I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really fucking hate this fight.
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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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