OK - it's Demon of Hatred time. Here's the thing. I walked into this and almost got through the first two stages. Everything made sense. He's very soulsy. Next two times I still did good... but now I completely lost it. It's that FromSoft thing that happens where u just lose it
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I BEAT OWL(FATHER) II BEAT HIM I BEAT AHEIM I BEAT HIMMMMM Oh my god that was one of my favorite fights of all time. I had such balance/control and he was barely getting it hits first round- god I'm so happy that last part was crazy, it got all the way down to last bit of life
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Ohhhhhkay. I'm sorta itching to try boss... But I have now beat all headless, I also just gotta farm some fulminated mercury to get three more upgrade items to get all of them???? Anyone know a good place to farm???
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Wait I *can't* get all the upgrades in one game cycle/?????
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FINAL BOSS TIME!!! It is amazing how weak Genichiro is now, even with his stoopid sword. Isshin is... Seeming not horrible so far? Haven't got to deathblow yet but I feel steady.... But right now those three dots give... pause.
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HOW DID HE PULL A SPEAR OUT OF HIS ASS WHO GAVE HIM THAT GUN okay I'm taking a break.
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I've come back from break! Okay Genichiro is now absolutely handing me ass and it's like I've completely forgotten how to play this gameand I can't parry fuck all!?!? In this game you're either 1) locked in and struggling, 2) seeing the lines of matrix code, or 3) helpless baby
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All I wanted to do was get to phase 2 consistently to be able to figure out how to fight him. Here's what that's looked like. Die against Genchiro 23 times cause I forgot how to play this game. Die first round Isshin or Genichiro still next 15 times. I need to go kill weaklings
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Y'ALL WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING, I LITERALLY CAN'T GET PAST GENCHIRO AND HE'S A LITTLE FUCKING SHIT, I'VE NEVER HAD SOMETHIN SO WEIRD HAPPEN, I FEEL CRAZY, BUT I CANT QUIT, I HAVE TO BEAT HIM TO PROVE IM JUST BEING SKITTISH AND THIS IS ALL IN MY HEAD, BUT ITS GETTING WORSE
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Okay. I got to Isshin again. ALMOST got to phase 2, just got greedy and pushed right the end. But at least I proved I wasn't crazy... well... not crazy in this specific way. Time for a reset. Quitting for now. <3
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Update on Final Boss: I can perfect my way past Genichiro 80% of the time. With Isshin I'm getting to second stage, oh, 60% of the times from there. I don't like that I have to use like 5 heals, but I'm getting better. When I get to that 2nd stage, MAN, hard to figure it out...
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When the fuck do I heal against this dude in this round??? Nothing makes sense. You go from a round where he gives you ALL THE SPACE IN THE WORLD to a round with never.
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So fun wrinkle: so MUCH of this is the rapid timing between block and striking - I've gotten into this weird mistake where sometimes I'm Ichimonji -ing w/ my combat arts hit just because the time I'm trying to strike after i block thinks I'm hitting both at once. It SUX
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God this fight is so mentally demanding. That's the whole thing, right? I *finally* figure out the rhythm of phase 2 / get in a grove with all his swoopy nonsense but suddenly I'm an idiot against Genichiro again / Isshin's 1st phase keeps fucking my patience- haven't got back :[
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Oh no, that thing where your hands hurt and you're going cross-eyed and tired but you're afraid if you quit you'll lose your rhythm and never do as well as you're doing right now> so you'll never beat the boss and this entire thread will be in vain and everyone will be sad at you
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Ugh I gotta stop. Truth be told I *really* wanted to fucking beat this so I could get shit done this week. I keep hearing "if you can just get to stage 3" but getting to stage 3 is so damn hard. I'm much better at phase 2 now it's just so hard to string it ALL together w/ 4phase
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I got a lot of work done, but literally all I can think about is this stupid fucking fight. Came back. I'm now getting so close I can taste it, BUT ITS SEVERELY MESSING WITH MY GENICHIRO AND PHASE 1 STUFF. Gotta stay steady... gotta... stay... steady...
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I was so close to getting him I screamed, I'm still shaking...
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I DID IT I DIODKFJD JIDD DDI D ID DID TI TI BEEEEEAATTTT HIM IDE DDID;LAKSDFJK ;MY HANDS ARE SHAKING AOMOHG OMGMGG GJGOGMG G GI DDID IT I DIDE IT DID DIDDIFIDAJF;LKASDHFLKSJFA;SLKDFJASKL;KLFJSL;KFJSDDKLFF I DID IT
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It feeels so good


also i went with dragons homecoming ending!!!!pic.twitter.com/GJvBOMe19C
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Okay because sharing a fucking ps4 clip on twitter is IMPOSSIBLE for some reason, heres the end of the fight. It starts with an all is lost moment and theres another in the middle!pic.twitter.com/HOavUTTlAc
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Gonna share more coherent thoughts later, but I want people to understand something. All the frustration I expressed in this thread? That's part of so much of how this all works. This was one of my favorite games of all time. What an experience.
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I'm gonna write a bigger article, but first some final thoughts here, where I should first give a few superlatives. Favorite fight: Owl(father) - intense, gorgeous, fluid, and beating him was my biggest "see the matrix moment" where I was in total control. Just perfect.
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Least Favorite: Demon of Hatred, which I argue outright doesn't count. It's not that iT's A sOuLsBoUrnE boss, it's that it's a BAD soulsbourne boss. Rare hitbox problems, and chaos created by the uneven environ. The rare Fromsoft fight I don't call cruel, but "bad design" on.
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Coolest achievement: Beating double apes on first try! Lamest personal moment: Cheesing Jinsuke Saze Scariest moment: SNAKE / Guardian part 2 Funniest moment: THAT MONKEY'S GOT A SWORD
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Lastly, it's sort of hard to sum up my thoughts on all this, largely because this is my least accessible / most pedantic twitter thread I've ever written. I've lost like 600 followers and so many of you hopefully muted this. It must have been boring!
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After all, so rarely was I digesting or spitting out things to help someone unfamiliar make sense of it or making jokes. So often it was "how do I get spacing with this dude's move? How do I block x?" etc., it was expressing frustration, or talking through my own myopic process.
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So why did I keep doing it? Easy... So I didn't have to go through it alone. And you were all there, helping me through it. So this is dedicated to all of you. Know it meant so much in a game that has easily become one of my favorites of all time. You're all the best <3
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