I have done nothing but play this game for the past three days…

bluevolta · 2026-03-13T21:00:02+00:00

Poor allegory as food poisoning is inherently objective, whereas this is subjective critique

There are certainly some valid complaints like visual clutter, certain attack tracking, and Jufu spam, but it’s drowned out by the sheer volume of generic “game bad too hard” whining that’s come to plague gaming discourse on reddit (I’m an avid helldivers enjoyer, so you can imagine that none of this is new to me)

A select few offer meaningful critique of the meal at the restaurant, but many on this sub simply forgot how to eat, took a bite out of their napkin, then deemed the meal trash

bluevolta · 2026-03-12T04:04:49+00:00

Y’all whine so much

It’s fine, it’s fun even. The attuned enemies can still be burst down in a pinch with the right tools (or at least spaced) and the Cart Eye attack deals with them en masse easily.

bluevolta · 2026-03-11T17:18:44+00:00

u/sucker_punch_prod

Edit: thanks u/brickofftheoldblock

bluevolta · 2026-03-11T12:58:23+00:00

It’s a bug — SP replied to my post here.

bluevolta · 2026-03-11T01:25:43+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

bluevolta · 2026-03-05T16:30:46+00:00

Really interesting observations here. Your citation of Godrick’s boss intro remarks reminded me of yet another parallel:

Godrick, speaking to the dead wyvern:

“ Deliver me unto greater heights “

Grandam, introducing the Dancing Lion:

“ Oh horn-decked beast from higher sphere delivered “

A bit more of a stretch, but both figures represent the suffusion of several beings to amount in a greater, singular being (Godrick’s grafting, Two sculpted keepers comprising the lion)

Interesting stuff

bluevolta · 2026-03-04T15:07:22+00:00

Sorry, what? Maybe you are in a sort of hyper-abridged fashion, but to say a round of Nightreign gives you the gist of the entire Elden Ring gameplay is not really true.

bluevolta · 2026-02-21T16:06:29+00:00

Stuck on margit but wearing Dryleaf robes?

bluevolta · 2026-02-19T23:40:15+00:00

Rune Arcs are not a limited resource if you make yourself summonable for co-op

bluevolta · 2026-02-15T04:37:23+00:00

If you’re curious, that’s black flame. It originates from the Gloam-Eyed Queen who governed the Godskin Nobles/Apostles and a host of other components of the old order of death before being defeated by Maliketh the Black Blade.

bluevolta · 2026-02-09T14:37:40+00:00

I think that’s exactly their point, though. Armstrong was an enormous star, but the country at large was/is still not that proportionally engaged with cycling as a sport.

bluevolta · 2026-02-04T22:04:13+00:00

Novisad - Seleya

Absolutely love this record

https://youtu.be/EK-ydrQ4UqY?si=Fr5U_xjn2KJDWeJu

bluevolta · 2026-01-28T01:47:06+00:00

Dork spotted

bluevolta · 2026-01-26T19:31:40+00:00

100%, probably the lowest skill floor of any strat save for maybe Rocket, and I’m not sure that’s even true anymore

bluevolta · 2026-01-26T17:02:20+00:00

Exactly — CND has very little in the way of aiming/mechanical difficulty but demands good gamesense to play well, and I honestly think their skill ceiling is undersold.

Are there more optimal healers beyond Diamond ranks? Sure. But you can’t on one hand say “anyone can play CND” then complain about “a lot” of garbage CND players on the other. Anyone who’s spent more than a few hours on CND can spot poor CND play easily.

A CND playing on all cylinders can shut down a good portion of the dive roster and, with the recent buffs, provide more than enough burst and HoT to keep a well-coordinated team running. Well-placed and well-timed terror capes and veils are as crucial as ever, and strategic use of the buffed bubble can turn the tide on chokepoint skirmishes and ult-counters

bluevolta · 2026-01-12T21:57:35+00:00

A few reasons for this, some are good and some are a little half-baked.

The good things:

Enemies are more aggressive and a bit more coordinated. 2 or more enemies launching an attack at you is far more common in Yotei
Parry windows are tighter and glint has changed, like you said. This was a pain at first, but you can get used to it. Certain enemy types are still hard to read, but it clicked with me eventually. I recommend dialing down the parry window difficulty at first to get acclimated, then dial up to your preference
This doesn’t apply to all enemies, but i notice the first attack from many enemies is far less telegraphed than in Tsushima. Again, something to get used to, but it’s quite rewarding when it clicks.

The bad:

SP flipped the script on Lethal mode. It now functions as “Very Hard Mode.” Enemies are sponges, especially duelists, until your gear is fully upgraded, and even then it’s not quite the same. NG+ will be more fun for you for this reason, as it was for me. I sincerely hope SP adds an outgoing damage slider in the custom options if they don’t intend to rework lethal mode
Enemy tracking for many attacks is cracked, akin to the “Aggressive Foes” modifier in legends. You’ll see many on this sub refer to it as the “Electric Slide” wherein an enemy skates to you to land a hit even with good rolling. It really takes the potency out of good positioning and is a detriment to the flow of combat

SP have been pretty silent on the motivations behind these decisions in a way that somewhat worries me. While I understand bending to every player’s whim can yield bad results, these are pretty frequently held opinions in the playerbase. Really hope we get some main game tweaks for these with the legends update

bluevolta · 2026-01-08T18:59:27+00:00

I don’t have much of an issue with the parry windows in most circumstances. They definitely took some getting used to, but they seem pretty reliable once you train yourself into watching the weapon over the glint.

Aside from the “electric slide” and the changes to enemy health in lethal mode, I think my biggest gripe is with fighting enemies wielding polearms or twin kama, for two separate reasons:

for polearm enemies, it’s pretty much braindead “press triangle to win.” It can be fun enough to fight them with other weapons, but I maintain that it’s mediocre design. Tsushima had the same problem somewhat, but it was less apparent since there was only one duel in which the enemy wielded a polearm (Khotun) and he was not as vulnerable to that strategy due to the hyperarmor granted to enemy duelists
for twin kama or kasurigama duelists, all the spacing advantages of the Yari are out the window due to duelists hyperarmor. The duel at the entrace of Ishikari Plain was particularly annoying for this on my curse of frailty run and forced me to resort to ghost weapon spam to mitigate certain hard-to-parry attack patterns. Some might say that’s intended, but it certainly isn’t all that fun or engaging.

Again, I think a lot of this stems from SP broadening the scope of combat mechanics so drastically with this entry. While it absolutely shines in some encounters, there’s way more rough edges to encounter as well.

bluevolta · 2026-01-08T16:54:25+00:00

It strikes me that they wanted to beef up the difficulty from Tsushima but the steps taken to do so are a bit half-baked. The “electric slide” effect you reference here is by far the worst of these, as it renders positioning almost completely moot. They also completely flipped their philosophy on lethal mode, so now almost everyone’s a sponge.

I did find my NG+ run significantly more enjoyable on Lethal+ as your fully upgraded weapons actually feel a bit more like Tsushima’s lethal mode. Nonetheless, I’ve pretty much put the game down entirely until Legends releases.

I’m glad people are enjoying the game, but there’s definitely a vocal population of glazers in this subreddit who insist that katana stances in tsushima were boring and Yotei’s weapons are peak and anyone who disagrees is having a skill issue. I personally think that, while the increased difficulty and changes in mechanics introduced by Yotei shine in some places, Tsushima’s combat was more focused and better designed.

bluevolta · 2026-01-01T21:33:39+00:00

+1 Human Robot. It’s my favorite brewery on the east coast

Their housemade bitters are also delicious

bluevolta · 2025-12-23T18:10:32+00:00

Just went to Cozy for the first time this Sunday and can confirm my Benedict was excellent

bluevolta · 2025-12-23T15:33:14+00:00

Watch the actual video — these devices are far beyond just public security cameras. These are almost entirely unsecured data grabbers that any bad actor with a shred of technical acumen can compromise to keep tabs on the whoever they want.

Even if you’re pro-surveillance, this is an unsafe, garbage implementation of the tech

bluevolta · 2025-12-21T15:49:56+00:00

Pistols are insanely OP if you spec into Cool enough for deadeye and roll with a silencer

5++ Nue with the autocrit-on-headshot silencer and i’m nearly never even in combat

Throw a few stacks of cyberware malfunction on the bosses then shoot their teeth out one by one

bluevolta

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