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Comment on I don't "get" soulslikes, but I'm interested in Bloodborne in ~games
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Comment on I don't "get" soulslikes, but I'm interested in Bloodborne in ~games
Nihilego Link ParentKeeping a personal journey sounds like it could be helpful, never thought about using a map either, I'll consider these for whenever I decide to play Bloodborne. I think my version of the game is...Keeping a personal journey sounds like it could be helpful, never thought about using a map either, I'll consider these for whenever I decide to play Bloodborne.
I think my version of the game is up to date enough in terms of content, I actually played something on my PS4 in like 4 to 5 years, and BB even longer.
Difficulty is a weird and messy subject, most people that I brought up the subject of difficulty to seem to agree that it's subjective, though the line between "Hard for the sake of being hard/frustrating" and "Hard for the sake of being challenging" is something we wouldn't agree on. Demon Souls not having quick ways to get back to the boss like Bonfires and general lack of shortcuts to makes it tedious and frustrating, others think it's part of the challenge.
You could argue that having hidden enemies behind corners or falling from ceilings is users hostile, but you could argue just as much that it's meant to teach you to keep your guard up at all times. -
I don't "get" soulslikes, but I'm interested in Bloodborne
I typically don't play these kind of games, the few times I've played Souls games, I found issues I had with every game I've played more or less, I've tried Demon Souls around the time where Dark...
I typically don't play these kind of games, the few times I've played Souls games, I found issues I had with every game I've played more or less, I've tried Demon Souls around the time where Dark Souls was a thing on PS3, it didn't take too long to get used to the general idea and flow of the game, slowish/sluggish controls on purpose, overall being very difficult, parrying being something that could make or break battles, healing items are consumables that you need to farm, dying makes you lose souls, EXP is the currency, etc.
It's been so long since I've played it, but I recall it being an interesting enough experience to stick around for a little bit, Bolterian Palace being somewhat memorable from the first 2 zones or so including the first area, but I absolutely did not finish it.
I've played the first part of the game by myself, but ended up watching my friends play it more than I did play it, so I ended up knowing that Shrine of Storms has that weapon that makes farming souls super easy, I ended up going there.
Then I encountered the rolling skeletons, I don't think I was aware at the time that Turpentine is how you fight them ,so I had miserable experience there, I think at the end I got tired of it that I ended up just quitting the game to reload to not lose my souls and halve my HP, which in hindsight, I didn't know that. you take half damage as a soul(iirc) at the time and compounded with the PS3's insanely long loading times, which eventually made me to simply quit and never return to it, not having shortcuts also doesn't help, killing the same mobs over and over just to try fighting a boss once isn't fun.
I've not played Dark Souls 1 or 2 myself, so I have nothing to say aside from that I've seen my friends play PvP a lot in DS2, and that Bed of Chaos apparently is a rushed boss by the devs to complete the game, and it shows.
Despite what the title may imply, I did play Bloodborne a little bit, I did get to the first boss(Father Cosguine?) and getting a parry on him was one of those memorable moments for me playing the game, but phase 2 happened, and I'm going to blame the camera or locking-on for my death because 3D games from that era had dogshit cameras.
I have also seen some of my friends play the game, and the weapons BB has looked so fun, of note is the Chikage, which I wanted to use when I played BB, but apparently it's not a good weapon to get on your first run of the game.Might be worth noting that I gave Little Witch Nobeta a try to see how non Fromsoft Souls-likes are like, I also didn't really go back to it after defeating the first boss.
Then a year or two ago I decided to give Elden Ring a go, being pushed to it by an irl friend.
I rarely get a game and go "Wow I regret buying this", but ER was exactly that.
As usual, I did see a friend stream it in discord or play it while I'm at their house, so it's not that I didn't know what I was into, but I assumed it would be similar to my previous experience with souls games.
I picked up a Sorcerer, so my spells are barely better than hitting things with bare fists, my melee weapon is adequate at best, and my base stats were sort of gimped, I leveled up Intelligence to make my spells do more damage and for mobs, they are ok. I leveled up Dexterity as my main source of damage and that was... ok enough, at first.
I didn't get to Margit until a couple of hours in, I was wandering around and activating Lost Graces, just to avoid combat.
When I got to Margit, I died a lot but I did have some fun, it didn't feel unfair as much as it felt like my weapon limiting me and my spells barely tickling the boss.
Similar to how my previous Souls attempts went, I stopped playing, until one day I did accept my friends assisting me with the game instead of trying to do everything solo, and we felled Margit but with minimal intervention from my friends, we then got to Godrick and I don't remember much aside from the stairs and the stupid hitboxes.
After Godrick though, my lack of damage was even more apparent in the overworld areas after him, I can't really pick most battles in the world by myself because almost everything there is a group of enemies that notice you when you start attacking one of their group.
They handed me these souls giving item to level up my stats but despite leveling up a fair bit, my damage still felt pitiful and I didn't want to over level. When we called it a day that day, I never really returned to Elden Ring and I don't plan to, I "got" Souls games even less after that. Nightreign however seems to be a much more interesting game in general.
I think you'd need to be a big fan of Dark Souls in the first place to even find fun with ER.
This leads us to the past week or two where the same friend that got me to buy ER convinced me to play Dark Souls 3 with seamless co-op in memory of a recently deceased friend who has played the PC Souls games except DS3.
And I'm having fun, for change? I'm getting, guided, sure, and I'm not having the full experience by hitting the noob traps, and the bosses seem to get mowed down by playing with more experienced players.
Maybe it's a change in mindset, or maybe I'd only enjoy Souls games co-op.
My issue with DS3 however, is that everything looks the same to me, as in I'd get lost very easily because of how similar everything looks, which is in contrast of what I remember Demon Souls being like.
Not having a map of sorts makes me it difficult to navigate areas in games like these.
Given my struggles with the other Souls games, the fact that I really like what I've seen from BB's gameplay, the weapons, the fact that you can parry at range, what I've read of the story and lore that makes it very compelling. Are there any tips or ways that I can change my perspective so that when/if I undust my PS4 and my friend's copy of BB, I can have fun? I get that I don't need to like Souls games, but this feels like it'd be my best shot.
I don't intend to play it co-op because of both wanting the "full experience" and my PS4 can be modded on its current firmware.23 votes -
Comment on Wired vs. wireless mouse and keyboard? in ~tech
Nihilego LinkA mouse with rechargeable(via usb) battery and a wired keyboard is how my current setup works. As long as you don’t use bluetooth, and use the 2.4GHz dongle, the latency should be effectively...A mouse with rechargeable(via usb) battery and a wired keyboard is how my current setup works.
As long as you don’t use bluetooth, and use the 2.4GHz dongle, the latency should be effectively barely worse(As in it can probably be measured but not perceived) than wired. Whether you want to use AA batteries or a rechargeable internal battery is up to you, though. AA batteries means that there is no battery to worry about getting kaput, but rechargable batteries are infinitely more convenient, though.
Keyboard is usually heavy and bulky so it being wireless has no real benefit unless you move around or want to switch devices.
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
Nihilego Link ParentMine were Rattlesnake Dodo Whale Orca Dolphin I got 70 on my first try, I consider turtles and tortoises to be different, but this game doesn’t.Mine were
ViperRattlesnake- Dodo
- Whale
- Orca
- Dolphin
I got 70 on my first try, I consider turtles and tortoises to be different, but this game doesn’t.
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Comment on Listing for GOG Galaxy developer cites Linux as “next major frontier” in ~games
Nihilego LinkThis is neat, things supporting Linux better in general should mean better things for everyone. But if this for a client, Heroic is already a thing, and the M series GoG Launcher has been kind of...This is neat, things supporting Linux better in general should mean better things for everyone.
But if this for a client, Heroic is already a thing, and the M series GoG Launcher has been kind of ass, it’s better to just download the Mac pak files to install, so here’s hoping that the client would actually have some polish behind it.
If this is to keep games compatible with Linux long term, isn’t one of the issues that Proton/Wine solves with Linux is that you don’t need to worry about a game 10~15 years ago being unable to run due to never being updated and because of changing Linux libraries/standards?
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Comment on Humble Choice - January 2026 in ~games
Nihilego LinkOh I think they had EO1 last month or the month prior? EO2 is a much better game than 1, not as good as 3, but I’d put it equal or around its remake, and in the upper half of the series....Oh I think they had EO1 last month or the month prior?
EO2 is a much better game than 1, not as good as 3, but I’d put it equal or around its remake, and in the upper half of the series.
Disclaimer: I only played the Originals but the HD remasters add QoL and other improvements.
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Comment on Strange Pop! OS 24.04 behavior in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentAnd it seems to break whenever I update the Nvidia drivers in my case. Sure, “Maybe I should’ve waited longer” could’ve been the answer but before I sacked Pop_OS! For NixOS, my update routine if...And it seems to break whenever I update the Nvidia drivers in my case.
Sure, “Maybe I should’ve waited longer” could’ve been the answer but before I sacked Pop_OS! For NixOS, my update routine if Nvidia drivers are involved has been
Update->Wait a bit->Screen turns black->Restart->Enter TTY->Repair dpkg->Reboot and use the DE. -
Comment on Clicks Communicator: the ultimate communication companion in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI’d be interested in one if my iPhone 13 Mini perhaps dies. Good to wait for reviews in general.I’d be interested in one if my iPhone 13 Mini perhaps dies.
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
Nihilego Link ParentI think you(and I) are the only ones who wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing too much. An anonymous poll/survey would work much better, I’d think. That being said I expected the tildes community to...I think you(and I) are the only ones who wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing too much.
An anonymous poll/survey would work much better, I’d think.That being said I expected the tildes community to be more international, seeing the posts made here.
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Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech
Nihilego LinkIf I’d be getting a Linux Laptop, I personally would probably look into Starlabs. Framework has been on my radar but they don’t ship where I live and they don’t seem too keen on increasing their...If I’d be getting a Linux Laptop, I personally would probably look into Starlabs. Framework has been on my radar but they don’t ship where I live and they don’t seem too keen on increasing their market coverage, so I’d just get a Mac over a Framework(Which is what I did couple of years ago).
Issue that I have if I were to go with Starlabs is that they use mostly Intel chips and I want to steer as far away as Intel as possible.
I don’t think there’s any phone made for me anymore, I have a 13 Mini and mini sized phones are not a thing anymore. Would love to get a Pixel with GrapheneOS but feels like Android being “”open”” has its days numbered… I’d either debloat as possible a Nothing phone or stick to iPhones.
I have NixOS running on a Surface Laptop Go 2 fwiw and it’s been mostly solid, Microsoft makes some pretty hardware fwiw but the storage and RAM they bundle in makes them come off as Apple Lite.
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Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentThe economy sucks and it will only get worse. Until it gets better. One day. I don't disagree that monetization did help, it's just that enshittification came alongside with it. I think the lack...The economy sucks and it will only get worse.
Until it gets better.
One day.I don't disagree that monetization did help, it's just that enshittification came alongside with it.
I think the lack of care about arts as your "job" is a ubiquitous or universal thing? Unless you are a known artist who works on a lot of commissions or a big name that sells paintings, you would be doing it more for the love of the art, but you still need to keep the lights on so I've always seen artists in that unenviable position where you either do something you like, or you get paid better by working a job you dislike.
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Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI thought this might’ve been a hot take but I’ve seen some people here with a similar sentiment. Maybe they should just… not use YT for profit? Youtube in general shouldn’t have went for profit....I thought this might’ve been a hot take but I’ve seen some people here with a similar sentiment.
Maybe they should just… not use YT for profit? Youtube in general shouldn’t have went for profit.
How could they make money? They had YT music, YT Red exclusives, but instead they are barking about adblockers.I’m using YT less and less, sucks that Odysee and Peertube aren’t as big, but YT got enshittified l over time from hobbyist/or weirdoes making videos to a place full of ads and commercials.
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Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI don't use flagship phones, the closest one I've had to flagship in the recent years was the iPhone 13 Mini which I still use, but up until then all phone cameras left quite a lot to be desired,...I don't use flagship phones, the closest one I've had to flagship in the recent years was the iPhone 13 Mini which I still use, but up until then all phone cameras left quite a lot to be desired, especially in darker indoors conditions, and zoom being grainy and kinda terrible.
I don't quite agree on owning fewer things though, I agree on the overall sentiment of OP, just not on cameras. I think if you read a lot, having a dedicated e-reader is handy, if you're into retro games, having a retro handheld can be a nice thing, having a phone that is constantly online where you're available to everyone is tiring, having something you can use elsewhere to disconnect is something I appreciate.
In my case I do have a retro handheld that I don't use as much as I should when I'm out and about, however I have a digital audio player that I bring with me from time to time, not being interrupted while listening to music by notifications or calls is something I'm starting to appreciate.
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Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech
Nihilego LinkLast time I looked it up, which is many years ago, granted, it was that to “break even” with a phone, you had to spend around the same price as a phone on your camera to get noticeable...Last time I looked it up, which is many years ago, granted, it was that to “break even” with a phone, you had to spend around the same price as a phone on your camera to get noticeable improvements. So cameras to me since had the impression of that you need a high end camera to get a better experience than your phone.
I’ve seen a Ricoh being mentioned by a YTer a couple of months ago, and when I looked it up, I’m good, it’s way too expensive.
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Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games
Nihilego LinkBeen looking forward to the Replay 2025 stats, no screenshots since I’m on phone and it’s a big pita to screenshot and upload stuff. My most played games were: Outer Wilds at 21% playtime and 104...Been looking forward to the Replay 2025 stats, no screenshots since I’m on phone and it’s a big pita to screenshot and upload stuff.
My most played games were:
Outer Wilds at 21% playtime and 104 sessions.
Megaman Network Collection Vol.1 with 14% playtime and 74 sessions.
MMBNLC Vol.2 at 10% Playtime and 57 Sessions, keeping in mind I skipped BN4 for obvious reasons.225 Achievements, Played 99 games, 24 of which were demso, also don’t ask me how many of those I finished.
I played 77% recent games and 15% classic, leading to a miniscule 8% new releases.47% Deck playtime, 6% Windows Playtime, 47% Linux playtime, I thought Deck would be higher.
It says 31% of my playtime was on controller but up top it says 22% KB/M and 78% with controller.
I assume the discrepancy is from the SteamDeck.I had some time that wasn’t registered since I was away from home/net @ working in a remote-ish location and being on vacation, but extrapolating from BNLC2 time, which has 31.4 hours in it, I’d probably have played 314 hours this year on Steam not accounting for lost hours. Marfusha and Snezhinka have way less playtime than I did actually play(Registered in minutes, I played hours). Probably alongside Exit 8 and Platform 8 though these are very short.
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Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentThe jank has been for most part both of: Nvidia drivers. And the whole “How do I declare what I want from my PC” because despite using Nix for years, I still sometimes rely on copy pasting someone...The jank has been for most part both of:
Nvidia drivers.
And the whole “How do I declare what I want from my PC” because despite using Nix for years, I still sometimes rely on copy pasting someone else’s previous work.On a laptop with no dedicated GPU, it’s mostly smooth sailing minus the friction from the Nix language.
But on my desktop which I switched to Nix a few weeks/months ago:
1-Suspending PC makes the graphics go wack(I had to just enable VRAM dumping into /tmp for it to work).
2-Suspend sometimes make my fans go wild? But that used to happen in an older version, not so much in recent releases.
3-NixOS kept failing to build because I can’t use the newest drivers with the current version of the kernel.
4-Unsuspending makes me have to deal with an unsuspend-suspend dance for like a minute as it goes to sleep while I’m interacting with it after waking up.Plus I’m not into the while immutable stuff, I like nix because of nix shell(Temporarily installing/trying apps), atomic upgrades, only needing to set up something effectively once(Being declarative is a double edged sword) and no need to worry about dependencies.
For someone like me one the more intermediate side of Linux knowhow, declaring what I want exactly can be a struggle, but I like NixOS despite all of its shortcomings. I never had Nix break on me on the same ways other distros did.
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Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech
Nihilego LinkCosmic Desktop I hope will be a good enough replacement for GNOME. I used its alpha on NixOS a couple of times before. Well it was an Alpha so wasn’t good for a polished daily experience. I did...Cosmic Desktop I hope will be a good enough replacement for GNOME.
I used its alpha on NixOS a couple of times before. Well it was an Alpha so wasn’t good for a polished daily experience.I did abandon Pop_OS! After it kept giving me issues and instead I decided to just struggle with NixOS’s jank on my desktop
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Comment on A new Jolla phone has reached the required pre-order crowd-funding amount in ~tech
Nihilego LinkEvery time I see something cool from Valve, something repairable like from FairPhone or Framework, or literally any privacy related device. It’s pretty much “Oh neat, they don’t ship outside the...Every time I see something cool from Valve, something repairable like from FairPhone or Framework, or literally any privacy related device.
It’s pretty much “Oh neat, they don’t ship outside the US and 5 countries why do I care?”
Wanted a Framework, settled on a Macbook.
Each time I look up something related to Linux/Non Google AOSP phone it always has the asterisk of being unavailable to ship to most countries.
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Comment on RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung in ~tech
Nihilego LinkSometimes I wish I got 128GB instead of 64GB of RAM reading this… then I remember that I can’t even use my 64GB unless I use it for Steam Recording as a RAMdisk/tmpfs in Linux, but seeing my kit...Sometimes I wish I got 128GB instead of 64GB of RAM reading this… then I remember that I can’t even use my 64GB unless I use it for Steam Recording as a RAMdisk/tmpfs in Linux, but seeing my kit ballooning in price from the side… yeah, RAM is quickly becoming the most expensive piece of hardware after GPUs(And it will probably get more expensive).
What an awful time to make a PC and what an even worse time to have something go bad in your PC.
My experience with magic in DS3 has been that the early game was good, mid-game it fell off a bit but was still useful to singularly pick out single enemies from range but I ended up being super squishy that I ended up investing in defenses so that I can survive a hit, then late game with Sorcerer's Staff and spells like Soul Stream, it picked up again. Sword of Judgement and Moonlight Greatsword did make my melee attacks stay comparable to who I played with, despite it registering as 580 in my status menu while they had 900.
We finished the final boss yesterday but none of the bosses ended up sticking to memory because they all died from the first battle(and there’s the whole getting one/two shot in the middle of the game but seamless co-op doesn’t kick everyone out of the boss arena), but Nameless King and the Dragonarch Peak were both the most memorable parts of DS3 despite that.
We’re supposed to start the DLC areas today but we’ll say how that’ll pan out, since I may not have as much free time today.
I don't remember rally in BB but I could've simply forgotten it, if it was mentioned in game.
I only remember Saw Cleaver from BB, not the weapons you mentioned, sorry.
Though yeah I'll probably keep the Chikage for new runs or NG+ perhaps? And go with Strength instead as you suggested and see where I'd go with BB when I get to it.