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Dark Souls II - First review
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Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Haha! Good... GOOD
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
lol? How is Second Chance not legit for duels? It was standard.You mean scraping spears, second chance, baby nails, and grass spamming?
Grass spamming in duels was the only annoying thing really, especially from hosts who had too much HP to be OHKOed from a backstab.
I always laughed in pity whenever I saw one. Poor scrubs apparently don't realize how bad the weapon was.
You are not alone. I totally make RP toobs too. That said, if the Soul Vessel is a once-per-playthrough item or something, I don't mind. It can allow one to fine tune a build without restarting over completely. I'll definitely still make tons of RP/themed characters again regardless.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Dark Souls II [OT] Crimes Against Humanity
Deified Data
Banned
Maybe they did, and realized that the only victory they can get over you is damaging your gear.
Sanctuary
Member
Clearly. Even though change was the entire reason so many people fell in love with the series in the first place.
Necromanti
Member
Hey, a lot of people switch majors in college. I like to think that extends to the worlds of knights and wizards as well. I mean, sure, maybe your parents have been pressuring you to become a cleric your whole life, but if pyromancy is what you truly love, then pursue your dreams and forge your own destiny.
They aren't exactly new ideas but i've never been so impressed with the execution.
Sex Change Coffin
I'm surely playing this song when I find it.
LegendofLex
Member
Meanwhile (and I know you mention them), you can abandon covenants whenever you feel like it--and keep the spoils. There's no way that nonsense would fly in real life.
What, what WHAT????
Is that real???
I'll have to
play as a male character
This is so gooood
This.
Veggy
Member
You won't be respeccing very often
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Still going with Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
Sinthor
Gold Member
Or, use the hawk ring (best) or just a bow period to shoot them. That'll usually aggro them one at a time. Or use poison arrows and hawk ring to poison them from a distance if you're patient. Takes 3 arrows to poison...wait till it runs out, then 3 more arrows to poison them enough to where they'll die. That's the cheesy way to do it anyway.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Dark Souls II |OT| Be wary of Dark Souls fans ahead
jacksepticeye
Member
Out of Working Order
Member
Dark Souls II |OT| GAF Nexus
Good to know, sounds like they're wrapping it up on schedule.
No, how about you post your list and stow the Von Oben Rhetoric where the sun don't shine.
Because I would love to see it.
Yeah and now they are afraid of moving from the status quo the first two games created. Besides, changes made to differentiate a new IP from existing ones are completely different than changes within an existing IP in player perception.
H3avyM3tal
Banned
The change is for the better. The core gameplay mechanics stayed the same. Notions of 'importance' to rp or choices are as absurd as the actual importance of choice in the beggining class.
Garcia
Member
Hmmm, hopefully the PC version isn't months but weeks apart from consoles. They're being quite secretive about it.
Ventilaator
Banned
Dude, where's your list.
Garcia
Member
Peer pressure? No, thank you.
Ventilaator
Banned
Sounds like a religious argument.
"I know I'm completely right"
"Why do you think that?"
"Because shut up."
i remember seeeeing that some guy translated japanese site and there was March for PC
Joei
Member
To those of you who are leaving long blog posts about your sacred roleplaying style, what were your thoughts about respecing in Demon's Souls? That didn't exactly break the game, did it?
I just don't get why you guys are being so very anal about it. If this game was truly about your decsions and consequences and all that garbage that some of you are spouting, then you wouldn't be able to create multiple characters. I wouldn't be able to experiement with a character, find nice weapons and armor, then decide to create another character and build up those stats for that play style I want to try out. Really, I shouldn't be able to do that if this game is truly about consequences and all that crap you guys are talking about. I'm PRESUMING this helps to alleviate the need for multiple characters (presuming, because I haven't played the game and don't have a detailed write up of how respecing is handled here). In all honesty, Dark Souls is incredibly easy once you understand how to play the game. I just started a new character a few days ago to have some fun and level up some stats and use different weapons than I did on my last play through and this game is piss easy this time around. It would have been nice if I could reorganize the stats on my last character, however I wouldn't have been able to experience the story, bosses and world again, so even if I could respec my character, I probably would have still just started a new one... very similar to what I did in Demon's Souls... the last one that you could respec in.
I just don't get why you guys are being so very anal about it. If this game was truly about your decsions and consequences and all that garbage that some of you are spouting, then you wouldn't be able to create multiple characters. I wouldn't be able to experiement with a character, find nice weapons and armor, then decide to create another character and build up those stats for that play style I want to try out. Really, I shouldn't be able to do that if this game is truly about consequences and all that crap you guys are talking about. I'm PRESUMING this helps to alleviate the need for multiple characters (presuming, because I haven't played the game and don't have a detailed write up of how respecing is handled here). In all honesty, Dark Souls is incredibly easy once you understand how to play the game. I just started a new character a few days ago to have some fun and level up some stats and use different weapons than I did on my last play through and this game is piss easy this time around. It would have been nice if I could reorganize the stats on my last character, however I wouldn't have been able to experience the story, bosses and world again, so even if I could respec my character, I probably would have still just started a new one... very similar to what I did in Demon's Souls... the last one that you could respec in.
Sanctuary
Member
Not everyone is complaining about the RP aspects. In fact, it's not even the majority of those complaining. And you couldn't respec in Demon's Souls unless you count getting soul sucked by another player. But it wasn't anywhere near as convenient as simply being able to do it on your own. I'm not bothered too much by the majority of the announced changes and how they will affect Dark Souls 2.
What bothers me is the potential for even more nonsense in the next Souls game if these "toned down" and "accessible" changes increase sales in any meaningful way.
On a side note, does anyone else think it's kind of ridiculous that right before the mainstream/casual/handholding explosion hit, we had:
Is history repeating?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
That's a good one.
Joei
Member
You can lose souls by getting soul sucked by another player, getting soul sucked by the 5-3 boss, or by death on invasion. None are incredibly convenient, but all are methods to respec if you want. I built a low level character in DeS, built him up then decided I wanted a certain set of armor and deleveled myself in a few hours (running off cliffs during invasions), then easily got the souls to build myself back up. It wasn't convenient, but it was respecing none the less and didn't take very long to do.
I doubt if From starts to butcher these games, though I understand your concern (I'm very concerned about the changes to backstabs and ripostes), simply because they've been making these kind of games for a while.
was alrealy posted. Developer said that the PC release is weeks away, not months
Sanctuary
Member
The Armored Core and King's Field games did well enough, but has any single title from either of those series sell even close to two million?
I don't know a lot, I've avoided most info, but I have got wind of the respec thing.
My thoughts?
In general, I'm strongly against the idea of respeccing. I feel like Dark Souls is a game about consequences and commitments and choices, whether it's at the micro level of choosing when to block or strong attack or backstab, or at the macro level of choosing points for strength or endurance. I think respeccing damages the overall feel of the game.
*THAT SAID*, if respeccing is rare or difficult, (for example, an item that's only available once ever in your playthrough) then it's not really that big a deal, and if it's the case that it is rare/difficult then I think people are being a bit overdramatic.
If it's a WOW thing where you can rapid fire respec at a moment's notice, then, uh, that'd be a serious crime.
My thoughts?
In general, I'm strongly against the idea of respeccing. I feel like Dark Souls is a game about consequences and commitments and choices, whether it's at the micro level of choosing when to block or strong attack or backstab, or at the macro level of choosing points for strength or endurance. I think respeccing damages the overall feel of the game.
*THAT SAID*, if respeccing is rare or difficult, (for example, an item that's only available once ever in your playthrough) then it's not really that big a deal, and if it's the case that it is rare/difficult then I think people are being a bit overdramatic.
If it's a WOW thing where you can rapid fire respec at a moment's notice, then, uh, that'd be a serious crime.