demon souls review

[killgod]

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?

Yeah he doesn't do anything different so it's just stand there and press R1 100 times till he's dead (make sure to bring enough arrows or whatever )


Sorry yeah I meant I had helped someone, never actually done it in "my game" yet.


I usually just do runs of 4-2 (helping people), cause it's a good level to gain lots of souls (no risk of losing them if you are helping someone) and in 30+ runs I've never had someone finish the boss. lol

 

[Maynard]

i went thru 4-1 a bunch of times. But never went thru the first fog. i used that to farm souls earlier. i am not quite powerful enough for that level. That is the only level i have seen blue markers, but i didnt summon anyone.

the one time i got invaded was on that level. But i never got to face the guy because one of the enemies killed me before i got to see the guy who invaded me.

i want to go home and play this now

 

[killgod]

i went thru 4-1 a bunch of times. But never went thru the first fog. i used that to farm souls earlier. i am not quite powerful enough for that level. That is the only level i have seen blue markers, but i didnt summon anyone.

the one time i got invaded was on that level. But i never got to face the guy because one of the enemies killed me before i got to see the guy who invaded me.

i want to go home and play this now

Oh you have played that one?

The first time those skeletons starting rolling at me I lost my shit. lol.


Just up the stairs on the left is where the weapon I keep telling you to go get is.


In the 4th world, when you go to join someone's game you sometimes get made into the level boss. It's really fucking weird and happened to me once, I had no fucking idea what was going on. You end up in the boss room and have to wait for them to get there, but buddy ended up dying before he got to me so nothing ended up happening.

 

[Maynard]

i got up the stairs in 4-1. Right to the first fog where the 2 skeletons are shootings arrows from above. i just didnt go thru the fog. But i remember getting some good loot from that area. whats this weapon u are talking about?

 

[killgod]

i got up the stairs in 4-1. Right to the first fog where the 2 skeletons are shootings arrows from above. i just didnt go thru the fog. But i remember getting some good loot from that area. whats this weapon u are talking about?

yeah just before those archer skeletons there's a path on your left. it's guarded by a dual katana weilding skeleton that will hit you pretty hard, but he's dumb as a rock and you can step past him I think..

it's the cresecnt falchion, magical sword.

 

[Maynard]

wtf i went thru that area 5 or 6 times and i cant believe i didnt see the path.

they way i remember it is right at the start there is 1 skeleton who rolls at you. then there is a stone archway that you walk thru and up ahead is a wide set of stairs with 1 skeleton on it. Just beyond him there are 2 more skeletons, one of them is shooting arrows, the other charges you. After the the stair way moves up to the left where another skeleton is on the ground charging you, and the last 2 are above the fog shooting arrows.

im still trying to imagine where the path on the left would have been.

 

[killgod]

wtf i went thru that area 5 or 6 times and i cant believe i didnt see the path.

they way i remember it is right at the start there is 1 skeleton who rolls at you. then there is a stone archway that you walk thru and up ahead is a wide set of stairs with 1 skeleton on it. Just beyond him there are 2 more skeletons, one of them is shooting arrows, the other charges you. After the the stair way moves up to the left where another skeleton is on the ground charging you, and the last 2 are above the fog shooting arrows.

im still trying to imagine where the path on the left would have been.

It's near the top of the stairs.

when you go through the first stone archway look up and to the left. You'll see the badass skeleton chillin up there if I remember correctly...

 

[Maynard]

i found this guide with maps. it looks to be right where your saying....i didnt fight the duel wielding skeleton, but i did pick up some loot on a very small section on the left....but i dont think it was a sword. I will have to check when i get home.

this guide is pretty nice if you want to see a english map

http://mycheats.1up.com/view/superguide/3169297/demon_s_souls/ps3

 

[killgod]

i found this guide with maps. it looks to be right where your saying....i didnt fight the duel wielding skeleton, but i did pick up some loot on a very small section on the left....but i dont think it was a sword. I will have to check when i get home.

this guide is pretty nice if you want to see a english map

http://mycheats.1up.com/view/superguide/3169297/demon_s_souls/ps3

interesting. the map shows and explains how you need to go through the castle wall pathway to get to the sword, but I didn't. maybe I rolled off the ledge or something to get to him.

I'll have to look again when i'm in game.

 

[Maynard]

yep....i know that area in the description and pic. There is loot there, but no bad guy and no sword from what i remember. But a magic wielding sword is FTW!

 

[killgod]

level 53

vit - 25
int - 14
end - 22
str - 23
dex - 14
mag - 11
fai - 8
luck - 16


I got just shy of 1000 HP when i'm alive, 100 MP and 115 Stamina.

 

[Maynard]

yeah that dude is an axe weilding mfer. when i catch up and we play coop it will be nice since your more of a melee guy and im more of a magic guy

 

[BazookaJoe5]

I got this yesterday with Borderlands and got around to playing it tonight. I'm liking it so far. I made a Knight Templar I think is what it was called. Is that good? Bad? Does it even matter? I tried to gather some info from reading you two the past couple pages but you guys are way into it, lol.

 

[Maynard]

not really. You will see that when you start to level up that its easy when u start....as u level up it begins to cost more and more souls to level up. Ive only beaten 3 bosses. The game is so dam deep that there is so much info to know.

kg, i got the sword. It looked up and the guy is on the ridge above the path. I had to enter the fog and go to the left to get to him. I also got by the big fat fuck in the open area. It took about 20 soul arrows, but he never even tried to attack me. He just stood there.

i lost 15000 souls because i got greedy. When i went back to get them i got killed again. im pissed!

 

[Maynard]

btw joe, here are the wikis i am using. Your gonna need them if u want to understand everything this game offers. The walk thrus will give u spoilers obviously, but the other info will not

this one is great
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/intro

this one is good too, but also has maps
http://mycheats.1up.com/view/superguide/3169297/demon_s_souls/ps3

 

[BazookaJoe5]

Thanks, I was looking at the 1UP one earlier when I took a wrong turn in the first level and came face to face with a couple dragons, lol. I am going to check out the Wiki now, I love what I have played so far, very fun.

 

[killgod]

not really. You will see that when you start to level up that its easy when u start....as u level up it begins to cost more and more souls to level up. Ive only beaten 3 bosses. The game is so dam deep that there is so much info to know.

kg, i got the sword. It looked up and the guy is on the ridge above the path. I had to enter the fog and go to the left to get to him. I also got by the big fat fuck in the open area. It took about 20 soul arrows, but he never even tried to attack me. He just stood there.

i lost 15000 souls because i got greedy. When i went back to get them i got killed again. im pissed!

we need to coop for sure, I"m getting PISSED.

I don't wanna waste my stone of ephremeal eyes to come back to life but taking down bosses like Flamelurker just can't be done solo, so I need help.

The only place I can find people needing help on a boss is 4-2, which is hard as hell. So the rare time I finish it and get returned to life., I'll go to a level I need to beat, can't find anyone to help me since I'm too high level...and really high level people invade my game and rape me.

I lost like 30K souls last night and hucked my controller. I was livid. Spent like 4-5 hours getting returned to life twice, only to get punked within minutes.

(FYI, you can't return to the nexus when someone raids you. The areas get blocked off by fog.)

That fatty on 4-1 is bugged, he won't move outta that area so you can do that every time, though he only spawns for you once anyways..

 

[Maynard]

lost another 14K souls on 4-1. Got to the crow on 4-1 and then went downstairs thru the wall u break and got ambushed by 2 skeletons who kicked my ass. Then never got my souls back cause i got killed early next time around. fucking annoying.
i really wish u didnt lose your souls, or maybe u just lost half of them. The game is so hard that it makes the risk almost not worth going on

but i decided to go take out the dragon on 1-2.
Have u read anything about the soul u get from him? its worth 10000 souls, but the wikis dont say anything about an upgrade. And since its the only one of these i dont know if i should save it

i also tried leaving a blue mark to help someone but i dont know if it even worked. I was in soul form and used the blue stone but it didnt leave any marking on the floor so i dont know it it even worked

 

[killgod]

i'm saving all the boss demon souls till i know for sure I don't want what they are for.


FYI in case you didn't know, if you go help someone as a phantom and die, you still retain the souls you earned while helping them. That's pretty much the "safe" way of earning souls.

 

[Maynard]

thats cool. But i still dont know if i did it right. maybe they just didnt summon me

btw i am up to level 32