Demon's Souls - PS5

Is there a recommended level to finish the game? I'm at SL78 and have about half of the game left. I did a bit of grinding in 4-2 to get the build I wanted.

F1ngers wrote: »

Too late now, but there is a shortcut,

beat the 2 archers + skeleton and roll off 2nd tower.

Only enemies left to worry about then is the black knight + crystal lizard.

They really really should be signposting this, I had to get through this level with black world tendency as well which was a ****ing nightmare

SomeSayKos wrote: »

When I wanted to deliberately go into pure black tendency I would use a blue stone, jump off a cliff, rinse and repeat. Usually takes around 6 or 7 stones to do this.

Finished the game at the weekend and I really really loved it. Sekiro is probably still my favourite From game as I love the rhythm a little bit more but Demon's Souls is easily my favourite of the 'Souls' series. Every world in it has a brilliant identity and atmosphere and the game feels like a perfect length whereas my criticism of Dark Souls 1 is that it outstays its welcome slightly (Demons Ruins and Lost Izalith in particular). Bluepoint did a fantastic job on this with every part of the game looking beautiful. I'm going to start my second playthrough this evening! Gonna go with a magic build this time for a comparison.

And although nobody asked, here is my ranking of the 'soulsborne' games. :pac:

1. Sekiro
2. Bloodborne
3. Demon's Souls
4. Dark Souls 3
5. Dark Souls 1
6. Dark Souls 2

I really really wanted to like Sekiro but it was just too difficult for me, I got to around the halfway point and just hit a wall. No summoning or over-levelling but it beyond my reach.

After that my rank would be the same as yours. DS2 is the only one I actively disliked.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Definitely more room to play around with builds too, although to be fair the more rigid mechanics of Sekiro have their strengths too - just different schools of design,

I think given my short attention span, something like the simplicity or streamlining of the Sekiro leveling/weapon systems appeal to me a lot more than the other games. I like focusing on my timings and strategies rather than taking the time to consider the stats/scaling of weapons. Again, this is probably down to my short attention span!

In the other games I find it hard to really fall in love with a particular weapon due to always wondering/worrying if there's a better weapon out there that I've missed or having to wait until mid-game to get a particular weapon etc. What I like about Sekiro is that the sword you have at the start is the sword you finish with and although there's scope to play around with the shinobi prosthetics the bulk of the game is about using your sword effectively.
In active gameplay I enjoy the Sekiro loop of being aggresive until you hear that specific sword clashing sound and then preparing for the timed parries. I think this why Sekiro has my favourite boss fights out of all the From games.
I replayed a good chunk of Sekiro yesterday and I managed to beat the first Genichiro encounter without taking a single hit and the experience was akin to playing a musical instrument and nailing a tricky piece of music.
Guardian ape's second phase is incredible satisfying because it's all about parrying those big awkwardly timed swings and then there's Isshin the Sword Saint which is hands down my favourite boss fight in any game I've ever played.

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Still yet to play Sekiro and I imagine on the PS5 is a good time to start but I never use parry in the Souls game and hearing Sekiro is mostly parrying puts me off. Def gonna try it soon tho.

Parrying is a bit different in Sekiro. I think a friend of mine partially nailed it recently when he said Sekiro is like a rhythm game rather than a Souls game.

Because parrying is a focus of Sekiro and not a choice it's built around parrying. It's mechanically different to Souls. It really is a little bit closer, in some regard, to something like One Finger Death Punch or Kick Beat where you get into a rhythm and react based on queues. Weapon flash means block/parry. Red indicator means sidestep/ jump. Etc.

Think of how Bloodborne was also built around its mechanics to give you something Souls-like but different too.

Is there a shortcut for Latria 1?

PopeVicodin wrote: »

That's pretty much where I am. It's a long run.
I doubt there's anything shorter given the proximity of the boss to the archstone, but thought I'd check in case.

If the run is that long just quit if you die and reload

Markitron wrote: »

Been putting 5-2 off, now I can't put it off anymore. Any advice?

Yes! I hope you picked up the down at the bottom of latria!

Markitron wrote: »

I did! Can't remember what it does though.

That section was really good, when the level started high up I did not see it going to a place like that, very Lovecraftian (except without all the racism).

That item allows you to move full speed in swampy water which makes 5-2 infinitely easier.

Markitron wrote: »

I left Boletaria after killing the tower knight, is there much of the game left from that point onwards? I don't want it to end. This is easily my 2nd favourite after BloodBorne.



Nice

Judging by what you said a couple of posts up in terms of your progress I reckon you have another 2 or 3 hours left.

Just finished 5-2, honestly after all the build up about how terrible it is, I was still surprised about ****ing godawful it was. I genuinely don’t know how anyone played this ****e at 10 FPS with no visibility. There was a whole area next to the fog door but I was hating it so much I didn’t bother and went straight to the boss, which was also a load of bollix

I'm waiting for the PS5 version of Cyberpunk. Have loads of time to play Demon's Souls. Lulz.

sticker wrote: »

Am I right in saying the proper PS5 patch is not coming until next year? Bit odd a move, but I understand the devs would be up to their eyes getting the title super ready for regular launch...

Yeah. Not 'til next year.

The main reason I'm waiting is because I've seen the PS4 footage and how barren the city streets are in comparison to PC.