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Somebody explain the reference

>>12209046
Kuroi tamashii

>>12209049
I don't understand

>>12209062

Come one dude. This is basic level weeb here. You should be able to solve this.

>>12209072
Are you sure you didn't mean kurai?

>>12209046
ダークソウル

>>12209062
It obviously means Dark Souls.

>>12209099
No, it says black soul.

>>12209114
Aw shit, fuck, you are right.

I guess it should be yami no tamashii.

>>12209114
No it says black spirit

You guys are such fags.

>>12209119
Soul darkness?

>>12209124
Spirit of darkness more like this.

>>12209128
You got me.

>>12209128

I pledge my soul to the darkness!

DS2 sucked balls.

>>12209154
I enjoyed it more than DS1. For whatever reason though I have no desire to grab the DLC.

Demon's Souls > Dark Souls > shit > Dark Souls 2

>>12209189
But demon's souls is the worst.

>>12209202
Maybe if you're retarded.

>>12209122
If /jp/ is full of fags then why isn't anyone sucking my cock?

They totally misunderstood why people liked dark souls. People like to die a lot? Let's make the game unfair and have them die a lot. No need to polish up the game too much xD

I got tired of the hitbox bs and dodgy controls and went caster. It was cake afterwards.

>>12209228
>Dying a lot in Dark Souls 2
How bad do you even have to be? The game was pretty much a cakewalk on NG.

>>12209049
>Kuroi tamashii
You mean yami tamashi?

>>12209235
I thought yami is a noun so you can't say it that way.

>>12209235
You mean yama tanoshii?

>>12209240
Did you call her?

>>12209242

She doesn't look very fun.

>>12209244
You are pretty gutsy.

>>12209233
>The game was pretty much a cakewalk on NG.
If you are a magic wielding scum, maybe. Melee is a nightmare with glitched hitbox and multiple enemies chasing your ass. It's tedious as fuck.

>>12209238
You probably can, like with Yuki onna and what not.

>>12209256
Naah, it's still pretty easy. Stunlock things. Start hitting anything with a mildly heavy weapon and they're fucked.

>>12209256
It was pretty easy for me. First time playing I did a no magic, miracles, or hexes dex build. Didn't really have trouble at any point in the game.

>>12209256
I think only Royal Rat Authority was annoying as melee. Pretty much only thing I didn't like about the game was the abysmal story

>>12209279
>Pretty much only thing I didn't like about the game was the abysmal story
And the short, unconnected areas and shitty bosses.

>>12209276
>>12209270
>>12209279

Welp, I guess I'm just bad then. I died like 50 times to Executioner's Chariot and had to resort to cheesing. Also right now I can't get over that Havel phantom in the abyss because holy fuck that guy is fast despite wearing the heaviest armor in the game, and I can barely circle around him to backstab because his attack has like no recovery time. By the way, I'm using a halberd (fucking hate how they made all halberds to have the same moveset).

>>12209305
>50 times to chariot
Jesus christ, how? It's a gimmick boss. You figure out it's gimmick and then you win.
Havel guy is an asshole, though. Probably one of the hardest enemies.

>fucking hate how they made all halberds to have the same moveset
Fucking hate how they did that with almost all weapons.

>>12209189
Dark Souls > Demon's souls (by a small margin) > shit > Dark Souls 2

I haven't played shit souls 2 in a week.

>>12209322
Which one did you play first?

>>12209279
Even then it was only annoying because of the insta-toxic mobs. The boss itself was easy.

>>12209309
>Jesus christ, how? It's a gimmick boss
I don't even know how, the skeletons rekt me so hard. I kept dying to them trapping me in a corner, I couldn't even roll to get out. And on one of the few occasions I got to the horse I fucked up royally because I didn't know his attacks are unblockable. Probably will try him again on NG+ but that will be in a very long time.

>>12209329
lol what show is this from??

>>12209322
DaS.

I'm sorry... I didn't have a PS3 until 2 years ago.

>>12209328
DaS.

I'm sorry... I didn't have a PS3 until 2 years ago.

>>12209355
File tags:
TITLE: Workaholics.S04E13.HD.TV-REMARKABLE

>>12209329
what exactly am i watching here

>>12209363
thank you

>>12209361
No big deal, that's what I had suspected. I'm sure there are exceptions, but people's favorite souls game always seems to be their first.

>>12209392

My first souls game is 2. I got it, like, a week ago. From what I've heard, DaS is more difficult while being less cheap in the way it goes about killing you. Also, the bosses are no contest, they're just more interesting in 1. I'm gonna get it once I'm done with 2.

>>12209412
>Also, the bosses are no contest, they're just more interesting in 1.

That was one of the most disappointing things about 2. Most of the bosses are just dudes in armour, or straight up ripped off from the first game. Very little originality.

>>12209412
I enjoyed DS1 more but if you're on PC you're going to need DSfix and 30 fps is probably going to feel terrible after playing DS2

>>12209414
Aren't bosses supposed to be easy in Soul games? I just played Demon's Souls, but most of the time it was just standing behind a wall and sniping them to death with either a bow or soul arrow/ray and then maybe pulling out that regen shield if you get hit.

>>12209427

I'd be playing it on the ps3. That's what I have DS2 on.

>>12209414
Hell, forget design, the fights suck too. 2014 and most of the bosses can't handle circle strafing.

>>12209431
I remember you could cheese a lot of the bosses in Demon's Souls with a bow. I don't know how viable that is in Dark Souls, though. Never really used a bow in that.

>>12209438
I can think of only one boss you can cheese with bow in DaS1

>>12209363
4 seasons? I remember watching the first season when it was first airing and getting bored.

I'm playing a dex build with shit defense, no poise and dual katanas. Ask me anything.


DkS1 was better but I haven't completed this game yet, very close. Just need to do the memories.

>>12209471

Oh yea, and Darklurker can suck my nuts. Everything else has been manageable, the Belfry Gargoyles on +1 difficulty are incredibly fucking tedious though.

>>12209444
>I can think of only one boss you can cheese with bow in DaS1
Manus?

>>12209480
I know about that but it takes way too long. I was thinking of Quelaag

Fire Bombs > Capra Demon

>>12209482
Can you? Bah. Quelaag is easy anyway.

>>12209495
Yeah, if you shoot her human body she staggers and you can stun lock her forever

>>12209491
Fire bombs are pretty handy. They make Moonlight Butterfly, Iron Golem and Bed of Chaos a cakewalk.

I don't like DS2, so many areas seem like unthoughtful filler and enemy designs are pretty bad.
For instance, one of the first enemies they showed in trailers ended up getting them a lawsuit because of their masks being similar to another franchise, so they just made all those enemy types headless. They also reside in a poison fortress with no explanation whatsoever.

>>12209392
DaS was my first but DeS left the best impression

Demons Souls: Hard and cheap. The fucking Adjudicator stun locking me through the floor
Dark Souls: Hard but fair, most memorable and cool characters
Dark souls 2: Tried too hard to be any good, no originality in designs- tried to attract the Skyrim audience which was a huge mistake design wise

>>12209625

This sums it up pretty well for me. DkS II tried too hard to be hard. I can relax when I'm playing DkS, but DkS II? No. I've conquered DkS, but DkS II has things that will stress me no matter how good I get.

It sounds like a whine, but bosses do ridiculous damage. Moderately upgraded light armor, every boss in the game could kill me in two attacks (NG), I just don't let them.

In DkS, the bosses were more alive, but did less damage to compensate. I honestly feel that Darklurker is a step in the right direction, and could actually be a good boss if its damage was tweaked.

This game really favors that you fight bosses with a shield. So, the less robust of us will be relying on dodging completely. This is fine, except that until you raise your agility via adaptability, you are going to be a sluggish piece of shit. Go fight Pursuer with 4 ADP and tell me he doesn't clip you on a perfectly-timed roll.

I got all three games from the series but never managed to beat one of them.
Dropped DeS because I lost interest after an invading character broke all my equipment (had no souls to repair them) and I got lost after beating the Tower Knight.
Dropped DaS because I couldn't kill the vagina dragon with full health, a golden friendly NPC helping me and a thunder enchantment on my weapon, when I wanted to give it another shot I got cursed and ran out of items that added thunder damage.
And finally, I've "dropped" DaS2 simply because I haven't got the change to actually sit down and play it.

>>12209676
>This game really favors that you fight bosses with a shield.

DaS was like that too, at least Capra Demon.

If they had only kept ds2 just like the demo it would have been much better.

My favorite souls game is Metal Wolf Chaos

>>12209547
Item description explains it. It's still pretty eh, but they're there for a reason.

>>12209689

Capra is really the exception, for a couple of reasons. The first being the cramped quarters make rolling difficult. Also, there are dogs attacking you as you enter, so again, a shield is excellent here. Finally, using a Balder Shield +5 actually makes me kind of feel bad for the guy. He's completely fucked aside from his jumping attack. Shield just neutralizes him so completely. He has no lava to spit, no ledge to force you off of and no magic to cast. Poor fucker.

The fight would have been better if it hadn't relied on sudden shock difficulty. Would have been nice to see the layout of the area before being forced into the fight.

>>12209689

Phantoms can actually hurt that boss fight, since he has ridiculous health already and summoning makes him the second coming of Yiazmat.

It's a 'don't fuck up' fight. It's easy, but fairly long. You won't get hit much, but when you do, you may die more or less instantly depending on what he does. Example: it oneshot me from full health, when I was standing at its side, whacking away at it. It began to move (forward, not to me), and it moving damaged me. It actually fucking killed me just by moving.

>>12209689
I disagree. Shields solve so many problems.

AoC please delete this thread and ban everyone talking about their shit normie game

>>12209689
>I couldn't kill the vagina dragon

How could you not kill the easiest boss in the game? It has a grand total of 1 dangerous move, and it loses that as soon as you cut off its tail. Christ, were you fighting like an AI phantom and just letting it continually walk all over you or something?

I like how in the Gaping Dragon cave, there's a gaping hole on the wall that also looks like a vagina.

>>12209805
He probably left the lock-on on the whole fight, which also fucked me hard in my first playthrough.

>>12209805
it's surprisingly difficult if you don't bait the body slam -> charge

>>12209903
Nope, it's basically the same as The Duke's Dear Freja. You just run around, trying to stay as far from it as possible and wait for that single attack which leaves it vulnerable (charge, wtf laser beam). Very simple but tedious.
Although the fight with The Duke's Dear Freja just doesn't have the atmosphere that the one with Gaping Dragon gives, the baby spider just annoyed the fuck out of me.

>>12209948
lots of wasted potential in that game.

There's a dragon corpse in that boss room. You can enter its memories.
What's in there?

Fucking nothing.

Long ago, in a walled-off land far to the east, shitposters built a great kingdom. I believe they called it GNFOS. Perhaps you're familiar.

No, how could you be.

God this game is so gay

>>12210365
If Dark Souls is so gay, why is there no gay dudes sucking each other off?

>>12209348
>his attacks are unblockable
>blocking in a souls game

Apparently, you are not aware that this actually means you are retarded. Produce more of your embarrassing statistics, it's the least you can do for tarnishing this thread with your plebeian stench.

>>12210439
It would probably make it a better game.

>>12209392
I played DeS and every subsequent title at release and don't feel definitively about any of them. They each have unique merits and elements that I particularly enjoy, "best" is too analytically vague to actually describe sophisticated mechanical systems.

>>12209794
Where else is it possible to have this discussion, really?

>>12209805
I thought Sif was easier.

>>12209794
Do you wanna talk about King's Field or something instead?

I agree that dark souls 2 was underwhelming but I really like it for the pvp.

Not many alternatives if you like that sort of thing.

>>12210520
The two things From did correctly with that game are the PC port and the online play.

>>12210520
>really like it for the pvp
Yeah I love getting hit from 8 miles away from a guy swinging a long sword facing away from me

If anyone is bored and would like to co-op in The Shrine of Storms NG+ in demons souls I have my soul sign down by the arch stone. I'm lvl 82 paladin build

>>12209697
I find it hilarious that no western developer of tacticool shooters like CoD or the Tom Clancy games has managed to make a game that screams AMERICA just like this game.

>>12210488
>blocking in a souls game
Why not? Shields are convenient, the devs put them in the game for a reason. I can roll and dodge ok, and have done plenty of shieldless runs before. But I'm most comfortable when using a shield.
And yeah, I've died much more than your average players because of my own mistakes, ignorance but it's not like I care, I just take it easy and play for fun.

>>12209957
This really confused me.
There are a lot of things which hint to a connection to Seath the Scaleless, but the duke mentioned in the history of Tseldora can't be the very same duke from Anor Londo, right?
I mean, you shattered both his Hourai-crystal and himself in quick succession, he's terminally dead, isn't he?

>>12210492
I like dual-wielding Cesti and running around naked while doing PvP, pretending I'm anally fisting people to death.

>>12210562
Souls fans are all insufferable douchebags when it comes to how one plays the games.

>>12210568
Use whip, but hole.

When my opponent is not wielding shields, I sometimes equip two Poison Spotted Whips and throw a Llloyd's Talisman as soon as he starts to build distance.
It's not really as satisfying, though.

>>12210570
>>12210581
I'm sorry. This here belongs to you.

>>12210581
>When my opponent is not wielding shields
So, any time you're against someone who actually knows how to play the game? That's distressingly rare outside of the BoB arena.

>>12210567
His lord soul still remains just like all of the other lord souls from the first game, they were transferred to the respective bosses in DS2, which is actually a theme of the game, being everything comes in circle or whatever.
>>12210569
This honor shit just amuses me to no end. As long as it's an intended feature in the game and not a glitch, I can use whatever the fuck I want.

>>12210590
>honor shit
Not at all, shields just make the game trivially easy to complete. Challenge is a core aesthetic of the series - removing this and there's little incentive to actually play the game. People sometimes have accessibility needs, so they're always there to please the dullards, I guess.

>>12210589
>[...]outside of the BoB arena.
I fighting almost exclusively in there, so I wouldn't know about that.

>>12210590
>His lord soul still remains just like all of the other lord souls from the first game, they were transferred to the respective bosses in DS2[...]
Where has that been mentioned? Am I retarded?
I thought the Lord Souls have been unified and by the end of DaS have become a part of the Chosen Undead's soul, so it could provide the First Flame with enough fuel to last another thousand years.
When did that change? Also, I thought the main theme of the game was the journey of life and its inevitable end, like, "Abroad we sail to sink one day".
I've read every flavour text I could find, where can this information be found?

>>12210594
>Challenge is a core aesthetic of the series - removing this and there's little incentive to actually play the game

your trophy gamer mentality disgusts me, anon.

>>12210619
Fuck you, man, I'm a 1337 pro gamer dude and I won't let a CASUAL PLEB like yourself take that away from me!

>>12210610
>http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/old-paledrake-soul
>http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/old-witch-soul
>http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/old-king-soul
>http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/old-dead-one-soul
Honestly, the fact that they want a new monarch to replace the old king seems like they just want to repeat everything over and over.

>>12210619
>>12210626
It encourages very bad habits that tend to leak into pvp and simplifies the play immensely. In place of entering a timed input to dynamically react to challenges the game presents, you passively hold down a button. It's a mechanism to assist weaker, dumber or lazier players mash their way through a self-imposed repetitive experience.

>>12210570
>whip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BPe1sBZtZ94#t=329

not /jp/

Shadow Tower > Demon's Souls > King's Field > Armored Core > Echo Night > Dark Shit

>>12209256
get more ADP.
>>12209233
The game was way too easy, but my friends had really bad problems so I had to handhold them through it so they wouldn't ragequit.

I wish I had friends that thought things through instead of bashing their head against areas till things stopped spawning.

>>12210668
Maiden in black best girl
>tfw you couldn't protect that smile

>>12210686
>>12210668
I want to stab her in the back with a Estoc +10

I cut myself watching the bloodborne trailers.
It's that edgy.

>>12210686
Fug off nerd

>>12209948
>You just run around, trying to stay as far from it as possible
Whoa, whoa, what? Nonono, you huge that spider for all your worth. So much easier, though somehow more intense, if you hang out among the bases of its legs the whole fight.

>>12210782
And get fucked over by the glitched hitbox and baby spiders? Give me a break.

>>12210878
I agree with >>12210782
For some reason or other it barely ever does the leg stomp when you hug her, and the spiderlings need to be killed anyway if you want to do anything. I find it easier to do by baiting some attack by running in front of the head and dealing with the small fry at the side. It's still a pretty boring fight though.

>>12210878
>>12210976
>>12210782

Hugging her is much better. Grab a shortbow with fire arrows to quickly pick off the babies, then stay between her legs and wait for her to lunge. Once she lunges, attack the other head.

Easy peasy nice and breezy.

>>12210645

The last time I used a shield was for the Belfry gargoyles in NG+. Never doing that shit again without magic (using urns takes forever).

I don't even parry in DkS2 like I used to in DkS. I just keep power stance up and guard break anything or anyone who tries to block.

>>12210568

Caestus are fantastic but they just look silly any time an armored person is using them. Naked is a good way to do it.

>>12211014

Oh, but for pvp I'll take off power stance and mix up my attacks. No reason to do this on regular enemies though, unless it's something I'll one-shot anyway.

>>12210718
2dark4u

>>12210686

The problem with DS2 is that there's no place as fun to pvp as the township in DS1.

>>12211093
community needs game modes like hide n' seek.
also a crouch button.

Is dark souls Otaku culture?

>>12211093
>>12211101

>>12211144
11/10 nobody ever goes there.
>>12211139
yes

Janny: No off-topic threads allowed unless they're about things that I like

>>12211221
He deleted the last few though. Maybe he's asleep or just gave in already.

>>12211139
finally

>>12211243
It's been up for almost a day. Even his ass-play sessions don't last that long.

>>12210488
Blocking uses stamina, tard

>>12211265
There's a 2hu pic in the OP, Janny doesn't read the threads, if the OP has a 2hu it will keep it alive until you see some serious shitty image in the preview on page 0

>>12211324
Now that I think about it, he might not know the OP's quote either. Well, let's just keep going and see what happens.

I keep waiting for crossover fanart with Seiga floating & her zombies popping out of sarcophagi in front of a Skyrim word wall in the Hall of Dreams Great Mausoleum.

bump

>>12211221
How fucking new could you possible be, did you just show up this week. God fucking damn.

>>12211139
It is

More like DORK Souls

>>12211610
Haha

I want to FUCK Crossbreed Priscilla and the Fair Lady, any tips?

>>12212094
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMix_Zl80tw

>>12212094
Nice choice with the fair lady, dude.

>>12211610

>>12212244

Thank you, man. I wanted to start a user-made group at one point for the Chaos Covenant, but I doubt anyone on /jp/ would be interested. Basically, you invade the worlds of others and kill them, then give their humanity to the Fair Lady.

You can use:
Quelaag's Fury Sword/Barbed Straight Sword/Spider Shield/Spike Shield/Chaos Blade

Any pyromancy, chaos spells being preferred.

Gold-hemmed set, pyromancer set, knight of thorns set

It was just an idea I had. Go ahead and call me a faggot.

>>12212410
>Basically, you invade the worlds of others and kill them, then give their humanity to the Fair Lady.
Just dupe your Firekeeper's soul dude.

>>12212456
Are you ignorant of the concept of roleplaying ?

>>12212460
Willfully ignorant perhaps.
I despise rpers with a burning passion. And that's coming from a stereotypical fat neckbeard, just to put it in perspective.

>>12213478

It's not like I'd force it on other people. It's just me having fun.

>>12212094
>>12212244
>>12212410
Kirk pls go

I was playing this earlier, and Lucatiel died, and now I'm sad...

>>12213478
On the internet nobody knows you're a fat neckbeard.

Demon's Souls had best atmosphere and music

Dark Souls had best bosses, world design and PvP

What did Dark Souls II do best?

>>12213817

Be additional souls content for people who have put 1000 hours into DaS and refuse to shut up about it.

ᚹᚺᚨᛏ ᚺᚨᛈᛈᛖᚾᛖᛞ ᚾᛖᚲᛏ?

>>12209094
ᚷᛟ ᚨᚹᚨᛃ, ᚾᛟ ᛟᚾᛖ ᛖᛖᚾ ᚢᚾᛞᛖᚱᛊᛏᚨᚾᛞᛊ ᛃᛟᚢ᛫

>>12209329
as a rat lover, this made sad ;_;

>>12213894
But Nazrin is a mouse.

>>12213897
Touche, mon amie

le sigh

>> captcha: plain aballi

>>12214000
French thread is here >>12210930

>>12213776

You didn't complete her questline? Use Redeye Ring next time you scub.

>>12213817

Nothing, really, imo. Soul Memory and limited enemy spawns will hound me to my grave. I got summoned by a host with an invader. The invader died and dropped several hundred thousand souls (idk how, hacked character?), this was in the fucking Bastille. Bam, no more co-op for me.

>>12214675

Oh, and on my latest character, a guy invaded me in the Shaded Ruins and suicided after he couldn't find me. Bam, 490k souls, obviously a hacked character (since my SM was around 200k). I hate this. I shouldn't be forced to back up my shit every single hour.

>>12214675
I haven't played Dark Souls II yet, but everyone I know says that Soul Memory and the limited enemy spawns are great additions. What's wrong with them?

welp, das threads on /jp/ are terrible

>>12215528
as the guy above explained, it can be exploited by hackers to ruin your soul memory and pit you against full havel hexer invaders and deny coop. Same thing happens to people who do lots of PVP, but those people are faggots because Souls PVP can't be taken seriously to begin with.

and the diminishing spawns make levels really boring.

>>12215544
DaS threads anywhere are terrible, but they shouldn't be on fucking /jp/

>>12215528

DkS II combines MMO droprates (even with prisoner tatters, gold serpent ring +2 and jester hat) with limited spawns. Enemies can also drop unique things that you won't find otherwise. Bonfire Ascetics can respawn them, but it levels up the entire area and requires killing the area boss, they're also not easily available until you can start the Pilgrims of the Dark covenant (which means getting the four great souls and going into Drangleic Castle).

Also the world ends up feeling like an absolute ghost town after the enemies are gone. It doesn't help that the areas are straightforward and, for the most part, dull compared to DkS and DeS.

Some people like these changes, that's fine. They're not for me, though.

>>12215605
Another thing I dislike about Dark Souls 2 is how many bonfires there are and how close they are to eachother. Invasions were more exciting when there was a lot of progress on the line for the host. In Dark Souls 2 the world is like one big pointless arena because no matter where you invade, the host is about a minute away from the bonfire he came from.

>>12215663

I agree. I preferred having those shortcuts that linked a huge world all together, it felt like a very clever design.

I'm still waiting for you to delete the thread Janny.

>>12212322
lmao 2 kat

>>12218551
2kat in a barrel : >>12211144