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Here's an album with over 170 screens of my final Dark Souls run. The shots aren't as good as Neiteio's, but there are still pretty cool. 
Here some of the screens:
Here some of the screens:
Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Here's an album with over 170 screens of my final Dark Souls run. The shots aren't as good as Neiteio's, but there are still pretty cool.
Here some of the screens:
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ieatzombies
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2 more days.. Can't believe it's almost here! I'm ready for the beating DS is about to bring.
There isn't much Dark Moon Grass in the game, but you can find 4 of them underneath the village area clumped together. I can't think of anywhere else in the level with three Dark Moon Grass in one spot, let alone four.
They respawn about 15 times. I have whole sections of the game which are completely empty.
Yes.
Not sure how many have seen this, but it's pretty cool. Found this video series while looking for non DS2 spoiler media to quench some thirst for the new game. It's like the story of the first Dark Souls edited into some kind of movie with 7 or 8 parts. Kinda cool how it's edited and shot with some in game camera I guess, with voice overs from the characters telling the story and music as it goes. If you're wondering about what happened in the first game, or you beat it and want to see the story told in a pretty unique way check it out. Chapter 1 Youtube link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdBDEFXe8bw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdBDEFXe8bw
What the fuck, that sounds like an awful system.. And doesn't it allow people to cheese thru the game? For example: kill one mob -> back to bonfire -> kill mob -> back to bonfire.. Rinse and repeat.
Edit: couldn't they just have diminished the amount souls awarded for each consequent kill to the point where a monster doesn't give any souls anymore?
Stream monsters, how's dual wielding look?
Sexy
Snapshot King
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If they're willing to go through all that trouble I say let em.
I wrote about this already, but I don't see either as necessary really. The first one serves to make the boss run shorter which is fine. The second one is pretty much useless once you've lit the chasm bonfire. Though I agree with you it's fun for PvP.
A good shortcut for me is the church to firelink elevator, to name an example. It makes traversing the world easier and loops back in an unexpected way. It's not just there to save 30 seconds or make a level easier.
CountAntonius
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I heard the dual bladed weapon does shit damage? =(
Are you really going to run back to the bonfire 15 times for EVERY enemy just to clear it out and make the game easier? That sounds like it would take forever and much longer, tedious than to just git gud.
Arjen
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Stream monsters, how's dual wielding look?
Amazing.
I don't think alot of people would abuse the system like that but the fact that it is possible just seems stupid to me.
And what worries me much more is the empty areas...
Practice rolling everything now because tight spaces get even tighter without a shieldStream monsters, how's dual wielding look?
(Looks very viable though)
Does this only go into effect once a boss is killed, or could you empty out an area by running back to the boss front bonfire after you've died countless times?
tintin1029
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That actually makes me interested in thinking what would an area like Blighttown may feel like when traversing with no enemies. Cause I love that feeling, reminds me of SotC.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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Amazon has just shipped mine! Can't wait for it to get here.
tintin1029
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Now that I think about it, I kinda wanna see art of pre-undead Blighttown
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
But what if you're trying to farm a weapon or armor? I've killed the balder knights way more than 15x in a playthrough trying to get the full balder set... I would be pretty annoyed if I just needed one more piece to complete a set and suddenly there are no more enemies to provide the drop.
Baldwin_the_First
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If that happens, you could use a ascetic bonfire so that they repawn again. They will be stronger tho, but I think the drop rate becomes higher also.
In the first two Souls games my main build was a highly mobile, 2H, DEX-based character. If I used a shield it was usually something like Grass Crest which I kept on my back (speaking of which, I do hope there's another similar stamina-boosting shield this time around).
So I'm accustomed to that sort of playstyle, and I enjoy it a lot. Looking forward to seeing what proper dual wielding is like. Sounds like the sort of high-risk/high-reward style of play which I'm quite fond of.
I don't think most people are going to go to that extent to abuse the mechanic intentionally. But consider Jeff Green.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzwf5ZZRdY&feature=youtu.be
He died more than 15 times on the way to Taurus Demon, and another 15+ on the way to the Gargoyles (way, way more than 15 actually), not to mention the deaths against the bosses themselves. Those entire areas would be completely barren by the time he cleared the bosses. I think that would have made for a less entertaining stream, and a less challenging game. And I think it would have taken him a lot longer to actually learn how to play if he could have just brute forced his way through.
Has to be some kind of mod, I could never get the eyes to be so colorful.
nm this is dark souls 2 duh.
Ryan Gosling
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Here's a comparison of both versions. PS3 has lower FPS but 360 has screentearing..
http://gearnuke.com/dark-souls-2-ps3-vs-xbox-360-direct-feed-screenshot-comparison/
http://gearnuke.com/dark-souls-2-ps3-vs-xbox-360-direct-feed-screenshot-comparison/
Nice job and a hell of an upgrade over the old character creator. For damn sure.
So do all the enemies in an area stop spawning after the player dies 15 times, or is it after you kill a certain enemy 15 times only it stops spawning. if it's the first way then yeah thats stupid and easy to abuse and cheese the game, but if the second then it still seems like casual nonsense, but I mean you'd still have to kill every single enemy in the level 15 times each to clear it out so it's not as easy.
Personally I wish this wasn't in the game at all or that the limit was raised to more like 30 or more times, but hopefully it's not going to kill my experience too much since I heard there are items that
reset the respawns and make enemies harder too
FrankWza
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I wouldn't be so sure. The game on pc looks like it's based on ps3 /360 and pc might just get the framerate boost.
I'm gonna hold off. Unless there are some big SSD benefits like Skyrim. There probably wont be a full install options on PS3 anyway. Based on these threads a definitive version is inevitable I'm not a hardcore souls player so I can understand not being able to wait for those that are. I just a don't replay many games these days after I've beaten them.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=781625&page=100000
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=775817&highlight=dark+souls
Assuming I am understanding the mechanic right, it's each enemy will only respawn 15 times, so yeah for inexperienced players it would take more than 15 runs through a level to make it completely empty. I still think a lot of less skilled players will get to the point where enemies stop respawning, and I just think it takes away a lot from the game.
For me, I frequently run through lower level areas to get to a merchant, or to take a shortcut, or just to practice fighting with a new weapon with a bit less risk. I've definitely killed most enemies in Undead Burg and several in Darkroot Garden, Sens Fortress, and Anor Londo more than 15 times. It would ruin those areas if they were now free of enemies.
I think I would be okay with the mechanic if it was off by default, and players had to enable it. Like maybe one of the starting gifts was a ring that had this effect, or maybe an NPC could enable or disable this for a fee. Having it be the default option takes away from the game I think. At least unless I'm misunderstanding the mechanic.
Snapshot King
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Those aren't the areas with problems.
How many areas have problems? Half, more than half, less?
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Dark Souls 1 was a horrifyingly shitty game without a soul because Lost Izalith looked like rushed shit. And Quelaag's boss room was empty looking garbage.
Whatever, I love the look of the game. Quite an upgrade over the first on the whole.
The perfect Dark
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I'm so ready. Just give to me because I hate waiting.
I wish Amazon would ship my copy so I could stop worrying about when I'll get my copy 
Just finished up a DS1 run, will be my last for a long, long time assuming DSII isn't completely awful. Going in almost completely blind, besides some screenshots and about ten seconds of a stream in a moment of weakness.
Just finished up a DS1 run, will be my last for a long, long time assuming DSII isn't completely awful. Going in almost completely blind, besides some screenshots and about ten seconds of a stream in a moment of weakness.
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