In retrospect, was Dark Souls worthy of all the praise it got?
>>740999062it was worthy of more
>>740999062>Game with good gameplay and good edgy graphics.Sure why not, the company degenerating isn't a problem of the game being good 15 years ago.
Should I watch or read Berserk first?
>>740999062Miyazaki gave us the Berserk games we always wanted so yeah.
>>740999515read nigga readwatch 1997ignore everything elsewell the nushit has a pretty good ost actually
How did the first one have so much SOUL and the others had none?https://youtu.be/iZ0Yp79Odl8?si=F5QUL3_E7inixzyR
>>740999062I can't wrap my head around Berserk after 384
>>740999515comic isn't over and the multiple cartoons only adapt the first few story arcs, just read a wiki
>>740999843holy fuck a new chapter released finally?>give me 5 minutes to read itdid nomura write this fucking shit? maybe we should have just let it die with miura what the fuck was that
Yeah>>740999515Read it, it's absurdly kino
>>740999963>3rd sequel adds lore thats complete nonsense or retcons previous gamesman i hate it when games do this shit
Berserk is a good reminder to do the things important to you now.Otherwise you'll die and leave all your unfinished shit behind.
Do I NEED to play DS1 and 2 to play 3?
>>741000108No, but 3 is arguably the worst out of all of those.
>>741000108No, the games are mostly self-contained.However, they are all good so you should consider playing them as well.
Reminder your heart or brain could just explode at anytime for no real reason.
this arc set in india is worse than anything on the boat. what the fuck was miuras problem
>>740999963Yeah, studio gaga and Mori wrote it, but it was written by Miura way before he died. I think that I need to see the new chapters before I can draw any conclusion on it, because it's confusing as fuck. But it's pretty clear Miura was foreshadowing it since Golden Age.
>>741000257>but it was written by Miura way before he died.sauce? and no cliff notes written on a sticky note don't count
>>741000252miura was a chain smoker thoughbeit
It's insane how much Dark Souls and Berserk have helped me in my life. Both are probably my favorite pieces of media of all time. I don't go a week without think about either of them.I'm still so fucking pissed Miura died. Insane, it's been 5 years already.
>>741000284was he really I just thought he was a lolicon
>>741000108NEED no, but you should beforehand since 3 is the worst of the trio. DS2&3 should be lower on your priority list to play than every other From Souls game including buttborne >>741000252Nah, it's written in the stars themselves my heart will explode at the tender young age of 85 like every other guy on both family trees.
>>740999062Yes but the nostalgia around DS1 is probably not warranted. When I hear people talk about elden ring they sound exactly the way I did when I played darksouls for the first time. I now acknowledge that even though I think elden ring is shitty and boring it probably is just as good if not better than DS1 for a newcomer.
>>740999515https://weebcentral.com/series/01J76XY7EF75DJNQCV04HTPDZK/Berserk
>>741000252Miura lived a high stress life spending all his time drawing for the majority of his life, doing long hours and living in what had to be an unhealthy way just to keep pushing forwardAll the idolmaster in the world at 50 couldn't have saved him since the damage was all done in the 30 years before that
>>741000281Koji Mori posted on his Twitter: "Berserk will be published in tomorrow's issue of Young Animal. I'm so sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. This episode is one that Miura agonized over for twenty years, and even I, who have heard it dozens of times, found it quite difficult. I finally managed to get it done by repeatedly checking the lines with Shimada-san, who was in charge at the time and is also my longtime mentor. Once again, Kurosaki-kun and everyone at Studio Gaga did a truly wonderful job!! I hope you enjoy it."In picrel, it's clear that Skull Knight is probably referring to the reveal in 384.
>>741000493Well at least it's clear he loves Berserk but I still think he's just bullshitting.
>>741000108You can skip 2, but you should definitely play 1 before 3. DS3 is more of a "true successor" to DS1 in that they share locations, NPCs, covenants, and themes, whereas DS2 is self-contained for the most part. You miss out on a lot of that if you haven't played DS1.
>>741000571By that logic, you should play 2 before delving into 3's DLC too.
>>741000383Such a fucking kino visual
>the /v/ berserk thread is better than the /a/ one
>>741000252>for no real reason.maybe don't take experimental injections that give people heart problems if you don't want to suddenly die of a heart related issue. So many japanese artists were killed for no reason and the conclusion is well you can die at any time for absolutely no reason lmao. Even if you don't track that shit he obviously lived an unhealthy lifestyle the way all mangaka do.
>>7410001082 is a skippable gaiden3 is a direct sequel to 1
We're so FUCKING BACK BROS. GUTS IS KILLING GRIFFITH.
>>741001135so stop eating cup ramen, got it
>>740999062The praise should have gone to Demon's Souls but the demake puts it well below Dark Souls.
>>741000489being a manga artist + being a loner is a killer combination, literallyyou need someone to take care of you cause you will get lost in your work
>>741000252I wish
>>740999515Read until the golden age and a few chapters after. Then watch the old anime. Just ignore the more recent anime.
>>740999515i've read it multiple times and never watched any of the animes
Kinda ironic that the final villain of berserk is a floating heart of evil in abyss when Miura died from a heart issues>>741000252
>>740999515watch 97 then readyou'll be able to hear the music from 97 just by reading the panels
>>740999062No, it's a very artistic game though.It felt like the kind of thing where the devs were sure it was going to fail so they just made one of their TTRPG settings into a vidya for themselves, hence why it's balanced so badly but focuses on exploration and has secrets everywhere.
>>740999062Yes and no, yes because it's a good game but no in the sense that most of what people praise it for comes directly from Demon's Souls.
>>740999062>AllNo. The game has a plethora of flaws that arguably make it an 8/10.>A lot Yes. The game is good. Great even.>>740999515I'd say read it, but honestly you can just watch the Golden Age arc movies.
>>740999062this:>>740999456It's really quite good. It's on par with Demon Souls
>>740999062Yes.
>>740999062Yes. Elden Ring, on the other hand...
>>741000383Which chapter was the one where Casca wakes up? That was the last one I read.
According to the new show runner he said Miura wrote this idea but had no clue how to add it. Obviously because its really hack-y and generic.>Its still extremely hacky and genericWhats the point of being "writers" if you cant figure out how to not make it so YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE
>>740999062>you see anon, this game is high-class art because it's hard AND tedious to play>also there's no story and the most you'll get is a cut scene where a guy goes, "Enough. I've had enough." Before stabbing himself in the chest and turning into a bossI never understood why the Souls games got all the praise they did.
>>740999062It didn't get enough. As annoying as the soulslike wave it spawned was it had nothing on the previous game dev mentality of look at my quirky tumblr OC. A game where everyone was just a plain human trying to make it was the pinnacle of originality.
>>741006232Lost Children, Conviction, and Ganishka are better than the Golden Age.
>>741000108You should play 1 before 3
>midserk
member when dark souls ii had to give you a recap of dark souls i?
>>741000108do you start reading a book from the last page?fucking retard
>>741021043in fairness hasn't in been like eight months since the last chapter? If any series could do with a quick recap between episodes, it's berserk.
>>741021869There's no excuse for it. The writer is dead and his friend claims to know everything he planned. The art will never match the original. Just shit out weekly chapters until we all see how it was supposed to end. At least allegedly.
>>741000252Don't make me tap the post.
>>740999515There really is no great anime adaptation of Berserk. Yes, the 97' anime is good, but it moves some things around to tell a contained part of the story. The only true way to experience the full story is with the Manga.
>>741001135He died before the vaccine was available to people his age. I remember I was talking to my nip bro at the time, and about a week or so before Miura died they were giving them out to 70+ year olds.
>>740999515I had no problem watching the anime version Yes I even liked the nu-anime version because after few episodes my brain turned off the shitty cgi shit and it was enjoyable Anyone saying otherwise is too retarded to turn their brain off and enjoy things
