Parry-based gameplay is feminine and I hate it

[rusty_shackleford]

Sitting and waiting for the enemy to attack so you can dodge/parry and react is feminine. All the soulslop and adjacent games are for homosexual men and similar.

To summarize:

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Need more games where you play as a big guy in a big suit of armor with a big sword

[Oyster Sauce]

Need more games where you play as a big guy in a big suit of armor with a big sword

Hm, maybe try Dark Souls

[rusty_shackleford]

Need more games where you play as a big guy in a big suit of armor with a big sword

Hm, maybe try Dark Souls

No, because they made it gay

[Stack of Turtles]

I refuse to use any kind of block/parry mechanic. I will deign to dodgeroll very rarely if a game drops a large, highly telegraphed AoE radius on me.
Sometimes games pop up a little "press whatever to block / escape / make a pretty floral arrangement" but I'm too busy spamming left-click to find that key. Somehow it always works out fine anyway.

I prefer that old meme, "Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword."

[TheCumGuzzler]

Someone kept losing to Guardian Ape

[J1M]

Something like Arkham Asylum is as far into the realm of parrying and counter attacks as I want to go.

I have always said that Dark Souls only tests patience.

I used to wonder how people accepted gaming when half of games were ****** platformers. The we got to the age of cover shooters, which had a lot of imitation, but at least Mass Effect was better as a cover shooter than it would have been as a platformer.

We've suffered under a decade of "only dark souls" so the lazy hacks in the industry must be finally ready to imitate something else by now. Any guesses as to what we'll be tired of seeing copied in 2035?

[Yankee Zulu]

Then play Chivalry 2. Oh wait you are such a ****** you are afraid to play pvp games.

[Vergil]

I'm confused is the image in the OP supposed to make me not like parrying?

[Oyster Sauce]

Then play Chivalry 2. Oh wait you are such a ****** you are afraid to play pvp games.

Simmer down, we're all friends here

[Bertram_Tung]

it really is ******* gay though, and not fun

[ArcaneLurker]

So... not wanting to get penetrated and having the reaction time to avoid or punish it is actually gay?

[rusty_shackleford]

So... not wanting to get penetrated and having the reaction time to avoid or punish it is actually gay?

Standing around waiting to react instead of leaping into action is gay, yes.

[ArcaneLurker]

So... not wanting to get penetrated and having the reaction time to avoid or punish it is actually gay?

Standing around waiting to react instead of leaping into action is gay, yes.

You're not really supposed to stand around & wait, unless it's to practice, but that's not what you're saying, you're saying the use of any blocking/ parry mechanic is gay.

[rusty_shackleford]

So... not wanting to get penetrated and having the reaction time to avoid or punish it is actually gay?

Standing around waiting to react instead of leaping into action is gay, yes.

You're not really supposed to stand around & wait, unless it's to practice, but that's not what you're saying, you're saying the use of any blocking/ parry mechanic is gay.

I'm obviously referring to a specific kind of gameplay where all you do is stand around waiting for the enemy to act so you react.

[Valter]

Just let me animation cancel my attack in order to parry it's not that complicated PLS DEVS

[ArcaneLurker]

Standing around waiting to react instead of leaping into action is gay, yes.

You're not really supposed to stand around & wait, unless it's to practice, but that's not what you're saying, you're saying the use of any blocking/ parry mechanic is gay.

I'm obviously referring to a specific kind of gameplay where all you do is stand around waiting for the enemy to act so you react.

The image & the replies imply otherwise.
This specific kind of gameplay is more like a player approach than something to do with the game itself.

In Chivalry/ Mordhau, being that kind of idiot who isn't aggressive enough, or utilise momentum properly, tends to make you an easy target. Someone that defensively waits around is going to get feinted.
Now, being an archer main in these games, is largely considered the pussy move.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Parrying is often a necessity to maintain immersion in games where you have lethal forces being swung around at insufficiently armored characters. It's just not coherent when you have a swordsman slashing another character who is just wearing cloths but it only deals 30% damage to their HP max and the other guy is still standing and functioning like it is nothing. This gets much worse in WRPGs that aim for realism. Taking raw hits and still going on like nothing has happened makes more sense if the characters are heavily armored or are in mechs, or if the incoming hits are relatively "weak" like people trying to punch Batman while he is wearing armor.

[Bertram_Tung]

Hey fellow hetero gamers,

Have you ever wanted to spend hours in a game standing perfectly still, staring into your enemy’s soul, waiting for them to grace you with an attack so you can politely dodge or parry?

No? Just me? Well... Want to make out?

No it's not gay, it's just for "Practice"!!

[Tangerine]

Parrying is often a necessity to maintain immersion in games where you have lethal forces being swung around at insufficiently armored characters. It's just not coherent when you have a swordsman slashing another character who is just wearing cloths but it only deals 30% damage to their HP max and the other guy is still standing and functioning like it is nothing. This gets much worse in WRPGs that aim for realism. Taking raw hits and still going on like nothing has happened makes more sense if the characters are heavily armored or are in mechs, or if the incoming hits are relatively "weak" like people trying to punch Batman while he is wearing armor.

I'm not going to maintain my immersion when I parry the attack of a 25 foot minotaur with a great axe that's bigger than I am.

[J1M]

Parrying is often a necessity to maintain immersion in games where you have lethal forces being swung around at insufficiently armored characters. It's just not coherent when you have a swordsman slashing another character who is just wearing cloths but it only deals 30% damage to their HP max and the other guy is still standing and functioning like it is nothing. This gets much worse in WRPGs that aim for realism. Taking raw hits and still going on like nothing has happened makes more sense if the characters are heavily armored or are in mechs, or if the incoming hits are relatively "weak" like people trying to punch Batman while he is wearing armor.

Ahh yes, 4 second weapon swings are peak realism. As is killing a god by slashing his ankle 11 times.

[methoxetamine]

Parrying is the most masculine form of defense, actually. You're playing wrong if you think you're supposed to wait for attacks and not attack in between parries. Games focused on parrykino usually turn out to be amazing, see: Nine Sols, Sekiro

[Bertram_Tung]

Parrying is the most masculine form of defense, actually. You're playing wrong if you think you're supposed to wait for attacks and not attack in between parries. Games focused on parrykino usually turn out to be amazing, see: Nine Sols, Sekiro

dressing it up as “masculine” doesn’t change the fact that it's a dance recital rhythm game

[TheCumGuzzler]

Parrying is the most masculine form of defense, actually. You're playing wrong if you think you're supposed to wait for attacks and not attack in between parries. Games focused on parrykino usually turn out to be amazing, see: Nine Sols, Sekiro

I thought Lies of P was good as well, it's even more aggressive than Sekiro.

[methoxetamine]

Parrying is the most masculine form of defense, actually. You're playing wrong if you think you're supposed to wait for attacks and not attack in between parries. Games focused on parrykino usually turn out to be amazing, see: Nine Sols, Sekiro

I thought Lies of P was good as well, it's even more aggressive than Sekiro.

Yeah I should've listed that too, it's great. I'm about to start a fresh run because you need to be at chapter 9 to start the DLC and I'm somewhere in chapter 2 on NG+

Lies of P is inherently not masculine that's why I didn't list it actually

[Lord of Riva]

parrying *is* pretty gay, don't mind dodging though

[J1M]

Parrying is the most masculine form of defense, actually. You're playing wrong if you think you're supposed to wait for attacks and not attack in between parries. Games focused on parrykino usually turn out to be amazing, see: Nine Sols, Sekiro

Let me guess, you also think gay sex with a body builder is the "most masculine form of sex"...

[methoxetamine]

Parrying is the most masculine form of defense, actually. You're playing wrong if you think you're supposed to wait for attacks and not attack in between parries. Games focused on parrykino usually turn out to be amazing, see: Nine Sols, Sekiro

Let me guess, you also think gay sex with a body builder is the "most masculine form of sex"...

Nope, I am not a homo, I simply have good taste. Parrying is the most high risk defensive action in a lot of games and parry games filter a **** ton of people. Moving out of the way is ***** **** in comparison, it takes a man to face an attack head-on and use the enemies attack against them

[Tangerine]

defensive action

Feminine.

[J1M]

What do you call it when a woman parries a man?

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Divorce!

[KnightoftheWind]

B-B-But Doom The Dark Ages is SO masculine, how can parrying be for homosexual women?!. Answer me that!.