Sully907

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  1. Gotta love hipster gamers that say they are sick of zombies like there is only one type of zombie and one type of game to have a zombie like enemies in. I'm not sick of them by a long shot. Left 4 dead is great, RE4 and 5 were great, lots of people loved killing floor and dead island as well. I have full faith in naughty dawg to make a great game.


  2. I've been playing this game again in anticipation for the sequel, it really still is great. The shooting feels as fun as a dedicated shooter like gears, it has platforming that's intense, even if it is simplistic, and the presentation and graphics are the best on consoles.


  3. I'm 2 or 3 bosses from the end of the game, getting pretty excited, although I did something very stupid in a play session earlier today. Set up outside a tough boss, waited about 20 minutes to finally get two human phantoms I needed to take it down, and what do I do? fall off a cliff 5 feet from the boss, and waste mine, and their time spent getting to that point. Man did I feel dumb.


  4. Yea I also read about that thing you mentioned after the fact. I killed him for obvious reasons, and I only just found out he's actually an NPC last night. So I'm pretty much boned now. I hear the pyromancer teacher actually goes to another level, but becomes inaccessible as a merchant :(


  5. As for the type of character I'm creating. I'm going for a pyromancer battlemage type character, so I can experience a lot of spells, and a lot of weapons on my first play, even though I won't be particularly adept at either come endgame.

    Sno, did you allow that golden knight laurtec out of prison and have him kill the firelink firekeeper? I did, and I know I can get her soul back eventually, but it looks like my pyro teacher dissapeared as well. Do you know if he goes anywhere else?


  6. Really nice set of posts there Sno, you're doing a good job of articulating what makes this such a unique gaming experience. I'm not quite as far in as you, but I'm loving it just as much.

    First I'll get the 1 or 2 bad things out of the way, so I can get to the raving. I don't like the small changes they did to the reccomendation system. Since you have to use an item to reccomend or leave messages now, it makes it slightly more cumbersome, and I think it results in fewer people reccomending messages(which gives a instant health boost to the player that left it)

    second, the framerate can be downright terrible at times, even worse then demon's souls. I'm not normally a stickler for things like this, but in an exacting, demanding game like Dark Souls, it can lead to deaths, which isn't fair, but, it's understanable, becasuse this game is freaking GORGEOUS. The enemy designs, seamless level transitions, animations are all superb.

    You mentioned something about dropping weapons coming to life? Do you know the specifics of that mechanic sno? And how can you tell if you are fighting one?


  7. It's a hell of a lot more then just a modern diablo. Diablo is fun because of the easy satisfaction you get from mowing down hordes of enemies and leveling up and collecting loot. Demon's Souls is fun because every encounter matters, the basic baddies can destroy you, the environment you're fighting in matters, and the exploration is magical


  8. Person A: Hey! This is this because of this! I say this, and this proves that this is this! And what's more this is this!

    Person B: No, that's totally wrong because of this.

    Person A: Well, what do you know? You think this because of this! So who can trust you? And what's more, what about all that? How would you deal with it? All your ideas would make BAD things happen for the average man!

    Person B: I don't think that at all. In fact, what I'd do would be good for everybody because of this and this.

    Person A got more "airtime", but Person B is presented as correct. See?

    It's kind of weird that people can't see that these videos are deliberately trying to manipulate them into thinking deregulated capitalism is a good idea.

    Looks more to me like your own ideas and perceptions about what a successful economic system should be is clouding your judgement. You're not used to seeing a conservative viewpoint that is well reasoned and logical, and that confuses you. You're used to the Fox news, Rush Limbaugh style of conservative argument that's nothing but hot air.


  9. Yea I love those boom and bust videos. Really entertaining, as well as informative.

    I stumbled across this classic gem today while reading news about the mortal kombat klassic kollection. An old collegehumor video exposing some of the absurdities of the way the mortal kombat tournament is organized


  10. I know you guys can't really help with this one, but I just wanted to vent it, since it's not something I'm going to share with friends and family. To sum it up, within the last week, my girlfriend has lost her job, and just last night, was pulled over and charged with a DWI. So she won't have her liscence for a long time now, there's going to be extra financial stress on the two of us(we live together) and it's going to be harder for her to get a new job without a car. This is something I never thought I'd have to deal with it in my life, and just a huge bummer. I make enough money to cover our bills month to month, but the additional legal fees are going to be a huge extra stress I think.


  11. The traversal in the second game is vastly improved. It feels a lot easier to move around the city, and the combat is still way better then prototype ever was.


  12. I think I've decided that my brother and I's idea of what home life should be is too different, and I think I'm going to move into a place with the girlfriend. This is not going to be a fun discussion telling him that though, when for the past two months we've been planning on getting another place together.