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  2. Posted

    Sorry everyone I never noticed that. Rare that we're the region getting the sweet deals though (further apologies to the Aussies).

    Anybody played the games concerned?

     

    Yep, played most of them actually.

     

    The best on there is Affordable Space Adventures. That game is the best coop experience.

     

    Freedom planet is like if sonic was good, shantae is excellent, if not a bit clunky in my eyes, Retro city rampage is a GTA devolution that's a lot of fun. SSFIV 3D has a fun use of 3D for the fighting game, but is awkward to control. There are specials on the touch screen which i like though, and it's always impressive to see how they got such a good looking game on the system. Darksiders 2 was a let down in my eyes, Rythm thief and CoE are the only 2 i haven't played.

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    Yeah, it's so amusing when people complain about how they have to go to the central hub in DS2 and 3, when in reality DS1 is the outlier in the whole series. 

     

    I think the main difference between the nexus and Firelink Shrine is that in DS2 it's an area where you can walk to, and it's one continuous area. Same with 3 - bar firelink shrine - you warp to a large contiguous world map. Bloodborne has the largest similarity (to Demon's souls) in my eyes, with the different graves you have to pray to, and the levels are divided up.

     

    Also Demon's souls has a lot less bonfires, and no estus flasks - instead having moss like the blood vials in BB.

     

    Man, I want to repaly Dark Souls...and Demons' Souls.

     

    Do an SL1 run. It's a lot of fun!

  6. Posted

    You get it from giving the

    Quelana Pyromancy Tome to Karla

     

    Ah right. I must have missed that item on my way through that area!

     

    I did it! I killed the Nameless king! God damnit. That really got the blood pumping, I'll say that much! It's also the first boss fight where the lock-on camera was a real hindrance, especially in the first half of the fight. It's also the first boss in the game I've had a real problem with. I now have probably 1 more boss and that's this game done? 

     

    Also, they're really generous with the ol' titanite slabs this time round. I have gotten 2 from the same area, and there's at least 1 more I know the location of.

     

    Finally, I did a bad thing guys.

    This might be a super spoiler so you have been warned I guess:

    I gave the firekeeper some eyes, and then told her to end it all, to have a world plunged in darkness. 

    Literally everything has changed now. It's super interesting. The music at firelink is now solemn as fuck, the firekeeper now tells me to believe in myself instead of the flame, and the old king clearly know's whats going down, because he gives me a spiel about how he decided to link the flame and stuff.

    If this is the final dark souls, this must be the ultimate end to Lodran.

     

  9. Posted

    I didn't have much difficulty with the abyss watchers. Maybe because I did a different area first, after the boss in Farron Keep. I'd suggest to do that route and then come back maybe? Also if you haven't found the firecrest ring, that helps the ol' fire attacks.

     

     

    I wasn't sure how spoilery you wanted but ok here's the full dish.

     

    Past the room with the three fire birds there's a corridor with a rat in it. Go down there, past some other trivial enemies until you get to a large set of stairs and a bridge with a black knight. Defeat the knight and go up the ladder. Useful drop near the ladder too.
    Up the ladder is a path that is in range of the bolt thrower, go up the path careful of the guardians and deactivate the bolt thrower.

     

    Ahh right, I must have completely missed that area! Ugh I hate that place -_-;

  10. Posted

    Thus began the great Thumb War of 2016.

     

    And through the annuls of time, let it be known that there was the cry of '1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a thumb war. Kiss, bow, begin!' heard throughout the land

  12. Posted

    I feel like I'm pretty close to finishing the game. I've got 3 out of the 4 souls needed, and i'm on the final stretch, as it were. Unless now is the time for shit to get real.

     

    One quick question about the firelake:

     

    is there a way to get rid of that huge bow that's firing at me?

     

    I also fanboy'd hard when i saw

    anor londo

     

    Does that mean that the supposed geography of the world, most of the area you're exploring is beyond what used to be the duke's archives? Does that also mean that the huge mansion where you fight that mob boss is where duke's archives was? I guess that explains all the crystal lizards and stuff

  15. Posted

    So I've not played much of this, only just getting past the first boss and then some, but I find the new humanity system quite interesting.

     

    Apologies up front for not using correct DaS3 terminology.

     

    When you turn human, you get a boosted health bar, among presumably other online stuff. From a design view, this is rewarding the player for taking the step and braving online, instead of previous games, where it's penalizing you for being hollow. I think this is a subtle but interesting change in mechanics and player's thought process, as it makes players use it to help them finish off that difficult boss, instead of being forced to turn human because their health bar is too low. Also, it's the same thing as Demon's souls, but without the constant reminder of your hollowing every time you look at your health bar. I'd be interested to know if it increases the amount of online play and coop.

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    I'll make sure to send you something nice twig! :D

     

    I haven't been on a holiday in like 3 years, so I'm looking forward to it!

     

     

    Awesome! That seems like a really interesting route. Man, I bet Japan is so beautiful this time of year. Unfortunately, I only got to experience the death heat of late Japanese summer and the winter. Definitely want to go back in the springtime. 

     

    I'm the same, I've always gone in the summer for some god-knows-why reason. It's been a lifelong goal to see cherry blossom in japan, which is why we're heading up to Aomori first, because that's where my gf's mother lives, who'll be able to set up some cherry blossom viewing, and the cherry blossom is in season then. 

     

    Nagoya is a short one-night stop, but I'm wanting to go back to Okazaki, where I stayed for a number of months, which is close to nagoya.

     

    I've never been to Osaka, so it was originally going to be the only other place bar Tokyo and Aomori that I was going to go to! We've just booked Universal Studios Japan, which is not only super cool, but also has special 'cool japan' rides, like Harry potter, EVA 2.0, Monster Hunter X, and A Resident Evil 2 Escape the room game (seriously this will be insane).

     

    Ise will also be 1 night, and was added because my gf's mum wanted us to go. Ise is the most popular tourist destination for Japanese people, as it has particularly beautiful shrines and parks. 

     

    And then finally tokyo for 1 week where I'll just geek out and become poor :3

  17. Posted

    I booked my last hotel for my trip to Japan the other night! I can't wait to go! I'm so excited and happy about this! :D

     

    for those interested, my route is: Aomori - Nagoya - Osaka - Ise - Tokyo

     

    It's all starting to feel very real and very exciting now.

  18. Posted

    Yeah, same here. The cast is really well developed, and they nicely fit into their respective tropes without feeling out of place. Idk. Check out the anime if you have 10 mins to spare, it's really nice.

     

     

    Is there a reason/explanation as to why noctus can summon weapons and teleport. Or is it just 'hey, it's final fantasy there's magic and shit :tup: '

     

    If the anime is anything to go by, it looks like it's inherited, and maybe some proof that he's a prince? But still boils down to magic n shit.

  19. Posted

    I'm not really sure what they were thinking with this demo...the setting from the trailers had me kinda interested, but the maps in this thing are so boring and lifeless. That one in the house was like a shitty old Unreal Tournament map.

     

    Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It does look very pretty, which is one thing. I should say, the episode duskae or w/e it's called is probably a better representative of the game than this one. In that, the combat was a lot more fluid and fun, and didn't have a stupid hammer that was the same attack and took like 5 secs to do. This was way more of a tech demo.

     

    Also, there is a short official anime series on youtube that more accurately shows what I'm excited for - A bunch of guys on a road trip, chatting shit and fighting stuff. Also the animation is beautiful.

     

  20. Posted

    Hey guys it's been a while! I've not been on the forums much lately.

     

    since January I got fired and now I've found a new role. It's also in the public sector, which is a lot nicer. Better pay, better people, better company. All good. And still in Leeds. 

     

    And I'll probably be more active on this forum now.

     

    My main hobby guilt is the stack of single issue comics i collect and haven't read. like 10 behind on chew, saga, black science. The more i get the less likely i'm going to catch up too. Maybe when my well of games dries up. Whenever that happens.

  21. Posted

    Regarding the credits

    i thought I'd never figure out where they are and looked up the location on YouTube. But going back to the first area I can't actually turn the power lines off/ shut the gate.

    Can you only view them at the start of a new game? Now that I say that it kinda makes sense, with the game restarting upon completion. That puzzle would be super obvious with your gained knowledge

     

    Wait what are you talking about? Is there more witness in NG+ to... witness?

  22. Posted

    I have to say, my memories of Twilight Princess were always negative. Maybe it was during a glut of zelda-esq games, or maybe I'd just hit the zelda threshold of expectations. I remember finding it extremely dull, with no memorable dungeons and nothing really stellar compared to Wind Waker (and even Skyward Sword afterward). It was just a moody link that everyone cried for after that zelda demo.

     

    Replaying it, I'm a lot more positive. The people in the village are full of charm, especially the grumpy baby. I've just gotten to midna, and she is the best thing in the game. Certainly story wise, this game is more interesting that I originally gave it credit for. I've yet to hit a dungeon, so I guess we'll have to see if my memory of the dungeons being naff were right. Also it's flipped, as I played it on the wii, which is messing with my hazy memories.

  24. Posted

    I also thought the tetris puzzles were well communicated. The blue tetris bits not so much. I also brute forced my way through that bit.

     

    I  think the biggest issue with the game's layout is that the town can be one of the first areas you come across, and the huge leap between the town and the starting area can be really confusing and off-putting.

     

    Ultimately, I am loving this game. I love how it makes you think, and how it's learning is all intuitive and really satisfying to solve a puzzle. the number of times I've walked away from this game and gone 'oh snap, that's how you solve it!' is an incredible feeling.

     

     

    Regarding literal mazes.

    There's a courtyard with four hedge mazes, the first one only has one way through it and you trace that path on the board, easy enough. The second one has grass on the ground to mark impassable areas instead. But the third one is just a blank maze with probably several dozen ways through it. I really don't understand the logic progression there.

    Yup yup yup.
    I enjoy solving puzzles I understand the rules of. Figuring out the rules can be fun if it's presented to you in a good way, but this game seems to open to reliably do that.

     

    listen. Hopefully that'll make sense. if not:

    listen to your footsteps

  25. Posted

    are you in the first white room in the mountain? You can get in the room on the left. The cube in the center has two doors...

     

    I noticed that, I just think my brain is too dumb to get the solution! At least I know now what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!