A Rift Apart is a sequel to Nexus (Into The Nexus), and NOT the reboot... right? If so then I REALLY need to catch up before I play it, lol. I've not played A Crack In Time or Nexus yet.. I don't even own the latter, and buying a copy may end up being expensive :o

So I've been playing Dark Souls 3, and earlier on I finally made it to Irithyll... even took a screenshot of my character cheering lol. So far I'm still conflicted as to where I'd place the game amongst the other Soulsborne games though. I'm still absolutely having fun with it, but I've had a few silly deaths simply because the combat and movement don't really mix well with each other. We've got the faster combat (Enemies especially!) of Bloodborne, but the clunky movement and rolling of Souls, so some bosses and enemies can feel a little unfair at times.

That being said, I've been sticking with my build, which is basically using Sellsword Twinblades, with the Old Wolf Curved Sword on my back and the Pontiff Left Eye ring, so I'm hardly using estus flasks unless it's a boss, since both those items recover health on hit, and if they both proc at the same time, they sort of overlap and shit themselves and it gives you a full heal rather than just healing 30HP (Ring) or 120HP (Sword) and it's just so fucking ridiculous and broken but I love it! The best part? Since I'm dual wielding swords, each hit counts as two, meaning after just pressing L1 four times I'll have had both items proc, and if I time my hits right I'll be "rewarded" with a full heal, lol. The OWCS also increases your damage per hit after so many consecutive hits, so that's helping out too.

I'm just sad that, unless I want to dive into the DLC right now (Not really) I can't upgrade my weapons any higher, currently at +7, but with an AR of 302 on a DEX weapon that attacks as fast as these swords do, and enough stamina that I can do six L1's in a row with enough left over to roll out... yeeeaaah, I'm hitting like a fucking truck and I love it!

Here's the screenshot because why not, Irithyll is really pretty to look at from here, so far it's actually tied for my favourite vista, along with Yharnam.

PS. Yes I'm using the Black Leather armour... it doesn't look as nice on Dark Souls 3 as it does on the original, but in the first game it was always my go-to armour for keeping things light, so I decided to keep the tradition going because let's face it... armour means fuck all when you're not getting hit, lol.

Should really try more Souls like games (have Nioh 1+2 and BB) but get distracted by so many other games and lack the patience to endure lol.

Playing MK 11 Ultimate rn that I got recently for the PS5, in anticipation for the movie and loving it so far. Tbh not really played much MK games in a long time and only watched a few animated movies and series so I'm not up to date with the latest goings, and a lot has moved on a lot since (think it was maybe MK3). Though I'm really liking the story and single player aspect so far. The gameplay is also very satisfying as are the combos and the roster is pretty nice. not sure who to main yet xP But yeah fighting games have been lacking good SP content for a while and WB has done a great job here.

I mean, I went with a DEX build to use faster weapons to help adapt to the faster gameplay, but I really miss the dodges of Bloodborne, the rolls just feel like going back to the stone ages lol :P I wouldn't say my build isn't good, it's actually a ridiculously OP PvP build, and that's what I aimed for from the start, but that would also work with PvE. I capped my VIT at 27, DEX at 40, and everything else in END so I've got a ton of stamina for combos and rolls.

Also just sayin', but I too went from a speedy boi hoonter to a slow and steady tank on Dark Souls Remastered, not necessarily a "tank" tank, but heavy armour and shield on my back (Grass Crest for stamina!) with a Black Knight Greatsword held in 2H, lol :P did completely fine with it too. Dark Souls 3 just feels like it's having a bit of an identity crisis... the attacks, enemy movement and attacks scream Bloodborne, whereas the player movement screams Souls... I think if they either slowed enemies down a bit, or allowed players to dodge Bloodborne style, it'd solve my only real issue with the game lol. Don't get me wrong though, other than that the game is actually amazing, lol :P