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Demon's Souls is kicking my ASS
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freenudemacusers
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Yes. I wouldn't wait by the elevator, either. Go back to the starting area. Even in the heyday of this game you'd sometimes have to wait a bit, no idea now.
If people are falling for the old boulder trick then I would have to question whether Demon's Souls is the right game for them. You can clearly see the boulder at the top of the stairs before it rolls down. These traps are so obvious. If you are falling for them you are not being careful enough to thrive in this game. You should never be getting hit by traps generally as they are easy to spot.
King Allant
Member
Keep a distance from him, and either he rush you, which easy to avoid or he began charging.
The rush attack leave him wide open to attack and when he began charging, rush over and attack him. Good luck
Valkyria
Banned
I finished the game as a Royal. It's true that at the beginning is easier, but soon after I have to build up strength for fighting by sword too. Even though I finished the game, I feel like there is a lot more of it for me to explore. I rushed through 4-2 and 5-2, those levels were way too scary for me.
Maybe I should go to NG+, but it's true that there are a lot of secrets that are too difficult to find without a guide, specially everything related to world tendencies.
Maybe I should go to NG+, but it's true that there are a lot of secrets that are too difficult to find without a guide, specially everything related to world tendencies.
flyingmonkeywhoa
Banned
Demon's Souls is less forgiving than Dark Souls when it comes to boss difficulty scaling in NG+. I breezed through the first playthrough and then without doing much leveling up I ended up getting my ass handed to me by every boss character, especially the Flamelurker.
I REALLY hope that "Demon's Souls returns someday.
I REALLY hope that "Demon's Souls returns someday.
I have wanted to play Demon Souls for awhile now and seeing it on PSN for $14.99 I finally jumped in. For Dark Souls I played a Mage-Build and I was pretty happy seeing a MP meter in Demon. I chose Magician at first and once I reached the Nexus and saw how much the item to replinish MP was I was bummed-out 
I then read about the starting classes and saw that the "Royality" class starts with a Ring that replinishes MP! Can't believe the amount of souls saved just from that ring! Can't wait to get back to the action!
I then read about the starting classes and saw that the "Royality" class starts with a Ring that replinishes MP! Can't believe the amount of souls saved just from that ring! Can't wait to get back to the action!artorias the abysswalker
Member
I love this game....agonizingly close to the platinum too....don't know if I'll ever get the last 2 stones I need for the blacksmith upgrades-related trophies, TT
freenudemacusers
Member
Are you waiting for help by the white fog or the entrance? Also, sometimes people put a soul sign behind the entrance on the stairs etc. Of course if you're a really low or high level you might be out of luck.Stuck on the Maneaters. No one is around to help
H_Prestige
Banned
Stuck on the Maneaters. No one is around to help
What's your SL? I have someone at around 45.
Admittedly I suck at that boss as well, but it's still easier with two people.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Stuck on the Maneaters. No one is around to help
If you have a shit-ton of arrows, you can glitch them through the fog door and kill the first.
If you're a real man, use light weapon/turpentine/dragon weapons and don't lock on unless you're perfectly lined up with one of the maneaters. do absolutely everything you can to kill the first as quickly as possible. Warding helps too. Attack their tails to sever them and keep them from using magic.
You want to roll a lot, but only when you're not locked on. The first time I faced them, I immediately locked on and rolled, then flew off the tower before either of us attacked. The first actual fight, I killed the first maneater quickly which made fighting the second no more difficult. Intense as fuck tho
You can do it on your own; believe in your own mettle. Never let up, but never get overconfident.
If you have a Faith build, God's Wrath can easily cheese the Maneaters because they have so much trouble getting past that central bonfire in the middle of the area. I'd still recommend trying to kill the first one as fast as possible, but if you have to fight both at the same time, God's Wrath (with a few dozen spices) is your best friend.
You can get God's Wrath by bringing the Dragon God soul to Saint Urbain.
You can get God's Wrath by bringing the Dragon God soul to Saint Urbain.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I haven't played in awhile because of this boss fight. I had a hell of a time with the Gargoyles in Dark Souls, too. First major hurdle. I'll give it a shot tonight. The thing about Demon's is that items are limited. So it's harder to go all out. I'm always concerned about depleting my inventory.
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to go at it on my own and see where it leads.
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to go at it on my own and see where it leads.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Miracles are pretty bad in Demon's Souls, compared to Dark. The only exception is Second Chance, so leveling up faith to 16 is not a bad idea at all, but the rest is kind of garbage. Magic is OP, though.
freenudemacusers
Member
second chance is godly, but don't discount the troll utility of god's wrath, especially if you can hide behind the last fog in 4-1 
You are not alone man.
I gathered that just by glancing at the spell list, heh. Hence why I was gonna switch my primary focus from miracles to magic.
But I still generally prefer melee in DkS so I'll be looking for a good enchantable weapon. I was BSS all day every day almost as soon as I got it.
I don't want to do too much research 'cause that'll ruin it. Although I did watch someone stream the import version of DS a lot when it first came out, I remember very little outside of him dying a lot.
Dark Octave
Banned
I started playing a little bit of it and was doing fine. Beat this big monster without much trouble but then I got to this part with some ghosts and they started to kick my ass and I lost my souls. I wasn't seriously trying to play, just checking it out before I finish some other games first but I already got a little taste of the hell I expect to be going through with this game.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Alright, just beat Maneater alone! Thanks for the tips. I went quickly at the first with Soul Ray and then took out the second in a similar fashion, as well. I wasn't stingy with my Spices and stuck to the center flame. Very efficient.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Bump. I've been going 1-1, 2-1 ... 1-2, 2-2, 3-2... It's been fun but man, there are some good bumps in the road. At least I'm over the Maneater hurdle. That's about as far as I got today. Even after a couple of hours playing afterward on 4-2 and not making much progress, I still feel like I put in some good work.
My character is way more magic heavy than my Dark Souls character, who was melee only. Nice change of pace but I do find melee more satisfying.
My character is way more magic heavy than my Dark Souls character, who was melee only. Nice change of pace but I do find melee more satisfying.
Ok, so figured I wouldn't start a new LTTP thread since there's already so many of them.
This is the third time I've tried getting into Demon's Souls.
And it finally clicked on me. I'm 12-13 hours in. Have had my ass beat quite a few times, but this time I have persevered, lol.
I'm playing as a Royalty, and I'm thankful for the Soul Arrow spell and the Thief Ring because they have allowed me to attack from a distance and beat the first levels of the game with a bit more calm.
I have lots and lots of doubts and questions.
I guess one of the things that experienced Demon's Souls players like about the game is that they can keep on discovering things for a very long time.
But for someone getting into it, there's just too much stuff that I've had to ignore by now because I can't understand them, and have to hope that they become clear to me in the future.
Hope someone can help me answer some of them, or just start some discussion around them. Random things that come to my mind right now:
- When do I upgrade weapons? I have the Crescent Falchion +1 from 4-1 and it's pretty good since my magic attributes are the ones I've put most points into. But I just don't know at what point I should start looking to get another weapon and upgrade it. I can't upgrade the Falchion since I miss some shard or stone I need. But I have loads of unused stuff that this guy Thomas? is keeping for me. Should I bother upgrading any of it? Will I find better weapons just lying on the floor at some point further ahead? Are all the weapons potentially equally good?
- About armor, I guess light armor is better than heavy one? I bought some chain mail from some merchant in 1-2, and had to take it off immediately as it was slowing me down too much and couldn't run enough to escape from the dragon's breath afterwards.
- I've been using the Soul Arrow most of the time. Lately I got the Soul Ray, which is good but uses a bit too much MP to be a total replacement for Soul Arrow. What other spells should I bother to learn? Again, are they all equally good in the long run? Besides the Fragrance Ring, are there other good ways to recover MP?
- How do people beat bosses without using the Soul Arrow? I've relied almost exclusively on it for most of the bosses. The Adjudicator, for example? Or the Leechmonger from 5-1? I guess there's bows and so, but are they a good option? I don't have enough points in Strength to use them.
- I've read I should not distribute xp points in all attributes equally. I've mostly done Vitality, Intelligence and Magic. Will I screw up if I put points also in Strength? I want to use better shields, swords and bows, but I'm lacking points there.
Fuck 2-2. I've died countless times jumping from the platforms in the right hand path. And I also died in the lava from the left hand path. I guess I'll have to take the left path and be more careful, but so far this is the level I hated the most. :/
Also, I kinda hate to find "this is a safe spot" messages in boss fights. I couldn't help but abuse some geometry glitches (the spider from 2-1 and the Leechmonger went down and all I had to do was spam Soul Arrows from my safe spot). I feel bad for it, but at the same time, the game is so unforgiving and punishes me so hard for my mistakes that I feel like I'm in the right to punish it and abusing it for its mistakes, lol.
This is the third time I've tried getting into Demon's Souls.
And it finally clicked on me. I'm 12-13 hours in. Have had my ass beat quite a few times, but this time I have persevered, lol.
I'm playing as a Royalty, and I'm thankful for the Soul Arrow spell and the Thief Ring because they have allowed me to attack from a distance and beat the first levels of the game with a bit more calm.
I have lots and lots of doubts and questions.
I guess one of the things that experienced Demon's Souls players like about the game is that they can keep on discovering things for a very long time.
But for someone getting into it, there's just too much stuff that I've had to ignore by now because I can't understand them, and have to hope that they become clear to me in the future.
Hope someone can help me answer some of them, or just start some discussion around them. Random things that come to my mind right now:
- When do I upgrade weapons? I have the Crescent Falchion +1 from 4-1 and it's pretty good since my magic attributes are the ones I've put most points into. But I just don't know at what point I should start looking to get another weapon and upgrade it. I can't upgrade the Falchion since I miss some shard or stone I need. But I have loads of unused stuff that this guy Thomas? is keeping for me. Should I bother upgrading any of it? Will I find better weapons just lying on the floor at some point further ahead? Are all the weapons potentially equally good?
- About armor, I guess light armor is better than heavy one? I bought some chain mail from some merchant in 1-2, and had to take it off immediately as it was slowing me down too much and couldn't run enough to escape from the dragon's breath afterwards.
- I've been using the Soul Arrow most of the time. Lately I got the Soul Ray, which is good but uses a bit too much MP to be a total replacement for Soul Arrow. What other spells should I bother to learn? Again, are they all equally good in the long run? Besides the Fragrance Ring, are there other good ways to recover MP?
- How do people beat bosses without using the Soul Arrow? I've relied almost exclusively on it for most of the bosses. The Adjudicator, for example? Or the Leechmonger from 5-1? I guess there's bows and so, but are they a good option? I don't have enough points in Strength to use them.
- I've read I should not distribute xp points in all attributes equally. I've mostly done Vitality, Intelligence and Magic. Will I screw up if I put points also in Strength? I want to use better shields, swords and bows, but I'm lacking points there.
Fuck 2-2. I've died countless times jumping from the platforms in the right hand path. And I also died in the lava from the left hand path. I guess I'll have to take the left path and be more careful, but so far this is the level I hated the most. :/
Also, I kinda hate to find "this is a safe spot" messages in boss fights. I couldn't help but abuse some geometry glitches (the spider from 2-1 and the Leechmonger went down and all I had to do was spam Soul Arrows from my safe spot). I feel bad for it, but at the same time, the game is so unforgiving and punishes me so hard for my mistakes that I feel like I'm in the right to punish it and abusing it for its mistakes, lol.
FerranMG
I'm not going to answer all those questions as so many depend on other factors like playstyle, armor setups, weapon preferences, tolerance to farming/grinding etc. Don't be afraid to find out things for yourself. There are very few irreversible decisions in Demon's Souls (save for using the upgrade stones that you can't buy),
In fact given all the questions, you obviously don't mind spoilers, so go ahead and bookmark this site, it has everything you need to know and more.
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/
Regarding your trouble navigating the shortcut in 2-2, watch a youtube vid of how it's done. Really easy once you know how, and most people need multiple tries against Flamelurker, so that shortcut is a godsend.
I'm not going to answer all those questions as so many depend on other factors like playstyle, armor setups, weapon preferences, tolerance to farming/grinding etc. Don't be afraid to find out things for yourself. There are very few irreversible decisions in Demon's Souls (save for using the upgrade stones that you can't buy),
In fact given all the questions, you obviously don't mind spoilers, so go ahead and bookmark this site, it has everything you need to know and more.
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/
Regarding your trouble navigating the shortcut in 2-2, watch a youtube vid of how it's done. Really easy once you know how, and most people need multiple tries against Flamelurker, so that shortcut is a godsend.
Amazing how this game keeps on ticking and drawing new people in and brings back old players. Dark Souls improved on many things, but I miss out on the sheer brutal nature of Demons Souls at times and I start a new character to play through it again. I just wish I could go back and play Demons and Dark Souls for the first time. Dark Souls 2 isnt too far off, so Im sure I will play through both games several more times to hold me over.
@FerranMG
Upgrading - The basic hard/sharpstone upgrading is done in the Nexus but you will need the Flamelurker soul to tap into the other upgrade routes using the blacksmith in 2-1.
Armor - I've been using melee for the last couple of playthroughs so I just choose something that looks cool and allows rolling plus my chosen weapons. Unless you are building a tank build then agility > being able to take a hit.
Spells - Homing soul arrow with high Int will decimate most bosses. Using crescent weapons will regenerate MP (cant recall if this is with Moon weapons as well). Other than that, you can farm the octo heads after the maneater archstone to get old spices which replenish more MP than the usual sort I suppose?
Bosses - Hit, run and roll. Punish anytime they whiff with an attack (actually you should encourage this by baiting them and rolling). Buffing your enchantable weapons with fire or curse weapon will up the damage output. In addition, two handing will also bump damage.
XP - If it's your first run through then upgrade whatever you want recognising that focussing on majority on Vit / Int / Mag (maybe End as well) is a great PvE base if you are a magic user. The advice you mentioned is more geared towards PvP where players usually hover around the SL 120 meaning that it is important to upgrade as efficiently as possible. I would say if you really like a weapon / shield then level yourself up to use it and dont worry too much about "wasting points".
2-2 - The jumps are the quickest way down as you had probably already figured. Just turn up the brightness on your screen to help - works a treat. If you have the Cats ring then this will reduce the damage you take when falling.
Upgrading - The basic hard/sharpstone upgrading is done in the Nexus but you will need the Flamelurker soul to tap into the other upgrade routes using the blacksmith in 2-1.
Armor - I've been using melee for the last couple of playthroughs so I just choose something that looks cool and allows rolling plus my chosen weapons. Unless you are building a tank build then agility > being able to take a hit.
Spells - Homing soul arrow with high Int will decimate most bosses. Using crescent weapons will regenerate MP (cant recall if this is with Moon weapons as well). Other than that, you can farm the octo heads after the maneater archstone to get old spices which replenish more MP than the usual sort I suppose?
Bosses - Hit, run and roll. Punish anytime they whiff with an attack (actually you should encourage this by baiting them and rolling). Buffing your enchantable weapons with fire or curse weapon will up the damage output. In addition, two handing will also bump damage.
XP - If it's your first run through then upgrade whatever you want recognising that focussing on majority on Vit / Int / Mag (maybe End as well) is a great PvE base if you are a magic user. The advice you mentioned is more geared towards PvP where players usually hover around the SL 120 meaning that it is important to upgrade as efficiently as possible. I would say if you really like a weapon / shield then level yourself up to use it and dont worry too much about "wasting points".
2-2 - The jumps are the quickest way down as you had probably already figured. Just turn up the brightness on your screen to help - works a treat. If you have the Cats ring then this will reduce the damage you take when falling.
Tell me about it. I have a load of games waiting to be played (even ignoring PS+) but this game keeps drawing me back in.
I think back to the first playthrough and all that edging forward with a shield up... tense times!
Lucky you, getting my first pure bladestone almost made me hate that game, farmed for 2 months 3-4hours/day. Though i will go for my 3rd plat. trophy as soon as buy a JP version.
I don't know if Demon's Souls still has the blood warnings on the ground, but take heed to them...now my best advise is to never rush into any place anywhere! You will get surrounded, and yu will die. Take it a inch at a time, to lure out enemies one at a time. Also soul grind to build up your weapons
KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Seriously
storafötter
Member
I finally got play this game after what 5 years of anticipating it thanks to playstation plus. The game is as good as people praised it for in the past. I wish i did buy it back then when the Asian version was the only english language version at retail. The funny thing is that after the tutorial I got very far until a trap killed me, but after I died a first time I kept doing more stupid mistakes and dying a lot more before that point. This game really rewards your patience by not being too reckless. Too bad I tend to play reckless a lot.
I love the atmosphere of the game and the art style. The bosses feel terrifying along with the great dramatic music score accompanying the fights.
I was surprised at how powerful magic can be. If I knew this earlier I would have not gone with the class I went with.
I love the atmosphere of the game and the art style. The bosses feel terrifying along with the great dramatic music score accompanying the fights.
I was surprised at how powerful magic can be. If I knew this earlier I would have not gone with the class I went with.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
storafötter;68863706 said:
Don't go with magic, not because it's cheap or anything, just that Demon's Souls has some of the best melee combat ever in a game so there's no sense depriving yourself of it.
storafötter
Member
Well I was not thinking of relying too much on it as my class is melee based. I noticed magic is more useful at certain enemies than others.
It just gets old using items to heal yourself and just relying on combat sometimes. I do always tend to improve my stamina meter best since I enjoy swinging my sword a lot. Counter attack stabs are one of the most satisfying things to do in the game.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Most "basic" +0 weapons can be decent enough if upgraded, though there are a few genuinely bad ones (like the claws, daggers, pickaxes etc.). However, not every weapon can be upgraded along the Crescent path (which scale with your magic stat and regens MP, which is best for your build). But most can be upgraded along the Moon path, which also scale with magic and are a bit stronger but don't regen MP. A good rule of thumb to remember is that "dex" style weapons can be made Crescent (this means uchigatanas, falchions, kilijs, rapiers, estocs, flamberge etc.), with the exception of the spears (not sure why), but not "strength" style (longswords, axes, claymores, maces, etc.). However, almost every weapon AFAIK can be ascended to the Moon path, which is also very good, and a good alternative if you have a lot of moonlightstone but not many darkmoonstone.
The crescent falchion is good enough to carry you through the game, especially if you upgrade it, but if you don't like its moveset/range/power/whatever, I'd suggest the katana (upgrade it to +6, then to Crescent) or the war scythe or mirdan hammer (upgrade it to +6, and then to Moon) or maybe even the claymore if you don't mind upping your strength more (ditto on Moon path). The poles are better used two-handed, but they have exceptional range, speed and power (some call them the "noobsticks" haha, especially in PvP). The claymore is also ridiculously good, especially against multiple mobs when 2-handed, but it requires a bit more STR.
FWIW, the stones to upgrade the Crescent path are found in Shrine of Storms, you should have found some already (try to hunt the crystal lizards there). For the Moon path, they're all in Tower of Latria.
Oh, and yes, Boldwin won't upgrade along these paths (he only does basic+10 and Quality+5). You need to talk to Blacksmith Ed in 2-1 for that.
Absolutely. Always stay mobile. The meagre extra defense points you get from heavy armor are never, ever worth it... unless you want to gimp yourself. Which I've done, for the lols, but that's after beating the game so many times. ^^ Fatrolling is pretty much Hardcore mode, and Fastrolling is Easy mode.
The ring stacks with Crescent weapons, and the ring with a Crescent+5 is the fastest way to regen MP, but it's still very slow. Just stock up on tons of spice, it's cheap. Blacksmith Boldwin sells 'em for about 200 or 300 souls a pop. For old spice, the singing lady in Latria sells them the cheapest, at 1000 souls a pop, which may seem like a lot but at some point it'll be a joke.
Bows are good, yes, but you don't need them if you have ranged magic (or you can have like a basic one and use it without the requirements, not to kill enemies but just to lure them to more suitable terrain if you're out of lock-on range). All bosses can be beaten with pure melee, with some proper dodging, blocking and timing. Normally you would chip away at a boss's health, but not spam so not to empty your stamina but instead roll away or block, regen stamina and repeat. The most important thing to remember when fighting a boss with melee is: don't get greedy. In my noob days I died so many times because I figured I could spam just a few more hits, but instead the boss survived and I drained my stamina and was wide open.
Patience is the key.You've done very good so far. No, you won't ruin your build if you invest in some STR to use different weapons, so long as you don't up it too much. For a magic build, I would recommend not going above 20 str at the very most (if you want to use, say, the claymore 1-handed). I made a similar build to yours on my third character, a melee/mage hybrid (no bows) with a decent shield, and I upped strength to 18 to wield the uchi (this opens up many good shields too, such as the kite or knight shield, the steel shield and eventually the almighty Dark Silver Shield).
This is actually not so bad with a magic build. The giant bugbears are vulnerable to magic damage. Without magic weapons they take forever to kill, haha. I was going nuts down there on my first playthrough (which used a dex build).
Not quite. He needs the Flamelurker soul to upgrade unique weapons (those requiring Colorless Demon Souls), and to make weapons out of boss souls. He doesn't need that soul to make moon/crescent/blessed/etc. upgrades.
I object to the "unless" because this suggests there's such a thing as a "tank build" in Demon's Souls. There's not. In Dark Souls, yes, but not Demon's. Agility > heavy armour, every single time. Honestly, this is what should be told to everyone requiring advice for the game. The first advice to give is: don't fat roll!
Hey guys!
Thanks a lot for the answers. I've been pretty busy and haven't had time to reply back.
I beat the Flamelurker the other day and I'm not sure what do I have to do with his soul, but will look into the wiki for a specific answer.
Anyways, I'm glad to be able to keep on getting into the game. I'm at the gates of the boss from 3-2, now. Was about to get into the fog yesterday night, but I was tired and had around 15000 souls, so I decided to put it off. I'll go back to the nexus to upgrade one level, and then I'll go kill the Maneater is it?
BTW, I had one of this overconfidence moments yesterday.
I went through the whole 3-2 level crawling through corners and killing everything slowly but without dying.
At the end of the level, once the Facebugs are release, I was getting the hang of it so I rushed through some stairs. I find and hit a Facebug once and I think I can either try to hit it again and kill it, or go back, recover stamina, and go back at it again. Damn it, I know how to kill these guys. So I go at it again, only to see one of that gargoyle-looking flying demons next to the Facebug. I get hit by the two of them and I'm down and back to the beginning of the level, after a severe case of overconfidence-itis.
Thanks a lot for the answers. I've been pretty busy and haven't had time to reply back.
I beat the Flamelurker the other day and I'm not sure what do I have to do with his soul, but will look into the wiki for a specific answer.
Anyways, I'm glad to be able to keep on getting into the game. I'm at the gates of the boss from 3-2, now. Was about to get into the fog yesterday night, but I was tired and had around 15000 souls, so I decided to put it off. I'll go back to the nexus to upgrade one level, and then I'll go kill the Maneater is it?
BTW, I had one of this overconfidence moments yesterday.
I went through the whole 3-2 level crawling through corners and killing everything slowly but without dying.
At the end of the level, once the Facebugs are release, I was getting the hang of it so I rushed through some stairs. I find and hit a Facebug once and I think I can either try to hit it again and kill it, or go back, recover stamina, and go back at it again. Damn it, I know how to kill these guys. So I go at it again, only to see one of that gargoyle-looking flying demons next to the Facebug. I get hit by the two of them and I'm down and back to the beginning of the level, after a severe case of overconfidence-itis.
talk to the blacksmith in 2-1 (stonefang) a couple of times. sometimes you have to talk to him, then quit the conversation and then talk to him again.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Demon souls is kicking my ass in a totally different way. its making me want to smash stuff and I havn't even got it to load yet.
Its got something to do with shitty GFWL. I tried uninstalling GFWL and verifing the files nothing. Read somewhere to try unplugging the xbox controller and seeing if it will load then plugging it back in. Havn't tried that yet. Hope it will work. That will still be a total god damn pain. Maybe a steam update will fix it at somepoint. Ugh.
Its got something to do with shitty GFWL. I tried uninstalling GFWL and verifing the files nothing. Read somewhere to try unplugging the xbox controller and seeing if it will load then plugging it back in. Havn't tried that yet. Hope it will work. That will still be a total god damn pain. Maybe a steam update will fix it at somepoint. Ugh.
That's Dark Souls. Demon's Souls is a PS3 exclusive.
Games for Windows Live sucks. Sorry to hear about that.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I'm currently just starting Dark Souls. I share your pain.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Oh yeah. Still they are both designed to kick our ass I guess.
Triggerhappytel
Member
That's one of the things I found so refreshing about it. I've really enjoyed games this gen like Batman: AA, Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed II, but by God, they spoon feed you like crazy. Going from titles like these to Demon's was like an awakening.
Anyway, terrific game, best this gen and my third favourite game ever. I'd say only Journey and The Last of Us have come close to the experience this offers this generation.
I've finished Dark Souls numerous times, and I can run through it easily.
I'm now at a point where, on my first playthrough, demons souls is REALLY kicking my ass. Like, holy fuck. I am at this stage:
- SL 58
- Beaten Penetrator
- Beaten Dragon God
- Just got to Maneater on Latria
- Beaten Adjudicator.
- Not even started on Valley of Defilement. Got to the Leechmonger, frustrated me to no end. Died.
But yeah I'm at a point where no matter where I go, I'm getting my ass beat. Anyone got any advice on where I should tackle first?
I'm now at a point where, on my first playthrough, demons souls is REALLY kicking my ass. Like, holy fuck. I am at this stage:
- SL 58
- Beaten Penetrator
- Beaten Dragon God
- Just got to Maneater on Latria
- Beaten Adjudicator.
- Not even started on Valley of Defilement. Got to the Leechmonger, frustrated me to no end. Died.
But yeah I'm at a point where no matter where I go, I'm getting my ass beat. Anyone got any advice on where I should tackle first?
Same boat as the OP here.
Got to the dragon bridge and have died many times; my significant other keeps asking why I want to keep playing something where I die so often.
Picked up Dark Souls on the 360 as well - had a quick go to check it out last night... crikey some really dodgy fps during that very first boss fight.
Got to the dragon bridge and have died many times; my significant other keeps asking why I want to keep playing something where I die so often.
Picked up Dark Souls on the 360 as well - had a quick go to check it out last night... crikey some really dodgy fps during that very first boss fight.
I just started this game this weekend since I had it from PS+. I am enjoying it so far, and I wasn't having trouble with the game at all. I only died a few times to a red eyed knight before taking him out, but that was the only area I even came close to dying in. Then last night I got up to a giant spider boss and he kicked my ass...multiple times. Upon doing so he erased about two hours of soul collecting, and I decided to put the game down for a few days. I am probably going to give it another go today, but I am going to have to look up some strats or something for that boss, because that fight was insane.
Use magic. Armour Spider is now your bitch.
Triggerhappytel
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Funnily enough, I am exactly the opposite of this - I'm an old hand at Demon's, with over 100 hours played and the platinum trophy, but I got 20-something hours into Dark Souls and I just got to the point where I was getting my arse kicked every which way. I'm mainly on Blighttown, but my other current choices are the Catacombs, Valley of the Drakes and that place down all the lifts with the cursed spirits, which I know can't be killed unless I am myself cursed or have a cursed weapon.
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