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.
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- April 15th, 2022, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Dark Souls I, II and III
- Replies: 1019
- Views: 621347
- April 14th, 2022, 5:43 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Dark Souls I, II and III
- Replies: 1019
- Views: 621347
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...
- March 23rd, 2022, 3:33 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Dark Souls I, II and III
- Replies: 1019
- Views: 621347
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!
- March 23rd, 2022, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Elden Ring
- Replies: 183
- Views: 72707
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...
- March 1st, 2022, 6:00 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Elden Ring
- Replies: 183
- Views: 72707
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...
- February 19th, 2022, 4:13 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Kingdom Hearts / Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6555
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...
- October 18th, 2021, 4:40 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Dead Rising
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8775
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...
- October 17th, 2021, 9:27 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20185
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 ...
- July 14th, 2021, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Ghost of Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17215
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...
- May 4th, 2021, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Last of Us Part II
- Replies: 93
- Views: 116579
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.
For what it’s worth, I thought it was an incredible game, although it was a gruelling and almost traumatic experience to play through.
- May 3rd, 2021, 7:32 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Disco Elysium
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10543
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...
- April 6th, 2021, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Streets of Rage 4
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7571
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.
- January 18th, 2021, 9:51 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Resident Evil 3 (2020)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6362
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...
- December 12th, 2020, 1:49 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Persona 5 Royal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8362
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.
- December 4th, 2020, 8:11 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Persona 5 Royal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8362
Re: Persona 5 Royal
I think the main new bits are Yoshizawa and Maruki? I thought they were really compelling.
- December 3rd, 2020, 8:51 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Persona 5 Royal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8362
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...
- December 3rd, 2020, 1:06 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Persona 5 Royal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8362
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 ...
- October 17th, 2020, 1:48 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Devil May Cry V / Special Edition
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11894
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...
- July 22nd, 2020, 1:30 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Oxenfree
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16068
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 ...
- July 16th, 2020, 11:06 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The World Ends With You
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10394
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...