TL;DR: played a good soulslike, starting boxing lessons hoping if i get good at it, i can eventually get laid
not sure if many people heard about this game but imo it is the best soulslike game there is outside of anything by fromsoft. It is a very good soulslike to a point where i am unsure if it is straight up plagiarism. i normally played darksouls in the worst times of my life; bloodborne was my first souls game and i played it during the pandemic when i was stuck in a student accommodation not being able to literally leave my room, the sense of satisfaction after completing it lowkey bluepilled me a bit. similarly i played ds3 after being betrayed by my normie ex friend & roommate, i played elden ring when i was mentally sane but also i didnt really like the game that much as it felt a bit easy (i beat got radagon second try and malenia on fifth try, in comparison, altho i am about to start the dlc now so i will update once i finish).
fast forward to now and i was probably the worst mentally a month and a half ago i fucking took a solo trip thinking it will heal me but it didnt. i was researching other soulslikes as i really dont wanna play ds2 and started lies of p. got so addicted i started on friday and skipped class yesterday and today to platinum the game. Having just completed it, i have to say, it probably is the hardest soulslike i have played (if you dont use summons) and it has probably the best bosses second to bloodborne tied with ds3 if not a tiny bit better. the game has a parry mechanic but the window is absurdly small so you have to be perfect with your timing (even sekiro seemed a bit forgiving icl compared to this shit) but that is what made me fall in love with the game. once i mastered the parry, i started playing reactively and countering most hits, which gives a clang that is very satisfying. furthermore, it sort of forces u to use everything available to you as some attacks can break your weapon if u fail the parry and have low weapon durability (you have to constantly sharpen your weapon mid fight to prevent it from breaking) and you dont get i-frames for any attack thats got a highlight while dodging so you have to perfect parry (if u fail the perfect parry you take a ton of weapon durability loss and also damage). the boss designs are so amazing and like the delayed attacks makes sense because most bosses are puppets and the non puppet bosses tend to not do the whole wind up gag fromsoft bosses are notorious for.
imo the penultimate boss (laxasia) was the hardest as she kills you in about 6-8 hits tops so if u get hit once you need to estus flask immediately, not to mention in phase 2 half a combo will end you. she is the one boss that using a summon is useless as until phase 2 she cant take any damage from the back, so if the summon is tanking for you, you are basically just watching the fight and also ruining your weapon durability, trust me you dont wanna sharpen your weapon at all in phase 2. she would rank as my third most difficult boss in a soulslike after isshin and owl father. As with the two sekiro bosses you need the highest level of perfection in order to defeat her, i would've been convinced she is the final boss if the game was purely contextual with no cutscenes as you can tell who the main antagonists from the cutscene halfway through the game.
anyways, after defeating her on my second playthrough (as you need to complete the game a second time for the plat), i now have this feeling that i can do anything i want to do if i take enough time to learn all the moves. i recently watched superman and i related so much to lex luthor in that movie. (SPOILER ALERT FOR SUPERMAN) in the movie homie memorises the entire moveset of superman like i do to every dark souls boss and defeats him several times over, imo superman only won because it was a libtard cuckfest movie and lex had a fool proof strategy and if it wasnt a movie supes would be dead and buried. this made me question if i love violence and fighting in media so much, why shouldn't i give it a go with my body. i have endured so much mental pain all my life, let me also add physical pain of getting beat up into the mix and signed up for a boxing class. i went to the gym in person today and i am a lanky ass motherfucker like extremely skinny but the coach was very supportive, he said i can start training and eating and hopefully i will gain enough muscle and skills to fight in cruiserweight in a year if i am dedicated and disciplined. i am going to start from next tomorrow as october first. i wonder how long i will keep this going before i give up, i am contemplating signing up for a year membership so that i am motivated to keep going. i am giga cooked in the face department (semi-bald/balding, egg shaped, giga large nose and lips) but i shaved my head today which now has balanced out my face structure and my nose and lips look more proportional. but once i gym max and grow a beard i hope to look like andrew tate and then i will gain the respect from everyone that i deserve
not sure if many people heard about this game but imo it is the best soulslike game there is outside of anything by fromsoft. It is a very good soulslike to a point where i am unsure if it is straight up plagiarism. i normally played darksouls in the worst times of my life; bloodborne was my first souls game and i played it during the pandemic when i was stuck in a student accommodation not being able to literally leave my room, the sense of satisfaction after completing it lowkey bluepilled me a bit. similarly i played ds3 after being betrayed by my normie ex friend & roommate, i played elden ring when i was mentally sane but also i didnt really like the game that much as it felt a bit easy (i beat got radagon second try and malenia on fifth try, in comparison, altho i am about to start the dlc now so i will update once i finish).
fast forward to now and i was probably the worst mentally a month and a half ago i fucking took a solo trip thinking it will heal me but it didnt. i was researching other soulslikes as i really dont wanna play ds2 and started lies of p. got so addicted i started on friday and skipped class yesterday and today to platinum the game. Having just completed it, i have to say, it probably is the hardest soulslike i have played (if you dont use summons) and it has probably the best bosses second to bloodborne tied with ds3 if not a tiny bit better. the game has a parry mechanic but the window is absurdly small so you have to be perfect with your timing (even sekiro seemed a bit forgiving icl compared to this shit) but that is what made me fall in love with the game. once i mastered the parry, i started playing reactively and countering most hits, which gives a clang that is very satisfying. furthermore, it sort of forces u to use everything available to you as some attacks can break your weapon if u fail the parry and have low weapon durability (you have to constantly sharpen your weapon mid fight to prevent it from breaking) and you dont get i-frames for any attack thats got a highlight while dodging so you have to perfect parry (if u fail the perfect parry you take a ton of weapon durability loss and also damage). the boss designs are so amazing and like the delayed attacks makes sense because most bosses are puppets and the non puppet bosses tend to not do the whole wind up gag fromsoft bosses are notorious for.
imo the penultimate boss (laxasia) was the hardest as she kills you in about 6-8 hits tops so if u get hit once you need to estus flask immediately, not to mention in phase 2 half a combo will end you. she is the one boss that using a summon is useless as until phase 2 she cant take any damage from the back, so if the summon is tanking for you, you are basically just watching the fight and also ruining your weapon durability, trust me you dont wanna sharpen your weapon at all in phase 2. she would rank as my third most difficult boss in a soulslike after isshin and owl father. As with the two sekiro bosses you need the highest level of perfection in order to defeat her, i would've been convinced she is the final boss if the game was purely contextual with no cutscenes as you can tell who the main antagonists from the cutscene halfway through the game.
anyways, after defeating her on my second playthrough (as you need to complete the game a second time for the plat), i now have this feeling that i can do anything i want to do if i take enough time to learn all the moves. i recently watched superman and i related so much to lex luthor in that movie. (SPOILER ALERT FOR SUPERMAN) in the movie homie memorises the entire moveset of superman like i do to every dark souls boss and defeats him several times over, imo superman only won because it was a libtard cuckfest movie and lex had a fool proof strategy and if it wasnt a movie supes would be dead and buried. this made me question if i love violence and fighting in media so much, why shouldn't i give it a go with my body. i have endured so much mental pain all my life, let me also add physical pain of getting beat up into the mix and signed up for a boxing class. i went to the gym in person today and i am a lanky ass motherfucker like extremely skinny but the coach was very supportive, he said i can start training and eating and hopefully i will gain enough muscle and skills to fight in cruiserweight in a year if i am dedicated and disciplined. i am going to start from next tomorrow as october first. i wonder how long i will keep this going before i give up, i am contemplating signing up for a year membership so that i am motivated to keep going. i am giga cooked in the face department (semi-bald/balding, egg shaped, giga large nose and lips) but i shaved my head today which now has balanced out my face structure and my nose and lips look more proportional. but once i gym max and grow a beard i hope to look like andrew tate and then i will gain the respect from everyone that i deserve
