WOLVES, ARISEN!

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:27 pm #145619

It's happening. I'm surprised how excited I am to play this all over again. I never did the Dark Arisen stuff in the original game (I didn't even finish the game, for that matter) but this release is a convenient excuse to replay this game.

What the fuck is it?

Capcom made a third-person hack and slash fantasy game by pulling together internal talents responsible for games like Devil May Cry and Breath of Fire. If you've ever played the old Dungeons and Dragons arcade games, it's kiiiiiiiinda like they dug up that license, made it 3D and single-player in a massively open world. So expect to be a medieval fantasy fightan man doing CUH-RAZY style attacks and combos on monsters.

My major complaints about the console release were the graphics fuzzy-ness (fixed on PC via better aliasing and removing shitty filters) and the dodgy framerate (again, PC gon' give it to ya) so this should be fucking sweeeeeeeet.

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Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:36 pm #145620

Played a very small amount of it on xbox. Everyone talks about how good it is but in my opinion the minions thing was pretty wierd and the whole climbing all over monsters like an overzealous whore to fight them seemed retarded

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 7:33 pm #145627

It's very fast and very flashy. If you're expecting the typical swords and sorcery game or a Souls-paced game you'll probably be disappointed.

If the idea of Dungeons and Dragons combined with Devil May Cry sounds good, though, you'll dig this.

Handy chart for you first-timers:

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:00 pm #145630

I thought this looked cool when it came out, but I didn't get the chance to play it since I'm exclusively a PC man. And Anon3's recommendations haven't steered me wrong so far.

Normally I don't preorder on principle, buuuut I might make an exception for a remake since I already know exactly what I'm getting.

Lumbermancer · Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:22 pm

Ye looks interesting. I'll need to pirate first to check out the performance, and if it'll play well on kbm.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:24 pm #145632

It's not perfect. No game is, but the flaws this game has it really beats you over the fucking head with. Thankfully they're not many and I found them easy enough to ignore:

1) No fast travel around a gigantic map (you do eventually get a thing that helps with this somewhat)
2) Incredibly repetitive dialog. Your pawns never shut the fuck up.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:26 pm #145633

Bet you someone makes a mod that shuts up the pawns.

Super Aggro Crag · Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:34 pm

i'm gonna make hedwig algebra my pawn, like i did on xbox

Braincake · Post by **Braincake** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:52 pm #145664

An0n3 wrote:1) No fast travel around a gigantic map (you do eventually get a thing that helps with this somewhat)
2) Incredibly repetitive dialog. Your pawns never shut the fuck up.

According to the FAQ on Steam, they added stuff to the PC version specifically for these things; more and easier-to-use fast travel stuff, and an option to control pawn dialogue.

Personally, I watched some gameplay way back when and thought it looked quite enjoyable, except for the whole no-PC-version thing. Given that it's now finally on PC, with some improvements, all DLC, and at a reasonable price to boot (seriously, who keeps thinking €70 for a game is normal), this is the first game I've pre-ordered in years. Here's to hope it won't disappoint.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:13 am #145667

Super Aggro Crag wrote:i'm gonna make hedwig algebra my pawn, like i did on xbox

I'll make my pawn Guts because why not.
Warrior is decent for them.

Not sure what class I'll want to play as Arisen though. On PS3 I ended up as an Assassin and had a lot of fun with it. I think I'll end up going Magic Archer this time for PEW PEW PEW.

Something to keep in mind: the classes you level up influence your stat distribution. If you spend the whole game leveling up as FIGHTAN classes and then decide to swap to Mage -> Sorcerer you wont do as much damage with your spells as someone who just poured all those levels into Sorcerer.

It's not so bad that you should panic and start micromanaging the levels you're going to allocate for your first character but it is something to think about especially if you want to use the hybrid classes.

EDIT: Actually maybe I'll do Magic Knight and let my pawn be a Ranger. I forgot how ridiculous they can be.

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:47 am #145672

Climbing up a gigantic monster to kick its eyeballs down and out of its anus is what games like this exist for, get out of here with that pussy shockwave Dark Souls combat

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:09 am #145674

Everything in this game is so fun compared to how dull it is in other games.

Being a ranger means charging up one bigass arrow shot that you then gain control of and steer across the battlefield directly into a dragon's eyeball.

The magic spells aren't just shitty little fireballs but like huge fucking tornadoes and shit you summon that pick up dudes and fling them all over the place.

Super Aggro Crag · Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:11 am

An0n3 wrote:
Super Aggro Crag wrote:i'm gonna make hedwig algebra my pawn, like i did on xbox
I'll make my pawn Guts because why not.
Warrior is decent for them.

Not sure what class I'll want to play as Arisen though. On PS3 I ended up as an Assassin and had a lot of fun with it. I think I'll end up going Magic Archer this time for PEW PEW PEW.

Something to keep in mind: the classes you level up influence your stat distribution. If you spend the whole game leveling up as FIGHTAN classes and then decide to swap to Mage -> Sorcerer you wont do as much damage with your spells as someone who just poured all those levels into Sorcerer.

It's not so bad that you should panic and start micromanaging the levels you're going to allocate for your first character but it is something to think about especially if you want to use the hybrid classes.

EDIT: Actually maybe I'll do Magic Knight and let my pawn be a Ranger. I forgot how ridiculous they can be.

the guts armor got removed

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:12 am #145677

Wait wut fuckin' why?

Checked:

You're right they say licensing issues got that shit pulled.
That sucks.

Ricotez · Post by **Ricotez** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:45 am #145733

An0n3 wrote:Wait wut fuckin' why?

Checked:

You're right they say licensing issues got that shit pulled.
That sucks.

i guess you could say that the guts armor

was put on a boat

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:22 am #145857

I caved and preordered. Probably gonna play a straight wizard for my first character, then an assassin. Unless someone thinks I should do it in the opposite order for some reason.

Super Aggro Crag · Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:37 pm

you can't be an assassin first you stupid fuck it's a hybrid class fucking a

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:54 pm #145968

Super Aggro Crag wrote:you can't be an assassin first you stupid fuck it's a hybrid class fucking a

I know it's a hybrid class, I mean I'm going to play through the game once doing wizard things, then again going strider and fighter into assassin because of how the level-up system works.

god learn 2 reading comprehension u shit

Super Aggro Crag · Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:06 pm

Some Retard wrote: Unless someone thinks I should do it in the opposite order for some reason.

im pointing out you can't do it in the opposite order you shitgargling pissmop.

ColonicAcid · Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:15 pm

.

he clearly states that first he will play a wizard and then on the second playthrough he will play an assassin....

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:10 am #146022

Huge Moron wrote:
Some Retard wrote: Unless someone thinks I should do it in the opposite order for some reason.
im pointing out you can't do it in the opposite order you shitgargling pissmop.

and i'm pointing out that not being able to START as a class isn't the same thing as not being able to FOCUS on a class during your first playthrough, entering it as soon as possible, you damp cuntrag.

clearly the only way to resolve this is to throw insultingly profane names of increasing creativity at each other

Super Aggro Crag · Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:01 am

i don't know how you would be able to FOCUS on another class given you lack the focus to convey a message in the first place you amphetamine addled spastic chunkblowing clamhat. Maybe if you weren't so fucking crippled with your neurodivergent Aspergian Inability To Do Good At Wording disorder I wouldn't have the need to call you a blithering sand filled 5,000 year old Egyptian mummy vagina. Go back to the Valley of Drag Queens and take it up the ass from the damned spirit of Howard Carter.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:00 am #146070

yeah well i dunno why i should EVEN TRY to write messages that are comprehensible to your mongoloid normie sphincter of a think-part. i'm not calling it a brain because calling that semi-moist wad of used colorectal lubricant and tissue a "brain" is an insult to forty million years of evolution- but maybe it deserves to be insulted if it still managed to produce a semi-sapient glob of gorilla spunk like yourself after all this practice. you should go rush a chicago police officer, maybe that way your death could actually accomplish something by starting a riot, as opposed to the insipid pile of fetishistically-consumed monkey shit masquerading as forum posts that is your life

mrpain · Post by **mrpain** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:25 am #146072

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Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:31 am #146075

I can't fathom how people have gotten this salty over a game that doesn't even have multiplayer

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:55 am #146080

are you kidding me, i'm not salty, this is the most fun i've had in weeks

i mean uh i'll salt you in the dick

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:17 pm #146871

Let's see them Arisens

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:37 am #146943

A friend and I made TINA TOMATO by rolling dice and pushing the envelope.

I'm deleting this bitch and starting a real character soon.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:27 am #146947

I presume it's impossible to alter your/your primary pawn's appearance after character creation?

(Barring cheat engine/mods)

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:02 am #146950

No take backs as far as I know.

Remade my character into more waifu material

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:20 am #146951

>Redheads

DrPillzRedux · Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:30 am

Combat is still mash buttons with a limited number of moves, except as you level you get flashier moves. I was hoping that you could have more than 6 attack skills since PC. World is still dull and all the quests suck.

At least they did a great job porting it.

Super Aggro Crag · Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:57 pm

Drynwyn wrote:I presume it's impossible to alter your/your primary pawn's appearance after character creation?

(Barring cheat engine/mods)

you can go to the barber shop to change your hair and stuff and the rift crystal store guy trades rift crystals for a full makeover. after you beat the game you can get the Gift of Metamorphosis which lets you transform for free.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:09 pm #146997

Super Aggro Crag wrote:
Drynwyn wrote:I presume it's impossible to alter your/your primary pawn's appearance after character creation?

(Barring cheat engine/mods)
you can go to the barber shop to change your hair and stuff and the rift crystal store guy trades rift crystals for a full makeover. after you beat the game you can get the Gift of Metamorphosis which lets you transform for free.

you the best, crag

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:48 pm #147001

Is the Pawn network up? I need a Warrior to round out my party.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:10 pm #147036

You can just go into the rift and grab some of the pre-gen offline pawns.

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 5:13 am #147072

Yeah but I was wondering if you guys had any

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:23 pm #147120

My pawn Rhosyn is a fighter, but I may vocation change her to Warrior in the near future. (My steam is drynwyn FYI.)

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:10 pm #147145

I have a pawn named Sera that I've made a Ranger.

Pawn Rangers are fucking BRUTAL. They have hax accuracy when it comes to shooting arrows at weakpoints, so they end up being really effective when it comes to dishing out hurt.

Also she's got that delicious brown dark elf thing going on

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:14 pm #147147

I should not have googled Drynwyn.

Zilenan91 · Post by **Zilenan91** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:23 pm #147148

wow that's a lot of furry porn.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:27 pm #147149

Zilenan91 wrote:wow that's a lot of furry porn.

WOLVES, ARISEN!

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:42 pm #147167

So we are clear: The drynwyn on FurAffinity is NOT me. I do not partake of or produce furry porn.

Also, as of 2 minutes ago, pawn is a warrior and I'm taking Anon3's ranger out with me.

And I have paid for the college education of all the jailor's kids after numerous arrests due to collateral damage when testing new sorcerer spells. Oops.

Zilenan91 · Post by **Zilenan91** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:46 pm #147169

you're totally a furry

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:56 pm #147173

Zilenan91 wrote:you're totally a furry

damn you found me out

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:01 pm #147194

I just noticed you can set your character to have both eyes closed all the time in the char editor. Has anyone tried making Frisk yet? (I saw someone's pawn was Undyne.)

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:18 am #147214

ITEM CRAFTING 101 BROS

Some items spoil in your inventory. Meat, Fish, Fruits, Vegetables, and some Plants can spoil on you.
Meat will turn Sour, then Rotten
Fish will turn Rank, then Rotten
Fruits will turn Mouldy, then Rotten
Vegetables will turn Mouldy, then Rotten
Plants will just eventually Wilt.

This means you should probably not be cramming all of those things into your inventory. You have three pawns, divvy those perishables up and let them use them for healing items. Otherwise you will frequently have a lot of dead pawns and an inventory full of rotten stuff you horded up.

Sometimes you actually need those things to get a little rotten first. A good example of that are the wine recipes, which make pretty solid healing items but require mouldy fruit.
Water Flask + Mouldy Apple = White Wine
Water Flask + Mouldy Grapes = Red Wine

Speaking of recipes, here are some you should probably use in the beginning to mass up healing items (you'll fuckin' need 'em!)
Harusped Juice/Milk/Sauce + Large/Small Nut = Balmy Perfume/Incense (this item heals the whole party a little bit/moderately. good to have during difficult fights when you don't want to keep babysitting everyone)
Various Mushrooms + Nuts = Cloudwine(?) (IIRC, kinda crappy healing item but you can use it to...)
Upgrade your Greenwarish/turn it into Dessicated Herbs. Doing this gets you more out of your Greenwarish (the most basic healing herb in the game). Dessicated Herbs are a decent healing item to stockpile since they heal a solid amount and dont spoil. You can combine a lot of different crap into other items that allow you to get more potency out of the Greenwarish you find. In a pinch, you can just buy a fuckton of it from the lady at the Gran Soren apothecary as well.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:20 am #147227

Screenshot of my Arisen:

Also, Anon- your pawn has been most helpful.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:07 am #147237

Regarding pawns:

Even if you dont want to change your pawns remember to check in regularly at the Riftstone anyway.
If the pawn you're using has been updated, you'll get the latest version of it.

Vice-versa, periodically stay at one of the Inn's. It re-ups your own pawn to the rift and checks to see if they've earned any items or Rift Crystals for being someone's buddy.

But yeah my pawn is coming along nicely. I talked her through some shit at the knowledge table to have her kill enemy ranged attackers first, then focus on weakpoints of the strongest guy in the area.
She's in her mid 20's now I think. I'm saving up to get her Gamble shot, when she'll start shitting all over big guys like Ogres, Giants, Drakes, etc.

Zilenan91 · Post by **Zilenan91** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:21 am #147240

So Pawns are basically prostitues and you're their pimp right.