Noita beats the lot, but Bloodborne isn't far behind. I think Bloodborne with the DLC is the best storytelling in videogames.cakes wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:21 am Nothing beats a Souls game, other than maybe Slay the Spire. I think I've sunk even more hours into the souls series. Really looking forward to Elden Ring.
Hades is really fun. I love rogue-lite biome games. Dead Cells is also a real favorite. I think that is my third most-played game on steam. DrAwk, if you haven't played Dead Cells, give it a try. My favorite combo is speed sword and nerves of steel. Oh lordy, nerves of steel!biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:13 amThis game is so stupid hard that I wish I had bought it as a physical Switch cartridge instead of download. That way, I could at least derive some satisfaction from it, as I bash it with a large rock.DrAwkward wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 5:33 pm Hollow Knight on the Switch really saved my sanity in the last year. Incredible Metroidvania side-scroller. Just did a second run through on it. I will never be able to solve the Trial of the Fool or the fucking Radiance.
Just picked up Hades and it's a blast.
I had been playing Dead Cells, which is also hard, but they nerfed a mutation I use in the new update. You can switch back to previous versions, but I accidentally played my main save file on the new update, and once you do that, your save won't work on other versions, so I guess I'm done with the game forever now.
I hate the concept of the hard game. These are both games I liked the aesthetics of, but they're ruined by the developers' catering to hardcore gamers. Hardcore gamers don't need a developed aesthetic. Hardcore gamers will play Souls games, the ugliest games ever made.
I have never played Bloodborne, because it's PS-only. But, I consider it a souls game. It looks faster-paced, whereas souls you have to ease your way around, but essentially the same ideas with slightly different mechanics. And it's From.... Elden Ring looks like its gonna be another souls game. Has anyone with a PS5 picked up the Demon Souls remaster? I heard it's awesome. I played the shit out of Demon Souls on PS2.A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:22 amNoita beats the lot, but Bloodborne isn't far behind. I think Bloodborne with the DLC is the best storytelling in videogames.cakes wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:21 am Nothing beats a Souls game, other than maybe Slay the Spire. I think I've sunk even more hours into the souls series. Really looking forward to Elden Ring.
Post edited to indicate that I was talking about Hollow Knight. Bosses need about 20% less HP and there need to be like, 3x as many benches.cakes wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:24 amHades is really fun. I love rogue-lite biome games. Dead Cells is also a real favorite. I think that is my third most-played game on steam. DrAwk, if you haven't played Dead Cells, give it a try. My favorite combo is speed sword and nerves of steel. Oh lordy, nerves of steel!biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:13 amThis game is so stupid hard that I wish I had bought it as a physical Switch cartridge instead of download. That way, I could at least derive some satisfaction from it, as I bash it with a large rock.DrAwkward wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 5:33 pm Hollow Knight on the Switch really saved my sanity in the last year. Incredible Metroidvania side-scroller. Just did a second run through on it. I will never be able to solve the Trial of the Fool or the fucking Radiance.
Just picked up Hades and it's a blast.
I had been playing Dead Cells, which is also hard, but they nerfed a mutation I use in the new update. You can switch back to previous versions, but I accidentally played my main save file on the new update, and once you do that, your save won't work on other versions, so I guess I'm done with the game forever now.
I hate the concept of the hard game. These are both games I liked the aesthetics of, but they're ruined by the developers' catering to hardcore gamers. Hardcore gamers don't need a developed aesthetic. Hardcore gamers will play Souls games, the ugliest games ever made.
The backgrounds are fine. The characters and weapons are all misproportioned in a hideous middle school notebook doodle/Rob Liefeld mashup.A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:58 amHave you seen Irithyll of the Boreal Valley?biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:13 amHardcore gamers will play Souls games, the ugliest games ever made.
Heaven forbid realistic or tasteful proportions be disregarded in grotesquely phantasmagoric video games.biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:00 amThe backgrounds are fine. The characters and weapons are all misproportioned in a hideous middle school notebook doodle/Rob Liefeld mashup.A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:58 amHave you seen Irithyll of the Boreal Valley?biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:13 amHardcore gamers will play Souls games, the ugliest games ever made.
I don't care about realism. This shit is just badly done. Which one had the pioneering character portrait designer that let you generate an infinite infinite variety of faces, as long as they still look like a shaved ape with Bell's palsy?sparky wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:47 amHeaven forbid realistic or tasteful proportions be disregarded in grotesquely phantasmagoric video games.biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:00 amThe backgrounds are fine. The characters and weapons are all misproportioned in a hideous middle school notebook doodle/Rob Liefeld mashup.
I love the way Fromsoft games look. They've cheek, playfulness and humour in design. I see how you could find them ugly, but they make me grin, motionless lips of NPCs, 'Berserk'-style mega-swords and all. The modern prettiness of most high-budget games is a bit boring. Red Dead Redemption 2 is an exception; I admire how they went for this dramatic, painterly look.
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