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Buskalilly Farore

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 | Subject: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Fri 14 Mar 2014 - 15:00 | |
| I know Jas is pretty keen on Dark Souls and although it is absolutely kicking my arse at every turn I do thoroughly love it. It's one of the games that made me buy my first non-ninty console in decades and it's one of those games that benefits from being played while other people play it, so I thought a thread would be cool. Picked Dark Souls 2 up today. I've barely started, although brilliantly - Spoiler:
I've got the trophy for my first death, which is called This Is Dark Souls.
I'm quite a way from the end of the first game and in an ideal world I would play the two in order but I'd like to be playing this one while everyone else is. Plus, shiny new toy just out of the cellophane... I'm ripped inside, I'm torn!
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Fri 14 Mar 2014 - 16:54 | |
| I've got the original on PC, yet to play it. Judging by what I've seen, it seems like it'll be right up my alley. |
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Buskalilly Farore

Posts : 14742 Points : 14914 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 33 Location : Nagano
 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Fri 14 Mar 2014 - 17:28 | |
| It really is great, if you boiled down every game I ever loved you'd get Dark Souls. But It's a big time commitment and a level of patience normally reserved for more retro stuff. I will beat them both eventually, when I'm out of other stuff to play. |
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The_Jaster Din

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Fri 14 Mar 2014 - 22:05 | |
| My copy of souls 2 arrived on Thursday but I shall not be playing it until I finish the first, I have six required bosses left to defeat but I'm not worried no one will be playing the second when I eventually get to it as the first is still chock full of folk wanting to help/kill you.
In the last month it has became my favourite game of all time. (Sorry monster hunter) |
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masofdas The Next Aonuma

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Fri 14 Mar 2014 - 22:59 | |
| I would like to play this but there's no next gen version  , one review compared it to a hardcore zelda. I've tried playing the first two but they came out during times of other games and being grueling (but in a good way) games, I never got far. If Sony had any sense they would get demon souls 2 made as they own the IP or push Deep Down to the Souls fan. There is bound by flame coming in may which should be decent though. |
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Buskalilly Farore

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 1:51 | |
| - masofdas wrote:
- I would like to play this but there's no next gen version
, . Your just the worst kind of person. @Jas I reckon I'm gonna try and finish the first one before I get properly into the second, but that night be a while off and I've got quite a backlog of other games to polish off too. Damn my late arrival to sonytown! |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 3:51 | |
| How long do you reckon it'd take to beat the first game? I've got a couple of months until the sequel releases on PC. |
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The_Jaster Din

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 5:03 | |
| - Buskalilly wrote:
- masofdas wrote:
- I would like to play this but there's no next gen version
, . Your just the worst kind of person.
@Jas I reckon I'm gonna try and finish the first one before I get properly into the second, but that night be a while off and I've got quite a backlog of other games to polish off too. Damn my late arrival to sonytown! A wise choice as you will definitely be better prepared. - JayMoyles wrote:
- How long do you reckon it'd take to beat the first game? I've got a couple of months until the sequel releases on PC.
I assume you mean dark souls & not demon, a first play through is said to be around 60+ hours as there will be lots of trial and error & the game rewards exploration. |
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masofdas The Next Aonuma

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 9:28 | |
| - Buskalilly wrote:
- masofdas wrote:
- I would like to play this but there's no next gen version
, . Your just the worst kind of person.
Why there's 10+ million next gen systems out there, even if 1% bought it that's 1,000,000 copy's sold. From Software have even said they thought about bringing it to PS4 and am I right in thinking it has new engine which I'm sure they said has next gen in mind. And it's coming to PC just port that across. - JayMoyles wrote:
- How long do you reckon it'd take to beat the first game? I've got a couple of months until the sequel releases on PC.
Ohh really Jay |
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Buskalilly Farore

Posts : 14742 Points : 14914 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 33 Location : Nagano
 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 14:00 | |
| I'm not saying it doesn't deserve to be on next generation, im just saying it's silly to turn down a great game because it's not on a shiny machine. |
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beemoh Koopaling
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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 17:10 | |
| - Buskalilly wrote:
- I'm not saying it doesn't deserve to be on next generation, im just saying it's silly to turn down a great game because it's not on a shiny machine.
But if you've traded in your current/previous gen systems to pay for your next/current gen ones... |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

Posts : 15754 Points : 14924 Join date : 2013-01-21 Age : 30 Location : The Shibuya River
 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 17:53 | |
| - masofdas wrote:
- JayMoyles wrote:
- How long do you reckon it'd take to beat the first game? I've got a couple of months until the sequel releases on PC.
Ohh really Jay What's that meant to mean? |
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The_Jaster Din

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 18:09 | |
| I don't think he thinks you could do it, it would be very difficult but not impossible as the game gives you the tools to succeed a big factor in my book is how quickly you will pick everything up. (Especially the menu system)
Key things to remember are:
You want a decent amount of poise as the less you have the more you can be staggered by enemies.
Try & stay under half or less of your equipment load so can move/roll quickly.
The three main stats you will want to level up are endurance, strength & dexterity.
Also remember most enemies follow these same rules so they aren't impossible no matter much they seem like they are.
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 19:28 | |
| Ahhh I understand what Mas was saying now. Well, I've a lot of free time on my hands... I should get close at least! |
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masofdas The Next Aonuma

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 22:22 | |
| Well I don't think he can do it as number 2 is out the 25th of April roughly.
And what Beemoh said. |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sat 15 Mar 2014 - 22:26 | |
| Oh it's April? I had it as May in my mind for some reason. Um, it's unlikely then. But darn it, I'll give it a bash. |
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Buskalilly Farore

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sun 16 Mar 2014 - 16:56 | |
| - beemoh wrote:
But if you've traded in your current/previous gen systems to pay for your next/current gen ones... Ah, good shout. I forgot about the lack of backwards compatibility. Let's not get into that again, though... |
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The_Jaster Din

Posts : 11817 Points : 11909 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 39 Location : Underground Corpse Pile.
 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sun 16 Mar 2014 - 18:37 | |
| This is why I never trade in my systems for newer ones as there's a great chance I'll want to play something that everyone else is raving about, also again I think from software have been clever keeping DS2 to ps3/360/PC as they can keep the cost lower & also worry less about about having to take advantage of a systems power. |
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Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sun 16 Mar 2014 - 18:51 | |
| Not just what else there could be you get totally dicked over in trade ins anyway. I'd be surprised if they don't milk a bit more cash with a PS/One port |
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masofdas The Next Aonuma

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sun 16 Mar 2014 - 18:56 | |
| Well when I got rid of 360 for Wii U & then PS3 for PS4. I did look to see if there was much coming out and there was only about 5 games I wanted on them. I got fairly decent prices for the PS360. They don't need to take full advantage of PS4 ONE just port the PC version. |
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The_Jaster Din

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sun 16 Mar 2014 - 19:12 | |
| A port would all depend on Namco wouldn't it Or how well the game does but I personally don't see that happening, with its very online focused approach would they have to pay for separate servers for XO/ps4? It just seems like it'd be counterproductive. |
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masofdas The Next Aonuma

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Sun 16 Mar 2014 - 19:16 | |
| Well I've got £50 here if they want it. |
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beemoh Koopaling
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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Mon 17 Mar 2014 - 8:44 | |
| - The_Jaster wrote:
- with its very online focused approach would they have to pay for separate servers for XO/ps4?
Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that they'd need more capacity, no in the sense that they'd basically be the same servers again. However, it's probable they're on some plan with their host (assuming said host isn't XBL/PSN itself, which is probable) that allows them to automatically expand and contract with demand- so they'd be expecting to pay for more servers than they're using. |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

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 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Mon 17 Mar 2014 - 12:07 | |
| Dark Souls is installed - when I get in tonight, I'll begin my journey. |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova

Posts : 15754 Points : 14924 Join date : 2013-01-21 Age : 30 Location : The Shibuya River
 | Subject: Re: Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread Tue 18 Mar 2014 - 10:29 | |
| Might be worth renaming this Dark Souls general discussion if there's going to be some chatter about the series. So, I had my first experience with Dark Souls - 2 hours spent dying over and over and over and over again. This is how my first two hours went (I feel like describing my adventures so you experts can laugh at me, but I'll put it in a spoiler tag so you don't have to read if you don't want to). - Spoiler:
The first half an hour was actually just trying to get the bloody thing running. The PC port is absolutely shocking on this! I had to download a fix some kind soul put together which actually let the game run at a decent resolution, as well as letting me even start the thing. When I tried to run the game before I used the fix, it kept crashing after the opening cutscene. Frustrating, but eventually I was rolling.
I didn't die in the tutorial area, although I did seriously consider taking down the Asylum Demon with that crappy hilt you begin with. Common sense took the better of me and I ran through the tutorial. I arrived at the starting zone, and headed off to a graveyard, not before hastily reconsidering attacking a giant raven. Skeletons swarmed me, and my sword was barely making a dent into them. I think "huh, maybe this is just the crazy-hard difficulty everyone was on about". I die several times to the skeletons, before going for the cowardly approach and running past them. First attempt at this I managed to nab a bunch of souls and a nifty spear before a MASSIVE skeleton spawned on me and mauled me in a single blow. Next time I avoided king skeleton and found a new area called "The Catacombs". Didn't last long in there - I attempted to duel a solitary skeleton only for a red flashing skull to explode, killing me instantly.
It was at this point I realised that I'd went the wrong way, thanks to happening upon a message saying "Good luck on your adventure" and finding easily killable enemies. Speaking of which, I love the message system. Gives the game a bit of flavour, and helps when you're at an impasse. I passed through part of the Undead Burg with little difficulty - a couple of deaths here and there because I hadn't learned to explore with my shield raised and got bumrushed a couple of times, but otherwise uneventful. I killed a merchant and got a cool katana for doing so.
It was then that I was attacked by a Taurus Demon. This fella mauled me rotten. First couple of attempts I tried going toe to toe with him, thinking I could roll around him and jab at him. Good plan in theory - my execution was lacking, as he fucking destroyed me. Next, I thought I could get up in his grill and exploit a blind spot I'd noticed he had right by his legs, but he kept hopping back and conking me with his mallet before I could get back up to him. Finally, I decided to try and utilise several plunging attacks on him by climbing a nearby ladder and jumping onto him from the tower above. This worked better as I got him to half health a couple of times, but it just didn't work consistently as luring him away from the ladder so I could make a mad dash to it usually resulted in him killing me. That's where I left off.
Any tips for taking him out? I think I've got the general gist of combat. Also, what are "titanite chunks"? I've picked up a couple through killing enemies on my way back to the Taurus demon each time.
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