Dark Souls & Other Souls-Likes

EpicNameBro is doing a Final Fantasy VI Lore Lets Play... sweet :O

officially picked the game up D: gonna pop it in the ps3 after i eat D:

fk this game :|


i keep dying QQ lol

would it be pointless to try and grind a bit in this game or should i just keep going? ._.

Grinding is fine, but unless it gives you access to new equipment, or makes your current gear better, it won't make much of a difference.

so far i've learned:

Maces are bad (i don't like how slow they swing :x)

the skeletons to the left of the area when you get to the real island (near the giant crow) are too stronk (srs tried like 15x )

and there are so many paths to take -.-; none of them seem right :|

watched your video, impressed as ***. lol

brb taking off all my clothes D:


prob going to sleep soon, gonna try more of this stuff tmr lol.

btw;

any tips on stats? not exactly sure what i should be leveling up lol.

At the bonfire you have 3 paths.

If you go down the stairs by the guide you will meet the firekeeper (if you find firekeeper souls you can give them to her to upgrade your Estus Flask so each of your sips from the flask are more potent and refill more of your health each time you drink from it), and if you continue adventuring further then you'll end up at an elevator that takes you deep down under ground into New Londo Ruins.

The start of this area has weak monsters, a blacksmith (mage), and two paths to take.

If you chose the master key you can take a path to the Valley of Drakes (difficult), which opens up a shortcut to Blighttown that is not recommend to take on the first playthrough, not because it's difficult but because you will miss many experiences and opportunities to earn embers, armors, items, and more, but mostly the experiences! You also can go left into an area with ghosts (difficult).

You should not be down here when you start the game, but you should know about the area.

Back at the bonfire, you have two more paths. If you go east (right) up the steps you'll meet low level undead that you can easily kill. This is the path you should take and it will lead you to the Undead Burg.

Other places of interest at Firelink is a cleric that you can talk to and he'll offer you a chance to join his covenant, learn a gesture (for online play body gestures), and sell miracles for healing and other faith magic. If you are determined enough then you can speak with him throughout your playthrough for a side story that is very interesting if you're into that type of stuff. Near him is an empty elevator shaft that you can drop down to loot 4 chests. You then can leave but it will drop you into the graveyard.

Here is the 3rd place by firelink, and is challenging for new players. In the graveyard there are many items to loot, but it is challenging because of the skeletons here. You can find weapons, shields, soul items, binoculars, and more here, which are all good items to have for the start of the game. If you progress further then you'll find the Catacombs which are very difficult to move through for the unprepared.

You'll want to take the beginners path, which starts in firelink and you progress through Undead Burg. I won't tell you more, you need to discover what is there for yourself.

Also Ghaleon, if it doesn't move or jump at you don't attack it. Many new players attack things the moment they see them, including idle NPC's that are actually merchants.

They will attack back at you if you damage them enough, so make sure that they are actually hostile before you attack, or else you'll lose their shop until you pay for your sins.

If you kill an NPC in Dark Souls they are gone for good and will not return until you beat the game and start NG+.

I want to make a dual wield build now. Either dual Katana's or dual Priscilla's.

And I never knew that about riposting. :O

I've never really used the binoculars, pretty useless tbh

They're used by jtv/twitch fight club hosts to display the fights better.

Or for examining scenery better if you're a lore guy like ENB or just into scenery porn.

I just use my bow for that :I

Man seeing you guys talk about this game and seeing videos like that one up there makes me REALLY want to play Dark Souls. I loved Demons Souls but I cant find the motivation to play Dark Souls.

Its an amazing game, you should give it a chance. If anything, you could *download* a copy to try it out on PC to see how you like it before you buy it.

I've been invaded a few times and no one ever bows back lol I just stopped doing it.

First guy that invaded me bowed and after I did too he proceeded to 1 shot me with his lightning zweihander

They bow back when you start getting into the upper levels.

I just think it's immature to twink invade honestly, wish they prevented it.

What kind of challenge is it to take on a new player when you have max armor and weapons?

Think it's lame that every single new player has to turn online off in order to turn human.

When you're ready for PvP, around level 60 - 120 (most likely after your first playthrough) then you'll be invaded by people who will bow to you initiating a duel.

Actually I bought the collectors edition of the game when it was first released cause I loved Demons Souls. I've just never actually played it since I got it.

Edit: For PS3

As soon as I get invaded and die(since I am new, and changed to human before I shut down) then I will probably rage for a few mins then be sad :(

meh, just d/c before they can even hit you then blacklist their *** for twinking.