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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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TheLostBigBoss
Banned
You know I really hated DS II because it was trying so hard to be like "hey, pssshhh, look at this soul description, remind you of anything, hey look at this enemy, totally Snorlax and Pikachu right???"
In the game itself the universe has moved on soooooo fucking far from Dark Souls to Dark Souls II that having all those obvious fan service stuff just seemed way out of place.
At least here (from how far I've gotten)
Just got to the swamp
This game seems closer to Dark Souls in the timeline than Dark Souls II. Geography is extremely similar in terms of world locations. It's openly showing that we are not too far removed from Dark Souls 1, so having characters and stuff from the other regions pop up isn't all that odd.
There is a
Mimic chest
fire demon
Bonus, the big guy will kill it too...
Thanks, will try that. Guy just one hits me if I try and fight it normally.
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Thanks, will try this first.
I did and explored everything but NPC stuff on my console run and still beat everything in 25 hours and change. Probably 5 of those hours were due to me picking the wrong build on my first run by going dex. STR is overwhelmingly better for PVE in this game.
It's just not a very long game. The linearity of the world is going to really hurt further replays, too. I really doubt I put even close to the 200 hours that I did into DS2 into this game simply for that fact alone. I mean once you've beaten the game the only real branching path you have is the choice of doing the middle two lords in one order or the other (
seriously who in their right mind is going to go after wolnir first ever again knowing that the game literally invisible walls your ass unless you do the cathedral first?
I mean Dark Souls 2 had lore related reasons for its "fan service" which I never thought was particularly on the nose.
This game is egregious, on the other hand. Yah there are "lore reasons" but fan service is fan service. Some people will like it and some people will be annoyed by it.
Hikami
Member
Ah I see, if every phantom dropped a vertebra shackale that sounds like it could be pretty easily exploitable though. You could pair up with a host that could just summons endless phantoms for you to kill.
Am I missing something in order to invade as an Aldrich Faithful?
I can join other games by leaving my summoning sign and join in on some jolly co-op to help others, so I know there are plenty of players in the area. I can also see the covenant logo fading in an out which I assume is some matchmaking thing, but it can't find anything unless I'm laying my summon sign down. Unless there is something I need to do first that I'm unaware of, I have no idea why it won't teleport me to protect as an Aldrich Faithful. Wore the Watchdogs of Farron item for a while as well and not once did it match me with anyone...
Is there something I'm not doing right here? I thought I just had to equip the covenant item and it would find me a world to invade...
I can join other games by leaving my summoning sign and join in on some jolly co-op to help others, so I know there are plenty of players in the area. I can also see the covenant logo fading in an out which I assume is some matchmaking thing, but it can't find anything unless I'm laying my summon sign down. Unless there is something I need to do first that I'm unaware of, I have no idea why it won't teleport me to protect as an Aldrich Faithful. Wore the Watchdogs of Farron item for a while as well and not once did it match me with anyone...
Is there something I'm not doing right here? I thought I just had to equip the covenant item and it would find me a world to invade...
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
was it confirmed nerf? I thought it was a "change"?
There are three endings and one of them requires a quest.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
technically 4 I think. but I'm not sure how different the
two end of fire endings are.
Seems to me given the quotes they're just messing with the actual sword "Greatsword" and not the weapon class in general.
Obliterator
Member
Crazy I only beat 4 bosses and am 20 hours into the game
Freezasaurus
Member
Quick question (fairly early on in the game) - Am I supposed to do
before
?
Farron Keep
Cathedral of the Deep
brandonh83
Banned
Nah you just blew through it fast and are apparently a demigod
im about that 18 hours in. loving it maybe more than 1 even *cough* blasphemy *cough* soo good.
Does anyone else think they're finding the game a bit too easy not just because they've become skilled at the actual fighting but they also get all the Souls systems?
I have an absurd amount of high level estus because I'm exploring everywhere, I'm levelling up correctly for my playstyle and know the soft cap, I've upgraded my sword and know exactly when to switch infusions when my strength gain outpaces its elemental damage, I'm using my items (anti bleed, anti poison, etc) and I just know the tricks like how they like to hide enemies around corners, spring them on you after an item drop, etc
I'm up to
so it might just get way harder (but I should also hopefully start finding +7-9 upgrade gems and hit my stamina cap and start going for damage soon)
I have an absurd amount of high level estus because I'm exploring everywhere, I'm levelling up correctly for my playstyle and know the soft cap, I've upgraded my sword and know exactly when to switch infusions when my strength gain outpaces its elemental damage, I'm using my items (anti bleed, anti poison, etc) and I just know the tricks like how they like to hide enemies around corners, spring them on you after an item drop, etc
I'm up to
Irythil Dungeon
FreddieQuell
Member
So I've never once been summoned as a
Is there something I'm forgetting to do? I have the banner equipped.
blue sentinel
That's up to you. I did the latter before the former and it worked out just fine. You'll have to do both before you can gain access to a certain area, though. There are a few times the path splits in this game.
OverturePT
Member
Goddamn, what? I have 30 hours played already and just fought against
the Princes
Hikami
Member
I'm guessing it depends on level, area, and maybe your weapon +? I was getting constantly summoned at Lv30 in the
Road of Sacrifices
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Did you explore at all man? Damn, I'm about 30 hours in, and I'm at Irithyll now. Granted, I've spent a couple of hours Jolly Cooperating, but still... Did you do all the bosses?
Dark_castle
Junior Member
One thing I've come to really, really appreciate about Souls games are the sound design. It's incredibly satisfying just to wander around, absorbing the sound of your footstep and armor makes, as well as the ambient music.
brandonh83
Banned
Up to
. Getting tired of the knight armor and Uginitchwhatever katana tbh, hoping I find some cooler, better shit soon. Doing a Dex/magic build as that always serves my needs.
Road of Sacrifices
This was a constant though to me
Souls has some of the best sound design in gaming
Hell, it puts nintendo games to shame
And I love ninty sound design
Killer Queen
Banned
So uh where do I go after Aldritch? Im at a dead end and please don't tell me it's through the dungeon.
Game is really good. This feels like DS + DeS
+ eliminate armor upgrading
+ Hollow count
+ Firelink Shrine homebase is explorable/enemies nearby
+ AI is better
+ immediate NPCs
+ interesting NPCs
Thinking this may become my favorite in the series if Undead Settlement is any indication. Area is incredible.
+ eliminate armor upgrading
+ Hollow count
+ Firelink Shrine homebase is explorable/enemies nearby
+ AI is better
+ immediate NPCs
+ interesting NPCs
Thinking this may become my favorite in the series if Undead Settlement is any indication. Area is incredible.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Anyone know how much Vitality helps physical defense? I thought it only helped equip load, so I've been largely disregarding it for most of my game (pyromancer so lol worthy vitality), if it dictates physical defense though too, I should prolly invest in that....
Somehow the first I'm hearing of this! pls explain
It's longer than the original Dark Souls, though it's definitely shorter than vanilla Dark Souls 2. But I actually prefer the pacing in DS3 to DS2's, since DS2 incorporates more backtracking and a couple throwaway areas that should have probably been omitted (Grave of Saints and Black Gulch) and a couple that were just boring or a chore to play through despite having potential (Heide's Tower, Shaded Woods, Iron Keep, the Belfries).
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
Just finished in 6 hourz one shotted every boss not so bad for the hardest game series of all time
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Beat the game and optional bosses and never found this!
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