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by Nupraptor
April 15th, 2022, 9:06 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dark Souls I, II and III
Replies: 1019
Views: 613210

Re: Dark Souls I, II and III

After many failed attempts, I summoned two allies which made the whole thing trivial. Cathartic!

New headcanon: The Painter from Ashes of Ariandel, painted The Lands Between.
by Nupraptor
April 14th, 2022, 5:43 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dark Souls I, II and III
Replies: 1019
Views: 613210

Re: Dark Souls I, II and III

Playing through the DS3 DLC for the first time. Slave Knight Gael was one of the best boss fights ever. Really tough, but once you’ve learned his attacks, you can dodge and counterattack all of them. If you get hit, you’ve made a mistake. Sister Friede though…..I can do the first two phases pretty e...
by Nupraptor
March 23rd, 2022, 3:33 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dark Souls I, II and III
Replies: 1019
Views: 613210

Re: Dark Souls I, II and III

Listening to old episodes of Bonfireside Chat and they had James Carter on to discuss the Irithyll Dungeon area of DS3. One of the funniest things was listening to him trying to explain the concept of the GamesMaster tv show to two Americans!
by Nupraptor
March 23rd, 2022, 12:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Elden Ring
Replies: 183
Views: 70381

Re: Elden Ring

Lost 80000 runes to a glitch last night. Beat a (superb) late game boss and then hung around afterwards to do some beneficent Co-op fingering. When my character came back from the host’s world, the game re spawned me in a location outside of the game’s parameters and I died instantly, with the runes...
by Nupraptor
March 1st, 2022, 6:00 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Elden Ring
Replies: 183
Views: 70381

Re: Elden Ring

Loving this game so far. I’ve just made it through one of the early areas. It was very tough. It’s a castle. It’s massive and it feels positively labyrinthine when you’re first exploring it. The basic enemies can easily kill you if you’re not careful and there are elite enemies and mini bosses scatt...
by Nupraptor
February 19th, 2022, 4:13 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Kingdom Hearts / Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
Replies: 13
Views: 6166

Re: Our next podcast recording (20.2.22) - 507: Kingdom Hearts / Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX

It’s wild that this game works so well, but it just does! What a bonkers and unlikely crossover. As a fan of both Disney and Final Fantasy though, this was just a dream come true - and I think a lot of people felt that way. It feels like this was made by people with a real love for both universes. I...
by Nupraptor
October 18th, 2021, 4:40 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dead Rising
Replies: 11
Views: 8456

Re: 493 - Dead Rising

I remember getting this relatively close to release. At that point, I was used to the Resident Evil games, where you might be used to facing four or five zombies at a time. The ability of this game to put hundreds of zombies on screen at once was just stunning. It was a powerful demonstration of the...
by Nupraptor
October 17th, 2021, 9:27 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
Replies: 25
Views: 19033

Re: 494 - Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade

I am one of those people who have been dreaming of an FFVII Remake ever since the PS2 was first announced. When it finally arrived, I couldn’t have been more delighted. I think it does such a superb job of marrying the essence of what people loved about the original with modern design. I think this ...
by Nupraptor
July 14th, 2021, 12:36 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Ghost of Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 16662

Re: Our next podcast recording (17.7.21): 478 - Ghost of Tsushima

This is a beautiful game and the guiding wind and songbird are really elegant ways of integrating mechanics into the game world. I’m sure we’ll see that imitated in the future. At times I found the gameplay loop quite dull. It became a chore to trek from one objective to another. I’m not sure how mu...
by Nupraptor
May 4th, 2021, 10:06 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Last of Us Part II
Replies: 93
Views: 114317

Re: 476 - The Last of Us Part II

At the time of writing, this is the 70th post on this thread. Whatever else you think about The Last Of Us: Part 2, it certainly got people talking - and still does!
For what it’s worth, I thought it was an incredible game, although it was a gruelling and almost traumatic experience to play through.
by Nupraptor
May 3rd, 2021, 7:32 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Disco Elysium
Replies: 18
Views: 10069

Re: Our next podcast recording (8.5.21): 468 - Disco Elysium

This is a wonderful game! It has that unrestrained, anarchic feel that adventure games on PC had back in the 90s. I haven’t personally played something like this for years. In fact, I’m not sure if I’ve ever played *anything* that is truly like this. The closest I can describe it, is as the booze an...
by Nupraptor
April 6th, 2021, 5:22 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Streets of Rage 4
Replies: 14
Views: 7363

Re: 466 - Streets of Rage 4

Playing Streets of Rage 4 now gives me the same feeling as playing Streets of Rage 2 did back in the early nineties.
by Nupraptor
January 18th, 2021, 9:51 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Resident Evil 3 (2020)
Replies: 8
Views: 6251

Re: 455 - Resident Evil 3 (2020)

In 1999, I played Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and I had a good time, but it felt like a weaker experience when compared with the sublime Resident Evil 2. in 2020, I played the Resident Evil 3 remake and I had a good time, but it also felt like a weaker experience compared with the sublime Resident Evil...
by Nupraptor
December 12th, 2020, 1:49 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Persona 5 Royal
Replies: 16
Views: 8184

Re: Persona 5 Royal

Persona 5 has the weakest soundtrack of any Persona game? I thought it was incredible, but I haven't played the others. My mind boggles at how good they must sound.
by Nupraptor
December 4th, 2020, 8:11 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Persona 5 Royal
Replies: 16
Views: 8184

Re: Persona 5 Royal

I think the main new bits are Yoshizawa and Maruki? I thought they were really compelling.
by Nupraptor
December 3rd, 2020, 8:51 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Persona 5 Royal
Replies: 16
Views: 8184

Re: Persona 5 Royal

Just listened to the Persona 5 pod. It only covers the base game and it was made before Royal was released. Great listen. Lots of good insights . I was surprised by the amount of negativity. I never played the base game. Reading around and listening to people's comments, it sounds like Royal was qui...
by Nupraptor
December 3rd, 2020, 1:06 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Persona 5 Royal
Replies: 16
Views: 8184

Persona 5 Royal

I just finished Persona 5: Royal this week. 130 hours. Not bad value for money given that I picked it up in Argos for £28! 10/10. It’s an excellent game and it really feels like it sets the benchmark for JRPGs going forwards. I didn't play the original so this was my first time playing through. The ...
by Nupraptor
October 17th, 2020, 1:48 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Devil May Cry V / Special Edition
Replies: 10
Views: 11730

Re: 448: Devil May Cry V

Years ago, we was a happy hobbits, living in fieldses and nice hobbit holes. The kind peoples at Capcom had given us delightous action games of Devil May Cry One, Three and Four. (Not Devil May Cry Two! We doesn’t speak of it! Gollum!) Then in 2013, Capcom betrays us! They gives Devil May Cry to tri...
by Nupraptor
July 22nd, 2020, 1:30 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Oxenfree
Replies: 9
Views: 15946

Re: 436: Oxenfree

Just finished my first play through yesterday on Switch. I thought it was a clever and well-told ghost story. Creepy rather than scary. The final stinger, literally sent a shiver down my spine. I loved the animations on the characters. They move in a really natural fashion. The game makes excellent ...
by Nupraptor
July 16th, 2020, 11:06 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The World Ends With You
Replies: 7
Views: 10285

Re: Our next podcast recording (18.7.20) - 428: The World Ends With You

I played this on the DS back in it's hayday. It is a superbly creative and fresh JRPG. I think it is one of Square's best "Non-Final Fantasy" JRPGs. It is a shame that it has never had, and is unlikely to get, a sequel. They really embraced the dual screen and touch screen functions of the...