Soul Arbiter without the enemies would be weak sauce. The last wave was ridiculous because the boss decides to attack while having his hax shield up while fighting alongside a sub boss type enemy who can block everything.
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Darksiders II |OT| What starts with War, ends with Death.
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RPGCrazied
Member
Another glitch, I hope it fixes itself when I restart, but going after the deposed king, hitting the crystal to lower the platform didn't do anything.
RPGCrazied
Member
Serious question. How come most developers have shitty Q & A? Is the pay that bad, or do these people just want to get paid to play games and not report anything?
Toonami 99
Member
there's an entrance on the side of the wall as you cross over the chain. I missed that at first too.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Do merchants restock inventory after a certain amount of time, or do you need to leave the area and come back to get new items?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
From what I've noticed, any time you complete a story quest.
Did all 50 of the achievements. Finally I can put this game down. Achidna claws are broken and I ended the game with 386 bonus damage on crit. Cruised through Apocalyptic on the second go around with no difficulty.
My guess with any game this large (and slightly rushed) I feel they can only catch so many bugs. Especially once millions of people get their hands on the product.
Heh, no thanks. I would have a deleted game once I reached world 2. You have to rely on health potions until you get the claws and then it just gets easier from there. I ended with a level 29 possessed scythe and the level 17 claws (lol).
I dunno if I was imagining things but damage seems to be capped once you reach a certain point. I probably would have a tough time getting 5k normal crits with my scythe unless I went through the game several more times.
BTW the Strength spell and Harvest (20k crits lol) are the only spells you need. Dunno if any powers are as silly OP as those two.
Damn, I'm only about 5 achieves from finishing them all, need my level 30, apoc run, crucible, wicked K and BFA then I'm done. Already halfway through my NG+ run. Crit is pretty broken, guillotine(?) scythes with 432% extra crit damage and 55ish% chance to crit. Hitting around 2.5k crits almost constantly. Not finding apocalyptic difficult at all.
Also, damn our names are close, I think I'd get confused if it wasn't for our different avatars.
I have so much to say on the game but I want to finish it before making a huge post.
And yea bugs are way more common in open long games. Its to be expected but a lot of bugs could've been avoided with an additional month of stress testing and fixing. I don't normally find bugs in games and even I came across a few.
And yea bugs are way more common in open long games. Its to be expected but a lot of bugs could've been avoided with an additional month of stress testing and fixing. I don't normally find bugs in games and even I came across a few.
I imagine you mean QA? Let me tell give you a couple of facts about QA in general (not specific to THQ or DS since I don't work for them)...
1-Yes the pay is shitty most of the time...
2-QA Testers are NOT paid to play games lol... ugh... I'm so tired of that misconception... Testing games is NOTHING like playing a game.
3-I can guarantee you, from experience on a dozen+ projects, the QA department found if not all, the VAST majority of the issues encountered by the users.
The problem is rarely that QA didn't find an issue (it happens sometimes of course). No, the problem is that the issue is reported properly when encountered by the testers but the devs/management decide to not fix the issue for different reasons (money, time, risk of creating other issues, etc). Believe me, the vast majority of issues reported on game forums have already been seen by QA at some point during developpement. QA is there to report issues, not fix them.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Finding those stones are going to be a pain if I want that Platinum Trophy. I don't know of I'd be up for that.
Ugh I don't even want to think about that right now... I'm going through the maze (at level 7 atm) and I'm seriously at risk of dying of pure boredom...bleh
The stones are pretty easy since most of the don't require any item other than the gun (with some rare exceptions). I turned down the music and I heard most of just fine without any guide. Getting every single one will require a guide. If only for the stones of resistance which are hidden fairly well.
I just went back on new game plus and did everything. As long as you know what to do and have awesome weapons you can easily steam roll it in 10 hours assuming you don't make any pit stops.
With the Strength spell almost all my combat scenarios lasted for 10-30 seconds.
Speaking of which don't forget to get the stone between levels 7 and 8.
soulassssns
Banned
Stone? What stone?
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
It's in the teleporter room if you miss it you are blind as hell
perineumlick
Member
Oh well, guess I'm on to Sleeping Dogs. Game keeps locking up my PS3 right at the Soul Arbiter book table. Can't deal with this anymore.
Hmm...well huh...hmmm Technically I'm still missing 2-3 clues but fuck it... I didn't want to have to go through the menu every time anyway (I have very bad short term memory) so I use a guide on my phone.
Thought I encountered a progression blocking glitch for a second. World 2, first dungeon where you have to pick up one of those lantern thingies, I accidentally went the wrong way and tried carrying it up the spiral stair case that is broken. I come to the top, but up there I fall down and die and when I respawn the lantern is nowhere to be found. It's gone from the world. But when I die again it's suddenly back where I put it down lol.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
You don't need to find the clues unless you just like to look for things. I can post the secret rooms and advancement locations for each floor if you guys want.
Floor 5 is the only secret area everyone should go to.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Wow.
I thought people were kidding when they said
was terrible.
This is.. I don't know what to call it.
I thought people were kidding when they said
Earth
This is.. I don't know what to call it.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
it's short hold down the shootan button and just keep walking forward :lol
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
I hope so!
Also,
did they re-use some of the same areas from DS1? Not complaining, I think it's cool if they did. Just some of these areas seem really familiar.
BabeSlayer
Member
Alright guys I need help, and need to ask but uh...I still don't know how to use spoiler tags so lets start there...how do I use a spoiler tag 
lol
lolBabeSlayer
Member
ok
dahbomb is dah-Man
the guardian at the end of the first world i'm assuming I can get his first arm off but then how do I get his arse on the ground to go after the other stones? I know it have to run the ball into him somehow or something, but can't get it close enough, how did you guys do this?
RPGCrazied
Member
How may levels are in the arbiters maze? I got to level 5 but ran out of scrolls, so I don't know where to go.
Also, do the monsters scale in the crucible? Even at 18 the things in the first wave aren't dropped in a hit or so.
Also, do the monsters scale in the crucible? Even at 18 the things in the first wave aren't dropped in a hit or so.
10 very long levels in the maze and double that if you go for the secrets (not really worth it IMO).
shinobi602
Member
A maze??? Great....I fucking hated the portal puzzles at the end of DS1, this sounds like so much fun -__-
RPGCrazied
Member
I just want the quest for the chancellor done. Fuck secrets.
I'm trying to do the shaman quest, I need dew or whatever, but the drenchfort where it tells me to go is wiped clean.WickedLaharl
Member
This pisses me off.
How about you come on back to gaf mr dalton and answer for the BS you spread here?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
If you don't want to guess or look for the clues as to which route to take, there's yeah...
This:
Level 1:
Next Level: North West
Secret: South East
Level 2:
Next Level: East South North
Secret: North North
Level 3:
Next Level: West East North North
Secret: North South East
Level 4:
Next Level: East West North South
Secret: West East North
Level 5:
Next Level: West West North East
Secret: West North South
Level 6:
Next Level: South East East North North
Secret: East East East South
Level 7:
Next Level: South West East East East
Secret: South South West North North
Level 8:
Next Level: North West North West East
Secret: North South South East North
Level 9:
Next Level: East North East North South
Secret: South West East East North
Level 10:
Next Level: West East North South West
Secret: North South East West
Next Level: North West
Secret: South East
Level 2:
Next Level: East South North
Secret: North North
Level 3:
Next Level: West East North North
Secret: North South East
Level 4:
Next Level: East West North South
Secret: West East North
Level 5:
Next Level: West West North East
Secret: West North South
Level 6:
Next Level: South East East North North
Secret: East East East South
Level 7:
Next Level: South West East East East
Secret: South South West North North
Level 8:
Next Level: North West North West East
Secret: North South South East North
Level 9:
Next Level: East North East North South
Secret: South West East East North
Level 10:
Next Level: West East North South West
Secret: North South East West
StunandStab
Member
Anyone else irritated about the collectables, gamesradar has an excellent guide with a screenshot + description for each collectable. I remembered they helped me out a lot with the feathers in AC2, so I checked to see if they had a guide for this game, and it has been a big help
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Just got to the timed portal/switch puzzle in the second tower of Black Throne.
I hope to God there are no puzzles like that in the future of this game.
I hope to God there are no puzzles like that in the future of this game.
Yeah,
There's 4 of these, one in each area, and when you find them all you get a unique scythe called GnoMAD's Scythes. Pretty sure it's one of the side-quests.
indigo-cyclops
Member
I'm considering picking this up since finishing Sleeping Dogs...does anyone have any gameplay videos? I'd like to see how it looks visually, and how Death plays compared to War.
The best video around to get a great sample of what the game is about
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-darksiders-ii/17-6376/