Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters

CloudCircus · May 25, 2018

Ok, so I sat down to play the game and it immediately hits me with all sorts of end user agreements and other legal papers. I don't live with my lawyer, so it will take at least a few days to read through all of this stuff carefully before I start the game. I know this sounds silly, but I've always been told to carefully read through anything before agreeing to it.

GarthLordOfTheSith · May 25, 2018

That sad feeling when you go to get the drop on the asylum demon and you forget to hit the button.....pretty sure I heard the demon laugh.

Still killed his ass though. Gotta say I love the atmosphere a ton.

ThisOne · May 25, 2018

What does poise stat do? Also, how do you backstab properly? I tried to backstab that first dark knight or whatever down the stairs in the first area. Got right behind him, tapped R1, normal swing. Proceeded to get murdered by him about 4 times in a row.

Also, 4-way rolling can just go straight to hell.

fluffydelusions · May 25, 2018

Made it up to Ornstein fight almost..woo! Hate those ando snipers so much.

fluffydelusions · May 25, 2018

ThisOne said:
What does poise stat do? Also, how do you backstab properly? I tried to backstab that first dark knight or whatever down the stairs in the first area. Got right behind him, tapped R1, normal swing. Proceeded to get murdered by him about 4 times in a row.

Also, 4-way rolling can just go straight to hell.

Don't lock on to enemies to backstab if that is what you are doing

Clay · May 25, 2018

Uuuuuugh, I beat the Taurus Demon and then the dragon killed me on the bridge. I could have sworn it starts spitting fire ahead of you so that it doesn't hit you unless you walk into it. Annoying. I hadn't leveled up yet and had about 9,000 souls, I was impatient to get back to the bridge and stupidly got killed by undead on the way back. That pissed me off enough to make me take a break. Have to take it easy for awhile, I was expecting it to feel like a cakewalk but after not playing it for a few years it's keeping me on my toes more than I expected.

I will say I'm finding parrying way, way easier than I ever have before. I'm not sure if it's the frame rate making the controls feel more responsive or if playing a ton of Bloodborne made me more confident, but I barely ever bothered with parrying in the past because I sucked at it and now I'm parrying everyone at will.

Did they change the way backstabs work? Or am I forgetting something and you can only backstab with certain weapons? I started as a Pyromancer and I haven't been able backstab at all with the handaxe, it used to be super easy to backstab undead after the whiffed an attack but for some reason I just can't do it. Starting with Fireball feels borderline like cheating. It's not too hard to catch multiple enemies with it, and so far it did a ton of damage to the Asylum and Taurus demons.

CloudCircus said:
Ok, so I sat down to play the game and it immediately hits me with all sorts of end user agreements and other legal papers. I don't live with my lawyer, so it will take at least a few days to read through all of this stuff carefully before I start the game. I know this sounds silly, but I've always been told to carefully read through anything before agreeing to it.

I guess it's better to be safe than sorry, and reading through everything is certainly more responsible than blindly agreeing to something, but what's the worst deal you can imagine being asked to agree to in the user agreement? What would be in there that would stop you from playing the game?

Kalik · May 25, 2018

after playing DS2 and DS3 and coming back to DS1 it takes some time getting used to things- having to buy the Bottomless Box to store your extra inventory, buying the weapon/armor repair tool (instead of having it automatically repaired at every bonfire), sliding down ladders using a double tap of the dash key instead of holding it, backstabs need to be timed a bit different etc

Carthago Delenda Est · May 25, 2018

I read some of you saying you can farm black knights now. How does that work?

Bucca · May 25, 2018

CloudCircus said:
Ok, so I sat down to play the game and it immediately hits me with all sorts of end user agreements and other legal papers. I don't live with my lawyer, so it will take at least a few days to read through all of this stuff carefully before I start the game. I know this sounds silly, but I've always been told to carefully read through anything before agreeing to it.

I'm sorry but this is hilarious. Reminds me of that South Park episode.

Clay · May 25, 2018

Kalik said:
after playing DS2 and DS3 and coming back to DS1 it takes some time getting used to things- having to buy the Bottomless Box to store your extra inventory, buying the weapon/armor repair tool (instead of having it automatically repaired at every bonfire), sliding down ladders using a double tap of the dash key instead of holding it, backstabs need to be timed a bit different etc

Thanks! I couldn't figure out how to slide, I had almost convinced myself you never could and I was confusing DS1 with the later games.

And apparently you can't backstab if you're locked on? Was that always a thing?

SteamyPunk · May 25, 2018

ThisOne said:
What does poise stat do? Also, how do you backstab properly? I tried to backstab that first dark knight or whatever down the stairs in the first area. Got right behind him, tapped R1, normal swing. /QUOTE]

Poise makes you not stagger. It's very powerful.

Most common reason a backstab doesn't work is that your shield is up. You cannot backstab while you are blocking.

ZangBa · May 25, 2018

Well I think I can confirm weapon based matchmaking is not a thing. I'm currently one shoting people for 600+ damage in the Undead Parish with my Chaos Zweihander+5 at SL13

Deleted member 33761 · May 25, 2018

Not sure if I got better but it's not as hard as I remember. About to head to Sens now

Morrigan · May 25, 2018

BossAttack said:
So, I just realized while playing that they took out the little subtitles of each area, you know like "Anor Londo, City of the Gods." I always liked that about DS1.

??? That was never a thing.

DmckPower · May 25, 2018

Okay I actually really like this remaster and I think its great.

But the bugged estus flask texture is fucking weird. How did they miss this ?

JMY86 · May 25, 2018

Carthago Delenda Est said:
I read some of you saying you can farm black knights now. How does that work?

I assume the people are probably just save scumming or just getting lucky.

99humanity · May 25, 2018

Clay said:
Thanks! I couldn't figure out how to slide, I had almost convinced myself you never could and I was confusing DS1 with the later games.

And apparently you can't backstab if you're locked on? Was that always a thing?

You can be locked on, it just might make it harder to position. You just need to be in a neutral position and your shield can't be up

Carlius · May 25, 2018

bliggup said:
I played from like 9:30am-3:30pm and am just now reaching undead parish. Can't find a bonfire there and keep dying. I also found a basement key that seems to take me below undead burg? Not sure which is the correct way to go

oh man am so jealous of first timers! go basement door! go go! lol

JMY86 · May 25, 2018

ZangBa said:
Well I think I can confirm weapon based matchmaking is not a thing. I'm currently one shoting people for 600+ damage in the Undead Parish with my Chaos Zweihander+5 at SL13

Hmmm I was not getting any Gargoyle summons at all earlier I was waiting well over 20 minutes and nothing. I was SL15 using a +13 Washing Pole so I was thinking they did put that in. Who knows...

Rookhelm · May 25, 2018

In the original game, black knights were only farmable in the last area of the game

Inuhanyou · May 25, 2018

this game is awesome

Morrigan · May 25, 2018

ZangBa said:
Well I think I can confirm weapon based matchmaking is not a thing. I'm currently one shoting people for 600+ damage in the Undead Parish with my Chaos Zweihander+5 at SL13

Then maybe you should stop doing that. :P

For those who do this... How is this fun? Serious question. I don't get it. I once invaded with my SL1 character (I was in NG+, hosts were in NG), with a maxed out pyro flame, maxed out lightning hand axe, and maxed out crimson robes. Hosts could barely scratch me, and I could easily one- or two-shot them. After doing that 2-3 times, I felt bad, and swapped my axe for a +0 one. Still, my upgraded armour felt way OP, they did chip damage on me and even with phantoms it was too easy and got boring super fast.

I will never, ever understanding Dickwraithing, and I'm glad the later games tried to prevent this (it was clearly not intended gameplay behaviour from the devs). Soul memory wasn't a great solution, but I understand why they did it, and fortunately they got it mostly right in DS3 with the weapon restrictions and removing upgradable armour.

ara · May 25, 2018

Oh by the way, regarding the backdoor way into Blighttown (from the valley): the three big ogres in the tunnel are the ones that have a 2% chance to drop a Large Club, right? Really wanna give that weapon a try and while running to them from Firelink shrine takes a minute or two, it's a super safe route, so it could be pretty stress-free farming. Might listen to a podcast while doing it or something lol.

ZangBa · May 25, 2018

JMY86 said:
Hmmm I was not getting any Gargoyle summons at all earlier I was waiting well over 20 minutes and nothing. I was SL15 using a +13 Washing Pole so I was thinking they did put that in. Who knows...

I've been invading back to back with little delay.

Otnopolit · May 25, 2018

This game is great, and now it is even better. Looks real clean.

JMY86 · May 25, 2018

ara said:
Oh by the way, regarding the backdoor way into Blighttown (from the valley): the three big ogres in the tunnel are the ones that have a 2% chance to drop a Large Club, right? Really wanna give that weapon a try and while running to them from Firelink shrine takes a minute or two, it's a super safe route, so it could be pretty stress-free farming. Might listen to a podcast while doing it or something lol.

Correct. You can also use humanity to increase your item discovery. Good luck...

ara · May 25, 2018

JMY86 said:
Correct. You can also use humanity to increase your item discovery. Good luck...

Ah yeah, totally forgot about that. Thanks, tomorrow morning is gonna be exciting lol.

BossAttack · May 25, 2018

ThisOne said:
What does poise stat do? Also, how do you backstab properly? I tried to backstab that first dark knight or whatever down the stairs in the first area. Got right behind him, tapped R1, normal swing. Proceeded to get murdered by him about 4 times in a row.

Also, 4-way rolling can just go straight to hell.

You need to be completely still when you press attack. You can't be holding forward and attacking, you need to completely stop and hit attack behind an enemy.

Morrigan said:
??? That was never a thing.

Huh, I'm realizing now it must've been something DSFix or some PC mod added.

ZangBa · May 25, 2018

Morrigan said:
Then maybe you should stop doing that. :P

For those who do this... How is this fun? Serious question. I don't get it. I once invaded with my SL1 character (I was in NG+, hosts were in NG), with a maxed out pyro flame, maxed out lightning hand axe, and maxed out crimson robes. Hosts could barely scratch me, and I could easily one- or two-shot them. After doing that 2-3 times, I felt bad, and swapped my axe for a +0 one. Still, my upgraded armour felt way OP, they did chip damage on me and even with phantoms it was too easy and got boring super fast.

I will never, ever understanding Dickwraithing, and I'm glad the later games tried to prevent this (it was clearly not intended gameplay behaviour from the devs). Soul memory wasn't a great solution, but I understand why they did it, and fortunately they got it mostly right in DS3 with the weapon restrictions and removing upgradable armour.

I've actually never done this before and this was the perfect opportunity to try it when the game is still fresh. I don't feel bad though, I've spanwed into gangbangs that were already encircled on my spawn point and slaughtered them in all in one swing. I like to think of it as an equalizer.

Fisty · May 25, 2018

Man it's much easier to farm sunlight medals when people are summoning lol

How is faith? Nerfed like DS2? Can't decide if I want to do faith or int

Morrigan · May 25, 2018

ZangBa said:
I've actually never done this before and this was the perfect opportunity to try it when the game is still fresh. I don't feel bad though, I've spanwed into gangbangs that were already encircled on my spawn point and slaughtered them in all in one swing. I like to think of it as an equalizer.

If you use your twink character(s) to counter gankers that's one thing. But how does this equalize anything if you just one-shot new players? If anything, you'll actually create more gankers that way. :P

JMY86 · May 25, 2018

Morrigan said:
Then maybe you should stop doing that. :P

For those who do this... How is this fun? Serious question. I don't get it. I once invaded with my SL1 character (I was in NG+, hosts were in NG), with a maxed out pyro flame, maxed out lightning hand axe, and maxed out crimson robes. Hosts could barely scratch me, and I could easily one- or two-shot them. After doing that 2-3 times, I felt bad, and swapped my axe for a +0 one. Still, my upgraded armour felt way OP, they did chip damage on me and even with phantoms it was too easy and got boring super fast.

I will never, ever understanding Dickwraithing, and I'm glad the later games tried to prevent this (it was clearly not intended gameplay behaviour from the devs). Soul memory wasn't a great solution, but I understand why they did it, and fortunately they got it mostly right in DS3 with the weapon restrictions and removing upgradable armour.

I never understood that either. I will happily do low level co-op with a super overpowered weapon but I would never invade low level folks with it. Oh well different strokes I guess...

Inkvoterad · May 25, 2018

They patched the regular souldupe glitch right? Is there any other way found or so? im too lazy to farm for these twinkling titanites

Inkvoterad · May 25, 2018

Not going to be defensive about twinking, i just like being a dick in souls sometimes. im the type to backstab someone during bow animations and then proceed to honor bow them.

dont @ me

Thwomp · May 25, 2018

Is there a level limitation for playing with others? I think in the original you could play with others within 10 levels of each other?

Inkvoterad · May 25, 2018

Fernando said:
Is there a level limitation for playing with others? I think in the original you could play with others within 10 levels of each other?

i think its a 10% based on your current level below, and above for invasions...i thiiiink. not sure

ara · May 25, 2018

I think I remember someone telling me I wasn't being honorable or courteous or whatever when I didn't bow to my invader, and better yet, attacked them when they did

Like fuck that

This asshole invaded me, of course I'm gonna do everything in my power to kill him, including attacking him when he's bowing for whatever reason

TransEuropaExpress · May 25, 2018

BossAttack said:
So, I just realized while playing that they took out the little subtitles of each area, you know like "Anor Londo, City of the Gods." I always liked that about DS1.

Does it not play that cool little music queue anymore either when transitioning from area to area?

Is this happening in others' games as well here?

v_iHuGi · May 25, 2018

Replaying this game again makes me realize how truly amazing it is, simply one of the greatest games of all time.

60fps with this IQ is also top notch, game holds pretty well too!

Ogami Itto · May 25, 2018

Is wanderer a good class to start with? I have played the game a long time ago and I can't remember what class I started with, is the key still the best gift?

Mistle · May 25, 2018

Is the game supposed to be super dark? I had to increase in game brightness to max. Seems to be more of a gamma control, as it didn't raise blacks. It looks normal now?

Inkvoterad · May 25, 2018

BossAttack said:
So, I just realized while playing that they took out the little subtitles of each area, you know like "Anor Londo, City of the Gods." I always liked that about DS1.

I've seen this been talked about here and there and i dont understand? Those subtitles were never in those introduction texts when entering new areas. Just look up any dks 1 video where they enter a new place.

CthulhuSars · May 25, 2018

Ogami Itto said:
Is wanderer a good class to start with? I have played the game a long time ago and I can't remember what class I started with, is the key still the best gift?

Masterkey is the best. Play whatever.

III-V · May 25, 2018

Best buy claims package was delivered via UPS at 4:15 pm to front door. No package at front door to be found. No Dark Souls weekend ;(

Ridley327 · May 25, 2018

Having a Lightning Spear duel with a Prowling Demon is fun enough, but getting a Titanite Catch Pole on my first one is some supremely good luck, given how god awful the drop rate is on it.

fluffydelusions · May 25, 2018

Every time I go human I'm insta invaded...sucks :/

ThisOne · May 25, 2018

Should I try be human as often as possible or for does that mechanic work?

Jombie · May 25, 2018

ThisOne said:
Should I try be human as often as possible or for does that mechanic work?

It really doesn't matter unless you're co-oping or into pvp. You have to be human to summon and such.

Ridley327 · May 25, 2018

ThisOne said:
Should I try be human as often as possible or for does that mechanic work?

Being human means you can summon phantoms to help you out. However, that also means that you're susceptible to invaders that use red orbs, as well as the few NPC invaders the game has. Other than that, holding onto liquid humanity while hollow gives you the same bonuses as you would have if you were human, so don't feel like you absolutely have to be human at all times.

0000 · May 25, 2018

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