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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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MagicWithEarvin
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How are the 2H weapons here?
There's a lot of really good ones.
Strange in Stereo
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Wonder if this is because Bloodborne, DS2 and DS3 share the same engine. I haven't noticed any issues though.
Iorv3th
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Haven't gotten one yet, but started as a knight and 2 handing the long sword does a good job at damage and breaking (not breaking but making them vulnerable) shielded enemies and opening them up.
MagicWithEarvin
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What's earliest one I can get?
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Got about 2hrs in. I'm loving it. It feels like DS1 + a bit of that BB speed. Truly the sequel we deserved. Need to get used to not having that rally mechanic though haha.
I'm playing at 60 fps on PC. I'm not one of those super incredible players, but I've been playing since the beginning. Parrying felt absolutely fine to me. I was able to parry the dude by Firelink 7 times in a row after a few tries to remember the timing.
I'm playing at 60 fps on PC. I'm not one of those super incredible players, but I've been playing since the beginning. Parrying felt absolutely fine to me. I was able to parry the dude by Firelink 7 times in a row after a few tries to remember the timing.
d00d3n
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Now happened to me for the third time
Most coop sessions are ok, but this is very annoying.
I've learned pretty quickly how to parry, in Dark Souls 1 PC, 60 FPS.
I'm still extremely unsure with parry in Dark Souls 3, after 40 hours.
Finally took care of both those fucking
I love it.
Edit: As for parry, I don't use it at all and it's something I've accepted I won't be able to master. So I won't bother losing health trying to do it. I was fine with parrying in Bloodborne though.
crabs only to get wrecked by some knight who two hit killed me.
I love it.
Edit: As for parry, I don't use it at all and it's something I've accepted I won't be able to master. So I won't bother losing health trying to do it. I was fine with parrying in Bloodborne though.
Sanctuary
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Started as a Pyromancer, then just decided to restart as a Knight since I was having to melee so much anyway. Got to
and decided to try out "hard mode".
My god Sorcery is shit, and not because of the damage. Miyazaki, in his infinite wisdom decided to increase enemy speed to up to Bloodbone levels at times (which includes swarms of enemies at that speed), without adjusting the casting speed of the Sorcery spells. DEX and casting speed items do not in any way compensate. It's just stupid. You basically have to use the spells on one enemy at a time and hope that you can kill them with two-hits at most before they are in your face and hope that you don't grab more enemies at the same time.
Meanwhile, running around with a flame katana or raw claymore = easy mode.
Also not sold at all on the look of the game. It definitely has better "graphics" than the previous games, but there's too much clutter for the sake of simply tossing more shit on the screen, without any artistic merit, and it looks like it was run through a greyscale filter in most areas. Some of the areas are chalice dungeon tier quality too in the way they look.
Farron Keep
My god Sorcery is shit, and not because of the damage. Miyazaki, in his infinite wisdom decided to increase enemy speed to up to Bloodbone levels at times (which includes swarms of enemies at that speed), without adjusting the casting speed of the Sorcery spells. DEX and casting speed items do not in any way compensate. It's just stupid. You basically have to use the spells on one enemy at a time and hope that you can kill them with two-hits at most before they are in your face and hope that you don't grab more enemies at the same time.
Meanwhile, running around with a flame katana or raw claymore = easy mode.
Also not sold at all on the look of the game. It definitely has better "graphics" than the previous games, but there's too much clutter for the sake of simply tossing more shit on the screen, without any artistic merit, and it looks like it was run through a greyscale filter in most areas. Some of the areas are chalice dungeon tier quality too in the way they look.
I had a lot of problems at first too with the dodging, in the end I don't know what I did differently but I got there in the end. I think I'm just rusty but the dodging definitely doesn't feel as fluid as it was in BB
You can farm the greataxe
from the enemy that uses it in the first area after firelink.
Claymore is also here, not one of the bigger weapons but still good two handed.
Area after has the Butcher Knife and Large Club. Great Club is also pretty early.
The fat mage church women can drop their weapon, basically a giant metal club with spikes in it.
Claymore is also here, not one of the bigger weapons but still good two handed.
Area after has the Butcher Knife and Large Club. Great Club is also pretty early.
The fat mage church women can drop their weapon, basically a giant metal club with spikes in it.
GlenChivas
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Seems a bit low to me as well. The Estus Ring in the tower above Firelink helps though.
ScottSullivan
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Did anyone else get the Season Pass Code from Gamestop? Normally I would never buy a Season Pass but From has a good track record with this series, but I can't seem to get the code to work in the PSN Store...anyone else having issues redeemning it?
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Gimme dat
I have a few big old 2Hs my Warrior can't use yet, need more lumbe..strength.
Black Knight armour! Tough son of a bitch
I have a few big old 2Hs my Warrior can't use yet, need more lumbe..strength.
Oh yeah, very unique fight
If anyone wants to watch someone who doesn't know how to play the game... https://www.twitch.tv/slixshot
Red Liquorice
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Just noticed one of the DS2 dead giant trees around the side of Firelink Shrine. Was just expecting a knotted tree, but tilted the camera up and recognised it instantly. Plus a locked door and a kickdown ladder. God I love a first playthrough of a Souls game!
UpDownLeftRight
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Ok, so where can I get my first greatsword? I'm kind of tired of the Uchi now.
I've finished the game already on Xbox One. Going to start my second playthrough on PC tonight - going to try to use the Uchigatana to start with then move on to some crazy 2H weapons I think. I love the Uchi's weapon arts though and I nearly only used the long sword or similar for most of my first playthrough. Going to go crazy with this build.
Regular greatsword -
Claymore
in High Wall of Lothric, where the dragon breathes fire. Just like Dark Souls 1
Ultra Greatswords,
Zweihander can drop in the area after High Wall, and the regular Greatsword is found not too far after (Farron Keep)
I lost a lot of sleep last week. Nights I stayed up til 3 AM and had to get up at 8 :/ All worth it though
Just got my steam code, can finally test the pc version as well.
seriously I'm thinking 'its so unfair I have to be here doing my job' then thinking 'whats wrong with me'
I stayed up until 10:30 and woke up at 14:00 to play again.
Warrior to start with. Strength/Endurance/Whateverthehealthstatis in somewhat equal measure. Gonna put some points into equip load now, though.
I gave up the idea of a SL1 run pretty fast after finding out this game plays so differently from Demon's & Dark (not played II/Bloodborne properly).
I've had it since the Japanese release on Xbox, but on PC with working online the game feels brand new. Game is pretty much taking over my life. I can't concentrate at work either
Audioboxer
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Woohoo found the first pyro trainer.
Red Liquorice
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Doubt the ring is any better than previous games. All the gifts were garbage except for the upgrade material imo. Unless the consumable soul gives a lot of souls.
SymbiantXenos
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3rd boss fight
Epic!
cursed tree
Epic!
Reizo Ryuu
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So I scrapped of the CD-key shit from the paper and LOOOOOOOOL I CAN'T EVEN SEE THE ACTUAL CODE! HAHAHAHAHAHHA
UI CAN'T ACCESS THE PC-VERSION BECAUSE THEY FUCKED UP LOLOLO
TJHOS MIGHT BNE THE WORST LAUNCH IVE EVER WITNESSED HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!
how the FUCK are you supposed to see the text that wasn't readable (i marked the readable text in red, the rest is UNTOUCHED. You can't see SHIT)
same thing happened to me, I had to guess a few letters.
it was 2k which is pretty nice actually, its probably the best gift
I really like this fight. I am curious to see what the consensus winds up being after more people play.
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