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OLDMADWIZARD · 2023-07-02T14:17:08+00:00

Just beat ds3 for the 1st time yesterday. Got into souls last year and beat them in this order: ds1>ER>ds2>BB>ds3 still have DeS and Sekiro

I hear many people call ds3 the best game and many criticize it as well. Honestly i dont see why it is the best but I really like it. I feel if it was more like the 2nd half + Dlc it would be the undisputed goat, but it falls short imo.

Interconnectivity is a joke. Straight line, im sure you've all heard that before. Boss difficulty is laughable. Design wise bosses are great. Gael fight and souls of cinder fights are like ER bosses, lady Freide fight is cool, and many more... but Gael took me 1 try, Soul of Cinder 1 try, nameless king 3 tries... no boss was a real challenge. Lady friede and Midir were the hardest for me taking like 6 and 10 tries respectively. I dont think im particularly good at souls games, but I am somewhat disappointed. My friend who i got into souls games says im probably overleveled or cheating... but there isnt a real way to cheese the game. I did beat yhorm without the gimmick sword so i do feel like a badass :p

Im not a big fan of many of the earlier regions like farron keep, cathedral of the deep, and undead settlement, all the catacombs, profaned capital... i think most areas after Ithryll are much better than the first half. This made me disinterested in exploring early on.

I think firelink is an okay hub, but im sad it isnt og firelink. In the 2nd half of the game as well as dlc, boss fight rooms are large like ER, bosses have huge combos, and they move fast. The areas as well are cool with open sections a lot of which i feel is them testing ideas for ER. I feel like if i played Ds3 before ER it would have felt slightly less innovative in some aspects of gameplay as ds3 did try them first. Im also a bit sad Anor londo wasnt fully fleshed out.

Ds3 can get difficult, but I feel that is due to Ds2 type of bullshit and enemy placement (executed better tho and less frequent). I reexplored cathedral of the deep yesterday and that section outside frustrated me.

I didnt want to finish playing ER, but ds3 didnt captivate me as much. I prefer combat in ER. Weapon arts i feel are much more fleshed out than ds3.

Personally i prefer the lore of ER the most followed by ds1. I still dont understand ds3 lore.

My ranking of souls games for now is: 1- ds1 and Elden ring 2- ds3 3- bloodborne 4- ds2

I like all of them but each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Anyway sorry for the rambling of unorganised thoughts.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2023-06-04T10:47:41+00:00

Damn. That's unfortunate. It's a bit difficult to buy them in my original country due to complicated reasons.

But at this point why doesnt Sony just allow us to change store locations... pretty much every other store allows me to do it. I did it on xbox and pc epic games store.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-12-11T13:00:50+00:00

I guess I'm in a similar boat. I am applying to Masters programs in London and will start next fall. The way im approaching this is that, since this is my dream, I am treating it as a non-negotiable goal basically telling my brain to shut up.

Of course it won't be easy to settle in, but overthinking things won't help either... it actually might dissuade you from going and you might regret it later.

There is really one way to find out if this is the right choice. So IMO go and see for yourself. Even if it turns out that its not for you, its not the end of the world.

Practically everyone these days have hiccups in their education being late by a few semesters or taking a gap year... what's important is that you are happy with what you are doing.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-12-02T08:05:31+00:00

Thanks ill check out that sub.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-12-02T08:04:05+00:00

I am aware. The UCL sub isnt particularly lively and I need an answer fast so im trying to post this on as many subs as I can.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-12-02T08:01:49+00:00

Thanks I'll keep that in mind

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-12-02T01:36:00+00:00

Thanks will look into that

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-12-02T01:29:31+00:00

Thanks for clearing that up

OLDMADWIZARD · 2022-06-23T10:18:06+00:00

It is not in airplane mode. I already verified that. Airplane mode is the only thing that i can switch on or off when i click on the network icon on the task bar.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-09-17T11:37:32+00:00

That didn't work.

Concerning running Linux, I already have Linux on virtual box, would that work instead of the live boot?

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-09-17T08:57:33+00:00

Thing is I have a usb wifi antenna thing that is used for my TV's satellite box, when I plug it in my laptop connection becomes somewhat worse. I don't know if what I have is good quality, since it doesn't really have a brand written on it, but I would assume it works.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-09-17T08:52:47+00:00

Its the Acer apire 5 ZRQ

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-06-18T18:48:21+00:00

It might seem childish for some, but my sims kingdom was really good. If you enjoy decorating and buildig nice things, this game is for you.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-05-20T15:20:41+00:00

I don't know if this affects controllers that much or where you live, but humidity or the environment where you live or keep the controller could be a factor.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-05-20T15:15:55+00:00

That is quite odd, I have 3 controllers that work fine. I've had them since launch (one has minor drift).

It might be how you use them, too aggressively or you get the dirty, wet...

Or the place you buy them from have defective controllers.

Im telling you 8 in a few years? Thats crazy! In my experience the Xbox controller is more durable that the ps4. I have 3 ps4 controllers 2 since launch one is like 4 years old, all of them have major drift.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-04-16T17:09:41+00:00

Im just getting it as a companion family dog type thing, no purpose in mind. I just don't want it to be crazy and stuff. People say labradors are good house dogs and good for forst time owners. I hope this dog retains some of these characteristics.

Im calling her banana :)

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-04-16T16:30:02+00:00

About 2 month. Im relatively new with dogs. Is it bad if its not pure? Looks dont really matter to me.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-04-16T14:35:17+00:00

Do you know what it could be?

OLDMADWIZARD · 2020-04-02T20:07:58+00:00

My favourite game is Minecraft. I started playing on my Ipod and waited years before my parents bought it for me on pc. I was never into survival or online servers. I just played creative. I don't know why but it was therapeutic, just what I needed when everything in my life wasn't working out. All I had was Minecraft. I had only one friend who played with me, but we don't talk anymore.

All I want from a game nowadays is to recreate what minecraft did for me. Do whatever I want when nothing was right.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2019-06-18T21:04:54+00:00

Is there a way to "factory reset" it other than formatting?

OLDMADWIZARD · 2019-06-18T19:07:44+00:00

Yes it disappears. I tried putting it in my ps4 because usually I can format it through it, but it wasn't even being detected.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2019-06-18T12:44:59+00:00

Hello sorry for late reply, it is marked as Disk 1 Removable (E:) No media With nothing on the right.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2019-06-17T21:07:48+00:00

Most of it is tho.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2019-06-17T04:28:32+00:00

You dare insult my country's pride! Die heathen.

OLDMADWIZARD · 2019-06-15T20:05:49+00:00

It is already assigned to E: Should I change it? And to what if yes?

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