#eldesterinys

[lesbianlenas]

hi, horizon forbidden west asker again,

i think i also preferred ac odyssey to valhalla! the boat mechanic was better imo and i don’t think i ever got the perfect block timing down for valhalla lol

but the romance in both really took me tf out in different ways

kassandra not really being tied down to anyone, and the one person she does somewhat seem to get attached to (kyra)…doesn’t end up doing so hot and then she’s destined to wander around holding a giant golden staff watching the people she loves and cares about die around her?????

eivor not really being interested in many people other than randvi, and (at least in my playthrough) not wanting to betray sigurd either so the both of them just. pining for an entire game (just to fuck in sigurd’s bed later lol)

and i usually hate spear and bow in other games too! but imo at least, horizon makes the bow super easy to use and the mechanics are really smooth

(and you can pretty much stealth everything)

i’ve never played dark souls so i’ll watch for your updates on what it’s like!

(sorry this ask is so long)

lol no worries i like long asks. i thought the boat was p useless in valhalla i almost never used it and i hated the controls on it so much i was always having to do k turns and the controls were like backwards for some reason it was so hard 😩 didnt really like the naval combat in odyssey but the boat was sooo much better in that and i would easily take the naval combat over driving the boat in valhalla at all lmao. also yes w the romance i think that was one of the few things i actually like more w valhalla in having like an actual love interest vs only one offs although i wish that there was more u could do w randvi like u cannot even take her on dates? but like yeah kassandra’s story is so sad in that way bc she’s destined to stay alive for so much longer than anyone she loves so it’s like i guess i’m glad she didn’t make any lasting romantic connections but also she deserves it so much 😩 but even tho eivor has a lasting romance i still feel like it’s sadder for kassandra to b immortal than it would have been the other way around…..i feel like eivor despite having so much love for the ppl around her would have taken that as an honor w her sense of duty/want for glory vs kassandra just wanting to be happy w the ppl she loves. esp w the epilogue where shes like i don’t want to do this i don’t want to watch everyone i love die it is so sad fr…..

but that is def reassuring abt horizon zero dawn like i said it’s on my to play list but that makes me feel better abt playing it if the combat is enjoyable for a fellow spear and bow hater lmao….there is a good chance i will try it next once i finish dark souls for sure i def think after i finish that i will want to play smth that is nothing like it…..word of advice since u have not played dark souls don’t play it unless u want to b so angry & frustrated & then feel the life drain out of u when u accidentally use all ur special healing potions u got at the beginning of the game & cannot replenish so u basically had them for nothing now & then immediately lose 8000 souls right after. when u already lost 8000 souls an hr ago. i do not want to think abt it……

[lesbianlenas]

i think i might be stupid because all the time that i’ve followed you and you had this pfp i genuinely not once looked at it closely i just thought it was this gif but like. changed into melissa benoist

LMAOOOO i think u should just keep pretending that it is that and also everyone else should too bc that’s honestly way better than what it actually is….

[lesbianlenas]

i’ve loved hearing about your assassin’s creed journey it brings me so much joy!! have you played horizon forbidden west yet? it is open world and there’s a lot of stuff to do but you can turn off the icons with a filter option if you wanted so maybe that could help?

lol i’m glad u enjoyed my commentary on it i had a lot of fun playing them 🤩 ac odyssey for sure one of my fave games ever now & valhalla is up there for sure. i don’t have horizon forbidden west however i did buy horizon zero dawn a while ago but never got around to playing it. i was considering playing it after valhalla but i needed to take a break from open world games atm lol but after i finish dark souls i will def consider it i have heard it’s such a good game so 😩 only thing that has really stopped me from playing it before is that i have seen the two weapons u mostly use r a spear and a bow & arrow which are my two least favorite combat weapons in video games so i’m afraid i will be so bad at the game and my ego can’t take that lol…..will def give it a shot tho & see how it goes

[lesbianlenas]

(hi, hfw asker here)

god no actually, i thought i was the only one who struggled so much with the ac valhalla boat! i genuinely half the time felt like that austin powers golf cart scene

i totally agree, i loved the romance in valhalla! but also just the relationships in general, since i think you spend a lot more time with your allies in valhalla than in odyssey (i cried when soma died).

and that’s part of why i think you’re so right when you say that in many ways it would’ve been less sad for eivor to carry the staff than kassandra. eivor’s whole deal was that she had a family, she had a home, and she needed to protect those things. eivor being able to chase after honor and glory was due to her already having those things to return to. kassandra’s whole deal was that she didn’t have either, and she spends the entire story wandering all over the world trying to find these things, and she gets so little time with them before she’s asked to take on this incredibly heavy burden of knowing that she’ll outlive all of them. when i tell you that words couldn’t describe how i felt when you play as layla and you go to finally relieve her of the staff and allow kassandra to rest in peace…

and also yeah, what’s the deal with randvi never leaving the map room? all i can do is 👀

about horizon: i feel like i should add the disclaimer that i still don’t love using the spear in it much, but i don’t think it hinders my playthrough at all

and lastly, regarding dark souls: i am, somewhat shamefully, a “if it sucks, stick in it easy mode” player, so it might not be the game for me to play, but watching playthroughs is probably still on the table!

sorry i lied, this is the last thing: have you played hades?

lol i cannot imagine how anyone could have an easy time w the boat in that game literally at the one part where u get attacked on the boat i was like NOPE! and just power sailed out of there instead of fighting like it wanted me to lol. and omggggg do NOT mention soma dying to me i was SO upset i had seen smth that made me think she wasn’t going to die so i was not expecting it at ALL so when it happened i was like TF are u kidding??? i really wish they hadn’t killed her for a lot of reasons but esp since she was the only other place that was led by a woman ykwim….like did u have to kill her….also ngl i totally would have romanced her if i could have which made it worse 😔 although randvi was already jealous w/o that happening so lol…..

but yeah i 100% agree eivor had been living w love & community her whole life vs kassandra only just finding that and immediately having to leave to find the isu artifacts :( the whole game is abt searching for her family and just when u all reunite its like lol time to go travel the world alone and watch everyone u love die while u r immortal kassandra 🤩 like fuck off thats soooo mean. it’s a harsh thing to do for any character but esp kassandra who really cares for ppl so deeply & thrives off of connecting w other ppl. seeing her in valhalla is so sad w her saying she can’t be around other ppl and she hasn’t been to a party in so long knowing how much she loved forming connections w ppl is just so 😭 but i love that they allow u to give that to her one more time thru eivor fr. also that bit where she gives layla the staff is so hard for me bc on one hand it’s like i’m so glad u get to let her finally have peace on the other hand it’s awful to see her die right in front of u 😩 dude i just love kassandra so much why did they have to make her story so heartbreaking……

i have been using a spear for a bit in dark souls & although i still don’t like it i kept using it bc it was my best weapon so i can do a spear if i have to 😩 def won’t put me off of the game i’m sure id get used to it even if i will def wish i could use a sword lol

dark souls does not have an easy mode so i would def not recommend it to u it is super hard and so frustrating (idk how much u know abt dark souls so i will explain) bc when u kill enemies u get souls to level up w but when u die u lose all ur souls & the only way to get them back is to make it back to the spot where u died & pick them up so if u die again before u get there u lose all of those souls forever. & every time u die all of the enemies except bosses respawn. lost 11000 souls like two days ago and it was like the life drained out of me in real life too fr 😩

i have not played hades but i MIGHT have it on my switch. i remember i had added a game on my wishlist bc it sounded cool & then bought it bc it was on sale and the name sounds familiar to me so i think it may have been that? could have been a totally different game tho lol.