Dark Souls & Other Souls-Likes

Higher up there's little "bridges" if you can even call them that. Really just some lumber tied together hanging precariously over death.

When you walk on them,they sway back and forth, you don't move with them so if you aren't paying attention you get to see how well sewer base jumping works.

I won...wanted to kill Mega Orn for his soul/armor in the shop but did fatty instead

grats valmur :)

Yea, the other way is defiantly more difficult solo with no NPC summon. It's very fun to do though, should try it on NG+!

lol that was NG+ I pretty much went full attack mode and hoped for the best but a win is a win I'll do Mega Orn in NG++

NOW FOR THE KINGS /CRY

So :| ummm are Titanite(?) Demons hard? or do I just suck?

They hit very hard lol it's best to fight long range if you can and hide behind a pillar or something

I tried that, but of course ran out of arrows, I'm probably gonna go farm some souls(lost about like 3-4k dying again by trying to get them back) to get some new equipment. I am still using one of the first swords I found in the game ; ;(haven't found any better ones) and still using most of the starter armor.

When it doesn't jump you can usually just run around it (towards the right) and it won't really hit you. It might though so just keep the shield up until it stops attacking and then hit it a few times. If it's the first one at the Blacksmith you can stand behind the rock near the stairs and just shoot arrows at it lol

The Balder Knights in the undead parish drop decent armor have low hp but they drop 1 of the better (if boring) swords in the game has huge range fast attack etc

Yeah it's that one :/ once I have more souls I will go get arrows again ; ; glad I saw a video of someone using the shortcut in the church place... I would have been stuck there.

Yeah I have the body and hands, I am bad at parrying so I usually have to rush kill them or make them fight on stairs so they can't hit me >_>;

I followed that and he just jumped landed on me, swung knocked me down again, and then did one more swing right as I got up and killed me :(

I like my Man-Serpent Greatsword, it has a nice R2 attack since it's quite fast and str scale is A

My first time at the bonfire by the blacksmith he nearly died because I was scared something big was down there, had Black Fire Bombs ready and my shield defending D:

Thanks for the tips everyone :D I will try them when I get home tomorrow!

Been playing with the Dragon bone fist and must say.. damn that's a sweet R2 attack :D

SHORYUKEN

Hey guys, I've had Dark Souls for awhile, but I never got too far. Right now I'm in the high 20's and stuck on the undead dragon in the depths. The summonable npcs die too quickly and I could really use some help. Anyone willing to help me out? I'm taking the shortcut there from Firelink Shrine, so being summonable there would be great.

I'm on PS3, by the way.

I'm thinking of picking up the PC copy (that way I can enjoy the PS3 and PC :p) i'll let you know lol.

how strong are the H2H weapons? are they just something gimicky or can they actually put out good damage later in the game?

I know the claws are pretty decent, if a little difficult to learn to use. No idea in regards to Caestus and Dragon Bone Fist.

Bare Handed Dragon Form is pretty good too.

I would help ya but you are too low level for me. According to the calculator you'd need to be at least 40 for you to see my sign.

Dark Souls II To Have Slightly Larger World
Won’t Be Open World

By SatoJanuary 2, 2013 . 5:30pm

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In an interview with 4Gamer, former Dark Souls director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and new director, Tomohiro Shibuya, discuss their new roles and plans for Dark Souls II.

No longer in the director’s chair, Miyazaki is now acting as the “supervisor” for Dark Souls II. What exactly will he do as a supervisor?

First of all, Miyazaki would like to reassure fans that might have concerns about the change of directors to not worry.

“As far as being a developing games, Mr. Shibuya has far more experience than I do,” Miyazaki says. “He understands exactly what it takes to do a great job and we’re on the same page regarding where we’d like to take the Dark Souls franchise. I fully trust him and his judgment.”

Due to personal reasons and more, Miyazaki and From Software came to a mutual agreement regarding his change to supervisor for the next installment. Although he’s saddened that he will no longer be the director, he’s satisfied by the fact that he’ll still have a role in the development of the series he’s grown to love. He believes there’s still a lot of potential in Dark Souls, which will only be realized better over time.

Miyazaki says his role as a supervisor will allow him to have a say in what he likes and dislikes during the ongoing development for Dark Souls II, which he considers selfish but at the same time, crucial.

A couple of those decisions that are already in the works include: a game server for Dark Souls II and to refrain from having DLC weapons and items.

As a supervisor, Miyazaki will monitor development and will make sure it stays true to its core as a Dark Souls game. However, he’s going to hold himself back when it comes to the world, story and artwork, as he believes that most of that should be up to Shibuya, as the new director.

Tomohiro Shibuya is known for his work in the mecha all-star game, Another Century’s Episode. Aside from A.C.E., Shibuya has worked in developing a new high-end graphics engine, which he plans on implementing in Dark Souls II. He recently stated that he’d like to evolve the overall experience of Dark Souls II, but in order to do that, he believes that it needs to start with the overall graphics.

Shibuya shares: “Rather than focusing on shading and lighting technologies, I believe that having a more realistic atmosphere while showing better details of the monsters and their expressions would definitely have a bigger impact.”

In regards to how Dark Souls II will connect to its predecessor, it will take place in the same world, although it won’t be a direct sequel. The story will take place in a different area with different people. Shibuya decided to stick to the original Dark Souls map style, instead of opting for an open-open world. As far as recurring characters go, not much can be said for the time being.

Shibuya believes that the most important thing is to stay true to the original game, which already has many fans. Rather than making something completely different as the new director, he’d like to see what he can do to make it better.

“My concept is to get Dark Souls and what made it great, and give it a major upgrade,” he states. Shibuya also clarifies that there are currently no plans to increase the game’s size. If anything, it will just be slightly larger than the first. He’d also like to keep the overall gameplay time required to beat the game as close as possible to Dark Souls.