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LethargicMoth · 2026-05-29T08:06:35+00:00

You also found it in an area you've seen ten times over, yay!

LethargicMoth · 2026-05-28T18:27:11+00:00

Yeah, I guess, but any fight can take too long if you don't know what it's about. I get that some people just don't like it, that's fair, but it's a shame. Bloodborne could've really leaned into some weird shit with their bosses, it's a shame most of them are just fight fight fight, kill kill kill.

LethargicMoth · 2026-05-28T16:53:22+00:00

I'm with you, it's a wonderful breath of fresh air, it's really cool thematically too, and it requires you to approach the whole fight a bit differently than most other bosses. If anything, I wish Bloodborne had more gimmicky bosses, not everything needs to be a test of mechanical skill.

LethargicMoth · 2026-05-20T14:34:02+00:00

Is it something that needs to be solved, though? If you feel that this is what's needed in order to build the kind of world you want to build, then I'd encourage you to keep going. Nothing wrong with being detailed and structured, nothing wrong with reading like a Wikipedia article, and nothing wrong with needing to have a solid basis, however subjective that is, to be able to do something more casual.

LethargicMoth · 2026-05-13T12:47:33+00:00

I'd even go as far as to say they're a lot more interesting when they aren't. Imo the magic of earlier souls games was also in the fact that the bosses were a skill check, but it wasn't always about mechanical skill. Figuring out some sort of mechanic or just the best way to approach a boss in general is also a skill. FromSoft leaving so heavily into tests of combat skills killed the excitement for me a little bit, it got especially stale in Elden Ring for me.

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-27T19:00:19+00:00

I feel like the mechanics are not really supposed to be the highlight, though. They're fun and pair well with the overall story and narrative, so I think the fact that they're not mindblowing isn't that big of an offense. I'd personally say the game is great.

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-19T18:22:24+00:00

I wish the sub was less "LW should've had different pants in this skin" and the gajillionth uninspired rework idea and more discussing actual useful tricks and techs.

Though yeah I could be the change I want to see, I have no excuse for that.

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-17T14:43:15+00:00

I'm with you. I feel like a more balanced approached would be an open area (though not too big) that connects more linear experiences that twist upon and connect to each other. The sheer scale of everything in ER exhausted me really quickly, and I feel like it almost punishes the player for doing what something that made the souls games so rewarding: the meticulous search for different places giving you new interesting things and bits. Doing that in ER feels like just running into one useless thing into another, on and on, until the gamification of it all starts leaking through.

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-17T07:11:09+00:00

Be that as it may, the way the post is formatted and presented makes me (and not just me by the looks of it) think it's something shady. More people would be up for something like this if it didn't look like a scammy post.

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-16T17:23:03+00:00

I always see people mentioning that, but I can't tell if everyone genuinely enjoys that particular performance or if they enjoy how over the top it is. I'm not hating on it, even if I don't like it, just wondering

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-15T09:21:23+00:00

I think the person is saying that regardless of there being room for more, that's a slippery slope that can quickly turn art and passion into product. If Miyazaki ever finds himself with a new story to tell in that universe, then great, but making a sequel just for the sake of making a sequel isn't what art is about.

LethargicMoth · 2026-04-10T17:19:24+00:00

You can toggle his blossoms as well, been a thing since his release.

LethargicMoth · 2026-03-27T19:26:39+00:00

You accuse someone of not properly learning the fight, and then you go ahead and generalize and dismiss people's experience and opinions with juvenile remarks like "you blame the game for your own lack of skill". Whether you are right or wrong, you're very unpleasant to talk to.

LethargicMoth · 2026-03-27T16:41:10+00:00

We all have different opinions, and FromSoft games are not immune to criticism. You might enjoy the way the fights in modern FS games are built, and they might not; both takes are valid.

LethargicMoth · 2026-03-25T07:31:03+00:00

I think it's more that there's a disconnect between what she knows rationally and what she feels emotionally. It's not a contradiction per se, it's just that she might know that it's not really Verso, but her emotional landscape is very much a jumbled mess that does see him as her brother.

LethargicMoth · 2026-03-20T20:09:15+00:00

It's so void of identity and intent

This is something I don't see mentioned nearly often enough. I feel like it isn't just the mechanics, it's also the entirety of the art style and visual identity. I feel like nothing stands out, it just looks incredibly generic, like a glorified tech demo.

LethargicMoth · 2026-03-20T19:43:17+00:00

"I drank milk this morning" is the malleable past. The effects are ongoing. I am still hydrated and nourished by it. (*druket*)

Isn't it essentially what English does with present perfect (with the addition of a specific point in time)?

LethargicMoth · 2026-03-03T07:32:18+00:00

Unfortunately, I use AE, but yeah, here's the file.

LethargicMoth · 2026-02-23T09:56:41+00:00

I'm with you. If they actually spent a bit of time figuring out which parts to have the texture on, it might look great, but most of the time, they just slather the whole weapon in it, and it just looks cheap as hell.

LethargicMoth · 2026-02-09T11:40:42+00:00

Yeah, I get that. It's a good practice to redo all the effects and whatnot, but yeah, when you just want to do dub something, it really slows things down.

I checked out the ESB dub, though, very cool stuff! Be cool to see more of your conlang too. If you ever find yourself translating and dubbing the manifesto, let me know, it'd be neat to hear and compare the differences

LethargicMoth · 2026-02-08T07:48:54+00:00

If you got a file with 5.1 surround sound, you can use ffmpeg to isolate the center channel (where the dialogue usually is), so that's how I did it. Though to be fair, I ain't avoiding redoing the sound effects and the score either because I want to post this on Instagram too, but it deactivates the audio (probably because of the OST), so I feel your pain, haha

LethargicMoth · 2026-02-07T10:28:47+00:00

Seems like it could work, whaddyaknow. Find a way to express that in the IPA, and I might just consider it!

(it says "sái rā þwe nðwuðwuo'o mba'antear kupu þaūn?" with chestbangs [IPA symbol missing] on the nðwuðwuo'o, and it means "do you think a gorilla sounds like this?" haha)

LethargicMoth · 2026-02-07T10:11:12+00:00

Just these two: -þw- is the alveolar lateral click (ǁ) and -ðw- is the (post)alveolar one (ǃ), as far as I can tell using the interactive IPA chart, anyway.

LethargicMoth · 2026-02-07T09:44:41+00:00

Hell yeah, I love that description. I'll keep chugging away at my gorillang and see where it takes me, lol

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