System Wars Lounge V.66: Happy Manly New Year Edition

@davillain-: are you feeling okay?? O.O

Well, I'm back from break. Time to actually finish up this goddamn second chapter of MGSV.

Been wanting to get it. Someone gifted me Undertale the other day, so that has my attention atm.

@Allicrombie: Of course, it's 2016 after all :P

Sure, that sounds awesome. I'm gonna give it some time though, I just got Planescape Torment and I'm guessing I'm gonna be busy with that for a while :P

I'm now two hours into Planescape Torment.

HA @illmatic87 suck it

I've heard comparisons of the soundtrack with Persona 3's, that has to be a good thing, right?

Anyone notice how Solid game basic is recently making threads and always mentioning how he's playing a game on PC? Superior version, 60fps, 1440p

Almost sounds like a "hey guys I'm not a cow anymore"

Or I'm just looking too much into it thinking there is a hidden agenda because System Wars.

@charizard1605:

Similar in tone for some tracks, but the execution falls flat for the most part.

Well Solid says that he owns every game systems, he just seems to prefer sony overall. I mean look at the sony VR thread.

That's a shame, especially since the original game has such a great soundtrack.

Solid is alright for the most part, he just wants to be better then Charz when it comes to making threads. I too own all current-gen consoles and PC but I too do lean towards PS4 more so then ever, I just prefer the console as my most used system.

The first boss in the Bloodborne DLC took me 3 hours to beat >.<

Jeez From Soft :P.

I love the steam trading cards, I made $5 off of them and got Chivalry "for free".

The ones in the city and the regular battle theme are the only bad ones imo.

Is DS2: Scholar actually unfairly difficult or are the reviews just being stupid about it?

I don't know where to go in Scholar- the Forest or the Tower? In the Forest, I got my head bitten off and died in one shot by a cyclops or something. In the Tower, there's a never ending stream of giants that I just can't take on as a sorcerer.

I barely died throughout the tinme I played. Eventually, I got kinda bored with it.

So maybe it gets harder later. The game does spawn phanoms here and there though with redicilous HP bloat. How anyone can see these to be fun tofight is beyond me.

@charizard1605: Forest is easier, it's where you'll encounter what's most people's first boss. I recommend it because you can get more souls and a (my main) elemental weapon faster.

The Tower is shorter, but yeah, it's a bitch to go through, especially with the addition of Heide Knights in Scholar. You'll find two bosses there which is always cool.

Just remember that if you kill an enemy enough times it disappears.

Yeah, I just messed up, I attacked that cyclops thing, and it bit my head off (literally), so I figured I wasn't supposed to be there, and I went down into the tower instead. Which was... a worse idea.

So this time I'll try the forest again, and try not to aggro the cyclops, and just go on instead.

I didn't know about the enemies disappearing, that wasn't in the other games, right?

@charizard1605: only in this game, I don't mind them disappearing.

Yo where is the Cyclops, as specifically as you can tell me? He's an addition in Scholar.

So you go down through the door, and then you get to the part where there's a body of water, and a chest on a small island. Past that, there's a small, small narrow stone passage that leads into the Forest. Right as you enter it, he's to the right, in the river.

@charizard1605: did you get to the bonfire in the Forest?

I can screencap it and post it here if you want.

Nope, died before that happened.

I did get to the bonfire in the Tower. Then I killed a big knight. Then another. Then another. Then I ran out of my magic, and got killed. Then I went back to the forest instead.

@charizard1605: go get to the Forest bonfire, it's super close.

Kill a Heide Knight for his sword. Get your ATR and STR up so you can wield a sword in the same hand as your staff, preferably an elemental one (hint hint), because you're gonna need one even if you're running a Magic build. I'm pretty sure your magic and your elemental sword will increase in strength with the same stat.

@Blabadon: I've killed one a couple times, but I'm not sure he ever dropped his sword anywhere... or did I mess up again?

I'll level STR and ATR up, yeah. Probably need to, too, my magic seems to run out pretty quick.

@charizard1605: Jesus man, just summon at this point.

But I'm not having issues dying (except for with the Cyclops)... I'm just having issues knowing where to go lol. Now that I do know, it should hopefully be easier.

Enemies respawn roughly 10 times. And this feature was exclusive to Dark Souls 2.

Prepare to Rage when the item you want doesnt drop in all 10 respawns.

NyaDC praising the order... what's going on

That wasn't so hard after all?

Where do I find the Firesword?

• Made a complaint about the stupidity and willful ignorance of a fellow poster on this site.

• Other people tell me they agree and the best course of action is simply put to ignore him.

• Hmm, this seems familiar.

• Well, I suppose the best advice is always returned :)

You mean the fire longsword?

Forest of the Fallen Giant, The giant pit outside the tower with the bonfire and the merchant.

You will know if you have found the right place. If you enter a cave with a fireball blasting enemy and embers on the ground.

I'm just gonna go ahead and make manly spotlights each day, if I can that is. It will vary from anime, video games, tv shows, movies, etc.

Spotlight #1: Toru Yuge

Series: Bible Black New Testament

He's from a popular hentai series that get mixed reactions from those who watched it, mainly a "WTF" reaction when the woman grew a weewee and of course, the whole human sacrifice gobbledygook. Okay so why did I pick him and from a hentai series of all things? Well for starters, he's actually my favorite character in the entire series and hentai in general. He's intelligent, calm, badass, has an awesome trench coat along with a gun, and most of all, he doesn't have ANY sex or nudity scenes. You may think, what the hell? He's in a porn anime, shouldn't he be banging chicks or something? Well, I don't think it's in his character to do so, at least when it comes to the bad story Bible Black has. Honestly though, I feel like he should have his own series instead of being in an anime porn, it would suit him better.

And there you have it.

> I tell myself over and over again that I have no need for a 4K TV.

> I go out tonight and buy a 60" 4K Samsung.

> I come home and just play Bloodborne on my new 4K TV.

Why.

The ironic part being that the same guy who would make Halo threads is the guy now making The Order threads.

Look at his avatar. He's a Cow and no longer a Lem.

Heh my boss from my previous job is begging me to come back.

@Gamerno6666: Thinking of going back? Tell'em you want a higher pay.

Hard for me to say this but, I'm gonna miss The Mythbusters show and hard to believe it's the final season. What a great show over the past decades of explosions and mayhem.

Good old first world problems.

This is madness lol

Does anything even broadcast at 4k?

First world problems and being stupid, though I suppose there is room for overlap there. When I woke up today and looked at that TV, it felt like waking up next to a stripper. Regret and just no reason for it.

lol I don't even know bro. My intention was to go out and just buy a nice 1080p set, but these 4K sets have just dropped in price so much. I managed to convince myself that eventually it'll be worth it.

My next PC build will be able to chop through 4K gaming with ease, but that's a ways off.

TGR would use the "look at this opinion gamers have" as like a defense. What a goon.

@ConanTheStoner: I feel you, Conan. Really do. I didn't exactly buy mine because it did 4K, but for some reason I bought into that "4K upscaler" buzzword trash. The price and size were right, didn't spend that much more on it, and I figure maybe It'll actually have something to play at 4K someday.

Finally beat Captain Toad. It's dope.

@Bigboi500: how long did it take you? Picked it and Tropical Freeze yesterday, trying to beat them quickly.