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I'm gonna replay Lords of the Fallen I decided
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That's the one with the lantern mechanic right? How did it turn out? I watched a couple of reviews after it was released and it was kind of a mixed bag from what I remember. I think it had something to do that specifically it was so ball busting it became just not fun because of some goofy mechanics.
 
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Base game is about 132h if you want to do a 100% run according to howlongtobeat.com

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Also over 30 new songs in the DLC, base game had 67.
 
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Base game is about 132h if you want to do a 100% run according to howlongtobeat.com

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Also over 30 new songs in the DLC, base game had 67.
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Feels nice to be excited for a game release again. Been since ER came out.
 
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That's the one with the lantern mechanic right? How did it turn out? I watched a couple of reviews after it was released and it was kind of a mixed bag from what I remember. I think it had something to do that specifically it was so ball busting it became just not fun because of some goofy mechanics.
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Wasn't nearly as bad as complained about, and then they shined it up nice. I'm coming back for this random loot/enemies mode. It was an awesome game tbh for being the first in its series.
 
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Wasn't nearly as bad as complained about, and then they shined it up nice. I'm coming back for this random loot/enemies mode. It was an awesome game tbh for being the first in its series.
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I'll probably have to put it on summer sale list then. Cool deal.
 
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Lords of the Fallen is coming to Game Pass on May 30, so just sub to PC Game Pass for a month, unless you don't already have an active sub?
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I fully stand by that game being truly good and it having the classic DS1 invading. Every Elden Ring invasion I did a while ago was 3 people camping some ladder type thing. Wtf were they thinking? Just let people who can't or fairly don't want to handle it play offline mode. Speaking of which, if you dawdle too long in LOTF invasions as a host or host party some red grim reaper mob comes for you.
 
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I fully stand by that game being truly good and it having the classic DS1 invading. Every Elden Ring invasion I did a while ago was 3 people camping some ladder type thing. Wtf were they thinking? Just let people who can't or fairly don't want to handle it play offline mode. Speaking of which, if you dawdle too long in LOTF invasions as a host or host party some red grim reaper mob comes for you.
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Started playing it for the first time today. Had read your post before about pvp, didn't think much more about it as I had no direct plans to run any pvp at the moment.
Got a warning that staying too long in the realm of the dead could have dire consequences, which I foolishly ignored.
Suddenly, the gates of hell open in the ground I'm walking on and this red reaper appears. I run away like a squealing pig, hoping to find an Emergence Effigy. Unfortunately, it didn't end well and his scythe suddenly materializes through the wall and effectively puts an end to my escape. All in all a fun first run and I'm cautiously optimistic.

Looks like they improved on alot since launch

 
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Started playing it for the first time today. Had read your post before about pvp, didn't think much more about it as I had no direct plans to run any pvp at the moment.
Got a warning that staying too long in the realm of the dead could have dire consequences, which I foolishly ignored.
Suddenly, the gates of hell open in the ground I'm walking on and this red reaper appears. I run away like a squealing pig, hoping to find an Emergence Effigy. Unfortunately, it didn't end well and his scythe suddenly materializes through the wall and effectively puts an end to my escape. All in all a fun first run and I'm cautiously optimistic.

Looks like they improved on alot since launch

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The co-op is also simply the best in any soulslike
 
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Really fun game, I've run through several times and gotten all endings, even platinumed it. Fun weapons, cool enemies and bosses. GIVE ME THAT LAMP
 
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Really fun game, I've run through several times and gotten all endings, even platinumed it. Fun weapons, cool enemies and bosses. GIVE ME THAT LAMP
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Friend of mine was saying Breath of the Wild is better than ER because you have all these locations you can go to where you actually find items that matter.

He hasn't played ER so I was like "ER has about 130 weapons you can get, with all different kinds of movesets, that are scattered all around the world and reward you for exploring". What do BOTW locations have, Deku Nuts and Pieces of Heart? The breakable weapons was the biggest turnoff for me with that game.
 
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Friend of mine was saying Breath of the Wild is better than ER because you have all these locations you can go to where you actually find items that matter.

He hasn't played ER so I was like "ER has about 130 weapons you can get, with all different kinds of movesets, that are scattered all around the world and reward you for exploring". What do BOTW locations have, Deku Nuts and Pieces of Heart? The breakable weapons was the biggest turnoff for me with that game.
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I just thought really hard about this...

Zelda has a better open world mechanically with the climbing and weather/environment effects. Exploration rewards are probably about equal since you won't be using most of those weapons. Combat in Zelda can be totally vanilla or insanely inventive depending on what you choose to do, especially in the sequel.

But it's like comparing a railway station to the sistine chapel. Yeah the signage and the escalators and the trains are really functional, but I'm having a lifechanging religious experience over here. Which one are you going to dream about?

People who prefer the Zelda switch games don't have a soul, even if they can make a strong argument.
 
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I just thought really hard about this...

Zelda has a better open world mechanically with the climbing and weather/environment effects. Exploration rewards are probably about equal since you won't be using most of those weapons. Combat in Zelda can be totally vanilla or insanely inventive depending on what you choose to do, especially in the sequel.

But it's like comparing a railway station to the sistine chapel. Yeah the signage and the escalators and the trains are really functional, but I'm having a lifechanging religious experience over here. Which one are you going to dream about?

People who prefer the Zelda switch games don't have a soul, even if they can make a strong argument.
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I think the weather effects and climbing are a major detriment. Climbing itself is boring as fuck, and is just a slow “will my stamina last longer than this stupid fucking climb” check. Then you get rain on top of that and it becomes “ok can’t climb til rain ends guess I will afk for fifteen minutes.” Then you have the “oh noes I’m wearing metal in a lightning storm, guess I will unequip it again. Yeah real fucking riveting gameplay there.

Exploration in Zelda is pretty cool for the first 20% of the game then you realize it’s just very repetitive and there’s no unique rewards or experiences for doing so.

I think anyone trying to compare ER and Zelda in a serious manner has brain damage, serious fanboi problems. ER blows the fuckin doors off Zelda in every single way except building unique robots and cars with glued together pieces of wood and fans.
 
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Started a new Dark Souls 3, getting my ass kicked as a level 1 Deprived. Surprised it makes you beat the first boss without leveling up. Was sure I got a bunch of levels before the first boss the first go-around. In any case, Knight was much much much easier with a 100% reduction shield and actual armor / decent weapon. I one-shotted a bunch of bosses that time, while this time the first boss is whooping me. At least I have way less stats to worry about now that I'm not trying to be a Paladin.

Edit: Beat the first boss. Took a bunch of tries. Was so much harder than as a Knight. I guess this game pulls a Wo Long and frontloads it with the biggest difficulty spike right at the beginning of the game. Once Iudex transforms, the fight is much easier if you just get in close and wail on him. My mistake in the losses was trying to gain any distance on him. Now I can level up again finally. Unsure how much of this I'll get done before it's ER time again, we'll see.
 
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Started a new Dark Souls 3, getting my ass kicked as a level 1 Deprived. Surprised it makes you beat the first boss without leveling up. Was sure I got a bunch of levels before the first boss the first go-around. In any case, Knight was much much much easier with a 100% reduction shield and actual armor / decent weapon. I one-shotted a bunch of bosses that time, while this time the first boss is whooping me. At least I have way less stats to worry about now that I'm not trying to be a Paladin.

Edit: Beat the first boss. Took a bunch of tries. Was so much harder than as a Knight. I guess this game pulls a Wo Long and frontloads it with the biggest difficulty spike right at the beginning of the game. Once Iudex transforms, the fight is much easier if you just get in close and wail on him. My mistake in the losses was trying to gain any distance on him. Now I can level up again finally. Unsure how much of this I'll get done before it's ER time again, we'll see.
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Take your time and enjoy DS3. Don't worry about ER. I just started cyberpunk and after that I'm doing another run through all the soulsborne games, finishing with ER + DLC. Will probably be Advent by the time I get to that.
 
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