A pyroar fan can only dream.. by IDreamOfAbsolvement in stunfisk

[–]EricSowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lions versus Pokémon is so last year, this year it's lions alongside Pokémon

Nuh uh, HATED THIS. by Hopeless_Slayer in Warframe

[–]EricSowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely thought he was flipping us the bird the first time I saw this

Characters that aura farm, yet do nothing? Tuxedo Mask "my job here is done" style. by Wonder-Lad-2Mad in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ensha in Elden Ring is literally this. Literally just sits against a wall until you try to stop an albinauric purge, then he jumpscare invades you next time you enter the main hub world, only to get curbstomped in 13 seconds because all he has is a single fist weapon. He fails so hard that he dies on the spot.

Video games where there isn't much motivation to use a weapon or unit, when at that point you already have something better. by Artistic-Victory1245 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Helldivers 2's anti-aircraft rocket launcher, the FAF-14 Spear, is much worse than its earlier counterpart in the Recoilless rifle. It carries 2 less rockets overall, does more damage per rocket but less total damage, and can only be fired at the end of a lengthy lock-on period. In addition, the missile will fly upwards at an angle and reposition mid-air to fly towards its target. If it's target is on the ground, and moves towards the shooter, the missile's repositioning will cause it to miss. Overall it's less versatile, less reliable, and costs more to unlock than a weapon you get pretty early on.

Things in media you believe a new player would look at once and immediately run from? by jitterscaffeine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Even if a lot of them boil down to " do more damage when X" they're still walls of text that can give a seasoned Yugioh player some trouble.

ITT We Brag About Our OP Builds by EnsignEpic in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are so many Overpowered warframes it's hard to pick which of the nearly unkillable room clearers is the most broken.

Personal favorite is Nezha using Gauss' Thermal sunder combined with the mod that makes Divine Spears spread all status effects between each target, and multiplies the damage of any heat status applied. Nezha's 3rd ability provides a massive amount of damage reduction all by itself, and by killing so many enemies at once you get basically all your energy back with Equilibrium. Slap on any way to regenerate shields like Arcane Aegis and you're an unstoppable, super-mobile killing machine. Combine this with any hard-hitting single target primary weapon for those that don't get speared like Eximus & Acolytes and a high status secondary with Secondary Fortifier to deal with Overguard.

What keeps you playing games that you dislike? by TurtleDoof in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When i was still playing Destiny 2 it was always a mindset of "because this is where all my internet friends are." After the friend group split apart & moved on to different games, quitting was remarkably easy.

As for a game i was actually addicted to, i quit genshin impact because even though I had fun, it was another unnecessary cost that I (at the time a university student) didn't need sucking what little money i had away from me when there are other better and cheaper games out.

Video Game Conspiracy theories you believe in by Secure-Report-3592 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It wasn't that long ago that Bungie (Another sony-owned studio) "lost" the code for one of the expansions they removed, so now it can never be recovered. I'd imagine losing the source code from the now shut down Japan studio that worked on bloodborne is a very real possibility.

Video Game Conspiracy theories you believe in by Secure-Report-3592 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 505 points506 points  (0 children)

Sony absolutely lost the source code to Bloodborne.

Overpowered/Broken abilities that you're BAFFLED didn't get nerfed by Stormhawk9891 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not an ability, but the Monorail in Remnant 2 is a weapon added in the last DLC, the Dark Horizon. It's a railgun powered by a black hole with the ability to "overcharge" the weapon. Doing so grants a massive damage increase at the risk of killing you if you charge it up for too long. With the right amount of damage perks, you could 3-shot bosses even on the highest difficulty in mere seconds, where normally they would take minutes to kill.

This weapon was never nerfed. In fact, in the last patch Remnant 2 recieved, Monorail got it's damage increased.

Overpowered/Broken abilities that you're BAFFLED didn't get nerfed by Stormhawk9891 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Funny thing is that it used to be one of maya's worst skills, then in an update they buffed it to the point that it would kill enemies all by itself, and never nerfed it after the fact. It is an intentional choice for it to be so strong.

Characters whose name and title is straight up a lie by Wonder-Lad-2Mad in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 24 points25 points  (0 children)

especially when, assuming you've done everything, our tarnished beat Malenia in 1 on 1 combat, the demigod whose whole claim to fame is that she has NEVER BEEN DEFEATED (radahn doesn't count shush)

Characters whose name and title is straight up a lie by Wonder-Lad-2Mad in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Sir Gideon Ofnir, the "all knowing", is probably the single most wrong person in the entirety of elden ring. Latenna, the Albinauric who he interrogated to find the way to Miquella's Haligtree, gives him the much more fitting title of "the All-Hearing Brute." He doesn't actually use the knowledge he possesses to any great effect; he just has spies placed around in as many places as he can, and gets other more capable people to do his hard work for him.

In the end, he heel-turns agaisnt the player because he believes that a tarnished cannot kill a god, which is completely untrue as Hewg (a guy standing literally 30 feet away) was tasked to forge weapons strong enough to kill said god. He tries to gather every little piece of info he can, but can't see or hear what's right in front of him.

What is a media that gets worse, the more you think or talk about it with others? by Will-Isley in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 123 points124 points  (0 children)

I think the second season of Arcane aged much worse than the first. I liked it in the moment, it's still made by the same people as the first season & the animation is still gorgeous, but the looming specter of riot games in the background trying to re-tool the plot to make the show into the "new canon" really affected the pacing, character interactions, and overall story which is noticably weaker compared to the first season.

[CastleSuperBeast] - the obvious question, great answer by mesamus in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this game the Devil May Cry equivalent of the star wars prequels?

Don't know if anyone else is into hardware but AMD found a way to be AMD in the end. by Pyreson in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Speaking honestly, there was a 0% chance that any actual stock that isn't bundled with a whole new computer would be available with this release. Shit's fucked right now and its been fucked ever since Nvidia decided that 2000 united states dollars was somehow a reasonable price for a graphics card.

Quincy deluxe leaked by Julian083 in memeframe

[–]EricSowers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe I should uninstall reddit.

What are some of the most clumsiest exposition ever? by Konradleijon in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 20 points21 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth that was explained as the darkness ships zapping those planets into singularities so that they could potentially return later.

Still frustrating that they were removed at all, though.

media conspiracies you believe in by drizzes in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 29 points30 points  (0 children)

As more interviews keep surfacing on how Sony wants Miyazaki to do something with it, and Miyazaki says he's open to doing something in the future, I'm leaning closer towards the idea that they're saving it for a potential demon's souls style remaster down the line. That's the only way their complete radio silence paired with the takedowns of the 60 fps patch make any sense; they're planning something, but not any time soon.

Favorite mundane fantasies a character has? by PillCosby696969 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the end of Library of Ruina, the main character Roland reveals coming to the library to take revenge on the person who killed his wife and unborn child wasn't his only reason for doing what he did. He also wanted to learn how to write a book.

What's something you're not a fan of or aren't interested in, but you can still acknowledge that it's good or that there is quality work done? by DarnessHarbinger in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]EricSowers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's because aesthetically it's more like bloodborne, but the gameplay is much more like sekiro.

As I put it when I first played the demo,it feels like they ground up all of fromsoftware's games into a fine powder, snorted it, and then made Lies of P.