Demons Souls

AnCapaillMor · 06-05-2009 1:11am #1

Anyone hear of this? No sign of it reaching this side of the planet yet, anyway hearing great things about it. Just ordered it from e-bay, fecking pricey tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZTFKB5l3Ig

Vyse · 06-05-2009 8:16am

Yeah, have my eye on this one. It's only realised in Japan so would your version be in japanesse?

IsMiseConor · 06-05-2009 8:27am

From what I've heard it was realised all over Asia and you can change the language setting to English.

Gummy Panda · 06-05-2009 10:08am

I have it. You need to buy the Asian copy and not the japanese one. The Asian copy has chinese and english (manual is chinese but english leaflet).

There is a big review of it on Eurogamer that would put it into better words then me.

Eurogamer review

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2009 10:47am

I've heard nothing but praise about this game. It looks like a western hack and slash but supposedly it's more like a very slow tactical devil may cry were you may be slow but you have to learn enemy attack patterns off to get anywhere. People who have played it are already saying it's their game of the year. I'm really intrigued but I'm broke at the moment and by the time I can buy it it will probably be 150 euro on ebay.

As people were saying the asian/korean version is in full english.

AnCapaillMor · 06-05-2009 2:36pm

Got the korean\english version well at least thats what the ebay dude said it was. A cool feature i heard about is if you're online you can see ghosts of others players doing the level, so you know here to look out etc in case anyhing jumps out or the ghost give a hint on how to kill something.

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2009 2:51pm

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Got the korean\english version well at least thats what the ebay dude said it was. A cool feature i heard about is if you're online you can see ghosts of others players doing the level, so you know here to look out etc in case anyhing jumps out or the ghost give a hint on how to kill something.

It's a bit more complicated than that. Players can leave hints for you like if there's a trap and can help you out. There's also a co-op mode. The other feature is that you can force your way into someone elses game and take them on PvP as a dark ghost. It sounds intrusive but I've heard that it adds an awful lot to the game and loads of tension. There's also a system where dark and light are balanced on whether you play co-op or PvP and this affects lots of things like the types and toughness of enemies and even opens up new areas of the game.

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2009 2:32pm

I decided to treat myself and buy this game. There's a huge demand for it at the moment so it's out of stock until the end of May but when I get it I'll give some impressions of it.

F1ngers · 14-05-2009 3:43pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I decided to treat myself and buy this game. There's a huge demand for it at the moment so it's out of stock until the end of May but when I get it I'll give some impressions of it.

Don't know how you feel about ebay and Hong Kong, but here: Demon Souls

EDIT: Sorry, I just noticed it is also end of may...:(

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2009 3:55pm

Ebay seems to be the best bet if you want it quick but there's definitely a shipment at the end of may so I've my preordered. I can wait Fallout 3 and Persona are keeping me more than occupied.

Vic Vinegar · 14-05-2009 4:36pm

They have it on Playasia for under 50 quid (not sure about delivery) Has anyone ordered from here before? it's out of stock at the mo but should be back soon

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bp-77-1-49-en-15-demons+solu-70-36pw.html

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2009 4:48pm

The problem with them was that after the shennanigans of Sony effectively closing down lik-sang for selling PSP's abroad to europe, play-asia won't sell any sony products to europe.

Vic Vinegar · 14-05-2009 5:00pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The problem with them was that after the shennanigans of Sony effectively closing down lik-sang for selling PSP's abroad to europe, play-asia won't sell any sony products to europe.

Balls! oh well...

Gummy Panda · 14-05-2009 9:37pm

Yesasia might sell it to EU. It's Sony Europe that caused this **** as US customers have no problems importing. It's a damn shame since PS3 is region free.

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2009 11:34pm

Yesasia and everywhere else on the demons souls wiki are back dated until the end of may shipment.

Gummy Panda · 14-05-2009 11:40pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yesasia and everywhere else on the demons souls wiki are back dated until the end of may shipment.

ouch!

I guess i got lucky and ordered before the cult demand kicked in. Only found out about it from a lad on kotaku

/Strokes Demon's Souls copy

gloobag · 15-05-2009 3:12pm

I ordered it from eBay on Monday and it arrived today. It was about €63 including shipping. Can't wait to get home and get stuck in

AnCapaillMor · 15-05-2009 9:01pm

It's frustratingly tough, huge game.

Gummy Panda · 16-05-2009 12:02pm

What classes did you guys pick?

AnCapaillMor · 16-05-2009 6:20pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

What classes did you guys pick?

Started with the barbarian then i stated again with the knight. Too early in the game to figure if that was a good decison.

Its cool watching the ghosts of other dudes running around. When you die you'll leave a blood stain other players will have the option of clicking X on the stain and you see a ghost of your guy dieing, can be handy at times for sussing out traps. You can leave messages too, like beware strong foe ahead or hit this(trigger a trap for enemies ahead).

Very frustating in that when you get killed you start of waaaay back and lose all your souls. There's a few tricky bits where you've to time a run and if you cock it up its an instant death. Theres 1 particular bit thats driving me insane at the moment, it involves a series of 3 of these runs with some fighting inbetween. Whatever you do, do not let more than 2 enemies swarm you, very tough then.

xeni · 17-05-2009 2:21am

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Started with the barbarian then i stated again with the knight. Too early in the game to figure if that was a good decison.

Afaik the class you pick does not really matter in the long run as you can max out all skills in the end anyway (like 5 playthroughs end :P). Class seems to be more about how you look and what weapons you have at the start and how easy (or hard) it's gonna be for you in the first few hours of gameplay.

And as a bonus http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/demon-s-souls very useful

AnCapaillMor · 18-05-2009 10:19am

The knights armour is handy at the start. got the 1st 3 demons. the last 2 are quite easy to get if you have a shedload of arrows. The winged spear is an absolute must. unless you've a high fire resistance it requires suicide but is worth going for. Its on the bridge that the dragon keeps sweeping across. requires 18 strength tho. same can be said for the flame shield by where the dragon rests.

Retr0gamer · 18-05-2009 11:01am

Guys, my copy of Demons Souls arrived today courtesy of NCSX. They mentioned the slim possibility of a shipment in the middle of may so I'm using my amazing powers of deduction to say that the shipment arrived.

Retr0gamer · 18-05-2009 8:29pm

Grr... the PS3 is a ****ing joke. 20 mins install for a new system update, another 10 mins for a tiny update to the game and I'm just waiting for the mandatory install. It's like the C64 all over again.

super_furry · 18-05-2009 8:36pm

Never understood what takes the PS3 so bloody long when updating things. Games that take 30 seconds to update on the 360, take 30 minutes to update on the PS3 and god forbid I have to update the firmware. Might as well go out and come back a few hours later.

Professey Chin · 18-05-2009 9:25pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Grr... the PS3 is a ****ing joke. 20 mins install for a new system update, another 10 mins for a tiny update to the game and I'm just waiting for the mandatory install. It's like the C64 all over again.

Well if it annoys you that much, just throw it out and give me your Demon Souls. I promise itll never hurt you again then :pac:

Retr0gamer · 18-05-2009 9:41pm

No way am I doing that, just playing it and i can tell already that it's brilliant stuff and the online features are just weird. It's creepy seeing other ghosts of players wandering around and seeing how they died, it really adds something to the game and I've never seen it done before.

Oh and they weren't lying when they said it was hard.

Retr0gamer · 19-05-2009 11:58am

Hmm, I really didn't know what to expect with this game. From the look of it I was expecting some western rpg type hack and slash but it's a pure action game with a western rpg inventory. The combat is really good and grows on you, there's a lot of options from using shields, two weapons, projectiles, using weapons double handed, blocking, dodging or parrying. It's really tough as well in an old school way. You'll die a lot but you'll get a little bit further each time. Opening a gate in the first area to make my progress a little quicker felt like a massive victory. And I really love the online stuff despite not even getting to the co-op elements.

One thing I didn't like was finding a blood stain that showed myself dying in a really stupid way

It reminded me that I was a tit.

L31mr0d · 19-05-2009 4:24pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Guys, my copy of Demons Souls arrived today courtesy of NCSX.

I just tried ordering it through NCSX... but their shipping is almost as dear as the game? (about $62) Is there a way to get cheaper shipping through NCSX?

Gummy Panda · 19-05-2009 4:43pm

L31mr0d wrote: »

I just tried ordering it through NCSX... but their shipping is almost as dear as the game? (about $62) Is there a way to get cheaper shipping through NCSX?

That's insane. I paid around $62 for mine off eBay including shipping

Retr0gamer · 19-05-2009 5:09pm

Thats strange, I was only charge 74 dollars which came to about 55 euros for my copy

strange. I just rechecked the 3v statement as well.

L31mr0d · 19-05-2009 5:28pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Thats strange, I was only charge 74 dollars which came to about 55 euros for my copy strange. I just rechecked the 3v statement as well.

Sent you a PM, also here is a screen shot from the site

Gummy Panda · 19-05-2009 5:33pm

Did it give postage options?

Headshot · 19-05-2009 5:38pm

lads just came across this thread and bought demon souls off ebay

hong kong

Retr0gamer · 19-05-2009 6:33pm

Jesus thats ****ed up. I sent you a pm but I added to my checkout again and was quoted 10.30 dollars for shipping to ireland again

Gummy Panda · 20-05-2009 10:50pm

From Kotaku

From Software's Demon's Souls is heading West, with Japanese role-playing game specialists Atlus picking up the slack for North American PlayStation 3 publishing duties. The action RPG, already released in Japan, will arrive this Fall.

[soure]

I guess you'll still be importing but there will be a higher chance of a copy now. Smart move by Atlus as the game is already in English.

Retr0gamer · 20-05-2009 10:58pm

I really think Atlus are my favourite publisher/developer, they bring such great niche stuff over and I've fallen for the Shin Megami Tensei games as well.

Headshot · 29-05-2009 1:52pm

got the game today

really enjoying it

Kiith · 29-05-2009 6:07pm

Bought this today. Looking forward to playing it.

Headshot · 31-05-2009 3:05pm

can the game be paused and saved?

Retr0gamer · 31-05-2009 4:47pm

The game can't be paused due to the online nature of the game and it only saves what changes you made to the level automatically. You start at the beginning of the level each time but you open up shortcuts in the levels that make the journey shorter each time and there's a checkpoint after each boss. It saves those automatically.

cokedrinker · 31-05-2009 5:14pm

looks a sweet game... whats the best site to order this game from? - i've never imported a game

Hygro · 31-05-2009 7:13pm

Doh, I never realised that that gate I opened up during the first level would still be open when I went back!!! Cheers for the heads up, it's a pain in the hole getting done over and losing all your souls back at the nexus and having to fight through all those same enemies again. I've had a lot of my messages rated though ... which I guess is good.

The thief is quite good if anyone hasn't tried that class yet, it's what I'm playing as.

Hygro · 31-05-2009 7:15pm

Oh and I bought my copy from ebay

http://cgi.ebay.ie/NEW-PS3-Demons-Souls-Hong-Kong-English-Regional-Free_W0QQitemZ250429492127QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a4ec2cb9f&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

got it about a week.

AnCapaillMor · 02-06-2009 4:09pm

Definately like an FF game, really slow and tough to start with but once you get thw eight weapons and level up, its not as tough. Killed nine demons so far and the red dragon, plus the guy who handed you your ass at the start. i highly recommend sticking with the winged spear, keep all moonstones and upgrade it to the moon winged spear, also get the compound bow in 4-1 and upgrade it to the max, i'm taking on 3 red eyed knights at the moment with these and a purple flame shield +8 with no problems. Have'nt really bothered with magic, except total protection every now and then. You'll rescue 2 guys who will sell some good magic\miracles. Alot of the bosses are quiet handy by just using the bow and arrow and staying well away.

rossism · 04-06-2009 9:52pm

just ordered this off of ebay.cant wait till it arrives:D

Kiith · 04-06-2009 11:38pm

Hoping my copy arrives tomorrow, though i doubt i'll get that lucky. No doubt it will arrive on Monday when i have 2 days of work to go through

Headshot · 04-06-2009 11:42pm

Kiith wrote: »

Hoping my copy arrives tomorrow, though i doubt i'll get that lucky. No doubt it will arrive on Monday when i have 2 days of work to go through

mine came on a friday

Hygro · 06-06-2009 10:36am

Am I right in saying that the only place you can buy firebombs is from that guy who's in that litlle building, hiding from battle? Halfway through the first level? I think I need a good few of them to kill that big blobby thing that has lots of other blobby things protecting it. Phalanx or whatever it's called.

Retr0gamer · 06-06-2009 11:22am

Blobby thing isn't all that tough really.

Get behind the small blobby things and you will do damage to the blobby things. Make sure you only go for the ones that have been thinned out. You need to take all the small blobby things out before you can damage the main blob who is a breeze.

I wasted all my firebombs and the stuff that lights up your weapons on my first try but beat him without them afterwards.

AnCapaillMor · 07-06-2009 5:27pm

Anyone find anything definitive on the world tendencies, i've just got the false king and the final dude to go. There's places\weapons on everyone of the levels i cannot get to(in particular that gate by the very first bit and the big blocked sword by the dragon god), purely because of the worlds tendency, i need pure white.

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