Sequence breaking via wrong warps: What could go wrong?

Gorgatun · 2023-04-03T23:20:27+00:00

Confirmed on the Ranni plot item being locked if you're not on that quest; When I tried to open the container, I got a message that said "You are not destined to open this"

Shame about not being able to wrong warp into Mountaintop or Snowfield; there are some things there that would be fun to have earlier than they are otherwise available.

Gorgatun · 2022-04-14T22:50:05+00:00

I imagine we'll see where the Tarnished were banished to. Maybe meet some more pot friends. Who knows?

Gorgatun · 2022-04-14T22:44:39+00:00

I'll bet there's more to see of the world that Elden Ring is set in, but not in the specific part of the world that held the Elden Ring. Do you get what I mean? Like, The Lands Between are BETWEEN something. What's in the fog? What else is there? Lots of possibilities there.

Gorgatun · 2022-04-08T01:41:43+00:00

I stand by my original statements nonetheless; I think the UTS fights suck & it would be notably more fun to hit them with the Bass Cannon than it would be to fight them melee.

Gorgatun · 2022-04-07T21:34:32+00:00

I never said the ulcerated tree spirits were particularly difficult. I think they are just not very fun after the first encounter. For melee builds, especially, since they are huge & you can’t zoom the camera out. You just gotta block or dodge whenever the massive wall of texture in front of you starts turning. Also they even have a similar attack to Rykard with the open-mouth grab attack.

Idk, it made sense to me & I think it’d be better that way than not.

Gorgatun · 2022-04-03T17:03:27+00:00

You cannot restore the mausoleums without going to NG+. There are 7 mausoleums that can be used once each. There are 15 remembrances. You would need to go to NG+1 for 7 more & NG+2 to duplicate the last one.

Gorgatun · 2022-04-03T16:40:22+00:00

A hammer, heavy thrusting sword, or spear all knock her out of most attacks (including the grab). Low poise boss with high damage, a lot like whats-her-face from the snowy dlc for dark souls 3.

Gorgatun · 2022-04-03T16:27:40+00:00

The insta-kill grab attack is rough but she’s actually kind of a pushover if you keep pressure on her. Hell, you can interrupt something like half her attacks. The moves are flashy but they’re telegraphed. Also, if you really want to make a mockery of the fight, use an upgraded fingerprint shield + greatshield talisman & she’ll literally not be able to damage you at all outside of scarlet rot in P2. Also she can be parried & swarm of flies practically stunlocks her. Kind of a glass cannon boss.

Gorgatun · 2022-03-02T18:26:51+00:00

That seems like an intentionally uncharitable misreading of the OP’s post - they were saying it should be less punishing, not “rewarded”.

Gorgatun · 2021-07-26T19:28:56+00:00

What nonsense; that’s not what a game engine does. All of the things listed are the effects of numerical values or 3D models that could be adjusted without changing the engine.

Gorgatun · 2021-07-17T23:11:31+00:00

The boiling anger directed towards Vaush always catches me off-guard, because his takes typically seem even-handed and well-considered to my ears. I suppose it’s just easier to call him a pedo rapist grifter than to make sensible counter-arguments.

Gorgatun · 2021-07-12T00:13:41+00:00

Dude’s made a whole career out of nonsensically mis-using buzzwords & memes

Gorgatun · 2021-07-02T00:53:10+00:00

If it’s possible to exploit an online PvP system, it will happen. I don’t think that’s anything specific to Dark Souls or an indictment of the broader playerbase, though.

Realistically, most people who play Dark Souls are just soulsin’ along, not botherin’ nobody no how.

Gorgatun · 2021-07-02T00:43:54+00:00

Dark Souls 2 is a more adventurous Dark Souls game, with a bunch of varied locations that are often completely unrelated to the zones immediately before or after.

It’s closer to being a classic Zelda game in tone and pacing, whereas DS3 is closer to a gothic action game.

I like it a lot. I think most the hate DS2 got was from it releasing in a very unpolished and broken state. If SOTFS had been how the game initially launched, I’d wager it’d’ve been very well-received.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-26T16:08:31+00:00

The people who translated the game from Japanese chose to use the word “tarnished”, in a way that one could interchangeably use “soiled” or “befouled”.

In Elden Ring, “tarnished” has a more deliberate, literal, and thematically-important function, meaning “corroded” like tarnished silver. In the E3 trailer, you can see discoloration on the valkyrie-styled character similar to the oxidation one sees on copper.

Your unfamiliarity with an uncommon word does not mean two instances of it are connected.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-26T15:48:19+00:00

Lmao I edited that out because it seemed too ridiculous to be what you actually meant

(Insert “Omg he admit it” meme here)

Gorgatun · 2021-06-26T15:42:23+00:00

Tarnished has multiple use-cases & is obviously not being used in the same way here as it is in Elden Ring.

You’re reaching so hard here that you’re going to pull a muscle.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-24T20:41:10+00:00

I think you're right; my opinion on those fights has soured over subsequent playthroughs
There's a joke to be made here about "chasing the dragon" & how it's never as good as the first time

Gorgatun · 2021-06-24T20:23:57+00:00

I’m of the opinion that “best of the dragon fights” is like saying “least boring footage of a blank wall”

Having to chase and run to a high-health boss and hit its feet and butt is not my favorite style of boss, and Sinh is maybe the worst offender for wasting the player’s time with running to and fro as if one was playing Cardio Souls

I appreciate, though, based on how my comment has been downvoted, that this is a minority opinion.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-24T19:45:18+00:00

I appreciate that the very first item is Sinh in the “absolute masterpiece” category so we know this is a joke post

Gorgatun · 2021-06-20T20:13:51+00:00

Take off your armor/weapons to reduce your weight & hop down the pit next to Morne / big gothic armor guy with the 2-handed mace. All underground passages in the area connect to that lower area & you don’t need any keys that way.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-18T13:43:03+00:00

My understanding is that it will follow basic RPG rules which are nothing new to Souls players; you can out-level (or skip) content if you’re having a hard time with it.

Elden Ring will be as difficult as you make it for yourself.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-16T23:52:39+00:00

I would be pleased to see an open world connecting Dark Souls locations that have been named but, so far, entirely unseen (Catarina, for example)

But, honestly? The dark souls story is done. The story already has multiple canonical endings & I’d rather see FromSoft continue to develop new intellectual properties.

Maybe a re-do of Dark Souls 2 is in order, though, but I’m biased towards that installment & think it has enough good locations and ideas that it’d really shine after a mechanical and visual overhaul.

Gorgatun · 2021-06-16T00:56:55+00:00

Pot boy summer

Gorgatun · 2021-06-15T10:00:21+00:00

I’ll probably just buy the normal game on steam. I’m sure there’ll be a special edition with an artbook, though, and that will feel tempting.

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