L0st Id3ntity
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I played as a heavy warrior on ps3, ended the game with smough's armor. What should be my pc character? Is magic viable?
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Glass Rebel
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Before I start this (in 1-2 weeks)... are there missable weapons/quests/etc.? Is there NG+? How long does a single playthrough last?
GodlyPerfection
Member
So finally found some time to play and got to the fortress relatively quickly. Had to rust up my skills. lol... shooting for post patch PvP build for the 360 when the DLC comes out. Now that DWGR is nerfed my build will be much more unique, but I do have to compensate quite a bit. 
Looking forward to it. High Speed, Heavy Armor, and Heavy Weapon Combos. So much fun. Can't wait to run Great Scythe/DragonSlayer Bow as a main combo once again with high poise and under 25% weight.
Looking forward to it. High Speed, Heavy Armor, and Heavy Weapon Combos. So much fun. Can't wait to run Great Scythe/DragonSlayer Bow as a main combo once again with high poise and under 25% weight.Phonomezer
Banned
Eh, good that your having fun, but taking away the challenge just makes it seem rather unappealing.
Crap, well there goes my plan for infinity stamina with my shield and spear build. I think I know what stat I'm going for first though.
Vorg
Banned
Ugh. :/ Why bother with this game if you're gonna do this?
One of my main draws to the game is the satisfaction you get from killing enemies/bosses after failing repeatedly. Having Infinite HP means there is no punishment for failing and thus no reward. Not for me... =/
Sorry, but I don't think this game is for the current you. Dark Souls will build character though. Give up now or be willing to grow yourself with the game.
magic is great, also that amazing Moonlight Sword is there just for a magic build.
there are missable stuff, you can play ng+,++,+++ etc. and everytime difficulty increases drastically.
dunno about how long, it really depens on how you play. on you tube you can find a guy that finished it in 1 hour or so.
I don't want to be a condescending jerk but why bother to play? Unless you are literally using it as a training mode, why not just run past everything now? What's really the point? Why not go do something more productive then?
I'm not defending this game or someone who's in love with it. I'm just curious as to what the point is if there is no reward at all. Just to sight-see?
Edit: Sorry I missed your chat. I was taking a bath.
Vyse The Legend
Member
So, you want an "Easy" mode. Gotcha.
Yes, there are missable weapons. It's actually impossible to get all the items in a single playthrough. There's New Game+, and you need to play it to collect everything.
The huge amount of optional stuff and the ability to tackle areas in different orders leads to a fairly wide disparity in how long a first playthrough takes, but my first time through the game took around 60 hours. Subsequent playthroughs take significantly less time due to knowing how the game world is laid out and knowing how to fight the various beasties. My personal fastest time is 3 hours 30 minutes for a complete beginning-to-end playthrough on a fresh character, and there are plenty of people faster than me.
You've got plenty of room to optimize your completion time, is what I'm saying.
lol, well, I walked in on the first boss (the second encounter with him). I look down, see him and I'm like "NOPE, see ya" and turn around to walk way through the light and in this very moment this dick jumps on the ledge, crushes the platform I'm standing on and here I am, running around him like a headless chicken.
He's easy though, took almost half of his life on the first try.
He's easy though, took almost half of his life on the first try.
Glass Rebel
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NG+(+++...) sounds like something for masochists :lol
ixix said:
Hmm, I think I'll do the same I'm going to do for Dishonored and just play it by myself without looking anything up the first time.
Thanks guys
TyrantGuardian
Member
And there we go. I just crashed in the middle of a fight, start the game back up and now I'm falling through the world as soon as I spawn. How the heck do I fix this?
Loving the game thus far. At the gardens atm, and o_o this game has some crazy monster design.
Never play ninja gaiden black before, I take it?
There's one enemy in the entire game who even has an offscreen projectile, and on normal you fight them a grand total of 3 or 4 times in the entire game.
Never play ninja gaiden black before, I take it?
There's one enemy in the entire game who even has an offscreen projectile, and on normal you fight them a grand total of 3 or 4 times in the entire game.
Vorg
Banned
Yeah, did you miss his other posts? He's playing the game with infinite hp now.
I have had this bug in the console version (PS3) as well I think it fixes itself. (You lose all you souls and humanity though since your blood stain is in the void so to speak.)
Would it be possible to use a homeward bone or the darksign as soon as you spawn?
Vyse The Legend
Member
That's the saddest thing I've read on GAF in a long, long time.
So that's what that counter is all about.
Thanks for the explanation. I think I like the way Demon's Souls handled the death thing, when you die you turn into a soul, here is not like that, but it's cool either way
indigo-cyclops
Member
I'm with you. No point at all when you don't die. Absolutely a shame to see that so soon on here. I'm aware there are already hackers and trainers. If you absolutely have to do it or want to, just up your STR and VIT to the point you can one-shot everything.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I've been trying to think up a good analogy for awhile but I can't think about it long enough without getting depressed and giving up.
No, you are not learning anything playing this with infinite hp
You gave up really early into the game too.
Phonomezer
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TyrantGuardian
Member
When/How does it fix itself? I've restarted the game several times and it's the exact same every time I load.
Edit: Okay, I just died after waiting a while during the fall. Bye bye 26 Humanity I guess
GodlyPerfection
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Actually to get ALL of the weapons you need to hit NG++. Cuz you need three of Sif's soul for three different weapons and two of the end boss soul (meaning you've got to complete the game twice... lol). But yeah... just technicalities.
It's really not all that bad. The transition from the regular game to NG+ is a significant step up, but it's actually easier than a first run in a lot of ways since you retain all your items and levels. Every subsequent + is a significantly smaller increase, to the point that you will likely notice no meaningful difference between NG+ and NG++, and after your seventh run the difficulty ceases to increment entirely and every successive playthrough is identical to the one that came before it in terms of difficulty.
It's actually a very nice system.
That's like playing Day Z without permadeath. I understand you're frustrated, but man do yourself a favor and stick with it .
Any boss with a tail, cut at it. Many of them can drop weapons from their tail. If you miss them, just get them in NG+ or NG++.
NG+ goes on infinitely, although it stops getting harder after NG+++++++.
ColossalLazy
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Haha beat the
bell gargoyles
Somehow I was able to cut the first gaygole tail off allowing me to kill him before the second gargoyle arrived.
Ingueferroque
Banned
You don't 'get' it do you? DS is a game designed in a perfect manner, everything is there for a reason. A jump button would be fucking useless. Quicksave would remove ALL of the tension and reward. The lack of respawn would turn Bonfires into a cheap exercise.
Ugh, I'll stop right here... if you just want to 'look' at the game without any of the soul and challenge, just watch a longplay on Youtube.
Make sure your staying offline if your using this shit. I don't want to be invading unkillable hack users, >:[ lol
But yeah... just technicalities.Actually to get ALL of the weapons you need to hit NG++. Cuz you need three of Sif's soul for three different weapons and two of the end boss soul (meaning you've got to complete the game twice... lol).
Well, yes. But I was being intentionally vague to avoid spoilers.
Equip the darksign in your item slot, use it. It kills you and respawns you at a bonfire.
I don't really want to be invaded either, lol so yeah I'm offline atm
Even with infinite HP, I bet you can kick him off a cliff and kill him.
Phonomezer
Banned
I would highly recommend starting again and playing properly. Please. Do it for gaming
Glass Rebel
Member
That does sound nice. What do you think, is it a good idea to have a first playthrough without guides or GAF?
Ok, I'll keep this in mind. Thanks.
But thats 95.6% of the fun. Seriously, nothing like being invaded, rushing to find some summon signs, and then hunting down the hunter.
Did you read anything about this game before buying it?
A million other games do that already. Leave the one series that provides this depth of gameplay alone for the people that can appreciate it.
Yep, you still die from falling too far. Seems to be hard coded.
I played a little past the Dragon God in Demon Souls
also with inf hp and inf souls
Turn to guides and GAF before turning to hacks, but yeah.
I don't think there's anything wrong with asking for advice if you get stuck, but I wholeheartedly endorse avoiding walkthroughs and wikis your first time through the game. You only get one chance at going in blind, and you'll never have a playthrough where everything is new to you ever again. Best to make the most of it, I think. The way NG+ works there's no way you can screw yourself out of anything in perpetuity, so you needn't worry about irrevocably missing anything and just enjoy playing through all the stuff you can find under your own power. The internet ain't goin' anywhere, after all, it'll still be there when you're done to help you tie up loose ends.
why you gotta ruin everything.
but yeah, you feel the dig difference between ng and ng+, then you won't notice much.
Vorg
Banned
How did you even do this on the ps3? 0.o