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LegitHyperbole said:

What exactly does the easy mode do? Does it stop her attacking never giving an opportunity to get a hit in on that second phase or does it stop her flying into the air where you can't engage her for three minutes at a time... I can't see how easy mode would help in this game like in that tight little room with the phantom unless they slow time down or increase the parry window ten fold. 

Fuck Lies of P. 

I'm not sure if easy mode changes how your sprite ally functions. But I did notice that bosses can be easily manipulated to focus their attacks on the ally if needs be. That can help with bosses like this. But honestly, the mid-boss fight before the final boss is the worst thing in the game. Just ran past it on NG+ after dying like 5-10 times in a row lol

My ally on normal mode would stay alive for half of the first phase in that fight even with the healing ally mechanic on. I'd say Laxasia is just badly designed as us the last quarter of the game. I found throwables to help greatly in the last few bosses but what's odd Is I had somewhere between 8 - 12 hours on Laxasia but then it got me so locked into the game I beat the final boss first try. The game really fucked the curve up, fron the moment you go up the ladder and get stuck in the small room with that Walker of Illusions boss the game went from be mildly difficult to a real hurdle so quickly and the game has not trained you up to this point. 

Frankly I don't wanna do that last 25% again for the plat even if easy mode reduces some things like aggression and what not, it's just badly designed, areas full of elite enemy spam and placement right out of DS2 and bosses that never give you an inch with a parry system that barely functions and is unreliable and a dodge system that is also very iffy. 



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Xxain said:

What is a good balanced Souls game that is not actual Souls? I'm kind of in the mood for one. Anybody play the anime vampire one from Bamco who's name slips my mind?

Depends what you would consider a soulslike. Code Vein and Nioh 2 are the least challenging I’d say with the latter being the best soulslike out there. If you want a more challenging action game with sword combat then Rise of the Rōnin is one of the best games this gen (just look past the PS3 level graphics) or Stellar Blade which has by far the best combat of any game this gen and is (no joking about) one of the best games this generation. 

Oh and an indie recommendation is Deaths Door which is quite frankly …flawless. 

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firebush03 said:

Wow…it’s already October. (And I still have yet to accomplish my ambitious goal of platinum-ing one game lol.) With Switch 2 out, I’ve been playing most third-parties off PS5…haven’t touched my PS5 since January. I do plan on playing Expedition 33 soon (hopefully), so maybe I could platinum that? Sonic X Shadow Generation is another candidate. Otherwise, I’m not sure I can do it.

Just snagged Pac Man World: Re-PAC for $10USD. So, I guess that’ll be the game I platinum this year lol. Short game but I’ve always been interested in getting around to it.



firebush03 said:
firebush03 said:

Wow…it’s already October. (And I still have yet to accomplish my ambitious goal of platinum-ing one game lol.) With Switch 2 out, I’ve been playing most third-parties off PS5…haven’t touched my PS5 since January. I do plan on playing Expedition 33 soon (hopefully), so maybe I could platinum that? Sonic X Shadow Generation is another candidate. Otherwise, I’m not sure I can do it.

Just snagged Pac Man World: Re-PAC for $10USD. So, I guess that’ll be the game I platinum this year lol. Short game but I’ve always been interested in getting around to it.

Hopefully your good at the OG Pac Man. Required you beat all stages for Plat.

I have not started anything since FF12 Plat at the end of August. I am in the process of moving and most of the games I want to play I  want to till I get true TV back in possession. Counting the plats not counted yet we need about 13 Plats to meet goal. C'mon peeps!



Getting kind of quiet in here. Official started both GrimGrimore OnceMore and BloodStained: Ritual of the Night. Plan to have both plated before Nov 2nd.



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We at 13 left and are nearly in November. Doable if @LegitHyperbole pulls his finger out. If I gotta do it I then gotta get up and plug everything back into the monitor and … effort I just don’t have.



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VersusEvil said:

We at 13 left and are nearly in November. Doable if @LegitHyperbole pulls his finger out. If I gotta do it I then gotta get up and plug everything back into the monitor and … effort I just don’t have.

Oh g'lord, nothing would please me more but I'm incapable of playing games for more than a half hour rather than plat them. I'd say I have one plat left in my by years end and that'll be Yotei... or maybe a miracle will happen and I'll get right back in form. 

I'd say Ice and the few others are sitting on plats they haven't mentioned on here yet. 



I plan on trying to finish Mafia The Old Country by the end of October. I only actually own 1 more game after that. That being (a replay of) Elden Ring SOTE Edition .. that I got bought … a year ago … 😅



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