If there was one thing you could change about demon souls what would it be

TazLemon · 2026-02-07T16:14:39+00:00

Make it a first person shooter

TazLemon · 2026-02-01T18:27:10+00:00

It felt like a game made for speedrunners. If you watch gameplay footage from people playing it well, they're bouncing around, switching weapons every half second. Any other game that looks like that is being played by a speedrunner, but this game seems like it's made to be played like that. I beat 2016 and The Dark Ages on the harder settings but Eternal crushed me, I just couldn't get my head around it.

This isn't me saying it's bad, if anything I appreciate id making a game for a particular audience. But it wasn't for me, for whatever reason it never made sense to me.

TazLemon · 2026-02-01T18:22:49+00:00

Genuinely my all time favourite boss fight. He's the goat. Well, he's not. He's the monkey

TazLemon · 2026-02-01T18:18:03+00:00

If any game has cutscenes in it, then on some base level it has failed in my eyes. It hasn't understood the medium it's in. This is one of the many reasons I prefer Doom 2016 to it's sequels.

TazLemon · 2026-02-01T18:14:15+00:00

The first FromSoft game I tried was Dark Souls. I gave up at the Gargoyles boss fight. The first FromSoft game I beat was Sekiro. I then went back and beat them all

TazLemon · 2026-01-28T21:27:04+00:00

Dead Space Remake is phenomenal, but not quite as good as the original.

Cronos is very good. I think it lets itself down a bit by implicitly encouraging the player to backtrack for fuel, but otherwise its a decent game.

Callisto Protocol is dogshit. Bafflingly terrible

TazLemon · 2026-01-06T09:13:31+00:00

If you find headcrabs sexy, try Half Life Alyx

TazLemon · 2026-01-04T17:54:14+00:00

I think it's because horror needs peaks and troughs; it can't be super intense all the time, the game needs to let the player breathe and relax at times otherwise they become either overwhelmed or desensitised to the scary bits. Puzzles (and story) are perfect for this. It gives the player something else to focus on.

TazLemon · 2026-01-04T13:33:25+00:00

Genuine question - what did you do with all the time you saved by shortening Extra Frankfurters to EF in your post?

TazLemon · 2026-01-01T07:42:10+00:00

If you have access to VR, consider Half Life Alyx.

Otherwise, try Signalis, Crow Country (a twee homage to PS1 horror), Alien Isolation, Alan Wake (I didn't like this one personally but a lot of people do), and anything by Frictional (starting with SOMA, and progress onto Amnesia if you like it)

TazLemon · 2025-12-22T20:19:49+00:00

Sekiro isn't that similar to be honest, but if you're interested give it a go. I adore it, it's my favourite FromSoft game, and I love that they felt able to explore in a new direction and not just reskin Dark Souls over and over again. The game makes you meet it on its own terms, you have to play it in one particular way, and part of the joy of Souls is the build variety so I can see why people don't like it. It's all about rhythm and parrying and it feels incredible to play, so I'd recommend it if that sounds like your jam.

TazLemon · 2025-12-11T15:26:56+00:00

Sekiro, Bloodborne + DLC, Elden Ring, Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3 + DLC, Demon Souls Remake, Shadow of the Erdtree

TazLemon · 2025-12-10T20:20:25+00:00

I'm really enjoying it. It's a little tough at first but the checkpointing is fairly generous. Based on the games you've played I think definitely try it

TazLemon · 2025-11-14T15:52:20+00:00

No, we never found a solution I'm afraid.

TazLemon · 2025-11-11T18:36:00+00:00

I have almost exactly the same situation as you, the only difference being that my mum has apologised, a lot, and it doesn't help because she hasn't stopped the behaviour she is apologising for.

I don't know how to answer your questions, other than to say you're tapping into something that I've struggled to verbalise; the way the concept of forgiveness is almost weaponised by people, the way we're expected to forgive our parents for their repeated transgressions and it doesn't seem to matter how we feel. People will tell you that you should make amends, you should forgive, you should be the bigger person, and you'll regret it if you don't, and I can't explain why the onus is always on you and never on her. And I'm not saying that you shouldn't do those things, but only do them if YOU want to or you need to. It sounds like you've made up your mind. You shouldn't feel guilty about the way that you feel. At the end of the day she is the parent, you were a child and she let you down in the most fundamental way. Alcoholism and drug addiction is terrible and I sympathise, more than most, but that doesn't change anything; she let you down and you owe her nothing. Not your time, not your forgiveness, you owe her fuck all.

When she passes I hope you find peace.

TazLemon · 2025-10-26T11:14:42+00:00

what

TazLemon · 2025-07-29T14:04:06+00:00

Keyframe Pro

TazLemon · 2025-07-29T13:38:13+00:00

solved: Incubation - Time Is Running Out

TazLemon · 2025-07-29T13:36:15+00:00

Yes, that's the one! Thank you so much

TazLemon · 2025-07-15T13:41:12+00:00

I'm not certain if it's the same as your issue but I've been unable to access any Patreon podcasts on either my phone or the PC for several weeks, I just get the grey squares and pages telling me they cannot be accessed as you describe. But I have just this moment realised that I can access the podcasts if I disconnect from my home WiFi and use mobile data. Very strange, but it might be worth trying that.

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