FunPolishFox

We're counting true final boss, which is the last boss that can be killed in base game, that's why there is Aldia and MP instead of Nashandra and Gehrman; if you think they would be better pick, choose "Other" and write in the replies why.

Well, I just look at specific chatacter and my mind gets filled with ideas and it just so happens, Good Hunter can easily be molded into whatever situation I need, while still keeping the Bloodborne edge.

The most random is probably Queen Marika& Good Hunter and Libra&Hunter, rest is pretty normal, I would say.

Both rejected by almost everyone else, being seen as nothing more than scums because of the lives they were forced into. Finding comfort with each other's presence, not having to go through their respective shitty lives alone, helping each other out, even rejecting others (Hunter siding with Arianna instead of her fellow hunters).

Good Hunter developing feelings for Arianna, alongside attraction, feeling shameful for it because not only they are both women (which is big no-no, only man and woman can be together) but feeling like she's not any better than men who pay for Arianna's services. Arianna wanting to confess to Hunter but seeing herself as unworthy of receving actual love, as someone "impure", dirty, who would drag Hunter down (and probably is already dragging her down in her mind). Both of them sleeping in the same bed, eating together, sharing blood, talking about their big secrets and families but not once realising "hey, I think we should talk about our situationship".

And then having big rift because Hunter wants to leave Yharnam after seeing shit Church is pulling off while Arianna is too scared to leave because "where the fuck are we even go, we barely have money to survive" ending in Hunter setting in motion all the things that lead to Arianna giving birth to eldritch baby and both of them having big sad, ansgty moment.

No Orphan of Kos because he's a toddler and gay clubs are open past his bedtime so Laurence instead of him. Also, no Demon's Souls or Sekiro because they have no DLCs sadly.

And I know some people would argue for bosses like Sir Alonne or Kalameet so that's why we have the other option.

And I like to imagine unhinged Hunter having some fun after all the nightmares they had to deal with :D just some enrichment.

I might write some posts about it again.

YES

YESS

YESSSS!

I FINALLY FOUND HIM

THE RAT THAT MAKES ALL THE RULES

RAT KING

THIS GAME IS 10/10, EVEN IF I WANT TO DIE ON IRON KEEP

THE RAT IS HERE, YOOOOOOOOOOOO

@ekstra-bullshit I found the Rat King

I need to put him in my fic now

Idc if it will be weird that Queen Marika meets fucking Rat King, IT'S MY FIC

I will try to post it but depending on how hard work will be and my own state, it might be prolonged.

Too bad all of my favourite fictional women could never form healthy, sweet relationship, all they can do is hurt, be insane, commit crimes, drink blood or be depressed as fuck. There are fictional women I like and are functional human beings but my brain just cannot connect such women to anyone, it feels like: "She def deserves better than anyone in here".

The closest I want to write to something "sweet" is Moon Presence treating Good Hunter like good dog or Adella the Nun creating addiction in her crush.

The movement is fine, it is a bit different from DS1 but it doesn't feel so bad, the fighting so far also feels isn't really a problem. I had pretty alright time so far, it might sound insane but I missed simple boss design after playing so much Bloodborne, Nightreign and Elden Ring. The Pursuer had some flow to his fight, cannot wait to fight Smelter Demon after experiencing him first as boss in Nightreign.

Enemies are annoying but it is for every souls game and I have easy time avoiding annoying ganks, anytime I died to one was my own fault. Also, whoever says: "Elden Ring has so much unecessary attacks"... my brother, my sister, my sibling, my creature, some enemies in this game take three business days to finish combo or attack... or my perception of speed got fried by ER and BB.

I won't lie, the ADP system does feel tedious along some other factors. I understand trying different ways to increase difficulty but some stuff is actually ass- speed of drinking estus or using items is just criminal (it's similar problem I have with most souls games, speed of using healing items is just criminal, Bloodborne is exception). Lack of i-frames on things like opening doors or going through fog walls is also more tedious than hard, because it makes runbacks longer for no reason.

The ADP is pretty sketchy- while I was able to get it to serviceable level quickly, it's still so many souls I could use on other things. If it weren't for small boost in hp and some other things, I would say ADP is a fucking plague but with those, I can survive it. Still, a good idea badly executed.

Those are my observations and thoughts after first hours. I will upload photos from my playthrough, with some more commentary.