Quality port! Anyone else had this happen? I am not using any modified files [stock install]
Why would you play it on stock? No reason not to install Durante's fix, you are actually hurting your own experience by doing it.
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Why would you play it on stock? No reason not to install Durante's fix, you are actually hurting your own experience by doing it.
EternalGamer
Banned
You want an uber cheat? Here is the closest thing you'll get. It makes the game way easier:
Go under the bridge and shoot the dragon's tail about 30 times with arrows. He wont' be able to hit you but he will circle around and you'll have to shoot again. After that he'll drop the Drake Sword which is one of the most powerful swords early in the game. It will kill a lot of the early game enemies in one hit.
There are story spoilers in the lore, but most of those spoilers for people like me are not something this new edition offers as new, save for the new area. And for that, I do think there is a big spoiler here:
Is the Lordran in the game the land that Oolacile was many ages ago?
looks good but you might wanna use Durante's fix.Quality port! Anyone else had this happen? I am not using any modified files [stock install]
Haunted
Member
That's just how the game looks without Durante's fix.Quality port! Anyone else had this happen? I am not using any modified files [stock install]
edit: I'm kinda impressed that you played through the whole tutorial like that to make that screenshot. :lol
Working my way through Blightown right now. Making good progress but its tough, those guys that cast the toxic darts are hard to see and easy to get hit with.
Really liking my new Balder Side Sword. Its amazing.
Heavy Attack gives you massive range and does good damage, and you can follow up with a Light Attack really fast for about 150 damage.
The great thing is if I have someone stun locked I can do Heavy, Light, Heavy, Light. Can do almost 400 damage with that combo.
Really liking my new Balder Side Sword. Its amazing.
Heavy Attack gives you massive range and does good damage, and you can follow up with a Light Attack really fast for about 150 damage.
The great thing is if I have someone stun locked I can do Heavy, Light, Heavy, Light. Can do almost 400 damage with that combo.
Lasthope106
Member
I'm so angry. First the gargoyles killed me while I had 8 humanity, and then on my way to recover them I got invaded by a prick who completely trolled the hell out of me. Finally I was able to reach the gargoyles again, but I just can't seem to kill the fuckers. I farmed for a while and still aren't able to even make a dent, once they start spewing fire, I'm done.
Don't tell me how to beat them. I just wanted to vent.
EternalGamer
Banned
I just beat the Gargoyles. On 360 that fight took me about 5 or 6 tries. But I summoned a helper here and we thrashed him on my first try. I didn't even have to use but 1 Estus flask. It really felt like cheating.
http://i.imgur.com/pyxV9.jpg
Oh god, not
Anyway, i have to say, i'm still puzzled by how this game managed to become so popular. It pretty much different to any product of this generation, it doesn't take your hand, it never tells you where to go and it's far from being linear. In a gen where two choices in a rpg are considerate a lot and many AA games are just linear bullshit filled with CS, how did Dark Souls manage?
Make me wish From Software developed a Legend of Zelda game.
Oh god, not
a sewer level, not a sewer level!!!
Anyway, i have to say, i'm still puzzled by how this game managed to become so popular. It pretty much different to any product of this generation, it doesn't take your hand, it never tells you where to go and it's far from being linear. In a gen where two choices in a rpg are considerate a lot and many AA games are just linear bullshit filled with CS, how did Dark Souls manage?
Make me wish From Software developed a Legend of Zelda game.
I wanted to see how bad it was stock, then it went all blurry. Durante's fix is installed and the game looks dope!
IoCaster
Member
Actually, I've got all three current gen consoles and lots of controllers. I bought them and after buying and trying dozens of games eventually realized that I don't like console gaming. That's why I never bothered to buy Dark Souls because I knew that I would hate playing it on console with a controller. It doesn't matter though cause I'll tweak the mouse settings and remap the keyboard until I get it perfect. In the end I'll play the game the way I prefer and die in any number of ludicrous ways while having a blast. It's all good.
Thanks, this was supremely helpful! So I just hit 16/14, should I not worry too much about items until I get 30 vit and 40 end? Any good starter items that I should grab?
indigo-cyclops
Member
I so need to play this right now, but too busy at the moment 
dragonlife
Member
Fuck, I'm so pissed. I lost almost 5K souls--again--because I was trying to travel all the way back to the very first bonfire to see what spells I could buy. The latest bonfire I've reached is the one by the Blacksmith. The part that got me was jumping down where the stupid mutant rats were. They just corner me and I can't get out of the way; attacking is useless because they just interrupt the animation.
I've gotten by with only the Soul Arrow and default armor. Although as I type this I got an idea... maybe I could parry them with the shield to push them back and maybe jump past them? I guess I could give that a shot. But it didn't come to me as I was playing... argh.
I've gotten by with only the Soul Arrow and default armor. Although as I type this I got an idea... maybe I could parry them with the shield to push them back and maybe jump past them? I guess I could give that a shot. But it didn't come to me as I was playing... argh.
Damn, still not seeing anything on the ground. Maybe a reinstall will fix it. Here's hoping.
Speaking of I'm going through there right now and its pretty obvious why this place has such bad frame rates on console.
It seems like they are rendering the whole level at once, and look at that draw distance.
From the top looking down:
Another view from the Top looking down:
From the Bottom looking up (look at the top left-hand corner, you can see they are even rendering the Undead Burgh):
Is there a shortcut I can unlock to the bottom btw? I just spent forever getting down there and then fell off that waterwheel with the platforms.
GodlyPerfection
Member
There is a lot of story in this game... it is built into the environment, items, and dialogue. It is very deep and well crafted. Well not really story so much as is the lore of the game.
Don't sweat it man, losing 5K will seem like nothing once you're further in. I've been known to piss away upwards of 80k due to stupid mistakes. Falling down elevators I thought were up, making dumb jumps, continuing farm routines instead of rushing the bloodstain immediately, and just not being interested in getting back a lame 8k souls in ToG in the room with 5-6 Giants...
HungOverOnATues
Member
Following the water wheel up, if you continue going up the ladders to the top, on the top platform to the right is a chest with a key to the back exit of blighttown through new londo ruins which is on the other side of that top platform.
dragonlife
Member
The main that gets me is that I'm very careful about how I approach things. In truth, it's actually hilarious when you look back on your deaths (for me), but in that moment where you see "YOU DIED," you just want to kill something and maybe cry.
I turned it off right after to cool off, heh.
Same situation for me last night. Killed the
Hydra
Havel
So don't sweat it, it happens. And I'm pretty much a vet now.
Dictator93
Member
I had 12 humanity and reverse hollow human form and died. I then went to back to pick it up and stupidly messed up a riposte and got down to about 25 health.
I almost shit my pants
This will be useful.
I made it all the way to the bottom bonfire of blighttown, but broke my drake sword on the way there, so I have no real way of defeating the boss down there and have to travel all the way back to the blacksmith to fix my gear and then return again...sigh
I got the Iaito sword and have 20 dex but Drake sword still seems to do more damage. Do I have to enchant the Iaito sword to make it better than the drake sword?
it is, especially if you know what to expect.
No.
I can't believe you guys can play this on console anymore after seeing how smooth the game runs and the high fidelity of the pc version.
Spat_triate
Member
FUCK Blighttown.
That is all.
That is all.
dragonlife
Member
Maybe they don't own PCs. I took it to mean he's replaying it simply because a host of new people are and generating said hype for him.
And then he'll be like me and pissed because that doesn't work at Anor Londo
or hell Sen's Fortress
Really, he should just get a weapon, grind the souls and upgrade it at the Giant Blacksmith if he can get that far... which he should be able to do if he can dodge the rats, dodge the boar, and get over there.
I would say keep it up with the claymore, it's a pretty good long term weapon if you get it to +15 now that stat scaling is fixed
EternalGamer
Banned
Holy shit. I just beat the Capra Demon on my first try with no problems at all. Did they nerf this fight some how. Once you know what to do it was incredibly easy. Ran up the ramp, took out the dogs then took my time dodging around him and hitting.
I died against that fucker at least a dozen times on 360.
I died against that fucker at least a dozen times on 360.
EternalGamer
Banned
Well nobody forces you to use the Drake Sword for that long. At the very least the Draksword will be useful for getting TO the Blacksmith.
True enough, but it's useful for a pretty good time after that until you hit a wall and FACEROLL. Then it's like "WTF, this sword was good before. WTF."
And then you attempt to upgrade it thinking it's an upgrade problem. NOPE.avi
The higher resolution and stable framerate is grand, but I'm almost certainly going to buy the PS3 DLC when it comes out because the entire Japanese playerbase is on the PS3. I've had some great PvP action with Japanese players.
It'd be swell if that whole chunk of players made the transition, but that ain't happening, so if the party ain't coming to me I'm just going to have to go to it, even if it means everything goes all blurry and slow again.