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Discussion in 'Entertainment Forum' started by Melody Bot, Nov 10, 2023.

  1. okay so i didnt read all of that but ability-locked backtracking is a feature of metroidvanias. thats not even a skill issue really, it's a progression issue, you aren't meant to access certain doors or ledges until you get the appropriate ability, which you eventually will by just playing the game naturally. that's completely different than, say, a soulslike boss you can't beat, although with stuff like Hollow Knight you might run into both issues in the same game. accessibility options are great, but you can't complain about not reaching a ledge that requires double jump when youve simply not reached the part of the game that unlocks double jump, a difficulty slider won't help you there
     
  2. AndrewSoup

    It's A Secret To Everyone Prestigious

    i beat him
     
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  3. I found them all so are you referring to the hardest ones? I’ll say it was fun to wonder « where can I reach the highest point to jump from and end up at that location », except the times I failed because I was *so close* yet ran out of stamina fff. Coming to mind is the tower in Gerudo!

    Ditto on the last point. I didn’t even realize how much it helped me git gud. I still die a lot because I’m not being careful or end up climbing something next to an enemy by accident (hate when that happens), but I definitely got better at defending myself, at aiming and at hitting at the right moments as well!

    Wish weapons didn’t break so easily but I’ll probably figure out wiser ways to handle them.
     
  4. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

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  5. mescalineeyes

    fabula nova crystallis Prestigious

    not beating the not reading the thread allegations
     
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  6. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

    I don't know what you're talking about.

    Edit: Oh, now I do.
     
  7. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

    But you left the best part out of your post!
     
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  8. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

    Yeah, that.
     
  9. huh? did someone post that already?
     
  10. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

    Hey, what's that show you always ask about?
     
  11. Oh. :verysad::brokenheart:
     
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  12. theagentcoma

    yeah good okay Prestigious

    it's been awhile since that happened, good bit
     
  13. digitalsea

    hate my favorite band

    I may or may not have saved the AC artbook link and made a pdf, if anyone wants it.
     
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  14. mescalineeyes

    fabula nova crystallis Prestigious

    Amazon Print on Demand
     
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  15. Greg

    The Forgotten Son Supporter

    The Akkala tower is the hardest, at least early in the game. When you don’t have much health all the guardians can one shot you so quickly. And it often rains there so it’s hard to climb up to avoid them. Once you get good at parrying guardians, it’s not a challenge. But I hadn’t gotten good at that yet when I first tried to get that tower.
     
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  16. Oh yeah that one suuuuuucked. Definitely took me the longest out of all of them.
     
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  17. digitalsea

    hate my favorite band

     
  18. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

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  19. mescalineeyes

    fabula nova crystallis Prestigious

  20. mescalineeyes

    fabula nova crystallis Prestigious

    Bluesky embeds don't seem to work so posting screenshots, but this is genuinely so very funny if true:

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  21. Penlab

    Prestigious Supporter

    That's actually what the article I posted was about. They're getting flak now from the "anti-woke" mob.
     
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  22. mescalineeyes

    fabula nova crystallis Prestigious

    BITCH I DON'T READ THREAD

    (I just thought the list of "woke" stuff in the game spelled out like this was funny)
     
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  23. Fucking Dustin

    I'll always edit a post Supporter

    Makes me think of when people tweeted JK Rowling "were there any Jewish wizards" and she would respond with the most stereotypically racist names imaginable as proof she was inclusive
     
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  24. Baddy Daddy

    The Worst But Best Person You Know

    Wait, you mean that people weren’t all white and Christian in Europe? WELL I NEVER!
     
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