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Dark Souls |OT| So the industry might be mended
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You would think people would have a basic knowledge of how these shipping systems works by now, there is always a delay between the time your order is picked up and entered into the delivery system.
I have had orders still show "SHIPPING SOON" hours after I have received the item.
I have had orders still show "SHIPPING SOON" hours after I have received the item.
robotzombie
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Homeward Bones - Are there any penalties for using them, and are they rare enough so you shouldn't waste them in any way?
I fell down a hole in the depths and now I have no potions and only a sliver of health, and 5000 souls and 2 humanity :-(
Proposed Law
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Congrats, welcome to a small club.brandonh83 said:
MrMephistoX
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Did every pre-order get the free upgrade to CE? I ordered mine from Amazon back in May before it was announced the CE would essentially be a free upgrade and never thought to cancel my original order.
Lord_Nergal
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Nix said:
Target, Walmart, Kmart, Best Buy, Game Stop.
Really people, it's not hard.
Nix said:
If you are able to purchase offline and have a k-mart near you, they will offer a $20 gaming coupon. Make sure your local K-mart is participating just in case. You have to be a shopyourrewards member (which you can do for free online).
Otherwise, I believe Target was also offering a $10 gift card for purchasing Dark Souls. Should double check on that as well.
Then, there's Fry's Electronics (who don't accept paypal GRRRRRRRRRR) but have Dark Souls priced at $50.
EDIT: BEATEN
LuchaShaq said:
There was an in-game stat screen I think many people missed that had detailed info. Each category was given its own tooltip, etc. Most of everything else could be found in the game's manual.
And what some people call vague like the Tendencies, others would call charmingly mysterious.
It was awesome that there was some nebulous stuff there to figure out. It harkens back to how games used to be before we knew every single thing about them even pre-release.LuchaShaq said:
If you keep dying in the run-up to some boss, the key is to modify your tactics or try a new level, not keep trying the same thing over and over in the same fashion. The test of patience comes in not simply sprinting through the level, particularly to regain a bloodstain, or going into combat haphazardly without defending yourself properly.
Strategy comes in preparing yourself properly beforehand with gear, resistances, etc. Tactics come into play in the individual combat scenarios. The skill is in putting everything together and then executing in combat.
LuchaShaq said:
They are that way so you can't simply spam 30 healing potions in battle without a sweat. You have to at least gain some separation.
In Demon's Souls that was still overpowered since you could stock up on hundreds of healing herbs, overall. In Dark Souls they took steps to balance that out by limiting you to 5-15 healing flasks at once. The same drinking animation is still there, and you can still get smacked during it.
LuchaShaq said:
The story is there, it's just not in your face through dull cutscenes and endless exposition.
Clapton_Touchdown
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Hey guys, what would be the best melee class with the occasional use of a bow?
Warrior?
Warrior?
Im not sure if it was just the Best Buy I went to or the guy had no idea about a CE, but he said they only had normal editions for Dark Souls in the back. I tried to get the game early, so I had him check and he brought a normal edition out, but it wouldnt ring up to let me buy it. This guy works in the video game department and he is normally pretty knowledgeable, but he wasnt in the back that long. Other Best Buys maybe different, I just wanted to pass along my experiences with the Best Buy I went to.
I think it had the best story of the HD generation. All the well written dialog and celebrity voice acting in the world can't compare to the story in your head. Demon's Souls gives you just enough info through dialog, and a huge amount of atmosphere with the art and music, to create a wonderful story.RyanDG said:
TheExecutive
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I ordered the PS3 CE on May 15th and it was sent out at 1:28pm this afternoon.Reluctant-Hero said:
Square Triangle
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Lombax said:
Did Amazon offer something exclusive? I don't get it.
Lasthope106
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I think at this point the best deal for non-CE copies of the game is at Kmart with the $20 credit. Now stay away from my Kmart you bastards!
SpeedySwaf
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His dexterity's higher than average starting out, so I would think it'd be relatively easy to get him into using bows.Clapton_Touchdown said:
I wouldn't call it the best but it's definitely up there. Aside from the phenomenal voice acting and atmosphere, the game also offers long, text descriptions for each different world in the nexus. You can read that to get a basic understanding of the story related to each world. There definitely is a story and it's good.Draft said:
WOOT! My copy just shipped. I got in on the pre-order deal a while back where Amazon did a free upgrade to the collectors edition if you pre-ordered the standard edition.
Can't wait to dig into this tomorrow after work - I'm off Wednesday - Friday so I'll be relishing in death after death for 3 days straight
Dark Souls - It hurts so good.
Can't wait to dig into this tomorrow after work - I'm off Wednesday - Friday so I'll be relishing in death after death for 3 days straight
Dark Souls - It hurts so good.
robotzombie
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Anyone find any cool Dex based weapons yet? So far I'm just using the Winged Spear. Any early game Katanas or anything else cool yet?
I'm currently at
I'm currently at
the underground area of the city, with the big butchers who dual wield cleavers. I think it might be called "the depths"?
sixteen-bit
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Yeah, sometimes the site is just updated late.Cutwolf said:
Darkerkamikaze
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Mine just shipped seconds ago, was stuck in that limbo since this morning, hope everyone gets their orders.TylerD said:
cpp_is_king
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George Claw M.D. said:
I have RDD for my PS3 collector's edition from Amazon. Still says Not Yet Shipped, hasn't even upgraded yet to Shipping Soon, but they generally have high reliability so I suspect I'll still get it tomorrow as promised.
Ditto here. God, I hope it doesn't get delayed. I remember having the same thing happen with Uncharted 2 though. Uncharted arrived at my door before amazon updated their site with "shipped". I'm hoping that wasn't a fluke....TylerD said:
EDIT: Just checked my Amazon account page... It still hasn't shipped yet... I know everything worked out ok with UC2.....but oh god I'm getting nervous. Please god ship.
cj_iwakura
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Someone tell me there's no Scraping Spear equivalent in this game.
just found out that I can pick up my copy at midnight from the gamestop down the street, since the store I preordered at is not doing a midnight sale, just had to have it paid in full from the original store. Pretty cool they're doing that, but such a bad idea for me since I have to get up early for work. They didn't have any guides in so I just ordered one from amazon, shows delivery date of Thursday. Haven't been this excited for a game in a while.
piratepwnsninja
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My Amazon order just shipped. Email says:
"Your estimated delivery date is:
October 05, 2011"
But I checked the tracking number and it will be here tomorrow.
"Your estimated delivery date is:
October 05, 2011"
But I checked the tracking number and it will be here tomorrow.
Damn, should have kept my Amazon CE pre-order way back. Instead, I went with Newegg since it was cheaper. Now, Newegg sent me an email stating the order has been cancel since they only have the standard edition and gave me a $20 video game credit which doesn't currently seem to work. I'll probably have search for it locally tomorrow.
cj_iwakura
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SHIPPED!
Vicetrailia
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cj_iwakura said:
Meh, wasn't a big deal in pvp and wasn't there just one enemy who used one in ds?
My Demon's Souls story starts like this:
"In a world of fuck-awesome artistic design with DRAGONS, our hero Alterius Fump, a noble knight of the kingdom of Bolletaria is going to die, a lot. Death will come long and painful and swiftly and sudden. He will be killed by blue eyed knights, and red eyed knights and a gang of dreglings wielding fire torches as they jump at poor Alterius waving them violently. There will be incineration by dragon's fire and clumsy running that leads to falling off of cliffs when attempting to sleigh golden skeletons in precarious situations, etc etc etc."
For those that have rung both bells in Dark Souls.
I went into the tree. What an amazing area. Also my favorite enemies near the end. And when I finally went through the fog gate and saw the new area. Jaw dropped. Seriously the most breathtaking area in the game. For some reason I don't see anyone in any forum mention this area. I wanna proceed but the miniboss is scaring me.
BannedEpisode
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Mine is still estimated for tomorrow but not yet shipped.
Should I cancel and go buy it tonight at midnight?
Should I cancel and go buy it tonight at midnight?
The_Monk said:I will only have my copy between October 10th-14th, but I feel bad for all the GAFfers that really wanted the CE and are running into problems getting it.
So, here.
I have lit a Bonfire for GAF.
UMBASA!
I am on your side. I have come to face the Demons.
.... heheheh
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