dark souls gets good the minute you walk through a portal and suddenly capra demon you dead
and then it gets good again when you realize there's a stupid-ass stair next to him making the whole thing easy and great if you use your head
Yup, that boss, and so many other overhyped bosses, are too easy. Honestly I love that game, but I hate the sense of "challenge" in it. I love the game, I've 1ked it on 360 and again on PC, don't get me wrong. But it's basically trial-and-error difficulty when you first start out. Reminds me of learning the block patterns in MM2, that raft level (like literally lvl 2 or 3) in Super Ghouls & Ghost, or knowing when to dodge "that" asshole off-screen enemy in Ninja Gaiden NES, etc. On your second or third playthrough, you feel like the most knowledgable, uber-badass in the world. Honestly, you know what game I'd really compare it to? Zelda 2. (Which is my fave Zelda, and DS is a great game, I'm not poo pooing on either). I feel like the Metroidvania-mini sense of opening areas you couldn't get to before is there, the "any particular enemy can be your doom" sense is there too. First time I fought a Blue Knight in Zelda 2, lord knows my 5 year old ass died. Again and again. Now when I play it, it's a joke. I think of the orange witch enemies in the fifth or sixth castle, the reflect ghosts, the blue darknuts?/knights, the Thunderbird...it all seems super similar to Dark Soul's challenges, only in 2D. Even "deadly platforming when it shouldn't be there" sections are in both. Mostly because too many NES action game felt the need to have those Castlevania medusa-head enemies, haha.
That game is so much fun, Dark Souls that is. The sense of each weapon feeling oh-so-unique is cool, the art direction/sound direction is superb, being able to make it hard by going low-level or learning everything and OPing ala Final Fantasy Tactics is there...it's like all my fave games wrapped up in one. Hearing someone say they're not feeling it after less than an hour is heartbreaking. I repeat - stick with it. The game is a joke, it's only hard in areas because you don't know it...just accept rinse/repeating, don't worry about stupid things like chopping off tails for weapons etc in the beginning, and have a blast. Keep saying "this is an NES game only in 1080p/60fps on PC".
