demon souls review

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I wish my Blockbuster didn't suck so much

 

[killgod]

wtf this dude summoned three phantoms into his game.


how the fuck?!

 

[Maynard]

this game is way to fucking hard. Very frustrating. 2-1 and i am cruising along with no problems. I get to the boss and that fucking bastard cost me 6000 souls the prick!

i tried long range magic attacks for about 30 mins trying to figure this things pattern and it didnt work. 2nd try i rushed him and whacked him with a battle axe and killed him in a few mins....fucking shitbag

what really pisses me off is that i keep missing the crystal lizards. I didnt warp right back to the nexus after 2-1 and turned the corner and missed another lizard. What annoys me is that there are enemies all over and you cant just take out the lizard cause of the enemies and then he runs away

 

[MvP]

This game actually looks pretty sick, I hope my brother gets it.

 

[killgod]

this game is way to fucking hard. Very frustrating. 2-1 and i am cruising along with no problems. I get to the boss and that fucking bastard cost me 6000 souls the prick!

i tried long range magic attacks for about 30 mins trying to figure this things pattern and it didnt work. 2nd try i rushed him and whacked him with a battle axe and killed him in a few mins....fucking shitbag

what really pisses me off is that i keep missing the crystal lizards. I didnt warp right back to the nexus after 2-1 and turned the corner and missed another lizard. What annoys me is that there are enemies all over and you cant just take out the lizard cause of the enemies and then he runs away

you should bring help with you wherever you can. the coop in the game is designed for people to help you or else it's a waste of their time, so you are almost always assured the phantoms will be useful.

once you get your level into the 20's you'll start seeing people invade your game and you'll definitely want help when that happens.

i found out that I wouldn't be able to join you guys.... you need to be within 10 levels in order to see someone's blue stone marker. i kept trying to get people to summon me near the stone knight or flame spider bosses as an easy way to return to alive form but it would never happen..cause nobody level 40 or above will still be doing those...lol. (i'm level 50)



I wouldn't stress missing crystal lizards, what they drop are used for upgrading stuff and nothing you'll be using at the point you are at.

when you beat the game, you can start at New Game+ which is the game on steroids. you start with the same character/level/items/weapons/etc...but all that stuff (and knowing where they are) will help you getting the lizards and things like that.

if you are in alive form, i wouldn't even go near a crystal lizard, it'll be gone before you are anywhere close.



in any event this game's challenge is perfect IMO. Brings you back to the NES days when games were tough and weren't pushovers you'd finish within a week. This game's got months ahead of you if you wanna do it all. That's why Herm was goin on about his buddy always playing this for months..

 

[Maynard]

good stuff kg....i love the game and when i say frustrating its more about me and not doing things right. i should have just warped back to the nexus.....plus i could have gotten my 6000 souls back had i not got killed trying to get back to the spider.

how do you get people to help you in the game?

If someone invades you how do u ask for help before they come and try and kill you? couldnt u just bail out and warp back to the nexus to avoid the fight?

and why to i keep seeing people asking to rate their message?

 

[Maynard]

i was trying to find pics of the guys i saw on the leaderboard and came across these for anyone who wants to see some screeens. Ironically this was posted under worst looking game of 09. they just look kind of dull. Improve the pic quality by 100times and that what we have to play...these are a year old from the japan version

plus these look to be from shrine of storms (excdept the dragon) which is a gray looking foggy world....that looks sick btw

 

[killgod]

good stuff kg....i love the game and when i say frustrating its more about me and not doing things right. i should have just warped back to the nexus.....plus i could have gotten my 6000 souls back had i not got killed trying to get back to the spider.

how do you get people to help you in the game?

If someone invades you how do u ask for help before they come and try and kill you? couldnt u just bail out and warp back to the nexus to avoid the fight?

and why to i keep seeing people asking to rate their message?

just find the blue markings on the ground and summon them.

takes like 30 seconds for it to happen.

you can usually find blue markings at the start of a level or at the boss.



if someone invades you can hopefully come across blue markings and have a second to click on them. lol. i guess you could bail out but when they invade they start at the beginning so they are bound to be inbetween you and the archstone.


shrine of storms...that place is not easy...not at all. the 2nd level after that is where i spend most of my time, that's where the level 40-60 guys battle it up cause it's very unforgiving and the boss there is RIDICULOUSLY hard.

 

[Maynard]

i would give u plus rep, but i must spread it around first.

so blue marking mean other have offered their help....but is there a way for me to mark an area and ask for help? i think i did it once but i am not sure

do you know whats up with the rate the message thing? i dont see an option to rate anything and i dont know if this matters

 

[killgod]

i would give u plus rep, but i must spread it around first.

so blue marking mean other have offered their help....but is there a way for me to mark an area and ask for help? i think i did it once but i am not sure

do you know whats up with the rate the message thing? i dont see an option to rate anything and i dont know if this matters

You can't ask for help no. I'd just wait near the start of your level, usually within a couple minutes you'll see some blue markings to summon people.

Or slowly crawl through the level and run back periodically to look for blue markings.


It's awesome from the phantom's perspective cause they can drop their blue stone, head through their own level finish half of it, get summoned help someone else out and then when they are done, they return to their own game at the exact same spot from when they were summoned.


Rating messages serves two purposes from what I see.

One being a highly rated message tells you it's something you should pay close attention to. If people have taken a second to rate that message then clearly it's worthwhile information.

The other is the one you refer to, the message that says "I'm in trouble please recommend this message". People will typically put that if they want help. If someone rates your message you get a message on your screen saying someone has rated you. That way you know someone is lurking around that area and might have dropped a blue stone for you to summon them. So I guess that is a way to "ask" for help, but I've never had to resort to that myself.

 

[Maynard]

haha...i got all that loot by the dragons on 1-1. The the funny thing is that i went there all prepared to be toast and those fuckers were not even there. LOL

i got a ring, purple shield some stones and some grass. The ring and shield are what i wanted.

BTW, this game is fucking me up for my character build. I am trying to focus on magic but i want to use these kick ass weapon and need strength.
magic is fun, but these battle weapons are just phenominal. My fav thus far is the bastard sword and the spike shield.

kg, what did u build? post your stats....im level 28 royalty

Vitality 10
Intelligence 17
Endurance 10
Strength 18
Dexterity 14
Magic 16
Faith 13
Luck 10

are u finding its better to be balanced or put your souls into specific things?

i usually run with Bastard sword and the spike shield
then Silver Catalyst and Tailsmith of God
with Soul Arrows and Water Veil and Heal Miracle

Magic is my main weapon cause i have the fragrant ring to regenerate my magic. Plus its pretty powerful against the foes i am seeing so far. The bastard Sword is great against hordes of foes cause 1 whack and they are down.

i beat the bosses on 1-1, 1-2 and 2-1 so far....the Tower Knight looked so amazing. I was admiring him as i killed him. Got him on my first try too

 

[killgod]

I started as a hunter, but your starting class really has little bearing other than what your starting stats are. You can build yourself into whatever you want.

My guy is kind of a jack of all trades, has most things bumped up so I can be decent with melee/ranged/magic. I find the balance works great because using the most effective attacks vs each enemy is the best way to approach the game. Limiting yourself without magic/range would suck for sure...

I'm heading off but I'll post my stats tomorrow.

You need to head into Shrine of Storms (you'll lol at the enemy style, it's intense. my comments were "holy shit, HOLY SHIT, FUCKING HELL I"M OUT!" and I didn't go back without help. even now at level 50 I'm VERY careful in that world...it's just so deadly. lol) but only about 6-7 guys in there's a weapon off to the side (crescent falchion) which is a very very nice sword. with help you could easily get it.

hits for like 140 phy and 110 mag. items that do magic on top of physical damage are just so pimp. blocks don't do shit to magical damage.


You are lucky you went royalty, from what I've heard that's the best starter class. The Regen ring, starting at level one (some classes start at like level 5, so you lose a few levels of personalizing your stats) and is the easiest class to use on 1-1.



You are almost high enough to meet up with me

 

[Maynard]

i did 3-1 last night....no clue what order i should do these. But i think i found sage frake in a jail cell but i got killed before i could get him out. Those demons in that area are kick ass and have some excellent magic. But they are tough. I kept dieing in the same spot and eventually died before i could retrieve my souls.

i want their magic. They shoot this green web that wraps around you, then they walk up, grab you and pick you up and stab you with their long tenticle or whatever it is. Plus they can shoot at you from a distance. you cant really dodge because you fall off the ledge. I got by the guy who was giving me fits only to have another on trap me in a cell. It was a real Kodak moment for sure

 

[Maynard]

i did 3-1 last night....no clue what order i should do these. But i think i found sage frake in a jail cell but i got killed before i could get him out. Those demons in that area are kick ass and have some excellent magic. But they are tough. I kept dieing in the same spot and eventually died before i could retrieve my souls.

i want their magic. They shoot this green web that wraps around you, then they walk up, grab you and pick you up and stab you with their long tenticle or whatever it is. Plus they can shoot at you from a distance. you cant really dodge because you fall off the ledge. I got by the guy who was giving me fits only to have another on trap me in a cell. It was a real Kodak moment for sure

 

[killgod]

i did 3-1 last night....no clue what order i should do these. But i think i found sage frake in a jail cell but i got killed before i could get him out. Those demons in that area are kick ass and have some excellent magic. But they are tough. I kept dieing in the same spot and eventually died before i could retrieve my souls.

i want their magic. They shoot this green web that wraps around you, then they walk up, grab you and pick you up and stab you with their long tenticle or whatever it is. Plus they can shoot at you from a distance. you cant really dodge because you fall off the ledge. I got by the guy who was giving me fits only to have another on trap me in a cell. It was a real Kodak moment for sure

I think you are doing the Tower of Latria? The one at the very top beside the broken archstone?

Gotta be careful later on with them, those guys make noise with their bells to attract other enemies around. Don't think it's much of an issue in the first stage and I've not played the 2nd one there myself yet but I recall reading about it.

I helped someone beat the first level there once, the boss ended up being super easy....I almost think it glitched out or something.


I don't really think there's much of an order to how you do them, outside of doing 1-1 and 1-2 first, cause those are suited for low level beginners.

 

[Maynard]

yep tower of Latria. Its pretty badass. That one should be played in the dark. I loved coming up to one cells full of those crazy bad guys and in the next cell over you hear this moaning noise and the evil music starts playing in that area.

the bastard sword owns in that area cause those cells have like 8 to 10 bad guys. So as you enter the cell they all attack you at once. One swing of the sword and they all go down. My sword is +3 and its pretty awesome.

btw, those cells freaked me out when i saw some of the crazies in those large ceramic looking holding cells. Only there heads were sticking out of them. I was like WTF and then just slashed them all. the fucking guys constantly yelling help me

 

[killgod]

yeah I wasn't sure if I should kill them cause they don't seem to get aggressive unless you take the first swing.


but fuck it, i'm a soul stealing whore. :yes:


the first time i opening one of the sealed caskets and the fucker jumped out at me.......skipped a beat. haha. don't know why i didn't see it coming.

 

[Maynard]

another reason to kill them is the drops are great. I died like 3 or 4 times on that level. Each time i went back thru i got good drops from those guys. Alot of stones from them.

The other nice thing is that as you go thru u get keys that unlock a gate near the archstone. You have to backtrack thru that gate to finish up the level anyways. but with the gate open its just a short walk to where i think the level is ending. I found sage frake..it looks like him but he didnt talk to me. I still need to find his cell key to let him out. I want him back in the nexus for his magic lessons.

Did you go back to 1-1 and try and snag the loot by where the dragons are sleeping? I am curious if they are gone on your game too. They have always been there until last night when i went and they were gone. their were chared bodies all over and the 4 or 5 loot piles. But no dragons. Obviously you cant miss them

 

[killgod]

I haven't done Latria alive yet so I don't know the item drops, but good to know.

I wanna get Yuria the Witch in the nexus, she teaches a spell (soulsucker) that doubles the souls you get from enemies when used.



I can't remember what triggers the dragons to leave, but I killed the red one myself and then looted the other stuff. (the sleeping black dragon fucked me up with his tail tho. lol)

does the red dragon still do fly-by's in 1-2? all you gotta do is get to the first guardtower and shoot him each time he flies by. takes like 10 minutes, but you get a few thousand souls and he's gone for good.

 

[Maynard]

yeah he was doing fly bys in 1-2. i didnt even think about trying to fight him, but i know what u mean by being on the tower. He still continues to fly by the entire time

what do u mean by u havnt done latria alive? why does it matter to do it alive vs in soul form? or do u mean u just did it as a another person helper?