THAT'S RIGHT COCKSUCKER!

GO BACK TO FIRELINK SHRINE

>>714124584 (OP)
Can we talk about why DS1 has the best grafix in the series?

>>714124584 (OP)
this is what gaming used to be about.

I've been making new characters nonstop trying to "break the game" by progressing backwards and getting OP. Strangely, all my builds kinda fall apart by Sen's Fortress.

Your son Gwyndolin, whatever happened there

>>714124736
just use a shield ur builds broken now

my favorite fun house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyCDLW7n53A

>>714124584 (OP)
Sens Fortress is only intimidating to new people and not actually the hardest area.

>>714124674
It's all about the lighting which every soulsborne game after doesn't fucking have

So who was sen?

>>714124983
Of course not, it's just the second most annoying

>>714125221
an asshole

>>714124584 (OP)
We went from this absolute kino to a sloppy empty open world that everybody praises, what went so fucking wrong?

>>714125910
Its not even annoying. Its easy because you can block enemies to force them to eat the moving boulders or just to fall off the bridges

Eh

>>714124584 (OP)
Uncle Senny please!

>>714127402
normgroids obviously like open worlds more than beautifully crafted small worlds, baby

>>714127402
open world is cancer but because it's an easy cash grab, everyone will do it and never go back

>>714127402
i like how the open world gives you a lot of freedom as far as how you progress, and there is some discoverability it provides, but it also could be about a tenth of the size and the game would only benefit from it.

>>714124792
It died on the vine

>>714127402
>what went so fucking wrong?
Normalfags got into the franchise and brought their shit taste with them

>>714124792
Timeline got fucked up.

>>714124674
you're conflating graphics with atmosphere again

>>714127402
The open world is fine, if you wanna hate something then hate on DS3's linear ass uninspired world

>>714125221
Gwynsen, the Nameless King.

>>714127402
Yeah, it's sad when they go young like dat..

>>714124736
DS1 is a solved game, the most broken build (which you can get early) is the black knight halberd and red tearstone ring. Just don’t get hit.

>>714135576
1000 years old, he was a fuckin kid.

>>714135753
But what happens when the knight doesn't drop the Halberd (as he statistically will be more likely to not drop it)

45 minutes for some grilled Estus?

>>714135998
It's an honor to be joined by men, AND NOT FAGGOT ASS CORNOHLIN' COCKSUCKERS LIKE WERE BORN UNDER THE MOON, HE SHOULD FUCKING DIE!

>>714136042
You start over until it does.

>>714136042
You restart the game. If you pick the master key at the start and go down the elevator into valley of drakes it takes you right to him

>>714124674
It's that specular effect on the armour and some of the surfaces

>>714124584 (OP)
Now go get your fucking bottomless box

>>714125221
Sen the Shithead, maker of trap theme parks.

>>714124584 (OP)
Still closed...Still closed.

>>714136615
Hmm...Hmmmmm.

>>714124674
The original or enhanced edition?

>>714127402
Yeah let's pretend elden ring doesn't have good levels that exist alongside the open world.

>>714137963
What level in Elden Ring compares to Sens Funhouse? Stormveil Castle was kind of cool because of all the secret areas but the main part of the level was mid. The rest of the levels were even worse than that.

Hrmph. You call this game hard? It was so easy. I beat it while half asleep. Didn't even dodge much either. Heh. I bet you all had a hard time against a buncha bosses and I one-shot ALL OF THEM!! (not that it's worth bragging about on account of being so EASY) I honestly don't get the point of these games they're just too easy? Honestly why even bother playing an easy game like what's the point? Yawn. Boring. Stupid lore too, none of it even made any sense. If you think about it, everything about the game is total ass and it's the worst game of all time and the second half goes to shit so I never even bothered going any further than Ornstein and Smough on my 12 other characters and the PVP is so easy noobs are just incredible easy to pwn. It takes literally no thought whatsoever and I've only ever died because I lagged. Now competitive pokemon, that's a true challenge.

And what of the good furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten?

>>714125221
Guy who Gwyn asked to keep the poors out of the rich neighbourhood.

>>714124983
nothing in ds1 is hard in 2025

>>714124674
That extreme distance blur and rather primitive geometry always reminded me of old fmvs.

>>714138089
None - they basically chopped up Sen's and turned each trap into the centerpiece of one of those shitty dungeons.

any fun ds2 builds?

>>714127402
>engineered webm
yawn

>>714141583
Hexer is GOAT

>>714124584 (OP)
BUT SEN WE JUST WANNA TALK WITH GWYN

>>714128706
it's just sad, and the fact that they prise elden ring for having this amazing open world is fucking insane
it's literally the worst ubislop ever made but without markers...

>>714124674
PTDE has the best art direction, yes. Reflections on armor, bloom in the sky, distinct architecture in each zone, and a grounded touch in all the designs while still making the world feel fantastical is what makes it so good imo

>>714141763
welcoem to the human race

>>714124584 (OP)
what the helly
Sen turned into a fortress

>>714141807
god this shit look so outdated
remake when

>>714142037
It looked like shit at the time already lol

>>714124584 (OP)
That's the only thing DaS III was missing, a good ole fun house.

>>714142313
That was Catacombs of Carthus.

>>714142969
I like the skeleball but it really was built more like an improved DaS 1 catacombs.

>>714136308
AIDS?

>>714133524
>linear
Yeah that's exactly what I like about it as opposed to the open world slop we jsut mentioned

>>714141583
Dual Poison whips baby

>>714124674
it's soul

>>714125221
In this house he was a great Lordranian and he protected Anor Londo, end of story!

>>714124674
The heavy blur gives you a very dreamy atmosphere that the other games don't have.
Bloodborne's chromatic aberration is kinda close.

>>714124584 (OP)
Can anyone explain to me why DS1 shitters are so adamant and autistic about not wanting to be able to fast travel from bonfires? I understand the value of having an interconnected world, but do they not realize that you can have both? Constantly having to go back and forth between the hub world and Sen's Fortress was so fucking tedious and a waste of time.

>>714124674
it doesn't tho

>>714135998
My favorite thing about Gwyn is how he becomes more and more heinous as the series goes on. The first game has nothing but glowing praise for him.

>>714124584 (OP)
wait shit arent these supposed to be holes?

>>714124736
What the hell do you mean your build "falls apart" at Sen's Fortress? Builds aren't used at ALL in there, it's just movement puzzles.

You get bored and don't want to admit it you midwit

>>714124674
Grok show me what DS1 looks like with RayTracing ON

>>714153201
They are, but there are newer european style castles that were built to mimic the visual style of older truly defensive castles. Basically rich people wanted castles still, but they had begun losing their viability in defending, so they just cosmetically copied features. Plus a lot of those holes had wooden hatches on them and could be closed up.

>>714153327
Pretty sure it's just to have less polygons m8

>>714127402
You don't have to worry about level design if there's no level to begin with. Devs took the cowards way out with open world slop.

There is nothing wrong with linear level design

>>714125221
Senzibart the forgiven

>>714153873
ER selling more than all Souls combined proves that wrong.

>>714144665
HOLLOW??

Ho it’s like an add for weight loss. Before and really before .

>>714153201
Yes, machicolations. For Sen's Fortress, it should've had them, but a lot of games don't include them because it's more taxing on the system. Dragon's Dogma even had something cute where they had these wooden trapdoors to open and close. It wouldn't be enough to repel attackers, but it's nice to see.
Something I did notice in DS3 at High Wall of Lothric is how all those rooftops have no way to access them. Meaning rain, snow, or possibly leaves will pile on and eventually cause the structure to collapse.

>>714154476
>Something I did notice in DS3 at High Wall of Lothric is how all those rooftops have no way to access them
How do you know there's not an inside staircase leading up to a trapdoor?

>Tfw dark souls 3 doesn't have any fun builds and there is no reason to ever use anything other than a fast weapon with fast roll because the game is horribly designed
>Magic is complete shit until NG+

I'm still sad.

>>714154668
Because there was no trapdoor on top, silly.
If I had it installed, I'd take a picture of what I mean.

>>714151664
Obvious bait. Try harder

>>714154758
Ah, you mean those rooftops that you can actually see from above and fall onto? Yeah those might have been weird

>>714154476
The flying guys took care of janitor duties. They do other things than stand around looking for undead challengers you know?

>>714125221
"Sen" means "war" in japanese. It was strictly military themed fortress compared to the other castle structures that had fancy halls, paintings and similar decorum

>>714154308
"I didn't lose weight, but I got taller, so technically my BMI is better"

>>714155020
I think so.

>>714155037
I don't even remember flying dudes. But if that's the case, why even have the towers there at all? If legged people can't use them, then there's no reason to build them. If it's just for housing, then could've built larger squared structures.

>>714155484
to create jobs for the flying dudes, duh

>>714155484
>If legged people can't use them
Dude, Lothric is a stratified society. Yet they all exist in harmony, everyone fulfilling their roles to keep the whole working. There is no reason to commit extra resources to make passageways to the roofs since the flying guys can take of it. This might seem like an ableist issue to you but remember than one of the princes was paraplegic and unable to walk on his own. He doesn't keep the non-flyers out of the roof out of spite. They all do what they are best at.

>>714154049
Nobody is going hollow! And I don't wanna hear that word again

>>714155749
>passageways to the roofs since the flying guys can take of it
B-but then whats the point of the towers then...? It's not any invaders are going to be able to scale the mountain and there aren't even any windows, so it's not like you could look out the towers even if a legged person walked up there on the inside. The towers serve no purpose... is what >>714155701 say is true, that Prince Lothric just gave pointless jobs to make his rulership look better to others?

>>714156153
The flying guys ferry crossbowmen to the towers in times of siege. You underestimate the power of aerial mobility in warfare and city planning.

>>714136767
>enhanced

>>714155808
Think about it though, Tone…sudden weight loss…coming back from the dead…Dark Sign growing uncontrollably

>>714124584 (OP)
It wasn't even that bad on my first playthrough, I don't get why people act like it was some grand trial.

>>714156719
Cunnilingus and repeatedly linking the fire have brought us to this

>>714141668
why would you like like that

>>714156872
>like like
lie*

>>714156763
Becuase you're a kiddo and you played 2/3/Sekiro/Bloodborne/Elden first.

>>714157041
Wrong, I'm in my 30s and I started with the OG Demon's Souls.

>>714156763
personally I couldn't find the frikkin bonfire. one of the two times I checked a guide in my first playthrough.

>>714157557
Sen's Fortress, relative to other levels, wasnt seen as an extremely hard part of the game when it released.
Iron Golem is one of the easiest bosses in the game, and can get solo'd by Tarkus.
It was just an extremely fun and well designed section.

Sen's Funhouse.

That's how we know you're lying.
Shit like Blighttown that barely ran, or the Dragonslayer Greatbros, and other very broken shit is what people bitched about.

>>714157772
every time i think its behind rodgierre and he was the final fuck you

>>714157972
what?

>>714157862
The only place that was truly shit that gave me trouble was lost izalith and the bed of chaos, not my fault you suck at games and have trouble with Souls games.

>>714125221
>>714155181
Sen is 1000 in japanese, the intended name would be more like "Fortress of 1000 traps" but details got lost in translation

>>714158242
lmao nigga you got found out, and now youre trying to play the same fuckin gitgud card 15 years later

>>714158153
ricard* with the rapier

>>714127402

>you want compromise? 20 deaths in the fort
>i wanted a bonfire
>i compromised, i put one behind a hidden wall
>i wanted a decent weapon
>i compromised, i got a shitty spear with lightning damage

>>714125152
Dark souls 2 had good lighting even after the downgrade, Bloodbornes lighting worker for that, dark souls 3 had awful lighting because they tried to make it look like Bloodborne or something so everything is gray. I don't think there's anything wrong with the lighting outside ds3

>>714158693
>back entrance
not even the bad part of blighttown

>>714158921
Worked for that game*

Hard to believe how long ago this game came out.
There was so much great OC inspired by DS1

>>714158838
goddamn that lightning spear was such a good troll

>>714158693
https://youtu.be/Ha6K5KtW3W8?t=69

>>714125221
He was an interior decorator!

>>714158253
Sen can be interpreted as war too, considering this was probably a training ground for the knights I think it makes more sense
Since the name doesn't mention traps anywhere

>>714159153
Apparently I'm dead wrong too, original japanese is "Sen's Old Fortress" where Sen is written as a name. Sen possibly could have been a wip title for Seethe seeing as the fortress is stocked with his snake men, if it's not that likely Sen is just some character who's not around anymore but previously owned the fortress entrance to anor londo

>>714158987
Dark souls had that fun middle ground of having artwork because not too many people enjoyed the game. So fan art was just to make people laugh.

Now its just goonbait and references shoved in with watermarks.

>What happened to Iron Tarkus? The strong, silent type?