Son Of General Retro Discussion

Dr Bob · 12-10-2011 6:42pm

ah sorry dino I couldnt resist...

DinoRex · 12-10-2011 6:47pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

By in your inventory do you mean humanity as an item? You need to have a glowy white number (bigger than zero) up in the left hand corner for kindling to work, as I understand it. I've only done it once, and that seemed to work. You have to use the humanity items in your inventory, basically, to actually make any use of it.

I only found out yesterday what kindling actually does. Now I want to use it all the time. Hmm... ten flasks...

Oh. So I'd have to use all my humanities to get me above 0 I guess then.

Enjoying it a lot though. Taking my time with it an slowly whittling away at it.

It really is an excellent simulator of what it would actually exactly be like to try and storm a castle filled with horrible undead monsters and demons!

johnny_ultimate · 12-10-2011 7:00pm

DinoRex wrote: »

Oh. So I'd have to use all my humanities to get me above 0 I guess then.

I think you only need one or so. Not sure how it all works TBH - and you can't expect the game to tell you

It is damn good though. There's an absurd difficulty spike after the first major boss, but once you get used to it it's Demons' Souls, but better.

DinoRex · 12-10-2011 7:05pm

I'm about 6 hours in... level 22 I think... And I've just gotten by the armored boar which I killed the same time he killed me, so I'm not sure if I got any spirits from it. While fighting we both sort of stumbled into the big burning thing and both burned to death.

Pyongyang · 12-10-2011 7:13pm

DinoRex wrote: »

While fighting we both sort of stumbled into the big burning thing and both burned to death.

Sounds like a Friday night in Balbriggan.

johnny_ultimate · 12-10-2011 7:15pm

DinoRex wrote: »

I'm about 6 hours in... level 22 I think... And I've just gotten by the armored boar which I killed the same time he killed me, so I'm not sure if I got any spirits from it. While fighting we both sort of stumbled into the big burning thing and both burned to death.

Is that the one surrounded by hollow warriors? The ones on the upper level are a pain in the arse. Boar wasn't too bad though - when I had finished all the others and went to fight it it only had about a third of its health left for some reason. A fireball or two sorted it out promptly :P

I spent my last big soul influx on magic spells, but they don't make it easy for the magic user

I'm fighting a giant butterfly but I keep running out of spells when it has about a quarter health left.

DinoRex · 12-10-2011 7:25pm

Oh I'm playing as a knight.

Was doing my best to lure it under the bridge so I could jump on top of it, fecker was hard to lure though.

Pyongyang · 12-10-2011 8:37pm

DinoRex wrote: »

Was doing my best to lure it under the bridge so I could jump on top of it, fecker was hard to lure though.

Now you just sound like a sex pest. What the hell kind of game is this you're playing...?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 12-10-2011 8:39pm

DinoRex wrote: »

Was doing my best to lure it under the bridge so I could jump on top of it

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johnny_ultimate · 12-10-2011 8:49pm

Nearly destroyed my PS3 there with frustration at one boss.

But the relief when I finally destroyed the bastard is a sense of smug satisfaction no other game can offer.

From Software are a mischievous, brilliant shower of bastards.

Jack burton · 12-10-2011 10:56pm

I saw some of these posts and thought it was a SOTC discussion, is Dark Souls similar? caus it kinda sounds a little similar

o1s1n · 12-10-2011 11:36pm

Oh joy, I just somehow managed to accidentally delete a 7 hour Dark Souls save.

CiDeRmAn · 12-10-2011 11:41pm

D'oh!

That's a pain in the nads if ever there was one....

I remember when a blasted xbox clock caused my HL2 autosave to disappear as well, I was well pissed off.

johnny_ultimate · 12-10-2011 11:58pm

Jack burton wrote: »

I saw some of these posts and thought it was a SOTC discussion, is Dark Souls similar? caus it kinda sounds a little similar

They both have a castle?

Dark Souls is kind of like playing Ico while someone is bludgeoning you repeatedly with a baseball bat. And if Yorda was programmed to stab you in the back every 180 seconds or so.

DinoRex · 13-10-2011 12:24am

Hmmm... Do I play some more Dark Souls or continue to try and update my iPad to iOS 5...? both are equally grueling tasks!

Pyongyang · 13-10-2011 7:57am

Daytona USA arriving on XBLA October 25th. Hurrah!

Dr Bob · 13-10-2011 8:33am

Pyongyang wrote: »

Daytona USA arriving on XBLA October 25th. Hurrah!

Never mind that , its out on PSN as well!

Atavan-Halen · 13-10-2011 3:15pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

Daytona USA arriving on XBLA October 25th. Hurrah!

Might actually buy some MS points for that!

Daytoooooooooonnnaaaaaaaaaaa!

Optimus Prime · 13-10-2011 6:49pm

Just spent the day out in Mondello at the Forza 4 event, got to drive around the real track in two different cars, was great craic.

pdbhp · 13-10-2011 7:49pm

keithgeo wrote: »

Just spent the day out in Mondello at the Forza 4 event, got to drive around the real track in two different cars, was great craic.

Jammy so and so, what cars did you get out in?

CiDeRmAn · 13-10-2011 9:02pm

Can't wait for Daytona, the 360 controller is made for racers, the PS3 pad not so much.
I wonder if it will be as good as the great DC version, it was outstanding, I have it and the DC wheel, must get them out in preparation!

unky chop chop · 13-10-2011 9:38pm

Yes Daytoooonnna.Now we just need original version of Sega Rally, Oh and Nights
May well be the first racer I buy for xbox 360.
Sega are really dropping some beauties on xbox live..long may it continue
Any good steering wheel jobies available for xbox?

Retr0gamer · 13-10-2011 9:44pm

Wish they'd release valkyria chronicles 3

Jack burton · 13-10-2011 10:27pm

I just bought House of the dead 2 and Typing of the dead for the DC, JAP versions. I really have no idea why I did this

Dale Parish · 13-10-2011 10:28pm

1 day closer to that car boot sale....

unky chop chop · 13-10-2011 11:09pm

DinoRex wrote: »

Hmmm... Do I play some more Dark Souls or continue to try and update my iPad to iOS 5...? both are equally grueling tasks!

Dark Souls is the work of the devil.It has many parallels with impossible retro arcade games..You repeat a part again and again,dying many times,until eventually it all clicks and you breeze through it..until the next stumbling block.Kinda like Radiant Silver Gun but with a +5 flaming mace of destruction.
It requires intense concentration
My bird officially hates me and the game now.

Poor woman is unaware Skyrim is on the Horizon:)

Pyongyang · 13-10-2011 11:23pm

Someone mentioned earlier about upgrading to iOS 5 and had issues? Or maybe I'm going mad and imagining it.

Either way, I've just upgraded my iPad first time with absolutely no problems at all. Extremely smooth upgrade, took not that long at all.

Have to now upgrade my iPhone 4, I hear that's the device causing issues correct?

Steve X2 · 13-10-2011 11:25pm

Zombie Pikachu

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Steve X2 · 13-10-2011 11:29pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

Someone mentioned earlier about upgrading to iOS 5 and had issues? Or maybe I'm going mad and imagining it.

Either way, I've just upgraded my iPad first time with absolutely no problems at all. Extremely smooth upgrade, took not that long at all.

Have to now upgrade my iPhone 4, I hear that's the device causing issues correct?

Apple TV 2 has some issues as well.
I updated my iPad 2 and Apple TV 2 and the Apple tv is dead and I cant find my micro usb cable to reflash it.

Was looking forward to test out the new wireless mirroring feature as well :mad:

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Pyongyang · 13-10-2011 11:33pm

Ah crap! I forgot, my Apple TV 2 needs upgrading too. Grr... Hopefully the stupid thing will see my iPad for use as a remote control this time. :mad:

edit: Think I'll hold off the upgrade for a couple of days after reading your post!

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