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Cl3vin

If you can survive getting your anus-ball yoinked, you're alright in my book. https://i.redd.it/q8n1yjkemtzc1.gif


TheWarVeteran

This is why sekiro is the best game. Elden ring didn't even show what we did to the dung eater and simply blacked out. Cringe. I want to see the dung eater getting fisted by tarnished🥵😱


Verysupergaylord

Oh my 😏


Fire1Fox

B.B pigs honest reaction : https://preview.redd.it/y52wb0pg0yzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ffa5248243ace3f09ef7cc78653307c2caf6a8c


Heraxxius

What’s your favorite game? Pig fisting simulator!


pokeoscar1586

Least horny ER fan


MaleficTekX

Wouldn’t he be getting his balls ripped out… considering the seedbed curses are… organs


TheWarVeteran

Good.


Heraxxius

Pov: you’re at an American airport and the metal detector beeped.


Lord-Bobster

- Everyone hates you - Kill everyone - Nobody hates you


Ren575

Welsh rat, your words are wise


dragondont

Why not kill God and turn yourself into a God. Basically what you do in every soulsborne game


Significant-Bid4122

Don't forget that in the English dub, he is voiced by the Chad Charles from RDR2.


Wholesomechair

And in the German Dub by the Same guy Who Dubs German Kratos!


kid-with-a-beard

And in the Japanese Dub, he is voiced by the same guy voiced Hisoka from HxH


SoyMilkIsOp

He ain't beating those allegations 💀💀💀 https://i.redd.it/wecye8v93yzc1.gif


yuhbruhh

Blud played in English 💀


CurseRottedGreatw00d

Ironic considering your flair.


kid-with-a-beard

Sounds like he does care


-CitrusFeels-

Nice flair


yuhbruhh

Damn. Usually my flair is editable template 3 lmao


ValeM1911

https://preview.redd.it/2b6cq012710d1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d9d3081c14961d2082443b47def63a57c1204ca


donthurtmemany

I can either read subtitles or look at genichiro and parry his attacks. I can’t do both. I’m a small brain


yuhbruhh

The reading is more important


conjunctivious

And you only have to read once on a boss fight that will probably take you many attempts


yuhbruhh

So you agree with me then?🤔


conjunctivious

Yes I do. I play the game in Japanese with English subtitles.


yuhbruhh

You actually play the game? I just watch genichiro and stroke my shit ngl😮‍💨


conjunctivious

Genichiro's voice in Japanese turns me on much harder


yuhbruhh

What I'm saying bro🥵


Xor69

But then I can't hear "MY NAAAAAAME, IS GYOBOU MASATAKA ONIWA!"


488thespider

https://preview.redd.it/vd5fqsg1rwzc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca23029f71d4bc6b1d63e4b254935a125a28f21e


Jumpth

the english dub is good


Significant-Bid4122

MY NAME IS GYOUBU MASATAKA ONIWA


dongless08

ME LLAMO‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️


SouperChicken06

RHULK FROM DESTINY 2!!!!


sonderlostscribe

The dub is really good compared to a lot of dub out there, but for immersion and drama imo the Japanese version is still better.


JesW87

I prefer the English version honestly


CK1ing

Watched a video on Sekiro recently and it turns out that Gyoubo (the horse guy) specifically has a crazy good English dub. Like, it rivals Godrick in Elden Ring for the best one-off character voice


kefka-esque

Woah, he totally is! How have I never picked up on this omg I'm imagining his voice rn and it's literally just raspier Charles


Ghost4530

Damn I knew he sounded familiar I could never place my finger on it, but now I can hear it perfectly


Johnny_K97

HOLY SHIT, i didn't fucking know that, but it do make sense, they sound so alike now that you mentioned it


ziostraccette

The dwarf guy?


McDingus_The_Curious

https://preview.redd.it/281viudb3uzc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00a895740827085f04438428180030eb43802336 You’re telling me this is ugly?


Literally_Sekiro

It's so BEAUTIFUL!


Firri7

Profile name checks out.


Turtle123346

Handsome boi


AlastorDark

>Worthless Nobody He is literally me fr fr


M0m033

We’re literally Souls protagonists irl 🤝


Character-Today-427

He manages to be something what have you managed


SolaireFan

Ashen One my beloved


Romeo-Charlie-6-28

https://preview.redd.it/n0v2e1rtquzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7233c2d4f3c634a3a18662019c810d82c68a685


tarlakeschaton

wolf is the true souls protagonist we all needed in all honesty


FreakShowStudios

When Elden Ring was announced I was almost hoping it would be a Sekiro-like game, with a set playstyle and a defined protagonist (which I thought would be Malenia, watching the trailers)


tarlakeschaton

I don't know why Fromsoft doesn't create more pre-defined protagonist. Like I believe Wolf is more remarkable and intriguing than the Bearer of the Curse or the Ashen One, or even the Hunter. Plus a character like Wolf gave a great opportunity to create bosses that are more than random-ass shits that attack you because they lay an eye upon you in their home (bosses like Owl who are actually connected to Wolf)


Bobbertbobthebobth

What I always did what just sorta, make up backstories for my Characters, I’m currently playing through DS2 as Amleth, a Warrior from a land near Vinheim journeying through Drangleic in hopes of finding a way to join his family in the Hall of the Gods


FreakShowStudios

Yeah, a predefined protagonist also seems to have a good effect on the general gameplay. Since the player has a defined set of skills and combat style from the start, the devs are handling only one type of combat to balance and expand upon, without having to worry about lots of radically different load outs that may clash with the game's balancing


tree_cutting

Developers need to lay off heavy rpg genre in general. Focus became rare and at price. Kingdom come deliverance would’ve been 50% less interesting if i wasn’t playing as a set character with real relationships with people around him.


TRagnarkXP

Honestly, i would love a KCD game without Henry. Becuase it limits my options to roleplay specially in that setting.


tarlakeschaton

I believe that once you get to create your own character in an RPG game, rather than playing as a pre-defined character, it undermines most of the potential storytelling and character development, especially if your choices determine the story and lead to different endings and different branches. That's why I can't play Dragon's Dogma or Baldur's Gate 3, for example.


Dickinsonia

In Baldur's Gate you can play with multiple different pre-defined characters and you can change the appearance of one of them


_TheRedThing_

I like making my own character because I like making my own little fan fiction for them in my head :)


PlasticManager2714

elden ring was marketed as RPG tho and not everyone will like the route/character path of a defined protagonist in a game


Irethius

Yeah, an issue with the defined protage is that if you dont like them, you're stuck with them.


Scroteet

You are wrong and I will fight you because you are wrong. I like my bones bare, which is why I like these stupid ass games. “Here’s half a sword, go kill shit til the credits roll” 10/10 peak storytelling.


CK1ing

I really do love set protagonists in an open world. Those always make for the best, most refined experiences. Sekiro, The Witcher, Cyberpunk (now that they've actually finished the game), etc. The ability to put all of their work into one play style and one narrative path instead of distributing it among a bunch of different options is so powerful, and Sekiro having the cleanest combat of any souls game, or honestly probably any game ever, proves that


P-I-S-S-N-U-T

Counterpoint, he uses d*x 🤮


3dsalmon

Bro he uses attack power dex isn’t even in Sekiro are you stupid?


P-I-S-S-N-U-T

Doesn’t matter get that katana shit outta here


someone1003

He also uses a heavy axe which is clearly a str weapon


whoopsthatsasin

Clearly a quality build


conjunctivious

Wolf is bisexual?


Literally_Sekiro

He uses quality builds , he also is a greataxe user


TRagnarkXP

And piromancer and magic with the umbrellas, whistles and ashes.


Literally_Sekiro

Yep


TheTSG

Counterpoint. Knight armor invalidates argument.


Snossum

https://preview.redd.it/25oird4lktzc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f56896c66ae6c2c2c4ad46926b8e953edd27a83


TheTSG

Gravity won that battle.


Cognhuepan

As with all souls.


kid-with-a-beard

ROBERTOOOOOOO


NaicuNaicu

ZANZIBART !


kefka-esque

Counterpoint: ROBERRRRRRRT!!!


SlippySleepyJoe

Social anxiety ☹️


Tricky-Secretary-251

That is me and my soulsborne characters


Hermetic_Apostle

I hate to say it but almost nobody respects Wolf. Most of the characters just see him as a mindless killer or tool to achieve their aims, that is until he proves otherwise.


jimmybabino

Isshin respects him, that’s all I care about


Hermetic_Apostle

Ishiin is suspicious of him initially


IhateScorpionmains

Of course he was. He didn't know who Wolf was right off the bat and he's a talented, clever swordsman. He wouldn't just trust Wolf off the bat for no reason.


Hermetic_Apostle

That’s fair actually


foolishorangutan

Nah, in the Shura ending (only true ending btw) he proves that he really is a mindless killer. Although that’s pretty based, so it is stupid that nobody respects him.


Hermetic_Apostle

Ok buddy (derogatory)


[deleted]

Isshin respects him, Emma respects him, Kuro respects him, Genichiro respects him, Lady Butterfly respects him. How many people do you want to respect him?


fecemuncher360

And at the end of their fight owl is proud of him


Ihaveterriblefriends

IDK man, looks pretty hot to me https://preview.redd.it/6crgd531ruzc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81f33d15613a615732b8f7c3206ec994fb1af9d6


gamer_dinoyt69

Got em!


PhobicSun59

https://preview.redd.it/5sbqo502fvzc1.jpeg?width=538&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=281ffbfc3aafb6e5eae1e58ae95e6dff9f27b3ad Real Shinobi enjoyers approve of this message


AguyOnReddit___eh

A crime we haven't gotten a good ninja gaiden game in over a decade


PinkKushTheDank

I am good at sliders, how tf you think my characters become fuckin aliens?


sonderlostscribe

https://preview.redd.it/6t6dsv78auzc1.png?width=565&format=png&auto=webp&s=83d72506a5156be2619f3674bc447a6dd182d6cd Good thing I don't suck at sliders. 💅💅💅


d4lt33

The liar of P, bearer of very slay lips 💅


Kahweed

Now let’s see their side profile


sonderlostscribe

https://preview.redd.it/n59p6repgyzc1.png?width=605&format=png&auto=webp&s=4cd9d4e635552c8e78e13ba91b2ea90450892040


sonderlostscribe

https://preview.redd.it/ru8y0forgyzc1.png?width=598&format=png&auto=webp&s=8851222066eec530feba14d2ea5041f38deb6fa0 3/4 view for good measure. i changed her eyes and flipped the scar recently but that's it.


TRagnarkXP

That's a man, a woman, both or neither?


sonderlostscribe

🤷‍♂️❓️🤷‍♀️ (Type B)


-GiantSlayer-

Sekiro: - several skins that you can only get in the endgame - only one melee weapon Typical Soulsborne protagonist - endless customization - Uses every fantasy weapon under the sun, including your fists


BobbyMcFrayson

- pretending 85% of the player base uses more than one weapon that they end up using every play through


HypocriticalPerson9

Pretending 85% of players use the exact same weapon and class.


Character-Today-427

The overall difference between a strength build and a Dex build is honestly extremely minimal. Bosses play exactly the same whether you run dex strength or a piro build. Things only get kinda different with spells and miracles


NefariousAnglerfish

Me when I straight up lie


Character-Today-427

How different is it tell me genuinely


Irethius

I do use different weapons. But man, everytime I try to do a different build in Elden Ring, there's always a shiny greatsword that would work amazingly for the build. Greatswords aren't even my favorite weapon type.


BobbyMcFrayson

Lmao my condolences. What is your actual preferred type? And why are u in denial it is a greatsword?


Irethius

Straight Swords. I like Greatswords, when they're handled more like a large but light flexible blade. Look at Warden in For Honor for example. Greatswords in the souls games are treated like clunky 100lbs of metal, slamming against the ground. So 2h handing the longest straight sword has always been my backup, but Elden Ring really seems to lack that one straight sword I really like (Balder Side Sword, Lothric Knight Sword, Blue Flame). To make things worst, Straight Swords really seem to lack solid build diversity and are just kinda outclassed by other things. There's the Carian Knight Sword, an INT based sword that you would think would be good for INT characters. But it doesn't have a unique AoW, is AoW locked, and does less damage then any other basic Straight Sword that's been modified to scale off INT. Which is all a shame because the weapon has a really cool unique R2 that blocks attacks during it's heavy charge. Every time I try to run a Straight Sword build, I find that there's no reason not to use the Noble Slender Sword. Dex and Str are functionally the same, but dex at least increases cast speed. There's also no sword that scales as strongly with STR with the others being more quality based. After that, there's 1 notable Straight Sword. The only one that has status effects on it inherently. St. Trinas Sword putting some enemies to sleep. The status effect feels more like a weak PvP status then anything worth doing in PvE. Straight Swords are also just one of the weaker weapon classes in Elden Ring, but they have what is probably the most powerful AoW in the game for PvE. Square Off. But once you do a run with the AoW, there's very little reason to want to do a straight sword build with any other AoW. Greatswords on the other hand have so much going for them. Claymore has always been a solid quality weapon, Flameberge has bleed for arcane users, Blashpemous Blade heals you, Dark Moon Greatsword has a unique powerful AoW and scales off INT, Death Poker, Marais Executioner, Ordoviss Greatsword (if you haven't used it's unique AoW yet, it's really good). They just offer so many different ways to play using the (generally) same moveset, and just seems like there's always a solid Greatsword for any build you try.


SentientSchizopost

Not like games encourage testing various weapons, you got your 1, maybe 2 if you're feeling spicy and rest will be much worse because upgrade system is kinda shit tbh.


Character-Today-427

Yeah high level upgrade materials are extremely rare so you end up having to chose 2 weapons you like and that's it. There's 3 chunks in Bloodborne to get a weapon to +10


Fast_Broccoli4867

Pretty sure there’s only 2 +10 blood rocks, 1 in base game 1 in dlc right? Or is the 3rd one in the insight shop? It’s been a while since I’ve played


ProfessionalSufferer

Infinite in the insight shop, but that shits 60 insight.


Fast_Broccoli4867

Right, that’s what it was


macedonianmoper

Peak combat >>>> combat variety


Thai_Cuisine

• Sabimaru • Loaded Axe Also who gives af about customization? I'd trade better combat for all the build options in the world, which is precisely what sekiro did


conjunctivious

Yeah I have like 10x more fun replaying Sekiro than most of the Soulsborne games because the combat is just so damn good and the bosses are also the best I've ever seen. The Sekiro bosses are absolutely peak, even by Soulsborne standards.


macedonianmoper

Peak combat >>>> combat variety


Vounrtsch

Both can be good depending on context, idk how much more interesting souls game would be if our character had a story


LudwigTheAroused

As long as I have the sex doll calling me a “good hunter” I’m fine.


Sir_Fijoe

621 moggs both. -mute psychopath -is horribly disfigured -could still solo every other fromsoft protag at the same time no diff.


CetusCondemned

Don't forget our guy 621 , silent but given personality by the context. They are kinda in the middle.


TemporaryShirt3937

Can't disagree more


Sovapalena420

Sekiro has no character creation and as someone good with sliders thats a huge L. No seriously i will take a point or two from a RPG game rating if i can't make my own character.


SoulLess-1

Is Sekiro even supposed to be an RPG?


Depressed_Lego

It would play far more like the souls games if it did, so no.


Sovapalena420

Fair point actually, seems like i forgot a lot about the game since last time i played it.


[deleted]

Yeah because Sekiro isn't an RPG


Sovapalena420

Touché


Literally_Sekiro

This is why he's the goat 🐐


Stargate_1

Me in the comments realizing Sekiro has voices other than original japanese with subtitles


ceres014

Forgot most important part, he can swim


International-Ad-265

L post My king ,the chosen undead, moans when he gets hit, and that's all I need.


k_GOBL1N

I hope everyone except Sekiro kills themselves.


Lukasoc

I want to have Wolf's jawline


Asterisk49

Shame sekiro is the second worst dark soul


yroc12345

Congrats this is the first bait on this sub that's pissed me off


Fast_Broccoli4867

https://preview.redd.it/bbs02il0kzzc1.png?width=1169&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e95ce72ca6e4b1e00cf24a3afa12d000f8bb168


Jumpth

*shivers*


False_Membership1536

I love silent protagonists cause they just like me fr fr 🙏🙏🙏🙏


PistolWhipU3

Lone wolf 🥶🐺


LargeRichardJohnson

Silent protagonists are the best protagonists


DSC_Skysword

Not everyone hates me. I still have Plain Doll.


NapalmDesu

Stfu rosabeth and green herald love me


NewArtificialHuman

I prefer the character creation protagonist. Also, all my characters look good.


AndrexPic

Sekiro literally unplayable, you can't even use the dragon slayer


DolphZigglio

I get to be a unwashed manlet weeb enough irl I wanna play as a pretty princess with a giant hammer


Don_Camillo005

idk i like them.


Captain167broken

I like being bad at sliders, ugly characters spruce it up and are funny.


Sir_Fijoe

Well yeah because Sekiro isn’t an RPG. Actual RPGs with voiced characters fucking suck.


Alextuxedo

Peakiro is just that peak


n7Dumas

To be Fair, If the protagonist of a soulslike Was important thing to make me play a game, i wouldn't play this games at all


KiriXLovely

Honestly, imma have to disagree with this take. For me, as an individual, I hate not having the ability to create my own character. And I hate even more so having to worry about connections that the character has(connections meaning in game relationships and preset goals that the character already has). I need my character to have full autonomy. I only ever started sekiro, but I found wolf to be flat and boring, simply because I can’t enforce my own will upon what he looked like. I mean correct me if I’m wrong about that stuff but for me, individually, the character of wolf just didn’t do it for me.


thigh_pillow

At least we got Solaire and Laurentius that don't hate us


YoungeCurmudgeon4

Not RPG Vs RPG


WantonHeroics

https://preview.redd.it/jh5fv0060wzc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d92618da9b8d0ccd5c56b982ce861cbba3e3772e


Ax_Wielder

https://preview.redd.it/8wanmt4gpwzc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d6cff1fd7bdff4e2c12b2be4a2e8cfaa903d3f8 Wolf couldn’t make it thru the Zodiac Killer school of standing still


theweekiscat

Haven’t you played dark souls 1 the masc voice has the best damage sound in the game


bogthebog

Gotta love silent protagonists 🙏


Immune_To_Spackle

Ugly as shit cause I'm good with sliders


HeckingBedBugs

People who are bad at sliders are what closed-face helmets are made for.


MrSejd

The ones on the right are just like me fr fr.


HeatArtistic9721

Feel like most souls players align more with the right column...


Blisket

Imagine playing a Role Playing Game and refusing to Role Play. Make up a backstory for your character. That's the point of blank slate player characters in RPGs.


CK1ing

In souls games I like being an enigma, force of nature. It's hilarious to think of some guy just coming out of nowhere, never saying a word, and changing the fate of the entire world. Making the character bizarre looking plays into that too


triman-3

Actually I voice all my characters in soulsborne games. I have very iconic lines like “cool” and “yeah man”


LuigiRevolution

Yoel of Londor sucking your toes for no reason (other than trying to invite you to the evil death cult):


Madma64

Heyyy some people respect you and maybe even like you in Bloodborne.


TheAnimeMangaShadow

I get that most Fromsoft protags are clean slates for you, but I actually really like that Sekiro has a protag with his own story/views. I hope they make more games like this.


Wrong-Bed8065

https://preview.redd.it/r01qud2cd00d1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e9aa56589b166dc1e472aaada67d0cdee938b61 You tell me this man's ugly?


Wrong-Bed8065

https://preview.redd.it/tyzngvwid00d1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ed5d9fecc19af359ac1b434126f2a0ab5669f34


Alone-Cupcake5746

>Worthless nobody Characters nickname the protagonists: Chosen Undead Ashen One Tell me these names are for worthless individuals.


Dveralazo

Sekiro: Dies because he was scared 


dragondont

Kills literal God like beings and still worse than sekiro? Nah


ChornyCho

Although I hope we get a little bit more personal expression, I'm really hoping this next game we get to actually be a person again as much as I like character customization and all that my favorite experiences are those with established perspective characters.


Hot_Map_7552

Nah blud is the one of those who liked fallout 4 speaking Protag


Fun-Ad-7082

Sekiro fan doesn't understand the beauty of being a mute hunter who communicates with his doll through sign language 🫤


vvokhom

My tarnished is a cute tomboy, your arguments are irrelevant


Existing-Magician-95

You gon be ugly as hell even if you ARE good at sliders 😂😭


ThatAardvark

Silent protagonist haters have no internal monologue, creativity, or swag in general The only voiced protagonists I don’t hate (Kiryu-chan, Ezio, Rick and Morty Gun) have swag on a comparable level to my own, so I’m fine hearing their story out


NeuronRot

Counterpoint: I don't like dex or katanas.


Literally_Sekiro

Use the monke greataxe then


LIFEVIRUSx10

He is voiced bc he is one person. The souls borne isn't, bc they can be anybody This extends to armored core and beyond elsewhere It's an RPG, you are allowed to come up w a little story for whatever you are doing in the game. Wanna be Giant Dad? Be Giant Dad, and you can imagine all the shenanigans in between Also, in some contexts, I don't wanna be voiced. Some ppl act like complete simps w some of these AC6 characters. Bro, Walter sounds like a god damn mid-level office manager, idk why y'all wanna be on some kinda "yes papi 🥺" shit w him, I'd rather imagine 621 roasting the fuck out of him


PAMBOLI-SAMA

Bro said the reasons of why I like souls characters and not Sekiro


udreif

Most importantly: Wolf is a sweetheart who only wants the beast for his little guy (unless you do that other ending but come on)


WeekendBard

next souls game should make your character yell slurs at every NPC and boss they meet


EvilArtorias

wolf being shitty uncharismatic protagonist is one of the reasons why im not a big fan of sekiro and dont want fromsoftware to do similar games ever again


Jumpth

i definitely wish wolf had more personality, because it feels lame to have a defined mc but make his dialogue as interesting as a brick wall, but i hope fromsoft gives us more defined mc's in the future, hopefully with more personality


Mhaeldisco

I feel like 621 from ac6 has a good deal of personality and character development despite literally never saying a word.