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[Silva]

Beauty without meaning is irrelevant.


TOMB OF GIANTS remains the most memorable underground area.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Beauty without meaning is irrelevant.


TOMB OF GIANTS remains the most memorable underground area.

Shrine of Amana was great. Was it underground? I don't remember, but it's a shame so many people hated it.

 

[Multidirectional]

Shrine of Amana is a great area, only fags hate it.

 

[Silva]

Oh yeah, Amana shrine is great too. I don't even like DS2 much but remember it.

Which also reminds me of Majula as a great, if not the best, hub in souls.... and how Roundtable hold is terrible. Anybody else keeps getting confused by which door leads to the blacksmith even after a hundred hours in the game?

 

[cvv]

Majula as a great, if not the best, hub in souls

Which one is your best? In my book it's by far the best.

Majula>>>>>>DS3 Firelink>Nexus>Ashina Castle/Dilapidated Temple>Roundtable>Hunter's Dream>DS1 Firelink.

(Not that I hate the Dream and DS1 Firelink, both have nice vibe, but one is just a bonfire and the other a small hut)

 

[Ezekiel]

Will someone please show me when FromSoftware said that the lore is written after, where they implied it's an afterthought for them? I know they said something like that, but it was years ago. A keyboard warrior demands proof.

 

[Silva]

Majula as a great, if not the best, hub in souls

Which one is your best? In my book it's by far the best.

Majula>>>>>>DS3 Firelink>Nexus>Ashina Castle/Dilapidated Temple>Roundtable>Hunter's Dream>DS1 Firelink.

(Not that I hate the Dream and DS1 Firelink, both have nice vibe, but one is just a bonfire and the other a small hut)

Mine would be identical to yours but with Roundtable in last.

I find Rountable infinitely weaker than Firelink and Hunter Dream in theme/ambience.

 

[Silverfish]

DS1 Firelink is the best hub, since it's the only one you're forced to return to constantly.

 

[Silva]

DS1 Firelink is the best hub, since it's the only one you're forced to return to constantly.

Besides fitting seamlessly in the world geography.

I also like the calm music, and how you can appreciate the beautiful vista of the world's horizon nearby. It feels really similar to Majula in this.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Beauty without meaning is irrelevant.


TOMB OF GIANTS remains the most memorable underground area.

Fascinating stuff, revolutionary even. So what meaning does tomb of giants have?
Btw, pretty lights, cosmic bright dust particles, fiery crimson red hue radiating from a greek like imposing palace, and alien enity llike Astel standing in front of a really cool looking galaxy imagery, a regal animal like Ancestor spirit, all of this >>>> a black screen.
IDK it's just me I guess.

 

[Silva]

Tomb of Giants pitch black is a rorschach for players to project their fears, anxieties and hopes.

Spoiler

 

[Child of Malkav]

Tomb of Giants pitch black is a rorschach for players to project their fears, anxieties and hopes.

Spoiler

Eh I agree that it kinda works as a horror themed area with those pairs of red eyes watching you from behind the veil.

 

[Machocruz]

It's music and dark, cozy ambiance makes the Nexus my favorite hub to simply exist in, but other than that it's mid. Firelink 1 is the best overall jack-of-all-trades hub to me; pleasant scenery + connection to other zones + interesting geography/layout + the freshness of being early in the run of similar FS games. I understand why Majula is well liked, but there is no element that grabs me like the other two. Hunter's Dream looks cool but it's only a place I return to to take care of business. Firelink 3 and Dilapidated Temple don't so anything for me. Haven't played ER.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Yeah ngl, Tomb of Giants kind of scared the shit out of me the first time going through it. I think that might have been the only Souls area to ever do that to me.

Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring had some spooky/creepy moments but nothing that outright scared me.

 

[gabel]

Majula as a great, if not the best, hub in souls

Which one is your best? In my book it's by far the best.

Majula>>>>>>DS3 Firelink>Nexus>Ashina Castle/Dilapidated Temple>Roundtable>Hunter's Dream>DS1 Firelink.

Imagine ranking DS3 second best and DS1 the lowest.

Yeah ngl, Tomb of Giants kind of scared the shit out of me the first time going through it. I think that might have been the only Souls area to ever do that to me.

The Gutter is also great on a first playthrough.

 

[cvv]

gabel is being retarded again.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

gabel is being retarded again.

I don't think he said anything unreasonable. Majula is the best hub area and Dark Souls 3's Firelink is forgettable, literally. I can't remember anything about it. I remember everything in Dark Souls 1's Firelink shrine.

 

[gabel]

Nah man, the symmetrical soulless DS3 Firelink is better than DS1 Firelink, even Roundtable is better.
Man, am I glad I'm not a Polack.

 

[Skinwalker]

The Hunter's Dream is the best hub level because you've got all your upgrade tables in one spot and no annoying generic dialogue to skip through before you get to the upgrade menu. Even the merchants are dialogue-less. Should have enabled level ups at the statue, instead of having to talk to the Doll, would have made it perfect.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

The Hunter's Dream is the best hub level because you've got all your upgrade tables in one spot and no annoying generic dialogue to skip through before you get to the upgrade menu. Even the merchants are dialogue-less. Should have enabled level ups at the statue, instead of having to talk to the Doll, would have made it perfect.

You just perved out over the doll the whole time. Hunter's Dream is great but not because of the reason why the sex pervert likes it.

 

[Vorark]

Firelink Shrine in DS3 could've been better if it slowly decayed into the version you visit in Untended Graves, as an indicator that the fire is about to be extinguished. Should be fully covered in darkness by the time you're about to fight Soul of Cinder.

It is the one hub I always remember though, due to that melancholic secret betrayal tune.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

it was kinda crazy to see you stepping on the girl's face in that ending

 

[Dadd]

10/10 would step on again

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

It's music and dark, cozy ambiance makes the Nexus my favorite hub to simply exist in, but other than that it's mid.

The Nexus has good music, great architecture and ambience, the Maiden in Black, and everyone is located within a small area. Easily the best.

 

[Perkel]

FS. Because it was integrated into world cohesively and game didn't have warp till end game.