The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Kirsten]

picked up Bloodborne today not having really played a Dark Souls before. so far it is quite interesting, character looks cool, weapons are cool. I have a sword whip and a blunderbuss. problems, it explains virtually nothing. I know it paints itself as a hardcore, tough as nails experience, but seriously, if you tell your players nothing, you are just driving people away who might otherwise have enjoyed it and supported you. there is an article on IGN encouraging people to persevere through an incredibly difficult first hour and it starts to get rewarding. no game should require putting up with for an hour in the hopes that it gets good. having some sort of tutorial would in no way cramp their style.I am moving around ok, killed quite a few weird looking dudes. no idea why, they are just there and attacking me. but I don't know where I am, where I am going to, why, or what I am supposed to do when I get there. so there is virtually no incentive to keep playing, aside from the real world money you spent on the game. you can't pause the game, even when playing offline, which is a major **** up for any game, and I have no idea how you save the game, so I just had to turn it off and hope it has autosaved.

[Kirsten]

ok, played it a lot last night and today, starting to really get in to it. after a few hours, a new friendly NPC appeared with whom you could spend your 'blood echoes' to level up. that alone suddenly gives you a purpose, as previously all you had been told was literally 'go out there and kill a few beasts'. with a level up system in place, then you can start grinding and improving, you have clearer targets. I have a far better idea how the game works now too. I killed the first boss on my second attempt and felt massively pleased with myself. bear in mind there are people who have quit playing entirely because they can't kill it at all, that is how hard the game can be. I stand by yesterday's points, it needs to be more newcomer friendly. there really is no reason to be so obtuse. but if you stick with it, it starts to get pretty engrossing.

[Psychosplodge]

That sounds a lazy way of prolonging the game...

[DarkLink]

Welcome to Dark Souls...

I have not played Bloodbourne, but the Dark Souls games are very similar:



Now, if it's anything like Dark Souls, as long as you're willing to work for it, the game is extremely rewarding and a ton of fun. You might need to google some info here and there, and it may not be your type of game, but it's definitely worth trying.

[Kirsten]

That sounds a lazy way of prolonging the game...

not really, it forces you to learn and improve constantly. it definitely isn't perfect, but I am really getting in to it and it is very satisfying when you get it working. it needs a little more plot, I have been playing probably ten or fifteen hours and still have no idea what is going on. I am going around killing monsters and levelling up just because.

[Psychosplodge]

Nicely played r/pcmr



and the reciprical



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There seems a lot of this going round today

[Kirsten]

I don't know what is going on there, what am I supposed to be looking at?

[Psychosplodge]

The web address's don't match the content, they've swapped for the day

[Kirsten]

I still don't know what I am looking at, but I shall take your word for it

[Psychosplodge]

r/pcmaster race has been replaced by r/cynicalbrit and viceversa, and r/consolemasterrace is looking exactly like r/pcmasterrace.

I lolled anyway...once I'd noticed