That number is a rough estimate of deaths, the actual number could be much higher. It turns out communists aren’t very good at management, they are however very good at population reduction.
>Emperor Chong stubs his toe while facing the Northern direction >Decides to wage war against the North Ching Emperor >4 billion dead
Such is life in Chinatown
All organizes religions are evil. Not because of their scripture necessarily, but because after a point they're no different than a big government. Everyone at the top is a sociopath and possible serial killer that doesn't believe in the doctrine and only espouses to gather more power. Worship should be a private affair, or in small groups.
I will say you can potentially find yourself with a singular case of organized religion that's actually good if the people in charge happen to actually have the well-being of the population at heart, but when you have big government mixed with private interests, and add the religious component that makes people fanatically devoted to your every word because it's an even more core part of their very being than nationalism can aspire to, you've got a recipe for absolute corruption and as many human rights violations as the higher ups could ever want.
But that wasn't the message of it at all. I can't speak for 2, but for 1 it's that people were devoting their faith to a being that randomly gained power and became super egotistical due to it lording it over everyone. It's made pretty clear that the High Wills were nothing more than a normal being that gained a bunch of power and due to its huge ego demanded worship and killed or tortured anyone who refused while "blessing" those who did love or praise it with extreme pain and torture anyway since it held all the power.
Outside of the High Wills it was showing a criticism of the extremism of faith and how it can be exploited to make people justify extreme acts in the name of it. The Cvstodians had direct proof that their "god" was real and that they were being "blessed". If they didn't worship The Miracle they were killed and tortured; if they did worship The Miracle they were blessed in cruel ways but ways that also benefit the whole so it was a mixed bag. It's basically showing you that people will have faith even in the face of heinous acts by a deity because it's the only one they know is real and that that's what awaits them in and after their death. So either you deal with it or face an actual, guaranteed death with nothing after.
Socorro is viewed as one of the most holy people in Cvstodia because she's in endless agony and pain due to giving up her life to relieve three soldiers of their pain. She's basically their equivalent of Mother Theresa. Even the Twisted One was grateful to be "blessed" by The Miracle until he realized what the High Wills actually were and by that point it was too late.
This anon explains it pretty well. The penitent one also is like the games Jesus Christ, suffering through a pilgrimage to then rid everyone of their “guilt” which is the games version of sin. The high wills just have god like powers, not actually god themselves. There’s something called the miracle, and it’s different from the high wills. The miracle is a power, of some sort. Kinda like a mysterious power that comes from peoples prayers. The high wills I think are either the build up of the evil of cvstodians and their prayers or just some deity that took advantage of the power of the miracle. And the high wills only keep their godly powers if more people believe in it, so they would answer peoples prayers in a quite literal way that was cruel and punishing to keep the belief of the people so they would stay in power longer. Idk if I’m exactly sure with all of this but it’s an amazing story.
Yeah, the first game is way more difficult and brutal. And I liked that because it fit well with the theme of the game and being on a pilgrimage. The only “souls like” shit in the game is when you die your guilt which is like your souls is left in the spot you died and you have to go pick it back up. The second game, I just played it recently, i had a really good time but it was easier.
>First game had some thinly veiled pozz with some light of self criticism >Sequel goes full woke, in the most absurd and deranged way possible
Kek, good riddance.
The problem with games that try to tackle complex themes such as faith and religion is that the devs are pretty much oblivious to the major works that have been written on the subject, or are you going to tell me those devs read Aquinas, Augustine, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Laozi, etc? If they didn't then why should I care about what they have to say on the subject? You're not gonna solve a subject that has been around the history of humanity since forever in a videogame.
Yeah, game sucks
Religion is responsible for the most human deaths in history.
That number is a rough estimate of deaths, the actual number could be much higher. It turns out communists aren’t very good at management, they are however very good at population reduction.
he said human
>Emperor Chong stubs his toe while facing the Northern direction
>Decides to wage war against the North Ching Emperor
>4 billion dead
Such is life in Chinatown
Communism is a religion.
*tips fedora*
I’d say economics and resources are. Religion is just an excuse— it’s using the lord’s name in vain.
Blaming religion for deaths is psued shit.
That's malaria, my fellow redditor
If someone plays the violin poorly, do you blame the person that made the violin?
True, namely the religion of atheism
>The Penitent One is the most devout MC ever
He's awesome
We need more extremist MCs
it's about spanish catholicism so they're right
>game where you kill israelites
>reddit game
No it's a Ganker game
All organizes religions are evil. Not because of their scripture necessarily, but because after a point they're no different than a big government. Everyone at the top is a sociopath and possible serial killer that doesn't believe in the doctrine and only espouses to gather more power. Worship should be a private affair, or in small groups.
Ching ching ching ching, bingo.
I will say you can potentially find yourself with a singular case of organized religion that's actually good if the people in charge happen to actually have the well-being of the population at heart, but when you have big government mixed with private interests, and add the religious component that makes people fanatically devoted to your every word because it's an even more core part of their very being than nationalism can aspire to, you've got a recipe for absolute corruption and as many human rights violations as the higher ups could ever want.
Do you think so with religions such as Jainism? The more extreme you are in this, the more of a peaceful person you are (in simple and crude terms).
But that wasn't the message of it at all. I can't speak for 2, but for 1 it's that people were devoting their faith to a being that randomly gained power and became super egotistical due to it lording it over everyone. It's made pretty clear that the High Wills were nothing more than a normal being that gained a bunch of power and due to its huge ego demanded worship and killed or tortured anyone who refused while "blessing" those who did love or praise it with extreme pain and torture anyway since it held all the power.
Outside of the High Wills it was showing a criticism of the extremism of faith and how it can be exploited to make people justify extreme acts in the name of it. The Cvstodians had direct proof that their "god" was real and that they were being "blessed". If they didn't worship The Miracle they were killed and tortured; if they did worship The Miracle they were blessed in cruel ways but ways that also benefit the whole so it was a mixed bag. It's basically showing you that people will have faith even in the face of heinous acts by a deity because it's the only one they know is real and that that's what awaits them in and after their death. So either you deal with it or face an actual, guaranteed death with nothing after.
Socorro is viewed as one of the most holy people in Cvstodia because she's in endless agony and pain due to giving up her life to relieve three soldiers of their pain. She's basically their equivalent of Mother Theresa. Even the Twisted One was grateful to be "blessed" by The Miracle until he realized what the High Wills actually were and by that point it was too late.
This anon explains it pretty well. The penitent one also is like the games Jesus Christ, suffering through a pilgrimage to then rid everyone of their “guilt” which is the games version of sin. The high wills just have god like powers, not actually god themselves. There’s something called the miracle, and it’s different from the high wills. The miracle is a power, of some sort. Kinda like a mysterious power that comes from peoples prayers. The high wills I think are either the build up of the evil of cvstodians and their prayers or just some deity that took advantage of the power of the miracle. And the high wills only keep their godly powers if more people believe in it, so they would answer peoples prayers in a quite literal way that was cruel and punishing to keep the belief of the people so they would stay in power longer. Idk if I’m exactly sure with all of this but it’s an amazing story.
Blasphemous is catholicism.
More like:
>indie pixel art Metroidvania with Soulslike elements
Holy Reddit.
Is it true the sequel tone down the SOULSLIKE garbage and its actually fun?
Yeah, the first game is way more difficult and brutal. And I liked that because it fit well with the theme of the game and being on a pilgrimage. The only “souls like” shit in the game is when you die your guilt which is like your souls is left in the spot you died and you have to go pick it back up. The second game, I just played it recently, i had a really good time but it was easier.
it is though?
>Protestant comes in contact with the glory of the Catholic Church.
>First game had some thinly veiled pozz with some light of self criticism
>Sequel goes full woke, in the most absurd and deranged way possible
Kek, good riddance.
Somehow I doubt it. But do explain anon. I can't think of woke shit in the first game, and I have yet to play the second.
are you too low iq to understand the gist of the game?
The problem with games that try to tackle complex themes such as faith and religion is that the devs are pretty much oblivious to the major works that have been written on the subject, or are you going to tell me those devs read Aquinas, Augustine, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Laozi, etc? If they didn't then why should I care about what they have to say on the subject? You're not gonna solve a subject that has been around the history of humanity since forever in a videogame.
it's a caste problem and they need to know their place
Yes