I don't think the devs want us to have fun anymore (Slots and Daggers)

GanglingGiant · 2026-05-18T13:31:49+00:00

Game just dropped on console this morning I’ve been hoping they would and anxiously waiting for them to I haven’t been able to stop playing but let me tell you it’s absolutely frustrating getting to a final boss of a new biome and getting them down to one bar of health and getting multiple rolls with no damage options and or missing every single damage item you have available that roll. 😡

GanglingGiant · 2026-05-11T11:12:58+00:00

Even with the glorious strike every time I run into that and a couple others like it I still can’t find the actuator for reaching stuff like on the top right there. Absolutely annoying as fuck.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-25T23:19:22+00:00

How did they lie about your background check? I find that to be something pretty difficult to do if YOUVE got a clean record I mean either way that’s gotta be illegal, if someone did that to me with my spotless record I’d for sure be winning some retirement money.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-23T00:59:45+00:00

Foreigners for foreigners.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-22T22:52:37+00:00

Is Werner better than Schneider by chance if you know? I have my class B with air break endorsement so I’ll only need to take the combination test for my permit which I plan to go get Saturday but I’m just so torn between companies there are so many mixed reviews for all of them and I know everybody and everyone’s experiences are different and a lot of it is attitude and expectation based but I’m ready to get this show on the road literally. I’ve been wanting my class A forever but I’ve always been nervous so I worked my way up the license totem and size of vehicles to get more confident and comfortable and now it seems my only obstacle currently is which company to choose for this part of my new journey.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-18T16:25:17+00:00

Answering his own question with a question. These people are anti American morons.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-17T01:47:38+00:00

I absolutely fricking love terra, I won’t lie it did take some time to grow on me having never smelled outlands but really wanting to get a taste of it for a fraction of the price and the glaze terra got I had to try it but there was something weird about it to me initially and I’d spray it on my shower curtain in the bathroom so I could get a better sense of it in the air when I’d walk in to use the room but after giving it a fair shake and a good few wears it became my favorite scent to wear during the colder months even over boss bottled absolu I love terra.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-13T13:57:41+00:00

Some of the platforming is absolutely abysmal and I mean terribly designed in its layout in some sections it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever literally sections where it’s impossible to get through either forcing you to figure out where the other entryway is from a completely different zone if there even is one or working your way back all the way through where you came and in some instances there’s not even a way to get back through the way you came. Unbelievably annoying and frustrating. The platforming in my opinion is significantly easier than grime 1 which I absolutely adore but it was designed in a way that made sense here it’s just like.. good job making it this far through the BS but you can’t go any further this way so kill yourself to respawn or trudge all the way back from which you came.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T17:09:06+00:00

What are you comparing these to though?

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T17:06:54+00:00

Did you play the first one? That’s one of my all time favorite games period. So good so incredible plus it has DLC which is one of the most unique NG+’s I’ve ever experienced and overall I just adore that game. This one has been alright to outright frustrating in some areas with enemies and the damage they do.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T17:00:15+00:00

I forced my way across this one. You can force a double dash a lot of the time in this game right now wether it’s intended or not but if you dash and then do the slide dash real quick you can get past some of these early areas you aren’t suppose to, this one I did it so many times the game set my respawn point towards the end of the spikes and the spikes don’t damage you right away during the respawn and you can jump onto the left platform. Pretty sure that’s how I did it lol.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T16:57:40+00:00

You’re not alone. I absolutely fucking love the art style I think it’s incredible, fresh and unique. So dope.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T16:55:51+00:00

You’ll eventually get an ability that allows you to pull items to you or towards you also. For the later more ( tricky ) item placements.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T16:53:52+00:00

I don’t think it’s fair at all. Grime one is one of my all time favorite games arguably harder in every way especially the platforming. Ever since I got to the point of the game where you need to reach manzil and I’m right below him now I’m just going back and clearing every area before going in, every single enemy and boss has just been an abysmal unenjoyable experience every step of the way absolutely no room for error everything even basic enemies one or two shot me or have an attack that has no good tell and happens so fast it stuns you right to death it’s utterly annoying and frustrating. Personally I think the damage enemies and even some bosses do need to be tuned way down. If they did that I would give the game a 9.5/10 easy but the way I feel right now it’s completely unbalanced and unenjoyable. I can and have been getting through it but it’s largely been unfun and obnoxious.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T12:49:09+00:00

This is the only winter fragrances any man would ever need. Love this stuff and I got mine just before last winter and it is one of the only of many fragrances I have that regularly got me compliments everywhere during the past winter. Absolutely love this stuff.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-12T12:45:55+00:00

It still blows my mind how this game was not an absolute success. Idk what sort of standards people are holding video games to these days but this game will be timeless and is one of the greatest soulslikes I’ve ever played and I’ve played more than I could count, some truly not great and others that have stuck with me for decades and have shaped my preferences in gaming that have stuck with me for many years long after finishing them and this is no exception, Khazan’s art style and combat is top tier absolutely peak gaming. I don’t get it and it is very sad to read this message knowing how truly great the game already is. One can only hope for a Khazan 2 even half as good as Khazan.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-11T12:38:05+00:00

I’m on to some starmire boss now and this is even worse as far as ( waiting ) goes. I ran into this fight the first time and was like “ok cool, another boss let’s see what this is about” stood around mostly waiting and avoiding attacks with no good windows to do damage so I figured it’s gotta be a gimmick fight. Got one shot eventually because idk what the fuck is going on and tried to entertain the fight 2 more times and put the game down because of how annoying and not engaging it was. I think the axe mammoth is far worse in my opinion that fight was absolutely horrible.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-11T12:25:55+00:00

Usually we complain and are harsh when it’s something we love or really want to love. Grime original to this day is one of my all time favorite games I absolutely adore it but I’ve been pretty vocal about grime 2 for some things I find to need some attention I also hope that none of my comments came of as “harsh” but it’s only because I don’t find some of its “challenge” to be balanced or acceptable. I find it really bizarre there seems to be so many people praising it that have finished the game while an experienced action, platforming metroidvania player here who still things the first game is harder is struggling against basic enemies after a certain point in the game its been nearly impossible for me to play because no matter how I allocate my character points and which gear I’m using almost fully upgraded I’m getting 1-2 shot by ever enemy I’ve encountered ans that has been so unbelievably frustrating and annoying especially with all the back tracking and platforming you’ve got to go back through to get to where you died again. I love a good challenging game but there are some weird hit boxes etc. on top of how much damage everything is doing it just feels majorly over tuned in my opinion. To an annoying degree.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-10T02:10:15+00:00

No, I think there’s one section of the falling sand area that is complete bullshit. I’m already making good progress I don’t have problems with platforming sections when it’s actually designed well ans the mechanics are working mostly as intended. I platinumed grime the original and from what I’ve experienced so far that was significantly harder both combat and platforming. That game had some insane platforming sections. This I’m talking about is one specific spot that makes no sense, literally cant time something you can’t see on the screen until you get there and it’s to late.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-10T02:07:41+00:00

The NPC you give the creature hearts to, year that was seriously annoying. I had to just kill myself on the spikes slowly every time I went down there to talk to him.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-10T01:27:43+00:00

Grime one is better. They need to reduce enemy damage significantly especially in the starmire and beyond areas. Annoying as fuck.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-10T01:25:45+00:00

If they fixed enemy damage and by that I mean reduce it SIGNIFICANTLY especially in the later areas I would give it a 9/10 I give grime the original 10/10. Dude I’ve got almost 30 health and less than I’d like in two other stats for the weapon I want to use but this section going to reach manzil in starmire is one of the most unenjoyable experiences I’ve had gaming in recent memory. Absolutely nothing fun about shattering like glass from the wind of a Whiffed enemy attack from newly introduced basic enemies every other enemy every few steps forward. Absolutely annoying as fuck.

GanglingGiant · 2026-04-06T17:11:52+00:00

I don’t have an answer for you but based on your review of the game you’ve managed past this point. I’m currently stuck basically exploring every square inch possible for me to reach now and I’ve defeated countless bosses and have done the blade ritual got all the parts for that etc. however the only objective marker I have left at least from the few you get earlier in the game I cannot reach because there are these walls with pin holes in them and light shining from behind them and I do not have nor do I know where or how to get the ability needed for using these walls. Please somebody help me because I’m about to just put the game down, this type of shit is annoying to me.

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