complaining now! :D
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
Like I said, it's not perfect. But, if you can't see why slaughtering every single guard in a mansion/bank/building/whatever wouldn't be massively disruptive for a civilized society, I don't know what to tell you. (Plus of course how it helps the spread of plague rats and/or bloodflies that get attracted to all the corpses one might leave behind) And keep in mind you need to kill a lot of people to get the High Chaos consequences, too. Obviously sometimes it's gonna be a bit game-y, because, well, it's a game. But the idea that leaving behind trails of bodies across the city/cities would cause chaos, bleakness and cynicism in the world and its characters, is a sound one.
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
Look, I think you're misrepresenting the chaos system by deliberately nitpicking the extremes, but I don't want this thread to be about Dishonored 1 and 2, so let's agree to disagree and instead talk about DotO, okay?
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
Guessing he's referring to their presumed financial difficulties? Arkane's games have been crititcally acclaimed but have not been great sellers, unfortunately. Though I don't know if that has ever just been speculation or fact, if they've broken even regarding their budgets or whatnot.
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Thread: LttP: Dishonored - Death of the Outsider - aka another forgotten gem from Arkane [$20 on PSN]
Please, let's not.
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Thread: Sleepwear brand removes kids "Boys Will Be Boys" pyjamas after complaint
Free speech, and the free market, in action. What's the problem, exactly? You talk about "such change occurring naturally", like... what does this even mean? No social progress has ever been made without various forms of loud and open resistance and advocacy.
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Thread: Preacher Season 3 trailer
After the complete disaster that was season 1, I still gave them a chance, since the end of S1 But they continued to make the show ultra-boring and ruin pretty much every character except maybe Herr Starr. I see no reason to continue giving them a chance. How does one make something like so damn boring considering the source material, I'll never know.
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Thread: Petty and/or irrational reasons you're turned off from games
avatar quote?
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Thread: Petty and/or irrational reasons you're turned off from games
Haha, I gotcha. I'm the same actually.
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Thread: Petty and/or irrational reasons you're turned off from games
I don't think I really have any reason I'd call "petty". Most of the turn-offs are about art style, setting, or music, or being on a handheld, which have a strong impact on my enjoyment (or lack thereof) of a game, so I don't consider dismissing a game for, say, having annoying music, or being in a boring setting, to be a petty reason, though some people might call that petty. :shrug: LOL Petty, but fair!
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Thread: Sarah Sanders: "We've been nice to Canada for many years. And they've taken advantage of that,”
I believe the appropriate word to describe this is "Orwellian".
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Thread: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Sundays on HBO from 18 February
The humour in that show is so cringe at times. Great reporting but ugh. People actually thought the Santa jokes were funny? Even after 2 minutes of it?
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Thread: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Sundays on HBO from 18 February
Outside of that pointless mouse-fucking-a-tick segment, that was an otherwise really interesting episode. And for once not as horribly depressing, outside of that SCOTUS segment (which we already all knew about anyway).
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Thread: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Sundays on HBO from 18 February
Toddlers representing themselves in court. In an industrialized, first-world country. I have no fucking words.
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Thread: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Sundays on HBO from 18 February
I already do.... and yes those were horrifying too. But, somehow, it's less... shall we say, bizarre, or baffling, than the idea of toddlers, who may not even speak English, being expected to defend themselves in court. How does this not at least fall to the guardian??
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Thread: Mass shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland (5 dead)
Fucking hell. RIP.
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Thread: Games You Still Want That Were Never Localized
I would likely sacrifice various lifeforms if that could make it happen.
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Thread: Fantasy books
All I can say to that is avoid the Sword of Truth. An absolute dumpster fire of a series with the biggest asshole in fantasy as its author, who simply writes these books to peddle his toxic Randian/objectivist ideology with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. You can find more info in this if you're curious.
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Thread: Fantasy books
I loved those! My favourite in that style were Sorcery! and Lonewolf, though. But Fighting Fantasy had some really fun and memorable ones too. My favourite was probably City of Thieves. I also liked Island of the Lizard King, The Forest of Doom, Scorpion Swamp (charting the map was surprisingly fun), Talisman of Death... I read/played all of those in French, too. Lately I've obtained the e-book versions of for mobile (they're all free) and went on a big nostalgia trip. Note, this isn't the mobile/PC video game, but a direct adaptation of the original books for touch screen format. Almost everything is 100% faithful, with only minor tweaks for the format (like all the "diceroll"/random checks being automatic and so on). Pretty cool. Well, I find the so-called philosophy of the books to be trite and pretentious, and I actually tend to prefer grimdark/nihilistic worlds and stories, but this one was just not remotely enjoyable. And honestly, deciding to build a world where women are just really makes you wonder what goes on in the author's head...
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Thread: Fantasy books
I feel like I'm in the minority, but I found Prince of Nothing to be absolutely insufferable. Some of the most pretentious dreck I've ever read, and the canon misogyny is just gross.
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Thread: Fantasy books
Abercrombie is fantastic. He's constantly improving as an author too. Shattered Sea was great, and I'm really looking forward to see his return to the First Law universe.
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Thread: "Mature, intelligent stories" as an excuse for gratuitous naked women.
I've moved it, but you can report your own OP next time.
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Thread: Game Purchases You Regretted Minutes In
Xenoblade Chronicles. I'm sad to see so many listings of Salt and Sanctuary. Ugly art? The environments and enemy and boss sprites are very nice. Your character's head does look weird, but put a helmet on and you never have to look at it again. There, done. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I didn't buy it, it was a friend's copy, but it would definitely be on the list if I had. One of the worst games I've ever played. Then again I wouldn't have bought it even if my friend hadn't bought it either...
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Thread: Is punk the most potentially problematic music genre
What does "self-policing" even mean, anyway? Because if it's by shunning NSBM as fringe, it's already the case, they never get billed in major (or even mid-tiers) festivals and concerts. lol Bigger? Like who? Burzum is the most famous black metal band and the guy is a racist shithead as a person, but his music isn't about that (as far as I know) but the generic pagan/fantasy stuff. The "biggest" black metal band I can think of with actual white supremacist lyrics is probably Nokturnal Mortum, and they're not exactly "big" at all, really.
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Thread: Is punk the most potentially problematic music genre
Uh, yeah, those are not "big" by any stretch of the imagination.
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Thread: July is 'Straight Pride Month', according to this CA Vice Mayor
What a hateful buffoon. And holy shit @ the name + picture combo... I had to check this wasn't The Onion.
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Thread: July is 'Straight Pride Month', according to this CA Vice Mayor
Hah, it's all right. Just seemed appropriate to post this as a response, since Gaahl is gay. :D
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Thread: What's The Best And Worst Cities In Your State(s)?
I know a guy who grew up in St-Jean, born of a white mother and Haitian father, and his experience matches this. That said, I'm pretty sure the worst in Québec has to be Herouxville.... That place was beyond embarrassing. Of course, it's hardly a city, maybe not even a "town".
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Thread: I went to a conservative Christian church yesterday
The part about a Christian nation is blatantly false and ignores separation of Church and State, a core tenet of American law and society. The part about the country struggling because it's not "a nation under God" is not only not based in reality, it's insulting to people of other faiths (or those without faith). The part about the pledge of allegiance is loaded and misleading (you also omitted the OP's correction that the pledge didn't even mention God until the 50's), and implying that being forced to recite a pledge is a good thing is indeed alarming in a so-called free country. The part about Trump and his administration is also creepy since it appeared to be supportive (at least tacitly). And yes, the part about evolution and prayer in school is more propaganda based on falsehoods, and it is anti-science and anti-reality. That's a lot of misinformation crammed in one single service. This is not positive or uplifting rhetoric (and the empty platitude about walking your own path at the end doesn't do much to change that), but rather, anti-intellectual and exclusionary rhetoric. I know that church services be positive and uplifting, but I am at a loss as to how this particular example fits this description, to be honest. Like the OP, I find it offensive.
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Thread: I went to a conservative Christian church yesterday
That's pretty alarming then. That service was full of incredibly harmful misinformation being peddled to an unthinking and unquestioning mass. That this sort of disgusting indoctrination is common and even mainstream in the country should be alarming to anyone interested in progress, education, and critical thinking. That is beyond disgusting. :( I'm sorry you went through this. I don't know how you didn't lose your sanity. Knock it off.
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Thread: First lady Of The United States Melania Trump Wishes Everyone A Happy "Independance" Day
Someone made a typo and later deleted it? This isn't thread-worthy.
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
It's indeed very annoying. I really hope Odyssey fixes this.
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
They are super short though, considering. I found the modern-day segments to be more annoying than Aya's, though I didn't care for the boat battles either.
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
...I can't even remember anything about that lol
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Hmm, I was considering picking up Curse of the Pharaohs at some point, and I did notice the Season Pass wasn't worth it (buying the two DLCs together is still cheaper than the pass, and the season pass has no extra content worth the price). However I'm not seeing any of those on sale right now, did I miss it?
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Must be regional then, not seeing any sale on the Canadian storefront...
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
LOL
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Yeah, the HUD options are bad. Don't know why, doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to tweak. So I am at the part where How much more do I have? I wanted to beat this tonight, but I figured I might still have more than I know + eleventy hours long Ubisoft credits, well, I want to go to bed sometime...
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Okay cheers. Yeah I'm level 40 (playing on Hard) since I did a lot of side content.
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
How do you get those? Is it paid DLC?
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Oh. Ain't paying for this then.
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
I'm in Canada. $53.49 on the PSN store. lolno
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Quick question: is Karnak in the game? I think that geographically it's close enough to the area of the game, but I haven't encountered it yet. I know the Valley of the Kings is ridiculously far in real world geography (7h drive south of Giza) so that's unlikely, which is a bummer. Maybe DLC? I hate that. Like when early on you I enjoy the game, but the hand-holding in general is really abysmal. Especially since there's no way to turn it off.
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
I see. What about Karnak? Not sure I'll bother with DLC. $50 season pass, nooooope
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Oh, I was hoping Karnak was in the base game. Damn. Thanks for the info and . I'm looking forward to getting the PS4 Pro I just ordered to see the improvements to the game, and I do like how much content there is (though there's still that damn Ubi-filler but it's better than usual generally), but I'll probably pass on the DLC unless it gets massively discounted. Do they ever go on sale? (Ubisoft DLC/season passes, that is)
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
I'm honestly surprised at how good the game looks and how well it runs on a base PS4. I haven't encountered any major graphical glitches either. You can tell they took the time to polish this one. It's perhaps not as jaw-droppingly gorgeous as Horizon, but it has better water and the world design is busier, and it's a multiplat, so yeah, a very impressive technical feat (and the art direction is great too). Really, could have sworn horses felt faster haha. Maybe it's a psychological thing, my mind playing tricks on me. I just saw a screenshot with a chocobo mount. I need that thing ASAP. xD
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
I got this for Christmas as well. I've hated every AssCreed so far, but this one does seem better. Graphics are insanely good even on a regular PS4. I'm gonna spend so much time in photo mode again am I.... I put this on Hard, but combat still seems pretty easy, I'm only in danger if I'm surrounded by multiple archers. Should I switch to Nightmare? Also, is there any way to auto-hide the HUD? I keep seeing quest names intrusively in yellow, or tips like "lock on with R3" (after all enemies are defeated) in the middle of my screen. The hand-holding is just too annoying sometimes. Edit: oh, I also want that amazing outfit someone posted in the PC screenshot thread a while back... xD I don't know what it's called though. [Fake edit: googled and found ! Sooo pretty. I imagine it's late game though?]
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Thread: Assassin's Creed Origins |OT| Stalking in Memphis
Fuuuuuuu LOL, those pics are hilarious. Dropkicking animals xD (Those poor beasts, leave 'em alone you monster!)
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
I wonder too. I beat the game literally a few days before they patched it, lol. Love your avatar btw :D
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
You mean greatest
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
Just when I was starting to do better... heeeeere comes the level Fuuuuuuu
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
I just got to
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
I haven't clicked your spoiler, but I guessed it was ?
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
Yup found that hilarious. I beat the game tonight. Didn't finish all the commander side-missions though. But boy, what a ride. Loved the ending sequence. WTF @ the I was also NOT on "I Am Terror-Billy" difficulty after all, seems like I was on Do or Die all this time LOL. Oops. It was still really hard at times, well, I'm rubbish at FPS but even so. The final encounter wasn't so bad though, I cheesed it by hiding inside those corridors and hit the last tough enemies with charged beams. Fun times.
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
I've cleared up all the Oberkommado assassinations and even got all the toys for Max. Was hoping for a cut scene about that, but nothing. (I did do the last death card with the bunker mission, which was painfully easy compared to the rest for some reason) Let me guess, it was all just for a damn achievement? :P
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
Well fuck. Any point in doing the remaining sidequests (got to rescue some cousin and destroy some tapes) that I have then? Other than an achievement, which I don't care about? If not I might just shelve this and move on to my next item on the backlog hehe.
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
Just started this. Is this game harder than the first one? I played The New Order and The Old Blood on I Am Death Incarnate, and this time I picked... uh, forgot the names, the one before the "hardest" available difficulty (says "hard, for experienced players") and I feel like I'm struggling so much more and dying way too fast, even at full armour/health. Maybe I should lower it to Normal... :\
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Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
Yeah I'm doing better now that I have some weapon upgrades and am dual-wielding more. The LaserKraftWerk in one hand and the machine gun in the other... pretty good setup for now.
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Thread: SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Classics |OT| A Virtual Console
:(
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Thread: SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Classics |OT| A Virtual Console
Nice OT! Quick question: I've had this on Steam for a while (minus the Sonic games). Is there anything new added beyond those silly achievements?
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Thread: SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Classics |OT| A Virtual Console
Thanks for the answers everyone. Ah, okay. I think I have that on... the Xbox 360 somewhere. >.> Which is kinda gathering dust at the moment, but oh well...
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Thread: Man, I hate unnecessary manual labor
....Uh, no
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Thread: Samsung Messages glitch could be sending your photos to random contacts
I have a Samsung Galaxy A5. My messaging app is the default one and is just called "Messages", is that the same app, or is the app specifically called "Samsung Messages"?
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Thread: Samsung Messages glitch could be sending your photos to random contacts
OK so "Samsung Messages" is a different app? Edit: shit, no, I think it's the same My phone has this exact icon for its default Messages app. Edit 2: de-activating the storage permissions completely disables the messing app. Welp... I hope my version is OK.
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Thread: Kotaku: GW2 writers fired after Twitter argument. GG pressured firing.
I cut out the part where you agreed why the GG brigade targeted her and not him (because I agree with it and didn't feel the need to point that out). I didn't see you say that she'd get more shit (not talking about GGers), and I was specifically talking about the general public's perception. If I missed where you talked about that, apologies.
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Thread: Kotaku: GW2 writers fired after Twitter argument. GG pressured firing.
Without going into whether or not I think Deroir was mansplaining (I don't have a strong opinion either way, probably not), this is a poor understanding of the word. No one who actually mansplains goes about it as obviously as "As a man, let me tell you, woman, how to do your job". It doesn't work like that. Most of the time it's subtle and indirect, but it's still a pattern that women notice and it can be grating. See below: Yep, pretty much where I stand. I don't think it's a disingenuous comparison. A lead designer is even more of a public-facing figure to their respective company than a random dev is, and Kamiya's not only a much bigger asshole on Twitter than this woman was, a lot of people actually love that about him and cheer him on. It's not even about what the companies choose to do or not to do, in this case, but rather, the reactions of the public. Do you think a female dev mouthing off on Twitter the way Kamiya does would get the "lol oh Kamiya you absolute madman <3" type of reactions he often does? Do you think a female Kamiya would get away with his attitude? I sure don't.
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Lucky you...
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
Why would you kill them, when you can easily ignore all of them since 1.04 (2011)...
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
No kiddin'. Make-up talk? Eww. Can we go back to the boob sweat talk... >_>
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Thread: Simple strategies that completely break games
Black knight weapons in Dark Souls
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Yep. Sad news, sadly not unexpected. The shitty gaslighting on that woman is disgusting too ("poor thing needs psychiatric treatment!"). Ugh.
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
That song was wonderful! <3
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Thanks for that! I liked it even without understanding it, but that elevates it even more. Powerful stuff. Edit: And completely coincidentally, I just happen to be listening to this Vas album, whose frontwoman is an Iranian singer called Azam Ali <3 sorry if slightly off-topic but I'll share it anyway because it's gorgeous music:
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Wow. When you are threatened by a sweet old lady who exerts herself climbing on that small ledge so badly that you throw big black iron bars around the place. Beyond pathetic, indeed.
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Incredibly brave of her. I hope she sparks a long-lasting movement.
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Awful news... :( And the propaganda/spin on this, urgh. Absolutely infuriating. I hope this doesn't discourage the movement (though I wouldn't blame any woman from slinking away and not wanting trouble) and that protests will continue.
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Thread: Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
Amazing and inspiring. I hope these brave women succeed at changing their regressive society.
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Thread: The Verge: The gospel of Elon Musk, according to his flock
If Musk ever starts building machines that consume biofuel, we're fucked.
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Thread: Many people are upset at the New York Times who don't watch Fox News. Here's why.
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Thread: Many people are upset at the New York Times who don't watch Fox News. Here's why.
I thought we were talking about the plight of the working class and how liberals were out of touch with them.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Me too. Send help
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Question about the endings: Thanks.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Thanks! I'll go do that then. Well, I still need to defeat the Watchers, but last I tried was like, 2-3 masks, 2 nail upgrades, 1 spell upgrade and probably half a dozen (or more) charms ago. I got this? I got this.
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Thread: The Last Of Us Part 2 Gameplay Reveal
He clearly meant "scripted" not "faked" as in CG or whatever (which is debatable still, but not as blatantly false as accusing them of using CG). And he apologized. No need to pile on, let's move on.
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Thread: Hey, it's that actor! Mindblowing VA appearances.
Ashly Burch plays Aloy and also Tiny Tina and Millium from Cold Steel The last two sound more or less alike, but Aloy is of course (and thankfully) completely different. She's got range.
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Thread: Elon Musk is building a kid-sized submarine to rescue the trapped kids inside the cave in Thailand
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Thread: If you were an employer, would you hire a Trump supporter?
It's not that much of a hypothetical. Employers routinely do background checks on future employees, and this often involves finding social media profiles.
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Thread: If you were an employer, would you hire a Trump supporter?
I'm a programmer too. Roughly 50% of our staff is non-white, mostly Hispanic and Middle-Eastern. The other half is white, but most are still immigrants, from the US or Europe. Only maybe 15% of the staff is non-immigrant. You can bet your ass I would never hire a Trump supporter. Doing so would create a hostile work environment. Besides, I wouldn't want to hire someone who openly supports a blatant misogynist. Hiring programmers isn't just about hiring the best coder. Programmers interact with other employees too. Programmers need skills like teamwork, critical thinking, analytical minds. A Trump supporter would fail at those criteria. This.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Left one is the best.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
The optional areas are pretty much all fairly late-game. There's one optional boss early on, but the first optional area I can think of is reachable from , and after that, it's only after the which is fairly late-game.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I hate this so much. Feels like it got worse in DS3 somehow?
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
There is no way the Memory of the Old Iron King is worse than Iron Passage. I know this, because nothing in the series is worse than Iron Passage. . I'll die on that hill.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
How are the whip weapons in DS3? I loved them in DS2, they did good damage and could be powerstanced, but I haven't tried them in DS3.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I hate you
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I dunno what that is, but jazz is an evil that must be purged
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
...Did I say something bad >.>
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Obscure Demon's Souls reference in this comic I was just reading xD (Rat Queens, vol. 4) (Sorry for the size, phone pic)
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
You need attunement for spell slots, yes.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Ohai , nice to see you here!
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
They're kinda fun to coop, but really insufferable to solo. They were fully intended to be coop zones, and aren't entirely bad when played with a friend, but yeah, the Iron Passage especially is abominable to solo. >_<
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Also scales with soft humanity (capped at 10). Red tearstone ring I think?
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
It doesn't matter at this point. The only reason to pick one area over the other would be build-dependent. The Tomb of the Giants has useful embers and NPCs for faith builds, Duke's Archives for int/sorcery builds, the Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith area for pyromancies and fire/chaos weapons (you can also find an item in there that's highly useful, though optional, for the Tomb of the Giants...), and New Londo Ruins has the best ember for pure physical weapons. The DLC should be done after all of those areas but before the final area (it will be immediately obvious when that final area is available so don't worry) since killing the last boss takes you to NG+ instantly.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Pure physical damage.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Excellent choice. And...
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Technically you can but there's very few use cases where it's actually useful. In Demon's Souls, the offhand katana was incredibly good. For some reason, the L1 attack swung faster than a normal R1, and it could combo nicely, there was even a stunlocking combo with the push movement (push > L1 > push > L1) which wrecked unwary players in PvP. Fun times.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Resetera.gif :D
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Right? Those two areas are legit ugly. The ugliest areas in all Soulsborne by far, IMO. But the highs of DS2 are legit good. Heide, Brume Tower, No Man's Wharf, Dragon Aerie and Shrine of Amana all look very beautiful. I'm guessing the uglier areas were just really rushed. From's environmental artists are usually much better than that.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Gonna venture a wild guess and say Cathedral Ward and he picked up the top hat hunter set thing. ;)
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
That was such a great feeling when I noticed that. :D
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Wat
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Level up your HP. Almost nothing in Dark Souls kill you THAT fast unless you stay at base. The crystal golems are resistant to magic, but deleting your character because of that seems like an extreme overreaction?
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Man, never fails lol. I've played all Soulsborne games since Demon's Souls, and levelling up HP is never a waste and I've always done it (and capped it at 40-50). But yet I keep hearing people say that, and then they, inevitably, invariably... complain about getting one- or two-shotted. I mean.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Yes! The lighting from torch mechanic is spectacular at times, and really enhances the visuals. Whenever I play DS2, I pretty much always light every torch I can find. Fortunately, in Scholar, they actually do reward you for doing that, to a point. :) As someone who staunchly defends DS2's visuals in general, that's a good point that I cannot deny. DS2 suffers from two things, aesthetics-wise: an inconsistency in quality (the best-looking parts are gorgeous, but the worst-looking part are legit ugly, uglier than anything else in the series -- the worst places to me being Harvest Valley and Shaded Ruins), and, as you point out, the weak interiors. DS2 has a lot of "empty square rooms". It's not a big deal to me because it's typically just for the occasional hidden bonfire rooms, but it's still quite noticeable. An empty square-ish room with flat walls and equally flat floors and ceilings, devoid of details or decoration or furnishing or even anything ruin-like such as cracks, spiderwebs, god rays shining through the cracks, etc. is a common enough sight in DS2 to be noticeable, and that's too bad. And even when it's not as blatant as the hidden bonfire rooms, the interiors are still generally kind of bare-bone, or at least it felt denser and more intricate in Demon's Souls and even Dark Souls (though I think DS1 has similar issues, especially in places like Anor Londo). There are some interiors that are still nice-looking, like the Sir Alonne boss room, but yeah. It does, however, shine in terms of greater environmental designs and more "outdoorsy" or "wider" looking areas, such as skyboxes, outside architecture like friezes, etc. That's why my favourite-looking places in DS2 are Heide's Tower, Shrine of Amana, the Iron Keep, No Man's Wharf, or the Dragon Aerie. The backdrops are gorgeous, and the architectural elements such as giant statues, spires, etc. look quite nice too. But then you have Harvest Valley which is really just mushy grey and brown caves. Ick.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
stop using inflammatory language already. You should really know better by now.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Have you checked The Souls Retrospective? Part 1 here:
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I can't imagine someone going out of their way to do something they think is not going to be fun. "Someone has to do it"? Why? Life's too short for that. I would urge you to spend your time on Earth doing something you enjoy instead. Just a thought. Incredible that this needs to be said. :)
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Miners are weak to thrust. The bugbears are weak to magic. Use the crescent falchion if you have it, even on a non magic build it'll be better than your melee weapons most like.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I would, but I'm being swallowed by Monster Hunter right now I'm afraid...
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
And that is exactly why poise sucks and I'm glad it got nerfed into uselessness in DS3. :nods:
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Well I don't know what to tell you, other than I never had an issue with those knights and neither did most people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --- Change of subject: this topic came up on another forum and I was wondering what SoulsEra thought :) 1. What Soulsborne boss (you can also include Nioh or not, if you want, I don't mind) ? Optional additional questions: 2. What about biggest death count per game? 3. What about optional vs non-optional? 4. Which boss(es) have killed you, not once? (For those who do repeat playthroughs, multiple characters/builds and so on) (You should specify if you used summons or not, too, probably...) For myself: I haven't kept track of my exact # of deaths across all games, obviously, but out of curiosity I did keep track for Dark Souls 3. For the rest, I'm going by memory. 1. Either Manus at SL1 in Dark Souls (probably close to 40-50 attempts), or the Iga-Style mission in Nioh (no idea of the count but it must be up there). For Manus at SL1, I estimate based on the number of green blossoms I had in my inventory. I started at 99, popped one before every attempt, sometimes popped a second one (often died before even doing that). I was down to under 45 blossoms by the time I won, IIRC. 2. - Demon's Souls: Flamelurker or Maneaters. Can't remember the number, but they gave me a lot of trouble whereas most other bosses went down in 1 or 2 tries. - Dark Souls: Manus at SL1. At normal levels/playthroughs, probably S&O, maybe Kalameet later on. Can't remember. - Dark Souls 2: honestly, it's probably the vanilla Ancient Dragon, though now he doesn't scare me at all anymore. It might also be Smelter Demon or the Ivory King. I'm not entirely sure. - Dark Souls 3: Sister Friede, by far. In the vanilla game, either Nameless King or L&L (probably Nameless King). - Bloodborne: defiled Watchdog, defiled Amygdala - Nioh: Iga-Style 3. Highest # of deaths from a non-optional boss for me... Manus at SL1, yes, but that's a specific playthrough. For regular playthroughs: Sister Friede. Fuck, she killed me so often it's ridiculous. If we don't count DLCs, probably L&L in Dark Souls 3, to be honest. No other mandatory boss killed me that often still kinda scare me to solo (Flamelurker killed me lots as a noob, but I'd find him complete cake today) than these two. 4. A lot of it is from memory, but here goes:And I think every Nioh boss has killed me at least once (if not on NG then on NG+ or later) except Derrick the Executioner and maybe Joro-gumo.
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The really surprising ones in that list are Ebrietas and Amygdala never killing you. I take it you never fought the defiled chalice version of Amy?
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I swear, I must be the only one who had no problem with the SotFS Iron Keep. In fact I found it less annoying to go through, because in vanilla that archer on the side just annoyed the shit out of me, and he's gone in Scholar. Alonne Knights are easy to kill. Why are people bitching so much about them? They die in like 2 hits from the average weapon. If you have trouble staggering them, the Stone Ring fixes that instantly. ...Do people not use the Stone Ring or understand how it works? It's a really useful ring that makes a big difference, y'all. ...Block? I never roll-spammed those knights in the High Wall and they hardly ever gave me trouble.
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Know how I know you haven't played Demon's Souls? People gave you plenty of tips and advice. But I see you're still trying to facetank your way to victory and failing and complaining that it won't work. Well, OK then. :shrug:
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Yes, yes, you've made that very clear. The only thing I'll say to this, is that, well, the vast majority of players have no trouble at all on the High Wall of Lothric and have gotten past it (and the much harder later areas of the game) just fine, with a variety of builds. The game isn't flawless (none of them are), and if you aren't having fun, that's fine, but has it occurred to you that maybe, just maybe, it's not that the game is bad or badly designed, but more the fact that you staunchly and stubbornly refuse to adapt? Just saying. I doubt I can change your mind here, and I'm not going to tell you to re-install it, but, yeesh, dude.
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Rakuyo though If locking on you should always, always lock-on to the head. Sometimes it's necessary to lock-off and manually adjust/reposition but only lock on to the head and stay in front of it. Bait its attacks, after it's tone trashing about or doing whatever it does, the head lowers for a 2 second or so window and you can get 1 or 2 hits on it. Rinse repeat, you'll get a visceral opportunity on the head at some point too. If you do that you should get consistent hits.
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I haven't watched the video but I assumed he meant "builds", or build archetypes, not the actual starting classes.... 'cause yeah if it's the starting classes that shit makes no sense lol.
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No hyperbole there, no sir!
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...Oh my I'm sorry but, are you seriously just struggling at the beginning of the game, and saying and... I just can't.
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Ah, I think I understand now. Yep, sorry, poise is now gone, you can't facetank your way to victory anymore. Which is a great thing, in my mind. Fuck poise, it can stay dead.
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And even in DS1, most players won't find the zweihander right away since it's in a difficult area that most first-time players will not go very far into. I'm betting most first-time players who did use the zwei were told about it by someone else or used a guide... I mean I'm sure a few players stumbled upon it naturally, but I can't imagine it's most of them.
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Heavy weapons still have staggering power. Moreover, almost every enemy in the High Wall are brain-dead easy to backstab. Without poise you just need to... your attacks. Like you had to do in Demon's Souls. The heavier/slower weapons still have some hyperarmour frames so it's not that bad. You just can't fully rely on trading hits mindlessly anymore. It was ridiculous how broken that was in Dark Souls, you had people like DSP facetanking everything.
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Sister Friede.
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Yeah... maybe uh, don't "grind like mad" before complaining something is too easy? ;)
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It's true. Confirmed by Miyazaki.
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Last night I tried dusting off my PS3 (hadn't used it in about a year) to check the online status of Demon's Souls and play with a friend. We never did finish that old "challenge" (low-level capped, PBWT, me fatrolling and him no-shielding) coop run. An hour of fiddling later, having to recharge my dead DS3 controller, find the old password of my alt PSN account (because Demon's only had 4 character slots per PSN and of course I need more), trying wireless first because now the PS4 is what is wired, failing, going wired... Nope. Won't work. I connect to PSN just fine. I start the game and see Atlus' welcome message, indicating that I am online. I load the game without errors. But once I'm in the game... ghost town. No bloodstains, no messages. The blue eye stone can be used, but of course no one sees my sign to summon me. I remember this "silent offline error" from before, but usually restarting the game did the trick. This time nothing did. :( My friend saw ghosts and bloodstains just fine. Dammit. :( A high-stagger weapon like the transformed Kirkhammer can stunlock them. Otherwise you're a bit SOL.
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The transformed Holy Blade should stagger them too, as far as I know? Also that's one of the funnier auto-corrects I've seen!
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Visions of projectile...
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Couldn't disagree more. 4 Kings is just a DPS race. And those things are boring, and easily cheesed/facetanked. S&O actually require skill to win.
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That's because you are a good person. It's the only way to play online! Untrue Dark Ring 4eva
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Yeah. Even my pure int caster had pyromancies as backup. The damage isn't as optimized as on dedicated pyro builds but it's serviceable enough on a maxed out pyro glove (it did fine in PvP too). I killed Aldrich and Sister Friede with big fireballs, no regrets.
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Yeah that's a good point. They'd have to really get the AI and balancing and everything right. And some way to revive them if they fall that isn't too frustrating, but doesn't make it too trivial either (Dragon's Dogma with the riftstone wasn't too bad). I do agree about the sense of isolation/lonely feel of Souls, but it's also a series famous for its "jolly cooperation" after all. So I think it might work if done right. Or, if it's for a new IP that is less focused on the "isolation" type of atmosphere.
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This is the coop-oriented boss/area. Like the trio ganksquad in Shulva. Congrats on beating them first try. In the Company of Champions it's probably the most tense fight I've ever had (along with the Ivory King, holy shit that was hard) in the series. And that's going with a really strong build, STR tank with Red Iron Twinblade + Charcoal Resin + Brightbug. xD
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I hate Micolash as a boss so this brings me life.
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I am both horrified and awestruck at this idea. It's kind of genius, really, and I'd love an excuse to create an additional character. :D But I wouldn't want the game to be trivialized. The game could scale vastly with the NPC companion present (additional mobs, stronger boss with additional attacks/more aggressive AI, etc.) to balance it out. But yeah, really cool idea! A mix of Souls and Dogma, why not?
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That was patched AFAIK. The bug wasn't present on the PS4 version, which was 60fps. Nice.
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Asterix and Obelix :D You might like Kay's? I haven't watched it (not a fan of just watching LPs) but people seem to like it.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Nice! Yep, now's a good time for the DLCs. How did you find Darklurker btw?
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Yeah, the real "final" boss of the DLC is Sinh. Each DLC has 3 bosses, 1 of which is part of an optional coop-oriented area. All these areas can be done solo regardless but are designed with coop in mind. They are moderately fun in coop, but really a chore and annoying as fuck to solo, each and every one of them (the Shulva one is actually the least painful of the 3), and the boss at the end kind of sucks/is a rehash of some kind. The best one of those bosses is in the 3rd DLC because it's quite the challenge (it's absolutely brutal to solo) and it's fun to coop.
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Eh, not really. The DLCs are end-game content, and Drangleic isn't quite end-game yet (yep the game is massive). I say, by the time you're ready to uh, to a specific place in Drangleic (you'll know what I mean), that's a good time for the DLCs.
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And don't forget to take drugs if all else fails!
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Yep knight armour is pretty good. As for weapons, well, quality builds opens you to almost anything you want, really. You get a Refined gem early on to make your weapons scale with both, so make good use of it. What kind of weapon do you want? Something slow and powerful, quick and fast, something with range or not, in-between...?
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LOL really? Never noticed haha. Fuck me, that set is forever ruined.
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Wowwwwwwww hahahaha
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I really like how in Scholar, when you return to this area after getting the Priestess Eye in Eleum Loyce,
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Doors of Pharros looks so cool. Shame the area is so short and the boss so lame.
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Odin Sphere Leifthrasir*, Uncharted 4/Lost Legacy and Horizon make it worth it, too. * Also if you don't have a PS3, the Dragon's Crown and The Last of Us remasters might be interesting. Same. Though to be honest my PC is too old to run most newer PS4 games all that well, so that was worth it for that (until my bf bought his gaming PC not too long ago).
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^ I greatly enjoyed the DS3 DLCs, though common opinions state that they're weaker than other Souls games. Personally I think the main boss of the first DLC is the hardest and most epic fight in the series, and I really enjoyed the addition of the PvP arena, sank so many hours in it. The 2nd DLC also has 4 new bosses, all of which are fantastic. The areas themselves are not as good as, say, Brume Tower or Shulva or the Old Hunters levels, but they're by no means bad (and better than the levels in Artorias of the Abyss, say). The second half of the Ringed City is fantastic.
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Agreed with you about the DLCs. As for your faith build, I'm pretty sure the latter will be stronger, assuming you still have decent STR. Occult/divine weapons sadly kind of suck in this game. Edit: it's been a long while since I made a faith build in Dark Souls though, so I could be wrong.
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Sony funded it, that ain't on From. :P Base PS4s can't be that expensive these days I imagine?
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Nice. The Bastille is a great level. Tons of hidden nooks and crannies and it's just really well-designed overall, and the bosses are cool.
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If you plan on playing both at some point, then yes.
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Not weird at all. They are great levels!
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Wut? This is tragic news :(
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I hope so too, but I wouldn't hold my breath or jump to conclusions just yet. Don't set yourselves up for disappointment people!
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Nice! Enjoy the greatest game of this generation. :)
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Yep, Scholar added more incentives to use the torch, I really liked that. Edit: to the question above, I'd say after, but that's just me.
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- Nice! Just make sure to level up your Adaptability to ~100 as soon as possible (levels are cheap early on, so when you go level up, spend a point or two in ADP at every opportunity until you reach 100), that will make dodging more efficient in terms of iframes. The ADP issue is why a lot of people hated the game, it's a real issue but easily circumvented.
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Use strike damage (like the mace) against them, otherwise they're brutal. You... go to the Forest first, though, right?
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DS1 is similarly non-linear, but the "expected" beginner area is muuuuch easier than the other possible paths you can go to, which are almost impossible for a beginner to go through compared to Heide's. But yeah, the Forest isn't as harsh as Heide's to start with haha.
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Yeah, same devs. I did sorta like the demo/trial too, enough to put it on a birthday wishlist, but once I got to play the full game I just couldn't finish it.
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DS2 is really really good, dude. DS1 is probably cheap even if not on sale, but it probably plays like crap with kb/m. Do get DS2 and ignore the haters. It's a fantastic action-RPG with tons of content, great memorable areas, and tons of customization options for your character.
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I'm assuming you already played Dark Souls 1 and 2/Scholar of the First Sin? If so, then I'd recommend Nioh, even if it's not on sale. If you want high quality combat it doesn't get better than Nioh. You can also try Salt and Sanctuary. It's a 2D Metroidvania, but the combat (as well as level and boss design) has many Souls-like influences and qualities. It's not on sale but it's cheap, only $20 which is more than worth it. Hollow Knight is apparently kinda Souls-like (though not in combat but more level design?), I haven't played it yet but it looks amazing, and it's on sale. I wouldn't recommend The Surge. I am always desperately craving more Souls-likes and yet... I couldn't finish it. It's just really, really dull. Combat is OK, like a slower, less responsive Souls with lamer weapons. The enemies, environments, weapons, etc. are just hopelessly bland. Character customization is barebone, it doesn't have the atmosphere of the other Souls-likes either. I really tried to give it a chance, but for me to not even bother finishing it, means it's really got very little going for it...
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Haha, that is SUCH a Souls moment. I've had those before too. Celebrating your victory and relaxing your guard only to get randomly hipchecked and going "AHHHHH SHIT". xD Congrats on the victory though! Really hard boss, one of the hardest in the entire series IMO.
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How does one "cheese" the Orphan? o.O
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The Stone Ring is a godsend for the DLC areas.
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FYI I took the liberty to add the Discord channel in the OP. It's not always active but feel free to join whenever.
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30fps (more or less stable) on consoles. DS2: Scholar of the First Sin is the only Souls game that runs 60fps on consoles.
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Cutting Kalameet's tail is probably the only thing I done in a Souls game...
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Maybe lance/spear/halberds?
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While I agree with the rest of your criticism (I don't mind them that much though and DS3 is still absolutely amazing), I really can't agree here. If anything, this is the Dark Souls game with the fastest, most agile player character; it's similar to Demon's Souls' movement speed and roll recovery speed, and definitely faster than DS1 and 2, though not quite as fast as Bloodborne. As for magic in PvP, while it's terrible in 1v1, it's, in fact, incredibly overpowered in the 2v2 and 3v3 arena (or battle royales), so it's not entirely wasted. ;) Magic has always sucked for PvP compared to melee since Demon's Souls, anyway.
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I will forever hate the Iron Passage. Nothing can convince me that this place doesn't suck. It's worse than the Frigid Outskirts by far.
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That's the problem. It's near impossible to speed run through because of the mages that slow you down, so if you die at the boss or anywhere else, you gotta re-take everything down. And the mobs have a lot of health and take forever to whittle down with a bow, like the ghosts with the greatbows and they're immune to poison too. Patience has its limits. The alternative "shortcut" path is too unreliable. And if you don't have a bow, Gwyn help you. If you're a mage you're even more SOL. Is the time limit even real in that one? It never ever expired for me even when I took the time to explore everything, kill every knight, etc.
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How? Those mages slow you down constantly. I don't think I ever managed to run past everything without taking some damage at least. It's annoying.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Hah! Me too, thought exactly that. Also the ! It's probably a coincidence or just the mutual Lovecraft inspiration, but I do wonder if there isn't a bit of inspiration there.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Make me
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Make me
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Good luck with that.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I'll resub when Monster Hunter World comes out (or earlier if the + games for November are mindblowingly good..... hahaha who are we kidding), so they can challenge me again then xD ...And then I'll have to refuse 'cause I'll be playing MHW :O
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
I use dex (and getting a katana as soon as possible) builds as my first build in every game. No shame. xD After that I make all sorts of builds per game. Here are the "second builds" I've made in each game after running through the game as dex: - Demon's Souls: Faith build. I had never levelled up faith at all on my dex and wanted to try miracles. Miracles actually sucked (except Second Chance which was the best spell ever), but faith itself was overpowered, with strong magic damage, high magic resistance, and HP regen. - Dark Souls: Magic/sorcery. Pew pew everything. - Dark Souls II: Same. - Dark Souls III: Faith again this time. It was disappointing. - Bloodborne: Quality/Ludwig Blade user essentially.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Bleed builds are still pretty good with Carthus Rouge, I thought.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
So much fun invading the Belfries for those chunks. Best way to farm EVER. An impostor appears! I challenge thee to an avatar duel. xD It doesn't have to be. Feel free to make Nioh-ERA if you want. I never cared much about things like "closure" or the story/lore in these games, but some people thought the closure part felt flat. It didn't bother me. It has great levels and amazing bosses.
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Thread: SoulsERA |OT| So the world might be mended
Yessssss You and me both. And now... in this new era... DS2 trash-talk is now BANNABLE. Feel my wrath!! Edit: Nah, me too mate
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
This made me cringe something hardcore. Ouch! I don't get the nipples hiding though. I can't imagine anyone caring about some nipples poking through a cloth a bit.
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Oh, I remember this story. >_< It was such idiocy.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
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Thread: What are the worst dungeons in RPGs?
Phantasy Star II's dungeons were a total slog. Huge, tentacular mazes, with tons of dead ends, with barely any treasure every now and then (and then it's usually crap like 100 coins or a potion). The final dungeon in Phantasy Star IV was pretty lame. Short, with a few dead ends, and nothing really interesting going on. The Depths in Dark Souls. Blighttown is amazing. One of the best levels in gaming.
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Thread: I just got Horizon: Zero Dawn and HOLY SHIT
As someone who played AC:O and Horizon to completion fairly recently, I really disagree with this comparison. I can see why someone would make it, but I feel it's a very superficial comparison. Yes, Horizon has "towers" and "camps" and "open-world map icons", but that doesn't really say much. For one, Horizon has about 5-6 of those "towers" (the Tallnecks), whereas AC:O has... 60 of them (58 to be exact). That's a huge difference. It means that in Horizon, when you find a Tallneck, it's an exciting and fairly memorable moment. Plus the Tallnecks themselves are just plain cool. In AssCreed, finding a new tower is the opposite of exciting: it's absurdly tedious. Same with bandit camps to clear; in Horizon, there's only a handful of such camps, and they don't mesh into an indistinguishable blur. AC:O has... I honestly don't know how many but I'm sure it's over 100, lol. I stopped bothering with them unless I had a quest explicitly taking me there, and even then that started getting old. Dosage is key, really. HZD gets the dosage right in the open-world content, but Ubisoft games don't, and bloat and bloat and bloat. I say this as someone who did enjoy AC:O quite a lot, but the padding and bloat is undeniable. Ironically, AC:O seem to have gotten the dosage right in at least one or two things: the tombs, and the stone circles. There's only a handful of those in the whole map, which makes their discovery more meaningful and exciting. If they applied this proper dosage/pacing to the rest of their game content, I think their open-world games would be a LOT better. As for the map icons, well, most of the icons featured on HZD's maps are machine sites, which aren't a "filler thing to do", so much as just an indication of what machines you can find in that area. So because of all that, I don't think it's comparable to Ubisoft open-world games at all.
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Thread: I just got Horizon: Zero Dawn and HOLY SHIT
Fantastic game, my #2 GOTY after Nioh. I had solidly high hopes and Guerrilla blew them away. You're just playing it wrong, dude. ;)
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
The real version was a joke, but the slanderous Dream doesn't fuck around, does he.
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Thread: Social Faux Pas You Never Understood
lol what
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The hat elbows things I really don't get either. Wait, what? Shaking women's hands is a social faux pas where you are? Over here you'd be looked at really weird if you kissed a woman's hand instead of shaking it...
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Don't see why it would be since people play on their phones all the time.
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I assumed they meant when alone? But I think people fiddling with their phone when eating with others is rude too so what do I know
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Really? Found it right away. But maybe it's because I used a spell on those small bees outside of it to kill them, and the damage from the spell unlocked the secret passage (heard the "here's a secret!" chime too)? Oh, good to know it won't overdraw. I can't remember how much geo I dumped in it and didn't want to come back and give too much...
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
- Recommended levels for areas don't necessarily match your character's level, it's just the level of the loot drops you'll get. - Learn to ki pulse, and use the skill trees to learn the ki-pulse-on-dodge skill as soon as you get samurai points. - Blocking is effective, especially in mid-stance. - Have fun :) Have you played any Souls-likes before, btw?
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OK, so you got a bit of a headstart over someone who didn't, but yeah, regain your stamina (ki) with ki pulse to play more aggressively, use stance switching as you see fit, and mix blocking and dodging liberally and you should be fine. :)
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Censored? What do you mean? I never heard of this game having censorship in it, that's weird.
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Huh..... never knew that :O
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LOL those Christmas lights. Wow. As for quality, you can save your shots as PNG to keep the quality.
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Someone didn't read the OT subtitle of this thread! :D
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
You guys know it's a list, right? You can include up to 10 games, + honourable mentions. It's not all just a fight for #1.
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It was, but those awards are always bullshit. I hope ERA will be better. :) Nioh is #1 or #2 for me. Haven't decided yet, though leaning #1.
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Haha. How did you know? xD I've been playing exclusively as her since I unlocked that skin, until I unlocked Lady Maria's (...the other Lady Maria). Ginchiyo is indeed awesome. Hmm. Maybe I could put the Other Lady Maria as my avatar... since no one is using it, and so many are using the Bloodborne one already. Hmmmmm
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You may have convinced me actually. If only because my avatar isn't unique enough. xD I can't find any good pics of Other Lady Maria, so I'm hesitating between these two: face, or face Decisions... :D
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
I am ready.
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
ERA's GotY votes are open, y'all. Go give Nioh some love. :) Sure, it won't make #1, but it'd be cool if it made at least top 5 or top 10. Personally I think it'll be my #1. Either that one or Horizon. Decisions, decisions...
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
What's the orange colour? Is there a new tier beyond ethereal (which is what I'm guessing 's equipment is... never went beyond divine +12 or so myself)
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Closer to Souls. I didn't like the alpha either. In fact I almost wrote off the game completely. But they changed things around a LOT, improved the controls, camera, lock-on system, loot system, etc. and it's amazing now. I went from hating the alpha, to having the final game as my GotY.
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Well the comparison I was responding to was for difficulty, I meant closer to Souls than Ninja Gaiden which is what was asked. But while it's true that Nioh's level design doesn't reach the highs of Souls (it's still competent, mind) and its enemy variety really suffers, and it's not quite as atmospheric, and I prefer the RPG mechanics of Souls, it's still a fantastic game in its own right, and the combat mechanics are simply the best I've seen. It's just a real joy to play.
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
It does respawn, but you could always just use an Himorogi branch after finding the last kodama you need (you get a message saying "all of this level's kodama have been guided back to the shrine" when you do) if you want to avoid fighting it.
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IIRC you need to unlock or beat the 3rd DLC?
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Get all the ki pulse dodging skills as soon as you can, they're essential. The rest depends on your preferred weapons and/or playstyle. Always dodge the hits and stay at least under 70% weight (green) IMO.
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Knew about most of those. Get your shit together IGN. :P #2 and #5 were the surprises. Too bad about the Sunekosuri! :( What's with the generic movie-trailer music in the vid anyway?
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
Are you using ki pulse correctly? Are you dispelling yokai realm pool when they appear (with a perfect ki pulse)? Are you switching stances to block and dodge more efficiently? Are you stunlocking the boss as best you can when its ki is drained (each hit will stagger when it's out of ki)? All these things can help, but without more details on the parts that make you struggle it's hard to really give good advice. ^^
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Thread: Nioh |OT| Way of the Kodama
The yokai realm pool is that blurry dark aura that sometimes appears under a yokai (they usually generate it when they're out of ki). It regenerates their ki, but prevents/drastically slows ki regeneration for your character. You can dispell them by doing a perfect ki pulse while standing near or in it. In closed space like that ship boss fight, it's important to do it otherwise you will be at a severe disadvantage. A perfect ki pulse is... kind of like a perfect Active Reload in Gears of War, if you've played that. You regenerate a big chunk of your ki quickly when you do a ki pulse, but when you time it just right (watch the colour of the bar, or the blue light gathering around your character), you regenerate a lot more ki. You can block some of the boss' attacks but they drain your ki a lot, and can leave you exposed. Still, it can help in a pinch, one of the chain ball attack is hard to dodge IMO and is safer to block. But if you're going to block, it's better in mid-stance, as it drains less ki when you block. Hope this helps.
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You guys are wrong...
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Hehe, I'm sure you all knew, I was just being cheeky. And yeah it's a cool enemy. I like how , that was clever.
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But... it's Glorious Nippon Steel! It can block bullets!
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I would easily vote for Nioh, but I hated the Nier demo with a passion, so.... >.>
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Sorry if this has been asked before (I only just noticed this OT, haha), but how is the PC port? I remember a lot of concerns considering Koei TC's reputation with PC ports, was it as bad as everyone feared? [Edit: Steam reviews seem positive, at least, so that's a good sign.]
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Thread: Talim Revealed for SOULCALIBUR VI
She was clearly brown in SC3. In this new one she doesn't even have a tan, she's lily white.
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Thread: I'm sharing fan art and so can you! || A ResetEra Fan-Art Topic! (keep it SFW)
Those are incredible!
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Thread: People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80-year-old comic strip character Nancy
Agreed with you both. Nah. As someone who went on a several-years-long sabbatical, I was fine and I actually miss those days.
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What? I enjoyed those days because I wasn't working. I wouldn't be "missing" those days but that's because I'd be living those days....
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Thread: People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80-year-old comic strip character Nancy
I understand the point of the comic. I just disagree.
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omg
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My RL friend who is teacher also liked it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lol
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Thread: People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80-year-old comic strip character Nancy
Allergies and screen glares are also two of my woes, can relate
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....I can't believe I didn't get it until I read this. >_< OMG
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Thread: People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80-year-old comic strip character Nancy
You win this thread.
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Thread: People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80-year-old comic strip character Nancy
Oh by the way... what's the source on this? I couldn't find any article or story about this, but maybe my Googling is weak because it's late.
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Thread: People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80-year-old comic strip character Nancy
The book burying one, holy shit LOL Yeah, reading up this thread this is how I'm feeling.
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Thread: [New York Times]: In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
There are problems with these programs, and I am not denying or defending them. But painting this as the Danish government rounding up Muslim children and putting them in Christian brainwashing centres is not based on fact. We should criticize the real, factual problems with those policies.
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
Eh. Temporary DPS boosts is bad advice for Kalameet because it's very much a hit-and-run kind of boss, you don't get that many openings and it's more of a battle of attrition. That kind of advice is great for 4 Kings, and maybe even Manus, but less for Kalameet.
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Thread: RTTP: The Witcher 3 [PS4]- a game better left in 2015
He said "one of the best" not " best". But, well, at least you aren't using absurdly compressed, low-res Youtube screenshots to claim the game looks bad anymore. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
I hear you. Same thing happened to me. I think Patches can still be encountered though. If not in the Cathedral, then in Firelink.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
That, and it's not a super-recent game and is relegated to Hangouts, so there's not a lot of activity.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
Don't give up, you can do it. One thing I like doing is using an ember only partly into the fight to heal up, when I know it's at least going well for now (because if you just instantly screw up and die you wasted it). Here's me beating him for the first time after like 20 tries of playing it "wrong" (not staying in front, trying to fight him Sif-style, etc.) and using only 4 Estus: (Ignore the Flash Sweat, that was me experimenting, but it's not worth the bother) I'm no pro-player or anything, just average. If you use this strategy it should work. I've repeated it the exact same strategy on a and had pretty much identical results (used only 4 Estus, mostly precautionary). As I often say it's basically the same method as fighting Amygdala from the defiled chalice dungeon; stay in front, bait its attacks until it lowers its head, get a hit or two (mayyybe 3 if using a very fast weapon), , rinse repeat.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
Uchi has bleed, should have gone with that. Oh well, you can still upgrade that one too!
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
Go dex. Everyone seems to say strength builds aren't great in this one (haven't made one yet) but dex is great. Stay mobile and go full ninja. You should do that in every game, tbh. Eh? Rosaria is right after Crucifixion Woods.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
The Profaned Capital is really cool, but I was disappointed in how small it was. From above it looks so incredible, you feel like you're going to slowly descend into this abandoned hellhole of an ancient civilization ravaged by time, monsters and all that Souls-y stuff, and then... it's already over. :(
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
In addition to what has said, I'll add: fight him like you would Amygdala (the defiled version), assuming you played Bloodborne of course. Stay in front of the head and focus on it and make sure the camera centers on it, yes, but also don't get greedy when the head is down either, if you whiff you're probably gonna be very exposed and take ton of damage.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
You can also try the Souls Era OT:
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
Yeah it shouldn't be so bad if you just run past the mobs. You don't have to kill any DLC boss to acquire it.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
That isn't possible sadly, but still, tower shields are in the game and might be your next best option. You don't get the gem back if you de-infuse, btw.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
How the hell? Are you constantly losing bloodstains, or what? You are severely underpowered for this area/boss, so I'm not surprised you're struggling. Spend your souls, dude!
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
Well I mean... you're just deliberately making things more difficult for yourself here. :\ If you never even level up your HP, for instance, a lot of attacks from late-game enemies and bosses will OHKO you, which will make things brutal. Anyway, good luck.
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Thread: Dark Souls III |OT| Git gud xd
Bleed definitely does (never really tried frost). Works great on some bosses like . Completely misread this question, nevermind LOL Congrats on beating AW first try, it took me several! But I found them before the Cathedral, I was probably underpowered. You'll get more titanite later, don't worry too much.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Yuzo Koshiro has always done a wide variety of styles. Streets of Rage is nothing like Beyond Oasis which is nothing like ActRaiser which is nothing like Ys etc.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
I usually prefer more upbeat soundtracks too (e.g. classic and Iga-Castlevania > Lords of Shadow OST), but I've always enjoyed the moody atmosphere in Beyond Oasis. I think it works great in that game.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
The Dana segments in Ys VIII are insufferably boring. I just want to go back to exploring the island, dammit
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Not really that soon, I must say. I must be [edit: I was at 20h, turns out] already (haven't checked but it felt like quite some time). I just got to the outskirts of her ruined city. Those sections are still coma-inducing. :|
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Yeah I just got to that part (I'm a bit after that, where ) Still don't like it. It interrupts my island adventuring (grr) and I couldn't care less about her story (seriously, who care about story in Ys? thinkingemoji.gif) and my eyes continuously bleed at the ridiculous outfits. I do enjoy the game, one of the better Ys I've played, but making this more story-driven was an improvement. >_<
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Origin is the better game, but I kinda see the appeal in watching people ...
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Nothing is worse than Dark Fact. Nothing. Nothing
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Ys 1 tho
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
The bad platforming sections in Ys VI were mostly optional. It was annoying, but not as big of a deal as I feared.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
For the relocalization of Ys VIII, it's just gonna be a patch right? Like, if I buy it or get it for Christmas, I won't be stuck with the old version?
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
I thought it was already out on PC? Could have sworn... Edit: oh wow it's not, haha. Well, no matter, I can get it on PS4 (uh, assuming it's 60fps... it is, right?).
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
GotY voting thread is up. Two Ys games are eligible this year: Ys Seven, and Ys VIII.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
I just beat Seven tonight, Hard mode. ... I had to grind because when I first tried the last boss I got decimated (despite destroying ). Dammit.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
Same, Christmas present. I want to play it before the GOTY vote deadline (silly, I know xD) but I probably should wait until the re-localization is finished, right?
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
I started Ys VIII even if the relocalization isn't out to at least give it a shot to see if it deserves a spot on my GotY list. xD So far it's OK but... I think I liked Seven and Celceta better? Is this normal? >_> I like some QoL improvements, but there's too much story to my liking, which ruins the pacing, and the treatment of women is pretty puerile. The soundtrack, while still good, doesn't seem as amazing as Seven. I'm really early into it though so this opinion might be premature. The base-building sounds like it could be fun and I'm glad the map-writing is back.
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
I bought Ys Seven on Steam during the sale (it wasn't a huge sale but hey, I wanted to play it now). I put it on Hard and I wonder if I made a huge mistake. Trash mobs are piss-easy, but so far I've had to grind a level or two for the first two bosses otherwise they just destroy me. :( Are any quests missable or expirable? I found about 6 of them so far (+ the titanos one on the map, which did 4000 damage on my 200HP guys so I noped out of there real fast xD).
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Thread: Ys Community Thread |OT| Shipwrecker by Day, Survivor by Night, Always an Adventurer!
[Edit: talking about Ys Seven] Is there a spoiler-free boss guide out there that just lists the recommended level (Hard mode) for each boss? Every boss I've fought so far, I couldn't come close to beating without at least an extra level. It's annoying having to re-watch the boss intro cut scenes since they're unskippable. Wonder if I should just restart on Normal... :(
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Thread: Aggretsuko confirmed for Season 2
Awesome news.
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Thread: Aggretsuko is lowkey the new hotness on Netflix
Just finished binge-watching this over the week-end, and it's great. My SO and I both loved it (and we're both heavily into metal too, no pun intended). PROTEIN Have you seen the show, because I don't know what you're talking about? I love metal, been listening to it for over 2 decades, and there's no "kitchification" going on or whatever. (And hey the riffs are pretty good even!)
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Thread: Aggretsuko is lowkey the new hotness on Netflix
(gasps) Is this... finally evidence that you're human?
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Thread: Aggretsuko is lowkey the new hotness on Netflix
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Thanks, I had a good laugh, especially the second pic
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Thread: [New York Times]: In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
? They aren't forbidding Muslims from raising their kids however they want. This program is for welfare benefits for particularly poor families. They offer welfare child benefits, but to benefit from those particular payments, the parents have to send their kids to this public daycare (which is the same daycare as any other Danish kids).
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Thread: [New York Times]: In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
So the kids going to daycare isn't mandatory after all? It's just that if the parents refuse, they lose some part of their welfare benefits? The OP says "Noncompliance could result in a stoppage of welfare payments", which doesn't equate "mandatory" to me. Unless I'm missing something.
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Thread: Hollow Knight Tips & Tricks Thread
Sorry for the extra notification alert but holy shit thanks!
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Thread: Panic Art Studios founder apologises for saying "Women don't have the nerves to be a CEO"
Hahahaha goddamn
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Thread: Imagine a world where everyone's personal details gets leaked
The best (worst?) part of this thread is that it's not even all that hypothetical. It's theoretically doable, it's just that the volume to process (and breaching Google, Facebook, etc. all at once) would be almost insurmountable, and hosting that quantity of data would require an infrastructure near as solid as Google's itself. lol. You're adorable. Incognito only protects you if someone physically accesses your PC. Google don't care, though. Of course. There is no "probably" about it.
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Thread: Fascism, alt-right/nazis & the importance of de-platforming |OT|
Holy hell @ that original headline. So much cringe. Romantically describing neo-Nazis like that.... *eyeroll*
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Thread: Fascism, alt-right/nazis & the importance of de-platforming |OT|
Shit no. There's a whole world of skeptics communities outside of youtube, you know. "Skeptics figurehead", if I had to name any such folks, would be James Randi or maybe Phil Plait. He was also debunked regardless, but I agree with Irish Ninja that you don't suddenly "turn" into a fascist because something bad happened to you. This isn't on "the left" at all.
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Thread: Fascism, alt-right/nazis & the importance of de-platforming |OT|
Dawkins shits on white Christians as much, if not so, than Muslims (brown or not, and I can guarantee you he wouldn't care for white Muslims either). Correct. In any case, I'm not sure I see how Dawkins' views on race or religion are relevant to this discussion. If we could stop this derail that'd be great, thanks.
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Thread: Fascism, alt-right/nazis & the importance of de-platforming |OT|
Oh lawd. If Sargon got taken down (hopefully permanently) because of other alt-right assholes reported him in some sort of "strategy" to make their own shithole, that'd be the best thing ever.
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Thread: Pics that make you laugh |OT 2018| Best Friends Forever
I burst out laughing at this one. Love the TweetOfGod account. Then I scrolled down, saw the Satan tweet, and laughed even harder. Double punchline, awesome!
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
Rightclick in the video, "Copy video URL at current time"
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
Consult a health professional.
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
PM an admin.
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
Maniac 2121 Dreamy darksynth with some good mix of pounding beats and sci-fi ambient, Vangelis style.
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
Masked More awesome darksynth. The Dying Cult is just plain badass horror synthwave. The Resistance EPs are more retro/pink neon style at times (lol, dunno how else to describe it), but still pretty... "heavy", in a way?
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
No kidding. How utterly ridiculous. Edit: oops I rarely visit this thread it seems, didn't realize I replied to an old post, my bad
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
We Are Magonia Dark synth in the veins of Perturbator and the darker parts of Carpenter Brut. Enjoy.
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
Whoa, I never heard of that. The way she described it sounded so fucking terrifying. O_O
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
I'm way late catching up to this thread, but a few comments: This is pretty good for the most part, but I dislike that "whispered spoken" kind of vocals. Not a strong dislike, it's not too distracting, but I wish it weren't there. Shit, yes, it really is! Thanks. Oh? I have their entire discography bought on Bandcamp. Great band but I thought each album was a little samey. Haven't heard this one yet. Curious to see what makes it that much better... gonna check it out tomorrow.
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
King Stephen Frantic, fast-paced, high energy darksynth. Some of this stuff seems straight out of Falcom boss fights. Check it out.
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
Hexenkraft, a darksynth/synthwave artist (full disclosure, he's a friend! very talented composer)
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
Click the purple icon to go to the latest unread post. I don't think there's any way to do this, unfortunately.
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
You quote the message...
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Thread: The Official " I Got a Question but It's Not Super Important" Thread
Is it safe to upgrade my Mac to Sierra OS now? I heard there were nasty security holes and I've postponed it (also out of laziness).
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
Does the aggrotech genre fit for this thread? I think many here would like it, but I apologize if it's not the right fit for this thread.
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
Subscribed. I'm fairly new to the genre, but damn if I don't love me some Perturbator and Carpenter Brut.
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Thread: Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
This is pretty baller. Love that kind of darkwave.
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Thread: A song of ice and fire |OT| The never ending Autumn
" Well, I'm out. :(
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Thread: GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach
Disgusting. He should be in jail for facilitating sexual assault, tbh. Looks gerrymandered as fuck or is it just me?
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Thread: Better Call Saul Season 4 premieres August 6th on AMC
Gods, no. Fridging her for his "character development" would suuuuuuck
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Thread: Better Call Saul Season 4 premieres August 6th on AMC
Whoever bumped this, thanks, 'cause I missed the news originally. Can't wait!
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Thread: Can We Just Admit that Joe Rogan is Alt-Right Already?
You're proposing a , dude. ;)
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Thread: Can We Just Admit that Joe Rogan is Alt-Right Already?
Anyone complaining about echo chambers makes me laugh, when we constantly have threads with people bickering and loudly and often harshly disagreeing back and forth constantly for 10 pages. Pretty much. The only echo chamber is their minds. Not really. It highlights his lunacy rather well.
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Thread: Can We Just Admit that Joe Rogan is Alt-Right Already?
"Lie with dogs, get up with fleas". is only a fallacy when the association is tenuous or unintentional, not when it's a deliberate association. Yep.
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Thread: Can We Just Admit that Joe Rogan is Alt-Right Already?
I find that to be a hair-splitting distinction rather than a meaningful one. But even if we agreed on that, well: Gavin McInnes has defended Holocaust deniers, supports the Muslim ban, and pushed white genocide conspiracy theories, as well as saying, "I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, English-speaking way of life.". Cernovich has peddled anti-Semitism. Laura Southern is openly racist, supports white supremacist groups and worked to prevent ships of migrants and refugees from landing in Europe, and she's apparently currently working on a "documentary" pushing white genocide conspiracy theories. And Milo has openly pushed nazi rhetoric over and over and over again. So, no, going by that list, the distinction is trite and meaningless.
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Thread: Can We Just Admit that Joe Rogan is Alt-Right Already?
This is great. Almost Onion level. It might be, and I can see how it'd apply to Rogan, but the examples listed on Wikipedia are... sketchy. Most of those listed are pure alt-right, not "alt-light" whatsoever. The important thing is that you find a way to feel superior to both. Callint Ted Nugent "an idiot politically" is quite the euphemism. He's a pedophile, a misogynistic, a racist, and a violent psychopath.
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Thread: Can We Just Admit that Joe Rogan is Alt-Right Already?
There is literally nothing "liberal" about Peterson.
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Thread: Star Wars Battlefront II |OT| This Deal is Getting Worse all the Time!
Disappointed that my "Use the Force, Loot" OT title didn't make it :D Be cool, you two.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
I must be the only one who fell even more in love with the game after finding Nightmare Frontier... :O
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
I'm guessing the playerbase is just not very active at the moment. Which part in Mensis are you struggling with, in particular?
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Hmm. There are places where the Eye of Not-Sauron can't get you. Use that as cover while you take down the silverbeasts (note, killing them with fire, or with a visceral attack, will not make the maggots spawn, that's very useful). Once you're past that part, it's just the annoying rock-throwing apes, you can take them out one by one, though be careful to avoid the thrown boulders, these fuckers throw 'em pretty far. Alternatively, you can basically dash almost the entire way through and make it inside the castle without killing any enemies, just watch your frenzy meter and heal up with blood vials and/or sedatives if needed. IIRC, once inside the castle the white apes won't follow you inside, but if they do, you can always take your time to take them out while inside without going too far inside and aggro the spiders. Once inside you can also use your gun pr pebbles to take aggro each spider basically one by one. It's a bit slow but if you are struggling that could help?
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
When she kills you, or when you kill her?
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
If you entered Forbidden Woods before triggering the Henryk fight, she disappears from the game until after Rom (where she shows up in the Grand Cathedral, Amelia boss room and she's hostile). It sucks. Happened to me before. It's probably a glitch because the Oedon Tomb lamp remains inaccessible from the Dream, as if something was happening there.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Here
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
DENIED
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
LOL, this gave me a good chuckle.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Happened to me the first time too. Actually, It just has so many good tracks, man. A small few are a bit forgettable, but most are fantastic. My favourites are Omen, The Night Unfurls, The Hunter (that's some epic LotR/Nazgul reminiscent stuff right there), Cleric Beast, Queen of the Vilebloods, Blood-Starved Beast, Ludwig and The First Hunter. Plus the rare two non-boss themes, Hail the Nightmare and Soothing Hymn (which is anything but haha), are so creepy and wonderful.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Hear hear!
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Nice! Congrats! I love reading those stories. Reminds me of my own with Demon's Souls back in late 2009. Love your Discord screecaps too hahaha
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
lol. I have a collection of screenshots like that. Always due to me being greedy on that last hit. It's like I never learn...
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Rakuyo, Blades of... ... Or yeah. This. ^
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Yeah, she also claps or tilts her head inquisitively depending on the gesture haha.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Glad you're having a great time, ! Don't worry too much about the cords thing, if you are gonna do NG+ (or a new character) anyway, you know what to do for next time. I missed the cords my first playthrough as well:
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Impressive! You utterly rekt him in phase 1. Well done. Solid damage for such a low level too.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Nice! You can do it. Good luck.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Baller!
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Yep, the DLC is accessed through an item that spawns in the Hunter's Dream after you beat an early story boss: Fair warning, the DLC is really tough! But you can get the pizza cutter without having to fight any boss (just have to survive some tough enemies) at least.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
Please use the spoiler tags (under the + icon) not the hide tag, thanks! As for this boss, he's easily parryable. Good luck!
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
If NG: after (or before, if you don't want the constantly) Mergo's Wet Nurse. If NG+: as soon as it's unlocked. I hear ya. Though I'll give it that, at least this one is creative and got a chuckle out of me. I also liked one that said "Don't you dare look at me!" placed on the statue's nether regions. The "tongue but hole" or "try thrust" in Souls games are really lame though.
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Thread: Bloodborne |OT|Grant them eyes
If I weren't so deep into MH World right now I'd probably be doing that haha. *hoonter
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Thread: DC TV |OT| Welcome to the New Era
I talk about it... :( Too lazy/crappy at formatting/etc. to make an OT though. Anyone? Please? :D Edit: oh, I missed the post about separate threads coming up. Nice.
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Thread: Silicon Valley - S5 OT - New internet. New problems. - HBO Sundays
Thanks for that. Was literally just wondering and talking about that to my SO yesterday haha. "How did that end again? Gavin returned, then Richard... did something then lost it then gained it back then lost it again right?" :P I'll echo most of the posters here saying this formula is getting a bit tired. But, I guess it wouldn't be the same if they actually did succeed and became a big company and all. :P (And oh hear, I had forgotten about the stupid smart fridge plot...) I don't care that Erlich is out (actor looked like he was a real piece of shit). So long as Gilfoyle is still in making ultra-deadpan Satanic quips, I'm in.
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
My keys fit in my jeans pockets, but the pockets are so tiny that it's actually uncomfortable when you sit, I often feel the keys digging into my flesh. >_< If I try to put my phone in, I can squeeze it halfway through, barely even that. I don't care if they're considered laugh-worthy, I want cargo pants. But I can't find decent women's cargo pants anywhere around here.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I defeated a boss/NPC yesterday and gained "Attunement" or something? There was an achievement I think (I forgot to check) but something in-game, too. Not an item or a charm or anything. What is that?
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I don't even remember hitting them with the dream nail. Just speaking to them and fighting them. I forgot the name. :( Some dude I spoke to, who challenged me to a jolly duel. He had a scythe that spun wildly around and bounced around the screen.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
OK, sure. ...What's attunement then? o.O
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I agree. Bloodstained looks to be inferior to HK in every possible way, to be honest, despite having... geez, 100x the budget? That's kind of insane.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
But there was something in-game, too... (thinkingemoji.gif) Ohhhh there's an achievement thingy too? That explains the in-game notification then. Thanks!
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Thread: Your controversial gaming opinions?
Answering this here since an evil, meanie mod (*glares at Llyrwenne*
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Thread: Your controversial gaming opinions?
If Nadine had been a male soldier, would that have been okay, or also "forced SJW content", I wonder? Are you opposed to all depictions of overly badass "army of one" type of characters, or just if they're female? I do agree with this. I hate absurd representation too, like cleavage armour, or women who fight in corsets and high heels.
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Thread: Your controversial gaming opinions?
I agreed with that back in the day too. Haha.
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Thread: Talim Revealed for SOULCALIBUR VI
How so? She looked like a young woman in the earlier designs, but now looks like a moeblob child.
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Thread: Talim Revealed for SOULCALIBUR VI
She's been whitewashed and got more sexualized (despite being a minor). She even has a stupid "huh?" face compared to previous designs. Yeeeesh.
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Thread: Talim Revealed for SOULCALIBUR VI
This design is fantastic. She looks cool. She looks smiling and confident and ready to kick ass, not with that dumb "huh?" deer-in-headlight moeblob look. She's not white. She's wearing . That look like they wouldn't just fall off from gravity/just standing still. That new design is awful, and when you compare to the SC3 one, it becomes even more obvious.
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Thread: Hollow Knight sold over 1 million copies on PC ( PC + NSW >1.25 million copies)
I must echo this. It's mind-blowing. They must have eaten rice and beans for months and remortgaged their houses or something. brb requesting ToS adjustments to make this bannable :P
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Thread: What username made you cringe in MP?
I invaded a guy in Dark Souls Remastered who had a phantom with him called "InvadersAreGay".
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Thread: AP: Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says
I remember hearing this kind of rhetoric back in the early 2000's about Iraq. That was only 15 years ago, how quickly do people forget? "It certainly can't get any worse down there, with Saddam oppressing his own people like that. What do they have to lose?" And then we got ISIS. GG
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Thread: AP: Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says
A few years ago, I used to talk to a Venezuelan guy who looooved Chavez. He constantly defended the guy and even admired him and insisted in trying to convince me of that, despite my (to say the least) extreme skepticism. He was otherwise not a complete idiot, so I think he was brainwashed or swindled somehow, but even in their own country, indefensible dictators have their own supporters. It's baffling.
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Thread: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Official Update Thread
I haven't played it yet, just watching my SO play it for now. ...Why did they take American voice actors for what is obviously an English setting? And these VAs aren't even trying to sound English. >_<
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Thread: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Official Update Thread
They weren't explicitly English characters, though. And those VAs are trying to sound British at times, you can tell on some words, but for the most part they're obviously not really trying, so it's just kind of jarring. I don't like it. :P
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Thread: Games you remember, names you don't
I think you mean the opposite of a dearth... ;) Anyway, I think you might be thinking of Wild ARMs 2?
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Thread: Games you remember, names you don't
Maybe Skullmonkeys is the game you're thinking of? It was a 2D platformer with the same main character and claymation style. Edit: actually it was PS1 only, so probably not. Nevermind ^^
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Thread: Games you remember, names you don't
After Burner II?
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Thread: Games you remember, names you don't
Maybe can help? IDK ....? lol, just made me think of this thread (doesn't look really samurai-era I guess, but I haven't played the game)
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Thread: Prank caller patched through to Trump on Air Force One
...Wasn't Kushner's security clearance already revoked? I could have sworn this happened.
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Thread: Prank caller patched through to Trump on Air Force One
Hahahahahaha oh dear!
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Mmmmm cheap cheese
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Calme toé
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Hmmm.... (thinkingemoji.gif)
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Mother. Fucker. >:( I hope he gets chased out of the city. Piece of shit doesn't belong here (or anywhere really, but least of all in a great multicultural city like Montreal).
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Re: Jagmeet: Maybe it's just a minor law project? >.>
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Quick PSA for our QuébecEra (and other Canadian francophones) folks, enjoy:
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Back in ye olde days of Marc Lépine, we just called them raging misogynists. But now they're an actual movement and stuff. >_<
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
I resent that!
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Yuuuuup
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
I was lucky that my dad was a former teacher/vice-principal and could vouch for me (though I still needed 2 non-relatives as witnesses, at the time). Otherwise having to get someone oath-sworn could be a pain in the ass. I definitely second the 10 year passport recommendation. Totally worth it.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Whatever happened to the yellow line extension going all the way to the Cégep Édouard-Montpetit in Longueuil, hmm? *pouts*
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Maybe yeah. I just remember hearing about that when I was in the Cégep myself, and that was almost two decades ago... lol
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Speaking of public transit, I heard excerpts from QC's trash-radio on Infoman about the tramway project. I know it's radio-poubelle and all, but I still couldn't believe how pathetic and moronic they sounded. The best line was probably when one guy said "On va Montréaliser Québec!". Lmfao, fucking babies.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
>_<
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
That's fine. So long as they leave metal concerts alone, for once.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Wait, am I misreading, or there are actually activists/advocacy groups for... the English language in Québec? O_o
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Montreal City-State when
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Yeah. But you also predicted Clinton would be the next POTUS. :P (To be fair I don't hold that false prediction against you because, well, we all did. But, just saying. :P) You're right. I figured I was overreacting. Thanks.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Please, yes. I would use the out of a high-speed train between Montreal and Toronto. Sooo sick of those long-ass road trips just to compete in kendo tournaments haha. Sadly, with how slowly things move here, it probably won't happen for many decades. Maybe not even my lifetime. :(
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
So I hear that the CPC is gaining serious ground and surveys suggest they could even get a majority? Can someone reassure me and tell me these polls are full of shit and our country isn't gonna bring back the CPC in power, pretty please?
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
So, just like Trump.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Unfuckingbelievable that Ford won. Canada what are you doing
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
That's a fair point, but... the part about paying property taxes and managing those... acronyms I never heard of (and I'm in my 30's but we might call them different things in QC) is not helping your case here.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Ah. No I have not seen those acronyms before. They are called REER (Régime enregistré d'épargne-retraite) and CELI (Compte d'épargne libre d'impôt) here. :P In any case, plenty of grown-ups (like my brother who is over 40) don't even have those because they're pretty poor. Hopefully you aren't insinuating that he shouldn't be allowed to vote...
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Okay. I don't know if I agree but that's a better argument than the stuff about homeowners and savings plans management.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
This reminds me. If Canada re-elects a conservative government, I'm gonna turn into a goddamn separatist, I swear. And if Quebec contributes to that by giving the CPC a bunch of seats, I'm gonna turn into a Montreal separatist. Montreal as its own City-State! Who's with me? >.>
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Man, fuck Singh for that.
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....What the actual fuck And that teacher, no really, what the fucking fuck my god I can't... I'm honestly speechless.
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I had no idea who this Faith Goldy was and so I peeked at her Twitter. There's Pepe in there, among other things. Charming. Also LOL, not enough giant middle fingers for this bigoted lunacy:
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Was not familiar with her, the only Rebel Media names I'm familiar with are Gavin McInnes and Ezra Levant. I see on Wikipedia that she actually got from Rebel Media for appearing on a white supremacist podcast... jesus fucking christ when Rebel Media fires you for being too racist, you know something's up
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I hope you're right, but the existence of Mussolini sure isn't stopping the shitshow in Italy. :(
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Good. That was some BS.
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Wow. Snow in winter in Canada! Checkmate globalist scientists!
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You mean Russian bots?
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I don't drink... xD
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Can't be worse than Québec...
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
I guess we live in the same riding, ? Khadir is also in my riding and wins every time so w/e. I guess QS, much as I find them distasteful, are at least OK as "opposition". I would never want them to govern though.
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Reddit being trash was nothing new, but it's sad and vaguely alarming that a Canada-specific subreddit has sunk to such lows. :\ Okay, that's fair. If he has a habit of showing off many expensive items, it's beyond just wearing an overpriced winter coat, and yeah that's in poor taste. I can definitely concede that. I didn't know this was a habit about him.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Am I supposed to be upset at a dude wearing an overpriced winter coat in Canada? lol. Canada Goose jackets are everywhere in Montreal. Every damn French expat wears one. xD
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
I mean. What is he supposed to do, wear a tattered jacket to pretend he's poorer than he is? Canada Goose winter jackets are common, ubiquitous here even. They are not a particular symbol of wealth at all. He's not strutting around wearing bling-bling and extravagant fur coats or whatever. I'm sorry, but this really seems like a grasping at straws to attack the guy, and I'm not even a big Jagmeet fan.
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I don't own a Canada Goose jacket. :P My current winter coat was bought for $130 during a clearance literally 10 years ago. But yes, I see them every day in the subway, at the grocery store, etc. And honestly more often from immigrants, lol. I see the point you're making, I just don't think this particular brand is a really significant symbol/status of wealth. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Man, this is such BS though. All of the left we have is "nationalist left". There is no federalist left at the provincial level in QC. Even the hippies at Québec Solidaire are separatist. I would happily vote for a provincial NDP, but we don't have it here. Sigh.
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Fucking hell, the thought of that makes me nauseous.
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Shiiiiit
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Kim what are you doing
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I just saw this on the news here. Absolutely embarrassing. After this long round table debate between pundits or whatever, there was a few minutes segment about the horrific police shooting of a mentally ill black man, mentioning the lawsuit and showing the footage, and then they quickly moved on to the next soundbyte. Goddammit Canada, you're better than this.
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QC stay winning with its lowest CPC support. :P I do wonder how much of that is due to the existence of the BQ, though... Weird how SK/MB have the lowest Liberal support, but strongest NDP support despite being majoritarily conservative. Also why is Firefox highlighting majoritarily, is that not an English word? >.>
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That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
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lol, so true. Quebec City is a lovely town, but the whole conservative bullshit is obnoxious and their empty arena will never stop being funny.
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...........Guys I think I support TPP now
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Give the matcha Kit Kats. All of them.
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Man I hate PKP so damn much. Fuuuuuck that guy.
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Thread: Canada PoliERA |OT| Two Years of Sunny Days? That’s Scheer Madness!
Québec and its francophone population has been historically oppressed by the English majority. It's a lot better now obviously, but that wound is still recent. My SO's parents, for example, are old enough to remember the times when French speakers were second class citizens (pre-Quiet Revolution). And they will of course pass down this (understandable, if a little irrational) resentment to their kids, and when their kids see Québec-bashing being tacitly approved in many places of the the RoC, well, it's no wonder the resentment continues. A lot of it does stem from language, but Québécois culture and identity goes beyond that.
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lol. Utterly insane.
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This tweet (the one by Candice Bergmen) reads like a parody. I thought it was just a twitter troll at first, but it's an actual conservative MP clutching at her pearls. lol
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Gods, the NDP really wants me to stop voting for them, or what? What a terrible idea. The NDP and the CPC are diametrically opposed in values, both social and economic. My hot take is that Singh wants to appear all reasonable and non-partisan by saying he'd work with the Conservatives, but... it just doesn't make sense. Needless to say, I'd rather have the Liberals in power again over the CPC in a bizarre, nonsensical (and for now, mercifully hypothetical and unlikely) coalition with the NDP.
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So much cringe. Those socks, LOL... how childish and petty.
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Pardon my ignorance, but what's the significance of Santa being blue?
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Oh wow. I knew about the party colours but for some reason that didn't even cross my mind. LOL @ Schreer, what a dick.
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Whaaaaa?? Really??
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Yeah, that's really frustrating. Being leftist and non-separatist, who the fuck can I even vote for? QS will probably win in my riding, anyway, so that saves me the trouble of holding my nose to vote for the PLQ or some shit like that. But still. Our provincial politics are such a shitshow.
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I would also probably pick BC if I had to pick another province, but the insane cost of living would put a brake on that. Maybe Ontario. Welp...
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WTF? CAQ is gaining that much ground??
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Crissement.
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I went through English immersion in 6th grade some 20+ years ago. Our Ontarian "twins" during the student exchange trip were doing French immersion. We spoke English the entire time we were in Ontario. We had entire conversations in English the whole time. When it was their turn to come to Québec, none of them could speak French whatsoever. Couldn't hold a conversation, could barely string a coherent sentence. My parents, who suck at English, practiced their English more than these Ontarian kids practiced their French. It was really pathetic. I don't want to generalize all French immersion classes based on my personal experience, but I sure as hell was unimpressed. xD I do have a friend who grew up in Vancouver (moved to Montreal when she was about 13 or 15) who did French immersion, and while she's definitely an anglo, her French is remarkably good when she decides to speak it, with only a light accent even. So I know it's not universally bad. But still, the same thing happened to my brother when he did his immersion class two years before me. LOL, I've wanted that for a while to be honest... edit: What's wrong with Bonjour/Hi? :S
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Not every tourist is American, and sure, most people in the world know what Bonjour means, but the Hi isn't so much a translation as a way for the clerk to say "we also speak English, if you need it". It's 100% harmless. I can't imagine anyone giving a shit about public servants and clerks saying that. Sorry.
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Well, yeah. You don't care, so you refused to join the immersion class/school. The kids I'm talking about that immersion class... if they didn't care, they were in the wrong program, or the program sucked at drawing in people that cared. Or the program just sucked at teaching them. :shrug:
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That's not even true. I've had times where I was with American friends at a restaurant near my place, and the menus were only in French, and while the staff spoke some English, they weren't so good at it and I had to help translate. Another time, I was on a bus, and a passenger started asking question to the driver and he responded (quite rudely, unfortunately) "Je parle pas anglais moi" and kind of ignored the passenger (I answered their question in place of the driver). And another time I was with anglo friends getting ice cream somewhere, and when they ordered, the clerk smiled nervously and turned to a co-worker apologetically because they didn't understand. Add to the fact that Montreal, being in Québec, has the of being a French city on an international level. Can't count the number of times I've had people ask me "I want to go to Montreal but I don't speak French, will I be OK?", even for things like just visiting. So it's not true that "nobody is going to think otherwise". Tourists come from all over, and might not know how anglo-friendly Montreal usually is. service staff in Montreal speak English. And it's true that in some places, especially Chinatown, it's sometimes harder to get served in French than English. But it's not that universal. And honestly... being offended at "Bonjour/Hi" is just completely unfathomable to me. It's harmless at the worst, helpful at best. That's not the point, which is that these people still joined it. If you think the program is a waste of time and don't enter it, fine. If you do enter it, and it's useless for actually learning French, that's a problem.
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I fully agree, but (yes I'm generalizing, I doubt I'm wrong though) the RoC largely doesn't care about French or even Québec. You had even a few posts just on this page saying so. Sorry if I sound bitter. I've had a few very recent personal experiences where this was in full display. It was as if Québec didn't even exist for these people. Bah.
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.............What the FUCK I didn't know we even had pro-gun lobbies here, which is bad enough (thankfully they have zero political clout), but.... I can't... what? That's not just tone-deaf, that's going out of your way to be the biggest asshole you can be. And calling the survivors "polypleurnicheurs", holy SHIT. :\
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??? French is an official language of Canada.
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Plus, all Supreme Court jobs are gonna be excluding those with "less access to good education" anyway... by the very nature of the job it's exclusionary towards the less educated. The solution is to improve education and access to good education, not to lower standards for an important job.
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Oh cool, wasn't expecting Coderre to lose. Bye bye.
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What? How the hell is this controversial?
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Hmph. Idiotic pearl-clutching from that columnist. Payette is 100% in the right. If the GG's role is to represent Canada and help with progress in Canada, I'd say it's really damn appropriate. Thanks Julie!
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Man the concern trolling is through the roof.
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4, photo mode)
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Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4, photo mode)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro, cut scenes)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro) ^ I invaded someone who got Gravelorded in the most brutal areas of the Tomb of the Giants. Double whammy of cruelty, lol.
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Thanks :) Yours are wonderful too. Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4, photo mode)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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nice Dishonored shots! Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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lol? Fixed that for you :P
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro) Melisandre the Red Lady with her new pet shadow monster, anyone? :)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro) Best boss ever /s (Seriously though it looks cool but... what a paiiin)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro) I see you, Centipede Demon
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro, cut scenes)
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Sure am, and thanks!
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro) Interesting. I find the Oblivion shot to look nicer. Skyrim has higher res textures, but the colours and art style look better and more vibrant somehow (of course the Skyrim one is fully snowed in, so perhaps the comparison isn't entirely fair).
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro) Praise the Sun \o/
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Ys VIII - Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII - Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro, cut scene)
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Dark Souls Remastered (PS4 pro)
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Please do not do this.
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro)
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered network test (PS4 pro)
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Dark Souls Remastered network test / Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4 pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) Wowwwwww Love these, really stunning nature shots. <3 Wallpaper worthy. Angry Kratos still lookin' like Angry Kratos I see xD Those are fantastic too. Keep 'em coming.
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Dark Souls Remastered network test (PS4 pro) Sooo much onlining
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Dark Souls Remastered network test (PS4 pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro, cinematics)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro, cinematics)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro) I see you, Jho... First shot: dawww :3 Second shot: daaamn <3 Don't worry! I had a regular PS4 for a while, still got some shots lying around so I might occasionally post some too.
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro, cinematics)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4pro, graphics mode, no hud)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4pro, graphics mode, no hud)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay/cut scene)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay)
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Never Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) ^ Looking like a Bloodborne hunter right there xD
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) Welcome to the thread, great shots!
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, gameplay) Some older gameplay shots I had lying around. Game still looked great on a regular PS4. (Still sad that the nose didn't break off when you climb on it, Asterix-style... ;_; )
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, gameplay)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) (Just noticed Bayek's finger clipping through the cat's ear now... grrr >_< )
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro, graphics mode, no hud) "Why hello there" Too cute to kill ;_; (I always cap it... yeah I'm dumb) It's so weird, I'm seeing the "darkening" phenomenon on these MH shots by Noelshack that someone talked about earlier (my originals are much paler and... in this case I feel like they vaguely improve, seem more vibrant and less washed out), but not on the Assassin's Creed shots, which are identical. WTF?
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro, graphics mode, no hud) ^ This one looks incredibly blatant. Not sure how I feel, it gives it a weird look. Here's how it looks hosted on Gifyu, a bit less dark but still not like the file on my PC: I think the AC:O shots being unchanged is because they're already compressed by the in-game's photo mode, maybe? So I guess these host uses a compression algorithm that include some sort of colour-correction algorithm? I thought both of these hosts had uncompressed uploads, but I guess not. :\ My initial guess is that the Windows image viewer renders differently than the browser. Because when I download the Gifyu image and compare it to my original on my hard disk, they're identical (file size is slightly different). But then... I also downloaded the darkened Noelshack image, and while the file is also different, the image looks identical. I'm... confused. :D Can someone explain this like I'm five?
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^ Welp. It appears the issue is with the Windows 7 Image Viewer. I opened the image in GIMP (or just directly into a browser) and the colours are different. They're identical in the browser and GIMP, and paler/washed out in the default Windows 7 image viewer. Noelshack DOES also darken it a bit, there's a slight (but still very noticeable) difference between the Noelshack-hosted image and the Gifyu/GIMP/browser render, but the Windows image viewer is just trash too. Not sure why this is, but it's good to know. o.O
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Please post the full-sized screenshots in this thread and not a resized version.
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Man, I neglected this thread. Had about 5-6 pages (100ppp) to catch up. ;_; Some nice shots. I should post some of my own sometime too. Huh. I had no idea. I use noelshack so I'll definitely have to be careful from now on. Thanks. Those are jaw-dropping. Keep them coming please! Monocular does the trick no? Or maybe you also need the sit down gesture, but I know those two things work at least. LOL. Before and After? :D Great shots.
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) Welcome! Lovely images! Just a tip, if you use photo mode please label your pics as such. Thanks. :)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode) ~everybody dance now~
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) Some desert hallucinations fun! Meteor Dead fish
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) More desert hallucinations Now, let my people go, land of Goshen / Go, I will be with thee / Bush of fire Wut...
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^ Really good shots,
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With a username like that you play it, haha. xD
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) I got me a pet leopard :3 Yeah, that might be better or more consistent at least. But I'll leave that up to the OP. what do you think?
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode) Might just be my favourite outfit in any video game ever: This one is baller too: Bayek the Roman mercenary/spy! Haha. :D
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay) Thank you! Your Horizon shots are gorgeous too. Stunning post-card scenic shots. <3 I really like the game. And I'm no AC fan at all, I pretty much hated the formula. But AC:O did a lot of things right that really surprised me, like making the combat actually fun, and, well, the setting is just really damn good. I wrote a about it on my GOTY list, if you're interested. Do check out SunBroDave's thread (I link to it in my post) for more detailed impressions, I pretty much agree with his OP. And since this is a screenshot thread, well, other than Horizon I think it's the most photogenic game on console right now. :)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, gameplay / cut scene)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro) Thank. Indeed, MH has incredible skyboxes, possibly my favourite part of the visuals. That said please follow the OT rules, max 2 consecutive posts!
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Don't have much yet, only gameplay shots full of HUD clutter (when I get more comfortable I'll try disabling hud elements), but here you go! Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro) This game has the best skyboxes. <3
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Monster Hunter World (PS4 pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (gameplay, PS4 Pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (gameplay, PS4 Pro) ^ The lighting in this game is spectacular at times.
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Probably! Don't have a TV that supports that yet, sadly. :(
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A few older shots of Assassin's Creed: Origins from my old PS4 (photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed: Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro) Nazi blut Oberkommando, population: whole lot of Nazi assholes ~~ Oberkommando: Population, Zero
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro)
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro) :3
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro) Those made me smile, so I'm sharing them :D
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro)
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 pro)
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Ys VIII - Lacrimosa of DANA (PS4) Looks a bit rough tech-wise. I'll try it again on my new Pro sometime, see if the resolution bump helps.
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Ys VIII - Lacrimosa of DANA (PS4)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (gameplay, PS4 pro)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (gameplay, PS4 pro)
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lol. Here's the reverse crossover, Final Fantasy in Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4 pro, photo mode)
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Amazing shots. I will never tire of this game's visuals, holy shit. Yoooooo
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Monster Hunter World - beta (PS4) Where's my damn copy, Amazon ;_;
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode) Yeah, the animals, especially cats and dogs, are a bit rough unfortunately. The game looks gorgeous otherwise, so that's a bit surprising. Guess you gotta make sacrifices somewhere... just wish it weren't the kitties :D
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Those are all absolutely amazing. Some post-card worthy shots in there. <3 Keep 'em coming!
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Wish I could say the same as , so far I haven't noticed a huge difference at all on my 1080p TV. I'm thinking of buying a 4K TV sometime soon..
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Okay, well, the only game I've seen on both a base PS4 and my newly bought Pro was AC Origins and I didn't see anything notably different. Been playing Wolfenstein 2 exclusively on the pro so I can't compare with the base one, maybe there's less visible aliasing?
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Some people are more sensitive to these differences than others. IMO the difference isn't that obvious, but that may depend on your TV. Mine is a 52" Sharp Aquos at 1080p that I bought in 2009 or so.
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Maximum two consecutive posts, be careful next time.
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LOL dammit didn't even notice the clipping. Oh well. And yeah getting a pro mostly because I kinda fear my PS4 is dying... and I could use the extra space and power I guess. :P Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Wait... that poster omg, is this real?
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Your images are not loading. Apparently the SSL certificate on the host has expired or isn't valid or something. Try a different host?
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode) ^ Killing that motherfucker was so satisfying. The other Phylakes haven't been as much trouble so far, but this guy's combo was nastyyyy :D As an aside, I ordered a PS4 Pro. So my screens should look better soon :)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
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Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4, photo mode)
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Whoa, I made top 5. Wasn't expecting that. What better way to start the year with the weird-ass cut content from Bloodborne, recently unlocked from the game within a chalice dungeon? Taken on a regular PS4.
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Bloodborne (cut content, PS4)
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Of course it's okay, don't worry. And yes, Horizon never fails to impress. Bloodborne (cut content, PS4) The museum of assets xD
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Bloodborne (cut content, PS4) Not sure what those things are. I don't remember seeing them in the actual game.
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Thread: Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread
Nope
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Yup. The game being overly sanitized is really the biggest problem I have with it.
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There's also a lich-like creature/boss fight literally called Nosferatu... xD
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Shit, I hope that's not true. :(
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
I am. Fuck ZR, it's a total plague.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
I did not know that. It's quite shocking that the original Rean would be even more boring than what we got in Xseed's version, haha.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
I would answer, but 's post above summed it up better than I could. I agree with every word. In other words, it's worth playing, just keep your expectations in check.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Agreed with this. The notion that because he shits on XB2, he's unqualified to review JRPGs, is comical in the extreme, I must say.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Played CS1 on normal, can confirm. I put CS2 on hard and it was way more fun. Sky games are fine on Normal I think. I could have used a bit more challenge, but I feared that Hard would require grinding so I chickened out. lol
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Trails 3rd is eligible to vote in the ResetERA GotY posts, y'all. Just saying... :)
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
In order: Star Door 15, whatever was the fishing mini-game door at, not sure (I think I'm with Astrael here), can't remember ...Sorry, that's not really helpful is it :(
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Yeah, I agree.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Some nice deals there. Those who don't have Ys Origin/Oath, now's your chance. What a steal. Think I'll get Ys Seven. I need something to play until Monster Hunter World drops and Gurumin just isn't doing much for me.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
Altina is probably the only character in CS3 who gets a less iffy design, but then again it's not exactly hard to improve on... . xD Everyone else seems to get worse and worse from what I saw so far, though I hope to be wrong (I haven't played it yet, waiting for localization). It's an annoying trend and I'm sad Falcom is perpetuating it.
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Thread: Kiseki/Trails Community|OT|Familiar faces~, Zemurian places—SPOILERTAGS OR DIE!
WTF @ this chart :(
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Jinu is sooo ridiculous.
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That's really depressing.
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Haha Why is he posing with a katana and why is he putting his fingers on the blade (a no-no) like some ignorant weeb? (Don't answer that. It's a rhetorical question.) Urgh. Does his daughter know her dad spills out the most private and sensitive personal information about her to his classes? I assume she's OK with this, but it still rubs me the wrong way.
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
What the actual fuck
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Jesus fucking Satan, this guy is the gift that keeps giving huh? It's still kinda funny (and of course deeply ironic) that he rails so hard against "hierarchy of distribution", yet essentially advocates for that for (hetero men's) sexual partners. Disgusting moron.
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Bingo. Actually yes, please do, because accusing people of engaging in "cultish" behaviour because a months-old thread has many pages is quite the inflammatory stretch.
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
No
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
You misunderstand what he said, which is that women have more liberty compared to before. Not compared to men.
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
No
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No
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
If we supported emojis, I'd post the "joy" one from Discord.
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Good ol' Satanic Temple rightly thinks Jordan Peterson is full of shit, this parody tweet is on point: (in response to this garbage tweet
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
You haven't ascended high enough in the transcendental lobster hierarchy, I'm afraid. ...Sure?
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
The best part is this one I think:
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Holy shit, that "matter" thing... how dumb is this motherfucker? xD I'm also a French speaker, and I remember thinking "isn't it interesting how "boucle" can mean so many different things?!"... when I was, like, 6 years old. Then I learned how language worked and how homonyms were a thing, and yeah. This guy is such a blatant pseudo-intellectual, holy shit. Hahahaha
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Holy shit, you weren't lying. Pretentious, piece of shit clown. I wonder if all the people decrying "identity politics" will ever, ever acknowledge that. I have yet to see even that level of self-awareness so far.
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There's no such thing as "evolutionary use" in the way you're talking about, any biologist could tell you that. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of how natural selection works.
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Again, no. You have a fundamental misconception of how evolutionary biology and natural selection works. We're talking about basic 101 stuff here. Moreover, even if Peterson (and yourself) understood the actual biology behind it, it wouldn't justify any kind of philosophical reasoning, as that would be a textbook naturalistic fallacy.
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Justin Bieber is still around. Not quite the striking example for your argument. Which is beyond flawed, anyway. Plenty of empty-headed demagogues get talked about constantly. One of them even got elected POTUS. Not at all. They're analyzing the content of his words. Of which he has many. I don't know what to tell , to be honest. Alex Jones also gets millions of views. I'm sure a portion of those are people laughing at him, as is the case with Peterson, but for the most part, the fans that keep him in business certainly fit those descriptors. The idea that because someone is popular, that they can't be a bigot, is so far-fetched and ridiculous and self-evidently false, I don't even know how you could assert it with any kind of sincerity of thought.
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Not helping your case here....
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It's a tweet from six years ago.
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You gotta use the media-embedding feature. Use the "movie reel" icon in the editor. Like so: Also, lol @ this charlatan. Courts not taking his shit, nice.
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:)
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I take it that you take back your earlier opinion of him...?
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Why? Why would you love a raging misogynist?
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There's nothing "balanced" about thinking that Frozen is "propaganda" that "shouldn't be allowed" to be made either.
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"One" of those times? I gave this as an example but he has so many of those. Because he a total, unbalanced crank and wacko. I mean how many more examples of him being a nutcase do you need before you admit it?
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"You know what, fuck this, I'm out." "See? Leftists won't debate me! I am very smart."
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Thread: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
So, can any Peterson defender explain how he can both be a champion of free speech and yet claim people shouldn't be allowed to make new stories that have a "political message" (note, "political message" here is actually "any kind of message at all that makes Jordan squirm a bit)? Because he literally, explicitly said those things, and they are quite jarring from a so-called free speech defender. (But not so jarring from a reactionary bigot using defense of free speech as cover for selling his bigoted views to gullible simpletons, of course.) Good point. He's a master of the , and worse, Gish Gallop in verbal form which is harder to take down than in written form.
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Goddamn that's a good analogy. I'd say though, that at least, as distasteful as they are, horoscopes are typically not racist or misogynistic. xD This is ridiculous. You're blaming (or pointing-and-laughing at) "the left" for failing to convince people to fall for Peterson's BS? That'd be like blaming rational people because gullible people fall for horoscopes. It makes zero sense. And whatever happened to.... *drumroll* ? Yep.
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If misinterprets you (not you "you" but general you), then no one does and you're just talking nonsensical bollocks, really.
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That fallacy doesn't apply to deliberate association, only loose/unrelated ones.
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Oh my god... dead.gif
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Wait I mean isn't this guy supposed to be all about that free speech thingamajig? Or is that just to be transphobic, and doesn't apply to uh, writing feel-good Disney sisterhood movies or something? This guy is a moron and a nutcase. How the hell can anyone take him seriously is beyond me.
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Thread: Canada-Era, How Do the Major Cities Stack Up Against Each Other?
Not if you're in tech. Wait what.... how fucking fast do you drive? :P Montreal is 5-6 hours away from all of those cities.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Eh. So far this is incredibly underwhelming.
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Shit, bummer news about Vinnie Paul. Very young too, RIP. Does Amorphis - Elegy count? If so, that one. Absolute classic. Prog is really not really my favourite style at all though. But I enjoy some prog-power like Symphony X (The Odyssey, Divine Wings of Tradegy and Twilight of Olympus being my favourites), Adagio (very similar to Symphony X, love Underworld and Sanctus Ignis), and Ayreon's Into the Electric Castle. For "regular" prog metal I really like Control Denied's Fragile Art of Existence, and later Death.
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That song is baller! Thanks for posting. Great band that continues to be consistent.
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Hell YEAH
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Not seeing the ugliness? The 80's hairstyles are kinda funny, but I've seen much worse lol. Straight woman here btw. And yes that album is godly. Metalsucks has never been consistent or shown to have any kind of integrity whatsoever. You can freely disregard pretty much everything they say or do.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Favourite death metal album, hmm... either something by Bolt Thrower (almost anything of theirs would qualify), or Luciferion - Demonication (The Manifest) for me. I never heard of this Vegas thing and I'm gonna be an old woman yelling at cloud here but learning that what you just described here is even a thing is making me hate life, too. Why....
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Damn, that art is awesome. Looks like Dark Souls concept art!
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Powerslave To Tame a Land Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Rime of the Ancient Mariner Infinite Dreams The Clairvoyant Alexander the Great Flight of Icarus Remember Tomorrow Purgatory ...Sorry that's already a lot lol. If I had to pick a #1 it'd probably be either Powerslave or To Tame a Land though.
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Joke post?
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Lepaca Kliffoth is probably my 2nd favourite Therion album after Theli. Really underrated album, it's solid all the way through.
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Raining sucks, but what if it's... *cough* raining blood?
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Yep it's certainly a hundred times better than Sun and Steel, which is the ONLY song from the first 7 albums that I actually skip...
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Show No Mercy is my favourite Slayer album, but I think my favourite is probably Hell Awaits.
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Or "gay" :P
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Slayer tonight! Show starts super early and I'm not sure about the venue... this had better be good >.>
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For the first time ever (and also last), I was one of those dumb fans last night who yelled out... SLAYYERRRRRRRRR
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Seriously though guys, if anyone was hesitating on the Slayer farewell tour... don't. It's worth it. Setlist is solid, the performance and atmosphere was spectacular (I honestly wasn't expecting it to be so good), and the other bands (well, except LoG since they suck, but that's when you go for the food/bathroom break) were incredibly tight as well despite shorter setlists. The Anthrax frontman was channelling Bruce pretty hard, running everywhere and still screaming at the top of his lungs, his voice sounded more powerful than ever too.
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^5
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
One of my long-time friends and staff member at Metal Archives suddenly passed away yesterday at age 31. We received word from his mother by email (who later updated his Facebook page by using his laptop where he was still logged on). It was a complete shock and most of us at M-A are still reeling. RIP Chris. :( Time to binge on Overkill (his favourite band) in his memory. \m/
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Thanks, everyone. <3
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
I'd also suggest Finntroll. Or Ensiferum. Something like Goblins' Dance.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Amon Amarth ain't viking metal... (I guess this song is actually a bit more viking-y than most, though)
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Certainly.'s discography starting from Hammerheart (or arguably even Blood Fire Death) is the best place to start. Hammerheart, Twilight of the Gods, Blood On Ice, Nordland I and II are the quintessential viking metal sound., , , For authenticity, you can't beat . It's actually all old Norse songs adapted to metal, collected in a single album/side-project titled "Nordavind" by Fenriz (Darkthrone), Satyr (Satyricon) and Kari Rueslåtten (The 3rd and the Mortal):, , If you want shorter, more compact and typically more "upbeat" songs, you can try :, , , , folkier sound with the violins but with the black metal influence still obvious:, , For a more "power metal" influence in the riffs, there's (whose members went on to form Falconer, you'll hear the resemblance if you are familiar, it's basically Falconer with growls and a more folky Norse sound), , , If you want cleaner vocals you can't really go wrong with any early (up 'til Heralding, haven't heard the rest), always epic and fun:, ,,
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Link doesn't work, but this one did for me: Feels kinda generic...
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Oh shiiiit, really? Even Behemoth? Seeing them at the end of this month. Man that's gonna end late, lol. I hope the subway will still be open. Lamb of God is the only band on that list that I don't care about, I might step out during that time. But an hour of Behemoth, Anthrax, Testament and Slayer each sounds pretty nice. I'm only a bit worried about the venue. Apparently it's kind of a crappy one. I guess the usual proper venues were taken for that date.
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Oh, that's quite different then. Still a long concert, but a full hour each would have been... quite something.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Team Altars here. Both the Madness one and the Pagan one. :D
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
I don't think I remember much about this album... but the title track is awesome, at least. As is the ballad, The Legacy.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
I am fond of Souls of Black (the song) perhaps due to nostalgia. One of my earliest metal memory is being given this (cassette version) by my brother at a very tender age and enjoying the hell of the first side (and always rewinding because side B was complete crap even when I was 9-10 years old XD) and it was therefore my first Testament song and I really liked it and still do. :3
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Haha yep. Even as a kid I could tell this was so inferior to cool shit like King Diamond, Judas Priest and Megadeth. -)
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Exodus has Bonded By Blood which is quite possibly the greatest thrash album of all time. But the rest of their catalogue is... not very good. Overkill is a lot more consistent. Horrorscope, The Years of Decay, Feel the Fire, Ironbound, The Electric Age, Taking over... it's all good. Well, honestly, their earlier albums up until Horrorscope are all good. Then they have this shitty mid-period where they did shitty groove bro metal and that can be safely ignored. Then they came back to thrash with a vengeance with Ironbound, and have kinda just recycled that sound ever since but at least it's still pretty good, so... cool, I guess! :) Edit: ah yeah, ^ the holy trinity of early thrash, still tinged with that NWOBHM sound; Feel the Fire, Kill 'em All, and Show No Mercy. Love those albums, definitely my favourites by Metallica and Slayer, and definitely up there for Overkill too.
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Just been listening to this one and I'm sadly not feeling it. The music is solid, but the vocals are... not good. Kind of ruins it a bit for me. :( Too bad, I'd be totally down for another Melechesh-like.
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Considering how much I hate that band and its vocals that sure would explain a lot xD
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For those discovering the gloriousness (shut up spellchecker that's totally a word) of epic black/thrash, here are some samples from my favourite examples of the genre (tried to limit myself to one song per album): Desaster - , , Deströyer 666 - , , Absu - , , Melechesh - , , Cheers! Sorry for the spammy list haha. I got carried away.
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Ah, gotcha. Wait, "back then"... like this album is even that old, come on du... *checks* Holy Satan, how was this OK nevermind. xD Hmm. Try these? and I'm also currently listening to Melechesh (Enki at the moment), which isn't exactly "tribal", but has that Middle Eastern influence, maybe you'd dig that.
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I bought this one blind in Japan. True story. No regrets!
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That could take a while.... *sweatdrop* But, okay! I'm not going to hunt for links though, because I'm sure they're all easy searchable on Bandcamp and/or Youtube or your preferred music source. Some of my favourite albums ever, sans power metal : Mercyful Fate - Don't Breath the Oath Manilla Road - Crystal Logic Satan - Atom by Atom Satan's Host By the Hands of the Devil Natur - Head of Death Accept - Restless and Wild Saxon - Denim and Leather Exodus - Bonded by Blood Overkill - The Years of Decay Anacrusis - Screams and Whispers Artillery - By Inheritance Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings Sodom - Agent Orange Summoning - Minas Morgul Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane In the Woods... - HEart of the Ages Samael - Blood Ritual Rotting Christ - Non Serviam Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp Melechesh - Emissaries Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising Absu - Tara Desaster - Hellfire's Dominion Bathory - Hammerheart Skyclad - The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja Kunniasta Cruachan - Tuatha Na Gael Ancient Rites - Dim Carcosa Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes Stillborn - Necrospirituals Pentagram - Relentless Cauchemar - Tenebrario Luciferion - Demonication (The Manifest) Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade* Moonspell - Irreligious Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses * As in, actual gothic metal, gothic rock + metal, not "symphonic metal with female vocals" e_e ...Aaaand I got carried away. >_< Sorry if those are too obvious and you already know 'em (I left out super-obvious stuff like Priest/Maiden/Sabbath etc. because of that). I can adjust with more obscure stuff if you like. Is power/thrash or power/heavy okay? If so, I'll add... Metal Church - Metal Church Running Wild - Pile of Skulls Jag Panzer - Thane to the Throne Ok, I'll stop now.
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Hmm a lot to unpack here. I wouldn't say The Years of Decay is underrated; as said it's properly credited as a thrash classic in every metal community worth being in. I do agree it's one of the best thrash albums of all time, fully with you there. The only Overkill one worth hearing? Nah, now this I can't remotely agree with. So, basically, no, yes, no. :D I don't think I heard this one actually. Gonna check it now. Thanks. I don't do gym stuff, but when I go for a run, nothing gets me going during those sprint intervals like some Melechesh or Desaster.
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Really? It had a lot of buzz at the time, with Abbath and all. And yeah it's pretty cool, like Immortal lite.
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Fucking hell Edit: speaking of time and Candlemass, how is their last album from 2012, goddammit? Where is the time going?? ...Also I thought Candlemass was done, didn't even know they were making new albums... >_>
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So there's a new Varathron apparently! Just started checking it out right now. I hope it's good, I wasn't impressed by the more recent ones.
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Fun fact (I may or may not have posted this before, apologies if it's a repeat): A road trip between Montreal and Toronto lasts about the same length as all first 7 Maiden albums. True and tested.
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I... don't know how I feel about that On the one hand, Bruce's solo output is immensely superior to (as in, post-Seventh Son :P) Maiden albums. Including Brave New World and certainly everything that came after. But better than the first seven? Nooooo Seventh Son is also one of the greatest of all-time albums so I agree there. Chemical Wedding is good but it can't touch Seventh Son nor the other six 80's albums. So all I can say now is: Bitnator, why xD
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I thought the Epitaph tour was Priest's last tour... who am I kidding, every band's last tour never fucking is. *eyeroll* I might still go see this despite the price. It's a solid lineup despite the musicians being past their prime and not with their full lineups.
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Classic King Diamond is godly. I know people love Abigail/Them/Conspiracy and I do too, but I think Voodoo and The Eye are criminally underrated too. He's one hell of a performer, too. I wish he'd come back to Montreal soon. Or reunite with MF... :( Oof, that one is tough. Don't make me choose :( (probably DBtO, reluctantly, but that's like in my top 5 albums of all time too...)
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I'll allow it. The Oath is so fucking good, it might have my vote too. I'm partial to Curse of the Pharaohs and Egypt too (hmm I sense a pattern)...
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Hi. Priest or Maiden?
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You pass the test!
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You fail the test!
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I kinda like that cover >.> But obviously the original is superior. Here's a more difficult cover question: Manowar - Blood of my Enemies vs Edge of Sanity - Blood of my Enemies? I vote the cover. Come at me, Manobros~
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Aight, maybe it wasn't so difficult after all. :)
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Mayhem was always mediocre though. Don't @ me
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Agent Orange is legendary. One of my favourite thrash albums.
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That sucks. At least they were fine in the end. As an aside, I'll never stop rolling my eyes at Metalsucks' insipid "journalism" and cringeworthy writing style.
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Moar solos (Best part at ~6:30 but the whole thing is epic as fuck 'til the very end of the song) (~2:55 and ~4:35) I would have also posted Mr. Crowley, but none of the Youtube versions have the original (they're all a slowed-down version to avoid getting tagged by copyrights), so you'll have to take my word for it or listen to it on your own disc (which I'm sure you own if you are in this thread... :D). But yeah, Randy Rhoads, man!
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I'll post more tomorrow, bed now.
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We did it, guys. We're finally 100% complete. It's over. What a ride!
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:D
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Not sure how much of a while is "a while", but are you familiar with Vektor?
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Don't care for their more recent stuff, but the first two albums are classics! (I am well aware of the metal cliché of this phrase. Not my fault if it's often true. xD)
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Great one. One of my favourites is... well, not sure if it counts as a ballad haha:
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There's the obvious GOAT ballad:
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
My upcoming concerts... Malokarpatan (Covenant) this Thursday Exciter / DDT / Insane in April Slayer / Behemoth in May Helloween in October
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The answer to that, no matter what, is always "yes". Next week for me, at Covenant. With Annick as guest vocalist and keyboardist too. :D Let me know how it is!
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
I often do the reverse, type "thrash" when I mean to write "trash". Last night I was talking to someone on Discord and said "it's a thrash song" (meant to write trash) and almost hit enter without correcting myself. >.>
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Niiiice. Too bad we won't have an OT2 anytime soon :D
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S/T > Operation Mindcrime Come at me brehs
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Of course. :)
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\m/
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I mean... that hasn't been true since fucking 2004 at least, lol. Even Horror Show before it had that weird-ass Ghost of Freedom cringe-song (the only one I skip on an otherwise great album, it doesn't belong there).
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Happy International Women's Day, everyone. I made a thread about this on my own forum but why not post this here too? Let's celebrate the kick-ass women of metal. I'll start with some cool ladies from my home country of Canada, because why not. --- - Heavy/doom from Québec with my bff Annick Giroux <3 [] Whilst their later albums like Tenebrario are more polished, I have a soft spot for their debut EP. and are just damn memorable and probably still my favourite tracks by them. Fun facts: Annick is not only the author of the Heavy Metal Cookbook, , she also did guest vocals (well, spoken lines) for the intro to Malokarpatan's . Which I didn't even know at the time I checked out the album. Imagine my surprise checking out a Slovakian black metal band and the first lines I hear are my friend's strong Québécois accent reciting Émile Nelligan, haha. <3 --- - psychedelic doom from Ontario, feat. Alia O'Brien Probably the "leading" band in terms of female-fronted psych. doom at the moment. Alia has a great stage presence and her organ and flute playing is hypnotizing. --- I might post more later. For now, how about you, MetalEra?
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Do you like Greek BM? Early Rotting Christ, early Varathron, etc.?
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I agree with this without even knowing how much the tickets are haha
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LOL Colour me 100% unsurprised.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Yeah that's how I feel. It also helps that recent work by Megadeth and Iced Earth do fuck-all for me so it's easy to stay away. :P And yeah Schaffer's jingoism does infect his lyrics and his work, sadly. I liked Iced Earth a lot more when it was about old poems and classic horror or even comic book shit than his rah-rah-USA garbage.
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Not metal no, but it's pretty cool. Reminds me of Wardruna or Hagalaz' Runedance. I'm a bit iffy on those weird male vocals in the middle though...
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This is pretty cool so far. Can definitely hear the Summoning influence.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
One of the greatest songs of all time. It's my first Bathory song too, from my brother's mixtape way back. <3 Edit: great avatar \m/
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Bandcamp haul... technically my first 100% digital purchase :O \m/
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Yeah, couldn't agree more. I hope the Antifas stay the fuck away from the D666/Watain show tonight.
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Sooooooooooooooo Deströyer 666 just fucking deströyed tonight. Way too short of a setlist (45m, really? :( could have used twice that tbh), but holy fuck was it good. I Am the War God is up there among all the greatest, timeless classics of epic heavy fucking metal, IMO. You know the type, those songs that start out slow and ominous and build up and up to this intense and frenzy of awesomeness, but without ever dragging on too long or overstaying their welcome. The of this world... kinds of songs. Soooo good, and the live experience is just incredible. The ticket price was worth it for that part alone.
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Yeah it was for sale but I haven't heard it so I didn't buy it. >.> I'll probably get a digital version at some point. Oh yeah not a peep from Antifas too, fortunately.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
D666 and Bolt Thrower as recent pick-ups? You're gonna be swimming in quality metal. :) Seeing D666 this Friday. Can't wait. Fuck Watain really, I'm only there for Deströyer. xD I approve.
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What? Where? PM me please.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Niiiice. Fun fact: a road trip from Montreal to Toronto lasts just about the time to hear the first 7 Maiden albums in a row. xD (Tried and tested!) Wait til you hear their previous albums. Wildfire is decent, but they have done much better still. Check out Phoenix Rising, Unchain the Wolves, Cold Steel for an Iron Age, and even the Terror Abraxas EP. Looking forward to seeing them with Watain later this month. In fact I look forward to them far more than Watain (which is honestly kinda dull to me, like a 2nd rate Dissection).
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Oh shit and it comes out exactly on the day of their tour/show with Watain too. I didn't even know! Noice. Black/thrash like D666 and Melechesh is the best shit ever for interval running. When I hit a sprint interval and these guys are blasting in my headphones it just makes me go so much faster LOL.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
This band is so damn good.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
If you could stop using that unreadable font, that'd be great...
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Hmm, new Therion huh. Let's see, what do we have he--- ...3 discs, with each being an hour long? Uhhhhh Edit: I hope the other songs are better than this sterile, coma-inducing song posted earlier. Man, I miss 90's Therion so bad. :(
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Video not available :( I like black/speed, but honestly... black/thrash is where it's at. Absu, Melechesh, Desaster, Deströyer 666, Craven Idol, Nifelheim... fuck yeah.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
So this is a thing now... :O Lineup is underwhelming so far though. Might get a one-day ticket for Autopsy and Demolition Hammer (assuming the same day) but the rest doesn't interest me much.
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Oh, much better link, thanks!
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Slayer farewell tour? Hmm IDK. Probably gonna be mega-expensive. Any tour dates yet?
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
The first two CoB were good. Solid guitarwork all around. The 3rd one is listenable but mediocre. Can't stand anything else they've done. And now I feel old.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
I said I feel old okay You don't have to rub it in!
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Bought my ticket for Pumpkins United after all. I hope I don't regret this...
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Fucking lol haha. Speaking of actual progressive thrash... what would be the pioneers of the genre? I vote Anacrusis or maybe Voivod. :)
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Playing the Monster Hunter World beta. The character creator isn't available, but they offered a few presets, and I thought one of the male preset reminded me of : So naturally, I named my hunter that, and kicked some monster ass. :D
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Holy shit, Warrel Dane died :( Wasn't the biggest Nevermore fan but he was a cool dude from what I knew. So young too. RIP.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
I kinda wanna go see that (it's in September of next year though, lol), but... the price is just exorbitant. :( Still not sure.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Checked out the two Cavalera Conspiracy songs that are on youtube, since the descriptions seemed solid. Ehhhh. Beneath the Remains worship? Not even close. Arise, maybe, if you took a mediocre cover band of it. I wasn't seeing the MR comparison at first (the first track is just pure speed metal), but after a few songs I think I know what you mean. Vocals are a bit meh, but good stuff otherwise. Thanks for the link. :)
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
"Video unavailable" on both of these
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Hantaoma is legit. The band members' main band, Stille Volk, is one of the best pagan/folk (non-metal) band I've heard.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Congrats to Brian_FETO for posting the millionth post on ERA. Too bad it was in that dumb wrestling topic and not here in the superior Metal ERA! :D
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Girl metal? Sure thing
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Speaking of metal transwomen, one just got elected to the Virginia state legislator (her opponent was the author of that shitty bathroom bill too)!
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
No one can ever agree on which classics need to be highlighted. I sure as shit wouldn't want MoP to be the highlight of any metal thread... if I had to pick a Metallica album it'd be KeA or RTL anyway. But why would a thread for metal enthusiasts need to talk about Metallica? It's not going to be a discovery or anything for anyone. That said I'd be willing to come up with a list of my own of "essentials" for the subgenres of heavy, thrash, power, death, black, doom, gothic, and folk/viking, at least. For stuff like sludge, metalcore, post-metal or all that newfangled stuff, that's above my paygrade. ;)
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Nice updated OP (and uh, thanks for the shout-out I guess :D). Good picks on the albums-per-genre, can't really complain.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
(Posted with permission from admins) For anyone interested in a metal discord, we have an M-A one now (quote for the invite link). It wasn't made by me but I'm an admin there of course. Note, this isn't any kind of "official MetalERA discord"; it has 0% to do with ERA, it's just my personal site's Discord that I think could be of interest to people here (much like our IRC channel was, we might end up fully replacing it with Discord eventually -- we'll see) since I know many of you use M-A or are familiar with it. It's brand new and so has little activity yet xD, but yeah, feel free to join if you want.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
lol? They only like, invented the sound ;) Anyway, for another beginner-friendly black metal album to recommend I'd go with Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: And Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
How did I not notice the typo before? :O Shame on me. Fixed.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Jesus, these guys can't catch a break huh? Shame that Poland is so rabidly conservative.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Stormrider, though! But yes, those two albums are fantastic and definitely the two best Barlow albums.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
Check out the Demons & Wizards self-titled (same singer), and Persuader (BG soundalike), particularly The Hunter and Evolution Purgatory.
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Thread: The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore
You can just link them if you want to post more YT links.
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Why, thank you! *bow*
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Thread: Hollow Knight on Switch has already sold over 250k copies in just two weeks
Congrats to the team. Well-deserved. ??? It's a textbook Metroidvania. It's a lot more Metroid than it is Dark Souls that's for sure.
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Thread: Vampyr |OT| Drink Responsibly
Nice OT! I probably won't get this right away (backlog and Dark Souls Remastered... yeahhh), but it's nice that impressions are positive, and the gameplay I've seen looks fine, not Bloodborne obviously but still serviceable enough for a good story. I have been wanting a proper vampire game since the last Legacy of Kain, hopefully this me right in.
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Thread: Soul Calibur VI Talim Reveal
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Thread: Shining Resonance Refrain Demo Live on PSN
This post depresses the shit out of me. :( (To actually answer your question, see below) All of this.
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Thread: Shining Resonance Refrain Demo Live on PSN
What? He also listed Shining Force 1 and 2 and they're super easy to get...
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Thread: How do I get into Phantasy Star? How are the battle systems?
Agreed. This too. Cosmic Star Heroine is the next best thing, at least.
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
...OK. It's weird that you write this rant after writing how you were summoned as a Blue Sentinel, which is a deliberate, consensual PvP covenant. But, OK. I'll stick to invading and keep laughing at people who pull the plug, regardless. That's my non-rant and I'm sticking to it. :) I don't have twink builds and I don't target beginner players, but if I'm still a "twat" because I enjoy a core mechanic of the franchise that has been there since day 1, so be it.
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
..."chuckles"? Sure. But you were complaining about that, too. Then you posted how much you vehemently hate PvP. It just struck me as odd. You were pretty much demonizing people who do enjoy it, though. Pretty aggressively, even. Just sayin'.
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
Killing GiantDads never gets old Fuck off creatively bankrupt memelords
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Thread: Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
Sorting through my invasion clips (I just save the funnier/wonkier ones really) I remembered this one: Does anyone know what killed me there? It looks like a multi-hit from Avelyn or Homing Soulmass, probably from a host perched up somewhere, but even with a Ring of Fog he couldn't have been fully invisible, yet he was nowhere near to be seen.
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Anyone? >.> Also, sharing this because I'm petty and it made me laugh. Surprise Motherfucker! part 2:
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Yeah I suspected Avelyn, but wouldn't I be seeing bolts? I also wonder where the guy was, I'm guessing either a hacker or he glitched himself from inside the wall or something. (And no it's not the fire, that effect is just cosmetic, seen it many times.)
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Isn't Homing Soulmass invisible if you cast it before the invader spawns? That's why I suspected that in addition to Avelyn. Still don't know where he was though, I reviewed the video where the camera has a broader view of the area and paused to try and spot him, but nothing. Must have been glitched or hacked somehow. Oh well, was curious. More silly invasions because why not: "How did I win this" aka "oh shit oh shit oh sh--" And "Worst Phantom Name Ever" (2nd phantom; made me pretty happy to kill him with a gimped out Pharis cosplay character :P but seriously, whatyearisthis.gif)
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Faith/pyro/dex. Level 55 IIRC. Fake edit: here (from memory)
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He's stupidly easy to beat normally. Just fight him in the open area, bait his arm-slamming attack, dodge to the side, then get a few hits on it. Rinse repeat.
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Assuming you have 40+ int, Logan's catalyst is the best one (Not to be confused with the tin crystal catalyst, the one you were talking about.)
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No password set? Where are you trying to summon/being summoned? Online has been tapering off a bit, I don't see a zillion signs anywhere anymore, but it's still fairly active in my experience (PS4).
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NO PROOF FOR YOU
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Not I, but playing as Melisandre the Red Lady, I once encountered an "Arya" which I thought was amusing.
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Right before last boss is best.
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Congrats and enjoy!
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It's in the Catacombs, not the Tomb of the Giants (the dark place). It's an ordinary weapon, nothing "unique", but it's a great dex weapon. Other notable loot in the Catacombs/Tomb: the white titanite slab, the paladin armour (if you defeated Paladin Leeroy as an invader, his armour will appear in Nito's room after you defeat the boss, but you may need to reload to get it to appear), Tranquil Walk of Peace miracle, and rescuing Reah and buying all her miracles (if you're faith or care about trophies) from her when she relocates to Undead Parish, near the Firekeeper Soul.
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Bonewheels are the real boss of the catacombs It is known
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True. The skeleton-dogs are also nastier than Nito.
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I wouldn't say boss, but they sure killed me more often than the Sen's Fortress boss haha
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Thanks Wait... Paralysis AOE that does ?
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Ah yeah ok. Tranquil Walk of Peace slows you down, but the damage is done via Wrath of the Gods, a different miracle. Funnily enough I literally just killed someone that same way just now... in Anor Londo xD
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Never ever aggro enemies near NPCs in those games lol
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Not bad. But yeah invaders can fuck you up in there.
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What bugs? The only significant one I encountered was the ghost figures of the 4 Kings that I ran into on occasion. I can't recall if it was there in the old version or not.
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Ah, I haven't experienced those. But I did experience sound effects, such as the parrying, ripose, or Estus chugging sound, to not play sometimes, especially in multiplayer.
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Did you not get the elevator shortcut? You can skip 95% of the level with it and barely fight any enemies, just that archer outside the boss room, and the one snake outside the cage at the bottom (plus the two snakes at the entrance but you can basically ignore them). Respectfully, how did you get the Drake Sword without a guide?
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Depends if you do PvP or not, but stuff I like spending souls on other than levels are: - Pyro glove upgrades, if applicable - Green blossoms (sold by the vendor in Sen's, I think by Marvellous Chester too) - Fire/lightning resins, if applicable (if your weapon is not buffable, disregard obviously) - Stocking up on arrows, usually large and poison - Stocking up on moss, homeward bones, and other supplies (transient curses, humanity, etc.) - Buying boss armours from Domhall of Xena, if you're into collecting that useless shit :D
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So remember when I posted this: I actually took screenshots at the time, and later recorded a clip of myself as host doing the same coop run with this friend (because it was a ridiculously close fight with our low DPS at low-level haha), but never got around to upload them, so if anyone's curious as to what that looks like, here it is (this was before the actual boss spawned, my friend hadn't dropped down yet, and they stayed there the whole fight too): Here's the clip where I juuuuust barely win as host (different character), same glitch, making it very annoying to see what's going on:
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Yeah it's right before the boss really. No enemies between the boss and this elevator except a puny archer. You do need to get the key to unlock it. It's the same one that unlocks Logan's cage. If you don't have it, you have to jump across a broken bridge (near the top, again no enemies around), there's a vendor in that tower too, and at the bottom of that tower is a lone flamberge snakeman you can easily kill for the key. If you miss the jump, you take some fall damage (about 60% of your health) but you don't die, so don't worry. It can't, sadly. Weirdly enough you free Logan with it, but not the elevator. There are, of course. Unlike in DS2, where attacks hit you when they shouldn't, it's more that they miss when they shouldn't, sometimes. And those monsters have weird-ass hitboxes, yes. Grab attacks are also still bullshit, and some attacks also have ridiculous tracking/trajectory correction. That said, I think is a pretty good hitbox from a Capra, I posted it just a few hours earlier: my attack missed, and it indeed was just an inch short, and his attack went above my head as it should have (IIRC, the giant Heide knights in DS2 have similar hitboxes, I remember crouching to cast some spell and their sword swung above my head and didn't hit me, was pretty neat):
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Whoever at FromSoft decided that an invader spawn point would be right in the middle of that one gank fest in Tomb of the Giants... I salute you, you magnificent bastard.
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Oh geez. Another one caught by the Drake Sword trap. >_< Stop following guides and use a proper weapon that you upgrade yourself, folks. Seriously, go back to the Parish and pick up the claymore, or get a Manserpent Greatsword from the snakes in Sen's, or something. They can be used one-handed, have a decent moveset and will do much more damage. You should definitely be doing that instead of grinding souls to to upgrade your armour, that won't make enough of a difference. And yeah never ever level up resistance. A defensive build will focus on having high poise and a good shield, and strong damage to take out enemies without being staggered, not so much defense points. The gains are too little to make a difference.
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Yep yep yep. The Drake Sword was probably intended to be for speedrunners or low-level runs, as a cool little secret. But thanks to the internet and orange soapstone messages, everyone and their grandma know about sniping at the dragon's tail and it backfired into this noob crutch instead, causing a lot of what you describe. Glad I "missed" it in my first playthrough going blind, and I forgot what I used for the most part until I found the iaito (probably my starting wanderer's scimitar, or a claymore, IDK, been almost 7 years lol), but I'm glad I never fell into that trap.
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Strike vs slashing vs pierce doesn't seem like it makes a huge difference in this game, in my experience, unlike in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 2.
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As far as I know: - you need to give 30 humanity, not 20 - you need to actually open that door first After that you can switch covenant. Switching covenant before getting your reward is a bad idea as it will reset the progress, so you'd have to hand over more humanity again.
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70? Why? It's soft humanity.
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As someone who loves invading, this shit makes me cringe and I don't blame you at all. These people are creatively bankrupt.
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Invading at level ~50 or so is the most fun. Low HP means I die fast, but so do most people so it events out. My faith/dex/pyro is wrecking shit up. Invading in the Painted World last night, I went from 0 humanity to 44 in a little over an hour. Wrath of the Gods is so good for taking out groups. Almost no backstab-fishing at all either, which makes it a lot more fun.
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Probably mostly the latter, but you can get a few cracked red eye orbs early (behind Firelink shrine, where you pick up the mace and some homeward bones). I don't invade in very low-level areas myself though. Never understood the appeal of killing defenseless noobs. Mid-game, with Depths at the very earliest but preferably between Blighttown and some post-LordVessel areas, is where the fun is. My favourite places to invade are Blighttown, Sen's, Anor Londo, Painted World, and Catacombs. New Londo is fun too but if you die, respawning at Firelink is pretty annoying.
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People who disconnect upon invasions are funny. People who disconnect , however, are a special kind of coward haha.
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Invading a guy in Painted World and getting 2hko'd by his phantom's pyro: bummer. Re-invading the same guy immediately after, and killing him as he just turned the switch and was making his way through the tunnels, leaving his blood stain in the worst possible place: perfect. Invading a giantdad immediately after that and ambushing him with a plunging attack, murdering him right before he enters the boss room: priceless.
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Do you have a red titanite slab
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Not really, unless you really wanted the toxic mist pyromancy.
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It's magic. Game cheats. lol I was a phantom with my friend the other day, and I went ahead and stuck around the lever to control it so he could loot areas without the boulder trap activating. I saw the damn switch move by itself all the time, had to mash X to try to reset it to protect him. It was ridiculous.
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Hahaha. I love disconnecters, they make me laugh.
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Re: the Bloodborne/Dark Souls DLC connection; didn't development for Bloodborne start at the same time they were working on the Artorias DLC? I could have sworn I read something about that a while ago. Eh, the HP drain is a decent drawback I think. Source? One-shot Quelaag? The hell? At this level, only thing I could think of is dark magic... but even so, one-shotting her entire HP bar seems unlikely. If you're on PC I'd suspect a hacker.
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Had a few good laughs. Choice of music was good too. Good video!
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I thought it was. But it seems they are at different places sort of? Based on this map rendering, Ash Lake is the lowest point [edit: I actually had the 3D map viewer on my PC from a while back, I opened it, and depending on the perspective, Bed of Chaos can be slightly lower, but they're parallel and not really on top of one another, so yes it's subjective) :
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Same! Those games are all the GOAT to me. I'll really miss them.
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Nice. I have never actually done this before. The only times I beat BoC without dying was by using the reload trick, and I often end up dying regardless... Still don't know how you are supposed to dodge through the branch swipe. I don't think it's actually possible. Which is bullshit but oh well. Has anyone ever done it? Any vids of it?
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So it looks like it's impossible to i-frame through or this meticulous analysis would have shown at least one example of it haha. You just have to stay out of reach. But yeah it's bullshit. This video shows almost pixel by pixel the "safe" zones and all but there's zero way a player can know these things without having done the boss a ridiculous amount of times already. Plus, the attacks have no tell because the camera is shit. There is really no defending this boss fight haha. It's too bad because it super cool, one of the most interesting visual designs in the game. But it's impossible to really appreciate because the fight is so bad. In my experience, using the transient curse right at the entrance (like on the bridge before the ghosts), playing more or less normally without hurrying but without dallying either, will make the curse expire in that one room before the ladder leading to Ingward, which of course has a million ghosts spawning from all sides. :D In most cases I can make it there fast enough to kill all the ghosts before the curse expires, but sometimes not quite, and yeah... frustrating. I wonder if it was sadistically intentional or just coincidence.
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You can see Duke's Archives from even before that. This is from the Undead Parish bridge (where the hellkite drake was): Other levels-you-can-see-from-other-levels are Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith and even Ash Lake from the Tomb of the Giants, and of course the Parish from the top of Sen's, and the Undead Burg from the Lower Burg (pan the camera up and you can see exactly the bridge, structures etc. that you were on just a bit earlier in the game).
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One thing I absolutely love about the interconnected world in this game in particular, isn't just the interconnectedness itself, but the sheer feeling of progressive . You start the game in the brightly lit, sunny Burg. It's dilapidated and crumbling and swarming with hollows, but it's still pretty cheery by Souls standards. Then you go in the slightly darker and shaded lower Burg. Then you go in the gloomy, creepy Depths. Then the festering swamp of Blighttown. The further you descend, the more fucked up, creepy and hellish the landscape turns, with all the lava and demons and grotesque creatures (like the worms and centipede demon etc. ) and ruins of an epic ancient lost civilization, until you are in the very bowels of the Earth itself. And then, underneath it all, is the most primordial place of them all, as said in the intro about the "Age of the Ancients": , manifested beautifully in Ash Lake. I don't actually care about the lore and all that stuff, but the atmosphere and the of progressively more intense , the sheer sense of adventure taking you so deep into the most ancient primal layers of the Earth, expressed through exploration and gameplay, is just really, really cool.
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I fucking hate that, and I'm sorry to say that it's still a bit of a problem in DS2 and 3. :\ It feels worse in DS1 at times though.
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I played with a phantom named Eddard Stark earlier.
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I know that lol Don't suppose any generous soul on PS4 would be willing to part with the bellowing dragoncrest ring? >.>
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Thanks guys :) No restrictions with passwords. I can summon in Sen's, Forest (Sif area) or at Ceaseless. Or you can summon me wherever is convenient. Password resetera? Meet where?
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Oh I have Catacombs open too Making my way out of Blighttown eight now. I'll head to the Catacombs bonfire if that's ok? Whoever's closest and playing right now
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Ok I will. Omw
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Gotcha! Thanks
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Thank you very much ! ^^
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100% a hacker. You can't even do normal multiplayer sessions (summons or invasions of any kind) in Ash Lake. It's probably that Malcom hacker everyone's been talking about. Playing Dark Souls online on PC seems like a damn gamble. Gotta keep save backups or that guy can destroy your save file. From really should enable the VAC protection.
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You're gonna hate me, but...
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What is your first weapon? But yes, the BSS is a good weapon. Uchi/iaito/Chaos Blade (whichever katana you'd prefer), great scythe, falchion, Quelaag's furysword are among the best dex weapons.
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Is there a way to get the bellowing dragoncrest ring without levelling up int? Griggs won't sell me anything but I could use it for pyros...
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Yeah but... min maxing
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LOL you troll xD Prism stones can help. If you drop one and it "screams", it means the fall is fatal. If it does a mild noise, it's safe. Though, it's not 100% accurate. Sometimes the damn stone gets "stuck" on the walls and doesn't make the scream, but you can't actually land on that platform and would slip to your death anyway. But it's better than nothing!
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...Oh my god how did I not know this
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Probably because you're still in that canned animation (and therefore invincible) while the toxic mist is dispersing. So these are like the silverbeasts in Bloodborne. Killing them normally make them explode with annoying maggots that attack you, but killing them with fire or a visceral (parry/riposte or backstab) attack doesn't trigger the maggots.
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Well yes but I played this game all the way through like, easily half a dozen times, and used fire weapons before and somehow didn't remember this and... yeah. Been too long since I used fire weapons probably. Ahhh okay. So yes really just like the Silverbeasts then!
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Nah. You can play the entire game without a shield. It's harder though, especially for new players, but if you're a BB and MonHun vet you'll be OK. He could also just use a parrying dagger or even his bare hand to parry. Though I've always found the latter to be really silly. Parrying an incoming sword or spear attack with your , really now?
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lol ^ Try him at SL1. (Actually don't. I still have nightmares. My shaking hands...)
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Oh, you sweet summer child... :D
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But it's Bed of Chaos Haha how about those A-team hitboxes in the first part, huh? xD It really helps if you run to the dry patch of land to the right of the entrance, though. You take some lava damage but you can heal it, and then you wait for the Centipede to join you there and you have a lot more room to maneuver and almost no chance of being accidentally shoved into the lava. Sorry but that's almost adorable :) There's no such thing in a Souls game! And Ceaseless is very easy even without the cheesing method. Your damage is low now, so it feels impossible, but once you come back and fight him with an upgraded weapon, he's a piece of cake. You can stay in front of him (where he initially starts) and he won't throw fireballs, he'll just slam an arm/tentacle down, it's very easy to dodge it, and you get a few seconds to hit it with 2-3 hits. With a strong weapon he goes down insanely fast with this method.
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Guys, divine weapons do absolutely nothing against ghosts. You're thinking of the skeletons in the Catacombs. See above. You need a cursed weapon, a transient curse active (they are consumable items that last about 5 minutes), or be cursed yourself. Being cursed is the worst option and I would strongly recommend against it. Cursed weapons are rare; the ghosts themselves drop them as fairly rare drops, and some boss weapons are cursed, but your character build might be unsuitable for them. Transient curses are the best options overall. They last a fair bit of time, are easily purchased, and the ghosts drop them fairly often to resupply you.
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There are multiple ways to play. That's what makes these games so good.
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NP! I think I timed it once and it's about 1:30 in total from Firelink to the boss fog gate. Annoying, but not nearly as bad as the run to Bed of Chaos (regardless of whether running from the hidden bonfire or from the Centipede Demon bonfire and using the covenant shortcut/door... which I think is longer but you avoid the lava?).
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Oh yeah good call, I always do that!
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Then why would weapon matchmaking have any effect on that? You can still do all of that, if that's what you want, so long as you keep your gear moderate.
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Did anyone notice this bug (been seeing it since the patch) when fighting 4 Kings, where you see the actual 4 Kings' silhouettes before they spawn? And when they do spawn it's not even necessarily where the silhouettes were, making it a complete clusterfuck? I don't know if this happens in single-player but I was helping a friend last night and we all saw them in his game, and it was freaky!
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Man exactly the same thing happened to me last night. Snipped at the monsters and left one alive with barely a sliver left... fucking Siegmeyer gets himself grabbed and eaten. ;_; RIP my slab. Truth be told I didn't really need it, I'm using a twinkling titanite weapon but ... could have transferred it to another character and all. Sigh. Now now, let's not say things we can't take back~ The very best boss of the series vs the very worst...? (thinkingemoji.gif) So glad about this. Thank you From. And I say this as someone who has been spamming invasions since launch. If there's no chance of you dying and you OHKO everyone, how is this fun? You're just breaking the game. Good riddance to Dickwraiths.
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Except DeS, indeed!
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This is terrible advice. Telling them to continue to Blighttown while they're ? If you are at the Depths bonfire, you can exit the Depths and return to Firelink somewhat quickly by backtracking. You can buy a Purging Stone from the zombie lady in that tunnel. It's 6K souls though. If you want a cheaper one, you can continue on to Firelink, use the elevator shortcut back to the Undead Parish, and talk to Oswald of Carim in the Bell tower, he sells them for 3k. The snuggly option is a bit more out of the way. Good luck!
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RIP Shiva. Most NPCs do not respawn. I think the only one who can't die in this one is the Crow. (Frampt can't die but I think he goes away for the rest of the playthrough if you attack him too much, IIRC)
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Glad to help! The zombie lady also sells moss, which is very useful for Blighttown (they're also farmable from the bush-monsters in Darkroot Garden). You'll want at least a couple before venturing into Blighttown. Going into Blighttown well-prepared is the difference between a miserable experience and a relatively benign (by Souls level standards) one. :D
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Hmm. There's no way this is faster than this: Also, pet peeve (and not aimed at you but whoever made that video) but holy hell do I hate when youtube videos like this one take forever to get to the point. That video you linked should have started at 0:50 easily. And yes, it shows it takes an extra 30 secs and it's not really "safer" either. ....I said that in my post. Twice.
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I ran into a bunch of vagrants as an invader, but never one in my own game, haha. Never even had that happen as an invader before. Edit: Not sure what you mean by early access to Gwyndolin? You can fight Gwyndolin at any time after getting the Darkmoon ring. But a reason to not do that is if you are in the Darkmoon covenant, of course. Pretty sure this would break it.
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Ohh.... I actually don't know. Maybe?
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I think the internet and Souls community is pretty unanimous about Bed of Chaos, haha. Worst fucking boss in the series by far and it's not even close. Confession time: I don't think I ever beat Bed of Chaos on first try without dying without using the reloading trick. Even with using the reloading trick I tend to die anyway. And I have never, ever managed, to my recollection, to successfully dodge the branch swipe attack. I have no idea how to i-frame through it, or if it's even possible (but then how do you NOT get it by it, if you aren't using a shield?). If you i-frame through it, well, I just never ever got the timing. I just always either get pushed in the hole, or if I survive, I stand back up from the annoying knock-back, Estus, and continue moving, and take another hit if I have to. lol. And fuuuuck the run back to this boss. What a coincidence that the very worst boss of the series, also has the longest run to it from its nearest bonfire? Even using the Izalith shortcut it's a slog (it might actually be slower than the run from that hidden bonfire? I haven't timed it though) and the Titanite Demon on the bridge gets in the way a lot, even running past him he often gets a hit on me from behind. Gah. I might be a Souls vet but I think I died like 4-5 times to Bed of Chaos last night, DESPITE using the reload trick; 1 time on the way to the right-side shield (got pushed into a hole because of course), and the rest trying to make it to the center branch and getting pushed into the pit by that branch swipe... the only time I wasn't pushed was because it did the firestorm attack immediately when I landed instead of the usual swipe attacks, so I ran around the fire pillars and managed to drop down on the branch safely. I'm not sure I follow. By "scaling", I refer to how much your stat(s) affect your weapon's attack rating. Every weapon has a "base" attack rating, and most of them, but not all, have additional attack rating bonuses from your stats, which varies depending on scaling. For example, A scaling in dex on a weapon will give a substantial attack boost to it the higher your dex stat is (with diminishing returns usually after 40-50 in that stat). D/D scaling in dex/str will give minor boosts based on your dex and strength stats. S scaling on intelligence means it's probably really good for magic/intelligence builds. And so on. Some weapons, however, have zero scaling, and base damage. The Drake Sword is a good example of that. It has no scaling of any kind, no matter how much you pump your stats the weapon's attack rating (and consequently, the damage dealt, obviously) will always be the same no matter your level. The same is true for elemental weapons; all weapons on the lightning, fire, and chaos upgrade trees do not scale with stats whatsoever. Chaos-path weapons DO scale with your soft Humanity, up to 10, so you will do better damage at 10 humanity than at 0, but fire and lightning weapons don't even have that. They are the same as the Drake Sword. So they are pretty strong at lower levels because their base damage is pretty high, but at higher levels, a weapon that will scale with your main stat is pretty much always a better option. Yes, for sure. Midir is a really fun fight you fight him correctly. If you don't, it's hell on Earth lol.
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Something's wrong with your controller. This isn't normal. I had the exact same issue in Nioh with one of my controllers, the X button (which is the dash button in Nioh) must be damaged or something, it only happened with one specific controller.
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Yeah. Same with my X button, haven't noticed it being a problem in other games. :\ Do you have other controllers?
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Ah, well shit. Sucks, dude. :(
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They most definitely do not. This was changed in Dark Souls 2 and 3 but in Dark Souls 1, elemental (lightning/fire/chaos) have zero scaling whatsoever.
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Same ^ I never noticed how much of a difference it made until going back to Dark Souls haha.
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Yeah I haven't had too much issue with bosses, it's been mostly in PvP, or dodge-rolling off a cliff while fighting mobs and the like. >_<
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Valley of Drakes is very short, no boss, just some minor loot, but sure, you should be fine so long as you got good physical damage 'cause those blue drakes are pretty tanky. New Londo is a good idea, that ember is very important if you're a physical damage build. But yes, you always need a transient curse even as a phantom, unless you're actually cursed I guess. If you have the Ghost Blade or Jagged Ghost Blade (or maybe Sif's cursed greatsword? not sure if there are other "cursed" weapons), you can damage the ghosts without a transient curse. The jagged ghost blade is a semi-rare drop from the ghosts, the ghost blade (non-jagged) is ultra-rare though, never actually seen it I think.
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I mostly agree. A lot of DkS1 bosses are visually cool, but mechanically boring or crappy. I'd even add 4 Kings to the list of crappy boss: it's nothing more than a DPS race and the hitboxes (both on them and when receiving their hits) are wonky as hell. They do all have a cool and/or unique visual design though. The bosses that I think are fun to fight are the same as you (I do enjoy Kalameet too, though I think Sinh is probably better and Midir definitely is better... don't @ me), plus the Gargoyles, Gwyndolin, maybe Nito is OK. Taurus is OK for a first boss. Centipede isn't THAT bad if you run to dry land to the right of the entrance and fight him there and I like how you can get the ring early to even fight him on the lava, but the camera still sucks and his jumping attack is stupid because you can't see shit, but fortunately it doesn't do a ton of damage. Priscilla would be OK if she were a little more challenging, but she's just way too easy. Edit: That is what we mean by scaling, and no, it does not.
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What's with the weird glowing dot/reflection thingie following you around in Duke's? Anyone else noticed this?
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I think so
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You can if you want, but, Yes
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I love how this game can still surprise you after having played it dozens of time. I legit didn't know about
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LOL
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Prioritize the weapons, but if you have some leftover shards, it can definitely help. Holy shit hahaha. Tragedy averted! Eh, I don't think galv is being elitist, but just a bit puzzled considering that the poster he's replying to has beaten Bloodborne and all. If he were a completely new player that'd be different.
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Not all bonfires are safe. Basically, if you can use your white soapstone (as in, it's not greyed out), it's also a place where you can be invaded, assuming the boss is still alive. If you can't drop it, you're either already being invaded, or you're in a single-player zone (e.g. Firelink Shrine or the area between Taurus Demon and the Hellkite Drake bridge).
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I'd rather invade you and kill your little squad But sadly I am on PS4 so I shall murder people like you there ;)
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If you like your starting armour and how it looks, feel free to upgrade it. Any armour is viable. Some have minor advantages over others (weight poise, poison resist, mag defense, etc.), but overall it shouldn't make a big enough difference.
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He used a Chaos Fireball to kill the golden goldens that trap NPCs. The lingering damage from the puddles of lava that form after this spell, also killed the NPCs they have freed. So that sucks, but it's also kinda hilarious for the reason said. That said, do you miss out on the DLC if you kill (accidentally or otherwise, game doesn't know/care) Dusk? That would suuuuuck.... and indeed be bad design because DLC is extra content one pays for.
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In Dark Souls pre-patch, I once had the invisible ninja (Shiva's friend from the Forest Hunter covenant) spawn a pixel above ground near the edge, and he fell to his death. His death was blamed on me by the game, and made the entire Forest Hunter covenant hostile.... Can you imagine my surprise when I quit the game next to Alvina, reloaded later, and not only found a cool ring as loot suddenly there, but then had an entire forest aggro me? xD (Took me some time to figure out what happened, saw about the glitch online at the time, pretty sure it's been patched at least) Agreed. DSR's covenant switching at bonfire is a nice compromise at least.
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Ah OK so you don't miss on the DLC, just some story? Is Elizabeth not there in the DLC? She sells the same stuff Dusk did. Sucks that you miss out on the crown, but it's otherwise not TOO bad.
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...Vital? I mean I love invading, but come on.
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I see. It's very important to you. It is to me too. That's why, I actually make sure to get the steps right, and should I fuck it up somehow, I would actually continue making "new builds" and get the red orb on those new builds, instead of saying "I put 25h into this and I'm done, fuck this game". Since, you know, it's the main reason I play those games. Because otherwise, I'd just be contradicting myself. :) ...K
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So wrong... Blighttown is an amazingly crafted level.
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Not really. There's plenty of legitimate criticism for this game. Bed of Chaos is the worst boss in the series. Lost Izalith is poorly designed. They recycle a (lame) boss 3 times. The DLC recycles an entire level (Darkroot), and one of the more underwhelming ones from the base game at that. 20 Estus is too much and game-breaking, especially mixed with poise-tanking. The hitboxes for 4 Kings is ridiculous (both for giving or receiving hits), and it's a poorly designed boss overall, nothing more than a lame DPS race. The UI has a few issues, it's a bit clunky, especially the bottomless box. PvP has many issues, we could make a big list of that alone. I could go on. The game having secret content, however, isn't among those. May I suggest, don't be the 3125436th memelord making a Giantdad and be creative instead? Just a thought... ;)
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Correct.
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You can even join Darkwraith whilst still placing the LordVessel with Frampt... if you join it before obtaining the LV, that is.
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Smurf popo deserve it though. :D lol. Welcome to Dark Souls! I had a similar experience, gosh almost 9 years ago now, when first playing Demon's Souls. They're now my all-time favourites. It's not bullshit design. Darkwraith was always meant to be an obscure/secret covenant. Also no need to be vulgar. :P
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My experience has been the polar opposite... That's a vagrant. Always been there but super rare.
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Forest Hunter doesn't, annoyingly. You need the LordVessel. Not all bonfires are warpable after that, even.
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It was never funny or legendary. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I hate the internet sometimes...
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Use Havel's instead. Steel Protection is trash, there are pretty much always better rings. Good. I'm glad From is at least trying to stymie dickwraithing.
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I think the weapon level matchmaking thing is a non-issue, to be honest. In fact... I think it's totally fine? - You can easily coop with friends using passwords, so no fear of your friend(s) being out of reach. - It works more or less like in Dark Souls 3, and that wasn't really a big problem. - It prevents extreme twinking like in the original Dark Souls, and that's a . - Most people will pick up a black knight weapon drop, the drake sword, the Astora sword, or some other variant that will put them at WL5 anyway, so early players who do pick up those weapons aren't insanely out of reach just for possessing it; I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of players are among that WL 5 pool anyway. Personal experience: - I personally picked up the Black Knight Halberd drop right away, and had no problem invading. I didn't invade in the Parish much (honestly felt too OP, most players could hardly hit back with their +0 weapon), but still found matches, and even at +4 I found non-stop matches in the Depths and Blighttown, and at +5 (so that'd be WL 15 ) and level 50, I find non-stop hosts to invade in Blighttown, Sen's, Anor Londo, Demon Ruins, and Catacombs. Even the relatively early-ish Blighttown still gives me plenty of matches, because most people have the large ember by then. - By Sen's, near everyone will pick up the Lightning Spear, putting them in the WL10 pool. - I still see tons and tons of white and golden signs near bonfires and by boss doors. - I also get invaded semi-regularly, especially by Smurf cops xD Weirdly, it can take some time for my white signs to get picked up, but I think that's just because there are so many signs. I think it's dumb that even owning such a weapon limits your matchmaking. If it's stashed in your bottomless box it shouldn't count towards matchmaking. But it's not a big deal overall.
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A really really stupid meme. Ignore it.
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Have fun with the next bosses... >.>
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Good job!
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Literally everything is doable without summoning. Even the obnoxious coop-oriented areas of Dark Souls 2's DLCs, which were fully designed with coop in mind, can be solo'd. Fighting words
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But this is for the Bloodborne OT, sorry!
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So I decided to take the plunge and risk the covenant thingy. I made a USB backup save just in case. I can not only freely switch covenant at bonfires (awesome), but I can even give the Lordvessel to Frampt and remain in the Darkwraith covenant. Last night, after killing Then after that I tested again and I could switch freely between all the covenants at no penalty, beyond maybe resetting "rank" which I don't care about 'cause I already got the loot/rewards I wanted. And I can still use Frampt to feed him stuff. Cool? Cool. Oh, there you go. I bet you if you pay the fine at Oswald's, you'll be fine. Agreed! Who doesn't? ...In all seriousness, though, invaders lose their souls/humanity into a bloodstain if they die as an invader, so most of them will use the Red Orb around bonfires for easy bloodstain retrieval (fortunately invader spawn points are still random). The bonfire after the archers is a great spot to use the orb and can spawn you fairly near the boss so it's no surprise really. Oh, I think they did. I think it's just that the draw distance is better now, so you do see them coming from a distance, but before then they just kinda came out of nowhere. Nice. Best kinda build. <3
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They're my two favourite areas... >.> well and the Painted World of Ariamis. The atmosphere in New Londo is possibly the greatest in the Souls series.
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Nice. Are you making Raziel or Kain? :)
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It's almost 3am and I work tomorrow but Catacombs invasions are non-stop and I'm murdering everyone send help
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OMG. Now I won't be able to unhear this. xD Oh shit, good to know. Did you otherwise do anything to "betray" the Forest covenant (attack forest NPCs etc.)? I vaguely recall, in the original game, that if you switched covenant, Alvina just got pissed at you and didn't let you rejoin... you paid Oswald. Then you could rejoin. But I'm not sure if I'm remembering right. And I'm not sure I want to risk my save to experiment... lol
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It's a real shame that Gravelording does nothing until NG+. Considering how thin the playerbase is in NG+ compared to NG, it all feels so useless. It'd be a really cool covenant otherwise. A squandered opportunity and it's a shame the remaster didn't fix it. Speaking of covenants and improvements, though, you can now switch covenant at the bonfire, it seems? Has anyone tested the following yet?
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No one knows about the I asked above, I take it? lol, the fuck are they even talking about? Prepare to Die? Praise the Sun? Git gud? Giantdad? ...Or is it all of the above >_> Edit: or maybe it's poorly phrased and it just means Dark Souls reference, as in, an important milestone... but IDK, I read it the first way and I can't be the only one
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Duhhhhh it's even in the OT title. That has to be it LOL
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But you can't use the red orb if you aren't in the covenant, right?
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Weird. I got the BK halberd drop and had no issues constantly invading people. I'm sometimes invaded, too, though not THAT much (almost more by Smurf cops than Darkwraiths), and hmm, it does take some time for my sign to get picked up, I guess? But it'd be weird if the weapon matchmaking didn't include invasions, that shit makes no sense. I have a +4 BK halberd and have been invading non-stop in Depths, Blighttown and Sen's. Seriously, no wait in-between uses of the red orb, it's ~amazing~. Blighttown was so fun to invade, I think I'll go back. Sen's can be annoying to navigate haha. The closest you can find is the Flamberge, which is a drop (semi-rare, but not too bad) from the lightning-spewing snakespeople in Sen's. You can also buy it from Shiva of the East if you joined the Forest covenant (he's hanging out in Blighttown near the elevator and sells stuff there). I won't lie, I'm a bit disappointed that you'd just trendily follow the lamest meme this series has ever generated. :P
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Katanas are always good
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In case some weren't aware, pyromancy doesn't scale with int (or faith or any other stat) at all in this game. The only way to boost your pyromancy attack power is to upgrade your pyro glove, and to wear the Crown of Dusk (I forgot if the Bellowing Dragoncrest ring works for pyromancies in this one, I think it does but not sure).
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I personally prefer the longsword moveset, but it's up to you. I think the Claymore has a similar moveset as the bastard sword and has better reach and power so I'd recommend that one instead. You can get the claymore already,
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Yeah this is wrong. Lautrec has one RoFaP, and the other is trading the Xanthous Crown (obtained in Painted World, and missable if you stay hollow and kill Priscilla before the Xanthous invasion).
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One more I can't believe I forgot: -
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Your issue has nothing to do with the Dragon Remnant. Path of the Dragon is just a 1v1 PvP covenant. It just happens that the guy you summoned was possibly a cheater or hacker or something (not sure what "infinite magic spam with no cooldown" means here but it doesn't sound like anything legit in the game), which sucks. But yeah, don't summon dragon signs unless you're ready to duel someone haha. For coop just summon white and gold signs.
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Climb up that elevator, it leads outside to the Valley of Drakes.
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Oh! I had this happen to me last night. The crow wasn't talking to me at its nest. Never saw that in all my previous playthroughs, I wonder if it's a new bug. But I just went back later and it worked.
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Yes, yes, it leads to Firelink too. You don't even have to engage with the drakes in the valley at all for now. Or, if you wanna go straight to Darkroot, you can run past all of them.
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No, just blooming. So you get 1 twinkling for 1 red moss, 1 for purple moss, and 2 for blooming, for a total of 4 twinklings.
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W....what? You can do that? >_>
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By elemental, I meant fire/chaos and lightning, not occult, divine etc. (which are kinda crap anyway, the A faith scaling ain't worth it for the split damage)
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Crystal lizard hidden in barrels right before Taurus Demon, and you can trade moss (all 3 types) to the crow in exchange for 4 more twinklings, so you can bring your weapon to +4. 2-shot Capra with my BK Halberd hahaha. Managed to kill the 4 Kings. Earliest I've done it (never killed Ingward before, feels bad). I'm not gonna invade helpless noobs in the Parish or anything, though (I'm level 40 anyway now, not THAT low), but I'm gonna prowl through Depths, Blighttown, etc. for a bit. So far in the Depths I've encountered mostly players with decent gear too, lots of UGS that can OHKO on backstabs and stuff, so it's all good.
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What? Great Scythe is one of the best weapons in the game and infinitely better than any starting axe (not sure if you mean hand axe for pyro, or the bandit axe for bandits, but they're both mediocre anyway). It has great dex scaling, fast attacks, solid range, a nice sweeping motion (IIRC on the running attack, 2h, it's insanely good), and bleed. No? Elemental weapons don't scale at all in this one. Seconded. The issue is that new players will rely on it as a crutch, and won't even understand weapon upgrades or scaling because they won't need it for the first third or so of the game, and then... they'll hit a wall. Ironically, the Drake Sword, the "noob crutch", is far better used in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing (speedrunners etc.) than beginners.
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??? That was never a thing.
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Then maybe you should stop doing that. :P For those who do this... How is this fun? Serious question. I don't get it. I once invaded with my SL1 character (I was in NG+, hosts were in NG), with a maxed out pyro flame, maxed out lightning hand axe, and maxed out crimson robes. Hosts could barely scratch me, and I could easily one- or two-shot them. After doing that 2-3 times, I felt bad, and swapped my axe for a +0 one. Still, my upgraded armour felt way OP, they did chip damage on me and even with phantoms it was too easy and got boring super fast. I will never, ever understanding Dickwraithing, and I'm glad the later games tried to prevent this (it was clearly not intended gameplay behaviour from the devs). Soul memory wasn't a great solution, but I understand why they did it, and fortunately they got it mostly right in DS3 with the weapon restrictions and removing upgradable armour.
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If you use your twink character(s) to counter gankers that's one thing. But how does this equalize anything if you just one-shot new players? If anything, you'll actually more gankers that way. :P
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It weirded me out at first because I knew for sure that you could (with DSfix at 60fps there was even a glitch where you clipped through the floor in some places) and it wasn't working... but then I remembered, in DS1, you just tap O and you slide all the way down. In the later games, you hold O and the directional button (up to climb up faster, down to slide down) and tapping O just "drops" you off the ladder. So yeah just tap O. Unfortunately there's no fast-climbing of ladders in this one, gahhh.
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Yeah, that's one of the QoL updates from later games that I really miss, haha.
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Still find it hilarious that a plunging attack from the Black Knight Sword OHKOs Taurus Demon. I know this is surely common knowledge now but I never actually used the BK weapons that early before (usually didn't have the stats requirements and didn't grind for them or anything) so I didn't know it was a OHKO. Nah, not at all. I wasn't even planning on "farming" it, I just got super lucky. For a first playthrough don't worry about it.
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Got the black knight sword and black knight halberd drops immediately. This game is gonna be easy mode haha. I didn't even know that, but a 2h plunging attack from the black knight sword OHKOs Taurus Demon. LOL
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Ignore the Resistance stat completely. Entirely useless. There is no ADP. Fast-roll is now under 25% equip burden, medium roll under 50%, you fatroll after that. Only 4-way dodge, and you can't dash while locked-on. Poise works pretty well (unfortunately). Soft-caps are usually at 40. Kill the dogs first.
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Aight. Good luck then!
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QoL I wish we had, that would break nothing of the current game: - auto-hide HUD - running up ladders (and controlling the sliding down) - "belt" items like in Bloodborne, on touchpad or something. I'd put all the online items there.
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Black knight halberd drop first try Sorry to whoever tried 20 times lol
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Hahah for real
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The game knows
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LOL
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Hmm, did they add a "favourites" for character creations like in DS3 and Bloodborne?
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Only very "fantasy" spiders, no "realistic" ones in this one like in DS2 and Bloodborne.
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That's a good question... I'm not sure how OTs for other remasters handled this. Most people playing it, I presume, will be veterans, but it'd be nice if newcomers to the game could participate in the OT with as much of a spoiler-free experience as possible. This may be difficult though. What does everyone, especially OP , think, of a spoiler policy for this OT, at least for the first month or so?
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True, and most of the more iconic moments are, well, iconic and meme-ified now. I'm not sure what the right answer is, so that's why I'm asking for opinions.
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I finished Ys VIII just in time for this. I am ready. Well, I just need to buy the damn thing... funnily enough my PSN wallet is short $0.20. Since I'm using the stupid NA store I have to add $5 to my wallet to buy it. adgfdhfd For real, lol.
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Why not SL1? Edit: I did the SL1 run a while back, on PC. After much suffering at the hands of Manus and Kalameet I told myself, never again. But, now I kinda feel tempted to try it again. Since, after all, I played the game so much... I need something new to do, something particularly challenging. ...Someone, please, stop me....
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Oh yeah, if y'all didn't see it, now's a good time to check out this nice, thoughtful piece by :
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Ah, gotcha. And yeah it must be. Sorcery must be pitifully weak as to be near useless.
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lol wow
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I saw a notification on my PS4 about a summer event. Last I played was roughly around the spring festival I think? Before Dark Souls remastered came out. I hunted that gold monster whose name I already forgot but that was the last update of note that I recall. Apparently I missed a new monster (Lunastra?), arch-monsters (or something? stronger than tempered?), anything else of note? Wondering if I should jump back in for that summer event, and also I'm guessing Behemoth is coming soon, I remember seeing that at E3.
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Thanks. What is arch-tempered specifically? Just more HP/damage, or something else?
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Thanks for the info. So, arch-tempered is basically like G-rank? Honestly it sounds tedious though. My character gets OHKOed by a lot of attacks from regular "tempered" elder dragons (I don't think I ever beat, say, tempered Kushala or Teostra yet), I can't imagine even trying to last a minute with something that hits harder. :\
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You already have those, just make a female character
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That's cool!
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Eh. I'll be deep into Dark Souls remastered then. Oh well.
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Wow, your character is very similar to mine :)
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Ain't that the goddamn truth. Pic doesn't work.
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From Software :)
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Oh wow sounds like a pain. OK I'll ignore this for now then. Thanks for the info!
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So I was out of town this week-end... am I hearing that new content was released ? o.O
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Yeah I've done Kulve already. But what's this about a Starlord something set?
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If you have trouble dodging, maybe try tanking him with a lance? He's weak to ice BTW, so if you got a strong ice weapon, try that. Also, might be obvious, but you're sonic bombing him out of the ground right? Make sure to boost your defense. Upgrade your armour, eat for Defense Up, etc. It can make a difference.
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Is it just me or are all the Taroth weapon drops kinda crap? Even the rarity 8 ones aren't great, and the rarity 6 ones are entirely useless.
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Picking a tough mission for your first fight with a new weapon type, one with a higher skill barrier/learning curve than most other types, doesn't seem like a fair way to assess whether or not the weapon type is good or not, no? I say this as someone who isn't a big fan of the GS in general. But I know it's because I'm rubbish with it. In the hands of players who enjoy and are skilled with it, it's a devastating weapon.
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I haven't noticed that in MH, but I sure noticed it in Dark Souls 3. So many uncreative Guts "cosplays" all wearing the same outfit and the same weapon... haha
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That clipping though! Edit: So... don't do it? >.>
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Which quest is it? I have yet to make a GS (I know, I know... I just was always rubbish with them in Tri and didn't play with them much, they intimidate me), so maybe that'd be a good one to make...
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Nah, it's the drool, as said. It was like that in Tri/3U too (and probably others). Dragonblight removes the elemental effect from your weapon and maybe makes you take more damage from his breath (not sure about the last one, felt like it though).
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I know. I'm saying that's BS. :P Also, the bonus rewards had jack shit too. It's ridiculous. I knooooow. Made two characters just for that, and actually completely abandoned my female character and playing exclusively with the male one. Depressing that I'm too alienated to play as my own gender, really. That sucks. Could your palico have triggered it somehow?
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So remember when I ranted about the ridiculous drop rates? Kushala Daora, with its horns fully broken, and not a single hit on its tail, just gave me... this:
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Nah, not when you need 5-6 per item you wanna craft.
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I see what you're saying but I still think it's an oversight. The percentages should be adjusted more significantly according to what you break, rather than be so close together.
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h....how
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Yeah I know but still. Impressive. How long does a might pill last? I know mega demondrug lasts until you cart, I think?
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Drop rates for horns+ (Vaal and Kushala, at least) really, really need a patch. Breaking the head doesn't even guarantee a horn in the rewards, which is ridiculous. Horn carves are incredibly rare, swear to Satan I've carved gems more often than horns. And even with investigations with gold and silver rewards, I still get throwaway parts like claws or tails () more often than the goddamn horns. And of course, you typically need like, 1 or 2 tails at the most for a weapon or armour set, but you typically need 5-6 horns for the same amount of loot... Meanwhile, you don't cut the monster's tail, and still get tails, often more than one, in rewards? What? Last night I farmed Kushala Daora for its horns (needed a whole bunch of 'em for the weapons I wanted). I had a nice Investigation with 2 players, 1 silver and 3 gold (!) rewards. One time I did break the head for sure, never touched the tail, yet I had 2 tails in rewards and 0 horns. Capcom plz. ;_; Oh, the worst part? I had PartBreaker 3 and focused almost only on its head, as did my friend (since I told her to focus on the head too). In one of the hunts it flew away to sleep and we each dropped 2 bombs on its head while it slept. Head still didn't break. What... Last week or so I had similar issues with Vaal fangs. I wanted to make that dope-looking Vaal lance, but of course I needed like 6 fucking fangs. Breaking the head on Vaal was easier than on Kushala for some reason (even if it's harder to reach since you can't flash bomb it to ground it, have to get creative with stalactites etc.) but I'd still get like 1 measly fang+ every 2-3 hunts. It's absurd and makes no sense.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Oops yeah they're fangs for Vaal, not horns. Edited my post, but yeah I guess everyone knew what I meant. I use the hammer often so I understand what you mean about tails, but it's frustrating when you carve 1 tail from the body (?!) and get 2 tails in the gold rewards when you didn't even attack it, and get 0 horns or fangs despite actually breaking the head. IMO Capcom really needs to adjust those carve/drop rates. Yeah, I know. Still, the issue of breaking the head and getting 0 drops happened when soloing regardless. :|
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
...Read my posts again
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
I wonder if Capcom saw that comic and just gave zero fucks, haha. It feels like too much of a coincidence.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Well shit...
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
I have PTSD about Vaal Fangs+. Biggest bullshit drop in the game. I got gems more easily than this shit! And yes, I broke the head every time. It would sometimes still drop only 1, or even 0, despite having an investigation with 2 silvers and 1 gold. Needed 5 or 6 goddamn fangs for my lance and it was a nightmare. xD At least it wasn't an overly long hunt and it's piss-easy with the effluvium-resist, but still.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Accurate portrayal of what hunting this asshole looks like edit: LOL
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Wait, what? What do you mean? I did all the optional HR quests (missing maybe a few arena ones generated from captures which I didn't bother with) and yet it seems I'm always getting the same monsters in the Tailrider Safaris anyway...?
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Jesus fucking christ
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
No idea myself. I love it and use it all the time when I just want company and don't want to wait forever in the lobby, or just want to join randoms for a quick hunt.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Huh. How? The impatient biologist gave me the HR Kirin quest after I had just cleared Tempered Kirin. The quest / exclamation point wasn't there before, I'm 100% sure, because I routinely check my map in Astera for any ! icons. I also always picked up Kirin tracks in the Coral Highlands during other hunts or expeditions, I must have picked up half a dozen tracks/furs, but the bar never even filled up.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Huh, I see. That's weird. I picked up tons of those tracks too, but I figured the bar didn't fill up because I needed to do something else to "unlock" the quest. I guess by coincidence, fighting the tempered one made me pick up the remaining tracks that I needed to unlock the HR quest... :S
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
The way regular hunting quests unlock in this game need some work, I think. It's needlessly obtuse. And when you reach high rank, unless you pair up with players who do have the monster hunt unlocked, you just have to fuck around in an expedition (or another monster hunt) and try to accidentally encounter that monster. For example, when you reach high rank, you get a delivery request for Jyura parts (to upgrade something in the town, I forgot what -- I also needed parts to upgrade my water lance too anyway). But the HR hunt for Jyura isn't available. So the only way to get those parts is to either pair up with a player who does have that hunt, or, if solo'ing, go on an expedition in the Wildspire Waste and hope to accidentally Jyura. And the monster doesn't always immediately spawn. When I tried to unlock HR Jyura, I went on that expedition, but the 3 monsters spawned in the Wildspire Waste were Barroth, Rathian and Kulu-Ya-Ku. I had to either kill one of those, or wait until one "left the locale", for Jyura to finally spawn, which, upon encountering it, finally unlocked the hunting quest (got the "a new optional quest is available" upon returning). I suppose I could have also hunted HR Barroth and hoped for Jyura to show up in a turf war or something, but yeah. Unless I'm missing something, because I couldn't find a way to unlock the hunts otherwise. Why not just give the hunts immediately available at the quest counter? So weird.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
You can't do HR Kirin before doing Tempered Kirin. lol. It's pretty dumb. Clearing tempered Kirin unlocks the HR quest, which is then piss-easy. Unless there was another way to do HR Kirin before that? I couldn't see it. I got tempered Kirin on my first try. Carted only once and it wasn't even lightning, but the charge move haha. I underestimated the damage (tempered, yeah... oops). I was overprepared for the lightning: rotationg lightning and vitality mantles, thunder resist gem+3, full stun resist, paralysis resist (I think at +2 or +3, I forgot), used a bow to kite as safely as possible and sleep bombed him 3x (including when he retreated to sleep). Took forever, but it was safe at least. Then I did the HR one with my hammer and just rekt him in a few minutes. lol >_<
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
I just hit HR49 and about to hunt you-know-what. I'm scared, guys. Send hugs.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
So I hear. I solo'd Vaal Hazak no problem, but routinely failed quests when answering (or summoning) SOS because everyone else would cart, so I got a preview of that. >.>
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Hahahaha
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Someone should try hunting Kushala Daora w/o Flash Pods.... xD
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Welp
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Fuuck passed out tonight and didn't hunt... the Vaal Hazaak hunts limited bounties are still in?
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
All is good then. Thanks
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Yooo what's with people carting left and right to Vaal Hazak (regular not tempered, haven't even started tempered monsters yet)? I get that the effluvium thing is a pain, but I've been trying to get a few hunts in for that limited bounty, and tried 5 times last night, and my team only won 2 times (didn't cart myself). Though to be fair the first time was an investigation with only 2 lives, and one guy carted early, but still. I get that shit happens, but there was one time where a player's health was in the red, he was clearly efflivium'ed (that's a word, okay), and he wasn't healing and stayed like that for far too long. I was like "duuuude come on pop that nullbery already". Sure enough, we failed the quest not long after. -_-
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
lmao that female Jho armour suuuuuucks. So glad I made a male hunter. Even when they aren't grotesquely sexualized, the female armours look like shite anyway. Kinda crazy that this wasn't in the game to start with, to be honest. I never had carve griefers in my hundreds of hours of playing Tri/3U and World, but in World, I'd often have monsters like Bazelgeuse interrupt my carves and it was really annoying (never got bad to the point where I missed carves, but it was still obnoxious).
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Is Aloy's bow worth it? I'm tempted to craft it, I already have a tobi-kadachi lightning bow that seems to have better stat and better coating support (Aloy's War Bow does lightning, but it needs to be unlocked with Free Elem? and no power coating?). 30% affinity is nice though. I only have 1 Anjanath plate for some reason (and 1 gem so far too) and I think I'll spend it on upgrading my fire hammer instead... thoughts?
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
My QoL wishlist (I'm sure many of those, maybe all, have been mentioned before): Easily patchable, IMO: - Skip cut scenes (and fuck that slow-walking sectionI mean, Capcom?!). This is a no-brainer. Come on Capcom. - Increase wishlist size. - Make shiny drops more visible (my scoutflies detected one for Bazelgeuse in Elder Recess yesterday, white on white, never found it) Probably needs more work than just a patch, but at least in future games: - Revamp how investigations are generated and cleaned up, soooo much time wasted cleaning up that clutter - Some HR monsters require expeditions or whatever to randomly run into the monsters to unlock their hunting quests. That's dumb, the monsters should all be more easily unlockable (had to do this for HR Jyura, HR Tobi and others) - An in-game way to tell you the best way to obtain a part (break X + cap reward, or break X + body carve, tail carve, etc.). Sometimes it's obvious, sometimes, not so much (like gems or plates). - A way to examine currently active Felyne Skills eating. Sometimes I forget what I have active (unless I'm blind, I haven't found a way to see it) I'm sure there could be more but that's what comes to mind right now.
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Ahhhh nice thanks!
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Thread: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
I haven't encountered all these monsters yet, but these gifs are giving me life right now
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Thread: Cosmic Horror in Film
Not sure I agree with Alien, but whatever, not gonna nitpick to that point. The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness are the best "Lovecraftian" movies I've seen. : have you seen the indie black and white Lovecraft adaptations? is a B&W, silent movie done in the old 20's style, with stop motion animation, and it works really well. Very fun to watch. It's a bit short (45-50m IIRC) but I think most old silent movies were too. The same producers also made , this one is B&W too but not silent, it's more in the 30's style I guess, to match the era when the story came out. Both movies are definitely worth watching.
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Thread: ScarJo reteams with GitS director for something else ill-conceived
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
With the skill to boost the stagger on the strong attack + the crit boost skill, the spear is quite useful actually. You can KO a lot of machines with it, not just Watchers. I still mostly used ranged attacks of course, but it was useful in a pinch.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Been a while since I played, so apologies if I forgot some details.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
(Sorry, had to)
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
I used the lightning weapon (forgot what it's called, the DLC one that increases damage the more you spam it but eventually electrocutes you) + a lightning resist potion (+ maybe a lightning resist armour or the shield armour, I don't recall -- probably the latter) to not die of my own electrocution, and went full Rambo on them. Playing on Hard. It melts them down fast enough and you can facetank them no problem, just use heal potions as needed.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Not only did I rarely, if never, have any issue with the camera in this game, this post certainly helped make me feel really old. wasn't around during the PS1 days, it seems... :P
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
I liked the Cauldrons. :( They were really cool and atmospheric and helped mixing things up.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Bones are slightly rarer than skins, IIRC. Just keep hunting boars, you'll get them eventually. You just might be having bad luck.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Are y'all ready to cast your GotY votes? :) ERA's polls are open. I'm torn between this one and Nioh for my #1 pick.... decisions, decisions
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
So did Nioh ;) these awards are always a joke, don't let it get to ya.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Kill a fireclaw. You might get a heart, though usually it's a lens. Hearts are rarer machine drops.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Why farm for blaze when you can just buy it?
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Hmm, can't remember the price on Hard, but I had 20k+ shards so I guess it was a non-issue haha.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Phew, did everything except NG+. Clocking over 100 hours. A lot of that was photo mode shenanigans though. :D So the last hunting grounds mission, playing on Hard... I totally cheesed it with the upgraded Stormslinger. Don't know if that'd work on Very/Ultra Hard (probably not), but basically, my "strategy" was: Non-spoiler version: just go Rambo and facetank everything, no real skill necessary. :D
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
You can change the difficulty going in NG+, right?
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Aight, thanks.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
The default one is meh, but the upgraded one is pure cheese. Pop a lightning resist potion, wear a lightning resist armour (or the shieldweaver, which I did), and you can facetank/Rambo your way through most encounters.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
"Not a legitimate rebuke" and "patronizing/condescending" sure describes your posts. It feels like you're trolling, anyhow. Whichever it is -- .
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
So I played after the patch and my day/night cycle wasn't fixed and I was rather bummed. I fucked around a bit and did some hunting grounds quests and other side-quests (like the one to upgrade the special weapons) and... at some point I noticed it was fixed! Weird. I have no idea what I did that triggered the daytime cycle to come back, or if the patch had anything to do with it, but I'm glad it did.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Who's Laulai again? The "musician"?
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Hmm, I haven't finished the DLC yet, but are there in it? I I saw .
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Oh cool, I hope they fixed the day/night cycle bug!
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
I loved that NPC and his little museum.
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Wow, they actually replied to my DM on Twitter, saying they're investigating, and asked for my PSN ID. :O
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
I actually used the contact form on GG's website xD First time I ever do this. But maybe twitter is better?
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
So no one else had this issue where time of day wasn't advancing anymore? I hope my game isn't glitched... :(
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Advanced into the main quest (and completed a pending side-quest) and it still didn't fix the day/time cycle. Dammit. My game is bugged. :(
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Thread: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Sorry if this has been brought up before, searched and didn't find anything... but my time of day isn't advancing anymore (it's also unavailable in my camera controls). I'm at the part where and I'm just exploring freely and doing side-quests and stuff. Any idea what might have caused this?
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
H...how
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
blinkingguymeme.gif That's... impressive in a way lol. But sorry about your phone!
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
...Also, air conditioning
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
My mother-in-law is an amazing cook and I can never hope to beat her. ;_;
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Can we please not post shock horror fiction in this thread plz ;_;
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
So I finally got around to reading Rat Queens. I'm almost done with vol. 3 and this is good shit so far. Anyone else read it?
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Still pretty dope so far! But I heard there were problems with the writers/artists or something (not sure exactly) and vol. 4 is a "soft reboot" or something... I dunno, my SO was starting to tell me this and then I interrupted him and said "I'm not done with vol. 3 yet!" and he stopped and chuckled because he was probably about to reveal some spoilers haha. But yeah I'm keeping my expectations in check for when I get to vol. 4, sadly. But the rest is still worth reading so far! A lot more character development going on, and still as funny and entertaining.
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
I'm so hungry
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now I !
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
It's OK earlier I had lunch I'm fine now I also had a cupcake just now You're safe
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Thread: Community Spotlight: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Damn Linkura! I'm so sorry to hear that. I'd be terrified if that happened to me or my SO. Best of luck with getting health insurance (US, I imagine? :( ugh...) and preventive care.
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:( *hugs*
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Welcome!
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I don't have grey hair but I have decided to fully embrace it when it happens. I'm gonna rock that silver mane, just you watch.
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Niiiice!
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Yes to the first question and no to the second. I have zero problem with female combatant/action heroes dishing out and receiving violence. This isn't gendered violence or something like domestic violence. Women aren't fragile beings and if they're meant to be portrayed as action-oriented, then they should be treated the same way male heroes are.
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I have never used a tampon in my life... >_>
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I tried cups for a few years. I liked them, but... I dunno, at some point they seemed to get kinda leaky, so I've reverted to pads for the time being. >.>
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His ignorance is worrisome by itself, but that he's supposed to be medically knowledgeable on top of that... YIKES
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Congrats! Gorgeous picture. Love your avatar <3
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Holy shit.... :\ The very definition of mansplaining. This is somehow even worse than the guy in that other thread explaining how boobs work which he knows from porn...
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Sorry you're forever cute and adorable and non-scary to me. <3
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My favourite retort (that I never used, but always wanted to) is, "Yeah? Well my boyfriend thinks you're a dumb-dumb!" xD I've actually seen the mom one literally yesterday, in the Monster Hunter beta OT. First time I ever see that one though.
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I will never not laugh at these "arguments", hah. Gotta love dudes explaining to women that these anime boob ladies are the true feminists, not us real women.
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Correct, all of that can happen.
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:( Not sure what's wrong or if you want to talk about it, but we're here for you. *hugs* For real
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I 100% believe it. Shopping for new winter boots has got to be one of my least favourite activities. Even my Sorel pair, which was fantastic at first, is already no longer 100% waterproof and I haven't had them for that long...
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Both my parents have had cancer (one died of it), I'm pretty sure I'm doomed no matter what I do.
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That thread was gross and I'm glad I could help in making it slightly less gross. :\ I even tried, to get them to rephrase their rapey-sounding views, thinking that surely they had simply misspoken... but they went "nah, I really meant that, why, what's wrong". Pretty unbelievable. In other news, Timothy is apparently a gender-neutral given name. I did not know that. >.>
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That ain't subversion in any way, shape, or form. If anything it's even iffier. Wanting your cake and eating it too.
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I'm not surprised tbh. I always thought the original Xenoblade was complete trash, gameplay-wise. I wasn't one of those who skipped on the game because of the designs, but simply because I hated XB and more of the same (and possibly worse) was negative infinity appeal to me. :D
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Well, all right. I hate Tales too :D
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I hate Tales battle systems... >_>
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Have you already seen: Stranger Things Better Call Saul Lucifer ? Those are my favourites right now.
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And the bro-iest bro is, quite frankly, really hilarious. And yeah Maze is the best <3 I read vol. 1 of the graphic novel but I couldn't get into it, frankly. It's just... so far up its own arse... xD Is there no Lucifer OT? In which case I'll just start posting about the episodes in here :D
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Cheers! It might just be us and my boyfriend posting in it, but oh well. :D And yeah it's very, very loosely inspired by the graphic novel. All it shares with it, really, is the general premise of Lucifer leaving Hell and setting up shop in LA, and some character names. Like Mazikeen and Amenadiel are in the comic and are indeed (respectively) demons and angels, but they are completely different in every other way (Amenadiel is more of an antagonist from what I saw, I don't know if that changes in later volumes, and he is really unlikable haha). The tone of the comic is mostly humourless, with lots of pompousness and pretentious dialogue, a lot of larger-than-life mythology stuff (which makes it hard for me to relate or get engaged with it sometimes), basically imagine the most pompous Neil Gaiman story/comic and make it even more up its own arse. xD I still might get vol. 2 as a gift or something because the end of vol. 1 started to get interesting, but I find the show much more entertaining. Full disclaimer: while I think Neil Gaiman seems like a legit good dude, I am really, really not a fan of his work... >.>
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My boyfriend is pretty tall, but if I were single and looking, I am pretty sure I wouldn't care. In fact I like to joke that my boyfriend is too tall (he's not, it's jokes) and I have to stand on my toes kiss him and how annoying that is and so on, or that I wish I were taller like he is so I could see better at concerts. xD But yeah, I come from a family of short people, my dad and brothers are all short, so I don't have any bias against short dudes at all.
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I checked your posts in that thread and I just want to say, I agree with you. I think misunderstood your points. It happens, don't worry. I don't think alvis is saying heels are lewd; but they are a needlessly way to show "hey look this character is FEMALE and kinda hot/cute", even when the character wearing heels doesn't make sense for the context (same as boobplate etc.). But, I think what are trying to say (correct me if I'm wrong), is that you'd like to see more feminine designs that thrashy and sexualized, instead of replacing sexualized women with androgynous designs? I don't know if that's really an issue at all. A few characters might be androgynous, but non-sexualized women can and do look very feminine, like Aloy, Emily, Titania, etc.
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Yes, we agree there...? Fuck high heels :D I'm still not sure what you meant to say. Apologies if I misrepresented your point, it was not intentional.
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I agree too. That said I can see what Linkura is getting at. I certainly don't want to "force femininity", but having some feminine designs that aren't thrashy can certainly look really cool and elegant and I can respect her desire for wanting such designs even if I am not a fan myself., what do you think of Lady Maria from Bloodborne? To me that's a perfect balance of femininity, badassness, and classiness.
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I'm so sorry you had to deal with this. You are a welcome voice here and we are glad to have you. I find myself incredibly fortunate to have largely escaped this kind of experience IRL. It's crazy how I've somehow managed to avoid receiving this kind of blatant sexism in my personal life despite being in several male-dominated fields. I wonder if my location has anything to do with it, or if I just give off scary vibes that repel misogynistic assholes (I'm not being serious right now) or what. I keep hearing these stories from so many women and it depresses and infuriates me that y'all have to deal with this shit so often. *hugs*
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:( That's too bad. The last few pages have been a lot better.
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Oh, definitely. I got linked to a couple of Voat posts where they blame me for a whole bunch of bans I didn't even do. It's hilarious, really.
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Wowwww Who knew AI could be sexist?
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Welcome! I do wonder how many like you (that were never on GAF) there are here. I imagine the percentage must be fairly low right now, but will of course grow over time.
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?? What do you mean? What's going on? :(
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Hey now, I think I posted a few interesting contributions about JRPGs! xD
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Similarly with the historical accuracy/realism argument: - Historically, few females were soldiers/warriors/, that's why there's so few female characters in - It's not very realistic for women to have the upper body strength required to perform all the physical feats and exploits in vs - That armour has a boob window and high heel, so what? It's not like it's meant to be historically accurate! - Why does it matter that a cop/soldier/agent/ is dressed like a stripper, it's not meant to be realistic! Realism is boring anyway.
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I thought the idea was silly... but I guessed 3 out of 3, hmmmmm. Actually I know the tell for the 3rd one:
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Men are objectified too anyway. This is just recreational outrage.
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I can see that! Kudos on your much appreciated energy in that thread. It's nice to have backup sometimes. :)
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Thanks guys. Posted your quotes. I doubt it'll really help, but maybe a few people will gain awareness... maybe...
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Whoa, didn't think my post would attract so much... . You know what to do, ladies. Get 'em in the Hazing Grinder of Doom! ....What? We're not doing this anymore? Oh...
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FF6 is the best 16-bit JRPG. Can't go wrong with it. :)
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*finger hovers the ban button*
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Well, that's quite fitting, because Terra is rather boring in FFVI, but Celes is awesome in it. :)
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Do you guys mind if I quote some of your posts saying you are avoiding the thread (I can remove the usernames), just to show the rest of ERA what it's like for women to read threads like these? I would do that only to show that no, it's not just "4 radical fringe feminists on an internet forum" who are exasperated by this topic, by showing that many DO care but just can't be arsed to engage in further debate.
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Oh my, that is simply wonderful. Reminds me of the Hawkeye Initiative haha. I only ever played the demos and hated the games, so I can't comment on the character much, but I've never liked her design much. I think she looks stupid. >_> Right?? :)
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Not sure what update you want though. Same.
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This thread is potentially interesting to y'all (fair warning, it's lengthy, which may explain the lack of participation...)
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The problem is trying to make a pun with ERA... :D
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Yeah not to mention, "REGals" isn't as eye-catching as "GirlGAF" was, in terms of telling "hey this thread is for ladies". :)
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Amazing Um?
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Nicole is baller, y'all
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Hahaha awesome What is the last song? It sounds familiar. It reminds me of an Eternal Darkness track but not quite.
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I'm all in favour of a make-up thread... so that posts about make-up can stop filling up this thread :D
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Thread: PC screenshots thread |2018|
<3 animals :3 Too bad there's no fur shader in that game. The lions, leopards and cats (and even dogs) all look a bit flatter than they could. Still good models though. And big cats are :3
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It's the main reason I switched back to DarkEra... >.>
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Am I the only one who has trouble loading Flickr images? They often don't fully load (for example I'm getting a lot of ) and I need to refresh or copy url + open in new tab to see the images. This doesn't appear to happen with other hosts, just Flickr. Very annoying. :(
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These made me laugh, but for weird reasons. "Manitoutou" is funny and kinda adorable. And "Gamblor" reminds me of the hypothetical gambling monster that Homer says is manipulating Marge for her gambling addiction. :D Lovely shots though! Damn, Ubi did it again. First panorama is insane.
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Those night pics are gorgeous. Love this kind of "hyper-realistic" (I think that's the term? like what Horizon and AC: Origins have going) nature visuals.
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Remember Me still looks really good.
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You're welcome!
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Both are from A Crack in the Slab.
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That level was sooooo gooooood I think I'll buy Death of the Outsider since it's on sale. Only $20 and I'm all done with Dishonored 2, but I could play some more...
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What outfit is that? I don't remember it at all.
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Getting "photo is no longer available" here
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It's a huge open-world game with cutting edge graphics for the most part. You're bound to find a few low-res textures or limitations here and there, that's the case for every game, even the best looking games of all time. I think calling this stuff "dogshit" is unfair, and calling them "little things to fix" borderline implies a "lazy dev" kind of argument which I find distasteful. I'm sure you don't mean anything like that, but it does come across this way sometimes.
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Daaaaamn
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I admit I'm always a bit... miffed and yet amused, maybe? when I see complaints about "blurry textures" or whatnot, on a massively high-budget, jaw-droppingly beautiful AAA game rendered gloriously in 8k etc. I just think, "man, these people will never be happy". :P ....That's one of the coolest armour/out designs I've ever seen. Holy hell, it is glorious. <3
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That's really childish and petulant. The rules apply to everyone. I won't be a stick in the mud every time someone makes a mild little infraction, I was simply asking you to be considerate. The rest of your post is more insults and whining, after two mods told you to cut it out. So if anyone needs to get over themselves, it's you. Take a few days off and grow up a little. Back on topic ~ Carry on, folks.
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FYI, you broke that rule, at least. So do be considerate of what you post. It would be impossible to enforce because it's subjective. That said I think the "think before you post" rule does cover it somewhat.
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Cool action shots! I really enjoy those. I'd love to see some more Nioh shots too. The game isn't cutting edge or anything but it has a solid art direction with some really cool locales, monsters, armours, etc. But on PS4 it was basically impossible to take remotely flattering shots so I never bothered.
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Fuuuuuuuu This game really does look insane.
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Those pyramids/sand sure are... yellow...
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
The part where he has espoused sexist and racist views. His tweets on Asians was blatantly racist and pretty indefensible.
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
Chill, guys. Stop assuming the worst about everyone and jumping to conclusions okay?
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Deepnest never fucking ends
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
I would say that it's tough as nails
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
The game is huuuuuge. If you take your time and explore you will take a hell of a lot more than 20-30 hours tbh.
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Thread: Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart | Now on Switch
Thread moved back to Gaming at OP's request, since this is now out for Nintendo Switch. Enjoy, Switch fans! You got yourselves a real gem here. :)
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Honestly? No. >.> I knew there was a good reason I've always hated Persona >_>
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I'm trying to think of a JRPG (sole/single, not co-) protagonist that is above 21 years old other than gimmick/spin-off characters like Mario from Mario RPG. Even listing those above 18 is hard (Cloud, Kevin, Shion...? I got nothing lol). Some protagonists I can think of don't have an explicit age but are clearly no older than 20, usually more around 16-18 at the most. Even those I just named are still just 22-23. The oldest I can think of is Jack in Wild ARMs at 27, but he's a co-protagonist (with the other being, of course, teenagers). And an "older" (as in, in her late 20's xD) woman? Perish the thought. You can't just say this and not name the game! :P
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For fuck's sake No, that doesn't count >_<
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Estelle
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Damn good point, I felt the same. Why couldn't I play as that old gladiator, dammit?!
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This was posted back in April:
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You are right that privilege plays a strong role. But, well, the dude from FF Mevius had a skimpy outfit, and it made male gamers uncomfortable, so his outfit was "adjusted" by Square Enix for the final release to make it less skimpy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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But... she does. All the time. She made entire videos about positive examples of female representation (something people whined so much to her about) such as Sword & Sworcery. The notion that she's an outsider to video games is pure GG propaganda.
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Those goalposts sure are moving now. First she doesn't talk about historical (for lack of better word) female developers enough, then she doesn't talk about indies enough, then she doesn't talk about online multiplayer enough... sigh. Look, her Tropes videos were about trends of female representation in a wild variety of games. That was the scope of the project. Not to talk about the history of the industry, or how players are treated online (she devoted enough time in other articles to address the harassment women face in general anyway), or whatever. If you'd like her to address certain topics, that's one thing, but right now it just looks like you're constantly trying to downplay her knowledge or her "cred" and it's getting a bit tiresome.
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My favourite reply to those kinds of statements is, "Yeah well, thinks your wife/girlfriend is wrong!". xD
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cat thinks Weltall's cat is wrong. (thinkingemoji.gif)
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And considering how, when you look at the other thread, people giggled and celebrated doing this with pride and gloating, it's safe to say the "shaming" aspect is not only ineffective, it's disingenuous and likely never was the intention at all.
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Hey everyone, that game is banned from discussion on this forum for obvious reasons, please stop talking about it or bringing it up. Thanks.
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K, noted. Next time she can post her opinions herself.
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Thread: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Omega Labyrinth
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It's not great. Most armours aren't as egregious as bikinis (though some are pretty much that), but even the "better" ones often have shit like zettai ryōki all over the place. I ended up playing as a male character. :(
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Soul Edge is older than Soul Calibur (it's essentially the first game in the franchise) and had far less cheesecake. Perhaps it is Soul Edge that changed for the worse, and the next Soul Caliburs should instead return to its roots... (thinkingemoji.gif)
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Yeah. We know. We're complaining about that.
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No lies, just the truth. Freeze 4 + tanky defense > Blaze 4 and squishiness. It is known.
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Those are great and among my favourites, but they're practically ancient games now. :( Yes it is. Trails in the Sky FC is 14 years old, SC is 12 years old. They were only localized/ported on Steam recently is all. The more modern Falcom games feature a lot more sexist tropes and fetishization, sadly. They have regressed on that front. As if you want a JRPG (not Souls likes but classic-style JRPG) who isn't filled to the brim with that crap, you are left wanting today. Indies like Cosmic Star Heroine help, at least.
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Oh yeah, no worries. We're all basically just sad at how much JRPGs have regressed haha.
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Where is the mountain?
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Even Shining Force 1 didn't have such cringy writing in 1992...
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Jesus fucking Satan no :D the only Shining Force games one should try are 1, 2, and 3, maybe CD/Gaiden (Gamegear). The old old ones. Anything after the Sega Saturn is a disaster.
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Pink bows or hearts etc. are annoying "girl" stereotypes for a variety of reason. That FemFreq episode explains it well: (there's a transcript/article if you can't watch the video)
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A Kojima game with normal, clothed women? What timeline is this? o.O Now I want to see AAA gay men kissing. I wonder when we'll ever get that. :D
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Yes, but you could also do that in Bioware games too no? They're gonna be optional too. I meant, putting a trailer of a massively AAA game and showing a male gay kiss in it like that. I'm not expecting this any time soon but I hope to be wrong.
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Yep, that's really quite wonderful. Is this the first AAA game to show an explicit same-sex relationship at the forefront of its marketing like that? If so, congrats ND on breaking ground and leading the way forward towards LGBTQ representation.
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That's true. However, it should be pointed out that none of the female-only armours are remotely "sexy". I know... shocking...
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That's the entire point... to show how ridiculous and goofy female sexualization often is.
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Ahem:
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Bloodborne wins that crown, IMO See my old post from December where I talk about the female representation in Bloodborne:
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No argument there, Demon's Souls is amazing. <3
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Can confirm that Aggretsuko is indeed amazing. PROTEIN
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Yeah, that scene annoyed me too. Laxia isn't a bad character at all, but this scene, as well as her ridiculous outfit (super-tight shorts and corset with cleavage) completely undermine her character. Same with Dana and the other priestesses of Eternia strutting around in their underwear and yet acting all pompous and important, they were impossible to take seriously. Game's still good and worth playing, I'd say stick with it, (there are no more stupid scenes like that with Laxia IIRC), but yeah it's disappointing that Falcom games have been openly regressing in their female representation since the last decade or so.
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Yeah, those are fairly recent. Trails in the Sky and earlier Ys games were much better for female representation, IMO, even if they weren't perfect.
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Taki wasn't that bad in Soul Blade
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It's like YA horror novels, the protag is always female because they're more "vulnerable".
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Aye, please take this to PM or make another thread. Thanks. ( )
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Hey so... I don't know if the work conditions and sustainability of the Anime industry is really relevant to the topic anymore, guys?
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Because it's important to continue showing how pervasive and toxic they are? If you don't confront a problem head-on you can't possibly even try to solve it. Remember when Sarkeesian posted screencaps of all the vile harassment she received? It was eye-opening for many people.
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Er, really now? So all games set in historical periods (that happen to be wars) are "silly and disrespectful"? What about games like Age of Empires?
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I haven't actually played those, I just listed games with historical settings of war. Maybe AoE, specifically, is more fantasy than I thought, but my question remains. Are you opposed to all games set in historical war settings?
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What the actual fuck
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Guys I hear ISIS claimed responsibility is that true or (Seriously though, until Valve releases a statement, we don't know how this all happened. Maybe let's refrain from speculating?)
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Oh hey I backed that game. Yeah, she's fine .Conventionally sexy/attractive but quite tasteful. Some of those alt costumes they talked about in the backer updates are cringeworthy though. It was never about censorship or regulation.
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A snoozefest that you haven't played? thinkingemoji.gif
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But that's not what you said. "I'm not interested in this game at full-price because it doesn't look like it appeals to me" is fine. Calling a game a "snoozefest" is quite another. t be shocked if people dismiss your
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Hmm, OK. So long as you understand that we know exactly how much value we should put into this opinion.
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I doubt it. Or at the very least they're probably not a significant number of people.
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No. They're paint-by-numbers third person shooters with nothing interesting going for them gameplay-wise, the focus is entirely on the story and it's dogshit. They're like Uncharted games without the charm and with more bloat.
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Couldn't agree more (except where you wrote "where" instead of "were", shaaaame). Bland spaghetti is a great metaphor haha.
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Horizon? Aloy's not bulky, but she's toned, at least. Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider are good too. is pretty badass.
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So would Aloy
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I'm sorry, but... are those serious questions?
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Couldn't agree more, especially with the bolded. :)
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Belly Dancers dress like that when performing. As pretty as her outfit is (and it is, I find it pretty and tasteful), I'm pretty sure they don't when travelling around looking to
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Yeah, I said "Belly Dancers dress like that when performing."...?
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Damn dude... That doesn't sound very healthy! o.O
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Wh-what.... gonna need a citation on that one
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Getting fed up with Bloodstained tbh. I'm a backer but somehow I expect the 5 million dollars game to not even be as good as Salt and Sanctuary or Hollow Knight (made by tiny indie devs). Few of their updates have gotten me excited at all. :/ Hope I'm wrong and gonna eat crow and all but yeah.
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Ain't it the fucking truth. If Solid Snake constantly ran around in short shorts, I wouldn't find it sexy or cool, I'd find it fucking stupid. For my part, I've resigned myself to play as a male. I made a female character too, and abandoned progress with her (largely because unskippable cut scenes make a second playthrough a complete drag -_-), I was fed up because even the "okay" (as in, non-bikini) armours often still a) looked worse, and b) still often featured that stupid-ass shit, and considering you mix and match pretty often in this one, you can get horrible combinations with a ridiculous crotch gap or exposed thighs and the like. That said my tolerance for shitty armour is on the fairly low end, these days, so it might not bother you as much as me. I've endured it more in the past, but in a game like MH where I fully customize my character, it's just aggravating. It's the first time I actually create/prioritize a male character over a female one in a game with a character creator. :(
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Hah, speaking of pants... Did you all see the new characters revealed for Octopath Traveler? She's a huntress who wears, well, very snug and form-fitting clothes to say the least, and her artwork has a kind of "boobs & butt" pose. But she has a shirt, and actual pants, and proper boots (no high heels bullshit). And she genuinely looks cool, instead of stupid. So you know what. I'll take it. Thank you, artist, for not giving her ZR and cleavage and a thong and high heels or whatever the fuck. xD
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I hadn't seen that one. She looks like a peddler or merchant? That clothing seems shockingly tasteful and job-appropriate for a modern JRPG. :D Edit: ^ yeah the snow leopard is a nice touch! One of my favourite animals <3
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The is 18? And she isn't objectified. Progress, people. :D You're thinking of Primrose. She's a dancer and scantily clad indeed. While I think the outfit suits the character , considering where the story takes her, I thought it was dumb and probably out of character for her to remain dressed like that as she embarks on that journey. So yeah, the game won't fully escape from the rampant sexualization of JRPGs, but if it's just the one character, it's not bad, for once. ._.
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This is my solution to everything, as well. :) Not to mention, when there was finally a thread dedicated to that very topic, it was filled with trolling, mockery, thread whining, and dismissive drive-bys. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Have you played the original Wild ARMs? I only ever rented WA3 (enjoyed it, but never finished it), but I played the shit out of WA1 in the PS1 era. In WA1, not a single female character (not even villains) are sexualized. None of them are damselled, none of them are love interests*. They are each unique characters with their own agency, thoughts and desires (that aren't about a man or pining for one). The lead antagonist is female. * There's a hint that one female NPC has a crush on one of the male party members, and there's a hint that one of the female villains is the former lover of the other male party member, but that's tangential/back story, not core character traits, and I'm fine with female characters having had relationships or crushes or whatnot anyway. It's when their entire reason for existing is about a man that it gets obnoxious. I loved that game and basically overplayed it, but at the time, the fact that it's basically a feminist-as-fuck game never even registered. But today, the difference between that game and modern JRPGs are jarring. And, of course, the PS2 remake of the game slightly sexualized some of the female NPCs, though it's literally nothing compared to what you see today (mild cleavage on a non-combatant, whatever). Wild ARMs is over 20 years old.
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Almost as if we share the same mind! Edit: Coincidentally, around the time I started losing interest in them... (thinkingemoji.gif)
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I didn't watch it, but based on the name in the video, I would guess Finnish?
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Wasn't Joaquin Cortes the inspiration behind Vamp from MGS? I remember reading something about it. And yes, that dude is very attractive. ...That reminds me. A few years ago I was talking with a gaming friend about video games, and I admitted that I thought Vamp was sexy. He laughed at me. Not in any mean-spirited way but he was like "ewww really? he looks so goofy and stupid, licking his knife like some vampire goth lord, it's so dumb, etc etc." I admitted that yes, he was silly and over the top, but regardless of that, the guy was still really attractive-looking, and his voice and accent were very sexy too. And he was all, "Well, I don't get it... buuuuut, you know what, I really shouldn't be one to talk. Because, if I were to tell you who my video game crush was, you'd laugh at me too." Which of course prompted me to ask, and it was... Bayonetta. =D (This was before Bayonetta 2, even). And yes, I told him he had no business laughing at me, and he agreed and admitted he had being unfair and hypocritical. :D
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Finally checked the video (with sound off, speakers are dead here... I think that's probably for the best xD) and I agree with and . I have also never seen a male performer be so overtly sexualized like that outside of porn, holy shit lol. I guess we can finally say... "we got one!!"
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Oh, I bet. I've just been having sound issues on my home PC, and I was pretty sure the music was going to be bad anyway. xD I don't. ;)
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I used to work with a co-worker who had the biggest crush on him (this was 10 years ago, but still). She even had a poster of him in her office. That said, I don't know many women who think Kratos is attractive, and if they do, they typically lose that attraction because Kratos is such an insufferable douche anyway. :P Shit, no. I'll take Kain over Anne Rice's shitty vampires any day (or night). Hell, I'll take Kain over any other fictional character. That voice.... *_*
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I finally got a bit further in Ys VIII (took a break from that game because Monster Hunter took all my time recently, oops), and got to the part that was mentioned in this thread, with Dana and those under-dressed little girls and... goddamn, these outfits make my eyes bleed. They look so goddamn and not even cool. It's not as blatantly exploitative or objectifying as some other designs we've seen (you can tell the intent behind that design was more "sexy and cool" rather than "booooooobs", but it fails at even that, so w/e), but seriously, why is the Great Maiden and the High Priestess and literally everyone else (except the, um, older women and most of the men of that same city/culture, of course!) strutting around in little more than underwear? Meanwhile, pretty much all the male party members are dressed like you'd expect sailors, adventurers and warriors to be dressed. You know, with flat-heeled footwear, pants, and shirts. And all the female characters, even the underage ones, are dressed more like they're going to do a belly-dancing performance at the beach. Sigh. Even the female blacksmith NPC has blatant cleavage, for some reason. (???) Apparently it's too much to ask to have female adventurers, warriors, and explorers, to be wearing... walking boots, pants, and shirts just like the guys. I mean the guys can look stylish and "cool" even within those guidelines, after all, so there's no "but that's boooring" excuse. Or so you'd think.
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More like, "some do, some don't, it's far from universal". But yeah. I guess cosmicblizzard wants to explore why some women like ripped guys for some reason?
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My high school classmates were seemingly all into Backstreet Boys and the likes (showing my age here huh). Meanwhile I was (and still am >.>) into long-haired metal dudes. Anecdotes are gonna anecdotes.
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LttP threads are a thing around here. In any case, it hasn't stopped people who passionately do not care about the topic to come in that thread and constantly derail it, but for some reason your ire doesn't seem to be aimed that way. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"Stop shitting up Xenoblade threads with your complaints about the designs, make your own thread", they said.
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That makes a lot of sense. "Same face syndrome" is very common, particularly so among female character designs.
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Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. People are just used to seeing the flawless samey supermodel face over and over, so anything that falls even a bit outside of that seems jarring to people who, um, probably don't get out much. :D
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I would hope not! But yeah obviously not all "unconventional" characters are considered unattractive, just that it seems to be a relatively common phenomenon. Yeah, I remember that. Preferences are one thing, but there were some seriously discouraging comments in there too. :\
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The girl's wide-eyed, traumatized look checks out.
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You'd be surprised. In fact, I'd assume most are not kids at all.
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Never associated "fair maiden" with anything but "pretty, aristocratic maiden" myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and I do find the way the rant is being portrayed as... kind of a caricature, at least out of context. I imagine the full comic adds more context to make it better though.
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It's fully relevant and we discussed it previously, even, haha. I made a male hunter in MHW because of that. Sigh. First time I do this.
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Yeah, that's always meant "the prettier sex"* to me, not the "paler-skinned sex". (*It's a lie, of course. :D )
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Hear hear.
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Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now
Thanks guys!
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The majority of those works feature female protagonists or co-protagonists. The problem with the "fridged" or "damselled" trope is when it just relegates a figure (usually wife or SO, but sometimes mothers) to a background note to motivate the angsty character, and, like all tropes, when it comes a common gendered cliché (in a vacuum the trope would be fine, right now it's a specifically gendered cliché). In the case of those Ghibli movies, it doesn't apply because it's not happening to motivate a male character, and doesn't happen exclusively to female parents (e.g. Spirited Away). You can argue that Ghibli may rely on parent-less young characters a bit too much, making up more-or-less believable reasons for excluding the parental figures just so that the youthful protagonist gets their own adventure, and that it's a bit of a cliché, but it's very much a sexist or gendered cliché at all in this case and much more so of a typical "JRPG" trope featuring young independent adventurers, so I don't know why that would "worry" you that much, especially in the context of this thread which is about irritating and/or harmful sexist stereotypes. To each their own, but as far as JRPG clichés go, I find this one to be pretty damn harmless, to be honest. I see. Not quite the "feminist" take I was expecting. Not your fault and it's more an indictment of the current state of JRPGs, but it's depressing that "treating its female characters like normal people" is what it takes for a JRPG to be "feminist". :(
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Demon's Souls, Bloodborne :P
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Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now
So.... I've had my TV for a few years (since late 2008 or early 2009, so almost 10 years). We bought a Sharp, 52", I loved it and still do. 5 HDMI ports, very little input lag in game mode. Our TV before that was an old-ass CRT, so that should tell you about how big of an upgrade it was. But, now that I got a PS4 Pro and am not really noticing the upgrade in visuals, I'm thinking of getting a 4K TV too... >_> It's just really intimidating to shop for a new TV though. I remember googling and browsing so many forums before I settled on that Sharp. So many factors to consider, and right now I'm still unsure. Any advice would be appreciated. To be clear, what I'd want is a 4K TV with HDR support (of course) with: - 50-55" (no more than 55", we have no space lol) - nice IQ (of course) - many HDMI ports (our Sharp has 5, it seems rare to have even 4 lately) - as little input lag as possible (if we need to use "game mode" that is fine) - as little concern about HUD/screen "burns" as possible, since we game a lot Primary function of the TV is of course gaming. We do watch TV and movies but we never even turn off game mode when watching something, out of sheer laziness, so that should tell you it's not a big priority. What kind of prices should I be expecting for that? Any good deals to watch for? I've read the OP of course and the Sony 900XE seems like a good match, but I'm worried about the input lag (it also seems pricey, but perhaps my requirements make it inevitable anyway).
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Hah, I did write "What kind of prices should I be expecting for that?" :P I remember paying at least $1600 CAD (with tax, maybe closer to $1700) at the time for our Sharp. Ideally I'd want... less than that. xD Since it seems prices have dropped. I'm OK with waiting for deals, I'm in no rush really. If I could find something for under $1200 CAD that met those requirements, that'd be a good start.
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Staying true to its Ghibli roots then! :) I look forward to reading your review, though I probably won't play it (really disliked the gameplay in the first one, unfortunately).
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I am indifferent to it. It doesn't make my eyes bleed but I can't say "wow looks baller" either (her face is cool though). But I'd need to know what function it serves. Scrolling through the posts, I see that it's meant as a "body suit", and the male version is similar, so I'm cool with it.
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I don't know about Ni No Kuni, but Ghibli movies not only don't have this theme usually, they typically have a female protagonist anyway.
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Yeah, that was an unarmoured character, but the game does have sexy armour pieces too... for females only, of course. e_e Yep, I made two characters, but abandoned my female character and just kept playing as the dude (too grindy to play both even if I use different loadouts, and the unskippable cut scenes just make this way too tedious). Fuck that noise.
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True, but when they fail, they fail hard. Look up the silver chestplate item.
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Let's not kid ourselves, is dead, buried and fossilized and has been since Shining Force 3 on the Sega Saturn (that's like 3 generations ago now). I don't know how well those newer games sell or not, but they have nothing to do with Shining Force and could have just as easily been called "Mighty Force of Light" or something else, and the whales would still eat it up, and at least Shining fans wouldn't be weeping in alienation.
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Thread: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA |OT| Adol Christian and Dana's Big Hole
I forgot this thread existed for some reason. Me too. >_<
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Like in most JRPGs...? o.O Hahaha
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Fucking LOL
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Hey, let's all chill out, everyone. ^^ I experienced those small framerate dips in Castaway Village on the pro too... >.>
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Siiigh. Remember when Phantasy Star was a pioneer of female empowerment in video games? That was over 30 years ago. We truly have regressed in many ways.
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Noooooooooo Alis :( Superman isn't flying around in his tighty whities, now is he
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(I see the sealioning is still going on huh...) Well, perhaps we will be ashamed of our words and deeds!
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No. It looks stupid on both genders.
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It's good that you realize your mistake. I expect you to not make inflammatory drive-bys in the future, then.
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Yep, pretty much no one would say "where are my tits, Kojima??" if he hadn't included Quiet at all to begin with.
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Which is hilarious because Kojima's best works were by far when he DID have an editor around to reign him in on his nonsense. If not for that, we'd have Laughing-Tit as the supposed "one of the greatest female characters evar!!!".
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One of the Senran Kagura games is rated T.
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You're being overly pedantic here. Vindictive can certainly mean, colloquially, what others have said, etymology or not.
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Hear hear. And better yet, one of the lead dev was influenced by none other than Feminist Frequency. :) So yes, criticism does have an effect! Without it, perhaps we wouldn't have Uncharted LL. Or we would have, but we'd have the camera constantly checking out Chloe's butt, or she and Nadine (if Nadine even existed) would be arguing about boys, and their unlockable costume would be fetishistic as hell, or.... you know. Hell, maybe not. Maybe it'd be the same. But, based on Neil Druckmann's own words, I doubt it.
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As a Tri/3U player, allow me to disagree there. MH World is just continuing to do what MH has always done.
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Right? It's not just about dudes enjoying pretty ladies. It's just that it's the most shameless and ridiculous and juvenile example of T&A, and the ubiquity of the "omg ~drool~" comments that just make me roll my eyes. Don't even need to wonder. One time on GAF I innocuously mentioned that some celeb dude (this was in a thread about physical appearance, mind) was hot and it annoyed some male posters. And I wasn't being ultra-objectifying (the dude in question wasn't sexualized either). Just one girl going "daaaaamn" and it was enough to irk some people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (And of course the reactions to that Mevius guy that made everyone so uncomfortable the design got censored.... lol) Yeah, I do. You're describing a behaviour that is, on the surface, innocuous and appears harmless, but in accumulation gets obnoxious and creates and unwelcoming atmosphere that celebrates objectification. So many women staying out of these threads simply because they are fed up with that. I can't blame them.
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I hadn't heard about that. I thought Raiden was a troll character to piss off Snake fans. In any case, schoolgirls aren't all female players haha.
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I mentioned that before. Just about one of the only "female fanservice" instance I remember seeing in a game, and I'm almost certain it was not intentional.
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Kojima doesn't portray men as "pieces of meat" the way he does his female characters. He has shown male nudity played for laughs (Raiden) for an already unpopular character. He has shown a vulnerable shirtless Snake in a scene where he's injured after fighting and needs to treat himself (unlikely to be intentionally titillating, but I'll grant that it's possible he thought "hey this is what chicks find hot"). I don't know about that "date with Kaz" thing, but even if it's meant to be fanservicey, it's still an incredibly minor instance among the great diversity of his male characters. If he objectifies male characters, they are the exception, not the norm. The complete opposite is true for female characters; non-objectified ones are the exception, and they are objectified in far creepier and exploitative ways than one single scene with a shirtless Snake ever will be. He even went as far as objectifying a blatantly underage character.
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Snatcher has been brought up multiple times already. ...What do you even mean by that?
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I don't know what this thing is. But the poses irk me, especially the boobs-and-butt pose on the last one (and high heels for what I'm assuming is a combat role).
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Eh, it's not really better. It just shows that the designers/artists know high heels are stupid for combatant, but put them in anyway. So they don't even have the "oh I wasn't really thinking about that I just thought it looked cool" excuse (not that it'd be much of one, lol).
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Yeah, I am not familiar with this IP at all so maybe it's fitting for whatever it is about. Just gave my immediate thoughts upon seeing those without knowing any context (since you asked) so take it for what it's worth haha.
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Nah. Nathan Drake is widely considered conventionally attractive (though he does nothing for me personally but I can't deny that he's "conventionally handsome"), but he's not "fanservicey" in the least. He's never sexualized in any way, not through camera work, outfits, or anything else really. Chloe is more sexualized than he is, lol (though it's very tame/tasteful stuff).
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It deserves to be bashed because it's ugly and stupid >.>
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That's really what I don't get. How does a ballerina come across as "badass", anyway? It has the 100% opposite effect on me. I don't see "she must be a badass android", I see "she must be ready for her Babymetal concert". Literally the opposite of badass, lol.
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No. Not even close. Voldo, are you kidding me? Voldo is a hideous freak, he's not designed to titillate straight women (can't comment on gay men but I doubt it). Honestly the closest thing to straight female fanservice I've ever seen in an AAA game is like... what, shirtless Snake at the beginning of MGS3? And he's shirtless because he's injured, but it looked kinda "hot" with him being all shirtless and vulnerable. I doubt it was even intentionally fanservicey. And compared to shit like Quiet or Cindy, it's literally nothing.
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How are these characters like Cindy or or Quiet?? And as a non-LGBT woman I can assure you that they are not particularly attractive, lol. Also, for the last time, the point isn't that male characters are attractive or not, it's about how sexualized and objectified they are. Marcus Fenix being bulky has nothing to do with how the game/camera treats Cindy or Quiet. And dismissing these examples because they're from Japanese games is absurd.
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So what your argument? Because all the goalpost shifting is giving me a headache. That Western games don't suffer from this inequality in sexualization, but that Japan does? And Japan doesn't count because "it's the culture"? Can you elaborate because it's unclear what your argument even is. In an you acknowledged that one-sided sexualization is an issue, or at least, that it's present and one-sided towards one gender. If you discuss in good faith people will happily engage with you, but if you persist in ignoring explanations that people give you, arbitrarily changing the goalposts or make invalid comparisons (such as Marcus Fenix when someone ask you for a male equivalent to ), you will get challenged and called out. Right now, you come across as borderline trolling and arguing in bad faith. Nudity isn't the concern here. Stop bringing up "US puritanism", it has nothing to do with unequal representation.
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That quote is a mess because it's a giant strawman. You assert that people have actually called games sexist "for those reasons" but, as someone who has been pretty vocal and paid attention to a lot of feminist commentary, I've never seen it. So I wonder where you're seeing these accusations of sexism because "female characters in the game are pretty" or "you can fight them".
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Since you ask, my opinion is pretty much "why.jpg" :P It's not... like, grotesque or anything, but I just can't understand why you'd want this. Fetishizing a character from Splatoon is just incomprehensible to me and having it as a tattoo is even more bizarre. But, you do you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (That said, if you could stop using "females" as a noun, that'd be swell. Thanks. xD)
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lol, I'm well aware of rule... 34, was it? being a thing. Doesn't mean it ever made sense to me when applied to E/PG-rated content. And getting it inked is quite another step. But, as you said, it's his body, not sure why he's asking opinions on the internet.
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Alis Landale maybe? The lead character/heroine in the original Phantasy Star (1987). (...She's iconic to me, dammit)
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One of my all-time favourites. My old avatar was from that game :)
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There's no need for that, that I can see. On the old forums, OT2 and such were necessary because the old forum software made things break after a certain amount of posts, but that isn't the case here.
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Well, typically an armour set/weapon combo requires farming a specific monster. So, suppose I want an Anja set, I'd have to farm Anja. So on my male hunter I could farm Anja and my female hunter wouldn't bother. But, of course, there'd still be some overlap in hunts, but that's OK. A hoonter must hoont...
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LOL @ the bolded. What a ridiculous falsehood. Does this guy think we're morons? And yikes @ the last part. Like, holy shit... This guy needs a lesson from Star Wars of all things: Yeah that exposed thigh/crotch area really says it all. You can't ignore the attitude, because it informs their designs. And is supposed to be "hardcore"? lmao.
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I wish I had your convictions, lol. I just legit love MH so I can't pass on this. Make a male hunter or stick with the non-shitty ones? :\
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MH armours have always had horribly sexist designs. Sadly MH World isn't a step in the right direction. Some sets are OK, others are egregiously bad. :( I might make two hunters, a male one that uses some armours and a female one who uses the others... lol.
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That's really what it comes down to, isn't it? It's not just about ogling sexy girls. Some of those games are explicitly about sexually harassing and assaulting the unwilling, and often underage, characters. That's supposed to be appealing to a heterosexual male audience?
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And that is really the problem here. Do you not see that? "Sexual harassment/assault is standard heterosexual male taste". No, just no.
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Textbook slippery slope fallacy. None of those games are on the level of Criminal Girls. SK is a lot closer: Basically, the game is defined by its fanservice rather than just being a side part of it, and it has . Not remotely comparable to Ys or Legend of Heroes, come on. In any case, SK isn't banned from discussion as a franchise per se, but that doesn't mean defending its heavy sexualization of minors is acceptable. Keep that in mind.
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That's a good question. I was under the impression that the characters in Senran Kagura weren't explicitly underage, but if that's inaccurate, we might need to revisit our policy. In any case, this is not a subject for this thread, so please take the rest of this kind of inquiry to PM or contact the admins about it. Thanks.
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I was already lukewarm on this game, but the recent screenshots have turned that "maybe" into a "nope" real fast. Not even this shot. I could almost give the benefit of doubt and think "hmm, this could just be a sex scene in the story" (haha yeah right but hey who knows XD), but this: Look at how all the male characters are dressed, and how they are posing. Now look at the female ones (outside of the little girl who is mercifully not sexualized). Really says it all.
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Oh. Well then. I don't know about this specific comment, but the art style in general has been really, really bad in this game. Environments are ugly and flat, too. This is the opposite of Souls games in that regard.
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My hatred for high heels is well known at this point, but Kat can literally fly soooo I am not too fussed, for once. The costume is more "cute" than "sexy". I don't mind it. Kat is never sexualized in the game either though I dislike all those alt-costumes (they look stupid, not cool). Raven's costume is a bit more obnoxious, but it manages to remain tasteful enough at least.
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Damn right A hoonter must hoont!
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For the most part, yeah it's sexist. particular artwork is actually not too bad, though. The outfit is silly, but it actually looks... wearable (lol, as in, not metal directly on skin and shit like that) and the woman isn't posing in a sexually suggestive way, she's standing similar to the man, ready for the action. So it's pretty equal! And wow she's wearing normal boots instead of heels, how about that. XD But, most Boris Vallejo, Frank Frazetta etc. artworks aren't even like that. The women in his artworks are usually in incredibly sexually (and submissively) charged poses, and far more heavily sexualized than in the example above. Now erotic art isn't bad or misogynistic by itself, but the problem is that it became a sort of "norm" or standard for the depiction of women in fantasy art, and, well, that sucks.
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Yeah, never thought of Sephiroth as particularly grim. Luca Blight on the other hand... Regarding female villains, well, one thing is that they're often sexualized like crazy too. The whole "Evil is sexy" / evil temptress cliché, and of course there's the common demonization of female sexuality (using their assets or their sexuality as a weapon and all that). Most blatant recent example I can think of is Cia in Hyrule Warriors, she's the evil . *eye-roll* It's either that or they're hideous/monstrous I guess. Whatever happened to the good ol' regular women who happen to be nasty? xD (Nasty women represent!) Demon's Souls had Executioner Miralda, at least, who was dressed like what you'd expect a real executioner to be dressed. She was nasty and sadistic. You just know that in a typical JRPG she'd be sporting massive cleavage and shit. (e.g. Ursa in Ys Seven)
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Well, male equivalents of Sephiroth are also rare ;) As in, villains that outright kill a major hero, because major heroes rarely die. That said, I can't think of any specifically like that, but Mother in Wild ARMs is pretty remorselessly evil and destroys even her own children (the lesser antagonists) at some point. Miang is also ruthless and cold-blooded. Female villains do exist, not sure why that'd be particularly rare?
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Tropes are unavoidable, but clichés aren't. That's my hot take anyway. Not all tropes are bad, but some tropes are definitely clichés and should be avoided by now.
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All you need to know about Samus vs Ridley Trails isn't so bad. Especially Trails in the Sky. You'd be hard-pressed to find better today, at least. Of course, the original TitS is like 10+ years old now...
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Oh, that gif is yours? Nice, had no idea. It's a great gif. :D I'm playing Ys VIII and it's a great game, but yeah that shit is obnoxious and I haven't even gotten to that part yet. But the one female party member I recruited so far, well... - First scene with her, she's introduced by Adol accidentally walking in on her coming out of a bath with just a around her body; and of course she yelps out in surprise and and is all !! and poor Adol is all flummoxed too! *massive eye roll* - She's a competent fencer and a noblewoman. But of course she wears short shorts that are so incredibly they might as well be panties, and a tight form-fitting corset. And her alternate costumes are . So yeah, that was a bad start. I rolled my eyes and then continued to play and it wasn't so bad after that, but as I said, I didn't get to the part with Dana and those other girls who are even more ridiculously sexualized. It's disappointing from Ys and Falcom, because this is a clear downgrade in how women are represented compared to their previous games. Ys Seven had far better designs, both for male and female characters; the lead female character even wore... (gasps) pants. Yes, actual trousers. Oh? I didn't know he did that. That's... a bit encouraging I suppose. :)
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Yup, was instantly reminded of that too. It's an incredibly tiresome cliché. And of course they always paint the female character as being unreasonable about the whole thing too. I bet you later in the game Laxia finally gets over that incident and apologizes to Adol for "overreacting". And of course Adol will be a gentleman about it all. *eye-roll* I could be wrong, of course, but I'd be shocked if something like it doesn't happen.
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Because he hits on everyone :P Including Estelle and Joshua, who are underage. Trails games do have a problem with uh, that kind of "funny" sexual harassment, where adults hitting on underage characters is played for laughs (as in "look at that perv haha"), sadly. It gets worse in Cold Steel, unfortunately. That said, Olivier is an awesome character and very popular and likeable regardless. ^^ That's too bad. Trails in the Sky is one of the most tasteful and better JRPG in terms of representation IMO, even if it's not perfect. There's also a lot of story, yes, but it's pretty well written, localization is excellent.
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Keep in mind Estelle is young and immature, too. She gets over Olivier's various quirks at some point. xD
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I love this gif so much LOL. Fuck the Duchess. Hate that you have to do her stupid side-quest to even get access to the Blighted Manse.
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Right?? You want to have scantily clad ladies, fine, whatever. But give those poor ladies some breast support, dammit! :D
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That's okay. If you are no longer interested in the conversation, you don't have to participate any further. That's the beauty of internet forums, you can choose which threads you click and you can choose to hit reply or not. I would refrain from calling everyone toxic and making generalizations, when your own posts have been repeatedly hostile, rude, and dismissive. ....... I'm... I'm pretty sure that people failing to understand your posts isn't on them. I don't mean to be snarky, but you should really look into using more periods. That's the longest run-on sentence I've seen in years. O.o
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Great example! Kaylee is a great example of a sexy AND sexual character who isn't . The woman is very sex-positive, she's gorgeous, and yet... she's not an object, she isn't outfitted with a pandering costume, etc. Shockingly, it can be done! Actually now that I think of it, you can say the same thing about Zoë and Inarra. Gorgeous sex-positive women who aren't pandering objects. Hmmmm A woman expressed her genuine heartfelt opinion on a gender issue and a whole bunch of dudes rolled their eyes at her? Yeah, that sounds familiar all right. If it impacted her enjoyment of the game, who are you to tell her otherwise? Cheers!
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...You take that back! Yeah boob socks are up there in the annoying obnoxious elements of sexualization along with bikini armour, zettai ryoki and high heels. Except unlike the last two, which are at least real clothing, boob socks are 100% stupid 100% of the time. Classic:
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That's quite the strawman/distortion, guys. Maybe actually read what is being said before leaping to these conclusions.
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That looks like a great cosplay. The costume has so much detail in it.
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Oh gods the Alita thing. Yeah that IS 100% uncanny valley for me. I saw that trailer and was pretty much uncomfortable the entire time. Why did they do this, whyyyyyyy
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That, and the "hive-mind" or "echo chamber" accusations, which are always, always thrown in the... most heated and divisive threads. Go figure. Yeesh. Let's not do that, please. He's already banned anyway. Yes, the meltdown was entertaining, but
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Noooo Much better. Are you honestly serious? You found the game unbearable to play because Aloy didn't meet your standards of attractiveness? A stylized Disney cartoon face is more believable than a realistic person? You're gonna need to explain this.
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Please address any moderation question by PM or contact the mod captains. *resists urge to use red font* Yes.
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User banned (permanent): refusal to join the 100ppp hive-mind
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It's an ongoing discussion. This thread has become a sort of catch-all to discuss various aspects of female representation in media. It's not going to reach a final, epic conclusion that solves everything (though I wish it did xD). I'm amazed it's at 99 pages though, for a non-OT that's mightily impressive.
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Lately, I think From Software, Naughty Dog, and Arkhane have been doing really well.
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Errr... so he'd be okay with porn of Bayonetta where she's the one doing the raping? >_>
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I don't care if someone doesn't think Aloy is attractive. But it just sucks to finally have a dedicated* heroic female protagonist in a AAA game that isn't sexualized or a perfect painted supermodel face, only to see so much of the conversation revolve around her beauty or lack thereof, to the point where her physical appearance (not her overall design, mind, just her ) gets scrutinized to the point where people micro-analyze the size of her chin. And to the point where you see tons of people saying they'd prefer instead. I remember a while back, people even criticizing new-Lara's face and seeing some redesigns that made her even more of a perfect doll. Like... what :\ You just know that almost no one ever gives this kind of detailed scrutiny to the physical appearance of male protagonists, especially those who already check the boxes of male beauty standards. Has anyone ever said they wouldn't play Assassin's Creed because Ezio wasn't handsome enough, his eyes are too wide apart, or he wasn't muscular enough? Or "I like the game but Nathan Drake isn't that attractive or handsome, his nose looks weird" or "His eyes are a little beady and his chin sticks out a bit too much, it looks weird and not very attractive. I'll still play Uncharted, but it's kind of off-putting you know?" You might get something about a protag looking boring or generic (e.g. "bald space marine"), but that's about global design, not nitpicking physical attractiveness. Which is something women have to endure all the time. * as in, no character creator, not a co-protag or part of an ensemble playable cast
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So, so glad they didn't go with this. It's nice art and the artist is very talented and all, but this belongs in a Disney kiddie movie, not Horizon. Words cannot express how much I hate that sameface Disney princess style. I'm not sure why, but I find it really awful, almost as bad as moe anime. She isn't pretty enough apparently. She was a "weird jaw". Crooked teeth. "Creepy" face (WTF). Etc. It's mind-blowing. I wonder how much time people spend analyzing male protagonist' jaws and bone structure to make sure they are perfectly chiselled and all.
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And hail to Guerrilla Games for that. <3
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"Who cares"... what? What are you saying here, exactly?
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Gladio is the new Krators
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Yeah I'm confused too. People are not objecting to characters but ones. In fact, many of us would at least accept sexualized characters they are characterized as sexual/expressing genuine sexuality, rather than simply being objectified/made to be ogled. Cindy falls in the latter category. You uh, understand that, ? I think people are genuinely confused as to what you're even arguing...
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Er. Yeah, we do agree that sex/sexuality is not the same thing as sexualization. I don't think anyone said that Cindy is a sexual character. They're saying she's sexualized. Do you not understand the difference? Serious question.
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Yep. That's why (president of a corporation) wearing high heels doesn't bother me one bit, but , a swordsman, does. Seems like that'd be easy to understand... As someone far shorter who has worked exclusively in male-dominated fields: :P
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Haha, for real. As a teen (and today as well of course) I've always despised boy bands myself. But even then, I couldn't understand how dudes would make these homophobic comments, because I knew so many girls my age loved these bands. I'd hear stuff like "they're sissy faggots" and just thought, uh, these guys probably get way more chicks than you, dude. Must be jealousy? IDK. Yikes. Didn't even need to click the spoiler tag to see the immediate difference. Dude is posing strong and confident, girl is modest and demure. Why is the so-called apolitical Nintendo injecting blatant gender politics in their software? I just want to play games and have fun!! ;)
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Hot Ryu isn't even really sexualized, he's just shirtless. He's not posing in any sexual kind of way. Someone posted examples of sexualized men a while back. I don't feel like digging back through the thread for them though. >_> Edit: welp, a simple search worked. Maybe I shouldn't have been hastily lazy. Here it is:
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No. See my post above. Or click here for examples. Beard + shirtless = sexy, not sexualized. In this case, Ryu isn't sexualized.
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Nah dude. It's not just "I don't want/like it just because". I think you're being unfair to here. I, also, would not prefer "female versions" of established and iconic characters and would rather have a playable Zelda in her own adventure (no, the CDi games don't count) or a new heroine. Zelda is shown to be a capable fighter/warrior/adventurer/pirate/ninja/bard (?! XD) in several of the games, she'd be more than capable of carrying her own AAA adventure game. It's one thing if the character is canonically reincarnated (I think Dr. Who is like that? not sure) at every iteration, or if the character is more of a symbol/title, or was never much of an established icon to begin with. Or if the character is from such an old story that modernizing it would make it more interesting (e.g. the female Dr. Watson in Elementary -- I never watched the show but I don't have a big problem with that). But a female Link would most likely not even stand out as her own character. She'd just be "female Link". I'm not a fan of Mrs. Male Character and that's pretty much what a female Link would be. That said, if they ever make a Zelda game where you play a Female-Link, well, cool. I'm not gonna object, haha. But it's not really ideal. Who said it's "just evil"? You really, really need to knock it off with the disingenuous strawman. It's dishonest and tiresome.
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Oh yeah. To be clear, Aonuma's excuse for not making Link female was ridiculous and pathetic nonsense. No argument there!
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No they weren't. Not even close. Sure. As said before, it's not about exposed skin per se, though that can be a factor. But there is the gender-equality aspect (are males similarly dressed? yes), the pose and camera (are they focusing on her T&A? no), and of course what parts of skin are exposed or what body parts are emphasized (her T&A are entirely covered here and not even "enhanced" via boobplate or the like). A lot of Carja folks, even hunters, have outfits with exposed mid-riffs (Nil is practically shirtless lol), because it's in a hot climate. They simply aren't sexualized at all.
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I honestly don't want/care about a female Link. Link is an established character, he's always a little blond elf dude wearing green. K, whatever. Just give me a FFS. In a mainline Zelda game of course. The game series is named after her! Give poor Zelda her own adventure already. #fuckLink #teamZelda
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Screw stealth. That big-ass naginata was meant to wreck shit up, I say! (Her Hyrule Warriors design is still the best xD)
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I fully agree with this. But not with that. :D
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I still don't understand why you have such an issue with Duke's Archives. It's not even that particularly difficult to navigate. Once you exit the cell, you have only 2 paths (up and down the big stairs), downstairs is a dead end. Then you climb a long ladder and arrive at the library area. You have to figure out how the rotating staircase work, sure, but it's not rocket science. Once you do that everything clicks. And the bonfire isn't especially out of reach. It's a great level, requiring the player to use their wits to navigate, with tough enemies that hit pretty hard (and the Channelers sure are annoying), but this idea that it's near-impossible to figure out without a Youtube video or something, is really bizarre.
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Eh. I think New Londo Ruins, Painted World, Catacombs, Tomb of the Giants, and Duke's Archives are muuuuuch better levels than Undead Burg and Darkroot. In fact, the first three I just named are among my favourite levels in the whole game. In fact I think Darkroot is one of the worst levels in the game. It's nice how it's all interconnected but it's a flat-out chore to go through. The hydra area in particular is a big slog. The "second half of the game sucks" meme needs to die, tbh. Only the Demon Ruins -> Lost Izalith stretch is significantly worse than the first half.
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Hmm. You have a point. See, I haven't been a "new player" in so long, for me, the Burg is just eh, a tiny-ass area where, even if you are completist and kill/loot everything, is over in a few minutes, whereas the Dukes' Archives is still challenging and kinda cool. But for a new player the perspective is different. The Burg the very first time was certainly more interesting. It doesn't hold up on replays though, unlike 1-1, Central Yharnam, High Wall of Lothric, and yes (don't @ me people) the Forest of Fallen Giants. I mean, it's , but nothing exceptional. Yes, that's the part I had in mind. You're right that the mandatory death is bullshit, and the boars are annoying.
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New Londo, Catacombs and Painted World are better than anything up to Anor Londo. >.>
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Painted World isn't DLC, also, "cancer"? e_e
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As someone who gives zero fucks and is happily deliberately ignorant about superheroes and superhero movies, this post made me chuckle. ...Because even know that Wonder Woman is DC, not Marvel. :D
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Probably because most people think it'll never happen to them, as in, "I won't ever go to prison", so it's not a real everyday fear or concern for them.
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You'll have to explain to me why the existence of video tutorials/tips is an argument for why the level design is poor, because that argument appears tragically flawed to me. Plenty (most) players will find their way around that level without any issue. It's not even the most difficult or confusing level to navigate at all. If you want to criticize the level design of Dark Souls, I'd suggest mentioning better examples, such as Lost Izalith, Lower Burg, or Darkroot Garden/Basin. I could go into details for why these levels are mediocre, but I would never use the existence of helpful videos as argument, lol.
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^ To add to that, it's funny to see fears about the status quo changing, when the status quo was very different in the 80's and 90's anyway. JRPGs weren't always the overly sexualized pander-fest they are now; this 90's status quo changed, in large part to attract otaku money (and not because of "creative freedom").
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Is this question supposed to be on-topic?
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^ That reminds me. I'm probably going to make a male hunter in MH World because the female armours look so stupid and off-putting. If I do that... it'll be the first time I ever choose a male character over female (unless it's a 2nd or 3rd character, like in Souls games where I make several) with a character creator. The game doesn't motivate me to play as my own gender. :(
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Wait, what? You're gonna have to explain this one. The hero or heroine of the Souls series is fully customizable, and there are plenty of powerful female figures and feminine archetypes (both "traditionally" and non-traditionally feminine).
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Whether or not Dark Souls is a power fantasy is really a matter of interpretation. I can see how it can be. But a male one? Or a white male one? Nah.
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Can confirm! Oh? What LGBTQ people were there in Shining Force? o.O
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Final Fantasy Tactics Tactics Ogre Panzer Dragoon Saga O_O Are you me? Fucking Anri, Amon (hey remember how she came to the Force for help because her was in distress and we had to rescue him? that was in 1992... not a damsel in distress to be found in that game (you did rescue Balbaroy, and a little boy from an evil witch, and... that's it), though sadly SF2 changed that with that annoying princess), Mae... And Alis, then Alys, Demi, etc. <3 Azel was cool, too. I miss old school Sega so much. Nowadays they publish misogynistic games like Yakuza, Shining Force is full of softcore waifu hentai, and nu-Phantasy Star is Objectification Central. Sigh. Alef! ...I admit, I never used her, I stuck to Tao and Anri for mages 'cause she started unpromoted and I was too lazy to grind her up. xD But she had Bolt, and she looked cool. So I like her just for that.
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Should have listed Tactics Ogre too. I'll edit it in.
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I'd like to know this, too. Even Kiseki games are getting worse in that regard. Trails in the Sky had far, far superior female representation, and far more mature writing, compared to Trails of Cold Steel.
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I have to say, "people who like these are introverts and insecure" is not a defense for resorting to sexist and homophobic tropes. You could have this kind of popular dude/power fantasy story without resorting to that.
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Right? I hated the first game so I was never interested in XB2, but holy hell does it look like my worst nightmare. xD
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Women travelling with their husbands will inevitably have a different experience than women travelling alone.
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I think that FF dude is pretty female-gazey, actually. It's not that sexualized/female-gaze examples don't exist; it's that they are actually pretty rare, as opposed to how women are constantly sexualized, and rarely depicted in demeaning ways.
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What about Snake? :D
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Thank you for writing this. It does make it less discouraging to keep the discussion going when you know it actually has an effect, even if it's on a small scale. :) It's hard to say what can be done. But making the forum more inviting and less alienating to women, in general, would help with this a lot. Let's remember that post where I listed all the women who don't even want to approach the thread because they find it too frustrating to even talk about these things. I'm not sure what can be done to solve this, but I do what I can.
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The Carja. They scoff at the idea of female priests. As for your other point about the Oseram, I see what you mean, but you have to remember that even in mostly gender-equal societies, . If anything, I think it's great that in Horizon, they created societies that have reached a very high level of gender quality, but that there's no "utopia" where no sexism happens anymore, because that would honestly be less believable. As someone who has been largely successful AND incredibly to not have suffered too much from sexism in male-dominated fields, I can say that I actually appreciate that scene, because "everyday sexism" is still, unfortunately, a thing, for millions of women, and I don't see that disappearing even in the far future.
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Oh I forgot, Carja women cannot be soldiers either. You just reminded me of that side-quest with Janeva, a Carja guard whose gender is left ambiguous (see the very bottom of my post, ). That said it's true that the Oseram don't seem particularly patriarchal, but I didn't have a problem with the merchant's lines, because as I said, everyday sexism is still gonna be a thing in the year 3000+, we all know it. xD
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True. Aloy isn't military though. She's just an adventurer on a journey. She takes the time to help people and make bonds with some NPCs, it wouldn't be that much out of place if she had hook-ups, lol.
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The whole "you're a prude" argument has always rang 100% false. I have never been against depictions of sex, sexuality, or nudity. I would have wanted Nilin to have a boyfriend to kiss in Remember Me, it's the dudes playing her who were the prudes by not wanting that (because eww kissing dudes). The excessively rare times that you'd have a sex scene in a game that wasn't pathetically juvenile, I had no problem with it (like in Wolfenstein). Say. Can you imagine a game like The Witcher 3 but from a straight female perspective, where you play a horny woman who constantly has one-night stands with hot dudes in the game in-between adventuring and questing? With a "female gaze" camera lingering on their sexy abs, butt, etc.? xD I wonder if we'll ever see that in a mainstream, AAA game. There'd be riots, probably.
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When you consider that she is by far the most realistic-looking woman of the list, it becomes uh, kind of telling...
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My bad, I didn't notice she was on the list. xD
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Goddamn this outfit is stupid. A skirt so short it still shows your cameltoe, a corset, and a top with individual boob socks. And of course the needle-thin high heels because of course. Based on that artwork her butt should be covered by that... peacock thing, except apparently in the render it parts sideways just enough to show her butt because OF COURSE Nothing really should surprise from Xenoboob Chronicles anymore, but c'mon...
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Yeah, this is incredibly common. Even in games with otherwise pretty decent representation, like Kiseki games, it's there. In Trails in the Sky, a bisexual character (who is otherwise very popular and a real cool character and legitimately funny) kinda creeps on... well, a lot of characters, including 16-year old ones. And he's called out on it, but it's still presented as funny rather than legitimately problematic. A far worst example is in a later series, Trails of Cold Steel. You got this old dude (he's the grandfather of a female party member) who constantly makes really creepy comments about pretty girls (who are once again underage). Is that character portrayed as bad or problematic? No, he's a kindly old man and a brilliant engineer and very respected. The only one upset by his creeping on teens is his granddaughter, who goes "GRANDPA! STOP!" and we're meant to be sympathetic with her, except... like you said, there are no consequences, no one else really call him out, and his creepiness is mostly playable for laughs. Another example from Cold Steel is from a gay woman who constantly creeps on the other girls (again, including underage ones). Other characters do act a bit miffed at that, but it's still played humorously. And like the bisexual man in the first example, the gay woman is another really likeable, "cool" character. So you got two problems: presenting LGBT characters as being promiscuous or predatory... which I don't think they even intended to do, because other than those, er, "quirks", those characters are legitimately cool, likeable, and popular. So I think it's not so much a bad portrayal of LGBT characters, as much as a "sexual harassment is wrong but still kinda funny harmless stuff, lol". And when you consider that the targets of that harassment are frequently underage teenagers, well... yeesh.
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Yup yup :D
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If you think you actually have something new to add to the debate about male sexualization that hasn't been addressed countless times, sure, be my guest. As for the other highlighted part, I'm wondering what part you object to, exactly. If you were a woman who largely dissented, that'd be one thing, but based on your profile you are male. So...?
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Couldn't agree more. I remember seeing a collage of JRPG characters... I forgot the artist (Yoshida maybe?), I can't find it anymore. But basically, even when the women were wearing mostly OK outfits, they were all posing either in ways that appeared submissive, demure, or posing sexily ; and all the male characters were posing in ways that ignored the "camera" and that felt natural, either standing confidently, or sitting down relaxed, etc. but not posing in ways to appear sexually attractive and sexually available. The contrast was really blatant and it even annoyed that I couldn't NOT see it. Wish I could find that pic again, but I can't remember for what game it was.
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Nah, wasn't that one. It was a bigger collage with more characters, some of which were sitting or leaning against something. Sorry, that's too vague. Anyway. You get the point!
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It doesn't help when you repeatedly refuse to name and link to that content... Oh?
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It's the same thing every time. "She's dishonest", and now we even got "she feeds off the problem and benefits from the status quo" -- if that's not a dog whistle I don't know what it is...
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Indeed, and -- --.... Ahem, right, right. This is, unfortunately, correct. :) (Y'all welcome in Soulsborne OT of course!)
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Hear hear. No one ever called upon Anita to be the "hero of feminism" either. She's one critic among many, making milquetoast feminism 101 videos, and all of her overblown exposure was due to her harassers giving her a Streisand effect. In any case, it's not true that she doesn't offer solutions; she totally does, anyone saying she doesn't hasn't been paying attention and has probably only read BS anti-Anita "sources".
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Bloodborne for me, I think. Character creation is entirely gender-equal. No stupid sexualized outfits. For NPCs and bosses, it features both human and non-human females of a solid variety. Human women are shown both in traditionally feminine roles and non-traditional gender roles: a nun, a prostitute (and guess which one of the two is the "nastier" one deep down... xD), a scientist/physician/healer (and her impostor, a creepier kind of scientist), a drug-addicted old woman, a hunter, a swordswoman, a vicar, a witch, a queen. Even the sex worker isn't sexualized. Yes, think about it, they had the "she's a prostitute/courtesan" excuse and STILL dressed her like a normal human being, imagine that. Same with the "doll": like a lot of the Souls-like NPCs that let you level up, players love to call them their "favourite waifu" but that's just the players objectifying them because the characters themselves never are. The doll is literally dressed like a grandma. For non-human females/female monsters, none of them are sexualized or conveniently anthropomorphic (to give them pretty faces or T&A like so commonly seen); great lurching beasts, cosmic beings, etc. You still have human (or human-like) female enemies too, like the hags in Hemwick, the ghosts in Cainhurst, the fat executioners in Mergo's loft, or the bell-ringing women. And the game explores feminine themes like fertility, pregnancy and menstruation, in a weird and creepy (because, well, it's a cosmic horror game after all) way, yet never in a demeaning or misogynistic way. It's... kind of impressive, in a way. xD
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Yeah, true. Dark Souls had Gwynevere and Quelaag, but that's about it, and it's just tame stuff (and not ill-fitting like a bikini armour chick or anything, Gwynevere is a goddess of fertility and Quelaag is another variant of the jorogumo mythological monster of Japanese folklore).
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Plenty of male heroes don't have romantic encounters either. I don't think it's weird that she didn't have sexual or romantic encounters, even if I would have liked to see it
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I have! Are you referring to Shev and Javre? :D They are soooo amazing <3
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Female sociopaths and anti-heroes can indeed be quite interesting. They are fairly rare as major protagonists, unfortunately. That said, haven't read it either and can't comment on Katniss' case in particular. Joe Abercrombie has been writing really good female anti-heroes lately. Monza Murcatto, Shy South, and Thorn Bathu are fantastic lead characters. It's crazy how far he's come since the relatively tepid Ferro from his earlier works (which were still good, but female representation was not particularly impressive -- not bad, just... meh).
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In my experience, they are a bit more common in literature, but rarer in film, rarer still in genre film, and almost non-existent in video games.
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I see that Phantasy Star has fallen just as low as Shining Force huh. :( When 1987 and 1993 were more progressive than you, you know you fucked up.
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Never said otherwise. Luckily, other elements of sexualization (camera angles etc.) are also mostly absent in Nioh.
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Well, I'm afraid I don't follow.
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Can I just say, I'm so, so very glad and relieved that Team Ninja stayed classy in Nioh? The only sexualization you see is incredibly tame, and it's for creatures that actually fit (a succubus-type, and a literal jorogumo). And even those creatures only just show cleavage, it's not like it has jiggling physics or a ridiculous camera or whatever. The human women are all mostly sensibly dressed. The mage, Fuku, shows side-thighs, and Okatsu isn't wearing pants (but is wearing a long flowing robe so you don't see much anyway), but that's it, and their outfits are very classy and they look and elegant. Ginchyo wears full armour, Lady Maria either wears a proper fencer's outfit (when fighting) or a lovely kimono (when not), Yuki-Onna isn't sexualized and looks cool and badass... Thank you, Team Ninja. No, seriously, it really made me enjoy the game more. <3
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It's not really true though. You could maybe argue that fighting games have always had sexualized designs (debatable), but even back then, in the early to mid-90's, the women weren't sexualized AS MUCH. In the mid-90's I played a lot of Soul Blade on the PS1, and Night Warriors on the Sega Saturn, and the women were almost all sexualized to varying degrees. But, it wasn't as bad as it is today, so it didn't bother me too much. While there were things like cleavage or boob windows, it was mostly tasteful, there were no ridiculous jiggle physics, stupid "sexy" poses, etc. The point weemadarthur is trying to make is that things only got worse and even more alienating, to the point where she can't stand that shit anymore. And I agree. The type of fighting games I used to enjoy don't just have one or two instances of fanservice anymore, it's almost every female character, it's exaggerated to absurd levels and constantly in your face, etc.
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Apparently not, this is Vampire Saviour. :P Lilith and that stupid bee girl got added later. You'll also note that I literally said, "and the women were almost all sexualized to varying degrees. But, it wasn't as bad as it is today". Try reading better next time. And I already told you repeatedly to use quotes if you were gonna spam large images.
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splitting hair? I listed Soul Edge and Night Warriors (that's DS2, which has Hsien-Ko, Felicia and Morrigan) and I said , which is correct. Hsien-Ko has a silly boob window, but she's not as sexualized as Felicia. Taki in was sexy, but wasn't the balloon tit ninja she turned into later. Etc. I explicitly acknowledged that the women were indeed sexualized, while explaining the difference with . I don't know how I can possibly make this clearer, but your gotcha attempts are rather tiresome.
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Where did I say that was "fine" or that I was "okay" with it? You know, when I criticized your reading comprehension, I really meant what I said, because, again: I can't possibly make this clearer, but I guess I'll try again: - It did bother me, but as now, because: - there was sexualization, but , because: - nowadays it's more than just cleavage or boob window, because they do things like boob jiggle, exaggerated poses, exaggerate breast size, even more exposed skin or skintight outfits, etc. By the way, your tone is also increasingly hostile. I suggest you chill.
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So that new Soul Calibur VI trailer shows a dude in practical armour fighting a girl with... not that. Everyone act surprised!
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Oh, I know. But I'm old enough to remember when she looked like this! (not perfect, no, but still leagues ahead of what we have now):
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It's a stupid fetishistic outfit for what's supposed to be an Athena-like warrior, and I'll hate it all I want, thanks.
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Did you not see my earlier comments? The franchise wasn't always like that (Soul Blade wasn't, anyway), and Mitsurugi is in proper, non-fetishistic armour in that trailer.
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For you, maybe. For me and others, it's why I dropped the franchise. I'd love to play a competent, polished, 3D melee weapons fighting game with cool-looking kick-ass ladies who aren't male-gazey fucktoys. That'd be cool but it doesn't exist. So in a way, you're right, this game isn't for me -- not anymore, anyway. Just like so many other franchises.
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Ehhhh, that's a huge leap in logic here. The very fact that women-only cars even , is because Japan has such a huge societal problem with women getting groped and sexually assaulted in trains! The women-only cars are a band-aid solution to a larger problem, not a sign that Japan is particularly progressive about gender.
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? Did you quote the wrong person?
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Except they sell their products to international audiences too. If anything, a lot of those games sell better in the West too.
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So it's like Xenoblade Chronicles, except even worse? ;)
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Nope, I specifically said caricature. Not all cartoony stylizations are that extreme, when it becomes ridiculous that's when I call it a caricature. Here's of a large-chested woman who is cartoony/stylized, but not caricatural.
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I tried to catch up to this thread but I'm confused as to why we're taking apart statements about "looking like a stripper" (or whatever) now.
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I must repeat: if someone literally said "she looks like a stripper"? Why is this even a problem to begin with?
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Since no one is trying to shame sex workers by those comparisons, I'm inclined to think this is a complete non-issue. :shrug: Thermae Romae! I haven't read the manga, but I saw the movies and they are hilarious. I love those movies. And there's no "anime-like" hot spring fanservice shit either that I recall. The manga was written/drawn by a woman, I believe?
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Really does, doesn't it? Cortana's last pic looks like a normal, large-chested woman. The other one looks like a newspaper caricature of what a large-chested woman looks like or something. xD
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Okay, I missed this (so many reported posts), but: Tthis is a really, really gross thing to say, and incredibly insulting to all the women who have posted sincerely in this thread. I'm warning you officially for this and I hope you realize why. ...Do you think people wouldn't have a problem with Ellie if she were sexualized? There's zero reason we can't criticize both bad writing, bad visual designs.
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lol, that blue/purple woman's outfit... not just the massive cleavage, but a see-through long shirt going down to her crotch where you can see the panties outline? Whyyyy
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I remember a time where "mature" meant.... like, Legacy of Kain. Which was very violent, because it's a dark fantasy story with vampires after all, but it was very classy, and very maturely written, there was no edgy shlock to it at all. Sigh, that game was way ahead of its time.
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Fixed :P
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Oh wow, that was a really interesting video. Thank you for posting this! And if they do, they're almost always lolis. :( Heh. I remember a thread on GAF that discussed some sort of survey where straight women would rate the attractiveness of male body types. They were shown pictures (without the face, to avoid bias and judge only the attractiveness of bodies) of male bodies of all kinds, from hyper-muscular, to lean muscular, to dad bods, etc. Unsurprisingly to just about every straight female poster, the "lean muscular" body (of which the example pic was Brad Pitt in Fight Club) won handily, beating the hyper-muscular bodies. And some dudes were just shocked and baffled, because they thought, and I kid you not, that since the idealized male body in media was the hyper-muscular one, that it meant women preferred it. Almost as if we've been saying all along that no, while some women do like hyper-muscular bodies, they are not a majority, and that the roided up look is... guess what... , and not to attract female viewers!
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You know they wouldn't. No one ever talked about a new game wondering why ___'s costume isn't more revealing or sexy. For all the crying about taking away their boobies, truth is, most people wouldn't miss it at all.
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I'll edit the thread title, but the warning stands. It was a bad, condescending drive-by post.
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I'm sure you meant well, but please avoid bringing up Twitter arguments on the forum, it's just not a good idea in general. (It's not a hard and fast rule as far as I know, but yeah, best not.) Be honest though, would you have accepted an in-game "justification" anyway? :)
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That's not why Huniepop was banned on GAF though.
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. Should be clear how this game differs from Dyack games (who btw hasn't made any games since his GG days), Ethan Carter, etc. If you still think that's inconsistent, well... :shrug:
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I forgot about that one, lol. I meant Fei and Elly. You prefer to believe your roommates' flawed, context-less interpretation, over what she clarifies herself? I mean, believe what you will but she already clarified what she meant so kindly drop this.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you for your entire post but I wanted to highlight this part because that's usually how the dismissals happen, with fallacious comparisons to Jack Thompson ("anime boobies don't make men sexist!" etc.) and the likes. It's not like Jack Thompson said, no. But it doesn't mean media has no influence on culture and vice-versa.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order has one, there's zero objectification going on. I thought Eva and Snake in MGS2 was fine too (despite Eva's outfit being ridiculous in the rest of the game). In Xenogears there's a "post-sex" scene, basically we see nothing except two nude characters in the scene which implied they've just been intimate. It was kinda sweet. ...Honestly, that's kind of all I can think of, LOL. Video games really suck with sex scenes in general. The typically bad animations probably don't help. But I think the major roadblock is, as was previously stated, the maturity of video game writers. :P
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Okay? Not sure what this has to do with anything. I never denied that women could be violent. I think both designs look trashy and stupid, and I would never take that character seriously as a kunoichi. As for the "she uses distraction to attack" thing, don't even get me started. It's a really dumb cliché that makes no sense and it's always an excuse anyway.
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You are dangerously close to backseat modding. Ok, I laughed.
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Not sure where you're seeing this. A lot of women have said they have no problem with sex scenes in general. Objectified women in media, especially gaming, are almost never even having sex at all. They are not depicted as characters expressing their sexuality. They are simply sexualized and objectified to be ogled by players.
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I'm not sure how psychowave's comparison is wrong, considering male-on-male rape is far more common than female-on-female rape...
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Did you misread? I said male-on-male vs female-on-female, not vs male-on-female. Edit: I admit I don't have stats handy just now, but the overwhelming presence of male-on-male rape in prison (as well as the military) seems to suggest this is true. Whereas women raping other women seem rarer and confined to particular situations of abusive lesbian relationships. I'm getting rather off-topic here though... Psychowave's point was about general violence (which can include but is not limited to sexual violence). Your argument is that women are victims of violence (including sexual violence) more often because they are statistically physically weaker. You claim the disparity in physical power is a major factor, perhaps even the leading factor, in gendered violence. Psychowave's rebuttal is that men assault or commit violence just as much (no strength disparity here), compared to women-on-women violence (again, no strength disparity).
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Uh, why? That does sound like you think female characters in danger are more vulnerable or need more... protection
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It is interesting to see this connection between real-life perception and the framing through fictional characters, especially considering how often our concerns are dismissed as "it's just fiction, it has nothing to do with real life".
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Haha. I once toyed with the idea of making a website/blog that would keep "files" (a page with character description, pictures etc.) game characters that I'd consider to be the most positive examples of female representation, with the criteria being: major/lead character (playable or party member at least, or the lead antagonist, such as the Boss), no gratuitous sexualization, not a love interest to a male protag*, and not a damsel in distress. A character meeting all those criteria would receive the highest rating. Characters that meet most of those but fail at one (e.g. being an NPC, or being a love interest, etc. but otherwise checking all the boxes) would receive a slightly lower rating. Characters that fail at more than one of those but that are still pretty good characters could be listed on the site with a lower rating. I never did end up making that site, but I can't imagine the torrents of hate I'd have gotten if I had, even if it's a site focused on positive representation. xD I also decided that having boxes to check isn't necessarily a great idea or a perfect indicator of a character being good or interesting, though I think it'd still be an interesting analysis to make. * The character herself can have HER own male love interest, mind, though that's actually fairly rare...
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I remember that one. I actually prefer the male outfit because I like how it gives the outfit a "gunslinger" kinda look, I used it on my bloodtinge/gun-using build/character. :) Can you not?
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Vgchatz is notoriously unreliable, that source was banned on GAF for a reason. I wouldn't use that in any argument really. Okay. Just so you know, saying "go make it" has subtext that reads more like "fine, you do it yourself then!" instead of "that'd be cool, if you were to make this site I'd totally encourage you". But OK, English isn't your first language (it's not mine either), so maybe you didn't realize how you came across. ;)
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Yeah! ...Funnily enough you DO sometimes spot differences between male and female versions of the same outfits. But they are minor, and almost never really gendered. Just mild stylistic differences. For example: One of the biggest difference in genders is the Pyromancer outfit, it's completely different from male to female, and yet... it's not remotely sexualized or needlessly "feminized". It's just... different (I actually prefer the female version on the right, it looks nicer, though it's a bit of a misnomer because of the outfit is called the "tattered" set xD):
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Trails in the Sky is medieval Europe now? Have you even played the games? And repeating "this is subjective" over and over is pretty obnoxious. In any case, saying "hey play those (mostly old) games instead" when someone wants new games that aren't otaku bait is not helpful.
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That sure doesn't fit a female warrior power fantasy. I wouldn't want to go into battle with high heels, knee-high boots and exposed thighs. See, even when they're almost decent designs, they just HAVE to unnecessarily throw this gendered garbage in. It's tiresome.
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Holy shit @ those Fire Emblem designs. Sigh.
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lol, I don't need to imagine. ;) I brought up Shining Force many times, and there was a point where the main artist of the newer games was literally a famous hentai artist. The series went from to, uh... (NSFW) .
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Holy shit @ the dude explaining how boobs work. SMH, and people say mansplaining isn't a real thing huh. Great post, thank you for sharing. My experience is different. I grew up on Shining Force (1991 for SF1, 1993 for SF2) and Phantasy Star IV (1993), where the female characters were not only powerful and not damselled, but were dressed sensibly (well, Rika was always a bit "sexy" but never in the most ridiculous ways we see today) for what they were meant to do (combat, adventuring). I loved Mae and Anri the most in Shining Force, they looked cool, they kicked ass, and didn't take any shit. And Alys was just... <3 Sure, the main protagonist was the younger male, but Alys was the older veteran and his mentor. Her age was never revealed, so we were spared the "24 year old veteran mentor" trope that you see even in games like Trails in the Sky (Schera being 24 and being the "older hard-ass veteran" made me laugh, the way she was portrayed, she should have been in her mid-thirties at least). Alys was sassy, witty, she was the party leader, she was fully decked out for combat and travelling, and I didn't know it at the time, but the young man w/ older female mentor trope was actually far, far less common than the gender-flipped one (usually it's the young girl with the older male mentor/parent figure). At the time, it didn't occur to me that these characters were so... well, "feminist"? I didn't think about these things at all -- I was 10-13 years old. They were just cool ladies that I enjoyed having in my party, and 11-year-old me liked to pretend that I was Alys or Anri. Even the female villains were not sexualized; Mishaela in Shining Force is a sneering, sassy witch who loved to taunt the heroes, and she's got normal proportions and wears a full robe (her battle sprite even seems to be wearing some sort of mask). You just that a sassy, sneering, witch-type of JRPG villainess today would be sporting massive cleavage of her very large bosom, exposed thighs, yadda yadda. How are JRPGs from the early 90's more progressive than today's, I wonder? Especially Sega games, like, holy shit. :\ I don't know when this shift started happening. I played a lot of JRPGs in the 90's, and fanservice was rare; either hidden Easter eggs (and utterly inconsequential, like oh, a secret bikini outfit that gives a swimsuit on the pixellated sprite... yawn), or there was maybe one token character who showed more skin, but that's it. I remember noticing Jeanne in Suikoden being pretty sexualized, but she was one out of dozens of other characters so I didn't care much, even if I thought she looked a bit goofy. It wasn't annoying though, just "lol look at her go", you know? Then at some point it seemed like every JRPG, or every other game even, featured sexualization and it became really obnoxious. I lost interest in JRPGs sometime during the PS2 era, mostly because I didn't like the overly modernized combat systems, but I think the increasing proliferation of fanservice must have had something to do with it.
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I dunno about that. All the characters I listed had full-body concept artworks (usually not showing up in-game, but in game manuals, strategy guides or artbooks), so they could have easily just perv'ed out right there and made the sprites accordingly. I mean, it still happened a bit back in the day; just look at the original concept arts for Rydia or Rosa in FFIV (1991), they're wearing leotards, have cleavage, etc. Though they are drawn classily and tastefully compared to shit like Xenoblade (that's because I'm pretty sure Amano's art style is just inherently that damn classy :D), they're still sexualized, and that translated to some extent on their sprite. But who knows. Maybe you're right that increasing fidelity lead to more sexualization. No one cared about objectifying tiny sprites because that's just silly and not actually titillating, whereas more detailed 3D models can be. :S
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Really?! Good thing we had a man here to remind us that straight men love boobies. And uh... "your lovely curves", ick. That's seriously unnecessary. ...What freedom of speech? This is a privately-owned, moderated forum. We totally do though! :)
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Sorry, I think we were all out to lunch at the same time. :D
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Haha I know, just being a bit cheeky.
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Oh, I'm 100% with you.
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The creator himself said he dressed her like that because he likes hot girls. I mean c'mon... it's a bit more tasteful than the likes of Ivy, sure, but it's still designed with the "women must be hawt" mindset first and foremost.
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Right? I swear, it never fails to make my eyes roll. Guess what, I ain't American either, and your faux Euro/whatever superiority doesn't impress me.
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Where do you live, then? Asia? In any case, it's always brought up as another way to say "I'm not puritan like ", so...
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Yup. If a game wants its story/character/themes to be taken seriously, then maybe it shouldn't directly undermine those very things by throwing in cheap titillation. (Kojima is the best at this; hey let's talk about torture and child soldiers and how fucked up war is and propaganda and nuclear waste issues and oh look AT DAT ASS *__*) As for the rest, well, once again, I can't help but find it amusing to see so many people saying "vote with your wallet", and on the other side, so many going "what, you're gonna miss out on this great game because of ___??". Yeah, not necessarily coming from the same people, but still, just shows that we can't win right?
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In that case we will surely hear rabid defenses of his creative vision... right? :)
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That's a fair and totally not dismissive assessment of what's been going on. Thanks, bro.
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It's truly incredible how so many designs would be improved if they could just give the women :D If the doesn't want to "disrespectfully be called a horndog", maybe he should stop disrespecting women by constantly portraying them as sex objects. Including . Oh, so now we're no longer at the "Kojima is an whose sacrosanct creative freedom should be respected no matter what and is totally above criticism", but rather, "It's not Kojima's fault, Konami made him put these things in his games"? xD It's not true, anyway. When Kojima has free reign, we get Quiet. When he gets an editor at Konami who tells him "nah bruh", we get .
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One only has to look at the reactions to that dude from the FF mobile game, or the hate Vaan gets, to see that is unlikely, haha. (Yes, #notallmen, I know)
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Yeah, that's annoying. You can have a large-chested woman without making that her defining trait, or giving her a shirt that apparently has its own 2 boob socks in it. Like... even in 1997 (man that was 20 years ago now xD) I always found Tifa's original design to be silly in how tight the shirt was. Whereas this (nevermind the stupid suspenders lol) has a far more natural look for a large-chested woman.
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Do you mean an idealized design in the sense that women would want to be her? I posted a few examples of a female power fantasy . Of course, that's my personal opinion, not everyone's "power fantasy" or "idealization" is the same. There is, sometimes, male sexualization, but it's just really really rare, especially in video games (it's slightly more common in movies and TV because TV/movie producers do target female audiences a bit more and want their $$$ ;) )., was a post about female gaze/male sexualization examples from comics. So, probably something similar to that in a video game... if you can find an example of that outside of otome/niche games, be my guest. ;) Edit: about that, btw, Yeah, this. Women who "demand equality" don't necessarily want more shirtless dudes either. Like I said in an earlier post, I wouldn't want a male hero in an action/adventure game to run around shirtless in boxers the whole game either, because... that's just dumb. It's 100% a preference. Personally I prefer a bit of chest hair over none at all, but I prefer no hair over bears. xD
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Ah, sorry if you meant to ask a specific poster instead of a general question, I didn't mean to butt in like that. As for skin-showing: no, not necessarily. Female wrestlers have very revealing outfits, and they can be really sexy, but they usually offer, y'know, breast support at least. :D And depending on how the camera frames the character it wouldn't necessarily be objectification. R. Mika just looks incredibly goofy and stupid IMO.
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The rags argument isn't even a good one, because pretty much everyone thinks it's dumb too that rags+10 would offer better protection than a steel plate+1. :P But when you start throwing sexism in the mix, well, it becomes all the more annoying.
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You are nitpicking on semantics, ignoring arguments, and now you are being rude. Start discussing in good faith, please.
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Couldn't agree more. And that's also why I'm opposed to so-called "equal fanservice" by sexualizing men. Having Nathan Drake run around shirtless and in tight shorts the whole game wouldn't be "service to fans", it'd just be really stupid. See the post quoted above. Also, there's a difference between realism and believability. They are similar in concepts, but different in execution. Video games will always have "silly" video-game-logic elements, like HP bars, etc. That doesn't mean "anything goes". A lot of fans enjoy games for their story, characterization, and/or world-building. People appreciate attention to detail. How the polygons of a potted plant in an NPC's house in an open-world AAA game is rendered with such fidelity. All this stuff to create rich and immersive worlds. Even silly video game logic follows its own internal logic. A rusty broken knife doesn't hit as hard as the Steel Dagger +1, which again doesn't hit as hard as the Sacrificial Dagger of Kar'ta'kyul (yes, I just made that up, but you know where I'm going here). Is that because of "realism"? No. It's because despite the fantastical setting, a world follows its own internal rules and worked to be more believable while offering a sense of progression for the player. Edit: welp, Dary said it much better than I could xD Nah.
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No, feminism doesn't necessarily have to include activism.
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This is not about prudishness and it is insulting to claim otherwise. I think I'll add this to the OP because it comes up so often, too.
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Having cleavage isn't necessarily objectification. Having a camera focus on that cleavage is another story. Are you seriously not seeing the constant panning of the camera on her chest? This is why these discussions are important. Because blatant sexualization has been so normalized that some people apparently
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It is hard to take your denials of trolling seriously when you post a blatant "fake gamer girls" comment like this. You are essentially saying that every female gamer who's posted in this thread "don't really care about games". Surely a non-troll would see how insulting that sounds?
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Interesting comparison you got there. Flat earthers vs women who claim they face everyday sexism. Huh. Heh, I've said for a long time that the Boss was a fluke. Or, well, she's a good character because Kojima's ridiculous perviness was reigned in by someone else who told him "no" about the Boss having a "laughing" exposed breast. Kojima can sometimes produce worthwhile content when he has an editor. Perhaps Del Toro would have been able to help with that for Silent Hills, though we'll never know. But when Kojima is 100% free to do as he pleases with no restraints from anyone, well, you get shit like perving on young girls in Snatcher, or the "sexy photoshoots" of traumatized PTSD female soldiers in MGS4, or Quiet. He's got some decent ideas in him, but he's incapable of controlling himself, and I see this as Kojima having little to no respect for women beyond their bodies. What baffle me the most about the Quiet example is, well, why she's even being debated. Many of the staunchest defenders of fanservice will still admit that Quiet is sexist garbage, because, well, it appears self-evident at this point. But somehow, you still got people using her as example to . Like, okay, we can discuss sexist portrayals with regards to some more nuanced but slightly problematic characters. Sure. But Quiet? Really? C'mon bruhs. I'd be happy to discuss the portrayal of men myself, FWIW, I just hate it when it's used as a distraction or deflection in topics about female objectification. ^^ Also, just to clarify the "power fantasy" argument; I'm not sure if that's what you meant by "scoffed and ridiculed", but I, and I assume others, don't mean to say that "it's a power fantasy" is an automatic defense of a design either, only that it's not particularly or objectified. Power fantasy designs can still be criticized, and I wouldn't fault someone for taking issue with stereotypes about it. If a dude said he was sick of the "male power fantasy" stereotype and wanted more variety in types of male protagonists, I'd definitely support the notion and I would not ridicule him. Does that make sense? :) (That said, I do think that sexist stereotypes are worse than power fantasy stereotypes, for various reasons. But that doesn't mean there can't be any discussion whatsoever about it. Just time and place.) Good post. That would be really surprising, since its female protagonist is definitely not as described in that spoiler tag. Right? Claire does have a uniform with pants, and she looks damn cool, but they didn't keep that because... reasons? And yeah, like, I wouldn't mind if one girl out of the entire cast had a sexy look or whatever*, but the fact that they're all like that is pretty comical. And from what little I saw of CS3's designs, it's only getting worse. Fie already looked rather silly in CS2, but that new design... blech. And I had to google Angelica, and... my god, what have they done to her? She went from (sexy, but not sexualized, and quite badass -- though funnily enough, in-game she looks more sexualized, the character model emphasizes her more and makes her outfight seem ), to... this ? Dammit, Falcom! :( I still like Kiseki games and I'll play Cold Steel 3 when it comes out, but it's impossible to not get increasingly annoyed. Trails in the Sky FC had one sexualized character, Schera, and she was a flirty personality with a dominatrix kind of style. I don't mind that. And even she gets more sexualized with every iteration, from this in to this in . Sigh. The fanservice also seems to get worse and worse in Ys games too. * One of the reason I miss 90's JRPGs is that this was usually the standard in games with ensemble casts. You had a bunch of female characters, and sure, you often had that was the "sexy" one. And the rest were dressed as you'd expect them to be for their respective profession. And even the "sexy" one was usually still quite tasteful. Take . Rika wears a leotard-type of outfit, but other than exposed thighs she's not sexualized at all and the game never objectifies her in any way. Alys, Demi and Kyra all wear pants and are dressed normally (like you'd expect a hunter, a combat android, and a mage/priest to dress, really). Shining Force has zero sexualized females out of seven playable female characters. Neither does Shining Force II; the "sexiest" one is the master-monk (Sheela) and she still has full pants and it's not like you see the cleavage on her sprite anyway. SF3 also had tasteful, gender-equal representation. Suikoden was the same. You'd have the likes of Jeanne and Oulan, too. But they were the exception (and stood out as such) out of the incredibly large cast. Most female characters were designed in ways that made sense and fit their characters (though even still, female characters were more likely to be designed as cute/sexy or to have more exposed skin than male ones, but it never got to the point of modern JRPGs like... , or or ). Wild ARMs had no sexualized female characters (nor any damselled one, either...!). Neither did Final Fantasy Tactics. I miss those days. [Edit: that * footnote ended up being the longest part of my post, LOL. Oh well.]
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As lead you mean? I haven't played WA3 is like 15 years, so I can't remember this detail, but WA1 had a female co-protagonist (Cecilia), and a female lead antagonist (Mother) as well as a female antagonist in the cast of "henchmen" villains (Lady Harken). A game with a female (not co- and not counting character-created) protagonist a female lead antagonist is pretty rare. Portal maybe? Some Metroid games if you count Mother Brain. xD Dishonored 2 is close, but Corvo is also playable. For "humanoid" villains there's Silent Hill 3. But yeah, it's very uncommon.
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I don't agree with this. Not in the way fanservice is commonly presented in games, anyway. Because, frankly, I find it incredibly stupid either way. I don't Nathan Drake or Solid Snake or whoever to run around in short shorts, even if it'd be "hot". It would immediately take me out of the game and make me roll my eyes. Hell, MGS3 has some female fanservice with Snake having a few shirtless scenes, and even a sex scene in the ending -- and that's fine, it fit the story. If you played Snake the whole game in boxer briefs, it might be "eye candy" but it'd be so juvenile and dumb, I sure don't want that, and I doubt many people would. Likewise, in a game like Fire Emblem, I wouldn't want all the dudes to start wearing "sexy", out of place outfits, because... it looks stupid and undermines the characters and/or the tone of the game. If by "more equal fanservice" you mean more scenes with hot dudes and ladies that actually make sense in the story, and isn't pathetically juvenile, then uh, sure, could be enjoyable I guess, but it's so rare, the MGS3 example is the only one that comes to mind. xD
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Whoa, I go play Horizon for a few hours and this thread blew up huh. xD Dead Oh, a post about sexualization amidst a sea of "but does sexism really exist??", how refreshing. :D You are right that actual sexual acts are not necessary for sexualization. But you asked for how you'd have a , and I'm giving a potential example of that. A good (as in, not sexist) example of a sexualized character could also be Moxxi in Borderlands (I talked about her ), but she's not really a "power fantasy", just a funny NPC. Maybe if she were playable, I dunno. I know you're banned but for anyone wondering: I've written this list of pseudo-arguments to avoid because they are rude, dismissive, and/or have been addressed multiple times in the thread, not because "we don't like it". So yeah.
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I am so very shocked and surprised by this development. Never saw it coming. :D Edit: so I hear they're focused on me, when I actually hardly banned anyone in this thread (just added a couple warnings). The mods who have been more active in the past few hours to deal with those trolls are male.
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Not sure what you mean. Well-written, well-designed characters who happen to be evil/bad? Or cool and interesting characters who have problematic/stereotypical elements in terms of representation? For the former, it's totally fine of course. I want more female villains and anti-heroes myself (so long as they aren't stereotypes, at least preferably). As for the latter, I enjoy a few such characters, but it doesn't mean they couldn't be improved upon.
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Fair enough. But surely you can see why that'd be frustrating from their point of view, considering the context of this thread.
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No worries! I was adding to your post, not reprimanding. :) Aye. A good counter-example is Shining Force. Shining Force had even more blatant sexualization and fanservice in the games after SF3, due to the new lead artist being a hentai artist (lol). However, they had no major budgets or significant marketing, they changed the gameplay formula for a more "modern" action style (some of them were still SRPGs I believe, but far from all), no real support from Sega, poor localization efforts, etc. And guess what, it's not selling despite . People still love the classic Shining games (Shining Force 1, 2, 3, Shining Force Gaiden/CD, and Shining in the Darkness/Holy Ark) but no one gives a shit about modern ones, because not only they suck, but all the fanservice in the world ain't enough to save it. Wow. The #1 "argument" from dudes barging in this thread is to tell women "vote with your wallet" or "buy something else". When someone literally said they do that, s your answer? Really? Oh my. I had no idea there was an actual... for this. xD I just always called it the "no-pants" design. You are right, it's overwhelmingly common. Even in designs that are decent and respectful, you get this stuff. All the playable female characters in Trails of Cold Steel have it -- no, seriously, ALL of them have either this zettai thing or are sexualized in some other way. The Kiseki games are pretty decent with gender representation for the most part, but they are becoming increasingly pandering (it's worse now than it was in the Trails in the Sky era). Hell, just for laughs I googled "Trails of Cold Steel cast" and found... this xD LOL. I don't know who edited this pic, but I salute you. "Ah, but!", said the hypothetical male countering this, "it's because they are students, and this is their uniform!". Correct, however, it's mighty convenient that the uniform for students is so sexy for female students, hmm? Not to mention, I did say ALL playable female characters... and that includes the non-students. Behold, in order: the instructor, Sara; the new special student (who isn't wearing the school uniform -- oh, she's also like, 13), Millium; the not-so-secretly-badass maid, Sharon; the badass military officer, Claire... yeah. And then there's the fact that in Cold Steel 2, they are no longer in school and therefore no longer wearing their school uniform, and yet... hmmmmm Perhaps I should be ashamed of my words and deeds and I will find out in Cold Steel 3 that it's actually illegal for women and girls to wearing pants in Erebonia.... >_> You could have a "power fantasy" type of female character doing things like... I don't know, getting naked in the shower with her lover? But yeah, most female protags don't even get to so much as kiss a dude, let alone engage in sexy acts with them. Unless they're Bioware games where you design your character and you get to see a goofy sex animation I guess. xD Those are some pretty good examples of what I'd call a "female gaze", actually. Those men are sexualized, and not in a power fantasy way at all. They are pretty much drawn and angled to be eye candy for straight women (and gay men). Absolutely. "Small" things like high heels, pigeon toes, no-pants, boobplate, corsets, etc. often ruin an otherwise really cool designs, like Shanoa, Ciri, etc. that just scream "look, she's a woman so she must be SEXY". Like the Cold Steel girls above. I mean, they aren't sexualized, but they still couldn't help themselves and give them mini skirts (and usually something else like a prominent chest, cleavage, or exposed midriff)... while the dudes all wear pants and closed shirts. Sigh. Meg was terrible gameplay-wise. It's almost as if she was specifically created to be never used in your party and be the first character you dismiss for another one. :( Well, interesting how has full pants, full chest protection, proper boots, a normal confident stance, and practical hair. Hmmmmmm
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...What the hell is this monstrosity lol I miss 90's JRPGs...
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Was on it, actually. I'll PM you what I got, I wanted to keep it concise, but let me know if you want to add more.
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Don't worry, it was sarcasm.
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Yuuuuup. I'll add this to the OP, actually. Which I've edited with a mini-FAQ that I hope will be helpful.
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Think I'm gonna need to edit the OP with a FAQ, 'cause the sheer amount of drive-bys is getting mind-numbing. Probably not inherently so, but I can't think of many good examples. Some forms sexualization is more tasteful than others, but it's still, for the most part, gratuitous. People bring up Chun Li, but... isn't she supposed to be a cop? And yeah her cup size and the tightness of her clothes seem to be increasing by every game... If your comparison argument for male sexualization is to bring up , you've already lost the argument. Do you really not realize how insulting you sound? Or gay women, for that matter. Many of them, including the OP, have posted in this thread. Oh. Here I thought it was artistic freedom. Oops? You've asked a similar question before and I'm quite certain you were answered...
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Recently: Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn), Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2), Billie Lurk (Dishonored: Death of the Outsider), Chloe Frazer (Uncharted Lost Legacy) Semi-recently: Estelle Bright (Trails in the Sky), Nilin (Remember Me), Lilith, Maya, Gaige, Athena, Nisha (Borderlands series) Older titles: Samus (pre-Other M of course), Alis Landale (Phantasy Star), Alys Brangwin (Phantasy Star IV), Chris Lightfellow (Suikoden 3) It's... not really complicated. A female power fantasy is not that different from a male power fantasy: she's a character that's cool, powerful, highly skilled at what they do*, that you feel good about controlling as they kick ass, solve problems, explore the world, etc. and look cool while doing it. Whereas a character like Heather (Silent Hill 3) wouldn't be a power fantasy, much like the male SH characters aren't male power fantasies either (they are scared, vulnerable, confused, etc.). The difference is that male power fantasies may sometimes involve exposing their skin, because a tough shirtless dude is meant to exude power and confidence. That they be sexually attractive while doing it is a bonus, not the intended feature (and sometimes, they aren't -- don't know many who actually think Kratos is "hot", even less with the Hulk). And often, if they get even more scantily clad, it's actually played for laughs, not to titillate (Raiden in MGS2, for example). With scantily clad women, the intent by disrobing them isn't to show how strong they are, but to be ogled by the viewer. You can see this in the pose, too. Look at the famous "". Is he sexualized? Yeah, a bit. But not that much; he's just a shirtless dude in a combat-ready pose, ready to kick ass. Compare to how scantily clad women are portrayed, even the so-called "" ones. They'll twist their spine at impossible angles just so you can look at her ass her boobs at the same time (the very common boobs-and-butt pose that is endemic to superhero comics -- pretty much no woman ever does this IRL). And of course, Ryu is wearing judoka pants, but R. Mika, a wrestler, is wearing an outfit so ridiculous that it wouldn't even stay on if she started running, let alone doing wrestling moves. If I played her I'd feel like a ridiculous T&A doll instead of a kick-ass wrestler. You don't have to cover her up that much, female wrestlers often wear really revealing outfits and that's totally fine, but damn, at least give the poor woman some breast support. xD * Estelle and Alis don't start out this way, as they are "junior" kind of adventurers, but over time do grow to become very powerful heroines, so that still fits the archetype.
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Not sure why a few weird examples of unusual ornamental armour pieces have to do with anything. Historically, female combatants have worn pretty much the same kinds of armour as men. In martial arts, .
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I don't know where you're getting the impression that this is OK. I have no idea what this bizarre non-sequitur has to do with... well, really. But your contributions to this thread aren't... much.
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Right. If you want to play JRPGs but "vote with your wallet" against objectified characters, you'll be buying... Pokémon and Ni No Kuni, and some indies like Cosmic Star Heroine? Yeah, slim pickings haha. (Not to devalue the indies of course, CSH is great and better than just about any recent JRPG I played <3) But yeah that's why criticism is important. "Voting with your wallet" will never be enough. Paragon has quite the fanservicey costumes from what I saw. I'm the biggest Souls fan around but even they aren't immune, Dark Souls has "Amazing Chest Ahead" remember? It's not the trashiest thing, but it was still really obvious fanservice. For the most part Souls games are great at gender equality though. The armours are all gender-equal, female NPCs aren't damselled more than male characters are and are dressed normally, you have tons of female bosses and enemies that aren't just the stereotypical "sexy evil" BS, and so on. And... they are Japanese games! So all those "meh this is Japan" excuses are just that, excuses. Japanese devs are more than capable of not having blatant sexism in their games.
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Great example (not really, but let's pretend). Now show me how ubiquitous this kind of design is in portraying male characters across the medium, instead of the rare instance.
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The amount of skin shown isn't the only factor, no. It's just one that heavily correlates with sexualization. A fully covered character can be heavily sexualized if her clothing is skin-tight, while a girl wearing a leotard might be perfectly tasteful depending on context. I posted a bit more about this earlier:
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Absolutely. Especially if we agree that intent matters, since the creator admitted he had her designed according to his fetishes, and gave her a skirt and high heel because "I like girls" (ugh, because girls can't wear anything else amirite). She wears a mini-skirt, high heels, and has a boob window. And then the game rewards the player repeatedly attempting to peek under her skirt with a trophy, etc. 2B is as pandering as they come. Personally, I think she looks really really stupid, if I want to play a so-called badass soldier robot I sure as hell don't want her to look like she's dressed for a Babymetal concert.
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Yeah, of course. The only thing you have to remember though is that, well, no one thinks advertising works on them... but, we know that advertising does work, or else it wouldn't be so widespread. So what does that tell us? That oh, I'm special and smarter than others? Or maybe it does influence me in some more subtle, subconscious level? :) It's, of course, entirely possible to be aware of harmful stereotypes and still enjoy something. Being aware is already half the battle, I'd say.
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I'm not even a Fire Emblem fan and I have a mild crush on Titania. She looks so fucking cool. :) Kat shows some skin, but her design is more cute/playful/goofy than sexy/sexualized IMO. I don't think she's objectified, the camera never objectifies her either to my recollection. There's no emphasis on T&A. But she's got some pretty stupid/fanservicey alt-costumes that I never ever equip. :P Raven is a bit more fan-servicey I guess, but it's still relatively tasteful. I'd still ditch the high heels 'cause I hate those :P but, well, she , so... w/e. If you had a so-called knight or mercenary dressed like Kat, I'd be rolling my eyes a lot more. For a flying super-heroine type, I'm not bothered at all. Sexualization isn't necessarily about the amount of skin shown. One of the creepiest examples of sexualization is the fully clothed "" from Dragon's Crown. It's not the skin shown in this case, but the pose, the skin-tight "armour" (with the boob cups lol), the emphasis on her crotch, and how she moans in "pain"... it's just the cringiest thing. The weirdest part though is the why. It's blatant sexualization but I can't imagine anyone who thinks "this is hot" or anything. It's just so weird and cringy.
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Those are really, really cool.
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Hear hear! Edit: I'll add that it's a form of character-building, too. If I see a stylish, but comfortable looking outfit for riding, adventuring or combat, I think, "this character is competent and experienced, ready for adventure". If I see them wearing metal lingerie with metal pieces that would pierce their skin if they so much as moved an inch and zero breast support, I think, "this character is a blistering idiot no matter how much the game tries to convince me they're not" * :P Basically, I know that the intent behind those costumes isn't to make the character seem stupid and it's just to titillate or make her "hot", but basically, I can't take them seriously because those designs completely undermine the supposedly competent and intelligent characters.
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Yeah, DD does get a lot of things right. Their character creator is the best I've seen in terms of choice of body types, skin tones, hair styles etc. You can make anything from a waifish child to a little old dude to a big tall burly man or woman. It's great. And for the part the armour designs aren't too bad. But it does fall prey to obnoxious "lingerie" armour tropes from time to time, such as the woman-only pieces of gear that are really just underwear, and of course that "unisex" silver chestplate that magically turns into a metal bra when worn on a woman. There's also a pretty goofy-looking boobplate (when there's individual boob sockets on the breastplate) on an otherwise pretty cool and badass female warrior NPC (Mercedes). Unrelated to armour design it also has an utterly bizarre and broken "romance" system, as well as a side-quest involving a romance with a female NPC that the aforementioned in-game affinity system, it's completely cringeworthy (you basically help out the duchess with her personal problems, and she automatically falls in love with you and there's a fade-to-black kind of cut scene suggesting your character slept with her and you can't choose not to, lol... it's really dumb). So yeah, it ain't perfect, but I still love the game and wish it were better. :) Well, I see the point about the moans, really. It sounds a bit... iffy, more sexual than sounds of pain or exertion sometimes. Compared to grunts of pain or whatever from other recent female protags (such as Emily, Aloy, the Borderlands ladies, etc.), it's noticeable. It used to be a rather common thing, too, but fortunately I think it's becoming less common.
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Now you're just concern trolling. I didn't say adults didn't play those games, I said they were "aimed at younger audiences". The rest of your post is just more deliberate obtuseness and changing the topics with tangents about GaaS. Which is funny considering how heavily sexualization is featured in , hmmmm (lol, Google Image Search's first suggestion of keyword here is... "sexualized") Not that any of this matters because that's not the point Jotakori was making. So... are you going to stop with that now, or...? You don't say...
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Us Shining Force fans got to see the franchise turn into fanservice loli shit long before Fire Emblem, when they started having the artwork done by a hentai artist (Tony Taka). Shining Force not only went from cool SRPGs to mediocre ARPGs, but art-wise, we went from to -- I kid you not. So. It's only fair that you Fire Emblem fans get to suffer with us! There's pretty much no such thing as "slut-shaming" a character. Silver chestplate equipped on a male characte: Silver chestplate (exactly the same item) equipped on a female character: I love Dragon's Dogma, but it's not exempt from sexist shit like this, sadly. It also has tons of women-only equipment pieces that are nothing more than lingerie. And 90% of the pawns you can hire are loli females dressed like that. That said I don't disagree with your post in general, just want to show that yes, even in games where people might not realize there is fanservice, there actually is, lol.
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It was an... okay one? Haha. The original is much better IMO. The new characters/battles added in the remake are a fun little addition I guess, and IIRC the translation was better, but IMO they ruined the original art style which was one of its strength (not because of sexualization though, fortunately -- it was just really mediocre art compared to Yoshitaka Tamaki's art in the original. Still, I'd play that remake over anything that came after SF3 for sure. Shining Force 1 is the game I credit for getting me into video games at the tender age of 10 or so. So it really hurts to see the absolute lows the franchise has sunk to since the PS2 era. RIP :(
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Generic 90's anime >>>>>>>>>>>>>> generic modern anime, y'all know it :D Well, Spiriel (SF3) isn't my favourite design, I just used her as a design that is, y'know, respectful to female warriors. Overall I do prefer the art in SF1 and 2. But, this is getting a bit off-topic right now I guess.
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She said "games in collection". The type of games she cares about, which may or may not be this utterly irrelevant list you decided to rattle off for no reason, often feature fanservice, and so telling her to "play something else" is not helpful. Actually you are telling her to play something else now, when I think about it. Suppose she wants to play JRPGs and fighting games, genres which heavily feature objectified women. You're telling her "go play What Remains of Edith Finch and Resident Evil 7". It's absurd and insulting.
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No complains that nu-Lara is overly sexualized, it's probably just another strawman. She's a terrible character for other reasons though. :D
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Once again you are completely missing the point. What if you had a woman tell you they were her favourite genres, and she was alienated by gaming because JRPGs that constantly feature sexualized women are just the one aimed at younger audiences (Ni No Kuni and Pokémon)? All the major franchises, from Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Tales of, Xenoblade, Trails of Cold Steel, Ys, Persona, Bravely Default, Fire Emblem, all Vanillaware games -- they all heavily feature sexualized female characters (and other sexist tropes too), sometimes egregiously so. (Valkyria Chronicles is no exception either, in addition to what Redcrayon talked about, it features a woman whose breasts are larger than her head who, of course, conveniently wears a skin-tight suit) It's not that there are 0 games without objectified women, it's that objectification is common and the norm, rather than the exception. No one would care if women only got objectified in niche Compile Hearts games and they left Fire Emblem and Xenoblade alone, but they care because it's so pervasive in the genre. And that's just JRPGs, which I used as example, but the point can apply to other genres too. So for the last time, telling a fan of those games "go play Ni No Kuni" is insulting and counter-productive and , and I encourage you to drop this line of rhetoric.
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LOL, that looks like a Compile Heart game.
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...???
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Not all response to feedback is "censorship". If Neil Druckmann watches Anita's videos, thinks "you know what, she's got a point", and improves female representation in his next games, that's not censorship, now is it. In Divinity Original Sin, a female character was originally designed with a skimpy outfit. There were some complaints, the dev agreed that it was unfair that the male character had full armour and the female one wore a metal bikini, and had it changed (much to the dismay of the actual artist who was very, very butthurt about it xD). Was that "censorship", or was it a dev agreeing that their game would improve with a bit more gender equality? A lot of games are heavily focus group tested (which has its own share of problems). If the focus groups say X, and the publishers decide "ok let's implement X" because they want to sell games, or because they think it's a good idea, or because they think it improves their product... is it censorship? Because making video games is complicated, expensive, requires specific skills and resources and budgets, and that's not a critic's job. Do you also tell film critics that instead of reviewing/criticizing movies, they should just make their own? .
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"Don't like it, don't buy it, but don't you dare say anything about it!" is a silencing tactic that attempts to stifles discussion. But since a lot of people feel that way, here's my reply to them: Don't like threads about criticism of sexualization? . "It's that simple", or so I hear.
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A significant portion of the women who posted in this thread are LGBTQ and have even said as much, including Pirate Bae. Your concern trolling is fooling no one.
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Yes, I was discussing this with someone else yesterday. We definitely need a re-usable bullet point of all the bad arguments to avoid. The most tiresome ones to repeat, IMO, would be those: - No, it's not just "fringe feminists" or "American/puritanical prudes" that care about that (aka "it's manufactured outrage"); - Yes, devs are ALLOWED to do what they want, criticism isn't censorship or censorship advocacy; - Criticism of a product isn't a judgment on people who enjoy the product; - "I enjoy T&A, I love my fanservice, so I don't care" -- good for you, now go away, this thread isn't about you; - "My enjoys it" -- yeah well my boyfriend thinks you're wrong so THERE; - "Sex sells" is a reductive, dismissive and overly simplified way of looking at things, just coming in the thread to declare that "sex sells" or "men love tits" is not helpful. - Sexual content isn't inherently the problem: content is, and is what is being criticized. *cringe* You apologize for making generalizations, then you generalize Americans and British people; you refer to your inane generalizations as "banter" or "humour" (no one's laughing, so take the hint), and then you somehow make this all about you. Sometimes, it's to not post. Coming in a 30 page thread to say something that's been addressed countless times is obnoxious. I hope you realize that. Read the thread if you're interested in finding out, or leave if you aren't. Right. It's like the "what about yaoi/otome visual novels, huh?" argument. Comparing specific niches vs comparing mainstream. If the objectification of women were limited to Vita titty games, hardly anyone would care.
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LOL now we're at the "your game criticism is really kink-shaming" level. I thought "the critics of Quiet are the real sexists all along" wasn't gonna get beaten, but here we are!
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People have defended Quiet.
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- Criticism is contribution. Neil Druckmann himself said Anita's criticisms helped him improve the stories in his games. - Anita never told anyone to feel "shame" for liking anything, you made that up. Hell, the very FemFreq is literally, "". - If Anita's milquetoast 101 feminist critique "humiliates" anyone, their ego is so fragile as to not be worth considering.
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Yeah. Interesting how your example is hypothetical, and I got a dozen women that aren't who are largely agreeing. So again, what is the point of saying "you don't speak for all women" (of course we don't, no one speaks for ~all women~) other than trying to shut us down? Do you not realize how insulting and frustrating this is for us who ARE speaking out?
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For those thinking "only a few internet radical feminists have a problem with this", well, not only this is not true as we can see with the multiple women talking about this here and largely agreeing on major points, but here are some voices from women left unheard simply because defending these ideas are too exhausting, annoying, or frustrating for them (posted these quotes from the REgals OT with their permission):
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Oh wow I missed this. Well, there we have immediate proof of dishonest trolling. He's taking a break from ERA for a while.
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The irony in your post is really remarkable, do you know this? Can't really comment on the rest, but Ciri is a supposed hardened warrior who wears high heel, a corset, and has her bra visible. They just can't help themselves.
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She worried about that because it happens every single time. Including in this very thread. Do a search for "censorship" in this thread, the results will surely depress you. Or just look at Cid's post that I'm quoting below: How many times do we have to address this ridiculous strawman? And people wonder why the Women-ERA OT don't want to post here. I don't blame them. Diablo 3 Overwatch League of Legends Dota 2 Hitman Monster Hunter Resident Evil ...The list goes on, and add to that pretty much every single: superhero game, JRPG, Vanillaware game, MMORPG, fighting game -- you want one of those without fanservice? Good luck. Fanservice is so widespread and ubiquitous that a lot of people don't even notice it anymore. They see armour with cleavage or high heels and don't bat an eye because it's been so normalized. Irrelevant and off-topic. Addressed countless times in the thread. It's a false equivalence. This is insulting, dismissive, incredibly condescending, and completely wrong. Feminist critique has had an effect already, it's just progressing slowly. But all the women speaking here don't count because we're all fringe extremists on an internet forum, is that right? Playboy is porn. ...Are you really saying that it's the female feminist critics of Quiet are the real sexists here?
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Really? I'm no expert on porn, but I could have sworn interracial porn contained a lot of racial stereotypes... Regardless, porn and non-porn media should certainly not be held to the same critical standards. Seems to me that this is self-evident...
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Interesting choice of channel: - "Perpetuating Ape Culture since 2015" -- cute, making fun of rape culture - "Apeshitly awesome": endorses channels from Milo, Sargon of Akkad, and Thunderf00t - Links to a site that features tons of hateful anti-feminist sources, and even KotakuInAction - Twitter account is... suspended, lol. - And of course the video descriptions containing words like "cuck" Sooo. Care to explain why you're linking to an alt-right channel?
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Can you imagine the reactions if the new MGS had Snake's default outfit be nothing more than a speedo (insert any "lore" justification for that you can think of) and the camera lovingly panned over his ass constantly, etc? I wonder if the "it fits the MGS craziness!" excuse would be so widespread then. People already complained about pretty-boy Raiden, can't imagine the meltdowns, hah. Well actually I can, I remember the meltdowns from the FF mobile game -- Square Enix actually changed the dude's costume because it was "too revealing". So maybe we can stop pretending there isn't a double standard already.
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Pretty much. Hell, I often give examples of portrayals of scantily clad women, or even sexualized women, that I wouldn't consider sexist. Problem is, almost all of them are hypothetical because apparently writing actual expressions of female sexuality is legit difficult for the video game industry... :D
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It's incredibly insulting and dismissive towards all of the women who posted in this thread, not to mention the OP who put effort in her thread. Moreover, if you peek at the REgals (Women of ERA) OT you will see tons more women saying they feel absolutely disgusted by this thread and won't even touch it because it's so exhausting to address the same old bad arguments over and over. Also, all the "" -- . You might not realize it or do it intentionally, but by using someone else like that as a shield (someone who isn't even speaking for themselves, mind) you are being rude and dismissive of the women who ARE actually speaking up. I mean, I could easily say, "Okay, well, read your post and thinks you're wrong, so ", but then you'd find that comment pretty ridiculous, right? So, kindly stop doing that (not just you, but everyone else). If your SOs disagree so strongly, let them register and post their thoughts themselves. Bringing up your unverifiable anecdotes as a shield is meaningless. It's not villanization of sexualization, it's criticism of sexist stereotypes; and feminism is most definitely not "synonymous with censorship" by any stretch of the imagination.
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I'm sorry, what? Women exist. They don't need a "point" or a "justification" to be included and/or represented. This... you?
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Got examples of what you have in mind that is so insulting? A lot of games have low budgets and I'd personally prefer a simple model swap over not having representation at all. Going with the "lazy devs" rhetoric isn't very cool.
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It's for everyone, but if you weren't talking about that, then no. You got a warning for a different thing, please read it.
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To add to fighting game characters, one thing that annoys me isn't that they're scantily clad, but that their outfits are absurd. I wouldn't mind a martial artist/MMA-type character in skin-tight spandex shorts and a sports bra, and that'd show tons of skin, and I'm sure it could be very sexy too, but it would make sense. But instead we always get characters who wear an outfit that would fall apart at the slightest body movement. As for scantily-clad fantasy warrior women: why are they almost never wearing loincloths the way male "barbarians" are, but instead, chafing metal that would pierce into their skin so horribly? I wouldn't mind a female barbarian that looked like (slightly NSFW I guess, rough sketch of a topless woman), but instead they look like... >_<. And we all know why. It's not about presenting badass tribal/barbarian types, but just another excuse for T&A. Basically: if you're gonna show some skin, OK, but give those poor women some breast support and comfy underwear, dammit! :)
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No, saying "Why women do ___" is not "speaking for all women". See this: Pretty much.
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Funnily enough you wouldn't need an "umpteenth time". was enough to watch a meltdown. But, yeah, someone posted this on the ReGals/Women OT and I found it fitting: Looks dumb eh? Well, replacing them with ladies would still be just as dumb, but it's so normalized that many people (including many women) don't even notice it anymore. By that logic, all stereotypes in fiction are harmless. There is a reason why there is more pushback on racist, homophobic, transphobic and sexist stereotypes than stereotypes about men, and I'm sure you can see why?
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You're free to be judgmental but please avoid sweeping generalizations. Don't be condescending and dismissive, not to mention that's a false equivalence that has been addressed in this thread several times. Remember, it's .
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Master Chief
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