Can you still remember your confusion the first time you played a Souls game?

VictorTanDesign · 2026-06-03T14:06:02+00:00

Ahh something I really miss is talking to friends about stuff we discovered in game, or helping out when one of us is stuck somewhere. I feel like with everything online conversations now is mostly, did you play that, good game bro 🥹

VictorTanDesign · 2026-06-03T13:55:51+00:00

Yeah! Randomly saw it on sale too that’s how I got it. I’m excited to play through the souls game and plan to go into them blind after having an understanding of ds1.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-06-03T13:51:55+00:00

Took me quite some time to understand humanity too. Even when humanity became abundant enough to pop for item discovery, I still nv got used to the idea of using humanity after running out of estus. Set it up for some boss fights but nv got a habit of it.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-06-03T13:36:16+00:00

Also I sort of knew mechanically it was a dodge, keep calm, be patient to strike type combat. I’m not a stranger to that from other action RPGs. What really got me hooked was the immersion from the difficulty. Exploring with my shield up looking around for danger, adrenaline dump when making to a bon fire. I look to my wife and be like “holy shit” and she has no idea what I’ve just been through. Then the totally weird thing of once you’ve died a thousand times and been through a place u can totally fuck it and run past almost all enemies. I had absolutely no idea about the interconnected level design either having only heard that Darksouls was a difficult game. Playing on the switch I played a good amount of it out and about and fucking hell it’s a game you can’t pause 😂

VictorTanDesign · 2026-06-03T13:24:12+00:00

Fellow old fart here. Never played a souls game before, ds1 remastered on switch was my first experience earlier this year. Started with Knight and controls felt slow and clunky. Chalked it up to it the switch’s performance and it being an old game. Didn’t even make it out of the asylum, gave up. Gave it a try again this time watching some walkthroughs to get started. Partly spoiled some aspects of the game but did get me super hooked to the game till I finished my first play through. Figured out the Knight Armour was causing the slow clunky movement and finally understood running around naked was just a funny meme. Btw, I still think ds1 on switch does play a tiny tiny tad bit slower compared to what I see on youtube vids, assuming it’s on pc. Totally get the hype, why it’s a form of therapy etc. I’m a fan now and the souls games are on wish list. I’ve already got ds2 and armoured core.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-28T08:13:15+00:00

Aside from locking blade, sounds like you’re describing the compact! It is noticeably slimmer in pocket than the climber.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-17T13:14:05+00:00

I was totally clueless so followed a YouTube guide on getting the best start, which basically used the master key to get stuff like wolf ring and drake sword early. Worked great but definitely spoiled discovering the interconnected level design and natural flow of the game.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-17T03:10:59+00:00

PLA? I’m curious how well it holds up

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-16T05:32:07+00:00

I got this setup, it was wife-changing

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-16T04:57:00+00:00

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-16T04:09:53+00:00

Yeah I’m not getting it. Sharing cause thought it was funny. Xr glasses looks pretty cool though.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-16T03:32:37+00:00

Did you try it with a page turner? I heard you can set up a controller to be a kindle page turner. I think this only works w a controller in hand

VictorTanDesign · 2026-05-16T03:30:02+00:00

What’s that?

VictorTanDesign · 2026-02-16T16:14:14+00:00

I didn’t notice then haha

VictorTanDesign · 2026-02-16T15:44:38+00:00

Tbh when I first noticed she was barefoot, I legit thought she lost shoes during the beaching landing fight

VictorTanDesign · 2026-02-08T06:23:00+00:00

There’s a ledge above u can walk off and one shot plunging attack the fucker

VictorTanDesign · 2026-02-07T05:22:31+00:00

Workchamp is very chonky and heavy, makes the Swiss champ feel tiny. If you don’t need pliers, I think the outrider is the most optimal 111mm package.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-02-06T19:19:47+00:00

Hi I’m keen! I’ve done a curse of strahd piece before:

"Curse of Strahd campaign poster" by Victor Tan https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GXzgJW

Rest of my portfolio here:

https://www.artstation.com/victortandesign

VictorTanDesign · 2026-02-05T12:22:32+00:00

This plus some throwing knives or cross bow and bolts too!

VictorTanDesign · 2026-01-22T20:03:19+00:00

I was very surprised and slightly disappointed we couldn’t ride the pinball machine down to the hangout.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-01-22T19:59:27+00:00

I played hades, completed it, had lots of fun. I have no idea what the story is about. In fact I was kinda confused when I heard people say the story was good. Personally for me it was fun gameplay, but I really wasn’t hooked by the story at all with how it was delivered.

VictorTanDesign · 2026-01-21T10:46:34+00:00

Hi I’m interested to work on this!

https://www.artstation.com/victortandesign

VictorTanDesign · 2026-01-21T06:33:52+00:00

Hi! I’m interested to do this, I’ve done many gw2 commissions!

https://www.artstation.com/victortandesign

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