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itinerant nekomancer. my liege has forsaken me. dm if loyal to your retainers and in possession of cats in urgent need of enrichment. will commute (live-in position preferred).
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turns out the answer to "why is this area much much much harder than previous areas and honestly a bit meaner?" is once again "because the difficulty is supposed to signal to me that i should be coming back later since this is a dead end right now". again.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
😑
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the moments in these games where you can piece together the spacial relationship of two seemingly separate areas is always my favorite. bb doesn't have a whole lot of that since a lot of it is spent outside and you're generally aware of where you are
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
😐
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
waow
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
cool boss though
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
oh come on they weren't *that* bad. like i can imagine that if you've built towards like. something with a super long startup/endlag but if you figure out what's going on you really shouldn't be getting beaten to a pulp.
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
??????????
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
so i know this is just generally how things with a plot work (the protagonist tends to be the driving force) but it's still unclear if i'm the chosen one because im the one doing the things (like how in bb we're like the millionth person trapped in the hunter's dream and things only happen because
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
john darksouls loves being picked up by flying creatures and transported to another location. it's one of her favorite activities
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
yay
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
...which I am having more trouble with than i really should. mostly just getting punished for getting careless. maybe i should try not using lockon for this fight since i keep dying to the platform not having corners. which you don't see while locked on.
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
i somehow had completely forgotten that i had watched someone go through this area once up until this moment. i actually had the thought "hey those cages look kinda familiar" but failed to assemble the two whole puzzle pieces needed to complete that thought
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
cool?
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
i dont want to be like. mean. but this guy looks goofy as hell.
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
hello?
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
hi?
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
one thing about this game having (support) magic (which bb has no real equivalent to and sekiro has like. some reusable items that are kinda equivalent to) is that for all i know there's some sort of "lava does not immediately* kill you" magic
*I did not test this
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
yayy <= does not know
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
yippeee
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
metroidvania (and soulslike) being this high when it was only like 20% (and 11%) of my playtime and monster hunter (which is neither of those) was a solid 70+% is like. what
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I would not say the same about my experience with the great hollow.
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
took a break to play The Ever Angelic Slayer of Devils, Bell. which you should play
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
yayy
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
i know i didn't have to do the depths entrance first but i think it really does try to create the worst impression possible
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM