Is the character in the right saying the white-lettered words?
This is why speech bubbles are a thing lol
Yes
Also the last panel isn’t needed.
Edit: What I mean is that the joke has already landed by the second panel. We see that the character made a dodge move off the lift, we know what will happen next.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Really none of the art is needed, it should just all be stick figures. Artistic expression is pointless after all. 🙄
Really none of the stick figures are needed, just give us the Gpt prompt
I disagree. Seeing the troll character standing there still smiling as if nothing has happened, and the AAAAAAAAH that has completely replaced the trolled character really punctuates it, imo.
“How do speech bubbles work?”
Centurri’s style is heavily influenced by manga so it’s probably intended to be read right to left.
Even then it doesn’t work great. You can only guess wo says what because of the context.
at least the colo(u)rs match up
Why X isn’t dodge usually B/o?
Dark souls isn’t the only game with a dodge. In fact, in dark souls traditionally just pressing dodge will get you a back step, not a roll, so I’d argue that this isn’t specifically a dark souls reference, just action RPGs in general.
https://lemmy.world/comment/11025651
In Souls-like games, pressing the ‘dodge’ button when on a narrow platform is a very easy way to accidentally jump off the platform and die horribly.
Because the person who posted the comic said it’s a direct reference to ds3 (not the comic artist, mind you, just the poster here) it must absolutely be ds3, and nothing else.
I think DS3 is X. At least one of the Dark Souls games is, I have it ingrained in my muscle memory.
DS3 uses the usual souls controls
Playstation controller 🤢
regardless X on an xbox style controller would be “use item” or switch between twohand on a Nintendo style controller. There is no common controllerscheme where it would be dodge.
You are really invested in this now aren’t you?
Yes. The only recent FromSoft game where this could happen is AC6, but it doesn’t have player messages.
Ah good ole’ “You really care about this” as an attempt to discredit an opposing argument. Can’t let them know we’ve run out of ideas to support our failing point of view!
I mean, I am too. The joke doesn’t make sense as it’s written, but it would if there’s a different game that uses X to backstep.
There are TONS of games that use X as a dodge button. Just because the big game dev, fromsoft, use another button for roll, doesn’t mean no game does. The joke isn’t about what button you press, it’s about getting someone to press literally any button that would mess them up in a normally safe situation.
Tbf, I thought the exact same thing. B/O would be the right input for dodge/backstep in all From’s Souls games, including Bloodborne and Elden Ring.
These people are clearly incapable of separating the joke from reality. Who cares what button is being pressed. The joke is the same even if you put some hieroglyphics in place of it.
Is this like an autism thing?
Be it PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo, the right-most face button is the only one that is not X on any of them.
But what if I’m using a GameCube controller? Eh? What then?
Of course then I can’t use a shield, so I’m dead long before I get a chance to roll off anything.
Steam deck controller > PlayStation controller > Xbox controller > Nintendo switch pro controller
Controller player 🤢
Controller is practically necessary for some games, and souls/souls-like games are a great example of that.
🤢🤢🤢
I think controller is only ‘necessary’ for souls games due to them not supporting keyboard and mouse well. I’d prefer to use keyboard for it, but all of the inputs and menu-ing is fucked up.
Tbh, its a testament to how good the games are, that they are enjoyable despite a huge lack of QoL across the board
Only for Soulslikes and fighting games 😔
Nope
It’s okay that it’s not from dark souls. The joke still works, some games use X to dodge, and some of them include multiplayer and narrow platforms with death below.
Took me five attempts to understand this is read right to left
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Not a single souls game on any platform used x to dodge
In Japan x and o are swapped, so souls games on Japanese consoles use x
When I booted up Final Fantasy VII for the first time on my PS1, I was so confused as to why I could not start a new game. I was young, but I’m pretty sure I just shrugged and put the game away for months.
Damn Fia got stacked.
