Thread 724808014

Souls was never about straining my horrific reflexes. It was about plodding in full plate through narrow corridors, shields-up.
I liked Dark Souls because it was slow. it's the only game in this series( and Demon's Souls) I find comfortable to play., and now all of them are obsessed with straining my reflexes.

You will love Dark Souls 2, in that case.

git gud

Souls lacks puzzles and meaningful interaction that isn't talking or killing NPCs

>>724808164
Make your jokes, but I don't want to "git gud" like that.

There's 0% adventure in these games.

>>724808316

it's not a joke lmao stay filtered scrub

>>724808531
Scrub? There are no slow paced knight games anymore, because of what the new Souls games did. I prefer getting good through maneuvering levels, getting from bonfire to bonfire. Like Castlevania.

>>724808928
KCD is right there or Mount and Blade series. Those play more realistic and better than old souls.

>>724808354
all of those games are "kill next bad guy"

>>724809054
They have a narrative and plot to fall back to meanwhile souls is the literal definition of kill next bad guy without substance.

>Souls was never about straining my horrific reflexes.
retard bait op, you never ever played souls games, they are not reflex based, they are strictly memory games

>>724809450
When I see the long combos, I just freeze and lock up. I don't want that in my fantasy adventure knight game.

>>724808014 (OP)
sorry that's not really streamer friendly
we need more difficult epic action for the clips

>>724809526
This isn't fantasy or adventure. It's pure rollslop since the beginning. If you want that stuff then go play any other fantasy RPG out there.

Lies of P had better combat than any of the fromsoft games
It lacked proper exploration unfortunately
I really wish sometimes you could just take different aspects from different games and mush them together to make the best game

>>724808928
Literally any metroidvania would do given it's generally a low challenge, casual genre with an emphasis on exploration

>>724809624
They are all obsessed with making their games as fast as possible, though, with your character flipping like a ninja all the time.

>>724809682
No functioning shield and forced parrying don't make for a good experience.
>>724809713
Tell that to Silksong and how it has no chill whatsoever.

>>724809735
Why do you care so much about a mediocre series that offers nothing on what you asked since the beginning?

>i cant believe developers make different games for different appeals at different times
this is basically /v/ when it comes to fromsoft

>>724809812
Bro your Aegis?

>>724809818
Dark Souls 1 had it, that's why. It is my favorite game in the world.
>>724809887
Doesn't block damage and consumes legion just by holding it. I need a real shield.

These games were never about exploration or adventure. They're always about the jank combat and see this cool thing that you have to kill.

>>724808014 (OP)
>>724808928
King's fucking Field

>>724808354
Nobody cares about your dogshit point and clicks no matter how many times you spam this board with your image macros

>streamer that plays elden ring as their second job
>can no hit all dlc bosses
>get his shit pushed in in a mid game dungeon because he didnt memorize the attack patterns from the enemies there
reflexes he says lmao

>>724808014 (OP)
Thoughts on Lords of the Fallen? It felt like a return to form to me.

>>724810074
>Dark Souls 1 had it
No it did not. It was always a showcase on meme difficulty and boss fights. Adventure was an afterthought seeing how shit the levels actually are.

At this point just use cheat engine
>b-but
If you truly need a button you can hold down to be invincible, perhaps games with combat aren't for you.
Elden ring was shit, but there is a limit to how much of a shitter you can be.

>>724808014 (OP)
you WILL fight the spastic giant boss in a circular area and you WILL like it

>>724810278
I need a shield that works, a slower game that I can reasonably play.

>>724810202
This was a weird game for me, on one hand the parry felt pretty good, but the dodge and hitboxes of certain enemies like the congregation were complete whack
Its a bad game with heart, like it was made by actual DnD basement dwellers or people wearing metalica shirts

>>724810202
shield doesn't block damage the way it should.
>>724810223
I like Blighttown, the Catacombs, New Londo Ruins. I'd rather play those levels that have to deal with Elden Ring's "finest" bosses. No rolling is required in New Londo.

These games are nothing but inferior Monster Hunter clones set in medieval times which Dragon's Dogma did much better.

>>724808316
Then play something else nobody wants to cater to slow ass unc’s who can’t keep up lmao.

>>724810328
Stone fingerprint makes you invincible, there you go.

>>724810527
there is nothing else anymore. These fucks came for turn based rpgs, now they've come for dark souls as well.
>>724810556
45 strength, endgame item, ugly piece of garbage that clashes with any metal armor you have.

There is an argument to be made for elden ring being filled with spastic combo spam bosses but this guy must genuinely have his neurons rotted or something jesus christ

>>724810670
It was Elden Ring that rotted them. I genuinely can't handle this stuff anymore.

Elden Ring, but make it save-based, one save per 24 ingame hours at any bonfire, add some basic survival mechanics like hunger and exhaustion, add dynamic enemy patrols, remove rolling, add tameable horses into the world, remove whatever the fuck Torrent is, remove all magic dogshit from the game. And it's a 10/10.

How can anyone bare this storyless garbage for a decade? This is why BG3 blew ER out of the water.

>>724808014 (OP)
bed time old man, go back to your slow motion jrpgs for dementia patients.

>>724810650
>there is nothing else anymore
I guarantee you haven’t played every game that has done what you want, you’re just pretending to be too retarded to play them instead.

>>724810202
Only played 2.0 but it felt like what Dark Souls III should have been. Except for the overall lack of polish compared to From's work.

>millions of rpgs and metroidvania games that does adventure 100 times better than souls
>OP ignores them like a faggot
shiggy

Maybe if he plays nioh 2 he will have a heart attack and die

>>724810893
What do you think I'm doing? I like turnbased rpgs, a lot, actually. This is the kind of gitting gud I understand.

>>724811135
I refuse to play Nioh. I know it's definitely not what I want. I've seen how it plays.

>>724810328
You've already made this shit threads some time ago and got humiliated, why come for more?

>>724811417
But its block button blocks all non pure elemental damage?
Its everything you ever wanted
The block even cancels stunlocks

>>724811159
Good for you, you like fake progression, I personally cant stand it but I'm not whining that final fantasy or persona has to appeal to me. JRPGs are now so easy and mind numbing the biggest concern while playing them is trying not to over level and lose the tiny amount of mental engagement that it started with, this is because there is no real skill progression in these games, its all numbers to make retards feel like they achieved something.

The last thing I want is that audience ruining FROM games, where I'm intentionally throwing my souls away or skipping powerful equipment because the game is tuned for idiots who want to nuke every boss.

>>724811159
>I like turnbased rpgs, a lot, actually
>Posts ATB mash attack to win dogshit
You like movies, not videogames let alone turn based RPGs

>>724808014 (OP)
Idiot, beat elden ring face tanking miquella. It's all about how you build.

>I liked Dark Souls because it was slow
>just like me
nice to finally hear, honestly, why this shit abortion of third person action ruined the entire genre the past 16 years

>>724808014 (OP)
Yeah Dark Souls 1 was the only good one. It was more about discovery and adventure and a sense of wonder in this new and foreboding dark fantasy world. I have been chasing this feeling ever since.

Morrowind did the same for me, where I was just captured by the world and I wanted to explore every nook and cranny.

>>724810650
>there is nothing else anymore
Bro, I'm playing Dragons Dogma 2 right now. You are full of shit.I bought the first game 5 times and the second game is legit more of the same jank that I loved in the first one. Although the quests could be more cheesy and less serious so far

>>724810493
Dark Souls and Monster Hunter are nothing alike. I do not know why retards keep comparing them.

These games suck both as RPGs and action games. Why the hell would you torture yourself into playing souls? The adventure aspect of them is nonexistent.

>>724812201
Pray tell what should I play instead?

>>724812361
Dragon's Dogma
Baldur's Gate 2
Path of Exile
Any metroidvania
Fallout 1
Nioh 1-2
Ninja Gaiden series
etc...

>>724810436
100% DR shields reward passivity
Chip damage is a good thing

>>724812528
>flipping ninjas
gonna have to pass, mate

>>724812770
I want to be passive. I want to walk through levels one careful step at a time. That's how I get my fun, I find that fun. I don't find running around and flipping like a ninja in full plate fun.

>>724812770
He wants to hold block until the boss gives up so he can do a poke anon
This man is so slow he has to turn an action game into a turnbased game just to cope

>>724810527
fr fr no cap

Sick of this thread, doxxing OP

>>724812937
>I don't find running around and flipping like a ninja in full plate fun.
Then don’t do that.

>>724813439
Nope.

>>724813534
The new games force you to if you don't have a spammy tank build, with even its regular enemies not bouncing back from you blocking their attacks.

>>724808014 (OP)
That is the conclusion everyone came to by DS3. Level design is the strongest element of this series

>>724812528
>Dragon's Dogma
It's like 20% of what it should have been and it's completely brainless and shitty, no thanks, I'll play Dragon's Crown if I wanted a successor to the Capcom D&D game, Itsuno is a hack
>Baldur's Gate 2
RTWP dogshit AND D&D, the worst roleplaying system known to man, no thanks, if I had to suffer through a D&D CRPG I'll pick ToEE, not Bioware's dogshit
>Path of Exile
What adventure or action? It's a fucking diablo clone which by definition is for subhuman who don't care about anything but big numbers
>Any metroidvania
Same thing as Souls but worse overall outside of the music, also already played them all and I'm playing Souls because Konami stopped making them and IGA is taking ages to do more
>Fallout 1
Why would I play the inferior, reddit version of Wasteland? It's completely brainless as well
>Nioh 1-2
Poor man's souls+Poor man's Diablo but in Japan? No thanks, there's no adventure whatsoever to be had here either
>Ninja Gaiden series
A meme, failed series for retards who think charging UTs and doding offscreen explosive shuriken is the peak of gaming, no thanks

Terminate your subscription from life

>this thread again
It's so boring
Your opinion was copypasted

>>724812361
BotW/TotK

>>724814373
Play Demon's Souls Remake

>>724814692
hate BOTW. Make horses and roads great again.

>>724813673
Stop playing new games, you aren’t being forced to do shit.

>>724813673
>The new games force you to if you don't have a spammy tank build, with even its regular enemies not bouncing back from you blocking their attacks.
None of that happens, you've lied before and you still lie now.
Is your life so miserable that you have to make the same thread over and over in here to have some sort of parasocial relationship with stranger?
We're not your therapists.

>>724808014 (OP)
Level endurance and keep using a shield then. Elden Ring didn't remove them or make them useless. DS3 is the weakest they ever were, but you could still shield turtle fairly well.
If you played DS1 that way, that was a personal choice. You could have played it as a light rolling ninja sprinting around everywhere like speedrunners do.

>>724808354
>kings quest
>adventure
You mean figure out what insane bullshit puzzles they put in to sell strategy guides.

>I liked dark souls because I could poiseboost amd ignore everything
>I dont like other souls because I can't poiseboost :(

>>724810223
Name 3 games with better levels than Dark Souls 1.

>>724816590
elden ring's catacombs are more complex than 90% of ds1

>>724816590
zelda oot, zelda mm, demon's souls

>>724816590
Demon's Souls
Bloodborne
Elden Ring

>>724816731
The DLC catacombs were good.
The base games are basically unplayable with few exceptions.
One or two of the Hero's Grave dungeons are good.
>>724816756
>oot/mm
Not a chance, lol.
OOT's water temple makes Lost Izalith look polished.

>>724816386
I've got 60 endurance.

>>724818193
Where are you roadblocked?

>>724818310
Messmer.

>>724818431
Free Hornsent summon, use it. It won't increase his HP.
He's weak to Holy Damage and doesn't guard so you can also proc bleed or frost pretty quick if you use something quick.
Shield turtling with a bleed or cold Antspur Rapier will get you pretty far. Or the Soldier Greatspear. But you have to wait for him to come to you, he doesn't like to stay still. Watchout for his grab.
His combos are long, but you have time in the middle to spam Endure for damage reduction. Phase 2 is actually easier than phase 1 for this.

I'd recommend Greatshield Talisman, Flamedrake Talisman, Twin Turtle Talisman, and whatever freebie you want for the fourth slot.
The Redmane Greatshield is pretty easy to get and has decent fire resist. The Haligtree Knight Greatshield is also a good choice while being easy to get.

>>724819139
No

>>724819182
Holy Star Fists, Axe Talisman, Dagger Talisman, Holy boosting physick, 4 R2s to break stance, use throwing knives to keep his poise from resetting.

>>724819479
There's also a poise damage boosting physick tear, even.

>>724819479
>>724819558
No thanks

>>724808014 (OP)
>>724808354
Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Dragons Dogma, Kingdom Come = RPG
Souls = Action Adventure