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[ER] Star Fist, my beloved! (thelemmy.club)
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I always return to this busted weapon (ᵔ◡ᵔ)

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[–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's the community name for that Fromsoft weapon. If you just say Greatsword it's sometimes a bit difficult to know what you're referring to. People call that weapon Guts’ Greatsword (sometimes abbreviated as GUGS) since DS1, because it kinda looks like Guts' Sword from Berserk (manga).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I hear Guts referenced in relation to the Greatsword every once in a while, but I've been pretty active in the DS1 community on Reddit and Youtube for almost a decade now, and I definitely wouldn't call it "the community name" for it, at least for DS1 specifically.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

    I heard it referenced like that especially with the abbreviation GUGS lots of times. But admittedly mostly for DS2 onwards and not that often in relation to DS1. I hear that especially often in DS3 and Elden Ring referenced as such. The Design in DS1 is a lot skinnier, maybe the name became more prevalent when the design got a bit more fleshed out?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Up until a few months ago I always thought GUGS stood for “Greatsword Ultra Greatsword” since it’s an ultra greatsword called Greatsword. Someone on here recently revealed to me that the G stands for Guts’.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    What no you were right, it stands for Greatsword Ultra Greatsword. In DS3 It is called "Greatsword" but it isn't a Greatsword, it is an ultra greatsword.

    Like call it Guts or whatever, but you had do distinguish it from the greatswords because it wasnt a greatsword, it was just named "Greatsword".

    But its fine to call it guts sword because that's obvs what they're going for

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah that was what I always thought too. DS3 was my first and I was really into it shortly after all the DLC were released when it was at its peak of popularity, so I was into the community when it was super active. I probably heard someone mention the first meaning I thought it was. Or maybe I thought of it on my own and had it confirmed by someone else, I can’t remember now. That was close to a decade ago now, jeez. Can’t believe that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Bloodborne was my first Soulsborne, but I couldn't get into it, at first. DS3 was my first darksouls game. Its still so friggin good. Other than the lacking a jump, I still prefer it to Elden Ring. But being a late-phase Souls gamer, I find DS1 too clunky to play, and ive never tried ds2

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    After DS3 I didn’t continue the series, until ER came out and I played the hell out of that and its DLC. If you include the DLC, ER is probably my all-time favourite game. Anyway, after playing ER (but before its DLC was released), I figured I’d go through the rest of the series. DS1 was a ton of fun, I really enjoyed it, but the endgame was a bit rough. I still enjoy replaying it up to (and including) O&S and then call it quits there, unless I wanna do the DLC which is excellent. Then I played Sekiro which, if we don’t include DLCs, is my favourite of the series.

    I tried to get into BB, DeS, and DS2, but none of them held me long enough to get through them.

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