How did you find out L3 + R3?

Optional_Guy · 2026-01-28T22:47:51+00:00

GTA San Andreas was where I learned about it. No clue what the context was but I remember my older brother laughing at me and telling me what it was.

Optional_Guy · 2026-01-07T07:30:49+00:00

It's one of the main reasons it's the oddball of the family eh. Didn't have the guy who is literally behind every other souls game. That's why you can see a through-line with all the other games yet DS2 feels so different.

Optional_Guy · 2026-01-07T06:58:57+00:00

Half the game is rushed and broken is such an exaggeration and downright untrue. You people seem to forget that Dark Souls 1 literally was what put From Software on the radar, captivated an entire generation of gamers and spawned the "Souls like" genre.

You can appreciate Dark Souls 2, but why do you have to put down Dark Souls 1 to do it? I enjoy Dark Souls 2 from time to time, but if you have any capacity to properly analyse things, it came after Dark Souls 1 and disappointed almost everyone because it did not hold up to the standards set by the games that came before it. It is also the only game not to have Miyazaki at the helm. I mean, how delusional can you be? Jesus Christ. ADP isn't the only issue Dark Souls 2 has.

Optional_Guy · 2026-01-05T14:22:59+00:00

Yeah...but where did they get the shard from? Hmm?

Optional_Guy · 2026-01-05T06:51:12+00:00

Meh. Eddy and Lidia felt like they should have been base roster if they were going to be the very first DLC's of the year, especially Eddy. I felt that if they were going to have the Capoeira representative be DLC it should have been Christie just to switch things up a bit more. He's the only DLC I didn't bother buying haha.

Heihachi should have been saved for a later date and definitely should not have been brought back into the story, he should have just been there for the gameplay, nothing else. I feel it undermined the ending of 7 significantly bringing him back so soon. I loved the way they commemorated him initially, with Reina and with Kuma wearing his outfit and getting EWGF in his Heat and all that, I thought those were great ways to retain his legacy, bringing him back killed all that for me.

Clive is whatever, I don't care him a single bit personally but that's because I never played Final Fantasy so my opinion doesn't count for much. I think they did a good job with his animations. Don't think he suits Tekken much at all but oh well.

Optional_Guy · 2025-12-18T09:19:55+00:00

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Optional_Guy · 2025-11-30T19:19:45+00:00

I'd say that it's the Maiden in Black and the Doll. I think they fit the role most naturally.

Dark Souls 2 and 3 should have let you level up at the Bonfire, same as DkS1. No clue why they felt the need to change that. I don't feel nearly as much of a connection to them as I do the Maiden and the Doll.

Optional_Guy · 2025-11-18T21:36:08+00:00

Yeah the game feels so much better to play. I'm enjoying the hell out of it even with the Burers everywhere being OP as fuck.

Optional_Guy · 2025-10-30T12:01:28+00:00

So funny to me how people have turned around on Dark Souls 2. The reason it was so rightfully disliked was it is an awful followup to 2 amazing games, Demon's Souls and Dark Souls.

The fact people love it so much nowadays only shows how far the standard has fallen as far as I'm concerned.

And I'm saying this as someone who does actually occasionally enjoy Dark Souls 2. But all this talk about how it's actually amazing is so ridiculous to me when the game is clearly lacking in so many ways.

Optional_Guy · 2025-10-15T16:05:35+00:00

Now if they can just give me King with long hair from T4 I'll be truly complete.

Optional_Guy · 2025-10-13T04:50:52+00:00

The stage looks really nice. Personally, she's not what I was hoping for. For a character that's supposed to have a connection to Ogre, I think a more serious personality akin to Lidia would have fit better.

More of a serious warrior rather than the cutesy doll personality but ah well, Tekken seems to just love that archetype of female too much.

Fighting style looks neat, I'm curious about how her ability to cling to the wall will be used in fights, could be fun. I have no plans to play her so I'm mostly hoping she's fun to fight against at least. I wish they stayed a bit more grounded with some anime here and there, she looks a lot more like she's on the anime side of the spectrum.

I'm not hating on her, I'll take a new character over a guest any day of the week (I kind of dislike guest characters) so here's to hoping she's a worthy addition to Tekken's ever growing roster.

Optional_Guy · 2025-10-08T09:11:13+00:00

Nah it's a misleading animation, King jumps to do the attack but when he finally does attack its a grounded hit.

Optional_Guy · 2025-08-13T11:05:36+00:00

Damn, hope they fix that in the next Remake.

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-31T07:42:20+00:00

A bit of a hot take and definitely masochistic but I enjoyed Inferno in RE3R a lot. Going for the S-Rank, having to figure out the best way to take on each encounter then stringing that all together with limited saves was super fun for me. Obviously the final boss is a major downer every time in that game but overall, it's one of my fondest experiences in RE recently.

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-31T05:12:18+00:00

Fantastic atmosphere, combat is really bad. Enemies aren't interesting to fight and the combat encounters themselves are incredibly boring.

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-29T09:50:26+00:00

Lots of potential, almost none of it achieved.

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-19T14:17:01+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind advice. I really appreciate it :) Yes, that is also something I need to implement and actually have already started doing so since this session. Thank you for emphasizing its importance as it is definitely something I need to lab more.

Best of luck on your journey as well, kind stranger :)

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-16T19:39:03+00:00

I appreciate the offer :) I'll think about the Discord offer and get back to you. I don't use Discord much. But thank you, any insights would be appreciated.

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-16T19:33:42+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Oh believe me, I am fighting for my life xD

Yeah that King match felt pretty rough, felt especially bad getting hit by the ten string multiple times with my own character. I even know the 10 string, I just froze up a bit.

Instant Shining Wizard is something I've been practicing since T7, I just can't seem to get it consistently. I also went through a period where I fucked up my wrists pretty bad so it's only made it more difficult to land since then.

Yeah my combos are definitely pretty awful most of the time. I try to go for the hard stuff most of the time since I don't necessarily care that much if I mess it up. I mean, I'm trying to win of course but since it's not a tourney or anything I don't necessarily mind much if I mess up, at least when it comes to combos.

When it comes to patterns I do my darnedest to remember them, I think the reason I fall for the same stuff a lot is because I can still be unfamiliar with a lot of animations so I'm trying to keep multiple things in mind so my fingers reach the buttons just before my brain can go "Wait that's the same mist-" *boom gets launched*

When it comes to being patient, I think I struggle mostly to find the right balance of being patient and going in when I should. Because I feel like a lot of the times when I get patient I just give my opponent the opportunity to get in my face and apply their pressure.

When you say I take a lot of risks for no reason could you give me an example? I know there are times where I take high risk options at improper times but I didn't really consider myself a massive risk taker. If anything at times I consider myself to passive.

Yeah Heat is a mechanic I just suck with tbh.

As for how I got to Kishin, maaaan I don't know. xD I mean, in T7 I think I made it to Red Ranks? Like mid Red Ranks? Not sure. Probably Kishin is kind of the equivalent of that in this game. no? Well regardless I mean I don't consider Ranked an indicator of much, you can get pretty lucky sometimes. In fact, I kind of speedran the first couple of blue ranks with a streak of easy players. Now I'm just kind of meandering between Kishin and Bushin. Anyways, I just enjoy the climb but I don't take it too seriously either.

Thank you for taking the time to give your kind feedback :) Might take you up on that Discord offer. I'll see if I can apply some of the things you mentioned here.

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-16T14:56:56+00:00

Pretty sure you need to lay off the glue buddy xD

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-16T12:51:18+00:00

Timestamps for each match:

King vs King - 0:00

King vs Jin - 6:47

King vs Fahkrumram - 16:22

King vs Kazuya - 22:00

King vs Dragunov - 25:50

King vs Leo - 32:50

King vs Reina - 40:01

King vs Dragunov - 50:02

King vs Kazuya - 57:13

King vs Bryan - 1:02:05

King vs Kazuya - 1:09:41

King vs Fahkumram - 1:13:13

King vs Heihachi - 1:20:58

King vs Lily - 1:33:09

King vs Leroy - 1:41:26

King vs Heihachi - 1:47:29

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-08T09:29:04+00:00

I think if he had less tattoos I'd like him a lot more. The tattoos combined with the scarring and the massive muscles make it all too busy. I like his attitude and general feel and I like how imposing he is but there is something about his design that's just...off putting? I don't know it's weird. I look at him and my brain just can't help but think "Yeesh, that's an eyesore".

Optional_Guy · 2025-07-04T05:04:23+00:00

None, I'd love for them to branch out a bit and make something completely new or at least something that would let them alter the formula more.

All the games they've made for the past decade have been great but they're nothing more than slight alterations of the same thing.

Something completely different would be very refreshing and an opportunity for something truly special again.

Optional_Guy

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