I recall having trouble killing Artorias with spells back when I reached him for the first time, years ago. From Software loves boosting magic defenses for enemies and bosses from DLCs for some reason… My magic-only run in DS2 has stalled when I tried to beat DLCs - it was waaay too grindy for me.

(Counts) Yes.

The problem with pyromancy is that it is low on uses - and there’s so much fodder in the Archive, I’m afraid it will feel more like playing Resident Evil in Dark Souls (= avoiding most enemies because ammo is too precious).

I mean any magic, not just sorcery, yeah. I want to believe it’s doable.

Thanks!

This is why I absolutely loved classic Doom: finally a shooter with no cutscenes, dialogues or stupid animations that blocks my sight. Neither Doom 3 nor modern Doom are capable of achieving this power!

The sad part is, video games age so much quicker compared to other forms of media. It’s been only 20 years but Morrowind already so clunky that even those who like the game would rather play literally any other RPG over it. 2d games suffer less from this but the lack of accessibility options, unusual controls, technical limitations and their influence on mechanics (e.g. life system) are all still a big problem that gets only worse with time.

Retro games can be enjoyable but whether they are worth the struggle is questionable.

I agree that I can’t talk about genres I’m not familiar with, like platformers and action games (which I guess are the best contenders for retro gamers). With that said, even when I played through widely acclaimed as one of the best RPGs - Ultima 4, I still couldn’t enjoy it. I’m curious how common this experience with popular retro games.

Of course. I am a big fan of the original Doom games (Heretic and Hexen included) myself. But still, I feel like these are exceptions, not the rule.

Counterargument: the girl from the pic IS from the sequel, not the original.

The original looks like this: https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1392820/header.jpg?t=1743295757

Unfortunately, this particular Titanite Demon is fucking insane and it’s not well suited for its area too. Runs past it for thousandth time to reach Bad of Chaos

Ah yes, “leftist” Lemmy where neopronouns are trolling, men are the most repressed and Rowling said nothing wrong. Sometimes I really hate this place…

Finally got around to playing Ena Dream BBQ. Damn, this game sure has charm! Playing it in short sessions because it’s very tiring to play (too hyperactive).

I am on Blahaj Zone tho ;)

What I mean is that, when you make your post local-only on e.g. blahaj, you also prevent good people at Beehaw and other safe instances from participating. I DO support moving to Blahaj though, I think it will improve the situation a little. But the struggle will continue nonetheless.

A nice small (and cute!) backpack that I always take with me when I go outside, plus a water bottle that I have near me at all times.

They perform rituals in the woods instead

The closest Lemmy can do is making your posts visible only to users from your instance. But there isn’t one single women-friendly instance so IMHO it isn’t a great solution.

“I can’t believe I slept with you!” is very good, despite its stupid premise.

All of them, basically

Some additional features:

You can follow other users. Also you can get notifications from a post, a user, or a community, without subscribing to them.

“Feeds” can also be made public and shared with others. Here’s my feed for local Lemmy Blahaj communities: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/f/blahajlocal, as an example.

Keyword filters are a built-in feature. I’m not sure yet but if it’s bound to your account and not the client then your filters will be synced between different devices. Even if it’s not true it’s still better implemented than in most Lemmy clients.

Some more transparency on votes (e.g. users have “attitude” stat which is a percentage of posts/comments they upvoted against the stuff they downvoted).

User flairs are also available! You can specify some info for a specific community without changing your display name.

Searching is nicer than on Lemmy. You can go to a community and search there too.

Just the stuff I noticed from my first look btw, there’s probably more!