I believe it's the one I'm thinking of, and I remember it only opened after I killed the
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I believe it's the one I'm thinking of, and I remember it only opened after I killed the
KCroxtonJr
Member
Definitely new loot. One of the messages on the load screen says their are some things you can only get in new game+ (I think).
Soooooo, about the skulls....
I went back just incase I actually did have them all, and I just needed to talk to him again after he said he needs one more, and there were some enemies right where he was at. So I kill them, and try to talk to him, but he won't....so I kill him, and get the ring that I was trying to get. Idk if that's how it's supposed to go down if you give all skulls or not, but I just wasted a ton of time looking for that one skull -_____-
Hate the way he insults developers.
I am sure you know this but his comments have no bearing on the actual quality of the game.
He rage quit Dark Souls and insulted the developers.He used duplication bug in Demon's Souls to get through the game because he struggled with it otherwise and occasionally insulted FromSoft too.
Sanctuary
Member
God he's fucking horrible. Those guardians that he's fighting were the most annoying enemies in the game initially for me too, but they weren't anywhere near as difficult as what he's making them seem. Although the game does kind of force you to actually use a shield against them if you aren't dumping a ton into Faith. He used to say stuff like this all of the time while playing SF4. I have no idea why he was ever considered "good".
I can't stand people who do the kinds of exaggerated incredulity that he does. It's completely fake and all for show.
Diablohead
Member
Made it up to the boss in the room with the blur swirl thing in the middle, the game feels better when you get more gear and start applying runes to them but eh, also that boss is whipping my arse and I feel rather good geared and leveled.
My personal beef with shielded guys or anyone with a sword really, is that they keep homing in on you even after they attack, so if you try to roll around a knight who just swung, he will still be facing you after the roll because he spins around on the spot. Stuff like this makes fighting front shielded guys a real slog fest.
My personal beef with shielded guys or anyone with a sword really, is that they keep homing in on you even after they attack, so if you try to roll around a knight who just swung, he will still be facing you after the roll because he spins around on the spot. Stuff like this makes fighting front shielded guys a real slog fest.
Sanctuary
Member
I just did two-handed power attacks until it died. I think I backed off once when it started having an
abortion
jim2point0
Banned
Lords.... I really want to play you. PLEASE stop crashing 
Always during the first boss fight....
Always during the first boss fight....
Diablohead
Member
Heavy armour, str and end are my highest skills so i'm rocking medium speed, polesword with poison rune.
I'll try beating it when i'm not tired at 2am.
Sanctuary
Member
Did you ever find
My Axe
Diablohead
Member
i'm still learning what some of the stat numbers from runes do, there's some obvious ones but then theres some % stuff, same with armors some actually have less physical def then the flat out def number they display, lot's of tiny things which add up.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Wow, watching this DSP guy... game looks great and fun and he goes "one of the worst fucking games I've ever played in my life".
I'll probably have to check this game out. Looks like it'll suit my tastes better than dark souls simply because of better movement.
I'll probably have to check this game out. Looks like it'll suit my tastes better than dark souls simply because of better movement.
jim2point0
Banned
Ooo. Solved my crashing!
Went to the nvidia control panel and switched PHYSX from GPU to CPU.
Went to the nvidia control panel and switched PHYSX from GPU to CPU.
There are a few things it does better than DS but I really don't think movement is one
Presuming you mean DarkSidePhil, you should probably not take anything he says seriously.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Fuck...
edit: nevermind
I'm at the point where you HAVE to do something with the Rune of Adyr, and it's 3 fucking choices and one of them is very different than the other two. Fuck I can't even cancel and bring it back later this is stupid.
edit: nevermind
once you try to use it, its just like putting a rune in a weapon or armor, and then you can just exit. Idk if the 3rd option gives you something special, damn idk if I should do it or not lol.
Diablohead
Member
If you can ignore the rather boring talking parts and npc's just standing around doing nothing but talk on a button press, the core game is rather good.
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Deleted member 17706
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What the fuck? This game doesn't save when you use those red check point things?
I beat the Commander (2nd boss) and was in a hurry to leave the house so I went back and used the check point thing, waited a couple of seconds and then exited the game.
I just booted it up again and I'm at where it saved right before the boss.
How do you force a save in this game?
I beat the Commander (2nd boss) and was in a hurry to leave the house so I went back and used the check point thing, waited a couple of seconds and then exited the game.
I just booted it up again and I'm at where it saved right before the boss.
How do you force a save in this game?
jim2point0
Banned
Finally beat the first boss with no crashes. This room was gorgeous.
It should. Use Y to "use" the checkpoint, which restores potions and whatnot. Also saves when you die.
That right there is what the general public probably thinks most gamers are like.
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Deleted member 17706
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Definitely pressed Y. It refilled my health and potions and I waited a few seconds just to be safe before quitting out.
Must be another bug, then.
PoweredBySoy
Banned
So this is kind of driving me crazy. I'm always coming across doors that are locked. Now, in general, do I need to be exploring the immediate zone to find the key or 'key' to get by these doors, or are these generally things I'll come back to later in the game??
Half and half it seems like at least early on. Though most of them seem to be more of the "go around and unbar the door from the other side" diversions rather than actual keys.
I was addressing somebody's post which concerned this, thus I responded.
As for Lords, it's alright and I like it. More than DkS2, especially if they can fix the hitbox issue timely.
Freezasaurus
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Anyone have any good strategies for Boss #4 (
)? I got him down to about half on my first try, which I think was decent considering I had no plan and it was just a learning experience.
Infiltrator
PoweredBySoy
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Well that's just about the worst answer you could have given my OCD.
Windom Earle
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jim2point0
Banned
♪ I'm too sexy for my shirt ♪
he could had just ran past them >.>
KCroxtonJr
Member
Noooo I beat it without wanting to lol. dammit I should have known that would be the end :/
In the end, I think I'd give the game a solid 8.5, maybe even a 9 if I throw some bugs out of the equation. Really enjoyed the game!
Kinda bummed out on the whole you can't continue past the third playthrough, with so many secrets and choices I feel like I may need more lol, I'm already thinking about all of the stuff I know I passed, like not exploring that end game area mentioned in that dev response vid ahh.
In the end, I think I'd give the game a solid 8.5, maybe even a 9 if I throw some bugs out of the equation. Really enjoyed the game!
Kinda bummed out on the whole you can't continue past the third playthrough, with so many secrets and choices I feel like I may need more lol, I'm already thinking about all of the stuff I know I passed, like not exploring that end game area mentioned in that dev response vid ahh.
Well at least he rage quit for legit reasons this time.
The game is filled with so many bugs, I'm beyond annoyed myself to be honest, otherwise an awesome game.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Hmm, idk if i'd say the game was FILLED with bugs, but the ones that do tend to happen maybe stand out more than the usual bugs in games. I just finished the game at ~20 hours of game time, and ran into maybe 2 or 3 bugs I really noticed.
Sanctuary
Member
Man, what the hell is up with the last fight? ALL of the bosses were super easy until now, and it's not even a matter of "not getting" what I'm supposed to be doing. The camera completely fucks you over in a major way and you end up constantly getting hit for massive amounts of unavoidable damage (rolling only helps so much when you can't see where this shit spawns and seemingly tracks you).
Not really.
Bugs are just an excuse for him to not play a relatively difficult game.
He hates difficult games in general.Including Dark Souls and Demon's Souls and ,recently, RE3.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Nope, and I was just about to search around for ways to but accidentally beat the game lol.
I only died once on him before I beat him, but yeah he has some cheap moves. Two of them seem completely unavoidable, I tried a bunch of stuff but never was able to not get hit by the
fire trails that come out of nowhere, and that red fog shit.
edit: does anybody know where the saves are located?
SlasherJPC
Banned
He said zombieu was a piece of shit to. Guy just sucks at games.
DSP was lost in the tutorial and questioned who Kaslo was despite watching the cutscenes, so yeah. I mean, the bugs are pretty bad especially with the Commander boss, but he's overly negative because that's basically his personality, has no sense of awareness or common sense and doesn't even bother to learn what the buttons do or pay attention to tutorial tooltips. I've been watching DSP for years. It's fun to laugh at his bewilderment of basic mechanics, but he's a poor sport and can't be taken seriously at all.
Man it almost burn. I want to open them so bad >_>
Sanctuary
Member
That is the bullshit that kept killing me. I died on him three times, and every single time he was at half health or less, and then I would just end up losing 30% health, then another 30% health, then tried to drink a potion...dead.
I'm not sure if the
Ayr
fire resist consummable
My stats showed that I only tried each boss once, except the Worshiper, who I had to do twice, due to not knowing about a specific attack. And then the last boss I had to do four times just because of random shit.
If you mean the door in the Memorial area next to the save crystal, you pretty much have to wait until right before the last fight, and it's totally not worth what's down there either. You already should have much better. Not sure which door you're talking about that's in the first breakable wall though.
You're too kind. I think I'd give it a 7/10 at best, but the overall experience was more like a 4/10 due to all of the crashes. Even habitually using save crystals didn't really negate the feeling that at any moment the game would crash. No game should have to be played like that.
I thought the whole "grimdark" weapons, armor and enemies transplanted on a super generic "high fantasy" backdrop just clashed way too much. The overall level design left much to be desired in both looks and construction, plus it was actually very small. They just have a bunch of winding stairs, or paths that loop back into themselves until you can unlock shortcuts. The weapons looked cool, but as far as STR weapons go, they were all pretty much boring aside from a handful. Most were simply redundant or just vastly underpowered. The UI was pretty bad in a [placeholder] way, and the magic "trees" were laughable in terms of variety. 2/4 of each school works the same for the most part. I'm also not even sure if it's possible to play a "pure" Faith build with low STR and still have a shield that can actually do anything since it seems like the lowest stat shield that's any good requires 15 agility.
Of all the things that really annoyed me though, the physics and poise were the worst. You have to have an absurd amount of poise before even the lightest hits no longer stagger you. What is even worse than that though, is that you can do a jumping R2 attack while two-handing a weapon, be in heavy as fuck armor and a human rogue can swat you out of the air with a dagger thrust??! Yeah, okay...
Yea that fight was incredibly stupid and is made harder in the laziest ways possible.
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Deleted member 17706
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On the third boss. I don't think I like this game. The controls and hit windows and stuff just doesn't feel tight enough.
Cheap adds in a boss fight annoy the shit out of me, too. Was kind of liking it up until this point, but now I think I regret the purchase.
Cheap adds in a boss fight annoy the shit out of me, too. Was kind of liking it up until this point, but now I think I regret the purchase.
Sanctuary
Member
There is a gimmick to that fight that kind of trivializes it.
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Deleted member 17706
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Not at all, in my opinion. Maybe I just suck. This guy is too unreliable. Sometimes he'll chain summon adds and I don't have enough magic to shoot down the eggs before they hatch. Either that or the target locking won't work how I want it do.
Getting him to follow you to the shrines without dicking around and summoning shit has not been going well for me.
Furthermore, if you fight the adds in the open, you're more than likely to get nailed by a ground spike or obliterated by his overpowered grenades. Fight them in the shrines and the camera goes crazy making it extremely difficult.
edit: nevermind, finished it...
I still feel it's more that I got lucky and he didn't summon as much or cheese me with his usual tactics than I actually got better at the fight. Oh, well.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Hmm, maybe it would be more accurate if I said I give my experience a solid 8.5/9. It kept me hooked the entire time (well except the part where I ran around looking for a skull for no reason), and I played longer than the expected ~12 play time (8 hours longer to be exact). The few issues I encountered didn't really affect me at all, and I'd only knock of a point or two because of the bosses not being anything special. I actually really enjoyed the environments, it was just more of a "focused" approach on a few areas rather than a bunch of areas that you get through fairly quick. Different than Dark Souls, but not worse. The environments went together with what the story was telling pretty well IMO. I didn't have any problems with the art direction, it was more appealing to me than many other recent games, yeah there could have been more variety but it wasn't bad.
But yeah as I said earlier, I think I rate it so high because of my personal experience, I love playing the heavy warrior with a giant shield that just wrecks shit, and I was able to play exactly that. I also kept my stats to the point where I was able to equip the strongest and heaviest armor while still being able to medium roll. I had a lot of fun playing like this, and like I said the only thing that let me down during my playthrough was the bosses.
I'll have to try out different playstyles to more accurately rate the game I guess, I can't see it going lower than an 8 though. Really hope the game sells well, and these guys get to make another game, maybe not a straight Lords of the Fallen sequel, but something that improves upon their own version of the Souls formula.