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Hmmm .. that shouldn't happen. I'd be careful on that bridge in future if I was you!
 
Just finished it for the 2nd time. I had decided that that would be it but then I changed my mind and will do NG+ as a black knight. (i.e. only with black knight equipment.)

There is a certain breed of person who keeps their level low but goes through the game and gets all the good equipment. Then they come back and invade people right at the start (i.e. at belfry gargoyle) when they are completely inexperienced and have shit weapons and armour. This is a cunt's trick. It makes a game that is hard at the start anyway loads harder.

Somebody tried it just then and got me, level 98 and in full black knight outfit. Must have been a bit of a shock. :D
 
I'm in the Dark Forest. It has taken me a while to get the hang of killing those big giant guys, but now I'm farming them a bit (since they regenerate each time you return to the bonfire). I haven't managed to get through all 5 necessary to pick up the goody they are guarding yet though.

Level 27 now, IIRC.

I did lose all my humanity in the Dark Forest, unfortunately. So I'm back to being hollow and with an unkindled bonfire. Annoying.
 
So you've rung the bell then? I think that is probably one of my favourite bits of the whole game. Great feeling after struggling for so long.

Have you summoned / been summoned yet?
 
No, not rung the bell. Not that far through yet!

I'm grabbing the odd half-hour here and there, so slow progress. Plus my tendency is to be very cautious anyway, so it's all very slow going for me.
 
For one reason and another, I've not turned on the xbox in a few weeks. I'm sure I'll get back to it soon though!
 
Up now for pre-order on Steam. With all new areas and things.

I really cannot stress enough how absolutely fucking brilliant this game is.
 
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This month's Edge magazine has a retrospective feature about the setting of Dark Souls.
 
I don't understand what that means. Why is it retrospective?

Welcome back kabbes, though. What happened?
 
tommers said:
Up now for pre-order on Steam. With all new areas and things.

I really cannot stress enough how absolutely fucking brilliant this game is.
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I have this for the XBox, but the controls and the respawn were pissing me off. I can do repetition to some extent, but it annoys me a lot when I have fought hard to get somewhere and know that to get back I have to do it all again. Its just a bit dull.

I might give it another go to see if I can get better at the fighting, its all about the timing of your defence/attacks to their movements. If I know that I have a modest chance to not die 100's of times a glimmer of hope is installed.
 
tommers said:
Up now for pre-order on Steam. With all new areas and things.

I really cannot stress enough how absolutely fucking brilliant this game is.
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I'll be getting this at some point. I loved it on the Xbox but I bet kb and mouse will make for a better experience.
 
Sunray said:
I have this for the XBox, but the controls and the respawn were pissing me off. I can do repetition to some extent, but it annoys me a lot when I have fought hard to get somewhere and know that to get back I have to do it all again. Its just a bit dull.

I might give it another go to see if I can get better at the fighting, its all about the timing of your defence/attacks to their movements. If I know that I have a modest chance to not die 100's of times a glimmer of hope is installed.
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It might just not be for you mate. The respawn is one of the main things which makes it great - the trick to it is that not everything respawns. Enemies do, but bosses don't, neither do traps and any items you get stay with you. The difficulty is also what makes achieving anything such a rush. The game is all about overcoming what at first seems impossible, and the respawn is part of that.

You're right that the combat is all about timing, but you also have to learn the moves of the thing you're fighting. You can spot each move after a while. And the weapons REALLY influence how you fight. A spear is completely different to a sword.

But, at the end of the day, it's all personal choice. I love it because it's the antithesis of modern games where all you do is follow an arrow on a map until you inevitably win (yes, hi skyrim) but I accept that for loads of people it's just not fun.

All I would say is that it gets easier once you get past the first couple of areas. Or at least you get better at it.
 
bmd said:
I'll be getting this at some point. I loved it on the Xbox but I bet kb and mouse will make for a better experience.
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From have kind of said that they don't really know what they're doing with the port, so it might not be great. I hope it is but....
 
In Skyrim, i don't and didn't follow the arrow on the map for 70 hours or more. I went looking for words of power and discovered many of those were great to do as they were double quests. Often went wandering at things in the distance and stumbled on stuff. Terrible example but I hear what your saying.
 
Sunray said:
In Skyrim, i don't and didn't follow the arrow on the map for 70 hours or more. I went looking for words of power and discovered many of those were great to do as they were double quests. Often went wandering at things in the distance and stumbled on stuff. Terrible example but I hear what your saying.
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Yeah probably not the best one I could have picked. All I meant was that there are no quest markers, no signs on a map to indicate a side quest or in fact any map at all. Nobody tells you what to do, where to go or who to speak to. The tutorial is some vague instructions scratched on the floor.
 
This made me chuckle. PC Gamer put their review up today. Gave it 89, recognised the port is bad but the game is good. Cue loads of comments "waaah! They've locked it to 720p and it's only 30 fps! I refuse to give them my money! Waaah! Waah! We deserve to have a free cake and a big medal saying PCs are great!"

So far, so normal.

But! Somebody has already modded it to take away the 720p resolution, updated it and given the whiny little bitches what they wanted.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/24/dark-souls-mod-fixes-prepare-to-die-edition-resolution-problems/

I can't get the "before and after" images to come up here but jesus christ.
 
golightly said:
Just got Dark Souls on Steam. Sooo... frustrating. :( Kind of addictive though.
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The start is the hardest bit. Just cos you don't know what you're doing. Lots of bits later are loads more difficult but you're used to it by then. Let me know if you need any tips. :)

Just remember - dying isn't important. It's just an illusion.
 
I might take you up on the offer. I want to figure it out for myself, but I often seem to make progress by accident. I've still not worked out what to do with the souls and humanity and stuff.
 
I was just tidying up my blog and I found this. It doesn't fit in anywhere else, so I thought I'd put it here.

When I first encountered Havel the Rock I was edging carefully down the stairs in his tower and I had a vague sight of something grey moving swiftly across the floor. I panicked, turned, and ran back up the way I had come. I may have been screaming, I can’t remember. I heard him hit the doorway just as I reached safety. I had no idea what he was, I hadn’t even seen him clearly, but I was scared. It took me ages to build up the courage to go down there again. And, when I did, he killed me in one hit. Whilst I was blocking. That made me laugh, just at the sheer front of it. I went back. He killed me again. I tried him again and again and eventually I learned how to beat him. That felt great. Havel the Rock isn’t even a boss.
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