Discordian

We don't do things entirely based on how necessary they are. In fact, the fact that it's not a necessity is probably why it has become little more than a hobby or pastime. We don't need the food but we can get it anyway. It's not particularly different than buying a slab of meat from a deli except that you get the satisfaction of testing your skill to get it yourself.

To the human race comfort and entertainment is far more important than much of anything else in this world. If it costs the lives of plants and animals then so be it. When it comes to a question of us or them it will always be us who gets priority.

Hunting is a source of food and also a way to build survival skills in case you are stranded in the wild. Many make a sport of it but it has a purpose.

They are correct in that we could potentially kill anything we want for any reason. Whether it's right or wrong to do so is an entirely different subject and will change based on the situation and even who is involved.

How is that a bad thing? We're relatively safe, the worst sicknesses we have to deal with on a regular basis won't keep us down more than a few days, we can be as warm or cool in trying weather as we want, we can be entertained every second of the day, communicate with people from around the world within seconds (not to mention travel there as well in very short amounts of time), our bellies are full with many foods both local and foreign. We have a good life and we are constantly moving forward in ways to make it that much better. It doesn't matter if some or even all of that is artificial. We are thriving.

We have to interfere with it. That's how we build cities, feed our massive population, and make our lives generally comfortable. It's obviously never so black and white as all that but we bend nature to our will to live as we do. You say we shouldn't interfere but our lives have become what they are because we did and we're far better off thanks to that. 

What's more, if we don't interfere with nature it will completely overrun us. We tried that for millennia and it only brought us sickness, death, and hardship. We interfere with nature because it wouldn't grant us the same mercy of allowing us to live. We have a right to live above all else and more often than not nature gets in the way of that.

We have the choice to make things our way with or without nature. If it comes down to making a choice between the two the human race can make the choice to cut nature out of the picture. It could be said that because we have the ability to that means it is our right or even our purpose to do so, assuming such a thing even existed.

I think the fact that we can deviate from the natural order is reason enough to believe that we can rise above it and create a way of life not beholden to it.

2 => Bloodborne > Demon's Souls > 3 > 1

Even when it first released DkS1 failed to impress me. It has none of the charm or fluidity of Demon's Souls and DkS2, and since then the gameplay has been improved upon considerably. 3's main problem was that outside of a couple areas the entire game world is just so drab and uninspired. The whole "dead & ash" aesthetic wore off not long after the first few areas.

It's better for the player to learn not to rely on others too much in those games. It makes the actually hard parts of them that much worse because you haven't built good habits or strategies because other players and phantoms take the heat off of you too much. In a lot of cases it removes the risk altogether.

Personally I think Dark Souls 2 is the best game in the series. I'd actually recommend playing it but it is kind of an unpopular opinion.

The Switch version must be buggier than the others. I've never seen them do anything like that when not online.

I can agree with wanting to beat every boss alone though. I make a point not to summon in the Dark Souls games unless I'm really having trouble. The only bosses I've never been able to beat alone are the final boss of Dark Souls 1, Throne Watcher & Throne Defender in Dark Souls 2, and Alonne also in Dark Souls 2.

There's a boss later in the game that's far worse imo. With O&S it's just the fact that you have two powerhouses against your dinky little character unless you summon some help. Grab a shield of some sort and you can make things quite a bit easier just from not having to dodge Ornstein's attacks. Smough is (usually) slow enough that you can at least keep him on the other side of the room while you handle Ornstein.

It's good to be back. I needed to rejoin a forum for awhile so I figured go with the one with the friendliest people. I've mostly been hermitting away lately.