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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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JumpJeff84
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Man, played for eight hours today. Beat two bosses. Playing as a Sorcerer
CountAntonius
Member
Dammit now I want one.
Holy shit, there is an reward for clearing the game without dying and another for clearing the game without using a bonfire. O__o
rewards:
rewards:
Illusory Ring of a Conqueror
Left hand weapon becomes invisible
Clear game without dying
Illusory Ring of the Exalted
Right hand weapon becomes invisible
Clear game without resting at bonfire
Left hand weapon becomes invisible
Clear game without dying
Illusory Ring of the Exalted
Right hand weapon becomes invisible
Clear game without resting at bonfire
go back to the starting town. Next to the locked big house there are stairs going down. They appear to dead end, after a curved staircase, but it is not a dead end. High on the wall is a tiny ring switch that you can pull to open the door.
pretty done
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I found some in the loading screen
Just made this in anticipation of the PC version. The console versions are so tempting but the resolution kills it for me.
this resolution stuff drives me crazy
you cannot tell the difference between 720 and 1080p from the average distance it's viewed on televisions if you're sitting up close that's another story but
if you're gaming in 1080p on pc it's not that much of a perceptible change
also, guys this game doesn't look bad, hate to break it to you but it doesn't
What's the point of dual wielding?
No bonfires is one thing, but without dying? Damn. The final boss better be available early on lol.
The rewards don't seem great anyway.
Lionheart1827
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I wish I did man. I gave up and just started the game, couldnt wait any longer.
Holy shit I can't stop laughing. This is INSANE! I wanna see this happen on youtube.
Dead Early
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I bought the game on PS3, I don't mind the resolution, but don't start with this shit.
think about pvp. imagine someone enters your world with
no shield / weapon lol. You need to know to be able to defend yourself properly.
Having instantaneous access to two different 1H movesets - one in each hand - and two 2H movesets without ever changing weapons, along with special dual attacks if using two weapons of the same class with the proper stats.
To put it simply, it gives you a lot of offensive versatility.
How do you do that?
hold triangle / y with 2 weapons of the same class (e.g. sword, dagger etc). you'll enter a special "dual wield stance" that uses unique attacks.
Cloud Strife
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Anyone?
doctorblurg
Banned
Wow this makes a hell of a lot more sense I can actually progress again thanks a ton
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Looking forward to see this runs =D
Garcia
Member
And it feels so good, man.
How many times has this been debunked?
I'll be playing on a 2560*1440 monitor in native resolution, there will be a substantial difference between that and the console versions (disregarding other improvements to image quality). I am very impressed they got the console versions to 720p though.
Aw man, this makes me sad that I went Sorcerer. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the class, but I loved using Halberds in DkS. I'll most likely try to just level my strength and dex on NG+ if I ever get there.
I am getting absolutely crushed. But I'm having a ton of fun at the same time.
Welp, reached my "first" boss.
And after getting steamrolled by that, I
Why Ornstein, why?!
decided to fight the actual first boss; dunno why I had so much problems with him; I blame my fatass knight who can't seem to roll without needing to take a breather. But it's down, whatever.
supaman900s
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Pretty sure holding triangle / y only makes you two hand your left handed weapon, rather than your right handed weapon via simply pressing triangle / y - so it's not really a "special" move set. This is also explained in game in the starting area on one of the tomb like messages.
SlasherJPC
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OK my torch timer says I have ten minutes. How the hell do I use torches?
AlphaDragoon
Member
Haven't got one yet but I found out how. Spoilers ahead.
There's a blacksmith named McDuff in The Lost Bastille that wants a Dull Ember. The Dull Ember is in some place called the Iron Keep. Once you give it to him he sells it for 5000 souls.
I just need to figure out where the
Iron Keep
It's one thing when I make a mistake and attack a chest, it's another entirely when an enemy does it. Jerks. JERKS.
You can light them at bonfires. Press triangle to toggle between "rest at bonfire" and "light the torch."
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Go to a bonfire and hit triangle to swap the prompt to light torch.
7DollarHagane
Banned
So i bought the game guide just to have something to read occasionally, but i'm thinking i might just return it.
Is it worth having to read on the can or something?
Eh i'll probably send it back.
Is it worth having to read on the can or something?
Eh i'll probably send it back.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Oh man. XD
Hopefully you're enjoying the game. I know it's gonna pull me from FFXIV even more than I already was (it's Ren BTW).
Lionheart1827
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Yup, 360?
Cloud Strife
Member
NOOOOOOOOOOO
UltraGunner
Banned
Holy crap, I just tried to fight
and he is WAY harder solo than with his buddy.
Ornstein
Man. This game just keeps going. It's so huge. It's. So. Big. It's gonna keep us busy for a while.
The rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper, it's the classic dark souls feeling.
BTW, I found a ring which seems to be VERY powerful.
The rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper, it's the classic dark souls feeling.
BTW, I found a ring which seems to be VERY powerful.
It's called Old Sun Ring. It makes it so if you take too much damage the attacker explodes. It was exploding on the tauren dudes in the curse area for about 3/4 their hp. If it works this way in PVP I foresee this being a common PVP item. It's found in the ghost fog area in a chest. It's behind the gate with the stone woman blocking the lever and the dude sitting there being creeped out by her.
Yep. And going 2H also lets you parry.
And you have three weapon slots for each hand so you can mix and match in all sorts of ways.
Dual wielding is pretty much everything I hoped it would be. Very cool addition.
That only happens if you're using two weapons of different classes, or you don't have the stats to go into the power stance (which requires ~1.5x the stat reqs, apparently).
And there are definitely special dual attacks. For example, if you have a dagger in each hand and go into the power stance, hitting L1 just once does a quick one-two swipe with each hand, and hitting L2 does a cool vertical slice using both weapons simultaneously.
Alright early impression:
I'm so far enjoying the game as a whole, but haven't made up my mind about some of the changes just yet.
I started the game as deprived, found a dagger in the tutorial areas and was stuck with that for quite a bit. It made the early game quite crazy, the group encounters in the forest were tough with such short range.
In the early goings I'm finding having a Rapier in my off hand far more useful than a shield. Whenever I'm in groups blocking seems to just be a recipe for disaster. I use the rapier to interrupt the enemy attack animation and then go to town with my right hand weapon, using the rapier again whenever I need to realign myself.
I'm really starting to notice how reliant I was on backstabs and counters in Demons and Dark Souls, cause in this game I'm getting my shit wrecked constantly, I've been hoping to get my roll back up to snuff by pumping points into agility but I haven't really noticed a significant difference in my rolls.
Anyway time to stop for now, and hopefully I'll get a chance to play some more tomorrow.
I'm so far enjoying the game as a whole, but haven't made up my mind about some of the changes just yet.
I started the game as deprived, found a dagger in the tutorial areas and was stuck with that for quite a bit. It made the early game quite crazy, the group encounters in the forest were tough with such short range.
In the early goings I'm finding having a Rapier in my off hand far more useful than a shield. Whenever I'm in groups blocking seems to just be a recipe for disaster. I use the rapier to interrupt the enemy attack animation and then go to town with my right hand weapon, using the rapier again whenever I need to realign myself.
I'm really starting to notice how reliant I was on backstabs and counters in Demons and Dark Souls, cause in this game I'm getting my shit wrecked constantly, I've been hoping to get my roll back up to snuff by pumping points into agility but I haven't really noticed a significant difference in my rolls.
Anyway time to stop for now, and hopefully I'll get a chance to play some more tomorrow.
Man, this game is tough. I'm really itching for a new weapon or something. Haven't found too much equipment wise. Btw does anyone know where I can farm titanite shards? The blacksmith seems to only have a limited supply and I wanted to experiment with some of the weapons I have.
Amazing game though. I'm getting that awestruck feeling I got when I first played Demon's/DS1
Amazing game though. I'm getting that awestruck feeling I got when I first played Demon's/DS1
i found two Estus Shards in the game so far. One is in Majula, and the other is in the temple with the vendor thats sells you the key for the blacksmith ( the same place where the debut gameplay was shown for the game).
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