demon souls review

[T.Dot]

fuck that the Vanguard raped me with one blow, but I got to the Nexus after, I guess I can't do the tutorial again?

 

[BazookaJoe5]

You aren't supposed* to kill him. Can only do the tutorial once per character, but if you make a new toon you can then do it again.

* You CAN kill him though, you have to run in fast and get behind him, move out and back in when he does the butt stomp thing, and just circling around him and keep at it. Not much point to it other than to prove you can, you just die automatically in the area after him.

 

[T.Dot]

So I chose to be a barbarian to start, I made it through the tutorial easily but like I posted had tons of trouble with that Vanguard.
I went to the Nexus and jumped off the top of the stairs a couple times (lol) and then went to the Bolteria castle.
Got through pretty far and got some random sword but died after some fire flinger surprised me on the stairs.
It's all good through cause I'm loving this game so far, gonna go chill for a bit then play tonight because I'm sick so I can't go out

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

bump bump bump it up

picked this up the other day. really enjoying it so far. been a while since i've played a good dungeon crawler, and its a welcome break from just playing FPS's. decided to go with a temple knight and got through 1-1 in a couple hours. got fucked up by the blue demon once or twice but then i showed him whats up. skimmed through the thread and figured it was a good idea to stay away from the red knight. anyone still playing this? id love to play some co-op. im not even sure what level i am but i know its pretty low.

 

[Twigg4075]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Wolo is a certified BEAST!

 

[Maynard]

I just got my platinum on this game last night!

what do u mean?

 

[Maynard]

geez...that went right over my head. i dont know much about the ps3 trophy system, but i assume platinum are the best...which means twigg is right about you being a beast.....that game, getting platinum must have been a bitch

 

[Twigg4075]

geez...that went right over my head. i dont know much about the ps3 trophy system, but i assume platinum are the best...which means twigg is right about you being a beast.....that game, getting platinum must have been a bitch

Platinum is the equivalent to getting all 1000 points in a 360 game. It's a little different because when you get all of the trophies in a PS3 game you get an extra, Platinum, trophy.

I'm pretty sure I have ZERO Platinums.

 

[BazookaJoe5]

I finally killed the Tower Knight today with some help from eb1920, which is the first boss I've beaten other than the Phalanx since I've had the game, LOL.

I am playing as a Hunter now and enjoying it more. The mobility is much better and makes it a lot easier for me than it was playing as a Knight or Templar, my first two toons.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

welp it only took me two straight hours of dying but i finally beat that fucking tower knight. never have i played a game so frustrating yet so satisfying at the same time. the game pisses you off so much you dont stop until you beat whatever it is your trying to beat. the game is so good i just dont want to give up on it and now im finally getting new weapons/upgrading and upping my stats but i can only imagine how insanely hard the game is later on.

 

[Maynard]

i felt the same way. But eventually my frustration took over. I hope that doesnt happen for you cause its a awesome game

 

[BazookaJoe5]

If you thought Tower Knight was hard (I did too), wait till you fight the boss of 2-2, Flamelurker I believe his name is. He feeds on your tears.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

shiiit. ive played over 10 hours and im still only at level 18. goes to show how much ive died haha

If you thought Tower Knight was hard (I did too), wait till you fight the boss of 2-2, Flamelurker I believe his name is. He feeds on your tears.

hes actually quite easy once you get the pattern down. i would try to stand behind him the whole time and he would do the jump back move and fuck me up or something cheesy where i would get stuck when he was falling down and get sqaushed but now when i help other people beat him i can do it no problem. only took me getting killed by him 10 times in a row but i got the hang of it

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

finally beat flamelurker. i made the mistake of ignoring magic up to that point and trying to stand there and melee with flamelurker is a death sentence. so i had to go grind to get the ability to learn magic then get some spells. even with magic i was having a tough time cause when he would get down to low health and go into rage mode he would just hunt me down non-stop and eventually kill me. i helped someone else beat him then turned back into human form and finally was able to take him down. so far ive beat 1-1,1-2,2-1 and 2-2 so onto 3-1 i suppose.

 

[Maynard]

where is that short cut on 4-1? i could never figure out how to do it. I read in a wiki that you would get up to the first gate and go up to the upper are ofthe gate and head to the stairs on the right side (right if your facing the gate) and there was some way to jump to the end boss

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

so im all pumped up about to get the lava bow. go and upgrade it and then realize that it requires 21 strength and 16 dexterity to use :doh:. my strength is at 19 so im almost there with that but my dexterity is at 11. sons o bitches.

 

[Maynard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iDnktksr0E

well, its exactly where i thought it was. the roll jump...dam it

 

[BazookaJoe5]

I think I am the worlds worst Demon's Souls player.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

how long did it take you to beat the game your first time through wolo? im close to 25 hours and havent even touched the 4th or 5th level.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

I REALLY took my time the first time through. I was working on farming all the ores to make every weapon I could, and I was super cautious at every step. I took even more time to level up before jumping into NG+, so I was pushing 100 hours.

That said, after my PS3 died thanks to firmware update 3.1, I had to start from scratch on my other PS3. I beat it the 4th time on that machine for my Platinum in less than 60 hours.

thanks for the response. one thing that annoys me is farming ores, after getting a bunch of souls i go to try and upgrade and im always missing a few. seems like you almost have to do NG+ to get everything in the game. i couldnt imagine how much grinding you had to do to make every weapon.

? about NG+ - can you pick a new character or do you stick with the same one? im playing through as a soldier and while its a good even class, id like to try something new on my next time through.