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Sex-Change Coffin

would be a great band name

QUICKFIRE ROUND FOR PEOPLE PLAYING:

Is this more Darks Souls or Demon's Souls? by god i'll pick up the ps3 version on friday if it's the latter.

Go ahead and plan your Friday around picking this game up then.

 

[isual]

Yo. I'm at the 3 sentinels farming.

Hope I see you guys !

 

[Garcia]

How amazing would it be to have a:

YOU FULFILLED

message at the end of each summoning.

 

[Marcel]

Yo. I'm at the 3 sentinels farming.

Hope I see you guys !

I was doing the same earlier. It's probably easier to farm the

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Last Sinner

in all honesty. 50% of my

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Sentinel

runs end when the host wipes out on the first one.

 

[isual]

I was doing the same earlier. It's probably easier to farm the

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Last Sinner

in all honesty. 50% of my

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Sentinel

runs end when the host wipes out on the first one.

how do you get to him, and how much souls ? im netting about 7k

 

[Grinchy]

How amazing would it be to have a:


message at the end of each summoning.

Yeah that would be awesome haha

 

[Facism]

A little from Column A, a little from Column B. It's definitely worth buying if you liked Demon's Souls, that's for sure.

Combo of both I would say, as most others have noted.

to be honest so far it feels like a mix of the two with a pinch a dragons dogma .

Go ahead and plan your Friday around picking this game up then.

nice one cheers. guess i'll pick it up, exhaustively play it and then trade it in towards titanfall or something in a week whilst i wait for the pc version.

 

[MyWhiteRequiem]

Just got to

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The Lost Sinner

boss and he's kicking my ass. He's so freaking fast, I feel like I barely have any room to counter attack before he readies another swipe.

I think I need to level up strength a bit so I can use a better shield. This wooden one just isn't cutting it anymore. I should probably upgrade my sword too, but its one of the beginning ones you can get from the blacksmith and I don't want to waste anymore shards on it. I still haven't found another decent dexterity weapon yet.

 

[Mana Sin]

Means you probably have to adjust your NAT settings via your router. What system are you playing on?

PS3. That's the only time that message has popped up for me. A handful of other times, it just fails to connect. Mostly, though, the summoning works fine. Laggy sometimes, but otherwise fine.

 

[J-Rod]

I've played several hours of both versions, and I think the 360 version runs much better. Mainly the frame rate but also the load times are better if you install it. I think the ps3 load times bother me more than the lower frame rate. I also get more audio glitches in the ps3 version.

 

[Marcel]

how do you get to him, and how much souls ? im netting about 7k

The continuing path after the

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Sentinels

will take you to a bonfire, which you most likely lit. Follow the path from the bonfire to reach

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The Saltfort bonfire

and it should be easy for you to figure out from there.

 

[Garcia]

I've played several hours of both versions, and I think the 360 version runs much better. Mainly the frame rate but also the load times are better if you install it. I think the ps3 load times bother me more than the lower frame rate. I also get more audio glitches in the ps3 version.

Yeah, the PS3 loading times are excessive.

 

[mattp]

So if the enemy respawns are finite, does that mean it is possible that you could leave an area and not gain any souls from it? Obviously this presumes you die a lot without RETRIEVAL! but this could have a profound impact on making sure you are appropriately leveled? Am I way off in thinking this?

yeah this 15 spawn limit thing seems like it could lead to some people really being fucked
kind of like how a lot of people complain they dont like souls because they play and die and "make no progress"
well, now they actually will make close to no progress if they lose the souls from an area lol

 

[Frogfucious]

I had the bow in my left hand. R1 for aiming (it may have been hold L1, then press R1), L1 for firing.

This is probably a stupid question but how can I get the bow in my left hand instead of swaping the axe/bow in my right hand?

 

[Servbot #42]

I got summoned and defeated the

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pursuer

for a guy, that felt good. I summoned some guys to help with that fucker and it made the fight a piece of cake. Also death punishment mechanics don't bother me anymore getting your human for is really easy thanks to the online features plus theres a bunch of effigies hanging around for sale.

 

[Brandon F]

I've played several hours of both versions, and I think the 360 version runs much better. Mainly the frame rate but also the load times are better if you install it. I think the ps3 load times bother me more than the lower frame rate. I also get more audio glitches in the ps3 version.

Yea, I can deal with the framerate woes on PS3, but the load times are pretty excessive upon death and my biggest problem so far. I also am noticing lots of audio cuts and glitches as well.

Thinking of exchanging for 360 but my Gold account lapsed. I'm assuming the entire online experience won't function with Silver?

 

[doctorblurg]

This is probably a stupid question but how can I get the bow in my left hand instead of swaping the axe/bow in my right hand?

Just set it to the left weapon slot in your equipment. The row just below the top left slot. It's marked by a shield

 

[Eleuin]

There seems to be an abnormal amount of bloodstains that end in the person falling off and dying lol

 

[Frogfucious]

Just set it to the left weapon slot in your equipment. The row just below the top left slot. It's marked by a shield

wow i feel dumb.. thanks!

 

[soldat7]

I've played several hours of both versions, and I think the 360 version runs much better. Mainly the frame rate but also the load times are better if you install it. I think the ps3 load times bother me more than the lower frame rate. I also get more audio glitches in the ps3 version.

The tearing negates any minor advantage of the 360 version for me, unless the tearing is simply more pronounced in vids than actual gameplay.

 

[WheelHoss1]

I'm an idiot. For some reason I switched to Depraved when creating the character to see his body or something. Have to start all again. Ugh.

 

[Garcia]

I got summoned and defeated the

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pursuer

for a guy, that felt good. I summoned some guys to help with that fucker and it made the fight a piece of cake. Also death punishment mechanics don't bother me anymore getting your human for is really easy thanks to the online features plus theres a bunch of effigies hanging around for sale.

I like that boss fight. His attacks make him feel like a "winged" version of Ornstein.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

There seems to be an abnormal amount of bloodstains that end in the person falling off and dying lol

It's true! You always know if a cliff leads to a secret or death based on whether or not it is covered in bloodstains, haha.

 

[Servbot #42]

I like that boss fight. His attacks make him feel like a "winged" version of Ornstein.

Yeah i almost solo him and had him below 25% health and i fucked up and died, i said screw it and just summoned two random dudes. I'll battle him alone for new game plus.

 

[Brandon F]

So if the enemy respawns are finite, does that mean it is possible that you could leave an area and not gain any souls from it? Obviously this presumes you die a lot without RETRIEVAL! but this could have a profound impact on making sure you are appropriately leveled? Am I way off in thinking this?

Yea, I was goofing around exploring in the first forest region and pretty much netted zero souls by the time I opened a shortcut due to excessive deaths and retries. Though only a small handful of enemies stopped spawning and there was still plenty to kill by backtracking and rebuilding my count, it all felt really scummy and hardly satisfying.

I wasn't even aware of the extinction rules until it happened(though it was a glitch), and was bummed out that both progress satisfaction and rewards were made lighter just because I spent the first couple hours experimenting with different tactics, weapons, crazy jumps, etc... all leading closer to an empty zone. So lame and by far my least favorite change.

 

[ricelord]

god finally beat the lost sinner, had to solo him

 

[georly]

Does it have something to do with using the regular soapstone vs the small one? They have different item descriptions about rewards.

I'm using regular, never used small. I'm still racking my brain about it.

What I know:

My lvl 40ish character died 3+ times, has the

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ring of binding, cloranthy ring, health regen ring, and attack damage ring

equipped. Also using

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drangleic shield and full leather armor and bastard sword.

I was summoned 5+ times to other people's world's in the

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wharf area

, fullfilling my mission every single time (either by time-out or by killing the area boss). After each one I returned to my world as a hollow/zombie whatever.

My lvl 4 cleric died ONCE, has starting equipment, and was summoned to a friend's world, and my mission was fulfilled by timeout. I returned to my world with humanity restored.


If anyone can tell my why my main lvl 40 character (now lvl 50 after helping everyone and getting tons of souls) didnt revert to a human, let me know.

 

[decoyplatypus]

I played for an hour last night--not enough time to form any meaningful impressions of the game. It's a real drag trying to play a Souls game with only thirty or sixty minutes of free time in an average day. I lined up previous Demon's and Dark Souls runs on holidays, but with no vacation in sight, I think I'm going to have to call in sick next week.

 

[aFIGurANT]

The thread is (still) moving fast so I didn't check past the last few pages but here's a PSA: ENB uploaded his first video yesterday. He goes over a lot of the beginning things that you'll need to adjust to in the new game and hits on some of the new stats and systems.

 

[doctorblurg]

Are divine blessings finite items like life gems? Because I could've sworn I just used one on accident but I have two again.

 

[Vazra]

Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.

 

[Antagon]

For the Dutch guys here: Mediamarkt is selling games right now, both normal and black armor editions for 44,-

 

[Deified Data]

Goddamn, I'm not sure if I can solo the

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Rune Sentinels

as I am. Giving serious thought to rerolling my character, about 8 hours in and 2 bosses down - cleric just isn't shaping up into anything. Might reroll to a class with a ranged option - any ranged option.

So is there a trick to the

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Rune Sentinels

besides treating it like a 4 Kings-style DPS race?

 

[Zukuu]

Man, I need someone to do a video with min adaptability, 20 and 38 to see the differences and ranges.

 

[TheExodu5]

I thought the Rev3Games review said there was an item to reset extinction at bonfires?

 

[ultron87]

how do you write messages or do I need to buy an item that I missed?

You use the "Messages" option from the menu.

 

[Garcia]

So this is now a MMOARPG...

I mean, the summoning works so well .. . I almost feel empty inside when I'm working my way through new areas on my own, lol. I'm getting too accustomed to co-oping now.

 

[mattp]

Yea, I can deal with the framerate woes on PS3, but the load times are pretty excessive upon death and my biggest problem so far. I also am noticing lots of audio cuts and glitches as well.

Thinking of exchanging for 360 but my Gold account lapsed. I'm assuming the entire online experience won't function with Silver?

the audio issues are strange
example: one of the big hippo guys is following me in the tutorial area. loud footsteps if i'm running away with the camera looking behind me at the monster. if i flip the camera around to look forward, the footstep sound effects go away

 

[sappyday]

What the hell? I used a Human Effigy at the bonfire but I'm still hollow.

 

[J-Rod]

The tearing negates any minor advantage of the 360 version for me, unless the tearing is simply more pronounced in vids than actual gameplay.

The tearing didn't bother me too much, but I don't think I'm as bothered by it as most people. However, there is one location in particular where the screen tearing is out of control like nothing I've ever seen. It is the

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very foggy zone I don't know the name of that has invisible dudes running around.

 

[ironcreed]

Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.

Wall of shame for a hall of fame game? Happy to be part it. OTs for games like this are the ones we remember.

 

[Zeliard]

What the hell? I used a Human Effigy at the bonfire but I'm still hollow.

A very common mistake. You have to use it as an item. Burning it at a bonfire decreases your chance of being invaded but doesn't turn you back into a human.

 

[Toxi]

Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.

Missed the cut by five posts. Damn.

 

[Deadstar]

I'm really disappointed From couldn't deliver a solid 30 fps game on ps3. The xbox running 10 fps better on average is ridiculous. I'd probably rather have the tearing on ps3 than the v sync, if that's what is causing the sluggishness. It's really jarring when the game stutters. Does anyone think there is any chance a patch comes out that improves the frame rate?

 

[isual]

farming sentinels still. got close to 100k in the last hour.

 

[Swuabino]

I thought the Rev3Games review said there was an item to reset extinction at bonfires?

The Bonfire Ascetic resets enemy spawns and beefs them up to NG+ levels.

 

[sappyday]

A very common mistake. You have to use it as an item. Burning it at a bonfire decreases your chance of being invaded but doesn't turn you back into a human.

Oh alright thanks.

Has someone made a DkS 2 version of this?

 

[Mana Sin]

I haven't gotten invaded yet. I wonder if that's because I was in the

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Way of Blue

. Will I get invaded now that I'm with the

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Blue Sentinels

?

I probably should ask, but what area has the

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Sunbro covenant

npc?

 

[SargerusBR]

Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.

Top spot will be mine! :3

 

[Sullichin]

Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.

Oh, I'll be up there soon enough.