Thanks!
No achievements? Why even bother playing through the DLC then?
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Dark Souls |OT5| Definitely better than the sequel
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Thanks!
No achievements? Why even bother playing through the DLC then?
Thanks!
No achievements? Why even bother playing through the DLC then?
dunno. extra play time I guess.
I can't tell if you're being facetious. lol. There's a difference between story, and getting a certain weapon you might not even use, just to have it.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Simple: Some people like to collect stuff and don't need achievements to validate it.
Just winding you up mate. I've played well over 1000 hours across PS3 and PC and don't have the platinum/1000 on either. Just play for fun and not achievements
It's worth grabbing the Obsidian Greatsword because it wrecks shit at base stats (480 AR at +5) and it's one of the rarer unique weapons that can be buffed with magic/miracles for extra damage
Why do you need validation for something that should be done only because you have fun doing it? That's what hobbies are for.
Nice. That actually does look pretty decent and it's not that heavy. But it doesn't scale at all.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You see I don't get that. You got memory cells or are you like that guy from Memento? ;P
I'm a score tallying person. I like my gamerscore, and my completion. 1000GS is an awesome feeling. It's tangible. You'll never get all of everything in a game, but at least you can have all the points. Once I have all the points I can move on.
Mr.Marston
Member
So I made it to the Duke's Archives and then the Seath boss fight and he destroyed me. And now I'm in a cell, where do I go from here?
And wtf are these creepy squid things sliding around?
Look back on 300 games in your lifetime and tell me which ones you did what in.
Laurentius
Member
So, anybody here participating in the big PVP "DS1 sendoff" event this weekend that /r/darksouls is putting on? It's going to be at the Kiln, on all platforms.
http://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/1zl47k/once_more_to_the_kiln_massive_pvp_event_march_89/
Sounds like good fun. I'm trying to build up a new PVP character before then.
http://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/1zl47k/once_more_to_the_kiln_massive_pvp_event_march_89/
Sounds like good fun. I'm trying to build up a new PVP character before then.
Red Liquorice
Member
^ Nice. Might pop online with one of my old faithfuls for a bit.
They have a nice (well sad) little backstory. Read lots of the lore on item descriptions of stuff in Dukes, it's a cool part of the story.
I really don't get your logic tbh. In 30 years you can look back through a list of meaningless values and be reminded that you shot 200 pigeons on GTA or fully upgraded a sword in Assassin's Creed. How is that any kind of reward? It just caters to people's OCD tendencies. I'm speaking from experience too - I used to rent games and try and plough through them for trophies but I packed it in when I realised I was playing some games long after they stopped being fun just for that elusive platinum
Using the word tangible makes even less sense as well. Surely having a cool new sword to try out is more of a tangible reward than some arbitrary number that could be wiped from existence one day if MS decided to shut down their games division?
Mr.Marston
Member
Even the Man Serpents are scared of these things. This is definitely the creepiest part of the game so far, especially the music.
your sword can more easily be wiped from existence from your save file (DS games famously corrupt) than your game progress from MS's servers. To each their own - I like the OCD part of it, so it's good for me.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Do I have to...?
My favourite gaming moments aren't tied to achievements.
I didn't get an achievement for running away from the Lich Lord in Miscarand and finding out a week later that he'd chased me across Tamriel, slaughtering people in the city of Bruma to get at me (Oblivion).
I didn't get an achievement for sneaking into a GTA4 lobby and surreptitiously hunting my friend down in a helicopter across Liberty City for half an hour. Nor did I get an achievement for the look on his face when I told him it was me at a party the next day.
I didn't get an achievement for slo mo diving over a rocket and out of a window in Max Payne 3 and managing to pop the guy who fired it in the face as I went down.
I didn't get an achievement for killing the last three soldiers in 23 Skidoo (Cannon Fodder) by driving said Skidoo into them and accidentally killing my whole team. Didn't complete the mission but I did laugh my arse off.
More relevantly, I didn't get an achievement for the nail biting 20th attempt to take down Artorias solo, where I succeeding in running across the arena with a sliver of health in a last ditch attempt to stop him charging and end the battle.
You want 300? I got a thousand stories like that.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Fair enough
but you can understand why people do things that aren't attached to achievements. I've been summoned for Ornstein and Smough 18 times now and I just had the second super Ornstein fight, I do really like the boss music. My phantom is now bright yellow and I've already got 8 sunlight medals
You're a sunbro now? Badass!
Fair enough
I guess. It's kinda more of a "if I got something but no one was around to see me have it, does it really matter?" if a tree falls in a forest.....
Moreso in single player games. Like Skyrim.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
That's getting a bit deep, sir.
You were around to see it though, man. I don't quite get how obtaining an arbitrary achievement makes it any more meaningful than experiencing it for yourself. Most achievements are absolute time-wasting gash anyway. Is it really an achievement, in the truest sense of the word, to complete a tutorial or kill one hundred mooks or to host an online match...? What memories are attached to those?
It don't matter. I'm derailing the thread. You get your kicks how you get your kicks, but you're obviously a smart guy, I'm sure you can understand why someone would do something in a game without needing a digital pat on the head and signed certificate to say they had
Sooooo... That Bed of Chaos, huh? Ain't it a bitch. I'm using this run to actually see the end of Solaire's and Siegmeyer's quests. I managed (with a guide) to save Solaire (without the short cut...) and Seigmeyer. Now I'm on the Great Hollow... which is a stupidly tense area.
Orochinagis
Member
I've been summoned for Ornstein and Smough 18 times now and I just had the second super Ornstein fight, I do really like the boss music. My phantom is now bright yellow and I've already got 8 sunlight medals
That's getting a bit deep, sir.
You were around to see it though, man. I don't quite get how obtaining an arbitrary achievement makes it any more meaningful than experiencing it for yourself. Most achievements are absolute time-wasting gash anyway. Is it really an achievement, in the truest sense of the word, to complete a tutorial or kill one hundred mooks or to host an online match...? What memories are attached to those?
It don't matter. I'm derailing the thread. You get your kicks how you get your kicks, but you're obviously a smart guy, I'm sure you can understand why someone would do something in a game without needing a digital pat on the head and signed certificate to say they had
Sooooo... That Bed of Chaos, huh? Ain't it a bitch. I'm using this run to actually see the end of Solaire's and Siegmeyer's quests. I managed (with a guide) to save Solaire (without the short cut...) and Seigmeyer. Now I'm on the Great Hollow... which is a stupidly tense area.
*high five*
"I managed (with a guide) to save Solaire (without the short cut...)"
Whaaaaat???? I didn't think this was possible. Oh wait..... did you
kill the bug through the wall?
Orochinagis
Member
*high five*
"I managed (with a guide) to save Solaire (without the short cut...)"
Whaaaaat???? I didn't think this was possible. Oh wait..... did youkill the bug through the wall?
Poison Mist.
Thursday War
Banned
same, but i also like getting achievements. im not that achievement hungry now that next gen has arrived, but i still try to get some.
same, but i also like getting achievements. im not that achievement hungry now that next gen has arrived, but i still try to get some.
achievements ARE my list
I've been summoned for Ornstein and Smough 18 times now and I just had the second super Ornstein fight, I do really like the boss music. My phantom is now bright yellow and I've already got 8 sunlight medals
Too bad the greater sunlight spear is such a let down
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
So I read in another thread that GFWL might just be taken out of Dark Souls on steam any day now. I also found out that when it happens all of our save games will be wiped, because GFWL encrypts them or something and they won't be compatible with the new steam saves.
!!!!!!!!!!
Man, I am so CLOSE to the end of it now, I have 88 hours into this save, and I don't want to lose it. If I just turn off auto-updates will I be okay, or am I essentially screwed? Do I need to call in sick tomorrow and finish the game up in preparation?
Prepare to Die indeed. Just one more way in which Microsoft has cut me deeply in my life...
!!!!!!!!!!Man, I am so CLOSE to the end of it now, I have 88 hours into this save, and I don't want to lose it. If I just turn off auto-updates will I be okay, or am I essentially screwed? Do I need to call in sick tomorrow and finish the game up in preparation?
Prepare to Die indeed. Just one more way in which Microsoft has cut me deeply in my life...
I just need one more jolly co-op summoning and kill a boss to get down to only needing 10 faith to see the sunlight covenant. then I can grab that achieve.
I stood around for like 45 minutes waiting last night at O&S and no one summoned. I'm level 72, maybe I'm too high. Worked before though.
I stood around for like 45 minutes waiting last night at O&S and no one summoned. I'm level 72, maybe I'm too high. Worked before though.
So I read in another thread that GFWL might just be taken out of Dark Souls on steam any day now. I also found out that when it happens all of our save games will be wiped, because GFWL encrypts them or something and they won't be compatible with the new steam saves.
Man, I am so CLOSE to the end of it now, I have 88 hours into this save, and I don't want to lose it. If I just turn off auto-updates will I be okay, or am I essentially screwed? Do I need to call in sick tomorrow and finish the game up in preparation?
Prepare to Die indeed. Just one more way in which Microsoft has cut me deeply in my life...
It might not delete your saves, people got their batman save files to work again as well. Plus it most likely won't be done today/this weekend anymore since all sales are already up. I hope next week.
HyperCubed4
Member
I underestimated Dark Souls' difficulty, despite the Internet claiming how hard it was. "Oh, everyone is just exaggerating. It can't be that hard. There must be some way to game the system and get through easily." It's been a while since I've had a basic enemy in a game kill me. This is the first time a basic enemy in a game has killed me five consecutive times. I don't know if I'm going to love this game or loathe it.
In the interest of not getting slaughtered (hah, who am I kidding?), should I get rid of DSfix if it's lowering my framerate a bit?
In the interest of not getting slaughtered (hah, who am I kidding?), should I get rid of DSfix if it's lowering my framerate a bit?
It's a really good sword.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Some people play games to have fun and create their own challenges and experiences, instead of doing pointless busywork like killing 50 mooks with a grenade tag and farming gear they'll never use in-game just to inflate an e-peen for others to gawk at. Just sayin'.
I'm not going to get that I'd rather have that great sword that's teasing me in the upgrades menu.Too bad the greater sunlight spear is such a let down
Yep I've not put any points into faith yet I've got 98000 souls now so I think I should start to use them. Oh and I killed Gywndolin first try with a greatbow.
Without spoiling anything, you're going the wrong way.
LegendofLex
Member
This.
Incidentally, don't let this experience trick you into thinking this is how the rest of the game will be. (Unless, of course, you keep wandering into places you aren't ready for.)
HyperCubed4
Member
Gotcha. I'm highly considering making a new file as a Bandit. I'm pretty bad at resource management (i.e., spells, bows, etc.), so I think a strong melee class might be my best bet.
but, I don't usually go for those types. Dark Souls doesn't have that. Except I guess if you count the "weapon upgrade" ones.
you can't save locally? I thought people backed up their saves with hacks at least? DSFix
LegendofLex
Member
That's not a bad idea. It took me a few false starts before I figured out what playstyle worked best for me. I wound up preferring blocks to dodge, so I stuck with warrior. The game's pretty flexible, though - you aren't locked in to any particular style outside of what you level up.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Yes indeed, sir. Could not be arsed to farm humanity for it. I knew it was a crime. I did it anyway.
Doesn't matter, they're still GFWL saves and might not work when it changes to Steam. But since we don't know when it will happen or how, nobody knows what will happen with our current saves.
The truth is you're starting class matters very little. The game allows you to build any character in any way you want.