Shard of Manus
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Deeds are no less valiant for when gone unpraised.

It's been a very long time since I wrote a bio. There isn't much to say. I've played a lot of Dark Souls, as indicated by the array of ♥♥♥♥♥ below. However, I play all sorts from various different genres.

Don't add me for no reason - it happens more often than you might think. I routinely purge my friend list of people that I don't play with any more or talk to. I accept friend requests by default, and usually follow with a 'why?'. If that reason is just because we share games or have mutual friends then I'll be inclined to remove you - because I'm not all that inspired to force myself to make friends with someone just because we have a couple shared interests.

Blue is not my favourite colour.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Should I spend my life telling you about my life, and so waste two?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Or is it not that we each have better things to do?



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Hm. Bugger all. Have some philosophical statements instead.

There are those whom grow more sure with age, and those that grow more doubtful. I’ve yet to decide which is the wiser.

No greater evils have been committed so terribly and so easily as those disguised under good intentions, for a people does not rise with ease against a force that seems so wholly intent to do good and deems itself as such. Taking the right course of action is simple when there is something so clearly wrong to be stood against.

We grasp desperately at any branch that might save us the plummet; even if it is one of thorns

Violence tends to be the swiftest path to achieve one’s desired ends – and always to meet one’s own.

Having hounds at your heels keeps you on your toes.

There is always freedom. Even when neither choice is favourable, there remains the freedom of choice. Sometimes this is a greater burden than the lack thereof.

Truth is not subjective, it is singular. The moment this is accepted is the moment we can being to work in communion towards a common goal – the discovery of truth.

Don't live with the expectation of disappointment or of great success. The first makes life pointless, the second eventually leads to the first. Contentment is the better choice. Accepting the limits of life, and living only to achieve what you can that allows for your enjoyment. Do not work so much that it strips away that enjoyment, but neither enjoy too much that it loses its value and becomes no longer enjoyable.

All people should live with dignity, but they must be able to distinguish between dignity and pride. And they should recognise that it is expendable. Any man that refuses to abandon his dignity is a selfish one, one that has never had cause to sacrifice in order to protect others.

Dignity is something that good men should live with, and something that smart men are willing to betray, and something that strong men are willing to sacrifice for the sake of others.

Nobody is wise. Wisdom isn’t universal, it’s specific. Someone might be wise on a certain subject, or even a particular branch of said subject, but that does not make them a wise person. The greatest wisdom is in recognising that none of us are wise, and for however much we know, there is so very much more that we don’t.

And of course, the most important one:

Fill your mind with the words of others and you will leave no space for your own.

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This guide will help you to understand and eventually master Dark Souls while doing it's best not to spoil anything (as little as possible). Perfect for all the scrubby noobs that suck at this game, but don't want all the awesome surprises spoiled for them
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So... Hollow Knight. I just finished my first playthrough of the game, and did absolutely every possible thing I could possibly do in a single run - gotta get a thorough idea of the game after all.

In a sentence - Hollow Knight is the best game I've played (for the first time) in years.

It gave me the same awe-inspiring, rage-inducing, emotion-playing marvel of an experience that my first ever Souls game did. Team Cherry have succeeded in making an absolute masterpiece of a game that, despite its small development team and backing, defies all the odds and has turned out to be ... well, exactly that - a masterpiece.

The game boasts a compelling, and ever-threatening story told through dialogue, visual cues, scattered items and enemies. The complexity and secrecy of the character's task, and the world about him, is one of inimitably flawless design. The lore of the world is rich, the characters met are complex at times, and simplistically beautiful at others - whilst ever providing the much needed, if momentary, companionship our lonesome little hero needs - even those that may wish to kill us. One can expect to meet a fair number of friends (and foes) whom wish to speak with them, and even share the journey - the character quests reveal much about their bearer, and whilst rewarding at times, they are most importantly a rollercoaster of emotions. That which you ought hate might in truth be the saddest of them all.

As can be expected of a 2D platformer, Hollow Knight possesses a huge and sprawling world full of unique environments - each filled to bursting with enemies and threats of their own; intricate maps that twist and turn on each other in relieving, and at times frustrating ways. Expect to get lost a decent amount in the early stages, until at last you've got a sense of geographical locations (though maps are available for each area having progressed far enough into them). The world is not only huge, but interconnected - both geographically and lore-wise. Every area plays its part, and not one disappoints.

Hollow Knight is anything but linear. One can explore almost the entirety of the world whilst barely fighting any bosses at all, should they choose to, and all can be returned to at any time - and by a variety of means and directions. The player will find themselves consistently revisiting areas to explore new, previously unreachable paths, find new secrets and encounter new enemies.

Beyond being filled with enemies, traps, dangerous landscapes and the occasional friend... Hollow Knight is also filled with secrets. Secrets that hide items, spells, characters... and secrets that hide more secrets that sometimes even hide more secrets. EXPLORE EVERYTHING. HIT EVERY WALL.

... now we get to the grit of the game - though by no means are these 'bad' points, but ones which may turn people off. Hollow Knight is hard. Not HARD, but... bloody hard.

Generic mobs tend not to pose much of a problem. Perhaps when you first encounter them, but soon you'll find yourself used to their moves and now how to easily defeat them all. Then there are bosses. Hollow Knight has many unique boss battles to test your mettle, and indeed they shall. Bosses are no pushovers, and can be extremely difficult for the unprepared. Equip the right items, adopt the right tactics, get used to their movesets and hope for the best.

However, the true challenge of Hollow Knight is the platforming. While at times simple, especially in the early areas, many of the worlds secrets or best items are 'locked' behind a platforming challenge (or even a WHOLE AREA of platforming). Until you learn all the tricks of the trade, some of these will go from difficult, to absolutely impossible. Expect to die many times trying to complete that one challenge locking you away from your last Shard or Fragment (I won't tell you their full names of course).

Beyond the blatant aspects of the game, Hollow Knight also possesses an amazing Soundtrack, composed by Christopher Larkin. It really is fantastic, and among my top list (which I suppose is a fair few) of Game Soundtracks - including Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Journey, The Last Guardian, The Witcher III, Demon's Souls, NieR and many, many more. Point is... it's damn good.

Truly, to encompass everything, Hollow Knight is absolutely worth it to anyone. Even if 2D Platformers aren't your thing, it's still one to play. It may drive you to the point of insanity at times (namely platforming), but everything is surpassable with perseverance.

Buy Hollow Knight. Play it. Struggle through it. Hate it. Beat it. Fall in love with it.

EDIT :: And of course... Steel Soul is a biotch.
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Deverti 18 лип. 2023 о 8:13 
sneaky tomato my ass, i just saw the redacted parts as well. skyrim for glory but y u bully me .-.

yea gramps i know, time is a cruel mistress.
Shard of Manus 18 лип. 2023 о 8:08 
I'm getting old. Also, someone said it's great fun, so I took a peek at it and considered adding it to the wishlist.

I think I'll only get it if I have someone to play with, otherwise it'll get boring.
Deverti 18 лип. 2023 о 2:04 
heeya dunce, i stalked you to get a sneak peek at you adding project minecraft fake 3D to that beloved wishlist. need i remind you of the glorious days of old, really, are the years catching up with you son?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgp6ssm2c0
NightmareGats 15 верес. 2022 о 11:27 
Yes, kill those casuls and make them cry
Bonkers 15 верес. 2022 о 11:07 
Take it as a compliment lol
Shard of Manus 11 верес. 2022 о 15:27 
I'm not even good enough at Destiny PvP to be mistaken for a cheater... how in the-