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Haha, and that's the one I am not a huge fan of.. Even though it's in my small collection. Maybe I'll take a pic of it later.

Ah, but then still, it's still a great one for the collection. Personally I loved the battle system though. And yeah, Origins is the biggest reason why I myself want GameCube emulation / virtual console / whatever.

Ouch, not a game you want to lose. Nice collection.

I thought you were going to ask for a namechange to "iGlen". Aww.. I asked for a warning point, but didn't get one. Also I didn't want to be a dick back then.. But @Gourmetsalt asking for a namechange a month after he joined.. It didn't occur to use the name you wanted in the first place?

Apparently there's going to be a new animted Star Trek show.. From the writer of Rick & Morty. I'm intrigued.

Vampyr is apparently getting a Switch release. Vampyr is a game by Dontnod, the people behind Life is Strange and Remember me before that. Not sure how I feel about it yet, that's why I'm not creating a thread for it. The game sounded interesting, but I think it got some mediocre reviews. @Ganepark32 wasn't super enthousiastic either in the other consoles thread.

Oh that's true, but I want to solo the bosses for the challenge, so that's why I never summon myself, unless it's an emergency invader repeller! Though weirdly enough I've never been invaded until I got to Anor Londo. I was going to create new characters anyway, I'll probably make a sun bro (well, sun sister) dedicated to co-op. I did the Drake early on, so I already got all the stuff from Dusk. I did not go into the forest yet though, I'm not going there unless I actually intend to kill Sif. Sif was what made me quit the game the first time around. So my adventure in the Painted world.. I think the level is cool, but it's also hard. All the enemies are tough, even the hollows are stronger than before. The birds have this grab attack that's a one hit kill if it connects, with my stats. It's super scary when fighting them in tight spaces or more than one at a time. I had one drop on my head out of nowhere! But the thing to lose me 10+ humanity and almost 200000 souls (if I recall correctly) were, of course, the bonewheel skeletons. Even though I know I should be careful, and I was careful, only aggroing one at a time, but one got me anyway. I was trying to escape, but died near the entrance. But since your bloodstain is left where you were a few secons before your death.. It was somewhere deeper down the basement. Went back in there, was careful, but a second got me anyway, and I didn't even locate where my bloodstain was. Anyway, it's all good, I was not going to leave until I got my bonewheel shield, so I cleared the level, and farmed enough to get 200000 souls and 10 humanity, then left. Didn't kill the boss for role playing purposes, because she's so fluffy. Anor Londo on the other hand wasn't so hard. Farmed this enough in my previous playthrough that the silver knights don't scare me, eventhough I still often mess up the parry. But it's one of my favourite spots to co-op. But then the boss.. Should have been easy, but gave me a bit of trouble. It's probably because I initially wanted to "fight them properly", so I tried to only use my weapon, and not my maxed out ascended pyro flame (which does ridiculous damage against them). And because I was adamant at defeating Smough first. And because I was lower level than in my previous playthrough. Lost my humanity again to them, when I died I was so excited to try again, than I completely forgot to retrieve my bloodstain. Didn't lose any souls because I spend them all at the blacksmith. I finally got Smough using only my weapon (well, buffed by Great magic weapon), but then died to Ornstein. With my current stats, he has one unblockable one hit kill. That was definitely different from my previous playthrough. After that I couldn't be arsed anymore, and just burned them to a crisp, though that still took a couple of tries. But I got them, and I'll get his cool armour later. This probably would have been a first try kill if I went for Ornstein first. Smough is almost always catching up and has no ranged attacks, so you can pretty safely focus on Ornstein, while if you focus on Smough, Ornstein is pretty much always on your case. After checking an amazing chest, I finally warped back to a rekindled Firelink shrine. That's where I'm left, not sure where I'll head to next, but I think I'll go back to Anor Londo for farming / co-opping.

I haven't gotten around to import a copy yet.. Plus Dark Souls is eating up all my time at the moment.

The motor of the discdrive broke down. As far as I can tell, everything else works fine. It's shit because while I can play the games on Wii, it's not ideal. I did e-mail Nintendo, but they don't do repairs anymore. Edit: I got it for free from the old Nintendo club. And I absolutely loved the game.. Despite the shitty FPS controls, and ridiculous framerate in one particular area. The shooting sections were generally less interesting, though it got better later on when you had to keep switching. But I loved the concept and atmosphere, and the creative puzzles. While the studio closed down, I believe Nintendo owns the rights, and I really would love to see a sequel. I ehh, I think this could be a perfect new project for Retro perhaps.

Just a tip: but online is actually a great way to practice bosses. Put your summoning sign somewhere (there are popular spots for each level), and just practice without real consequenses during a co-op run. Though that said, co-op runs aren't exactly the same as solo runs. I cleared Sen's Fortress (well except the giants, left those alive).. Getting to the bonfire and to the boss wasn't that hard anymore.. But clearing the complete fortress was. It's annoying to get into the pit with the Titanite demons while getting blasted by lightning, but I defeated them all, and got rewarded with a Titanite catchpole (which I can't use (effectively)). Died a few times, but also miraculous survived a few times after falling in the pit accidentally. Always managed to retrieve my stuff though. The boss is easy when you're a pyromancer (though probaby also when you're not). That said.. It's a fast and easy 20000 souls though, when you're play a few co-op games. Well, most of the time. Made some detours and went back to a couple of places for upgrading and co-opping, finally got some summons this time in Blighttown. Next stop will be Ariamis. @killthenet if you want to co-op, let me know in advance, I can make some detours to where you need me. I could offer the same to @LazyBoy, but it seems he won't be needing my help. Welcome back, and nice blast from the past avatar. By the way, I suspect I played it even later than you on PC, as in March this year, and online is.. Or was rather, pretty active with the right 3rd party mods back then. Now it seems to be actually quiet with the release of the remastered version, from what I hear on Steam.

Yeah, so I ended up playing this all weekend, and missing out on Splatoween. I'm the opposite in a few ways @killthenet.. Like I said, Taurus Demon was no problem.. But funnily enough Gargoyles took me more tries than during the network test. That said, I'm trying to fight a little bit differently even though I'm using roughly the same build as before.. Didn't use the gold pine resin, and didn't use my fireballs in the end in fact. The level itself was no problem though, well apart from the black knight. I always find the greatsword black knights the hardest. Wanted to clear the asylum right after that, and I did.. But the Asylum demon took again a few tries. I know what to do, but I'm doing very little damage, and one mistake usually kills me. Plus you have to get a bit lucky right at the start of the fight. Lost 18 Humanity and around 30000 souls to that guy I think? But I did it, and I got my Titanite slab! .. Which I won't be using until much later. But anyway. Of course I also did get the rusted ring which will prove its worth much sooner. I did the Capra demon on first try, which surprised me (because those bloody dogs indeed). Funnily enough I did have more trouble fighting him "normally", so I decided to play it safe and used the stairs for fireballs and plunging attacks. Then the depths, well they are no problem at all. Gaping dragon is easy.. Though I forgot about the tail swipe.. The most dangerous move for me when I was trying to cut his tail. Farmed the slimes while waiting for summons.. The both combined resulted in roughly 200000 souls and some humanity. Plus the large titanite shards I was after. Enough to upgrade a few things. After that.. I wanted to do things a bit differently, and try to get better gear. So I went to New Londo Ruins in order to get the very large ember. Everything went pretty well actually. Going very slowly through the level, and the ghosts won't be much of a problem. I only died once, due to something stupid in fact ( thought I was far enough away, so opened up the menu, then got hit by a Banshee's lightning). But luckily I had the foresight to wear a ring of sacrifice (never used those before), so lost nothing. Killed all the ghosts, picked up everything I could, and met Ingward.. Then I arrived at a locked gate, which I totally forgot about. So no very large ember for me yet. Well at least I have an extra fire keeper soul.. And a rare ring of sacrifice. Then the next logical stop: Blight town. Same thing as with New Londo Ruins.. Not much of a problem when going through it slowly. Picked up my favourite sword, the Iaito, immediately.. Making that jump actually makes things easier as you get to the bonfire quickly. Went to search for Quelana with 200000 souls to spend.. Except she wasn't there. Googled it, and went back to Firelink Shrine. On my way up.. I finally died due to a combination of toxin from those annoying blowdart guys, and those fucking mosquitos. But again.. I had the foresight to wear that rare ring of sacrifice I picked up in new Londo ruins.. So I lost nothing. Made a detour to Andre, leveld up some stuff, bough even more crossbow bolts (incredibly handy for those mosquitos amongst other things), and went back. Found Quelana, spend all my souls I had left, and I now have an ascended pyromancy flame. Tried to get summoned.. But at this point one of the remastered version's new "features" fucks me over I suspect.. I can't get summoned because I have too powerful weapons for my level and for this part of the game. That sucks man. So I just head over to Quelaag.. Got her first try. She's not that hard for me anymore apparently. Went to visit the Fair lady, joined the chaos convenant, and offered 10 humanity, reinforced my estus flask.. And that's where I'm at. Oh and I made a very brief detour to The great Hollow to pick up the cloranthy ring. Next stop is probably going to be Sen's fortress.. I can make some other detours, but most of it won't be worthwile until I've done Anor Londo.

I've played this the last couple of days. I'll elaborate later, but in short: great value for this season pass. It's a great expansion. The only criticism I have.. Is that it's too ambitious for it's own good. Some things seem like filler, or like there is a lack of story content, but while I haven't checked what my total playtime is currently, I think it must be around 40 hours already. You can't fault the dlc for lack of content. It's just that the story told seems like it would be better told as a full prequel game, and not a shorter and streamlined standalone expansion. Torna is a great setting. I think I'm near the end now, and I've done most stuff. Only a few sidequests left, but I still the affinity charts to fill. The main quests wants me to sleep at the inn to confron Malos, which I assume is the actual end of the game? But yeah, while everything makes me want more, and it's a shame there isn't anything more, it's been a blast so far.

Received the game this afternoon, and play a little bit before going to bed (.. yes, that means I went to bed in the afternoon). Did the Asylum, cleared the graveyard at Firelink Shrine (with that I mean I killed the skeletons with my starting level and gear, not avoided them and suicide run towards the items like a pussy ), and did Undeadburg Burg. "I wrecked the Taurus Demon" ( ), but wanted to go to bed, so crossed the bridge.. And quit at the bonfire. Not going to lie though.. Red Drake almost got me.. Twice! Dunno how I survived, but got caught in its fire twice. Once at the beginning, and once near the end. First thing to kill me.. Was walking off a cliff while backing up from the skeletons at the graveyard. Second thing to kill me.. Was that same cliff while I was running towards the graveyard to kill the skeletons. Skeletons never got me though. They did get a lot of new players, as evident from the bloodstains. Did not get invaded at Undeadburg. Almost disappointed. I'll continue my adventure tonight. I'll be doing Undead Parish. I had plenty of Practice during the network test, so should be no problem. Maybe the Great Sword Black Knight haha. If I have enough time, I'll go to Blight town, and probably back to the Asylum before that. I will post or edit this post to mention where my summoning signs are. I don't know how the password system works though. Oh and, now I'm playing the retail version.. Admittedly, the sounds is a bit garting yes, but I won't let it ruin my fun. It's easily patched, and I hope they will. Also.. Why the fuck is cancel / confirm button remapping greyed out in the settins? Edit: I'm off to play. After quickly getting my daily login reward in AoV. Since I'm in Undead Parish.. I'll leave my summoning sign in fron of the black knight tower if I'm near the beginning, or around the corner next to the side entrance of the church when I'm near the boss (a bit hidden, this is also one place where I love to drop items by the way) . Edit: No invasions yet, but plenty summons! Feels great to help out with a boss!

Any more players? Do we have enough for two teams? What day and time? I'm not sure when I'll be available. I think I'll be going out Saturday evening / night, but I think I'll be available Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Not sure about Friday, but good chance I'll be at home as well.

Totally forgot about this achievement.. I'll probably replay this soon. Although.. Dark Souls. Hmm.

Ah I though you meant something glitchy. Yeah, I did notice the sound was bad quality, though I actually thought it had always been that way. Won't affect my enjoyment in any case.

What audio issues? I haven't experienced anything in the network test.

Yeah I am HYPED. In fact, I am kind of annoyed it's the same weekend as Splatoween.. Apart from a Splatoween and 1 or 2 films, I intend to play this the whole weekend. Anyone else getting this? Want to gank some invaders. Seriously, I don't really summon people, unless I need help against invaders, but I'll post here to indicate when I'm playing and where my summoning sign is. Oh plus the other details, since you can now connect directly to each other.

05-11-2018

I find it funny @RedShell is the only one to return the favour of sending me a gold gift, and he's not even seriously playing the game as far as I can tell. Yet he keeps logging in.. So what's up with that @Nintendo Fan & @Vileplume2000? (it's in honour > rankings). Anyway, another new character tonight (after midnight.. I think 02:00 CEST / 01:00 UK). It's Astrid, a new warrior. I spent all my gold on the last new character, and haven't used him much so far. Though he seems pretty good if you're good with him.

I had an incliniation for treat, but no significant preference. So I guess I'll go trick unless the teams are roughly divided equally.

@Glen-i that was a fun but messy impromptu session. I didn't want to play SMB1, but it's not the first time I point at that one in stead of Mario Bros. Similarly for Ice Climbers.. Didn't want to play that all, but didn't realize I was pointing at it. I was putting the pointer in the top right corner like in-game, where you're out of the way, except in the menu, well, you aren't.. Haha. I'm also not that bad at Mario Bros, but I'm used to the arcade version, honestly. I wish that one had online multiplayer. It's has a bit tighter controls, and you have time to get to the top to stop the first enemies.. That's why I was constantly rushing over there. Gradius is a shame.. It was the only game where I noticed the lag (complete with wonky sound), and where it was very detrimental to the experience.

Oh hey, I won! Also:

High Life trailer The best of enemies trailer And Tessa Thompson is totally selling me on a MIB sequel.