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Whats the rudest moment in a FROMSOFT game?
- Thread starter Musubi
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LOL
The Skynet level AI that was present in the DS2 DLC areas, and the drop you take on your way to Sir Alonne (because the sliver of damage you can take from it counts against you thus preventing the rare death animation for the boss)
I also love current FromSoft but same.
I also wish they'd try another "more traditional" JRPG like Enchanted Arms again 🥺 (except less…. Mediocre lol)
Shout-out to maldron in DS2, the troll NPC invader who flees when in danger in brume tower as part of a ploy to lure you into a curse enhanced mugging
And then disguises himself as a friendly white phantom in the snow area so he can get an optimal backstab.
And then disguises himself as a friendly white phantom in the snow area so he can get an optimal backstab.
Just played Demons Souls Remake and fell for something similar lol.I'd say the messages people leave behind are the ones.
I remember getting a text from my SO the next day somewhat worried about my language and mental health during this encounter...
when you drop off that little ledge in harvest valley in dark souls 2 and get trapped together with FOUR dual sickle enemies. really big troll ambush, and i liked how the area where you fight them was designed with little chokeholds up on the ledges on the sides, which you can use to separate the enemies. this encounter got a lot of hate from players who weren't able to figure out how to use the environment to their advantage
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"Every time I play this game I get killed by walking Mushrooms who are nonhostile unless you bother them"
"...So stop bothering them"
Fat4All:
OP
OP
"Every time I play this game I get killed by walking Mushrooms who are nonhostile unless you bother them"
"...So stop bothering them"
Fat4All:
Mandatory.
lol so many good answers.
The randomness of Chalice Dungeons in Bloodborne makes them ripe for moments like these.
The randomness of Chalice Dungeons in Bloodborne makes them ripe for moments like these.
There really is so much about this one that's perfect
- It's totally unexpected
- It's actually grounded as opposed to just being "gamey" in its design
- It punishes players' anticipated self-satisfaction at dodging the initial trap
I think I dodged it the first time when I thought I was safe, then died while bursting into laughter. I wasn't even mad.
yes lol. It was hell getting up there and I didn't find it and died a few times having to start back from the beginning.
Omg the death scream makes this perfection lmao
It's like the perfect mix of rage and pain.
I can't find a good video of it, but Shadow Tower Abyss has an instant kill trap within 10 seconds of the starting the game if you just walk forward.
You can also die within seconds of starting the game in Kings Field 2 and 4, but Abyss is the most likely to get you on your first playthrough.
You can also die within seconds of starting the game in Kings Field 2 and 4, but Abyss is the most likely to get you on your first playthrough.
I haven't gotten to it cuz I suck, but when you fight that ape in Sekiro and defeat it and it comes back from the dead due to the parasite thing is probably the funniest thing in gaming for the past 2 decades.
This is my choice, lol...also the angel type enemies in this DLC.
Getting cursed by the frogs in the Depths in Dark Souls 1 is an all-timer.
An otherwise pretty harmless enemy has a gas attack that not only instantly kills you, but permanently cuts your hp bar in half until you find a way to cure yourself.
There's just something beautifully organic about this sort of quest design. There's no vendor with a question mark above their head giving you a waypoint to go to, it is simply a fact that something fucked up has happened to you and now you are permanently crippled and sidetracked from the critical path until you can find a way to fix it. It's obviously extremely punitive, but it's also completely unforgettable.
An otherwise pretty harmless enemy has a gas attack that not only instantly kills you, but permanently cuts your hp bar in half until you find a way to cure yourself.
There's just something beautifully organic about this sort of quest design. There's no vendor with a question mark above their head giving you a waypoint to go to, it is simply a fact that something fucked up has happened to you and now you are permanently crippled and sidetracked from the critical path until you can find a way to fix it. It's obviously extremely punitive, but it's also completely unforgettable.
The first time I went there I dodged the first swing then got hit by the backswing. Died laughing.
Went back again, dodged it off to the side, stood back all smug, then it disconnected and crushed me. I wanted to stand up in applause.
And to make it better/worse, you can get cursed again and be reduced to 1/4 health. Yes, this was me during my first playthrough. :D
Fake edit: Apparently this was removed in patch 1.05 of the game; you can only be reduced to 1/2 now (originally you could go as low as 1/8 if you got cursed thrice). I don't know whether to feel relieved or sad. :D
The fucking swamp with the dudes shooting the fucking magic at you, that you were too slow to dodge cause you are in the fucking swamp.
For me it's relief because already having it more than 1/2 was effectively a game over state for people since most of the time you didn't have the option to teleport somewhere else.
Probably need to narrow down which shitty swamp tbh. Only one I remember where I'm actively getting shot was shrine of Amana, but at least I could roll there to dodge haha.
DS2 might have more traps but they didn't reach the heights of dickery many of the other games did.
Nah I've beaten DS2 more than any other souls game, and there's definitely way worse ones.
Exactly.
I think in DS2 the dickery just, is the game. Other games have more playful moments of rudeness that stand out but the sheer volume of dickish encounters and traps just congeals into a single mass in 2.
Love this one. Didn't even realize she could do that until my third playthrough, where I was MASSIVELY underleveled upon reaching her. Basically just gave up on the fight once she started healing and went off to find numbing mists for the next attempt…
I didn't think about them at first but now that you mentioned them I agree.
I always go down to ash lake early to try my luck at a few twinkling titanites and get the Dragon covenant, but I don't hit the bonfire so I don't have to run up the tree again. I usually get killed at least once by the Mushroom guys in the room right before you get out to ash lake.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Pendant from Dark Souls.
I swear they did the "chest, hidden behind 4 enemies, traps, and secret walls, contains only a skeleton" in every one of those games. And sometimes it wasn't even an enemy skeleton...just a little polygonal skeleton sitting there, so you don't even get a pittance of XP or gold.