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I think I'm fine letting From do literally whatever they want at this point. But also I'm fully in the camp of believing that the Souls games' mechanics can absolutely be employed in a more light-hearted setting. A much more light-hearted setting. I'd absolutely play that. It's sort of a dream of mine to one day prove this in the most extreme manner by making a Looney-Tunes-esque game with this kind of deliberate action and punishing but not unfair gameplay, and also with musical combat and movement cues. That said, I really enjoyed that the final final boss was

I have that song on repeat 24/7 anyway!

Why is that unfortunate? That movie's great!

As everyone is probably painfully aware, I try to be optimistic about new entries in old franchises. I also tend to like the ones that other people don't like. Yeah this isn't looking good. I was on board with the first trailer, but it's getting harder and harder... I'll still watch the hell out of it. If nothing else I can laugh at how bad it is? I definitely did that for some of the lines in the latest trailer... "...A highly intelligent animal!" Yeah okay thanks Chris Pratt.

That all sounds way more interesting than anything that ever happened in the original trilogy, though!

I've been told that the movie peoples have commented rather specifically that regardless of the comic's original intent, the allegory is intentional in the movies. HEARSAY THO SO YOU KNOW

Perfect, Bloodborne. Did Sean stop streaming after the second time? ):

I tried helping some dudes for The One Reborn and the person summoning was a Vileblood (I had Executioner rune) so we were adversaries. Then I got scared and fired a silencing blank and rung the co-op bell again.

There are two streams in past broadcasts up if you click on that. Dunno if there are more that were lost?

i've never been so disgusted...

I did zero multiplayer in Dark Souls (the only other Souls game I played), where I got help on Artorias and beat him the first try with help. In Bloodborne, however, I've done a lot of helping people with bosses, and yeah, it's pretty shitty burning through consumables and then the person you're helping dies. It'd be fine if when they died I got back any consumables I used, maybe. I guess that could be seen as "too easy", but really I just think it's more convenient. I dunno I dunno. I have yet to do any multiplayer that isn't just the bosses, though, so the problem of having to Find The Person hasn't really surfaced for me. EDIT: Also I like that Bloodborne is referred to as a "Souls" game and no one questions this.

All right I'll give the other chalices a chance but IF THEY SUCK...

That's exactly my problem with the (first) dungeon. I love roguelikes, but this ain't no roguelike. It's technically procedurally generated... but not in any way that could be described as interesting! It's just a bunch of big empty blocks with some enemies walking around behind some rocks or pillars. Sometimes there's a ladder. Maybe they get better? It's such a stark contrast to the game proper that every time I go in I almost immediately want to leave. The only thing that keeps me there is the fact that the pre-boss exploration parts are blissfully short, and so I can get to the boss relatively quickly.

i came pretty close just now to opening up ms paint and making a bingo card but i'm at work so i didn't ):

It's true I don't actually have a bingo card. ):

Leaving the game idle for 12 hours can easily happen if you use PS4 rest mode exclusively. The game never actually shuts down in that situation. Now if they mean literally leaving the PS4 on for 12 hours straight, well, I dunno. yes YES BINGO I GOT BINGO ON THE "THINGS IGNORANT PEOPLE SAY" BINGO CARD

Those notes strewn about the hunter's dream basically tell a bunch of the weird, or at least otherwise hidden, mechanics that you'd never really figure out otherwise. I'm fairly certain one mentions parrying, if not by name, then by method. I mean I skipped over most of those notes, too, but it's worth reading them I think.

I definitely didn't know that! Like I said, only fought it twice, and while I heard the bell ringers, I want really paying attention.

Yeah I mean I know all that. What I meant was: "This is really boring, and it shouldn't exist. Why does it exist?!" I want it to be fun because it seems like a good way to do co-op without making the main game too easy. Except even doing co-op there is still complicated and annoying. Besides the loading screens, this is my only real complaint. But at least it's, like you say, completely optional. It just sucks that there's a significant amount of junk here that I want no part of.

I guess I don't really think Gunnerkrigg Court really has that amazing of a story, so I have a much harder time letting this slide. It's just not fun. And fun is why I read Gunnerkrigg Court.

Oh gosh. I started out so well I don't even know how that could've happened. Anyway, there will be theme music if there's not already. I've not yet listened to the thing Codicier shared, but I know Gorm had some music lined up at some point.

I fought The One Reborn twice and almost beat him both times. Also I think I finished a chalice dungeon? There are only three layers each, right? Guess I can make another one, now? Still not sure I really get what they're for. They're not that exciting. At least the exploring part is always relatively short so the fact that it's boring isn't so bad.