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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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IoCaster
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Welp, I got stomped pretty bad by a big fat demon, but I managed to land a couple of hits, shitty controls and all. Got to tweak the mouse sensitivity some more and give it another go. So far it's been an odd mixture of fun and frustration. As soon as I can get the controls tuned better the fun factor should kick into a higher gear. On the bright side, I can already tell that I'll get a lot of hours of playtime out of this game.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
dont have a wired 360 controller around?
I invaded a hacker in Darkroot Garden. He was healing himself everytime i did a few hits. At least I think he was cheating, since there wasn't any healing animation or whatsoever. But something must have gone wrong, since he suddenly used flasks instead, or he just lost interest.
If you're a heavy melee based character there's no way you can fuck up by choosing those stats.
those are the right ones. If you feel like you need some "magic" go for the pyromancy.
Last time I played Ninja Gaiden, I swear it punched me in the dick. I wonder if Ninja Blade or similar games are more forgiving.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Ninja Blade is a lot more forgiving, but its also a bad game. Ninja Gaiden Black is a 10/10 game.
EternalGamer
Banned
I think the Ninja Gaiden comparison doesn't really work. I beat Ninja Gaiden Black on the original Xbox but I found it pretty frustrating specifically because it required really fast reflexes and punished you if you didn't have them. I ended up cheesing a lot of the fights by doing stuff like walk attacks and throwing stars at guys from a distance.
Dark Souls is much more my type of game specifically because there is nothing really twitch about it. Even the parry attacks have a wider window than most of Ninja Gaiden's. The combat is much slower paced. It is more strategic and more about keeping aware of your placement and your enemies and being patience and looking for openings. A lot of the fights in NG I was frankly just spamming combos. That shit would get you killed instantly in Dark Souls.
Dark Souls is much more my type of game specifically because there is nothing really twitch about it. Even the parry attacks have a wider window than most of Ninja Gaiden's. The combat is much slower paced. It is more strategic and more about keeping aware of your placement and your enemies and being patience and looking for openings. A lot of the fights in NG I was frankly just spamming combos. That shit would get you killed instantly in Dark Souls.
AcceptableGhost
Member
I didn't really know that throwing stars at guys (to do damage?) from a distance was such a viable tactic in Master Ninja Difficulty Ninja Gaiden Black, do tell me more amazing tactics.
NGB gets brought up because Dark Souls is just a slower paced action game (invulnerability frames on roll and all). It is very different obviously but I can safely recommend people who like good action games like NGB/DMC/ETC to play Dark Souls. At the end of the day the stats in Dark/Demon's Souls are pretty much never what is stopping you from defeating something (if you are in the correct area for your level range in Dark Souls obviously).
This really tends to happen if you get yourself into a corner or rush in blindly. Very rarely do enemies chain you into this unless you give them the opportunity. What advantages you can make over the enemy are the same as they can have over you.
HungOverOnATues
Member
Hardest boss in Dark Souls:
Fell off this stupid thing too many times. Just lost 40k souls on it >.<
Fell off this stupid thing too many times. Just lost 40k souls on it >.<
Oh...wow..I think that was not the best tactic to do.
Finally beat Artorias by doing nothing but standing next to him and hitting him with the Greatsword of Artorias. Came in with full flasks and everything. I didn't know you can stagger him, and you can actually cancel his purple power-up animation.
So I played all night up to Sif, normal order, and doing and getting everything on the way. Performance on this rig:
i7 2600k 4.4GHz
GTX 690SLI 4GB
16GBDDR3
Win 7 64-bit
Was pretty much the same as my i5 rig. Same very rare drops to 28-29fps, and a couple drops to 26fps at a spot in Darkroot basin, for whatever reason. Overall though it's a smooth going ride. I'm gonna be sticking with this rig while I play from now on. But yeah, with Durante's fix at 1080p it's a great looking and playing game.
Also, got the Black Knight Shield drop from the first Black Knight you fight in the Burg! Couldn't believe it.
i7 2600k 4.4GHz
GTX 690SLI 4GB
16GBDDR3
Win 7 64-bit
Was pretty much the same as my i5 rig. Same very rare drops to 28-29fps, and a couple drops to 26fps at a spot in Darkroot basin, for whatever reason. Overall though it's a smooth going ride. I'm gonna be sticking with this rig while I play from now on. But yeah, with Durante's fix at 1080p it's a great looking and playing game.
Also, got the Black Knight Shield drop from the first Black Knight you fight in the Burg! Couldn't believe it.
Felix Lighter
Member
Last time I played the Gaping Dragon during NG I must of had much higher damage output. It's an easy boss because his attacks are easy to avoid but man did it take forever. I'm guessing when I played him the first time I was using the Drake sword, this time I was using a long sword + 5.
Everyone in Dark Souls is a fuckin asshole. It's like.... your traveling to retrieve your lost power from the last death, and if you don't KILL every single piece of shit all over again, some dick face jerk off will track you down mindless from the other side of the map, and he'll wait until you're in a battle... you're just about to get your shit back.. he'll wait right there, and then BAM FUCKIN STABBED IN THE BACK, YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME goddamn it.. GODDAMN!!t
I recall someone from Namco Bandai mentioned it drops as armor in a place in the game. Yeah...that's about all I know about it, myself.
Looking through the thread and this Tess3ract cat's post are just depressing. <
Hahaha, Tess3racts posts are a staple of any Souls thread.
First there's anger, then there's acceptance, then enlightenment, then thrill, and finally it becomes your Game of the Year.
HungOverOnATues
Member
I do not know how to PvP as a mage at all. I'm now at Sens Fortress and have been in the Gravelord Covenant since before the gargoyles but have barely made use of my eyes of death because I get my ass handed to me in PvP.
No respawning but there are 2 more boars later.
EternalGamer
Banned
No need to get smarmy. I never said anything about playing on "Master difficulty." My only point was that Ninja Gaiden Black relies a lot more on reflexes and twitch skills because it is faster paced. That sucks balls for those of us who are a bit older and don't have the reflexes of 17 year olds on Red Bull.
Dark Souls while maybe similar in "difficulty" is a very different type of difficulty. It rarely if ever demands lightening reflexes. It is much more about patience, positioning, and strategy. As I said, even the parrys are way way slower and easier than Ninja Gaiden Black. I just wouldn't want anybody who disliked Ninja Gaiden to be scared away from Dark Souls because of such comparisons. Even if you sucked at Ninja Gaiden Black you can still play Dark Souls.
Welcome To Dark So *Gets Stabbed*
D you have the
silver pendant? it repels black magic.You can get it by using any light source near the pre written message that saying something about light,it makes a weird noise when you read it.It helps greatly with his magic spamming later in the fight
Exact same way you get basically all boss armor. Kill Artorias and then buy it from Domhnall. Costs 80,000 souls total, 20,000 per piece.
I see where you're going with this, and I agree pretty much. But this game is nothing compared to Ninja Gaiden Black or 2, in terms of difficulty, timing, reflexes and pure twitch. It can approach it, Demon's approached it more often imo, but it's not in the same league. And I beat Black and 2, on Master Ninja, got a fucked up 360 controller to prove it!
But honestly it's a totally different type of difficulty between this and a action game like NG, DMC or Bayonetta. Most of this games' inherent "difficulty" in terms of raw reflex and timing comes from the tension and mental aspect. Once you get the combat system down, it's not that hard at all.
I'm at a point where I can solo him, but I can't cut off his tail. He's brutal, but he telegraphs all his attacks and most attacks can be blocked. You get used to it eventually.
But that goddamn tail. I have helped five people kill him in co-op and I've soloed him down to near-death twice before quitting the game so I wouldn't miss his tail drop. Never gotten it to decouple from his hindquarters. Driving me crazy, it is.
But that goddamn tail. I have helped five people kill him in co-op and I've soloed him down to near-death twice before quitting the game so I wouldn't miss his tail drop. Never gotten it to decouple from his hindquarters. Driving me crazy, it is.
George Claw M.D.
Member
If you haven't killed the boss of an area yet, then killing large numbers of hollow enemies in that area will grant you humanity. You can gain up to 10 humanity this way, before killing the area boss. I was wondering the same thing on my first playthrough and looked it up.I also killed the boar and got nothing
Quick question: Why I'm getting humanity without doing nothing?
I remember building up to 6 humanity in Undead Burg this way, early in the game. Got really familiar with the area to the point where it became a routine cake walk. So, at one point, I carelessly fell to my death. "No problem. I'll just speed-kill my way back to my green aura." *Runs into first room across the bridge, sword flying. Gets gang raped by 3 lowly mobs.*
Dark Souls <3
Ahh, I see. Yes, I'm farming a little bit to get my faith a little higher. Thanks.
You don't need to choose a Pyromancer to use Pyromancy. Your class selection determines your starting stats and equipment, but doesn't limit you in any way.
The Pyromancer class starts with the item used to cast Pyromancy as well as the Fireball spell, but all characters can get the flame and the spells a few hours into the game.
The nice thing about Pyromancy is that it's almost totally stat independent, so any character can make good use of it. It's basically the spell type for non-spellcasters.
We don't want to spoil the experience.
GhostWriter24
Member
Quality port! Anyone else had this happen? I am not using any modified files [stock install]
lol Infinite DoF!
Next gen has arrived!