>Blighttown was notoriously shitty and received widespread

>>389010908
>>Blighttown was notoriously shitty and received widespread hate
>things that didn't happen.

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>>389010908
>Blighttown was notoriously shitty and received widespread hate
Are you retarded? Blighttown only got flak for the horrible fps drops because From couldn't optimise to save their lives

>>389011123
>>389010982
These, Blighttown is easily one of the best areas in the game brought down by shitty retarded nips not knowing how to program.

>>389010908
Why were there SO MANY GOD DAMN SWAMPS IN DARK SOULS 3?

>>389011706
To make it realistic

>>389011628
>>389011123
>>389010982
Seriously, fuck you /v/

>5-1 and 5-2 were notoriously shitty in Demon's Souls
>LET'S DO IT AGAIN!

>>389010908
Farron Keep literally takes like 10 minutes if you take your time

>>389011706
Some asshole played Urborg

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Blighttown and Valley of Defilement have great atmosphere, even though traversing them is a pain in the ass. Farrons keep is alright but the concept is getting a bit stale imo.

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>>389010908
Whenever I see someone act like Dark Souls did everything first I feel a compulsion to mention Demon's Souls did everything Dark Souls did first.

Farron keep was just so flat and boring, blight town had lots more going for it exploration wise.

>Every Souls game has at least one swamp level, sometimes multiple
>Every time it's ass

>>389012110
>that giant monster fakeout
It legitimately made me jump out of my seat the first time I played DeS

>>389010908
This is nothing like Blighttown. The swamp is the shortest part of that area.

>>389010908
Nobody cared about the swamp half of Blighttown. That was barely a footnote. It was the scaffolding town going down that sucked.

>>389012210
Demon's Souls has an excellent swamp level.

>>389012460
It was the worst. Dueling Garl's sister was shit becasue of the swamp.

All the Souls games are the same uninspired rehashed garbage. Get over it.

>>389010908

It was only shitty because of the horrible frame rates on the console versions.

>>389012210
Even Bloodborne had one. Why do they keep doing it?

>>389013454
They're absolute madmen

Blighttown is great, Farron Keep is horrible.
Also
>those fucking dull colours and contrast, what the fuck were they thinking

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farron keep was deadlocked 60fps for me. get a better pc.

>>389013538
>No really, PCs are cheaper just buy a 500 dollar graphics card!

>>389013785
when did i say they were cheaper?

>>389013538
No one is talking about the performance you airhead.

>>389012110
I hate those fucking rats

Only bad thing about blighttown is the fps. Otherwise, it's one my favorite areas in souls.

>>389010908
Haha fuck you faggot

>>389014042
what about the blow dart dudes

>>389010908
>top 5 level design in the game was notoriously shitty
Whatever you say, cocksucker.

But yeah, Farron was just garbage. You can't even guide yourself visually, everywhere looks the same.

>>389014042
the slip 'n slide tree branches were pretty bad

>>389012212
>DeS
Demon's E Souls? What?

>>389015549
>Blighttown top 5

Holy shit what a fucking pleb you are

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Did anyone else like The Gutter?

>>389016541
Dumb redditor, you wouldn't know level design if it slapped you in the face.

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>>389012110

>>389015352
Moss merchant lady sells you plenty of antidote before going into the depths and also black leather/pyromancer set increases toxin immunity so you could take a couple darts before the toxin set in.

>>389012212
The funny part is it wasn't even intended.

>>389016641
Yeah, it was a good alternative to Blighttown, I thought. But that one hidden lower area was a bitch to find.

>>389015352
I think Blighttown is shit for other reasons (namely the swamp which is just annoying to explore because you're so slow) but the blowdart guys aren't an issue if you grab the spider shield from The Depths

>>389016894
>>389016641
blighttown was good, swamps are jUST NOT FUN!
even with the rusted iron ring
going down blightdown the normal way was fun for the vertical experience but NOT THE SWAMP

>>389011864
Valley Defilement is the only good level in Demon's Souls.

>Twilight Princess
>Faron Woods, poison swamp level
>DaS3
>Farron Keep, poison swamp level

Coincidence? Miyazaki a Zelda fan?

>>389016974
I make sure to go back to the Undead Asylum asap every play-through just to get the rusted iron ring because of that swamp bs.

>>389010908
>Blighttown was notoriously shitty and received widespread hate
the fuck nigger ? blighttown is one of the best level

What is FromSofts obsession with swamps? Seriously, Dark Souls 3 had 4 swamp areas.

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>>389012460
>bitch can sprint at mach 1 at you in waist deep mud
>you can barely move
Also, defend Garl's boss '''fight''' for 3 nanoseconds
DeS is still my third favorite after DaS and BB tho

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>>389011995
You fucker

>>389016641
I actually love "light all of the torches" levels, so yes
It's comfy seeing a pitch-black area slowly lit up

>>389010908

TOMBSTONES EVERYWHERE LMAO

>>389017334
Dude seriously fuck that faggot down there

>see him wearing no armor, think if I take mine off I'll be able to move like him
>he's literally just sanic

>>389012024
>Blighttown and Valley of Defilement have great atmosphere

This. They're fucking terrible, shitty, shitty places, and that's why they're so good. From never even came close to matching the second area of valley of defilement with any of their other swamps. The whole area is such a hopeless, wretched place that even though it's not the hardest level in the game by any stretch I still left it until last simply because I didn't want to be there. I still feel itchy when I play that level.

>HOW ABOUT WE MAKE LIKE 3 SWAMPS IN DaS3?
>WITH LITTLE ONES INBETWEEN

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>>389010908
>blighttown
>not 5-2

>>389016492
He added the "e" to differentiate it from Dark souls (DS) Could you really not work that out.

>>389012212
Wait a second, what?! I played through it for the first time recently and I don't think I've encountered that

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>>389010908
Had way more of a headache with this area then I ever did with Blighttown

>>389010908
cant believe it's been 4 or 5 year since that one anon got assblasted and didn't believe that i picked 'master key' as my starting gift on my first blind run, and got trapped in blight town for a real time week, slowly grinding until i was strong enough to leave

he said some shit like "how would you even know what the master key did on your first run'' and he assumed everyone was as retarded about that as he was

FUCK YOU ANON

>>389016641
I liked it
I don't understand the hate for it or dark souls 2

>>389022190
That giant Depraved one (I think ?) where they used perspective tricks to make you think it's normal

>>389010908
You forgot that this time they decided to forego the Rusted Iron Ring and make you walk even slower in the swamp.

Dark Souls 3 was a mistake

Dubious Grandma: Shit-Ass Dead Dude... Know'st thou of Hell Fuck Castle, high in the mountains...? (laughter) It was once the domain of King Big Sad Guy, who did the Flame Thing.. Legend tells of the castle's steward, the great and terrible HorseDog, but who is to say if it still roams the halls... (solid minute of laughter) Oh, how silly of me; but of course, a new arrival in Drangranthric wouldst know not such tales... One such as thee... wouldst be better suited to sharpen the blades of the dreaded wraith of Why'd They Put Anorher FUCKIN SWAMP LEVEL Marsh..... Armor Type of Dude. That is... ifst thoust canst livest thatst longst... (five minutes of laughter; unskippable)

>>389022372
>"master key"
>doesn't try it on every door.

That anon is silly.

>put on crimson set
>not a single problem with Blightown
WOW
Bonus
Did it without Iron ring too
WOOWOW

>hating on besttown
Maximum plebs. Blighttown was fucking great.

Yesterday I went though blighttown from the depths. The fucking pepe blowers made me toxic with one fucking arrow. And the enemies were tough as fuck. I missed all of the bonfires because I forgot where they were.

It was really frustrating.

>>389023227
>(five minutes of laughter; unskippable)
This is why I can´t take ANY Souls Character serious anymore.
Why is EVERYONE laughing? Are they all smoking some weed all the time?

>>389010908
Actually, Blighttown was suspenseful and unexpected, the lack of teleportation was isolating, and the unexpected posible descent to an even eerier underworld was jaw-dropping. That you were too young to take the stress and enjoy it doesn't mean that everyone were.

>>389023506
in japan, different kinds of laughter mean specific things, because japanese are all autists

>>389012110
>Demon's Souls did everything Dark Souls did first
Unfortunately, it's exclusive to a grill machine nobody wants to keep in their fucking house.

>>389010908
Never had a problem with that area OP, that area after Ludwig in the old hunters however....

>>389023547
*inserts mocking laughter*

>>389010908
End of rine
Rine ends here
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>>389023707
WOW
POOR GAME DESIGN I SAY

>>389022531
It's an overhyped sequel symptom
A game is good and well received, so everything expects the sequel to be the second coming of Christ, but instead it's "just" a good game of similar quality to the first one, or even a bit worse but still good

>>389023227
I love this pasta

You have to understand, you have to have "awful" levels sometimes. Not awful as in unplayable, but sort of dreadful to traverse. Overcoming the most unwelcoming of environments gives a unique sense of satisfaction and relief.

>>389016641

It's great but the ladder segment after the second bonfire is completely retarded and out of place.

>>389023707
>shoots fuck knows where
>gets spooked and rolls randomly off the ledge
>FUCK THIS BAD BROKEN GAME I AM PERFECT PLAYER AND THIS HAPPENS IT'S NOT MY FAULT

>>389010908
this isn't even half as bad as blighttown

>>389023227
A sensible rendition.

>>389024119
OP never played Blighttown. He just saw his older brother shitpost about it on /v/ some time ago.

>>389011706
This was all I could think of while playing it.
>Leave Undead Settlement.
>Swamp area.
>Poison swamp area.
>Tar swamps in a fucking cathedral.
>Water and sewers in Irythill.
>Toxic swamp in Profane Capital.
>Toxic swamp in Lothric.
>Earthen Fucking Peak in Ringed City. The only swamp-like area in DaS2 returns for no fucking reason.
>Half of the actual Ringed City is just a big fucking swamp.

>>389012110
H I P S T E R
Maybe we should all stop talking about video games because Pong did it first

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>All the brainlets who didn't use Quickstep to travel quickly through the Farron Swamp

>>389010908
sure, the swamp was annoying but blighttown in its entirety was probably my favorite area of the game. crossing rickety bridges and jumping plank to plank was loads of fun

>>389010908
blight town was one of the best DaS 1 locations you fucking pleb

Blight Town was fucking amazing

Sorry that you played the version with garbage performance

>>389013538
this girl was genuinely a perfect nymph when she was young and still had that big butt

>>389025454
>>389025394
>>389025550
This. Blightown is fine, I don't know why retards hate on it. If you're on PC you shouldn't have fps drops if that's why you hate it. The area itself isn't even hard, you just need to not be retarded an watch where you're rolling when you're up in the scaffolding. The poison lake hardly does any damage.

that first run through Blighttown is a highlight of the game though

>>389016641
yeah, it was fucking fun to explore, I don't understand why people didn't like it

>>389026668
>you just need to not be retarded an watch where you're rolling when you're up in the scaffolding

the toxic darts though. nobody expects that shit the first time around or know it cant be cured like poison

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>>389010908
do you know who fromsoft is?

>>389023547
I mean contextual laughter is a thing in English too

>>389027114
You were warned

>>389023227
DS2 really overdid it with the laughter

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>giving shit about what your fans want

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Blighttown only has a bad reputation carried from the drops to 10fps. It's a lighter version of Valley of Defilement otherwise
Farron keep is bad because it's boring as all fuck. it's the lowest point of every single run
>oooooooh boy time for a fuckoff flat swamp that slows you down in some parts and is covered in giant ugly trees that makes you spend twice as much time traversing it than it needs to also basilisks remember these things haha don't worry they're not even a huge hindrance we just put a bunch of them there to annoy you

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I hate ledges. I FUCKING HATE LEDGES. FUCK YOU FROMSOFT. FUCK YOU GRAVITY.

>>389016641
It was boring. At least Farron keep had many different levels and some stuff to explore, like the bridge part.

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>>389029210
I really hate how they nerfed Basilisks and Skelewheels in 2 and 3. In 1 they were perfect representations of the core difficulty of the game, rushing in and getting surrounded will fucking ruin you but taking it slow and blocking/sidestepping the wheels or attacking the Basilisks while they're cooling off from their hugely telegraphed attacks make it simple to deal with them. Now they're still easy to negate but with no real penalty if you do screw up. I just don't get why they'd gut these but then go on to add stuff like those crow fuckers in Ariandel that are both tricky to avoid and hugely punishing.

>>389010908
I largely enjoyed Blighttown when I didn't have the FPS of a piece of toast. I can't say I enjoyed Farron Keep that much though.

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>>389023707
woooww dood

>>389029954
i dont mind that as much just because sometimes the bonewheels were bullshit when they could fly by and somehow clip your elbow and you were instantly dead even if you tried to take it slow and its nice having the basilisks not immediately fuck you up if you didnt make sure to stack curse resist in every new area

its pretty retarded that they would nerf those and then add those fuckin crows though

The biggest problem with blighttown was the shitty frame rate

>>389010908
Blighttown was only hated by consolefags because of the framerate.

>>389010908
Difference is Farron well shitty is such a easy fucking area you can run through it like its nothing and be done in a few minutes. Same can be said of Blight town but its possible to fuck up and die on a jump.

>>389013785
My pc is not that great and the whole game was locked 60 fps everywhere. You need an I5 really, its kinda cpu intensive not so much for gpu

>>389010908
From's fantasy games always have poison-themed areas, they are just as much a trademark as the Sword of Moonlight.

>>389030067
>He doesn't overclock his toaster
>He doesn't eat pop tarts at 144fps

>>389010908

Almost the easiest area in the game. Try again.

>>389010908
Blighttown was legitimately good, because most action took place on the rafters and you could always visit Asylum before heading there to get the ring that allowed you to move quickly through the swamp.
Farron Woods, on the other hand, was fucking dogshit: boring, flat landscape with no structures to explore, and there was no way of avoiding slogging through the swamp at the speed of a snail unless you were willing to abuse Quickstep WA.

>>389023227
Finally a good pasta

>>389033420
but fuck that one lanky ass fucker that jumps on your face

>>389016641
I did, although during my second playthrough, I kept getting either stuck in the geometry or falling in some tiny crack.

>>389010908
Farron Keep is a weird case. It feels like they were stuck between two ideas but couldn't decide on either. You have pretty much unavoidable poison but its effects are ridiculously tame, you have fast enemies but no equivalent rusted iron ring, yet you have several patches of land to run off to. All the items are pretty much in full display, sometimes with nothing but the swamp standing between you and it so literally no challenge other than patience. Everything is flat except a couple of places you go up then right back down again.
I kept expecting something to happen from all those hanging whatever they were things from the trees, or maybe items to shoot down, but there was nothing. It's like whatever idea they had for the area was forgotten.

>>389027114
>>389027480
>looks anyway
is this a dsp playthough?

>>389010908
I really don't get why From puts a shitty poison swamp area in every goddamn game. I just rush through them because being slowed to a crawl and constantly poisoned is annoying.

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>>389012110
I really hate how DeS went from being a popular game that was mainstream on /v/ to being considered some kind of niche, hipstery game that no one played.

Fuck this shithole.

>>389023578
Playstation is THE weeb console. Nice try, normalfag.