Dark Souls

Digital Solitude · 19-12-2014 12:52pm

GK1001 wrote: »

It's been a while now but I think I gave up on my SL1 when I got to the Four Kings. Sif was handy enough same tactics and timings. Can't remember if Seath took long, I am thinking he did, but can't remember if there was a specific tip. Then 4 Kings were a balls...that's worth a re-visit now that rage levels are back to low

That's why i stopped playing mine... Nito is making me his bitch.

Do divine weapons add a faith requirement?

Foxhole Norman · 19-12-2014 1:44pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Have fun with that channelers trident.

Anyone have any tips for Lord Souls as SL1?

My only piece of advice, don't give up :pac:

If you need a hand my SL1 is in NG+ so I could give you a hand. No idea how I'm going to beat the 4 Kings on NG+, they were hard to solo on NG :P

Digital Solitude · 19-12-2014 3:54pm

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

My only piece of advice, don't give up :pac:

If you need a hand my SL1 is in NG+ so I could give you a hand. No idea how I'm going to beat the 4 Kings on NG+, they were hard to solo on NG :P

I can't go online on my PC... Well I can but its a disaster to try game with :pac: So I'm stuck with NPCs only.

I've done a SL1 in the second game, it was much easier

Foxhole Norman · 19-12-2014 5:07pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

I can't go online on my PC... Well I can but its a disaster to try game with :pac: So I'm stuck with NPCs only.

I've done a SL1 in the second game, it was much easier

If you ever do go online, give me a shout

I did all mine solo without npc's bar S+O where I got player help, easier solo tbh.

p38 · 20-12-2014 1:51pm

Made serious progress I think last night (I hope I am not spoiling the game for anyone else dont read further if you are still completeing dark souls) . Ok I went to nito and destroyed him then seath the scaless kept moving around him kept away from his attack and nailed his tentical thing he is now gone. I then decided to go to the demon ruins had viewed it from afar but never went down. Went through the fog gate grabbed the armour that looks like Deaths cape and the Lava dude destroyed me. Decided I would retreive my souls by running in and running out. Got as far as the gate on the way back with lava after me noticed the Lava dudes leg or whatever was there so I wailed it with my sword HE DIED in 3 or 4 swings :eek: is this a glitch.

Digital Solitude · 20-12-2014 2:30pm

p38 wrote: »

Made serious progress I think last night (I hope I am not spoiling the game for anyone else dont read further if you are still completeing dark souls) . Ok I went to nito and destroyed him then seath the scaless kept moving around him kept away from his attack and nailed his tentical thing he is now gone. I then decided to go to the demon ruins had viewed it from afar but never went down. Went through the fog gate grabbed the armour that looks like Deaths cape and the Lava dude destroyed me. Decided I would retreive my souls by running in and running out. Got as far as the gate on the way back with lava after me noticed the Lava dudes leg or whatever was there so I wailed it with my sword HE DIED in 3 or 4 swings :eek: is this a glitch.

The armor is great for light characters. Some consider it a glitch, some think it's part of his lore that he would die like that. I'll expand if you'd like.

Demon ruins is so hard....

You have to check out new londo too, its a 'fun' boss fight

calex71 · 20-12-2014 4:07pm

p38 wrote: »

Made serious progress I think last night (I hope I am not spoiling the game for anyone else dont read further if you are still completeing dark souls) . Ok I went to nito and destroyed him then seath the scaless kept moving around him kept away from his attack and nailed his tentical thing he is now gone. I then decided to go to the demon ruins had viewed it from afar but never went down. Went through the fog gate grabbed the armour that looks like Deaths cape and the Lava dude destroyed me. Decided I would retreive my souls by running in and running out. Got as far as the gate on the way back with lava after me noticed the Lava dudes leg or whatever was there so I wailed it with my sword HE DIED in 3 or 4 swings :eek: is this a glitch.

Thats your one cheap kill in Dark Souls , not one person I know felt guilty or that they are cheating by cheesing him like that

Edit: Actaully I don't think I've ever bothered to fight him legit ????

Retr0gamer · 23-12-2014 9:39am

Bamco file DMCA against DSfix

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=957469

Face => palm

calex71 · 23-12-2014 10:16am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Bamco file DMCA against DSfix

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=957469

Face => palm

Wow thats pretty stupid, the guy basically fixed their mess. Also given the age of the game are they likely to ever fix it themselves

Cravez · 23-12-2014 10:20am

That's ridiculous tbh. The mod noticeably improves the graphics considerably and it has saved a few characters of mine with auto-backups dues to hackers permanently destroying them.

The game has been out 3 years, the mod has been out nearly the same amount of time, why is it only becoming an issue now?

Cravez · 23-12-2014 10:48am

I forgot to add, they should realise that Durante (creator of DsFix) is who made the game more enjoyable and accessible for PC Players. Without him and his efforts on DsFix, Dark Souls would never have been as popular as it was on PC. They quite liteally, owe him for what his mod added to Dark Souls on PC. Without the mod he implemented, Namco wouldn't have realised the tapped market of PC players.

His DScFix also helped many players (including myself) summon friends easier. Before he created the fix it would take me and a mate almost almost 90 minutes to summon each other. His fix allowed to summon friends instantly.

Very short sighted of Namco to do this.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 23-12-2014 10:50am

Cravez wrote: »

I forgot to add, they should realise that Durante (creator of DsFix) is who made the game more enjoyable and accessible for PC Players. Without him and his efforts on DsFix, Dark Souls would never have been as popular as it was on PC. They quite liteally, owe him for what his mod added to Dark Souls on PC. Without the mod he implemented, Namco wouldn't have realised the tapped market of PC players.

His DScFix also helped many players (including myself) summon friends easier. Before he created the fix it would take me and a mate almost almost 90 minutes to summon each other. His fix allowed to summon friends instantly.

Very short sighted of Namco to do this.

Thats nuts, you'd think they'd be offering fellas like him a job. and why wait until now? I'd say something if he was charging for it.
next thing they'll be making copyright claims against youtubers.

Cravez · 23-12-2014 10:51am

Also another point, it was his DsFix is what got me re-playing Dark Souls in the first place. I originally played the unmodded version, got to Undead Burg and shelved it for nearly half a year. Reading about the DsFix and the improvements encouraged me to go back and play the game.

Retr0gamer · 23-12-2014 10:59am

I'm pretty sure this is a case of Bamco's lawyer brigade being overzealous. Lawyers for these kind of firms aren't getting paid unless they are working and finding bull**** like this gets them more hours they can charge for. Hopefully management sort it out and give them a slap on the wrist.

ZiabR · 23-12-2014 11:07am

Cravez wrote: »

I forgot to add, they should realise that Durante (creator of DsFix) is who made the game more enjoyable and accessible for PC Players. Without him and his efforts on DsFix, Dark Souls would never have been as popular as it was on PC. They quite liteally, owe him for what his mod added to Dark Souls on PC. Without the mod he implemented, Namco wouldn't have realised the tapped market of PC players.

His DScFix also helped many players (including myself) summon friends easier. Before he created the fix it would take me and a mate almost almost 90 minutes to summon each other. His fix allowed to summon friends instantly.

Very short sighted of Namco to do this.

That is crazy, some companies don't know how lucky they would be to have people like him working for them.

ZiabR · 23-12-2014 1:13pm

UPDATE: Unconfirmed reports indicate this was a mistake on Bandai Namco's part.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-23-bandai-namco-blocks-access-to-durantes-dark-souls-pc-mod

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2014 4:57am

Finally got to put in a few hours tonight. Managed to get through the dukes archives and all the way to seath. Them feckin clam yolks were wrecking my evening until I realised you could run past them. Seath was a bit of a let down after. Another boss where the tactic was 'get in close and wail away until he's dead'. started into new London ruins now .

Chris_Heilong · 29-12-2014 3:00pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Finally got to put in a few hours tonight. Managed to get through the dukes archives and all the way to seath. Them feckin clam yolks were wrecking my evening until I realised you could run past them. Seath was a bit of a let down after. Another boss where the tactic was 'get in close and wail away until he's dead'. started into new London ruins now .

your almost there then.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2014 3:02pm

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

your almost there then.

I dunno about that - I never finished demon ruins or lost izilath yet. do i have to clear out every area to finish the game?

Digital Solitude · 29-12-2014 3:10pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I dunno about that - I never finished demon ruins or lost izilath yet. do i have to clear out every area to finish the game?

Not every area, you need to defeat The Bed of Chaos, Nito, The Four Kings and Seath to get to the final boss

4 Kings come after New Londo Ruins, Bed of Chaos after Lost Izalith

p38 · 29-12-2014 8:38pm

Defeated the 4 kings last night and decided to try things I had left behind like take on the hellkite dragon:(. What a mistake that F**k*r is crazy hard cant count the amount of times he has killed me. Gave up on that and decided to take on gwydoline (I will have to invest in upgradeing my magic defence) he is kicking my ass also. Got as far as the fog-gate in the demon ruins (using an awful amount of posion arrows on the tauras demons). I think I must be near the end of the game after defeating the 4 kings find out later tonight.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 29-12-2014 10:36pm

p38 wrote: »

Defeated the 4 kings last night and decided to try things I had left behind like take on the hellkite dragon:(. What a mistake that F**k*r is crazy hard cant count the amount of times he has killed me. Gave up on that and decided to take on gwydoline (I will have to invest in upgradeing my magic defence) he is kicking my ass also. Got as far as the fog-gate in the demon ruins (using an awful amount of posion arrows on the tauras demons). I think I must be near the end of the game after defeating the 4 kings find out later tonight.

I keep thinking of areas I want to back to, places where I used to get my arse handed to me when I was 30 levels lower. The valley of the drakes is one that springs to mind immediately...

The_Captain · 02-01-2015 1:39pm

p38 wrote: »

Defeated the 4 kings last night and decided to try things I had left behind like take on the hellkite dragon:(. What a mistake that F**k*r is crazy hard cant count the amount of times he has killed me. Gave up on that and decided to take on gwydoline (I will have to invest in upgradeing my magic defence) he is kicking my ass also. Got as far as the fog-gate in the demon ruins (using an awful amount of posion arrows on the tauras demons). I think I must be near the end of the game after defeating the 4 kings find out later tonight.

The dragon is just a hassle to beat legit. It regenerates health and sooner or later, it's just going to fly up in the air and flame you.

Either whale on it from a distance with a bow, or stab it through the wall from behind

andrew18 · 02-01-2015 6:43pm

a bit scary, isnt it?

Digital Solitude · 02-01-2015 7:39pm

That Dragon and Artorias are the only enemies I had to switch up my fighting style for with my light-dex build.
Had to drop a +15 Uchigatana and a mix of armor sets, physically biased at 25% to a Fire biased 50%, two handing a crystal halberd.

Artorias was worth it. Fvck the dragon.

p38 · 07-01-2015 3:49pm

:D:(:D:(:D:(:D:(:D:( My emotions right now I just beat Dark Souls, I guess between everthing its taking me the best part of 2 years:eek: to finish the game. Gwyn lord of cinder was wrecking my head but I finally put him down. Probably a B**tch way to do it but I went round and round one of the rocks hitting him when i could. It was like the old scooby doo cartoons where you just keep running in circles:o. Now to start the Witcher 2 and then on to Dark Souls 2.

GK1001 · 07-01-2015 4:00pm

p38 wrote: »

:D:(:D:(:D:(:D:(:D:( My emotions right now I just beat Dark Souls, I guess between everthing its taking me the best part of 2 years:eek: to finish the game. Gwyn lord of cinder was wrecking my head but I finally put him down. Probably a B**tch way to do it but I went round and round one of the rocks hitting him when i could. It was like the old scooby doo cartoons where you just keep running in circles:o. Now to start the Witcher 2 and then on to Dark Souls 2.

you know what time it is....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v9ny0HT1gQg

Stone Deaf 4evr · 07-01-2015 4:39pm

p38 wrote: »

:D:(:D:(:D:(:D:(:D:( My emotions right now I just beat Dark Souls, I guess between everthing its taking me the best part of 2 years:eek: to finish the game. Gwyn lord of cinder was wrecking my head but I finally put him down. Probably a B**tch way to do it but I went round and round one of the rocks hitting him when i could. It was like the old scooby doo cartoons where you just keep running in circles:o. Now to start the Witcher 2 and then on to Dark Souls 2.

well done dude! I was hoping I'd get done before you but fates conspired against me over christmas and I didnt get to sink as much time as i wanted. Well done!

Digital Solitude · 07-01-2015 5:53pm

If you're anything like me you'll hate the Witcher 2's combat... Its such a drawl!

Congratulations on beating Gwyn though! Such a sense of achievement afterwards eh?

p38 · 07-01-2015 6:00pm

Thanks for all the congrats. Know what you mean about the Witchers combat dipped into it about 3-4 months ago and found myself trying to backstab all the time:rolleyes:. Gonna take awhile to forget Darksouls controls maybe I should just go straight to Dark souls 2. I see there is a thread for Dark souls 2 now i can b**ch and moan on that:D

mrkiscool2 · 07-01-2015 6:02pm

p38 wrote: »

Thanks for all the congrats. Know what you mean about the Witchers combat dipped into it about 3-4 months ago and found myself trying to backstab all the time:rolleyes:. Gonna take awhile to forget Darksouls controls maybe I should just go straight to Dark souls 2. I see there is a thread for Dark souls 2 now i can b**ch and moan on that:D

Dark Souls is the masterpiece of the 3 games so far. Dark Souls 2 has a lot of very unfair bit (ala Archers in Anor Londo). The Iron Keep comes to mind

Digital Solitude · 07-01-2015 6:05pm

p38 wrote: »

Thanks for all the congrats. Know what you mean about the Witchers combat dipped into it about 3-4 months ago and found myself trying to backstab all the time:rolleyes:. Gonna take awhile to forget Darksouls controls maybe I should just go straight to Dark souls 2. I see there is a thread for Dark souls 2 now i can b**ch and moan on that:D

I've beaten DS2 at SL1, and I'm fairly close to it in the first game, yet in the Witcher, after playing for 3 solid weeks, I had to put it into easy mode and cheese the healing mechanics to finish the last few levels, it just became so stupidly one-sided... Other than that its an excellent game though, don't get me wrong!

If you've a next gen console, or are getting one you may be better off waiting for Dark Souls: Scholar of the First Sin, its basically Dark Souls 2 GOTY Edition with better graphics!

Theres always Demons Souls if you really want to hate a video game

p38 · 07-01-2015 6:08pm

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Dark Souls is the masterpiece of the 3 games so far. Dark Souls 2 has a lot of very unfair bit (ala Archers in Anor Londo). The Iron Keep comes to mind

Great something to look forward too I must relearn the moves for my RAGE dance and curse song I preformed everytime the Archers in Anor Londo killed me.

p38 · 07-01-2015 6:11pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

I've beaten DS2 at SL1, and I'm fairly close to it in the first game, yet in the Witcher, after playing for 3 solid weeks, I had to put it into easy mode and cheese the healing mechanics to finish the last few levels, it just became so stupidly one-sided... Other than that its an excellent game though, don't get me wrong!

If you've a next gen console, or are getting one you may be better off waiting for Dark Souls: Scholar of the First Sin, its basically Dark Souls 2 GOTY Edition with better graphics!

Theres always Demons Souls if you really want to hate a video game

Only have a 360 but was toying with the idea of getting ps3 just for Demon Souls

Digital Solitude · 07-01-2015 6:22pm

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Dark Souls is the masterpiece of the 3 games so far. Dark Souls 2 has a lot of very unfair bit (ala Archers in Anor Londo). The Iron Keep comes to mind

Those guys are close enough to be killed with arrows or spells in fairness

The Shrine though. fvck The Shrine.

p38 · 07-01-2015 6:41pm

Is the DLC for Dark souls worth playing am I missing out on much.

Digital Solitude · 07-01-2015 6:45pm

p38 wrote: »

Is the DLC for Dark souls worth playing am I missing out on much.

It's very, very good. 3 of the best boss fights in the game, and some very interesting new lore. Plus its about Artorias. Who doesn't love Artorias?

calex71 · 07-01-2015 8:00pm

Also worth bearing in mind you have to progress the game to a point to access it, needs access to Dukes archive if I recall then back to the garden wasn't it ???

mrkiscool2 · 07-01-2015 8:04pm

calex71 wrote: »

Also worth bearing in mind you have to progress the game to a point to access it, needs access to Dukes archive if I recall then back to the garden wasn't it ???

Yup, you need a pendant then back to Darkroot Basin, around the edge of the Waterfall, kill a crystal guardian and then through the portal (the last boss, Manus, is the one who drags you in). The DLC is very good, even if they first few minutes are massively demanding.

The_Captain · 08-01-2015 5:47pm

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Dark Souls is the masterpiece of the 3 games so far. Dark Souls 2 has a lot of very unfair bit (ala Archers in Anor Londo). The Iron Keep comes to mind

There's nowhere particularly cheap in DS2 compared to the first one

Anor Londo archers, Tomb of the Giants, skeleton wheels in the Painted World
:mad:

In DS2, there's the stupid magic spammers in the Shrine of Amana, but they can be sniped before they aggro.
The poison statues are annoying, but they aren't going to kill you over and over.
Other than that, I can't think of anything really unfair.
The hardest/cheapest parts for me was trying to dropping onto platforms without either missing completely or rolling off to your death.

mrkiscool2 · 08-01-2015 10:48pm

The_Captain wrote: »

There's nowhere particularly cheap in DS2 compared to the first one

Anor Londo archers, Tomb of the Giants, skeleton wheels in the Painted World
:mad:

In DS2, there's the stupid magic spammers in the Shrine of Amana, but they can be sniped before they aggro.
The poison statues are annoying, but they aren't going to kill you over and over.
Other than that, I can't think of anything really unfair.
The hardest/cheapest parts for me was trying to dropping onto platforms without either missing completely or rolling off to your death.

Never found either of those to be in anyway cheap to be honest. I totally agree with the Archers in Anor Londo, but that's about it to be honest. Skeleton wheels are very easy to deal with if you dodge and you just have to take it slow in Tomb of the Giants! Easy enough!

Again, we can agree to disagree. DS is still (and by some distance) the better of the two games!

PandyAndy · 08-01-2015 11:53pm

Good job p38, go have a beer. The DLC is definitely worth it too

Digital Solitude · 18-01-2015 12:32am

Somehow managed to corrupt all my saves except for 2 on the PC.

My SL1 is the only one I cared about, and its gone. I'm very close to killing a man. God damn it.

Killed Nito and the Bed of Chaos only tonight.

Digital Solitude · 18-01-2015 3:27am

Well thanks to the wonder of a cheat engine I have managed to cheese my way back to where I was in a meagre 2 hours. Can't complain I suppose

Evade · 18-01-2015 6:49am

Picked this up a few weeks ago after playing Demons Souls late last year.

I'm on Gwyn in my NG+ and the only real trouble I had was those damn archers in Anor Londo, navigating the Tomb of the Giants, and Smough and Ornstein.

Digital Solitude · 18-01-2015 6:57pm

Now a Onebro it seems, tanked the 4 Kings, took a good while to kill them though.

Gwyn just jumped around me in a circle while I spammed combustion? Doesn't matter to me anyways

calex71 · 20-01-2015 5:11pm

New record speedrun 49 minutes

http://www.twitch.tv/kahmul78/c/5909155

Stone Deaf 4evr · 25-03-2015 11:41pm

http://www.polygon.com/pc/2015/3/15/8218879/dark-souls-lordran-map-picture-image

the map has been completed! seriously tempted to buy one of these

YouSavedMyLife · 26-03-2015 12:22am

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

http://www.polygon.com/pc/2015/3/15/8218879/dark-souls-lordran-map-picture-image

the map has been completed! seriously tempted to buy one of these

That's amazing. Except its not complete. Ash Lake isn't present

26-03-2015 1:00am

I rage quit once I got to blight town. I really would like to complete this before going near bloodbourne or dark souls 2 remaster.
I read you can skip it once you have the master key?

I need to load up my save and determine exactly where I am. Only thing is I haven't played in months....

Dark Souls

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