WAHAHA! Praise our magnificence!

>>3802905 (OP)
Dodo is a NIGGER

>>3802905 (OP)
chiken brest

Why do rabbits drop 10k in BS1? This shit is game breaking.

>>3802905 (OP)
dodo is the cutest

Reposting from last thread, only once and then I'll let it go.
Have any of you anons who still browse these threads ever dwelled into Black Souls mods?
The stuff on Nico Nico, BiliBili, Arca.live and such where people showcase events that are obviously not in the games at all?
Like https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1DP4y1M7px/ or https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1zF411Y7Zj/ for example.
If so, do any of you remember seeing a finished version of picrel?
It's supposed to be a sprite of Alice Lidell as she appears in the VN section of BS2's DLC3.
I'd like to get my hands on a finished version of this sprite sheet for reasons.
I found it in an old download at arca.live featuring the characters from their general content mod for BS2. It seems to be a sprite they never finished and eventually just scrapped because it's not in the latest download of said mod.
Or I could be wrong and there IS a finished version somewhere. I looked into the arca.live Black Souls community as much as I could, but I haven't found anything more than this unfinished sheet.

So anyway I just wanted to know if any of you have ever seen a finished version of picrel, that's all. Cheers.

>>3803008
EMMM doesn't seem to care about making games that are hard to play.
I mean, RHW, BS1 and BS2 all have grinding-focused rings that you can get at the start of the game pretty much, and that help you trivialize every fight.

>>3803056
I mean, I am not complaining, I do not like obligatory grind, but I do enjoy finding a ways to exploit game systems to do stupid shit(like killing end game bosses with starting party by abusing damage reflecting mirrors and bunch of allies with Cover in Amayui lmao). But these rabbits really did feel like something overlooked. Maybe if they had 1k or had a chance to spawn very strong enemies it would make more sense. But if that's how these games are made then it's fine I guess.

>>3803008
>>3803064
Balance is completely out of whack in several spots in BS1. BS2 is much better about it, and while you can trivialize it, there is gameplay to be had if you don't want to trivialize it. BS1, not so much.

>>3803064
>But these rabbits really did feel like something overlooked. Maybe if they had 1k or had a chance to spawn very strong enemies it would make more sense. But if that's how these games are made then it's fine I guess.
Yeah, it is.
As a matter of fact, one of the early farming spots in BS2 is also a Wonderland-like area with rabbits.
It's a bit more balanced than BS1's Wonderland though since there's different types of rabbits which adds a random factor to the grind, to enter you need an item that you get just a few copies of per cycle, and the rabbits there don't respawn until you leave the map and enter again, but still.

>>3803075
>>3803064
Nvm the random factor, the rabbits are actually placed as is.
Some of them are Knights, there's a few Dukes, a few Farmers and such. It's not picked randomly or anything. I misremembered that part.

>>3803075
One additional balancing effect is that the better kinds of rabbits are even faster and some can attack. So while the place is accessible early (but with limited entries), it scales with you as you play.

>>3803008
sl1 is perfectly balanced

>>3802905 (OP)

>>3803147
finally
unity

>>3803147
Kek, it took me a second.

>>3803147
The only good game there is Blacksouls tho...

What games you play anons while waiting for RDH?

>>3803008
Just like in Souls games, you can choose as to whether to grind for advantage or play with minimal power possible. The game has been beat in SL1 so you can choose how hard to make if for yourself.

>>3803704
my precious owlcat slop

>>3803704
Working on the last stretch to get to Immortal in DotA, and alternating WotR/DD1 when I don't have the energy for it.

>>3803704
I finally got TWW3

>>3803704
I loved Expedition 33, but other than that it's been a lull. Spent more time reading than gayman'

I would do unspeakable things to node

>>3803816
What a dumb post. I spent 120s looking up those two on the right to see what point it was making, and I will never reclaim those two minutes.

>got every single tale except Jeanne
I don't want to do it all over again...

>>3803779
She would still love you regardless

I want to hug, kiss and protect Dodo

>>3803704
Learning to work with RPGM and playing Paradox game mods.

Are you watching the niggerman anime airing this season?

>>3803704
Waiting for the next Fuyou kino.

>>3805163
ep metal x looking good so far

>>3805772
I can see a decent amount of effort went into making this, but it just sucks. What is this phenomenon where people will take jokes or memes and then insert their own shit onto it? The original meme is hardly funny itself and needs that context of the game to really work. What does making it "blacksouls" even do? I don't think I ever see blacksouls memes that are actually very funny at all. Even "rape lmao" memes are only so funny

>>3805783
I think it's funny, the effort is kinda impressive too
Also OC is king

>>3805783
The word you are looking for is template memes.
But still, I find that one funny as well. Carried a lot by how absurd the original meme was. Moving it to blacksouls maintains that absurdity.

Grimm loves Leaf.
He just doesn't know it yet!

>>3805783
my only complaint is it's 28 seconds too long, it's perfect aside from that

>>3805783
Most of the ones you see on twitter? Yeah I agree, a lot of them are done for trend chasing and such, but some of them probably are made because someone genuinely thought it a funny idea. That fairy fucker one was made by me, for a playthrough someone was doing in King /v/. Barrel of laughs that was.

>>3805772
leaf is so nice
why would you do this???

>>3805772
i thought it was funnny

Was it ever known what the source for the original cheshire cat's theme was?

>>3803704
In the time waiting for RDH I have
>played BS1
>played BS2
>100% them with DLC
>played Red Riding Woods
>gone through everything at least in part on the meme reading/playing list image (except the 1 Vita game don't have a Vita)
>started learning Japanese
Fair chance I may replay BS in Japanese before it releases

>>3803008
>>3803064
It's a designated farming area for scrubs.

>>3806441
>Checked the jap wiki
>It was already replaced by the new one
>Looked it up on wayback machine
>Found an even older theme
https://youtu.be/XDm7y1XWzfo
Looks like the one we know was added with the 1st or 2nd DLC, and now it's gone...

>>3803704
Finishing Hollow Knight got me into a metroidvania mood so I played Ender Lilies and Magnolia afterwards and now I'm on Blasphemous.

>Steam release potentially shelved

>>3806994
>still on my wishlist
I FUCKING KNEW IT
MARY????? MARY THE HAG THAT KILLS NEKOPARA AND OTHER PORN ACCESSORIES???? ITS THE FUCKING FAIRY

>>3807522

>>3807522
>>3807540
HOERS

>>3806994
I'd imagine EMMM was always going to release a censored version of BS1 without the type of content those credit card brands dislike, so it should be fine.

>>3806994
It would be easier to put on GOG

>realize I never actually read the original (English) version
>fetch pdf online and dig in
I feel called out, how did he know?

Every day I check my steam wishlist to see if it was updated. A date, a price tag, anything.

>>3809179
it may get cancelled completely, now that Gaben officially bent knee to (((global bankers)))

How do I buy shit from DLsite?
Yes, I'm retarded.

>>3809447
Dodo....

>>3806605
Soul Sacrifice? Pretty sure you can emulate it now. Pretty good game.

>>3807540
>left to right
gross

>>3809309
Being a doomer benefits no one but your own misery

replaying both games after 4 years
I love the original BS but EMMM's best decision was adding area music to BS2 in contrast to Dark Souls' usual absence of it.

>>3803147
so, in all honesty, what makes you like black souls? im wondering if i should give it a try. what draws me in is the crude CG artwork, with a very soulful feeling to it and it seems like it could be a profound/esoteric game. i like dark souls aesthetics as well. upon looking up some gameplay bits, however, it seems kinda basic and i'm not really into the very technical, autistic jrpg mechanics, being more of a VN kinda guy. is it worth giving a try regardless, and in-between the tedious rpg grinding and memorizing mechanics, will i find enough story content to enjoy it, or is it just not the game for me?

>>3810069
>>3810189
BS1 is fine for what it is. It has some pretty big flaws but I can forgive a lot when a game is shorter than even Chrono Trigger (and I mean doing no side content, just the main story of CT).
BS2 does a lot to expand on the things 1 does right, while MOSTLY not repeating what it did wrong (I say mostly because I think there is one aspect of its combat that it objectively does inferior to 1)

>>3810189
>so, in all honesty, what makes you like black souls?
The general answer you'll get from most people is the plot. Said plot only truly starts to show itself at the end of the first game though, so about 10 hours deep into it, and BS2 is a direct sequel to the events of BS1 even if it doesn't seem like it at first. The gameplay in both games isn't hard to break if you're any good at JRPGs, and grinding is a virtual non-issue since there's places in both games to farm your ass off and ways to spike your power up even without grinding, to speak nothing of how you can beat both games at SL1 without the usage of colored souls if you know what you're doing. The only time there's anything remotely technical in BS's gameplay is in BS2's DLC 3, but by that point you should have already learned the basic gameplay mechanics and have enough shit on hand to not make it a huge problem. If you refuse to learn, you will probably get filtered there though.

>>3810189
>so, in all honesty, what makes you like black souls?
the porn

>>3810066
>>3810532
Cute Node

>>3810189
I saw a pic of Cheshire Cat and liked the artstyle, and the later started to play the game because it was recommended to me a bunch of times and because of this pic only to later find out they are from the same game. Second game is the reason I like this series so much. Atmosphere, characters, non-linear exploration and so on. The second game is really good at giving off a lonely feeling. Game's plot is also great and I really appreciate hidden little interactions like JubJub and the Chick, Dodo bucket, Kuti beach invasion and so on. Then you think back on the snowman's words, Pickett, Lorina, Twins, JubJub and it all starts to click at the end of the game, leaving you wanting more and making my opinion on the game and it's story skyrocket .
Also I posted that to beat the shitposter to the punch.

>>3810189
Soul. This game is not pretentious, it doesn't try to convene some deeper ideas or meaning. It's a dark fantasy porn jrpg with dark souls mechanics. It doesn't try to be anything more, but it executes these themes very well. It puts you in this fantasy world built on top of various classical fables and you are free to do anything you want, you can become a hero who saved the world or you can be an evil lord with harem of slave girls. I like the agency, it's honest, brutal, but also interesting to explore. And it is also by no means shallow, all of this nicely ties to its endings like some other anon said.
The jrpg gameplay is rather basic but pretty fun to engage and exploit. You don't really need to grind and there are designated grind spots that can make you overpowered in minutes. You are only expected to understand basic jrpg mechanics, you can beat whole game with literally one of many good(game breaking) strategies that aren't hard to figure out. It's not like this kind of thematic games need sophisticated mechanics anyway, people obsess over things lay Andy and Leyley, Undertale or Miside despite them being basically press Z/E until you beat the game.

>>3811239
wait...

>>3811239
Wtf I love Red now

>>3811146
>Madness spirit that sexually harasses you
>Doesn't take advantage of you upon his victory
What even is the point, then? Why add him to your Garden in the first place?

>>3810571
>>3810066
Whore

>>3810997
>It doesn't try to be anything more
Did we even play the same game? The game executes many of the same tricks employed by modernists and pomos. Fragmented, nonlinear narrative, confused identity, heavy use of intertextuality, ergodic elements, and more. It's closer to Pynchon's playful turbidity than Tolstoy's translucence.
It never reaches the same level of difficulty as something like V, let alone GR, but plenty of anons end the game confused about its events and need an explanation about the timeline and who is who. Some never even realise Prickett's true identity.

>>3810997
> it doesn't try to convene some deeper ideas or meaning. It's a dark fantasy porn jrpg with dark souls mechanics. It doesn't try to be anything more

lmao

>>3811695
giwtwm

>>3811327
It's takoyaki time!

https://youtu.be/KLfe1q9vyAg?t=68
haha
Years later and after the release of Armored Core 6 and the start of my interest in Armored Core, I now understand this reference.
Now I assume every line she has with a musical note next to it is an actual reference to something.