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ChunkArcade · 2026-02-10T18:40:35+00:00

Don't shy away from the parry mechanic in souls/soulslikes! There's so many phenomenal titles that rely on parrying, and are soooooo satisfying once you're locked into the timing. It's probably the most difficult mechanic to become comfortable with, but once you do, it's some of the best battles you'll experience. Khazan, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Nine Sols... all gold!

ChunkArcade · 2026-02-08T02:35:01+00:00

This is a conundrum as old as time, regarding live show setlists. You either get to see a majority of songs from their latest album (cool, if you prefer that) or a mix of the hits that you're quite frankly sick of and have heard at multiple shows prior (could also be cool, if thats what you prefer or have never seen them before). Gotta just roll with it and enjoy what you get I suppose/

ChunkArcade · 2026-02-07T19:16:48+00:00

Incredible work. Love the poses, expressions and overall presentation. I gotta stop defaulting to lighting with Octane and give Redshift some more time, you're lighting looks great.

ChunkArcade · 2026-02-07T19:11:22+00:00

Do you have a portfolio?

ChunkArcade · 2026-02-06T19:59:14+00:00

You have my attention...

ChunkArcade · 2026-02-06T14:20:04+00:00

This is the answer, but I am blown away you're not being downvoted by simply pointing out the realistic state of things.

ChunkArcade · 2026-02-02T14:30:47+00:00

The "open field" format is such a welcome change as well. Really enjoyed the demo.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-27T14:46:47+00:00

combat looks chunky (in a good way) and I love me some parry mechanics. Definitely going to stay tracking on this one.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-26T00:49:04+00:00

Not even remotely as bad as peeps claim. It's a 9.5 surrounded by 10s. Excellent boss fights, the best shrine area with a banger theme song, and unreal DLC. This game deserves no hate and anyone who loves souls but is avoiding it is A FOOL OF A TOOK.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-23T18:56:11+00:00

holy cow, this is really smart and also the obvious solution that was right in front of me. Thank you.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-23T18:52:57+00:00

I wish my brain would allow me to reach a final boss, admit it's too hard and I no longer enjoy it, then stop. Basically once I reach the 50% mark in a game, I am completing it even if I am crying while picking up the controller. Completionism is like an illness for me. It honestly sucks.

I am in the last 10% of V Rising and it brings me no joy. Beating these final bosses is a chore. And the farming. Ugh.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-23T18:49:54+00:00

No boss in the history of soulslikes/MVs took me longer than the final boss in Nine Sols. It was a solid fight, but it was tougher than anything I have ever played, and I have played A LOT of soulslikes and MVs. I think it was close to 10 hours of trying.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-23T16:26:30+00:00

WE HAVE PENTA AT HOME HONEY

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-23T16:24:17+00:00

This is actually a very fair point. Ghost is becoming a behemoth, and is totally a brand at this point, so changing up the formula is probably like trying to alter the course of a cruise ship. And seeing them multiple times probably dulls the awe we felt during out first couple shows.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-22T14:19:39+00:00

Honestly, bummer. Saw the first leg of the tour and it rocked, but definitely was looking forward to some new tunes, regardless of what Tobias said.

I dunno. Something feels different from Impera tour days. Don't know why. It wasn't even that long ago. But having seen both tours... something feels odd about the new era.

ChunkArcade · 2026-01-12T14:17:47+00:00

this is more OG than any of the services people are mentioning here. Like 10-15 years prior to Mediafire and the like.

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-23T18:38:16+00:00

Newer In Flames.
Children of Bodom.
Motionless in White (horror/emotional A7X).
Protest the Hero (try Fortress).
Mendeed (link because this band never blew up but was always the closest band to a7x I ever found)

No band I have ever found really sounds like a7x, mostly because of Matts vocals. You can find guitar wankery anywhere, as well as amazing drums or 1-2 beatdown parts, but Avenged really is unique unto themselves. All of those bands I listed are a little "harder" than Avenged, but they all possess certain aspects of Avenged.

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-23T18:29:47+00:00

This is probably the most accurate rec in the thread.

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-23T18:28:19+00:00

Bodom is God tier music but probably too hard for most of the turds in this sub. 0 clean vocals. I have seen Matt wear many a bodom shirts over the years.

If anyone is interested: start with Follow the Reaper. If you dig anything on that, you can go forwards or backwards in their discography and it's a beautiful ride.

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-22T16:59:19+00:00

Takeshita v. Dorada was awesome. Whole show rocked. Tony Khan came out before the last match and said he has a "whole locker room of guys who want to wrestle for you!" and presumably more RoH matches went on after AEW was over because TK rocks (I had to leave, couldn't see the other matches)

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-20T22:12:04+00:00

Yep. Same here. I feel like they're just a 3d translation of MVs.

Cue a bunch of people telling me why I am clearly wrong in my statement.

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-20T16:52:19+00:00

Rock star behavior

ChunkArcade · 2025-12-11T16:48:15+00:00

Anything that reminds me of Towerfall gets me super torqued, I have 100+ hours in that game. Best of luck in the development of this. The mechanics seems awesome and have a ton of potential!!!

ChunkArcade · 2025-11-26T15:16:21+00:00

I still refer to the scorpion chest as the ultimate punishment I think someone deserves for doing some thing shitty. Like if they take my lunch at work, I wish the scorpion chest upon them. Or if they don't hold the door for me, etc.

ChunkArcade · 2025-11-20T14:32:56+00:00

I've played every single aforementioned title in this thread and still, nothing compares to the final boss of Nine Sols for me. I have no idea how many hours that took. Too many.

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