Burinju Video Concern - Lost Kingdoms / Rune

[BIL]

Look no further Birru.
someone had some low res mod action and video editing to make DS2 look like Kings Fieldo

https://youtu.be/5T8nb45F-v8

fuck me 9 years ago

Amazing That's exactly the vibe I was picking up... the interiors in particular were so familiar, despite never having played KF4. Memories of basically the entire Castle Drangleic and its deeper areas. King's Passage, Undead Crypt, Shrine of Amana, too.

I'll have to l2p DS2, at some point. I know the weightier turning controls work fine once adjusted to, I just had a hard time with 'em, going immediately from BB/DS1, then DS3/ER, after. Kinda bullshitted my way through it.

Still got some good drama out of my one loop, having no idea about Potato Abuse, going in totally blind as usual. I also had no clue what was DLC and what wasn't - holy fuck I looove that uncertainty - so there was a constant sense of discovery, when random nooks would explode out into massive deadly stages. Shulva in particular caught me totally off-guard. Horsefuck Valley was like an entire oldschool ARPG unto itself! Plotting a course through the white hell, beating down arse-hungry horses with my preposterously under-dressed archer waifu, my more modest magic waifu, and my big dopey BFF Vengarl, aka Less Insane Valtyr.

[Blinge]

What's potato abuse?

[BIL]

Apparently (per From general thread), lifegems are a super abusable healing resource in the early game. Cheap, plentiful, effective? I'd no idea, I'm not a potato fan IRL either. All about wild rice. Had a somewhat rough time in the very early going (Giant Lord -> Lost Sinner), until Estus max caught up.

In BB, I quickly decided that if I'd used more than five heals on a boss, in later loops two, I'd failed and it was a practice run. So you failed to seal the deal and got your shit rocked: A Lemons Into Napalm Story. That shit personal muhfucka! (man, when affable Cannibro starts losing his shit... from "Ave you got a screw loose?" to "DIE! DIE, DIE!" faaack this is taking me back already Divine Sandstorm = Instant Feels )

SHIII-ZAAA!!! (◎w◎;)

I became progressively less concerned with such rules in DS1/DS2/DS3/ER. Lots of hiding behind greatshields in the earlier, and abuse of summons in the latter, with exceptions for ~Muh Feels~. No shields vs Artorias or a certain Blade Of Peril.

(also, as with DS2 potatoes, I had no idea about Mimic Tear. I legit thought Aurelia was pushing it. Had gravitated to Tiche and Kristoff by the end of the DLC, finally started reading about ER and went "oh")

I can tell I left a ton of depth untouched in each game, despite doing all loops of DS1, and all but the last of DS3. (will probably get that done over winter) But I was more into 'em for the experiences than anything, tbh, enjoying mightily on that front.

DS2's the one I'd most like to replay. I didn't get along with the heavier turning controls; felt like they tried to make mere movement as weighty as attacking and rolling. An overstep, imo. I adjusted eventually, but never felt very competent.

Mostly, I just really dig that hauntingly uncertain mood. Finding that weird S&M keyface fucker in Drangleic was one of those rare "WTF I wrote this" moments. Of the four games (including ER), it's also got by far the best glimpses of pitched battlefields, via Ashen Mist Heart. I was hoping to see at least a bit of that in ER or its DLC. I know it's rarely the point of these games, but it's a hell of a garnish.

[Blinge]

Haha yeah the pitched battles are always.. "sorry mate you just missed it"
In FromSoft games.

just missed it by a few days, or a few centuries, but either way it holds true.

The whole play it for the experience first then challenge yourself to remove crutches on replay is a fine way to do it - one that I advocate.
Although maybe summoning humans i would still play gatekeeper against

[BIL]

That wild setpiece with

DS2 Endgame

the harbour assault, everything collapsing amidst the Giant Lord prematch blew my fuckin mind. Almost got him on my first attempt; right as he started keeling over, I saw a fuckoff massive boulder launching from a ship a mile below and went "Yeah, that's just BG flourish, VICTORY ACHIEVE mirite? :3" LOL NO BITCH, THIS REAL BATTLE >83 *SPLAATT*

Yeah human BFFs sound like quite the asset. I could imagine that being very handy for those not accustomed to oldschool-brutal difficulty. Was never an option for me though, no PS Plus.

Not like I'd have considered it anyway tbh. Some exceptionally vintage strife and catharsis in those endgames.

DS3 Endgame

"My life ain't no holiday. I've been through the point of no return."

[Daytime Waitress]

Found myself in the From thread looking for advice in tackling DS1 and found the absolute best advice (as to be expected from the shmups farm): play however tf you want, blind, then worry about mastery.
Enjoyed massively the hagiographies for the lesser-known titles, and ofc Dr. Biruford's journal.
And so I was stumbling upon Blinge's vids exactly when this dropped.
Avoiding playthroughs of stuff that I intend to get around to eventually myself, but very much enjoying watching things that I'll never play - Eternal Ring's ring management looks like it would get on my tits, and I'll likely never go back to Tamriel, so no love lost there; but I'll hold off on the KF vids for now.

tl;dr: your vids are both knowledgeable and calming/cosy, Blinge, the antithesis of YouTube videogame coverage - please keep it up.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Found myself in the From thread looking for advice in tackling DS1 and found the absolute best advice (as to be expected from the shmups farm): play however tf you want, blind, then worry about mastery.

This would be my advice for any RPG. If it's good enough to play, it's good enough to replay. I know some people insist on following a 100% guide on a first playthrough of an RPG so as not to "miss" anything but if you do that you miss out on the natural experience of discovery from playing it yourself. Sure you might miss stuff, but who cares? You're having an experience unique to you.

Same goes for a Souls' game. Sure, there's a bit of jank, but all but a few bits are entirely manageable and you can figure that out on your own. If you really get stuck, ask for a hint, but don't resort to a walkthrough right from the get-go or you're denying yourself the exploration and fun of discovery.

It's really, really hard to break the game in such a way that you make it unreasonably difficult to beat. You'd have to go out of your way to attack all the blacksmithing NPCs or something similar. It'd still be doable even then, albeit a billion times harder.

[Lander]

(Or: A wiseguy build, huh?)

Good work! Bit late on parade, since I managed to fall asleep halfway through the first watch.
Woke up to the last frame, half a tall zider still clutched in hand, haunted by echoes of the word times'd. Becoming more like me dear ol' dad with each passing year
(Though that's better taken as a compliment to podcast voice than any condemnation of the content, I daresay!)

And well, what an ending. Very From, in a sense. That final zone is really cool, always like it when a game pulls a now you've done it, the world's gone entirely tae fook section and lets you wander through the consequences a while.
Interesting camera in KF4, too - so heavy it kind of looks like the steadycam effect you see in movies and GPU benchmarks, with lots of cinematic smooth turns and swooping. Looks like it'd feel pretty sluggish, but it adds a certain something to the fantasy atmosphere that wasn't there in the earlier games.

Further observations on DS2 vibe: It's totally the moss. That signature From Software moss.
Bit of a Penetrator vibe from the big four-armed knight guy as well.

Looking forward to seeing Princess Game given the treatment; I remember it being somewhere in the middle of the Cookie And Cream <-----> Prepare 2 Cri scale, should be interesting to see how the DNA manifests now we're so far down the road.

Avoiding playthroughs of stuff that I intend to get around to eventually myself, but very much enjoying watching things that I'll never play - Eternal Ring's ring management looks like it would get on my tits, and I'll likely never go back to Tamriel, so no love lost there; but I'll hold off on the KF vids for now.

A good choice. I can only speak for KF3, but it's a special series - well worth keeping for a rainy day.

I know some people insist on following a 100% guide on a first playthrough of an RPG so as not to "miss" anything but if you do that you miss out on the natural experience of discovery from playing it yourself. Sure you might miss stuff, but who cares? You're having an experience unique to you.

Gawd, I went through a period of doing that with every game. To the letter. What a profound waste of surprise discovery that was!

[Blinge]

fook it lads, i dropped me gay card!

i sure hope a magical princess doesn't pick it up and summon me

Fromsoft's Odd duck of a game (one of their many, i suppose)
Cards, deck building.. but it's an action game first and foremost. your cards are your moves, your summons, your strikers.

https://youtu.be/khzRpF_U1zY

[ryu]

I had a good time with Lost Kingdoms way before I even knew Fromsoft was a noteworthy developer. Ironically last time I played it I lost to the necromancer because I ran out of cards, had no idea you could abort without losing progress and ended up quitting because I thought I had to redo the entire level.

[Blinge]

Haha yeah! I mean you have to start the level again but can just beeline straight for the end because you've already picked stuff up and earned your xp

[BIL]

Hmm, I may be too MEEK-MINDED for this one Burinju, but I will give it a go (｀w´メ)

Did u know that lovable STORAIDO from DSII shares VAs with Framp n' Kaathe? :O I shoulda known! Best bad grandpas. I've been enjoying the series trivia I'd avoided under total blackout previously, while revisiting my old posts ITT, now it's been four years since first contact with BB. I'm a Souls Veterinarian now boyeee!

Anyway I spat out me fookin Horlicks when I saw this m8

Man I feel so left out of all the DLC talk. I hate the concept of DLC, and don't recall ever buying any for any game ever. When I finished each game in this series (incl. BB), I'd be 100% completely up for tackling all the DLC immediately, but when the DLC would eventually come out, the concept of taking the game back up just felt like a tough task.

Maybe I'll finally return to DS1 some day with the remake, and tackle the DLC along with it. I'm actually really curious about the DS2 DLC as well, but I really don't feel like ever returning to that game. So much of it just feels like a horrible trudge.

OMFG Sumez-san! So that's why you didn't recognise the

MILD BLOOBORNE DLC ITEM SPOILERS:

Spoiler

Loch Shield! You've been denied mon frere. (;｀ω´;) BB DLC is like a microcosm of all the base game's best bits, it's CIRCUITOUSLY FIST-TIGHT and HARDCORE AS FUCK MUHFUCKA!

And yet, full of haunting memories too. Ah man. Beautiful.

No fr I know you said you found BB's world a little small-scale and I agree, though as u know I find that charming in itself, but the DLC really tops it off. If you ever trusted me on anything trust me on this But tbh I might give it another year, with that fanmade PC port rumbling on. I gotta get to SexyBro and Lies About PP, the latter of which is getting DLC IIRC? Nice nice.

Fuck sake. (*'ω' *) My dick is standin up at the memory of BB DLC's hellacious piquant smorgasbord! The utter climactic fury and hard-won moment of catharsis for an unforgettably tragic world. It's NOT FOR BITCHES! AKA the... MEEK-MINDED! Just like the BB twisted me arm into a PS4 - or would've, save blessed Hamster, M2, and Natsume - so too will those brave PC porting men get me to build MUH GAMING RIG. I need it for hardware capturing and general data archival anyway tbh.

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Wait what the fuck. this isn't the From General thread is it. >_> Sorry Burinju! :O Overcome by eldritch vapours.

FEEBLE BOOSTED ONE!!!

[Blinge]

Hmm, I may be too MEEK-MINDED for this one Burinju, but I will give it a go (｀w´メ)

Well you'd better bloody watch it after shitting up my thread!!

[Sumez]

No fr I know you said you found BB's world a little small-scale and I agree, though as u know I find that charming in itself, but the DLC really tops it off. If you ever trusted me on anything trust me on this But tbh I might give it another year, with that fanmade PC port rumbling on. I gotta get to SexyBro and Lies About PP, the latter of which is getting DLC IIRC? Nice nice.

I have no doubt the BB DLC is great, everyone has repeated that endlessly.
I also eventually bought the "GOTY edition" in order to get it, so I have it ready to play. But doing so demands a complete replay of all of Bloodborne.

Which *is* a good time of course, and I did that for DS1, 2 and 3, replaying them with all the DLC, and then replayed DS1 some 10 or so more times, and I was getting ready to do the same with BB.
But four of those games in a row is a lot of time, and I have a billion trillion other games also waiting to be played - for a first playthrough even. So it's mostly just a question of getting around to it.

Also, Elden Ring DLC now also exists, which I haven't played either. And unlike the other DLCs you can't actually buy and own that one. It's only available through download codes, bweh!

[Daytime Waitress]

No fr I know you said you found BB's world a little small-scale and I agree, though as u know I find that charming in itself, but the DLC really tops it off. If you ever trusted me on anything trust me on this But tbh I might give it another year, with that fanmade PC port rumbling on. I gotta get to SexyBro and Lies About PP, the latter of which is getting DLC IIRC? Nice nice.

I have no doubt the BB DLC is great, everyone has repeated that endlessly.

Having just gotten blown away by its opening salvo - of places remembered being torn asunder and the way it shifts the known boundaries of combat - on my first BB playthrough this very morning, I'm gonna add to that choir.
Makes a far better first impression than Shadows of the Vast Open Plains Running at Single-Digit Frames Per Second, anyway.

But to get back to the topic - Blinge, you achieved exactly what you (probably) set out to do with this: someone who had nfi what this game was found themselve utterly enchanted by it and will now likely seek out a second-hand lunchbox and a copy of Rune.

The combination of From's indiosyncratic nature, a jaunty soundtrack, and Scholarly Blinge narration was just spot-on.

[Blinge]

But to get back to the topic - Blinge, you achieved exactly what you (probably) set out to do with this: someone who had nfi what this game was found themselve utterly enchanted by it and will now likely seek out a second-hand lunchbox and a copy of Rune.

The combination of From's indiosyncratic nature, a jaunty soundtrack, and Scholarly Blinge narration was just spot-on.

Ahaha. Much Oblinged