Nintentard's thread

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

B-but muh atmosphere...

[rabidtictac]

I don't care. It should be in the basic movement.
It's also part of the reason that I don't like Blasphemous. Waaaaaay too slow.

They should all look at Dead Cells. Fast, fluent movement. It's a dream to play and that's a large part of its success.

Blasphemous' platforming also sucks major dong.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

It's especially in that dungeon below the fuckhuge bell that is full of floating ghosts and moving poison clouds. I paused my playthrough when I realized this was the only place left for me to go through atm.

[rabidtictac]

It's especially in that dungeon below the fuckhuge bell that is full of floating ghosts and moving poison clouds. I paused my playthrough when I realized this was the only place left for me to go through atm.

The part that pissed me off, well there were two:

-ice place full of bell ghosts combined with instant kill spikes and crumbling platforms
-bell ghosts combined with spikes and crumbling platforms in general

The wall jumping is mega dogshit. It's so slow that you can't possibly react to threats and I swear I've had the game eat my inputs. I'm not the dsp type who always blames the game either. It's pretty rare the number of games where I felt I was pressing a button and it was getting eaten.

The bell ghosts and ghosts in general are just bullshit because they can float somewhere you are physically unable to reach and then spam attacks at you. Some ghost attacks are practically undodgeable unless you're in a room where you can take cover.

Spikes being an instant kill in a game with platforming this sluggish, clunky and slow is a serious crime. The combat is fine and the atmosphere is excellent, but I don't understand why so much of the game is taken up with platforming challenges when the platforming is this poor. The punishment for missing a jump is almost always instant death.

The moving poison clouds at least don't kill you instantly.

[Kugelfisch]

I also feel like parrying is broken. I could never figure out the timing on several enemies. For some it just appeared to be random.

[rabidtictac]

I was able to do the parrying for those enemies you are required to parry. But I didn't bother for the others. I'm a little annoyed there are enemies you 100% MUST parry. One of the nicer aspects of a well-made souls game is you're rarely forced to use advanced mechanics like parrying in order to progress. Blasphemous demands you parry from pretty much the start of the game.

You might try getting into some combat situations and seeing if the parrying is broken, or if it's just that Blasphemous keeps eating your inputs like a motherfucker. Because that's my suspicion of what's happening.

The controller layout is kinda shit too, as long as I'm bitching. Parry and heal are both on a shoulder button and so is dodge. Don't get confused about which shoulder bumper/trigger does what! I've accidentally used my precious estus numerous times when trying to dodge or parry.

[Kugelfisch]

One of the nicer aspects of a well-made souls game is you're rarely forced to use advanced mechanics like parrying in order to progress.

Good thing too, since I've never played a "well-made" one. It's all janky shit, held together by lollipop sticks and cum with a decent game underneath.
Especially parrying is a shit garbage desynched mess - in a sjngleplayer game. How does one even mess that up?

[rabidtictac]

Don't ask me. It works a lot better in salt and sanctuary than it does in proper Fromsoft souls games. And salt was made by 2 people.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

A shame none of these two knew how to draw a human being.

And I think my "favorite" Blasphemous enemy so far is in this cistern I think. Those asshole ghosts who teleport all over the fucking place and snipe at you with kamehamehas. That would already be pretty bullshit in a more responsive game like Dead Cells.

[ban]

Good thing too, since I've never played a "well-made" one. It's all janky shit, held together by lollipop sticks and cum with a decent game underneath.
Especially parrying is a shit garbage desynched mess - in a sjngleplayer game. How does one even mess that up?

You will love it and you will play it in all its glory because Soulslike are the future of gaymes - Reddit, probably.