Dammit, should have gotten the PC version then. Oh well, I guess a double dip down the line is in order.
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Dammit, should have gotten the PC version then. Oh well, I guess a double dip down the line is in order.
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I'm getting crashes every time I play including a couple of BSODs. The game is fantastic but a technical mess. I wouldn't buy it until they release a stability patch that fixes all the crashing.
The developer have mentioned in a twitch stream that they took notice of people not liking the CA, hopefully they add the option on PC to disable it without impacting other post-processing effect but i don't think they specified.
Toreal
Member
That was what I thought as well, played for 10 hours without one crash after the patch, but then I reached the endgame and its crashing like mad again
It seems to have something to do with the fire effect as I will crash during fights with mobs that use it.
So now I am stuck at a fight with
The lost brothers who are using lightning and fire
Tried verifying cache, switched physx back to the gpu, lowering settings but nothing works. Cant finish the game until next patch it seems
Sad to hear that. So far I've had no crashes on PS4, but the performance is otherwise unacceptable imo.
Surprisingly the consoles often run at 30 fps, but it really does not feel so when playing the game :-o
hmm did that
finally, quite short but some good chests there, got my 31 STR to use my axe (got some better weapons but they are of the "greatsomething" variety and im not a fan in this game, which is strange because I was in DS) so I think im about ready to finish the game. Theres a locked chest
Im sure I missed some stuff (
) but im feeling good about this run, got a cool looking armor too (
), a cool looking shield (
that I got in the
) so yeah, this is good to go into NG+ if I ever do
edit: oops just noticed theres a
. any idea what to do?
garden area in the locked door on the way to the graveyard
behind a wall in the old gardens that I have no idea how to open
Im sure I missed some stuff (
everyone hates me now so I cant finish the tattoo quest for example
Lords, looks the same of very similar to the heavy you get in the catacombs
one with wings
garden area
edit: oops just noticed theres a
ghost in the old gardens, wants to see his family
Sanctuary
Member
Nope. I got the same ending. And besides that, trying to give it to the Smith just has him refusing anyway. I simply didn't use it at all. I think the only time it's a factor is if you actually kill the last boss with it socketed in something. But that's not what Rhaknar was asking. Before you forcefully socket it, the dialogue text is still just an additional, generic "craft" text. It doesn't matter what you say until you actually socket it, even then you can probably still unsocket it before the last boss.
yeah I havent socketed it either. Sanct, any idea about the
ghost in old gardens
edit: I just gave the run to the Smith and he took it Sanct, its gone from my inventory
Inkvoterad
Member
After running with fist weapons for a while i switched myself up to a pair of shortswords i found, dealing 60 damage(+37) with scaling. I'm kicking shit and taking names, gonna miss that fist running attack though.
Sanctuary
Member
Maybe you have to try multiple times or something, but he gave me a line about not wanting it because it's too powerful or not being able to use it.
Inkvoterad
Member
well shit, i only played dex characters in souls games
Been playing Rouge and focused on DEX the entire game. I'm having shitloads of fun. Dex combat in this is much more based on parries and getting in timed combos than dodging and going in for strikes. Atleast that's how i've been winning.
If you get a BSOD your system is unstable, not any given game.
This is always the case, for any software (which isn't a driver).
for me he just took it /shrug. anyway, finished the game, 18 hours or so with lots of exploring but not getting everything. I loved the game but its far from perfect. IMO it will go down as another B-Tier goodie like Singularity or Darksiders.
think ill wait for some more patches, especially the option to turn off CA to tackle NG+
pop a ghost potion you get all your xp back. I never had to run back (except on the last boss, and I still had potions if I wanted)
ooh nice! thanks!
Diablohead
Member
I'm not fully against enemies respawning when you die but damn does it get annoying, same placement, same mob, would have been nice if enemy placements were a little random and mixed up every time you passed an area to get back to where you were.
Little things like that make or break these sorts of games.
Also Happy Halloween everyone lol
Little things like that make or break these sorts of games.
Also Happy Halloween everyone lol
Imo yes. I'm a big Souls fan and I like it very much.
did you have the same complaint about dark souls 1 and 2 and demon souls?
AkelisRain
Member
Yes, huge souls series fan except DS2.... This game is fun bugs and all.
I really love using the staff and daggers!
Staff really help in defeating the shielded enemies!
going to try out NG+ see how it feels, might do the tutorial area until the boss to see if he drops anything different
edit: hmm ok I did the tutorial area, including the spider cellar. No new loot so far, boss didnt even drop his fire sword, just a small rune. Dunno how many bottles you can have, I finished with 11 and now I have 13 in NG+. Mobs are going down as fast as the late gaem mobs in normal game were, Im probably overlvled tho. so yeah, going to leave this for some other time (mind you, I also didnt do DS or DS2 NG+, im just a "finish and move on to something else" type of guy)
edit: hmm ok I did the tutorial area, including the spider cellar. No new loot so far, boss didnt even drop his fire sword, just a small rune. Dunno how many bottles you can have, I finished with 11 and now I have 13 in NG+. Mobs are going down as fast as the late gaem mobs in normal game were, Im probably overlvled tho. so yeah, going to leave this for some other time (mind you, I also didnt do DS or DS2 NG+, im just a "finish and move on to something else" type of guy)
Sanctuary
Member
What does this even mean? I've literally had four BSOD since building this system last November. Two were when dialing in a stable CPU overclock and then two with this game.
I didn't have a single BSOD with this game until today, and I've had two in an hour. This was after simply having the game crash around 40 times during my previous clear using different weapons and armors. When looking at the resource usage, both the CPU and GPU skyrocket. Much more than with any other game so far, and that includes games I've downsampled (which I'm not bothering with this). Have you been following all of the crash reports with this game? There's even speculation that the DRM that's being used is constantly sending extra calculations per second to the CPU on top of there being a memory leak.
Hell, maybe you're right, but it seems only as far as this game being a higher stress tester than Prime, IBT or AIDA64. Which quite frankly is ridiculous.
Diablohead
Member
Never played them, I presume it's exactly the same in those too?
KCroxtonJr
Member
No new loot? There was a new helmet on the ground to the left of the door to the first boss for me.
guess I missed that, but just a new helmet sounds weird, guess the rest of the set must be somewhere?
This game sure is glitchy. I was fighting a spider and suddenly she starts run away the screen. So I keep going and when I reach her spawn point again she repops with full health.
Also, sometimes some enemies dont respawn after hitting a save crystal, dunno if its normal or not.
Also, sometimes some enemies dont respawn after hitting a save crystal, dunno if its normal or not.
PoweredBySoy
Banned
I feel like I need to understand encumbrance more. Are there certainly levels I should be going for? And if so, what do they give me?
Right now I'm focusing on keeping my encumbrance just below 50% max carry. Am I doing it right? Do I get a faster roll or more swings of my weapon?
Right now I'm focusing on keeping my encumbrance just below 50% max carry. Am I doing it right? Do I get a faster roll or more swings of my weapon?
The monster leashed thats why it ran away and came back at full health. It's also normal that monster don't respawn when you use a crystal.
Is there any way to beat the big dudes carrying a shield without using a shield?
I have no problem taking on every other mob while dual wielding daggers but cant do shit to them.
Looks like you cant backstab them, nor can you get more than one hit in after evading a combo.
Takes forever, with a shield to bash or counter its a breeze and over in 2s...
I have no problem taking on every other mob while dual wielding daggers but cant do shit to them.
Looks like you cant backstab them, nor can you get more than one hit in after evading a combo.
Takes forever, with a shield to bash or counter its a breeze and over in 2s...
There is three speeds. The weight status on the menu turns green if you have the fastest roll, white if you're in the middle, and yellow if you're going to be slow iirc.
What you want to be aiming for depends on how you're playing and what your stats are. If you're not using a shield you probably want the fastest roll for example. If you have a shield it's less important, though there is sometimes you may still want to roll. As someone who falls into the second category, I've been keeping it in the white.
Diablohead
Member
I beat that boss I had trouble with, just made dummy clones of myself and delt damage while she wasn't looking, feels like a weak approach to the battle but it worked.
*edit* turns out my combat complaint about the enemy auto rotating mid swing to aim at me was a bug left over from the video I posted above, now that I have started playing today I can side step attacks and hit weak points without the AI instantly spinning around to face me 100% of the time.
bugs, man.
*edit* turns out my combat complaint about the enemy auto rotating mid swing to aim at me was a bug left over from the video I posted above, now that I have started playing today I can side step attacks and hit weak points without the AI instantly spinning around to face me 100% of the time.
bugs, man.
gunslikewhoa
Member
How could anyone know what potions you've missed without knowing which potions you didn't miss?
Then you are really lucky my friend, I just simply can't progress any further due to constant crashing, despite trying out all the "fixes"
I really, REALLY like the game, and I'm starting to get really good with my Rogue character, but god damn it the technical issues are destroying my progression.
I honestly hope that the devs will AT LEAST implement and auto-save feature to this game, seriously I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see how much I can progress through the game without using the check points, but that's just impossible for me.
You said you beat the game in 20 hours? Well I'm at 16 hours play time and I've only beaten 3 bosses.............
I guess I'll just have to stick with watching let-plays until shit gets patched.
PoweredBySoy
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Thanks.
So does it only affect your roll? Does it affect weapon swings, recovery or anything like that?
Diablohead
Member
Jumps very a little, initial acceleration and movement change a bit, attacks only change on weapon type not weight.
I personally stick to the white value, being heavy in the yellow makes rolling near useless so you need a shield.
Stab does good damage if you have FTH up. Does around 375 damage per hit for me @ 20 FTH. Takes out a notable chunk of the boss's health at a good distance.
wtf thats more than Ram :O I guess it doesnt knock down tho
The only time in recent memory I can say that the PC version wasn't the version to go with was Dark Souls 1. But even then someone was able to fix the issues and now GFWL is removed so it is absolutely the superior version now.
For this game, the PC version is absolutely the best. Only issues I have had are a few crashes with those rolling suicide bombers.
As a fan of all three Souls games I would say yes.
stab gets the enemy into a backstab animation so you can pretty much go forward and attack yourself too.
Not sure but you need to really pump strength if you want to use the high end str weapons. For example, I have been doing a 2:1 ratio str:vit/end/fth and I have 28 str. I just picked up an awesome axe that requires 31 str to use (currently level 60 and at
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